This saith Amen the faythfull and true witnesse the begynnyng of the creatures of God 15 I knowe thy workes that thou arte neither colde nor hotte I woulde thou were colde or hotte 16 So thē because thou art luke warme and neither colde nor hotte I wyll spewe thee out of my mouth 17 Because thou sayest I am riche and increased with goodes and haue neede of nothyng knowest not howe that thou art wretched and miserable and poore and blynde and naked 18 I counsel thee to bye of me gold tryed in the fyre that thou mayest be riche and whyte rayment that thou mayest be clothed that thy fylthie nakednesse do not appeare and annoynt thyne eyes with eye salue that thou mayest see 19 As many as I loue I rebuke and chasten Be feruent therfore repent 20 Beholde I stande at the doore and knocke If any man heare my voyce and open the doore I wyll come in to hym and wyll suppe with hym and he with me 21 To hym that ouercommeth wyll I graunt to sitte with me in my throne euen as I ouercame and haue sitten with my father in his throne 22 Let hym y t hath an eare heare what the spirite sayth vnto the Churches ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 The vision of the maiestie of God 2 He seeth the throne and one syttyng vpon it 8 and .xxiiii. seates about it with .xxiiii. elders syttyng vppon them and foure beastes praysyng God day and nyght 1 AFter this I loked and beholde a doore was open in heauē and the first voyce which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me which saide Come vp hyther and I wyll shewethee thynges which must be fulfylled hereafter 2 And immediatly I was in the spirite and behold a throne was set in heauen and one sate on the throne 3 And he that sate was to loke vppon like vnto a Iasper stone and a Sardine stone and there was a raynebowe about the throne in sight like to an Emeralde 4 And about y e throne were .xxiiij. seates and vpon the seates .xxiiij. elders sitting clothed in whyte rayment and had on their heades crownes of golde 5 And out of the throne proceaded lightnynges and thundrynges and voyces and there were seuē lampes of fire burnyng before the throne whiche are the seuen spirites of God 6 And before the throne there was a sea of glasse lyke vnto cristall and in the myddest of the throne rounde about the throne were foure beastes full of eyes before and behynde 7 And the first beast was lyke a Lion and the seconde beast lyke a Calfe the thirde beast had a face as a Man and the fourth beast was like a fleyng Egle. 8 And the foure beastes had eche one of them sixe wynges about hym and they were full of eyes within and they had no rest day neither night saying Holy holy holy Lorde God almightie which was and is and is to come 9 And when those beastes gaue glorie and honour and thankes to hym that sate on the throne which lyueth for euer and euer 10 The xxiiij elders fell downe before him that sate on the throne and worshipped hym that lyueth for euer and cast their crownes before the throne saying 11 Thou art worthy O Lord to receaue glorie and honour and power for thou hast created all thynges and for thy pleasures sake they are were created ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 He seeth the lambe openyng the booke 8.14 and therfore the foure beastes the xxiiii elders and the angels prayse the lambe and do hym worship 9 for their redemption and other benefites 1 ANd I sawe in the right hande of hym that sate on the throne a booke written within and on the backe syde sealed with seuen seales 2 And I sawe a strong angell whiche preached with a loude voyce Who is worthy to open the booke and to loose the seales therof 3 And no man in heauen nor in earth neither vnder the earth was able to open the booke neither to loke theron 4 And I wept muche because no man was founde worthy to open to reade the booke neither to loke theron 5 And one of the elders sayde vnto me wepe not behold a Lion of the tribe of Iuda the roote of Dauid hath obteyned to open the booke and to loose the seuen seales therof 6 And I behelde and loe in the middes of the throne and of the foure beastes and in the middes of the elders stoode a lambe as though he had ben kylled hauyng seuen hornes seuen eyes whiche are the seuen spirites of God sent into all the worlde 7 And he came and toke the booke out of the right hande of him that sate vpon the throne 8 And when he had taken the booke the foure beastes and .xxiiij. elders fell downe before the lambe hauyng euery one of them harpes and golden vyals full of odours which are the prayers of saintes 9 And they song a newe song saying Thou art worthy to take the booke and to open the seales therof for thou wast kylled and hast redeemed vs to God by thy blood out of al kinrede and tongue and people and nation 10 And hast made vs vnto our God kinges and priestes and we shall raigne on the earth 11 And I beheld and I heard the voyce of many angels about the throne and about the beastes and the elders and hearde thousande thousandes 12 Saying with a loude voyce Worthy is the lambe that was kylled to receaue power and richesse and wisedome and strength and honor and glorie and blessyng 13 And all the creatures whiche are in heauen and on the earth and vnder the earth and in the sea and all that are in them hearde I saying Blessyng honour glorie and power be vnto hym that sitteth vpon the throne and vnto the lambe for euermore 14 And the foure beastes sayde Amen And the .xxiiij. elders fell vpon their faces and worshipped hym that lyueth for euermore ¶ The .vj. Chapter The lambe openeth the fire seales and many thynges folowe the openyng therof so that this conteyneth a generall prophesie to the ende of the worlde 1 AND I sawe when the lambe opened one of the seales and I heard one of the foure beastes say as it were the noyse of thunder come and see and I sawe 2 And behold there was a whyte horse and he that sate on hym had a bowe a crowne was geuen vnto hym and he went foorth conqueryng and for to ouercome 3 And when he had opened the seconde seale I hearde the seconde beast saye come and see 4 And there went out another horse that was redde and power was geuen to him that sate theron to take peace from the earth and that they should kyll one another and there was geuen vnto hym a great sworde 5 And when he had opened the thirde seale I hearde the third beast say come and see And I behelde and loe a blacke horse and he
repentaunce to the which he doth inuite and stirre vs at the very beginning of his preaching and with sure trust to the throne of his grace with this beliefe that we shall obtayne mercie For therefore came he into the worlde that he mought saue sinners by his grace This is veryly Christe Iesus which shall come at a certaine time appoynted by his father and shall sit in great maiestie to iudge all men and to render to euery man the workes of his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or euill And he shall say to them which shal be on the right side which in this worlde did loke for the good thinges to come that is to say lyfe euerlasting Come ye blessed of my father enioy the kingdome that hath ben prepared for you from the beginning of the worlde But to them which shal be on the left side he shal say Depart from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire prepared for the deuill and his angels And then shall the ende be when Christe hauing vtterly vanquished all maner of enemies shall delyuer vp the kingdome to God the father To the intent that we mought vnderstand these thinges the sacred bookes of the Bible were delyuered to vs by the goodnesse of God through his holy spirite with the preaching of that doctrine which is contayned in them and with his Sacramentes by which the trueth of this doctrine is sealed vp to vs that we mought vnderstand I say and beleue that there is one onely true God and one sauiour Iesus Christe whom as he had promysed he hath sent and that we beleuing mought haue in his name lyfe euerlasting Beside this