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A09151	The testaments of the [twelue] patriarches the sonnes [of] Iacob: translated out of the Greeke [into] Latine by Robert Grosthed, some[time] Byshop of Lyncolne, and out of his copye into French and Dutch by others: Now Englished by A. G. To the credit whereof an auncient Greeke copye written in parchment, is kept in the Vniversitie Library of Cambridge.; Testamentum duodecim patriarcharum. English.	Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.; Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606, attributed name.	1576 (1576)	STC 19467; ESTC S113653	69,583	168

Simeon had gotten his coate and would not deliuer it vs but was mynded to haue cutte it in peeces with his sworde and he was angry that he was yet aliue and that be had not slain hym Then all my brethrē risyng vp together saied vnto hym why shouldest thou not geue it vs seeyng that thou onely art the worker of this mischief in Israell Hereupon he gaue it them and they did as Dan had counselled And now my children I warne you kepe the Lords Commaundementes be mercifull to your neighbours and haue inward compassion towardes all not onely men but also beastes For in that respect the Lorde blessed me insomuche that when all my brothers were sicke I scaped without sicknes For God knoweth euery mans intent Therefore my children haue compassion in your bowels because that as any man dealeth with his neighbor so will God deale with hym For the children of my brothers fell sicke also and dyed for Iosephes sake beecause their fathers pitied hym not but my children were preserued without sicknes as you know And while I was vpon the Sea coast of Chanaan I fell to fishing for my Father Iacob and whereas many others were drowned in the Sea I abode vnhurt I was the firste that made a fisher boate to float on the sea for God gaue me vnderstandyng and wisedome therein so that I did set vp a Mast in the boate and fastned a sayle to the middes of the wood and castyng along the shore in it I fished for my fathers houshold till we came into Egypt and for pities sake I gaue of my fishyng to euery stranger that I met with If there were any forrner borne or any sicke bodie or anie aged person I boyled my fish and dressed it well accordyng to euery mans neede and caried it to them comfortyng them and hauing compassion with them And therfore God made me to catch muche fishe in the Sea. For he that geueth his neighbour receiueth the thinges multiplied of the Lorde Fiue yeares did I fish geuing to euery man that I saw and seruing all my fathers house sufficiētly In haruest time I fished and in winterty●●e I fed sheep with my brothers Now will I tell you what I did I saw a miserable man in the depe of winter and hauyng compassion vppon hym I stale a garment priuily out of my House and gaue it the naked man You therefore my Children take pity indifferētly of all men and shew mercy with the thinges whiche the Lorde geueth you and deale them abroad to all men with a good hart Aud if ye haue not wherewith to succour the needie out of hand yet haue compassion on him with inward mercy I know that my hand for●lowed not to geue to hym that wanted and to spēd that time with him insomuch that I haue walked aboue seuen furlōgs with such a one weeping and my hart yirned vpon hym for compassion You therfore my children haue earnest and inwarde mercy towardes all that are in misery that God hauyng pitie vppon you may be mercifull to you likewise For in the last dayes God will sende his mercy vppon the earth and wheresoeuer he findeth inward and hartie mercy there will he dwell For looke how muche mercie man sheweth to hys neighbour so much wil God shew to him again Now when wee came downe into Egipt Ioseph minded not our euill dealing with him but when he saw me it made hys hart yirne Whom looke ye vpou my children and learne to forget y harme that is done to you Loue ye one another doe not one of you thinke vppon anothers ill dealyng for that breaketh vnitie and displaceth all kinred and troubleth the mynde For hee that is mindful of harme past hath not the bowells of mercie Marke the water and see how it washeth away the Sande when the stones and timber are remoued asunder And if a brooke be draw●e into many streames the earth sucketh it vp and it commeth to nothyng and so shall you if you be deuided among your selues Therfore deuide not your selues into two heades for all thinges that God hath created haue but one head a peece He hath geuen a man two shoulders two handes and two feete but yet do all the members obey one head I know by the writinges of my Fathers that in the last dayes ye shall depart from the Lord and be deuided in