And they gathered them selues together agaynst Moyses and Aaron and sayde vnto them Ye take much vpon you seyng all the multitude are holy euery one of them and the Lorde is among them Why lyft you your selues vp aboue the congregation of the Lord 4 And when Moyses hearde it he fell vpon his face 5 And spake vnto Corah and vnto all his company saying To morowe the Lord wyll shewe who are his who is holy and who ought to approche nye vnto hym and whom he hath chosen he will cause to come neare vnto hym 6 This do therfore Take you firepannes both Corah all his companie 7 And do fire therin and put incense in them before the Lorde to morowe And the man whom the Lorde doth chose the same shal be holy Ye take much vpon you ye sonnes of Leui. 8 And Moyses sayd vnto Corah Heare I pray you ye sonnes of Leui 9 Seemeth it but a small thyng vnto you that the God of Israel hath seperated you from the multitude of Israel and brought you to hym selfe to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the Lorde and to stande before the multitude and to minister vnto them 10 He hath taken thee to hym and all thy brethren the sonnes of Leui with thee and seeke ye the office of the priest also 11 For which cause both thou and all thy companie are gathered together against the Lorde And what is Aaron that ye murmure agaynst hym 12 And Moyses sent and called Dathan and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab which sayde We wyll not come vp 13 Is it a small thyng that thou hast brought vs out of the land that floweth with mylke and honie to kyll vs in the wildernesse except thou make thy selfe lorde and ruler ouer vs also 14 Moreouer thou hast not brought vs vnto a lande that floweth with mylke honie neither geuen vs inheritaunce of fieldes and vineyardes Wylt thou put out the eyes of these men We wyll not come vp 15 And Moyses waxed very angry and sayde vnto the Lorde Turne not thou vnto their offeryng I haue not taken so much as an asse from them neither haue I hurt any of them 16 And Moyses sayde vnto Corah Be thou al thy company before the Lord both thou they and Aaron to morowe 17 And take euery man his censer and put incense in them and bryng ye before the Lorde euery man his censer euen two hundreth and fiftie censers thou also and Aaron euery one his censer 18 And they toke euery man his censer and put fire in them and layde incense theron and stoode in the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moyses and Aaron 19 And Corah gathered all the congregation agaynst them vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation And the glorie of the Lorde appeared vnto all the congregation ◠And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron saying 21 Seperate your selues from among this congregation that I may consume them at once 22 And they fell vpon their faces and sayde O God the God of spirites of all fleshe hath not one man sinned Wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude 23 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 24 Speake vnto the congregation and say Get you away from about the tabernacle of Corah Dathan Abiram 25 And Moyses rose vp and went vnto Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israel folowed hym 26 And he spake vnto the congregation saying Depart I pray you from the tentes of these wicked men and touche nothyng of theirs lest ye perishe in all their sinnes 27 And so they gate them from the tabernacle of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And Dathan Abiram came out stoode in the doore of their tentes with their wiues their sonnes and their litle children 28 And Moyses sayde Hereby ye shall knowe that the Lorde hath sent me to do all these workes for I haue not done them of myne owne mynde 29 If these men dye the common death of all men or if they be visited after the visitation of all men then the Lorde hath not sent me 30 But and if the Lorde make a newe thyng and the earth open her mouth and swallowe them vp with all that they haue and they go downe quicke into the pit then ye shall vnderstande that these men haue prouoked y e Lorde 31 And assoone as he had made an ende of speaking al these wordes the ground cloue asunder that was vnder them 32 And the earth opened her mouth and swalowed them vp and their houses and all the men that were with Corah and all their goodes 33 And they and all that they had went downe alyue vnto the pit and the earth closed vpon them and they perished from among the congregation 34 And all Israel that were about them fled at the crye of them And they sayde lest the earth swalowe vs vp also 35 And there came out a fire from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred and fiftie men that offered incense 36 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 37 Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the priest that he take vp the censers out of the burnyng and scatter the fire here and there for they are halowed 38 The censers of these sinners agaynst their owne soules let them make of them brode plates for a coueryng of the aulter For they offered them before the Lorde and therfore they are halowed and they shal be a signe vnto the children of Israel 39 And Eleazar the priest toke the brasen censers which they that were burnt had offered and made brode plates for a coueryng of the aulter 40 To be a remembraunce vnto the children of Israel that no straunger which is not of the seede of Aaron come neare to offer incense before the Lorde that he be not lyke vnto Corah and his companie as the Lorde sayde to hym by the hande of Moyses 41 But on the morowe all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured agaynst Moyses and Aaron saying Ye haue kylled the people of the Lorde 42 And whē the multitude was gathered agaynst Moyses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of the congregation And beholde the cloude couered it and the glorie of the Lorde appeared 43 And Moyses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation 44 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 45 Get you from among this congregation that I may consume thē quickly And they fell vpon their faces 46 And Moyses sayd vnto Aaron Take a censer and put fire therin out of the aulter and powre on incense and go quickly vnto the congregation make an attonement for them For there is wrath gone out from the Lorde and there is a plague begunne 47 And Aaron toke as Moyses cōmaunded hym and ranne into the middes of y e congregation and beholde the plague was begunne among the people and he put on incense and made an atonement
me Let my people go that they may serue me 4 Or els if thou refuse to let my people go beholde to morowe wyll I bryng greshoppers into thy coastes 5 And they shall couer the face of the earth that it can not be seene and they shall eate the residue which remayneth vnto you and is escaped from the hayle and they shall eate euery greene tree that beareth you fruite in the fielde 6 And they shall fill thy houses and all thy seruauntes houses and the houses of all the Egyptians after suche a maner as neyther thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers haue seene since the tyme they were vpon the earth vnto this day And he turned him selfe about and went out from Pharao 7 And Pharaos seruauntes sayde vnto him howe long shall he be hurtfull vnto vs Let the men go that they may serue the Lorde their God knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed 8 And Moyses Aaron were brought againe vnto Pharao and he sayde vnto them Go and serue the Lorde your God but who are they that shall go 9 And Moyses aunswered we will go with our young and with our olde yea and with our sonnes with our daughters and with our sheepe and with our oxen we must go for we must holde a feast vnto the Lorde 10 And he said vnto them Let the Lord be so with you as I will let you go and your chyldren take heede for ye haue some mischiefe in hande 11 Nay not so but go they that are men and serue the Lorde for that was your desire And they were thrust out of Pharaos presence 12 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Stretch out thyne hand ouer the lande of Egypt for greshoppers that they may come vpon the land of Egypt and eate all the hearbes of the lande and all that the hayle left behynde 13 And Moyses stretched foorth his rod ouer the lande of Egypt and the Lorde brought an east winde vpon the lande all that day and all that nyght and in the morning the east winde brought the greshoppers 14 And the greshoppers went vp ouer all the lande of Egypt and remayned in all quarters of Egypt very greeuouslye before them were there no suche greshoppers neither after them shal be 15 For they couered all the face of the earth so that the lande was darke and they did eate al the hearbes of the land and all the fruites of the trees whatsoeuer the hayle had lefte there was no greene thyng left in the trees hearbes of the fielde through al y e land of Egypt 16 Therefore Pharao called for Moyses and Aaron in haste and sayde I haue sinned agaynst the Lord your God and agaynst you 17 And nowe forgeue me my sinne only this once and pray vnto the Lord your God that he may take awaye from me this death only 18 And Moyses went out from Pharao and prayed vnto the Lorde 19 And the Lorde turned a myghtie strong west wynde and it toke awaye the grashoppers and cast them into the red sea so that there was not one grashopper in all the coastes of Egypt 20 And the Lorde hardened Pharaos heart so that he woulde not let the children of Israel go 21 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Stretche out thy hande vnto heauen that there may be vpon the lande of Egypt darknesse which may be felt 22 And Moyses stretched foorth his hand vnto heauen and there was a thicke darkenesse vpon all the lande of Egypt three dayes long 23 No man sawe another neither rose vp from the place where he was by the space of three dayes But al the children of Israel had light where thei dwelled 24 And Pharao called for Moyses and sayde Go and serue the Lorde onlye let your sheepe your oxen abyde and let your chyldren go with you 25 And Moyses sayde Thou must geue vs also offeringes and burnt offeringes for to do sacrifice vnto the Lorde our God 26 Our cattell also shall go with vs and there shall not one hoofe be left behynd for therof must we take to serue y e Lorde our God neither do we knowe with what we must do seruice vnto the Lord vntyll we come thyther 27 But the Lorde hardened Pharaos heart and he woulde not let them go 28 And Pharao sayde vnto hym Get thee from me and take heede vnto thy selfe that thou seest my face no more for whensoeuer thou commest in my syght thou shalt dye 29 And Moyses sayde Let it be as thou hast sayde I wyll see thy face no more ¶ The .xj. Chapter 1 The Lorde commaundeth the Hebrewes to robbe the Egyptians 4 The death of the first borne of all thynges 1 AND the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Yet wyl I brynge one plague more vpō Pharao and vpon Egypt and after that he wyll let you go hence when he shal let you go quite he shall vtterly dryue you hence 2 Speake thou therfore in the eares of the people that euery man borowe of his neighbour and euery woman of her neighbour iewels of syluer and iewels of golde 3 And the Lorde shall geue the people fauour in the syght of the Egyptians Moreouer Moyses was a very great man in the lande of Egypt in the syght of Pharaos seruauntes and in the syght of the people 4 And Moyses sayde Thus sayth the Lorde At mydnyght wyll I go out into the myddest of Egypt 5 And all the first borne in all the land of Egypt shall dye euen frō the first borne of Pharao that sytteth on his seate vnto the first borne of the mayde seruaunt that is behynde the myll and all the first gendred of the cattell 6 And there shal be a great crye throughout all the lande of Egypt such as there was neuer none lyke nor shal be 7 But amongst the chyldren of Israel shal not a dogge moue his tounge from a man vnto a beast that ye may knowe how that the Lord putteth a difference betweene the Egyptians and Israel 8 And these thy seruauntes shal al come downe vnto me and fall before me and say Get thee out and all the people that are vnder thee and then wyll I depart And he went out from Pharao with an angry countenaunce 9 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Pharao shall not heare you that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt 10 And Moyses and Aaron dyd all these wonders before Pharao And the Lord hardened Pharaos heart so that he woulde not let the chyldren of Israel go out of his lande ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 The charge and maner of eatyng of the Passouer 26 A charge is geuen parentes to teache their chyldren the misterie of the Passouer 29 The murder of the first borne of Egypt 31 Pharao casteth out the chyldren of Israel 35 The Iewes do robbe the Egyptians of golden and syluer vessels 37 The chyldren of Israel do go out 40 They dwelt in
euen in the borders therof towarde the inside of the ephod ouer agaynst it 27 And yet two other ringes of gold thou shalt make and put them on the two sides of y e Ephod beneath ouer agaynst the brestlap alowe where the sides are ioyned together vpon the brodered gyrdle of the Ephod 28 And they shall bynde the brestlap by his ringes vnto y e ringes of the Ephod with a lase of blewe silke that it may lye close aboue the brodered gyrdle of the Ephod and that the brestlap be not loosed from the Ephod 29 And Aaron shall beare the names of the children of Israel in the brestlap of iudgement vpon his heart when he goeth into the holy place for a remembraunce before the Lorde alway 30 And thou shalt put in the brestlap of iudgment the Vrim the Thummim and they shal be euen vpō Aarons heart whē he goeth in before the Lord and Aaron shall beare the iudgement of the children of Israel vpon his heart before the Lorde alway ' 31 And thou shalt make the tunicle vnto ' the Ephod altogether of blewe silke 32 And there shal be an hole for the head in the middest of it hauyng a bonde of wouen worke rounde about the coller of it as it were the coller of a partlet that it rent not 33 And beneath vpon the hem thou shalt make pomgranates of blewe sylke and of purple and of scarlet rounde about the hem and belles of gold betweene them rounde about 34 And let there be euer a golden bell and a pomgranate a golden bell and a pomgranate rounde about vpon the hem of the tunicle 35 And Aaron shall haue it vpon hym when he ministreth and the sound shal be hearde when he goeth into the holy place before the Lorde when he commeth out and he shall not dye 36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold and graue theron as signettes are grauen the holynes of the Lorde 37 And put it on a blewe sylke lase to be vpon the mytre euen vpon the forefront of it 38 And it shal be vpon Aarons forehead that Aaron may beare the sinne of the holy thinges whiche the children of Israel halowe in all their holy gyftes and it shal be alwayes vpon his forehead for the reconciling of them before the Lorde 39 And thou shalt make a coate of white sylke embrodered with knottes thou shalt make a mytre of whyte sylke and a gyrdle of needle worke 40 And thou shalt make for Aarons sonnes also coates and thou shalt make for them gyrdles bonettes shalt thou make for them glorious and bewtiful 41 And thou shalt put them vpon Aaron thy brother on his sonnes with hym and shalt annoynt them and fill their handes sanctifie them that they may minister vnto me in the priestes office 42 And thou shalt make them lynnen sloppes to couer their priuities frō the loynes vnto y e thighes they shal reache 43 And they shal be vpon Aaron and his sonnes when they come into the tabercle of the congregatiō or whē they come vnto the aulter to minister in holines that they beare no sinne so dye And it shal be a lawe for euer vnto Aaron and his seede after him ' ¶ The .xxix. Chapter ' 1 The maner to consecrate priestes vnto God and the rite to offer for them 38 The continuall dayly sacrifice 1 THis thyng also shalt thou do vnto them when thou halowest thē to be my priestes Thou shalt take one young calfe and two rammes y t are without blemyshe 2 And vnleauened bread and cakes vnleauened tempered with oyle and wafers vnleauened annoynted with oyle of wheaten floure shalt thou make thē 3 And thou shalt put them in a maunde and bryng them in the maunde with the calfe and the two rammes 4 And bryng Aaron and his sonnes vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation washe thē with water 5 And take the garmentes and put vppon Aaron the coate the tunicle of the Ephod and the Ephod it selfe and the brestlap gyrde them to hym with the brodered gyrdle which is in the Ephod 7 Then shalt thou take the anoyntyng oyle and powre it vpon his head and anoynt hym 8 And bryng his sonnes and put coates vpon them 9 And gyrde them with gyrdels aswell Aaron as his sonnes and put the bonnettes on them and the priestes office shal be theirs for a perpetuall lawe and thou shalt fill the handes of Aaron and the handes of his sonnes 10 And thou shalt cause a calfe to be brought before the tabernacle of witnesse and Aaron and his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon the head of the calfe 11 And thou shalt kyll hym before the Lord by the doore of the tabernacle of witnesse 12 And take of the blood of the calfe and put it vpon the hornes of the aulter with thy finger and powre all the rest of the blood beside the bottome of the aulter 13 And take all the fat that couereth the inwardes and the kall that is on the lyuer and the two kydneys and the fat that is vpon them and burne them vpon the aulter 14 But the flesh of the calfe and his skin and his doung shalt thou burne with fire without the hoast it is a synne offeryng 15 Thou shalt also take one Ramme and Aaron and his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon the head of the Ramme 16 And when thou hast slaine the Rāme thou shalt take his blood and sprinckle it rounde about vpon the aulter 17 And cut the Ramme in peeces and washe the inwardes of hym and his legges and put them vnto the peeces and vnto his head 18 And then burne the whole Ramme vpō the aulter for it is a burnt offering vnto the Lorde for a sweete sauour a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord. 19 And take the other Ramme and Aaron his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon his head 20 Then shalt thou kyll hym and take of his blood and put it vpon the tip of the right eare of Aaron and vpon the tip of the right eare of his sonnes and vpon the thombe of theyr right handes and vpon the great toe of theyr right foot and sprinckle the blood vpon the aulter rounde about 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is vpon the aulter of the anoyntyng oyle and sprinckle it vpon Aaron his vestmentes and vpon his sonnes and vpon theyr garmentes with hym and he shal be halowed and his clothes and his sonnes and theyr clothes with him 22 And thou shalt take the fat of the Ramme his rumpe and the fat that couereth the inwardes and the kall of the lyuer and the two kydneys and the fat that is vpon them and the right shoulder for that Ramme is a ful offeryng 23 And a synmell of bread and a cake of oyled bread and a wafer out of the basket of
sprinckle the house seuē tymes 52 And he shall clense the house with the blood of y e birde with the running water with the liuing birde with the ceder wood the ysope and the scarlet lase 53 But he shall let the lyuyng birde flee out of the towne into the brode fieldes so make an attonement for the house and it shal be cleane ' 54 This is the lawe for all maner plague ' of leprosie and fret 55 And of the leprosie of garment house ' 36 For a swellyng for a scabbe and for a' shynyng whyte ' 57 To teache when it must be made vncleane and cleane this is the lawe of leprosie ' ¶ The .xv. Chapter ' 2 19 The maner of purgyng the vncleannesse both of men and women 31 The children of Israel must seperate them selues from vncleannesse 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron saying 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel and say vnto them Whosoeuer hath a runnyng issue out of his fleshe is vncleane by reason of that issue 3 And this shal be his vncleannesse in his issue if his fleshe runne or yf his fleshe be stopped from his issue then it is vncleannesse 4 Euery bed wheron he lyeth that hath the issue is vncleane and euery thyng wheron he sitteth is vncleane 5 Whosoeuer toucheth his bed shall washe his clothes and bath hymselfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 6 And he that sitteth on any thing wheron he sat that hath the issue shal washe his clothes and bath him selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euenyng 7 He that toucheth the fleshe of him that hath the issue shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 8 If he also that hath the issue spyt vpon hym that is cleane he shall washe his clothes and bath him selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen ' 9 And what saddle soeuer he rydeth ' vpon that hath y e issue shal be vncleane 10 And whosoeuer toucheth any thyng that was vnder hym shal be vncleane vnto the euen And he that beareth any such thynges shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 11 And whosoeuer he toucheth that hath the issue and haue not wasshed his handes in water shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 12 The vessell of earth that he toucheth which hath the issue shal be broken and all vessels of wood shal be rensed in water 13 When he also that hath any issue is clensed of his issue he shall number him seuen dayes for his clensyng and washe his clothes and bathe his fleshe in runnyng water and so shall he be cleane 14 And the eyght day he shall take to hym two turtle doues or two young pigeons and come before the Lorde vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation geue them vnto the priest 15 And the priest shall offer them the one for a sinne offeryng and the other for a burnt offeryng and the priest shall make an attonement for hym before the Lorde as concernyng his issue 16 If any mans seede depart frō hym in his sleepe he shall washe all his fleshe in water and be vncleane vntyll y e euen 17 And euery garment and euery skinne wherin is such seede of sleepe shal be wasshed with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 18 And if he y e hath such an issue of seede do lye with a woman they shall both washe them selues with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 19 Also yf a woman shall haue an issue and her issue in her fleshe shal be blood she shal be put apart seuen dayes whosoeuer toucheth her shal be vncleane vntyll the euen 20 And all that she lyeth vpon in y e tyme of her seperation shal be vncleane lyke as euery thing also that she sitteth vpon is vncleane 21 Whosoeuer toucheth her bed shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 22 And whosoeuer toucheth any thyng that she sat vpon shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 23 So that whether he touche her bed or any vessell wheron she hath sytten he shal be vncleane vntyll the euenyng 24 And yf a man lye with her and her seperation come vpon hym he shal be vncleane seuen dayes and all the bedde wheron he lyeth shal be vncleane 25 Also if a woman haue an issue of her blood many dayes out of the tyme of her seperation or if it runne beyond her seperation let all the dayes of the issue of her vncleanenesse be euen as y e dayes of her seperation for she is vncleane 26 Euery bedde whereon she lyeth as long as her issue lasteth shal be vnto her as the bedde of her seperation and whatsoeuer she sitteth vpon shal be vncleane as the vncleanenesse of her seperation 27 And whosoeuer toucheth any of these shal be vncleane and shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 28 But if she be cleansed of her issue she shall count her seuen dayes and after that she shal be cleane 29 And in the eyght day she shall take vnto her two turtles or two young pigeons and bryng them vnto the priest before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sinne offeryng and the other for a burnt offeryng and make an attonement for her before the Lord as concernyng the issue of her vncleanenesse 31 Thus shall ye syft the chyldren of Israel from their vncleanenesse that they dye not in their vncleanenesse if they defyle my tabernacle that is among thē 32 This is the lawe of hym that hath an issue and of hym whose seede runneth from hym in his sleepe and is defyled therin 33 Also of her that for her seperation is put apart of whosoeuer hath a runnyng issue whether it be man or woman and of hym that lyeth with her which is vncleane ' ¶ The .xvj. Chapter ' 2 What Aaron must do 8 Of the scape goate 14 The clensyng of the sanctuarie 17 Of the feast of the clensyng 21 Aaron confesseth the sinnes of the children of Israel 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses after the death of y e two sonnes of Aaron when they offered before y e Lorde and dyed 2 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Speake vnto Aaron thy brother that he come not at all tymes into the holy place within the vayle before the mercie seate which is vpon the arke that he dye not For I wyll appeare in the cloude vpon y e mercie seate 3 But with this thyng shal Aaron come into the holy place euen with a young bullocke for a sinne offeryng and with a ramme for a burnt offeryng 4 He shall put the holy lynnen coate vpon hym and
seuenth moneth 8 And when Hezekia and the lordes came and sawe the heapes they blessed the Lorde and his people Israel 9 And Hezekia questioned with the priestes and the Leuites concerning the heapes 10 And Azaria the chiefe priest of the house of Zadoc aunswered him and saide Since the people began to bryng the heaue offringes into the house of the Lorde we also haue had inough to eate there remayned so much for the Lorde hath blessed his people and this heape is left 11 And Hezekia bade prepare the chambers in the house of the Lord And they did prepare them 12 And caried in the first fruites the tithes and the dedicate thinges faithfully ouer which Chonaniahu the Leuite had the rule and Semei his brother next to him 13 And Iehiel Azariahu Nahath Asael Ierimoth Iosabad Eliel Iesmachiahu Mahath and Banaiahu were ouerseres ordayned by Chonaniahu Semei his brother was an officer of Hezekia the king Azariahu was the ruler of the house of God 14 And Core the sonne of Imna the Leuite and porter of the east doore had the ouersight of the thinges that were offered of a free wyll vnto God were geuen in maner seuerally vnto the lord and ouer the thinges most holy 15 And vnder his hand were Eden Miniamin Iesua Semeiahu Amariahu and Sechaniahu in the cities of the priestes appoynted of their fidelitie to geue to their brethren their portions aswell to the small as to the great 16 Beside their generation beyng males from three yeres old and vpwarde euen vnto euery one that entereth into the house of the Lord they should geue day by day for their ministration and for their geuing attendaunce and for their diuers waytinges by course 17 Both to the generation of the priestes and Leuites throughout the housholde of their fathers from twentie yeres and aboue to wayte when their courses came 18 And to the families of all their babes wyues sonnes and daughters through all the congregation For vpon the fidelitie of them were the holy thinges bestowed 19 And to the children of Aaron the priestes whiche were in the fieldes and suburbes of their cities citie by citie the men whose names were expressed afore shoulde geue portions euen to all the males among the priestes and to all the Leuites according to their number 20 And of this maner did Hezekia throughout all Iuda wrought it that is good and right and true before the Lorde his God 21 And in al the workes that he began for seruice of the house of God for the lawe for the commaundementes he sought his God and that did he with all his heart and prospered The .xxxii. Chapter 1 Sennacherib inuadeth Iuda 3 Hezekia prepareth for the warre 7 He exhorteth the people to put their trust in the Lorde 9 Sennacherib blasphemeth God 20 Hezekia prayeth 21 The angell destroyeth the Assyrians and the king is slayne 25 Hezekia is not thankefull toward the Lorde 33 His death 1 AFter that these deedes were faythfully done Sennacherib king of the Assyrians came and entred into Iuda compassed the strong cities and thought to winne them for him selfe 2 And so when Hezekia sawe that Sennacherib was come and that he was purposed to fight against Hierusalem 3 He toke counsell with his lordes and men of might to stop the water of the fountaynes without the citie And they dyd helpe him 4 For there gathered many of the people together and stopt all the welles and the broke that ran through the middes of the land saying Why shall the kinges of the Assyrians come and finde much water 5 And Hezekia went to lustyly and buylt vp the wall where it was broken and made ordinaunce vpon the towres and to the other wall without and repaired Millo in the citie of Dauid and made many dartes and shieldes 6 And he set captaynes of warre ouer the people and gathered them together to him in the large streete of the gate of the citie and spake gentylly to them saying 7 Plucke vp your heartes and be strong be not afrayde nor discouraged for the king of the Assyrians for all the multitude that he hath with hym for there be mo with vs then with hym 8 With him is an arme of flesh but with vs is the Lord our God for to helpe vs and to fight our battayles And the people toke a courage through the wordes of Hezekia king of Iuda 9 After this did Sennacherib king of the Assyrians send of his seruauntes to Hierusalem but he him selfe remayned beside Lachis hauing all his power with him vnto Hezekia king of Iuda and vnto all Iuda that were at Hierusalem saying 10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of the Assyrians wherin do ye trust O ye that dwell in Hierusalem which is besieged 11 Doth not Hezekia entice you to geue ouer your selues vnto death hunger and thirst saying The Lord our God shall ryd vs out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians 12 Hath not the same Hezekia put downe his hye places and his aulters commaunded Iuda and Hierusalem saying Ye shall worship before one aulter and burne incense vpon the same 13 Knowe ye not what I and my fathers haue done vnto the people of all landes Were the gods of the people of other landes able or mightie to saue their landes out of my hande 14 Which of all the gods of those nations that my fathers destroyed could deliuer his people out of my hande And shall your God be able to deliuer you out of my hande 15 Wherfore nowe let not Hezekia deceaue you nor persuade you of this fassion nor yet beleue him For as no god among all nations and kingdomes was able to rid his people out of my hand and out of the hand of my fathers Howe much lesse shall your gods be able to kepe you out of my hande 16 And yet mo thinges did his seruauntes speake against the Lorde God and against his seruaunt Hezekia 17 And Sennacherib also wrote a letter to rayle on the Lord God of Israel and spake against him saying As the gods of the nations of other landes haue not ben able to deliuer their people out of my hande euen so shal not the God of Hezekia deliuer his people out of my hande 18 And they cried with a loude voyce in the Iewes speach vnto the people of Hierusalem that were on the wall to feare them and to make them faynt hearted and that they might so take the citie 19 And they spake against the God of Hierusalem as against the gods of the nations of the earth whiche were the workes of the handes of men 20 But Hezekia the king and the prophet Esai the sonne of Amos prayed against that blasphemie and cried vp to heauen 21 And the Lord sent an angel which destroyed all the men of warre and the lordes and captaynes of the hoast of the king of the Assyrians that he turned his face
his kingdome he went about to obtayne the lande of Egypt also that he might haue the dominion of two realmes 18 Vpon this entred he into Egypt with a strong hoast with charets Elephants horsemen and a great number of ships 19 And began to warre against Ptolome the king of Egypt But Ptolome was afrayde of him and fled and many of his people were wounded to death 20 Thus Antiochus wanne many strong cities and toke away great good out of the lande of Egypt 21 And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt he turned againe in the hundred fourtie and three yere and went toward Israel 22 And came vp to Hierusalem with a mightie people 23 And entred proudely into the sanctuarie and toke away the golden alter the candelsticke and al the ornaments therof the table of the shewbread the pouring vessels the chargers the golden spoones the vayle the crownes golden apparell of the temple and brake downe all in peeces 24 He toke also the siluer and golde the precious iewels and the secret treasures that he founde 25 And when he had taken away altogether caused a great murther of men and spoken very proudly the departed ino his owne lande 26 Therefore there was great lamentation throughout all Israel 27 The princes and the elders of the people mourned the young men and the maydens were defiled and the faire beautie of women was chaunged 28 The bridegrome and the bryde toke them to mourning 29 The lande and those that dwelt therein was moued for all the house of Iacob was brought to confusion 30 * After two yeres the king sent his chiefe treasurer vnto the cities of Iuda which came to Hierusalem with a great multitude of people 31 Speaking peaceable wordes vnto thē but all was deceite for when they had geuen him credence 32 He fell sodenly vpon the citie smote it sore destroyed much people of Israel 33 And when he had spoyled the citie he set fire on it casting downe houses and walles on euery side 34 The women and their children toke they captiue and led away their cattell 35 Then builded they the citie of Dauid with a great and thicke wall and with mightie towres and made it a strong holde for them 36 Beside all this they set wicked people and vngodlie men to kepe it 37 Stored it with weapons and vitailes gathered the goodes of Hierusalem and layed them vp there Thus became it a theeuishe castel 38 Thus they became a heauy burthen laying wayte for the people that went into the sanctuary and for the cruell destruction of Israel 39 Thus they shed innocent blood on euery side of the sanctuary and defiled it 40 Insomuch that the citezins were faine to depart and the citie became an habitation of straungers being desolate of her owne seede for her owne natiues were faine to leaue her 41 Her sanctuary was cleane wasted her holy dayes were turned into mourning her Sabbathes were had in derision her honour brought to naught 42 Loke how great her glory was before so great was her confusion and her ioye turned into sorowe 43 Antiochus also the king sent out a commission vnto all his kingdome that all the people should be one 44 Then they left euery man his lawe and al the heathen agreed to the commaundement of king Antiochus 45 Yea many of the Israelites consented therevnto offering vnto idols and defiling the Sabbath 46 So the king Antiochus sent his messēgers with his commission vnto Hierusalem and to all the cities of Iuda that they should folow the lawes of the heathen 47 And forbad either burnt offering meate offering or peace offering to be made in the temple of God that there should no Sabbath nor hie feast day be kept 48 But commaunded that the sanctuary and the holy people of Israel should be defiled 49 He commaunded also that there should be set vp other aulters temples idols to offer vp swines flesh and other vncleane beastes 50 That men should leaue their children vncircumcized to defile their soules with all maner of vncleannesse and abhominations 51 That they might so forget the lawe and chaunge all the holy ordinaunces of God 52 And that whosoeuer would not do according to the commaundement of king Antiochus should suffer death 53 In lyke maner cōmaunded he throughout all his realme and set rulers ouer the people for to compell them to do these thinges 54 Commaunding al the cities of Iuda to do sacrifice vnto idols 55 Then went the people vnto the heathen by heapes forsooke the law of the Lorde and committed much euil in the lande 56 And the droue the Israelites into secrete places euen where so euer they coulde flee for succour 57 The fifteenth day of the moneth Casleu in the hundred threescore and fifth yere set king Antiochus an abhominable idoll of desolation vpon the aulter of God and they builded aulters throughout all the cities of Iuda on euery side 58 Before the doores of the houses and in the streates where they brent incense and did sacrifice 59 And as for the bookes of the lawe of God they brent them in the fire and rent them in peeces 60 Whatsoeuer he was that had a booke of the testament of the Lorde founde by him yea whosoeuer endeuoured him selfe to kepe the lawe of the Lorde the kinges cōmaundement was that they should put him to death 61 And through his aucthoritie they executed these thinges euery moneth vpon the people of Israel that were founde in the cities 62 The twentie and fifth day of the moneth what time as they did sacrifice vpon the aulter which stoode in the steade of the aulter of the Lorde 63 According to the commaundement of king Antiochus they put certaine women to death which had caused their children to be circumcized 64 Not onely that but they hanged vp the childrē by the neckes throughout al their houses and slue the circumcizers of thē 65 Yet were there many of the people of Israel which determined in thēselues that they woulde not eate vncleane thinges but chose rather to suffer death then to be defiled with vncleane meates 66 So because they would not breake the blessed lawe of God they were cruelly slaine 67 And this great tiranny encreased very sore vpon the people of Israel The .ii. Chapter 1 The mourning of Mathathias and his sonnes for the destruction of the holy citie 19 They refuse to do sacrifice vnto idols 24 The zeale of Mathathias for the lawe of God 33 They are slaine and wyll not fight againe because of the Sabbath day 49 Mathathias dying commaundeth his sonne to sticke by the worde of God after the example of the fathers 1 IN those dayes there did stand vp one Mathathias the sonne of Iohn the sonne of Simeon the priest out of the kinred of Ioarib from Hierusalem and dwelt vpon the mount of Modin 2 And had fiue sonnes Iohn called
their paynes remembreth theÌ„ of the kepyng of Gods law 〈◊〉 the onlye meane of all the reward felicitie he wisâ—eth them (d) He commended them to God and prayed for them (e) Whiche they had left at home to kepe their cities and possessions Num. 31. d. 1. Reg. 30. f. (f) This is beyonde Iordane For sometyme the whole countrey on both sydes of Iordane is ment by Chanaan (g) Gods law requireth theÌ„ so to do though they were the dearest frendes they had yf they were founde to fall away from true religion Deut. xiii b. “ Or multitude Nu. xxv (h) The reproch of that wicked â—s doth â—ke by 〈◊〉 though alter â—nishment by death of 〈◊〉 thousand Gods wrâ—th was pâ—fied Num. 25. c. (i) â—s wanting the Arke of the Lorde and his aulter (k) To vse anâ— other seruice than God alloweth â—s to rebell agaynst God â— Sam. 1â— (l) Signifiyng that yf many suffered for one mans fault for the fault of many all shuld suffer (m) That is 〈…〉 punish vs reuenge it (n) Fall away froÌ„ true religion (o) As you are excluded from the lande so are you excluded from being partakers of the Lordes seruice (p) God requireth that the care of his glorie be in euery man not only for his tyme but also that it reache to his posteritie (q) His couenaunt his true religion beyng preserued vncorrupt (r) From the punyshment that they must haue loked for by transgressyng of gods lawe (a) Your eyes â—uing witnesse (b) Which yet remayne vnconquered Cha. 13. Deu. v. b. â— â—ixxviii b 〈◊〉 xvi a. (c) Let not the iudges admit an other 〈◊〉 any shal sweare by that idols Leu. 26. b. De. xxxii d Exo. xxiii g Num. 33. g Deut. vii c. (d) Meaning they shal be a continuall griefe vnto you and so the cause of your destruction (e) I die according to the course of nature Iosu xxi d. (f) He sheweth that no euyll can come vnto man except he offend God by disobedience (a) That were inhabitauntes in the land of Chanaan to 〈◊〉 tribes the half (b) Before the arke of God which was then brought from Silo to Sichem (c) Euphrates in Mesopotamia Gen. 11. d. Iud. 5. a. Gen. xxi d. Gen. 36. b. Gen. xlvi b. Exo. iii. c. Ex. vii viii.ix.x xiiii Ex. vii viii.ix.x xiiii Exo. xii f. Exo. xiiii c. (d) Euen fortie yeres Num. xxi d Nu. xxii a. Deu. xxiii a (e) Not in open fielde but by defending of their cities Exo. xxiii f Deu. vii f. Iosu xi (f) This is the true vse of Goddes benefites to learne therby to feare serue him (g) This thâ—cheth vs that yf all the world would go from God yet euery one yf vs particularly is bound to cleaue vnto him (h) Whom we knoledge our selues bound to serue (i) Except yt cast away your idols Ios xxiii d. (k) In this your conâ—essiâ— of Gods benefites and promise made to serue him iâ— herafter ye do the contrarie (l) Whiche you haue found caried away from the spoiles of the cities that you haue wonne (m) Rather then mans dissimulation should not be punished the dombe creatures shal crie for vengeance (n) Suche are the people commonly as the rulers are Iosu xiii d. (a) By the iudgement of Vrâ— Ex. 18. wâ—ightie matters ought not to be taken in hand without first inuocation of God (b) Whose inheritaunce was scattred among the tribe of Iuda according to Iacobs prophesie Gene. 49. b. (c) As if I were one of the inhabitours of the lande that came to thee by lot “ Or the lord of Bezek (d) As he serued others so by Gods iudgement is he serued him self Le. xxiiii c. (e) Al this within the parenthesis was done in Iosuah his time and is here spoken of by way of repetition (f) These three were giauntes and the children of Anak Iosu 15. d. Iosu xv c. (g) Read Ios 15 d. (g) This was one of the names of Moyses father in lawe Num 10. d. Deu. 34 a. Num. xxi a (h) These cities others were afterward possessed of the philistines 1. Sa 6. d. Nu xiiii d. Iosu xiiii d. 〈◊〉 xvi a. Gen 28 d. Iougâ—i c. (i) That is vnto the time of Samuel who is supposed to haue written this booke Ios xvii c. Ios xvi a. (k) That is the tribe of Ephraim and so are the rest to be vnderstanded “ Or afflicted them â–ª (l) A citie in Arabia in Hebrue Selah which signifieth a rock (a) A prophet or messenger as some think which was Phinees other think it was an Angelicall spirite sent of God appearing to do this message Deu. vii a. Deu. xii a. Iosu xxiii c “ Or weping (b) Reade Iosuah 24. g. Io. xxiiii g. lâ—xxâ—g (c) Or Serah Iâ—s â—4 gâ— â–ª signified the sunne whose image was set vpoâ— Iosuahs graue for a memory that the sunne stode as his commaundâ—ment (d) That is all mâ—er of idoles (e) Idolles which had the fourme of sheere among the SidoniaÌ„s Esa l. a. (f) The vengeance (g) This is 〈◊〉 maner of yeâ—rupt natures man therfore God of his mercie froÌ„ time to time vsed to restore and renewe true religion Iud. iii. b. (h) Outward enemies and false prophets are a triall to proue our faith De. 13. a (a) What helpe of God attayned what pollicie what valiauntes was vsed therin (b) Contrary to Gâ—ds comâ—â—ndement Deut â— (c) Trees oâ—â—tereâ—ted for idolatrie (d) Ending him with the gift of prophecie zeale of true religion strenght polâ— wisdome and fortitude (e) Vsing him as a Redde to punishe the children of Israel for their wickednes “ Or left â—d (g) That is he doth his casment Num. x. a. (h) That is strong and luâ—y (i) Like as the strongest kind of armour helpeth noâ— where God will punishe to the â—pâ—est weapon will se◠〈◊〉 God miraculously wil gâ—u◠〈◊〉 ☞ (a) This was one of the posteritie of Iabin whom Iosuâ—h slue Ios 11 â—â—nowâ— hauing recovered â—rength to reuenge (b) which was by Iosuah destroyed but after recovered bâ— ylded by the enemies Iud. v. b. (c) It should appeare that she had done this message vnto him afâ— and nowe calleth vpon him for the same aâ—ore the whole multitude Psal 83 b. (d) Although his faith nowe at the frâ—st he 〈◊〉 and therfore desireth the mesâ— of the prophetâ— yet after it became so strong that it is commended by the testimonie of the 〈◊〉 ghost Deâ— â— Num. x. â— (c) This 〈◊〉 towâ—ne thâ—t he occupieâ—â— argueth â—s substance to be great â–ª which 〈◊〉 seme to 〈◊〉 cause whâ— departed 〈◊〉 the other 〈◊〉 Psal 83 b. (f) He was of the famine of Iethro Moyses father in 〈◊〉 and his auncetours ioyned them self to Israel in the true worshippyng of God Iudâ— x. â— (a) To wit the two tribes of Zabulon Nephthali Deut. iiii b. Deu ii a. Psal 97. a. Psal 97. a. Exod 19 c. Exod 19 c. (b) For feare of
couetusnes 1. Re. 8 and therfore the people did aske them a kyng ouer them Helchana Heleanaes wiues Anna. Plenera D. Abesson a Bethalamite of the tribe of Iuda iudged Israel 7. yeres he had thirtie sonnes and 30. daughters maryed them all in whose tyme Paris rauished Helena and the citie of Paris was builded of Paris in his .3 yere was Troy taken and there dyd flowe .406 yeres vnto the first Olimpias theÌ„ the Grecians for y e glorye of their victory began to note the tymes thus In the yere froÌ„ the captiuitâ—e of Troy After that they noted the times according to y e number of their Olimpiades After that the Romanes noted their times thus In the yere from y e building of the citie Lastly christian men noted ††their time froÌ„ the natiuitie of Christ In the third yere from the captiuite of Troy raigned Eneas three yeres in Italie where raigned before him Ianus Saturnus Picus Siluius Latinus about 150. yeres at that tyme Anthenor builded Antherioridam that is Padua E. Ailon iudged the people ten yeres Iudg. 13. in whose tyme Agamemnon king of Mycenae and Menelaus of Lacedemonia H Sampson of the tribe of Dan whose fathers name was Manue he was a Nazarite and sanctified in his mothers wombe who did much destroy the Philistines at the last by the deceite of Dalida his concubine who did shere his head wherby he lost his strength was taken of the Philistines and his eyes put out and in time his strength growing to him he shooke the pillers of the house which fel downe oppressed the Philistines and therby kylled more by his death then he did by his lyfe he was buried in his fathers graue as in the booke of the Iudges in whose time Ascanius the seconde kyng of the Latines builded Alban Iud. 13. Booâ— wheÌ„ he went to slepe toke 〈◊〉 who put her selfe vnder his clouâ— and sitting with the seâ—iors of the people of the citie of Bethel for that the next of her kindred woulde not take her he maryed her to rayse vp seede to his next kinsman that was departed Ruth 1. A. Thola sonne of Phua vncle to Abimelech of Isachar who ruled the people .23 yeres Iud. x. in whose dayes Priamus raigned in Troy B. Iahir he iudged the people 22. yeres Iudg. x. in whose tyme Carmentis did finde the Latin letters and the citie of Carthago was builded of Carthage C. Iepte a valiaunt Galadite expelled by his brothers as a bastarde but afterward made ruler ouer the Galadites ouer his brethreÌ„ and purposing to fight against the Amobites made a vowe to God vnwisely Iudg. 11. F. Hely iudge and priest in correctyng his two sonnes Ophni Phinees very slackly and hearyng of their death of the takyng of the arke by the Philistines he fell from his seat and brake his necke 1. Reg. 2. in whose tyme Siluius was king of the Latins Helchana came of Leui by Ysuar and Chore whiche had two wyues Anna and Phenenna of which Anna he begat Samuel the prophet whoÌ„ she did nurse vp and Heli offered hym vp in Silo. 1. Reg. 1. I. Samuel was called thrise of the Lorde for he had .3 dignities beyng priest iudge and prophete he at the petition of the people of Israel annoynted Saul of the tribe of Beniamin for king geuing him charge to kil the Amalechites and Agag their king which precept because he dyd not fulfill he was reproued of the Lorde and Samuel did annoynt Dauid the sonne of Isai in Bethlehem to be king This Samuel was raysed vp after his death by a Phitonesse a witch In his time began the people of Israel to haue kinges Christes line Booz Obeth Ysai or Iesse Christes line K. â—imelech husbande to Noema in the tyme of famine in the lande of promise vnder Hely the priest â—orneyed with his wiâ—e and his two sonnes from Bethlehem into the lande of Moab where his two sonnes toke to wyues Ruth Orpha where her husband and her two sonnes deraâ—g leauyng Orpha Noema returned with her daughter Ruth a Moabite which Ruth by the counsayle of Noema went into the fieldes of Booz cosin to her husbande to gather eares after the mowers which Ruth tolde Booz the consanguinitie of her husbande and at last maryed her to wife of whom he begat Obed the father of Iesse in the tyme of this Elimelech the sonne stoode to the terrour of sinners agayne the Lorde Ruth 1. Elimelech K Maalon â— Booz wife Ruth Brethren Noema Chelion Orpha M. Saul long sekyng for the Asses of his father and findyng them not went to Samuel in Ramatha who powred a viall full of oyle vpon his head and annoynted him for kyng and receaued three signes to the confirmation of his annoyntyng one in the sepulture of Rachel next the oke of Thabor the seconde at the hyll of the Lorde findyng a companie of the prophetes he prophecied amongst them thirdly in Masphat where by tempering of the lottes of the children of Israel he was elected annoynted This Saul did deliuer the Ioabites of Galaad from Naas the kyng of the Moabites agayne was confirmed of Samuel in Galgola to be kyng who fightyng agaynst the Philistians and not tarying for Samuel by .7 dayes doyng sacrifice against the precept of God and Samuel was reproued of him â–ª where Ionathas because he had eaten of the hony combe agaynst the prohibition though he dyd it ignorauntly was hardly saued from death notwithstandyng the entreatie of the people and Saul because he spared Agag the king of Amalech agaynst the precept of God and Samuel though that Samuel mourned for him before God the Lorde elected Dauid for kyng and reproued Saul for which cause Saul dyd persecute Dauid continually but finally Saul with his .3 sonnes Ionathas Aminadab Melchisua was slayne of the Philistines in the mountaynes ††of Gilboa .1 Reg. 31. In this kinges tyme Homer the Greeke poet lyued Abiel L Ciâ— Ner. Cerra Saul M Abner N Semei O Here at Saul endeth the .3 age hauyng yeres .942 accordyng to the Hebretians but accordyng to the .70 interpretours two yeres lesse Ionathas P Aminadab Melchisua Hisboseth Merob Michol L. Abiel by many successions that is to saye .18 came of Beniamin of whose sonne Cis by name was king Saul borne of whiche Cis Ner was brother 2. Reg. 1. N. Abner sonne of Ner slue Azael and lying with the concubine of Saul was reproued of Isboseth whervpon he came to Dauid was pacified with him and in his departyng from Hierusalem he was slaine of Ioab and Abisai because he had killed Azael 2. Reg. 23. O. Semei the sonne of Zerra did curse Dauid when he fledde from the face of Absolon 1 Reg. 16. whoÌ„ Solomon did sley 3. Reg. 2. for that he coÌ„maunded him to kepe his house not to depart the liâ—ttes appoynted him in Hierusalem which after .3 yeres he transgressed and fled to Achis the king of Geth 3. Reg. 3. 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Ionathas was dearely beloued of Dauid in signe of friendship he gaue to Dauid his apparell and deliuered him from his fathers ire for he knew that he was elected kyng by God Dauid loued his sonne Miphiboseth and did mercifully with him as he promised to Ionathas for he set him at his table 2. Reg. 9. at last was slayne of the Philistines 2. Reg. 22. 〈◊〉 or Yshai is the sonne of Obed who was the father of Dauid this Obed was sonne to Booz to Noema Ruth 4â— This is Iesse or Yshai of whom Esaias the prophete wryteth cap. â—1 There shall come a sprigge foorth of the stemme of Yshai whiche is Christ and a young shoote shall growe out of his roote the spirite of the Lorde shall rest vpon hym c. In the time of Dauid Ioab the sonne of Seruia was lieftenaunt vpon the armie Iosaphat secretari that is wryter of the actes Sadoch and Abiathar priestes Saraias scribe that is chancelor Banaias ouerseer of Celetie and Pheleti whiche were of the garde to Dauids person Nathan and Gad were prophetes in his time Dauid had eyght wyues Egla Abigal Bethsabe Ager Maacha Abigail Achidoc which were mothers of these children in order as they go beside other concubines and other children many Nathan is he whom Dauid adopted vnto his sonne he was not NathaÌ„ the prophet By the counsel of this Ionadab Amon did defloure his sister 2. Reg. 13. A Amasa was lieftenaunt ouer the battayles of Dauid whom Ioab slue deceytfully vnder the colour of imbrasing hym .2 Regum 20. B This Azael was a man very swift in running whom Abner the sonne of Ner did kill whervpon him selfe also was slayne 2. Regum 2. C This Ioab was Dauids seruaunt whoÌ„ he mayntayned in hie dominion against all men whiche killed Abner the sonne of Ner the chiefe of Sauls hoast 2. Regum 2. D Abisai went with Dauid when he toke away the speare and pitcher of water from the head of Saul in his sleepe whom he would haue killed but Dauid woulde not suffer him 2. Reg. 23. E By this Ietran or Natan the sonne of Dauid the virgine descended as appeareth beginning from him so goyng downe to Marie in the right line Christes line IESSE DAVID Solomon 7 Christes lyne Abigail Sisters to Dauid Saruia Sammaa Nathan Ionadab Amasa A Azael Ioab C Abisai D Ietran or Natan E 6 Saphasias 5 Eliab Amsnadab Abiathar Achitob Adonias F 4. Absolon G 3 Celaab 2. Amon the first sonne H Sadoch 〈◊〉 the sonne of Iesse of Bethleem the youngest of his brethren elected of the Lord to be king and 〈◊〉 by Samuel annoynted 1. Reg. 16. after that in Ebrâ—n he was made king vpon the tribe of Iuda seuen yeres and syxe monethes thirdly vpon aâ— Israel thirtie and three yeres He with his harpe dyd mitigate the furie of Saul theâ—by the killing of Goliath wan Ionathas heart vnto hym he was made the sonne in lawe to the king and hauing commendation of the virgins in their songues aboue Saule suffred much enuie of hym was pursued diuersly by him to death but was deliuered by the fauour of God In Nobe he did eate the breades appoynted for the priestes and counterfeted a madnesse before Achis king of Geth he scaped from the handes of Saule when the Philistines came vpon him and when Saule persecuted him Dauid cut the hem of his cloke in the caue that he was in he maried Abigail the wyfe of Nabol the foolish after his death he toke priuily away the speare and pitcher of water which was at Saules head After Saul was dead comming from Achis in Sichelech slue the Amalechites the messenger that slue Saule he executed making a morning song for hym after whom Solomon his sonne succeeded in his kingdome 3. Reg. 1.2 cap. Here returneth the priesthood to the children of Eleasar in the time of Solomon who dyd reiect Abiathar which was of the children of Ithamar and restored to Sadoch the priesthood whiche was of the sonnes of Eleasar Solomon was constituted king of Israel of his father Dauid who slue his brother Athonias and Ioab and Semei receiued of God the gyft of wysedome gaue a notable iudgement of the harlottes children made the temple by the helpe of Hyram in seuen yeres and seuen monethes and the tenth day of September dyd consecrate it brought the arke of God into the teÌ„ple receaued honorably the queene of Saba and at the last he filed his olde age by the loue of women and by the worshipping of idoles therfore the Lord swore that he would deuide his kingdome from the hande of his sonne and after he had raigned fourtie yeres he was buried in the citie of Dauid 3. Reg. 11. cap. In the time of Solomon Banaias the sonne of Ioiada was ruler ouer the hoast Sadoch and Azarias were priestes Heliot and Haia children of Sessa were scribes Iosaphat was recorder Azarias sonne of Nathan was set ouer them which assisted the king Yssuar stuard of y e house AduraÌ„ set ouer the tributes 3. Re. 4. F Adonias was deposed by Dauid because he woulde raigne and dyd appoynt Solomon who slue him because he dyd aske Abisaak the Sunamite to wyfe 3. Reg. 2. G Absolon was a very fayre man he slue his brother Amon he had the fauour of the people he toke from his father his kingdome lay with his concubines at last was slayne with three speares 2. Regum 18. H Amon did defile his sister Thamar in his fayned sickenesse doyng him seruice by the counsell of Ionadab and therfore was slayne by Absolon who fled from his father and by sute of Ioab was reconciled 2. Reg. 13. Bâ—hops 〈…〉 Crisâ—ine Prohetes that were in the tymes of the kinges of Iuda in this second lyne Achias Azarias Abdo Semâ—ias Ichu Zacharias Elieser Oziel In this lyne on the right hâ—nde â—e put the kinges of Iuda raigning ouer two tribes of whom the first was Roboam for the three kinges before named Saul Dauid and Solomon had the rule of all Israel A Roboam despising the counsel of the seniors and folowing the aduice of the younger men did much trouble gods people by hys rashnesse he retayned two tribes with y e leuitical tribe it was called the kingdome of Iuda he vpon y e demerite of his sonnes did suffer the inuasion of Susar king of Egypt who toke away the targettes of gold put brasen in y e same place .3 Re. 14 B Abia. folowed y e sinnes of his father Roboam who gathered together .900 souldiers and dyd obreyd Ieroboam of his idolatrie and the lorde delyuered Israel into y e handes of Iuda and after 5000. of the people of Israel wer slaine â–ª Ieroboam fled Abia after his death was buried in the citie of Dauid in his time Azarias liued in the temple of Solomon 3. Reg. 15. C Assa did right before y e lorde he suppressed the stues and at the counsell of Azarias the prophete he destroyed all the idols
into Egypt neither to farre ouer the other lest we be caryed away to Babylon Let vs not syng the song of our Lorde in a straunge lande that is to say let vs not dispute the worde of God at all aduentures aswell where it is not to be reasoned as where it is and aswell in the eares of them that be not fyt therfore as of them that be If we can in no wyse forbeare but that we must needes dispute let vs forbeare thus much at the least to do it out of tyme and place conuenient And let vs entreate of those thynges which be holy holyly and vpon those thynges that be misticall mistically and not to vtter the deuine misteries in the eares vnworthy to heare them but let vs knowe what is comely aswell in our scilence and talkyng as in our garmentes wearyng in our feedyng in our gesture in our goynges in all our other behauyng This contention and debates about scriptures and doubtes therof specially when such as do pretende to be the fauourers and studentes therof can not agree within them selues doth most hurt to our selues and to the furtheryng of the cause and quarrels that we woulde haue furthered aboue all other thinges And we in this saith he be not vnlike to them that being mad set their owne houses on fire and that slay their owne children or beate their owne parentes I maruayle much saith he to recount wherof commeth all this desire of vayne glorie wherof commeth all this tongue itche that we haue so much delyght to talke and clatter And wherin is our communication Not in the commendation of vertuous and good deedes of hospitalitie of loue betwene christian brother and brother of loue betwene man and wyfe of virginitie and chastitie and of almes towarde the poore Not in psalmes and godly songes not in lamentyng for our sinnes not in repressyng the affections of the body not in prayers to God We talke of scripture but in the meane tyme we subdue not our fleshe by fastyng watchyng and weepyng we make not this lyfe a meditation of death we do not striue to be lordes ouer our appetites and affections we go not about to pull downe our proude and hygh myndes to abate our fumishe and rancorous stomackes to restrayne our lustes and bodyly delectations our vndiscrete sorowes our lasciuious mirth our inordinate lokyng our insatiable hearyng of vanities our speakyng without measure our inconuenient thoughtes and briefly to refourme our lyfe and maners but all our holinesse consisteth in talkyng And we pardon eche other from all good lyuyng so that we may sticke fast together in argumentation as though there were no mo wayes to heauen but this alone the way of speculation and knowledge as they take it but in very deede it is rather the way of superfluous contention and sophistication Hitherto haue I recited the mynde of Gregorie Nazianzene in that booke whiche I spake of before The same aucthour sayth also in an other place that the learnyng of a christian man ought to begyn of the feare of God to ende in matters of hye speculation and not contraryly to begyn with speculation and to ende in feare For speculation saith he either hye cunnyng or knowledge yf it be not stayed with the bridle of feare to offende God is daungerous and inough to tumble a man headlong downe the hyll Therfore saith he the feare of God must be the first begynnyng and as it were an A.B.C. or an introduction to all them that shall enter into the very true and most fruitful knowledge of holy scriptures Where as is the feare of God there is saith he the kepyng of the commaundementes and where as is the kepyng of the commaundementes there is the clensyng of the fleshe which fleshe is a cloude before the soules eye and suffereth it not purely to see the beame of the heauenly lyght Where as is the clensyng of the fleshe there is the illumination of the holy ghost the ende of all our desires and the very lyght wherby the veritie of scriptures is seene and perceaued This is the mynde and almost the wordes of Gregorie Nazianzene doctour of the Greeke Churche of whom saint Ierome saith that vnto his tyme the latine Churche had no writer able to be compared and to make an euen matche with hym Therfore to conclude this latter part euery man that commeth to the readyng of this holy booke ought to bryng with hym first and formost this feare of almightie God and then next a firme and stable purpose to refourme his owne selfe accordyng thervnto and so to continue proceede and prosper from tyme to tyme shewyng hym selfe to be a sober fruitfull hearer and learner which yf he do he shall proue at the length well able to teache though not with his mouth yet with his lyuyng and good example which is sure the most liuely and effectuous fourme and maner of teachyng He that otherwise intermedleth with this booke let hym be assured that once he shall make a count therfore when he shall haue sayde to hym as it is written in the prophete Dauid Peccatòri dicit deus c. Vnto the vngodly sayde God Why doest thou preache my lawes and takest my testament in thy mouth Wheras thou hatest to be refourmed and hast ben partaker with adulterers Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt Thou sattest and spakest agaynst thy brother and hast slaundered thyne owne mothers sonne These thynges hast thou done and I helde my tongue and thou thoughtest wickedly that I am euen such a one as thy selfe But I wyll reproue thee and set before thee the thynges that thou hast done O consider this ye that forget God lest I plucke you away and there be none to deliuer you Who so offereth me thankes and prayse he honoureth me and to hym that ordereth his conuersation ryght wyll I shewe the saluation of God ¶ Prayse be to God The yeres from the â—reation of the worlde ¶ A description of the yeres from the Creation of the worlde vntill this present yere of 1568. drawen for the most part out of the holy Scripture with declaration of certayne places wherin is certayne difference of the reckening of the yeres 1948. WE recken from Adam vntill the flood a thousand sixe hundred fiftie and sixe yeres Genesis 5. and .6 and from the flood vntill Abraham .292 yeres Genesis .11 23â—8 From Abraham vntill Isahac a hundred yeres Gen. 17. From Isahac vntyl Iacob sixtie Gen. 25. And froÌ„ Iacob to Ioseph 90. yeres Ioseph liued afterward .110 yeres Gen 50. 2448. From the death of Ioseph vntyl Moyses there is according to Philo sixtie yeres And from Moyses till the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt .80 yeres Actes 7. 2520. The people remayned in the wildernesse .40 yeres Deu. 29. And then were brought into the land of Chanaan by Iosuah who was gouernour ouer the said
and the gatheryng together of waters called he the seas and God sawe that it was good 11 And God sayde f let the earth bryng foorth both budde and hearbe apt to seede and fruitfull trees yeeldyng fruite after his kynde which hath seede in it selfe vpon the earth and it was so 12 And the earth brought forth both bud and hearbe apt to seede after his kynde and tree yeeldyng fruite whiche hath seede in it selfe after his kynde 13 And God sawe that it was good And the euenyng and the mornyng were the thirde day 14 And God sayde let there be lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen that they may deuide the day and the nyght and let them be for signes seasons and for dayes and yeres 15 And let them be for lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen that they maye geue light vpō the earth and it was so 16 And God made two great lyghtes a greater lyght to rule the day and a lesse lyght to rule the nyght and he made starres also 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heauen to shyne vpon the earth 18 And to rule the day and nyght and to make difference betweene the lyght and the darknesse and God saw that it was good 19 And the euenyng and the mornyng were the fourth day 20 And God sayde let the waters bryng foorth mouyng creature that hath lyfe and foule that may flee vpon the earth in the open firmament of heauen 21 And God created great whales and euery lyuyng mouing creature which the waters brought foorth after theyr kynde euery fethered foule after their kynde and God saw that it was good 22 And God blessed them saying Be fruiteful and multiplie and fyll the waters of the sea and let foule multiple in the earth 23 And the euenyng and mornyng were the fift day 24 And God sayde let the earth bryng foorth lyuyng creature after his kynde cattell worme and beastes of the earth after his kynde and it was so 25 God made the beast of the earth after his kynde and cattell after his kynde and euery thyng that creepeth vpon the earth after his kynde and God sawe that it was good 26 God saide let vs make man in our image after our lykenesse and let them haue rule of the fisshe of the sea of the foule of the ayre and of cattell of all the earth and of euery creepyng thyng that creepeth vpon the earth 27 So God created man in his owne image in the image of God created he him male and female created he them 28 And God blessed them and God sayde vnto them be fruitefull multiplie and replenishe the earth subdue it and haue dominion of the fisshe of the sea and foule of the ayre of euery lyuing thing that moueth vpon the earth 29 And God sayde beholde I haue geuen you euery hearbe bearing seede which is in the vpper face of all y e earth and euery tree in the which is the fruite of a tree bearing seede that they may be meate vnto you 30 To euery beast of the earth also and to euery birde of the aire and to euery such thing that creepeth vpon y e earth which doth liue I haue geuen euery greene hearbe for meate and it was so 31 And God sawe euery thyng that he had made and beholde it was exceedyng good And the euenyng the mornyng were the sixth day ¶ The .ij. Chapter 2 The day of rest is blessed 4 A repeatyng of thynges foretolde in the first 6 The cloude from the earth as a well to water it 7 He rehearseth agayne the fashionyng of man 8 Man in the paradise of pleasure 10 The wood of lyfe the wood of knowledge 11.13.14 The ryuers names 16 God forbyddeth man the tree of knowledge of good and euyll 19 Adam geueth names vnto all lyuyng thynges 22 Woman is created 23 The institution of holy mariage 1 THe heauens also the earth were finisshed all the hoast of them 2 And in the seuenth day God ended his worke whiche he had made And the seuēth day he rested from all his worke which he had made 3 And God blessed the seuenth daye sanctified it because that in it he had rested from all his worke whiche God ordeyned to make 4 These are the generations of the heauens and of the earth when they were created in the day when the Lord God made the earth and the heauens 5 And euery plant of the fielde before it was in the earth and euery hearbe of the fielde before it grewe For the Lord God had not yet caused it to rayne vppon the earth neither was there a man to tyll the grounde 6 But there went vp a miste from the earth watered the whole face of the grounde 7 The Lorde God also dyd shape man euen dust frō of the grounde breathed into his nosethrylles the breath of lyfe and man was a lyuyng soule 8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastwarde in Eden and there he put the man whom he had shapen 9 Moreouer out of the grounde made the Lorde God to growe euery tree that was fayre to syght and pleasaunt to eate The tree of lyfe in the myddest of the garden and the tree of knowledge of good and euyll 10 And out of Eden there went foorth a flood to water the garden and from thence it was deuided and became into foure heades 11 The name of y e first is Pison the same is it that compasseth the whole lande of Hauilah where there is golde 12 And the golde of the lande is very good There is also Bdellium and the Onix stone 13 The name of the seconde riuer is Gyhon the same is it that compasseth the whole lande of Ethiopia 14 The name of y e thirde ryuer is Hidekel it goeth toward the east side of Assiria the fourth ryuer is Euphrates 15 And the Lord God toke the man and put hym in the garden of Eden that he myght worke it and kepe it 16 And the Lorde God commaunded the man saying eating thou shalt eate of euery tree of the garden 17 But as touching the tree of knowlege of good and euyll thou shalt not eate of it For in what daye so euer thou eatest therof thou shalt dye the death 18 And the Lord God sayde It is not good y t the man should be alone I wyll make hym an helpe lyke vnto hym 19 And so out of the grounde the Lorde God had shapen euery beast of the field and euery foule of the ayre and brought it vnto man that he myght see howe he woulde call it For lykewyse as man hym selfe named euery lyuyng thyng euen so was the name therof 20 And the man gaue names to all
vs. 11 And so Abimelech charged al his people saying He that toucheth this man or his wyfe shall dye the death 12 Then Isahac sowed in that lande and receaued in the same yere an hundred folde and the Lorde blessed hym 13 And the man waxed myghtie went foorth and grewe tyll he was exceeding great 14 For he had possessiō of sheepe of oxen and a myghtie housholde and therfore the Philistines had enuie at hym 15 For the Philistines stopped and fylled vp with earth all the welles which his seruauntes had digged in his father Abrahams tyme. 16 And Abimelech sayde vnto Isahac Get thee from vs for thou art mightier then we a great deale 17 Therefore Isahac departed thence and abode in the valley of Gerar and dwelt there 18 And Isahac returning digged againe the welles of water which they digged in the dayes of Abraham his father which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham named them after the same names by the which his father had named them 19 Isahacs seruauntes digged in the valley and founde a well of springyng water 20 And the heardmen of Gerar did striue with Isahacs heardmen saying the water is ours Then called he the well contention because they stroue with hym 21 And they digged another well and stroue for that also and he called the name of it enmitie 22 And then he departed thence digged another well for the which they stroue not Therfore called he it roomth saying the Lorde hath made vs nowe roome that we may encrease vpon the earth 23 And he went vp thence to Beer-seba 24 And the Lorde appeared vnto hym the same night and sayde I am the God of Abraham thy father feare not for I am with thee and wyl blesse thee and multiple thy seede for my seruaunt Abrahams sake 25 And he builded an aulter there and called vpon the name of the Lorde and pitched his tent and there Isahacs seruauntes dygged a well 26 Then came Abimelech to him from Gerar and Ahuzath his friende and Phicol the captaine of his armie 27 And Isahac sayde vnto them wherfore come ye to me seyng ye hate me and haue put me away from you 28 Whiche aunswered We sawe most certainly that the Lord was with thee and we sayde let there be nowe an oth betwixt vs euen betwixt vs and thee and let vs make a league with thee 29 That thou shouldest do vs no hurt as we haue not touched thee and as we haue done vnto thee nothyng but good sent thee away in peace for thou art nowe the blessed of the Lorde 30 And he made them a feast and they dyd eate and drynke 31 And they rose vp betymes in the mornyng and sware one to another And Isahac sent them away and they departed from hym in peace 32 And the same daye Isahacs seruauntes came and tolde hym of a well which they had dygged and sayde vnto hym we haue founde water 33 And he called it Sebah and the name of the citie is called Beer-seba vnto this day 34 Esau was fourtie yere olde he toke a wyfe called Iudith the daughter of Beeri an Hethite and Basemath the daughter of Elon an Hethite also 35 Which were disobedient vnto Isahac and Rebecca ¶ The .xxvij. Chapter 1 Isahac byddeth Esau of his huntyng to prepare hym a dysshe 5 Iacob by the subtiltie of his mother foretaketh awaye his blessyng 26 Isahac kysseth his sonne 28 Isahac blesseth Iacob 30 Esau beyng returned frō huntyng bryngeth meates to his father 34 Esau after great outcryes at the last is blessed 39 Isahac blesseth Esau 41 Esau hateth Iacob and threatneth his death 43 Rebecca prouideth for Iacob a departyng into Mesopotamia 1 AND it came to passe that whē Isahac waxed olde his eyes were dimme so that he could not see he called Esau his eldest sonne saide vnto hym my sonne And he sayde vnto hym here am I. 2 And he sayde Beholde I am nowe olde and knowe not the daye of my death 3 Nowe therefore take I pray thee thy weapons thy quyuer and thy bowe and get thee to the fielde that thou mayest take me some venison 4 And make me well tastyng meates such as I loue and bryng it to me that I may eate that my soule may blesse thee before that I dye 5 But Rebecca hearde when Isahac spake to Esau his sonne And Esau wēt into the fielde to hunt venison and to bryng it 6 And Rebecca spake vnto Iacob her sonne saying Beholde I haue hearde thy father talkyng with Esau thy brother and saying 7 Bring me venison and make me daintie meate that I may eate and blesse thee before the Lorde afore my death 8 Nowe therfore my sonne heare my voyce in that which I cōmaunde thee 9 Get thee to the flocke and bryng me thence two good kyddes frō the goates and I wyll make of them pleasaunt meates for thy father such as he loueth 10 And thou shalt bryng it to thy father that he may eate and that he may blesse thee before his death 11 Then said Iacob to Rebecca his mother Beholde Esau my brother is a heary man and I am smoothe 12 My father shall peraduenture feele mee and I shall seeme vnto hym as though I went about to begyle hym and so shall I bryng a curse vpon me and not a blessyng 13 And his mother sayde vnto him Vpon me be the curse my sonne only heare my voyce and go and fetche me them 14 And Iacob went and fet them and brought them to his mother and his mother made pleasaunt meate such as she knewe his father loued 15 And Rebecca fet goodly rayment of her eldest sonne Esau whiche were in the house with her and put them vpon Iacob her younger sonne 16 And she put the skynnes of the kiddes vpon his handes and vpon the smoothe of his necke 17 And she put that pleasaunt meate and bread whiche she had prepared in the hande of her sonne Iacob 18 When he came to his father he sayde my father And he aunswered here am I who art thou my sonne 19 And Iacob sayde vnto his father I am Esau thy eldest sonne I haue done accordyng as thou baddest me aryse I pray thee syt and eate of my venison that thy soule may blesse me 20 And Isahac said vnto his sonne how commeth it that thou hast founde it so quickly my sonne He aunswered the lorde thy God brought it to my handes 21 Then sayde Isahac vnto Iacob Come neare and I wyll feele thee my sonne whether thou be my very sonne Esau or not 22 Then went Iacob to Isahac his father and he felt hym and sayde The voyce is Iacobs voyce but the handes are the handes of Esau 23 And he knewe him not because his handes were heary as his brother Esaus handes
not let the people go to sacrifice vnto the Lorde 30 And Moyses went out from Pharao and prayed vnto the Lorde 31 And the Lorde did accordyng to the saying of Moyses and the flyes departed from Pharao and from his seruauntes and from his people and there remayned not one 32 And Pharao hardened his heart once more at this time and dyd not let the people go ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 Death of cattell 8 Boyles 13 Hayle 27 Pharao acknowledgeth his offence and besecheth Moyses to pray for hym 33 When Moyses prayeth the hayle ceaseth 1 THe Lorde said vnto Moyses go in vnto Pharao and thou shalt tell hym Thus sayeth the Lorde God of the Hebrues Let my people go that they may serue me 2 If thou refuse to let them go and wylt holde them styll 3 Beholde the hande of the Lorde is vpon thy flocke which is in the fielde for vpon Horses vpon asses vpon camelles vpon oxen and vpon sheepe there shal be a mightie great morayne 4 And the Lorde shall do wonderfully betweene the beastes of Israel and the beastes of Egypt so that there shall nothyng dye of all that pertayneth to the children of Israel 5 And the Lorde appoynted a tyme saying to morowe the Lorde shall finishe this worde in the lande 6 And the Lorde dyd that thyng on the morowe and all the cattell of Egypt dyed but of the cattell of the children of Israel dyed not one 7 And Pharao sent and beholde there was not one of the cattell of the Israelites dead And the heart of Pharao heardened and he did not let the people go 8 And the Lord said vnto Moyses and Aaron take your handes full of asshes out of y e furnace Moyses shal sprinckle it vp into the ayre in y e sight of Pharao 9 And it shal be dust in all the lande of Egypt and shal be swelling sores with blaynes both on man beast throughout all the lande of Egypt 10 And they toke asshes out of the furnace and stoode before Pharao and Moyses sprinkled it vp into the ayre and there were swellyng sores with blaynes both in men and in beastes 11 And the sorcerers could not stande before Moyses because of the blaynes for there were botches vpon the enchaunters and vpon al the Egyptians 12 And the Lorde hardened the heart of Pharao and he hearkened not vnto them as y e Lord had said vnto Moyses 13 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses rise vp early in the morning and stande before Pharao and thou shalt tell him Thus sayeth the Lorde God of the Hebrues Let my people go that they may serue me 14 Or els I wyll at this tyme sende all my plagues vpon thine heart and vpon thy seruauntes and on thy people that thou mayest knowe that there is none lyke me in all the earth 15 For now I will stretch out my hand that I may smyte thee and thy people with pestilence and thou shalt peryshe from the earth 16 And in very deede for this cause haue I kept thee for to shewe thee my power and that my name may be declared throughout all the worlde 17 Yet exaltest thou thy selfe agaynst my people that thou wylt not let them go 18 Beholde to morowe this time I wyl sende downe a mightie great hayle euen suche a one as was not in Egypt since the foundation thereof was layde vnto this tyme. 19 Sende therfore nowe and gather thy beastes all that thou hast in the fielde For vpon all the men and the beastes whiche are founde in the fielde and not brought home shall the hayle fall and they shall dye 20 And as many as feared the worde of the Lorde amongest the seruauntes of Pharao made their seruauntes and their beastes flee into the houses 21 But he that regarded not the worde of the Lord left his seruauntes and his beastes in the fielde 22 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses stretche foorth thyne hande vnto heauen that there may be hayle in all the lande of Egypt vpon man and vpon beastes and vpon all the hearbes of the fielde throughout the lande of Egypt 23 And Moyses stretched foorth his rod vnto heauen and the Lord thundred and hayled and the fire ranne a long vpon the grounde and the Lorde hayled in the lande of Egypt 24 So there was hayle and fire mingled with the hayle so greeuous and such as there was none throughout al the land of Egypt since people inhabited it 25 And the hayle smote throughout all the lande of Egypt all that was in the fielde both man beast and the hayle smote all the hearbes of the fielde and broke all the trees of the fielde 26 Only in the lande of Gosen where the chyldren of Israel were was there no hayle 27 And Pharao sent and called for Moyses and Aaron and sayde vnto them I haue nowe sinned the Lorde is righteous and I my people are vngodly 28 Pray ye vnto the Lorde that these thundringes of God and hayle may be sufficient and I will let you go and ye shall tary no longer 29 Moyses sayd vnto him Assoone as I am out of the citie I wyll spreade abrode my handes vnto the Lorde and the thunder shall ceasse neyther shall there be any more hayle that thou mayest knowe howe that the earth is the Lordes 30 But I knowe that thou and thy seruauntes yet feare not the face of the Lorde God 31 And so the flaxe and the barlye were smytten for the barly was shot vp and the flaxe was boulled 32 But the wheate and the rye were not smytten for they were late sowen 33 And Moyses went out of the citie frō Pharao and spread abrode his handes vnto the Lorde and the thunder and hayle ceassed neyther rayned it vpon the earth 34 And when Pharao sawe that the rayne and the hayle and thunder were ceassed he sinned yet more and hardened his heart he and his seruauntes 35 And the heart of Pharao was hardened neyther woulde he let the chyldren of Israel go as the Lorde had sayd by the hande of Moyses ¶ The .x. Chapter 1 God hardeneth Pharao 4 Moyses threatneth Pharao locustes 16 Pharao acknowledging his sinne requireth that prayer be made for him 19 Moyses prayeth for Pharao 21 Darknesse so grosse that it might be felt 1 AND the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses go in vnto Pharao for I haue hardened his heart the heart of his seruauntes that I might shewe these my signes before hym 2 And that thou tell in the audience of thy sonne of thy sonnes sonne what thinges I haue done in Egypt and the miracles which I haue done amongest them that they may know howe that I am the Lorde 3 And so Moyses and Aaron came vnto Pharao and said vnto him Thus sayeth the Lord God of the Hebrues How long wilt thou refuse to submit thy selfe vnto
sonnes shall washe ' their handes and their feete therin ' 20 Euen when they go into the tabernacle of the congregation or when they go in to the aulter to minister and to burne the Lordes offeryng they shall washe them selues with water lest they dye 21 Likewise they shal washe their handes their feete lest they dye and it shal be an ordinaunce vnto them for euer both vnto hym his seede throughout their generations 22 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 23 Take vnto thee principal spices of the most pure Mirrhe fiue hūdreth sicles of sweete Synamond halfe so much euen two hundreth and fiftie sicles of sweete Calamus two hundreth and fiftie sicles 24 Of Cassia fiue hundreth sicles after the waight of the sanctuarie and of oyle Olyue an hyn 25 And thou shalt make of the oyle an holy oyntment euen an oyntment compound after the craft of the apoticarie 26 It shal be the oyle of holy oyntment and thou shalt annoynt the tabernacle of the congregation therwith and the arke of the testimonie 27 And the table and al his apparell and the candlesticke and all his vessels and the aulter of incense ' 28 And the aulter of burnt sacrifice with ' all his vessels and the lauer his foote 29 And thou shalt sanctifie them that they may be most holye whatsoeuer toucheth them shal be sanctified 30 And thou shalt anoynt Aaron and his sonnes and consecrate them that they may minister vnto me in the priestes office 31 And thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel saying This shal be an holy oynting oyle vnto me throughout your generations 32 Vpon mans fleshe shall it not be powred neither shal ye make any other after the makyng of it for it is holy and ' shal be holy vnto you ' 33 Whosoeuer maketh lyke that or whosoeuer putteth any of it vpon a straūger shall perishe from amongst his people 34 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Take vnto thee sweete spices Starte Onycha sweete Galbanum these spices with pure Frankensence of eche a lyke wayght 35 And make of them sweete smellyng incense after the craft of the apoticarie mingled together pure and holy 36 And beate it to powder and put of it before the arke of the testimonie in the tabernacle of the congregation where I wyll meete with thee it shal be vnto you most holy 37 And you shal not make to your selues after the makyng of that incense which thou shalt make it shal be vnto you holy for the Lorde 38 Whosoeuer shall make lyke vnto that ' to smell thereto shall perishe from amongst ' his people ¶ The .xxxj. Chapter 1 God geueth his spirite to Besaleel and Ooliab the workemen to inuent all thynges which appertayne to the trimme makyng of the tabernacle 13 What signe the Sabboth is 18 Tables of stone written with the finger of God 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 2 Beholde I haue called by name Besaleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iuda 3 And I haue fylled hym with the spirite of God in wisedome and vnderstandyng in knowledge and in all maner worke 4 To fynde out wittie deuises and to worke in golde siluer and in brasse 5 And in the craft to set stones and to carue in tymber and to worke in all maner workmanship 6 And beholde I haue geuen hym to be his companion Ooliab the sonne of Achisame◠of the tribe of Dan and in the heartes of all that are wise hearted I haue put wisedome to make all that I haue commaunded thee 7 The tabernacle of the congregation the arke of the testimonie the mercie seate that is thervpon and all the furniture of the tabernacle 8 And the table and his furniture and the pure candlesticke with all his furniture and the aulter of incense 9 And the aulter of burnt offeryng and all his furniture and the lauer with his foote 10 The vestmentes to minister in and the holy garmentes for Aaron the priest and the garmentes of his sonnes to minister in 11 And the annoyntyng oyle and sweete incense for the sanctuarie accordyng to all that I haue commaunded thee shal they do 12 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 13 Speake vnto the children of Israel and say In any wyse see that ye kepe my Sabbothes for it is a signe betweene me you in your generations for to knowe that I the Lorde am he that doth sanctifie you 14 Kepe my Sabboth therefore for it is holy vnto you He that defileth it shal be put to death for whosoeuer worketh therin the same soule shal be rooted out from amongst his people 15 Six dayes shall men worke and in the seuenth day is the Sabboth of the holy rest of the Lorde whosoeuer doth any worke in the Sabboth day shall dye the death 16 Wherefore let the children of Israel kepe the Sabboth that they obserue the Sabboth throughout their generations it is a perpetuall couenaunt 17 For it is a signe betweene me and the children of Israel for euer for in six dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth and in the seuenth day he rested and was refreshed 18 And when the Lorde had made an end of commnuyng with Moyses vpon the mount Sinai he gaue hym two tables of witnesse euen tables of stone writen with the finger of God ¶ The .xxxii. Chapter 1 The Israelites do pray vnto the golden calfe 7 God warneth Moyses of the sinne of the people 9 The people of Israel of a styffe necke 11 Moyses intreateth God for Israel cityng his promises 15 Moyses descendeth of the hyll The tables described of God 19 Moyses beyng angry breaketh the tables and the calfe 21 He chideth his brother Aaron 27 The Idolaters be murdered of the Leuites at Moyses commaundement 30 Moyses rebuketh the offence of the people 31 He wyll be putten out of the booke of lyfe and haue the peoples offence pardoned 33 They that be writen in the booke of God 1 ANd when y e people sawe that it was lōg or Moyses came downe out of the mountaine they gathered them selues together vnto Aaron and sayd vnto hym Vp make vs Gods to go before vs for we wote not what is become of this Moyses the man that brought vs out of the lande of Egypt 2 And Aaron sayd vnto them Plucke of the golden earynges which are in the eares of your wiues of your sonnes of your daughters bring them vnto me 3 And all the people plucked of the golden earinges which they had in their eares and brought them vnto Aaron 4 And he receaued them of their handes fashioned it with a grauer made of it a calfe of molten mettel and they said These be thy gods O Israel which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt 5 And when Aaron sawe that he made an aulter before it and Aaron made proclamation saying To morowe is
from among their people 30 Therefore shall ye kepe myne ordinaunces that ye commit not one of these abhominable customes whiche were committed before you and that ye defile not your selues therein I am the Lorde your God ' ¶ The .xix. Chapter ' 1 A repetition of lawes pertaynyng to the ten commaundementes 9 A consideration for the poore 26 Witchcraft is forbidden ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Speake vnto all the congregation of y e chyldren of Israel and say vnto them Ye shal be holy for I the Lorde your God am holy 3 Ye shall feare euery man his mother and his father kepe my Sabbathes I am the Lorde your God 4 Ye shal not looke vnto idols nor make you moulten goddes I am the Lorde your God ' 5 If ye offer a peace offering vnto the ' Lorde ye shall offer it at your pleasure 6 It shal be eaten the same day ye offer it and on the morowe And if ought remayne vntyll the thirde day it shal be burnt in the fire 7 And if it be eaten the thirde day it is ' vncleane and not accepted ' 8 Therfore he that eateth it shall beare his sinne because he hath defiled the halowed thing of the Lord and that soule shal be cut of from among his people 9 When ye reape the haruest of your land thou shalt not thorowly reape the corners of the fielde neither shalt thou gather the gleaninges of thy haruest 10 Thou shalt not dishonest thy vineyarde neither gather in thorowly the grapes of thy vineyarde but thou shalt leaue them for the poore and straunger I am the Lorde your God 11 Ye shall not steale neither deale falselye ' neither lye one to another ' 12 Ye shall not sweare by my name falsely neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God I am the Lorde 13 Thou shalt not do thy neighbour wrong neither rob hym neither shall the workmans hyre abyde with thee vntyll the mornyng 14 Thou shalt not despise the deafe neither put a stumblyng blocke before the blynde but shalt feare thy God I am the Lorde 15 Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement thou shalt not fauour the person poore nor honour the person mightie but in righteousnes shalt thou iudge thy neighbour 16 Thou shalt not go vp and downe with tales among thy people neither shalt thou stande agaynst the blood of thy neighbour I am the Lorde 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thyne heart but shalt in any wyse rebuke thy neighbour suffer not sinne vpon hym 18 Thou shalt not auenge nor wayte to do displeasure agaynst the chyldren of thy people but shalt loue thy neighbour euen as thy selfe I am the Lorde 19 Ye shal kepe mine ordinaunces Thou shalt not let cattell gender with a contrary kinde neither sow thy fielde with mingled seede neither shalt thou put on any mingled garment of linnen and wollen 20 Whosoeuer lieth and medleth with a woman that is a bondmayde betrothed to a husbande but not redeemed nor freedome geuē her she shal be scourged but they shall not dye because she was not free 21 And he shall bryng for his trespasse vnto the Lorde before the doore of the tabernacle of y e congregation a Ramme for a trespasse offering 22 And the priest shall make an attonement for hym with the Ramme which is for the trespasse before the Lord concernyng his sinne whiche he hath done and the sinne which he hath done shal be forgeuen him 23 When ye come to the lande and haue planted all maner of trees conuenient to be eaten of ye shall counte the fruite thereof as vncircumcized euen three yere shall they be vncircumcized vnto you and shall not be eaten of 24 But in the fourth yere all the fruite of them shal be holy and commendable to the Lorde 25 In the fifth yere shall ye eate of the fruite thereof that it may yeelde vnto you the encrease thereof I am the Lorde your God 26 Ye shall not eate vpon blood neither shall ye vse witchcraft nor obserue tymes 27 Ye shall not rounde the corners of your heades neither shalt thou marre the tuftes of thy bearde 28 Ye shall not rent your fleshe for any soules sake nor print any markes vpon you I am the Lorde 29 Thou shalt not make thy daughter common that thou wouldest cause her to be an whore lest the lande also fall to whoredome and become ful of wickednesse 30 Ye shall kepe my Sabbathes feare my sanctuarie I am the Lorde 31 Ye shall not regarde them that worke with spirites neither seeke after soothsayers to be defiled by them I am the Lorde your God 32 Thou shalt ryse vp before the hore head and reuerence the face of the olde man and dreade thy God I am the Lorde 33 If a straunger soiourne with thee in your lande ye shall not vexe hym 34 But the straunger that dwelleth with you shal be as one of your owne nation and thou shalt loue hym as thy selfe for ye were straungers in the lande of Egypt I am the Lorde your God 35 Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement in metyarde in wayght or in measure 36 True balaunces true wayghtes a true Epha and a true Hin shal ye haue I am the Lorde your GOD whiche brought you out of the lande of Egypt 37 Therfore shall ye obserue all my ordinaunces and al my iudgementes and do them I am the Lorde ¶ The .xx. Chapter ' 2 They that geue of their chyldren to Moloch shall dye therfore 6 Against suche as seeke after Soothsayers 19 Of incest ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 This shalt thou say to the chyldren of Israel whosoeuer he be of the chyldren of Israel or of the straungers that dwell in Israel that geueth of his chyldren vnto Moloch let hym be slayne the people of the lande shall ouerwhelme hym with stones 3 And I wyl set my face agaynst that man and wyll cut hym of from among his people because he hath geuen his chyldren vnto Moloch for to defile my sanctuarie to pollute my holy name 4 And though that the people of the lande hyde their eyes from the man that geueth his chyldren vnto Moloch and kyll hym not 5 I wyll put my face agaynst that man and agaynst his kynred and wyll cut hym of and all that go a whoring after hym to commit whordome with Moloch from among their people 6 If a soule turne hym selfe after suche as worke with spirites and after soothsayers to go a whoring after them I wyll put my face agaynst that soule and wyll cut hym of frō among his people ' 7 Sanctifie your selues therefore and ' be holy for I am the Lorde your God 8 Kepe ye myne ordinaunces and do them I am the Lorde whiche sanctifie you 9
lande of his inheritaunce may be solde or redeemed for euery thyng seperate from the common vse is most holy vnto the Lorde 29 Nothing seperate from the common vse whiche shal be seperate from man shal be redeemed but dye the death 30 Euery tithe of the lande also both of the seede of the lande and of the fruite of the trees is the Lordes and is sanctified vnto the Lorde 31 And if a man wyll redeeme ought of his tithes let hym adde the fift part thereto 32 And euery tythe of oxe and of sheepe and of euery beast that goeth vnder the rod euen euery tenth shal be holy vnto the Lorde 33 He shall not looke if it be good or bad nor chaunge it els if he chaunge it both it and that it was chaunged withall shal be halowed and may not be redeemed 34 These are the commaundementes whiche the Lorde commaunded by Moyses vnto the chyldren of Israel in mount Sinai ¶ The ende of the thirde booke of Moyses ⧠The fourth booke of Moyses called in the Hebrewe Vaiedabbar and in the Latin Numeri ' ¶ The first Chapter ' 1 All that are apt for battaile are numbred 49 The tribe of Leui must minister in the tabernacle 1 ANd the Lord spake vnto Moyses in the wildernesse of Sinai in the tabernacle of the congregation the first day of the seconde moneth in the second yere after they were come out of the lande of Egypt saying 2 Take ye the summe of all the multitude of the children of Israel after their kinredes housholdes of their fathers with the number of their names all that are males head by head 3 From twentie yeres olde and aboue euen all that go foorth to the warre in Israel thou and Aaron shall number them throughout their armies 4 And with you shal be men of euery tribe such as are the heades of the houses of their fathers 5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you of the tribe of Ruben Elizur the sonne of Sedeur ' 6 Of Simeon Selumiel the sonne of ' Suri Saddai ' 7 Of Iuda Nahesson the sonne of ' Aminadab ' 8 Of Isachar Nathanael the sonne ' of Zuar ' 9 Of Zabulon Eliab the sonne of Helō 10 Among the chyldren of Ioseph of Ephraim Elisama the sonne of Ammihud of Manasse Gameliel the sonne of Pedazur ' 11 Of Beniamin Abidan the sonne of ' Gedeon ' 12 Of Dan Ahiezer the sonne of Ammi ' Saddai ' 13 Of Aser Pagiel the sonne of Ocran ' 14 Of Gad Elisah the sonne of Duel ' 15 Of Nephthali Ahira y e sonne of Enan 16 There were of great fame in the congregation princes of the tribes of their fathers and heades ouer thousandes in Israel ' 17 And Moyses Aaron toke these men ' whiche are expressed by their names 18 And they called all the congregation together the first day of the second moneth and they were reckened throughout their kinredes and houses of their fathers accordyng to the number of their names from twentie yeres olde and aboue head by head 19 As the Lorde commaunded Moyses euen so he numbred them in the wildernesse of Sinai 20 So were the chyldren of Ruben Israels eldest sonne throughout their generations and their kinredes and houses of their fathers accordyng to the number of their names head by head all males from twentie yeres old aboue as many as did go foorth to the warre 21 The number of them that were of the tribe of Ruben was fourtie sixe thousande and fiue hundred 22 Of the chyldren of Simeon throughout their generations their kinredes and houses of their fathers the summe of thē in the number of names head by head all the males from twentie yeres and aboue whosoeuer myght go foorth to the warre 23 The summe of them that were of the tribe of Simeon fiftie nine thousande and three hundred 24 Of the chyldren of Gad throughout their generations and their kinredes housholdes of their fathers the number of the names from twentie yeres aboue all that went foorth to y e warre 25 The number of them that were of the tribe of Gad was fourtie and fiue thousand sixe hundred and fiftie 26 Of the chyldren of Iuda throughout their generations and their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names frō twentie yeres aboue all that were able to go foorth to y e warre The number of them that were of the tribe of Iuda was threscore and fourteene thousande and sixe hundred 28 Of the chyldren of Isachar throughout their generations their kinredes houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres and aboue whiche went all foorth to the warre 29 The number of them that were of the tribe of Isachar was fiftie and foure thousande and foure hundred 30 Of the chyldren of Zabulon through out their generations their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres and aboue all whiche were able to go foorth in the hoast 31 The number of them that were of the tribe of Zabulon was fiftie and seuen thousande and foure hundred 32 Of the chyldren of Ioseph namely of the chyldren of Ephraim throughout their generations and their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres aboue all that went out to the warre 33 The number of them that were of the tribe of Ephraim was fourtie thousand and fiue hundred 34 Of the chyldren of Manasse throughout their generations their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres olde and aboue all that went out to the warre 35 The number of them that were of the tribe of Manasse was thirtie and two thousande and two hundred 36 Of the chyldren of Beniamin throughout their generations their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres and aboue all that went foorth to the warre 37 The number of them that were of the tribe of Beniamin was thirtie and fiue thousande and foure hundred 38 Of the chyldren of Dan throughout their generations and kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres olde and aboue all that went foorth to the warre 39 The number of them that were of the tribe of Dan was threscore and two thousande and seuen hundred 40 Of the chyldren of Asar throughout their generations and their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of the names from twentie yeres and aboue all that went out to the warre 41 The number of them that were of the tribe of Aser was fourtie and one thousande and fiue hundred 42 Of the children of Nephthali throughout their generations and their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres and aboue all that myght go foorth to the warre 43 The number of them that were of the tribe of Nephthali was fiftie
as long as he voweth and is seperated there shall no rasure come vpon his head vntyll his dayes be out in the which he seperateth hym selfe vnto the Lorde he shal be holy and shall let the lockes of his heere growe 6 As long as he seperateth hym selfe vnto the Lorde he shall come at no dead body 7 He shall not make hym selfe vncleane at the death of his father mother brother or sister because that the consecration of his God is vpon his head 8 All the dayes of his seperation he is ' holy vnto the Lorde ' 9 And if any man dye sodenly before him or he be ware the head of his consecration shal be defiled and he shall shaue his head the day of his cleansyng euen the seuenth day shall he shaue it 10 And the eyght day he shall bryng two turtles or two young pigeons to the priest before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sinne offeryng and the other for a burnt offeryng and make an attonement for hym as concernyng that he sinned by the dead and shall halowe his head the same day 12 And he shall consecrate vnto the Lord the tyme of his seperation shall bring a lambe of a yere olde for a trespasse offeryng but the dayes that were before are lost because his consecration was defiled 13 This is the lawe of the Nazarite when the tyme of his consecration is out he shal be brought vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 14 And he shall bryng his offeryng vnto the Lorde an hee lambe of a yere olde without blemishe for a burnt offeryng and a shee lambe of a yere olde without blemishe for a sinne offering a ramme without blemishe also for peace offerynges 15 And a basket of vnleauened bread euen cakes of fine floure mingled with oyle and wafers of vnleauened bread annoynted with oyle with their meate offerynges and drynke offerynges 16 And the priest shall bryng them before the Lorde and offer his sinne offeryng and his burnt offeryng 17 And shall prepare the ramme for a peace offering vnto the Lorde with the basket of vnleauened bread and the priest shall make also his meat offeryng and his drynke offeryng 18 And the Nazarite shal shaue the head of his consecration at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation and shal take the heere of the head of his consecration and put it in the fire which is vnder the peace offeryng 19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ramme and one vnleauened cake out of the basket and one vnleauened wafer also and put them vpon the handes of the Nazarite after he hath shauen his consecration 20 And the priest shall waue them before the Lorde And these holy thynges shal be the priestes with the waue brest and the heaue shoulder and then the Nazarite may drynke wine 21 This is the lawe of the Nazarite which hath vowed his offeryng vnto the Lorde for his consecration besides those thynges that his hande can get according to the vowe which he vowed euen so he must do after the lawe of his consecration 22 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 23 Speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes saying On this wyse ye shall blesse the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them 24 The Lorde blesse thee and kepe thee ' 25 The Lorde make his face shine vpon ' thee and be mercyfull vnto thee ' 26 The Lorde lyft vp his countenaunce ' vpon thee and geue thee peace ' 27 And they shall put my name vpon the chyldren of Israel and I wyll blesse them ' ¶ The .vij. Chapter ' 2 The offeryng of the lordes and heades of Israel 89 God speaketh from the mercie seate to Moyses 1 AND when Moyses had full set vp the tabernacle annoynted and sanctified it and all the instrumentes therof the aulter also all the vessels therof and had annoynted them sanctified them 2 Then the princes of Israel heades ouer the houses of their fathers which were the lordes of the tribes and ouer them that were numbred offered 3 And brought their sacrifice before the Lorde sixe couered charettes twelue oxen one charet for two lordes and for one an oxe and they brought them before the tabernacle ' 4 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 5 Take it of them that they may be to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation and thou shalt geue them vnto the Leuites to euery man accordyng vnto his office 6 And Moyses toke the charettes and ' the oxen gaue them vnto the Leuites ' 7 Two charettes and foure oxen he gaue vnto the sonnes of Gerson accordyng vnto their office 8 And foure charettes eyght oxen he gaue vnto the sonnes of Merari according vnto their offices vnder y e hande of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the priest 9 But vnto the sonnes of Caath he gaue none because the charge of the sanctuarie belonged vnto them which they dyd beare vpon shoulders 10 And the princes offered for the dedicatyng of the aulter in the day that it was annoynted and brought their sacrifices before the aulter 11 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses The princes shal bring their offeringes euery day one prince for the dedicating of the aulter 12 And so on the first day dyd Nahesson the sonne of Aminadab of the tribe of Iuda offer his sacrifice 13 And his offeryng was a siluer charger of an hundred and thâ—rtie sicles a siluer boule of seuentie sicles after the waight of the sanctuarie and they were both full of fine floure mingled with oyle for a meate offeryng ' 14 An incense cup of ten sicles of golde ' full of incense ' 15 A young bullocke a ramme a lambe ' of a yere olde for a burnt offeryng ' 16 An hee goate for a sinne offeryng 17 And for a peace offering two oxen fiue rammes fiue hee goates fiue lambes of a yere olde This was the gift of Nahesson the sonne of Aminadab 18 The seconde day Nathaniel the sonne of Zuar captayne ouer Isachar did offer 19 And he offered for his gyft a siluer charger of an hundred and thirtie sicles a siluer boule of seuentie sicles after the sicle of the sanctuarie both full of fine floure mingled with oyle for a meate offeryng ' 20 An incense cup of golde of ten sicles ' full of incense ' 21 One youÌ„g bullocke a ramme a lambe ' of a yere olde for a burnt offeryng ' 22 And an hee goate for a sinne offeryng 23 And for a peace offering two oxen fiue rammes fiue hee goates fiue lambes of one yere olde This was the offering of Nathanael the sonne of Zuar 24 The thirde day Eliab the sonne of Helon captayne of the children of Zabulon did offer 25 And his gyft was a siluer charger of an hundred and thirtie sicles a siluer boule of seuentie sicles after the sicle
