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 meÌ whom Moses sent to spye out the laÌde came agayne and made the whole coÌgregacion 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 TheÌ 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 amoÌge 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 childreÌ 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 teÌth 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 whaÌ there is a ramme offred thou shalt make the meat offerynge two teÌth 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 amoÌge 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 coÌgregacion both vnto you and to the straungers A perpetuall statute shal it be vnto youre posterities that the straunger be eueÌ 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 coÌgregacion do ought ignorauntly theÌ 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 childreÌ 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 amoÌge 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
him vpoÌ his holy hill for the LORDE oure God is holy The XCIX psalme O Be ioyfull in God all ye loÌdes serue the LORDE w t gladnes come before his presence w t ioye Be ye sure y t the LORDE he is God It is he y t hath made vs not we oure selues we are but his people the shepe of his pasture O go youre waye in to his gates theÌ with thankesgeuynge in to his courtes w t prayse be thaÌkfull vnto him speake good of his name For the LORDE is gracious his mercy is euerlastinge and his treuth endureth from generacion to generacion The C. psalme A thaÌkesgeuynge of Dauid MY songe shal be of mercy and iudgment yee vnto the o LORDE wil I synge O let me haue vnderstondinge in the waye of godlynesse vntill the tyme that thou come vnto me so shal I walke in my house w t an innocent herte I wil take no wicked thinge in honde I hate the synne of vnfaithfulnesse it shal not cleue vnto me A frowarde herte shal departe fro me I wil not knowe a wicked personne Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure him wil I destroye Who so hath a proude loke an hye stomacke I maye not awaye with him Myne eyes shal loke for soch as be faithfull in the londe y t they maye dwell with me and who so ledeth a godly life shal be my seruaunt There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shal not tary in my sight I shal soone destroye all the vngodly of the londe that all wicked doers maye be roted out of the cite of the LORDE The CI. psalme HEare my prayer o LORDE and let my crieÌge come vnto the. Hyde not thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble enclyne thine eares vnto me when I call O heare me and that right soone For my dayes are consumed awaye like smoke my bones are brent vp as it were a fyre brande My hert is smytteÌ downe and wythered like grasse so that I forget to eate my bred For the voyce of my gronynge my bone wil scarse cleue to my flesh I am become like a Pellicane in the wildernes and like an Oule in a broken wall I wake and am euen as it were a sparow sittinge alone vpon the house toppe Myne enemies reuyle me all the daye longe they laugh me to scorne and are sworne together against me I eate ashes with my bred and mengle my drynke with wepynge And that because of y e indignacion and wrath for thou hast taken me vp and cast me awaye My dayes are gone like a shadowe and I am wythered like grasse But thou o LORDE endurest for euer and thy remembraunce thorow out all generacions Arise therfore and haue mercy vpon Sion for it is tyme to haue mercy vpon her yee the tyme is come And why thy seruauntes haue a loue to hir stones it pitieth them to se her in the dust The Heithen shal feare thy name o LORDE and all the kynges of the earth thy maiesty For the LORDE shal buylde vp Sion and shal apeare in his glory He turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute and despyseth not their desyre This shal be written for those y t come after that the people which shal be borne maye prayse the LORDE For He loketh downe from his Sanctuary out of the heauen doth the LORDE beholde the earth That he maye heare the mournynges of soch as be in captinyte and delyuer the children of death That they maie preach the name of the LORDE in Sion and his worshipe at Ierusalem When the people are gathered together and the kyngdomes also to serue y e LORDE He hath brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortened my dayes Yet wil I saye O my God take me not awaye in y e myddest of myne age as for thy yeares they endure thorow out all generacions Thou LORDE in the begynnynge hast layed y e foundacion of the earth and the heauens are the workes of thy hondes They shal perishe but thou shalt endure they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment as a vesture shalt thou chaunge theÌ and they shal be chaunged But thou art the same and thy yeares shal not fayle The children of thy seruauntes shall contynue their sede shal prospere in y e sight The CII A psalme of Dauid PRayse the LORDE o my soule all that is within me prayse his holy name Prayse the LORDE o my soule forget not all his benefites Which forgeueth all thy synnes and healeth all thy infirmities Which saueth thy life from destruccion and crowneth the with mercy louynge kyndnesse Which satisfieth thy desyre with good thinges makynge the yonge and lusty as an Aegle The LORDE executeth rightuousnesse and iudgment for all them y t suffre wronge He shewed his wayes vnto Moses and his workes vnto the children of Israel The LORDE is full of compassion and mercy longe sufferinge and of greate goodnesse He wil not allwaye be chydinge nether wil he kepe his anger for euer He hath not dealt with vs after oure synnes ner rewarded vs acordinge to oure wickednesses For loke how hye the heaueÌ is in comparison of the earth so greate is his mercy also towarde them that feare him Loke how wyde the east is from the west so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. Yee like as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the LORDE mercifull vnto theÌ that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse florisheth as a floure of the felde For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it it gone and the place therof knoweth it nomore But the mercifull goodnesse of y e LORDE endureth for euer and euer vpon them y t feare him and his rightuousnesse vpon their childers children Soch as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them The LORDE hath prepared his seate in heaueÌ and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all O prayse the LORDE ye angels of his ye that be mightie instreÌgth fulfillinge his commaundement that meÌ maye heare the voyce of his wordes O prayse the LORDE all ye his hoostes ye seruauntes of his that do his pleasure O speake good of the LORDE all ye workes of his in euery place of his dominion prayse thou the LORDE o my soule The CIII psalme PRayse the LORDE o my soule O LORDE my God thou art become exceadinge glorious thou art clothed with maiesty and honoure Thou deckest thy self with light as it were w t a garment thou spredest out the heauen like a curtayne Thou voltest it aboue with waters thou makest the cloudes thy charet and goest vpon the wynges of the wynde Thou makest thine angels spretes and thy ministers flammes of fyre Thou hast layed y e
them awaye eueÌ as thou hast plucked me because of all my wickednesse For my sorow is very greate and my herte is heuy The II. Chapter ALas how hath y e LORDE darckened the doughter of Sion so sore in his wrath As for the honoure of Israel he hath casten it downe from heauen How happeneth it that he remembred not his owne fote stole when he was angrie The LORDE hath cast downe all the glory of Iacob without eny fauoure All the stronge places of the doughter Iuda hath he broken in his wrath throwne them downe to the grounde hir kyngdome hir prynces hath he suspended In the wrath of his indignacion he hath broken all the horne of Israel he hath with draweÌ his right honde from the enemie yee a flame of fyre is kyndled in Iacob hath consumed vp all rounde aboute He hath bent his bowe like an enemie he hath fastened his right honde as an aduersary and euery thinge that was pleasauÌt to se he hath smyten it downe He hath poured out his wrath like a fyre in to the tabernacle of the doughter âion The LORDâ is become like as it were an enemie he hath cast downe Israel all his places yee all his stronge holdes hath he destroyed and fylled the doughter of Iuda w t moch sorow and heuynesse Hir tabernacle which was like a garden of pleasure hath he destroyed hir hie soleÌpne feastes hath he put downe The LORDE hath brought it so to passe that the hie solempne feastes and Sabbathes in Sion are clene forgotteÌ In his heuy displeasure hath he made the kynge prestes to be despised The LORDE hath forsaken his owne aulter is wroth with his owne Sanctuary hath geuen the walles of their towres in to the hondes of the enemie Their enemies made a noyse in the house of the LORDE as it had bene in a solempne feast daye The LORDE thought to breake downe the walles of the doughter Sion he spred out his lyne drewe not in his honde till he had destroyed them Therfore mourne the turrettes and the broken walles together Hir portes are casten downe to the grounde hir barres are broken smytten in sonder hir kynge prynces are caried awaye to the GeÌtiles They haue nether lawe ner prophetes ner yet eny vision from the LORDE The Senatours of the doughter Sion sit vpon the grounde in sylence they haue strowed aszshes vpon their heades and gyrded them selues with sackcloth The maydens of Ierusalem hange downe their heades to the grounde Myne eyes begynne to fayle me thorow wepinge my body is disquieted my leueris poured vpon the earth for the greate hurte of my people seynge the children and babes dyd swowne in the stretes of the cite Euen when they spake to their mothers where is meate and drynke for whyle they so sayde they fell downe in the stretes of the cite like as they had bene wounded and some dyed in their mothers bosome What shal I saye of the O thou doughter Ierusalem to whom shall I lickeÌ the To whom shal I coÌpare the o thou doughter Sion to comforte the withall Thy hurte is like a mayne see who maye heale the Thy prophetes haue loked out vayne folish thinges for the they haue not shewed the of thy wickednesse to kepe the from captiuyte but haue ouerladen the and thorow falsede scatred the abrode All they that go by the clappe their hondes at the hissinge and wagginge their heades vpon the doughter Ierusalem and saye is this the cite that men call so fayre wherin the whole londe reioyseth All thine enemies gape vpon the whisperinge and bytinge their teth sayenge let vs deuoure for the tyme that we loked for is come we haue founde and sene it The LORDE hath fulfilled the thinge that he was purposed to do and perfourmed that he had deuysed longe agoo he hath destroyed and not spared He hath caused thine aduersary to tryumphe ouer the and set vp the horne of thine enemie Let thine hert crie vnto the LORDE O thou cite of the doughter Sion let thy teares ruÌne downe like a ryuer daye night rest not let not the aple of thine eye leaue of Stonde vp and make thy prayer in the first watch of the night poure out thine heââ like water before the LORDE lift vp thine hondes for the lyues of thy yonge children that dye of honger in the stretes Beholde O LORDE considre why hast thou gathered me vp so clene Shal the women then eate their owne frute euen children of a spanne longe Shal the prestes and prophetes be slayne thus in the Sanctuary of the LORDE Yonge olde lye behinde the stretes vpon the grounde my maydens yonge men are slayne with the swearde whom thou in the daye of thy wrothfull indignacion hast put to death Yee euen thou hast put them to death not spared them My neghbours that are rounde aboute me hast thou called as it were to a feast daye so that in the daye of the LORDES wrath none escaped nether was eny left behinde Those that I had brought vp norisshed hath myne enemy destroyed The III. Chapter I Am the maÌ that thorow the rodd of his wrath haue experieÌce of misery He droue me forth and led me yee into darcknesse but not in to light Agaynst me only he turneth his honde layeth it euer vpon me My flesh my skynne hath he made olde and my bones hath he brussed He hath buylded rounde aboute me closed me in with gall and trauayle He hath set me in darcknesse as they that be deed for euer He hath so hedged me in that I can not get out hath layed heuy lynckes vpon me Though I crie call piteously yet heareth he not my prayer He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones made my pathes croked He layeth waite for me like a Bere and as a lyon in a hole He hath marred my wayes and brokeÌ me in peces he hath layed me waist altogether He hath bent his bowe and made me as it were a marck to shute at The arowes of his quyuer hath he shot euen in to my reynes I am laughed to scorne of all my people they make songes vpon me all y e daye loÌge He hath fylled me with bytternesse geuen me wormwod to drynke He hatâ smytten my teth in peces rolled me in the dust He hath put my soule out of rest I forget all good thinges I thought in myself I am vndone there is no hope for me in the LORDE O remembre yet my mysery and my trouble the wormwod and the gall Yee thou shalt remeÌbre them for my soule melteth awaye in me Whyle I coÌsidre these thinges in my hert I get a hope
came vnto him moch people hauinge with them lame blynde doÌme crepell and other many and cast them downe at Iesus fete And he healed theÌ in so moch that the people woÌdred to sethe doÌme speake the crepell whole the halt to go the blynde to se. And they praysed the God of Israel And Iesus called his disciples vnto him sayde I haue coÌpassion vpon the people for they haue coÌtynued w t me now thre dayes haue nothinge to eate I wil not let theÌ departe fastynge lest they perishe in y e waye And his disciples sayde vnto him Whence shulde we get so moch bred in the wyldernes that we might satiszfie so moch people And Iesus sayde vnto theÌ How many loaues haue ye They sayde seueÌ a few litle fyshes And he coÌmaunded y e people to syt downe vpoÌ the grounde and toke y e seueÌ loaues the fyshes gaue thankes brake theÌ gaue theÌ to his disciples y e disciples gaue theÌ vnto the people And they all ate were suffâsed And they toke vp of the brokeÌ meate y t was left seuen baszkettes full And they y t ate were foure thousande meÌ besyde wemen and children And whan he had sent awaye the people he wente in to a shippe came in to the parties of Magdala The XVI Chapter THen came the Pharises Saduces vnto him teÌpted him requyringe him to shewe theÌ a tokeÌ from heaueÌ But he answered sayde At eueÌ ye saye Iâ wil be fayre wedder for y e szkye is reed And in y e mornynge ye saye It wil be foule wedder to daye for the szkye is reed gloometh O ye ypocrytes ye can discerne the fashion of y e szkye can ye not theÌ discerne the tokeÌs of these tymes also This euell and aduouterous generacioÌ seketh a tokeÌ there shal no tokeÌ be geueÌ theÌ but the tokeÌ of y e prophet Ionas So he left theÌ and departed And whaÌ his disciples were come to the other syde of the water they had forgotten to take bred w t them Iesus sayde vnto theÌ Take hede bewarre of the leueÌ of y e Pharises of the Saduces TheÌ thought they in theÌ selues sayeÌge We haue takeÌ no bred w t us WheÌ Iesus perceaued y t he sayde to theÌ O ye of litle faith why are ye combred in yo r mindes because ye haue takeÌ no bred w t you Do ye not yet perceaue Remembre ye not those fyue loaues wheÌ there were fyue thousande meÌ and how many baszkettes toke ye vp Nether y e seueÌ loaues whan there were foure thousande men how many baskettes toke ye vp Why perceaue ye not then y t I spake not to you of bred wheÌ I saide bewarre of y e leueÌ of y e Pharises of y e Saduces TheÌ vnderstode they how y t he bad not theÌ bewarre of the leueÌ of bred but of y e doctryne of the Pharises and of the Saduces Then came Iesus in to the coastes of the cite Cesarea Philippi axed his disciples saide WhoÌ do meÌ saie y t y e sonne of maÌ is They sayde Some saye y t thou art IhoÌ the baptist Some y t thou art Elias Some y t thou art Ieremy or one of y e prophetes He saide to theÌ But whoÌ saye ye y t I am TheÌ answered SymoÌ Peter and saide Thou art Christ y e sonne of y e lyuinge God And Iesus answered saide vnto hiÌ Blessed art thou SymoÌ y e sonne of Ionas for flesh bloude hath not opened y t vnto the but my father y t is in heaueÌ And I saie to y e Thou art Peter vpoÌ this rocke wil I builde my coÌgregacion and y e gates of hell shal not preuayle agaynst it And the keyes of heauen wil I geue vnto the Whatsoeuer thou shalt bynde vpon earth shal be bounde also in heauen whatsoeuer thou shalt lowse vpon earth shal be lowsed also in heaueÌ Then charged he his disciples that they shulde tell no maÌ that he was Iesus Christ. From that tyme forth beganne Iesus to shew vnto his disciples how that he must go vnto IerusaleÌ and suffre many thinges of the elders and of the hye prestes and of the scrybes and be put to death and ryse againe the thirde daye But Peter toke him asyde and beganne to rebuke him sayenge LORDE fauoure thy self let not this happen vnto the. Neuertheles he turned him aboute sayde vnto Peter Auoyde fro me SathaÌ thou hindrest me for thou sauourest not y e thinges that be of God but of men Then sayde Iesus vnto his disciples Yf eny man wil folowe me let him forsake him self take vp his crosse and folowe me For who so wil saue his life shal lose it but who so loseth his life for my sake shal fynde it What helpeth it a man though he wanne the whole worlde and yet suffred harme in his soule Or what can a man geue to redeme his soule withall For it wil come to passe that the sonne of maÌ shal come in the glory of his father with his angels and then shal he rewarde euery one acordinge to his dedes Verely I saye vnto you there stonde here some which shal not taist of death tyll they se y e sonne of maÌ come in his kingdome The XVII Chapter ANd after sixe dayes Iesus toke Peter Iames and Ihon his brother and brought them vp in to an hye mountayne out of the waye and was transfigured before theÌ his face shone as y e Sonne and his clothes were as white as the light And beholde there appeared vnto theÌ Moses and Elias talkinge with him Then answered Peter and sayde vnto Iesus LORDE here is good beynge for us Yf thou wilt let us make here thre tabernacles one for the one for Moses and one for Elias Whyle he yet spake beholde a bright cloude ouershadowed them and lo there came a voyce out of the cloude saienge This is my deare sonne in whom I delyte heare him Whan y e disciples herde that they fell vpon their faces and were sore afrayed But Iesus came and touched them and sayde Aryse and be not afrayed And whan they loked vp they sawe no man but Iesus onely And whaÌ they came downe froÌ y e mountayne Iesus charged them and sayde Tell no man of this vision tyll the sonne of man be rysen agayne from y e deed And his disciples axed him and sayde Why saye the scrybes then that Elias must first come Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Elias shall come first in dede and bringe all thinges to rââht agayne But I saye vnto you Elias is come all ready they knewe him not but haue done vnto him what they wolde EueÌ so shal also the sonne of man suffre of them Then the disciples perceaued that he
he sent him home and sayde Go not in to y e towne and tell it also vnto noman therin And Iesus wente out and his disciples into the townes of the cite Cesarea Philippi And in y e waye he axed his disciples and sayde vnto them What do men saye that I am They answered They saye thou art Ihon the baptist Some saye thou art Elias some that thou art one of the prophetes And he sayde vnto them But whom saye ye that I am Then answered Peter and sayde vnto him Thou art very Christ. And he charged them strately that they shulde tell no man of him And he begaÌne to teach them The sonne of man must suffre many thinges and be cast out of the elders hye prestes and scrybes and be put to death and after thre dayes ryse agayne And that worde spake he fre openly And Peter toke him vnto him and beganne to rebuke him But he turned him aboute and loked vpon his disciples and reproued Peter and sayde Go after me thou Sathan for thou sauourest not the thinges that be of God but of men And he called vnto him the people with his disciples and sayde vnto them Who so euer wyl folowe me let him denye himself and take vp his crosse and folowe me For who so euer wyl saue his life shal lose it and who so euer loseth his life for my sake and y e gospels y e same shal saue it What helpeth it a maÌ though he waÌne the whole worlde and yet toke harme in his soule Or what can a man geue to redeme his soule withall Who so euer is ashamed of me and of my wordes amonge this aduouterous and synfull generacion of him shal the sonne of man also be ashamed whan he commeth in the glory of his father with the holy angels And he sayde vnto them Verely I saye vnto you There stoÌde here some which shal not taist of death tyll they se the kyngdome of God come with power The IX Chapter ANd after sixe dayes Iesus toke vnto him Peter Iames and Ihon and brought them vp in to an hye mountayne out of the waye alone and was ttaÌsfigured before them and his clothes were bright and very whyte as y e snowe so whyte as no fuller can make vpon earth And there appeared vnto theÌ Elias with Moses and they talked with Iesus And Peter answered and sayde vnto Iesus Rabbi here is good beynge for vs. Let vs make thre tabernacles one for the one for Moses and one for Elias For he knewe not what he sayde and they were very fearfull And there was a cloude which ouershadowed theÌ And out of the cloude there came a voyce and sayde This is my deare sonne heare him And immediatly they loked aboute them and sawe noman more then Iesus onely with them But whan they wente downe from the mountayne Iesus charged them that they shulde tell no man what they had sene tyll the sonne of man were rysen agayne from the deed And they kepte that sayenge by them and axed one another What is that rysinge agayne from the deed And they axed him and sayde Why saye the scrybes then that Elias must first come He answered and sayde vnto them Elias shal come first in dede and brynge all thinges to right agayne The sonne of man also shal suffre many thinges and be despysed as it is wrytten But I saye vnto you Elias is come and they haue done vnto him what they wolde acordinge as it is wrytten of him And he came to his disciples and sawe moch people aboute them and the scrybes disputynge with them And as soone as the people sawe they were astonnyed and ranne vnto him and saluted him And he axed the scrybes What dispute ye with them And one of the people answered and sayde Master I haue brought vnto the my sonne which hath a domme sprete and whan so euer he taketh him he teareth him and he fometh and gnaszheth with the teth and pyneth awaye I haue spoken to thy disciples that they shulde cast him out and they coude not He answered him and sayde O thou vnfaithfull generacion how longe shal I be with you How longe shal I suffre you Brynge hiÌ hither to me And they brought him vnto him And as soone as the sprete sawe him he tare him and fell vpon the earth and weltred and fomed And he axed his father How longe is it sens this happened vnto him He sayde Of a childe and oft tymes hath he cast him in to the fyre and water to destroye him but yf thou canst do eny thinge haue mercy vpon vs and helpe vs. Iesus sayde vnto him Yf thou couldest beleue All thinges are possible vnto him that beleueth And immediatly the father of the childe cried with teares and sayde LORDE I beleue O helpe thou myne vnbeleue Now whan Iesus sawe that the people ranne to he rebuked the foule sprete and sayde vnto him Thou domme and deaf sprete I charge the departe out of him and entre nomore in to him from hence forth And he cried and rent him sore and departed And he was as though he had bene deed in so moch that many sayde he is deed But Iesus toke him by the hande and set him vp And he arose And whan he came home his disciples axed him secretly Why coulde not we cast him out And he sayde This kynde caÌ go out by no meanes but by prayer and fastynge And they departed theÌce and toke their iourney thorow Galile and he wolde not that eny man shulde knowe of it But he taught his disciples and sayde vnto them The sonne of maÌ shal be delyuered in to the handes of men and they shal put him to death and whan he is put to death he shal ryse ageyne the thirde daye But they vnderstode not that worde and were afrayed to axe him And he came to Capernaum And whan he was at home he axed them What disputed ye amonge youre selues by y e waye But they helde their tuÌges For they had disputed by the waye amonge them selues who shulde be y e greatest And he sat downe and called the twolue and sayde vnto them Yf eny man wyl be the first the same shal be the last of all and the seruaunt of all And he toke a childe and set him in the myddest of them and toke him in his armes and sayde vnto them Who so euer receaueth soch a childe in my name receaueth me and who so euer receaueth me receaueth not me but him that hath sent me Ihon answered him and sayde Master we sawe one dryue out deuels in thy name but he foloweth not vs and we forbad him because he foloweth vs not But Iesus sayde Forbyd him not for there is no maÌ that doth a myracle in my name and can soone speake euell of me For who so euer is not agaynst vs the same is for vs.
his death telleth his sonnes what shall happen vnto them and dyeth Chap. l. Ioseph burieth his father and chargeth his brethren concernynge his bones and dyeth in Egypte ⪠lege of good and euell shalt thou not eate For loke in what daye so euer thou eatest therof thou shalt dye the death And the LORDE God sayde It is not good y t maÌ shulde be alone I wil make him an helpe to beare him coÌpany And whan God the LORDE had made of the earth all maner beastes of the felde all maner foules vnder the heaueÌ he brought them vnto man to se what he wolde call theÌ For as maÌ called all maner of liuinge soules so are their names And man gaue names vnto all maner catell vnto the foules vnder the heaueÌ and vnto all maner beastes of y e felde But vnto man there was founde no helpe to beare him company Then the LORDE God caused an herde slepe to fall vpon man and he slepte And he toke out one of his rybbes and in steade therof he fylled vp y e place with flesh And the LORDE God made a woman of y e rybbe that he toke out of man and brought her vnto him Then sayde man This is once bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh She shal be called woman because she was takeÌ of man For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother and cleue vnto his wife they two shal be one flesh And they were both naked the man and his wife and were not ashamed The III. Chapter BVt the serpent was sotyller then all the beastes of the felde which y e LORDE God had made and sayde vnto the woman Yee hath God sayde indede Ye shall not eate of all maner trees in the garden Then sayde the woman vnto the serpent We eate of the frute of the trees in the garden But as for the frute of the tre that is in the myddes of the garden God hath sayde Eate not ye of it and touch it not lest ye dye Then saide the serpent vnto the woman Tush ye shall not dye the death For God doth knowe that in what daye so euer ye eate of it youre eyes shal be opened and ye shal be as God and knowe both good and euell And the woman sawe that y e tre was good to eate of and lustye vnto the eyes and a pleasaunt tre to make wyse and toke of the frute of it and ate and gaue vnto hir husbande also therof and he ate Then were the eyes of them both opened and they perceaued that they were naked and sowed fygge leaues together and made them apurns And they herde the voyce of the LORDE God which walked in the garden in the coole of the daye And Adam hyd him self with his wyfe from the presence of y e LORDE God amonge the trees of the garden And y e LORDE God called Adam and sayde vnto him Where art thou And he saide I herde thy voyce in the garden and was afrayed because I am naked and therfore I hyd myself And he sayde who tolde the that thou art naked Hast thou not eaten of the tre wherof I commaunded the y t thou shuldest not eate Then sayde Adam The woman which thou gauest me to beare me company gaue me of the tre and I ate And the LORDE God sayde vnto the woman wherfore hast thou done this The woman sayde the serpent disceaued me so that I ate Then sayde the LORDE God vnto the serpent Because thou hast done this cursed be thou aboue all catell and aboue all beastes of the felde Vpon thy bely shalt thou go earth shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy life And I wyll put enemyte betwene the and the woman and betwene y e sede and hir sede The same shal treade downe thy heade and thou shalt treade him on the hele And vnto the woman he sayde I will increase thy sorow whan thou art with childe with payne shalt thou beare thy childreÌ and thy lust shal pertayne vnto y e huszbande and he shal rule the. And vnto Adam he sayde For so moch as thou hast herkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe and hast eaten of the tre wherof I commaunded the sayenge thou shalt not eate of it Cursed be y e earth for thy sake With sorowe shalt thou eate therof all the dayes of thy life Thornes and thistles shalt it beare vnto the and thou shalt eate the herbes of the felde In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate thy bred tyll thou be turned agayne vnto earth wheÌce thou art takeÌ for earth thou art and vnto earth shalt thou be turned agayne And Adam called his wyfe Hena because she is the mother of all lyuynge And the LORDE God made Adam his wyfe garmentes of skynnes those he put on them And the LORDE God sayde lo Adam is become as it were one of vs knoweth good euell But now lest he stretch his hande and take also of the tre of life and eate and lyue for euer Then the LORDE God put him out of the garden of Eden to tyll y e earth wheÌce he was takeÌ And he cast Adam out And before the garden of Eden he set Cherubes and a naked syrie swerde to kepe y e waye vnto the tre of life The IIII. Chapter MOrouer Adam laye with Hena his wyfe which coÌceaued bare Cain and sayde I haue opteyned y e man of the LORDE And she proceaded forth bare his brother Abell And Abell became a shepherde but Cain became an huszbande man And it fortuned after certaine daies that Cain brought of the frute of the earth an offrynge vnto y e LORDE And Abell brought also of the firstlinges of his shepe and of y e fat of them And the LORDE had respecte vnto Abell and to his offerynge but vnto Cain and his offerynge he loked not Then was Cain exceadinge wroth and his countenaunce chaunged And the LORDE sayde vnto Cain Why art thou angrie and why doth thy countenaunce chaunge Is it not so that yf thou do well thou shalt receaue it but and yf thou do euell thy synne lyeth open in the dore Shal he then be subdued vnto the and wilt thou rule him And Cain talked with Abell his brother But the LORDE sayde thus vnto him Who so euer slayeth Cain it shal be auenged seuenfolde And the LORDE put a marck vpon Cain that no man which founde him shulde kyll him So Cain wente out from y e face of the LORDE and dwelt in the lande Nod vpon the east syde of Eden And Cain laye with his wyfe which conceaued and bare Henoch And he buylded a cite and called it after the name of his sonne Henoch And Henoch begat Irad Irad begat Mahuiael Mahuiael begat Mathusael Mathusael begat Lamech And Lamech toke him two wyues y e one was called Ada the
The blessânges 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 coÌmauÌded his seruauÌtes y e PhisiciaÌs 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 laÌde 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 weÌte vp to burye his father And there weÌte w t him all Pharaos seruauÌtes 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 laÌde 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 EgipciaÌs make there greate lameÌtacion Therfore is the place called The lamentacion of the Egipcians which lyeth beyonde Iordane And his children dyd as he had coÌmaunded 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 huÌdreth 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 huÌdreth 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 amoÌge 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 coÌmaundeth 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
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 weÌte out from Pharao prayed vnto the LORDE TheÌ the LORDE turned a maruelous stroÌge west wynde and toke vp the greshoppers caââ 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 haÌde towarde heauen that it be so darck in the londe of Egipte y t it maye be felt And Moses stretched out his haÌde 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 coÌmest 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 EgipciaÌs 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 differeÌce 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 weÌte froÌ Pharao w t a wroth full displeasure The LORDE saide vnto Moses Pharao herkeneth not vnto you y t many woÌders maye be done in y e laÌde of Egipte And Moses Aaron dyd all these woÌders 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 laÌbe or a kydd where a housholder is to euery house a laÌbe 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
wyszdome in to the hertes of all that are wyse that they shall make all that I haue commaunded the the Tabernacle of wytnesse the Arke of wytnesse the Mercyseate theron and all the ornamentes of y e Tabernacle the table and his apparell the candilsticke and all his apparell the altare of incense the altare of burnt offerynges w t all his apparell the lauer with his fote the mynistrynge vestimentes of Aaron y e prest and the garmentes of his sonnes to serue like prestes the anoyntinge oyle and the inceÌse of spyces for y e SaÌctuary All that I haue commaunded the shal they make And the LORDE talked vnto Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel and saye Kepe my Sabbath for it is a token betwene me and you and youre posterities that ye maye knowe how that I am the LORDE which haloweth you therfore kepe my Sabbath for it shal be holy vnto you Who so vnhaloweth it shall dye the death For who so doth eny worke therin shal be roted out from amonge his people Sixe dayes shall men worke but vpon the seuenth daye is the Sabbath the holy rest of the LORDE Who so doth eny worke vpon the Sabbath daye shall dye the death Therfore shal the children of Israel kepe the Sabbath that they maye kepe it also amonge their posterities for an euerlastynge couenaunt An euerlastynge token is it betwixte me and the children of Israel For in sixe dayes made the LORDE heaueÌ earth but vpon y e seuenth daye he rested and was refreshed And whan the LORDE had made an ende of talkinge with Moses vpon the mount Sinai he gaue him two tables of witnesse which were of stone and wrytten with the fynger of God The XXXII Chapter BVt whan the people sawe that Moses made loÌge taryenge to come downe froÌ the mount they gathered theÌ together agaynst Aaron sayde vnto him Vp and make vs goddes to go before vs for we can not tell what is become of this man Moses that brought vs out of Egipte Aaron sayde vnto them Plucke of the golden earynges from the eares of youre wynes of yo r sonnes of yo r doughters brynge them vnto me Then all the people pluckte of their golden earynges from their eares brought them vnto Aaron And he toke them of their handes fashioned it w t a grauer And they made a molten calfe and sayde These are thy goddes O Israel that brought the out of the londe of Egipte Whan Aaron sawe that he buylded an altare before him and caused it be proclamed and sayde Tomorow is the LORDES feast And they arose vp early in the mornynge and offred burnt offerynges and brought dead offerynges also Then the people sat them downe to eate and drynke rose vp to playe But the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go get the downe for thy people whom thou broughtest out of the londe of Egipte haue marred all they are soone gone out of the waie which I commaunded them They haue made them a molten calfe and haue worshipped it offred vnto it sayde These are thy goddes O Israel that brought the out of the lande of Egipte And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses I se that it is a styffnecked people and now suffre me that my wrath maye waxe whote ouer them that I maye consume them so wil I make a greate people of the. But Moses be sought the LORDE his God sayde Oh LORDE wherfore wil thy wrath waxe whote ouer thy people whom thou hast brought out of the loÌde of Egipte w t greate power a mightie haÌde Wherfore shulde the Egipcians speake saye He hath brought theÌ for their myschefe to slaye them in the mountaynes and to destroye theÌ vtterly from the earth O turne the from the fearcenesse of y e wrath be gracious ouer the wickednesse of thy people Remembre thy seruauÌtes Abraham Isaac and Israel vnto whoÌ thou swarest by thyne owne self and saydest I wil multiplye youre sede as the starres of heauen and all the londe that I haue promysed you wil I geue vnto youre sede they shall inheret it for euer Thus the LORDE repented of the euell which he sayde he wolde do vnto his people Moses turned him wente downe from the mount and in his hande he had the two tables of wytnesse which were wrytteÌ vpon both the sydes and were Gods worke the wrytinge was the wrytinge of God therin Now whan Iosua herde the noyse of y e people as they shouted he sayde vnto Moses This is a noyse of warre in the hoost He answered It is not a noyse of them that haue the victory and of them that haue the worse but I heare a noyse of synginge at a daunse Whan he came nye vnto the hoost and sawe the calfe and the daunsynge he was moued with wrath and cast the âables out of his hande and brake them beneth the mount And he toke the calfe that they had made and brent it with fyre and stamped it vnto poulder and strowed it in the water gaue it vnto the children of Israel to drynke sayde vnto Aaron What dyd this people vnto the that thou hast brought so greate a synne vpon them Aaron sayde Let not the wrath of my lorde waxe fearce thou knowest that this is a wicked people They sayde vnto me Make vs goddes to go before vs for we can not tell what is become of this man Moses y t brought vs out of the londe of Egipte I sayde vnto them Who so hath golde let him plucke it of and geue it me and I cast it in the fyre therof came this calfe Now whan Moses sawe that the people were naked for Aaron whan he set them vp made them naked to their shame he weÌte in to the gate of the hoost and sayde who so belongeth vnto the LORDE let him come hither vnto me Then all the children of Leui gathered them selues vnto him and he sayde vnto them Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel Euery man put his swerde by his syde and go thorow in and out from one gate to another in the hoost and slaye euery man his brother frende neghboure The children of Leui dyd as Moses sayde vnto them And there fell of the people the same daye thre thousande men TheÌ sayde Moses CoÌsecrate youre handes this daie vnto the LORDE euery man vpon his sonne and brother that the prayse maye be geuen ouer you this daye On the morow Moses sayde vnto the people Ye haue done a greate synnne Now I wil go vp vnto the LORDE yf peraduenture I maye make an attonement for youre synnes Now whaÌ Moses came agayne vnto y e LORDE he saide Oh this people haue done a greate synne haue made them goddes of golde Now for geue them their synne yf not theÌ wype me out of y e boke that thou hast wrytten The LORDE sayde
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 thaÌk-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 cleÌsynge of lepers and of their offerynge Chap. XV. Of all maner of vncleane fluxes or yssues both of men and wemen Chap. XVI AaroÌ 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 commaundemeÌtes 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 kepâ his commaundemeÌtes 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 childreÌ of Israel saie vnto them Who so euer amoÌge 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 theÌ 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 theÌ cleane of And thus shall the prest burne it vpon the altare euen vpon the wodd that lyeth vpoÌ 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 frankeÌcense 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