foundation no man can lay any other in the Churche of Christe and vpon this foundation the Churche doth stand sure and stedfast And Paul wylleth him to be accursed which shall preache any other faith and saluation then by Iesus Christe yea although he were an angel from heauen For of him through him and for him are all thinges To whom with the father and the holy ghost be all honour and glory worlde without ende Amen THis Table setteth out to the eye the genealogie of Adam so passing by the Patriarches Iudges Kinges Prophtees and Priestes and the fathers of their tyme continuyng in lineal dissent to Christe our Sauiour A ADAM the first man was fourmed by God of the duste of the grounde and translated into Paradise out of the which do spryng the foure notable floodes And Adam gaue name to the woman which was made of his ribbe while he was a sleepe and called her EVA as he gaue name to al other creatures And after he had consented vnto her for eatyng of the Apple which was forbidden them their eyes were opened and they knewe they were naked and therefore they made them selues aprons of fygge leaues And God droue them out of Paradice and set Cherubims and a fierie two edged sworde to kepe the way of the tree of lyfe And after he had rebuked hym his wyfe and the serpent he cursed the earth with thorne and thystle and he was enioyned to gette his bread in the sweat of his face Who begat thirtie sonnes and thirtie daughters besyde Cain and Abel as foloweth He lyued yeres 930. Gen. 31. B Cain was a husband man and beyng displeased that his offrynges were reproued and not his brother Abels although he was rebuked of God for his enuie slue his brother and offended seuen folde therby After that he was made a fugitiue and a vagabonde vpon the earth for he was accursed of God and was seuen folde punyshed vnto the seuenth generation His sinne was seuen folde For first he dyd not ryghtly deuide 2 he enuied his brother 3 he dealt subtillye 4 he kylled hym 5 he stubbernly denied it 6 he dispayred 7 beyng condempned he repented not Gen. 28. This Cain was the first builder of the earthly citie in the whiche he bestowed his children for feare because he vsed violence rauyne and spoyle Gen. 29. Lamech first brought in Bigamie after he had slayne a man to the woundyng of hymselfe and a young man to his owne punishment He shewed his wiues that for this deede there was seuen folde punyshment due for hym C Iabel dyd first deuise the shepheards cabornes to be redylye caried about He was the first which made distinction betwixt the flockes of sheepe and the flockes of kyddes accordyng to their age and qualitie and dyd deuide them a sunder Gen. 4. D Iubal was the father of them which song in Hary Organs not synder of the instrumentes but inuentour of the art of musicke to the intent that the shepheardes labours myght be somewhat recreated and lest that the art of musicke shoulde decay he graued the whole science in two pyllers the one of marble agaynst the floodes the other of bricke agaynst the fire Gen. 4. E Tubalcain was the first inuentour of Smythes art and of grauyng worke in metall by whose doyng Iubal his brother hauyng delectation in the sounde of his hambers was the first that deuised proportions and harmonies spryngyng out of them Genesis 4. F Heber gaue the name of the Hebrues or els they were called Abrahey of Abraham Genesis 11. G Phalec lyued when the deuision of the tongues was made at the buyldyng of the towre of Babel in the lande Sennaar in whose familie the most auncient tongue of the Hebrues dyd remayne He was called Phalech that is deuided from other For God deuided all the chyldren of men into 72. tongues of the which only 18. hath their letters In his tyme Idols were worshipped in Babylon Gen. 11. H Nachor after he was come out of Chaldee he toke to wife Melcha the daughter of his brother Aram he dwelt in Charran of Mesopotamia he had three sonnes Huz Buz Batuel with other fiue Of Buz sprang Balaam who is called in Iob Eliud Buzites Gen. 11. I Thare maketh the end of the second generation hauyng 1222. yeres accordyng to the Hebrues but accordyng to the Septuaginta 1072. This Thare the father of Abraham not able to beâ—â—e the iniuries that were done vnto hym of worshyppyng the fire in Chaldee where the Chaldees destroyed his first begotten sonne Aram he soiourned as pilgrime with Abraham and 〈◊〉 and the familie of Aram in Aram Mesopotamia where after two hundred and fiue yeres of his age he dyed Gen. 12. ADAM EVA Cain B Salmana Abel M Delbora Enoch Yrach Maniael Matusael Lamech wyfe Ada. Iabel C Iubal D wyfe Sella Thubalcaim E Neoma Seth. K 912. Enos 905. Chainan 910. Malaleel 895. Iareth 962. Enoch L 365. Mathusal 969. Lamech 777. NoeN 950. Sem. 692. Ariaxath 338. Bale or CainaÌ„ 933. Heber F 474. Phalech G 239. Reu or Ragau 239. Saruch 230. Nachor H 152. Thare I 205. Christes line Cham. Iapheth Chus Nemroth K Seth was begotten by Adam in the .230 yere of his lyfe where
59 The children of Sephatiath the childrē of Hattil the children of Phochereth of Sabaim the children of Amon. 60 All these Nethinims and the children of Solomons seruauntes were three hundred ninetie and two 61 And these went vp also from Thelmela Thelharsa Cherub Addon and Immer but they could not shew their fathers house nor their seede and that they were of Israel 62 The children of Dalaiah the children of Tobia and the children of Necoda sixe hundred fourtie and two 63 And of the priestes the children of Habaiah the children of Haccos the childrē of Barzillai which toke one of y e daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wyfe and was named after their name 64 These sought their writing in the register of their generation but they were not founde therfore they were put from the priesthood 65 And Athirsatha saide vnto them that they shoulde not eate of the most holy tyll there came vp a priest which should were Vrim and Thummim 66 And so the whole congregation together was fourtie and two thousande three hundred and threescore 67 Beside their seruauntes and maydens of whom there were seuen thousand three hundred thirtie and seuen And they had two hundred fourtie and fiue singing men and women 68 Their horses seuen hundred thirtie and sixe and their Mules two hundred fourtie and fiue 69 The Camels foure hundred thirtie and fiue sixe thousand seuen hundred and twentie Asses 70 And certaine of the auncient fathers gaue vnto the worke Athirsatha gaue to the treasure a thousand peeces of golde fiftie basons fiue hundred and thirtie priestes garmentes 71 And some of the chiefe fathers gaue vnto the treasure of the worke twentie thousand peeces of gold two thousand and two hundred pounde of siluer 72 And the other people gaue twentie thousand peeces of golde and two thousand pound of siluer and threescore and seuen priestes garmentes 73 And the priestes and Leuites the porters and the singers and the other of the people and the Nethinims and all Israel dwelt in their cities And whē the seuenth moneth came the children of Israel were in their cities The .viij. Chapter 2 Esdras gathereth together the people and readeth to them the law 12 They reioyce in Israel for the knowledge of the word of God 15 They keep the feaste of tabernacles or boothes 1 ANd all the people gathered them selues together as one man in the streete that was before the water gate and they saide vnto Esdras the scribe that he should fetch the booke of the law of Moyses which the Lorde commaunded to Israel 2 And Esdras the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men women and all that could vnderstand did hearken vnto it vpon the first day of the seuenth moneth 3 And he read therein in the streete that was before the water gate from the morning vntill the noone day before men and women that did hearken to it and the eares of all the people were inclined vnto the booke of the law 4 And Esdras the scribe stoode vpon a pulpet of wood which they had made for the preaching and beside him