The Piththy and moost notable sayinges of al Scripture gathered by Thomas Paynell after the manner of common places very necessary for al those that delite in the consolacions of the Scriptures 1550. ¶ To the right excellent and moste gracious Lady my Ladye Maryes good grace Thomas Paynell sendeth gretynge NOtwithstaÌ„ding that this my collection of Scripture moste excellente and vertuous Ladye hathe no nede of any mans tuition or defense forasmuche as it contayneth onelye the simple and very true worde and sayinges of god yet after I had finished and ended the thyng and purposed by the counsell of a lerned man to publyshe it for mans consolacioÌ„ and learning youre graces fyery and â—eâ—ueÌ„t mynde to vertuous and godly liuing youre true intente and naturall inclinacion to the same your liberal hand and fauour to those whiche diligently do exercyse themselues in the spirituall and morall study of the sincere worde of god and agayne youre Graces benignitie and gentilnes of long tyme bounte fully to me declared enforced me to publishe it in your graces name Accept therfore this my labour moste excellant Lady as sente of your daylye Orator and moste humble seruaunt to your grace Rede the fruiteful lessons therof and digest them thorowly practyse and proue in very dede howe swete the Lordes wordes be vse the profitable doctrines of this litle boke for so doynge youre grace shall learne dayly more and more truly to know the Lord to tast releafe and to ensewe his holye and swete worde to loue and feare him to be his faithfull and obsequines handmaydeÌ„ â–ª and a diligent ensuer of his wil and sâ—eppes moste pleasaunt and voluntariously to beare the yoke of his most comfortable and swete commaundementes Thinke nor esteme not I moste humblye beseche youre grace this my gifte to be sleÌ„der in valure although of it selfe it be but litle for precious stones are of themselues in quantitie but lytle and yet for theyr naturall operacions and proprieties of greate estates moste hyely estemed Esteme the content of my boke and gifte that is the worde of God and not the slendernesse thereof esteme my faythful and true heart vnto your grace and not my simple and slender gyfte And yet yf this my poore and slender gyfte maye be wel and exactly wayd and pendred what thyng although it comprehende not al the fruiteful lessons of Scripture maye be compared vnto it For what is more exceleÌ„t or more precious then the word of god what thyng maye be estemed equall vnto it what ought to be more embraced of a christian theÌ„ Christes woâ—de then a pure and a christian lyfe then chastitie then humâ—â—…e then godly wisedome and pure doctrine the which with other vertuous and heauenly lessons are in this my briefe collection compendiously and fruitfully comprised Wherfore I euen humbly desire youre noble grace to accepte this my labour and small gift in good parte Accept I saye and embrace the worde of God for that truly vnderstanded and seriously ensued and folowed shal be to your graces spirituall encrease mooste comfortable comforte ¶ The fyrste Chapter of Genesis IN the begynning God created heauen and earth The earth was voyde and empty and darckenes was vpoÌ„ the face of the depe and the spirite of god moued vpon the face of the waters God called the drie land erthe and the gatheringe together of waters called he the sees God made two greate lightes a greater lighte to rule the daye and a lesse lyghte to rule the nyght God created man in his owne ymage in the ymage of God created he him male and female created he them And god blessed them and sayd vnto them Growe and increase and replenishe the earth and subdue it and haue dominion of the fyshe of the see and foule of the ayre and of euery lyuinge thinge that moueth vpon the earth ¶ The seconde Chapter AND in the seuenth daye God endued his worke whiche he had made In the .vii. daye also he rested from all his workes which he had made and God blessed the .vij. daye sanctified it because that in it he had rested frome all his worke which God ordeyned to make The Lord god also shope man euen dust froÌ„ the grounde and breathed in to his nostrelles the breath of lyfe and Adam was made a lyuing soule And the Lorde God plaÌ„ted a garden caste warde from eden and there he put man whome he had made The tree of lyfe and the tree of knowledge of good euil was in the widdes of the garden The Lorde god also tooke Adam and put him into the garden of eden that he might dresse and kepe it And the Lorde God commaunded Adam sayinge eatinge thou shalt eate of euery tree of the garden But as touching the tree of knowledge of good and euill thou shalt not eate of it Ele in what daye soeuer thou eatest there of thou shalt dye the death It is not good that Adam shulde be alone I will make hym an helpe whiche may be present with hym And so oute of the grounde shope the Lorde god euery beste of the felde and euery foule of the ayre and brought it vnto man that he might se how he wolde cal it For lyke wyse as man hym selfe named euery liuinge thinge euen so was the name thereof Man himselfe therfore named the names vnto all catel and foule of the ayre and to euery beast of the felde And for man founde he not an helpe that mighte be present with hym The Lorde god also caused a slombre to fall vpon AdaÌ„ and he stepte And he toke one of his ribbes and closed vp the fleshe in steade thereof And the ribbe which the Lorde God had taken from man made he a woman and brought her vnto man And man sayde This is now bone of my bones and fleshe of my fleshe she shall be called womaÌ„ by cause she was taken out of man For this cause shall man leue his father and his mother shal be ioyned with his wife and they shal become one fleshe and they were both naked the man and his wyfe and were not ashamed ¶ The .iij. Chapter THe serpent was subtiller then euery beast of the felde whiche the lorde god made The serpent sayde vnto the woman ye shall not dye the death but god dothe knowe that the same daye that ye eate there of your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be euen as goddes knowynge good and euill And the Lorde god called Adam and sayde vnto him where art thou whiche sayde I herde thy voyce in the Garden and was afrayde bycause I was naked and hyd my selfe Adam sayde The woman whome thou gauest to be with me gaue me of the tree and I dyd eate And the woman sayde yonder serpent begylyd me and I dyd eate The Lorde sayde vnto the serpent because thou hast done this thou art cursed aboue all cattell and aboue euery beast of the felde Vpon thy bellye shalt thou go and dust
infirmities and wyll put none of the euell diseases of Egipte whiche thou knowest vpon the but wyll sende them vpon all them that hate the. ¶ The .viii. Chapter A Man dothe not lyue by breade onely but by euery worde that procedeth out of the mouth of the lorde dothe a man lyue Thy raiment waxed not olde vpon the neither thy foote dyd swell those forty yeares The .ix. Chapter SPeake not thou in thy harte after that the lorde thy god hathe caste them oute before thee saying for my righteousneâ— the lorde hathe brought me in to possesse this land Naye but for the wickednesse of these nacions the lorde hathe caste them out before thee It is not for thy righteousnesse sake or for thy righte harte that thou goest to possesse theyr lande but for the wickednesse of these nacions the lorde thy god doth cast them out before thee euen to performe the word whiche the lorde thy god sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob Fortye dayes and forty nightes I did neyther eate breade nor drynke water because of all your synnes whiche ye synned in doyng wickedly in the sighte of the lorde in that ye prouoked hym vnto wrathe The .x. Chapter ANd now O Israel what doeth the lord thy god requyre of thee but to feare the lorde thy god and to walke in al his wayes to loue hym and to serue the lorde thy god with all thyne harte and withall thy soule namely that thou kepe the commaundementes of the lorde and his ordinauÌ„ces whiche I commaunded this daye to obserue ¶ The xiij Chapter IF thy brother the sonne of thy mother or thyne owne sonne or thy doughter or thy wyfe that lyeth in thy bosome or thy frend which is as thine owne soule vnto the entyce the secretly sayinge let vs go and serue straunge goddes whiche thou haste not knoweÌ„ nor yet thy fathers And they be of the gods of the people whiche are rounde about you whether they benye vnto the or far of from the from the one ende of the earth vnto the other Chou shalt not consent vnto hym nor herken vnto hym thyne eye shal not pytye hym neyther shalt thou haue compassion on hym nor kepe hym secrete but cause hym to be slayne Thyne hande shall be fyrste vpon hym to kyll hym and then the handes of all the people The .xiiij. Chapter THou shalte tithe al the encrease of thy sede that the felde bringeth forthe yere be yere The .xv. Chapter There shall be no beggers amonge you Yf one of thy brethren amongâ— you be poore within any of thy gates in thy lande whiche the lorde thy god geueth the thou shalt â—ot harden thy harte nor shut thy hande from thy poore brother but open thyne hande vnto hym and lende hym sufficient for his nede whiche he hathe The .xvj. Chapter WRest not thou the lawe nor knowe any person neyther take any rewarde for gyftes blinde the wyse and peruert the wordes of the righteous That whiche is iuste and ryght shalte thou folowe that thou mayste lyue and enioye the lands whiche the lorde thy God gyueth the. The .xvij. Chapter AT the mouth of two or thre wytnesses shall he that is worthy of death dyâ— and at the mouth of one wytnes let no man dye That man that wyll do presumptuously and wyl not herken vnto the priest that standeth before the lord thy god to minister or vnto the iudge that man shall dye and thou shalte put awaye euyl from Israel The .xviij. Chapter THis is the priestes dutye of the people and theÌ„ that offer sacrifice whether it be oxe or shepe They muste geue vnto the prieste the shulder and the two chekes and the mawe the fyrst frutes also of thy corne wyne and oyle and the first of the well of thy shepe shalte thou gyue hym For the Lorde thy GOD hathe chosen hym out of all thy trybes to stande and to minister in the name of the Lorde he and his sonnes for euer Let there not be founde amonge you any one that maketh his sonne or his doughter to go thorowe the fyre or that vseth wytchecraft or a choser out of dayes or that regardeth the flyinge of foules or a sorcerer or a charmar or that counceleth with spretes or a sothsayer or that asketh the truth at them that be deade The Lorde GOD wyll stere vp vnto the a Prophete amonge you euen of thy brethren lyke vnto me vnto hym ye shall herken accordynge to all that thou desyredst of the Lorde thy God in Horâ—b The .xix. Chapter IF an vnrighteous wylnesse ryse vp against a man to accuse hym of trespace then bothe the men whiche stryue together shall stande before the Lorde before the priestes and the iudges whiche shal be in those dayes and the iudges shall make diligent inquisition And yf the witnes be founde false and that he hath geuen false wytnesse againste his brother then shall ye do vnto him as he had thought to do vnto his brother and thou shalte put euell awaye froÌ„ the. ¶ The .xx. Chapter IF any man be betrouthed vnto a wyfe I haue not taken her let hym go and returne againe vnto his house lest he dye in the battalle and an other man take her Yf any man feare and be fainte herted let him go and returne home to his house lest he make his brothers hart fainte as well as his ¶ The .xxi. Chapter THou shalt geue to the first borne double portion of all that thou hast for he is the first of thy strength and to him belongeth the ryght of the fyrst borne Yf any man beue a sonne that is stubborne and disobedient that he wyll not hearken vnto the voyce of his father and voyce of his mother and they haue chastened him and he wolde not harken vnto them Then shall his father and his mother take him and bringe him out vnto the elders of that cytie and vnto the gate of that same place and saye vnto the elders of the cytie This oure sonne is stubburne and disobediente and wyl not herken vnto oure voyce he is a ryotour and a drunckarde And all the men of that cytie shall stone hym with stones vnto death And thou shalt put euell awaye from the and all Israell shall heare and feare Yf a man haue committed a trespasse worthy of deathe and is put to deathe for it and thou hangest hym on tre his bodye shall not remayne all night vpon the tree but thou shalt burye hym the same daye for the curse of God is on him that is hanged ¶ The .xxij. Chapter THou shalte norse thy brothers oxe or shepe go astray and withdraw thy selfe from theÌ„ But shalt bringe them againe vnto thy brother And yf thy brother be not nye vnto the or if thou know hym not then bringe it vnto thyne owne house and it shall remayne with the vntyll thy brother aske after them and then deliuer them hym agayne In lyke maner shalt thou do with his asse and so
