shall dye and the ryuer shall corrupt and it shall greeue the Egyptians to drinke of the water of the ryuer 19 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses say vnto Aaron Take thy rodde and stretche out thyne hand ouer the waters of Egypt ouer their streames ouer their riuers and pondes and all pooles of water whiche they haue that they may be blood and that there may be blood throughout all y e lande of Egypt both in vesselles of wood also of stone 20 And Moyses and Aaron did euen as the Lorde commaunded and he lyfte vp the rodde and smote the waters that were in the ryuer in the sight of Pharao and in the sight of his seruauntes and all the water that was in the ryuer turned into blood 21 And the fishe that was in the ryuer dyed and the ryuer corrupted and the Egyptians coulde not drinke of the waters of the ryuer and there was blood throughout all the lande of Egypt 22 And the enchaunters of Egypt dyd lykewyse with their sorceries and he heardened Pharaos heart neyther did he hearken vnto them as the Lorde had sayde 23 And Pharao turned him selfe and went agayne into his house and set not his heart thervnto 24 And the Egyptians dygged rounde about the ryuer for water to drinke for they coulde not drinke of the water of the ryuer 25 And it continued seuen dayes after that the Lorde had smyten the ryuer ¶ The .viij. Chapter 2 Frogges 8 Pharao prayeth Moyses to pray for hym 12 Moyses prayeth for Pharao 15 Pharao is hardened 16 Lyce in man and beast 20 Flyes or all kynde of wylde fierce and noysome beastes 25 Pharao intreateth Moyses to pray for hym 32 Pharao is hardened 1 THE Lorde spake vnto Moyses go vnto Pharao tell hym Thus sayeth the Lord Let my people go that they may serue me 2 And if thou refuse to let them go beholde I wyll smyte all thy borders with frogges 3 And the riuer shall scraule with frogges whiche shall go vp and come into thine house and into thy priuie chaumber where thou slepest and vpon thy bed into the house of thy seruauntes and vpon thy people and into thyne ouens and vpon al thy vitayles in store 4 And the frogges shall come vp vppon thee and on thy people and vpon all thy seruauntes 5 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses say vnto Aaron stretch foorth thyne hande with thy rod ouer the streames ouer the ryuers and ouer the pondes and cause frogges to come vp vpon the lande of Egypt 6 And Aaron stretched his hande ouer y e waters of Egypt the frogges came vp and couered the lande of Egypt 7 And the sorcerers did likewise with their sorcerie and brought frogges vp vpon the lande of Egypt 8 Then Pharao called for Moyses and Aaron and sayde pray ye vnto the Lorde that he maye take away the frogges from me and from my people and I will let the people go that they may do sacrifice vnto the Lorde 9 And Moyses sayde vnto Pharao glory herein because of me and appoynt when I shall pray for thee and for thy seruauntes and for thy people to dryue away the frogges from thee and thy houses and they may remayne but in the ryuer onlye 10 He sayd to morowe And he sayde euen as thou hast said that thou mayest knowe that there is none like vnto the Lorde our God 11 And so the frogges shall depart from thee and from thy houses from thy seruauntes and from thy people and shall remayne in the ryuer onlye 12 Moyses and Aaron went out from Pharao and Moyses cryed vnto the Lorde as touching the frogges whiche he had brought against Pharao 13 And the Lorde dyd accordyng to the saying of Moyses and the frogges dyed out of the houses out of the courtes and fieldes 14 And they gathered them together vppon heapes and the lande had an euill smell through them 15 But when Pharao sawe that he had rest geuen him he hardened his heart and hearkened not vnto them as the Lorde had sayde 16 And the Lord sayd vnto Moses Say vnto Aaron Stretche out thy rod and smyte the dust of the lande that it may be turned to lyce throughout all the lande of Egypt 17 And they did so for Aaron stretched out his hande with his rodde and smote the dust of the earth whiche turned to lyce in man and beast so that all the dust of the lande turned to lyce throughout all the lande of Egypt 18 And the enchaunters assayed likewise with their enchauntmētes to bring foorth lyce but they coulde not and the lyce were both vpon men beastes 19 Then said the enchaunters vnto Pharao this is the finger of God And Pharaos heart remayned obstinate and he hearkened not vnto them euen as the Lorde had sayde 20 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses ryse vp early in the mornyng and stand before Pharao lo he wyll come foorth vnto the water and thou shalt say vnto him Thus sayeth the Lorde Let my people go that they may serue me 21 Els if thou wylt not let my people go behold I will send all maner of flyes both vpon thee and thy seruauntes and thy people into thy houses and the houses of the Egyptians shal be full of flyes and the ground wheron they are 22 And the land of Gosen where my people are will I cause to be wonderfull in that day so that there shal no flyes be there wherby thou shalt know that I am the Lorde in the myddest of the earth 23 And I will put a diuision betweene my people and thine and euen to morowe shall this miracle be done 24 And the Lord dyd euen so there came an intollerable swarme of flyes into the house of Pharao and into his seruauntes houses and into all the land of Egypt and the land was corrupt with these flyes 25 And Pharao called for Moyses and Aaron and sayd Go and do sacrifice vnto your God in this lande 26 And Moyses aunswered It is not meete that we so do for we must offer vnto the Lorde our God that which is an abhomination vnto the Egyptians Lo if we sacrifice that which is an abhomination vnto the Egyptians before theyr eyes wyl they not stone vs 27 We wyll go three dayes iourney into the desert and sacrifice vnto the Lorde our God as he hath cōmaunded vs. 28 And Pharao sayd I will let you go that ye may sacrifice vnto the Lorde your God in the wyldernesse but go not farre away pray for me 29 And Moyses sayd beholde I will go out from thee and pray vnto the Lord that the flyes may depart from Pharao and from his seruauntes and from his people to morowe but let Pharao from hence foorth deale deceiptfully no more that he wyll
Egypt to bryng vs into this euyll place which is no place of seede nor of fygges nor vines nor pomgranates neither is there any water to drynke 6 And Moyses and Aaron went from the presence of the congregation vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation and fel vpon their faces and the glorie of the Lorde appeared vnto them 7 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 8 Take the rodde and gather thou and thy brother Aaron the congregation together and speake vnto the rocke before their eyes and it shall geue foorth his water And thou shalt bryng them water out of the rocke to geue the companie drynke and their beastes also 9 And Moyses toke the rodde from before the Lord as he commaunded hym 10 And Moyses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rocke and Moyses sayde vnto them Heare ye rebelles must we fetch you water out of this rocke 11 And Moyses lyft vp his hande and with his rodde he smote the rocke two tymes and the water came out aboundauntly and the multitude dranke and their beastes also 12 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron Because ye beleued me not to sanctifie me in the eyes of the children of Israel therfore ye shall not bryng this congregation into the lande which I haue geuen them 13 This is the water of strife because the children of Israel stroue with y e Lorde and he was sanctified in them 14 And Moyses sent messengers from Cades vnto the kyng of Edom thus sayeth thy brother Israel Thou knowest all the trauayle that we haue had 15 Our fathers went downe into Egypt we haue dwelt in Egypt a long tyme and the Egyptians vexed vs and our fathers 16 And when we cryed vnto the Lorde he hearde our voyce and sent an angell and hath fet vs vp out of Egypt And beholde we are in Cades euen in the vttermost citie of thy border 17 Let vs passe I pray thee through thy countrey but we wyll not go through the fieldes or vineyardes neither wyll we drynke of the water of the fountaynes we wyll go by the kynges hye way and neither turne vnto the ryght hande nor to the left vntyll we be past thy borders 18 And Edom aunswered hym Thou shalt not go by me lest I come out agaynst thee with the sworde 19 The children of Israel sayd vnto him we wyll go by the beaten way and if I and my cattell drynke of thy water I wyll pay for it I wyll but only without any harme go through on my feete 20 He aunswered Thou shalt not go through And Edom came out agaynst hym with much people and with a mightie power 21 And thus Edom denied to geue Israel passage through his countrey wherfore Israel turned away from hym 22 And the children of Israel departed from Cades and came vnto mount Hor with all the congregation 23 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron in mount Hor harde by the coast of the lande of Edom saying 24 Aaron shal be gathered vnto his people for he shall not come into the lande which I haue geuen vnto the children of Israel because ye disobeyed my mouth at the water of strife 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his sonne and bryng them vp into mount Hor. 26 And cause Aaron to put of his garmentes and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne and Aaron shal be gathered vnto his people and shall dye there 27 And Moyses dyd as the Lorde commaunded and they went vp into mount Hor in the sight of all the multitude 28 And Moyses toke of Aarons clothes and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne and Aaron dyed there in the toppe of the mount And Moyses and Eleazar came downe out of the mount 29 When all y e multitude sawe that Aaron was dead they mourned for Aarō thirtie dayes all the housholde of Israel ⧠The .xxj. Chapter 1 Israel vanquissheth kyng Arad 6 The firie serpentes styng them 24 The kynges Sehon and Og are ouercome in battayle 1 ANd when kyng Arad the Chananite which dwelt towarde the south hearde tell that Israel came by the way that the spyes had founde out he fought agaynst Israel and toke some of them prisoners 2 And Israel vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde and sayde If thou wylt deliuer this people into my hande I wyll vtterly destroy their cities 3 And the Lorde hearde the voyce of Israel and deliuered them the Chanaanites And they destroyed them and their cities and called the name of the place Horma 4 And they departed frō mount Hor by the way of the red sea to compasse the lande of Edom and the soule of the people was sore greeued because of y e way 5 And the people spake agaynst God and agaynst Moyses Wherefore haue ye brought vs out of Egypt for to dye in the wildernesse for here is neither bread nor water and our soule lotheth this lyght bread 6 Wherfore the Lorde sent fierie serpentes among the people which stong them and much people of Israel dyed 7 Therfore the people came to Moyses sayd We haue sinned for we haue spoken agaynst the Lord and agaynst thee make intercession to the Lord that he take away the serpentes from vs. And Moyses made intercession for y e people 8 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Make thee a fierie serpent and set it vp vpon a pole that as many as are bitten may loke vpon it and lyue 9 And Moyses made a serpent of brasse and set it vpon a pole and when the serpent had bitten any man he behelde the serpent of brasse and lyued 10 And the children of Israel departed thence and pitched in Oboth 11 And they departed from Oboth and pitched at the heapes of Abarim euen in the wildernesse which is before Moab on the east syde 12 And they remoued thence and pitched vpon the riuer of Zared 13 And they departed thence and pitched on the other syde of Arnon which is in the wildernesse and commeth out of the coastes of the Amorites for Arnon is the border of Moab betweene Moab and the Amorites 14 Wherfore it shal be spoken in the booke of the warres of the Lord what thyng he dyd in the red sea and in the riuers of Arnon 15 And at the streame of the riuers that goeth downe to the dwellyng of Ar and lyeth vpon the border of Moab 16 From thence they returned vnto Beer The same is the well wherof the Lord spake vnto Moyses Gather the people together and I will geue them water 17 Then Israel sang this song Spryng vp well syng ye vnto it 18 The princes digged this well the captaynes of the people digged it with the lawe geuer and with their staues And from the wildernesse they went to Mathana 19 And from Mathana to Nahaliel and from Nahaliel to Bamoth 20 And from Bamoth of the valley that is in the fielde of Moab vnto the top of
me Let my people go that they may serue me 4 Or els if thou refuse to let my people go beholde to morowe wyll I bryng greshoppers into thy coastes 5 And they shall couer the face of the earth that it can not be seene and they shall eate the residue which remayneth vnto you and is escaped from the hayle and they shall eate euery greene tree that beareth you fruite in the fielde 6 And they shall fill thy houses and all thy seruauntes houses and the houses of all the Egyptians after suche a maner as neyther thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers haue seene since the tyme they were vpon the earth vnto this day And he turned him selfe about and went out from Pharao 7 And Pharaos seruauntes sayde vnto him howe long shall he be hurtfull vnto vs Let the men go that they may serue the Lorde their God knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed 8 And Moyses Aaron were brought againe vnto Pharao and he sayde vnto them Go and serue the Lorde your God but who are they that shall go 9 And Moyses aunswered we will go with our young and with our olde yea and with our sonnes with our daughters and with our sheepe and with our oxen we must go for we must holde a feast vnto the Lorde 10 And he said vnto them Let the Lord be so with you as I will let you go and your chyldren take heede for ye haue some mischiefe in hande 11 Nay not so but go they that are men and serue the Lorde for that was your desire And they were thrust out of Pharaos presence 12 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Stretch out thyne hand ouer the lande of Egypt for greshoppers that they may come vpon the land of Egypt and eate all the hearbes of the lande and all that the hayle left behynde 13 And Moyses stretched foorth his rod ouer the lande of Egypt and the Lorde brought an east winde vpon the lande all that day and all that nyght and in the morning the east winde brought the greshoppers 14 And the greshoppers went vp ouer all the lande of Egypt and remayned in all quarters of Egypt very greeuouslye before them were there no suche greshoppers neither after them shal be 15 For they couered all the face of the earth so that the lande was darke and they did eate al the hearbes of the land and all the fruites of the trees whatsoeuer the hayle had lefte there was no greene thyng left in the trees hearbes of the fielde through al y e land of Egypt 16 Therefore Pharao called for Moyses and Aaron in haste and sayde I haue sinned agaynst the Lord your God and agaynst you 17 And nowe forgeue me my sinne only this once and pray vnto the Lord your God that he may take awaye from me this death only 18 And Moyses went out from Pharao and prayed vnto the Lorde 19 And the Lorde turned a myghtie strong west wynde and it toke awaye the grashoppers and cast them into the red sea so that there was not one grashopper in all the coastes of Egypt 20 And the Lorde hardened Pharaos heart so that he woulde not let the children of Israel go 21 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Stretche out thy hande vnto heauen that there may be vpon the lande of Egypt darknesse which may be felt 22 And Moyses stretched foorth his hand vnto heauen and there was a thicke darkenesse vpon all the lande of Egypt three dayes long 23 No man sawe another neither rose vp from the place where he was by the space of three dayes But al the children of Israel had light where thei dwelled 24 And Pharao called for Moyses and sayde Go and serue the Lorde onlye let your sheepe your oxen abyde and let your chyldren go with you 25 And Moyses sayde Thou must geue vs also offeringes and burnt offeringes for to do sacrifice vnto the Lorde our God 26 Our cattell also shall go with vs and there shall not one hoofe be left behynd for therof must we take to serue y e Lorde our God neither do we knowe with what we must do seruice vnto the Lord vntyll we come thyther 27 But the Lorde hardened Pharaos heart and he woulde not let them go 28 And Pharao sayde vnto hym Get thee from me and take heede vnto thy selfe that thou seest my face no more for whensoeuer thou commest in my syght thou shalt dye 29 And Moyses sayde Let it be as thou hast sayde I wyll see thy face no more ¶ The .xj. Chapter 1 The Lorde commaundeth the Hebrewes to robbe the Egyptians 4 The death of the first borne of all thynges 1 AND the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Yet wyl I brynge one plague more vpō Pharao and vpon Egypt and after that he wyll let you go hence when he shal let you go quite he shall vtterly dryue you hence 2 Speake thou therfore in the eares of the people that euery man borowe of his neighbour and euery woman of her neighbour iewels of syluer and iewels of golde 3 And the Lorde shall geue the people fauour in the syght of the Egyptians Moreouer Moyses was a very great man in the lande of Egypt in the syght of Pharaos seruauntes and in the syght of the people 4 And Moyses sayde Thus sayth the Lorde At mydnyght wyll I go out into the myddest of Egypt 5 And all the first borne in all the land of Egypt shall dye euen frō the first borne of Pharao that sytteth on his seate vnto the first borne of the mayde seruaunt that is behynde the myll and all the first gendred of the cattell 6 And there shal be a great crye throughout all the lande of Egypt such as there was neuer none lyke nor shal be 7 But amongst the chyldren of Israel shal not a dogge moue his tounge from a man vnto a beast that ye may knowe how that the Lord putteth a difference betweene the Egyptians and Israel 8 And these thy seruauntes shal al come downe vnto me and fall before me and say Get thee out and all the people that are vnder thee and then wyll I depart And he went out from Pharao with an angry countenaunce 9 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Pharao shall not heare you that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt 10 And Moyses and Aaron dyd all these wonders before Pharao And the Lord hardened Pharaos heart so that he woulde not let the chyldren of Israel go out of his lande ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 The charge and maner of eatyng of the Passouer 26 A charge is geuen parentes to teache their chyldren the misterie of the Passouer 29 The murder of the first borne of Egypt 31 Pharao casteth out the chyldren of Israel 35 The Iewes do robbe the Egyptians of golden and syluer vessels 37 The chyldren of Israel do go out 40 They dwelt in
saith the Lorde that I will perfourme that good thing whiche I haue promised vnto the house of Israel and vnto the house of Iuda 15 In those dayes and at the same tyme I wyll bryng foorth vnto Dauid the braunche of righteousnesse and he shall do equitie and righteousnesse in the lande 16 In those dayes shall Iuda be saued and Hierusalem shall dwell safe and this shal be her name God our righteousnesse 17 For thus the Lorde promiseth Dauid shall neuer want one to sit vpon the throne of the house of Israel 18 Neither shall the priestes and leuites want one to offer alway before me burnt offeringes to kindle the meate offeringes and to prepare the sacrifices 19 And the worde of the Lord came vnto Ieremie after this maner 20 Thus saith the Lorde May the couenaunt whiche I haue made with day and night be broken that there shoulde not be day and night in due season 21 Then may my couenaunt also be broken whiche I made with Dauid my seruaunt and so he not to haue a sonne to raigne in his throne so shall also the Priestes and Leuites neuer fayle but serue me 22 For like as the starres of heauen may not be numbred neither the sande of the sea measured so wyll I multiplie the seede of Dauid my seruaunt and the Leuites my ministers 23 Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came to Ieremie saying 24 Considerest thou not what this people speaketh Two kinredes say they had the Lorde chosen and those same two hath he cast away for so they haue despised my people and they reputed them as though they were no people 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord If I haue made no couenaunt with day and night and geuen no statute vnto heauen and earth 26 Then will I also cast away the seede of Iacob and Dauid my seruaunt so that I wyll take no prince out of his seede to rule the posteritie of Abraham Isaac and Iacob but yet I will turne agayne their captiuitie and be mercyfull vnto them The .xxxiiij. Chapter 2 He threatneth that the citie and the king Zedekias also shal be geuen into the handes of the kyng of Babylon 11 He rebuketh them that brought suche of their brethren into captiuitie as were pardoned to go at their libertie 1 THese are the wordes whiche the Lord spake vnto Ieremie what tyme as Nabuchodonozor the king of Babylon and all his hoast and all the kyngdomes that were vnder his power and all his people fought against Hierusalem and all the cities therof 2 Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel Go and speake to Zedekias the king of Iuda and tell hym the Lorde sendeth thee this worde beholde I wyll deliuer this citie into the hande of the kyng of Babylon he shall burne it with fire 3 And thou shalt not escape his handes but shal be taken prisoner and deliuered into his power Thou shalt looke the kyng of Babylon in the face and he shall speake to thee mouth to mouth and then shalt thou go to Babylon 4 Yet heare the worde of the Lorde O Zedekias thou kyng of Iuda thus saith the Lorde vnto thee Thou shalt not be slayne with the sworde 5 But shalt dye in peace And as thy forefathers the kynges thy progenitours were brent so shalt thou be brent also and in thy mourning they shal say O Lorde for thus haue I determined saith the Lorde 6 Then saide Ieremie the prophete all these wordes vnto Zedekias kyng of Iuda in Hierusalem 7 What tyme as the kyng of Babylons hoast besieged Hierusalem and the remnaunt of the cities namely Lachis and Azecah whiche yet remayned of the strong defensed cities of Iuda 8 These are the wordes that the Lorde spake vnto Ieremie the prophete when Zedekias was agreed with all the people at Hierusalem that there shoulde be proclaymed a libertie 9 So that euery man should let his seruaunt and handmayde go free Hebrue and Hebruesse and no Iewe holde his brother as a bondman 10 Nowe as they had consented all the princes and all the people whiche had gathered vnto this agreement that euery man shoulde set at libertie his bondseruaunt and bondwoman and no longer to holde them bounde euen so they were obedient and let them go free 11 But afterwarde they repented and toke agayne the seruauntes and handmaydens whom they had let go free and so made them bonde agayne 12 For whiche cause the worde of the Lorde came vnto Ieremie from the Lorde hym selfe saying 13 Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel I made a couenaunt with your fathers when I brought them out of the lande of Egypt out of the house of bondage saying 14 When seuen yeres are out euery man shall let his bought seruaunt an Hebrue go free if he haue serued hym sixe yeres but your fathers obayed me not and hearkened not vnto me 15 As for you ye were nowe turned and dyd right before me in that ye proclaymed euery man to let his neighbour go free and in that ye made a couenaunt before me in the temple that beareth my name 16 But yet ye turned your selues againe and blasphemed my name in this that euery man hath required his seruaunt and handemayde agayne whom ye had let go quite and free and compelled them to serue you agayne and to be bondmen and bondwomen 17 And therfore thus saith the Lord Ye haue not obayed me euery man to proclaime freedome vnto his brother and neighbour wherefore I wyll call you vnto freedome saith the Lorde euen vnto the sworde to the pestilence and to hunger and will make you to be plagued in all kyngdomes of the earth 18 Yea those men that haue broken my couenaunt and not kept the wordes of the appointment whiche they made before me when they hewed the calfe in two and when they went thorowe the two halfes therof 19 The princes of Iuda the princes of Hierusalem the gelded mē the priestes and all the people of the lande whiche went thorowe the two sydes of the calfe 20 Those men will I geue into the power of their enemies and into the handes of them that folowe vpon their liues and their dead bodies shal be meate for the foules of the ayre and beastes of the fielde 21 As for Zedekias the king of Iuda and his princes I wyll deliuer them into the power of their enemies of them that desire to slay them and into the hande of the kyng of Babylons hoast whiche nowe is departed from you 22 But thorowe my commaundement saith the Lord they shall come againe before this citie they shall fight against it winne it and burne it Moreouer I wyll lay the cities of Iuda so waste that no man shall dwell therin ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter 1 He propoundeth the obedience of the Rechabites and therby confoundeth the pryde of the Iewes 6 The commaundement of Ionadab the father of the Rechabites 17 He threatneth