also like as his hert is And whan the captaynes haue made an ende of speakinge vnto the people they shall set the rulers of the hoost before the people in the forefronte Whan thou commest nye vnto a cite to fight against it thou shalt offre them peace Yf they answere the peaceably and open vnto the then shal all y e people y t is founde therin be tributaries vnto the and serue ye. But yf they wyl not deale peaceably w t the and wyll warre with the then besege it and whan the LORDE thy God delyuereth it in to thy hande thou shalt smyte all the males that are therin with the edge of the swerde saue the wemen and the children As for the catell and all that is in the cite and all the spoyle thou shalt take them vnto thy selfe and eate the spoyle of thine enemies which the LORDE thy God hath geuen the. Thus shalt thou do vnto all the cities that are very farre from the and are not of the cities of these nacions But in the cities of these nacions which the LORDE thy God shall geue the to enheritauÌce thou shalt leaue nothinge alyue that hath breth but shalt vtterly destroye theÌ namely the Hethites Amorites Cananites Pheresites Heuites Iebusites as the LORDE thy God hath commaunded the y t they teache you not to do all y e abhominacions which they do vnto their goddes so ye to synne agaynst the LORDE youre God Whan thou must lye a longe season before a cite against the which thou makest warre to take it thou shalt not destroye y e trees therof that thou woldest hew them downe w t the axe for thou mayest eate therof and therfore shalt thou not hew them downe For it is but wodd vpon the felde and no man and can not come be bullworkes agaynst the. But the trees which thou knowest y t meÌ eate not of those shalt thou destroye and rote out and make bullworkes therof agaynst the cite that warreth with the tyll thou haue ouercome it The XXI Chapter WHan there is one slayne founde in y e londe which y e LORDE y e God shall geue y e to possesse it lyeth in y e felde it is not knowne who hath slaine him then shal thy Elders iudges go forth and meet from the slayne vnto the cities that lye rounde aboute Loke which cite is the nexte y e Elders of the same shal take a yoÌge cowe which hath not bene laboured ner hath draweÌ in the yocke they shal brynge her in to a valley where as is nether earinge nor sowinge and strike of hir heade there in the valley Then shal the prestes y e children of Leuicome forth For the LORDE thy God hath chosen them to serue him and to prayse his name and at their mouth shal all plees and strypes be tryed And all the Elders of the same cite shall come forth vnto the slayne wash their handes ouer y e yonge cowe whose heade is stricken of in the valley and shal answere and saie Oure haÌdes haue not shed this bloude nether haue oure eyes sene it Be mercifull O LORDE vnto thy people of Israel whoÌ thou hast delyuered laye no innocent bloude vnto thy people of Israels charge then shall they be reconcyled from the bloude Thus shalt thou put awaye the innocent bloude from the in that thou doest the thinge whis is righte in the sighte of y e LORDE WhaÌ thou goest forth to warre against thine enemies the LORDE thy God delyuereth them in to thine handes so that thou cariest awaye their presoners and seist amoÌge the captyues a bewtyfull woman hast a desyre vnto her to take her to thy wife theÌ brynge her home to thine house and let her shaue hir heade and pare hir nayles and put of hir clothes that she was taken presoner in and let her sit in thine house and mourne for hir father and mother a moneth longe after that lye with her and mary her and let her be thy wife But yf thou haue no fauoure vnto her then shalt thou let her go whither she wyll and not to sell her ner to make cheuesaunce of her because thou hast dishonoured her Yf a man haue two wyues one that he loueth and one that he hateth and they beare him children both the beloued and the hated so that the firstborne be hirs that is hated and the tyme commeth that he dealeth out the inheritaunce vnto his children then can he not make the sonne of y e beloued first borne before the firstborne sonne of the hated but he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for y e first sonne so that he geue him dubble of all that is at hande for the same is y e begynnynge of his strength the firstbyrth righte is his Yf eny man haue a stubborne and dishobedient sonne which herkeneth not vnto the voyce of his father and mother and whan they teach him nurtoure wyll not folowe them then shall his father and mother take him and brynge him to y e Elders of their cite and to the gate of the same place and saye vnto the Elders of the cite This oure sonne is stobburne and dishobedieÌt and herkeneth not vnto oure voyce and is a ryoter and a dronkarde Then shal all the men of y e same cite stone him to death and thus shalt thou put awaye the euell froÌ the that all Israel maye heare and feare Yf a man haue commytted a synne y t is worthy of death and is put to death so that he is hanged on tre then shal not his body remayne all night on tre but thou shalt burye him the same daye For cursed is he of God that is hanged that thou defyle not thy londe which the LORDE thy God geueth the to enheritaunce The XXII Chapter YF thou se thy brothers oxe or shepe go astraie thou shalt not withdrawe thy selfe from them but shalt brynge theÌ againe vnto y e brother But yf y e brother be not nye vnto the thou knowest him not then shalt thou take theÌ in to thine house y t they maye be w t the tyll y e brother axe after them then delyuer him theÌ agayne In like maner shalt thou do with his Asse w t his rayment with euery lost thinge of y e brother which he hath lost thou hast founde it thou mayest not withdrawe thy selfe Yf thou se thy brothers oxe or Asse fallen downe by the waye thou shalt not wtdrawe thy selfe from him but shalt helpe him vp A woman shall not weere y t which pertayneth to a man nether shal a man put on womans raymeÌt For who so euer doth soch is abhominacion vnto y e LORDE y e God Yf thou chaunce vpon a byrdes nest by y e waye in a tre or on the grounde with yonge or with egges and the dame syttinge vpon the yonge or vpon
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 amoÌge 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 childreÌ 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 weÌte and serued other goddes and worshipped theÌ 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 amoÌge 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 theÌce 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 haÌdes 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 eueÌ 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 coÌmaunde 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 loÌge 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 tweÌtye 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
was in and laye there tyll it was light Now whan hir lorde rose vp in the mornynge and opened the dore of the house and wente forth to go on his iourney beholde his concubyne laye at the dore of the house and hir handes vpon the thresholde He saide vnto her stonde vp let vs go Neuertheles she gaue him no answere TheÌ toke he her vp vpon his asse gat him vp and wente vnto his place Now whan he came home he toke a swerde and helde his concubyne and cut her w t the bones and all in to twolue peces and sent them in to all the coastes of Israel Who so euer sawe it sayde Soch a thinge hath not bene done ner sene sence the tyme that y e children of Israel departed out of the londe of Egipte vnto this daye Now as concernynge this take youre advysement and geue yo r councell and shew it forth The XX. Chapter THen wente the children of Israel out and gathered a congregacion together as one man froÌ Dan vntill Bersaba and from the londe of Gilead vnto the LORDE to Mispa and there came together of all the quarters of the people and of all the trybes of Israel in to the congregacion of the people of God foure hundreth thousande fote men that drue out y e swerde But the children of Ben Iamin herde how that y e children of Israel were gone vp vnto Mispa And the children of Israel sayde Tell vs how happened this euell Then answered the Leuite the huszbande of the woman that was slayne and sayde I came to Gibea in Ben Iamin with my concubyne to tary there allnight then the cytâ ⪠sins of Gibea gat them vp agaynst me and compased me aboute in the house by night and thoughte to slaye me and defyled my coÌcubyne so that she dyed then toke I my coÌcubyne and cut her in peces and sent the peces in to euery countre of the inheritaunce of Israel for they haue done an abhominacion and folye in Israel Beholde here are ye children of Israel aduyse you well and take this matter in hande So all the people gat them vp as one maÌ and sayde NomaÌ shal go in to his tente ner departe to his house but this wil we do now agaynst Gibea Let vs cast lot and take ten men of an hundreth and an hundreth of a thousande and a thousande of ten thousande out of all y e trybes of Israel y t they maie take fode for y e people to come do with Gibea Ben Iamin acordynge to their folye which they haue done in Israel Thus all the men of Israel beynge confederate gathered them selues together as one man vnto the cite and the trybes of Israel sent men vnto all the kinreds of Ben Iamin and caused to saye vnto them What maner of wickydnes is this that is done amonge you Delyuer here therfore the men the children of Belial at Gibea that we maye put them to death and do awaye the euell out of Israel Neuertheles the children of Ben Iamin wolde not folowe the voyce of their brethren the children of Israel but gathered them selues out of y e cities vnto Gibea to go forth in battayll agaynst the children of Israel And the same daye were there nombred of the children of Ben Iamin out of the cities sixe and twentye thousande men that drue the swerde beside the citesyns of Gibea of whom there were tolde seueÌ hundreth chosen men And amoÌge all this people there were chosen out seuen hundreth men which vsed not the right hande but the lefte and yet w t the slynge coulde they touch an heer and not mysse But the men of Israel beside them of BeÌ Iamin were noÌbred foure huÌdreth thousande which drue the swerde were all men of armes And the children of Israel arose and wente vp to the house of God in Silo and axed at God and sayde Who shall go vp for vs to beginne the battayll with y e children of Ben Iamin The LORDE saide Iuda shall begynne So the children of Israel gat theÌ vp in y e morniÌge pitched ouer agaiÌst Gibea euery man of Israel weÌte out to fighte with Ben Iamin and set them selues in araye to fighte agaynst Gibea Then fell the children of Ben Iamin out of Gibea and slewe the same daye amonge Israel two twentye thousande to the grounde But the people of the men of Israel comforted them selues and made them ready to fighte yet more in the same place after they had prepared them selues the daye afore And the children of Israel wente vp and wepte before the LORDE vntyll the euenynge and axed at the LORDE sayde Shall we go enymore to fighte with oure brethren the children of Ben Iamin The LORDE sayde Go vp vnto them And whan the children of Israel gat them vp to the childreÌ of Ben Iamin on y e next daye the Ben Iamites fell out of Gibea agaynst them the same daye and slewe yet eightene thousande of y e children of Israel to the grounde which all drue the swerde Then wente all the children of Israel vp and all the people and came to the house of God and wepte and taried there before the LORDE fasted that daye vntyll the euen and offred burnt offerynges and deed offeringes before the LORDE And the children of Israel axed at the LORDE the Arke of the couenaunt of God was there at that tyme and Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron stode before him at the same tyme they sayde Shal we go forth eny more to fighte with oure brethren the childreÌ of Ben Iamin or shal we leaue of The LORDE sayde Go vp tomorow wyll I delyuer them in to youre handes And the children of Israel set a preuy watch agaynst Gibea rounde aboute and so the children of Israel wente vp to the children of Ben Iamin on the thirde daye and set them selues in araye agaynst Gibea like as the other two tymes afore TheÌ came the children of Ben Iamin out agaynst the people brake out of the cite beganne to slaye certayne wounded of the people like as the other two times afore in the felde vpon two stretes wherof one goeth towarde Bethel the other vnto Gilead vpon a thirtye men in Israel Then thought the childreÌ of Ben Iamin They are smytten before vs like as afore But the childreÌ of Israel sayde Let vs flye that we maie prouoke them out of the cite in to the hye stretes Then all the men of Israel gat them vp from their place and prepared them selues vnto Baal Thamar And the hinder watch of Israel brake out of their place from y e caue of Gaba and came vnto Gibea twentye thousande chosen men out of all Israel so that it was a sore battayll but they knewe not that the euell shulde happen vnto them Thus the LORDE smote Ben Iamin before the children of Israel so that the same daye the children of Israel destroyed fyue twentye thousande and an hundreth
men in Ben Iamin which all drue the swerde For whan the childreÌ of Ben Iamin sawe that they were smitten the men of Israel gaue them rowme to flye For they trusted to the watch which they had sett by Gibea And the watch made haist also brake forth vnto Gibea and wente vpon it and smote all the cite with the edge of y e swerde They were appoynted betwene them selues the men of Israel and the hynder watch to fâll vpon them with the swerde whan the smoke of the cite arose Now whan the men of Israel turned them in the battayll and Ben Iamin beganne to smyte the wounded in Israel vpon a thirtie men and thoughte they are smytten before vs like as in the battayll afore then beganne there a piler of smoke to arise vp from the cite And Ben Iamin loked behinde them and beholde the flamme of y e cite wente vp vnto heauen And the men of Israel turned them and were fearce vpon y e men of Ben Iamin for they sawe that the euell wolde happen vnto them And they turned them before the men of Israel in the waye to the wyldernesse but the battayll folowed vpon them And them of the cite destroyed they amoÌge them And they compased Ben Iamin rounde aboute and folowed vpon them vnto Menuah and trode them downe tyll afore Gibea eastwarde And there fell of Ben Iamin eightene thousande men which were all men of armes Whan the remnaunt of Ben Iamin sawe that they turned them and fled towarde the wildernesse vnto the stonye rocke of Rimon But in the same strete they slewe fyue thousande men and folowed vpon them vnto Gideom and slewe two thousande of theÌ and so there fell the same daye of Ben Iamin fyue and twenty thousande men which drue y e swerde and were all meÌ of armes Onely sixe hundreth men turned backe and fled towarde the wyldernesse vnto the stonye rocke of Rimon and abode in the rocke of Rimon foure monethes And the men of Israel came agayne to the children of Ben Iamin and smote them that were in the cite with y e edge of the swerde both meÌ and catell and all that was founde and what soeuer was fouÌde in the cite they cast it in to the fyre The XXI Chapter THe men of Israel had sworeÌ at Mispa and sayde Noman shal geue his doughter to the Ben Iamites to wife And the people came to the house of God in Silo abode there before God vntill the euenynge and lifte vp their voyce and wepte sore and sayde O LORDE God of Israel wherfore is this come to passe in Israel this daye But on the morow the people gat theÌ vp early and builded there an altare and offred burnt offeringes and deed offerynges And the children of Israel sayde Where is there eny maÌ of the trybes of Israel that is not come vp with the congregacion vnto the LORDE For there was a greate ooth made that who so came not vp to Mispa vnto the LORDE shulde dye the deeth And the children of Israel were sory for Ben Iamin their brother and sayde This daye is there one trybe lesse in Israel How wyll we do that the remnaunt maye haue wyues For we haue sworne by the LORDE that we wyl not geue theÌ wyues of oure doughters And they saide Where is there eny maÌ of the trybes of Israel that is not come vp to the LORDE vnto Mispa And beholde there was not one man of the citesyns of Iabes in Gilead Then sent the congregacion twolue thousande men of armes thither and commaunded them and sayde Go youre waye and smite the citesyns of Iabes in Gilead with the swerde the wemen also and the children but so that ye do after this maner Se that ye damne all them that are males and all the wemen that haue lyen with men And amonge the citesins of Iabes in Gilead they fouÌde foure hundreth damsels which were virgins and had lyen with noman those they broughte in to the hoost vnto Silo which lyeth in the londe of Canaan Then sent the whole congregacion and caused to talke with the children of Ben Iamin which were in the stonie rocke of RimoÌ and called vnto them frendly So the children of Ben Iamin came agayne at the same tyme and thy gaue them wemen which they had of the wemen of Iabes in Gilead and founde no mo after that maner Then were the people sory for Ben Iamin that y e LORDE had made a gappe in the trybes of Israel And the Elders of the congregacioÌ sayde What wil we do that the remnaunt maye haue wyues also for the wemeÌ in Ben Iamin are destroied and they sayde The enheritaunce of them of Ben Iamin that are escaped must nedes remayne that there be not a trybe destroyed out of Israel we can not geue them oure doughters to wiues For the children of Israel haue sworne and sayde Cursed be he that geueth a wyfe to the Ben Iamites And they sayde Beholde there is a yearly feast of the LORDE at Silo which lieth on the northsyde of the Gods house and on the eastside of the strete as a maÌ goeth from Bethel vnto Sichem and lieth on the south side of Liboâa And they commaunded the children of Ben Iamin sayde Go youre waye and wayte in the vynyardes And whan ye se that the doughters of Silo go forth by coÌpanyes to daunse get you out of the vynyardes and euery man take him a wyfe of the doughters of Silo and go youre waye in to the loÌde of Ben Iamin As for their fathers and brethren whan they come to lawe with vs we wyll saye vnto them Be fauourable to them for they haue not taken theÌ in battaill but ye gaue theÌ not vnto them by time and it is youre faute The children of Ben Iamin did so and acordinge to their nombre toke them wyues from the daunse whom they caught by violence and wente their waye dwelt in their awne inheritaunce and buylded cities and dwelt therin The children of Israel also gat them vp from thence at the same time euery one to his trybe and to his kinred and departed theÌce euery man to his awne inheritaunce At y t time was there no kynge in Israel and euery man dyd y e thinge y t was right in his awne eies The ende of the boke of the Iudges called Iudicum The boke of Ruth What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Elimelech departeth from Bethleem with his wife and two sonnes in to the londe of the Moabites where the father dyeth and both the sonnes Ruth the wife of the one sonne goeth home with hir mother in lawe Chap. II. Ruth gathereth vp eares of corne in the felde of Boos hir houszbandes kynsmaÌ Chap. III. Ruth lyeth her downe in the barne at Boos fete and he geueth her good wordes and ladeth her with sixe measures of barlye Chap. IIII. Boos marieth Ruth which beareth him Obed Dauids graundfather The
vncle He tolde vs y t the asses were fouÌde But of y e kyngdome he tolde him nothinge what Samuel had sayde Samuel called the people together vnto the LORDE to Mispa and spake vnto the children of Israel Thus saieth y e LORDE the God of Israel I broughte Israel out of Egipte and delyuered you from the hande of y e Egipcians and from the hande of all the kyngdomes that oppressed you But now haue ye refused yo r God which hath helped you out of all youre sorowes and troubles ye haue saide vnto him Set a kinge ouer vâ Well stonde ye now before y e LORDE acordinge to youre trybes and kynreds Now whan Samuel had brought forth all the trybes of Israel the trybe of Ben Iamin was taken And whan he had broughte forth the trybe of Ben Iamin with his kynreds the kynred of Matri was takeÌ Saul the sonne of Cis was takeÌ And they sought him but they founde him not Then axed they further at the LORDE whether he was for to come thither The LORDE answered Beholde he hath hyd him selfe amonge y e vessels Then ranne they thither and fetched him And whan he stode amonge the people he was hygher by the heade then all the people And Samuel sayde vnto all the people There se ye him whom the LORDE hath chosen for in all the people there is none like him Then gaue all the people a shoute and sayde God saue the new kynge Samuel tolde the people all the lawe of the kyngdome and wrote it in a boke and layed it before the LORDE And Samuel let all the people go euery one to his awne house And Saul wente home also vnto Gibea and there wente with him one parte of the hoost whose hertes God had touched But the childreÌ of Belial sayde What shal this felowe helpe vs and despysed him broughte him no presente But he made him as though he herde it noâ The XI Chapter NAhas y e Ammonite weÌte vp layed sege vnto Iabes in Gilead And all the men of Iabes sayde vnto Nahas Be at one with vs we wyll serue the. But Nahas y e Ammonite answered them I wil make a couenaunt with you of this condicion that I maye thrust out all youre right eyes and put you to shame amonge all Israel Then sayde all the Elders of Iabes vnto him Geue vs seuen dayes respyte that we maye sende messaungers into all y e coastes of Israel Yf there be then no sauioure we wyl go forth vnto the. So the messaungers came vnto Gibea of Saul and spake this before the eares of the people Then all y e people lifte vp their voyce and wepte And beholde Saul came after the oxen out of the felde and sayde What ayleth the people that they wepe So they tolde him the earande of the men of Iabes Then came the sprete of God vpon him whan he had herde these wordes and his wrath was sore moued and he toke a couple of oxen and hewed them in sunder and sent them in to all the coastes of Israel by the messaungers sayenge Who so euer goeth not forth after Saul and Samuel his oxen shal be thus dealte withall Then fell the feare of the LORDE vpon the people so that they wente forth like as one man and they were tolde at Basek and of the childreÌ of Israel there were thre hundreth thousande men and thirtie thousande of the children of Iuda And they spake vnto the messaungers that were come Saye thus to the men of Iabes in Gilead Tomorow shal ye haue helpe whan y e Sonne is at the whotest Whan y e messaungers came and tolde this to the men of Iabes they were glad And the men of Iabes sayde Tomorow wyll we come forth vnto you that ye maye do vnto vs what so euer it pleaseth you And on y e nexte morow Saul set the people in thre partes and came into the hoost aboute the mornynge watch and smote the Ammonites tyll the daye was at the whotest As for those y t remayned they were so scatred that two of them abode not together Then sayde the people vnto Samuel Where are they that sayde Shulde Saul raigne ouer vs Delyuer vs here the men that we maye put them to death But Saul sayde There shal noman dye this daye for to daye hath the LORDE geuen health in Israel Samuel sayde vnto the people Come let vs go vnto Gilgall and renue the kyngdome there Then wente all the people vnto Gilgall and there they made Saul kinge before the LORDE at Gilgal and offred deed offeringes before the LORDE And Saul with all the men of Israel reioysed there greatly The XII Chapter SAmuel sayde vnto all Israel Beholde I haue herkened vnto youre voyce in all that ye sayde vnto me and haue made a kynge ouer you And now lo there goeth youre kynge before you As for me I am waxen olde and graye heered and my sonnes are with you and I haue gone before you fro my youth vp vnto this daye Beholde here am I ⪠answere ye agaynst me before the RORDE and his anoynted yf I haue taken eny mans oxe or asse yf I haue done eny man violence or wronge If I haue oppressed eny maÌ yf I haue receaued a gifte of eny mans hande and kepte it secretly I wil restore it you agayne They saide ⪠Thou hast done vs nether violence ner wronge nether oppressed ner taken ought of eny mans hande He sayde The LORDE be witnesse agaynst you and so be his anoynted this daye that ye haue founde nothinge in my haÌde They saide Yee they shal be witnesses And Samuel sayde vnto the people The LORDE which made Moses and Aaron and broughte youre fathers out of the londe of Egipte is here present StoÌde forth now therfore that I maye iudge you before the LORDE ouer the righteousnes of the LORDE which he hath done for you and youre fathers Whan Iacob was come in to Egipte youre fathers cryed vnto the LORDE And he sent Moses and Aaron to brynge youre fathers out of Egipte and to cause them for to dwell in this place But whan they forgat the LORDE their God he solde them vnder the power of Sissera the captayne at Hazor and vnder the power of the Philistynes and vnder the power of the kinge of the Moabites which foughte agaynst them But they cried vnto the LORDE and sayde We haue synned in that we haue forsaken the LORDE and serued Baalim and Astaroth But now deliuer vs from the hande of oure enemies and we wyl serue the. Then the LORDE sent Ierubaal Bedan Iephthae and Samuel delyuered you from youre enemies rounde aboute and caused you to dwell safe But whan ye sawe that Nahas the kynge of the children of Ammon came agaynst you ye sayde vnto me Not thou but a kynge shal raigne ouer vs where as notwithstoÌdinge youre God was youre kynge
Ramath And he put of his clothes prophecied likewise before Samuel fell downe naked all that daye and all that nighte Here of came the prouerbe Is Saul also amonge the prophetes The XX. Chapter DAuid fled froÌ Naioth in Ramath and came spake before Ionathas What haue I done What trespace haue I made What haue I synned in y e sighte of thy father y t he seketh to kyll me He sayde vnto him God forbyd thou shalt not dye Beholde my father doth nothinge nether greate ner small but he sheweth it before myne eares Wherfore shulde my father theÌ hyde this fro me It shal not be so TheÌ sware Dauid agayne and sayde Thy father knoweth well y t I haue founde fauoure in y e sighte therfore shal he thynke Ionathas shal not knowe of this lest it greue him Verely as truly as the LORDE lyueth and as truly as y e soule lyueth there is but one steppe betwene me death Ionathas sayde vnto Dauid I wil do for the what so euer thy hert desyreth Dauid sayde vnto him Beholde tomorow is the new Mone that I shulde syt at the table with the kynge Let me hyde my selfe therfore in the felde vnto the thirde daye at euen Yf thy father then axe after me saye Dauid prayed me y t he mighte runne to Bethleem vnto his cite for all his kynred haue there a yearly sacrifice Yf he saye then It is good theÌ stondeth it well with y e seruaunt But yf he be wroth thou shalt perceaue that he intendeth euell Do mercy therfore vpon thy seruaunt for with me y e seruaunt hast thou made a couenaunt in the LORDE But yf there be eny trespace in me then slaye me thy selfe for why woldest thou brynge me vnto thy father Ionathas sayde That be farre from the that I shulde perceaue my father to intende eny euell agaynst the and shulde not tell the. Dauid sayde Who shal brynge me worde yf thy father geue the an harde answere Ionathas sayde vnto Dauid Come let vs go forth in to the felde And they wente out both in to y e felde And Ionathas sayde vnto Dauid LORDE God of Israel yf I perceaue by my father tomorow or on the thirde daye that it goeth well with Dauid sende not vnto the and shewe the before thine eares then let the LORDE do this and that vnto Ionathas But yf my father delyte in euell agaynst the I wil shewe it before thine eares also and let y t go that thou mayest departe in peace And the LORDE be with the as he hath bene with my father Yf I do it not then do thou no mercy of the LORDE on me while I lyue no not whan I dye and plucke thy mercy fro my house for euer And whan the LORDE roteth out y e enemies of Dauid euery one out of the londe then let Dauid rote out Ionathas also with his house and the LORDE requyre it of the hande of Dauids enemies And Ionathas proceaded further and sware vnto Dauid he loued him so well for he loued him euen es his owne soule and Ionathas sayde vnto him Tomorow is y e new Mone and thou shalt be axed after for thou shalt be wanted where thou wast wonte to sit But on the thirde daye come downe soone go in to y e place where thou hydest the on the worckdaye set the downe by the stone of Asel then wyl I shute thre arowes on y t side as though I wolde shute at a marck and beholde I wil sende the boye and saye vnto him Go seke y e arowes Yf I saye now vnto the lad Lo the arowes lye hitherwarde behynde y e fetch them then come thou for it is peace and there is no parell as truly as the LORDE lyueth But yf I saye vnto the lad beholde the arowes lye yonderwarde before the then go thou thy waye for the LORDE hath let the go As for that which thou and I haue spokeÌ together the LORDE is betwene me and the for euer Dauid hid himself in the felde And whaÌ the new Mone came the kynge sat him downe at the table to eate Whan the kynge had set him downe in his place as he was wonte by the wall Ionathas stode vp but Abner sat him downe besyde Saul And Dauid was myssed in his place And Saul spake nothinge that daye for he thoughte There is somwhat happend vnto him that he is not cleane On the seconde daye of the new Mone whan Dauid was myssed in his place Saul saide vnto Ionathas his sonne Wherfore is not the sonne of Isai come to the table nether yesterdaye ner to daye Ionathas answered Saul He prayed me that he mighte go vnto Bethleem and sayde Let me go for oure kynred hath a sacrifyce to do in the cyte and my brother hath sent for me himselfe yf I haue founde fauoure now in thy syghte I wyll go and se my brethren therfore is he not come to the kynges table Then was the kynge wroth at Ionathas and sayde vnto him Thou wicked and vnthrifte I knowe how that thou hast chosen the sonne of Isai to the shame of thy selfe and of y e shamefull mother For as longe as y e sonne of Isai lyueth vpoÌ earth nether thou ner thy kingdome shal prospere Sende now therfore and cause him to be fetched vnto me for he is a childe of death Ionathas answered his father Saul and sayde vnto him Wherfore shal he dye what hath he done Then shot Saul the iauelynge at him that he might smite him TheÌ perceaued Ionathas that his father was vtterly determed to kyll Dauid and he rose vp from y e table in a wrothfull displeasure and ate no bred y t same seconde daye of the new Mone for he was vexed because of Dauid that his father had done him soch dishonor. On the morow wente Ionathas forth in to the felde at the tyme appoynted of Dauid and a litle boy with him and sayde vnto y e boy Runne and seke me the arowes which I shute Whan the boy ranne he shot an arowe ouer him And whan the boy came to the place whither Ionathas had shot y e arowe Ionathas cryed after him and sayde The arowe lyeth yonder warde before the. And he cryed after him agayne haist the and stonde not styll Then the boy gathered vp Ionâthas arowes and brought them to his lorde And the boy knewe nothinge onely Ionathas and Dauid knewe of y e matter Then Ionathas gaue his boy his wapeÌs and sayde vnto him Go thy ways and cary them in to the cite And whan the boy was gone Dauid arose from the place towarde the south and fell vpon his face to the grouÌde and worshipped thre tymes and they kissed one another and wepte together But Dauid most specially And Ionathas saide vnto Dauid Go thy waye in peace What soeuer we both haue sworne spokeÌ together in the name of the LORDE the LORDE be witnesse betwene me
of the spoyle of the enemies of the LORDE namely vnto them of Bethel vnto them at Ramath in the south vnto them at Iathir vnto them at Aroer vnto them at Siphamoth vnto them at Eschemoa vnto them at Rachal vnto them in the cities of the Ierahmielites vnto them in the cities of the Kenites vnto them at Horma vnto theÌ at Borasan vnto theÌ at Atach vnto them at Hebron and vnto all the places where Dauid had walked w t his men The XXXI Chapter BVt y e Philistynes foughte against Israel and the men of Israel fled before the Philistynes and fell downe smytten vpon the mount Gilboa And the Philistynes preassed vpon Saul and his sonnes and slewe Ionathas Abinadab and Malchisua the sonnes of Saul And the battayll was sore agaynst Saul the archers fell vpon him with bowes and he was sore wounded of the archers Then sayde Saul vnto his wapeÌbearer ⪠Drawe out thy swerde and thrust it thorow me that these vncircumcised come not and slaie me and make a laughinge stocke of me Neuertheles his wapenbearer wolde not for he was sore afrayed Then toke Saul y e swerde and fell therin Now whan his wapenbearer sawe that Saul was deed he fell also vpon his swerde and dyed with him Thus dyed Saul and his thre sonnes his wapenbearer and all his men together the same daye Whan y e men of Israel which were beyonde the valley and beyonde Iordane sawe y t the men of Israel were fled and that Saul and his sonnes were deed they lefte y e cities and fled also Then came the Philistynes dwelt therin On the nexte daye came the Philistynes to spoyle y e slayne and founde Saul and his thre sonnes lyenge vpon mount Gilboa and smote of his heade and toke of his harnesse and sent it in to the lande of the Philistynes rounde aboute to shewe it in the house of their Idols and amonge the people layed his harnesse in y e house of Astaroth but his body hanged they vp vpoÌ the wall of Bethsan Whan they of Iabes in Gilead herde what the Philistynes had done vnto Saul they gat them vp as many as were men of armes and wente all the nighte and toke y e body of Saul and the bodies of his sonnes from y e wall of Bethsan broughte theÌ to Iabes and brent them there and toke their bones and buried them vnder y e tre at Iabes fasted seueÌ dayes The ende of the first boke of the kynges otherwyse called the first boke of Samuel The seconde boke of the kynges otherwyse called the seconde boke of Samuel What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The death of Saul is shewed vnto Dauid which mourneth for him Chap. II. Dauid is anoynted kynge of the men of Iuda Abner goeth aboute to make Iszboseth Sauls sonne kynge of Israel Chap. III Discorde betwixte the house of Dauid and Saul Abner lyeth with Sauls concubyne is reproued therfore and falleth vnto Dauid Ioab stycketh Abner Chap. IIII. Iszboseth is stickâe of traitourâ whom Dauid putteth to death Chap. V Dauid taketh in all the kyngdome and ouercommeth the Philistynes on euâry syde Chap. VI. Dauid causeth the Arke of the LORDE to be caried out of Abinadabs house in to the house of Obed EdoÌ Vsâ is punyshed for touchinge it Dauid carieth it in to his cite Chap. VII Dauid is forbyddeÌ to buylde an house vnto the LORDE vnto whom he geueth thankes Chap. VIII Dauid subdueth the Philistynes and other ãâã aboute him Chap. IX Dauid sheweth fauoure to Sauls kinred and doth theÌ good for Ionathas sake Chap. X. Dauid sendeth messaungers to the kynge of the Ammonites which putteth theÌ to shame wherfore Dauid goeth agaynst them and wynneth the victory of them two tymes Chap. XI Dauid coÌmitteth aduoutry with Bethseba and causeth hir huszbaÌde be slayne Chap. XII The prophet Nathan rebuketh Dauid which knowlegeth his synne and requyreth mercy His sonne dyeth Chap. XIII Ammon defyleth Thamar therfore Absalom slayeth him Chap. XIIII Ioab reconcyleth Absalom vnto his father with suttyltie Absalom sendeth for Ioab and because he coÌmeth not to him he burneth vp his corne Chap. XV. AbsaloÌ seketh his fathers kyngdome Dauid flyeth with his men Chap. XVI Dauid geueth Siba all the good of Mephiboseth Semei curseth and blasphemeth Dauid Absalom lyeth with his fathers concubynes Chap. XVII The LORDE turneth the councell of Achitophel The councell of Chusaâ goeth forth Chap. XVIII Dauids hoost wynneth the victory Absalom is slayne Dauid his father is soroufull Chap. XIX Ioab rebuketh the kinge for his mournynge Israel flyeth in to their teÌtes Iuda cleueth vnto Dauid Semei and Mephiboseth optayne fauoure Barsillai sheweth the kynge greate fendshippe Chap. XX. Seba maketh an vproure and deuydeth Israel from Dauid Ioab stycketh Amasa Ioab foloweth vpon Seba and laieth sege vnto him in Abela Chap. XXI A greate honger Sauls childreÌ are geueÌ vnto the Gibeonites Dauid fighteth agaynst the Philistynes Chap. XXII Dauid prayseth the LORDE with a songe of thankesgeuynge because he delyuered him out of the hande of Saul and other enemies Chap. XXIII The last wordes of Dauid The names of the Worthies are rehearsed Chap. XXIIII Dauid noÌbreth the people and displeaseth the LORDE which plageth his londe with the pestilence The first Chapter AFter y e death of Saul whan Dauid was come agayne from the slaughter of y e Amalechites and had remayned two dayes at Siclag beholde on the thirde daye there came a man out of Sauls hoost with his clothes rente and earth vpon his heade And whan he came vnto Dauid he fell downe to the grounde and worshipped Dauid sayde vnto him Whence commest thou He sayde vnto him Out of the hoost of Israel am I fled Dauid sayde vnto him Tell me what is the matter He sayde the people is fled from the battayll and many of the people are fallen Yee and Saul also is deed and his sonne Ionathas Dauid sayde vnto the yonge maÌ that brought him this worde How knowest thou that Saul and Ionathas his sonne are deed The yonge man y t tolde him this sayde I came by chaunce vnto mount Gelboa and beholde Saul leaned vpon his speare the charettes and horsmeÌ folowed harde after him and he turned him aboute and sawe me and called me And I sayde Here am I. And he sayde vnto me What art thou I sayde vnto him I am an Amalechite And he saide vnto me Come to me and kyll me for anguysh hath gotten holde of me for my life is yet whole within me Then stepte I to him and slewe him for I knowe well that he coulde not lyue after his fall And I toke the crowne from his heade and the armelet froÌ his arme and haue broughte it here vnto y e my lorde Then toke Dauid holde of his clothes and rente them and so dyd all the meÌ that were with him mourned and wepte and fasted vntyll the euen ouer Saul Ionathas
Israel Thynkest thou that I knowe not y t I am become kynge ouer Israel this daye And y e kynge sayde vnto Simei Thou shalt not dye And the kynge sware vnto him Mephiboseth the sonne of Saul came downe also to mete the kynge And he had not made cleane his fete ner combde his beerde nether had he waszshed his clothes from the daye that the kynge was gone awaye vntyll the daye that he came agayne in peace Now whaÌ he came to Ierusalem for to mete the kynge the kynge sayde vnto him Mephiboseth wherfore wentest thou not with me And he sayde My lorde O kynge my seruauÌt hath dealte vnrighteously with me for thy seruaunt thoughte I wil saddell an asse and ryde theron and go vnto the kynge for thy seruaunt is lame and he hath accused thy seruaunt before my lorde y e kynge But my lorde y e kynge is an angell of God and thou mayest do what pleaseth the. For all my fathers house was nothinge but people of death before my lorde y e kynge And yet hast thou set thy seruaunt among e them that eate at y e table What other righteousnes haue I that I shulde crye eny more vnto the kynge The kynge sayde vnto him What speakest thou yet more of thy matter I haue sayde Thou and Siba parte the londe betwene you Mephiboseth sayde vnto the kynge Let him take it all in as moch as my lorde y e kynge is come home in peace And Barsillai the Gileadite came downe from Roglim and broughte the kynge ouer Iordane that he mighte coÌueye him in Iordane And Barsillai was very olde so good as foure score yeare olde the same had prouyded y e kynge of fode whyle he was at Mahanaim for he was a very noble man And the kynge sayde vnto Barsillai Thou shalt go ouer with me I wyll take care for the w t myne awne selfe at Ierusalem But Barsillai sayde vnto the kynge What haue I yet to lyue that I shulde go vp to Ierusalem w t the kynge This daye am I foure score yeare olde How shulde I knowe what is good or euell or taist what I eate or drynke or heare what the Musicians do synge Why shulde thy seruaunt be chargeable first vnto my lorde the kynge thy seruaunt shall go a litle with the kynge ouer Iordane Why wil the kynge recompence me after this maner Let thy seruaunt turne backe agayne that I maye dye in my cite besyde my father and my mothers graue Beholde there is thy seruaunt Chimeam let him go ouer with my lorde the kynge and do vnto him what pleaseth the. The kynge sayde Chimeam shal go ouer with me and I wyll do for him what liketh the and what so euer thou desyrest of me that wyll I do for the also And whan all y e people was gone ouer Iordane and the kynge likewyse the kynge kyssed Barsillai and blessed him and he turned vnto his place And y e kynge passed ouer vnto Gilgal and Chimeam wente with him And all the people of Iuda broughte the kynge ouer howbeit there was but halfe of the people of Israel there And beholde theÌ came all the men of Israel vnto the kynge sayde vnto him Why haue oure hrethren the men of Iuda stollen the awaye and haue conueyed y e kynge and his housholde ouer Iordane and all Dauids men with him Then answered they of Iuda vnto them of Israel The kynge is of oure nye kynred why are ye angrie therfore Thynke ye that we haue receaued eny fode or giftes of the kynge Then answered they of Israel vnto them of Iuda sayde We haue ten tymes more with the kynge and with Dauid theÌ thou why hast thou regarded me then so lightly that oures were not the first to fetch oure kynge agayne But they of Iuda spake harder then they of Israel The XX. Chapter THere was a famous man of Belial there whose name was Seba y e sonne of Bichri a maÌ of Iemini which blewe the trompe and sayde We haue no porcion in Dauid ner inheritaunce in y e sonne of Isai let euery get him to his tent O Israel Then fell euery man in Israel from Dauid and folowed Seba the sonne of Bichri But the men of Iuda cleued vnto their kynge from Iordane vnto IerusaleÌ Whan Dauid came home to Ierusalem he toke the ten concubynes whâm he had lefte to kepâ the house and put them in a holde to be kepte and made prouysion for them but he laye not with them and so were they shut vp vnto their death and lyued wedowes And y e kynge sayde vnto Amasa Call ãâã all the men of Iuda together agaynst the thirde daye be thou here present also And Amasa weÌte to call Iuda together And he was slacke to come at y e tyme which he had appoynted him And Dauid sayde vnto Abisai Now shall Seba the sonne of Bichri do vs more harme then Absalom Take thou y e lordes seruauntes and folowe vpon him y t he fynde not some stroÌge cities for him and so escape out of oure sighte Then wente Ioabs meÌ forth after him and the Chrethianâ and Plethians and all the mightie meÌ and they weÌte out of Ierusalem to folowe vpon Seba the sonne of Bichri But whan they were by the greate stone at Gibeon Amasa came before them As for Ioab he was gyrded aboue his garment which he had on and vpon it he had a swerde gyrded which hanged by his thye in the sheeth and wente easely out and in and fell froÌ him And Ioab sayde vnto Amasa Peace be with the my brother And Ioab toke Amasa by the beerde with his righte haÌde to kysse him And Amasa toke no hede vnto y e swerde in Ioabs hande and he thrust him therwith in to the bely y t his bowels ranne out vpon the earth and he thrust at him no more And so he dyed Ioab his brother Abisai folowed vpon Seba y e sonne of Bichri And one of Ioabs seruauntes stode by him and sayde What is he this y t wolde be agaynst Ioab to please Dauid and to be with Dauid in Ioabs steade As for Amasa he laye rolled in the bloude in y e myddes of the strete But ãâã one sawe that all the people stode there still he remoued Amasa from the strete vnto the felde and cast a clothe vpon him for so moch as he sawe that who so euer came by him stode styll Now whan he was put out of the waye euery man weÌte after Ioab to folowe vpon Seba the sonne of Bichri And he wente thorow all y e trybes of Israel vnto Abel Beth Maacha and all the best chosen men gathered them selues together folowed after him and came and beseged him at Abel Beth Maacha and made a banke aboute to cite harde on y e wall And all the people that was with Ioab layed to their ordynaunce and wolde haue cast downe the wall Then cried there