myght be eased from their wyckednes the ten thousande part of men shulde not be made lyuynge And yf the iudge forgaue not those whiche he healed with his worde and yf he wold destroy the multitude that striueth there shuld be very fewe left in an vnnumerable multitude ¶ The .viii. Chapter THe most highest made this worlde for many but the world to come for fewe I will tell the a symilitude Esoras As when thou askeste the earthe it shall saye vnto the that it geueth muche moulde wherof earthen vessels are made but litle of it that golde commeth of euen so is it with the worcke of this worlde There be manye created but fewe shal be preserued Yf thou haue mercye vpon vs thou shal be called mercyfull where as we haue no worckes of righteousnes for the righteous whiche haue laid vp many good worckes together shal out of their dedes receaue rewarde ¶ The .ix. Chapter LYke as the felde is so is also the seede as the floures be so are the coloures also suche as the worckeman is suche is the worcke and as the husband man is him selfe so is his husbandry also ¶ The .xiiii. Chapter THe weaker that the worlde and the time is the more shall synne wyckednesse increase in them that dwell vpon earthe for the truthe is fled farre awaye and lesynge is harde at hande Yf so be that ye wyll subdue your owne vnderstandyng and reforme your herte ye shall be kept aliue and after deathe shall ye optaine mercy for after deathe shall the iudgement come when we shall lyue againe and then shall the names of the righteous be manifest and the workes of the vngodly shall be declared ¶ The .xv. Chapter THus saith the lorde god my right hand shall not spare the synners my sweard shal not cease ouer theÌ„ that shed innocent bloude vpoÌ„ earth The .xvi. Chapter ANd when youre synnes are brought forthe ye shal be ashamed before menne and youre owne synnes shal be your accusers in that daye Wo be vnto them that are subdued vnto theyr synnes and tangled in theyr wickednesse like as a felde is hedged in with bushes and the pathe thereof couered with thornes and that no manne maye trauayle thorow and so is he taken and cast in the fyre and brente ¶ The booke of Tobias The fyrst Chapter TObias gat him to Ierusalem vnto the temple of the lord there worshipped the lord god of Israel faythfully offeryng of al his first frutes tythes so that in the thyrde yeare he ministred all the tythes vnto the straungers conuertes Tobias taughte his son froÌ„ his youth vp to feare god and to refrayne from all synne Tobias fed the hungry clothed the naked and buried the dead and slayne diligently The .ii. Chapter THis temptatioÌ„ of blindnesse did god suffer to happen vnto hym that they whiche came after might haue an exaÌ„ple of his pacieÌ„ce lyke as of holy Iob for in so muche as he euer feared god froÌ„ his youthe vp kepte his coÌ„mauÌ„dementes he grudged not against god that the plage of blindnes chauÌ„sed vnto him but remained sted fast in the feare of god and thanked god all the dayes of his lyfe ¶ The .iii. Chapter BLessed be thy name o god of our fathers whiche when thou arte wroth shewest mercy and in time of trouble thou forgeuest the synnes of them that call vpon the. Whosoeuer loueth the and serueth the a right is sure of this that if his life be tempted and proued it standeth in the trying and yf he endure in patience he shall haue a rewarde and be hyghlye crowned if he be in troble that god no doubte shall delyuer him and yf his lyfe be in chastening that he shall haue leue to come vnto thy mercye For thou hast no pleasure in our damnation and why after a storme thou makest the wether fayre and styll after wepinge and heuynes thou geuest greate ioye ¶ The .iiii. Chapter HOlde thy mother in honoure all the dayes of her lyfe for thou oughteste to remember what and howe greate parels she suffered for the in her wombe Geue almes of thy goodes and turne neuer thy face froÌ„ the pore and so shall it come to passe that the face of the lord shall not be turned away from the. Mercy delyuereth from all synne from death and suffereth not the soule to come in darcknes A greate conforte is mercy before the highe god vnto all them that shewe it Whosoeuer worcketh any thynge for the immediatly geue him his hyre and loke that thy hyred seruauntes wages remayne not by the ouer nyght Looke that thou neuer do vnto another man the thinge that thou woldest not another manne shoulde do vnto the. The .vi. Chapter Yf thou layest a pece of the herte vpon the coales the smoke therof driueth awaye all maner of euell spretes wether it be from man or woman so that from thenceforthe the same shall come no more vnto them Heare me and I wyll tell the what they be of whome the deuyll hathe power Namelye they that receaue mariage of suche a fashion that they shute god oute from them and from theyr herte and geue theym selues to their owne luste euen as it were an horse and mule whiche haue no vnderstandynge vpon suche hathe the deuyll power But when thou takest Sara and art come in to her chaumbre wytholde thy selfe from her thre dayes and geue thy diligence vnto nothing but vnto prayer with her The .x. Chapter SO the elders embraced their doughter â—yssed her and let her goo exortyng her to honoure her father and mother in lawe to loue her husbande to rule well her housholde to kepe her house in good order to shewe her selte fawtlesse ¶ The .xii. Chapter IT is good to hyde the kynges secrete but to shewe the worckes of god to prayse them is an honorable thinge Prayer is good with fastyng and mercye is better then to horde vp treasures of golde For mercye delyuereth frome deathe clenseth synne and causeth to fynde euerlastyng lyfe But they that do synne and vnrighteousnes are the enemies of their owne soule When thou prayedest with teares and buriedest the deade and leftest thy dyner and hyddest the dead in thy house vpon the daye tyme that thou myghtest burye them in the nighte I offered thy prayer before the lorde You thougt that I dyd eate and dryncke wythe you but I vse meate that is muscible and drinck that can not be sene of menne The boke of Iudith The fourth Chapter BE ye sure that the lorde wyll here your petitions if ye continue stedfast in fastinges and prayers in the syghte of the lorde The .viii. Chapter Iudyth ware a smocke of heare and fasted all the dayes of her lyfe excepte the sabothes new mones the solempne daies that the people of Israell kepte The .ix. Chapter THy power o lord standethe not in the power of men neither hast thou anye plesur in the strenghte of horses
the lorde my god shall come and al saintes with him In that daye shall it not be lyght other cleare or dymme This shal be that speciall daye whiche is knowen vnto the Lorde neither daye nor night but aboute euenyng time it shal be lyghte The booke of the Prophete Malachy the .i. Chapter WAs not Esau Iacobs brother sayth the lorde yet haue I loued Iacob and hated Esau Yea I haue made his hilles waste and his heritage in a wildernesse for dragons Yf ye offer the blynde is it not euell and yf ye offer the lame and sicke is not that euell yea offer it vnto the prince shall he be contente with the or accepte thy persone sayth the LORDE of hostes What is he among you that will do so muche as to shut the doores or to hyndle the fyre vpon my aulter for mought I haue no pleasure in you saieth the lorde of hoostes From the rising vp of the sunne vnto the goyng downe of the same my name is great amonge the gentiles Yea in euery place shall there sacrifice be done and a cleane offering offred vp vnto my name for my name is great amonge the heathen sayeth the Lorde of hoostes Cursed be the dissembler whiche hathe in his flocke one that is a male and when he make the a vowe offereth a spotted one vnto the Lorde The .ii. Chapter IN the Priestes lyppes should be sure knowledge that menne maye seke the lawe at his mouth for he is a messenger of the LORDE of hoostes The .iii. Chapter I wyll sende my messenger whiche shall prepare the waye before me Beholde he commeth sayth the Lord of hoostes But who maye abyde the daye of his comminge who shal be able to endure when he appereth for he is lyke a golde smythes fyer and lyke washers sope He shall set hym downe to trye and to clense the siluer he shall pourge the chyldren of Leuy and purifye them lyke as Golde and syluer I wyll come and punishe you and I myselfe wyll be a swifte witnesse agaynste the witches agaynste the aduouterers agaynste false swearers yea and agaynste those that wrong fullye kepe backe the hyrelynges dewlye whiche vexe the widdowes and the fatherles and oppresse the straunger and feare not me sayeth the Lorde of hoostes Turne ye newe vnto me and I wyll turne me vnto you say the the lorde of hoostes Ye saye wherein shall we turne Shoulde a man vse false heade and disceyte with god as ye vse false heade and disceyte with me yet ye saye wherein vse we disceyte with the In tythes Therfore are ye cursed with penury because ye dissemble with me all the sorte of you Bryng euery tithe into my barne that there maye be meate in my house and proue me withall sayeth the Lorde of hoostes yf I wyll not open the wyndose of heauen vnto you and powre you oute a blessyng with plenteousenesse yea I shall reproue the consumer for your sakes so that he shall not eate vp the fruite of your grouÌ„d neither shall the vineyard be bacon in the fielde sayeth the Lorde of hoostes Insomuche that all people shall saye that ye be blessed For ye shal be a pleasaunte lande sayeth the Lorde of hoostes The .iiii. Chapter THe daye commeth that shall burne as an ouer and all the proude yea and all suche as do wyckednesse shal be strawe and the day that is to come shall burne them vp sayeth the Lorde of hoostes so that it shall leue them neyther roote nor braunche But vnto you that feare my name shall that sunne of righteousnes aryse and health shal be vnder his winges ye shall go foorthe and multiplye as the fat calues ye shal treade downe the vngodlye for they shal be lyke the ashes vnder the soules of youre feete in the daye that I shall make sayth the lorde of hoostes Beholde I wyll sende you Elias that Prophet before the comming of the daye of the greate and fearefull Lorde The booke of the Prophete Batucke the .i. Chapter THe deade that be gone downe to theyr graues and whose soules are oute of theyr bodies ascribe vnto the Lorde neither prayse nor righteous making but the soule that is vexed for the multitude of her synnes which goeth on beauelye and weakelye whose eyes beginne to fayle yea suche a soule ascribeth prayse and righteousnesse vnto the Lorde The .iii. Chapter O Learne then where discretion is where vertue is where vnderstandinge is that thou maiste knowe also from whence cometh long life a necessarie liuinge the lyght of the eies and quietnes who euer founde oute hir place whoe euer came into hir treasures Afterwarde did he shewe him selfe vpon earth and dwelte amonge them The .vi. Chapter Blessed is the godly man that hath no ydolles and worshippeth none for he shall be farre frome reproufe ¶ The fyrste boke of the Machabees The .ii. Chapter THus ye mare consider thorowe out allages since the word began that who so euer put their truste in God were not ouercome feare not ye then the wordes of an vngodlye manne for his glorye is but donge and wormes to daye is he set vp and to morow is he gone for he is turned into earth and his memorial is come to nought The .iii. Chapter BVt Iudas saide it is a small matter for manye to be ouercome with fewe yea there is no difference to the God of heauen to deliuer by a great multitude or by a small companie for the victorye of the battaile standeth not in the multitude of the hoste but the strength commeth from heauen Iudas ordeined captaines ouer the people ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fiftye and ouer tenne But as for suche as builded theim bouses marâ—ed wiues planted them vineyardes and those that were feareful he commaunded theÌ„ euery manne to go home againe accordyng to the lawe The .iiii. Chapter IVdas and his brethren with the whole congregation of Israell ordeined that the tyme of dedication of the aulter should be kept in his season frome yeare to yere by the space of eyghte dayes from the .xxv. daye of the moneth Caslue with myrth and gladnesse The .vi. Chapter HAd to prouoke the Elephantes for to fight they shewed them the say of red grapes and molberyes The seconde booke of the Machabees the .iii. Chapter THancke Inias the hye preast for his sake hath the lorde graunted the thy lyfe The .iiii. Chapter TO do wyckedly against the lawe of god shal not escape vnpunished The .v. Chapter Yet was Antiochus not content with this but durst go into the most holy temple Menelaus that traytour to the lawes and to his owne naturall countrey beynge his guyde and with his wycked handes toke the holy vessell whiche other kinges and cyties had geuen thether for the garnyshinge and honoure of the place them toke he in his handes vnworthelye and detiled them God hath not chosen the people for that places sake but the placee for the peoples sake and therfore is the place become partaker of the
