thy faythfulnesse 24 The Lorde is my portion saith my soule therefore wyll I hope in hym 25 O howe good is the Lord vnto them that put their trust in hym and to the soule that seeketh after hym 26 The good man with stilnesse and pacience taryeth for the health of the Lorde 27 O howe good is it for a man to take the yoke vpon him from his youth vp 28 He sitteth alone he holdeth hym styll because he hath taken the Lordes yoke vpon hym 29 He layeth his face vpon the earth if there happen to be any hope 30 He offreth his cheeke to the smyter he wyll be content with reproffes 31 For the Lord wil not forsake for euer 32 But though he punishe yet according to the multitude of his mercies he receaueth to grace agayne 33 For he doth not plague willingly and afflict the chyldren of men 34 To treade all the prysoners of the earth vnder his feete 35 To moue the iudgement of man before the most highest 36 To condemne a man in his cause the Lord hath not pleasure in such thinges 37 What is he then that saith there should some thing be done without the Lordes commaundement 38 Out of the mouth of the most highest goeth not euyll and good 39 Wherefore then murmureth the liuing man let hym murmure at his owne sinne 40 Let vs looke well vpon our wayes and remember our selues and turne agayne to the Lorde 41 Let vs lift our heartes with our handes vnto the Lorde that is in heauen 42 We haue ben dissemblers and haue offended wylt thou therefore not be intreated 43 Thou hast couered vs in thy wrath and persecuted vs thou hast slayne vs without any fauour 44 Thou hast hid thy selfe in a cloude that our prayer should not go through 45 Thou hast made vs outcastes and to be despised among the people 46 All our enemies gape vpon vs. 47 Feare and pit is come vpon vs yea deceipt and destruction 48 Whole riuers of water gushe out of mine eyes for the hurt of my people 49 Myne eyes runne and cannot ceasse for there is no rest 50 O Lorde when wylt thou looke downe from heauen and consider 51 Mine eyes breaketh my heart because of all the daughters of my citie 52 Mine enemies hunted me out sharply like a byrde yea that without a cause 53 They haue put downe my life into a pit and they haue cast stones vpon me 54 They haue powred water vpon my head then thought I nowe am I vndone 55 I called vpon thy name O Lorde out of the deepe pit 56 Thou hast heard my voyce and hast not turned away thyne eares from my sighing and crying 57 Thou hast inclyned thy selfe vnto me when I called vpon thee and hast said feare not 58 Thou O Lorde hast mayntayned the cause of my soule and hast redeemed my lyfe 59 O Lorde thou hast seene my wrong take thou my cause vpon thee 60 Thou hast well considered howe they go about to do me harme and that all their counsels are against me 61 Thou hast hearde their despitefull wordes O Lorde yea and all the imaginations against me 62 The lippes of mine enemies and their deuises that they take against me al the day long 63 Thou seest also their sitting downe and their rising vp they make their songes of nothing but of me 64 Rewarde them O Lorde according to the workes of their handes 65 Geue them an obstinate heart euen thy curse 66 Persecute them O Lorde with thyne indignation and roote them out from vnder the heauen ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 O Howe is the golde become so dimme howe is the most fine golde so sore chaunged and the stones of the sanctuarie thus scattered in the corner of euery streete 2 The chyldren of Sion that were alway in honour and clothed with the most precious golde howe are they nowe become lyke the earthen vessels whiche be made with the potters hande 3 The dragons geue their young ones sucke with bare brestes but the daughter of my people is cruel like the Estriches in the wildernesse 4 The tongues of the sucking chyldren cleaue to the roofe of their mouthes for very thyrst the young chyldren aske bread but there is no man that geueth it them 5 They that were wont to fare delicatelye perishe in the streetes they that afore were brought vp in purple make nowe muche of doung 6 The sinne of the daughter of my people is become greater then the wickednesse of Sodome that sodaynely was destroyed and not taken with handes 7 Her abstayners were whyter then the snowe or milke their colour was freshe red as corall their beautie like the Saphire 8 But nowe their faces be very blacke insomuche that thou shouldest not knowe them in the streetes their skinne cleaueth to their bones it is withered and become like a drye stocke 9 They that be slayne with the sworde are happier then such as dye of hunger and perishe away famishing for the fruites of the fielde 10 The women whiche of nature are pitifull haue sodden their owne chyldren with their hands that they might be their meate in the miserable destruction of the daughter of my people 11 The Lorde hath perfourmed his heauie wrath he hath powred out the furiousnesse of his displeasure he hath kindeled a fire in Sion which hath consumed the foundations therof 12 Neither the kynges of the earth nor all the inhabitours of the world would haue beleued that the enemie and aduersarie shoulde haue come in at the gates of the citie of Hierusalem 13 Whiche neuerthelesse is come to passe for the sinne of her prophetes and for the wickednesse of her priestes that haue shed innocents blood within her 14 As blinde men went they stumbling in the streetes and stayned them selues with blood insomuch that the heathen woulde in no wyse touche their garmentes 15 But they cryed vnto them flee ye polluted away get you hence touche not for they are vncleane and be remoued yea they haue said among the heathen they shall no more dwell in this citie 16 The countenaunce of the Lorde hath banished them and shall neuer looke more vpon them for they them selues neither regarded the priestes nor pitied their elders 17 Wherefore yet our eyes fayled vs whyles we looked for our vayne helpe seeing we euer wayted vpon a people that coulde do vs no good 18 They lay so sharpe wayte for vs that we can not go safe vpon the streetes for our ende is come our dayes are fulfilled our ende is here 19 Our persecutours are swifter then the Egles of the ayre they folowed vppon vs ouer the mountaynes and layde wayte for vs in the wyldernesse 20 The very breath of our mouth euen the annointed of the Lorde hym selfe was taken in their net of whom we say Vnder his shadowe we shal be preserued among the heathen 21 And thou O daughter Edom that dwellest in the land
of the tree of lyfe and eate and lyue for euer 23 Therefore the Lorde God sent hym foorth frō the garden of Eden to worke the grounde whence he was taken 24 And so he droue out man and at the east side of the gardē of Eden he set Cherubins and a fierie two edged sworde to kepe the way of the tree of lyfe ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 Cain 3 Abel and Cain do offer gyftes vnto the Lorde 6 Cain is rebuked of the Lorde 8 He kylleth his brother Abel 11 Cain is cursed 13 Cain despaireth 17 Henoch 18 Irad Meuiael Mathusael 19 Lamech and his wyues Ada Sella 21 Iubal 22 Thubalcain Noema 26 The worshyppyng of God is restored 1 AND Adam knewe Heua his wyfe who conceauing bare Cain saying I haue gotten a man of the Lorde 2 And she proceading brought foorth his brother Habel and Habel was a keper of sheepe but Cain was a tyller of the grounde 3 And in processe of dayes it came to passe that Cain brought of the fruite of the grounde an oblation vnto y e lorde 4 Habel also brought of the firstlynges of his sheepe of the fatte thereof and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel and to his oblation 5 But vnto Cain and to his offeryng he had no respect for the whiche cause Cain was exceedyng wroth and his countenaunce abated 6 And the Lorde saide vnto Cain why art thou wroth and why is thy countenaunce abated 7 If thou do well shalt thou not receaue and yf thou doest not well lyeth not thy sinne at the doores Also vnto thee shall his desire be and thou shalt haue dominion ouer hym 8 And Cain talked with Habel his brother and it came to passe when they were in the fielde Cain rose vp agaynst Habel his brother slewe him 9 And the Lorde said vnto Cain where is Habel thy brother Which sayde I wote not Am I my brothers keper 10 And he sayde What hast thou done the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me out of the grounde 11 And nowe art thou cursed from the earth which hath opened her mouth to receaue thy brothers blood from thy hande 12 If thou tyll the grounde she shall not yeelde vnto thee her strength A fugitiue and a vacabound shalt thou be in the earth 13 And Cain sayde vnto the Lord My iniquitie is more then that it may be forgeuen 14 Beholde thou hast cast me out this day from the vpper face of the earth from thy face shall I be hyd fugitiue also and a vacabounde shall I be in the earth and it shall come to passe that euery one that fyndeth me shal slay me 15 And the Lorde said vnto him Veryly whosoeuer slayeth Cain he shal be punished seuen folde And the Lorde set a marke vpon Cain lest any man fyndyng hym shoulde kyll hym 16 And Cain went out from the presence of the Lorde dwelt in the lande of Nod eastwarde from Eden 17 Cain also knewe his wyfe whiche conceaued and bare Henoch and buyldyng a citie he called the name of the same citie after the name of his sonne Henoch 18 Vnto y e same Henoch was borne Irad Irad begat Mehuiael Mehuiael begat Methusael Methusael begat Lamech 19 And Lamech toke vnto hym two wyues the name of the one was Ada and the name of the other was Sella 20 And Ada bare Iabel which was the father of such as dwel in the tentes and of such as haue cattell 21 His brothers name was Iubal which was the father of such as handle Harpe and Organ 22 And Sella also bare Thubalcain which wrought cunnyngly euery craft of brasse and of iron the sister of Thubalcain was Noema 23 And Lamech saide vnto his wiues Ada and Sella Heare my voyce ye wyues of Lamech hearken vnto my speache for I haue slayne a man to the woundyng of my selfe a young man to myne owne punishment 24 If Cain shal be auenged seuen folde truely Lamech seuentie tymes seuen tymes 25 Adam knewe his wyfe agayne and she bare a sonne and called his name Seth For God sayde she hath appoynted me another seede in steade of Habel whom Cain slewe 26 And vnto the same Seth also there was borne a sonne and he called his name Enos then began men to make inuocation in the name of the Lorde ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 He repeateth the creation of man 3 Men. 5 Adams age 6 Seth. 9 Enos 12 Mahalaleel 21 Henoch 25 Mathuselah 29 Noah 32 The sonnes of Noah 1 THis is the booke of the generations of Adā In the day that God created man in the lykenesse of God made he hym 2 Male and female created he them and blessed them and called their name Adam in the daye of their creation 3 And Adam lyued an hundreth and thirtie yeres and begate a sonne in his owne lykenesse after his image called his name Seth. 4 Al the dayes of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eyght hūdreth yeres and he begat sonnes and daughters 5 And all the dayes that Adam lyued were nine hundreth and thirtie yeres and he dyed 6 Seth lyued an hundreth fyue yeres and begat Enos 7 And Seth lyued after he begat Enos eyght hundreth and seuen yeres and begat sonnes and daughters 8 And all the dayes of Seth were nine hundreth twelue yeres and he dyed 9 Enos lyued ninetie yeres and begate Kenan 10 And Enos lyued after he begate Kenan eyght hundreth fiftie yeres and begate sonnes and daughters 11 And all the dayes of Enos were nine hundreth fyue yeres and he dyed 12 Kenan lyued seuentie yeres and begate Mahalaleel 13 And Kenan liued after he begate Mahalaleel eyght hūdreth fourtie yeres and begate sonnes and daughters 14 And all the dayes of Kenan were nine hundreth and ten yeres and he dyed 15 Mahalaleel liued sixtie and fiue yeres and begate Iered 16 And againe Mahalaleel liued after he begate Iered eyght hundreth thirtie yeres and begate sonnes daughters 17 And al the dayes of Mahalaleel were eyght hundreth ninetie and fiue yeres and he dyed 18 Iered lyued an hundreth sixtie two yeres and he begate Henoch 19 And Iered liued after he begat Henoch eyght hundreth yeres begate sonnes and daughters 20 And all the dayes of Iered were nine hundreth sixtie and two yeres he died 21 Henoch lyued sixtie and fiue yeres begate Methuselah 22 And Henoch walked with God after he begate Methuselah three hundreth yeres and begate sonnes daughters 23 And al y e dayes of Henoch were three hundreth sixtie and fiue yeres 24 And Henoch walked with God and he was no more seene for God toke him away 25 Methuselah also lyued an hundreth eyghtie and seuē yeres and begate Lamech 26
him selfe wisely in all his wayes and the Lorde was with him 15 Wherefore when Saul sawe that he was so exceeding wise he was afrayde of him 16 But all Israel and Iuda loued Dauid because he went out and in before them 17 And Saul sayde to Dauid Beholde my eldest daughter Merob her I will geue thee to wife Onely be a valiaunt sonne vnto me fight the Lordes battayles For Saul thought Mine hand shall not be vpon him but the hande of the Philistines shal be vpon him 18 And Dauid aunswered Saul what am I and what is my lyfe or the kynred of my father in Israel that I should be sonne in lawe to the king 19 Howbeit when the time was come that Merob Sauls daughter shoulde haue ben geuen to Dauid she was geuē vnto Adriel a Meholathite to wife 20 Howbeit Michol Sauls daughter loued Dauid and they shewed Saul and the thing pleased him 21 And Saul sayde I will geue him her that she may be a snare to him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him Wherefore Saul sayde to Dauid Thou shalt this day be my sonne in lawe in the one of the twayne 22 And Saul cōmaunded his seruaūtes to come with Dauid secretely to say Behold the king hath a fauour to thee and all his seruaūtes loue thee be now therefore the kinges sonne in lawe 23 And Sauls seruauntes spake those wordes in the eares of Dauid And Dauid said semeth it to you a light thing to be a kinges sonne in lawe seeing that I am a poore man and of smal reputation 24 And the seruauntes brought Saul word againe saying Of this maner spake Dauid 25 And Saul sayde This wise shall ye saye to Dauid The king careth for no other dowry but for an hundred foreskinnes of the Philistines to be auenged of the kynges enemies But Saul thought to make Dauid fall into the handes of the Philistines 26 And when his seruauntes tolde Dauid these wordes it pleased Dauid wel to be the kinges sonne in lawe And the dayes were not expired 27 Afterward Dauid arose with his men and went and slue of the Philistines two hundred men and Dauid brought their foreskinnes and they gaue them wholly to the king that he might be the kinges sonne in lawe Wherefore Saul gaue him Michol his daughter to wife 28 And Saul saw and vnderstoode how that the Lorde was with Dauid and that Michol his daughter loued him 29 And he was the more afrayde of Dauid and Saul became alway Dauids enemie 30 The Lordes of the Philistines vsed to go foorth and whē they went foorth Dauid behaued him selfe more wysely then all the seruauntes of Saul so that his name was much set by The .xix. Chapter 2 Ionathan declareth to Dauid the wicked purpose of Saul 11. Michol his wife saueth him 18. Dauid commeth to Samuel 23. The spirite of prophesie commeth on Saul 1 SAul spake to Ionathā his sonne and to all his seruauntes that they should kill Dauid 2 But Ionathā Sauls sonne had a great fauour to Dauid Ionathan tolde Dauid saying Saul my father goeth about to slay thee Nowe therfore I pray thee take heede to thy selfe vntyll the mornyng and abyde in some secrete place and hyde thy selfe 3 And I wyll go out and stande by my father in the fielde where thou art and wyll commune with my father of thee and whatsoeuer I see I wyll tell thee 4 And Ionathan spake good of Dauid vnto Saul his father and sayde vnto him Let not the king sinne against his seruaunt against Dauid for he hath not sinned against thee and his workes haue ben to theewarde very good 5 For he dyd * put his life in his hande and slue the Philistine and the Lorde brought to passe a great health for all Israel Thou sawest it and thou reioycedst Wherfore then wilt thou sinne against innocent blood and slay Dauid without a cause 6 And Saul hearkened vnto the voyce of Ionathan and Saul sware as the Lorde lyueth he shall not dye 7 And Ionathan called Dauid Ionathan shewed hym all those wordes Ionathan brought Dauid to Saul he was in his presence as in tymes past 8 And the warre began againe and Dauid went out and fought with the Philistines and slue them with a great slaughter and they fled from hym 10 And Saul entended to smyte Dauid to the wall with the iauelyn But he ryd him selfe out of Sauls presence as he smote the speare into the walle And Dauid fled was saued the same night 11 Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house to watch him and to slay him in the morning And Michol Dauids wyfe tolde it him saying If thou saue not thy selfe this night to morowe thou shalt be slayne 12 And so Michol let Dauid downe through a windowe and he went and fled and was saued 13 And Michol toke an image and layde it in the bed put a pillowe stuffed with goates heere vnder the head of it and couered it with a cloth 14 And when Saul sent messengers to fetche Dauid she said he is sicke 15 And Saul sent the messengers againe to see Dauid saying Bring him to me bed and all that I may slay him 16 And when the messengers were come in behold there lay an image in the bed with a pillowe of goates heere vnder the head of it 17 And Saul sayde vnto Michol Why hast thou mocked me so and sent away mine enemie that he is escaped Michol aunswered Saul For he sayd vnto me let me go or els I will kill thee 18 And so Dauid fled and escaped came to Samuel to Rama and tolde him all that Saul had done to him And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth 19 And one tolde Saul saying Beholde Dauid is at Naioth in Rama 20 And Saul sent messengers to fet Dauid And when they sawe a company of prophetes prophecying Samuel standing as appoynted ouer them the spirite of God fell vpon the messengers of Saul and they prophecied to 21 And when it was tolde Saul he sent other messengers and they prophecied lykewyse And Saul sent messengers yet againe the third time and they prophecied also 22 Then went he him selfe to Rama and came to a great well that is in Sechu and he asked and sayde Where are Samuel Dauid And one sayd Beholde they be at Naioth in Rama 23 And he went thyther euen to Naioth in Rama and the spirite of God came vpon him also and he went prophecying vntill he came to Naioth in Rama 24 And he stript of his clothes prophecied before Samuel in lyke maner and fell naked al that day and all that night And therof it is that they say Is Saul also among the prophetes The .xx. Chapter 2 Ionathan comforteth Dauid 3. They renue their league 33 Saul would haue killed Ionathan
postes hast thou set vp thy remembraunce when thou hadst discouered thy selfe to another then me when thou wentest vp and made thy bed wider and with those idols hast thou made a couenaunt and louedst their couches where thou sawest them 9 Thou wentest straight to kinges with oyle and diuers oyntmentes that is thou hast sent thy messengers farre of and yet art thou fallen into the pit 10 Thou art weerie for the multitude of thyne owne wayes yet saydest thou neuer there is no hope Thou hast had the life that thy handes wrought and therefore thou art carelesse 11 For whom wylt thou be abashed or feare seing thou hast broken thy promise and remembrest not me neither hast me in thyne heart Thinkest thou that I also wyll holde my peace as aforetime that thou fearest me not 12 Yea veryly I wyll declare thy goodnesse and thy workes but they shall not profite thee 13 When thou cryest let thy chosen heape deliuer thee but the winde shall blowe them foorth and vanitie shal take them all away Neuerthelesse they that put their trust in me shall inherite the land and haue my holy hill in possession 14 And therefore thus he saith make playne make playne and clense the streete take vp the stumbling blockes out of the way of my people 15 For thus saith the hye and excellent euen he that dwelleth in euerlastingnesse whose name is the holy one I dwell hye aboue and in the sanctuarie and with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirite do I dwell that I may heale a troubled minde and a contrite heart 16 For I chyde not euer and am not wroth without ende but the blasting goeth from me and is included in the body and I made the breath 17 I am wroth with hym for his couetousnesse I smite hym I hide me and am angrie and he turneth himselfe and foloweth thee by the way of his owne heart 18 I haue seene his wayes and I heale hym I leade him and restore to hym comfort and to those that were sorie for hym 19 I make the fruites of thankesgeuing that he may say peace peace vnto theÌ„ that are farre of and to them that are nye saith the Lorde I make hym whole 20 But the wicked are lyke the raging sea that can not rest whose water fometh with the mire and grauell 21 Euen so the wicked haue no peace saith God The .lviij. Chapter 1 The Lorde by the mouth of the prophete reproueth the people for their fastinges 2 whiche were full of hypocrisie 1 CRye nowe as loude as thou canst leaue not of lift vp thy voyce like a trumpet shew my people their offences and the house of Iacob their sinnes 2 For they seeke me dayly and wyll knowe my wayes euen as it were a people that dyd right and had not forsaken the statutes of their God they aske of me concerning right iudgement and wyll be nye vnto God 3 Wherefore fast we say they and thou seest it not we put our liues to straitnesse and thou regardest it not 4 Beholde when ye fast your lust remayneth still for ye do no lesse violence to your detters lo ye fast to strife and debate and to smite with your fist without mercy Nowe ye shall not fast thus that your voyce might be hearde aboue 5 Thinke ye this fast pleaseth me that a man shoulde chasten hym selfe for a daye and to hang downe his head like a buâ—ushe and to lye vpon the earth in an heerie cloth Should that be called fasting or a day that pleaseth the Lord 6 Doth not this fasting rather please me That thou lose the wicked bands that thou take of the ouer heauie burthens that thou let the oppressed go free and breake all maner of yoke 7 To deale thy bread to the hungrie and to bring the poore wandering home into thy house when thou seest the naked that thou couer hym and hide not thy selfe from thy neighbour and despise not thyne owne fleshe 8 Then shall thy light breake foorth as the morning and thy health florishe right shortly righteousnesse shall go before thee and the glory of the Lorde shall embrace thee 9 Then if thou callest the Lorde shall aunswere thee if thou cryest he shall say here I am yea if thou layest away from thee thy burthens and holdest thy fingers and ceassest from vngracious talking 10 If thou hast compassion vpon the hungrie and refreshest the troubled soule then shall thy light spring out in the darknesse and thy darknesse shal be as the noone day 11 The Lorde shall euer be thy guyde and satisfie the desire of thyne heart in the tyme of drought and fill thy bones with mary Thou shalt be like a freshe watred garden and like the fountaine of water that neuer leaueth running 12 Then the places that haue euer ben waste shal be builded of thee there shalt thou lay a foundation for many kinredes Thou shalt be called the maker vp of the breache and the buylder agayne of the way to dwell in 13 Yea if thou turne thy feete from the sabbath so that thou do not the thing whiche pleaseth thy selfe in my holy day and thou call the pleasaunt holy and glorious sabbath of the Lorde and that thou geue hym the honour so that thou do not after thyne owne imagination neither seeke thyne owne wyll nor speake thyne owne wordes 14 Then shalt thou haue thy pleasure in the Lorde and I wyll cary thee hye aboue the earth and feede thee with the heritage of Iacob thy father for the Lordes owne mouth hath so promised ¶ The .lix. Chapter 1 The Lorde is mightie to saue and redie to heare our requestes 12 our sinnes are the cause why God heareth not vs neither graunteth our requestes 1 BEholde the Lordes hande is not so shortened that it can not helpe neither is his eare so stopped that it may not heare 2 But your misdeedes haue seperated you from your God and your sinnes hyde his face from you that he heareth you not 3 For your handes are defiled with blood and your fingers with vnrighteousnesse your lippes speake leasinges and your tongue setteth out wickednesse 4 No man regardeth righteousnesse and no man iudgeth truely euery man hopeth in vayne things and imagineth deceipt conceaueth weerinesse and bringeth foorth euill 5 They breede cockatrice egges and weaue the spiders webbe who so eateth of their egges dyeth but if one treade vpon them there commeth vp a serpent 6 Their webbe maketh no cloth and they may not couer them with their labours their deedes are the deedes of wickednesse and the worke of robberie is in their handes 7 Their feete runne to euyll and they make haste to shed innocent blood their counsels are wicked counsels harme and destruction are in their wayes 8 But the way of peace they know not in their goinges is no equitie their
