then make hir kake brede housbandlesse and offred to hir lyquet sacryfices to prouoke hir to anger Then sayd Jeremy vnto al the peple to men and women and al the comens that answerd him on this maner Remembred not the Lorde the facrifices whiche ye offred in the cytes of Juda and Jerusalem both with in with oute bothe you and your fathers bothe your kingis and rulers and the peple of y e lande Did he not reuolue them in his minde And the Lorde coude suffer no lenger your maliciouse thoughtis and abominacioÌ„s which ye committed Was not your lande therfore made desolate forsaken so detestable that no man may dwel in it vnto this daye And euen for this cause that ye sacrificed and synned agenst the Lorde not obaing his voice y t ye mought haue had walked in his lawe his ordinaÌ„cis testimonis for these causes I saye these affliccioÌ„s plages came vpon you as this daye wel witnesseth Morouer Jeremy added vnto al the peple and al the women these wordis Here ye the worde of the Lorde al Juda whiche ar in y e lande of Egypte For thus saith the Lorde of powrs the God of Israel you your wyues haue spoken y e thinge with your mouthes whiche ye haue accomplesshed with your dedis sayng we wil with oute any stoppe do our owne decreed plesures whiche we haue vowed that is to wite to do sacrifice vnto y e quene of heueÌ„ powr hir forth lyquet sacrifices before hir thus stoutely haue ye set vp your owne set plesures and with oute any refrayne haue ye finâ—sshed your own vowes Wherfore here ye the worde of the Lorde al Juda whiche dwel in y e laÌ„de of Egypt Beholde I haue sworne by my nowne name y t is so grete saith y e Lorde My name shal nomore be named in the mouthe of any man of Juda y t he may saye in al y e lande of Juda. The Lorde God lyueth For I shal be their watche maÌ„ to scourge not to defend theÌ„ y t they might reste And al Juda shal be coÌ„sumed whiche is in y e lande of Egypte w t swerde honger tyl they be clene gone And they y t shal escape y e swerde shal returne from Egypte vnto y e lande of Juda but these shal be very fewe And y e remnauÌ„t of Juda comeÌ„ into y e lande of Egypte ther to be strangers shal knowe whose wordis abyde moste certayne trwe of theirs or myne And take this for a tokeÌ„ amoÌ„ge you That I wil vyset you in this same laÌ„de y t ye maye knowe certaynly y t I wil stablisshe my purpose as towchiÌ„g your affliccioÌ„ Lo I shal delyuer vp Pharao Haphraz kiÌ„ge of Egypt into y e powr of his enymes which thirste for his life eueÌ„ as I delyuered up zedechias kiÌ„g of Juda into y e haÌ„dis of Nebuchadrezar kiÌ„ge of BabyloÌ„ his enmy thirstiÌ„g for his lyfe ¶ The .xlv. Chapiter THe wordis whiche Jeremy the Prophete spake vnto Baruch y e sone of Nery wheÌ„ he wrote these sermoÌ„s in a boke receiued at y e mouthe of Jeremy y e fowerth yere of Joachim sone of Josias kinge of Juda on this maner Thus saith y e lorde God of Israel vnto y e o Baruch Thou saydst as thou wast in wrytinge Ah lasse for sorowe wretche y t I am for y e Lorde hathe sawced my labours w t sorowe care I labored w t grete desyer shal I fynde no reste Thou therfore Jeremy tel him thus Thus saith y e lorde Beholde me these thiÌ„gis which I haue bylded I shal caste downe y t I haue planted I shal pluck vp by y e roots eueÌ„ al this same laÌ„de gapest thou for any grete promocioÌ„ or tobe magnified Be not couetouse nor ambiciouse for lo I shal bringe a miserable calamite vpon euery man saith the Lorde Nethelesse yet shalt thou enioye thy lyfe and take it for a vauÌ„tage where so euer thou becomest ¶ Here folowe the sermons of the Lorde shewed vnto the Prophete Jeremy whiche he preched vnto the gentylis ¶ The .xlvi. Chapiter THis sermone folowing Jeremy preched vnto the EgypcioÌ„s as concerning the hoost of Pharao Necho kinge of Egypt when he was in Charchamis by y e flowde Euphrates where he was slayne of Nebuchadrezer kinge of Babylon the fowerth yere of Joachim sone of Josâ—as kinge of Juda. ye make redye buckler and shylde and ye goforthe to fyght ye harnes your horse lightvp on their backis oh horse men ye sett on faste your salettis ye bringe forthe your speres ye skower your swerdis and clothe your selues with cotis of mayse But herken hoiwe seirs wherfore seme ye to be afrayde shrinke ye now backe ar your valeaunt waryers thus slayne fle you so that none dare loke backe Tremblyng fere muste cloose them in saith y e Lorde The lightest of fote shal not fle awaye nor y e stroÌ„gest shalnot escape Northwarde by y e floude Euphrates shal they be smyten downe and fall al togither But who is this that swelieth rysing vp lyke a flowde roringe lyke a grete rysing water They ar thegypcioÌ„s that swell lyke a flowde casting oute their stremes with so grete noyse