make thee come vp into my net 4 For I wyll leaue thee vpon the lande and cast thee vpon the open fielde and I wyll cause all the foules of the ayre to remaine vpon thee fill all the beastes of the fielde with thee 5 Thy flesh wyll I lay vpon the hils and fill the valleyes with thy highnesse 6 I wyll water thyne ouerflowing lande with thy blood euen to the mountaynes and the riuers shal be ful of thee 7 When thou art put out I wyll couer the heauen and make his starres dim I wyll spreade a cloude ouer the sunne and the moone shall not geue her light 8 All the lightes of heauen wyll I make darke for thee and bring darkenesse vpon thy lande saith the Lorde God 9 I wyll stirre vp to anger the heartes of many people when I bring thy destruction among the heathen and vpon the countries which thou knowest not 10 Yea I wyll make many people amased at thee and their kinges shal be astonished with feare for thee when I shall make my sworde to glitter against their faces and they shal be afraide at euery moment euery man for his owne lyfe in the day of thy fall 11 For thus saith the Lorde God The king of Babylons sworde shal come vpon thee 12 With the swordes of the mightie wyll I smyte downe thy multitude they all shal be terrible nations they shal destroy the pompe of Egypt and all the multitude thereof shal be consumed 13 I wyll destroy also al the beastes therof from the great waters sides neither shall the foote of man trouble them any more nor the hooues of beastes trouble them 14 Then wyll I make their waters deepe and cause their riuers to ruune lyke oyle saith the Lorde God 15 When I make the lande of Egypt desolate and when the countrey with all that is therein shal be layde waste and when I smyte all them which dwell in it then shall they knowe that I am the Lorde 16 This is the mourning when they shal lament her the daughters of the nations shall lament her they shall make the lamentation ouer Egypt and ouer all the people thereof saith the Lorde God 17 In the twelfth yere the fifteenth day of the moneth came the worde of the Lorde vnto me saying 18 Thou sonne of man lament for the multitude of Egypt and cast them downe euen them and the daughters of the famous nations vnto the neather partes of the earth with them that go downe into the pit 19 Whom doest thou passe in beautie go downe and sleepe with the vncircumcized 20 Among those that be slaine with the sworde shall they lye to the sworde is she alredie delyuered drawe her downe and all her multitude 21 The mightie worthies shall speake to her out of the hell and to her helpers they are gone downe and lye vncircumcized with them that be slaine with the sworde 22 Assur is there also with all his company and their graues rounde about him which were slaine and fell all with the sworde 23 Whose graues are made in the side of the pit and his multitude are rounde about his graue to wit all the slaine and fallen by the sworde which cause a feare to be in the lande of the liuing 24 There is Elam also with all his people rounde about his graue which all being slaine fallen with the sworde are gone downe vncircumcized vnder the earth which neuerthelesse sometime brought feare into the lande of the lyuing they beare their owne shame with the other that be gone downe to the graue 25 They haue made his bed in the midst of the slaine with al his multitude their graues are rounde about him all these vncircumcized slaine by the sworde although they caused their feare in the lande of the lyuing yet haue they borne their shame with them that go downe to the pit they are layde in the midst of them that are slaine 26 There is Mesech also and Tubal and their people their graues rounde about him these al vncircumcized were slaine with the sworde because aforetime they made the lande of the lyuing afraide 27 They shall not lye with the valiaunt which are fallen of the vncircumcized which are gone downe to the graue with their weapons of warre and haue layde their swordes vnder their heades but their iniquitie shal be vpon their bones because the terrour of their mightie was in the lande of the lyuing 28 Yea among the vncircumcized shalt thou be destroyed and sleepe with them that perished through the sworde 29 There is Edom with her kinges and princes also which with their strength are layde by them that were slaine with the sworde yea among the vncircumcized shal they sleepe with them which are gone downe into the pit 30 Moreouer there be al the princes of the north with al the Sidonians which are gone downe with the slaine with their feare and strength they are come to confusion and lye there vncircumcized among those that be slaine with the sworde and beare their owne shame with them that be gone downe to the pit 31 Pharao shall see them and be comforted ouer all his multitude Pharao and al his armie shal be slaine with the sworde saith the Lorde God 32 For I haue geuen my feare in the lande of the lyuing but Pharao and al his people shal be layde among the vncircumcized and among them that be slaine with the sworde saith the Lorde God ¶ The .xxxiii. Chapter He setteth out the office of the gouernours and ministers 14 He strengthneth them that dispaire ▪ and boldneth them with the promise of mercie 30 The worde of the Lorde against the remnaunt of the people against the mockers of the wordes of the prophete 1 AGaine the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man speake to the children of thy people and tell them When I sende a sworde vpon a lande if the people of the lande take a man of their coastes and set him to be their watchman 3 If when he seeth the sworde come vpon the lande he shall blow the trumpet and warne the people 4 Then he that heareth the noyse of the trumpet and wyll not be warned and the sworde come and take him away his blood shal be vpon his owne head 5 For he heard the sounde of the trumpet and would not be warned therefore his blood be vpon him but he that receaueth warning he shall saue his lyfe 6 Againe if the watchman see the sword come and blow not the trumpet so that the people is not warned if the sworde come then and take any man from among them the same shal be taken away in his owne sinne but his blood wyl I require at the watchmans hand 7 And thou O sonne at man I haue made thee a watchman vnto the house of Israel therefore thou
as Iudas and Ionathas were in the land of Galaad and Simon their brother in Galilee before Ptolomais 56 Then Iosephus the sonne of Zachari and Azarias the captaynes hearing of the actes that were done and of the battailes that were striken saide 57 Let vs get vs a name also and go fight against the heathen that are rounde about vs. 58 So they gaue their hoast a commaundement and went toward Iamma 59 Then came Gorgias and his men out of the citie to fight against them 60 Iosephus also and Azarias were chased vnto the borders of Iewry and ther were slaine that day of the people of Israel two thousand men so that there was a great miserie among the people of Israel 61 And all because they were not obedient vnto Iudas and his brethren but thought they shoulde quite themselues manfully 62 Neuerthelesse they came not of the seede of these men by whom Israel was helped 63 But the men that were with Iudas were greatly commended in the sight of all Israel and all the Heathen wheresoeuer their name was heard vpon 64 And the people came vnto them bidding them welcome 65 After this went Iudas foorth with his brethren and fought against the children of Esau in the lande that lyeth toward the south where he wan the citie of Hebron and the townes that lye beside it and as for the walles and towers rounde about it he brent them vp 66 Then remoued he to go into the lande of the Philistines and went through Samaria 67 At the same time were there many priestes slaine in the battaile which wilfully and without aduisement went out for to fight to get them honour 68 And when Iudas came to Azot in the Philistines lande he brake downe their aulters brent the images of their idols spoyled the cities and came againe into the lande of Iuda The .vj. Chapter 1 Antiochus wylling to take the citie of Elymas for a pray is driuen away of the citezins 8 He falleth into sicknesse and dyeth 17 His sonne Antiochus is made king 34 The besieging of the towre of Sion Eupator commeth into Iewry with a great armie 43 The boldnesse of Eleazar 1 NOw when king Antiochus trauailed thorough y e hie countries he heard that Elymas in Persia was a noble and plenteous citie in siluer and golde 2 And that there was in it a very rich temple where as were clothes coate armours and shieldes of golde which Alexander the sonne of Philip king of Macedonia that raigned first in Grecia had left behinde him 3 Wherefore he went about to take the citie to spoyle it but he was not able for the citezins were warned of it and fought with him 4 And so he fled and departed with great heauinesse and came againe into Babylon 5 Moreouer there came one which brought him tidinges in Persia that his hoastes which were in the lande of Iuda were driuen away 6 And how that Lysias went foorth first with a great power and was dryuen away of the Iewes how that they had wonne the victory and gotten great goodes out of the hoastes that perished 7 How they had broken downe the abhomination which he set vp vpon the aulter at Hierusalem fenced the sanctuary with hie walles lyke as it was afore yea and Bethsura his citie also 8 So it chaunced that when the king heard these wordes he was afrayde greeued very sore Wherefore he layde him downe vpon his bed and fell sicke for very sorowe and all because it had not happened as he had deuised 9 And there continued he long for his griefe was euer more and more so that he sawe he must needes dye 10 Therfore he sent for all his friendes saide vnto them The sleepe is gone fro myne eyes for the very sorowe and vexation of heart that I haue 11 For when I consider in my minde the great aduersitie that I am come vnto and the fluddes of heauines which I am come in where as afore time I was so merie and so greatlie set by by reason of my power 12 Againe considering the euill that I haue done at Hierusalem from whence I toke all the riches of golde and siluer that were in it and sent to destroye the inhabitours of Iurie without any reason why 13 I know that these troubles are come vpon me for the same cause and behold I must dye with great sorowe in a straunge lande 14 Then called he for one Phillip a frend of his whom he made ruler of all his realme 15 And gaue him the crowne his robe and his ring that he shoulde take his sonne Antiochus vnto him bring him vp till he might raigne him selfe 16 So the king Antiochus died there in the hundred fourtie and nine yere 17 When Lysias knew that the king was dead he ordained Antiochus his sonne whom he had brought vp to raigne in his fathers steede and called him Eupator 18 Nowe they that were in the castle at Hierusalem kept in the Iewes rounde about the sanctuary and sought euer still to do them harme for the strengthening of the Heathen 19 Wherefore Iudas thought to destroy them and called all the people together that they might lay siege vnto them 20 So they came together in the hundred and fiftie yere and besieged them laying foorth their ordinaunce instrumentes of warre 21 Then certaine of them that were besieged went foorth vnto whom some vngodly men of Israel ioyned them selues also 22 And went vnto the king saying how long wyll it be or thou punishe and auenge our brethren 23 We haue euer ben minded to do thy father seruice to walke in his statutes and to obey his commaundementes 24 Therfore our people fell from vs and wheresoeuer they founde any of vs they slue them and spoyled our enheritaunce 25 And they haue not onely medled with vs but with all our countries 26 And beholde this day are they besieging the castle at Hierusalem to take it and haue made vp the strong holde in Bethsura 27 And if thou doest not preuent them right soone they wil do more then these and thou shalt not be able to ouercome them 28 When the king heard this he was very angry and called all his friendes the captaines of his armie and all his footemen and horsemen 29 He hired men of warre also of other realmes pertayning to the kinges that were confederate with him and of the Iles of the sea which came vnto him 30 And the number of his hoast was an hundred thousand footemen and twentie thousand horsemen and thirtie two Elephantes well exercised to battaile 31 These came through Idumea vnto Bethsura and besieged it a long season made diuers instrumentes of warre against it but the Iewes came out and brent them with fire fought like men 32 Then departed Iudas from the castle at Hierusalem and remoued the hoast toward Bethzacaran ouer against the kinges armie 33 So the king arose
offeringes and sacrifices to offer to God And Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eate bread with Moyses father in lawe before God 13 And on the morowe Moyses sate to iudge the people and the people stoode about Moyses from morning vnto euē 14 And when Moyses father in lawe sawe all that he dyd vnto the people he sayd what is this that thou doest vnto the people Why sittest thou thy selfe alone and all the people stande about thee from morning vnto euen 15 And Moyses sayde to his father in lawe because the people come vnto me to seeke counsayle of God 16 When they haue a matter they come vnto me and I iudge betweene euery man his neyghbour shew them the ordinaunces of God and his lawes 17 And Moyses father in lawe sayde vnto hym It is not well that thou doest 18 Thou both weryest thy selfe and this people that is with thee For this thing is of more wayght then thou art able to perfourme thy selfe alone 19 Heare therfore nowe my voyce and I wyll geue thee councell and God shal be with thee Be thou vnto the people to Godwarde that thou mayest bring the causes vnto God 20 And thou shalt teache them ordinaunces and lawes and shew them the way wherein they must walke the worke that they must do 21 Moreouer thou shalt seeke out among all the people men of actiuitie and such as feare God true men hating couetousnes and place of these ouer the people rulers of thousandes rulers of hundrethes rulers of fiftithes and rulers of tennes 22 And let them iudge the people at all seasons and euery great matter that commeth let them bryng vnto thee but let them iudge all small causes them selues and so shall it be easier for thy selfe and they shall beare a burthen with thee 23 If thou shalt do this thing and God charge thee withall thou shalt be able to endure and yet the people shall come to their place in peace 24 And so Moyses obeyed the voyce of his father in lawe and dyd all that he had sayde 25 And Moyses chose actiue men out of all Israel and made them as heades ouer the people namely rulers of thousandes rulers of hundrethes rulers of fiftithes and rulers of tennes 26 And they iudged the people at all seasons but brought the harde causes vnto Moyses and iudged all small matters them selues 27 And Moyses let his father in lawe depart and he went into his owne lande ¶ The .xix. Chapter 1 They come to mount Sinai 5 The people of Israel the people of God 6 A priestly kingdome an holy nation 7 Moyses declareth the worde of God 9 God woulde that credite should be geuen to Moyses wordes 10 The people is commaunded to be sanctified 12 He that toucheth the mountayne is stoned 14 The people is sanctified 16 God appeareth in thunder and lightning to be feared of the people 22 The priestes are sanctified 24 The people and priestes may not touche the hyll 1 IN the thirde moneth when the chyldren of Israel were gone out of the lande of Egypt the same day came they into the wyldernesse of Sinai 2 For they were departed from Raphidim and were come to the desert of Sinai and had pitched their tentes in the wyldernesse and there Israel campped before the mounte 3 But Moyses went vp vnto God and the Lorde called vnto hym out of the mountayne saying Thus shalt thou fay vnto the house of Iacob and tell the chyldren of Israel 4 Ye haue seene what I did vnto the Egyptians and toke you vp vpon Eagles wynges and haue brought you vnto my selfe 5 Nowe therefore yf ye wyll heare my voyce in deede and kepe my couenaunt ye shall be as a deare treasure vnto me aboue all nations for al the earth is myne 6 Ye shal be vnto me also a kingdome of priestes an holy people And these are the wordes whiche thou shalt say vnto the children of Israel 7 Moyses came and called for the elders of the people and layde before theyr faces all these wordes whiche the Lorde commaunded hym 8 And the people aunswered altogether and sayde All that the Lorde hath sayd we will do And Moyses brought the wordes of the people vnto y e Lord. 9 And the Lorde sayd vnto Moyses lo I come vnto thee in a thicke cloude that the people may heare me talkyng with thee and beleue thee for euer Moyses shewed the wordes of the people vnto the Lorde 10 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Go vnto the people and sanctifie thē to day and to morowe and let them washe theyr clothes 11 And be redy against the thirde day for the thirde day the Lorde wyll come downe in the sight of all the people vppon mount Sinai 12 And thou shalt set boundes vnto the people rounde about say take heede to your selues that ye go not vp into the mount or touche the border of it whosoeuer toucheth the mounte shall surelye dye 13 There shall not an hande touche it els he shal be stoned or shot through whether it be beast or man it shall not liue when the trumpet bloweth long then may they come vp into the mountayne 14 And Moyses went downe from the mount vnto the people and sanctified them and they washed their clothes 15 And he sayd vnto the people be redy agaynst the thirde day and come not at your wyues 16 And the thirde day in the mornyng there was thunder and lyghtnyng and a thicke cloude vpon the mount and the voyce of the trumpet exceedyng loude so that all the people that was in the hoast was afrayde 17 And Moyses brought the people out of the tentes to meete with God and thei stoode at the neather part of the hil 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke because the Lorde descended downe vpon it in fire and the smoke thereof ascended vp as the smoke of a furnace and all the mount quaked exceedyngly 19 And when the voyce of the trumpet blewe long and waxed louder and louder Moyses spake and God aunswered hym by a voyce 20 And the Lorde came downe vpon mount Sinai euen in the toppe of the hill when the Lord called Moyses vp into the top of the hil Moyses went vp 21 And the Lorde sayd vnto Moyses Go downe charge the people lest they breake out from their boundes to see the Lorde and so many of them perishe 22 And let the priestes also whiche come to the Lorde sanctifie them selues lest the Lorde destroy them 23 And Moyses said vnto the Lord The people can not come vp into the mount Sinai for thou chargest vs saying set boundes about the hill and sanctifie it 24 And the Lord sayd vnto him Away and get thee downe thou shalt come vp thou and Aaron with thee but let not the priestes and the people