punyshmeÌ„t according to his worde i. Cor. xi a. (c) FroÌ„ doubtyng the deuyll bryngeth to denying (d) Sathan tempteth the woman also with ambitioÌ„ (e) The acte of sinne foloweth the miscrediting of gods worde Eccle. xxv i. Tim. ii d. () The corruption of all the nature of man by sinne (f) Such are the clokes we make to couer our synne (g) The corrupcion of mans nature after synne here appeareth (h) Adam playeth the hypocrite (i) Adam burdeneth God and the woman with his fault “ Or howe (k) In the minister is y e author of this mischiefe punyshed (l) The continuall fyght of the chyldreÌ„ of God Christe (m) Victorie is promysed by Christe to mans comfort () The calamities miseries whiche continually foloweth mankynde for synne i. Cor. xiiii f (n) He shulde haue ben his wyfes schoolmaister and preferred gods voyce before his wyues (o) It is not the age of the earth but the increase of synne that maketh the earth more barayne (p) Adam setteth foorth the benefite of lyfe which he receaued at Gods hands (q) It was gods gift that Adam thus prouided for hym selfe (r) God wold haue man and his posteritie to remember the cause of their miserie (Å¿) You may supplie the sentence with these wordes let vs caste him foorth (t) Adam can neuer in this lyfe obteyne y e felicitie which he loste by sinne (a) Heua thanketh god for the blessyng of chyldren “ he a man God (b) Though Adam was Lorde of all the earth yet he brought vp his chyldren not idelly (c) These chyldren were taught to worship God of their father d The faith of Habel made his oblatioÌ„ acceptable Hebr xi a. (e) The goodnesse of God towarde the godly greueth the wicked “ Or Shall ther not be an acceptation (f) That is God wyll accept thy sacrifice also if thei be offred faithfully (g) Cain had no â—e cause of enuie seing his auctoritie ouer Habel remayned sure vnto hym (h) Hypocrites disseÌ„blingly speke fayre VVisd x. Math. xxiii i. Para. iii. Iudges xi (i) With impietie mischiefe is foolyshnesse ioyned (k) God hath great care for his holy saintes (l) The very earth abhorreth sheddyng of blood (m) A fearefull conscience fyndeth reste no where “ Or My punyshement is greater theÌ„ that I may beare (n) See the degrees by the whiche Cain fel into desperation (o) A great punyshment not to be vnder the tuition of God (p) God wold haue Cain remayne for an example of his vengeaunce vpon murtherers (q) The excomunication or banishment of Cain (r) Temporall gyfts whiche God bestowed vpoÌ„ Cain and his posteritie (Å¿) For whatsoeuer cause this was don it was against the institution of matrimonie (t) Lamech a tyrant regardeth no mans councell but thynketh that he maye more safely persecut the iust men then Cain (v) By the chief part the whole seruice of God is signified whiche the godly began nowe to restore The preseruation of the Churche (a) The rehearsall of his succession or posteritie (b) Man a lyuely image of Gods wisdome iustice (c) The husbande and the wyfe as one man (e) Moyses speaketh not of Cain and such for that they wer not of the church neither came Christe of their line i. Chro. i a. (f) Adam lyued vnto Nohas fathers dayes (g) Thus the rewarde of sin is death thorowout all ages (h) Many holy patriarkes lyued in the church at one tyme. (i) They be only rehearsed by name who were as lyghtes in the Churche (k) He lyued vntyl the .84 yere of Noahs lyfe Eccle. 44. c. Hebr. xi a. (l) He directed his lyfe not after the maners of the world then but accordyng to gods word (m) Why god toke awaye this Godly preacher from the world see wisd the .4 chapter (n) As he was a singuler patrone of godly lyfe so was he an ensample of immortall lyfe resurrection (o) He lyued 6 yeres before the floud as S. Augustine reckeneth (p) Lamech prophesieth of the relief whiche the godly loked for in those miserable tymes (q) All the holy patriarkes rehearsed before dyed in this mans dayes (a) This corruption began long before Noahs tyme. (b) The sonnes of y e godly ioyned them selues with y e daughters of the wicked without all feare of God (c) God had gone about diuers ways to call the world to repentance but mans obstinacie was such as wold not obey but waxed beastly () Tyme of repentaunce grauÌ„ted to the wicked world (d) Tirannie and oppressioÌ„ an other cause of the floud (e) God saw not only y e out warde deedes of meÌ„ naught but their heartes set vpon wickednesse altogether so that ther was no hope they would amend Gen. viii d. Mat xv b. (f) Our sinne the punyshment thereof greeueth God (g) Moyses writeth of god to our vnderstandyng (h) That is God fauoured him and was merciful vnto hym (i) In those most corrupt tymes Noah continued iust and vpright (k) To the eyes of the worlde the wycked seemed as pure as Noah (l) Because all the inhabitaunce had corrupted both religion life (m) God by his threatninges sturreth Noah to greater care and feare (n) Gopher a very lyght kinde of wood (o) The length of the windowe was a cubite (p) It sâ—emed to the worlde then â— thing vnpossible () The vse of the arke (q) That Noah should â—e safe though all the worlde perishe (r) Gods promyse made Noah more redy to do gods commaundement (Å¿) Not one payre alone as appeareth in the next Chapter (t) God could haue fed al miraculouslye but he woulde haue meanes vsed (u) The true and ful obedience of Noah (a) Temporall benefites God bestoweth vpon the chyldren for the fathers godlines sake â— Pet. ii a. (b) Not seueÌ„ payre but three and one for sacrifice (c) God wold not haue Noah to be in doubt of any circumstaunce Mat. 24. d. Luk. xvii f. i. Pet. iii. d. (d) Noah obeyed not in one thing but in all that god commaunded (e) Age dyd not make Noah the slower to obey Gods wyll (f) As to Adam so nowe to Noah god caused all cattell to come (g) In the latter ende of Aprill when all thynges were moste pleasaunt theÌ„ this destruction came (h) God in his punyshment geueth place of repentaunce (i) This is oft tyme repeted for that it seemeth vncredible to the sense of man (k) The hand of God stayed the waters out of the arke (l) Moyses fyrst declareth how the godlye is saued then the destruction of the wycked (m) Thâ— were other particuler fluddes but this was vniuersall VVisd x. a. Eccle. xl (n) The greeuous punyshment of God for sinne (o) That is all that liued (p) Of fishe there is no mention made by Moyses (q) Thus was he rewarded y t rather folowed God then the multitude of wycked i. Peter iii. (a) God sheweth him selfe mindful by declaryng his helpe (b) God createth the wyndes and bringeth them out of his
the lawe of God both day and night remember that he calleth him blessed whiche walketh in the way of the Lorde whiche wyll searche diligently his testimonies and wyll in their whole heart seeke the same Let not the couert suspitious insinuations of the aduersaries driue thee from the searche of the holy scripture either for the obscuritie whiche they say is in them or for the inscrutable hidden misteries they talke to be comprised in them or for the straungnes and homlynes of the phrases they woulde charge Gods booke with Christe exhorteth thee therefore the rather for the difficultie of the same to searche them diligently Saint Paul wylleth thee to haue thy senses exercised in them and not to be a chylde in thy senses but in malice Though many thinges may be difficult to thee to vnderstande impute it rather to thy dull hearing and reading then to thinke that the scriptures be insuperable to them which with diligent searching labour to discerne the euill from the good Only searche with an humble spirite aske in continuall prayer seeke with puritie of life knocke with perpetuall perseueraunce and crye to that good spirite of Christe the comforter and surely to euery suche asker it wyll be geuen such searchers must nedes finde to them it wylbe opened Christe him selfe wyll open the sense of the scriptures not to the proude or to the wyse of the worlde but to the lowly and contrite in heart for he hath the kay of Dauid who openeth and no man shutteth who shutteth and no man openeth For as this spirite is a bening and liberall spirite and wyll be easyly founde of them whiche wyll early in carefulnesse ryse to seeke hym and as he promiseth he wyll be the comforter from aboue to teache vs and to leade vs into all the wayes of trueth if that in humilitie we bowe vnto hym deniyng our owne naturall senses our carnall wittes and reasons so is he the spirite of puritie and cleannes and will receede from him whose conscience is subiect to filthynesse of lyfe Into suche a soule this heauenly wysdome wyll not enter for all peruerse cogitations wyll separate vs from God and then howe busyly soeuer we searche this holy table of the scripture yet wyll it then be a table to suche to their owne snare a trap a stumbling stocke and a recompence to them selfe VVe ought therefore to searche to finde out the trueth not to oppresse it we ought to seeke Christe not as Herode did vnder the pretence of worshipping hym to destroy hym or as the Pharisees searched the scriptures to disproue Christe and to discredite him and not to folowe him but to embrace the saluation whiche we may learne by them Nor yet is it inough so to acknowledge the scriptures as some of the Iewes dyd of the holyest of them who vsed suche diligence that they could number precisely not only euery verse but euery word and sillable how oft euery letter of the alphabete was repeated in the whole scriptures they had some of them suche reuerence to that booke that they woulde not suffer in a great heape of bookes any other to lay ouer them they woulde not suffer that booke to fall to the grounde as nye as they coulde they woulde costly bynde the bookes of holy scriptures and cause them to be exquisitely and ornately written VVhiche deuotion yet though it was not to be discommended yet was it not for that intent why Christe cōmended the scriptures nor they therof alowed before God For they did not call vpon God in a true fayth they were not charitable to their neighbours but in the middes of all this deuotion they did steale they were adulterers they were slaunderers and backbiters euen muche like many of our christian men and women nowe a dayes who glory much that they reade the scriptures that they searche them and loue them that they frequent the publique sermons in an outwarde shewe of all honestie and perfection yea they can pike out of the scriptures vertuous sentenses and godly preceptes to lay before other men And though these maner of men do not muche erre for such searching and studiyng yet they see not the scope and the principall state of the scriptures which is as Christe declareth it to finde Christe as their sauiour to cleaue to his saluation and merites to be brought to the lowe repentaunce of their liues and to amende them selfe to rayse vp their fayth to our sauiout Christe so to thinke of him as the scriptures do testifie of hym These be the principall causes why Christe did sende the Iewes to searche the scriptures for to this ende were they wrytten saith Saint Iohn Hec scripta sunt vt credatis vt credentes vitam habeatis eternam These were written to this intent that ye shoulde beleue and that through your beliefe ye shoulde haue euerlasting life And here good reader great cause we haue to extoll the wonderous wisdome of God and with great thankes to prayse his prouidence considering howe he hath preserued and renued from age to age by speciall miracle the incomparable treasure of his Churche For first he did inspire Moyses as Iohn Chrisostome doth testifie to wryte the stonie tables and kept him in the mountayne fourtie dayes to geue him his lawe after him he sent the prophetes but they suffred many thousande aduersities for battayles did folowe all were slayne all were destroyed bookes were brent vp He then inspired agayne another man to repayre these miraculous scriptures Esdras I meane who of their leauinges set them agayne together after that he prouided that the seuentie interpreters shoulde take them in hande at the last came Christe him selfe the Apostles did receaue them and spread them throughout all nations Christe wrought his miracles and wonders and what folowed after these great volumes the Apostles also did wryte as Saint Paul doth say These be wrytten to the instruction of vs that be come into the ende of the worlde and Christe doth say Ye therefore erre because ye knowe not the scriptures nor the power of God and Paul dyd say Let the worde of Christe be plentifull among you and agayne saith Dauid Oh howe sweete be thy wordes to my throte he saide not to my hearing but to my throte aboue the hony or the hony combe to my mouth Yea Moyses saith Thou shalt meditate in them euermore when thou risest when thou sittest downe when thou goest to sleepe continue in them he saith and a thousande places more And yet after so many testimonies thus spoken there be some persons that do not yet so much as knowe what the scriptures be wherevpon nothing is in good state amongest vs nothing worthyly is done amongest vs In this whiche pertayne to this lyfe we make very great haste but of spirituall goodes we haue no regarde Thus farre Iohn Chrisost It must nedes signifie some great thing to our vnderstanding that almightie God
commend further vnto thee good reader the cause in part before intreated it shal be the lesse needefull hauing so nye folowing that learned preface whiche sometime was set out by the diligence of that godly father Thomas Cranmer late byshop in the sea of Canterburie whiche he caused to be prefixed before the translation of that Byble that was then set out And for that the copies thereof be so wasted that very many Churches do want their conuenient Bybles it was thought good to some well disposed men to recognise the same Byble againe into this fourme as it is nowe come out with some further diligence in the printing and with some more light added partly in the translation and partly in the order of the text not as condemning the former translation whiche was folowed mostly of any other translation excepting the originall text from whiche as litle variaunce was made as was thought meete to such as toke paynes therin desiring thee good reader if ought be escaped eyther by such as had the expending of the bookes or by the ouersight of the printer to correct the same in the spirite of charitie calling to remembraunce what diuersitie hath ben seene in mens iudgementes in the translation of these bookes before these dayes though all directed their labours to the glory of God to the edification of the Churche to the comfort of their christian brethren and alwayes as God dyd further open vnto them so euer more desirous they were to refourme their former humaine ouersightes rather then in a stubborne wylfulnesse to resist the gyft of the holy ghost who from tyme to tyme is resident as that heauenly teacher and leader into all trueth by whose direction the Churche is ruled and gouerned And let all men remember in them selfe howe errour and ignoraunce is created with our nature let frayle man confesse with that great wyse man that the cogitations and inuentions of mortall men be very weake and our opinions sone deceaued For the body so subiect to corruptioÌ„ doth oppresse the soule that it can not aspire so hye as of dutie it ought Men we be all and that which we know is not the thousand part of that we knowe not VVhereupon saith saint Austen otherwyse to iudge then the truth is this temptation ryseth of the frailtie of man A man so to loue and sticke to his owne iudgement or to enuie his brothers to the perill of dissoluing the christian communion or to the perill of schisme and of heresie this is diabolicall presumption but so to iudge in euery matter as the truth is this belongeth onely to the angelicall perfection Notwithstanding good reader thou mayst be well assured nothing to be done in this translation eyther of malice or wylfull meaning in altering the text eyther by putting more or lesse to the same as of purpose to bryng in any priuate iudgement by falsification of the wordes as some certaine men hath ben ouer bolde so to do litle regarding the maiestie of God his scripture but so to make it serue to their corrupt error as in alleaging the sentence of saint Paule to the Romaines the .6 one certaine wryter to proue his satisfaction was bold to turne the word of Santificationem into the word of Satisfactionem Thus. Sicut exhibuimus antea membra nostra seruirae immundicie et iniquitati ad iniquitatem ita deinceps exhibâ—amus membra nostra seruire iustitiae in satisfactionem That is as we haue geuen our members to vncleannesse from iniquitie to iniquitie euen so from hencefoorth let vs geue our members to serue righteousnesse into satisfaction where the true worde is into sanctification Euen so likewise for the aduauntage of his cause to proue that men may haue in their prayer fayth vpon saintes corruptly alleageth Saint Paules text Ad philemonem Thus. Fidem quam habes in domino Iesu in omnes sanctos leauing out the worde Charitatem which would haue rightly ben distributed vnto Omnes sanctos As fidem vnto in domino Iesu VVhere the text is Audiens charitatem tuam fidem quam habes in domino Iesu in omnes sanctos c. It were to long to bryng in many examples as may be openly founde in some mens wrytynges in these dayes who would be counted the chiefe pillers of the Catholique fayth or to note how corruptly they of purpose abuse the text to the comoditie of their cause VVhat maner of translation may men thinke to looke for at their handes if they should translate the scriptures to the comfort of Gods elect whiche they neuer did nor be not like to purpose it but be rather studious only to seeke quarrels in other mens well doynges to picke fault where none is And where any is escaped through humaine negligence there to crye out with their tragicall exclamations but in no wyse to amende by the spirite of charitie and lenitie that whiche might be more aptly set VVhervpon for frayle man compassed hym selfe with infirmitie it is most reasonable not to be to seuere in condemning his brothers knowledge or diligence where he doth erre not of malice but of simplicitie and specially in handeling of these so deuine bookes so profounde in sense so farre passing our naturall vnderstanding And with charitie it standeth the reader not to be offended with the diuersitie of translatours nor with the ambiguitie of translations For as Saint Austen doth witnesse by Gods prouidence it is brought about that the holy scriptures whiche be the salues for euery mans sore though at the first they came from one language and thereby might haue ben spread to the whole worlde nowe by diuersitie of manye languages the translatours shoulde spreade the saluation that is contayned in them to all nations by suche wordes of vtteraunce as the reader might perceaue the minde of the translatour and so consequently to come to the knowledge of God his wyll and pleasure And though many rashe readers be deceaued in the obscurities and ambiguities of their translations whyle they take one thing for another and whyle they vse muche labour to extricate them selues out of the obscurities of the same yet I thinke saith he this is not wrought without the prouidence of God both to tame the proude arrogancie of man by his suche labour of searching as also to kepe his minde from lothsomnesse and contempt where if the scriptutes vniuersally were to easie he woulde lesse regarde them And though saith he in the primatiue Churche the late interpreters whiche did translate the scriptures be innumerable yet wrought this rather an helpe then an impediment to the readers if they be not to negligent For saith he diuers translations haue made many tymes the harder and darker sentences the more open and playne So that of congruence no offence can iustly be taken for this newe labour nothing preiudicing any other mans iudgement by this doyng nor yet hereby professing this to be so absolute a
21 And if he continue a day or two it shal not be reuēged for he is his money 22 If men striue hurt a woman with chylde so that her fruite depart from her and yet no destruction folow then he shal be sore punished according as the womans husbande wyll laye to his charge and he shall pay as the dayes men wyll appoynt hym 23 And if any destruction folowe then he shall geue life for life 24 Eye for eye tothe for tothe hande for hande foote for foote 25 Burnyng for burnyng wounde for wounde strype for strype 26 And if a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde in the eye that it perishe he shall let them go free for the eyes sake 27 Also if he smyte out his seruaunt or his maydes tothe he shall let them go out free for the tothes sake 28 If an oxe gore a man or a woman that they dye then the oxe shal be stoned and his fleshe shall not be eaten but the owner of the oxe shall go quite 29 If the oxe were wont to pushe with his horne in time past and it hath ben tolde his maister and he hath not kept him but that he hath killed a man or a woman then the oxe shal be stoned and his owner shall dye also 30 If there be set to hym a sūme of money then he shal geue for the redeeming of his life whatsoeuer is layde vpō him 31 And whether he haue gored a sonne or a daughter accordyng to the same iudgement shall it be done vnto him 32 But if it be a seruaunt or a mayde that the oxe hath gored then he shall geue vnto their maister thirtie sicles and the oxe shal be stoned 33 If a man open a well or digge a pitte and couer it not and an oxe or an asse fall therein 34 The owner of the pitte shall make it good geue money vnto their maister and the dead beast shall be his 35 If one mans oxe hurt another that he dye then they shall sell the lyue oxe and deuide the money and the dead oxe also they shall deuide 36 Or if it be knowen that the oxe hath vsed to pushe in tyme past his maister hath not kept hym he shall paye oxe for oxe and the dead shal be his owne ¶ The .xxij. Chapter 1 The punishment of a theefe 5 Damage done 7 The lawe of it that is lefte to be kept 10 Howe it that is lefte with one ought to be rendred 14 That whiche is lent or letten out to hyre 16 A mayden defiled 18 Witches 19 Such as haue to do with beastes 20 An idolater 21 A straunger 23 A wydowe and a pupille 25 Money geuen to lone 26 When pledges ought to be rendred 28 Officers and princes 30 first fruites firstlynges 31 Fleshe torne of beastes 1 IF a man steale an oxe or a sheepe and kill it or sell it he shall restore fiue oxen for an oxe foure sheepe for a sheepe 2 If a theefe be found breaking vp and be smitten that he dye there shall no blood be shed for hym 3 But if the sunne be vp vpon him then there shal be blood shed for hym for he should make restitution if he haue not wherwith he shal be solde for his theft 4 If the theft be founde in his hande aliue whether it be oxe asse or sheepe he shall restore double 5 If a man do hurt fielde or vineyarde and put in his beast to feede in another mans fielde of the best of his owne fielde and of the best of his owne vineyarde shall he make restitution 6 If fire breake out and catche in the thornes and the stackes of corne or the standyng corne or fielde be consumed therewith he that kyndeled the fyre shall make restitution 7 If a man deliuer his neyghbour money or stuffe to kepe and it be stolen out of his house if the theefe be founde let hym pay double 8 And if the theefe be not founde then the good man of y e house shal be brought vnto the Iudges that it may be knowen whether he haue put his hande vnto his neyghbours good 9 And in al maner of trespasse whether it be for oxe asse or sheepe rayment or any maner of lost thing which another chalengeth to be his the cause of both parties shall come before the Iudges and whom the Iudges condemne let him pay double vnto his neyghbour 10 If a man delyuer vnto his neyghbour to kepe asse oxe sheepe or whatsoeuer beast it be and it dye or be hurt or taken away by enemies no man see it 11 Then shall an oth of the Lorde be betweene them that he hath not put his hande vnto his neyghbours good and the owner of it shall take the oth and the other shall not make it good 12 And if it be stollen from hym then he shall make restitution vnto the owner therof If it be torne in peeces then let him bryng recorde of the tearing and he shall not make it good 13 And if a man borowe ought of his neighbour and it be hurt or els dye and the owner therof be not by he shall surely make it good 14 But if the owner therof be by he shall not make it good if it be an hired thing it came for his hire 15 If a man entice a mayde that is not betrouthed and lye with her he shall endowe her and take her to his wyfe 16 And if her father refuse to geue her vnto him he shal pay money according to the dowrie of virgins 17 Thou shalt not suffer a witche to lyue 18 Whosoeuer lyeth with a beast shall be slayne for it 19 He that offereth vnto any gods saue vnto y e Lord only he shal be killed 20 Vexe not a straunger neither oppresse him for ye were straungers in the land of Egypt 21 Ye shall trouble no wydowe nor fatherlesse chylde 22 If ye shall euyll entreate them and they crye out vnto me I wyll surelye heare theyr crye 23 And then wyl my wrath waxe hotte and I wyll kyll you with the sworde your wyues shal be widowes and your chyldren fatherlesse 24 If thou lende money to any of my people that is poore by thee thou shalt not be as a tiraunt vnto him neither shalt thou lay vpon him vsurie 25 If thou take thy neyghbours rayment to pledge thou shalt deliuer it vnto him by that the sunne go downe 26 For that is his couering only euen the rayment for his skinne wherein he slepeth and when he cryeth vnto me I wyll heare him for I am mercyfull 27 Thou shalt not rayle vpon y e gods neither blaspheme y e ruler of the people 28 Thy fruites whether they be drie or moyst see thou kepe thē not backe thy first borne sonne thou shalt geue me 29 Likewise also shalt thou do with thine oxen
he fall not downe to the graue for I am sufficiently reconciled 25 Then shal his fleshe be as freshe as a childes and shal returne as in the dayes of his youth 26 He shall pray vnto God and he will be fauorable vnto him and he shall see his face with ioy for he will render vnto man his righteousnesse 27 A respect hath he vnto men let man then say I haue offended I did vnrighteously it hath done me no good 28 Yea he hath deliuered my soule from destruction and my lyfe shall see the light 29 Lo all these worketh God alway with man 30 That he bring backe his soule from the graue to the light yea the light of the lyuing 31 Marke wel O Iob and heare me hold thee still and I will speake 32 But if thou hast any thing to say then aunswere me and speake for I desire to iustifie thee 34 If thou hast nothing then heare me and hold thy tongue and I shall teache thee wysdome The .xxxiiii. Chapter 5 Elihu chargeth Iob that he calleth him selfe righteous 12 He sheweth that God is iust in iudgementes 24 God destroyeth the mightie 30 By him the hypocrite raigneth 1 ELihu proceeding in his aunswere sayde 2 Heare my wordes O ye wise men hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding 3 For the eare discerneth wordes and the mouth tasteth the meates 4 As for iudgement let vs seke it out among our selues that we may knowe what is good 5 And why Iob hath sayd I am righteous and God hath taken away my iudgement 6 In my right I shoulde be a lyer my wounde is incurable without my fault 7 Where is there such a one as Iob that drinketh vp scornefulnesse like water 8 Which goeth in the companie of wicked doers and walketh with vngodly men 9 For he hath sayde It profiteth a man nothing that he shoulde walke with God 10 Therfore hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding farre be it from God that he shoulde meddle with wickednesse farre be it from the almightie that he shoulde meddle with vnrighteous dealing 11 For he shall rewarde man after his workes and cause euery man to finde according to his wayes 12 Sure it is that God wil not do wickedly neither wyll the almightie paruert iudgement 13 Who ruleth the earth but he or who hath placed the whole world 14 If he set his heart vpon man and gather vnto hym selfe his spirite and his breath 15 All fleshe shall come to naught at once and all men shall turne againe vnto dust 16 If thou nowe haue vnderstanding heare what I say and hearken to the voyce of my wordes 17 May he be a ruler that loueth not right or may he that is a very innocent man do vngodly 18 Is it reason that thou shouldest say to the king Thou art wicked or thou art vngodly and that before the princes 19 God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly and regardeth not the riche more then the poore for they be al the worke of his handes 20 In the twinckling of an eye shall they dye and at midnight when the people and the tirantes rage then shall they perishe be taken away without handes 21 For his eyes loke vpon the wayes of man and he seeth all his goinges 22 There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death that can hide the wicked doers from him 23 For God wil not lay vpon man more then he hath sinned that he should enter into iudgement with him 24 He shall destroy the mightie without seeking and shall set other in their steede 25 Therefore shall he declare their workes he shall turne the night and they shal be destroyed 26 The vngodly doth he punishe openly 27 Because they tourned backe from him and would not consider all his wayes 28 Insomuch that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him and now he heareth the complaint of such as are in trouble 29 When he geueth quietnesse who can make trouble and when he hydeth his face who can beholde him whether it be vpon nations or vpō one man onely ▪ 30 Because the hypocrite doth raigne because the people are snared 31 Surely of God onely it can be saide I haue pardoned I wyll not destroy 32 If I haue gone amisse enfourme thou me If I haue done wrong I wyll leaue of 33 Wyll he perfourme the thing through thee for thou hast reproued his iudgement thou also hast thyne owne minde and not I But speake on what thou knowest 34 Let men of vnderstanding tell me and let a wyse man hearken vnto me 35 Iob hath not spoken of knowledge neither were his wordes according to wysdome 36 O father let Iob be well tryed because he hath aunswered for wicked men 37 Yea aboue his sinne he doth wickedly triumpheth among vs and multiplieth his wordes against God The .xxxv. Chapter 6 Neither doth godlines profite or vngodlines hurt God but man 18 The wicked crye vnto God and are not heard 1 ELihu spake moreouer and saide 2 Thinkest thou it right that thou sayest I am more righteous then God 3 For thou sayest what aduauntage wyll it be vnto thee and what profite shall I haue of my sinne 4 Therefore wyll I geue aunswere vnto thee and to thy companions with thee 5 Loke vnto the heauen and beholde it consider the cloudes which are hyer then thou 6 If thou hast sinned what hast thou done against him If thyne offences be many what hast thou done vnto him 7 If thou be righteous what geuest thou him or what wyll he receaue of thyne hande 8 Thy wickednesse may hurt a man as thou art and thy righteousnesse may profite the sonne of man 9 They which are oppressed crye out vpon the multitude yea they crye out for the power of the mightie 10 But none sayth Where is God that made me and that geueth vs occasion to praise him in the night 11 Which teacheth vs more thē the beastes of the earth and geueth vs more wysdome then the foules of heauen 12 If any such complaine no man geueth aunswere and that because of the wickednesse of proude tirauntes 13 For God wyll not heare vanitie neither wyll the almightie regarde it 14 Although thou sayest to God thou wylt not regarde it yet iudgement is before him trust thou in him 15 But now because his anger hath not visited neither called men to accompt with great extremitie 16 Therefore doth Iob open his mouth but in vaine he maketh many wordes without knowledge The .xxxvi. Chapter 1 Elihu sheweth the power of God 6 and his iustice 9 and wherefore he punisheth 13 The propertie of the wicked 1 ELihu also proceeded and saide 2 Holde thee still a litle I shall shew thee what I haue yet to speake on gods behalfe I wyll open vnto