the euell spirite i. of the kinges .xvi. Dauid faying to Goliah .i. of the kinges .xvii. Dauid wolde not laye his handes vpon kynge Saule .i. of the kinges .xxiiii. Dauid did fast wepe for his childes life 2. Re. 12. Dauides answere to Gad the prophete .ii. of the kynges .xxiiii. Dauid dyd not buylde goddes temple and why .i. of the Chroni xxi Dauides desyre psal .xxvii. xxviii Death in the yot .iiii. of the kinges .iiii. Death and lyfe in the tonge prouer .xviii. Death came by the deuell wysd .i. Deathe is bothe bytter and swete Syrach .xli. Deade men knowe nothinge Preacher .ix. Deade men shall rise Esay .xxvi. Eze. 37. Da .xii. Dedication of the auleer machs .iiii. Deformite of bodye letteth a man to be a prieste Leui .xxi. Deuorcement Deute .xxi. Dina is inforced Gene .xxxiiii. Disobedient chylde Deute .xxi. Discrete seruaunt Syrach .vii. Dyet prolongeth lyfe Syrach .xxxvii. Doue Gene .viii. Do good to the deade Syrach .vii. Doeg at Sauls commaundement slewe .lx. priestes .i. of the kynges .xxii. Domes daye .iiii. of Esoras .vii. Esay .xiii. Daniel xii Ioel .iiii. Sopho .i. zacha .xiiii. mala .iii. iiii Doctrineis lyfe Prouer .iiii. Dreames Syrach .xxxiiii. Drockennes Esa .v. Dronckardes Ioel .i. Nahum .i. E Earthe Gene .i. Earthe was corrupte Gene .vi. Earthe shal be no more destroyed with water ge .ix. Eate for necessitie and not for lust preacher .x. Egiptians eate not with the Hebrues gene .xliii. Ely fell backwarde and brake his necke .i. Re .iiii. Elyas fast .iii. Reg .xiiii. Elyas shall appeare before vomes daye mala .iiii. Elyas deuided the water with his mantell .iiii. of the kyng .ii. Eliseus sepulchre .iiii. of the kyng .xiii. Enoch Syrach .xlix. Eldest chylde must haue double porcion Deu .xxi Entycers of maydens Exo .xxii. Eye of the Lorde psal .xxxiii. xxxiiii Easter continued .vii. dayes and of the breade that was eaten Ezech .xlv. Esau doth sel his byrthright gene .xxv Euery man shoulde be LORDE in his owns house Esther .i. Euery man shall beare his own offences eze .xviii Euery maÌ„ deceiueth god in payng of tithes ma .iii Excesse of wine Syrach .xxxi. xxxvii F. Faythfull frende Syrach .vi. Fall into the handes of god Sirach .ii. Faythfull seruaunt Syrach .xxxiii. False witnesse Deut .xix. False tongue and the rewarde therof psalm .cxx. Fastyng of the euyll is reproued Psalm .lxix. Fast for synnes Syrach .xxxiiii. Fastyng that pleaseth displeaseth god esai iviii Fielde must not be sowen with diuerse sede Leui .xix Fede thyne enemye prouer .xxv Feare of God Psal .cxi. Prouer .i. Syrac .xi. Feare thy kynge Prouer .xx. Feete of the Ambassadours Esay .lii. Fyre must burne continually vpon the aulter le .vi Fyre shall go before god at the later daye Psal .l. xcvii Esay .lxvi. Ioel .ii. Fyre of hell Esay .xxx. Fyer of the wicked shall not quenche Esa .lxvi. Fynger of god Exo .viii. Fyrste borne of all thynges is goddes Exo .xiii. nume .iii. xviii Fyâ—â—â— serpentes nume .xxii. Flying booke zachari .v. Foure strong thynges .iii. Esdras .iii. Foure thynges saye neuer hoo pro .xxx. Foure thynges that passe mans capacitie pro .xxx Foure thynges that disquiet the earth pro .xxx. Foure thynges to be feared syrach .xxvi Foure fastes zachari .viii. Fornicacion with stones Iere .iii. Frewill syrach .xv. G Gathering of grapes Leui .xix. Gedeon and the number of his sonnes Iudi .viii. Geue to the poore pro .xxviii. Gelousy Syrach .xxvi. Geue not thy goodes to another sirach .xxxiii Gyft of a prince geuen to his sonne or to his seruauntes sonne Eze .xlvi. Giftes blynde men Exo .xxiii. Deu .xvi. syrac .xii. God repenteth that he made man gene .vi. God doth not repent nume .xxiii. God will no more curse the grounde gene .viii. God sweareth by hymselfe gene .xxii. Esa .xlv. God blesseth Iacob and the cause why gen .xxvi. God dothe holde Pharos harte Exo .iiii. God kepte Pharo and why Exo .ix. God is a gelouse god Exo .xx. God dothe visite synne vnto the thyrde and the fourthe generacion Exo .xx. nume .xiiii. God is full of mercy nume .xiiii. iiii Esd .vii. God of the aulter is the priestes enheri nu .xviii. God hardened kyng Sehons harte Deut .ii. God is nye vnto vs in all thynges Deut .iiii. God must be beloued and howe Deut .vi. God rewardeth those that hate hym and howe Deut .vii. God and what he requireth of manne Deut .x. Miche .vi. God is a mighty lorde of power .i. Reg .ii. God beholdeth the harte .i. Reg .xvi. God at seasons doth sende euen spirites to men .l. Reg .xvi. God hath no pleasure in oure damnacion tobi .iii. God teacheth those that feare hym and what Psalme .xxv. God destroyeth the counsellers of princes ps 33. God is with the contrite psal .xxxiiii. God shall neuer fayle Psal C .ii. God hath a respecte vnto the lowly psa .xiii. viii God is euery where Psal Cxxxix God deliteth in those he chastneth prouer .iii. God hath a respecte vnto the thankefull syrac .iii. God is mercifull and wrathfull syrach .v. God heareth vs not and why Esay .lix. God doth not forsake his people for euer Lamen .iii. ii Macha .vi. God is the geuer of kyngdomes Danyel .iiii. God is a strong holde Naum .i. God loued Iacob and hated Esau Mala .i. God will beare witnesse agaynste the wicked Malachy .ii. God suffreth not his people to be longe vnpunisshed .ii. Machab .vi. God geueth the victorye accordynge to his owne wyll .ii. Macha .xv. Goddes commaundementes Exo .xx. Goddes commaundementes muste euery where bespoken of Deut .vi. Goddes manifold blessinges deut .vii. Goddes curse is on those that are hanged Deut .xxi. Goddes mercies are passing great .i. Cro .xxi. Gods pleasure is in the humble and meke Iu .ix. Gods bowe and arrowes are ready Psal .vii. Gods iudgementes are true psalm .xix. Gods visitacion psal .lxxxix. Gods mercy shall endure for euer psalm .ciii. Gods mercy excedeth his workes psa .cxlv. Gods delite and pleasure in whom psalme .xlvii Gods seruauntes shall prosper Esa .lxv. Gods repentaunce Iere .xviii. Gods might and power Dany .ii. Gods delite miche .vii. Good workes receaue rewarde .iiii. Esdras .viii. Good workes psal .cxi. Goodes vaynely gotten Prouer .xiii. Good wyfe pro .xviii. Good name preach .vii. syrac .xli. H. Habelles oblacion and death gene .iiii. Hande of god .i. Esd .viii. Ham the father of Canaan gene .ix. Hagars sonne begynge bonde cannot be heyre with Isaac gen .xxi. Hanon mysusyng Dauids seruauntes .ii. of the kinges .x. Happye is the man whome god punisheth Iob .v. Happye is he that is not borne preach .iiii. Henoche gene .v. Helpe thy enemy Ex .xxiii. He that goeth out of his sanctuary maye be slayne Nume .xxv. Heare the poore as well as the ryche Deut .i. He that wyll not heare the Prieste and the iudge shall dye deut .xvii. Hezekia destroyed the brasen serpent iiii Re. xviii Hezekias prayer .iiii. Reg .xx. Esa .xxxviii. Hezekias life is prolonged .iiii. Re .xx. He that iustifieth himselfe condemneth hymselfe
ANd the disciples came and sayd to him Why speakest thou to theym in parables He answered and saide vnto them it is geuen vnto you to knowe the secretes of the kingdome of heauen but to them it is not geuen For whosoeuer hath to him shal be geuen and he shall haue abundance but whosoeuer hathe not from him shall be taken awaye euen that he hath This peoples hartes are waxed grosse and their eares well dull of hearynge and their eyes haue they closed leaste they shulde see with their eyes and heare with eares shulde vnderstande with their hartes and shoulde tourne that I myghte heale them But blessed are youre eyes for they see and youre eares for they heare Verely I saye vnto you that many prophetes and perfaict men haue desired to see those thinges whiche ye se and haue not sene them to here those thinges which ye heare and haue not hearde them The sonne of manne shall sende forth his angels and they shall gather out of his kyngdom all thinges that offende and theym whyche do iniquitie and shall caste theym into a furnes of fyre there shal be waylyng and knasshyng of â—eth Then shall thy iuste men shyne a bryght as the sonne in the kyngdome of their father Whence cometh all this wysdome and power vnto him Is not this the carpenters sonne is not is mother called Marye and his brethren be called Iames and Ioseph and Simon and Iudas and are not his systers all here with vs whense hathe he all these thinges A prophete is not without honoure saue in his owne countre and amonge his owne kynne The .xiiii. Chapter ANd when his disciples sawe hym walkynge on the see they were troubled layeng it is some sprite and cryed out for feare And streyght waye Iesus spake vnto them sayenge Be of good cheare it is I be not afrayed The .xv. Chapter HE that cutsseth father or mother shall suffee death This people draweth nye to me with theyr mouthes and honoureth me with their lyppes howbeit their hartes are farre frome me but in vaine thei worship me teaching doctrines whiche are nothinge but mens preceptes That whiche goeth into the mouthe defileth not the man but that whiche commeth out of the mouth defileth the man All plantes whiche my heauenlye father hathe not planted shal be plucked vp by the rotes Yf the blynde leede the blynde bothe shall fall in to the dyche Out of the herte come enyll thoughtes murder breakynge of wedlocke whoredome theefte false witnes berynge blasphemye These ere the thinges whiche defyle a manne But to eate with vnwasshen handes defileth not a man Then came to him his disciples and besoughte hym sayenge sende her awaye for the foloweth vs crying He answered and sayde I am not sent but vnto the loost shepe of the house of Israel It is not good to take the chyldrens bread and to caste it to whelpes She answered and sayde truthe lord neuerthelesse the whelpes eate of the trommes whiche fall from their masters table The .xvi. Chapter AT euen ye saye we shall haue fayre wedder and that because the skye is reed and in the mornyng ye saye to daye shal be foule wedder and that because the skye is cloudy and reed When Iesus came into the coastes of the cytie whiche is called Cesarea Philippi he ared his disciples sayeng whoÌ„ do men saye that I the sonne of man am They sayde some saye thou art Iohn Baptist some Helias some Ieremias or one of the prophetes He saide vnto them but whom saye yt that I am Simon Peter answered said Thou art Christ the sonne of the liuing god And Iesus answered and sayde to him Happy arte thou Simon the sonne of Ionas for fleshe and bloud hath not opened vnto the that but my father whyche is in heauen And I saye also vnto the that thou art Peter and vpon this rocke I wyll bylde my congregation And the gates of hell shall not preuayle againste it And I wyll geue vnto the the kepes of the kingdome of heauen and whatsoeuer thou byndest vpon erth shal be bounde in heauen and whatsoeuer thou lowsest on earth shal be low sed in heauen But Peter toke him a side and began to rebuke him sayeng Master sauer thy selfe this shall not come to the. Then tourned he aboute and sayde vnto Peter come after me Satan thou offendest me because thou sauourest not godly thinges but worldly thinges Yf any man wyll folowe me lette him forsake hym selfe and take vp his crosse and folowe me For whosoeuer wyll saue his lyfe shall loose it And whosoeuer shal loose his lyfe for my sake shal fynde it What shall it proffyt a manne though he shulde wyne all the whole worlde yf he loose hys owne soule Or els what shall a man geue to redeme his soule agayne with all For the sonne of man shall come in the glory of his father with his angels and then shall he rewarde euerye man accordynge to his dedes The .xvii. Chapter HAd beholde ther came a voyce oute of that cloude sayenge this is my deare sonne in whom I delyte here him I saye verely vnto you yf ye hadde faithe as a grayne of mustarde seed ye shulde saye vnto this mountaine remoue hence to yonder place and he shulde remoue neither shulde anye thinge be vnpossible for you to do Howe be it this kinde goeth not out but by prayer and fastyng What thynkest thou Simon of whome do the kynges of the earthe take tribute or poll money of their children or of straungers Peter sayd vnto hym of straungers Then said Iesus vnto hym agayne then are the chyldren fre Neuerthelesse lest we shuld offend them go to the sea and east in thine angle and take the fysshe that fyrst coÌ„meth vp and when thou hast opened his mouthe thou shalte fynde a pece of twentye pence that take and paye forme and the. The .xviii. Chapter THe disciples came vnto Iesus sayeng who is the greatest in the kyngdome or heauen Iesus called a chylde vnto him and set him in the myddes of them and sayde Verelye I saye vnto you excepte ye tourne and become as children ye cannot enter into the kingdome of heauen whosoeuer therfore humbleth him selfe as this chylde the same is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen And whosoeuer receaueth suche a chylde in my name receaueth me But whosoeuer offende one of these lytelones whiche beleue in me it were better for him that a misstone were hanged about his necke and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Wo be vnto the worlde because of offences Howebeit it cannot be ouoyded but that offences shal be geuen Neuerthelesse wo be to the man by whome the offence commeth Wherfore yf the hande or thy fote offende the cut him of and cast hym from the. It is better for the to enter in to lyse halt or maymed rather then thou shuldest hauyng two handes or two feete be cast into euerlastyng fyre And if also thine eye offendethe