stoode Mathathia Sema Anaiah Vriah Helkia Maaseiah on his right hande and on his left hand stoode Pedaia Misael Melchia Hasum Hasabadana Zachari and Mesullam 5 And Esdras opened the booke before all the people for he stoode aboue al the people and when he opened it all the people stoode vp 6 And Esdras praysed the Lorde the great God And all the people aunswered Amen Amē lifting vp their handes and bowed them selues and worshipped the Lord falling downe vpon their faces to the grounde 7 And Iesua Bani Serebiah Iamin Accub Sebbethai Hodaia Maasia Celita Azariah Iozabad Hanan Pelaiah the Leuites caused the people to geue heede vnto the law and the people stoode in their place 8 And they read in the booke of the lawe of God distinctly and gaue the sense and caused them to vnderstand the reading 9 And Nehemia which is Athirsatha and Esdras the priest and scribe and the Leuites that caused the people to take heede said vnto al the people This day is holy vnto the Lorde your God be not ye sory and weepe not For all the people wept when they heard the wordes of the lawe 10 And he saide vnto them Go your way and eate the fat and drinke the sweete and send part vnto them also that haue not prepared for them selues for this day is holy vnto our Lorde be not ye sory therefore for the ioy of the Lorde is your strength 11 And the Leuites stilled all the people and saide Holde your peace for the day is holy be not sad therefore 12 And all the people went their way to eate and to drinke to sende part vnto other and to make great mirth because they had vnderstand the wordes that were declared vnto them 13 And on the next day were gathered together the chiefe fathers among all the people and the priestes and leuites vnto Esdras the scribe that they might vnderstand the wordes of the law 14 And they founde written in the lawe which the Lorde had commaunded by Moyses that the children of Israel should dwell in boothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth 15 And that they should cause it to be declared and proclaymed in all their cities and throughout Hierusalem saying Go foorth vnto the mount and fetch Olyue braūches Pine braunches Myrtel braunches Palme braunches braunches of the thicke tree to make boothes as it is written 16 And so the people went foorth and fet them and made them boothes euery one vpon the roofe of his house and in their courtes and in the courtes of the house of God and in the streete by the water gate and in the streete of the port of Ephraim 17 And all the congregation of them that were come againe out of the captiuitie made boothes sat vnder the boothes for since the time of Iosua the sonne of Nun vnto this day had not the children of Israel done so And there was very great gladnesse 18 And euery day from the first day vnto the last read Esdras in the booke of the lawe of God And seuen dayes held they the feaste and on the eyght day they gathered together according vnto the maner ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 The people repent and forsake their straunge wyues 5 The Leuites exhort them to prayse God 6 declaring his wonders 26 and their ingratitude 30 and Gods great mercies toward them 1 IN the twentie and fourth day of this moneth came the children of Israel together againe with fasting and sackeclothes and earth vpon them 2 And they that were of the seede of Israel were separated from all the straunge children and stoode knowledged their sinnes the wickednes of their fathers 3 And stoode vp in their place read in the booke of the law of the Lorde their God foure times on the day and they
sayde heare me lest that they shoulde triumph on me who auaunce them selues greatly agaynst me when my foote doth slyp 17 Because I am disposed to a haltyng and my sorowe is euer in my syght 18 Because I confesse my wickednesse and am sory for my sinne 19 But myne enemies lyuyng without payne are mightie they that hate me wrongfully are increased in number 20 They also that rewarde euyl for good are agaynst me because I folowe the thyng that is good 21 Forsake me not O God O my Lorde be not thou farre fro me 22 Haste thee to helpe me O Lorde my saluation ¶ The argument of the .xxxix. Psalme ¶ Dauid signifieth that in the anguishe of his sicknesse he woulde haue vttered no worde lest he should speake amisse in the presence of the vngodly He desireth to knowe the ende of his lyfe which is but short and vanitie He prayeth also that his sinnes may be pardoned and that his afflictions may be diminished ¶ To the chiefe musition Ieduthun a psalme of Dauid 1 I Sayde to my selfe I wyll take heede to my wayes that I offende not in my tongue I wyll kepe my mouth as it were with a brydell whylest the vngodly is in my syght 2 I became dumbe through scilence I helde my peace from speakyng of good wordes but the more was my sorowe increased 3 My heart was hotte within me and whyle I was thus musyng the fire kyndled and at the last I spake with my tongue 4 O God make me to knowe mine ende and the number of my dayes that I may be certified howe long I haue to lyue 5 Behold thou hast made my dayes as it were an hand breadth long mine age is euen as nothing before thee truely euery man is al together vanitie Selah 6 Truely man walketh in a vayne shadowe truely he and all his do disquiet them selues in vayne he heapeth vp riches can not tel who shal vse them 7 And nowe Lord what wayte I after truely my hope is euen in thee 8 Delyuer me from all my offences and make me not a rebuke vnto the foolishe 9 I became dumbe and opened not my mouth for it was thy doyng 10 Take thy plague away from me I am euen consumed by the meanes of thy heauy hande 11 Thou doest chasten man rebukyng him for sinne thou as a moth doest consume his excellencie for in very deede euery man is but vanitie Selah 12 Heare my prayer O God and geue eares to my crying holde not thy peace at my teares for I am a straūger with thee and a soiourner as all my fathers were 13 Oh spare me a litle that I may recouer my strength before I go hence and be no more seene ⧠The argument of the .xl. psalme ¶ Dauid commendeth hyghly Gods goodnesse for that he heareth those that put their trust in hym and delyuereth them out of all perilles and calamities He promiseth to geue hym selfe hereafter wholly to set foorth Gods glorie and prayeth for Gods helpe agaynst his enemies ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 I Wayted paciently vpon God and he enclined vnto me his eare and heard my crying 2 He brought me also out of an horrible pyt out of the dirtie mire and set my feete vpon a rocke and directed my goynges 3 And he hath put a newe song in my mouth euen a thankesgeuyng vnto our Lorde 4 Many shall see it and feare and shall put their trust in God 5 Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in God and turned not vnto the proude and to such as decline to lyes 6 O God my Lord great are thy wonderous workes which thou hast done none can count in order thy benefites towarde vs yf I woulde declare them and speake of them they shoulde be mo then I am able to expresse 7 Thou wouldest haue no sacrifice or offeryng but thou hast opened myne eares thou hast not required burnt offerynges and sacrifice for sinne 8 Then sayde I lo I am come in the booke of thy lawe it is written of me that I shoulde fulfyll thy wyll O my God I am content to do it yea thy lawe is within the middest of my brest 9 I haue declared thy righteousnes in a great congregatiō lo I wil not refraine my lippes O God thou knowest it 10 I haue not hyd thy ryghteousnesse within my heart my talkyng hath ben of thy trueth and of thy saluation 11 I haue not concealed thy louyng mercie and trueth from the great congregation 12 Withdrawe not thou thy mercie from me O God let thy louyng kyndnesse and thy trueth alway preserue me 13 For innumerable troubles are come about me my sinnes haue taken such holde vpon me that I am not able to loke vp yea they are mo in number then the heere 's of my head my heart