for they saye Let vs aryse kouer the lande let vs destroye the cytes withe their inhabitours Get ye to horse backe romble forthe charietis Set forthe ye stronge waryers ye Morians and Lybeons that beare shylde ye Lydeons withe your bowes redy bente But this same daye shal be the daye of vengeance of the Lorde God of powrs to take vengeance vpon his enemes The swerde shal deuoure themvp be satisfyed it shal be bathed in their blode For the Lorde God of powrs will make a sacrifyce northe warde by y e flowde Euphrates Go vp oh Galaad bringe medecynable rosen or triacle for the virgen and daughter Egypte but thou shalt multiplye and make thy plasters in vayne For the woundes cannot be closed vp The nacions shal here of thy ignomynye thy infamy shal fill al the lande For where one stronge man falleth vpon a nother shal they not come bothe downe to gither The sermon spoken of the Lorde vnto the Prophete Jeremy of the setting forthe of Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon to slaye and conquere the londe of Egypte Shewsorth thorowe Egypte preche in Migdalo Memphi Taphna sayng Stande still and make thy selfe redye For y e swerde shal deuoure the in euery partye Wherfore ar thy valeaunte men fallne downe Wherfore stode they not faste For y e lorde thrusted them downe Grete was the slaughter For one fill vpoÌ„ a nother whyle they stode takinge their aduysment saynge Herken howe syers let vs returne vnto our owne folke and natyue lande from the edge of the deuoweringe swerde Call hence kinge Pharao and tell him oh Pharao kinge of Egypt this daye wil be thy confusion As verely as I lyue faith the kinge whose name is y e
thingis lyuinge man hath the moste disceaightful harte vnable to be serehed who then shal knowe it euen I the lorde bothe ensercher of herte espyerout of raynes to rewarde euery man aftir his owne wayes and according to the frute of his counsellis He maketh him a neste but hatcheth no eggis that gatherth goodis wrongefully In the middis of his lyfe he muste leaue them and laste of all be fownde a fole But thou Lorde who le seate is moste noblest highest and aunciaunt which dwellest in the place of our holy reste thou arte the hope of Israel All that forsake the ar confounded All bakflyders from the ar writen in the erthe not in heuen For they sorsake the Lorde euen y e well of euerlasting waters Heale me Lorde I shal be holl Saue me Lorde I shal be salfe for thou arte my prayse For lo these men saye vnto me Where is the worde of y e Lorde let it comeforth I praye y e Whiles I me selfe was now leading the flok in thy pathes I constrayned noman violently nor yet coueted I any mannis dethe as thou wel knowest But my wordes were right in thy sight oh lorde Be not fearful vnto me for thou arte he in whō I hope whā any perelis present Let my persuers be confounded let not me be confoūded Let thē be afrayde not me be afrayde Thou shalt bringe a troublouse tyme vpō thē destroye thē with a great destrucciō Forthermore thus sayd the Lorde vnto me Go stāde in y e. gate of y e peple for whose cause y e kinges of Juda come yn oute in al y e gatis of Jerusalem sayng vnto thē Hear y e worde of the Lorde ye kinges of Juda with all Juda all the cytesens of Jerusalem which passe thorow these gatis Thus cōmandeth the Lorde Take hede to your selues leste ye take vp your burdens in y e Sabbat daye to bringe them in thorowe these gatis Nether karye ye oute of your houses any burdēs in y e Sabbat daye Nor do you any worke but sauntifye y e Sabbat daye as I cōmaunded your fathers albeit they obayed me not nor gaue eare but rather hardened their stiffe neckes to th entent they wolde not be reclaymed receyue my disciplyne But you if ye will hearme saith y e Lorde not carye in your burdens thorow y e gatis of this cyte in y e Sabbat daye doing in it no werke than shal y e kingis princes of this cyte which shal sit vpō y e seat of Dauid go thorow these gatis karyed in charietis vpon horse bothe they their princes al Juda with their cytesens shal passe thorow them this cyte shal abyde for euer And men shal come from the cytes of Juda and from the felde of Jerusalem and the lande of Beniamin from the playnes and mountayns from the wildernes bringing brente sacrifices and beastis slayne to be offred vp encense offeringe vp prayse and thankis in the house of the Lorde But if ye obaye me not I shal sanctifye the sabbat daye so that ye shal take vp no burden to bringe it in thorow these gatis of Jerusalem in the Sabbat daye I shal set the gatis on fyer which shal deuower the houses of Jerusalem so that it maye not be 〈◊〉 ¶ The .xviii. Chapiter THe sermon of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremye saying Aryse go downe into the potters