for that God and his wyll was knowen in it for that also that there God had geuen a notable victorie as declaryng him selfe to be the defendour of Hierusalem He setteth foorth the terrible iudgement power of God agaynst wicked enemies Finally he exhorteth all Israelites to the true worshyppyng of God ¶ To rhe chiefe musition in Neginoth the psalme of Asaph a song 1 IN Iurie is God knowen his name is great in Israel 2 At Shalem is his tabernacle and his dwellyng in Sion 3 There he brake the arrowes of the bowe the shielde the sworde and the battayle Selah 4 Thou art honourable and of more puissaunce then the mountaynes of robbers 5 The hygh couragious stomackes are spoyled they haue slept their slepe and the valiaunt souldiours coulde not finde their owne handes 6 At thy rebuke O God of Iacob both the charet and horse be brought to naught 7 Thou euen thou art dreadfull and who may stande in thy syght when thou begynnest to be angry 8 Thou causest thy iudgement to be hearde from heauen then the earth trembleth and is styll 9 When God ariseth to iudgement and to helpe all the afflicted vpon the earth Selah 10 The fearcenesse of man shall turne to thy prayse and the remnaunt of the fearcenesse thou wylt restrayne 11 Make vowes vnto God your Lorde perfourme them all ye that be rounde about hym bryng presentes vnto hym that is dreadfull 12 He abateth the spirite of princes he is dreadfull to the kynges of the earth ⧠The argument of the .lxxvii. psalme ¶ The prophete vttereth in a lamentation wonderfull cogitations of a sorowfull afflicted pensiue heart almost brought into desperation but consideryng the manifolde argument of Gods power and goodnesse declared to hym and to his fathers in tyme past he taketh good courage and trusteth of Gods helpe ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Ieduthun a psalme of Asaph 1 MY voyce was vnto the Lorde and I cryed my voyce was vnto the Lord and he hearkened vnto me 2 In the tyme of my trouble I sought the Lorde my hande all the nyght catched ceassed not my soule refused comfort 3 I called to remembraunce God and I was disquieted I conferred with my selfe and my spirite was wrapped in pensiuenesse Selah 4 Thou dydst kepe the watche of mine eies I was amased coulde not speake 5 I dyd thynke vpon the dayes past and on the yeres of the olde worlde 6 I called to remembraunce my psalme song on the musicall instrument in the nyght tyme I communed with myne owne heart searched out my spirites 7 What wyll the Lorde forsake me for euer wyll he be no more intreated to be fauourable 8 Is his mercie cleane gone for euer and is his promise made from one generatiō to another come vtterly to an ende 9 Hath God forgotten to be gratious and will he shut vp his louing kindnesse in displeasure Selah 10 And I sayde this is my death but the ryght hande of the most hyghest may graunt me yeres 11 I dyd call to remēbraunce the workes of God almightie for thy wonders done a great whyle a goe came into my mynde 12 I also gaue my selfe to muse of all thy workes and I talked of all thy actes 13 Thy way O Lorde is in holynesse who is so great a God as the Lorde 14 Thou art y e God that doth wonders thou hast made thy power knowen among the people 15 Thou hast redeemed thy people with a mightie arme the sonnes of Iacob and Ioseph Selah 16 The waters sawe thee O God the waters sawe thee they feared yea the depthes of them moued out of their place 17 Thicke cloudes powred downe rayne thinne cloudes gaue a noyse and thine arrowes went abrode into al corners 18 The sounde of thy thunder was rounde about the sky the lightnynges shone through the worlde the earth quaked and trembled 19 Thy way is in the sea and thy pathes in the great waters and thy footesteppes are not knowen 20 Thou dydst leade thy people lyke sheepe by the hande of Moyses and Aaron ¶ The argument of the .lxxviij. Psalme ¶ The prophete moueth his people to geue diligent eare vnto hym vtteryng the wonderfull benefites of God to the Iewes euen such as were cōmonly knowen amongst them and were to be declared of fathers vnto their children in all generations by the commaundement of God to the intent that they be not as their forefathers were rebelles and stubburne agaynst God and his worde For which cause they had euyll successe in battayle and were afflicted with sundry calamities yet they feelyng the smart of affliction made a countenaunce as though they sought God but it was hypocritically not forsakyng their sinnes and fleyng to Gods mercie wherfore God gaue the arcke to the Philistines as forsakyng the Israelites because they greued hym with hyll alters and images God also refused the tribe of Ephraim and chose the tribe of Iuda appoyntyng Dauid a sheephearde kepyng sheepe for to be kyng of his people ¶ A wise instruction of Asaph 1 HEare my lawe O my people enclyne your eares vnto the wordes of my mouth 2 I wyll open my mouth in a parable I wyll declare harde sentences of the olde tyme past 3 Which we haue hearde and knowen and such as our fathers haue tolde vs. 4 We wyll not hyde them from their children nay we wyll set foorth in wordes to the generation to come the prayses of God and his myght and wonderfull workes that he hath done 5 For he reuiued a statute in Iacob and gaue Israel a lawe in the whiche he commaunded our forefathers to teache their children 6 To the intent the posteritie shoulde knowe it and children whiche shal be borne that they shoulde ryse vp and declare it to their children 7 That they shoulde put their trust in God and not forget the workes of God but kepe his commaundementes 8 And that they be not as their forefathers were a rebellious and a mutable generation a generation that directed not their heart aright and whose spirite cleaued not stedfastly vnto God 9 Like as the children of Ephraim which beyng harnessed carying bowes turned their backes in the day of battayle 10 They kept not the couenaunt of God and they woulde not walke in his law 11 But they forgat his workes and his wonders which he had shewed them 12 Marueylous thinges dyd he in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt in the fielde of Zoan 13 He deuided the sea and let them go thorowe he made the waters to stande as on an heape 14 In the day time also he led them with a cloude and all the night through with a light of fire 15 He cloued the harde rockes in the wildernes gaue them drinke therof as it had ben out of the great deepe waters 16 He brought running streames out of a stonie rocke and
mercy and trueth shall go before thy face 15 Blessed is the people that knoweth a triumphant noyse O God they shal walke in the light of thy countenaunce 16 They shall make them selues merie dayly in thy name and in thy righteousnes they shall exalt them selues 17 For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy louing kindnes thou wylt lift vp our hornes 18 For our shielde is of God and our king is of the most holy of Israel 19 Thou hast spoken somtimes in visions vnto thy saintes and hast sayde I haue added ayde vpon the mightie I haue exalted one chosē out of the people 20 I haue founde Dauid my seruaunt I haue annoynted him with myne holye oyle 21 Therfore my hande shal be assured vnto him and mine arme shall strengthen hym 22 The enemie shal not be able to do him violence the sonne of wickednesse shall not afflict hym 23 I wyll breake into peeces his foes before his face and ouerthrowe them that hate hym 24 My trueth also and my mercy shal be with hym and in my name shall his horne be exalted 25 I wyll set also his dominion in the sea and his right hande in the fluddes 26 He shall make inuocation vnto me saying thou art my father O my God and my fortresse of saluation 27 And I will make him my first borne in higher state then kinges of the earth 28 My mercy wyll I kepe for hym euermore and my couenaunt shal stand fast with hym 29 His seede also wyll I make to endure for euer and his throne as the dayes of heauen 30 But if his chyldren forsake my lawe and walke not in my iudgement if they breake my statutes and kepe not my commaundementes 31 I will then visite their transgressions with a rodde and their wickednesse with stripes 32 Neuerthelesse my louyng kyndnesse I wyll not take vtterly from hym I wyl not breake my promise with hym 33 I wyll not violate my couenaunt nor alter the thyng that is gone out of my lyppes 34 I haue sworne once by my holynesse that I wyll not speake an vntrueth vnto Dauid 35 His seede shall endure for euer and his throne shal be as the sunne before me 36 And as the moone which shall continue for euermore and shal be a faithful witnesse in heauen Selah 37 But thou hast abhorred forsakē thine annoynted art sore displeased at him 38 Thou hast broken the couenaunt of thy seruaunt thou hast disgraced his crowne castyng it on the grounde 39 Thou hast ouerthrowē all his walles and broken downe his strong holdes 40 All they that go by the way spoyle hym he is become a rebuke vnto his neyghbours 41 Thou hast exalted the ryght hande of his enemies and made all his aduersaries to reioyce 42 Thou hast turned the harde edge of his sworde and thou hast not lifted him vp in the battayle 43 Thou hast brought his noble estate to an ende and hast cast his throne downe to the grounde 44 Thou hast shortened the dayes of his youth and thou hast couered him with shame Selah 45 O God howe long wylt thou hyde thy selfe for euer shall thy wrath burne lyke fire 46 Remember what I am howe short my tyme is of lyfe wherfore hast thou created in vayne all the sonnes of men 47 What man is he that lyueth and shall not see death can he delyuer his owne soule from the hande of hell Selah 48 Lorde where are become thy former olde louyng kyndnesses which thou dydst sweare vnto Dauid by thy fayth that thou wouldest perfourme 49 Remember O Lorde the dishonour * of thy seruauntes I beare in my bosome the dishonour of all people that be mightie 50 Who beyng thine enemies O God do dishonour who do dishonour the footsteppes of thine annoynted 51 Blessed be God for euermore so be it and so be it ¶ The argument of the .xc. Psalme ¶ In this prayer he setteth foorth the euerlastyng diuinitie of God and his wonderfull prouidence towardes his people There is also a lamentation of the breuitie miserie of this present lyfe the cause wherof is our sinnes For God displeased with our wickednesse causeth our dayes of this lyfe to be both short and miserable which thyng he that considereth should be incited therby to be wise Moreouer there is a petition that God woulde haue pitie of his people in recompensing the calamities of this life with felicitie in the worlde to come and so by that meanes he shall make mery his sorowfull seruauntes ¶ A prayer of Moyses the man of God 1 LOrde thou hast ben our habitation from one generation to another generation 2 Before the moūtaynes were brought foorth or euer the earth the worlde were made thou art God both from euerlastyng and also vntyll euerlastyng 3 Thou turnest man most miserable euen vnto dust thou sayest also O ye children of men returne you into dust 4 For a thousande yeres in thy syght are but as yestarday that is past and as a watch in the nyght 5 Thou makest them to flowe away they are a sleepe they be in the morning as an hearbe that groweth 6 In the mornyng it florisheth and groweth vp in the euenyng it is cut downe and wythered 7 For we be consumed through thy displeasure and we are astonyed through thy wrathfull indignation 8 Thou hast set our misdeedes before thee and our sinnes wherof we be not priuie in the lyght of thy countenaunce 9 For all our dayes do passe in thine anger we spende our yeres as in speaking a worde 1◠The dayes of our yeres be in all threescore yeres and tenne and yf through strength of nature men come to foure score yeres yet is their iolitie but labour and care yea moreouer it passeth in haste from vs and we flee from it 11 Who regardeth the force of thy wrath for euen there after as a man feareth thee so feeleth he thy displeasure 12 Make vs to knowe so our dayes that we number them and we wyll frame a heart vnto wisdome 13 Turne agayne O God what for euer wylt thou be angry and be gratious vnto thy seruauntes 14 Replenishe vs early in the mornyng with thy mercie and we wyll crye out for ioy and be glad all the dayes of our lyfe 15 Make vs mery accordyng to the dayes that thou hast afflicted vs and accordyng to the yeres wherin we haue suffred aduersitie 16 Let thy worke appeare in thy seruauntes and thy glory in their children 17 And let the glorious maiestie of the Lorde our God be vpon vs and prosper thou the worke of our handes vpon vs O prosper thou our handy worke The argument of the .xci. psalme ¶ The prophete declareth the confidence trust safenesse securitie and contentation of mynde that they haue who depende wholy of Gods gouernment protection they be without daunger in all aduersitie no
are his worke 12 Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse 13 Ryghteous lippes are pleasaunt vnto kynges and them that speaketh the trueth shall he loue 14 The kinges displeasure is a messenger of death but a wise man wyll pacifie hym 15 The chearfull countenaunce of the kyng is life and his louyng fauour is as a cloude of the latter rayne 16 To haue wisdome in possession is better then to haue golde and to get vnderstandyng is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer 17 The path of the ryghteous is to eschewe euyll and who so loketh well to his wayes kepeth his owne soule 18 Pryde goeth before destruction and an hygh mynde before the fall 19 Better it is to be of humble mynde with the lowly thē to deuide the spoyles with the proude 20 He that handleth a matter wisely obteyneth good and blessed is he that putteth his trust in the Lorde 21 Who so is wyse in heart shal be called prudent and the sweetnesse of his lippes encreaseth learnyng 22 Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse 23 A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes 24 Fayre wordes are an hony combe a refresshyng of the mynde and health of the bones 25 There is a way that men thynke to be ryght but the ende therof leadeth vnto death 26 A troublous soule disquieteth her selfe for her owne mouth hath brought her therto 27 An vngodly person stirreth vp euyll and in his lippes he is as an hotte burnyng fyre 28 A frowarde body causeth strife and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes 29 A wicked man beguyleth his neyghbour and leadeth hym into the way that is not good 30 He shutteth his eyes to deuise mischiefe and moueth his lippes to bryng euyll to passe 31 Age is a crowne of worshyp yf it be founde in the way of ryghteousnesse 32 A patient man is better thē one strong and he that can rule hym selfe is more worth then he that wynneth a citie 33 The lottes are cast into the lappe but the orderyng therof standeth all in the Lorde The .xvij. Chapter 1 BEtter is a drye morsell with quietnesse then a house full of fat offeryng with strife 2 A discrete seruaunt shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne and shal haue heritage with the brethren 3 As siluer is tryed in the fire and golde in the furnace so doth the Lorde proue the heartes 4 A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue 5 Who so scorneth the poore blasphemeth his maker and he that is glad at another mans hurt shall not be vnpunished 6 Childers children are a crowne of the aged and the fathers are the honour of the children 7 Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince 8 A gyft is as a precious stone vnto hym that hath it but vnto whom soeuer it turneth it maketh hym vnwise 9 Who so couereth a fault procureth loue but he that discloseth it deuideth very frendes 10 One reproofe more feareth a wise man then an hundred stripes doth a foole 11 A seditious person seketh mischiefe and a cruell messenger shal be sent agaynst hym 12 It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes then a foole trustyng in his foolishnesse 13 Who so rewardeth euill for good euill shall not depart from his house 14 The begynnyng of strife is as when a man maketh an issue for water therfore leaue of before the contention be medled with 15 The Lorde hateth as well hym that iustifieth the vngodly as hym that condempneth the innocent 16 Wherto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome seyng he hath no mynde therto 17 He is a frende that alway loueth and in aduersitie a man shall knowe who is his brother 18 Who so promiseth by the hande and is suretie for his neighbour he is a foole 19 He that delighteth in sinne loueth strife and who so setteth his doore to hye seeketh destruction 20 Who so hath a frowarde heart obteyneth no good and he that hath a double tongue shall fall into mischiefe 21 He that begetteth a foole begetteth his sorowe and the father of a foole can haue no ioy 22 A mery heart make a lustie age ▪ but a sorowfull mynde dryeth vp the bones 23 The vngodly taketh gyftes out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement 24 Wisdome shyneth in the face of hym that hath vnderstandyng but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes 25 An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father and an heauinesse vnto his mother 26 Certaynly to condempne the iust is not good nor to strike the gouernours which iudge ryghtly 27 A wyse man vseth fewe wordes and a man of vnderstandyng is of a patient spirite 28 Yea a very foole when he holdeth his tongue is counted wyse and he that stoppeth his lippes is esteemed prudent The .xviij. Chapter 1 WHo so hath an earnest desire to wisdome he will sequester him selfe to seke it and occupie him selfe in all stedfastnesse sounde doctrine 2 A foole hath no delyght in vnderstandyng but only to vtter the fansies of his owne heart 3 When the vngodly commeth then commeth also disdayne and with the dishonest person commeth shame and dishonour 4 The wordes of a wise mans mouth are lyke deepe waters and the well of wisdome is lyke a full streame 5 It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement 6 A fooles lippes come with brawlyng and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes 7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruction and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule 8 The wordes of a slaunderer are very woundes and go through vnto the innermost partes of the body 9 Who so is slouthfull in his labour is the brother of hym that is a waster 10 The name of the Lorde is a strong castell the ryghteous runneth vnto it and is in safegarde 11 The riche mans goodes are his strong citie and as an hygh wall in his owne conceipt 12 Before destruction the heart of a man is proude and before honour goeth humilitie 13 He that geueth sentence in a matter before he heare it the same to hym is follie and shame 14 A good stomacke beareth out sicknesse but the mynde beyng sicke who shall heale it 15 A wyse heart possesseth knowledge a prudent eare seeketh vnderstanding 16 A mans gyft maketh an open way to bryng hym before great men 17 The ryghteous declareth his owne cause first hym selfe and his neyghbour commeth and tryeth hym 18 The lot causeth variaunce to ceasse and parteth the mightie a sunder 19
for my honours sake I will patiently forbeare thee that I do not roote thee out 10 Beholde I haue purged thee yet not as siluer I haue chosen thee in the fire of affliction 11 And that only for myne owne sake yea euen for myne owne sake wyll I do this or els what dishonour woulde they do to my name surely I wyll not geue my glorie vnto another 12 Hearken vnto me O Iacob and Israel whom I haue called I am euen he that is I am the first and the last 13 My hande hath layde the foundation of the earth and my ryght hande hath spanned ouer the heauens assoone as I call them they stande together 14 Gather you altogether and hearken Which of yonder gods hath declared this The Lorde hath a loue vnto him and he shal perfourme his wyll against Babel and declare his power against the Chaldees 15 I my selfe alone euen I haue tolde you this I dyd call him and bryng him foorth and he shall make his iourney prosperous 16 Come to me and heare this Haue I spoken any thyng darkly since the begynnyng From the tyme that this thyng begynneth I am there Wherefore the Lorde God and his spirite hath sent me 17 And thus saith the Lorde God thy redeemer the holy one of Israel I am the Lorde thy God which teache thee profitable thynges and leade thee the way that thou shouldest go 18 O that thou hadst regarded my commaundementes then had thy wealthynesse ben as the water streame and thy ryghteousnesse as the waues flowyng in the sea 19 Thy seede also had ben lyke as the sande in the sea and the fruite of thy body lyke the grauell stones therof His name shoulde not be rooted out nor destroyed before me 20 Go away from Babylon flee from the Chaldees with a mery voyce speake of this declare it abrode and go foorth into the ende of the worlde say The Lorde hath redeemed his seruaunt Iacob 21 They suffred no thirst he led them through the wildernesse and caused the waters to flowe out vnto them from out of the rocke he claue the rocke a sunder and the water gusshed out 22 As for the vngodly they haue no peace saith the Lorde ¶ The .xlix. Chapter 6 Christe shall gather together all nations be they neuer so farre of 1 YE Isles hearken vnto me and take heede ye people from farre The Lord hath called me from my birth and made mention of my name from my mothers wombe 2 He hath made my mouth lyke a sharpe sworde vnder the shadowe of his hande hath he defended me and hid me in his quiuer as a good arrowe 3 And sayde vnto me Thou art my seruaunt Israel I wyll be honoured in thee 4 Then I aunswered I haue lost my labour I haue spent my strength in vayne Neuerthelesse I wyll commit my cause and my worke vnto the Lorde my God 5 And nowe saith the Lorde euen he that fashioned me from my mothers wombe to be his seruaunt that I may bryng Iacob agayne vnto hym albeit Israel wyll not be gathered vnto hym agayne yet in Gods sight shall I be glorious my God shal be my strength 6 And he sayde It is but a small thyng that thou art my seruaunt to set vp the kinredes of Iacob and to restore the destruction of Israel For I haue made thee the lyght of the gentiles that thou mayest be my health vnto the ende of the worlde 7 Moreouer thus saith the Lorde the redeemer and holy one of Israel concernyng the abhorred dispised among the gentiles the seruaunt of them that beare rule kynges and princes shall see and arise and worship because of the Lorde that is faythfull and because of the holy one of Israel that hath chosen thee 8 And thus saith the Lorde In the tyme accepted haue I hearde thee and in the day of saluation haue I helped thee I wyll preserue thee and make thee to be the attonement of the people that thou mayest helpe vp the earth againe and possesse againe the desolate heritages 9 That thou mayest say vnto the prisoners go foorth and to them that are in darknesse come into the lyght they shall feede thee in the hye wayes and get their pasture in all hye places 10 They shall neither hunger nor thirst heate nor sunne shall not hurt them for he that fauoureth them shall leade them and geue them drynke of the well sprynges 11 I wyll make wayes vpon all my mountaynes and my footpathes shal be exalted 12 And beholde these shall come from farre lo some from the north and west some from the lande of Sinis which is in the south 13 Reioyce ye heauens and sing prayses thou earth talke of ioy ye hylles for God hath comforted his people wyll haue mercie vpon his that be in trouble 14 But Sion sayde God hath forsaken me and my Lorde hath forgotten me 15 Will a woman forget her owne infant and not pitie the sonne of her owne wombe And though they do forget yet wyll I not forget thee 16 Beholde I haue written thee vp vpon my handes thy walles are euer in my syght 17 They make haste who buildeth thee vp againe as for those that ouerthrowe thee and make thee waste they shall depart from thee 18 Lift vp thine eyes and loke about thee all these gather them together and come to thee As truely as I lyue saith the Lorde thou shalt put them all vpon thee as an apparell and girde them to thee as a bride doth her iewels 19 As for thy lande that lyeth desolate wasted and destroyed it shal be to narowe for them that shall dwell in it and they that woulde deuoure thee they shal be farre away 20 Then thy children whom the barren shall bring foorth shall say in thine care This place is to narowe geue place that I may haue roome 21 Then shalt thou thinke by thy selfe who hath begotten me these seeyng I am barren and alone a captiue and an outcast and who hath norished them vp for me I am desolate and alone but from whence come these 22 And therfore thus saith the Lorde God Beholde I wyll stretch out my hande vnto the gentiles and set vp my token to the people they shall bryng thee thy sonnes in their lappes and cary thy daughters vnto thee vpon their shoulders 23 For kynges shal be thy nursyng fathers and queenes shal be thy nursyng mothers They shall fall before thee with their faces flat vpon the earth lick vp the dust of thy feete that thou mayest knowe howe that I am the Lorde and that who so putteth their trust in me shall not be confounded 24 Shall the spoyle be taken from the mightie or the lawfull prisoner from the taker 25 But thus saith the Lorde The prisoners shal be taken from the mightie the spoyle shalde recouered from the violent for I wyll maynteyne