vnto the tabernacle of the congregation whiche was without the hoast 8 And when Moyses went out vnto the tabernacle all the people rose vp and stode euery man at his tent doore and loked after Moyses vntill he was gone into the tabernacle 9 And assoone as Moyses was entred into the tabernacle the cloudie piller descended and stode at the doore of the tabernacle and he talked with Moyses 10 And all the people sawe the cloudie piller stand at the tabernacle doore and they rose vp and worshipped euery man in his tent doore 11 And the Lord spake vnto Moyses face to face as a man speaketh vnto his freende And he turned agayne into the hoast but the young man Iosuah his seruaunt the sonne of Nun departed not out of the tabernacle 12 And Moyses said vnto the Lord See thou sayest vnto me Leade this people foorth thou hast not shewed me whō thou wylt send with me And thou hast sayd moreouer I knowe thee by name thou hast also found grace in my sight 13 Nowe therfore if I haue founde fauour in thy sight then I pray thee shew me thy way that I may know thee and that I may finde grace in thy sight and consider also that this nation is thy people 14 And he said My presence shall go with thee and I wyll geue thee rest 15 He sayd vnto hym If thy presence go not with me cary vs not hence 16 For howe shall it be knowen here that I and thy people haue founde fauour in thy sight but in that thou goest with vs If thou goest with vs shall not I and thy people haue preeminence before all the people that are vpon the face of the earth 17 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses I wyll do this also that thou hast sayd for thou hast founde grace in my sight and I knowe thee by name 18 And he sayde I beseche thee shewe me thy glorie 19 Who aunswered I wyll make all my good go before thee I wyll call in the name of Iehouah before thee and wyl shewe mercy to whom I wyll shewe mercy and wyll haue compassion on whom I wyll haue compassion 20 And he said furthermore Thou mayest not see my face for there shall no man see me and lyue 21 And the Lorde sayd Beholde there is a place by me and thou shalt stande vpon a rocke 22 And whyle my glory goeth foorth I wyll put thee in a clyft of the rocke and will put my hand vpon thee while I passe by 23 And I wyll take away myne hande and thou shalt see my backe partes but my face shall not be seene The .xxxiiij. Chapter 1 God byddeth Moyses to prepare newe tables 6 The names of God 8 Moyses entreateth God to go with the people commendyng Gods mercy 11 God promiseth the lande of Chanaan 12 Company kepyng with the Gentiles and idolatrie is forbidden 17 goddes made of mettall 18 The solemnitie of sweete bread 19 Of the first borne 21 The Sabboth 22 The feast of Pentecoste and of tabernacles 26 The first fruites 28 The fast of Moyses The ten wordes 29 The face of Moyses horned 33 A vayle ouer the face of Moyses 1 ANd the Lord saide vnto Moyses hewe thee two tables of stone like vnto the first and I wyll wryte vpon these tables y e wordes that were in the first tables whiche thou brakest 2 And be redy in the morning and come vp early vnto the mount of Sinai and thou shalt stande there for me in the top of the mount 3 There shall no man come vp with thee neither let any man be seene thorowout al the mount neither let sheepe nor oxen feede before the hyll 4 And Moyses hewed two tables of stone like vnto the first and rose vp earlye in the mornyng and went vp vnto the mount Sinai as the Lorde had commaunded hym toke in his hande the two tables of stone 5 And the Lord descended in the cloude and stode with him there and he called vpon the name of the Lorde 6 And the Lorde passed by before hym and cryed Lorde Lorde God strong mercyfull and gracious long suffering and aboundaunt in goodnes trueth 7 And kepyng mercy in store for thousandes forgeuing wickednes vngodlynes and sinne and not leauing one innocent visiting the wickednes of the fathers vpon the chyldren and vpon the chyldrens chyldren euen vnto the third and fourth generation 8 And Moyses made haste and bowed hym selfe to the earth and worshipped 9 And sayd If I haue founde grace in thy sight O Lorde then let my Lorde I pray thee go in the middest of vs for it is a styfnecked people and thou shalt haue mercy vpon our wickednes and our sinne and shalt take vs for thine inheritaunce 10 And he said Beholde I make a couenaunt before all thy people I will do meruayles such as haue not ben done in all the worlde neither in all nations all the people amongest whiche thou art shall see the worke of the Lorde for it is a terrible thyng that I wyll do with thee 11 Kepe diligently those thinges that I commaunde thee this day Beholde I cast out before thee the Amorites Chanaanites Hethites Pherezites Heuites and Iebusites 12 Take heede to thy self lest thou make any compact with the inhabitours of the lande whyther thou goest lest they be cause of ruine amongest you 13 But ouerthrowe their aulters and breake their images and cut downe their groues 14 Thou shalt worship no straunge God for the Lorde is called ielous because he is a ielous God 15 Lest if thou make any agreement with the inhabitours of the lande and they go a whoring after their gods and do sacrifice vnto their gods they call thee and thou eate of theyr sacrifice 16 And thou take of their daughters vnto thy sonnes and their daughters go a whoryng after their gods and make thy sonnes go a whoryng after their gods also 17 Thou shalt make thee no gods of mettall 18 The feast of vnleauened bread shalt thou kepe Seuen daies thou shalt eate vnleauened bread as I commaunded thee in the tyme of the moneth Abib for in the moneth Abib thou camest out of Egypt 19 All that openeth the matrice is myne and al that breaketh the matrice amongest thy cattell if it be male whether it be oxe or sheepe 20 But the firstling of the asse thou shalt bye out with a lambe and if thou redeeme hym not thou shalt breake his necke All the first borne of thy sonnes thou shalt redeeme see that no man appeare before me emptie 21 Sixe dayes thou shalt worke and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest both from earyng and reapyng 22 Thou shalt obserue the feast of weekes with thy first fruites of wheate haruest and the feast of ingatheryng at the yeres ende 23 Thryse in a yere shall all your men chyldren appeare before the Lorde Iehouah God of Israel 24 For I
the Lorde he is God in heauen aboue and vpon the earth beneath neither is there any other 40 Thou shalt kepe therefore his ordinaunces and his commaundementes which I commaunde thee this day that it may go well with thee and with thy children after thee and that thou mayest prolong thy dayes vpon y e earth which the Lorde thy God geueth thee for euer 41 Then Moyses seuered three cities on the other side Iordane towarde the sunne rysyng 42 That he shoulde flee thyther which had kylled his neyghbour vnwares hated hym not in tyme past and therfore shoulde flee vnto one of the same cities and lyue 43 Namely Bezer in the wildernesse euen in the playne countrey of the tribe of Ruben and Ramoth in Gilead of the tribe of Gad and Golan in Basan of the tribe of Manasse 44 And so this is the lawe which Moyses set before the children of Israel 45 These are the witnesse statutes and ordinaunces which Moyses tolde the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt 46 On the other side Iordane in the valley ouer agaynst the house of Peor in the lande of Sehon king of the Amorites which dwelt at Hesbon whom Moyses the children of Israel smote after they were come out of Egypt 47 And possessed his lande and the lande of Og kyng of Basan two kynges of the Amorites which were on the other side Iordane towarde the sunne rising 48 From Aroer which is by the bancke of the riuer Arnon vnto mount Sion which is Hermon 49 And all the playne on the other side Iordane eastwarde euen vnto the sea which is in the playne vnder y e springes of the hyll ¶ The .v. Chapter 5 Moyses is the meane betweene God and the people 6 The lawe is repeated 23 The people are afrayde at Gods voyce 29 The Lorde wissheth that the people woulde feare hym 32 They must neither decline to the ryght hande nor left 1 AND Moyses called all Israel and sayde vnto them Heare O Israel the ordinaūces and lawes which I speake in your eares this day that ye may learne them and fulfill them in deede 2 The Lord our God made a couenaunt with vs in Horeb. 3 The Lorde made not this couenaunt with our fathers but with vs euen with vs which are all here alyue this day 4 The Lorde talked with you face to face in the mount out of the middes of the fire 5 And I stoode betweene the Lorde and you the same tyme and shewed you the worde of the Lord For ye were afrayde at the sight of the fire and went not vp into the mount and he sayde 6 I am the Lorde thy God which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt from the house of bondage 7 Thou shalt haue none other Gods in my presence 8 Thou shalt make thee no grauen image or any likenesse of that which is in heauen aboue and that is in earth beneath and that is in the waters beneath the earth 9 Thou shalt neither bowe thy selfe vnto them nor serue them for I the Lord thy God am a ielouse God visityng the wickednesse of the fathers vpon the children euen vnto the third and fourth generation among them that hate me 10 And shewe mercie vpon thousandes among them that loue me and kepe my commaundementes 11 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vayne for the Lorde wyll not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne 12 Kepe the Sabbath day that thou sanctifie it as the Lorde thy God hath commaunded thee 13 Sixe dayes thou shalt labour and do all that thou hast to do 14 But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lorde thy God thou shalt not do any worke thou nor thy sonne nor thy daughter nor thy man seruaunt nor thy mayde nor thine oxe nor thine asse nor any of thy cattell nor the straunger that is within thy gates that thy man seruaunt and thy mayde may rest as well as thou 15 Remember that thou wast a seruaunt in the lande of Egypt and howe that the Lorde thy God brought thee out thence through a mightie hande and a stretched out arme For which cause the Lorde thy God commaunded thee to kepe the Sabbath day 16 Honour thy father thy mother as the Lorde thy God hath commaunded thee that thy dayes may be prolonged and that it may go well with thee in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee 17 Thou shalt not slay 18 Thou shalt not commit adulterie 19 Thou shalt not steale 20 Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agaynst thy neyghbour 21 Thou shalt not lust after thy neyghbours wyfe thou shalt not couet thy neyghbours house his fielde his seruaunt or his mayde his oxe his asse or ought that thy neyghbour hath 22 These wordes the Lorde spake vnto all your multitude in the mount out of the middes of the fire of the cloude and of the darkenesse with a great voyce and added nothyng and wrote them in two tables of stone and deliuered them vnto me 23 And it came to passe that when ye hearde the voyce out of the middes of the darkenesse for the mountayne dyd burne with fire then ye came vnto me with the captaynes of your tribes and your elders 24 And ye sayde Beholde the Lorde our God hath shewed vs his glorie and his greatnesse and we haue hearde his voyce out of the middes of the fire we haue seene this day that God doth talke with man and he yet lyueth 25 Nowe therfore why shoulde we dye that this great fire shoulde consume vs If we heare the voyce of the Lord our God any more we shall dye 26 For what fleshe hath it ben that euer hearde the voyce of the lyuyng God speakyng out of the middes of the fire as we haue done and yet dyd lyue 27 Go thou and heare all that the Lorde our God sayth and tell thou vnto vs all that the Lord our God sayth vnto thee and we wyll heare it and do it 28 And the Lorde hearde the voyce of your wordes when ye spake vnto me and the Lorde sayde vnto me I haue hearde the voyce of the wordes of this people which they haue spoken vnto thee they haue well sayde all that they haue spoken 29 Oh that there were such an heart in them that they woulde feare me kepe all my cōmaundementes alway that it myght go well with them and with their childen for euer 30 Go and say vnto them Get you into your tentes agayne 31 But stande thou here by me and I wyll tell thee all the cōmaundementes ordinaunces lawes which thou shalt teache them that they may do them in the lande which I geue thē to possesse 32 Take heede therfore that ye do in deede as the Lord your God hath commaunded you and turne not aside either to the right
sicknesses and all maner plagues whiche are not written in the booke of this lawe wyll the Lorde bryng vpon thee vntyll he bryng thee to naught 62 And ye shal be lefte fewe in number where before ye were as the starres of heauen in multitude because thou wouldest not hearken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God 63 And it shall come to passe that as the Lord reioyced ouer you to do you good and to multiplie you euen so he will reioyce ouer you to destroy you to bring you to naught and ye shal be wasted from of the lande whyther thou goest to enioy it 64 And the Lord shal scatter thee among all nations from the one ende of the worlde vnto the other and there thou shalt serue straunge gods whiche thou nor thy fathers haue knowen euen wood and stone 65 And among these nations thou shalt finde no ease neither shall the sole of thy foote haue rest But the Lorde shal geue thee there an vnquiet heart and dasing eyes and sorowe of minde 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee and thou shalt feare both day and nyght and shalt haue none assuraunce of thy lyfe 67 In the morning thou shalt say would God it were nyght And at nyght thou shalt say would God it were mornyng for feare of thyne heart whiche thou shalt feare and for the sight of thyne eyes whiche thou shalt see 68 And the Lorde shall bryng thee into Egypt agayne with shippes by the way whiche I sayde to thee thou shalt see it no more againe And there ye shal be solde vnto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen and no man shall bye you ¶ The .xxix. Chapter 2 The people are exhorted to obserue the commaundementes 10 The whole people from the hyest to the lowest are comprehended vnder Gods couenaunt 19 The punishment of hym that flattereth hym selfe in his wickednesse 24 The cause of Gods wrath agaynst his people 1 THese are the wordes of the couenaunt which the Lorde commaunded Moyses to make with the children of Israel in the lande of Moab besyde the appoyntment which he made with them in Horeb. 2 And Moyses called all Israel sayde vnto them Ye haue seene all that the Lorde did before your eyes in the lande of Egypt vnto Pharao and vnto all his seruauntes and vnto all his lande 3 The great temptations which thine eyes haue seene those great miracles and wonders 4 And yet the Lorde hath not geuen you an heart to perceaue and eyes to see and cares to heare vnto this day 5 And I haue led you fourtie yeres in the wildernesse and your clothes are not waxed olde vpon you and thy shoe is not waxed olde vpon thy foote 6 Ye haue eaten no bread nor drunke wine or strong drynke that ye myght knowe howe that I am the Lorde your God 7 And ye came vnto this place and Sehon the kyng of Hesbon and Og the kyng of Basan came out agaynst vs vnto battayle and we smote them 8 And toke their lande and gaue it for an inheritaunce vnto the Rubenites and Gadites and to the halfe tribe of Manasse 9 Kepe therfore the wordes of this couenaunt and do them that ye may vnderstande all that ye ought to do 10 Ye stande this day euery one of you before the Lorde your God your captaynes your tribes your elders your officers and all the men of Israel 11 Your childrē also your wiues and the straunger that is in thine hoast from the hewer of thy wood vnto the drawer of thy water 12 That thou shouldest go into the couenaunt of the Lorde thy God and into his othe which the Lorde thy God maketh with thee this day 13 For to make thee a people vnto hym selfe and that he may be vnto thee a God as he hath sayde vnto thee and as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers Abraham Isahac and Iacob 14 I make not this bonde and this othe with you only 15 But both with hym that standeth here with vs this day before the Lorde our God and also with hym that is not here with vs this day 16 For ye knowe howe we haue dwelt in the lande of Egypt and howe we came through the myddes of the nations which ye passed by 17 And ye haue seene their abhominations and their idols wood and stone siluer and golde which were among them 18 Lest there be among you man or woman kinrede or tribe whose heart turneth away this day from the Lorde our God to go and serue the gods of these nations and lest there be among you some roote that beareth gall and wormewood 19 So that when he heareth the wordes of this othe he blesse hym selfe in his heart saying I shall haue peace I wyll walke in the meanyng of myne owne heart to put the drunken to the thirstie 20 And so the Lorde wyll not consent to be mercifull vnto hym but then the wrath of the Lorde and his gelousie shall smoke agaynst that man and all the curses that are written in this booke shall lyght vpon hym and the Lorde shal do out his name from vnder heauē 21 And the Lorde shall seperate hym vnto euyll out of all the tribes of Israel accordyng vnto all the curses of the couenaunt that are written in the booke of this lawe 22 So that the generatiō to come of your children that shall ryse vp after you and the straunger that shall come from a farre lande shall say when they see the plagues of that lande and the diseases wherwith the Lorde hath smitten it 23 Howe all the lande is burnt vp with brimstone and salt and that it is neither sowen nor beareth nor any grasse groweth therin lyke as in the place of y e ouerthrowyng of Sodome Gomor Adama and Zeboim which the Lorde ouerthrewe in his wrath and anger 24 Euen then shal all nations say Wherfore hath the Lord done on this fashion vnto this lande O howe fierse is this great wrath 25 And men shall say Because they haue forsaken the couenaunt of the Lorde God of their fathers which he made with them when he brought them out of the lande of Egypt 26 For they went and serued straunge gods and worshipped them gods which they knewe not and which had geuen them nothyng 27 And the wrath of the Lorde waxed hot agaynst this lande to bryng vpon it all the curses that are written in this booke 28 And the Lorde cast them out of their lande in anger wrath and great indignation and cast them into a straunge lande as this day beareth witnesse 29 The secretes of the Lorde our God are opened vnto vs and to our children for euer that we may do all the wordes of this lawe The .xxx. Chapter 1 Mercie shewed when they repent 6 The Lorde doth circumcise the heart 11 All excuse of ignoraunce is taken away
thing that is good 11 Come ye chyldren and hearken vnto me I will teache you the feare of God 12 What man is he that listeth to liue and woulde fayne see good dayes 13 Kepe thy tongue from euill and thy lippes that they speake no guyle 14 Eschewe euill do good seeke peace and ensue it 15 The eyes of God are ouer the righteous and his eares are open vnto their prayers 16 The countenaunce of God is against them that do euill to roote out the remembraunce of them from of the earth 17 The righteous crye and God heareth them and deliuereth them out of all their troubles 18 God is nye vnto them that are of a contrite heart and saueth such as be of an humble spirite 19 Great are the troubles of the righteous but God deliuereth him out of all 20 He kepeth all his bones so that no one of them is broken 21 Malice shal put the vngodly to death and they that hate the righteous shal be brought to naught 22 God redeemeth the soules of his seruauntes and al they that put their trust in him shall not be brought to naught The argument of the .xxxv. psalme ¶ Dauid desireth God to be his iudge and defence against his enemies who without all cause geuen of his part like cruell hypocrites parasites and flattering courtiers say and do all that they can for to put him to death He declareth his hope confidence and ioy that he hath in God of ayde defence and deliuerie for the whiche he promiseth to geue him thankes not only by him selfe but also by such other as haue any regarde of his righteousnesse and innocencie ¶ Of Dauid 1 PLeade thou my cause O God with them that striue with me and fight thou agaynst them that fight against me 2 Lay hand vppon a shielde buckler and stande vp to helpe me 3 Bryng foorth the speare and stop the way against them that persecute me say vnto my soule I am thy saluation 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seeke after my soule let them be turned backe and brought to cōfusion that imagine mischiefe for me 5 Let them be as dust before the winde and let the angell of God scatter them 6 Let their way be darke and slipperie let the angell of God persecute them 7 For without a cause they haue priuily layde for me a pit full of their nettes without a cause they haue made a digyng vnto my soule 8 Let a sodayne destruction come vpon hym vnawares and his net that he hath layde priuily catch hym selfe let him fall into it with his owne destruction 9 And my soule shal be ioyfull in God it shall reioyce in his saluation 10 All my bones shall say God who is lyke vnto thee whiche deliuerest the poore from hym that is to strong for him yea the poore and him that is in miserie from him that spoyleth him 11 False witnesse did rise vp they layde thinges to my charge that I know not 12 They rewarded me euill for good to the great discomfort of my soule 13 Neuerthelesse when they were sicke I did put on sackcloth I afflicted my soule with fasting and my prayer returned into myne owne bosome 14 I kept them company whersoeuer they went as though they had ben my frende or brother I went heauyly as one that mourned for his mother 15 But in mine aduersitie they reioysed and gathered them together yea the very abiectes came together against me yer I wyst they rented me a peeces and ceassed not 16 With hypocrites scoffers and parasites they gnashed vpon me with their teeth 17 Lorde howe long wylt thou looke vpon this O deliuer my soule from their raginges and my dearling from Lions whelpes 18 So I wyll confesse it vnto thee in a great congregation I will prayse thee among muche people 19 O let not my deceiptfull enemies triumph ouer me let them not winke with an eye that hate me without a cause 20 For they speake not peace but they imagine deceiptfull wordes agaynst them that liue quietly in the lande 21 They gaped vpon me with their mouthes and said this is well this is wel our eye hath seene 22 Thou hast seene this O God holde not thy tongue then go not farre from me O Lorde 23 Stirre thou and awake O my God and my Lorde to iudge my cause and controuersie 24 Iudge me according to thy righteousnesse O God my Lorde and let them not triumph ouer me 25 Let them not say in their heart it is as we woulde haue it neither let them say we haue deuoured hym 26 Let them be put to confusion shame all together that reioyce at my trouble let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour that exalt them selues against me 27 Let them triumph with gladnesse and reioyce that be delighted with my righteousnesse let them say alwayes blessed be God whiche hath pleasure in the prosperitie of his seruaunt 28 And my tongue shal be talking of thy righteousnesse and of thy prayse all the day long The argument of the .xxxvj. psalme ¶ Dauid describeth the wickednesse and wretched ende of them that feare not God And also the great goodnes of God towardes all creatures He desireth his mercy and defence against the wicked ¶ To the chiefe musition seruaunt to the God of Dauid 1 THe wickednes of the vngodly speaketh in the middest of my heart that there is no feare of the Lorde before his eyes 2 For he flattereth him selfe in his owne sight so that his iniquitie is found worthy of hatred 3 The wordes of his mouth are vnrighteous and full of deceipt he hath left of to behaue him selfe wisely to do good 4 He imagineth mischiefe vpon his bed setteth him selfe in no good way neither doth he abhorre any thing y t is euil 5 Thy mercy O God reacheth vnto heauen and thy faythfulnes vnto the cloudes 6 Thy righteousnes is like the mountaynes of God thy iudgementes are a great deapth thou sauest both man and beast O God 7 How excellent is thy mercy O Lord therefore the chyldren of men shall put their trust vnder the shadowe of thy winges 8 They shal be satisfied with the plenteousnesse of thy house and thou shalt geue them drinke out of the riuer of thy delicates 9 For with thee is the fountaine of lyfe and in thy light shall we see light 10 O continue foorth thy louing kindnesse vnto them that knowe thee and thy righteousnes vnto them that are of an vpright heart 11 O let not the foote of pryde reache vnto me and let not the hande of the vngodly make me to moue out of my place 12 There be the workers of iniquitie fallen they are cast downe and shall not be able to rise vp ¶ The argument of the .xxxvij. psalme ¶ Dauid comforteth the godly that they be not offended