die 23 But the Leuites shal do y e seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation beare their sinne It shal be a lawe for euer in your generations that among y e childrē of Israel they possesse no inheritaunce 24 But the tithes of the childrē of Israel which they pay as an heaue offeryng vnto the Lord I haue geuen y e Leuites to inherite and therfore I haue sayde vnto them Among the children of Israel ye shall possesse no inheritaunce 25 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 26 Speake vnto the Leuites and say vnto them When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I haue geuen you of thē for your inheritaunce ye shal take an heaue offering of y e same for the Lorde euen the tenth part of that tithe 27 And this your heaue offeryng shal be reckened vnto you euen as though it were of the corne of the barne or as the fulnesse of the wine presse 28 Of this maner ye shall therfore offer an heaue offeryng vnto the Lorde of all your tithes which ye receaue of the children of Israel and ye shall geue therof the Lordes heaue offeryng to Aaron the priest 29 Of all your giftes ye shall offer all the Lordes heaue offeryng euen all the fat of the same to wit the holy thynges therof 30 Therfore thou shalt say vnto them When ye haue taken away the fat of it from it it shal be counted vnto the Leuites as if it were y e increase of the corne floore or the increase of the winepresse 31 And ye shall eate it in all places both ye and your householdes for it is your rewarde for your seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation 32 And ye shall beare no sinne by the reason of it when ye haue offered from it the fat of it neither shall ye pollute the holy thynges of the children of Israel lest ye dye ' ¶ The .xix. Chapter ' 2 Of the redde Cowe 14 The lawe of hym that dyeth in a tent 16 and of hym also that toucheth any vncleane thyng 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses Aaron saying 2 This is the ordinaunce of the lawe which the Lord hath commaunded saying Speake vnto the children of Israel that they bring thee a redde cowe without spot and wherin is no blemishe and vpon which neuer came yoke 3 And ye shall geue her vnto Eleazar the priest that he may bryng her without the hoast and cause her to be slayne before his face 4 And let Eleazar the priest take of her blood with his finger and sprinckle it directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seuen tymes 5 And cause the cowe to be burnt in his sight with her skinne fleshe blood and the doung of her shal he burne also 6 And let the priest take Cedar wood and hysope and scarlet lase and cast it in the middes of the burnyng of the cowe 7 Then let the priest washe his clothes and he shall bathe his fleshe in water and then come into the hoast and the priest shal be vncleane vntyll the euen 8 And he that burneth her shall washe his clothes in water bathe his fleshe in water and be vncleane vntyll euen 9 And a man that is cleane shall gather vp the asshes of the cowe and lay them without the hoast in a cleane place and it shal be kept for the multitude of the children of Israel for a water of seperation It is a sinne offeryng 10 Therfore he that gathereth the asshes of the cowe shall washe his clothes and remayne vncleane vntill euen And it shal be vnto the children of Israel and vnto the straūger that dwelleth among them a statute for euer 11 He that toucheth the dead body of ' any man shal be vncleane seuen dayes ' 12 And he shall purifie hym selfe with this water the thirde day the seuenth day he shal be cleane But if he purifie not hym selfe the thirde day then the seuenth day he shall not be cleane 13 Whosoeuer toucheth the dead coarse of any man that is dead purgeth not hym selfe defileth the tabernacle of the Lorde and that soule shal be cut of from Israel because the water of seperation was not sprinckled vpon hym he shal be therfore vncleane his vncleanesse is yet vpon hym 14 This is the lawe of a man that dyeth in a tent All that come into the tent and all that is in the tent shal be vncleane seuen dayes 15 And all the vessels that be open which haue no coueryng bounde vpon them shal be vncleane 16 And whosoeuer toucheth one that is slayne with a sworde in the fieldes or a dead person or a bone of a dead man or a graue shal be vncleane seuen dayes 17 Therfore for an vncleane person they shal take of the burnt asshes of the sinne offeryng and runnyng water shal be put therto in a vessell 18 And let a cleane person take hysope dippe it in the water and sprinckle it vpon the tent and vpon all the vessels and on the persons that were therin and vpon hym that touched a bone or a slaine person or a dead body or a graue 19 And the cleane person shall sprinckle vpon the vncleane the thirde day and the seuenth day And the seuenth day he shall purifie hym selfe and washe his clothes bathe hym selfe in water and shal be cleane at euen 20 But the man that is vncleane and purifieth not him selfe the same soule shal be cut of from among the congregation because he hath defiled the sanctuarie of the Lorde and the water of seperation hath not ben sprinckled vpon hym therfore shall he remayne vncleane 21 And it shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto them that he that sprinckleth the water of seperation shall washe his clothes and he that toucheth the water of seperation shal be vncleane vntyll euen 22 And whatsoeuer the vncleane person toucheth shal be vncleane And the soule that toucheth the thyng that was touched of the vncleane person shal be vncleane vntyll euen ¶ The .xx. Chapter 1 Miriam dyeth 2 The people murmure 8 They haue water euen out of the rocke 12 Moyses and Aaron shall not go into the lande of promise 14 Edom denieth the Israelites passage through his realme 25 The death of Aaron in whose rowme Eleazar succeedeth 1 AND the children of Israel came with the whole multitude into the desert of Zin in the first moneth and the people abode at Cades And there died Miriam and was buryed there 2 But there was no water for the multitude and they gathered them selues together agaynst Moyses and Aaron 3 And the people chode with Moyses and spake saying Woulde God that we had perished when our brethren dyed before the Lorde 4 Why haue ye brought the congregation of the Lorde into this wildernesse that both we and our cattell shoulde dye in it 5 Wherfore haue ye made vs to come vp out of
Ye shall number the people From twentie yeres aboue as the Lorde commaunded Moyses and the children of Israel when they were come out of Egypt 5 Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel The chyldren of Ruben Hanoch of whom commeth the kinred of the Hanochites and Pallu of whom commeth the kinred of the Palluites 6 Of Hesron commeth the kinred of the Hesronites of Charmi commeth the kinred of the Charmites 7 These are the kinredes of the Rubenites and they were in number fourtie and three thousand seuen hundred and thirtie ' 8 And the sonnes of Pallu Eliab 9 And the sonnes of Eliab Nemuel Dathan Abiram This is that Dathan and Abiram which were famous in the congregation and stroue against Moyses and Aaron in the company of Corah when they stroue agaynst the Lorde 10 And the earth opened her mouth swalowed them vp Corah also was in the death of that multitude what tyme the fire consumed two hundred and fiftie men and they became a signe ' 11 Notwithstanding the chyldren of Corah ' dyed not 12 And the chyldren of Simeon after their kinredes were Nemuel of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Nemuelites Iamin of whom commeth the kinred of the Iaminites Iachin of whom commeth the kinred of the Iachinites 13 Of Zareh commeth the kinred of the Zarehites And of Saul commeth the kinred of the Saulites 14 These are the kinredes of Simeon euen twentie and two thousande and two hundred 15 The chyldren of Gad after their kinredes were Zephon of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Zephonites Haggi of whom commeth the kinred of the Haggites Suni of whom commeth the kinred of the Sunites 16 Of Ozni commeth the kinred of the Oznites and of Eri commeth the kinred of the Erites 17 Of Arod commeth the kinred of the Arodites Of Ariel commeth the kinred of the Arielites 18 These are the kinredes of the children of Gad according to their numbers fourtie thousande and fiue hundred 19 The children of Iuda Er and Onan and Er and Onan dyed in the lande of Chanaan 20 But the chyldren of Iuda after their kinredes were Sela of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Selanites Phares of whom commeth the kinred of the Pharezites Zareh of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Zarehites 21 And the children of Phares were Hesron of whom commeth the kinred of the Hesronites Hamul of whom commeth the kinred of the Hamulites 22 These are the kinredes of Iuda after their numbers threscore and sixteene thousande and fiue hundred 23 The chyldren of Isachar after their kinredes were Thola of whom commeth the kinred of the Tholaites Phuua of whom commeth the kinred of the Phuuaites 24 Of Iasub commeth the kinred of the Iasubites of Simron commeth the kinred of the Simronites 25 These are the kinredes of Isachar after their numbers threscore and foure thousande and three hundred 26 The chyldren of Zabulon after their kinredes were Sered of whom commeth y e kinred of the Seredites Elon of whom commeth the kinred of the Elonites Iaheliel of whom commeth the kinred of the Iahelelites 27 These are the kinredes of the Zabulonites after their numbers threscore thousande and fiue hundred 28 The chyldren of Ioseph throughout their kinredes were Manasse and Ephraim 29 The chyldren of Manasse Machir of whom commeth the kinred of the Machirites And Machir begat Gilead and of Gilead commeth the kinred of the Giliadites 30 And these are the chyldren of Gilead Hiezer of whom commeth the kinred of the Hiezerites Helech of whom commeth the kinred of the Helechites 31 And Asriel of whom commeth the kinred of the Asrielites and Sechem of whom commeth the kinred of the Sechemites 32 Semida of whom commeth the kinred of the Semidites and Hepher of whom commeth the kinred of the Hepherites 33 And Zalphaad the sonne of Hepher had no sonnes but daughters And the names of the daughters of Zalphaad were Mahela Noa Hagla Milcha and Thirza 34 These are the kinredes of Manasse and the number of them fiftie and two thousande and seuen hundred 35 These are the chyldren of Ephraim after their kinredes Suthelah of whom commeth the kinred of the Suthelahites Becher of whom commeth the kinred of the Becherites Thahen of whom commeth the kinred of the Thahenites 36 And these are the chyldren of Suthelah Eran of whom commeth the kinred of the Eranites 37 These are the kinredes of the children of Ephraim after their numbers thirtie and two thousande and fiue hundred And these are the chyldren of Ioseph after their kinredes 38 These are the chyldren of Beniamin after their kinredes Bela of whom commeth the kinred of the Belaites Asbel of whom commeth the kinred of the Asbelites Ahiram of whom commeth the kinred of the Ahiramites 39 Supham of whom commeth the kinred of the Suphamites Hupham of whō came the kinred of y e Huphamites 40 And the chyldren of Bela were Ard and Naaman from whence commeth the kinred of the Ardites and of Naaman the kinred of the Naamites 41 These are the chyldrē of Beniamin after their kinredes after their numbers fourtie fiue thousande sixe hundred 42 These are the chyldren of Dan after their kinredes Suham of whom commeth the kinred of the Suhamites These are the housholdes of Dan after their kinredes 43 All the kinredes of the Suhamites were after their numbers threscore and foure thousande and foure hundred 44 The chyldren of Aser after their kinredes were Iemna of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Iemnites Iesui of whom commeth the kinred of the Iesuites Bria of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Brites 45 The chyldren of Bria were Heber of whom commeth the kinred of the Heberites Malchiel of whom came the kinred of the Malchielites 46 And the daughter of Aser was called ' Sarah ' 47 These are the kinredes of Aser after their numbers fiftie and three thousand and foure hundred 48 The children of Nephthali after their kinredes were Iaheziel of whom came the kinred of the Iahezielites Guni of whom came the kinred of the Gunites 49 Iezer of whom came the kinred of the Iezerites Sellem of whom came the kinred of the Sellemites 50 These are the kinredes of Nephthali accordyng to their housholdes whose numbers is fourtie and fiue thousande and foure hundred 51 These are the numbers of the children of Israel sixe hundred thousande and a thousande seuen hundred and thirtie 52 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 53 Vnto these the lande shal be deuided to inherite accordyng to the number of names 54 To many thou shalt geue the more inheritaunce and to fewe the lesse to euerie tribe shall the inheritaunce be geuen according to the number therof 55 Notwithstanding the lande shal be deuided by lot according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherite 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be deuided betweene many and fewe 57 * These are the numbers of
thee thou shalt not learne to do after the abhominations of those nations 10 Let there not be founde among you any one that maketh his sonne or his daughter to go through the fire or that vseth witchcraft or a regarder of tymes or that regardeth the fleeyng of fowles 11 Or a sorcerer or a charmer or that coūcelleth with spirites or a soothsayer or that asketh counsayle of the dead 12 For all that do such thynges are abhomination vnto the Lorde and because of these abhominations the Lorde thy God doth cast them out before thee 13 Thou shalt be perfect therfore in the sight of the Lorde thy God 14 For these nations which thou shalt possesse hearken vnto regarders of tymes and vnto sorcerers but the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do 15 The Lorde thy God wyll stirre vp vnto thee a prophete among you euen of thy brethren like vnto me vnto hym ye shall hearken 16 Accordyng to all that thou desiredst of the Lorde thy God in Horeb in the day of the assemblie when thou saydest Let me heare the voyce of my Lorde God no more nor see this great fire any more that I dye not 17 And the Lorde sayde vnto me They haue well spoken 18 I wyll raise them vp a prophete from among their brethren lyke vnto thee and wyll put my wordes in his mouth and he shall speake vnto them all that I shall commaunde hym 19 And whosoeuer wyll not hearken vnto my wordes which he shall speake in my name I wyll require it of hym 20 But the prophete which shall presume to speake a worde in my name which I haue not cōmaunded hym to speake or that speaketh in the name of straūge gods the same prophete shall dye 21 And if thou say in thine heart howe shall we knowe the worde which the Lorde hath not spoken 22 Euen when a prophete speaketh in the name of the Lord if the thing folowe not nor come to passe that is the thyng which the Lorde hath not spoken but the prophete hath spoken it presumptuously Thou shalt not therfore be afrayde of hym The .xix. Chapter 2 The franchized townes 14 Not to remoue thy neighbours bondes 16 The punishment of hym that beareth false witnesse 1 WHen the Lord thy God hath rooted out the nations whose lande the Lorde thy God geueth thee and thou succeedest in their inheritaunce and dwellest in their cities and in their houses 2 Thou shalt seperate three cities for thee in the middes of the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee to possesse it 3 Thou shalt prepare the way and deuide the coastes of thy lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee to inherite into three partes that whosoeuer committeth murther may flee thyther 4 For this cause must the slayer flee thyther that he may lyue Who so kylleth his neighbour ignorauntly and hated hym not in tyme passed 5 And whē a man goeth vnto the wood with his neighbour to hewe wood and as his hande fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut downe the tree the head slippeth from the helue and smyteth his neighbour that he dyeth the same shall flee vnto one of the same cities and lyue 6 Lest the auenger of the blood folowe after the slayer whyle his heart is hot ouertake hym because the wayes is long and slay hym and yet there is no cause worthy of death in hym in as much as he hated hym not in tyme passed 7 Wherfore I commaunde thee saying Thou shalt appoynt out three cities for thee 8 And if the Lorde thy God enlarge thy coastes as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers and geue thee all the lande which he sayde he woulde geue vnto thy fathers 9 Thou shalt kepe all these commaundementes to do them which I commaunde thee this day that thou loue the Lorde thy God and walke in his wayes euer and adde three cities mo for thee beside these three 10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy lande which the Lord thy God geueth thee to inherite and so blood come vpon thee 11 But and if any man hate his neyghbour and lay awayte for hym and ryse agaynst hym and smyte hym that he die then fleeth vnto any of these cities 12 The elders of his citie shall sende and fetch hym thence and deliuer hym into the handes of the auenger of blood that he may dye 13 Thine eye shall not spare hym but thou shalt put away the crye of innocent blood from Israel that it may go well with thee 14 Thou shalt not remoue thy neyghbours marke which they of olde time haue set in thine inheritaunce that thou shalt inherite in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee to enioy it 15 One witnesse shall not rise agaynst a man for any maner trespasse or for any maner sinne or for any maner fault that he offendeth in but at the mouth of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall the matter be stablished 16 If a false witnesse rise vp agaynst a man to accuse hym of trespasse 17 Then both the men which stryue together shall stande before the Lorde before the priestes and the iudges which shal be in those dayes 18 And the iudges shall make diligent inquisition and if the witnesse be founde false and that he hath geuen false witnesse agaynst his brother 19 Then shall ye do vnto hym as he had thought to do vnto his brother thou shalt put euyll away from the middes of thee 20 And other shall heare and feare and shall hencefoorth commit no more any such wickednesse among you 21 And thine eye shall haue no cōpassion but lyfe for lyfe eye for eye toothe for toothe hande for hande foote for foote ¶ The .xx. Chapter ◠The exhortation of the priest when the Israelites go to battayle 5 The exhortation of the office shewyng who should go to battayle 10 Peace must first be proclaymed 19 The trees that beare fruite must not be destroyed 1 WHen thou goest out to battayle agaynst thine enemies seest horses and charettes and people mo then thou be not afrayde of them for the Lorde thy God is with thee which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt 2 And when ye are come nye vnto battayle y e priest shall come foorth to speake vnto the people 3 And shall say vnto them Heare O Israel you are come this day vnto battayle agaynst your enemies let not your heartes faynt neither feare nor be amazed nor a dread of them 4 For the Lord your God goeth with you to fyght for you agaynst your enemies and to saue you 5 And let the officers speake vnto the people saying If any man haue built a newe house and haue not dedicate it let hym go and returne to his house lest he dye in the battayle and another man dedicate
it 6 And if any man haue planted a vineyarde and haue not made it cōmon let hym go and returne agayne vnto his house lest he dye in the battayle and another make it common 7 And if any man be betrouthed vnto a wyfe and haue not taken her let hym go and returne agayne vnto his house lest he dye in the battayle and another man take her 8 And let the officers speake further vnto the people and say If any man feare and be faynt hearted let hym go returne vnto his house lest he make his brothers heart faynt as well as his 9 And when the officers haue made an ende of speakyng vnto the people they shall make captaynes of the armie to gouerne the people 10 When thou commest nye vnto a citie to fyght agaynst it offer them peace 11 And if they aunswere thee agayne peaceably and open vnto thee then let all the people that is founde therin be tributaries vnto thee and serue thee 12 And if they wyll make no peace with thee but make warre agaynst thee thou shalt besiege it 13 And when the Lorde thy God hath deliuered it into thine handes thou shalt smyte all the males therof with the edge of the sworde 14 But the women and the children and the cattell and all that is in the citie and all the spoyle therof shalt thou take vnto thy selfe and eate the spoyle of thine enemies which the Lorde thy God hath geuen thee 15 Thus shalt thou do vnto all the cities which are a great way of from thee which are not of the cities of these nations 16 But of the cities of these nations which the Lorde thy God shall geue thee to inherite thou shalt saue alyue nothyng that breatheth 17 But shalt destroy them without redemption namely the Hethites the Amorites the Chanaanites the Pherezites the Heuites and the Iebusites as the Lorde thy God hath commaunded thee 18 That they teache you not to do after all their abhominations which they haue done vnto their Gods and so ye shoulde sinne agaynst the Lorde your God 19 When thou hast besieged a citie long tyme and made warre agaynst it to take it destroy not the trees therof that thou wouldest thrust an axe vnto them but eate of them and cut them not downe to further thee in thy siege for the tree of the fielde is mans life 20 Only those trees which thou knowest to be vnfruitfull those shalt thou destroy cut downe and make bulworkes agaynst the citie that maketh warre with thee vntyll thou subdue it ¶ The .xxj. Chapter 2 Inquisition for murther 11 Of the woman taken in warre 15 The birthright can not be chaunged for affection 18 The disobedient chylde 23 The body may not hang all nyght 1 IF one be founde slayne in the lande which the Lord thy God geueth thee to possesse it and lyeth in the fielde and it is not knowen who hath slayne hym 2 Then thine elders and thy iudges shal come foorth and measure vnto the cities that are rounde about hym that is slayne 3 And let the elders of that citie which is next vnto the slayne man take out of the droue an heyffer that hath not ben put to labour nor hath drawen in the yoke 4 And let the elders of that citie bring the heyffer vnto a harde rough valley which is neither eared nor sowen and stryke of the heyffers necke there in the valley 5 And the priestes the sonnes of Leui whom the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister and to blesse in the name of the Lorde shall come foorth and by their worde shall all strife and plague be tryed 6 And all the elders of the citie that come foorth to the slayne man shall washe their handes ouer the heyffer that is beheaded in the valley 7 And shall aunswere and say Our handes haue not shed this blood neither haue our eyes seene it 8 Be mercifull Lorde vnto thy people Israel which thou hast deliuered and lay no innocent blood vnto thy people of Israels charge And the blood shal be forgeuen them 9 And so shalt thou put innocent blood from thee when thou shalt haue done that which is ryght in the syght of the Lorde 10 When thou goest to warre agaynst thine enemies and the Lorde thy God hath deliuered them into thine handes thou hast taken thē captiue 11 And seest among the captiues a beautifull woman and hast a desire vnto her that thou wouldest haue her to thy wyfe 12 Thou shalt bryng her home to thine house and she shall shaue her head and shall pare her nayles 13 And put her rayment that she was taken in from her and let her remayne in thine house and beweepe her father her mother a moneth long and after that shalt thou go in vnto her and mary her and she shal be thy wyfe 14 And if thou haue no fauour vnto her then let her go whither she lusteth and sell her not for money nor make marchaundize of her because thou hast humbled her 15 If a man haue two wyues one beloued and another hated and they haue borne hym children both the loued and also the hated If the first borne be the sonne of the hated 16 Then when the tyme commeth that he dealeth his goodes among his children he may not make the sonne of the beloued first borne before the sonne of the hated which is in deede the first borne 17 But he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for the first borne and geue hym dowble portion of all that he hath For he is the first of his strength and to hym belongeth the ryght of the first borne 18 If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient that he wyll not hearken vnto the voyce of his father and voyce of his mother and they haue chastened hym and he woulde not hearken vnto them 19 Then shall his father and his mother take hym and bryng hym out vnto the elders of that citie and vnto the gate of that same place 20 And say vnto the elders of the citie This our sonne is stubburne and disobedient and wyll not hearken vnto our voyce he is a rioter a drunkarde 21 And all the men of that citie shall stone hym with stones vnto death And thou shalt put euyll away from thee and all Israel shall heare and feare 22 If a man haue committed a trespasse worthy of death and is put to death for it and thou hangest hym on tree 23 His body shall not remayne all nyght vpon the tree but thou shalt bury hym the same day for the curse of God is on hym that is hanged Defile not thou thy lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee to inherite The .xxij. Chapter 1 He cōmaundeth to haue care of our neighbours goodes 5 The woman may not weare
11 But at euen let hym washe hym selfe with water and then when the sunne is downe let hym come into the hoast agayne 12 Thou shalt haue a place also without the hoast whyther thou shalt resort to 13 And thou shalt haue a paddle staffe vpon thy weapon and when thou wilt ease thy selfe digge therwith and turne and couer that which is departed from thee 14 For the Lorde thy God walketh in the middes of thyne hoast to ryd thee and to set thyne enemies before thee Therfore shall the place of thyne hoast be pure that he see do vncleane thyng in thee and so turne him selfe from thee 15 Thou shalt not deliuer vnto his maister the seruaunt whiche is escaped from his maister vnto thee 16 He shall dwell with thee euen among you in what place he hym selfe liketh best in one of thy cities where it is good for hym and thou shalt not vexe hym 17 There shal be no whore of the daughters of Israel nor whore keper of the sonnes of Israel 18 Thou shalt neither bryng the hyre of a Whore nor the pryce of a dogge into the house of the Lorde thy God in any maner of vowe for euē both of them are abhomination vnto the Lord thy God 19 Thou shalt not hurt thy brother by vsurie of money nor by vsurie of corne nor by vsurie of any thyng that he may be hurt withall 20 Vnto a straunger thou mayest lend vpon vsurie but not vnto thy brother that the Lord thy God may blesse thee in all that thou settest thyne hande to in the lande whyther thou goest to possesse it 21 When thou hast vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde thy God thou shalt not slacke to pay it For the Lorde thy God wyll surely requir◠it of thee and it shal be sinne in thee 22 If thou shalt leaue vowyng it shal be no sinne in thee 23 But that whiche is once gone out of thy lippes thou must kepe and do accordyng as thou hast vowed vnto the Lorde thy God of a freewyll and as thou hast spoken with thy mouth 24 When thou commest into thy neighbours vineyarde thou mayest eate grapes thy belly ful at thine owne pleasure but thou shalt put none in thy vessell 25 Euen so when thou commest into thy neighbours corne thou mayest plucke the eares with thyne hande but thou shalt not moue a sickle vnto thy neyghbours corne The .xxiiij. Chapter 1 Deuorcement is permitted 5 He that is newly maryed is exempted from warre 6 Of the pledge 14 Wages must not be retayned 16 The good must not be punished for the bad 17 The care of the straunger fatherlesse and wydowe 1 WHen a man hath taken a wife and maried her if she finde no fauour in his eyes because he hath spyed some vncleannes in her then let hym wryte her a byll of deuorcement and put it in her hande and sende her out of his house 2 And when she is departed out of his house let her go and be another mans wyfe 3 And if the seconde husbande hate her let him write her also a letter of deuorcement and put it in her hande and sende her out of his house Or if the seconde man dye whiche toke her to wyfe 4 Her first man whiche sent her away may not take her agayne to be his wyfe after that she is defiled For that is abhomination in the sight of the Lorde and thou shalt not cause the lande to sinne whiche the Lorde thy God shall geue thee to inherite 5 When a man taketh a newe wyfe he shall not go a warfare neither shal be charged with any businesse but shal be free at home one yere and reioyce with his wyfe whiche he hath taken 6 No man shall take the neather or the vpper mylstone to pledge for then he shall hurt a mans life 7 If any man be founde stealing any of his brethren the chyldren of Israel and abuseth hym or selleth hym the thiefe shall dye and thou shalt put euill away from the middest of thee 8 Take heede to thy selfe as concerning the plague of leprosie that thou obserue diligently and ye shall do according to all that the priestes the Leuites shall teache you euen as I commaunded them so ye shall obserue to do 9 Remember what the Lorde thy God dyd vnto Miriam by the way after that ye were come out of Egypt 10 When thou doest lend thy brother any thing thou shalt not go into his house to fetche a pledge from thence 11 But shalt stande without and the man that borowed it of thee shall bring the pledge out of the doores vnto thee 12 Furthermore if it be a poore body thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge 13 But deliuer hym the pledge agayne when the sunne goeth downe that he may sleepe in his owne raiment blesse thee And it shal be righteousnes vnto thee before the Lorde thy Lorde 14 Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruaunt that is needie and poore whether he be of thy brethrē or of the straungers that are in thy lande within thy gates 15 But shalt geue him his hyre the same day let not the sunne go downe theron for he is needie and therwith sustayneth his life lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde and it be sinne vnto thee 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the chyldren nor the chyldren for the fathers but euery man shal be put to death for his owne sinne 17 Thou shalt not peruert the ryght of the straūger nor of the fatherlesse nor take a wydowes rayment to pledge 18 But remember that thou wast a seruaunt in Egypt and howe the Lorde thy God deliuered thee thence And therfore I commaunde thee to do this thyng 19 When thou cuttest downe thyne haruest in thy field and hast forgot a sheafe in the fielde thou shalt not go agayne to fet it But it shal be for the straunger the fatherlesse and the wydowe that the Lorde thy God may blesse thee in all the workes of thyne hande 20 When thou beatest downe thine oliue tree thou shalt not search y e boughes agayne to gather vp that thou leftest behinde thee but it shal be for the straūger the fatherlesse and the wydowe 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyarde thou shalt not gather the grapes cleane after thee but leaue them for the straunger the fatherlesse and the wydowe 22 And remember that thou also wast a seruaunt in the lande of Egypt therfore I cōmaunde thee to do this thing ¶ The .xxv. Chapter 3 The beatyng of the offenders 5 To rayse vp seede to the kinseman 11 In what case a womans hande must be cut of 13 Of iust waightes and measures 19 To destroy the Amalekites 1 IF there be strife betweene men they shall come vnto the lawe and let the Iudges geue sentence betwene them and
19 Lyfe and death is set before them 20 The Lorde is their lyfe which obey hym 1 WHen all these wordes are come vpon thee the blessyng and the curse whiche I haue set before thee thou shalt turne vnto thine heart among all the nations whyther the Lorde thy God hath dryuen thee 2 And come agayne vnto the Lorde thy God and hearken vnto his voyce in all these thynges that I commaunde thee this day thou and thy children with all thine heart and all thy soule 3 And the Lorde thy God wyll turne thy captiuitie and haue compassion vpon thee and wyll turne and fetche thee agayne from all the nations among which the Lord thy God had scattered thee 4 Though thou wast cast vnto the extreme partes of heauen euen from thence wyll the Lorde thy God gather thee and from thence will he fetch thee 5 And the Lorde thy God wyll bryng thee into the lande whiche thy fathers possessed and thou shalt enioy it And he wyll shewe thee kindnesse and multiplie thee aboue thy fathers 6 And the Lorde thy God wyll circumcise thine heart and the heart of thy seede that thou mayest loue the Lorde thy God with all thine heart and all thy soule that thou mayest lyue 7 And the Lorde thy God wyll put all these curses vpon thine enemies and on them that hate thee and that persecute thee 8 But thou shalt turne and hearken vnto the voyce of the Lorde and do all his commaundementes which I commaunde thee this day 9 And the Lorde thy God wyll make thee plenteous in al the workes of thine hande in the fruite of thy body and in the fruite of thy cattell and in the fruite of thy lande for thy wealth For the Lorde wyll turne agayne and reioyce ouer thee to do thee good as he reioyced ouer thy fathers 10 If thou hearken only vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe his commaundementes and his ordinaunces which are written in the booke of this lawe and if thou turne vnto the Lorde thy God with all thine heart and all thy soule 11 For the commaundement which I cōmaunde thee this day is not hidden from thee neither farre of 12 It is not in heauen that thou needest to say Who shall go vp for vs to heauen and bryng it vnto vs that we may heare it and do it 13 Neither is it beyonde the sea that thou shouldest say Who shall go ouer the sea for vs and bryng it vnto vs that we may heare it and do it 14 But the worde is very nye vnto thee euen in thy mouth and in thine heart that thou do it 15 Beholde I haue set before thee this day lyfe and good death and euyll 16 For where as I commaunde thee this day to loue the Lorde thy God to walke in his wayes and to kepe his commaundementes his ordinaunces and his lawes yf thou so do thou shalt lyue and multiplie and the Lorde thy God shall blesse thee in the lande whyther thou goest to possesse it 17 But and yf thine heart turne away so that thou wylt not heare but shalt go astray and worship straunge gods and serue them 18 I pronounce vnto you also this day that ye shall surely perishe and that ye shall not prolong your dayes vpon the lande whyther thou passest ouer Iordane to go and possesse it 19 I call heauen and earth to recorde this day agaynst you that I haue set before you lyfe and death blessyng and cursyng Therfore choose lyfe that both thou and thy seede may lyue 20 That thou mayest loue the Lord thy God and be obedient to his voyce and cleaue vnto hym For he is thy life the length of thy dayes that thou mayest dwell vpon the earth which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isahac and Iacob to geue them ¶ The .xxxj. Chapter 2. 7 Moyses preparyng hym selfe to dye appoynteth Iosuah to rule the people 9 He geueth the lawe to the Leuites that they shoulde reade it to the people 19 God geueth them a song as a witnesse betwene hym and them 23 God confirmeth Iosuah 29 Moyses sheweth thē that they wyll rebell after his death 1 ANd Moyses went and spake these wordes vnto all Israel 2 And sayd vnto them I am an hundred and twentie yeres olde this day and can no more go out and in Also the Lorde hath sayd vnto me Thou shalt not go ouer this Iordane 3 The Lorde thy God he wyll go ouer before thee and he wyll destroy these nations before thee and thou shalt possesse them And Iosuah he shall go before thee as the Lorde hath sayde 4 And the Lorde shall do vnto them as he dyd to Sehon and Og kynges of the Amorites and vnto the lande of them whom he destroyed 5 And the Lorde shall geue them ouer before your face that ye may do vnto them accordyng vnto all the cōmaundementes which I haue cōmaunded you 6 Plucke vp your heartes therfore and be strong dreade not nor be afrayde of them for the Lorde thy God hym selfe doth go with thee he shall not fayle thee nor forsake thee 7 And Moyses called vnto Iosuah and sayd vnto him in the sight of all Israel Be strong of good courage for thou must go with this people vnto the lande which the Lord hath sworne vnto their fathers to geue them and thou shalt geue it them to inherite 8 And the Lorde he doth go before thee he shal be with thee he shall not fayle thee neither forsake thee feare not therfore nor be discomfyted 9 And Moyses wrote this lawe and deliuered it vnto the priestes the sonnes of Leui which bare the arke of the testament of the Lorde and vnto all the elders of Israel 10 And Moyses cōmaunded them saying Euery seuenth yere in the solempnitie of the free yere euen in the feast of tabernacles 11 When all Israel is come to appeare before the Lorde thy God in the place which he hath chosen thou shalt reade this lawe before all Israel that they may heare it 12 Gather the people together men women and children and the straunger that is within thy gates that they may heare and learne and feare the Lorde your God and kepe and obserue all the wordes of this lawe 13 And that their children which knowe nothyng may heare and learne to feare the Lorde your God as long as ye lyue in the lande whyther ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it 14 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Beholde thy dayes are come that thou must dye Call Iosuah therfore and stande ye in the tabernacle of the congregatiō that I may geue him a charge And Moyses and Iosuah went stood in the tabernacle of the congregation 15 And the Lorde appeared in the tabernacle euen in the piller of the cloude and the piller of the cloude stoode ouer the doore
of the tabernacle 16 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Beholde thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers and this people wyll ryse vp and go a whoryng after straunge gods of the lande whyther they go and wyll forsake me and breake the appoyntmēt which I haue made with them 17 And then my wrath wyll waxe hot against them in that day I wil forsake them wyll hide my face from them and they shal be consumed and much aduersitie and tribulations shall come vpon them so that then they wyll say Are not these troubles come vpon me because God is not with me 18 And I also wyll surely hyde away my face in that day for all the euyls sake which they shall haue wrought in that they are turned vnto straunge gods 19 Nowe therfore write ye this song for you and teache it the children of Israel and put it in their mouthes that this song may be my witnesse agaynst the children of Israel 20 For I wyll bryng them into the lande which I sware vnto their fathers that floweth with mylke and honye and they shall eate and fyll them selues and waxe fat and turne vnto straūge gods and serue them and blaspheme me and breake my couenaunt 21 And when much mischiefe and tribulation is come vpon them this song shall aunswere them as a witnesse For it shall not be forgotten out of the mouthes of their seede for I knowe their imagination which they go about euen nowe before I haue brought thē into the lande which I sware 22 Moyses therfore wrote this song the same day and taught it the children of Israel 23 And he gaue Iosuah the sonne of Nun a charge and sayde Be bolde and strong for thou shalt bryng the children of Israel into the lande which I sware vnto them I wil be with thee 24 And when Moyses had made an ende of writing the wordes of this lawe in a booke vntyll he had finished them 25 Moyses commaunded the Luites which bare the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde saying 26 Take ye the booke of this lawe and put it in the syde of the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde your God that it may be there for a witnesse agaynst thee 27 For I knowe thy rebellion and thy stiffe necke whyle I am yet alyue with you this day ye haue ben disobedient vnto the Lorde and howe much more after my death 28 Gather vnto me all the elders of your tribes and your officers that I may speake these wordes in their eares and call heauen and earth to recorde against them 29 For I am sure that after my death ye will vtterly be corrupt and turne from the way which I haue commaunded you and tribulation wyll come vpon you in the latter dayes because ye shall haue wrought wickednesse in the syght of the Lorde to prouoke hym through the workes of your handes 30 And Moyses spake in the eares of all the congregation of Israel the wordes of this song vntyll he had ended them ¶ The .xxxij. Chapter 7 The song of Moyses concernyng Gods benefites towarde the people 15 And their ingratitude towarde hym 20 God menaceth them 21 And speaketh of the vocation of the Gentiles 46 Moyses commaundeth to teache the lawe to the children 48 God forewarneth Moyses of his death 1 HEare O ye heauens and I shal speake and let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth 2 My doctrine shal drop as doth the rayne and my speache shall flowe as doth the deawe as the shoure vpon the hearbes and as the droppes vpon the grasse 3 For I wyll publishe the name of the Lorde Ascribe ye honour vnto our God 4 Perfect is the worke of the most mightie God for all his wayes are iudgement He is a God of trueth without wickednesse righteous and iust is he 5 Frowardly haue they done agaynst hym by their vices not beyng his owne children but a wicked and frowarde generation 6 Do ye so rewarde the Lord O foolishe nation and vnwise Is not he thy father that hath bought thee Hath he nat made thee and ordeyned thee 7 Remember the dayes of the worlde that is past consider the yeres of so many generations Aske thy father and he wyll shewe thee thy elders and they wyll tell thee 8 When the most hyest deuided to the nations their inheritaunce and when he seperated the sonnes of Adam he put the borders of the nations accordyng to the number of the children of Israel 9 For the Lordes part is his people and Iacob is the portion of his inheritaūce 10 He founde hym in a desert lande in a voyde grounde and in a roaryng wildernesse He led hym about he gaue hym vnderstandyng and kept hym as the apple of his eye 11 As an Egle that stirreth vp her nest and flittereth ouer her young spreadeth her wynges taketh them and beareth them on her wynges 12 The Lorde alone was his guyde and there was no straunge god with hym 13 He caryed hym vp to the hygh places of the earth that he myght eate the encrease of the fieldes And he fed hym with honye out of the rocke and with oyle out of the most harde stone 14 With butter of kine and mylke of the sheepe with fat of the lambes and fat of rammes and hee goates with the fat of the most plenteous wheate and that thou myghtest drynke the most pure blood of the grape 15 But he that shoulde haue ben vpright when he waxed fat spurned with his heele Thou art well fed thou art growen thicke thou art euen laden with fatnesse And he forsoke God his maker and regarded not the God of his saluation 16 They prouoked hym to anger with straunge gods euen with abhominations prouoked they hym 17 They offered vnto deuils and not to God euen to gods whom they knewe not to newe gods that came newly vp whom their fathers feared not 18 Of God that begat thee thou art vnmyndfull and hast forgotten God that made thee 19 The Lorde therfore sawe it and was angry because of the prouokyng of his sonnes and his daughters 20 And he sayde I wyll hyde my face from them and wil see what their ende shal be For they are a very frowarde generation childrē in whom is no faith 21 They haue angred me with that which is no god and prouoked me with their vanities And I also wyll prouoke them with those whiche are no people I wyll anger them with a foolishe nation 22 For fire is kindled in my wrath and burneth vnto the bottome of hell and hath consumed the earth with her increase and set a fire the botomes of the mountaynes 23 I wyll heape mischiefes vpon them wyll destroy them with mine arrowes 24 They shal be burnt with hunger and consumed with heate and with bitter destruction I wyll also sende the teeth of
beastes vpon them with the furiousnesse of serpentes in the dust 25 Withoutforth shall the sworde robbe them of their children and within in the chamber feare both young men young women and the suckelynges with the men of gray heades 26 I haue sayde I wyll scatter them abrode and make the remembraunce of them to ceasse from among men 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemie lest their aduersaries should vtterly withdrawe thē selues and lest they shoulde say our hye hande hath done all this and not the Lorde 28 For it is a nation voyde of counsayle neither is there any vnderstandyng in them 29 O that they were wyse and vnderstoode this that they woulde consider their latter ende 30 Howe shoulde one chase a thousande two put ten thousand to flyght except their maker had solde them and except the Lorde had shut them vp 31 For their god is not as our God our enemies also them selues are iudges 32 For their vine is of the vineyarde of Sodome of the fieldes of Gomorra their grapes are grapes of gall and their clusters be bitter 33 Their vine is the poyson of dragons and the cruell gall of aspes 34 Is not this layde in store with me and sealed vp among my treasures 35 Vengeaunce is myne and I wyll rewarde their feete shall slyde in due tyme For the day of their destruction is at hande and the thynges that shall come vpon them make haste 36 For the Lord shal iudge his people and haue compassion on his seruaūtes when he seeth that their power is gone and that they be in a maner shut vp or brought to naught and forsaken 37 And he shall say Where are their gods their god in whom they trusted 38 The fat of whose sacrifices they dyd eate dranke the wine of their drinke offerynges let them ryse vp and helpe you and be your protection 39 See nowe howe that I I am God and there is none but I I kyll and wyll make alyue I wounde and wyll heale neither is there any that can delyuer out of my hande 40 For I wyll lift vp myne hande to heauen and wyll say I lyue euer 41 If I whet the edge of my sworde and mine hande take holde to do iustice I wyl recompence vengeaunce on mine enemies and wyll rewarde them that hate me 42 I wyll make myne arrowes drunke with blood and my sworde shal deuour fleshe that for the blood of the slayne and for their captiuitie sence the begynnyng of the wrath of the enemie 43 Prayse ye heathen his people for he wyll auenge the blood of his seruaūtes and will auenge him of his aduersaries and wyll be mercifull vnto his lande and to his people 44 And Moyses came and spake all the wordes of this song in the eares of the people he Iosuah the sonne of Nun. 45 And Moyses spake all these wordes vnto the ende to al the people of Israel 46 And sayde vnto them Set your heartes vnto all the wordes which I testifie vnto you this day and ye shall commaunde them vnto your children that they may obserue and do all the wordes of this lawe 47 And let it not be a vayne worde vnto you for in it is your lyfe and through this worde ye shall prolong your dayes in the lande whyther ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it 48 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses the same day saying 49 Get thee vp into this mountayne Abarim vnto mount Nebo which is in the lande of Moab ouer agaynst Iericho and beholde the lande of Chanaan which I geue vnto the children of Israel to possesse 50 And dye in the mount whiche thou goest vnto and thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people as Aaron thy brother dyed in mount Hor and was gathered vnto his people 51 Because ye trespassed agaynst me among the children of Israel at the waters of stryfe at Cades in the wildernesse of Zin for ye sanctified me not among the children of Israel 52 Thou shalt therfore see the lande before thee and shalt not go thyther vnto the lande which I geue the children of Israel ¶ The .xxxiij. Chapter 1 Moyses before his death blesseth all the tribes of Israel 26 There is no God lyke to the God of Israel 29 Nor any people lyke vnto his 1 THis is the blessyng wherwith Moyses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death and sayde 2 The Lorde came from Sinai and rose vp from Seir vnto them and appeared from mount Pharan he came with ten thousande of saintes and in his ryght hand a lawe of fire for them 3 And he loued the people all his saintes also are in thy handes They were smitten to go after thy feete and to receaue of thy wordes 4 Moyses gaue vs a lawe for an inheritaunce of the congregation of Iacob 5 And he was in Israel king when the heades of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together 6 Let Ruben lyue and not dye and be fewe in number 7 This same also happen to Iuda And he sayde Heare Lorde the voyce of Iuda bryng him vnto his people his handes shal be good enough for hym yf thou helpe hym agaynst his enemies 8 And vnto Leui he sayde Thumim and Vrim shal be with thee and with euery one that is godly in thee Thou dyddest proue hym also in the temptation striuedst with hym at the waters of stryfe 9 He that hath sayde vnto his father to his mother I haue not seene hym and he that knewe not his brethren nor knewe his owne children those are they that haue obserued thy worde and shall kepe thy couenaunt 10 They shall teache Iacob thy iudgementes and Israel thy lawe They shall put incense before thy nose and the burnt sacrifice vpon thine aulter 11 Blesse Lorde his first fruites and accept the worke of his handes smyte the loynes of thē that rise agaynst him and of them that hate hym that they ryse not agayne 12 And of Beniamin he sayde The beloued of the Lorde shall dwell in safetie vpon hym and the Lorde shall couer hym all the day long and he shall dwell betweene his shoulders 13 And of Ioseph he sayde Blessed of the Lorde is his lande for the fruites of heauen through the deawe springes that lye beneath 14 And for the sweete fruites of the increase of the sunne and rype fruites of the moone 15 For the first fruites of the principall mountaynes and for the fruites that the hylles bryng foorth for euer 16 And for the fuites of the earth and fulnesse therof and for the good wyll of hym that dwelt in the bushe shall the blessing come vpon the head of Ioseph and vpon the toppe of the head of hym that was seperated from among his brethren 17 His first borne oxe
hath beautie and his hornes are as the hornes of an vnicorne and with them he shall trouble the nations together euen vnto the endes of the worlde These are also ten thousandes of Ephraim and the thousandes of Manasses 18 And vnto Zabulon he sayde Reioyce Zabulon in thy goyng out and thou Isachar in thy tentes 19 They shall call the people vnto the hyll there they shall offer offeringes of righteousnesse For they shall sucke of the aboundaunce of the sea and of treasure hyd in the sande 20 And vnto Gad he sayde Blessed be he that inlarged Gad he dwelleth as a Lion that catcheth for a pray the arme with the head 21 He loked to hym selfe at the beginning because there was a portion of the law-geuer hid he came with the heades of the people and executed the ryghteousnesse of the Lorde and his iudgementes with Israel 22 And vnto Dan he sayde Dan is a Lions whelpe he shal leape frō Basan 23 And vnto Nephthali he sayde O Nephthali satisfied with Gods fauour and full with the blessing of the Lorde possesse thou the west and the south 24 And to Aser he sayde Aser shal be blessed with children he shal be acceptable vnto his brethren and shall dyp his foote in oyle 25 Thy shoes shal be iron and brasse and thy strength shall continue as long as thou lyuest 26 There is none lyke vnto the God of Israel which though he syt vpon the heauen as vpon an horse yet is he thine helper whose glorie is in the celestiall places 27 The eternall God is thy refuge and vnder the armes of the euerlastyng God shalt thou lyue He shall cast out the enemie before thee and say destroy them 28 Israel then shall dwell in safetie and alone and the fountayne of Iacob shal be vpon a lande of corne and wine and his heauens shall drop the deawe 29 Happy art thou O Israel who is like vnto thee O people that art saued in the Lorde which is the shielde of thy helpe and sworde of thy glorie Thine enemies haue lost their strength to thee warde and thou shalt treade vpon their hye places ¶ The .xxxiiij. Chapter 1 Moyses seeth all the lande of Chanaan 5 he dyeth 8 Israel weepeth 9 Iosuah succeedeth in Moyses roome 10 The prayse of Moyses 1 AND Moyses went from the playne of Moab vp into mount Nebo and vnto the top of the hyll that is ouer agaynst Iericho And the Lord shewed hym all the lande of Gilead euen vnto Dan 2 And all Nephthali and the lande of Ephraim Manasse and all the lande of Iuda euen vnto the vtmost sea 3 And the south and the playne of the valley of Iericho the citie of palme trees euen vnto Zoar. 4 And the Lorde sayd vnto hym This is the lande which I sware vnto Abraham Isahac and Iacob saying I wyll geue it vnto thy seede I haue caused thee also to see it with thine eies but thou shalt not go ouer thyther 5 So Moyses the seruaunt of the Lord dyed there in the lande of Moab accordyng to the worde of the Lorde 6 And he buryed hym in a valley in the lande of Moab ouer agaynst the house of Peor but no man knoweth of his sepulchre vnto this day 7 Moyses was an hundred and twentie yeres olde when he dyed his eye was not dymme nor his naturall force abated 8 And the children of Israel wept for Moyses in the playne of Moab thirtie dayes And the dayes of weepyng and mournyng for Moyses were ended 9 And Iosuah the sonne of Nun was ful of the spirite of wisdome for Moyses had put his handes vpon hym And the children of Israel were obedient vnto hym and dyd as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 10 And there arose not a prophete since in Israel lyke vnto Moyses whom the Lorde knewe face to face 11 Accordyng vnto all the miracles and wonders which the Lorde sent hym to do in the lande of Egypt before Pharao and all his seruauntes and before all his lande 12 And accordyng to all that mightie hande and all the great feare which Moyses shewed in the syght of all Israel VV. E. ¶ The ende of the fifth booke of Moyses called in the Hebrue Ellehaddebarim and in the Latine Deuteronomium ⧠The seconde part of the Byble conteyning these bookes The booke of Iosuah The booke of the Iudges The booke of Ruth The first booke of Samuel The seconde booke of Samuel The thirde booke of the kinges The fourth booke of the kinges The first booke of the Chronicles The seconde booke of the Chronicles The first booke of Esdras The seconde booke of Esdras The booke of Hester The booke of Iob. DROIT ET LOYAL ⧠The booke of Iosuah vvhom the Hebrewes call Jehosua ¶ The .j. Chapter 2 The Lorde incourageth Iosuah to inuade the lande of promise 5 The Lorde promiseth to assist Iosuah if he obey his worde 11 Iosuah commaundeth the people to prepare them selues to passe ouer Iordane 12 and exhorteth the Rubenites to execute their charge 1 AFter the death of Moyses the seruaunt of the Lord it came to passe also that the Lorde spake vnto Iosuah y e sonne of Nun Moyses minister saying 2 Moyses my seruaunt is dead Nowe therefore arise go ouer this Iordane thou and all this people vnto the lande the whiche I to them the chyldren of Israel do geue 3 All the places that the soles of your feete shall treade vpon haue I geuen you as I sayde vnto Moyses 4 From the wyldernesse and this Libanon vnto the great riuer Euphrates all the lande of the Hethites euen vnto the great sea towarde the goyng downe of the sunne shal be your coast 5 There shal not a man be able to withstande thee all the dayes of thy life For as I was with Moyses so wyll I be with thee and wyll not fayle thee nor forsake thee 6 Be strong therfore and bolde for vnto this people shalt thou deuide y e lande for inheritaunce whiche I sware vnto their fathers to geue them 7 Only be thou strong and of a stoute courage that thou maiest obserue and do according to all the law which Moses my seruaunt commaunded thee Turne from the same neither to the right hande nor to the lefte that thou maiest do wisely in al that thou takest in hande 8 Let not the booke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth but occupie thy minde therein day night that thou maiest obserue and doe according to all y t is written therin For then shalt thou make thy way prosperous and then thou shalt do wisely 9 Haue not I cōmaunded thee that thou shouldest be strong hardie and not feare nor be faint hearted For I the Lorde thy God am with thee whyther soeuer thou goest 10 Then Iosuah commaunded the officers of the people
saying 11 Go thorowe the middes of the hoaste and coÌ„maunde the people saying Prepare you vitailes for after three daies ye shal passe ouer this Iordane to go in and enioye the lande which the Lorde your God geueth you to possesse it 12 And vnto the Rubenites Gadites and halfe the tribe of Manasses spake Iosuah saying 13 Remember the worde whiche Moyses the seruaunt of the Lorde commauÌ„ded you saying The Lorde your God hath geuen you rest hath geuen you this lande 14 Your wyues your children and your catell shall remaine in the lande which Moyses gaue you on this syde Iordane but ye shal go before your brethren armed all that be men of warre and helpe them 15 Vntill the Lorde haue geuen your brethren rest as he hath you and vntill they also haue obtained the lande whiche the Lorde your God geueth them And then shal ye returne vnto the lande of your possession and enioye it which lande Moyses the Lordes seruauÌ„t gaue you on this side Iordane towarde the sunne rysyng 16 And they aunswered Iosuah sayinge Al that thou hast commaunded vs we will do and whyther soeuer thou sendest vs we will go 7 According as we obeyed Moyses in al thinges so will we obey thee only the Lorde thy God be with thee as he was with Moyses 18 And whosoeuer he be that doth disobey thy mouth and wil not hearken vnto thy wordes in all that thou commauÌ„dest him let him dye Only be strong and of good courage The .ij. Chapter 1 Iosuah sendeth out spies into Iericho 4 They be hydden of Rahab 9 Rahab agniseth the God of Israel to be the hyghest God 11 Rahab requireth that there be had a respecte of her selfe and hers when Iericho is ouercummen 21 The spies do returne 1 ANd Iosuah y e sonne of Nun sent out of Sittim two men to spye secretely saying Go and viewe the land and also Iericho And they went and came into a harlotes house named Rahab and lodged there 2 And it was tolde the king of Iericho saying Beholde ther came men in hyther to night of the children of Israel to spye out the countrey 3 And the king of Iericho sent vnto Rahab saying Bring foorth the men that are come to thee and which are entred into thyne house for they be come to searche out all the lande 4 And the woman toke the two men and hyd them and sayd thus In deede there came men vnto me but I wiste not whence they were 5 And about the time of the shutting of the gate when it was darke the men went out whyther the men went I wote not folowe ye after them quickly for ye shall ouertake them 6 But she had brought them vp to the rooffe of the house * hyd them with the stalkes of flaxe which she had lying abrode vpon the rooffe 7 And the men pursued after them the way to Iordane vnto the fourdes and assoone as they whiche pursued after them were gone out they shut the gate 8 And or euer they were asleepe she came vp vnto them vpon the rooffe 9 And sayd vnto the men I knowe that the Lorde hath geuen you the land for the feare of you is fallen vpoÌ„ vs and the inhabitantes of the lande faint at the presence of you 10 For we haue hearde howe the Lorde dried vp the water of the red sea before you when you came out of Egypt and what you dyd vnto the two kynges of the Amorites that were on the other syde Iordane Sehon and Og whom ye vtterly destroyed 11 And assoone as we had hearde these thynges our heartes dyd faynt and there remained no more courage in any man at the presence of you For the Lorde your God he is the God in heauen aboue and in earth beneath 12 Nowe therfore I pray you sweare vnto me by the Lorde that as I haue shewed you mercie ye shall also shewe mercie vnto my fathers house and geue me a true token 13 And that ye shall saue alyue both my father and my mother my brethren and my sisters and all that they haue and that ye shall delyuer our soules from death 14 And the men aunswered her Our lyues for you to dye yf ye vtter not this our busynesse And when the Lorde hath geuen vs the lande we wyll deale mercyfully and truely with thee 15 And then she let them downe by a corde through a wyndow for her house was vpon the towne wall she dwelt vpon the towne wall 16 And she sayde vnto them Get you into the mountaine leste the pursuers meete you and hyde your selues there three dayes vntyl the pursuers be returned then shall ye go your owne way 17 And the men sayde vnto her We wyl be blamelesse of this thy oâ—h which thou hast made vs sweare â–ª 18 Behold when we come into the lande thou shalt bynde this corde of red threde in the wyndowe whiche thou dydst let vs downe by and thou shalt bryng thy father and thy mother thy brethren all thy fathers housholde euen into thy house 19 And then whosoeuer doeth go out at the doores of thy house into the streate his blood shal be vpon his owne head and we wyll be gyltlesse And who soeuer shal be with thee in the house his blood shal be on our head yf any mans hande touche hym 20 And if thou vtter these our wordes we wil be quite of thy oth which thou hast made vs sweare 21 And she saide According vnto your wordes so be it And she sent theÌ„ away and they departed And she bounde the red corde in the windowe 22 And they departed and came into the mountaine there abode three dayes vntyl the pursuers were returned And the pursuers sought them throughout all the way but founde them not 23 And the two men returned and descended from the mountaine and passed ouer and came to Iosuah the sonne of Nun and tolde him all that came vnto them 24 And they saide vnto Iosuah Truely the Lorde hath delyuered into our handes all the lande and all the inhabitauntes of the countrey faint at the presence of vs. The .iij. Chapter 1 Iosuah commeth with the people vnto Iordane 3 The Leuites do beare the arke going before the people 7 God sheweth by miracles that he is with Iosuah and that he guydeth the people 14 The people goeth ouer Iordane 16 The chanell of Iordane is made drye 1 ANd Iosuah rose early and they remoued froÌ„ Sittim and came to Iordane he and all the chyldren of Israel and lodged there before they went ouer 2 And after three dayes the officers went throughout the hoaste 3 And commaunded the people saying When ye see the arke of the testament of the Lorde your God and the priestes that are Leuites bearing it ye shall depart from your place and go after it 4 So yet
kinges and let none remayne of them but vtterly destroyed all that breathed as the Lorde God of Israel commaunded 41 And Iosuah smote them from Cades Barnea vnto Asah and all the countrey of Gosan euen vnto Gibeon 42 And all these kinges and their lande dyd Iosuah take at one time because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel 43 And Iosuah and all Israel returned vnto the hoast that was in Gilgal ' the tribes of Israel to possesse to euery ' man his part 8 In the vpper lande and neather land in the plaines and in the hil sides in the wildernesse southe countrey the Hethites the Amorites y e Chanaanites the Pherezites y e Heuites the Iebusites ' 9 The king of Iericho was one the ' king of Ai which is beside Bethel one ' 10 The king of Hierusalem one the king ' of Hebron one ' 11 The king of Iarmuth one the king ' of Lachis one 12 The king of Eglon one the king of ' Gazer one ' 13 The king of Dabir one the king of ' Gader one ' 14 The king of Horma one the king of ' Arad one ' 15 The king of Libna one the king of Adullam one ' 16 The * king of Makeda one the king ' of Bethel one ' 17 The king of Taphuha one the king ' of Hepher one ' 18 The king of Aphek one the king of ' Lasaron one ' 19 The king of Madon one the king of ' Hasor one ' 20 The king of Simron Meron one the' king of Achsaph one ' 21 The king of Thanach one the king ' of Megiddo one ' 22 The king of Kedes one the king of ' Iokneam of Carmel one ' 23 The king of Dor in the coūtrey of Dor one the king of the nations of Gilgal one 24 The king of Thirza one al the kinges ' together thirtie and one ' ' The .xiii. Chapter ' 1 The Lorde commaundeth Iosuah to deuide the lande that remaineth vnto the Israelites 13 Possession is not geuen vnto the tribe of Leui. 15 The possession of the children of Ruben 22 Baalam is put to death 24 The possession of the tribe of Gad. 29 The possession of the halfe tribe of Manasse 1 IOsuah was olde and stricken in yeres and the Lorde sayde vnto him Thou art olde and stricken in yeres and there remaineth yet exceeding muche lande to be possessed 2 This is the lande that yet remaineth all the regions of the Philistines and al Gessuri 3 From Nilus which is vpon Egypt vnto the borders of Accaren northward which land is counted vnto Chananie euen fiue lordeshippes of the Philistines the Azathites Asdothites Ascalonites Gethites Accaronites and the Euites 4 And from the south al the lande of the Chanaanites and the caue that is beside the Sidomans euen vnto Aphak to the borders of the Amorites 5 And the lande of the Giblites and all Libanon towarde the sunne rising from the plaine of Gad vnder mount Hermō vntil a man come to Hamath 6 All the inhabitours of the hil countrey from Libanō vnto the Misrephothmaim and all the Sidonians will I cast out from before the children of Israel only see that thou in any wise deuide it by lot vnto the Israelites to inherite as I haue commaunded thee 7 Nowe therfore deuide this lande to inherite vnto the nine tribes and the halfe tribe of Manasses 8 For with that other the Rubenites the Gadites haue receaued their inheritaunce which Moyses gaue them beyonde Iordane eastwarde euen as Moyses the seruaunt of the Lord gaue them 9 From Aroer that lieth on the brim of the riuer Arnon and from the citie that is in the middest of the ryuer all the plaine of Medeba vnto Dibon 10 And al the cities of Sehon king of the Amorites which raigned in Hesbon euen vnto the border of the children of Ammon 11 And Gilead and the border of Gessuri and Machati and all mount Hermon with al Basan vnto Salecha 12 Euen all the kingdome of Og in Basan which raigned in Astharoth and Edra◠which same remained yet of the rest of the giauntes These dyd Moyses smite and cast them out 13 Neuertelesse the children of Israel expelled not the Gesurites and the Machathites But the Gesurites and the Machathites dwell among the Israelites euen vntill this day 14 Onely vnto the tribe of Leui he gaue none inheritaunce but the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel is their inheritaunce as he sayde vnto them 15 Moyses gaue vnto the tribe of the children of Ruben inheritaunce according to their kinredes 16 And their coast was from Aroer that lyeth on the bancke of the riuer Arnon and from the citie that is in the middest of the riuer and all the playne which is by Medeba 17 Hesbon with all their townes that lye in the playne Dibon and the hill places of Baal and the house of Baalmeon ' 18 And Iahazah and Kedemoth and ' Mephaath ' 19 Kiriathaim Sabamath and Zarath ' Zahar in the mount of the valley 20 The house of Peor and the springes of the hilles and Bethpheor and Ashdoth Pisgah and Besiesimoth 21 And al the cities of the plaine and all the kingdome of Sehon king of the Amorites which raigned in Hesbon which Moyses smote with the lordes of Madian Eui Bekem Zur and Hur Keba the whiche were dukes of Sehon dwelling in the countrey 22 And Balaam also the sonne of Beor the soothsayer did the childrē of Israel slay with the sworde among other of them that were slayne 23 And the border of the children of Ruben was Iordane with the countrey that lieth theron This was the inheritaunce of the children of Ruben after their kinredes cities and villages perteyning therto 24 And Moyses gaue inheritaunce vnto the tribe of Gad euen vnto the children of Gad he gaue by their kinredes 25 And their coastes were Iazer and al the cities of Gilead and halfe the lande of the children of Ammon vnto Aroer that lieth before Rabba 26 And from Hesbon vnto Ramath Mispeh and Betonim and from Mahanaim vnto the borders of Dabir 27 And in the valley they had Betharam Bethnimra Socoth and Zaphon the rest of the kyngdome of Sehon king of Hesbon vnto Iordane and the coastes that lie theron euen vnto the edge of the sea of Cenereth on the other side Iordane eastwarde 28 This is the inheritaunce of the children of Gad after their kinredes their cities and villages 29 And Moyses gaue inheritaunce vnto the halfe tribe of Manasses And this was the possession of the halfe tribe of Manasses by their kinredes 30 Their coast was from Mahanaim euen all Basan and all the kingdome of Og king of Basan and all the townes of Iair which lie in Basan euen threescore cities 31 And halfe Gilead Astaroth Edrai cities of the kingdome of Og in Basan
15 And yf it seeme euyll vnto you to serue the Lorde then chose you this day whō you wil serue whether y e goddes which your fathers serued that were on the other side of the fludde either y e goddes of the Amorites in whose land ye dwel As for me and my house we wil serue the Lorde 16 The people aunswered and sayd God forbyd that we should forsake the Lord and serue straunge goddes 17 For the Lorde our God he it is that brought vs our fathers out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage and whiche did those great miracles in our sight and preserued vs in al the way that we went and among al the people which we came thorowe 18 And the Lord did cast out before vs all the people euen the Amorites whiche dwelt in the lande And therfore wil we also serue the Lord for he is our God 19 And Iosuah sayde vnto the people Ye can not serue the Lord for he is an holy God and a ielous God and cannot beare your iniquite and sinne 20 Yf ye forsake the Lorde and serue straunge goddes he will turne and do you euill and consume you after that he hath done you good 21 And the people sayde vnto Iosuah Nay but we will serue the Lorde 22 And Iosuah sayde vnto the people Ye are witnesses against your selues that ye haue chosen you the Lorde to serue him And they sayde we are witnesses 23 Then put away sayde he the straūge goddes whiche are among you bowe your heartes vnto the Lorde God of Israel 24 The people sayde vnto Iosuah The Lorde our God will we serue and his voyce will we obey 25 And so Iosuah made a couenaūt with the people the same day and set an ordinaunce lawe before them in Sichem 26 And Iosuah wrote these wordes in the booke of the lawe of God and toke a great stone and pitched it on ende in the sayde place euen vnder an oke that was in the sanctuarie of the Lorde 27 And Iosuah sayde vnto al the people Behold this stone shal be a witnesse vnto vs for it hath hearde al the wordes of the Lorde whiche he spake with vs it shal be therfore a witnesse vnto you lest ye denie your God 28 And so Iosuah let the people depart euery man vnto his inheritaunce 29 And after these thinges it came to passe that Iosuah the sonne of Nun the seruaunt of the Lorde died being an hundreth and ten yeres old 30 And they buryed him in the countrey of his inheritaunce euen in Thamnath Serah whiche is in mount Ephraim on the northside of the hill of Gaas 31 And Israel serued the Lorde all the dayes of Iosuah and all the dayes of the elders that ouer lyued Iosuah and whiche had knowne all the workes of the Lorde that he had done for Israel 32 And the bones of Ioseph whiche the childrē of Israel brought out of Egypt buried they in Sichem in a parcell of ground whiche Iacob bought of the sonnes of Hemor the father of Sichem for an hundreth peeces of siluer and it became the inheritaunce of the children of Ioseph 33 And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron died whom they buried in a hill that pertayned to Phinehes his sonne which hill was geuen him in mount Ephraim ¶ The ende of the booke of Iosuah whom the Hebrues call Iehosuah ⧠The booke of Iudges called in the Hebrue Sophtim and in Latin Judicum ¶ The fyrst Chapter 1 After Iosuah was dead Iuda was constitute captayne 6 Adonibezek is taken 14 The request of Achsah 16 The children of Keni 19 The Chanaanites are made tributaries but not destroyed 1 AFter the death of Iosuah it came to passe that the childrē of Israel asked the Lord saying who shall go vp for vs against the Chanaanites to fight fyrste a-against them 2 And the Lorde sayde Iuda shall go vp beholde I haue deliuered the land into his handes 3 And Iuda sayde vnto Simeon his brother Come vp with me in my lot that we may fight against the Chanaanites and I likewyse will go with thee into thy lot And so Simeon went with him 4 And Iuda went vp and the Lord deliuered the Chanaanites and Pherezites into their handes And they slue of them in Bezek ten thousande men 5 And they found Adombezek in Bezek And they fought against him and slue the Chanaanites and Pherezites 6 But Adonibezek fled and they folowed after hym caught hym and cut of his thombes and his great toes 7 And Adonibezek sayde Three score and ten kinges hauing their thombes great toes cut of gathered their meate vnder my table As I haue done so God hath done to me agayne And they brought him to Hierusalem and there he died 8 The childrē of Iuda had fought against Hierusalem and had taken it and smitten it with the edge of the sword set the citie on fire 9 Afterward the children of Iuda went downe to fight against the Chanaanites that dwelt in the mountayne towarde the south in the lowe countrey 10 And Iuda went against the Chanaanites that dwelt in Hebron whiche before time was called Kiriath Arba slue Sesai Ahiman and Thalmai 11 And from thence they went to the inhabitauntes of Dabir whose name in olde time was called Kiriathsepher 12 And Caleb sayd He that smiteth Kiriathsepher and taketh it to him will I geue Achsah my daughter to wyfe 13 And Othoniel the sonne of Kenez Calebs younger brother toke it to whom he gaue Achsah his daughter to wyfe 14 When she came to him she counsayled him to aske of her father a fielde And then she lighted of her asse and Caleb sayde vnto her What wilt thou 15 She aunswered vnto him Geue me a blessing for thou hast geuen me a southward land geue me also springes of water And Caleb gaue her springes both aboue and beneath 16 And the childrē of the Kenite Moyses father in lawe went vp out of the citie of paulme trees with the children of Iuda into the wildernesse of Iuda that lieth in the south of Arad and they went and dwelt among the people 17 And Iuda went with Simeon his brother and they slue the Chanaanites that inhabited Zephath and vtterly destroyed it and called the name of the citie Horma 18 And also Iuda toke Azzah with the coastes therof Askalon with y e coastes therof and Akaron with the coastes therof 19 And the Lorde was with Iuda and he conquered the mountaines but could not dryue out the inhabitauntes of the valleyes because they had charettes of iron 20 And they gaue Hebron vnto Caleb as Moyses sayde And he expelled thence the three sonnes of Anak 21 And the children of Beniamin did not cast out the Iebusites that inhabited Hierusalem but the Iebusites dwell with the children of Beniamin in Hierusalem vnto
this day 22 And in like maner they that were of the house of Ioseph went vp to Bethel and the Lorde was with them 23 And the house of Ioseph searched out Bethel whiche before time was called Luz 42 And the spyes sawe a man come out of the citie they sayd vnto him Shewe vs we pray thee the way into the citie and we will shewe thee mercy 25 And when he had shewed them the way into the citie they smote it with the edge of the sworde but let the man and all his housholde go free 26 And the man went into the land of the Hethites and buylt a citie and called the name therof Luz whiche is the name therof vnto this day 27 Neither did Manasses expell Bethsean with her townes Thanach with her townes the inhabitours of Dor with her townes the inhabitours of Ieblaam with her townes neither the inhabitours of Magiddo with her townes but the Chanaanites were bolde to dwell in the lande 28 But it came to passe that assoone as Israel was waxed mightie they put the Chanaanites to tribute and expelled them not wholly 29 In lyke maner Ephraim expelled not the Chanaanites that dwelt in Gazer but the Chanaanites dwelt still in Gazer among them 30 Neither dyd Zabulon expell the inhabitours of Ketron neither the inhabitours of Nahalol but the Chanaanites dwelt among them and became tributaries 31 Neither did Aser cast out the inhabitours of Acho neither the inhabitours of Zidon and of Ahalab Aczib Helbah Aphek nor of Rohob 32 But the Aserites dwelt among the Chanaanites the inhabitours of the lande for they dyd not dryue them out 33 Neither dyd Nephthalim dryue out the inhabitours of Bethsames nor the inhabitours of Bethanath but dwelt amongest the Chanaanites the inhabitours of the lande Neuerthelesse the inhabitours of Bethsames and of Bethanath became tributaries vnto them 34 And the Amorites droue the children of Dan into the mountayne and suffered them not to come downe to the valley 35 And the Amorites were content to dwell in mount Heres in Aialon and in Salabim And the hande of Ioseph preuayled so that they became tributaries 36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the goyng vp to Acrabim from the rocke vpwarde The .ij. Chapter 2 The Angel rebuketh the people because they had made peace with the Chanaanites 11 The Israelites fel to idolatrie after Iosuahs death 14 They are deliuered into the enemies handes 16 God deliuereth them by Iudges 22 Why God suffred idolaters to remayne among them 1 ANd the angel of the Lorde came vp from Gilgal to Bochim and sayde I made you to go out of Egipt haue brought you vnto the lande whiche I sware vnto your fathers And I sayde I will neuer breake myne appoyntment that I made with you 2 And ye also shall make no couenaunt with the inhabitours of this lande but shall breake downe their aulters Neuerthelesse ye haue not hearkened vnto my voyce why haue ye this done 3 Wherfore I haue lykewyse determined that I will not cast them out before you but they shal be as thornes vnto you and their goddes shal be a snare vnto you 4 And when the angel of the Lord spake these wordes vnto all the children of Israel the people cryed out and wept 5 And called the name of the sayd place Bochim offered sacrifices vnto the Lorde 6 And whē Iosuah had sent the people away the children of Israel went euery man into his inheritaunce to possesse the lande 7 And the people serued the Lorde all the dayes of Iosuah all the dayes of the elders that outlyued Iosuah had seene al the great workes of the Lorde that he dyd for Israel 8 And Iosuah the sonne of Nun the seruaunt of the Lorde died when he was an hundreth and ten yeres olde 9 Whom they buried in the coastes of his inheritaunce euen in Thimnath Heres in mount Ephraim on the northside of the hil Gaas 10 And euen so all that generation were put vnto their fathers and there arose another generation after them which neither knewe the Lorde nor yet the workes whiche he had done for Israel 11 And then the children of Israel dyd wickedly in the sight of the Lorde and serued Baalim 12 And forsoke the Lord God of their fathers whiche brought them out of the lande of Egypt and folowed straunge goddes euen of the goddes of the nations that were rounde about them and bowed them selues vnto them and angred the Lorde 13 They forsoke the Lorde and serued Baal and Astharoth 14 And the wrath of the Lord waxed hot agaynst Israel and he deliuered them into the handes of raueners that spoyled them solde them into the handes of their enemies rounde about them so that they had no power any longer to stande before their enemies 15 But whythersoeuer they went out the hand of the Lord was sore against them euen as the Lord promised them and as he sware vnto them And he punished them sore 16 Neuerthelesse the Lorde raysed vp iudges which deliuered them out of the handes of their oppressers 17 And yet for all that they woulde not hearken vnto their iudges but rather went a whoring after straunge goddes and bowed them selues vnto them and turned quickly out of the way whiche their fathers walked in obeying the cōmaundementes of the Lorde But they dyd not so 18 And when the Lorde raysed them vp iudges he was with the iudge and deliuered them out of the handes of their enemies all the dayes of the iudge * for the Lord had compassion ouer their sorowinges whiche they had by the reason of them that oppressed them vexed them 19 Yet for all that assoone as the iudge was dead they returned and dyd worse then their fathers in folowing straunge goddes to serue them worship them and ceassed not from their owne inuentions nor from their malitious way 20 And the wrath of the Lorde was moued against Israel and he sayde Because this people hath trāsgressed myne appoyntment whiche I commaunded their fathers and haue not hearkened vnto my voyce 21 I will hencefoorth not cast out before them one man of the nations whiche Iosuah left when he dyed 22 That through them I may proue Israel whether they wil kepe the way of the Lorde and walke therin as their fathers dyd or not 23 And so the Lorde left those nations and droue them not out immediatly neither deliuered them into the hande of Iosuah The .iij. Chapter 1 The Chanaanites were left to trye Israel 9 Othoniel deliuereth Israel 21 Ahud killeth king Eglon. 23 Samgar killeth the Philistines 1 THese are the nations whiche the Lorde left that he might proue Israel by them euen as many of Israel as had not knowen al the warres of Chanaan 2 Onely for the learning of the generations of
Zalmana kynges of Madian 6 And the lordes of Sucoth sayde Are the handes of Zebah and Zalmana now in thyne handes that we should geue bread vnto thyne armie 7 Gedeon sayde Therfore when the Lord hath deliuered Zebah and Zalmana into mine hande I will teare the flesshe of you with the thornes of the wildernes and with bryers 8 And he went vp thence to Phanuel spake vnto them lykewyse And y e men of Phanuel aunswered him as did the men of Sucoth 9 And he sayd also vnto the men of Phanuel When I come agayne in peace I will breake downe this towre 10 Zebah Zalmana were in Carcor and their hoastes with them vpon a fifteene thousande men which were all that were left of all the hoastes of them of the east For there was slaine an hundred and twentie thousande men that drewe swordes 11 And Gedeon went thorowe them that dwelt in tabernacles on the east syde of Nobah and Iegbahah and smote the hoaste for the hoaste dyd cast no perylles 12 And whan Zebah and Zalmana fled he folowed after them and toke y e two kynges of Madian Zebah and Zalmana and discomfited all the hoaste 13 And Gedeon the sonne of Ioas returned from battel afore the sunne was vp 14 And caught a ladde of the men of Sucoth enquired of him And he wrote him of the lordes and elders of Sucoth threescore and seuenteene men 15 And he came vnto the men of Sucoth and sayd Beholde Zebah and Zalmana with which ye dyd cast me in the teeth saying Are the handes of Zebah and Zalmana alredy in thyne hande that we should geue bread vnto thy fayntie men 16 And he toke the elders of the citie and thornes of the wildernesse and bryers and dyd teare the men of Sucoth with them 17 And he brake downe the towre of * Phanuel slue the men of the citie 18 And then sayde he vnto Zebah and Zalmana what maner of men were they whom ye slue at Thabor And they aunswered The lykenesse of thee and them is al one euē after the fashion of the children of a kyng 19 And he sayd They were my brethren euen my mothers children As truly as the Lord liueth if ye had saued their lyues I would not slay you 20 And he sayde vnto Iether his eldest sonne Vp and slay them But the ladde drue not his sworde for he feared because he was yet young 21 Then Zebah and Zalmana sayde Ryse thou and fall vpon vs for as the man is so is his strength And Gedeon arose and slue Zebah and Zalmana and toke away the ornamentes that were on their camels neckes 22 Then the men of Israel sayde vnto Gedeon Raigne thou ouer vs both thou thy sonne and thy sonnes sonne for thou hast deliuered vs out of y e hand of Madian 23 And Gedeon sayd vnto them I wyll not raigne ouer you neither shall my childe raigne ouer you but the Lorde shall raigne ouer you 24 And agayne Gedeon said vnto them I would desire a request of you euen that you would geue me euery man the * earinges of his pray For they had golden earinges because they were Ismaelites 25 And they aunswered We will gyue them And they spread a mantell and dyd cast therin euery man the earynges of his pray 26 And the wayght of y e golden earinges that he required was a thousand and seuen hundred sicles of golde besyde chaynes and iewelles and purple rayment that was on the kynges of Madian and besyde the chaynes that were about their camels neckes 27 And Gedeon made an Ephod therof and put it in his citie Ephrah And all Israel went a whoryng after it in the same place which thing became a ruyne vnto Gedeon and to his house 28 Thus was Madian brought lowe before the children of Israel so that they lyft vp their heades no more And the countrey was in quietnes fourtie yeres in the dayes of Gedeon 29 And Ierobaal y e sonne of Ioas went and dwelt in his owne house 30 And Gedeon had threescore and ten sonnes of his body begotten for he had many wyues 31 And his cōcubine that was in Sichem bare him a sonne also whose name he called Abimelech 32 And Gedeon the sonne of Ioas dyed in a good age and was buryed in the sepulchre of Ioas his father euen in Ephrah that parteyned vnto the father of the Esrites 33 But assoone as Gedeon was dead the children of Israel turned away went a whoryng after Baalim and made a couenaunt with Baal to be their God 34 And the children of Israel thought not on the Lorde their God which had deliuered them out of the handes of all their enemies on euery syde 35 Neither shewed they mercy on the house of Ierobaal otherwyse called Gedeon according to all the goodnes which he had shewed vnto Israel The .ix. Chapter 1. Abimelech vsurpeth the kyngdome and putteth his brethren to death 7. Ioatham proposeth a parable 23. Hatred betweene Abimelech and the Sichemites 26. Gaal conspireth agaynst him and is ouercome 53. Abimelech is wounded to death by a woman 1 ABimelech the sonne of Ierobaal went to Sichem vnto his mothers brethren communed with them with all the kynrede of the house of his mothers father saying 2 Saye I pray you in the eares of all the men of Sichem whether is better for you that all the sonnes of Ierobaal which are threescore and ten persons raigne ouer you either that one raigne ouer you Remember that I am of your bone and of your fleshe 3 And his mothers brethren spake of him in the audience of all the men of Sichem all these wordes their heartes were moued to folow Abimelech For they sayde He is our brother 4 And they gaue him threescore and ten peeces of siluer out of the house of Baal Berith wherwith Abimelech hyred vayne and light persons which went with hym 5 And he went vnto his fathers house at Ephrah * and slue his brethren the sonnes of Ierobaal beyng threescore ten persons vpon one stone Notwithstandyng yet Ioatham the youngest sonne of Ierobaal escaped for he hyd hymselfe 9 And all the men of Sichem gathered together and al the house of Mello and came and made Abimelech kyng in the playne where the stone was in Sichem 7 And when they tolde it to Ioatham he went and stoode in the top of mount Garizim and lyft vp his voyce cryed and sayd vnto them Hearken vnto me you men of Sichem that God may hearken vnto you 8 The trees went foorth to annoynt a kyng ouer them and sayde vnto the Olyue tree Raigne thou ouer vs. 9 But the Olyue tree sayd vnto them Should I leaue my fatnesse wherwith by me they honour God and man to be promoted ouer the trees 10 And the trees sayd to the figge tree Come thou and be kyng ouer vs. 11 The figge tree
of y e towre to set it on fire 53 And a certayne woman cast a peece of a mylstone vpon his head all to brake his brayne panne 54 Then Abimelech called hastyly vnto the young man that bare his harnesse and sayde vnto him Drawe thy sworde and slea me that men say not of me A woman slue him And his lad thrust him thorowe and he died 55 And when the men of Israel sawe that Abimelech was dead they departed euery man vnto his owne house 56 Thus God rendred the wickednesse of Abimelech which he dyd vnto his father in sleyng his seuentie brethren 57 And therto all the wickednesse of the men of Sichem dyd God bryng vpon their heades And vpon them came the curse of Ioatham the sonne of Ierobaal ¶ The .x. Chapter 2 Thola died 5 Iair also died 17 The Israelites are punished for their sinnes 10 They crye vnto God 16 And he hath pitie on them 1 AFter Abimelech there arose to defende Israel Thola the sonne of Phuah the sonne of Dodo a man of Isachar whiche dwelt in Samir in mount Ephraim 2 And he iudged Israel twentie three yeres died was buried in Samir 3 And after him arose Iair a Gileadite and iudged Israel twintie and two yeres 4 And he had thirtie sonnes that rode on thirtie Asse coltes and they had thirtie cities which are called Hauoth Iair vnto this day and are in the lande of Gilead 5 And Iair died and was buried in Camon 6 And the children of Israel wrought wickednesse yet agayne in the sight of the Lord and serued Baalim and Astaroth and the gods of Siria the gods of Sidon and the gods of Moab the gods of the children of Ammon and the gods of the Philistines and forsoke the Lorde and serued not him 7 And the Lord was wroth with Israel and he solde them into the handes of the Philistines and into the handes of the children of Ammon 8 Which from that yere foorth pilde and oppressed the children of Israel eyghtteene yeres al that were on the other side Iordane in the lande of the Amorites whiche is in Gilead 9 Moreouer y e children of Ammon went ouer Iordane to fight agaynst Iuda Beniamin and the house of Ephraim so that Israel was sore cumbred 10 And the children of Israel cryed vnto y e Lord saying We haue sinned against thee for we haue forsaken our owne God and haue carued Baalim 11 And the Lorde sayde vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel Dyd not I ryd you from the Egiptians and from the Amorites from the children of Ammon and from the Philistines 12 The Sidonites also and the Amalekites the Maonites dyd oppresse you and ye cryed to me and I deliuered you out of their handes â—3 And for all that ye haue forsaken me and serued straunge gods wherfore I will helpe you no more 14 Go and crye vnto the gods whiche ye haue chosen and let them saue you in the tyme of your tribulation 15 And the children of Israel sayde vnto the Lord We haue sinned do thou vnto vs whatsoeuer please thee deliuer vs onely we pray thee this day 16 And they put away the straunge gods from them serued the Lord And his soule had pitie on the miserie of Israel 17 Then the children of Ammon gathered together pitched in Gilead And the children of Israel gathered them together and pitched in Mispah 18 And the people and lordes of Gilead sayde eche to other whosoeuer will beginne the battell agaynst the children of Ammon the same shal be head ouer all the inhabitauntes of Gilead The .xi. Chapter 2 Iephthah beyng chased away by his brethren was after made captayne ouer Israel 30 He maketh a rashe vowe 32 He vanquisheth the Ammonites 39 And sacrificeth his daughter according to his vowe 1 AND there was one Iephthaha Gileadite a strong man the sonne of an harlot 2 And Gilead begat Iephthah And Gileads wyfe bare him sonnes which when they were come to age thrust out Iephthah and said vnto him Thou shalt not inherite in our fathers house for thou art the sonne of a straunge woman 3 Then Iephthah fled from his brethren and dwelt in the lande of Tob And there gathered ydle men to Iephthah and went out with him 4 And in processe of time the children of Ammon made warre agaynst Israel 5 And when the children of Ammon fought thus agaynst Israel the elders of Gilead went to fet Iephthah out of the lande of Tob 6 And sayde vnto him Come and be our captayne that we may fight with the children of Ammon 7 Iephthah aunswered the elders of 11 After him Elon a Zabulonite iudged Israel ten yeres 12 And Elon the Zabulonite died was buried in Aâ—alon in the countrey of Zabulon 13 After him Abdon the sonne of Hellel a Pharathonite iudged Israel 14 And he had fourtie sonnes and thirtie neuewes that rode on threscore and ten asse coltes And when Abdon the sonne of Hellel the Pharathonite had iudged Israel eight yeres 15 He died was buryed in Pharathon in the lande of Ephraim in the mount of the Amalekites ¶ The .xiii. Chapter 1 Israel for their wickednesse is oppressed of the Philistines 3 The angel appeareth to Manoahs wife 16 The angell commaundeth him to sacrifice vnto the Lorde 24 The birth of Samson 1 ANd the children of Israel began agayne to coÌ„mitte wickednesse in the sight of the lord and the Lorde deliuered them into the handes of the Philistines fourtie yeres 2 And there was a man in Zaraah of the kinred of Dan named Manoah whose wife was barren and bare not 3 And the angell of the Lord appeared vnto the woman sayde vnto her Beholde nowe thou art barren bearest not but thou shalt conceaue and beare a sonne 4 And nowe therfore beware * that thou drinke no wyne nor strong drinke neither eate any vncleane thing 5 For lo thou shalt conceaue and beare a sonne And ther may no * rasor come on his head for y e ladde shal be a Nazarite vnto God euen from his byrth And he shal beginne to saue Israel out of the handes of the Philistines 6 Then the wife came tolde her husbande saying A man of God came vnto me and the fashion of him was lyke the fashion of an angell of God exceeding fearful But I asked him not whence he was neither tolde he me his name 7 But sayde vnto me behold thou shalt be with childe and beare a sonne now drinke no wyne nor strong drinke neither eate any vncleane thing for the ladde shal be an abstayner to God euen from his byrth to the day of his death 8 Then Manoah made intercession to the Lorde and sayde I pray thee my Lorde let the man of God whiche thou sendedst come agayne vnto vs teache vs what we shal do vnto the ladde wheÌ„ he is borne 9 And
blesse thee 5 Then sayde Booz vnto his young man that stode by the reapers Whose damosel is this 6 And the young man that stode by the reapers aunswered and sayd It is the Moabitishe damosel that came with Naomi out of the countrey of Moab 7 And she sayde vnto vs I pray you let me gleane and gather after the reapers amongst the sheaues and so she came and hath continued euen from the morning vnto nowe saue that she taried a litle in the house 8 Then sayd Booz vnto Ruth Hearest thou my daughter Go to no other fielde to gather neither go from hence but abyde here by my maydens 9 Let thyne eyes be on the fielde that they do reape go thou after the maydens Haue I not charged the young men that they shall do thee no hurte Moreouer when thou art a thyrst go vnto the vessels drinke of that which the laddes haue drawen 10 Then she fell on her face and bowed her selfe to the ground and sayde vnto him Howe is it that I haue founde grace in thyne eyes that thou shouldest knowe me seing I am an aliaunt 11 And Booz aunswered and sayde vnto her Al is tolde shewed me that thou hast done vnto thy mother in law sence the death of thyne husband howe thou hast left thy father and thy mother and the land where thou wast borne and art come vnto a people which thou knewest not in time passed 12 The Lord quyte thy worke and a full reward be geuen thee of the Lord God of Israel vnder whose winges thou art come to trust 13 Then she sayde Let me finde fauour in thy sight my lord thou that hast comforted me and spoken comfortably vnto thy mayde whiche yet am not lyke vnto one of thy maydens 14 Booz sayde vnto her agayne At the meale tyme come thou hyther and eate of the bread and dyp thy morsel in the vineger And she sat besyde the reapers and he reached her parched corne she dyd eate and was suffised left part 15 And when she was rysen vp to gather Booz cōmaunded his young men saying Let her gather euen among the sheaues and rebuke her not 16 And leaue her some of the sheaues for the nonce and let it lye that she may gather it vp and rebuke her not 17 And so she gathered in the fielde vntil euen and threshed that she had gathered and it was in measure vpon an Epha of barlye 18 And she toke it vp and went into the citie and when her mother in lawe had seene what she had gathered she plucked out also gaue to her that she had reserued when she had eaten enough 19 And her mother in lawe sayde vnto her Where hast thou gathered to day and where wroughtest thou blessed be he that knewe thee And she shewed her mother in lawe howe she had wrought with him and sayde The mans name with whom I wrought to day is Booz 20 And Naomi said vnto her daughter in lawe Blessed be he of the Lord for he ceasseth not to do good to the lyuing to the dead And Naomi sayd agayne vnto her The man is nye vnto vs and of our affinitie 21 And Ruth the Moabitesse sayd he sayd vnto me also Thou shalt be with my young men vntil they haue ended al my haruest 22 And Naomi aunswered vnto Ruth her daughter in lawe It is best my daughter that thou go out with his maydens that they come not against thee in any other fielde 23 And so she kept her by the maydens of Booz to gather vnto the ende of barlye haruest and of wheate haruest also dwelt with her mother in lawe The .iii. Chapter 1 Naomi geueth Ruth councel 8 She sleepeth at Booz feete 12 He acknowledgeth him selfe to be her kinseman 1 THen Naomi her mother in lawe sayde vnto her My daughter shal I not seke rest for thee y t thou mayest prosper 2 And is not Booz our kinsman with whose maydens thou wast Beholde he winnoweth barlie to night in the thresshing floore 3 Wasshe thy selfe therfore and annoynt thee and put thy rayment vpon thee get thee downe to the floore but let not the man knowe of thee vntill he haue left eating and drincking 4 And when he goeth to sleepe marke the place where he layeth him downe and then go and lyft vp the clothes that are on his feete lay thee downe there and he shall tel thee what thou shalt do 5 And she aunswered her All that thou biddest me I will do 6 And she went downe vnto the floore and dyd according to al that her mother in lawe bad her 7 And when Booz had eaten and drunken cheared his heart he went to lye downe at the ende of the heape of corne and she came softly and lift vp the clothes of his feete and layed her downe 8 And at midnight the man was afraide and caught holde and beholde a woman lay at his feete 9 And he sayde What art thou She aunswered I am Ruth thyne handmayde Spreade the wing of thy garment ouer thyne handmayde for thou art the kinsman 10 He sayde Blessed be thou in the Lord my daughter for thou hast shewed more goodnesse in the latter ende then at the beginning inasmuche as thou folowedst not young men whether they were poore or riche 11 And nowe my daughter feare not I will do to the all that thou requirest for all the citie of my people doth know that thou art a woman of vertue 12 And it is true that I am of thy next kinne howbeit there is one nier then I. 13 Tary this night and when morning is come if he wil perfourme the part of a kinsman vnto thee it is good let him do the kinsmans part but if he wyl not do the kinsmans part then wyl I do the duetie of a kinsman as the Lorde liueth sleepe vntil the morning 14 And she lay at his feete vntill the morning and she arose vp before one coulde knowe another And he sayde Let no man knowe that there came any woman into the floore 15 And he sayde againe Bring the mantel that thou hast vpon thee holde it And when she held it he mette in sixe measures of barlye and layde it on her And she gat her into the citie 16 And when she came in to her mother in lawe she sayde Who art thou my daughter And she tolde her all that the man had done to her 17 And sayde These sixe measures of barlye gaue he me and sayde Thou shalt not come emptie vnto thy mother in lawe 18 Then sayde she My daughter sit still vntil thou knowe howe the matter will fall for the man will not be in rest vntill he haue finished the thing this same day The .iiii. Chapter 1 Booz speaketh to Ruths next kinseman touching her mariage 7 The auncient custome in Israel 10 Booz marieth Ruth of
Cursed be the man that eateth any foode vntill night till I be auenged of myne enemies And so none of the people tasted any sustenaunce 25 And al they of the land came to a wood where honie lay vpon the grounde 26 And the people came into the wood And behold the honie dropped and no man moued his hand to his mouth for the people feared the oth 27 But Ionathan hearde not whē his father charged the people with the oth wherfore he put foorth the ende of the rod that was in his hand and dipt it in an honie combe put his hande to his mouth and his eyes receaued sight 28 Then aunswered one of the people and sayde Thy father made the people to sweare saying Cursed be the mā that eateth any sustenaunce this day And the people were faynt 29 Thē sayd Ionathan My father hath troubled the lande See howe myne eyes hath receaued sight because I tasted a litle of this honie 30 Howe muche more then to day if the people had eaten of the spoyle of their enemies whiche they found And had there not ben then a muche greater slaughter among the Philistines 31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmas to Aialon And the people were exceeding faynt 32 And the people gat them to the spoyle and toke sheepe oxen and calues slue them on the ground and the people dyd eate them with the blood 33 Then men tolde Saul saying Behold the people sinne against the Lorde in that they eate with the blood And he sayde Ye haue trespassed Rowle a great stone vnto me this day 34 And Saul sayde againe Go abrode among the people and bid them bring me euery man his oxe and euery man his sheepe and slay them here and eate and sinne not against the Lorde in eating with the blood And the people brought euery man his oxe in his hande that night and slue them there 35 And Saul made an aulter vnto y e Lord And that was the first aulter that he made vnto the Lorde 36 And Saul sayde Let vs go downe after the Philistines by night and spoyle them vntil it be day in the morning and let vs not leaue one man of them And they sayde Do whatsoeuer thou thinkest best Then sayde the priest Let vs come hyther vnto God 37 And Saul asked of God Shall I go downe after the Philistines Wilt thou deliuer them into the handes of Israel But he aunswered him not at that time 38 And Saul sayde Let al the chiefe of the people come hyther and knowe and see by whom this sinne is done this day 39 For as the Lorde liueth whiche saued Israel though it be in Ionathan my sonne he shal dye the death But there was no man among all the people that aunswered him 40 Then he sayde vnto al Israel Be ye on one syde and I and Ionathan my sonne will be on the other syde And the people saide vnto Saul What thou thinkest best that do 41 Therfore Saul saide vnto the Lorde God of Israel geue a perfect lot And Saul and Ionathan were caught but the people scaped free 42 And Saul said Cast lot betweene me and Ionathan my sonne And Ionathan was caught 43 Then Saul saide to Ionathan Tell me what thou hast done And Ionathan tolde him and sayde I tasted a litle honie with the ende of the rod that was in myne hand lo I must dye 44 Saul aunswered * God do so more also to me thou shalt dye the death Ionathan 45 And the people said vnto Saul Shal Ionathan dye which hath so mightilie deliuered Israel God forbid As the Lord lyueth * there shall not one heere of his head fall to y e ground for he hath wrought with God this daye And so the people deliuered Ionathan that he dyed not 46 And then Saul departed vp from folowing the Philistines And the Philistines went to their owne place 47 And so Saul helde the kingdome ouer Israel and fought against all his enemies on euery side against Moab against the children of Ammon against Edom against the kinges of Zoba and against the Philistines And whyther soeuer he turned him selfe he put them to the worse 48 And he gathered his hoast together smote the Amalekites rid Israel out of the handes of them that spoyled them 49 The sonnes of Saul were Ionathan Iessui and Melchisua And his two daughters were thus named the elder was called Merob and the younger Michol 50 And the name of Sauls wife was Ahinoa the daughter of Ahimaaz and the name of his chiefe captaine was Abner the sonne of Ner Sauls vncle 51 And Cis was Sauls father Ner the father of Abner was the sonne of Abiel 52 And there was sore warre against the Philistines all y e dayes of Saul And whomsoeuer Saul sawe to be a strong man and meete for the warre he toke him vnto him The .xv. Chapter 3 Saul is commaunded to slay Amalek 9. He spareth Agag and the best thinges 19. Samuel reproueth him 28. Saul is reiected of the Lorde and his kingdome geuen to another 33. Samuel he weth Agag in peeces 1 SAmuel also saide vnto Saul The Lord sent me to anoynt thee to be king ouer his people ouer Israel Now therfore hearken thou vnto the voyce of the wordes of the Lorde 2 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes I remember that which Amalek did to Israel how they layed waite for them in the waye as they came vp from Egypt 3 Nowe therfore go and smyte Amalek and destroye ye all that pertaineth vnto them and haue no compassion on them slay both man woman infant and suckling oxe and sheepe camel and asse 4 And Saul gathered the people together and numbred them in Telaim two hundred thousand footemen and ten thousand men of Iuda 5 And Saul came vnto a citie of Amalek and set watch in the brooke 6 And Saul saide vnto the Kenites Go depart get you downe from among the Amalekites lest I destroy you with them for ye shewed mercie to all the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt And so the Kenites departed from among y e Amalekites 7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Heuila as thou commest to Sur that lyeth before Egypt 8 And toke Agag the king of the Amalekites alyue and vtterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sworde 6 But Saul and the people spared Agag the better sheepe and the fatter oxen and the lambes and all that was good would not destroy them But al that was foule naught worth that they destroyed vtterlie 10 Then came the word of the Lord vnto Samuel saying 11 It repenteth me that I haue made Saul king For he is turned from me hath not perfourmed my commaundementes And Samuel was euill apayed cryed vnto the
