The blessâ—nges promised vnto thy father and my fore elders go mightely after the desyre of the hyest in the worlde these shal light on Iosephs heade and on the toppe of his heade that was separate from his brethren Ben Iamin a rauyshinge wolfe In the mornynge shal he deuoure the praye but in the euenynge he shal deuyde the spoyle All these are the twolue trybes of Israel and this is it that their father spake vnto them whan he blessed them euery one with a sundrye blessynge And he commaunded them and sayde vnto them I shal be gathered vnto my people burye me with my fathers in y e caue which is in the felde of Ephron the Hethite in the dubble caue that lyeth ouer against Mamre in y e lande of CanaaÌ„ which AbrahaÌ„ bought with the felde of Ephron the Hethite for a possession to burye in There buryed they AbrahaÌ„ Sara his wife there buried they Isaac also Rebecca his wife their buried I Lea in the good of the felde of the caue therin which was bought of the Hethites And whan Iacob had ended this commaundement vnto his children he pluckte his fete together vpon the bed and died and was gathered vnto his people TheÌ„ fell Ioseph vpon his fathers face and wepte and kyssed him The L. Chapter ANd Ioseph coÌ„mauÌ„ded his seruauÌ„tes y e PhisiciaÌ„s to embawme his father And the Phisicians embawmed Israel tyll fourtye dayes were ended for so longe endured the dayes of embawminge the Egipcians bewayled him seuentye dayes Now whan the mournynge dayes were ended Ioseph spake vnto Pharaos housholde sayde Yf I haue founde fauo r in youre sight theÌ„ speake vnto Pharao and saie My father hath taken an ooth of me sayde Beholde I dye burye me in myne owne graue which I dygged for myself in the laÌ„de of Canaan Therfore wyl I now go vp and burye my father and come agayne Pharao saide Go thy waye vp and burye thy father acordinge as thou hast sworne vnto him So Ioseph weÌ„te vp to burye his father And there weÌ„te w t him all Pharaos seruauÌ„tes y t were the elders of his courte and all y e elders of the lande of Egipte all Iosephs housholde and his brethren and his fathers housholde Onely their children shepe oxen left they in y e laÌ„de of Gosen toke their iourney vp with him vpoÌ„ charettes and horses and the company was exceadinge greate Now whan these came to the playne of Atad y t lyeth beyonde Iordane they made there a very greate and bytter lamentacion he mourned for his father seueÌ„ dayes And whaÌ„ the people in the lande the Cananites sawe the mournynge in the playne of Atad they sayde The EgipciaÌ„s make there greate lameÌ„tacion Therfore is the place called The lamentacion of the Egipcians which lyeth beyonde Iordane And his children dyd as he had coÌ„maunded them and caried him to y e lande of Canaan and buried him in y e dubble caue that Abraham bought with the felde for a possession to bury in of Ephron y e Hethite ouer ageynst Mamre So Ioseph toke his iourney agayne in to Egipte with his brethren and with all those that wente vp with him to burye his father whan they had buried him But Iosephs brethreÌ„ were afrayed whaÌ„ their father was deed and sayde Ioseph might happly haue indignacion at vs and recompense vs all the euell that we dyd vnto him therfore let they saye vnto him Thy father commaunded before his death and sayde Thus shal ye saye vnto Ioseph O for geue thy brethren the offence and their synne that they dyd so euell vnto the. O forgeue now this trespace of vs the seruauntes of thy fathers God But Ioseph wepte whan they spake so vnto him And his brethren wente and fell downe before him and sayde Beholde here are we thy seruauntes Ioseph sayde vnto theÌ„ Feare ye not for I am vnder God Ye thought euell ouer me but God hath turned it vnto good to do as it is come to passe this daye for the sauynge of moch people Therfore be not ye now afrayed I wyl care for you and youre children And he comforted them and spake louyngly vnto them Thus dwelt Ioseph in Egipte with his fathers house and lyued an huÌ„dreth and ten yeare and sawe Ephrayms children vnto y e thirde generacion In like maner the children of Machir the sonne of Manasses begat children also vpon Iosephs lappe And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren I dye and God wyl vyset you and brynge you out of this lande to the lande that he sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob Therfore toke he an ooth of the childreÌ„ of Israel and sayde Whan God shal vyset you theÌ„ cary my bones froÌ„ hence So Ioseph dyed whaÌ„ he was an huÌ„dreth and ten yeare olde and they embawmed him layed him in a chest in Egipte The ende of the first boke of Moses called Genesis The seconde boke of Moses called Exodus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The childreÌ„ of Israel increase in Egipte The kynge commaundeth to slaye theÌ„ and to drowne them Chap. II. The byrth of Moses which is layed vpoÌ„ the water Pharaos doughter taketh him and bringeth him vp He slayeth one of the Egipcians and flyeth his waye in to Madian where he marieth The children of Israel crye vnto the LORDE Chap. III. God appeareth vnto Moses in the bush and sendeth him vnto the kynge and the people Chap. IIII. Moses is loth to go excuseth himself But the LORDE enfourmeth him maketh him stronge and comforteth him Moses taketh leue of his father in lawe to go vnto his people Chap. V. Moses and Aaron go vnto the kynge which oppresseth the people the more Chap. VI. God geueth Moses more instruccioÌ„ and sendeth him vnto the people The trybes are nombred Chap. VII Moses and Aaron go vnto the kynge and shewe tokens before him but the kynge waxeth hard harted Chap. VIII After many tokens Pharao graunteth to let the people go but assone as the plage ceaseth he is as vngodly as afore Chap. IX There commeth a death amoÌ„ge all the catell theÌ„ commeth the sores blaynes and the hayle Chap. X. The greshoppers and darcknes in Egipte Pharao forbyddeth Moses to come eny more in his sight Chap. XI The LORDE promiseth to brynge yet another plage vpon Egipte and coÌ„maundeth the Israelites to borowe Iewels of syluer and golde of the Egipcians Chap. XII The vse of the Easterlambe God slayeth all the firstborne Pharao dryueth all the people out of the lande Chap. XIII God commaundeth to sanctifie all the firstborne vnto him and carieth them towarde the lande of promyse not the next waye but thorow the wyldernes by a cloude in the daye tyme and a pyler of fyre in the night Chap. XIIII Pharao foloweth vpoÌ„ the people of God which delyuereth his owne carieth them thorow the reed see drowneth the enemies therin Chap. XV. Moses and the
the whole congregacion And they put him in preson for it was not declared what shulde be done vnto him The LORDE sayde vnto Moses The man shall dye the death the whole congregacion shal stone him without the hoost Then the whole cōgregacion brought him out of y e hoost and stoned him that he dyed as y e LORDE commaunded Moses And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Speake to the childrē of Israel saye vnto thē y t they make them gardes vpon y e quarters of their garmentes amonge all yo r posterities and put yalowe rybandes vpon the gardes in y e quarters And y e gardes shal serue you y t ye maye loke vpon thē and remembre all the cōmaundementes of the LORDE do them that ye order not youre selues after y e meanynge of youre awne hert ner go awhorynge after youre awne eyes Therfore shal ye remembre and do all my commaundementes and be holy vnto youre God I am the LORDE youre God which brought you out of the lande of Egipte to be yo r God Euen I the LORDE youre God The XVI Chapter ANd Corah the sonne of Iezehar the sonne of Kahath the sonne of Leui with Dathan and Abiram the sonne of Eliab and On the sonne of Peleth y e sonnes of Rubē stode vp agaynst Moses with certayne men amonge the childrē of Israel two hundreth fyftie captaynes of the congregacion councelers famous men And they gathered them selues agaynst Moses Aarō sayde vnto them Ye make to moch a doo for all the congregacion is holy euery one and the LORDE is amonge them Why lifte ye youre selues vp then aboue the congregacion of the LORDE Whan Moses herde y t he fell vpō his face saide vnto Corah to all his company Tomorow shal y e LORDE shewe who is his who is holy to come vnto him Whō so euer he choseth y e same shal come vnto him This do Take y e censors thou Corah all y e cōpanye do fyre therin put incense theron tomorow before the LORDE then whom so euer the LORDE choseth the same shal be holy Ye make to moch a doo ye children of Leui. And Moses sayde vnto Corah Heare ye childrē of Leui Is it not ynough vnto you y t y e God of Israel hath separated you frō y e multitude of Israel y t ye shulde come nye him to do the seruyce of the dwellynge place of the LORDE and stonde before the people to mynister vnto them He hath caused the and all thy brethren the childrē of Leui with the to come nye vnto him and now ye seke the presthode also Thou and all thy cōpany conspyre agaynst the LORDE What is Aaron that ye shulde murmur against him And Moses sent to call Dathā Abirā y e sonnes of Eliab But they saide We wil not come vp Is it to litle y t thou hast brought vs out of y e lande of Egipte y t floweth w t mylke hony to kyll vs in y e wildernesse but thou must raigne ouer vs also How goodly well hast thou brought vs in to a londe that floweth w t milke and hony geuē vs feldes and vyniardes in possession Wilt thou put out these mens eyes We will not come vp Then was Moses very wroth saide vnto y e LORDE Turne y e not vnto their meatofferinges I haue not takē so moch as an Asse frō thē nether haue I hurte eny of thē And Moses sayde vnto Corah Tomorow be thou all y e companye before y e LORDE thou and they Aaron And take euery one his censer and put incense therin and come before the LORDE euery one with his censer that is two hundreth and fiftye censers and both thou and Aaron take either his censer And euery one toke his censer and put fyre therin and layed incense theron and came before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnes and Moses and Aaron also And Corah gathered y e whole congregaciō agaynst thē before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnes But y e glory of the LORDE appeared before y e whole congregacion And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron sayde Separate youre selues frō this congregaciō y t I maye shortly consume them And they fell vpon their faces sayde O God thou God of the spretes of all flesh yf one man haue synned wilt thou therfore be wroth ouer the whole congregacion And the LORDE spake vnto Moses saide Speake to the congregaciō and saye Come vp from y e dwellynge of Corah and Dathan and Abiram And Moses stode vp wente vnto Dathan Abiram the Elders of Israel folowed him he spake to y e cōgregaciō saide Departe frō y e tentes of these vngodly mē touche nothinge y t is theirs y t ye perishe not in eny of their sinnes And they gat them vp from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram But Dathan and Abirā came out and stode in the dore of their tentes with their wyues and sonnes and children And Moses sayde Hereby shal ye knowe that the LORDE hath sent me to do all these workes and that I haue not done them of myne awne hert Yf these men dye the comon death of all men or be vysited as all men are vysited then hath not the LORDE sent me But yf the LORDE make a new thinge and the earth open hir mouth and swalowe them with all that they haue so y t they go downe quycke in to hell thē shal ye knowe that the se men haue blasphemed the LORDE And whā he had spokē out all these wordes y e groūde cloue asunder vnder thē the earth opened hir wouth swalowed thē w t their houses all the mē y t were w t Corah all their substaūce and they wente downe quycke in to the hell with all that they had And the earth closed vpō them so they perished from amonge y e congregaciō And all Israel y t were aboute thē fled at y e crye of thē for they sayde That y e earth swalowe not vs also Morouer the fyre came out frō the LORDE and consumed the two hundreth and fyftye men that offred the incense And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Speake to Eleasar y e sonne of Aaron y e prest y t he take vp y e censers out of y e burninge scater y e fyre here there For the censers of these synners are halowed thorow their soules y t they maye be beatē in to thinne plates fastened vpon y e altare For they are offred before y e LORDE halowed and they shal be a token vnto y e childrē of Israel And Eleasar the prest toke y e brasen censers which they y t were burnt had offred bet thē to plates to fasten thē vpon y e altare for a remēbraunce vnto y e children of Israel y t no straunger and he
shal be here after for they couered the londe and made it darcke And they ate vp all the herbes in y e londe all the frutes vpon the trees which remayned from y e hayle left no grene thinge behinde in the trees herbes vpon the felde in all the lande of Egipte Then Pharao called for Moses Aaron in all y e haist saide I haue synned against the LORDE yo r God agaynst you forgeue me my synne this once also pray the LORDE yo r God y t he maye take awaye fro me this death onely And he weÌ„te out from Pharao prayed vnto the LORDE TheÌ„ the LORDE turned a maruelous stroÌ„ge west wynde and toke vp the greshoppers caâ—â— them in to the reed see so that there was not one left in all the quarters of Egipte But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert that he let not the childreÌ„ of Israel go The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thine haÌ„de towarde heauen that it be so darck in the londe of Egipte y t it maye be felt And Moses stretched out his haÌ„de towarde heauen theÌ„ was there a thicke darcknesse in all the londe of Egipte thre dayes so y t in thre dayes no maÌ„ sawe another nor rose vp from y e place where he was But w t the childreÌ„ of Israel there was light in their dwellinges Then Pharao called for Moses sayde Go yo r waye serue the LORDE onely leaue yo r shepe yo r oxen here let yo r childreÌ„ go w t you also Moses sayde Thou must geue vs offringes and brent offerynges that we maye do sacrifice vnto the LORDE o r God Oure catell shal go w t vs and there shal not one hooffe be left behynde for we must take therof for the seruyce of the LORDE o r God Morouer we knowe not wherwithall we shal serue y e LORDE tyll we come thither But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert y t he wolde not let them go And Pharao sayde vnto him Get the hence fro me bewarre that thou come nomore in my sight For loke what daie so euer thou coÌ„mest in my sight thou shalt dye Moses answered EueÌ„ as thou hast sayde I wil come nomore in thy sight The XI Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses I wil yet brynge a plage vpon Pharao and Egipte after y t shal he let you go from hence shal not onely let all go but also dryue you hence Therfore saye now vnto the people y t euery man borowe of his neghboure euery woman of his neghbouresse Iewels of syluer golde for the LORDE shal geue the people fauo r in the sight of y e EgipciaÌ„s And Moses was a very greate man in the lande of Egipte in y e sight of Pharaos seruauntes in the sight of the people And Moses sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE At mydnight wil I go out in the lande of Egipte all y e first borne in the lande of Egipte shall dye from Pharaos first sonne y t sytteth vpon his seate vnto the first sonne of the mayde seruaunte which is behynde y e myll all the first borne amonge the catell there shal be a greate crie in all the lande of Egipte soch as neuer was ner shal be But amonge all the childreÌ„ of Israel there shall not a dogg quatch w t his tonge fro men vnto catell y t ye maye knowe how y t the LORDE hath put a differeÌ„ce betwixte Egipte Israel TheÌ„ shal all these thy seruauntes come downe vnto me fal at my fote saye Get the out thou all the people that are vnder the. After that wyl I departe And he weÌ„te froÌ„ Pharao w t a wroth full displeasure The LORDE saide vnto Moses Pharao herkeneth not vnto you y t many woÌ„ders maye be done in y e laÌ„de of Egipte And Moses Aaron dyd all these woÌ„ders before Pharao but y e LORDE hardened his hert y t he wolde not let y e childreÌ„ of Israel go out of his londe The XII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Aaron in the londe of Egipte This moneth shal be with you y e first moneth at it ye shall begynne the monethes of the yeare Speake ye vnto all the congregacion of Israel saye Vpon y e tenth daye of this moneth let euery one take a laÌ„be or a kydd where a housholder is to euery house a laÌ„be But yf the housholde be to few for a lambe theÌ„ let him his neghbo r y t is next vnto his house take it acordinge to the nombre of y e soules and counte to the lambe what euery man maye eate But it shal be a lambe with out blemish a male of a yeare olde From amonge the lambes goates shal ye take it And ye shal kepe it vnto y e fourtene daye of the moneth And euery man of the congregacion of Israel shal slaye it aboute the eueninge And they shal take of his bloude and stryke it on both the syde postes of the dore and on the vpperdore post of the house that they eate it in And so shal they eate flesh y e same night rosted at the fyre vnleuended bred and shal eate it with sowre sawse Ye shal not eate it rawe ner sodden with water but onely rosted at the fyre his heade w t his fete and pertenaunce And ye shal leaue nothynge of it ouer vntyll the mornynge but yf eny thinge be left ouer vntyll the mornynge ye shal burne it with fyre Of this maner shal ye eate it Ye shal be gyrded aboute youre loynes and haue youre shues vpon youre fete and staues in yo r handes and ye shal eate it with haist for it is y e LORDES Passeouer For in the same night wil I go thorow the londe of Egipte smyte all the firstborne in the lande of Egipte from men vnto catell vpon all the goddes of Egipte wyll I do execucion Euen I the LORDE And the bloude shal be youre token vpon the houses wherin ye are y t whan I se the bloude I maye passe ouer and that the plage happen not vnto you to destroye you whan I smyte the londe of Egipte And this daye shall ye haue for a remembraunce and ye shall kepe it holy for a feast vnto the LORDE ye all youre posterities for a perpetuall custome Seuen dayes shall ye eate vnleuended bred namely vpon the first daie shal ye leaue of with leuended bred in youre houses Who so euer eateth leuended bred from the first daye vnto y e seuenth that soule shall be roted out from Israel The first daye shall be called holy amonge you and the seuenth also No maner of worke shall ye do therin saue what belongeth to the meate for all maner of soules that onely maye ye do for you And kepe you to leuended bred For euen vpon that same daye wil I brynge youre armies