Israell folowyng two kynges workyng all abhomination and worshippyng all maner of Idols and your enemies shall take you prisoners and you shall fit among the heathen in all misery tribulation and sorowe of mynd And afterward you shall remember the Lord and repent and he shal turne you againe for he is mercifull and full of compassion and thinketh not vppon the ●ewdnes of the Children of men because they be flesh and the spirites of errour beguile them in all their doyngs After this shall GOD himself ryse vp vnto you the light of righteousnes and holsonnes and mercy are in his punishments He shall redeeme all men from the bondage of Beliall and all the spirites of error shal be troden downe and he shall turne all nations to the folowyng of hym ye shall see God in the shape of man for God hath chosen Ierusalem and God is his name Neuerthelesse by the wickednes of your words you shall prouoke hym to wrathe and ye shall be caste of till the tyme of full finishing And now my children bee not sad for my death neither be ye out of hart because I leaue you For I shall rise vp againe among you as a captaiue in the middes of his childrē And I shal reioyce in the middest of my tribe among as many as haue kept the lawe of the Lorde aud the commaundementes of their Father Zabulon But as for the wicked God shall bring euerlastyng fire vpō them and destroy them for euer I returne to my reste as my Fathers haue don now feare you the Lorde your GOD with al your strength all the dayes of your life As he had spoken these wordes he fell a sleepe to hys singular bene●ite and his sonnes said hym in a coffin and cariyng hym backe againe vnto Hebron buryed hym there with his Fathers ¶ The Testament of Dan made to his Children at his death concernyng anger and liyng The Serpent With weapon And Dan declare The intent Of those men That wrathfull are THe Copy of Dan hys words which he spake to them in hys laste dayes In the hundred and fiue and twenteth yeare of his life he called hys Tribe vnto hym and sayd Ye children of Dan heare my saiynges and geue heede to the words of your Fathers mouth I lyked in my hart and shewed in my whole lyfe the thing that is good for truth i●yned with right dealyng pleaseth God well I haue hated hurtfull thinges as liyng and anger because they teache a

that the Father of nations may receaue you For he was soothfast long suffering meeke lowly and a●●●●her of Gods lawe by his owne woorkes Therefore depart from all vnright●ousnes that ye may sticke to the righteousn●s of the Lordes law and bury ye mee by my Father In saiyng these thinges be kissed them and slept the sleepe of the world ▪ And his sonnes buried hym laiyng his bones by Abraham Issac and Iacob And like as Dan had prophesied to them that the● should one day neglect Gods law● and estrange them selues from the offpryns and natiue countrey of Israell so came it to passe ¶ The Testament of Neptalim made to his Children at his death concernyng goodnes Runne Neptalims race but runne apace Embrace his goodnes and trustinesse If your state you see seruauntes to bee Then God will you blesse and geue successe THe Copie of Heptalims Testament concernyng the thynges which he discoursed at the ende of his tyme in the hundred and two and thirtie yeare of hys life At the commyng of hys children together in the seuenth moneth the forth daie of the moneth hee beyng yet in good health commaunded a sumptuous feaste and greate cheere to be prepared When we wooke in the mornyng from sleepe because hee was euen at deathes doore he praised the Lorde that had strengthned hym and began to speake to his children in this wife My Children geue eare to Neptalim barken to your Fathers wordes I was borne of Bilha and because Rachell dealt craftely in puttyng Bilha to Iacob in her owne steade and Bilha was deliuered of mee in Rachels lappe therefore was I called Neptalim And Rachell loued me because I was borne on her lappe and she kissed mee when I was a little one saiyng God let mee see a brother of thyne out of myne owne wombe after thee By reason whereof Ioseph was like mee in all things accordyng to Rachels request Now my Mother Billa was the daughter of Rotheus the Brother of Debora Rebeccas nurse and was borne the selfe-same day that Rachell was borne for Rotheus was a Ca●dean of Abrahames kindred a worshipper of GOD free borne and a noble man Now bee it for asmuche as he was taken Prisoner Laban bought hym and maried hym to a bondwoman of hys called Eue who brought hym forth a Sonne whom he named Zeliphas after the name of the Castle wherein he was taken Afterwarde she bare Billa callyng her her newe hasty daughter because she was fond of the Dug as soone as she was borne And