Lord all night 12 And wheÌ„ Samuel rose early to meete Saul in the morning it was tolde Samuel that Saul was come to Carmel and beholde he hath made him there a place and is returned and departed and gone downe to Gilgal 13 And Samuel came to Saul Saul said vnto him Blessed be thou in the Lorde I haue fulfilled the coÌ„maundement of the Lord. 14 Samuel sayde What meaneth then the bleating of the sheepe in mine eares and the lowing of the oxen which I heare 15 Saul aunswered They haue brought them from the Amalekites For the people spared the best of the sheepe and of the oxen to sacrifice them vnto the Lorde thy God and the remnaunt haue we destroyed vtterlie 16 Samuel said to Saul Let me tell thee what the Lorde hath saide to me this night And he sayd vnto him saye on 17 Samuel said When thou wast litle in thyne owne sight wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel and the Lorde annoynted thee kyng ouer Israel 18 And the Lorde sent thee on a iourney and said Go and vtterly destroy those sinners the Amalekites fight against them vntyll thou destroy them 19 And wherfore hast thou not hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde but hast turned to the praye and hast done that which is wicked in the syght of the Lorde 20 And Saul sayde vnto Samuel Yea I haue hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde and haue gone the way which the Lord sent me vnto haue brought Agag the kyng of Amalek and haue destroyed the Amalekites 21 But the people toke of y e spoyle sheepe oxen and the chiefest of the thynges whiche shoulde haue ben destroyed to offer vnto the Lord thy God in Gilgal 22 And Samuel sayde Hath the Lorde as great pleasure in burnt sacrifices and offerynges as when the voyce of the Lorde is obeyed Beholde to obey is better then sacrifice and to hearken is better then the fat of rammes 23 For rebellion is as the sinne of witchcraft and stubbernnesse is as the wickednes of idolatrie Because thou hast cast away the worde of the Lorde therefore he hath cast away thee also from being king 24 And Saul sayde vnto Samuel I haue sinned For I haue gone farther then the saying of the Lorde and thy wordes because I feared the people and obeyed their voyce 25 Now therfore I pray thee take away my sinne and turne agayne with me that I may worship the Lorde 26 And Samuel sayde vnto Saul I wyll not returne with thee For thou hast cast away the worde of the Lorde and the Lord hath cast away thee that thou shalt not be kyng ouer Israel 27 And as Samuel turned hym selfe to go away he caught the lappe of his coate and it rent 28 And Samuel sayde vnto hym The Lorde hath rent the kyngdome of Israel from thee this day and hath geuen it to a neighbour of thine that is better then thou 29 The strength of Israel wyl not beguyle nor repent for he is not a man that shoulde repent 30 He sayde I haue sinned But nowe honour me before the elâ—rs of my people and before Israel and turne againe with me that I may worship the Lord thy God 31 And so Samuel turned againe and folowed Saul and Saul worshipped the Lorde 32 Then sayde Samuel Bryng you hyther to me Agag the kyng of the Amalekites And Agag came vnto hym dilicately and Agag sayde Truely the bitternesse of death is past 33 And Samuel sayde As thy sworde hath made women chyldlesse so shall thy mother be chyldlesse aboue other women And Samuel hewed Agag in peeces before the Lorde in Gilgal 34 And then Samuel departed to Rama and Saul went home to his house to Gibea Saul 35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul vntyll the day of his death Neuerthelesse Samuel mourned for Saul and the Lorde repented that he had made Saul kyng ouer Israel The .xvi. Chapter 1 Samuel is reproued of God and is sent to annoynt Dauid 7. God regardeth the heart 13 The spirite of the Lorde commeth vpon Dauid 14. The wicked spirite is sent vpon Saul 19. Saul sendeth for Dauid 1 THE Lorde sayd vnto Samuel Howe long wilt thou mourne for Saul seing I haue cast him away from raigning ouer Israel Fill thyne horne with oyntment and come that I may send thee to Isai the Bethlemite for I haue prouided me a king among his sonnes 2 And Samuel sayd How can I go For if Saul heare it he will kill me The Lord aunswered Take an heyfer with thee and saye I am come to offer to the Lorde 3 And call Isai to the offering and I will shewe thee what thou shalt do And thou shalt annoynt vnto me him whom I name vnto thee 4 And so Samuel did as the Lord bade him and came to Bethlehem and the elders of the towne were astonyed at his comming and saide * Commest thou peaceably 5 He aunswered Yea I am come to offer vnto the Lorde Sanctifie your selues and come with me to the offering And he sanctified Isai and his sonnes and bade them to the offering 6 And when they were come he loked on Eliab saide Surelye the Lordes annoynted is before him 7 But the Lorde sayde vnto Samuel Loke not on his fashion or on y e height of his stature because I haue refused him For God seeth not as man seeth For man loketh on the outward appearaunce but the Lorde beholdeth the heart 8 Then Isai called Abinadab made him come before Samuel and he sayd Neither hath the Lorde chosen this 9 Then Isai made Samma come and he sayd Neither yet hath the Lorde chosen him 10 Againe Isai made seuen of his sonnes to come before Samuel and Samuel sayd vnto Isai The Lorde hath chosen none of these 11 And Samuel sayde vnto Isai Are heare all thy children He sayde There is yet a litle one behind that kepeth the sheepe And Samuel said vnto Isai Sende and fet him for we will not syt downe till he be come hyther 12 And he sent and brought him in And he was ruddie and of an excelleÌ„t beawtie and wel fauoured in sight And the Lorde said Aryse annoynt him For come downe to see the battel 29 And Dauid sayde And what haue I nowe done is there not a cause 30 And he departed from him into the presence of another and spake of the same maner and the people aunswered him againe as before 31 And they that heard the wordes which Dauid spake rehearsed them before Saul which caused him to be fet 32 And Dauid sayde to Saul Let no mans heart fayle him because of him Thy seruaunt will go and fight with yonder Philistine 33 And Saul sayde to Dauid againe Thou art not able to go against yonder Philistine to fight with him For thou art but a childe but he is
to be fauourable to his 1 WHen Saul was come againe froÌ„ folowing after y e Philistines there were which told him saying Behold Dauid is in the wildernesse of Engadi 2 Then Saul toke three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seke Dauid and his men in the heyght of the rockes where wilde goates remayne 3 And he came to the sheepe coates by the way where there was a caue Saul went in to do his easement And Dauid and his men remayned in the inward partes of the caue 4 And the men of Dauid sayd vnto him See the day is come of which the Lord sayde vnto thee Behold I will deliuer thyne enemie into thyne hand and thou shalt do to him as it shall seeme good in thy sight Then Dauid arose and cut of the lappe of Sauls garment priuily 5 And afterwarde Dauids heart smote him because he had cut of the lap of Sauls garment 6 And he sayd vnto his men The Lorde kepe me from doyng that thing vnto my maister the lordes annoynted to lay myne hande vpon him seing he is the annoynted of the Lorde 7 And so Dauid kept of his seruauntes with these wordes and suffred them not to rise against Saul But Saul rose vp out of the caue and went away 8 Dauid also arose afterward and went out of the caue and cryed after Saul saying My Lorde king And when Saul loked behind him Dauid stowped with his face to the earth and bowed him selfe 9 And Dauid sayde to Saul Wherfore geuest thou an eare to mens wordes that say beholde Dauid seketh euyll against thee 10 Behold this day thyne eyes haue seene howe that the Lord hath deliuered thee this day into myne hande in the caue And some bad me kill thee but I had compassion on thee and sayd I will not lay myne handes on my maister for he is the Lordes annoynted 11 And moreouer my father beholde and see yet the lap of thy garment in my hand Inasmuch as I killed thee not when I cut of the lap of thy garment vnderstand therfore see that there is neither euyll nor wickednesse in me and that I haue not sinned against thee And yet thou huntest after my soule to take it 12 The Lorde be iudge betweene thee and me the Lorde auenge me of thee but myne hande be not vpon thee was mery within hym for he was very drunken Wherfore she tolde him nothyng neither lesse nor more vntyll the morowe mornyng 37 But in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal his wyfe tolde him these wordes and his heart dyed within him and he became as a stone 38 And vpon a ten dayes after the Lord smote Nabal that he dyed 39 And when Dauid heard that Nabal was dead he sayd Blessed be the Lord that hath iudged y e cause of my rebuke of the hand of Nabal hath kept his seruaunt from euill For the Lord hath recompenced the wickednes of Nabal vpon his owne head And Dauid sent to commune with Abigail to take her to his wyfe 40 And when the seruauntes of Dauid were come to Abigail to Carmel they spake vnto her saying Dauid sent vs vnto thee to take thee to his wyfe And she arose bowed her selfe on her face to the earth and saide Beholde let thy handmayd be a seruaunt to washe the feete of the seruauntes of my lorde 41 And Abigail hasted and arose gate her vpon an Asse with fiue damosels of hers that went at her feete and she went after the messengers of Dauid became his wyfe 42 Dauid also toke Ahinoam of Iezrael and they were both his wyues 43 But Saul had geuen Michol his daughter Dauids wyfe to Phalti the sonne of Lais which was of Gallim ¶ The .xxvi. Chapter 1 Dauid was discouered vnto Saul by the Ziphites 12. Dauid taketh away Sauls speare and a cruse of water that stoode at his head 21. Saul confesseth his sinne 1 THE Ziphites came againe vnto Saul to Gibea saying Doth not Dauid hide him selfe in the hill of Hachilâ—a which is before Iesimon 2 Saul arose went downe to the wildernes of Ziph hauing three thousand chosen men of Israel with him for to seke Dauid in the wildernesse of Ziph. 3 And Saul pitched in the hil of Hachilia which is before Iesimon by the way side But Dauid dwelt in the wildernesse and he sawe that Saul came after him into the wildernesse 4 Dauid therefore sent out spies vnderstoode that Saul was come in very deede 5 And Dauid arose came to the place where Saul had pitched Dauid beheld the place where Saul lay Abner the sonne of Ner which was his chiefe captayne for Saul lay in the fort the people pytched rounde about him 6 Then aunswered Dauid and spake to Ahimelech the Hethite and to Abisai the sonne of Zaruia brother to Ioab saying Who wyll go downe with me to Saul to the hoast And Abisai saide I wyll go downe with thee 7 And so Dauid and Abisai came downe to the people by night and behold Saul lay sleepyng within the fort and his speare stacke in y e grounde at his head but Abner and the people lay rounde about hym 8 Then saide Abisai to Dauid God hath closed thyne enemie into thyne hand thys day Nowe I pray thee let me smite him once with my speare to the earth I will not smite him the second tyme. 9 And Dauid saide to Abisai Destroye him not For who can laye his hand on the Lordes annoynted and be giltlesse 10 And Dauid sayd furthermore As the Lorde lyueth the Lorde shall smyte him or his day shall come to dye or he shall descend into battaile and perishe 11 The Lorde kepe me from laying myne hand vpon the Lordes annoynted But I praye thee take thou nowe the speare that is at his head and the cruse of water and let vs go 12 And so Dauid toke the speare and the cruse of water from Sauls head and they gat them away and no man sawe it nor marked it neither awaked For they were all asleepe because the Lorde had sent a dead sleepe vpon theÌ„ 13 Then Dauid went ouer to the other syde and stoode on the toppe of an hill a farre of a great space being betweene them 14 And Dauid cryed to the people and to Abner the sonne of Ner saying Hearest thou not Abner Abner aunswered and sayd Who art thou that cryest to the king 15 And Dauid sayde to Abner Art not thou a man and who is lyke to thee in Israel Wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lorde the king For there came one of the folke in to destroye the king thy lorde 16 It is not well done of thee As the Lorde lyueth ye are worthy to dye because ye haue not kept the Lordes annoynted And nowe see where the kinges
latter ende Howe long then shall it be yer thou bid the people returne from folowing their brethren 27 And Ioab sayde As God lyueth if thou haddest not spoken suerly euen in the morning the people had departed euery one from persecuting his brother 28 And so Ioab blewe a trumpet and all the people stoode still and pursued after Israel no more neither fought they any more 29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the playne went ouer Iordane past through all Beth-horon till they came to Mahanaim 30 And Ioab returned from persecuting Abner and when he had gathered all the people together there lacked of Dauids seruaūtes nineteene men Asahel 31 But the seruauntes of Dauid had smitten of Beniamin and of Abners men so that three hundred and threescore men died 32 And they toke vp Asahel and buried him in the sepulchre of his father which was in Bethlehem And Ioab and his men went all night and the day arose to them at Hebron The .iii. Chapter 1 Long warre betweene the houses of Saul and Dauid 2 The children of Dauid in Hebron 12 Abner turneth to Dauid 27 Ioab killeth him 1 THere was then long warre betweene the house of Saul and the house of Dauid But Dauid waxed strōger and stronger and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker 2 And vnto Dauid were children borne in Hebron his eldest sonne also was Amnon of Ahinoam the Iesraelite 3 The seconde Cheleab of Abigail the wyfe of Nabal the Carmelite the third Absalom the sonne of Maacha the daughter of Thalmai the king of Gessur 4 The fourth Adonia the sonne of Haggith the fyft Sephatia the sonne of Abital 5 And the sixt Iethream by Egla Dauids wyfe These were borne to Dauid in Hebron 6 And whyle there was warre betweene the house of Saul and the house of Dauid Abner held vp the house of Saul 7 And Saul had a concubine named Rispha the daughter of Ahia And Isboseth sayd to Abner Wherfore hast thou gone in vnto my fathers concubine 8 Then was Abner very wroth for the wordes of Isboseth and sayde Am I a dogges head whiche against Iuda do shew mercie this day vnto the house of Saul thy father and to his brethren and frendes haue not deliuered thee into the hande of Dauid and thou fyndest a fault in me this day for this woman 9 So do God to Abner and more also except as the Lorde hath sworne to Dauid euen so will I do to him 10 To bring the kingdome frō the house of Saul that the throne of Dauid may be stablisshed ouer Israel and ouer Iuda euen from Dan to Beerseba 11 And he coulde geue Abner neuer a worde to aunswere because he feared him 12 And Abner sent messengers to Dauid secretly saying Whose is the land Who should also say Make a bond with me and beholde my hande is with thee to bring all Israel vnto thee 13 He sayde Well I will make a bonde with the But one thing I require of thee that is that thou see not my face except thou first bring Michol Sauls daughter when thou cōmest to see me 14 And Dauid sent messengers to Isboseth Sauls sonne saying Deliuer me my wife Michol whiche I maried for an hundred foreskinnes of y e Philistines 15 And Isboseth sent and toke her from her husband Phalti the sonne of Lais. 16 And her husband went with her and came weeping behinde her til they came to Bahurim Then sayde Abner vnto him Go and returne And he returned 17 And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel saying Ye sought for Dauid in times past that he might be your king 18 Nowe then do it for the Lorde hath spoken of Dauid saying By the hande of my seruaunt Dauid I will saue my people Israel out of the handes of the Philistines and out of the hande of all their enemies 19 And Abner spake in the eares of Beniamin and afterward Abner went to speake in the eares of Dauid in Hebron all that Israel was content with and the whole house of Beniamin 20 And so Abner came to Dauid to Hebron hauing twentie men with him Dauid made him the men that were with him a feast 21 And Abner sayde vnto Dauid I will vp go gather all Israel vnto my lorde the king that they may make an appoyntment with thee and that thou mayest raigne ouer all that thyne heart desireth And when Dauid had let Abner depart he went in peace 22 And behold the seruauntes of Dauid and Ioab came from the campe and brought a great pray with them But Abner was not with Dauid in Hebron for he had sent him away to depart in peace 23 When Ioab and al the hoast that was with him were come men tolde Ioab saying Abner the sonne of Ner came to the king and he hath sent him away that he is gone in peace 24 Then Ioab came to the king and said What hast thou done Behold Abner came vnto thee and why hast thou sent him away and he is quyte gone 25 Thou knowest Abner the sonne of Ner for he came to deceaue thee and to knowe thy outgoyng and ingoyng and to knowe all that thou doest 26 And when Ioab was come out from Dauid he sent messengers after Abner which brought him againe from the well of Sira vnknowing to Dauid 27 And when Abner was come againe to Hebron Ioab toke him asyde in the gate to speake with him peaceably and smote him vnder the fyft ribbe that he died for the blood of Asahel his brother 28 And when afterwarde it came to Dauids eare he sayde I and my kingdome are giltlesse before the Lord for euer concerning the blood of Abner the sonne of Ner. 29 Let the blood fall on the head of Ioab and on all his fathers house that the house of Ioab be neuer without one or other that hath running issues or leper or that leaneth on a staffe or that doth fall on the sword or that lacketh bread 30 So Ioab Abisai his brother slue Abner because he had slayne their brother Asahel at Gibeon in battell 31 And Dauid sayde to Ioab and to all the people that were with him Rent your clothes and put on sackcloth and mourne before Abner And king Dauid him selfe folowed the beere 32 And when they buried Abner in Hebron the king lift vp his voyce wept besyde the sepulchre of Abner and al the people wept 33 And the king lamented ouer Abner and sayde Died Abner as a foole dieth 34 Thy handes were not bounde nor thy feete brought into fetters of brasse but as a man falleth before wicked children so fellest thou And all they that were of the people wept yet more ouer him 35 And when all the people came to cause Dauid eate meate whyle it was yet day Dauid sware saying So do God to me
had commaunded him and smote the Philistines from Geba vntill thou come to Gazer The .vi. Chapter 3 The arke brought foorth of the house of Abinadab 7 Vzzah is striken and dieth Dauid daunceth before it 16 And is therfore despised of his wyfe Michol 1 AGaine Dauid gathered together all the chosen men of Israel euen thirtie thousand 2 And arose and went with all the folke that were with him from Baala of Iuda to fet away from thence the arke of God whose name is called by the name of the lord of hoastes that dwelleth vpon it betweene the cherubims 3 And they put the arke of God vpon a newe cart brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibea And Vzza and Ahio the sonnes of Abinadab draue the newe carte 4 And when they brought the arke of God out of the house of Abinadab that was at Gibea Ahio went before the arke 5 And Dauid and all the house of Israel played before the lord on sundry instrumentes made of Cedar wood with harpes psalteries timbrelles hornettes and simbals 6 And when they came to Nachons thresshing floore Vzza put his hand to the arke of God helde it for the oxen did shake it 7 And the Lord was wroth with Vzza and God smote him in the same place for his fault and there he died before the arke of God 8 And Dauid was displeased because the Lorde had smitten Vzza And he called the name of the place Perez Vzza vntill this day 9 And Dauid was then afraide of the Lorde and sayd Howe shall the arke of the Lord come to me 10 And so Dauid woulde not bring the arke of the Lorde vnto him into the citie of Dauid but Dauid caried it into the house of Obed Edom a Gethite 11 And the arke of the Lorde continued in the house of Obed Edom the Gethite three monethes and the Lorde blessed Obed Edom and all his housholde 12 And one tolde king Dauid howe that the Lorde had blessed the house of Obed Edom and all that parteyned vnto him because of the arke of God And Dauid went and brought the arke of God from the house of Obed Edom into the citie of Dauid with gladnes 13 And when they that bare the arke of the Lorde had gone sixe paces he offered an oxe and a fat beast â—4 And Dauid daunced before the Lorde with all his might was girded with a linnen Ephod 15 So Dauid and all the house of Israel brought the arke of the Lorde with showting and trumpet blowing 16 And as y e arke of the Lord came into the citie of Dauid Michol Sauls daughter loked through a windowe and sawe king Dauid spring and daunce before the Lord and she despysed him in her heart 17 And when they brought in the arke of the Lord they set it in his place euen in the middes of the tabernacle that Dauid had pitched for it and Dauid offered burnt offeringes peace offeringes before the Lorde 18 And assoone as Dauid had made an ende of offering burnt offeringes and peace offeringes he blessed the people in the name of the Lorde of hoastes 19 And gaue among all the folke euen among the whole multitude of Israel aswel to the women as men to euery one a cake of bread a peece of flesshe and a flacked of wine And so al the people departed euery one to his house 20 Then Dauid returned to blesse his housholde and Michol the daughter of Saul came out to meete Dauid sayd O howe glorious was the king of Israel this day whiche was vncouered to day in the eyes of the maydens of his seruauntes as a foole vncouereth him selfe 21 And Dauid sayd vnto Michol It was before the Lorde whiche chose me rather then thy father and all his house and commaunded me to be ruler ouer all the people of the Lorde euen ouer Israel and therefore will I play before the Lorde 22 And will yet be more vyle then so and will be meeke in myne owne sight and of the very same mayde seruauntes which thou hast spoken of shall I be had in honour 23 Therfore Michol the daughter of Saul had no childe vnto the day of her death The .vii. Chapter 2 Dauid woulde buylde God an house but is forbidden by the prophet Nathan 8 God putteth Dauid in minde of his benefites 12 He promiseth continuaunce of his kingdome and posteritie 1 AFterward when the king sate in his house the Lord had geuen him rest round about from all his enemies 2 The king sayde vnto Nathan the prophete Beholde I dwell nowe in an house of Cedar trees but the arke of God dwelleth within the curtaynes 3 And Nathan sayde to the king Go and do all that is in thyne heart for the Lord is with thee 4 And the same night the worde of the Lorde came vnto Nathan saying 5 Go and tell my seruaunt Dauid thus sayeth the Lorde shalt thou buylde me an house to dwell in 6 For I haue not dwelt in any house sence the time that I brought the children of Israel out of Egypt vnto this day but haue walked in a tent and tabernacle 7 In al the places wherin I haue walked with all the childreÌ„ of Israel spake I one worde with any of y e tribes of Israel when I commaunded the iudges to feede my people Israel saying Why build ye not me an house of Cedar trees 8 Now therfore so say vnto my seruaunt Dauid thus sayeth the lord of hoastes I toke thee from the sheepe coate as thou wast folowing sheepe that thou mightest be ruler ouer my people ouer Israel 9 And I was with thee in all that thou wentest to and haue destroyed all thyne enemies out of thy sight haue made thee a great name lyke vnto the name of the great men that are in the earth 10 Also I will appoynt a place for my people Israel and will plant it that they may dwell in a place of their owne moue no more neither shall wicked people trouble them any more as before time 11 And sence the time that I set iudges ouer my people of Israel And I will geue thee rest from all thyne enemies And the Lorde telleth thee that he will make thee an house 12 And when thy dayes be fulfilled thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers and I will set vp thy seede after thee whiche shall proceede out of thy body and will stablyshe his kingdome 31 He shall buyld house an for my name I wil stablyshe the throne of his kingdome for euer 14 I will be his father and he shal be my sonne If he sinne I will chasten him with the rodde of men and with the plagues of the children of men 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him as I toke it from Saul whoÌ„ I put away before thee 16 And thyne house and thy
letter to Ioab and sent it by the hand of Vrias 15 And he wrote thus in the letter Put ye Vrias in the forefront of the sharper battaile and come ye backe from him that he maye be smytten and dye 16 So when Ioab besieged the citie he assigned Vrias vnto a place where he wist that strong men were 17 And the men of the citie came out and fought with Ioab And there were certayne ouerthrowen of the people of the seruauntes of Dauid Vrias the Hethite dyed also 18 Then Ioab sent and tolde Dauid all the thinges concerning the warre 19 And charged the messenger saying When thou hast made an ende of telling the matters of the warre vnto the king 20 If the kinges anger aryse and he say vnto thee wherfore approched ye so nye vnto the citie when ye did fight wyst ye not that they would hurle and shoote from the wall 21 Who smote Abimelech sonne of Ierubesheth * Did not a woman cast a peece of a mylstone vpon him from of the wall and he dyed in Thebes why went ye nye the wall Then say thou Thy seruaunt Vrias the Hethite is dead also 22 So the messenger went came and shewed Dauid all that Ioab had sent him for 23 And the messenger saide vnto Dauid The men preuailed against vs came out vnto vs into the fielde we pursued them euen vnto the entring of the gate 24 And the shooters shotte from the walles vpon thy seruauntes and some of the kinges seruauntes be dead and thy seruaunt Vrias the Hethite is dead also 25 And Dauid saide vnto the messenger thus shalt thou saye vnto Ioab Let not that thing trouble thee for y e sword deuoureth one as well as another Make thy battayle more strong against the citie to ouerthrowe it encourage thou him 26 And when the wyfe of Vrias heard that her husband was dead she mourned for him 27 And when the mourning was past Dauid sent and fet her to his house and she became his wyfe and bare him a sonne But this thing that Dauid dyd displeased the Lorde ¶ The .xii. Chapter 1 Dauid reproued by Nathan confesseth his sinne 18 The childe conceaued in adultry dyeth 24 Solomon is borne 26 Rabba is taken 31 The citezins are greeuouslye punished 1 ANd the Lord sent Nathan vnto Dauid and he came vnto him and tolde him There were two men in one citie the one rich the other poore 2 The rich man had exceeding many sheepe and oxen 3 But the poore had nothing saue one litle sheepe which he had bought and nouryshed vp And it grew vp with him and with his children also and did eate of his owne meate and drancke of his owne cuppe slept in his bosome and was vnto him as his daughter 4 And there came a straunger vnto the rich man and he spared to take of his owne sheepe and of his owne oxen to dresse for y e straunger that was come vnto him But toke the poore mans sheepe and dressed it for the man that was come to him 5 And Dauid was exceeding wroth with the man and saide to Nathan As the Lorde lyueth the man that hath done this thing is the childe of death 6 He shal restore the lambe foure folde because he did this thyng and had no pitie 7 And Nathan saide to Dauid Thou art the man Thus saith the Lord God of Israel I annoynted thee king ouer Israel and ryd thee out of the hand of Saul 8 I gaue thee thy maisters house and thy maisters wyues into thy bosome and gaue thee the house of Israel and of Iuda and might if that had ben to litle haue geuen thee so muche more 9 Wherefore then hast thou despised the commaundement of the Lorde to do euill in his sight Thou hast kild Vrias the Hethite with the sword hast taken his wyfe to thy wyfe and hast slaine him with the sword of the children of Ammon 10 Now therefore the sword shall neuer depart from thyne house because thou hast despised me and taken the wyfe of Vrias the Hethite to be thy wyfe 11 Wherefore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I will stirre vp euil against thee euen out of thyne owne house and wyll take thy wyues before thyne eyes and geue them vnto thy neyghbour and he shall lye with thy wyues in the sight of this sunne 12 For thou diddest it secretly but I wil do this thing before al Israel and in the open sunne lyght 13 And Dauid saide vnto Nathan I haue sinned against the Lord. And Nathan than saide vnto Dauid The Lord also hath put away thy sinne thou shalt not dye 14 Howbeit because in doing this deede thou hast geuen y e enemies of the Lord a cause to blaspheme the childe that is borne vnto thee shall surely dye 15 And Nathan departed vnto his house And the Lorde strake the childe that Vrias wyfe bare vnto Dauid and it sickened sore 16 Dauid therefore besought God for the childe and fasted and went in laye all night vpon the earth 17 And the elders of his house arose and went to him to take him vp from the earth But he would not neither did he eate meate with them 18 And the seuenth day the childe dyed and the seruauntes of Dauid feared to tell him that the childe was dead For they said beholde while the childe was yet alyue we spake vnto hym and he would not hearkē vnto our voyce how will he then vexe him selfe if we tell him that the childe is dead 19 But Dauid seing his seruaūtes whispering perceaued that the childe was dead Dauid said vnto his seruauntes Is the childe dead They saide He is dead 20 And Dauid arose from the earth and washed and annoynted him selfe and chaunged his apparell and came into the house of the Lord and worshipped and afterward came to his owne house bad that they should set bread before him and he dyd eate 21 Then said his seruauntes vnto him What thing is this that thou hast done Thou diddest fast weepe for the childe while it was alyue assoone as it was dead thou diddest ryse vp eate meate 22 He said While the childe was yet ailue I fasted and wept for this I thought Who can tell whether God wyll haue mercy on me that the childe may lyue 23 But now seeing it is dead wherefore should I fast Can I bring him againe any more I shall go to him rather then he shall come againe to me 24 And Dauid comforted Bethsabe his wyfe went in vnto her and lay with her and she bare a sonne and he called his name Solomon and the Lord loued him 25 And had sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet therefore he called his name Iedidia of the Lordes behalfe 26 Then Ioab fought against Rabba of
by the way of the hill syde behinde him 35 And Ionadab said vnto the king Beholde the kinges sonnes come As thy seruaunt said so it is 36 And assoone as he had left speaking beholde the kinges sonnes came lyft vp their voyces and wept The king also all his seruauntes wept exceedingly sore 37 But Absalom escaped and went to Thalma◠the sonne of Ammihur kyng of Gesur And Dauid mourned for his sonne euery day 38 And so Absalom escaped and went to Gesur and was there three yeres 39 And king Dauid desired to go foorth vnto Absalom For where as Amnon was dead he was comforted ouer him ¶ The .xiiii. Chapter 2 Absalom is reconciled to his father by the subtiltie of Ioab 24 Absalom may not see the kinges face 25 The beautie of Absalom 30 He causeth Ioabs corne to be burnt and is brought to his fathers presence 1 IOab y e sonne of Zaruia perceaued that the kynges heart was toward Absalom 2 And he sent to Thekoa and fet thence a wyse woman sayde vnto her I pray thee faine thy selfe to be a mourner and put on mourning apparell and annoynt not thy self with oyle but be as a woman that had long tyme mourned for the dead 3 And come to the king and speake on this maner vnto hym And so Ioab taught her what she should say 4 And when the woman of Thekoa spake with the king she fell on her face to the grounde and did obeysaunce and sayde Helpe O king 5 The king said vnto her What ayleth thee She aunswered I am in deede a wydow and myne husband is dead 6 And thy hande mayde had two sonnes and they two fought together in the fielde where was no man to go betweene them but the one smote the other and slue him 7 And beholde the whole kindred is risen against thy handmayd they said Delyuer hym that smote his brother that we may kill him for the soule of his brother whom he slue we will destroy the heyre also And so they shall quenche my sparkle which is left and shall not leaue to my husband neither name nor issue vpon the earth 8 And the king sayde vnto the woman Go home to thyne house I wyll geue a charge for thee 9 And the woman of Thekoa saide vnto the king My lorde O king this trespasse be on me and on my fathers house and the king and his throne be giltlesse 10 And the king saide If any man say ought vnto thee bring him to me and he shall hurt thee no more 11 Then saide she I pray thee let the king remember the Lord thy God that thou wouldest not suffer many reuengers of blood to destroy lest they slay my sonne And he aunswered As the Lorde lyueth there shal not one heere of thy sonne fall to the earth 12 The woman sayde Let thyne handmayde speake one worde vnto my lorde the king And he sayde Say on 13 The woman sayd Wherfore then hast thou thought suche a thing against the people of God For the king doth speake this thing as one which is faultie that he shoulde not fet home againe his banished 14 For we must nedes dye and are as wather spilt on the ground which cannot be gathered vp againe Neither doth God spare any person yet doth he appoynt meanes that his banished be not vtterly expelled from him 15 Nowe therfore I am come to speake of this thing vnto the my lord the king because they that be of y e people haue made me afrayd And thy handmayde sayd Now will I speake vnto the king it may be that the king will perfourme the request of his handmayde 16 And the king shall heare his handmayde to deliuer her out of the hand of the man that woulde haue destroyed me and also my sonne out of the inheritaunce of God 17 And thyne handmayde sayde The worde of my lord the king shall now be comfortable For my lord the king is as an angel of God in hearing of good bad Therfore the Lorde thy God be with thee 18 Then the king aunswered and sayde vnto the woman Hyde not from me I pray thee y e thing that I shall aske thee And the woman sayde Let my lord the king nowe speake 19 And the king sayd Is not the hand of Ioab with thee in all this matter The woman aunswered and sayde As thy soule liueth my lorde the king I wil not turne to the right hande nor to the left from ought that my lorde the king hath spokē for euen thy seruaunt Ioab bad me and he put all these wordes in the mouth of thyne handmayde 20 For to the intent that I shoulde chaunge the fourme of speach hath thy seruaunt Ioab done this thing And my lorde is wyse according to the wisdome of an angel of God to vnderstande all thinges that are in the earth 21 And the king sayd vnto Ioab Behold I haue done this thing Go bring the young man Absalom againe 22 And Ioab fell to the ground on his face and bowed him selfe and thanked the king And Ioab sayd Now thy seruaunt knoweth that I haue founde grace in thy sight my lorde O king in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his seruaunt 23 And so Ioab arose and went to Gesur and brought Absalom to Hierusalem 24 And the king sayde Let him turne to his owne house not see my face And so Absalō returned to his owne house and sawe not the kinges face 25 But in al Israel there was none to be so muche praysed as Absalom for beautie from y e sole of his foote to the toppe of his head there was no blemishe in him 26 And when he polled his head for at euery yeres ende he polled it because the heere was heauy on him therfore he polled it he weighed the heere of his head at two hundreth sicles after the kinges wayght 27 And Absalom had three sonnes borne him and one daughter named Thamar whiche was a fayre woman to loke vpon 28 So Absalom dwelt two yeres in Hierusalem and sawe not the kinges face 29 Therfore Absalom sent for Ioab to haue sent him to the king but he would not come to him And when he sent againe he would not come 30 Therfore he sayde vnto his seruauntes Behold Ioab hath a field by my place he hath barlye therin Go set it on fyre And Absaloms seruauntes set it on fire 31 Then Ioab arose and came to Absalom vnto his house and sayd vnto him Wherfore haue thy seruauntes burnt my fielde with fire 32 And Absalō aunswered Ioab Behold I sent for thee desiring thee to come because I woulde haue sent thee to the king for to say Wherfore am I come from Gesur It had ben better for me to haue ben there still Nowe therfore would I see
is my strength in him will I trust he is my shielde and the horne of my saluation my hie towre and my refuge my sauiour thou hast saued me from wrong 4 I will call on the Lorde which is prayse worthy and so shall I be saued from myne enemies 5 For the panges of death closed me about the fludes of Belial put me in feare 6 The sorowes of hell compassed me about the snares of death ouertoke me 7 In my tribulation did I call vppon the Lorde and crye to my God and he dyd heare my voyce out of his temple and my crye did enter into his eares 8 The earth trembled and quaked the foundations of heauen moued shooke when he was angry 9 Smoke went out at his nosthryls consuming fyre out of his mouth coles were kindled thereat 10 And he bowed heauen came downe and there was darkenesse vnder his feete 11 And he rode vpon Cherub and did flee he was seene vppon the winges of the winde 12 He made darknes a tabernacle rounde about him with waters gathered together in thicke cloudes 13 Through the brightnes of his presence were the coles of fyre kindled 14 The Lorde thundred from heauen he that is most hie put out his voyce 15 He shot arrowes and scattered them to wit lyghtning ouerthrew them 16 The chanels of the sea appeared and the foundatiōs of the world were seene by the reason of y e rebuking of the Lord and through the blasting of the breath of his nosthryls 17 He sent from aboue and toke me he drew me out of many waters 18 He deliuered me from my mightie enemie and from them that hated me for they were to strong for me 19 When they had preuented me in the daye of my calamitie the Lorde stayed me vp 20 For he brought me out into roomth he deliuered me because he had a fauour vnto me 21 The Lorde rewarded me according to my righteousnesse accordyng to the purenes of my hands he recompensed me 22 For I haue kept the wayes of y e Lord and did not wickedly agaynst my God 23 For all his lawes were in my sight his statutes I did not depart therefrō 24 In his sight also haue I ben vpright and haue kept me from myne owne iniquitie 25 And the Lorde did to me againe according to my righteousnesse euen after my purenes in his eye sight 26 With the godly thou shalt be godlie and with the man that is vpright thou shalt be vpright 27 With the pure thou shalt be pure and with the froward thou wilt shewe thy selfe froward 28 And the poore people thou wilt saue but thyne eyes are vpon the proude to bring them downe 29 For thou art my lyght O Lorde and the Lorde shall light my darkenesse 30 For by thee I shall breake through an hoast of men and by my God wyll I spring ouer a wall 31 God is vncorrupt in his way the word of the Lord is tryed in the fyre he is a shielde to all them that trust in him 32 For who is a God saue the Lord and who is mightie saue our God 33 God strengthneth me in battaile ryddeth the way cleare before me 34 He maketh my feete lyke hyndes feete and setteth me vpon my hie places 35 He teacheth my handes to fight that euen a bowe of steele is broken with myne armes 36 Thou hast geuen me the shielde of thy saluation and with thy louing mekenesse thou doest multiplie me 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps vnder me and my legges shall not faile me 38 I haue folowed vpon myne enemies and destroyed them and turned not againe vntill I had consumed them 39 I haue wasted them and wounded them that they shal not be able to aryse yea they shall fall vnder my feete 40 Thou hast gyrded me about with might to battayle and them that rose against me hast thou subdued vnder me 41 And thou hast geuen me the neckes of myne enemies that I might destroye them that hate me 42 They loked about but there was none to saue them euen vnto the Lorde but he heard them not 43 Then did I beate them as small as the dust of the earth I did stampe them as the clay of the streate and did spreade them abrode 44 Thou also hast deliuered me from the discention of my people thou hast kept me to be an head ouer nations the people which I knew not do serue me 45 Straunge childrē dissemble with me at the hearing of the eare they obey me 46 Straunge children wil shrinke away and they shall be smytten with feare in their priuie chamber 47 Let the Lord lyue and blessed be my strength magnified be God euen the force of my saluation 48 It is God that geueth me power to reuenge me bringeth downe the people vnder me 49 He deliuereth me from myne enemies thou also hast lyft me on hie from them that rose against me thou hast delyuered me from the wicked man 50 And therefore I wyll prayse thee O Lorde among the nations and wyll sing vnto thy name 51 He is the towre of saluation for his king and dealeth mercyfully with his annoynted euen with Dauid and with his seede for euermore ¶ The .xxiii. Chapter 1 The last wordes of Dauid 6 The wicked shall be plucked vp as thornes 8 The names and factes of his mighty men 15 He desireth water would not drinke 1 THese also be the last wordes of Dauid Dauid the sonne of Isai said and y e man which was ordayned the annoynted of the God of Iacob and the sweete Psalmist of Israel sayde 2 The spirite of the Lorde spake by me and his word was in my tongue 3 The God of Israel spake to me euen the most mightie of Israel sayde A ruler ouer men being iust ruling in y e feare of God 4 And as the morning lyght when the sunne is vp a morning in which are no cloudes so shal my house be but not as the grasse of the earth is by bryghtnesse and rayne 5 For so shal not my house be with God For he hath made with me an euerlasting couenaunt perfect and sure in all poyntes and this is truly all my health and all my desyre that it growe but not as grasse 6 But the vngodly man shall be as a thorne cleane pluckt vp which can not be taken with handes 7 But the man that shall touche them must be defenced with iron or with the shaft of a speare and they shal be burnt with fire in the same place 8 These be the names of the mightie men whom Dauid had One that sate in the seate of wisedome being chiefest among the princes was Adino of Ezni he slue eyght hundred at one tyme. 9 After him was Eliazar the sonne of Dodo the sonne of Ahohi one of the three worthies with Dauid which defyed the Philistines that were
vnto king Solomon to speake vnto him for Adonia And the king rose vp to meete her and bowed him selfe vnto her and sate hym downe on his seate there was a seate set for the kinges mother she sate on his right syde 20 Then she sayd I desire a litle petition of thee I pray thee say me not nay And the king sayd vnto her Aske on my mother for I will not say thee nay 21 She sayde Let Abisag the Sunamite be geuen to Adonia thy brother to wyfe 22 And king Solomon aunswered and sayde vnto his mother Why doest thou aske Abisag the Sunamite for Adonia aske for him the kingdome also for he is myne elder brother and hath for him Abiathar the priest and Ioab the sonne of Zaruia 23 Then king Solomon sware by the Lord saying God do so and so to me if Adonia haue not spoken this worde against his owne lyfe 24 Nowe therefore as the Lorde lyueth whiche hath ordeyned me and set me on the seate of Dauid my father and made me an house as he promised Adonia shall dye this day 25 And king Solomon sent by the hande of Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada and he smote him that he died 26 And vnto Abiathar the priest sayd the king Get thee to Anatoth vnto thine owne fieldes for thou art worthy of death but I will not at this time kill thee because thou barest the arke of the Lorde God before Dauid my father and because thou hast suffered with my father in all his afflictions 27 And so Solomon put away Abiathar from beyng priest vnto the Lord that he might fulfill the wordes of the Lord which he spake ouer the house of Eli in Silo. 28 Then tydtnges came also to Ioab for Ioab had turned after Adonia though he turned not after Absalom and Ioab fled vnto the tabernacle of the Lorde and caught holde on the hornes of the aulter 29 And it was told king Solomon howe that Ioab fled vnto the tabernacle of the Lorde and beholde he is by the aulter Then Solomon sent Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada saying Go and fall vpon him 30 And Banaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lorde and sayde vnto him Thus sayeth the king Come out And he sayde Nay but I wil dye euen here And Banaiah brought the king word againe saying Thus sayde Ioab and thus he aunswered me 31 And the king sayde vnto him Do euen as he hath sayd Smite him burie him that thou mayest take away the blood which Ioab shed causelesse from me and from the house of my father 32 And the Lorde shall bring his blood vpon his owne head for he smote two men righteouser and better then he and slue them with the sworde my father Dauid not knowing therof euen Abner the sonne of Ner captayne of the hoast of Israel and Amasa the sonne of Iether captayne of the hoast of Iuda 33 Their blood shal therfore returne vpon the head of Ioab on the head of his seede for euer But vpon Dauid vpon his seed vpon his house vpō his seat shall there be peace for euer of the Lord. 34 So Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada went vp he fel vpon him and slue him and buried him in his house in the wildernesse 35 And the king put Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada in his roome ouer y e hoast and put Sadoc the priest in the roome of Abiathar 36 And the king sent and called Semei sayde vnto him Buylde thee an house in Hierusalem and dwell there see that thou go not foorth thence any whyther 37 For be thou sure that the day that thou goest out and passest ouer the riuer of Cedron thou shalt dye that day and thy blood shal be vpon thyne owne head 38 And Semei sayde vnto the king This saying is good As my lorde y e king hath sayde so will thy seruaunt do And Semei dwelt in Hierusalem many a day 39 And it chaunced after three yeres that two of the seruauntes of Semei ranne away vnto Achis sonne of Maacha king of Geth And they told Semei saying Behold thy seruauntes be in Geth 40 And Semei stoode vp and sadled his asse and gat him to Geth to Achis to seke his seruauntes And Semei wēt brought his seruauntes againe from Geth 41 And it was tolde Solomon howe that Semei had gone from Hierusalem to Geth and was come againe 42 And the king sent called Semei and said vnto him Did I not charge thee by the Lorde with an oth testified vnto thee saying Be sure that whensoeuer thou goest out walkest abroade any whyther thou shalt bye the death And thou saydest vnto me It is good tydinges that I haue heard 43 Why then hast thou not kept the oth of the Lorde and the commaundement that I charged thee withall 44 The king sayde moreouer to Semei Thou remembrest all the wickednesse which thyne heart knoweth and that thou diddest to Dauid my father the Lorde also shall bring thy wickednesse vpon thyne owne head 45 And king Solomon shal be blessed and the seate of Dauid stablished before the Lorde for euer 46 So the king commaunded Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada which went out and smote him that he died And the kingdome was stablished in the hande of Solomon The iii. Chapter 1 Solomon taketh Pharoes daughter to wyfe 5 The Lord appeareth to him and geueth him wisdome 17 The pleading of the two harlottes and Solomons sentence therin 1 SOlomon made affinitie with Pharao king of Egypt toke Pharaos daughter and brought her into the citie of Dauid vntil he had made an ende of buylding his owne house and the house of the Lorde and the wall of Hierusalem round about 2 Onely the people sacrificed in hygh places because there was no house built vnto the name of the Lorde vntill those dayes 3 And Solomon loued the Lorde walking in the ordinaunces of Dauid his father saue onely that he sacrificed and offered incense vpon aulters in hygh places 4 And the king went to Gibeon to offer there for that was the speciall hygh place And a thousande burnt offringes dyd Solomon offer vpon that aulter 5 And in Gibeon the Lorde appeared to Solomon in a dreame by night and God sayd Aske what thou wilt that I may geue it thee 6 And Solomon sayde Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaūt Dauid my father great mercie when he walked before thee in trueth in righteousnesse and in plainnesse of heart with thee and thou hast kept for him this great mercy that thou hast geuen him a sonne to sit on his seate as it is come to passe this day 7 And nowe O Lord my God it is thou that hast made thy seruaunt king in steade of Dauid my father And I am but young wote not howe to go out and in 8 And thy seruaunt is in the middest of thy people which thou hast
Beelzebub the god of Ekrom as though there had ben no God in Israel whose word thou mightest seeke after therfore thou shalt not come downe of the bed on which thou art gone vp but shalt dye the death 17 And so he dyed according to the worde of the Lorde which Elias had spoken And Iehoram his brother began to raigne in his steade in the second yere of Iehoram the sonne of Iehosaphat king of Iuda because he had no sonne 18 The rest of the wordes that concerne Ahazia what thinges he dyd are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Israel The .ij. Chapiter 8 Elias deuideth the waters with his cloke 11 He is taken vp into heauen 13 Elisa taketh his cloke and deuideth Iordane 20 The bitter and venemous waters are healed 23 The children that mocke Elisa are rent in peeces with beares 1 AND it chaunced that whē the Lord would take vp Elias into heauen by a whorle wind Elias went with Elisa from Gilgal 2 And Elias saide vnto Elisa Tary here I praye thee for the Lorde hath sent me to Bethel Elisa saide vnto him As the Lorde lyueth and as thy soule liueth I will not leaue thee And they came downe to Bethel 3 And the children of the prophetes that were at Bethel came out to Elisa and saide vnto him knowest thou not how that the Lord wyll take away thy maister from thy head this day He saide I knowe it also holde you your peace 4 And Elia saide vnto him Elisa tary here I praye thee for the Lorde hath sent me to Iericho He saide As the Lorde lyueth and as thy soule lyueth I will not leaue thee And so they came to Iericho 5 And the children of the prophetes that were at Iericho came to Elisa and said vnto him Knowest thou not that the Lorde wil take away thy maister from thy head this day He aunswered I know it also holde ye your peace 6 And Elias said vnto him Tary I pray thee here for the Lorde hath sent me to Iordane He saide As the Lord liueth as thy soule lyueth I wyll not leaue thee And so they two went together 7 And fiftie men of the sonnes of the prophetes came stoode on the other syde a farre of and they two stoode by Iordane 8 And Elias toke his mantell wrapt it together and smote the waters and they were deuided parte the one way and part the other so that they two went ouer through the drye lande 9 And it fortuned that assoone as they were ouer Elias saide vnto Elisa Aske what I shal do for thee yer I be taken away from thee And Elisa saide I pray thee let thy spirite be double vpon me 10 And he said Thou hast asked an hard thing Neuerthelesse if thou see me whē I am taken away from thee thou shalt haue it so yf thou do not it shall not be 11 And it fortuned that as they went walking and talking beholde there appeared a charet of fyre and horses of fyre parted them both a sunder and Elias went vp through the whorle winde into heauen 12 And Elisa sawe and cryed O my father O my father the charet of Israel and the horsemen thereof And he sawe him no more and he toke his owne clothes and rent them in two peeces 13 He toke vp also the mantell of Elias that fell from him and went backe againe and stoode by Iordanes syde 14 And toke the mantel of Elias that fel from him and smote the waters he said Where is the Lord God of Elias he him selfe And when he had smitten the waters they parted this waye and that waye and Elisa went ouer 15 And when the childrē of the prophetes which were at Iericho sawe him from a farre they sayde The spirite of Elias doth rest on Elisa And they came to meete him and fel to the grounde before him 16 And saide vnto him See now there be with thy seruauntes fiftie strong men let thē go we pray thee seeke thy maister yf happly the spirite of the Lorde hath taken him vp and cast him vpon some mountaine or into some valley And he saide Ye shall send none 17 And when they laye vpon him tyll he was ashamed he said Send They sent therefore fiftie men which sought him three dayes but found him not 18 And when they came againe to him which taryed at Iericho he saide vnto them Did I not saye vnto you that ye should not go 19 And the men of the citie saide vnto Elisa beholde sir the dwelling of this citie is pleasaunt as thou thy selfe seest but the water is naught the grounde barren 20 He saide Bring me a new cruse and put salt therein And they brought it to him 21 And he went vnto the spring of the waters and cast the salt in thyther and saide thus saith the Lord I haue healed these waters there shall not come hencefoorth either death or barennesse 22 So the waters were healed vnto this day according to the saying of Elias which he spake 23 And he went vp from thence vnto Bethel And as he was going vp the way there came litle children out of the citie and mocked him saide vnto him Go vp thou balde head go vp thou balde head 24 And he turned backe and loked on them and cursed them in the name of the Lorde And there came two shee beares out of the wood and tare fourtie and two children of them 25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel and from thence he turned againe to Samaria ¶ The .iii. Chapter 1 The raigne of Iehoram 6 He and Iehosaphat go to warre against Moab which rebelled 13 Elisa reproueth him ▪ 17 and geueth their hoast water 24 The Moabites are ouercome 27 Their king sacrificeth his sonne 1 NOW Iehoram the sonne of Ahab began to raigne vpon Israel in Samaria the eyghtteenth yere of Iehosaphat king of Iuda and raigned twelue yeres 2 And he wrought euil in the sight of the Lorde but not lyke his father and lyke his mother for he put away the images of Baal that his father had made 3 Neuerthelesse he cleaued vnto the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat which made Israel to sinne and departed not therefrom 4 And Mesa king of Moab was a lorde of sheepe and rendered vnto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambes and an hundred thousand rammes with the wooll 5 But when Ahab was dead it fortuned that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel 6 And king Iehoram went out of Samaria the same season and numbred all Israel 7 And went sent to Iehosaphat the king of Iuda saying The king of Moab hath rebelled against me wilt thou come with me against Moab in battell He aunswered I will come vp for as I am so art thou and as my people be so are thy people thy horses as myne 8
Lorde open their eyes that they may see And the Lorde opened their eyes and they sawe behold they were in the middes of Samaria 21 And the king of Israel sayde vnto Elisa when he sawe them My father shall I smyte them shall I smyte them 22 And he aunswered Thou shalt not smyte them But smyte those that thou hast taken with thine owne sworde and with thyne owne bowe But rather set bread and water before them that they may eate drinke go to their maister 23 And he prepared a great refection for them and when they had eaten and drunke he sent them away they went to their maister And so the souldiours of Syria came no more into the lande of Israel 24 After this it chaunced that Benhadad king of Syria gathered al his hoast and went vp and besieged Samaria 25 But there was a great dearth in Samaria and beholde they besieged it vntill an asses head was sold for fourescore siluer pence and the fourth part of a cab of doues doung for fiue peeces of siluer 26 And as the king of Israel was goyng vpon the wal there cryed a woman vnto him saying Help me my lord O king 27 He sayde If the Lorde do not succour thee wherwith can I helpe thee with the barne or with the wine presse 28 And the king sayde vnto her What wilt thou She aunswered Yonder woman sayd vnto me Bring thy sonne that we may eate him to day and we will eate myne to morowe 29 And so we dressed my sonne and dyd eate him And I sayde to her the other day bring thy sonne that we may eate him And she hath hyd her sonne 30 And it came to passe that when the king hearde the wordes of the woman he rent his clothes and went vp on the wall and the people loked and beholde he had a sackcloth vnder vpon his fleshe 31 Then he sayd God do so more also to me if the head of Elisa the sonne of Saphat shall stande on him this day 32 But Elisa sate in his house the elders sate by him And the king sent a man before him but yer the messenger came to him he sayd to the elders haue ye not seene howe that the sonne of this murtherer hath sent to take away myne head Be circumspect when the messenger commeth and shut the doore and hold him at the doore Is not the sound of his maisters feete behynde him 33 While he yet talked with them behold the messenger came downe vnto him sayd Behold this euyl is of the Lorde And what more shall I loke for of the Lorde The vii Chapter 1 Elisa prophecieth plentie of vittayle and other things to Samaria 6 The Syrians run away and haue no man folowing them The prince that woulde not beleue the worde of Elisa is troden to death 1 THen Elisa saide Heare ye the word of the lord thus sayth the Lorde To morow this time shall a bushell of fyne flowre be solde for a sicle and two bushels of barlye for a sicle in the gate of Samaria 2 Then a certayne lorde on whose hand the king leaned aunswered the man of God and sayde Beholde if the Lorde would make windowes in heauē might this saying come to passe He sayde Behold thou shalt see it with thyne eyes but shalt not eate therof 3 And there were foure leperous men at the entring in of the gate And they sayd one to another Why sit we here vntill we dye 4 If we say we will enter into the citie behold the dearth is in the citie and we shal die therin And if we sit stil here we dye also Nowe therfore come and let vs fall vpon the hoast of the Syrians If they saue our liues we shall lyue If they kill vs then are we dead 5 And they rose vp in the twylight to go to the hoast of the Syrians And when they were come to the vtmost part of the hoast of Syria behold there was no man there 6 For the Lorde had made the hoast of the Syrians to heare a noyse of charets a noyse of horses the noyse of a great hoast Insomuch that they sayde one to another Lo the king of Israel hath hyred against vs the kinges of the Hethites and the kinges of the Egyptians to come vpon vs. 7 Wherfore they arose and fled in the twylight and left their tentes their horses and their asses and the fielde which they had pitched euen as it was and fled for their lyues 8 And when these lepers came to the edge of the hoast they went into a tent and did eate and drinke and caried thence siluer and golde and rayment went and hyd it and came againe and entred into another tent and caried thence also and went and hyd it 9 Then sayde one to another We do not well this day forasmuche as it is a day to bring good tydinges and we holde our peace If we tarie till the day light some mischiefe wil come vpon vs Now therfore come that we may go and tell the kinges housholde 10 And so they came and called vnto the porter of the citie and told them saying We came to the pauillions of the Syrians and see there was no man there neither voyce of man but horses asses tyed and the tentes were euen as they were wont to be 11 And so the man called vnto the porters and they told the kinges house within 12 And the king arose in the night sayde vnto his seruauntes I wil shewe you nowe what the Syrians haue done vnto vs They knowe that we be hungrie and therefore are they gone out of the pauillions to hyde them selues in the fielde saying When they come out of the citie we shall catche them alyue and get in to the citie 13 And one of his seruauntes aunswered and sayde Let men take I pray you fyue of the horses that remayne and are left in the multitude Beholde they are euen as all the multitude of Israel that are left in the citie Beholde I say they are euen as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed and we will send and see 14 They toke therfore the horses of two charets and the king sent after the hoast of the Syrians saying Go and see 15 And they went after them euen vnto Iordane and lo all the way was full of clothes and vessels which the Syrians had cast from them in their haste And the messengers returned and tolde the king 16 And the people went out and spoyled the tentes of the Syrians And so it came to passe that a bushell of fyne flowre was solde for a sicle and two bushelles of barlye for a sicle according to the worde of the Lorde 17 And the king appoynted that lorde on whose hand he leaned to be at the gate And the people trode vpon him in the gate and he dyed according to the word of the
goyng in and thy fury against me 28 And because thou ragest against me thy tumult is come vp to myne eares I will put my hoke in thy nostrels and my byt in thy lippes and wil bring thee backe againe the same way thou camest 29 And this shal be a signe vnto thee O Hezekia Ye shall eate this yere of such thinges as grow of themselues and the next yere such as come vp of those that dyd growe of their owne accorde and the thirde yere sowe ye and reape plant vineyardes and eate the fruites therof 30 And it that is escaped and left of the daughter of Iuda shall yet againe take roting downewarde and beare fruite vpwarde 31 For out of Hierusalem shall go a remnaunt and a number that shall escape out of moūt Sion The zeale of the lord of hoastes shal bring this thing to passe 32 Wherfore thus sayth the Lord concerning the king of Assyria he shall not come to this citie nor shote an arrowe into it nor come before it with shielde nor cast a banke against it 33 But shall go backe againe the way he came and shall not come into this citie sayth the Lorde 34 For I will defende this citie to saue it for myne owne sake and for Dauid my seruauntes sake 35 And it came to passe that the selfe same night the angell of the Lorde went out and smote in the hoast of the Assyrians an hundred fourescore fyue thousand And when the remnaunt were vp early in the morning beholde they were all dead coarses 36 And so Sennacherib king of Assyria auoyded and departed and went againe and dwelt at Niniue 37 And it fortuned that as he was in a temple worshipping Nisroch his God Adramelech Saresar his owne sonnes smote hym with the sworde And they escaped into the lande of Armenia and Asarhaddon his sonne raigned in his steade The .xx. Chapter 1 Hezekia is sicke and receaueth the signe of his health 12 He receaueth rewardes of Berodach 13 sheweth his treasures and is reprehended of Isai 22 He dieth and Manasse his sonne raigneth in his steade 1 ABout that time was Hezekia sicke vnto the death And the prophete Isai the sonne of Amoz came to him and sayde vnto him Thus saith the Lord Put thine houshold in an order for thou shalt dye and not lyue 2 And Hezekia turned his face to the wal and prayed vnto the Lord saying 3 I beseche the O Lorde remember now how I haue walked before thee in trueth and with a perfect heart haue done that whiche is good in thy sight And Hezekia wept sore 4 And it fortuned that afore Isai was gone out into the middle of the court the word of the Lorde came to him saying 5 Turne againe and tell Hezekia the captayne of my people thus sayth the Lorde God of Dauid thy father I haue hearde thy prayer and seene thy teares and beholde I will heale thee so that on the thirde day thou shalt go vp into the house of the Lorde 6 And I wil adde vnto thy dayes yet fifteene yeres I will deliuer thee this citie out of the hand of y e king of Assyria will defende this citie for myne owne sake for Dauid my seruauntes sake 7 And Isai sayd Take a lumpe of dried figges And they toke and layed it on the sore and he recouered 8 And Hezekia sayde vnto Isai What shal be the signe that the Lorde will heale me and that I shal go vp into the house of the Lorde the thirde day 9 Isai aunswered This signe shalt thou haue of the Lord that the Lord will do that he hath spoken Shall the shadowe go forwarde ten degrees or go backe againe ten degrees 10 Hezekia aunswered It is a light thing for the shadowe to go downe ten degrees I desire not that but let the shadowe go backwarde ten degrees 11 And Isai the prophete called vnto the Lord and he brought the shadowe ten degrees backwarde by whiche it had gone downe in the dyall of Ahaz 12 The same season Berodach Baladan the sonne of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a present vnto Hezekia for he had hearde howe that Hezekia was sicke 13 And Hezekia was glad of them and shewed them all his treasure house siluer golde odours precious oyntment all the house of his armory and all that was found in his treasures There was nothing in his house in all his realme that Hezekia shewed them not 14 And Isai the prophete came vnto king Hezekia and sayd vnto him What sayde these men and from wence came they to thee And Hezekia sayde They be come from a farre countrey euen from Babylon 15 And he sayde againe What haue they seene in thy house Hezekia aunswered All y e thinges that are in my house haue they seene there is nothing among my treasures that I haue not shewed thē 16 And Isai sayde vnto Hezekia Heare the word of the Lord 17 Beholde the dayes come that all that is in thy house and whatsoeuer thy fathers haue layde vp in store vnto this day shal be caryed into Babylon and nothing shal be left sayth the Lorde 18 And of thy sonnes that shall proceede out of thee and which thou shalt beget shall they take away and they shal be chamberlaynes in the palace of the king of Babylon 19 And Hezekia sayde vnto Isai Welcome be the worde of the Lorde whiche thou hast spoken And he sayde Shall there not be peace trueth in my dayes 20 The remnaunt of the wordes that concerne Hezekia and all his power and howe he made a poole and a conduite brought water into the citie are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Iuda 21 And Hezekia slept with his fathers Manasse his sonne raigned in his steade The xxi Chapter 3 King Manasse restoreth idolatrie 16 And vseth great crueltie 18 He dieth and Amon his sonne succeedeth 23 who is killed of his owne seruauntes 26 After him raigneth Iosia 1 MAnasse was twelue yeres old when he began to raigne and raigned fyftie and fyue yeres in Hierusalē his mothers name also was Hephziba 2 And he did euil in the sight of the Lord euen after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lorde cast out before the children of Israel 3 For he went and buylt vp the hygh places whiche Hezekia his father had destroyed and he reared vp aulters for Baal and made idol groues as dyd Ahab king of Israel and worshipped all the hoast of heauen and serued them 4 And he buylt aulters in the house of the Lord of which the Lorde sayde in Hierusalem will I put my name 5 And he buylt aulters for all the hoast of heauen euen in two courtes of the house of the Lorde 6 And he offred his owne sonne in fire and gaue heede vnto witchcraft and sorcery and mainteyned
this it chaunced that Nahas the king of the children of Ammon dyed his sonne raigned in his steade 2 And Dauid sayde I will shewe kindnesse vnto Hanon the sonne of Nahas because his father dealt kindly with me And Dauid sent messengers to comfort him ouer the death of his father And the seruauntes of Dauid came into the lande of the children of Ammon to Hanon to comfort him 3 But the lordes of the children of Ammon sayd to Hanon Thinkest thou that Dauid doeth honour thy father in thy sight that he hath sent comforters vnto thee Are not his seruauntes come to search to loke and espie out the land 4 Wherefore Hanon toke Dauids seruauntes and shaued them and cut of their coates harde by their buttockes sent them away 5 And there went certayne and told Dauid how the men were serued And the king sent to meete them for the men were exceedingly ashamed and the king sayde Tary at Iericho vntill your beardes be growen and then returne 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stanke in the sight of Dauid Hanon and the children of Ammon sent a thousande talentes of siluer to hyre them charets and horsmen out of Mesopotamia and out of Syria Maacha and out of Zoba 7 And they hyred thirtie and two thousande charets and the king of Maacha and his people which came and pitched before Medeba And the children of Ammon gathered them selues together frō their cities and came to battayle 8 And when Dauid hearde of it he sent Ioab and all the hoast of strong men 9 And the children of Ammon came out and put them selues in aray to battayle before the gate of the citie And y e kinges that were come kept them by them selues backe in the fielde 10 When Ioab also saw that the frunt of the battayle was against him before and behind he chose out of al the chosen men of Israel and put them in aray against the Syrians 11 And the rest of y e people he deliuered vnto the hand of Abisai his brother they put them selues in aray against the children of Ammon 12 And he sayde If the Syrians be to strong for me thou shalt succour me and if the children of Ammon preuayle against thee I will helpe thee 13 Plucke vp thyne heart and let vs play the men for our peoples sake and for the cities of our God and the Lord shall do that which is good in his owne sight 14 So Ioab and the people that were with him drue nye before the Syrians vnto the battayle and they fled before him 15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled they ran away likewise before Abisai his brother and gat them into the citie and Ioab came to Hierusalem 16 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel they sent messengers and fet out the Syrians that were beyond the riuer and Sophach the captayne of the hoast of Hadarezer went before them 17 And it was told Dauid and he gathered all Israel and went together ouer Iordane and came and set vpon them And when Dauid had put hym selfe in aray against the Syrians they fought with him 18 But the Syrians fled before Israel and Dauid destroyed of the Syrians seuen thousand charets and fourtie thousand footemen and killed Sophach the captayne of the hoast 19 And when the seruauntes of Hadarezer sawe that they were put to y e worse before them of Israel they made peace with Dauid became his seruauntes Neither would the Syrians helpe the children of Ammon any more The .xx. Chapter 1 Rabba destroyed 3 The Ammonites tormented 4 The philistines are thrise ouercome with their giantes 1 AND it came to passe that after the yere was expired about y e time that kinges go out a warrefare Ioab caryed out the armie of the hoast and destroyed the countrey of the children of Ammon and came and besieged Rabba and destroyed it But Dauid taried at Hierusalem whyle Ioab smote Rabba and destroyed it 2 And Dauid toke the crowne of their king from of his head and sounde that it had the wayght of a talent of golde and there were precious stones in it and it was set vpon Dauids head And he brought also exceeding much spoyle out of the citie 3 And he brought out the people that were in it and tormented them with sawes and harrowes of iron and with other sharpe instrumentes and so dealt Dauid with all the cities of the children of Ammon And Dauid and all the people came againe to Hierusalem 4 After this it fortuned that there arose warre at Gazer with the Philistines at which time Sobokai the Husathite slue Sippai that was of the children of Rephaim and they were subdued 5 And there was battayle agayne with the Philistines Elhanan the sonne of Iair slue Lahemi the brother of Goliah the Gethite whose speare was lyke a weauers beame 6 And there chaunced yet againe warre at Geth where as was a man of a great stature with twentie and foure fingers and toes sixe on euery hand and sixe on euery foote and was the sonne of Raphah 7 But when he defyed Israel Iehonathan the sonne of Simea Dauids brother slue him 8 These were borne vnto Raphah at Geth and were ouerthrowen in the hande of Dauid and in the hande of his seruauntes The .xxi. Chapter 1 Dauid causeth the people to be numbred 14 And there dye seuentie thousande men of the pestilence 1 ANd Satan stoode vp against Israel and prouoked Dauid to number Israel 2 And Dauid sayde to Ioab and to the rulers of the people Go ye and number Israel from Beerseba to Dan bring it to me that I may knowe the number of them 3 And Ioab aunswered The Lorde make his people an hundred times so many mo as they be But my lorde O king are they not all my lordes seruauntes why then doth my lord require this thing why will my lorde be a cause of trespasse to Israel 4 Neuerthelesse the kinges word preuayled against Ioab And Ioab departed and walked throughout all them of Israel and came to Hierusalem againe 5 And gaue the summe of the number of the people vnto Dauid And all they of Israel were a thousande thousand and an hundred thousande men that drue sworde and Iuda was foure hundred threescore and ten thousande men that drue sworde 6 But the Leuites and Beniamin counted he not among them For the kinges word was abhominable to Ioab 7 And the Lorde was displeased with this thing and smote Israel 8 And Dauid sayde vnto God I haue sinned exceedingly in doyng this thing And nowe I besech thee do away the wickednesse of thy seruaunt for I haue done very foolyshly 9 And the Lord spake vnto Gad Dauids sear saying 10 Go and tell Dauid saying thus sayth the Lord I geue thee the choyse of three thinges choose the one of
them that I may do vnto thee 11 And Gad came to Dauid and sayd vnto him thus sayth the Lorde Choose thee 12 Eyther three yeres famishment or three monethes to be destroyed before thyne aduersaries that the sworde of thyne enemies may ouertake thee or els the sworde of the Lord and pestilence in the lande three dayes and the angell of the Lorde destroying throughout all the coastes of Israel And nowe aduise thy selfe what worde I shal bring againe to him that sent me 13 And Dauid sayde vnto Gad I am in an exceeding strayte Let me fall nowe into the hande of the Lorde for passing great are his mercies but let me not fal into the hand of men 14 So the Lorde sent pestilence vpon Israel and there were ouerthrowen of Israel threescore and ten thousande men 15 And God sent the angell into Hierusalem to destroy it And as he was about to destroy the Lorde behelde and had compassion on the euyll sayde to the angel that destroyed It is enough let nowe thyne hand ceasse And the angel of the Lorde stoode by the threshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite 16 And Dauid lift vp his eyes and sawe the angell of the Lorde stand betweene the earth and heauen hauing a drawen sword in his hand stretched out toward Hierusalem Then Dauid and the elders of Israel whiche were clothed in sacke fell vpon their faces 17 And Dauid sayde vnto God Is it not I that commaunded the people to be numbred It is I that haue sinned and done euyll in deede and what haue these sheepe done Let thyne hande O Lorde my God be on me and on my fathers house but not on thy people that they shoulde be punished 18 And the angell of the Lord commaunded Gad to say to Dauid that Dauid shoulde go vp and set vp an aulter vnto the Lorde in the threshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite 19 And Dauid went vp according to the saying of Gad whiche he spake in the name of the Lorde 20 And Ornan turned about and saw the angell and his foure sonnes were with him and hyd them selues But Ornan was threshing wheate 21 And as Dauid came to Ornan Ornan loked and sawe Dauid and went out of the threshing floore and bowed hym selfe to Dauid with his face to the grounde 22 And Dauid sayde to Ornan Geue me the place of the threshing floore that I may buylde an aulter therin vnto the lord Thou shalt geue it me for as much money as it is worth that the plague may ceasse from the people 23 And Ornan sayd vnto Dauid Take it to thee and let my lorde the king do that which seemeth good in his eyes Lo I geue thee oxen also for burnt sacrifices and treshing instrumentes for wood wheate for meate offring I geue it all 24 And king Dauid sayde to Ornan Not so but I will bye it for as much money as it is worth For I will not take that whiche is thyne for the Lorde nor offer burnt offringes without coast 25 And so Dauid gaue to Ornan for that place sicles of golde sixe hundred by wayght 26 And Dauid buylt there an aulter vnto the Lorde and offred burnt offringes and peace offringes and called vpon the Lorde and he hearde him from heauen in fire vpon the aulter of burnt offring 27 And when the Lorde had spoken to the angel he put vp his sword againe into the sheathe of it 28 At that time when Dauid sawe that the Lorde had hearde him in the thresshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite he vsed to offer there 29 For the tabernacle of the Lorde which Moyses made in the wildernesse the aulter of burnt offring were at that season in the hill of Gibeon 30 And Dauid coulde not go before it to aske counsell at God for he was afrayde of the sword of the angel of the Lorde The .xxii. Chapter 2 Dauid prepareth things necessarie for the buylding of the temple 6 He commaundeth his sonne Solomon to buylde the temple of the Lorde which thing he him selfe was forbidden to do 9 Vnder the figure of Solomon Christ is promised 1 ANd Dauid said This is the house of the lord God this is the aulter for the burnt offring of Israel 2 And Dauid commaunded to gather together the straungers that were in the lande of Israel and he set masons to hew and pullishe stones for the building of the house of God 3 And Dauid prepared plentie of iron for nayles doores of the gates to ioyne withal and aboundaunce of brasse without wayght 4 And Cedar trees without number For the Zidons and they of Tyre brought much Cedar wood to Dauid 5 And Dauid sayde Solomon my sonne is young and tender and the house that is to be buylded for the Lorde must be magnificall excellent and of great fame and dignitie throughout all countreys I wil therfore make ordinaunces for it And so Dauid prepared many thinges before his death 6 And he called Solomon his sonne and charged him to buylde an house for the Lorde God of Israel 7 And Dauid sayde to Solomon My sonne I thought as it was in myne heart to buylde an house vnto the name of the Lorde my God 8 But the word of the Lord came to me saying Thou hast shed much blood and hast made great battayles thou shalt therefore not buylde an house vnto my name for thou hast shed much blood vp on the earth in my sight 9 Behold a sonne is borne to thee and he shal be a man of rest for I wil geue him rest from all his enemies rounde about For his name is Solomon I wil send rest and peace vpon Israel in his dayes 10 He shall buylde an house for my name and he shal be my sonne and I wil be his father and I wil establishe the seate of his kingdome vpon Israel for euer 11 Nowe therfore my sonne the Lorde be with thee and prosper thee and thou shalt buylde an house to the Lorde thy God as he hath sayde of thee 12 And the Lord shall geue thee wysdom and vnderstanding and shall geue thee commaundementes for Israel that thou mayst kepe the lawe of the Lorde thy God 13 For then thou shalt prosper euen when thou takest heede and fulfillest the statutes and lawes which the Lorde charged Moyses with for Israel Plucke vp thyne hearte therfore be strong dread not nor be discouraged 14 Behold according to my pouertie haue I also prepared for the house of the Lorde an hundred thousande talentes of golde and a thousande thousande talentes of siluer and as for brasse iron it can not be nūbred for it is verie much And I haue prepared timber and stone and thou mayest prouide more thereto 15 Moreouer thou hast workemen with thee mowe and masons and carpenters to worke in stone and timber many men that be actiue for euery worke 16 And of golde siluer brasse iron there is no number Vp therefore and
21 And Rehoboam loued Maacha the daughter of Absolō aboue al his wyues and concubines for he toke eyghteene wyues and threescore concubines and begat twentie and eyght sonnes threescore daughters 22 And Rehoboam made Abia the sonne of Maacha the chiefe ruler among his brethren for he thought to make him king 23 And he played wyselie and scattered all his children throughout al the countryes of Iuda and Beniamin vnto euery strong citie and he gaue them aboundaunce of vittaile and obtayned many wyues ¶ The .xii. Chapter 1 Rehoboam forsaketh the Lorde and is punished by Sesac 6 Seme ia reproueth him 6 He humbleth him selfe 7 God sendeth him succour 9 Sesac taketh his treasures 13 His raigne and death 16 Abia his sonne succeedeth him 1 AND it came to passe that when Rehoboam had stablished the kingdome became mightie he forsooke the law of the Lorde and all Israel with him 2 * And it fortuned that in the fifth yere of king Rehoboam Sesac the king of Egypt came vp against Hierusalem because they had transgressed against the Lorde 3 With twelue hundred charettes and threescore thousand horsemen And the people wer without number that came with him out of Egypt Lubim Suckim and the blacke Moores 4 And he toke the strong cities in Iuda and came to Hierusalem 5 Then came Semeia the prophete to Rehoboam and to the Lordes of Iuda that were gathered together within Hierusalem for Sesac and saide vnto them Thus saith the Lorde Ye haue left me and therefore haue I also left you in the handes of Sesac 6 Whereupon the lordes of Israel and the king humbled themselues and said The Lorde is righteous 7 And when the Lorde saw that they submitted them selues the worde of the Lorde came to Semeia saying They submit them selues therefore I wyl not destroye them but I wyll deliuer them somewhat and my wrath shall not be powred out vpon Hierusalem by the hand of Sesac 8 Neuerthelesse they shal be his seruauntes to knowe what difference is betweene my seruice and the seruice of the kingdomes of the worlde 9 And so Sesac king of Egypt came to Hierusalem toke away the treasures of the house of the Lorde and the treasures of the kinges house he toke euen all and he carryed away the shieldes of golde which Solomon made 10 In steade of which king Rehoboam made shieldes of brasse and committed them to the handes of the chiefe of the garde that kept the entraunce of the kinges house 11 And it came to passe that when the king entred into the house of the Lorde the garde came and fet them brought them againe vnto the gard chamber 12 And when he humbled himselfe the wrath of the Lorde turned from him that he woulde not destroy altogether and in Iuda all was well 13 And so king Rehoboam waxed mightie raigned in Hierusalem And Rehoboam was one and fourtie yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned seuenteene yeres in Hierusalem the citie which the Lorde had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there And his mothers name was Naama an Ammonitesse 14 And he did euill because he prepared not his heart to seeke the Lorde 15 The actes also of Rehoboam first and last are they not written in the sayinges of Semeia the prophete of Iddo the sear which noted the genealogie And there was warre alway betweene Rehoboam and Ieroboam 16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the citie of Dauid and Abia his sonne raigned in his steade ¶ The .xiii. Chapter 1 Abia maketh warre against Ieroboam 4 He sheweth the occasion 12 He trusteth in the Lorde and ouercommeth Ieroboam 21 Of his wyues and children 1 THE eyghteenth yere of king Ieroboam began Abia to raigne ouer Iuda 2 And he raigned three yeres in Hierusalem His mothers name also was Michaiahu the daughter of Vriel of Gibea And ther was warre betweene Abia and Ieroboam 3 And Abia set the battaile in aray with the armie of valiaunt men of warre euē foure hundred thousand chosen men And Ieroboam set him selfe in aray to fight agaynst hym with eyght hundred thousand pickt men which were strong and men of armes 4 And Abia stoode vp vpon Zemaraim an hill which is in mount Ephraim and saide Heare me thou Ieroboam and al Israel 5 Do not you knowe how that the Lord God of Israel gaue the kingdome ouer them of Israel to Dauid for euer euen to him and to his sonnes with a salted couenaunt 6 And Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat the seruaunt of Solomon the sonne of Dauid is risen vp and hath rebelled against his lorde 7 And there gathered to him lewde men the children of Belial and preuailed against Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon when Rehoboam was young and tender hearted and could not stand before them 8 And now ye say that ye be able to preuaile against the kingdome of the Lord which is in the hande of the sonnes of Dauid and ye be a great multitude and haue the golden calues which Ieroboam made you for gods 6 And haue ye not cast out the priestes of the Lorde the sonnes of Aaron and the Leuites and haue made you priestes after the maner of the nations of other landes so that whosoeuer commeth consecrateth his hande with a young oxe and seuen rammes the same may be a priest of them that are no gods 10 But we belong vnto the Lorde our God whom we haue not forsaken and the priestes are the sonnes of Aaron which minister vnto the Lorde and the Leuites wayte vpon their office 11 They burne vnto the Lorde euery morning and euening burnt sacrifices and sweete incense the shewe bread set they in order vpon a pure table and prepare the candelsticke of golde with the lampes of the same to burne euer at euē And truly we kept the watch of the lord our God but ye haue forsaken him 12 And beholde God him selfe is our captayne and his priestes blowe with the trumpettes and crie alarum against you O ye children of Israel fight not against the Lorde God of your fathers for it wyll not prosper with you 13 But for all that Ieroboam conuayed men priuyly about to come behinde thē and so they were before Iuda and the layers in wayte were behinde them 14 And when they of Iuda loked about beholde the battaile was before and behinde and they cryed vnto the Lorde and the priestes blewe with the trumpettes 15 And the men of Iuda gaue a showte And as the men of Iuda showted it came to passe that God smote Ieroboam and all Israel before Abia and Iuda 16 And the children of Israel fled before Iuda and God delyuered them into their hande 17 And Abia and his people slue a great slaughter of them There fell downe wounded of Israel fiue hundred thousand chosen men 18 And
house of the Lorde and hired masons and carpenters to repaire the house of the Lorde and so dyd they artificers in iron and brasse to mende the house of the Lorde 13 And so the workmen wrought and the worke mended through their handes and they made the house of God as it ought to be and strengthed it 14 And when they had finished it they brought the rest of the money before the king and Iehoiada and therwith were made vessels for the house of the Lorde euen vessels to minister withall and to serue for burnt offringes chargers and spoones vessels of golde and siluer And they offered burnt offringes in the house of the Lord continually all the dayes of Iehoiada 15 But Iehoiada waxed olde and dyed full of dayes for an hundred and thirtie yeres olde was he when he died 16 And they buried him in the citie of Dauid among the kinges because he dealt well with Israel and with God and with his house 17 And after the death of Iehoiada came the lordes of Iuda and made obeysaunce to the king And the king hearkened vnto them 18 And so they left the house of the Lorde God of their fathers and serued groues and idoles and then came the wrath of God vpon Iuda and Hierusalem for this their trespaces sake 19 And he sent prophetes to them to bring thē againe vnto the Lord they testified vnto them but they woulde not heare 20 And the spirite of God came vpon Zacharia the sonne of Iehoiada the priest which stoode by the people and sayd vnto them thus sayth God Why transgresse ye the commaundementes of the Lorde that ye can not prosper For because ye haue forsaken the Lord he also hath forsaken you 21 And they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the commaundement of the king euen in the court of the house of the Lorde 22 And so Ioas the king remembred not y e kindnesse whiche Iehoiada his father had done to him but slue his sonne And when he died he sayde The Lorde loke vpon it and require it 23 And when the yere was out it fortuned that the hoast of Syria came vp against him and they came against Iuda and Hierusalem and destroyed all the lordes of the people from among the people and sent all the spoyle of them vnto the king to Damascon 24 For the Syrians came with a small companie of men and the Lorde deliuered a verie great hoast into their hande because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers And they gaue sentence against Ioas. 25 And when they were departed from him they left him in great diseases and his owne seruauntes conspired against him for the blood of the children of Iehoiada the priest and slue hym on his bed and he died and they buried him in the citie of Dauid but not in the sepulchres of the kinges 26 And these are they that conspired against him Zabad the sonne of Simeath an Ammonite Iehosabad the sonne of Simrith a Moabite 27 And his sonnes the summe of the taxe that was raysed in his time and the repairing of the house of God beholde they are written in the storie of the booke of the kinges and Amaziahu his sonne raigned in his steade The .xxv. Chapter 3 Amazia putteth them to death which slue his father 10 He sendeth backe them of Israel 11 He ouercommeth the Edomites 14 He falleth to idolatrie 17 And Ioas king of Israel ouercommeth Amazia 27 He is slayne by a conspiracie 1 AMaziahu was twentie and fiue yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned twentie and nine yeres in Hierusalē His mothers name was Iehoadan of Hierusalem 2 And he dyd that which is right in the sight of the Lorde but not with a perfect heart 3 And assoone as he was setled in the kingdome he slue his seruauntes that had killed the king his father 4 But he slue not their children because it is written thus in the lawe and booke of Moyses where the Lorde commaunded saying The fathers shall not dye for the children neither shall the children dye for the fathers but euery man shall dye for his owne sinne 5 And Amaziahu gathered Iuda together and made them captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundredes according to the houses of their fathers throughout all Iuda and Beniamin And he numbred them from twentie yeres olde and aboue and found among them three hundred thousande chosen men able to go to battell and that could handle speare and shield 6 He hired also an hundred thousande strong fighting men out of Israel for an hundred talentes of siluer 7 And there came a man of God to him and sayde O king let not the armie of Israel come with thee for the Lorde is not with Israel to wit with al the children of Ephraim 8 But if thou wilt needes be faytlesse come on and take the battell in hande and God shall make thee fall before the enemie For God hath power to helpe and to cast downe 9 And Amaziahu saide to the man of God What shal we do then for the hundred talentes which I haue geuen for the hoast of Israel The man of God aunswered The Lorde is able to geue thee much more then they be 10 And Amaziahu separated them to wit the armie that was come to him out of Ephraim to go home againe Wherefore they were exceeding wroth with Iuda returned home in great anger 11 And Amaziahu toke heart and caried out his people and went to the salt valley and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand 12 And other ten thousand did the children of Iuda take alyue caried them vnto the top of a rocke and cast them downe from the top of the rocke that they all to burst 13 But the souldiers of the armie which Amaziahu sent away that they should not go with his people to battaile fell vpon the cities of Iuda from Samaria vnto Bethron and smote three thousand of them and toke much spoyle 14 And it chaunced after that Amaziahu was come from the slaughter of the Edomites he brought the gods of the children of Seir and set them vp to be his gods and bowed him selfe before them and burned incense vnto them 15 Wherfore the Lorde was wroth with Amaziahu sent vnto him a prophete which saide vnto him Why hast thou sought the gods of the people which were not able to delyuer their owne people out of thyne hande 16 And it chaunced that as y e prophete talked with him the king saide vnto him Haue men made thee of the kinges counsel Ceasse why wylt thou be beaten And the prophete ceassed and said I am sure that God is minded to destroy thee because thou hast done this and agreest not vnto my counsell 17 Then Amaziahu king of Iuda toke aduise and sent to Ioas the sonne of Iehoahaz the sonne of Iehu king of Israel and
said Come that we way see either other 18 And Ioas king of Israel sent to Amaziahu king of Iuda saying A thistle that is in Libanon sent to a Cedar tree of Libanon saying Geue thy daughter to my sonne to wyfe And there came a wylde beast of Libanon and trode downe the thistle 19 Thou sayest Loe thou hast smitten the Edomites thyne heart maketh thee proude to glorifie thy selfe Now therefore byde at home why doest thou prouoke vnto euyll that thou mayest perishe both thou and Iuda with thee 20 But Amaziahu woulde not hearken to him for it came of God euen to delyuer them into the hande of their enemies because they sought counsell at the gods of Edom. 21 And so Ioas the king of Israel came vp and they sawe either other both he and Amaziahu king of Iuda at Bethsames which is in Iuda 22 And Iuda was put to the worse before Israel and they fled euery man to his tent 23 And Ioas the king of Israel toke Amaziahu king of Iuda the sonne of Ioas the sonne of Iehoahaz at Bethsames and brought him to Hierusalem and tare the wall of Hierusalem from the gate of Ephraim vnto the gate that was ouer against it foure hundred cubites 24 And he toke away also all the golde and siluer and all the iewels that were founde in the house of God with Obed Edom and the treasures of the kinges house and the young wardes and returned to Samaria 25 And Amaziahu the sonne of Ioas king of Iuda lyued after the death of Ioas sonne of Iehoahaz king of Israel fifteene yere 26 The rest of the actes of Amaziahu first and last are they not written in the booke of the kinges of Iuda and Israel 27 And after the time that Amaziahu did turne away from the Lorde they conspired treason against him in Hierusalem and when he was fled to Lachis they sent to Lachis after him and slue him there 28 And brought him vp with horses and buryed him with his fathers in the citie of Iuda ¶ The .xxvi. Chapter 14 Vzzia obeying the Lorde prospereth in his enterprises 16 He waxeth proude and vsurpeth the priestes office 19 The Lorde plagueth him 20 The priestes dryue him out of the temple and exclude him out of the Lordes house 23 His buriall and his successour 1 THen all the people of Iuda toke Vzzia which was sixteene yeres olde made him king in the roome of his father Amaziahu 2 And he built Eloth and brought it againe to Iuda after that the king was layde to sleepe with his fathers 3 Sixteene yeres olde was Vzzia when he began to raigne and he raigned fiftie and two yeres in Hierusalem His mothers name also was Iecholia of Hierusalem 4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde according to all as did his father Amaziahu 5 And it came to passe that he sought God in the dayes of Zachariahu who had vnderstanding in the visions of God And as long as he sought the Lorde God made him to prosper 6 And he went to battaile against the Philistines and brake downe the wall of Geth and the wall of Iabne and the wall of Asdod built cities about Asdod and among the Philistines 7 And God holpe him against the Philistines and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur baal and Hamehunim 8 And the Ammonites gaue tribute to Vzzia his name spread abrode euen to the entring in of Egypt for he played the man exceedingly 9 Moreouer Vzzia built towres in Hierusalem by the corner gate and by the valley gate and at the turning of the wall and made them strong 10 And he built towres in the wildernesse and digged many welles For he had much cattaile in the valleyes playnes plowmen and vinedressers in the mountaines and in Charmel for he loued husbandry 11 And Vzzia had an hoast of fighting men that went out to warre in the armie according to the number of their office vnder the hande of Ieiel the scribe and Maasiahu the ruler and vnder the hand of Hananiahu which was one of the kinges lordes 12 And the whole number of the auncient fathers and of the men of might were two thousand and sixe hundred 13 And vnder the hand of them was the armie of the men of warre euen three hundred and seuen thousand and fiue hundred that made warre with the power of an armie helping the king against the enemies 14 And Vzzia prouided them throughout all the hoast shieldes speares helmets haberginnes bowes and slinges for to cast stones 15 And he made subtyll engins in Hierusalem which he inuented and layed on the towres and corners to shoote arrowes and great stones withall And his name spread farre abrode because he had prepared to him selfe marueylous strength 16 But in his strength his heart arose to his destruction For he transgressed against the Lorde his God and went into the temple of the Lorde to burne incense vpon the aulter of incense 17 And Azariahu the priest went in after him and with him fourescore priestes of the Lorde that were valiaunt men 18 And they stoode by Vzzia the king and saide vnto him * It parteyneth not to thee Vzzia to burne incense vnto the Lorde but to the priestes the children of Aaron that are consecrated for to offer incense Come therfore out of the sanctuary for thou hast trespassed and it is no worship to thee before the Lorde God 19 And Vzzia was wroth had incense in his hande to burne it and so while he had indignation against the priestes the leprosie sprang in his forehead before the priestes in the house of the Lorde euen beside the incense aulter 20 And Azariahu the chiefe priest with al the other priestes loked vpon him and beholde he was become a leaper in his forehead and they vexed him thence and he was fayne to go out because the Lorde had smytten him 21 And Vzzia the king continued a leper vnto the day of his death dwelt seuerall in an house being a leper and shut out of the house of the Lorde and Iotham his sonne had the gouernaūce of the kinges house and iudged the people of the lande 22 The rest of the acres of Vzzia first and last did Isai the prophete the sonne of Amos write 23 And so Vzzia slept with his fathers and they buried him with his fathers in the fielde of the buriall which was beside the sepulchres of the kinges for they saide he is a leper And Iotham his sonne raigned in his steade The .xxvij. Chapter 1 Iotham raigneth and ouercommeth the Ammonites 8 His raigne and death 6 Ahaz his sonne raigneth in his steade 1 IOtham was fiue and twentie yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned sixteene yeres in Hierusalem His mothers name also was Ierusa the daughter of Zadoc 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde in all poyntes
as did his father Vzzia saue that he came not into the temple of the Lorde and the people did yet wickedly 3 He built the hie gate of the temple of the Lorde and on the wall where the house of ordinaūce was he built much 4 Moreouer he built cities in the mountaines of Iuda and in the wood countrey he built castels and towres 5 He fought with the king of the children of Ammon and preuailed against them And the children of Ammon gaue him the same yere an hundred talentes of siluer ten thousand quarters of wheate and ten thousand of barlye So much did the children of Ammon geue him the second yere and the third also 6 So Iotham became mightie because he directed his way before the Lorde his God 7 The rest of the actes of Iotham and all his warres his conuersation loe they are written in the booke of the kinges of Israel and Iuda 8 He was twentie and fiue yeres olde when he began to raigne and raigned sixteene yeres in Hierusalem 9 And Iotham slept with his fathers and they buryed him in the citie of Dauid and Ahaz his sonne raigned in his steade ¶ The .xxviii. Chapter 1 Ahaz an idolater is geuen into the handes of the Syrians and the king of Israel 9 The prophet reproueth the Israelites crueltie 18 Iuda is molested with enemies 23 Ahaz increaseth his idolatrie 26 His death and successour 1 AHaz was twentie yeres olde when he began to raigne and raigned sixteene yeres in Hierusalem and he did not that which is right in the sight of the Lorde as did his father Dauid 2 For he walked in the wayes of the kinges of Israel made moulten images for Baalim 3 He offered incense in the valley of the sonne of Hinnon and burnt his children in fire after the abhominations of the heathen whom the Lorde cast out before the children of Israel 4 He offered also and burnt incense in the high places and on mountaynes and vnder euery greene tree 5 Wherefore the Lorde his God delyuered him into the hande of the king of the Syrians which beat him and caryed away a great multitude of his captiue and brought them to Damascon And he was deliuered into the hand of the king of Israel which smote him with a great slaughter 6 For Pekah the sonne of Remaliahu slue in Iuda an hundred and twentie thousand in one day which were all fighting men and that because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers 7 And Zichri a mightie man of Ephraim slue Maasiahu the kinges sonne and Africa the gouernour of the house and Elcana that was next to the king 8 And the children of Israel toke prisoners of their brethren two hundred thousand women sonnes and daughters and caryed away much spoyle of them and brought the spoyle to Samaria 9 But there was a prophet of the Lordes whose name was Obed and he went out before the hoast that came to Samaria saide vnto them Beholde because the Lorde God of your fathers is wroth with Iuda he hath deliuered them into your hande and ye haue slaine them with cruelnesse that reacheth vp to heauen 10 And nowe ye purpose to keepe vnder the children of Iuda and Hierusalem and to make them bondmen and bond-women And do ye not lade your selues with sinne in the sight of the Lord your God 11 Now heare me therefore and deliuer the captiues againe which ye haue taken of your brethren for els shall the great wrath of God be vpon you 12 Wherfore certayne of the heads of the children of Ephraim as Azariahu the sonne of Iehohanan Berechiahu the sonne of Mesillemoth and Iehezkiahu the sonne of Sallum Amasa the sonne of Hadlai stoode vp against them that came from the warre 13 And saide vnto them Bryng not in the captiues hither for where as we haue offended toward God alredy ye entende to adde more to our sinnes and trespasse For our trespasse is great alredie and there is a fierce wrath against Israel 14 And vpon that the men of armes left the captiues and the spoyle before the lordes and all the congregation 15 And the men that were now rehearsed by name rose vp and toke the prisoners and with the spoyle clothed all that were naked among them arayed them shoed them and gaue them to eate and to drinke and annoynted them and carryed al that were feeble of them vpon asses brought them to Iericho the citie of Paulme trees to their brethren and then they returned to Samaria againe 16 At that same time did king Ahaz send vnto the kinges of the Assyrians to haue helpe of them 17 And the Edomites came againe and slue some of Iuda and caryed away captiues 18 And the Philistines inuaded the cities in the lowe countrey and toward the south of Iuda and toke Bethsames and Aialon and Gederoth and Socho with the townes longing thereto and Thimna with the townes of the same Gimso and the townes thereof and dwelt there 19 For the Lorde brought Iuda lowe because of Ahaz king of Iuda which made Iuda naked transgressed sore against the Lorde 20 And Thilgath Pilneser king of the Assyrians came vpon him and troubled him rather then strengthed him 21 For Ahaz toke away a portion out of the house of the Lorde and out of the kinges house and out of the lordes houses and gaue vnto the king of the Assyrians and yet it helped him not 22 And in the very time of his tribulation did king Ahaz trespasse yet more against the Lorde 23 For he offered vnto the gods of them of Damascon which beat him and he sayd Because the gods of the kinges of Syria helpe them therefore wyll I offer to them that they may helpe me also But they were his destruction and the destruction of all Israel 24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God brake them and shut vp the doores of the house of the Lorde and made him aulters in euery corner of Hierusalem 25 And in all the cities of Iuda he made high places to burne incense vnto other gods and angred the Lorde God of his fathers 26 The rest of his actes and his workes first and last beholde they are written in the booke of the kinges of Iuda and Israel 27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers and they buried him in the citie of Hierusalem but brought him not vnto the sepulchres of the kinges of Israel and Hezekia his sonne raigned in his steade ¶ The .xxix. Chapter 3 Hezekia repaireth the temple and aduertiseth the Leuites of the corruption of religion 12 The Leuites prepare the temple 20 The kinges and his princes sacrifice in the temple 25 The Leuites sing prayses 31 The oblation of the people 1 HEzekia began to raigne when he was fiue and twentie yeres olde and he raigned nine twentie yeres in Hierusalem And his mothers name was
againe with shame towarde his owne lande And when he was come into the house of his god they that came of his owne body slue him therewith the sworde 22 And so the Lorde saued Hezekia and the inhabiters of Hierusalem out of the hand of Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians and from the hande of all other and mayntayned them on euery side 23 And many brought offeringes vnto the Lorde to Hierusalem and presentes to Hezekia king of Iuda so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thence foorth 24 In those dayes Hezekia was sicke to the death and prayed vnto the Lorde which aunswered him and shewed him a wonderfull miracle 25 But Hezekia dyd not againe vnto God according to it that he had shewed him for his heart arose there came wrath vpon hym and vpon Iuda and Hierusalem 26 Notwithstanding Hezekia submitted him selfe after that his heart was risen vp he and the inhabiters of Hierusalem and the wrath of the Lorde came not vpon them in the dayes of Hezekia 27 And Hezekia had exceeding much riches and honour And he gat him treasures of siluer and gold pretious stones and spices shieldes and of all maner pleasaunt iewels 28 And made store houses for the fruites of corne for wine and oyle and stalles for all maner of beastes and foldes for sheepe 29 And he made him cities had of sheepe and oxen great aboundaunce For God had geuen him substaunce exceeding much 30 This same Hezekia stopped the vpper water springes of Gihon and brought them downe to the west side of the citie of Dauid And Hezekia prospered in all his workes 31 And when the princes of Babylon sent vnto him ambassadours to enquire of the wonder that chaunced in the lande God left him to trye him and that all that was in his heart might be knowen 32 The rest of the deedes of Hezekia and his goodnes beholde they are written in the vision of Esai the prophet the sonne of Amoz in the booke of the kinges of Iuda and Israel 33 And Hezekia slept with his fathers and they buried hym in the most worthy place of the sepulchres of the sonnes of Dauid and all Iuda and the inhabiters of Hierusalem dyd him worship at his death and Manasse his sonne raigned in his steade The .xxxiii. Chapter 1 Manasses an idolater 9 He causeth Iuda to erre 11 He is led away prisoner into Babylon 12 He prayeth to the Lorde and is deliuered 15 He abolisheth idolatrie 16 and setteth vp true religion 20 He dieth and Amon his sonne succeedeth 24 whom his owne seruauntes slay 1 MAnasse was twelue yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned fiftie and fiue yeres in Hierusalem 2 But dyd euyll in the sight of the Lorde like vnto the abhominations of the heathen whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel 3 For he went to and buylt the high places whiche Hezekia his father had broken downe And he reared vp aulters for Baalim and made groues and worshipped all the hoast of heauen and serued them 4 And he buylt aulters in the house of the Lorde where as the Lord yet had sayd In Hierusalē shal my name be for euer 5 And he buylded aulters for all the hoast of heauen in the two courtes of y e house of the Lorde 6 And he burnt his children in fire in the valley of the sonne of Hinnon He was a sorcerer he regarded the crying of birdes vsed inchauntmentes and mayntayned workers with spirites and sears of fortunes and wrought much euyll in the sight of the Lorde to anger hym withall 7 And he put the carued image and an idol whiche he had made in the house of God Of which house God had sayd to Dauid and to Solomon his sonne In this house and in Hierusalem whiche I haue chosen afore all the tribes of Israel will I put my name for euer 8 Neither will I make the foote of Israel to remoue any more out of the land whiche I haue ordeyned for your fathers yf so be that they wil be diligent and do all that I haue commaunded them in all the law and statutes and ordinaunces by the hande of Moyses 9 And so Manasse made Iuda and the inhabiters of Hierusalem to erre and to do worse then the heathen whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel 10 And the Lord spake to Manasse and to his people but they woulde not regarde 11 Wherfore the Lord brought vpon them the captaynes of the hoast of the king of the Assyrians whiche toke Manasse in holde and bounde him with chaynes and caried him to Babylon 12 And when he was in tribulation he besought the Lord his God and humbled him selfe exceedingly before the God of his fathers 13 And made intercession to him and God was intreated of him and hearde his prayer and brought him againe to Hierusalem into his kingdome and then Manasse knewe that the Lorde was God 14 After this he buylt a wall without the citie of Dauid on the west side of Gion in the valley as they came to the fishe gate and round about Ophel brought it vp of a very great heyght and put captaynes of warre in all the strong cities of Iuda 15 And he toke away straunge gods and images out of the house of God and all the aulters that he had buylt in the mount of the house of God and Hierusalem and cast them out of the citie 16 And he prepared the aulter of the Lord and sacrifised thereon peace offeringes and thanke offeringes and charged Iuda to serue the Lorde God of Israel 17 Neuerthelesse the people dyd offer stil in the high places howbeit vnto the Lorde their God only 18 The rest of the actes of Manasse and his prayer vnto his God the wordes of the sears that spake to him in the name of the Lorde God of Israel behold they are written in the sayinges of the kinges of Israel 19 And his prayer and howe that he was hearde and all his sinnes and his trespasse and the places where he made high places and set vp groues and images before he was meekened beholde they are written among the sayinges of the sears 20 And Manasse slept with his fathers they buried him in his owne house and Amon his sonne raigned in his roome 21 Amon was two and twentie yeres old when he began to raigne and raigned two yeres in Hierusalem 22 But he did euill in the sight of the Lord like as dyd Manasse his father for Amon sacrifised to all the carued images whiche Manasse his father had made and serued them 23 And submitted not him selfe before the Lorde as Manasse his father had meekened him selfe but Amon trespassed greatly 24 And his owne seruauntes conspired against him and slue him in his owne house 25 But the people of the lande slue al them that had conspired against king Amon