in the night season was fyre therin in y e sight of all y e house of Israel in all their iourneis The ende of the seconde boke of Moses called Exodus The thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The ordre and vse of burnt offerynges whether it be of small or greate catell or of foules Chap. II. Of meat offerynges with fyne floure c. Chap. III. Of deed offerynges otherwyse called health offrynges peace offrynges or thāk-offerynges and of the fatt Chap. IIII. The offringe for the sinne of a prest of the whole congregacion of the ruler or of eny other meane man Chap. V. The offerynge for swearinge for an erroure or ignoraunce Chap. VI. Of daylie burnt offerynges other oblacions The offerynge of the prest in the daye of his anoyntinge Chap. VII Of thank offerynges Of the fat bloude and of the anoyntinge of the prestes Chap. VIII Of the anoyntinge and consecratynge of Aaron and of his sonnes Chap. IX How Aaron and his sonnes offred for synne how the fyre of God consumed the burnt offerynge Chap. X. The death of Nadab Abihu The prestes were forbydden to drynke wyne and their porcion of the offerynges appoynted them Chap. XI Of cleane and vncleane beastes foules Chap. XII Of the vnclennesse of a woman in childe bedd of hir clensynge or purificacion of hir offerynge Chap. XIII Of Leprosy or Mezell Chap. XIIII The clēsynge of lepers and of their offerynge Chap. XV. Of all maner of vncleane fluxes or yssues both of men and wemen Chap. XVI Aarō might not allwaie go in to the Sanctuary Of the two goates Of fastinge in the seuenth moneth Chap. XVII All offrynges were first brought to the Tabernacle dore No bloude ner deed caryon was to be eaten Chap. XVIII The degrees of consanguynite and affynite And what wemen men ought not to marye Chap. XIX Dyuerse and many commaundemētes and statutes Chap. XX. To geue sede vnto Moloch other vnlaufull thinges are forbydden Chap. XXI How cleane and vndefyled the prestes ought to lyue Chap. XXII How the prestes and their housholdes ought to be how the offerynges ought to be vsed Chap. XXIII Of the holy dayes and hye feastes namely the Sabbath Easter Whyt sondaye otherwise called the feast of wekes the feast of Tabernacles c. Chap. XXIIII Of the oyle for the lampes and lightes Of the shewbred Punyshment for cursynge and blasphemy Chap. XXV Of the rest of the seuenth yeare libertye of the Fiftieth yeare otherwyse called the yeare of Iubylie the yeare of hornes blowinge or the trompet yeare Chap. XXVI Swete louynge promyses of God for all soch as wyl kep◠his commaundemētes Agayne Maruelous sore plages are threatened vnto them that wyll not harken to his worde Chap. XXVII Of vowes and of the fre yeare Of redemynge or lowsynge out agayne of catell or londe that a man promyseth voweth or dedicateth vnto the LORDE The first Chapter ANd the LORDE called Moses and spake vnto him out of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and sayde Speake vnto y e childrē of Israel saie vnto them Who so euer amōge you wyl brynge an offerynge vnto the LORDE let him brynge it of y e catell euen of the oxen of the shepe Yf he wyl brynge a burnt offerynge of y e oxen or greate catell thē let him offre a male without blemysh before y e dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to reconcyle him self before the LORDE let him laye his hande vpon the heade of the burnt offerynge then shal he be reconcyled so y t God shal be mercifull vnto him And he shall kyll the yonge oxe before y e LORDE and y e prestes Aarons sonnes shal brynge the bloude and sprenkle it rounde aboute vpon the altare that is before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the slrynne shal be flayne from of the burnt offerynge and it shal be hewen in peces And the sonnes of Aaron the prest shal make a fyre vpon the altare and laye wod aboue ther on and y e peces the heade and the fatt shal they laye vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon y e fyre on the altare But y e bowels legges shal be waszshen with water and the prest shal burne alltogether vpon the altare for a burntsacrifice this is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Yf he wyl offre a burntsacrifice of the small catell that is of the lambes or goates then let him offre a male without a blemysh And he shall kyll it before the LORDE euen at the corner of the altare on the north syde before y e LORDE And the prestes Aarons sonnes shal sprenkle his bloude rounde aboute vpon y e altare and it shal be hewen in peces And the prest shall laye them with the heade and the fatt vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon the fyre on the altare But the bowels and y e legges shal be waszshen with water And y e prest shal offre it alltogether and burne it vpon y e altare for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE But yf he wil offre a burntsacrifice of y e foules vnto the LORDE then let him offre it of the turtill doues or of y e yonge pigeons And the prest shal brynge it vnto the altare and wrynge the neck of it a sunder that it maye be burnt vpon the altare and let the bloude of it runne out vpon the sydes of the altare and the croppe of it with the fethers shal be cast vpon the heape of aszshes besyde the altare towarde the east and he shall deuyde the wynges of it but not breake thē cleane of And thus shall the prest burne it vpon the altare euen vpon the wodd that lyeth vpō the fyre for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE The II. Chapter WHan a soule wyll offre a meat offerynge vnto the LORDE then shal it be of fyne floure and he shal poure oyle vpon it and put frankencense theron so brynge it vnto Aarons sonnes the prestes Then shal one of them take his handefull of the same floure and oyle with all the frankēcense and burne it for a remembraunce vpon the altare This is an offeringe of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE As for y e remnaunt of the meat offerynge it shal be Aarons and his sonnes This shal be y e most holy of the offerynges of the LORDE But yf he wyll brynge a meat offerynge of that which is baken in the ouen then let him take swete cakes of wheate mixte with oyle and vnleuended wafers anoynted with oyle Neuertheles yf thy meat offerynge be enythinge of that which is fryed in the panne then shal it be of fyne swete floure myxte with oyle And thou shalt cut it in peces poure oyle theron so is it a meat offerynge But yf thy meat offeringe be ought broyled on the gredyron then shalt
them wyll I brynge in so y t they shal knowe the lande which ye haue refused But ye with youre carcases shall lye in this wildernesse and yo r children shal wander in this wildernesse fourtye yeares beare yo r whordome tyll yo r carcases be waisted in the wildernesse acordinge to the nombre of y e fourtye dayes wherin ye spyed out the londe A daye for a yeare so y t fourtye yeares ye shall beare youre myszdede that ye maye knowe what it is whan I with drawe my hande Euen I the LORDE haue sayde it wil do it in dede vnto all this euell congregacion that haue lift vp themselues agaynst me In this wildernesse shal they be consumed and there shal they dye So there dyed and were plaged before the LORDE all the mē whom Moses sent to spye out the lāde came agayne and made the whole cōgregacion to murmur agaynst it because they brought vp a myszreporte of the lande that it was euell But Iosua the sonne of Nun and Caleb y e sonne of Iephune were left alyue of the men that wente to spye out the lande And Moses spake these wordes vnto all the children of Israel Thē toke the people greate sorowe And they arose early in y e mornynge and wente vp to the toppe of y e mountayne and sayde Lo here are we and will go vp to the place wherof the LORDE hath sayde for we haue synned But Moses sayde wherfore go ye on this maner beyonde y e worde of the LORDE It shall not prospere with you go not vp for y e LORDE is not amōge you y t ye be not slayne before yo r enemies For the Amalechites and Cananites are there before you ye shal fall thorow y e swerde because ye haue turned yo r selues from the LORDE and the LORDE shal not be with you But they were blynded to go vp to the toppe of the mountaine neuertheles the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt Moses came not out of the hooste Then came downe y e Amalechites Cananites which dwelt vpon that mountayne and smote them and hewed them euen vnto Horma The XV. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake to the childrē of Israel saye vnto them Whan ye come in to the lande of youre dwellinge which I shal geue you and wil do sacrifice vnto the LORDE whether it be a burnt offerynge or an offrynge for a speciall vowe or a frewyll offerynge or youre feast offerynges that ye maye make a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE of oxen or of shepe He y t wil offre now his gifte vnto y e LORDE shal brynge for the meat offeringe a tēth deale of fyne floure myngled with oyle of the fourth parte of an Hin and wyne for y e drynk offerynge the fourth parte of an Hin also to the burnt offeringe or eny other offeringe whan a lambe is offred But whā there is a ramme offred thou shalt make the meat offerynge two tēth deales of fyne floure myngled with oyle of the thirde parte of an Hin and y e thirde parte of an Hin of wyne also for a drynk offeringe this shalt thou offre for a swete sauo r vnto the LORDE But yf thou wilt offre an oxe for a burnt offerynge or for a speciall vowe offerynge or for an health offeringe vnto the LORDE thou shalt brynge to the oxe the meat offrynge euen thre tenth deales of fyne floure mingled with half an Hin of oyle half an Hin of wyne for a drynk offrynge This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Thus shalt thou do with an oxe with a ramme with a lambe and with a goate Acordinge as the nombre of the offerynges is therafter shall the nombre of the meat offerynges and drynk offerynges be also He that is one of youre selues shall do this that he maye offre a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE And yf there dwell a straunger with you or is amōge youre kynszfolkes and wil do an offerynge vnto the LORDE for a swete sauoure the same shal do as ye do Let there be one statute for the whole cōgregacion both vnto you and to the straungers A perpetuall statute shal it be vnto youre posterities that the straunger be euē as ye before y e LORDE One lawe and one ordinaunce shal be vnto you and to the straunger that dwelleth with you And the LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake to the children of Israel and saye vnto them Whan ye come in to the lande in to y t which I shal brynge you so that ye eate the bred of the londe ye shal heue vp an Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE namely a cake of the firstlinges of youre dowe shall ye geue for an Heue offerynge as the Heue offerynge of the barne euen so shal ye geue the firstlinges of youre dowe also vnto the LORDE for an Heue offerynge amonge youre posterities And whan ye thorow ignoraunce ouer se eny of these commaundementes which the LORDE hath spoken by Moses and all y t the LORDE hath commaunded you by Moses from the daye that the LORDE beganne to commaunde for youre posterities and the cōgregacion do ought ignorauntly thē shal the whole congregacion offre a yonge bullocke from amonge the greate catell to a burnt offerynge for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE with his meat offerynge and drynk offerynge as the maner is and an he goate for a syn offerynge And so shal the prest make an attonement for the whole congregacion of the children of Israel and it shal be forgeuen them for it is an ignoraunce And they shal brynge these their giftes for an offerynge vnto the LORDE and their syn offerynge before the LORDE for their ignoraunce and it shal be forgeuen the whole congregacion of the childrē of Israel the straunger also y t dwelleth amonge you for so moch as all the people is in soch ignoraunce Yf one soule synne thorow ignoraunce the same shal brynge a she goate of a yeare olde for a syn offerynge And the prest shall make an attonement for soch an ignoraunt soule with the syn offeringe for the ignoraunce before the LORDE that he maye reconcyle him and it shal be forgeuen him And it shal be one lawe that ye shal do for y e ignoraunce both vnto him that is borne amonge the children of Israel and to the straunger that dwelleth amonge you But yf a soule do ought presumptuously whether he be one of youre selues or a straunger he hath despysed the LORDE y e same soule shal be roted out from amōge his people because he hath despysed the worde of the LORDE and hath left his commaundement vndone that soule shall vtterly perishe his synne shal be vpon him Now whyle the children of Israel were in the wyldernesse they founde a man gatherynge stickes vpon the Sabbath daye And they that founde him gatherynge stickes brought him vnto Moses and Aaron and before
go thorow the fyre or a prophecier or a choser out of dayes or that regardeth the foules cryenge or a witch or a coniurer or soythsayer or an expounder of tokens or y t axeth eny thinge of the deed For who so euer doth soch is abhominacion vnto the LORDE and because of soch abhominacions doth the LORDE y e God dryue thē out before the. But thou shalt be perfecte with the LORDE y e God For these naciōs whom thou shalt conquere whom the LORDE thy God hath geuen the herken to the chosers out of dayes and to the soythsayers but so shalt not thou do vnto the LORDE thy God A prophet like vnto me shall the LORDE thy God raise the vp euen out of the from amonge thy brethren vnto him shal ye herkē acordinge as thou desyredest before the LORDE thy God in Horeb in the daye of y e gatheringe together saydest Let me heare the voyce of the LORDE my God nomore and se nomore this greate fyre that I dye not And y e LORDE saide vnto me They haue well spoken I wil rayse them vp a prophet from amonge their brethren like vnto the and wyl put my wordes in his mouth he shal speake vnto them all that I shal cōmaunde him And who so euer wyl not herken vnto my wordes which he shal speake in my name of him wil I requyre it But yf a prophete presume to speake ought in my name which I haue not cōmaūded him to speake and he that speaketh in y e name of other goddes y e same prophete shal dye But yf thou saye in thine hert How can I knowe what worde the LORDE hath not spoken Euen whan the prophete speaketh in the name of y e LORDE and the thinge foloweth not and commeth not to passe y e same is the worde y t the LORDE hath not spokē The prophet hath spokē it presumtuously therfore be not afrayed of him The XIX Chapter WHan y e LORDE thy God shall haue roted out y e naciōs whose londe y e LORDE thy God shal geue the so y t thou hast conquered them and dwellest in their cities and houses thou shalt appoynte the out thre cities in the myddes of the lōde y t the LORDE thy God shal geue y e to possesse Thou shalt prepare the waye and parte the coastes of y e londe which y e LORDE thy God shal deuyde out vnto the in to thre partes that whosoeuer hath commytted a slaughter maye flie thither And this shal be the cause that whosoeuer hath committed a slaughter maye flye thyther and lyue Yf eny man smyte his neghboure vnawarres and hath not hated him in tyme passed as whan a man goeth vnto the wod with his neghboure to hew downe tymber and he turneth his hande w t the axe to hewe downe the wod and the yron slyppeth from the helue and hytteth his neghboure that he dyeth the same shal flye in to one of these cities that he maye lyue lest the auenger of bloude folowe after the deedsleyer whyle his hert is whote and ouertake him whyle the waye is so farre and slaye him where as yet no cause of death is in hī for so moch as he hated him not in tyme passed Therfore commaunde I the that thou appoynte out thre cities And whan the LORDE y e God enlargeth thy borders as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers geueth the all the lōde which he promysed thy fathers to geue so that thou kepe all these cōmaundementes and do y t I commaunde the this daye y t thou loue the LORDE thy God and walke in his wayes all y e life longe thē shalt thou adde yet thre cities vnto these thre that innocent bloude be not shed in thy londe