because I was as swift of foot as a Stagge my father Iacob appointed me to runne of all mesuages and errands and blessed me by the name of a Stagge For as the Potter knoweth what his bessell shall conteine and tempereth hys quan●itie of clay thereafter so the Lorde maketh a mans bodye proportionable to the spirite that he will put into it and ●●●teth the spirite to the abilitie of the bodie ●o as there is no inequalitie or oddes betwixt them for all the Lordes creatures are made in Weight Measure and Rule And as the Potter knoweth the vse of euery of them to what thynges thei be metest so the Lorde knoweth the bodie how farre for the it is fit for goodnesse and whē it beginneth in euill for there is not any Creature reasonable nor vnreasonable whiche the lorde knoweth not for he hath created all menne after his owne Image And as mans strength is so is his workeas is his will so is his woorke as is his forecast ▪ so is his doyng as is his harte so is his mouth as is his eye so is his slepeand as is his minde so is his talke either of the lawe of the Lorde or of the lawe of Beliall And lo●ke what diuersitie is betwene lighte and darckenesse or betwene sight and hearyng the same diuersitie is there in man and woman Neither is it to be saied that there is any betternesse in any thing either of the face or of other like thynges For God hath made all thynges good in their order or degree he hath sett the fiue wittes in the heade and knitte the head to the necke couered it with heare for his glorie Moreouer he hath assigned the harte to wisedome the bealie to the auoidaunce of the stomacke the breaste to healthe the liuer to anger the gall to bitternesse the spleene to laughter the kidneis to craftinesse the loynes to strength the ribbes to comelinesse the seede to lustinesse and so forthe So my children doe all thynges in order and in the feare of God neither doe ye any thyng disorderly in scorne or out of due season For thou caust not comma●ide the eye to heare neither caust thou doe the workes of light in darknesse Therefore hast ye not to marre your doynges through coueteousnesse or 〈◊〉 beguile your owne soules with fonde talke For by holdyng your peace with a cleane harte ye shal be able to kepe the wil of God and to caste awaie the wi●● of the deuell The Sūne Moone and Starres breake not their order neither break you Gods lawe in the order of your doy●ges The Gētiles by goyng astray and by forsakyng the lorde haue chaunged their order and followed stockes and stones and spirites of errour But doe you not so my children knowe ye that your onely one God is lorde in the skies on the yearth in the Sea and of all creatures for he is the maker of them And be not like Sodome whiche altered y order of her nature likewise wise * the Watchers altered the order of their Nature and they whom God cursed in the floud makyng the yearth desolate and fruitlesse for their sakes My children I saie these thynges because I haue read in the holy writynges of Enoch that you also shall depart frō the Lorde and walke in all the wickednesse of Sodome and the lorde shall bring thraldome vpō you so as ye shal serue your enemies and be pinched with all maner of tribulation and pain til God consume you euerichone And when ye bee made fewe and small ye shall turne again and knowe the lorde your God and he shall bryng you againe into your owne lande accordyng to his manifold mercie And it shall come to passe that when they shal be come into the countrey of their fathers they shall forget the Lorde againe and deale wickedly so as the Lorde shall scatter them all ouer the face of the whole earth til the mercy of the lorde come a mā that poureth out mercy and righteousnes vpon all men bothe farre and nere For in the xl yere of my life vpon mount Oliuet towardes the East side of Ierusalē I saw the Sunne moone stand stil behold Isaac my fathers father said vnto vs come hether apace and euery one of you take holde accordyng to his strengthe for the Sunne and Moone maie be caught And we came runnyng all together

