Be thou and all thy companye before the Lorde bothe thou they and Aaron to morowe And take euery maÌ„ his sencer and put sence in them that ye maye offre before the lorde euery man of the two hundred fyftie take his sencer thou also Aaron that euery one may haue his sencer And they toke euerye man his sencer and put fyre in them and layd sence theron and stode in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse with Moses and Aaron And Corah gathered all the congregacyon agaynst them vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the glory of the Lorde appeared vnto al the congregacyon And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge Seperate your selues from among this congregacion that I may consume them atonce And they fell vpon theyr faces and sayde O moost myghtye God of the spirites of all flesshe yf one man hath synned wylte thou be wrothe with all the multitude And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the congre gacyon and say Get you away from aboute the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram And Moses rose vp and wente vnto Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israell folowed hym And he spake vnto the congregacyon saynge departe from the tentes of these wycked men and touche no thynge of theyrs lest ye perysshe in all theyr synnes And so they gat them from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And DathaÌ„ and Abiram came out and stode in the dore of theyr tentes with theyr wyues theyr sonnes and theyr lytell chyldren And Moses sayd Hereby ye shall knowe that the lorde hath sent me to do al these workes and that I haue not done them of myne owne mynde If these men dye the common deathe of all men or they be ☞ visited after the visitacyon of al men then the Lorde hath not sent me But yf the Lorde make a newe thyng the earth open her mouth swalow them vp withall that they haue and they go downe quycke in to hell then ye shall vnderstand that these meÌ„ haue prouoked the lorde And it fortuned that as soone as he had made an ende of speakynge all these wordes the grounde cloue a sondre that was vnder them the earth opened her mouth swalowed them vp theyr houses all the men that were with Corah and all theyr goodes And they and all that they had wente downe alyue vnto hel the erth closed vpon them they peryshed from among the coÌ„gregacion And all Israel that were aboute them fled at the crye of them And they sayde leest the earthe swalowe vs vp also And there came out a fyre from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred fyftie men that offered sence And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preest that he take vp the sencers out of the burnyng and skatter the fyre here and there for the ☞ sencers of these synners are halowed in theyr deathes and let them make of them thyn beaten plates for a couerynge of the aulter For they offered them before the lorde and therfore they are halowed and they shall be a sygne vnto the chyldren of Israel And Eleazar the Preest toke the brasen sencers which they that were burnt had offered and bet them thyn for a coueryng of the aulter to be a remembraunce vnto the chyldren of Israell that no straunger whiche is not of the seede of Aaron come nere to offre sence before the Lorde that it happen not vn to hym lyke as vnto Corah and his companye as the Lorde sayde of hym by the hande of Moses But on the morowe all the multitude of the chyldren of Israell murmured agaynste Moses Aaron sayeng Ye haue kylled the people of the lorde And it fortuned that wheÌ„ the multitude was gathered agaynst Moses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of wytnesse And beholde †vvhen they vvere entred in to it the cloude couered it the glorye of the lorde appeared And Moses Aaron came before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Get you from amonge this congregacyon that I maye consume them quyckely And they fell vpon theyr faces And Moses sayd vnto Aaron take a sencer and put fyre therin out of the aulter and powre on sence and go quyckely vnto the coÌ„gregacyon that thou mayst opteyne forgyuenesse for them For there is wrath gone out from the Lorde and there is a plage begon And Aaron toke as Moses coÌ„maunded him and ran in to the myddes of the coÌ„gregacion and beholde the plage was begonne among the people and he put on sence and made an atonement for the people And when he stode bitwene the deade and them that were alyue the plage ceased They that dyed in the plage were xiiii thousande and seuen hundred besyde them that dyed aboute the busynesse of Corah And Aaron went Agayne vnto Moses before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the plage ceased ¶ Aarons rod buddith and beareth blossoms CAPI XVII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and take of euery prynce of them a rod after the houses of theyr fathers Euen xii roddes and wryte euery mans name vpoÌ„ his rod. And wryte Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui for euery rod is for a house of theyr fathers and put them in the tabernacle of wytnesse euen in the place where I mete you And the mans rod whom I chose shall blossome And I wyl make cease from me the grudgyngê of the chyldren of Israel wherby they grudge agaynst you And Moses spake vnto the chyldren of Israell and all the princes gaue hym euery prince accordynge to theyr fathers houses a rod euen â—ii roddes the rod of Aaron was among the roddê And Moses put the roddê before the lorde in the tabernacle of wytnes And on the morow Moses went in to the tabernacle of wytnesse and beholde the rod of Aaron for the house of Leui was budded and bare blossoms almondes And Moses brought out all the roddes from before the Lorde vnto al the chyldren of Israel they loked vpon them toke euery man his rod. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses brynge Aarons rod agayne before the wytnesse to be kept for a token of the chyldrens rebellyoÌ„ and that theyr murmurynge maye cease fro me and that they dye not And Moses dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded hym euen so dyd he And the chyldren of Israel spake vnto Moses saynge beholde we are wasted away and consumed we al come to nought who soeuer cometh nygh the dwellyng of the lord dyeth Shall we vtterly consume away ¶ The offyce of the leuytes The tythes and fyrst fruytes must be gyuen them Aarons herytage CAPI XVIII ANd the Lorde sayd vnto Aaron Thou and thy sonnes and thy fathers house with the ☞ shal beare the faute of that whiche is done amysse in the holy place And
Baall Peor And the indygnacion of the LORDE was prouoked agaynst Israell and the Lorde sayde vnto Moses take all the prynces of the people hange them vp before the Lorde ☞ agaynst the son that the wrath of the Lordes countenaunce maye be turned awaye from Israel And Moses sayd vnto the iudges of Israel †Euery one sleye his men that were ioyned vnto Baall Peor And behold one of the chyldren of Israel came and brought vnto his brethren a Madiaâ—â—tyshe woman euen in the syght of Moses and in the syght of all the multytude of the chyldren of Israell that wepte before the dore of the â—abernacle of wytnes And wheÌ„ Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preest sawe it he rose vp out of the myddes of the company and toke a weapon in his hande and went after the man of Israell ☞ in to the tent and thrust them thorowe bothe the man of Israell and also the woman euen thorowe the belly of her And the plage ceased from the chyldren of Israel And there dyed in the plage xxiiii thousaÌ„d And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the Sonne of Aaron the preest hath turned myne anger awaye from the chyldren of Israel whyle he was ielouse for my sake amonge them that I had not consumed the chyldren of Israell in my ielousye Wherfore saye beholde I gyue vnto hym my couenaunt of peace he shall haue it and his seed after hym euen the couenauÌ„t of the preestes offyce for euer bycause he was ielouse for his goddes sake and made an atonement for the Chyldren of Israell The name of the Israelite which was sleyne with the Madianytysshe woman was Zamri the son of Salâ— a Lorde of an house and kynred of Simeon And the name of the Madianityshe woman that was sleyne was Cozbi the doughter of Zur a heade ouer the people of an house and kynred of Madian And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge vexe the Madianites and smyte them for they trouble you with theyr wyles whiche haue begyled you by disceate in the cause of Peor in the cause of theyr syster Cozbi the doughter of a Lorde of the Madianytes whiche was sleyne in the daye of the plage for Peor sake ¶ The chyldren of Israell are nombred CAPI XXVI ANd it fortuned that after the plage the Lorde spake vnto Moses and vnto Eleazar the son of Aaron the preest sayenge take the nombre of all the multitude of the chyldren of Israell from xx yere and aboue thorowout theyr Fathers houses all that are able to go to warre in Israell And Moses and Eleazar the Preest spake vnto them in the feldes of Moab by Iordayne ouer agaynst Ierico from xx yere aboue as the Lorde commaunded Moses and the chyldren of Israell wheÌ„ they were come out of Egypt Ruben the Eldest son of Israell The chyldren of Ruben Hanoch of whome commeth the kynred of the Hanochites and Palu of whome commeth the kynred of the Paluites Of Hesron commeth the kynred of the Hesronites of Carmi coÌ„meth the kynred of the Carmites These are the kynredes of the Rubenites and they were in nombre xliii thousand seuen hundred â–ª and thyrtye And the sonnes of Palu Eâ—â—ab And the sonnes of Eliab Nemuell Dathan and Abiram This is that Dathan and Abiram whiche were famous in the congregacion stroue agaynst Moses and Aaron in the companye of Corah when they stroue agaynst the Lorde And the earth opened her mouth and swalowed them vp Corah also was in the death of that multitude what tyme the fyre consumed two hundred and fiftye men and they became a sygne Notwithstandynge the Chyldren of Corah dyed not And the Chyldren of Simeon after theyr kynreds were Nemuell of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Nemuelites Iamin of whome commeth the kynred of the Iaminytes Iachin of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iachinites of Zareh commeth the kynred of the Zarehites And of Saull commeth the kynred of the Saulâ—tes These are the kynredê of Simeon euen xxii â–ª thousande and two hundred The Chyldren of Gad after theyr kynreds were Zephon of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Zephonites Haggi of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Haggites Suni of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Sunâ—tes Of Aseni commeth the kynred of the Asenites and of Eri commeth the kynred of the Erites Of Arod coÌ„meth the kynred of the Arodites Of Aâ—â—ell commeth the kynred of the Arielites These are the kynreds of the Chyldren of Gad aâ—dynge to theyr nombres xl thousande and fyue hundred The Chyldren of Iuda Er and Dnan and Er and Dnan dyed in the land of Canaan But the Chyldren of Iuda after theyr kynreds were Sela of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Selanites Phares of whome commeth the kynred of the Pharesites Zareh of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Zarehites And the Chyldren of Phares were â–ª Hesron of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Hesâ—onites Hamull of whome commeth the kynred of the Hamulites These are the kynreds of fuda after theyr noÌ„bres lxxvi thousande and fyue hundred The chyldren of Isachar after theyr kynreds were Thola of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Tholaites Phuua of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Phuuaites of Iasub coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iasubites of Symron coÌ„meth the kynred of the Simronites These are the kynreds of Isachar after theyr nombres ixiiiâ— â–ª thousande and thre hundred The Chyldren of Zabalon after theyr kynreds were Sered of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Seredites Elon of whome commeth the kynred of the Elonites Iaheliel of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iahelielites These are the kynreds of the Zabulonites after theyr nombres threscore thousand and fyue hundred The chyldren of Ioseph thorowout theyr kynreds were Manasse Ephraim The chyldren of Manasse Machir â–ª of whome commeth the kynred of the Machirites And Machir begaâ— Gilead of Gilead coÌ„meth the kynred of the Gileadites And these are the chyldren of Gilead Hieser of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Hieserites Helech of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Helechites and Asriell of whome commeth the kynred of the Asrielites Sichâ—â—â— of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Sichemites Simida of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Simidites and Hepher of whom coÌ„meth the kynredde of the Hepherites And Zelaphead the Sonne of Hepher had no sonnê but doughters And the names of the doughters of Zelaphead were Mahela Noa Hagla Milcha and Thirza These are the kynreds of Manasse and the nombre of them iii. thousande seuen hundred These are the Chyldren of Ephraim after theyr kynreds Suthelah of whome coÌ„meth the kinred of suthelahites Becher of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Becherites Thahen of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Thahenites And these are the chyldren of Suthelah Eran of whome commeth the kynred of the Eranites These are the kynreds of the chyldren of Ephraim after theyr nombres
that regioÌ„ he thought vpon Abraham and sent Lot out from the myddes of the ouerthrâ—wyng when he ouerthrew the cyties where Lot dwelled And Lot departed out of Zoar dwelled in the mouÌ„tayne his ii daughters were w t hym for he feared to tary in Zoar but dwelled in a caue he his ii daughters And the elder sayd vnto the yonger Our father is olde there is not a maÌ„ in the earth to come in vnto vs after the maner of al the worlde Come we wyl make our father dronken with wyne lye w t him that we may saue seed of our father And so they made theyr father dronken with wyne that nyght And the elder daughter wente lay w t her father And he ê‘ceyued it not neyther when she lay downe nor wheÌ„ she rose vp And on the morowe it happened that the elder sayde vnto the yonger beholde yesternyght laye I with my father Let vs make hym dronke with wyne this nyght also and come thou lye w t him that we may rayse vp seed of our father And they made theyr Father dronke with wyne that nyght also And the yonger arose lay with hym And he perceyued it not neyther wheÌ„ she lay downe neyther when she rose vp Thus were bothe the doughters of Lot w t chylde by theyr father And the elder bare a son called his name Moab The same is the father of the Moabytes vnto this daye And the yonger bare a son also called his name Ben Ammy The same is the father of the chyldren of Ammon vnto this daye ¶ Abraham went as a straunger in the lande of Gerar. The â—yngeo Gerar taketh away his wyfe CAPI XX. ANd Abraham departed thence toward the south couÌ„tre and dwelled bytwene Cades and Sur and Soiourned in Gerar. And Abraham sayde of Sara his wyfe she is my syster And Abimalech kyng of Gerar sent and fet Sara awaye But God came to Abimalech in dreame in the nyght and sayd to hym Se thou shalt dye for the womans sake whiche thou haste taken away for she is a mans wyfe But Abimalech had not yet come nye her he sayde Lorde wylte thou sley ryghtwyse people sayd not he vntome she is my syster Yea â–ª and sayd not she her selfe he is my â–ª brother with a pure herte and innocent handes haue I done this â–ª And God sayde vnto hym by a dreame I wote it well that thou dydeâ—â— â–ª it 〈◊〉 the purenesse of thy herte I kepte the also that thou shuldest not syn agaynst me and therfore suffred I the not to touche her Nowe therfore delyuer the man his wyfe agayne for he is a prophete and he shal pray for the that thou mayst lyue But yf thou delyuer her not agayne be sure that y u shalte dye the death bothe thou and all that thou hast And so Abimelech rysynge vp beâ—ymâ—s in the mornyng called al his seruauntes and tolde al these sayenges in theyr eates and the men were sore afrayd And Abimelech called Abraham sayd vnto hym What hast thou done vnto vs and what haue I offended the â–ª that thou hast brought on me on my kyngdome so great a synneâ— thou hast done dedes vnto me that ought not to be done And Abimelech sayde vnto Abraham What saâ—pest thou that thou hast done this thyng AbrahaÌ„ answered For I sayd surely the feare of god is not in this place and they shall slâ—e me for my wyues sake yet in verye dede she is my syster for she is the doughter of my father though she be not the doughter of my mother and she became my wyfe And after god caused me to wandre out of my fathers house I sayde vnto her This kyndnesse shalte thou shewe vnto me in all places where we come that thou say of me he is my brother Then toke Abimelech shepe and oxen men seruauntes and women seruauntes and gaue them vnto Abraham delyuered hym Sara his wyfe agayne And Abimelech sayde Beholde my lande lyeth before the dwell where it pleaseth the best But vnto Sara he sayde Se I haue gyuen thy brother a thousande peces of syluer Beholde it shal be a coueryng of thyne eyes vnto all that are with the. And thus withall was she reproued And so Abraham prayed vnto god and god healed Abimelech and his wyfe and his maydens and they bare chyldren For the Lorde had closed to al the matryces of the house of Abimelech bycause of Sara Abrahams wyfe ¶ Isaac is borne Agar is cast out with her yonge â—orme Iâ— â–ª â—aâ—â—â— The angeâ—â— comforteth Agar The couenaunt â—yâ—â—â—ent Abimelâ—ch and Abraham CAPI XXI THe lorde vysyted Sara as he had sayde and dyd vnto her accordynge as he had promysed For Sara was with chylde and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age euen the same season which the lorde had appoynted hym And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto hym whiche Sara bare hym Isaac And AbrahaÌ„ cyrcumcysed Isaac his sonne when he was viii dayes olde as God commaunded hym And Abraham was an hundred yere olde when his sonne Isaac was borne vnto hym But Sara sayd God hath made me â— laâ—ghyng stocke so that all that heare wyll laughe at me She sayde also â— Who wolde haue sayde vnto AbrahaÌ„ that Sara shulde haue gyuen chyldren sucke for I haue borne hym a sonne in his olde age The chylde growe and was weyned and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weyned And Sara sawe the Sonne of Agar the Egyptyan whiche she had borne vnto Abraham to be a mocker Wherfore she sayd vnto Abraham * Put away this bonde mayde and her sonne for the sonne of this bonde woman shall not be heyre with my sonne Isaac and this sayenge was very greuous in Abrahams syght bycause of his sonne And God sayde vnto Abraham Let it not be greuous in thy fyght bycause of the lad and of thy bonde mayde All that Sara sayth vnto the here her voyce for * in Isaac shall thy seed be called More ouer of the sonne of the bonde woman wyl I make a nacyon by cause he is thy ‡ seede And so Abraham rose vp early in the mornyng and toke breade and a bottel of water and gaue it vnto Ager puttynge it on her shoulders with the lad also sent her away who departynge wandred vp and downe in the wyldernes of Beer Seba. And the water was spente in the bottell and she cast the lad vnder a busshe and went and sat on the other syde a great waye as it were a boweshot of for she sayde I wyll not se the deathe of the chylde And she syttynge downe on the other syde lyfte vp her voyce and wepte And god herde the voyce of the chylde And the angell of God called Ager out of heuen and sayde vnto her What ayleth the Ager Feare not for God hath herde the voyce of the chylde Aryse and lyfte
were not smyten for they were late sowne And Moses went out of the citye from Pharao and spred abrode his handes vnto the lorde and the thonder and hayle ceased neyther rayned it vpon the earth And when Pharao sawe that the rayne and the hayle and thonder were ceased he synÌ„ed agayne hardened his herte he and his seruauÌ„tes And the herte of Pharao was hardened neyther wolde he let the Chyldren of Israell go as the Lorde had sayde by ☞ the hande of Moses ¶ The herte of Pharao is hardened of God The greshoppers The thycke darnesse CAPI X. ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses go in vnto Pharao For I haue hardened his herte the herte of his seruauntes that I myght put these my sygnes amongest them and that thou tel in the audience of thy sonne and of thy sonnes son what thynges I haue done in Egypt the myracles which I haue done among them that ye may know howe that I am the Lorde And so Moses Aaron came vnto Pharao and sayde vnto hym Thus sayeth the Lorde God of the Hebrues how longe shal it be or thou wylt submyt thy selfe vnto me Let my people god that they maye serue me Dr els †yf thou do resyst and wylte not let my people go beholde to morowe wyl I brynge greshoppers into thy coostes and they shall couer the face of the earth that it can not be sene and they shal eate the residewe whiche remayneth vnto you and is escaped froÌ„ the hayle and they shall eate euery grene tree that beareth you fruyte in the felde they shal fyl thy houses and all thy seruauÌ„tes houses and the houses of al the Egyptians after suche a maner as neyther thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers haue sene synce the tyme they were vpon the earth vnto this day And he turned himselfe aboute and went out from Pharao And Pharaos seruauÌ„tes sayd vnto hym Howe longe shall he be a slaunder vnto vs Let the men go that they may serue the lorde theyr god knowest thou not yet that Egypte is destroyed And Moses and Aaron were brought agayne vnto Pharao and he sayde vnto them Go and serue the lorde your god Who are they that shal go And Moses answered we wyll go with our younge and with our olde yea and with our sonnes and with our doughters and with our shepe and with our oxen must we god For we muste holde a feast vnto the Lorde And he sayde vnto them let it be so The Lorde be with you When I let you go and your chyldreÌ„ also take hede for ye haue some myscheyfe in hande Naye not so but go they that are men and serue the lorde for that was your desyre And they thrust theÌ„ out of Pharaos presence And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses Stretch out thy hande ouer the lande of Egypt for greshoppers that they may come vpon the lande of Egypte and eate all the herbes of the lande all that the hayle lefte behynde And Moses stretched forth his rod ouer the lande of Egypt the lorde brought an East wynde vpon the lande all that daye and all that nyght And in the mornynge the East wynde brought the greshoppers and the greshop pers went vp ouer all the lande of Egypte remayned in all quarters of Egypt very greuously Before them were there no such greshoppers neyther after them shal be for they couered all the face of the earth so that the lande was darke And they dyd eate all the herbes of the lande and al the fruytes of the trees whatsoeuer the hayle had lefte there was no grene thynge lefte in the trees herbes of the felde thorow al the land of Egypt Therfore Pharao called for Moses and Aaron in haste and sayde I haue synned agaynst the lorde your god and agaynst you And nowe forgyue me my Synne onely this once and praye vnto the Lorde your god that he may take awaye froÌ„ me ☞ this death onely And Moses went out from Pharao and prayed vnto the Lorde and the Lorde turned a myghtye stronge west wynde and it toke awaye the greshoppers and cast them into the redde see so that there was not one greshopper in al the coost of Egypt And the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte so that he wolde not let the chyldren of Israell go And the lorde sayd vnto Moses Stretch out thy hande vnto heuen that there may be vpon the lande of Egypt darkenesse whiche may be felte And Moses stretched forth his hande vnto heuen and there was a thycke darkenesse vpon all the lande of Egypte thre dayes longe no man sawe another neyther rose vp from the place where he was by the space of thre dayes but all the chyldreÌ„ of Israel had lyght where they dwelled And Pharao called for Moses and sayd go and serue the Lorde onely let your shepe and your oxen abyde and let youre chyldren go with you And Moses sayde thou muste gyue vs also offeryngê and burntoffrynges for to sacrifyce vnto the Lorde our God our cattel also shal go with vs and there shal not one hooffe be lefte behynde for therof muste we take to serue the lorde our God Neyther do we knowe what we shall offre vnto the Lorde vntyll we come thyther But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte and he wolde not let them goo And Pharao sayde vnto hym get the from me and take hede to thy selfe and se my face no more For when soeuer thou comest in my syght thou shalte dye And Moses sayde Let it be as thou hast sayde I wyl se thy face no more ¶ The lorde coÌ„maundeth to robbe the Egyptians The death of all the fyrst begotten in Egypte CAPI XI ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses yet wyll I brynge one plage more vppon Pharao and vpon Egypte and after that he wyll let you go hence And when he letteth you goo he shall vtterly dryue you hence Speake thou therfore in the cares of the people that euery maÌ„ borow of his nyghbour and euery woman of her neyghbourresse iewels of syluer and iewels of golde And the Lorde shal gyue the people fauoure in the syght of the Egyptians Moreouer Moses was very greate in the lande of Egypte in the syght of Pharaos seruauntes and in the syght of the people And Moses sayde thus sayth the Lorde At mydnyght wyll I go out in to the myddes of Egypt al the fyrst borne in the lande of Egypt shal dye euen from the fyrste borne of Pharao that ☞ sytteth on his seate vnto the fyrst borne of the mayde seruaunt that is behynde the mylle and all the fyrste gendred of the cattell And there shall be a greate crye thorowout all the lande of Egypte suche as there was neuer none lyke nor shal be But amonge all the Chyldren of Israell shal not a dogge moue his tongue nor yet man or beast that ye maye knowe howe that the lorde †by a great miracle putteth
hym selfe in water and be vncleane vnto the euen so that whyther he touche her couche or any vessel wheron she hath sytten he shall be vnclene vnto the euen And yf a man lye with her and her vnclennes come vpon hym he shall be vncleane vii dayes and all the couche wheron he lyeth shal be vncleane When a womans bloode runneth longe tyme out of the tyme of her natural course or yf it runne beyonde her natural coâ—â—ese let al the dayes of the yssue be iudged vncleane euen as the dayes of her natural disease she shall be vncleane Al her couches wheron she lyeth as longe as her yssue lasteth shal be as her couche wheÌ„ she hath her naturall dysease And whatsoeuer she sytteth vpon shal be vncleane as is her vnclennesse when she is put apart And who soeuer toucheth any of these shal be vncleane and shal wasshe his clothes bath hym selfe in water be vncleane vnto euen And after that she is cleÌ„sed of her yssue she shal counte her vii dayes and after that she shal be cleane In the. viii daye she shall take vnto her two turtels or two yong pygeons and brynge them vnto the preest before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the preest shal offre the one for a synoffryng and the other for a burntofferyng and make an attonement for her before the lorde as coÌ„cernyng the yssue of her vncleÌ„nes Therfore shall ye seperate the chyldren of Israel from theyr vnclennesse that they dye not in theyr vnclennes yf they defyle my habytacyoÌ„ that is amonge them This is the lawe of hym that hath a runnyng yssue and of him whose seede runneth from hym in his slepe and is defyled therin and of her that for her naturall disease is put a parte and of whosoeuer hath a runnynge yssue whyther it be man or womaÌ„ and of hym that lyeth with her which is vncleane ¶ What Aaron must do The clensynge of the sanctuarye Of the feast of clensynge Aaron coÌ„fesseth the synnes of the chyldren of Israell CAPI XVI ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses after the death of the. ii sonnes of Aaron when they offered before the Lorde and dyed And he sayd vnto Moses Speake vnto Aaron thy brother that he come not at all tymes into the holy place within the vayle before the mercyseate whiche is vpon the arke that he dye not For I wyll appeare in the clowde vpon the mercyseate But with this thyng shall Aaron come in to the holy place euen with a bullocke ☞ for synne and with a ram for a burntoffrynge He shall put the holy lynnen albe vpon hym shall haue a lynnen breche vpon his flesshe and shal be gyrded with a lynnen gyrdle and put the lynnen mytre vpon his heade These are holy garmentes therfore shal he wasshe his fleshe with water when he doth put them on And he shall take of the multitude of the chyldren of Israel two he gootes for synne and a ram for a burntoffrynge And Aaron shall offre his bullocke for synne ☞ and make an attonement for hym and for his house And he shall take the two gootes and present them before the Lorde at the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aaron shall cast lottes ouer the two gootes one lot shal be for the Lorde and an other for the scapegoote And Aaron shall brynge the goote vpon whiche the lordes Lotte fell and offre hym for synne But the goote on which the lot fell to scape shall be set alyue before the lorde to reconcyle with and to let hym go as a scape goote fre in to the wyldernesse And Aaron shal offre his bullocke for synne and reconcyle for hym selfe an for his house and shall kyll the bullocke for synne And he shall take a censer ful of burnyng coles out of the aulter before the Lorde and shall fyll his handfull of swete sence beaten smal bryng them wtin the vayle put the sence vpon the fyre before the Lorde that the cloude of the sence may couer the mercyseate that is vpon the wytnesse that he dye not And he shal take of the bloode of the bullocke and sprynkle it with his fynger vpon the mercyseate eastwarde and before the mercyseate shall he sprynkle of the bloode with his fynger seuen tymes Then shall he kyll the goote that is the peoples synneofferyng and bryng his bloode within the vayle and do with that blood as he dyd with the blood of the bullocke sprynklyng it vpon the mercyseate before the mercyseate And he shall reconcyle the holy place from the vnclennesses of the chyldren of Israel and from theyr trespaces in all theyr synnes And so shall he do for the tabernacle of wytnesse that is set among them euen among theyr vnclennesses And let there be no body in the tabernacle of wytnesse when he goeth in to make an attonement in the holy place vntyll he come out And let hym make an attonemente for hym selfe and for his houssholde and for all the multitude of Israel And he shall go out vnto the aulter that is before the Lorde and reconcyle vpon it and shall take of the blood of the bullocke and of the blood of the goote put it vpon the hornes of the aulter round aboute and sprynkle of the blood vpon it w t his fynger seuen tymes and clense it and halowe it from the vnclennesses of the chyldren of Israel And when he hath made an ende of reconcylynge the holy place and the tabernacle of wytnesse and the aulter he shall brynge the lyue goote and Aaron shall put bothe his handes vpon the head of the lyue goote and confesse ouer hym all the myssededes of the chyldren of Israel and all theyr trespaces in all theyr synnê puttyng them vpon the head of the goote sende hym away by the hande of a conuenyent man in to the wyldernesse And the goote shal beare vpon hym all theyr mysdedes vnto the wyldernesse and he shall let the goote go free in to the wyldernesse And Aaron shal come in to the tabernacle of wytnes put of the lynnen clothes whiche he put on wheÌ„ he went in into the holy place and leaue them there let hym wasshe his flesshe with water in the holy place and put on his owne rayment and then come out offre his burntoffryng and the burntoffring of the people and make an attonemente for hymselfe and for the people and the fat of the synnoffryng shal he burne vpon the aulter And he that caryed forth the goote to ☞ As a zel shal wasshe his clothes bathe his fleshe in water and then come in to the hoost And the bullocke whiche is for his synne the goote that is for synne whose blood was brought in to clense the holy place shall one cary out without the hoost to be burnt in the fyre with theyr skynnes theyr flesshe theyr dong And he that burneth them shal