which the LORDE y e God geueth the to enheritaunce and so bloude come vpon the. But yf eny man beare hate agaynst his neghboure and layeth waite for him and ryseth agaynst him and smyteth him that he dye and flyeth in to one of these cities then shall the Elders of the same cite sende thither and cause him to be fetched from thence and delyuer him in to the handes of the auenger of bloude that he maye dye thine eye shal not pitie him and the giltye bloude shalt thou put awaye frō Israel that thou mayest prospere Thou shalt not remoue thy neghbours marck which they of olde tyme haue set in thine enheritaunce that thou enheretest in the londe which the LORDE thy God hath geuen the to possesse it One witnesse shal not stonde vp alone agaynst a man ouer eny trespace or synne what maner of synne so euer it be y t a man can do but in the mouth of two or thre witnesses shal euery matter be stablished But yf an vnrighteous wytnesse stonde vp agaynst eny man to testifye eny trespace vpon him then shall both the men that stryue together stonde before the LORDE before the prestes and Iudges which shall be at the same tyme. And the iudges shall make diligent inquisicion yf the witnesse be founde false and hath geuē false witnesse agaynst his brother then shall ye do vnto him euen as he thoughte to do vnto his brother that thou mayest put awaye the euell from the that other maye heare and feare and take nomore vpon them to do soch wicked poyntes amonge you Thine eye shall not pitie him Soule for soule eye for eye to the for to the hande for hande fote for fote The XX. Chapter WHan thou goest out to battayll agaynst thine enemies and seyst horses and charettes of the people more then thou be not afrayed of them for the LORDE thy God which brought y e out of the londe of Egipte is with the. Now whā ye are come nye vnto the battayll the prest shal steppe forth speake to the people and saye vnto thē Heare Israel Ye go this daye in to the battayll agaynst youre enemies let not yo r hert faynte Feare not be not afrayed ner a drede of them For the LORDE youre God goeth with you to fyghte for you agaynst youre enemies y t he maye saue you And the captaynes shal speake to y e people and saye Who so hath buylded a new house and hath not dedicate it let him go and byde in his house that he dye not in y e battayll and another dedicate it Who so hath planted a vynyarde and hath not yet made it comen lett him go and byde at home that he dye not in the battayll and another make it comen Who so hath spoused a wyfe and hath not yet brought her home let him go and byde at home y t he die not in the battayll another brynge her home And the captaines shal speake further vnto the people and saye He that feareth and hath a faynte hert lett him go and byde at home that he make not his brethrens hert fainte
God maketh with the this daye that he mighte set the vp this daye to be a people vnto himself and that he mighte be thy God as he hath sayde vnto the and as he sware vnto y e fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob For I make not this couenaunt and this ooth with you onely but both with you y t are here this daye and stonde with vs before the LORDE oure God and also with them that are not here with vs this daye For ye knowe how we haue dwelt in the londe of Egipte and how we came thorow the myddes of the Heythen whom ye passed by and sawe their abhominacions and their Idols wodd and stone syluer and golde which were with them Lest there be amōge you man or woman or an housholde or a trybe which turneth awaye his hert this daye from the LORDE oure God to go and to serue y e goddes of these nacions and lest there be amonge you some rote that beareth gall worm wodd so that though he heare the wordes of this curse he blesse him selfe yet in his hert and saye Tush it shal not be so euell I wil walke after the meanynge of myne awne hert that the dronken maye perishe with the thyrstie Then shall not the LORDE be mercifull vnto him but his wrath and gelousy shall smoke ouer soch a man and all the curses that are wrytten in this boke shall lighte vpon him and the LORDE shal put out his name from vnder heauen and shall separate him vnto euell out of all the trybes of Israel acordinge vnto all the curses of the couenaunt that is wrytten in the boke of this lawe So the posterities of youre childrē which shal ryse vp after you and the straungers that come out of farre countrees shall saye whan they se the plages of this londe and the diseases wherwith the LORDE hath smytten it that he hath brent vp all their londe with brymstone and salt so y t it cannot be sowne ner is frutefull nether groweth there eny grasse therin Like as Sodom Gomor Adama and Zeboim are ouer throwne which the LORDE ouerthrewe in his wrath and anger Then shall all nacions saye Wherfore hath the LORDE done thus vnto this londe What greate wrothfull displeasure is this Then shalt it be sayde Euen because they haue forsaken the couenaunt of y e LORDE God of their fathers which he made with them whan he broughte them out of the londe of Egipte and they wēte and serued other goddes and worshipped thē euen soch goddes as they knewe not and whom he had not deuyded vnto them Therfore the wrath of the LORDE waxed whote ouer this londe to brynge vpon it all the curses that are wrytten in this boke And the LORDE thrust them out of their londe w t greate wrath indignacion displeasoure hath cast them into another londe as it is come to passe this daye These are the secretes of the LORDE oure God which are opened vnto vs and oure children for euer y t we shulde do all the wordes of this lawe The XXX Chapter NOw whan all this commeth vpon the whether it be the blessinge or y e curse which I haue layed before the and thou goest in to thine hert beynge amōge the Heithen whither the LORDE thy God hath thrust the and thou turnest vnto the LORDE y e God so that thou herkenest vnto his voyce thou and thy children with all y e hert and with all thy soule in all that I commaunde the this daye then shal the LORDE thy God turne thy captiuyte and haue compassion vpon the and shal gather thy congregacion agayne from amonge all the nacions whither the LORDE thy God hath scatered the. And though thou werest thrust out vnto the vttemost partes of the heauen yet shall the LORDE thy God gather the from thence and from thēce shal he fetch the and shal brynge the in to the londe which thy fathers haue possessed and thou shalt enioye it and he shal do the good and multiplye the aboue thy fathers And the LORDE thy God shall circumcyse thine hert and the hert of thy sede that thou mayest loue the LORDE y t God with all thy hert and with all y e soule that thou mayest lyue But all these curses shall the LORDE thy God laye vpon thine enemyes and vpon them that hate the and persecute the. But thou shalt turne and herken vnto the voyce of the LORDE to do all his commaundementes which I commaunde the this daye And the LORDE thy God shal make the plenteous in all the workes of thine hādes in the frute of thy body in the frute of thy catell in the frute of thy londe to good For the LORDE shall turne to reioyse ouer the to good as he reioysed ouer thy fathers so that thou herken vnto the voyce of the LORDE thy God to kepe his commaundementes and ordinaunces which are wrytten in the boke of this lawe and turne vnto the LORDE thy God with all thy hert and with all thy soule For the commaundement which I commaunde y e this daye is not to wonderfull for the ner to farre ner yet in heauen that thou neadest to saye Who wil go vp for vs in to heauen and brynge it vnto vs that we maie heare it and do it Nether is it beyonde the see that thou neadest to saye Who wyll go ouer the see for vs and fetch it vs that we maye heare it and do it For the worde is very nye vnto the euē in thy mouth and in thine hert that thou do it Beholde I haue layed before you this daye life and good death and euell For I cōmaunde the this daye to loue the LORDE thy God and to walke in his wayes and to kepe his commaundementes ordinaunces and lawes that thou mayest lyue and multiplye and that the LORDE thy God maye blesse the in the londe whither thou goest to possesse it But yf thou turnest awaye thine hert so that thou wilt not heare but fall a waye to worshipe other goddes and to serue them I certifye you this daye that ye shal perishe not lyue longe in the londe whither thou goest ouer Iordane to possesse it I take heauen and earth this daye to recorde ouer you I haue layed before you life and death blessinge and cursinge that thou mayest chose life and that thou and thy sede maye lyue y t ye maye loue the LORDE youre God and herken vnto his voyce and cleue vnto him For he is thy life and thy lōge age that thou mayest dwell in the londe which the LORDE sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob to geue them The XXXI Chapter ANd Moses wente spake these wordes to all Israel and saide vnto them I am this daye an hundreth and twētye yeare olde I can nomore go out and in the LORDE also hath sayde vnto me Thou shalt not go ouer this Iordane The LORDE thy
God himselfe shall go before the ouer Iordane and HE himselfe shal destroye these nacions before the that thou mayest conquere them and Iosua he shall go ouer before the. as the LORDE hath sayde And the LORDE shal do vnto them as he dyd vnto Sihon and Og the kynges of the Amorites and vnto their lōde which he destroyed Now whan the LORDE shal deliuer thē before you ye shal do vnto them acordynge vnto all the commaundementes which I haue commaunded you Be manly and strōge feare not and be not afrayed of them For the LORDE thy God himselfe shal go with the and shal not fayle the ner forsake the. And Moses called Iosua and sayde vnto him before all Israel Be stronge and bolde for thou shalt brynge this people in to the londe which the LORDE hath sworne vnto their fathers to geue them and thou shalt parte it amonge them by lott But the LORDE himselfe that goeth before you euen HE shal be with the and shal not fayle the ner forsake the Feare not and be not afrayed And Moses wrote this lawe and delyuered it vnto the prestes the children of Leui which bare the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE and vnto all the Elders of Israel And he commaunded them and sayde At the ende of seuen yeares in the tyme of the Fre yeare in the feast of Tabernacles whan all Israel come to appeare before the LORDE thy God in the place that he shall chose thou shalt cause this lawe to be proclamed before all Israel in their eares namely before the congregacion of the people both of men wemen children and thy straungers which are within thy gates that they maye heare and lerne to feare the LORDE their God and be diligent to do all the wordes of this lawe and that their children also which knowe nothinge maye heare and lerne to feare the LORDE yo r God all youre lyue dayes which ye lyue in the londe whither ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde thy tyme is come that thou must die call Iosua and stonde in the Tabernacle of witnesse that I maye geue him a charge Moses wente with Iosua and stode in the Tabernacle of witnesse And the LORDE appeared in the Tabernacle in a cloudy pyler and the same cloudy pyler stode in the dore of the Tabernacle And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde thou shalt slepe with y e fathers and this people wyll ryse vp and go a whoringe after straunge goddes of the londe in to the which they come and wyll forsake me and breake the couenaunt which I haue made w t them And then shall my wrath waxe whote agaynst them at the same tyme I shal forsake thē and hyde my face frō them that they maye be consumed And so whan moch aduersite trouble commeth vpō thē they shal saye Is not all this euell come vpō me because God is not with me But I shal hyde my face at the same tyme because of all the euell that they haue done in that they haue turned vnto other goddes Wryte now therfore this songe teach it the children of Israel and put it in their mouth that this songe maye be a witnesse vnto me amonge the children of Israel For I wil brynge them in to the londe which I sware vnto their fathers that floweth with mylke and hony And whan they eate and are full and fatt they shal turne vnto other goddes and serue them and blaspheme me and breake my couenaunt And so whan moch myschefe and tribulacion is come vpon them this songe shall answere before them for a witnesse It shall not be forgotten out of the mouth of their sede for I knowe their ymaginacion that they go aboute euen now before I brynge them in to the londe which I sware vnto them So Moses wrote this songe at the same tyme and taughte it the children of Israel And the LORDE gaue Iosua the sonne of Nun a charge and sayde Be stronge and bolde for thou shalt brynge the children of Israel in to the londe which I sware vnto them and I wil be with the. Now whan Moses had wrytten out all the wordes of this lawe in a boke he commaunded the Leuites which bare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt and sayde Take the boke of this lawe and laye it by the syde of the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE youre God that it maye be there a wytnesse agaynst the for I knowe thy stubburnesse and thy harde neck Beholde whyle I am yet alyue w t you this daye ye haue bene disobedient vnto the LORDE how moch more after my death Gather now vnto me all the Elders of youre trybes and youre officers y t I maye speake these wordes in their eares and take heauen and earth to recorde agaynst them For I am sure that after my death ye shall marre youre selues and turne asyde out of the waye which I haue commaunded you and so shall mysfortune happen vnto you her after because ye haue done euell in the sighte of the LORDE in prouokynge him thorow the workes of youre handes So Moses spake out the wordes of this songe euen to the ende in the eares of all the congregacion of Israel The XXXII Chapter HErken O ye heauens I wyll speake and let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth My doctryne droppe as doth the raine and my speach flowe as doth the dew Euen as the rayne vpon the grasse and as the droppes vpon the herbe For I wyl call vpon the name of the LORDE geue ye the glory vnto oure God Perfecte are the workes of the Stone for all his wayes are righteous God is true and no wickednes is there in him righteous and iust is he The frowarde and ouerthwarte generacion hath marred them selues to himwarde and are not his children because of their deformyte Thankest thou the LORDE y i God so thou foolish and vnwyse people Is not he thy father and thy LORDE Hath he not made the and prepared the Remembre the dayes that are past considre the yeares of the generacions afore tyme Axe thy father he shall shewethe thine elders they shal tell the. Whan the most Hyghest deuyded y e nacions and scatred the children of men Then set he the borders of the nacions acordinge to the nombre of the children of Israel For the LORDES parte is his folke Iacob is the meetlyne of his enheritaunce He founde him in the wyldernesse euen in the drye deserte where he roared He led him aboute and gaue him vnderstondinge He kepte him as the aple of his eye As an Aegle stereth vp hir nest and flotereth ouer hir yonge Euen so stretched he out his fethers and toke him and bare him on his wynges The LORDE onely was his gyde there was no straunge God with him He caried him ouer y e heigth of the