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 SalomoÌ 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 vpoÌ 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 weÌte vnto Gath to Achis for to seke his seruauÌtes And whaÌ 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. SalomoÌ 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 vnderstoÌdinge 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
wyl I take the kyngdome and wyl geue ten trybes vnto the and one vnto his sonne that Dauid my seruaunt maye allwaye haue a lanterne before me in the cite of Ierusalem which I haue chosen that I maye set my name there Therfore wyl I take the now to raygne ouer all that thine hert desyreth and thou shalt be kynge ouer Israel Yf thou folowe now all that I shall commaunde the and walke in my wayes and fulfill my pleasure to kepe myne ordinaunces and commaundementes as dyd my seruauÌt Dauid then wyll I be with the and buylde the a sure house as I buylded vnto Dauid and wyl geue Israel vnto the and therwith wyll I subdue the sede of Dauid but not for euermore But Salomon soughte to kyll Ieroboam Then Ieroboam gat him vp and fled in to Egipte to Sisak the kynge of Egipte and remayned in Egipte tyll Salomon dyed What more there is to saye of Salomon and all that he dyd and his wyszdome it is wrytten in the Cronicles of Salomon The tyme that Salomon was kynge at Ierusalem ouer all Israel is fortye yeare And Salomon fell on slepe with his fathers and was buryed in the cite of Dauid his father and Roboam his sonne was kynge in his steade The XII Chapter ANd Roboam weÌte vnto Sichem for all Israel was come to Sichem to make him kynge And whan Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat herde that while he was yet in Egipte whither he was fled for Salomon he came agayne out of Egipte And they sent for him and called him And Ieroboam with all the congregacion of Israel came and spake to Roboam and sayde Thy father made oure yock to harde therfore make thou now the harde bondage and the sore yock lighter and we wyll submytte oure selues vnto the. He sayde vnto them Go youre waye vnto the thirde daye and then come to me agayne And the people weÌte their waye And Roboam the kynge helde a councell with the Elders that stode before SalomoÌ his father whyle he lyued he sayde What is youre councell that we maye geue this people an answere They sayde vnto him Yf thou do this people a pleasure to daye and folowe their mynde and heare them and geue them good wordes then shal they be obedient vnto the as longe as thou liuest Neuertheles he forsoke the councell that y e Elders had geuen him and axed councell at the yonge men which were growne vp with him and stode before him And he sayde vnto them What is youre councell that we maye answere this people which haue sayde vnto me Make the yock lighter that thy father hath layed vpoÌ vs. And the yonge men that were growne vp with him sayde vnto him Where as the people haue sayde vnto the Thy father hath made oure yock to sore make thou it easyer for vs Thus shalt thou saye vnto them ⪠My litle fynger shall be thicker then my fathers loynes Now my father layed a sore yock vpon you but I wyl yet laye more theron My father correcte you with scourges but I wyl nourtoure you with scorpions So vpon the thyrde daye came Ieroboam with all the people vnto Roboam as y e kynge had appoynted and saide come to me agayne on the thyrde daye And the kynge gaue the people an harde rough answere and forsoke the couÌcell that the Elders had geuen him and talked with them after the councell of the yonge men and sayde My father made youre yock sore but I wyll make it yet sorer vpon you My father correcte you with scourges but I wil nourtoure you with scorpioÌs Thus the kynge folowed not the peoples mynde for he was turned so froÌ the LORDE that he mighte stablish his worde which he spake by Ahias of Silo vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat But whan all Israel sawe that the kynge wolde not heare them the people gaue y e kynge an answereâand sayde What porcion haue we then in Dauid or inheritaunce in the sonne of Isai Get the to thy tentes O Israel Loke thou now to thy house thou Dauid So Israel wente vnto their tentes As for Roboam he raigned but ouer y e children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Iuda And whan kynge Roboam sent thither Adoram the rentgatherer all Israel stoned him to death But kynge Roboam strengthed himselfe and gat him vp into a charet to fle vnto Ierusalem Thus departed Israel from the house of Dauid vnto this daye Now whan all Israel herde that Ieroboam was come againe they sent for to call him to the whole congregacion and made him kynge ouer all Israel And no man folowed the house of Dauid saue onely the tribe of Iuda And whan Roboam came to Ierusalem all the house of Iuda and the trybe of Ben Iamin euen an hundreth and foure score thousande chosen men of armes gathered themselues together to fight against y e house of Israel to brynge the kyngdome agayne vnto Roboam y e sonne of SalomoÌ But the worde of God came to Semeia the man of God and sayde Speake thou to Roboam the sonne of Salomon kynge of Iuda and to all y e house of Iuda and Ben Iamin and to the other people and saye Thus sayeth the LORDE Ye shall not go vp and fighte agaynst youre brethren the children of Israel Let euery man go home agayne for this is my dede And they herkened vnto the worde of the LORDE and turned back to go their waye as the LORDE sayde But Roboam buylded Sichem vpon mount Ephraim and dwelt therin and departed thence and buylded Penuel IeroboaÌ thoughte in his hert The kingdome shall fall agayne now vnto the house of Dauid yf this people go vp to offre in the LORDES house at Ierusalem and so shall the hert of this people turne to their lorde Roboam kynge of Iuda and theÌ shal they slaye me and fall agayne to Roboam kynge of Iuda And the kynge helde a councell and made two golden calues and sayde vnâo them It is to moch for you to go to IerusaleÌ beholde there is thy God O Israel which broughte y e out of Egipte And the one set he at Bethel the other in Dan. And this dede turned to synne for the people wente before the one vnto Dan. He made an house also in the hye places and made prestes of the smallest in the people which were not of the childreÌ of Leui And vpon the fiftene daye of the eighte moneth he made an holy daye like as the solempne feast in Iuda and offered vpon the altare Thus dyd he at Bethel in doynge sacrifice vnto the calues which he had made and at Bethel he ordeyned the prestes of the hye places that he had made and offred vpon the altar which he had made at Bethel the fiftene daye of the eight moneth which he inuented of his owne hert And he made the children of Israel an holy daye wente vp to the altare
from the LORDE and smote Iob with maruelous sore byles from the sole off the fote vnto his crowne so that he sat vpon the grounde in the asshes and scraped of the etter off his sores with a potsherde Then sayde his wife vnto him Dost thoâ yet coÌtynue in thy perfectnesse curse God dye But Iob sayde vnto her Thou speakest like a foolish womaÌ Seinge we haue receaued prosperite at the honde of God wherfore shulde we not be content with aduersite also In all these thinges dyd not Iob synne with his lippes Now when Iobs frendes herde of all y e trouble that happened vnto him there came thre off them euery one from his owne place namely Eliphas the Themanite Baldad the Suhite and Sophar the Naamathite For they were agreed together to come to shewe their compassion vpon him and to comforte him So when they lifte vp their eyes a farre off they knewe him not Then they cried and wepte then euery one off them rente his clothes and sprynckled dust vpon their heades in the ayre They sat them downe by him also vpon the grounde vij dayes and vij nightes Nether was there eny of them that spake one worde vnto him for they sawe that his payne was very greate The III. Chapter AFter this opened Iob his mouth and cursed his daye and sayde lost be that daye wherin I was borne and the night in the which it was sayde there is a manchilde conceaued The same daye be turned to darcknesse and not regarded of God from aboue nether be shyned vpoÌ w t light but be couered with darcknesse and the shadowe of death Let the dymme cloude fall vpon it and let it be lapped in with sorowe Let the darckstorme ouercome y e night let it not be reckened amonge the dayes off the yeare ner counted in the monethes Despysed be that night and discommended let them that curse the daye geue it their curse also euen those that be ready to rayse vp Leuiathan Let the starres be dymme thorow darcknesse of it Let it loke for light but let it se none nether the rysynge vp of the fayre mornynge because it shut not vp the wombe that bare me ner hyd these sorowes fro myne eyes Alas why dyed I not in y e byrth Why dyd not I perysh as soone as I came out of my mothers woÌbe Why set they me vpoÌ y e irknees Why gaue they me suck with their brestes Then shulde I now haue lyen still I shulde haue slepte and bene at rest like as the kynges aÌd lordes of y e earth which buylde them selues speciall places As the prynces that haue greate substaunce of golde their houses full of syluer O that I vtterly had no beynge or were as a thiÌge borne out of tyme that is put asyde ether as yonge children which neuer sawe the light There must the wicked ceasse from their tyranny there soch as are ouerlaboured be at rest there are those letten out fre which haue bene in preson so that they heare nomore the voyce of the oppressoure There are small and greate the bonde man and he that is fre froÌ his master Wherfore is the light geuen to him that is in mysery and life vnto them that haue heuy hertes Which longe for death and it commeth not for yf they might fynde the ãâã graue they wolde be maruelous glad as those that dygge vp treasure To the man whose waye is hyd which God kepeth backe from him This is the cause that I syghe before I eate and my roaringes fall out like a water floude For the thynge that I feared is come vpon me and the thynge that I was afrayed of is happened vnto me Was I not happy Had I not quyetnesse Was I not in rest And now commeth soch mysery vpon me The IIII. Chapter THen answered Eliphas of Theman and sayde vnto him Yf we begynne to comon with the peradueÌture thou wilt be myscontent but who can witholde himself from speakynge Beholde thou hast bene a teacher of many and hast comforted the weery hondes Thy wordes haue set vp those that were fallen thou hast refresshed the weake knees But now that the plage is come vpon the thou shreÌckest awaye now that it hath touched thyself thou art faint harted Where is now thy feare of God thy stedfastnesse thy pacience and the perfectnesse of thy life Considre I praye the who euer peryshed beynge an innocent Or when were the godly destroyed As for those that plowe wickednesse as I haue sene myself and sowe myschefe they reape y e same For wheÌ God bloweth vpon them they perysh and are destroyed thorow the blast of his wrath The roaringe of the lyon the cryenge off the lyonesse y e teth off y e lyoÌs whelpes are brokeÌ The greate lyon perysheth because he caÌ get no pray and the lyons whelpes are scatred abrode There is spoken vnto me a thynge in councell which hath geuen a terrible sounde in myne eare with a vision in the night when men are fallen a slepe Soch feare and drede came vpoÌ me that all my bones shoke And when the wynde passed ouer by me the hayres of my flesh stode vp Then stode there one before me whose face I knewe not an ymage there was and the wether was still so that I herde this voyceâ Maye a man be iustified before God Maye there eny man be iudged to be clene by reason of his owne workes Beholde he hath founde vnfaythfulnesse amonge his owne seruauntes and proude disobedience amonge his angels How moch more theÌ shal they that dwell in houses of claye whose foundacion is but earth be moth eaten They shal be destroyed from the mornynge vnto the euenynge yee they shall perish or euer they be awarre and be taken awaye so clene that none of theÌ shall remayne but be deed or euer they be awarre off it The V. Chapter NAme me one els yf thou canst fynde eny yee loke aboute the vpon eny of the holy men As for the foolish man displeasure kylleth him and anger slayeth y e ignoraunt I haue sene my self when the foolish was deperoted that his bewty was sodeÌly destroyed that his children were without prosperite or health that they were slayne in the dore and no maÌ to delyuer them that his haruest was eaten vp off the hungrie that the weapened man had spoyled it and that the thurstie had droncke vp his riches It is not the earth that bryngeth forth trauayle nether commeth sorow out of y e grouÌde but it is man that is borne vnto mysery like as the byrde for to fle But now will I speake off the LORDE and talke of God which doth thinges that are vnsearcheable and marueles without noÌbre Which geueth rayne vpoÌ the earth and poureth water vpon all thinges which setteth vp them of lowe degre and sendeth prosperite to those that are in heuynesse Which destroyeth the deuyces of the sotyll so that they
thy honde let thy right honde fynde out all theÌ y t hate the. Thou shalt make theÌ lite a fyre ouen in tyme of thy wrath the LORDE shal destroye theÌ in his displeasure the fyre shall consume them Their frute shalt thou rote out of the earth their sede froÌ amoÌge the childreÌ of men For they inteÌded myschefe agaynst the ymagined soch deuyces as they were not able to perfourme Therfore shalt thou put theÌ to flight with thy stringes thou shalt make ready thine arowes agaynst the faces off them Be thou exalted LORDE in thine owne strength so wil we synge and prayse thy power The XXI A psalme of Dauid MY God my God why hast thou forsaken me y e wordes of my coÌplaynte are farre fro my health O my God I crie in the daye tyme but thou hearest not and in the night season also I take no rest Yet dwellest thou in the Sanctuary o thou worshipe of Israel Oure father 's hoped in the they trusted in the aÌd thou dyddest delyuer them They called vpon the and were helped they put their trust in the and were not coÌfounded But as for me I am a worme and no man a very scorne of meÌ and the outcast of the people All they y t se me laugh me to scorne they shute out their lippes and shake their heades He trusted in God let him delyuer him let him helpe hiÌ yf he wil haue him But thou art he that toke me out of my mothers woÌbe thou wast âây hope when I hanged yet vpon my mothers brestes I haue bene left vnto the euer sence I was borne thou art my God eueÌ fro my mothers wombe O go not fro me theÌ for trouble is harde at honde and here is none to helpe me Greate bulles are come aboute me fatt oxen close me in on euery syde They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a rampinge and roaringe lyon I am poured out like water all my bones are out of ioynt my hert in the myddest off my body is euen like meltinge waxe My strength is dried vp like a potsherde my tunge cleueth to my goomes and thou hast brought me in to the dust of death For dogges are come aboute me the couÌcell of y e wicked hath layed sege agaynst me They pearsed my hondes and my fete I might haue tolde all my bones as for them they stode staringe and lokinge vpon me They haue parted my garmentes amonge them aÌd cast lottes vpon my vesture But be not thou farre fro me o LORDE thou are my sucoure haist the to helpe me Delyuer my soule from the swearde my dearlinge from the power of the dogge Saue me from the lyons mouth and heare me froÌ amonge the hornes off the vnicornes So will I declare thy name vnto my brethren in the myddest off the congregacion will I prayse the. O prayse the LORDE ye that feare him Magnifie him all ye sede of Iacob let all y e sede of Israel feare hiÌ For he hath not despysed ner abhorred the myserable estate of the poore he hath not hyd his face frome but wheÌ I called vnto him he herde me I wil prayse the in the greate congregacion and perfourme my vowes in the sight off all theÌ that feare the. The poore shal eate aÌd be satisfied they y e seke after y e LORDE shal prayse him youre herte shal lyue for euer All the endes of the worlde shal remembre them selues be turned vnto the LORDE and all the generacions of the Heithen shal worshipe before him For the kyngdome is the LORDES and he shal be the gouernoure of y e Heithen All soch as be fat vpoÌ earth shal eate also and worshipe All they that lye in the dust and lyue so hardly shall fall downe before him The sede shall serue him and preach of the LORDE for euer They shal come declare his rightuousnes vnto a people that shal be borne whoÌ the LORDE hath made The XXII A psalme of Dauid THe LORDE is my shepherde I can wante nothinge He fedeth me in a grene pasture aÌd ledeth me to a fresh water He quickeneth my soule bringeth me forth in the waye of rightuousnes for his names sake Though I shulde walke now in the valley of the shadowe of death yet I feare no euell for thou art with me thy staffe thy shepehoke coÌforte me Thou preparest a ââble before me agaynst mine enemies thou anoyntest my heade with oyle fyllest my cuppe full Oh let thy louynge kyndnes mercy folowe me all the dayes off my life that I maye dwell in the house off the LORDE for euer The XXIII A psalme of Dauid THe earth is the LORDES all that therin is the coÌpase of the worlde aÌd all y t dwell therin For he hath fouÌded it vpoÌ the sees buylded it vpon the floudes Who shal go vp in to the hill off the LORDE Or who shal remayne in his holy place EueÌ he y t hath innoceÌt hoÌdes a clene herte which lifteth not vp his mynde vnto vanite sweareth not to disceaue He shal receaue the blessinge froÌ the LORDE aÌd mercy froÌ God his sauioure This is y e generacioÌ of theÌ y t seke him of theÌ y t seke y i face o Iacob Sela. Open yo r gates o ye priÌces let the euerlastinge dores be opened y t y e kynge of glory maye come in Who is this kynge of glory ⪠It is the LORDE stroÌge and mightie euen the LORDE mightie in batell Open youre gates o ye prynces let the euerlastinge dores be opened y t the kynge off glory maye come in Who is this kynge off glory It is the LORDE of hoostes he is the kynge of glory Sela. The XXIIII A psalme of Dauid UNto the o LORDE I lift vp my soule My God I trust in y e Oh let me not be confounded lest myne enemies triuÌphe ouer me For all they y t hope in y e shal not be ashamed but soch as be scornefull despysers w t out a cause ⪠they shall be put to coÌfucioÌ Shewe me thy wayes o LORDE teach me thy pathes Lede me in y e trueth and lerne me for thou art the God off my health and in the is my hope all the daye longe Call to remembraunce O LORDE thy tender mercyes thy louinge kyndnesses which haue bene euer of olde Oh remeÌbre not y e synnes offences of my youth but acordinge vnto thy mercy thynke vpon me O LORDE for thy goodnesse O how freÌdly rightuous is the LORDE therfore wil he teach synners in the waye He ledeth the symple a right and soch as be meke theÌ lerneth he his wayes All the wayes of the LORDE are very mercy faith fulnesse vnto soch as kepe his testament and couenaunt For thy names sake O LORDE be mercifull vnto my synne for it is greate
my soule why art thou so disquieted withââ me O put thy trust in God for I wil yet gââue him thaÌkes for y e helpe of his countenaââce and because he is my God The XLIII A psalme of y e childreÌ of Corah WE haue herde with o r eare ãâã God o r fathers haue tolde vs what thou hast done in their tyme of olde How thou hast dryueÌ out the Heithen w t thy honde plaÌted theÌ in how thou hast destroyed the nacions cast theÌ out For they gat not the londe in possession thorow their owne swerde nether was it their owne arme that helped them But thy right haÌde thyne arme the light of thy countenaunce because thou haddest a fauoure vnto them Thou art y e kinge my God thou sendest helpe vnto Iacob Thorow y e wil we ouer throwe oure enemies in thy name will we treade them vnder that ryse vp agaynst vs. For I will not trust in my bowe it is not my swerde y t shal helpe me But it is thou that sauest vs froÌ oure enemies and puttest them to confucion that hate vs. We will allwaye make oure boast of God and prayse thy name for euer Sela. But now thou forsakest vs puttest vs to confucion and goest not forth with oure hoostes Thou makest vs to turne oure backes vpon oure enemies so that they which hate vs spoile oure goodes Thou lettest vs be eaten vp like shepe scatrest vs amonge the Heithen Thou sellest thy people for naught takest no moneye for them Thou makest vs to be rebuked of o r neghbours to be laughed to scorne aud had in derision of them that are rounde aboute vs. Thou hast made vs a very by worde amonge the Heithen that the people shake their heades at vs. My coÌfucion is daylie before me the shame of my face couereth me For the voyce of the slaunderer blasphemer for the enemie and auenger All this is come vpon vs yet haue we not forgotten the ner behaued oure selues vnfaithfully in thy couenaunt Oure hert is not turned backe nether oure steppes gone out of thy waye That thou smytesâ vs so in the place of the serpeÌt couerest vs with y e shadowe of death Yf we had forgotten the name of oure God holdeÌ vp oure hondes to eny straunge God Shulde âot God fynde it out for he knoweth the very secretes of the hert But for thy sake we are kylled all the daie longe and are counted as shepe apoynted to be slayne Vp LORDE why slepest thou ⪠Awake and cast vs not of for euer Wherfore hydest thou thy face wilt thou clene forget oure misery and oppressioÌ For oure soule is brought lowe euen vnto the dust and oure bely cleueth vnto the grounde Arise o LORDE helpe vs and delyuer vs for thy mercie sake The XLIIII A psalme of the children of Corah MY hert is dytinge of a good matter I speake of that which I haue made of the kynge My tonge is y e penne of a ready wryter Thou art the fayrest amonge the children of meÌ full of grace are thy lippes therfore God blesseth the for euer Gyrde the with thy swerde vpon thy thee o thou mightie with worshipe and renowne Good lucke haue thou with thine honoure ryde on with the treuth mekenesse rightuousnes thy right hoÌde shal teach y e woÌderfull thinges Thy arowes are sharpe the people shal be subdued vnto the euen in the myddest amonge the kynges enemies Thy seate o God endureth for euer the cepter of thy kyngdome is a right cepter Thou hast loued rightuousnesse hated iniquite wherfore God which is thy God hath anoynted the with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fâlowes All thy garmentes are like myrre Aloes Cassia when thou coÌmest out of thine yuerie palaces in thy beutifull glory Kynges doughters go in thy goodly araye vpon thy right honde stondeth the quene in a vesture of the most fyne golde Herken o doughter considre enclyne thine eare forget thine owne people thy fathers house So shal the kynge haue pleasure in thy beutie for he is thy LORDE thou shalt worshipe him The doughters of Tyre shal be there with giftes the riche amonge the people shal make their supplicacion before the. The kynges doughter is all glorious within hir clothinge is of wrought golde ⪠She shal be brought vnto the kynge in rayment of nedle worke and maydens after her soch as be next her shal be brought vnto the. With ioye and gladnesse shal they be brought and go into the kynges palace In steade of thy fathere thou hast gotten children whom thou shalt make prynces in all londes I wil remembre thy name from one generacioÌ to another therfore shal the people geue thankes vnto the worlde without ende The XLV A psalme of the children of Corah IN oure troubles and aduersite we haue founde that God is oure refuge oure strength and helpe Therfore wil we not feare though the earth fell and though the hilles were caried in to the myddest of the see Though the waters of the see raged were neuer so troublous though the mountaynes shoke at the teÌpest of the same Sela. For there is a floude which w t his ryuers reioyseth y e cite of God the holy dwellynge of the most hyest God is in y e myddest of her therfore shall she not be remoued for God helpeth her y e right early The Heithen are madd the kyngdomes make moch a doo but wheÌ he sheweth his voyce y e earth melteth awaye The LORDE of hoostes is w t vs the God of Iacob is oure defence Sela. O come hither beholde y e workes of the LORDE what destruccioÌs he hath brought vpoÌ y e earth He hath made warres to ceasse in all the worlde he hath broken the bowe he hath knapped the speare in sonder breÌt the charettes in the fyre Be still theÌ confesse y t I am God I wil be exalted amonge the HeitheÌ I wil be exalted vpon earth The LORDE of hoostes is w t vs the God of Iacob is oure defence Sela. The XLVI A psalme of the children of Corah O Clappe youre hoÌdes together all ye people O synge vnto God with the voyce of thaÌkesgeuynge For the LORDE the most hyest is to be feared he is the greate kynge vpoÌ all y e earth He shal subdue the people vnder vs the HeitheÌ vnder oure fete He choseth vs for an heretage the beutie of Iacob whom he loued Sela God is gone vp w t a mery noyse the LORDE w t the sownde of the troÌpet O synge prayses synge prayses vnto God O synge prayses synge prayses vnto oure kynge For God is kynge of all the earth O synge prayses vnto him with vnderstondinge God is kinge ouer the HeitheÌ God sitteth in his holy seate The prynces of the people are gathered together vnto the
shal I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked that synners maye be conuerted vnto the. Delyuer me from bloudegyltynesse o God thou that art the God of my health that my tonge maye prayse thy rightuousnesse Open my lippes O LORDE that my mouth maye shewe thy prayse For yf thou haddest pleasure in sacrifice I wolde geue it the but thou delytest not in burnt offerynges The sacrifice of God is a troubled sprete a broken and a coÌtrite here o God shalt thou not despise O be fauorable and gracious vnto Sion that the walles of Ierusalem maye be buylded For then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of rightuousnesse with the burnt offerynges and oblacions then shal they laye bullockes vpon thine aulter The LI. A psalme of Dauid WHy boastest thou thy self thou Tyraunt that thou canst do myschefe Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylie Thy tonge ymagineth wickednesse and with lyes it cutteth like a sharpe rasoure Thou louest vngraciousnesse more theÌ good to talke of lyes more then rightuousnesse Sela. Thou louest to speake all wordes y t maye do hurte O thou false toÌge Therfore shal God cleane destroye the smyte the in peces plucke the out of thy dwellinge and rote the out of the londe of the lyuinge Sela. The rightuous shal se this feare and laugh him to scorne Lo this is the maÌ y t toke not God for his streÌgth but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches was mightie in his wickednesse As for me I am like a grene olyue tre in y e house of God my trust is in the tender mercy of God for euer euer I wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the for that thou hast done and wil hope in thy name for thy sayntes like it well The LII A psalme of Dauid THe foolish bodies saye in their hertes ⪠Tush there is no God Corrupte are they and become abhominable in their wickednesses there is not one that doth good God loked downe from heauen vpoÌ the children of men to se yf there were eny that wolde vnderstonde or seke after God But they are all gone out of y e waye they are all become vnprofitable there is none y t doth good no not one How caÌ they haue vnderstondinge that are the workers of wickednes eatinge vp my people as it were bred call not vpon God They are afrayed where no feare is for God breaketh the bones of them that besege the thou puttest them to confucion for God despiseth them Oh y t the sauynge health were geuen vnto Israel out of Sion Oh that the LORDE wolde delyuer his people out of captiuyte Then shulde Iacob reioyse Israel shulde be right glad The LIII A psalme of Dauid HElpe me o God for thy names sake and delyuer me in thy streÌgth Heare my prayer o God considre the wordes of my mouth For straungers are rysen vp agaynst me and the mightie which haue not God before their eyes seke after my soule Sela. But lo God is my helper it is he that vpholdeth my soule He shall rewarde euell vnto myne enemies and in thy treuth shalt thou destroye them A frewil offeringe wil I geue the and prayse thy name o LORDE because it is so comfortable For thou hast delyuered me out of all my trouble so that myne eye seyth his desyre vpoÌ myne enemies The LIIII A psalme of Dauid HEare my prayer o God and hyde not thy self fro my peticion Take hede vnto me and heare me how piteously I mourne coÌplayne The enemie crieth so the vngodly commeth on so fast for they are mynded to do me some myschefe so maliciously are they set agaynst me My herte is heuy within me and the feare of death is fallen vpon me Fearfullnesse and tremblinge are come vpon me and an horrible drede hath ouerwhelmed me And I sayde O that I had wynges like a doue that I might fle somwhere and be at rest Lo then wolde I get me awaye farre of and remayne in the wildernesse Sela. I wolde make haist to escape from the stormy wynde and tempest Destroie their tonges o LORDE and deuyde them for I se vnrightuousnes strife in y e cite This goeth daye and night aboute the walles myschefe and vyce are in the myddest of it Wickednesse is therin disceate and gyle go not out of hir stretes Yf it were myne enemie that reuyled me I coude beare it or yf one that ought me euell will dyd threaten me I wolde hyde myself from him But it is thou my companyon my gyde and myne owne familier freÌde We had swete ãâã secrete communicacion together and louyngly walked we together in y e house of God Let death come hastely vpon them and let them go downe quick in to hell for wickednes is amonge them in their dwellinges As for me I will call vnto God and the LORDE shall helpe me In the eueninge mornynge and at noone daye wil I mourne and complayne and he shal heare my voyce It is he that delyuereth my soule in peace from them that laye waite for me for they are many agaynst me Yee euen God that endureth for euer shal heare me and brynge them downe Sela. For they wil not turne and why they feare not God Yee they laye hondes vpon soch as be at peace with him and so thei breake his couenaunt Their mouthes are softer then butter yet haue they batell in their mynde their wordes are smoother then oyle and yet be they very swerdes O cast thy burthen or care vpon the LORDE he shal norish the and not leaue the rightuous in vnquietnesse But as for them thou o God shalt cast them downe in to the pitte of destruccion The bloudthurstie and disceatfull shal not lyue out half their daies Neuerthelesse my trust is in the. The LV. A psalme of Dauid BE mercifull vnto me o God for ãâ¦ã wil treade me downe they are ãâ¦ã fightinge troublinge me ãâ¦ã enemies treade me daylie vnder their fete for they be many y t proudly fight agaynst me Neuerthelesse wheÌ I am afrayed I put my trust in the. I wil comforte my self in Gods worde yee I wil hope in God and not feare What can flesh then do vnto me They vexe me daylie in my wordes all y t they ymagin is to do me euell They holdââlltogether kepe them selues close they marck my steppes how they maye catch my soule But in vayne for it shal escape theÌ and why thou o God in thy displeasure shalt cast downe soch people Thou tellest my flittinges thou puttest my teares in thy botell and nombrest them When so euer I call vpon the myne enemies are put to flight wherby I knowe that thou art my God In Gods worde wil I reioyse in the LORDES worde wil I comforte me Yee in God do I ârust am not afraied what caÌ man theÌ do vnto me Vnto the o God wil I paye my vowes vnto y e wil I geue thaÌkes
two maner of weightes and a false balauÌce is an euell thinge The LORDE ordreth euery maÌs goinges for what is he that vnderstondeth his owne wayes It is a snare for a man to blaspheme that which is holy then to go aboute w t vowes A wyse kynge destroyeth y e vngodly bryngeth the whele âuer them The lanterne of y e LORDE is y e breth of man goeth thorow all the inwarde partes of the body Mercy faithfulnes preserue the kynge with louynge kyndnes his feate is holden vp The strength of yonge men is their worshipe a gray heade is an hono r vnto y e aged Woundes dryue awaye euell and so do stripes the inwarde partes of the body The XXI Chapter THe kynges hert is in the hande of the LORDE like as are the ryuers of water he maye turne it whyther so euer he wyll Euery man thinketh his owne waye to be right but the LORDE iudgeth y e hertes To do rightuousnesse and iudgmeÌt is more acceptable to the LORDE theÌ sacrifice A presumptuous loke a proude stomacke the lanterne of the vngodly is synne The deuyses of one that is diligent brynge plenteousnes but he y t is vnaduysed commeth vn to pouerte Who so hoordeth vp riches w t y e disceatfulnes of his tonge he is a foole like vnto them that seke their owne death The robberies of the vngodly shal be their owne destruccion for they wolde not do the thynge that was right The wayes of the frowarde are straunge but y e workes of him y t is cleane are right It is better to dwell in a corner vnder y e house toppe then with a braulinge woman in a wyde house The soule of the vngodly wysheth euell and hath no pitie vpon his neghboure When the scornefull is punyshed the ignoraunt take y e better hede when a wyse man is warned he wil receaue the more vnderstondinge The rightuous enfourmeth the house of the vngodly but y e vngodly go on still after their owne wickednesse Who so stoppeth his eare at the crieÌge of the poore he shal crie himself and not be herde A preuy rewarde pacifieth displeasure and a gifte in the bosome stilleth furiousnesse The iust delyteth in doynge the thynge that is right but the workers of wickednesse abhorre the same The man that wandreth cut of the waye of wyszdome shal remayne in the coÌgregacion of y e deed He y t hath pleasure in banckettes shal be a poore man Who so delyteth in wyne and delicates shal not be riche The vngodly shal be geuen for the rightuous the wicked for the iust It is better to dwell in a wyldernesse theÌ with a chydinge and an angrie woman In a wyse mans house there is greate treasure and plenteousnesse but a foolish body spendeth vp all Who so foloweth rightuousnesse and mercy fyndeth both life rightuousnesse and honor. A wyse man wynneth the cite of the mightie and as for the strength y t they trust in he bryngeth it downe Who so kepeth his mouth and his tonge the same kepeth his soule from troubles He y t is proude presumptuous is called a scornefull maÌ which in wrath darre worke maliciously The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is his owne death for his haÌdes wyll not labor. He coueteth and desyreth all the daye longe but the rightuous is allwaye geuynge kepeth nothinge backe The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhominacion for they offre the thinge y t is gotten w t wickednes A false wytnesse shal perishe but he y t wil be content to heare shal allwaye haue power to speake himself An vngodly man goeth forth rashly but the iust refourmeth his owne waye There is no wyszdome there is no vnderstondinge there is no councell agaynst the LORDE The horse is prepared agaynst y e daye of battayll but the LORDE geueth the victory The XXII Chapter A Good name is more worth then greate riches and louynge fauo r is better then syluer and golde Whether riches or pouerte do mete vs it commeth all of God A wyse man seyth the plage and hydeth himself but the foolish go on still and are punyshed The ende of lowlynes the feare of God is riches hono r prosperite and health Speares and snares are in y e waye of the frowarde but he y t wil kepe his soule let him fle froÌ soch Yf thou reachest a childe in his youth what waye he shulde go he shall not leaue it when he is olde The rich ruleth the poore and y e borower is seruaunt to y e lender He y t soweth wickednesse shal reape sorowe the rodde of his plage shal destroye him A louynge eye shal be blessed for he geueth of his bred vnto y e poore Cast out y e scornefull man and so shal strife go out w t him yee variaunce and slaunder shal cease Who so delyteth to be of a clene herte and of gracious lyppes y e kynge shal be his frende The eyes of y e LORDE preserue knowlege but as for y e wordes of y e despyteful he bryngeth them to naught The slouthfull body sayeth there is a lyoÌ w t out I might be slayue in y e strete The mouth of an harlot is a depe pytt wherin he falleth that y e LORDE is angrie withall Foolishnes sticketh in the herte of y e lad but y e rod of correccion driueth it awaye Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his owne riches geueth comoÌly vnto the rich and at the last commeth to pouerte himself My sonne bowe downe thine eare and herken vnto the wordes of wyszdome applye y e mynde vnto my doctryne for it is a pleasaunt thinge yf thou kepe it in thine herte and practise it in thy mouth that thou mayest allwaye put y e trust in the LORDE Haue not I warned y e very oft with councell and lerninge y t I might shewe y e the treuth and that thou w t the verite mightest answere them y t laye eny thinge against y e Se y t thou robbe not y e poore because he is weake and oppresse not y e simple in iudgment for y e LORDE himself wyl defende their cause and do violence vnto them y t haue vsed violence Make no freÌdshipe with an angrie wylfull man and kepe no company w t y e furious lest thou lerne his wayes and receaue hurte vnto thy soule Be not thou one of them y t bynde theâr hande vpoÌ promyse and are suertie for dett for yf thou hast nothinge to paye they shal take awaye thy bed from vnder the. Thou shalt not remoue the lande marcke which thy fore elders haue sett Seist thou not y t they which be diligent in their busines stonde before kynges and not amonge the symple people The XXIII Chapter When thou syttest at the table to eate w t a lorde ordre thy self manerly w t y
For whose pleasure do I thus consume awaye my lyfe This is also a vayne and miserable thinge Therfore two are better then one for they maye well enioye the profit of their laboure Yf one of them fall his companyon helpeth him vp againe But wo is him that is alone for yf he fall he hath not another to helpe him vp Agayne when two slepe together they are warme but how can a body be warme alone One maye be ouercome but two maye make resistauÌce A thre folde cable is not lightly broken A poore childe beynge wyse is better then an olde kinge that doteth and can not bewarre in tyme to come Some one commeth out of preson is made a kynge another which is borne in the kyngdome commeth vnto pouerte And I perceaued y t all men lyuynge vnder the Sonne go w t the seconde childe that commeth vp in the steade of the other As for the people that haue bene before him and that come after him they are innumerable yet is not their ioye the greater thorow him This is also a vayne thinge and a vexacion of mynde Whan thou commest in to the house of God kepe thy fote and drawe nye that thou mayest heare that is better then the offeringes of fooles for they knowe not what euell they do The V. Chapter BE not hastie with thy mouth let not thine hert speake eny thiÌge rashly before God For God is in heauen thou vpon earth therfore let thy wordes be fewe For where moch carefulnesse is there are many dreames where many wordes are there men maye heare fooles Yf thou make a vowe vnto God be not slacke to perfourme it As for foolish vowes he hath no pleasure in them Yf thou promyse eny thinge paye it for better it is that thou make no vowe then that thou shuldest promise and not paye Vse not thy mouth to cause y e flesh for to synne y t thou saye not before the angell my foolishnesse is in y e faute For theÌ God wil be angrie at thy voyce and destroye all y e workes of thine handes And why where as are many dreames many wordes there are also dyuerse vanities but loke y t thou feare God Yf thou seyst the poore to be oppressed and wrongeously dealt withall so y e equite the right of the lawe is wraisted in the londe maruell not thou at soch iudgmeÌt for one greate maÌ kepeth touch with another and the mightie helpe theÌ selues together The whole londe also with the feldes and all that is therin is in subieccion and bondage vnto y e kinge He that loueth money wil neuer be satisfied with money and who so delyteth in riches shal haue no profit therof Is not this also a vayne thinge ⪠Where as many riches are there are many also that spende them awaye And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes A labouringe man slepeth swetely whether it be litle or moch that he eateth but the abundaunce of the riche wil not suffre him to slepe Yet is there a sore plage which I haue sene vnder the Sonne namely riches kepte to the hurte of him y t hath them in possession For oft times they perishe with his greate mâsery and trouble and yf he haue a childe it getteth nothinge Like as he came naked out of his mothers wombe so goeth he thither agayne and carieth nothinge awaye with him of all his laboure This is a miserable plage y t he shal go awaye euen as he came What helpeth it him then y t he hath labored in the wynde All the daies of his life also must he eate in the darcke with greate carefulnesse sicknesse sorow Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thinge a man to eate and drynke and to be refreshed of all his laboure y t he taketh vnder the Sonne all the dayes of his life which God geueth him for this is his porcion For vnto whom so euer God geueth riches goodes and power he geueth it him to enioye it to take it for his porcion and to be refreshed of his laboure this is now the gifte of God For he thinketh not moch how longe he shal lyue for so moch as God fylleth his hert with gladnesse The VI. Chapter THere is yet a plage vnder y e Sonne it is a generall thinge amonge meÌ when God geueth a man riches goodes honoure so that he wanteth nothinge of all that his herte can desyre and yet God geueth him not leue to enioye the same but another man speÌdeth them This is a vayne thinge a miserable plage Yf a man begett an hundreth children and lyue many yeares so that his dayes are many in nombre and yet can not enioye his good nether be buried as for him I saye that an vntymely byrth is better then he For he coÌmeth to naught goeth his waye in to darcknes and his name is forgotten Morouer he seyth not the Sonne and knoweth of no rest nether here ner there Yee though he lyued two thousande yeares yet hath he no good life Come not all to one place All the laboure that a man taketh is for himself and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde For what hath the wyse more then the foole What helpeth it the poore that he knoweth to walke before the lyuynge The sight of the eyes is better then that the soule shulde so departe awaye Howbeit this is also a vayne thinge and a disquietnesse of mynde What is more excellent then man yet can he not in the lawe get the victory of him that is mightier theÌ he A vayne thinge is it to cast out many wordes but what hath a man els The VII Chapter FOr who knoweth what is good for man lyuynge in y e dayes of his vayne life which is but a shadowe Or ⪠who wil tell a man what shal happen after him vnder the Sonne A good name is more worth then a precious oyntment and the daye of death is better theÌ y e daye of byrth It is better to go in to an house of mournynge then in to a bancket house For there is the ende of all men and he that is lyuinge taketh it to herte It is better to be sory then to laugh for wheÌ the countenaunce is heuy the herte is ioyfull The herte of y e wyse is in the mournynge house but the hert of the foolish is in the house of myrth It is better to geue eare to the chastenynge of a wyse man then to heare the songe of fooles For the laughinge of fooles is like y e crackynge of thornes vnder a pott And y t is but a vayne thinge Who so doeth wronge maketh a wyse man to go out of his witt and destroyeth a gentle hert The ende of a thinge is better then the begynnynge The pacient of sprete is better then the hie mynded