hoost the preest shall be vncleane vnto the euen And he that burneth her shall wasshe his clothes in water bathe his fleshe in water and be vncleane vntyl euen And a man that is cleane shal take vp the asshes of the kow and put them without the hoost in a cleane place And it shall be kepte for the multitude of the chyldren of Israel for a sprynklynge water and for an attonement of synne Therfore he that gathereth the asshes of the kowe shal wasshe his clothes remayne vncleane vntyll euen And this shall be vnto the chyldren of Israell and vnto the straunger that dwelleth amonge them a statute for euer He that toucheth the deade body of any man shall be vncleane seuen dayes And he shall puryfye hym selfe with this water the thyrde daye and the seuenth day and he shal be cleane But yf he purifie not hym selfe the thyrde day the seuenth day he shall not be cleane Whosoeuer toucheth the coorse of any man that is deade and sprynkleth not hym selfe defyleth the dwellynge of the lorde and that soule shal be roted out of Israell bycause the sprynklynge water was not sprynkled vpon hym He shall be therfore vncleane and his vncleannesse shall remayne vpon hym This is the lawe of the man that dyeth in a tent all that come in to the tent and all that is in the tent shall be vncleane seuen dayes And all the vessels that be open which haue no lyd nor couerynge vpon them shal be vncleane And who soeuer toucheth one that is slayne with a swerde in the feldes or a deade persone or a bone of a deade man or a graue shall be vncleane seuen dayes Therfore for an vncleane person they shal take of the burnt asshes of the synofferynge runnyng water shal be put therto in a vessell And let a cleane persone take Isope dyp it in the water and sprynkle it vpon the tente and vpon al the vessels on the soules that were therin and vpon him that touched a bone or a slayne person or a deade body or a graue And the cleane persone shall sprynkle vpon the vncleane the thyrde day and the seuenth day And the seuenth day he shal purifie hym selfe wasshe his clothes bathe hym selfe in water shall be cleane at euen But the man that is vncleane and sprynkleth not hym selfe the same soule shal be destroyed from amonge the congregacyon bycause he hath defyled the hooly place of the lorde the sprynklynge water hath not bene sprynkled vpoÌ„ hym therfore shall he remayn vncleane And this shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto them And he that sprynkleth the sprynklyng water shall wasshe his clothes And he that toucheth the sprynklyng water shall be vncleane vntyll euen And what soeuer the vncleane persone toucheth shal be vncleane And the soule that toucheth it shal be vncleane vntyll the euen ¶ Mir Iam dyeth The people murmure They haue water euen out of the rocke Edom denyeth the Israelites passage thorowe his realme The death of Aaron in whose rowme Eleazar succedeth CAPI XX. AND the chyldren of Israel came with the hole multitude in to the deserte of Sin in the first moneth and the people abode at Cades And there dyed Mir Iam and was buryed there But there was no water for the multitude ✚ and they gathered them selues togyther agaynste Moses and Aaron And the people chode with Moses spake saynge Wolde god that we had perysshed wheÌ„ our brethren dyed before the lorde Why haue ye brought the congregacyon of the Lorde vnto this wyldernesse that bothe we and our cattell shulde dye in it Wherfore haue ye made vs to go out of Egypte to bryng vs into this vngracyous place which is no place of seed nor of fygges nor vynes nor of pomegarnates neyther is there any water to drynke And Moses and Aaron wente from the congregacyon vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and fell vpon theyr faces †And they cryed vnto the Lorde and fayde O LORDE GOD heare the crye of this people and open them thy treasure euen a fountayne of lyuynge vvater that they may be satisfyed that theyr murmurynge may cease And the glorye of the Lorde appeared vnto them And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge take the rod and gather thou thy brother Aaron the congregacyon togyther and speake vnto the rocke before theyr eyes and it shall gyue for the his water And thou shalte brynge them water out of the rocke to gyue the company drynke and theyr beastes also And Moses toke the rod from before the Lorde as he coÌ„maunded hym And Moses and Aaron gathered the coÌ„gregacyon togyther before the rocke and Moses sayd vnto them Here ye rebellyons must we fetche you water out of this rocke And Moses lyft vp his hande and with his rod he smote the rocke two tymes and the water came out aboundauntly and the multitude dranke and theyr beastes also And the Lorde spake vnto Moses Aaron bycause ye byleued me not to sanctifie me in the eyes of the chyldren of Israel therfore ye shall not brynge this congregacyon in to the lande whiche I haue gyuen them This is the water of stryfe bycause the chyldren of Israel stroue with the lorde ☞ he was sanctified in them ⊢ And Moses sent messengers from Cades vnto the kynge of Edom. Thus saythe thy brother Israel Thou knowest all the trauayle that hath happened vs. Our fathers wente downe in to Egypte we haue dwelte in Egypte a longe tyme and the Egypcians vexed vs our fathers And when we cryed vnto the Lorde he herde oure voyce sente an angell and hath fet vs out of Egypte And beholde we are in Cades euen in the vttermoost citie of thy bordre We wyll go now thorowe thy countrey but we wyll not go thorowe the feldes or vyneyeardes neyther wyl we drynke of the water of the fountaynê we wyll go by the kynges hye way and neyther turne vnto the ryght hande nor to the left vntyl we be past thy couÌ„trey And Edom answered hym Thou shalt not go by me lest I come out agaynst the with the swerde The chyldren of Israel sayde vnto hym we wyl go by the beaten waye and yf I and my cattell drynke of thy water I wyll pay for it †I wyll but onely without any harme go thorow on my feete He answered thou shalt not go thorow And Edom came out agaynst hym with moche people and with a myghty power And thus Edom denyed to gyue Israel passage thorowe his countrey wherfore Israel turned away from hym And the chyldren of Israel departed from Cades and came vnto mounte Hor with all the congregacyon And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron in mounte Hor harde by the coost of the lande of Edom sayenge Aaron shall be ☞ gathered vnto his people for he shall not come in to the lande whiche I haue gyuen vnto the
the lande of Egypte vnto Pharao and all his seruauntes and before all his lande and accordynge to all that myghtye hande and all the great visions whiche Moses shewed in the syght of all Israell ¶ The ende of the fyfth booke of Moses called in the Hebrue Elle Haddebarim and in the latyn Deuteronomium ⧠The Boke of Iosua whom the Hebrues call Iehosua ¶ The Lorde courageth Iosua to inuade the lande of promesse and coÌ„maundeth hym contynually to rede Deuteronomium CAPI Primo AFter the death of Moses the seruaunt of the lorde it happened also that the Lorde spake vnto Iosua the Sonne of Nun Moses minister saynge Moses my seruauÌ„t is deade Nowe therfore vp and go ouer Iordan thou and all this people vnto the lande the which I gyue vnto the chyldreÌ„ of Israel All the places that the sooles of youre feete shall treade vpon haue I gyuen you as I sayde vnto Moses from the wyldernesse and this Libanon vnto the great ryuer Euphrates all the lande of the Hethites euen vnto the great see towarde the goyng downe of the sonne shall be your cooste There shal not a man be able to withstande the all the dayes of thy lyfe For as I was with Moses so wyll I be with the and wyl not fayll the nor forsake the. Be stronge therfore and bolde for vnto this people shalte thou deuyde the lande whiche I sware vnto theyr Fathers to gyue them Onely be thou strong and as bolde as thou canst that thou mayest obserue and do accordynge to all the lawe which Moses my seruaunt coÌ„maunded the. Turne therfrom neyther to the ryght hande nor to the lefte that thou mayest do wysely in all thou takest in hande let not the booke of this lawe departe out of thy mouthe But recorde therin daye and nyght that thou mayst obserue do accordynge to all that is wrytten therin For then shalte thou make thy waye prosperous then thou shalte do wysely Haue not I coÌ„mauÌ„ded the to be stronge and bolde and that thou shuldest not feare nor be faynt herted For I the lorde thy god am with the whyther so euer thou goest Then Iosua coÌ„maunded the officers of the people sayenge Go thorowe the myddes of the hoost and coÌ„maunde the people sayenge prepare you vitayles for after thre dayes ye shal passe ouer this Iordane to go in and enioye the lande whiche the Lorde youre God gyueth you to possesse it And vnto the Rubenites Gadites and halfe the trybe of Manasses spake Iosua saynge Remember ☞ the word which Moses the seruaunt of the Lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded you sayenge the Lorde youre God hath gyuen you rest and hath gyuen you this lande Your wyues youre Chyldren and youre cattell shal remayne in the lande which Moses gaue you on this syde Iordane But ye shall go before your brethren armed all that be men of war helpe them vntyll the lorde haue gyueÌ„ your brethren rest as he hath you and vntyl they also haue obteyned the land whiche the Lorde your God gyueth them And then shall ye returne vnto the lande of your possessyon and enioye it whiche lande Moses the Lordes seruauÌ„t gaue you on this syde Iordan towarde the sonne rysynge And they answered Iosua saynge All that thou hast coÌ„maunded vs we wyl do and whyther soeuer thou sendest vs we wyll go Accordynge as we obeyed Moses in all thynges so wyll we obey the onely the Lorde thy god be with the as he was w t Moses And whosoeuer he be that doth dysobeye thy mouth and wyll not herken vnto thy wordes in all that thou coÌ„maundest hym let hym dye Only be stronge and of good courage ¶ Iosua sendeth spyes to Ierico which were hyd of Rahab CAPI II. ANd Iosua the sonne of Nun sent out of Settim two men to spye secretly sayenge go and vewe the lande and also Ierico And they went and came in to a harlots house named Rahab and lodged there And it was tolde the kynge of Ierico sayd Beholde there came men in hyther to nyght of the chyldren of Israel to spye out the couÌ„trey And the kynge of Ierico sent vnto Rahab sayenge brynge forth the men that are come to the and which are entred in to thyne house for they be come to searche out all the lande And the woman toke the two men hyd them And sayd thus in dede there came men vnto me but I wyst not whence they were And aboute the tyme of the shuttynge of the gate when it was darke the men went out whyther the men went I wote not folow ye after them quyckly for ye shall ouer take them But she brought them vp to the roofe of the house and hyd them with the stalkes of flare whiche she had lyenge abrode vpon the roofe And the men pursued after them the waye to Iordan euen vnto the ferye and as soone as they whiche pursued after them were gone out they shut the gate and or euer they were a flepe she came vp vnto theÌ„ vpon the roofe and sayde vnto the men I knowe that the lorde hath gyuen you the lande for the feare of you is fallen vpon vs and the enhabyters of the land faynt at the presence of you For we haue herde howe the Lorde dryed vp the water of the red see before you when ye came out of Egypt and what ye dyd vnto the two kynges of the Amorites that were on the other syde Iordan Sohon and Og whiche ye vtterly destroyed And as soone as we haue herde these thyngê †VVe vvere sore afrayde and our hertes dyd faynt And there remayned no more courage in any man at the presence of you For the lorde your god he is the God in heuen aboue and on the earth benethe Nowe therfore I praye you sweare vnto me by the Lorde that as I haue shewed you mercye ye shall also shewe mercye vnto my fathers house and gyue me a true token And that ye shal saue alyue both my father and my mother my brethren and my systers and all that they haue And that ye shall delyuer ☞ our soules from death And the men answered her oure lyues for you to dye yf ye vtter not this oure busynesse And when the Lorde hath gyuen vs the lande we wyll deale mercifully truely with the. And then she let them downe by a corde thorowe a wyndowe For her house was by the towne walle And she dwelt by the towne wall And she sayde vnto them get you in to the mountayne leest the pursuers mete you and hyde your selues there thre dayes vntyll the pursuers be returned and then shall ye go youre waye And the men sayde vnto her we wyll be bla melesse of this thyne othe which thou hast made vs swere Beholde when we come in to the lande thou shalt bynde this purple corde in the wyndowe whiche thou lettest vs downe bye And thou shalt brynge thy father and
was deade Iuda was constytute Lorde ouer the Armye CAPI Primo AFter the death of Iosua it came to passe that the Chyldren of Israell asked the Lorde sayenge who shall go vp for vs agaynst the Canauites and who shall fyrste fyght agaynst them And the Lorde sayde ☞ Iuda shall go vp beholde I haue delyuered the lande in to his handes And Iuda sayd vnto ☞ Simeon his brother come vp with me in my lot that we maye fyght agaynst the Cananites And I lykewyse wyll go with the in to thy lotte And so Simeon went with hym And Iuda went vp and the Lorde deliuered the Cananites and Pheresytes in to theyr handes And they slewe of them in Bezeke ten thousand men And they founde ☞ Adonibezeke in Bezeke And they fought agaynst hym and slew the Cananites and Pheresites But Adonibezeke fled and they folowed after hym and caught him and cut of his thombes and his great toos And Adonibezeke sayd thre score and ten kynges hauynge theyr thombes and greate toos cut of gathered theyr meate vnder my table as I haue done so God hath done to me agayne And they brought hym to Ierusalem and there he dyed The Chyldren of Iuda fought agaynst Ierusalem and toke it and smote it with the edge of the swerde and set the citye on fyre Afterward the chyldren of Iuda went to fyght agaynst the Cananytes that dwelt in the mountayne and towarde the south and in the lowe countrey And Iuda went agaynst the Cananites that dwelte in Hebron whiche before tyme was called Kariath Arbe And slewe Sesai Ahiman and Thalmai And from thence they went to the inhabyters of Dabir whose name in olde tyme was called kariathsepher †that is a citye of letters And Caleb sayde he that smyteth Kariathsepher taketh it to hym wyll I gyue Aesah my doughter to wyfe And Othoniell the Sonne of Kenez Calebs yonger brother toke it to whom he gaue Acsah his douhhter to wyfe and as they went she couÌ„sayled him to Aske of her Father a felde And then she lyghted of her Asse and Caleb sayde vnto her What ayleth the She answered vnto hym gyue me a blessyng for thou hast gyuen me a Southwarde or drye lande gyue me also sprynges of water And Caleb gaue her sprynges bothe aboue and benethe And the Chyldren of ☞ the Kenite Moses father in law went vp out of the citye of palme trees with the Chyldren of Iuda in to the wyldernesse of Iuda that lyeth in the south of Arad and they went dwelt amonge the people And Iuda went with Simeon his brother and they slewe the Cananytes that enhabyted Zephath and vtterlye destroyed it and called the name of the citye Horma And at the laste Iuda toke Azah with the coostes therof and Askalon with the coostes therof and Akaron with the coostes therof And the Lorde was with Iuda and he conquered the mouÌ„taynes but coulde not dryue out the enhabyters of the valeyes bycause they had charettes of yron And they gaue Hebrou vnto Caleb as Moses sayde And he expelled â–ª thence the thre sonnes of Enach And the Chyldren of Ben Iamin dyd not cast out the Iebusites that enhabyted Ierusalem but the Iebusytes dwelte with the Chyldren of Ben Iamin in Ierusalem ☞ vnto this daye And in lyke maner they that were of the house of Ioseph went vp to Bethell and the Lorde was with them and the house of Ioseph scarched oute Bethell whiche before tyme was called Lus. And the spyes sawe a man come out of the Citye and they sayde vnto hym shewe vs the waye into the citye and we wyll shewe the merry And when he had shewed them the waye into the citye they smote it w t the edge of the swerde but let the man and all his houshold go frâ—e And the man went in to the lande of the Hethites and buylde a citye called the name therof Lus whiche is the name therof vnto this dayes Neyther dyd Manasses expell BethseaÌ„ with her townes Thaanach w t her townes the enhabitours of Dor with her townes the enhabitours of IeblaaÌ„ with her townes neyther the enhabytours of Magedo with her townes but the Cananites were bolde to dwell in the lande But it came to passe that as soone as Israel was waxed myghty they put the Cananytes to trybute and expelled them not In lyke maner Ephraim expelled not the Cananytes that dwelte in Gazer but the Cananites dwelte styll in Gazer amonge them Neyther dyd Zabulon expell the enhabytours of Ketron neyther the enhabytours of Nahaloll But the Cananytes dwelte amonge them and became tributaryes Neyther dyd Aser cast out the enhabytours of Acho neyther the enhabytours of Zidon and of Ahalab Aczib and Halbah Aphek nor of Rohob but the Aserites dwelt amonge the Cananytes the enhabytours of the lande for they myght not dryue them out Neyther dyd Nepthalim dryue out the enhabytours of Bethsames nor the enhabytours of Bethanath but dwelte amongest the Cananites the enhabitours of the lande Neuer thelesse the enhabytours of Bethsames of Bethanath became trybutaryes vnto them And the Amorites troubled the Chyldren of Dan in the mountayne and suffered them not to come downe to the valeye And the Amorites were content to dwel in mounte Here 's †vvhich is by interpretacyon a vvitnesynge in Hailon and in Salabim And the hande of Ioseph preuayled so that they became trybutaryes And the coost of the Amorytes was from the goynge vp to Acrahim and from the rocke vpwarde ¶ The angell rebuketh the people bycause they had maâ—â— peace with the Lanaâ—ites I dointrers are puâ—â—sshed CAPI II. ANd ☞ the Angell of the Lorde came vp from Gilgall to ☞ Bochim sayd I made you to come out of Egypt and haue brought you vnto the lande whiche I sware vnto youre fathers And I sayde I wyll not breake myne appoyntment that I made with you And ye also shall make no couenaunt w t the enhabytours of this lande but shall breake downâ— theyr aulters Neuer thesse ye haue not herkened vnto my voyce why haue ye this done Wherfore I haue lykewyse determyned that I wyll not cast them out before you but they shall be thornes vnto you and theyr Goddes shall be a snare vnto you And when the angell of the Lorde spake these wordes vnto all the Chyldren of Israel the peple cryed out and wept And called the name of the sayde place Bochim and offered Sacrifyces vnto the Lorde And when Iosua had sente the people away the chyldren of Israell went euery man into his enherytaunce to possesse the lande And the people serued the Lorde all the dayes of Iosua and all the dayes of the elders that out lyued Iosua and had sene al the great workes of the lorde that he dyd for Israell And Iosua the Sonne of Nun the seruaunt of the Lorde dyed when he was an hundred and ten yeares olde whome they buryed in
toke away my lande when they came out of Egypt euen froÌ„ Arnon vnto Iaboâ—â— vnto Iordan Now therfore restore those â—andes agayne w t fayre meanes And Iephthah sent messengers agayn vnto the kyng of the chyldren of Ammon sayde vnto hym thus sayeth Iephthah Israel toke not away the lande of Moaâ— â–ª nor the lande of the chyldren of AmmoÌ„ But when Israell came out of Egypt walked thorow the wyldernesse euen vnto the red see they came to Cades sent messengers vnto the kynge of EdoÌ„ sayenge Let me I praye the go thorowe thy lande But the kyng of EdoÌ„ wolde not agre therto And in lyke maner they sent vnto the kynge of Moab but he wolde not consent And so Israel abode styll in Cades And then they went alonge thorow the wyldernesse and coÌ„passed the lande of EdoÌ„ the lande of Moab came alonge by the east syde of the land of Moab pytched on the other syde of Arnon wolde not come within the cooste of Moab For Arnon was the vttermoost border of Moab And then Israell sent messengers vnto Sehon kynge of the Amorytes kynge of Hesbon sayde vnto hym Let vs passe thorowe thy lande vnto our owne countrey But SehoÌ„ coÌ„sented not to Israell that he shulde go thorowe his coost but gathered all his people togyther pytehed in Iazaâ— fought with Israell And the lorde god of Israell delyuered Sehon and all his folke in to the handes of Israell And so Israell smote them conquered all the lande of the Amorites the enhabyters of the sayde countrey And they coÌ„quered all the coostes of the Amorites from Arnon vnto Iaboke from the wyldernesse vnto Iordane So nowe seenge the Lorde God of Israell hath cast out the Amorites before his people Israell shuldest y u possesse the lande Naye but what people Camos thy God dryueth out that lande possesse thou Euen so whatsoeuer nacioÌ„ the lorde our god expelleth that lande ought we to enioye And art thou better then Balack the sonne of Zephor kynge of Moab dyd he sâ—tyue with Israell or fyght agaynst them all the whyle Israell dwelte in Hesbon her townes in Atoer her townes and in all the cityes that be a longe by the coostes of ArnoÌ„ thre hundred yeares why dydest y â— not recouer them in all that place Wherfore I haue not synned agaynst the. But thou doest me wronge to war agaynst me The Lorde therfore be iudge this daye bytwene the chyldren of Israell the chyldren of AmmoÌ„ Howbeit the kynge of the chyldren of Ammon herkened not vnto the wordes of Iephthah which he sent hym Then the spiryte of the Lorde came vpon Iephthah And he passed ouer to Gilead to Manasses and came to Mazphah that lyeth in Gilead from thence vnto the Chyldren of Ammon And Iephthah vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde sayde Yf thou shalte delyuer the Chyldren of Ammon into my handes then that thyng that coÌ„meth out of the dores of my house agaynst me when I come home in peace from the Chyldren of Ammon shall be the lordes ☞ and I wyll offre it vp for a burtofferynge And so Iephthah went vnto the chyldren of AmmoÌ„ to fyght with them And the lorde delyuered them in to his handes And he smote them from Atoer tyll thou come to Menith euen xx cityes so forth to the playne of the vineyerdes with an excedynge greate slaughter And thus the Chyldren of Ammon were brought vnder before the chyldren of Israel WheÌ„ Iephthah came to Mazphah vnto his house se his doughter came out agaynste hym with tymberels daunses whiche was his onely Chylde so that besyde her he had neyther son nor doughter And when he saw her he rent his clothes and sayde Alas my doughter †thou hast brought me lowe and arte one of them that trouble me For I haue opened my mouth vnto the Lorde can not go backe And she sayd vnto hym my father yf y u haue opened thy mouth vnto the Lorde then on w t me accordynge to it that proceded out of thy mouth for as moche as the Lorde hath aduenged the †and gyuen the victory of thyne enemyes the Chyldren of Ammon And she sayd vnto her father do thus moche for me let me alone ii monethes that I may ☞ go downe to the mountaynes bewayle my virgynyte I my felowes And he sayd go he sent her awaye two monethes And so she went w t her coÌ„panions lamented her mayden heade vpon the mountaynes And after the ende of the two monethes she turned agayne vnto her Father whiche ☞ dyd with her accordynge to his vowe whiche he had vowed she had knowen no man And it grewe to a custome in Israell The dougters of Israel came yere by yere to lament the doughter of Iephthah the Gileadite foure dayes in a yeare ¶ The battayle of Iephthah agaynste Ephraim After the â–ª death of Iephthah succedeth Elon After Elon Abdon CAPI XII ANd the men of Ephraim gathered them selues togyther and went northwarde sayde vnto Iephthah Wherfore wentest thou to fyght with the chyldren of Ammon dydest not call vs to go with the We wyll therfore burne thyne house vpon the with fyre And Iephthah sayde vnto them I and my people were at great stryfe with the chyldren of Ammon And when I called you ye delyuered me not out of theyr handes And when I sawe that ye delyuered me not I ☞ put my lyfe in my handes went vpon the chyldren of Ammon And the lorde delyuered them in to my handes Wherfore then are ye come vpon me now to fyght with me Iephthah therfore gathered togyther all the men of Gilead fought w t the Ephraites And the men of Gilead smote the Ephraites bycause they sayde Ye Gileadites are but renegates of Ephraim amonge the Ephraites the Manassites Moreouer the men of Gilead toke the passages of Iordane before the Ephraites And wheÌ„ those Ephraitê that were escaped sayde Let vs go ouer then the men of Gilead sayd vnto them Arte thou all Ephraite they sayd nay Then sayd they vn to him then saye ☞ Schibboleth †vvhich is by interpretacyon an eare of corne And he sayde Sibboleth for he coulde not so pronounce And then they toke hym slew hym at the passages of Iordane And there were ouerthrowen at that tyme of the Ephraites xlii thousand And Iephthah iudged Israel sixe yeare dyed was buryed in one of the cityes of Gilead After this man iudged Israell one Abezan of Bethlehem and he had thirtye sonnes and thirtye doughters whom he sent out and toke thirtye other in for his sonnes And when AbezaÌ„ had iudged Israel seuen yere he dyed was buryed at Bethleem After hym Elon a Zabulonite Iudged Israel ten yere Elon the Zabulonite dyed was buryed in Aialon in the countrey of Zabulon After hym Abdon the son of Hellel a Pharathonite
And the man came in hastely tolde Eli. Eli was foure score and eyghtene yeare olde his syght fayled hym that he coulde not se. And the man sayde vnto Eli I am he that came out of the aray fled this day out of the hooste And he sayde what thynge is fortuned my son The messenger answered and sayde Israell is fled before the Philistines â–ª there is a great slaughter chaunsed amonge the people thy two sonnes Hophni and Phines are deade and the arke of God is taken And it fortuned that when he made mencion of the arke of God Eli fell from of his stoole backeward vpon the thresholde of the gate and his necke brake and he dyed for he was an olde man and heuye and iudged Israell fourtye yeres And his doughter in lawe Phinehes wyfe was with chylde and nygh the byrth And when she herde the tydynges that the arke of god was taken and that her father inlawe her husbande were deade â–ª she bowed her selfe and traueyled for her paynes came vpon her And aboute the tyme of her death the women that stode aboute her sayde vnto her teare not for thou hast borne a sonne But she answered not nor regarded it And she named the chylde Ichabod sayenge The glorye is departed froÌ„ Israell Bycause the arke of god was taken and bycause of her father inlaw and her husbande And she sayde agayne The glorye is gone froÌ„ Israell for the arke of god is taken ¶ Dagon the god of the Philistynes to cast â—â—aâ— before the arke CAPI V. AND the Philistines toke the Arke of god and caryed it from the helpe stone vnto Asdod agayne the Philistines toke the arke of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon And when they of Asdod were vp in the mornyng beholde Dagon laye vpon the earth before the arke of the lorde And they toke Dagon and set hym in his place agayne And when they were vp carlye in the nexte mornyng beholde Dagon laye vpon the grounde before the Arke of the Lorde and his heede and his two handes cut of vpon the thresholde that ☞ only the shap of a fyshe was lefte on hym And therfore is it that the preestê of Dagon neyther any man that coÌ„meth into Dagons house treade not on the threshold of Dagon in Asdod vnto this daye But the hande of the Lorde was heuye vpon them of Asdod and he destroyed them and smote them with emerodes bothe Asdod and in all the coostes therof †The vyllages also and the feldes in the myddest of the countrey vvere full and there came vp myce and it vvas a confusyon of a great death in the citye And when the men of Asdod saw that it was so they sayde the arke of the God of Israell shall not abyde here with vs for his hande is sore vpon vs and vpon Dagon our God They sent therfore gathered all the lordes of the Philistines vnto them and sayd what shall we do with the arke of the god of Israell They answered let the arke of the god of Israell be caryed aboute vnto Gath. And they caryed the arke of the god of Israell aboute And it fortuned that when they had caryed it aboute there was by the hande of the lorde a myghtye great noyse in the citye and he smote the men of the citye both small and great and they had secrete dyseases †And the Gethites toke councell and made them selues preuye seates of skynnes Therfore they sent the arke of god to Akaron And as soone as the arke of God came to Akaron the Akaronites cryed out sayenge they haue brought the arke of the God of Israell to vs to sley vs and our people And so they sent and gathered togyther all the lordê of the Philistines and sayde sende away the arke of the god of Israell to go agayne vnto his owne place that it sley vs not and our people For there was a deadly noyse thorow out all the citye and the hande of God was excedynge sore there And the men that dyed not were smyten with the Emerodê and the crye of the citye went vp to heuen ¶ The kyne brynge home the Arke with the rewardes CAPI VI. THe arke of the Lorde was in the countrey of the Philistines seuen monethes the Philistines called for the preestes and the sothsayers saynge what shall we do with the arke of the Lorde tell vs wherwith we shall sende it home agayne They sayde Yf you sende the Arke of the God of Israell home agayne sende it not emptye But rewarde it with a trespasseofferynge and then ye shall be hoole it shall be knowen to you why his hand departeth not from you Then sayde they And what shal be the trespasseofferynge whiche we shall rewarde hym with They answered fyue golden aâ—sses and fyue golden myce accordynge to the nombre of the Lordes of the Philistines For it is one maner of plage on you all on your lordes Wherfore ye shal make ymages lyke to your arsses ymages lyke to your myce that corrupt the lande and ye shall gyue glorye vnto the god of Israel that he may take his hand from of you from of your goddes from of your lande Wherfore do ye harden youre hertes as the Egyptians Pharao hardened theyr hertes whiche when he toke on agaynst them dyd they not let the people go they departed Nowe therfore make a newe carte take two mylche kyne on whose neck there hath come no yocke And tye the kyne to the carte brynge the calues home from them And take the arke of the Lorde laye it vpon the carte and put the Iuels of golde whiche ye rewarde hym with for a synofferynge in a coofer by the syde therof sende it away that it maye go And yf ye se that he go vp by the way of his owne coost to Bethsames then it is he that dyd vs this greate euyll Yf no we shall knowe then that it is not his hande that smote vs but it was a chaunce that happened vs. And the men dyd euen so and toke two kyne that gaue mylke and tyed them to the carte and kepte the calues at home and they layde the Arke of the Lorde vpon the carte and the coofer with the myce of golde and with the ymages of theyr arsses And the kyne toke the streyght waye to Bethsames and went one waye as they went lowed and turned neyther to the ryght hande nor to the lefte And the Lordes of the Philistines went after them vntyll the borders of Bethsames And they of Bethsames were reapyng theyr wheate heruest in the valeye And they lyfte vp theyr eyes and spyed the arke And reioysed when they sawe it And the carte came in to the felde of one Iosua a Bethsamite and stode styl there There was also a greate stoone And they claue the wood of the carte offered the kyne a