the water of stryfe He that sayeth vnto his father and to his mother I se him not and to his brother I knowe him not and to his sonne I wote not of him those haue obserued thy wordes and kepte y e couenaunt they shal teach Iacob thy iudgmentes and Israel thy lawe they shal laie incense before thy nose burnt offeringes vpon thine altare LORDE blesse thou his power accepte the workes of his handes smyte the loynes of them y t ryse vp agaynst him of them that hate him that they lifte not vp them selues And to Ben Iamin he saide The beloued of the LORDE shal dwell in hope on him All the daye longe shal he wayte vpon him and shal dwell betwene his shulders And to Ioseph he sayde His londelieth in the blessynge of the LORDE there are noble frutes of heauen of the dew and of the depe that lyeth beneth There are noble frutes of the increase of the Sonne and noble rype frutes of y e monethes And of y e toppes of the mountaynes of olde and of the hilles allwaye and of the noble frutes of y e earth and of 〈◊〉 fulnesse therof The good will of him that dwelleth in the buszshe come vpon the heade of Ioseph and vpon y e toppe of his heade that was separated frō amonge his brethren His bewtye is as a firstborne oxe and his hornes are as y e hornes of an Vnicorne with the same shal he puszshe the nacions together euen vnto the endes of the worlde These are the thousandes of Ephraim and the thousandes of Manasse And vnto Zabulon he sayde Reioyse Zabulon of thy outgoynge but reioyse thou Isachar of thy tentes They shall call the people vnto y e hyll and there shal they offre y e offeringes of righteousnes For they shal sucke the abundaunce of the see and the treasures hyd in the sonde And to Gad he sayde Blessynge haue Gad which maketh rowme He dwelleth as a lyon and spoyleth the arme and the toppe of the heade And he sawe his begynnynge that y e heape of the teachers laye hydd there and came with the rulers of the people and executed the righteousnesse of the LORDE and his iudgment on Israel And to Dan he sayde Dan a yonge lyon he shal flowe from Basan And to Nephtali he saide Nephtali shal haue abundaunce of pleasure shal be full of the blessynge of the LORDE his possession shal be towarde the west and south And to Asser he sayde Asser be blessed w t sonnes accepted be he with his brethren and dyppe his fote in oyle Yron and brasse be on thy shues Thyne age be as thy youth There is no God as the God of the iust He that sytteth vpon heauen be thy helpe And his glory is in the cloudes that is the dwellynge of God from the beginnynge and vnder the armes of the worlde And he shal dryue out thyne enemye before the and saye Be destroyed And Israel shall dwell safe alone The eye of Iacob shal be vpon y e londe where corne and wine is heauen also shal droppe with dewe Happye art thou Israel who is lyke vnto the O thou people y t art saued by the LORDE which is thy helpe shylde and the swerde of thy glorye Thyne enemies shal pyne awaye and thou shalt treade vpon the height of them The XXIIII Chapter ANd Moses wente from the felde of y e Moabites vp vnto mount Nebo vpō y e toppe of moūt Pisga ouer agaynst Iericho And the LORDE shewed him all the londe of Gilead vnto Dan and all Nephtali and the londe of Ephraim and Manasse and all the londe of Iuda vnto y e vttemost see and towarde the south and the region of the playne of Iericho the cite of the palme trees euen vnto Zoar. And the LORDE sayde vnto him This is the londe that I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob and sayde I wyll geue it vnto thy sede Thou hast sene it with thine eyes but thou shalt not go ouer thither So Moses y e seruaunt of the LORDE died there in the londe of the Moabites acordinge vnto the worde of y e LORDE And he buried him in a valley in the londe of the Moabites ouer agaynst the house of Peor And noman knewe of his graue vnto this daye And Moses was an hundreth and twentye yeare olde whan he dyed his eyes were not dymme and his chekes were not fallen And the children of Israel weped for Moses in y e felde of the Moabites thirtie daies and the dayes of the wepynge and mournynge for Moses were fulfilled And Iosua the sonne of Nun was filled with y e sprete of wyszdome for Moses had layed his hande vpon him and the children of Israel herkened vnto him and dyd as the LORDE commaunded Moses And there arose no prophet more in Israel like vnto Moses whom the LORDE knewe face to face in all tokens and wonders which the LORDE sent him to do in y e londe of Egipte vnto Pharao and to all his seruaūtes and his londe and in all this mightie hande and greate visions which Moses dyd in the sighte of all Israel The ende of the fifte boke of Moses called Deuteronomion The seconde parte of the olde Testament The boke of Iosua The boke of the Iudges The boke of Ruth The first boke of the Kynges The seconde boke of the Kynges The thirde boke of the Kynges The fourth boke of the kynges The first boke of the Cronicles The seconde boke of the Cronicles The first boke of Eszdras The seconde boke of Eszdras The boke of Hester The boke of Iosua What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. After the death of Moses God cōmaūdeth Iosua to get him vp and to go with the people ouer Iordane in to the londe of promes Chap. II. Two spyes are sent vnto Iericho and Rahab lodgeth them Chap. III. Iosua goeth forth with the people vnto Iordane The Leuites are ordeyned to go beforewith the Arke The one parte of Iordane stondeth styll the other renneth downe and the people go thorow it drye shodd Chap. IIII. Twolue stones doth Iosua cause to be taken out of Iordane and setteth them vp at Gilgall for a remembraunce Chap V. The kynges beyonde Iordane are afrayed The people in Gilgall are circumcysed They eate the Passeouer and vnleuended bred Chap. VI. How Iericho is wonne and taken Chap. VII The Israelites are put to flight before their enemies because one of thē had stollen of it that shulde haue bene damned and vtterly destroyed The trespacer is stoned vnto death Chap VIII The cite of Hai is wonne the people slayne the kynge taken alyue and hanged the cite brent Iosua buyldeth an altare vnto the LORDE The blessynges and curses are red Chap. IX The Heythen kynges prepare thē selues agaynst Israel The Gabaonites saue their lyues by crafte and suttyltie Chap. X. The Heythen laye sege to Gabaon but Iosua helpeth them and wynneth a greate felde commaundeth the Sonne
and Makeda And whan they fled before Israel the waye downe to Bethoron the LORDE caused a greate hayle from heauen to fall vpon them vnto Aseka so that they dyed many mo of them dyed of the hayle then the children of Israel slewe with the swerde Then spake Iosua vnto the LORDE the same daye that the LORDE gaue ouer the Amorites before the children of Israel and sayde in the presence of Israel Sonne holde styll at Gibeon and thou Moone in the valley of Aialon Then the Sonne helde styll and y e Moone stode vntyll the people had auenged theÌ„selues on their enemies Is not this wrytten in the boke of the righteous Thus the Sonne stode styll in the myddes of heauen and dyfferred to go downe for the space of a whole daye after And there was no daye like vnto this nether before ner after whan the LORDE herkened vnto the voyce of one man for the LORDE fought for Israel And Iosua wente agayne to Gilgall in to the teÌ„tes and all Israel with him As for the fyue kynges they were fled and had hyd theÌ„ selues in the caue at Makeda Then was it tolde Iosua We haue fouÌ„de the fyue kynges hyd in the caue at Makeda Iosua sayde Rolle greate stones then before the hole of the caue and set men there to kepe them As for you stonde not ye styll but folowe after youre enemies and smyte them behynde and let them not come in their cities for the LORDE youre God hath delyuered theÌ„ in to youre hande And whan Iosua and y e children of Israel had ended the sore greate slaughter vpoÌ„ them so y t they were brought to naught the remnaunt of them came in to the stronge cities So all the people came agayne to the hoost vnto Iosua to Makeda in peace and no man durst moue his tunge agaynst the children of Israel Iosua sayde Open the mouth of the caue and brynge the fyue kynge forth vnto me They dyd so and broughte the kynges vnto him out of the caue the kinge of Ierusalem the kynge of HebroÌ„ the kynge of Iarmuth the kynge of Lachis the kinge of Eglon. Whan these fyue kynges were broughte forth vnto him Iosua called euery man of Israel and sayde vnto the rulers of the men of warre that wente with him Come forth and treade vpon the neckes of these kynges with youre fete And they came forth and trode vpon their neckes with their fete And Iosua saide vnto them Be not afrayed and feare not be stronge and bolde for thus shal the LORDE do vnto all yo r enemies agaynst whom ye fighte And Iosua smote them afterwarde and put them to death and hanged them vpon fyue trees And they hanged styll vpon the trees vntyll the euenynge But whan the Sonne was gone downe he commaunded to take them of from the trees and they cast them in the caue wherin they had hyd them selues before the hole of the caue they layed greate stones which are there yet vnto this daye The same daye wanne Iosua Makeda also and smote it with the edge of the swerde and the kynge therof and damned it and all the soules that were therin and let none remayne escaped and dyd vnto the kynge of Makeda as he dyd vnto the kynge of Iericho Then Iosua and all Israel with him departed fro Makeda vnto Lybna foughte agaynst it And the LORDE gaue it with y e kynge therof into the hande of Israel and smote it and all the soules that were therin with the edge of the swerde and let not one remayne in it and dyd vnto the kinge therof as he had done vnto the kynge of Iericho Afterwarde wente Iosua and all Israel with him from Lybna vnto Lachis and layed sege vnto it and fought agaynst it And the LORDE delyuered Lachis also in to the hande of Israel so that they wanne it vpon the seconde daye and smote it with y e edge of the swerde and all the soules that were therin acordinge to all as he had done vnto Lybna At the same tyme Horam y e kynge of Gazer wente vp to helpe Lachis But Iosua smote him with all his people tyll there remayned not one And Iosua wente with all Israel from Lachis vnto Eglon and layed sege vnto it and fought agaynst it and wanne it the same daye and smote it with the edge of the swerde and damned all the soules that were therin the same daye acordynge vnto all as he had done vnto Lachis After that wente Iosua with all Israel from Eglon vnto Hebron and foughte agaynst it and wanne it and smote it with y e edge of the swerde and the kynge of it 〈◊〉 all the cities therof and all the soules 〈◊〉 were therin and let not one remayne acoâ—â—dynge vnto all as he had done vnto Egâ—â—â— and damned it and all the soules that 〈◊〉 therin Then turned Iosua agayne with all Iâ—â—rael towarde Debir and fought agaynst 〈◊〉 and wanne it with the kinge of it and all y e cities therof and smote them with the edgâ— of the swerde and damned all y e soules that were therin and let not one remayne ouer â–ª Euen as he had done vnto HebroÌ„ and Lâ—â—â—na with their kynges so dyd he also vnto Dâ—â—bir and the kynge therof Thus Iosua smote all the londe vpon the mountaynes and towarde the south and in the lowe countrees and by the ryuers with all their kynges and let not one remaine ouer and damned all that had breth * as the LORDE God of Israel had commaunded And Iosua smote them from Cades Bernea vnto Gaza and all the londe of Gosen vnto Gibeon and toke all these kynges with their loÌ„de at one tyme for the LORDE God of Israel foughte for Israel And Iosua wente agayne withall Israel to the tentes vnto Gilgal The XI Chapter WHan Iabin the kynge of Asor herde this he sent vnto Iabob the kynge of Madon and to the kynge of Samron and to the kynge of Achsaph and to the kynges that dwelt towarde the north vpon the mountaynes and in the playne on the southsyde of Cineroth and in the loâ—â— countrees and in the lordshippes of Dor by the see syde and to the Cananites towarde y e east and west to y e Amorites Hethites Pheresites and Iebusites vpon the mountaynes and to the Heuites vnder mount Hermon in the londe of Mispa These weÌ„te out with all their armies a greate people as many as y e sonde of the see and exceadinge many horses and charettes All these kinges gathered theÌ„ selues and came and pitched together by y e water of Meram to fighte with Israel And the LORDE sayde vnto Iosua Feare them not for tomorow aboute this tyme wil I delyuer them all slayne before the children of Israel thou shalt lame their horses and burne their charettes with fire And Iosâ—â— came sodenly vpon them and all the men of warre with him by the water of Meroâ—â— fell vpon them And the LORDE delyuered
and fled And whyle she made haist and fled he fell and was lame And his name was Mephiboseth Then wente the sonnes of Rimon y e Berothite Rehob Baena came to the house of Iszboseth in the heate of the daye he laye vpoÌ„ his bed at the noone daie And they came in to the house to fetch wheate thrust him in the bely gat them awaye For whaÌ„ they came in to y e house he laye vpoÌ„ his bed in his chamber they stickte him to death smote of his heade and toke his heade and departed by the waye of the playne felde all that nighte and broughte the heade of Isboseth to Dauid vnto Hebron and sayde vnto the kynge Beholde there is the heade of Iszboseth the sonne of Saul thine enemye which layed wayte for thy soule This daye hath the LORDE auenged my lorde the kynge of Saul and his sede Then answered Dauid vnto Rehob and Baena his brother y e sonnes of Rimon y e Berothite sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth which hath deliuered my soule out of all trouble I toke him y t brought me worde and sayde Saul is deed and he thoughte he had bene a good messaunger and at Siclag I put him to death vnto whom I shulde haue geuen a rewarde for his message And these vngodly personnes haue slayne a righteous man in his owne house vpon his bed Yee shulde not I requyre his bloude of youre handes and take you awaye from y e earth And Dauid commaunded his yonge men which slewe them and smote of their handes and fete and hanged them vp by y e pole at Hebron But the heade of Iszboseth toke they and buried it in Abners graue at Hebron The V. Chapter ANd all the trybes of Israel came to Dauid vnto Hebron and sayde Beholde we are thy bone and thy flesh And afore tyme whaÌ„ Saul was kynge ouer vs thou leddest Israel out and in So the LORDE hath sayde Thou shalt kepe my people of Israel and shalt be the duke ouer Israel And all the Elders in Israel came to y e kynge vnto Hebron And kynge Dauid made a couenaunt with them at Hebron before y e LORDE And they anoynted Dauid to be kynge ouer Israel Thyrtie yeare olde was Dauid whan he was made kynge and reigned fortye yeares At Hebron raigned he seueÌ„ yeares and sixe monethes ouer Iuda but at Ierusalem he reigned thre and thirtie yeares ouer all Israel and Iuda And the kynge wente with his men to Ierusalem agaynst the Iebusites which dwelt in the londe Neuertheles they sayde vnto Dauid Thou shalt not come hither but the blynde and lame shal dryue y t awaie They thoughte planely that Dauid shulde not come in Howbeit Dauid wanne the castell of Sion which is the cite of Dauid Then sayde Dauid the same daye Who so euer smyteth the Iebusites and optayneth the perquellies the lame the blynde which Iebusites Dauids soule hateth Herof coÌ„meth the prouerbe Let no blynde neâ—â—ame come in to the house So Dauid dwelt in y e castell and called it the cite of Dauid And Dauid builded rouÌ„de aboute fro Millo and within And Dauid grewe the LORDE the God Zebaoth was with him And Hiram the kynge of Tyre sent messaungers vn to Dauid and Ceder trees for walles and Carpenters and Masons to builde Dauid an house And Dauid knewe that the LORDE had confyrmed him kynge ouer Israel and exalted his kingdome for his people of Israels sake And Dauid toke yet mo wyues and concubynes at Ierusalem after he was come from Hebron and there were yet mo sonnes doughters borne vnto him And these are the names of them that were borne vnto him at Ierusalem Samma Sobab Nathan Salomon Iebehar Elisua Nepheg Iaphia Elisama Eliada Eliphalet And whan the Philistines herde that Dauid was anoynted kinge ouer Israel they weÌ„te vp all to seke Dauid Whan Dauid perceaued that he weÌ„te downe in to a castell But the Philistynas came and scatered them selues beneth in the valley of Rephaim And Dauid axed at the LORDE and sayde Shal I go vp agaynst the Philistynes and wylt thou delyuer them in to my hande The LORDE sayde vnto Dauid Go vp I wyll delyuer the Philistynes in to thy hande And Dauid came vnto Baal Prazim and smote theÌ„ there and sayde The LORDE hath deuyded myne enemies euen as the waters parte asunder therfore is the same place called Baal Prazim And they lefte their ymages there but Dauid and his men caried theÌ„ awaye Neuerthelesse the Philistynes wente vp agayne and scatered them selues beneth in the valley of Rephaim And Dauid axed at the LORDE The LORDE sayde Thou shalt go vp but compase them behinde that thou mayest be vpon them ouer agaynst the Peertrees and whan thou hearest vpon the toppe of the Peertrees the sounde of the goinge be bolde for then is the LORDE gone forth before the to smyte the hoost of the Philistines Dauid dyd as the LORDE commaunded him and smote the Philistynes from Geba tyll thou commest vnto Gaser The VI. Chapter ANd Dauid gathered agayne all the yonge chosen men in Israel euen thre thousande and gat him vp and wente with all the people that was with him of the 〈◊〉 of Iuda to fetch vp the Arke of God from thence whose name is The name of the LORDE Zebaoth dwelleth theron betwene the Cherubins And they caused the arke of God to be caried vpoÌ„ a new cart and fetched it out of y e house of Abinadab which dwelt at Gibea Vsa and Ahio the sonnes of Abinadab droue y e new cart And whan they broughte it with the Arke from the house of Abinadab which dwelt at Gibea Ahio wente before the Arke and Dauid and all the house of Israel played before the LORDE with all maner of instrumentes of Pine tre with harpes and Psalteries and tabrettes and belles and Cymbals And whan they came to the barne floore of Nahon Vsa stretched out his hande and helde the Arke of God for the oxen weÌ„te out asyde Then waxed the wrath of the LORDE fearce agaynst Vsa and God smote him there because of his presumpcioÌ„ so thâ—â— he dyed there besyde the Arke of God Thâ—â— was Dauid sory because the LORDE had made soch a rente vpon Vsa and he called the same place Perez Vsa vnto this daye And Dauid feared the LORDE the same daie and sayde How shall the Arke of the LORDE come vnto me And he wolde not let it be broughte to him in to the cite of Dauid but caused it be brought in to y e house of Obed Edom the Gathite And whan the Arke of the LORDE had contynued thre monethes in the house of Obed Edom the Gathite the LORDE blessed him and all his house And it was tolde kynge Dauid that the LORDE had blessed the house of Obed EdoÌ„ and all that he had because of the Arke of God Then wente he