hath fayled me 14 O God let it be thy pleasure to deliuer me make haste O God to helpe me 15 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seke after my soule to destroy it let them be dryuen backwarde be put to rebuke that wyshe me euyll 16 Let them be desolate in recompence of their shame that say vnto me fye vpon thee fye vpon thee 17 Let all those that seeke thee be glad and ioyfull in thee and let such as loue thy saluation say alway God be magnified 18 As for me I am afflicted and needye but God careth for me thou art my ayde and delyuerer O my God make no long tarying The argument of the .xlj. psalme ¶ Dauid sheweth that they be happy who haue pitie on the afflicted He rehearseth his prayer made in his sicknesse to God He complayneth of fayned friendes and at the maliciousnesse of his enemies ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 BLessed is he that considereth y e poore God wyll delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble 2 God wyll preserue hym kepe him aliue he shal be blessed vpon the earth and thou O God wylt not deliuer him into the wyll of his enemies 3 God wyll comfort hym when he lyeth sicke vpon his bed thou O God wylt turne vpside downe all his bed in his sicknesse 4 I sayde O God be mercifull vnto me heale my soule for I haue sinned agaynst thee 5 Myne enemies speake euyl of me whē shall he dye and his name perishe 6 But yf any of them came to visite me he spake vanitie his heart conceaued vngodlynesse within hym selfe when he came foorth a doores he vttered it 7 All they that hated me whispered together they imagined euyl agaynst me 8 They sayde some great mischiefe is lyghted vpon hym and he that lyeth sicke on his bed shall ryse vp no more 9 Yea besides this euen myne owne friende whom I trusted which dyd also eate of my bread hath kicked very much
against the vayne traditions of men 1 WO vnto thee O Ariel Ariel thou citie that Dauid dwelt in Go on from yere to yere and let the lambes be slayne 2 I wyll lay siege vnto Ariel so that there shal be heauinesse and sorowe in it and it shal be vnto me euen an aulter of slaughter 3 A will besiege thee rounde about and fight against thee thorowe a bulwarke and wyll reare vp diches against thee 4 Thou shalt be brought downe and shalt speake out of the ground and thy speache shall go lowe out of the dust 5 Thy voyce also shall come out of the grounde lyke the voyce of a witche and thy talkyng shall whisper out of the dust 5 Moreouer the noyse of the straunge enemies shal be like thinne dust and the multitude of tirauntes shal be as drye strawe that can not tary euen sodenly and in haste shall their blast go 6 Thou shalt be visited of the Lorde of hoastes with thunder earthquake and with a great noyse with storme and tempest and with the flambe of a consuming fire 7 And the multitude of all nations that fight against Ariel shal be as a dreame seene by night euen so shall they be that make warre against it and strong holdes to ouercome it and that lay any siege vnto it 8 In conclusion it shal be euen as when a hungry man dreameth that he is eating and when he awaketh his soule is emptie or as when a thirstie man dreameth that he is drinking and when he awaketh he is yet fainte and his soule hath appetite euen so shall the multitude of all nations that fighteth against mount Sion 9 Ponder these thinges once in your mindes and wonder Blinded are they them selues and the blinde guides of other They are drunken but not with wine they are vnstable but not thorow strong drinke 10 For the Lorde hath couered you with a slumbring spirite and hath closed your eyes your prophetes also and rulers that shoulde see them hath he couered 11 And the vision of all the prophetes is become vnto you as the wordes of a booke that is sealed vp whiche men deliuer to one that is learned saying Reade thou in it and he saith I can not for it is sealed 12 And the booke is geuen to him that is not learned saying Reade thou in it and he saith I am not learned 13 Therfore thus hath the Lorde sayd Forsomuche as this people when they be in trouble do honour me with their mouth and with their lippes but their heart is farre fro me and the feare whiche they haue vnto me proceedeth of a commaundement that is taught of men 14 Therefore wyll I do marueyles among this people euen marueylous thinges I say and a wonder For the wysdome of their wyse men shall perishe and the vnderstanding of their wittie men shall hyde it selfe 15 Wo vnto them that kepe secrete their thoughtes to hide their counsell from the Lorde and to do their workes in darknesse saying Who seeth vs and who knoweth vs 16 Doubtlesse your destruction is in reputation as the potters clay And doth the worke say of hym that made it he made not me And doth an earthen vessell say of hym that fashioned it he had no vnderstanding 17 Is it not harde at hande that Libanus shal be turned into a low fielde and that the lowe fielde shal be taken as the wood 18 And in that day shall deafe men heare the wordes of the booke and the eyes of the blynde shall see euen out of the cloude and out of darknesse 19 The meeke spirited also shall be merie in the Lorde and the poore among them that be lowly shall reioyce in the holy one of Israel 20 For he that dyd violence is brought to naught and the scornefull man is consumed and they rooted out that made haste early to vnrighteousnesse 21 Making a man to sinne in the worde and that toke him in a snare whiche reproued them in the open place and they that haue turned the cause of the righteous to naught 22 Therefore thus saith the Lorde to the house of Iacob euen thus saith he that redeemed Abraham Iacob shall not nowe be confounded nor his face pale 23 But when he seeth his chyldren the worke of my handes in the middes of hym they shall sanctifie my name and prayse the holy one of Iacob and feare the God of Israel 24 They also that haue ben of an erronious spirite shall come to vnderstanding and they that haue ben scornefull shall learne doctrine The .xxx. Chapter 1 Against them that forsake the counsell of God and cleaue to the counsell of men 3 The prophete also threatneth the remnaunt of the people that after the destruction of Hierusalem went into Egypt 1 ALas for those disobedient chyldren saith the Lorde that they will take counsell and not of me that they wyll take a secrete aduice and not out of my spirite and therefore adde they sinne vnto sinne 2 Euen they that walke to go downe into Egypt and haue asked no question at my mouth but seeke strength in the might of Pharao and trust in the shadowe of Egypt 3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharao be your confusion and the trust in the shadowe of Egypt your shame 4 For his captaynes were at Zoan and his embassadours came vnto Hanes 5 They were ashamed of the people that coulde do them no good and that might not helpe them nor shewe them any profit but were their confusion and rebuke 6 The burthen of the beastes of the south In a land of trouble anguishe from whence shall come the young and olde lion the viper and firie serpent that fleeth against them that vpon coltes beare their riches and vpon camels their treasures to a people that can do them no good 7 For vayne and nothing worth shall the helpe of the Egyptians be Therefore haue I cryed vnto Hierusalem they shall haue strength inough if they wyll settle their mindes in quietnesse 8 Nowe therefore go thy way and write this before them in a table and note it in a booke that it may finally remaine and be kept styll for euer 9 For this is an obstinate people and dissembling chyldren chyldren that refuse to heare the lawe of the Lorde 10 For they say vnto the seers see not and to them that be cleare of iudgement loke not out right thinges for vs but speake fayre wordes vnto vs loke out errours 11 Get you out of this way depart out of this path and turne the holy one of Israel from vs. 12 Wherefore thus saith the holy one of Israel Because your heartes ryse against this word and because you trust in wrong dealing and peruerse iudgement and put your confidence therin 13 Therfore shall ye haue this mischiefe for your destruction and fall like as an hye wall that falleth because of some rift or blast whose breakyng commeth sodainly 14