heart is in the hand of the Lord lyke as are the riuers of water he maye turne it whyther soeuer he wyll 2 Euery mans way seemeth right in his owne eyes but the Lorde pondereth the heart 3 To do righteousnes and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lorde then sacrifice 4 An high looke a proude heart and the plowing of the vngodly is sinne 5 The deuises of one that is diligent bring plenteousnesse but he that is vnaduised commeth vnto pouertie 6 To hoorde vp riches with a deceiptfull tongue is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death 7 The robberies of the vngodly shal be their owne destruction for they wyll not do the thing that is right 8 The way of the vngodly is frowarde and straunge but of the pure man his worke is right 9 It is better to dwell in a corner on the house toppe then with a brawling woman in a wide house 10 The soule of the vngodly wisheth euyll and his neighbour findeth no fauour in his eyes 11 When the scornefull is punished the ignoraunt take the better heede and when the wise is instructed he wyll receaue vnderstanding 12 The righteous man wysely considereth the house of the wicked and for their wickednesse God ouerthroweth the vngodly 13 Who so stoppeth his eares at the crying of the poore he shall crye hym selfe and not be hearde 14 A priuie rewarde pacifieth displeasure and a gyft in the bosome stilleth furiousnesse 15 The iust delighteth in doing the thing that is right but destruction shal be to the workers of wickednesse 16 The man that wandereth out of the way of wysdome shall remaine in the congregation of the dead 17 He that hath pleasure in bankettes shal be a poore man and whoso delighteth in wine and delicates shall not be riche 18 The vngodly shal be a raunsome for the righteous and the wicked for the iust 19 It is better to dwell in the wyldernesse then with a chydyng and an angrye woman 20 In a wise mans house there is a great treasure and oyle but a foolishe body spendeth vp all 21 Who so foloweth righteousnesse and mercy findeth both life righteousnesse and honour 22 A wyse man skaleth the citie of the mightie ouerthroweth the strength wherein they trusted 23 Who so kepeth his mouth and his tongue the same kepeth his soule from troubles 24 He that is proude and arrogant is called a scorner whiche in his wrath worketh presumptuously 25 The desire of the slouthfull kylleth him for his handes wyll not labour 26 He coueteth greedyly all day long but the righteous geueth and spareth not 27 The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhomination howe muche more when they offer the thing that is gotten with wickednesse 28 A false witnesse shall perishe but a good man speaketh constantly what he hath hearde 29 An vngoly man hardeneth his face but the iust refourmeth his owne way 30 There is no wysdome there is no vnderstanding there is no counsayle against the Lorde 31 The horse is prepared against the day of battayle but the Lorde geueth victorie ¶ The .xxii. Chapter 1 A Good name is more to be desired then great riches and louing fauour is better then siluer and golde 2 The riche and poore meete together the Lorde is the maker of them all 3 A wyse man seeth the plague and hydeth hym selfe but the foolishe go on still and are punished 4 By humilitie and the feare of the Lorde commeth riches honour and life 5 Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde but he that doth kepe his soule wyll flee farre from them 6 Teache a chylde what way he should go for he shall not leaue it when he is olde 7 The ryche ruleth the poore and the borower is seruaunt to the lender 8 He that soweth wickednes shal reape wickednes and the rodde of his anger shall fayle 9 He that hath a bountifull eye shal be blessed for he geueth of his bread to the poore 10 Cast out the scorneful man and so shal strife go out with hym yea variaunce and sclaunder shall ceasse 11 Who so loueth cleannes of heart for the grace of his lippes the kyng shal be his frende 12 The eyes of the Lord preserue knowledge and he ouerthroweth the wordes of the transgressours 13 The slouthfull body saith there is a Lion without I might be slaine in the streate 14 The mouth of straunge women is a deepe pit wherein he falleth that the Lorde is angrye withall 15 Foolishnes is bounde in the heart of the chylde and the rodde of correction shall driue it away 16 Who so doth a poore man wrong to increase his owne riches and geueth vnto the ryche at the last commeth to pouertie hym selfe 17 Bowe downe thyne eare and heare the wordes of the wise applie thy mind vnto my doctrine 18 For it is a pleasaunt thing if thou kepe them in thyne heart and order them in thy lippes 19 That thou mayest put thy trust in the Lorde I haue shewed thee this day the thing that thou knowest 20 Haue not I warned thee very oft with counsayle and learning 21 That I might make thee knowe the trueth that thou with the veritie mightest aunswere them that sende vnto thee 22 Rob not the poore because he is poore and oppresse not the simple in iudgement 23 For the Lorde him selfe wyll defende their cause and do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence 24 Make no frendship with an angrye wylfull man and walke not with the furious 25 Lest thou learne his wayes and receaue hurt to thy soule 26 Be not thou one of them that binde their hande vpon promise and are suretie for waightie causes 27 For if thou hast nothing to pay they shall take away thy bed from vnder thee 28 Thou shalt not remoue the auncient lande marke whiche thy fore elders haue set 29 Seest thou not that they which be diligent in their businesse stande before kinges not among the simple people The .xxiij. Chapter 1 WHen thou sittest to eate with a noble man consider diligently what is set before thee 2 Measure thyne appetite if it be gredyly set 3 Be not desirous of his daintie meates for meate begyleth and deceaueth 4 Take not ouer great trauayle to be riche beware of suche a purpose 5 Wylt thou set thyne eye vpon the thing which sodenly vanisheth away For riches make them selues wynges and take their flight lyke an Egle into the ayre 6 Eate thou not the bread of hym that hath an euyll eye neither desire thou his daintie meate 7 For as though he thought it in his heart he saith eate and drinke where as his heart is not with thee 8 The morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreake and loose those sweete wordes 9 Tell nothing into the eares of a foole for he wyll despise the wysdome
haue forsaken me and sworne by them that are no gods and albeit that I fed them to the full yet they fall to adulterie and haunt harlottes houses 8 In the desire of vncleanly lust they are become lyke the stoned horse euery man neyeth at his neighbours wife 9 Shoulde I not correct this saith the Lorde shoulde I not be auenged of euery people that is lyke vnto this 10 Climbe vp vpon their walles beate them downe and destroy them not vtterly take away their battlementes because they are not the lordes 11 For vnfaithfully hath the house of Israel and Iuda forsaken me saith the Lorde 12 They haue denied the Lorde and sayde It is not he that loketh vpon vs tushe there shall no misfortune come vpon vs we shall see neither sworde nor hunger 13 As for the warning of the prophetes it is but wynde yea there is not the worde of God in them such thynges shall happen vnto them selues 14 Wherfore thus saith the Lorde God of hoastes Because ye speake such wordes beholde the wordes that are in thy mouth wyll I turne to fire and make the people to be wood that the fire may consume them 15 Lo I wyll bryng a people vpon you from farre O house of Israel saith the Lorde a mightie people an olde people a people whose speache thou knowest not neither vnderstandest what they say 16 Their arrowes are sodayne death yea they them selues be very giauntes 17 This people shall eate vp thy fruite and thy meate yea they shall deuour thy sonnes thy daughters thy sheepe and thy bullockes they shall eate vp thy grapes and figges As for thy strong and well defensed cities wherin thou didst trust they shall bryng to pouertie and that through the sworde 18 Neuerthelesse I wyll not then haue done with you saith the Lorde 19 But if they say wherfore doth the Lorde our God all this vnto vs Then aunswere them because that lyke as ye haue forsaken me serued straunge gods in your lande euen so shal ye serue straungers out of your lande 20 Preach this vnto the house of Iacob and crye it out in Iuda and say thus 21 Heare this thou foolishe and vndiscreete people ye haue eyes but ye see not eares haue ye but ye heare not 22 Feare ye not me saith the Lorde will ye not tremble at my presence which bynde the sea with the sande by a continuall decree so that it can not passe his boundes for though it rage yet can it do nothing and though the waues therof do swell yet may they not go ouer 23 But this people hath a false and obstinate heart they are departed and gone away fro me 24 They thinke not in their heartes O let vs feare the Lord our God who geueth vs raine early and late when nede is whiche kepeth euer still the haruest for vs yerely 25 Neuerthesse your misdeedes haue turned these from you and your sinnes haue robbed you of good thinges 26 For among my people are found wicked persons that priuily lay snares and wayte for men to take them and destroy them 27 And like as a nette is full of byrdes so are their houses full of that which they haue gotten with falshood and deceipt Hereof commeth their great substaunce and riches 28 Hereof are they fat and welthy and are more mischieuous then any other they minister not the lawe they make no ende of the fatherlesse cause yea and they prosper yet they iudge not the poore according to equitie 29 Should I not punishe these thinges saith the Lorde should not I be auenged of all suche people as these be 30 Horrible and greeuous thinges are done in the lande 31 The prophetes teache falsely and the preachers receaue giftes and my people hath pleasure therein what wyll come thereof at the last The .vj. Chapter 1 The sinnes for whiche Hierusalem is afflict 10 Vncircumcised eares 13 couetousnesse 14 deceipt 20 The Lord reiecteth the sacrifices of the Iewes 22 The comming of the Babylonians is prophecied againe 1 COme out of Hierusalem ye strong chyldrē of Beniamin blowe vp the trumpettes ye Thecuites set vp a token vnto Bethcaran for a plague a great miserie appeareth out from the north 2 I wyll liken the daughter Sion to a faire and tender woman and to her shall come the shepheardes with their flockes 3 Their tentes shall they pitche rounde about her and euery one shall feede in his place 4 Make battayle against her shall they say aryse let vs go vp whyle it is yet day Alas the day goeth away and the night shadowes fall downe 5 Arise let vs go vp by night and destroy her strong holdes 6 For thus hath the Lorde of hoastes commaunded Hewe downe her trees and set vp bulwarkes against Hierusalem for the tyme is come that this citie must be punished for in her is all maliciousnesse 7 Like as a conduite spouteth out waters so she spouteth out her wickednesse Robberie and vnrighteousnesse is hearde in her sorowe and woundes are euer there in my sight 8 Amende thee O Hierusalem lest I withdrawe my heart from thee and make thee desolate and thy lande also that no man dwell in it 9 For thus saith the Lorde of hoastes The residue of Israel shal be gathered as the remnaunt of grapes and therefore turne thyne hande agayne into the basket like the grape gatherer 10 But vnto whom shall I speake whom shall I warne that he may take heede Their eares are so vncircumcised that they may not heare beholde they take the worde of God but for a scorne and haue no lust therto 11 And therefore I am so full of thyne indignation O Lorde that I may suffer no lenger but shed it out vpon the chyldren that are without and vpon all young men yea the man must be taken prisoner with the wife and the aged with the creeple 12 Their houses with their landes and wiues shal be turned into straungers for I wyll stretche out mine hand vpon the inhabitours of this lande saith the Lorde 13 For from the least to the most they hang all vpon couetousnesse and from the prophete vnto the priest they go about falshood and lyes 14 And beside that they heale the hurt of my people with sweete wordes saying Peace peace when there is no peace at all 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abhomination Truly nay they be past shame and therefore they shall fall among the slayne and in the houre when I shall visite them they shal be brought downe saith the Lorde 16 Thus saith the Lorde Go into the streetes consider and make inquisition for the olde way and if it be the good and right way then go therein that ye may finde rest for your soules but they say we wyll not walke therin 17 Moreouer I wyl set watchmen ouer you and therefore take heede vnto the voyce
and thy abhominations haue I seene Wo be vnto thee O Hierusalem wylt thou neuer be clensed any more Or when shall that be The .xiiij. Chapter 1 Of the dearth that shoulde come in Iurie 7 The prayer of the people askyng mercie of the Lorde 10 The vnfaithfull people are not hearde 12 Of prayer fastyng and of false prophetes that seduce the people 1 THe worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Ieremie concernyng the dearth of the fruites 2 Iuda hath mourned his gates are desolate they are brought to heauinesse euen vnto the grounde and the crye of Hierusalem goeth vp 3 The Lordes sent their seruauntes to fetche water and when they came to the welles they did finde no water but caried their vessels home emptie they be ashamed and confounded and couer their heades 4 For the grounde is dryed because there commeth no rayne vpon it the plowmen also be ashamed and couer their heades 5 The hynde also forsoke the young fawne that he brought foorth in the fielde because there was no grasse 6 The wylde asses did stande in the hye places and drewe in their winde lyke the dragons their eyes did fayle for want of grasse 7 Doubtlesse our owne wickednesse doth rewarde vs but Lorde do thou accordyng to thy name though our transgression and sinnes be many and agaynst thee haue we sinned 8 For thou art the comfort and helpe of Israel in the tyme of trouble Why wilt thou be as a straunger in the lande and as one that goeth his iourney and cōmeth in only to remayne for a night 9 Why wylt thou make thy selfe a cowarde and as it were a giaunt that yet may not helpe But thou O Lorde art in the middest of vs and thy name is called vpon of vs forsake vs not 10 Thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto his people seyng they haue had such a lust to wander abrode and haue not refrayned their feete therfore the Lorde hath no pleasure in them but he wyll nowe bring againe to remembraunce all their misdeedes and punishe all their sinnes 11 Yea euen thus sayde the Lorde vnto me Thou shalt not pray to do this people good 12 For though they fast I wyll not heare their prayers and though they offer burnt offeringes and sacrifices yet wyll not I accept them for I wyll destroy them with the sworde hunger and pestilence 13 Then aunswered I O Lorde God the prophetes say vnto them Tushe ye shall neede to feare no sworde and no hunger shall come vpon you but the Lorde shall geue you sure rest in this place 14 And the Lorde sayde vnto me The prophetes preach lyes in my name wheras I haue not sent them neither gaue I them any charge neither did I speake vnto them yet they preache vnto you false visions charming vanitie and deceiptfulnesse of their owne heart 15 Therfore thus saith the Lorde As for those prophetes that preache in my name whom I neuerthelesse haue not sent and that say Tushe there shall no sworde nor hunger be in this lande with sworde and with hunger shall those prophetes perishe 16 And the people to whom they preache shal be cast out of Hierusalem dye of hunger and be slayne with the sworde and there shal be no man to bury them both they and their wiues their sonnes and their daughters for thus wyll I poure their wickednesse vpon them 17 This shalt thou say also vnto them Mine eyes shall weepe without ceassyng day and nyght for my people shal be destroyed with great harme and shall perishe with a great plague 18 For yf I go into the fielde lo it lyeth all full of slayne men If I come into the citie lo they be all famished of hunger yea their prophetes also and priestes shal be led into an vnknowen lande 19 Hast thou then vtterly forsaken Iuda Doest thou so abhorre Sion Wherfore hast thou so plagued vs that we can be healed no more We loked for peace and there commeth no good for the tyme of health and lo here is nothyng but trouble 20 We knowledge O Lorde all our misdeedes and the sinnes of our fathers for we haue offended thee 21 Cast vs not of O Lord for thy names sake forget not thy louyng kindnesse ouerthrowe not the throne of thine honour breake not the couenaunt that thou hast made with vs. 22 * Are there any among the gods of the gentiles that sende rayne or geue the showres from heauen Art not thou thy selfe our Lorde God we wyll trust in thee for thou doest all these thynges The .xv. Chapter 1 The Lorde wyll not heare Moyses or Aaron yf they pray for the people but wyll wrappe them in many miseries The cause of such great miseries 1 THus spake the Lorde vnto me Though Moyses and Samuel stoode before me yet haue I no heart to this people driue them away that they may go out of my sight 2 And yf they say vnto thee whyther shall we go then tell them The Lorde geueth you this aunswere Some vnto death some to the sworde some to hunger some into captiuitie 3 For I wyll bryng foure plagues vpon them saith the Lorde The sworde shal slay them the dogges shall teare them in peeces the soules of the ayre and beastes of the earth shall eate them vp and destroy them 4 I wyll scatter them about also in all kingdomes and landes to be plagued because of Manasses the sonne of Hezekia kyng of Iuda for the thynges that he did in Hierusalem 5 Who shall then haue pitie vpon thee O Hierusalem who shal be sorie for thee Or who shall make intercession to obtayne peace for thee 6 Seing thou goest from me and turnest backwarde saith the Lorde therfore I dyd stretche out myne hande against thee to destroy thee and I haue ben sorie for thee so long that I am weerie 7 I haue scattred them abrode with the fanne of euery side of the land I haue wasted my people and destroyed them yet they haue had no lust to turne from their owne wayes 8 I haue made their widowes mo in number then the sandes of the sea vpon the mothers of their children dyd I bryng a destroyer in the noone day sodaynly and vnawares did I sende a feare vpon their cities 9 She that hath borne seuen children hath none her heart is full of sorowe the sunne doth fayle her in the cleare day she is confounded and faintie for very heauinesse As for those that remayne I wyll deliuer them vnto the sworde before their enemies saith the Lorde 10 O mother alas that thou euer didst beare me a brawler and rebuker of the whole lande though I neuer lent nor receaued vpon vsurie yet all men speake euyll vpon me 11 And the Lord aunswered me Veryly thy remnaunt shall haue wealth Come not I to thee when thou art in trouble helpe thee when thine enemie oppresseth thee 12 Doth one iron