as well as theresidue of my brethren Therefore my children keepe your selues from all spite and enuie and walke in singlenesse of mynde and good conscience after the example of your fathers brother that God may giue you grace glorie and blessednesse vppon your heades as you see in hym Of all the daies of his life he did neuer caste vs in the t●th with it but loued vs as his owne soule and more then his owne Children honoryng vs and geuyng vs riches Cattell and Corne aboundantly You therefore my childrē loue ye one an other with a good harte and put from you the spirite of Enuie for it maketh a mannes soule to growe sauage marreth his bodye bredeth wrathe and warre in his thoughtes setteth his bloud on fire driueth hym out of his wittes and suffereth not reasō to beare any swaie Moreouer it taketh awaie his slepe disquieteth his mynd and maketh his body to tremble For euen in slepe some spice of imagined malice guaweth hym combryng his soule with Spirites of mischief makyng his bodie gastly and his mynde afrighted with trouble and appearyng vnto men as it were with a pernicious spirite and pouryng out of poyson Therefore was Ioseph faire of face beautifull and comely to beholde because no wicked thyng dwelte in hym For he had a count enance cleare from comberaunce of mynde And now my childrē let your hartes be meke before the lorde and walke right before mā so shall ye finde fauor bothe with God and man and beware that ye fal not to whoredome For whoredome is the mother of all naughtinesse separatyng a man from God sending him to Beliall For I haue seen in Enockes writynges that you and your childrē shal be corrupted with whoredome and do Leuy wrong by the sworde But thei shal not preuaile againste Leuy because he shall ●ight the lordes battailes take all your tentes and verie fewe shall bee deuided in Leuy and Iuda for he shall be your Capitai●e and my father Iacob prophesied in his blessinges Behold I tell you al thinges aforehande that I maie be cleare frō the synne of your soules Now if you put from you all enuiousnesse and all stifneckednesse all my bones shall florishe as a Rose in Israel and my fleshe as a Lillie in Iacob my sauor shal be as the sent of Libanus my holy ones shal bee multiplied as the Ceders for euer their boughes shall spreade out in length for euermore Then shall thee seede of Chanaan perishe together with the remenaunte of Amalecke All the Capadocians shall perishe and all the Schithians shall be destroied Then shall the lande of Cham faile and al the people go to wrecke Then shall al the ●earth rest from trouble and all men vnder Heauen from warre Then shall Sem bee glorified when the greate Lorde God of Israel appeareth vpō yearth as a man to saue Adam in hym Then shall the spirites of errour be troden vnder foote and men shal raigne ouer hurtfull siēdes Thē shall I rise againe in ioye and blesse the highest in his wōderfull workes for God takyng a body vpon him and eatyng with men shall saue men And now my children obey Leu●●nd you shall bee deliuered by Iuda● and ●●uauce not your selues aboue thes● twoo Tribes for of them twoo shall the sauyng health of God spring vnto vs. For the Lorde shall sette vp of Leuy the Prince of Priestes and of Iuda the kyng of kynges God and man So shall he saue all the Gentiles the offpryng of Israel For these thynges sakes I charge you to commaunde your children to keepe these thynges throughout al their generatiōs And Simeon making an ende of these his saiynges and commaundementes to his children slept with his Fathers whē he was of the age of a hundred and twentie yeares And they laide hym in a Coffin of woodde that rotteth not that they might carry his bones againe into Hebron and they conueied him priuily in the warre of the Egiptians For the Egiptians kept the bones of Ioseph in the Kynges treasury For their I●cha●ters tolde them that whensoeuer Iosephes bones were caried awaye there should be suche a plague of miste and darkenes among the Egiptians as one Brother should not know an other no not euen by torch light And Symeons Children bewayled their Father accordyng to the Lawe of mournyng and continued in Egipt till the day of their departyng thence vnder the hand of Moyses ¶ The Testament of Leuy● 〈…〉 hys Children at hys death conce●nyng Priesthoode The sinne be iust rage not geue lyght Ye Preachers of Gods worde For what thing els sheweth Sun and Moone Dame Venus Wolfe and sword THe Copye of Leuyes wordes namely which he spake to his childrē cōcerning all the thinges which they should doe and whiche should happen to them vnto the day of iudgement He was in health when he called thē vnto hym for he knew before ▪ when he should dye Therfore whē they were come together he said vnto thē I Leuy was bred and borne in Carram and afterwarde came with my father into Sichem I was at y time but yong about xx yeares olde when I helped my brother Simeō to reuēge our sister Dina against Hemor Now as wee were feedyng of our flocks in Abe●●naul the spirit of y vnderstanding of the Lord came vpon me and I sawe all menne vnderminyng their owne waies how vnrighteousnes had builded her selfe a fortresse and wickednesse sat vpon the towers thereof And I was sorye for mankind besought the Lord to saue them Then fell there a sleepe vpon mee and I saw a high mountaine It was the mountaine of Aspis in Abelmaull And behold