wyll make a newe couenaunt with the house of Israel and the house of Iuda 32 Not after the couenaunt that I made with their fathers when I toke them by the hande and led them out of the lande of Egypt which couenaunt they brake yea euen when I as an husbande had rule ouer them saith the Lorde 33 But this shal be the couenaunt that I wyll make with the house of Israel after those dayes saith the Lorde I wyll plant my lawe in the inwarde partes of them and write it in their heartes and wyll be their God and they shal be my people 34 And from thencefoorth shall no man teache his neighbour or his brother and say Knowe the Lorde but they shal all knowe me from the lowest vnto the hyest saith the Lorde for I wyll forgeue their misdeedes and wyll neuer remember their sinnes any more 35 Thus saith the Lorde which gaue the sunne to be a lyght for the day and the moone and the starres to shine in the night whiche moueth the sea so that the fluddes thereof waxe fierce his name is the Lorde of hoastes 36 Like as this ordinaunce shall neuer be taken out of my sight saith the Lord so shall the seede of Israel neuer ceasse but alway be a people before me 37 Moreouer thus saith the Lord Like as the heauen aboue can not be measured and as the foundations of the earth beneath may not be sought out so will I also not cast out the whole seede of Israel for that they haue committed saith the Lorde 38 Beholde the dayes come saith the Lorde that the citie of the Lorde shal be enlarged from the towre of Hananeel vnto the gate of the corner wall 39 From thence shall the right measure be taken before her vnto the hyll toppe of Gareb and shall come about Gaath 40 And the whole valley of the dead carkasses and of the asshes and all the fieldes vnto the brooke of Cedron and vnto the corner of the horse gate towarde the east it shal be holy vnto the Lorde and shall neuer be broken nor cast downe any more ¶ The .xxxii. Chapter 1 Ieremie is cast into pryson because he prophecied that the citie shoulde be taken of the kyng of Babylon 7 By the fielde that Ieremie bought at the commaundement of the Lorde is signified that the people should come agayne to their owne possession 38 The people of God are his seruauntes and he is their Lorde 40 To feare God is Gods gyft to the entent that sinnes may be eschewed 1 THese wordes spake the Lorde vnto Ieremie in the tenth yere of Zedekias king of Iuda whiche was the eyghteenth yere of Nabuchodonozor 2 What tyme as the kyng of Babylons hoast layde siege vnto Hierusalem but Ieremie the prophete lay bounde in the court of the pryson whiche was in the kyng of Iudaes house 3 Where Zedekias the kyng of Iuda caused hym to be layde because he had prophecied on this maner Thus saith the Lorde Beholde I wyll deliuer this citie into the handes of the kyng of Babylon whiche shall take it 4 As for Zedekias the kyng of Iuda he shall not be able to escape the Chaldees but surely he shall come into the handes of the king of Babylon whiche shall speake with him mouth to mouth and one of them shall looke another in the face 5 And Zedekias shal be caryed vnto Babylon and there shall he be vntyll the tyme that I visite hym saith the Lorde but if thou takest in hande to fight against the Chaldees thou shalt not prosper 6 And Ieremie saide Thus hath the Lorde spoken vnto me 7 Beholde Hananeel the sonne of Sellum thine vncles sonne shall come vnto thee and require thee to redeeme the lande that lyeth in Anathoth vnto thy selfe for by reason of kinred it is thy right to redeeme it and bye it out 8 And Hananeel myne vncles sonne came to me in the court of the pryson according to the word of the Lord and sayde vnto me Bye my lande I pray thee that lieth in Anathoth in the countrey of Beniamin for by heritage thou hast right to loose it out for thy selfe therfore redeeme it Then I perceaued that this was the cōmaundement the Lorde 9 And so I bought the lande from Hanaeel of Anathoth myne vncles sonne and wayed hym there the money euen seuen sicles and ten syluer pence 10 And I writ it in a booke and sealed it and toke witnesses and wayed hym there the money vpon the waightes 11 So I toke the euidence with the copie when it was orderly sealed and read it ouer 12 And I gaue the euidence to Baruch the sonne of Neriah the sonne of Maasiah in the sight of Hananeel my cosin and in the presence of the witnesses that be named in the euidence and before all the Iewes that were thereby in the court of the pryson 13 I charged Baruch also before them saying 14 The Lord of hoastes the God of Israel commaundeth thee to take this sealed euidence with the copie and to lay it in the earthen vessell that it may long continue 15 For the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel hath determined that houses fieldes and vineyardes shal be possessed agayne in this lande 16 Nowe when I had deliuered the euidence vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah I besought the Lorde saying 17 O Lorde God it is thou that hast made heauen and earth with thy great power and hye arme and there is nothing hid from thee 18 Thou shewest mercy vpon thousandes thou recompensest the wickednesse of the fathers into the bosome of the chyldren that come after them 19 Thou art the great and mightie God whose name is the Lorde of hoastes great in counsel and excellent in worke thyne eyes looke vpon all the wayes of mens chyldren to rewarde euery one after his way and according to the fruites of his inuentions 20 Thou hast done great tokens and wonders in the lande of Egypt as we see this day vpon the people of Israel and vpon those men to make thy name great as it is come to passe this day 21 Thou hast brought thy people of Israel out of the lande of Egypt with tokens with wonders with a mightie hande with a stretched out arme and with great terriblenesse 22 And hast geuen them this lande like as thou haddest promised vnto their fathers namely that thou wouldest geue them a lande that floweth with mylke and honye 23 Nowe when they came therein and possessed it they folowed not thy voyce and walked not in thy lawe but all that thou commaundedst them to do that haue they not done and therefore come all these plagues vpon them 24 Beholde there are bulwarkes made nowe against this citie to take it and it shal be wonne of the Chaldees that besiege it with sworde with hunger and death and looke what thou hast spoken that same shall come vpon
similitude of fire rounde about within from the appearaunce of his loynes vpward and from the appearaunce of his loynes downewarde I sawe as the lykenesse of fire and brightnesse rounde about it 28 As the likenesse of a bowe that is in a cloude in a raynie day so was the appearaunce of the brightnesse rounde about this was the appearaunce of the similitude of the glory of God when I sawe it I fell vpon my face and hearkened vnto the voyce of one that spake ¶ The .ij. Chapter The prophete is sent to call the people from their errour 1 AND then said he vnto me Stande vp vpon thy fete O thou sonne of man and I wyll talke with thee 2 And the spirite entred into me when he had spoken vnto me set me vpon my feete so that I heard him that spake vnto me 3 And he sayde vnto me Thou sonne of man I sende thee to the children of Israel to a rebellious people which haue rebelled against me both they and their forefathers haue wickedly behaued them selues against me euen vnto this very day 4 For they are children of a harde face and stiffe heart I do sende thee vnto them and thou shalt say vnto them Thus saith the Lorde God 5 And whether they wyll heare or refuse for they are a rebellious house yet they may knowe that there hath ben a prophete among them 6 And thou sonne of man feare them not