of the vngodly 20 And the wrath of the Lorde shall not turne agayne vntill he perfourme and fulfill the thought of his heart and in the latter dayes ye shall knowe his meaning 21 I haue not sent these prophetes saith the Lorde and yet they ranne I haue not spoken to them and yet they preached 22 But if they had continued in my counsayle they had opened to my people my wordes and they had turned my people from their euyll wayes and wicked imaginations 23 Am I then God that seeth but the thing whiche is nye at hande and not that is farre of saith the Lorde 24 May any man hide him selfe so that I shall not see hym saith the Lorde do not I fulfill heauen and earth saith the Lorde 25 I haue hearde well inough what the prophetes say that preache lyes in my name saying I haue dreamed I haue dreamed 26 Howe long wyll this continue in the prophetes heart to tell lies and preache the craftie subtiltie of their owne heart 27 Whos 's purpose is with the dreames that euery one tell to make my people forget my name as their fathers dyd when Baal came vp 28 The prophete that hath a dreame let hym tell it and he that vnderstandeth my worde let hym shewe it faythfully for what hath chaffe and wheate to do together saith the Lorde 29 Is not my worde like a fire saith the Lorde and like an hammer that breaketh the harde stone 30 Therefore thus saith the Lodre beholde I wyll vpon the prophetes that steale my worde priuilie from euery man 31 Beholde here am I saith the Lorde against the prophetes that make tongues tender to speake and to say The Lorde hath saide it 32 Beholde here am I saith the Lorde against those prophetes that dare prophecie lying dreames and deceaue my people with their vanities and inconstant deuices yet I neuer sent nor commaunded them They shall do this people no good at all saith the Lorde 33 If this people eyther any prophete or priest aske thee and say What is the burthen of the Lord Thou shalt say vnto them what burthen I wyll forsake you saith the Lorde 34 And the prophete priest or people that vseth this tearme The burthen of the Lorde him wyll I visite and his house also 35 But thus shall ye say euery one to another and euery man to his brother what aunswere hath the Lorde geuen or what is the Lordes commaundement 36 And as for the burthen of the Lorde ye shall speake no more of it for euery mans owne worde is his burthen because ye haue altred the wordes of the liuing God the Lorde of hoastes our God 37 Thus shall euery man say to the prophetes what aunswere hath the Lorde geuen thee or what saith the Lorde 38 And not once to name the burthen of the Lorde Therefore thus saith the Lord Forasmuch as ye haue vsed this terme the burthen of the Lorde where as I notwithstanding sent vnto you and forbad you to speake of the Lordes burthen 39 Beholde therefore I wyll take you vp as a burthen and wyl cast you farre of from my presence yea and the citie also that I gaue you and your fathers 40 And wyll bryng you to an euerlasting confusion and into a shame that shall neuer be forgotten ¶ The .xxiiij. Chapter 1 The vision of the two panniers of figges 5 The first vision signifieth that part of the people shoulde be brought agayne from captiuitie 8 The seconde that Zedechias and the rest of the people shoulde be destroyed 1 THe Lorde shewed me a vision Beholde there stode two maundes of figges before the temple of the Lorde after that Nabuchodonozar kyng of Babylon had led away captiue Iechonias the sonne of Iehoakim kyng of Iuda the mightie men also of Iuda with the workemasters and cunning men of Hierusalem vnto Babylon 2 In the one maunde were very good figges euen like those that be first ripe in the other maunde were very naughtie figges whiche might not be eaten they were so euyll 3 Then sayd the Lord vnto me What seest thou Ieremie I sayde figges whereof some be very good and some so euyll that no man may eate them 4 Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto me after this maner 5 Thus saith the Lorde the God of Israel Like as thou knowest the good figges so shall I knowe the men led away whom I haue sent out of this place into the lande of the Chaldees for their profite 6 And I wyll set mine eyes vpon them for the best for I wyll bryng them agayne into this lande I wyll buylde them vp and not breake them downe I wyll plant them and not roote them out 7 And I wyll geue them an heart to knowe howe that I am the Lorde They shal be my people and I wyll be their God for they shall returne vnto me with their whole heart 8 And like as thou knowest the naughtie figges whiche may not be eaten they are so euyll euen so wyll I saith the Lorde cause Zedechias the kyng of Iuda yea and all his princes and the residue of Hierusalem that remaine ouer in this lande and them also that dwel in Egypt to be vexed and plagued in all kyngdomes and landes 9 And I wyll make them to be a reprofe a common by worde a laughing stocke and shame in al the places where I shall scatter them 10 I wyll sende the sworde hunger and pestilence among them vntyll I haue cleane consumed them out of the lande that I gaue vnto them and their fathers The .xxv. Chapter 1 Ieremie prophecieth that they shal be in captiuitie threscore and ten yeres because they contemned and despised the worde of God 10 He sheweth that after the threscore and ten yeres the Babylonians shoulde be destroyed 14 The destruction of all nations is prophecied 34 He moueth the priestes of the nations to wayling 1 A Sermon that was geuen vnto Ieremie vppon all the people of Iuda in the fourth yere of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosias kyng of Iuda that was in the first yere of Nabuchodonozor kyng of Babylon 2 Which sermon Ieremie the prophete made vnto all the people of Iuda and to all the inhabitours of Hierusalem on this maner 3 From the thirteenth yere of Iosias the sonne of Amon kyng of Iuda vnto this present day that is euen twentie and three yeres the worde of the Lord hath ben committed vnto me and so I haue spoken vnto you I haue risen vp early I haue geuen you warning in season but ye woulde not heare me 4 Though the Lord hath sent his seruauntes all the prophetes vnto you in season yet would ye not obay ye would not encline your eares to heare 5 He sayde Turne againe euery man from his euill way and from your wicked imaginations and so shall ye dwell for euer in the lande that the Lord promised you and your forefathers 6
we make her cakes and powre vnto her drinke offeringes to do her seruice without our husbandes wylles 20 Then saide Ieremie vnto all the people to the men to the women and to all the folke whiche had geuen hym that aunswere 21 Dyd not the Lorde remember the sacrifices that ye your forefathers your kynges and rulers with all the people haue offred in the cities of Iuda in the streetes of Hierusalem and hath he not considered this in his minde 22 Insomuche that the Lorde might no longer suffer the wickednesse of your inuentions and the abhominable thinges whiche ye dyd Is not your lande desolate and voyde yea and abhorred so that no man dwelleth therein any more as it is come to passe this day 23 Did not all this happen vnto you because ye made suche sacrifice and sinned against the Lord Ye haue not folowed his voyce to walke in his law in his ordinaunces and statutes yea this is the cause that all misfortune happened vnto you as it is come to passe this day 24 Moreouer Ieremie spake vnto al the people and to al the women Heare the worde of the Lorde all Iuda that be in the lande of Egypt 25 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the god of Israel Ye and your wiues haue spoken with your owne mouth the thing that ye haue fulfilled in deede yea thus haue ye sayde We wyll not fayle but perfourme the bowes that we haue vowed we wyll do sacrifice and powre out drinke offeringes to the Queene of heauen Purposely wyll ye set vp your owne meaninges and perfourme your vowes 26 And therefore heare the worde of the Lorde all Iuda that dwell in the lande of Egypt Beholde I haue sworne by my great name saith the Lorde that my name shall not be rehearsed thorowe any mans mouth of Iuda in all the lande of Egypt to say the Lorde God liueth 27 For I wyl watch to plague them and not for their wealth And all the men of Iuda that be in the lande of Egypt shall perishe with the sworde and with hunger vntil they be vtterly destroyed 28 Neuerthelesse those that fled away for the sworde shall come againe out of Egypt into the land of Iuda but there shal be very fewe of them and all the remnaunt of Iuda that are gone into Egypt there to dwell shall knowe whose words shal be found true theirs or myne 29 Take this for a token that I wyll visite you in this place saith the Lorde and that ye may knowe howe that I without doubt wyl perfourme my purpose vpon you to punishe you 30 Beholde saith the Lorde I wyll deliuer Pharao Hophrea kyng of Egypt into the handes of his enemies that seeke after his lyfe euen as I gaue Zedekias the kyng of Iuda into the handes of Nabuchodonozor kyng of Babylon his enemie whiche sought after his life The .xlv. Chapter 2 Baruch is reproued of Ieremie 1 THese are the wordes that Ieremie the prophete spake vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah after that he had written these sermons in a booke at the mouth of Ieremie in the fourth yere of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosias kyng of Iuda saying 2 Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel vnto thee O Baruch 3 Insomuch as thou thoughtest thus when thou wast wrytyng wo is me the Lorde hath geuen me payne for my trauayle I haue weeried my selfe with sighing and haue founde no rest 4 Therefore tell hym O Ieremie that the Lord saith thus Beholde the thing that I haue buylded wyll I breake downe agayne and roote out the thing that I haue planted yea this whole lande 5 And seekest thou yet promotion looke not for it and desire it not for I wyll bryng a miserable plague vpon all flesh saith the Lorde but thy lyfe wyll I geue thee for a pray in all places whythersoeuer thou goest ¶ The .xlvi. Chapter 1 He prophecieth the destruction of Egypt 27 Deliueraunce is promised to Israel 1 HEare folowe the wordes of the Lorde to the prophete Ieremie which he spake against all the gentiles 2 These wordes folowing preached he to the Egyptians concerning the hoast of Pharao Necho kyng of Egypt when he was in Charchamis beside the water of Euphrates what tyme as Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon slue hym in the fourth yere of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosias kyng of Iuda 3 Make redy buckler and shielde and go foorth to fight 4 Harnesse your horses and set your selues vpon them set your sallets fast on bryng foorth speares scoure your swordes and put on your brestplates 5 But alas howe happeneth it that I see you so afraide why shrinke ye backe Their worthyes are slayne yea they runne so fast away that none of them looketh behinde hym fearefulnesse is fallen vpon euery one of them saith the Lorde 6 The lightest of foote shall not flee away and the worthyes shal not escape towarde the north by the water of Euphrates they dyd stumble and fall 7 But what is he this that swelleth vp as it were a fludde roaring and raging lyke the streames of water 8 It is Egypt that ryseth vp lyke the fludde and casteth out the waters with so great noyse And he saide I wyll go vp and wyll couer the earth I wyll destroy the citie with them that are therin 9 Get you vp ye horses roule foorth ye charets come foorth worthyes ye Ethiopians ye Libyans with your bucklers ye Lydians with your bowes 10 But this day of the Lorde God of hoastes is a day of vengeaunce that he may auenge him of his enemies The sworde shall deuour it shal be satisfied and bathed in their blood for the Lord God of hoastes shall haue a slayne offering towarde the north by the water of Euphrates 11 Go vp vnto Gilead and bryng triacle O virgin thou daughter of Egypt but in vayne shalt thou go to surgerie for thy wounde shall not be stopped 12 The heathen haue hearde of thy shame and the lande is full of thy confusion for one strong man did stumble vpon another and they are fallen both together 13 These are the wordes that the Lord spake to the prophete Ieremie concerning the comming of Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon whiche was sent to destroy the lande of Egypt 14 Preache out thorowe the lande of Egypt and cause it to be proclaymed at Migdol Noph and Thaphnis and say stande styll make thee redye for the sworde shall consume thee rounde about 15 Howe happeneth it that thy mightie worthyes are fallen why stoode they not fast euen because the Lorde thrust them downe 16 The slaughter was great for one fell euer still vpon another and they sayde Vp let vs go agayne to our owne people and to our owne naturall countrey from the cruel sworde 17 They dyd crye euen there Pharao the kyng of Egypt is a kyng of troublesomnesse he hath ouerpast the appointed tyme. 18 As I liue saith the kyng whose
and her walles shall come downe for it shal be the vengeaunce of the Lorde yea vengeaunce shal be taken of her and as she hath done so deale ye with her 16 Roote out the sower from Babylon hym that handleth the sicle in haruest for feare of the sworde of the enemie euery man shall get hym to his owne people and euery man shall flee to his owne lande 17 Israel is a scattered flocke the lions haue dispearsed them First the kyng of the Assyrians deuoured them last of all this Nabuchodonozor king of Babylon hath brused all their bones 18 Therfore thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Beholde I wyll visite the kyng of Babylon and his kyngdome as I haue visited the kyng of the Assyrians 19 And wyll bryng Israel agayne to his pleasaunt pasture that he may feede vpon Charmel and Basan and be satisfied vpon the mount of Ephraim and Galaad 20 In those dayes and at the same tyme saith the Lorde yf the offence of Israel be sought for there shal none be founde yf men enquire for the sinne of Iuda there shal be none for I wyll be mercifull vnto them whom I suffer to remayne 21 Go downe O thou auenger into the enemies lande and visite them that dwell therin downe with them smite them vpon the backes saith the Lorde do accordyng to all that I haue commaunded thee 22 There is gone about the lande a crye of a slaughter and great murther namelye on this maner 23 Howe happeneth it that the hammer of the whole worlde is thus broken and brused in sunder Howe chaunceth it that Babylon is become a wildernesse among the heathen on this maner 24 I my selfe haue layde a snare for thee and thou art taken vnawares thou art trapped and snared for why thou hast contended agaynst the Lorde 25 The Lorde hath opened his house of ordinaunce and brought foorth the weapons of his wrath for the thyng that is done in the land of the Chaldees it is the Lorde of hoastes worke 26 Come agaynst her for this is her ende breake vp her chestes threshe her as ye threshe corne destroy her that nothyng shal be left 27 Slay all their mightie souldiers and put them to death Wo be vnto them for the day and tyme of their visitation is at hande 28 Me thynke I heare alredy a crye of them that be fled and escaped out of the lande of Babylon which shewe in Sion the vengeaunce of the Lorde our God the vengeaunce of his temple yea a voyce of them that crye agaynst Babylon 29 Call vp all the archers agaynst Babylon pitch your tentes rounde about her that none escape recompence her as she hath deserued and accordyng as she hath done so deale with her agayne for she hath set vp her selfe agaynst the Lorde agaynst the holy one of Israel 30 Therfore shall her young men fall downe in the streetes and all her men of warre shal be rooted out in that day saith the Lorde 31 Beholde I speake vnto thee O thou proude saith the Lorde God of hoastes for thy day shall come euen the tyme of thy visitation 32 And the proude shall stumble and fall and no man shall helpe hym vp I wyll burne vp his cities with fire and it shall consume all that is rounde about hym 33 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes The children of Israel and Iuda suffer violence together all they that haue them in captiuitie kepe them fast and wyll not let them go 34 But their auenger and redeemer is mightie whose name is the Lorde of hoastes he shall maynteyne their cause he shal make the lande shake and iudge them that dwell therin one with another 35 The sworde shal come vpon the Chaldees saith the Lorde vpon them that dwell in Babylon vpon their princes and vpon their wise men 36 The sworde vpon their soothsayers as for those they shall become fooles the sworde vpon their worthies so that they shall stande in feare 37 The sworde vpon their horsemen and charrettes and vpon all the cōmon people that dwell among them so that they shall all become lyke women The sworde vpon their treasure so that it shal be stollen away 38 A drought vpon their waters so that they shal be dryed vp for the lande worshippeth images and delighteth wonderfully in idols 39 Therfore shall wylde beastes Lamia and Cat of mountaynes and Estreches dwell therin for there shall neuer man dwell there neither shall any man haue his habitation there for euermore 40 Like as God destroyed Sodome and Gomorre with the cities that lay there about saith the Lorde so shall no man dwell there also neither shall any man haue there his habitation 41 Beholde there shall come a people from the north with a great bonde of men and many kynges shall stande vp from the endes of the earth 42 They beare bowes and bucklers cruell are they and vnmercifull their voyce roreth like the ragyng sea they ryde vpon horses and come weaponed to fight agaynst thee O Babylon 43 Assoone as the king of Babylon heare tell of them his handes shall waxe feeble sorowe and heauinesse shall come vpon him as a woman trauayling with chylde 44 Beholde like as the lion commeth vp from the swellyng of Iordane vnto the dennes of Ethan so wyll I dryue them foorth and make them runne agaynst her But whom shall I choose out and ordayne to such a thyng for who is like me or who wil striue with me or what sheephearde may stande agaynst me 45 Therfore here the counsayle that the Lorde hath geuen vpon Babylon and the deuice that he hath taken vpon the lande of the Chaldees The least among the people shall drawe them out and loke what pleasaunt houses they haue they shall lay them waste 46 The noyse at the wynnyng of Babylon shall moue the earth and the crye shal be hearde among the gentiles The .lj. Chapter 1 Howe Babylon shoulde be ouerthrowen 59 Ieremie geueth his booke to Saraias 1 THus hath the Lorde sayde Behold I wyll rayse vp a perilous wynde agaynst Babylon her citizens that beare euyl wyll against me 2 I wyll sende also into Babylon fanners to fanne her out and to destroy her lande for in the day of her trouble they shal be about her on euery syde 3 Moreouer the Lorde wyll say vnto the bowmen and to them that aduaunce them selues in their armoure Ye shall not spare her young men kyll downe all her hoast 4 Thus the slayne shall fall downe in the lande of the Chaldees and the wounded in the streetes 5 As for Israel and Iuda they shall not be forsaken of their God of the Lord of hoastes yea for the holy one of Israels sake haue the Chaldees fylled their lande full of sinne 6 * Flee away from Babylon euery man saue his lyfe that ye be not rooted out with her wickednesse for the tyme of
destruction yea therfore shall I shoote them because I wyll destroy you I wyll encrease hunger vpon you and wyll breake your staffe of bread 18 Plagues wyll I sende vpon you yea and wicked beastes also to spoyle thee pestilence and bloodsheddyng shal come vpon thee and the sworde wyll I bring ouer thee I the Lorde haue spoken it The .vj. Chapter 1 He sheweth that the people shal be plagued for the sinne of idolatrie 8 He prophecieth the repentaunce of the remnaunt of the people and their deliueraunce 11 The destruction of the frowarde is prophecied 1 AND the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man set thy face to the mountaynes of Israel that thou mayest prophecie agaynst them 3 And say Heare the worde of the Lord God O ye mountaynes of Israel Thus hath the Lord God spoken to the mountaynes hylles riuers dales Beholde I euen I will bryng a sworde vpon you and destroy your hye places 4 Your aulters shal be destroyed your images of the sunne broken downe your slayne men wyll I cast downe before your idols 5 And the dead carkases of the children of Israel wyll I cast before their idols your bones will I scatter rounde about your aulters 6 In all your dwellyng places your cities shal be desolate and the hye places laide waste so that your aulters shal be made waste and desolate your idols shal be broken and abolished and your images of the sunne shal be cut downe and your workes quite taken away 7 Your slayne men shall fall among you and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord. 8 Yet wyll I leaue a remnaunt that you may haue some that shall escape the sworde among the nations when as ye shal be scattered through the countreis 9 And they that escape of you shal thinke vpon me among the heathen where they shal be in captiuitie because I haue ben broken with their whorishe heart which hath departed from me with their eyes that haue gone a whoryng after their idols and they shal be abhorred before their owne eyes for the euils which they haue commited in all their abhominations 10 And they shall knowe that I am the Lorde and that I haue not sayde in vayne that I woulde do this euill vnto them 11 Thus saith the Lorde God Smite thine handes together and stampe with thy feete and say Wo worth all the abhominations and wickednesses of the house of Israel for they shall fall with the sworde with hunger and with pestilence 12 Who so is farre of shall dye of the pestilence he that is nye at hande shall perishe with the sworde and the other that are besieged shall dye of hunger Thus wyll I satisfie my wrathfull displeasure vpon them 13 And so shall ye knowe that I am the Lorde when their slayne men shal be among their idols rounde about their aulters vpon euery hye hyll and toppes of mountaynes and vnder euery greene tree and vnder euery thicke oke euen in the places where they dyd offer sweete sauour to all their idols 14 I wyll stretche mine hande out vpon them and wyll make the lande waste and desolate from the wildernesse vnto Deblathah through all their habitations and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde The .vij. Chapter 2 The ende of all the lande of Israel shall sodaynely come 20 The cause of the destruction therof 23 The prophete is commaunded to shewe the summe of the euyls that are at hande 1 THe worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 2 And thou sonne of man thus saith the Lorde God an ende is come vnto the lande of Israel yea veryly the ende commeth vpon the foure corners of the lande 3 Nowe shall the ende come vpon thee for I wyll sende my wrath vpon thee and wyll punishe thee accordyng to thy wayes and rewarde thee after all thine abhominations 4 Mine eye shall not spare thee neither wyll I haue pitie but rewarde thee accordyng to thy wayes declare thine abhominations then shall ye knowe that I am the Lorde 5 Thus saith the Lorde God Beholde one euyll shall come after another 6 The ende is here the ende I say is come it watched for thee beholde it is come alredy 7 The mornyng is come vnto thee that dwellest in the lande the tyme is at hande the day of trouble is harde by and not the soundyng agayne of the mountaynes 8 Nowe I wyll shortly poure out my sore displeasure ouer thee and fulfyll my wrath vpon thee I wyll iudge thee after thy wayes and recompence thee all thine abhominations 9 Mine eye shall not spare neither wyll I haue pitie but rewarde thee after thy wayes thine abhominations shal be in the middest of thee and ye shal knowe that I am the Lorde that smiteth 10 Beholde the day beholde it is come the mornyng is gone foorth the rodde florisheth pride hath budded 11 Crueltie is waxen to a rodde of wickednesse none of them shall remayne none of their riches not one of their seede no lamentation shal be made for them 12 The tyme commeth the day draweth nye who so byeth let hym not reioyce he that selleth let hym not be sory for why wrath is vpon all the multitude therof 13 So that the seller shal not come againe to the thyng that he solde although their life be yet with the lyuyng for when the prophecie was preached vnto all the people none returned no man shal strengthen hym selfe in the iniquitie of his life 14 They haue blowen the trumpet and made all redy but none goeth to the battayle for my wrath is vpon the whole multitude 15 The sworde shal be without pestilence and hunger within so that who so is in the fielde shal be slayne with the sworde and he that is in the citie shal be deuoured with hunger and pestilence 16 But they that flee away from them shall escape and shal be in the mountaynes lyke the doues of the valleys all they shall mourne euery one for his iniquitie 17 All handes shal be let downe and all knees shal be weake as the water 18 They shall girde them selues with sackcloth feare shall couer them shame shal be vpon all faces and baldnesse vpon their heades 19 Their siluer shall they cast foorth in the streetes and their golde shal be dispised yea their siluer and golde shall not be able to deliuer them in the day of the wrath of the Lorde they shall not satisfie their soules neither fyll their bellyes therwith because it was a stumblyng blocke of their iniquitie 20 He had also set the beautie of his ornament in maiestie but they made images of their abhominations and fylthinesses in it therfore haue I set it farre from them 21 Moreouer I wyll geue it into the handes of straungers to be spoyled to the wicked of the earth for to be robbed and they