the Lorde spoken to the king that sitteth in the throne of Dauid and to all the people that dwell in this citie your brethren that are gone with you into captiuitie 17 Thus I say speaketh the Lorde of hoastes Beholde I wyll sende a sworde hunger and pestilence vpon them and wyll make them lyke vntymely figges that may not be eaten for bitternesse 18 And I wyll persecute them with the sworde with hunger and pestilence I wyll deliuer them vp to be vexed of all kyngdomes to be cursed abhorred laughed to scorne and put to confusion of all the people among whom I haue scattered them 19 And that because they haue not ben obedient vnto my commaundementes saith the Lord which I sent vnto them by my seruauntes the prophetes I stoode vp early and sent vnto them but they woulde not heare saith the Lorde 20 Heare therfore the worde of the Lord all ye prisoners whom I sent from Hierusalem to Babylon 21 Thus hath the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel spoken of Ahab the sonne of Colaiah and of Zedekiah the sonne of Maasiah which prophecie lyes vnto you in my name Beholde I wyll deliuer them into the hande of Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon that he may slay them before your eyes 22 And all the prisoners of Iuda that are in Babylon shall take this tearme of cursyng and say Nowe God do vnto thee as he did vnto Zedekiah Ahab whom the kyng of Babylon rosted in the fire 23 Because they sinned shamefully in Israel for they haue not only defiled their neighbours wiues but also preached lying wordes in my name which I haue not commaunded them This I testifie and assure saith the Lorde 24 But as for Semeiah the Nehelamite thou shalt speake vnto hym 25 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Because thou hast sent letters in thine owne name vnto all the people that is at Hierusalem and to Sophoniah the sonne of Maasiah the priest yea sent them to all the priestes wherin thou writest thus vnto hym 26 The Lorde hath ordeyned thee to be priest in the steade of Iehoiada the priest that thou shouldest be chiefe in the house of the Lorde aboue all prophetes and preachers and that thou mightest set them vpon the pyllory or in the stockes 27 Howe happeneth it then that thou hast not reproued Hieremie of Anathoth which neuer leaueth of his propheciyng 28 And beside all this he hath sent vs worde vnto Babylon and tolde vs playnely that our captiuitie shall long endure that we should builde vs houses to dwel therin and to plant vs gardens that we may enioy the fruites therof 29 Which letter Sophonias the priest read and let Ieremie the prophete heare it 30 Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto Ieremie saying 31 Sende worde to all them that be in captiuitie on this maner Thus hath the Lorde spoken concerning Semeiah the Nehelamite Because that Semeiah hath prophecied vnto you without my commission and brought you into a false hope 32 Therfore thus the Lorde doth certifie you Beholde I wyll visite Semeiah the Nehelamite and his seede so that none of his shall remayne among this people and none of them shall see the good that I wyll do for my people saith the Lorde for he hath preached falsely of the Lorde ¶ The .xxx. Chapter 1 The returne of the people from Babylon 8 God by his chastenyng sheweth that the people is sinnefull 16 The destruction of the enemies of Israel 1 THese are the wordes that the Lord sheweth vnto Ieremie saying 2 Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel Write vp diligently all the wordes that I haue spoken vnto thee in a booke 3 For lo the tyme commeth saith the Lorde that I wyll bryng agayne the prisoners of my people of Israel and Iuda saith the Lorde for I wyll restore them vnto the lande that I gaue to their fathers and they shall haue it in possession 4 Agayne these wordes spake the Lord concernyng Israel and Iuda 5 Thus saith the Lorde We haue heard a terrible crye feare and disquietnesse 6 For what els doth this signifie that I see Namely that all strong men smite euery man his hande vpon his loynes as a woman in the payne of her trauayle Who euer sawe a man trauayle with childe Enquire therafter and see yea all their faces are marueylous pale 7 Alas for this day which is so dreadfull that none may be likened vnto it and alas for the tyme of Iacobs trouble from the which he shal yet be deliuered 8 For in that day saith the Lorde of hoastes I wyll take his yoke from of thy necke and breake thy bondes and straungers shall no more haue dominion ouer them 9 But they shall do seruice vnto God their Lorde and to Dauid their kyng whom I wyll rayse vp vnto them 10 And as for thee O my seruaunt Iacob feare not saith the Lorde and be not afrayde O Israel For lo I wyll helpe thee also from farre and thy seede from the lande of their captiuitie And Iacob shall turne agayne he shal be in rest and haue a prosperous lyfe and no man shall make hym afrayde 11 For I am with thee to helpe thee saith the Lorde And though I shall destroy all the people among whom I haue scattered thee yet wyll I not destroy thee but correct thee and that with descretion for I wyll not vtterly destroy thee 12 Therfore thus saith the Lorde ▪ Thy brosinges are perilous thy woundes redy to cast thee into sicknesse 13 There is no man to meddle with thy cause or to lay plaster vpon thee or to bynde vp thy woundes to heale thee 14 All thy louers haue forgotten thee and care nothyng for thee for I haue geuen thee a cruell stroke and chastened thee roughly and that for the multitude of thy misdeedes for thy sinnes haue had the ouer hande 15 Why makest thou mone for thy harme In deede thou art sore wounded and in ieopardie but for the multitude of thy misdeedes and sinnes I haue done this vnto thee 16 And therfore all they that deuour thee shal be deuoured and all thine enemies shal be led into captiuitie all they that make thee waste shal be wasted them selues and all those that rob thee wyll I make also to be robbed 17 For I wyll geue thee thy health agayne and make thy woundes whole saith the Lorde because they reuiled thee as one cast away and dispised Sion sayde they is she whom no man regardeth 18 For thus saith the Lorde Beholde I wyll bryng agayne the captiuitie of Iacobs tentes and defende his dwellyng place the citie shal be builded in her olde estate and the houses shall haue their ryght foundation 19 And out of them shal go thankesgeuing and the voyce of ioy I wyll multiplie them and they shal not be fewe I shall endue them with honour and no man
thought scorne to yeelde them selues vnto you that they myght finde mercie in your sight 13 Therefore haue I deuised by my selfe after this maner I wyll go before the prince Holophernes and tell him all their secretes and wyll shewe him how he may come by them and winne them so that not one man of his hoast shall perishe 14 And when these men had heard her wordes and considered her faire face they were astonied for they wondred at her excellent beautie 15 And saide vnto her Thou hast saued thy lyf◠by findinge out this deuice that thou wouldest come downe to our lorde 16 And be thou sure that when thou commest vnto him he shall entreate thee well and thou shalt please him at the heart So they brought her in to Holophernes pauilion and tolde him of her 17 Nowe when she came in before him immediately he was ouercome and taken with her beautie 18 Then said his seruauntes who would despise the people of the Iewes that haue so faire women should we not by reason fight against them for these 19 So when Iudith sawe Holophernes sitting in a canapie that was wrought of purple silke golde smaragde and precious stones 20 She looked fast vpon him bowed her selfe and fel downe vpon the earth And Holophernes seruauntes tooke her vp agayne at their lordes commaundement The .xj. Chapter 1 Holophernes comforteth Iudith 3 and asketh the cause of her comming 5 She deceaueth him by her faire wordes 1 THen said Holophernes vnto her Be of good cheare and feare not in thyne heart for I neuer hurt man that would serue Nabuchodonosor the king 2 As for thy people if they had not despysed me I should not haue lyft vp my speare against them 3 But tell me nowe what is the cause that thou art departed from them and wherefore art thou come vnto vs 4 And Iudith saide vnto him Syr vnderstand the wordes of thy handemayden for if thou wylt do after the wordes of thy handmayden the Lorde shall bryng thy matter to a prosperous effect 5 As Nabuchodonosor the king of the earth lyueth and as his power liueth which is in thee to the punishment of all men that go wrong al men shal not onely be subdued vnto him through thee but al the beastes also of the fielde 6 For all people speake of thy prudent actiuitie and it hath euer ben reported how thou onely art good and mightie in all his kingdome and thy discretion is commended in all landes 7 The thing is manifest also that Achior spake it is well knowen what thou commaundest to do vnto him 8 For this is playne and of a suretie that our God is so wroth with vs by the reason of our sinnes that he hath shewed by his prophetes vnto the people howe that for their sinnes he wyll delyuer them ouer vnto the enemie 9 And for so much as the children of Israel knowe that they haue so displeased their God they are sore afrayde of thee 10 They suffer great hunger also and for want of water they are dead now in a maner 11 Moreouer they are appoynted to slay all their cattaile that they may drinke the blood of them 12 And are purposed to spend the holy thinges of their God which he hath forbydden them to touch as of corne wine and oyle they wil consume those thinges which they ought not to touch with their handes Seing nowe that they do these thinges it is a playne case that they must needes be destroyed 13 Which when I thy handmayden perceaued I fled from them and the Lord hath sent me to shewe thee these thinges 14 For I thy handmayden worship God euen here now besyde thee and thy handmayden shal go foorth and I wyl make my prayer vnto God 15 And he shall tell me when he wyll rewarde them their sinne then shall I come and shewe thee and bring thee through the middest of Hierusalem so that thou shalt haue al the people of Israel as sheepe without a shephearde there shall not so much as one dogge barke against thee 16 For these thinges are shewed me by the prouidence of God 17 And for so much as God is displeased with them he hath sent me to tell thee the same 18 These wordes pleased Holophernes and all his seruauntes which marueyled at the wysedome of her and said one to another 19 There is not such a woman vpō earth in fauour in beautie and discretion of wordes 20 And Holophernes said vnto her God hath done well that he hath sent thee hither before thy people that thou mayest geue them into our handes 21 And for so much as thy promise is good if thy God perfourme it vnto me he shal be my God also and thou shalt be excellent and great in the court of Nabuchodonosor and thy name shal be spoken of in all the lande ¶ The .xii. Chapter 1 Iudith woulde not pollute her selfe with the meate of the Gentiles 5 She maketh her request that she might go out by night to pray 11 Holophernes causeth her to come to the banquet 1 THen commaunded he her to go in where his treasure lay and charged that she shoulde haue her dwellyng there and appoynted what shoulde be geuen her from his table 2 Iudith aunswered him and saide As for the meate that thou hast commaunded to geue me I may not eate of it as now lest I displease my God but wyll eate of such as I haue brought with me 3 Then saide Holophernes vnto her If these thinges that thou hast brought with thee fayle what shall we do vnto thee 4 And Iudith saide As thy soule lyueth my Lorde thy handmayden shall not spend all this tyl God hath brought to passe in my hande the thinges that I haue deuised So his seruauntes brought her into the tent whereas he had appoynted 5 And as she was going in she desired that she might haue leaue to go foorth by night and before day to her prayer and to make intercession vnto the Lord. 6 Then commaunded Holophernes his chamberlaynes that she should go out and in at her pleasure to pray vnto God those three dayes 7 And so in the night season she went foorth into the valley of Bethulia and washed her selfe in the well water 8 And comming vp she besought the Lorde God of Israel that he woulde prosper her way for the deliueraunce of his people 9 And so she went in remayned cleane in her tent tyll she toke her meate in the euening 10 Vpon the fourth day it came to passe that Holophernes made a supper vnto his seruauntes and saide vnto Vagao his chamberlayne Go thy way counsell this Hebruesse that she may be wylling to consent to kepe company with me 11 For it were a shame vnto all the Assyrians that a woman shoulde so laugh a man to scorne that she were come from him vnmedled withall 12 Then went Vagao vnto Iudith and saide Let not the good daughter be afrayde
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
cunning he geueth it some proportion fashioneth it after the similitude of a man 14 Or maketh it lyke some vyle beast straketh it ouer with red and paynteth it and looke what foule spot is in it he casteth some colour vpon it 15 Then maketh he a conuenient tabernacle for it setteth it in the wall and maketh it fast with iron 16 Prouiding so for it lest it happen to fall for it is well knowen that it can not helpe it selfe For why it is but an image and must of necessitie be helped 17 Then making prayer for his goodes for his mariage and for chyldren he is not ashamed to speake to that whiche hath no soule 18 For health he maketh his petition vnto him that is sicke for life he humblie prayeth vnto hym that is dead he calleth vpon hym for helpe that hath no experience at all and to sende hym a good iourney he prayeth him that may not go 19 And for gayne for worke and for successe of his affayres he asketh power of hym whiche is without all maner of power ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter 1 The detestation and abhomination of images 8 A curse of them and of him that maketh them 14 Whereof idolatrie proceeded 23 What euils come of idolatrie 1 AGayne another man purposing to sayle and beginning to take his iourney thorowe the raging sea calleth for helpe vnto a stocke that is farre weaker then the vessell that beareth hym 2 For as for it couetousnesse of money hath founde it out and the craftes man made it with his cunning 3 But thy prouidence O father gouerneth it * For thou hast made a way euen in the sea and a sure path in the middest of the waues 4 Declaring therby that thou hast power to helpe in all thinges yea though a man went to the sea without ship 5 Neuerthelesse thou wouldest not that the workes of thy wysdome shoulde be in vayne and therefore do men commit their liues to a small peece of wood passing ouer the stormie sea in a ship and are saued 6 For in the olde tyme also when the proude giauntes perished he in whom the hope was left to increase the world went into the ship whiche was gouerned thorowe thy hand and so left seede behynde hym vnto the worlde 7 For happy is the tree wherthrough righteousnesse commeth 8 But cursed is the idoll that is made with handes yea both it and he that made it He because he made it and it because it was called God whereas it is but a frayle thing 9 For the vngodly and his vngodlynesse are both like abhominable vnto God 10 Euen so the worke and he that made it also shal be punished together 11 Therefore shall there a plague come vpon the idols of the heathen for out of the creature of God they are become an abhomination a temptation vnto the soules of men and a snare for the feete of the vnwyse 12 For why the seeking out of idols is the beginning of whordome and the bringing vp of them is the destruction of lyfe 13 For they were not from the beginning neither shall they continue for euer 14 The vayneglory of men hath founde them out vpon earth therfore shal they come shortly to an ende 15 For when a father mourned heauyly for his sonne sodainely taken away from hym he made hym an image and hym whiche then was but a dead man he now began to worship as a god and ordayned for his seruauntes ceremonies and sacrifices 16 Thus by processe of time this vngracious custome being waxen strong was kept as a lawe and images were worshipped by commaundement of tirauntes 17 As for those that were so farre of that men might not worship them present their visage beyng drawne out from farre of was made as the cleare image of an honourable king that they might with affection flatter aswell the absent as the present 18 Agayne the singuler ambition of the craftes man gaue the ignoraunt also a great occasion to increase the superstition 19 For he willing to please one peraduenture that bare rule laboured with all his cunning to make the image of the best fashion 20 And so thorowe the beautie of the worke the common people being therto allured toke hym nowe for a god whiche a litle before was but honoured as a man 21 And this was to the deceauing of mans life when men either with calamitie or tirannie oppressed ascribed vnto stones and stockes that name of God whiche ought not to be geuen vnto any thing els 22 Moreouer this was not inough for them that they erred in the knowledge of God but where as they liued in the great warre of ignoraunce those so many and great plagues called they peace 23 For either they slue their owne chyldren and offred them in sacrifice or vsed secrete ceremonies or folowed madde drunken dissolutenesse of rites in sacrifice 24 So that they kept neither life nor mariage cleane but either one slue another traytorously or greeued hym by adulterie 25 So that there raigned in al men without exception blood manslaughter theft dissimulation corruption vnfaythfulnesse sedition periurie 26 Disquieting of good men vnthankefulnesse defiling of soules chaunging of byrth disordering of mariages adulterie and vncleanenesse 27 For why the honouring of abhomible images is the beginning the cause and ende of all euill 28 For they that worship idols eyther they are madde when they be merie or prophesie lies or liue vngodly or els lightly forsweare them selues 29 For insomuche as their trust is in the idols whiche haue no soule though they sweare falsely yet they thinke it shall not hurt them 30 Therefore commeth a great plague vpon them and that worthyly for both causes for they haue an euyll opinion of God that geue heede vnto idols and they sweare vniustly in deceipt despising holynes 31 For it is not the power of them by whom they sweare but it is the iust vengeaunce of sinners that punisheth alwayes the offence of the vngodly doers ¶ The .xv. Chapter ¶ The voyce of the faythfull praysing the mercy of God by whose grace they serue not idols 1 BVt thou O our God art gratious true and long suffring and in mercy ordrest thou all thinges 2 Though we sinne yet are we thyne for we knowe thy strength but we wyll not sinne because we knowe we are counted thyne 3 For to knowe thee is perfect righteousnes yea to knowe thy power is the roote of immortalitie 4 As for the thing that men haue found out through their euyll science it hath not deceaued vs nor the paynters vnprofitable labour to wit an image spotted with diuers colours 5 Whose sight entiseth the ignoraunt to lust after it and he desireth the picture of a dead image that hath no breath 6 Both they that make them
wicked woman her will 28 If she walke not after thy hande she shall confounde thee in the sight of thâ—e enemies Cut her of then from thy fleshe that she do not alway abuse thee â–ª The .xxvi. Chapter 1 The prayse of a good woman 5 Of the feare of three thinges and of the fourth â— Of the ielousie and drunkennesse of a woman 28 Of two thinges that cause sorowe of the thyrde whiche moueth wrath 1 HAppy is the man that hath a vertuous wyfe for the nuÌ„ber of his yeres shal be double 2 An honest woman maketh her husbande a ioyfull man and she shall fill the yeres of his lyfe in peace 3 A vertuous woman is a noble gift whiche shal be geuen for a good portion vnto such as feare God 4 Whether a man be riche or poore he may haue euer a mery heart a cheareful countenaunce 5 There be three thinges that my heart feareth and my face is afrayde of the fourth treason in a citie a seditious people and noysome tongues all these are heauyer then the death 6 When one woman is ielous ouer an other it bringeth payne and sorowe vnto the heart and a woman that telleth out all thinges is a scourge of the tongue 7 When one hath an euyll wyfe it is euen as when an vnlyke payre of oxen must drawe together he that getteth her getteth a scorpion 8 A drunken woman is a great plague for she can not couer her owne shame 9 The whordome of a woman may be knowen in the pryde of her eyes and eye liddes 10 If thy daughter be not shamefast hold her straytly lest she abuse her selfe thorowe ouer much libertie 11 Beware of all the dishonestie of her eyes maruel not if she do against thee 12 As a way faring man that is thirstie when he hath founde a well drinketh of euery water so will she sit downe by euery hedge and make her selfe common to euery man that passeth by 13 A louing wyfe reioyceth her husbande feedeth his bones with her wysdome 14 A woman of fewe wordes is a gift of God to all nurtured myndes may nothing be compared 15 An honest and manerly woman is a gift aboue other giftes and there is no wayght to be compared vnto a minde that can rule it selfe 16 Like as the sunne when it ariseth is an ornament in the hie heauen of the Lord so is a vertuous wyfe the beautie of all her house 17 Like as the cleare light is vpon the holy candelsticke so is the beautie of the face vpon an honest body 18 Like as the golden pillers are vpon the sockettes of siluer so are the fayre feete vpon a woman that hath a constant mynde 19 Perpetual are the foundations that be layed vpon a whole stony rocke so are the commaundementes of God vpon the heart of an holy woman 20 There be two thinges that greeue my heart in the thirde is displeasure come vpoÌ„ me When an experte man of warre suffreth scarsenesse and pouertie when men of vnderstanding and wisdome are not set by and when one departeth from righteousnesse vnto sinne Who so doth such the Lorde hath prepared him vnto the sworde 21 There be two maner of thinges which me thinke to be harde and perilous A marchaunt can not lightly kepe hym from wrong neither a tauerner hym selfe from sinne The .xxvii. Chapter â— Of the poore that woulde be riche 5 The probation of the man that feareth God 13 The vnconstantenesse of a foole 16 The secretes of a friend are not to be vttered 20 The wicked imagineth euyll whiche returneth vpon him selfe 1 BEcause of pouertie haue many one offended and he that seketh to be riche turneth his eyes asyde 2 Lyke as a nayle in the wal sticketh fast betwixt two stones euen so doth sinne sticke betwixt the bier and the seller 3 If he holde him not diligently in the feare of the Lorde his house shall soone be ouerthrowen 4 Lyke as when one sifteth the filthynesse remayneth in the syue So remayneth there some vncleane thing in the thought of man 5 The ouen proueth the potters vessel so doth temptation of trouble trye righteous men 6 The tree of the fielde is knowen by his fruite so is the thought of mans heart knowen by his wordes 7 Prayse no man except thou haue heard him for a man is knowen by his wordes 8 If thou folowest righteousnes thou shalt get her and put her vpon thee as a fayre garment and thou shalt dwell with her and she shall defende thee for euer and in the day of knowledge thou shalt finde stedfastnesse 9 The byrdes resorte vnto their lyke so doth the trueth turne vnto them that be occupied withall 10 The lion wayteth the pray so doth sinne vpon them that worke vnrighteousnesse 11 The talking of him that feareth God is nothing but wysdome as for a foole he chaungeth as the moone 12 If thou be among the vndiscrete kepe thy wordes to a conuenient time but among such as be wise speake on hardyly 13 The talking of fooles is abhomination and their sport is volupteousnesse and misnurture 14 Much swearing maketh the heere to stande vp and to stryue with such stoppeth the â—ares 15 The stryfe of the proude is bloodshedding and their blaspheming is heauy to heare 16 Who so discouereth secretes leeseth his credence and fyndeth no friende after his will 17 Loue thy friende and binde thy selfe in faythfulnesse with him but if thou bewrayest his secretes thou shalt not get him againe 18 For like as the man is that destroyeth his enemie so is he also that dealeth falsly in the friendship of his neyghbour 19 Like as one that letteth a byrde go out of his hande can not take her againe Euen so thou if thou geue ouer thy friende thou canst not get him againe 20 Yea thou canst not come by him for he is to farre of He is vnto thee as a Roe escaped out of the snare for his soule is wounded 21 As for woundes they may be bounde vp againe and an euyll worde may be reconciled but who so bewrayeth the secretes of a friende there is no more hope to be had vnto him 22 He that winketh with the eyes imagineth some euyll and he that knoweth him will let him alone 23 When thou art present he shall hyghlie commende and prayse thy wordes but at the last he shall turne his tayle and sclaunder thy saying 24 Many thinges haue I hated but nothing so euyll for the Lorde him selfe also abhorreth such a one 25 Who so casteth a stone an hye it shal fal vpon his owne head and he that smyteth with guyle woundeth him selfe 26 Who so diggeth a pit shall fall therein and he that layeth a stone in his neyghbours way shall stumble theron and he that layeth a snare for another shall be taken in it him selfe 27 Who so geueth a wicked noisome counsell it shall come vpon hymselfe