neither be afraide of their wordes for bryers and thornes are with thee and thou doest dwell among scorpions feare not their wordes nor be abashed at their lookes for they are a rebellious house 7 And thou shalt speake my wordes vnto them whether they wyll heare or refuse for they are rebellious 8 Therefore thou sonne of man obay thou all thinges that I say vnto thee and be not thou rebellious lyke the rebellious house open thy mouth and eate that I geue thee 9 And when I looked beholde a hand was sent vnto me and lo in it was a roule of a booke 11 And he opened it before me and it was written within and without and there was written therein lamentations and mourning and wo. The .iii. Chapter 1 The prophete beyng fed with the worde of God and with the constant boldnesse of the spirite is sent vnto the people that were in captiuitie 17 The office of true preachers 1 AFter this said he vnto me Thou sonne of man eate whatsoeuer thou findest eate this roule and go thy way and speake vnto the house of Israel 2 So I opened my mouth and he fed me with this roule 3 And he saide vnto me Thou sonne of man thy belly shall eate and thy bowels shalt thou fill with this roule that I geue thee Then dyd I eate and it was in my mouth sweeter then honie 4 And he saide vnto me Thou sonne of man go get thee vnto the house of Israel and declare my wordes vnto them 5 For not to a people of profounde lippes and harde language art thou sent but vnto the house of Israel 6 Not to many nations whiche haue profounde lippes and harde languages whose wordes thou vnderstandest not otherwise if I had sent thee vnto them they would haue hearkened vnto thee 7 But the house of Israel will not hearken vnto thee for they will not hearken vnto me for al the house of Israel haue stiffe foreheades stubburne heartes 8 Beholde therefore I haue made thy face strong against their faces thy forehead strong against their foreheades 9 As an Adamant harder then the flint stone haue I made thy forehead thou shalt not feare them nor be abashed at their lookes for they are a rebellious house 10 He sayde moreouer vnto me Thou sonne of man all my wordes that I shall speake vnto thee receaue in thyne heart and hearken with thyne eares 11 And go get thee to the captiuitie to the chyldren of thy people and thou shalt speake vnto them and shalt say vnto them Thus saith the Lord God whether they will heare or leaue 12 With that the spirite tooke me vp and I hearde behinde me a voyce of a great rushing to wit Blessed be the glory of Iehouah from his place 13 I hearde also the noyse of the winges of the beastes ioyning one with another and the ratling of the wheeles that were before them euen a noyse of great rushing 14 Nowe when the spirite lift me vp and tooke me away I went in bitternesse and furie of my spirite but the hande of the Lorde vpon me was strong 15 Then I came to the captiues in Thelabib that dwelt by the riuer Chebar and I sate where they sate and I remayned there seuen dayes astonished among them 16 And when the seuen dayes were expired the Lorde saide vnto me 17 Thou sonne of man I haue made thee a watchman vnto the house of Israel therefore thou shalt heare the worde at my mouth and geue them warning from me 18 When I shall say vnto the wicked Thou shalt surely dye and thou geuest not him warning nor speakest to admonishe the wicked of his euill way and so to liue then shal the same vngodly man dye in his owne vnrighteousnesse but his blood wyl I require of thyne hand 19 Neuerthelesse if thou geue warning vnto the wicked and he yet turne not from his vngodlynesse and from his wicked way he shall dye in his owne wickednesse but thou hast deliuered thy soule 20 Nowe if a righteous man go from his righteousnesse and do the thing that is euyll I wyll lay a stumbling blocke before him and he shall dye because thou hast not geuen him warning dye shall he in his owne sinne so that his righteousnesse whiche he hath done shall not be thought vpon but his blood will I require at thyne hande 21 Neuerthelesse if thou exhortest that righteous that he sinne not and so the righteous do not sinne then shall he liue because he hath receaued thy warning and thou hast deliuered thy soule 22 And there came the hand of the Lord vpon me and he sayd vnto me Stande vp and go into the fielde that I may there talke with thee 23 So when I had risen vp and gone foorth into the fielde beholde the glorie of the Lord stoode there like the glorie which I sawe by the riuer Chebar then fell I downe vpon my face 24 And the spirite came into me whiche set me vp vpon my feete and spake vnto me and said vnto me Go thy way and shut thy selfe in thyne house 25 Beholde O thou sonne of man they haue prepared bandes against thee and they wyll binde thee with them and thou shalt not go out among them 26 And I will make thy tongue cleaue to the roofe of thy mouth that thou shalt be dumbe and not be as a reprouer vnto them for they are a rebellious house 27 But when I speake vnto thee I wyl open my mouth
whiche was the sonne of Asaac which was the sonne of Abraham whiche was y e sonne of Thara which was the sonne of Nachor 35 Which was y e sonne of Saruch which was the sonne of Ragau whiche was the sonne of Phaleg which was y e sonne of Heber which was the sonne of Sala 36 whiche was the sonne of Arphaxad whiche was the sonne of Sem whiche was the sonne of Noe whiche was the sonne of Lamech 37 Whiche was the sonne of Mathusala whiche was the sonne of Enoch which was the sonne of Jared whiche was the sonne of Maleleel whiche was the sonne of Cainan 38 Which was the sonne of Henos which was y e sonne of Seth which was y e sonne of Adam which was the sonne of God ¶ The .iiij. Chapter ¶ 1 The temptation and fastyng of Christe 13 he ouercommeth the deuyll 16 he teacheth at Nazareth with great admiration of the people 24 A prophete is despysed teaching in his owne countrey 33 He healeth the man possessed with a deuill 34 the deuill confesseth him to be Christe 38 he healeth Peters wyues mother 40 he healed many of diuers diseases 41 the deuyls confesse Christe and are of hym reproued 43 and he preacheth through the cities 1 IEsus being full of the holy ghost returned from Iordane was ledde by the spirite into wyldernesse 2 And was fourtie dayes tempted of the deuyll and in those dayes dyd he eate nothyng And when they were ended he afterwarde hungred 3 And the deuyll sayde vnto hym If thou be the sonne of God commaunde this stone that it be made bread 4 And Iesus aunswered hym saying It is written that man shall not lyue by bread only but by euery word of god 5 And the deuyll toke hym into an hye mountayne shewed hym all the kingdomes of y e worlde in a moment of time 6 And the deuyl saide vnto hym all this power wyll I geue thee euerywhyt the glory of them for that is deliuered vnto me and to whomsoeuer I wyll I geue it 7 If thou therfore wilt fall downe before me worship me they shal be all thine 8 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto hym Hence from me Satan For it is writtē Thou shalt worship the Lorde thy God and hym only shalt thou serue 9 And he caryed hym to Hierusalem set hym on a pinacle of the temple and sayde vnto him If thou be the sonne of God cast thy selfe downe from hence 10 For it is written that he shall geue his Angels charge ouer thee to kepe thee 11 And in their handes they shall beare thee vp that thou dasshe not thy foote at any tyme agaynst a stone 12 And Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto hym It is sayde Thou shalt not tempt the Lorde thy God 13 And assoone as all the temptatiō was ended the deuyll departed from hym for a season 14 ☞ And Iesus returned by the power of the spirite into Galilee there went a fame of hym throughout all the region rounde about 15 And he taught in their synagogues was commended of all men 16 And he came to Nazareth where he was nursed and as his custome was he wēt into the synagogue on the Sabboth day and stoode vp for to reade 17 And there