with thy blessyng shall the house of thy seruaunt be blessed foreuer ¶ Dauid ouercoÌ„meth the Philistines CAPI VIII AFter this it fortuned that Dauid smote the Philistines and subdued them and toke the brydell of bondage out of the hande of the Philistines And he smote the Moabites and ☞ measured them with a lyne and cast them downe to the grounde ☞ Euen with two lynes measured he them whom he slue and the length of one lyne saued he a lyue And so became the Moabites Dauids seruauntes and payde tribute Dauid smote also Hadadezar the sonne of Rehob kyng of Zoba as he went to recouer his brother at the ryuer Pherat And Dauid toke a thousand and seuen hundred horsmen of his hoost and twentie thousande fote men and destroyed all his charettes reseruynge onely one hundred of them And when the Sirians of Damascon came to socoure Hadadezer kyng of Zoba Dauid slue of the Sirians two and twentye thousande men and put souldyours in Siria Damascon And the Siriens became seruauntes to Dauid payenge tribute And thus the Lorde saued Dauid in al that he went vnto And Dauid toke the sheldes of golde that belonged to the seruauntes of Hadadezer brought them to Ierusalem And out of Beta and Berothai cityes of Hadadezer dyd Dauid brynge excedynge moche brasse †vvherof Salomon made all the brasen vessell in the temple and the brasen Lauatory and the pyllers and the aulter When Thoi kyng of Hamath herde how Dauid had smytten all the hoost of Hadadezer he sent Ioram his sonne vnto kyng Dauid to salute hym with peace and ☞ to blesse hym bycause he had fought agaynst Hadadezer and beaten hym For Thoi had great warre w t Hadadezer which Ioram brought with hym vessels of syluer vessels of golde and vessels of Brasse whiche brasse Kynge Dauid dyd dedicate vnto the lorde with the syluer and golde that he had consecrated of all nacyons whiche he subdued of Sirya of Moabites and of the chyldren of AmmoÌ„ of the Philistines of Amalek of the spoyle of Hadadezer son of Rehob kynge of Zoba And Dauid gat hym a name after that he returned and had smyten of the Siriens in the valey of Salte xviii M. men And he put kepers in EdoÌ„ euen thorowout al Edom put he soudyours al they of Edom became Dauids seruauntes And the Lorde kept Dauid whatsoeuer he toke in hande And Dauid reygned ouer all Israell and executed ryght and Iustice vnto all his people And Ioab the sonne of Zaruia was ouer the hooste and Iehosaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder And Sadoch the son of Ahitob and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the Preestes Saraia was the Scrybe And †Banaiahu the son of Iehoiada was ouer ☞ the Crethites and the Phelethites Dauids sonnes were cheyfe rulers ¶ Dauid restoreth all the feldes of Saull to Miphiboseth the sonne of Ionathas CAPI IX ANd Dauid sayde is there yet any man lefte of the house of Saull For I wyll shewe hym mercye for Ionathas fake And there was of the housholde of Saul a seruaunt whose name was Ziba And when they had called hym vnto Dauid the kynge sayde vnto hym arte thou Ziba He sayde thy seruaunt is he And the kynge sayde remayneth there yet any man of the house of Saull whome I maye shewe the mercye of God vpon Ziba answered the kynge Ionathas hath yet a son whiche is lame on his feete The kynge sayde vnto hym where is he Ziba sayde vnto the kynge beholde he is in the house of Machir the son of Amiell of Lodeber Then kynge Dauid sent fet hym out of the house of Machir the son of Amiel out of Lodeber Nowe when Miphiboseth the son of Ionathas the sonne of Saull was come vnto Dauid he fell on his face dyd reuerence And the kyng sayd Miphiboseth He answered Beholde thy seruaunte Dauid sayde vnto hym feare not for I wyll surely shewe the kyndnesse for Ionathas thy Fathers sake and wyll restore the all the feldes of Saull thy father thou shalt eate breade on myne owne table contynually And he bowed hymselfe and sayde what is thy seruaunt that thou shuldest vouchesafe to loke vpon soche a deade dog as I am Then the kynge called vnto Ziba Sauls yonge man and sayde vnto hym I haue gyuen vnto thy maysters sonne all that perteyned to Saull and to all his house Se therfore that thou and thy Sonnes and thy seruauntes tyll the lande and brynge in that thy maysters sonne maye haue foode to cate But Miphiboseth thy maysters sonne shall eate breade alwaye vpon my table For Ziba had fyftene sonnes and twentye seruauntes Then sayde Ziba vnto the kynge Accordynge to all that my Lorde the Kynge hath commaunded his seruaunte so shall thy seruaunt do Well sayde the kynge Miphiboseth shal eate vpon my table as one of the kynges sonnes Miphiboseth had a son that was yonge named Micha and all that dwelled in the house of Ziba were seruaâ—ntes vnto Miphiboseth And Miphiboseth dwelt in Ierusalem for he dyd eate euer at the kyngê table and was lame on bothe his feete ¶ The messengers of Dauid are vyllaynously â—ntreated of the kynge of Moab CAPI X. IT happened after this that the kynge of the chyldren of Ammon dyed and Hanon his son reygned in his steade Then sayde Dauid I wyll shewe kyndnesse vnto Hanon the sonne of Nahas as his father shewed kyndnesse vnto me And Dauid sent to comforte hym by the hande of his seruauntes ouer †the death of his father And Dauids seruauntes came into the lande of the Chyldren of Ammon and the Lordes of the chyldren of AmmoÌ„ sayd vnto Hanon theyr lorde â–ª thynkest thou that Dauid dothe honour thy father that he hath sent confortours to the Hath not Dauid rather sent his seruauntes vnto the to searche the Citye and to spye â–ª out and to ouerthrowe it Wherfore Hanon toke Dauids seruauntes and shaued of the one halfe of euery mannes beerde and cut of theyr garmentes in the mydle euen harde to the buttockes of them and sent them away When they tolde it vnto Dauid he sent to mete them for they were men excedyngly a shamed and the kynge sayd â—arye at Ierico vntyll your beerdes be growen and then tâ—turne And when the chyldren of AmmoÌ„ saw that they stancke in the syght of Dauid they sent and hyred the Siryans of the house of Rehob and the Sirians of Zoba xâ— M. foote men and of kynge Maacha a thousand men and of Istob twelue thousande men And when Dauid herde of it he sent Ioab and al the hooste of stronge men And the Chyldren of Ammon came out and set them in araye at the entrynge in of the gate and the Sirians of Zobah Rehob Istob and Maacah were by themselues in the felde When Ioab sawe that the front of the battayle was agaynst hym before and behynde he chose of all the fresshe yonge men of Israell and put
owne place Thou camest but yesterdaye and shulde I vnquyet the to day to go with vs I wyll go whyther I can Therfore returne thou and carye agayne thy brethren Mercye and trueth †shall the Lorde shevve vnto the. And Ithai answered the kynge sayde as trulye as the Lorde lyueth in what place my Lorde the kynge shall be whyther in death or lyfe euen there also wyll thy seruaunt be And Dauid the kynge sayde to Ithai come then and go forwarde And Ithai the Gethite went forth and all his men and all the chyldren that were with hym And all the countrey wepte with a loude voyce and so dyd all the people that went forth The kynge also hym selfe passed ouer the broke Cydron And all the people went towarde the waye that leadeth to the wyldernesse And Sadock and al the Leuytes were with hym and bare the arke of the appoyntment of God And there they set downe the arke of God And Abiathar ☞ went vp vntyll the people were all come ouer out of the citye And the kynge sayde vnto Sadocke Carye the arke of god agayne in to the citye Yf I shall fynde fauoure in the eyes of the Lorde he wyll brynge me agayne and shewe me bothe it the tabernacle therof But and yf the Lorde thus saye I haue no lust vnto the beholde here am I let hym do with me what semeth good in his eyes The kynge sayde also vnto Sadocke the preest Arte not thou a Sear Returne into the citye in peace And take your two sonnes with you Ahimaaz thy son Ionathas the son of Abiathar Beholde I wyll tarye in the feldes of the wyldernesse vntyll there come some word from you to be tolde me Sadock therfore and Abiathar caryed the arke of god agayne to Ierusalem and they taryed there And Dauid went vp on mount olyuete and wepte as he went and had his heade couered and went barefoote And all the people that was with hym had euery man his heade couered and as they went vp they wepte also And one tolde Dauid sayenge Ahithophell is one of them that haue conspyred with Absalom And Dauid sayd O Lorde turne the counsayle of Ahithophell in to folyshnesse When Dauid was come to the top of the mount ☞ he worshypped God and beholde Husai the Arachite came agaynst hym with his coote torne and hauynge earth vpon his heade Unto whome Dauid sayd yf thou go with me thou shalte be a burthen vnto me But yf thou returne to the Citye and saye vnto Absalom I wyll be thy seruaunt O kyng as I haue thus longe ben thy fathers seruaunt so am I nowe thy seruaunt thou mayst for my sake destroye the counsayle of Ahithophell And thou hast there with the Sadocke and Abiathar the Preestes vnto whome thou shalte shewe all that thou canst heare out of the kynges house And beholde they haue there with them theyr two sonnes Ahimaaz Sadockes sonne and Ionathas Abiathers sonne By them also shal ye sende me all that ye can heare And so Husai Dauids frende gat hym to the citye And Absalom also entred into Ierusalem ¶ ziba bryngynge presentes to Dauid doth falsely accuse Miphiboseth Semei curseth Dauid and hurleth stones at hym Absatom by the counsell of Ahithophell lyeth with his fathers concubynes CAPI XVI ANd when Dauid was a lytle paste the top of the hyll beholde Ziba the seruaunte of Miphiboseth came to mete hym with a couple of Asses sadled and vpon them two hundred loues and one hundred bunches of reasyns and an hundred frayles of dryed fygges and a bottell of wyne And the kynge sayde vnto Ziba what meanest thou with these And Ziba sayde They be Asses ☞ for the kynges housholde to ryde on and breade and fruyte for the yonge men to eate and wyne that such as be faynt in the wyldernesse may drynke And the kynge sayde where is thy maysters Sonne Ziba answered vnto the kynge behold he taryeth styll at Ierusalem For he sayd this day shal the house of Israell restore me the kyngdom of my father Then sayde the kynge to Ziba beholde thyne are all that perteyned vnto Miphiboseth And Ziba sayde I beseche the that I may fynde grace in thy syght my Lorde O kynge And when kynge Dauid came to Bahurim beholde thence came out a man of the kynted of the house of Saull named Semei the son of Gera he came out cursynge And he cast stones at Dauid and at all the seruauntes of kynge Dauid All the people also all the men of war were on his ryght hande and on his lefte And thus sayde Semei when he cursed come forthe come forthe thou bloodsheder and thou man of Belyall The Lorde hath brought vpon the all the bloode of the house of Saull in whose steade thou hast reygned and the Lorde hath delyuered the kyngdome into the hande of Absalom thy sonne And beholde thou arte come to thy mischeyfe bycause thou arte a bloodsheder Then sayde Abisai the sonne of Zaruia vnto the kynge why dothe this deade dog curse my lorde the kynge let me go now and take of the heade of hym And the kynge sayde what haue I to do with you ye sonnê of Zaruia Let hym curse for the Lorde hath byden hym curse Dauid Who dare then say wherfore hast thou done so And Dauid sayd to Abisai and to all his seruauntes beholde my son whiche came of myne owne bodye seketh my lyfe How moch more then maye this Sonne of Iemini do it Suffre hym to curse for the Lorde hath bydden hym haplye the Lorde wyll loke on my wretchednes and do me good for his cursynge this daye And as Dauid and his men went by the waye Semei went alonge on the hylles syde ouer agaynst hym and cursed as he went threwe stones at hym and cast dust And the Kynge and all that were with hym came werye and refresshed them selues ☞ there And Absalom and all the people of the men of Israel came to Ierusalem and Ahithophell was with hym And as soone as Husai the Arachite Dauids frende was come vnto AbsaloÌ„ he sayde vnto hym God saue the kynge God saue the kynge And Absalom sayd agayne to Husai is this the kyndnes thou owest to thy frend Why wentest thou not with hym Husai answered vnto Absalom nay not so but whom the Lorde and this people and all the men of Israell chose his wyll I be and with hym wyll I dwell Moreouer vnto whome shall I do seruice but euen to his sonne And as I was seruaunt before with thy father euen so shall I be with the. Then spake Absalom to Ahithophell gyue counsayle what is best for vs to do And Ahithophell sayde vnto Absalom get the in vnto thy Fathers concubines whiche he hath lefte to kepe the house And all Israell shall heare that thou ☞ arte cast out of thy father then shall the handes of all that are w t the be stronge And so they
came fyre of God downe from heuen consumed hym his fyftie And the kynge went agayne and sent the thyrde captayne ouer fyftie with his fiftie men And the thyrde captayne ouer fyftie went vp and came fell on his knees before Elia and besought hym and sayde vnto hym O man of god let my lyfe and the lyfe of these fyfiye thy seruauntes be precyous in thy syght Beholde there came fyre downe from heuen burnt vp the two fore captaynes ouer fyftie with theyr fyfties therfore let my lyfe nowe be precyous in thy syght And the angell of the Lorde sayde vnto Elia Go downe w t hym be not afrayde of hym And he arose and went downe with hym vnto the kyng And he sayd vnto hym thus sayth the lorde for as moche as thou hast sent messengers to aske counsayle at Beelzebub the god of Ekrom as though there had bene no god in Israell whose worde thou myghtest like after Therfore thou shalte not come downe of the bed on whiche thou arte gone vp but shalt dye the death And so he dyed accordyng to the worde of the lorde which Elia had spoken And Iehoram †his brother began to reygne in his steade in the seconde yeare of Iehoram the son of Iehosaphat kyng of Iuda bycause he had no sonne The rest of the wordes that concerne Ahazia what thynges he dyd are they not wrytten in the boke of the cronicles of the kynges of Israel ¶ Elia deuydeth the waters with his maritell He â—s taken vp in to heuen The bâ—tter and venemous watâ—rs are healed The chyldren that mocke Hesâ—â—â—us otherwyse câ—llâ—d Elisa are rent in peces CAPI II. ANd it chaunced that when the Lorde wolde take vp Elia in to heuen ☞ by a whyrlewynde Elia went with Elisa froÌ„ Gilgal And Elia sayde vnto Elisa tary here I pray the for the Lorde hath sent me to Bethel Elisa sayd vnto hym as surely as the lorde lyueth and as thy soule lyueth I wyll not leaue the. And they came downe to Bethel And the chyldren of the Prophets that were at Bethell came out to Elisa and sayde vnto hym knowest thou not howe that the Lorde wyll take away thy mayster ☞ froÌ„ thy heade this day He sayde I know it also holde ye youre peace And Elia sayde vnto hym Elisa tary here I praye the for the lorde hath sent me to Iericho He sayd as surely as the lord lyueth and as surely as thy soule lyueth I wyll not leaue the and so they came to Iericho And the chyldren of the Prophettes that were at Iericho came to Elisa and sayde vnto hym Knowest thou not that the Lorde wyll take awaye thy mayster from thy heade this day He answered I knowe it also holde ye youre peace And Elia sayd vnto hym tary I pray the here for the lorde hath sent me to IordaÌ„ He sayd as surely as the Lorde lyueth as thy soule lyueth I wyll not leaue the. And so they two went togyther And fyftye meÌ„ of the sonnes of the prophets came stode on the other syde a far of they two stode by Iordan And Elia toke his mantell and wrapte it togyther smote the waters and they were deuided parte the one way and parte the other so that they two went ouer thorowe the drye lande And it fortuned that as soone as they were ouer Elia sayd vnto Elisa aske what I shall do for the or I be taken away from the. And Elisa sayd I praye the ☞ let thy spirite be double vpon me And he sayde thou hast asked an harde thyng Neuerthelesse yf thou se me when I am taken away from the thou shalte haue it so yf thou do not it shal not be And it fortuned that as they went walkyng and talkyng Beholde there appeared a charet of fyre and horses of fyre and parted them both a sonder And Elia wente vp thorowe the whyrle wynde in to heuen And Elisa sawe cryed O my father O my father the charet of Israel and the horsemen therof he sawe hym no more and he toke his owne clothes and rente them in two peces He toke vp also the mantell of Elia that fell from hym and went backe agayne and stode by Iordans syde toke the mantell of Elia that fell from hym and smote the waters †and they parted not a sonder and he sayd where is the lorde god of Elia and he hym selfe And when he had smytten the waters they parted this waye that way and Elisa went ouer And when the chyldren of the prophettes which were at Iericho sawe hym from a farre they sayde the spirite of Elia doth rest on Elisa they came to mete hym and fell to the grounde before hym and sayde vnto hym Se there be with thy seruauntes fyftie strong men ☞ let them go and seke thy mayster haply the spirite of the lorde hath taken hym vp cast him vpon some mountayne or in to some valley And he sayd Ye shall sende none And when they say vpon hym tyl he was ashamed he sayd send They sent therfore fyftie men whiche sought hym thre dayes but founde hym not And when they came agayne to hym whiche taried at Iericho he sayd vnto them dyd I not say vnto you that ye shulde not go And the men of the citye sayd vnto Elisa Beholde Syr the dwellynge of this citye is pleasaunt as thou my lorde seest but the waters is nought and the grounde bareyne He sayde brynge me a newe cruse and put salte therin And they brought it to hym And he went vnto the spryng of the waters and cast the salte in thyther and sayde thus sayth the Lorde I haue healed this water there shall not come henceforth eyther death or bareynnesse So the waters were healed vnto this daye accordynge to the sayenge of Heliseus which he spake And he went vp from thence vnto Bethel And as he was goynge vp the waye there came lytell chyldren out of the citye and mocked hym and sayd vnto hym go vp thou balde heade go vp thou balde heade And he turned backe and loked on them and cursed them in the name of the Lorde And there came two she Beares out of that wood and tare xlii chyldren of them And he went from thence to mount Carmel from thence he turned agayne to Samaria ¶ The kynges of Israell Iuda and Edom lacke water whiche they obteyne through the prayer of Heliseus The kynge of Moab fygh eth agaynst Israell CAPI III. I Ehoram the son of Ahab began to reygne vpon Israel in Samaria the. xviii yere of Iehosaphat kyng of Iuda and reygned twelue yeres And he wrought euyll in the syght of the Lorde but not lyke his father and lyke his mother for he put awaye the ymages of Baal that his father had made Neuerthelesse he ☞ cleaued vnto the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat whiche made Israel to synne and departed not therfrom And Mesa kyng of
lorde I haue anoynted the to be kynge ouer Israell And then open the dore and flee withoute any taryenge And so the seruaunt of the prophet gat hym to Ramoth Gilead when he came in beholde the captaynes of the hooste were syttyng togyther And he sayde I haue an erand to the O captayne And Iehu sayd vnto which of all vs He sayde to the O captayne And he arose and went into the house And he powred the oyle on his heade and sayde vnto hym thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israell I haue anoynted the to be kyng ouer the people of the lorde euen ouer Israell Thou shalt smyte the house of Ahab thy mayster that I maye aduenge the bloode of my seruauntes the prophettes the blood of all the seruauntes of the Lorde of the hande of Iezabell for the hoole house of Ahab shal be destroyed I wyll destroye from Ahab euen hym that maketh water agaynste the wall hym that is prysoned forsaken in Israell I wyll make the house of Ahab lyke the house of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat and lyke the house of Baasa the son of Ahia And as for Iezabell the dogges shall eate her in the felde of Iezrahell there shall be none to bury her And he opened the dore and fled Iehu came out to the seruauntes of his lorde and one sayde vnto hym is all well Wherfore came this mad felowe to the And he sayde vnto them ye knowe what maner of man he is and what his coÌ„municacion is They sayd vnto hym agayne it is not so tell vs. He sayde thus thus spake he to me saynge Thus sayth the lorde I haue anoynted the to be kynge ouer Israell Then they hasted and toke euery man his garment and put it vnder hym in maner of a iudges seate and blewe with trompettes sayenge Iehu is kynge And so Iehu the sonne of Iehosaphat the son of Nimsi conspired agaynst Ioram Ioram kepte Ramoth Gilead he and all Israell bycause of Hazaell kynge of Siria and kynge Ioram returned to be healed in Iezraell of the woundes whiche the Sirians had gyuen hym when he fought with Hazaell kynge of Siria And Iehu sayde Yf it be youre myndes then let no man departe and escape out of the citye to go and tell in Iezrahell So Iehu gat vp in to a charet and went to Iezraell where Ioram laye and Ahaziahu kynge of Iuda was come downe thyther to se Ioram And the watchman that stode on the towre in Iezraell spyed the company of Iehu as he came and sayde I se companye And Iehoram sayde take an horseman and sende to mete them that he maye aske whyther it be peace And so there went one on horsebacke to mete hym sayde thus sayeth the kynge is it peace And Iehu sayde what hast thou to do with peace turne the behynde me And the watchman tolde sayenge the messenger came to them but he coÌ„meth not agayne Then he sent out an other on horsebacke whiche came to them and sayde thus sayeth the kynge is it peace Iehu answered what hast thou to do w t peace turne the behynde me And the watchman told saynge he came to them also commeth not agayne and the dryuynge is lyke the dryuynge of Iehu the son of Nimsi for he dryueth the charet as he were mad And Iehoram sayde make redye And the charet was made redy And IehoraÌ„ kynge of Israell and Ahaziahu kynge of Iuda went out eyther of them in his charet agaynst Iehu and met hym in the furlong of Naboth the Iezrahelite And it fortuned that when Iehoram sawe Iehu he sayde is it peace Iehu He answered What peace shulde there be so longe as the hooredomes of thy mother Iezabell her wytchcraftes are so great And Iehoram turned his handes and fled and sayde to Ahaztahu there is falshed O Ahaziahu And Iehu toke a bowe in his hande smote Iehoram bytwene the armes the arowe went thorowe his herte And he fell downe flat in his charet Then sayd Iehu to Bidkara captayne take hym and cast hym in the plat of grouÌ„de of Naboth the Iezraelite For I remembre that when I and thou rode togyther in a charet after Ahab his father the lorde layd this heuye burther vpon hym I haue sene yesterdaye the bloode of Naboth and the blood of his sonnes sayde the lorde I wyll quyte it the in this grounde sayeth the Lorde Nowe therfore take him and cast hym in the plat of ground accordyng to the worde of the lorde But when Ahaziahu the kynge of Iuda saw this he fled by the waye of the garden house And Iehu folowed after hym sayde smyte hym also in the charet †And they smote hym in his charet at the goynge vp to Gur by Iibleam and he fled to Magiddo there dyed And his seruauntes caryed hym in a charet to Ierusalem buryed hym there in his sepulchre with his fathers in the citye of Dauid And in the. xi yeare of Ioram the son of Ahab beganne Ahaziahu to reygne ouer Iuda And when Iehu was come to Iezrael Iezabell herde of it and ☞ starched her face and tyred her head loked out at a wyndow And as Iehu entered at the gate she sayde had Zimri peace whiche slewe his mayster And he lyfte vp his eyes to the wyndow and sayde who is of my syde who And there loked out to hym two or thre chamberlaynes And he sayde Throwe her downe So they threwe her downe and her blood dasshed towarde the wall and towarde the horses and he trode her vnder feete And when he was come in he dyd eate and drynke and sayd go and vyset I pray you yonder cursed creature and bury her for she is a kynges doughter And so when they came to burye her they founde no more of her then the scull and the feete and the palmes of her handes Wherfore they came agayne tolde hym And he sayd This is the word of the lorde which he spake by the hande of his seruaunt Elia the Thesbite sayenge in the felde of Iezrahell shall dogges eate the flesshe of Iezabel And so the carkas of Iezabell was euen as donge vpon the earth in the felde of Iezrahell so that no man myght say This was Iezabell ¶ Iehn causeth the. lrx. sonnes of Ahab to be sleyne and after that rlâ—â— of his brethren He fyndeth a meane also to kyll all the preested of Baall After his death his sonne reygneth in his stâ—ade CAPI X. A Hab had lxx Sonnes in Samaria And Iehu wrote letters sent to Samaria vnto the rulers of Iezrahell to the elders to them that brought vp Ahabs chyldren sayenge nowe when this letter coÌ„meth to you ye that haue with you your maysters sonnes ye haue with you both charettes horses a stronge citye haue ye also and harnesse loke whiche of your maysters sonnes is best moost mete and set hym on his fathers
shall come to passe when thy dayes be expyred that thou must go vnto thy fathers I wyll rayse vp thy seede after the whiche shall be of thy sonnes and I wyll prepare for hym the kyngdome He shall buylde me an house and I wyll stably she his seate for euer I wyll be his father and he shall be my son and I wyll not take my mercy away from hym as I toke it away from hym that was before the. But I wyll set hym in myâ— house and in my kyngdome for euer and his seate shall be sure for euermore Accordynge to all these wordes and accordyng to all this visyon dyd Nathan tell kynge Dauid And Dauid the kynge came and sat before the lorde and sayd What am I O lorde god and what is myn house that thou hast promoted me thus farre And yet this semed lyttle in thyne eyes O God But thou haste also spoken of thy seruauntê house for a great whyle to come and haste loked vpon me as vpon a man of hygh degree O Lorde God What shall Dauid desyre more of the for the honoure of thy seruaunt For thou haste knowen thy seruaunte O Lorde for thy seruauntes sake euen accordyng to thyne owne herte hast thou done all this magnifycence to shew all great thyngê Lorde there is none lyke the neyther is there any God saue thou accordyng to all that we haue herde w t oure eares Moreouer what nacyon on the earth is lyke thy people Israell to whom god hath vouchsafed to come and redeme them to be his owne people and to make the a name of excellencie and terriblenes with castyng out nacyons from before thy people whom thou hast delyuered out of Egypt The people of Israell dydest thou make thyne owne people for euer and thou Lorde becamest theyr god Therfore now lorde let the thynge that thou hast spoken coÌ„cernyng thy seruaunt and his house be true for euer that thou do as thou hast sayd let it come to passe that thy name maye be magnifyed for euer that it may be sayd the lorde of hoostes is the god of Israell euen the god of Israel and the house of Dauid thy seruaunt endureth stable before the. For thou O my God hast tolde thy seruaunt that thou wylt buyld hym an house And therfore thy seruauÌ„t hath founde in his herte to praye before the. And nowe lorde thou arte god and hast promised this goodnesse vnto thy seruaunt Now therfore let it be thy pleasure to blesse the house of thy seruaunt that it maye contynue before the for euer For whom thou blessest o lorde the same is blessed for euer ¶ The battayles of Dauid agaynst the Philistines CAPI XVIII ANd after this it fortuned that Dauid smote the Philistine and subdued them and toke Geth the townes that longed therto out of the hande of the Philistinê And he smote Moab and the Moabites became Dauids seruauntes and payde hym tribute And Dauid smote Hadadezer kynge of Zoba vnto Hanath as he went to stablysh his dominyon by the ryuer Euphrates And Dauid toke from hym a. M. charettes and vu M. horse men and. xx M. foremen lamed all the charet horses reserued of them an hundred charettê And when the Sirians of Damasco came to helpe Hadadezer kynge of Zoba Dauid slue of the Sirians xxii M. and Dauid subdued Siria Damasco And the Sirians became Dauids seruauntes brought hym trybute And the Lorde preserued Dauid in all that he went to And Dauid toke the Scheldes of golde that were on the seruauntes of Hadadezer and brought them to Ierusalem And from Tebhath and from Chun cytyes of Hadadezer brought Dauid excedyng moche brasse Wher with Salomon made the brasen lauatorye the pyllers and the vessels of brasse And when Tou kynge of Hemath herde howe Dauid had beaten all the strength of Hadadezer kynge of Zoba he sent Haduram his son to kynge Dauid to make peace with hym to blesse hym bycause he had fought agaynste Hadadezer and beaten hym for Tou had war with Hadarezer and Ioram brought all maner of Iuels of golde syluer and brasse with him And kynge Dauid dedy cated them vnto the Lorde with the syluer golde that he brought from al nacyons from Edom from Moab froÌ„ the chyldren of Ammon from the Philistinê and from Amalec And Abisai the son of Zeruia siue of the Edomites in the salte valley xviii M and put Souldyours in Edom and all the Edomites became Dauids seruauntes Thus the lorde kept Dauid in all that he toke in hande And Dauid reygned ouer all Israell executed iudgement ryghteousnesse among al his people And Ioab the son of Zaruia was ouer the hoost Iohosaphat the son of Ahilud recorder and sadocke the son of Ahitob and Abimelech the Sonne of Abiathar were the preestes and Sauesa was scrybe and Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada was ouer the Crethites and the Phelethites and the eldest sonnes of Dauid were nexte vnto the kynge ¶ Hanon kynge of the sonnes of Ammon do the great iniurye to the seruauntes of Dauid CAPI XIX AFter this it chaunced that Nahas the kynge of the chyldren of Ammon dyed and his son reygned in his steade And Dauid sayde I wyll shewe kyndnesse vnto Hanon the sonne of Nahas bycause his father delte kyndly with me And Dauid sent messengers to conforte hym ouer the death of his father And the seruauntes of Dauid came into the lande of the Chyldren of Ammon to HanoÌ„ to conforte hym But the lordê of the Chyldren of Ammon sayde to Hanon thynkest thou that Dauid doth honoure thy father in thy syght that he hath sent conforters vnto the Are not his seruauntes come to searche to loke and to spye out the lande Wherfore Hanon toke Dauids seruauntes †and polde them and shaued them and cut of theyr cootes herde by theyr buttockes and sent them away And there went certayne and tolde Dauid howe the men were serued And the kynge sent to mete them for the men were excedynglye a shamed and the kynge sayde Tarye at Iericho vntyll your beerdes be growen and then returne And when the chyldren of Ammon sawe that they stanke in the syght of Dauid Hanon and the chyldren of of Ammon sent a. M. talentes of syluer to hyre them charettes horsemen out of Mesopotamia and out of Siria Maacha and out of Zoba And they hyred xxxii M. charettes and the kynge of Maacha and his people which came pytched before Meoba And the Chyldren of Ammon gathered them selues togyther from theyr cytyes and came to battayle And when Dauid herde of it he sent Ioab and all the hooste of stronge men And the chyldren of Ammon came out and put them selues in araye to battayle before the gate of the citye And the kynges that were come kepte them by them selues backe in the felde When Ioab also saw that the fronte of the battayle was agaynst hym before and behynde he chose out of all the chosen men of