42 They fel downe also vnto their prayers and besought God that the fault whiche was made might be put out of remembraunce Besides that Iudas exhorted the people earnestly to kepe them selues from such sinne forsomuch as they sawe before their eyes that these men were slayne for the same offence 43 So he gathered of euery one a certayne and sent two thousande drachmes of siluer vnto Hierusalem that there might a sacrifice be offered for the misdeede In the which place he did wel and right for he had some consideration and pondring of the lyfe that is after this time 44 For if he had not thought that they whiche were slayne shoulde ryse againe it had ben superfluous and vayne to make any vowe or sacrifice for them that were dead 45 But forsomuch as he sawe that they which die in the fauour beleefe of god are in good rest and ioy he thought it to be good honorable for a reconsiling to do the same for those which were slaine that the offence might be forgeuen The .xiii. Chapter 1 The comming of Eupator into Iurie 4 The death of Menelaus 10 Machabeus goyng to fight against Eupator moueth his souldiers vnto prayer 15 He killeth fourteene thousande men in the tentes of Antiochus 21 Rhodocus the betrayer of the Iewes is taken 24 Antiochus retayned friendship with the Iewes 1 IN the hundred fourtie and nine yere gat Iudas knowledge that Antiochus Eupator was comming with a great power into iurie 2 And Lysias the stewarde and ruler of his matters with him hauing an hundred ten thousand men of foote of the Grecians fyue thousande horsemen twentie and two Elephantes and three hundred charettes set with hookes 3 Menelaus also ioyned hym selfe with them but with great disceyte spake faire to the king not for any good of the countrey but because he thought to haue ben made some great man of aucthoritie 4 But the king of kinges moued Antiochus minde against this vngodly person and Lysias enformed the king that this Menelaus was the cause of all mischiefe so that the king commaunded to bring him vnto Berea and as the maner of them is to put him vnto death in the same place 5 There was also in the same place a towre of fiftie cubites hie heaped with asshes and it had an instrument that turned rounde on euery side it rouled downe into the asshes and there whosoeuer was condempned of sacriledge or of any other greeuous crime was cast of all men vnto the death 6 Whereinto the king cōmaunded that shamefull person to be cast among the asshes as one that was cause of all vngraciousnesse 7 And reason it was that the vnthrift should dye such a death and not to be buried 8 For he had done much mischiefe vnto the aulter of God whose fire and asshes were holy therefore was it right that he him selfe also should be destroyed with asshes 9 But the king was wood in his minde and came to shew him selfe more cruell vnto the Iewes then his father was 10 Which when Iudas perceaued he commaunded the people to call vpon the Lord nyght and day that he would nowe helpe them also lyke as he had done alway for they were afraide to be put from their lawe from their natural countrey and from the holy temple 11 And not to suffer the people which a litle while afore began to recouer to be subdued againe of the blasphemous nations 12 So when they had done this together and besought the Lorde for mercie with weeping and fasting three dayes long flat vpon the grounde Iudas exhorted them to make them selues redie 13 But he and the eldest together deuised to go foorth first with the people afore the king brought his hoast into Iurie and afore he besieged the citie and so to commit the matter vnto God 14 Wherefore he committed the charge of all thinges vnto God the maker of all the worlde exhorting his people to fight manfully yea euen vnto death for the lawes the temple the citie their owne natiue countrey and to defend the citezins and he set his hoast before Modin 15 He gaue them also that were with him a token of the victory of God choosing out the manliest young men went by night into the kinges pauilion slue of the hoast fourteene thousand men and the greatest of the Elephantes with those that sate vpon him 16 Thus when they had brought a great feare and rumour among the tentes of their enemies and al thinges went prosperously with them 17 They departed in the breake of the day God being their helper and defender 18 Nowe when the king perceaued the manlinesse of the Iewes he went about to take the strong places by craft 19 And remoued his hoast vnto Bethsura which was a wel kept house of defence of the Iewes but they were chased away hurt and discomfited 20 And Iudas sent vnto them that were in it such thinges as were necessarie 21 In the Iewes hoast also there was one Rhodochus which tolde the enemies their secretes but they sought him out and when they had gotten him they put him in prison 22 After this did the king commune with them that were in Bethsura toke truice with them departed and stroke a battaile with Iudas which ouercame him 23 But when he vnderstoode that Philip whom he had left to be ouerseer of this busines at Antioch began to rebell against him he was astonied in his mind so that he yeelded him selfe to y e Iewes and made them an oth to do whatsoeuer they thought right 24 Now when he was reconciled with them he offered made much of the temple gaue great giftes vnto it 25 Embraced Machabeus making him captaine and gouernour from Ptolomais vnto the Gerrhenes 26 Neuerthelesse when he came to Ptolomais the people of the citie were not content with the bond of frendship for they were afraide that he would breake the couenaunt 27 Then went Lysias vp into the iudgement seate and excused the fact as well as he coulde and enformed the people shewed them the cause why pacified them so he came againe to Antioch This is now the matter concerning the kinges iourney and his returne The .xiiij. Chapter 1 By the motion of the Lorde Demetrius sendeth Nicanor to kill the Iewes 18 Nicanor maketh a compact with the Iewes 29 which he yet breaketh through the motion of the king 37 Nicanor commaundeth Razias to be taken 41 The boldnes of Razias 1 AFter three yeres was Iudas infourmed how that Demetrius the sonne of Seleucus was come vp with a great power and shippes through the hauen of Tripolis 2 To take certaine commodious places and countreys against Antiochus and his captaine Lysias 3 Nowe Alcimus whiche had ben hie priest and wylfully defiled him selfe in the time of the mixting seeing that by no meanes he could be helped nor haue any more entraunce to the aulter 4 He came to king Demetrius in the hundred fiftie and one yere
presented Paul also before hym 34 And when the deputie had read the letter he asked of what coūtrey he was And when he vnderstoode that he was of Celicia 35 I wyll heare thee sayde he when thyne accusars are come also And he cōmaunded hym to be kept in Herodes iudgement hall ⧠The .xxiiij. Chapter 10 Paul beyng accused aunswereth for his lyfe and doctrine 25 Felix gropeth hym thinkyng to haue a bribe 28 and after leaueth hym in pryson 1 AND after fyue dayes Ananias the hie priest descended with the elders and with a certayne oratour named Tartullus which appeared before the deputie agaynst Paul 2 And when Paul was called foorth Tartullus began to accuse hym saying Seyng that we obtayned great quietnesse by the meanes of thee and that many good thynges are done vnto this nation through thy prouidence 3 That alowe we euer in all places most noble Felix with all thankes 4 Notwithstandyng that I be not tedious vnto thee I pray thee that thou wouldest heare vs of thy curtesie a fewe wordes 5 For we haue founde this man a pestilent felowe and a mouer of debate vnto all the Iewes in the whole worlde and a maynteyner of the sect of the Nazarites 6 And hath gone about to pollute the temple Whom we toke and woulde haue iudged accordyng to our lawe 7 But the hye captayne Lysias came vpon vs and with great violence toke hym away out of our handes 8 Commaundyng his accusers to come vnto thee Of whom thou mayest yf thou wilt enquire knowe the certayntie of all these thynges wherof we accuse hym 9 And the Iewes lykewyse affirmed saying that these thynges were so 10 Thē Paul after that the deputie hym selfe had beckened vnto hym that he shoulde speake aunswered With a more quiet mynde do I aunswere for my selfe forasmuch as I vnderstande that thou haste ben of many yeres a iudge vnto this nation 11 Because that thou mayest knowe that there are yet but twelue dayes sence I went vp to Hierusalem for to worshyp 12 And they neither founde me in the temple disputyng with any man either raysyng vp the people neither in the synagogues nor in the citie Neither can they proue the thynges wherof they accuse me 14 But this I confesse vnto thee that after the way which they call heresie so worship I the God of my fathers beleuyng all thynges which are written in the lawe and the prophetes 15 And haue hope towardes God that * the resurrection of the dead which they them selues loke for also shal be both of the iust and vniust 16 And herein studie I to haue alway a cleare conscience toward God and toward men 17 Nowe after many yeres I came and brought almes to my nation and offerynges 18 In the which they founde me purified in the temple neither with multitude nor yet with vnquietnesse 19 Howbeit there were certayne Iewes out of Asia 20 Which ought to be here present before thee accuse me yf they had ought agaynst me 21 Or els let these same here say yf they haue founde any euyll doyng in me whyle I stande here in the counsell 22 Except it be for this one voyce that I cryed standyng among them of the resurrection from the dead am I iudged of you this day 23 And whē Felix hearde these thynges he deferred them for he knewe very well of that way and sayde When Lysias the captayne is come downe I will knowe the vtmost of your matter 24 And he commaunded an vnder captayne to kepe Paul and to let hym haue rest and that he shoulde forbyd none of his acquayntaunce to minister vnto hym or to come vnto hym 25 And after certayne dayes when Felix came with his wyfe Drusilla which was a Iewesse he called foorth Paul and hearde hym of the fayth which is towarde Christe 26 And as he reasoned of ryghteousnesse temperaunce and iudgement to come Felix trembled and aunswered Go thy way for this tyme when I haue a conuenient season I will sende for thee 27 He hoped also that money shoulde haue ben geuen hym of Paul that he myght loose hym wherfore he sent for hym the oftener and communed with hym 28 But after two yere Porcius Festus came into Felix rowme And Felix wyllyng to shewe the Iewes a pleasure left Paul bounde ¶ The .xxv. Chapter 2 The Iewes accuse Paul before Festus 8 he aunswereth for hym selfe 11 and appealeth vnto the Emperour 14 his matter is brought before Agrippa 23 and he is brought foorth 1 THen when Festus was come into the prouince after three dayes he ascended from Cesarea vnto Hierusalem 2 Then enfourmed him the hye priest and the chiefe of the Iewes of Paul And they besought hym 3 And desired fauour agaynst hym that he woulde sende for hym to Hierusalem they layde awayte in the way to kyll hym 4 But Festus aunswered that Paul shoulde be kept at Cesarea and that he him selfe woulde shortly depart thither 5 Let them therfore sayde he which among you are able come downe with vs and accuse hym yf there be any fault in this man 6 And when he had taryed among them more then ten dayes he went downe vnto Cesarea the next day sate downe in the iudgement seate and commaunded Paul to be brought 7 Who beyng come the Iewes which were come from Hierusalem stoode about hym and layde many greeuous complayntes agaynst Paul which they coulde not proue 8 Whyles he aunswered for hym selfe * that he had agaynst the lawe of the Iewes neither agaynst the temple nor yet agaynst Caesar offended any thyng at all 9 But Festus * wyllyng to do y e Iewes a pleasure aunswered Paul and sayde Wylt thou go vp to Hierusalem there be iudged of these thynges before me 10 Then said Paul I stande at Caesars iudgement seate where I ought to be iudged To the Iewes haue I no harme done as thou very wel knowest 11 For yf I had done any hurt or committed any thyng worthy of death I refuse not to dye But yf there be none of these thinges wherof they accuse me no man may delyuer me to them I appeale vnto Caesar 12 Then spake Festus with the counsell and aunswered Hast thou appealed vnto Caesar vnto Caesar shalt thou go 13 And after certayne dayes king Agrippa and Bernice came vnto Cesarea to salute Festus 14 And when they had ben there a good season Festus rehearsed Paules cause vnto the kyng saying * There is a certayne man left in bondes of Felix 15 About whom when I came to Hierusalem * the hye priestes and elders of the Iewes enfourmed me and desired to haue iudgement agaynst hym 16 To whom I aunswered It is not the maner of the Romanes for fauour to delyuer any man that he shoulde perishe before that he which is accused haue the accusers before hym and haue licence to aunswere for hymselfe concernyng the
me and I vnto the worlde 15 For in Christe Iesu neither circumcision auayleth any thing nor vncircumcision but a newe creature 16 And as many as walke accordyng to this rule peace be on them and mercie and vpon the Israel that is of God 17 From hencefoorth let no man put me to busynesse For I beare in my body the markes of the Lorde Iesus 18 Brethren the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe be with your spirite Amen The Epistle vnto the Galathians was sent from Rome ¶ The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul vnto the Ephesians ¶ The first Chapter After his salutation 4 he sheweth that the chiefe cause of their saluation standeth in the free election of God through Christe 16 he declareth his good wyll towarde them geuyng thankes praying God for their fayth 21 The maiestie of Christe 1 PAul an apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God To the saintes which are at Ephesus and to the faythfull in Christe Iesus 2 Grace be with you and peace from God our father from the Lorde Iesus Christe 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe whiche hath blessed vs in all spirituall blessyng in heauenly thynges by Christe 4 According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world that we shoulde be holy and without blame before hym through loue 5 Who hath predestinate vs into the adoption of childrē by Iesus Christ vnto hym selfe according to the good pleasure of his wyll 6 To the prayse of the glorie of his grace wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued 7 In whom we haue redemption through his blood the forgeuenesse of sinnes accordyng to the rychesse of his grace 8 Wherein he hath abounded towarde vs in all wysedome and prudence 9 And hath opened vnto vs the misterie of his wyll accordyng to his good pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe 10 That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the tymes he myght gather together in one all thinges in Christe both which are in heauen and which are in earth in hym 11 In whom also we are chosen beyng predestinate accordyng to the purpose of hym who worketh all thynges after the councell of his owne wyll 12 That we shoulde be vnto the prayse of his glorie whiche before beleued in Christe 13 In whom also ye after that ye heard the worde of trueth the Gospell of your saluation wherin also after that ye beleued were sealed with the holy spirite of promyse 14 Whiche is the earnest of our inheritaunce vnto y e redemption of the purchased possession vnto the prayse of his glorie 15 Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesus and loue vnto all the saintes 16 Ceasse not to geue thankes for you makyng mention of you in my prayers 17 That the God of our Lorde Iesus Christe the father of glorie may geue vnto you the spirite of wisdome and reuelation in the knowledge of hym 18 The eyes of your myndes beyng lightened that ye maye knowe what the hope is of his callyng and what the richesse of the glorie of his inheritaunce is in the saintes 19 And what is the exceedyng greatnesse of his power to vswarde which beleue accordyng to the workyng of his myghtie power 20 Which he wrought in Christe when he raysed hym from the dead and set him on his ryght hande in heauenly places 21 Farre aboue all rule and power and myght and dominion and euery name that is named not in this worlde only but also in the worlde to come 22 And hath put all thynges vnder his feete and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche 23 Which is his body the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all ¶ The .ij. Chapter 5 To magnifie the grace of Christe which is the only cause of saluation 11 he sheweth them what maner of people they were before their conuertiō 18 and what they are nowe in Christe 1 AND you that were dead in trespasses and sinnes 2 In the which in time passed ye walked according to the course of this worlde after the gouernour that ruleth in the ayre the spirite that nowe worketh in the chyldren of disobedience 3 Among whom we all had our conuersation also in tyme past in the lustes of our flesshe fulfyllyng the wyll of the flesshe and of the mynde were by nature the chyldren of wrath euen as other 4 But God which is ryche in mercie for his great loue wherwith he loued vs 5 Euen when we were dead by sinnes hath quickned vs together with Christ by grace are ye saued 6 And hath raysed vs vp together and made vs syt together in the heauenly in Christe Iesus 7 That in ages to come he might shew the exceedyng ryches of his grace in kyndnesse to vswarde through Christe Iesus 8 For by grace are ye made safe through fayth and that not of your selues it is the gyft of God 9 Not of workes lest any man shoulde boast hym selfe 10 For we are his workmanship created in Christe Iesus vnto good workes whiche God hath ordeyned that we shoulde walke in them 11 Wherfore remember that ye being in tyme passed gentiles in the flesshe called vncircumcision of that which is called circumcision in the flesshe made by handes 12 That at that tyme ye were without Christe beyng aliauntes from the common wealth of Israel and straungers frō the testamentes of promise hauyng no hope without God in this worlde 13 But nowe in Christe Iesus ye which sometyme were farre of are made nye by the blood of Christe 14 For he is our peace which hath made both one and hath broken downe the wall that was a stoppe betwene vs 15 Taking away in his flesshe the hatred euen the lawe of commaundementes conteyned in ordinaunces for to make of twayne one newe man in hym selfe so makyng peace 16 And that he myght reconcile both vnto God in one body through his crosse and slewe hatred thereby 17 And came and preached peace to you which were a farre of and to them that were nye 18 For through hym we both haue an entraunce in one spirite vnto the father 19 ☞ Nowe therefore ye are no more straungers and foreyners but citezins with the saintes and of the housholde of God 20 And are built vpon the foundation of the apostles and prophetes Iesus Christe hym selfe beyng the head corner stone 21 In whom all the buyldyng coupled together groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde 22 In whom ye also are buylded together for an habitation of God through the spirite ☜ ⧠The .iij. Chapter 1 He sheweth the cause of his imprisonment 13 desireth them not to faynt because of his trouble 14 and prayeth God to make them stedfast in his spirite 1 FOr this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus
Beholde also y e shippes which though they be so great and are dryuen of fierce windes yet are they turned about with a very small helme whither soeuer the violence of the gouernour wyll 5 Euen so the tongue is a litle member also boasteth great thynges Beholde how great a matter a litle fire kindleth 6 And the tongue is fyre euen a worlde of wickednesse So is the tongue set among our members that it defileth the whole body and setteth on fyre the course of nature it is set on fyre of hell 7 All the natures of beastes of byrdes and of serpentes and thynges of the sea are meeked and tamed of the nature of man 8 But the tongue can no man tame it is an vnruly euyll full of deadly poyson 9 Therwith blesse we God the father and therwith curse we men which are made after the similitude of God 10 Out of one mouth proceadeth blessing and cursing My brethren these thynges ought not so to be 11 Doth a fountayne sende foorth at one place sweete water and bitter also 12 Can the fygge tree my brethren beare oliue beries either a vine beare figges So can no fountayne geue both salt water and freshe also 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knoweledge among you let him shewe his workes out of good conuersation with mekenesse of wisdome 14 But yf ye haue bitter enuiyng strife in your hearte glorie not neither be lyers agaynst the trueth 15 For such wisdome descendeth not frō aboue but is earthlie sensuall and deuelishe 16 For where enuiyng and strife is there is sedition all maner of euyll workes 17 But the wisdome that is from aboue is first pure then peaseable gentle and easie to be entreated full of mercie and good fruites without iudgyng without simulation 18 Yea and the fruite of ryghteousnes is sowen in peace of thē that make peace ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 Hauyng shewed the cause of all wrong and wickednesse and also of all graces and goodnesse 4 he exhorteth them to loue God 7 and submit them selues to hym 11 not speakyng euyll of their neighbours 13 but patiently to depende on Gods prouidence 1 FRom whence cōmeth warre and fightyng among you come they not here hence euen of your lustes that fight in your members 2 Ye lust and haue not Ye enuie and haue indignation and can not obtayne Ye fyght and warre ye haue not because ye aske not 3 Ye aske and receaue not because ye aske amisse euen to consume it vpon your lustes 4 Ye adulterers adultresses knowe you not howe that the frendship of the world is enmitie with God Whosoeuer therfore wylbe a friende of the worlde is made the enemie of God 5 Either do ye thynke that the scripture sayth in vayne the spirite that dwelleth in vs lusteth after enuie 6 But the scripture offereth more grace and therefore sayth God resisteth the proude but geueth grace vnto y e lowlie 7 Submit your selues therfore to God but resist the deuyll and he wyll flee from you 8 Drawe nye to God and he wyll drawe nye to you Clense your handes ye sinners and purifie your heartes ye double mynded 9 Suffer afflictions and mourne and weepe Let your laughter be turned to mournyng and your ioy to heauinesse 10 Humble your selues in the sight of the Lorde and he shall lyft you vp 11 Backbite not one another brethren He that backbiteth his brother and he that iudgeth his brother backbiteth y e lawe and iudgeth the lawe But and yf thou iudge the lawe thou art not an obseruer of the lawe but a iudge 12 There is one lawe geuer which is able to saue and to destroy What art thou that iudgest another 13 Go to nowe ye that say to day and to morowe let vs go into such a citie and continue there a yere and bye and sell and wynne 14 And yet can not ye tel what shall happen on the morowe For what thyng is your lyfe It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle tyme and then he vanisheth away 15 For that ye ought to say If the Lorde wyll and yf we lyue let vs do this or that 16 But now ye reioyce in your boastinges All such reioycyng is euyll 17 Therfore to hym that knoweth howe to do good and doth it not to hym it is sinne The .v. Chapter 2 He threatneth the wicked riche men 7 exhorteth vnto patience 12 to beware of swearyng 16 one to knowledge his faultes to another 20 and one to labour to bryng another to the trueth 1 GO to nowe ye riche men weepe and howle on your wretchednesse that shall come vpon you 2 Your riches is corrupt your garmentes are motheaten 3 Your golde and siluer is cankred and the rust of them shal be a witnesse agaynst you and shall eate your fleshe as it were fyre Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes 4 Beholde the hire of labourers which haue reaped downe your fieldes which hire is of you kept backe by fraude cryeth and the cryes of them which haue reaped are entred into the eares of the Lorde Sabaoth 5 Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth and ben wanton Ye haue nourisshed your heartes as in a day of slaughter 6 Ye haue condempned and kylled the iust and he hath not resisted you 7 ☞ Be patient therfore brethren vnto the commyng of the Lorde Beholde the husbandman wayteth for the precious fruite of the earth and hath long patience thervpon vntill he receaue the early and the later rayne 8 Be ye also patient therfore and settle your heartes for the commyng of the Lorde draweth nye 9 Grudge not one agaynst another brethren lest ye be dampned Beholde the iudge standeth before the doore 10 Take my brethren the prophetes for an ensample of suffering aduersitie and of patience which spake in the name of the Lorde ☜ 11 Beholde we count thē happy which endure Ye haue hearde of the patience of Iob and haue knowen what ende the Lorde made For the Lorde is very pitifull and mercifull 12 But aboue all thynges my brethren sweare not neither by heauen neither by earth neither any other othe Let your yea be yea and your nay nay lest you fall into condempnation 13 Is any among you afflicted let hym pray Is any mery let him sing psalmes 14 Is any diseased among you let hym call for the elders of the Churche and let them pray for him and annoynt him with oyle in the name of the Lorde 15 And the prayer of fayth shall saue the sicke and the Lorde shall raise him vp and yf he haue committed sinnes they shal be forgeuen hym 16 ☞ Knowledge your faultes one to another and pray one for another that ye may be healed For y e feruent prayer of a ryghteous man auayleth much 17 Elias was a man vnder infirmities euen as we are and he
not graunted hym “ That is the face of God (n) Iacob glorieth of this knowlege of God which he had by this vision (a) As yet Iacob was not certified of the prerogatiue of Iuda (b) Thus God hath the heartes of the wicked in his hande (c) This benefite of God the godly do not forget (d) A figure of the Church appeareth in Iacobs householde which was in no dignitie in respect of Esau (e) Al wealth coÌ„meth from God (f) He should not so much a feared Esaus company seyng he had experience of Gods defence (g) There is a place in Egypt which is also so named of tentes Num. xxxiii (h) It is called Sichar Iohn iiii Actes vii (i) Now God had geueÌ„ hym some restyng place therfore he confesseth his fayth by outwarde seruice Here is set foorth a very greeuous teÌ„ptation wherwith Iacob is proued (a) This vayne curiositie of this woman was greeuouslye punished “ Humbled her “ To her heart (b) This was through great griefe and not that he mynded reuengement (c) A godly father would first haue sene his sonne corrected (d) They had iust cause of anger but it passed measure (e) The fathers consent in mariage was then much set by (f) The Hebrewe worde signifieth that which was geuen to a mayde in recompence of her virginitie (g) Religion is made a pretence for them to satisfie their anger “ Or men children (h) They polute the holy signe makyng straungers without respect partakers therof (i) Common assembles and iudgementes were then in the gates of cities (k) The common sort are more perswaded with profite then honestie (l) Euyll magistrates pretende a coÌ„mon wealth and yet all is but for their owne cause (m) This light receiuing of religion at the magistrates worde without anye knowledge is sharpely punished (n) These were captaynes of the bande (o) The magistrates sinne is punished vpon all the people “ The vncleane (p) God woulde haue all men vnderstand how much he hateth all vncleannesse (q) To this excesse in punishyng they fall that folowe their owne affections “ to stincke (r) They folyshly defende such barbarous crueltie done without auctoritie vppon so many vnder godly pretence to the endaungeryng of the godly (a) God wyll continually procure y e health of his Churche as he doth Iacobs in this miserable case (b) He exhorteth his householde to repentaunce and outwarde professyng of the same (c) Thus one womans follie had poluted almost all the Churche (d) After he had pourged the Churche of the abuses he setteth vp the true worshyp appoynted by Gods worde “ Allon Bachuth (e) He confirmed his promise made vnto hym before (f) He meaneth y e twelue tribes of Israel and the congregation of the gentiles who sprang of the fayth of Iacob (g) Gods promise is as certayne as y e thyng that is done alredie God perfourmeth his worldly promise which he made by his minister Isahac to Esau but all this glorie beyng out of y e kyngdome of God commeth to naught (h) For the idolatrie thaâ— was here done it was afterwarde called Bethanen that is the house of vanitie “ Ephratha (i) God taketh away his giftes for the abuse of them “ That is the sonne of my sorowe “ That is the sonne of my ryght hande (k) Only a memoriall of her sepulchre because of the hope of resurrection (l) Thus the deuill to slaunder the whole Churche and to vexe the godly perswadeth some to horrible sinne (m) He had ben from hym nowe .43 yeres that is xxâ— in Mesopotamia .xxiii. tie in the land of Chanaan (n) It was afterwarde so called (o) Iacob was nowe a hundreth and twentie yeres olde for he was borne when Isahac was sixtie ☞ Gen. xxvi (a) His first wyfe and her father had two names Gen. xxviii (b) The scripture doth not shewe that he was Iobs friende (c) He meant not Iacobs commoditie but his owne yet God ordered his departure for the benefite of his elect (d) It is lyke that he came thence when Iacob came from Mesopotamia and now after his fathers death returned thither altogether August (e) These were her sonnes chyldren “ Or Princes (f) The dignitie also of Esaus soÌ„nes Moyses wyll set foorth (g) The Hebrue worde signifieth hym that hath a thousande vnder hym (h) These are rehearsed for the affinitie of Esau with them and that it was God that gaue Esaus posteritie victorie ouer so stout people (i) Mans vanitie can not be content with Gods distinction of beastes but inuenteth prodigious generations (k) The wicked soone come to great dignitie but sodenly it falleth away as here in Esaus sonnes Esa xxxiiii Iere. xlx “ Or of the South couÌ„trey (l) In this countrey the chyldren dyd not succeade their fathers in the kyngdome “ Or Of 〈…〉 vpon 〈◊〉 riuer (l) These women as appeareth by their names were of great fauour among the Edomites (m) Some thynke that theâ—e Dukes succeaded after y e kinges ☞ (a) The actes that were don in the familie of Iacob (b) Either of â—ther men touching theÌ„ or of them agaynst their father and Ioseph (c) He was then .91 yeres olde wheÌ„ Ioseph was borne “ Peeces (d) Malicious men gather of euery thyng matter of hate and mischiefe (e) The dreames that came froÌ„ god had singuler notes wherby they were discerned from other (f) Moyses woulde shewe howe none of these thynges came by chaunce (g) Gods graces to the godly are an occasion that the wicked hate them (h) By the chiefe of the familie the whole is meant Not that euery one shoulde do thus for his mother was dead (i) The godly care of a house holder for his men beastes (k) Manye seke brethren and finde enemies (l) Enuie and malice hauing occasion wyll end in slaughter “ Maister of dreames (m) Sinne may be hydde from the eyes of man but not of God (n) We ought not to dispaire of a man for one heynous fault “ Strike him in the soule (o) This was worse then murther before God though it was priuily done (p) They were vnsensible without any sence or conscience of sinne (q) Thus shoulde all sinners say what commoditie doth sinne bryng (r) These marchauntmeÌ„ of the Ismaelites Madianites were ioyned together in marchaundize (Å¿) One sinne bringeth forth another (t) Signes of inwarde sorowe whiche some imitate without any great griefe (v) They pretende godlynes â–ª but are farre from it (x) He refused worldlye comfort yet he was obedient to God “ Marshall or captaine of the garde or chiefe of the slaughter men or cookes Though Christ came of the image of them whose wickednesse are here sette foorth yet it derogateth no thyng from his purâ—tie honour ☞ “ Iehudah (a) The cursed ende sheweth that this mariage pleased not God (b) A towne in Palestina (c) The fathers auctoritie in the mariage of his sonne “ The word signifieth to marrye the wyfe of his brother