couple herselfe with another man she shal be counted a wedlock breaker But yf the maÌ„ be dead she is free from the lawe so that she is no wedlock breaker though she couple her selfe with another man I know that in me dwelleth no good thinge To wyll is present with me but I fynde no meanes to perfourme that whiche is good For I do not that good thyng which I wolde but that euill do I whiche I would not I delyte in the lawe of god concerning the inner man but I se another lawe in my membres rebellyng agaynst the lawe of my minde and subduyng me vnto the lawe of synne whiche is in my membres O wretched man that I am who shall delyuer me from this bodye of death The .viii. Chapter THey that are carnall are carnally mynded but they that are spiritual are ghostly minded to be carnally mynded is death but to be spiritually mynded is lyfe and peace because that the fleshly mynde is enemy against god for it is not obedient to the lawe of god neither can be So theÌ„ they that are geuen to the fleshe cannot please god Yf ye lyue after the fleshe ye muste dye but yf ye mortifye the dedes of the body by the helpe of the spirite ye shall lyue For as many as are led by the spirite of god they are the sonnes of god For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receaued the spirite of adopcion whereby we crye Abba father I suppose that the afflictions of this lyfe are not worthye of the glorye shal be shewed vpon vs. The spirite maketh intercession mightely for vs with groninges whiche cannot be expressed with tounge Yf god be on ouresyde who can be againsts vs I am sure that neither death neither life nether aungels nor rule nether power nether thinges preseÌ„t neither thinges to come neither heighth neither loweth neither any other creature shal be able to departe vs from the loue of god shewed in Christ Iesu our lorde The .ix. Chapter THey which are the chyldren of the fleshe are not the children of god He hath mercy on whome he will and whom he will he maketh harde hearted God willing to shewe his wrath and to make his power knowen suffered with longe pacience the vessels of wrathe ordayned to damnacion that he might declare the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercye which he had prepared vnto glory that is to saye vs whiche he called not of the Iewes onely but also of the Gentiles The .x. Chapter THe belefe of the harte iustifieth and to knowledge with the mouthe maketh a man safe for the scripture sayth whosoeuer beleueth on hym shall not be ashamed Whosoeuer shall on the name of the lord shal be safe The .xi. Chapter EVen so at this tyme is there a remnaunte lefte thorowe the election of grace Yf it be of grace then it is not of workes For then were grace no more grace Yf it be of workes then is it no grace For then were deseruing no lenger deseruing God hath wrapped al nations in vnbelefe the he myght haue mercy on all O the depnes of the aboundaunt wysedome and knowledge of god howe vnsearcheable are his iudgemeÌ„tes and his wayes past fyndyng out for who hath knowen the mynde of the lorde or who was his counseler other who hathe geuen vnto him firste that he mighte be recompensed againe For of hym and thorowe him and for him are all thinges to him be glory for euer The .xii. Chapter I Beseche you brethren by the mercifulnes of god that ye make youre bodies a quicke sacrifice holye and acceptable vnto god whiche is youre reasonable seruing of god and fasshion not your selues lyke vnto this worlde but be ye chauÌ„ged in your shape by the renuyng of your wittes that ye maye fele what thinge that good that acceptable and perfecte wil of god is For I saye thorow the grace that vnto me geueÌ„ is to euery man amonge you that no man esteme of hymselfe more then it becoÌ„meth him to esteme but that he discretely iudge of himselfe according as god hath beaste to euery man the measure of fayth Let loue be without dissimulation Be kynd one to another with brotherly loue Applye youre selues to the tyme. Blesse them whiche persecute you blesse but curse not Be of like affection one towardes another Be not hye mynded but make your selues equall to them of the lower sorte Be not wise in your owne opinions Recompence to no man euell for euell Yf it be possible howebeit of your parte haue peace withall men Yf thyne enemie honger fede hym Yf he thirst geue him drinke For in so doyng thou shalt heape coales of fyre on his heade Be not ouerrome of euill but ouercome euel with goodnes The .xiii. Chapter LEtte euery soule submitte himselfe vnto the auctorite of the hier powers For there is no power of god The powers that be are ordeyned of god Whosoeuer therfore relisteth power resysteth the ordinaunce of god And they that resiste shall receaue to them selfes damnation Ye must nedes obey not for feare of vengeauÌ„ce onely but also because of conscience Owe nothing to any man but loue one another Loue hurteth not his neyghboure Therfore loue is the fulfyllynge of the lawe Lette vs walke houestly as it were in the daye lyghte not in eatynge and drinckynge neither in chamburyng and wantonnes nether in strife and enuâ—ynge but put ye on the Lorde Iesus christ And make not prouision for the fleshe to fulfil the lustes of it The .xiiii. Chapter ONe beleueth that he maye eate all thynge another whiche is weake eateth earbes Let not him that eateth despyse hym that eateth not And lette not hym whyche eateth not iudge hym that eateth This manne putteth difference betwene daye and daye Another manne counteth all dayes a lyke Se that no man wauer in his dicu meanyng He that obserueth one daye more then another doth it for the lordes pleasur And he that obserueth one day more than other doth it to please the lord also He that eateth doth it to please the lorde for be geueth god thanckes And he that eateth not cateth not to please the lorde with all and geueth god thankes Christ therfore dyed and rose againe and reuyued that he might be lorde both of dead quicke Euery one of vs shall gyue accomytes of hym klie to god Yf thy brother be greued with thy meate now walkest thou not charitablye Destroye not hym with thy meate for whome christ dyed The kyngdom of god is not meate nor drincke But righteousnes peace and ioye in the holy ghost All thynges are pure but it is euyll for that man whiche eateth with the hurt of his coÌ„science It is good nether to eate fleshe nether to drincke wyne nether any thing wherby thy brother stonâ— bleth eyther falleth or is made weake The .xv. Chapter WE whyche are stronge oughte to beare the frailnes of them whiche are weake and
shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy lyfe I will also put enimitie bytwene the and the woman bytwene thy seed and her seed the same shalt treade downe thy head and thou shalt treade vpon his heele Vnto the woman he sayde In multiplyinge wyl I multiply thy sorowe and thy conceyuing In sorowe shalt thou bringe forth the children and thy lust shall pertayne to thy husband and he shall haue the rule of the. To Adam he sayde cursed be the grounde for thy sake In sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy lyfe Thorne also and thystie shall it cause to growe vnto the and thou shalte eate the hearbe of the felde In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate breade tyll thou be turned agayne in to the grouÌ„de for out of it was thou taken in asmuch as thou art dust and in to dust shalt thou be turned againe ¶ The fourth Chapter ANd in processe of daies it came to passe that Cain brought of the frute of the grounde an oblation vnto the Lorde Habell also brought of the firstlinges of his shepe and of the fat thereof And the Lord had respecte vnto Habel and to his oblation But vnto Cain and to his offering he had no respect for the which cause Cain was excedinge wrath and his countenaunce abated And the Lorde sayde vnto Cain Why art thou wroth and why is thy countenaunce abated if thou do well shall there not be a promotion And if thou dost not wel lyeth not thy sinnes in the dores Vnto the also pertayneth the lust thereof and thou shal thaue dominion euer it AND it fortuned when they were in the felde Cain tose vp againste Habell his brother and slue him And the Lorde sayde vnto Cain where is Habell thy brother Whiche sayde I wote not am I my brothers keper And he sayde what hast thou done The voyce of thy brothers bloude trieth vnto me out of the grounde and now art thou cursed from the earth which hathe opened her mouthe to receaue thy brothers bloude from thy hande Yf thou tyll the grounde she shall not procede to yeld vnto the her strength Fugitiue and avagabende shall thou be in the earth And Cain sayde vnto the Lorde My iniquite is more then that it may be forgeuen Lameth toke vnto hym two wyues the name of the one was Ada and the name of the other was Zylla Iabell was the father of suche as dwell in tentes and of suche as haue cattell Thuball was the father of suche as handle harpe or organe Thubalchain wrought cunningly euery crafte of brasse and of yron ¶ The fyft Chapter ALl the dayes that Adam lyued were nine hundreth and thyrthye yeres Henoche walked with God and he was nomore sene for God toke hym awaye ¶ The syxt Chapter THE sonnes of God saw the doughters of men that they were fayre and they toke them wyues from amonge all that they had chosen The Lord sayde my spryte shall not alwaye stryue in man because he is fleshe and his dayes shal be an huÌ„dred and twenty yeres But God sawe that the malice of man was greate in the earthe and all the imagination of the thoughtes of his hert was onely euill euery daye And it repented the Lorde that he had made man in the earth he was touched with sorowe in his hert and the Lorde sayde I wyll from the vpper parte of the earth destroy man whom I haue created bothe man catel worme and foule of the ayre for it repenteth me that I haue made them Noah was iuste and perfecte in his generations walked with god and begat .iii. sonnes Sem Ham and Iapheth The earth was corrupt before God and the same earth was fylled with crueltye and God loked Apon the earth beholde it was corrupt for all fleshe had corrupte his waye vpon earth The length of the arke shal be thre hundreth cubites the bredth of it .l. cubytes the height of it thyrty cubytes The .vij. Chapter THe rayne was vpon the earth fortye dayes and fortye nyghtes And the waters preuayled exceadingly vpon the earth and all the hye hylles that are vnder whole heauen were couered Fyftene cubites vpwarde did the waters preuayle so that the mountaynes were couered The waters preuayled vpon the earth an hundreth and fyftie dayes ¶ The .viij. Chapter AND he sent forth a rauen whiche went out goinge forth and returninge agayne vntyll the waters were dried vp vpon the earth He sente forth the doue out of the arke and the doue came to him in the euen tyde and Loin her mouthe was an oliue leafe that she had plucte wherby Noah did knowe that the waters were abated vpon the earth And that Lord sayde in his herte I wyl not proceade to curse the grounde any more for mannes sake for the ymagination of mans herte is euell euen from his youth Neyther wyll I adde to smite any more euery thing lyuing as I haue done ¶ The .ix. Chapter EUery thinge that moueth it selfe and that lyueth shall be meate for you euen as the grene heat be haue I geuen you all thynges But fleshe in the life therof and in the bloude therof shall ye not eate Elles your bloude of your liues will I require from the hande of euery beast will I requyre it froÌ„ the hande of man from the hand of mans brother will I requyre the life of man who so shedeth mannes bloude by man shall his bloude be shedde for in the ymage of God did god make man My couenaunte wyll I make with you that from henseforth euery fleshe he not rooted oute with the waters of a floude neyther shall there be a floude to destroye the earth any more Noah also beganne to be an husband man and planted a vyneyarde â–ª and he drincking of the wyne was dronken and vncouered within his cente And Ham the father of Canaan seinge the nakednes of his father tolde his two bretherne without And Sem and Iaphet they two takynge a garment layde it vpon there shulders and coÌ„minge backwarde couered the naked priuities of theâ—re father namely their faces beinge turned awaye leyst they shulde se theyr fathers priuities ¶ The .x. Chapter NImrod began to be mightye in the earth for he was a mightye hunter before the Lorde A slut buylded Niniue the stretes of the citye ¶ The .xi. Chapter ALl the whole earth was of one language and lyke speche And they sayde Go to let vs buylde vs a cytie and a tower whose toppe may reach vnto heare and let vs make vs a name And therfore is the name of it called Babel because the Lorde did there confounde the language of al the earth ¶ The .xii. Chapter THE Lord sayde vnto Abram Gette the out of thy countrey and out of thy natioÌ„ and from thy fathers house vnto a lande that I will shewe the and I will make of the a greate people and will blesse the and make thy name greate that thou mayst