the heauens opened and the Angell of God sayd vnto mee Leuy com● hether and I went from the first heauen to the second and there sawe the water hanging betwene the one and the other And I saw the third heauen much brighter thē them both ●or ▪ the height therof was infinite And I sayd to the Angell what meaneth this And the Angell aunswered me maruell not at these things for thou shalt see fower heauens yet brighter and without comparison when thou commest vp to them For thou shalt stand by the Lord and be his minister and vtter his secrets vnto men and preach of the deliuerer of Israel which is to come By thee and by Iuda the Lord will appeare to men to saue al mankinde in them Thy life shall depend vpon the Lorde by hym shalt thou haue thy fieldes vineyardes fruites gold and siluer Therefore harken as touching the seuen Heauens The lowest is most lowring because it is nerest to al the vnrighteousnes of men The second hath fire Snow and I se prepared by the Lords appointment against the daye of Gods rightfull iudgemēt In it are al the spirites of vēgeance for the punishyng of the wicked In

man all maner of naughtinesse I confesse vnto you my children thys day that I was glad in my hart at the death of Ioseph that true and good man and reioyced at the sellyng of hym because our Father loued hym more than vs. For the spirite of spitefulnes and pryde said vnto me Thou art his Soune too as well as he And one of the spirites of Belial wrought with me saiyng Take this sworde and slea Ioseph with it and when he is dead thy father shall loue thee This was the spirit of spitefulnes which counseled nice to deuour Ioseph as the Leopard deuoureth a Ryd But the God of our Father Iacob did not put hym into my handes nor suffer me to find him alone that I might dispatch twoo Scepters in Israell by committyng that wickednesse And now my childrē I tell you of a truth that vnlesse ye keepe your selues frō this spirite of lying and wrath and loue truth and long sufferance ye shal perish Wrath is blynde my Children and no wrathfull man looketh truth in the face because that although they were his Father and Mother yet doth he beholde them as his enemies Though he be hys brother ▪ yet he knoweth hym not though he be the Lords Prophet yet obeieth he him not though he bee a. righteous man yet he regardeth hym not and though hee bee his frcinde yet he considereth it not For the spirite of wrathe besetteth hym with the Snares of errour blindyng hys naturall eyes and dimmyng the eyes of his mynde by falsehoode and geuyng to hym a sight of hys owne makyng And wherein bleareth he his eyes In hatred of hart For he geueth hym a self willed hart against hys Brother to spite hym and enuy hym My Sounes wrath is mischevous for it becommeth a soule to the soule and subdueth the body to it selfe by ouer masteryng the soule and geueth power to the bodye to worke all wickednes And when the soule hath wrought it iustifieth the thyng done because it seeth not Therefore he that is wrathfull if he be a man of might hath treble power in hys anger One through the healpe and furtheraunce of his seruauntes Another of hys riches wherethrough he perswadeth and ouercommeth in vnrighteousnes and third of the nature of his own body which of it self worketh euil And though he that is angry bee a poore man yet hath he his naturall power doubled For the said spirite doth alwayes further his wickednes by causing his deedes to be matched with liyng Wherefore consider the power of wrath how vaine it is Fo hee is bitter in speeche and walketh at Sathans right hand that his deedes may be wrought in vntrustinesse and liyng for Sathan doth first of all styng hym by speeche and when he hath once pricked hym forewarde hee strengthneth hym by dedes and troubleth his vnderstanding with bitter nippes and losses and so prouoketh his mynde to excessiue wrath Therefore when any man speaketh against you be not moued to anger and if he praise ye as good men bee not puffed vp nor chaunged into voluptuousues and sternnesse of countenaunce For when a man heareth a thing that misliketh hym first it ticleth him and stingeth his minde so that he thinkes he hath iuste cause to be angry Now therfore my children if ye fall into any losse hinderance be not out of patience for the spirit of impatience maketh men to lust for the thyng that is forgone to be angry for the want of it Beare you losses willingly and bee not out of quiet for it for vnquietnes ingendreth anger and vntrueth and it is euill to haue a double face Anger and vntruth talke one to another to trouble the vnderstandyng And when the mynde is combred with disdeine the Lorde departeth from it and Belial getteth the dominion of it