place where one abideth all nyght “ VVent foorth (q) He that hath coÌ„science of sinne seeth that affliction commeth from God (r) They tell here no more theÌ„ they thought made for their owne honestie and fame (Å¿) Ioseph meant not to grieue his father yet so wyse mens dedes ende otherwise then they minded (t) He was also tempted with the decay of Gods promise whiche shoulde continue in his seede that nowe dayly decayed (v) Not that he thought his father myght do so lawfully but that he would take away his fathers suspicion (x) Affection blyndeth him that he yet seeth not wheâ— is best to be done (a) This was in y e ende of the seconde yere of dearth (b) Moyses leaueth out much perticuler talke that Ioseph had (c) Meanyng though they hated their brother yet they shoulde haue pitied hym “ Of vs. “ Mouth “ Or chydren (d) He would purge himselfe and his brethren of the suspition their father had of them and doth not warrant hym selfe of the successe “ Of the prayse of the lande (e) This thing had proued well with hym before Gen. xxxii (f) Wisdome and equitie in Iacob (g) Iacob doth al things necessarie yet resteth vppon God only in a matter betwixt man and man “ Eate (h) An euyll conscience taketh all thynges suspiciouslye “ Tumble or rolle him selfe vpon vs. (i) They woulde shewe them selues innocent before they be accused (k) Ioseph instructed his owne familie in the knoweledge of God though he coulde not refourme the whole realme “ Peace (l) Thus they fulfyll Iosephes dreame which they mocke before (m) He consideryng the troubles of his father the sorowes of his mother and his owne seruitude about the tyme of Beniamins byrth spake thus “ Bowels (n) Superstition hath pride and outwarde cleanenesse folowing her with contempt of the trueth (o) The cause Moyses sheweth in the xlvi Chapter “ Man to his felowe (p) The order of their sitting caused them to maruayle “ Dronke (a) Simplicitie in dealyng is coÌ„maunded to euery man there such examples are not to be folowed whiche were done vppon some singuler motion of God “ In the which be prophecieth (b) He went not to the cuniurers for any matter but this is sayde by dissimulatioÌ„ to increase the crime (c) A good coÌ„science maketh theÌ„ bolde to excuse them selues (d) Men should be discrete wyse in defendyng their innocencie (e) This seruaunt was as cloase a dissembler as his maister “ Or do prophecie (f) Though he dyd not the thyng he shoulde not haue nourished the opinion that he so dyd “ Iustifie (g) Men in trouble without any cause knoweÌ„ ought to thynke on the secrete iudgementes of God (h) Iuda knowe the maner of men in auctorite to be loth to be spoken vnto familierlye “ As thou as Pharao (i) A wyse and vehement oration (k) As if he had ben the cause that Bâ—niamin came in to Egypt and therfore shuld be mercyfull (l) 〈…〉 lye theâ— hâ—d mâ—de 〈◊〉 of 〈…〉 So wickednesse will bewraye it selfe (m) That is whoÌ„ he loueth as his lyfe “ Tied vnto “ Or Shall sinne or he giltie of sinne (n) A token of godlynesse not to feare the blame of breakyng promise and fidelitie (o) Chyldren shoulde procure the long lyfe of their parentes (a) He would not haue the shame of their wickednesse spread abroad (b) This is not to be reprehended for the godlye haue not stony heartes (c) But a good conscience in all sodayne cases maketh men stout (d) He doth not onlye forgeue their sinne but also couereth their shame “ Or Remnaunt (e) Though God vse the wicked and turne their doynges to his purpose yet they are not excusable for their mischeuous intent (f) He doth not bragge of his glory but woulde 〈◊〉 his father by thâ—s worke of God (g) It was called afterwarde Thebaâ—da “ Goshen (h) The godly may auoyde pouertie by honest meanes (i) He spake vnto them in the Hebrewe tounge (k) The loue of brethren (l) It was a token of full reconciliation betwixt them (m) This was Gods singuler worke for the Egyptians coulde not abyde the Hebrewes (n) The kâ—nges chareties serueth the Churche of God “ Let not your eyes spare your vesselles “ Mouth (o) These were manifest tokens of his good wyl and argumentes to perswade that their report message was true (p) In common faultes when euerye man woulde excuse hym selfe there ariseth contention “ VVas loosed (q) The auctours of lyes are scarce beleued when they tell trueth (r) His loue was not decayed by space of tyme. (a) In the begynnyng of his iourney he calleth vppon God and protesteth not to leaue this fayth though he left his countrey (b) For the lande of Chanaan was as a pledge of Gods spirituall benediction therfore he was loth to leaue it (c) God woulde not haue him trust to the prouision of Ioseph or any other (d) The godlye forsake not their owne goodes rashlye to lyue vppon other mens idelly ☞ (e) He is not named in the looke of Nu. and Chro because he dyed without isshewe Nu. vi i. Chro. iiii Gen. 38. “ Chotsron “ Or Persons (f) Iacob must be counted as one of this number for he was the begynnyng head of the reste (g) Num. 26. He is named Asm (h) He semeth to haue left no familie after hym Nu. 26. (i) She is so speciallye called because he serued for her woulde haue maryed none other but that he was beguiled “ Menashsheth ☜ (k) It was of Gods special grace that in fewe yeres so smal a number grewe to such a multitude as came out of Egypt “ Or To prepare for hym in Gosen (l) His dignitie letteth him not froÌ„ doyng his duetie to his father (m) He wyll do nothyng as of priuate affectioÌ„ though his auctoritie was great (n) Ioseph is not ashamed of the basenes of his kinrede (o) This pryde of the enemie made for the better vnityng of the Churche and other commodities “ Of the extreme partes (a) A fitte question for a magistrate to aske (b) The godlye are not ashamed of the basenesse of their occupation so it be lawfull (c) It was in the confines of the lande of Chanaan and 〈…〉 and in the extreme partes of Egypt (d) That is wisheth hym health from God with thankes for his benefites “ The dayes of the yeres of thy lyfe (e) He doth not complaine of his dayes but prayseth God for his goodnes towardes his fathers (f) Whiche was a citie of Gosen (g) That is he prouided for them all from the least to the most (g) God prouideth for his when moste fruitfull lands want (h) The kinges money and treasure is sincerelye handled (i) Ioseph is not to be condempned of crueltie for he was but another mans officer herein and they had to paye (k) God punished the delicate pryde of this people by this extreme hunger (l) This was a token
prouideÌ„ce of God (m) For God otherwayes then they hoped professed hym selfe to be their deliuerer (n) This was trueth though God declared not to the tirant farther of his councell “ Or But by a strong hande (o) God can turne y e hartes of the moste cruel enimies “ Vessels (p) This was no sinne in them which had a speciall commaundement thereof by God who hath the orderyng of all mens goodes (a) Though Moâ—ses conâ—ed not Gods â—lling yet 〈◊〉 thereof troubled him much “ Or sâ—beardes staffe (b) Hereby he was assured that he should be fearful to others though he was but contemptible in the world (c) Auctoritie geueÌ„ to Moyses to worke the like signes (d) God sheweth howe he wyll restore Moyses and the people to their olde dignitie (e) They myght learne that it was in Gods hand to turne all the commodities of the Egyptians to their owne destruction (f) God choseth instrumentes of his glorie otherwyse then man (g) God wyll graunt sufficient meanes to y e ende which he commaundeth (h) God woulde haue his voyce obeyed “ Of Leui. “ Or he shal be the interpretour and thou shalt be his guyde (i) Two vertues in a gouernour wisdome and eloquence “ Seeke thy soule (k) Which he caryed not to rule his shepe but to other vses nowe appoynted by God (l) Moyses shoulde not geue ouer though Pharao yelded not at the begynnyng (m) God can not beare to be depriued of his worshippe for mans sake as Moyses dyd in not circumcising his chylde (n) That is the Lord that woulde haue kylled hym (o) God hereby commendeth the ministerie of man (p) It was such a beliefe as tribulation afterwarde consumed awaye “ VVorshippe God solemely (a) This superstitious tiranne wyll not be accounted to worship false Gods “ Or VVe worship the God of the Hebrues (b) He that dyd let them from the true worshippe of God shoulde much more be punished (c) The godly ought not to be offended yf afflictions encrease when god beginneth to deliuer theÌ„ (d) The true worshippe of God is called of the wicked vanitie (e) This intollerable laboure was layde on the people that they myght dryue awaye Moyses and Aaron (f) In this tiranne there is neither mercie nor humanitie “ Or They deale euill with thy people (g) Idlenesse is layde to their charge that are oppressed with labour They misiâ—dgâ—ng gods 〈◊〉 by the 〈◊〉 sucâ— become vnthâ—nkefull to men and iniurious to God “ â—ncke (i) Moyses in the 〈◊〉 appeareth in y t he is weary of his vocation and comâ—neth of Gods slowenesse in delyueryng his people Moyses â—ste is gently blamed (b) By this name of his substaunce God declareth that he is the perfourmer of his promise and so wylbe (c) The greater knowledge lyght this people had the redier shoulde they haue obeyed (d) As the couenauÌ„t was of Gods free grace so also was this redemption (e) The ende of their deliueraunce was in the continuaunce of Gods grace (f) That they myght knowe howe his power ouercommeth all letteâ—s and â—ppes g It is daungerous in affliction not to heare Gods promises “ Or which haue an impediment in my speache or rude (h) It appeareth that this redemption came altogether of Gods mercie seyng that Moyses was vnwyllyng the people carelesse “ Or He should let go ☜ (i) Ruben Simeon beyng elder then Leui are rehearsed that hereby he might speake of Leui more commodiously (k) It was necessarie to be knowen y t the minister of this redemption was of Abrahams stocke (l) Moyses glorieth not in his kinrede who was borne of vnlawfull maryage (m) Aarons wyfe was of the tribe of Iuda (n) It was gods singuler worke that they shoulde leade out such great armies “ Or carie “ Myght let go (o) God not only in the desert of Madian but also in Egypt spake to Moyses ☞ (a) God communicateth his auctoritie and power with his ministers (b) God was no cause of Pharaos sinne though he executed this iust iugdement vpon hym (c) True obedience to do only y t which God willeth to be done (d) The prayse was Gods who by fearefull olde men wrought so meruelously (e) The deuyl to robbe God of his glorie geueth his seruauÌ„tes goodly titles “ Made heauie or burthened (f) The wicked that are not moued with Gods threates are inexcusable “ Or Stinâ— (g) The corruption of the most necessary meane of lyfe shoulde haue taught them to obey God (h) The waters wherein the Israelites chyldren were drowned are nowe turned to the Egyptians sorowe The firste plague They shoulde 〈◊〉 knowen gâ—ds hande in that thyng wherin lay their wealth and safetie (k) The faithfull ouercame this temptation through gods worde confirmed by a heauenly vision (l) Gods workes are not lyghtly to be considered (m) These circumstauÌ„ces declare that this was no vayne illusion (a) An ignominius punishment vppon the contemners of God (b) God can arme his creatures at his wyll agaynst the wicked The second plague (c) Thus God wyll exercise his seruauntes with aduersaries to their triall (d) Hypocrites feared with Gods iudgement pretend a certayde repentaunce (e) He is wylled to forsake his arrogancie and reioyce in the mercie of god which he shuld attayne by the prayer of gods seruauntes (f) He meaneth not the differyng of Moyses prayer but to haue respite that nyght for the peoples deliuerie (g) The wicked are deliuered from temporall punishment by the prayer of the faythfull “ Stanke (h) God most easilye ouerthroweth the strength of man The thirde plague (i) The smallest beastes haue strength inough to hurt beyng armed by God “ wrought (k) Satans ministers shal be confounded when God hath proued the fayth of his seruauntes (l) They woulde not seeme ouercome of any man therfore they confesse Gods power agaynst themselues (m) God woulde haue al this matter done publikly “ Swarmes of flees “ Or Separate (n) Benefites and plagues are in Gods onlye hande wherein the false Gods can do nothyng “ Redemption (o) God graunteth a tyme of repentaunce (p) This miracle was wrought without the meanes of the rodde The fourth plague (q) This compelled obedience robbeth god of a great part of his honour who should not in one part of the Realme but in the whole haue ben truely worshipped (r) The true worshippyng of God ought not to be made a laughyng stocke to the gentiles (Å¿) Gods wyll in his worshippyng is onely to be folowed (t) The wicked in their necessitie pretende great religion (v) Moyses constantly rebukâ—th the kyng of his lyes (x) Moyses by Gods speciall motion promised the kynges the relaxation of his punishment (y) For all Gods punishmentes he yet remayned rebellious agaynst God (a) The morren of cattell commeth of the iust iudgement of God and not of other causes (b) He was abstinate in his malice y t no tyme could bryng to repentaunce (c) This speache signifieth a very
from another â–ª mans good And here all auarice and vnlawful gaynes is disproued (v) Herein cauilles wrong accusations briefly all false language to our neyghbours hynderaunce is excluded (x) There be three degrees in trespassing to be considered the appetite or inclination to euyll the consent the acte full execution of the consent These two latter pertaineth to the former preceptes The first that is naughtie appetite in this place is condempned (y) God gaue his commaundementes in open sight y t no offender myght be excused (z) This terrour that agasted the people declareth the office of the lawe which our weaknes considered can do nothyng but touche vs with extreame horrour and dryue vs to seeke that in Christe whiche we want in our selues (aa) Herein therfore God beareth with our fraylenes that seyng we cannot abyde to heare hym our selues vseth the ministerie of man for a meane to testifie vnto vs his wyll (bb) For nothyng so much frayeth vs from sinne â–ª as a true and inwarde feelyng of Gods mercie (cc) When we once throughlye taste what God is we can moderate our selues of our owne accorde (dd) This thicke clâ—ude declareth the incomprehensible maiestie of God which Moyses enteryng sawe God after a sort yet not in his bare essence (ee) This is sayd that they myght be attentiue to Gods word not imagine of hym after any earthlye maner as appeareth Deut. 4. and by that that is inferred herevpon (ff) They theÌ„ that erect images ioynt other gods in felowshyp w t the almightie For the scripture after the phrase of the people calleth images Gods (gg) Whyles the Israelites were on their way God woulde haue one aulter in one place that â—yght quickly decay or he destroyed lest many aulters myght haue caused many religions and beyng left to other it myght haue brought superstition (hh) With holynesse and deuotion the chiefest thyng in Gods seruice honestie and comlynesse must be ioyned “ Or filthines (a) That is the sixt particion of this booke after the Hebrues called the iudiciall part that is orders taken for the dissoluyng of controuersies Deut. xv (b) Albeit God made this lawe for defence of libertie yet so would he haue it kept that the maister myght not be endammaged for we muste not do good to one with anothers harme (c) This might be done for two causes first leâ—t y e maisters shuld reteyne their seruauntes at their owne pleasure and that all men myght knowe that they continued bondemen of their owne accorde Secondly that many takyng bondage in good parte myght feare the lyke reproche and the more set by their libertie (d) The word in Hebrue doth not alwayes sound perpetuitie sometyme it is takeÌ„ for a long continuaunce for in this case they were neuer set free tyll the yere of Iubile which was a tyme of generall pardon (e) He speaketh of the lothsomenesse that folowed the satisfiyng of his lustes (f) That is if he neyther marry to hym self nor to his sonne nor let her redeeme her self out of bondage (g) Hauyng spoken of bondage he entreateth of murder the penaltie therof and of certayne other trespasses punishable by death * Sanctuary appoynted for place of refuge “ Dye the death * Of harme done by occasion of braules “ Or his neyghbour (h) In these ciuill lawes we muste not seeke for absolute perfectioÌ„ whiche God tempered accordyng to the rudenesse of y e people amongest whom many thinges were to be winked at for the tyme. (i) The execution hereof perteyneth to magistrates For priuate wreche is forbidden Math. v. (k) They that can not rule seruauÌ„tes with moderatioÌ„ as thought vnworthy of them must let them go free “ Pushe or smyte with his borne Gene. ix (l) So God woulde do vs to vnderstand how heynous a matter it is for any man to annoy his image (a) PunyshmeÌ„t ordayned for theeues (b) A kinde of theeues farre worse then the â—est for they ioynâ— fraude with violence wherefore slaughter oftentymes and muche inconuenience doth ensue therfore yf they breake vp by nyght it is lawfull to kill them but in the day tyme it is otherwise (c) Yf ought be lost by fire negligentlye loked to it must be made good * A law for thinges left in custodie (d) That is whether he haue stolen it (e) Before he spake of thynges lyuelesse left in one skepyng now of thynges that beare lyfe (f) Because of falshod to pretend stealyng it would not serue in this case and it was rather decreed touchyng lyuyng thynges then thynges liuelesse for that y e more part of theyr goodes standyng in cattell they wer compelled oftentymes to commit them one to anothers kepyng (g) For yf the owner be present he can loke to his owne good but in his absence he trusteth to the borower that manie tymes doeth abuse hym (h) This was a ciuill satisfactioÌ„ for the safegarde of the maydeÌ„s honestie in respect whereof Deut 2. he can not leaue her for his lyfe tyme. But though for the hardnesse of theyr heartes this punishment then suffised in so rude a state yet this neyther minisheth the fault nor the puniment thereof â–ª before God (i) Hereby we see what authoritie the parentes haue in the bestowing of theyr daughter whoÌ„ it were no reason to take hym for theyr sonne in lawe agaynst theyr willes that had wrought theÌ„ so great a villanie (k) The worde in Hebrewe signifieth a witch a sorcerer or an inchaunter or any that by deuilishe meanes hurteth eyther cattall corne or men (l) And here also the word signifieth not bare kyllyng but cursing bannyng for the more detestation therof (m) For the sacrifisyng to false gods is the denying of one true God * Vsurie forbidden (n) Vnder the name of raymeÌ„t is coÌ„teyned anye thing necessarie for the bodie whiche he can not well be without (o) A priuate man may reprehende the magistrate so it be done with modestie but without rebukes railing and euil speakyng both for auoydyng disorder and consideryng whose person he representeth “ Or iudgeâ— (p) By this ceremonie they were taught that all thinges the vse wherof is prophane otherwyse ought to be halowed offred vnto God as the geuer of al thinges that we haue Now this ceremonie being taken awaye yet this lawe must be kept of our partes in offering and geuyng to Gods lyuely image the poore (q) By this lawe which was ceremoniall and for a tyme they were taught howe farre they ought to be from an heathenishe and prophane conuersation (a) For they y t gladly heare naughtie tales wylbe also as redy to spread them wherof neither y e one nor the other is godly (b) That is thou shalt not conspire with y e wycked â–ª c. or swear with them for the Iewes take â—oâ—th but they lay theyr hande vpoÌ„ the booke of y e law “ Aunswere (c) Truth of y e matter not respect of any person is to be esteemed in
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
that they should lose the victorie “ Heb. blesse him (h) Who willed thee to obey him and reâ— vpon his worde (i) That is Dauid (k) And went to his citie Ramah (l) To declare that the victorie came only of God (a) This facte of Ionathan is singuler and done in faith by the instinction of Gods spirite and therfore not to be folowed by the discipline of warre (b) For the priesthod was not yet taken away from y e house of Eli but continued vntill the time of Zadok Or None can let the 〈◊〉 (c) This he learned neyther at diuiners nor soothsayers â–ª but at the spirite of God conferming his fayth by signes prescribed by the same spirite (d) That they spake contemtuously and by derision (e) Because of the steepnes of the rocke where they did clime vp (f) It is an hyperbolicall speache wherby is signified that the feare which God sent vpon the hoaste of the 〈…〉 â–ª (g) By whiche is meant the Ephod which was set vp with the arke which y e priest should put on to aske counsel and to tell of thinges to come Num. 27 d. (h) Let the Ephod alone for I haue no leysure nowe to aske councell of God Iud. vii f. (i) Such was his hypocrisie and arrogancie that he thought to attribute to his pollicie that whiche God had geuen by the hande of Ionathan (k) That is the curse appoynted of Saul and the punyshment for breakyng the oth (l) Whiche afore were dym for â—ecrynes and hunger “ Or weery (m) By making this cruel lawe (n) That the blood of the beastes that shal be slayne may be pressed out vpon it Or of that stone he began to buylde an aulter (o) To aske councell of hym “ Hebr. corner (p) That is cause the loe to fall on hym that hath broken the oth (q) For so smal a matter not considring what great saluation God hath wrought by me this day (r) As the Lord had coÌ„maunded Deut. 25. d. (s) Called also Abinadab Chap. 31. a. (t) Whiche was the wyfe of Dauid i. Reg ix a. (v) As Samuel had forewarned Chapt. 8. c. i. Reg. ix c. (a) Because he hath preferred thee to this honour thou art bound to obey hym Exo. xvii d. Nu. xxiiii d b) That this myght be an example of Gods vengeaunce against them that deale cruelly with his people i. Reg. ix c. “ Or fought in the valley (c) Whiche were the posteritie of Iethro Moses father in lawe (d) He reioysed for the prosperous successe of Israel and gaue them good counsel Exo. xviii c. Nu. xxiiii b (e) Agaynst the commauÌ„dement of god by Samuel Gene. vi c. (f) There to offer vp sacrifice for the victorie gotten (g) This is the maner of hypocrites â— when they folowe their owne deuises to say they haue fulfilled gods commaundemeÌ„ts (h) Acknowleging thy selfe to be of the leaste tribe of Israel and of the leaste familie of the tribe of Beniamin (i) God hateth nothing more then tâ— disobedience of his commaundement though them tent sâ—me neuer so good to man Exod. xxii â— (k) This was not true repentaunce but dissimulation fearing the losse of his kingdomâ— (l) That is to Dauid (m) Meaning God who maintaineth and defendeth his (n) Other because he had good hope of continuance of lyfe or for that he was mortified and redy to die i. Reg. vii d. (o) Though Saul came where Samuel was Chap. xx â— (a) Gods wil ought to be a sufficient cause of comfort vnto vs in all afflictions â—cknowledging that he doth all thinges for the best (b) A weake fraile 〈◊〉 was vsed in the annointing of Saul but noâ— an borne whereby may be signified the strength and continâ—aunce of the kingdome of Dauid (c) That is to make a peace offering which might be done though the arke was not there d Here is fulfilled the prophesie of Iacob for the 〈…〉 to begin the 〈◊〉 of Iâ—h 〈◊〉 c. b. Fearâ—ng but some greeâ—s crime had ben to comâ—tted and 〈◊〉 â—ye â—she the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 xi d. (f) Thinking that Eliab had ben appoynted of God to be made king (g) The shephard of the sheepe is takeÌ„ to be made shephard of Israel Gene 39 b. (k) For he came at his fathers commaundemeÌ„t and was also moued by Gods spirit to take that enterprise against Goliah (l) Dauid about to performe y e work of God and motion of his spirit is temted by the ministers of Sathan the enuye of his brother and the infidelitie of Saul Iud xiiii b. (m) For by these examples he saw that the power of God was with him (n) As the weapon that he coulde best handle (o) So that he was terrible not onely by stature strength and armour But also by rayling cursing and threatening wordes (p) His faith is so constant that neither friend nor for is able to make him doubt of the victory that Gods spirite had assured him of Eccle. xvii a Iud. vii f. Or house at BethleheÌ„ 1 Re. xiiii g (q) This he â—eth eyther for that he would nowe know further of his kinne theÌ„ he did before â–ª Or for that he had forgot him (a) His affection was fully â—ent toward him (b) That is he prospered in all his doinges (c) To witte Goliath (d) In their songes (e) Dauid receiueth for his vertues and good quaâ— of Ioâ—than loue freâ—ndship of Saul hatred and disrâ—re there be in the 〈◊〉 â—o◠〈◊〉 then Ionathans (f) By abuse of the worde they are some tyme sayde to prophecie which as mad men speake thinges that haue neyther sense nor reason in them (g) Not for his prefermeÌ„t whiche he â—nâ—ed but vpon hope of that destruction that warre is wont to bring to many (h) Diâ— atching his â—nsines wisely both in warre and peace (i) To whom she bâ—re seuen sonnes which Dauid put to death at the reâ—uest of the Gebionites 1. Samu. 11. (k) Meaning that he was not able to endow his wyfe with riches acâ—ordyngly (l) Because he thought hym selfe able to compasse the kynges request m) Meaning Dauid his souldyers ii Reg iii. c. (n) Least he would depriue him of his kingdome (a) He layeth aâ—de hypocrisâ—e nowe bursteth out to open crueltie Reg. 18 a. “ An Hebrue phrase whereby is meant he put his lyfe in daunger (b) Beyng perswaded pacified for the tyme by Ionathans oration (c) That is he serued hym Iosu ii c. Act ix d. e Herein doyng the dutie of a faythfull wyfe toward her husband (f) It was a scoole where gods law was studied and taught neare to Rama (g) For he was their teacher and ruler of that scoole (h They song psalmes with the prophetes and praysed God leauing of to seke after Dauid (i) That Dauid might the better by that meanes escape his handes “ Heb. Reueale it in myne eare a That is I am in great daunger of death “ Heb. sayth (b) And therfore a solemne feast and solemne sacrifices belonging therto Num. 28. b.