the South and smote the foure corners of the house whiche fell vpon thy chyldren and they are deade and I am gotten away alone to tell the. Then Iob stode vp and rente his clothes and shaued his heade fell downe vpon the grounde worshypped and sayde Naked came I out of my mothers wombe and naked shall I turne thyther agayne The Lorde gaue and the Lorde hath taken away †euen as it hath pleased the lorde so is it come to passe Blessed be the name of the lorde In all these thynges dyd Iob not offende nor murmured folysshly agaynst god ¶ Iob is plaged with sore byles and afterwards is mocked of his wyfe His frendes vispt hym and haue coÌ„mpassyon on hym CAPI II. ANd the chyldren of God came and stode before the Lorde and Satan came also amonge them stode before the Lorde And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan Frome whence comest thou Satan answered the Lorde and sayde I haue gone aboute the lande and walked thorowe it And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan hast thou not consydered my seruaunt Iob â–ª for there is none lyke hym in the lande For he is a perfyte and iust man suche a one as feareth God exchueth euyl and contynueth styll in his godlynesse And thou mouedst me agaynst hym that I shulde punysshe hym for nought And So â—an answered the Lorde and sayde Skynne for skynne yea a man wyll gyue all that euer he hath for his lyfe But laye thyne hande nowe vpon hym touche once his bonâ— and flesshe and he shall curse the to thy face And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan Lo there haste thou hym in thy power but spare his lyfe So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lorde and smote Iob with merueylous sore byles from the sole of his foote vnto his crowne so that he sat vpon the grounde in the asshes scraped of the fylthe of his sores with a pot sharde Then sayde his wyfe vnto hym Doest thou contynue yet in thy perfytenesse curse God and dye But Iob sayde vnto her Thou speakest lyke a folysshe woman Shal we receyue prosperite at the hand of God and not receyue aduersyte In all these thynges dyd not Iob synne with his lyppes Nowe when Iobs frendes herde of all the trouble that happened vnto hym there came thre of them euery one from his owne place namely Eliphas the Themanite Bildad the Suhite Zophad the Naamathite And they were agreed togyther to come to shewe theyr compassyon vpon hym and to conforte hym So when they lyfte vp theyr eyes a farre of they knewe hym not Then they cryed and wepte and euery one of them rente his clothes and sprynkeled dust vpon theyr heades in the ayre They sat them downe by hym also vpon the grounde seuen dayes vii nyghtes Neyther was there any of them that spake one worde vnto hym for they sawe that his payne was very great ¶ The wordes of Iob wherin he declareth that this present lyfe is miserable and that the death of the ryghteous is ioyous and â—orâ—unable CAPI III. AFter this opened Iob his mouth and ☞ cursed his day And Iob answered and sayd lost be that day wherin I was borne the nyght in the whiche it was sayd there is a man chylde conceyued The same day be turned to darkenesse and not regarded of god from aboue neyther let him shyne vpon it with lyght but let it be stayned with darkenesse and the shadowe of death Let the dymme cloude fall vpon it and let it be â—apped in with sorowe on the daye tyme. Let the darke storme ouercome that nyght and let it not be ioyned vnto the dayes of the yere nor counted in the monethes Desolate be that nyght and without gladnesse let them that curse the daye and that be redye to rayse vp mournynge gyue it also theyr curse Let the sterres of that night be dymme thorow darknesse of it Let it loke for lyghte but let it se none neyther †the rysynge vp of the fayre mornynge bycause it shut not vp the wombe that bare me For then shulde these sorowes haue bene hyd fro myne eyes Alas why dyed I not in the byrth why dyd not I perysshe as soone as I came oute of my mothers wombe Why set they me vpon theyr knees Why gaue they me sucke with theyr brestes Then shuld I nowe haue lyen styll I shulde haue slepte and bene at rest lyke as the kynges lordes of the earth which haue buylded them selues specyal places Or as the prynces that haue had greate substaunce of golde and theyr houses full of syluer Or why was I not hyd as a thynge borne out of tyme eyther as yonge chyldren whiche neuer sawe the lyght ☞ There must the wycked ceasse from theyr tyranny there such as are ouerlaboured be at rest there are those let out free which haue bene in pryson so that they heare no more the voyce of the oppressoure There are small and great and the seruaunt is free from his mayster Wherfore is the lyght gyuen to hym that is in miserye and lyfe vnto them that haue heuy hertes which long for death though it come not ☞ wolde dyg it out of hyd places whiche also wolde be excedyng glad and reioyce yf they coulde fynde theyr graue anywhere That shuld be ioy to that maÌ„ ☞ whose waye is hyd and God kepeth it backe from hym For my syghes come before I eate and my rorynges fall out lyke the water For the thynge that I feared is come vpon me and the thynge that I was afrayde of is happened vnto me Was I not happy Had I not quyetnesse Was I not in rest And nowe cometh suche misery vpon me ¶ Iob â—o reprehended of impatience and in iustice and 〈◊〉 the presumptyon of his owne ryghteousnesse CAPI IIII. ANd Eliphas the Themanite answered and sayde If we begyn to comen vâ—th the wylte thou be discontent but who can withholde hym selfe from speakynge Beholde thou hast bene a chastenet of many hast conforted the wery handes Thy wordê haue set vp those that were fallen thou hast refresshed the weyke knees But nowe that the plage is come vpon the thou arte greued nowe that it hath touched thy selfe thou arte faynt herted ☞ Is not this thy feare thy stedfastnesse thy pacience and the perfytenesse of thy wayes Consydre I praye the who euer perysshed beyng an innocent Or when were the Godly destroyed For as I haue proued by experience they that plowe iniquitie and sowe wretchednesse reape the same With the blaste of God they perysshe and with the breth of his nose thyrles are they consumed awaye The rorynge of the Lyon and the voyce of the Lyon and the teeth of the Lyons whelpes are pulled out The lyon peryssheth for lacke of praye and the lyons whelpes are scattered abrode And vnto me came the worde secretly and myne eare hath receyued a lytell therof In the thoughtes and visions of the
vp her houses that ye maye tel them that come after For this God is oure God for eâ—er and euer he shall be oure gyde vnto death ¶ The. xlix Psalme ¶ To the chaunter a Psalme for the chyldren of Lorah O Heare this al ye people poÌ„dre it with youre eares all ye that dwell in the worlde Hye and lowe ryche and poore one with another My mouth shal speake of wysdome and my hert shall muse of vnderstandynge I wyll enclyne myne eare to the parable and shewe my darcke speach vpon the harpe Wherfore shulde I feare in the dayes of wyckednesse and when the wyckednesse of my heles coÌ„paseth me rouÌ„de about There be some that trust in theyr abundaunce and boast them selues in the multitude of theyr rychesse But no man maye delyuer his brother nor make agrement vnto God for hym For it costeth more to redeme theyr soules so that he must let that alone for euer â—ee though he lyue longe and se nat the graue For he seeth that wyse men also dye and peryshe togeyther as wel as the ignoraunt folysh and leaue theyr ryches for other And yet they thinke that theyr houses shal continue for euer and that theyr dwellynge places shal endure froÌ„ one generacion to another callyng the landes after theyr owne names Neuerthelesse man wyll nat abyde in honoure seynge he may be compared vnto the beastes that peryshe this is the waye of them This is theyr folyshnesse and theyr posterite prayse theyr sayeng Sela. They lye in the hell lyke shepe death gnaweth vpoÌ„ theÌ„ and the ryghteous shall haue dominacyon of them in the mornyng theyr bewtye shall consume in the sepulchre out of theyr dwellynge But God shall delyuer my soule from the place of hell for he shall receaue me Sela. Be nat thou afrayed though one be made ryche or yf the glorye of his house be increased For he shal cary nothynge awaye with hym when he dyeth nether shal his pompe folowe him For whyle he lyued he couÌ„ted hym selfe an happye man and ☞ so longe as y â— doest well vnto thy selfe meÌ„ wyll speake good of the. He shall folowe the generacion of his fathers shal neuer se light Man beyng in honoure hath no vnderstandynge but is compared vnto the beastes that peryshe ¶ The. l. Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Asaph The Lorde euen the most myghtie God hathe spoken and called the worlde from the rysynge vp of the sonne vnto the goynge downe therof Out of Syon hathe God apeared in perfecte bewtye Oure God shall come and shall not kepe sylence there shall go before hym a coÌ„sumynge fyre and a myghtye tempest shal be stered vp rounde aboute hym He shall call the heauen from aboue and the earth that he maye iudge hys people Gather my saynctes togeyther vnto me those that haue made a couenaunt with me with sacrifyce And the heauens shal declare hys ryghtuousnesse for God is iudge hym selfe Sela Heare O my people and I wyll speake I my selfe wyll testifye agaynste the O Israell For I am God euen thy God I wy â—at reproue the because of thy sacrifices or for thy burnt offerynges because they were nat all way before me I wyl take no bullocke out of thy house nor he Goates out of thy foldes For all the beastes of the Forest are myne and so are the cattell vpon a thousande hylles I knowe all the foules vpon the mountaynes and the wylde beastes of the felde are in my syght If I be hongrye I wyll nat tell the for the whole worlde is myne and all y â— therin is Thynkeste thou that I wyll eate bulles flesshe and drincke the bloude of goates Offre vnto God thankes geuynge and paye thy vowes vnto the moste hyghest And cal vppon me in the tyme of trouble so wyll I heare the and thou shalte prayse me But vnto the vngodly sayde God Why doest thou preache my lawes and takest my couenaunt in thy mouth Where as thou hatest to be refourmed haste cast my wordes behynde the WhaÌ„ thou sawest a thefe thou consentedest vnto hym and haste bene partaker with the aduouterers Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse and with thy tong thou hast set forth disceyt Thou sattest and spakest agaynst thy brother yee hast sclauÌ„dred thine owne mothers sonne These thinges haste thou done I helde my tonge y â— thoughtest âšœ wickedly that I am eueÌ„ such a one as thy selfe but I wyl re proue the set before the the thynges that thou hast done O consydre this ye y â— forget God lest I plucke you away and there be none to delyuer you Who so offreth me thaÌ„kes and praise he honoureth me and to him y â— ordreth his conuersacion right wyll I shewe the saluacyon of God â— The. li. Psalme ¶ To the chaunter â— Psalme of Dauid when the prophet Nathan came vnto him after he was gone in to Bethsave HAue mercy vpon me O God after thy âšœ great goodnes accordyng vnto the multytude of thy mercyes do awaye myne offences washe me thorowly fro my wyckednesse clense me fro my synne For I knowleg my fautes my synne is euer before me Agaynst the onely haue I synned and done this euil in thy sight y â— thou myghtest be iustifyed in thy sayinge clere when y â— art iudged Beholde I was shapen in wyckednesse in synne hath my mother conceaued me But lo thou requyrest truth in the inward partes and shalt make me to vnderstaÌ„de wisdome secretly Thou shalte pourge me with Isope I shall be cleane thou shalt wash me I shal be whiter then snowe Thou shalt make me heare ioye and gladnesse that the bones whiche y â— hast broken maye reioyse Turne thy face from my sinnes put out al my misdedes Make me a cleane hert O God renue a ryght spryte within me Cast me not awaye from thy presence take nat thy holy spryte from me O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne stablysh me with thy fre spryte Then shall I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked and synners shal be coÌ„uerted vnto the. Delyuer me from bloude gyltynesse O God O God of my healthe and my tonge shall synge thy ryghteousnesse Thou shalte open my lyppes O Lorde ☞ and my mouth shall shewe forth thy prayse For thou desyrest no sacryfyce els wolde I geue it y â— but thou delitest nat in burntofferynge The sacrifice of God is a troubled spryte a broken and a coÌ„tryte hert O God shalt thou nat despyse O be fauorable gracious vnto Sion buylde thou the walles of Ierusalem Then shalt thou be pleased with y â— sacryfice of ryghteousnesse with the burnt offerynges oblacions theÌ„ shal they offre yonge bullockes vpon thine aulter ¶ The. lii Psalme ¶ To the chaunter an exortacion of Dauid when Doâ—g the Edomyte came to Saul and shewed him sayinge Dauid is
flowed out so that ryuers ranne in the drye places For why he remembred his holy promes Abraham his seruauÌ„t And he brought forth his people with ioye and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue theÌ„ the landes of the Heathen and they toke the labours of the people in possessyon That they myght kepe his statutes and obserue his lawes Prayse the Lorde ¶ The. cvi Psalme ¶ Prayse the Lorde O Geue thankes vnto the Lorde for he is gracyous and his mercy endureth for euer Who can expresse the noble actes of the Lorde or shewe forth al his prayse Blessed are they that allwaye kepe iudgement and do ryghteousnes Remembre me O Lorde accordinge to the fauour that thou bearest vnto thy people O vyset me with thy saluacyon That I maye se the felycyte of thy chosen reioyse in the gladnesse of thy people and geue thankes with thyne enherytaunce We haue synned with our fathers we haue done amysse and dealte wyckedly Oure fathers regarded nat thy wonders in Egypte nether kepte they thy greate goodnesse in remembrauÌ„ce but were dyssobedient at the see euen at the reed see Neuertheles he helped them for hys names sake that he myght make hys power to be konwne He rebuked the reed see also and it was dryed vp so he led them thorowe the depe as thorowe a wyldernesse And he saued them from the aduersaryes hande and delyuered them from the hande of the enemye As for those that troubled them the waters ouer whelmed them there was nat one of them lefte Then beleued they his wordes and sange prayse vnto hym But within a whyle they forgat his workes and wolde nat abyde his councell But luste came vpon them in the wyldernesse and they teÌ„pted God in the deserte And he gaue them theyr desyre and sent leanesse withall in to theyr soule They angred Moyses also in the tentes and Aaron the sayncte of the Lorde So the earth opened and swalowed by Dathan and couered the congre gacyon of Aberam And the fyre was kyndled in theyr company the flame brente vp the vngodly They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the molten ymage Thus they turned theyr glory in to the simylytude of a calfe that eateth haye And they forgat God theyr Sauioure which had done so great thynges i Egypte Wonderous workes in the lande of Ham and fearful thinges by the reed see So he sayde he wolde haue destroyed theÌ„ had nat Moses his chosen stande before hym in that gappe to turne awaye his wraythful indig nacyon leste he shulde destroye them Ye they thought scorne of y e pleasaunt lande and gaue no credence vnto his worde But murmured in theyr tentes and herkened nat vnto the voyce of the Lorde Then lyfte he vp his hande agaynst theÌ„ to ouerthrowe them in the wildernes To cast out theyr sede amonge the nacioÌ„s to scater them in the landes They ioyned them selues vnto Baal Peor eate thofferinges of the deed Thus they prouoked him vnto anger with theyr owne inuencioÌ„s and the plage was greate amonge them Then stode vp Phinehes prayed and so the plage ceased And that was counted vnto him for righteousnesse amonge all po sterites for euermore They angred hym also at the waters of stryfe so that he punyshed Moses for theyr sakes Because they ê“uoked hissprete so y â— he spake vnaduisedly with his lyppes Nether destroied they the Heathen as the Lorde commaunded them But were myngled among the Heathen and lerned theyr workes In so muche that they worshypped theyr ydolles whiche turned to theyr owne decay Yee they offred theyr soÌ„nes and their doughters vnto deuils And shed innocent bloude euen the bloude of theyr sonnes and of their doughters whome they offred vnto the ydols of Canaan and the lande was defyled with bloude Thus were they stayned with theyr owne workes and wente a whorynge with theyr owne inuencions Therfore was the wrath of the Lorde kyndled agaynste his people in so moche that he abhorred hys owne enheritaunce And he gaue them ouer into the hande of the Heathen and they that hated them were lordes ouer them Their enemyes oppressed theÌ„ and had them in subieccion Many a tyme dyd he delyuer them but they rebelled against him with theyr owne inuencions were brought downe in their wyckednesse Neuerthelesse when he sawe their aduersyte he herde their coÌ„playnte He thought vpon his couenaunt and pytied them accordyng vnto the multitude of his mercies yee he made al those that had led them a waye captiue to pytie them Delyuer vs O Lorde our God and gather vs from among the Heathen that we may geue thankes to thy holy name glory in thy prayse Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from euerlastyng and worlde without ende let all people say AmeÌ„ Amen Prayse y â— Lorde ¶ The. cvii. Psalme O Gyue thankes vnto the Lord for he is gracyous and his mercy endureth for euer Let them geue thankes whome the Lorde hathe redemed and delyuered from the hande of the enemye And gathered them out of the laÌ„des from the Easte from the west from the North and from the south They went a straye in the wyldernesse out of the way and founde no cytie to dwell in Hongrie and thrysty their soule faynted in them So they cried vnto the Lorde in theyr trouble and he deliuered theÌ„ from theyr distresse He led them forthe by the ryght waye y t they myght go to the cyte where they dwelt O that men wolde therfore prayse y â— Lorde for his goodnes and declare the wonders y e he doth for the chyldreÌ„ of men For he satisfyed y t emptye soule and fylled the hongry soule with goodnes Such as syt in darckenes in the shadow of death beyng fast bounde in myserye and yron Because they rebelled agaynst the wordes of y e Lorde lyghtly regarded the councel of the most hygest He also brought downe their hert thorowe heuinesse they fel downe and there was none to helpe them So whan they cryed vnto the Lorde in their trouble he delyuered them out of their distres For he brought them out of darckenesse out of the shadow of death brake their bondes in sonder O that men wolde therfore praise the Lorde for his goodnesse declare the woÌ„ders that he doth for the children of men For he hath broken the gates of brasse and smyten the â—acâ—es of yron i soÌ„der Folysh men are plaged for theyr offeice because of theyr wyckednesse Their soule abhorred al maner of meane and they were euen harde at deathes dore So whaÌ„ they cryed vnto the Lorde in their trouble he delyuered them out of theyr dystresse He sent his worde and healed them and they were saued from theyr destruccyon O that men wolde therfore prayse y e Lorde for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he doth for the chyldren of men That they
they make any bulwarke agaynst it The same waye that he came shall he retourne nat come at thys cytie sayeth the Lorde And I wyll kepe and saue the cytie sayeth he for myne owne and for my seruaunt Dauids sake Thus the angell of the Lorde went forth slewe of the Assirians hoost an hundred fourescore and fyue thousande And when men arose vp early at Ierusalem Beholde all laye full of deed bodyes So Sennaherib the kynge of the Assireans brake vp and dwelt at Niniue Afterwarde it chaunsed as he prayed in the temple of Nesrah his god that Adramalech and Sarazer hys owne sonnes slewe hym with the swearde and fled into the lande of Armeâ—â—a And Asar Hadon his sonne raygned in hys steade CAP. XXXVIII ¶ Hezekia is sycke vnto the death but is yet reuyued bythe Lorde and lyueth fyftene yeares after for whiche benefyte he geueth thankes NOT longe afore this was Hezechia sycke vnto the deathe and the Prophere Esaye the sonne of Amoz came vnto hym and sayde to him Thus coÌ„maundeth the Lorde Set thyne house in ordre for y â— must dye shall nat escape Then Hezechia turned his face towarde the wall prayed vnto the Lorde and sayde Remembre O Lorde y e I haue walked before the in trueth and a stedfast herte haue done the thynge that is pleasaunt to the. And Hezechia wept â—ore Then sayde God vnto Esaye Go and speke vnto Hezechia the Lorde God of Dauyd thy father seÌ„deth the this worde I haue herde thy prayer coÌ„sydred thy teares be holde I wyl put fyftene yeares mo vnto thy lyfe and delyuer the and the cytie also from the hande of the kynge of Assiria for I wyl defende the cytie And take the this token of the Lorde that he wyll do it as he hathe spoken Beholde I wyl returne the shadow of Ahaz dyal that nowe is layde out with y â— SoÌ„ne and bryng it ten degrees backeward So the Sunne turned ten degrees backewarde the which he was descended afore ¶ A thankesgeuynge whiche Hezekia Kynge of Iuda wrote when he had bene sycke and was recouered I Thought I shulde haue gone to the gates of hel in my best age and haue waÌ„ted the resydue of my yeres I spake within my selfe I shal neuer viset the Lorde God in this lyfe I shall neuer se man amonge the dwellers of the worlde Myne age is folden vp together and taken awaye fro me lyke a shepherdes cotage my lyfe is heweÌ„ of lyke as a weeuer cutteth of his webbe Whyle I was yet takynge my reste he hewed me of made an ende of me iÌ„ one day I thought I wold haue lyued vnto the morowe but he brosed my bones lyke a Lyon made an ende of me in one day Then chatred I lyke a swalowe lyke a crane and mourned as doue I lyfte vp myne eyes into the heyght O Lorde sayde I my syckenes kepeth me downe ease thou me âšœ What shall I speake or saye y t he hathe this done I shall therefore as longe as I lyue remembre this bitternes of my lyfe Uerely Lorde men must lyue in bytternes and al my lyfe I must passe ouer therin For thou raysest me vp â— wakest me But lo I wil be well content w t this bytternes Neuerthelesse my conuersacion hath so pleased the that thou woldest nat make an ende of my lyfe so that thou hast cast all my synnes behynde thy backe For hell prayseth not y â— deathe doth not magnyfie the. They y â— go downe into the graue prayse not thy trueth but the liuing yea the liuing a knowledge the lyke as I do this daye The father telleth his chyldren of thy faythfulnesse Deliuer vs O Lorde and we wyll syng prayses i thy house al the dayes of our lyfe And Esay sayde take a playster of fygges lay it vpon y e sore so shall it be whole Then sayde Hezekia O what a greate thynge is this that I shall go vp into the house of the Lorde ¶ Hezekia is reproued of Esaye because he shewed his tresure vnto the Embassytours of Babylon CAPI XXXIX AT THE same tyme Merodach Baladam Baladamus sonne Kynge of Babylon sent letters and presentes to Hezekia For he vnderstode howe that he had bene sycke and was recouered agayne And Hezekia was glad therof shewed them the coÌ„modyties of his treasure of syluer of golde of spyces and rootes of precyous oyles all that was in his cubbordes treasure houses There was not one thyng in Hezekias house and so thorowe out al hê kyngdome but he let them se it Then came Esaye the Prophete to kynge Hezekia and sayd vnto him What haue the men sayd and from whence came they vnto the Hezekia answered they came out of a farre couÌ„tre vnto me out of Babylon Esay sayde what haue they loked vpon in thyne house Hezekia answered Al that is in min house haue they sene and there is nothyng in my treasure but I shewed it them Then sayde Esay vnto Hezekia UnderstaÌ„de the worde of the Lord of Hostê Beholde the tyme wyll come that euery thing whiche is in thyne house al that thy proge nitoures haue layde vp in stoare vnto this day shal be caried to Babylon and nothing lefte behynde This sayeth the Lorde Yea parte of thy sonnes that shall come of the whom thou shalte get shal be caried hence become gelded chaÌ„berlaynes in the kyng of shall he not breake and the smokynge flaxe shall he nat quench but faythfully and truely shall he geue iudgement He shall neither be ouersene nor hastye that he maye restore ryghtuousnes vnto the earthe and the GeÌ„tyles also shall kepe his lawes For thus sayeth God the Lord vnto him euen he that made the heauens and spred them abrode set forthe the earth with her increase whiche geueth breath vnto the people that is in it and to them that dwell therin I the Lorde haue called in the ryghtuousnesse and led the by the hande Therfore wyll I also defende the and geue the for a couenaunt of the people and to be the lyght of the Gentyles That thou mayest open the eyes of the blynde let out the prysoners and them that syt in darckenesse out of the dongeon house I my selfe whose name is the Lorde And my glory wyl I geue to none other neyther myne honoure to grauen ymages Beholde olde thinges are come to passe and newe thynges do I declare And or euer they come I tell you of them Synge vnto the Lorde a newe songe of thankesgeuyng blowe out his prayse vn to the ende of the worlde They that be vpon the see all that is therin prayse him that Iles and they that dwell in them Let the wildernes with the cities lyfte vp her voice the townes also that they of Cedar dwel in Let them be glad that syt vpon rockes of stone and let them crye downe
they shal be afrayed taken for lo they haue caste out the worde of the Lorde what wysdome can then be amonge them Wherfore I wyll geue theyr wyues vnto aleauntes their feldes to destroyers For from the loweste vnto the hyeste they folowe all filthy lucre from the Prophete vnto the preste they deale all w t lyes Neuerthelesse they heale the hurte of my people with swete wordes sayenge â–ª peace peace where there is no peace at all Fye for shame howe abhomynable thynges do they and yet they be nat ashamed yee they knowe of no shame Wherfore in the tyme of theyr vysitacyon they shall fal among the deed bodies sayeth the Lorde Moreouer I wyll gather them in sayeth the Lorde so that there shal not be one grape vpon the vine nether one fygge vpon the fygge tre and the leaues shal be plucte of Then wyll I cause them to departe and saye why prolonge we the tyme Let vs gather ourselues together and go into the stronge cytye there shall we be in reste For the Lorde oure God hath put vs to sylence and geuen vs water myxte with gall to dryncke because we haue synned agaynste hym We loked for peace and we fare not the better we wayted for the tyme of healthe lo here is nothynge but trouble The noyse of hys horsses is hearde from Dan the whole lande is afraied at the ueyenge of hys stronge horsses for they are come in haue deuoured the lande with al that is in it the cytyes and those that dwell therin â–ª Moreouer I wyl sende Cockatrices and serpentes amonge you which wyll not be charmed and they shal byte you sayeth the Lorde Sorowe is come vpon me and heuynesse vexeth my hert for lo the voyce of y â— cryeng of my people is herde from a farre countre Is not the Lorde in Sion Is not the King in her Wherfore then haue they greued me â–ª shal the Lorde say with theyr ymages and foolysh straunge fashyons The haruest is gone the Sommer hathe an ende we are not helped I am sore vexed because of the hurt of my people I am heuy and abashed for there is no more Triacle at Gylead and there is no physycyon that can heale the hurte of my people ¶ The complaynt and bewaylyng of the prophete the â—â—lyce of the people In the knowledge of God ought we onely to reioyse The vncyrcumcysyon of the herte CAPI IX O Who wyll geue my heade water ynough and a wel of teares for myne eyes that I maye wepe nyghte and daye for the slaughter of my people Wolde God that I had a cotage some where farre from folcke that I myght leaue my people and go from theÌ„ for they be all aduoutrers and a shrynckynge sorte They bende theyr tunges lyke bowes to shute out lyes As for the trueth they maye nothynge awaye withall in the worlde For they go from one wyckednes to another and wyl nat knowe me sayeth the Lorde Yee one must kepe hym selfe from another no man may safely trust his owne brother for one brother vndermyneth another one neyghboure begyleth another Yee one dissembleth with another and they deale with no trueth They haue practysed theyr tunges to lye and taken great paines to do myschefe Thou syttest in the myddes of a dysceatfull people whiche for very dissemblynge falshede wyll nat knowe me sayeth the Lorde Therfore thus sayth the Lorde of Hostes beholde I wyll melte them and trye them for what shulde I els do to my people Theyr tunges are lyke sharpe arowes to speake disceate With theyr mouth they speake peacyable to theyr neyghboure but preuely they laye wayte for hym Shuld I nat punysh them for these thynges sayth the Lorde Or shulde I nat be auenged of any suche people as this Upon the mountaynes wyll I take vp a lamytacyon and sorowfull crye and a mournynge vpon the fayre playnes of the wyldernesse Namely howe they are so brent vp y t no man goeth there any more Yee a man shall nat heare one beaste crye there Byrdes and catel are all gone from thence I wyll make IerusaleÌ„ also an heape of stones and a denne of venymous wormes And I wyll make the cyties of Iuda so waste that no man shall dwell therin What man is so wyse as to vnderstande thys Or to whom hathe the Lorde spoken by mouth that he maye shewe this and saye O thou lande why peryshest thou so Wherfore art thou so brynt vp and lyke a wyldernes that no maÌ„ goeth thorowe Yee the Lorde hym selfe tolde the same vnto them that forsoke his lawe and kepte nat the thynge that he gaue them in commaundemente nether lyued therafter but folowed the wickednes of theyr owne hertes and serued straunge Goddes as theyr fathers taught them Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes the God of Israel Beholde âšœ I wyll fede this people with wormwod and geue them gall to drynke I wyl scater theÌ„ also among the Heathen whom nether they nor theyr fathers haue knowne I wyl sende a swearde amonge them to persecute them vntyll I brynge theÌ„ to naught Moreouer thus sayeth the Lord of Hostes loke that ye cal for mourning wyues and sende for wyse wemen that they come shortely and synge a mournynge songe of you that y e teares may fall out of our eyes and that our eye liddes maye gusshe on t of water For there is a lamentable noyse hearde of Sion O howe are we so sore destroyed O how are we so pyteously confounded We muste forsake oure owne naturall countre and we are shut out of our owne lodgyngges Yet heare the worde of the Lorde O ye wemen and let youre eares regarde the wordes of hys mouthe that ye maye lerne your daughters to mourne and that euery one maye teache her neyghboresse to make lamentacyon Namely thus Death is clymynge vp in at oure windowes he is come into oure houses to destroye the chylde before the dore the yonge man in the strete But tell thou playnely thus sayeth the Lorde The deed bodyes of men shall lye vpon the grounde as the donge vpon the felde and as the heye after the mower and ther shal be no man to take them vp Thus sayeth the Lorde Let not the wyse man reioyse in hys wysdome nor the stronge man in hys strength nether the ryche man in his rychesse But who so wyll reioyse let him reioyse in thys that he vnderstandeth and knoweth me for I am the Lorde whiche do mercy equyte and ryghteousnesse vpon the earthe Therfore haue I pleasure in such thynges sayeth the Lorde Beholde the tyme commeth sayeth the Lorde that I wyll vyset all them whose foreskynne is vncyrcumsysed The EgypciaÌ„s the Iewes the Edomytes the Ammonytes the Moabytes and the shauen Madyanytes that dwell in the wyldernes For all the Gentyles are vncyrcumcysed in the flesshe but all the house of