that in blessinge I wyll blesse the and in multypliyng I wyll multyplye thy seed as the starres of heauen and as the sande whiche is vpon the see syde And thy seed shall possesse the gate of hys enemyes And in thy seed shall all the nacions of the earthe be blessed because thou haste hearde my voyce The .xxiii. Chapter ABrahaÌ„ came to mourne Sara and to wepe for her The .xxiiii. Chapter THey sayde we wyll call the damesell inquyre at her mouth And they called for the Rebecca and sayde vnto her wylt thou go with this man and she aunswered I wyll go The .xxv. Chapter THese are the dayes of the yeres of AbrahaÌ„s lyfe which he lyued an C. lxxv yeres Rebecca conceyued and the chyldren stroue together within her and the Lord sayd vnto her there are two maner of people in thy wombe two natioÌ„s shall be deuyded out of thy bowele and the one nacion shal be myghtyer then the other the elder shal be seruaunt vnto the yonger Therefore when her tyme was come to be delyuered behold ther were two twynes in her wombe And he that came out fyrste was rede he was all ouer as it were a rough garmente they called his name Esau And after hym came his brother out and his hand holdyng Esau by the hele and his name was called Iacob Iacob sayde sell me this daye thy byrthrygth Esau sayde Lo I am at a pointe to dye and what profite â—hal this byrthryght do me Iacob answered sweare to me then this daye and he sware to him and solde his byrthryght vnto Iacob Then Iacob gaue Esau breade and potage of ryse And he did eate and drincke and rose vp and went his waye and Esau regarded not his byrthryghte ¶ The .xxvi. Chapter AND in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because that AbrahaÌ„ harkened vnto my voyce and kepte myne ordinaunces my commaundementes my statutes and my lawes ¶ The xxvij Chapter IAcob went to Isahat his father and he felte and sayde the voyce is Iacobs voyce but the handes are the handes of Esau He may well be called Iacob for he hathe vndermined me two tymes fyrst he toke awaye my byrthryght and se now hathe he taken awaye my blessinge also ¶ The .xxviij. Chapter IAcob Dreamed and beholde there stode a Ladder vpon the earth and the toppe of it reached vnto Heauen And se the Aungelles of God wente vp and downe vpon it yea and God stoode vpon it When Iacob was awaked out of hys slepe he sayde Surely the Lorde is in this place and I was not aware And he was afrayd and sayde howe fearefull is this place it is none other but euen the house of God and the gate of Heauen And Iacob vowed a vowe sayinge Yf God wyll be with me and wyll kepe me in thys iourney whiche I go and wyll geue me breade to eate and clothes to put on so that I come agayne vnto my fathers house in sauetie then shal the Lorde be my God that stone which I haue set vp an ende shal be goddes house and of all that thou shalte geue me wyll I geue the tenth vnto the. The .xxix. Chapter LAban had two doughters the eldest called Lea and the youngest Rahell Lea was tender eyed but Rahell was bewtyfull and well fauoured Iacob serued .vii. yere for Rahell and they semed vnto hym but a fewe dayes for the loue he had to her It is not the maner of this place to mary the yongest before the eldest The .xxx. Chapter THen sayde Rahell to Lea geue me of thy sonnes maÌ„dragoras Laban toke out al that he goates that were partye and of dyuers colours and all the she goates that were spotted and partyâ— coloured and all that had whyte in them and all the blacke amonge the shepe and put them in the kepynge of his sonnes and set thre dayes iourney betwyxte hym selfe and Iacob And so Iacob kepte the rest of Labans shepe Iacob toke roddes of grene popular hasell and the chestnute trees and pylled whyte strakes in them and made the whyte appere in the roddes but they that were whole remayned grene and thus was it made a variable coloure and put the roddes whiche he had pylled euen before the shepe in the gutters and waterynge troghes when the shepe came to drynke that they shulde conceaue when they came to drinke and the shepe conceaued before the roddes and brought forth Lambes straked spoted and party â–ª c. The .xxxii. Chapter I Am not worthy of thy leaste of all the mercyes and truthe whiche thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt And there wrasteled a man with Iacob vnto the breaking of the daye and when he sawe that he coulde not preuayle against him he smote him vnder the thie the sâ—nowe of Iacob thie shranke as he wrasteled with him he sayd let me go for the daye breketh which answered I wil not let that go except thou blesse me And he sayde vnto hym what is thy name He answered Iacob he sayd thou shalt be called Iacob no more but Israel for as a prince hast thou wrasteled with God and with man and haste preuayled ¶ The .xxxiiij. Chapter DIna doughter of Lea which she Bare vnto Iacob went out to se the doughters of the land whom whan Sichem the sonne of Hemor the henite Lorde of that contrey sawe he toke her and forced her and his hart laye vnto Dina the doughter of Iacob ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter RAhell was buryed in the waye to Ephrath whiche is Bethlehem ¶ The .xxxvij. Chapter I Staelloued Ioseph more then al hys children because he begat hym in his olde age Beholde this dreamer commeth come nowe therfore and let vs slaye hym and caste hym into some pyt and we wyll saye a wycked beaste hathe deuoured hym and we shall se what will come of his dreames I wyll go downe in to the graue vnto my sonne mourninge and thus his father wepte for hym ¶ The .xxxviij. Chapter AND Iudas sayde vnto Ouan go into thy brothers wyfe and mary her that thou mayest styrre vp sede vnto thy brother And when Ouan perceaued that the sede shulde not be his ther fore when he went in to his brothers wyfe he spylled it on the grouÌ„de and gaue not seede vnto his brother And the thinge which he did displeased the Lord wherfore he slewe him It fortuned when Chamats tyme was come that she shoulde be delyuered beholde ther was two twynnes in her wombe And it fortuned when she traueled the one put out hys hande the mydwyfe toke bound a rede threde aboute it sayinge this is come out fyrste And it chanced that he plucked his hande backe againe and beholde his brother came out And she sayde wherfore haste thou rent a tent vpon the And called his name Phares Afterwarde came out his brother that had the redde threde aboute his hande and his name was called Zarah ¶ The .xxxix. Chapter IOseph was
a goodly persone and a well fauoured And it fortuned after this that his masters wyfe cast her eyes vpon Ioseph sayde◠come lye with me But he refused and sayde to his masters wife Beholde my maister woteth not what he hath in the house with me and hath committed all that he hath to my hande There is no man greater in the house then I. Neyther hath he kepte any thinge from me but onely the because thou art his wife Howe then can I do this greate wyckednes and synne against God ¶ The .xlii. Chapter ANd they sayde one to another we haue verely synned againste out brother in that we sawe the anguishe of his soule when he besought vs and we woldde not heare hym and therfore is this trouble come vpon vs. ¶ The .xliii. Chapter THe Egyptians maye not eate breade with the Hebrues for that is abhomination to the Eyptians ¶ The .xlvi. Chapter THe soules that came with Iacob into Egypte whiche came out of his loyues besyde Iacobs soimes wyues were altogether .xlvi soules and the sonnes of Ioseph whiche were borne hym in Egypt were two soules so that all the soules of the house of Iacob which came into Egypteare .lxx. Euery shepe keper is an abhomination vnto the Egyptians ¶ The .xlvii. Chapter HE appointed the people vnto the cyties from one syde of Egypte vnto the other onely the lande of the prestes bought he not for the priestes had an ordinaunce of Pharao that they shoulde eate that whiche was appointed vnto them whiche Pharao had geuen them And Ioseph made a lawe ouer the lande of Egypte vnto this daye that Pharao shulde haue the fyfte parte excepte the lande of the priestes only whiche was not Pharaoe Thou shalt not burye me in Egypte but I wyll lye with my fathers and thou shalt caty me out of Egypte and burye me in they re buriall ¶ The .xlviii. Chapter GOd which hathe fed me all my lyfe longe and the aungell whiche hathe deuuered me from all euell blesse the laddee and let my name be named in them and the name of my fathers Ibraham and Isabac and that they may growe into a multitude in the middes of the earth ¶ The .xlix. Chapter RVBen myne eldest sonne thou art my might and the begynnynge of my strenght the noblenesse of dignite and the noblenesse of power Iacob dyed was put vnto his people And Ioseph fell vpon his fathers face and wepte vpon hym and kyssed him ¶ The .l. Chapter IOseph commaunded his seruauntes the Phisitions to enbawme his father and the Phisytions enbawmed Israel foriye dayes long for so longe dothe the enbawminge last and the Egyptians bewayled him .lxx. dayes Ioseph mourned his father seuen dayes God wyll not fayle but visyt you and ye shall cary my bones hence and so Ioseph dyed and they embawmed him with spices putting hym in a chest in Egypte The fyrste Chapter of Exodus THE Egiptians helde the chyldren of Israell in bondage without mercye Therfore was there lyfe bytter vnto them in that cruel bondage in claye and bryck all maner of worcke in the feldes For all they re bondage whiche they serued them was full of tyrannye ¶ The .ij. Chapter THE chylde grewe and she brought it vnto Pharaos doughter and it was made her sonne And she called the name of it Moses because sayde she I toke him out of the water ¶ The .iij. Chapter HAD he soked and beholde the bushe burned with fyre the bushe was not cōsumed And the Lorde sayde come not hyther put thy shooes of thy feete for the place where on thou standest is holy grounde I am that I am I am hath sent me vnto you And I will get this people fauoure in the syght of the Egiptions so that when ye go ye shall not go empty but a wyfe shalt borowe of neyghboure and of her that segeorneth in her house iewelles of syluer and golde and rayment And ye shall put them on youre sonnes and doughters and shall robbe the Egyptians Cap. xj xij ¶ The .iiij. Chapter I Wyll be with thy mouthe and teache the what thou shall saye I will holde Pharaos hart and he shalt not let the people go ¶ The .vij. Chapter THe enchāters cast downe theyr roddes and they turned to serpentes but Aarōs rodde did eate vp theyr Roddes ¶ The .viij. Chapter VThen sayde the enchaūters it is the finger of god ¶ The .ix. Chapter HAd the childrē of Israel toke theyr iorney from Ramases to Sucoth syxe hundred thousande men of fote besyde children The dwelling of the children of Israel whiche they dwelled in Egipte was foute hundred and thyrty yeres and when the foure hundred and thyrty yeres were expired euen the selfe same daye departed all the hostes of the Lorde out of Egypte ¶ The .xiij. Chapter HAd the Lorde spake to Moses saying sanctify vnto me al the first borne that open al maner matrices amonge the children of Israell aswell of man as of beast for it is myne All the first borne amonge thy children shalt thou bye out And the Lorde wente before them by daye in a piller of a cloude to leade them the waye and by night in a piller of fire to geue them light that they might go bothe by daye and by nyght The piller of the cloude departed not by daye nor the piller of fire by night out of the sight of the people ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter THe children of Israell walked vpon drye lande thorow the mydst of the see and the waters were a wel vnto them on the right hande of them and on the lefte ¶ The .xv. Chapter HAD when they came to Mars they coulde not drincke of the waters of Mara for they were bytter therfore the name of the place was called Mara And the people murmured against Moses sayinge what shall we drincke and he gryed vnto the Lorde and the lorde shewed hym a tree which when he had cast into the water the waters were made swete ¶ The .xvi. Chapter THen sayde the Lord vnto Moses Beholde I will rayne breade from heauen to you and the people shall go out and gather day by dare that I maye proue them wether they wyll walke in my lawe or no. The syxte daye they shal prepare for them selues that whiche they wyll bringe in and let it be twyse asmoche as they gathered in dayly And at euen the quayles came and couered the grounde where they laye And in the mornynge the dewe laye tomide about the hoste And when the dewe was fallen beholde it laye vpon the grounde in the wildernesse small and rounde and thynne as the hore frost on the grounde And when the children of Israell sawe it they sayde euery one to his neygh boure it is Manne for they wyst not what it was Syxe dayes ye shal gather it and in the seuenth day whiche is the Sabboth there shall be none The house of Israell called it Manna and it was lyke vnto Coriandre sede white and