Therefore my Children keepe the Lords commaundementes and lawes eschew vntruth and hate it that the Lord may dwel in you and Belial flee from you Speake euerie of you the trueth to hys neighbour that ye fall not willingly into incomberaunce and so shall ye be in quiet and ye shal haue the God of peace warxe shall not preuaile against you Loue the Lord all your life long and loue ye one another with a sothfast hart For I am sure that in the latter daies ye shall depart frō the Lord walke in all naughtines working the abhominations of the Gentiles and huntyng wicked women in all leudnes through the workyng of deceitfull spirits in you For I haue read in Enoch that Sathan is your prince and that all y spirites of fornication and pride shall plie themselues in laiyng snares for the Children of Dan to make them sinne before the lord But my children sticke ye vnto Leuy and looke vpon hym in all thinges The children of Iuda shall snatch away other mens goods like Lyons through couetousnesse For this cause shall ye be led away with them into captiuitie and there receiue all the plagues of Egipt and all the malice of the Heathen whereupon ye shall returne to the Lord obteine mercy and he shall bring you into his holy place and proclaime peace to you The Lordes sauing health shall spring vp vnto you out of the Tribes of Iuda and Leuy He shall make warre against Belial and geue our young men the victorye in reuengement Hee shall deliuer the imprisoned soules of the sainc●es from Beliall and turne your vnbeleuyng hartes to the Lorde and geue euerlastyng peace to suche as call vppon hym The Sainctes shall rest in hym and the righteous shall reioyce in the newe Hierusalem whiche shall glorifie God for euer Hiernsalem shall no more be wasted nor Israell led into captiuitie because the Lord shal be conuersant among men in the middest of it and the holy one of Israell shall reigne ouer them in lowlinesse and pouertie and he that beleueth in him shall certainly reigne in heauen Now my children feare the Lord and beware of Satan and hys spirites And drawe neare vnto God and to the angell that excuseth you for he is the mediator betweene God and man to set peace in Israell He shall stand against the kingdome of the enemie and therefore will the enemie labour to ouerthrow all that call vpon the Lords for he knoweth that whensoeuer Israell decayeth ▪ then shall his enemies kingdome come to an end But the said angell shall strengthen Israell that hee come not to an euill end At that tyme shall Israel depart from iniquitie and the Lorde shall visite suche as do his will. In all places of Israel and among the heathen his name shall bee the sauiour Therfore my children keepe your selues from all no●●ome dealings and put from you wrathe and all vntruthe Loue truth and mildnes and looke what you haue heard of your Father deliuer it ouer to your Children

not in God y ▪ came in the 〈◊〉 to deliuer Then shall he iudge all natiōs as many as beleued not in him when he appealed vpō earth and he shall reproue Israell among the chosen of the Gentiles as he reproued Esau in the Madianits that seduced his brethren by fornication Idolatry who were estraunged from God and fell away from the inheritance of the Childrē because they feared not god But if you walke in holinesse before the Lorde ye shall dwell in hope againe in me And all Israell shall be gathered to the Lord and I shall no more be called a 〈◊〉 Wolfe for your robberies sakes but I shall be called the Lordes workeman whiche geueth foode to such as doc good And in my s●ede shal be raysed vp the beloued of the Lorde whose voyce shall be heard vpon the earth and he shall geue ●ewe knowledge inlighten all nations with the light of vnderstanding and shall come vp to saue Israell Hee shall take from them as a Wolfe and geue to 〈…〉 of the Gentiles and continue in the 〈◊〉 of the Gentiles vnto the 〈…〉 He shall be amonge their Princes as musicall melodie in the mouthes of al men and his doinges and sayinges shall be written in holy bookes He shal be the Lordes dearling for euermore And as concerning hym my Father Iacob taught me saying He shall amend the defaultes of thy Trybe And when he had ended these sayinges hee c●mmaunded his Children to carye hys bones out of Egipt and to burye them in Hebron by his Fathers So Benia●●● dyed a hundred and fiue and twenty yeare olde in a good age and they put 〈…〉 and in the foure score 〈…〉 before the departure of the Israelites out of Egypt they and their Brethren conueyed their Fathers bones priuely agayne into the land of Chanaan and buryed him in Hebron at the feete of hys Fathers and returned agayne out of the land of Chanaan and dwelt in Egipt till the day of their