corrupte in them howe shulde we then be restored vnto lyfe Tell them As truely as I lyue saieth the Lord God I haue no pleasure in the death of the wycked but much rather that the wycked turne from his waye lyue Turne you turne you from youre vngodly wayes O ye of the house of Israell Oh wherfore wyll ye dye Thou sonne of man tell the chyldren of thy people The ryghtuousnes of the rightuous shal not saue him whan soeuer he turneth awaye vnfaythfully Agayne the wyckednesse of the wycked shall not hurte him whan soeuer he conuerteth from his vngod lynesse And the ryghtuousnes of the ryghtuous shall not saue hys lyfe whan soeuer he synneth If I saye vnto the ryghtuous that he shall surely lyue and so he trust to his owne ryghtuousnesse and do synne then shall hys ryghtuousnesse be nomore thought vpon but in the wyckednesse that he hath done he shall dye Agayne if I saye vnto the wycked thou shalte surely dye and so he turne from his synnes and do the thynge that is lawful and ryght In so much that the same wycked man geueth the pledge agayne restoreth that he had taken awaye by robbery walcketh in the commaundementes of lyfe and dothe no wronge Then shall he surely lyue and not dye Yee the sines that he hath done shall neuer be thought vpon For in so muche as he dothe nowe the thynge that is lawful and ryght he shall lyue And yet the chyldren of thy people say Tush the way of the Lorde is not ryght where as their owne way is rather vnryght When the ryghtuous turneth from hys ryghtuousnesse and dothe the thynge that is wycked he shal dye therefore But yf the wycked turne from his wyckednesse doyng the thyng that is lawful ryght he shal liue therfore Yet ye say the way of the Lord is not equal O ye house of Israel I wyl iudge euery one of you after his wayes In the. xij yeare the. v. daye of the tenth moneth of oure captyuite it happened that one which was fled out of Ierusalem came vnto me and sayde the cytie is destroyed Nowe the hande of the Lorde had bene vpon me the euenynge afore this man which was escaped came vnto me and had ☜ opened my mouth vntyll the mornynge that he came to me ye he opened my mouth so that I was no more doÌ„me Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto me and sayde Thou soÌ„ne of man these that dwell in the wasted lande of Israel saye Abraham was but one man and he had the lande in possession no we are we many and the lande is geuen vs to possesse also And therfore tell them Thus sayeth the Lorde God In the bloude haue ye eaten your eyes haue ye lyfte vp to Idoles and haue shed bloude shall ye then haue the lande in possession Yeleane vpon your sweardes ye worke abhomynacyons euerye one defyleth â–ª hys neyghbours wyfe and shall ye then possesse the lande Saye thou these wordes vnto them Thus sayeth Lorde God As truely as I lyue all ye that dwell in this wyldernesse shall be slayne with the swearde what so euer is vpon the felde wyll I geue vnto the beastes to be deuoured those that be in stronge holdes and dennes shall dye of the pestylence For I wyl make the lande so desolate and wast and the poÌ„pe of her streÌ„gth shal come to an ende The mountaynes in Israell shal be so waste that no man shal trauayle therby Then shall they lerne to knowe that I am the Lorde when I make the lande wast and desolate because of all theyr abhomina cyons that they haue wrought And thou sonne of man the children of thy people that talcke of the by the walles and in the dores of their houses saying one to another Come let vs heare what worde is gone forth from the Lorde These come vnto the after the maner of a greate people yee my people syt downe before the and heare thy wordes but they do not thereafter for in they re mouthes they shewe them selues as though they were feruente but theyr herte goeth after theyr owne couetous lucre And as a balet that hathe a swete tune and is pleasaunt to synge so shalte thou be vnto them thy wordes shall they heare but they wyll not do therafter Whan thys commeth to passe for lo it commeth in dede then shall they knowe that there hath bene a prophete amonge them ¶ Agaynst Byshoppes and â—urates that despyse the flocke of Chryst and seake theyr owne The Lorde sayeth that he wyll vyset his disparsed flocke and gather them together He reproueth the malyce of certayne of the flocke He promyseth the true shepherde Christ and with him peace CAPI XXXIIII AND the worde of the Lorde came vnto me sayinge Thou sonne of man prophecye agaynste the shepherdes of Israell prophecye and speake vnto them Thus sayeth the Lord God Wo be vnto the shepherdes of Israell that fede them selues Shuld not the shepherdes fede the flockes Ye haue eaten vp the fatte ye haue clothed you with the woll the beste fedde haue ye slayne but the flocke haue ye not norysshed The weake haue ye not holden vp the syck haue ye not healed the broken haue ye nat bounde together the out castes haue ye not brought agayne the loste haue ye not soughte but churlysly and cruelly haue ye ruled them Thus are they scatred here and there without a Shepherde yee all the beastes of the felde deuoure them and they go astraye My shepe go wandringe vpon all mountaynes and vpon euery hye hyl Yee they be scatred abrode in all feldes and there is no man that careth for theÌ„ or seketh afteÌ„r theÌ„ Therfore O ye shepherdes heare the worde of the Lord. Thus sayeth the Lord God As truly as I lyue for so much as my shepe are robbed and deuoured of all the wylde beastes of the felde hauynge no shepherde and seinge that my shepherdes take no regarde of my shepe but sede them selues onely and not my shepe Therfore heare the worde of the Lord O ye shepherdes Thus saieth the Lorde God Beholde I my selfe wyl vpon the shepherdes and requyre my shepe from their handes and make them ceasse from fedynge of my shepeâ—yee the shepherdes shall fede them selues no more For I wyl deliuer my shepe out of theyr mouthes so that they shall not deuoure them after this For thus sayeth the Lorde God Beholde I wyll loke to my shepe my selfe and seke them Lyke as a shepherde amonge the flocke seketh after the shepe that are scatred abrode euen so wyll I seke after my shepe and gather them together out of all places where they haue bene scatred in the cloudy and darcke daye I wyll brynge them out from all people and gather them together out of all landes I wyll brynge them into theyr owne lande and fede them vpon the mountaines of Israel by the ryuers and in al the
stablysh theyr fete As for the seruauntes whom I haue geuen the there shall nat one of them perysh for I wyl seke them from thy noÌ„bre vexe nat thy selfe For when the daye of trouble and heuynes coÌ„meth other shall wepe and be sorowfull but thou shalt be mery and plenteous The HeatheÌ„ shal be gelous but they shal be able to do nothynge agaynst the sayeth the Lorde My handes shall couer the so that thy children shal nat se the fyre enerlastyng Be ioyfull O thou mother with thy chyldren for I wyll delyuer the sayeth y â— Lorde Remembre thy deed chyldren for I shall brynge them out of the earth and shewe mercy vnto them for I am mercyfull sayeth the Lorde almyghty Embrace thy chyldren vntyll I come and shewe mercy vnto them for my welles runne ouer and my grace shall nat fayle I Esdras receaued a charge of the Lorde vpon the mount Oreb that I shulde go vnto Israell But when I came vnto Israell they set me at naught and despised the commaundemente of the Lorde And therfore I saye vnto you O ye HeatheÌ„ that heare and vnderstande Loke for youre shepherde he shall geue you euerlastynge rest for he is nye at hande that shall come in the ende of the worlde Be readye to the rewarde of the kyngdome for the euerlastynge lyght shall shyne vpon you for euermore Fle the shadowe of this worlde receaue the ioyfulnes of your glory I testifie my sauyour openly O receaue the gyfte that is geuen you be glad geuynge thankes vnto hym y â— hathe called you to the heauenly kyngdome Aryse vp and stande faste beholde the nombre of those that be sealed in the feast of the Lorde whiche are departed from the shadowe of the worlde and haue receaued gloryous garmentes of the Lorde Take thy nombre O Syon and shut vp thy puryfyed whiche haue fulfylled the lawe of the Lorde The nombre of thy chyldren whom thou longedest for is fulfylled beseche the power of the Lorde that thy people whiche haue bene called froÌ„ the begynnynge maye be halowed I Esdras sawe vpon the mount Syon a great people whom I coulde nat nombre and they all prysed the Lorde with songes of thankesgeuynge And in the myddest of them there was a yonge man of an hye stature more excellente then al they vpon euery one of theyr heades he set a crowne was euer higher and higher whiche I marueled at greatly So I asked the angel and sayd Syr what are these He answered and sayde vnto me These be they that haue put of the mortall clothynge and put on the immortal and haue testifyed and knowledged the name of God Nowe are they crowned receyue the rewarde Then sayde I vnto the Aungell what yonge personne is it that crowneth them geueth theÌ„ the palmes in theyr handes So he answered sayde vnto me It is y â— sonne of God whom they haue knowledged in the worlde Then begaÌ„ne I greately to coÌ„mende theÌ„ y â— stode so styfly for the name of the Lord And so the angel sayd vnto me Go thy way tell my people what maner of thinges and howe greate wonders of the Lorde thy God thou hast sene ¶ The wonderous workes whiche God dyd for the people are recited Esdras marueleth that God suffreth the BabiloniaÌ„s â–ª to haue rule ouer his people which yet are siners also CAPI III. IN the thyrtyeth yeare of the fall of the cytie I was at Babylon and laye troubled vpon my bed and my thoughtes came vp ouer my herte for I sawe the desolacion of Syon and the plentuous wealthe of them that dwelte at Babylon and my sprete was sore moued so that I beganne to speake ferefull wordes to the most hyest and sayd O Lorde Lord thou spakest at the begynnyng when thou plantedst the earth and that thy selfe alone and gauest commaundement vnto the people and a body vnto AdaÌ„ whiche was a creature of thy handes hast brethed in him the brethe of lyfe so he lyued before the and thou leddeste him into Paradyse whiche garden of pleasure thy ryght hande had plaÌ„ted or euer y â— earth was made And vnto him thou gauest commaundemente to loue thy way whiche he traÌ„sgressed and immedyately thou appoyntedst death in hym and in his gâ—neracions Of hym came nacyons trybes people and kynreddes out of nombre And euery people walcked after their owne wyll and dyd nyce thynges before the as for thy coÌ„maundementes they despysed them But in processe of tyme thou broughtest the water floude vpon those that dwelte in the worlde and destroyedst them And lyke as the death was in Adam so was y â— water floude also in these Neuerthelesse one of theÌ„ thou leftest namely Noe with his house holde of whome came all ryghtuous men And it happened that when they that dwelt vpon the earth beganne to multyplye and had gotten many chyldren and were a great people they begaÌ„ne to be more vngodly theÌ„ the fyrste Nowe when they all lyued so wyckedly before the thou dydest chose the a man froÌ„ amonge them whose name was Abraham Him thou louedst and vnto hym onely thou shewedst thy wyl and madest an euerlasting couenaunt with hym promysynge him that thou woldest neuer forsake his sede And vnto him thou gauest Isaac * vnto Isaac also thou gauest Iacob and Esau. As 〈◊〉 Iacob thou dydest chose him and put baâ—â—â— Esau. * And so Iacob became a greate multytude And it happened that when thou leddest his sede out of Egypt thou broughtest theÌ„ vp to the mounte Syon bowyng downe the heauens settynge fast the earthe mouynge the grounde makyng the depthes to shake and troublynge the worlde And thy glorye went thorowe foure partes of fyre and earthquakes and wyndes and colde that thoâ— myghtest geue the lawe vnto the sede of Iacob diligeÌ„ce vnto y â— generacion of Israel And yet tokest thou not away from them that wycked herte y â— thy lawe myght brynge forth frute in them For the fyrst Adam â—aâ—â— a wycked hert transgressed and was ouercome so be all they that are borne of 〈◊〉 Thus remayneth wickednes with th 〈…〉 in the herte of the people w t the wyckeâ—â—â—â— of the rote so that the good departed away and the euyll abode styll So the tymes passed awaye and the yeares were brought to an ende Then dydest thou rayse the vp a seruauÌ„t called Dauid whom thou coÌ„mauÌ„dedst to buylde a cyte vnto thy name and to offre vp incense and sacryfyce vnto the therin This was done nowe many yeares TheÌ„ the inhabiters of the cyte forsoke the in all thiÌ„ges dyd eueÌ„ as AdaÌ„ al his generacions had done for they also had a wicked hert And so thou gauest thy cyte ouer into the handes of thyne enemyes Are they of Babylon theÌ„ better and more ryghtuous then thy people that they shall therfore haue the domynyon of Syon For when I came there and sawe theyr vngodlynes
the aungell dyd hym He offred vnto the aungell holfe the goodes that he brought with hym CAPI XII THen Tobyas called his sonne vnto hym and sayde What may we geue thys holy man that wente with the Tobias answered hys father and sayde Father what rewarde shall we geue him Or what thynge can deserue his benefytes He hath bene my gyde and brought me safe agayne he receaued the money frō Gabelus he caused me to get my wyfe he droue the euyll spryte from her be hath bene an occasyon of gladnesse to her father and mother he delyuered me that I was not deuoured of the fyshe he hath made the to se the lyght of heauen yee we all haue receaued greate good of him Howe shulde we worthely deserue these thynges vnto him But I praye the my father that thou wylt desyre him yf happly he wyll voutch safe to take w t hym the halfe of all that we haue brought So the father and the sonne called hym toke him asyde and beganne to praye hym y ◠he wolde be cōtent to take in good worth the halfe parte of al that they had brought Then sayde he secretly vnto them Prayse ye the god of heauen and geue thankes vn to hym before all men lyuynge for he hathe shewed his mercy vnto vs. It is good to hyde the kinges secrete but to shew to praise y ◠worckes of god it is an honorable thyng Prayer is good with fastinge and mercy is better then to hoorde vp treasures of gold For mercy delyuereth from death clenseth synne and causeth to fynde euerlasting lyfe But they that do synne vnrighteousnes are the enemyes of theyr owne soule Wherfore I tell you the truth and wyll hyde nothinge from you When thou prayedst with teares and buryedst the deed and leftest thy dyner and hiddest the deed in thy house vpon the day tyme that thou myghtest buryē them in the nyghte I offred thy prayer before the Lorde And because thou wast accept and beloued of God it was necessary that temtacyon shulde trye the. And now hath the Lord sent me to heale the and to delyuet Sara thy sonnes wyfe from the euyll spryte For I am Raphael an aungel one of the seuen that stande before God When they hearde thys they were sore afrayed and trembled and fell downe vpon theyr faces vnto the grounde Then sayde the Aungel Peace be with you feare not Where as I haue bene with you it is the wyll of God geue prayse and thanckes vnto hym You thought that I dyd eat and dryncke with you but I vse meate that is inuysyble and drincke that cannot be sene of men Nowe therfore is the tyme that I muste rurne agayne vnto him that sent me but be ye thanckfull vnto God and tel out all hys wonderous worckes And when he had spoken these wordes he was taken awaye out of theyr syghte so that they sawe hym nomore Then tell they downe flat vpon their faces by the spaces of thre houres praysed God when they rose vp they tolde all hys wonderous worckes ¶ Tobias the elder geueth thankes vnto God CAPI XIII THen olde Tobias opened 〈◊〉 mouthe and praysed the Lorde and sayde Great art thou O Lorde for euermore and thy kigdome worlde without ende for thou scourgest and healest thou ledest vnto hell and bryngest out agayne and there is none that may escape thyne hande O geue thankes vnto the Lorde ye chyldren of Israell and prayse hym in the syght of the heathen For amonge the Heathen whiche knowe hym not hathe he scatered you to the intent that ye shulde shewe forth hys maruelous worckes and cause them for to knowe that there is none other God almyghtye but he He hathe chastened vs for our mysdedes for hys owne mercye sake shall he saue vs. Consydre then howe he hath dealt with you and prayse hym with feare drede and magnyfye the euerlastynge kynge in youre worckes I wyll praye him euen in the lande of my captiuyte for he hath shewed his matestye vnto synful people Turne you therfore O ye synners and do ryghteousnes before God and be ye sure that he wyll shewe his mercy vpon you As for me my soule we wyll reioyse in God O prayse the Lorde all ye his chosen holde y ◠dayes of gladnesse and be thankfull vnto hym O Ierusalem thou cytie of God the Lorde hath punyshed the for the workes of thyne owne handes O prayse the Lorde in thy good thynges and geue thankes to the euerlastynge God that he may buylde vp his tabernacle agayne in the that he maye call agayne vnto the all suche as be in captiuyte that thou mayest haue ioye for euermore With a fayre lyght shalte thou shyne and all the endes of the worlde shall honoure the. The people shall come vnto the from farre they shall brynge gyftes worship the Lorde in the and thy laude shall they haue for a Sanctuary for they shall call vpon the greate name in the. Cursed shall they be that despyse the all that blaspheme the shal be condempned but blessed shall they be that buylde the vp As for the thou shalt reioyse in the chyldre for they all shal be blessed and gathered together vnto the Lorde Blessed are they all that loue the and that be glad of thy peace Prayse thou the Lorde O my soule for the Lorde our God hathe delyuered hys cytie Ierusalem from all her troubles I wyll counte my selfe happye yf my sede remayne to se the clearnes of Ierusalem The gates of Ierusalem shal be buylded with Saphyre and Smarage and all the compasse of her walles with precyous stones All her stretes shal be paued with white marble stone and in al stretes shal Alleluya be songe Praysed be the Lorde whiche hath exalted her that his kyngdome maye be vpon her for euermore Amen And so Tobias made an ende of hys talkynge ¶ Tobias prophecyeth the destruction of Niniue His sōme returned to Raguel alter the decesse of h◠father mother CAPI XIIII AND after that Tobias had gottē his sight agayne he lyued xlii ▪ yeares sawe his chylders chyldren Now when he was C and. ii yeare olde he dyed and was buryed honorably in Niniue For when he was sixe and fyftye yeares of age he lost the syght of his eyes and whē he was thre score yeare olde he gat his syght agayne The residue of his lyfe led he in ioye and increased well in y ◠feare of God departed 〈◊〉 peace But in the houre of hys death he called vnto hym hys sonne Tobias and seuen yonge springaldes hys sōnes chyldren and sayde vnto thē The destruccyon of Niniue is at hande for the worde of the Lorde can not fayle and oure brethren that are scatred out of the lande of Israel shal come thyther agayne And the whole lande of it that hathe bene waste shal be fylled the huose of God that was brent in it shal be buylded agayne and all suche
as feare God shall returne thyther the Heathen also shall forsake theyr Idols and come to Ierusalem and dwel there al the kynges of the earth shal be glad of her and worshyp the Lorde God of Israel And therfore my chyldren heare your father Serue the Lorde in the trueth seke aâ— his wyll and do the thynge that pleaseth hym Commaunde youre chyldren that they do ryght geue almes be myndeful of God and euer to be thankful vnto hym in trueth and with all theyr power Heare me nowe therfore my chyldren abyde not here but in what daye soeuer ye haue buryed youre mother besyde me get you from hence For I se that the wyckednes of it shall brynge it to destruccyon and ende After the death of his mother Tobyas departed awaye froÌ„ Niniue with his wyfe and chyldren and with his childers childreÌ„ and came agayne to hys father mother in lawe and founde them whole and in a good age and toke the care of them And he closed theyr eyes and was heyre vnto al Raguels goodes and sawe the fyfth generacyon and his chylders childreÌ„ And wheÌ„ he was xâ—ix yeare of age he dyed in y â— feare the Lorde and his kynsfolkes buryed him And all his posteryte continued in a good lyfe and holy conuersacyon so that they were loued and accepted bothe of God and men and of all the people of the lande ¶ The ende of the booke of Tobias ⧠The booke of Iudith ¶ The buyidynge of Egbathanis The vyctory of Nabuchodonosor agaynste Arphaxat The messengers of Nabuchodonosor are dyspysed CAPI I. ARphaxat the Kyng of the Medes subdued many people vnto his dominyon buylded a noble stronge cytie which he called Egbathanis The walles of it made he offre stone foure squared seuentye cubytes hye and thrytye cubytes brode He made towres there vpon an hundreth cubites hye But vpon the foure corners euery syde was twentye fote brode He made the portes in the heygth lyke as the towres This Kynge trusted in his mightye host and in his glorious charettes So in the twelfth yeare of his raygne it happened y â— Nabuchodonosor the kynge of y â— Assirians which raygned in y â— great cytye of Niniue fought agaynste Arphaxat and ouercame hym in the great felde called Ragau beside Euphrates Tigris Iadason in y â— felde of Erioth y â— kynge of the Elykes Then was y â— Kyngdome of Nabuchodonosor exalted his herte was lyfte vp he sente vnto all them y â— dwelt in Celicea in Damascus in Libanus vnto y â— Heathen that dwelt in Carmel Cedar to such as dwelt in Galtle in y e great felde of Esdrelon to all them y â— were in Samaria beyonde the water of Iordane vnto Ierusalem and the whole lande of Iesse vnto y â— mouÌ„taynes of Ethiopia Unto all these dyd Nabuchodonosor the Kynge of the Assirians sende messauÌ„gers But they all with one consent wolde nat agre vnto him sent y â— messaungers agayne empty put them awaye with out honour TheÌ„ Nabuchodonosor y â— kynge toke indignacyon at those landes sware by his troue and by his Kyngdome that he wolde be auenged of all those countres ¶ Holoferneâ— is sent of Nabuchodonosor to sub due al the worlde The preparacyon and pursute of Holofernes CAPI II. IN the thyrtenth yeare of Kynge Nabuchodonosor vpon the. xxii daye of the fyrst moneth it was deuysed in the courte of Nabuchodonosor y â— Kynge of the Assirians that he wolde detende hym selfe So he called vnto hym all the elders all his captaynes and meÌ„ of warre and shewed them hys secrete couÌ„sel tolde them that his purpose was to brynge the whole earth vnder his domynyon Nowe when they were all content with this sayenge Nabuchodonosor the kynge called Holofernes the chefe captayne of his warres sayde vnto hym Go thy waye forth agaynste all the Kyngdomes of the west and specially agaynst those that haue despised my coÌ„maundemeÌ„t Thou shalt spare no realme all stroÌ„ge cyties shalt thou brynge in subteccyon vnto me Then Holofernes called together al the captaynes rulers of all the power in Assiria mustred the soudyers vnto the hoste lyke as y â— Kyng commaunded him namely an hundred twentye thousande fightynge men vpon fote twelue thousande archers vpon horsebacke All his ordinauÌ„ce sent he before w t an inunmerable multytude of camels so that y â— hoost was well prouyded for wyth oxen and smal catell that wythout nombre He caused corne to be prepared out of al Siria for his host Much gold siluer also toke he out of the Kynges house So he toke his iourneye he and all his hoost with charettes horsmen archers of whoÌ„ there were so many that they couered the grounde of the lande lyke the greshopers And when he was gone past the borders of the Assyrians he came towarde the great mountaynes of Ange which lye vpon y â— left syde of Celicia so he went vp into al theyr castels and wanne euery stronge holde As for the welthy cytie of Melothus he brake it downe spoyled all the chyldreÌ„ of Tharsis and the Ismaelites which laye towarde the wyldernes vpon the South syde of y â— lande of Chelon He wente ouer Euphrates also came into Mesopotamia and brake downe all the hye cyties that were there froÌ„ the broke of Mambre tyl a man come to the see and he toke the borders in from Celicia vnto y â— coastes of Iaphet towarde y â— South He caryed awaye all the Madiates spoyled all theyr goddes whosoeuer withstode hym he slewe them with the swerde After thys he wente downe into the felde of Damascus in the tyme of haruest brente vp all the corne all the trees and caused the vynes to be cut downe And the feare of him fell vpon all them that dwelt in the earth ¶ Kynges become wyllyngly subiect to Holofernes The â–ª tyrannye and crueltye â–ª of hym CAPI III. SO the Kynges and Prynces of al cyties and landes sent theyr Embassytoures namely they of Syrya and Mesopotamia Syria Sobal and Lybia Celicia which came to Holofernes sayde Let thy wrath ceasse towarde vs It is better for vs to serue y â— great kyng Nabuchdoonosor with our lyues and to be subiecte vnto the then y â— we shulde dye be slayne and receaue greater hurte All our cyties possessions al mountaynes hylles all feldes great small catel shepe goates horses camels all oure goodes housholdes be in thy power vnder thy subieccyon be it al together We our selues also and oure chyldren wylbe thyneowne come vnto vs a peaceable Lorde and vse oure seruyce at thy pleasure Then came Holofernes downe from the mountaynes with horsmen great power and conquered all stronge fensed cities and all that dwelt in the lande And out of all cyties he toke stronge men suche as were mete for y â— warre to
them Afterwarde yf any of them had fallen he was kepte and shut in preson but without chaynes But if any dwelt in a vyllage if he had bene an heyrde or husbandman he suffred intollerable necessyte for they were all bounde with one cheyne of darkenes Whether it were a blasynge wynde or a swete songe of the byrdes among the thycke braunches of the trees or the vehemency of hastye runnynge water or great noyse of the fallyng downe of Stones or the play enge and runnynge of beastes whom they sawe not or the myghtye noyse of roarynge beastes or the sownde that aunswereth agayne in the hye Mountaynes it made them swowne for very feare For all the earthe shyned with cleare lyght and no man was hyndered in his labour Onely vpon them there fell a heuy nyght an ymage of dareknesse that was to come vpon them Yee they were vnto them selues the moste heuy horryble darcknes ¶ The Fyre lyghte that the Israelytes had in Egypte The persecucyon of the faythfull The Lorde smote all the fyrste borne of Egypte The synne of the people in the wyldernesse Aaton stode betwyte the lyue and the deed with his censoure CAPI XVIII NEuertheles thy Saynctes had a very great lyght and the ennemyes herde theyr voyce but they sawe not the fygure of them And because they suffred not the same thynges they magnyfied the and they that were vexed afore because they were not hurte nowe thancked the and besought the O God that there myghte be a dyfference Therfore had they a burnynge pyler of fyre to lede them in the vnknowne waye and thou gaueste them the Sunne for a fre gyft without any hurte Reason it was that they shulde want lyght and be put in y ◠preson of darcknes whiche kepte thy chyldren in captyuyte by whom the vncorrupte lyght of the lawe of the worlde was for to be geuē When they thought to slaye the ba bes of the ryghtuous one beynge layed out and preserued to be leader vnto the other thou broughtest out y e whole multytude of the chyldren and destroyedst these in the myghtye water Of that nyght were oure fathers certyfyed afore that they knowynge vnto what othes they had geuen credence myght be of good cheare Thus thy people receaued y ◠health of the ryghteous but the vngodly were destroyed For lyke as thou hast hurte our enemyes so hast thou promoted vs whome thou calledest afore For the ryghteous chyldren of the good men offred secretly ordred the lawe of ryghteousnes vnto vnite that the iust shuld receaue good and cuyll in lyke maner syngynge prayses vnto the father of all men Agayne there was herde an vnconueniēt voyce of the enemyes and a pyteous crye for chyldren that were bewayled The master and the seruaunt were punyshed in lyke maner For they altogether had innumetable that died one deathe Neyther were the lyuinge sufficient to bury the deed for in the twyncklynge of an eye the noblest nacion of them was destroyed As ofte as God helped them afore yet wolde it not make thē beleue but in the destruccyon of the fyrste borne they knowledged that it was the people of God For whyle all thynges were styll and when the nyght was in the myddest of her course thy Almyghtye worde O Lorde leapte downe from heauen oute of thy royall trone as a rough man of warre in the myddeste of the lande that was destroyed and the sharpe swerde perfourmed theyr strayte commaūdement standynge and fyllyng all thynges with death yee it stode vpon the earth reached vnto the heauen Then the sight of the euyl dreames vexed them sodenly and fearfulnesse came vpon them vnawares Then laye there one here another there halfe deed halfe quycke shewed the cause of hys deathe For the vysyons that vexed them shewed them these thynges afore so that they were not ignoraunte wherfore they peryshed The tētacion of death touched the ryghteous also and among the multytude in the wyldernesse there was insurreccyō but thy wrath endured not lōge For the blamelesse man wente in all the hast and toke the battayll vpō him brought forth the weapen of his myny stracyon euen prayer and the censours of reconcylynge set him selfe agaynst the wrath and so brought the misery to an ende declaringe the chy that he was thy seruaunt For he ouercame not the multytude with bodely power nor wyth weapens of myght but with the worde he sobdued hym that vexed hym puttynge them in remembraunce of the othe and couenaunte made vnto the fathers For when the deed were fallen downe by heapes one vpō another he stode in the myddest pacified the wrath and parted y ◠waye vnto lyuynge And whyem hys longe garment was al the bewtye and in the foure rowes of the stones was y e glory of the fathers grauen and thy maiesty was wrytten in the crowne of hys heade Unto these the destroyer gaue place was afrayed of them for it was onely a temtaciō worthy of wrath ¶ The deeth of the Egypcyans and the greate ioye of the Hebrues The meate that was geuen at the despre of the preople The elementes serut not onely to the wyll of God but also to the wyll of man CAPI XIX AS FOR the vngodly the wrathe came vpon them without mercye vnto the ende For he knewe before what shulde happen vnto them howe that when they had consented to let them go and had sente oute with great dylygence they wolde repente and folowe vpon them For when they were yet mournynge and makynge lamentacyon by the graues of the dead they deuysed another fooly shenes so that they persecuted them in theyr flyenge whom they had cast out afore with prayer Worthy necessyte also broughte them vnto thys ende for they had cleane forgotten the thynges that happened vnto them afore But the thinge that was wantinge of theyr punyshemente was requysyte so to be fulfylled vpon them wyth tormentes that thy people myghte haue a maruelous passage thorowe and that these myght fynde a straunge death Thē was euery creature fashioned againe of newe accordinge to the wyll of theyr maker obeyenge thy commaundementes that thy chyldren myght be kept without hurte For the cloude ouershadowed theyr tentes and y e dry earth appeared where afore was water so that in y ◠reed see there was awaye without unpedimēt and the great depe became a grene felde where thorow al the people wēte that were defended with thy hand seing thy wonderous and maruelous workes For as the horses so were they fed and leapte lyke lambes praisynge the O Lord which haddest deliuered thē And whyethey were yet myndefull of the thynges y t happened whyle they dwelt in the lāde how the groūde brought for the flyes in steade of catell howe the ryuer scrauled with the multytude of frogges in steade of rythes But at the last they sawe a new creacion of byrdes what tyme as they were diceaued with lust and desyred delicate meates