shall haue the shynne of the burnt offeringe whiche he hath offered Yf any soule eate of the fleshe of the peace offerynge that pertayneth vnto the Lorde hauing his vncleanesse vpon him or that doeth touche anye vncleane thing that is of the vnclennesse of man or of any vncleane beaste or anye abhominacion that is vncleane and then eate of the fleshe of the peace offeringe whiche pertayneth vnto the Lord that soule shal peryshe frome hys people Ye shall not eate no maner of bloude whether it be of foule or of beaste whatsoeuer soule it be that eateth anye maner of bloude the same soule shall perishe from his people ¶ The .ix. Chapter MOses saide vnto Aaron go vnto the anltar and offer thy secrifice for synne and make an attonement for the and the people and thou shalt offer the offeringe of the people to reconcile them as the Lorde commaunded ¶ The .x. Chapter NAdab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron toke eyther of them his censor and put fyre therin and putte cens therupon and offered straūge fyre before the Lorde whiche he commaunded them not and there went a fyre out from the lord and consumed them they dyed before the lorde And the lorde spake vnto Aaron saying Thou shalt not drincke wyne and stronge drincke thou and thy sonnes that are with the when ye go into the tabernacle of wytnesse lest ye dye Let it be a lawe for euer thorowout youre generatiōs and that ye may haue knowlege to put difference betwene holy and vnholy betwene cleane and vncleane and that ye maye teache the children of Israell all the statutes whiche the Lorde hath spoken vnto them by the hande of Moses ¶ The .xi. Chapter WHese are the beastes whiche ye shall eate Amonge all the catell that are on the earth whatsoeuer parteth the hose and deuideth it into two clawes chaweth cud amonge the beastes that shall ye eate These shal ye eate of al that are in the waters whatsoeuer hath synnes and skales in the waters sees and ryuers that shall ye eate let all other be abhomination vnto you Let euery crepinge thinge that crepeth vpon the earth be an abhomination vnto you The .xij. Chapter IF a woman hathe conceaued and borne a man chylde she shalt be vncleane .vij. dayes euen in lyke maner as when she his put a part in tyme of her naturall disease And in the .viij. daye the fleshe of the childes foreskynne shall be cut awaye and she shall then continue in the bloude of her purifyinge .xxxiij. dayes She shall touche no halowed thinge nor come into the sanctuary vntyl the tyme of her purifyinge be out Yf she beare a mayde childe she shal be vncleane two weakes as when she hath her naturall disease and she shal continue in the bloud of her purifyinge lxvj dayes ¶ The .xiij. Chapter WHen there appeareth a rysing in any mans fleshe eyther a scabbe or a glistering white and the plage of leprosye be in the skynne of his fleshe he shal be brought vnto Aaron the priest or vnto one of his sonnes the priestes the priest shall loke on the sore in the skynne of his fleshe And as longe as the disease lasteth vpon hym he shal be defyled and vncleane he shall dwell alone euen without the hoost shalt his habitation be ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter ANd if I put the plage of the leprosie in a house of the lande of your possessiō he that oweth the house shall come and tell the preast sayinge my thinke that there is as it were ▪ a leprosye in the house And the preast shall commaunde them to emptie the house before the preast go into it to se the plage that all that is in the house be not made vncleane and then must the priest go in to se the house Yf the preast also se that the plage is in the walles of the house and that theyr be holowe strakes pale or red whiche seme to be lower then the wall it selfe the preast shall go out at the house doores and shut vp the house seuen dayes And the preast shall come agayne the seuenth daye and yf he se that the plage be increased in the walles of the house the priest shall commaunde them to take away the stones in whiche the plage is and let them cast them into a foule place without the citie and he shall commaunde the house to be scraped within rounde aboute powre out the duste that they scrape of without the cytie into a soule place And they shall take other stones and put they in the places of those stones and other morter to plaster the house withall The .xv. Chapter IF any mans sede departe from hym in his slepe he shall washe his fleshe in water and be vncleane vntill euen And all the clothes and all the furres wherin is suche sede of slepe shal be washed with water be vncleane vnto the euen And yf he that hath suche an yssue of sede do lye with a woman they shal bothe washe them selues with water and be vncleane vntil euen The .xvj. Chapter WHen Aaron hath made an ende of reconcilynge the holy pace and the tabernacle of wytnes and the aultar he shall bringe the lyue goate and Aaron shall put both his handes vpon the heade of the lyue goate and confesse ouer him all the misdedes of the children of Israel and all there trespaces in all theyr synnes putting them vpon the head of the goate and send hym awaye by the hande of a couenient man into the wyldernes And the goate shall beare vpon him all they re misdedes vnto the wildernes and he shall let the goate go free into the wyldernes ¶ The xvij Chapter AND whatsoeuer man it be of the house of Israel or of the straungers that soiourne amonge you that eateth any maner of bloude I will set my face against that soule that eateth bloude and will destroy hym from amonge his people for the lyfe of the fleshe is in the bloude I haue geuē it vnto you vpō the aultar to make an attonement for your soules for bloude shall make an attonement for the soule And therfore I sayde vnto the children of Israel let no soule of you eate bloude The .xviij. Chapteer HE shall kepe myne ordinaunces and my iudgementes whiche if a man do he shall lyue in them I am the Lorde Thou shalt not vnheale the secrettes of thy brothers wyfe for that is thy brothers priuite Thou shalt not lye with mankinde as with woman kynde for it is abhomination Thou shalt lye with nomaner of beaste to defylethy selfe therewith neither shal any womā stande before a beast to lye downe therto for it is abhomination ¶ The .xix. Chapter WHen ye reape downe the ripe corne of your lande ye shall not reape downe the vtmost border of your fylde neyther shalt thou gather that whiche is lefte behinde in thy haruest Thou shalt not plucke in all thy vyneyarde cleane neyther gather in the grapes whiche
shalte thou do with his rayment and with all lost thinges of thy brother whiche he hath lost thou hast found shalte thou do lyke myse for thou mayst not hyde it Thou shalt not se thy brothers asse or oxe fall downe by the way and withdrawe thy selfe from them but shalre helye hym to heue hym vp againe The woman shall not weare that whiche perieyneth to the man nether shal a man put on womans rayment For all that do so are abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God Yf a man be founde lyinge with a woman that hath a wedded husbande they shal dye either other of them bothe the man that laye with the wyfe and also the wyfe and so thou shalte put awaye euell from Israel ¶ The .xxiii. Chapter THere shal be no whore of the doughters of Israel nor whore keper of the sonnes of Israel Thou shalte nether bringe the hyre of an whore nor the price of a dogge into the house of the Lorde thy god in any maner of vowe for euen both of them ar abhomination vnto the lord thy god Thou shalte not hurt thy brother by vsury of money nor by vsury of corne nor by vsury of any thyng that he may be hurt withall vnto a straÌ„geâ— thou mayste lende vpon vsury but not vnto thy brother that the Lorde thy God may blesse the in all that thou settest thyne hande to in the lande whyther thou goest to conquer it When thou haste vowed a vow vnto the Lord thy god thou shalte not slacke to paye it for the lorde thy God wyll surely require it of the and it shal be synne in the. If thou shalt leue vowing it shal be no synne in the but that whiche is once gone out of thy lyppes thou must kepe and do accordinge as thou hast vowed vnto the Lorde thy god of a fre wyl and as thou hast spoken with thy mouth ¶ The .xxiiij. Chapter WHen a man hath taken a wyfe and maryed her if she fynde no fauour in his eyes because he hath espyed some vncleanes in her then let him wryte her a byll of deuorcement and put it in her hande and sende her out of his house and let her go and be another mans wyfe When a man taketh a newe wyfe he shall not go a warfare neyther shal be charged with any â—usynes but shal be free at home one yere and reioyse with his wyse whiche he hath taken ¶ The .xxv. Chapter IF brethren dwel together and one of them dye and haue no chyld the wyfe of the dead shal not mary wythout vnto a straunger but his brother shal go in vnto her and take her to wyfe and occupy the rowme of his kynsman And the eldest sonne whiche she deareth shall succede in the name of his brother whiche is dead that his name be not put out of Israel Thou shalte not haue in thy bag two maner of weyghtes a great and a smal neyther shalte thou haue in thy house diuers measures a greate and a small but thou shalte haue a ryght and iuste weyght and a perfect measure shalte thou haue that thy dayes maye be lengthened in the lande whiche the lorde thy god geueth the for all that do such thinges and al that do vnrighte are abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God ¶ The .xxvij. Chapter CUrsed be the man that maketh any carued or nolten Idol an abheminatioÌ„ vnto the lord the worke of the handes of the craftesman and putteth it in a secret place ¶ The .xxix. Chapter I Haue led you forty yere in the wyldernes and your clothes are not wared olde vpon you and thy shooe is not waxed olde vpon thy fote The .xxxij. Chapter Perfect is the worke of the most mighty god for all his wayes are iudgement he is a god of truthe without wyckednesse righteouse and iuste is he The lordes parte is his folke and Iacob is the portion of his enheritaunce He that shoulde haue bene vpright when he wared fatte spurned with his hele Thou art wel fed thou art growen thycke thou arte laden with fatnesse And he forsoke God his maker and regarded not the god of his saluation I alone am god and there is none but I I kyl and wyl make a lyue I wounde and I wil heale neyther is there any that can delyuer oute of my hande The .xxxiiij. Chapter MOses was an hundred and twentye yere olde wheÌ„ he dyed his eye was not dimme nor his naturall coloure abated ¶ The booke of Iosua the .iii. Chapter AS sone as they that bare the arke came vnto Iordan and the fete of the priestes that bare the arke were dypped in the brym of the water for Iordan vseth to fyll all his banckes all the tyme of harueste the waters also that came downe from about dyd cyse vp vpon an heape and appeated as greate as a mountayne and departed farte from the cytie of Adam that was be syde Zarthan And the waters that were beneth towarde the see of the wyldernes fell awaye and departed into the salte see and the people went right ouer againste Iericho And the priestes that bare the Arke of the appointemente of the Lorde stoode drye within Iorden ready prepared and all the Israelites went ouer thorow the dree vntyll al the people were gone cleane ouer thorowe Iordane ¶ The .iiii. Chapter ANd as soone as the sooles of the priestes fete were sett on the drye lande the waters of Iordan returned againe vnto theyr place and went ouer all theyr banckes as they dyd before ¶ The .v. Chapter THe Manna ceased on the morowe afer they had begonne to eate of the corne of the laÌ„de neyther had the children of Israell Manna any more but dyd eate of the corne of the lande of Lauaan that yeare The .vi. Chapter ANd Iosua saned Rahab the harleit and her fathers bou sholde and all that she bad and â—he dwelt in Israel euen vnto this daye because she hyd the messengers which Iosua sent to spye out Ieticho The .i. Chapter SVnne stende thou styll vpon Gybeon and thou Moone in AialoÌ„ And the sunne abode and the moone stode styl vntyl the people aueÌ„ged themselues vpon theyr enemyes is not this written in the boke of the ryghteous The sunne I say abode in the myddest of heauen and hasted not to go downe by the space of an hole daye And there was no daye lyke that beforeit or after it that the lorde heat de the voyce of a man for the lorde fought for Israell The .xxiiii. Chapter IOsua the sunne of Nun the seruant of the Lord dyed being an hundreth and ten yeres old ¶ The booke of Iudges The fyrst Chapter ADombezek fled and they folowed after hym and caught hym and cut of his thoÌ„bes and his greate toes And Adonibezek sayd threscore ten kynges hauinge they re thombes and great toes cut of gathered theyr meate vnder my table As I haue done so god hath done to me agayne The .iij. Chapter ANd Ahud put forth his lefte hande