it shal happen vnto him as to an vntymely frute before the haruest come Which as soone as it is sene is by and by deuoured or euer it come well in a mans honde And then shal the LORDE of hoostes be a ioyful crowne and a glorious garlaÌde vnto the remnaunt of his people Vnto the lowly he shal be a sprete of iudgment and vnto them that dryue awaye the enemies from y e gates he shal be a sprete of streÌgth But they go wronge by y e reason of wyne they fall and stacker because of stroÌge drynke Yee eueÌ the prestes and prophetes them selues go amisse they are dronken with wyne and weake braned thorow stronge drynke They erre in seinge and in judgmeÌt they fayle For all tables are so ful of vomyte and fylthynes y t no place is clene What is he amonge them y t can teach instructe or enfourme the childreÌ which are weened from suck or taken from the brestes of eny other fashion then Commaunde y t maye be commaunded byd y t maye be byddeÌ forbyd that maye be forbyddeÌ kepe backe y t maye be kepte backe here a litle there a litle And therfore the LORDE also shal speake w t lispinge lippes and w t a straunge laÌguage vnto this people to whom he spake afore of this maner This shal bringe rest yf one refresh the weery ye this shal bringe rest But they had no will to heare And therfore the LORDE shal answere their stubbournes CoÌmaunde y t maye be coÌmaunded byd y t maye be bydden forbyd y t maye be forbyddeÌ kepe backe y t maye be kepte backe here a litle there a litle That they maye go forth fall backwarde be brussed snared and taken Wherfore heare the worde of the LORDE ye mockers that rule the LORDEs people which is at IerusaleÌ For ye coÌforte yo r selues thus Tush death we are at a poynte as for hell we haue made a coÌdicion with it that though there breake out eny sore plage it shal not come vpon vs. For with disceate wil we escape and with nymblenes will we defende o r selues Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil laye a stone in Sion a greate stone a costly corner stone for a sure foundacion y t who so putteth his trust in him shal not be confouded Rightuousnes wil I set vp agayne in y e balaunce and iudgment in the weightes The teÌpest of hale shal take awaye yo r refuge that ye haue to disceaue withal and y e ouerflowinge waters shal breake downe yo r stroÌge holdes of dissimulacioÌ Thus the appoyntmeÌt that ye haue made w t death shal be done awaye and the coÌdicion that ye made with hell shal not stoÌde When the greate destructioÌ goeth thorow it shal all to treade you It shal take you quyte awaye before it For it shal go forth early in the mornynge and contynue only y t daye and y t night And the very feare only shal teach you when ye heare it For y e bedde shal be so narow y t a maÌ caÌ not lye vpon it And the coueringe to small that a maÌ maye not wynde him self therin For the LORDE shal steppe forth as he dyd vpon the mount Perazim and shal take on as he dyd vpoÌ the dale of Gabaon that he maye bringe forth his deuyce his straunge deuyce and fulfil his worke his wonderful worcke And therfore make no mockes at it that youre captiuyte increase not for I haue herde the LORDE of hoostes saye that there shal come a soden destruction and plage vpon the whole earth Take hede and heare my voyce pondre and merck my wordes wel Goeth not the husbonde man euer in due season earnestly to his londe he moweth ploweth his grounde to sowe And wheÌ he hath made it playne he soweth it with fitches or comyn He soweth y e wheate and Barlye in their place Milium and Rye also in their place And y t he maye do it right his God teacheth him and sheweth him For he treadeth not the fitches out with a wayne nether bringeth he the cart here and there ouer the comyn but he throssheth y e fitches out with a flale and the comyn with a rod. As for the wheate he gryndeth it to make bred therof In as moch as he can not bringe it to passe w t treadinge out For nether the brussinge that the cart wheles make ner his beastes can grynde it This and soch like thinges come of the LORDE of hostes which is maruelous in councel and greate in rightuousnesse The xxix Chap. WO vnto the o Ariel Ariel thou cite that Dauid waÌne Take yet some yeares and let some feastes yet passe ouer then shal Ariel be beseged so that she shal be heuy and sorouful and shal be vnto me euen as a lyon For I wil laye sege to the rounde aboute and kepe y e in with towers and graue vp dykes agaynst ye. And thou shalt be brought lowe and speake out of the earth and thy wordes shal go humbly out of y e grounde Thy voyce shal come out of the earth like the voyce of a witch and thy talkinge shal groane out of the myre For the multitude of thine enemies shal be like mealdust And the nombre of Tyrauntes shal be as y e dust that the wynde taketh awaye sodenly Thou shalt be visited of the LORDE of hoostes with thondre earth quake and with a greate crack with the whyrle wynde tempest and with the flame of a consumynge fyre But now the multitude of all the people that went out agaynst Ariel the whole hooste the stronge holdes and sege is like a dreame which apeareth in the night It is like as when an hungrie man dreameth that he is eatynge and when he awaketh he hath nothinge like as when a thurstie man dreameth that he is drinkinge and when he awaketh he is faynt and his soule vnpacient So is the multitude of all people that mustre them selues agaynst the hill of Sion But ye shal be at youre wittes ende ye shal be abasshed ye shal stackre and rele to and fro Ye shal be dronken but not of wyne Ye shal fall but not thorow dronkenes For the LORDE shal geue you an hard slepinge sprete and holde downe youre eyes namely yo r prophetes and heades which shulde se them shal he couer And all visions shal be vnto you as the wordes that stonde in a sealed lettre when one offreth it to a man that is lerned and sayeth rede vs this lettre TheÌ he answereth I caÌ not rede it for it is shutt But yf it be geueÌ to one y t is not lerned or sayde vnto him rede this lettre Then sayeth he I can not rede Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE For so moch as this people draweth nye me w t their mouth and prayseth me highly with their lippes where as there herte neuertheles is farre fro me and the feare
of Ierusalem But thou Sennacherib whom hast thou defied or blaspemed And agaynst whoÌ hast thou lifted vp thy voyce exalted thy proude lokes euen agaynst the holy one of Israel Thou with thy seruauntes hast blasphemed the LORDE and thus holdest thou of thy self I couer the hie mountaynes sydes of Libanus with my horsmen And there wil I cut downe the hie Cedre trees the fayrest Fyrre trees I will vp in to the heyth of it in to the chefest of his timbre woddes Yf there be no water I wil graue drynke And as for waters of defence I shal drie them vp with the fete of myne hooste Yee saiest thou hast thou not herde what I haue taken in honde brought to passe of olde tyme That same wil I do now also waist destroye bringe the stronge cities vnto heapes of stones For their inhabitours shal be like lame men brought in feare confounded They shal be like the grasse grene herbes in the felde like the hay vpoÌ house toppes that wythereth a fore it be growne vp I knowe thy wayes thy goinge forth thy coÌmynge home yee thy madnesse agaynst me Therfore thy furiousnesse agaynst me thy pryde is come before me I wil put a rynge in y e nose a bridle byt in the chawes of the turne the aboute eueÌ the same waye thou camest I wil geue the also this token o Ezechias this yeare shalt thou eate that is kepte in stoare the next yeare soch as groweth of himself and in the thirde yeare ye shal sowe and reape yee ye shal plante vynyardes and enioye the frutes therof And soch of the house of Iuda as are escaped shal come together and the remnaunt shal take rote beneth bringe forth frute aboue For the escaped shal go out of IerusaleÌ the remnaunte from the mount Sion And this shal the gelousy of the LORDE of hoostes bringe to passe Therfore thus saieth the LORDE coÌcernynge the kinge of the Assirians He shall not come in to the citie and shal shute no arowe in to it there shall no shilde hurte it nether shal they graue aboute it The same waye that he came shal he returne and not come at this citie saieth the LORDE And I wil kepe and saue the citie saieth he for myne owne for my seruaunte Dauids sake Thus the angel went forth and slewe of the Assirians hooste an clxxxv thousande And when men arose vp early at IerusaleÌ Beholde all laye ful of deed bodies So Sennacherib the kinge of the Assirians brake vp and dwelt at Niniue Afterwarde it chaunsed as he prayed in the TeÌple of Nesrah his god that Adramalech and Sarazer his owne sonnes slewe him with the swearde and fled in to the londe of Ararat And Esarhadon his sonne reigned after him The xxxviij Chapter NOt longe afore this was Ezechias deadsick And the prophet Esay the sonne of Amos came vnto him and sayde Thus commaundeth the LORDE Set thyne house in ordre for thou must dye and shalt not escape Then Ezechias turned his face towarde the wall prayed vnto the LORDE and sayde Remembre o LORDE that I haue walked before the in treuth and a stedfast hert and haue done the thinge that is pleasaunt to the. And Ezechias wepte sore TheÌ sayde God vnto Esay Go and speake vnto Ezechias The LORDE God of Dauid thy father sendeth y e this worde I haue herde thy prayer and considred thy teares beholde I will put xv yeares mo vnto thy life and delyuer the and the citie also from the honde of the kinge of Assiria for I will defende the cite And take the this token of the LORDE y t he will do it as he hath spoken Beholde I will returne the shadowe of Achas Diall y t now is layed out with the Sonne and bringe it ten degrees bacward So the Sonne turned ten degrees bacward the which he was descended afore A thankesgeuynge which Ezechias kinge of Iuda wrote when he had bene sicke was recouered I thought I shulde haue gone to the gates of hell in my best age and haue wanted the residue of my yeares I spake within my self I shal neuer viset the LORDE God in this life I shal neuer se man amonge the dwellers of the worlde Myne age is folden vp together and taken awaye fro me like a sheperdes cotage my lyfe is hewen of like as a weeuer cutteth of his webb Whyl I was yet takinge my rest he hewed me of made an ende of me in one daie I thought I wolde haue lyued vnto the morow but he brussed my bones like a lyon and made an ende of me in one daye Then chatred I like a swalowe and like a Crane and mourned as a doue I lift vp myne eyes in to y e hight O LORDE sayde I violence is done vnto me be thou suertie for me What shal I speake or say ethat he maye this doo y t I maye lyue out all my yeares yee in the bytternesse of my life Verely LORDE men must lyue in bytternesse all my life must I passe ouer therin For thou raysest me vp and wakest me But lo I wil be wel content with this bytternes Neuertheles my coÌuersacion hath so pleased y e that thou woldest not make an ende of my life so that thou hast cast all my synnes behynde thy backe For hell prayseth not the death doth not magnifie the. They that go downe in to the graue prayse not thy treuth but the lyuynge yee the lyuynge acknowlege the like as I do this daye The father telleth his children of thy faithfulnesse Delyuer vs o LORDE and we wil synge prayses in thy house all the dayes of oure life And Esay sayde take a playster of fyges and laye it vpon the sore so shal it be whole Then saide Ezechias O what a greate thinge is this that I shal go vp in to the house of the LORDE The xxxix Chapter AT the same tyme Merodach BaladaÌ BaladaÌs sonne kinge of Babilon sent lettres and presentes to Ezechias For he vnderstode how that he had bene sick was recouered agayne And Ezechias was glad therof shewed them the coÌmodities of his treasure of syluer of golde of spyces rootes of precious oyles all that was in his cubboordes and treasure houses There was not one thinge in Ezechias house so thorow out all his kingdome but he let them se it TheÌ came Esay the prophet to kinge Ezechias and sayde vnto him What haue y e men sayde and from whence came they vnto the Ezechias answered They came out of a farre countre vnto me out of Babilon Esay sayde what haue they looked vpon in thyne house Ezechias answerde All that is in myne house haue they sene and there is no thinge in my treasure but I shewed it them Then sayde Esay vnto Ezechias VnderstoÌde the worde of the LORDE of hoostes Beholde the
departe out of y e londe of the Caldees and ye shall be as the rammes that go before the flocke For lo I will wake vp an hoost of people from y e northren londe bringe them vpon Babilon these shal laye sege to it wynne it Their arowes shal not mysse like as a connynge archer shuteth not wronge And the Caldees shal be spoyled all they that spoyle them shal be satisfied saieth the LORDE because ye were so chearfull glad to treade downe myne heretage fulfilled youre pleasures as the calues in the grasse and triumphed ouer them like the bulles when ye had gotten the victory Youre mothers shal be sore confounded and they that bare you shal come to shame She shall be the leest set by amonge the nacions vyode waist dried vp No man shal be able to dwell there for the feare of y e LORDE but she shal be whole desolate All they that go by Babilon shall stonde still be abashed shal wondre at all hir plages Go forth in yo r araye agaynst Babilon rounde aboute all ye that can haÌdle bowes shute as her spare no arowes for she hath synned agaynst the LORDE Crie out vpon her vpon her agaynst her rouÌde aboute she shal yelde herselfe her foundacioÌs shal fall hir walles shall come downe for it shal be the vengeaunce of the LORDE Yee veÌgeaunce shal be taken of her as she hath done so shal she be dealt withall They shal rote out the sower from Babilon him y t handleth the sickle in haruest For feare of the swearde of the enemie euery man shall get him to his owne people euery man shal fle to his owne londe Israel is a scatred flocke the Lyons haue dispersed them First the kinge of the Assirians deuoured them last of all this Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon hath brussed all their bones Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will viset the kinge of Babilon his kingdome as I haue visited the kinge of the Assirians and will bringe Israel agayne to his pleasaunt pasture that he maye fede vpon Charmel Basan and be satisfied vpon the mount of Ephraim Galaad In those dayes and at the same tyme saieth the LORDE yf the offence of Israel be sought for there shal none be founde Yf men enquere for the synne of Iuda there shal be none for I wil be mercifull vnto them whom I suffre to remayne ouer Go downe o thou avenger in to the enemies londe viset them that dwell therin downe with them and smyte them vpon the backes saieth the LORDE do acordinge to all that I haue commaunded the. There is gone aboute the londe a crie of a slaughter greate murthur namely on this maner How happeneth it that the hammer of the whole worlde is thus broken brussed in sonder How chaunceth it that Babilon is become a wildernes amonge the Heithen on this maner I my self haue layed wayte for the thou art taken vnawarres art thou trapped snared for why thou hast prouoked y e LORDE vnto anger The LORDE hath opened his house of ordinaunce brought forth the weapens of his wrath For the thinge that is done in the londe of the Caldees it is the LORDE of hoostes worke These thinges shal come vpon her at the last they shal breake in to hir preuy chaÌbres they shall leaue her as bare as stones that be layed together vpon heapes They shall so destroye her y t nothinge shal be left They shal slaye all hir mightie souldyers and put them to death Wo be vnto theÌ for the daye tyme of their visitacion is at honde Me thinke I heare already a crie of them that be fled escaped out of the londe of Babilon which shewe in Sion the vengeaunce of the LORDE oure God the vengeaunce of his temple Yee a voyce of them that crie agaynst Babilon Call vp all the archers agaynst Babilon pytch youre tentes rounde aboute her that none escape Recompence her as she hath deserued and acordinge as she hath done so deale with her agayne for she hath set vp her self agaynst the LORDE agaynst y e holy one of Israel Therfore shal hir yonge men fall downe in the stretes all hir men of warre shal be roted out in y t daye saieth the LORDE Beholde I speake vnto the o thou proude saieth the LORDE God of hoostes for thy daye shal come eueÌ the tyme of y e visitacioÌ And the proude shal stomble fall no man shal helpe him vp I wil burne vp his cities with fyre it shal consume all that is rounde aboute him Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The children of Israel Iuda suffre violence together All they that haue them in captiuyte kepe them fast wil not let them go but their aveÌger redemer is mightie whose name is the LORDE of hoostes he shal manteyne their cause he shal make the londe shake iudge them that dwell therin one with another The swearde shall come vpon the Caldees saieth the LORDE vpon them that dwell in Babilon vpon their prynces vpoÌ their wyse meÌ The swearde vpon their soythsayers as for those they shall become fooles The swearde vpoÌ their worthies so that they shal stonde in feare The swearde vpon their horsmen and charettes vpon all the comon people that dwell vnder theÌ so that they all shal become like women The swearde vpon their treasure so that it shal be stollen awaye The swearde vpon their waters so that they shal be dried vp For the londe worshippeth ymages delyteth in straunge wondrefull thinges Therfore shal wilde beestes Apes Estriches dwell therin for there shal neuer man dwell there nether shal eny man haue his habitacion there for euermore Like as God destroyed Sodom Gomorre with the cities that laye there aboute saieth the LORDE So shal noman dwell there also nether shal eny maÌ haue there his habitacion Beholde there shal come a people from the north with a greate bonde of men many kinges shal stonde vp from the endes of the earth They beare bowes buclers cruell are they vnmercifull Their voyce roareth like the raginge see they ryde vpon horses come weapened to fight agaynst the O Babilon As soone as the kinge of Babilon heareth tell of them his hondes shal waxe feable Sorowe and heuynes shall come vpon him as a woman trauelinge with childe Beholde like as the Lyon commeth vp from the pleasaunt medowes of Iordane vnto the grene pastures of Ethan so wil I dryue theÌ forth and make them runne agaynst her But whom shal I chose out ordene to soch thinge For who is like me or who wil stryue with me or what shepherde maye stonde agaynst me Therfore heare the councel that the LORDE hath geuen vpon Babilon and the deuyce that he hath taken vpon
couered her with his greate wawes Hir cities are layed waist the londe lieth vnbuylded and voyde it is a londe where no man dwelleth where no maÌ traueleth thorow Morouer ⪠I wil vyset Bel at BabiloÌ the thinge that he hath swalowed vp that same shal I plucke out of his mouth The Gentiles also shall runne nomore vnto him yee and the walles of Babilon shal fall O my people come out of Babilon that euery man maye saue his life from the fearfull wrath of the LORDE Be not faynte herted feare not at euery rumoure that shal be herde in the londe for euery yeare bringeth new tydinges yee straunge wickednes and lordshipe And lo the tyme commeth that I wil vyset the ymages of BabiloÌ and the whole londe shal be confounded yee and hir slayne shal lie in the myddest of her Heauen and earth with all that is therin shall reioyce ouer Babilon when the destroyers shal come vpon her from the north saieth y e LORDE Like as BabiloÌ hath beaten downe and slayne many out of Israel so shal there fall many and be slayne in all hir kyngdome Ye that haue escaped the swearde haist you stoÌde not still remembre the LORDE afarre of and thinke vpon Ierusalem for we were ashamed to heare the blasphemies oure faces were couered with shame because the straunge aleauntes came in to the Sanctuary of the LORDE Wherfore beholde saieth the LORDE the tyme commeth that I wil vyset the ymages of Babilon and thorow the whole loÌde they shal mourne and fall Though Babilon clymmed vp in to heaueÌ and kepte her power an hie yet shal I sende her destroyers saieth the LORDE A piteous crie shall be herde from Babilon and a greate mysery from the londe of the Caldees when the LORDE destroyeth them and when he dryueth out the hie stomack proude boostinge where with they haue bene as furious as the wawes of greate water floudes and made greate crakes with their wordes For the destroyers shall come vpon her euen vpon Babilon which shal take hir worthies and brake their bowes for God is disposed to avenge him self vpon them sufficiently to recompence theÌ Yee saieth the LORDE I will make their prynces their wyse men their chefe rulers all their worthies dronckeÌ so that they shal slepe an euerlastinge slepe and neuer wake Thus saieth the kinge whose name is y e LORDE of hoostes Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The thicke wall of Babilon shal be broken and hir proude gates shal be brente vp And the thinge that the GeÌtiles and the people haue wrought with greate trauayle and laboure shal come to naught and be consumed in the fyre This is the charge that Ieremy gaue vnto Sarias the sonne of Nerias the sonne of Maasia when he wente towarde Babilon with Sedechias the kinge of Iuda in the fourth yeare of his reigne Now this Sarias was a peaceable prynce Ieremy wrote in a boke all the misery that shulde come vpon Babilon yee and all these sermons that be written agaynst Babilon and gaue Sarias this charge When thou commest vnto Babilon se that thou rede all these wordes and saye O LORDE thou art determed to rote out this place so that nether people ner catell shal dwell there eny more but to lie waist for euer and when thou hast redde out the boke bynde a stone to it and cast it in the myddest of Euphrates and saye EueÌ thus shal Babilon syncke be thrust downe with the burthen of trouble that I will bringe vpon her so that she shal neuer come vp agayne Thus farre are y e preachinges of Ieremy The LII Chap. SEdechias was xxj yeare olde when he was made kynge he raigned xj yeare in Ierusalem His mothers name was Hamithal Ieremies doughter of Lobna He lyued wickedly before the LORDE euen as Ioachim dyd Wherfore the LORDE was angrie at Ierusalem Iuda so longe till he had cast theÌ out of his presence And Sedechias fel from the kynge of Babilon But in y e ix yeare of his raigne In the teÌth Moneth the tenth daye of the Moneth it happened that Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon with all his hooste came before Ierusalem beseged it made them bulworkes rounde aboute it And this beseginge of the cite endured vnto the xj yeare of kynge Sedechias And in the fourth Moneth the ix daye of the Moneth there was so greate honger in the cite that there were no more vitayles for the people of the londe So all the souldyers brake awaye and fled out of the cite by night thorow the waye of the porte betwene the two walles by the kynges garden Now y e Caldees had coÌpassed the cite rounde aboute yet wente these men their waye towarde the wildernesse And so the Caldees folowed vpon them and toke Sedechias the kinge in the felde of Iericho when his hoost was runne from him So they caried the kynge awaye presoner to Reblatha vnto the kinge of Babilon in the londe of Hemath where he gaue iudgment vpon him The kinge of BabiloÌ also caused Sedechias sonnes be slayne before his face yee put all the prynces of Iuda to death at Reblatha Morouer he put out the eyes of Sedechias caused him be bounde with cheynes to be caried vnto Babilon let him lie in preson till he dyed Now y e tenth daye of the fyfth Moneth in the xix yeare of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon Nabusaradan the chefe captayne and the kinge of Babilons seruauntes came vnto Ierusalem brent vp the house of the LORDE He brent vp also the kinges palace all the houses all the gorgeous buyldinges in IerusaleÌ And the whole hoost of the Caldees y t were with the chefe captayne brake downe all the walles of Ierusalem rounde aboute As for the poore people soch folke as yet was left in the cite which also were fallen to the kinge of Babilon yee what people as yet remayned Nabusaradan the chefe captayne caried them awaye presoners But y e poore people of the countre dyd Nabusaradan the chefe captayne leaue in the londe to occupie the vynyardes feldes The Caldees also brake the brasen pilers that were in the house of the LORDE yee the seate and the brasen lauer that was in the house of y e LORDE caried all the metall of them vnto Babilon They toke awaye also the Cauldrons shouels flesh hokes sprinklers spones all the brasen vessell that was occupide in the seruyce with the basens colepannes sprinklers pottes candilstickes spones and cuppes wherof some were of golde and some of syluer The chefe captayne toke also the two pilers the lauer the xij brasen bullockes y t stode vnder y e seate which kinge Salomon made in the house of the LORDE all the vessell conteyned so moch metall that it might not be weyed For euery piler was xviij cubites hie the rope that went aboute it
mountaynes in all valleys his bowes shall be broken downe to the grounde thorow out the londe Then all the people of the londe shal go from his shadowe and forsake him When he is falleÌ all y e foules of y e ayre shal syt vpon him and all wilde beestes of the felde shal go aboute amonge his brauÌches so that from hence forth no tre in the water shall attayne to his hyenesse nor reach his toppe vnto the cloudes nether shall eny tre off the water stonde so hye as he hath done For vnto death shall they all be delyuered vnder the earth and go downe to y e graue like other men Morouer thus saieth the LORDE God In the daye when he goeth downe to the graue I wil cause a lamentacion to be made I will couer the depe vpon him I will staunch his floudes and the greate waters shal be restrayned I shall cause Libanus to be soroufull for his sake and all the trees off the felde shall be smytteÌ I wil make the Heithen shake at the sounde of his fall when I cast him downe to hell with them y t descende in to the pytte All the trees of Eden w t all the chosen and besttrees of Libanus yee and all they that are planted vpon the waters shal mourne with him also in the lower habitacioÌs for they shal go downe to hell w t him vnto theÌ that be slayne with the swearde which dwelt afore vnder the shadow off his arme amoÌge the HeitheÌ To whom shalt thou be lickened that art so glorious greate amonge the trees off Eden Yet art thou cast downe vnder y e earth amonge the trees off Eden where thou must lye amonge the vncircumcised with them that be slayne w t the swearde Euen thus is it with Pharao all his people saieth the LORDE God The XXXII Chapter IN the xij yeare the first daye of the xij Moneth the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man take vp a lamentacion vpoÌ Pharao the kynge of Egipte saye vnto him Thou art reputed as a Lyon of the Heithen as a whalfish in the see Thou castest y t waters aboute the thou troublest the waters w t thy fete and stampest in their floudes Thus sayeth the LORDE God I wil sprede my net ouer y e namely a greate multitude of people these shal dryue the into my yarne for I will cast the vpoÌ the loÌde and let the lye vpoÌ the felde that all the foules of the ayre maye syt vpoÌ the I wil geue all the beastes of the felde ynough off the. Thy flesh will I cast vpoÌ the hilles and fyll the valleys with thy hyenesse I will water the londe with the abundaunce off thy bloude euen to the mouÌtaynes y e valleys shal be full off the. When thou art put out I will couer the heauen and make his starres dymme I will sprede a cloude ouer the Sonne aÌd the Moone shall not geue hir light All the lightes off heauen will I put out ouer the and bringe darcknesse vpon thy londe saieth y e LORDE God I wil trouble the hertes off many people when I bringe thy destruccion amoÌge the Heithen and countrees whom thou knowest not Yee I will make many people with their kynges so afrayed thorow y e that their hayre shal stonde vp wheÌ I shake my swearde at their faces Sodenly shal they be astonnyed euery man in him self at y e daye of thy fall For thus saieth the LORDE God the kynge of Babilons swearde shal come vpon y e with y e sweardes of the worthies will I smyte downe thy people All they that be mightie amonge the GeÌtiles shal waist the proude pompe of Egipte and brynge downe all hir people All the catell also of Egipte wil I destroye that they shal come nomore vpoÌ the waters so that nether maÌs fote ner beastes clawe shal stere them eny more Then wil I make their waters cleare and cause their floudes to runne like oyle sayeth the LORDE God when I make the londe of Egipte desolate and when y e countre with all that is therin shal be layde waist and wheÌ I smyte all theÌ which dwell in it that they maye knowe that I am the LORDE This is the mournynge that the doughters off the Heithen shall make Yee a sorow and lamentacioÌ shal they take vp vpon Egipte and all hir people saieth the LORDE God In the xij yeare the xv daye of the Moneth came the worde off the LORDE vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man Take vp a lamentacion vpon the people of Egipte and cast them downe yee aÌd the mightie people of the HeitheÌ also euen with theÌ that dwell beneth and with them that go downe in to the graue Downe how fayre so euer thou be and laye the with the vncircircumcised AmoÌge those that be slayne with the swearde shal they lye The swearde is geuen alredy ⪠he shal be drawen forth and all his people The mightie worthies and his helpers y t be gone downe and lye with the vncircumcised and with them that be slayne with y e swearde shal speake to him out of the hell Assur is there also with his company aÌd their graues rounde aboute which were slayne aÌd fell all with the swearde whose graues lye besyde him in the lowe pytte His comoÌs are buried rounde aboute his graue alltogether wounded and slayne with the swearde which men afore tyme brought feare into y e londe off the lyuynge There is Elam also with all his people and their graues rounde aboute which all beynge wounded and slayne with the swearde are gone downe vncircumcised vnder the earth which neuertheles somtyme brought feare in to the londe off the lyuynge for the which they beare their shame with the other that be gone downe to y e graue Their buryall is geuen them and all their people amonge them that be slayne Their graues are rounde aboute all them which be vncircumcised and with them that be slay ⪠thorow the swearde for seynge that in tymes past they made the londe off the lyuynge afrayed they must now beare their owne shame with them that go downe to the pytte and lye amonge them that be slayne There is Mesech also and Tubal and their people and their graues rounde aboute These all are amonge the vncircuÌcised and them that be slayne with the swearde because afore tyme they made the londe off the lyuynge afrayed Shulde not they then lye also amonge y e worthies and vncircumcised Giauntes which w t their weapens are gone downe to hel whose sweardes are layed vnder their heades whose wickednesse is vpon their bones because that as worthies they haue brought feare in to y e loÌde of y e lyuinge Yee amoÌge the vncircuÌcised shalt thou be destroyed and slepe with them that perished thorow the swearde There is the loÌde off Edom with hir kynges and prynces also which w t
in the worlde sene the begynnynge which was wrytten in thy lawe that men maye fynde the path and that they which wyl lyue in the latter dayes maye lyue And he answered me sayeÌge Go y t waye gather thy people together saye vnto theÌ that they seke the not for xl dayes but loke thou gather the many boxe trees and take with the Sarea Dabria Selemia Echanus and Asial these fyue which are ready to wryte swiftly and come hither and I shal light a caÌdle of vnderstoÌdinge in thine hert which shal not be put out tyll the thinges be perfourmed which thou shalt begynne to wryte And then shalt thou declare some thinges openly vnto the perfecte and some thinges shalt thou shew secretly vnto y e wyse Tomorow this houre shalt thou begynne to wryte Then weÌte I forth as he commauÌded me and gathered all y e people together and sayde Heare these wordes o Israel Oure fathers from the begynnynge were straunges in Egipte from wheÌce they were delyuered and receaued the lawe of life which they kepte not which ye also haue traÌsgressed after theÌ Then was this londe and the londe of Sion parted amoÌge you by the lot to possesse But yo r fathers and ye yo r selues also haue done vnrighteousnes haue not kepte the wayes which the Hyest coÌmaunded you And for so moch as he is a righteous iudge he toke from you in tyme the thinge that had geuen you And now are ye here and yo r brethren amoÌge you Therfore yf so be that ye wil subdue yo r owne vnderstandinge and refourme youre hert ye shal be kepte aliue after death shal ye opteyne mercy For after death shall the iudgment come whan we shal lyue agayne and then shal the names of the righteous be manifest and y e names of the vngodly with their workes shal be declared Let no maÌ therfore come now vnto me ner axe eny question at me these xl dayes So I toke the fyue men as he commaunded me and we wente in to the felde and remayned there The next daye a voyce called me sayeÌge Eszdras Open thy mouth drynke that I geue the. TheÌ opened I my mouth beholde he reached me a full cuppe which was full of water but the colo r of it was like fyre And I toke it and dranke And whaÌ I had dronken it my hert had vnderstondinge and wyszdome grew in my brest for my sprete was kepte in remembraunce and my mouth was opened and shut nomore The Hyest gaue vnderstondinge vnto the fyue men y t they wrote y e hye thiÌges of the night which they vnderstode not But in the night they ate bred as for me I spake in the daye and helde not my tonge by night In xl dayes they wrote two hundreth foure bokes And it happened whaÌ the xl dayes were fulfilled that the Hyest spake sayenge The first that thou hast wrytteÌ speake openly y t the worthy and vnworthy maye rede it But kepe y e lxx last y t thou mayest shew it onely to soch as be wyse amonge thy people For in them is the sprynge of vnderstoÌdinge the fountayne of wyszdome and the streame of knowlege And I dyd so The XV. Chapter BEhelde speake thou in the eares of my people the wordes of prophecie which I wyll put in y e mouth saieth the LORDE and cause them to be wrytten in a letter for it is the trueth Feare not the ymaginacioÌs against y t let not y e vnfaithfulnes of them trouble the that speake agaynst the. For all the vnfaithfull shal dye in their vnfaithfulnes Beholde saieth the LORDE I wil brynge plages vpon the worlde y e swerde honger death and destruccion for wickednes hath the vpper hande in all y e earth and their shamefull workes are fulfilled Therfore saieth the LORDE I wil holde my tonge nomore vnto their wickednesse which they do so vngodly nether wil I suffre them in the thinges that they deale with all so wickedly Beholde the innocent bloude of the troubled crieth vnto me and the soules of the righteous complayne coÌtynually and therfore saieth the LORDE I wil surely aueÌge and receaue vnto me all the innoceÌt bloude from amonge them Beholde my people is led as a flock of shepe to be slayne I wil not suffre them now to dwel in Egipte but wyl brynge them ouâ with a mightie hande and a stretched out arme and smyte it with plages as afore and wyl destroye all the londe off it Egipte shal mourne and the foundacions of it shal be smytten with the plage and punyshment y t God shal brynge vpon it They that tyll y e grouÌde shal mourne for their sedes shal be destroyed thorow the blastinge and hale and an horrible starre Wo worth y e worlde and them that dwell therin for y e swerde their destruccioÌ draweth nye one people shal stoÌde vp to fight against another swerdes in their haÌdes For meÌ shal be vnstedfast and some shal do violence vnto other they shal not regarde their kynge and prynces the wayes of their doinges and haÌdelinges in their power A man shal desyre to go in to the cite shal not be able For because of their pryde y e cities shal be brought in feare y e houses shal shake and men shal be afrayed A man shal haue no pitie vpon his neghboure but one shal prouoke another vnto battayll to spoyle their goodes because of the honger of bred and because of the greate trouble Beholde I gather call together all the kynges of y e earth which are from the vprysinge from the south from the east and Libanus to turne vnto them and restore the thinges that they haue geueÌ them Like as they do yet this daye vnto my chosen so wil I do also and recoÌpense theÌ in their bosome Thus sayeth y e LORDE God My right hande shal not spare y e synners and my swerde shal not ceasse ouer them that shed the innoceÌt bloude vpon earth The feare is gone out froÌ his wrath and hath coÌsumed the foundacions of the earth and the synners like the strawe that is kindled Wo worth them that synne and kepe not my commaundementes saieth the LORDE I wil not spare them Go youre waye ye children from violence defyle not my Sanctuary for the LORDE knoweth all theÌ that synne agaynst him and therfore delyuereth he them vnto death and destruccioÌ For now are the plages come vpon the worlde ye shal remayne in theÌ For God shal not delyuer you because ye haue synned agaynst him Beholde an horrible vision commeth froÌ the east where generacions of Dragons shal come out and the people of the Arabes with many charettes and the multitude of them shal be as the wynde vpoÌ earth that all they which heare them ragynge in their wrath maye feare and be afrayed and as the wylde bores out of y e wod so shal they go out and with