handes in the worke of the house of God euen the God of Israel The .vij. Chapter 1 By the commaundement of the king Esdras and his companions come to Hierusalem 27 He geueth thankes to God 1 AFter these thinges ther was in the raigne of Artaxerxes king of Persia one Esdras the sonne of Saraia the sonne of Asaria the sonne of Helkia 2 The sonne of Sallum the sonne of Zadoc the sonne of Ahitob 3 The sonne of Amaria the sonne of Asaria the sonne of Meraioth 4 The sonne of Zeraia the sonne of Vzzi the sonne of Bucci 5 The sonne of Abisua the sonne of Phinehes the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron the chiefe priest 6 This Esdras also went vp from Babylon and was a perfect scribe in the law of Moyses which the Lorde God of Israel did geue And the king gaue him al that he required according to the hand of the Lorde his God which was vpon him 7 And there went vp certaine of the children of Israel of the priestes leuites singers porters and of the Nethinims vnto Hierusalem in the seuenth yere of king Artaxerxes 8 And he came to Hierusalem in the fifth moneth euen in the seuenth yere of the king 9 For vpon the first day of the first moneth began he to go vp from Babylon and on the first day of the fifth moneth came he to Hierusalem according to the good hand of his God that was vpon him 10 For Esdras prepared his heart to seeke the law of the Lorde and to do it and to teache the preceptes and iudgementes in Israel 11 And this is the copie of the letter that king Artaxerxes gaue vnto Esdras the priest and scribe which was a writer of the wordes and commaundementes of the Lorde and of his statutes ouer Israel 12 Artaxerxes a king of kinges vnto Esdras the priest and scribe of the law of the God of heauen peace and salutation 13 I haue commaunded that all they of the people of Israel and of the priestes and Leuites in my realme which are minded of their owne good wyll to go vp to Hierusalem go with thee 14 And therfore art thou sent of the king and of his seuen counsailers to visite Iuda and Hierusalem according to the law of thy God which is in thy hande 15 And that thou shouldest take with thee siluer and golde which the king and his counsailers offer of their owne good wyll vnto the God of Israel whose habitation is at Hierusalem 16 And all the siluer and golde that thou canst finde in al the countrey of Babylon with it that the people offer of their owne good wyll and the priestes geue wyllingly for the house of their God which is at Hierusalem 17 That thou mayst bye diligently with the same money oxen rammes and lambes with their meate offringes and drinke offringes thou shalt offer them vpon the aulter of the house of your God which is at Hierusalem 18 And looke what lyketh thee and thy brethren to do with the remnaunt of the siluer and golde that do after the wyll of your God 19 And the vessels that are geuen thee for the ministration in the house of thy God those deliuer thou before God at Hierusalem 20 And whatsoeuer thing more shal be nedefull for the house of thy God which is necessary for to spend thou shalt receaue the charges out of the kinges treasure house 21 I king Artaxerxes haue commaunded all the treasures beyond the water that loke what soeuer Esdras the priest and scribe in the law of the God of heauen requireth of you that ye fulfill the same speedylie 22 Vntill an hundred talentes of siluer and till an hundred quarters of wheate and till an hundred battes of wine and till an hundred battes of oyle salt without measure 23 Whatsoeuer also is by the commaundement of the God of heauen let the same be done without any delay for the house of the God of heauen that he be not wroth against the realme against the king and his children 24 And we certifie you that ye haue no aucthoritie to require taxing and custome and yerely rentes vpon any of the priestes leuites singers porters Nethinims and ministers in the house of his God 25 And thou Esdras after the wysdome of thy God that is in thyne hande set iudges and arbitrers by my aucthoritie to iudge all the people that is beyond the water euen all such as know the law of thy God and them that knowe it not those see that ye teache 26 And whosoeuer wyll not fulfill the lawe of thy God and the kinges lawe let him haue his iudgement without delay whether it be vnto death or to be rooted out or to be condempned in goodes or to be put in prison 27 Blessed be the Lorde God of our fathers which so had inspired the kinges heart to garnishe the house of the Lord that is at Hierusalem 28 And hath enclined mercie vnto me in the presence of the king and his counsailers and before all the kinges high estates And I was comforted euen as the hande of the Lord my God was vpon me and so gathered I the heades of Israel together that they might go vp with me ¶ The .viii. Chapter 1 The number of them that returned to Hierusalem with Esdras 21 He causeth them to fast 24 He admonisheth the priestes of their duetie 1 THese are now the principall fathers of them and this is the register of them that went vp with me from Babylon what time as king Artaxerxes raigned 2 Of the children of Phinehes Gersom of the children of Ithamar Daniel of the children of Dauid Hattus 3 Of the children of Zechania among the children of Pharos Zachari with him were numbred an hundred and fiftie men 4 Of the childrē of the captaine of Moab Elioenai the sonne of Zerahia with him two hundred men 5 Of the children of Zechania the sonne of Iahasiel and with him three hundred men 6 Of the children of Adin Abed the sonne of Ionathan and with hym fiftie men 7 Of the children of Elam Isai the sonne of Athalia and with hym seuentie men 8 Of the children of Saphatia Zebadia the sonne of Michael and with hym fourescore men 9 Of the children of Ioab Obadia the sonne of Iehiel and with him two hundred and eyghteene men 10 Of the children of Selomith the sonne of Iosephia and with hym an hundred and threescore men 11 Of the children of Bebai Zachari the sonne of Bebai and with hym twentie and eyght men 12 Of the children of Asgad Iohanan the sonne of Hakatan and with hym an hundred and ten men 13 Of the children of Adonicam that were the last whose names are these Eliphelet Iehiel and Samaiah with them threescore men 14 Of the children of Biguai Vthai and Zabud with them seuentie men 15 And I gathered them together by the water that runneth towarde Ahaua and there abode
his burthen 24 Haue I put my trust in golde or haue I sayde to the wedge of golde thou art my confidence 25 Haue I reioyced because my power was great and because my hande gat so much 26 Dyd I euer greatly regarde the rysing of the sunne or had I the goyng downe of the moone in great reputation 27 Hath my heart medled priuyly with any disceite or did I euer kisse myne owne hande 28 That were a wickednesse worthy to be punished for then shoulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue 29 Haue I euer reioyced at the hurt of myne enemie or was I euer glad that any harme happened vnto him Oh no 30 I neuer suffred my mouth to sinne by wishing a curse to his soule 31 Dyd not the men of myne owne hous holde say Who shall let vs to haue our belly full of his fleshe 32 The straunger dyd not lodge in the streete but I opened my doores vnto him that went by the way 33 Haue I kept secrete my sinne and hyd myne iniquitie as Adam dyd 34 Though I coulde haue made afeard a great multitude yet the most contemptible of the families dyd feare me so I kept scilence and went not out of the doore 35 O that I had one which woulde heare me beholde my signe in the whiche the almightie shal aunswere for me though he that is my contrarie partie hath written a booke against me 36 Yet will I take it vpon my shoulder as a garlande binde it about my head 37 I will tell hym the number of my goinges go vnto him as to a prince 38 But if case be that my lande crye against me or that the forowes thereof make any complaynt 39 If I haue eaten the fruites therof vnpayed for yea if I haue greeued the soules of the maisters therof 40 Then let thystles growe in steede of my wheate and cockle for my barlye Here end the wordes of Iob. 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Chapter 1 Elihu reproueth them of folly ◠Age maketh not a man wife but the spirite of God 1 SO these three men ceassed to aunswere Iob because he held him selfe a righteous man 2 But Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Buzite of the kinred of Ram was very sore displeased at Iob because he called hym selfe iust before God 3 And with Iobs three friendes he was angry also because they had founde no reasonable aunswere and yet condempned Iob. 4 Nowe taried Elihu till they had ended their cōmunication with Iob for why they were elder them he 5 So when Elihu sawe that these three men were not able to make Iob aunswere he was miscontent 6 Therfore Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Buzite aunswered and sayde Considering that I am young and ye be men of age I was afrayde and durst not shewe foorth my mynde 7 For I thought thus within my selfe It becommeth old men to speake and the aged to teache wysdome 8 Euery man no doubt hath a mynde but it is the inspiration of the almightie that geueth vnderstanding 9 Great men are not alway wyse neither doth euery aged man vnderstande the thing that is lawfull 10 Therefore I say heare me and I wil shewe you also myne vnderstanding 11 For when I had wayted till ye made an end of your talking and hearde your wysdome what arguments ye made in your communication 12 Yea when I had diligently pondred what ye sayde I found not one of you that made any good argument against Iob that directly could make aunswere vnto his wordes 13 Lest ye should say We haue found out wisdome God shall cast hym downe and no man 14 He hath not spoken vnto me and I wil not aunswere hym as ye haue done 15 For they were so abashed that they coulde not make aunswere nor speake one worde 16 When I had wayted for they spake not but stoode still and aunswered no more 17 Then aunswered I in my turne and I shewed myne opinion 18 For I am full of matter and the spirite within me compelleth me 19 Beholde my belly is as the wine whiche hath no vent lyke the newe bottels that bruste 20 Therfore will I speake that I may haue a vent I will open my lippes and make aunswere 21 I will regarde no maner of person no man will I spare 22 For if I woulde go about to please men I knowe not howe soone my maker would take me away The .xxxiii. Chapter 5 Elihu accuseth Iob of ignoraunce 14 He sheweth that God hath diuers meanes to instruct man and to drawe hym from sinne 19. He afflicteth man and sodenly deliuereth hym 26 Man beyng deliuered geueth thankes to God 1 WHerefore heare my wordes O Iob and hearken vnto all that I will say 2 Behold I haue now opened my mouth my tongue hath spoken in my throte 3 My heart doth order my wordes aright and my lippes talke of pure wysedome 4 The spirite of God hath made me and the breath of the almightie hath geuen me my lyfe 5 If thou canst then geue me aunswere prepare thy selfe and stande before me face to face 6 Beholde before God I am euen as thou for I am fashioned made euen of the same molde 7 Beholde my terrour shall not feare thee neither shall my hande be heauy vpon thee 8 Now hast thou spoken in myne eares I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes 9 I am cleane without any fault I am innocent there is no wickednesse in me 10 But lo he hath piked a quarell against me and taketh me for his enemie 11 He hath put my foote in the stockes and looketh narowlye vnto all my pathes 12 Behold in this hast thou not done right I wil make aunswere vnto thee that God is greater then man 13 And why doest thou then striue against him for he shall not geue the accomptes of all his wordes 14 For God speaketh once or twise and yet man vnderstandeth it not 15 In dreames and visions of the night when slumbring commeth vpon men that they fall asleepe in their beddes 16 He roundeth them in the eares and sealeth their correction 17 That he may withdrawe man from euyll enterprises and deliuer hym from pride 18 And kepe his soule from the graue and his life from the sworde 19 He chasteneth hym with sickenesse vpon his bedde he layeth sore punishement vpon his bones 20 So that his lyfe may away with no bread and his soule abhorreth to eate any dayntie meate 21 In so much that his body is cleane consumed away and his bones appeare which before were not seene 22 His soule draweth vnto the graue and his lyfe to death 23 Now yf there be a messenger one among a thousande sent for to speake vnto man and to shew him the right way 24 Then the Lord is mercifull vnto him and sayth He shal be deliuered that
them selues against me rounde about 7 Arise vp O God saue thou me O my Lorde for thou hast smitten all myne enemies vpon the cheeke bone thou hast broken the teeth of the vngodly 8 Saluation is of God thy blessing is vpon thy people Selah ¶ The argument of the .iiii. psalme ¶ Dauid at the rebellion of his sonne Absalom cryeth to God for helpe He reproueth the chiefe doers of his aduersaries and exhorteth them to repent He is glad that they haue plentie of victuals and other necessaries seyng that he him selfe is assured of God his fauour ¶ To the chiefe musition on Neginoth a psalme of Dauid 1 HEare me when I call O God of my righteousnesse thou hast set me at libertie when I was in distresse 2 O ye sonnes of men how long wyll ye go about to bryng my glory to confusion ye loue vanitie ye seeke after lyes Selah 3 For ye must know that God hath chosen to him selfe a godly man God wyl heare when I call vnto hym 4 Be ye angry but sinne not commune with your owne heart in your chaumber and be styll Selah 5 Offer the sacrifice of righteousnesse and put your trust in God 6 There be many that say who wyll shewe vs any good O God lift thou vp the light of thy countenaunce vpon vs. 7 Thou hast put gladnesse in my heart since the time that their corne and wine increased 8 I wyll lay me downe in peace and take my rest for thou God only makest me to dwell in safetie The argument of the .v. psalme ¶ Dauid afflicted with enemies requireth God to heare his prayers to guide him and to destroy wicked flattering rebels trusting most assuredly that the godly shall be of hym defended and blessed ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Nehiloth a psalme of Dauid 1 GEue eare vnto my wordes O God vnderstande thou my pensifnesse 2 Hearken thou vnto the voyce of my crying my kyng and my Lorde for vnto thee I wyll make my prayer 3 Thou shalt heare my voyce betymes O God I wyll early in the morning direct a prayer vnto thee and I wyll looke for helpe from thee 4 For thou art the Lorde that hath no pleasure in wickednesse neither can any euyll dwell with thee 5 Suche as be foolishe can not stande in thy sight thou hatest all workers of iniquitie 6 Thou wilt destroy them that make a lye God wyll abhorre both the blood-thirstie and deceiptfull man 7 As for me I wyll come into thyne house trusting in the multitude of thy mercy and in thy feare I will humble my selfe in thyne holy temple 8 Leade me O God in thy righteousnesse because of myne enemies make thy way playne before my face 9 For no trueth is in their mouth their inwarde partes are very wickednesse their throte is an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue 10 Destroy thou them O Lord let them perishe through their owne counsailes cast them out in the multitude of their vngodlinesse for they haue rebelled against thee 11 And all they that trust in thee wyll reioyce they wyll triumph for euer because thou defendest them and they that loue thy name wyll be ioyfull in thee 12 For thou O God wylt blesse the righteous and thou wylt compasse hym about with beneuolence as with a shielde The argument of the .vj. psalme ¶ Dauid besecheth God of his mercy to mitigate the afflictions whiche he felt in his body and soule to this ende that he in this lyfe might prayse God And forsomuch as he assureth him selfe that God hath hearde his prayer he pronounceth that his enemies shall be put to shame ¶ To the chiefe musition on Neginoth vpon eyght a psalme of Dauid 1 O God rebuke me not in thine indignation neither chasten me in thy wrath 2 Haue mercy on me O God for I am weake O God heale me for my bones be very sore 3 My soule also is greatly troubled but O God howe long shall I be in this case 4 Turne thee O God and deliuer my soule Oh saue me for thy mercies sake 5 For in death no man remembreth thee and in the graue who can acknowledge thee 6 I am weerie of my groning I washe my bed euery nyght and I water my coutche with my teares 7 Mine eye is almost put out through griefe and worne out through all mine enemies 8 Away from me all workers of iniquitie for God hath hearde the voyce of my weeping 9 God hath hearde my petition God wyll receaue my prayer 10 All myne enemies shal be confounded and sore vexed they shal be turned backe they shal be put to shame sodainlye The argument of the .vii. psalme ¶ Dauid prayeth God to deliuer him from such as do persecute him to death for that he is innocent and hath deserued no suche thing at their handes comforting him selfe therfore in God he threatneth destruction to his enemies ¶ Siggaion of Dauid whiche he song vnto God in the busines of Chus the sonne of Iemini 1 O God my Lord in thee I haue put my trust saue me from all them that do persecute me and deliuer thou me 2 Lest he like a Lion seasoneth on my soule teareth it in peeces hauyng no rescue 3 O God my Lord if I haue done any such thing or if there be any wickednesse in my handes 4 If I haue done euyll vnto hym that had peace with me and if I haue not deliuered hym that is without a cause myne aduersarie 5 Then let myne enemie persecute my soule and take me yea let hym put me to death and lay myne honour in the dust Selah 6 Arise O God in thy wrath and stand thou vp agaynst the rage of myne enemies stirre thou for me according to the iudgement whiche thou hast geuen 7 And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee for their sakes therfore place thy selfe on high 8 God wyll iudge the people geue thou sentence with me O God according to my righteousnesse and according to my perfection that is within me 9 My desire is that y e wickednesse of the vngodly may come to an ende and that thou wouldest assist the iust who art the tryer of heartes and of reynes O most righteous Lorde 10 My buckler is with God who preserueth them that be vpright in heart 11 The Lorde is a righteous iudge and the Lorde is prouoked to anger euery day 12 If the wicked wyll not turne he wyll whet his sworde bende his bowe and haue it in a redinesse to shoote 13 He hath prepared hym instrumentes of death he hath ordayned his arrowes agaynst them that be persecutors 14 Beholde he wyll be in trauayle of a mischiefe for he hath conceaued a labour but yet he shall be brought to bed of a falsehood 15 He hath made a graue and digged it but he hym selfe
mountaynes when he did flee from Saul He is comforted for that God both beholdeth the afflictions of the iust and punisheth the wicked and withall loueth the iust beyng him selfe most iust ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 IN God I put my trust howe say ye then to my soule that she shoulde flee as a byrde from your hyll 2 For lo the vngodly haue bende their bowe and nocked their arrowes with the string redy to shoote priuily at them whiche are vpright in heart 3 For if the foundations shal be caste downe what must the righteous do 4 But God is in his holy temple Gods throne is in heauen his eyes looke downe his eye liddes tryeth the chyldren of men 5 God wyll trye the righteous but his soule abhorreth the vngodly and hym that delighteth in wickednes 6 Vpon y e vngodly he wyl rayne snares fire and brimstone and tempestious stormes shal be their portion to drinke 7 For God most righteous loueth righteousnes his countenaunce wyll beholde the iust The argument of the .xij. psalme ¶ Dauid lamenteth that in steade of iustice fayth and trueth there rayneth euery where hypocrisie flatterie lying subtiltie and oppression but yet he acknowledgeth that as Gods promises be certayne and true euen so that God wyll helpe the oppressed and plague the wicked ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon an instrument of eyght stringes a psalme of Dauid 1 SAue thou me O God for there is not one godly man left for the faythfull are diminished from among the chyldren of men 2 Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes 3 God wyll cut away all flatteryng lippes and the tongue that speaketh great thinges 4 Whiche say we wyll preuayle with our tongue our lippes are our owne who is Lorde ouer vs 5 For the calamities of the oppressed for the deepe sighyng of the poore I wyll nowe vp sayeth God and I wyll put in safetie hym whom the wicked hath snared 6 The wordes of God be wordes pure as the siluer tryed in a furnace of earth and purified seuen times 7 Wherfore thou wylt kepe the godly O God thou wylt preserue euery one of them from this generation for euer 8 The vngodly walke on euery side when the worst sort be exalted amongst the thyldren of men ¶ The argument of the .xiij. Psalme Dauid complayneth that God seemeth to forget hym in his afflictions He maketh his prayer and declareth his trust to be in God To the chiefe musition a Psalme of Dauid 1 HOwe long wylt thou forget me O God for euer howe long wilt thou hyde thy face from me 2 Howe long shall I seke counsayle in my soule and be so vexed in mine heart euery day howe long shall myne enemie triumph ouer me 3 Loke downe and heare me O God my Lorde lighten myne eyes lest that I sleepe in death 4 Lest myne enemie say I haue preuayled agaynst hym lest they that trouble me reioyce yf I shoulde be remoued 5 But I repose my trust in thy mercie and my heart is ioyfull in thy saluation I wyll syng to God because he hath rewarded me ¶ The argument of the .xiiij. Psalme Dauid setteth foorth the oppression of the people in his tyme the regarde of God touching mens behauiour the mockes of the wicked against thē that put their trust in God and the ioy of the godly after they be deliuered out of thraldome To the chiefe musition a Psalme of Dauid 1 THe foole hath sayde in his heart there is no God they haue corrupted them selues and done an abhominable worke there is not one that doth good 2 God loked downe from heauen vpon the children of men to see yf there were any that did vnderstande and seke after the Lorde 3 But they are all gone out of the way they are altogether become abhominable there is none that doth good no not one 4 Do not all the workers of iniquitie know deuouryng my people as though they deuoured bread that they call not vpon God 5 Hereafter they shal be taken with a great feare for the Lorde is in the generation of the righteous 6 As for nowe ye make a mocke at the counsayle of the poore because he reposeth his trust in God 7 Who shall geue saluation vnto Israel out of Sion 8 When God will deliuer his people out of captiuitie then wyll Iacob reioyce and Israel be glad ¶ The argument of the .xv. Psalme The prophete teacheth what behauiours the people of God ought to haue that they may truely be of his Church in this lyfe and afterwarde be placed in heauen 1 O God who shall dwell in thy tabernacle who shall rest vppon thy holy hyll 2 Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupt life and doth the thyng that is iust and speaketh the trueth from his heart 3 He that backbyteth not with his tongue nor doth any euil to his felowe nor rayseth a slaunder vpon his neyghbour 4 He that despiseth in his eyes the reprobate and honoureth them that feare God 5 He that hath sworne to his owne hurt and yet wyll not go from his oth 6 He that geueth not his money vpon vsurie nor taketh rewarde agaynst the innocent 7 He that doth these thynges shall neuer at any tyme be remoued The argument of the .xvj psalme Dauid expresseth lyuely the confidence trust gladnesse and other such affectes of the children of God in praying to God in confessyng hym selfe to be an vnprofitable seruaunt in declaryng that he hath nothyng to do with such as trust in any other saue only in God in takyng God to be his inheritaunce in acknowledgyng that God wyll instruct hym saue hym from fallyng make hym glad rayse hym from death and set hym on his ryght hande at the day of iudgement The golden psalme of Dauid 1 PReserue me O Lorde for I haue reposed my trust in thee 2 Thou hast sayde O my soule vnto God thou art my Lorde my weldoing can do thee no good 3 But all my delyght is to do good vnto the saintes that are in the earth and vnto such as excell in vertue 4 As for them that runne after another God they shall haue great trouble I wyll not offer their drynke offerynges of blood neither wyll I make mention of their names within my lyppes 5 O God thou thy selfe art the portion of myne inheritaunce and of my cup thou wylt mayntayne my lot 6 My lot is fallen vnto me in a pleasaūt grounde I haue a goodly heritage 7 I wyll prayse God who gaue me counsayle my reines also do instruct me in the nyght season 8 I haue set God alwayes before me for he is on my ryght hande therfore I shall not be remoued 9 Wherfore my heart is glad my glory reioyceth my fleshe also shall rest in a securitie 10 For thou wylt
not leaue my soule in hell neither wylt thou suffer thyne holy one to see corruption 11 Thou wylt cause me to knowe the path of lyfe in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy and at thy right hand there be pleasures for euermore The argument of the .xvii. psalme Dauid prayeth God to delyuer hym from his enemies which were many mightie and cruell He taketh God for a witnesse of his innocencie trustyng to see his face at the day of resurrection A prayer of Dauid HEare thou O God of iustice be attentiue vnto my complaynt geue eare vnto my prayer not proceeding out of fayned lyppes 2 Let iudgement come foorth for me from thy face and let thine eyes loke vpon equitie 3 Thou hast proued myne heart thou hast visited it in the nyght season thou hast tryed me and founde no wickednesse for I purposed that nothyng shoulde scape my mouth 4 As touchyng other mens workes through the wordes of thy lyppes I haue kept me from the way of the violent 5 O holde thou vp my goynges in thy pathes that my footesteppes slyp not 6 I call vpon thee O God for thou wilt heare me incline thine eare to me hearken vnto my wordes 7 Shewe thy marueylous louyng kindnesse thou that art the sauiour of them that trust in thee from such as ryse vp agaynst thy ryght hande 8 Kepe me as the apple of an eye hyde me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges from the face of the vngodly that go about to destroy me from myne enemies that compasse me rounde about to take away my soule 9 They haue inclosed them selues in their owne fat with their mouth they speake proude thynges 10 They haue nowe compassed me on euery syde where our way lyeth they toote with their eyes to ouerthrow me downe on the grounde 11 His doynges be lyke a lions that is greedy to take a pray and as a lions whelpe lurkyng in secrete places 12 Aryse O God preuent his commyng make hym to bowe delyuer thou my soule from the vngodly which is thy sworde 13 â—Deliuer thou me O God from men â—which be thy hande from men from the worlde whose portion is in this lyfe whose bellyes thou fyllest with thy prime treasure 14 Whose children haue aboundaunce they leaue enough of that they haue remaynyng to their babes 15 But as for me I will beholde thy face in ryghteousnesse I shal be satisfied when I awake vp after thy lykenesse ¶ The argument of the .xviij. Psalme Dauid declareth that he wyll at all tymes trust in God and call vpon hym for helpe because God hath with his mightie arme and wonderfull meanes deliuered hym from cruell enemies which dyd set vpon hym lyke fiendes of hell He imputeth this Gods fauour towardes hym to proceede of that he loued Gods worde ryght dealyng and honest companie Thus encouraged with Gods presence and ayde he maketh sure count not only to ouerrunne and destroy his enemies and rebelles but also to subdue vnto hym other nations of the heathen that God amongst them also may be praysed To the chiefe musition the seruaunt of God and of Dauid who spake vnto God the wordes of this song in the day that God deliuered him from the hande of all his enemies and from the hande of Saul And he sayde 1 I Wyll entirely loue thee O God my strength God is my stony rocke my fortresse and my delyuerer my Lorde my castell in whom I wyll trust my buckler the horne of my saluation my refuge 2 I wyll call vpon God who is most worthy to be praysed so I shall be safe from myne enemies 3 The panges of death haue compassed me about and the outragiousnes of the wicked haue astonyed me with feare 4 The panges of a graue haue compassed me about the snares of death ouertoke me 5 But in this my distresse I dyd call vppon God and I made my complaynt vnto my Lorde he hearde my voyce out of his temple and my crye came before his face euen vnto his eares 6 The earth trembled and quaked the very foundations of the hylles tottered and shooke because he was wroth 7 In his anger a smoke ascended vp and a fire out of his mouth dyd coÌ„sume and euery cole therof dyd set a fire 8 He bowed the heauens also and he came downe and it was darke vnder his feete 9 He ridde vpon the Cherub and he dyd flee he came fleeyng vpon the wynges of the wynde 10 For his secrete place he dyd put darkenesse and for his pauilion rounde about hym he dyd put darknesse of waters in cloudes of the ayre 11 His cloudes haylestones and coles of fire fell downe before hym after lyghtnyng 12 God also thundred out of heauen and the most hyghest made his voyce to sounde haylestones and coles of fire 13 He shot out his arrowes and scattered them he cast foorth much lyghtnynges and destroyed them 14 And the bottomes of waters appeared and the foundations of the rounde worlde were discouered at thy chidyng O God at the blast of the breath of thine anger 15 He hath sent downe from aboue to fetch me he hath taken me out of many waters 16 He hath deliuered me from my strong enemie and from them which hate me for they were to stout for me 17 They preuented me in the day of my trouble but God was vnto me a sure stay 18 He brought me also foorth into a place of libertie he brought me foorth because he had a fauour vnto me 19 God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng accordyng to the cleannesse of myne handes he recompensed me 20 Because I had kept the wayes of God and had not wickedly shronke from my God 21 For all his lawes were before me and I reiected none of his commaundementes from me 22 And I was sounde pure towardes hym and I was weery lest I shoulde offende hym with my wickednesse 23 Therfore hath God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng and accordyng to my cleannesse of my handes in his syght 24 With the holy thou wylt be holy with a perfect man thou wylt be perfect 25 With the cleane thou wylt be cleane and with the frowarde thou wylt be frowarde 26 For thou hast saued the people oppressed and thou hast brought downe the hygh lokes of the proude 27 Thou also hast lyghtened my candell God my Lorde hath made my darknesse to be lyght 28 For in thee I haue discomfited an hoast of men and with the helpe of my Lorde I haue skipped ouer the wall 29 The way of the Lorde is a perfect way the worde of God is tryed in the fire he is a shielde vnto all them that put their trust in hym 30 For who is a Lorde besides God or who hath any strength besides our Lorde 31 It is God that hath gyrded me with valiauntnesse of warre and he hath made my way playne 32 He hath made
agaynst me 10 But be thou mercifull vnto me O God rayse me vp agayne and I shall rewarde them 11 By this I knowe thou fauouredst me in that myne enemie doth not triumph agaynst me 12 And when I am in my best case thou vpholdest me and thou wylt set me before thy face for euer 13 Blessed be God the Lorde of Israel worlde without ende Amen Amen ¶ The argument of the .xlii. Psalme ¶ Dauid dryuen out of his realme declareth his sorowe of mynde for that he coulde not resort vnto Gods temple and kepe there the holy feastes He complayneth that one affliction commeth on anothers necke Also he complayneth of the reproches and mockes that he susteyned of the wicked He comforteth hym selfe in the confidence that he hath in God ¶ To the chiefe musition a wise instruction of the sonnes of Corach 1 LYke as the Hart brayeth for water brookes so panteth my soule after thee O God 2 My soule is a thirst for the Lorde yea euen for the lyuyng Lorde when shall I come to appeare before the face of the Lorde 3 My teares haue ben my meate day and nyght whyle they dayly say vnto me where is nowe thy God 4 And I powred out of me my very heart remembryng this howe that before tyme I haue passed with a great number bringyng thē vnto the house of the Lorde with a voyce of ioy prayse with a company that kept holy day 5 Why art thou so discouraged O my soule why art thou so vnquiet within me attende thou vpon the Lorde for I will yet acknowledge him only to be a * present saluation 6 My Lorde my soule is discouraged within me because I remember thee from the lande of Iordane and from the litle hyll Hermonim 7 One deepe calleth another at the noyse of thy water pypes all thy waues and stormes are gone ouer me 8 God wyll graunt his louing kindnesse on the day tyme and in the nyght season I wyll syng of hym and make my prayer vnto the Lorde of my lyfe 9 I wyll say vnto the Lorde of my strength why hast thou forgotten me why go I thus heauyly through the oppression of myne enemie 10 It was as a sworde in my bones when myne enemies dyd cast me in the teeth in saying dayly vnto me where is nowe thy Lorde 11 Why art thou so discouraged O my soule why art thou so vnquiet within me attende thou vpon the Lorde for I wil yet acknowledge him to be only * my present saluation and my Lorde ¶ The argument of the .xliij. Psalme ¶ The prophete prayeth to be delyuered from his enemies to haue his heart illuminated and to be restored home agayne that he may prayse God his Lorde in his sanctuarie in whom he putteth all his trust 1 IVdge me O Lorde and debate my cause with an vnnaturall people oh delyuer me from the deceiptfull and wicked man 2 For thou art the Lord of my strength why hast thou reiect me and why go I thus heauyly through the oppression of myne enemie 3 Sende foorth thy light and thy trueth that they may leade me and direct me vnto thy holy hyll to thy tabernacles 4 And I wyll go vnto the aulter of the Lorde euen vnto the Lorde of my ioy gladnesse and vpon the harpe I will acknowledge thee O Lorde my Lord. 5 Why art thou so discouraged O my soule why art thou so vnquiet within me attende thou vpon the Lorde for * I wyll yet acknowledge hym to be only my present saluation my Lorde The argument of the .xliiii. psalme ¶ The prophete rehearseth Gods benefites bestowed vpon the fathers brought out of Egypt and planted in Chanaan He complayneth of the calamitie that the people of God suffered through the crueltie of the heathen Last of all he prayeth God to awake to aryse and to delyuer them for his mercies sake ¶ To the chiefe musition a wise instruction of the sonnes of Corach 1 WE haue hearde with our eares O Lorde our fathers haue tolde vs what workes thou hast done in their daies in the olde tyme. 2 Howe thou hast driuen out the heathen with thy hande and planted them in howe thou hast destroyed the nations placed them 3 For they gat not the lande in possession through their owne sworde neither was it their owne arme that saued thē 4 But thy ryght hande and thine arme the lyght of thy countenaunce because thou hadst a fauour vnto them 5 Thou art my kyng O Lorde commaunde that Iacob be saued 6 Through thee we wyll ouerthrowe our enemies and in thy name we wyll treade them vnder that ryse vp agaynst vs. 7 For I wyll not trust in my bowe and it is not my sworde that can saue me 8 But it is thou that sauest vs from our enemies and thou puttest them to confusion that hate vs. 9 We make our boast of God all the day long and we wyll confesse thy name for euer Selah 10 But nowe thou art farre of and thou puttest vs to confusion neither goest thou foorth with our armies 11 Thou makest vs to turne away backwarde from the enemie so that they which hate vs do make vs a spoyle vnto them 12 Thou hast delyuered vs as sheepe to be eaten and thou hast scattered vs among the heathen 13 Thou hast solde thy people for naught and thou hast taken no money for them 14 Thou hast made vs a rebuke to our neighbours to be laughed to scorne and had in derision of them that are rounde about vs. 15 Thou hast made vs to be a fable among the heathen and to be such that the people shake their head at vs. 16 My confusion is dayly before me and the shame of my face couereth me for to heare the voyce of the slaunderer blasphemer and for to see the enemie and the auenger 17 And though all this become vpon vs yet we do not forget thee nor shewe our selues to be false in thy couenaunt 18 Our heart is not turned backe neither our steppes be declined out of thy pathes no not when thou hast smitten vs in the place of dragons and couered vs with the shadowe of death 19 If we had forgotten the name of our Lorde and holden vp our handes to any straunge god woulde not God searche it out for he knoweth the very secretes of the heart 20 For thy sake also are we kylled all the day long and are counted as sheepe appoynted to be slayne 21 Stirre vp O Lorde why slepest thou awake be not absent from vs for euer wherfore hydest thou thy face and forgettest our miserie and tribulation 22 For our soule is brought lowe vnto the dust our belly cleaueth vnto y e grounde 23 Aryse vp thou our ayde and redeeme vs for thy louyng kindnesse sake ⧠The argument of the .xlv. psalme ¶ The prophete in describyng here
not out of her streates 12 Truely he was not mine enemie that hath done me this dishonour for then I coulde haue borne it neither was he one that seemed to hate me that dyd magnifie hym selfe against me for then I woulde haue hyd my selfe from him 13 But it was euen thou whom I esteemed as my selfe my guyde and myne owne familier companion 14 We delighted greatly to conferre our secretes together we walked deuoutly in the house of God felowe lyke 15 Let death sodainly come vpon them let them go downe quicke into hell for wickednes is in their dwellinges and among them 16 As for me I wyll crye vnto the Lord and God wyll saue me 17 In the euening and morning and at noone day wyll I pray and that most instantly and he wyll heare my voyce 18 He hath redeemed my soule through peace froÌ„ the battayle that was against me for there were many with me 19 The Lorde who sitteth a ruler from the beginning wyll heare me and afflict them Selah forsomuche as there is no chaunge in them and for that they do not feare God 20 He layde his handes vpon such as be at peace with him and he brake his couenaunt 21 The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter yet warre was in his heart his wordes were smother then oyle and yet be they very swordes 22 O cast thy burthen vpon God and he wyll vpholde thee he wyll not suffer at any time the righteous to moue 23 â—And as for them thou O Lorde wylt hurle headlong into the pit of destruction 24 The bloodthirstie and deceiptfull men shal not liue out halfe their dayes neuerthelesse I wyll put my full trust in thee The argument of the .lvi. Psalme ¶ Dauid prayeth to God â–ª complaining greatly of the vnreasonablenes of his enemies and wishing their correction He setteth foorth his confidence that he hath in Gods prouidence whereby he assureth him selfe for to be deliuered and promiseth to geue thankes therefore ¶ To the chiefe musition as concerning the dumbe doue in a farre countrey the golden psalme of Dauid when the Philistines toke him in Geth 1 Sam. 21. 1 BE mercifull vnto me O Lorde for man goeth about to deuour me he dayly fyghtyng oppresseth me 2 Myne enemies are dayly in hande to swalowe me vp for they be many that fight against me O thou most highest 3 Neuerthelesse at all times as I am afraide I put my whole trust in thee 4 In the Lord I wyll prayse his word * in the Lorde I haue put my trust and I wyll not feare what flesh can do vnto me 5 My wordes dayly put me to sorow all that they do imagine is to do me euill 6 They flocke together they kepe them selues close they marke my steppes that they may lye in wayte for my soule 7 Shall they escape for their wickednes O Lorde in thy displeasure cast downe headlong this people 8 Thou hast numbred my flittinges thou hast put my teares in thy bottell are not these thinges noted in thy booke 9 Whensoeuer I call vpon thee then shall myne enemies be put to flight this I know for the Lorde is on my side 10 In the Lord I wyll prayse the word In God I wyll prayse the worde 11 In the Lorde I put my trust I wyll not be afraide what man can do vnto me 12 O Lorde thy vowes be vpon me vnto thee wyll I geue thankes praise 13 For thou hast deliuered my soule from death and my feete from falling that I may walke before the Lorde in the light of the liuing The argument of the .lvii. Psalme ¶ Dauid being in great perill as in the mouth of Lions maketh his prayer to God and desireth very earnestly his helpe promising to confesse him and his benefites amongst all men ¶ To the chiefe musition to be song lyke vnto the song beginning destroy not a golden psalme of Dauid when he fled from Saul into the caue 1 BE mercifull vnto me O Lorde be mercifull vnto me for my soule trusteth in thee and vnder the shadowe of thy wynges wyll I trust vntyll this tiranny be ouerpast 2 I wyll call vnto the most high Lorde euen vnto the Lord that wil perfourme the cause which I haue in hande 3 He wyll sende from heauen and saue me froÌ„ the reproofe of him that woulde deuour me vp Selah the Lorde wyll sende foorth his mercie and trueth 4 My soule is among Lions and I lye among those that are set on fire among the children of men whose teeth are speares and arrowes and their tongue a sharpe sword 5 Exalt thy selfe O God aboue the heauen thy glory is aboue all the earth 6 They haue prepared a net for my feete that some man might presse downe my soule they haue digged a pit before me and are fallen into the midst of it them selues Selah 7 My heart is redy O Lorde my heart is redy I wyll sing and prayse thee in singing of psalmes 8 Bestirre thee O my glory bestirre thee O Lute and Harpe I my selfe wil bestirre me right early in the morning 9 I wyll prayse thee O Lorde among the people and I wyll sing psalmes vnto thee among the nations 10 For the greatnes of thy mercie reacheth vnto the heauens and thy trueth vnto the cloudes 11 Exalt thy selfe O Lord aboue the heauens let thy glory be aboue al the earth ¶ The argument of the .lviij. Psalme ¶ Dauid inuayeth against those that flattered Saul his aduersarie He describeth their malice wilfulnes and frowardnes euen from their mothers wombe He wisheth iust punishment for their desertes assuring them before of it Finally he teacheth what commoditie shall ensue vnto the good man of his punishment ¶ To the chiefe musition destroy not a golden psalme of Dauid 1 O Ye that consult together pronounce ye truely the thing that is iust O ye sonnes of men iudge you according to equitie 2 Nay rather ye imagine mischiefe in your heart your handes waygh as in a ballaunce wickednes vpon the earth 3 The vngodly are straungers euen from their mothers wombe assoone as they be borne they go astray and speake a lye 4 They haue poyson within them lyke to the poyson of a serpent they be lyke the deafe adder that stoppeth her eares and wyll not heare the voyce of charmers though he be neuer so skilfull in charming 5 Breake their teeth O Lorde in their mouthes smite a sunder the chawe bones of Lions O God 6 Let them be dissolued as into water let them come to naught of them selues and when they shoote their arrowes let them be as broken 7 Let them creepe away lyke a snayle that foorthwith consumeth to naught or lyke the vntimely fruite of a woman let them not see the sunne 8 As a greene thorne kindled with fyre goeth out before your pottes be made whot euen so let a furious rage bring him to
howe wonderfull art thou in thy workes thorow the greatnes of thy power thyne enemies shal be founde liers vnto thee 3 For all they of the worlde shall worship thee and sing psalmes vnto thee they shall sing psalmes vnto thy holy name Selah 4 Come hither and beholde the workes of the Lorde howe wonderfull he is in his doing towarde the chyldren of men 5 He turneth the sea into drye lande so that they went thorowe the water on foote there dyd we reioyce in him 6 He ruleth with his power for euer his eyes beholdeth the gentiles such as be rebels shal not come to promotion Selah 7 O ye people blesse your Lorde and make the voyce of his praise to be heard 8 Who preserueth our soule in life and suffereth not our feete to slip 9 For thou O Lord hast proued vs thou hast tryed vs like as siluer is tryed 01 Thou broughtest vs into the snare and layde trouble vpon our loynes 11 Thou sufferedst men to ride ouer our heades we went through fire and water and yet thou broughtest vs out into a pleasaunt place 12 I wyll go into thy house with burnt offeringes and I wyll pay thee my vowes whiche I promised with my lippes and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble 13 I wyll offer vnto thee fat burnt sacrifices with the incense of rammes I will offer bullockes and goates Selah 14 O come hither hearken and I wil tell all you that feare the Lorde what he hath done for my soule 15 I called vnto hym with my mouth and I exalted him with my tongue 16 If I had inclined vnto wickednes in my heart the Lorde woulde not haue hearde me but the Lorde hath hearde me considered the voyce of my prayer 17 Blessed be the Lorde which hath not reiected my prayer nor turned his mercye from me The argument of the .lxvii. psalme ¶ The prophete in the name of the people of Israel besecheth God of his fauour and mercy that his commaundementes may be published to the whole world so that by that meanes God might be praysed and all people blessed ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Neginoth a psalme whiche is a song 1 THe Lord be mercyfull vnto vs and blesse vs and cause the light of his coūtenaunce to shine vpon vs. Selah 2 That thy way may be knowen vpon the earth thy saluation among all nations 3 Then wyll the people prayse thee O Lorde yea all the people wyll prayse thee 4 The Gentiles will reioyce triumph for thou wylt iudge the people and gouerne the gentiles vpon the earth according to equitie Selah 5 The people will prayse thee O Lord all the people wyll prayse thee 6 Then shall the earth bryng foorth her increase and the Lorde our Lord will geue vs his blessing 7 The Lorde will blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare him ¶ The argument of the .lxviij. Psalme ¶ Dauid after some notable victorie thanketh God who is and hath ben through his mightie power a present helpe and comfort to the afflicted to orphans widdowes and prisoners that sit in darknesse who also ouerthroweth with his mightie arme all wickednesse and his agaynesayers and maketh them his subiectes for euer to the great ioy of the godly ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid which is a song 1 IN case the Lorde woulde aryse his enemies woulde be scattered and they that hate hym woulde flee from his face 2 Lyke as the smoke vanisheth so wylt thou cause them to vanishe away and lyke as water melteth at the fire so wyll the vngodly perishe at the presence of the Lorde 3 But the ryghteous must be glad and reioyce before the Lorde they shall not stande styll for myrth 4 Syng vnto the Lorde syng psalmes vnto his name magnifie hym that rideth vpon the heauens as it were vpon an horse in his name euerlastyng and reioyce before his face 5 He is a father of the fatherlesse and the iudge of widdowes he is the Lord in his holy habitation 6 He is the Lord that maketh those that dwell alone to haue a familie and bryngeth prisoners out of the stockes 7 But rebelles did inhabite a dry ground O Lorde when thou wentest foorth before the people when thou wentest through the wyldernesse Selah 8 The earth shoke and the heauens dropped at the presence of the Lorde euen Sinai it selfe shoke at the presence of the Lorde Lorde of Israel 9 Thou O Lorde dydst cause rayne to fall at thy gratious pleasure and when thine inheritaunce was weery thou dydst hearten it 10 Thy flocke dwelleth there for thou O Lorde doest of thy goodnesse prepare for the poore 11 The Lorde gaue the worde great was the company of the preachers 12 Kynges with their armies dyd flee they dyd flee and the ornament of an house deuided the spoyle 13 Though ye haue lyen among the pottes yet shall ye be as the wynges of a doue that is couered with siluer and hath her fethers as yelowe as golde 14 When the almightie scattered kynges in it it was as whyte as snowe in Salmon 15 As the hyll of Basan so is Gods hill euen an hygh hyll as the hyll of Basan 19 Why skyp you so ye high hylles this is the Lordes hyll in the which it pleaseth hym to dwell yea God wyll abyde in it for euer 17 The charettes of y e Lorde are twentie thousande euen thousandes of angels and the Lorde is among them in holy Sinai 18 Thou wenst vp on high thou hastled * captiuitie captiue thou hast receaued gyftes for men yea euen for those that be disobedient that God the Lorde myght dwell among them 19 Blessed be the Lorde who day by day powreth his benefites vpon vs and is God of our saluation Selah 20 The Lorde is our Lorde for to saue * vs and all maner of wayes for death pertayneth to God the Lorde 21 God wyll wounde the head of his enemies and the heary scalpe of hym who goeth on styll in his wickednesse 22 The Lorde hath sayde I wyll bryng my people agayne out from Basan I wyll bryng them agayne out from the deepe of the sea 23 That thy footes and the tongue of thy * dogges may be made redde in the blood of the enemies by his meanes 24 They do well see O Lorde thy goynges thy goynges in the sanctuarie my Lorde and kyng 25 The singers go before the minstrelles folowe after in the myddest are the damselles playing with the timbrelles 26 In the congregations they do blesse the Lorde the God of the fountayne of Israel 27 There is litle Beniamin their ruler the princes of Iehuda their counsell the princes of Zabulon and the princes of Nepthali 28 Thy Lord hath ordeyned thy strength establishe the thing O Lorde that thou hast wrought in vs. 29 For thy temple sake at Hierusalem
mercy and trueth shall go before thy face 15 Blessed is the people that knoweth a triumphant noyse O God they shal walke in the light of thy countenaunce 16 They shall make them selues merie dayly in thy name and in thy righteousnes they shall exalt them selues 17 For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy louing kindnes thou wylt lift vp our hornes 18 For our shielde is of God and our king is of the most holy of Israel 19 Thou hast spoken somtimes in visions vnto thy saintes and hast sayde I haue added ayde vpon the mightie I haue exalted one chosē out of the people 20 I haue founde Dauid my seruaunt I haue annoynted him with myne holye oyle 21 Therfore my hande shal be assured vnto him and mine arme shall strengthen hym 22 The enemie shal not be able to do him violence the sonne of wickednesse shall not afflict hym 23 I wyll breake into peeces his foes before his face and ouerthrowe them that hate hym 24 My trueth also and my mercy shal be with hym and in my name shall his horne be exalted 25 I wyll set also his dominion in the sea and his right hande in the fluddes 26 He shall make inuocation vnto me saying thou art my father O my God and my fortresse of saluation 27 And I will make him my first borne in higher state then kinges of the earth 28 My mercy wyll I kepe for hym euermore and my couenaunt shal stand fast with hym 29 His seede also wyll I make to endure for euer and his throne as the dayes of heauen 30 But if his chyldren forsake my lawe and walke not in my iudgement if they breake my statutes and kepe not my commaundementes 31 I will then visite their transgressions with a rodde and their wickednesse with stripes 32 Neuerthelesse my louyng kyndnesse I wyll not take vtterly from hym I wyl not breake my promise with hym 33 I wyll not violate my couenaunt nor alter the thyng that is gone out of my lyppes 34 I haue sworne once by my holynesse that I wyll not speake an vntrueth vnto Dauid 35 His seede shall endure for euer and his throne shal be as the sunne before me 36 And as the moone which shall continue for euermore and shal be a faithful witnesse in heauen Selah 37 But thou hast abhorred forsakē thine annoynted art sore displeased at him 38 Thou hast broken the couenaunt of thy seruaunt thou hast disgraced his crowne castyng it on the grounde 39 Thou hast ouerthrowē all his walles and broken downe his strong holdes 40 All they that go by the way spoyle hym he is become a rebuke vnto his neyghbours 41 Thou hast exalted the ryght hande of his enemies and made all his aduersaries to reioyce 42 Thou hast turned the harde edge of his sworde and thou hast not lifted him vp in the battayle 43 Thou hast brought his noble estate to an ende and hast cast his throne downe to the grounde 44 Thou hast shortened the dayes of his youth and thou hast couered him with shame Selah 45 O God howe long wylt thou hyde thy selfe for euer shall thy wrath burne lyke fire 46 Remember what I am howe short my tyme is of lyfe wherfore hast thou created in vayne all the sonnes of men 47 What man is he that lyueth and shall not see death can he delyuer his owne soule from the hande of hell Selah 48 Lorde where are become thy former olde louyng kyndnesses which thou dydst sweare vnto Dauid by thy fayth that thou wouldest perfourme 49 Remember O Lorde the dishonour * of thy seruauntes I beare in my bosome the dishonour of all people that be mightie 50 Who beyng thine enemies O God do dishonour who do dishonour the footsteppes of thine annoynted 51 Blessed be God for euermore so be it and so be it ¶ The argument of the .xc. Psalme ¶ In this prayer he setteth foorth the euerlastyng diuinitie of God and his wonderfull prouidence towardes his people There is also a lamentation of the breuitie miserie of this present lyfe the cause wherof is our sinnes For God displeased with our wickednesse causeth our dayes of this lyfe to be both short and miserable which thyng he that considereth should be incited therby to be wise Moreouer there is a petition that God woulde haue pitie of his people in recompensing the calamities of this life with felicitie in the worlde to come and so by that meanes he shall make mery his sorowfull seruauntes ¶ A prayer of Moyses the man of God 1 LOrde thou hast ben our habitation from one generation to another generation 2 Before the moūtaynes were brought foorth or euer the earth the worlde were made thou art God both from euerlastyng and also vntyll euerlastyng 3 Thou turnest man most miserable euen vnto dust thou sayest also O ye children of men returne you into dust 4 For a thousande yeres in thy syght are but as yestarday that is past and as a watch in the nyght 5 Thou makest them to flowe away they are a sleepe they be in the morning as an hearbe that groweth 6 In the mornyng it florisheth and groweth vp in the euenyng it is cut downe and wythered 7 For we be consumed through thy displeasure and we are astonyed through thy wrathfull indignation 8 Thou hast set our misdeedes before thee and our sinnes wherof we be not priuie in the lyght of thy countenaunce 9 For all our dayes do passe in thine anger we spende our yeres as in speaking a worde 1◠The dayes of our yeres be in all threescore yeres and tenne and yf through strength of nature men come to foure score yeres yet is their iolitie but labour and care yea moreouer it passeth in haste from vs and we flee from it 11 Who regardeth the force of thy wrath for euen there after as a man feareth thee so feeleth he thy displeasure 12 Make vs to knowe so our dayes that we number them and we wyll frame a heart vnto wisdome 13 Turne agayne O God what for euer wylt thou be angry and be gratious vnto thy seruauntes 14 Replenishe vs early in the mornyng with thy mercie and we wyll crye out for ioy and be glad all the dayes of our lyfe 15 Make vs mery accordyng to the dayes that thou hast afflicted vs and accordyng to the yeres wherin we haue suffred aduersitie 16 Let thy worke appeare in thy seruauntes and thy glory in their children 17 And let the glorious maiestie of the Lorde our God be vpon vs and prosper thou the worke of our handes vpon vs O prosper thou our handy worke The argument of the .xci. psalme ¶ The prophete declareth the confidence trust safenesse securitie and contentation of mynde that they haue who depende wholy of Gods gouernment protection they be without daunger in all aduersitie no
calamitie can hurt them God mightily preserueth them in all afflictions and temptations He promiseth those that knowe hym loue hym and honour hym in callyng vpon hym for helpe in their neede that they shal be hearde deliuered brought to honour they shall haue long lyfe in this worlde and after this lyfe they shal be saued both body and soule 1 WHosoeuer sitteth vnder the couer of the most highest he shal abide vnder the shadowe of the almightie 2 I wyll say vnto God thou art my hope and my fortresse my Lorde in whom I wyll trust 3 For he wyll delyuer thee from the snare of the hunter and from the noysome pestilence 4 He wyll couer thee vnder his wynges thou shalt be safe vnder his fethers his faythfulnesse shal be thy shielde and buckler 5 Thou shalt not be afrayde of any terrour of the nyght nor of any arrowe that fleeth by day 6 Nor of any pestilence that walketh in the darknesse nor of any deadly fyt that destroyeth at hygh noone 7 A thousande shall fall beside thee and ten thousande at thy ryght hande but it shall not come nygh thee 8 Thou only with thine eyes shalt beholde see the rewarde of the vngodly 9 For thou O God art my hope thou hast set thine habitation very hygh 10 There shall no euyll lyght on thee neither shall any plague come nye thy dwellyng 11 For he wyll geue his angels charge ouer thee to kepe thee in all thy wayes 12 They wyll beare thee in their handes that thou hurt not thy foote agaynst a stone 13 Thou shalt set thy foote vppon the Lion and Adder the young Lion and the Dragon thou shalt treade vnder thy feete 14 Because he hath set greatly his loue vpon me therfore wyll I deliuer hym I wyll set hym vp out of all daunger because he hath knowen my name 15 He shall call vpon me and I wyll heare hym yea I am with hym in trouble I wyll deliuer hym and bryng hym to honour 16 I wyll satisfie hym with a long lyfe and I wyll cause hym to see my saluation ¶ The argument of the .xcij. Psalme ¶ It seemeth that the prophete made this psalme to be song vnto the people vpon the Sabbath dayes for to stirre them vp the better to knowe God and to prayse God in his workes He commendeth the settyng foorth of Gods prayse in musicall instrumentes He reioyceth much and wondereth at Gods workes But the foole vnderstandeth not that the wicked be they neuer so fortunate shall come to a wretched ende for the wicked shal be destroyed and the godly shall prosper The greatest felicitie that the iust hath in this lyfe is to be planted in the house of God there continually for to prayse hym ¶ A Psalme the song for the sabbath day 1 IT is a good thyng to confesse vnto God and to syng psalmes vnto thy name O thou most hyghest 2 To set foorth in wordes thy louyng kyndnesse early in the mornyng and thy trueth in the nyght season 3 Vpon an instrument of ten strynges and vpon the Lute vpon the Harpe with a solemne sounde 4 For thou God hast made me glad thorowe thy workes I do reioyce in the workes of thy handes 5 O God howe glorious are thy workes thy thoughtes are very depe 6 An vnwise man doth not consider this and a foole doth not vnderstande it 7 Wheras the vngodly do bud vp greene as the grasse and wheras all workers of iniquitie do florishe that they notwithstandyng shal be destroyed for euer and euer 8 But thou O God art the most highest for euermore 9 For lo thine enemies O God lo thine enemies shall perishe all the workers of wickednesse shal be destroyed 10 But my horne shal be exalted lyke the horne of an vnicorne for I am annoynted with excellent oyle 11 And myne eye shall see those that lye in wayte for me myne eare shall heare the malitious persons that rise vp agaynst me 12 The ryghteous shall florishe lyke a paulme tree and shall spread abroade like a Cedar in Libanus 13 Such as be planted in the house of God shall florishe in the courtes of our Lorde 14 They shall styll bryng foorth fruite in their age they shal be fat and florishyng 15 For to set foorth in wordes that God is vpright he is my rocke and no iniquitie is in hym ⧠The argument of the .xciii. psalme ¶ The prophete prayseth the mightinesse of the maiestie of God which is declared from the beginning of the world partly by the wonderful continuaunce of creatures made in it and partly by testifiyng his wyll cōmaundementes and holynesse to his people 1 GOd raigneth he is clothed with a glorious maiestie God is clothed with strength he hath girded hym selfe he hath made the worlde so sure that it can not be moued 2 Euer since the worlde began thy throne hath ben set sure thou art from euerlastyng 3 The fluddes are risen O God the fluddes haue lyft vp their noyse the fluddes haue lyft vp their waues 4 God which is on high is more puissaūt then the noyse of many waters then the mightie waues of the sea 5 Thy testimonies are most certayne holynesse is an ornament to thine house O God in all tymes ¶ The argument of the .xciiii. Psalme ¶ The prophete calleth vpon God earnestly for to take avengeaunce of the wicked who do afflict the innocent without cause He complayneth of their outragiousnesse and tiranny He reproueth them of foolishnesse in that they thynke and say that God seeth them not for God knoweth their wickednesse and seeth their priuie thoughtes And in punishyng them he shall cause the good to lyue vprightly who fyndeth no ayde against the wicked but only God For God fauoureth no iniquitie it is he that wyll destroy all them that oppresse the innocent 1 O God the Lord of all auengeaunce the Lorde of all auengeaunce shewe thy glorious maiestie 2 Be exalted O thou iudge of the world and rewarde the proude after their deseruyng 3 O God howe long shall the vngodly howe long shall the vngodly triumph 4 All such as be workers of iniquitie they babble they prate stoutly they make boastes of them selues 5 They oppresse thy people O God and they afflict thine heritage 6 They murther the wyddowe and the straunger put the fatherlesse to death 7 And they say tushe the Lorde seeth it not neither doth the God of Iacob vnderstande it 8 Vnderstande ye vnwyse among the people O ye fooles when wyll ye be well aduised 9 He that hath planted the eare shall he not heare yf he shapeth the eye shall he not see 10 He that chasteneth the heathen shall not he punishe it is he that teacheth man knowledge 11 God knoweth the thoughtes of man that they are but vanitie 12 Blessed is the man O Lorde whom thou wylt chasten and whom thou wylt instruct in thy lawe 13 That thou mayest geue hym patience in
felicitie of thy chosen that I may reioyce at the gladnes of thy people and that I may glorie with thyne inheritaunce 6 We haue sinned with our fathers we haue done amisse and dealt wickedly 7 Our fathers did not well consider thy wonders in Egypt neither did they remember thy manifolde great goodnes but they rebelled at the sea euen at the red sea 8 Neuerthelesse he saued them for his names sake that he myght make his power to be knowen 9 And he rebuked the red sea and it was dryed vp so he led them through the deepe as through a wyldernesse 10 And he saued them from the hande of suche as hated them redeemed them from the hande of the enemie 11 As for their aduersaries the waters ouerwhelmed them there was not one of them left remayning 12 Then beleued they his wordes and song prayse vnto him 13 But within a very short whyle they forgat his workes they woulde not wayte for his counsell 14 And they were taken with a great lust in the wyldernesse and they tempted God in the desert 15 And he gaue them their desire and sent leannes withal into their soule 16 They enuied also at Moyses in the tentes and at Aaron the saint of God 17 So the earth opened and swalowed vp Dathan and couered the company of Abiram 18 And the fire was kindled in their company the flambe brent vp the vngodly 19 They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the moulten image 20 Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a calfe that eateth hay 21 They forgat God their sauiour who had done so great thynges in Egypt wonderous workes in y e land of Cham and terrible thinges at the red sea 22 Wherfore he appointed to destroy them had not Moyses his chosen stand in the breache before hym to turne away his wrathful indignation lest he should destroy them 23 Yea they thought scorne of the lande most to be desired they gaue no credite vnto his worde 24 But they murmured in their tentes they would not hearken vnto the voyce of God 25 Then lift he vp his hand against them to geue them an ouerthrowe in the wildernesse to geue their seede an ouerthrowe amongst the nations and to scatter them in sundry landes 26 They ioyned them selues vnto Baal Peor they also did eate of the sacrifices of the dead 27 And they prouoked the Lorde vnto anger with their owne inuentions and a plague fell mightily amongst them 28 Then stoode vp Phinehes he executed iustice and so the plague ceassed 29 And that was imputed vnto hym for righteousnesse in generation and generation for euermore 30 They also prouoked God at the waters of strife and all was not well with Moyses for their sakes 31 For they had caused an alteration to be of his spirite so that he spake vnaduisedly with his lippes 32 Moreouer they destroyed not the Heathen as God commaunded them 33 But they were mingled amongst the Heathen and learned their workes 34 Insomuch that they dyd seruice vnto their idols whiche were to theÌ„ a snare 35 Yea they sacrifised their sonnes and their daughters vnto deuils 36 And they shed innocent blood euen the blood of their sonnes and of their daughters whom they sacrifised vnto the idols of Chanaan and the lande was defiled with blood 37 Thus were they stayned with their owne workes and went a whoryng with their owne inuentions 38 Therfore was the wrath of God kindeled against his people insomuch that he abhorred his owne inheritaunce 39 And he gaue them ouer into the hand of the Heathen and they that dyd hate them were lordes ouer them 40 Their enemies oppressed them and brought them into subiection vnder their hande 41 Many a time dyd God deliuer them but they rebelled against hym with their owne inuentions and were brought downe for their wickednes 42 Neuerthelesse he did beholde them in their aduersitie in geuing eare to their complaint 43 And he remembred his couenaunt and repented according to the multitude of his mercies 44 Yea he made all those that led them away captiue to pitie them 45 Saue vs O God our Lorde and gather vs from among the Heathen that we may geue thankes to thy holy name and glory of thy prayse 46 Blessed be God the Lord of Israel froÌ„ world to world without end and let all people say so be it Prayse ye the Lord. The argument of the .cvii. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth all men to prayse God and to thanke God for it is he that helpeth them in all distresses when they crye vnto him He prouideth houses and cities for them that els would wander as vagabondes in wyldernesse He satisfieth the hungry and the thirstie He setteth at libertie prisoners and captiues He healeth the sicke and diseased He comforteth and helpeth those that be in ieoperdie of seas He maketh a fruitfull lande barren a barren grounde fruitfull He bringeth princes to lowe estate setteth vp the poore in honour At these things the godly reioyseth the mouth of the wicked is stopped 1 COnfesse you it vnto God for he is gratious and his mercy endureth for euer 2 Let such as God did redeme speake whom he hath redeemed from the hande of the enemie 3 And whom he gathered out of the landes from the east and from the west from the north and from the south 4 They went astray out of the way in solitarines â—andâ— in wildernes and found no citie to dwell in they were hungry and thirstie their soule fainted in them 5 And they cry vnto god in their trouble who deliuereth them froÌ„ their distresse 6 And he leadeth them foorth by the right way that they might go to the citie inhabited 7 O that men would confesse vnto God his louyng kindnesse and his marueylous actes done to the chyldren of men 8 For he satisfieth the greedie soule and filleth the hungry soule with goodnes 9 Suche as fit in darknesse and in the shadowe of death beyng fast bounde in miserie and iron 10 Because they went from the wordes of the Lorde and lightly regarded the counsayle of the most highest 11 Therfore he humbled their heart thorowe heauines they fall downe and there is none to helpe them 12 And they cry vnto god in their trouble who deliuereth theÌ„ out of their distresse 13 For he bringeth them out of darknesse and out of the shadowe of death and breaketh their bondes in sunder 14 O that men would confesse vnto God his louing kindnes and his marueylous actes done to the chyldren of men 15 For he breaketh the gates of brasse smyteth the barres of iron in sunder 16 Foolish men are plagued for their mischeuous wayes for their wickednes 17 Their soule abhorreth all maner of meate and they be euen harde at deathes doore 18 And they crye vnto God in their trouble who deliuereth them
theirs shal be for euer blessed 1 GEue praise not vnto vs O God not vnto vs but vnto thy name for thy louing mercy and for thy truethes sake 2 Wherfore shal the Heathen say where is nowe their God 3 Truely our Lorde is in heauen he hath done whatsoeuer pleased him 4 Their idols are siluer and gold euen the workes of mens handes 5 They haue a mouth and speake not they haue eyes and see not 6 They haue eares and heare not they haue noses and smell not 7 They haue handes and handle not they haue feete and walke not and they vtter no sounde out of their throtes 8 They that make them are lyke vnto them euery one that putteth his trust in them 9 But Israel trust thou in God he is their ayde and their shielde 10 Ye house of Aaron trust you in God he is their ayde and their shielde 11 Ye that feare God trust ye in God he is their ayde and their shielde 12 God hath ben myndfull of vs he wyll blesse vs he wyll blesse the house of Israel he wyll blesse the house of Aaron 13 He wyll blesse those that feare God the small with the great 14 God wyll encrease you more and more both you and also your children 15 Ye are the blessed of God which made heauen and earth 16 The heauen the heauen I say is Gods and he hath geuen the earth vnto the children of men 17 The dead prayse not thee O Lorde neither all they that go downe into the place of scilence 18 But we wyll prayse the Lord from this tyme foorth for euermore Prayse ye the Lorde The argument of the .cxvi. psalme ¶ The prophete sayth that he must nedes loue God for that he heard hym and deliuered hym out of wonderfull extreme afflictions of death and hell He acknowledgeth the benefites of God and that he can geue no rewarde for them but bare thankes when he is in the congregation and in worshyppyng hym all the dayes of his lyfe 1 I Haue loued because God hath hearde my voyce and my prayers 2 Because he hath enclined his eare vnto me therfore I wyll call vpon hym as long as I lyue 3 The snares of death compassed me rounde about and the paynes of hell toke holde on me 4 I founde anguishe and heauinesse but I called vpon the name of God saying O God I beseche thee deliuer my soule 5 Gratious is God and ryghteous our Lorde is mercifull 6 God gardeth the simple I was brought to the extremitie and he preserued me 7 Returne O my soule vnto thy rest for God hath rewarded thee 8 For thou O Lorde hast deliuered my soule from death myne eyes from teares and my feete from fallyng 9 I wyll walke before the face of God in the lande of the lyuyng 10 I beleued therfore I wyll speake I was sore afflicted insomuch that I said in my rashnesse euery man is a lyer 11 What rewarde shal I geue vnto God for all the benefites that he hath done vnto me 12 I wyll take the cuppe of saluation and I wyll call vpon the name of God 13 I wyll pay my vowes nowe vnto God in the presence of all his people 14 The death of his saintes is precious in the eyes of God 15 It is euen so O God for I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handemayde thou hast loosed my bondes in sunder 16 I wyll offer vnto thee the sacrifice of thankesgeuyng and I wyll call vpon the name of God 17 I wyll pay my vowes vnto God in the sight of all his people in the courtes of Gods house euen in the myddest of thee O Hierusalem Prayse ye the Lorde ⧠The argument of the .cxvij. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth the Gentiles to prayse God for that he hath extended his mercie vpon them in Christe aswell as vpon the Iewes 1 O Prayse God all ye heathen prayse hym all ye nations 2 For his mercifull kyndnesse is euer more and more towarde vs and the trueth of God endureth for euer Prayse ye the Lorde ¶ The argument of the .cxviij. Psalme ¶ Dauid woulde haue God praysed and thanked for that by his meanes only he was deliuered from extreme perilles and made kyng of that people who with their kyng had a litle before persecuted hym reiect hym and droue hym out of the realme He wylleth the priestes to sacrifice in remembraunce therof 1 O Confesse you it vnto God for he is gratious and his mercie endureth for euer 2 Let Israel nowe confesse that his mercie endureth for euer 3 Let the house of Aaron nowe confesse that his mercie endureth for euer 4 Let them nowe that feare God confesse that his mercie endureth for euer 5 I called vpon the Lorde beyng in distresse and the Lorde hath hearde me at large 6 God is with me I wyll not feare what man can do vnto me 7 God is with me amongst them that ayde me therfore I shall see my desire vpon them that hate me 8 It is better to trust in God then to put any confidence in man ◠It is better to trust in God then to put any confidence in princes 10 All nations compassed me rounde about but I trusted in the name of God that I shoulde destroy them 11 They kept me in on euery syde they kept me in I say on euery syde but I trusted in y e name of God that I shoulde destroy them 12 They swarmed about me lyke bees and they be extinguished as the fire made of thornes for I trusted in the name of God that I should destroy thē 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall but God dyd ayde me 14 The Lorde is my strength and my song and he is become my saluation 15 The voyce of a ioyfull noyse of saluation is in the dwellynges of the ryghteous saying the ryght hande of God bryngeth mightie thynges to passe 16 The ryght hande of God is on hygh the right hande of God bryngeth mightie thynges to passe 17 I shall not as yet dye but I shal liue and I wyll declare the workes of the Lorde 18 The Lorde hath greatly chastened me but he hath not geuen me ouer vnto death 19 Open me the gates of ryghteousnesse I wyll enter in by them that I may geue thankes vnto the Lorde 20 This is the gate of God the ryghteous shall enter in by it 21 I wyll thanke thee for that thou hast heard me and art become my saluation 22 The same stone which the buylders refused is become the head stone of the corner 23 This was the doyng of God and it is marueylous in our eyes 24 This is the day whiche God hath made we wyll reioyce and be glad in it 25 O God I pray thee nowe saue vs O God I pray thee nowe geue vs prosperous successe 26 Blessed be he that commeth in the name of God we do blesse
our side Israel may now say if God him self had not ben of our side when men rose vp against vs 2 Then they had swalowed vs vp quicke when their wrath was so inflamed against vs. 3 Then the waters had drowned vs the running streame had flowed ouer our soule 4 Then the waters of the proude had flowed ouer our soule 5 But blessed be God whiche hath not geuen vs ouer for a pray vnto their teeth 6 Our soule is escaped euen as a byrde out of the snare of the fouler the snare is broken and we be escaped 7 Our helpe is in the name of God who hath made heauen and earth The argument of the .cxxv. psalme ¶ As Hierusalem is strongly defended with mountaynes so God defendeth his people in all aduersities and saueth them from daungers but they that turne them selues from godlynes shall runne headlong into all kinde of wickednes ¶ A song of high degrees 1 THey that put their trust in God be as the mount Sion whiche may not be remoued but must stande fast for euer 2 As for Hierusalem hilles be rounde about it and God is rounde about his people from this tyme foorth for euermore 3 For the scepter of the vngodly shall not rest vpon the lot of the righteous lest the righteous put their handes vnto wickednes 4 Be beneficiall O God vnto those that be good and vpright in their heart 5 And such as do wander in their owne peruersnes those God will cause to walke with the workers of wickednes so peace shal be vpon Israel The argument of the .cxxvj. psalme ¶ The prophete declareth that the deliueraunce of the people of God out of captiuitie shal be very ioyfull vnto them selues and marueylous vnto all other nations He prayeth God to continue his goodnes dayly more and more to his people ¶ A song of high degrees 1 WHen God shall cause them of Sion that were led into captiuitie for to returne we shal be as men that dreamed 2 Then shall our mouth be filled with a laughter and our tongue with a ioyfull noyse 3 Then shall suche as be amongst the Heathen say God hath brought great thinges to passe that he myght do for them 4 God hath brought great thinges to passe for vs we be made merie 5 Make vs O God that be led into captiuitie for to returne as riuers into the south 6 They that sowe in teares shall reape in ioy 7 He that goeth foorth on his way and wepyng beareth pretious seede shall doubtlesse returning come againe with a ioyfull noyse bryngyng his sheaues with hym The argument of the .cxxvii. psalme ¶ The prophete affirmeth that all care endeuour and diligence of buylding working reseruing and watching is vayne except withal God buyldeth reserueth and watcheth For God of his meere goodnes geueth chyldren to his welbeloued he defendeth their cities and prouideth vnto them victuals when they be fast a sleepe ¶ A song of high degrees made for Solomon 1 IF GOD wyll not buylde the house they labour in vayne that buylde it if God kepe not the citie the watchman waketh in vayne 2 As it is a vayne thing for you that ye make haste to ryse vp early that ye make delayes to take rest eatyng the bread of sorowes euen so he geueth sleepe to his welbeloued 3 Beholde chyldren be the inheritage of God and the fruite of the wombe is a rewarde 4 Like as arrowes be in the hande of the strong euen so are the chyldren of youth 5 Happy is the man that hath filled his quiuer with them they shall not be ashamed when they speake with their enemies in the gate The argument of the cxxviii psalme ¶ They that feare God and walke in his wayes be blessed and happy Their wyfe chyldren and familie shall prosper with all kinde of felicitie ¶ A song of high degrees 1 HE is blessed whatsoeuer he be that feareth God walking in his waies 2 For thou shalt eate the labours of thine handes thou shalt be happy and all shall go well with thee 3 Thy wyfe shal be as a fruitfull vine vpon the sides of thyne house 4 Thy chyldren shal be like oliue braunches rounde about thy table 5 Beholde for thus shall the man be blessed that feareth God 6 God wyll blesse thee out of Sion and thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all the dayes of thy lyfe 7 Yea thou shalt see thy chylders chyldren and peace vpon Israel The argument of the .cxxix. psalme ¶ The prophete acknowledgeth that Israel may glory in that through the helpe of God their enemies enterprises could not preuayle against them The wicked shal be sodainly destroyed ¶ A song of high degrees 1 ISrael may now say they haue troubled me often from my youth vp 2 They haue troubled me often from my youth vp but they haue not preuayled against me 3 The plowemen plowed vpon my backe they made long forrowes 4 But God who is iust hath cut a peeces the snares of the vngodly 5 All they that beare an euyll wyll to Sion shal be confounded and be made to turne backe from it 6 They shall be as the grasse growing vpon the house toppes whiche withereth afore that it be shot foorth to his growth 7 Whereof the mower fylleth not his hande neither he that byndeth vp the sheaues his armes full 8 And they which go by say not so much as the blessing of God be vpon you we blesse you in the name of God ¶ The argument of the .cxxx. psalme ¶ The prophete in extreme calamitie calleth vpon God for remission of sinnes and for deliueraunce He exhorteth all people to trust in God for that he is alwayes a mercyfull redeemer and can easyly deliuer from sinne death and hell ¶ A song of high degrees 1 OVt of the deepe I haue called vnto thee O God O Lorde heare my voyce 2 Let thine eares be attentiue vnto the voyce of my petition for grace 3 If thou O God wylt marke what is done amisse O Lorde who can abide it 4 For there is pardon of sinne with thee that thou mayest be feared 5 I haue wayted for God my soule haue wayted for hym and I haue reposed my trust in his worde 6 My soule listeth more after God then watchmen do after the morning I say more then watchmen do after the mornyng 7 Israel ought to trust in God for there is mercy with God and there is plenteousnes of redemption with him 8 And he wyll redeeme Israel from all his sinnes The argument of the .cxxxj. psalme ¶ Dauid exhorteth the people by his example to modestie and humilitie and to put their trust in God ¶ A song of high degrees made of Dauid 1 O God I am not hygh mynded I haue no proude lokes I haue not vsed to walke in greater waightier matters then I ought to do 2 Nay I haue restrayned my soule and kept it lowe like a chylde
she let hym come hyther and to the vnwyse she saith 17 Stolen waters are sweete the bread that is priuily eaten hath a good taste 18 And he doth not consider that they are but dead whiche be there and that her ghestes are in the deepe of hell The .x. Chapter ¶ In this chapter and all that folowe vnto the thirteeth the wise man exhorteth by diuers sentences which he calleth parables to folowe vertue flee vice and sheweth also what profite commeth of wisdome and what hinderaunce proceedeth of foolishnes 1 A Wyse sonne maketh a glad father but an vndiscrete sonne is an heauinesse vnto his mother 2 Treasures that are wickedly gotten profite nothing but righteousnesse deliuereth from death 3 The Lorde wyll not let the soule of the righteous suffer hunger but he taketh away the richesse of the vngodly 4 An idle hande maketh poore but a quicke labouring hande maketh riche 5 Who so gathereth in sommer is wyse but he that is sluggishe in haruest bringeth hym selfe to confusion 6 Blessinges are vpon the head of the righteous and the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete 7 The memoriall of the iust shall haue a good report but the name of the vngodly shall stincke 8 A wyse man wyll receaue warning but a prating foole shal be punished 9 He that walketh vprightly walketh surely but whoso goeth a wrong way shal be knowen 10 He that winketh with his eye wyll cause sorowe but he that hath a foolishe mouth shal be beaten 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life but the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete 12 Hatred stirreth vp strifes but loue couereth the multitude of sinnes 13 In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding a man shall finde wysdome but the rod belongeth to the backe of the foolishe 14 Wyse men lay vp knowledge but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction 15 The riche mans goodes are his strong holde but their owne pouertie feareth the poore 16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to lyfe but the fruites of the vngodly to sinne 17 Nurture kepeth the way of lyfe but he that refuseth to be nurtured deceaueth hym selfe 18 He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes and he that speaketh slaunder is a foole 19 Where much babblyng is there must needes be offence and he that refrayneth his lippes is wyse 20 The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught 21 The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude but fooles shall dye in their owne follie 22 The blessyng of the Lorde maketh riche and bryngeth no sorowe of heart with it 23 A foole doth wickedly and maketh but a sport of it but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng 24 The thing that the vngodly is afraide of shall come vpon hym but the ryghteous shall haue their desire 25 As the tempest so passeth away the vngodly and is not but the ryghteous remayneth sure for euer 26 As vineger is to the teeth as smoke is vnto the eyes euen so is a sluggishe person to them that sendeth him foorth 27 The feare of the Lorde maketh a long lyfe but the yeres of the vngodly shal be shortened 28 The patient abydyng of the righteous shal be turned to gladnesse but the hope of the vngodly shall perishe 29 The way of the Lord geueth courage vnto the godly but it is a feare for wicked doers 30 The ryghteous shall neuer be ouerthrowen but the vngodly shall not remayne in the lande 31 The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out 32 The lippes of the ryghteous vtter that which is acceptable but the mouth of the vngodly speaketh frowarde thynges The .xi. Chapter 1 A False ballaunce is an abomination vnto the Lorde but a true wayght pleaseth him 2 Where pryde is there is shame also and confusion but wheras is lowlinesse there is wisdome 3 The innocent dealyng of the iust shall leade them but the wickednesse of the offendours shal be their owne destruction 4 Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death 5 The ryghteousnesse of the innocent ordereth his way but the vngodly shall fall in his owne wickednesse 6 The righteousnesse of the iust shall delyuer them but the wicked shal be taken in their owne vngodlynesse 7 When an vngodly man dyeth his hope is gone the confidence of riches shall perishe 8 The ryghteous shal be delyuered out of trouble and the vngodly shall come in his steade 9 The dissembler with his mouth hurteth his neighbour but through knowledge shall the iust be deliuered 10 When it goeth well with the ryghteous the citie is mercy and when the vngodly perishe there is gladnesse 11 In the blessyng of the ryghteous the citie is exalted but it is ouerthrowen by the mouth of the wicked 12 A foole slaundereth his neyghbour but a wise man holdeth his peace 13 A dissemblyng person wyll discouer priuie thynges but he that is of a faythfull heart wyll kepe counsayle 14 Where no counsayle is there the people decay but wheras many are that can geue counsayle there is wealth 15 He that is suretie for a straunger shall smart for it and he that hateth suretishyp is sure 16 A gratious woman getteth honour but the strong men attayne riches 17 He that is mercifull doth hym selfe a benefite but who so hurteth his neyghbour is a tiraunt 18 The vngodly worketh deceiptfull workes but he that soweth righteousnesse shall receaue a sure rewarde 19 Lyke as ryghteousnesse bringeth lyfe euen so to cleaue vnto euyll bryngeth death 20 The Lorde abhorreth them that be of a corrupt heart but he hath pleasure in them that are of an vndefiled conuersation 21 Though hand be ioyned in hande yet the wicked shall not escape but the seede of the ryghteous shal be preserued 22 A faire woman without discrete maners is lyke a ryng of golde in a swines snoute 23 The desire of the ryghteous is acceptable but the hope of the vngodly is indignation 24 Some man geueth out his goodes and is the richer but the niggarde hauyng inough wyll depart from nothyng and yet is euer in pouertie 25 He that is liberall in geuyng shall haue plentie and he that watereth shal be watered also hym selfe 26 Who so hoordeth vp his corne shal be cursed among the people but blessyng shall lyght vpon his head that geueth foode 27 He that searcheth for good thynges fyndeth fauour but who so seketh after mischiefe it shall happen vnto hym 28 He that trusteth in his riches shall haue a fall but the ryghteous shall florishe as the greene leafe 29 Who so maketh disquietnesse in his owne house he shal haue winde for
Brethren beyng at variaunce are harder to be wonne then a strong citie and their contentions are like the barre of a castell 20 A mans belly shal be satisfied with the fruite of his owne mouth and with the encrease of his lippes shall he be fylled 21 Death and lyfe are in the instrument of the tongue and they that loue it shall eate the fruite therof 22 who so fyndeth a wyfe fyndeth a good thyng and receaueth fauour of the Lorde 23 The poore prayeth meekely but the râ—che geueth a rough aunswere 24 A man that wyll haue frendes must shewe hym selfe frendly and there is a frende which is nearer then a brother The .xix. Chapter 1 BEtter is the poore that liueth godly then he that abuseth his lippes and is a foole 2 The desire without discretion is not good but as a man which hasteth with his feete offendeth 3 The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way and his heart fretteth agaynst the Lorde 4 Riches maketh many frendes but the poore is separated from his neighbour 5 A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape 6 The multitude hangeth vpon great men and euery man fauoureth hym that geueth rewardes 7 All the brethren of the poore do hate hym yea his owne frendes withdrawe them selues from hym and he that geueth credence to wordes getteth nothyng 8 He that is wise loueth his owne soule and kepeth vnderstanding that he may prosper 9 A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished and he that speaketh lyes shall perishe 10 Pleasure is not seemely for a foole much lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes 11 A wise man can put of displeasure and it is his honour to let some faultes passe 12 The kynges displeasure is lyke the roaryng of a Lion but his fauour is lyke the deawe vpon the grasse 13 An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father and a brawlyng wyfe is lyke the top of an house wherthrough it is euer droppyng 14 House and riches may a man haue by the heritage of his elders but a discrete woman is the gyft of the Lorde 15 Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe and a soule accustomed with craft shall suffer hunger 16 Who so kepeth the commaundement kepeth his owne soule but he that regardeth not his wayes shall dye 17 He that hath pitie vpon the poore lendeth vnto the Lorde and loke what he layeth out it shal be payde hym agayne 18 Chasten thy sonne while there is hope and let not thy soule spare for his crying 19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment and though thou once delyuer hym thou must do it agayne 20 O geue eare vnto good counsayle and be content to be refourmed that thou mayest be wyse in the latter dayes 21 There are many deuises in a mans heart neuerthelesse the counsayle of the Lorde shall stande 22 It is a mans worshyp to do good and a poore man is better then a lyer 23 The feare of the Lord bringeth a man to lyfe and he shall rest the whole night in plenteousnesse without visitation of any plague 24 A slouthfull man shutteth his hande into his bosome and wyll not take payne to put it to his mouth 25 If thou smytest a scornefull person the ignoraunt shall take better heede and yf thou reprouest one that hath vnderstandyng he wyll be the wyser 26 He that hurteth his father or shutteth out his mother is a shamefull and an vnworthy sonne 27 My sonne heare no more the doctrine that leadeth thee vnto errours from the wordes of vnderstandyng 28 A wicked witnesse mocketh iudgement and the mouth of the vngodly deuoureth wickednesse 29 Iudgementes are ordeyned for the scornefull and stripes for fooles backes The .xx. Chapter 1 WIne maketh a man to be scornefull strong drinke causeth a man to be vnquiet who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse 2 The feare of the king is as the roaring of a Lion who so prouoketh hym vnto anger offendeth against his owne soule 3 It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife but euery foole wyll be medling 4 A slouthfull body wyll not go to plow for colde of the winter therefore shall he begge in sommer and haue nothing 5 Counsayle in the heart of man is lyke deepe water but a man of vnderstanding wyll drawe it out 6 Many there be that woulde be called good doers but where shall one finde a faythfull man 7 The chyldren of the iust man which walketh vprightly shal be blessed after hym 8 A kyng that sitteth in the throne of iudgement chaseth away all euyll with his looke 9 Who can say I haue made my heart cleane I am pure from my sinne 10 Two maner of wayghtes or two maner of measures both these are abhomination vnto the Lorde 11 A chylde is knowen by his conuersation whether his workes be pure and right 12 The eare to heare the eye to see the Lorde hath made them both 13 Loue not sleepe lest thou come vnto pouertie but open thyne eyes that thou mayest haue bread inough 14 It is naught it is naught saith he that byeth but when he commeth to his owne house then he boasteth of his peny worth 15 There is golde and a multitude of precious stones but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell 16 Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake 17 A man liketh the bread that is gotten with deceipt but at the last his mouth shal be filled with grauell 18 Thorowe counsayle the thinges that men deuise are made strong and with good aduise take warre in hande 19 The craftie deceiptfull be wrayeth secrete counsayle therefore meddle not with hym that flattereth with his lips 20 Who so curseth his father and mother his light shal be put out in the depth of darknesse 21 The heritage that commeth hastylye at the first shall not be blessed at the ende 22 Say not thou I wyll recompence euyll but put thy trust in the Lorde and he shall deliuer thee 23 Diuers waightes are an abhomination vnto the Lord and a false balaunce is not good 24 The Lorde ordereth euery mans goinges how can a man then vnderstand his owne way 25 It is a snare for a man to deuour that whiche is holy and after the vowe to make inquirie 26 A wyse kyng disperseth the vngodly and bringeth the wheele ouer them 27 The lanterne of the Lorde is the breath of man searching all the inwarde partes of the body 28 Mercy and trueth preserueth the king and with louing kindnes his seate is holden vp 29 The strength of young men is their worship and a gray head is an honour vnto the aged 30 Blewe woundes driue away euyll and stripes in the inwarde partes of the body ¶ The .xxj. Chapter 1 THe kynges
Tharsis 15 His body is as the pure iuorie dect ouer with Saphires His legges are as the pillers of Marble set vpon sockettes of golde 16 His face is as Libanus and as the beautie of the Cedar trees 17 The wordes of his mouth are sweete yea he is altogether louely Such a one is my loue O ye daughters of Hierusalem such a one is my loue The .vi. Chapter 2 The Church assureth her selfe of the loue of Christe 3 The prayses of the Church 8 She is but one and vndefiled 1 WHyther is thy loue gone then O thou fairest among women whyther is thy loue departed and we wyll seke hym with thee 2 My loue is gone downe into his garden vnto the sweete smellyng beddes that he may refreshe hym selfe in the garden gather lilies 3 My loue is myne and I am his which feedeth among the lilies 4 Thou are beautifull O my loue as is the place Thirza thou art faire as Hierusalem fearefull as an armie of men with their banners 5 Turne away thine eyes from me for they haue set me on fire Thy heery lockes are lyke a flocke of goates shorne vpon the mount of Gilead 6 Thy teeth are lyke a flocke of shorne sheepe which go out of the wasshyng place where euery one beareth twinnes and not one vnfruitfull among them 7 Thy cheekes are like a peece of a pomegranate within thy lockes of heere 8 There are threescore queenes fourescore wiues and damselles without number 9 One is my doue one is my dearlyng She is the only beloued of her mother and deare vnto her that bare her When the daughters sawe her they sayde she was blessed yea the queenes wiues praysed her 10 What is she this that loketh foorth as the mornyng faire as the moone cleare as the sunne and fearfull as an armie of men with their banners 11 I went downe into the nut garden to see what grewe by the brookes and to loke yf the vineyarde florished or yf the pomegranates were not foorth 12 I knewe not that my soule had made me the charyot of the people that be vnder tribute 13 Turne agayne turne agayne O thou perfect one turne agayne turne agayne and we wyll loke vpon thee What will ye see in the Sulamite She is lyke men of warre singing in a companie The .vij. Chapter 1 The beautie of the Churche in all her members 1◠She is assured of Christes loue towardes her 1 O Howe pleasaunt are thy treadynges with thy shoes thou princes daughter the ioyntes of thy thighes are like a faire iewell which is wrought by a cunnyng workemaister 2 Thy nauell is lyke a rounde goblet which is neuer without drynke 3 Thy wombe is like a heape of wheate that is set about with lilies 4 Thy two breastes are lyke two twinnes of young roes 5 Thy necke is as it were a towre of iuorie thine eyes also are lyke the water pooles that are in Hesebon beside the port of Bathrabbim thy nose is lyke the towre of Libanus which loketh towarde Damascus 6 That head that standeth vpon thee is lyke Carmel and the heere of thy head is like purple and like a kyng dwellyng among many water conduites 7 O Howe faire and louely art thou my dearlyng in pleasures 8 Thy stature is lyke a paulme tree and thy breastes lyke the grapes 9 I sayde I wyll climbe vp into the paulme tree and take holde of his hye braunches 10 Thy breastes also shal be as the wine clusters the smell of thy nosethrilles like as the smell of apples 11 And thy rooffe of thy mouth lyke the best wine which is meete for my best beloued pleasaunt for his lippes and for his teeth to chawe 12 I am my beloueds and he shall turne hym vnto me 13 O come on my loue we wyll go foorth into the fielde and take our lodgyng in the villages 14 In the mornyng wyll we go see the vineyarde we wyll see yf the vine be sprong foorth yf the grapes be growen and yf the pomegranates be shot out 15 There will I geue thee my brestes the Mandragoras geue their sweete smell and besyde our doores are all maner of pleasaunt fruites both newe and olde which I haue kept for thee O my beloued The .viij. Chapter 2 The Church wyll be taught by Christe 3 She is vpholden by hym 6 The vehement loue wherwith Christe loueth her 1◠She is the vine that bryngeth foorth fruite to the spirituall Solomon which is Iesus Christe 1 O That I might finde thee without and kisse thee whom I loue as my brother whiche suckt my mothers brestes and that thou shalt not be dispised 2 I wyll leade thee and bryng thee into my mothers house that thou myghtest teache me and that I myght geue thee drynke of the spiced wine and of the sweete sappe of my pomegranates 3 His left hande shal be vnder my head and his ryght hande shall imbrace me 4 I charge you O ye daughters of Hierusalem that ye wake not vp my loue nor touche her tyll she be content her selfe 5 What is she this that cometh vp from the wildernesse and leaneth vpon her loue I wake thee vp among the apple trees where thy mother conceaued thee where thy mother I say brought thee into the worlde 6 O set me as a seale vpon thine heart and as a seale vpon thine arme for loue is myghtie as the death and gelousie as the hell 7 Her coales are coales of fire and a very vehement flambe of the Lorde so that many waters are not able to quenche loue neither may the streames drowne it Yea yf a man woulde geue all the good of his house for loue he shoulde count it nothyng 8 Our sister is but young and hath no brestes what shall we do for our sister when she shal be spoken for 9 If she be a wall we shall builde a siluer bulwarke thervpon yf she be a doore we shall fasten her with boordes of Cedar tree 10 I am a wall and my brestes lyke towres then was I as one that hath founde fauour in his syght 11 Solomon hath a vineyarde at Baal-Hamon and this vineyarde deliuered he vnto the kepers that euery one for the fruite therof shoulde geue hym a thousande peeces of siluer 12 My vineyarde which is myne is in my syght thou O Solomon must haue a thousande and the kepers two hundred which kepe the fruite 13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens O let me heare thy voyce that my companions may hearken to the same 14 O get thee away my loue and be as a roe or a young hart vpon the sweete smellyng mountaynes A. P. E. The ende of the ballet of ballettes of Solomon called in latine Canticum Canticorum ⧠The booke of the prophete Esai The first Chapter 2 The prophete accuseth the sinnes of the
that be in pryson and they shal be shut vp in warde and after many dayes shall they be visited 23 The moone shal be abashed and the sunne ashamed when the Lorde of hoastes shal raigne in mount Sion and in Hierusalem with worship and in the sight of suche as shal be of his counsell The .xxv. Chapter 1 A thankes geuing to God for his workes 1 THou art my Lorde my God I wyll magnifie thee I will geue thankes vnto thy name for thou hast brought wonderfull thinges to passe according to thine olde counsels truely faythfully 2 Thou hast made a citie a heape of stones and brought a strong towne into decay the habitation of straungers hast thou made to be no citie neither shall it be buylded any more 3 Therefore shall the mightie people geue glory vnto thee the citie of the valiaunt heathen shall feare thee 4 For thou hast ben a strength vnto the poore and a succour for the needie in his trouble a refuge against euill weather a shadow against the heate for the blast of raging men is like a storme that casteth downe a wall 5 Like as the heate in a drye place wasteth all thinges so shalt thou suppresse the noyse of aliantes the heate is abated with the shadowe of the cloude euen so shall God asswage the noyse of the cruel tirauntes 6 And in this mountaine shal the Lord of hoastes make vnto all people a feast of plenteous and delicate thinges euen of most pleasaunt and daintie disshes 7 And in this mountaine shall the Lord destroy the couering that all people are wrapped in and the hanging that is spread vpon all nations 8 As for death he hath destroyed it for euer and the Lorde God shall wype away teares from all faces and the rebuke of his people shall he take away out of all the earth for so the Lorde hath sayde 9 And in that day it shal be sayde lo this is our God we haue wayted for hym and he shall saue vs this is the Lorde in whom we haue hoped we wyll be merie and reioyce in the saluation that commeth of hym 10 For in this mountaine shall the hande of the Lorde ceasse and Moab shal be threshed vnder hym euen as strawe is troden to doung on the dounghill 11 And he shall stretche out his hande in the middes of them as he that swimmeth casteth out his hands to swimme and with the strength of his handes shall he bring downe their pryde 12 The strong holde also and defence of thy walles hath he ouerthrowne and cast downe and brought them to the grounde euen vnto dust The .xxvi. Chapter 1 A song of deliueraunce of the people 1 IN that day shall this song be song in the land of Iuda we haue a strong citie saluation shal God appoint in steede of walles and bulwarkes 2 Open ye the gates that the righteous people whiche kepeth the trueth may enter in 3 By an assured purpose wylt thou preserue perfect peace because they put their trust in thee 4 Put ye your trust alway in the Lord for in the Lorde God there is strength for euermore 5 For he hath brought downe the high minded citizens as for the proude citie he hath brought it lowe euen to the ground shall he cast it downe and bring it vnto dust 6 The foote euen the foote of the poore and the steppes of suche as be in necessitie shall treade it downe 7 The path of equitie wylt thou graunt vnto the iust O thou most righteous thou shalt order the path of hym that is righteous 8 Yea in the way of thy iudgementes O Lord haue we put our trust in thee thy name also and the remembraunce of thee is the thing that our soule longeth for 9 My soule hath longed for thee all the night and with my spirite whiche is within me wyll I seeke thee early in the morning For when thy iudgementes are in the earth the inhabiters of the worlde shall learne righteousnesse 10 Shall the vngodly man be fauoured which hath not learned righteousnesse but doth wickedly in the earth where nothing ought to be done but that which is righteous he shall not see the glory of the Lorde 11 Lorde when thy hande is lyft vp to strike they see it not but they shall see it and be confounded with the zeale of the people and the fire that consumeth thyne enemies shall deuour them 12 Lorde vnto vs thou shalt prouide peace for thou also hast wrought all our workes in vs. 13 O Lord our God other lordes beside thee hath subdued vs but we wyll be mindfull only of thee and of thy name 14 The dead wyll not liue they that be out of life will not ryse agayne therfore hast thou visited and rooted them out and destroyed all the memorie of them 15 Thou hast increased the people O Lorde thou hast increased the people thou art glorious thou hast sent them farre of vnto all the coastes of the earth 16 Lorde in trouble haue they visited thee they powred out their prayer whē thy chastening was vpon them 17 Like as a woman with chylde that draweth nye towardes her trauayle is sorie and cryeth in her paynes euen so haue we ben in thy sight O Lorde 18 We haue ben with chylde and suffred paine as though we had brought forth winde for there is no saluation in the earth neither do the inhabiters of the worlde submit them selues 19 Thy dead men shall liue euen as my body shall they rise againe Awake and sing ye that dwell in dust for thy deawe is euen as the deawe of hearbes and the earth shall cast out them that be vnder her 20 Come my people enter thou into thy chambers and shut thy doores about thee * hide thy selfe for a litle whyle vntill the indignation be ouerpast 21 * For beholde the Lorde is comming out of his place to visite the wickednesse of suche as dwell vpon earth the earth also shall disclose her bloods and shall no more hide them that are slayne in her ¶ The .xxvij. Chapter 1 A prophecie of the comming of Christe and destruction of idolatrie 1 IN that day the Lord with his sore great and mightie sworde shall visite Leuiathan the fugitiue serpent euen Leuiathan that crooked serpent and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea 2 In that day see that ye sing of the congregation which is the vineyarde that bringeth foorth the best wine 3 Euen I the Lorde do kepe it in due seasons shall I water it and lest the enemie do it any harme I wyll both night and day preserue it 4 There is no displeasure in me els when the vineyarde bringeth me foorth bryers and thornes I woulde go thorowe it by warre and burne it vp together 5 Let it take holde of my strength and it shal be at one with me euen at one shall
