that are wrytten in thys boke for to feare this glorious and fearfull name of the Lorde thy God the Lorde will smyte both the and thy seed with wonderfull plages and with greate plages and of longe continuaunce and with euell sekenesses and of longe duraunce Moreouer he wyll brynge vppon the all the diseases off Egipte whiche thou wast afrayed off and they shall cleaue vnto the. Thereto all maner sekenesse◠and all maner plages whiche are not wrytten in the boke of this lawe wyll the Lorde brynge vppon the vntyll thou be come to noughte And ye shal be lefte fewe in numbre where to fore ye were as the starres off heauen in multitude because thou woldest not herkē vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God And as the Lorde reioysed ouer you to do you good and to multiplye you euen so he will reioyse ouer you to destroye you and to brynge you to nought And ye shabe wasted from of the lande whother thou goest to enioye it And the Lorde shall scater the amonge all nacyons from the one ende of the worlde vnto the other and there thou shalt serue straunge goddes which nether thou nor thy fathers haue knowne euen wod and stone And amonge these nacyons thou shalt be no small season and yet shalt haue no reste for the sole of thy foote For the Lorde shall geue the there a trēblynge herte ād dasynge eyes and sorowe of mynde And thy lyfe shall hange before the and thou shalt feare both daye and nyghte ād shalt haue no trust in thy lyfe In the mornynge thou shalt saye wolde God it were nyghte And at nyghte thou shalt saye wolde God it were mornynge For feare off thyne herte whiche thou shalt feare and for the syghte of thyne eyes whiche thou shalt se And the Lorde shall brynge the in to Egipte agayne with shippes by the waye which I bade the that thou shuldest se it nomoare And there ye shal be solde vnto youre enemyes for bondmen and bondwemen and yet no man shall bye you ¶ The .xxix. Chapter THese are the wordes of the appoyntmēt which the Lorde commaunded Moses to make with the childern of Israel in the londe of Moab besyde the appoyntment whiche he made with them in Horeb. And Moses called vnto all Israel and sayed vnto them Ye haue sene all that the Lorde dyd before youre eyes in the lande of Egipte vnto Pharao and vnto all his seruauntes and vnto all his londe and the greate temptacyons whiche thyne eyes haue sene and those greate myracles and wonders and yet the Lorde hath not geuen you an herte to perceaue nor eyes to se nor eares to heare vnto this daye And I haue led you .xl. yere in the wildernesse and youre clothes are not waxed olde vppon you nor are thy showes waxed olde vppon thy fete Ye haue eaten no bred nor droncke wyne or strounge dryncke that ye myghte knowe howe that he is the Lorde youre God And at the last ye came vnto this place ād Sihon the kynge of Hesbon and Og kynge of Basan came out agenst you vnto batayle and we smote them and toke their londe and gaue it an heritaunce vnto the Rubenites and Gadites and to the halfe tribe of Manasse Kepe therfore the worde of this appoyntment and doo them that ye maye vnderstonde all that ye ought to doo Ye stonde here this daye euery one of you before the Lorde youre God both the heedes of youre trybes youre elders youre officers ād all the mē of Israel youre childern youre wyues and the straungere that are in thyne host from the hewer of thy wod vnto the drawer of thy water that thou shulddest come vnder the appoyntment of the Lorde thy God and vnder his othe which the Lorde thy God maketh with the this daye For to make the a people vnto him selfe and that he maye be vnto the a God as he hath sayed vnto the and as he hath sworne vnto thi fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob Also I make not this bonde and this othe with you only but both with him that stōdeth here with us this daye before the Lorde oure God and also with him that is not here with us this daye For ye knowe how we haue dwelt in the londe of Egipte and how we came thorow the myddes of the nacions which we passed by And ye haue sene their abhominaciōs and their ydolles wod stone siluer and golde which they had Lest there be amonge you man or woman kynred or trybe that turneth awaye in his hert this daye from the Lord oure God to goo ād serue the goddes of these nacions and lest there be amonge you some roote that bereth gall and wormwod so that when he heareth the wordes of this curse he blesse him selfe in his hert sayenge I feare it not I will therfore walke after the lust of myne awne hert that the drounken destroye the thurstie And so the Lorde will not be mercyfull vnto him but then the wrath of the Lorde ād his gelousye smoke agenst that man ād al the curses that are written in this boke light vppō him and the Lorde doo out his name frō vnder heauen and separate him vnto euell out of all the trybes of Israel acordynge vnto all the curses of the appoyntement that is written in the boke of this lawe So that the generacion to