from their handes and make them ceasse from feeding of the sheepe yea the shepheardes shall feede them selues no more for I wyll deliuer my sheepe out of their mouthes so that they shall not deuour them after this 11 For thus saith the Lorde God behold I euen I wyll loke to my sheepe my selfe and seeke them out 12 Lyke as a shephearde when he hath ben among the flocke seeketh after the sheepe that are scattered abroade euen so wyll I seeke after my sheepe and deliuer them out of all places where they haue ben scattered in the cloudie and darke day 13 I wyll bring them out from the people and gather them together out of the landes I wyl bring them into their owne lande and feede them vpon the mountaines of Israel by the riuers and in all the places of the countrey 14 I wyll feede them in right good pastures and vpon the hie mountaines of Israel shall their foldes be there shall they lye in a good folde and in a fat pasture shall they feede euen vpon the mountaines of Israel 15 I wyll feede my sheepe and bring them to their rest saith the Lorde God 16 Such as be lost wyll I seeke such as are driuen away wyll I bring againe such as be broken wyl I binde vp such as be weake wyll I make strong such as be fat and strong those wyll I roote out and feede them with iudgement 17 And as for you O my sheepe saith the Lorde God I wyll iudge betweene cattaile cattaile betweene the rammes and the goates 18 Seemeth it a smal thing to you to haue eaten vp the good pasture and to treade downe the residue of your pasture with your feete also to drinke the deepe waters and to trouble the rest also with your feete 19 Thus my sheepe must be faine to eate the thing that ye haue troden downe with your feete and to drinke it that ye with your feete haue defiled 20 Therefore thus saith the Lorde God vnto them Beholde I euen I wyll iudge betweene the fat cattaile and the leane cattaile 21 Forsomuch as with side and shoulder ye haue shoued and with your hornes haue pushed all the weake till ye haue scattered them abroade 22 I wyll saue my sheepe so that they shal no more be spoyled yea I wil iudge betweene cattaile and cattaile 23 I wyll set vp ouer them a shepheard and he shall feede them euen my seruaunt Dauid he shall feede them he shal be their shepheard 24 And I the Lorde wyll be their God and my seruaunt Dauid shal be their prince euen I the Lorde haue spoken it 25 Moreouer I wyll make a couenaunt of peace with them cause euil beastes to ceasse out of the lande so that they may dwell safely in the wildernesse and sleepe in the woods 26 And I wyll set them as a blessing euen rounde about my hill and I wyll cause raine to come downe in due season and there shal be raine of blessing 27 And the tree of the fielde shal yeelde her fruite and the earth shall geue her encrease they shal be safe in their lande and shall knowe that I am the Lorde when I haue brokeÌ„ the bondes of their yoke and deliuered them out of the handes of those that serued them selues of them 28 They shall no more be spoyled of the heathen nor deuoured with the beastes of the lande but safely shall they dwel and no man shall fray them 29 And I wil raise vp for them a plant of renowme and they shal be no more clungd with hunger in the lande neither beare the reproche of the heathen any more 30 Thus shall they vnderstand that I the Lorde their God am with them and that they euen the house of Israel are my people saith the Lorde God 31 And ye my sheepe the sheepe of my pasture are men and I am your God saith the Lorde God ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter The destruction that shall come on the mount Seir that is on the Idumeans because they troubled the people of the Lorde 1 MOreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man set thy face toward the mount Seir prophecie against it 3 And say vnto it thus saith the Lorde God Beholde O thou mount Seir I wyll vpon thee I wyll reache out my hande ouer thee yea waste and desolate wyll I make thee 4 Thy cities wyll I laye waste thou shalt lye voyde that thou mayst knowe howe that I am the Lorde 5 Forsomuch as thou bearest an olde enmitie and hast put the children of Israel to flight by the force of the sworde in the time of their calamitie when their iniquitie had an ende 6 Therefore as truely as I lyue saith the Lorde God I wyll prepare thee vnto blood yea blood shall folowe vpon thee except thou hate blood euen blood shall persecute thee 7 Thus wyll I make the mount Seir desolate and waste and cut out from it him that passeth out and him that returneth 8 His mountaines wyll I fill with his slaine men thy hils valleys and al thy riuers the slaine with the sworde shall fall in them 9 I wyll make thee a perpetuall wildernes so that thy cities shal not returne that ye may knowe that I am the Lorde 10 And because thou hast saide both these nations and both these landes must be myne and we wyll haue them in possession whereas the Lorde waâ— there 11 Therefore as truely as I lyue saâ— the Lorde God I wyll euen do accâ—ding to thy wrath and according to thyne enuiyng which thou hast vsed in thyne hatred against them and I wyll make my selfe knowen amongst them when I haue iudged thee 12 Yea and thou shalt knowe that I the Lorde haue heard all thy blasphemies whiche thou hast spoken against the mountaines of Israel saying They are made waste geuen vs to deuour 13 Thus with your mouthes ye haue made your boastes against me yea and multiplied your wordes against me which I haue heard 14 Thus saith the Lord God To the ioy of all the worlde wyll I make thee waste 15 And lyke as thou wast glad because the heritage of the house of Israel was destroyed euen so wyll I do vnto thee thou shalt be destroyed O mount Seir and all Idumea wholly and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde The .xxxvj. Chapter 2 He promiseth to deliuer Israel from the Gentiles 22 The benefites done vnto the Iewes are to be ascribed to the mercie of God not vnto their deseruinges 26 God reneweth our heartes that we may walke in his commaundementes 1 THou sonne of man prophecie vnto the mountaines of Israel and speake heare the worde of the lord O ye mountaines of Israel 2 Thus saith the Lord God Because your enemie hath saide vpon you aha the hie places of the worlde are now become ours
wayes to cut of them that shoulde escape neither shouldest thou haue shutte vp the remnaunt thereof in the day of affliction 15 For the day of the Lorde is neare vpon all the heathen as thou hast done it shal be done to thee thy rewarde shall returne vpon thyne head 16 For as ye haue drunke vpon myne holy mountaine so shall all the heathen drinke continually yea they shal drinke and swalowe vp and they shal be as though they had not ben 17 But vpon mount Sion shal be deliueraunce and it shal be holy and the house of Iacob shal possesse their possessions 18 And the house of Iacob shal be a fire and the house of Ioseph a flambe and the house of Esau as stubble and they shall kindle in them and deuoure them and there shal be no remnaunt of the house of Esau for the Lorde hath spoken it 19 And they shall possesse the south side of the mount of Esau and the plaine of the Philistines and they shall possesse the fieldes of Ephraim and the fieldes of Samaria and Beniamin shall haue Gilead 20 And the captiuitie of his hoast of the children of Israel which were among the Chanaanites shall possesse◠vnto Zarephath and the captiuitie of Hierusalem which is in Sepharad shall possesse the cities of the south 21 And they that shall saue shall come vp to mount Sion to iudge the mount of Esau and the kingdome shal be the Lordes ⧠The booke of the prophete Ionas ¶ The first Chapter 3 Ionas fled when he was sent to preache 4 A tempest ariseth and he is cast into the sea for his disobedience 1 THe worde of the Lorde came vnto Ionas the sonne of Amittai saying 2 Aryse go to Niniue that great citie and crye against it for their wickednesse is come vp before me 3 And Ionas rose vp to flee into Tharsis from the presence of the Lorde and went downe to Ioppa and founde a ship going to Tharsis so he payed his fare and went downe into it that he might go with them vnto Tharsis from the presence of the Lorde 5 Then the maryners were afrayde and cryed euery man vnto his God and cast the wares that were in the shippe into the sea to lighten it of them but Ionas was gone downe into the sides of the shippe he laye downe sleeping 6 And the shippe maister came to him and saide What meanest thou sleeper Vp and call vpon thy God if so be that God wyl shine vnto vs that we perishe not 7 And they saide euery one to his felow Come let vs cast lottes that we may know for whose cause this euil is on vs. And they cast lottes and the lotte fel on Ionas 8 Then saide they vnto him Tell vs for whose cause is this euill come vpon vs what is thyne occupation whence camest thou what countrey man art thou and of what nation 9 And he aunswered them I am an Hebrue and I feare the Lorde God of heauen which hath made the sea and the drye lande 10 Then were the men exceedingly afraide saide vnto him Why hast thou done this for the men knewe we that he fled from the presence of the Lorde because he had tolde them 11 And they saide vnto him What shal we do vnto thee that the sea may be calme vnto vs For the sea wrought and was troublous 12 And he saide vnto them Take me and cast me into the sea and the sea shal be calme vnto you for I know that for my sake this great tempest is vpon you 13 Neuerthelesse the men assayed with rowing to bring the shippe to lande but they could not because the sea wrought and was troublous against them 14 Wherfore they cryed vnto the Lorde and saide We beseche thee O Lord We beseche thee let not vs perishe for this mans lyfe and lay not to our charge innocent blood for thou O Lorde hast done as it pleased thee 15 So they toke vp Ionas and cast him into the sea and the sea left raging 16 And the men feared the Lorde exceedingly and offered a sacrifice vnto the Lorde and made vowes 17 And the Lorde prepared a great fishe to swalowe vp Ionas Ionas was in the belly of the fishe three dayes and three nightes The .ij. Chapter 1 Ionas is in the fisshes belly 3 His prayer 11 He is deliuered 1 AND Ionas prayed vnto the Lorde his God out of the fisshes belly 2 And saide In affliction I cryed vnto the Lorde and he heard me out of the belly of hell cryed I and thou heardest my voyce 3 Thou haddest cast me downe into the deepe into the middest of the sea and the floods compassed me about all thy billowes and waues passed ouer me 4 And I saide I am cast away out of thy sight yet wyll I loke againe toward thyne holy temple 5 The waters compassed me euen vnto the soule the deapth closed me on euery side and the weedes were wrapt about my head 6 I went downe to the bottome of the mountaines the earth with her barres was about me for euer yet hast thou brought vp my lyfe from corruption O Lorde my God 7 When my soule fainted within me I remembred the Lorde and my prayer came in vnto thee into thy holy temple 8 They that holde vpon lying vanitie forsake his mercie 9 But I wyll sacrifice vnto thee with the voyce of thankesgeuing and wyll pay that that I haue vowed for saluation is of the Lorde 10 And the Lorde spake vnto the fisshe and it cast out Ionas vpon the drye lande The .iii. Chapter 2 Ionas is sent againe to Niniue 5 The repentaunce of the king of Niniue 1 AND the worde of the Lorde came vnto Ionas the second time saying 2 Aryse and go to Niniue that great citie and preache against it the preaching which I speake vnto thee 3 So Ionas arose and went to Niniue according to the word of the Lord Niniue was a great citie and excellent of three dayes iourney 4 And Ionas began to enter into the citie a dayes iourney and he cryed saide Yet fourtie dayes Niniue shal be destroyed 5 And the men of Niniue beleued God and proclaymed a fast and put on sackecloth from the greatest of them to the leaste of them 6 And worde came vnto the king of Niniue which arose from his throne and put of his robe and couered him selfe with sackcloth sate downe in asshes 7 And he caused a cryer to crye and say through the citie by the counsell of the king his nobles Let neither man nor beast bullocke nor sheepe taste ought at all neither feede nor drinke water 8 And let both man beast put on sackcloth and crye mightyly vnto God yea let euery man turne from his euill way and from the wickednesse that is in his handes 9 Who can tel whether God wyl turne and be moued with
life geuen thee 6 O Lorde if thou suffer not thy seruaunt to intreate thee that thou mayest geue seede vnto our heart and buylde our vnderstanding that there maye come fruite of it wherby eche man may liue that is corrupt then who shall step foorth in the place of man 7 For thou art alone and we all one workemanship of thy handes like as thou hast sayde 8 For when the body is fashioned nowe in the mothers wombe and thou geuest the membres thy creature is preserued in fire and water and nine monethes doth thy worke suffer thy creature whiche is fashioned in her 9 But the thinges that kepeth and that is kept shall both be preserued and when the time commeth the wombe preserued deliuereth vp the thinges that grewe in it 10 For thou hast commaunded the partes of the body euen the breastes to geue milke vnto the fruite of the breastes 11 That the thing whiche is created and fashioned may be nourished for a time till thou disposest and ordrest it with thy mercy 12 And then thou bringest it vp with thy righteousnesse nurturest it in thy lawe and refourmest it with thy vnderstanding 13 Mortifiest it as thy creature and makest it liuing as thy worke 14 Seing then that thou destroyest him whiche with so great labours is created and fashioned thorowe thy commaundement thou couldest lightly ordayne also that the thing whiche is made might be preserued 15 Nowe therfore Lord I wyll speake for concerning all men in generall thou shalt rather prouide but touching thy people for whose sake I am sory 16 And thyne inheritaunce for whose cause I mourne and Israel for whom I am wofull and Iacob for whose sake I am greeued 17 Therfore begin I to pray before thee for my selfe and for them for I see the fauls of vs that dwell in the lande 18 But I haue hearde the swiftnesse of the iudge whiche is to come 19 Therefore heare my voyce and vnderstand my wordes and I shal speake before thee This is the beginning of the wordes of Esdras before he was taken vp 20 O Lord thou that dwellest in euerlastingnesse which beholdest from aboue thinges in the heauen and in the ayre 21 Whos 's throne is inestimable whose glory â—and maiestieâ— may not be comprehended before whom the hoastes of angels stande with tremblyng 22 Whos 's keping is turned in winde and fire whose worde is true whose sayinges are stedfast whose commaundement is strong whose ordinaunce is fearefull 23 Whose looke dryeth vp the deapthes whose wrath maketh the mountaynes to melt away and whose trueth beareth witnesse 24 O heare the prayer of thy seruaunt and marke with thyne eares the petition of thy creature 25 For whyle I liue I wyll speake and so long as I haue vnderstanding I wyll aunswere 26 O looke not vpon the sinnes of thy people rather then on them whiche serue thee in trueth 27 Haue no respect vnto the wicked stustiâ—s of the heathen but to the desire of those that kepe thy testimonies with afflictions 28 Thinke not vpon those that haue walked faynedly before thee but remember them which according to thy wyll haue knowen thy feare 29 Let it not be thy will to destroy them whiche haue had beastly maners but to looke vpon them that haue clearely taught thy lawe 30 Take thou no indignation at them whiche are worse then beastes but loue them that alway put their trust in thy righteousnesse and glory 31 For we and our fathers haue all the same sicknes and disease but because of vs sinners thou shalt be called merciful 32 For if thou hast mercy vpon vs thou shalt be called mercifull to vs that haue no workes of righteousnesse 33 For the righteous whiche haue layde vp many good workes together shall out of their deedes receaue rewarde 34 But what is man that thou shouldest take displeasure at hym Or what is this corruptible and mortall generation that thou shouldest be so rough towarde hâ—m 35 For of a trueth there is no maÌ„ among them that be borne but he hath dealt wickedly among the fayâ—hfull there is none which hath not done amisse 36 For in this O Lorde thy righteousnesse and thy goodnesse shal be praysed and declared if thou be mercifull vnto them whiche are not riche in good workes 37 Then aunswered he me and sayde Some things hast thou spoken aright according vnto thy wordes it shal be 38 For I wyll not veryly consider the workes of them whiche haue sinned before death before iudgement before destruction 39 But I wyll reioyce ouer the worke and thought of the righteous I wyll remember also the pilgrimage the saluation and the rewarde that they shall haue 40 Like as I haue spoken nowe so shall it come to passe 41 For as the husbandman soweth much seede vpon the grounde and planteth many trees and yet alway the thing that is sowne or planted is not all kept safe neither doth it all take roote Euen so is it of them that are sowen in the worlde they shall not all be saued 42 I aunswered then and sayde If I haue founde grace then let me speake 43 Like as the husbandmans seede perisheth if it come not vp and receaue not thy rayne in due season or if there come to much rayne vpon it and corrupt it 44 Euen so perisheth man also which is created with thy handes and is like vnto thyne owne image and to thy selfe for whose sake thou hast made all thinges and lykened hym vnto the husbandmans seede 45 Be not wroth with vs O Lorde but spare thy people and haue mercy vpon thyne owne inheritaunce for thou wylt be mercyfull vnto thy creature 46 Then aunswered he me and sayde Thinges present are for the present and thinges to come for such as be to come 47 For thou lackest yet much seing thou canst loue my creature aboue me but I haue oft tymes drawen nye vnto thee and vnto it but neuer to the vnrighteous 48 In this also thou art marueylous before the highest 49 In that thou hast humbled thy selfe as it becommeth thee and hast not iudged thy selfe worthy to be much glorified among the righteous 50 For many and great miseries remaine for them that in the latter tyme shall dwell in the worlde because they haue walked in great pride 51 But vnderstande thou for thy selfe and seeke out the glory for suche as be like thee 52 For vnto you is paradise opened the tree of life is planted the tyme to come is prepared plenteousnes is made redy the citie is buylded for you and rest is prepared yea perfect goodnes and wysdome 53 The roote of euyll is marked from you the weakenesse and moth is hid from you and into hell fleeth corruption in forgetfulnesse 54 Sorowes are vanished away and in the ende is shewed the treasure of immortalitie 55 And therfore aske thou no more questions concerning the multitude of them that perishe