no whole parte in my bodye The .xxxix. Chapter VErely euery man liuynge is altogether â—â—…nitie for man walketh in a vaine shadowe and disquieteth him selfe in vayne he heapeth vp richessr and cannot tell who shall gather them The .xli. Chapter BLessed is he that considereth the poore and neady the lord shall deliuer him in the time of trouble ¶ The .xliiii. Chapter I wil not trust in my bow it is not my swearde that shall helpe me but it is thou that sauest vs froÌ„ our enemyes and puttest them to coÌ„fusion that hate vs. For thy sake also are we kylled all the day long and are contented as shepe appointed to be claine The .xlv. Chapter Thou haste loued ryghteousnes and hated iniquitie wherfore god euen thy god hath anointed the with the oyle of gladnesse aboue thy felowes The .xlix. Chapter The wyse men dye and her she together as well as the ignorant and foolyshe and leue their riches for other Be not thou affrayed though one be made riche or yf the glorye of his house be increased for he shall carpe nothynge awaye with hym when he dieth neyther shall his pompe folowe him The .l. Chapter OVr god shall come shall not hepe silence there shall go before him a consumyng fyre and a mightye tempeste shal be stered vp rounde aboute hym he shall call the heauen from aboue and the earthe that he maye iudge his people Offer vnto god thankesgeuyng and paye thy dowes vnto the most hyest But vnto the vngodlye sayde god why doest thou preache my lawes and takest my coÌ„uenaunt in thy mouthe The .li. Chapter The sacrifice of god is a troubled sprete a broken and a contrite herte o god shalt thou not despise Beholde I was shapen in wickednes and in synne hath my mother conceaued me The .lii. Chapter THe righteous also shall se this and feare shall laugh him to scorne Lo this is the maÌ„ that toke not god for his strenghte but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches and strengthed him selfe in his wyckednes The .lv. Chapter HE layd his handes vpon suche as be at peace with him and he brake his couenaunt The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter hauyng warre in his hart his wordes were smother then oyle and yet be they very sweardes The .lviii. Chapter THe righteous shal reioyse when he seeth the vengeaunce he shall washe his footesteppis in the bloude of the vngodly The .lxii. Chapter IF riches increase set not your hart vpon theÌ„ Thou rewardell euery man accordyng to his worke The .lxvi. Chapter I Wyll gointo thy house with brent offeringes and wyll paye thee my vowes whiche I promisâ—d with my lippes and speake with my mouthe whan I was in trouble The .lxix. Chapter I wepte and chastened my selfe with fastinge and that was turned to my reproche I put on a sackcloth also and they iested vpon me They that sytte in the gate speake agaynste me and the dronkardes make songes vpon me The .lxxi. Chapter O What great troubles and aduersities haste thou shewed me and yet diddest thou turne and refreshe me yea and broughtest me from the depe of the earthe agayne Thou haste broughte me to great honoure and comforted me on euery syde The .lxxvi. Chapter Promise vnto the lorde your god and kepe it The .lxxix. Chapter O Remember not oure olde synnes but haue merrie vpon vs and that soone for we are come to great miserie The .lxxx. Chapter THou fedest them with the breade of tearee and geuest them plenteousnesse of teares to drynke The .lxxxi. Chapter My people wolde not heare my voyce and Israell wolde not obeye me So I gaue them vp vnto they re owne heartes lust and lette them folow their owne ymaginacions The .lxxxiiii. Chapter I Had rather be a doore keper in the house of my god then to dwelin the rentes of vngodlynesse The .lxxxix. Chapter BVt yf his chyldren forsake my lawe and walke not in my iudgementes yf they breke my statutes and kepe not my commaundementes I wyl viset theyr offences with the rod and their synnes with scourges What man is he that lyueth and shall not see death The .xc. Chapter A Thousande yeares in thy syghte are but as yesterdaye The dayes of our age are thre score yeares ten and thoughe men be so stronge that they come to four scoure yeares yet is theyr strength then but laboure and sorowe so soone passeth it awaye and we are goen The .xci. Chapter HE shall geue his aungels charge ouer thee to kepe the in all thy wayes They shal beare the in theyr handes that thou hurt not thy foote agaynst astone The .xcii. Chapter WHen the vngodlye are grene as the grasse and when all the worckes of wyckednesse dooe florishe then shall they be destroyedde for euer The .xcuii. Chapter BLessed is the man whome thou chasteneste O lorde The .xcvii. Chapter THere shall go a fyre before hym and burne his enemies on euery syde O ye that loue the lorde se that ye hate the thinge whiche is euyli The lorde preserueth the soules of his sayntes he shall delyuer them from the hande of the vngodly The Ci. Chapter WHo so priuelye slaundereth his neyghboure him wyll I destroye There shall no disceatefull personne dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shall not tarye in my sight The Cii Chapter I Haue eaten asshes as it were breade and myngeled my dryncke with wepyng My dayes are gone lyke a shadowe and I am wythered lyke grasse Thou lorde in the begynnynge haste layde the fundation of the earthe and the heauens are the worcke of thy handes they shall perishe but thou shalâ—e endure they all shall waxe olde as dothe a garment and as a vesture shalte thou chaunge them and they shal be chaunged But thou arte the same and thy yeares shall not fayle The C.iii. Chapter THe mercifull goodnesse of the Lorde endureth for euer and euer vpoÌ„ them that feare him his righteousnes vpon chylders children The C.iiii. Chapter HE bryngeth forth grasse for the cattel and grene herbe for the seruice of menne that he maye brynge foode out of the earth and wyne that maketh gladde the herte of man and oyle to make him a chereful countenaunce and breade to strength mans herte Man goeth forth to his worke and to hys laboure vntill the euenyng The .cv. Chapter TOuche not myne annointed and do my prophetes no harme The .cvi. Chapter BLessed are they that alwaye kepe iudgement and do righteousnesse The .cix. Chapter HYs delite was in cursyng and it shall happen vnto hym he loued not blessynge therfore shall it be farre from hym My knees are weake thorow fasting my fleshe is dried vp for want of fatnesse The .cxi. Chapter THe woorkes of his handes are veritie and iudgement all his commaundementes are true The feare of the lorde is the beginning of wisdome a good vnderstandynge haue all they that do thereafter The .cxii. Chapter A Good manne is mercifull and lendeth and wyll guyde his
Nume .i. Number of the Leuites Nume .iii. i. Chro .xxiij. Number of the cities appertayinnge to the Leuites Nume .xxxv Number of the connyng musitions .i. Chro .xxv. O. Obedience is better then sacrifice .i. Reg .xv. Oblations with other sacrifices and woorkes of penaunce are not acceptable without good lyfe Esaye .i. Obstinate rebellions shal be deuoured Esay .i. Offringes must be without blemishe Leui .i. xxii Burnt offringes Leui .ii. Meat offringes Leui .ii. Peace offringes Leui .iiii. Synne offringes Leui .iiii. Trespas offeringes Leui .v. All offeringes must haue salt Leui .ii. Offeringes of other mens goodes syrach .xxxiiii. Offeryng of the righteous syrach .xxxv. Offer not the blynde nor the lame Mala .i. Offer for the deade .ii. Macha .xii. Olde men are to be honoured Leui .xix. Oyle of gladnesse psal .xxxv Onan dothe spyll his seede and why gen .xxxviii. One language vpon the earth gene .xi. Open a well and couer it a gayne Exo .xxi. Agaynst oppressours Miche .ii. Oseas the prophete maried an harlot Ose .i. Oure sinnes in the latter daye shall accuse vs .iiii. Esdras .xvi. Oxe that goreth a man shall dye Exo .xxi. P. Pacience shal be rewarded Tobi .iii. People murmer against Moses Exo .xv. Perbrakyng is holsome syrach .xxxi. Pharo is plaged gene .xii. Phynees and his godly dede Nume .xxv. Phisicions syrach .xxxviii. Piller of a cloude and another of fyer Exo .xiii. Place of the lateriudgemente Ose .iii. Place is partaker of the peoples trouble .ii. ma .ii Pledge and howe it must be restored Exo .xxii. Prayer with fasting is good Toby .xii. Prayse not thy selfe Prouer .xxvii. Prese not to hye prouer .xxv. Priestes liberties in Egipt gene xivii Priestes comming to god muste be sanctified Exod .xix. Priestes goynge into the tabernacle muste abstayne from wyne Leui .x. Priestes wyues and daughters Leui .xxi. Priestes duitie Deut .xviii. Priestes deale faythfully .iiii. Reg .xxii. Priestes shoulde not be taxed .i. Esdras .vii. iii. Esdras .viii. Priestes oughte to be honored syrach .vii. Priestes in the olde lawe were maried and with What wemē they might mary Eze. xliiii leui xxi Priestes might be roūded but not shauen eze 44. Priestes do all mischefe Ose vi Priestes wyll do nothyng for nought Mala. i. Priestes are goddes messengers Mala. ii Preache to the synfull and saue thy owne soule Ezech. iii. xxxiii Agaynst preachers Ezec. xxxiiii Preacher of lyes Miche ii Polluted persones Leui. xv Price of an asse head .iiii. reg vi Pryde of women is punished Esay iii. Prophete and a sear is all one .i. of the kynges .ix. Properties of a good woman Tob. x. Prosperitie of the commons is the kynges honor prouer .xiiii. Pouertie is euermore kepte vnder syrach .xiii. Powre ouergoeth right Abac. i. Q. Quayles Exo. xvi Num. xi Qualities of Iudges Exo. xviii R. Rayne and the continuance therof Gen. vii Rauen. gene viii Rauens brought Elias bread .iii. of the kyng xvii Rakynges are forbodden Leui. xxiii Rahab the harlot was saued Iosue vi Rachell mourneth Iere. xxxi Repynge of corne Leui. xix Rebecca conceaued two twynnes gene xxv Resurrection at the later daye Iob .xix. Reioyse not at the fall of thine enemie prou xxiiii Rewarde all giftes syrac .xx. Rewarde and fruite of righteousnes Esay .xxxii. Reioyce to knowe god Iere. ix Ryche men spurne agaynste god Deut. xxxii Ryches haue wynges pro. xxiii Regarde no dremes syrach .xxxiiii. Righteouse men are in great troubles psa xxxiiii Righteouse men are neuer forsaken psal xxxvii Righteouse men shall reioyce at the punishement of the wicked Psal lviii Righteous man Eze. xviii Riche men cary nothyng with them psal xlix Ryoters shall come to pouertie pro. xxiii Roboams croked aunswere .iii. Reg. xii Rulers muste not be blasphemed Exod. xxii Rulers and officers waxe proude Esther .xvi. Rulers with disceitfull wordes deceyue princes Esther .xvi. Suche rulers suche subiectes syrach .x. Agaynst rulers Miche iii. Ruben gene .xlix. S. Salamons petition .iii. Reg. iii. prouer .xxx. Salamons prouision for his house holde .iii. of the kynges .iiii. Salamons horse .iii. of the kyng .iiii. Salamons offeringe .iii. of the kyng .xii. Salamons Quenes and Concubines .iii. Reg. xi Salamons temple shal be destroyed and why .ii. of the Chroni vii Sampson slew a lyon Iudg. xiiii Sampson with a iawe bone c. Iudg. xv Samaria is besieged .iiii. Reg. vi Samuel is geuen vnto god i. Reg. i. Samuels sonnnes .i. of the kyng .viii. Samuel to the people .i. of the kyng xii Sanctificacion of the seuenth daye gene ii Sanger with an Oxe goade Iudge iii. Shadow of the sunne goeth backeward .iiii. re xx Shame is double Syrach .iiii. Sara saye thou arte my sister gene xiii Sara willeth Abram to mary her maide gene xvi Sara laughed gene xviii Sara in very dede is Abrams sister gene .xx. Saul a goodly man .l. Reg .ix. Saule dyed for counselyng with a wise woman .l. Chroni .x. Sawe and the axe Esaye .x. Seke for the olde waye Iere .vi. Serpentes curse gene .iii. Serpent of brasse nume .xxi. Sees gaue place to the chyldren of Israell Exod .xiiii. Sycle Leui. xxvii Sycles how many make a pounde Ezech .xiv. Syluer as plenty as stones .iii. Reg .viii Synnes of Sodome Ezech .xvi. Syxe thinges that god hateth prouer .vi. Slaunderers shal be destroyed psal .cx. Sychem dyd rauishe Dyna gene .xxxviii. Sloggyshe persones prouer .x. Soth sayers are not to be regarded Leui .xix. xx Deut .xviii. syrach .xxxiiii. Sodoma howe the crye of it ascended gene .xvi Soure grapes Eze .xviii. Sowe wretchednesse and reape the same Iob .iiii. Sowe teares and reape ioye psal .cxxvi. Sowe pyllowes and bolsters Ezeche .xiii. Sowe righteousnesse and repe the fruites of wel doynge Ose .x. Spare not the rod. proue .xiii. Speake fayre wordes vnto vs. Esay .xxx. Spirite of wysedome Esay .xi. Starre of Iacob Nume xxiiii Stolen water prouer .ix. Stony and fleshely hartes Eze .xi. xxxvi Stoppe not thy eates from the poore prouer .xxi. Straungers maye not be troubled Exo .xxii. Straungers are to be made of Leui .xix. Straungers offer incense before the Lorde Num .xvi. Stone corner stone Esai .xxviii. Straunge raiment Sopha .i. Subtilitie of the serpent Gene .iii. Suretishippe is hurtful Prouer .xi. xvii Sirach .viii. xxix Sweringe Sirach .xxiii. T Tabernacle by day was couered with a clowde and by night with fire Num .ix. Tables two written with the fynger of God Exod .xxxi. Thamar and hir two twinnes Gene .xxxviii. The time and yeres that the Israelites dwelt in Egipte Exod .xii. The tyme of deckinge beautifiyng the women Esther .ii. The ende of fowlines Pro .xxii. There is none that doeth good Psal .xiiii. The dead knowe nothinge Preach .ix. Thre thinges that are alowed Sirach .xxv Thre thinges belonge to an asse and thre to a seruaunte Sirach .xxxiii Thre thinges that are abhorred Sirach .xxv. Thre greuouse thinges Sirach .xxvi. There is no truth Osee .iiii. They that putte their trust in god shall not be ouercome Macha .ii. The thinges that god