and of the Romanes as God doth mightyly so doth he iustly (i) That is he shall bring to light that which lay in darkenesse (k) That is in the sight of all men (l) Through their cruell and vnmercifull handling of them (m) Elihu doth not wishe to Iob any euill but desireth God that he may acknowledge â–ª his offence which can not be brought to passe but by affliction Or vnto the ende (a) Iob holding his â—peâ—ce Elihu went on in his talke (b) To such as are lyke to thee in obstenacie not leauing thy great errour (c) If the cloudes are higher then thou how much more is God excelling thee in all (d) It doth nothing aduauntage God whether we be good or euill for he nedeth not mans helpe he is most mightie his maiestie is most glorious e As though he would say â–ª if we do good it is our owne if we do eâ—ill it is ours also (f) Iob saide before that God seemed not to haue care of mortal thinges by proofe because that the wicked are in prosperitie and the godly are afflicted But Elihu â—efelleth that saying the cause of their plague is for that they call not to God nor pray nor trust in him Or songes (g) That is God heareth them not because they pray not hartyly to him in faith (h) For if God should plague Iob according to his desert he were not able to speakeâ— but because God is to fauourable Iob speaketh so vnwysely (a) And therfore credit my sayinges for I come to pleade for gods cause (b) And therfore he wyll not destroy the iust the wyse and the godly seeing they are there in lyke vnto him (c) So God doth exalt the godly they that loue him (d) If he shal plague the righteous he wyll declare the cause of the same (e) Hypocrites that confesse God in their mouthes and not in their heartes wyll not acknowledge their offence and so runne into deliveration and confusion Or youthfulnes “ Or oâ—en their eare (f) Thou hast aâ—owed the counsaâ—le of the wicked and sayd aside the counsaile of God as vniust (g) Meaning thou shalt be in paines which can not be releassed for any price (h) That is do not wickedly wayting a time to do euill as the robbers in the night or muse not when thou art solitarie in the night why some people do perishe and some do not for therein thou offendest because it be longeth to the secrecie of gods maiestie (i) What law maker then is more iust then he for he gaue the holy and immaculate law who durst then to call him vniust (k) For he is God from euerlasting without beginning or ending (l) Gods maiestie is wonderfulâ—ie declared in his creatures That is 〈◊〉 Gods wonderfull creatures â–ª as the thunder and such lyke As though he would say the thunder is the dreadfull voyce of God (c) Which workes are as it were a confirmation of gods maiestie for assoone as the thunder commeth they 〈◊〉 for feare wherein they sâ—ewe their owne weakenes and do witnesse a maiestie of God on hye Not onely man â–ª but beastes also are witnesses of gods power and maiestie â–ª wheÌ„ they runne to their dennes for feâ—â—e of the thunder e Meaning the windes which are called the breath of God which as they blow whet or colde so they fâ—â—le or thâ—â—we the waters making them lesser and greater (f) That is to gather vâ—pours froÌ„ the earth and to powre them bowne at gods pleasure to the watâ—â—ng of the same g That is he scattereth the cloudes abroade with me lightnings that are meâ—â—red in them (h) Gods creatures are al at his booke to do his pleasure either to plague any â—ande of his or to do good vnto any T◠〈…〉 â—ning (k) For the clearenes or brightnes 〈◊〉 them l That 〈◊〉 of 〈…〉 〈◊〉 â—â—ing to 〈…〉 a To shewe his maiestie and to enstruct Iob before whom he spake b That speaketh s◠〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 surely c That is 〈…〉 (d) 〈…〉 by this that if he could not conceaue gods wonderfull workes much lesse his vnsearchable wysdome (e) That is compassed the earth with his bondes (f) Meaning the handes of God which holde vp as a pyller the heauens and the earth that it falleth not That is 〈…〉 the 〈…〉 or the 〈…〉 (h) That is who aâ—ter the creation shut vp the feas within their limits â—s with doores â–ª (i) As though the hâ—ge seâ—s were but a weake childe in gods hand to rule at hâ—s pleasure “ Or winges (k) Though the vngodly trust in their estate to endure long yet they shal be as weake as clay and as a garment shall soone perishe “ Or the high arme (l) A iudge ought to be skilfull in the cause that he iudgeth but seeing thou knowest none of these thinges that are visible why wylt thou presume to iudge of thinges inuisible “ Or bottome (m) No man 〈◊〉 go in the 〈◊〉 where 〈◊〉 â—â—owe is gendred 〈…〉 lesse may Iob clyme vp to heauen to know gods secretes (n) Meaning God is the creator and maker of all thinges “ Or stost of the heauen “ Or Some reade hard (o) The influence “ Or bottels (p) For so groweth the earth by the want of rayne (q) After he had shewed his marueâ—les aboue he commeth to the earthly creatures as though God would say the thinges on the cloudes are vnknowâ— to thee yea euen thinges on earth thou durst not do how much lesse then durst thou to reache to gods secret wysdome a He châ—â—teâ—â— reciteth these beastes for they bring foorth their younglinges with greatest â—â—ine (b) Some reâ—de â–ª salâ— places meaning barraine grounde c For the wâ—lde asâ—e is of all beastes most vnâ—ameable If thou canst not rule the vnicorne canst thou know gods secretes â–ª or appoynt him to do thy wil Or seede 〈…〉 when the hath 〈…〉 her egges hydeth them in the 〈…〉 the â—â—eatâ— oâ— the sâ—nne the young are brought forth but â—he 〈…〉 the egges â—s carelesse forgetting thâ— place where she 〈…〉 and 〈◊〉 her labour is 〈◊〉 To be 〈…〉 her 〈◊〉 Elias in 〈◊〉 creatures â–ª the glory of gods maieâ—â—â— is declared Or ha ha (h) That is free into the regions that are wâ—â—t when colde commeth Here Iob confesseth his offence and durst not speake for when God doth reprehend who can aunswere Meaning that for a man to accompt hâ—m selfe iust is to accuse God for vniust Or arme (c) Which no man is able to do for these thinges are onely pertayning to God That is cause them to dye if it lye in the power (e) Which God can onely dâ— and therefore trusting 〈◊〉 thyne owne strength â–ª thou â—omparest with God (f) The Hebrâ—es â—ay 〈◊〉 â—hemoth sign fâ—eth an â—â—â—hant so 〈◊〉 â—or his â—â—genesse by the which â—ay be vnâ—â—â— the 〈◊〉 (g) Meaning he is inuisible amongst men yet God can bruse him (h) Leuiathan is a whale â–ª “ Or angle (i) For it is daungerous to trust Satan in
by fewe numbers nowe one and then one but altogether as fast as we can as water runneth (a) Gotten spent with muche labour and sorrowe (b) God prouideth for his chyldren taking no more care in their laboures then when they be a slepe Or els God geueth to his chyldreÌ„ such a felicitie in deede as other onlye dreame of in their sleepe “ Cordes “ Myne eyes be not loâ—tâ—e Morning prayer (a) We thought it shoulde be at Bethlehem but thou appoyntedst it to be at Hierusalem in a barren groundâ— (b) Good conuersation and doctrine whereby they saue them selues and other “ Handes of holynes “ From man vnto beast Euenyng prayer “ For. A certaine image of God appeareth in those that excell in vertue aucthoritie religion for which causes they be called gods “ All flesh “ Babel (a) Of Babylon (a) When it was visited and destroyed “ Confesse (a) Men in aucthoritie in whom a certaine image of God appeareth Morning prayer (a) I am the worke of thine hande (b) If I 〈◊〉 so fâ—st â—s the surr◠〈…〉 Myne inward affectes cogitations “ In the lowest places of the earth (d) So soone as I was conceaued “ Companions God is accompanied with nothyng els saue only with his wisdome counsayle and prouidence e I thinke of thy workes cogitations prouidence “ VVith a perfect hatred (f) Cause me to dye for the way of all men is to dye euen from the begynnyng of the worlde (a) A man of iniuries (b) A man of iniuries “ VVorkes of wickednesse (a) Let me not be seduced by prosperitie as they be “ The handes of a rocke “ The handes of a snare Euenyng prayer Mornyng prayer “ Vnto vanitie “ Saluation () A psalme conteynyng the praâ—se of God â–ª made by Dauid “ In their tyme. (a) Vnfaynedly without hypocrisie “ Croked Euenyng prayer “ The fat “ The heauens of heauens “ His prayse shoulde be “ The godly disposed (a) In the firmament Gods power appeareth Ioâ— 28. b. Eccle 1. c. Psal cxvi b. Prou. ix c. “ Or instruction “ Or leade thee out of the way Psal 24. a. Psa xiiii a. Pro. viii a Esay lxv b. Iere. vii a. Pro. ii a Iacob i. a. Eccle 1. a. and .vii. c. iii. Reg iii. b and â–ª iiii d. Prou v. a. and .vii. a Deut xi a. Esai v. c. Rom xii c. (a) That is the whole bodye Tobi iiii b. Deu. xxvi a Mala. iiii b Exo xxiii c Exod 34. â— Hebr. xâ— b Apâ—â— Prâ—u 〈…〉 Gen. ii b. Prou 〈…〉 Prou i a. “ Or secrete Deut. vi b. xâ— c.xxxii g Deu. xxvi d Psal i. a. and .xxvii. a Deut. vi b. and .xi. c. Deut. v. d. and .xxvii. d “ Or knowledge Prou ii b. and .vi. a. (a) Content thy selfe with thyne owne wyfe and desire not other 〈…〉 34â— Or instruction Prou. xvi e. and .xx. c. Or snared Or neighbour Prou. xiii d. Prou. xxiiii Prou. xii c. Psal xiiii a. Prou i. a. Psal cxix d Prou. v. a. and .vii. a. Sâ—p xxii a. Deut. vi b. and .xi. a. Prou. ii b. and .xi. a. Eccle. ix a. Prou. i. â— Prou. iii. d. Deu. xviii d Sap. vi a. Luke xi b. Sap. ix b. Eccle. 24. b. Sap. ix b. Gene. i. d. Iob xxvi a. and 37 a. Psal ciiii b. “ Or as a nourisher Iob. 28 b. Psal cxâ— b. Prou. 1 a. Eccle. i. â— Prou xv c. Prou. xi a. Eccle. v. b. Psal 34. b. Psal cxii ◠“ Or commaundementes Psal xxiii a Eccle. 27. d. i. Pet. iiii b. i. Cor. xiii b Prou. xi b. “ Or an innocent tongue is a noble treasure Psa xxvii a Eccle. xi b. Psal cxxv a Psal 37. c. “ Or perishe Prou. xvi b. Prou. x. a. Eccle. v. b. Sap. v. b. Or of wicked men Prou 14. d. Prou. x. c. 2 Reg. 12. a. “ Or fall Prou. vi a. (a) That is such as be of a stout courage and can abide labour Psal 37. c. Although they agree liue in felowshyp together to withstâ—nde punishment yet they shall not escape “ Or is altogether good ii Cor. ix â–ª b. c He that dealeth charitably shal be charitably dealt with Psal i. a. Iere. xviâ— b. Or â—elleth it Psal i. a. Iere. xvii b. Psal i. a. Iere. xvii b. (d) He shal be poore needy i. Pet. iiii d. “ Or be punished “ Or vertuous “ Or counsayles Psal 37. c. Eccle. x d. (a) So behaue thee that other men may rather prayse thee then thou thy selfe Eccle â—x d. “ Or vayne thynges Prou. xv b. â—â—cle 3â— c. i Tim. vi b. Hebr. xiii a. Psal 37. b. Prou. xi c. (a) They that are riche haue many commodities in this world As in warre pestilence and time of dearth they haue wherwithall to helpe them selues Pro. xiiii c. Iob. xxvii c (b) Because they haue litle grounde and bestow labour to tyll it well Eccle. xxx a Heb xii b. psal 34. b. (a) He beateth and woundeth all men with his slaunderous tongue sparyng neither freende nor kinsman Or mocke 〈…〉 lv b. Pâ—â— xâ—â—â— Proâ— xi b. Mâ—t. xxv d Or fooles Or sinne is a shâ—me to the nations Or doth hym shaâ—e Prou xxv c Or 〈◊〉 Or 〈◊〉 Prou xxi d Eccle 34. c. Esai 66. a. Eccle. 30. e. “ Or are knowen to the Lorde Sapâ— ii c. Prou. xiâ— b. “ Or euyll “ Or mery Psal 37. b. â— Tim. vi b. Prou. xv a. “ Or appeaseth “ Or ioy is to a man in the aunswere of his mouth “ Or leadeth vnto heauen (a) The chearfulnesse of the countenaunce gladdeth other men Pro. xxi a. Psal 33. b. Or wayeth Psal â–ª 3â— a. Prou. xix â— Prou xi ◠“ Or it is an abhomination when kynges are wicked Or right thynges Prou viii a. Psal ii b. Prox. xiâ— â–ª â— Deut. xii â— Esai â–ª lv b. Or the labouryng soule trauayleth for it selfe â–ª for his mouth constrayneth hym vnto it Eccle x. d. “ Or and shall deuide the heritage among the brethren Sâ—pâ— iii. â— 1 Pet. 1. b. Prou. xiiii d â—b xxx â— (a) Gyftes blyndeth the eyes of the wise and peruerteth the wordes of the ryghteous Deut. xvi d. i Reg â–ª xâ— â–ª 〈◊〉 xii b. 〈◊〉 v b. Pro. xi a. Prou. xii d. Or causeth good health (a) That is priuilie Eccle. ii c. Prou. xix b “ Or a bitternesse to her that bare him Iacob i. b. “ Or colde Iob. xiii a. Pro. xxiii c “ Or of a tale bearer Eccle. xi b. Or power Pâ— xxiiii â— Prou. 28. a. Deu. xix a. “ Or liberall men shal want no frendes Prou 28. d. Psal â—33 a. Pro. xvii b. Pro. xvii d. Pro. xvii b. Pro. xvii d. Pro. xviii d. “ Or he wyll pay hym agayne Pro. xvi b. “ Or euyll Pro. xxvi b Prou. xxi a “ Or robbeth “ Or couereth Or who so is deceaued by it Or sinneth Psal 137. f. iii. Re. viii c. Prou. ix
sense but by the worde and spirite of God Or of the children of men 〈…〉 v. b. Or praised (a) He speaketh here accordyng to the iudgement of y e fleshe which can not well abyde persecution and trouble (b) The more perfect that y e worke is the more it is enuied of the wicked (c) For idlenesse destroyeth hym selfe (d) Mutuall societie is both comfortable necessarie for a mans lyfe “ Or and wyll not receaue admonition Gen. xii b. 1. Reg. 16. c. (e) Men seke rather to plese and to come in to fauour with hym that shall succeede into the place of honour then with him that doth occupie the present estate (f) The people wyll not be long pleased with hym that occupieth the place of honour (g) We must direct our fayth prayer and workes by the worde of God and not by a blinde or wicked intent (a) Be not rashe in speakyng of the maiestie of God or in vowyng and praying to God Deu. xx ii e Baruc. vi c. (b) We ought to vowe those thynges the which tendeth to the glory of God which are in our power to perfourme (c) In promising that which thou 〈◊〉 not able to perfourme Or by inteâ—rate eatyng drynkyng â–ª or by saying that you sinned not voluntarily but of necessitie makyng God the aucthour of sinne (d) Dreames are not to be credited but God is to be feared (e) Meanyng that God will redresse these thynges and therfore we must depende vpon hym (f) The decay of husbandry is the decay of the prince (g) A plague of the coueâ—ous man Iob. i d. 1. 〈◊〉 vi b. (h) That is in vayne and without profite (i) Man by reason can comprehende nothyng better in this life then to vse the gyftes of God soberly and comfortably for to knowe farther is a speciall gyft of God reuealed by his spirite (a) The wicked couetous man by many kynde of offences wanteth y e honour of a christian mans buryal either by murtheryng hym selfe or by such other kynde of offence (b) That is to death meanyng that he is nothyng better then the vntimely fruite “ Or for his mouth (c) That is that he knoweth howe to vse his riches well in the iudgement of the wyse (d) It is better to be content with that God hath geuen thâ—â— to folowe 〈…〉 wyll beâ—fied (f) That is with God who wyll teache hym that he is mortall Prou. xxii a Canti i. a. (a) Because that this corporall death is the entring in to life euerlasting (b) The house of mourning put vs in mind of death and so to examine and amende our liues (c) The heart of a sinner is sooner refourmed by an angrie countenaunce then by a smiling Prou. xvii a (d) Thornes in the fire crackleth for a whyle but they are soone gone out (e) Good dayes are not to be esteemed by prosperitie but by vertue and true religion as the dayes of Christe are better then the former dayes of Moyses (f) No man can make him see or go whoÌ„ God hath appointed to be borne blinde or 〈◊〉 (g) That no man can finde fault with Gods doinges (h) Meaning that the cruel tirauntes put the innocent to death spare the wicked (i) Folow not thy good intent in those thinges which be contrary to Gods commaundement or punishe not euery light fault with extremitie (k) Be not wyse in thyne owne conceipt (l) Depart quickly from that that is wicked (m) Take heede of these admonitions iii. Re. viii c. ii Par. vi g. Prou. xx d. i. Iohn i. d. Iob. xxviii c Prou. vii d. (n) A shrewde woman is escaped only by the grace of God Or my soule seeketh (o) Solomon hauing a thousande wiues founde not one that was perfectly good (p) And so are cause of their owne destruction (a) That is getteth to him fauour “ Or strength (b) Withdraw not thy selfe lightly from the kynges obedience Iob. xi b. Leu. xviii a. (c) As commeth often tymes to tirauntes and wicked rulers d That is the vngodly hath ben praysed after their buriall (e) That is the holy men after their buriall grow out of memorie (f) Where â—uâ—tice is delayed there sinne raigneth (g) Thâ—s he speaketh in the person of a carnall man By 〈◊〉 outwarde thing in this life no man knoweth whether he is loued or hated of God (b) Prosperitie and aduersitie commeth in this life as well to the godly as to the wicked (c) This prouerbe is the saying of the Epicures the whiche beleueth not the immortalitie of the soule (d) Repentaunce after this life is to late and vnprofitable (e) The wicked flatter them selues to be in Gods fauour whatsoeuer they do for that they do abounde in prosperitie Math. vi b. Prou. v. c. (f) There is no tyme of working or repentaunce after this life (g) Thus the wicked worldlinges are deceaued attributing to fortune the which is ordered by the secrete prouidence of god for that the rewarde according to mens doinges is not in this life but chiefly in the life to come (h) A prayse of wyse men “ Or hearde Sâ—pi vi a. i. Reg xvii e ii Re. xxii c. (a) A wyse man doth thinges aptly and with good consideration but a foole doth contrary Or and beyng a foole hym self esteemeth all other men as â—ooles Rom. xii b. (b) Riche in wysdome and vertue “ Or the earth Pro. xxvi d. Eccl. xxvii d (c) Arte helpeth nature (d) The foolishe wyll discusse high mâ—ters and know not his owne duetie (e) A chylde in affection and maners and voyde of graue counselâ— Psal ciiii b. (f) Treason can not be wrought so secretly but it wil be knowen (a) Be liberall to the poore though it seeme to be cast into the sea yet it shall profite thee at the last (b) Distribute thy almes to any that haue neede without respect of persons In what state man dyeth in that shal he be iudged at the latter day of iudgement (c) So behaue thy selfe in all worldly affayres that thou remember alwayes the counte that thou must make to God for the same at the day of iudgement (a) The handes (b) The thighes (c) The teeth (d) The eyes (e) The mouth (f) The châ—wes (g) At the crowing of the â—ocke (h) The eares (i) When he shal be afraide to climbe (k) Of stumbling (l) The white head (m) When he shal be able to beare no burden n His graue (o) Lamenting the dead (p) The marowe in the backe bone (q) The yelowe skinne that couereth the brayne (r) The two great vaynes (Å¿) The liuer (t) The head (u) The heart Eccle. i. a. Hebr. iiii c. (x) Auctoures of gatheringes he calleth wise men because they gather the sayinges of the wiser â–ª sort of men in their booke (a) The Churche desireth y e peace of Christe (b) Christes mercy to set foorth by preaching The maydens that is they that are pure in heart (d) Priuie chaumber that is his secretes
and misteries (e) Blacke thorowe the spottes of sinne and persecution (f) Fayre thorow fayth in the blood of Christe (g) After the doctrine of the Apostles Exo. xiiii c. (h) So long as y e Churche foloweth Christe she shall not erre from the true fayth of saluation Cant. iiii a. (a) Christe among his enemies (b) The loue of the Church towarde Christe (c) His fruite that is his worde 〈…〉 e His 〈◊〉 was hidden vnder our fleshe We can not knowe hym in this lyfe perfectly (g) That is sinne and infidelitie is put away by Christe (h) Good workes (i) The voyce of the holy ghost k Suppresse the heretikes at the beginning when they preache false doctrine (l) The Church prayeth Christe to be a present helpe alwaies in tyme of neede (a) Christe is not founde by carnal reason but by the scripture (b) We must continue in prayer though we feele no comfort at the first Cantâ— ii b. (c) By this is vnderstanded the chyldren of Israel whiche in the wyldernes did folow Christe (d) By Solomons bedsteede is vnderstanded the temple of Solomon the whiche is defended by the sword that is by the worde (e) Euery man must learne the word of God by the whiche he shal be defended in the time of temptation “ Some reade the pauement of golde the couering of purple (f) Ye that be of the number of the faythful Christe 〈◊〉 his Churche wherein he hath great delight A simple fayth and 〈◊〉 The fruites of a true fayth (d) By the teeth is signified fayth by the whiche we are all made the sonnes of God equally (e) By the necke are signified the preachers (f) The two breastes signifie the two testamentes (g) The preachyng of the Gospel bringeth forth much consolation profite (h) The Churche is defended by Christe (i) He prayeth for the grace of the holy ghost towarde the Churche without the whiche nothing can prosper in it (a) The garden signifieth the Churche of God in the whiche Christe bestoweth his singuler benefites b Christe doth leaue his for a tyme for that he would stirre vp in them a greater desire of hym (c) The Church setteth foorth Christe to be of most perfection comlinesse “ Some reade and remayne by the fulâ— vessels (a) Christe is conuersant in his Churche which is directed by his scriptures Or ouercome me (b) There be many in the Churche of God diuers orders and degrees therin (c) Diuers perticuler Churches dispersed maketh but one catholike Churche (d) Christe loketh vpon his Church subiect to affliction what fruite it bryngeth e Sulamite that is Hierusalem the which was Shalem that signifeth peace (a) Thy nauell is replenyshed with the rich knowledge of Gods worde heauenly desires (b) The Church is ful of spirituall treasures (c) The two testamentes coÌ„meth from God and they be of equall aucthoritie The preachers ought to be pure (e) The magistrates must he well instructed in the worde of God (f) Thy iudges of good and euyll (g) The prince that alwayes standdeth aboue lyke a watchman to defend the body (h) The Churche doth encrease the more it is pressed and persecuted h 〈…〉 the sacramentes must folowe the pure word of god alway (i) Christe wyll call them that professe his worde to accompt what fruite they do bryng (k) God geueth his graces to the faythfull the which be in his Church (a) The fathers of the olde testament desireth to see the incarnation of Christe Cant. ii a. (b) His gratious fauour shall preserue me from desperation in aduersitie and froÌ„ presumption in prosperitie (c) The Churche desireth to be ioyned vnto Christe by the seale of the holy ghost d The Iewes Church speâ—keth this 〈◊〉 Church 〈◊〉 Gentiles 〈◊〉 which 〈◊〉 both testamentes The Apostles preacheth to them that are called inwardlye of God to saluation (f) By this thousand is signified the greatest profite which is lyfe euerlastyng which is obteined by the grace of God not by our merites (g) Christe dwelleth in his Church and his sheepe heare his voyce (h) The Church doth pray that Christe departing with his bodyly presence he woulde assist her in all kinde of necessites with the grace of his heauenly spirite (a) A reuelation or prophecie 〈…〉 Christe his Church his wordes (b) The causes why God forsaketh his people is idolatrie heathenishe superstition couetousnesse and trust in other thinges then in God alone (a) The prudent that is such â—s can 〈◊〉 by their prudencie â—ges to come The incarnation of Christe is the ioy of the faythfull â–ª (b) They are saued whose sinnes are remitted and washt away with the blood of Christe (c) Christe wyll preserue and defende the glorie tâ— is the faithâ— in all troubles temptations (a) God loketh to receaue of his people the thankefull fruites â–ª of fayth and not the vnpleasant workes of faythlesse ingratitude (b) Their glorie their noble and honorable personages (c) The 〈◊〉 of Iuda 〈◊〉 be ouerwhâ—med with â—iserable affliction (a) Gods sacramente◠〈◊〉 not bare signes but with the sigâ— and the worâ— the matter siâ—nified is exâ—bited to the faythfull (a) Dauids house that is Ahaâ— (b) The heere of the head and the beard the prâ—â—â—smâ—n of authoritie â–ª 〈◊〉 feete the â—â—â—mon sort of people (a) Mans policie and deuise without God preuayleth not (b) Affiaunce is to be put in God and not â—n mans poliâ—â—â— or helpe (c) The wordes of Christ (d) We must seeke in Gods word what to folowe for in meanes without Gods worde there is no light (a) Christe his kingdome and his names (a) Christe shal be borne of the seede of Esai (b) The armour of Christe and of his kyngdome (c) The tongue that is the arme of the sea that hindereth the passage (a) Burthen that is the prophecie (a) The carelesse and obstinate dispisers of tymely repentaunce moued by the preachyng of gods worde shall repent when it is to late 〈…〉 and idoâ— haue 〈◊〉 â—rust 〈…〉 idoâ— and 〈◊〉 some one 〈◊〉 â—en â—n 〈…〉 ther◠〈…〉 in â—ayâ— (b) Not be able through weerinesse â–ª or it shall not profite him 〈◊〉 the â—ead and braunche â—re meaâ— the honorable and chiefest of the â—ande â–ª by the â—andâ— reede the multitude and lower sort of 〈◊〉 â–ª a The waste sea is Babylon or Chaldee (a) Hierusalem is meant by the valley of vision Luk. xix f. Iere. ix a. b The armourie that Solomon made and furnished with munition â— Reg â— (c) The Lorde doth not forbyd to make prouision of sure defence agaynst the enemies so that our trust be put in him â–ª and not in our fortresses and strong holdes 〈…〉 b. Esai 36 a. Iob. xii b. Apoc. iii. b. Eâ— xxâ—â— a 〈…〉 and the strength of the â—ea â—s meant Tyrus (b) That crowneth her selfe that is which boasted her selfe to be as it were the Queene of all cities on the sea coast Luk. xxi c. Esai xxvi a Luk. xiiii d.