it be with me 6 The dayes are comming that Iacob shall take roote Israel shal be greene and florishe and the world shal be filled with fruite 7 Hath he smitten hym as sore as he did the other that smote hym Or is he slayne with so sore a slaughter as they that slue hym 8 Thou wylt punishe it in the braunches yet not beyonde measure for in the day that the east winde bloweth sore it taketh away the fruites 9 By this meanes therfore shall the iniquitie of Iacob be purged and this is all the fruite namely the taking away of his sinne if he make all the stones of the aulter of idols as chalke stones that are beaten in sunder that their groues and images ryse not vp agayne 10 Els shall the strong citie be desolate and the habitation forsaken and left like a wildernesse there shall the Calfe feede and there shall he lye and eate vp the graffes therof 11 When the braunches of it are drye they are broken of the women come and set them on fire for it is a people of no vnderstanding and therfore he that made them shall not fauour them and he that created them shall geue them no grace 12 And in that day shall the Lorde make a threshing from the middest of the riuer Euphrates vnto the riuer of Egypt and ye chyldren of Israel shal be gathered together one to another 13 In that day shall the great trumpe be blowne so that they which were lost in the lande of Assyria and they that were banished in the lande of Egypt shall come and worship the Lorde in the holye mount of Hierusalem The .xxviij. Chapter 1 Against the pride of Ephraim 9 and against false priestes and preachers 1 WO be vnto the crowne of pryde euen to the drunken people of Ephraim whose great pompe is as a floure that fadeth away vpon the head of the valley of suche as be in wealth and are ouerladen with wine 2 Behold there commeth a vehement and sore day from the Lord like an vnmeasurable hayle and perillous tempest euen like the force of mightie and horrible waters that violently beareth downe all thinges 3 The crowne of the pryde of the drunken Ephraemites shal be troden vnder foote 4 So that the floure of his fayrenesse and beautie whiche is in the head of the valley of fatnesse shall fade away as doth an vntimely ripe figge before haruest whiche when a man espieth he loketh vpon it and whyle it is yet in his hande he eateth it vp 5 In that day shal the Lord of hoastes be the crowne of glory and diamonde of beautie vnto the residue of his people 6 He wylbe also a spirite of perfect knowledge to him that sitteth in iudgement and strength vnto them that turne away the battayle to the gate of the enemies 7 But they are out of the way by reason of wine yea farre out of the way are they thorowe strong drinke The priest also and the prophete are gone astray by the meanes of strong drinke they are drunken with wine they go amisse thorowe strong drinke they fayle in propheciyng and stumble in iudgement 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthynesse that no place is cleane 9 Whom then shall suche one teache knowledge and whom shall he make to vnderstande the thing that he heareth for they are as ignoraunt as young chyldren that are taken from the milke and are weaned 10 For they that be suche must take after one lesson another lesson after one commaundement another commaundement for one rule another rule after one instruction another instruction there a litle and there a litle 11 For he that speaketh vnto this people is euen as one that vseth rudenesse of speache and a straunge language 12 If any man say vnto them lo this is the rest wherewith ye may ease hym that is weerie this is the refreshing they wyll not hearken 13 Therfore shall the word of the Lord be vnto them lesson vpon lesson commaundement vpon commaundement rule vpon rule instruction vpon instruction there a litle and there a litle that they may go on and fall backwarde be brused tangled and snared 14 Wherfore heare the word of the Lord ye mockers ye that haue rule of this people whiche is at Hierusalem 15 Because ye haue sayd We haue made a couenaunt with death and with hell are we at agreement and though there go foorth a sore plague it shall not come vnto vs for we haue made falsehood our refuge and vnder vanitie are we hid 16 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God Beholde I lay in Sion for a foundation a stone euen a tryed stone a precious corner stone a sure foundation who so beleueth let hym not be to hastie 17 Iudgement also wyll I laye to the rule and righteousnesse to the balaunce so that the hayle shall sweepe away as a broome your vayne confidence and the priuie place of your refuge shall the waters runne ouer 18 And thus the couenaunt that ye made with death shal be disanulled and your agreement that ye made with hell shall not stand yea when the sore plague goeth foorth ye shal be troden downe vnder it 19 From the tyme that it goeth foorth it shall take you away for early in the morning euery day yea both day and night shall it go thorowe and when the noyse thereof is perceaued it shall gender vexation 20 For the bed is narrowe and not large and the couering so small that a man can not winde him selfe vnder it 21 For the Lord shall stand as in mount Perazim and shal be wroth like as in the valley Gibeon that he may do his worke his straunge worke and bryng to passe his acte his straunge acte 22 Nowe therefore see that ye be no mockers lest your punishment increase For I hearde of the Lorde of hoastes that there shall come a short ende vpon the whole earth 23 Heare ye then and hearken vnto my voyce consider and ponder my speache 24 Doth not the husbandman plowe all the day and openeth and breaketh the clottes of his grounde that he may sowe 25 When he hath made it playne wyll he not spreade abrode the fitches and sowe comin and cast in wheate by measure and the appointed barlye and rye in their place 26 God wyll instruct hym to haue discretion euen his God wyll teache hym 27 For fitches shall not be threshed with an harrowe neither shall a cart wheele be brought thorowe the comin but the fitches are beaten out with a staffe and comin with a rodde 28 But the seede that bread is made of is threshed though it be not alway a threshing and the cart wheele must be brought ouer it lest he grinde it with his teeth 29 This also commeth of the Lorde of hoastes which worketh with wonderfull wysdome and bringeth excellent workes to passe The .xxix. Chapter 1 A prophecie against Hierusalem 13 and
35 And I wyll kepe and saue this citie saith he for myne owne and for my seruaunt Dauids sake 36 Thus the angell of the Lorde went foorth and slue of the Assyrians hoaste an hundred fourescore and fiue thousande and when men arose vp early in the mornyng beholde they were slayne and all lay full of dead bodyes 37 So Sennacherib the kyng of the Assyrians brake vp dwelt at Niniue 38 Afterwarde it chaunced as he prayed in the temple of Nesroch his God that Adramalech and Sarazer his owne sonnes slue hym with the sworde and fled into the lande of Armenia and Asarhaddon his sonne raigned in his steede The .xxxviij. Chapter 1 Hezekia is sicke vnto death 5 but is yet reuiued by the Lorde and lyueth fifteene yeres after 10 for which benefite he geueth thankes 1 ABout this tyme was Hezekia sicke vnto death and the prophete Esai the sonne of Amos came vnto hym and sayde Thus commaundeth the Lorde Set thyne house in order for thou must dye and shalt not escape 2 Then Hezekia turned his face toward the wall and prayed vnto the Lorde 3 And sayde Remember O Lorde I beseche thee that I haue walked before thee in trueth and a stedfast heart haue done the thyng that is pleasaunt to thee And Hezekia wept sore 4 Then sayde God vnto Esai 5 Go and speake vnto Ezekia The Lord God of Dauid thy father sendeth thee this worde I haue hearde thy prayer and considered thy teares beholde I wyll put fifteene yeres mo vnto thy lyfe 6 And deliuer thee and the citie also from the hande of the kyng of Assyria for I wyll defende the citie 7 And take thee this token of the Lord that he wyll do it as he hath spoken 8 Beholde I wyll returne the shadowe of Ahaz diall that nowe is layde out with the sunne and bring it ten degrees backwarde So the sunne turned ten degrees backwarde the which he was descended afore 9 A thankesgeuyng which Hezekia kyng of Iuda wrote when he had ben sicke and was recouered 10 I thought I shoulde haue gone to the gates of hell when myne age was shortened and haue wanted the residue of my yeres 11 I spake within my selfe I wyll neuer visite the Lorde the Lorde I say in this lyfe I wyll neuer see man among the dwellers of the worlde 12 Myne age is folden together taken away from me lyke a sheepheardes cotage I haue hewen of my lyfe by my sinnes lyke as a weauer cutteth of his webbe He wyll with pinyng sicknesse make an ende of me yea he wyll make an ende of me in one day 13 I thought I woulde haue lyued vntyll the morowe but he brused my bones lyke a lion and in one day thou wylt make an ende of me 14 Then chattered I lyke a swallowe and lyke a crane and mourned lyke a doue I lift vp mine eyes into the heyght O Lorde sayde I my sicknesse kepeth me downe ease thou me 15 What shall I say The Lorde hath made a promise to me yea and he hym selfe hath perfourmed it I shall therefore so long as I lyue remember this bitternesse of my lyfe 16 O Lorde to all those that shall lyue hereafter yea to all men shall it be knowen that euen in those yeres I haue a ioyfull lyfe and that it was thou that causedst me to sleepe agayne thou hast geuen lyfe to me 17 Beholde bitter as gall was my pensiuenesse so sore longed I for health and it was thy pleasure to deliuer my lyfe from the filthy pit for thou it is O Lorde that hast cast all my sinnes behynde thy backe 18 For hell prayseth not thee death doth not magnifie thee they that go downe into the graue prayse not thy trueth 19 But the lyuyng yea the lyuyng knowledge thee as I do this day the father telleth his children of thy faythfulnesse 20 To heale me it is the Lordes worke and we will sing my songes in the house of the Lorde all the dayes of our lyfe 21 And Esai sayde Take a plaster of figges and lay it vpon the sore so shall it be whole 22 Then sayd Hezekia O what a miracle is this that I shall go vp into the house of the Lorde ¶ The .xxxix. Chapter 3 Hezekia is reproued of Esai because he shewed his treasure vnto the embassadours of Babylon 1 AT the same tyme Merodach Baladan Baladans sonne kyng of Babylon sent letters and presentes to Hezekia for he vnderstoode that he had ben sicke and was recouered agayne 2 And Hezekia was glad therof and shewed them the house of his treasures of siluer and golde of spices and rootes of precious oyles all that was in his â—ubbordes and treasure houses there was not one thyng in Hezekias house and so throughout all his kyngdome but he let them see it 3 Then came Esai the prophete to king Hezekia and sayde vnto hym What haue the men sayde and from whence came they vnto thee Hezekia aunswered They came out of a farre countrey vnto me out of Babylon 4 Esai sayde What haue they loked vpon in thy house Hezekia aunswered All that is in my house haue they seene and there is nothyng in my treasure but I shewed it them 5 Then sayde Esai vnto Hezekia Vnderstande the worde of the Lorde of hoastes 6 Beholde the tyme wyll come that euery thyng which is in thyne house and all that thy progenitours haue layde vp in store vntyll this day shal be caryed to Babylon and nothing left behynde thus saith the Lorde 7 Yea and part of thy sonnes that shall come of thee whom thou shalt beget shal be caryed hence and become gelded chamberlaynes in the kyng of Babylons court 8 Then sayde Hezekia to Esai Good is the worde of God which thou hast tolde me He sayd moreouer For there shal be peace and faythfulnesse in my tyme. The .xl. Chapter 3 The commyng of saint Iohn Baptist 9 The preparation of the Apostles The callyng of the Gentiles 1 COmfort my people O ye prophetes comfort my people saith your God 2 Comfort Hierusalem at the heart and tell her that her trauayle is at an ende that her offence is pardoned that she hath receaued at the Lordes hande sufficient correction for all her sinnes 3 A voyce crieth in wildernesse Prepare the way of the Lorde make strayght the path of our God in the desert 4 All valleys shal be exalted and euery mountayne and hyll layde lowe what so is croked shal be made strayght and the rough shal be made playne 5 For the glorie of the Lorde shall appeare for all fleshe shall at once see that the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it 6 The same voyce spake Nowe crye And the prophete aunswered What shall I crye That all fleshe is grasse and that all the goodlinesse therof is as the floure of the fielde 7 The grasse is withered the floure falleth away
Stoupe downe that we may go ouer thee make thy body euen with the grounde and as the streete to go vpon ¶ The .lij. Chapter 1 An exhortation and comfort to the people of God 1 VP Sion vp take thy strength vnto thee put on thyne honest rayment O Hierusalem thou holy citie for from this tyme foorth there shall no vncircumcised nor vncleane person come in thee 2 Shake thee from the dust arise and stande vp O Hierusalem Plucke out thy necke from the bonde O thou captiue daughter Sion 3 For thus saith the Lorde ye are solde for naught therfore shal ye be redeemed also without any money 4 For thus saith the Lorde God My people went downe afore tyme into Egypt there to be straungers and the kyng of the Assyrians oppressed them without any cause 5 And nowe what profite is it to me saith the Lorde that my people is freely caryed away brought into heauinesse by their rulers and my name euer styll blasphemed saith the Lorde 6 But that my people may knowe my name I my selfe wyll speake in that day Beholde here am I. 7 O howe beautifull are the feete of the embassadour that bryngeth the message from the mountayne and proclaymeth peace that bryngeth the good tidinges and preacheth health and saith vnto Sion Thy God is the kyng 8 Thy watchmen shall lyft vp their voyce with loude voyce they shall reioyce together for they shall see plainly when the Lorde shall conuert Sion 9 Be glad O thou desolate Hierusalem and reioyce together for the Lord hath comforted his people he hath deliuered Hierusalem 10 The Lorde hath made bare his holy arme and shewed it foorth in the syght of all the gentiles and all the endes of the earth hath seene the sauyng health of our God 11 Away away get you out from hence and touche no vncleane thyng Go out from among such and be cleane that beare the vessell of the Lorde 12 For ye shall not escape by runnyng nor by fleeyng away but the Lorde shall go before you and the God of Israel shall gather you together 13 Beholde my seruaunt shal deale prosperously therfore shal he be magnified exalted and greatly honoured 14 Lyke as the multitude shall wonder vpon hym because his face shal be so defourmed and not as mans face his beautie like no man 15 Euen so shall the multitude of the gentiles speake of him and kynges shall shut their mouthes before hym for they haue seene that which was not tolde to them and haue vnderstande that wherof they had not hearde The .liij. Chapter 1 He prophecâ—eth euidently of the passion of our sauiour Iesus Christe 1 BVt who hath geuen credence vnto our preaching or to whom is the arme of the Lorde knowen 2 For he dyd growe before the Lorde like as a braunche and as a roote in a drye grounde he hath neither beautie nor fauour when we loke vpon hym there shal be no fairenesse we shall haue no lust vnto hym 3 He is dispised and abhorred of men he is such a man as hath good experience of sorowes and infirmities We haue reckened hym so vile that we hyd our faces from hym 4 Howbeit he only hath taken on him our infirmitie and borne our paynes Yet we dyd iudge hym as though he were plagued and cast downe of God 5 Wheras he notwithstandyng was wounded for our offences and smitten for our wickednesse for the payne of our punishment was layde vpon hym and with his stripes are we healed 6 As for vs we are all gone astray lyke sheepe euery one hath turned his owne way but the Lord hath throwen vpon hym all our sinnes 7 He suffered violence and was euyll intreated and dyd not open his mouth He shal be led as a sheepe to be slayne yet shall he be as styll as a lambe before the shearer and not open his mouth 8 From the prison and iudgement was he taken and his generation who can declare for he was cut of from the grounde of the lyuyng which punishment dyd go vpon hym for the transgression of my people 9 His graue was geuen hym with the condempned and with the riche man at his death wheras he did neuer violence nor vnright neither hath there ben any disceiptfulnesse in his mouth 10 Yet hath it pleased the Lord to smite hym with infirmitie that when he had made his soule an offeryng for sinne he might see long lastyng seede and this deuice of the Lorde shall prosper in his hande 11 Of the trauayle and labour of his soule shall he see the fruite be satisfied My righteous seruaunt shall with his knowledge iustifie the multitude for he shall beare their sinnes 12 Therfore wyll I geue hym among the great ones his part and he shall deuide the spoyle with the mightie because he geueth ouer his soule to death and is reckened among the transgressours which neuerthelesse hath taken away the sinnes of the multitude and made intercession for the misdoers The .liiij. Chapter 1 Of the great dominion of Christe 7 The indignation of God endureth but a short space but his mercie is euerlastyng 1 BE glad nowe thou baren that bearest not reioyce syng and be mery thou that art not with childe for the desolate hath mo childreÌ„ then the maryed wyfe saith the Lorde 2 Make thy tent wyder and spreade out the hanginges of thine habitation spare not lay foorth thy wardes and make fast thy stakes 3 For thou shalt be multiplied on the ryght syde and on the left and thy seede shall haue the gentiles in possession and dwell in the desolate cities 4 Feare not for thou shalt not be confounded be not ashamed for thou shalt not come to confusion Yea thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth and shalt not remember the dishonour of thy widowhead 5 For he that made thee shal be thy Lorde and husbande whose name is the Lord of hoastes and thy redeemer shal be euen the holy one of Israel the Lorde of the whole worlde 6 For the Lorde hath called thee beyng as a desolate sorowfull woman and as a young wyfe that was forsaken saith thy God 7 A litle while haue I forsaken thee but with great mercifulnesse shall I take thee vp vnto me 8 When I was angry I hyd my face from thee for a litle season but through euerlastyng goodnesse haue I pardoned thee saith the Lorde thy redeemer 9 And this is vnto me as the water of Noe for like as I haue sworne that I wyll not bryng the water of Noe any more vpon the worlde so haue I sworne that I wyll neuer be angry with thee nor reproue thee 10 The mountaynes shall remoue and the hylles shall fall downe but my louyng kyndnesse shall not moue and the bonde of my peace shall not fall downe from thee saith the Lorde thy
for what shoulde I els do to my people 8 Their tongues are like sharpe arrowes to speake deceipt with their mouth they speake peaceablie to their neighbour but priuilie they lay wayte for hym 9 Should I not punishe them for these thinges saith the Lorde or shoulde I not be auenged of any suche people as this 10 Vpon the mountaines wyl I take vp a lamentation and a sorowfull crye and a mourning vpon the faire places of the wildernesse Namely howe they are so brent vp that no man goeth there any more yea a man shall not heare one beast crye there byrdes and cattell are all gone from thence 11 I wyl make Hierusalem also an heape of stones a den of venemous wormes and I wyll make the cities of Iuda so waste that no man shall dwel therin 12 What man is so wise as to vnderstand this or to whom hath the Lorde spoken by mouth that he may shewe this and say O thou lande why perishest thou so wherfore art thou so brent vp and like a wildernesse that no man goeth thorowe 13 Yea the Lorde hym selfe tolde the same vnto them that forsoke his lawe and kept not the thing that he gaue them in commaundement neither liued thereafter 14 But folowed the wickednesse of their owne heartes serued straunge gods as their forefathers taught them 15 Therefore thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Beholde I wyll feede this people with wormewood and geue them gall to drinke 16 I wyll scatter them also among the heathen whom neither they nor their fathers haue knowen and I wyll send a sworde among them to persecute them vntyll I bring them to naught 17 Moreouer thus saith the Lorde of hoastes Beware of the vengeaunce that hangeth ouer you and call for mourning wiues and sende for wyse women that they come shortly 18 And sing a mourning song of vs that the teares may fall out of our eyes and that our eye liddes may gushe out of water 19 For there is a lamentable noyse heard of Sion O howe are we so sore destroyed O howe are we so pitiously confounded We must forsake our owne naturall countrey and we are shut out of our owne lodginges 20 Yet heare the worde of the Lorde O ye women and let your eares regarde the wordes of his mouth that ye may learne your daughters to mourne and that euery one may teache her neighbour to make lamentation 21 Namely thus Death is climing vp in at our windowes he is come into our houses to destroy the chylde before the doore and the young man in the streete 22 But tell thou playnely thus saith the Lord The dead bodyes of men shall lye vpon the ground as the dunge vpon the fielde and as the handfull after the mower and there shal be no man to take them vp 23 Thus saith the Lorde Let not the wise man reioyce in his wisdome nor the strong man in his strength neither the riche man in his riches 24 But who so wyll reioyce let hym reioyce in this that he vnderstandeth and knoweth me that I am the Lorde whiche do mercy equitie and righteousnesse vpon the earth therfore haue I pleasure in suche thinges saith the Lorde 25 Beholde the time commeth saith the Lord that I will visite all them whose foreskinne is vncircumcised and the circumcised 26 The Egyptians the Iewes the Edomites the Ammonites the Moabites and the shauen Madianites that dwel in the wildernesse for all the gentiles are all vncircumcised in the fleshe but all the house of Israel are vncircumcised in the heart ¶ The .x. Chapter 2 The constellations of the starres are not to be feared 5 Of the weakenesse of idols and of the power of God 21 Of euill curates 1 HEare the worde of the Lord that he speaketh vnto thee O thou house of Israel 2 Thus saith the Lord ye shal not learne after the maner of the heathen and ye shall not be afraide for the tokens of heauen for the heathen are afraide of suche 3 Yea all the customes and lawes of the gentiles are nothing but vanitie They hewe downe a tree in the wood with the handes of the workeman and fashion it with the are 4 They couer it ouer with golde or siluer they fasten it with nailes and hammers that it moue not 5 It standeth as stiffe as the Palme tree it can neither speake nor go one foote but must be borne Be not ye afraide of suche for they can do neither good nor euill 6 But there is none lyke vnto thee O Lorde and great is the name of thy power 7 Who would not feare thee O king of the gentiles for thyne is the dominion for among all the wise men of the gentiles and in all their kingdomes there is none that may be likened vnto thee 8 They are altogether brutishe and vnwise in this one thing wood is the teaching of vanitie 9 Siluer is brought out of Tharsis and beaten to plates and gold from Ophir a worke that is made with the hande of the craftesman and they are clothed with yelowe silke and scarlet all these are the worke of cunning men 10 But the Lorde is a true God a liuing God and an euerlasting kyng if he be wroth the earth shaketh all the gentiles may not abide his indignation 11 As for their gods thus shall you say to them they are no gods that made neither heauen nor earth therfore shall they perishe from the earth and from all thinges vnder heauen 12 But as for our God he made the earth with his power and with his wisdome doth he order the whole compasse of the worlde with his discretion hath he spread out the heauens 13 At his voyce the waters gathered together in the ayre he draweth vp the cloudes from the vttermost partes of the earth he turneth lightning to raine and bringeth foorth the windes out of their treasures 14 His wisdome maketh all men fooles and confounded be casters of images for that they cast is but a vayne thing and hath no life 15 The vayne craftesmen with their workes that they in their vanitie haue made shall perishe one with another in time of visitation 16 Neuerthelesse Iacobs portion is none such but it is he that hath made all thinges and Israel is the rod of his inheritaunce the Lorde of hoastes is his name 17 Gather vp thy wares out of the land thou that art in the strong place 18 For thus saith the Lorde beholde I wyll now throwe as with a stone sling the inhabiters of this land at this once and I wyll bring trouble vpon them that they shall proue true the wordes that I haue spoken by the prophetes 19 Alas howe am I hurt alas howe paynefull are my scourges vnto me for I consider this sorowe by my selfe and I must suffer it 20 My tabernacle is destroyed and all my cordes are
God wyll not destroy vs vtterly 5 Seyng thou art weery in runnyng with the footmen howe wilt thou then runne with horses In a peaceable sure lande thou mayest be safe but howe wylt thou do in the furious pride of Iordane 6 For thy brethren and thy kinrede haue altogether dispised thee and cryed out vpon thee altogether Beleue them not though they speake faire wordes to thee 7 As for me I say I haue forsaken mine owne dwellyng place and left mine heritage my lyfe also that I loue so well haue I geuen into the handes of myne enemies 8 Myne heritage is become vnto me as a lion in the wood it cryed out vpon me therfore haue I forsaken it 9 Is not mine heritage vnto me as a speckled birde are not the birdes round about agaynst her Come and gather ye together all the beastes of the fielde come that ye may eate it vp 10 Diuers heardmen haue brokē downe my vineyarde and troden vpon my portion of my pleasaunt portion they haue made a wildernesse and desert 11 They haue layde it waste and nowe that it is waste it sigheth vnto me yea the whole lande lyeth waste and no man regardeth it 12 The destroyers come ouer the borders in the desert euery way for the sworde of the Lorde doth consume from the one ende of the lande to the other and no fleshe hath rest 13 They haue sowen wheate and reaped thornes they haue taken heritage in possession but it doth them no good and they were ashamed of your fruites because of the great wrath of the Lord. 14 Thus saith the Lord vpon all my euyl neighbours that lay hande on mine heritage which I haue possessed euen my people of Israel Beholde I wyll plucke them namely Israel out of their lande and put out the house of Iuda from among them 15 And when I haue rooted them out I will be at one with them agayne and I wyll haue mercie vpon them and bryng them agayne euery man to his owne heritage and into his lande 16 And yf they namely that trouble my people wyll learne the wayes of them to sweare by my name the Lorde lyueth lyke as they learned my people to sweare by Baal then shall they be built among my people 17 But yf they wyll not obey then wyll I roote out the same folke and destroy them saith the Lorde ¶ The .xiij. Chapter 1 The destruction of the Iewes is prefigured and their sparsyng abrode 11 Why Israel was receaued to be the people of God and why they were forsaken 1 THus saith the Lorde vnto me Go thy way and get thee a lynnen girdle and girde it about thy loynes let it not be wet 2 Then I got me a girdle accordyng to the commaundement of the Lorde and put it about my loynes 3 After this the seconde tyme the Lorde spake vnto me agayne 4 Take the girdle that thou hast prepared and put about thee and get thee vp and go vnto Euphrates and hyde it there in a hole of the rocke 5 So went I and hyd it at Euphrates as the Lorde commaunded me 6 And it happened long after this that the Lorde spake vnto me Vp and get thee to Euphrates fetche the girdle from thence which I commaunded thee to hyde there 7 Then went I to Euphrates digged vp and toke the girdle from the place where I had hid it and beholde the girdle was corrupt so that it was profitable for nothyng 8 Then sayde the Lorde vnto me 9 Thus saith the Lorde Euen so wyll I corrupt the pride of Iuda and the hye mynde of Hierusalem 10 This people is a wicked people they wyll not heare my worde they folowe the wicked imaginations of their owne heart and hang vpon straunge gods them they serue and worship and therfore they shal be as this breeche that serueth for nothyng 11 For as straytly as a girdle lyeth vpon a mans loynes so straytly dyd I bynde the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Iuda vnto me saith the Lorde that they myght be my people that they might haue a glorious name that they might be in honour but they woulde not obey me 12 Therfore lay this riddle before them and say Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel Euery pot shal be fylled with wine And they shall say vnto thee Thinkest thou we knowe not that euery pot shal be fylled with wine 13 Then shalt thou say vnto them thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shall fyll all the inhabitours of this lande with drunkennesse the kynges that syt vpon Dauids stoole the priestes prophetes with all that dwell at Hierusalem 14 And I wyll set them one agaynst another yea the fathers against the sonnes saith the Lorde I wyll not pardon them I wyll not spare them nor haue pitie vpon them but destroy them 15 Heare geue eare take not disdayne at it for it is the Lorde hym selfe that speaketh 16 Honour the Lorde your God or he take his light from you and or euer your feete stumble in darcknesse at the hyll lest when you loke for the lyght he turne it into the shadowe and darcknesse of death 17 But if ye wyll not heare me that geue you secrete warnyng I wyll mourne from my whole heart for your stubburnnesse Piteously wyll I weepe and the teares shall gushe out of mine eyes for the Lordes flocke shal be caried away captiue 18 Tell the kyng and the queene humble your selues sit you downe lowe for your dignitie shal be throwen downe and the crowne of your glorie shall fall from your head 19 The cities towarde the south shal be shut vp and no man shall open them all Iuda shal be caryed away captiue so that none shall remayne 20 Lyft vp your eyes and beholde them that come from the north where is the flocke O thou lande that was geuen thee and where are thy fat and riche sheepe 21 To whom wilt thou make thy mone when the enemie shall come vpon thee for thou hast taught them thy selfe and made them maisters ouer thee Shall not sorowe come vpon thee as on a woman trauaylyng with childe 22 And if thou wouldest then say in thine heart Wherfore come these thinges vpon me Euen for the multitude of thy blasphemies shall thy hynder partes and thy feete be discouered 23 May a man of Inde chaunge his skinne and the cat of the mountayne her spottes so may ye that be exercised in euyll do good 24 Therfore wyll I scatter them like as the stubble that is taken away with the south wynde 25 This shal be your portion and the portion of your measure wherwith ye shal be rewarded of me saith the Lorde because ye haue forgotten me and put your trust in deceiptfull thinges 26 Therfore shall I turne thy clothes ouer thy head and discouer thy shame 27 Thy adulteries thy neyghinges thy shamefull whoredome on the hylles in the fieldes
and thy abhominations haue I seene Wo be vnto thee O Hierusalem wylt thou neuer be clensed any more Or when shall that be The .xiiij. Chapter 1 Of the dearth that shoulde come in Iurie 7 The prayer of the people askyng mercie of the Lorde 10 The vnfaithfull people are not hearde 12 Of prayer fastyng and of false prophetes that seduce the people 1 THe worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Ieremie concernyng the dearth of the fruites 2 Iuda hath mourned his gates are desolate they are brought to heauinesse euen vnto the grounde and the crye of Hierusalem goeth vp 3 The Lordes sent their seruauntes to fetche water and when they came to the welles they did finde no water but caried their vessels home emptie they be ashamed and confounded and couer their heades 4 For the grounde is dryed because there commeth no rayne vpon it the plowmen also be ashamed and couer their heades 5 The hynde also forsoke the young fawne that he brought foorth in the fielde because there was no grasse 6 The wylde asses did stande in the hye places and drewe in their winde lyke the dragons their eyes did fayle for want of grasse 7 Doubtlesse our owne wickednesse doth rewarde vs but Lorde do thou accordyng to thy name though our transgression and sinnes be many and agaynst thee haue we sinned 8 For thou art the comfort and helpe of Israel in the tyme of trouble Why wilt thou be as a straunger in the lande and as one that goeth his iourney and cōmeth in only to remayne for a night 9 Why wylt thou make thy selfe a cowarde and as it were a giaunt that yet may not helpe But thou O Lorde art in the middest of vs and thy name is called vpon of vs forsake vs not 10 Thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto his people seyng they haue had such a lust to wander abrode and haue not refrayned their feete therfore the Lorde hath no pleasure in them but he wyll nowe bring againe to remembraunce all their misdeedes and punishe all their sinnes 11 Yea euen thus sayde the Lorde vnto me Thou shalt not pray to do this people good 12 For though they fast I wyll not heare their prayers and though they offer burnt offeringes and sacrifices yet wyll not I accept them for I wyll destroy them with the sworde hunger and pestilence 13 Then aunswered I O Lorde God the prophetes say vnto them Tushe ye shall neede to feare no sworde and no hunger shall come vpon you but the Lorde shall geue you sure rest in this place 14 And the Lorde sayde vnto me The prophetes preach lyes in my name wheras I haue not sent them neither gaue I them any charge neither did I speake vnto them yet they preache vnto you false visions charming vanitie and deceiptfulnesse of their owne heart 15 Therfore thus saith the Lorde As for those prophetes that preache in my name whom I neuerthelesse haue not sent and that say Tushe there shall no sworde nor hunger be in this lande with sworde and with hunger shall those prophetes perishe 16 And the people to whom they preache shal be cast out of Hierusalem dye of hunger and be slayne with the sworde and there shal be no man to bury them both they and their wiues their sonnes and their daughters for thus wyll I poure their wickednesse vpon them 17 This shalt thou say also vnto them Mine eyes shall weepe without ceassyng day and nyght for my people shal be destroyed with great harme and shall perishe with a great plague 18 For yf I go into the fielde lo it lyeth all full of slayne men If I come into the citie lo they be all famished of hunger yea their prophetes also and priestes shal be led into an vnknowen lande 19 Hast thou then vtterly forsaken Iuda Doest thou so abhorre Sion Wherfore hast thou so plagued vs that we can be healed no more We loked for peace and there commeth no good for the tyme of health and lo here is nothyng but trouble 20 We knowledge O Lorde all our misdeedes and the sinnes of our fathers for we haue offended thee 21 Cast vs not of O Lord for thy names sake forget not thy louyng kindnesse ouerthrowe not the throne of thine honour breake not the couenaunt that thou hast made with vs. 22 * Are there any among the gods of the gentiles that sende rayne or geue the showres from heauen Art not thou thy selfe our Lorde God we wyll trust in thee for thou doest all these thynges The .xv. Chapter 1 The Lorde wyll not heare Moyses or Aaron yf they pray for the people but wyll wrappe them in many miseries The cause of such great miseries 1 THus spake the Lorde vnto me Though Moyses and Samuel stoode before me yet haue I no heart to this people driue them away that they may go out of my sight 2 And yf they say vnto thee whyther shall we go then tell them The Lorde geueth you this aunswere Some vnto death some to the sworde some to hunger some into captiuitie 3 For I wyll bryng foure plagues vpon them saith the Lorde The sworde shal slay them the dogges shall teare them in peeces the soules of the ayre and beastes of the earth shall eate them vp and destroy them 4 I wyll scatter them about also in all kingdomes and landes to be plagued because of Manasses the sonne of Hezekia kyng of Iuda for the thynges that he did in Hierusalem 5 Who shall then haue pitie vpon thee O Hierusalem who shal be sorie for thee Or who shall make intercession to obtayne peace for thee 6 Seing thou goest from me and turnest backwarde saith the Lorde therfore I dyd stretche out myne hande against thee to destroy thee and I haue ben sorie for thee so long that I am weerie 7 I haue scattred them abrode with the fanne of euery side of the land I haue wasted my people and destroyed them yet they haue had no lust to turne from their owne wayes 8 I haue made their widowes mo in number then the sandes of the sea vpon the mothers of their children dyd I bryng a destroyer in the noone day sodaynly and vnawares did I sende a feare vpon their cities 9 She that hath borne seuen children hath none her heart is full of sorowe the sunne doth fayle her in the cleare day she is confounded and faintie for very heauinesse As for those that remayne I wyll deliuer them vnto the sworde before their enemies saith the Lorde 10 O mother alas that thou euer didst beare me a brawler and rebuker of the whole lande though I neuer lent nor receaued vpon vsurie yet all men speake euyll vpon me 11 And the Lord aunswered me Veryly thy remnaunt shall haue wealth Come not I to thee when thou art in trouble helpe thee when thine enemie oppresseth thee 12 Doth one iron
vpon hym say they and we wyll tell his tale Yea all myne owne companions and suche as were conuersaunt with me lay in wayte for my halting saying peraduenture he wylbe deceaued and so shall we preuayle against hym and be auenged of hym 11 But the Lorde stoode by me lyke a mightie giaunt therefore my persecutours fell and coulde do nothing they shal be sore confounded for they haue done vnwisely they shall haue an euerlasting shame which shall neuer be forgotten 12 And nowe O Lorde of hoastes that triest the righteous which knowest the raynes and the very heartes let me see them punished for vnto thee I haue declared my cause 13 Sing vnto the Lord and prayse hym for he hath deliuered the soule of the oppressed from the hande of the violent 14 Cursed be the day wherein I was borne vnhappy be the day wherein my mother brought me foorth 15 * Cursed be the man that brought my father the tidinges to make hym gald saying Thou hast begotten a sonne 16 Let it happen vnto that man as to the cities whiche the Lorde turned vpsidedowne and repented not Let hym heare crying in the morning and at noone day lamentable howling 17 Why sluest thou not me assoone as I came out of my mothers wombe or that my mother had ben my graue her selfe that the byrth might not haue come out but remayned still in her 18 * Wherefore came I foorth of my mothers wombe to haue experience of labour and sorowe and to leade my lyfe with shame The .xx. Chapter 5 He prophecieth that Zedekias shal be taken and the citie burned 1 THese are the wordes that the lord spake vnto Ieremie * what time as kyng Zedekias sent vnto him Phashur the sonne of Melchias Sophonias the sonne of Maasias priest saying 2 Aske counsayle at the Lorde we pray thee on our behalfe for Nabuchodonozor the king of Babylon besiegeth vs if the Lorde peraduenture wyll deale with vs according to his maruaylous power and take hym from vs. 3 Then spake Ieremie Geue Zedechias this aunswere 4 Thus saith the Lord God of Israel Beholde I wyll turne backe the weapons that ye haue in your hands wherwith ye fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldees whiche besiege you rounde about the walles and I wyll bryng them together into the middest of this citie 5 And I my selfe will fight against you with an outstretched hande and with a mightie arme in great displeasure and terrible wrath 6 And wyll smite them that dwell in this citie yea both men and cattell shall dye of a great pestilence 7 But after this saith the Lorde I shall deliuer Zedekias kyng of Iuda and his seruauntes his people and such as are escaped in the citie from the pestilence sworde and hunger into the power of Nabuchodonozor kyng of Babylon yea into the handes of their enemies into the handes of those that folowe vpon their liues whiche shall smite them with the sworde they shall not pitie them they shal not spare them they shall haue no mercy vpon them 8 And vnto this people thou shalt say thus saith the Lorde Beholde I lay before you the way of life and death 9 Whoso abideth in the citie shall perishe either with the sworde with hunger or pestilence but whoso goeth out to holde on the Chaldees part that besiege it he shall saue his lyfe and shall winne his soule for a pray 10 For I haue set my face against this citie saith the Lorde to plague it and to do it no good it must be geuen into the hande of the kyng of Babylon and be brent with fire 11 And vnto the house of the king of Iuda say thus Heare the worde of the Lorde 12 O thou house of Dauid thus saith the Lorde Minister righteousnesse and that soone deliuer the oppressed from violent power or euer my terrible wrath breake out lyke a fire and burne so that no man may quenche it because of the wickednesse of your imaginations 13 Behold saith the Lord I wyll come vpon thee that dwellest in the valleys rockes and fieldes and say tushe who will make vs afraide or who wil come into our houses 14 For I wyll visite you saith the Lord because of the wickednesse of your inuentions and wyll kindle suche a fire in your wood as shall consume all that is about you ¶ The .xxij. Chapter 2 He exhorteth the kyng of Iuda to iudgement and righteousnesse 9 Why Hierusalem is brought into captiuitie 11 The death of Sellum the sonne of Iosua is prophecied 1 THus saith the Lord Go downe into the house of the kyng of Iuda and speake there these wordes 2 And say Heare the worde of the Lorde thou king of Iuda that sittest in the kyngly seate of Dauid thou and thy seruauntes and thy people that goeth in and out at these gates 3 Thus the Lord cōmaundeth Kepe equitie and righteousnesse deliuer the oppressed from the power of the violent do not greeue nor oppresse the straunger the fatherlesse nor the widowe and shed no innocent blood in this place 4 And if ye kepe these thinges faythfullye then shall there come in at the doore of this house kinges to sit vpon Dauids seate they shal be caried in charrets and ride vpon horses both they and their seruauntes and their people 5 But if ye wyll not be obedient vnto these commaundementes I sweare by mine owne selfe saith the Lord this house shal be waste 6 For thus hath the Lorde spoken vppon the kynges of Iuda Thou Gilead art vnto me the head of Libanus Shall I not make thee so waste as the cities that no man dwell in 7 I wyll prepare a destroyer with his weapons for thee to hewe downe thy especiall Cedar trees and to cast them in the fire 8 And all the people that go by this citie shall speake one to another Wherfore hath the Lorde done thus vnto this noble citie 9 Then shall it be aunswered Because they haue broken the couenaunt of the Lorde their God and haue worshipped and serued straunge Gods 10 Mourne not ouer the dead and be not wo for them but be sorie for hym that departeth away for he commeth not agayne and seeth his natiue countrey no more 11 For thus saith the Lorde as touching Sellum the sonne of Iosias kyng of Iuda whiche raigned after his father When he is caried out of this place he shall neuer come hyther agayne 12 For he shall dye in the place wherevnto he is led captiue and shall see this lande no more 13 Wo worth hym that buyldeth his house with vnrighteousnesse and his parlours with the good that he hath gotten by violence which neuer recompenceth his neighbours labour nor payeth hym his hyre 14 Who thinketh in hym selfe I wyll buylde me a wyde house and gorgious parlours who causeth windowes to be hewen therin and the seelinges and ioystes maketh he of
spoken out all the wordes that the Lorde commaunded hym to preache vnto the people then the priestes the prophetes and all the people toke holde vpon hym and sayde Thou shalt dye 9 Howe darest thou be so bolde as to say in the name of the Lord it shall happen to this house as it did vnto Silo and this citie shal be so waste that no man may dwell therin 10 And when all the people were gathered about Ieremie in the house of the Lorde the princes of Iuda hearde of this rumour and they came soone out of the kynges palace into the house of the Lorde and sate them downe before the newe doore of the Lorde 11 Then spake the priestes and the prophetes vnto the rulers and to all the people these wordes This man is worthy to dye for he hath preached agaynst this citie as ye your selues haue hearde with your eares 12 Then sayde Ieremie vnto the rulers and to all the people The Lorde hath sent me to preache agaynst this house and agaynst this citie all the wordes that ye haue hearde 13 Therfore amende your wayes and your aduisementes and be obedient vnto the voyce of the Lorde your God so shall the Lorde repent of the plague that he hath deuised agaynst you 14 Nowe as for me I am in your handes do with me as you thinke expedient and good 15 But this shall ye knowe yf ye put me to death ye shall make your selues this citie and all the inhabitours therof giltie of innocent blood For this is of a trueth that the Lorde hath sent me vnto you to speake all these wordes in your eares 16 Then sayde the rulers and the people vnto the priestes and prophetes This man may not be condempned to death for he hath preached vnto vs in the name of the Lorde our God 17 The elders also of the lande stoode vp and sayde thus vnto all the people 18 Micheas the Morasthite which was a prophete vnder Ezekias kyng of Iuda spake to all the people of Iuda thus saith the Lorde of hoastes Sion shal be plowed like a fielde Hierusalem shal be an heape of stones and the hyll of the Lordes house shal be turned to an hye wood 19 Did Ezekias the kyng of Iuda and all the people of Iuda put hym to death for this No veryly but rather feared the Lord and made their prayer vnto hym for the which cause also the Lorde repented of the plague that he had deuised agaynst them Shoulde we then do such a shamefull deede agaynst our soules 20 There was a prophete also that preached stifly in the name of the Lorde called Vrias the sonne of Semaiah of Kiriathiarim this man also preached agaynst this citie and agaynst this lande according to all as Ieremie saith 21 Nowe when Iehoakim the king with all the estates and princes had hearde his wordes the kyng went about to slay him When Vrias perceaued that he was afrayde and fled and departed into Egypt 22 Then Iehoakim the kyng sent seruauntes into the lande of Egypt namelye Elnathan the sonne of Achbor and certayne men with hym into Egypt 23 Which fetched Vrias out of Egypt and brought him vnto king Iehoakim that slue hym with the sworde and cast his dead body into the common peoples graue 24 But Ahikam the sonne of Saphan helped Hieremie that he came not into the handes of the people to be slayne The .xxvij. Chapter 1 Ieremie at the commaundement of the Lorde sendeth bondes to the kyng of Iuda and to the other kynges that were nye wherby they are monished to become subiectes vnto Nabuchodonozor 9 He warneth the people and the kinges and rulers that they beleue not false prophetes 1 IN the begynnyng of the raigne of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosias kyng of Iuda came this worde vnto Ieremie from the Lorde which spake thus vnto me 2 Make thee bondes and chaynes and put them about thy necke 3 And sende them to the kyng of Edom to the kyng of Moab to the kyng of Ammon to the kyng of Tyrus and to the kyng of Sidon and that by the messengers which shall come to Hierusalem vnto Zedekiah the kyng of Iuda 4 And bid them say vnto their maisters Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel speake thus vnto your maisters 5 I am he that made the earth the men and the cattell that are vpon the grounde with my great power stretched out arme and haue geuen it vnto whom it pleased me 6 And nowe wyll I deliuer all these landes into the power of Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon my seruaunt the beastes also of the fielde shall I geue hym to do hym seruice 7 And all the people shal serue him and his sonne and his childers children vntyll the tyme of the same lande be come and his tyme also yea many people and great kynges shall serue hym 8 Moreouer that people and kyngdome which wyl not serue Nabuchodonozor that wyll not put their neckes vnder the yoke of the kyng of Babylon the same people wyll I visite with the sworde with hunger and pestilence vntyll I haue consumed them in his handes saith the Lorde 9 And therfore folowe not your prophetes soothsayers expounders of dreames charmers witches which say vnto you Ye shal not serue the kyng of Babylon 10 For they preache you lyes to bring you farre from your lande that I myght cast you out and destroy you 11 But the people that put their neckes vnder the yoke of the kyng of Babylon and serue hym those wyll I let remayne styll in their owne lande saith the Lorde and they shall occupie it and dwell therin 12 All these thynges tolde I Zedekiah the kyng of Iuda and sayde Put your neckes vnder the yoke of the kyng of Babylon and serue him and his people that ye may liue 13 Why wylt thou and thy people perishe with the sworde with hunger with pestilence like as the Lord hath deuised for all people that wyll not serue the kyng of Babylon 14 Therfore geue no eare vnto those prophetes that tell you Ye shall not serue the kyng of Babylon for they preache you lyes 15 Neither haue I sent them saith the Lorde howbeit they are bolde falsly to prophecie in my name that I myght the sooner driue you out and that ye myght perishe with your preachers 16 I speake to the priestes also and to all this people Thus saith the Lorde Heare not the wordes of your prophetes that preache vnto you and say Beholde the vessels of the Lordes house shall shortly be brought hyther agayne from Babylon for they prophecie lyes vnto you 17 Heare them not but serue the kyng of Babylon that ye may lyue Wherfore wyll ye make this citie to be destroyed 18 But yf they be true prophetes in very deede and yf the worde of the Lorde be committed vnto them then let them pray the
Lord of hoastes that the remnaunt of the ornamentes which are in the house of the Lorde in the house of the kyng of Iuda and at Hierusalem be not caryed to Babylon also 19 For thus hath the Lorde of hoastes spoken concerning the pillers the lauer the seate and the residue of the ornamentes that yet remayne in this citie 20 Which Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon toke not when he caryed away Iechonias the sonne of Iehoakim kyng of Iuda with all the power of Iuda Hierusalem vnto Babylon captiue 21 Yea thus hath the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel spoken as touchyng the residue of the ornamentes of the Lordes house of the kyng of Iuda his house and of Hierusalem 22 They shal be caryed vnto Babylon and there shall they remayne vntyll I visite them saith the Lorde then wyll I bryng them hyther agayne ¶ The .xxviij. Chapter 1 The false prophecie of Hananias the prophete 12 Ieremie sheweth that the prophecie of Hananias is false by the example of the other prophetes 15 He being inspired of the Lorde reproueth Hananias propheciyng his death 1 AND it came to passe the same yere euen in the begynnyng of the raigne of Zedekiah kyng of Iuda in the fourth yere the fift moneth that Hananias the sonne of Assur the prophete of Gibeon spake to me in the house of the Lorde in the presence of the priestes and of all the people and sayde 2 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel I haue broken the yoke of the kyng of Babylon 3 And after two yeres wyll I bryng agayne into this place all the ornamentes of the Lordes house that Nabuchodonozor kyng of Babylon caryed away from this place vnto Babylon 4 Yea I wyll bryng agayne Iechonias the sonne of Iehoakim the kyng of Iuda hym selfe with all the prisoners of Iuda that are caried vnto Babylon euen into this place saith the Lorde for I wyll breake the yoke of the kyng of Babylon 5 Then the prophete Ieremie gaue aunswere vnto the prophete Hananias before all the priestes and before all the people that were present in the house of the Lorde 6 And the prophete Ieremie sayde Amen the Lorde do that and graunt the thyng which thou hast prophecied that he may bryng agayne all the ornamentes of the Lordes house and restore all the prisoners from Babylon into this place 7 Neuerthelesse hearken thou also what I wyll say that thou and all the people may heare 8 The prophetes that were before vs in tyme past which prophecied of warre or trouble or pestilence 9 Either of peace vpon many nations and great kyngdomes were proued by this yf God hath sent them in very deede when the thyng came to passe which the prophete tolde before 10 And Hananias the prophete toke the chayne from the prophete Ieremies necke and brake it 11 And with that sayde Hananias that all the people might heare thus hath the Lorde spoken Euen so wyll I breake the yoke of Nabuchodonozor kyng of Babylon from the necke of all nations yea and that within this two yere And so the prophete Ieremie went his way 12 Nowe after that Hananias the prophete had taken the chayne from the prophete Ieremies necke and broken it the worde of the Lorde came vnto the prophete Ieremie saying 13 Go and tell Hananias these wordes Thus saith the Lord thou hast broken the chayne of wood but in steade of wood thou shalt make chaynes of iron 14 For thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel I wyll put a yoke of iron vpon the necke of all this people that they may serue Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon yea and so shall they do and I wyll geue hym the beastes of the fielde 15 Then sayde the prophete Ieremie vnto the prophete Hananias Heare me Hananias The Lorde hath not sent thee but thou bryngest this people into a false beliefe 16 And therfore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I wyll sende thee out of the lande and within a yere thou shalt dye because thou hast falsely spoken agaynst the Lorde 17 So Hananias dyed the same yere in the seuenth moneth The .xxix. Chapter 1 The pistle of Ieremie sent vnto them that were in captiuitie in Babylon 10 He prophecieth their returne from the captiuitie after seuentie yeres 16 He prophecieth the destruction of the king and of the people that remayned in Hierusalem 21 He threatneth two prophetes that seduced the people 25 The death of Semeiah the Nehelamite is prophecied 1 THese are the wordes of the booke that Ieremie the prophete sent from Hierusalem vnto the prisoners the senatours priestes prophetes and all the people whom Nabuchodonozor had led from Hierusalem vnto Babylon ▪ 2 After that tyme that kyng Iechonias and his queene his chamberlaynes the princes of Iuda and Hierusalem the workmaisters of Hierusalem were departed thyther 3 Which booke Elasah the sonne of Saphan Gamariah the sonne of Helkia did beare whom Zedekias the kyng of Iuda sent vnto Babylon to Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon These were the wordes of Hieremies booke 4 Thus hath the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel spoken vnto all the prisoners that were fled from Hierusalem to Babylon 5 Builde you houses to dwell therin plant you gardens that you may enioy the fruites therof 6 Take you wiues to beare you sonnes and daughters prouide wiues for your sonnes and husbandes for your daughters that they may get sonnes daughters and that ye may multiplie there and decrease not 7 Seke after the peace and prosperitie of the citie wherin ye be prisoners and pray vnto the Lorde for it for in the peace therof shall your peace be 8 For thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Let not these prophetes and soothsayers that be among you deceaue you and beleue not your owne dreames 9 For why they preache you lyes in my name and I haue not sent them saith the Lorde 10 But thus saith the Lorde When ye haue fulfylled seuentie yeres at Babylon I will bring you home and of mine owne goodnesse I wyll cary you hither agayne into this place 11 For I knowe what I haue deuised for you saith the Lorde My thoughtes are to geue you peace and not trouble and to geue you an ende as you wishe and hope to haue 12 Ye shall crye vnto me ye shall go and call vpon me and I wyll heare you 13 Ye shall seke me and fynde me yea yf so be that you seke me with your whole heart 14 I wyll be founde of you saith the Lord and will deliuer you out of prison and gather you together agayne out of all places wherin I haue scattered you saith the Lorde and wyll bryng you agayne to the same place from whence I caused you to be caried away captiue 15 But where as ye say that God hath raysed you vp prophetes at Babylon 16 Thus hath
not there 21 Then Zedekia commaunded to put Ieremie in the fore entrie of the prison and dayly to be geuen hym a cake of bread of the bakers streete vntyll all the bread in the citie was eaten vp Thus Ieremie remayned in the fore entrie of the prison The .xxxviij. Chapter 1 By the motion of the rulers Ieremie is put into a dungeon 14 At the request of Abedmelech the chaumberlayne the kyng commaundeth Ieremie to be brought foorth of the dungeon 17 Ieremie sheweth the kyng howe he myght escape death 1 SAphatiah the sonne of Mathan Gedaliah the sonne of Pashur Iucal the sonne of Selemiah Pashur the sonne of Melchia perceaued the wordes that Ieremie had spoken vnto all the people namely on this maner 2 Thus saith the Lorde Who so remayneth in this citie shall perishe either with the sworde with hunger or with pestilence but who so falleth vnto the Chaldees shal escape winning his soule for a pray and shall lyue 3 For thus saith the Lorde This citie no doubt must be deliuered into the power of the kyng of Babylon and he also shall winne it 4 Then saide the princes vnto the kyng Sir we beseche you let this man be put to death for thus he discourageth the handes of the souldiours that be in this citie and the handes of all the people when he speaketh such wordes vnto them This man laboureth not for peace of the people but mischiefe 5 Zedekia the kyng aunswered and sayde Lo he is in your handes for the kyng may denie you nothyng 6 Then toke they Ieremie and cast him into the dungeon of Melchiah the sonne of Amelech that dwelt in the fore entrie of the prison and they let downe Ieremie with coardes into a dungeon where there was no water but mire So Ieremie stack fast in the mire 7 Nowe when Abedmelech the Morian beyng a chaumberlayne in the kynges court vnderstoode that they had cast Ieremie into the dungeon 8 He went out of the kynges house and spake to the king which then sate vnder the port of Beniamin these wordes 9 My Lorde the kyng where as these men meddle with Ieremie the prophete they do hym wrong Namely in that they haue put hym in prison there to dye for hunger for there is no more bread in the citie 10 Then the kyng commaunded Abedmelech the Morian and sayde Take from hence thirtie men whom thou wylt and drawe vp Ieremie the prophete out of the dungeon before he dye 11 So Abedmelech toke the men with hym and went to the house of the king and there vnder the treasurie he gat olde ragges and worne cloutes and let them downe by a corde into the dungeon to Ieremie 12 And Abedmelech the Morian sayde vnto the prophete Ieremie O put these ragges and cloutes vnder thine arme holes betwixt them and the cordes And Ieremie did so 13 So they drewe vp Ieremie with cordes toke hym out of the dungeon and he remayned in the fore entrie of the prison 14 Then Zedekia the kyng sent caused Ieremie the prophete to be called vnto hym into the thirde entrie that is in the house of the Lorde and the kyng sayde vnto Ieremie I wyll aske thee somewhat but hyde nothyng fro me 15 Then Ieremie aunswered Zedekia If I be playne vnto thee thou wylt cause me to suffer death yf I geue thee counsayle thou wylt not folowe me 16 So the kyng swore an oth secretely to Ieremie saying As the Lorde liueth that made vs these soules I wyll not slay thee nor geue thee into the handes of them that seke after thy lyfe 18 But yf thou wylt not go foorth to the kyng of Babylons princes then shall this citie be deliuered into the handes of the Chaldees which shall set fire vpon it and thou shalt not be able to escape them 19 And Zedekia said vnto Ieremie I am afrayde for the Iewes that are fled vnto the Chaldees lest I come into their handes so they to haue me in derision 20 But Ieremie aunswered No they shall not betray thee O hearken vnto the voyce of the Lorde I beseche thee which I speake vnto thee so shalt thou be well and saue thy lyfe 21 But yf thou wylt not go foorth the Lorde hath tolde me this playnely 22 Beholde all the women that are left in the kyng of Iudas house shal be led foorth vnto the kyng of Babylons princes and they shall say thou art deceaued and the men in whom thou didst put thy trust haue gotten thee vnder set thy feete fast in the mire and gone their way from thee 23 Therfore all thy wyues with thy children shall they leade foorth vnto the Chaldees and thou shalt not escape their handes but shalt be the kyng of Babylons prisoner and this citie shalt thou cause to be burnt 24 Then sayde Zedekia vnto Ieremie Loke that no body knowe of these wordes and thou shalt not dye 25 But yf the princes perceaue that I haue talked with thee and come vnto thee saying O speake what sayde the kyng to thee hyde it not from vs and we wyll not put thee to death tell vs we pray thee what sayde the kyng to thee 26 See thou geue them this aunswere I haue humbly besought the kyng that he wyll let me lye no more in Iehonathans house that I dye not there 27 Then came all the princes vnto Ieremie and asked hym and he tolde them after the maner as the kyng bad hym Then they helde their peace and let hym alone for they perceaued nothyng 28 So Ieremie abode styll in the fore entrie of the prison vntyll the day that Hierusalem was wonne ¶ The .xxxix. Chapter 1 Nabuchodonozor besiegeth Hierusalem 4 Zedekia fleeth 5 he is taken of the Chaldees 6 his sonnes are slayne 7 his eyes are thrust out 11 Ieremie is prouided for 15 Abedmelech is deliuered from captiuitie because of the confidence that he had in God 1 NOwe when the citie of Hierusalem was taken for in the ninth yere of Zedekia kyng of Iuda the tenth moneth came Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon and all his hoast and besieged Hierusalem and fought agaynst it 2 And in the eleuenth yere of Zedekia in the fourth moneth the ninth day of the moneth he brake into the citie 3 Then all the princes of the kyng of Babylon came in and sate them downe vnder the port Neregel Sarezer Samgarnebo Sarsachim Rabsaris Neregel Sarezer Rabmag with all the other princes of the king of Babylō 4 And when Zedekia the kyng of Iuda with his souldiers sawe them then they fled and departed out of the citie by nyght through the kynges garden and through the port that is betweene the two walles and so the kyng went towarde the wildernesse 5 But the Chaldees hoast folowed fast after them and toke Zedekia in the fielde of Hiericho and brought hym prisoner to Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon vnto Reblath that lyeth in the lande
of Hemath where he gaue iudgement vpon hym 6 So the kyng of Babylon caused the children of Zedekia and all the nobles of Iuda to be slayne before his face at Reblath 7 And made Zedekias eyes to be put out and bounde him with two chaines and sent hym to Babylon 8 Moreouer the Chaldees burnt vp the kynges palace with the other houses of the people and brake downe the walles of Hierusalem 9 As for the remnaunt of the people that were in the citie and such as were come to hym and whatsoeuer was left of the common sort Nabuzaradan the chiefe captayne caryed them to Babylon 10 But Nabuzaradan the chiefe captaine let the rascall people and those that had nothyng dwell styll in the lande of Iuda and gaue them vineyardes and corne fieldes at the same tyme. 11 Nabuchodonozor also the kyng of Babylon gaue Nabuzaradan the chiefe captayne a charge concerning Ieremie saying 12 Take and cherishe hym and make much of him see thou do him no harme but entreate hym after his owne desire 13 So Nabuzaradan the chiefe captayne Nabuzarban Rabsares Neregal Sarezer Rabmag and all the kyng of Babylons lordes sent for Ieremie 14 And caused hym to be fet out of the fore entrie of the prison and committed hym vnto Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam the sonne of Saphan that he shoulde cary hym home and so he dwelt among the people 15 Nowe when Ieremie lay yet bounde in the fore entrie of the prison the worde of the Lorde came vnto hym saying 16 Go and tell Abedmelech the Morian thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Beholde the cruell and sharpe plague that I haue deuised for this citie wyll I bring vpon them that thou shalt see it 17 But I wyll deliuer thee in that day saith the Lorde thou shalt not come in the handes of those men whom thou fearest 18 For doubtlesse I wyll saue thee so that thou shalt not perishe with the sworde but thy lyfe shal be saued and that because thou hast put thy trust in me saith the Lorde The .xl. Chapter 1 Ieremie hath licence to go whyther he wyll 8 he dwelleth with the people that remayneth at Hierusalem ouer whom Gedaliah ruleth 14 Iohanan prophecieth death vnto Gedaliah 1 THis is the worde that the Lorde spake vnto Ieremie when Nabuzaradan the chiefe captayne had let hym go free from Ramath whyther he had led hym bounde among all the prisoners that were caryed from Hierusalem and Iuda vnto Babylon 2 The chiefe captaine called for Ieremie and sayde vnto hym The Lorde thy God spake mightily before of the misery vpon this place 3 Nowe the Lorde hath sent it and perfourmed it as he hath promised for ye haue sinned agaynst the Lord and haue not ben obedient vnto his voyce therfore commeth this plague vpon you 4 Beholde I loose the bandes from thy handes this day yf thou wilt nowe go with me vnto Babylon vp then for I wyll see to thee and prouide for thee but yf thou wylt not go with me to Babylon then remayne here Beholde all the lande is at thy wyll loke where thou thinkest conuenient and good for thee to abyde there dwell 5 For as yet he was not gone backe agayne to Gedaliah therfore he sayde to him Go backe to Gedaliah the sonne of Ahicam the sonne of Saphan whom the kyng of Babylon hath made gouernour ouer the cities of Iuda and dwell with hym among the people or remayne where soeuer it please thee So the chiefe captayne gaue him his expences with a rewarde and let hym go 6 Then went Ieremie vnto Gedaliah the sonne of Ahicam to Mispa dwelt there with hym among the people that were left in the lande 7 Nowe whē the captaynes of the hoast of Iuda which with their felowes were scattered abrode on euery syde in the lande vnderstoode that the kyng of Babylon had made Gedaliah the sonne of Ahicam gouernour in the lande and that man wyfe and chylde yea and the poore men in the lande that were not led captiue to Babylon should be vnder his iurisdiction 8 They came to Gedaliah vnto Mispa Namely Ismael the sonne of Nathaniah Iohanan and Ionathan the sonnes of Careah Sareah the sonne of Thanehumeth the sonnes of Ephai the Netophatite Iezaniah the sonne of Maachati with their companions 9 And Gedaliah the sonne of Ahicam the sonne of Saphan sware vnto them and their felowes in this maner Be not afrayde to serue the Chaldees dwel in the lande and do the king of Babylon seruice so shall ye prosper 10 Beholde I dwell at Mispa to be an officer in the Chaldees behalfe and to satisfie such as come to vs therfore gather wine corne and oyle kepe them in your ware houses and dwell in your cities that ye haue in kepyng 11 Yea all the Iewes also that dwelt in Moab vnder the Ammonites Idumea and in all the countreys when they hearde that the kyng of Babylon had made Gedaliah the sonne of Ahicam the sonne of Saphan gouernour vpon all them that were left in Iuda 12 All the Iewes I say returned out of all places where they were fled vnto and came into the lande of Iuda to Gedaliah vnto Mispa and gathered wine and other fruites and that very much 13 Moreouer Iohanan the sonne of Careah and all the captaynes of the hoast that were scattered on euery syde in the lande came to Gedaliah to Mispa and sayde vnto hym 14 Knowest thou not that Baalis the kyng of the Ammonites hath sent Ismael the sonne of Nathaniah to slay thee But Gedaliah the sonne of Ahicam beleued them not 15 Then sayde Iohanan the sonne of Careah vnto Gedaliah in Mispa these wordes secretely Let me go I pray thee and I wyll slay Ismael the sonne of Nathaniah so that no body shall knowe it Wherfore wyll he kyll thee that all the Iewes which resort vnto thee myght be scattered and the remnaunt in Iuda perishe 16 And Gedaliah the sonne of Ahicam sayde to Iohanan the sonne of Careah Thou shalt not do it for they are but lyes that thou sayest of Ismael The .xlj. Chapter 2 Ismael kylleth Gedaliah guilefully and many other with hym 11 Iohanan foloweth after Ismael 1 BVt in the seuenth moneth it happened that Ismael the sonne of Nathaniah the sonne of Elisama one of the kynges blood came and the greatest about the kyng ten men with him vnto Gedaliah the sonne of Ahicam to Mispa and they did eate together in Mispa 2 And Ismael the sonne of Nathaniah with those ten men that were with him start vp and smote Gedaliah the sonne of Ahicam the sonne of Saphan with the sworde and slue hym whom the king of Babylon had made a gouernour of the lande 3 Ismael also slue all the Iewes that were with Gedaliah at Mispa and all the Chaldees that he founde there waytyng vpon hym and those that were able to fyght
and her walles shall come downe for it shal be the vengeaunce of the Lorde yea vengeaunce shal be taken of her and as she hath done so deale ye with her 16 Roote out the sower from Babylon hym that handleth the sicle in haruest for feare of the sworde of the enemie euery man shall get hym to his owne people and euery man shall flee to his owne lande 17 Israel is a scattered flocke the lions haue dispearsed them First the kyng of the Assyrians deuoured them last of all this Nabuchodonozor king of Babylon hath brused all their bones 18 Therfore thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Beholde I wyll visite the kyng of Babylon and his kyngdome as I haue visited the kyng of the Assyrians 19 And wyll bryng Israel agayne to his pleasaunt pasture that he may feede vpon Charmel and Basan and be satisfied vpon the mount of Ephraim and Galaad 20 In those dayes and at the same tyme saith the Lorde yf the offence of Israel be sought for there shal none be founde yf men enquire for the sinne of Iuda there shal be none for I wyll be mercifull vnto them whom I suffer to remayne 21 Go downe O thou auenger into the enemies lande and visite them that dwell therin downe with them smite them vpon the backes saith the Lorde do accordyng to all that I haue commaunded thee 22 There is gone about the lande a crye of a slaughter and great murther namelye on this maner 23 Howe happeneth it that the hammer of the whole worlde is thus broken and brused in sunder Howe chaunceth it that Babylon is become a wildernesse among the heathen on this maner 24 I my selfe haue layde a snare for thee and thou art taken vnawares thou art trapped and snared for why thou hast contended agaynst the Lorde 25 The Lorde hath opened his house of ordinaunce and brought foorth the weapons of his wrath for the thyng that is done in the land of the Chaldees it is the Lorde of hoastes worke 26 Come agaynst her for this is her ende breake vp her chestes threshe her as ye threshe corne destroy her that nothyng shal be left 27 Slay all their mightie souldiers and put them to death Wo be vnto them for the day and tyme of their visitation is at hande 28 Me thynke I heare alredy a crye of them that be fled and escaped out of the lande of Babylon which shewe in Sion the vengeaunce of the Lorde our God the vengeaunce of his temple yea a voyce of them that crye agaynst Babylon 29 Call vp all the archers agaynst Babylon pitch your tentes rounde about her that none escape recompence her as she hath deserued and accordyng as she hath done so deale with her agayne for she hath set vp her selfe agaynst the Lorde agaynst the holy one of Israel 30 Therfore shall her young men fall downe in the streetes and all her men of warre shal be rooted out in that day saith the Lorde 31 Beholde I speake vnto thee O thou proude saith the Lorde God of hoastes for thy day shall come euen the tyme of thy visitation 32 And the proude shall stumble and fall and no man shall helpe hym vp I wyll burne vp his cities with fire and it shall consume all that is rounde about hym 33 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes The children of Israel and Iuda suffer violence together all they that haue them in captiuitie kepe them fast and wyll not let them go 34 But their auenger and redeemer is mightie whose name is the Lorde of hoastes he shall maynteyne their cause he shal make the lande shake and iudge them that dwell therin one with another 35 The sworde shal come vpon the Chaldees saith the Lorde vpon them that dwell in Babylon vpon their princes and vpon their wise men 36 The sworde vpon their soothsayers as for those they shall become fooles the sworde vpon their worthies so that they shall stande in feare 37 The sworde vpon their horsemen and charrettes and vpon all the cōmon people that dwell among them so that they shall all become lyke women The sworde vpon their treasure so that it shal be stollen away 38 A drought vpon their waters so that they shal be dryed vp for the lande worshippeth images and delighteth wonderfully in idols 39 Therfore shall wylde beastes Lamia and Cat of mountaynes and Estreches dwell therin for there shall neuer man dwell there neither shall any man haue his habitation there for euermore 40 Like as God destroyed Sodome and Gomorre with the cities that lay there about saith the Lorde so shall no man dwell there also neither shall any man haue there his habitation 41 Beholde there shall come a people from the north with a great bonde of men and many kynges shall stande vp from the endes of the earth 42 They beare bowes and bucklers cruell are they and vnmercifull their voyce roreth like the ragyng sea they ryde vpon horses and come weaponed to fight agaynst thee O Babylon 43 Assoone as the king of Babylon heare tell of them his handes shall waxe feeble sorowe and heauinesse shall come vpon him as a woman trauayling with chylde 44 Beholde like as the lion commeth vp from the swellyng of Iordane vnto the dennes of Ethan so wyll I dryue them foorth and make them runne agaynst her But whom shall I choose out and ordayne to such a thyng for who is like me or who wil striue with me or what sheephearde may stande agaynst me 45 Therfore here the counsayle that the Lorde hath geuen vpon Babylon and the deuice that he hath taken vpon the lande of the Chaldees The least among the people shall drawe them out and loke what pleasaunt houses they haue they shall lay them waste 46 The noyse at the wynnyng of Babylon shall moue the earth and the crye shal be hearde among the gentiles The .lj. Chapter 1 Howe Babylon shoulde be ouerthrowen 59 Ieremie geueth his booke to Saraias 1 THus hath the Lorde sayde Behold I wyll rayse vp a perilous wynde agaynst Babylon her citizens that beare euyl wyll against me 2 I wyll sende also into Babylon fanners to fanne her out and to destroy her lande for in the day of her trouble they shal be about her on euery syde 3 Moreouer the Lorde wyll say vnto the bowmen and to them that aduaunce them selues in their armoure Ye shall not spare her young men kyll downe all her hoast 4 Thus the slayne shall fall downe in the lande of the Chaldees and the wounded in the streetes 5 As for Israel and Iuda they shall not be forsaken of their God of the Lord of hoastes yea for the holy one of Israels sake haue the Chaldees fylled their lande full of sinne 6 * Flee away from Babylon euery man saue his lyfe that ye be not rooted out with her wickednesse for the tyme of
in his wrath As for the honour of Israel he hath cast it downe frō heauen vnto the earth and he remembred not his owne footestole when he was angry 2 The Lorde hath cast out all the habitations of Iacob without any fauour all the strong places of the daughter of Iuda hath he broken in his wrath and throwen them downe to the grounde her kingdome and her princes hath he prophaned 3 In the wrath of his indignation he hath broken all the horne of Israel he hath withdrawen his right hande from the enemie yea a flambe of fire is kindled in Iacob and hath consumed vp all rounde about 4 He hath bent his bowe like an enemie he hath fastened his ryght hande as an aduersarie and euery thyng that was pleasaunt to see he hath slayne he hath powred out his wrath like a fire into the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion 5 The Lorde is become like as it were an enemie he hath deuoured Israel and all his palaces yea all his strong holdes hath he destroyed and fylled the daughter of Iuda with much sorowe and heauinesse 6 His tabernacle as a garden hath he destroyed his solempne meetinges hath he put downe the Lord hath brought it so to passe that the hye solempne feastes and Sabbathes in Sion are cleane forgotten in his heauy displeasure hath he dispised the kyng and priestes 7 The Lorde hath forsaken his owne aulter and hath abhorred his owne sanctuarie and hath geuen the walles of their towres into the handes of the enemie their enemies made a noyse in the house of the Lorde as it had ben in a solempne feast day 8 The Lorde thought to breake downe the walles of the daughter of Sion he spread out his line and drewe not in his hande tyll he had destroyed them therfore mourne the turrettes the broken walles fall downe together 9 Her gates are suncke downe to the grounde her barres are broken and smitten in sunder the kyng and princes are caryed away to the gentiles they haue neither lawe nor prophetes nor yet any vision from the Lorde 10 The senatours of the daughter Sion sit vpon the grounde in scilence they haue strawed asshes vpon their heads and gyrded them selues with sackcloth the maydens of Hierusalem hang downe their heades to the grounde 11 Mine eyes begin to fayle me through weeping my body is disquieted my liuer is powred vpon the earth for the great hurt of the daughter of my people seeing the chyldren and babes dyd swowne in the streetes of the citie 12 Euen when they spake to their mothers Where is meate and drinke for whyle they so sayde they fell downe in the streetes of the citie like as they had ben wounded and some dyed in their mothers bosome 13 What shall I say vnto thee O thou daughter Hierusalem to whom shal I liken thee To whom shall I compare thee O thou daughter Sion to comfort thee withall thy heart is lyke a mayne sea who may heale thee 14 Thy prophetes haue looke dout vayne and foolish thinges for thee they haue not shewed thee of thy wickednesse to kepe thee from captiuitie but they haue seene out for thee burthens of vanitie and banishment 15 All they that go by thee clappe their handes at thee hissing and wagging their heades vpon the daughter Hierusalem and say Is this the citie that men call so faire wherein the whole lande reioyceth 16 All thyne enemies gape vpon thee whispering and grinding their teeth saying let vs deuour for the tyme that we looked for is come we haue founde and seene it 17 The Lorde hath fulfilled the thing that he was purposed to do and perfourmed that he had deuised long ago he hath destroyed and not spared he hath caused thyne aduersarie to triumph ouer thee and set vp the horne of thyne enemie 18 Their heart cryed vnto the Lorde O thou citie of the daughter Sion let thy teares runne downe like a riuer day and night rest not and let not the apple of thyne eye leaue of 19 Stand vp and make thy prayer in the first watche of the night powre out thine heart like water before the Lord lift vp thyne handes for the liues of thy young chyldren that dye of hunger in the streetes 20 Beholde O Lorde and consider to whom thou hast done thus Shall the women then eate their owne fruite euen chyldren of a spanne long shall the priestes and prophetes be slayne in the sanctuarie of the Lorde 21 Young and olde lye thorowe the streetes vpon the grounde my maydens and young men are slayne with the sworde whom thou in the day of thy wrathfull indignation hast put to death yea euen thou hast put them to death and not spared them 22 My neighbours that are rounde about me hast thou called as it were to a feast day so that in the day of the lordes wrath none escaped neither was any left behinde those that I haue brought vp and nourished hath myne enemie destroyed The .iij. Chapter 1 I Am the man that thorowe the rodde of his wrath haue experience of miserie 2 He droue me foorth and led me yea into darknesse but not into light 3 Against me is he turned he turneth his hande dayly against me 4 My flesh and my skinne hath he made olde and my bones hath he bruised 5 He hath buylded rounde about me and closed me in with gall and trauaile 6 He hath set me in darknesse as they that be dead for euer 7 He hath so hedged me in that I can not get out and hath layde heauie linkes vpon me 8 Though I crye and call pitiously yet heareth he not my prayer 9 He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones and made my pathes crooked 10 He layeth wayte for me lyke a beare and as a lion in a hole 11 He hath marred my wayes and broken me in peeces he hath layde me waste altogether 12 He hath bent his bowe and made me as it were a marke to shoote at 13 The arrowes of his quiuer hath he shot euen into my reynes 14 I am laughed to scorne of all my people they make songues vpon me all the day long 15 He hath filled me with bitternesse and geuen me wormewood to drinke 16 He hath smitten my teeth in peeces with stones and roulled me in the dust 17 He hath put my soule out of rest I forget all good thinges 18 I thought in my selfe I am vndone there is no hope for me in the Lorde 19 O remember yet my miserie and my trouble the wormewood and the gall 20 Yea thou shalt remember them for my soule melteth away in me 21 Whyle I consider these thinges in my heart I get a hope agayne 22 Namely it is of the Lordes mercies that we are not vtterly consumed for truely his pitifull compassion hath not ceassed 23 Newe mercyes shall the Lord shewe vpon thee early in the day springing O Lorde great is
sisters both thy elder and thy younger and I wyll geue them vnto thee for daughters but not by thy couenaunt 62 And I wyll establishe my couenaunt with thee that thou mayest know that I am the Lorde 63 That thou mayest thinke vpon it and be ashamed and neuer open thy mouth any more for shame of thy selfe when I am pacified towarde thee for all that thou hast done saith the Lorde God ¶ The .xvij. Chapter The parable of the two Egles 1 THe worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man put foorth a parable speake a prouerbe vnto the house of Israel 3 And say Thus saith the Lorde God There came a great Egle with great winges yea with a mightie long body and ful of fethers of diuers colours vppon the mount of Libanus and toke the hyest braunche of a Cedar tree 4 And brake of the top of his twigges and caryed it into the lande of marchauntes and set it in a citie of marchauntes 5 He toke also of the seede of the land and planted it in a fruiteful grounde he brought it vnto great waters and set it in an open trenche 6 Then did it grow and was a spreading vine but lowe of stature whose braunches turned towarde it and the rootes of it were vnder it thus there came of it a vine and it brought foorth braunches and shot foorth buddes 7 But there was another Egle a great one whiche had great wynges and many fethers and beholde the rootes of this vine turned towardes it and spread out her braunches towards it that she might water it by the trenches of her plantation 8 It was planted vpon a good soyle beside great waters so that it should haue brought out braunches borne fruite and haue ben a goodly vine 9 Speake thou therfore thus saith the Lorde God Shall this vine prosper shall he not pull vp the rootes therof and destroy the fruite thereof and cause them to dry all the leaues of her bud shall wither without great power or many people to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof 10 Behold it was planted Shall it prosper therfore Shall it not be dryed vp and withered when the east winde shall touche it it shall wither in the trenches where it grewe 11 Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 12 Speake now to the rebellious house Knowe ye not what these thinges do signifie Tell them beholde the kyng of Babylon is come to Hierusalem and hath taken the kyng thereof and the princes therof and hath led them with him to Babylon 13 He toke of the kynges seede and made a couenaunt with him and toke an othe of hym the princes of the lande toke he with him also 14 That the kyngdome might be holden in subiection and not lift vp it selfe but kepe the couenaunt and stande to it 15 But he rebelled against hym and sent his embassadours into Egypt that he might haue horses and muche people Should he prosper shall he escape that doth suche thinges or shall he breake the couenaunt and escape free 16 As truely as I liue saith the Lorde God he shall dye at Babylon in the place where the kyng dwelleth that made hym kyng whose othe he hath despised and whose couenaunt he hath broken 17 Neither shall Pharao with his great hoast and multitude of people maintayne hym in the warre when they haue cast vp mountes and buylt a fort to destroy many persons 18 For seeing he hath despised the othe and broken the couenaunt wheras he yet gaue his hande therevpon and done all these thinges he shall not escape 19 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God As truely as I liue I wyll bryng mine othe that he hath despised and my couenaunt that he hath broken vpon his owne head 20 I wyll spreade my net vpon hym and he shall be caught in my net and I wyll bryng hym to Babylon and enter into iudgement with him there for the trespasse whiche he hath committed against me 21 As for those that flee from hym with all his hoast they shal be slayne with the sworde and the residue shal be scattred towardes all the windes and ye shall knowe that I the Lord haue spoken it 22 Thus saith the Lorde God I wyll also take of the top of this hye Cedar and wyll set it and cut of the top of the tender plant thereof and wyll plant it vpon an hye hyll and a great 23 Namely vpon the hye hyll of Israel will I plant it that it may bryng foorth bowes and geue fruite and be an excellent Cedar and vnder it shall remayne all byrdes and euery foule shall remaine vnder the shadowe of the braunches thereof 24 And all the trees of the fielde shall knowe that I the Lorde haue brought downe the hye tree and exalted the lowe tree that I haue dryed vp the greene tree and made the drye tree to florishe euen I the Lorde that spake it haue also brought it to passe The .xviij. Chapter 4 He sheweth that euery man shall beare his owne sinne 21 To him that amendeth is saluation promised 24 Death is prophecied to the righteous whiche turneth backe from the right way 1 THE word of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 What meane ye by this cōmon prouerbe that ye vse in the lande of Israel saying The fathers haue eaten sowre grapes and the chyldrens teeth are set on edge 3 As truely as I liue saith the Lorde God ye shall vse this by worde no more in Israel 4 Beholde all soules are mine lyke as the soule of the father is mine so is the soule of the sonne myne also the soule that sinneth shall dye it selfe 5 But if a man be iust and do that which is lawfull and right 6 He hath not eaten vpon the hilles he hath not lift his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel neither hath defiled his neighbours wyfe neither hath come neare a woman remoued 7 Neither hath oppressed any man but hath restored to the detter his pledge he that hath not spoyled any by violence hath geuen his bread to the hungry and hath clothed the naked 8 And hath not geuen foorth vpon vsurie neither taken any encrease he hath withdrawne his hande from iniquitie and hath executed true iudgement betweene man and man 9 And hath walked in my statutes and kept my iudgementes to deale truely this is a righteous man he shall surely liue saith the Lorde God 10 If he nowe get a sonne that is a robber a shedder of blood and do any one of these thinges 11 Though he do not all these thinges but either hath eaten vpon the hilles or defiled his neighbours wyfe 12 Or hath oppressed the poore and needie or spoyled by violence or hath not restored the pledge or hath lyft vp his eyes vnto the idols or hath committed abomination 13 Or
hath geuen foorth vpon vsurie or hath taken encrease Shall this man liue he shall not liue Seeing he hath done al these abhominations he shal die the death his blood shal be vpon hym 14 Nowe if this man get a sonne also that seeth all his fathers sinnes whiche he hath done and feareth neither doth suche like 15 Namely he hath not eaten vpon the hilles he hath not lift vp his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel nor defiled his neighbours wyfe 16 Neither hath oppressed any nor hath withholden the pledge neither hath spoiled by violence but hath geuen his bread to the hungry and hath couered the naked with a garment 17 Neither hath withdrawen his hande from the afflicted nor receaued vsurie nor encrease but hath executed my iudgementes and walked in my statutes this man shall not dye in his fathers sinne but shall liue without fayle 18 As for his father because he hath cruelly oppressed and spoyled his brother by violence and hath not done good among his people lo he dyeth in his owne sinne 19 And yet say ye wherfore then should not this sonne beare his fathers sinne Because the sonne hath done iudgment and righteousnesse he hath kept all my statutes and done them therefore shall he liue in deede 20 The same soule that sinneth shall dye the sonne shall not beare the fathers iniquitie neither shall the father beare the sonnes iniquitie the righteousnesse of the righteous shal be vpon hym and the wickednesse of the wicked shal be vpon him selfe also 21 But if the vngodly wyll turne away from all his sinnes that he hath done and kepe all my statutes and do the thing that is iugdement and right doubtlesse he shall liue and not dye 22 As for all his sinnes that he dyd before they shall not be mentioned vnto hym but in his righteousnesse that he hath done he shall liue 23 For haue I any pleasure in the death of a sinner saith the Lorde God shall he not liue if he returne from his wayes 24 Agayne if the righteous turne from his righteousnesse and do iniquitie and shall do according to all the abominations that the wicked man doth shall he liue All the righteousnesse that he hath done shall not be remembred but in his transgression that he hath committed in his sinne that he hath sinned in them he shall dye 25 And yet ye say the way of the Lorde is not indifferent Heare therefore ye house of Israel is not my way equall or are not your wayes rather vnequall 26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousnesse and committeth iniquitie and dieth in the same in his iniquitie whiche he hath committed shall he dye 27 Agayne when the wicked turneth away from his wickednesse that he hath done and doth iudgement and right he shall saue his soule aliue 28 Because he seeth and turneth away from all his iniquitie that he hath committed he shall surely liue and not dye 29 And yet saith the house of Israel the way of the Lorde is not equall Are my wayes vnequall O ye house of Israel are not your wayes rather vnequall 30 Therefore I wyll iudge you euery man according to his wayes O ye house of Israel saith the Lorde returne and bryng your selues agayne from all your wickednesse so iniquitie shall not be your destruction 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions wherby ye haue transgressed and make you a newe heart and a newe spirite for why wyll ye dye O ye house of Israel 32 Seing I haue no pleasure in the death of hym that dyeth saith the Lord God bryng agayne your selues then and ye shall lyue ⧠The .xix. Chapter 2 The captiuitie of Iehohas and Iehoiakim is signified by the lions whelpes and by the lion 10 He setteth out the prosperitie of the citie of Hierusalem that is past the miserie therof that is present 1 THou also take vp a lamentation for the princes of Israel 2 And say wherfore lay thy mother that lionesse among the lions she norished her young ones among the lions whelpes 3 One of her whelpes she brought vp and it became a lion it learned to catche the pray and to deuour folke 4 The heathen hearde of hym and caught hym in their snare and brought hym in hookes vnto the lande of Egypt 5 Nowe when she sawe that she had wayted and her hope was lost she toke another of her whelpes and made a lion of hym 6 Which went among the lions and became a fearce lion learned to catche the pray and to deuour folke 7 He destroyed their palaces and made their cities waste insomuch that the whole lande and euery thyng therin were vtterly desolate through the voyce of his roaryng 8 Then set the heathen together on euery side of the countreis agaynst him layde their nettes for him and toke him in their pit 9 So they put him in prison in chaynes and brought him to the kyng of Babylon they put him in holdes that his voyce shoulde no more be hearde vpon the mountaynes of Israel 10 As for thy mother she is like a vine in thy blood planted by the waters she brought foorth fruite and braunches by the aboundaunt waters 11 And she had strong roddes for the scepters of them that beare rule and her stature was exalted on hye among the braunches she appeared in her height with the multitude of her braunches 12 But she was pluckt vp in wrath cast out vpon the grounde the east wynde dryed vp her fruite her braunches were broken of withered as for the roddes of her strength the fire consumed them 13 And nowe she is planted in the wildernesse in a dry and thirstie grounde 14 And there is a fire gone out of the rodde of her braūches it hath deuoured her fruite so that she hath no strong rodde for a scepter to rule This is a lamentation and shal be for a lamentation ¶ The .xx. Chapter 3 The Lorde denieth that he wyll aunswere them when they pray for the offence of vnkindnesse which he here obiecteth 33 He promiseth that his people shall returne from captiuitie 46 By the Forest that shoulde be burnt is signified the burning of Hierusalem 1 IN the seuenth yere the tenth day of the fift moneth certayne of the elders of Israel came for to aske counsayle at the Lorde and sate downe before me 2 Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto me saying 3 Thou sonne of man speake vnto the elders of Israel and say vnto them thus saith the Lorde God Are ye come to enquire of me As truely as I liue I wyll not be sought of you saith the Lorde God 4 Wylt thou not iudge them sonne of man wylt thou not iudge them cause them to vnderstande the abhominations of their fathers 5 And tell them thus saith the Lorde God In the day when I chose Israel and lift vp mine hande vpon the
And ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde when I shall bring you into the lande of Israel into the lande for the which I lift vp my hande to geue it vnto your fathers 43 There shall ye call to rembraunce your owne wayes and all your workes wherin ye haue ben defiled and ye shal be cut of in your owne sight for all your wickednesse that ye haue done 44 And ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde when I deale with you for my names sake and not after your wicked wayes nor accordyng to your corrupt workes O ye house of Israel saith the Lorde God 45 Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 46 Thou sonne of man set thy face towarde the way of Themanah and drop thy worde towarde the south and prophecie towarde the forest of the south fielde 47 And say to the forest of the south Heare the worde of the Lord thus saith the Lorde God Beholde I wyll kindle a fire in thee that shall consume all the greene trees with all the dry the continuall flambe shall not be quenched and euery face from the south to the north shal be burnt therin 48 And all fleshe shall see that I the Lorde haue kindled it and it shall not be quenched 49 Then sayde I Ah Lorde God they say of me Doth not he speake parables ⧠The .xxi. Chapter ◠He threatneth the sworde that is to say destruction to the citie of Hierusalem 25 He sheweth the fall of king Zedekiah 28 He is commaunded to prophecie the destruction of the children of Ammon 30 After the slaughter of other at the last the Lorde threatneth death vnto Nabuchodonozor hym selfe 1 THe worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man set thy face towarde Hierusalem and drop thy worde towarde the holy places and prophecie agaynst the lande of Israel 3 Say to the lande of Israel thus saith the Lorde Beholde I am against thee and wyll drawe my sworde out of the sheath and cut of from thee both the righteous and the wicked 4 Seyng then that I wyll cut of from thee both the righteous and the wicked therfore shall my sworde go out of his sheath agaynst all fleshe from the south to the north 5 That all fleshe may knowe howe that I the Lorde haue drawne my sworde out of the sheath and it shall not be put in agayne 6 Mourne therfore O thou sonne of man yea euen with the breakyng of thy loynes mourne bitterly in their presence 7 And if they say vnto thee wherfore mournest thou Then tell them for the tidinges that commeth All heartes shall melt all handes shal be letten downe all stomackes shal faynt and all knees shall go as water beholde it commeth and shal be brought to passe saith the Lorde God 8 Agayne the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 9 Thou sonne of man prophecie and speake thus saith the Lorde God Speake the sworde the sworde is sharpened and well furbished 10 Sharpened is it to make a great slaughter and furbished that it may glitter Shall we then make mirth It contemneth the rodde of my sonne as all other trees 11 He hath geuen it to be furbished to holde it in the hande this sworde is sharpened and furbished to geue it into the hande of the slayer 12 Crye and houle sonne of man for it commeth vpon my people it commeth vpon all the princes of Israel the terrours of the sworde shal be vpon my people smite therfore thou vpon thy thygh 13 Because it is a triall and what if it contemne the rodde It shal be no more saith the Lorde 14 Prophecie thou sonne of man smite thy handes together let the sworde be doubled thrise euen the sworde of the great slaughter entryng into their priuie chaumbers 15 To make them faynt at the heartes and to multiplie their falles in all their gates haue I geuen the terrour of the sworde Ah it is made bright and dressed for the slaughter 16 Get thee one way or other either vpon the right hande or vpon the left whyther soeuer thy face turneth 17 I will smite my handes together also and make my wrathfull indignation to rest euen I the Lorde haue sayde it 18 The worde of the Lorde came yet vnto me agayne saying 19 Thou sonne of man appoynt thee two wayes that the sworde of the king of Babylon may come Both these wayes shal go out of one lande and choose thee a place at the head of the citie wayes choose it 20 Appoynt a way that the sworde may come towarde Rabbath of the Ammonites and towarde Iuda in the defenced Hierusalem 21 For the kyng of Babylon stoode at the partyng of the wayes at the head of the two wayes consultyng by diuination he made his arrowes bright consulted with images lookt in the liuer 22 At his right hande was the soothsaying for Hierusalem to appoynt captaynes to open their mouth to the slaughter and to lift vp their voice with the alarum to set battle rammes agaynst the gates to cast a bulwarke and to builde a fort 23 And it shal be vnto them as a false diuination in their sight for the othes made vnto them but he wyll call to remembraunce their iniquitie to the intent they may be taken 24 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God Because ye haue made your iniquitie to be remēbred in discoueryng your transgressions so that in all your workes your sinnes might appeare because ye are come to remembraunce ye shal be taken by hande 25 O thou shamefull wicked prince of Israel whose day is come euen when wickednesse shall haue an ende 26 Thus saith the Lorde God I wyll take away the Diademe and put of the crowne this shal be no more the same I wyll exalt the humble and abase him that is hye 27 Ouerthrowen ouerthrowen ouerthrowen wyll I put it and it shall not be vntyll he come to whom the iudgement belongeth and to whom I haue geuen it 28 And thou O sonne of man prophecie and speake Thus saith the Lorde God to the children of Ammon and to their blasphemie speake thou The sworde the sworde is drawen foorth alredy to slaughter and furbished to consume because of the glitteryng 29 Whiles they see vnto thee vanitie and deuine a lye vnto thee to put thee with the neckes of the wicked that be slayne whose day is come when their iniquitie shall haue an ende 30 Shoulde I cause it to returne into his sheath In the place where thou wast created in the lande of thine habitation wyll I iudge thee 31 And I wyll powre mine indignation vpon thee and wyll blowe vpon thee in the fire of my wrath and deliuer thee into the handes of desperate people which are skilfull to destroy 32 Thou shalt feede the fire and thy blood shal be
of Israel occupied with thee brought vnto thy markets wheat of Minnith Pannag hony oyle and triacle 18 Damascus also vsed marchaundise with thee in the wine of Helbon and whyte wooll because thyne occupying was so great and thy wares so many 19 Dan Iauan Meuzal haue brought vnto thy markets wrougth iron Cassia and Calamus were among thy marchaundise 20 They of Dedan were thy marchauntes in precious clothes for chariots 21 Arabia and all the princes of Cedar haue occupied with thee in weathers rammes and goates in these were they thy marchauntes 22 The marchauntes of Seba and Rema haue occupied also with thee in al chiefe spices in all precious stones and golde which they brought vnto thy markets 23 Haran Chenne and Eden the marchauntes of Seba Assyria and Chelmad were doers with thee 24 These were thy marchauntes in all sortes of thinges in rayment of blewe silke and of broidred worke and in coffers for the riche apparell whiche were trussed with coardes and Cedar boorde among thy marchaundise 25 The ships of Tharsis were the chiefe of thyne occupying thus thou wast replenished and in great worship euen in the mids of the sea 26 Thy rowers haue brought thee into great waters the east wind hath broken thee in the mids of the sea 27 Thy riches and thy fayres thy marchaundise thy mariners shipmasters thy calkars and the occupiers of thy marchaundise and al thy men of warre that are in thee and all thy multitude that is in the mids of thee shall fal in the mids of the sea in the day of thy fall 28 The suburbes shal shake at the loude crie of thy shipmen 29 All that handle the ore mariners and all shipmaisters of the sea shall come downe from their ships and stand vpon the lande 30 And they shall cause their voyce to be heard against thee and shall crye bitterly and shall cast dust vpon their heades and wallowe in the asshes 31 They shal make them selues bauld for thee and girde them with sackcloth they shal weepe for thee with sorowefull heart and bitter mourning 32 And they shall take vp a lamentation for thee in their mourning and lament ouer thee what citie is like Tyrus so destroyed in the mids of the sea 33 When thy wares went foorth of the seas thou filledst many people the kinges of the earth hast thou made riche thorowe the multitude of thy riches and marchaundise 34 When thou shalt be broken by the seas in the deapthes of the waters thy marchaundise all thy multitude that was in the mids of thee shall fall 35 All the inhabitauntes of the iles shal be astonied at thee and all their kinges shal be sore afrayde and troubled in their countenaunce 36 The marchauntes of the nations shall hisse at thee thou shalt be a terrour and shalt neuer be any more The .xxviii. Chapter 1 The word of God against the king of Tyrus for his pride 12 Ezechiel the prophete is moued to bewayle the king of Tyrus 20 The word of the Lord against Sidon 25 The Lorde promiseth that he will gather together the children of Israel 1 I He worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man tel the prince of Tyre thus sayth the Lorde God Because thou hast a proude heart and hast said I am a God I sit in the seate of God in the mids of the sea wher as thou art but a man and not God though thou set thyne heart as the heart of God 3 Beholde thou thinkest thy selfe wyser then Daniel that there is no secretes hyd from thee 4 With thy wisdome and thine vnderstanding thou hast gotten thee great welthines gathered treasure of siluer gold 5 With thy great wysedome and occupying hast thou encreased thy power and because of thy great riches thy heart is proude 6 Therfore thus sayth the Lorde God Forsomuch as thou hast set thyne heart as the heart of God 7 Behold I will bring straungers vpon thee euen the terrible nations these shal drawe out their swordes vpon the beautie of thy wysdome and shall defile thy glorie 8 They shall cast thee downe to the pit so that thou shalt dye the death of them that be slayne in the mids of the sea 9 Wilt thou say then before them that slay thee I am a God where as thou art but a man and not God in the handes of them that slay thee 10 Die shalt thou the death of the vncircumcized in the handes of the straungers for I haue spoken it sayth the Lorde God 11 Moreouer the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 12 Thou sonne of man take vp a lamentation vpon the king of Tyre tel him thus sayth the Lord God Thou sealest vp the summe full of wysdome perfite beautie 13 Thou hast ben in the pleasaunt garden of God thou art deckt with all maner of precious stones with ruby topas diamond thurkis onyx iasper saphir emeralde carbuncle and golde the workemanship of thy timbrels and of thy pipes that be in thee was prepared in the day that thou wast created 14 Thou art an annoynted Cherub that couereth and I haue set thee in this dignitie thou wast vpon the holy mount of God thou hast walked in the mids of the stones of fire 15 From the time of thy creation thou haste ben perfite in the wayes till wickednesse was founde in thee 16 By the multitude of thy marchaundise they haue filled the mids of thee with crueltie thou haste sinned I will cast thee as prophane out of the mount of God I will destroy thee O couering Cherub from the mids of the stones of fire 17 Thy heart was proude in thy beautie and thorowe thy brightnesse thou hast destroyed thy wisdome I will cast thee downe to the grounde I will lay thee before kinges that they may beholde thee 18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctification with the great wickednesse of thyne vnrighteous occupying I will bring a fire from the middest of thee to consume thee and will make thee to asshes vpon the earth in the sight of all them that loke vpon thee 19 Al they that haue ben acquainted with thee among the heathen shal be abashed at thee thou hast ben a terrour and neuer shalt thou be any more 20 And the word of the Lorde came vnto me saying 21 Thou sonne of man set thy face against Sidon and prophecie vpon it 22 And speake thus sayth the Lord God Beholde O Sidon I will vpon thee and I wil be glorified in thee that it may be knowen howe that I am the Lord when I shal haue executed iudgementes in her shal be sanctified in her 23 For I will sende pestilence and bloodsheding into her streetes and the slayne shall fall in the mids of her by the sword comming vpon her on euery side they shall knowe that I am the Lorde