you And lo I am with you alwaye euen vntill the ende of the worlde ¶ The ende of the gospel of S. Matthewe The Gospell of S. Marke the .i. Chapter I Sende my messenger before thy face whiche shall prepare thy waye before the. The voice of a cryer in the wildernes prepare ye the waye of the LORDE make his pathes strayghte Iohn dyd Baptise in the wildernes and preache the baptyme of repentaunce for the remission of synnes Iohn was clothed with Camilles heare and with a gyrdell of a skyn about his loynes and he dyd eate Locustes and wyld honye and preached saying a stronger then I commeth after me whose shoe latchet I am not worthy to slope down and vnlose I haue baptised you with water but he shall baptise you with the holy ghoste And it came to passe in those dayes that Iesus came from Nazareth a citie of Galile and was baptised of Iohn in Iordane And as sone as he was comeout of the water Iohn sawe heauen open and the holye ghost descendynge vpon hym lyke a dote And there came a voyce from heauen Thou arte my dare sonne in whome I delyte After Iohn was taken Iesus came into Galile preacing the gospel of the kyngdome of god and sayine the time is come and the kyngdome of God is aâ— ande repente and beleue the gospell As hoâ—asked by the sea of Galile he sawe Symon ad Andrewe his brother castinge nettes into the sâ— for they were fishers And Iesus sayd vnto them folowe me and I wyll make you fyshers of menne And straight waye they forsoke there nettes and folowed him And when he had gone a lytle further thence he sawe Iames the sonne of Zebede and Iohn his brother euen as they werein the shippe mending their nettes and anone he called them And they lefte their father Zebede in the shippe with his hyred seruauÌ„tes and went their waye after him He taught them as one that hadde powre with him and not as the Scribes And there was in their sinagoge a man vexed with an vnclene sprite that cried saynge Let be what haue we to do with the Iesus of Nazareth Art thou come to destroy vs I knowe the what thou arte euen that holy of god And he caste out many deuyls and suffred not the deuyls to speake because they knewe him Se thou saye nothing to any man but get the hence and shewe thy selfe to the preiste and offer for thy clensynge those thynges whiche Moses commaunded for a testimoniall vnto them The .ii. Chapter WHo can forgeue synnes out onely god And as Iesus passed by he sawe Leui the sonne of Alphey sit at the receite of custome and saide vnto him folowe me And he arose and folowed him The whole haue no nede of the phisition but the sicke I cam not to caule the rightewise but the synners to repentaunce No man so weth a pece of newe clothe vnto an old garment for then taketh he away the new pecâ— from the olde and so is the rent worsse In lykewise no maÌ„ poureth newe wine into olde vessels for yf he do the newe wine breaketh the vessels and the wynne runneth oute and the vessels are matted but newe wyne must be powred into neâ— vesels The Saboth was made for man and not man for the Saboth The .iii. Chapter And when the vnclene sprites sawe hym they fell downe before him and cryed sayeng thou art the sonne of god And he straightely charged them that they shulde not vtter him Nowe can Satan dryne out Satan for yf a realme be deuided against it selfe that realme can not endure Or yf a house be deuided againste it selfe that house cannot contynue So yf Satan mane insurrection againste hym selfe and be deuided he can not continue but is at an ende Verelye I saye vnto you all sinnes shal be forgiuen vnto mens chyldren and blasphemy wherâ— with they blaspheme But he that blasphemeth the holy ghost shall neuer haue forgeuenes but is in daunger of eternall damnation because they saide he had an vnclene spryte Beholde thy mother and thy brethrene seke for the without And he answered them sayeng Who is my mother my brethren And he loked round aboute on his disciples whyche sate in compasse abonte hym and sayde beholde my mother and my brethren For whosoeuer doeth the wyll of â—od he is my brother my syster and mother The .iiii. Chapter TO you it is geuen to knowe the mystery of the kingdom of god But vnto theÌ„ that arâ— without shall all thynges de done in similitudes that when they se they shall see and not discerne and when they heare they shall heare and not vnderstande leaste at any tyme they shoulde tourne and their synnes shulde be forgeuen them There is nothing so preuye that shall not be opened neyther soo secrete but that it shall come abroade With what measure ye mete with the same shall it be measured vnto you againe Vnto him that hath shall it be geuen and from him that hathe not shal be taken awaye euen that he hathe What felowe is this for bothe wynde and see obey him The .v. Chapter WHen he had spyed Iesus a farre of he ran worshipped him cried with a lowde voice and saide What haue I to do with the Iesus the sonne of the moste hyest god I require the in the name oâ— god that thou torment me not All the deuilles besought him sayenge Sende vâ—into the heerde of swyne that we maye enteâ— into them And anone Iesus gaue them leue The .vi. Chapter IS not this that carpenter Maryes son the brother of Iames and Ioses and of Iuda Simon and are not his systers heâ—e with vs and they were offended by hym And Iesus saide vnto them I prophete is not dispised but in his owne countre and amonge his owne kinne and among them that are of the same housholde And he called the twelue and beganne to sende them two and two and gaue them power ouer vnclene sprâ—tes And commaunded them that they shoulde take nothynge vnto theyr iourneye saue a rodde onelye neyther scryppe neyther bread neyther money in their yourses but shoulde be shood with sandales And that they shoulde not put on two cootes And he sayde vnto them wheresoeuer ye enter into an house there abyde tyll ye departe thence And whosoeuer shall not receaue you nor heare you whaÌ„ ye depart thence shake of the duste that is vnder youre feete for a witnes vnto them I say verely vnto you it shal be easier for Zodom and Gomor at the day of iudgement then for that cytie And they went oute and preached that they shoulde repent and they caste out many deuyls And they annointed many that were sicke with oyle and healed them It is not lawfull for the to haue thy brothers wyfe When they sawe him walkynge vpon the see they supposed it hadde bene a sprite and cried out for they all sawe him and were afrayed The .vii. Chapter THe Pharises all the
at that last daye And this is the will of him that sent me that euery mā which seeth the sēne and beleueth on him haue euerlastyng lyfe And I wyll rayse hym vp at the last daye No man can come to me excepte the father whiche hath sent me drawe hym I am that lyuing breade whiche came downe from heauen Yf any man eate of this breade he shall lyue for euer And the breade that I wylt geue is my fleshe whiche I wyll geue for the lyfe of the worlde Verely verely I saye vnto you excepte ye eate the fleshe of the sonne of man and drinke his bloude ye shall not haue life in you Whosoeuer eateth my fleshe and drinketh my bloude hathe eternall lyfe and I wyll rayse hym vp at the laste daye for my fleshe is meate in dede and my bloud is drinke in dede He that eateth my fleshe and drinketh my bloud dwelleth in me and I in him As the liuing father hathe sent me euen so lyue I by my father he that eateth me shall lyue by me This is the breade whiche came from heauen not is your fathers haue eaten Manna and are dead he that eateth of this breade shall liue euer It is the spirite that quickeneth the fleshe profiteth nothing Then sayde Iesus to the twelue will ye also go awaye Then Simon Peter aunswered Master to whome shall we go Thou haste the wordes of eternal lyfe and we beleue and knowe that thou arte Christ the sonne of the lyuing god The .vii. Chapter THe worlde cannot hate you but me it hateth Because I testifie of it that the workes of it are euyll My doctrine is not myne but his that sente me Yf a man on the Saboth daye receaue circūcision without breaking of the lawe of Moses disdayne ye at me because I haue made a man euery whit whole on the Saboth day Iudge not after the vtter apperaunce but iudge ryghteous iudgement Ye shall seke me and shall not fynde me and where I am thyther can ye not come Yf any manne thyrste let him come vnto me and drincke he that beleueth on me as saythe the scripture out of his belly shal flowe ryuers of water of lyfe This spake he of the sprete whyche they that beleued on him shulde receaue Dothe our lawe iudge any man before it heare him and knowe what he hathe done The .viii. Chapter LEtte him that is among you without synne caste the fyrst stone at her It is also wrytten in your lawe that the testimony of two menne is true I do nothing of my selfe but as my father hath taught me Yf ye continue in my wordes then are ye my very disciples and shall knowe the truth and the truthe shall make you free Yf ye were Abrahams children ye wolde do the dedee of Abraham Ye are of your father the deuyll and the lustes of your father ye wyll do He was a murderer frō the begynnynge and abode not in the truthe because ther is no truthe in him When he speaketh a lye then speaketh he of his owne For he is a lyer and the father thereof He that is of god heareth goddes wordes ye therfore heare them not because ye are not of god Yf a man kepe my sayenges he shall neuer see death Your father Abraham was glad to se my daye and he sawe it and reioysed The .ix. Chapter ANd as Iesus passed by he sawe a man which was blinde from his byrthe And his disciples aced hym saying Maister who did sinne this man or his father and mother that he was borne blynde Iesus answered neither hath this manne synned nor yet his father nor mother but that the workes of god shoulde be shewed on him I muste worke the workes of god that sent me whyle it is daye The nighte commeth when no manne canne worke As long as I ame in the worlde I am the lyght of the worlde We be sure that god heareth not synners but yf any man be a worshipper of god and do his wyll hym heareth he Sence the worlde began was it not hearde that anye man opened the eyes of one that was borne blynde yf this manne were not of god he could haue done nothynge I am come vnto iudgement into this worlde that they whiche se not might se and they whiche se might be made blynde The .x. Chapter HE that entreth not in by the doore in to the shepefolde but climeth vy some other waye the same is a these and a robber He that goethe in by the dore is the shepeherde of the shepe to hym the porter openeth and the shepe heare his voyce and he cauleth his own shepe by name and leadeth them out And when he hath sence forthe his owne shepe he goth before them and the shepe folowe hym for they knowe his voyce A straunger they wyll not folowe but will flye from hym for they knowe not the voyce of straungers The good shepehearde geueth his lyfe for the shepe An hyred seruaunt which is not the shepeherde neither the shepe archis owne se the wolfe comming and leueth the shepe and flyeth and the wolfe catcheth them and scattereth the shepe I am that good shepe hearde and know myne and am knowen of myne As my father knoweth me euen so knowe I my father And I geue my lyfe for the shepe and other shepe I haue whiche are not of this folde them also must I bring that they maye heare my voyce and that there maye be one flocke and one shephearde No man taketh my lyfe from me but I put it awaye of my selfe I haue power to put it from me and haue power to take it agayne I and my father are one Though ye beleue not me yet beleue the workes that ye maye know and beleue that the father is in me and I in hym The .xi. Chapter WHen Iesus hearde that he sayde this infirmitie is not vnto deathe but for the laude of god that the sonne of god myght be praysed by the reason of it Yf a man walke in the daye he stombleth not because he seeth the light of this worlde but yf a man walke in the night he stombleth because ther is no light in him I am the resurreccion and the lyfe he that beleueth on me ye thoughe he were dead yet shall he lyue And whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth on me shall neuer dye And one of them named Cayphas which was the hye priest that same yeare sayed vnto them ye perceyue nothyng at al nor yet consider that it is expediente for vs that one man dye for the people and not that al the people perishe This spake he not of himselfe but beyng hye prieste that same yeare he prophecyed that Iesus shoulde dye for the people and not for the people onely but that he shoulde gather together in one the chyldren of god whiche were scattered abroade The .xii. Chapter THen toke Mary a pounde of oyntment called Nardus perfecte and precious and anoynted Iesus feete and wiped his feet