hertely vnto God for the trouble and captiuyte of himself and the people Of Sara the daughter of Raguel Chap. IIII. Tobias teacheth his sonne in the feare of God Chap. V. The sonne obeyeth the father and goeth his earaÌde God prouydeth mercifully for him and sendeth his angell to be his gyde Chap. VI. In their iourney they take a fish wherof the angell commaundeth him to kepe the hert the gall and the leuer and telleth him wherto it is good Chap. VII They come to Raguel which receaueth them louyngly and marieth his daughter Sara vnto Tobias Chap. VIII Tobias goinge to bed with his wyfe ordreth him self as the angell bad him and so both he and his wyfe are preserued from euell Chap. IX Tobias sendeth the angell vnto Gabelus for the money Chap. X. Tobias father and mother loÌge sore for his commynge And Raguel seynge that he can kepe him no longer sendeth him awaie with his wife Chap. XI They returne home and are welcommed ioyfully Olde Tobias hath his sight agayne They reioyse alltogether and geue thaÌkes vnto God Chap. XII The father and the sonne wolde fayne rewarde the angell He wil haue nothinge but sheweth them what he is Chap. XIII Tobias the elder prayseth God exorteth other meÌ to be thankfull vnto him Chap. XIIII Tobias beynge now olde prophecieth the destruccioÌ of Niniue and the prosperous health of Israel The sonne forsaketh the sinfull cite as his father bad him goeth to his father in lawe The first Chapter TObias was of the trybe and cite of Nephtali which lyeth in the hye countrees of Galile aboue Naason the waye towarde the west hauynge the cite of Sephet vpon the left syde Though he was taken presonner in the dayes of Salmanasar kynge of the Assirians neuertheles beynge in captiuyte he forsoke not y e waye of trueth In so moch that what so euer he might gett he parted it dailie with his felowpresoners brethren that were of his kynred And though he were yonger theÌ all in the trybe of Nephtali yet dyd not he behaue himself childeshly in his workes And whan all the other wente to y e goldeÌ calues which Ieroboam the kynge of Israel had made he himself alone fled all their companies and gat him to Ierusalem vnto the temple of the LORDE and there worshipped y e LORDE God of Israel faithfully offeringe all his first frutes and tithes so that in the thirde yeare he ministred all the tithes vnto the straungers and conuertes These and soch like thinges dyd he acordinge to the lawe of God whan he was yet but yonge But whan he was a man he toke out of his owne trybe a wyfe called Anna and of her he begat a sonne whom he called after his owne name and taught him from his youth vp to feare God and to refraine from all synne Now whan he with his wife his sonne and with all his kynred was come in captiuite vnto Niniue what tyme as they all are of the meates of the HeitheÌ he kepte his soule and was neuer defyled in their meates And for so moch as he was myndefull of the LORDE in all his hert God gaue him fauoure in the presence of Salmanasar the kynge which gaue him power to go where he wolde and so had he liberte to do what him list So wente Tobias vnto all them that were in preson and comforted them and gaue them wholsome exortacions And whan he came to Rages a cite of the Medes hauynge ten taleÌtes of syluer of y e thinges wher with the kynge had honoured him and sawe amonge a greate company of people of his kinred one Gabelus which was of his owne trybe beynge in necessite he gaue him the sayde weight of syluer vnder an handwritinge After a longe season whan Salmanasar the kynge was deed and Sennacherib his sonne reigned in his steade which hated the children of Israel Tobias wente daylie thorow out all his kynred and comforted them and gaue of his goodes to euery one of theÌ as moch as he might he fed the hongrie clothed the naked and buried the deed and slaine and that diligently And whan Sennacherib the kynge came agayne and fled out of Iewry what tyme as God punyshed him for his blasphemy in his wrath slew many of the children of Israel Tobias buried their bodies But whan it was tolde the kynge he commaunded to slaye him and toke awaye all his goodes Neuertheles Tobias with his sonne with his wife fled his waye and was hyd naked for there were many that loued him But after xlv dayes the kynge was slayne of his owne sonnes Then came Tobias againe to his house and all his goodes were restored vnto him The II. Chapter AFter these thinges vpon a solempne daye of the LORDE Tobias made a good feast in his house sayde vnto his sonne Go y t waye brynge hither some of oure trybe soch as feare God that they maye make mery with vs. And whaÌ he was gone he came agayne and tolde his father that one of the children of Israel laye slayne vpon the strete And immediatly he leape from his table left the feast came fastinge to the deed coarse toke him bare him preuely in to his house y t whan the Sonne was downe he might safely burye him And whaÌ he had hyd the coarse he ate his meate with mournynge and feare remembrynge y e wordes that the LORDE sayeth by the prophet Amos youre hye feastes shal be turned to sorowe and heuynes But whan y e Sonne was downe he wente his waye buried him Then all his neghbours reproued him sayenge It is not loÌge sens it was commaunded to slaye the because of this matter and hast scarce escaped the daunger of death and buriest thou the deed againe Neuertheles Tobias fearinge God more then the kynge toke the bodies of the slayne hyd them in his house buried them at mydnight It happened vpoÌ a daye that he had buried y e deed was weery came home layed him downe by the wall slepte And whyle he was a slepe there fell downe vpoÌ his eyes warme donge out of the swalowes nest so y t he was blynde This tentacion dyd God suffre to happen vnto him that they which came after might haue an example of his pacieÌce like as of holy Iob. For in so moch as he euer feared God from his youth vp kepte his commaundementes he was not heuy against God that the plage of blyndnes chauÌsed vnto him but remayned stedfast in the feare of God and thanked God all the dayes of his life For like as blessed Iob was had in derision of kynges euen so was he laughed to scorne of his elders kynsfolkes which sayde vnto him where is thy hope for y e which thou hast done allmes and buried the deed But Tobias rebuked theÌ spake Saye not so for we are the children of holy men
promysed offerynges And Iudith offred all Holofernes weapâns 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 teÌpest horrible thonder clappes erthquakes greate vpro r in y e londe y t he sawe two greate dragoÌs ready to fight one agaiÌst 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 remembrauÌce 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 kiÌge 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 tweÌtye 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 excelleÌt in wyszdome whose good wyll trueth faithfulnes hath oft bene shewed proued which was also y e pryncipall next vnto y e kiÌge AmaÌ by name which certified vs how y t in all loÌdes 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 commauÌded 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 inteÌt 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 withstoÌde 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 vpoÌ 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 coÌfucion 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 vnderstaÌdinge shal she fyll him and clothe him with the garment of glory She shal heape the treasure of myrth ioye vpoÌ 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 commauÌded 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 theÌ a thousande vngodly And better it is for a man to dye without childreÌ theÌ 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 giauÌtes optayned no grace for their synnes which were destroyed trustinge to their owne streÌgth Nether spared he them amoÌge whom Loth was a straunger but smote them and abhorred them because of the pryde of their wordes He had no pitie vpoÌ 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 eueÌ 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
acceptinge of personnes shal he vndoo him self Some man promiseth his frende a gift for very shame and getteth an enemye of him for naught A lye is a wicked shame in a man yet shall it be euer in the mouth of the vnwyse A thefe is better then a man that is accustomed to synne but they both shal haue destruccion to heretage The condicions of lyers are vnhonest and their shame is euer with them A wyse man shall brynge himself to honoure with his wordes and he that hath vnderstondinge shall be sett by amonge greate men He that tylleth his londe shal increase his heape of corne he that worketh righteousnes shall be exalted he that pleaseth greate men shall escape moch euell Rewardes and giftes blynde the eyes of the wyse and make him domme that he can not tell meÌ their fautes Wyszdome that is hyd and treasure that is hoorded vp what profit is in them both Better is he that kepeth his ignoraunce secrete then a man that hydeth his wyszdome The XXI Chapter MY sonne yf thou hast synned do it nomore but praye for thy foresynnes that they maye be for geuen the. Fle from synne euen as from a serpent for yf thou commest to nye her she wyll byte the. The teth therof are as the teth of a lyon to slaye the soules of men The wickednes of man is as a sharpe two edged swerde which maketh soch woundes that they can not be healed Stryfe and wrongeous dealinge shall waist awaye a mans goodes thorow pryde a rich house shal be brought to naught so the riches of the proude shal be roted out The prayer of the poore goeth out of the mouth and commeth vnto the eares and his vengeaunce or defence shall come and y t haistely Who so hateth to be refourmed it is a token of an vngodly personne but he that feareth God wyl remembre himself A mightie man is knowne afarre of by his tonge but he that hath vnderstondinge perceaueth that he shal haue a fall Who so buyldeth his house with other mens cost is like one that gathereth stones in wynter The congregacion of the vngodly is like stubble gathered together their ende is a flamme of fyre The waye of the vngodly is sett with stones but in their ende is hell darcknes and paynes He that kepeth the lawe wyll holde fast the vnderstandinge therof and the ende of the feare of God is wyszdome He that is not wyse wyll not be taught in good but the vnwyse man aboundeth in wickednes and where bytternes is there is no vnderstoÌdinge The knowlege of the wyse shall flowe like water that renneth ouer and his councell is like a fountayne of life The hert of a foole is like a brokeÌ vessell he can kepe no wyszdome Whan a man of vnderstondinge heareth a wyse worde he shal commende it and make moch of it But yf a volupteous man heare it he shall haue no pleasure therin but cast it behynde his back The talkynge of a foole is like an heuy burthen by the waye but to heare a wyse man speake it is a pleasure Where a doute is in the congregacion it is axed at the mouth of the wyse and they shal pondre his wordes in their hertes Like as a house that is destroyed euen so is wyszdome vnto a foole As for the knowlege of the vnwyse it is but darck wordes Doctryne is vnto him y t hath no vnderstandinge euen as fetters aboute his fete and like mannicles vpon his right hande A foole lifteth vp his voyce w t laughter but a wyse man shall scarse laugh secretly Lernynge is vnto a wyse man a Iewell of golde and like an armlett vpoÌ his right arme A foolish mans foote is soone in his neghbours house but one that hath experience shall be ashamed at the personne of the mightie A foole wyll pepe in at y e wyndow in to the house but he that is well nourtured wyll stonde without A foolish man stondeth herkenynge at the dore but he that is wyse wyll be ashamed The lippes of the vnwyse wylbe tellynge foolish thinges but y e wordes of soch as haue vnderstandinge shal be weyed in the balaunce The hert of fooles is in their mouth but the mouth of the wyse is in their hert Whan the vngodly curseth the blasphemer he curseth his owne soule A preuy accuser of other men shal defyle his owne soule and be hated of euery man but he that kepeth his tonge and is discrete shall come to honoure The XXII Chapter A Slouthfull body is moulded of a stone of claie he that toucheth him must wash his handes agayne A mysnurtored sonne is the dishonoure of the father A foolish daughter shal be litle regarded A wyse daughter is an heretage vnto hir husbande but she that commeth to dishonesty bringeth hir father in heuynes A daughter that is past shame dishonoureth both hir father hir huszbande the vngodly shal regarde her but they both shal despise her the playenge of Musick is not mete where heuynes is euen so is the correccioÌ doctryne of wyszdome euer vnpleasaunt vnto fooles Who so teacheth a foole is euen as one that gleweth a potsherde together as one that telleth a tayle to him that heareth him not and as one that rayseth a maÌ out of an heuy slepe Who so telleth a foole of wyszdome is euen as a man which speaketh to one y t is a slepe WhaÌ he hath tolde his tayle he sayeth what is the matter WhaÌ one dyeth lamentacion is made for him because the light fayleth him eueÌ so let meÌ mourne ouer a foole for he wanteth vnderstandinge Make but litle wepinge because of the deed for he is come to rest but the life of the foole is worse then the death Seuen dayes do men mourne for him that is deed but the lamentacion ouer the vnwyse and vngodly shulde endure all the dayes of their life Talke not moch with a foole and go not with him that hath no vnderstondinge Bewarre of him lest it turne the to trauayle thou shalt not be defyled with his synne Departe from him and thou shalt fynde rest shalt not be draweÌ back in to his foolishnes What is heuyer then leade And what shulde a foole be called els but leade SoÌde salt a loÌpe of yron is easier to beare then an vnwyse foolish and vngodly man Like as the band of wodd bounde together in the foundacion of the house can not belowsed eueÌ so is it with y e hert y t is stablished in y e thought of couÌcell The thought of the wyse shal nether feare ner be offended at eny tyme. Like as a fayre playstred wall in a winter house an hye buyldinge maye not abyde y e wiÌde storme eueÌ so is a fooles hert afraied in his ymaginacion he feareth at euery thinge and can not endure He that nyppeth a mans eye bryngeth forth teares and he that
whole hert and mouth geue thankes vnto his name The XL. Chapter A Greate trauayle is created for all meÌ and an heuy yock vpon all mens children from the daye that they go out of their mothers wombe tyll they be buried in the earth the mother of all thinges namely their thoughtes and ymaginacions feare of the hert councell meditacions longinge and desyre the daye of death from the hyest that sytteth vpon the glorious seate vnto the lowest and most symple vpon the earth from him that is gorgiously arayed and weereth a crowne vntyll him that is but homely and symple clothed There is nothinge but wrath zele fearfulnes vnquietnes and feare of death rigorous anger and stryfe And in the night whan one shulde rest and slepe vpon his bedd the slepe chaungeth his vnderstandinge and knowlege A litle as nothinge is his rest in y e slepe as well as in the daye of laboure He feareth and is disquyted in the vision of his hert as one that renneth out of a battayll and in the tyme of health he awaketh and marueleth that the feare was nothinge Soch thinges happen vnto all flesh both man and best but seuenfolde to the vngodly Morouer death bloudsheddinge strife swerde oppression honger destruccion and punyshment these thinges are all created agaynst the vngodly and for their sakes came the floude also All that is of the earth shal turne to earth agayne and all waters ebb agayne in to the see All brybes and vnrighteousnes shal be put awaye but faithfulnes and trueth shal endure for euer The substauÌunce and goodes of y e vngodly shal be dried vp and syncke awaye as a water floude and they shall make a sounde like a greate thonder in the rayne Like as the righteous reioyseth whan he openeth his hande so shall the traÌsgessours be faynte whan their goodes vanysh and consume awaye The children of the vngodly shal not optayne many braunches and y e vncleane rotes vpoÌ the hye rockes shal be roted out before the gras by the water syde vpon the ryuer bankes Frendlynes and liberalite in the increase and blessynge of God is like a paradise garden of pleasure soch mercy also kindnes endureth for euer To labo to be content with that a man hath is a swete pleasaunt life that is to fynde a treasure aboue all treasures To beget children and to repayre the cite maketh a perpetuall name but an honest woman is more worth theÌ they both Wyne and mynstrals ye reioyse the hert but the loue of wyszdome is aboue them both Pypinge and harpinge make a swete noyse but a frendly tonge goeth beyonde them both Thine eye desyreth fauoure and bewtie but a grene sede tyme rather theÌ they both A frende and companyon come together at oportunyte but aboue them both is a wife that agreeth with hir huszbande One brother helpeth another in the tyme of trouble but allmes shal deliuer more then they both Golde and syluer fasten the fete but a good councell is more pleasaunt then they both Temporall substaunce and strength lift vp the mynde but the feare of the LORDE more then they both The feare of the LORDE wanteth nothinge and nedeth no helpe The feare of y e LORDE is as a pleasaunt gardeÌ of blessynge and nothinge so bewtyfull as it is My sonne lede not a beggers life for better it were to dye theÌ to begg Who so loketh to another mans table taketh no thought for his owne lyuynge how to vpholde his life for he fedeth himself with other mens meate But a wyse and well nurtoured man wyll bewarre therof Beggynge is swete in the mouth of the vnshamefast but in his bely there burneth a fyre The XLI Chapter O Death how bytter is the remembraunce of the to a man that seketh rest and comforte in his substaunce and riches vnto the man that hath nothinge to vexe him and that hath prosperite in all thinges yee vnto him that yet is able to receaue meate O death how acceptable and good is thy iudgment vnto the nedefull and vnto him whose strength fayleth that is now in his last age and that in all thinges is full of care and fearfulnes vnto him also that is in dispayre and hath no hope ner pacience Be not thou afrayed of death remembre them y t haue bene before the and y t come after y e this is the iudgmeÌt of y e LORDE ouer all flesh And why woldest hou be agaiÌst this pleasure of y e Hiest ⪠Whether it be ten an hundreth or a thousande yeares death axeth not how longe one haue lyued The children of the vngodly are abhominable children and so are they that kepe company with the vngodly The inheretaunce of vngodly children shall come to naught and their posterite shal haue perpetuall shame and confucion The children complayne of an vngodly father and why for his sake they are rebuked and despysed Wo be vnto you O ye vngodly which haue forsakeÌ the lawe of y e hyest God Yf ye be borne ye shal be borne to cursynge yf ye dye y e curse shal be youre porcion All that is of y e earth shal turne to earth agayne so go the vngodly also out of y e curse in to destruccion The sorow of men is in their body but y e name of the vngodly shal be put out for it is nothinge worth Laboure to get the a good name for that shall contynue suâer by the then a thousande greate treasures of golde A good life hath a noÌbre of dayes but a good name endureth euer My children kepe wyszdome in peace for wiszdome that is hyd and a treasure that is not sene what profit is in theÌ both A man that hydeth his foolishnes is better then a man that hydeth his wyszdome Therfore be ye turned at my wordes for it is not good in all thinges and allwaie to be ashamed True faith must proue and measure it Be ashamed of whordome before father and mother Be ashamed of lesynge before the prynce and men of auctorite Of synne before the iudge and ruler Of offence before the congregacion and people Of vnrighteousnes before a companyon and freÌde Of theft before y e neghbours As for the trueth of God and his couenaunt be not ashamed therof Be ashamed to lye with thyne elbowes vpon the bred Be ashamed to loke vpoÌ harlottes Be ashamed to turne awaye thy face from thy frende Be ashamed to take not to geue Be ashamed also to loke vpon anothers mans wyfe and to make many tryflinge wordes with hir mayden or to stonde by hir bedsyde Be ashamed to vpbrade thy freÌde and whan thou geuest eny thinge cast him not in the teth withall The XLII Chapter EEhearse not a thinge twyse and disclose not the wordes that thou hast herde in secrete Be shamefast well manered in dede so shall euery man fauoure the. Of these thinges be not
kyndled Like as an whole ornament of pure golde set with all maner of precious stones and as an olyue tre that is frutefull as a Cypres tre which groweth vp an hye Whan he put on the garment of honoure was clothed withall bewtye whan he wente to the holy altare to garnysh the couerynge of the Sanctuary whan he toke y e porcions out of the prestes hande he himself stode by the herth of the altare and his brethren rounde aboute in ordre As the braunches of Cedre tre vpon the mount Libanus so stode they rounde aboute him And as the braunches of the olyue tre so stode all y e sonnes of Aaron in their glory And y t he might sufficiently perfourme his seruyce vpon the altare garnysh the offrynge of the hyest God he stretched out his hande and toke of the drynk offerynge poured in of the wyne so he poured vpon the botome of the aulter a good smell vnto the hyest prynce Then beganne y e sonnes of Aaron to synge and to blowe with trompettes to make a greate noyse for a remembrauÌce prayse vnto the LORDE Then were the people afrayed fell downe to the earth vpoÌ their faces to worshipe the LORDE their God to geue thankes to Allmightie God They sunge goodly also with their voyces so that there was a pleasaunt noyse in y e greate house of the LORDE And the people in their prayer besought the LORDE the Hyest that he wolde be mercyfull tyll the honoure of y e LORDE were perfourmed Thus ended they their mynistracion and seruyce Then wente he downe and stretched out his handes ouer the whole multitude of the people of Israel that they shulde geue praise thankes out of their lippes vnto y e LORDE and to reioyse in his name He beganne yet once also to praye that he might openly shew the thankesgeuynge before the Hyest namely thus O geue prayse thankes ye all vnto the LORDE oure God which hath euer done noble and greate thinges which hath increased oure dayes from o r mothers wombe and dealt with vs acordinge to his mercy that he wyl geue vs the ioyfulnes of hert peace for oure tymes in Israel Which faithfully kepeth his mercy for vs euermore allwaye delyuereth vs in due season There be two maner of people that I abhorre fro my hert as for the thirde whom I hate it is no people They that syt vpon the mountayne of Samaria the Philistynes the foolish people that dwell in Sichimis I Iesus the sonne of Sirac Eleazarus of Ierusalem haue tokened vp these informacions and documeÌtes of wyszdome and vnderstaÌdinge in this boke and poured out the wyszdome out of my hert Blessed is he that exerciseth him self therin and who so taketh soch to hert shal be wyse Yf he do these thinges he shal be stronge in all For the light of the LORDE ledeth him The LI. Chapter A prayer of Iesus the sonne of Sirac I Thanke the O LORDE and kynge and praise the O God my Sauioure I wil yelde prayse vnto y e name for thou art my defender and helper hast preserued my body from destruccion from y e snare of traytorous toÌges and from the lippes that are occupied with leyes Thou hast bene my helper from soch as stode vp agaynst me and hast delyuered me after the multitude of thy mercy and for thy holy names sake Thou hast delyuered me from the roaringe of them that prepared them selues to deuoure me out of y e handes of soch as sought after my life from the multitude of them y t troubled me wente aboute to set fyre vpon me on euery syde so y t I am not brent in the myddest of the fyre From the depe of hell from an vncleane toÌge from lyenge wordes from the wicked kynge and from an vnrighteous tonge My soule shal prayse y e LORDE vnto death for my life drew nye vnto hell They coÌpased me rounde aboute on euery syde there was no maÌ to helpe me I loked aboute me yf there were eny man that wolde socoure me but there was none Then thought I vpon thy mercy O LORDE and vpon thy actes that thou hast done euer of olde namely y t thou delyuerest soch as putt their trust in the and ryddest them out of y e handes of the Heithen Thus lift I vp my prayer from the earth and prayed for delyueraunce from death I called vpon the LORDE my father that he wolde not leaue me w t out helpe in the daye of my trouble in the tyme of the proude I praysed thy name contynually yeldinge honoure and thaÌkes vnto it and so my prayer was herde Thou sauedest me from destruccion and delyueredest me froÌ y e vnrighteous tyme. Therfore wil I aknowlege and praise the and magnifie y e name of the LORDE WhaÌ I was yet but yonge or euer I weÌte astraye I desyred wyszdome openly in my prayer I came therfore before the temple sought her vnto the last Then florished she vnto me as a grape that is soone rype My hert reioysed in her then wente my fote the right waye yee from youth vp sought I after her I bowed downe myne eare and receaued her I founde me moch wyszdome and prospered greatly in her Therfore wyll Iascrybe the glory vnto him that geueth me wyszdome for I am aduysed to do therafter I will be gelous to cleue vnto the thinge y t is good so shal I not be coÌfounded My soule hath wrestled with her and I haue bene diligent to be occupied in her I lift vp myne handes an hye then was my soule lightened thorow wiszdome that I knowleged my foolishnes I ordred my soule after her she I were one hert from the begynninge and I founde her in clennesse And therfore shal I not be forsaken My hert longed after her and I gat a good treasure Thorow her y e LORDE hath geuen me a new tonge wherwith I wil praise him O come vnto me ye vnlerned dwell in y e house of wyszdome withdrawe not youre selues from her but talke comon of these thinges for youre soules are very thirstie I opened my mouth and spake O come bye wyszdome without money bowe downe youre neck vnder hir yock and youre soule shall receaue wyszdome She is harde at hande is content to be founde Beholde with youre eyes how that I haue had but litle laboure and yet haue founde moch rest O receaue wyszdome and ye shall haue plenteousnes of syluer and golde in possession Let youre mynde reioyse in his mercy be not ashamed of his prayse Wyrke his worke by tymes he shal geue you youre rewarde in due tyme. The ende of Ecclesiasticus other wyse called Iesus the sonne of Syrac The prayer of Azarias and the songe of y e thre children after Theodotios translacion which wordes are wryten in y e thirde chapter of Daniel after the olde text in Latyn
y t they haue borne false wytnes agaynst me beholde I must dye where as I neuer dyd eny soch thinges as these men haue maliciously inuented agaynst me And y e LORDE herde hir voyce For wheÌ she was led forth to death y e LORDE raised vp y e sprete of a yoÌge childe whose name was Daniel which cried w t a loude voice I am clene froÌ this bloude TheÌ all y e people turned theÌ towarde him saide What meane these wordes y t thou hast spokeÌ âª Daniel stode in y e myddest of theÌ sayde Are ye soch fooles O ye childreÌ of Israel y t ye caÌ not discerne Ye haue here condeÌned a daughter of Israel vnto death and knowe not the trueth wherfore Go syt on iudgment agayne for they haue spoken false witnesse agaynst her Wherfore the people turned agayne in all the haist And the elders that is the principall heades sayde vnto him come sit downe here amonge vs and shewe vs this matter seynge God hath geuen the as greate honoure as an elder And Daniel sayde vnto them Put these two asyde one from another and then shal I heare them When they were put a sunder one from another he called one of them and sayd vnto him O thou olde canckerde carle that hast vsed thy wickednesse so longe thine vngracious dedes which thou hast done afore are now come to light For thou hast geuen false iudgmentes thou hast oppressed the innocent and letten the giltie go fre where as yet the LORDE saieth The innocent and righteous se thou slaye not Wel than yf thou hast sene her tel me vnder what tre sawest thou them talkynge together He answered Vnder a Molbery tre And Daniel sayde very wel Now thou leist euen vpon thine heade Lo the messaunger of the LORDE hath receaued the sentence of him to cut y e in two Then put he him asyde and called for the other and sayde vnto him O thou sede of Canaan but not of Iuda Fayrnesse hath disceaued the and lust hath subuerted thine herte Thus dealte ye afore with the daughters of Israel and they for feare consented vnto you but the daughter of Iuda wolde not abyde youre wickednesse Now tell me than vnder what tre didest thou take them speakinge together He answered vnder a pomgranate tre Then sayde Daniel vnto him very wel now thou leyst also euen vpoÌ thine heade The messaunger of the LORDE stondeth waytinge with the swerde to cut the in two and to slaye you both With that all the whole multitude gaue a greate shoute and praysed God which allwaye delyuereth them y t put their trust in him And they came vpon the two elders whom Daniel had conuicte with their owne mouth that they had geuen false witnesse and dealte with them euen likewyse as they wolde haue done with their neghbouresse Yee they dyd acordinge to the lawe of Moses and put them to death Thus the innocent bloude was saued the same daye TheÌ Helchias his wife praysed God for their daughter Susanna with Ioachim hir huszbonde and all y e kinrede that there was no dishoneste founde in her From that daye forth was Daniel had in greate reputacioÌ in the sight of y e people The ende of the story of Susanna The story of Bel which is the xiiij Chapter of Daniel after the Latin THere was at Babilon an ymage called Bel and there were spent vpon him euery daye xij cakes xl shepe and sixe greate pottes of wine Him dyd the kynge worshipe himself and wente daylie to hono r him but Daniel worshiped his owne God And the kynge sayde vnto him Why dost not thou worshipe Bel he answered and sayde Because I maye not worshipe thinges that be made w t hondes but the lyuynge God which made heauen and earth and hath power vpon all flesh The kynge sayde vnto him thinkest thou not y t Bel is a lyuynge God Or seist thou not how moch he eateth and drynketh euery daye Daniel smyled and sayde O kynge disceaue not thyselfe This is but made of claye within and of metall without nether eateth he euer eny thinge Then the kynge was wroth and called for his prestes and sayde vnto them Yf ye tell me not who this is that eateth vp these expenses ye shal dye But yf ye can certifie me that Bel eateth them then Daniel shall dye for he hath spoken blasphemy agaynst Bel. And Daniel sayde vnto the kynge let it so be acordinge as thou hast sayde The prestes of Bel were lxx besyde their wyues and children And the kynge wente with Daniel in to the temple of Bel. So Bels prestes sayde Lo we wil go out set thou y e meate there O kynge poure in the wyne then shutt the dore fast and seale it with thine owne signet and tomorow when thou commest in yf thou fyndest not that Bel hath eaten vp all we wil suffre death or els daniel that hath lyed vpon vs. The prestes thought them selues sure ynough for vnder y e altare they had made a preuy intraunce there wente they in euer and ate vp what there was So when they were gone forth the kynge set meates before Bel. Now Daniel had coÌmaunded his seruauntes to bringe aszshes and these he siffted thorow out all the temple that the kynge might se. Then wente they out sparre the dore sealinge it with y e kynges signet and so departed In y e night came the prestes with their wyues and children as they were wonte to do and ate and dronke vp all In the mornynge be tymes at the breake of the daye the kynge arose Daniel with him And the kynge sayde Daniel are the seales whole yet He answered Yee o kynge they be whole Now as soone as he had opened the dore the kinge loked vnto y e altare and cried with a loude voyce Greatâ art thou o Bel and with the is no disceate Then laughed Daniel and helde the kynge that he shulde not go in and sayde Beholde the pauement marcke well whose fotesteppes are these The kynge sayde I se the fotesteppes of men women and children Therfore the kynge was angrie and toke the prestes with their wyues and childreÌ they shewed him y e preuy dores where they came in ate vp soch thinges as were vpon y e altare For the which cause y e kynge slewe them delyuered Bel in to Daniels power which destroyed him and his temple And in that same place there was a greate dragon which they of Babilon worshipped And y e kynge sayde vnto Daniel sayest thou y t this is but a god of metall also lo he liueth he eateth drinketh so y t thou caÌst not saye that he is no lyuinge God therfore worshipe him Daniel sayde vnto y e kinge I wil worshipe the LORDE my God he is y e truelyuynge God as for this he is not the God of life But geue me leaue o kynge
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 theÌ for to go vnto y e kynge which gaue them licence to do after the ordinauÌce of the Heithen Then set they vp an open scole at Ierusalem of the lawes of the HeitheÌ and were nomore circumcised but forsoke y e holy Testamente and ioyned them selues to y e HeitheÌ 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 waÌne many stroÌge 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 ornameÌtes 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 fouÌde 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 yoÌge 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 speakiÌge peaceable wordes vnto theÌ but all was disceate for when they had geuen him credence he fell sodeÌly 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 theÌ 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 SaÌctuary 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 coÌmaundement 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 HeitheÌ 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 chauÌge 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 stoÌde vp one Matathias the sonne of Symeon the prest out of the kynred of Ioaris froÌ Ie Ierusalem and dwelt vpon the mount of
with the consente of both and what so euer they adde then vnto them or take from them it shall stonde fast And as touchinge the euell that Demetrius hath done vnto the Iewes we haue wrytten vnto him sayenge Wherfore layest thou thy heuy yocke vpon the Iewes oure frendes and louers Yf they make eny complaynte of the agayne vnto vs we shall defende them and fight with the by see and by londe The IX Chapter IN y e meane season when Demetrius herde that Nicanor his hoost was slayne in the felde he proceded further to sende Bachides and Alcimus againe in to Iewry and those that were in the right wynge of his hoost with them So they weÌte forth by the waye that ledeth vnto Galgala and pitched their tentes before Mesaloth which is in Arbellis and wanne the cite and slewe moch people In y e first moneth of the Clij yeare they brought their hoost to Ierusalem and rose vp and came to Berea with xx M. fote men and ij M. horsmen Now Iudas had pitched his tente at Laisa with thre thousande chosen men And when they sawe the multitude of the other army y t it was so greate they were sore afrayed many conveyed them selues out of the hoost In so moch y t there abode no mo of them but viij C. men When Iudas sawe that his hoost fayled him and that he must nedes fight it brake his herte y t he had no tyme to gather them together wherfore the man was in extreme trouble Neuerthelesse he sayde vnto them y t remayned with him Vp let vs go agaynst oure enemies peraduanture we shal be able to fight with them But they wolde haue stopped him sayenge we shall not be able therfore let vs now saue oure lyues and turne agayne to o r brethren and then wil we fight agaynst theÌ for we are here but fewe And Iudas sayde God forbyd that we shulde fle from them Wherfore yf oure tyme be come let vs dye manfully for oure brethren and let vs not stayne oure honoure Then the hoost remoued out of the tentes stode agaynst them The horsmen were deuyded in two partes the slynge casters and the archers wente before the hoost and all the mightie men were formest in the felde Bachides himself was in the right wynge of the batell the hoost drewe nye in two partes and blewe the trompettes They of Iudas syde blewe y e trompettes also the earth shoke at the noyse of the hoostes and they stroke a felde from the morow till night And when Iudas sawe y t Bachides hoost was strongest of the right syde he toke with him all the hardy meÌ and brake the right wynge of their ordre and folowed vpon them vnto the mount Azot Now when they which were of the lefte wynge sawe that the right side was discomfited they persecuted Iudas and them that were w t him Then was there a sore battayll for many were slayne and wounded of both the parties Iudas also himself was kylled and the remnaunt fled So Ionathas and SymoÌ toke Iudas their brother and buried him in his fathers sepulcre in the cite of Modin And all the people of Israel made greate lamentacion for him and mourned longe sayenge Alas that this worthy shulde be slayne which delyuered y e people of Israel As for other thinges pertayninge to y e battayls of Iudas the nobles actes that he did and of his worthynesse they are not writteÌ for they were very many And after the death of Iudas wicked meÌ came vp in all the coastes of Israel and there arose all soch as worke vngodlynesse In those dayes was there a greate derth in the londe and all the countre gaue ouer them selues theirs vnto Bachides So Bachides those wicked men and made them lordes in the londe These sought out and made search for Iudas frendes and brought them vnto Bachides which auenged himself vpon theÌ with greate despite And there came so greate trouble in Israel as was not sens the time that no prophet was sene there Then came all Iudas frendes together and sayde vnto Ionathas For so moch as thy brother Iudas is deed there is none like him to go forth agaynst o r enemies agaynst Bachides and soch as are aduersaries vnto oure people Wherfore this daye we chose the for him to be oure prynce and captayne to ordre oure batell And Ionathas toke the gouernaunce vpon him at the same tyme and ruled in steade of his brother Iudas When Bachides gat knowlege therof he sought for to slaye him But Ionathas and Symon his brother perceauynge that fled in to y e wildernesse of Thecua with all their company and pitched their teÌtes by the water pole of Asphar Which when Bachides vnderstode he came ouer Iordane with all his hoost vpon y e Sabbath daye Now had Ionathas sent his brother Ihon a captayne of the people to praye his frendes the Nabuthites y t they wolde lende them their ordinaunce for they had moch So the children of Iambry came out of Madaba toke Ihon all y t he had wente their waye withall Then came worde vnto Ionathas Symon his brother y t the children of Iambri made a greate mariage brought y e bryde from Madaba with greate pompe for she was doughter to one of the noblest prynces of Canaan Wherfore they remembred the bloude of Ihon their brother and wente vp and hyd them selues vnder the shadowe of the mountayne So they lift vp their eyes and loked and beholde there was moch a doo greate repayre for the brydegrome came forth his freÌdes and his brethren met them with tympanys instrumentes of musick and many weapeÌs Then Ionathas and they that were with him rose out of their skoukinge places agaynst them and slewe many of them As for the remnaunt they fled in to y e mountaynes and they toke all their substaunce Thus the mariage was turned to mournynge and y e noyse of their melody in to lamentacion And so when they had auenged the bloude of their brother they turned agayne vnto Iordane Bachides hearinge this came vnto y e very border of Iordane with a greate power vpon the Sabbath daye And Ionathas sayde to his company let vs get vp fyght agaynst oure enemies for it stondeth not with vs to daye as in tymes past Beholde o r enemies are in oure waye y e water of Iordane vpon the one syde of vs with banckes fennes and woddes of y e other syde so y t there is no place for vs to departe vnto Wherfore crie now vnto heauen that ye maye be delyuered from the power of youre enemies So they stroke the batell And Ionathas stretched out his honde to smyte Bachides but he fled bacwarde Then Ionathas and they y t were with him leapte in to Iordane swymmed ouer Iordane vnto him there were slayne of Bachides syde that daye a thousande men Therfore Bachides w t his