of Noph to an end there shal no more be a prince of Egypt and a fearfulnesse wil I send into the Egyptians lande 14 As for Pathros I wil make it desolate and kindle a fire in Zoan and I will execute iudgementes in No. 15 And I will powre my wrathful indignation vpon Sin the strength of Egypt I will destroy the multitude of No. 16 And I will kindle a fire in Egypt Sin shal be in great heauinesse No shal be rooted out and Noph shall haue dayly sorowe 17 The young men of Auen and of Phibeseth shall fall by the sworde and these cities shall go into captiuitie 18 At Tehaphnehes the day shal be darke when I breake there the barres of Egypt and when the pompe of her power shall ceasse in her a cloude shall couer her and her daughters shall go into captiuitie 19 Thus will I execute my iudgementes in Egypt and they shall knowe howe that I am the Lorde 20 And in the eleuenth yere vpon the seuenth day of the first moneth the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 21 Thou sonne of man I haue broken the arme of Pharao king of Egypt and lo it shall not be bounde vp to be healed to put a roller to bynde it to make it strong to hold the sworde 22 Therfore thus sayth the Lorde God Beholde I will vpon Pharao king of Egypt and breake his arme that was strong but is broken and I will cause the sworde to fall out of his hande 23 As for the Egyptians I will scatter them among the nations and strawe them in the landes about 24 Againe I will strengthen the arme of the king of Babylon and geue hym my sword in his hande but I will breake Pharaos armes and he shall grone the grodinges of a deadly wounded man before hym 25 Yea I will strengthen the king of Babylons arme and the armes of Pharao shall fall downe and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde when I shall geue my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon that he may stretch it out vpon the lande of Egypt 26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations strowe them in the landes about and they shal knowe that I am the Lorde The .xxxi. Chapter 1 A comparison of the prosperitie of Pharao with the prosperitie of the Assyrians 10 He propheciteh a like destruction to them both 1 MOreouer in the eleuenth yere the first day of y e third moneth the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man speake vnto Pharao king of Egypt and to all his people whom art thou lyke in thy greatnesse 3 Behold Assur is a Cedar in Libanon with faire braunches and with thycke shadowing bowes of a hygh stature his top was among the thicke bowes 4 The waters made him great and the deepe set him vp on hye with her riuers running rounde about his plantes and sent out her litle riuers vnto all the trees of the fielde 5 Therefore was he higher then all the trees of the fielde and his bowes were multiplied his braunches were long because of the multitude of the waters which the deepe sent out 6 Al foules of the aire made their nestes in his braunches vnder his bowes did all the beastes of the fielde bring foorth their young and vnder his shadowe dwelt all mightie nations 7 Beautiful was he in his greatnesse and in the length of his braunches for his roote stoode beside great waters 8 No Cedar tree might hyde hym in the garden of God there was no fyrre trees like his braunches the chestnut trees were not like the bowes of him all the trees in the garden of God might not be compared vnto him in his beautie 9 I made him faire with the multitude of his braunches insomuch that all the trees in the pleasaunt garden of God had enuie at hym 10 Therefore thus sayth the Lorde God forsomuch as he hath lift vp him selfe so hye and hath shot vp his top among the thycke bowes and his heart is lift vp in his heyght 11 I haue therfore deliuered hym into the handes of the mightiest among the heathen he shall handle hym for in his wickednesse haue I cast hym away 12 And straungers haue destroyed hym euen the terrible nations and haue left hym vpon the mountaynes and vpon al valleys haue his bowes fallen and his bowes are broken by all the riuers of the land and all the people of the earth are departed from his shadowe haue forsaken hym 13 Vpon his ruine shall all the foules of the ayre remayne and all the beastes of the fielde shal be vpon his braunches 14 So that none of all the trees by the waters shal be exalted in their heyght nor shoot vp their toppes among the thycke bowes neither shall their trees stande in their heyght as many of them as drinke water for they are all deliuered vnto death in the neather partes of the earth in the mids of the children of men among them that go downe to the pit 15 Thus sayth the Lord God In the day when he went downe to the graue I caused a lamentation to be made I couered the deepe for hym I restrayned the fluddes thereof and the great waters were stayed I caused Libanus to mourne for him and all the trees of the fielde fainted 16 I made the heathen shake at the sound of his fall when I cast hym downe to hell with them that descend into the pit all the excellent trees of Eden the best of Libanus all that drinke waters shal be comforted in the neather partes of the earth 17 They also went downe to hell with him vnto them that be slayne with the sword which were his arme and dwelt vnder his shadowe in the middest of the nations 18 To whom art thou thus like in glorie and in greatnesse among the trees of Eden yet thou shalt be cast downe with the trees of Eden vnto the neather partes of the earth in the middest of the vncircumcised shalt thou sleepe with them that are slayne with the sworde This is Pharao and all his multitude sayth the Lorde God ¶ The .xxxij. Chapter The prophete is commaunded to bewaile Pharao the king of Egypt 12 He prophecieth that destruction shall come vnto Egypt through the king of Babylon 1 IN the twelfth yere the first day of y e twelfth moneth the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man take vp a lamentation vpon Pharao the king of Egypt and say vnto him thou art lyke a lion of the heathen and as a whale fishe in the sea thou drawest out thy riuers thou troublest the waters with thy feete and stampest in their riuers 3 Thus saith the Lorde God I wyll spreade my nette ouer thee with a great multitude of people these shal
1 WHEN Israel was young I loued him and called my sonne out of the lande of Egypt 2 They called them but they went thus from them they sacrificed vnto Baal and burned incense to images 3 I gaue to Ephraim one to leade him who shoulde beare him in his armes but they knew not that I healed them 4 I led them with cordes of a man euen with bandes of loue and I was to them as he that taketh of the yoke from their iawes and I layde meate to them 5 He shall no more returne into Egypt but Asshur shal be his king because he refused to conuert 6 Therfore shall the sworde fall on his cities shall consume his braunches and deuour them because of their owne counsayles 7 And my people shall stande in a doubt whither to turne them for when the prophetes called them to the most hyest not one yet woulde geue him his glorie 8 Howe shall I geue thee vp Ephraim howe shal I deliuer thee Israel howe shall I make thee as Adama howe shall I set thee as Zeboim mine heart is turned within me my repentinges are kindled within me 9 I wyll not execute the fiercenesse of my wrath I wyl not returne to destroy Ephraim for I am God and not man the holy one in the middest of thee and I wyll not enter into the citie 10 They shall walke after the Lorde he shall rore like a lion when he shall rore then the children of the west shall feare 11 They shall feare a as sparowe out of Egypt and as a doue out of the lande of Asshur and I wyll place them in their houses saith the Lorde 12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lyes the house of Israel with deceipt but Iuda yet ruleth with God and is faithfull with the saintes The .xii. Chapter He admonisheth by Iacobs example to trust in God and not in man 1 EPhraim is fed with the wynde foloweth after the east winde he dayly encreaseth lyes destruction they be confederate with the Assyrians their oyle is caryed into Egypt 2 The Lorde hath a controuersie with Iuda and wyll visite Iacob accordyng to his wayes accordyng to their owne inuentions wyll he recompence them 3 He toke his brother by the heele when he was yet in his mothers wombe and in his strength he wrestled with God 4 He stroue with the angel and gat the victorie he wept and prayed to him he founde him at Bethel and there he spake with vs. 5 Yea the Lorde God of hoastes euen the Lorde himselfe remembred him 6 Therfore turne to thy God kepe mercie and iudgement and hope styll in thy God 7 He is Chanaan the ballaunces of deceipt are in his hande he loueth to oppresse 8 And Ephraim hath sayde Tushe I am riche I haue good enough in all my workes shall not one iniquitie be founde wherin I haue offended 9 Yet am I the Lorde thy God from the lande of Egypt I wyll yet make thee dwell in the tabernacles as in the hye feast dayes 10 I haue spoken through the prophetes and haue multiplied visions shewed similitudes by the ministerie of the prophetes 11 In Galaad is iniquitie they are fallen to vanitie at Gilgal they haue sacrificed oxen their aulters are as heapes in the furrowes of the fielde 12 Iacob fled into the lande of Syria and Israel serued for a wife and for a wife he kept sheepe 13 By a prophete the Lorde brought them out of Egypt and by a prophete was he preserued 14 But Ephraim hath prouoked him to displeasure through his abhominations therfore shall his blood be powred vpon him selfe and the Lorde his God shall rewarde him his blasphemies The .xiij. Chapter 1 The abhomination of Israel 9 and cause of their destruction 1 WHen Ephraim spake there was tremblyng he was exalted among the Israelites but he hath sinned in Baal and is dead 2 And nowe they sinne more and more and of their siluer they haue made them molten images after the imaginatiōs of their owne braynes that is very idols and yet all is nothing but the worke of the craftesman they say one to another Whiles they sacrifice a man let them kisse the calues 3 Therfore they shal be as the mornyng cloude and as the deawe that early passeth away and like as dust that the whirlewinde taketh away from the floore and as smoke that goeth out of the chimney 4 Yet I am the Lorde thy God which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt thou shalt knowe no God but me only neither is there any sauiour besides me 5 I did knowe thee in the wildernesse in the lande of drought 6 But when they were well fed and had enough they waxed proude forgat me 7 Therfore wyll I be vnto them as a lion and as a leoparde in the wayes to the Assyrians 8 I wyll meete them as a she beare that is robbed of her whelpes and I wyll breake that stubburne heart of theirs there wyll I deuour them like a lion yea the wylde beastes shall teare them 9 O Israel thine iniquitie hath destroyed thee but in me only is thy helpe 10 I am where is thy king nowe that shoulde helpe thee in all thy cities Yea and thy iudges of whom thou saydest Geue me a king and princes 11 I gaue thee a king in my wrath and in my displeasure I toke him from thee agayne 12 The wickednesse of Ephraim is bound together and his sinne lyeth hyd 13 Therfore shall sorowes come vpon him as vpon a woman that trauayleth an vndiscrete sonne is he els woulde he not stande styll at the tyme of birth of children 14 I wyll redeeme them from the power of the graue and deliuer them from death O death I wyll be thy death O hell I wyll be thy styng yet can I see no comfort 15 Though he grewe among his brethren the east wynde euen the wynde of the Lorde shall come vp from the wildernesse and drye vp his veyne and his fountaynes shal be dryed vp he shall spoyle the treasure of all pleasaunt vessels 16 Samaria shal be made waste for she is disobedient vnto her God they shall perishe with the sworde their children shal be dasshed in peeces and their women great with childe shal be ript vp ⧠The .xiiii. Chapter 1 The destruction of Samaria 3 He exhorteth the Israelites to turne to God who requireth prayse and thankes 1 O Israel returne vnto the Lorde thy God for thou hast fallen through thine owne wickednesse 2 Take these wordes with you whē ye turne to the Lorde and say vnto him O forgeue vs all our sinnes receaue vs graciously and then wyll we offer the Calues of our lippes vnto thee 3 Asshur shal be no more our helper neither will we ride vpon horses any more neither wyll we say any
transgressions of Israel vpon hym I wil also visite the aulters of Bethel and the hornes of the aulter shal be broken of and fall to the grounde 15 And I will smite the winter house with the sommer house and the houses of yuorie shall perishe and the great houses shal be consumed saith the Lord. The .iiii. Chapter 1 Vnder the name of fat kyne of Basan he inueyeth against the gouernours of Samaria and foresheweth their punishement 4 He laugheth to skorne their idolatrie 8 He sheweth that notwithstanding they had ben plagued with hunger drought blasting caterpillers pestilence and warre yet were they not turned vnto God 1 HEare this worde ye kyne of Basan that are in the mountaine of Samaria which oppresse the poore destroy the needy which say to their maisters Bring and let vs drinke 2 The Lord God hath sworne by his holinesse that lo the dayes shal come vpon you that he will take you away with thornes and your posteritie with fishe hookes 3 And ye shall go out at the breaches euery kowe forward and ye shal cast your selues out of the palace sayth the Lorde 4 Come to Bethel and transgresse to Gilgal and multiplie transgression and bring your sacrifices in the morning and your tythes after three yeres 5 And offer a thankes geuing of leauen publishe proclayme the free offringes for this liketh you O ye children of Israel sayth the Lorde God 6 Therfore haue I geuē you cleannesse of teeth in all your cities scarsenesse of bread in all your places yet haue ye not returned vnto me sayth the Lorde 7 And also I haue withholden the rayne from you when there were yet three monethes to the haruest and I caused it to rayne vpon one citie and haue not caused it to rayne vpon an other citie one peece was raigned vpon the peece whervpon it rayned not withered 8 So two or three cities wandred vnto one citie to drinke water but they were not satisfied yet haue ye not returned vnto me sayth the Lorde 9 I haue smitten you with blasting and mildeaw your great gardens and your vineyardes and your figge trees your oliue trees dyd the palmer worme deuoure yet haue ye not returned vnto me sayth the Lorde 10 Pestilence haue I sent among you after the maner of Egypt your young men haue I slayne with the sworde haue taken away your horses and I haue made the stinke of your tentes to come euen vp into your nostrels yet haue ye not returned vnto me sayth the Lorde 11 I haue ouerthrowen you as God ouerthrewe Sodoma and Gomorra and ye were as a fire brande pluckt out of the burning yet haue ye not returned vnto me sayth the Lorde 12 Therfore thus will I do vnto thee O Israel and because I will do this vnto thee prepare to meete thy God O Israel 13 For lo he that fourmeth the mountaynes and createth the winde and declareth vnto man what is his thought whiche maketh the morning darkenesse and walketh vpon the hie places of the earth the Lorde God of hoastes is his name The .v. Chapter 1 The prophete lamenteth the captiuitie of Sion 4 He calleth to repentaunce 8 He describeth the power of God 14 He exhorteth to good workes 16 He describeth the heauie day of the Lorde 21 And reiecteth their feast dayes and sacrifices 1 HEare ye this worde whiche I lift vp vpon you euen a lamentation of the house of Israel 2 The virgin Israel is fallen shall no more rise she is left vpon her lande and there is none to rayse her vp 3 For thus sayth the Lorde God The citie which went out by a thousand shall leaue an hundreth that whiche went foorth by an hundreth shall leaue ten to the house of Israel 4 For thus sayth the Lord vnto the house of Israel Seke ye me and ye shall liue 5 But seke not Bethel nor enter into Gilgal and go not to Beerseba for Gilgal shall go into captiuitie and Bethel shall come to naught 6 Seke the Lord and ye shall liue lest he breake out like fire in the house of Ioseph and deuoure it and there be noone to quenche it in Bethel 7 They turne iudgement to wormewood and forsake righteousnesse in the earth 8 He maketh the seuen starres and Orion and he turneth the shadowe of death into the morning and he maketh the day darke as night he calleth the waters of the sea and powreth them out vpon the open earth the Lorde is his name 9 He strengthneth the destroyer against the mightie the destroyer shall come against the fortresse 10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate and they abhorre him that speaketh vprightly 11 Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore and ye take from hym burdens of wheate ye haue buylt houses of hewen stone but ye shall not dwell in them ye haue planted pleasaunt vineyardes but ye shall not drinke wine of them 12 For I knowe your manyfolde transgressions and your mightie sinnes they afflict the iust they take rewardes and they oppresse the poore in the gate 13 Therfore the wise shall kepe scilence in that time for it is an euyll time 14 Seke good and not euill that ye may liue so the Lord God of hoastes shal be with you as you haue spoken 15 Hate the euill and loue the good and establishe iudgement in the gate it may be that the Lord God of hoastes wil be mercifull vnto the remnaunt of Ioseph 16 Therfore the Lorde God of hoastes the Lord sayth thus Mourning shal be in all streetes and they shall say in al the hye wayes Alas alas and they shall cal the husbandman to lamentation and such as can mourne to mourning 17 And in all the vines shal be lamentation for I will passe through thee sayth the Lorde 18 Wo vnto you that desire the day of the Lorde what haue ye to do with it the day of the Lorde is darkenes and not light 19 As if a man dyd flee from a lion and a beare meete him went into the house and leaned his hand vnto the wal and a serpent bite hym 20 Shall not the day of the Lorde be darkenesse and not light euen darkenesse and no light in it 21 I hate I abhorre your feast dayes and I will not smell in your solemne assemblies 22 Though ye offer me burnt offeringes and meate offeringes I will not accept them neither will I regarde the peace offering of your fat beastes 23 Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songues for I will not heare the melodie of thy violes 24 And let iudgement run downe as water and righteousnesse as a mightie riuer 25 Haue ye offered vnto me sacrifices and offringes in the wildernesse fourtie yeres O house of Israel 26 But ye haue borne Siccuth your king and
repentaunce and turne from his fierce wrath that we perishe not 10 And God sawe their workes that they turned from their euil wayes and he repented of the euill that he saide he woulde do vnto them and did it not ¶ The .iiij. Chapter The great goodnesse of God toward his creatures 1 AND this displeased Ionas greatly and he was angrye within him selfe 2 And he prayed vnto the Lorde and saide I pray thee O Lorde was not this my saying when I was yet in my countrey therfore I hasted to flee into Tharsis For I knewe that thou art a gratious God and mercifull long suffering and of great kindnesse and repentest thee of euill 3 And nowe O Lorde take I beseche thee my lyfe from me for it is better for me to dye then to lyue 4 Then saide the Lord Doest thou wel to be angry 5 And Ionas went out of the citie and sate him downe on the east side thereof and there made him a boothe and sate vnder it in the shadowe till he might see what should be done in the citie 6 And the Lord God prepared a gourd and made it spring vp ouer Ionas that it might be a shadowe ouer his head to deliuer him from his griefe So Ionas was exceeding glad of the gourde 7 But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day which smote the gourde that it withered 8 And when the sunne rose God prepared a feruent east winde and the sunne beat vpon the head of Ionas that he fainted and wished vnto his soule that he might dye and saide It is better for me to dye then to lyue 9 And the Lord saide vnto Ionas Doest thou well to be so angry within thy selfe for the gourde And he saide I do well to be angry euen vnto death 10 Then saide the Lorde Thou hast had compassion on the gourde about the which thou bestowedst no labour neither madest it growe which came vp in a night and perished in a night 11 And shall not I spare Niniue that great citie in the which are more then sixscore thousand persons that knowe not their right hand and their left and also much cattaile ⧠The booke of the prophete Micheas The first Chapter Of the destruction of Samaria because of their idolatrie 1 THE worde of the Lorde came vnto Micheas the Morasthite in the dayes of Iotham Ahas Hezekiah kinges of Iuda which he sawe concerning Samaria and Hierusalem 2 Heare all ye people marke this well O earth and all that therein is yea let the Lorde God him selfe be witnesse against you euen the Lorde from his holy temple 3 For beholde the Lorde shall come out of his holy place and come downe and treade vpon the hie thinges of y e earth 4 The mountaines shal melt vnder him and the valleyes shall cleaue a sunder lyke as wax melteth before the fire and as the waters runne downeward 5 And all this shal be for the wickednes of Iacob and the sinnes of the house of Israel but what is the wickednesse of Iacob is not Samaria which are the hie places of Iuda is not * Hierusalem 6 Therefore I wyll make Samaria an heape of the fielde meete for the planting of a vineyarde her stones wyll I tumble downe into the valley and discouer her foundations 7 All her images shal be broken downe and all her garmentes shal be brent in the fire yea al her idols wyl I destroy for they are gathered out of the hyre of an harlot and into an harlots hyre shall they be turned againe 8 Wherefore I wyll mourne and make lamentation bare and naked wyl I go I wyll mourne lyke the Dragons and take sorowe as the Ostriches 9 For their wounde is past remedie it is come into Iuda and hath touched the gate of my people at Hierusalem alredie 10 Declare it not at Gath neither weepe ye for the house of Aphra roule thy selfe in the dust 11 Thou that dwellest at Saphir gette thee hence naked with shame she that dwelleth at Zaanan shall not come foorth in the mourning of Bethezel the enemie shal receaue of you for his standing 12 For the inhabitauÌ„tes of Maroth wayled for good but the plague shall come from the Lorde euen vnto the gates of Hierusalem 13 O thou inhabitaunt of Lachis binde the charette to the swiftest beast she is the beginning of the sinne of the daughter of Sion for the transgressions of Israel were founde in thee 14 Therfore shalt thou bring presentes to Moresheth Gath y e houses of Achzib shal be as a lye to the kinges of Israel 15 And as for thee O thou that dwellest at Maresa I shall bring a possessioner vpon thee he shal come to Adullam the glory of Israel 16 Make thee baulde and shaue thee because of thy tender children make thee cleane baulde as an Egle for they shal be caried away captiue from thee The .ii. Chapter Threatninges against the sinfull people 6 They would teache the prophetes to preache 1 WO vnto them that imagine iniquitie and worke wickednesse vpon their beddes when the morning is light they practise it because their hande hath power 2 And they couet fieldes and take them by violence and houses and take them away so they oppresse a man and his house euen man and his heritage 3 Therefore thus saith the Lorde Beholde against this housholde haue I deuised a plague whereout ye shall not plucke your neckes ye shall no more go so proudly for it wyl be a perilous time 4 In that day shal this parable be vsed and a mourning shal be made ouer you on this maner We be vtterly desolate the portion of my people is translated how wyll he parte vnto vs the lande that he hath taken from vs 5 Therefore there shal be no man to deuide thee thy portion in the congregation of the Lorde 6 Ye shal not prophecie say they to them that prophecie they shal not prophecie to them neither shall they take shame 7 O thou that art named the house of Iacob is the spirite of the Lorde shortened are these his workes are not my words good vnto him that walketh vprightly 8 But he that was yesterday my people is rysen vp on the other side as against an enemie they spoyle the beawtifull garment from them that passe by peaceably as though they returned from the warre 9 The women of my people haue ye shut out from their pleasaunt houses and taken away myne excellent giftes from their children 10 Vp get you hence for here shall ye haue no rest because the lande is defiled it shall destroy you which vtter destruction 11 If a man walke in the spirite and would lye falsely saying I wyl propâ—cie to thee of wine and strong drinke that were a prophete for this people 12 I wyll surely gather thee wholly O Iacob I wyll surely gather the remnaunt of Israel
And this againe haue ye done in couering the aulter of the Lorde with teares with weeping and mourning and therfore there is no more respect to the offring neither acceptable receauing of it at your handes 14 Yet ye say wherin Because the Lord hath ben witnesse betweene thee and thy wyfe of thy youth against whom thou hast transgressed yet is she thyne owne companion and the wyfe of thy couenaunt 15 And did not he make one yet had he aboundaunce of spiritie And wherfore one Because he sought a godly seede therefore kepe your selues in your spirite and let none transgresse against the wyfe of his youth 16 If thou hatest her put her away saith the lorde God of Israel yet he couereth the iniurie vnder his garment saith the Lorde of hoastes and be ye kept in your spirite and transgresse not 17 Ye haue weeryed the Lord with your wordes and you haue sayde Wherein haue we weeried him Whylest you say Euery one that doth euil is good in the sight of the Lorde and he is pleased in them or where is the God of iudgement The .iii. Chapter Of the messenger of the Lorde Iohn Baptist and of Christes office 1 BEholde I wyll sende my messenger and he shall prepare the way before me and the lord whom ye seeke shal speedyly come to his temple and the messenger of the couenaunt whom ye desire beholde he commeth saith the Lorde of hoastes 2 But who may abyde the day of his comming and who shall stand when he appeareth for he is lyke a purging fire and lyke fullers sope 3 And he shall sit downe to trye and fine the siluer and he shal purge the children of Leui and purifie them as golde and siluer and they shal bring vnto the lorde offeringes in righteousnesse 4 Then shall the offeringes of Iuda and Hierusalem be acceptable vnto the Lorde as in olde tyme and as in the yeres afore 5 And I wyl come neare to you in iudgement and I wyll be a swyft witnesse against the soothsayers and against the adulterers and against false swearers and against those that wrongfully keepe backe the hirelynges wages and vexe the widowe and the fatherlesse and oppresse the straunger and feare not me saith the Lorde of hoastes 6 For I am the Lorde I chaunge not and you sonnes of Iacob are not consumed 7 From the dayes of your fathers ye are gone away from myne ordinaunces and haue not kept them turne you to me and I wyll turne to you saith the Lorde of hoastes And ye saide Wherein shall we returne 8 Wyll a man spoyle his Gods yet ye haue spoyled me and ye say Wherein haue we spoyled thee In tythes and offeringes 9 Ye are cursed with a curse me haue ye spoyled euen this whole nation 10 Bryng euery tythe into the store house that there may be meate in myne house and prooue me withal saith the Lorde of hoastes if I wyl not open the windowes of heauen vnto you and poure you out a blessing without measure 11 And I wyl reprooue the deuourer for your sakes and he shall not destroy the fruite of the grounde neither shall your vine be barren in the fielde saith the Lorde of hoastes 12 And al nations shal call you blessed because you shal be a pleasaunt lande saith the Lorde of hoastes 13 Your wordes haue ben stout against me saith the lorde and you saide Wherin haue we spoken against thee 14 Ye haue saide it is but vayne to serue God and what profite is it that we haue kept his commaundement that we haue walked humbly before the face of the Lorde of hoastes 15 And nowe we call the proude happie yea the workers of wickednesse are set vp and also they that tempt God yea they are deliuered 16 Then they that feared God saide euery one to his neighbour and the Lorde considered and hearde and there was written a booke of remēbraunce before him for them that feared the Lorde and for them that thinke vpon his name 17 And they shal be to me saith the Lorde of hoastes in that day wherein I shall do iudgement a flocke and I wyl spare them as a man spareth his owne sonne which serueth him 18 Then shall ye returne and discerne betweene the iust and the wicked betweene him that serueth God and him that serueth him not ⧠The .iiij. Chapter The day of the Lorde before the which Elias should come 1 FOR marke the day commeth burning like an ouen and all the proude and all that worke wickednesse shal be stubble and the day that is for to come shall burne them saith the Lorde of hoastes and shall leaue them neither roote nor braunche 2 But to you that feare my name shall that sunne of righteousnesse aryse and health shal be vnder his winges and ye shall go foorth and skippe lyke fatte calues 3 And ye shall treade downe the vngodly for they shal be dust vnder the soles of your feete in the day that I shall do this saith the Lorde of hoastes 4 Remember the lawe of Moyses my seruaunt which I commaunded him in Horeb for all Israel with the ordinaunces and iudgementes 5 Beholde I wyll send you Elias the prophete before the comming of the great and fearefull day of the Lorde 6 He shal turne the heart of the fathers to their children and the heart of the children to their fathers lest I come and smite the earth with cursing ⧠The ende of the prophecie of Malachias and consequently of all the prophetes E. L. ⧠The volume of the bookes called Apocrypha contaynyng these bookes folowing The thirde booke of Esdras The fourth booke of Esdras The booke of Tobia The booke of Iudith The rest of the booke of Hester The booke of wysdome Ecclesiasticus Baruch the prophete The song of the three chyldren The storie of Susanna The storie of Bel and the Dragon The prayer of Manasse The first booke of Machabees The second booke of Machabees ⧠The thirde booke of Esdras ¶ The first Chapter 1 Iosias appointeth priestes and kepeth the passouer 7 Offeringes for the priestes and the people 11 The order of the Leuites 23 The vpright lyfe of Iosias 25 His death and the occasion therof and the lamentation for hym 34 Ioachas appointed kyng 53 The destruction of Hierusalem 1 ANd Iosias held the feast of Easter in Hierusalem vnto his Lord and offered the passouer the foureteenth day of the first moneth 2 He set the priestes also in order according to their dayly courses beyng arayed in long garmentes in the temple of the Lorde 3 And he spake vnto the Leuites the holy ministers of Israel that they shoulde halowe them selues vnto the Lorde to set the holy arke of the Lord in the house that kyng Solomon the sonne of Dauid had buylded 4 And sayd Ye shall no more beare the arke vpon your shoulders and nowe serue the Lorde your God and take the charge of his people Israel
Amarias the sonne of Ezias the sonne of Menuerath the sonne of Saraias the sonne of Sauias the sonne of Boccas the sonne of Abisun the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the first priest 3 This Esdras went vp from Babylon beyng a scribe of good vnderstandyng in the lawe of Moyses that was geuen by the Lorde God of Israel 4 And the kyng fauoured hym and dyd hym great worshyp and honour after all his desires 5 There went vp with hym also certayne of the children of Israel of the priestes of the Leuites of the singers porters and ministers of the temple vnto Hierusalem 6 In the seuenth yere of the raigne of kyng Artaxerxes in the fifth moneth which was the seuenth yere for they went from Babylon in the first day of the first moneth 7 And came to Hierusalem accordyng as God gaue thē speede in their iourney 8 For Esdras had gotten great knowledge to omit nothyng of that was in the lawe and the commaundementes of the Lorde and to teache all Israel all the ordinaunces and iudgementes 9 The copie of the commission whiche Artaxerxes the kyng wrote and that was geuen to Esdras the priest and reader of the lawe of the Lorde this is it that foloweth 10 Kyng Artaxerxes sendeth his greeting vnto Esdras the priest and reader of the lawe of the Lorde 11 I hauyng wayed thynges with pitie haue ordeyned and charged yf there be any of the Iewes of the priestes Leuites in my realme which desireth and is content to go with thee vnto Israel that he may do it 12 Therfore so many as long therafter let them depart together and go with thee like as I am content and my seuen friendes my counsaylers 13 To see what they do at Hierusalem and in Iurie conueniently accordyng as thou hast in the lawe of the Lorde 14 And to bryng the gyftes vnto God the Lorde of Israel that I my friendes haue promised to Hierusalem and all the siluer and golde that in the countrey of Babylon may be founde parteynyng to the Lorde in Hierusalem 15 With the thyng that is geuen of the people to the Lorde their Gods temple at Hierusalem that the same siluer and golde maye be gathered for oxen rammes sheepe and goates and other that belong to these thynges 16 That they may offer sacrifices vnto the Lorde vpon the aulter of the Lorde their God which is at Hierusalem 17 And whatsoeuer thou and thy brethren wyll do with the siluer and golde that do accordyng to the wyll of thy God 18 And the holy vessels of the Lorde which are geuen thee for the seruice of the temple of thy God which is in Hierusalem thou shalt set them before thy God in Hierusalem 19 And whatsoeuer thyng els thou shalt remember for the vse of the temple of thy God thou shalt geue it out of the kynges treasure 20 And I king Artaxerxes haue also commaunded the kepers of the treasures in Syria and Phenice that whatsoeuer Esdras the priest and the reader of the lawe of the hyghest God shall sende for they shoulde geue it hym with speede 21 Euen to the summe of an hundred talentes of siluer of corne also an hundred measures and till an hundred vessels of wine other thinges aboundauntly 22 Let all thinges be done after the lawe of God diligently vnto the highest God that wrath come not vpon the kyngdome of the kyng and of his sonnes 23 I commaunde you also that ye require no taxe nor tribute of the priestes Leuites holy singers porters and ministers of the temple nor of any that haue doynges in this temple and that no man haue aucthoritie to put any inpost vpon them 24 As for thee O Esdras set thou iudges and arbitrers to iudge in the whole lande of Syria and Phenice after the wisdome of God all skilfull in the lawe of God teache such as are ignoraunt 25 And let all them which shall offende agaynst the lawe of God and the kyng be diligently punished whether it be by death or other payne by punishment in money or els by banishment 26 Then sayd Esdras the scribe Blessed be the only Lorde God of my fathers that hath geuen so good a mynde will into the heart of the kyng to magnifie his house that is at Hierusalem 27 And hath made me to be accepted in the syght of the kyng of his counsayle of his friendes and of his nobles 28 And so I was stedfast in my mynde accordyng as the Lorde my God helped me and I gathered vp men of Israel to go vp with me 29 And these are the guides after their families and orders of dignities that went vp with me from Babylon in the raigne of kyng Artaxerxes 30 Of the sonnes of Phinees Gersom of the sonnes of Ithamar Gamaliel of the sonnes of Dauid Hattus the sonne of Cechemah 31 Of the sonnes of Phares Zacharias and with hym there returned agayne an hundred and fiftie men 32 Of the sonnes of Pahath Moab Elioam the sonne of Zacharias and with him two hundred men 33 Of the sonnes of Zathoe Shechenias the sonne of Iezolus with hym three hundred men of the sonnes of Adin Obed the sonne of Ionathan and with him two hundred and fiftie men ' 34 Of the sonnes of Elam Iesias sonne ' of Gotholias with him seuentie men ' 35 Of the sonnes of Saphatias Zarias ' sonne of Machael with him .lxx. men 36 Of the sonnes of Ioab Badias sonne of Iezelus and with hym two hundred and twelue men 37 Of the sonnes of Banid Assalimoth sonne of Iosaphias and with hym an hundred and threscore men ' 38 Of the sonnes of Babi Zacharias ' sonne of Bebai with him .xxviii. men ' 39 Of the sonnes of Astath Iohannes ' sonne of Acatan and with hym an cx 40 Of the sonnes of Adonicam the last and these are the names of them Eliphalet Ieouel and Maias and with them seuentie men ' 41 Of the sonnes of Bagouthi sonne of ' Iscacourus and with hym lxx men 42 All these called I together by the water Thia where we pitched our tentes three dayes there I mustered them ' 43 As for the sonnes of the priestes and ' leuites I founde none there 44 Then sent I vnto Eleazar beholde there came Maasman and Maloban 45 And Alnathan and Samaian and Ioribon and Nathan Ennatan Zacharian and Mosollamon the chiefe and best learned 46 And I bad them that they should go vnto Daddens the captayne whiche was in the place of the treasurie 47 And commaunded them that they shoulde speake vnto Daddeus and to his brethren and to those that were the treasurers to sende vs suche men as might execute the priestes office in the house of our Lorde 48 And with the mightie hande of our lord God they brought vnto vs men of good experience from among y e sonnes of
opened I my mouth and beholde he reached me a full cuppe which was full as it were with water but the colour of it was lyke fire 40 And I toke it and dranke And when I had drunken it my heart had vnderdandyng and wisdome grewe in my brest for my spirite was strenthened in remembraunce 41 And my mouth was opened and shut no more 42 The hyest gaue vnderstandyng vnto the fyue men that they wrote the hye thynges of the nyght which they vnderstoode not 43 But in the nyght they dyd eate bread as for me I spake in the day and helde not my tongue by nyght 44 In fourtie dayes they wrote two hundred and foure bookes 45 And it came to passe when the fourtie dayes were fulfylled that the hyest spake saying The first that thou hast written publishe openly that the worthy and vnworthy may reade it 46 But kepe the seuentie last that thou mayest deliuer them only to such as be wise among thy people 47 For in them is the spring of vnderstandyng the fountayne of wisdome and the streame of knowledge 48 And I dyd so The .xv. Chapter 1 The prophecie of Esdras is certayne 5 The euils that shall come on the worlde 9 The Lord wyll auenge the innocent blood 12 Egypt shall lament 16 Sedition 20 and punishment vpon the kynges of the earth 24 Cursed are they that sinne 29 Troubles warres vpon the whole earth 53 God is the reuenger of his elect 1 BEholde speake thou in the eares of my people the wordes of prophecie which I wyll put in thy mouth sayth the Lorde 2 And cause them to be written in a letter for it is the trueth 3 Feare not the imaginations agaynst thee Let not the vnfaythfulnesse of them trouble thee that speake agaynst thee 4 For all the vnfaythfull shall dye in their vnfaythfulnesse 5 Beholde saith the Lorde I will bring plagues vpon the worlde the sworde hunger death and destruction 6 For wickednesse hath the vpper hande in all the earth and their shamefull workes are fulfylled 7 Therfore sayth the Lorde 8 I wyll holde my tongue no more of their wickednesse which they do so vngodly neither wyll I suffer them in the thynges that they deale withall so wickedly Beholde the innocent and ryghteous blood cryeth vnto me and the soules of the iust complaine continually 9 And therfore sayth the Lorde I wyll surely auenge and receaue vnto me all the innocent blood from among them 10 Beholde my people is led as a flocke of sheepe to be slayne I wyll not suffer them nowe to dwell in the lande of Egypt 11 But wyll bryng them out with a mightie hande and a stretched out arme and smite it with plagues as afore and wyll destroy all the lande of it 12 Egypt shall mourne and the foundations of it shal be smitten with the plague and punishment that God shall bryng vpon it 13 They that tyll the grounde shall mourne for their seedes shal be destroyed through the blastyng and hayle and by an horrible starre 14 Wo worth the worlde and them that dwell therin 15 For the sworde and their destruction draweth nye and one people shal stande vp to fyght agaynst another swordes in their handes 16 For men shal be vnstedfast and some shall do violence vnto other they shall not regarde their kyng and the princes shall measure the way of their doinges by their power 17 A man shall desire to go into a citie and shall not be able 18 For because of their pride the cities shal be troubled the houses shall tremble and men shal be afrayde 19 A man shall haue no pitie vpon his neyghbour but shall destroy their houses with the sword and spoyle their goodes because of the hunger of bread and because of the great trouble 20 Beholde sayth God I call together all the kynges of the earth to reuerence me which are from the vprisyng from the south from the east and Libanus to turne vpon them and restore the thynges that they haue done to them 21 Lyke as they do yet this day vnto my chosen so wyll I do also and recompence them in their bosome Thus saith the Lorde God 22 My ryght hande shall not spare the sinners and my sworde shall not ceasse ouer them that shed the innocent blood vpon earth 23 The fire is gone out from his wrath hath consumed the foundations of the earth and the sinners lyke the strawe that is kyndled 24 Wo worth them that sinne and kepe not my commaundementes sayth the Lorde 25 I wyll not spare them Go your way ye children from the power defile not my sanctuarie 26 For the Lorde knoweth all them that sinne agaynst him therfore deliuereth he them vnto death and destruction 27 For nowe are the plagues come vpon the worlde and ye shall remayne in them For God shall not deliuer you because ye haue sinned agaynst hym 28 Beholde an horrible vision commeth from the east 29 Where generations of dragons of Arabia shal come out with many charettes the multitude of them shal be caryed as the wynde vpon earth that all they which heare them may feare tremble 30 Euen the Carmanies raging in wrath shall go foorth as the wylde boores of the forrest and with great power shall they come and stande fyghtyng with them and shall waste a portion of the lande of the Assyrians 31 And then shall the dragons haue the vpper hande and remembring their nature shall turne about conspiryng together in great power to persecute thē 32 Then these shal be troubled and kepe scilence in their power and shall flee 33 And from the lande of the Assyrians shall the enemie besiege them and consume some of them and in their hoast shal be feare and dread and strife among their kynges 34 Beholde cloudes from the east and from the north vnto the south and they are very horrible to loke vpon full of wrath and storme 35 They shall smite one vpon another and they shal smite downe a great multitude of starres vpon the earth euen their owne starre and the blood shal be from the sworde vnto the belly 36 And the doung of man vnto the Camels litter 37 And there shal be great fearfulnesse and tremblyng vpon earth and they that see the wrath shal be afraide and a tremblyng shall come vpon them 38 And then shal there come great raynes from the south and from the north and part from the west 39 And strong wyndes shall aryse from the east and shall open it and the cloude which he raysed vp in wrath and the starre stirred to cause feare towarde the east and west wind shal be destroyed 40 The great cloudes shal be lift vp and the mightie cloudes full of wrath and the starre that they may make all the earth afrayde and them that dwell therin and that they may powre out ouer euery high place an horrible starre 41 Fire and hayle and fleing
swordes and many waters that all fieldes may be full and all riuers with the aboundaunce of great waters 42 And they shal breake downe the cities and walles mountaynes and hilles trees of the wood and the grasse of the medowes and all their corne 43 And they shall go stedfast vnto Babylon and make her afrayde 44 They shall come to her and besiege her the starre and all wrath shall they powre out vpon her then shall the dust and smoke go vp vnto the heauen and all they that be about her shall bewayle her 45 And they that remayne vnder her shal do seruice vnto them that haue put her in feare 46 And thou Asia that comfortest thy selfe also vpon the hope of Babylon and art the glorie of her person 47 Wo be vnto thee thou wretch because thou hast made thy selfe like vnto her and hast deckte thy daughters in whordome that they might triumphe and please thy louers which haue alway desired to commit whordome with thee 48 Thou hast folowed the abominable citie in all her workes and inuentions therfore sayth God 49 I will sende plagues vpon thee widdowhood pouertie hunger warres pestilence to waste thy houses with destruction and death 50 And the glorie of thy power shal be dried vp as a floure whē the heate riseth that is sent ouer thee 51 Thou shalt be sicke as a poore wife that is plagued and beaten of women so that the mightie and louers shall not be able to receaue thee 52 Would I so hate thee sayth the Lord 53 If thou haddest not alway slayne my chosen exalting the stroke of thy handes and sayde ouer their death when thou wast drunken 54 Set foorth the beautie of thy countenaunce 55 The rewarde of thy whordome shal be recompenced thee in thy bosome therefore shalt thou receaue rewarde 56 Like as thou hast done vnto my chosen sayth the Lord euen so shal God do vnto thee and shall deliuer thee into the plague 57 Thy children shall dye of hunger and thou shalt fall through the sworde Thy cities shal be broken downe and al thyne shal perishe with the sword in the fielde 58 They that be in the mountaynes shall dye of hunger and eate their owne flesh and drinke their owne blood for very hunger of bread and thirst of water 59 Thou as vnhappie shalt come through the sea and receaue plagues againe 60 In the passage they shall cast downe the slayne citie and shall roote out one part of thy lande and consume the portion of thy glorie and shal returne to her that was destroyed 61 They shal treade thee downe like stubble and they shal be thy fire 62 And shall consume thee thy cities and thy lande and thy mountaynes all thy woodes and thy fruitefull trees shall they burne vp with the fire 63 Thy children shall they cary away captiue and loke what thou hast they shall spoyle it and marre the beautie of thy face The .xvi. Chapter 1 Against Babylon Asia Egypt and Syria 18.38 Of the euils that shal come vpon the world with admonition how to gouerne them selues in afflictions 54 To acknowledge their sinnes and to commit them selues to the Lorde 55 whose mightie prouidence and iustice is to be reuerenced 1 WO be vnto thee Babylon and Asia wo be vnto thee Egypt Syria 2 Girde your selues with clothes of sacke and heare mourne your children be sory for your destruction is at hande 3 A sword is sent vpon you and who will turne it backe 4 A fire is sent among you and who will quench it 5 Plagues are sent vnto you and what is he that will dryue them away 6 May any man dryue away an hungry lion in the wood Or may any man quench the fire in stubble when it hath begunne to burne 7 May one turne againe the arrowe that is shot of a strong archer 8 The mightie Lord sendeth the plagues what is he that wil dryue them away 9 The fire is kindled and gone foorth in his wrath and what is he that may quench it 10 He shal cast lighteninges and who shal not feare He shall thunder and who shall not be afrayde 11 The Lord shall threaten and who shal not vtterly be beaten to powder at his presence 12 The earth quaketh and the foundations therof the sea ariseth vp with waues from the deepe and the waues of it are vnquiete and the fishes therof also before the Lorde and before the glorie of his power 13 For strong is his right hande that bendeth the bowe his arrowes that he shoteth are sharpe and shall not misse when they begin to be shot into the endes of the worlde 14 Behold the plagues are sent shall not turne againe till they come vpon earth 15 The fire is kindled and shall not be put out till it consume the foundations of the earth 16 Like as an arrowe whiche is shot of a mightie archer returneth not backward euen so the plagues that shall be sent vpon the earth shall not turne againe 17 Wo is me wo is me who will deliuer me in those dayes 18 The beginning of sorowes and great mourning the beginning of dearth and great death the beginning of warres and the powers shall stande in feare the beginning of euyls and they shall tremble euery one 19 What shal I do in these thinges when the plagues come 20 Beholde hunger and plague trouble and anguishe are sent as scourges for amendement 21 But for all these thinges they shall not turne from their wickednesse nor be alway mindefull of the scourges 22 Behold vittayles shal be so good cheape vpon earth that they shall thinke them selues to be in good case and euen then shall mischiefe growe vpon earth warres dearth and great disquietnes 23 For many of them that dwell vpon earth shall perishe of hunger and the other that escape the hunger shall the sword destroy 24 And the dead shal be cast out as doung and there shal be no man to comfort them For the earth shal be wasted and the cities shal be cast downe 25 There shal be no man left to till the earth and to sowe it 26 The trees shall geue fruite and who shall plucke them of and gather them 27 The grapes shal be ripe and who shall treade them For all places shal be desolate of men 28 So that one man shall desire to see another or to heare his voyce 29 For of one whole citie there shall be ten left and two of the fielde whiche shall hyde them selues in the thycke busshes and in the cliftes of stones 30 Like as when there remayne three or foure oliues in the place were oliues growe or among other trees 31 Or as when a vineyarde is gathered there are left some grapes of them that diligently sought through the vineyard 32 Euen so in those dayes there shal be three of foure left by them that search their houses with the sworde 33 And the
fruites and tithes 7 So that in the thirde yere he ministred all the tithes vnto the straungers and conuertes 8 These and such like thinges dyd he obserue according to the law of God when he was yet but young 9 But when he was a man he toke out of his owne tribe a wyfe called Anna and of her he begat a sonne whom he called after his owne name 10 And taught him from his youth vp to feare God and to refrayne from al sinne 11 Now when he with his wife his sonne and with all his kinred was come in captiuitie vnto the citie of Niniue 12 What time as they all dyd eate of the meates of the heathen he kept his soule and was neuer defiled in their meates 13 And for so much as he was mindeful of the Lorde in all his heart God gaue him fauour in the sight of Salmanasar the king 14 Which gaue him power to go where he woulde and so had he libertie to do whatsoeuer he woulde 15 So went Tobias vnto all them that were in captiuitie and comforted them and gaue them wholsome exhortations 16 And when he came to Rages a citie of the Medes hauing ten talentes of siluer of the thinges wherewith the king had honoured him 17 And sawe among a great companie of people of his kinred one Gabelus which was of his owne tribe beyng in necessite he gaue him the sayde wayght of siluer vnder an hande writyng 18 After a long season when Salmanasar the kyng was dead and Sennacherib his sonne raigned in his steade which hated the children of Israel 19 Tobias went dayly throughout all his kinrede and comforted them and gaue of his goods to euery one of them as much as he might 20 He fed the hungry clothed the naked and buried the dead and slayne and that diligently 21 And when Sennacherib the king came agayne and fled out of Iurie what time as god punished him for his blasphemie in his wrath slue many of the children of Israel Tobias buried their bodies 22 But when it was told the king he commaunded to slay him and toke away all his goodes 23 Neuerthelesse Tobias with his sonne and with his wyfe fled his way naked and was hyd for there were many that loued hym 24 But after fourtie and fiue dayes the king was slayne of his owne sonnes 25 Then came Tobias againe to his house and all his goodes were restored vnto him The .ii. Chapter 1 Tobias calleth the faythfull to his table 3 He leaueth the feast to burie the dead 10 Howe he became blind 13 His wife laboureth for his liuing 16 She reprocheth hym bitterly 1 AFter those thinges vppon a solempne day of the Lorde Tobias made a good feast in his house 2 And sayde vnto his sonne Go thy way bring hyther some of our tribe suche as feare God that they may make mery with vs. 3 And when he was gone he came againe and told his father that one of the children of Israel lay slayne vpon the streete 4 And immediatly he leapt from his table left the feast came fasting to the dead coarse toke him and bare him priuyly into his house that when the sunne was downe he might safely burie him 5 And when he had hyd the coarse he did eate his meate with mourning and feare 6 Remembring the wordes that the Lord sayde by the prophete Amos Your hye feastes shal be turned to sorowe and heauinesse 7 But when the sunne was downe he went his way and buried him 8 Then al his neyghbours reproued him saying It is not long sence it was commaunded to slay thee because of this matter and hast scarce escaped the daunger of death and buriest thou the dead againe 9 Neuerthelesse Tobias fearing God more then the king toke the bodies of the slayne and hyd them in his house and buried them at midnights 10 It happened vpon a day that he had buried the dead and was weery came home and layed him downe by the wal and slept 11 And whyle he was asleepe there fell downe vpon his eyes warme doung out of the swalloes nest so that he was blinde 12 This temptation dyd God suffer to happen vnto him that they which came after might haue an example of his pacience like as of holy Iob. 13 For in so much as he euer feared God from his youth vp and kept his commaundementes he grudged not against God that the plague of blindnesse chaunced vnto hym 14 But remayned stedfast in the feare of God and thanked God all the dayes of his lyfe 15 For like as blessed Iob was had in deâ—sion of kinges euen so was he laughed to scorne of his elders and kinsfolkes which sayde vnto him 16 Where is thy hope for the whiche thou hast done almes and buried the dead 17 But Tobias rebuked them and spake Say not so 19 For we are the children of holy men and loke for the lyfe whiche God shall geue vnto them that neuer turne their beliefe from him 19 And Anna his wyfe went dayly to the weauing worke 20 And loke what liuing she coulde get with the labour of her handes she brought it And it happened that she toke a byd and brought it home 21 And when her husband hearde it crye he sayde Loke that it be not stollen restore it againe to the owners for it is not lawfull for vs to eate or to touch any thing of theft 22 Then was his wyfe angry and sayde Nowe is thy hope become vayne openly and thy almes deedes are manifest 23 With these and such like wordes did she cast him in the teeth The .iii. Chapter 3 The prayer of Tobias 7 Sara Raguels daughter and the thinges that came vnto her 12 Her prayer hearde 19 The angell Raphael sent 1 THen Tobias toke it heauyly with teares began to make his prayer 2 Saying O Lord thou art righteous and all thy iudgementes are true yea al thy wayes are mercie faythfulnesse and iudgement 3 And now O Lorde be myndefull of me and take no vengeaunce of my sinnes neither remember my misdeedes neither the misdeedes of my forefathers 4 For we haue not ben obedient vnto thy commaundementes therefore are we spoyled brought into captiuite into death into derision and shame vnto all nations among whom thou hast scattered vs. 5 And nowe O Lorde thy iudgementes are great for we haue not done according to thy commaundementes neither haue we walked innocently before thee 6 And nowe O Lord deale with me according to thy will and commaunde my spirite to be receaued in peace for more expedient were it for me to die then to liue 7 At the same time it happened that Sara the daughter of Raguel at Rages a citie of the Medes was also reproched by one of her fathers handmaydes 8 That she had had seuen husbandes which assoone as they were gone in vnto her were slayne of the deuyll called Asmodeus 9 Therfore when she reproued the mayden for
that do sinne and vnrighteousnesse are the enemies of their owne soule 11 Wherefore I tell you the trueth and wyll hide no secret saying from you 12 When thou prayedst with teares and buriedst the dead and leftest thy dynner and hyddest the dead in thyne house vpon the day time that thou mightest bury them in the night I offred thy prayer before the Lorde 13 And because thou wast accept and beloued of God it was necessary that temptation should trye thee 14 And nowe hath the Lorde sent me to heale thee and to delyuer Sara thy sonnes wyfe from the euill spirite 15 For I am Raphael an angell one of the seuen that stande before the Lorde 16 When they heard this they were sore afrayde and trembled and fell downe vpon their faces vnto the grounde 17 Then saide the angell Peace be with you feare not 18 For where as I haue ben with you it is the wil of God geue prayse thankes vnto him 19 You thought that I did eate drinke with you but I vse meate that is inuisible and drinke that can not be seene of men 20 Now therfore is the time that I must turne againe vnto him that sent me but be ye thankefull vnto God and tell out all his wonderous workes 21 And when he had spokē those wordes he was taken away out of their sight so that they could see him no more 22 Then fell they downe flat vpon their faces by the space of three houres and praysed God and when they rose vp they tolde all his wonderous workes ¶ The .xiii. Chapter A thankes geuing of Tobias who exhorteth all to prayse the Lorde 1 THen olde Tobias opened his mouth praysed the Lorde sayde Great art thou O lord for euermore and thy kingdome world with out end 2 For thou scourgest and healest thou leadest vnto hell bringest out againe and there is none that may escape thyne hande 3 O geue thankes vnto the Lorde ye children of Israel and prayse him in the sight of the heathen 4 For among the heathen which knowe him not hath he scattered you to the intent that ye should shew forth his marueilous workes and cause them for to knowe that there is none other God almightie but he 5 He hath chastened vs for our misdeedes for his owne mercie sake shall he saue vs. 6 Consider then how he hath dealt with you and prayse him with feare dread and magnifie the euerlasting king in your workes 7 I wyll prayse him euen in the lande of my captiuitie for he hath shewed his maiestie vnto a sinfull people 8 Turne you therfore O ye sinners and do righteousnesse before God and be ye sure that he wyll shew his mercy vpon you 9 As for me and my soule we wyll reioyce in God 10 O prayse the Lorde all ye his chosen hold the dayes of gladnesse be thankefull vnto him 11 O Hierusalem thou citie of God the lorde hath punished thee for the workes of thyne owne handes 12 O prayse the Lord in thy good thinges geue thankes to the euerlasting God that he may build vp his tabernacle againe in thee that he may call againe vnto thee all such as be in captiuitie and that thou mayest haue ioy for euermore 13 With a faire light shalt thou shyne and all the endes of the worlde shall honour thee 14 The people shall come vnto thee from farre they shall bring giftes and worship the Lorde in thee and thy land shal they haue for a sanctuary for they shall call vpon the great name in thee 15 Cursed shall they be that despise thee and all that blaspheme thee shal be condempned But blessed shall they be that builde thee vp 16 As for thee thou shalt reioyce in thy children for they all shal be blessed and gathered together vnto the Lorde 17 Blessed are all they that loue thee and that be glad of thy peace 18 Prayse thou the Lorde O my soule for the Lorde our God hath deliuered his citie Hierusalem from all her troubles 19 I wyll count my selfe happy if my seede remayne to see the clearenes of Hierusalem 20 The gates of Hierusalem shal be builded with Saphir and Smaragde and all the compasse of her walles with precious stones 21 All her streates shal be paued with white and fayre stone and in all streates shall Halleluia be song 22 Praysed be the Lorde which hath exalted her that his kingdome may be vpon her for euermore Amen The .xiiii. Chapter 5 Lessons of Tobias to his sonne 6 He prophecieth the destruction of Niniue 7 And the restoring of Hierusalem and the temple 13 The death of Tobias and his wyfe 16 Tobias the younger his age and death 1 ANd so Tobias made an end of speaking And after that Tobias had gotten his sight againe he lyued fouretie two yeres sawe his childers children 2 Nowe when he was an hundred and two yeres olde he dyed and was buried honorably in Niniue 3 For when he was sixe and fiftie yeres of age he lost the sight of his eyes and when he was three score yeres olde he gate his sight againe 4 The residue of his lyfe led he in ioy and increased well in the feare of God and departed in peace 5 But in the houre of his death he called vnto him his sonne Tobias and seuen young springaldes his sonnes children and saide vnto them 6 The destruction of Niniue is at hand for the word of the Lord can not fayle and our brethren that are scattered out of the lande of Israel shall come thyther agayne 7 And the whole lande of it that hath ben waste shall be filled and the house of God that was brent in it shal be builded againe and all such as feare God shall returne thyther 8 The heathen then also shall forsake their idols and come to Hierusalem and dwell there 9 And all the kinges of the earth shal be glad in her and worship the Lord God of Israel 10 And therefore my children heare your father serue the Lorde in the trueth seeke after his wyll to do the thing that pleaseth him 11 Commaunde your children that they do right geue almes be mindefull of God and euer to be thankefull vnto him in trueth and with all their power 12 Heare me now therefore my children and abyde not here but in what day so euer ye haue buryed your mother by me in one sepulchre get you from hence 13 For I see that the wickednesse of it shall bring it to destruction and end 14 After the death of his mother Tobias departed away from Niniue with his wife and children and with his childers children and came againe to his father and mother in lawe 15 And founde them whole and in a good age and toke the care of them and he closed their eyes and was heyre vnto all Raguels goodes and sawe the fyft generation and his childers children 16 And ninetie and nine yeres beyng ended
they haue it againe in possession 24 And therfore my Lord make diligent inquisition if this people haue done wickednesse in the sight of their God then let vs go vp against them for doubtlesse their God shall deliuer them into thy handes and subdue them vnto thy power 25 But if this people haue not displeased their God we shall not be able to withstande them for their God shall defende them and so shall we be a shame to all the worlde 26 Nowe when Achior had spoken out these wordes all the great men of Holophernes were wroth and thought to slay him and sayde one to another 27 What is he this whiche dare say that the children of Israel are able to withstande Nabuchodonosor the king and his hoastes where as they are an vnweaponed people without strength or vnderstanding of the feates of warre 28 That Achior therfore may know that he hath deceaued vs we will go vp into the mountaynes and when the mightie men of them are taken he with them shall be stickte with the sworde 29 That all the people may knowe that Nabuchodonosor is the God of the earth and that there is none other beside him The .vi. Chapter 1 Holophernes blasphemeth God whom Achior confessed 14 Achior is deliuered into the handes of them of Bethulia 18 The Bethulians crye vnto the Lorde 1 SO when they had left of speaking Holophernes toke sore indignation and sayde vnto Achior 2 For so much as thou hast prophesied vnto vs saying That the people of Israel shal be defended of their God I will shew thee that there is no God but Nabuchodonosor 3 Yea when we slay them al as one man thou also shalt perishe with them through the sword of the Assyrians and all Israel shal be destroyed with thee 4 And then shalt thou feele that Nabuchodonosor is the lorde of the whole earth then shal the sword of my knighthood go through thy sides thou shalt fall downe stickte among the wounded of Israel and shalt not come to thy selfe agayne but be vtterly destroyed with them 5 Furthermore if thou thinkest thy prophesie to be true why doest thou then chaunge thy colour why art thou afrayde Thinkest thou that my wordes are not able to be perfourmed 6 But that thou mayest knowe that thou shalt feele these thinges with them beholde from this houre foorth will I send thee vnto yonder people that when the punishement of my sworde whiche they haue worthyly deserued falleth vpon them thou mayest be punished with them 7 So Holophernes commaunded his seruauntes to take Achior to cary him vnto Bethulia and to deliuer him into the handes of the children of Israel 8 Then Holophernes seruauntes toke him and went through the playne field But when they drewe nye vnto the mountaynes the slyng casters came out against them 9 Neuerthelesse they gat them away by the side of the mountayne and bounde Achior hande and foote to a tree and so left him bounde with withes and turned againe vnto their lorde 10 After that the children of Israel went downe from Bethulia came vnto hym loosed him brought him into Bethulia set him in the middest of the people and asked him what the matter was that the Assyrians had left him bounde 11 Osias the sonne of Micha of the tribe of Simeon and Charmi which is also called Gothoniel were the principal rulers at the same time 12 Nowe when Achior stoode in the middest of the senatours and before them al he tolde them what aunswere he gaue Holophernes to the thing that he asked him how Holophernes people would haue slayne him for so saying 13 And howe Holophernes him selfe was wroth and commaunded him for the same cause to be deliuered vnto the Israelites that when he ouercame the children of Israel he might commaunde Achior also to be put to death with diuers tormentes because he sayde The God of heauen is their defender 14 And when Achior had playnly told out al these thinges all the people fel downe vpon their faces praysing the Lord and powred out their prayers together vnto the Lorde with a generall complaynt and weeping 15 And sayde O Lord God of heauen and of earth beholde their pryde and loke vpon our lowlinesse and consider howe it standeth with thy sayntes and make it to be knowen that thou forsakest not those which holde them fast by thee and howe that thou bringest them low that presume of themselues and make their boast in their owne strength 16 So when the weeping and prayer of the people whiche they had made the whole day long was ended they comforted Achior 17 Saying The God of our fathers whose power and strength thou hast praysed shall so rewarde thee that thou shalt rather see their destruction 18 When the Lorde our God then shall geue his seruauntes this libertie God be also with thee among vs so that as it shall please thee so thou with all thyne mayst dwell with vs. 19 Now when Osias had ended the counsel he toke him into his house and made a great supper 20 Called the elders to it and so they refreshed them selues after the fasting 21 And afterward was al the people called together whiche made their prayers all the night long in the congregation and besought the God of Israel for helpe The .vii. Chapter 1 Holophernes doeth besiege Bethulia 8 The counsell of the Idumeans and other against the Israelites 23 The Bethulians murmure against the gouernours for lacke of water 1 THe next day Holophernes commaunded his hoast to go vp against Bethulia 2 There were an hundred and twentie thousande fighting men on foote and two and twentie thousande horsemen beside the preparing of them that were wunne and came to them on euery side out of the countreys and cities which he had taken 3 All these prepared them selues vnto the battayl against the Israelites and came on by the hil side vnto the top that loketh ouer against Dothain from the place which is called Belma vnto Chelmon that lyeth towarde Esdrelon 4 Nowe when the children of Israel sawe so great multitude of the Assyrians they fell downe flat vpon the grounde strawed asshes vpon their heades and prayed with one accorde that the God of Israel woulde shewe his mercie vpon his people 5 And so they toke their weapons and sat betwixte the mountaynes in the narow place and kept the way day and night 6 But whyle Holophernes was goyng rounde about he founde the water spring whiche from the south side was conueyed into the citie be a conduite and he commaunded their conduite to be cut in sunder 7 There were welles also not farre from the walles whiche they vsed secretely more for pleasure then for necessitie 8 Then went the Ammonites and the Moabites vnto Holophernes and sayd The children of Israel trust neither in speare nor arrow but haue taken in and kepe the mountaynes and steepe hilles defende them 9 That thou mayest ouercome them therfore
wrapped in the blood feare fulnesse shall fall vpon them 5 And when ye perceaue that they flee folowe them without all care for God shall delyuer them vnto you to be destroyed 6 Then Achior seing the power of God which he had shewed vnto the people of Israel fell of from his heathenishe beliefe and put his trust in God and let him selfe be circumcized and so was he numbred among the people of Israel he and all his posteritie vnto this day 7 Now assoone as it was day they stickt vp Holophernes head vpon the walles and euery man tooke his weapon and so they went out with an horrible crye 8 When the spies saw that they ranne vnto Holophernes tent 9 And they that were within the tent came before his chamber and made a great russhing by art that Holophernes might awake not by stirring him vp but by their noyse 10 For there durst not one of the Assyrians knocke go in or open 11 But when the captaynes and princes and all the chiefe in the king of the Assyrians hoast came together they said vnto the chamberlaynes 12 Go your way in and wake him vp for the myce are crept out of their holes and dare prouoke vs vnto battayle 13 Then went Vagao into his chamber stoode before the bed and clapped with his handes for he thought he had ben sleeping with Iudith 14 But when he hearkened perfectly with his eares and coulde perceaue no stirring he went nyer to the bed and lift it vp and when he sawe the dead body of Holophernes lying there without a head weltred in his blood vpon the earth he cryed with a loude voyce and with weeping rent his clothes 15 And went into Iudiths tent and founde her not 16 And so he lept out vnto the people and saide One woman of the Iewes hath brought al Nabuchodonosors people to shame For lo Holophernes lyeth vpon the grounde and hath no head 17 When the chiefe of the Assyrians hoast heard that they rent their clothes and there fell an intollerable feare and tremblyng vpon them so that their mindes were sore afrayd 18 And there was an exceeding great crye in the whole hoast ¶ The .xv. Chapter 1 The Assyrians are afrayd and flee 6 The Israelites pursue them 9 Ioachim the hie priest commeth to Bethulia to see Iudith and to prayse God for her 1 NOw when al the hoast heard that Holophernes was beheaded their minde counsell fel from them and being amased with feare onely and trembling they saued them selues by fleeing away 2 One spake not to another but hanged downe their heades left all behinde thē and made haste to escape from the Hebrues for they heard that they were hasting to come after with their weapons and so they fled by the wayes of the fieldes and through all the foote pathes of the dales 3 And when the children of Israel saw that they fled they folowed vpon them and went downe with trumpettes blowyng and making a great crye after them 4 As for the Assyrians they had no order and kept not them selues together but fled their way Neuerthelesse the children of Israel fell vpon them with one company and order and discomfited as many as they might get 5 And Osias sent messengers vnto all the cities and countries of Israel 6 So all the regions and euery citie sent out their best men after them in harnesse and smote them with the sworde till they came to the vttermost parte of their borders 7 And the other that were in Bethulia came into the tentes of the Assyrians and tooke all that they which were fled had left behinde them so they founde great good 8 And they that came againe to Bethulia from the battaile tooke with them such thinges as had ben theirs there was no number of the cattaile and of all costly iewels so that from the lowest vnto the hiest they were all made rich of the spoyles of them 9 And Ioachim the hie priest came from Hierusalem to Bethulia with al the elders that they might see Iudith 10 Now when she came out vnto them they began all to prayse her with one voyce saying Thou worship of the citie of Hierusalem thou ioy of Israel thou honour of our people 11 Because thou hast done manly and thy heart is comforted for that thou hast loued clenlinesse and chastitie and hast knowen no man but thyne owne husband therefore hath the hand of the Lorde comforted thee and blessed shalt thou be for euer 12 And all the people saide So be it So be it 13 In thirtie dayes coulde the people of Israel scarse gather vp the spoyles of the Assyrians 14 But all that belonged vnto Holophernes and had ben his specially whether it were of golde of siluer precious stone clothing and all ornamentes they gaue it vnto Iudith and it was deliuered vnto her of the people 15 And all the people reioyced both women maydens and young people with pipes and harpes ¶ The .xvi. Chapter 1 Iudith prayseth God with a song 23 She offereth to the Lorde Holophernes stuffe 26 Her continencie life and death 29 All Israel lamenteth her 1 THen sang Iudith this song vnto the Lorde saying 2 Beginne vnto the Lorde vpon the tabrettes sing vnto the Lorde vpon the cymbales O sing vnto him a newe song of thankes geuing be ioyfull and call vppon his name 3 It is the Lord that destroyeth warres euen the Lorde is his name 4 Which hath pitched his tentes in the middest of his people that he might deliuer vs from the hand of al our enemies 5 Assur came out of the mountaines of the north in the multitude of his strength his people stopped the water brookes and their horses couered the valleyes 6 He purposed to haue brent vp my land and to slay my young men with the sword 7 He woulde haue caried away my children and virgins into captiuitie but the almightie Lorde hindred him and deliuered him into the handes of a woman which brought him to confusion 8 For their mightie was not destroyed of the young men it it was not the sonnes of Titan that slue him neither haue the great giauntes set them selues against him but Iudith the daughter of Merari with her faire beautie hath discomfited him and brought him to naught 9 For she layed away her wydowes garment and put on the apparell of gladnesse to the reioycing of the children of Israel 10 She annoynted her face with oyntment bounde vp her heere in a coyffe and tooke a newe stole to beguile him 11 Her slippers rauished his eyes her beautie captiuated his minde with the sword smote she of his necke 12 The Persians were astonied at her stedfastnesse the Medes at her boldenesse 13 Then howled the armies of the Assyrians when my simples appeared drye of thirst 14 The sonnes of the daughters haue pearsed them through and slaine them as fugitiue children they perished in the battaile
that all they that are appointed in wrytyng and shewed vnto you by Aman whiche is ordayned and set ouer all our landes and the most principall next vnto the kyng and in maner as a father shall with their wiues and chyldren be destroyed rooted out with the sworde of their enemies and aduersaries and that there shal be no mercy shewed and no man spared And this shal be done the fourteenth day of the moneth called Adad of this yere 7 That they whiche of olde and nowe also haue euer ben rebellious may in one day with violence be thrust downe into the hell to the intent that after this maner our empire may haue peace and tranquilitie 8 But Mardocheus thought vpon all the workes noble actes of the Lorde and made his prayer vnto him 9 Saying O Lorde Lorde thou valiaunt and almightie king for all thinges are in thy power and if thou wilt helpe and deliuer Israel there is no man that can withstande nor let thee 10 For thou hast made heauen and earth and what wonderous thing soeuer is vnder the heauen 11 Thou art Lorde of all thinges and there is no man that can resist thy maiestie O Lorde 12 Thou knowest all thinges thou wotest Lorde that it was neither of malice nor presumption nor for any desire of glory that I would not bow downe my selfe nor worship yonder proude presumptious Aman 13 For I woulde haue ben content and that with good wyll if it might haue done Israel any good to haue kist euen his footesteppes 14 But that I did it because I woulde not set the honour of a man in the steede of the glory of God because I would worship none but only thee my Lorde and this haue I done in no pryde nor presumption 15 And therfore O Lord thou God and kyng haue mercy vpon thy people for they imagine howe they may bring vs to naught yea their minde and desire is to destroy and to ouerthrowe thy people that hath euer ben thyne inheritaunce of olde 16 O despise not thy portion which thou hast deliuered brought out of Egypt for thyne owne selfe 17 Heare my prayer and be mercifull vnto thy people whom thou hast chosen for an heritage vnto thy selfe Turne our complaynt and sorow into ioy that we may liue O Lorde and prayse thy name O Lord suffer not the mouthes of them that praise thee to be destroyed 18 All the people of Israel in like maner cryed as earnestly as they coulde vnto the Lorde for their death and destruction stoode before their eyes ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter ¶ The prayer of Hester for the deliueraunce of her and her people 1 QVeene Hester also beyng in the battayle of death resorted vnto the Lorde 2 Layde away her glorious apparell and put on the garmentes that serued for sighing and mourning In the steede of precious oyntment she scattered ashes and dounge vpon her head and as for her body she humbled it with fasting and brought it very low All the places where she was wont to haue ioy afore those filled she with her owne heere that she pluckt of 3 She prayed also vnto the Lorde God of Israel with these wordes O my Lorde thou only art our kyng helpe me desolate woman whiche haue no helper but thee 4 For my miserie and destruction is harde at my hande 5 Fro my youth vp I haue hearde out of the kinred of my father that thou tokest Israel from among all people and so haue our fathers of their fore elders that they shoulde be thy perpetuall inheritaunce and looke what thou didst promise them thou hast made it good vnto them 6 Nowe Lorde we haue sinned before thee therefore hast thou geuen vs into the handes of our enemies 7 Because we worshipped their gods Lorde thou art righteous 8 Neuerthelesse it satisfieth them not that we are in bitter and heauie captiuitie and oppressed among them but thou hast layde their handes vpon the handes of their gods 9 So that they begin to take away the thing that thou with thy mouth hast ordayned and appoynted to destroy thine inheritaunce to shut and to stop the mouthes of them that prayse thee to quench the glory and worship of thy house and thyne aulter 10 And to open the mouthes of the heathen that they may prayse the power and vertue of the gods and to magnifie the fleshly kyng for euer 11 O Lorde geue not thy scepter vnto them that be nothing lest they laugh vs to scorne in our miserie and fall but turne their deuice vpon them selues and punishe hym that hath begun the same ouer vs and set hym to an example 12 Thinke vpon vs O Lord and shewe thy selfe vnto vs in the tyme of our distresse and of our trouble strength me O thou kyng of Gods thou Lorde of all power 13 Geue me an eloquent and pleasaunt speache in my mouth before the lion Turne his heart into the hate of our enemies to destroy him and all such as consent vnto him 14 But deliuer vs with thy hande and helpe me thy handmayde which haue no defence nor helper but onlye the Lorde 15 Thou knowest all thinges thou wotest that I loue not the glory and worship of the vnrighteous and that I hate and abhorre the bed of the vncircumcised and of all heathen 16 Thou knowest my necessitie that I hate the token of my preeminence and worship which I beare vpon my head what tyme as I must shewe my selfe and be seene and that I abhorre it as an vncleane cloth and that I weare it not when I am quiet and alone by my selfe 17 Thou knowest also that I thy handmayden haue not eaten at Amans table and that I haue had no pleasure nor delight in the kinges feast that I haue not drunke the wine of the drinke offeringes 18 And that I thy handmayden haue no ioy since the day that I was brought hyther vnto this day but only in thee O Lorde O thou God of Abraham 19 O thou mightie God aboue all heare the voyce of them that haue no other hope and deliuer vs out of the hande of the wicked and deliuer me out of my feare The .xv. Chapter 1 Mardocheus moueth Hester to go in vnto the kyng and make intercession for her people 9 And she perfourmed his request 1 MArdocheus also bade Hester go in vnto the kyng and pray for her people and for her countrey 2 Remember saith he the dayes of thy lowe estate how thou wast nourished vnder my hande For Aman whiche is next vnto the kyng hath geuen sentence of death against vs 3 Call thou therefore vpon the Lorde and speake for vs vnto the king and deliuer vs from death 4 And vpon the thirde day it happened that Hester layde away the mourning garmentes and put on her glorious apparell 5 And deckt her selfe goodly after that she had called vpon God whiche is the beholder and sauiour of all thinges and toke two maydens with her
6 Vpon the one she leaned her selfe as one that was tender 7 The other folowed her and bare the trayne of her vesture 8 The shine of her beautie made her face rose coloured the similitude of her face was chearefull and amiable but her heart was sorowfull for great feare 9 She went in thorowe all the doores and stoode before the kyng The kyng sate vpon the trone of his kyngdome and was clothed in his goodly aray all shining with golde and set with precious stones and he was very terrible 10 He lyft vp his face that shone in the clearnesse and looked grimly vpon her Then fel the Queene downe was pale and faynte leaned her selfe vpon the head of the mayde that went with her 11 Neuerthelesse God turned the kinges minde that he was gentle that he leaped out of his seate for feare and gate her in his armes and helde her vp tyll she came to her self againe he gaue her louing wordes also and said vnto her 12 Hester what is the matter I am thy brother be of good cheare 13 Thou shalt not die for our commaundement toucheth the commons and not thee Come nye 14 And with that he helde vp his golden rodde and layde it vpon her necke 15 And imbraced her frendly and sayd Talke with me 16 Then sayde she I sawe thee O Lorde as an angell of God and my heart was troubled for feare of thy maiestie and clearnesse 17 For excellent and wonderfull art thou O Lorde and thy face is full of amitie 18 But as she was thus speaking vnto hym she fell downe agayne for fayntnesse 19 For the whiche cause the kyng was afraide and all his seruauntes comforted her ¶ The .xvj. Chapter ¶ The copie of the letters of Artaxerxes whereby he reuoketh those whiche he first sent foorth 1 THe great kyng Artaxerxes whiche raigneth from India vnto Ethiopia ouer an hundreth and twentie and seuen landes sendeth vnto the princes and rulers of the same landes suche as loue him his frendly salutation 2 There be many that for the sundry frendshippes and benefites whiche are diuersly done vnto them for their worship be euer the more proude and hye minded 3 And vndertake not only to hurt our subiectes for plenteous benefites may they not suffer and begin to imagine some thing against those that do them good 4 And take not only all vnthankfulnes away from men but in pride and presumption as they that be vnmindfull and vnthankfull for the good deedes they go about to escape the iudgement of God that seeth all thinges whiche iudgement hateth and punisheth all wickednesse 5 It happeneth oft also that they which be set in office by the higher power and vnto whom the businesse and causes of the subiectes are committed to be handled waxe proude and defile them selues with shedding of innocent blood which bringeth them to intollerable hurt 6 Whiche also with false and deceiptfull wordes and with lying tales deceaue and betray the innocent goodnesse of princes 7 Nowe is it profitable and good that we take heede make searche therafter and consider not onlye what hath happened vnto vs of olde but the shamefull vnhonest and noysome thinges that the deputies haue nowe taken in hande before our eyes 8 And thereby to beware in tyme to come that we make the kyngdome quiet and peaceable for all men and that we might sometime drawe it to a chaunge 9 And as for the thing that nowe is present before our eyes to withstande it and to put it downe after the most frendly maner 10 What tyme nowe as Aman the sonne of Amadathu the Macedonian a straūger veryly of the Persians blood and farre from our goodnes was come in among vs as an aliaunt 11 And had obtayned the frendship that we beare towarde all people so that he was called our father and had in hye honour of euery man as the next and principall vnto the kyng 12 He coulde not forbeare him selfe from his pryde hath vndertaken not only to rob vs of the kyngdome but of our life 13 With manyfolde deceipt also hath he desired to destroy Mardocheus our helper and preseruer whiche hath done vs good in all thinges and innocent Hester the like partaker of our kyngdome with all her people 14 For his minde was when he had taken them out of the way and robbed vs of them by this meanes to translate the kyngdome of the Persians vnto them of Macedonia 15 But we finde that the Iewes which were accused of the wicked that they might be destroyed are no euyll doers but vse reasonable and right lawes 16 And that they be the chyldren of the most high liuing God by whom the kyngdome of vs and of our progenitours hath ben well ordered hytherto 17 Wherefore as for the letters and commaundementes that were put foorth by Aman the sonne of Amadathu ye shall do well if ye holde them of none effect 18 For he that set them vp and inuented them hangeth at Susis before the port with all his kinred and God whiche hath all thinges in his power hath rewarded hym after his deseruing 19 And vpon this ye shall publishe and set vp the copie of this letter in all places that the Iewes may freely and without hinderaunce holde them selues after their owne statutes 20 And that they may be helped and that vpon the thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth Adar they may be auenged of them whiche in the tyme of their anguishe and trouble would haue oppressed them 21 For the God that gouerneth all thinges hath turned to ioy the day wherein the chosen people shoulde haue perished 22 Moreouer among the hye solempne dayes that ye haue ye shall holde this day also with all gladnesse 23 That nowe and in tyme to come this day may be a remembraunce of good for all such as loue the prosperitie of the Persians but a remembraunce of destruction to those that be seditious vnto vs. 24 All cities and landes that do not this shall horribly perishe and be destroyed with the sworde and fire and shall not only be no more inhabited of men but be abhorred also of the wylde beastes and foules The ende of the rest of the booke of Hester ⧠The wysdome of Solomon The first Chapter 1 Howe we ought to searche and inquire after God 2 Who be those that finde hym 5 The holy ghost 8.11 We ought to flee from backbiting and murmuring 12 Whereof death commeth 15 Righteousnesse and vnrighteousnesse 1 LOue righteousnesse ye that be iudges of y e earth consider deepely of the Lorde in goodnesse and seeke hym in singlenesse of heart 2 For he wyll be founde of them that tempt hym not and appeareth vnto such as put no distrust in him 3 For wicked thoughtes seperate from God and his power when it is tryed reproueth the vnwise 4 For why wysdome shall not enter into a wicked soule nor dwell in the body that is subiect vnto sinne 5 For the holy
1 ALl wisdome commeth of god the Lord hath ben euer with him and is before all tyme. 2 Who hath numbred the sande of the sea the droppes of the rayne and the dayes of time Who hath measured the heyght of heauen the breadth of the earth and the deepenesse of the sea 3 Who hath sought out the grounde of Gods wisdome which hath ben before all thynges 4 Wisdome hath ben created before all thinges and the vnderstandyng of prudence from euerlastyng 5 Gods worde in the heyght is the well of wisdome and the euerlastyng commaundementes are the entraunce of her 6 Vnto whō hath the roote of wisdome ben declared or who hath knowen her wit 7 Vnto whom hath the doctrine of wisdome ben discouered and shewed and who hath vnderstande the manifolde entraunce of her 8 There is one euen the hyest the maker of all thynges the almightie the kyng of power of whom men ought to stand greatly in awe which sitteth vpon his throne beyng a God of dominion 9 He hath created her through the holy ghost he hath seene her numbred her and measured her 10 He hath powred her out vpon all his workes and vpon all fleshe accordyng to his gyft he geueth her richely vnto them that loue hym 11 The feare of the Lorde is worshyp and triumph gladnesse and a ioyfull crowne 12 The feare of the Lorde maketh a mery heart geueth gladnesse ioy and long lyfe 13 Who so feareth the Lorde it shall go well with him at the last and in the day of his death he shal be blessed 14 The loue of God is honorable wisdome loke vnto whom it appeareth they loue it for they see what wonderous thinges it doth 15 The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of wisdome and was made with the faythfull in the mothers wombe it shall go with the chosen women and shal be knowen of the ryghteous and faythfull 16 The feare of the Lorde is the ryght Gods seruice 17 That preserueth iustifieth the heart and geueth mirth and gladnesse 18 Who so feareth the Lorde shal be happy and when he hath neede of comfort he shal be blessed 19 She hath buylt her euerlastyng foundations with men and is geuen to be with their seede 20 To feare God is the wisdome that maketh riche and bryngeth all good with her 21 She fylleth the whole house with her giftes the garners with her treasure 22 The feare of the Lorde is the crowne of wisdome and geueth plenteous peace and health He hath seene her and numbred her Both these are the gyftes of God 23 Knowledge and vnderstandyng of wisdome hath he powred out as rayne and them that helde her fast hath he brought vnto honour 24 The feare of the Lorde is the roote of wisdome her braunches are long lyfe 25 In the treasures of wisdome is vnderstandyng deuotion of knowledge but wisdome is abhorred of sinners 26 The feare of the Lorde driueth out sinne and whē she is present she driueth away anger 27 For he that is without feare can not be made ryghteous and his wylfull boldenesse is his owne destruction 28 A patient man wyll suffer vnto the tyme and then shall he haue the rewarde of ioy 29 A good vnderstandyng wyll hyde his wordes for a tyme and many mens lippes shall speake of his wisdome 30 In the treasures of wisdome is the declaration of doctrine but the sinner abhorreth the worshyp of God 31 My sonne yf thou desire wisdome kepe the commaundement and God shall geue her vnto thee 32 For the feare of the Lorde is wisdome and nurture he hath pleasure in fayth and louyng mekenesse and he shall fyll the treasures therof 33 Be not obstinate and vnfaythfull to the feare of the Lorde and come not vnto hym with a double heart 34 Be not an hypocrite in the syght of men and take good heede what thou speakest 35 Exalt not thy selfe lest thou happen to fall and bryng thy soule to dishonour and so discouer thy secretes and cast thee downe in the myddest of the congregation because thou wouldest not receaue the feare of God because thy heart is full of faynednesse and deceipt The .ij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth the seruauntes of God to righteousnesse loue vnderstandyng and patience 11 To trust in the Lorde 13 A curse vpon them that are faynt hearted and impatient 1 MY sonne yf thou wylt come into the seruice of God stande fast in righteousnesse feare and arme thy soule to temptation 2 Settle thyne heart and be patient bowe downe thine eare receaue the wordes of vnderstandyng and shrynke not away when thou art assaulted 3 Holde thee fast vpon God ioyne thy selfe vnto hym and suffer that thy lyfe may encrease at the last 4 Whatsoeuer happeneth vnto thee receaue it suffer in heauinesse be patient in thy trouble 5 For lyke as golde and siluer are tryed in the fire euen so are acceptable men in the furnace of aduersitie 6 Beleue in God and he shall helpe thee order thy way a right and put thy trust in hym Holde fast his feare and growe therin 7 O ye that feare the Lorde take sure holde of his mercie shrynke not away from hym that ye fall not 8 O ye that feare the Lorde beleue him and your rewarde shall not be emptie 9 O ye that feare the Lorde trust in good thynges and mercie shall come vnto you for pleasure 10 O ye that feare the Lorde set your loue vpon him and your heartes shal be lyghtened 11 Consider the olde generations of men O ye children and marke them well was there euer any one confounded that put his trust in the Lorde Who euer continued in his feare and was forsaken Or whom dyd he euer dispise that called faythfully vpon hym 12 For God is gratious and mercifull he forgeueth sinnes in the tyme of trouble and is a defendour for al them that seke hym in the trueth 13 Wo be vnto them that haue a fearefull heart wicked lippes and euyll occupied handes and to the sinner that goeth two maner of wayes 14 Wo be vnto them that are faint harted which put not their trust in God and therfore shall they not be defended of hym 15 Wo be vnto you that haue lost patience forsaken the ryght wayes and are turned backe into frowarde wayes What wyll you do when the Lord shall begin to visite you 16 They that feare the Lorde wyll not disobey his worde and they that loue him wyll kepe his commaundementes 17 They that feare the Lorde wyll seke out the thinges that are pleasaunt vnto him and they that loue him be fulfylled with his lawe 18 They that feare the Lorde wyll prepare their heartes and humble their soules in his syght 19 They that feare the Lorde kepe his cōmaundementes and wyll be patient tyll they see hym selfe 20 Saying If we do not repent we shall fall into the handes
the commaundementes of the Lorde shal be shamed 21 He that is the ruler among brethren is holden in honour among them and he that regardeth such as feare the Lorde is acceptable in his sight 22 The feare of the Lord causeth that the kingdome faileth not but the kingdome is lost by crueltie and pryde 23 The glorie of the riche of the honorable and of the poore is the feare of God 24 Despyse not thou the iust poore man that hath vnderstanding and magnifie not the riche vngodly 25 Great is the iudge and mightie in honour yet is there none greater then he that feareth God 26 Vnto the seruaunt that is discrete shal the free do seruice He that is wyse and well nurtured will not grudge when he is refourmed and an ignoraunt body shall not come to honour 27 Be not proude to do thy worke and dispayre not in the time of aduersitie 28 Better is he that laboureth and hath plenteousnes of al thinges then he that is gorgious and wanteth bread 29 My sonne get thy soule honour by mekenesse geue her her due honour 30 Who shall iustifie him that sinneth against him selfe Who will honour hym that dishonoureth his owne soule 31 The poore is honoured for his faythfulnesse and trueth but the riche is had in reputation because of his goodes 32 He that ordereth hym selfe honestly in pouertie howe much more shal he behaue hym selfe honestly in riches And who so ordreth hym selfe vnhonestly in riches how much more shall he behaue him selfe vnhonestly in pouertie The .xi. Chapter 1 The prayse of humilitie 2 After the outward appearaunce ought we not to iudge 7 Of rash iudgement 14 Al things come of God 29 Al men are not to be brought into thine house 1 THe wysdome of hym that is brought lowe shall lift vp his head and shall make hym to sit among great men 2 Commende not thou a man in his beautie neither despise a man in his vtter appeeraunce 3 The Bee is but a smal beast among the foules yet is her fruite exceeding sweet 4 Be not proude of thy rayment exalt not thy selfe in the day of thy honour for the workes of the hiest onely are wonderfull yea glorious secrete and vnknowen are his workes 5 Many tyrauntes haue ben fayne to sit downe vpon the earth and the vnlikely hath worne the crowne 6 Many mightie men haue ben brought low the honorable haue ben deliuered into other mens handes 7 Condemne no man before thou haue tryed out the matter and when thou hast made inquisition then refourme righteously 8 Geue no sentence before thou hast hearde the cause but first let men tel out their tales 9 Stryue not for a matter that toucheth not thy selfe and stande not in the iudgement of sinners 10 My sonne meddle not with many matters and if thou gaine much thou shalt not be blamelesse if thou folow after it thou shalt not attayne it and though thou runnest thy way afore yet shalt thou not escape 11 There is some man that laboureth and taketh payne and the more he weerieth him selfe the lesse he hath 12 Againe some man is slouthfull hath neede of helpe wanteth strength and hath great pouertie 13 And gods eye loketh vpon him to good setteth him vp from his lowe state and lifteth vp his head so that many men maruel at hym and geue honour vnto God 14 Prosperitie and aduersitie lyfe and death pouertie and richesse come all of the Lorde 15 Wysedome nurture and knowledge of the lawe are with God loue and the wayes of good are with him 16 Errour and darkenesse are made for sinners and they that exalt them selues in euyll waxe olde in euyll 17 The gift of God remayneth for the righteous and his good will shall geue prosperitie for euer 18 Some man is riche by his care and â—gardship and that is the portion of his rewarde 19 In that he sayth Now haue I gotten rest and nowe will I eate and drinke of my goodes my selfe alone and yet he considereth not that the time draweth nye and death approcheth that he must leaue all these thinges vnto other men and dye him selfe 20 Stand thou fast in thy couenaunt and exercise thy selfe therin and remayne in the worke vnto thy age 21 Maruell not at the workes of sinners but put thy trust in God and byde in thy labour for it is but an easie thing in the sight of God to make a poore man riche and that sodenly 22 The blessing of God hasteth to the rewarde of the righteous and maketh his fruites soone to florishe and prosper 23 Say not what helpeth it me and what good thing shall I haue hereafter 24 Againe say not I haue enough how can I want 25 When thou art in welfare forget not aduersitie and when it goeth not well with thee haue a good hope that it shal be better 26 For it is but a small thing vnto God in the day of death to rewarde euery man according to his wayes 27 The aduersitie of an houre maketh one to forget al pleasure when a man dieth his workes are discouered 28 Iudge no man blessed before his death for a man shal be knowen in his children 29 Bring not euery man into thyne house for the disceytfull layeth wayte diuersly are like stomackes that belche filthyly 30 Like as a partrych in a maunde so is the heart of the proude and like as a spie that loketh vpon the fall of his neyghbour 31 For he turneth good vnto euyll and slaundreth the chosen 32 Of one sparke is made a great fire and of one disceytfull man is blood increased and an vngodly man layeth wayte for blood 33 Beware of the disceytfull for he imagineth wicked thinges to bring thee into a perpetuall shame 34 If thou takest an aliaunt vnto thee he shall destroy thee in vnquietnesse and dryue thee from thyne owne wayes The .xii. Chapter 1 Vnto whom we ought to do good 10 Enemies ought not to be trusted 1 WHen thou wilt do good knowe to whom thou doest it and so shalt thou be greatly thanked for thy benefites 2 Do good vnto the righteous and thou shalt finde great reward though not of him yet no doubt the Lorde him selfe shall rewarde thee 3 He standeth not in a good case that is alway occupied in euil geueth no almes for the hyghest hateth the sinners and hath mercie vpon them that shewe the workes of repentaunce 4 Geue thou vnto such as feare God and receaue not a sinner 5 As for the vngodly and sinners he shall recompence vengeaunce vnto them and kepe them to the day of wrath 6 Geue thou vnto the good and receaue not the sinner do well vnto hym that is lowly but geue not to the vngodly Let not the bread be geuen him that he be not mightier then thy selfe therin for so shalt thou receaue twyse as much euyll in all
at the last he declareth his vngraciousnesse 8 A nygarde hath a wicked eye he turneth away his face and despiseth men 9 A couetous mans eye hath neuer enough in the portion of wickednesse vntill the time that he wyther away and haue lost his owne soule 10 A wicked eye enuieth bread and there is scarcenesse vpon his table 11 My sonne do good to thy selfe of that thou hast and geue the Lorde his due offeringes 12 Remember that death tarieth not and how that the graue is not shewed vnto thee for the couenaunt of this world shall dye the death 13 Do good vnto thy friende before thou dye and according to thy abilitie reache out thyne hande geue vnto the poore 14 Be not disapoynted of the good day and let not the portion of the good desire ouerpasse thee 15 Shalt thou not leaue thy trauayles and labours vnto other men In the deuiding of the heritage geue and take and sanctifie thy soule 16 Worke thou righteousnes before thy death for in the hell there is no meate to finde 17 All fleshe shall fade away lyke a garment and lyke a florishing leafe in a greene tree 18 Some growe some are cast downe euen so is the generation of fleshe and blood one commeth to an ende another is borne and this is the condition of all times thou shalt dye the death 19 All transitorie thinges shal fayle at the last the worker therof shal go withal 20 Euery chosen worke shal be iustified and he that medled withall shall haue honour therin 21 Blessed is the man that kepeth hym in wysdome and exerciseth him selfe in vnderstanding and with discretion shall thinke vpon the foreknowledge of God 22 Whiche considereth the wayes of wysdome in his heart hath vnderstanding in her secretes 23 Goeth after her as one that seketh her out and continueth in her ways 24 He loketh in at her windowes hearkeneth at her doores 25 He taketh his rest beside her house and fasteneth his stake in her walles he shal pitche his tent nye vnto her hand and in his tent shall good thinges rest for euermore 26 He shal set his children vnder her couering shall dwell vnder her braunches 27 Vnder her couering shall he be defended from her heate and in the glorie shal he rest The .xv. Chapter 1 The goodnesse that foloweth hym which feareth God 8 God reiecteth and casteth of the sinner 11 God is not the auctour of euyll 1 HE that feareth God wil do good who so kepeth the lawe shall obtayne wysdome 2 As an honorable mother shall she meete hym and she as his wife maried of a virgin shal receaue him 3 With the bread of lyfe and vnderstanding shal she feede him geue him the water of wholsome wisdome to drinke 4 If he be constant in her he shall not be moued and if he holde him fast by her he shall not come to confusion 5 She shall bring him to honour among his neyghbours and in the middest of the congregation shall she open his mouth With the spirite of wysdome and vnderstanding shall she fyll him and cloth him with the garment of glorie 6 She shall heape the treasure of myrth and ioye vpon him and geue him an euerlasting name to heritage 7 Foolishe men will not take holde vpon her but such as haue vnderstanding will meete her Foolishe men shall not see her for she is farre from pryde and disceyte 8 Men that go about with lyes will not remember her but men of trueth shal be founde in her and shall prosper euen vnto the beholding of God 9 Prayse is not seemely in the mouth of the vngodly for he is not sent of the Lorde 10 But if prayse come of wysdome and be plenteous in a faythfull mouth then the Lorde will prosper it 11 Say not thou it is the Lordes fault that I am gone by for thou shalt not do the thing that God hateth 12 Say not thou he hath caused me to do wrong for he hath no neede of the vngodly 13 God hateth al abhomination of errour and they that feare God will loue none such 14 God made man from the beginning and left him in the hande of his counsell He gaue his commaundementes and preceptes 15 If thou wilt obserue the commaundementes and kepe acceptable faythfulnesse for euer they shall preserue thee 16 He hath set water and fyre before thee reache out thine hande vnto which thou wilt 17 Before man is lyfe and death good and euyll loke what him lyketh shal be geuen him 18 For the wysdome of God is great and mightie in power and beholdeth all thinges continually 19 The eyes of the Lorde are vpon them that feare him and he knoweth all the workes of man 20 He hath commaunded no man to do vngodly neither hath he geuen any man licence to sinne for he desireth not a multitude of infidels and vnprofitable children The .xvi. Chapter 1 Of vnhappie and wicked children 19 No man can hyde him selfe from God 24 An exhortation to the receauing of instruction 1 DElite not thou in the multitude of vngodly children and haue no pleasure in them if they feare not God 2 Trust not thou to their lyfe and regarde not their labours 3 For one sonne that feareth God is better then a thousand vngodly And better it is for a man to dye without children then to leaue beynde hym such children as are vngodly 4 For by one that hath vnderstanding may a whole citie be vpholden but though the vngodly be many yet shal it be wasted through them 5 Many such thinges hath mine eye seene and greater thinges then these haue I heard with myne eares 6 In the congregation of the vngodly shal a fire burne and among vnfaythful people shall the wrath be kindled 7 The olde giauntes optayned no grace for their sinnes whiche were destroyed trusting to their owne strength 8 Neither spared he them among whō Lot was a straunger but smote them and abhorred them because of the pride of their wordes 9 He had no pitie vpon them but destroyed all the people that were so stout in sinne 10 And forsomuch as he ouersawe the sixe hundred thousand that gathered them selues together in the hardnesse of their heart in afflicting them in pitiing them in smiting them and healing them with mercie and chastisement it were maruell if one being hardnecked should be free 11 For mercy wrath is with him he is both mightie to forgeue and to powre out displeasure 12 Lyke as his mercy is great euen so is his punishement also he iudgeth a man according to his workes 13 The vngodly shall not escape in his spoyle the long patience of him that sheweth mercie shall not byde behinde 14 He wyll make a place for euery mercifull deede and euery man shall finde according to his workes 15 The Lorde hardened Pharao that he should not know him and