was deliuered vnto hym the booke of the prophete Esaias And whē he had opened the booke he founde the place where it was written 18 The spirite of the Lord vpon me because he hath annoynted me to preache the Gospel to the poore he hath sent me to heale the broken hearted to preache deliueraunce to the captiue recouering of syght to the blynde freely to set at libertie them that are bruised 19 And to preache the acceptable yere of the Lorde 20 And he closed the booke and gaue it agayne to the minister and sate downe And the eyes of all them that were in y e synagogue were fastened on hym 21 And he began to say vnto thē this day is this scripture fulfilled in your eares 22 And all bare him witnesse wondred at y e gratious wordes whiche proceaded out of his mouth ☜ And they sayde is not this Iosephes sonne 23 And he saide vnto them Ye wyll vtterly say vnto me this prouerbe phisition heale thy selfe ☞ Whatsoeuer we haue heard done in Capernaū do y e same here lykewyse in thine owne countrey 24 And he saide Veryly I say vnto you no prophete is accepted in his owne countrey 25 But I tell you of a trueth many wydowes were in Israel in the dayes of Elias when heauen was shutte three yeres sixe monethes when great famishment was throughout all y e lande 26 And vnto none of thē was Elias sent saue vnto Sarepta a citie of Sidon vnto a woman that was a wydowe 27 And many lepers were in Israel in the tyme of Elizeus the prophete and none of them was clensed sauyng Naaman the Syrian 28 And all they in the synagogue when they hearde these thynges were fylled with wrath 29 And rose vp and thrust hym out of the citie and led hym euen vnto the edge of the hyll wheron their citie was built y e they might cast him downe headlong 30 But he passyng through the myddes of them went his way ☜ 31 ☞ And came downe to Capernaum a citie of Galilee and there taught them on the Sabboth dayes 32 And they were astonyed at his doctrine For his preachyng was with power 33 And in the synagogue there was a man which had an vncleane spirite of a deuyll and cryed with a loude voyce 34 Saying Oh what haue we to do with thee thou Iesus of Nazareth Art thou come to destroy vs I knowe who thou art euen the holy one of God 35 And Iesus rebuked hym saying Holde thy peace and come out of hym And when the deuyll had throwen him in the middes he came out of hym and hurt hym not 36 And feare came on them all and they spake among them selues saying What maner a thyng is this For with auctoritie and power he commaundeth the foule spirites and they come out 37 And the fame of hym spread abrode throughout euery place of the countrey rounde about ☜ 38 ☞ And when he was risen vp and come out of the synagogue he entred into Simons house And Simons wiues mother was taken with a great feuer they made intercession to hym for her 39 And he stoode ouer her and rebuked the feuer and the feuer left her And immediatly she arose and ministred vnto them 40 When the Sunne was downe all they that had sicke taken with diuers diseases brought them vnto hym And he layde his handes on euery one of them and healed them 41 And deuyls also came out of many crying saying Thou art that Christe the sonne of God And he rebuked thē and suffred them not to speake For they knewe that he was Christe 42 As soone as it was
sate vpon him was called faythfull and true and in ryghteousnesse he doth iudge and make battayle 12 His eyes were as a flambe of fire and on his head were many crownes and he had a name written that no man knewe but he hym selfe 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipt in blood and his name is called the worde of God 14 And the warryers which were in heauen folowed hym vppon whyte horses clothed with whyte and pure raynes 15 And out of his mouth went a sharpe sworde that with it he shoulde smyte the heathen and he shall rule theÌ„ with a rodde of yron And he trode the wine-fat of fiercenesse and wrath of almightie God 16 And hath on his vesture and on his thygh a name written King of kinges and Lorde of lordes 17 And I sawe an angell stande in the sunne and he cryed with a loude voyce saying to all the fowles that flee by the myddes of heauen Come and gather your selues together vnto the supper of the great God 18 That ye may eate the fleshe of kinges and the fleshe of hye capitaynes and the fleshe of myghtie men and the fleshe of horses and of them that syt on them and the fleshe of all free men and bonde men and of small and great 19 And I sawe the beast and the kinges of the earth and their warryers gathered together to make battayle agaynst hym that sate on the horse and agaynst his souldyers 20 And the beast was taken and with hym that false prophete that wrought miracles before hym with which he deceaued them that receaued the beastes marke and them that worshipped his image These both were cast quicke into a ponde of fire burnyng with brymstone 21 And the remnaunt were slayne with the sworde of hym that sate vppon the horse whiche sworde proceaded out of his mouth and all the fowles were fylled with their fleshe ¶ The .xx. Chapter 2 Satan beyng bounde for a certayne tyme 7 and after let loose â—ereth the Churche greeuouslye 10.14 And after the worlde is iudged he and his are cast into the lake of fire 1 AND I sawe an angel come downe from heauen hauyng the key of the bottomelesse pytte and a great chaine in his hand 2 And he toke the dragon that olde serpent which is the deuyll and Satanas and he bounde hym a thousand yeres 3 And cast hym into the bottomlesse pit and he shut hym vp and set a seale on hym that he shoulde deceaue the people no more tyll the thousande yeres were fulfylled and after that he must be loosed for a litle season 4 And I sawe thrones and they sate vpon them and iudgement was geuen vnto them and I sawe the soules of them that were beheaded for the witnesse of Iesus and for the word of God and whiche had not worshipped the beast neither his image neither had taken his marke vpon their foreheades or in their handes and they lyued and raigned with Christe a thousand yeres 5 But the other of the dead men shall not lyue agayne vntyll the thousande yeres be finished This is the first resurrection 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection For on such shal the seconde death haue no power but they shal be the priestes of God and of Christe and shall raigne with hym a thousande yeres 7 And when the thousande yeres are expired Satan shal be loosed out of his pryson 8 And shall go out to deceaue the people which are in the foure quarters of the earth Gog and Magog to gather them together to battayle whose number is as the sande of the sea 9 And they went vp in the playne of the earth and compassed the tentes of the saintes about and the beloued citie and fire came downe from God out of heauen and deuoured them 10 And the deuyll that deceaued them was cast into a lake of fire brymstone where the beast and the false prophete shal be tormented day nyght for euermore 11 And I sawe a great whyte throne and him that sate on it froÌ„ whose face fledde away both the earth and heauen and their place was no more founde 12 And I sawe the dead both great and small stand before God and the bookes were opened and another booke was opened which is the booke of lyfe and the dead were iudged of those thynges whiche were written in the bookes accordyng to their deedes 13 And the sea gaue vp her dead whiche were in her and death and hell delyuered vp the dead whiche were in them and they were iudged euery man accordyng to his deedes 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fyre This is the seconde death 15 And whosoeuer was not founde written in the booke of lyfe was cast into the lake of fire ¶ The .xxj. Chapter 3.14 The blessed estate of the godly 8.27 and the miserable condition of the wicked 11 The discription on the heauenly Hierusalem and of the wyfe of the Lambe 1 AND I sawe a newe heauen a new earth for the first heauen the first earthwere vanisshed