come of youre childern that shal ryse vpp after you ād the straunger that shall come from a ferre londe saye when they se the plages of that londe and the diseases where with the Lorde hath smytten it how all the londe is burnt vpp with bremstone and salt that it is nether sowne nor beareth nor any grasse groweth therein after the ouertrowenge of Sodome Gomor Adama ād Zeboim which the Lorde ouerthrewe in his wrath and angre And than all nacions also saye wherfore hath the Lorde done of this facion vnto this londe O how fearse is this greatt wrath And men shall saye because they lefte the testamēt of the Lorde God of their fathers which he made with them whē he brought them out of the lande of Egipte And they went ād serued straunge goddes and worshipped them goddes which they knewe not and which had geuen them nought And therfore the wrath off the Lorde waxed whote vppon that londe to brynge vppon it all the curses that are written in this boke And the Lorde cast them out of their londe in angre wrath and greate furyou snesse and cast thē in to a straunge londe as it is come to passe this daye The secrettes perteyne vnto the Lorde oure God and the thinges that are opened perteyne vnto us and oure childern for euer that we doo all the wordes of this lawe The .xxx. Chapter WHen all these wordes are come vpō the whether it be the blessinge or the cursse which I haue set before the yet yf thou turne vnto thyne hert amonge all the nacions whother the Lorde thi God hath thruste the and come agayne
an holye man Zapâ—nath paenea wordes of Egipte are they as I suppose and as moch to saye as a man to whom secrete thinges be opened or an expounder of secrete thinges as some enterprete it That Joseph brought the egiptians in to soch subiection wold seme vnto some a very cruell deade how be it it was a very equall waye For they payde but the fifte parte of that that grewe on the grounde And therwith were they qâ—ytt of all duetyes both of rent custome tribute â—oll And the kinge therwith founde them lordes and all ministres and defended them We now paye half so moch vnto the prestes only besyde their other craft ye exactions Then paye we rent yerely though there grow never so litle on the grounde And yet when the kinge calleth paye we neuer the lesse So that if we loke indifferently their condition was easyar theÌ„ oures and but even a very indiffereÌ„t waye both for the comen people and the kynge also Se therfore that thou loke not on the ensamples of the scripture with wordly eyes lest thou preferre Cain before Abel Ismael before Isaae Esau before Jacob Ruben before Juda Sarah before Pharez Manasses before Ephraim And euen the worst before the best as the maner of the worlde is ¶ Emprented at Malborow in the lande of Hesse by me Hans Luft the yere of oure Lorde M CCCCC xxx the .xvij. dayes of Janu arij A PROLOGE IN TO THE SECONde boke of Moses called Exodus OF the preface vppoÌ„ Genesis mayst thou vnderstonde how to behaue thi silf in this boke also aÌ„d iÌ„ all other bokes of the scripture Cleaue vnto the texte and playne storye and endevoure thi silf to serch out the meaninge of all that is described therin and the true sense of all maner of speakynges of the scripture of proverbes similitudes aÌ„d borowed speach wherof I entreated in the ende of the obedience and beware of sotle allegoryes And note euery thinge ernestly as thinges partayninge vnto thyne awne herte and soule For as god vsed hym sylf vnto them of the old testament even so shall he vnto the worldes ende vse him silf vnto vs which haue receaved his holye scripture aÌ„d the testimonye of his sonne Iesus As god doeth all thinges here for them that beleve his promises and herken vnto his commaundmentes and with pacience cleaue vnto him and walke with him euen so shall he do for vs yf we receaue the witnesse of Christ with a stronge faith and endure paciently folowinge his steppes And on the othersyde as they that fell from the promises of god thorow vnbeleffe and from his lawe and ordinaunces thorow impaciencie of their awne lustes were for saken of god aÌ„d so peryshed even so shall we as many as do lykewyse and as manye as mock with the doctine of christ and make a cloke of it to lyue fleshlye aÌ„d to folowoure lustes Note therto how god is founde true at the last and how when all is past remedye aÌ„d brought into desperacion he then fulfilleth his promises and that by an abiecte and a castawaye a despised and a refused person ye and by awaye impossible to beleue The cause of all captiuite of goddes people is this The worlde ever hateth them for their fayth and trust which they haue in god but iÌ„ vayne vntill they falle froÌ„ the fayth of the promyses aÌ„d love of the lawe aÌ„d ordinaunces of god and put their trust in holy deades of their awne findinge and live all to gether at their awne lust and pleasure without regard of god or respecte of their neygboure Then god forsaketh vs and sendeth vs in to captiuite for oure