helpeth it me what shall I haue y t whyle Agayne say not I haue ynough how can I wante When thou art in welfare forgette not aduersite and when it goeth not well w t the haue a good hope that it shall be better For it is but a smal thynge vnto God in the daye of death to rewarde euery man accordyng to his waies The aduersite of an hour maketh one to forget all pleasure and when a maÌ„ dyeth his workê are discouered Praise no body before his death for a man shall be knowen in his chyldren Brynge not euery man into thyne house for the dysceatfull layeth wayte dyuersly Lyke as a partrych in a mauÌ„de so is the hert of the proude and lyke as a spye that loketh vpon the fall of his neyghbour For he turneth good vnto euyll and sclaundreth y â— chosen Of one sparke is made a great fyre and of one disceytfull man is bloude increased an vngodly man layeth wayte for bloude Beware of y â— disceytfull for be ymagynech wycked thynges to brynge the into a perpetuall shame If thou takest an aleaunt vnto the he shall destroye the in vnquyenesse and bryue the from thyne owne wayes ¶ Unto whom we ought to do good Ehanâ—â—es ought to be eschued CAPI XII WHen thou wylte do good knowe to whom thou doest it so shalte thou be greately thanked for thy benefytes Do good vnto the ryghtuous and thou shalte finde great rewarde though not of hym yet no doute the Lorde hym selfe shall rewarde the. He standeth not in a good case that is alwaye occupyed in euyl and geueth no almes for the Hyest hateth the synners and hath mercy vpon them that shewe the workes of repentaunce Geue thou vnto suche as feare God and receyue not a synner As for the vngodly and synners he shal recoÌ„pence veÌ„geauÌ„ce vnto them kepe theÌ„ to the daye of wrath Geue thou vnto the good and receyue not the sinner do well vnto hym that is lowly but geue not to the vngodly Let not the bred be geueÌ„ hym that he be not myghtyer then thy self therin For so shalt y â— receyue twyse as much euyll in al the good that thou doest vnto him And why y â— Hyghest hateth synners and shall rewarde vengeaunce to the vngodly In prosperite a frende shal not be knowen and in aduersyte an enemy shal not be hyd For when a man is in wealth it greueth his enemies but in heuinesse and trouble a man shall knowe hys frende Truste neuer thyne enemy for lyke as an yron rusteth so doth his wickednes And though he make much crout thyng knelynge yet kepe wel thy mynde beware of hi. Set him not by y â— neither let hiÌ„ syt at thy right hand lest he turne hiÌ„ get into thy place take thy rowme seke thy seate so thou at y â— last remeÌ„bre my wordes be pricked at my sayinges Who wyl haue pytie of the charmer that is stynged of the serpeÌ„t or of al such as come nye the beastes Euen so is it with hym that kepeth coÌ„pany with a wycked man and lappeth him self in his synnes For a season wyl he byde wyth the but yf thou stomble he taryeth not An enemye is swete in his lippes and ymagineth disceyt in his hart to throwe the into the pit Ye he can wepe with his eies yf he may fynde oportunite he wyll not be satisfied with bloud If aduersyte come vpoÌ„ y â— thou shalt fynde hym there fyrst though he pretende to do the help yet shall he vnder myne the. He shal shake his head and clappe his baÌ„des ouer y â— for very gladnesse whyle he maketh many wordes he shall dysguyse his countenaunce ¶ The coÌ„â—anyes of the proude and of the ryche 〈◊〉 to be eschued The loue of God Lyke do coÌ„pany with theyr lyfe CAPI XIII WHo so toucheth pytche shal be fyled with all and he that is famylier with the proude shall cloth him selfe with pryde He taketh a burthen vpon him that accompanyeth a more honorable man then hym self Therfore kepe no famyliarite with one that is rycher then thy selfe Howe agre the ketell and the pot together for yf the one be smytten agaynste the other it shal be broken The ryche dealeth vnryghtuously and threateneth with all but y â— poore beyng oppressed and wrongefully dealt with all suffreth scarnesse and geueth fayre wordes If thou be for his protyte he vseth the but yf thou haue nothynge he shall forsake the. As long as thou hast any thyng of thyne owne he shall be a good felowe with the yee he shall make the a bare man and not be sory for the. If he haue nede of the he shall defraude the and with a preuy mocke shall he put the in an hope and geue the al good wordes and saye what waÌ„test thou Thus shall he shame the in his meate vntil he haue supt the cleane vp twyse or thryse and at the laste shall he laugh the scorne Afterwarde when he seyth that thou hast nothyng he shal forsake the and shake his heade at the. Submytte thy selfe vnto God and wayte vpon hys hande Beware that thou be not bysceyued and brought downe in thy symplenesse Be not to humble in thy wysdome least when thou art brought lowe y u be disceyued thorowe foolyshnes If thou be called of a myghtye man absent thy selfe so shall he call the to him the more oft Preasse not thou vnto hym y e thou be not shut out but go not thou farre of least he forget the. Withdrawe not thy self from his speach but beleue not his many wordes For with muche communicacion shall he teÌ„pte the with a preuye mocke shall he questyon the of thy secretes The vnmercyfull mynde of his shal marck thy wordes he shal not spare to do the hurte and to put y â— in preson Beware and take good hede to thy self for y u walkest in parel of thy ouerthrowynge Nowe when thou hearest hys wordes make the as though thou werest iÌ„ a dreame and wake vp Loue God all thy lyfe longe and call vpon hym in thy nede Euery beaste loueth his lyke eueÌ„ so let euery man loue his neyghbour Al flesh wyl resorte to theyr lyke and euery man wyl kepe company with such as he is hym selfe But as the wolfe agreeth w t the laÌ„be so doth y â— vngodly with the ryghtuous What felowshyp shuld an holy maÌ„ haue w t a dogge Howe can the ryche the pore agre together The wylde Asse is the lyons pray in the wyldernes euen so are poore men the meate of the ryche Lyke as y â— proude may not away w t lowlynes euen so doth the rych abhorre the poore If a riche maÌ„ fal his freÌ„des set hiÌ„ vp agayne but when y â— poore fal leth his acquayntauÌ„ce forsake him If a rich maÌ„ fal into an errour he hath many helpers he speaketh proude wordes yet men iustify hym But yf a
wyth the swerde but many mo thorowe the tonge Well is hym that is kepte from an euyll tonge and commeth not in the angre therof which draweth not the yocke of suche and is not bounde in the bandes of it For the yock thereof is of yron and the bande of it of stele The death therof is a very euyll death hell were better for one then suche a tonge But the fyre of it maye not oppresse them that feare God and the flamme thereof maye not burne thē Suche as forsake the Lorde shal fall therein and it shall burne them and no man shal be able to quenche it It shall fall vpon them as a Lyon and deuoure them as a leoparde Thou hedgest thy goodes with thornes why doest thou not rather make dores and barres for thy mouth Thou wcyest thy golde syluer Why doest y u not weye thy wordes also vpon the y ◠balance Beware y ◠y u slyde not in thy tonge so fall before thyue enemyes y ◠lay wayte for the thy fal be incurable euen vnto death ¶ Howe we ought to lende oure monye and do almes Of a faythfull man answerynge for hys frende Of lyberalite and hospytalyte CAPI XXIX WHo so wyll shewe mercy let him lende vnto hys neyghboure and he that is able let hym kepe the commaundemente Lende vnto thy neyghboure in tyme of his nede and pay thou thy neyghboure agayne in due season Kepe thy worde and deale faythfully with hym and thou shalte allwaye fynde the thynge that is necessary for the. There haue bene many that when a thynge was lent them reckened it to be founde and made them trauayle and laboure that helped thē Whyle they receyne anythinge they kysse the handes of suche as geue them and for theyr neyghbours good they humble theyr voyce But when they shulde paye agayne they kepe it back and geue euell wordes and make many excuses by reason of the tyme and though he be able yet geueth he scarse y ◠halfe agayne and rekeneth the other to be founde And yf he with holde not his money yet hathe he an enemye of hym and that vndeserued He payeth him with cursynge rebuke and geueth hym euell wordes for hys good dede There be many one which are not glad for to lende not because of euel but they feare to lese the thyng that they lende Yet haue thou pacyence with the symple and withholde not mercy from hym Helpe the poore for the commaundemētes sake and let hym not go emptie from the because of hys necessite Lese thy money for thy brother and neyghbours sake and burie it not vnder a stone where it rusteth corrupteth Gather thy treasure after the commaundement of the Hyest and so shall it brynge the more profyt then golde Laye vp the almes in the herte of the poore and it shall kepe the from all euel A mans almes is as a purse with him and shall kepe a mans fauoure as the apple of an eye and after warde shall it aryse and paye euery man his rewarde vpō his heade It shal fyght for the against thyne enemyes better then the chylde of a gyaunte or speare of the myghtye A good honest mā is suertie for his neyghboure but a wycked personne letteth hym come to shame Forget not the frendeshyp of thy suertye for he hathe geuen his soule for the. The vngodly despyseth the good dede of hys suertye and the vnthanckfull and ignoraunte leaueth his suertie in daunger Some man promeseth for his neyghboure and when he hathe lost hys honeste he shal forsake him Suertishyppe hathe destroyed many a ryche man and remoued them as the waues in the see Myghtie people hathe it dryuen awaye and caused them to wandre in straunge coūtres An vngodly man transgressynge the commaundemente of the Lorde shall fall into an euell suertishyppe and though he force him selfe to get out yet shall he fall into iudgement Helpe thy neyghboure out after thy power and beware that thou thy selfe fal not into such dett The chefe thynge that kepeth in the lyfe is water and bred clothinge and lodgynge to couer the shame Better is it to haue a poore lyuynge in a mans owne house then delicate fare among the straūge Be it lytle or much that thou hast holde the content withall thou shalt not be blamed as a vagabounde for a myserable lyfe is it to go from house to house where a man is fremde he darre not open his mouth Though one be lodged haue meate dryncke yet shal he be taken as vnworthy heare many bytter rough wordes namely thus Go thy waye thou straunger and prepare a table for thy selfe and fede me also of that thou hast A way thou straūger so that he regardeth his honoure no more my brother cōmeth into my house and so he telleth hym the necessite of his house These thynges are heuy to a man that hath vnder standynge namely the forbyddynge of the house that y ◠lēoer casteth hym in the teth ¶ Of the correccyon of chyldren Of the commodytye of health Deeth is better then a sorowefull lyfe Of hydde wysdome Of the ioye and sorowe of the herte CAPI XXX WHo so loueth his chylde holdeth him styll vnder coreccion that he may haue ioye of him after warde and y ◠he grope not after hys neyghbours dores He that teacheth his sōne shal haue ioye in hym and nede not to be ashamed of hym amonge hys aquayntaunce Whose enfourmeth and teacheth his sōne greueth the enemye before his frendes he maye haue ioye of hym Though the father dye yet is he as though he were not deed for he hathe left one behynde him that is lyke hym In his lyfe he sawe hym and had ioye in hym and was not sory in his death neyther was he ashamed before the enemyes For he left behynde him an auenger against his enemies a good doer vnto the frēdes For the lyfe of chyldren he shall bynde the woundes together and his herte is greued at euery crye An vntamed horse wylbe harde a wanton childe wylbe wylfull If thou brynge vp thy sonne delicatly he shall make y ◠afayed and yf thou playe with him he shall brynge the to heuynes Laugh not with him lest thou wepe with him also and lest thy teth be set on edge at the last Geue him no liberte in his youth excuse not his foly Bowe downe hys necke whyle he is young hyt hym vpon the sydes whyle he is yet but a chylde lest he waxe stubberne and geue no more force of the so shalt thou haue heuynes of soule Teach thy childe and be diligent therin lest it be to thy shame Better is the poore beyng whole and stronge then a man to be ryche and not to haue his health Health and wellfare is about all golde and a whole body aboue al treasure There is no tyches aboue a sounde body no
in temptacyon and offente Take no heuynes to herte dryue it awaye and remember the last thynges Forget it not for there is no turning agayne Thou shalte do hym no good but hurt thy selfe RemeÌ„ber his iudgment thine also shal be lyke wyse vnto me yester daye vnto the to daye Let the remeÌ„braunce of y â— deed ceasse in hys rest and comforte thy selfe agayne ouer hym seing his spiryte is departed from hym The wysdome of the scrybe is at conuenyent tyme of rest he that ceasseth from exercyse and laboure shall be wyse He that holdeth the plough and hath plesure in proddyng and driuyng the oxen and goeth aboute with suche workes he can speake of oxen He setteth his hert to make forowes is dilygent to geue the kyne foder So is euery carpenter also workmaster that laboureth styl nyght and daye he carueth graueth cutteth out and his desyre is in sondry connynge thynges his hert ymagineth howe he maye cuÌ„nyngly cast an ymage his dilygence also and watchyng perfourmeth the worke The yronsmyth in lyke maner hydeth by his stythye and doth his dilygence to labour the yron The vapoure of the fyre brenneth his fleshe and he must fyght with the heaâ— of the fornace The noyse of the hammer soundeth euer in his eares and his eyes loke styll vpoÌ„ the thynge that he maketh He hath set hys mynde therupon that he wyll make out his worke and therfore he watcheth howe he maye set it out and bryngeth it to an ende So doth the potter syt by his worke he turneth the whele aboute with his fete he is dilygent and careful in all doynges and his laboure and worke is without nomber He fashioneth the claye with his arme and with his fete he temporeth it His herte ymagyneth howe he maye make it pleasaunte and his dilygence is to clense the ouen All these hope in theyr handes and euery one thyncketh to be cunnynge in his worke Without these maye not the cyties be maynteyned inhabited nor occupied and come not hâ—e in the congregacyon in the councell of the people they be not requyred they vnderstande not the couenaunte of the lawe they cannot declare equyte and iudgemeÌ„t they caÌ„not fynd out the darke sentences but thorowe them shall the creature of the worlde be maynteyned theyr prayer concerneth only the worke and labour of connynge ¶ A wyse man The workes of God Unto the good good thynges do profet but vnto the euell euen good thynges are euell CAPI XXXIX HE that applyeth hys mynde to vnderstande the law of God doth diligently seke out the wysdome of them of the old tyme and exerciseth him selfe in the Prophetes He kepeth the saynges of famous men and preseth to the to vnderstandynge of darcke sentences of wysdome He seketh out y â— mystery of secrete sayinges exerciseth him self ther in continually He doth seruice amoÌ„ge great men appeareth before the prince He goeth into a strauÌ„ge countre trauayleth thorowe it loke what good or euyll is among men he proueth it seketh it out He purposeth in his herte to resorte early vnto the Lord y â— made him to pray before the Hyest God He openeth his mouth in prayer prayeth for hys sinnes WheÌ„ the great Lorde wyll he shal be fylled with y â— sprete of vnderstandyng that he may then poure out wyse sentences geue thanckes vnto the Lorde in hys prayer He shall ordre his deuice and lede his knowledge a ryght and geue him vnderstanding of secrete thynges He shall shewe forth the science of his lernynge and reioyse in the couenaunt of the lawe of the Lord. The whole congregacyon shall commende his wysdome and it shall neuer be put out The remeÌ„braunce of him shal neuer be forgotten and his name shall continue from one generacioÌ„ to another Hys wysdome shal be spoken of amonge the people and the whole congregacyoÌ„ shal openly declare his prayse Whyle he lyueth he hath a greater name then a thousaÌ„de besyde after his death the same name remayneth vnto hym Yet wyll I speake of mo men of vnderstandynge for I am ful as the Moone Herken vnto me ye holy vertuous chyldren brynge forth frute as the rose y t is plaÌ„ted by the brokes of the felde and geue ye a swete smell as Libanus Florysh as the rose garden synge a songe of prayse O geue thaÌ„kes vnto God ouer all his worckes Geue glory and honoure vnto the Lorde shew his prayse with youre lyppes Yee euen with the â—onge of your lippes with harpes playing and in geuynge thanckes vnto hym saye after this maner All the worckes of the Lorde are exceadynge good and all his coÌ„ maundementes are mete and conueniente in due season A maÌ„ nede not to saye what is that what is that for at tyme conuenient they shall all be sought At his commaundemeÌ„t the water was as a wal and at the word of his mouth the water stode styll In his commaundement is euery thynge acceptable and reconcyled and his health can not be mynisshed The worckes of al flessh are before him and there is nothyng hyd from his eies He seyth from euerlastyng to euerlastynge and there is nothynge to wonderfull or hye vnto hym A man nede not to saye then what is thys or that For he hathe made all thynges to do good vnto man His blessynge shall renne ouer as the streame and moysture the earth lyke a floud of water Lyke as he maketh the water for drouth so shal his wrath fal vpon the Heathen His wayes are playne and ryght vnto the iust but the vngodly stomble at them For the good are good thinges created from the begynnyng euyl thynges for the vngodly Al thynges necessary for y â— lyfe of man are created froÌ„ the begynnyng water fyre yron salt meel wheat and hony mylke wyne oyle clothyng All these thynges are created for the best to the faythful But to the vn godly shal al these thinges be turned to the hurt harme There be spretes y t are created for vengeaunce in their rigorusnes haue they fastened theyr tormeÌ„tes In the tyme of the ende they shal poure out their strength pacifie the wrath of hiÌ„ that made theÌ„ Fire hayle hoÌ„gre deth al these thinges are created for vengeaunce The teeth of wylde noysome beastes the scorpions serpeÌ„tes and the swerde are created also for vengeauÌ„ce to the destruccyon of the vngodly They shal be glad to do his coÌ„maundementes and when nede is they shal be ready vpon earthe and when theyr houre is come they shall not ouerpasse the coÌ„maundement of the Lorde Thefore haue I taken a good corage vnto me from the begynnynge and thought to put these thinges in wrytinge to leaue theÌ„ behynde me All the workes of the Lord are good he geueth euery one in due season whan nede is so that a man nede not to say this is worse then that For
in due seasoÌ„ they are al pleasaunt good And therfore prayse the Lord with whole hert mouth and geue thankes vnto his name ¶ Many myseryes lyghte in a mannes lyfe All thynges passe awaye but a fyrme and stablyshe fayth remayneth Of the blessynge of the ryghtuous and prerogatyue of the feare of God CAPI XL. A GREAT trauayle is created for all men and an heuy yocke vpon the chyldren of Adam frome the daye that they go out of they re mothers wombe tyll they be buryed in the earth y e mother of al thynges namely theyr thoughtes ymaginacyons feare of the hert councell meditacions longyng desyre the day of death from the hiest that sytteth vpon the glorious seate vnto y e lowest and moste symple vpon the earth froÌ„ hym that is gorgyously arayed and weareth a crowne vntyl him that is but homely and symply clothed There is nothing but wrath zele fearfulnes vnquyetnesse and feare of death rygorous angre and strife And in the nyght when one shulde reste and slepe vpon his bedde the slepe chaungeth hys vnderstaÌ„dynge and knowledge A lytle or nothynge is hys rest in the slepe as well as in the daye of laboure He feareth and is disquieted in the vision of his hert as one that renneth out of a battayle and in the tyme of health he awaketh and marueleth that y e feare was nothynge Suche thynges happen vnto all fleshe both man and beast but seuen folde to the vngodly Moreouer death bloudsheddyng stryfe swearde oppression hongre destruccion and punyshment these thynges are all created agaynst the vngodly for their sakes came y â— floude also All y â— is of y e earth shall turne to earth agayne all waters ebbe agayne into the see All brybes vnryghtuousnes shal be put away but faythfulnes trueth shall endure for euer The substauÌ„ce goodes of y â— vngodly shal be dryed vp and syncke awaye as a water floude they shall make a sounde lyke a great thonder in the rayne Lyke as the rightuous reioyseth when he openeth his hande so shal the traÌ„sgressours be faynt when theyr goodes vanysh and coÌ„sume awaye The chyldren of the vngodly shall not optayne many braunches and the vncleane rotes vpoÌ„ the hye rockes shal be roted out before the grasse by the water side and vpon the ryuer banckes Frendlynes and liberalite in the increase and blessyng of God is lyke a paradyse and gardeÌ„ of pleasure such mercy also and kindnes endureth for euer To laboure to be coÌ„tent with that a man hath is a swete pleasauntlyfe and that is to fynde a treasure aboue all treasures To beget chyldren and to repaire the citie maketh a perpetual name but an honeste woman is more worthe then they bothe Wyne and mynstrelsye reioyse the herte but the loue of wysdome is aboue them bothe Pypynge and harpynge make a swete noyse but a frendly tonge goeth beyonde theÌ„ both Thyne eye desyreth fauoure and bewtye but a grene sede tyme rather then they both A frende and companyon come together at oportunyte but aboue them both is a wyfe that agreeth with her husbande One brother helpeth another in the tyme of trouble but almes shall delyuer more then they both Golde and syluer fasten the fete but a good councell is more pleasaunte then they both Temporall substaunce and strength lyft vp the mynde but the feare of the Lorde more then they both The feare of the Lord wanteth nothynge and nedeth no helpe The feare of the Lorde is a pleasaunte garden of blessynge and nothynge so beautyful as it is My sonne lede not a beggers lyfe for better it were to dye then to beg Who so loke the to another maÌ„s table taketh no thought for his owne lyuyng how to vpholde his life for he fedeth him self with other mens meate But a wyse and wel nurtoured man wyl bewarre therof Begging is swete in the mouth of the vnshamefast but in his bely there burneth a fyre ¶ Of the remembraunce of deeth Deeth is not to be feared A cuiffe vpon them that forsake the law of God Good name and fame An exhortacyon to geue hede vnto wysdome Of what thynges a man ought to be ashamed CAPI XLI O Deathe howe bytter is the remembrauÌ„ce of the to a man that seketh rest and comforte in hys substaunce and ryches vnto the man y â— hath nothing to vexe him that hath prosperite in all thynges yee vnto hiÌ„ that yet is able to receiue meate O death howe acceptable good is thy iudgemente vnto the nedeful vnto him whose strength fayleth and that is now in his last age and that in all thynges is full of care and fearefulnes vnto him also that is in dispaire and hath no hope nor pacieÌ„ce Be not thou afrayed of death remembre them that haue bene before the and that come after the thys is the iudgement of the Lorde ouer all flesh And why woldest thou be agaynste thys pleasure of the hyest Whether it be ten an hundreth or a thousand yeares death asketh not how longe one hath lyued The chyldreÌ„ of the vngodly are abhomynable chyldren and so are they that kepe coÌ„pany with the vngodly The inheritaunce of vngodly chyldren shall come to naught theyr posterite shal haue perpetuall shame and confusyon The chyldren complayne of an vngodly father and why for hys sake they are rebuked and despysed Wo be vnto you O ye vngodly which haue forsakeÌ„ the lawe of the hyest God yf ye be borne ye shal be borne to cursynge yf ye dye the curse shal be your porcyon All that is of the earthe shall turne to earthe agayne so go the vngodly also out of the curse into destruccyon The sorowe of meÌ„ is in they re bodye but the name of the vngodlye shall be put out Laboure to get the a good name for that shall contynue suâ—er by the then a thousande greate treasures of golde A good lyfe hath a nomber of dayes but a good name endureth euer My chyldren kepe wysdome in peace for wysdome that is hyd and a tresur that is not sene what profyt is in them both A man that hideth his folyshnes is better then a maÌ„ that hydeth hys wysdome Therfore be ye turned at my wordes for it is not good in all thynges alwaye to be ashamed True fayth must proue and measure it Be ashamed of whoredome before father and mother Be ashamed of lesynge before the Prynce and men of auctoryte Of synne before the iudge and ruler Of offence before the Congregacyon and people Of vnryghtuousnesse before a companyon and frende Of theft before thy neyghbours As for the truth of God and his couenaunt be not ashamed therof Be ashamed to lye with thyne elbowes vpon the bred Be ashamed to loke vpon harlottes Be ashamed to turne awaye thy face from thy frende Be ashamed to take and not to geue Be ashamed also to loke vpon a nother
a great rich man had a fayre orcharde ioyninge vnto his house And to h◠resorted the Iewes comēly because he was a mā of reputacion among thē The same yere were there made two Iudges suche as the Lorde speaketh of Al the wyckednesse of Babylon cōmeth from the elders that is from the iudges whiche seme to rule the people These came ofte to Ioachims house and all such as had any thyng to do in the law came thyther vnto them Nowe when the people came agayne at after noone Susanna went into her husbādes orcharde to walcke The elders seinge this that she wente in daylye and walcked they burned for luste to her yee they were almost out of theyr wyttes and caste downe theyr eyes that they shulde not se heauen nor remembre that God is a ryghtuous iudge For they were both wounded with the loue of her nether durst one shew another his grefe And for shame they duest not tel her there in ordinate lust that they wold fayne haue had to do with her Yet they layed wayte for her earnestly from daye to day that they myght at the least haue a syght of her And the one sayde to the other Up let vs go home forit is diner tyme. So they wēt their way frō her When they returned agayne they came together enquyryng out y ◠matter betwyxte them selues yee the one tolde y ◠other of hys wycked lust Then appoynted they a tyme when they myght take Susanna alone It happned also y ◠they spyed out a conuenient tyme when she went forth to walke as her maner was and no body wyth her but two maydens thought to wasshe her selfe in the gardē for it was an hote season And there was not one person there excepte the two elders had y ◠hyd them selues to beholde her So she sayde to her maydens go fet me oyle and sope and shut the orcharde dore that I may wash me And they dyd as she bad them and shut the orchard dore and went out them selues at a backe dore to fet the thyng that she had commaūded but Susanna knewe not that the elders laye there hyd within Nowe when the maydens were gone forth the two elders gat them vp and ranne vpō her saying now the orcharde dores are shut that no man can se vs we haue a lust vnto the therfore cōsente vnto vs and lye wyth vs. If thou wylt not we shal brynge a testymoniall agaynst the that there was a yonge felo we wyth the and that thou hast sente away thy maydēs from the for the same cause Susanna syghed sayde Alas * I am in trouble on euery syde Though I folow your mynde it wyll be my death yf I cōsent not vnto you I can not escape your hādes Wel it is better for me to fall into your hāde with out the dede doynge then to synne in y e syght of the Lorde and wyth that she cryed out wyth a loude voyce the elders also cried out agaynst her Then rāne there one to the orchard dore and smote it open Nowe when the seruauntes of the house herde the erye in the orchard they russhed in at the backe dore to se what the matter was So when the elders tolde them the seruauntes were greatly ashamed for whyethere was neuer such a reporte made of Susanna On the morowe after came the people to Ioachim her husbande the two elders came also full of myscheuous ymaginacyon agaynst Susanna to brynge her vnto death and spake thus before the people Sende for Susanna the daughter of Helchias Ioachims wyfe And imediately they sente for her So she came wyth her father mother her chyldrē and all her kynred Now Susanna was a tender person and maruelous fayre of face Therfore the wycked men commaunded to take of the clothes from her face for she was couered that at the leest they might so be satisfyed in her buety Then her frendes yee and all they that knewe her beganne to wepe Those two elders stode vp in the myddest of the people layed theyr handes vpon the heade of Susanna which wepte and loked vp towarde Heauen for her herte had a sure toust in the Lord. And the elders sayde As we were walkynge in the orchard alone thys woman came in with her two maydēs whom she sente away from her and sparred the orcharde dores wyth that a yonge felow whiche there was hyd came vnto her and laye with her As for vs we stode in a corner of the orcharde And when we sawe this wyckednes we ranne to her and perceaued that they had medled together But we could not holde him for he was stronger then we thus he opened the dore and gat him away Now when we had taken thys woman we asked her what yonge felowe thys was but she wolde not tel vs. This is the matter and we be wytnesses of the same The comen sorte beleued them as those that were the elders and iudges of the people and so they condemned her to death Susāna cryed out with a loude voyce and sayd O euerlastyng God thou sercher of secretes thou that knowest al thynges afore they come to pas thou wotest that they haue borne false wytnes agaynste me beholde I muste dye where as I neuer dyd any suche thynges as these men haue malycyously inuented agaynst me And the Lorde herde her voyce For when she was led forth to death the Lorde raysed vp the sprete of a yonge chylde whose name was Daniel whiche cryed with a loude voyce I am cleane from this bloude Then al the people turned them towarde hym and sayde What meane these wordes that thou hast spoken Daniel stode in the myddest of thē and sayde Are ye suche fooles O ye chyldren of Israel that ye can not discerne nor know the truth Ye haue here condemned a daughter of Israell vnto death and know not y ◠trueth wherfore Go syt on iudgement agayne for they haue spoken false wytnesse agaynst her Wherfore the people turned agayne in al the hast And the elders that is the pryncypall heades sayde vnto him come syt downe here amonge vs and shewe vs this matter seyng God hath geuē the as greate honoure as an elder And Daniel said vnto thē Put these two asyde one from another and then shall I heare thē When they were put asunder one frome another he called one of them and sayde vnto hym O thou olde canckerd earle that hast vsed thy wickednesse so lōg thyne vngracyous dedes which y u hast done afore are nowe come to lyght For thou hast geuen false iudgementes thou hast oppressed the innocent letten the gyltye go fre where as yet y ◠Lord sayeth The innocent ryghtuous se thou sley not Wel thā yf thou hast sene her tell me vnder what tre sawest thou them talkyng together He answered vnder a Molbery tree And Danyel sayde very well now thou lyest euen vpon thyne head Lo