awaye there was no more sea 2 ☞ And I Iohn sawe the holy citie newe Hierusalem come downe from God out of heauen prepared as a bride garnisshed for her husbande 3 And I hearde a great voyce out of heauen saying Beholde the tabernacle of God is with men and he wyll dwell with them and they shal be his people and God hym selfe shal be with them and be their God 4 And God shall wype away all teares from their eyes and there shal be no more death neither sorowe neither crying neither shall there be any more payne for the former thynges are gone 5 And he that sate vpon the throne said Beholde I make all thynges newe ☜ And he sayde vnto me write for these wordes are faythfull and true 6 And he sayde vnto me it is done I am Alpha and Omega the begynnyng and the ende I wyll geue to hym that is a thirst of the well of the water of lyfe freely 7 He that ouercommeth shall inherite all thynges and I wyl be his God and he shal be my sonne 8 But the fearefull and vnbeleuing and the abhominable and murtherers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters all lyers shall haue their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brymstone which is the seconde death 9 And there came vnto me one of the seuen angels whiche had the seuen vyals full of the seuen last plagues and talked with me saying Come hyther I wyll shewe thee the bryde the lambes wyfe 10 And he caryed me away in the spirite to a great and an hye mountayne and he shewed me the great citie holy Hierusalem descendyng out of heauen froÌ„ God 11 Hauing the glorie of God and her shining was lyke vnto a stone most precious euen lyke a Iasper cleare as Cristall 12 And had walles great and hye had xij gates and at
the gates .xij. angels names written which are the names of the .xij. tribes of Israel 13 On the east syde three gates and on the north syde three gates and towards the south three gates and froÌ„ the west three gates 14 And the wall of the citie had .xij. foundations and in them the .xij. names of the lambes .xij. Apostles 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reede to measure the citie withall and the gates thereof and the wall therof 16 And the citie was buylt foure square the length was as large as y e breadth and he measured the citie with the reede twelue thousande furlonges and the length and the breadth and the heyght of it were equall 17 And he measured the wall thereof an hundreth and fourtie and foure cubites by the measure of man that is of the angell 18 And the buylding of the wall of it was of Iasper and the citie was pure golde lyke vnto cleare glasse 19 And the foundations of the wall of the citie were garnisshed with all maner of precious stones The first foundation was Iasper the seconde Saphire the third a Chalcedonie the fourth an Emeralde 20 The fifth Sardonix y e sixth Sardius the seuenth Chrysolite the eygth Beryl the ninth a Topas the tenth a Chrysoprasus the eleueÌ„th a Iacinct y e twelfth an Amatist 21 The .xij. gates were .xij pearles euery gate was of one pearle and the streate of the citie was pure golde as through shynyng glasse 22 And I sawe no temple therin For the Lorde God almightie and the Lambe are the temple of it 23 And the citie hath no neede of the sunne neither of the moone to lighten it For the glorie of God dyd lighten it and the Lambe is the lyght of it 24 And the people which are saued shall walke in the lyght of it and the kynges of the earth shall bryng their glorie and honor vnto it 25 And the gates of it are not shut by day for there shal be no nyght 26 And they shall bring the glory and honor of the gentiles vnto it 27 And there shall enter into it none vncleane thyng neither whatsoeuer worketh abhomination or maketh lyes but they only which are written in the lambes booke of lyfe ¶ The .xxij. Chapter 1 The riuer of the water of lyfe 2 The fruitfulnesse and lyght of the citie of God 6 The Lorde geueth euer his seruauntes warnyng of thynges to come 9 The angell wyll not be worshipped 18 To the worde of God may nothyng be added nor diminisshed therfrom 1 AND he shewed me a pure ryuer of water of lyfe cleare as Cristall proceadyng out of the throne of god and of the lambe 2 In the middes of the streate of it H. L. and of either side of the ryuer was there wood of lyfe which bare twelue maner of fruites and gaue fruite euery moneth and the leaues of the wood serued to heale the people withall 3 And there shal be no more curse but the throne of God and the lambe shal be in it and his seruauntes shal serue hym 4 And they shall see his face his name shal be in their foreheades 5 And there shal be no nyght there and they neede no candle neither lyght of the sunne for the Lorde God geueth them lyght and they shall raigne for euermore 6 And he sayde vnto me these sayinges are faythfull and true And the Lorde God of the holy prophetes sent his angell to shewe vnto his seruauntes the thynges which must shortly be fulfilled 7 Beholde I come shortly Happy is he that kepeth y e saying of the prophecie of this booke 8 I Iohn sawe these thynges hearde them And when I had hearde and seene I fell downe to worship before the feete of the angell which shewed me these thynges 9 And he sayde vnto me see thou do it not for I am thy felowe seruaunt and the felowe seruaunt of thy brethren the prophetes and of them which kepe the sayinges of this booke But worshippe God 10 And he sayde vnto me seale not the sayinges of the prophecie of this booke For the tyme is at hande 11 He that doeth euyll let hym do euyll styll and he which is filthie let hym be filthie styll and he that is ryghteous let hym be ryghteous styll and he that is holy let hym be holy styll 12 And beholde I come shortly and my rewarde is with me to geue euery man accordyng as his deedes shal be 13 I am Alpha and Omega the begynnyng and the ende the first and the last 14 Blessed are they that do his commaundementes that their power may be in the tree of lyfe and may enter in through the gates into the citie 15 For without shal be dogges and inchaunters and whoremongers and murtherers and idolaters and whosoeuer loueth or maketh â—easynges 16 I Iesus sent myne angell to testifie vnto you these thynges in y e Churches I am the roote and the generation of Dauid and the bryght mornyng starre 17 And the spirite and the bride say come And let hym that heareth say also come And let hym that is a thirst come And let whosoeuer wyll take of the water of lyfe freely 18 I testifie vnto euery man that heareth the wordes of y e prophecie of this booke If any man shall adde vnto these thynges God shall adde vnto hym the plagues that are written in this booke 19 And yf any man shall minishe of the wordes of the booke of this prophecie God shal take away his part out of the booke of lyfe and out of the holy citie and from the thynges which are writteÌ„ in this booke 20 He which testifieth these thynges sayth surely I come quickly Amen Euen so come Lorde Iesus 21 The grace of our Lord Iesus Christe be with you all Amen FINIS ⧠A Table to fynde the Epistles and Gospels read in the Church of Englande VVherof the first lyne is the Epistle and the other the Gospell Whose begynnyng thou shalt fynde in the booke marked with a hande as it were poyntyng forwarde and the ende with a hande poyntyng backwarde conteyned within these letters A. B. C. D. c. ¶ On the first Sunday in Aduent Owe nothyng to any Rom. xiii c. When they drewe nye Math. xxi a. ¶ On the seconde Sunday in aduent Whatsoeuer thynges are Rom. xv a. And there shal be signes Luk. xxi e. ¶ On the thirde Sunday in Aduent Let a man this wyse i Cor. iiii a. When Iohn beyng in prison Math. xi a. ¶ On the fourth Sunday in Aduent Reioyce in the Lorde Phil. iiii a. This is the recorde of Iohn i. b. ¶ On Christmas day God in tymes past Hebr. i. a. In the begynnyng was Iohn i. a. ¶ On saint Steuens day And Steuen beyng full of Act. vii c. Beholde I sende vnto you Math. xxiii d. ¶ On saint Iohns day That which was from i Iohn i. Iesus sayde vnto