and what maner of troubles we haue sene thorow occasion wherof all my brethren are slayne for Israels sake and I am left alone And now let not me spare myne owne life in eny maner of trouble for I am no better then my brethren but wil avenge my people and the Sanctuary oure children and oure wyues for all the Heithen are gathered together to destroye vs of very malice At these wordes the hartes of the people were kyndled together so that they cried with a loude voyce sayenge Thou shalt be o captayne in steade of Iudas Ionathas thy brethren ordre thou oure batell what so euer thou commaundest vs we shall do it So he gathered all the men of warre makinge haist to fynish all the walles of Ierusalem which he made stronge rounde aboute Then sent he Ionathas the sonne of Absalomus w t a fresh hoost vnto Ioppa which droue them out y t were in the castell and remayned there himself Triphon also remoued from Ptolomais with a greate armye to come in to the londe of Iuda and Ionathas with him in warde And Simon pitched his tentes at Addus before the playne felde But when Triphon knewe that Symon stode vp in steade of his brother Ionathas and that he wolde warre agaynst him he sent messaungers vnto him sayenge Where as we haue kepte Ionathas thy brother it is for money that he is owynge in the kynges accompte concernynge the busynesse y t he had in honde Wherfore sende now an C. taleÌtes of syluer and his two sonnes for suertie that when he is letteÌ forth he shal not forsake vs and we shal sende him agayne Neuerthelesse Symon knewe that he dyssembled in his wordes yet commaunded he the money children to be delyuered vnto him lest he shulde be the greater enemye agaynst y e people of Israel and saye because he sent him not the money and the children therfore is Ionathas deed So Symon sent him the children and an hundreth talentes but he dyssembled wolde not let Ionathas go Afterwarde came Triphon in to the londe to destroye it and wente rounde aboute by the waye y t ledeth vnto Ador. But where so euer they wente thither wente Symon and his hoost also Now they that were in the castell sent messaungers vnto Triphon that he shulde make haist to come by the wyldernesse and to sende them vytales And Triphon made ready all his horsmen to come that same night Neuerthelesse it was a very greate snowe so that he came not in Galaadithim And wheÌ he drewe nye Baschama he slewe Ionathas and his sonnes there and then turned for to go home in to his owne londe TheÌ sente Symon for to fet his brothers deed coarse and buried it in Modin his fathers cite So all Israel bewayled him with greate lamentacion and mourned for him very longe And Symon made vpon the sepulcre of his father and his brethreÌ a buyldynge hye to loke vnto of fre stone behynde and before and set vp seuen pylers one agaynst another for his father his mother and foure brethren and set greate pilers rouÌde aboute with armes vpon them for a perpetuall memory and carued shippes besyde the armes y t they might be sene of meÌ saylinge in the see This sepulcre which he made at Modin stondeth yet vnto this daye Now as TriphoÌ wente forth to walke w t y e yoÌge kynge Antiochus he slewe him trayterously and raigned in his steade crowned himself kynge of Asia and dyd moch euell in the londe Symon also buylte vp the castels in Iewry makynge them stronge with hye towres greate walles portes and lockes and layed vp vytales in the stronge holdes And Symon chose certayne men and sente them to kynge Demetrius to desyre him y t he wolde discharge the londe from all bondage for Triphon had spoyled it very sore Where vpon Demetrius the kynge answered him wrote vnto him after this maner Demetrius y e kiÌge sendeth gretinge vnto Symon the hye prest his frende with the elders and people of the Iewes The golden crowne and precious stone y t ye sente vnto vs haue we receaued and are ready to make a stedfast peace with you yee and to wryte vnto oure officers for to release you concernynge the thinges wherin we made you fre and the appoyntment y t we make with you shal be firme and stable The stronge holdes which ye haue buylded shal be youre owne As for eny ouer sight or fawte committed vnto this daye we forgeue it and the crowne taxe that ye ought vs also And where as was eny other tribute in Ierusalem it shal now be no tribute and loke who are mete amonge you to be in oure courte let them be written vp that there maye be peace betwixte vs. Thus the yock of the Heithen was taken from Israel in the hundreth and seuentie yeare And the peple of the Iewes beganne to write in their lettres and actes on this maner In y e first yeare of Symon the hye prest and prynce of the Iewes In those dayes wente Symon vnto Gaza and beseged it rounde aboute where he set vp ordinaunce of warre And wanne a towre which he toke So they that gat in to the towre leapte into the cite which was in a greate feare In so moch that the people of the cite rente their clothes and clymmed vp vpon the walles with their wyues and children besekynge Symon to be at one with them sayenge O rewarde vs not after o wickednes but be gracious vnto vs and we shal do y e seruyce Then Symon for very pite wolde fight nomore agaynst them but put them out of the cite and caused the houses wherin the ymages were to be clensed and so entred the cite with Psalmes of prayse geuinge thankes vnto the LORDE So when he had cast all abhominacioÌs out of the cite he set soch men in it as kepte the lawe of God and made the cite stronge and builded a dwellinge place for himself Now when they in the castell at Ierusalem were kepte so strately that they coude not come forth ner in to countre and might nether bye ner sell they were very hungrie and many of them famished to death In so moch that they besought Symon to be at one with them which he graunted them So he put them out from thence and clensed the castell from fylthynesse And vpon the xxiij daye of the seconde moneth in the Clxxj. yeare they entred in to it with thankesgeuynge and braunches of palme trees with harpes crowdes cymbals and lutes synginge psalmes and songes of prayse vnto God for that the greate enemy of Israel was ouer come And Symon ordened that the same daye shulde be kepte euery yeare in gladnesse and made stronge the hyll of the temple that was besyde the castell where he dwelt him self with his company Symon also perceauynge that Ihon his sonne was a mightie man of armes made him captayne of all the hoostes and caused him to
and lighted the candels settinge forth cakes and bred And now come ye vnto the feast of tabernacles in the moneth Casleu In the Clxxxviij yeare y e people y t was at Ierusalem and in Iewry the councell and Iudas himself sent this wholsome salutacioÌ vnto Aristobolus kynge Ptolomys master which came of the generacion of the anoynted prestes and to the Iewes that were in Egipte In so moch as God hath delyuered vs from greate parels we thanke him hylie In that we resisted so mightie a kynge And why he brought men out of Persis by heapes to fight agaynst vs and the holy cite For as he was in Persis namely y e captayne w t the greate hoost he perished in the temple of Naneas beynge disceaued thorow the deuyce of Naneas prestes For as he was purposed to haue dwelt there Antiochus his freÌdes came thither to receaue moch moneye for a dowry So wheÌ Naneas prestes had layed forth y e moneye he entred with a small company in to the compasse of the temple and so they shut the temple Now when Antiochus entred by openynge the preuy intraunce of the temple y e prestes stoned y e captayne to death hewed theÌ in peces that were with him smote of their heades and threwe them out In all thinges God be praysed which hath delyuered the wicked in to oure hondes Where as we now are purposed to kepe the purificacion of the temple vpon y e xxv daye of the moneth Casleu we thought necessary to certifie you therof that ye also might kepe the tabernacles feast daye the daye of the fyre which was geuen vs when Nehemias offred after that he had set vp y e temple the aulter For what tyme as o r fathers were led awaye vnto Persis y e prestes which then sought the hono r of God toke y e fyre priuely from y e aulter hyd it in a valley where as was a depe drye pyt therin they kepte it because the place was vnknowne to euery man Now after many yeares when it pleased God y t Nehemias shulde be sent from the kynge of Persia he sent the childers children of those prestes which had hyd the fyre to seke it And as they tolde vs they founde no fyre but thicke water TheÌ coÌmaunded he them to drawe it vp to brynge it him y e offerynges withall Now when y e sacrifices were layed on ordred the prest Nehemias commaunded to sprenkle them the wod w t the water WheÌ this was done the tyme come y t the Sonne shone which afore was hyd in the cloude there was a greate fyre kyndled In so moch y t euery man marueled Now all the prestes prayed whyle the sacrifice was a makynge Ionathas prayed first and y e other gaue answere And Nehemias prayer was after this maner O LORDE God maker of all thinges thou fearfull stronge thou righteous mercifull thou y t art onely a gracious kynge onely lyberall onely iust Allmightie and euerlastinge thou y t delyuerest Israel from all trouble thou y t hast chosen the fathers halowed them receaue the offeringe for the whole people of Israel preserue thine owne porcion halowe it Gather those together y t are scatred abrode from vs delyuer them y t are vnder the HeitheÌs bondage loke vpon them which are despysed abhorred y t the Heithen maie knowe se how y t thou art o r God Punyshe them y t oppresse and proudly put vs to dishonoure Set y e people agayne in thy holy place like as Moses hath spokeÌ And the prestes songe Psalmes of thankesgeuynge so loÌge as the sacrifice endured Now when the sacrifice was brent Nehemias commaunded the greate stones to be sprenkled w t the resydue of the water Which when it was done there was kyndled a flamme of theÌ also but it was consumed thorow the light y t shyned from the aulter So wheÌ this matter was knowne it was tolde the kynge of Persia that in the place where the prestes which were led awaye had hyd fyre there apeared water in steade of fyre that Nehemias his company had purified the sacrifices withall Then the kynge considerynge ponderynge y e matter diligently made him a temple to proue the thinge y t was done And wheÌ he founde it so in dede he gaue the prestes many giftes dyuerse rewardes yee he toke them w t his owne hoÌde gaue theÌ And Nehemias called the same place Nephthar which is as moch to saye as a clensynge but many men call it Nephi The II. Chapter IT is founde also in the writinges of Ieremy the prophet y t he commaunded them which were caried awaye to take fyre as it is sayde afore He coÌmaunded them also y t they shulde not forget the lawe coÌmaundementes of the LORDE y t they shulde not erre in their myndes wheÌ they se ymages of syluer golde w t their ornamentes These soch other thinges commaunded he them exorted them that they shulde not lett the lawe of God go out of their hertes It is wrytten also how the prophet at y e commaundement of God charged them to take the tabernacle the arke w t them he wente forth vnto the mountaine where Moses clymmed vp sawe y e heretage of God And when Ieremy came there he founde an open caue wherin he layed the tabernacle y e arke the aulter of incense so stopped the hole There came certayne men together also folowinge him to marck the place but they coude not fynde it Which when Ieremy perceaued he reproued theÌ sayenge As for that place it shal be vnknowne vntill y e tyme that God gather his people together againe receaue theÌ vnto mercy Then shal God shewe them these thinges the maiesty of the LORDE shall appeare the cloude also like as it was shewed vnto Moses like as when Salomon desyred y t the place might be sanctified it was shewed him For he beynge a wyse man handled honorably wysely offerynge vnto God in y e halowinge of the temple when it was fynisshed And like as when Moses prayed vnto the LORDE the fyre came downe from heauen consumed the burnt offeringe Euen so prayed Salomon also the fyre came downe from heauen coÌsumed the burnt offeringe And Moses sayde because the syn offerynge was not eaten therfore it is coÌsumed In like maner Salomon kepte the dedicacion or halowynge eight dayes In y e Annotacions wrytynges of Ieremy were these thinges put also how he made a lybrary how he gathered out of all countrees the bokes of the prophetes of Dauid the epistles of the kynges and of the presentes Euen so Iudas also loke what he lerned by experieÌce of warre soch thinges as hath happened vnto vs he gathered theÌ all together so we haue them by vs. Yf ye
Then came vnto him the Pharises teÌpted him sayde vnto him Is it laufull for a man to put awaye his wife for eny maner of cause He answered sayde vnto theÌ Haue ye not red how y t he which made man at the begynnynge made theÌ maÌ womaÌ sayde For this cause shal a maÌ leaue father mother cleue vnto his wife they two shal be one fleshe Now are they not twayne then but one flesh Let not man therfore put a sunder y t which God hath coupled together Then sayde they Why dyd Moses then coÌmaunde to geue a testimonyall of deuorsement to put her awaye He sayde vnto theÌ Moses because of y e hardnes of yo hertes suffred you to put awaye youre wyues Neuertheles froÌ the begynnynge it hath not bene so But I saye vnto you Whosoeuer putteth awaye his wife excepte it be for fornicacion and marieth another breaketh wedlocke And who so marieth her y t is deuorced commytteth aduoutrye Then sayde his disciples vnto him Yf y e matter be so betwene maÌ and wife theÌ is it not good to mary But he sayde vnto them All meÌ can not coÌprehende y t sayenge saue they to whoÌ it is geueÌ For there be some gelded which are so borne from their mothers wombe and there be some gelded which are gelded of men there be some gelded which haue gelded theÌ selues for the kyngdome of heauens sake He that can coÌprehende it let him comprehende it Then were brought vnto him yoÌge children y t he shulde put his hondes vpon theÌ praye And y e disciples rebuked them But Iesus sayde Suffre y e childreÌ forbyd theÌ not to come vnto me for vnto soch beloÌgeth the kyngdome of heauen And whaÌ he had layed his hoÌdes vpoÌ theÌ he departed theÌce And beholde one came vnto him and sayde Good master what good shal I do y t I maye haue the euer lastinge life He sayde vnto him Why callest thou me good there is none good but God onely Neuertheles yf thou wilt entre into life kepe y e coÌmauÌdemeÌtes TheÌ sayde he vnto him Which Iesus saide Thou shalt not kyll thou shalt not breake wedlocke thou shalt not steale thou shalt beare no false wytnes Honoure father and mother and thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy self Then sayde the yonge maÌ vnto him All these haue I kepte fro my youth vp what lack I yet Iesus sayde vnto him Yf thou wilt be perfecte go thy waye and sell that thou hast geue it vnto the poore and thou shalt haue a treasure in heauen and come and folowe me Whan y e yonge man herde y t worde he wente awaye sory for he had greate possessions Iesus sayde vnto his disciples Verely I saie vnto you it shal be harde for a rich man to entre in to the kyngdome of heaueÌ And morouer I saye vnto you It is easier for a Camell to go thorow the eye of a nedle theÌ for a rich man to entre in to the kyngdome of heauen Whan his disciples herde that they were exceadingly amased and sayde Who can theÌ be saued Neuertheles Iesus behelde them and sayde vnto them With men it is vnpossyble but with God all thinges are possyble Then answered Peter sayde vnto him Beholde we haue forsakeÌ all and folowed the What shal we haue therfore Iesus sayde vnto theÌ Verely I saye vnto you that when the sonne of man shal sytt in the seate of his maiestye ye which haue folowed me in the new byrth shal syt also vpon twolue seates and iudge y e twolue trybes of Israel And who so euer forsaketh houses or brethreÌ or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or londes for my names sake the same shal receaue an hundreth folde and inheret euerlastinge life But many that be the first shal be the last and the last shal be the first The XX. Chapter THe kyngdome of heauen is like vnto an housholder which weÌte out early in the mornynge to hyre labourers in to his vyniarde And whaÌ he had agreed with the labourers for a peny a daye he sent theÌ in to his vynyarde And aboute y e thirde houre he wente out and sawe other stondinge ydle in the market place and sayde vnto them Go ye also in to my vynyarde what so euer is right I wil geue it you And they weÌte their waye Agayne he weÌte out aboute the sixte and nyenth houre and dyd likewyse And aboute the eleuenth houre he weÌte out and founde other stoÌdynge ydle and sayde vnto them Why stonde ye here all the daye ydle They sayde vnto him because no man hath hyred us He saide vnto theÌ Go ye also in to my vinyarde and loke what is right ye shal haue it Now whan euen was come the lorde of the vynyarde sayde vnto his stewarde Call the labourers and geue them their hyre begynnynge from the last vnto y e first Then they that were hyred aboute the eleuenth houre came and receaued euery man a peny But whan the first came they supposed that they shulde receaue more and they also receaued euery man a peny And whan they had receaued it they murmured agaynst the housholder and sayde These last haue wrought but one houre and thou hast made theÌ equall vnto us which haue borne the burthen and heate of the daye He answered and sayde vnto one of them frende I do y e no wronge diddest not thou agree with me for a peny Take that thine is and go thy waye I wil geue vnto this last also like as vnto the. Or haue I not power to do as me listeth with myne owne Is thine eye euell because I am good So the last shal be the first the first the last For many are called but few are chosen And Iesus wente vp to Ierusalem and toke the twolue disciples asyde in the waye and sayde vnto them Beholde we go vp to Ierusalem and the sonne of man shal be delyuered vnto the hye prestes and scribes they shal condemne him to death and shal delyuer him vnto y e Heithen to be mocked to be scourged and to be crucified And the thirde daye he shal ryse agayne Then came vnto him the mother of Zebedes childreÌ with hir sonnes fell downe before him and desyred a certayne thinge of hiÌ And he saide vnto her What wilt thou She sayde vnto him Let these two sonnes of myne syt in thy kyngdome the one vpon thy right honde the other vpon thy left honde But Iesus answered and sayde Ye wote not what ye axe Maye ye drynke the cuppe that I shal drynke to be baptised with the baptyme that I shal be baptysed withall They sayde vnto him Yee that we maye And he sayde vnto them My cuppe truly shal ye drynke with the baptyme y t I shal be baptysed withall shal
Iudas one of the twolue came and with him a greate multitude with swerdes and staues sent froÌ the hye prestes and elders of the people And he that betrayed him had geuen them a tokeÌ sayenge Whom so euer I kysse that same is he laye hoÌdes vpoÌ him And forth withal he came to Iesus and sayde Hayle master and kyssed him And Iesus sayde vnto him Frende wherfore art thou come Then came they and layed hondes vpon Iesus and toke him And beholde one of them that were with Iesus stretched out his honde and drue his swerde and stroke a seruaunt of the hye prestes smote of his eare Then sayde Iesus vnto him Put vp y e swerde in to his place For all that take the swerde shal perish with the swerde Or thinkest thou that I can not praye my father now to sende me more then twolue legions of angels But how theÌ shulde the scriptures be fulfylled For thus must it be In the same houre sayde Iesus vnto the multitude Ye are come out as it were to a murthurer with swerdes and staues for to take me I sat daylie teachinge in the temple amonge you and ye toke me not But all this is done that the scriptures of the prophetes might be fulfylled TheÌ all the disciples left him and fled But they that toke Iesus led him to Caiphas the hye prest where the scrybes and the elders were gathered together As for Peter he folowed him a farre of vnto the hye prestes palace wente in and sat with the seruauntes that he might se the ende But the hye prestes and the elders and the whole councell sought false wytnesse ageynst Iesus that they might put him to death and founde none And though many false wytnesses stepte forth yet founde they none At the last there stepte forth two false wytnesses spake He sayde I can breake downe the temple of God and buylde it agayne in thre dayes And the hye prest stode vp and sayde vnto him Answerest thou nothinge vnto it that these testifie agaynst the Neuertheles Iesus helde his tonge And the hye prest answered and sayde vnto him I charge the by y e lyuynge God that thou tell us yf thou be Christ the sonne of God Iesus spake Thou hast sayde it Neuerthelesse I saye vnto you From this tyme forth it shal come to passe that ye shal se the sonne of man syttinge vpon the right hande of the power of God and commynge in the cloudes of the heauen Then the hye prest rente his clothes and sayde He hath blasphemed what nede we eny mo wytnesses Lo now haue ye herde his blasphemy What thinke ye They answered sayde He is gyltie of death Then spytted they in his face smote him with fistes Some smote him vpon the face and sayde Prophecie vnto vs thou Christ who is it that smote the As for Peter he sat without in the palace And there came vnto him a damsell and sayde And thou wast with Iesus of Galile also Neuertheles he denyed before theÌ all and sayde I can not tell what thou sayest But whan he weÌte out at the dore another damsell sawe him and sayde vnto them that were there This was also with Iesus of Nazareth And he denyed agayne and sware also I knowe not the maÌ And after a litle whyle they that stode there stepte forth and sayde vnto Peter Of a trueth thou art one of them also for thy speach be wrayeth the. Then begaÌne he to curse and to sweare I knowe not the man And immediatly the cock crew Then thought Peter vpon the wordes of Iesus which sayde vnto him before the cock crow thou shalt denye me thryse And he wente out and wepte bytterly The XXVII Chapter VPon the morow all the hye prestes and elders of the people helde a councell agaynst Iesus that they might put him to death and bounde him and led him forth and delyuered him vnto Pontius Pilate the debyte When Iudas which betrayed him sawe this that he was condemned vnto death it repented him and brought agayne the thirtie syluer pens to the hye prestes and the elders and sayde I haue done euell in that I haue betrayed innoceÌt bloude They sayde What haue we to do with y t Se thou therto And he cast the syluer pens in the teÌple and gat him awaye and wente and hanged him self So the hye prestes toke the syluer pens and sayde It is not laufull to put them in to the Gods chest for it is bloudmoney Neuertheles they helde a councell and bought with theÌ a potters felde for to burye strauÌgers in Wherfore the same felde is called the bloudfelde vnto this daye Then was that fulfylled which was spoken by Ieremy the prophet sayenge And they toke thirtie syluer pens the pryce of him that was solde whom they bought of the children of Israell and these they gaue for a potters felde as the LORDE commaunded me As for Iesus he stode before the debyte and the debyte axed him and sayde Art thou the kynge of the Iewes And Iesus sayde vnto him Thou sayest it And whaÌ he was accused of the hye prestes and elders he answered nothinge Then sayde Pylate vnto him Hearest thou not how sore they accuse the And he answered him not one worde in so moch that the debyte marueled exceadingly At that feast the debyte was woÌte to delyuer a presoner fre vnto the people whom they wolde And at the same tyme he had a notable presoner called Barrabas And whan they were gathered together Pylate sayde vnto them Whether wil ye that I geue lowse vnto you Barrabas or Iesus which is called Christ For he knewe well that they had delyuered him of enuye And whaÌ he sat vpoÌ the iudgmeÌt seate his wife sent vnto him sayenge Haue thou nothinge to do with that righteous man for I haue suffred many thinges this daye in a dreame because of him But the hye prestes and the elders persuaded the people that they shulde axe Barrabas and destroye Iesus Then answered the debyte sayde vnto theÌ Whether of these two wyl ye y t I geue lowse vnto you They sayde Barrabas Pylate sayââ vnto them What shal I do then with Iesus which is called Christ They sayde all let him be crucified The debyte saide What euell hath he done theÌ Neuertheles they cried yet more and sayde let him be crucified So whan Pilate sawe that he coude not helpe but that there was a greater vproure he toke water and waszhed his handes before the people and sayde I am vngiltie of y e bloude of this righteous man Se ye therto Then answered all the people and sayde His bloude come vpon vs and vpon oure children Then gaue he Barrabas lowse vnto theÌ but caused Iesus be scourged and delyuered him to be crucified ⪠Then the debites soudyers toke Iesus in to the comon
And whosoeuer euer geueth you a cuppe of water to drynke in my name because ye belonge vnto Christ verely I saye vnto you he shal not lose his rewarde And who so offendeth one of these litle ones that beleue in me it were better for him that a mylstone were haÌged aboute his neck and he cast in to the see Yf thy haÌde offende the cut him of Better it is for the to entre in to life lame theÌ hauynge two hondes to go in to hell in to the euerlastinge fyre where their worme dyeth not and their fyre goeth not out Yf thy fote offende the cut him of Better it is for the to entre into life crepell theÌ hauynge two fete to be cast into hell in the fyre euerlastynge where their worme dyeth not and their fyre goeth not out Yf thine eye offende the cast him from the. Better it is for the to entre in to y e kyngdome of God with one eye then hauynge two eyes to be cast in to the fyre of hell where their worme dyeth not and their fyre goeth not out For euery maÌ must be salted w t fyre euery offerynge shal be seasoned w t salt The salt is good but yf y e salt be vnsauery wherwith all shal it be salted Haue salt in you peace amonge yo selues one with another The X. Chapter ANd he rose vp and came from thence in to the places of Iewry beyonde Iordan And the people weÌte agayne vnto him by heapes and as his maner was he taught them agayne And the Pharises came vnto him and axed him yf it were laufull for a man to put awaye his wife and tempted him withall But he answered and sayde What hath Moses coÌmaunded you They sayde Moses suffred to wryte a testimoniall of deuorcemeÌt and to put her awaye Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Because of y e hardnesse of yo hert dyd Moses wryte you this commaundement But from the first creacion God made theÌ man and woman For this cause shal a man leaue his father mother and cleue vnto his wife and they two shal be one flesh Now are they not twayne theÌ but one flesh Let not man therfore put asunder that which God hath coupled together And at home his disciples axed him agayne of y e same And he sayde vnto theÌ Whoso euer putteth awaye his wife marieth another breaketh wedlocke to her warde And yf a womaÌ forsake hir huszbande be maried to another she coÌmitteth aduoutrie And they brought childreÌ vnto him that he might touch them But the disciples reproued those that brought theÌ Neuertheles whan Iesus sawe it he was displeased and sayde vnto them Suffre the children to come vnto me and forbyd them not for of soch is the kyngdome of God Verely I saye vnto you Who so euer receaueth not the kyngdome of God as a childe he shal not entre therin And he toke them vp in his armes and layed his handes vpon them and blessed them And whan he was gone forth vpon the waye there came one runninge and kneled vnto him axed him Good Master what shal I do that I maye inheret euerlastinge life But Iesus saide vnto him Why callest thou me good There is no man good but God onely Thou knowest the commaundementes Thou shalt not breake wedlocke thou shalt not kyll thou shalt not steale thou shalt beare no false wytnesse thou shalt begyle no man Honoure thy father and mother But he answered and sayde vnto him Master all these haue I kepte fro my youth vp And Iesus behelde him and loued him sayde vnto him Thou wantest one thinge Go thy waye and sell all that thou hast and geue it vnto y e poore so shalt thou haue a treasure in heauen and come folowe me and take the crosse vpon ye. And he was disconforted at the sayenge wente awaye sory for he had greate possessions And Iesus loked aboute him and sayde vnto his disciples O how hardly shal the ryche come into y e kyngdome of God And the disciples were astonnyed at his wordes But Iesus answered agayne and sayde vnto them Deare children how harde is it for them that trust in riches to come in to the kyngdome of God It is easier for a Camell to go thorow the eye of a nedle then for a rich man to entre in to y e kyngdome of God Yet were they astonnyed y e more and sayde amonge theÌ selues Who can theÌ be saued But Iesus behelde them and sayde With men it is vnpossyble but not with God for with God all thinges are possyble Then sayde Peter vnto him Beholde we haue forsaken all and folowed the. Iesus answered sayde Verely I saye vnto you There is no man that forsaketh house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or londes for my sake and the gospels that shal not receaue an hundreth folde now in this tyme houses and brethreÌ and sisters and mothers and children and londes with persecucions and in the worlde to come euerlastinge life But many that are the first shal be the last and the last the first They were in the waye goinge vp to Ierusalem and Iesus wente before them And they were astonnyed and folowed him and were afrayed And Iesus toke the twolue agayne and tolde them what shulde happeÌ vnto him Beholde we go vp to Ierusalem and the sonne of man shal be delyuered vnto the hye prestes and scrybes and they shal condemne him to death and delyuer him vnto the HeytheÌ And they shal mocke hiÌ and scourge him and spyt vpon him and put him to death and on the thirde daye shal he ryse agayne Then weÌte vnto him Iames and Ihon y e sonnes of Zebede and sayde Master We desyre that whatsoeuer we axe of the thou wilt do it for vs. He sayde vnto theÌ What desyre ye that I shal do to you They sayde vnto him Graunte vs that we maye syt one at thy right hande and one at thy left hande in thy glory But Iesus sayde vnto theÌ Ye wote not what ye axe Maye ye drynke the cuppe y t I shal drynke and be baptysed with the baptyme that I shal be baptysed withall They sayde vnto him Yee y t we maye Iesus sayde vnto them The cuppe that I drynke shal ye drynke in dede and be baptysed with the baptyme that I shall be baptysed withall Neuertheles to syt at my right hande and at my left is not myne to geue you but vnto them for whom it is prepared And whaÌ the ten herde that they disdayned at Iames and Ihon. But Iesus called them and sayde vnto them Ye knowe that the prynces of y e worlde haue domynacion of the people and y e mightie exercise auctorite amonge them So shal it not be amonge you but who so euer wil be greate amoÌge you shal be youre mynister and who
those dayes there shal be soch trouble as was not from the begynnynge of y e creatures which God created vnto this tyme nether shal be And yf y e LORDE had not shortened those dayes there shulde no man be saued But for the electes sake whom he hath chosen he hath shortened those dayes Now yf eny man shal saye vnto you at y t tyme Lo here is Christ lo he is there beleue it not For there shal aryse false Christes and false prophetes which shal do tokens wonders to disceaue euen the very chosen yf it were possyble But take ye hede Beholde I haue tolde you all before But at the same tyme after this trouble the Sonne and Mone shal lose their light and the starres shall fall from heauen and the powers of the heauens shal moue and then shal they se the sonne of man commynge in the cloudes with greate power and glory And theÌ shal he sende his angels and shal gather together his chosen froÌ the foure wyndes from one ende of the earth to the other Lerne a symilitude of the fyge tre WhaÌ his braunch is yet teÌder and hath brought forth leaues ye knowe that the Sommer is nye So lykewyse whaÌ ye se all these thinges come to passe be ye sure that it is nye euen at the dores Verely I saye vnto you this generacioÌ shal not passe tyll all these be fulfilled Heauen and earth shal perishe but my wordes shal not perishe But of that daye and houre knoweth no man nether the angels in heauen no not the sonne him self but the father onely Take hede watch praye for ye knowe not whan the tyme is Like as a man that wente in to a straunge countre and left his house and gaue his seruauntes auctorite vnto euery one his worke and commaunded y e porter that he shulde watch Watch ye therfore for ye knowe not whaÌ the master of y e house coÌmeth whether he coÌmeth in the euenynge or at mydnight or aboute the cock crowynge or in the mornynge that he come not sodenly and fynde you slepynge Loke what I saye vnto you that saye I vnto all Watch. The XIIII Chapter ANd after two dayes was Easter and the daies of swete bred And y e hye prestes scrybes sought how they might take him with disceate put him to death But they sayde Not in the feast daye lest there be an vproure in the people And when he was at Bethanye in the house of Symon the leper and sat at the table there came a woman which had a boxe of pure and costly Nardus oyntment And she brake y e boxe poured it vpoÌ his heade Then were there some y t disdayned and sayde Where to serueth this waist This oyntment might haue bene solde for more then thre hundreth pens bene geueÌ to y e poore And they grudged agaynst her But Iesus sayde let her be in rest Why trouble ye her She hath done a good worke vpoÌ me Ye haue allwaye the poore with you and whaÌ so euer ye wil ye maye do theÌ good but me haue ye not allwaie She hath done what she coulde she is come before to anoynte my body for my buriall Verely I saye vnto you Where so euer this gospell shal be preached in all the worlde there shal this also that she hath now done be tolde for a remembraunce of her And Iudas Iscarioth one of the twolue wente vnto the hye prestes to betraye him vnto them Whan they herde y t they were glad promysed that they wolde geue him money And he sought how he might coÌueniently betraye him And vpon y e first daye of swete bred whaÌ the Easter Iambe was offered his disciples sayde vnto him Where wilt thou y t we go and prepare y t thou mayest eate y e Easter laÌbe And he sent two of his disciples and sayde vnto them Go youre waye into the cite and there shal mete you a maÌ bearinge a pitcher with water folowe him where so euer he goeth in there saye ye to the good man of the house The Master sendeth the worde Where is the gest house wherin I maye eate the Easter laÌbe w t my disciples And he shal shewe you a greate parlour which is paued prepared there make readye for vs. And y e disciples weÌte forth came in to y e cite fouÌde it as he had sayde vnto theÌ And they prepared y e Easter lambe At euen he came w t the twolue And as they sat at the table ate Iesus sayde Verely I saye vnto you One of you y t eateth w t me shal betraye me And they were sory sayde vnto hiÌ one after another Is it I another sayde is it I He answered saide vnto theÌ One of the twolue euen y e same y t dyppeth with me in y e platter The sonne of man truly goeth forth as it is wrytteÌ of hiÌ But wo vnto that maÌ by whom the sonne of man is betrayed It were better for the same man that he had neuer bene borne And as they ate Iesus toke the bred gaue thankes brake it and gaue it theÌ sayde Take eate this is my body And he toke the cuppe thaÌked and gaue it theÌ and they all dranke therof And he sayde vnto them This is my bloude of the new Testament which shal be shed for many Verely I saye vnto you that from hence forth I wil not drynke of the frute of the vyne tyll y e daye y t I drynke it new in y e kyngdome of God And whaÌ they had sayde grace they weÌte forth vnto mount Oliuete And Iesus sayde vnto them This night shal ye all be offended in me for it is wrytten I wil smyte the sheperde the shepe shal be scatred abrode Neuertheles after y t I am rysen agayne I wil go before you in to Galile But Peter sayde vnto him And though all men shulde be offended yet wolde not I be offended And Iesus sayde vnto him Verely I saye vnto y e Todaye in this same night before y e cock crowe two tymes shalt thou denye me thryse But he saide yet more Yee though I shulde dye w t y e yet wil I not denie ye. So saide they all iÌ like maner And they came in to y e felde called Gethsemane and he saide vnto his disciples Syt ye here tyll I go yonder and praye And he toke with him Peter Iames Ihon and begaÌne to waxe fearefull to be in an agonye sayde vnto theÌ My soule is heuy eueÌ vnto y e death tary ye here and watch And he wente forth a litle fell vpon the grounde and prayed that yf it were possyble y e houre might passe froÌ him and sayde Abba my father all thinges are possyble vnto the take this cuppe awaye fro me Neuertheles not what I wyl but what thou wilt And he came
vnto them and founde theÌ slepynge and sayde vnto Peter Symon slepest thou Couldest thou not watch with me one houre Watch and praye that ye fal not in to temptacion The sprete is wyllinge but y e flesh is weake And he weÌte forth agayne and prayde and spake the same wordes and returned and founde them slepynge agayne for their eyes were heuy they knewe not what they shulde answere him And he came the thirde tyme and sayde vnto them Slepe on now and take youre rest It is ynough the houre is come beholde y e sonne of man shal be delyuered into the handes of synners aryse let vs be goynge Beholde he is at hande that betrayeth me And immediatly whyle he yet spake came Iudas one of the twolue and with him a greate multitude with swerdes and staues from the hye prestes and scrybes and elders And the traytoure had geuen them a tokeÌ and sayde Whom so euer I kysse that same is he laye handes vpon him and lede him awaye warely And whaÌ he was come he wente straight waye vnto him and sayde vnto him O master master and kyssed him Then layed they their handes vpon him toke him But one of theÌ that stode by drew out his swerde and smote the hye prestes seruaunt and cut of his eare And Iesus answered and sayde vnto theÌ Ye are come forth as it were to a murthurer with swerdes and with staues to take me I was daylie with you in the temple and taught and ye toke me not But this is done hat the scrypture maye be fulfilled And all the disciples forsoke him and fled And there folowed him a yonge maÌ which was clothed in lynnen vpon the bare skynne and the yonge meÌ toke holde of him But he let the lynnen go and fled naked from them And they led Iesus vnto the hye prest where all y e hye prestes and elders and scrybes were come together As for Peter he folowed him afarre of into the hye prestes palace And he was there and sat with the seruauntes and warmed him But the hye prestes and the whole councell sought wytnesse agaynst Iesus y t they might brynge him to death and they founde none Many gaue false wytnesse agaynst him but their wytnesses agreed not together And some stode vp and gaue false wytnes agaynst him and sayde We herde him saye I wil breake downe this temple that is made with hoÌdes and in thre dayes buylde another not made w t handes But their wytnesse agreed not together And the hye prest stode vp amonge them and axed Iesus and sayde Answerest thou nothinge vnto it that these testifie agaynst the But he helde his tunge and answered nothinge TheÌ the hye prest axed him agayne and sayde vnto him Art thou Christ the sonne of the blessed Iesus sayde I am And ye shal se the sonne of man syt at the right hande of power and come in the cloudes of heaueÌ Then the hye prest rent his clothes sayde What nede we eny mo wytnesses Ye haue herde the blasphemy What thynke ye They all coÌdemned him that he was giltie of death Then beganne there some to spyt vpoÌ him and to couer his face and to smyte him with fistes and to saye vnto him Prophecie vnto vs. And the seruauntes smote him on the face And Peter was beneth in y e palace TheÌ came one of the wenches of the hye prest And whaÌ she sawe Peter warmynge him she loked vpoÌ hiÌ and sayde And thou wast with Iesus of Nazareth also But he denyed sayde I knowe him not nether can I tell what thou sayest And he wente out in to the fore courte and the cock crew And a damsell sawe him and beganne agayne to saye vnto them that stode by This is one of them And he denyed it agayne And after a litle whyle they y t stode by sayde agayne vnto him Of a trueth thou art one of them for thou art a Galilean and thy speach soundeth euen alike But he begaÌne to curse and sweare I knowe not the man that ye speabe of And the cock crew agayne Then thought Peter vpon the worde that Iesus sayde vnto him Before y e cock crow two tymes thou shalt denye me thryse And he beganne to wepe The XV. Chapter ANd soone in the mornynge the hye prestes helde a councell w t the elders and scrybes and the whole councell bounde Iesus and led him awaye and delyuered him vnto Pylate And Pylate axed him Art thou the kynge of the Iewes He answered and sayde vnto him Thou sayest it And the hye prestes accused him sore But Pylate axed him agayne and sayde Answerest thou nothinge Beholde how sore they laye to y e charge Neuertheles Iesus answered nomore in so moch y t Pylate marueyled At that feast of Easter he was wonte to delyuer vnto them a presoner whom so euer they wolde desyre There was iÌ preson with the sedicious one called Barrabas which in the vproure had committed murthur And the people wente vp and prayed him that he wolde do as he was wonte Pylate answered them wyl ye that I geue lowse vnto you the kynge of the Iewes For he knew that y e hye prestes had delyuered him of envye But the hye prestes moued y e people that he shulde rather geue Barrabas lowse vnto them Pylate answered agayne and sayde vnto them What wil ye theÌ that I do vnto him whom ye accuse to be kynge of the Iewes They cried agayne Crucifie hiÌ Pylate sayde vnto theÌ What euell hath he done But they cried yet moch more Crucifie him So Pylate thought to satisfie the people and gaue Barrabas lowse vnto them and delyuered theÌ Iesus to be scourgd crucified And the soudyers led him in to the comoÌ hall and called the whole multitude together and clothed him with purple and plated a crowne of thorne and crowned him withall and beganne to salute him Hayle kynge of the Iewes And smote him vpon the heade with a rede and spytted vpoÌ him and fell vpoÌ the kne worshipped him And whaÌ they had mocked him they toke y e purple of him and put his clothes vpon him led him out that they might crucifye him And they compelled one that passed by called Symon of Cyren which came from the felde and was the father of Alexander and Ruffus to beare his crosse And they brought him to the place Golgatha which is by interpretacion a place of deed mens skulles And they gaue him wyne myxted w t myrre to drynke he toke it not And whan they had crucified him they parted his garmeÌtes cast lottes therfore what euery one shulde take And it was aboute y e thirde houre they crucified him And the tytle of his cause was wrytteÌ ouer aboue him namely The kynge of the Iewes And they crucified him w t two murthurers one at y e right hande and one