and thorow a myghtye wynde set him in Babylon vpon the denne And Abacuc cried saying O Danyel y â— seruaunt of God haue take y â— breakfast that God hath sent the. And Daniel sayde O God hast y â— thought vpon me well thou neuer saylest them that loue the. So Daniel arose dyd eate and the Angel of the Lorde set Abacuc in his owne place agayne immediatly Upon the seuenth daye the kinge wente to bewepe Daniel and when he came to the deÌ„ne he loked in and beholde Daniel sat iÌ„ the myddest of the Lyons Then cryed the kyng with a loude voyce saying Great art thou O Lord God of Danyel he drewe hym out of the lyoÌ„s deÌ„ne As for those that were the cause of his destructyoÌ„ he did cast theÌ„ into the denne and they were deuoured in a momeÌ„t before hys face After thê wrote the kynge vnto all people kynredes and tonges that dwelt in al countrees sayeÌ„ge peace be multiplied with you My commauÌ„ demente is in all the dominion of my realme that men feare staÌ„de in awe of Daniels god for he is y â— lyuiÌ„ge god which endureth euer hys â–ª kyngdome abideth vncorrupt hys power is euerlastinge It is he that caÌ„ deliuer saue he doth woÌ„ders maruelous workes iÌ„ heauen iÌ„ earth for he hath saued Daniel froÌ„ the power of the Lyons ¶ The ende of the Storye of Bel. ⧠The prayer of Manasses king of Iuda when he was holden captyue in Babylon O Lorde almyghtye god of our fathers AbrahaÌ„ Isaac Iacob of the rightuous sede of them which haste made heauen earth w t al the ornament therof which hast ordened the see by the worde of thy commaundemeÌ„t which hast shut vp the depe and haste sealed it for thy fearfull and laudable name which all men feare and treÌ„ble before the face of thy vertue and for y â— anger of thy threatenyng the which is importable to sinners But the mercy of thy promes is greate and vnsearcheable for thou arte the Lorde God moste hyghe aboue all the earth loÌ„g suffryng and exceadynge mercyful and repentauÌ„t for the malice of meÌ„ Thou Lord after thy goodnes hast promysed repentaunce of the remission of synnes and thou that arte the God of the rightuous hast not put repentaunce to the rightuous AbrahaÌ„ Isaac and Iacob vnto theÌ„ that haue synned against the But because I haue sinned aboue the nombre of the sandes of the see and that myne iniquytyes are multyplyed I am humbled wyth many baÌ„des of yron ther is in me no breathynge I haue prouoked thyne anger and haue done euyll before the in commyttinge abhomynacyons and multyplyinge offences And now I bowe the knees of my hert requyring goodnes of the O Lord I haue synned Lorde I haue synned and knowe myne inyquytye I desyre the by prayer O Lorde forgeue me forgeue me and destroye me not with myne inyquytyes neyther do thou alwayes remeÌ„bre myne euylles to punysh them but saue me whiche am vnworthy after thy great mercy and I wyll prayse the euerlastyngly all the dayes of my lyfe for all the vertue of heueÌ„ prayseth the and vnto the belongeth glory worlde with oute ende Amen ⧠The fyrst boke of the Machabees ¶ After the deathe of Alexander the Kyng of Macedonia Antioâ—huâ— taketh the kingdome Many of the childreÌ„ of Israel moke couenauÌ„t with the GeÌ„tyles Antiochus subdueth Egypt â— IerusaleÌ„ vnto his dominion IerusaleÌ„ being burnt maketh lawes of her owne and forbyddeth to kepe Goddes lawes Antâ—â—châ—â— setteth vp an Ibol ouer the altâ—r of god CAPI I. AFter that Alexandre the sonne of Philippe kynge of Macedonia weÌ„t forth of the laÌ„de of Cethim slew Darius king of the persyans and Medes It happened y â— he toke greate warres in hand wanne very many stronge cities and slewe many kynges of the earth going thorow to the endes of the worlde and gettyng many spoyles of the people In so much that the worlde stode in greate awe of hym therefore was he proude in his herte Now whan he had gathered a myghtye stronge hoost subdued the laÌ„des people with theyr princes so y â— they became tributaries vnto him he fel syck And wheÌ„ he perceaued y â— he muâ— nedes dye he called for hys noble estates whiche had bene brought vp with hym of chyldren parted hys kyngdome among them whyle he was yet alyue So AleaÌ„der raygned xii yeare and then dyed After hys death fell the kyngdome vnto hys prynces and they optained it euery one in hys rowne and caused them selues to be crowned as kynges and so dyd theyr chyldreÌ„ after them many yeares and much wickednesse increased i the worlde Out of these came y â— vngracious rote noble Antyâ—chus the sonne of Antiochus y â— king which had bene a pledge at Rome and he raygned in the. C. xxxvij yeare of the empyre of the Grekes In those dayes weÌ„te there out of Israel wycked men which moued much people w t theyr councell sayege Let vs go make a couenaunt with the Heathen y â— are rounde aboute vs for sence we departed froÌ„ them we haue had much sorow So thys deuyce pleased them well and certayne of y â— people toke vpon theÌ„ for to go vnto y â— kyng which gaue theÌ„ licence to do after the ordinauÌ„ce of y â— Heathen Then set they vp an open scole at Ierusalem of the lawes of the HeatheÌ„ were nomore cyrcumâ—ised but forsoke the holy Testamente ioyned them selues to y â— HeatheÌ„ were cleane solde to do mischefe So when Antiochus begaÌ„ne to be mightie in hys kyngdome he wente about to optayne y â— lande of Egypt also that he myght haue the domynioÌ„ of two realmes â–ª Upon this entred he into Egipt w t a stoÌ„ge hoost wyth charettes elephantes horsmen and a greate nombre of shyppes and begaune to warre agaiÌ„st Ptolomy the king of Egipte But Ptolomy was afrayed of hym and fled and many of his people were wounded to death Thus Antiochus wanne many stronge cyties and toke awaye great good out of the lande of Egypte And after that Antiochus had smytten Egipt he turned againe in y â— C. xlâ—â— yeare and went towarde Israel came vp to Iâ—â—usaleÌ„ w t a myghty people entred proudly into the Sanctuary and toke awaye the golden altare the caÌ„delstycke and al the ornamentes therof the cable of the shewbred the pouring vessel the chargers â–ª the golden spones the valie y â— crownes and golden apparell of the temple brake downe all He toke also the syiuer golde y â— precious Iew els the secrete treasures that he founde none other answere neyther caste they one stone at them nor made fast theyr preuy places but sayde We wyll dye all in our innoceÌ„cy heauen earth shal testyfie w t vs that ye put vs to death wrongeously Thus they fought agaynste theÌ„ vpon y
speakynge these wordes the yonge man sayde Whom loke ye for Wherfore do ye tary I wyll not obeye the kynges cōmaundement but the lawe that God gaue vs by Moses As for thou that ymagyneste all myschefe agaynste the Iewes thou shalte not escape the hande of God for we suffre these thynges because of oure synnes And though God be angry with vs a lytle whyle for oure chastenynge and reformacyon yet shall he be at one agayne with his seruaūtes But thou O shameful and moste abhomynable personne Pryde not thy selfe thorowe vayne hope in beynge so malycyous vpon the seruauntes of God for thou hast not yet escaped the iudgement of the God whiche is almyghtye and seyth all thynges My brethren that haue suffred a lytle payne are nowe vnder the couenaū◠of euerlastynge lyfe but thorowe the iudgement of God thou shalt be punyshed righte ously for thy pryde As for me lyke as my brethren haue done I offce my soule and my body for the lawes of oure fathers callynge vpon God that he wyll soone be mercyfull vnto oure people yee and with payne and punyshmēt to make the graunte that he only is God In me nowe and in my brethren the wrath of almyghtye God is at an ende whiche ryghteously is fallen vpon all oure people Then the kynge beynge kyndled in anger was more cruell vpon hym then vpon all the other and toke indygnacyon that he was so lyghtly regarded So thys yonge man dyed vndefyled and put his trust styll in the Lorde Last of al after the sōnes was the mother put to death also Let this nowe be ynough spoken concernynge the offrynges and extreme cruelnesse ¶ Iudas gathereth together hys hoost Nicanor is sent agaynst Iudas Iudas exhorteth hys soudyars to cōstantnes Nicanor is ouer come The Iewes geue thākes after they haue put theyr enemyes to flyght dyuidynge the spoyles vnto the fatherles and vnto the wydowes Nicanor flyeth vnto Antiochus CAPI VIII THEN Iudas Machabeus and they that were with hym wente pryuely in to y ◠townes called theyr kynsfolkes frendes together toke vnto them all suche as contynued yet in the fayth and lawe of the Iewes and brought forth vt M. men So they called vpon the Lorde that he wolde haue an eye vnto his people whiche was trodden downe of euery man to be gracyous vnto the temple that was defyled of the vngodly to haue cōpassyon vpon the destruccyon of the cytie whiche was shortly lyke to be layed waste to heare the voyce of the bloude that cryed vnto hym to remēbre the moste vnryghteous deathes of yonge innocent chyldren y ◠blasphemyes also done vnto his name and to punysh them Nowe when Machabeus had gathered this multitude together he was to mightye for the Heathen for the wrath of the Lorde was turned into mercy he fel vpō y ◠townes and cyties vnwares brent them toke the most commodious places and slew many of the enemyes But specyally he made suche chases by nyght in so muche that hys manlynesse was spoken of euery where So when Phylippe sawe that the man increased by lytle lytle and that y ◠matter prospered w t him for the most part he wrote vnto Ptolomy which was a captayne in Celosyria and Phenices to helpe him in the kynges busynes Then sent he Nycanor Patrocly a speciall frende of his in al the halt and gaue him of the comen sorte of the Heathen no lesse then xx M. harnessed men to rote out y ◠who le generacyon of the Iewes hauynge to helpe hym one Gorgias a man of warre which in matters cōcernynge battayls had great experiēce Nicanor ornened also the tribute which the Romaynes shuld haue had to be geuen vnto the kinge out of the captyuyte of the Iewes namely ij M. talētes And immediatly he sent to y ◠cyties of the see coast requyrynge them for to bye Iewes to be theyr seruauntes bonde men promisynge to sell thē lxxx and ten for one talente but he considered not y ◠wrath of almyghtye God that was to come vpon hym When Iudas knewe of this he tolde the Iewes y ◠were w t him of Nicanors cōming Nowe were there some of them fearfull not trustynge vnto the ryghteousnes of God fled theyr waye But the other y ◠remayned came together besought the Lorde to delyuer thē from that wycked Nicanor which had solde thē or euer he came nye them and though he wolde not do it for theyr sakes yet for the couenaūt y t he made with their fathers because they called vpon his holy glorius name And so Machabeus called his men together namely about vj. M. exhortynge them not to agree vnto theyr enemyes nether to be afrayed for y ◠multitude of theyr aduersaries cōmynge against them vuryghteously but to fyght manly cōsyderynge the reprofe y ◠they had done to y ◠holy place without cause howe they had despysed oppressed the cytie yee destroyed the lawes of the fathers For they sayde he trust in they 'r weapens boldnesse but oure confidēce is in y ◠almighty Lorde whiche in the twyncklyng of an eye may both destroye them y ◠come agaynst vs and al the worlde He exhorted thē also to call to remēbraūce the helpe y ◠God shewed vnto theyr fathers as whē there perished an C. lxxxv M. of Sennacheribs people And of the battayll that they had in Babylon agaynst the Gallacyans howe al the Macedonians y t came to helpe thē stode in feare how they being but only vj. M. slew an C. xx M. thorow the helpe y t was geuen thē frō heauen wherby they also had receaued many benefytes Thorowe these wordes the mē toke good hertes vnto them ready to dye for the lawe and the countre So he set vpon euery company a captayne one of his owne brethren Symon Ioseph and Ionathas geuynge eche one xv C. men He caused Esdras also to reade the holy boke vnto thē and to geue them a token of the helpe of God Then he hym selfe beynge captayne in the fore front of the battayll buckled with Nicanor And God was theyr helpe in so much y ◠they slewe aboue ix M. men conpelled the more parte of Nicanors hoost to fle they were so woūded feable Thus they toke the money from those that came to bye thē folowed vpon thē on euery syde But when y ◠tyme came vpon thē they returned for it was the Sabbath therfore they folowed nomore vpon thē So they toke theyr weapens and spoyles and kepte the Sabbath geuynge thākes vnto y ◠Lorde whiche had delyuered them that daye and shewed them his mercy After the Sabboth they distributed the spoyles to the sycke to the fatherlesse and to wyddowes and the resydue had they them selues with theyrs When this was done and they all had made a generall prayer they besought the mercyfull Lorde to be at one
And ye shall be brought vnto the heade rulers and kynges for my sake in wytnesse to them and to the gentyls But when they delyuer you vp take ye no thought howe or what ye shall speake For it shall be gyuen you euen in that same houre what ye shall speake For it is not ye that speake but the spirite of your father whiche speaketh in you The brother shall delyuer vp the brother to death the father the sonne And the chyldren shal aryse agaynst theyr fathers and mothers shal put them to death and ye shal be hated of all men for my name sake But he that endureth to the ende shall be saued But when they persecute you in this citye flee ye in to an other For verely I saye vnto you ye shall not go thorowe all the cityes of Israel tyll the sonne of man be come The discyple is not aboue the mayster nor the seruaunt aboue his lorde It is ynough for the disciple that he be as his mayster is and that the seruaunt be as his lorde is If they haue called the lorde of the house Beelzebub howe moche more shall they call them of his housholde so Feare them not therfore For there is nothynge close that shall not be opened nothyng hyd that shal not be knowen What I tell you in darkenesse that speake ye in lyghte And what ye heare in the eare that preache ye on the house toppes And feare ye not them whiche kyll the body but are not able to kyl the soule But rather feare hym which is able to destroy both soule and body in to hell Are not two lytell sparowes solde for a farthynge And one of them shall not lyght on the grounde wtout your father Yea euen al the heere 's of your head are nombred Feare ye not therfore ye are of more value then many sparowes Euery one therfore that shal knowledge me before men him wyl I knowlege also before my father which is in heuen But who soeuer shall denye me before men hym wyll I also denye before my father whiche is in heuen Thynke not that I am come to sende peace into the erth I came not to sende peace but a swerde For I am come to set a man at varyaunce agaynst his father the doughter agaynst her mother and the doughter in lawe agaynst her mother in law And a mans foes shall be they that are of his owne hausholde He that loueth father or mother more then me is not worthy of me And he that loueth sonne or doughter more then me is not worthye of me And he that taketh not his crosse and foloweth me is not worthy of me He that fyndeth his lyfe shall lose it and he that loseth his lyfe for my sake shal fynde it He that receyueth you receyueth me and he that receyueth me receyueth hym that sent me He that receyueth a prophet in the name of a prophet shal receyue a prophetê rewarde And he that receyueth a ryghteous man in the name of a ryghteous man shall receyue a ryghteous mannes rewarde And who soeuer shall gyue vnto one of these lytell ones to drynke a cup of colde water onely in the name of a disciple verely I say vnto you he shall not lose his rewarde ¶ IohnÌ„ Bapiyst sendeth his disciples vnto Christ. CAPI XI ANd it came to passe that when Iesus had made an ende of coÌ„maundyng his twelue disciples he departed thence to teache and to preache in theyr cityes ✚ When IohnÌ„ beynge in pryson herde the wordes of Christ he sent two of his disciples and sayde vnto hym Arte thou he that shall come or do we loke for an other Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Go and shewe IohnÌ„ agayne what ye haue herde and sene The blynde receyue theyr syghte the lame walke the lepers are clensed and the deafe heare the deade are reysed vp and the poore receyue the glad tydynges of the gospell And happy is he that is not offended by me And as they departed Iesus began to say vnto the people concernynge IohnÌ„ What went ye out into the wyldernes to se A reede that is shaken with the wynd Or what went ye out to se a man clothed in softe rayment Beholde they that weare softe clothyng are in kynges houses But what wente ye out to se A prophet Uerely I say vnto you more then a prophet For this is he of whom it is wrytten Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face whiche shall prepare thy way before the. ⊢ ✚ Uerely I saye vnto you amonge them that are borne of women arose not a greater then IohnÌ„ the Baptyst Notwithstandynge ☞ he that is lesse in the kyngdome of heuen is greater then he From the dayes of IohnÌ„ Baptyst vntyll this day the kyngdom of heuen suffreth violence and the violent plucke it vnto them For al the prophettes and the lawe it selfe prophesyed ☞ vnto IohnÌ„ And yf ye wyll receyue it this is Helyas whiche was for to come He that hath eares to heare let hym heare ⊢ But whervnto shall I lyken this generacyon It is lyke vnto chyldren whiche syt in the market places and call vnto theyr felowes and saye We haue pyped vnto you and ye haue not daunsed we haue mourned vnto you and ye haue not sorowed For IohnÌ„ came neyther catynge nor drynkynge and ye saye he hathe the deuyll The sonne of man came eatynge and drynkynge and they saye beholde a glutton and an vnmeasurable drynker of wyne and a frende vnto publicans and synners And wysdome is Iustified of her chyldren ✚ Then began he to vpbrayde the cityes whiche moost of his myracles were done in bycause they repented not of theyr synnes Wo vnto the Chorasin Wo vnto the Bethsaida for yf the myracles which were shewed in you had bene done in the citye of Tyre or Sidon they had repented of theyr synnes long agone in sacke cloth and asshes Neuerthelesse I say vnto you it shall be easyer for Tyre and Sidon at the daye of iudgement then for you And thou Capernaum whiche â—ete lyfte vp vnto heuen shalte be broughte downe to hell For yf the myracles which haue bene done in the had bene shewed in Zodom they had remayned vntyll this daye Neuerthelesse I saye vnto you that it shall be easyer for the lande of Zodom in the day of iudgement theÌ„ for the. ⊢ ✚ At that tyme Iesus answered sayd I thanke the O father Lorde of heuen and earth bycause thou hast hyd these thynges from the wyse prudent hast shewed them vnto babes verely father euen so was it thy good pleasure All thynges are gyueÌ„ ouer vnto me of my father And no man knoweth the sonne but the father neyther knoweth any man the father saue the sonne and he to whom soeuer the sonne wyll open hym Come vnto me all ye that laboure and are
in to his vyneyearde And he went out about the thyrd houre and saw other standyng ydel in the market place and sayd vnto them go ye also into the vyneyearde whatsoeuer is ryght I wyll gyue you And they went theyr waye Agayne he went out about the syxte nynthe houre and dyd lykewyse And about the eleuenth houre he went out founde other standynge ydell and sayde vnto them Why stande ye here al the daye ydel They saye vnto him bycause no man hath hyred vs. He sayeth vnto them go ye also into the vineyearde whatsoeuer is ryght that shal ye receyue So when euen was come the Lorde of the vineyarde sayeth vnto his stewarde call the labourers gyue them theyr hyre begynnynge at the laste vntyll the fyrst And when they dyd come that came aboute the eleuenth houre they receyued euery man a peny But when the fyrst came also they supposed that they shuld haue receyued more and they lykewyse receyued euerye man a peny And when they had receyued it they murmured agaynst the good man of the house sayenge These last haue wrought but one houre and thou hast made them equall vnto vs whiche haue borne the burden and heate of the day But he answered vnto one of them sayde frende I do the no wronge dydest thou not agre with me for a peny Take that thyne is and go thy waye I wyll gyue vnto this last euen as vnto the. Is it not lawfull for me to do as me lysteth with myne owne goodes Is thyne eye euyll bycause I am good So the last shall be fyrst the fyrst shall be last For many be called but few be chosen ⊢ ✚ And Iesus goynge vp to Ierusalem toke the. xii discyples asyde in the waye and sayde vnto them Beholde we go vp to Ierusalem and the son of man shal be betrayed vnto the cheyfe Preestes and vnto the scrybes and they shall condemne hym to death and shall delyuer hym to the Gentyls to be mocked and to be scourged and to be crucifyed and the thyrd day he shall ryse agayne ✚ Then came to hym the mother of Zebedes chyldren with her sonnes worshyppyng hym and desyryng a certayne thyng of hym And he sayeth vnto her what wylte thou She sayde vnto hym Graunt that these my two Sonnes maye syt the one on the ryght hande and the other on the lefte in thy kyngdome But Iesus answered and sayd ☞ Ye wote not what ye aske Are ye able to drynke of the cup that I shall drynke of and to be Baptised with the baptyme that I am baptised with They say vnto hym we are He sayde vnto them ye shall drynke in dede of my cup be baptised with the baptym that I am baptised with But to syt on my ryght hand and on my lefte is not myne to gyue but it shal chaunce vnto them that it is prepared for of my father ⊢ And wheÌ„ the ten herde this they disdayned at the ii brethren But Iesus called them vnto hym sayd ye know that the prynces of the nacions haue dominion ouer them And they that are greate men exercyse auctoryte vpon them It shall not be so amonge you But whosoeuer wyll be greate amonge you let hym be your minister and who so wyll be cheyf amonge you let him be your seruaunt euen as the son of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to gyue his lyfe a redemcioÌ„ for many ⊢ And as they departed from Ierico moch peple folowed him And beholde two blynde men syttyng by the way syde when they herde that Iesus passed by they cryed sayenge O Lorde thou son of Dauid haue mercy on vs. And the peple rebuked them bycause they shulde holde theyr peace But they cryed the more sayeng haue mercy on vs O lorde thou sonne of Dauid And Iesus stode styll called them sayde what wyll ye that I shal do vnto you They saye vnto him Lorde that our eyes maye be opened So Iesus had coÌ„passion on them touched theyr eyes immediatly theyr eyes receyued syght And they folowed hym ¶ He rydeth in to Ierusalem dryueth the marchauntes out of the temple curseth the fygge tree and rebuketh the Pharises with the similitude of the two sonnes and of the husband men that slewe soche as were sent vnto them CAPI XXI ✚ ANd when they drewe nygh vnto Ierusalem and were come to Bethphage vnto mounte Oliuete then sent Iesus two disciples sayeng vnto them Go into the towne that lyeth ouer agaynst you anone ye shall fynde an asse bounde a colte with her loose them brynge them vnto me And yf any man saye ought vnto you saye ye the lorde hath nede of them streyght waye he wyll let them go All this was done that it myght be fulfylled which was spoken by the prophet sayenge Tell ye the doughter of Sion beholde thy kynge cometh vnto the meke sittynge vpon an asse a colte the fole of the Asse vsed to the yocke The disciples went dyd as Iesus coÌ„maunded them and brought the asse the colte and put on them theyr clothes set him theron And many of the people spred theyr garmentes in the way Other cut downe braunches from the trees and strawed them in the waye Moreouer the people that went before they that came after cryed sayenge Hosanna to the son of Dauid Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the lorde ☞ Hosanna in the hyest ⊢ ✚ And when he was come to Ierusalem all the citye was moued sayenge who is this And the people sayde this is Iesus the Prophet of Nazareth a citye of Galile And Iesus went into the temple of god cast out al them that solde bought in the temple ouerthrewe the tables of the money chaungers the seates of them that solde doues sayde vnto them It is wrytten my house shall be called the house of prayer But ye haue made it a den of theues And the blynde the halte came to hym in the temple he healed them When the cheyf Preestes Scrybes sawe the wonders that he dyd the chyldren cryeng in the temple sayenge Hosanna to the son of Dauid they disdayned sayde vnto hym heatest thou what these say But Iesus sayeth vnto them Why not haue ye neuer red Out of the mouth of babes suckelynges thou hast ordeyned prayse And he left them went out of the citye to Bethanie had his abydyng there ⊢ In the mornyng as he returned in to the citye agayne he hungred wheÌ„ he had spyed a fygâ—re in the waye he came to it found nothyng theron but leaues only and sayde vnto it Neuer fruyte growe on the hence forwardes And anone the fygge tree wethered away And when his disciples saw it they marueyled sayenge Howe soone is the fygge tree wethered away
aboute also to take hym and feared the people For they knewe that he had spoken the parable agaynst them And they lefte hym and went theyr waye And they sent vnto hym certayne of the Pharises and Herodes seruauntes to take him in his wordes And assoone as they were come they sayd vnto him Mayster we know that thou art true and carest for no man for thou consyderest not the outward apperauÌ„ce of men but teachest the way of God truely Is it lawfull to pay tribute to Cesar or not Ought we to gyue or ought we not to gyue But he vnderstode theyr simulacyon sayde vnto them Why tempte ye me Brynge me a peny that I may se it And they brought it And he sayeth vnto them Whose is this ymage and superscripcyon And they sayde vnto hym Cesars And Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Gyue to Cesar the thynges that belonge to Cesar and to God the thynges whiche perteyne to God And they meruayled at hym There came also vnto hym the Saduces whiche say that there is no resurreccyon And they asked hym sayenge Mayster Moses wrote vnto vs yf any mans brother dye and leaue his wyfe behynde hym and leaue no chyldren that his brother shulde take his wyfe and reyse vp seede vnto his brother There were seuen brethreÌ„ and the fyrst toke a wyfe and when he dyed lefte no seede behynde hym And the seconde toke her and dyed neyther left he any seed And the thyrde lykewyse And seuen had her lefte no seede behynde them Last of al the wyfe dyed also In the resurreccion therfore when they shall ryse agayne whose wyfe shal she be of them For seuen had her to wyfe And Iesus answered and sayd vnto them Do ye not therfore erre bycause ye vnderstand not the scriptures neyther the power of God For when they shall ryse agayne frome death they neyther marry nor are maryed but are as the angels whiche are in heuen As touchynge the deade that they ryse agayne haue ye not red in the booke of Moses howe in the busshe God spake vnto him sayenge I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob He is no God of deade but the God of lyuynge Ye are therfore greatly dcceyued And when there came one of the Scrybes and had herde them dysputynge togyther and perceyued that he had answered them well he asked hym whiche is the fyrst of all the coÌ„maundementes Iesus answered him the fyrst of al the coÌ„maundementes is Heare O Israel The Lorde oure God is Lorde onely And thou shalt loue the lorde thy god with all thy herte and with all thy soule and with all thy mynde and with al thy strength This is the fyrst coÌ„maundement And the seconde is lyke vnto this Thou shalte loue thy neyghboure as thy selfe There is none other commaundement greater then these And the Scrybe sayde vnto hym well mayster thou hast sayde the trueth for there is one God and there is none but he And to loue hym with all the herte and with all the mynde and with all the soule and with al the strength and to loue a mans neyghboure as hym selfe is a greater thynge then all burnt offerynges and sacrifices And when Iesus sawe that he answered discretly he sayd vnto hym Thou art not farre from the kyngdom of God And no man after that durste aske hym any questyon And Iesus answered and sayd teachyng in the temple How say ye scribes that Christ is the son of Dauid for Dauid hym selfe enspired with the holy goost sayd The Lorde sayd to my lorde syt on my ryght hande tyll I make thyne enemyes thy fote sâ—ole Dauid hym selfe calleth him lorde and how is he then his son And moche peple herde hym gladly And he sayd vnto them in his doctrine beware of the Scribes whiche loue to go in longe clothynge and loue salutacyons in the market places the cheyfe seates in the congregacyons and the vppermost rowmes at feastê Whiche deuoure wydowes houses and vnder a pretence make longe prayers These shall receyue greater damnacyon ✚ And when Iesus sat ouer agaynst the treasurye he behelde howe the people put money in to the treasurye And many that were ryche cast in moche And there came a certayne poore wydowe and she threwe in two mytes whiche make a farthynge And he called vnto hym his disciples and sayeth vnto them Uerely I saye vnto you that this poore wydowe hath cast more in then al they whiche haue cast into the treasurye For they all dyd cast in of theyr superfluyte but she of her pouerte dyd cast in all that she had euen all her lyuynge ⊢ ¶ The ende of the worlde The days and the houre 〈◊〉 vnknowen CAPI XIII ✚ ANd as he went out of the themple one of his disciples sayde vnto hym Mayster se what stones and what buyldynges are here And Iesus answered and sayd vnto hym Seest thou these great buyldynges There shall not be lefte one stone vpon an other that shall not be throwen downe And as he sat on mounte Olyuete ouer agaynst the temple Peter and Iames IohnÌ„ and Andrew asked hym secretly tell vs wheÌ„ shal these thynges be And what is the sygne when all these thynges shall be fulfylled And Iesus answered them and began to say Take hede lest any man deceyue you For many shall come in my name sayenge I am Chryst and shall deceyue many When ye shall heare of warres and tydynges of warres be ye not troubled For suche thynges must nedes be But the ende is not yet For there shall nacion aryse agaynst nacion and kyngdome agaynst kyngdome And there shall be earth quakes in all quarters and famyshment shall there be and troubles These are the begynnyng of sorowes But take ye hede to your selues For they shall bryng you vp to the counsels in to the Sinagoges ye shal be beaten Yea and shal be brought before rulers kynges for my sake for a testimoniall vnto them And the Gospell must fyrst be publysshed among al nacions But when they leade you present you take ye no thought neyther ymagyn before hande what ye shall saye but what soeuer is gyuen you in the same houre that speake for it is not ye that speake but the holy goost The brother shall delyuer vp the brother to death and the father the son and the chyldreÌ„ shall ryse agaynst theyr fathers mothers shall put them to death And ye shal be hated of al men for my names sake But who so endureth vnto the ende the same shall be safe More ouer when ye se the abhominacyon of desolacion wherof is spokeÌ„ by Daniel the prophet stande where it ought not let hym that redeth vnderstande Then let them that be in Iurie flee to the mountaynes And let hym that is on the house top not go downe in to the house neyther entre therin