answered kynge Salomon and saide vnto his mother Why desyrest thou Abisag of Sunem for Adonias Axe the kyngdome or him also for he is my greater brother and hath Abiathar the prest and Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia. And the kynge sware by the LORDE and sayde God do this and that vnto me Adonias shall haue spoken this agaynst his lyfe And now as truly as the LORDE lyueth which hath ordeyned me and made me to syt vpon the seate of my father Dauid and hath made me a house acordynge as he sayde this daye shal Adonias dye And kynge Salomon sent thither by Benaia the sonne of Ioiada which smote him that he dyed And to the prest Abiathar sayde y e kynge Go thy waye vnto Anathoe to thy londe for thou art a man of deeth Neuerthelesse I wyl not slaye the this daye for thou hast borne the Arke of the LORDE God before my father Dauid and hast suffred also where my father suffred Thus Salomō put forth Abiathar that he must nomore be the prest of the LORDE that the worde of the LORDE mighte be fulfilled which he spake ouer the house of Eli at Silo. And this rumoure came before Ioab for Ioab cleued vnto Adonias and not vnto Salomon Then fled Ioab in to the Tabernacle of the LORDE and toke holde of the hornes of the altare And it was tolde kynge Salomon that Ioab was fled in to the Tabernacle of the LORDE and beholde he stondeth at the altare Then sent Salomon Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and sayde Go slaye him And whan Benaia came to the Tabernacle of the LORDE he sayde vnto him Thus sayeth the kynge Come forth He sayde No I wyl dye here And Benaia tolde this vnto the kynge agayne and sayde Thus hath Ioab spoken and thus hath he answered me The kinge saide vnto him Do as he hath spoken and slaye him and bury him that thou mayest put fro me and my fathers house the bloude which Ioab hath shed with out a cause and that the LORDE maye recompence him his bloude vpon his heade because he smote two men which were more righteous and better then he and slewe them with y e swerde that my father Dauid knewe not of namely Abner y e sonne of Ner the chefe captaine ouer Israel Amasa the sonne of Iether y e chefe captaine ouer Iuda y t their bloude maye be recompensed vpō y e heade of Ioab and of his sede for euer but Dauid and his sede his house and his seate haue peace for euermore of the LORDE And Benaia the sonne of Ioiada wente vp and smote him and slewe him he was buried in his house in the wyldernes And y e kynge set Benaia y e sonne of Ioiada in his steade ouer the hoost And Sadoc y e prest dyd the kynge set in the steade of Abiathar And the kynge sent and caused for to call Semei and sayde vnto him Buylde the an house at Ierusalem and dwell there and departe not from thence nether hither ner thither In what daye so euer thou departest forth and goest ouer y e broke Cedron be thou sure that thou shalt dye the deeth thy bloude be vpon thy heade Semei sayde vnto the kynge This is a good meanynge as my lorde the kynge hath sayde so shal thy seruaunt do So Semei dwelt at Ierusalem a longe season But after thre yeare it fortuned that two seruauntes ranne awaye from Semei vnto Achis the sonne of Maecha kynge of Gath. And it was tolde Semei beholde thy seruauntes are at Gath. Then Semei gat him vp and sadled his asse and wēte vnto Gath to Achis for to seke his seruaūtes And whā he came thither he broughte his seruauntes from Gath. And it was tolde Salomon that Semei wente from Ierusalem vnto Gath and was come agayne Then sent the kynge and caused for to call Semei and sayde vnto him Sware not I to the by the LORDE and assured the and sayde Loke what daye so euer thou departest out and goest hither or thither be sure that thou shalt dye the death And thou saydest vnto me I haue herde a good meanynge Why hast thou not kepte the then acordinge to the ooth of the LORDE and commaundement that I commaunded the And the kynge sayde vnto Semei Thou remembrest all y e wickednes which thy hert knoweth that thou dyddest vnto my father Dauid The LORDE hath recompenced y e thy wickednes vpon thy heade And kynge Salomon is blessed and the seate of Dauid shal be stablished before y e LORDE for euer And the kynge commaunded Benaia y e sonne of Ioiada which wente forth and smote him that he dyed And the kyngdome was stablished by Salomons hande The III. Chapter ANd Salomon made mariage w t Pharao the kynge of Egipte toke Pharaos doughter and broughte her in to the cite of Dauid tyll he had buylded his house and the LORDES house and the walles rounde aboute Ierusalem But the people offred yet vpon the hye places for as yet there was no house buylded vnto the name of the LORDE vnto that tyme. But Salomon loued the LORDE and walked after the ordinaunces of Dauid his father excepte onely that he offred and brent incense vpon the hye places And the kynge wente vnto Gibeon to do sacrifice there for that was a goodly hye place And Salomon offred a thousande burnt offerynges vpon the same altare And the LORDE appeared vnto Salomon at Gibeon in a dreame of the nighte and God sayde Axe what I shal geue ye. Salomō saide Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt Like as he walked before the in faithfulnes and righteousnes and in a true hert with the this greate mercy hast thou layed vp for him and geuen him a sonne to syt vpon his seate as it is now come to passe Now LORDE my God thou hast made thy seruaunt kynge in my father Dauids steade As for me I am but a small yonge man knowynge nether my outgoynge ner ingoynge And thy seruaunt is amonge the people whom thou hast chosen which is so greate that no man can nombre them ner descrybe them for multitude Geue thy seruaunt therfore an obedient hert that he maye iudge thy people vnderstonde what is good bad for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people This pleased the LORDE well that Salomon axed soch a peticion And God sayde vnto him For so moch as thou axest this and desyrest not longe lyfe nether riches nether y e soules of thine enemies but vnderstōdinge to heare iudgment beholde therfore haue I done acordynge to thy wordes Beholde I haue geuen the an hert of wyszdome and vnderstondynge so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the nether shall ryse vp after the. Yee and that thou hast not prayed for haue I geuen the also namely ryches and honoure so that amonge the kynges in y e tyme there is not soch one as
kynge of Israel and sayde vnto him Go thy waye and strength the and take hede and loke well what thou doest for whan the yeare is aboute the kynge of Syria shall come agaynst the of the new For the kynge of y e Syrians seruauntes sayde vnto him Their goddes are goddes of the mountaynes therfore haue they gotten the victory But let vs fyghte with them on the playne and thou shalt se that we shal ouercome them Do thus put awaye the kynges euery one from his place and set dukes in their steades and appoynte the an hoost as was that which thou hast lost horses charettes as the other were and led vs fight agaynst thē in the plaine and thou shalt se that we shal haue the victory He cōsented vnto their voyce and dyd so Now whan the yeare was gone aboute Benadab appoynted the Sirians and wente vp towarde Aphek to fighte agaynst Israel and the childrē of Israel mustured and prouyded them selues with vytailes and wēte to mete them and pitched their tētes ouer against them like two litle flockes of goates but the londe was full of the Syrians And there came a man of God and sayde vnto the kynge of Israel Thus sayeth the LORDE Because the Syrians haue sayde that the LORDE is a God of the moūtaynes and not a God of the valleys therfore haue I geuen all this greate heape in to thy handes that ye maye knowe how that I am y e LORDE And they pitched their tentes right ouer agaynst them seuen dayes But vpon y e seuenth daye they wente together in to the battayll and the children of Israel smote of the Sirians an hundreth thousande fote men in one daye and the remnaunt fled to Aphek in to the cite and the wall fell vpon the other seuen and twenty thousande men And Benadab fled also vnto the cite in to a litle chamber Then sayde his seruauntes vnto him Beholde we haue herde that the kynges of the house of Israel are mercifull kinges Let vs therfore put sack cloth aboute oure loynes and halters aboute oure neckes go forth to the kynge of Israel peraduenture he shal let y e soule lyue And they put sack cloth aboute their loynes and halters aboute their neckes and came to the kynge of Israel and sayde Benadab thy seruaunt sayeth vnto the O let my soule lyue He sayde yf he be yet alyue he is my brother And the men toke him shortly at his worde and expounded it for them selues and sayde Yee Benadab is thy brother He sayde Come and brynge him Thē wente Benadab forth vnto him and he caused him to syt vpon the charet and sayde vnto him The cities that my father toke from thy father wyl I geue the agayne And make thou stretes for thyselfe at Damascō as my father did at Samaria so wyl I let the go with a bonde of peace And he made a couenaunt with him and let him go Then spake there a man amonge the children of the prophetes vnto his neghboure by the worde of the LORDE I praye the smite me But he refused to smite him Then saide he vnto him because thou hast not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE beholde therfore shall there a lyon smyte the whan thou goest fro me· And whan he wente frō him a lyon founde him and slewe him And he founde another man and sayde I praye the smyte me And the man smote him and wounded him Then wente the prophet and stepte vnto the kynge by the waye syde and altered his face with aszshes And whan the kynge wente by he cried vpon y e kynge and sayde Thy seruaunt wente forth in to the battayll and beholde there wente one asyde and broughte a man vnto me and sayde Kepe this mā yf he be myssed thy soule shall be in steade of his soule or els thou shalt weye downe an hundreth weighte of syluer And whyle thy seruaunt had here there to do he was awaye The kynge of Israel sayde vnto him It is thine owne iudgment thou hast geuen it thyselfe Then put he the aszshes from his face in all the haist And the kynge of Israel knewe him that he was one of the prophetes And he sayde vnto him Thus sayeth the LORDE Because thou hast let the damned man go therfore shall thy soule be for his soule and thy people for his people And the kynge of Israel departed vnto his house beinge troubled in his mynde and full indignacion and came to Samaria The XXI Chapter AFter these actes it fortuned that Naboth the Iesraelite had a vyniarde at Iefreel besyde the palace of Achab kynge of Samaria And Achab spake to Naboth and sayde Geue me thy vynyarde I wyll make me an herbgarden therof because it is so nye my house I wyl geue the a better vynyarde for it or yf it please the I wyll geue the syluer for it as moch as it is worth But Naboth sayde vnto Achab The LORDE let that be farre fro me that I shulde geue y e my fathers heretage Then came Achab home beinge moued and full of indignacion because of the worde that Naboth the Iesraelite had spoken vnto him sayde I wyl not geue the my fathers inheritaunce And he laied him downe vpon his bed and turned his face asyde and ate no bred Then Iesabel his wyfe came in to him and sayde vnto him What is y e matter that thy sprete is so cōbred and that thou eatest no bred He sayde vnto her I haue spokē vnto Naboth the Iesraelite and sayde Geue me thy vynyarde for money or yf it please y t I wyl geue the another for it But he sayde I wyll not geue the my vynyarde Then sayde Iesabel his wyfe vnto him What kingdome were in Israel yf thou diddest it Stonde vp and eate bred I wyl get the the vynyarde of Naboth the Iesraelite And she wrote a letter vnder Achabs name and sealed it with his signet and sent it vnto y e Elders and rulers in his cite which dwelt aboute Naboth and wrote thus in y e letter Proclame a fast and set Naboth aboue in the people and set two men of Belial before him to testifye and saye Thou hast blasphemed God and the kynge And brynge him forth and stone him to death And the Elders and rulers of his cyte which dwelt in his cite dyd as Iesabel had commaunded them acordynge as she had wrytten in the letter that she sent vnto them and they proclamed a fast and caused Naboth to syt aboue amonge the people Then came the two men of Belial and stode before him and testyfyed agaynst Naboth in y e presence of the people and sayde Naboth hath blasphemed God and the kynge Then broughte they him out of the cite and stoned him to death And they sent Iesabel worde sayenge Naboth is stoned put to death Whā Iesabel herde that Naboth was stoned and deed she sayde vnto Achab Vp and take possession of the vynyarde of Naboth
LORDE stode besyde y e barne of Arnan y e Iebusite And Dauid lifte vp his eyes and sawe the angell of y e LORDE stondinge betwene heauē and earth and a naked swerde in his hande stretched out ouer Ierusalem Then Dauid and y e Elders beynge clothed with sack cloth fell vpō their faces And Dauid sayde vnto God Am not I he that caused the people to be nombred I am he that hath synned and done euell as for these shepe what haue they done ▪ LORDE my God let thine hande be agaynst me and agaynst my fathers house and not agaynst thy people to plage them And the angell sayde vnto Gad that he shulde speake vnto Dauid that Dauid shulde shulde go vp set vp an altare in the barne of Arnan the Iebusite So Dauid wente vp acordinge to y e worde of Gad which he spake in the name of the LORDE But whā Arnan turned him and sawe the angell and his foure sonnes with him they hyd thēselues for Arnan throszshed wheate Now whan Dauid came to Arnan Arnan loked and was aware of Dauid and wēte forth out of the barne and worshipped Dauid with his face to the grounde And Dauid sayde vnto Arnan Geue me rowme in the barne to buylde an altare vnto the LORDE therin for y e full money shalt thou geue it me that the plage maye ceasse from the people But Arnan sayde vnto Dauid Take it vnto the and let my lorde the kynge do as pleaseth him Beholde that oxe geue I for a burnt offerynge and those vessels to the oxe and wheate for the meat offerynge I geue it all Neuertheles the kynge sayde vnto Arnan Not so but for y e full money wyl I bye it for that which is thine wyl not I take for the LORDE and offre a burnt offerynge for naughte So Dauid gaue Arnan for y e rowme sixe hundreth Sycles of golde in weight And there buylded Dauid an altare vnto y e LORDE offred burnt offerynges slayn offerynges And whan he called vpō the LORDE he herde him thorow the fyre from heauē vpon y e altare of the burnt offerynge And y e LORDE sayde vnto the angell that he shulde put his swerde in to his sheeth At the same tyme whā Dauid sawe that the LORDE had herde him vpon the corne floore of Arnan y e Iebusite he dyd sacrifice there For y e habitacion of y e LORDE which Moses had made in the wyldernes and the altare of burnt offerynges was at that tyme in the hye place at Gibeon But Dauid coulde not go thitherto seke God before it for he feared the swerde of the LORDES angell And Dauid sayde Here shal be y e house of God y e LORDE and this the altare of burnt offerynges fo◠Israel The XXIII Chapter ANd Dauid cōmaunded to gather together the straungers that were in y e londe of Israel and appoynted masons to hewe stone for the buyldinge of the house of God And Dauid prepared moch yron for nales in the dores of the portes and for soch thinges as were to be naled together and so moch brasse that is was not to be weyed and Cedre trees innumerable for they of Zidon Tyre brought Dauid moch Cedre tymbre for Dauid thoughte Salomō my sonne is but a childe and tender But the house that shal be buylded vnto the LORDE shal be greate that his name prayse maye be exalted in all londes therfore wyl I prouyde for him So Dauid made greate prouysion before his death And he called Salomon his sonne commaunded him to buylde the house of LORDE God of Israel and sayde vnto him My sonne I was minded to buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE my God but the worde of y e LORDE came vnto me and sayde Thou hast shed moch bloude and strycken many battayls therfore shalt thou not buylde an house vnto my name for as moch as thou hast shed so moch bloude vpon the earth before me Beholde the sonne which shal be borne vnto the shal be a quyete man and I wyl cause him to be in rest from al his enemies on euery syde for his name shal be Salomon for I wyll geue peace and rest vpon Israel as longe as he lyueth He shal buylde an house vnto my name He shal be my sonne and I wyll be his father And I wyl stablyshe y e seate of his kyngdome vpō Israel for euer Now my sonne the LORDE shal be wyth the and thou shalt prospere that thou mayest buylde an house vnto the LORDE thy God acordynge as he hath spoken of the. The LORDE also shal geue the wyszdome vnderstondynge and shal commytte Israel vnto the that thou mayest kepe the lawe of the LORDE thy God But then shal thou prospere yf thou take hede to do after the ordynaunces and lawes which the LORDE commaunded Moses vnto Israel Be stronge and take a good corage vnto the feare not and be not faynt harted Beholde I haue in my pouerte prouyded for the house of the LORDE an hundreth thousande talentes of golde and a thousande tymes a thousande talentes of syluer and brasse and yron without nombre for there is so moch of it And tymbre and stone haue I prepared thou mayest get more therof Thou hast many workmen also mesons and carpenters in stone and tymber and all maner of men that haue vnderstondinge in all worke off golde syluer brasse and yron without nombre Yet get the vp and be doynge and the LORDE shal be with the. And Dauid commaunded all the rulers of Israel to helpe Salomon his sonne and sayde Is not the LORDE youre God with you and hath geuen you rest on euery syde for he hath delyuered the inhabiters of the londe in to youre handes and the londe is subdued before the LORDE and before his people Geue ouer youre hert now therfore and youre soule to seke the LORDE youre God and get you vp and buylde a Sanctuary vnto the LORDE God that the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE and the holy vessels of God maye be brought in to the house which shal be buylded vnto the name of the LORDE So Dauid made Salomon his sonne kynge ouer Israel whan he himselfe was olde and had lyued ynough The XXIIII Chapter ANd Dauid gathered all the rulers in Israel together and the prestes Leuites to nombre y e Leuites from thirtie yeare olde aboue And y e nombre of thē which were strōge men frō heade to heade was eight and thirtie thousande of whom there were foure twentie thousande which dyd their diligence in the worke ouer y e house of the LORDE and sixe thousande officers and Iudges and foure thousande porters foure thousande that songe prayses vnto y e LORDE with instrumentes which he had made to synge prayse with all And Dauid made the ordinaunce amonge the children of Leui namely amōge Gerson Kahath Merari The Gersonites were Laedan and Simei The children of Laedan the