they wayted for him And beholde there came a man named Iairus and he was a ruler of the synagoge and fell at Iesus fete besought him that he wolde come in to his house For he had but one doughter vpon a twolue yeare of age and she laye at y e poynt of death And as he wente the people thronged him And a womaÌ hauynge the bloudyssue twolue yeares which had spent all hir substaunte vpon phisicians and coude be healed of none came behynde touched the hemme of his garmeÌt and immediatly hir yssue of bloude was staunched And Iesus sayde Who hath touched me But whan they all denyed Peter sayde and they that were with him Master the people thronge the and thrust the and thou sayest Who hath touched me Iesus saide Some body hath touched me for Ifele that there is vertue gone out fro me But whan the woman sawe that she was not hyd she came treÌblynge and fell downe before him and tolde him before all the people for what cause she had touched him how she was healed immediatly And he sayde vnto her Doughter be of good comforte thy faith hath made the whole go thy waye in peace Whyle he yet spake there came one froÌ y e ruler of y e synagoges house and sayde vnto him Thy doughter is deed disease not the master Whan Iesus herde that he answered him and sayde Feare not beleue onely and she shal be made whole But whan he came in to the house he suffred no man to go in saue Peter and Iames and IhoÌ and the father and mother of the mayden They wepte all and sorowed for her But he sayde Wepe not for she is not deed but * slepeth And they laughed hiÌ to scorne knowynge well that she was deed But he thrust them all out and toke her by the hande and cryed and sayde MaydeÌ aryse And hir sprete came agayne she arose straight waye And he coÌmaunded to geue her meate And hir elders were astonnyed But he charged them that they shulde tell no man what was done The IX Chapter ANd he called the twolue together and gaue them power and auctorite ouer all deuels and that they might heale diseases And he sent theÌ out to preach the kyngdome of God and to heale y e sicke and sayde vnto them Ye shal take nothinge with you by the waye nether staff ner scryppe ner bred ner money ner haue two coates And into what house so euer ye entre there abyde tyll ye go thence And who so euer receaue you not departe out of the same cite and shake of the dust from youre fete for a wytnesse ouer them And they departed and wente thorow the townes preachinge y e Gospell healynge euery where Herode the Tetrarcha herde of all that was done by him And he toke care for so moch as it was sayde of some IhoÌ is rysen agayne from the deed of some Elias hath appeared of some One of the olde prophetes is rysen agayne And Herode sayde IhoÌ haue I beheaded who is this then of whoÌ I heare soch thinges And he desyred to se him And the Apostles came agayne and tolde him how greate thinges they had done And he toke them to him and wente asyde into a solytary place by the cite called Bethsaida Whan the people knew of it they folowed him And he receaued them and spake vnto them of the kyngdome of God and healed soch as hade nede therof But the daye beganne to go downe Then came the twolue to him and sayde vnto him let the people departe froÌ the that they maye go in to the townes rounde aboute and in to y e vyllagies where they maye fynde lodgynge meate for we are here in y e wyldernesse But he sayde vnto them Geue ye them to eate They sayde We haue nomore but fyue loaues and two fyszhes Excepte we shulde go bye meate for so moch people for there were vpon a fyue thousande men But he sayde vnto his disciples Cause them to syt downe by fifties in a coÌpany And they dyd so and made them all to syt downe Then toke he the fyue loaues and two fiszhes and loked vp towarde heaueÌ and sayde grace ouer them brake them and gaue them to the disciples to set theÌ before the people And they ate and were all satisfied And there were taken vp of that remayned to them twolue baskettes full of broken meate And it fortuned whan he was alone and at his prayer and his disciples with him he axed them and sayde Whom saye the people that I am They answered and sayde They saye thou art Ihon the baptist Some that thou art Elias Some that one of the olde prophetes is rysen agayne But he sayde vnto them Whom saye ye that I am Then answered Peter and sayde Thou art the Christ of God And he charged them strately and commaunded them that they shulde tell this vnto no maÌ and sayde For the sonne of man must suffre many thinges and be cast out of the Elders and of y e hye prestes and scrybes and be put to death and ryse agayne the thirde daye Then sayde he vnto them all Yf eny maÌ wil folowe me let hiÌ denie himself take vp his crosse daylie folowe me For who so euer wil saue his life shal lose it But who so loseth his life for my sake shal saue it For what auauntage hath a man though he wanne the whole worlde and loseth himself or runneth in dammage of himself Who so is ashamed of me and of my sayenges of him shall the sonne of maÌ also be ashamed whan he commeth in his glory and in the glory of his father and of the holy angels I saye vnto you of the treuth there be some of them that stonde here which shall not taist of death tyll they se the kyngdome of God And it fortuned that aboute an eight dayes after these wordes he toke vnto him Peter Ihon and Iames and wente vp in to amouÌt for to praye And as he prayed the shappe of his countenaunce was chaunged of another fashion and his garment was whyte and shyned and beholde two men talked with him Which were Moses and Elias that appeared gloriously and spake of his departynge which he shulde fulfill at Ierusalem As for Peter and them that were with him they were full of slepe But whan they awoke they saw his glory and the two men stondynge with him And it chaunsed whan they departed froÌ him Peter sayde vnto Iesus Master here is good beynge for vs. Let vs make thre tabernacles one for the one for Moses and one for Elias and wyst not what he sayde But whyle he thus spake there came a cloude and ouershadowed them And they were afrayed whan the cloude couered them And out of the cloude there came a voyce which sayde This is my deare sonne heare him And
that they rebuked them Neuertheles Iesus called them vnto him and sayde Suffre childreÌ to come vnto me and forbyd theÌ not for of soch is y e kyngdome of God Verely I saye vnto you Whosoeuer receaueth not y e kyngdome of God as a childe shal not enter therin And a certayne ruler axed him and sayde Good master what must I do that I maye enheret euerlastinge life But Iesus sayde vnto him Why callest thou me good There is no man good but God onely Thou knowest the coÌmaundementes Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false wytnesse Honoure thy father and y e mother But he sayde All these haue I kepte fro my youth vp WhaÌ Iesus herde that he sayde vnto him Yet lackest thou one thinge sell all that thou hast and geue it vnto y e poore and thou shalt haue a treasure in heauen and come folowe me Whan he herde that he was sory for he was very riche Whan Iesus sawe that he was sory he sayde How hardly shal the riche come in to the kyngdome of God It is easyer for a Camell to go thorow the eye of a nedle theÌ for a rich man to entre in to the kyngdome of God Then sayde they y t herde that Who can then be saued But he sayde loke what is vnpossible with meÌ is possible with God Then sayde Peter Beholde we haue forsakeÌ all and folowed the. He sayde vnto theÌ Verely I saye vnto you There is no maÌ y t forsaketh house or elders or brethren or wife or children for the kyngdome of Gods sake which shal not receaue moch more in this tyme and euerlastinge life in the worlde to come He toke vnto him the twolue and sayde vnto them Beholde we go vp to IerusaleÌ and it shal all be fulfilled that is wrytten by the prophetes of the sonne of man For he shal be delyuered vnto y e Heythen and shal be mocked and despytefully intreated and spitted vpon and whan they haue scourged him they shal put him to death and vpon the thirde daye shal he aryse agayne And they vnderstode nothinge of these thinges And this sayenge was hyd from them and they perceaued not the thinges that were spoken And it came to passe whan he came nye vnto Iericho there sat one blynde by the waye and begged And whan he herde the people passe by he axed what it was Then sayde they vnto him that Iesus of Nazareth passed by And he cryed and sayde Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon me But the people that wente before rebuked him that he shulde holde his tunge Neuertheles he cried moch more Thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpoÌ me Iesus stode styl coÌmaunded hiÌ to be brought vnto hiÌ And whan he was come neare he axed him and sayde What wilt thou that I do vnto the He sayde LORDE that I maye receaue my sight And Iesus sayde vnto him Receaue thy sight thy faith hath saued the. And immediatly he sawe and folowed him praysed God And all the people that sawe it gaue God the prayse The XIX Chapter ANd he entred in and wente thorow Iericho beholde there was a man named Zacheus which was a ruler of the publicans and was riche and desyred to se Iesus what he shulde be and he coulde not for the people for he was lowe of stature And he ranne before and clymmed vp in to a wylde fygge tre that he might se him for he shulde come y t waye And whan Iesus came to the same place he loked vp and sawe him and sayde vnto him Zache come downe haistely for todaye must I turne in to thy house And he came downe hastely and receaued him with ioye Whan they sawe that they murmured all and sayde y t he was gone in to a synner But Zacheus stode forth and sayde vnto the LORDE Beholde LORDE the half of my goodes geue I to the poore and yf I haue defrauded eny man I restore him foure folde Iesus sayde vnto him This daye is health happened vnto this house for so moch as he also is Abrahams sonne For the sonne of maÌ is come to seke and to saue that which was lost Now whyle they herkened he tolde a symilitude also because he was nye vnto Ierusalem and because they thought that the kyngdome of God shulde appeare immediatly And he sayde A certaynâ noble maÌ weÌte in to a farre countre to receaue hiÌ a kyngdome and then to come agayne This man called ten of his seruauntes and delyuered them ten pounde and sayde vnto them Occupye tyll I come agayne But his citesyns hated him and sent a message after him and sayde We wil not haue this man to raigne ouer vs. And it fortuned whan he came agayne after that he had receaued the kyngdome he bade call for the seruauntes vnto whom he had geueÌ his money y t he might knowe what euery one had done Then came the first and sayde Syr thy pounde hath wonne ten pounde And he sayde vnto him Well thou good seruauÌt for so moch as thou hast bene faithfull in the least thou shalt haue auctorite ouer ten cities The seconde came also and sayde Syr thy pounde hath wonne fyue pounde And to him he sayde And thou shalt be ouer fyue cities And y e thirde came and sayde Lo syr here is thy pounde which I haue kepte in a napkyn I was afrayed of the for thou art an harde man thou takest vp y t thou hast not layed downe and reapest that thou hast not sowne He sayde vnto him Of thine awne mouth iudge I the thou euell seruaunt Knewest thou thou that I am an harde man takynge vp that I layde not downe and reapynge that I dyd not sowe Wherfore then hast thou not delyuered my money to the exchaunge banke And at my commynge might I haue requyred myne awne with vauntage And he sayde vnto them that stode by Take y e pounde from him and geue it vnto him that hath ten pounde And they sayde vnto him Syr he hath ten pounde already But I saye vnto you Whosoeuer hath vnto him shal be geueÌ but from him that hath not shal be taken awaye euen that he hath As for those myne enemies which wolde not that I shulde raigne ouer them bringe them hither and slaye them before me And whan he had thus sayde he weÌte on forwarde and toke his iourney vp to Ierusalem And it fortuned whan he came nye to Bethphage and Bethany vnto mount Oliuete he sent two of his disciples and sayde Go in to the towne that lyeth ouer agaynst you and assone as ye are come in ye shal fynde a foale tyed wheron yet neuer man satt lowse it and brynge it hither And yf eny maÌ axe you wherfore ye lowse it saye thus vnto him The LORDE hath nede therof And they that were sent weÌte their waye and
in the remembraunce of me Likewyse also the cuppe after they had supped and sayde This cuppe is the new TestameÌt in my bloude which shal be shed for you But lo the hande of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table And the sonne of man trulye goeth forth as it is appoynted But wo vnto that man by whom he is betrayed And they beganne to axe amonge them selues which of them it shulde be that shulde do that There rose a strife also amoÌge theÌ which of them shulde be takeÌ for the greatest But he sayde vnto them The kynges of y e worlde haue domynion ouer y e people and they that beare rule ouer theÌ are called gracious lordes But ye shal not be so But the greatest amonge you shal be as the yongest and the chefest as a seruaunt For which is the greatest he that sytteth at the table or he that serueth Is not he that sytteth at the table But I am amoÌge you as a mynister As for you ye are they that haue byddeÌ w t me in my temptacions And I wil appoynte the kyngdome vnto you euen as my father hath appoynted me that ye maye eate and drynke at my table in my kyngdome and syt vpon seates and iudge the twolue trybes of Israel But the LORDE sayde Simon Simon beholde Satan hath desyred after you that he might siffte you euen as wheate but I haue prayed for y e that thy faith fayle not And whan thou art coÌuerted strength thy brethren But he sayde vnto him LORDE I am ready to go with the in to preson and in to death Neuertheles he sayde Peter I saye vnto the The cock shal not crowe this daye tyll thou haue thryse denyed y t thou knewest me And he sayde vnto them Whan I sent you without wallet without scryppe and without shues lacked ye eny thinge They sayde No. Then sayde he vnto them But now he that hath a wallet let him take it vp likewyse also the scryppe But he that hath not let him sell his coate bye a swerde For I saye vnto you It must yet be fulfilled on me that is wrytteÌ He was counted amonge the euell doers For loke what is wrytten of me it hath an ende But they sayde LORDE Beholde here are two swerdes He sayde vnto theÌ It is ynough And he wente out as he was wonte vnto mouÌt Oliuete But his disciples folowed him vnto the same place And whan he came thither he sayde vnto theÌ Praye that ye fall not in to teÌptacion And he gat him from them aboute a stones cast and kneled downe prayed sayde Father yf thou wilt take awaye this cuppe fro me Neuerthelesse not my wyll but thyne be fulfylled And there appeared vnto him an angell froÌ heauen and conforted him And it came so that he wrestled with death and prayed the longer And his sweate was like droppes of âloude runnynge downe to the grounde And he rose vp froÌ prayer and came to his disciples and founde them slepinge for heuynesse and sayde vnto them What slepe ye ryse vp and praye that ye fall not in to tentacion But whyle he yet spake beholde the multitude and one of the twolue called Iudas wente before them and he came nye vnto Iesus to kysse him But Iesus sayde vnto him Iudas betrayest thou the sonne of maÌ with a kysse Whan they that were aboute him sawe what wolde folowe they sayde vnto him LORDE shal we smyte with the swerde And one of theÌ stroke a seruauÌt of y e hye prestes smote of his eare But Iesus answered and sayde Suffre theÌ thus farre forth And he touched his eare healed him But Iesus sayde vnto the prestes and rulers of the temple and to the Elders that were come vnto him Ye are come forth as it were to a murthurer with swerdes with staues I was daylie with you in the temple and ye layed no handes vpon me But this is youre houre and the power of darknesse Neuerthelesse they toke him and led him and brought him in to the hye prestes house As for Peter he folowed hiÌ a farre of Then kyndled they a fyre in the myddest of the palace and sat them downe together And Peter sat him downe amonge them Then a damsell sawe him syttinge by the light and behelde him well and sayde vnto him This same was also with him But he denyed him and sayde WomaÌ I knowe him not And after a litle whyle another sawe him and sayde Thou art one of them also But Peter sayde Man I am not And aboute the space of an houre after another affirmed sayde Verely this was with him also for he is a Galilean But Peter saide MaÌ I wote not what thou sayest And immediatly whyle he yet spake y e cock crewe And the LORDE turned him aboute and loked vpoÌ Peter And Peter remembred the wordes of y e LORDE how he sayde vnto him Before the cock crowe thou shalt denye me thryse And Peter wente out and wepte bytterly The men that helde Iesus mocked him and stroke him blyndfolded him and smote him on the face and axed him and sayde Prophecie who is it that smote the And many other blasphemies sayde they vnto hiÌ And whan it was daye there gathered together the Elders of the people the hye prestes and scrybes and led him vp before their councell and sayde Art thou Christ Tell vs. But he sayde vnto them Yf I tell you ye wyl not beleue But yf I axe you ye wyl not answers me nether wyl ye let me go From this tyme forth shal the sonne of man sytt at the right haÌde of the power of God Then sayde they all Art thou then y e sonne of God He sayde vnto them Ye saye it for I am They sayde What nede we anye farther wytnesse We oure selues haue herde it of his awne mouth The XXIII Chapter ANd the whole multitude of theÌ arose and led him vnto Pilate and begaÌne to accuse him and sayde We haue founde this felowe peruertinge the people and forbyddinge to geue trybute vnto the Emperoure and sayeth that he is Christ a kynge But Pilate axed him and sayde Art thou the kynge of the Iewes He answered him and sayde Thou sayest it Pilate sayde vnto y e hye prestes and to the people I fynde no cause in this man But they were the more fearce and sayde He hath moued the people in that he hath taught here there in all the londe of Iewry and hath begonne at Galile vnto this place Whan Pilate herde mencion of Galile he axed whether he were of Galile And whan he perceaued that he was vnder He rodes iurisdiccion he sent him to Herode which was also at IerusaleÌ in those dayes When Herode sawe Iesus he was exceadinge glad for he had longe bene desyrous to se him because he had herde moch of him
thus talkinge and reasonynge together Iesus himself drue nye and wente with them But their eyes were holden that they shulde not knowe hiÌ And he sayde vnto them What maner of coÌmunicacions are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke and are sad Then answered the one whose name was Cleophas and sayde vnto him Art thou onely a straunger at IerusaleÌ not knowinge what is come to passe there in these dayes And he sayde vnto theÌ What They sayde vnto him That of Iesus of Nazareth which was a prophet mightie in dede and worde before God and all y e people how oure hye prestes and rulers delyuered him to the condemnacion of death and crucified him But we hoped that he shulde haue delyuered Israel And besydes all this todaye is the thirde daye that this was done Yee certayne wemen also of oure company which were early at the Sepulcre and founde not his body came and tolde that they had sene a visioÌ of angels which sayde he was alyue And certayne of them that were with vs wente vnto the sepulcre and founde it euen so as y e wemeÌ sayde but hiÌ founde they not And he sayde vnto theÌ O ye fooles and slowe of hert to beleue all that the prophetes haue spokeÌ Ought not Christ to haue suffred these thinges and to entre in to his glory And he beganne at Moses and at all the prophetes and expounded vnto them all the scriptures that were spoken of him And they drue nye vnto the towne which they weÌte vnto and he made as though he wolde haue gone farther And they compelled him and sayde Abyde with vs for it draweth towardes night and the daye is farre passed And he wente in to tary with theÌ And it came to passe whan he sat at the table with theÌ he toke the bred gaue thankes brake it and gaue it them Then were their eyes opened and they knewe him And he vanyshed out of their sight And they sayde betwene theÌ selues Dyd not oure hert burne with in vs whan he talked with vs by the waye whyle he opened the scriptures vnto vs And they rose vp the same houre turned agayne to Ierusalem and founde y e eleueÌ gathered together and them that were with them which sayde The LORDE is rysen of a trueth and hath appeared vnto Symon And they tolde theÌ what had happened by y e waye and how they knewe him in breakynge of the bred But whyle they were talkynge therof Iesus himself stode in the myddes amonge theÌ and sayde Peace be with you But they were abashed and afrayed supposinge that they had sene a sprete And he saide vnto theÌ Why are ye abashed wherfore ryse there soch thoughtes in yo hertes Beholde my haÌdes my fete it is euen I my self Handle me and se for a sprete hath not flesh and bones as ye se me haue And whan he had thus spokeÌ he shewed theÌ his hoÌdes and his fete But whyle they yet beleued not for ioye and wondred he sayde vnto them Haue ye eny thinge here to eate And they set before him a pece of a broyled fish and an hony combe And he toke it and ate it before theÌ And he sayde vnto them These are the wordes which I spake vnto you whyle I was yet with you For it must all be fulfilled that was wrytten of me in the lawe of Moses in the prophetes in the Psalmes TheÌ opened he their vnderstondinge that they might vnderstonde the scriptures and sayde vnto them Thus is it wrytteÌ and thus it behoued Christ to suffre the thirde daye to ryse agayne froÌ the deed and to let repentaunce and remyssion of synnes be preached in his name amoÌge all nacions and to begynne at IerusaleÌ As for all these thinges ye are wytnesses of theÌ And beholde I wil sende vpon you the promes of my father but ye shal tary in the cite of Ierusalem tyll ye be endewed with power from aboue But he led them out vnto Bethany and lift vp his handes and blessed them And it came to passe whaÌ he blessed them he departed from them and was caried vp in to heauen And they worshipped him and turned agayne to Ierusalem with greate ioye and were contynually in y e teÌple geuynge prayse and thankes vnto God Amen The ende of the gospell of S. Luke The gospell of S. Ihon. What S. Ihons gospell conteyneth Chap. I. The euerlastinge byrth of the sonne of God and how he became man The testimony of Ihon and of his baptyme The callinge of Andrew Peter Philip and Nathanael Chap. II. Christ turneth the water vnto wyne at the mariage in Cana and dryueth the marchauntes out of the temple Chap. III. The swete talkinge of Christ with Nicodemus The doctryne baptyme of IhoÌ and what wytnesse he beareth of Christ. Chap. IIII. The louynge communicacion of Christ with the woman of Samaria by the welles syde How he commeth into Galile and healeth the rulers sonne Chap. V. He healeth the man that was sicke eight thirtie yeare The Iewes accuse him as a breaker of the Sabbath he answereth for himself and reproueth them Chap. VI. Iesus fedeth fyue thousande meâ with fyue barlye Loaues departeth awaye that they shulde not make him kynge goeth vpoÌ the see and reproueth the fleshly hearers of his worde The carnall are offended at hiÌ and forsake him Chap. VII Iesus commeth to IerusaleÌ at the feast teacheth the Iewes and reproueth theÌ The pharises the hye prestes hearinge that the people begynne to fauour Christ and to beleue in him sende out officers to take hiÌ There are dyuerse opinions of him amoÌge the people The pharises rebuke the officers because they haue not taken him and chyde with Nicodemus for takinge his parte Chap. VIII A woman is taken in aduoutrie Christ delyuereth her The fredome of soch as folowe Christ whom they accuse to haue the deuel within him and go aboute to stone him Chap. IX Christ maketh the man to se that was borne blynde where thorow he getteth himself more displeasure amonge the Iewes and Pharises Chap. X. Christ is the true shepherde and the dore of the shepe Some saye Christ hath the deuell and is madd some saye he speaketh not the wordes of one that hath the deuell Because he telleth the trueth the Iewes take vp stones to cast at him call his preachinge blasphemy and go aboute to take him Chap. XI Christ rayseth Lazarus froÌ death The hye prestes the pharyses gather a councell and cast their heades together agaynst him therfore he getteth him out of the waye Chap. XII Mary anoynteth Christes fete Iudas murmureth Christ excuseth her rydeth in to Ierusalem and is louyngly receaued of the thankfull but vtterly despysed of the vngodly Chap. XIII Christ washeth the disciples fete telleth them of Iudas the traytour and commaundeth theÌ earnestly to loue one another Chap. XIIII He armeth his disciples with
I do not y e workes of my father beleue me not but yf I do theÌ theÌ yf ye beleue not me yet beleue y e workes y t ye maye knowe beleue y t the father is in me I in y e father They wente aboute agayne to take him but he escaped out of their haÌdes and weÌte awaye agayne beyoÌde Iordane in to y e place where IhoÌ had baptysed before there he abode And many came to hiÌ and sayde IhoÌ dyd no tokeÌs but all y t Ihon spake of this man is true And many beleued on him there The XI Chapter THere laye one sicke named Lazarus of Bethania in y e towne of Mary hir sister Martha It was y t Mary which anoynted y e LORDE w t oyntment dryed his fete w t hir heer whose brother Lazarus laye sicke TheÌ sent his sisters vnto hiÌ sayde LORDE beholde he whoÌ thou louest lyeth sicke WhaÌ Iesus herde that he sayde This sicknesse is not vnto death but for the prayse of God y t the sonne of God maye be praysed there thorow Iesus loued Martha hir sister Lazarus Now whaÌ he herde that he was sicke he abode two dayes in y e place where he was After warde sayde he vnto his disciples Let vs go agayne iÌ to Iewry His disciples sayde vnto him Master lately wolde the Iewes haue stoned the wilt thou go thither agayne ⪠Iesus answered Are there not twolue houres in y e daye He y t walketh in the daye stombleth not for he seyeth y e light of this worlde But he that walketh in the night stoÌbleth for there is no light in him This he spake after warde sayde he vnto theÌ Lazarus o frende slepeth but I go to wake him out of slepe TheÌ sayde his disciples LORDE yf he slepe he shal do well ynough Howbeyt Iesus spake of his death but they thought y t he had spokeÌ of y e bodely slepe TheÌ sayde Iesus vnto theÌ planely Lazarus is deed I am glad for yo sakes y t I was not there that ye maye beleue Neuertheles let vs go vnto hiÌ TheÌ sayde Thomas which is called Didimus vnto y e disciples Let vs go also y t we maye dye w t hiÌ TheÌ came Iesus founde y t he had lyen in y e graue foure dayes allready Bethanye was nye vnto IerusaleÌ aboute fiftene furloÌges And many of the Iewes were come to Martha Mary to coÌforte theÌ ouer their brother Now whaÌ Martha herde y t Iesus came she weÌte to mete him But Mary satt styl at home TheÌ sayde Martha vnto Iesus LORDE yf thou haddest bene here my brother had not bene deed But neuertheles I knowe also what soeuer thou axest of God that God wyl geue it the. Iesus sayde vnto her Thy brother shal ryse agayne Martha sayde vnto hiÌ I knowe y t he shal ryse agayne in the resurreccion at y e last daye Iesus saide vnto her I am the resurreccion the life He y t beleueth on me shal lyue though he were deed allready whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth on me shal neuer dye Beleuest thou this She saide vnto him Yee LORDE I beleue that thou art Christ the sonne of God which shulde come in to the worlde And whaÌ she had sayde this she weÌte hir waye called Mary hir sister secretly saide The maister is come calleth for the. She whan she herde that rose vp quyckly and came vnto him For Iesus was not yet come in to y e towne but was yet in the place where Martha met him The Iewes that were w t her in the house and comforted her whan they sawe Mary that she rose vp haistely wente out they folowed her saide She goeth to the graue to wepe there Now whaÌ Mary came where Iesus was sawe him she fell downe at his fete sayde vnto hiÌ LORDE yf thou haddest bene here my brother had not bene deed WhaÌ Iesus sawe her wepe the Iewes wepinge also y t came w t her he groned in the sprete was sory w t in himself sayde Where haue ye layed him They sayde LORDE come se it And * Iesus wepte Then sayde y e Iewes Beholde how he loued him But some of theÌ saide ⪠Coulde not he * which opened the eyes of y e blynde haue made also that this maÌ shulde not haue dyed But Iesus groned agayne iâ himself and came to the graue It was a caue and a stone layed on it Iesus saide Take awaye y e stone Martha the sister of him â was deed saide ãâ¦ã allready for ãâ¦ã Iesus sayde vnto her Sayde I not vnto the that yf thou dyddest beleue thou shuldest se the glory of God Then toke they awaye the stone where the deed laye Iesus lift vp his eyes and sayde Father I thaÌke y e that thou hast herde me Howbeit I knowe that thou hearest me allwaye but because of y e people that stonde by I sayde it that they maye beleue that thou hast sent me Whan he had sayde this he cryed loude Lazarus come forth And y e deed came forth bounde hande fote w t graue clothes his face bounde w t a napkyn Iesus sayde vnto theÌ Lowse him let him go Many now of y e Iewes which mere come vnto Mary and sawe what Iesus dyd beleued on him But some of theÌ wente their waye vnto the pharises and tolde theÌ what Iesus had done Then the hye prestes and the pharises gathered a counceâl and sayde What do we This man doth many tokens Yf we let him go thus all meÌ wyl beleue in him theÌ shal the Romaynes come and take awaye oure londe and people But one of them named Caiphas which was hye prest that same yeare sayde vnto them Ye knowe nothinge nether considre ye eny thinge at all It is better for us that one maÌ dye for the people then that all the people shulde perishe This spake he not of himself but for so moch as he was hye prest of the same yeare he prophecied For Iesus was for to dye for the people and not for the people onely but that he shulde gather together the children of God which were scatered abrode From that daye forth they toke couÌcell how they might put him to death Iesus walked nomore openly amonge the Iewes but wente from thence in to a countre by the wyldernesse to a cite called Ephraim there had he his beynge with his disciples The Iewes Easter was nye at hande And there wente vp many to IerusaleÌ out of that countre before y e Easter to purifye them selues Then stode they vp and axed after Iesus and spake amonge them selues in the temple * What thynke ye that he coÌmeth not to y e feast The hye prestes phaâises had geuen a commaundement that yf âny man knewe where he were he shulde hâwe it that they might take him
The XII Chapter SIxe dayes before Easter came Iesus vnto Bethanye where Lazarus was which was deed whom Iesus ãâã from the deed There they made him a supper and Martha serued But Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him Then toke Mary a pounde of oyntment of pure and costly Nardus and anoynted Iesus fete dryed his fete with hir heer The house was full of the sanoure of the oynment Then sayde one of his disciples Iudas Iscarioth Symons sonne which afterwarde betrayed him Why was not this oyntment solde for thre hundreth pens and geuen to the poore This sayde he not that he cared for the poore but because he was a thefe and had the bagge and bare that which was geueÌ Then sayde Iesus Let her alone this hath she kepte agaynst the daye of my buryenge For the poore haue ye allwaye with you but me haue ye not allwaye Then moch people of the Iewes had knowlege that he was there and they came not for Iesus sake onely but also y t they might se Lazarus whom he had raysed from the deed But y e hye prestes were aduysed to put Lazarus to death also because y t for his sake many of the Iewes weÌte awaye and beleued on Iesus Vpon the nexte daye moch people which were come vnto the feast whan they herde that Iesus came towarde Ierusalem they toke braunches of palme trees and weÌte out to mete him and cryed Hosianna Blessed be he that in the name of the LORDE commeth kynge of Israel Iesus gat a yonge Asse and rode theron As it is wrytteÌ Feare not thou doughter of Sion beholde thy kynge coÌmeth rydinge vpoÌ an Asses foale Neuertheles his disciples vnderstode not these thinges at the first but whan Iesus was glorified then remeÌbred they that soch thinges were wrytteÌ of him and that they had done soch thinges vnto him The people that was with him whan he called Lazarus out of y e graue and raysed him from the deed commended the acte Therfore the people met him because they herde that he had done soch a miracle But the pharises sayde amonge them selues Ye se that we preuayle nothinge beholde all y e worlde runneth after him There were certayne Grekes amonge theÌ that were come vp to IerusaleÌ to worshipe at the feast the same came vnto Philippe which was of Bethsaida out of Galile prayed him and sayde Syr we wolde fayne se Iesus Philippe came tolde Andrew And agayne Philippe and Andrew tolde Iesus Iesus answered theÌ and sayde The houre is come that the sonne of man must be glorified Verely verely I saye vnto you Excepte the wheatcorne fall in to the grounde and dye it bydeth alone But yf it dye it beyngeth forth moch frute He that loueth his life shal lose it and he that hateth his life in this worlde shal kepe it vnto life euerlastinge He that wyl serue me let him folowe me And where I am there shal my seruaunt be also and he that serueth me him shal my father honoure Now is my soule heuy and what shal I saye Father helpe me out of this houre But therfore am I come in to this houre Father glorifye thy name Then came there a voyce from heauen I haue glorified it and wyl glorifye it agayne Then sayde the people that stode by and herde It thondereth Other sayde An angell spake vnto him Iesus answered and sayde This voyce came not because of me but for youre sakes Now goeth the iudgment ouer the worlde Now shal the prynce of this worlde be thrust out And I whan I am life vp from the earth wyl drawe all vnto me But this he sayde to signifye what death he shulde dye Then answered him the people We haue herde in the lawe that Christ endureth for euer and how sayest thou then that the sonne of man must be lift vp Who is this sonne of man Then sayde Iesus vnto them The light is yet a litle whyle with you walke whyle ye haue the light that the darknesse fall not vpoÌ you He that walketh in the darknesse woteth not whither he goeth Beleue ye on the light whyle ye haue it that ye maye be the children of light These thinges spake Iesus and departed awaye and hyd himself from them And though he had done soch tokens before theÌ yet beleued they not on him that the sayenge of Esay the prophet might be fulfylled which he spake LORDE who beleueth oure preachinge Or to whom is the arme of the LORDE opened Therfore coulde they not beleue for Esay saide agayne He hath blynded their eyes and hardened their hert that they shulde not se with the eyes ner vnderstonde with the hert shulde be conuerted and he shulde heale them This sayde Esay whan he sawe his glory and spake of him Neuertheles many of the chefe rulers beleued on him but because of the Pharises they wolde not be aknowne of it lest they shulde be excommunicate For they loued more the prayse with men then with God Iesus cryed and sayde He that beleueth on me beleueth not on me but on him that sent me And he that seyth me seyth him y t sent me I am come a light in to the worlde that whosoeuer beleueth on me shulde not byde in darknesse And he that heareth my wordes and beleueth not I iudge him not for I am not come to iudge the worlde but to saue the worlde He that refuseth me and receaueth not my wordes hath one allready that iudgeth him The worde that I haue spoken that shall iudge him at the last daye For I haue not spoken of myself but the father that sent me hath geuen me a commaundement what I shulde do and saye And I knowe that his commaundement is life euerlastinge Therfore loke what I speake that speake I eueÌ so as the father hath sayde vnto me The XIII Chapter BEfore the feast of Easter whan Iesus knewe that his tyme was come that he shulde departe out of this worlde vnto y e father as he loued his which were in the worlde euen so loued he them vnto the ende And after supper whan the deuell had allready put into y e hert of Iudas Iscarioth Symons sonne to betraye him Iesus knowinge that the father had geuen all thinges in to his handes that he was come from God and wente vnto God he rose from supper and layed asyde his vpper garmentes and toke a towell and gyrde it aboute him Afterwarde poured he water in to a basen and beganne to wash the disciples fete and dryed them with the towell y t he was gyrded withall Then came he vnto Symon Peter and y e same sayde vnto him LORDE shalt thou washe my fete Iesus answered and sayde vnto him What I do thou knowest not now but thou shalt knowe it herafter TheÌ sayde Peter vnto him Thou shalt neuer
of the prophetes the rulers of the synagoge sent vnto them sayenge Good brethren yf ye haue eny sermon to exorte the people saye on Then stode Paul vp and beckened with the hande that they shulde holde their peace and sayde Yemen of Israel and ye that feare God herkeÌ to The God of this people chose oure fathers and exalted the people whan they were straungers in the loÌde of Egipte and with a mightie arme broughte he them out of it And by the space of fortye yeares suffred he their maners in the wyldernesse and destroyed seuen nacions in the lande of Canaan and parted their londe amonge them by lott After that gaue he them iudges by the space of foure hundreth and fiftye yeares vnto the prophet Samuel And after that they desyred a kynge and God gaue vnto them Saul the sonne of Cis a man of the trybe of Ben Iamin fortye yeares longe And whan he had put him downe he set vp Dauid to be their kynge of whom he reported sayenge I haue founde Dauid the sonne of Iesse a man after my hert he shal fulfyll all my wyll Of this mans sede hath God acordinge to the promesse broughte forth vnto the people of Israel y e Sauioure Iesus whan Ihon had first preached before his coÌmynge the baptyme of repentaunce vnto Israel But whan Ihon had fulfylled his course he sayde I am not he that ye take me for But beholde there commeth one after me whose shues of his fete I am not worthy to lowse Ye men and brethren ye children of the generacion of Abraham and they that feare God amonge you vnto you is y e worde of this saluacion sent For the inhabiters of Ierusalem and their rulers for somoch as they knewe him not ner yet the voyces of the prophetes which are red euery Sabbath haue fulfylled them in condemnynge him And though they founde no cause of death in him yet desyred they Pilate to kyll him And whan they had fulfylled all that was wrytten of him they toke him downe from the tre and layed him in a sepulcre But on y e thirde daye God raysed him vp from the deed and he appeared many dayes vnto theÌ that wente vp with him from Galile vnto Ierusalem which are his witnesses vnto the people And we also declare vnto you y e promes which was made vnto oure fathers how that God hath fulfylled the same vnto vs their children in y t he raysed vp Iesus agayne As it is wrytten in the seconde Psalme Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten the. But that he hath raysed him vp froÌ the deed now nomore to returne to corrupcion he sayde on this wyse The grace promysed to Dauid wyl I faithfully kepe vnto you Therfore sayeth he also in another place Thou shalt not suffre thy Holy tose corrupcion For Dauid whan he in his tyme had serued the wyll of God he fell a slepe and was layed by his fathers sawe corrupcion But he whoÌ God raysed vp agayne sawe no corrupcion Be it knowne vnto you therfore ye men and brethreÌ y t thorow this man is preached vnto you y e forgeuenesse of synnes and froÌ all y e thinges wherby ye mighte not be iustifyed in the lawe of Moses But whosoeuer beleueth on this man is iustifyed Bewarre therfore that it come not vpon you which is spoken in the prophetes Beholde ye despysers and wonder at it and perishe for I do a worke in youre tyme which ye shal not beleue yf eny man tell it you Whan the Iewes were gone out of the synagoge the Heythen besoughte them y t they wolde speake y e worde vnto them betwene the Sabbath dayes And whaÌ the coÌgregacion of the synagoge was broken vp many Iewes and Proselites y t serued God folowed Paul and Barnabas which spake to them and exorted them that they shulde contynue in the grace of God On y e Sabbath folowinge came almost the whole cite together to heare the worde of God But whan the Iewes sawe the people they were full of indignacion and spake agaynst that which was spoken of Paul speakinge agaynst it blasphemynge But Paul and Barnabas waxed bolde and sayde It behoued first the worde of God to be spoken vnto you but now that ye thrust it froÌ you and counte youre selues vnworthy of euerlastinge life lo we turne to the Gentyles For so hath the LORDE coÌmaunded vs I haue set the to be a lighte vnto y e Gentyles y t thou be y e Saluacion vnto the ende of the earth Whan the Gentyles herde that they were glad and praysed the worde of the LORDE and beleued eueÌ as many as were ordeyned to euerlastinge life And the worde of y e LORDE was spred abrode thorow out all the region Howbeit the Iewes moued the deuoute and honorable wemen and the chefemen of the citie and raysed vp a persecucion agaynst Paul and Barnabas and expelled them out of their coastes But they shoke of the dust of their fete agaynst them and came to Iconium And the disciples were fylled with ioye and with the holy goost The XIIII Chapter IT fortuned at Iconium that they weÌte both together in to the synagoge of the Iewes and spake so that a greate multitude of the Iewes of the Grekes beleued But the vnbeleuynge Iewes moued and disquyeted the soules of the HeytheÌ agaynst the brethreÌ So they had their beynge there a loÌge season and quyte themselues boldly in the LORDE which gaue testimony vnto the worde of his grace and caused tokens and wonders to be done by their handes Howbeyt the multitude of the cite was deuyded some helde w t the Iewes and some with the Apostles But whan there rose vp an insurreccion of the HeytheÌ and of y e Iewes and of their rulers to put them to shame and to stone theÌ they perceaued it and fled vnto lystra and Derba cities of y e countre of Licaoniââ and vnto y e region that lyeth rounde aboute and there they preached the Gospell And amonge them of Lystra there was a man which sat beynge impotent of his fete and was crepell froÌ his mothers wombâ and had neuer walked the same herde Paul speake And whan he behelde him and perceaued that he had faith to be made whole he sayde w t a loude voyce Stonde vprighte on thy fete And he sprange vp and walked But whan the people sawe what Paul had done they lifte vp their voyce and sayde in y e speache of Lycaonia The goddes are become like vnto men and are come downe vnto vs. And they called Barnabas Iupiter and Paul Mercurius because he was the preacher But Iupiters prest which dwelâ before their cite broughte oxen and garlandes before the gate and wolde haue done sacrifice with the people Whan y e Apostles Barnabas and Paul herde that they rent their clothes and