6 Vpon the one she leaned her selfe as one that was tender 7 The other folowed her and bare the trayne of her vesture 8 The shine of her beautie made her face rose coloured the similitude of her face was chearefull and amiable but her heart was sorowfull for great feare 9 She went in thorowe all the doores and stoode before the kyng The kyng sate vpon the trone of his kyngdome and was clothed in his goodly aray all shining with golde and set with precious stones and he was very terrible 10 He lyft vp his face that shone in the clearnesse and looked grimly vpon her Then fel the Queene downe was pale and faynte leaned her selfe vpon the head of the mayde that went with her 11 Neuerthelesse God turned the kinges minde that he was gentle that he leaped out of his seate for feare and gate her in his armes and helde her vp tyll she came to her self againe he gaue her louing wordes also and said vnto her 12 Hester what is the matter I am thy brother be of good cheare 13 Thou shalt not die for our commaundement toucheth the commons and not thee Come nye 14 And with that he helde vp his golden rodde and layde it vpon her necke 15 And imbraced her frendly and sayd Talke with me 16 Then sayde she I sawe thee O Lorde as an angell of God and my heart was troubled for feare of thy maiestie and clearnesse 17 For excellent and wonderfull art thou O Lorde and thy face is full of amitie 18 But as she was thus speaking vnto hym she fell downe agayne for fayntnesse 19 For the whiche cause the kyng was afraide and all his seruauntes comforted her ¶ The .xvj. Chapter ¶ The copie of the letters of Artaxerxes whereby he reuoketh those whiche he first sent foorth 1 THe great kyng Artaxerxes whiche raigneth from India vnto Ethiopia ouer an hundreth and twentie and seuen landes sendeth vnto the princes and rulers of the same landes suche as loue him his frendly salutation 2 There be many that for the sundry frendshippes and benefites whiche are diuersly done vnto them for their worship be euer the more proude and hye minded 3 And vndertake not only to hurt our subiectes for plenteous benefites may they not suffer and begin to imagine some thing against those that do them good 4 And take not only all vnthankfulnes away from men but in pride and presumption as they that be vnmindfull and vnthankfull for the good deedes they go about to escape the iudgement of God that seeth all thinges whiche iudgement hateth and punisheth all wickednesse 5 It happeneth oft also that they which be set in office by the higher power and vnto whom the businesse and causes of the subiectes are committed to be handled waxe proude and defile them selues with shedding of innocent blood which bringeth them to intollerable hurt 6 Whiche also with false and deceiptfull wordes and with lying tales deceaue and betray the innocent goodnesse of princes 7 Nowe is it profitable and good that we take heede make searche therafter and consider not onlye what hath happened vnto vs of olde but the shamefull vnhonest and noysome thinges that the deputies haue nowe taken in hande before our eyes 8 And thereby to beware in tyme to come that we make the kyngdome quiet and peaceable for all men and that we might sometime drawe it to a chaunge 9 And as for the thing that nowe is present before our eyes to withstande it and to put it downe after the most frendly maner 10 What tyme nowe as Aman the sonne of Amadathu the Macedonian a straūger veryly of the Persians blood and farre from our goodnes was come in among vs as an aliaunt 11 And had obtayned the frendship that we beare towarde all people so that he was called our father and had in hye honour of euery man as the next and principall vnto the kyng 12 He coulde not forbeare him selfe from his pryde hath vndertaken not only to rob vs of the kyngdome but of our life 13 With manyfolde deceipt also hath he desired to destroy Mardocheus our helper and preseruer whiche hath done vs good in all thinges and innocent Hester the like partaker of our kyngdome with all her people 14 For his minde was when he had taken them out of the way and robbed vs of them by this meanes to translate the kyngdome of the Persians vnto them of Macedonia 15 But we finde that the Iewes which were accused of the wicked that they might be destroyed are no euyll doers but vse reasonable and right lawes 16 And that they be the chyldren of the most high liuing God by whom the kyngdome of vs and of our progenitours hath ben well ordered hytherto 17 Wherefore as for the letters and commaundementes that were put foorth by Aman the sonne of Amadathu ye shall do well if ye holde them of none effect 18 For he that set them vp and inuented them hangeth at Susis before the port with all his kinred and God whiche hath all thinges in his power hath rewarded hym after his deseruing 19 And vpon this ye shall publishe and set vp the copie of this letter in all places that the Iewes may freely and without hinderaunce holde them selues after their owne statutes 20 And that they may be helped and that vpon the thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth Adar they may be auenged of them whiche in the tyme of their anguishe and trouble would haue oppressed them 21 For the God that gouerneth all thinges hath turned to ioy the day wherein the chosen people shoulde haue perished 22 Moreouer among the hye solempne dayes that ye haue ye shall holde this day also with all gladnesse 23 That nowe and in tyme to come this day may be a remembraunce of good for all such as loue the prosperitie of the Persians but a remembraunce of destruction to those that be seditious vnto vs. 24 All cities and landes that do not this shall horribly perishe and be destroyed with the sworde and fire and shall not only be no more inhabited of men but be abhorred also of the wylde beastes and foules The ende of the rest of the booke of Hester ⧠The wysdome of Solomon The first Chapter 1 Howe we ought to searche and inquire after God 2 Who be those that finde hym 5 The holy ghost 8.11 We ought to flee from backbiting and murmuring 12 Whereof death commeth 15 Righteousnesse and vnrighteousnesse 1 LOue righteousnesse ye that be iudges of y e earth consider deepely of the Lorde in goodnesse and seeke hym in singlenesse of heart 2 For he wyll be founde of them that tempt hym not and appeareth vnto such as put no distrust in him 3 For wicked thoughtes seperate from God and his power when it is tryed reproueth the vnwise 4 For why wysdome shall not enter into a wicked soule nor dwell in the body that is subiect vnto sinne 5 For the holy
deliuer you our letters concerning the renouation of our brotherhood 18 And now ye shal do right wel to geue vs an aunswere thereunto 19 And this is the copie of the writing which Arius the king of Sparta sent vnto Onias 20 Arius the king of the Spartians sendeth greeting vnto Onias the hie priest 21 It is founde in writing that the Spartians and Iewes are brethren come out of the generation of Abraham 22 And now forsomuch as this is come to our knowledge ye shall do wel to write vnto vs of your prosperitie 23 As for vs we haue written our minde vnto you our cattaile and goodes are yours and yours ours these thinges haue we cōmaunded to be shewed vnto you 24 When Ionathas heard that Demetrius princes were come foorth to fight against him with a greater hoast then afore 25 He went from Hierusalem and met them in the land of Hemath for he gaue them not space to come into his owne countrey 26 And he sent spies vnto their tentes which came againe and tolde him that they were appoynted to come vpon him in the night season 27 Wherefore when the sunne was gone downe Ionathas cōmaunded his men to watch all the night and to be redie with weapons for to fight and set watchmen rounde about the hoast 28 But when the aduersaries heard that Ionathas was redie with his men to the battaile they feared were afraid in their heartes and kindled fires in their tentes brake vp and gat them away 29 Neuerthelesse Ionathas and his company knewe it not till the morning for they sawe the fires burning 30 Then Ionathas folowed vpon them but he might not ouertake thē for they were gone ouer the water Eleutherus 31 So Ionathas departed vnto the Arabians which were called Zabadei slue them and toke their goodes 32 He proceeded further also and came vnto Damascus and went through all the countrey 33 But Simon his brother toke his iourney and came to Ascalon and to the next strong holdes departing vnto Ioppa and wan it 34 For he heard that they would deliuer the holde to them that toke Demetrius parte wherfore he set men of warre in the citie to kepe it 35 After this came Ionathas home againe and called the elders of the people together and deuised with them for to build vp the strong holdes in Iurie 36 And to make the walles of Hierusalem higher to set vp an hie wall betwixt the castle and the citie for to separate it from the citie that it might be alone and that men should neither bye nor sell in it 37 Vpon this they came together for to builde vp the citie and forsomuch as the wall vpon the brooke of the east side called Caphetetah was fallen downe repaired it 38 And Simon set vp Adiada in Sephela and made it strong setting portes and lockes vpon it 39 Now when Tryphon purposed to raigne in Asia to be crowned and to slay the king Antiochus 40 He was afraide that Ionathas would not suffer him but fight against him wherefore he went about to take Ionathas and to kill him So he departed and came vnto Bethsan 41 Then went Ionathas foorth against him to the battaile with fourtie thousand chosen men and came vnto Bethsan also 42 But when Tryphon sawe that Ionathas came with so great an hoast to destroy him he was afraide 43 And therefore he receaued him honorably commended him vnto all his friendes and gaue him rewardes and commaunded his men of warre to be as obedient vnto him as to him selfe 44 And saide vnto Ionathas Why hast thou caused this people to take such trauaile seeing there is no warre betwixt vs 45 Therefore sende them home againe and choose certaine men to wayte vpon thee and come thou with me to Ptolomais for I wyll geue it thee with the other strong holdes men of warre and their officers as for me I must depart this is onely the cause of my comming 46 Ionathas beleued him and did as he saide putting away his hoast which went into the lande of Iuda 47 He kept but three thousand by him whereof he sent two thousand into Galilee and one thousand went with him selfe 48 Now assoone as Ionathas entred into Ptolomais the citezins sparred the gates of the citie and toke him and slue all them with the sworde that came in with him 49 Then sent Tryphon an hoast of footemen and horsmen into Galilee and into the great plaine field to destroy all Ionathas company 50 But when they knewe that Ionathas was taken and all they slaine that waited vpon him they toke counsel together and encouraged one another and came foorth against them redie to fight 51 So when they which folowed vpon them sawe that it was a matter of lyfe they turned backe againe 52 As for the other they went into the lande of Iuda peaceably and bewayled Ionathas and them that were with him right sore and Israel made great lamentation 53 Then al the heathen that were round about them sought to destroy them 54 For they said Now haue they no captaine nor any man to helpe them therfore let vs ouercome them and roote out their name from among men The .xiij. Chapter 1 After Ionathas was taken Simon is chosen captaine 17 of whom Tryphon taking his children and money for the redemption of Ionathas killeth him and his children 25 The graue of Ionathas 31 Tryphon killeth Antiochus and possesseth the realme 3◠Demetrius taketh truice with Simon 43 Simon winneth Gaza 50 He possesseth the towre of Sion 53 He maketh his sonne Iohn captaine 1 NOwe when Simon heard that Tryphon gathered a great hoast to come into the lande of Iuda and to destroy it 2 And saw that the people was in great fearefulnes and care he came vp to Hierusalem and gathered the people together 3 And gaue them exhortation saying Ye know what great battailes I and my brethren and my fathers house haue fought for the lawe and the sanctuarie and what maner of troubles we haue seene 4 Through occasion whereof all my brethren are slaine for Israels sake and I am left alone 5 And now let not me spare myne owne lyfe in any maner of trouble for I am no better then my brethren 6 But wyll auenge my people and the sanctuarie our children and our wyues for all the heathen are gathered together to destroy vs of very malice 7 At these wordes the heartes of the people were kindled together 8 So that they cried with a loude voyce saying Thou shalt be our captaine in steade of Iudas and Ionathas thy brethren 9 Order thou our battaile and whatsoeuer thou commaundest vs we shall do it 10 So he gathered all the men of warre making haste to finishe all the walles of Hierusalem which he made strong rounde about 11 Then sent he Ionathas the sonne of Absalomus with a freshe hoast vnto Ioppa which droue them out that were in the castle and remained there him selfe 12 Tryphon
owne iudgement to whoÌ„ God reuealed his wil. Some vnderstand by Vrim certaintie and illumination (f) By going out and commyng in is meant enterprising of thinges and ceassing from enterprises Act. vi b. ☞ The Iewes do say that by the beast that is sacrificed the sinner is vnderstood For when the beast is led to be kylled the trespasser ought saye they to think as though he for his offence were led vnto the same and thus to confesse O Lorde I am gyltie of death I haue deserued to be stoned for this trespasse and not this beast or to be strangled for this transgression or to be burnt for this crime But these sacrifices do by shadow signifie Christe the true lambe of God who would afterwarde cleanse our synnes pay the price for them Howe greeuous therfore should we acknowledge confesse our sinnes to be for the which no beast but the innocent sonne of God hath dyed For the father sparyng vs hath yeelded his sonne vnto death Exo. xii c. Leu. xxiii a. Deut. xvi a. Leu xxiii b (b) Accomptyng seuen weekes betwene Easter and Whitsontide as Leuit. 23. ☜ ☞ (a) Conteynyng part of September and part of October Leuit 23. d. (b) Of the measure Epha (c) Offered in the newe moone or begynnyng of euery moneth Leu. xxiii f. (d) Namely the feast of reconciliation (e) Of the feast of tabernacles (f) Your voluntarie sacrifices Deu. xxiii d (a) Agree not to her vowe (b) Her husbande liuing or before she be deuorsed (c) Through mortification by abstinence or bodyly exercise (d) Not disanullyng her vowe y e same day that he heareth it (e) Any day after the first day that he hearde them Nu. xxv d. (a) Because that false prophete gaue counsell howe to cause the Israelites to offende God (b) As who woulde say ye shoulde haue left none alyue (c) In honoryng that idol Iudi. xxi b. Num. xix b (f) This is that portion whiche the souldiers gaue to God (g) The virgines (h) Of that parte of the spoile whiche was allotted to those that had not ben at warre (i) Those that were no souldiers (k) Geuing no part to their captaines (l) That God might haue them in remembraunce (a) Ruben was the sonne of Lea Iacobs wyfe Gad was sonne to Zilpah her handmayde Num. â—3 b. (b) Ye shal be the cause that they shal perishe (c) Into the lande of promise (d) Before the arke (e) The inhabitaunce of chanaan f God will geue you the lande that ye desire g You shal not go vnpunished for your sinne (h) Ouer Iordan (i) That which is spoken by Gods messenger is sayd to be spoken by God (k) Those Amorites that dwelt on this side Iordan Some of theÌ„ dwelt by Iordane of whom mention is made Ios 10. Deut. iii. â— (l) That is to say the vâ—llages of Iair ☜ ☞ (a) The guydyng and conductyng (b) A citie in the land of Gosen (c) Which the Iewes call Misan which conteyneth part of March and part of April (d) With great power and rather diuine then humaine (e) Their idoles or their chiefe rulers Exod. xiii d Exo. xiiii a. Exo. xiiii a. Exod xvi a. Exod. xvi a. Exod. xvii â— Exod. xix a Num. xi g. Num. xi g. Num. xx a. Num. xx d. Deut. 32. g. Num. xxi b Num. xxi c. Nu. xxv a. Deut. vii a. Nu. xxv â— Iudi. i. e. ☜ ☞ (a) That is to say this is y e description of the lande of Chanaan whiche ye shal inherite Iosu xv a. (b) Otherwise the dead sea (c) By whiche the riuer some thinke Nilus to be meant some others Rhinocorurae called meditaranium (d Hor a litle hil but not that wheron 〈◊〉 dyed (e) Which is in the gospell called the lake of Genazereth Nu. xxxii f Deut iii d. Iesu xiiii a. g One of the chiefe men of euery tribe ☜ (a) For that the Leuites had no heritage in y e lande of Chanaan Iosu xxi a. Iosu xx a. Deut. xix a Iosu xx a. (b) The next of kin to the partie slayne whiche ought to folowe the suite (c) The Hebrues vnderstande by the congregation y e Senatours and chiefe Iudges in the citie (d) In the possession of y e Rubenites Gadites and the halfe tribe of Manasses Exod. xxi d (e) So daungerous that a man may dye thereof (f) He that is next to his kin to him that is murthered g This 〈◊〉 a figure of Christe by whose death our sinnes are pardoned (h) That is to iudge wylfull or casuall murtherers ☞ (a) He meaneth Moyses (b) To any of another tribe then of Manasses (c) For the tribe coulde not haue continued if their inheritaunce had ben taken from them (d) Whiche shal be when there is no male chylde to inherite (e) That is concerning the ceremoniall and iudiciall lawes ☜ (a) In the countrey of Moab and this wyldernesse was betweene the plaine of Moab the sea (b) Moyses repeateth agayne the law whiche was geuen fourtie yeres before so y t the youth yf his people were either vnborne or to young to iudge for which second repetitioÌ„ this booke is called in greke Deuteronomi that is the second lawe (c In the second yere second moneth Gen. xv d. and xvii b. (d) By the councel of Iethro my father in lawe Exo. xviiâ—â— (e) Meaning that Moyses had an harde gouernaunce among them (f) To signifie that expert and knowen men in godlynesse ought to be takeÌ„ to gouerne Iosue vii d. Leuit xix c. Pro. xxiiii c (g) And man is but Gods minister (h) So that it is to be imputed to themselues that they enioyed not the inheritaunce Deut. xx â— Num. xâ— m Otherwise vnto the valley of graces n To wyt 〈◊〉 and Iosuah o This sheweth the ingratitude of the Iewes which turned 〈…〉 to them as his hatred Num 13. d. (p That is the race of the grauntes as in Num. 13.23 (q He sheweth that the true boldnes that whiche God approueth is to renounce our own strength and to repose our selues wholly on him walkyng constantly in the vocation to whiche he hath called vs Exod. xiii d Num. xiiii d and .xxvi. g. Iosu xiâ— Num. xx c. and .37 c. r Ministreth vnto thee (Å¿) Whiche were vnder twentie yere olde Nu. xiâ—ii g. (t This doth declare what is the nature of man which wyll do that whiche God forbyddeth wyll not do that whiche God coÌ„maundeth (u) He sheweth that our strength standeth in Gods assistaunce (x) The cause was for that â–ª they lamented not their sin but for y e losse of their brethren and so were hypocrites in their lamenting (a They shewed their obedience â—tâ—r Gods chastisyng (b) The desert of Zin (c) This mountaine appertayne to the Idumeans whiche came of Esau (d) At their return thither for before they were repelled by the Idumeans Num. 20.21 Gen. xxiii b (e) Knowyng is here taken for fauouryng as in many other places of
To gouerne well requireth continual studie of gods lawe (g) To gouerne well requireth continual studie of gods lawe h Studie and obserue gods lawe and be sure of prosperous successe in all thy doyngs i Meaning from thâ— day that this was proclâ—med Nu. xxxii d (k) Meaning the lâ—nd of Sihon the king of the Aâ—orâ—tes and Og king oâ— Bathâ— (l) In respecte of the lâ—nd of the Aâ—orâ—s Ier. xâ—ii a (a Which place was in the pâ—aâ—e of moab neare vnto Iordane Ebre xi f. Iam. ii d. “ Or Tâ—uerners house or hostesse (b) Though the wicked se the hand of God vpon theÌ„ yet they repent not but seke howe theâ— may by their power resist his meanes (c) The rooâ— after their maner was flat plaine so that they might walk and do their busines ther vpon De. xxviii a Iosu v. a. (d That people that will heare the voice of the Lorde and oâ—serue his lawe shal be honored feared it is Gods promise Deut. â—8 Num. xxi f. e God is no â—ter of persons â–ª For 〈◊〉 is a dauâ—ger of Abraham by fayth â—nd woorthy confession founde among the Gentiles 〈…〉 the sin 〈…〉 of 〈◊〉 Or lyues â–ª (f) We warâ—aunt you on pâ—ne of our lyues (g) Whiche was neare vnto the citie (h) That is we shal be discharged of our oth yf thou doest not perfourme this condition that fâ—loweth For so and none otherwise shall we be able to saue thee and thyne (i) “ or Scarleâ— colourâ—d (k) 〈…〉 the 〈◊〉 Iordâ— a In march accordyng to the Ebrewes about fourtie dayes after Moyses death (b) Whiche tyme was geuen them for to prepare theÌ„ vittales or a myle Leui xx g. Num xi d. â—saâ—â— a. c Euen in the chanell where the streme had runne (d) By this miracle in deuiâ—ing the water (e) Which shoulde set vp twelue stones in remembraunce of the benefite Psal cxiiii Actes vii f. (f So called because in it was layed vp the tables wherin the couenaunt of the Lord was written that is the ten commandements eccl xxiiii d (g In that ripe soile the sonne hasteth haruest melteth the snowe in the hilles wherby Iordane theÌ„ swelleth so thâ—s miracle is the greater h Eyther tarying till the people were past or as some readâ— faire as thoughe they had bene vpon the drie land Deut. 27. a. (a) Meaning â— place where they shoulde â—mâ—e Deut. 27. a. (b) God commaundeth that not only we our selues profite by his wonderfull workes but that also our posteritie may know y e cause therof glorifie his name c Besydes y e twelue stones whiche were caryed by the tribes and set vp in Gilgal (d) The arke of the priestes whiche came ouer after the people beyng ouer went before y e people as Iosuah had appoynted chap. iii. Num 32. e. (e) That is the Arke Iosuah iii b f Wherein was the rod of Aaron and Manna witnesses of gods wonderfull workes and also the tables testifiyng gods wyll (g) Called Abib or Nisan conteynyng part of March and part of April 〈◊〉 xiiii e. h The woÌ„derful works of Gâ—d in the wicked 〈◊〉 a cause 〈◊〉 â—er condemnation 〈…〉 the god◠〈◊〉 occasion to prayse and feare hym (a) The Amorites were on both sydes I did 〈◊〉 wherof two kâ—nges were 〈…〉 Moab Iosuah i. b. Exod iiii f. (b For now they had lefte iâ— of about 40 yeres (c) Gilgal was so called because they were there circumcised (d Thei could not do it with out daunger in that troublesome vncertain state they were in in their iourney Num. xiiii f Num xiii e. (e) Before they were like to the vncircumcised Egyptians whom though theâ— serued yet they 〈◊〉 dayned and iudged them prophane and shamefull Exod. xii â— (f) The first moneth 〈◊〉 spoken of chap. 4. g In that that Iosuah worshyppeth hym he acknowledgeth him to be gâ— and in that that he 〈◊〉 hym selfe the Lordes capitayne he declareth hym selfe to be Christe (h) That is geue ouer 〈◊〉 clayme of thy selfe and of thy affeâ— a That none coulde go out b That none coulde come in (c) The conquest might not be assigned to mans power but to the mercie of god â–ª which with most weake things can ouercome that which semeth most strong (d) This is chiefly meant by the Rubenites Gadites and half the tribe of Manasseh â–ª (e) Meaning the reare warde wherin was the standard of y e trybe of Dan. Num. x. (f) For that day (g) The tribe of Dan was so called because it marched last and gathered vp whatsoeuer was left of others (h) Besydes euery day once for the space of sixe dayes i Condempned 〈◊〉 to be destroyed Iosuah ii a. * Leui xxvii Num. xxi a Deut. xiii d. (k Man and beast beyng destroyed and all other thinges that could not by fire be moulten and transformed all metals are so reserued to the Lordes vâ—e that they should neuer be conuerted to any priuate vse Heb. x. â— 2 Mâ—a x. Iosuah ii â— (l) For it was not lawful for straungers to dwell among the Israelites tyll they were purged (m) Meanyng the tabernacle n For she was maryed to Salmon prince of the tribe of Iuda Math. 1. (o) He shall buyld it to the destruction of all his stocke which thyng was fulfylled in Hiel of Bethel 1. Reg. â— * Deut. vii d. (a) By takyng that which was coÌ„maunded to be destroyed (b) There was two â—is One Ai of the Amorites which was the greater and is here described the other of the Ammonites Ierem. 49. 〈…〉 〈…〉 e Iosuah here is 〈…〉 the mâ— proâ—â—od â–ª wiâ—h decla◠〈◊〉 ther 〈…〉 in 〈…〉 out 〈…〉 of God f For the enemies 〈…〉 thou wa st 〈…〉 to 〈…〉 to 〈…〉 name 〈…〉 〈◊〉 xix a Or 〈◊〉 〈…〉 The 〈◊〉 act of taking as some iudge was by 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 other say it was by â—tes (k) God is glorified when the trueth is confessed l That is before the arke of the Lorde (m Some leaue wedge others a pâ—te and some a rodde (o) What sharp iudgment and greeuous punyshment theâ— ought to haue that by wickednes drawe Gods wrath vâ—oâ— the multitude (p) That is â–ª the valley of trouble * Deut. vii c. Iosuah vi d. Deut. xx c. (a meanyng on the west syde That is with the rest of the 〈◊〉 (c That is â—tred them and set them in aâ—ay (d He set these fewe that the other which lay in ambushe might not be discouered (e) As they which fayned themselues to see for feare â–ª (f Or lyft vp the baner to signifie when they shall indede the citie “ Or pâ—wer * Deu. vii a. (g) For the firing of the citie was not to destroy it for they should take the spoile therof for a pray but was to signifie to Iosuah that they were entred Nu. xxxi d. Deut. xx c. (h) That it coulde neuer be buylt again (i) According as it was commaunded by the lawe Deu. 21 d. Iosu vii d. De. xxvii a.