people of Iurie “ Or whiche he destroyed “ Or shall it teache thee (a) That is of the people of Israel (b) That is the state of thy church whiche is now redy to perishe before it come to halfe a perfite age whiche should be vnder Christe (c) Theman and Paran were neare Sinai where the law was geuen wherby is signified that his deliueraunce was aâ—â—esent nowe as it was then (d) Wherby is ment a power that was ioyned with his brightnesse which was hyd to the rest of the worlde but was reuealed in mount Sinai to his people (e) That is the tentes 〈…〉 g And so dâ—ddest vse all the â—lementes 〈…〉 destruction of 〈◊〉 enemies h Thâ—t is 〈…〉 (i) For he had not only made 〈…〉 wiâ—h Abraham bâ—t renued it with his posteritie (k) He alludâ—th to the red sea Iordane which gaue passage to gods people and shewed sâ—gnes of their obedience as it were by lifting vp of their handes (l) According to gods commaundement the â—nne was â—ed by the weapons of gods people which fought in his cause as though it durst not go forward whose weapons are here called the arrowes and speares of God “ Or diddest walke vpon (m) Signifying that there is no saluation but by Christ (n) From the top to the toe thou hast destroyed the enemies o God deliuered his enâ—miâ—s both great small with their owne weapoÌ„s though they were neuer so fierce against his church (p) He returneth to that which he spake in the second verse and shewed how he was afrayd of gods iudgementes (q) He sheweth that the faythfull can neuer haue true rest except they feele before the weyght of gods iudgementes (r) That is the enemie but the godly shall be quiet knowing that all thinges shall turne to good vnto theÌ„ (s) He declareth wherin standeth the comfort ioy of the faithful though they see neuer so great afflictions prepared (t) The chiefe singer vpon the instrumentes of musicke shall haue occasion to prayse God for this great deliueraunce of his church Neginoth is a tune or instrument of musicke so called 4 Re 23. a. 4 Re. 12 b. 4 Re 23. a. 4 Re. 12 b. 4. Re. 21. and xxiii c. Deut. xvi b. Iere. v. d. 4. Re. 21. and xxiii c. Deut. xvi b. Iere. v. d. That is the idol Moloch and mixing idolatrie with true religion Zach. i a. 2. Re. 27 b. Ier. xxxix b iii. Esd â–ª iii a. Ier. v. c. Deu. xxix c Ier. xxiii c. Amos. v. c. Eze. vii d. Sopho. iii. b. 4. Reg xx a Ionas iii. a. “ Or hyd Esa xiiii c. Ier. xlvi a. Ezec xxv c. Esa 15. 16. c. Ier. xlviii a â–ª Ezec. xxv b Zaâ—h ii b. Esa ii c. â—oâ— xiiâ—i â— 4 Reg 1â—â— Esa xlvii â— Eze. xxii c. Mich. iii b. Aba i b. Eze. xxii c. Mich. iii b. Aba i b. “ Or shoulder Iere. i. b. (a) Though y e people transgresse yet the prophet is sent to the prince priest whose negligence often times is the cause of the peoples sinne (b) Zorobabel was the sonne of Phadaia as 1. Par. 3 and ver 18. his fathers name is left out his grauÌ„dfathers name supplied because it was not so obscure as was the other And yet there were now seueÌ„teene yeres past sence Cyrâ—s had graunted them libertie to buylde (d) God is the geuer of encrease neither may any thing prosper without his blessing It is a paynefull thing to clime vp the hilles to draw down trees and to buyld such is their labour that buyld the church In Christe only is God merciful vnto vs and in his church only is saluation both the which are here signified by this temple (g) The end why Christ buyldeth his church is that we may haue hym fauourable to vs and he be glorifie◠〈…〉 but to cal for his plagues and tâ—y be at commaundement For the greater part tâ—ried in Babilon would not take the lâ—bertie which Cyrus had geuen them (k) Here is no differeÌ„ce made betweene the word of the prophete the word of God to shewe that the prophete must so speke and the people so beare them as the wordes of God l This shâ—uld be remembred 〈◊〉 al ministers â–ª that they be 〈◊〉 messengers therfore must be faythful diligent and costant (m) The penitent are not forsaken God comforteth the and assureth them of his owne presence (n) God is sayd to stirre vp our spirites when he moueth our hartes by the power of his spirite boldly to take in hande and perfectly to â—nishe that which he commaundeth They had but three 〈◊〉 three 〈◊〉 to heare the prophete 〈◊〉 to prepare 〈…〉 men worke so diligent were thei after the preaching of the prophete (b) They had nowe not wrought a ful moneth 〈◊〉 they waxed 〈…〉 therfore had neede to be seâ— on a freshe by the â—oâ—phete who was therefore nowe sent vnto them againe As were Seraiah Zephaniah and others 2. Râ— cap. 5. ver 18 which saw the old temple and now were returned with Zorobabel Esd cap. 6. verse 3. (d) A strong argumeÌ„t why the people should be of good courage when they are sure that God is with them e God made many promises to his people 〈◊〉 their departure oâ—t of Egyptâ— but in asmuch â—s he goeth about to speake of Christe in tâ—is place â–ª at 〈◊〉 be thought that he meaneth here the promise made 〈…〉 and repeated Act. â— ver 27 f Before he confirmed his promise made 〈◊〉 Christe â–ª 〈◊〉 he promiseth his spirite therfore there is no cause offeare g There passed .519 yeres after this prophecie before Christe 〈◊〉 yet are they sayde to be but a little whyle in comparison of the time sence the creation the tyme that shal be before the iudgement â–ª 〈…〉 of eternitie or in the sight of God with whom a thousande yeres is but as one daâ— â–ª (h) I wyll cause great feare to be◠〈…〉 shal be stirred at the birth of Christe his baptisme ascention at his comming to iudgement but chiefly it setteth out the 〈…〉 Christe to whom heauen earth sea shall obey (i) It is not the want of riches that causeth this house to be buylt in this 〈…〉 haue all treasures at my commaundement (k) This is spoken not of this house but of the spiritual Hierusalem He. 12. ver 2â— (l) In the sixth moneth in the seuenth had Aggeus prophecied in the eyght moneth Zachary nowe in the nynth is Aggeus sent againe such 〈…〉 God ouer his and such â—eede haue the people oâ— instruction (m) Seme they neuer so perfect in their owne eyes yet to God who knoweth them they appeare as they are (n) He is sent twyse in one day to prophecie vnto the people “ Or seate Mat. 23 d. Ier. xxxi c. Malac. iii. b. Iere. xliiii a Psa 78. a. Ose xiiii a. Tob. xiii b. Ier. xliiii a. Zach vi a. Apoc. vi a. Ier. xxv b. and xxix b
steade y e way to y e heauenly tabernacle whiche is made open by Christs blood coulde not be entred into Hebr. vi d. i. Pet. i. b. Leui. xvi c. (a) The Leuitical priests offred beastes blood But Christ y e true and eternall prieste offred his own blood whiche was most holy and pure The Leuitical prieste offred yerely and therefore did only represent the true holynesse but Christ by one onlye sacrifice hath made holy for euer theÌ„ that beleue i. Tim. ii a. Exâ—d 24 â— Actes xvi c i. Iohn ii â— (b) Therfore to make anye other offryng or sacrifice for synne after that Christes body was once offred is blasphemie Rom. v. b. i. Pet. iii. d â–ª Coloss ii c. Hebr. viii a. (a) Whiche was as it wer y e first draught and purtraict of the lyuely paterne to come Leuit. xvi c Psal xâ— b. (b) That is sâ—â—rifices (c) Which is the wyll of God to stand content with Christes â—acriâ—ice Ephe. i. d. Coloss vi a. Hebre. i. a. (d) We by Christe haue that libertie whiche the auncient fathers coulde not haue by the lawe (e) The blood of Christe as always freshe and lyuely before the father to sprinckle quicken vs. Math. xii d. Hebr. vi a. ii Pet. ii d. Deut. xix d Mat xviii â— ii Cor. xiii a Deut. 32 d. Psal xciiii a Rom. xii d. Abacuc ii a Rom. i. a. Galat. iii. b. (a) Haue ben approued and so obtayned saluation Act. xiii c. Rom. i. c. Gene. iiii a. (b) Because God receaued him to mercy therfore he imputed hym ryghteous Gene. v g. Sâ—p iiii b. Eccl. xliiii b Gene. vi d. Math. xii d. Gene xi a. Actes vii a. Gene. xxi a Gene. xv â— Iob. viii g. Gen. xlvii b i. Pa. xxix d Exod. iii. f. Gen. xii a. Eccles 44. c (c) For it myght seeme to the fleshe â–ª that the promyse was contrary to the commaundement to sacrifice his son Ge. xxvii d. Gen. xlix â— Gene. â— d. Exod ii a. Actes vii a. Exod. ii b. Exod. xii d. Exod. 14. c. Iosue vi c. Iosue ii a. Iudi. vii a. Iudi. iiii d. Iudi. xiiii a. Iudi. xi a. i Reg. 17. f. Iudi. vii a. Iudi. iiii d. Iudi. xiiii a. Iudi. xi a. i Reg. 17. f. Iudi. vii a. Iudi. iiii d. Iudi. xiiii a. Iudi. xi a. i Reg. 17. f. Iudi. vii a. Iudi. iiii d. Iudi. xiiii a. Iudi. xi a. i Reg. 17. f. Iudi. vii a. Iudi. iiii d. Iudi. xiiii a. Iudi. xi a. i Reg. 17. f. i Reg. xii a i Reâ— 17 â— Daniel vi f Danâ—el iii e Daniel ii c. i Reg. xii a i Reâ— 17 â— Daniel vi f Danâ—el iii e Daniel ii c. i Reg. xii a i Reâ— 17 â— Daniel vi f Danâ—el iii e Daniel ii c. i Reg. xii a i Reâ— 17 â— Daniel vi f Danâ—el iii e Daniel ii c. 3 Reg. 19 a. 3 Reg. 21 b. Esai 38. b. (d) They had not such cleare lyght as we for they loked for that which we haue therfore it were shame for vs yf at least we haue not as great constancie as they Ephe. iiii a. (a) As riches cares suche lyke and so to become Christes disciples by denying our selues takyng our crosse to folowe hym Ephe. i. d. Coloss iii. a. Hebr. i. a. Esaias 35. â— (b) Their hastyng partlye declared their slownes partly their inconstancie in doctrine therfore they were in bondage to be punished Gen. xxv d Gen. 27. f. Exod. xix b (c) whiche might be touched seene for it was materiall but god coÌ„maunded that none should touche it Exod. xx e (d) By the Gospell we are ioyned with the Angels and Patriarkes 1 Peter i. a. Hebre. ix d. Cen. iiii b. Deut. iiii d· (e) To destroy theÌ„ that resist hym Rom. xii c. Actes x. c. i Pet iiii b. i Tim. iiii b. Gen. xix a. Eccle. 29 â— i Tim vi b. Iosue i. â— Eccle. 29 â— i Tim vi b. Iosue i. â— He was 〈◊〉 shal be 〈◊〉 found 〈◊〉 of Churchâ— for euer (b) They that sticke to the ceremonies of the law can not eate that is can not be partakers of our cuâ—ter which is thankesgeuyng and liberalitie whiche two sacrifices or offeringes are nowe only left to the Christians (c) So that the priestes had no peece therof Eccle 35 a. Acte x. a. Rom xi a. Philip iiii d Ezech. 34. b Iosue x. a. i Peter v. a. Iob xiii a. Sapâ— iii. a. Rom. v â— Iob. xviii c. Eccle. vii c. Math. xii a. Luk. xi b. 〈…〉 of Christe and his Angels 〈…〉 Eccle 14. b. â— Pâ—â— (b) He meaneth nowe of the inwarde temptations as of our disordered appetites which cause vs to sinne (c) Seyng all good thynges come of God we ought not to make hym the aucthour of euyll Iohn i. a. Rom xlâ—â— Coloss 〈…〉 Rom. iiâ— Math. v. d Luk. xi â— â–ª (d) So Gods worde is a glasse wherin we must beholde our selues and become lyke vnto hym Math. vii d. (a) As esteemyng fayth religion by the outwarde appearaunce of men (b) The name of God and Christe wherof you make profession and in that they dishonour God â–ª it is not inâ—eâ—e that you his childreÌ„ should honour them Math â— (c) By the mercie of god which deliuereth vs from the curse of the lawe (d) Here deedes are considered as ioyned with true fayth Gen. xxii b Gen. xv b. Rom. iiii a. Galat. iii. a. Iosue ii a. Mat xxiii f Pro. xvii a. (a) He that is able to moderate his tongue hath â—ttayned to â—n excellent vertue (b) The intemperancie of the tongue is a flambe of hell fyre Gen. i. d. (a) For the lawe of the members continually fyghteth agaynst the lawe of the mynde (b) He calleth adulterers here after the maner of the scriptures them which preferre the pleaâ—ures of the worlde to the loue of God (c) The imagination of mans heart is wicked i Peter v. b. i Peter v. a. Rom. xiiii a (d) We ought to submit our selues to the prouidence of God Act. xvii â— Hebr. vâ— Luk xii â— â–ª (b) And kindle the wrath of god against you To 〈…〉 the ende 〈◊〉 worlde Leuit. xix â— Math. v. a. Math. v â–ª â— (d) That which muste be affirmed affirme it simply and without othes lykewyse that which muste be denyed By this he taketh not from the magistrate his aucthoritie who may require an othe for the mayntenaunce of iustice iudgement and trueth 3 Reg. 17. a. Luk. iiii c. Act â–ª viii a. (a) Whiche â—ere Iewes to whom he was appoynted to be an Apostle (b) The free electioÌ„ of go◠〈◊〉 the efficient cause of our saluation the material cause is Christes obedience ouâ— effectuall callyng is the formall cause â–ª and the finall cause is ouâ— sanctification Rom. i. a. i Cor. i. a. ii Cor. i. a· Galath i. a. ii Cor. i. a. Ephe. i. a. Rom. i. a. i Cor. i. a. ii Cor. i. a· Galath i. a. ii
Christe and his Churche ought to be aduouched out of the scriptures and do contende in disputation that the true Churche can not be knowen but only by the holy scriptures For all other thinges saith the same aucthor may be founde among the heretikes Some affirme it to be a sinfull tradition that is obtruded without the scripture Some playnely pronounce that not to knowe the scriptures is not to knowe Christe VVherefore let men extoll out the Churche practises as hyghly as they can and let them set out their traditions and customes their decisions in synodes and counsayles with vaunting the presence of the holy ghost among them really as some doth affirme it in their writing let their groundes and their demonstrations their foundations be as stable and as strong as they blase them out Yet wyll we be bolde to say with Saint Peter Habemus nos firmiorem sermonem propheticum VVe haue for our part a more stable grounde the propheticall wordes of the scriptures and doubt not to be commended therefore of the same Saint Peter with these wordes Cui dum attenditis ceu lucerne apparenti in obscuro loco recte facitis donce dies illucescat c. VVherevnto saith he whyle ye do attende as to a light shining in a darke place ye do well vntill the day light appeare and till the bright starre do arise into our heartes I or this we know that al the propheticall scripture standeth not in any priuate interpretation of vayne names of seuerall Churches of catholique and vniuersall seas of singuler and wylfull heades whiche wyll chalenge by custome all decision to pertayne to them only who be working so muche for their vayne superioritie that they be not ashamed now to be of that number Qui dixerunt linguam nostram magnificabimus labia nostra a nobis sunt quis noster dominus est VVhiche haue sayd with our tongue wyll we preuayle we are they that ought to speake who is lorde ouer vs. And whyle they shall thus contende for their straunge claymed aucthoritie we will proceede in the reformation begun and doubt no more by the helpe of Christe his grace of the true vnitie to Christes catholique Churche and of the vprightnesse of our fayth in this prouince then the spanishe cleargie once gathered together in counsaile only by the commaundement of their king before whiche tyme the Pope was not so acknowledged in his aucthoritie which he now claymeth I say as surely dare we trust as they dyd trust of their fayth and vnitie Yea no lesse coÌ„fidence haue we to professe that which the fathers of the vniuersall counsaile at Carthage in Affrike as they wryte them selfe did professe in their epistle writteÌ„ to Pope Celestine laying before his face the foule corruption of him selfe as two other of his predicessours did the like errour in falsifiyng the canons of Nicen counsayle for his wrong chalenge of his newe claymed aucthoritie Thus wrytyng Prudentissime enim iustissimeque prouiderunt Nicena et Affricana dicreta quecunque negotia in suis locis vbi orta sunt fiâ—ienda nec vnicuiqui prouintiae gratiam sancti spiritus defuturam qua equitas a Christi sacerdotibus et prudenter videatur constantissime teneatur maxime quia vnicuique concessum est si iuditio offensus fuerit cognitorum ad concilia suae prouinciae vel etiam vniuersale prouocare That the Nicen and Affrican decrees haue most prudently and iustly prouided for all maner of matters to be ended in their teritories where they had their beginning and they trusted that not to any one prouince shoulde want the grace of the holy ghost wherby both the truth or equitie might prudently be seene of the christian prelates of Christe and might be also by them most constantly defended specially for that it is graunted to euery man if he be greeued by the iudgement of the cause once knowen to appeale to the counsayles of his owne prouince or els to the vniuersall Except there be any man which may beleue that our Lorde God would inspire the righteousnesse of examination to any one singular person and to denie the same to priestes gathered together into counsaile without number c. And there they do require the bishop of Rome to send none of his clarkes to execute such prouinciall causes lest els say they mought be brought in the vayne pride of the worlde into the Churche of Christe In this antiquitie may we in this christian catholique Church of Englande repose our selfe knowyng by our owne annales of auncient recorde that kyng Lucius whose conscience was muche touched with the miracles whiche the seruauntes of Christe wrought in diuers nations thervpon beyng in great loue with the true fayth sent vnto Eleutherius then byshop of Rome requiring of hym the christian religion But Eleutherius did redyly geue ouer that care to king Lucius in his epistle for that the king as he wryteth the vicar of God in his owne kingdome and for that he had receaued the faith of Christe And for that he had also both testamentes in his realme hewylled him to drawe out of them by the grace of God and by the counsaile of his wisemen his lawes and by that lawe of God to gouerne his realme of Britanie and not so muche to desire the Romane and Emperours lawes in the which some default might be founde saith he but in the lawes of God nothing at all VVith which aunswere the kinges legates Eluanus and Medwinus sent as messengers by the king to the Pope returned to Britanie agayne Eluanus beyng made a byshop and Medwine alowed a publique teacher who for the eloquence and knowledge they had in the holy scriptures they repayred home agayne to kyng Lucius and by their holy preachinges Lucius and the noble men of the whole Britanie receaued their baptisme c. Thus farre in the storie Nowe therfore knowing and beleuing with Saint Paul Quod quecunque prescripta sunt ad nostram doctrinam prescripta sunt vt per pacientiam consolationem scripturarum spem habeamus VVhatsoeuer is afore writteÌ„ is written before for our instruction that we through the pacience and comfort of scirptures might haue hope the only suretie to our fayth and comscience is to sticke to the scriptures VVherevpon whyle this eternall worde of God be our rocke and anker to sticke vnto we will haue pacience with all the vayne inuentions of men who labour so highly to magnifie their tongues to exalt them selues aboue al that is God VVe wil take comfort by the holy scriptures against the maledictions of the aduersaries and doubt not to nourishe our hope continually therewith so to liue and dye in this comfortable hope and doubt not to pertayne to the elect number of Christes Churche howe farre soeuer we be excommunicated out of the sinagogue of suche who suppose them selues to be the vniuersall lordes of all the world Lordes of our fayth and consciences at pleasure Finally to
dead without children (d) Dissimulation to kepe his credite honestie amoÌ„g men is not alowed (e) The father layeth the fault where it was not “ The dore of eyes (f) Wicked meanes are not to be practised though wrong be done to vs. (g) His widdowhead can not excuse this horrible crime (h) Some thynke the worde to signifie a coueryng of the head (i) Thus the adulterers blyndly spoyle them selues of that they haue (k) This is not true frendship to be a minister of mischiefe (m) The â—ebrue worde signifieth sanctified or prepared For that such a one is nothyng lesse theÌ„ holy or redy for all men (n) He careth more for his outwarde fame then that he displeased God or lost his goodes (o) This was the punishement for adulterie in that countrey then (p) He is remisse in the punishment towarde hym selfe though he acknowelege his fault no man now calleth for punishment (q) Of incestious abuse coÌ„meth monstrous birthes ☞ (a) Men are neuer luckie in dede but when God is with them For the felicitie of the wicked is cursed (b) Yet he woulde not yelde him selfe to serue that God (c) So happy a thing it is to receaue the elect of God (d) That is he toke no accompt of him but made merry (e) The deuyll of Gods gyftes wyll make snares either to ouercome men or vexe them (f) The more benefite the godly receaue the lesse wyll they vse deceipt (g) Adulterie and vnthankfulnesse two great sinnes before God (h) The feare of God is of great force to ouercome this temptation (i) The godly auoydeth the occasion of sinne (k) He aduentureth his fame rather then he would sinne though secretely (l) Here it appeareth what beastly affections â–ª luste draweth after her (m) He gaue to much credite to his wyfe so for his labour he nourished at home a harlot (n) His ielousie made hym heare but one part and condempne before iuste examination (o) The Hebrue worde signifieth a rounde prison as the moone (p) God helpeth vs in a iuste cause for his owne mercie sake (q) Gods mercie appeareth in molifiyng the sturdy heartes of prison kepers “ VVordes (a) These were two noble men that were chiefe in these offices (b) Iosephes maister belike after better aduisement was reconciled to hym (c) Prisoners are not lightly to be loked vppon and considered (d) Astrologers and witches are condempned (e) Some thinke that the kyng proued this way what maner wyne shoulde be that yere (f) That is signifie â–ª such maner speaches are often in Moyses in the next chapter and otherwhere “ Or number (g) That is take thee out of prison (h) It was not vnlawful for his paines to desire this kyndenesse agayne (i) They that imbrace gods worde but for lucres sake are afterward heauie and sad “ Or full of holes (k) Teachers must speake as God hath reuealed both sowre sweet thynges and that boldely “ Or recken (l) Thus Ioseph was proued a true prophete of God as it is Hâ—e xxviii (m) Vnthankfulnesse in a courtiour (n) God would haue his deliuerie to be knowen to be his gift (a) Ioseph hoped well to haue ben soner deliuered but God wyl haue no tyme prescribed (b) Though the spirituall doctrine of lyfe be the proper treasure of the Church yet some teaching there is common to the vngodlye (c) He was worthye to be ingnoraunt who knowing his dreame to be of God sought so vaine scholemaisters (d) This had ben thanke worthie yf it had not ben for feare another shoulde haue tolde it (e) WhoÌ„ men contempne in prosperitie hym they are glad to heare in aduersitie “ Or without me (f) He geueth all the glorie to God yet denyeth not his ministerie “ Or so leaâ—e “ Come into the inwarde parts of them “ Or small (g) In signification and meanyng (h) God doth not only foresee thynges to come but also doth rule the same thus Ioseph would begyn to teach Pharao some godlynesse (i) Lest Pharao shoulde thinke any thyng of his idols or that God is only a beholder of the worlde and not a doer (k) God is merciful euer euen in his punishmentes (l) We are very negligeÌ„t in gods iudgementes yf we remember not that the tyme is at hande (m) Gods true prophetes tell remedies for the punishmentes that God wyll sende “ Visitours or ouerseers (n) For in plentie there is much spoile and waste and Gods blessinges are abused (o) Suche gyftes of God ought to be loked for in them y t should be placed in office (p) Though he speake of God prayse his gyftes yet he yeldeth not hym selfe to hym altogether “ Armed or fedde (q) In such pompes pride vanitie must be avoyded For the godly may vse such honor though he gredelye seke not after them “ The seconde (r) This word Abrech semeth rather to be an Egyptian word then an Hebrue it is as much also in Hebrue as bowe y e knee (Å¿) As yf he saide as true as I am king or by my maiestie (t) That is do no publike duetie “ A man to whom secretes are reuealed (v) Beyng in a straunge land farre of he coulde not haue a wyfe from his owne kinrede “ Or Prince (x) So God gaue hym speciall grace to beare 13. yeres seruitude and that he a youÌ„g man shoulde rule without great enuie (y) He toke great paynes in his office hym selfe wheÌ„ he might haue done it by other (z) A singuler care of the coÌ„mon wealth and very brotherlye diligence appeareth in Ioseph (aa) She was not his olde maisters daughter as the writyng of the names in Hebrue also declare “ That is forgetfulnesse “ That is increasinges (bb) This thankfulnesse towards god he testifieth by his sonnes names (cc) The Prince should be as a coÌ„mon nurse of his people “ Breakyng (a) Moyses ioyneth together Iosephes honour his fidelitie in doing his duetie (b) Men not knowyng fulfyl the prophecies of God Gen. xxxvii (c) This dissimulation we must not take for an example (d) Not of anger nor of mynde to reuenge but for their trial and repentaunce (e) The Egyptians commonlye called y e Philistines theeues for they liued much by spoyle and warre “ The secretes of the lande “ Are true (f) Great men thinke it sufficient for theÌ„ to affirme a thyng without addyng any reason (g) Because of the absence of two of the brethren it was suspicious (h) It was heard in so corrupt a court and countrey to be altogether vndefiled (i) Custome maketh small faultes not to be thought vpon (k) The feare of God is the begynnyng of a faythful and sincere dealing (m) Affliction brought them to the conscience of their sinne done 1â— yeres before (n) Sinne is the cause of affliction (o) This was not of malice but because he woulde be surely certified of y e state of his fathers house and of Beniamin (p) The Hebrue worde signifieth a