dishonouringe of his name and despisinge of oure neghboure But the world persecuteth vs for oure faith in christ only as the pope now doeth aÌ„d not for oure weked livinge For in his kiÌ„gdome thou maist quietly aÌ„d with liceÌ„ce aÌ„d vnder a protectioÌ„ doo whath so euer abhominatioÌ„ thi herte lusteth but god persecuteth us because we abuse his holye testameÌ„t aÌ„d because that wheÌ„ we knowe the truth we folowe it not Note also the mightye hand of the Lorde how he playeth with his aduersaries aÌ„d provoketh theÌ„ aÌ„d sturreth theÌ„ vpp a litle aÌ„d a litle aÌ„d deliuereth not his people in an houre that both the pacieÌ„ce of his electe aÌ„d also the worldly witte aÌ„d wilye policye of the weked wherwith they fight agaynst god might appeare Marke the longesoferinge and softe pacieÌ„ce of Moses and how he loveth the people aÌ„d is euer betwene the wrath of god aÌ„d theÌ„ aÌ„d is readye to lyue aÌ„d dye with theÌ„ aÌ„d to be put out of the boke that god had writen for their sakes as Paule for his brothren Roma .ix. and how he taketh his awne wroÌ„ges pacientlie aÌ„d never avengeth him silf And make not Moses a figure of Christ with Rochestre but an ensample vnto all princes aÌ„d to all that are in authorite how to rule vnto goddes pleasure aÌ„d vnto their neyghbours profette For there is not a perfecter lyffe in this world both to the honoure of god and profytte of his neygboure nor yet a greatter crosse theÌ„ to rule christenlye And of Aaren also se that thou make no figure of christ vntill he come vnto his sacrifisinge but an ensample vnto all preachers of goddes worde that they adde nothinge vnto goddes worde or take ought therfro Note also how god sendeth his promisse to the people aÌ„d Moses consermeth it with miracles aÌ„d the people beleve But wheÌ„ teÌ„ptacion cometh they falle into vnbeleffe aÌ„d few byde stoÌ„dinge Where thou seest that all be not christeÌ„ that wil be so called aÌ„d that the crosse trieth the true froÌ„ the fayned for yf the crosse were not Christ shuld haue dissiples ynowe Wherof also thou seest what an excellent gifte off god true fayth is aÌ„d impossible to be had with out the sprete of god For it is aboue all naturall power that a man in tyme of teÌ„ptation when god scorgeth him shuld beleue then stedfastlye how that god loveth him aÌ„d careth for hiÌ„ aÌ„d hath prepared all good thinges for him aÌ„d that that scorginge is as ernest that god hath electe and chose him Note how oft Moses sturreth theÌ„ vpp to beleve aÌ„d to trust in god puttinge theÌ„ in remembraunce alwaye in tyme of temptation of the miracles and wonders which god had wrought before tyme in their eysight How diligently also forbiddeth he al that might with drawe their hartes from god to put nought to goddes word to take nought therfro to do only that which is right in the syght of the Lorde that they shuld make no maner image to knele doune before it ye that they shuld make none altar of hewed stone for feare off images to slee the hethen Idolatres vtterly aÌ„d to destroye their Idolles aÌ„d cutte doune their groves where they worshupped And that they shulde not take the doughters of them vnto their sonnes nor geue their doughters to
yâ— timothy had not happlye forsworne wyne I thinke the same and that the apostles forsware not wedlocke though many of them lyued chast nother yet any meate or drincke though they absteyned from theÌ„ that it were good for vs to folow their ensample How be it though I vowe swere aÌ„d thynke on none exceptyon yet is the breakynge of gods coÌ„mauÌ„dmeÌ„tes except all chaunces that haÌ„ge of god As if I swere to to be in a certayne place at a certayne houre to make a louedaye with out exception yet if the kinge in the meane tyme commaunde me a nother waye I must goo by gods commauÌ„dment aÌ„d yet breake not myne othe And in like case if my father and mother be seke and requyre my presence or if my wiff children or houshold be visited that my assistence be requyred or if my neyghbours house be a fyre at the same houre and a thousand soch chaunces in which all I breake myne oth and am not forsworne and so forth Read gods word diligently and with a good herte and it shall teach the all thynges The fourthe boke of Moses called Numeri ¶ The .iiij. boke of Moses called Numeri ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai in the tabernacle of witnesse the fyrst daye of the seconde moneth aÌ„d in the seconde yere after they were come out of yâ— lott de of Egipte sayenge take ye the summe of al the multitude of the childern of Israel in the it kynredes and housholdes of their fathers and numbre theÌ„ by name all that are males polle by polle froÌ„ .xx. yere aboue euen all that are able to goo forthe in to warre in Israell thou AaroÌ„ shall nuÌ„bretheÌ„ in their armieâ— with you shal be of euery try be a heed man in the house of his father And these are the names of yâ— meÌ„ that shall sâ—oÌ„ de with youâ—in RubeÌ„ Elizur the sonne of Sedeur In