by the mouth of his holy prophettes which were synce the world began That we shulde be saued from oure enemyes and from the hande of all that hate vs. That he wolde deale mercifully with our fathers and remember his holy couenaunt And that he wold performe the othe which he sware to our father Abraham for to gyue vs. That we delyuered out of the handes of our enemyes myght serue hym with out feare all the dayes of our lyfe in soche holynesse ryghtwysenesse as are accepte before hym And thou chylde shalt be called the prophet of the highest for thou shalt go ☞ before the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes to gyue knowledge of saluacion vnto his people for the remissyon of synÌ„es Through the tender mercy of our God wherby ☞ the day sprynge from an hygh hath visyted vs. To gyue lyght to them that sat in darkenesse and in the shadowe of death to gyde our fete in to the way of peace And the chyld grewe and wared stronge in spiryte was in wyldernesse tyll the daye came when he shulde shewe hym selfe vnto the Israelites ¶ The byrth and circumcisyon of Chryst. Howe he was receyued in to the temple Howe Simeon and Anna prophesye of hym and howe he was foâ—â—â—â— in the temple amonge the doctours CAPI II. ✚ ANd it chauÌ„ced in those dayes that there went out a coÌ„mauÌ„dement from Augustus the Emperour that all the worlde shulde be taxed And this taxynge was the fyrst and executed when Sirenius was leyfetenaunt in Siria And euery man went vnto his owne citye to be taxed And Ioseph also ascended from Galile out of a citye called Nazareth into Iurye vnto the citye of Dauid whiche is called Bethleem bycause he was of the house and lynage of Dauid to be taxed with Mary his spoused wyfe which was with chylde And it fortuned that whyle they were there her tyme was come that she shulde be delyuered And she brought forth her ☞ fyrst begotten sonne and wrapped hym in swadlynge clothes and layde hym in a mauÌ„ger bycause there was no rowme for them in the ynne And there were in the same region shepeheerdes watchyng kepyng theyr flocke by nyght And loo the Angell of the Lorde stode harde by them the bryghtnesse of the lorde shone rounde aboute them they were sore afrayde And the angell sayde vnto them Be not afrayde For beholde I brynge you tydynges of greate ioye that shall come to all people for vnto you is borne this day in the citye of Dauid a sauyoure whiche is Chryst the Lorde And take this for a sygne ye shall fynde the chylde wrapped in swadlynge clothes and layde in a maunger And streyght waye there was with the Angell a multitude of heuenly souldyers praysynge God and sayenge Glorye to God on hygh and peace on the earth and vnto men ☞ a good wyll ⊢ And it fortuned as soone as the Angels were gone awaye from them in to heuen ✚ The shepheerdes sayd one to another Let vs go nowe euen vnto Bethleem and se this thynge that we heare say is happened which the Lorde hath shewed vnto vs. And they came with haste and founde Mary and Ioseph and the babe layde in a maunger And wheÌ„ they had sene it they publysshed abrode the sayenge whiche was tolde them of that chylde And all they that herde it wondered at those thynges whiche were tolde them of the shepheerdes But Mary kepte all those sayenges and pondered them in her herte And the shepheerdes returned praysyng and laudynge God for all the thynges that they had herde and sene euen as it was tolde vnto them ⊢ ✚ And when the eyght daye was come that the chylde shuld be circumcysed his name was called Iesus whiche was named of the Angell before he was conceyued in the wombe ⊢ ✚ And when the tyme of theyr purifycacyon after the lawe of Moses was come they brought hym to Ierusalem to present hym to the Lorde as it is wrytten in the law of the Lorde euery man chylde that fyrste openeth the matrix shal be called holy to the Lorde and to offer as it is sayde in the law of the Lorde a payre of turtle doues or two yonge pigyons And beholde there was a man in Ierusulem whose name was Simeon And the same man was iuste and godlye and loked for the consolacion of Israell and the holye gooste was in hym And an answere had he receyued of the holy goost that he shulde not se death excepte he fyrste sawe the Lordes Chryst. And he came by inspiracyon in to the temple And when the father and mother brought in the chylde Iesus to do for hym after the custome of the lawe then toke he hym vp in his armes and praysed god and sayd Lorde ☞ now lettest thou thy seruaunt departe in peace accordyng to thy promesse For myne eyes haue seue ☞ thy saluacyon whiche thou hast prepared before the face of al people A lyght to lyghten the gentyls the glorye of thy people Israell ⊢ ✚ And his father and mother meruayled at those thynges which were spoken of hym And Simeon blessed them and sayde vnto Mary his mother beholde this chylde is set to be the fall and vprysyng agayne of many in Israell and for a sygne whiche is spoken agaynst And moreouer ☞ the swerde shall pearce thy soule ☞ that the thoughtes of many hertes maye be opened And there was a Prophettysse one Anna the doughter of Phanuell of the trybe of Aser whiche was of a greate age and had lyued with an husbande seuen yeares from her virginite And she had ben a wydowe aboute foure score and foure yere whiche departed not from the temple but serued God with fastynges and prayers nyght and day And she came forth that same houre and praysed the Lorde and spake of hym to all them that loked for redempcyon in Ierusalem And wheÌ„ they had perfourmed althyngê accordynge to the lawe of the Lorde they returned in to Galile to theyr owne citye Nazareth And the chylde grewe and wared stronge in spiryte and was fylled with wysdome and the grace of god was vpon him ⊢ And his father and mother went to Ierusalem euery yere at the feast of Easter ✚ And when he was xii yere olde they went vp to IerusaleÌ„ after the custome of the feast day And when they had fulfylled the dayes as they returned home the chylde Iesus abode styll in Ierusalem his father mother knewe not of it but they supposyng him to haue ben in the coÌ„pany came a dayes iourney and sought hym among theyr kynsfolke and acquayntaunce And when they founde hym not they went backe agayne to Ierusalem sought hym And it fortuned that after thre dayes they founde hym in the temple syttynge in the myddes of the doctours hearynge them and posyng them And all that herde hym were astonyed at his vnderstandynge answers And when
power ouer you For ☞ ye are not vnder the lawe but vnder grace What then Shall we synne because we are not vnder the law but vnder grace God forbyd ✚ Knowe ye not howe that to whom soeuer ye commit youre selues as seruauntes to obey his seruauÌ„tes ye are to whoÌ„ ye obey whether it be of synne vnto death or of obedieÌ„ce vnto rightuousnes God be thaÌ„ked that thoughe ye were the seruauntes of synne ye haue yet obeyed with hert vnto the rule or the doctryne that ye be brought vnto Ye are then made fre from synne and are become the seruauntes of ryghtuousnes ⊢ ✚ I speake grosly because of the infyrmitie or your fleshe As ye haue gyuen your members seruauntes to vnclennes and to iniquitye from one iniquitye to another euen so nowe gyue ouer your members seruauntes vnto ryghtuousnes that ye maye be sanctyfied For when ye were the seruauÌ„tes of sine ye were not vnder rightuousnes What frute had ye then in those thynges wherof ye are nowe shamed For the ende of those thinges is death But nowe are ye desyuered frome synne and made y â— seruauÌ„tes of God haue youre fruyte to be sanctifyed and the ende uerlastynge lyfe For the rewarde of synne is death but eternal lyfe is the gyft of God thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ Chryste hath deliuered vs from the lawe and death â—ani sheweth what the flesshe and outward man is and calleth is the lawe of the membres CAPI VII KNow ye not brethreÌ„ I speake to them y â— know the lawe howe that the law hath power ouer a man as longe as it endureth For the woman whiche is in subieccyon to a man is bounde by the lawe to the man as longe as he lyueth But yf the man be dead she is loosed from the lawe of the man So then yf whyle the man liueth she couple her selfe with another man she shal be counted a wedlocke breaker But yf the man be deade she is fre from the lawe of the husbande so that she is no wedlocke breaker though she couple her selfe with another man Euen so ye also my brethren are dead coÌ„cernyng the lawe by the body of Chryst that ye shulde be coupled to another I meane to him that is rysen agayne from death that we shulde bryng forth frute vnto God For when we were in the fleshe the iustes of synne whiche were steryd vp by the lawe raygned in our meÌ„bers to bryng forth frute vnto death But nowe are we delyuered from the lawe and deade vnto it wherunto we were in bondage that we shulde serue in a new conuersacion of the spyryte and not in the olde conuersacyon of the letter What shal we say then is the law sinne God forbyd neuertheles I knewe not â—ine but by the law For I had not knowen what lust had mente excepte the lawe had sayde thou shalte not lust But synne toke an occasyon by the meanes of the commaundement and wrought in me all maner of concupyscence For verely without the law sinne was deade I once lyued without lawe But wheÌ„ the commaundement came synne reuyued and I was deade And the very same commaundemente whyche was ordayned vnto lyfe was founde to be vnto me an occasyon of death For synne toke occasyon by the meanes of the commaundemente and so dysceaued me and by the same flewe me Wherfore the lawe is holy and the commaundement holy iust and good Was that then whiche was good made death vnto me God forbyd Naye it was synne that synne myght appeare by it which was good to worcke death in me that synne by the coÌ„maundement myght be out of measure synfull For we knowe that the lawe is spiritual but I am carnall ☞ solde vnder synne because ☞ I alowe not that which I do For what I wold that to I not but what I hate that do I. If I do nowe that whiche I wolde not I consent vnto the lawe that it is good So then nowe it is not I that do it but synne that dwelleth in me For I know that in me that is to saye in my flesshe dwelleth no good thynge For to wyll is presente with me but I fynde no meanes to perfourme that whiche is good For the good that I wolde do I noâ— but the euyl whiche I wold not that do I. Yf I do that I wolde not then is it not I that do it but synne that dwelleth in me I fynde then by the Lawe that when I wolde do good euyll is presente wyth me For I delyte in the lawe of God after the inwarde man But I se another lawe in my members rebellynge agaynste the lawe of my mynde and subduyng me vn to the lawe of synne whyche is in my members O wretched man that I am who shall delyuer me from thys bodye subdued vnto death I thanke God thorowe Iesus Christ our Lorde So then with the mynde I serue the lawe of God but with the fleshe the lawe of synne ¶ The lawe of the spyryte gyueth lyfe The spyryte of God maketh vs Gods chyldren and heyres with Chryste The aboundaune â—our of God can not 〈◊〉 seperated CAPI VIII ✚ THere is then no dampnacyon to them which are in Chryst Iesu whych walke not after the fleshe but after the spyryte For the lawe of the spyryte of lyfe thorowe Iesus Christe hath made me fre from the lawe of synne and death For what the lawe could not do in as much as it was weake because of the fleshe that perfourmed God and sent his sonne in the symylitude of synful flesshe and ☞ by synne damned synne in the flesshe that the ryghtuousnes of the lawe myght be fulfylled in vs whyche walke not after the flesshe but after the spyryte For they that are carnall are carnally minded â—ut they that are spiritual are ghostly mynded To be carnally mynded is death But to be spiritually mynded is lyfe peace ⊢ Because that the flesshy mynde is enemite agaynste God for it is not obedyente to the lawe of GOD neyther can be So then they that are in ☞ the flesshe can not please God But ye are not in the flesshe but in the spiryte yf so be that the spirite of God dwell in you If any maÌ„ haue not the spirite of Christ the same is none of his If Christe be in you the body is dead because of synne but the spiryte is lyfe for ryghtuousnesse sake Wherfore yf the spirite of hym that raysed vp Iesus from deathe dwell in you euen he that raysed vp Christe from death shall quycken your mortall bodyes because of his spirite that dwelleth in you ✚ Therfore brethren we are detters not to the fleshe to lyue after the flesshe For yf ye lyue after the flesshe ye shall dye But yf ye thorowe the spyryte do mortyfye the dedes of the bodye ye shall lyue For as many as are led by the spyryte of God they are the sonnes of God For ye
reioysynge is this euen the testymony of oure conscyence that in synglenes âšœ of hert and godly purenes not in fleshly wysdome but by the grace of God we haue had our coÌ„uersacyon in the world and most of all to you wardes We wryte none other thynges vnto you then that ye reade also knowe Yee and I trust ye shall fynde vs vnto the ende euen as ye haue founde vs partly for we are your reioysing euen as ye are ours in the day of the Lorde Iesus And in this confydence was I mynded fyrste to haue come vnto you that I myght haue had one plesure more with you and to passe by you into Macedonia and to haue come agayne out of Macedonia vnto you to be led forth of you towarde Iewry WhaÌ„ I thus wyse was mynded dyd I vse lyghtnes Or thynke I carnally those thynges whiche I thynke that with me shulde be yee yee and naye naye God is faythful For our preachyng to you was not yee and nay For Goddes sonne Iesus Christ which was preached among you by vs euen by me and Syluanus and Timotheus was not yee naye but by hym it was yee For all the promises of God by him are yee and are in him Amen vnto the lawde of God thorowe vs. For it is God whiche stablyssheth vs wyth you in Chryst and standeth by vs and hath annoynted vs whyche hath also sealed vs and hath gyuen the ernest of the spirite in our hertes ✚ I call God for a recorde vnto my soule that for to fauer you wyth all I came not any more vnto Corynthium Not that we be Lordes oueryoure FAYTH but are helpers of youre ioye For by Fayth ye stande ¶ He sheweth the cause of hys absence and exhorteth them to forgyue the man that was fallen and to receyue hym agayne with loue CAPI II. BUt I determyned this in myselfe that I wolde not come agayne to you in henynesse For yf I make you sorye who is it that shulde make me glad but the same whiche is made sory by me And I wrot thê same vnto you least yf I came vnto you I shuld take heuynes âšœ vpon heuines of them of whom I ought to reioyce This confidence haue I toward you al that my ioy is the ioy of you all For out of great afflyccyon and anguyshe of hert I wrote vnto you with many teares not that ye shulde be made sory but that ye might ê‘ceyue the loue which I haue most specially vnto you If any man hath caused sorow the same hath not made me sory but partely least I shulde greue you all It is suffycyent vnto the same man that he was rebuked of many So that now coÌ„trary wyse ye ought rather to forgyue hym and comforte hym least that same person shulde be swalowed vp wyth ouer muche heuynes Wherfore I exhorte you that loue maye haue strength ouer hym For thys cause verely dyd I writ that I myght knowe the profe of you whether ye shulde be obedyent in all thynges To whom ye forgyue any thyng I forgyue also For yf I forgaue any thynge to whom I forgaue it for your sakes forgaue I it in the syght of Christe lest Satan shulde preuent vs. For his thoughtes are not vnknowen vnto vs. ⊢ ✚ When I was come to Troada for Chrstê Gospels sake and a great dore was opened vnto me of the Lorde I had no rest in my spirite because I founde not Titus my brother but toke my leue of them went away into Macedonia Thanckes be vnto God whiche alwayes gyueth vs the vyctorye in Christ openeth the sauer of hê knowledge by vs in euery place For we are vnto God the swete sauoure of Chryste amonge them that are sauyd and among them whiche peryshe To the one parte are we the sauoure of death vnto deth And vnto the other part are we the sauour of life vnto lyfe And who is mete vnto these thynges For we are not as the most part are whiche choppe chauÌ„ge with the worde of god but euen out of purenes by the power of God in the syght of God so speake we in Christ. ¶ He prayseth the preachyng of the Gospel at ouâ— the preuchynge of the lawe CAPI III. WE begyn to prayse oureselues agayne Nede we as sorge other of Epystles of recommendacion vnto you or letters of recommendacyon from you Ye are oure Epystle wrytten in our hertes whyche is vnderstande red of al men for asmuch as ye declare that ye are the epystle of Christ ministred by vs written not with ynke but with the spirite of the liuyng God not in tables of stone but in flesshly tables of the herte ✚ Suche trust haue we thorowe Christe to god warde not that we are suffycyent of oureselues to thynke anythynge as of ourselues but yf we be able vnto anythynge the same coÌ„meth of god whiche hath made vs able to ministre the newe testament not of the letter but of the spirite For ☞ the letter kylleth but the spirite gyueth lyfe If the ministracyon of death thorow the letters fygured in stones was gloryous to that the chyldren of Israell coulde not beholde the face of Moses for the glory of his countenaunce whiche glory is done away why shal not the ministracyon of the spirite be much more glorious For if the ministâ—iÌ„g of condeÌ„nacion be glorious much more 〈◊〉 the ministracyon of ryghtuousnes â—â—ceaâ—e in glory ⊢ For no dout that which was that glorified is not once gloryfied in respecte of this excedynge glory For yf that whiche is destroyed was glorious muche more that whiche remayneth is glorious Seyng then that we haue suche trust we vse great boldnes do not as Moses which put a vayle ouer his face that the chyldren of Israel shuld not se for what purpose that serued whiche is put away But their myndes were blynded For vntyl this day remaineth the same couering vndertaken away in the lecture of the old testament which vaile shal be put awaye in Christe But euen vnto this daye when Moses is redde the vayle hangeth before their herts Neuerthelesse when they tourne to the Lord the vayle shal be taken awaye The Lorde no doute is a spirite And where the spirite of the Lord is there is libertie But we al beholde in a myrroure the glory of the Lord with his face open and are chaunged vnto the same similitude from glory to glory euen as of the spirite of the Lorde A true preacher 〈◊〉 oâ—â—â—â—â—t he corrupteth â—oâ— the worde â—â— God but seketh the honoure of Chryst. yet thought it bâ— with the parell of his lyst CAPI IIII. THerfore seynge that we haue suche an office euen as God hath had mercy on vs we go not out of kynde but haue caste from vs the clokes of vnhonestye walcke not in craftines nether handle we the worde of God disceitfully but open the trueth and
world There is no feare in loue but perfecte loue casteth out feare for feare hath paynfulnes He y â— feareth is not perfecte in loue We loue hym for he loued vs fyrste If a man saye I loue God and yet hate his brother he is a lyer For howe can he that loueth not hys Brother whom he hath sene loue GOD whom he hath not sene And thys commaundement haue we of him that he whyche loueth God shulde loue his brother also ⊢ ¶ To loue God is to kepe his commoundementes Fayth ouercommeth the worlde Euerlastyng life â—o in the sonne of God Of the sonne vnto death CAPI V. WHosoeuer beleueth that Iesus is Christ is borne of God And euery one that loueth him whych begat loueth hym also whyche was begotten of him By this we know that we loue the chyldren of God when we loue God kepe his commaundementes For this is the loue of God that we kepe his coÌ„maundementes and his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes are not greuous ✚ For al that is borne of God ouercoÌ„meth the worlde And this is the vyctory that ouercoÌ„meth the world eueÌ„ our fayth Who is it that ouercoÌ„meth the world but he whiche beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This Iesus Christ is he that came by water bloude not by water onely but by water and bloud And it is the spirite that beareth wytnes because the spirite is trueth âšœ For there are thre whiche beare recorde in Heauen the father the worde and holy Ghost And these thre are one And there are thre whiche beare recorde âšœ in earth the spirit water bloude and these thre are one It we receyue the wytnes of meÌ„ the wytnes of God is greater For thê is the witnes of god âšœ that is greater whiche he testyfieth of his sonne He that beleueth on the sonne of God hath the wytnes in hym selfe ⊢ He that beleueth not god hath made him a lyar because he beleued not the recorde that God gaue of his soÌ„ne And this is that record how that god hath gyuen vnto vs eternal lyfe this life is in his soÌ„ne He that hath the soÌ„ne hath lyfe and he that hath not the sonne of God hath not lyfe These thynges haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you that beleue on the name of the sonne of god that ye maye knowe howe that ye haue eternal life and that ye may beleue on the name of the soÌ„ne of god And thys is the trust that we haue in him that yf we aske any thyng accordyng to his wyl he heareth vs. And yf we knowe that he heare vs what soeuer we aske we know that we haue the petycyons that we desyre of hym If any maÌ„ se his brother sine a synne not vnto death let him aske he shal gyue hym lyfe for theÌ„ that synne not vnto death Ther is a synne vnto death for which say I not y â— a maÌ„ shuld pray Al vnryghtuousnes is sine there is synne not vnto death We knowe that whosoeuer is borne of God synneth not but he that is begotten of God kepeth hym selfe and that wicked toucheth hym not We knowe that we are of God the worlde is al togyther set on wyckednes We knowe that the sonne of god is come and hath geuen vs a minde to know hym whiche is true and we are in hym that is true throughe hys sonne Iesus Chryste This same is very God and eternall lyfe Babes kepe youre selues from ymages AMEN He wryteth vnto a certayne lady reioyseth that her chyldren walcke in the trueth exhorteth them vnto lowe warneth theÌ„ to beware of such dysceauers as denye that Iosus Chryste came in the flessh prayeth them to contynue in the doctrine of Christ and to haue nothing to do with them that brynge not thye lernynge ⧠The Seconde Epystle of Sayncte Ihon. THe elder to the electe lady and her chyldren whome I loue in the trueth and not I onely but also all y â— hath knoweÌ„ the trueth for the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shall be in vs for euer With vs shall be grace mercye and peace from God the father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ the sonne of the father in trueth loue I reioysed greatly that I founde of thy chyldren walkynge in trueth as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father And nowe beseche I the lady not as though I wrote a newe coÌ„maundement vnto the but that same whiche we haue had from the begynnynge that we shulde loue one another And thys is the loue that we shulde walke after hys commaundement This commaundement is that as ye haue hearde from the beginning ye shuld walke in it For many deceauers are entred into the worlde whiche confesse not that Iesus Christ is come in the flessh This is a deceauer and an Antichrist Loke on your selues that we loose not that we haue wrought but that we may haue a ful rewarde Whosoeuer transgresseth and bydeth not in the doctryne of Chryste hath not God He that endureth in the doctryne of Chryste hathe both the father and the sonne If there come any vnto you and bryng not this learnyng hym receaue not to house neyther byd hym God spede For he that byddeth hym God spede is partaker of hê euyldedes âšœ Beholde I haue tolde you before that ye shulde not be ashamed in the day of the lorde I had many thynges to wryte vnto you neuerthelesse I wolde not wryte with paper and inke but I trust to come vnto you and speake with you mouth to mouth that oure ioye may be ful The sonnes of thy electe sister grete the. AMEN ¶ He is glad of Gayus that he wellâ—eth in the trueth exhorteth them to be souyng vnto the poore Chrysten in theyr perseruryon sheweth the vnkynde dealinge of Dâ—otrophes adn the good reporte of Demetrius ⧠The thyrde Epystle of Saynct Ihon. THe elder vnto the beloued Gayus whome I loue in the trueth Beloued I wyssh in all thinges that thou prosperedste and faredst wel euen as thy soule prospereth For I reioysed greatly when the brethren came and testified of the trueth that is in the howe thou walckeste in the trueth I haue no greater ioye then for to heare Howe that my sonnes walcke in veritye Beloued thou doest faythfully what soeuer thou doeste to the brethren and to straungers which beare wytnes of thy loue before the congregacion Which brethren yf thou brynge for wardes of theyr iorney after a godly sorte thou shalt do well because that for hys names sake they wente forthe and toke nothyng of the Gentyls We therfore ought to receaue suche that we myght be helpers to the trueth I wrote vnto the congregacion but Diotrephes whiche loueth to haue the preempnence amonge them receaueth vs not Wherfore yf I come I wyll declare his dedes which he dothe iestyuge on vs with malycyous wordes neyther is ther with content Not onely he hym selfe receaueth not the brethren but also he forbyddeth them that wolde and
â— Sabboth and slewe both men catell theyr wyues theyr chyldren to the noÌ„bre of a thousande people When Mathathias his frendes herde this they mourned for them ryght sore and sayde one to another If so be that we all do as oure brethren haue done fyght not for our lyues for our lawes agaynst the Heathen then shall they the soner roce vs out of the earth So they concluded among theÌ„ selues at the same tyme sayeng Whatsoeuer he be that commeth to make battayll with vs vpon the Sabbath daye we wyll fyght agaynst him not dye all as oure brethren that were murthured so haynouly Upon this came the Synagoge of the Iewes vnto the stronge men or Israell all suche as were feruent in the lawe And all they that were fled for persecucyon came to helpe theÌ„ and to stande by theÌ„ In so much that they gathered an hoost of men slewe the wycked doers in their gelousy and the vngodly men in theyr wrath Some of the wycked fled vnto the Heathen and escaped Thus Mathathias his frendes went about and destroyed the aulters and circuÌ„cysed the children that had not yet receaued circuÌ„cisyon as many as they founde within the costes of Israel and folowed myghtely vpoÌ„ the chyldren of pryde and this acte prospered in theyr haÌ„des In so much that they kepte the lawe agaynste the power of the Gentyles the kynges and gaue not ouer theyr domynion vnto wycked doers After this when the tyme drewe on faste that Mathathias shulde dye he sayde vnto his sonnes Nowe is pryde and persecucyon increased nowe is the tyme of destruccion wrathfull dyspleasure wherfore O my sonnes be ye feruent in the lawe and leoparde youre lyues for the Testament of youre fathers call to remembraunce what actes our fathers dyd in theyr tyme so shal ye receaue greate honoure and an euerlastynge name Remembre AbraaÌ„ was not he founde faythful in temtacion and it was reckened vnto him for rightuousnes Ioseph i tyme of his trouble kepte the coÌ„maundement and was made a Lorde of Egipt Phinehes our father was so feruent for y â— honour of God that he optayned the couenaunt of an euerlastynge presthode Iosue for fulfyllinge y â— worde of God was made the captayne of Israel Caleb bare recorde before the coÌ„gre gacyon and receaued an heretage Dauid also in his mercyfull kyndnesse optayned the trone of an euerlastynge kyngdome Elias beyng gelous ferueÌ„t in the lawe was taken vp into heauen Hananias Asarias Mysael remayned stedfast in fayth and were delyuered out of the fyre In lyke maner Daniel beinge vngyltye was saued from the mouth of the Lyons And thus ye maye consydre thorow out all ages sence y â— worlde begaÌ„neê that whosoeuer put their trust in God were not ouer come Feare not ye then y â— wordes of an vngodly man for his glory is but donge and wormes to day is he set vp and to morowe is he gone for he is turned into earth his memoryal is come to naught Wherfore O my sonnes take good hertes vnto you and quyte youre selues lyke men in the lawe for yf ye do the chynges that are commaunded you in the lawe of the Lorde youre God ye shal optayne greate honoure therin And beholde I knowe that your brother Symon is a man of wysdome se y â— ye geue eare vnto hym alwaye he shal be a father vnto you As for Iudas Machabeus he hathe euer bene mightye stronge from his youth vp let him be your captayne ordre the battayll of y â— people thus shal ye brynge vnto you al those y â— fauoure the lawe and se that ye auenge the wroÌ„ge of your people recompence the Heathen agayne applye yourselues whole to the commaundement of the lawe So he gaue them his blessynge and was layed by his fathers died in the C. xlvi yeare at Modyn where hys soÌ„nes buryed him in hys fathers sepulcre and all Israell made greate lamentacyon for hym ¶ Iudas is made ruler ouer the Iewes He kylleth Appollonius and Scran the Prince of Syrta The confydence of Iudas towarde God Iudas determyneth to fyght agaynst Lysias whom Antiochus had made cuptayne ouer his host The prayer of the absteyncts CAPI III. THEN stode vp Iudas Machabeus in his fathers steade all his brethren helped hym and so dyd all they that helde wyth hys father and fought wyth cherefulnesse for Israell So Iudas gat hys people great honoure He put on a brest plate as a gyaunte arayed him selfe wyth hys harnesse and defended the hoste with hys swearde In his actes he was lyke a Lyon as a lyons whelpe roaringe at his praye He was an enemye to the wycked hunted theÌ„ out brent vp those y â— vexed his people So that his enemyes fled for feare of hym and all y â— workers of vngodlynes were put to trouble suche lucke prosperyte was in his haÌ„de This greued dyuerse kynges but Iacob was greatly reioysed thorow his actes he gat him selfe a great name for euer He wente thorow the cyties of Iuda destroyenge the vngodly out of theÌ„ turnynge awaye the wrath from Israell and receauynge such as were oppressed and the fame of him went vnto the vtter most parte of the earth Then Appollonius a prynce of Syria gathered a myghtye greate hoost of the HeatheÌ„ out of Samaria to fight agaynst Israell Which when Iudas perceaued he went forth to mete hym fought with hym slewe him and a great multitude with him the remnauÌ„t fled he toke theyr substauÌ„ce Iudas also toke Appolonius owne swerde and fought with it all his lyfe longe Now wheÌ„ Seron an other prynce of Siria herde saye y â— Iudas had gathered vnto hym the coÌ„gregacyon church of the faythful he sayde I wyl get me a name a pray se thorowe out y â— realme for I wyl go fyght with Iudas them that are with hym as many as haue despysed the kynges coÌ„mauÌ„dement So he made hym ready and there went with him a greate myghtye hoost of y â— vngodly to stande by him and to be aueÌ„ged of the chyldren of Israell And when they came nye vnto Bethoron Iudas weÌ„t forth agaynst them with a small company And when hys people sawe such a great hoost be fore them they sayde vnto Iudas Howe are we able beinge so fewe to fyght agaynst so great a multitude and so strong seinge we be so weery and haue fasted all thys daye But Iudas sayde It is a smal matter for many to be ouercomed w t fewe yee there is no difference to the God of heauen to delyuer by a great multitude or by a smal coÌ„pany for the victory of the battell staÌ„deth not in y â— multitude of the host but y â— streÌ„gth commeth from heauen Beholde they come agaynst vs with a presumptnous proude multytude to destroye vs oure