What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the kyngdome of Salomon to whom the LORDE appeareth and Salomon maketh his prayer vnto him Chap. II. How Salomon deuyseth to buylde the temple of the LORDE Chap. III. How he begynneth to buylde and after what faszshion Chap. IIII. Of the ornamentes of the temple Chap. V. The Arke is broughte in to the temple c. Chap. VI. Salomon speaketh vnto the people prayseth God and beseketh him to heare soch as make their prayer in the temple Chap. VII The fyre commeth from heauen consumeth the sacrifice The kynge the people offre The LORDE appeareth vnto Salomon and promyseth to heare him Chap. VIII Salomon buyldeth cities and subdueth the Heythen Of his captaynes and of his wife Chap. IX The Quene of Saba bringeth presentes vnto Salomon receaueth giftes of him Salomon dyeth Chap. X. Roboam oppressynge the people maketh them to fall awaye from him Chap. XI The LORDE wil not suffre Roboam kynge of Iuda BeÌ„ Iamin to fighte agaynst Israel He buyldeth cities Chap. XII Roboam forsaketh the lawe of the LORDE The kynge of Egipte commeth vpon him The LORDE delyuereth him Chap. XIII Of Abia Ieroboam their warres Chap. XIIII XV. Of kynge Asa. Chap. XVI Baesa coÌ„meth vp against Asa which agreeth with him therfore is he rebuked Chap. XVII Of the reigne of Iosaphat Chap. XVIII Iosaphat maketh frendshippe with Achab and helpeth him to fight Chap. XIX Iehu rebuketh Iosaphat for helpynge the vngodly Iosaphat amendeth and lyueth well Chap. XX. The Moabites Ammonites with the Syrians and Edomites go forth agaynst Iosaphat which prayeth vnto God and he helpeth him Chap. XXI Iosaphat dyeth Ioram his sonne is made kynge slayeth his brethren and forsaketh the LORDE Edom falleth awaye from Iuda God punysheth Ioram Chap. XXII Ochosias is made kinge and taketh parte with Achabs sonne Chap. XXIII Ioiada maketh Ioas kynge commaundeth to slaye Athalia Chap. XXIIII Whyle Ioiada lyueth kynge Ioas doth well but after his death he forsaketh the LORDE And because Zacharias reproueth him he coÌ„maundeth to stone him to death His awne seruauntes kyll him vpon his bed Chap. XXV Of kynge Amasias which smyteth the Edomites He worshippeth their Idols therfore the prophet reproueth him He wyll nedes fight with the kynge of Israel which ouercommeth him and taketh him Chap. XXVI Of kynge Osias other wyse called Vsia or Azarias of his buyldinges how he became leper for his presumpcion Chap. XXVII Of Iothams reigne of his buyldinges and of his warres Chap. XXVIII Of the wicked kynge Achas Chap. XXIX XXX.XXXI Of the verteous kynge Ezechias and of his noble actes Chap. XXXII Sennacherib layeth sege to Ierusalem Ezechias comforteth the people Sennacherib threateneth but the LORDE delyuereth Iuda Ezechias is sicke and recouereth Chap. XXXIII Of the reigne of Manasses and of his amendment from his wickednes Of kynge Ammon his sonne Chap. XXXIIII XXXV Of the reigne and most vertuous actes of kynge Iosias and of his death Chap. XXXVI Thre monethes reigneth Ioachas after whom reigneth Eliachim other wyse called Ioachim whom Nabuchodonosor carieth vnto Babilon and in his steade reigneth Ioachim his sonne which also is led awaye captayne vnto Babilon Sedechias is made kynge and at the last caried awaye presoner with all the people and Ierusalem destroyed The first Chapter ANd Salomon the sonne of Dauid was stablyshed in his kyngdome and the LORDE his God was with him made him exceadinge greate And Salomon spake vnto all Israel to the captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds to the Iudges and to all y e prynces in Israel and to the chefest fathers so that they wente Salomon and the whole congregacion with him vnto the hye place which was at Gibea for there was y e Tabernacle of y e witnesse of God which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE had made in y e wyldernesse For Dauid had brought vp the Arke of God from Kiriath Iarim whan he had prepared for it for he had pitched a tent for it at Ierusalem As for y e brasen altare which Bezaleel the sonne of Vâ—â— the sonne of Hur had made it was there before the habitacion of the LORDE and Salomon and the congregacion soughte God And Salomon offred a thousande burntofferynges vpoÌ„ the brasen altare that stode before the Tabernacle of witnesse In the same nighte appeared God vnto Salomon and sayde vnto him Axe what shal I geue the And Salomon sayde vnto God Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father Dauid â—nd hast made me kynge in his steade Now LORDE God let y e worde that thou hast pâ—omysed vnto my father Dauid be verified for thou hast made me kynge ouer a people which is as many in noÌ„bre as the dust vpon the earth Graunte me wyszdome therfore and knowlege y t I maye go out and in before this people for who is able to iudge this greate people of thine Then sayde God vnto Salomon For so moch as thou art so mynded and hast not desyred riches ner good ner hono r ner the soules of thine enemies ner longe life but hast requyred wyszdome and knowlege to iudge my people ouer whom I haue made the kynge wyszdome therfore and knowlege be geuen the. Morouer riches good and honoure wyll I geue the so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the amoÌ„ge the kynges nether shal be after the. So came Salomon from the hye place which was at Gibeon vnto IerusaleÌ„ from y e Tabernacle of witnesse and reigned ouer Israel And Salomon gathered him charettes and horsmen so that he had a thousande and foure hundreth charettes twolue thousande horsmen and those appoynted he to be in the charet cities and with the kynge at Ierusalem And the kynge broughte it so to passe that there was as moch syluer golde at IerusaleÌ„ as stones and as many Ceders as the Molberyes trees that are in the valleys And there were horses broughte vnto Salomon out of Egipte the kynges marchauntes fetched them from Kena for moneye And they came vp and broughte out of Egipte a charet for sixe huÌ„dreth syluer peÌ„s and an horse for an hundreth and fiftye Thus broughte they also vnto all the kynges of the Hethites and to the kynges of y e Syrians The II. Chapter ANd Salomon thoughte to buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE an house for his kyngdome and tolde out thre score and ten thousande men to beare burthens and foure score thousande that hewed tymber vpoÌ„ the mount and thre thousande and sixe hundreth officers ouer them And Salomon sent vnto Hiram the kynge of Tyre sayenge As thou dyddest with my father sendedst him Ceder trees to builde an house for to dwell in euen so do thou w t me also Beholde I wyl buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE my God to sanctifie it for to burne good incense before him and allwaye to prepare y e
LORDE Beholde the daies come saieth the LORDE y t the cite of y e LORDE shal be enlarged from the towre of Hananeel vnto y e gate of the corner wall From thence shal the right measure be taken before her vnto the hill toppe of Gareb and shal come aboute Gaatha and the whole valley of the deed carcases and of the ashes all Seremoth vnto the broke of Cedron and from thence vnto the corner of the horsgate towarde y e east where as the Sanctuary of the LORDE also shal be set And when it is now buylded set vp of this fashion it shall neuer be broken ner cast downe eny more The XXXII Chapter THese wordes spake the LORDE vnto Ieremy in the tenth yeare of Sedechias kinge of Iuda which was y e xviij yeare of Nabuchodonosor what tyme as the kinge of Babilons hooste layed sege vnto Ierusalem But Ieremy the prophet laye bounde in y e courte of the preson which was in the kinge of Iudaes house where Sedechias the kinge of Iuda caused him to be layed because he had prophecied of this maner Thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I will delyuer this cite in to the hondes of the kinge of Babilon which shal take it As for Sedechias the kinge of Iuda he shal not be able to escape the Caldees but surely he shall come in to the hondes of the kinge of Babilon which shall speake with him mouth to mouth and one of them shall loke another in the face And Sedechias shal be caried vnto Babilon and there shall he be vntill the tyme that I vyset him saieth the LORDE But yf thou takest in hōde to fight agaynst the Caldees thou shalt not prospere And Ieremy sayde Thus hath the LORDE spoken vnto me Beholde Hananeel the sonne of Sellum thine Vncles sonne shall come vnto the and requyre the to redeme y e londe that lieth in Anathot vnto thy self for by reason of kynred it is thy parte to rede me it and to bye it out And so Hananeel myne Vncles sonne came to me in the courte of the preson acordinge to the worde of the LORDE and sayde vnto me Bye my londe I praye the that lieth in Anothot in the countre of Ben Iamyn for by heretage thou hast right to lowse it out for thy self therfore redeme it Then I preceaued that this was the commaundement of the LORDE and so I lowsed the londe from Hananeel of Anathot myne Vncles sonne and weyed him there the moneye euen seuen sycles and ten syluer pens I caused him also to make me a writinge and to seale it and called recorde there by and weyed him there the money vpon the waightes So I toke the euydence with the copie when it was orderly sealed and red ouer and I gaue the euydence vnto Baruch the sonne of Nerias the sonne of Maasia in the sight of Hananeel my cosen and in the presence of the witnesses that be named in the euydence and before all the Iewes that were therby in the courte of the preson I charged Baruch also before them saienge The LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel commaundeth the to take this sealed euydence with the copie and to laye it in an erthen vessell that it maye longe continue For the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel hath determed that houses feldes and vynyardes shal be possessed agayne in this londe Now when I had delyuered the euydence vnto Baruch y e sonne of Nerias I besought the LORDE sayenge O LORDE God It is thou that hast made heauen and earth with thy greate power and hie arme and there is nothinge to harde for ye. Thou shewest mercy vpon thousandes thou recompēcest the wickednes of the fathers in to the besome of the children that come after them Thou art the greate and mightie God whose name is the LORDE of hoostes greate in councell and infinite in thought Thine eyes loke vpon all the wayes of mens children to rewarde euery one after his waye and acordinge to the frutes of his inuencions Thou hast done greate tokens and wonders in the londe of Egipte as we se this daye vpon the people of Israel and vpon those men to make thy name greate as it is come to passe this daye Thou hast brought thy people of Israel out of the londe of Egipte with tokens with wondres with a mightie honde with a stretched out arme and with greate terriblenes and hast geuen them this londe like as thou haddest promysed vnto their fathers Namely that thou woldest geue them a lōde that floweth with mylke and honye Now when they came therin and possessed it they folowed not thy voyce and walked not in thy lawe but all that thou commaundedest them to do that haue they not done and therfore come all these plages vpon them Beholde there are bulworckes made now agaynst the cite to take it and it shal be wonne of the Caldees that besege it with swearde with honger and death and loke what thou hast spoken that same shal come vpon them For lo all thinges are present vnto the Yet sayest thou vnto me o LORDE God and commaundest me that I shall loose a pece of londe vnto my self and take witnesses therto and yet in the meane season the cite is delyuered in to the power of the Caldees Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto me sayenge Beholde I am the LORDE God of all flesh Is there eny thinge then to harde for me Therfore thus sayde the LORDE beholde I shal delyuer this cite in to the power of the Caldees and in to the power of Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon they shall take it in For the Caldees shall come and wynne this cite and set fyre vpon it and burne it with the gorgeous houses in whose parlers they haue made sacrifice vnto Baal and poured drynke offeringes vnto straunge goddes to prouoke me vnto wrath For seinge the children of Israel and the children of Iuda haue wrought wickednes before me euer from their youth vp what haue they els done but prouoked me with the workes of their owne hondes saieth the LORDE Or what hath this cite bene els but a prouokinge of my wrath euer sence the daye that I buylded it vnto this houre Wherin I cast it out of my sight be cause of the greate blasphemies of the childrē of Israel and Iuda which they haue done to prouoke me yee they their kinges their prynces their prestes their prophetes whole Iuda and all the citesyns of Ierusalem When I stode vp early and taught them and instructe them they turned their backes to me and not their faces They wolde not heare to be refourmed and correcte They haue set their goddes in y e house that is halowed vnto my name to defyle it They haue buylded hie places for Baal in the valley of the children of Ennon to vowe their sonnes and doughters vnto Moloch which I neuer commaūded them nether came it
promysed offerynges And Iudith offred all Holofernes weapâ—ns and all the Iewels that y e people had geueÌ„ her and the canapy that she toke from his bed and hanged them vp vnto the LORDE The people was ioyfull as the vse is this ioye by reason of the victory with Iudith endured thre monethes So after these dayes euery man wente home agayne and Iudith was in greate reputacion at Bethulia and right honorably taken in all the londe of Israel Vnto hir vertue also was chastite ioyned so y t after hir huszbonde Manasses dyed she neuer knew man all the dayes of hir life Vpon the hye solempne dayes she wente out with greate worshipe She dwelt in hir huszbandes house an hundreth and fyue yeare left hir hondâ— mayden fre and dyed and was buried besyde hir huszbande in Bethulia And all the people mourned for her seuen dayes So longe as she lyued there was none that troubled Israel and many yeares also after hir death The daye wherin this victory was gotten was solemply holden and rekened of the Iewes in the nombre of the holy dayes and is yet greatly holden of the Iewes euer sence vnto this daye The ende of the boke of Iudith The chapters in the boke of Hester which are not founde in the text of the Hebrue but in the Greke and Latyn The XI Chapter after the Latyn In this chapter is descrybed the dreame of Mardocheus MArdocheus the sonne of Iair the sonne of Semei y e sonne of Cisei of y e trybe of Ben Iamin a Iew which had his dwelllynge in Susis a man of greate reputacioÌ„ excellent amonge all them that were in the kynges courte Neuerthelesse he was one of the presoners whom Nabuchodonosor the kynge of BabiloÌ„ had caried awaye from Ierusalem vnto Babilon w t Iechonias the kynge of Iuda In the seconde yeare of the raigne of greate Artaxerses in the first daye of y e moneth Nisan had this Mardocheus soch a dreame He thought he herde a greate teÌ„pest horrible thonder clappes erthquakes greate vpro r in y e londe y t he sawe two greate dragoÌ„s ready to fight one agaiÌ„st another Their crye was greate At the which roaringe and crye all Heithen were vp to fight agaynst y e righteous people And y e same daye was full of darcknes very vncleare full of trouble anguysh yee a greate fearfulnes was there in all the londe The righteous were amased for they feared y e plage euell y t was deuysed ouer theÌ„ were at a poynte w t them selues to dye So they cried vnto God and while they were cryenge the litle well grew in to a greate ryuer in to many waters And with y t it was daye the sonne rose vp agayne And y e lowly were exalted and deuoured the glorious and proude Now whan Mardocheus had sene this dreame he awoke and mused stedfastly in his hert what God wolde do and so he desyred to knowe all the matter and his mynde was there vpon vntyll the night The XII Chapter In this chapter is declared how Mardocheus vttereth the treason of the two seruauntes agaynst the kynge and therfore doth the kynge rewarde him AT the same tyme dwelt Mardocheus with Bagatha and Thares the kynges chamberlaynes and porters of the palace But whan he herde their deuyce and had diligently considered their ymaginacions he perceaued that they wente aboute to laye their cruell handes vpon the kynge Artaxerses and so he