that his workes might be knowen vpon the earth vnder the heauen 16 His mercie is knowen to all creatures he hath seperated his light from the darkenesse with an adamant 17 Say not thou I wyll hide my selfe from God for who wyll thinke vpon me from aboue I shall not be knowen in so great an heape of people for what is my soule among so many creatures 18 Beholde the heauen yea the heauen of heauens of God the deepe the earth and all that therein is shal be moued at his presence 19 The mountaynes the hilles and the foundations of the earth shall shake for feare when God visiteth them 20 These thinges doth no heart vnderstand worthyly but he vnderstandeth euery heart 21 And who vnderstandeth his wayes No man seeth his stormes and the most part of his workes are secrete 22 Who wyll declare the workes of his righteousnesse or who shal be able to abide them For the couenaunt is farre from some and trying out of men is in the ende 23 He that is humble of heart thinketh vpon such thinges but an vnwyse and erronious man casteth his minde vnto foolishe thinges 24 My sonne hearken thou vnto me and learne vnderstanding and marke my wordes with thyne heart I wyll geue thee a sure doctrine and plainely shall I instruct thee 25 Marke my wordes then in thyne heart for in righteousnesse of the spirite do I speake of the wonders that God hath shewed among his workes from the beginning in the trueth do I shew the knowledge of him 26 God hath set his workes in good order from the beginning part of them hath he sundred from the other 27 He hath garnished his workes from euerlasting and their beginninges according to their generations they are not hungrie nor weeried in their labours nor ceasse from their offices 28 None of them hindred another neitheir was any of them disobedient vnto his wordes 29 After this God loked vpon the earth and filled it with his goodnesse 30 With all maner of liuing beastes hath he couered the grounde and they all shal be turned vnto earth againe ¶ The .xvii. Chapter 1 The creation of man and the goodnesse that God hath done vnto him 20 Of almes 26 and repentaunce 1 GOd shaped man of the earth made him after his owne image and turned him vnto earth againe and cloathed him with his owne strength 2 He gaue him the number of dayes and certaine time yea and gaue him power of the thinges that are vpon earth 3 He made all fleshe to stand in awe of him so that he had the dominion of all beastes and foules 4 He made out of him an helper lyke vnto to him selfe gaue them discretion and tongue eyes and eares and a heart to vnderstande 5 He gaue them a spirite and a speache to declare his workes filled them with instruction and vnderstanding 6 He created for them also the knowledge of the spirite filled their heartes with vnderstanding and shewed them good and euill 7 He set his eye vpon their heartes declaring vnto them his great and noble workes 8 That they should prayse his holy name together reioyce of his wonders and be telling of his noble actes 9 Beside this he gaue them instruction and the lawe of life for an heritage that they might now know that they were mortall 10 He made an euerlasting couenaunt with them and shewed them his righteousnesse and iudgementes 11 They sawe the maiestie of his glorie with their eyes and their eares heard the maiestie of his voyce and he saide vnto them beware of all vnrighteous thinges 12 He gaue euery man also a cōmaundement concerning his neighbour 13 Their wayes are euer before him and are not hid from his eyes 14 Euery man from his youth is geuen to euill and their stony heartes can not become fleshe 15 He hath set a ruler vpon euery people but Israel is the Lordes portion 16 Whom he nourisheth with discipline as his first borne and geueth him most louing light and doth not forsake him 17 All their workes are as the sunne in the sight of God his eyes are alway looking vpon their wayes 18 All their vnrighteousnesses are manifest vnto him and al their wickednesses are open in his sight 19 And as he is mercifull and knoweth his worke he doth not leaue them nor forsake them but spareth them 20 The mercie that a man sheweth is as a seale with him and the grace that is geuen to man preserueth him as the apple of an eye and geueth repentaunce to their sonnes and daughters 21 At the last shall he awake and reward euery man vpon his head shall turne them together into the neathermost partes of the earth 22 But vnto them that wyll repent he hath geuen the way of righteousnesse As for such as be weake he comforteth them suffereth them and sendeth them the portion of the veritie 23 O turne then vnto the Lorde forsake thy sinnes make thy prayer before the Lorde do the lesse offence 24 Turne againe vnto the Lorde for he wyll bring thee from darkenesse vnto holsome light forsake thyne vnrighteousnesse be an vtter enemie to abhomination 25 Learne to know the righteousnesse and iudgementes of God stand in the portion that is set foorth for thee and in the prayer of the most hye God 26 Go in the portion of the holy worlde with such as be lyuing geue thankes vnto God 27 Who wil prayse the Lorde in the hel abide not thou in y e errour of the vngodlie but geue him thankes before death 28 As for the dead thankfulnes perisheth from him as nothing Geue thou thankes in thy lyfe yea whyle thou art lyuing and whole shalt thou geue thankes and prayse God and reioyce in his mercie 29 O how great is the louing kindnesse of the Lorde and his mercifull goodnes vnto such as turne vnto him 30 For all thinges may not be in man and why the sonne of man is not immortal and he hath pleasure in the vanitie of wickednesse 31 What is more cleare then the sonne yet shall it fayle 32 Or what is more wicked then the thyng that fleshe and blood hath imagined and that same shal be reproued 33 The Lorde seeth the power of the hye heauen and al are but earth and asshes The .xviii. Chapter 1 The marueylous workes of God 6 The miserie and wretchednes of man 9 Against God ought we not to complaine 21 The perfourming of vowes 1 HE that lyueth for euermore made al thinges together God onely is righteous and there is none other but he and remaineth a victorious king for euer 2 He ordereth the worlde with the power of his hande and all thinges obey his wyl for he gouerneth all thinges by his power and deuideth the holy thinges from the prophane 3 Who shal be able to expresse the workes of him who wyll seeke out the grounde of his
noble actes 4 Who shall declare the power of his greatnesse or who wyll take vpon him to tell out his mercie 5 As for the wonderous workes of the Lord there may nothing be taken from them nothing may be put vnto them neither may the grounde of them be founde out 6 But when a man hath done his best he must beginne againe and when he thinketh to be come to an ende he must go againe to his labour 7 What is man whereto is he worth what good or euill can he do 8 If the number of a mans dayes be almost an hundred yeres it is much and no man hath certaine knowledge of his death 9 Lyke as the droppers of rayne are vnto the sea and as a grauell stone is in comparison of the sande so are these fewe yeres to the dayes of euerlasting 10 Therefore is the Lorde pacient with them and powreth out his mercie vpon them 11 He sawe and perceaued the thoughtes and imaginations of their heart that they were euill therefore heaped he vp his mercifull goodnesse vpon them and shewed them the way of righteousnes 12 The mercie that a man hath reacheth to his neighbour but the mercie of god is vpon all fleshe He chasteneth he teacheth and nurtureth yea euen as a sheephearde turneth againe his flocke so doth he all them that receaue chastening nurture and doctrinâ— 13 Mercyfull is he vnto them that diligently seeke after his iudgementes 14 My sonne when thou doest good make no grudging at it and whatsoeuer thou geuest speake no discomfortable wordes 15 Shall not the deawe coole the heate euen so is a worde better then a gift 16 Is not a friendly worde a good honest gifte but a gratious man geueth them both 17 A foole shall cast a man in the teeth and that roughly and a gift of the nigarde putteth out the eyes 18 Get thee righteousnes before thou come to iudgement learne before thou speake and go to phisicke or euer thou be sicke 19 Examine and iudge thy selfe before the iudgement come and so shalt thou finde grace in the sight of God 20 Humble thy selfe afore thou be sicke and whilest thou mayst sinne shew thy conuersation 21 Be not let to pay thy vowe in good time and tary not to be iustified vnto thy death for the rewarde of God endureth for euer 22 Before thou prayest prepare thy soule and be not as one that tempteth God 23 Thinke vpon the wrathfull indignation that shal be at the ende and the houre of vengeauÌ„ce when he shall turne away his face 24 When thou hast inough remember the time of hunger and when thou art rich thinke vpon the time of pouertie and scarsenesse 25 From the morning vntyl the euening the time is chaunged all such thinges are soone done in the sight of God 26 A wyfe man feareth God in al thinges and in the dayes of transgression he kepeth him selfe from sinne but the foole doth not obserue the time 27 A discreete man hath pleasure in wysdome and he that findeth her maketh much of her 28 They that haue had vnderstanding haue dealt wysely in wordes haue vnderstand the trueth and righteousnesse and haue sought out wâ—fe sentences and iudgementes 29 The chiefe aucthoritie of speaking is of the Lorde alone for a mortall man hath but a dead heart 30 Folowe not thy lustes but turne shee from thyne owne wyll 31 For if thou geuest thy soule her desires it shall make thyne enemies to laugh thee to scorne 32 Take not thy pleasure in great voluptuousnesse and meddle not to much withall 33 Make not to great cheare of the thing that thou hast wonne by aduauntage lest thou fall into pouertie and haue nothing in thy purse els thou shouldest sclaunderously lye in wayte for thyne owne lyfe ¶ The .xix. Chapter 2 Wâ—ne and whordome bringeth men to pouertie 6 In thy wordes must thou vse discretion 22 The difference of the wysdome of God and man 27 whereby thou mayst know what is in a man 1 A Labouring man that is geuen vnto drunckennes shall not be rich and he that maketh not much of small thinges shall fall by litle and litle 2 Wine and women make wyse men runagates and put men of vnderstanding to reproofe 3 And he that companieth adulterers shal become an impudent man mothes and wormes shal haue him to heritage yea he shal be set vp to a great example and his soule shal be rooted out of the number 4 He that is hastie to geue credence is light minded doth against him selfe 5 Who so reioyceth in wickednesse shal be punished but he that resisteth pleasures crowneth his owne soule he that refraineth his tongue may lyue with a troublesome man he that hateth to be refourmed his lyfe shal be shortened he that abhorreth babling of wordes quencheth wickednesse 6 He that offendeth against his owne soule shall repent it and he that reioyceth in wickednes shal be punished 7 Rehearse not a wicked and churlishe worde twyse and thou shalt not be hindered 8 Shewe thy secretes neither to friende nor foe and if thou hast offended tell it not out 9 For he shall hearken vnto thee and marke thee and when he findeth oportunitie he shall hate thee and so shall he be alway about thee 10 If thou hast heard a worde against thy neighbour let it be dead within thee and be sure thou shalt haue no harme thereby 11 A foole trauayleth with a worde lyke as a woman that is payned with bearing of a childe 12 Lyke as an arrowe shotte in a thigh of flesshe so is a worde in a fooles heart 13 Tell thy friende his fault lest he be ignoraunt and say I haue not done it or if he haue spoken that he do it no more 14 Reproue thy neighbour that he keepe his tongue and if he haue spoken that he say it no more 15 Tell thy neighbour his fault for oft times an offence is made and geue not credence to euery worde 16 A man falleth sometime with his tongue but not with his wil for what is he that hath not offended in his tongue 17 Geue thy neighbour warning before thou threaten him and geue place vnto the lawe of the Lorde 18 The feare of the Lorde is the first degree to be receaued of him wysdome obtayneth his loue 19 The knowledge of the commaundementes of the Lorde is the doctrine of lyfe and they that obey him shall receaue the fruite of immortalitie 20 The feare of God is all wysdome and he that is a righteous man keepeth the lawe 21 If a seruaunt say vnto his maister I wyll not do as it pleaseth thee though afterwarde he do it he shall displease him that nourisheth him 22 As for the doctrine of wickednes it is no wysdome the prudence of sinners is no good vnderstanding it is but wickednes and abhomination and a blaspheming of wysdome 23 A simple
and he shall not knowe from whence 28 The proude blaspheme and are scorneful but vengeaunce lurketh for them as a lion 29 They that reioyce at the fall of the righteous shall be taken in the snare anguishe of heart shall consume them before they dye 30 Anger and rigorousnesse are two abhominable thinges and the vngodly hath them both vpon hym The .xxviii. Chapter 1 We ought not to desire vengeaunce but to forgeue the offence 13 Of the vices of the tongue and of the daungers therof 1 HE that seketh vengeaunce shal find vengeaunce of the Lorde which shal surely kepe hym his sinnes 2 Forgeue thy neyghbour the hurt that he hath done thee and so shal thy sinnes be forgeuen thee also when thou prayest 3 A man that beareth hatred against another how dare he desire forgeuenesse of God 4 He that sheweth no mercie to a man which is like him selfe how dare he aske forgeuenesse of his sinnes 5 If he that is but fleshe beareth hatred and kepeth it who will intreate for his sinnes 6 Remember the ende and let enmitie passe whiche seketh death and destruction and abyde thou in the commaundementes 7 Remember the commaundementes so shalt thou not be rigorous ouer thy neyghbour Thinke vpon the couenaunt of the hyghest and forgeue thy neyghbours ignoraunce 8 Beware of stryfe and thou shalt make thy sinnes fewer 9 For an angry man kindleth variaunce and the vngodly disquieteth friendes and putteth discorde among them that be at peace 10 The more wood there is the more vehement is the fire and the mightier that men be the greater is the wrath according to his riches his anger increaseth and the longer the stryfe endureth the more it burneth 11 And hastie brawling kindleth a fyre and an hastie stryfe sheddeth blood A tongue also that beareth false witnesse bringeth death 12 If thou blow the sparke it shall burne yf thou spyt vpon it it shall go foorth and both these come out of the mouth 13 The sclaunderer and doubble tongued is cursed for many one that be friendes setteth he at variaunce 14 The thirde tongue hath disquieted many one and dryuen them from one lande to another Strong cities of the riche hath it broken downe and ouerthrowen the houses of great men The strength of the people hath it brought downe and ben the decay of mightie nations 15 The thirde tongue hath cast out many an honest woman and robbed them of their labours 16 Who so hearkeneth vnto such shal neuer finde rest and neuer dwell safely 17 The stroke of the rod maketh printes in the skinne but the stroke of the tongue smyteth the bones in sunder 18 There be many that haue perished with the sworde but many mo thorow the tongue 19 Well is him that is kept from an euyll tongue and commeth not in the anger thereof which draweth not the yoke of such and is not bounde in the bandes of it 20 For the yoke therof is of yron and the bande of it of steele 21 The death therof is a very euyl death hell were better for one then such a tongue 22 But the fire of it may not oppresse them that feare God and the flambe thereof may not burne them 23 Such as forsake the Lorde shall fall therin and it shall burne them and no man shall be able to quenche it It shall fall vpon them as a lion and deuour them as a leoparde 24 Thou hedgest thy goodes with thornes why doest thou not rather make doores and barres for thy mouth 25 Thou wayest thy gold and siluer why doest thou not waye thy wordes also vpon thy balaunce and make a doore and a barre and a sure brydell for thy mouth 26 Beware that thou slide not thy tongue and so fal before thyne enemies that lay wayte for thee and thy fal be incurable euen vnto death The .xxix. Chapter 1 Howe we ought to lende our money and do almes 15 Of a faythfull man aunswering for his friende 22 Of liberalitie and hospitalitie 1 WHo so will shewe mercie let hym lende vnto his neyghbour and he that is able let him kepe the commaundementes 2 Lend vnto thy neyghbour in time of his neede and paye thou thy neyghbour againe in due season 3 Kepe thy worde and deale faythfully with him and thou shalt alway finde the thing that is necessarie for thee 4 There haue ben many that when a thing was lent them reckened it to be founde and made them trauayle and labour that had helped them 5 Whyle they receaue any thing they kisse the handes of such as geue them and for their neyghbours good they humble their voyce but when they should paye againe they kepe it backe and geue euyl wordes and make many excuses by reason of the time 6 And though he be able yet geueth he scarse the halfe againe and reckeneth the other to be founde And if he withholde not his money yet hath he an enemie of him and that vndeserued He payeth him with cursing and rebuke and geueth him euyll wordes for his good deede 7 There be many one which are not glad for to lende not because of euyl but they feare to lose the thing that they lende 8 Yet haue thou patience with the simple and withholde not mercie from him 9 Helpe the poore for the commaundementes sake and let hym not go emptie from thee because of his necessitie 10 Lose thy money for thy brother and neyghbours sake and burie it not vnder a stone where it rusteth and corrupteth 11 Gather thy treasure after the commaundement of the hyghest and so shal it bring thee more profite then golde 12 Lay vp thyne almes in the hande of the poore and it shall kepe thee from all euyll 13 A mans almes is as a purse with him shal kepe a mans fauour as the apple of an eye and afterwarde shall it arise and paye euery man his rewarde vpon his head 14 It shall fight for thee against thyne enemies better then the shielde of a gyaunt or speare of the mightie 15 A good honest man is a suertie for his neyghbour but a wicked person letteth him come to shame 16 Forget not the friendship of thy suertie for he hath geuen his soule for thee 17 The vngodly despiseth the good deede of his suertie 18 The wicked will not become suertie and the vnthankeful and ignoraunt leaueth his suertie in daunger 19 Some man promiseth for his neyghbour when he hath lost his honestie he shall forsake him 20 Suertishippe hath destroyed many a riche man and remoued them as the waues in the sea Mightie people hath it dryuen away and caused them to wander in straunge countreys 21 An vngodly man transgressing the commaundement of the Lorde shall fal into an euyll suertiship and though he force him selfe to get out yet shall he fall into iudgement 22 Helpe thy neyghbour out after thy power and beware that thou thy selfe fall
Beholde how I haue not laboured onely for my selfe but for all such as loue nurture and wysdome 17 Heare me O ye great men of the people and hearken with your eares ye rulers of the congregation 18 Geue not thy sonne and wyfe thy brother and friend power ouer thee whyle thou liuest and geue not away thy substaunce good to another lest it repent thee and thou be faine to aske of them againe 19 As long as thou lyuest and hast breath let no man chaunge thee 20 For better it is thy children to pray thee then that thou shouldest be faine to loke in their handes 21 In all thy workes be excellent that thy honour be neuer stayned 22 At the time when thou shalt ende thy dayes and finishe thy lyfe distribute thyne inheritaunces 23 The fodder the whippe and the burthen belongeth vnto the asse meate correction and worke vnto the seruaunt 24 If thou set thy seruaunt to labour thou shalt finde rest but if thou let him go idle he shall seeke libertie 25 The yoke and the whippe bowe downe the hard necke but tame thou thy euill seruaunt with bondes and correction 26 Sende him to labour that he go not idle for idlenesse bringeth much euill 27 Set him to worke for that belongeth vnto him and becommeth him wel 28 If he be not obedient binde his feete but do not to much vnto him in any wyse and without discretion do nothing 29 If thou haue a faithfull seruaunt let him be vnto thee as thyne owne soule entreate him as a brother for in blood hast thou gotten him if thou haue a seruaunt holde him as thy selfe for thou hast neede of him as of thy selfe 30 If thou intreatest him euil and kepest him hard and makest him to be proude and to runne away from thee thou canst not tell what way thou shalt seeke him The .xxxiiij. Chapter 1 Of dreames dâ—â—inations and enchauntmentes 6 We ought to confute vaine hope and lying 13 The prayse of them that feare God 22 Of diuers workes of men 27 God doth not alowe the workes of an vnfaithfull man 1 VNwyse people beguile them selues with vaine and deceitfull hope and fooles trust in dreames 2 Who so regardeth dreames is lyke him that wyll take holde of a shadowe and folowe after the winde 3 Euen so is it with the appearinges of dreames before the face is the lykenesse of a face 4 Who can be cleansed of the vncleane or what trueth can be spoken of a lyer 5 Soothsaying witchcrafte sorcerie and dreaming is but vaine lyke as when a woman trauayleth with childe hath many fantasies in her heart 6 Where as such visions come not of God set not thyne heart vpon them 7 For dreames haue deceaued many a man and they failed that put their trust therein 8 The lawe shal be fulfilled without lyes wysdome is sufficient to a faithfull mouth what knowledge hath he that is not tryed 9 A wyse man that is well instruct vnderstandeth much and he that hath good experience can talke of wysdome 10 He that hath no experience knoweth litle and he that erreth causeth much wickednesse he that is not tryed what thinges knoweth he he that hath ben deceaued is full of subtiltie 11 When I was yet in errour I learned much also yea I was so learned that I could not expresse it all 12 And came oft in perill of death therefore tyll I was delyuered from it through the grace of God 13 Now I see that they which feare God haue the right spirit for their hope standeth in him that can helpe them and the eyes of the Lorde are on them that loue him 14 Who so feareth the Lorde standeth in awe of no man and is not afraide for the Lorde is his hope and comforte 15 Blessed is the soule of him that feareth the lord in whom putteth he his trust who is his strength 16 For the eyes of the Lord haue respect vnto them that loue him he is their mightie protection and strong grounde A defence for the heate a refuge for the hot noone day a succour for stumbling and an helpe for falling 17 He setteth vp the soule and lighteneth the eyes he geueth lyfe and blessing 18 He that geueth an offering of vnrighteous good his offering is refused and the scornefull dealinges of the vnrighteous please not God 19 The Lorde is theirs onely that patiently abide him in the way of the trueth and of righteousnesse 20 The highest doth not alowe the giftes of the wicked and God hath no delight in the offeringes of the vngodly neither may sinne be reconciled in the multitude of oblations 21 Who so bringeth an offering out of the goodes of the poore doth euen as one that killeth the sonne before the fathers eyes 22 The bread of the nedefull is the lyfe of the poore he that defraudeth him thereof is a man of blood 23 Who so robbeth his neighbour of his lyuing doth as great sinne as though he slue him to death he that defraudeth the labourer of his hyre is a blood shedder 24 When one buildeth and an other breaketh downe what profite haue they then but labour 25 When one prayeth and another curseth whose voyce wyl the Lorde heare 26 He that washeth him selfe because of a dead body and then toucheth the dead againe what doth his washing 27 So is it with a man that fasteth for his sinnes and doth them againe who wyll heare his prayer or what doth his fasting helpe him ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter 1 It is well done to pray and to do sacrifice 14 The prayer of the fatherlesse and of the widowe and of him that humbleth himselfe 1 WHo so kepeth the lawe bringeth offeringes inough he that holdeth fast the coÌ„maundement offereth the right health offering 2 He that is thankefull and recompenceth offereth fine floure who so is merciful and geueth almes that is the right thanke offering 3 God hath pleasure when one departeth from sinne and to forsake vnrighteousnesse reconcileth vs with him 4 Thou shalt not appeare emptie before the Lorde 5 For al such is done because of the commaundement of God 6 The offering of the righteous maketh the aulter fat and a sweete smell is it before the highest 7 The offering of the righteous is acceptable vnto God and shall neuer be forgotten 8 Geue God his honour with a chearefull heart and keepe not backe the firstlinges of thyne handes 9 In all thy giftes shewe a chearefull countenaunce and halowe thy tythes vnto God with gladnesse 10 Geue vnto God according as he hath enriched and prospered thee and loke what thyne hande is able geue with a chearefull eye 11 For the Lorde recompenceth and geueth thee seuen times as much againe 12 Geue no vnrighteous giftes for such wyll he not receaue Beware of wrong offeringes for the Lorde is a righteous iudge and regardeth no mans person 13 He accepteth not the person of the poore but he
17 Frendlinesse and liberalitie in the increase blessing of God is like a paradise and garden of pleasure such mercie also and kindnesse endureth for euer 18 To labour and to be content with that a man hath is a sweete pleasaunt life and that is to finde a treasure of al treasures 19 To beget children and to repayre the citie maketh a perpetuall name but an honest woman is more worth then they both 20 Wine and minstrelsie reioyceth the heart but the loue of wysdome is aboue them both 21 Pyping and harping make a sweete noyse but a friendly tongue goeth beyonde them both 22 Thyne eye desireth fauour and beautie but a greene seede time rather then they both 23 A friende and companion come together at oportunitie but aboue them both is a wyfe that agreeth with her husbande 24 Brethren and helpes are profitable in time of trouble but almes shal deliuer more then they both 25 Golde and siluer fasten the feete but a good counsell is more pleasaunt then they both 26 Temporal substaunce and strength lift vp the minde but the feare of the Lord more then they both The feare of the Lorde wanteth nothing and needeth no helpe 27 The feare of the Lorde is a pleasaunt garden of blessing and nothing so beautifull as it is 28 My sonne leade not a beggers lyfe for better it were to die then to begge 29 The life of hym that loketh vpon an other mans table is not to be counted for a life for he vexeth his soule in other mens meate but a wyse and well nurtured man will beware therof 30 Begging is sweete in the mouth of the vnshamefast but in his belly there burneth a fire The .xli. Chapter 1 Of the remembraunce of death 3 Death is not to be feared 8 A curse vpon them that forsake the lawe of God 12 Good name and fame 14 An exhortation to geue heede vnto wysdome 17 Of what thinges a man ought to be ashamed 1 O Death how bitter is the remembraunce of thee to a man that seketh rest and comfort in his substaunce riches vnto the man that hath nothing to vexe him that hath prosperitie in all thinges yea vnto him that yet is able to receaue meate 2 O death howe acceptable and good is thy iudgement vnto the needefull and vnto him whose strength fayleth and that is nowe in his last age and that in all thinges is full of care and fearfulnesse vnto him also that is in dispayre and hath no hope nor patience 3 Be not thou afraide of death remember them that haue ben before thee and that come after thee this is the iudgement of the Lord ouer all fleshe 4 And why wouldest thou be against this pleasure of the hyghest Whether it be ten an hundreth or a thousand yeres death asketh not howe long one hath lyued 5 The children of the vngodly are abhominable children and so are they that kepe company with the vngodly 6 The inheritaunce of vngodly children shall come to naught their posteritie shal haue perpetuall shame confusion 7 The children complayne of an vngodly father and why for his sake they are rebuked and dispised 8 Wo be vnto you O ye vngodly whiche haue forsaken the lawe of the hyghest God for though ye do encrease yet shal you perishe 9 If ye do liue ye shal be accursed if ye die the curse shall be your portion 10 All that is of the earth shall turne to earth againe so go the vngodly also out of the curse into destruction 11 Though men mourne for their body yet the name of the vngodly shall be put out for it is nothing worth 12 Labour to get thee a good name for that shall continue surer by thee then a thousande great treasures of golde 13 A good life hath a number of dayes but a good name endureth euer 14 My children kepe wisdome in peace for wisdome that is hid and a treasure that is not seene what profite is in them both 15 A man that hydeth his foolishenes is better then a man that hydeth his wysdome 16 Therefore be ye turned at my wordes for it is not good in all thinges and alway to be ashamed True fayth must proue and measure it 17 Be ashamed of whordome before father and mother be ashamed to leasing before the prince and men of auctoritie 18 Of sinne before the iudge and ruler of offence before the congregation people of vnrighteousnes before a companoin and friende 19 Of theft before thy neyghbours As for the trueth of God and his couenaunt be not ashamed thereof be ashamed to lye with thyne elbowes vpon the bread or to be reproued for geuing or taking 20 And of silence vnto them that salute thee be ashamed to loke vpon harlottes 21 Be ashamed to turne away thy face from thy kinsman be ashamed to take and not to geue 22 Be ashamed also to loke vpon an other mans wyfe and to make many trifling wordes with her mayden or to stand by her bed side 23 Be ashamed to vnbrayde thy friende when thou geuest any thing cast hym not in the teeth withall 24 Or to report the matter that thou hast heard or to disclose the secrete wordes so shalt thou well be shamefast and shalt find fauour with all men The .xlii. Chapter 1 The lawe of God must be taught 9 A daughter 14 A woman 18 God knoweth all thinges yea euen the secretes of the heart 1 OF these thinges be not ashamed and accept no person to offend Namely of these thinges be not ashamed 2 Of the lawe of God of the couenaunt of iudgement to bring the vngodly from his vngodlinesse vnto righteousnesse to make him a good man 3 To deale faithfully with thy neyghbour and companion to distribute the heritage vnto the friendes 4 To be diligent to kepe true measure wayght to be content whether thou gettest much or litle 5 To deale truely with temporall goodes in bying and selling to bring vp children with diligence to correct an euyll seruaunt 6 To kepe that thyne is from an euyll wyfe to set a locke where many handes are 7 What thou deliuerest and geuest out to be kept to tell it and to wey it to write vp all thy outgeuing and receauing 8 To enforme the vnlearned and vnwise of the aged that are iudged of the young If thou be diligent in these thinges truely thou shalt be learned and wyse and accepted of all men 9 The daughter maketh the father to watch secretly and the carefulnesse that he hath for her taketh away his sleepe yea in her youth lest she shoulde ouergrowe him and when she hath an husbande lest she shoulde be hated 10 Lest she shoulde be defiled or rauished in her virginitie or gotten with childe in her fathers house or when she commeth to the man lest she behaue her selfe not right or continue vnfruitefull 11 If thy daughter be
yere and as lylies by the riuers of water like as the braūches vpon the mount Libanus in the time of summer 9 As a fire and incense that is kindled lyke as an whole ornament of pure gold set with all maner of precious stones 10 And as an Oliue tree that is fruiteful and as a Cypres tree which groweth vp an hye 11 When he put on the garment of honour and was clothed with al beawtie when he went to the holy aulter he made the garment of holynes honorable 12 When he toke the portions out of the priestes hande he him selfe stoode by the hearth of the aulter and his brethren rounde about in order as the braunches of Cedar tree vpō the mount Libanus so stoode they rounde about him 13 And as the braunches of the Oliue tree so stoode all the sonnes of Aaron in their glory and the oblations of the Lorde in their handes before al the congregation of Israel 14 And that he might sufficiently perfourme his seruice vpon the aulter and garnishe the offering of the highest god 15 He stretched out his hande and toke of the drinke offering and powred in of the wine so he poured vpon the bottome of the aulter a good smell vnto the highest prince 16 Then began the sonnes of Aaron to sing and to blow with trumpettes and to make a great noyse for a remembraunce and prayse vnto the Lorde 17 Then al the people together were hasted and fell downe to the earth vpon their faces to worship the Lorde their God to geue thankes to the almightie God 18 They song goodly also with their voyces so that there was a pleasaunt noyse in the great house of the Lorde 19 And the people in their prayer besought the Lorde the highest that he would be mercifull tyll the honour of the Lorde were perfourmed and they had ended their ministration and seruice 20 Then went he downe and stretched out his handes ouer the whole multitude of the people of Israel that they shoulde geue prayse and thankes out of their lippes vnto the Lorde and to reioyce in his name 21 He began yet once also to pray that he might openly shewe the thankesgeuing before the highest 22 Namely thus O geue prayse and thankes all ye vnto the Lord our God which hath euer done noble and great thinges which hath increased our dayes from our mothers wombe and dealt with vs according to his mercie 23 That he wyll geue vs the ioyfulnes of heart and peace for our time in Israel 24 Which faithfully kepeth his mercie for vs euermore and alway deliuereth vs in due season 25 There be two maner of people that I abhorre from my heart as for the third whom I hate it is no people 26 They that sit vpon the mountaine of Samaria the Philistines and the foolishe people that dwelt in Sichimis 27 I Iesus the sonne of Sirach Eleazarus of Hierusalem haue tokened vp these informations and documentes of wysdome and vnderstanding in this booke and poured out the wysdome of my heart 28 Blessed is he that exerciseth him selfe therein who so taketh such to heart shal be wyse for euer 29 If he do these thinges he shal be strong in all for the lyght of the Lorde leadeth him which geueth wysdome to the godlie The Lorde be praysed for euermore so be it so be it ¶ The .lj. Chapter The prayer of Iesus the sonne of Sirach 1 I Wyll thanke thee O Lorde and king and prayse thee O God my sauiour I wyll yeelde prayse vnto thy name 2 For thou art my defender and helper and hast preserued my body from destruction from the snares of trayterous tongues and from the lippes that are occupied with lyes 3 Thou hast ben my helper from such as stoode vp against me and hast deliuered me after the multitude of thy mercie and for thy holy names sake from the roring of them that prepared them selues to deuour me out of the handes of such as sought after my lyfe from the multitude of them that troubled me 4 And from them that went about to set fyre vpon me on euery side so that I am not brent in the middest of the fyre 5 From the deepe of hell from an vncleane tongue from lying wordes from false accusation to the king and from an vnrighteous tongue 6 My soule shall prayse the Lorde vnto death for my lyfe drewe nye vnto hell downewarde 7 They compassed me round about on euery syde and there was no man to helpe me I loked about me if there were any man that would succour me but there was none 8 Then thought I vpon thy mercie O Lorde and vpon thy actes that thou hast done euer of olde namely that thou deliuerest such as put their trust in thee and riddest them out of the handes of the heathen 9 Thus lyft I vp my prayer from the earth and prayed for deliueraunce from death 10 I called vpon the Lorde the father of my Lorde that he would not leaue me without helpe in the day of my trouble and in the time of the proude 11 I wyll prayse thy name continually yeelding honour and thankes vnto it and so my prayer was heard 12 Thou sauedst me from destruction and deliueredst me from the vnrighteous time therefore wyll I acknoweledge and prayse thee and magnifie the name of the Lorde 13 When I was yet but young or euer I went astray I desired wysdome openly in my prayer 14 I came therfore before the temple and sought her vnto the last then florished she vnto me as a grape that is soone rype 15 My heart reioyced in her then went my foote the right way yea from my youth vp sought I after her 16 I bowed downe myne eare and receaued her I founde me much wysdome and prospered greatly in her 17 Therfore wyll I ascribe the glory vnto him that geueth me wysdome 18 For I am aduised to do thereafter I wyll be gelous to cleaue vnto the thing that is good so shall I not be confounded 19 My soule hath wrestled with her and I haue ben diligent to be occupied in her I lift vp myne handes on hye then was my soule lightened through wysdome that I knowledged my foolishnes 20 I ordered my soule after her she and I were one heart from the beginning and I found her in cleannesse and therfore shall I not be forsaken 21 My heart longed after her and I gat a good treasure 22 Through her the Lorde hath geuen me a new tongue wherewith I wyll prayse him 23 O come vnto me ye vnlearned and dwell in the house of wysdome 24 Withdrawe not your selues from her but talke commune of these thinges for your soules are very thirstie 25 I opened my mouth and spake O come and bye wysdome without money 26 Bowe downe your necke vnder her yoke and your soule shall receaue wysdome she is harde at hande and is content to be founde 27 Beholde with your eyes
to them that worship thee 34 Yet for thy names sake we beseche thee geue vs not vp for euer breake not thy couenaunt 35 And take not away thy mercie from vs for thy beloued Abrahams sake for thy seruaunt Isaacs sake and for thy holy Israels sake 36 To whom thou hast spoken and promised that thou wouldest multiplie their seede as the starres of heauen as the sande that lyeth vpon the sea shore 37 For we O Lord are become lesse then any people and be kept vnder this day in all the worlde because of our sinnes 38 So that nowe we haue neither prince duke prophet burnt offering sacrifice oblation incense nor sanctuarie before thee 39 Neuerthelesse in a contrite heart and an humble spirite let vs be receaued that we may obtayne thy mercie 40 Like as in the burnt offering of rammes and bullockes and like as in thousandes of fat lambes so let our offering be in thy sight this daye that it may please thee for there is no confusion vnto thē that put their trust in thee 41 And now we folowe thee with al our heart we feare thee and seke thy face 42 Put vs not to shame but deale with vs after thy louing kindnesse and according to the multitude of thy mercies 43 Deliuer vs by thy miracles O Lorde and get thy name an honour that all they which do thy seruauntes euyl may be confounded 44 Let them be ashamed thorow thy almightie power and let their strength be broken 45 That they may knowe how that thou only art the Lorde God and honour worthy throughout all the worlde 46 And the kinges seruauntes that put them in ceassed not to make the ouen hot with wild fire drie straw pitche towe and fagottes 47 So that the flambe went out of the ouen vpon a fourtie and nyne cubites 48 Yea it toke away and brent vp those Chaldees that it gat holde vpon beside the ouen 49 But the angell of the Lorde came downe into the ouen to Azaria and his felowes and smote the flambe of the fire out of the ouen 50 And made the middes of the ouen as it had ben a colde winde blowing so the fire neither touched them greeued them nor dyd them hurt 51 Then these three as out of one mouth praysed honoured and blessed God in the fornace saying 52 Blessed be thou O Lorde God of our fathers for thou art prayse and honour worthy yea to be magnified for euermore 53 Blessed be the holy name of thy glorie for it is worthy to be praysed magnified in all worldes 54 Blessed be thou in the holy temple of thy glorie for aboue all thinges thou art to be praysed yea and more then worthy to be magnified for euer 55 Blessed be thou in the throne of thy kingdome for aboue al thou art worthy to be well spoken of and to be more then magnified for euer 56 Blessed be thou that lokest thorow the deepe and sittest vpon the Cherubims for thou art worthy to be praysed and aboue all to be magnified for euer 57 Blessed be thou in the firmament of heauen for thou art prayse and honour worthy for euer 58 O all ye workes of the Lorde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 59 O ye angels of the Lorde speake good of the Lord prayse him and set hym vp for euer 60 O ye heauens speake good of the Lord prayse hym and set him vp for euer 61 O all ye waters that be aboue the firmament speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set him vp for euer 62 O all ye powers of the Lorde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 63 O ye sunne and moone speake good of the Lord prayse him and set hym vp for euer 64 O ye starres of heauen speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 65 O ye showres and deaw speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 66 O all ye windes of God speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer 67 O ye fire and heate speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set him vp for euer 68 O ye winter and sommer speake good of the Lord prayse hym and set him vp for euer 69 O ye deawes and frostes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 70 O ye frost and colde speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set him vp for euer 71 O ye yee and snowe speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer 72 O ye nightes and dayes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 73 O ye light and darkenesse speake good of the Lord prayse him and set hym vp for euer 74 O ye lightninges and cloudes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer 75 O let the earth speake good of the Lorde yea let it prayse him and set him vp for euer 76 O ye mountaynes and hilles speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set hym vp for euer 77 O all ye greene thinges vpon the earth speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer 78 O ye welles speake good of the Lord prayse him and set hym vp for euer 79 O ye seas and fluddes speake good of the Lord prayse hym and set him vp for euer 80 O ye whales and all that moue in the waters speake good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer 81 O all ye foules of the ayre speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 82 O all ye beastes and cattel speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 83 O ye children of men speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer 84 O let Israel speake good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer 85 O ye priestes of the Lord speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 86 O ye seruauntes of the Lord speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 87 O ye spirites and soules of the righteous speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 88 O ye holy and humble men of heart speake ye good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer 89 O Anania Azaria and Misael speake ye good of the Lorde prayse ye him set him vp for euer which hath deliuered vs from the hell kept vs from the hande of death ridde vs from the middest of the burning flambe and saued vs euen in the middest of the fyre 90 O geue thankes therefore vnto the Lorde for he is kinde hearted and his mercie endureth for euer 91 O all deuout men speake ye good of the Lorde the God of all goddes O prayse him and geue
him thankes for his mercie endureth worlde without ende ⧠The story of Susanna vvhich is the thirteenth Chapter of Daniel after the Latine 8 The two gouerners are taken with the loue of Susanna 19 They take her alone in the garden 20 They solicite her to wickednes 23 She chooseth rather to obey God though it be to the daunger of her lyfe 34 She is accused 45 Daniel doth deliuer her 62 The gouernours are put to death 1 THere dwelt a man in Babylon called Ioacim 2 That toke a wyfe whose name was Susanna the daughter of Helcia a very faire woman and such one as feared God 3 Her father and her mother also were good people and taught their daughter according to the lawe of Moyses 4 Now Ioacim her husband was a great rich man and had a faire orchard ioyning vnto his house and to him resorted the Iewes commōly because he was a man of reputation among them 5 The same yere were there made two iudges such as the Lorde speaketh of The wickednes of Babylon commeth from the elders that is from the iudges which seeme to rule the people 6 These came oft to Ioacims house and all such as had any thing to do in the lawe came thyther vnto them 7 Now when the people departed away at noone Susanna went into her husbandes orchard to walke 8 The two elders seeing this that she went in dayly and walked they burned for lust to her 9 Yea they were almost out of their wittes and cast downe their eyes that they should not see heauen nor remember that God is a righteous iudge 10 For they were both wounded with the loue of her neither durst one shewe another his griefe 11 And for shame they durst not tell her their inordinate lust that they woulde faine haue had to do with her 12 Yet they layed wayte for her earnestly from day to day that they might at the leaste haue a sight of her 13 And the one said to the other Vp let vs go home for it is dinner time So they went their way one from an other 14 When they returned againe they came together enquiring out the matter betwixt them selues yea the one tolde the other of his wicked lust Then appoynted they a time when they might take Susanna alone 15 It happened also that they spied out a conuenient time when she went foorth to walke as her maner was and no body with her but two maydens and thought to washe her selfe in the garden for it was an hot season 16 And there was not one person there except the two elders that had hid them selues to beholde her 17 So she saide to her maydens Go fet me oyle and sope and shut the orchard doore that I may washe me 18 And they did as she bad them and shut the orchard doore and went out them selues at a backe doore to fetch the thing that she had commaunded but Susanna knew not that the elders laye there hid within 19 Now when the maydens were gone foorth the two elders gat them vp and ranne vpon her saying 20 Now the orchard doores are shut that no man can see vs we haue a lust vnto thee therefore consent vnto vs and lye with vs 21 If thou wylt not we shall bring a testimonial against thee that there was a young felowe with thee that thou hast sent away thy maydens from thee for the same cause 22 Susanna sighed and saide Alas I am in trouble on euery side though I folowe your minde it wyl be my death and if I consent not vnto you I can not escape your handes 23 Wel it is better for me to fall into your hande without the deede doing then to sinne in the sight of the Lorde 24 And with that she cryed out with a loude voyce the elders also cryed out against her 25 Then ranne there one to the orchard doore and smote it open 26 Now whē the seruauntes of the house heard the crye in the orchard they russhed in at the backe doore to see what the matter was 27 So when the elders tolde them the seruauntes were greatly ashamed for why there was neuer such a report made of Susanna 28 On the morowe after came the people to Ioacim her husband and the two elders came also ful of mischeuous imaginations against Susanna to bring her vnto death 29 And spake thus before the people Send for Susanna the daughter of Helchias Ioacims Wyfe And immediatly they sent for her 30 So she came with her father and mother her children and all her kindred 31 Now Susanna was a tender person and marueylous faire of face 32 Therefore the wicked men commaunded to take her clothes from her face for she was couered that at the least they might so be satisfied in her beautie 33 Then her friendes yea and all they that knew her began to weepe 34 These two elders stoode vp in the middest of the people layed their handes vpon the head of Susanna 35 Which wept and loked vp toward heauen for her heart had a sure trust in the Lorde 36 And the elders saide As we were walking in the orchard alone this woman came in with her two maydens whom she sent away from her and sparred the orchard doores 37 With that a young felowe which there was hid came vnto her and lay with her 38 As for vs we stoode in a corner of the orchard and when we sawe this wickednes we ranne to them and we sawe them as they were together 39 But we could not holde him for he was stronger then we Thus he opened the doore and gat him away 40 Now whē we had taken this woman we asked her what young felowe this was but she would not tel vs. This is the matter we be witnesses of the same 41 The common sorte beleeued them as those that were the elders and iudges of the people so they condemned her to death 42 Susanna cryed out with a loude voyce and saide O euerlasting God thou searcher of secretes thou that knowest all thinges before they come to passe 43 Thou wottest that they haue borne false witnesse against me and behold I must dye wheras I neuer did any such thinges as these men haue maliciously inuented against me 44 And the Lorde heard her voyce 45 For when she was led foorth to death the lord raysed vp the spirite of a young childe whose name was Daniel 46 Which cryed with a loude voyce I am cleane from this blood 47 Then all the people turned towarde him saide What meane these wordes that thou hast spoken 48 Daniel stoode in the middest of them and saide are ye such fooles O ye children of Israel that ye can not discerne nor know the trueth Ye haue here condēpned a daughter of Israel vnto death and knowe not the trueth wherefore 49 Go sit in iudgement againe for they haue spoken false witnesse against her 50 Wherefore the people
31 As for thou that imaginest al mischiefe against the Iewes thou shalt not escape the hande of God 32 For we suffer these thinges because of our sinnes 33 And though the liuing Lord be angry with vs a litle while for our chastening and reformation yet shall he be at one againe with his seruauntes 34 But thou O godlesse man and of all other the most wicked pride not thy selfe through vaine hope in being so malitious vpon the seruauntes of God 35 For thou hast not yet escaped the iudgementes of God which is almightie seeth all thinges 36 My brethren that haue suffered a litle paine are nowe vnder the couenaunt of euerlasting lyfe but through the iudgement of God thou shalt be punished righteously for thy pride 37 As for me lyke as my brethren haue done I offer my soule and my bodye for the lawes of our fathers calling vpon God that he wyll soone be mercifull vnto our people yea and with paine and punishment to make thee graunt that he onely is God 38 In me nowe and in my brethren the wrath of almightie God is at an ende which righteously is fallen vpon all our people 39 Then the king being kindled in anger was more cruell vpon him then vpon al the other and toke indignation that he was so lightly regarded 40 So this young man dyed vndefiled and put his trust still in the Lorde 41 Last of all after the sonnes was the mother put to death also 42 Let this now be inough spoken concerning the offeringes and extreme cruelnesse The .viij. Chapter 1 Iudas gathereth together his hoast 9 Nicanor is sent against Iudas 16 Iudas exhorteth his souldiers to constantnes 20 Nicanor is ouercome 27 The Iewes geueth thankes after they haue put their enemies to flight deuiding the spoyles vnto the fatherlesse and vnto the wydowes 35 Nicanor fleeth vnto Antiochus 1 THen Iudas Machabeus and they that were with him went priuilie into the townes called their kinsefolkes friendes together toke vnto them al such as continued yet in the faith and lawe of the Iewes and brought forth sixe thousand men 2 So they called vpon the Lorde that he woulde haue an eye vnto his people which was troden downe of euery man to be gratious vnto the temple that was defiled of the vngodly 3 To haue compassion vpon the destruction of the citie which was shortly lyke to be layde waste to heare the voyce of the blood that cryed vnto him 4 To remember the most vnrighteous deathes of young innocent children the blasphemies also done vnto his name and to punishe them 5 Now when Machabeus had gathered this multitude together he was to mightie for the heathen for the wrath of the Lorde was turned into mercie 6 He fell vpon the townes and cities vnwares brent them toke the most commodious places and slue many of the enemies 7 But specially he made such chases by night insomuch that his manlines was spoken of euery where 8 So when Philip sawe that the man encreased by litle and litle and that the matter prospered with him for the most parte he wrote vnto Ptolomi which was a captaine in Celosyria and Phenices to helpe him in the kinges busines 9 Then sent he Nicanor the sonne of Patroclus a speciall friend of his in all the haste and gaue him of the common sorte of the heathen no lesse then twentie thousand harnessed men to roote out the whole generation of the Iewes hauing to helpe him one Gorgias a man of warre which in matters concerning battailes had great experience 10 Nicanor ordayned also the tribute which the Romanes shoulde haue had to be euen vnto the king out of the captiue of the Iewes namely two thousand talentes 11 And immediatly he sent to the cities of the sea coaste requiring them for to bye Iewes to be their seruauntes and bondmen promysing to sell them fourscore and ten for one talent but he considered not the wrath of almightie God that was to come vpon him 12 When Iudas knewe of this he tolde the Iewes that were with him of Nicanors comming 13 Now were there some of them fearefull not trusting vnto the righteousnes of God and fled their way and abode not in that place 14 But the other that remained came together and besought the Lorde to deliuer them from that wicked Nicanor which had solde them or euer he came nye them 15 And though he woulde not do it for their sakes yet for the couenaunt that he made with their fathers and because they called vpon his holy and glorious name 16 And so Machabeus called his men together namely about sixe thousand exhorting them not to agree vnto their enemies neither to be afraide for the multitude of their aduersaries comming against them vnrighteously but to fight manly 17 Considering the reproofe that they had done to the holy place without cause how they had despised and oppressed the citie yea and destroyed the lawes of the fathers 18 For they saide he trust in their weapons and boldnesse but our confidence is in the almightie Lorde which in the twinkling of an eye may both destroye them and come against vs and all the worlde 19 He exhorted them also to call to remembraunce the helpe that God shewed vnto their fathers as when there perished an hundred fourscore and fiue thousand of Sennacheribs people 20 And of the battaile that they had in Babylon against the Galathians how all the Macedonians that came to helpe them being foure thousand stoode in feare and howe they being onely but sixe thousand slue an hundred twentie thousand through the helpe that was geuen them from heauen wherby they also had receaued many benefites 21 Through these wordes the men toke good heartes vnto them redie to dye for the lawe and the countrey 22 So he set vpon euery company a captaine one of his owne brethren Simon Ioseph and Ionathas geuing ech one fifteene hundred men 23 He caused Esdras also to reade the holy booke vnto them and to geue them a token of the helpe of God then he him selfe being captaine in the forefront of the battaile buckled with Nicanor 24 And God was their helpe insomuch that they slue aboue nine thousand men and compelled the more part of Nicanors hoast to flee they were so wounded and feeble 25 Thus they toke the money from those that came to bye them and folowed vpon them on euery side 29 But when the time came vpon them they returned for it was the day before the Sabbath and therefore they folowed no more vpon them 27 So they toke their weapons spoyles and kept the Sabbath geuing thankes vnto the Lorde which had deliuered them that day and shewed them the beginning of his mercie 28 After the Sabbath they distributed the spoyles to the sicke to the fatherlesse and to wydowes the residue had they them selues with theirs 29 When this was done and
is written by the prophete 6 And thou Bethlehem in the lande of Iuda art not the least among the princes of Iuda For out of thee shall there come a capitain that shal gouerne my people Israel 7 Then Herode when he had priuilye called the wyse men inquired of thē diligently what tyme the starre appeared 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem and sayde Go and search diligently for the young childe and when ye haue founde hym bryng me worde agayne that I may come and worship hym also 9 ☞ When they had hearde the kyng they departed and loe the starre which they sawe in the east went before them tyl it came stoode ouer the place wherin the young chylde was 10 When they sawe the starre they reioyced excedyngly with great ioy 11 And went into the house and founde the young chylde with Marie his mother and fell downe and worshypped hym and opened their treasures and presented vnto hym gyftes golde and frankensence and mirre 12 And after they were warned of God in a dreame that they shoulde not go agayne to Herode they returned into their owne countrey another way ☜ 13 When they were departed beholde the Angel of the Lord appeared to Ioseph in a dreame saying Aryse take the young chylde and his mother and flee into Egipte and be thou there tyll I bryng thee worde For it wyll come to passe that Herode shall seke y e young chylde to destroy hym 14 When he arose he toke the young chylde and his mother by nyght and departed into Egipt 15 And was there vnto the death of Herode that it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken of the Lorde by the prophete saying Out of Egipte haue I called my sonne 16 Then Herode when he sawe that he was mocked of the wyse men was excedyng wroth and sent foorth and slew all the chyldren that were in Bethlehē and in all the coastes as many as were two yere olde or vnder according to the tyme which he had diligently searched out of the wyse men 17 Then was fulfylled that which was spoken by Ieremie the prophete saying 18 In Rama was there a voyce hearde lamentation wepyng great mournyng Rachel weping for her children and woulde not be comforted because they were not ☜ 19 ☞ But when Herode was dead beholde an Angel of the Lorde appeared to Ioseph in a dreame in Egipt saying 20 Aryse and take the young chylde and his mother and go into the lande of Israel For they are dead whiche sought the young chyldes lyfe 21 And he arose toke the young chylde and his mother came into the lande of Israel 22 But when he hearde that Archelaus dyd reigne in Iurie in the rowme of his father Herode he was afrayde to go thyther Notwithstandyng after he was warned of God in a dreame he turned aside into the parties of Galilee 23 And went and dwelt in a citie which is called Nazareth that it myght be fulfylled which was spoken by the prophetes He shal be called a Nazarite ▪ ¶ The .iij. Chapter ¶ 1 Iohns preachyng office lyfe baptisme 7 reprehendyng of the Pharisees 13 and baptizyng of Christe in Iordane 1 IN those dayes came Iohn the Baptist preachyng in the wyldernesse of Iurie and saying 2 Repent for the kingdome of heauen is at hande 3 For this is he of whom it is spoken by the prophete Esayas saying The voyce of one crying in the wyldernesse prepare ye the way of the Lorde make his pathes strayght 4 This Iohn had his rayment of Camels heere and a girdle of a skynne about his loynes his meate was locustes and wylde hony 5 Then went out to hym Hierusalem and all Iurie and all the region rounde about Iordane 6 And were baptized of hym in Iordane confessying their sinnes 7 But when he sawe many of the Pharisees and Saducees come to his baptisme he sayde vnto them O generation of vipers who hath warned you to flee from the anger to come 8 Bryng foorth therefore fruites meete for repentaunce 9 And be not of suche mynde that ye woulde say within your selues we haue Abraham to our father For I say vnto you that God is able of these stones to rayse vp chyldren vnto Abraham 10 Euen now is the axe also put vnto the roote of the trees therefore euery tree which bryngeth not foorth good fruite is hewen downe and cast into the fire 11 I baptize you in water vnto repentaunce But he that shall come after me is mightier then I whose shoes I am not worthy to beare he shall baptize you with the holy ghost and with fire 12 Whose fanne is in his hande and he wyll purge his floore and gather his wheate into his garner but wyl burne vp the chaffe with vnquencheable fire 13 Then commeth Iesus from Galilee to Iordane vnto Iohn to be baptized of hym 14 But Iohn forbad hym saying I haue nede to be baptized of thee and commest thou to me 15 Iesus aunsweryng sayde vnto hym Suffer it to be so nowe For thus it becommeth vs to fulfyll all righteousnes Then he suffred hym 16 And Iesus when he was baptized came strayghtwaye out of the water and loe the heauens was open vnto hym and Iohn sawe the spirite of God descendyng lyke a doue and lyghtyng vpon hym 17 And loe there came a voyce from the heauens saying This is my beloued sonne in whom I am well pleased ¶ The .iiij. Chapter ¶ 1 Christe fasteth is tempted 17 he begynneth to preache 18 he calleth Peter Andrewe Iames and Iohn and healeth all the sicke 1 THen was Iesus ledde away of the spirite into wyldernesse to be tempted of the deuyll 2 And when he had fasted fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes he was afterwarde an hungred 3 And when the tempter came to hym he sayde If thou be the sonne of God commaunde that these stones be made breade 4 But he aunswered and sayde it is written Man shall not lyue by breade only but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God 5 Then the deuyll taketh hym vp into the holy citie and setteth hym on a pinacle of the temple 6 And saith vnto hym If thou be the sonne of God cast thy selfe downe For it is written He shall geue his Angels charge ouer thee with their handes they shall lyft thee vp lest at any tyme thou dashe thy foote agaynst a stone 7 And Iesus sayde to hym It is written agayne Thou shalt not tempt the Lorde thy God 8 Agayne the deuyll taketh hym vp into an exceadyng hye mountayne and sheweth hym all the kyngdomes of the worlde and the glorie of them 9 And sayth vnto hym All these wyll I geue thee yf thou wylt fall downe and worshyp me 10 Thē sayth Iesus vnto hym Auoyde Sathan For it is written Thou shalt worshyp the Lorde thy God and hym
abrode throughout all the hyll countrey of Iurie 66 And all they that hearde them layde them vp in their heartes saying What maner of chylde shall this be And the hande of the Lorde was with hym 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with y e holy ghost prophesied saying 68 Praysed be y e Lord God of Israel for he hath visited redeemed his people 69 And hath raysed vp an horne of saluation vnto vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid 70 Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy prophetes whiche were sence the worlde began 71 That he would saue vs from our enemies and from the hande of all that hate vs. 72 That he would deale mercyfully with our fathers and remember his holy couenaunt 73 And that he woulde perfourme the oth which he sware to our father Abraham for to geue vs. 74 That we beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies might serue him without feare 75 All the dayes of our life in such holynesse and righteousnes as are accepted before hym 76 And thou childe shalt be called the prophete of the hyghest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes 77 To geue knowledge of saluation vnto his people by the remission of their sinnes 78 Through y e tender mercy of our God wherby the day spryng from an hygh hath visited vs. 79 To geue lyght to them that sitte in darknesse and in the shadowe of death to guide our feete into the way of peace 80 And the chylde grewe and waxed strong in spirite and was in wildernesse till the day came when he should shewe hym selfe vnto the Israelites ¶ The seconde Chapter ¶ 1 The taskyng of the worlde by Augustus Cesar 7 Christe is borne 10 he is shewed vnto the sheepheardes 14 The songue of the Angels 21 The circumcision of Christ 28 Simeon and Anna prophesie of hym 40 Christe increaseth in wysdome 46 disputeth with the doctours 51 and was obedient to his parentes 1 AND it came to passe in those dayes y t there went out a commaundement froÌ„ Augustus Cesar â–ª that all the world should be taxed 2 And this first taxing was made when Syrenius was liefetenaunt in Syria 3 And euery man went vnto his owne citie to be taxed 4 And Ioseph also went vp from Galilee out of the citie Nazareth into Iurie vnto the citie of Dauid whiche is called Bethlehem because he was of the house and â—mage of Dauid 5 To be tared with Marie his spoused wyfe which was with chylde 6 And so it was that whyle they were there the dayes were accomplysshed that she shoulde be deliuered 7 And she brought foorth her first begotten sonne and wrapped him in swadlyng clothes layde hym in a manger because there was no rowme for them in the Inne 8 There were in y e same countrey sheepheardes abydyng in the fielde watchyng their flocke by nyght 9 And loe the Angel of the Lorde stoode harde by them and the glorie of the Lorde shoue rounde about them they were sore afrayde 10 And the Angel sayde vnto them be not afrayde For beholde I bryng you tydynges of great ioy that shall come to all people 11 For vnto you is borne this daye in the citie of Dauid a sauiour which is Christ the Lorde 12 And take this for a signe Ye shal finde the childe wrapped in swadling clothes and layde in a manger 13 And straightway there was with the Angel a multitude of heauenly souldiers praysyng God and saying 14 Glorie to God on hye and peace on the earth and vnto men a good wyll ☜ 15 Audit came to passe assoone as the Angels were gone away from them into heauen ☞ the sheepheardes said one to another Let vs go nowe euen vnto Bethlehem and see this thyng that is come to passe whiche the Lorde hath shewed vnto vs. 16 And they came with haste and founde Marie and Ioseph and the babe layde in a manger 17 And when they had seene it they publisshed abrode the saying whiche was tolde them of that childe 18 And all they that hearde it wondred at those thinges which were tolde them of the sheepheardes 19 But Marie kept al those sayinges and pondered them in her heart 20 And the sheepheardes returned praysyng laudyng God for all the thinges that they had hearde and seene euen as it was tolde vnto them ☜ 21 ☞ And when the eygth day was come that the chylde shoulde be circumcised his name was called Iesus whiche was so named of the Angel before he was conceaued in the wombe ☜ 22 ☞ And when the dayes of her purification after the lawe of Moyses were accomplished they brought hym to Hierusalem to present him to the Lord. 23 As it is written in the lawe of y e Lord Euery man chylde that firste openeth the wombe shal be called holy to y e lord 24 And to offer as it is sayde in the lawe of the Lorde a payre of turtle doues or two young pigions 25 And beholde there was a man in Hierusalem whose name was Simeon and the same man was iust and godlye and loked for the consolation of Israel and the holy ghost was vpon hym 26 And a reuelation was geuen hym of the holy ghost not to see death before he had seene the Lordes Christe 27 And he came by inspiration into the temple And when the father mother brought in the chylde Iesus to do for hym after the custome of the lawe 28 Then toke he hym vp in his armes praysed God and sayde 29 Lord nowe lettest thou thy seruauÌ„t depart in peace accordyng to thy promise 30 For mine eyes haue seene thy saluatioÌ„ 31 Whiche thou hast prepared before the face of all people 32 A light to be reuealed to the gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel ☜ 33 ☞ And Ioseph and his mother marueyled at those thinges which were spoken of hym 34 And Simeon blessed them saide vnto Marie his mother beholde this chylde is set to be the fall vprysyng agayne of many in Israel for a signe which is spoken agaynst 35 And moreouer the sworde shall pearce thy soule that the thoughtes of many heartes may be opened 36 And ther was a prophetisse one Anna the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Aser which was of a great age and had lyued with an husbande seuen yeres from her virginitie 37 And she had ben a wydowe about fourescore and foure yeres whiche departed not from the temple but serued God with fastynges and prayers nyght and day 38 And she commyng at the same instant vpon them confessed lykewise the Lorde and spake of hym to all them that loked for redemptioÌ„ in Hierusalem 39 And when they had perfourmed all thynges accordyng to the lawe of the Lorde they returned into Galilee to their owne citie Nazareth 40 And
sepulchre and sawe the lynnen clothes lye 7 And the napkin y t was about his head not lying with the linnen clothes but wrapped together in a place by it selfe 8 Then went in also that other disciple whiche came first to the sepulchre and he sawe and beleued 9 For as yet they knew not y e scripture that he should rise agayne from death 10 Then the disciples wēt away agayne vnto their owne house 11 ☞ Marie stoode without at the sepulchre weepyng So as she wepte she bowed her selfe into the sepulchre 12 And seeth two angels clothed in white sittyng the one at the head the other at the feete where the body of Iesus was layde 13 They saye vnto her Woman why weepest thou She saith vnto thē For they haue taken away my Lorde I wote not where they haue layde him 14 When she had thus sayde she turned her selfe backe and sawe Iesus standyng and knewe not that it was Iesus 15 Iesus saith vnto her Woman why weepest thou Whom sekest thou She supposing that he had ben the gardener saith vnto him Sir if thou haue borne him hence tel me where thou hast layde hym and I wyll fet hym 16 Iesus sayth vnto her Marie She turned her selfe and sayde vnto hym Rabboni which is to say Maister 17 Iesus saith vnto her Touche me not for I am not yet ascended to my father But go to my brethren and saye vnto them I ascende vnto my father and your father and to my God your God 18 * Marie Magdalene came and tolde the disciples that she had seene y e Lorde and that he had spoken suche thynges vnto her ☜ 19 ☞ The same day at nyght whiche was the first day of the Sabbothes when the doores were shut where the disciples were assembled together for feare of the Iewes came Iesus and stoode in the myddes and sayth vnto them peace be vnto you 20 And when he had so sayde he shewed vnto them his handes his syde Then were the disciples glad when they sawe the Lorde 21 Then sayde Iesus to them agayne peace be vnto you As my father sent me euen so sende I you also 22 And when he had saide those wordes he breathed on them saith vnto them Receaue ye the holy ghost 23 Whosoeuers sinnes ye remit they are remitted vnto them And whosoeuers sinnes ye retayne they are retayned ☜ 24 ☞ But Thomas one of the twelue which is called Didymus was not with them when Iesus came 25 The other disciples therfore sayde vnto hym we haue seene the Lorde But he sayde vnto them Except I see in his handes the print of the nayles and put my fynger into the prynt of the nayles and thruste my hande into his syde I wyll not beleue 26 And after eyght dayes againe his disciples were within and Thomas with them Then came Iesus when the doores were shutte and stoode in the myddes and sayde peace be vnto you 27 After that said he to Thomas Bring thy fynger hyther and see my handes reache hyther thy hande and thrust it into my syde and be not faythlesse but beleuyng 28 Thomas aunswered and sayde vnto hym My Lorde and my God 29 Iesus sayth vnto hym Thomas because thou hast seene me thou hast beleued Blessed are they that haue not seene and yet haue beleued ☜ 30 And many other signes truely dyd Iesus in the presence of his disciples which are not written in this booke 31 These are written that ye myght beleue that Iesus is Christe the sonne of God and that in beleuyng ye myght haue lyfe through his name ¶ The .xxj. Chapter 1 Christe appeared to his disciples when they were fisshyng 6 they take a great multitude of fisshes 7 Peter leapeth into the water 15 Christe restoreth Peter to his office and commaunded hym to feede his sheepe 19 Christe forewarneth Peter of his death and persecution 20 Peter stayed lokyng at Iohn 25 Of Christes many folde miracles 1 AFterward dyd Iesus shew him selfe againe to his disciples at the sea of Tiberias And on this wyse shewed he hym selfe 2 There were together Simon Peter and Thomas which is called Didymus and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee and the sonnes of Zebedee two other of his disciples 3 Simon Peter saith vnto them I wyl go a fisshyng They say vnto hym We also wyll go with thee They wēt their way and entred into a shippe immediatly that nyght caught they nothyng 4 But when the mornyng was nowe come Iesus stoode on the shore Neuerthelesse the disciples knewe not that it was Iesus 5 Iesus sayth vnto them Children haue ye any meate They aunswered hym no. 6 And he saith vnto them Cast out the net on the ryght syde of the shippe and ye shall fynde They cast out therefore and anone they were not able to drawe it for the multitude of fisshes 7 Then sayde the disciple whom Iesus loued vnto Peter It is the Lord. Whē Simon Peter hearde that it was the Lorde he gyrde his coate vnto him for he was naked and sprang into the sea 8 The other disciples came by shippe for they were not farre from lande but as it were two hundred cubites And they drewe the net with fisshes 9 Assoone then as they were come to lande they sawe whot coales and fisshe layde theron and bread 10 Iesus saith vnto them Bryng of the fisshe which ye haue nowe caught 11 Simon Peter went vp and drewe the net to the lande full of great fisshes an hundred and fiftie and three And for all there were so many yet was not the net broken 12 Iesus sayth vnto them come and dyne And none of the disciples durst aske hym who art thou For they knewe that it was the Lorde 13 Iesus then came and toke bread and gaue them and fisshe lykewyse 14 This is nowe the thirde tyme that Iesus appeared to his disciples after that he was risen agayne from death ☜ 15 So when they had dyned Iesus saith to Simon Peter Simon Ioanna louest thou me more then these He sayd vnto hym Yea Lorde thou knowest that I loue thee He sayth vnto hym feede my lambes 16 He sayth to hym agayne the seconde tyme Simon Ioanna louest thou me He sayth vnto hym Yea Lorde thou knowest that I loue thee He sayde vnto hym feede my sheepe 17 He sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme Simon Ioanna louest thou me Peter was sory because he sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme louest thou me And he sayde vnto hym Lorde thou knowest all thynges thou knowest that I loue thee Iesus sayth vnto hym feede my sheepe 18 Veryly veryly I say vnto thee when thou wast young thou gyrdedst thy selfe and walkedst whither thou wouldest but when thou shalt be olde thou shalt stretch foorth thy handes and another shall gyrde thee and leade thee whither thou wouldest not 19 That spake he signifiyng by what death he
voyce and sayde vnto them Ye men of Iurie and all ye that dwell at Hierusalem be this knowen vnto you and with your eares heare my wordes 15 For these are not drunken as ye suppose seeyng it is but the thirde houre of the day 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophete Ioel 17 And it shal be in the last dayes sayth God of my spirite I wyll powre out vpon all fleshe And your sonnes and your daughters shall prophesie and your young men shall see visions and your olde men shall dreame dreames 18 And on my seruauntes and on my handemaydens I wyll powre out of my spirite in those dayes and they shall prophesie 19 And I wyll shewe wonders in heauen aboue and tokens in the earth beneath blood and fyre and the vapour of smoke 20 The Sunne shal be turned into darknesse and the Moone into blood before that great and notable day of the Lord come 21 And it shall come to passe that whosoeuer shall call on the name of the Lorde shal be saued ☜ 22 ☞ Ye men of Israel heare these wordes Iesus of Nazareth a man approued of God among you with miracles wonders and signes which God dyd by hym in the middes of you as ye your selues also knowe 23 Hym haue ye taken by the handes of vnryghteous persons after he was deliuered by the determinate councell and foreknowledge of God and haue crucified and slayne hym 24 Whom God hath raised vp and loosed the sorowes of death because it was vnpossible that he shoulde be holden of it 25 For Dauid speaketh of hym I sawe the Lorde alwayes set foorth before my face for he is on my ryght hande that I shoulde not be moued 26 Therfore dyd my heart reioyce and my tongue was glad Moreouer also my fleshe shall reste in hope 27 Because thou wylt not leaue my soule in hell neither wylt thou suffer thyne holy one to see corruption 28 Thou hast shewed me the wayes of lyfe thou shalt make me full of ioy with thy countenaunce ☜ 29 Ye men and brethren let me freely speake vnto you of the patriarke Dauid For he is both dead and buryed and his sepulchre remayneth with vs vnto this day 30 Therfore seeyng he was a prophete and knewe that God had sworne with an oth to hym that Christe as concernyng the fleshe should come of the fruite of his loynes should syt on his seate 31 He knowyng this before spake of the resurrection of Christe that his soule shoulde not be left in hell neither his fleshe shoulde see corruption 32 This Iesus hath God raysed vp wherof we all are witnesses 33 Then sence that he by the ryght hande of God was exalted and hath receaued of the father the promise of the holy ghost he hath shed foorth this which ye nowe see and heare 34 For Dauid is not ascended into heauē but he sayeth The Lorde sayde to my Lorde syt thou on my ryght 35 Vntill I make thy foes thy footstoole 36 Therfore let all the house of Israel know for a suretie that God hath made that same Iesus whom ye haue crucified Lorde and Christe 37 Nowe when they hearde this they were pricked in their heartes and sayde vnto Peter vnto the other Apostles Ye men brethren what shall we do 38 Then Peter sayde vnto them Repent and be baptized euery one of you in the name of Iesus Christe for the remission of sinnes and ye shall receaue the gyft of the holy ghost 39 For the promise was made vnto you and to your chyldren and to all that are a farre of euen as many as the Lorde our God shall call 40 And with many other wordes bare he witnesse and exhorted them saying Saue your selues from this vntowarde generation 41 Then they that gladly receaued his worde were baptized And the same day there were added vnto them about three thousand◠soules 42 And they continued stedfastly in the Apostles doctrine and felowship and in breakyng of bread and in prayers 43 And feare came vpon euery soule And many wonders and signes were done by the Apostles 44 And all that beleued kept them selues together and had all thynges common 45 And solde their possessions goodes and parted them to all men as euery man had neede 46 And they continued dayly with one accorde in the temple and brake bread from house to house and dyd eate their meate together with gladnesse and singlenesse of heart 47 Praysyng God had fauour with all the people And the Lorde added to the Churche dayly such as should be saued ¶ The .iij. Chapter ¶ 7 The halt is restored to his feete 12 Peter preacheth Christe vnto the people 1 NOwe Peter and Iohn went vp together into the temple at the nynth houre of prayer 2 And a certayne man that was lame from his mothers wombe was brought whom they layde dayly at the gate of the temple which is called beawtifull to aske almes of them that entred into the temple 3 When he sawe Peter and Iohn that they woulde go into the temple he desired to receaue an almes 4 And Peter fastenyng his eyes vpon hym with Iohn sayde Loke on vs. 5 And he gaue heede vnto thē trustyng to receaue somethyng of them 6 Then sayde Peter Syluer and golde haue I none but such as I haue geue I thee In the name of Iesus Christe of Nazareth ryse vp and walke 7 And he toke hym by the ryght hande and lyft hym vp And immediatly his feete and ancle bones receaued strength 8 And he sprang stoode and walked and entred with them into the temple walkyng and leaping praysyng God 9 And all the people sawe hym walke and prayse God 10 And they knewe hym that it was he which sate and begged at the beawtifull gate of the temple And they wondred and were sore astonyed at that which had happened vnto hym 11 And as the lame which was healed helde Peter and Iohn all the people ran amased vnto them in the porche that is called Solomons 12 And when Peter sawe that he aunswered vnto the people ☞ Ye men of Israel why maruayle ye at this or why loke ye so on vs as though by our owne power or godlynesse we had made this man to go 13 The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Iacob the God of our fathers hath glorified his sonne Iesus whom ye betrayed and denyed in the presence of Pilate when he had iudged hym to be loosed 14 But ye denyed the holy and iust and desired a murtherer to be geuen you 15 And kylled the Lorde of lyfe whom God hath raysed from the dead of the which we are witnesses 16 And his name through the fayth in his name hath made this man sounde whom ye see and knowe And the fayth which is by hym hath geuen to this man health in the presence of you all 17 And nowe
cryme layde agaynst hym 17 Therfore when they were come hyther without any delay on the morowe I sate to geue iudgement and commaunded the man to be brought foorth 18 Agaynst whom when the accusers stoode vp they brought none accusation of such thynges as I supposed 19 But had certayne questions agaynst hym of their owne superstition and of one Iesus which was dead whom Paul affirmed to be alyue 20 And because I doubted of such maner of questions I asked hym whether he woulde go to Hierusalem and there be iudged of these matters 21 But when Paul had appealed to be kept vnto the knowledge of Augustus I commaunded hym to be kept tyll I myght sende hym to Caesar 22 Then Agrippa sayde vnto Festus I woulde also heare the man my selfe To morowe sayd he thou shalt heare hym 23 And on the morowe when Agrippa was come and Bernice with great pompe and were entred into the counsell house with the chiefe captaynes and chiefe men of the citie at Festus commaundement was Paul brought foorth 24 And Festus sayde Kyng Agrippa and al men which are here present with vs ye see this man about whom all the multitude of the Iewes haue intreated me both at Hierusalem and also here crying that he ought not to lyue any longer 25 Yet founde I nothyng worthy of death that he had committed Neuerthelesse seeyng that he hath appealed to Augustus I haue determined to sende hym 26 Of whom I haue no certayne thyng to write vnto my Lorde Wherfore I haue brought hym foorth vnto you and specially vnto thee O kyng Agrippa that after examination had I myght haue somewhat to write 27 For me thynketh it vnreasonable for to sende a prysoner and not to shewe the causes which are laide agaynst him ⧠The .xxvj. Chapter 1 Kyng Agrippa heareth Paul 25 Paules modest aunswere agaynst the iniurie of Festus 1 THen Agrippa sayde vnto Paul thou art permitted to speake for â—hy selfe Then Paul stretched foorth the hande and aunswered for hym selfe 2 I thynke my selfe happy king Agrippa because I shall aunswere this day before thee of all the thynges whereof I am accused of the Iewes 3 Namely because thou art expert in all customes and questions whiche are among the Iewes Wherefore I beseche thee to heare me patiently 4 My lyfe that I haue led of a chylde which was at the first among myne owne nation at Hierusalem knowe all the Iewes 5 Which knewe me from the beginning yf they woulde testifie that * after the most straytest sect of our religion I lyued a pharisee 6 And nowe I stande and * am iudged for the hope of the promise made of God vnto our fathers 7 Vnto which promise our twelue tribes instantly seruyng God day nyght hope to come For which hopes sake kyng Agrippa I am accused of the Iewes 8 Why shoulde it be thought a thyng incredible vnto you that God shoulde rayse agayne the dead 9 I also veryly thought in my selfe that I ought to do many contrary thynges cleane agaynst the name of Iesus of Nazareth 10 Which thyng I also dyd in Hierusalem And many of the Saintes dyd I shut vp in pryson hauyng receaued aucthoritie of the hye priestes And when they were put to death I gaue the sentence 11 And I punished them oft in euery synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme and was yet more mad vpon them and persecuted them euen vnto straunge cities 12 About which thynges as I went to Damascus with aucthoritie and commission of the hye priestes 13 Euen at mydday O kyng I sawe in the way a lyght from heauen aboue the bryghtnesse of the Sunne shyne rounde about me and them which iourneyed with me 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth I hearde a voyce speakyng vnto me and saying in the Hebrewe tongue Saul Saul why persecutest thou me It is harde for thee to kicke agaynste the prickes 15 And I sayde Who art thou Lorde And he sayde I am Iesus whom thou persecutest 16 But ryse and stande vpon thy feete For I haue appeared vnto thee for this purpose to make thee a minister and a witnesse both of those thynges which thou hast seene and of those thynges in the which I wyll appeare vnto thee 17 Delyueryng thee from the people and from the gentiles vnto whom nowe I sende thee 18 To open their eyes that they may be turned from darknesse to lyght from the power of Satan vnto God that they may receaue forgeuenes of sinnes inheritaunce among them which are sanctified by fayth that is towarde me 19 Wherfore O kyng Agrippa I was not disobedient vnto the heauenly visioÌ„ 20 But shewed first vnto them of Damascus at Hierusalem and throughout all the coastes of Iurie and then to the gentiles that they shoulde repent and turne to God and do such workes as become them that repent 21 For this cause the Iewes caught me in the temple went about to kyll me 22 Seyng therefore that I haue obtayned helpe of God I continue vnto this day witnessyng both to small and to great saying none other thynges then those which the prophetes and Moyses dyd say shoulde come 23 That Christe shoulde suffer and that he shoulde be the first that shoulde ryse from the dead and shoulde shewe lyght vnto the people and to the gentiles 24 And as he thus spake for hym selfe Festus sayde with a loude voyce Paul thou art besyde thy selfe much learnyng doth make thee mad 25 But he sayde I am not mad most noble Festus but speake foorth the wordes of trueth and sobernesse 26 For the kyng knoweth of these thynges before whom also I speake freely neither thynke I that any of these thynges are hydden from him For this thyng was not done in a corner 27 Kyng Agrippa beleuest thou the prophetes I wote wel that thou beleuest 28 Then Agrippa sayde vnto Paul Somewhat thou perswadest me to be a christian 29 And Paul sayde I woulde to God that not only thou but also all that heare me to day were both somewhat and also in a great deale such as I am except these bondes 30 And when he had thus spoken the king rose vp and the deputie Bernice and they that sate with them 31 And when they were gone apart they talked betwene theÌ„selues saying This man doth nothyng worthy of death or of bondes 32 Then sayde Agrippa vnto Festus This man myght haue ben let loose yf he had not appealed vnto Caesar ¶ The .xxvij. Chapter 1 Paul shippeth towarde Rome 3 Iulius the captayne entreateth hym curteously 41 And at the last they suffer shipwracke 1 ANd when it was coÌ„cluded that we shoulde sayle into Italie they delyuered both Paul certayne other prysoners vnto one named Iulius an vnder captayne of Augustus bande 2 And we entred into a shippe of Adramyttium loosed from lande appoynted to sayle by the coastes of Asia one Aristarchus out of
be a propitiatiō through fayth in his blood to declare his ryghteousnes in that he forgeueth the sinnes that are past 26 Which God dyd suffer to shew at this tyme his righteousnes that he might be iuste the iustifier of hym which beleueth on Iesus ☜ 27 Where is then thy boastyng It is excluded By what lawe Of workes Nay but by the lawe of fayth 28 Therfore we holde that a man is iustified by fayth without the deedes of the lawe 29 Is he the God of the Iewes only Is he not also of the Gentiles Yes euen of the Gentiles also 30 For it is one God whiche shall iustifie the circumcision by fayth and vncircumcision through fayth 31 Do we then destroy the lawe through fayth God forbyd But we rather mayntayne the lawe ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 7 Iustification is the free gyft of God as it appeareth by Dauid and Abraham 13 and also by the office of lawe and fayth 1 WHat shall we saye then that Abraham our father as parteynyng to the flesshe dyd fynde 2 For if Abraham were iustified by workes thē hath he wherein to boaste but not before God 3 For what sayth the scripture Abraham beleued God and it was counted vnto hym for ryghteousnes 4 To hym that worketh is the reward not reckened of grace but of duetie 5 To hym that worketh not but beleueth on hym that iustifieth the vngodly his fayth is counted for ryghteousnes 6 Euen as Dauid describeth the blessednesse of the man vnto whom God imputeth righteousnesse without workes 7 Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesse are forgeuen whose sinnes are couered 8 Blessed is that man to whō the Lorde wyll not impute sinne 9 Came this blessednes then vpon the circumcision or vpon the vncircumcision also For we say that fayth was reckened to Abraham for ryghteousnes 10 Howe was it then reckened when he was in the circumcision or whē he was in the vncircumcision Not in the circumcision but in vncircumcision 11 And he receaued the signe of circumcision as the seale of the ryghteousnesse of fayth whiche he had yet beyng vncircumcised that he shoulde be the father of al them that beleue though they be not circumcised that ryghteousnes myght be imputed vnto them also 12 And that he myght be father of circumcision not vnto them only whiche came of the circumcised but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision 13 For the promise that he shoulde be the heyre of the worlde was not to Abraham or to his seede through the lawe but through the ryghteousnes of fayth 14 For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres then is fayth but vayne and the promise of none effect 15 Because the lawe causeth wrath For where no lawe is there is no transgression 16 Therefore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen that it might come by grace that the promise myght be sure to all y e seede not to that only which is of the lawe but to that also which is of the fayth of Abraham which is the father of vs al. 17 As it is written that I haue made thee a father of many nations before God whom he beleued which restoreth the dead vnto life and calleth those thynges whiche be not as though they were 18 Who contrary to hope beleued in hope that he shoulde be the father of many nations accordyng to that which was spoken so shall thy seede be 19 And he faynted not in the fayth nor considered his owne body nowe dead when he was almost an hundred yeres old neither yet the deadnesse o Saraes wombe 20 He stackered not at the promise of God through vnbeliefe but was strong in fayth geuyng glorie to God 21 And beyng full certified that what he had promised he was able also to perfourme 22 And therfore was it reckened to hym for righteousnes 23 Neuerthelesse it is not written for hym only that it was reckened to him 24 But also for vs to whom it shal be reckened so that we beleue on hym that raysed vp Iesus our Lorde from the dead 25 Which was deliuered for our sinnes and was raysed agayne for our iustification ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 The fruite of fayth 7 The loue of God and obedience of Christe 12 From whence commeth death and from whence lyfe 1 THerefore being iustified by fayth we are at peace with GOD thorowe our Lorde Iesus Christe 2 By whom also we haue had an entraūce by fayth vnto this grace wherin we stande and reioyce in hope of the glorie of God 3 Not that only but also we reioyce in tribulations knowyng that tribulation worketh pacience 4 Pacience profe profe hope 5 And hope maketh not ashamed because the loue of God is shedde abrode in our heartes by the holy ghost which is geuen vnto vs. 6 * For when we were yet weake accordyng to the tyme Christe dyed for the vngodly 7 Nowe scace wyll any man dye for the righteous Yet peraduenture for the good some men durst dye 8 ☞ But God setteth out his loue towarde vs seyng that whyle we were yet sinners Christe dyed for vs. 9 Muche more then nowe we that are iustified by his blood shal be saued from wrath through hym 10 For yf when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his sonne much more seyng we are reconciled we shal be saued by his lyfe 11 Not only so but we also ioye in God through our Lorde Iesus Christe by whō we haue nowe receaued the atonement 12 Wherfore as by one man sinne entred into the worlde death by sinne euen so death entred into all men insomuch as all haue sinned 13 For vnto the lawe was sinne in the worlde but sinne is not imputed when there is no lawe 14 Neuerthelesse death raigned from Adam to Moyses ouer them also that had not sinned with lyke transgression as dyd Adam whiche is the figure of hym that was to come 15 But not as the sinne so is the gyft For yf through the sinne of one many be dead much more the grace of God and the gyft by grace which is by one man Iesus Christe hath abounded vnto many 16 And not as by one that sinned euen so the gyft For the iudgement was of one into condemnation but the gyfte of many sinnes into iustification 17 For yf by the sinne of one death raigned by the meanes of one much more they whiche receaue aboundaunce of grace and of the gyfte of ryghteousnes shall raigne in life by the meanes of one Iesus Christe 18 Lykewyse then as by the sinne of one sinne came on all men to condempnation euen so by the ryghteousnes of one good came vpon all men to the ryghteousnes of lyfe 19 For as by one mans disobedience many became sinners so by the obedience
of one shall many be made ryghteous 20 But the lawe in the meane tyme entred in that sinne shoulde encrease But where sinne was plenteous grace was more plenteous 21 That as sinne hath raigned vnto death euen so myght grace raigne thorowe ryghteousnes vnto eternall lyfe by Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ The .vj. Chapter 5 Newnesse of lyfe foloweth iustification to the which he exhorteth 1 WHat shall we saye then Shall we continue in sinne that grace maye abound God forbyd 2 Howe shall we that are dead to sinne lyue any longer therin 3 ☞ Knowe ye not that all we whiche haue ben baptized into Iesus Christe haue ben baptized into his death 4 We are buryed then with him by baptisme into his death that lykewyse as Christe was raysed vp from the dead by the glorie of the father euen so we also shoulde walke in newnesse of lyfe 5 For if we be graft together by the likenesse of his death euen so shall we be partakers of the resurrection 6 Knowyng this that our olde man is crucified with hym also that the body of sinne might vtterly be destroyed that hencefoorth we shoulde not serue sinne 7 For he that is dead is iustified from sinne 8 And yf we be dead with Christe we beleue that we shall also lyue with him 9 Knowyng that Christe beyng raysed from the dead dyeth no more death hath no more power ouer hym 10 For as touchyng that he dyed he dyed concerning sinne once And as touching that he lyueth he lyueth vnto God 11 Lykewyse recken your selues to be dead to sinne but alyue vnto God thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde ☜ 12 Let not sinne raigne therefore in your mortall bodie that ye shoulde thervnto obey by the lustes of it 13 Neither geue ye your members as instrumentes of vnryghteousnesse vnto sinne but geue your selues vnto God as they that are alyue from the dead and your members as instrumentes of ryghteousnesse vnto God 14 For sinne shall not haue power ouer you because ye are not vnder y e lawe but vnder grace 15 What then Shall we sinne because we are not vnder the lawe but vnder grace God forbyd 16 ☞ Knowe ye not how that to whom soeuer ye commit your selues as seruauntes to obey his seruauntes ye are to whom ye obey whether it be of sinne vnto death or of obedience vnto ryghteousnesse 17 But God be thanked that ye were the seruaūtes of sinne but ye haue obeyed with heart the fourme of doctrine into the which ye were brought vnto 18 Being then made free frō sinne ye are become y e seruauntes of ryghteousnesse 19 ☞ I speake after the maner of men because of the infirmitie of your fleshe As ye haue geuen your members seruauntes to vncleannesse and iniquitie vnto iniquitie euen so nowe geue your members seruauntes to righteousnesse vnto holynesse 20 For when ye were the seruauntes of sinne ye were free from ryghteousnesse 21 What fruite had ye then in those thynges wherof ye are nowe ashamed For the ende of those thynges is death 22 But nowe ye beyng made free from sinne and made the seruauntes of God haue your fruite vnto holynesse and the ende euerlastyng lyfe 23 For the rewarde of sinne is death but the gyft of God is eternall lyfe thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde ☜ ¶ The .vij. Chapter 1.7.12 The vse of the lawe 24 from the which Christe hath delyuered vs. 23 The fyght betwene the lawe of the fleshe and the lawe of the spirite 1 KNowe ye not brethrē for I speake to thē that knowe the lawe how that the law hath power ouer a mā as long as he lyueth 2 For*the woman which is in subiectiō to a man is bounde by the lawe to the man as long as he lyueth But yf the man be dead she is loosed from thē lawe of the man 3 So then*yf whyle the man lyueth she couple her selfe with another man she shal be counted a wedlocke breaker But yf the man be dead she is free from the law so that she is no wedlocke breaker though she couple her selfe with another man 4 Euen so ye also my brethren are dead concernyng the lawe by the body of Christe that ye shoulde be coupled to another who is raysed from the dead that we shoulde bryng foorth fruite vnto God 5 For when we were in the fleshe the lustes of sinne whiche were by the lawe wrought in our members to bring forth fruite vnto death 6 But nowe are we delyuered from the lawe and dead vnto it whervnto we were in bondage that we shoulde serue in newenesse of spirite and not in the oldnesse of the letter 7 What shall we say then Is the lawe sinne God forbyd Neuerthelesse I knewe not sinne but by the lawe For I had not knowen lust except the lawe had sayde thou shalt not lust 8 But sinne takyng occasion by the commaundement wrought in me all maner of concupiscence For without the lawe sinne was dead 9 I once lyued without lawe But when the commaundement came sinne reuyued 10 And I was dead And the very same commaundemēt which was ordeyned vnto lyfe was founde to be vnto me an occasion of death 11 For sinne takyng occasion by the commaundement hath deceaued me and by the same slewe me 12 Wherfore * the lawe is holy and the commaundement holy iust and good 13 Was that then which was good made death vnto me God forbyd But sinne that sinne myght appeare by that which was good to worke death in me that sinne by y e commaundement myght be out of measure sinfull 14 For we knowe that the lawe is spirituall but I am carnall solde vnder sinne 15 For that which I do I alowe not For what I woulde that do I not but what I hate that do I. 16 If I do nowe that which I woulde not I consent vnto the lawe that it is good 17 Nowe then it is not I that do it but sinne that dwelleth in me 18 For I knowe that in me that is to say in my fleshe dwelleth no good thyng For to wyll is present with me but I fynde no meanes to perfourme that which is good 19 For the good that I woulde do I not But the euyll which I woulde not that do I. 20 And yf I do that I woulde not then is it not I that doth it but sinne that dwelleth in me 21 I fynde then by the lawe that when I woulde do good euyll is present with me 22 For I delite in the lawe of God after the inwarde man 23 But I see another lawe in my members rebellyng agaynst the lawe of my mynde and subduyng me vnto the lawe of sinne which is in my members 24 O wretched man that I am Who shall deliuer me from the body of this death 25 I thanke God through Iesus Christe our Lorde So then with the mynde I my selfe serue the lawe of God
but with the fleshe the lawe of sinne ⧠The .viij. Chapter 1 The assuraunce of the faythfull 6 The fruites of the holy ghost 3 The weakenesse of the lawe 17 Of hope 18 Of patience vnder the crosse 29 Of the foreknowledge of God 1 THere is then no dampnation to them which are in Christe Iesu which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 2 For the lawe of the spirite of lyfe through Iesus Christe hath made me * free from the lawe of sinne and death 3 * For what the lawe coulde not do in as much as it was weake through the fleshe God sendyng his owne sonne in the similitude of sinfull fleshe euen by sinne condempned sinne in the fleshe 4 That the ryghteousnesse of the lawe myght be fulfylled in vs which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 5 For they that are carnall are carnally mynded But they that are spirituall are spiritually mynded 6 To be carnally mynded is death But to be spiritually mynded is lyfe peace 7 Because that the fleshly mynde is enmitie agaynst God For it is not obedient to the lawe of God neither can be 8 So then they that are in the fleshe can not please God 9 But ye are not in the fleshe but in the spirite yf so be that the spirite of God dwell in you If any man haue not the spirite of Christe the same is none of his 10 And yf Christe be in you the body is dead because of sinne but the spirite is lyfe for ryghteousnesse sake 11 But yf y e spirite of hym that raysed vp Iesus from the dead dwell in you euen he that raised vp Christe from the dead shall also quicken your mortall bodyes because that his spirite dwelleth in you 12 ☞ Therfore brethren we are detters not to the fleshe to lyue after the fleshe 13 For if ye liue after y e fleshe ye shall dye But if ye through the spirite do mortifie the deedes of the body ye shall lyue 14 For as many as are lēd by the spirite of God they are the sonnes of God 15 For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage agayne to feare but ye haue receaued the spirite of adoption wherby we cry Abba father 16 The same spirite beareth witnesse to our spirite that we are y e sonnes of God 17 If we be sonnes then are we also heyres the heyres of God and ioynt-heyres with Christe So that we suffer together that we may be also glorified together 18 ☞ For I am certaynely perswaded that the afflictions of this tyme are not worthy of the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs. 19 * For the feruent desire of the creature abydeth lokyng whē the sonnes of God shall appeare 20 Because the creature is subiect to vanitie not wyllyng but for hym which hath subdued the same in hope 21 For the same creature shal be made free from the bondage of corruptiō into the glorious libertie of y e sonnes of God 22 For we knowe that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauayleth in payne euen vnto this tyme. 23 Not only they but we also which haue the first fruites of the spirite and we our selues mourne in our selues and wayte for the adoption euen the deliueraunce of our body ☜ 24 For we are saued by hope But hope that is seene is no hope For howe can a man hope for that which he seeth 25 But and yf we hope for that we see not thē do we with pacience abide for it 26 Lykewyse the spirite also helpeth our infirmities For we knowe not what to desire as we ought but y e spirite maketh great intercession for vs with gronynges which can not be expressed 27 And * he that searcheth the heartes * knoweth what is the meanyng of the spirite for he maketh intercession for the saintes accordyng to the pleasure of God ☜ 28 ☞ For we knowe y t all thinges worke for the best vnto them that loue God to them which also are called of purpose 29 For those which he knewe before he also dyd predestinate that they shoulde be lyke fashioned vnto the shape of his sonne that he myght be y e first begotten among many brethren 30 Moreouer whom he dyd predestinate thē also he called And whom he called them also he iustified And whom he iustified them he also glorified 31 What shall we then say to these thynges If God be on our syde who can be agaynst vs 32 Which spared not his owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all Howe shall he not with hym also geue vs all thynges 33 Who shall lay any thyng to the charge of Gods chosen It is God that iustifieth 34 Who is he that can condempne It is Christe which dyed yea rather which is raysed agayne which is also on the ryght hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. 35 Who shall seperate vs from the loue of God Shall tribulation or anguishe or persecution either hunger either nakednesse either peryll either sworde 36 As it is written For thy sake are we kylled all daye long and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter 37 Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome through hym that loued vs. 38 For I am sure that neither death neither lyfe neither angels nor rule neither power neither thynges present neither thynges to come 39 Neither heygth nor deapth neither any other creature shal be able to seperate vs from the loue of God which is in Christe Iesu our Lorde ☜ ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 Paul declareth his feruent loue towardes his nation 11 he treateth of election and reprobation 24 Also of the callyng of the gentiles 30 and of the castyng of of the Iewes 1 I Say y e trueth in Christ I lye not my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost 2 That I haue great heauinesse continuall sorowe in my heart 3 For * I haue wisshed my selfe to be cursed from Christe for my brethren my kynsmen as pertaynyng to y e fleshe 4 Which are the Israelites To whom pertayneth the adoption and the glory the couenauntes * and the lawe that was geuen and the seruice of God and the promises 5 Of whom are the fathers of whom as concernyng the fleshe Christe came which is God in all thynges to be praysed for euer Amen 6 And it can not be that the worde of God shoulde take none effect For they are not all Israelites which are of Israel 7 Neither are they all chyldren that are the seede of Abraham But in Isaac shall thy seede be called 8 That is to say They which are the chyldren of the fleshe are not the chyldren of God But they which be the childrē of promise are counted the seede 9 For this is a worde of promise About this tyme wyll I come and Sara shall haue a sonne 10 Not only this but also Rebecca was with chylde by