house that I myght there certyfye the more of my mynde And whā I came vnto the potters house I fownde him making his worke vpō a whele And that vessel which he ofayned out of claye broke vnder y e hādis of this potter which then his mynde changed made a nother vessel therof as it semed him beste for his purpose And here thā the Lorde spake vnto me May not Jeuen as this potter do vnto you o house of Israel saith the Lorde Lo ye be in my hande oh house of Israel euen as the claye is in the hande of the potter Anon as I haue determined to pluck vp by the rotes to destroye to cut awaye any nacion or kingdom and if y t same nacion wil returne from their malice vpon which I begane nowe to take my counsel by and by it repenteth me of y e plage which I determyned to caste vpon thē And agen and as I am purposed to buylde and to plante any nacion or kingdom the same folke wil do euyl in my sight and not hear my voyce by and by it repēteth me of that goodnes wherby I purposed to edyfye and to encrese thē Wherfore I praye the tell all Juda and euery cytesen of Jerusalem Thus saith the Lorde Beholde I am deuysing a plage and will conspire agenste you Turne ye therfore euery man from his owne euyl wayes both do thinke well But here shal they saye ▪ Let these wordis passe for as for vs we will walke aftir our owne mynde and we wil euery man do aftir the luste of our owne herte Wherfore thus sayd the Lorde Enquyre I praye ye among the gentyles if any man hath committed any siche lyke abominacions as hath Israel y e virgen done and that so greuously May the snowe that lyeth melting vpon y e rockis of Libanus fayle the feldis Or the vaynes of springes euē from the botome be so takē awaye that they flowe nomore forthe to water and to make plentuouse And yet my peple hath forgoten me In somich that they brenne offer vnto vayne Idols in folowing their owne wayes ar fwarued and wandred frō the lawful comen waye ar gone a waye by an vntroden priuate pathe For the which thinge they haue geuen vp their lande into a perpetual desolaciō and outehissinge So that euery man passinge thorowe may be woundresly astonned and shake his head I shal therfore scater them in the sight of their enymes with a contrary skorching este wynde And whan their destruccion is at hande I shal turne my backe to them and not my face And than they sayde Come and let vs go and conspire agenste Jeremye We be the Priestis to whom the lawe is committed that it perisshe not And ye be the elders endewed with wysedome We be the Prophetes that neuer ar withoute the worde of the Lorde Let vs I saye than go and kutoute his tonge that we be nomore cōstrayned to hear his sermons Attende vnto me Oh Lorde and heare the noyse of my aduersares Is not euil for good reqcquyted me while they digge this pitte for me Remember how I stode before the to speke the best for them and to turne thy wrathe from thē Nowe therfore betake their chyldern into honger and caste them agenste the violence of swerde Let their wyues be chyldelesse and housbandlesse their housbandis put to dethe and the yongemen slayne with swerde in batayle Let oute cryes aryse frō their houses theues breaking yn vpō
which bringeth his worde to passe the Lorde which accomplessheth his thoughtis and purposes euen he whose name is the Lorde Thou cryedst vnto me and I answerde the aud I expowned the great and highe thinges which were vnknowne vnto you Thus I saye saith the Lorde God of Israel as concerninge the houses of this cyte the kingis houses of Juda to be thronedowne with ordinaunce and weapen the caldes now coming vpon to wonne it fillinge these houses with mennis caryons whom I shal smyte in my wrath furye my face turned awaye fro this cyte for the multitude of their malice Lo I shal close vp their woundes heale them I shal open them the tresure of peace and faithfulnes And I shal suerly bryng ageyne Juda and Israel and restore them as they were before And I shal pourge them frome al heir wykednes committed agenst me and parden al their synnes done so spyght fully agenst me wherby I shal get me a blessed glad name into my prayse and glorye amonge al the nacioÌ„s of therthe whiche shal hear of al my goodnes shewed vpon them For they shal feare and be astoned to se howe great goodnes and peace I shal bestow on them so louingly Also thus saith y e Lorde And ageyne there shal be herde in this place whiche ye saye also shal be turned into a wildernes so that nether man nor beast shal be in it and in the cyte of Juda withoute Jerusalem whiche also shal be desolate so that nother man nor beast inhabit them ther shal be herde I saye y e voyce of men makinge myrthe ioye solace euen the voyce of the brydegrome w t his spouse the voyce of men singinge