SimeoÌ„ Selumiel the sonne of Suâ—â— Sadar In yâ— try be of Iuda Nahesson the sonne of Aminadab In Isachar Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar In SebuloÌ„ uliab yâ— sonne of HeloÌ„ AmoÌ„ge yâ— childern of Ioseph In EphraiÌ„ Elisam a yâ— sonne of Amihud In Manasse Gamaliel yâ— soÌ„ne of Peda zur In Bâ— Iamin Abidan the sonne of Gedeom In Dan Ahieser the sonne of Amnn Sadai In Asser Pagiel the sonne of Ochran In Gad Eliasaph the soÌ„ne of Deguel In Naphtaly Ahira the sonne of Enan These were councelers of the congregacion and lordes in the trybes of their fathers captaynes ouer thousandes in Israel And Moses and Aaron roke these men aboue named and gathered all the congregacion together the fyrst daye of the seconde moneth and rekened them after their byrth kinredes and houses of their fathers by name froÌ„ .xx. yere aboue hed by hed as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses eueÌ„ so he numbred them in the wildernesse of Sinai And the childern of Ruben Israels eldest sonne in their generacions kynredes aÌ„d houses of their fathers wheÌ„ they were numbred eueryman by name all that were males froÌ„ xx yere and aboue as many as were able to goo forth in warre were numbred in the trybe off Ruben xlvi thousande and fyne hundred Among the childern of Simeon their generacion in their kynredes and housses of their fathers when euery mans name was tolde of all the males from .xx. yeres and aboue whatsoeuer was mete for the warre were numbred in the trybe of Simeon .lix. thousande and .iij. hundred Amonge the childern of Sad their generacion in their kynredes and housholdes of their fathers when thei were tolde by name froÌ„ xx yere and aboue all that were mete for the warre were numbred in the tribe of Sad. xlâ— thousande sixe hundred and fyftie Amonge the childern of Iuda their generacion in their kinredes and housses of their fathers by the numbre of names from .xx. yere and aboue all that were able to warre were tolde in the trybe of Iuda .lxxiiij. thousande and sixe hundred Amonge the childern of Isachar their generacion in their kinredes and houses of their fathere when their names were counted from .xx. yere aÌ„d aboue whatsoeuer was apte for warre were numbred in the trybe of Isachar .liiij. thousande and .iiij. hundred Among the children of Sebulon their generacion in their kynredes and houses of their fathers after the numbre of names from xx yere and aboue whosoeuer was mete for the warre were counted in the trybe of SebuloÌ„ ivij. thousande and .iiij. hundred Amonge the childern of Joseph fyrst amoÌ„ge the childern of Ephraim their generacion in their kynredes and housses of they re fathers when the names of all that were apte to the warre were tolde from .xx. yeres and aboue were in numbre in the trybe off Ephraim xl thousande and syxe hundred Amonge the childern of Manasse their generacion in their kynredes and houses of their fathers when the names of all that were apte to warre were tolde from .xx. and aboue were numbred in the tribe of Manasse xxxij thousand and two hundred Amonge the childern of Ben Jamin their generacion in their kynredes and housses of their fathers by the rale of names from twentye yere and aboue of all that were mete for warre were numbred in the trybe off Ben Jamin .xxxv. thousande and .iiij. hundred Amonge the childern of Dan their generacion in theyr kynreddes and housses off theyr faâ—hers in the summe of names off all that was apte to warre from twentye yere and aboue were numbred in the trybe of Dan .lxij. thousande and .vij. hundred Amonge the childern of Aser their generacyon in their kynredes houses of their fathers when thei were summed by name from .xx. yeres aboue all that were apte to warre were numbred in the tribe of Aser .xli. thousande and .v. hundred AmoÌ„ge the childern of Nepthali their generacion in their kynredes housses of their fathers when their names were tolde from xx yeres aÌ„d aboue what soeuer was meteâ—o warre were numbred in the trybe of Nephtali .liij. thousande and .iiij. hundred These are the numbres which Moses aÌ„d AaroÌ„ numbred with the .xij. princes of Israel of euery housse of their fathers a man And all the numbres of the children of Israel in the housses of their fathers from twentye yere and aboue whatsoeuer was mete for the warre in Israell drewe vnto the summe of syxe hundred thousande fyue hundred and .l. But the leuires in the tribe off their fathers were not numbred amonge them And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge only se that thou numbre not the trybe of Leui nether take the summe of them amonge the childern of Israel But thou shalt appoynte the leuites vnto the habitacioÌ„ of witnesse and to all the apparell thereof and vnto all that longeth thereto For they shall bere the tabernacle and all the ordinaunce thereof and they shall ministre it and shall pitche their tentes rounde aboute it And when the tabernacle goeth forth the leuites shall take it