in the Lorde 12 For as the woman is of the man euen so is the man by the woman but all of God 13 Iudge in your selues whether it be comely that a woman pray vnto God bare headed 14 Doth not nature it selfe teache you that it is a shame for a man yf he haue long heere 15 But yf a woman haue long heere it is a prayse for her For her heere is geuen her to couer her withall 16 If any man lust to striue we haue no such custome neither the Churches of God 17 This I warne you of and commende not that ye come together not after a better maner but after a worse 18 For first of all when ye come together in the Churche I heare that there is dissention among you and I partly beleue it 19 For there must be sectes among you that they which are approued among you myght be knowen ☜ 20 When ye come together therfore into one place you can not eate the Lordes supper 21 For euery one preuenteth other in eatyng his owne supper And one is hungry and another is drunken 22 Haue ye not houses to eate to drynke in Despise ye the Churche of God and shame them that haue not What shall I say vnto you shall I prayse you in this I prayse you not ☜ 23 ☞ That which I deliuered vnto you I receaued of the Lorde For the Lord Iesus the same nyght in the which he was betrayed toke bread 24 And when he had geuen thankes he brake it and sayde Take ye and eate this is my body which is brokē for you This do ye in the remembraunce of me 25 After the same maner also he toke the cup when he had supped saying This cup is the newe testament in my blood This do as oft as ye drynke it in remembraunce of me 26 For as often as ye shal eate this bread and drynke this cup ye shall shewe the Lordes death tyll he come 27 Wherfore whosoeuer shall eate this bread and drynke this cup of the Lorde vnworthyly shal be gyltie of the body and blood of the Lorde 28 But let a man examine hym selfe and so let hym eate of this bread and drinke of this cuppe 29 For he that eateth and drynketh vnworthyly eateth and drynketh his owne dampnation because he maketh no difference of the Lordes body 30 For this cause many are weake and sicke among you and many slepe 31 For yf we woulde iudge our selues we shoulde not be iudged 32 But when we are iudged we are chastened of the Lorde that we shoulde not be dampned with the worlde 33 Wherfore my brethren when ye come together to eate tary one for another 34 If any man hunger let hym eate at home that ye come not together vnto condempnation ☜ Other thynges wyll I set in order when I come ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 The diuersitie of the giftes of the holy ghost ought to be vsed to the edifiyng of Christes Church 12 as the members of mans body serue to the vse one of another 1 COncernyng spirituall gyftes brethren I woulde not haue you ignoraunt ☜ 2 Ye knowe y t ye were gentiles and caryed away vnto dumbe idols as ye were led 3 Wherfore I declare vnto you that no man speakyng by the spirite of God defieth Iesus Also no man can say that Iesus is y e Lord but by the holy ghost 4 There are diuersities of gyftes but the spirite is one 5 And there are differences of administrations but the Lorde is one 6 And there are diuers maners of operations but God is one which worketh all in all 7 The manifestation of the spirite is geuen to euery man to profite withall 8 For to one is geuen by the spirite the worde of wisdome to another the word of knowledge by the same spirite 9 To another is geuen fayth by the same spirite to another the giftes of healyng by the same spirite 10 To another power to do miracles to another prophesie to another iudgement to discerne spirites to another diuers kyndes of tongues to another the interpretation of tongues 11 But these all worketh euen one and the selfe same spirite deuidyng to euery man a seuerall gyft as he wyll ☜ 12 For as the body is one hath many members and all the members of one body though they be many yet are but one body euen so is Christe 13 For by one spirite are we all baptized into one body whether we be Iewes or gentiles whether we be bonde or free and haue all drunke of one spirite 14 For the body is not one member but many 15 If the foote woulde say because I am not the hande I am not of the body is it therfore not of the body 16 And yf the eare woulde say because I am not the eye I am not of the body is it therfore not of the body 17 If all the body were an eye where were then the hearyng If all were hearyng where were the smellyng 18 But nowe hath God set y e members euery one seuerally in the body as it hath pleased hym 19 For yf they were all one member where were the body 20 Nowe are there many members yet but one body 21 And the eye can not say vnto y e hande I haue no neede of thee Nor the head agayne to the feete I haue no neede of you 22 Yea rather a great deale those members of the body which seeme to be more feeble are necessary 23 And vpon those members of the body which we thynke least honest put we more honestie on And our vncomely partes haue more comelynesse on 24 For our comely members neede it not But God hath tempered the body together and hath geuen the more honour to that part which lacked 25 Lest there shoulde be any stryfe in the body but that the members shoulde haue the same care one for another 26 And yf one member suffer all suffer with it If one member be had in honour all the members reioyce with it 27 Ye are the body of Christe and members one of another 28 And God hath ordayned some in the Churche first Apostles secondarely prophetes thirdely teachers then them that do miracles after that the giftes of healyng helpers gouernours diuersitie of tongues 29 Are all Apostles are all prophetes are all teachers 30 Are all doers of miracles Haue all the giftes of healyng Do all speake with tongues Do all interprete 31 Couet after the best giftes And yet shew I vnto you a more excellent way ⧠The .xiij. Chapter 1 Because loue is the fountayne and rule of edifiyng the Churche he setteth foorth the nature office and prayse therof 1 THough I speake with the tongues of men and of Angels and haue not loue I am as soundyng brasse or as a tincklyng Cimball 2 And though I coulde prophesie and vnderstoode all secretes and all knowledge
which I preached vnto you which also ye haue receaued and wherin ye cōtinue 2 By the which also ye are saued yf ye kepe in memorie after what maner I preached vnto you except ye haue beleued in vayne 3 For first of all I deliuered vnto you that which I receaued howe that * Christe dyed for our sinnes agreeyng to the scriptures 4 And that he was buryed and that he arose agayne the thirde day accordyng to the scriptures 5 And that he was seene of Cephas then of the twelue 6 After that he was seene of mo then fiue hundred brethren at once of which many remayne vnto this day some are fallen a slepe 7 After that he was seene of Iames then of all the Apostles 8 And last of all he was seene of me as of one borne out of due tyme. 9 For I am the least of the Apostles which am not worthy to be called an Apostle because I persecuted the Churche of God 10 But by the grace of God I am that I am And his grace which is in me was not in vayne But I laboured more aboundauntly then they all yet not I but the grace of God which is with me 11 Therfore whether it were I or they so we preache and so haue ye beleued 12 ☞ If Christe be preached howe that he rose from the dead howe say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead 13 If there be no rysyng agayne of the dead then is Christe not rysen agayne 14 If Christe be not rysen agayne then is our preachyng vayne and your fayth is also vayne 15 Yea and we are founde false witnesses of God For we haue testified of God howe that he raysed vp Christe whom he raysed not vp yf it be so that the dead ryse not agayne 16 For yf the dead ryse not agayne then is not Christe rysen agayne 17 If it be so that Christ rose not againe then is your fayth vayne and ye are yet in your sinnes 18 Therfore they which are fallen in a slepe in Christe are perisshed 19 If in this lyfe only we haue hope on Christe then are we of all men moste miserable 20 But nowe is Christe rysen from the dead the first fruites of them that slept 21 For since by man came death euen so by man came the resurrection of y e dead 22 For as by Adam all dye euen so by Christe shall all be made alyue 23 But euery man in his owne order ☜ The first fruites is Christe afterward they that are Christes at his commyng 24 Then commeth the ende when he hath deliuered vp the kingdome to God the father when he hath put downe all rule and all auctoritie and power 25 For he must raigne tyll he haue put all his enemies vnder his feete 26 The last enemie that shal be destroyed is death 27 For he hath put downe all thynges vnder his feete But when he saith all thynges are vnder hym it is manifest that he is excepted which dyd put all thynges vnder hym 28 When all thynges are subdued vnto hym then shall the sonne also hym selfe be subiect vnto him that put all thinges vnder hym that God may be all in all 29 Els what shall they do which are baptized for the dead yf the dead ryse not at all 30 Why are they then baptized for them And why stande we in ieopardie euery houre 31 By our reioycyng which I haue in Christe Iesu our Lorde I dye dayly 32 If I haue fought with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men what auauntageth it me yf the dead ryse not agayne * Let vs eate drynke for to morowe we shall dye 33 Be not deceaued Euyll wordes corrupt good maners 34 Awake truely out of slepe and sinne not For some haue not the knowledge of God I speake this to your shame 35 But some man wyll say howe are the dead raysed vp With what bodie shall they come 36 Thou foole that which thou sowest is not quickened except it dye 37 And that which thou sowest thou sowest not that body that shal be but bare corne as of wheate or of some other 38 But God geueth it a body at his pleasure to euery seede his owne body 39 ☞ All flesshe is not the same flesshe But there is one maner of flesshe of mē another flesshe of beastes another of fisshes and another of byrdes 40 There are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial But the glorie of the celestial is one and the glorie of the terrestrial another 41 There is another glorie of the sunne and another glorie of the moone and another glorie of the starres For one starre differeth from another starre in glorie 42 So is the resurrection of the dead It is sowen in corruption it ryseth in incorruption 43 It is sowen in dishonour it riseth in honour It is sowen in weakenesse it ryseth in power 44 It is sowen a naturall bodie it ryseth a spirituall bodie There is a naturall bodie and there is a spirituall bodie 45 As it is also written The first man Adam was made a lyuyng soule and the last Adam was made a quickenyng spirite 46 Howebeit that is not first whiche is spirituall but that whiche is naturall and then that whiche is spirituall ☜ 47 The first man is of the earth earthy the seconde man is the Lorde from heauen 48 As is the earthy suche are they that are earthy And as is the heauenly such are they also that are heauenly 49 And as we haue borne the image of the earthy so shall we beare the image of the heauenly 50 This saye I brethren that fleshe and blood can not inherite the kyngdome of God Neither doth corruption inherite incorruption 51 Beholde I shewe you a misterie We shall not all slepe but we shall all be chaunged 52 In a moment in the twynklyng of an eye at the last trumpe For the trumpe shall blowe and the dead shall ryse incorruptible and we shal be chaunged 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortall must put on immortalitie 54 When this corruptible hath put on incorruption and this mortal hath put on immortalitie then shal be brought to passe the saying that is written Death is swalowed vp into victorie 55 O death where is thy stynge O hell where is thy victorie 56 The stynge of death is sinne and the strength of sinne is the lawe 57 * But thankes be vnto God whiche hath geuē vs victorie through our Lord Iesus Christe 58 Therfore my beloued brethren be ye stedfast vnmouable alwayes riche in the worke of the Lorde forasmuch as ye knowe that your labour is not in vayne in the Lorde ¶ The .xvj. Chapter 1 He putteth them in remembraunce of the gatheryng for the poore brethren at Hierusalem 13 We must perseuer in fayth in the loue of Christe and of our neyghbour
our mortall flesshe 12 So then death worketh in vs but life in you ☜ 13 ☞ Seing then that we haue the same spirite of fayth accordyng as it is written I beleued and therefore haue I spoken We also beleue and therefore speake 14 For we knowe that he which raysed vp the Lorde Iesus shall rayse vp vs also by the meanes of Iesus and shall set vs with you 15 For all thynges do I for your sakes that the plenteous grace by thankes geuyng of many may redounde to the prayse of God 16 Wherefore we are not weryed But though our outwarde man perishe yet the inwarde man is renued day by day 17 For our exceedyng tribulation which is momentanie lyght prepareth an exceedyng and an eternall wayght of glorie vnto vs. 18 Whyle we loke not on the thynges whiche are seene but on the thynges which are not seene For the thynges which are seene are temporall but the things which are not seene are eternal ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 Paul proceedeth to declare the vtilitie that commeth by the crosse 4 howe we ought to prepare our selues vnto it 5 by whom 9 and for what ende 14 19 He setteth foorth the grace of Christ 20 and the office of ministers all the faithful 1 FOr we knowe that yf our earthly house of this tabernacle were destroyed we haue a building of God an habitation not made with handes but eternall in heauen 2 For therfore sygh we desiryng to be clothed with our house whiche is from heauen 3 So yet yf that we be founde clothed and not naked 4 For we that are in this tabernacle sigh being burdened because we would not be vnclothed but would be clothed vpō that mortalitie might be swalowed vp of lyfe 5 He that hath ordeyned vs for this thyng is God which hath also geuen vnto vs the earnest of the spirite 6 Therfore we are alway of good cheare and knowe that as long as we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lorde 7 For we walke by fayth not after outwarde appearaunce 8 Neuerthelesse we are of good comfort and had rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lorde 9 Wherfore whether we be at home or from home we endeuour our selues to be accepted vnto hym 10 For we must all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christe that euery man may receaue the workes of his bodie according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad 11 ☞ Seing then that we knowe the feare of the Lorde we fare fayre with men For we are knowen well enough vnto God I trust also that we are knowen in your consciences 12 For we prayse not our selues agayne vnto you but geue you an occasion to reioyce of vs that ye may haue somwhat agaynst them which reioyce in the face and not in the heart 13 For yf we be to feruent to God are we to feruent Or yf we kepe measure for your cause kepe we measure 14 For the loue of Christe constrayneth vs because we thus iudge that yf one dyed for all then were all dead 15 And he dyed for all that they which lyue shoulde not hencefoorth lyue vnto them selues but vnto hym which dyed for them and rose agayne ☜ 16 Wherefore hencefoorth knowe we no man after the flesshe Insomuche though we haue knowen Christe after the flesshe nowe yet hencefoorth knowe we hym so no more 17 Therfore yf any man be in Christe he is a newe creature Olde thynges are passed awaye beholde all thynges are become newe 18 And all thynges are of God whiche hath reconciled vs vnto hym selfe by Iesus Christe and hath geuen to vs the ministerie of reconciliation 19 For God was in Christe reconciling the worlde to hym selfe not imputyng their sinnes vnto them and hath committed to vs the preachyng of the atonement 20 Nowe then are we messengers in the rowme of Christe euen as though God dyd beseche you through vs. So praye we you in Christes steade that ye be reconciled vnto God 21 For he hath made him to be sinne for vs whiche knewe no sinne that we shoulde be made the ryghteousnesse of God in hym The .vj. Chapter 1 An exhortation to christian lyfe 11 and to beare him like affection as he doeth them Also to kepe them selues from pollution of idolatrie both in body and soule and to haue none acquayntaunce with the heathen 1 WE also as helpers exhorte you that ye receaue not the grace of God in vayne 2 For he saith I haue heard thee in a tyme accepted and in the day of saluation haue I suckoured thee Beholde nowe is that accepted tyme beholde nowe is that day of saluation 3 Let vs geue none occasion of euyll in any thyng that the ministerie be not blamed 4 But in all thynges let vs behaue our selues as y e ministers of God in much pacience in afflictions in necessities in anguisshes 5 In stripes in prisonmentes in strifes in labours 6 In watchynges in fastinges in purenesse in knowledge in long suffryng in kyndnesse in the holy ghost in loue vnfaigned 7 In the worde of trueth in the power of God by the armour of righteousnes of the ryght hande and on the lefte 8 By honour and dishonour by euyll report and good report as deceauers and yet true 9 As vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and beholde we lyue as chastened and not kylled 10 As sorowyng and yet alway merie as poore and yet make many riche as hauyng nothyng and yet possessyng all thynges ☜ 11 O ye Corinthians our mouth is open vnto you our heart is made large 12 Ye are in no strayte in vs but are in a straite in your owne bowels 13 I promise you lyke rewarde as vnto children Set your selues at large 14 ☞ And beare not ye a straunge yoke with the vnbeleuers For what felowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse Or what communion hath lyght with darkenesse 15 Or what concorde hath Christe with belyall Eyther what part hath he that beleueth with an infidell 16 Or howe agreeth the temple of God with images For ye are the temple of the lyuing God as saide God I wyll dwell in them walke in them wyll be their God they shal be my people 17 Wherfore come out frō among them and seperate your selues from them saith the Lorde and touche none vncleane thyng and I wyll receaue you 18 And wyll be a father vnto you and ye shal be my sonnes and daughters saith the Lorde almightie ⧠The .vij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them by the promise of God to kepe them selues pure 3.7 Assuryng them of his loue 8.13 and doeth not excuse his seueritie towarde them but reioyceth therof consideryng what profite came therby 10 Of two sortes of sorowe 1 SEyng that we haue these promises dearely beloued let vs
that we shoulde seeme approued but y t ye shoulde do that which is honest though we be as reprobates 8 For we can do nothyng agaynst the trueth but for the trueth 9 For we are glad when we are weake and ye are strong Truely this also we wishe euen your perfection 10 Therfore write I these thynges beyng absent lest when I am present I should vse sharpenesse accordyng to the power which the Lorde hath geuen me to edification and not to destruction 11 Finally brethren fare well be perfect be of good comfort be of one mynde lyue in peace and the God of loue and peace shal be with you 12 Greete one another in an holy kisse All the saintes salute you 13 The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ and the loue of God and the cōmunion of the holy ghost be with you all Amē ¶ The ende of the seconde Epistle to the Corinthians Sent from Philippos a citie in Macedonia by Titus and Lucas ⧠The Epistle of the Apostle Saint Paul to the Galathians ¶ The first Chapter ¶ 6 Paul rebuketh their inconstancie which suffred them selues to be seduced by the false apostles who preached that the obseruation of the ceremonies of the lawe were necessarie to saluation 8 and detesteth them that preache any otherwyse then Christe purely 13 He sheweth his owne conuersation magnifieth his office and Apostleshyp and declareth hym selfe to be equall with the chiefe Apostles 1 PAul an Apostle not of men neither by man but by Iesus Christe and by God the father which raysed hym vp from death 2 And all the brethren which are with me Vnto y e Churches of Galacia 3 Grace be with you and peace from God the father and from our Lorde Iesus Christe 4 Which gaue hym selfe for our sinnes to deliuer vs from this present euyll worlde accordyng to the wyll of God and our father 5 To whom be glory for euer and euer Amen 6 I maruayle that ye are so soone turned from him that had called you in the grace of Christe vnto another Gospell 7 Which is not another Gospel but that there be some which trouble you and intende to peruert the Gospel of Christ 8 Neuerthelesse though we or an Angel from heauen preache any other Gospel vnto you then that which we haue preached vnto you let hym be accursed 9 As we sayde before so say I nowe agayne yf any man preache any other Gospell vnto you then that ye haue receaued let hym be accursed 10 Do I nowe perswade men or God Other do I seke to please men For yf I shoulde yet please men I were not the seruaunt of Christe 11 ☞ I certifie you brethren that the Gospell which was preached of me was not after man 12 For I neither receaued it of man neither was I taught it but by the reuelation of Iesus Christe 13 For ye haue hearde of my conuersation in tyme past in the Iewes religion howe that beyonde measure I persecuted the Churche of God spoyled it 14 And profited in the Iewes religion aboue many of my companions in mine owne nation beyng a very feruent maynteyner of the traditions of my fathers 15 But when it pleased God which seperated me from my mothers wombe called me by his grace 16 To reueale his sonne by me that I shoulde by the Gospell preache hym among the Heathen immediatly I communed not with fleshe and blood 17 Neither returned to Hierusalem to them which were Apostles before me but went my wayes into Arabia and came agayne vnto Damascus 18 Then after three yeres I returned to Hierusalē to see Peter and abode with hym fyfteene dayes 19 But other of the Apostles sawe I none saue Iames the Lordes brother 20 The thynges therfore which I write vnto you beholde before God I lie not 21 Afterwarde I came into the coastes of Syria Cilicia and was vnknowen in face vnto the Churches of Iurie which were in Christe 22 But they had hearde only that he which persecuted vs in tyme past nowe preacheth the fayth which before he destroyed 23 And they glorified God in me ☜ ¶ The .ij. Chapter 1 Confirmyng his Apostleshyp to be of God 3 he sheweth why Titus was not circumcised 6 and that he is nothyng inferiour to other Apostles 11 Yea and that he hath reproued Peter the Apostle of the Iewes 16 After he commeth to the principal scope which is to proue that iustification only commeth of the grace of God by fayth in Iesus Christe and not by the workes of the lawe 1 THen fourteene yeres after I went vp agayne to Hierusalem with Barnabas and toke Titus with me 2 I went vp also by reuelation I declared vnto them the Gospel which I preache among the gentiles but priuately with them which were the chiefe lest by any meanes I shoulde runne or had runne in vayne 3 But neither Titus which was with me beyng a Greke was compelled to be circumcised 4 And that because of incommers being false brethren which came in priuily to spye out our libertie which we haue in Christe Iesu that they myght bryng vs into bondage 5 To whom no not for an houre we gaue place by subiection that the trueth of the Gospel might continue with you 6 Of them which seemed to be somewhat what they were in time passed it maketh no matter to me * God accepteth no mans person for they which seemed chiefe added nothyng to me 7 But contrary wyse when they sawe that the Gospell of the vncircumcision was committed vnto me as the Gospel of the circumcision was committed vnto Peter 8 For he that was myghtie in Peter to the Apostleshyp of the circumcision the same was myghtie in me towarde the gentiles 9 When they perceaued the grace that was geuen vnto me then Iames Cephas and Iohn which seemed to be pyllers gaue to me and Barnabas the ryght handes of felowshyppe that we shoulde be Apostles vnto the Heathen and they vnto the circumcision 10 Onely that we shoulde remember the poore Wherin also I was diligent to do the same 11 But whē Peter was come to Antioche I withstoode him to the face because he was to be blamed 12 For yer y t certaine came from Iames he dyd eate with the gentiles But whē they were come he withdrue and seperated himselfe fearing them which were of the circumcision 13 And the other Iewes dissembled lykewyse with hym insomuch that Barnabas also was brought into their simulation 14 But when I sawe that they went not the ryght way to the trueth of the Gospel I saide vnto Peter before them all If thou beyng a Iewe lyuest after the maner of the gentiles and not as do the Iewes Why causest thou the gentiles to lyue as do the Iewes 15 We which are Iewes by nature and not sinners of the gentiles 16 Knowe that a man is not iustified by the
thou knowest that all they which are in Asia be turned from me of whō are Phygellus Hermogenes 16 The Lorde geue mercie vnto y e house of Onesiphorus for he oft refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chayne 17 But whē he was in Rome he sought me out very diligently and founde me 18 The Lorde graunt vnto hym that he may fynde mercie with the Lorde in that day And in howe many thynges he ministred vnto me at Ephesus thou knowest very well The .ij. Chapter 2 He exhorteth hym to be constant in trouble to suffer manly to abyde fast in the wholsome doctrine of our Lorde Iesus Christe 11 shewyng hym the fidelitie of Gods counsell touchyng the saluation of his 19 and the marke therof 1 THou therfore my sonne be strong in the grace that is in Christe Iesus 2 And the thynges that thou haste hearde of me by many witnesses the same commit thou to faythfull men which shal be apt to teache other also 3 Thou therfore suffer afflictions as a good souldier of Iesus Christe 4 No man that warreth entangleth hym selfe with th affayres of this lyfe that he may please hym which hath chosen hym to be a souldier 5 And if a man also wrestle yet is he not crowned except he wrestle lawfullie 6 The labouryng husbandman must first be partaker of the fruites 7 Consider What I say and the Lorde geue thee vnderstandyng in all thinges 8 Remember that Iesus Christe of the seede of Dauid was raysed from the dead accordyng to my Gospell 9 Wherin I suffer trouble as an euyll doer euen vnto bondes But the worde of God is not bounde 10 Therfore I suffer all thynges for the electes sakes that they myght also obtaine the saluation which is in Christ Iesus with eternall glorie 11 It is a faythfull saying for yf we be dead with hym we shall also lyue with hym 12 If we be patient we shall also raigne with hym If we denie hym he also shall denie vs. 13 If we be vnfaythful he abideth faithfull he can not denie hym selfe 14 Of these thynges put them in remembraunce testifie before the Lorde that they striue not about wordes to no profite but to the peruertyng of y e hearers 15 Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God a workman not to be ashamed rightlie deuidyng the worde of trueth 16 But prophane voyces of vanitie passe ouer For they wyll encrease vnto greater vngodlynesse 17 And their worde shall fret as doth a cancker of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus 18 Which about the trueth haue erred saying that the resurrection is past alredie do ouerthrowe the fayth of some 19 But the strong foundation of God standeth styl hauyng this seale The Lorde knoweth thē that are his And let euery one that nameth the name of Christe depart from iniquitie 20 But in a great house are not onely vessels of golde and of siluer but also of wood and of earth some to honour and some vnto dishonour 21 If a man therfore pourge hym selfe from these he shal be a vessell vnto honour and meete for y e vses of the Lorde and prepared vnto euery good worke 22 Lustes of youth auoyde but folowe ryghteousnesse fayth loue peace with them that call on the Lorde out of a pure heart 23 But foolishe vnlearned questions put from thee knowyng that they do but gender strife 24 And the seruaunt of the Lorde must not striue but be gentle vnto all men apt to teache sufferyng euyll in mekenesse 25 Instructing thē which are contrarie mynded yf God at any tyme wyll geue them repentaunce to the knowledge of the trueth 26 And that they may come to thē selues agayne out of the snare of the deuyll which are holden captyue of hym at his wyll ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He prophecieth of the perilous tymes 2 setteth out hypocrites in their colours 12 sheweth the state of the Christians 14 and howe to auoyde daungers 16 Also what profite commeth of the scriptures 1 THis knowe also that in the last dayes perylous tymes shal be at hande 2 For men shal be louers of their owne selues couetous boasters proude blasphemers disobedient to fathers and mothers vnthankefull vngodlye 3 Without naturall affection trucebreakers false accusers riotous fierce despisers of them which are good 4 Traytours headdy hye mynded louers of pleasures more then louers of God 5 Hauyng a fourme of godlynesse but denying the power therof turne away from these 6 These are they which enter into houses leade captiue simple women laden with sinne caryed with diuers lustes 7 Euer learnyng and neuer able to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth 8 For as Iannes and Iambres withstoode Moyses so do these also resist the trueth Men of corrupt myndes reprobate concernyng the fayth 9 But they shall preuayle no longer For their madnesse shal be manifest vnto all men as also theirs was 10 But thou hast folowed my doctrine fashion of lyuyng purpose fayth long sufferyng loue patience 11 Persecutions afflictions which came vnto me at Antioche at Iconium at Lystra which persecutions I suffred patiently And from them all the Lord deliuered me 12 Yea and all that wyll lyue godly in Christe Iesus shall suffer persecution 13 But the euyll men and deceauers shall waxe worse and worse deceauyng and deceaued 14 But continue thou in the thynges which thou haste learned which also were committed vnto thee knowyng of whom thou hast learned them 15 And that from an infant thou hast knowen the scriptures which are able to make thee wyse vnto saluation thorowe fayth which is in Christe Iesus 16 All scripture is geuen by inspiration of God and is profitable to doctrine to reproue to correction to instruction which is in ryghteousnesse 17 That the man of God may be perfect instructed vnto all good workes ⧠The .iiij. Capter 2 He exhorteth Timotheus to be feruent in the worde and to suffer aduersitie 6 maketh mention of his owne death 9 and biddeth Timothe come vnto hym 1 I Testifie therefore before God the Lorde Iesus Christe which shall iudge the quicke and the dead at his appearyng and his kingdome 2 Preache the worde be instant in season out of season Improue rebuke exhort in all long sufferyng and doctrine 3 For the tyme wyll come when they shall not suffer wholsome doctrine but after their owne lustes shal they whose eares itche get thē an heape of teachers 4 And shall turne away their hearyng from the trueth and shal be turned vnto fables 5 But watche thou in all thynges suffer afflictions do the worke of an Euangelist fulfyll thy ministerie 6 For I am nowe redie to be offered the tyme of my dissolution is at hande 7 I haue fought a good fyght I haue fulfylled my course I haue kept y e faith 8 Hencefoorth there is layde vp for me a
of God If any man minister let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth vnto hym that God in all thinges may be glorified through Iesus Christe ☜ to whom be prayse and dominion for euer and euer Amen 12 Dearely beloued thinke it not straunge concerning the fierie triall which thing is to trye you as though some straunge thyng happened vnto you 13 But reioyce in as much as ye are partakers of Christes passions that when his glory appeareth ye maye be mery and glad 14 Yf ye be rayled vpon for the name of Christe happy are ye For the spirite of glory and of God resteth vpon you On their part he is euyll spoken of but on your part he is glorified 15 See that none of you be punished as a murtherer or as a thiefe or an euyll doer or as a busie body in other mens matters 16 Yf any man suffer as a Christian man let hym not be ashamed but let him glorifie God on this behalfe 17 For the tyme is come that iudgement must begin at the house of God Yf it first begin at vs what shall the ende be of them whiche beleue not the Gospell of God 18 And if the ryghteous scacely be saued where shall the vngodly and the sinner appeare 19 Wherefore let them that are troubled accordyng to the wyll of God commit their soules to him with well doyng as vnto a faythfull creatour ¶ The .v. Chapter 2 The duetie of pastours is to feede the flocke of Christe and what rewarde they shall haue yf they be diligent 5 He exhorteth young persons to submit them selues to the elders 8 to be sober and to watche that they may resist the enemie 1 THe elders which are among you I exhort whiche am also an elder a wytnesse of the afflictions of Christe and also a partaker of H. L. the glory that shal be opened 2 Feede you God his flocke whiche is committed vnto you takyng the ouersight of them not as compelled therto but wyllyngly not for the desyre of fylthy lucre but of a good mynde 3 Not as though ye were Lordes ouer God his heritage but that ye be an ensample to the flocke 4 And when the chiefe shephearde shall appeare ye shall receaue an incorruptible crowne of glory 5 Likewise ye younger submit your selues vnto the elder Submit your selues euery man one to another decke your selues inwardly in lowlynes of mynde For God resisteth the proude and geueth grace to the humble 6 ☞ Submit your selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God that he may exalt you when the tyme is come 7 Cast all your care vpon hym for he careth for you 8 Be sober watche for your aduersarie the deuyll as a roaryng Lion walketh about seking whō he may deuour 9 * Whom resist stedfast in the fayth knowyng that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the worlde 10 But the God of all grace whiche hath called vs vnto his eternall glory by Christe Iesus shal his owne selfe after that ye haue suffered a litle affliction make you perfite setle strength and stablyshe you 11 To hym be glory and dominion for euer and euer Amen ☜ 12 By Syluanus a faythfull brother vnto you as I suppose haue I wrytten briefly exhortyng and testifiyng howe that this is the true grace of God wherin ye stande 13 The Churche that is at Babylon elected together with you saluteth you and so doeth Marcus my sonne 14 Greete ye one another with the kysse of loue Peace be with you all which are in Christe Iesus Amen ⧠The seconde epistle of Saint Peter The first Chapter 4 Forasmuch as the power of God hath geuen them all thynges parteyning vnto lyfe he exhorteth them to flee the corruptiō of worldly lustes 10 to make their callyng sure with good workes and fruites of fayth 14 He maketh mention of his owne death 17 declaryng the Lorde Iesus to be the true sonne of God as he him selfe had seene vp-vpon the mount 1 SImon Peter a seruaunt and an Apostle of Iesus Christe to them which haue obteined lyke precious faith with vs thorowe the ryghteousnes of our god and sauiour Iesus Christe 2 Grace and peace be multiplied vnto you through the knowledge of God and of Iesus our Lorde 3 Accordyng as his godly power hath geuen vnto vs all thynges that parteine vnto lyfe and godlynesse through the knowledge of hym that hath called vs vnto glorie and vertue 4 By the which are geuen vnto vs excellent and most great promises that by the meanes thereof ye might be partakers of the godly nature yf ye flee the corruption of worldly lust 5 And herevnto geue all diligence in your fayth minister vertue in vertue knowledge 6 In knowledge temperaunce in temperaunce pacience in pacience godlynesse 7 In godlynesse brotherly kyndnesse in brotherly kyndnesse loue 8 For yf these thynges be among you and be plenteous they wyll make you that ye neither shal be idle nor vnfruitefull in the knowledge of our Lorde Iesus Christe 9 But he that lacketh these thynges is blynde and can not see farre of hath forgotten that he was purged from his olde sinnes 10 Wherfore brethren geue the more diligence for to make your callyng and election sure For yf ye do such thynges ye shall neuer fall 11 Yea and by this meanes an entryng in shal be ministred vnto you aboūdantlye into the euerlastyng kyngdome of our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe 12 Wherfore I wyll not be negligent to put you alwayes in remembraunce of suche thynges though ye knowe them your selues and be stablysshed in the present trueth 13 Notwithstandyng I thynke it meete as long as I am in this tabernacle to stirre you vp by puttyng you in remembraunce 14 Forasmuch as I am sure that shortly I must put of this my tabernacle euen as our Lorde Iesus Christe shewed me 15 I wyll euer also geue my diligence y t ye may haue wherwith to stirre vp the remembraunce of these thynges after my departyng 16 ☞ For we haue not folowed deceitfull fables when we opened vnto you the power and commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe but with our eyes we sawe his maiestie 17 Euen then veryly when he receaued of God the father honour and glorie when there came suche a voyce to hym from the excellent glorie This is my deare beloued sonne in whom I delyte 18 This voyce we heard come from heauen when we were with him in the holye mount 19 We haue also a ryght sure worde of prophesie wherevnto yf ye take heede as vnto a lyght that shyneth in a darke place ye do well vntyll the day dawne and the day starre arise in your heartes 20 So that ye first knowe this that no prophesie in the scripture is of any priuate motion 21 For the prophesie came not in olde time by
thou sawest vpon the beast are they that shall hate the whore and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eate her fleshe and burne her with fire 17 For God hath put in their heartes to fulfyll his wyll and to do with one consent for to geue their kyngdome vnto the beast vntyll the wordes of God be fulfylled 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great citie which raigneth ouer the kynges of the earth ⧠The .xviij. Chapter â— The louers of the worlde are sory for the fall of the whore of Babylon 4 An admonition to the people of God to flee out of her dominioÌ„ 20 But they that be of God haue cause to reioyce for her destruction 1 AND after that I sawe another angell come from heauen â–ª hauyng great power and the earth was lyghtened with his glorie 2 And â—e tryed myghtyly with a strong voyce saying Great Babylon is fallenâ—s fallen and is become the habitation of deuyls and the holde of all foule spirites and a cage of â—ll vncleane and hatefull byrdes 3 For all nations haue dronken of the wine of the wrath of her fornication the kinges of the earth haue committed fornication with her the marchauntes of the earth are waxed riche of the aboundaunce of her pleasures 4 And I hearde another voyce from heauen say Come awaye from her my people that ye be not partakers of her sinnes and that ye receaue not of her plagues 5 For her sinnes are gone vp to heauen and God hath remembred her wickednesse 6 Rewarde her euen as she rewarded you and geue her double accordyng to her workes and powre in double to her in the same cuppe which she fylled vnto you 7 And as much as she glorified her selfe lyued wantonly so much powre ye in for her of punishement sorowe for she said in her heart I sit being a queene and am no wydowe and shall see no sorowe 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day death and sorowe and hunger and she shal be brent with fire for strong is the Lorde whiche shall iudge her 9 And they shal bewayl her the kinges of the earth shall lament for her which haue committed fornication with her haue lyued wantonly with her when they shal see the smoke of her burnyng 10 And shall stande a farre of for feare of her punishment saying Alas alas that great citie Babylon that myghtie citie for at one houre is thy iudgement come 11 And the marchauntes of the earth shall wepe and wayle ouer her for no man wyll bye their ware any more 12 The ware of golde and siluer and precious stones neither of pearle raynes and purple and sylke and skarlet and all thinne wood and all maner vessels of yuorie and all maner vessels of most precious wood and of brasse and yron and marble 13 And synamon and odours and oyntmentes and frankensence and wine and oyle and fine floure and wheate beastes and sheepe and horses charrets and bodies and soules of men 14 And the apples that thy soule lusted after are departed from thee and all thynges which were daintie and had in price are departed from thee and thou shalt fynde them no more 15 The marchauntes of these thynges whiche were waxed ryche shall stande a farre of froÌ„ her for feare of the punishment of her wepyng and waylyng 16 And saying Alas alas that great citie that was clothed in raynes and purple and skarlet and decked with golde and precious stones and pearles 17 For at one houre so great ryches is come to naught And euery shippe gouernour all they that occupie shippes and shippemen which worke in the sea stoode a farre of 18 And cryed when they sawe the smoke of her burnyng saying what citie is lyke vnto this great citie 19 And they cast dust on their heades cryed wepyng waylyng and saying Alas alas that great citie wherein were made riche all that had shippes in the sea by reason of her costlynesse for at one houre is she made desolate 20 Reioyce ouer her thou heauen and ye holy apostles and prophetes for God hath geuen your iudgement on her 21 And a myghtie angell toke vp a stone lyke a great mylstone and cast it into the sea saying With suche violence shall that great citie Babylon be cast shal be founde no more 22 And the voyce of harpers and musitions of pypers and trumpetters shall be heard no more in thee and no craftes man of whatsoeuer craft he be shall be founde any more in thee and the sounde of a myll shall be heard no more in thee 23 And the lyght of a candle shall shyne no more in thee and the voyce of the brydegrome and of the bryde shall be hearde no more in thee for thy marchaunts were the great men of y e earth and with thyne inchauntment were deceaued all nations 24 And in her was founde the blood of the prophetes and of the saintes and of all that were slayne vpon the earth ¶ The .xix. Chapter 1 Prayses are geuen vnto God for iudgyng the whore and for auengyng the blood of his seruauntes 10 The angell wyll not be worshipped 17 The fowles byrdes are called to the slaughter 1 ANd after that I heard a great voyce of much people in heauen saying Alleluia Saluation and glory and honour and power be ascribed to the Lorde our God 2 For true and ryghteous are his iudgementes for he hath iudged the great whore which dyd corrupt y e earth with her fornication and hath auenged the blood of his seruauntes of her hande 3 And agayne they sayde Alleluia and her smoke rose vp for euermore 4 And the xxiiij elders the foure beastes fell downe worshipped God that sate on the throne saying Amen Alleluia 5 And a voyce came out of the throne saying Praise our Lord God all ye that are his seruauntes ye that feare hym both small and great 6 And I hearde the voyce of much people euen as the voyce of many waters and as the voyce of strong thundringes saying Alleluia for the Lorde our God omnipotent raigneth 7 Let vs be glad reioyce geue honor to hym for the mariage of the lambe is come his wyfe made her selfe redy 8 And to her was graunted that she should be arayed with pure and goodly raynes For the raynes is the ryghteousnes of saintes 9 And he sayde vnto me write Happy are they which are called vnto the supper of the lambes mariage And he said vnto me These are the true sayinges of God 10 And I fell at his feete to worship him And he saide vnto me See thou do it not for I am thy felowe seruaunt and of thy brethren euen of them that haue the testimonie of Iesus Worship God For the testimonie of Iesus is the spirite of prophesie 11 And I sawe heauen open beholde a white horse and he that
Sapi. i. Psal lxviii Iohn xx Hber v. i. Cor. x. Math. xxii Colo. iii. Psal cxix Deut. xvi Iohannes Sarisberi In policratico lib 8. cap. 19. VV. de regibus Galfride mon. Tho. aruÌ„del in concilio apud oxon an 1407. articlo 7. i. Pet. i. Act. xvii i. Pet. i. Ang. contra epistolam permemini Hieronimus Tertullian de doctrina christiana Chrisost in Mat Ho. 49 Basilius Hieronimus i. Pet. i. i Peter â— Psal xi Concilium braccar secundum Inter leges Edwardi Ex archiuis de statu landauensis ecclie in vita archiepiscopi dubritii in I. capgrauâ— Rom. xv And yet may it be true that W. of Malsberie writeth that Phaganus and Deruuianus were sent after as Coadiutours with these learned men to the preaching of the Gospell whiche was neuer extinguished in Britanie froÌ„ Ioseph of Aramathia his time as to S. Austen the first byshop of Canter â–ª they do openly auouche Eccle. xi Sapiâ—x De doctri christia Hosius in confessionâ— catholicae fidi de SacroÌ„ penitentiae Idem Hosius de Spe. oratione De doctr christi lib. 2. cap. 5. Articulo 17. coÌ„tra Luth. Psal cxix Sapi. ix Psal cxix a Math. iiii a. Luk xii g. S. Chrisostome The conclusion The kynges highnesse hath alowed the scripture as necessarie for vs. There is nothyng but it may be abused Rom. viii Psal 50. * Abraham was taken from â—ur in Chaldeâ— the place of his birth â–ª the â—0 yere of his age and came to dwell in Charran where his father dyed then beyng .75 yeres came to the lande of Chanaan Genes 12. Fiue and twentie yeres after he begat Isaac Gene. 21. So he that reckeneth the yeres of the peregrination of Abraham and his successoures till the deliueraunce of Egypt beginning at that time that he departed out of his countrey he shall finde 430. yeres mentioned Exod. 24. but beginning their reckening at the birth of Isaac they shall finde onely 400. yeres And thus ought Gene. 15. and Act. 7. treating theron to be vnderstanded * The yeres that the people were gouerned by those that the scriptures called Iudges including from Iosua to Samuel excepting the time of the oppression vnder the Ammonites amounteth to .357 yeres Now it is sayd Act. 13. that this time amounteth to about .450 yeres Where is to be noted that this place hath ben corrupted and in steede of three hundreth they haue set foure hundreth whiche reading of .300 agreeth very well with that whiche is contayned in the scriptures touching the sayde yeres “ Or Ahaziahu * Amasias raigned 29. yeres the 15. yere of the sayde Ieroboam and began to raigne ouer Israel in Samaria 4. Re. 14. So the 29. yeres of the raigne of Amasias finished the 15. yere of the sayd Ieroboam now it is manifest that Azarias the sonne of Amazias began to raigne but the .27 yere of the sayde Ieroboam 4. Reg. 15. then it foloweth that betweene the ende of the raigne of Amasias and the beginning of Azarias there falleth out eleuen yeres that are left out * There is difference betweene authors touching the beginning of the 70. wekes of Daniel some begin the sayde weekes from the first yere of Cyrus other from the tenth yere of Darius Longimanus and some other from the sixte yere of the same but it is likelyest that it shoulde be the 20. yere because that that whiche is written Daniel 9. hath relation to Nehemias the seconde a That is in the begynnyng b That is generation or creation Psal 33. a. Psal 136. a. Eccle. 18. a. Act. xiiii c. Act. xvii d. (a) The depe the waters â— the heauen signifie that â—ude body that was afterwarde garâ—ished with â—yghtes (b) The holy ghost dyd preâ—erue that confused body “ Hebre. One day “ Hebre. And the euenyng was and the mornyng was the first daye The .2 day “ Hebre. A stretchyng out or setting abroad Ierem. x. c. (c) All that rowme wherin the aier the sunne moone and starres be is so named Psal cxlviii (d) It is the power of god that holdeth vp y e cloudes Psal 33 b. The .3 day (e) That is all the waters which were in the lowest partes of the aâ—er (f) The goodnes of God in prouidyng for maâ— beast before they were made (g) Fruitfulnesse in trees and hearbes was before sun or moone was made Psal 136. b. Deut. iiii b. The .4 day (h) These lyghtes were not made to serue Astronomers phantasies but for signes in natural thinges and tokens of gods mercie or wrath (i) The true vse of the heauenly bodyes is oft repeated lest men shoulde abuse them Iere. xxxi d The .5 day (k) God gaue them vertue to â—ructifie and bryng foorth the lyke The .6 day (l) One God and three persons Coloss iii. b. (m) Man is created lyke vnto God in perfecte nature which by sinne he afterwarde corrupted (n) We ought to labour to repayre this image so oft repeated VVisd ii d. Eccle 17. a. Math. xix a (o) Lawfull procreation is the blessyng of God Gen. viii c. (p) Gods prouision for mans foode may teache vs sobrietie in all our diet Gen. ix a. Exod. iii. c. “ Hebre. Hath a lyuyng soule Eccle. 39. c. Mark 7. d. (a) No more newe creatioÌ„s of creatures are to be loked for yet God styll continuallye gouerneth and preserueth all thynges Ioh. xvii Exod. xx b. Hebre. iiii a (b) The seuenth daye consecrated to the seruice of God for man in his perfect state This base â—gâ—unâ—â—g â—n shoulde â—ember â— he waxed â—ude of 〈◊〉 image 〈◊〉 God By the â—guler counâ— of God â—s part of 〈◊〉 earth eastâ—arde from â—erusalem â—as more â—tfull and â—asaunt Or Paâ—dise of pleaâ—e Where â—den was â—saias 37. â—zech 27. In such â—ruelous aâ—undaunce â— prouision â—nâ— lust was excusable â—at could not â—ntayne froÌ„â—e fruite Which did â—eserue the â—dyly lyfe The â—ne agreeth â—th the surâ—sse that foâ—wed â—ccle 24. d. The â—â—maelites â—elt in this â—â—de Gen. 25 (i) Thus contayneth also the regions of the Madâ—anâ—tes and Arabians “ Or Tigris (k) God lyketh neither idlenesse nor negligence (l) Thus man for all his great gyftes shoulde learne obedience to God (m) By death is signified all the miseries wherin Adam wrapped him selfe by his fall from God (n) What the husband ought to thynke of his wyfe and what the wife oweth to her husbande Heb. As before hym (o) Man shewed himselfe Lorde of all beastes by geuyng them names “ Hebre. buylded (p) The first institution of matrimonie by God So all lawefull mariages are made by God i. Cor. xi b. i. Cor. xi b. (q) The Hebrue wordes are isch and ischa which properly can not be translated Mat. xix a. Mark x. a i Cor v. â— Ephes v. c. (r) The shame of nakednes is a token of our nature corrupted VVisd ii d. (a) The deuyl first wold make Heua doubt of gods good wyll towarde her (b) Heua rehearseth not gods
of sixteene barlye cornes 〈◊〉 xxx b 〈◊〉 27 d. 〈…〉 d. ☞ ☞ Leuit. xiii g (a) There were three sortes of tentes among the Hebrues The tent of the Lord that is the tabernacle the tent of y e Leuites and the tent of Israel The lepers were excluded from them all the impure by an issue from the two first the defiled by the dead only from the tabernacle of the congregation (b) That is if he to whom the trespasse hath ben done be dead no kinsman remayneth to whom it may be repayed the sayde forfayte c. (c) Epha conteyneth three bushels The tenth deale of an Epha conteyneth onlye so muche as fourtie egge shelles can comprise An Hin is a measure of thinges liquid conteining as much as xii logges eche logge holdeth as much as 6. egshels can holde But Omer or Gomer which is also called Corus in Latine conteineth the measure of three Ephaes that is as much as a thousande two hundred and fourescore and ten egge-shelles can conteine ☜ ☞ (a) The Lorde hath left free this vowe to the discretion wyll of persons without limitting any certayne tyme for the obseruation of it They who kepe this vowe were as the light of godlinesse and holinesse among other and holden for the most excellent in honour and vertue and therof haue they taken y e name of Nazarees For the Hebrue worde Nazir wherof the worde of Nazarees coÌ„meth signifieth seperate Act. xviii d. ☜ ☞ Exod. xl b. Num. iiii b. ☜ ☞ Exo. xxv d. Exod. xii â–ª â— Luk. ii d. Nu. xxiiii c. ☜ ☞ Exod. xii a. Leu. xxiii a Num 28. c. Deut. vi a. Exod. xii g. Ioh. xix f. Exod xl c. 3 Reg â— b. ☜ ☞ Psal lxviii a ☜ Exod. xvi a Exod. xvi g (a) Some calleth it a white precious stone some a whyte pearle Ezec. viii d. Exod. xvi c. Exod. xii f. Esai l. â— and .lix a Luk. ix g. Ioel ii g. i. Cor. xiiii a Exod. xvâ— Pâ— Num 33. â— â–ª Deut. 24. b. Eccle â—lv a. Exo. xxix g Psal xcix b Exo. xxix g Exod. 33. b. ii Par. 26. d. (a) If her father vpon displeasure shuld spit in her face she may not presume to come into his presence by the space of seueÌ„ dayes howe muche more shall she not presume to come vnto me Nu. xxiii d. ☞ ☜ (a) Lamentyng the people and praying for them Deut. xx a. (b) We shall easyly ouercome them â— xxxâ— Iosue xiii b Ezech. iiii b i. Cor. x. d. Deut. i. f. () They confesse they sinned by rebelling against God but consider not they offende in goyng vp without Gods commaundement ☞ Leuit 23 d. Leuit. ii a. and .vi. b. Deut. viii e. Leu. xxiii b (a) The Hebrewe by 〈◊〉 hygh hande that is boldly arrogantly and contemptuously (b) That is he shall suffeâ— for his iniquitie Exo. xxi â— Leui 24. d. (c) Seing it was not decreed what death he should dye Deuâ— xxâ— â— â—cle xlv â— (a Who is the hygh priest that he may cause hym to come vnto him Nuâ— â–ª â—ii b. Num xvii a a That is yf the Lorde do a thyng not seeâ—e before Deut xi a. Num. 26 b. Psal xxi c. b Thâ—t 〈◊〉 destroyed theÌ„ selues by their owne sâ—nnes beyng the causers of their owne deathes (c) To be a remembraunce vnto the children of Israel of Gods mightie hande agaynst rebellion â–ª Hebr. ix a. ☞ Num. iiii b. Leuit. vi d. (a) That is the chiefest the best Leuit. vii d. () That is sure stable incorruptible Deut. 18. a. Eccle. 43 g. ☜ ☞ Hebr. xiii c. Leuit. iiii c. Num. iii. b. Num. xxi c. Eccle. 24. d. Agge ii c. Psal li. b. ☜ Num 23 d. Exo. xvii a. Exod xvii Psal 78. b. Iud. xi c. Num. â— Deut. x. b. Nu. xxiii d. Iud i. d. Deut. ii â— Iud i. d. Deut. ii â— Num. xi a. i. Cor. x a. Sapi. xvi a. Exo. viii b. 3. Reg. 13. b. Act. viii d. Iohn iii. b. 4 Reg. 18 a. Num. 33. e. Num. xx â— Deut. ii c. Deut. 29. b Deut. i. a. Iosue 4. a. Deut. ii d. Deut. iii. a. and xxix b Iosue 24. b. “ Hebr with lyckyng to escape away Deut. 23. ii Pet. ii c. (a) Not farre from me euen harde by me Nu. xxiii c. (b) He went more to hurt and damage the chyldren of Israel and for his hyer lucer sake theÌ„ for any affection he had to obay God as aâ—â—er 3â— â—earse Nu. xxâ—ii c Nu xxii a. (a) That is the multitude of the chyldreÌ„ of Israel Nu. xxii g. i. Cor. i. b. and .x. c. Num. 24. b. (b) As it is spoken at this time what wonderous workes y e Lord hath done for Israel so shall it be in time to come (c) Vntill he hath taken the spoyle fro his enemies and ouercome the. Num. 24. d (a) He meaneth not the corporall eye but the eye of the minde (b) They shal be very fruitfull as trees gardens that be watered (c) All y e Romane Emperours toke their names of Ceasar as the most noblest Emperour so the kinges of y e Amalakites toke their names of Agag as the most valiaunt and renowmed prince Gen. xlix â— (d) A token of anger Nu. xxii d. c Heare he doth prophesie of Christe Maâ— iâ—ii c. â— Reg. viii a Maâ— iâ—ii c. â— Reg. viii a â— Reg. xv d Exo. xvii d. i. Reg. xv a. Exo. xxiii c (a) A filthy idoll of the Madianites The Hebrue worde Paar doth signifie to open and vncouer And Baal is a coÌ„mon name vnto euery idoll (b) Openly (c) Such as be vnder his charge i. Mac. ii c. i. Cor. x. a. Eccle. xlv f. i. Macha ii f. Mala. ii a. Num. 31. a. ☞ Num. i. â–ª a. Gen. xlvi b i. Par. v. a. Num. xvi a Num. xvi c Gen 38. a. 〈◊〉 xvii â–ª a. Ioâ— xvii a. Num. 33 g. Iosu xi d. Exod. vi d. Num. iii. a. Num. ◠☜ Nu. xxvi d. and .36 a. Iosu xvi a. (a As all men dye for that they are sinners some reade died for his sinne and expounde it thus not for any particuler sinne that he had done but for that generall sinne that the people of the Iewes had coÌ„mitted in murmuring against Moyses for whiche they entred not into the lande of promise (b Brethren are here taken for kinsmen c That is their matter to be iudged to know what he shoulde determine as he did al wayghâ—â— matters Deut. iii. d. and .34 a. “ Hebr. And thou shalt see it (c) Thou shalt dye as other haue before thee (d) You did not exalt magnifie my power and omnipotencie before the chyldren of Israel when they desired water To rule and gouerne them to leade them foorth to battayle and to bryng them wicke d Of thy aucthoritie or thy dignitie that the people may haue hym in the greater reuerence and yeelde them selues more to his obedience e That is of the priestes
that they should lose the victorie “ Heb. blesse him (h) Who willed thee to obey him and reâ— vpon his worde (i) That is Dauid (k) And went to his citie Ramah (l) To declare that the victorie came only of God (a) This facte of Ionathan is singuler and done in faith by the instinction of Gods spirite and therfore not to be folowed by the discipline of warre (b) For the priesthod was not yet taken away from y e house of Eli but continued vntill the time of Zadok Or None can let the 〈◊〉 (c) This he learned neyther at diuiners nor soothsayers â–ª but at the spirite of God conferming his fayth by signes prescribed by the same spirite (d) That they spake contemtuously and by derision (e) Because of the steepnes of the rocke where they did clime vp (f) It is an hyperbolicall speache wherby is signified that the feare which God sent vpon the hoaste of the 〈…〉 â–ª (g) By whiche is meant the Ephod which was set vp with the arke which y e priest should put on to aske counsel and to tell of thinges to come Num. 27 d. (h) Let the Ephod alone for I haue no leysure nowe to aske councell of God Iud. vii f. (i) Such was his hypocrisie and arrogancie that he thought to attribute to his pollicie that whiche God had geuen by the hande of Ionathan (k) That is the curse appoynted of Saul and the punyshment for breakyng the oth (l) Whiche afore were dym for â—ecrynes and hunger “ Or weery (m) By making this cruel lawe (n) That the blood of the beastes that shal be slayne may be pressed out vpon it Or of that stone he began to buylde an aulter (o) To aske councell of hym “ Hebr. corner (p) That is cause the loe to fall on hym that hath broken the oth (q) For so smal a matter not considring what great saluation God hath wrought by me this day (r) As the Lord had coÌ„maunded Deut. 25. d. (s) Called also Abinadab Chap. 31. a. (t) Whiche was the wyfe of Dauid i. Reg ix a. (v) As Samuel had forewarned Chapt. 8. c. i. Reg. ix c. (a) Because he hath preferred thee to this honour thou art bound to obey hym Exo. xvii d. Nu. xxiiii d b) That this myght be an example of Gods vengeaunce against them that deale cruelly with his people i. Reg. ix c. “ Or fought in the valley (c) Whiche were the posteritie of Iethro Moses father in lawe (d) He reioysed for the prosperous successe of Israel and gaue them good counsel Exo. xviii c. Nu. xxiiii b (e) Agaynst the commauÌ„dement of god by Samuel Gene. vi c. (f) There to offer vp sacrifice for the victorie gotten (g) This is the maner of hypocrites â— when they folowe their owne deuises to say they haue fulfilled gods commaundemeÌ„ts (h) Acknowleging thy selfe to be of the leaste tribe of Israel and of the leaste familie of the tribe of Beniamin (i) God hateth nothing more then tâ— disobedience of his commaundement though them tent sâ—me neuer so good to man Exod. xxii â— (k) This was not true repentaunce but dissimulation fearing the losse of his kingdomâ— (l) That is to Dauid (m) Meaning God who maintaineth and defendeth his (n) Other because he had good hope of continuance of lyfe or for that he was mortified and redy to die i. Reg. vii d. (o) Though Saul came where Samuel was Chap. xx â— (a) Gods wil ought to be a sufficient cause of comfort vnto vs in all afflictions â—cknowledging that he doth all thinges for the best (b) A weake fraile 〈◊〉 was vsed in the annointing of Saul but noâ— an borne whereby may be signified the strength and continâ—aunce of the kingdome of Dauid (c) That is to make a peace offering which might be done though the arke was not there d Here is fulfilled the prophesie of Iacob for the 〈…〉 to begin the 〈◊〉 of Iâ—h 〈◊〉 c. b. Fearâ—ng but some greeâ—s crime had ben to comâ—tted and 〈◊〉 â—ye â—she the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 xi d. (f) Thinking that Eliab had ben appoynted of God to be made king (g) The shephard of the sheepe is takeÌ„ to be made shephard of Israel Gene 39 b. (k) For he came at his fathers commaundemeÌ„t and was also moued by Gods spirit to take that enterprise against Goliah (l) Dauid about to performe y e work of God and motion of his spirit is temted by the ministers of Sathan the enuye of his brother and the infidelitie of Saul Iud xiiii b. (m) For by these examples he saw that the power of God was with him (n) As the weapon that he coulde best handle (o) So that he was terrible not onely by stature strength and armour But also by rayling cursing and threatening wordes (p) His faith is so constant that neither friend nor for is able to make him doubt of the victory that Gods spirite had assured him of Eccle. xvii a Iud. vii f. Or house at BethleheÌ„ 1 Re. xiiii g (q) This he â—eth eyther for that he would nowe know further of his kinne theÌ„ he did before â–ª Or for that he had forgot him (a) His affection was fully â—ent toward him (b) That is he prospered in all his doinges (c) To witte Goliath (d) In their songes (e) Dauid receiueth for his vertues and good quaâ— of Ioâ—than loue freâ—ndship of Saul hatred and disrâ—re there be in the 〈◊〉 â—o◠〈◊〉 then Ionathans (f) By abuse of the worde they are some tyme sayde to prophecie which as mad men speake thinges that haue neyther sense nor reason in them (g) Not for his prefermeÌ„t whiche he â—nâ—ed but vpon hope of that destruction that warre is wont to bring to many (h) Diâ— atching his â—nsines wisely both in warre and peace (i) To whom she bâ—re seuen sonnes which Dauid put to death at the reâ—uest of the Gebionites 1. Samu. 11. (k) Meaning that he was not able to endow his wyfe with riches acâ—ordyngly (l) Because he thought hym selfe able to compasse the kynges request m) Meaning Dauid his souldyers ii Reg iii. c. (n) Least he would depriue him of his kingdome (a) He layeth aâ—de hypocrisâ—e nowe bursteth out to open crueltie Reg. 18 a. “ An Hebrue phrase whereby is meant he put his lyfe in daunger (b) Beyng perswaded pacified for the tyme by Ionathans oration (c) That is he serued hym Iosu ii c. Act ix d. e Herein doyng the dutie of a faythfull wyfe toward her husband (f) It was a scoole where gods law was studied and taught neare to Rama (g) For he was their teacher and ruler of that scoole (h They song psalmes with the prophetes and praysed God leauing of to seke after Dauid (i) That Dauid might the better by that meanes escape his handes “ Heb. Reueale it in myne eare a That is I am in great daunger of death “ Heb. sayth (b) And therfore a solemne feast and solemne sacrifices belonging therto Num. 28. b. (c) Because it consisted in all godly and honest matters and for that it was confirmed of both parties by an oth in the name of the Lorde d
That he were fully determined to kill thee (e) That â— the Lord punishe me most greuously “ Or Mencioned “ Hebr. Of the way because it serued as a signe to shewe the way e Vsing me as his instrument to geue â—ee warning to wake away f Yet he might haue some busines to let him (g) He calleth him the sonne of Isai by contempt and disdayne (h Thou folowest the maner of thy mother whiche neuer 〈◊〉 me An Hebrue phrase in meaning he shall surely die (k) For this was the thyrd day as it was agreed vpon (l) By these wordes spokeÌ„ to the boy he admonisheth Dauid what he shall do (m) That is his bowe and his arowes (n) In weeping a Where the arke then was to aske 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 (a) Which was a citie in the tribe of Iuda Iosu 15. f. (b) That is in the middest of Iuda muche more when we come to the borders agaynst our enemies (c So that Saul was nowe destitute of the vse of priesthod and the Ephod â–ª God by his prouidence transferring both to Dauid (d) To consult with the lorde by Vrim and Thuruim (e) To and fro as hauing no certayne place to go to (f) No power nor pollicy can preuayle against gods children but when he appoynteth the time (g) Wâ—led him to be of good corage and bold for God was on his side “ Or Of the wildernesse b That is â—e place where he â—teth In your countrey of Ziph. (k) Which was also in the tribe of Iuda Iosu 15. (l) That is the stone of diuision because there they deuided them selues (a) A citie in the tribe of Iuda Iâ— 15. “ Hebr. Of the wilde goates “ Hebr. To couer his feete “ Hebr. in the sydes He consiâ—th Gods â—nce 〈◊〉 whoer resiâ— geteth to 〈◊〉 â—elf conâ—tion 〈…〉 â— (n) As a man that had no reason to consider the daunger “ Or reuenged (o) An Ebrue phrase whereby is meant folowed her ii Reg. iii. c. (p) Which was a place bordering on the countrey of the Moâ—â—tes “ Or in Gibea “ Or the wildernesse (a) That is of the most skilfull and valiant souldiers Or bolster (b) Meaning he wold make hym so sure at one stroke that he shulde not neede to stryke hym agayne “ Heb. The sleepe of the Lorde was fallen vpon hym “ Heb. aunswerest thou not (c) Valiaunt and one that the kyng doth trust â— Reg. xx f. “ Hebr. sonnes of death i. Reg. 24. d. (d) That is let the worke that thou hast in hande be accepted before y e Lorde (e) That haue stirred thee vp against me (f) By their deedes although not in plaine words (g) Because thou fauoredst my lyfe this day (a) That is let thyne officers appoynt me a place (b) Dauid which among his frendes could haue no sure abydyng by the prouidence of God â–ª among his enemies fyndeth proteâ—tion a 〈◊〉 to dwell (c) Which were a familie of the tribe of Iuda 1. Chron. 2. b. (d) Which were the famelie of Iethro Moyses father in law (a) According to Gods commaundement Exod. xxii â— â–ª Or an excelâ—ent person (b) To his imagination 〈◊〉 it was Sathan in deede (c) Saul disobeyed â–ª â—nd regarded not his doctrine while he was 〈◊〉 But now he would 〈◊〉 of him 〈◊〉 dâ—d â–ª 〈◊〉 to â—ds word (d That is to Dauid Or ministery (e) That is you shall be dead (f) And yet had no grace to repent and turne to the Lorde 1. Reg. xiii a. (g) That is I haue put my lyfe in daunger “ By the fountaine “ Or captaynes (a) According to their bands or ensignes (b) Would not Saul receaue him to fauour if he could betraye vs. (c) That is waste conuersaunte with me “ Ebre thou art not good in the eyes of the princes (d) A phrase in meaning thou pleaseth me (e) With them that fled vnto thee from Saul â–ª (a) That is destroyed the citie (b) In their 〈◊〉 voyde of 〈◊〉 and due â—eration i. Re. xxiii b (c) When there is no â—ce left for hope and in mans reason God hath in store meanes of deâ—uâ—rauÌ„ce for such as trust in him Pro. xx b. c. (d) Vpon an oth â–ª he is content to commit his lyfe to his handes such was the reuerence of an oth among the heathen (e) They 〈…〉 perill nor consider nor the destruction that â—eth ouer their head this is the maner of the â—ed (f) Which the Amalekites had taken of others and Dauid from them beside the goodes of Ziklag (g) He rewardeth them with giftes with whom he had ben succoured in the tyme of his persecution “ Or slaine “ Or hit him Iud. ix g. (a) Neare to Gilboa (b) That is the tribes of Ruben and Gad halfe the tribe of Manasse i. Para. x. c. (c) In token of victory and tryumph (d) Ascribing vnto their idolles that which was the worke of God vsing them as a scourge to punishe his people (e) Whom he had deliuered from their enemies Cha. xi c. Iere 34. a. (f) According to the cuâ— of mourners (a) As one in â—owe lamenting as he woulde seme the ouerthrow of the people of Israel (b) As I fâ—ed in the chase “ Or â–ª Captayns (c) He was â—n Amalekite borne but renounced his countrey and ioyned with the Israelites Or Came vpon him 2. Reg 3. f. (d) By sheading of blood thou hast deserued that thy blood be shedde (e) That they might be able the defend them selues from their enemies “ Or Iasher (f) Meaning Saul (g) Let their fertile fieldes be barren and bring foorth â—te to offer to the Lorde (h) As riche garmentes and costeâ—y iewelles (i) Eyther towardes their husbaÌ„ds â–ª or their children (a) By the meanes of the high priest hauing on the Ephod as 1. Sa. 23. a. â— Sam. 5. c. (b) Where God woulde haue him to beginne to raigne (c) In the time of his perâ—ecution (d) According to his promise which is to recompence them that are mercifull (e) As Gods instrument charged to execute Gods wil by recompensing kindenesse and mercy “ Heb. Be ye the children of strength (f) The name of a place beyond Iordane bordering on the inheritaunce of Gad froÌ„ the halfe of Manaâ—le Iâ— 13. â— (g) Whiche then were xi tribes (h) Let them trie howe they can handell their weapons in our sight (i) That is his aduersaries side “ Or â–ª The fielde of strong men (k) For after the death of the young men that first tried their cunning both captaynes with their meÌ„ ioyned together in battel “ Or Spoyle (l) Why dost thou prouoke me to kill thee (m) Where the seate of the gall and lyuer which be liuely partes â— (n) Sall we not make an ende of murthering “ Or Wilderneâ— a For it endured two yeres which was
the whole raigne Isboseth b Whiche is also called Daniel 1. Chro. 3. a. (c) Within the seuen yeres sixe monethes that he raigned ouer Iuda in Hebron “ Heb. Fortified him selfe for the house of Saul d Doest thou esteeme me no more then a dogge for all my seruice done to thâ— fathers house (e An Hebrue maner of speaking which signifieth to speake to (f) Who chalenged the kingdome because of Saul “ Or without harme (g) From warre against the Philistines (h) As though he would say thou hast done foolishâ—y “ Or Secretly (i) Beyng innocent neither knowing nor consenting to his death (k) As one that consented to the murther (l) Meaning before the corps (m) He declareth that Abner died not as a wretche or vile person â–ª but as a valiant man might do being traytâ—rously deceaued by the wicked n According to their custome which was to banket at burials (a) That is Isboseth (b) Meaning that he was discâ—raged as one whose helpe was gone (c) The citie Beroth was in the tribe of Beniamin (d) After the death of Saul for feare of the Philistines (e) Faâ—ng them selues to be mâ—rchauntes comming to 〈◊〉 wheate “ Or wiâ—dernesse (f) The iudgement of the wicked blinded with ambition and couetousnes differreth farre from the iudgement of the godly That which the one iudgeth worthy thankes and rewardeâ— the other iudgeth worthy death i. Par. x. a. (a) We are thy kinred and most neare ioyned vnto thee ii Reg. ii c. (b) That is taking the Lord to witnesse for the arke was as yet in Abinadab his house (c) That is the third time that Dauid was annoynted i. Par. iii. b. (d) That is they came to fight against Dauid (e) By Abâ—athar the priest “ Or The plaine of diuisions (f) Whiche was in the tribe of Beniamin but the Philistines did possesse 〈◊〉 (a) A citie in the tribe of Iuda called also Kiriathiarim Ios 15 â–ª â— (b) Whiche was an hiâ— place â—n the citie of Kiriathiarim (c) His intent semed to reason to â—e good but being contrary to Gods worde it was a fault “ Or The diuision of Vzza (d) Who being a Leuite had dwelâ—â—n Githâ—â— â— Chro. 15. â— (e) Meaning he caused the Leuites to beare it according to the lawe (f) With a garment lyke the priestes garment (g) As one that had by light behauiour disgraced him self and played a foolishe part as she thought (h) That is to pray for his house as he had done for the people (i) Whose glorie is to be estemed more then the pleasing of men (k) For punishement â–ª because she mocked the seruaunt of God (a) That is within the tabernacle couered with skinnes Exo. â—6 b. (b) Meaning he should not although afore without counsell of the Lorde he had permitted him (c) Both outward as the Philistines inward as Saul and his house (d) For thy noble actes the largenes of thy kingdome (e) He promiseth them quietnes if they wil walke in his feare and obedience (f) That is gently as fathers vse to chastice their children (g) This was beginne in Solomon as a figure but accomplyshed in Christ (h) That is â–ª to so great dignitie “ Heb. Is this the law of man (i) O Israel Exo xiii d. (k) From the Egyptians and their â—les (l) Of thy free election (m) An Ebrew phrase in meaning thou hast reuealed to thy seruaunt Deu. xxiii f Or Meâ—egammah (a) So that they payed no more tribute Nu. xxiiii c. “ Or enlarge “ Or â–ª Euphrates Or hoghed the horâ—es of the charets “ Or Aramites (b) That is they payed yerely tribute (c) To the vse of the temple i. Par. xix a. “ Ebre â–ª to aske peace “ Ebre in his hand “ Or Aram or Celosiria * Nu. xxiiii d (d) He gaue iudgement in controuersies by right and equitie ii Reg. xx d “ Or wryter of câ—onicles (e) The Cherethites and Phelethites were as the kings garde hauing charge of his person (a) To whom I bound my selfe by oth 1 Sa. â—0 c. (b) That is great mercie and such as is accepted before God ii Reg. iiii b. (c) Who was also called Eliam the father of Bathseba Dauids wyfe (d) Meaning a dispised person “ Or â–ª Nephewe (e) That he may haue wherewith to furnishe him selfe and be meete for the kinges table ii Re. iiii b. (a) This kindnesse is thought to be by sauing one of his brethreÌ„ which fled to him from the king of Ammon or for that Dauid in his trouble receaued at his handes reliefâ— and comfort (b) That is by his seruauntes “ â—re in 〈◊〉 eâ—es 〈◊〉 Dauid For a 〈◊〉 and a shame to Dauid and the children of Israel (b) That they had deserued Dauids displeasure â–ª for the iniury done to his embassadours “ Or Aramites â–ª “ Or Euphrates (e) Meaning the greatest parte (f) Which were the chiefest and most principall for in all he destroyed seuen thousand 1 Chro. xix d. or the souldiers which were in .700 charets (a) The yerâ— folowing about the spring tyme. i Par. xx a. (b) Wherevpon he vsed to rest at afternoone as was red of Isboseth Chap. iiii c. Exo. ii a. Leu. xviii â— (d) Fearing lest she should be stoned according to the lawe (e) Dauid thought by this meanes to cloke his fault ii Reg. 14 â— (f) Therby to prouoke him to go and lye by his wyfe (g) Except God continually vpholde vs with his mightie spirit the most perfecte fall hâ—d long to all vice and abhomination Meaning 〈◊〉 “ â—e wâ— against 〈◊〉 “ Ebre so and so “ was euill in the eyes of the Lord. “ Or wayfaring man Or refused “ Ebre the 〈◊〉 of Dauid was â—ed â—â—eg xx f. That is 〈…〉 〈◊〉 xxii a. i Reg. xvi â— â–ª (b) For Dauid succeaded Saul in his kingdome (c) They expounde this of Egâ—a and as some thinke Ritzpa As for Michol she was Sauls daughter (d) Most cruelly delyuering him to the handes of gods enemies Deu. xviii c. (e) Meaning openlie as at noone dayes Ecâ—l xlvii c. (f) Because thou hast vnfainedly turned vnto the Lorde and confessed thy sinne â–ª (g) In saying that the Lord hath appoynted a wicked man to raigne ouer his people (h) To wyt to his priuie chamber “ Do euill (i) As they which considered not that God graunteth many thinges to the sobbes and teares of the faithfull Eccle. 38 a. (k) He conformeth him selfe to Gods will and comforteth him selfe by obedience to the same Math. i. a. (l) To call him Solomon (m) Meaning Dauid i. Para iii. b. “ Or the cheefest citie i. Par. xx b. (n) That is three score pound after the wâ—ight of the comon talent (o) recompeÌ„sing the cruell enemies of God with cruel death (a) Thamar was Absaloms sister both by father and mother and Amnons onely by father (b) And therfore kept in her fathers house as virgyns were accustomed This frend 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 his disâ—
not by 〈◊〉 â—nly and godâ— counsel 〈◊〉 wicked 〈…〉 poliâ— (d) Meaning some delicate and dayntie meate (e) That is she serued theÌ„ on a dyshe Or how shall I put away my shame 〈◊〉 34. â— Leuâ— xviii a “ Or for this cause “ Or seruant (f) For that which was of diuers colours or peeces in those dayes was had in great estimation Gen. 37. a “ Or Baaâ— Hazor “ or thanked (g) Pretending to y e king that Amnon was most deare vnto him (h) Then beyng voyde of care castyng no peryll i. Reg i. b. (i) In token of sorowe and greefe “ Or take it to heart Or â–ª 〈◊〉 “ Or one â—â—ter an other (k) For Maâ—câ—ah his mother was the daughter of this â—halmaâ— Chap. ◠“ Or ceâ—sses (a) That the king fauored him (b) In token of mourning for they vsed annoynting to seeme cherefull “ Ebre put wordes in her mouth “ Ebre saue “ Ebre a wydow woman (c) Vnder this parable she describeth the death of Amnon by Absalom Deu. xix c. (d) According to the lawe which commaundeth the slayer to be slaine Gene iâ— b. Exo. â— b. (e) As touchâ—ng the breache of the lawe which punisheth blood let me beare the blame “ Or innocent “ Ebre touch i Reg 24. f Why dost 〈…〉 geue conâ—tie sentence 〈◊〉 thy sonne Absalom (g) God hath prouided wayes â–ª as sanctuaries to saue them oft times whom man iudgeth worthy death (h) For I thought they would kill this my heyre “ Heb. Rest (i) As of great wisdome â—o discerne right from wrong (k) Hast not thou done this to the counsell of Ioab (l) By speakâ—ng rather in 〈◊〉 then plainly I haue 〈◊〉 thy 〈◊〉 “ Hebr. Blessed (n) Whiche wayed sixe pounde foure ounces after halfe an ounce to the sicle “ Or Possession (o) Here is an vnmerciful cruell heart couered in this beautiful body (p) If I haue offended by reuenging my sisters dishonour Thus the wicked iustifie theÌ„ selues in their euyll “ Heb. made him “ Or controuersie (a) That is notyng of what citie or place he was (b) Thus the enuious can depraue and condemne for negligence vniustice him whom God for diligence and iustice â—oth commeÌ„d and allowe (c) By intising them froÌ„ his father to him selfe (d) Counting from the time that the Israelites had asked a king of Samuel (e) By colour of religion he hunteth after the kingdome (f) And byd to his feast in Hebron (g) That Absalom went about (h) For neither is there hope of mercy at his cruel handes neither are we at this sodden able to make our partie good against him “ Hebr. Choose (i) That is after him (k) To wit from Hierusalem “ Heb. At his feete (l) That is the souldiours that be with thee Whiche wâ—s the â—arge of the 〈◊〉 Num. 4. a. 〈…〉 (o) Gods will is a comforte and a cause of contentation to the faithfull 〈◊〉 aduersaries With ashes and dust after 〈◊〉 maner of 〈◊〉 that be in sorowe (q) Terrible is the counsell of the wicked wordly wyse against the innocent except God who oft turneth it to folly do frustrate and disapoynt the same “ Heb. To me that is to my commoditie a Which was the hill of 〈◊〉 Or Figge â—akes “ Hebr. I worship (b) Which was a citie in the tribe of Beniamin (c) That is round about him “ Heb. Man of blood “ Or wicked man (d) This he sayde because of the death of Isboseth and Abner suspecting Dauid to be gilty to the same e Dauid felt that this was the iudgement of God for his sinne and therfore humbleth him selfe to his rod. “ Heb. On myne eye (f) Meaning that the lorde wil sende comforte to his when they are oppressed g Coâ— at Bâ— â–ª “ Heb. Let the king lyue (h) Meaning Dauid “ Heb. The seconde time (i) Sâ—ting the possibilitie of reconciliation betwixt the father and the sonne consequently his owne destruction he geueth such counsell that is lyke to barre frendshippe for euer (k) It was so estemed for the successe therof (a) As though he would say geue me authoritie to choose (b) Meaning Dauid “ Heb. was right in the eyes of Absalom “ Heb. what is in his mouth “ Or â–ª Spoken thus 〈◊〉 Tary 〈…〉 “ He Haue a breach or â—ayne “ Heb. melt “ Heb. The children of fortitude Or The Lord hath commaunded (c) Good to haue brought to passe that wicked purpose he went about d For by the counsel of Husai â–ª he went to the battell where he was destroyed (e) That is ouer Iordane The message froÌ„ their â—s (g) To wit to pursue the with all hast (h) So y t they trauayled all night and by mourning â—aâ— all their company passed ouer (i) Thus God somtimes in this lyfe executeth iudgement vpon the cruel persecutor of the innocent to admonishe vs what iudgement at suche shal haue in the world to come (k) Who was also called Iâ—ai Dauids father l God 〈◊〉 them â—ring the necessitie of his faithfull seruaunt in his trouble and affliction (a) Signifiâ—ng that a good gouernour ought to be â—odâ—ere vnto his peâ—ple that they will rather lose their liues then that ought shoulde come vnto him (b So called because the Ephramites as some say fed their cattel beyond Iordane in this wood (c) By good prouidence that this might be an example for euer what if is afore God â–ª the sonne to rebel against the father “ He weigh vpon myâ—ehand “ Heb. In the heart of Absalom (d) Temperating the victorie with mercie and pine vpon the people that were seduced by Absalom (e) It should appeare by this that God had punished him by taking away his three sonnes his daughter f That is hath deliuered him out of the handes of his enemies g Fauoring him that he should not inâ—utte displeasure by telling of the death of Absalom (h) He sate in the gate of the citie of Mahanaim (i) That is he bringeth tydinges “ Heb. I see the running (k) He had had experience of his fidelitie Chap. 17. e. “ Or Deliuered vp (l) To wit Chusi who was an Ethiopian “ Hebr. Tydinges is brought “ Heb. Iudged (m) The rebellion of his sonne coulde not quenche his fatherly effection “ Hebr. Saluation or deliueranÌ„ce (a) As they do that mourne (b) At Mahanaim “ Or Captaines “ Hebr. Ben right in thyne eyes “ Heb. To the heart of thy seruaunt (c) Where the most resorte of the people was (d) Who should first bring home the king c As to them whose officers to tell the people their dutie f Beside his pollicie that is by winning of the captaine to winne the people it serueth that he hath yet a grudge against Ioab for the death of Absalom (g) Who had before reâ—ted him Cha. â— c. (h) For in his aduersitie he was his most cruell enemie although nowe in his prosperitie he seketh by flattery to
crepe into fauour (i) By Ioseph is commonly vnderstand Ephraim Manasses Beniamin wherof he was because these three were vnder one standard Num. â—â— (m In signe of sorow for the expulsion of Dauid out of his kingdome (n When Miphiboseth being at Hierusalem had met the king (o) Able for his wisedome to iudge in all matters (p That is thy pleasure (q) worthye to die for Sauls cruelty toward thee (r) Dauid did euill in taking his landes from him before he knew the cause But much worse that knowing the truth he dyd not restore them “ 〈◊〉 â—w many dayes are the yeres of my lyfe (s) My sonne “ Or chuse “ Or bad him farewell (t) Which had taken part with the king (a) Where the teâ—â— tribes contended against Iudah Or wicked mâ—n ii Reg xv d (b) who was his chiefe captayne in Ioabs roome Chap. xix c. (c) Meaning the souldiers that were â—ver Ioab his eldest brother (d) Which was a coate that he vsed to weare in the warres “ Thre peace Pro. 27. a. ii Reg iiâ—i “ Ebre doubled not his stroke “ Ebre destroyed to cast downe the wall (e) She sheweth that the olde custome was not to destroy a one before peace was offered Deu xx c. (f) She speaketh in the name of the citie Reg ii g. “ 〈◊〉 they were 〈◊〉 (g) In dignitie counsel “ Ebre yere 〈◊〉 yere “ Ebre 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of the lâ—â—d â—eg xxii g a Thinking to gratifie the people because 〈◊〉 were 〈◊〉 of the sede of Abraham 〈◊〉 ix c. b For satisfaction and 〈…〉 mpence of 〈…〉 haue â—◠〈…〉 ned Saue â—â—â—ly of Sauls stocke O! Sâ—uls himself d To r 〈◊〉 the Lorde (f) That is whom she hauing no children of her owne brought vp being the children of Adriel by Merab her sister “ Or dyed (g) Which was in the moneth Abib or Nisan which containeth parte of Marche and parte of April (h) To make her a tent (i) Because drought was the meane of this famine God by sendyng of rayne shewed that he was pacified “ Or rest (k) For where the magistrates suffer faultes vnpunished there the plague of God lyeth vpon the land (l) Which amount to nyne pound a quarter and halfe ii Reg. 23. c. (m) That the glory and wealth of Israel perishe not with thee (n) Called Gezer 1. Chro. xx c. (o) Called Zippai also â–ª 1. Chro. xx c. 1 para xx â— (p) That is Lahmi the brother of Goliah whoÌ„ Dauid slue 1. Chro. xx (a) Wherein he prayseth God for the victories and benefites he receaued at his handes “ Or rocke Psal xviii a. “ Or vngodlynes “ Or graue (b) Lightening thundring (c) By this description of a tempest he declareth the power of god against his enemies (e When I was so besette that al meanes semed to faile f Whereby Saul being his enemie was forced to see Thou art more righteous then I. 1. Sam. xxiiii d (g) Their wickednesse is cause that thou semest to forget thy wonted mercy (h) Swyft to auoyde all daunger (i) Art forced for feare of my power to faine and professe subiection and obedience vnto me against their heart (a) Which he spake after he had made the Psalmes (b) Meaniâ—g he spake nothing but by the motion of gods spirite ii Reg vii c. “ Ebre that he will not make it growe Meaning as the grasse which continueth not but withereth and falleth away (c) As one of the kinges counsell “ Or assailed with daunger of their lyues (d) Meaning fled from the battayle (e) By a crampe which came of weerynes and straining i. Para. xii b (h) Being ouercome with werynes and thirst (g) Bridelyng his affection and desyryng God not to be offended for the rashe enterpryse ii Reg. 21. g. “ Eb. slaine “ Or a man of great stature (h) Which was as bigge as a weauers beame 1 Chro. 11. â— He was more valiant 〈◊〉 the thirâ— folow and not so vaâ—ant as the 〈◊〉 before k Diuers of these had two names as appeareth 1. Chro. 11. a By Sathan being instrument thereto 1. Chro. 21. Exo. xxx b b Because he did this to trie his power and so to trust therein it offended God els it was lawful to number the people Exo. xxx b. Num. 1. a. Or ryuer Or neather land newly inhabited (c) Whom God hath appoynted for Dauid and his tyme. (d) For three yeres of famine were past for the Gibeonites this was the fourth yere to the which should haue ben added three yeres more 1 Chro. xxi b. (e) From the one syde of the countrey to the other (f) Called also Ornan 1. Chro. 21. c. (g) Thâ—â— abundantly for as some wryts he was king of Hierusalem before Dauid wan the towre (h) Some wryte that euery tribe gaue fiftie which make 600. or that afterwarde he bought as much as came to 550. sicles 1. Chro. 21 d. (a) He was about threesâ—â—re and ten yeres olde 1 Sam. 5. â— Or Serue (b) Which citie was in the â—â—de of Isa◠“ Adomas or Adoniah c As Absaâ— had done before 1. Sa. â— d They toke the part and shewed him Banaiahu â—â— Banaias “ Salomon or Seloâ—noh (e) For Adonia will destroy thy sonne and thee if he raigne (f) By declaring suche thinges as may further the same (g) That is shal be reputed as sinners and condemned to death as traÌ„sgressours “ Heb. Let the king Adonia lyue h Meaning that 〈…〉 in such assures interpriâ—e nothing 〈◊〉 he had â—â— sulted with the Lorde Or â–ª Appoynted Where 〈◊〉 they acâ—ned to â—nt the 〈◊〉 and â—ly instrumentes Exod 10. c. “ He brake (l) To salute him and to praise God for him (m) He gaue God thankes for the good successe Exod. 〈…〉 I am 〈◊〉 to drees all men rose l xxii b. â—â—â—xxxi b. l c. xxxi â— iii. Re. ix d. ii Reg ii c. and xx c. ii Re. xix f. ii Re. xvi b. Act. ii c. i. Pa. xxix f ii Re. xvi b. (b) Meaning that if he should haue graunted Abisag â—e wold afterward haue aspired to the kingdome (c) King Solomon deposed the high priest i. Sam. ii d It was 〈◊〉 to take â—ul murâ—r from 〈…〉 â—nd â—i (e) His couetous mynde made hym venter his lyfe ii Re. xvi b. (a) BethleheÌ„ (b) Where aulters were appoynted before the temple was buylt to offer vnto the Lord. ii Par. i a. ii Par. i. b. Sap. ix a. (c) To behâ—e my selfe in this great charge of ruling d Gouernment pertâ—neth to men of wisedome and vnderstanding Sap. ix â— â— Re xv a. c He knewe that God had â—red to 〈◊〉 â—n a 〈◊〉 〈…〉 b f The wisedome of king Solomon Luk. vii a. Not that 〈…〉 had 〈◊〉 â–ª but 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 iii. Reg. v. d. Gen. xv d. Exo. xxiii d Psal lxxii d “ Corâ—s the Latin word contâ—ineth xv bussels Or on eâ—ry sâ—de 〈◊〉 about 〈◊〉 Deu. xvâ— â— Eccl. xâ—xâ—i â— (b) The most part
wyll make a newe couenaunt with the house of Israel and the house of Iuda 32 Not after the couenaunt that I made with their fathers when I toke them by the hande and led them out of the lande of Egypt which couenaunt they brake yea euen when I as an husbande had rule ouer them saith the Lorde 33 But this shal be the couenaunt that I wyll make with the house of Israel after those dayes saith the Lorde I wyll plant my lawe in the inwarde partes of them and write it in their heartes and wyll be their God and they shal be my people 34 And from thencefoorth shall no man teache his neighbour or his brother and say Knowe the Lorde but they shal all knowe me from the lowest vnto the hyest saith the Lorde for I wyll forgeue their misdeedes and wyll neuer remember their sinnes any more 35 Thus saith the Lorde which gaue the sunne to be a lyght for the day and the moone and the starres to shine in the night whiche moueth the sea so that the fluddes thereof waxe fierce his name is the Lorde of hoastes 36 Like as this ordinaunce shall neuer be taken out of my sight saith the Lord so shall the seede of Israel neuer ceasse but alway be a people before me 37 Moreouer thus saith the Lord Like as the heauen aboue can not be measured and as the foundations of the earth beneath may not be sought out so will I also not cast out the whole seede of Israel for that they haue committed saith the Lorde 38 Beholde the dayes come saith the Lorde that the citie of the Lorde shal be enlarged from the towre of Hananeel vnto the gate of the corner wall 39 From thence shall the right measure be taken before her vnto the hyll toppe of Gareb and shall come about Gaath 40 And the whole valley of the dead carkasses and of the asshes and all the fieldes vnto the brooke of Cedron and vnto the corner of the horse gate towarde the east it shal be holy vnto the Lorde and shall neuer be broken nor cast downe any more ¶ The .xxxii. Chapter 1 Ieremie is cast into pryson because he prophecied that the citie shoulde be taken of the kyng of Babylon 7 By the fielde that Ieremie bought at the commaundement of the Lorde is signified that the people should come agayne to their owne possession 38 The people of God are his seruauntes and he is their Lorde 40 To feare God is Gods gyft to the entent that sinnes may be eschewed 1 THese wordes spake the Lorde vnto Ieremie in the tenth yere of Zedekias king of Iuda whiche was the eyghteenth yere of Nabuchodonozor 2 What tyme as the kyng of Babylons hoast layde siege vnto Hierusalem but Ieremie the prophete lay bounde in the court of the pryson whiche was in the kyng of Iudaes house 3 Where Zedekias the kyng of Iuda caused hym to be layde because he had prophecied on this maner Thus saith the Lorde Beholde I wyll deliuer this citie into the handes of the kyng of Babylon whiche shall take it 4 As for Zedekias the kyng of Iuda he shall not be able to escape the Chaldees but surely he shall come into the handes of the king of Babylon whiche shall speake with him mouth to mouth and one of them shall looke another in the face 5 And Zedekias shal be caryed vnto Babylon and there shall he be vntyll the tyme that I visite hym saith the Lorde but if thou takest in hande to fight against the Chaldees thou shalt not prosper 6 And Ieremie saide Thus hath the Lorde spoken vnto me 7 Beholde Hananeel the sonne of Sellum thine vncles sonne shall come vnto thee and require thee to redeeme the lande that lyeth in Anathoth vnto thy selfe for by reason of kinred it is thy right to redeeme it and bye it out 8 And Hananeel myne vncles sonne came to me in the court of the pryson according to the word of the Lord and sayde vnto me Bye my lande I pray thee that lieth in Anathoth in the countrey of Beniamin for by heritage thou hast right to loose it out for thy selfe therfore redeeme it Then I perceaued that this was the cōmaundement the Lorde 9 And so I bought the lande from Hanaeel of Anathoth myne vncles sonne and wayed hym there the money euen seuen sicles and ten syluer pence 10 And I writ it in a booke and sealed it and toke witnesses and wayed hym there the money vpon the waightes 11 So I toke the euidence with the copie when it was orderly sealed and read it ouer 12 And I gaue the euidence to Baruch the sonne of Neriah the sonne of Maasiah in the sight of Hananeel my cosin and in the presence of the witnesses that be named in the euidence and before all the Iewes that were thereby in the court of the pryson 13 I charged Baruch also before them saying 14 The Lord of hoastes the God of Israel commaundeth thee to take this sealed euidence with the copie and to lay it in the earthen vessell that it may long continue 15 For the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel hath determined that houses fieldes and vineyardes shal be possessed agayne in this lande 16 Nowe when I had deliuered the euidence vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah I besought the Lorde saying 17 O Lorde God it is thou that hast made heauen and earth with thy great power and hye arme and there is nothing hid from thee 18 Thou shewest mercy vpon thousandes thou recompensest the wickednesse of the fathers into the bosome of the chyldren that come after them 19 Thou art the great and mightie God whose name is the Lorde of hoastes great in counsel and excellent in worke thyne eyes looke vpon all the wayes of mens chyldren to rewarde euery one after his way and according to the fruites of his inuentions 20 Thou hast done great tokens and wonders in the lande of Egypt as we see this day vpon the people of Israel and vpon those men to make thy name great as it is come to passe this day 21 Thou hast brought thy people of Israel out of the lande of Egypt with tokens with wonders with a mightie hande with a stretched out arme and with great terriblenesse 22 And hast geuen them this lande like as thou haddest promised vnto their fathers namely that thou wouldest geue them a lande that floweth with mylke and honye 23 Nowe when they came therein and possessed it they folowed not thy voyce and walked not in thy lawe but all that thou commaundedst them to do that haue they not done and therefore come all these plagues vpon them 24 Beholde there are bulwarkes made nowe against this citie to take it and it shal be wonne of the Chaldees that besiege it with sworde with hunger and death and looke what thou hast spoken that same shall come vpon
them for lo all thinges are present vnto thee 25 Yet sayest thou vnto me O Lorde God and commaundest me that I shall bye a peece of land vnto my selfe for money and take witnesses thereto and yet in the meane season the citie is deliuered into the power of the Chaldees 26 Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto Ieremie saying 27 Beholde I am the Lorde God of all fleshe is there any thing then to harde for me 28 Therefore thus saith the Lorde beholde I shall deliuer this citie into the power of the Chaldees and into the power of Nabuchodonozor the king of Babylon they shall take it 29 For the Chaldees shall come and winne this citie and set fire vpon it and burne it with the gorgious houses in whose parlours they haue made sacrifice vnto Baal and powred drinke offeringes vnto straunge gods to prouoke me vnto wrath 30 For the chyldren of Israel and the chyldren of Iuda haue only ben doyng wickednesse before me from their youth vp they haue ben only prouoking me to wrath with the workes of their owne handes saith the Lorde 31 For what hath this citie ben els but a prouoking of my wrath euer since the day that thei builded it vnto this houre wherein I cast it out of my sight 32 Because of the great blasphemies of the children of Israel and Iuda which they haue done to prouoke me yea they their kynges their princes their priestes their prophetes the men of Iuda and the citizens of Hierusalem 33 When I stoode vp early and taught them and instructed them they turned their backes to me and not their faces 34 They woulde not heare to be refourmed and correct but set their idols in the house that is halowed to my name to defile it 35 They haue buylded hye places for Baal in the valley of the chyldren of Hennom to cause their sonnes daughters to passe thorow fire in the honour of Moloch whiche I neuer commaunded them neither came it euer in my thought to make Iuda sinne with such abhomination 36 And nowe therefore thus hath the Lorde God of Israel spoken concerning this citie whiche as ye your selues confesse shal be deliuered into the hande of the kyng of Babylon when it is wonne with the sworde with hunger and with pestilence 37 Beholde I wyll gather them together from all landes wherein I haue scattred them in my wrath in fearefull and great displeasure and wyll bryng them agayne vnto this place where they shall dwell safely 38 And they shal be my people and I wyll be their God 39 And I wyll geue them one heart and one way that they may feare me al the dayes of their lyfe that they and their chyldren after them may prosper 40 And I wyll set vp an euerlasting couenaunt with them namely that I wyll neuer ceasse to do them good and that I wyll put my feare in their heartes so that they shall not runne away from me 41 Yea I wyll haue a lust and pleasure to do them good and faithfully to plant them in this land with my whole heart and with my whole soule 42 For thus saith the Lorde Like as I haue brought all this great plague vppon this people euen so wyll I also bryng vpon them all the good that I haue promised them 43 And men shall haue their possessions in this lande wherof ye say nowe that it shall neither be inhabited of the people nor of cattell but be deliuered into the handes of the Chaldees 44 Yea lande shal be bought for money and euidences made thervpon and sealed before witnesses in the countrey of Beniamin and rounde about Hierusalem in the cities of Iuda in the cities that are vpon the mountaynes and them that lye beneath yea and in the cities that are in the south for I wyll bryng their prysoners hyther agayne saith the Lorde ¶ The .xxxiii. Chapter 1 The prophete is monished of the Lord to pray for the deliueraunce of the people whiche the Lorde promiseth 8 God forgeueth sinnes and doth graciously to the people for his owne renowme 15 Of the byrth of Christe 20 The kyngdome of Christe in the Churche shall neuer be ended 1 MOreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto Ieremie againe whē he was yet bounde in the court of the prison 2 Thus saith the Lord who made Hierusalē who fashioned the same to establishe it whose name is the Lorde 3 Crye vnto me and I wyll aunswere and shewe thee great and hye thinges whiche were vnknowen vnto thee 4 Thus I say speaketh the Lorde god of Israel concerning the houses of this citie and the houses of the kynges of Iuda that are broken thorowe the ordinaunce and the sworde 5 The inhabitours of this citie haue come to fight against the Chaldees and they are filled with the dead carkasses of men whom I haue slayne in my wrath and displeasure when I turned my face from this citie because of al her wickednesse 6 Beholde saith the Lorde I wyll repaire and heale their woundes and make them whole I wyll open them the large treasure of peace and trueth 7 And wyll returne the captiuitie of Iuda and Israel and wyll set them vp agayne as they were before 8 From all misdeedes wherein they offended against me I wyll clense them and all their blasphemies which they haue done against me when they regarded me not I wyll forgeue them 9 And this shall get me a name a prayse and honour among all the people of the earth whiche shall heare all the good that I wyll shewe vnto them yea they shal be afraide and astonied at all the good deedes and benefites that I wyll do for them 10 Moreouer thus saith the Lorde In this place wherof ye say that it shal be a wildernesse wherein neither people nor cattle shall dwell in lyke maner in the cities of Iuda and in the streetes of Hierusalem which also shal be so voyde that neither people nor cattle shall dwel there 11 Shall the voyce of gladnesse be heard agayne the voyce of the bridegrome and of the bride the voyce of them that shall sing Prayse the Lord of hoastes for he is louing and his mercy endureth for euer and the voyce of them that offer vp gyftes in the house of the Lorde for I wyll restore the captiuitie of this lande as it was afore saith the Lorde 12 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes It shall come yet therto that in this lande whiche is voyde from men and cattle and in all the cities of the lande there shal be set vp shepheardes cottages to rest their flockes 13 In the cities vpon the mountaynes and in the cities that lye vpon the plaine and in the cities of the south in the lande of Beniamin and rounde about Hierusalem and in the cities of Iuda shall the sheepe passe agayne vnder the hande of him that telleth them saith the Lorde 14 Beholde the tyme commeth
should glorifie God And whē he had spoken this he sayth vnto hym folowe me ☞ 20 Peter turned about and sawe the disciple whom Iesus loued folowyng which also leaned on his brest at supper and sayde Lorde which is he that betrayeth thee 21 When Peter therfore sawe hym he sayth to Iesus Lorde what shal he do 22 Iesus sayth vnto hym If I wyll haue hym to tary tyll I come what is that to thee folowe thou me 23 Then went this saying abrode among the brethren that that disciple shoulde not dye Yet Iesus sayde not to hym he shall not dye but yf I wyll that he tary tyll I come what is that to thee 24 The same disciple is he which testifieth of these thynges and wrote these thynges And we knowe that his testimonie is true ☜ 25 There are also many other thynges whiche Iesus dyd the which yf they shoulde be written euery one I suppose the world could not conteine the bookes that shoulde be written ¶ Here endeth the Gospell by Saint Iohn ⧠The Actes of the Apostles ⧠The first Chapter ¶ 7 The wordes of Christe and his Angels to the Apostles 9 His assention 14 Wherin the Apostles are occupyed tyll the holy ghost be sent 26 And of the election of Matthias 1 IN y e former treatise O Theophilus we haue spokē of all that Iesus began to do and teache 2 Vntyll the day in which he was takē vp after that he through the holy ghost had geuen commaundementes vnto the Apostles whom he had chosen 3 To whom also he shewed hym selfe alyue after his passion and that by manye tokens appearyng vnto them fourtie dayes and speaking of the kingdome of God 4 And gatheryng them together commaunded them that they shoulde not depart from Hierusalem but wayte for the promise of the father wherof saith he ye haue hearde of me 5 For Iohn truely baptized with water but ye shal be baptized with the holy ghost after these fewe dayes 6 When they therfore were come together they asked of hym saying Lorde wylt thou at this tyme restore agayne the kyngdome to Israel 7 And he sayde vnto them It is not for you to knowe the tymes or the seasons which the father hath put in his owne power 8 But ye shall receaue power after that the holy ghost is come vpon you And ye shal be witnesses vnto me both in Hierusalem and in al Iurie in Samarie and euen vnto the worldes ende 9 And when he had spoken these thynges whyle they behelde he was taken vp an hye and a cloude receaued hym vp out of their syght 10 And while they loked stedfastly vp towarde heauē as he went beholde two men stoode by them in whyte apparell 11 Which also sayde Ye men of Galilee why stande ye gasyng vp into heauen This same Iesus which is taken vp from you into heauen shall so come euen as ye haue seene hym go into heauen ☜ 12 Then returned they vnto Hierusalem from the mount that is called Oliuete which is from Hierusalem a Sabboth dayes iourney 13 And when they were come in they went vp into a parlour where abode both Peter and Iames and Iohn and Andrewe Philip and Thomas Barthelmewe and Matthewe Iames the sonne of Alpheus Simō Zelotes and Iudas the brother of Iames. 14 These all continued with one accorde in prayer and supplication with the women and Marie the mother of Iesus and with his brethren 15 ☞ And in those dayes Peter stoode vp in the middes of the disciples and said The number of names together were about an hundred and twentie 16 Ye men and brethren this scripture must needes haue ben fulfylled which the holy ghost by the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas which was guide to them that toke Iesus 17 For he was numbred with vs had obteyned felowship in this ministerie 18 And the same hath nowe purchased a fielde with the rewarde of iniquitie And when he was * hanged he burst a sunder in the middes all his bowels gusshed out 19 And it is knowen vnto all the dwellers at Hierusalem in so much that the same fielde is called in their mother tongue Aceldema that is to saye the blood fielde 20 For it is written in y e booke of psalmes Let his habitation be desert and no man be dwellyng therein And his bishopricke let another take 21 Wherfore of these men which haue companyed with vs all the tyme that the Lorde Iesus went in and out among vs 22 Begynnyng from the baptisme of Iohn vnto that same day that he was takē vp from vs must one be ordeyned to be a witnesse with vs of his resurrection 23 And they appoynted two Ioseph which is called Barsabas whose sirname was Iustus and Matthias 24 And they prayed saying Thou Lord which knowest the heartes of all men shewe whether of these two thou haste chosen 25 That he may take the rowme of this ministerie and Apostleship from which Iudas by transgression fell that he myght go to his owne place 26 And they gaue foorth their lottes the lot fell vpon Matthias and he was counted with the eleuen Apostles ☜ ¶ The .ij. Chapter 3 The holy ghost came vpon the Apostles in visible signes 6 The hearers were astonyed 14 Peter preacheth stoppeth their mouthes 41 He baptizeth a great number 42 The godlie exercise of the faythfull 1 AND when the day of Pentecost was they were all with one accorde in one place 2 And sodenly there came a sounde frō heauen as it had ben the commyng of a mightie wynde and it fylled all the house where they sate 3 And there appeared vnto them clouen tongues lyke as they had ben of fyre and it sate vpon eche one of them 4 And they were all fylled with the holy ghost and began to speake with other tongues as the spirite gaue them vtteraunce 5 There were dwellyng at Hierusalem Iewes deuout men out of euery nation of them that are vnder heauen 6 When this was noysed about the multitude came together and were astonnyed because that euery man hearde them speake with his owne language 7 They wondred all and marueyled saying among themselues Beholde are not all these which speake of Galilee 8 And howe heare we euery man his owne tongue wherin we were borne 9 Parthians and Medes Elamites and the dwellers in Mesopotamia and in Iurie and in Capadocia in Pontus and Asia 10 Phrygia Pamphylia in Egypt and in the parties of Lybia which is besyde Cyrene straungers of Rome Iewes and Proselytes 11 Cretes and Arabians we haue hearde them speake in our tongues the wonderfull workes of God ☜ 12 They were all amased and wondred saying one to another What meaneth this 13 Other mocked saying These men are full of newe wyne 14 But Peter standyng foorth with the eleuen lyft vp his