Magnifye ye the Lorde of powers for right good is the Lorde whose mercy endureth for euer Ther shal be herde the voyce of men knowleging God with giftis in the Lordis house For I shal restore y e captiuite of this lande into their olde state saith the Lorde Thus saith the Lorde of powers Ther shal be ageyn in this region nowe desolate man and beste and in al hir cytes in the cytes of the mountayns of the playnes in the deserte herdemeÌ„nis lodges kepinge their flockes In the lande of Beniamin in the felde of Jerusalem in the cytes of Juda the flockes shal be noumbred agene vnder the handis of y e teller saith the Lorde Beholde the dayes shal come saith the Lorde that I shal performe this goodnes whiche I haue promysed to the house of Israel Juda. In these dayes in that tyme I shal bringforthe y t rightuouse budde of Dauid which shal do equyte rightuousnes vpon the erthe In these dayes Juda shal be made salfe Jerusalem shaldwel suerly And he shal be called in hir euen thus The Lorde our rightwisnes For euen thus promyseth God The sead of Dauid shalnot be withoute a man to sitte in the kinges seat of the house of Israel The preistis also the Leuites shal not lak a man to offer before me sacrifices to burne the sacrifice ministringe offeringe the slayne offeraunces euery daye Also the worde of the Lorde was shewed to Jeremye on this maner If it be possible my couenant to be broken which I haue smyten with the daye night so that nother y e daye nor y e night folowe not in their tyme so is it impossible my couenaunt to be voyde whiche I haue made w t Dauid my seruant so not to haue a sonne raigninge in his seat And euen lykewyse shalnot my seruice lake Leuite and Preiste For as the starres of heuen cannot be nowbred nor the sea sandes mesured euen so shal I encrease the sead of my seruant Dauid my Leuites and ministres Ouer this yet came the worde of y e Lorde ageyn to Jeremy thus Vnderstandest thou not what this peple saith Ther be two kynredis say they whom y e Lorde hath chosen and euen these same bothe hath he caste awaye for to this is my peple brought that they beleue themselues neuer to come in togither withe the gentyles wherfore thus saith y e Lorde If I haue not smitten a bargeÌ„ with y e day night If I haue not geuen lawes to y e heuen erthe the sead of Jacob Dauid my seruant now shal I caste awaye so that I receyue not of his ysswe to be princes ouer the sead of Abraham Isaac and Jacob. For I shal repayer their fall and be merciful vnto them ¶ The .xxxiiii. Chapiter THe sermone which was shewed of y e Lorde vnto Jeremy whan Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon with al his hoste gatherd from al y e regions of his lande that were vnder his impery and al his peple made bataile agenste Jerusalem hir cytes borderinge aboute hir one this maner Thus commandeth the Corde God of Israel Go and speke to Zedechias kinge of Juda tel him Thus saith the Lorde Lo I shal betake this cyte into the hande of the kinge of Babylon whiche shal set fyer vpon it thou thy selfe shalt not escape his hande but be led captiue delyuerde into his power Thy eyen shal beholde the present face of y e kinge of Babylon he shal speke vnto the mouthe to mouthe than shalt thou come to Babylon But yet hear the worde of the Lorde Zedechias kinge of Juda Thus y e Lorde telleth the. That thou shalt not be slayne with swerde but thou shalt dye in peace For they shal burne y e in the fyer as they brente thy fathers y e kinges thy predicessours And shal geue the thy moorning tuwne sayng Ah Master For this counsel haue I taken saith the Lorde And the Prophete Jeremy spake vnto Zedechie kinge of Juda al these sermoÌ„s at Jerusalem whan the kinge of Babylons hoste layd sege to Jerusalem and to al the other cytes of Juda that were lefte as to lachis and Azecham whiche yet remayned of y e sironge defensed cytes of Juda. The sermone whiche y e Lorde shâ—â—wed to y e Prophete Jeremye aftir y t Zedechias had made a lawe w t al the peple of Jerusalem that lybertye fredome shuld be proclaymed so that euery man shuld let fre go his bonde seruaÌ„t y t were hebrewes both man wâ—man no iewe to suffre his brother to be his bondeman And al y e rulers w t the hole peple y t moued this bargen consented that euery man shulde let go free both bonde man and woman and nomore to be lordis ouer them And agreyng to this lawe they obayed consented sending them for the fre But aftir warde they repented them and plucked their bonde men mayde seruantis home ageyn whom they had let go free called them ageyn into bondage For the which cause y e worde of the lorde was shewed froÌ„ him vnto Jeremy thus Thus saith y e lorde god of Israel I made a couenaunt with your fathers whaÌ„ I led theÌ„