certified the kinge therof Then caused the kynge to examen y e two gelded with tormentes And whan they had graunted it they were put to death This the kynge caused to be put in y e Cronicles for an euerlastinge remembrauÌ„ce and Mardocheus wrote vp the same matter So the kynge commaunded that Mardocheus shulde do seruyce in the courte and for this faithfulnesse of his he gaue him a rewarde But Aman the sonne of Amadathu the Agagite which was holden in greate honoure and reputacion in the kynges courte vndertoke to hurte Mardocheus his people because of the two chamberlaynes that were put to death The XIII Chapter The copie of the commaundement which kiÌ„ge Artaxerses by the entisinge of AmaÌ„ sent out in to all countres for the destruccion of the Iewes The prayer of Mardocheus THe greate kynge Artaxerses which raigneth from India vnto Ethiopia ouer an hundreth and seuen and tweÌ„tye londes sendeth his frendly salutacion vnto all the prynces and debytes of the countrees which be subiecte vnto his dominion Whan I was made lorde ouer many people and had subdued the whole earth vnto my dominion my mynde was not with crueltye and wronge to exalte myself by the reason of my power but purposed w t equyte allwaye and gentylnes to gouerne those that be vnder my iuriszdiccion and wholy to set them in a peaceable life and therby to brynge my kingdome vnto tranquylite that men might safely go thorow on euery syde and to renue peace agayne which all men desyre Now whan I axed my councelers how these thines might be brought to a good ende there was one by vs excelleÌ„t in wyszdome whose good wyll trueth faithfulnes hath oft bene shewed proued which was also y e pryncipall next vnto y e kiÌ„ge AmaÌ„ by name which certified vs how y t in all loÌ„des there was crepte in a rebellious folke y t made statutes lawes agaynst all other people haue allwaye despysed the proclamed commaundementes of kynges and how that for this cause it were not to be suffred that soch rule shulde contynue by you not to be put downe Seinge now we perceaue the same that this people alone are contrary vnto euery man vsynge straunge and other maner of lawes withstonde oure statutes and doinges and go aboute to stablish shrewd matters that oure kyngdome shulde neuer come to good estate and stedfastnes Therfore haue we commauÌ„ded that all they that are appoynted in wrytinge and shewed vnto you by Aman which is ordened and set ouer all oure busynes and the most pryncipall next vnto the kynge and in maner as a father shal with their wiues children be destroyed and roted out with the swerde of their enemies and aduersaries y t there shal be no mercy shewed no man spared And this shal be done y e xiiij daye of the moneth called Adar of this yeare that they which of olde and now also haue euer bene rebellious maye in one daye with violence be thrust downe in to the hell to the inteÌ„t that after this maner oure empyre maye haue peace and tranquylite But Mardocheus thought vpon all the workes and noble actes of y e LORDE made his prayer vnto him sayenge O LORDE LORDE thou valeaunt and allmightie kynge for all thinges are in thy power and yf thou wilt helpe and delyuer Israel there is no maÌ„ that can withstoÌ„de ner lett the for thou hast made heauen earth and what
pleasure of his goodes There is no thinge worse then whan one disfauoureth himself this is a rewarde of his wickednes Yf he do eny good he doth it not knowinge therof and agaynst his will and at the last he declareth his vngraciousnes A nygarde hath a wicked eye he turneth awaye his face and despyseth his owne soule A couetous mans eye hath neuer ynough in the porcion of wickednes vntyll the tyme that he wither awaye and haue lost his owne soule A wicked eye spareth bred there is scarcenesse vpō his table My sonne do good to y e self of y t thou hast geue y e LORDE his due offeringes Remembre y t death tarieth not how y t the couenaunt of the graue is shewed vnto the for the couenaunt of this worlde shal dye the death Do good vnto y t frende before thou dye and acordinge to thy abylite reach out thine hande and geue vnto y e poore Be not dispoynted of y e good daye let not y e porcion of y e good daie ouerpas the. Shalt thou not leaue thy trauayles and labours vnto other men In the deuydinge of the heretage geue and take and sanctifie thy soule Worke thou righteousnes before thy death for in y e hell there is no meate to fynde All flesh shal fade awaye like grasse like a florishinge leaf in a grene tre Some growe some are cast downe euen so is y e generacion of flesh and bloude one commeth to an ende another is borne All transitory thinges shall fayle at the last and the worker therof shal go withall Euery chosen worke shall be iustified and he y t medleth withall shal haue honoure therin Blessed is the man y t kepeth him in wyszdome and exercyseth himself in vnderstandinge with discrecion shal he thinke vpon the fore knowlege of God Which considereth y e wayes of wyszdome in his hert hath vnderstandinge in hir secretes goeth after her as one that seketh hir out contynueth in hir wayes He loketh in at hir windowes herkeneth at hir dores He taketh his rest besyde hir house festeneth his stake in hir walles He shall pitch his tent nye vnto hir hande and in his tent shal good thinges rest for euermore He shal sett his children vnder hir coueringe shal dwell vnder hir braunches Vnder hir coueringe shal he be defended from the heate and in hir glory shall he rest The XV. Chapter HE that feareth God wil do good and who so kepeth the lawe shal optayne wyszdome As an honorable mother shal she mete him and as a vyrgin shall she receaue him With y e bred of life and vnderstandinge shall she fede him and geue him the water of wholsome wyszdome to drynke Yf he be constant in her he shall not be moued and yf he holde him fast by her he shal not come to cōfucion She shall brynge him to honoure amonge his neghbours and in the myddest of the congregacion shall she open his mouth With the sprete of wyszdome and vnderstādinge shal she fyll him and clothe him with the garment of glory She shal heape the treasure of myrth ioye vpō him and geue him an euerlastinge name to heretage Foolish men wyll not take holde vpon her but soch as haue vnderstandinge wil mete her for she is farre from pryde and disceate Men that go aboute with lyes wil not remembre her but men of trueth shall be founde in her euen vnto the beholdinge of God Prayse is not semely in the mouth of y e vngodly for he is not sent of y e LORDE For of God commeth wyszdome the prayse shall stonde by the wyszdome of God and shal be plenteous in a faithfull mouth and the LORDE shal geue her vnto him Saye not thou It is the LORDES faute that I am gone by for thou shalt not do y e thinge that God hateth Saye not thou he hath caused me to go wronge for he hath no nede of the vngodly God hateth all abhominacion of erroure they that feare God wyl loue no soch God made man from the begynnynge left him in the hande of his councell He gaue him his commaundementes and preceptes yf thou wilt obserue the commaundementes kepe acceptable faithfulnes for euer they shal preserue ye. He hath set water and fyre before the reach out thine hande vnto which thou wilt Before man is life and death good and euell loke what him liketh shal be geuen him For the wyszdome of God is greate and mightie in power and beholdeth all men contynually The eyes of the LORDE are vpon them that feare him and he knoweth all the workes of man ▪ He hath commaūded no man to do vngodly nether hath he geuen eny man leue to synne The XVI Chapter DElyte not thou in the multitude of vngodly children and haue no pleasure in them yf they feare not God Trust not thou to their life and regarde not their labours for one sonne y t feareth God is better thē a thousande vngodly And better it is for a man to dye without childrē thē to leaue behynde him soch children as are vngodly For by one y t hath vnderstandinge maye a whole cite be vpholden but though the vngodly be many yet shal it be waysted thorow them Many soch thinges hath myne eye sene and greater thinges then these haue I herde with myne eares In the congregacion of the vngodly shal a fyre burne amonge vnfaithfull people shal the wrath be kyndled The olde giaūtes optayned no grace for their synnes which were destroyed trustinge to their owne strēgth Nether spared he them amōge whom Loth was a straunger but smote them and abhorred them because of the pryde of their wordes He had no pitie vpō them but destroyed all the people that were so stoute in synne And for so moch as he ouersawe not the sixe hundreth thousande that gathered them selues together in y e hardnesse of their hert it were maruell yf one beynge hardnecked shulde be fre For mercy wrath is with him he is both mightie to forgeue and to poure out displeasure Like as his mercy is greate euē so is his punyshment also he iudgeth a man acordinge to his workes The vngodly shal not escape in his spoyle and the longe pacience of him that sheweth mercy shal not byde behynde All mercy shall make place vnto euery man acordinge to the deseruynge of his workes and after the vnderstandinge of his pilgremage Saye not thou I wyl hyde my self from God for who wyl thinke vpon me from aboue I shal not be knowne in so greate a heape of people for what is my soule amonge so many creatures Beholde the heauen yee the heauen of heauens the depe the earth and all that therin is shall be moued at his presence the mountaynes the hilles and the foundacions of the earth shal shake for feare whan God vysiteth them These
vs go make a couenaunt with the Heithen y t are rounde aboute vs for sence we departed from them we haue had moch sorow So this deuyce pleased them well and certayne of y e people toke vpon thē for to go vnto y e kynge which gaue them licence to do after the ordinaūce of the Heithen Then set they vp an open scole at Ierusalem of the lawes of the Heithē and were nomore circumcised but forsoke y e holy Testamente and ioyned them selues to y e Heithē were cleane solde to do myschefe So when Antiochus beganne to be mightie in his kyngdome he wente aboute to optayne y e londe of Egipte also that he might haue the dominion of two realmes Vpon this entred he in to Egipte with a stronge hoost with charettes elephantes horsmen a greate nombre of shippes and beganne to warre agaynst Ptolomy the kynge of Egipte But Ptolomy was afrayed of him and fled and many of his people were wounded to death Thus Antiochus wāne many strōge cities and toke awaye great good out of the londe of Egipte And after that Antiochus had smytten Egipte he turned agayne in the Cxliij yeare wente towarde Israel and came vp to Ierusalem with a mightie people and entred proudly into y e Sanctuary and toke awaye the golden altare the candilsticke and all y e ornamētes therof the table of the shewbred the pouringe vessel the chargers the golden spones the vale the crownes and golden apparel of the temple and brake downe all He toke also the syluer and golde the precious Iewels and the secrete treasures that he foūde And when he had taken awaye alltogether caused a greate murthur of men and so fulfilled his malicious pryde he departed in to his owne londe Thus there arose greate heuinesse and misery in all the londe of Israel The prynces and the elders of the people mourned the yōge men and the maydens were defyled and the fayre beutye of women was chaunged the brydegrome and the bryde toke them to mournynge the londe and those that dwelt therin was moued for all the house of Iacob was brought to confucion After two yeares the kynge sent his chefe treasurer vnto the cities of Iuda which came to Ierusalem with a greate multitude of people speakīge peaceable wordes vnto thē but all was disceate for when they had geuen him credence he fell sodēly vpon the cite and smote it sore and destroyed moch people of Israel And when he had spoyled the cite he set fyre on it castinge downe houses and walles on euery syde The women their children toke they captiue and led awaye their catell Then buylded they the castel of Dauid with a greate and thicke wall and with mightie towres made it a stronge holde for them Besyde all this they sett wicked people and vngodly men to kepe it stoared it with weapens and vytales gathered the goodes of Ierusalem and layed thē vp there thus became it a theuysh castell And this was done to laye waite for the people that wente in to the Sanctuary and for the cruell destruccion of Israel Thus they shed innocent bloude on euery syde of y e Sanctuary and defyled it In so moch that the citesyns were fayne to departe and the cite became an habitacion of straungers beynge desolate of hir owne sede for hir owne natyues were fayne to leaue her Hir Sāctuary was clene waisted hir holy dayes were turned in to mournynge hir Sabbathes were had in derision and hir hono r brought to naught Loke how greate hir glory was afore so greate was hir confucion and hir ioye turned in to sorow Antiochus also the kynge sent out a commission vnto all his kyngdome that all the people shulde be one Then they left euery man his lawe and all the Heithen agreed to the cōmaundement of kynge Antiochus Yee many of the Israelites consented there vnto offerynge vnto Idols and defylinge the Sabbath So the kynge Antiochus sent his messaungers with his commission vnto Ierusalem and to all y e cities of Iuda that they shulde folowe y e lawes of the Heithē and for bad ether burnt offerynge meat offerynge or peace offerynge to be made in the temple of God that there shulde no Sabbath ner hye feast daye be kepte but commaunded that the Sanctuary and the holy people of Israel shulde be defyled He commaunded also that there shulde be set vp other altares temples and Idols to offre vp swynes flesh and other vnclene beastes that men shulde leaue their children vncircumcised to defyle their soules with all maner of vnclennesse abhominacions that they might so forget the lawe and chaūge all the holy ordinaunces of God and that who so euer wolde not do acordynge to the commaundement of kynge Antiochus shulde suffre death In like maner commaunded he thorow out all his realme and sett rulers ouer the people for to compell them to do these thynges commaundinge the cities of Iuda to do sacrifice vnto Idols Then wente the people vnto the Heithen by heapes forsoke the lawe of the LORDE and committed moch euell in the londe yee and chaced out the secrete Israelites which had hyd them selues in corners and preuy places The xv daye of the moneth Casleu in the Cxlv. yeare set kynge Antiochus an abhominable Idol of desolacion vpon the altare of God and they buylded altares thorow out all the cities of Iuda on euery syde before the dores of the houses and in the stretes where they brent incense and dyd sacrifyce And as for the bokes of the lawe of God they brent them in the fyre and rente them in peces What so euer he was that had a boke of the Testament of the LORDE founde by hym yee who so euer endeuored himself to kepe the lawe of the LORDE the kynges commaundement was y t they shulde put him to death And thorow his anctorite they executed these thinges euery moneth vpon the people of Israel that were founde in the cities The fyue and twentye daye of the moneth what tyme as they dyd sacrifice vpon the altare which stode in the steade of the altare of the LORDE acordinge to the commaundement of kynge Antiochus they put certayne women to death which had caused their children to be circumcised Not only that but they hanged vp the children by the neckes thorow out all their houses and slewe the circumcisers of them Yet were there many of the people of Israel which determed in them selues that they wolde not eate vncleane thinges but chose rather to suffre death then to be defyled with vncleane meates So because they wolde not breake the blessed lawe of God they were cruelly slayne And this greate tyranny increased very sore vpon the people of Israel The II. Chapter IN those dayes there dyd stōde vp one Matathias the sonne of Symeon the prest out of the kynred of Ioaris frō Ie Ierusalem and dwelt vpon the mount of