departure thence all together FINIS ¶ How these Testaments of the twelu● Patriarches w●re first founde and by whose meanes they were translated out of Greeke into Latine THese Testamentes were hidden and concealed a longe time so as our teachers and the auncient 〈◊〉 coulde not find● them Which thing happened through the spitefulnes of the Iewes who by reason of the most euidēt manifest and often prophesies of Christ that are written in them did hide them a lōg while At 〈◊〉 the Greekes being very narrow 〈…〉 out of auncient writinges ●ought these Testamentes warel● got them more 〈◊〉 translated thē faythfully out of Hebrew into Greeke Neuerthele●●e this writing cōtinued yet stil 〈…〉 because there was not any man to be foūd y was skilful both in y Greeke and Latine nor any interp●●●e● that might procure the translation of this noble work● vntill the tyme of Robert the second surnamed Grosthead 〈…〉 Lincolne who sēt diligent searchers as farre as Greece to fetch him a copie of the sayd wryting without respect of their charges whiche he bare most liberally Therfore to cōtinue the remembraunce of those most lightsō prophesies to y strengthning of the christian faith that reuerend Byshop did in the yeare of our lord 1242. translate thē plainely and faithfully worde for worde out of Gréeke into Latin in which two tounges he was coūted very skilfull by the helpe of M. Nicholas Greeke Parson of the Church of Dachet and 〈…〉 Albōs to y intent that by that mea●es the euidēt prophesies which ▪ shine more brighter thē the day light might the more gloryously come abroad to y greater confusion of the Iewes and of al heretickes and enemies of the Churche of Christ to whom ●e praise and glory for euer Amen ●euy Iacob Ruben Symeon Isachar Zabulon D●n Gad. Neptalim Ioseph Beniamin Eccle. 44. Gene. 25. Simple or 〈◊〉 Rom. 9. Iacob beloued not of ●erite but 〈◊〉 Grace Gene. 25. Gene. 26. Gene. 27. The wicked euer resist gods ●●gemēts Gene. 2● A 〈◊〉 for maryage Gene. 29. Trouble payne are destined to the elect An example for children 〈…〉 ● godly note for seruauntes Mans lyfe is but a pilgrimage God alw●● prouideth for the righteous Parentes ought to tel their children Gods blessinges Uerified in 〈◊〉 carnall Israel to Christ his c●mming in the spirituall for euer ‡ That is 〈◊〉 be vn●●r their 〈◊〉 Christ. 1 Comp●ed as one of his children not that they should pray vnto him b●●ng dead as 〈◊〉 gathered God hath mercye on 〈◊〉 he will. By ●ayth Iacob 〈…〉 the lād as yet but hoped 〈◊〉 * Begotten in my youth * Leuy had no tribe Simeon was vnder Iuda Iudg. Cap. 1. Blessinges of Iuda 1 A worthy cap●ayne 2 A 〈◊〉 Prince 3 A 〈◊〉 land Iudg. 13. 〈◊〉 ▪ 15. 16. The Philistines Iosua 1. 21. Num. 32. Iudg. 45. The blessing of Ioseph 1 Encrease of familie 2 〈…〉 All thinges come of God. Not for the holines of y place but for memory of G●ds promise ● A token of a good conscience Death i● our lon● home Fornication ●la●ned Gene. 35. 49. 1. Cor. 5. * Prayer repentaunce stayeth God his wrath * The blessing and prayer of a father to God for his children of what benefite In repentance the hart is to be considered not externall action The eight instuments whereby man worketh and the effect of them 1 Life 2 Seeing 3 Hearing 4 Smelling 5 Spech 6 Tasting 7 S●●de and of what propertie 8 Sleepe and of what propertie Eight spirites of error and of what propertie 1 Rechery 2 Gluttony 3 Enuy. 4 Brauery 5 Pride of 〈◊〉 propertie 6 Vaine glory in what it cōsisteth 7 Unrigh●●ousne● 8 Wilfull ●gnorance Discommodities of ignorance Ringleaders to fornication 1 ● gredy eye 2 Close cōpany with women 3 Busie questions Gen. 35. 4 Drunk●nesse Nothing so secretly don but it shall be open A godly cou●at Labour a preseruatiue from fornication A gilty cōscience is a great burden ●●norse of conscience slayeth sin The fruite of fornication 1 Destruction of the soule 2 Idolatry 3 Shortness of life 4 Ignominious shame Iosephes chastitie rewarded Gene 9. Looke pa. 5. Properties of v●chast women A note for garish attire wanton lookes An exāple of this 〈◊〉 chief● Gen. 6. 〈…〉 ●eachers Infectious 〈◊〉 corrupteth the ●inde 〈…〉 Gen. 49. He prophesieth of Christ. Faithfull dealing with neighbours Gene. 〈◊〉 Genes 29. Hardines of whom it is Genes 37. Man purposeth God disposeth Gene. 37. Ch●●st after bloud plague● Enuy described 1 Blindeth the minde 2 Hindereth 〈◊〉 susteuaunce 3 ● prouoketh 〈…〉 4 Pineth at mens prosperitie A remedie against enuie Gene. 〈◊〉 Ioseph mercifull to his brethren Gene. 50. Looke page 71. I sure tokē of a good nature Properties of enuie 1 Cor●uptiō of life 2 Distemperature of body 3 Smale sleepe Genes 39. ● token of a quiet mynde Effectes of who●edome Genes 49. Genes 49. * Parentes teachyng not