De. xxvii a. k That is the summe of the law which summe is conteyned in the ten comâ—undementes Deu x. â— xxxvi â— l So neither young nor old man nor woman were exempted from hearyng the worde of the Lorde (a In respecte of the plaine of Moab (b) Called Mediterraneum ii Sa xxi a. (c) Becâ—use they were all weren (d) Euen the idolaters for feare of death wyll pretend to honor the true God â–ª and receaue his religion Nu. xxi f. e As some wyll â–ª to â—ryâ— the oldnesse and what â—aâ— it had beyng so olde â—ome other say it was to confirme y t it 〈◊〉 accordyng to the maner that they â—cate oâ— thâ— vittayles ii Re. xx a (f (g The multitude is commonly inclined to maligne their magistrates and to constrâ— their doinges to the worst part (h) Whiche was the tabernacle vnto vnto the tyme of Solomon and after that the temple at Hierusalem Deut. vii a. (i) That is for the sacrifices (a) Assoone as thou makest a league with the chyldren of God by regeneration thou shalt be sure to haue the wicked children of the worlde in thy toppe (b) All kynde of creatures shall destroy the wicked wheÌ„ the Lord of hoastes will haue it so Eccle. xlvi a Esai 28. d. (c) The Hebrue worde is Iasher that is righteous therfore some iudge it meaneth Moyses booke and the Chaldee text readeth the booke of the lawe but others thinke Iasher to be the very name of the booke which is lost and now not extant By taking away the enemies heartes and destroying them with haylestones e By this Ioâ—uah would â—ge his captâ—s and igâ— vnto them what 〈◊〉 they shâ—â—ke 〈◊〉 the rest of theâ— enemies â—ing kingâ— are thus by them â—ed Deu xxi d. Iosu viii f. “ Or euery person Iosu vi d. “ Or persones Deut xx d. f In one battell (g) where the arke was there to geue thankes â–ª for their victorie Or In â—oth Iosu vi a. Iosu viii a. Iosu vi a. Iosu viii a. Iosu viii a. ☜ ☞ (a) After that the enemies are ouercome “ Hebr. Shihor “ Hebr. Mearah b Read chap. 11. b. Nu. xxxi â— Deut. iii. b. “ Or 〈◊〉 Deut â–ª â— Ioâ— Because 〈…〉 were 〈◊〉 â—nd pâ—kes to hurt tâ—e Nuâ—â— g. d The Leuitâ—s shall haue the tithes sacrifices and â—nges for their inheritaunce Num. 18. c. Deut. iii. Nu. xxxi a. e The false prophet who gâ—ue counsel howe to cause Israel offend God (f That is in the lande of Moab Nu xxxii g (g Meaning his neuewes and posteritie Ios xviii b. Nu. xviii c. Num. 34. d. Nu. xxvi f. xxxiii g. (a) The Rubenites the Gadites halfe the tribe of Manasses Nu xxxv a (b Which was that they two only should entre in to the land Nu. 14. d (c That is the other spies that were sent with him Eccl xâ—v ◠“ Hebr. To go out and come in “ Or Giauntes â–ª (d This he spake of modestie and not of douting i. Mac. ii f. Iosu xv c. Nu. 34. a. Nu. 33. â— (a) The Ebrewe word signified tongue wherby is ment either the arme of the sea that coÌ„meth into the land or a rocke or cape that goeth in to the sea (b) The Ebrewe word is Chem and signified your which as one learned in Ebrewe thinketh is put here for Heâ— whiche signified their (c) Meaning the mouth of the riuer wher it runneth in to the salt sea d Which is a great stone vsed for a marâ— to part their countreis â— Reg. iâ— b e That is the citie of woods Iosu xiiii d. f Nowe in the time of Iosuah and therfore is tolde by way of repetition Iud. i. g That is a citie of letters Iud. i. c. 2. Re. xvii c Or cosyn h Neither because her husband wold not â–ª or because he deferred it to long Or â—â—ion (i) Meâ—ning Nilus Iosu xiiiii d (k) Of thâ— citie the 〈◊〉 sea hath his name l That is vtterly though they slew the most part of them 〈◊〉 their cities Iud. 1. b. (a) Luz is thought to be a citie at the ende of mount Bethel whiche is also named Bethel Genes 28. d. And so Bethel is both the name of a citie and of a mount (a) For the other halâ—e tribe had thâ— portioÌ„ beyond Iordane 〈◊〉 xxvi d. â—vii a. â—xxxvi a. (b) Among them of our tribe (d) Meaning the citie it self “ Or Brook of 〈◊〉 (e) In y e tribe of Aser and tribe of Isachar (f) For at the first theâ— were not coragious after agreed with them on conditâ—on contrary to Gods coÌ„maundmeÌ„t (g) According to my father Iacobs prophecie Gen. 48. d. (h) If this mount be not large enough why dost not thou get more by destroying Gods enemies as he hath commaunded (a) Which had continued at Gilgal euer 〈◊〉 they came to the land till nowe (b) That is Beniamin Simeon Zabuion Isachar Aser Neâ—tali and Dan. (c) That is into ten partes to euery tribe one (d) That is before the ark of the Lord. * Iosu xiii d. Iosu xiii d. (e) That is Tithes Sacrifices and offrings Ios 13. d. 14. a Iosu xii b. (f) To auoide dissention and that euery maÌ„ should be conteÌ„t with gods appointment (g) Whiche was in y e tribe of Ephraim an other Bethel was in the tribe of Beniamin “ Or to the sea “ Or Ierusalem (h) Which is in the tribe of Ephraim Iosuah 1â— b (i) Where the riuer entreth vnto the salt sea (k) Whiche was not wholly in the tribe of Beniamin but part of it was also in y e tribe of Iudah (a) According to Iacobs prophesie â–ª that he should be scatered among y e other tribes Gen. 49. a (b) God prouiding aforehand for the great encrease y t they should grâ—we to â—n time to come (c) Meaning toward the great sea (d) There was an other Bethlehem in the trâ—e of Iudas (e) That is ioyneth to the tribe ZebuloÌ„ (f) Which was Tyrâ—s a strong citie in the sea (g) These cities were â—n the countrey of Zeanantu◠☞ (b) The suburbes were a thousande cubites from the wâ—ll of the citie rounde about Nu. 35 a Ios xii â— (c) That is that were no priestes but Leuites only (d) Whiche dwelled in Chanaan (e) The families of Caath Gerson alredy spoken of remayneth only Merari of which being the yongest came y e thirde familie of Leuites and are here therfore called the rest (f) Bezer â—amoth weâ— the cities of refuge vnder the Merarites beyond Iordane (g) That Iacobs prophesie myght be fulfylled and gods prouidence perfourmed that is that no part of Israel should want their teachers of Gods lawe Iosu â—◠☜ (a) 〈◊〉 that the Israelites enioyed the lande of Chanaâ—n Num 32. f. (b) Which was to go armed before their brethren Num xxxii Num. 32 f. Iosua xiii b (c) Iosuah nowe at partyng wyllyng to shew them his care and his thankfull heart for
their paynes remembreth theÌ„ of the kepyng of Gods law 〈◊〉 the onlye meane of all the reward felicitie he wisâ—eth them (d) He commended them to God and prayed for them (e) Whiche they had left at home to kepe their cities and possessions Num. 31. d. 1. Reg. 30. f. (f) This is beyonde Iordane For sometyme the whole countrey on both sydes of Iordane is ment by Chanaan (g) Gods law requireth theÌ„ so to do though they were the dearest frendes they had yf they were founde to fall away from true religion Deut. xiii b. “ Or multitude Nu. xxv (h) The reproch of that wicked â—s doth â—ke by 〈◊〉 though alter â—nishment by death of 〈◊〉 thousand Gods wrâ—th was pâ—fied Num. 25. c. (i) â—s wanting the Arke of the Lorde and his aulter (k) To vse anâ— other seruice than God alloweth â—s to rebell agaynst God â— Sam. 1â— (l) Signifiyng that yf many suffered for one mans fault for the fault of many all shuld suffer (m) That is 〈…〉 punish vs reuenge it (n) Fall away froÌ„ true religion (o) As you are excluded from the lande so are you excluded from being partakers of the Lordes seruice (p) God requireth that the care of his glorie be in euery man not only for his tyme but also that it reache to his posteritie (q) His couenaunt his true religion beyng preserued vncorrupt (r) From the punyshment that they must haue loked for by transgressyng of gods lawe (a) Your eyes â—uing witnesse (b) Which yet remayne vnconquered Cha. 13. Deu. v. b. â— â—ixxviii b 〈◊〉 xvi a. (c) Let not the iudges admit an other 〈◊〉 any shal sweare by that idols Leu. 26. b. De. xxxii d Exo. xxiii g Num. 33. g Deut. vii c. (d) Meaning they shal be a continuall griefe vnto you and so the cause of your destruction (e) I die according to the course of nature Iosu xxi d. (f) He sheweth that no euyll can come vnto man except he offend God by disobedience (a) That were inhabitauntes in the land of Chanaan to 〈◊〉 tribes the half (b) Before the arke of God which was then brought from Silo to Sichem (c) Euphrates in Mesopotamia Gen. 11. d. Iud. 5. a. Gen. xxi d. Gen. 36. b. Gen. xlvi b. Exo. iii. c. Ex. vii viii.ix.x xiiii Ex. vii viii.ix.x xiiii Exo. xii f. Exo. xiiii c. (d) Euen fortie yeres Num. xxi d Nu. xxii a. Deu. xxiii a (e) Not in open fielde but by defending of their cities Exo. xxiii f Deu. vii f. Iosu xi (f) This is the true vse of Goddes benefites to learne therby to feare serue him (g) This thâ—cheth vs that yf all the world would go from God yet euery one yf vs particularly is bound to cleaue vnto him (h) Whom we knoledge our selues bound to serue (i) Except yt cast away your idols Ios xxiii d. (k) In this your conâ—essiâ— of Gods benefites and promise made to serue him iâ— herafter ye do the contrarie (l) Whiche you haue found caried away from the spoiles of the cities that you haue wonne (m) Rather then mans dissimulation should not be punished the dombe creatures shal crie for vengeance (n) Suche are the people commonly as the rulers are Iosu xiii d. (a) By the iudgement of Vrâ— Ex. 18. wâ—ightie matters ought not to be taken in hand without first inuocation of God (b) Whose inheritaunce was scattred among the tribe of Iuda according to Iacobs prophesie Gene. 49. b. (c) As if I were one of the inhabitours of the lande that came to thee by lot “ Or the lord of Bezek (d) As he serued others so by Gods iudgement is he serued him self Le. xxiiii c. (e) Al this within the parenthesis was done in Iosuah his time and is here spoken of by way of repetition (f) These three were giauntes and the children of Anak Iosu 15. d. Iosu xv c. (g) Read Ios 15 d. (g) This was one of the names of Moyses father in lawe Num 10. d. Deu. 34 a. Num. xxi a (h) These cities others were afterward possessed of the philistines 1. Sa 6. d. Nu xiiii d. Iosu xiiii d. 〈◊〉 xvi a. Gen 28 d. Iougâ—i c. (i) That is vnto the time of Samuel who is supposed to haue written this booke Ios xvii c. Ios xvi a. (k) That is the tribe of Ephraim and so are the rest to be vnderstanded “ Or afflicted them â–ª (l) A citie in Arabia in Hebrue Selah which signifieth a rock (a) A prophet or messenger as some think which was Phinees other think it was an Angelicall spirite sent of God appearing to do this message Deu. vii a. Deu. xii a. Iosu xxiii c “ Or weping (b) Reade Iosuah 24. g. Io. xxiiii g. lâ—xxâ—g (c) Or Serah Iâ—s â—4 gâ— â–ª signified the sunne whose image was set vpoâ— Iosuahs graue for a memory that the sunne stode as his commaundâ—ment (d) That is all mâ—er of idoles (e) Idolles which had the fourme of sheere among the SidoniaÌ„s Esa l. a. (f) The vengeance (g) This is 〈◊〉 maner of yeâ—rupt natures man therfore God of his mercie froÌ„ time to time vsed to restore and renewe true religion Iud. iii. b. (h) Outward enemies and false prophets are a triall to proue our faith De. 13. a (a) What helpe of God attayned what pollicie what valiauntes was vsed therin (b) Contrary to Gâ—ds comâ—â—ndement Deut â— (c) Trees oâ—â—tereâ—ted for idolatrie (d) Ending him with the gift of prophecie zeale of true religion strenght polâ— wisdome and fortitude (e) Vsing him as a Redde to punishe the children of Israel for their wickednes “ Or left â—d (g) That is he doth his casment Num. x. a. (h) That is strong and luâ—y (i) Like as the strongest kind of armour helpeth noâ— where God will punishe to the â—pâ—est weapon will se◠〈◊〉 God miraculously wil gâ—u◠〈◊〉 ☞ (a) This was one of the posteritie of Iabin whom Iosuâ—h slue Ios 11 â—â—nowâ— hauing recovered â—rength to reuenge (b) which was by Iosuah destroyed but after recovered bâ— ylded by the enemies Iud. v. b. (c) It should appeare that she had done this message vnto him afâ— and nowe calleth vpon him for the same aâ—ore the whole multitude Psal 83 b. (d) Although his faith nowe at the frâ—st he 〈◊〉 and therfore desireth the mesâ— of the prophetâ— yet after it became so strong that it is commended by the testimonie of the 〈◊〉 ghost Deâ— â— Num. x. â— (c) This 〈◊〉 towâ—ne thâ—t he occupieâ—â— argueth â—s substance to be great â–ª which 〈◊〉 seme to 〈◊〉 cause whâ— departed 〈◊〉 the other 〈◊〉 Psal 83 b. (f) He was of the famine of Iethro Moyses father in 〈◊〉 and his auncetours ioyned them self to Israel in the true worshippyng of God Iudâ— x. â— (a) To wit the two tribes of Zabulon Nephthali Deut. iiii b. Deu ii a. Psal 97. a. Psal 97. a. Exod 19 c. Exod 19 c. (b) For feare of