from y e kynge he came hauinge nothinge y t becōmeth a prest but bearinge y e stomack of a cruell tyraunte the wrath of a wylde brute beest Then Iason which had disceaued his owne brother seynge y t he him self was begyled also was fayne to fle in to y e lōde of y e Ammonites Menelaus gat y e dominiō But as for y e moneye y t he had promised vnto the kynge he dyd nothinge therin when Sostratus the ruler of y e castell requyred it of him For Sostratus was the man y t gathered y e customes wherfore they were both called before the kynge Thus was Menelaus put out of y e presthode Lysimachus his brother came in his steade Sostratus also was made lorde of the Cyprians It happened in y e meane season y t y e Tharsians Mallocians made insurreciō because they were geuen for a present vnto kynge Antiochus concubyne Then came y e kinge in all y e haist to still them agayne and to pacifie the matter leauynge Andronicus there to be his debyte as one mete therfore Now Menelaus supposinge that he had gotten a right convenient tyme stole certayne vessels of golde out of the temple and gaue thē to Andronicus for a present and some he solde at Tyrus and in the cities therby Which when Onias knewe of a suertye he reproued him but he kepte him in a santuary besyde Daphnis that lyeth by Antioche Wherfore Menelaus gat him to Andronicus and prayed him that he wolde slaye Onias So when he came to Onias he counceled him craftely to come out of the santuary geuynge him his honde with an ooth how be it he suspecte him and thē he slewe Onias without eny regarde of rightuousnesse For the which cause not only the Iewes but other nacions also toke indignacion and were displeased for the vnrightuous death of so godly a man And when the kynge was come agayne from Cilicia the Iewes and certaine of the Grekes wente vnto him complayninge for the vnrightuous death of Onias Yee Antiochus himself also was sory in his mynde for Onias so y t it pitied him and he wepte remembringe his sobernesse and manerly be hauoure Wherfore he was so kyndled in his mynde y t he cōmaunded Andronicus to be striped out of his purple clothinge so to be led thorow out all the cite yee and y e vngracious man to be slayne in y e same place where he committed his wickednes vpon Onias Thus y e LORDE rewarded him his punyshment as he had deserued Now when Lysimachus had done many wycked dedes in y e temple thorow the councell of Menelaus and the voyce came abrode the multitude gathered thē together agaynst Lisimachus for he had caried out now moch golde So when the people arose and were full of displeasure Lisimachus armed iij. M. vnthriftes to defende him a certayne tyraunte beynge their captayne which was growen both in age woodnesse But when the people vnderstode the purpose of Lysimachus some gat stones some good stronge clubbes some cast aszshes vpon Lisimachus Thus there were many of thē wounded some beynge slayne all the other chaced awaye But as for y t wicked churchrobber himself they kylled him besyde the treasury Of these matters therfore there was kepte a courte agaynst Menelaus Now when y e kinge came to Tyrus they made a cōplaynte vnto him of Menelaus concerninge this busynesse y e embassitours were thre But Menelaus wente promised Ptolomy to geue him moch money yf he wolde persuade the kynge So Ptolomy wēte to the kinge in to a courte where as he was set to coole him brughte him out of y t mynde In so moch y t he discharged Menelaus frō y e accusacions y t not withstondinge was cause of all myschefe and those poore men which yf they had tolde their cause yee before the Scythians they shulde haue be iudged innocēt thē he cōdēned to death Thus were they so one punyshed which folowed vpō y e matter for y e cite for y e people for y e holy vessell Wherfore they of Tyrus toke indignacion buried thē honorably And so thorow y e covetousnesse of them that were in power Menelaus remayned still in authorite increasinge in malyce to the hurte of the citesyns The V. Chapter AT y e same tyme Antiochus made him ready to go againe in to Egipte Thē were there sene at Ierusalem xl dayes lōge horsmē runninge to and fro in the ayre which had rayment of golde speares There were sene also whole hoostes of mē weapened horses runnynge in an ordre how they came together how they helde forth their shildes how y e harnessed men drew out their sweardes shot their dartes The shyne of y e goldē weapēs was sene of all maner of armure Wherfore euerymā prayed y t those tokens might turne to good Now whē there was gone forth a false rumo as though Antiochus had bene deed Iason toke a M. mē came sodēly vpō y e cite The citesyns rāne vnto y e walles at y e last was y e cite taken and Menelaus fled in to the castell As for Iason he spared not his owne citesyns in the slaughter nether considered he what greate euell it were to destroye y e prosperite of his owne kynsmen but dyd as one that had gotten the victory of his enemies and not of his frendes For all this gatt he not the superiorite but at the last receaued confucion for his malice and fled agayne like a vagabunde in to the londe of the Ammonites Fynally for a rewarde of his wickednesse he was accused before Aretha the kynge of the Arabians In so moch that he was fayne to fle from cite to cite beynge despysed of euery man as a forsaker of the lawes and an abhominable personne And at y e last as an open enemy of his owne naturall countre and of the citesyns he was dryuen in to Egipte Thus he y t afore put many out of their owne natyue londe peryshed from home him self He wente to Lacedemon thinkinge there to haue gotten sucoure by reason of kynrede And he that afore had casten many one out vnburied was throwen out him self no man mournynge for him ner puttinge him in his graue so that he nether enioyed y e buriall of a straunger nether was he partaker of his fathers sepulcre Now when this was done the kinge suspecte y t the Iewes wolde haue fallen from him wherfore he came in a greate displeasure out of Egipte toke the cite by violence He cōmaunded his men of warre also that they shulde kyll not spare but slaye downe soch as w t stode them or clymmed vp vpō y e houses Thus was there a greate slaughter of yonge men olde men women children and virgins In iij. dayes were there slayne lxxx M fourty thousande put in preson no lesse solde Yet was he not cōtent w t this
might be disceaued by this meanes also shulde I defyle myne age make it abhominable For though I were now delyuered from the tormentes of men yet shulde I not escape the honde of allmightie God nether alyue ner deed Wherfore I will dye manfully do as it becommeth myne age Wherby I maie peraduenture leaue an exāple of stedfastnesse for soch as be yonge yf I w t a ready mynde manfully dye an honest death for the most worthy and holy lawes When he had sayde these wordes immediatly he was drawen to the tormēte Now they that led him and were mylde a litle afore beganne to take displeasure because of the wordes y t he sayde for they thought he had spokē them of an hye mynde But whē he was in his martirdome he mourned and sayde Thou O LORDE which hast the holy knowlege knowest openly that where as I might be delyuered frō death I suffre these sore paynes of my body but in my mynde I am wel contente to suffre them because I feare the. Thus this man dyed leauynge y e memoriall of his death for an example not only vnto yonge men but vnto all y e people to be stedfast and manly The VII Chapter IT happened also that there were vij brethren with their mother taken compelled by the kynge agaynst the lawe to eate swynes flesh namely w t scourges and lethren whippes And one of them which was y e chefe sayde What sekest thou and what requyrest thou of vs As for vs we are ready rather to suffre death then to offende the lawes of God and the fathers Then was the kynge angrie and bad heare cauldrons and brasen pottes Which when they were made hote immediatly he commaunded y e tonge of him that spake first to be cut out to pull the skynne ouer his heade to payre of the edges of his handes and fete yee and that in the sight of his mother and the other of his brethren Now when he was cleane marred he commaunded a fyre to be made so whyle there was eny breath in him to be fryed in the caudron In the which when he had bene longe payned the other brethren with their mother exorted him to dye manfully sayēge The LORDE God shal regarde the treuth and comforte vs like as Moses testifieth and declareth in his songe sayenge and he wyl haue compassion on his seruauntes So whē the first was deed after this maner they brought the seconde to haue him in derision pulled the skynne with the hayre ouer his heade and axed him yf he wolde eate swynes flesh or he were payned in y e other membres also thorow out his body But he answered boldly and sayde I will not do it And so was he tormented like as y e first And whē he was euē at y e geuinge vp of y e goost he sayde Thou most vngracious personne puttest vs now to death but the kynge of y e worlde shall rayse vs vp which dye for his lawes in y e resurreccion of euerlastinge life After him was the thirde had in derision and when he was requyred he putt out his tonge and that right soone holdinge forth his hondes manfully and spake with a stedfast faith These haue I of heauē but now for the lawe of God I despyse them for my trust is that I shall receaue them of him agayne In so moch that the kynge and they which were with him marueled at the yonge mans boldnesse that he nothinge regarded the paynes Now when he was deed also they vexed the fourth with tormentes in like maner So when he was now at his death he sayde It is better that we beynge put to death of mē haue oure hope and trust in God for he shal rayse vs vp agayne As for the thou shalt haue no resurreccion to life And when they had spoken to the fifth they tormēted him Then loked he vnto y e kinge sayde Thou hast power amōge mē for thou art a mortall man also y i self to do what thou wilt but thinke not y t God hath forsaken o r generacion Abyde the tary styll a whyle thou shalt se the greate power of God how he wil punysh the thy sede After him they brought the sixte which beynge at the poynte of death sayde Be not disceaued o kynge for this we suffre for oure owne sakes because we haue offended oure God therfore marvelous thinges are shewed vpon vs. But thinke not thou which takest in honde to stryue agaynst God that thou shalt escape vnpunyshed This excellent mother worthy to be well reported of and had in remembraunce sawe hir seuen sonnes dye in one daye and suffred it paciētly because of the hope that she had in God Yee she exorted euery one of them in especiall and that boldly and stedfastly w t parfite wyszdome wakynge vp hir wyuysh thought with a manly stomacke and sayde vnto them I can not tell how ye came in my wombe for I nether gaue you breth ner soule no ner life It is not I y t ioyned y t mēbres of yo bodies together but y e maker of y e worlde which fashioned y e byrth of mā begāne all thinges Euen he also of his owne mercy shall geue you breath and life agayne like as ye now regarde not youre owne selues for his lawes sake Now thought Antiochus that she had despysed him therfore he let her go with hir reproues and beganne to exorte the yongest sonne which yet was left not only w t wordes but swore vnto him w t an ooth y t he shulde make him a rich welthy man yf he wolde forsake y e lawes of his fathers yee and y t he shulde geue him what so euer were necessary for him But whē the yonge man wolde not be moued for all these thinges he called his mother counceled her to saue hir sonnes life And when he had exorted her with many wordes she promised him that she shulde speake vnto hir sonne So she turned her vnto him laughinge y e cruell tyraunte to scorne spake w t a boylde voyce O my sonne haue pite vpon me y t bare y e ix monethes in my wombe that gaue the sucke norished the and brought the vp vnto this age I beseke the my sonne loke vpon heauen and earth and all that is therin and considre that God made them and mans generacion of naught so shalt thou not feare this hangman but suffre death stedfastly like as thy brethren haue done that I maye receaue the agayne in the same mercy with thy brethren Whyle she was yet speakynge these wordes the yonge man sayde Whom loke ye for ▪ Wherfore do ye tary I wil not obeye the kynges commaundement but the lawe that God gaue vs by Moses As for the that ymaginest all myschefe agaynst the Iewes thou shalt not escape the honde of God for we suffre these thinges because of oure synnes And though
the ayre the captayne bad brynge him in to the castell and commaunded him to be beaten with roddes and to be examyned that he mighte knowe for what cause they cried so vpon him And whan he bounde him with thonges Paul sayde vnto the vndercaptayne that stode by Is it laufull for you to scourge a man that is a Romayne and vncondemned Whan the vndercaptayne herde that he wēte to the vpper captayne and tolde him and sayde What wilt thou do This man is a Romayne Then came y e vpper captayne and sayde vnto him Tell me art thou a Romayne He sayde Yee And the vpper captayne answered With a greate summe optayned I this fredome But Paul sayde As for me I am a Romayne borne Thē straight waye departed from him they that shulde haue examyned him And y e chefe captayne was afrayed whan he knewe that he was a Romayne and because he had bounde him On the nexte daye wolde he knowe the certentye wherfore he was accused of the Iewes and he lowsed him from the bondes and commaunded the hye prestes and all their councell to come together and broughte Paul forth and set him amonge them The XXIII Chapter PAul behelde the councell and sayde Ye men and brethren I haue lyued with all good conscience before God vnto this daye But the hye prest Ananias commaunded them that stode aboute him to smyte hī on the mouth Then sayde Paul vnto him God shal smyte the thou paynted wall Syttest thou and iudgest me after the lawe and commaundest me to be smytten cōtrary to y e lawe And they that stode aboute hī sayde Reuylest thou Gods hye prest And Paul sayde Brethrē I wyst not that he was the hye prest For it is wryttē The ruler of thy people shalt thou not curse But whan Paul knewe that the one parte was Saduces and the other parte Pharises he cried out in y e councell Ye men and brethren I am a Pharise and the sonne of a Pharise Of hope and resurreccion of the deed am I iudged And whan he had so sayde there arose a dissencion betwene y e Pharises and the Saduces and the multitude was deuyded for the Saduces saye that there is no resurreccion nether angell ner sprete but the Pharises graūte both And there was made a greate crye And y e Scrybes of the Pharyses secte stode vp and stroue and sayde We fynde no euell in this mā But yf a sprete or an angell haue spokē vnto him let vs not stryue agaynst God But whan the discension was greate y e vpper captayne feared that Paul shulde haue bene pluckte a sonder of them and commaunded the soudyers to go downe and to take him from them and to brynge him in to the castell But in the nighte folowinge the LORDE stode by him and sayde Be of good cheare Paul for as thou hast testified of me at Ierusalem so must thou testifye at Rome also Now whan it was daye certayne of the Iewes gathered them selues together and made a vowe nether to eate ner drynke tyll they had kylled Paul They were mo then fortye which had made this conspyracion These came to the hye prestes and Elders and sayde We haue bounde oure selues w t a vowe that we wil eate nothinge tyll we haue slayne Paul Now therfore geue ye knowlege to the vpper captayne and to the councell that he maye brynge him forth vnto you tomorow as though ye wolde heare him yet better As for vs we are ready to kyll him or euer he come nye you But whan Pauls sisters sonne herde of their layenge awayte he came and entred in to the castell and tolde Paul So Paul called vnto him one of y e vnder captaynes and sayde Brynge this yonge man to the vpper captayne for he hath somewhat to saye to him He toke him and broughte him to the vpper captayne and sayde Paul the presoner called me vnto him and prayed me to brynge to the this yonge man which hath somwhat to saye vnto the. Then the hye captayne toke him by the hande and wente a syde with him out of the waye and axed him What is it that thou hast to saye vnto me He sayde The Iewes are agreed together to desyre the to let Paul be broughte forth tomorow before the councell as though they wolde yet heare him better But folowe not thou their myndes for there laye wayte for him mo then fortye men off them which haue bounde them selues with a vowe nether to eate ner drynke tyll they haue slayne Paul and euen now are they redye and loke for thy promes Then the vpper captayne let the yonge man departe and charged him to tell noman that he had shewed him this And he called vnto him two vndercaptaynes and sayde Make redye two hundreth soudyers that they maye go to Cesarea and thre score and ten horsmen and two hundreth speare men at the thirde houre of the nighte and delyuer thē beastes that they maye set Paul theron and brynge him safe vnto Felix the debyte and he wrote a letter on this maner Claudius Lysias vnto the most mightie Debyte Felix gretynge The Iewes had taken this man and wolde haue slayne him then came I with soudyers and rescued him and perceaued that he is a Romayne And whan I wolde haue knowne the cause wherfore they accused hī I broughte him in to their councell then perceaued I that he was accused aboute questions of their lawe But there was no accusacion worthy of death or of bondes And whan it was shewed me that certayne Iewes layed wayte for him I sent him straight waye vnto the and commaunded the accusers also that loke what they had agaynst him they shulde tell the same before the. Fare well The soudyers as it was commaunded them toke Paul and broughte him to Antipatras But on the nexte daye they lefte y e horse men to go with him and turned agayne to the castell When these came to Cesarea they delyuered the letter vnto the Debyte presented Paul before him also Whan the Debyte had red the letter he axed off what countre he was And whā he vnderstode that he was of Celicia he sayde I wil heare the whan thine accusers are come also And he commaunded him to be kepte in Herodes iudgment house The XXIIII Chapter After fyue dayes the hye prest Ananias came downe with the Elders and w t the Oratour Tertullus which appeared before the Debyte agaynst Paul Whan Paul was called forth Tertullus begāne to accuse him and sayde Seynge that we lyue in greate peace by the meanes of y t and that many good thinges are done for this people thorow thy prouydence most mightie Felix that alowe we euer and in all places with all thankes Notwithstondinge y t I be nomore tedious vnto the I praye the that of thy curtesy thou woldest heare vs a few wordes We haue founde this man a pestilent felowe and a sterer vp of sedicion amonge all