another I holde of Apollo are ye not theÌ fleshlye What is Paul What is ⪠Apollo EueÌ mynisters are they by whom ye are come to the beleue and the same acordinge as the LORDE hath geuen vnto euery man I haue planted Apollo hath watred but God hath geuen the increace So then nether is he that planteth eny thinge nether he that watreth but God which geueth the increace As for him that planteth and he that watreth y e one is as the other but yet shal euery one receaue his rewarde acordinge to his laboure For we are Gods labourers ye are Gods huszbandry ye are Gods buyldinge Acordinge to the grace of God which is geuen vnto me as a wyse buylder haue I layed the foundacion but another buyldeth theron Yet let euery man take hede how he buyldeth theron For other fouÌdacion can noman laye then that which is layed the which is Iesus Christ. But yf enyman buylde vpon this foundacion golde syluer precious stones tymber haye stobble euery maÌs worke shal be shewed For the daye of the LORDE shal declare it which shal be shewed with fyre and the fyre shal trye euery maÌs worke what it is Yf eny mans worke that he hath buylde theron abyde he shal receaue a rewarde Yf eny mans worke burne he shal suffre losse but he shal be saued himselfe neuertheles as thorow fyre Knowe ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the sprete of God dwelleth in you Yf eny man defyle the teÌple of God him shal God destroye For the temple of God is holy which ye are Let no maÌ disceaue himselfe Yf eny man thinke himselfe wyse amoÌge you let him become a foole in this worlde that he maye be wyse For the wyszdome off this worlde is foolishnes with God For it is wrytten He compaseth the wyse in their craftynesse And agayne The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they are vayne Therfore let no man reioyse in men For all is youres whether it be Paul or Apollo whether it be Cephas or ⪠the worlde whether it be life or death whether it be presente or for to come All is youres but ye are Christes and Christ is Gods The IIII. Chapter LEt euery man this wyse esteme vs euen for the mynisters of Christ and stewardes of the secretes of God Now is there no more requyred of the stewardes then that they be founde faithfull It is but a small thinge vnto me that I shulde be iudged of you or of mans daye nether iudge I myne awne selfe I knowe noughte by my selfe yet am I not therby iustified It is the LORDE that iudgeth me Therfore iudge ye nothinge before y e tyme vntyll the LORDE come which shal brynge it to lighte that is hyd in darknesse and opeÌ the councels of y e hertes and theÌ shal euery one haue prayse of God These thinges brethren haue I described in myne awne preson in Apollos for youre sakes that ye mighte lerne by vs that noman counte hygher of him self then aboue is wrytten that one be not puft vp agaynst another for eny mans cause For who preferreth the What hast thou that thou hast not receaued Yf thou hast receaued it why makest thou theÌ thy boost as though thou haddest not receaued it Now ye are full now ye are made riche ye raigne without vs and wolde God ye dyd raigne that we might raigne with you Me thynketh that God hath set forth vs Apostles for the lowest off all euen as those that are appoynted vnto death For we are agasynge stocke vnto y e worlde and to the angels and vnto men We are fooles for Christes sake but ye are wyse in Christ We weake but ye stroÌge Ye honorable but we despysed Euen vnto this daye we hoÌger and thyrst and are naked and are boffetted with fystes and haue no certayne dwellinge place and laboure and worke with oure awne handes We are reuyled and yet we blesse we are persecuted and suffre it We are euell spoken of and we praye We are become as it were the very outswepinges of y e worlde yee the of scowringe of all men vnto this tyme. I wryte not this to shame you but as my deare childreÌ I warne you For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ yet haue ye not many fathers For I haue begotten you in Christ Iesu thorow y e Gospell Wherfore I exhorte you be ye my folowers For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus which is my deare sonne and faithfull in the LORDE that he maye put you in remembraunce of my wayes which are in Christ eueÌ as I teach euery where in all congregacions Some are puft vp as though I wolde come nomore at you But I wil come to you shortly yf the LORDE wyl and wyl knowe not the wordes of theÌ that are puft vp but y e power For the kyngdome of God is not iÌ wordes but in power What wil ye Shal I come vnto you w t the rodd or with loue and the sprete of mekenesse The V. Chapter THere goeth a commen reporte that there is whordome amoÌge you and soch whordome as is not once named amoÌge the Heythen that one shulde haue his fathers wife And ye are puft vp and haue not rather sorowed that he which hath done this dede mighte be put froÌ amoÌge you For I verely as absent in body but present in sprete haue determyned allready as though I were present coÌcernynge him that hath done this dede in y e name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ whaÌ ye are gathered together with my sprete and with the power of oure LORDE Iesus Christ to delyuer him vnto Sathan for the destruccion of the flesh that the sprete maye be saued in the daye of the LORDE Iesus You re reioysinge is not good Knowe ye not that a litle leuen sowereth the whole lompe of dowe Pourge out therfore the olde leuen that ye maye be new dowe like as ye are swete bred For we also haue an Easter lambe which is Christ that is offred for vs. Wherfore let vs kepe Easter not in y e olde leuen ner in the leuen of maliciousnes and wickednes but in the swete bred of purenesse and of the trueth I wrote vnto you in the Epistle that ye shulde haue nothinge to do with whoremoÌgers that meant I not at all of the whoremongers of this worlde ether of the couetous or of extorcioners or of theÌ that worshippe ymages for then must ye nedes haue gone out of the worlde But now haue I wrytteÌ vnto you y t ye shulde haue nothinge to do with them Namely yf there be eny man that is called a brother and is an whoremonger or couetous or a worshipper of ymages ether a raylar or a dronkarde or an extorcioner with soch shal ye not eate For what haue I to do to
you preach another Iesus whom we haue not preached or yf ye receaue another sprete y t ye haue not receaued or another Gospell which ye haue not accepted ye might right well haue bene coÌtent For I suppose that I am no lesse theÌ the hye Apostles are And though I be rude in speakynge yet am I not rude in knowlege Howbeit amoÌge you I am knowne to the vttemost Or dyd I synne therin because I submytted my selfe that ye mighte be exalted For I preached vnto you the Gospell of God frely and robbed other coÌgregacions and toke wages of theÌ to preach vnto you And whan I was present with you and had nede I was greuous to no man for y t which was lackynge vnto me the brethren which came fro Macedonia suppleed And in all thinges I kepte myselfe so y t I shulde not be greuous to you so wyl I kepe my selfe As surely as the trueth of Christ is in me this reioysinge shal not be taken fro me in the regions of Achaia Wherfore because I shulde not loue you God knoweth Neuertheles what I do and wyl do that do I to cut awaye occasion from theÌ which seke occasion that they mighte boast theÌ selues to be like vnto vs. For soch false Apostles disceatfull workers fashion them selues like vnto the Apostles of Christ. And that is no maruell for Sathan himselfe is chaunged into y e fashion of an angell of light Therfore is it no greate thinge though his my misters fashion them selues as though they were the preachers of righteousnes whose ende shal be acordinge to their dedes I saye agayne lest eny man thynke that I am folish or els take me euen now as a fole y t I maye boast myselfe a litle also That I speake now that speake I not after the LORDE but as it were in folishnes whyle we are now come to boastinge Seynge that many boaste them selues after y e flesh I wil boast my selfe also For ye suffre foles gladly in so moch as ye youre selues are wyse For ye suffre euen yf a man brynge you in to bondage yf a man put you to dishonesty yf a man take ought froÌ you yf a man exalte himselfe ouer you yf a man smyte you on the face I speake concernynge rebuke as though we were weake Wherin so euer now eny man darre be bolde I speake folishly therin darre I be bolde also They are Hebrues so am I. They are Israelites euen so am I. They are the sede of Abraham so am I. They are the mynisters of Christ I speake as a fole I am more in laboures more abuÌdaunt in strypes aboue measure in presonmentes more plenteously in death oft Of the Iewes receaued I fyue tymes fortye strypes one lesse Thryse was I beaten with roddes I was once stoned I suffred thryse shypwracke nighte and daye haue I bene in the depe of the see I haue oft iourneyed I haue bene oft in parels of waters in parels amonge murthurers in parels amonge the Iewes in parels amonge the Heythen in parels in cities in parels in the wylderners in parels vpon the See in parels amonge false brethreÌ in laboure trauayle in moch watchinges in honger and thyrst in moch fastinges in colde and nakednesse Besyde those thynges which are outwarde namely my daylie combraunce my daylie care for all coÌgregacions Who is weake and I be not weake Who is offended I burne not Yf I must nedes make my boast I wil boast my selfe of myne infirmyte God y e father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which is blessed for euer knoweth that I lye not At Damascon the gouernoure of y e people vnder kynge Aretas kepte y e cite of the Damascenes wolde haue taken me and at a wyndowe was I let downe in a basket thorow the wall so escaped his handes The XII Chapter IT profiteth me nothinge no doute to boaste Neuertheles I wil come to y e visions and reuelacions off the LORDE I knowe a man in Christ aboue fourtene yeares a goo whether he was in y e body I can not tell or whether he was out of the body I can not tell God knoweth the same was taken vp in to the thirde heauen and I knowe the same man whether he was in y e body or out of the body I can not tell God knoweth how that he was takeÌ vp in to Paradise and herde wordes not to be spoken which no man can vtter Here of will I boast but of my selfe wil I make no boast excepte it be of myne infirmyties And though I wolde boast myself I dyd not foolishly for I wolde saye the trueth But I refrayne my selfe lest eny maÌ shulde thinke of me aboue y t he seyth in me or heareth of me And lest I shulde exalte my selfe out of measure because of the hye reuelacions there is a warnynge geuen vnto my flesh euen y e messaunger of Satan to buffet me that I shulde not exalte my selfe out off measure for y e which I besoughte the LORDE thryse that it mighte departe fro me And he sayde vnto me My grace is sufficieÌt for the. For my strength is made perfecte thorow weaknes Very glad therfore wil I reioyse in my weaknesses that the strength of Christ maye dwell in me Therfore am I contente in infirmities in rebukes in necessities in persecucions in anguyszhes for Christes sake for whaÌ I am weake theÌ am I stroÌge I am become a fole iÌ boastinge my selfe Ye haue coÌpelled me For I oughte to be coÌmended of you in so moch as I am in nothinge inferior to y e hye Apostles Though I be nothinge yet are y e tokens of an Apostles wrought amoÌge you with all pacieÌce with signes with woÌders with mightie dedes For what is it wherin ye are inferiours to the other congregacions excepte it be y t I haue not bene greuous vnto you Forgeue me this wroÌge Beholde I am ready the thirde tyme to come vnto you and wyl not be chargeable vnto you For I seke not youres but you For y e childreÌ ought not to gather treasure for the elders but the elders for the children I wil very gladly bestowe and wyl be bestowed for youre soules though y e more I loue you the lesse am I loueâ agayne But let it be so that I greued you not neuertheles for so moch as I was craftye I toke you w t gyle Haue I defrauded you by eny of theÌ whoÌ I sent vnto you I desyred Titus with him I sent a brother dyd Titus defraude you Haue we not walked in one sprete WeÌte we not in like fotesteppes Agayne thynke ye y t we excuse oure selues We speake in Christ in the sighte off God But all this dearly beloued is done for yo r edifyenge For I feare lest whan I come I shal not fynde you soch as I wolde and lest ye shal fynde me soch as ye wolde not lest
thou art fallen and repent and do the fyrst workes Or elles I wyl come vnto the shortly and wil remoue thy caÌdelstycke out of his place excepte thou repent But this thou hast because thou hatest y e dedes of the Nicolaitans which dedes I also hate Let him y t hath eares heare what y e sprete saith vnto the congregacions To him that ouercommeth will I geue to eate of the tree of life which is in the myddes of y e paradise of God And vnto the angell of the congregacion of Smyrna wryte These thinges saith he that is fyrst and the last which was deed and is aliue I knowe thy workes and tribulacion and pouerte but thou art ryche And I knowe the blaspheny of them which call them selues Iewes and are not but are the coÌgregacion of Sathan Feare none of tho thinges which thou shalt soffre Beholde y e deuell shal cast of you in to preson to tempte you and ye shal haue tribulacion x. dayes Be faithfull vnto the deeth and I wil geue y e a crowne of life Let him that hath ears heare what the sprete saith to the congregacions He that ouer coÌmeth shal not be hurte of the seconde deeth And to the angell of the congregacion in Pergamos wryte This sayth he which hath the sharpe swearde with two edges I knowe thy workes and where thou dwellest euen where Sathans seat is and thou kepest my name hast not denyed my faith And in my dayes Antipas was a faithfull witnes of myne which was slayne amonge you where Sathan dwelleth But I haue a fewe thinges agaynst the that thou hast there theÌ that manyntayne the doctryne of Balaam which taught in Balak to put occasion of syn before the children of Israell that they shulde eate of meate dedicat vnto ydoles and to commyt fornicacion Euen so hast thou theââ that mayntayne y e doctryne of the Nicolaytans which thinge I hate But be coÌuerted or elles I wil come vnto the shortly and wil fight agaynste theÌ with the swearde of my mouth Let him y t hath eares heare what the sprete saith vnto the coÌgregacions To him that ouer commeth wil I geue to eate maÌna that is hyd and wil geue him a whyte stone in the stone a newâ name wrytteÌ which no man knoweth sauinge he that receaueth it And vnto the angell of the coÌgregacion of Theatira write This saith the sonne of God which hath his eyes lyke vnto a flame of fyre whose fete are like brasse I knowe thy workes and thy loue seruice and faith and thy pacience and thy dedes which are mo at the last then at the firste Notwithstondinge I haue a feawe thinges agaynst the that thou sufferest that woman Iesabell which called her selfe a prophetisse to teache and to deceaue my seruauntes to make them committ fornicacion and to eate meates offered vp vnto ydoles And I gaue her space to repeÌt of her fornicacion and she repented not Beholde I wil cast her into a bed and them that commit fornicacion with her in to gret aduersite excepte they turne from their dedes And I wil kyll her childreÌ with deeth And all the coÌgregacioÌs shal knowe y t I am he which searcheth the reynes and hertes And I wil geue vnto euery one of you acordynge vnto youre workes Vnto you I saye and vnto other of theÌ of Thiatyra as many as haue not this lernynge and which haue not knowen the depnes of Sathan as they saye I wil put vpoÌ you none other burthen but y t which ye haue already Holde fast tyll I come and whosoeuer ouercoÌmeth and kepeth my workes vnto y e ende to him wil I geue power ouer nacions and he shal rule them with a rodde of yron and as the vessels of a potter shal he breake them to sheuers EueÌ as I receaued of my father so wil I geue him y t mornynge starre Let him y t hath eares heare what the sprete sayth to the coÌgregacions The III. Chapter ANd wryte vnto the angell of the congregacion off Sardis this sayth he that hath the seuen spretes of God the seuen starres I knowe thy workes thou hast a name that thou lyuest and thou art deed Be awake and strength the thinges which remayne that are redy to dye For I haue not founde thy workes perfecte before God Remember therfore how thou hast receaued and hearde and holde fast and repent Yf thou shalt not watche I wil come on the as a these and thou shalt not knowe what houre I wil come vpon y e Thou hast a fewe names in Sardis which haue not defyled their garmentes and they shal walke with me in whyte for they are worthy He that ouercommeth shal be clothed in whyte araye and I wil not put out his name out of the boke of life and I wil coÌfesse his name before my father and before his angels Let him y t hath eares heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions And wryte vnto y e angell of the coÌgregacioÌ of Philadelphia this sayth he y t is holy and true which hath the keye of Dauid which openyth and no man shutteth and shutteth and no man openeth I knowe thy workes Beholde I haue set before the an open doore and no man can shut it for thou hast a lyttell strength and hast not denyed my name Beholde I shal geue some of the congregacion of Sathan which call them selues Iewes and are not but dolye Beholde I wil make them that they shal come worshippe before thy fete and shal knowe that I haue loued the. Because thou hast kept the wordes of my pacience therfore wil I kepe the from the houre of temptacion which will come vpon all the worlde to tempte them that dwell vpoÌ the earth Beholde I come shortly Holde that which thou hast that no maÌ take awaye thy crowne Him that ouer commeth will I make a pyllar in the temple of my God and he shal goo no more out And I will wryte vpon him the name of my God and the name of y e cite of my God newe Ierusalem which coÌmeth downe out of heauen from my God and I will wryte vpoÌ him my newe name Let him that hath eares heare what the sprete saith vnto the congregacions And vnto the angell of the coÌgregacion which is in Laodicia wryte This sayth Amen the faithfull and true witnes the begynnynge of y e creatures of God I knowe thy workes y t thou art nether colde nor hot I wolde thou were colde or hote So then because thou art bitwene bothe and nether colde ner hote I wyll spew the out off my mouth because thou saist thou art riche and incresyd with goodes and hast nede of nothinge and knowest not how thou art wretched miserable poore blynde and nakyd I counsell the to bye of me golde tryed in the fyre that thou mayste be riche and whyte rayment that thou mayste be clothed that
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 coÌgregacion 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 childreÌ of Israel saye vnto theÌ 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 theÌ and remembre all the coÌmaundementes 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 RubeÌ stode vp agaynst Moses with certayne men amonge the childreÌ of Israel two hundreth fyftie captaynes of the congregacion councelers famous men And they gathered them selues agaynst Moses AaroÌ 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 vpoÌ 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 WhoÌ so euer he choseth y e same shal come vnto him This do Take y e censors thou Corah all y e coÌpanye 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 childreÌ of Leui Is it not ynough vnto you y t y e God of Israel hath separated you froÌ 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 childreÌ of Leui with the to come nye vnto him and now ye seke the presthode also Thou and all thy coÌpany conspyre agaynst the LORDE What is Aaron that ye shulde murmur against him And Moses sent to call DathaÌ AbiraÌ 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 geueÌ 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 takeÌ so moch as an Asse froÌ theÌ nether haue I hurte eny of theÌ 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 congregacioÌ agaynst theÌ 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 froÌ this congregacioÌ 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 congregacioÌ 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 coÌgregacioÌ saide Departe froÌ y e tentes of these vngodly meÌ 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 AbiraÌ 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 theÌ shal ye knowe that the se men haue blasphemed the LORDE And whaÌ he had spokeÌ out all these wordes y e grouÌde cloue asunder vnder theÌ the earth opened hir wouth swalowed theÌ w t their houses all the meÌ y t were w t Corah all their substauÌce and they wente downe quycke in to the hell with all that they had And the earth closed vpoÌ them so they perished from amonge y e congregacioÌ And all Israel y t were aboute theÌ fled at y e crye of theÌ for they sayde That y e earth swalowe not vs also Morouer the fyre came out froÌ 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 beateÌ 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 childreÌ of Israel And Eleasar the prest toke y e brasen censers which they y t were burnt had offred bet theÌ to plates to fasten theÌ vpon y e altare for a remeÌbraunce vnto y e children of Israel y t no straunger and he
y t allwaye stonde before the and heare thy wyszdome Praysed be the LORDE thy God which had soch pleasure vnto the that he hath set the vpon his seate to be kynge vnto the LORDE thy God Because thy God loueth Israel to set them vp for euer therfore hath he ordeyned y t to be kynge ouer them that thou shuldest mayntayne iustice and equyte And she gaue y e kynge an hundreth and twentye talentes of golde very moch spyce precious stones There were no mo soch spyces as these that the Quene of riche Arabia gaue vnto kynge SalomoÌ And Hirams seruauntes and the seruauntes of Salomon which broughte golde from Ophir broughte costly tymber also precious stones And of the same costly tymber dyd Salomon cause to make stares in the house of the LORDE and the kynges house and harpes and psalteries for the Musicians There was no soch tymber sene before in the londe of Iuda But kynge Salomon gaue the Quene of riche Arabia all that she desyred and axed moch more then she had broughte vnto the kynge And she returned and departed in to hir londe with hir seruauntes The golde that was broughte vnto Salomon in one yeare was sixe hundreth and sixe and thre score talentes besydes that y e chap men and marchauntes broughte And all the kynges of the Arabians and the lordes in y e londe broughte golde and syluer vnto Salomon Of the which kynge Salomon made two hundreth speares of beaten golde so y t sixe hundreth peces of beaten golde came vpoÌ one speare thre hundreth shildes of beaten golde so that thre hundreth peces of beaten golde came to one shylde and the kynge put theÌ in the house of the wod of Libanus And the kynge made a greate seate of Yuery and ouerlaied it with pure golde and the seate had sixe steppes and a fotestole of golde festened vnto the seate and it had two leanynge postes vpon both the sydes of the seate and two lyons stode beside the leanynge postes and there stode twolue Lions vpoÌ the syxe steppes on both the sides In all realmes hath not soch one bene made And all kynge Salomons drynkynge vessels were of golde and all the vessels of the house of the wod of Libanus were of pure golde for syluer was rekened nothinge in Salomons tyme. For the kynges shippes wente vpon the See with the seruauntes of HiraÌ came once in thre yeare and brought golde syluer Yuery Apes and Pecockes Thus was kynge Salomon greater then all the kynges vpon earth in riches and wisdome And all the kynges of y e earth desired to se Salomons face and to heare his wysdome which God had geuen him in his hert And they brought him yearly euery maÌ his present Iewels of siluer and golde raymeÌt harnesse spyces horses and Mules And Salomon had foure thousande charethorses and twolue thousande horsmen and put them in the charetcities and with the kynge at Ierusalem And he was lorde ouer all the kynges from the water vnto the londe of the Philistynes and to the coaste of Egipte And the kynge brought it so to passe that there was as moch syluer at Ierusalem as stones and as many Ceders as there were Molbery trees in the valleys And there were horses broughte vnto him out of Egipte and out of all countres What more there is to saye of Salomon both of his first and of his last beholde it is writteÌ in the Cronicles of the prophet Nathan and in the prophecies of Ahia of Silo in y e actes of Ieddithe Seer against IoroboaÌ y e sonne of Nebat And SalomoÌ reigned at IerusaleÌ ouer all Israel fortie yeares And Salomon fell on slepe w t his fathers was buried in the cyte of Dauid his father And RoboaÌ his sonne was kiÌge iÌ his steade The X. Chapter EOboam wente vnto Sichem for all Israel was come vnto Sichem to make him kinge And whan IeroboaÌ the sonne of Nebat herde that which was in Egipte whither he was fled for kynge Salomon he came agayne out of Egipte And they sent for him and called him And Ieroboam came with all Israel and spake to Roboam and sayde Thy father made o r yocke greuous make thou lighter now y e harde bondage of thy father and y e heuy yocke that he layed vpon vs and we wyll submytte oure selues vnto the. He sayde vnto them Come to me agayne ouer thre dayes And y e people wente their waye And Roboam the kynge axed couÌcell at the Elders which had stonde before Salomon his father whyle he lyued and he sayde What is youre councell that I maye geue this people an answere They spake vnto him and sayde Yf thou be louynge vnto this people and deale gently with them and geue them good wordes then shal they allwaye be obedient vnto the. Neuerthelesse he forsoke the councell of the Elders that they had geuen him and toke councell at y t yonge men which were growne vp w t him and stode before him And he sayde vnto theÌ What is youre councell that we maye answere this people which haue spoken vnto me and saide Make oure yock lighter y t thy father layed vpon vs The yongemen y t were growne vp with him spake vnto him and sayde Thus shalt thou saye vnto the people that haue talked with the spoken Thy father made oure yock to heuy make thou o r yock lighter Thus shalt thou saye vnto them My litle finger shal be thicker then my fathers loynes Yf my father hath layed an heuy yock vpon you I wyl make youre yock the more My father chastened you w t scourges but I wyl beate you with scorpions Now whan Ieroboam and all the people came to Roboam on the thirde daye acordynge as y e kinge sayde Come to me againe on the thirde daie the kynge gaue theÌ an harde answere And RoboaÌ the kynge forsoke y e councell of the Elders spake vnto theÌ after y e yonge mens councell sayde Yf my father haue made yo r yock to heuy I wil make it yet heuyer My father chastened you w t scourges but I wyl beate you w t scorpioÌs Thus the kynge folowed not y e peoples minde for so was it determyned of God y t y e LORDE might stablishe his worde which he spake by Ahia of Silo vnto IeroboaÌ y e sonne of Nebat But whan all Israel sawe that the kynge wolde not consente vnto them ⪠y e people answered the kynge and sayde What porcion haue we then in Dauid or inheritauÌce in the sonne of Isai Let euery man of Israel get him to his tent Loke thou now to thy house Dauid And all Israel wente vnto their tentes so that Roboam reigned but ouer the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Iuda And Roboam sent forth Adoram the rent gatherer but the children of Israel stoned him to death And kynge RoboaÌ strengthed himselfe vpon his charet to flye vnto Ierusalem Thus
fell Israel awaie froÌ the house of Dauid vnto this daye The XI Chapter ANd whan Roboam came to Ierusasalem he gathered together the house of Iuda and Ben Iamin euen an huÌdreth and foure score thousande chosen men of armes to fyghte agaynst Israel that they mighte brynge the kyngdome agayne vnto Roboam But y e worde of the LORDE came to Semaia the man of God and sayde Speake to Roboam the sonne of Salomon kynge of Iuda and to all Israel y t are in Iuda and Ben Iamin and saye Thus sayeth the LORDE Ye shal not go vp ner fyght agaynst youre brethren let euery man go home agayne for this is my dede They herkened vnto the wordes of y e LORDE and weÌte not forth agaynst IeroboaÌ As for RoboaÌ he dwelt at Ierusalem and buylded vp the stronge cities in Iuda namely BethleeÌ Etan Tekoa Bethzur Socho AdullaÌ Gath Maresa Siph Adoraim Laches Aseka Zârega Aialon and Hebron which were the fensed cities in Iuda and Ben Iamin he made them stronge and set prynces therin prouyded them of vytayles oyle and wyne and in all cities prepared he shildes and speares and made them very stronge And Iuda and Ben Iamin were vnder him The Prestes and Leuites also came vnto him out of Israel and from all the borders therof And lefte their suburbes possession and camt to Iuda vnto Ierusalem for Ieroboam and his sonnes expelled them that they shulde not execute the offyce of y e presthode vnto y e LORDE But for himselfe he fouÌded prestes to y e hye places to felde deuels calues which he caused to make And after them came there men out of all the trybes of Israel which gaue ouer their hertes to seke y e LORDE God of Israel came to IerusaleÌ for to offre vnto the LORDE God of their fathers And so strengthed they y e kingdome of Iuda and maÌtayned Roboam the sonne of Salomon thre yeare longe for they walked in y e waye of Dauid Salomon thre yeares And Roboam toke Mahelath y e doughter of Ieremoth y e sonne of Dauid to wife Abihail the doughter of Eliab y e sonne of Isai which bare him these sonnes Ieus Semaria Saham After her toke he Maecha the doughter of Absalom which bare him Abia Athai Sisa and Selomith But Roboam loued Maecha the doughter of Absalom better then all his wyues concubynes for he had eightene wyues and thre score coÌcubynes and begat eight twentye sonnes and thre score doughters And Roboam set Abia the sonne of Maecha to be heade and prynce amonge his brethren for he thoughte to make him kynge for he was wyse more mightie then all his sonnes in all the countrees of Iuda Ben Iamin and in all the stronge cities And he gaue them plenteousnes of fode and desyred many wyues The XII Chapter BVt whaÌ the kyngdome of Roboam was confirmed and stablyshed he forsoke the lawe of the LORDE all Israel with him And in the fyfth yeare of Roboam weÌte Sisack the kynge of Egipte vp agaynst Ierusalem for they had transgressed agaynst the LORDE with a thousande and two hundreth charettes and with thre score thousande horsmen and the people were innumerable that came with him out of Egipte Libya Sâchim out of Ethiopia and he wanne the stroÌge cities that were in Iuda and came to Ierusalem Then came Semaia y e prophet vnto Roboam and to y e rulers of Iuda which were gathered together at Ierusalem for Sisack sayde vnto them Thus sayeth y e LORDE Ye haue lefte me therfore haue I lefte you also in Sisacks hande TheÌ the rulers in Israel with the kynge submytted them selues and sayde The LORDE is righteous But whaÌ the LORDE sawe y t they huÌbled themselues y e worde of the LORDE came to Semaia sayde They haue humbled them selues therfore wyl I not destroye them but I wyl geue them a litle delyueraunce that my indignacion fall not vpon Ierusalem by Sisack for they shal be subdued vnto him y t they maye knowe what it is to serue me to serue the kyngdomes of the worlde Thus weÌte Sisack the kynge of Egipte vp to Ierusalem toke the treasures in the house of the LORDE the treasures in the kynges house and caried all awaye and toke the shyldes of golde that Salomon caused to make in steade wherof kynge RoboaÌ made shyldes of stele and commytted theÌ vnto the chefe fotemen which kepte the dore of the kynges house And as oft as the kynge wente in to the house of the LORDE y e fote men came bare them broughââhem againe in to y e fote mens chaÌber And for so moch as he submytted himselfe y e wrath of y e LORDE turned froÌ him so that all was not destroied for there was yet some good in Iuda Thus was Roboam the kinge stablished in Ierusalem and reigned One and fortye yeare olde was Roboam whaÌ he was made kynge and reigned seuentene yeare at Ierusalem in the cite which the LORDE had chosen out of all the trybes of Israel to set his name there His mothers name was Naemaan Ammonitisse and he did euell and prepared not his hert to seke the LORDE These actes of Roboam both fyrst and last are wrytten in the actes of Semaia the prophet of Iddo the Seer and are noted so are the warres that Roboam and Ieroboam had together as longe as they lyued And Roboam fell on slepe with his fathers and was buryed in the cite of Dauid Abia his sonne was kynge in his steade The XIII Chapter IN the eightenth yeare of kynge Ieroboam was Abia kynge in Iuda reigned thre yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Michaia the doughter of Veiel of Gibea And there was warre betwene Abia and Ieroboam And Abia prepared himselfe to the battayll with foure huÌdreth thousande stronge chosen men of warre But Ieroboam made himselfe ready to fight agaynst him w t eight hundreth thousande chosen men of strength And Abia gatt him vp vpon the hyll Zemaraim which lyeth vpon mount Ephraim and sayde Herken vnto me thou Ieroboam and all Israel Knowe ye not that the LORDE God of Israel hath geuen Dauid y e kyngdome of Israel for euer vnto him and his sonnes with a Salt couenaunt But IeroboaÌ the sonne of Nebat the seruaunt of Salomon Dauids sonne gat him vp fell awaye from his lorde And there resorted vnto him vagaboundes and children of Belial and haue strengthed them selues against RoboaÌ the sonne of SalomoÌ for Roboam was but yonge and of a fearfull hert and coulde not resiste them Now thinke ye to set youre selues against the kyngdome of the LORDE amonge the sonnes of Dauid for so moch as there is so greate a multitude of you and haue y e golden calues y t Ieroboam made you for goddes Haue ye not expelled the prestes of the LORDE the children of Aaron and the Leuites
vnderstonde it not And in them is fulfilled y e prophecie of Esay which sayeth Ye shal heare in dede and shal not vnderstonde and with seinge eyes shal ye se and not perceaue For y e hert of this people is waxed grosse their eares are thick of heariÌge their eyes haue they closed lest they shulde once se w t y e eyes heare w t the eares vnderstoÌde w t the hert turne that I might heale them But blessed are youre eyes for they se youre eares for they heare Verely I saye vnto you Many prophetes righteous men haue desyred to se y e thinges that ye se and haue not sene theÌ and to heare the thinges that ye heare and haue not herde theÌ Heare ye therfore the parable of the sower Whan one heareth y e worde of the kyngdome and vnderstondeth it not the euell man coÌmeth and plucketh it awaye that is sowne in his hert this is he y t is sowne by the waye syde But he y t is sowne in the stonye grounde is this whaÌ one heareth the worde anone with ioye receaueth it neuertheles he hath no rote iÌ him but endureth for a season whaÌ trouble persecucion aryseth because of the worde immediatly he his offended As for him that is sowne amonge y e thornes this is he WhaÌ one heareth the worde the carefulnes of this worlde the disceatfulnes of riches choke the worde so he becoÌmeth vnfrutefull But he y t is sowne in the good grounde is this whan one heareth the worde and vnderstondeth it and bringeth forth frute and some geueth an huÌdreth folde some sixtie folde and some thirtie folde Another parable put he forth vnto theÌ sayde The kyngdome of heaueÌ is like vnto a man y t sowed good sede in his felde But whyle meÌ slepte there came an enemye and sowed tares amonge y e wheate wente his waye Now whaÌ the blade was sproÌge vp brought forth frute theÌ y e tares appeared also Then came the seruauÌtes to y e housholder sayde vnto him Syr sowdest not thou good sede in y e felde FroÌ wheÌce theÌ hath it tares He sayde vnto theÌ that hath the enemye done TheÌ sayde y e seruauÌtes wilt thou then y t we go wede theÌ out He sayde No lest whyle ye wede out y e tares ye plucke vp the wheate also w t theÌ Let theÌ both growe together tyll the haruest and in tyme of haruest I wil saye vnto the reapers Gather y e tares first bynde theÌ in sheeues to be breÌt but gather the wheate in to my barne Another parable put he forth vnto theÌ and sayde The kyngdome of heauen is like vnto a grane of mustarde sede which a man toke and sowed it in his felde Which is the leest amonge all sedes But whan it is growne it is the greatest amonge herbes and is a tre so that the byrdes vnder the heauen come and dwell in the braunches of it Another parable spake he vnto theÌ The kyngdome of heaueÌ is like vnto leueÌ which a woman toke and myxte it amonge thre peckes of meele tyll all was leuended All soch thinges spake Iesus vnto y e people by parables without parables spake he nothinge vnto theÌ y t the thinge might be fulfilled which was spokeÌ by y e prophet sayenge I wil open my mouth in parables and wil speake out the secretes from the begynnynge of the worlde Then sent Iesus the people awaye and came home And his disciples came vnto hiÌ and sayde Declare vnto us y e parable of y e tares of y e felde Iesus answered and sayde vnto them He that soweth the good sede is the sonne of man the felde is the worlde y e good sede are the childreÌ of the kyngdome The tares are the children of wickednes y e enemye that soweth theÌ is the deuell y e haruest is the ende of the worlde y e reapers are y e angels For like as y e tares are weded out and brent in the fyre eueÌ so shal it go in y e ende of this worlde The sonne of man shal sende forth his angels they shal gather out of his kingdome all thinges y t offende theÌ y t do iniquyte shal cast theÌ in to a fornace of fyre there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth TheÌ shal the righteous shyne as the Sonne in the kyngdome of their father Who so hath eares to heare let him heare Agayne the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a treasure hyd in the felde which a maÌ founde and hid it and for ioye therof he weÌte solde all y t he had and bought y t felde Agayne the kyngdome of heauen is like vnto a marchauÌt y t sought good pearles whaÌ he had founde a precious pearle he weÌte and solde all that he had bought it Agayne y e kyngdome of heaueÌ is like vnto a nett cast in to y e see wherwith are takeÌ all maner of fyshes whaÌ it is ful meÌ drawe it out vnto y e shore sytt gather y e good iÌ to the vessels but cast the bad awaye So shal it be also in y e ende of y e worlde The angels shal go out seuer the bad froÌ the righteous shal cast theÌ in to a fornace of fyre there shal be waylinge gnaszhinge of teth And Iesus sayde vnto them Haue ye vnderstoÌde all these thinges They sayde Yee LORDE Then sayde he vnto theÌ Therfore euery scribe taught vnto y e kingdome of heauen is like an houszholder which bryngeth out of his treasure thinges new and olde And it came to passe whaÌ Iesus had ended these parables he departed thence and came into his owne couÌtre and taught theÌ in their synagoges in so moch that they were astonnyed and sayde WheÌce coÌmeth soch wyszdome power vnto him Is not this the carpeÌters sonne Is not his mother called Mary and his brethreÌ Iames Ioses and Symon and Iude And are not all his sisters here with us Whence hath he theÌ all these thinges And they were offended at him But Iesus sayde vnto theÌ A prophet is nowhere lesse sett by theÌ at home amonge his owne And he dyd not many miracles there because of their vnbeleue The XIIII Chapter AT that tyme Herode y e Tetrarcha herde of y e fame of Iesu sayde vnto his seruauÌtes This is IhoÌ y e baptist He is rysen agayne froÌ the deed therfore are his dedes so mightie For Herode had takeÌ IhoÌ bounde hiÌ put him in preson for Herodias sake his brothers Philips wife For Ihon sayde vnto him It is not laufull for y t to haue her And fayne wolde he haue put him to death but he feared the people because they helde him for a Prophet But whan Herode helde his byrth
daye the doughter of Herodias daunsed before-theÌ and that pleased Herode well wherfore he promysed her with an ooth y t he wolde geue her whatsoeuer she wolde axe And she beynge instructe of hir mother afore sayde geue me Ihon baptistes heade in a platter And the kynge was sory Neuertheles for y e ooth sake theÌ y t sat with him at y e table he coÌmaunded it to be geuen her and sent beheeded Ihon in the preson And his heed was brought in a platter and geuen to the damsell she brought it vnto her mother Then came his disciples and toke his body and buried it and wente and tolde Iesus Whan Iesus hetde y t he departed thence by shippe in to a desert place alone And whaÌ the people herde therof they folowed him on fote out of y e cities And Iesus weÌte forth and sawe moch people and had pytie vpon them and healed their sicke But at euen his disciples came vnto him saide This is a deserte place and y e night falleth omlet y e people departe from the that they maye go in to the townes and bye them vytayles But Iesus sayde vnto them They nede not go awaye geue ye theÌ to eate TheÌ saide they vnto him We haue here but fyue loaues and two fyshes And he sayde bringe theÌ hither And he coÌmaunded y e people to syt downe vpon the grasse and toke y e fyue loaues and two fiszhes and loked vp towarde heauen and gaue thankes and brake and gaue the loaues vnto the disciples and the disciples gaue them to the people And they all ate and were suffised And they gathered vp of the broken meate that remayned ouer twolue baszkettes full And they y t ate were aboute a fyue thousande men besyde wemen and children And straight waye Iesus made his disciples to entre in to a shippe to go ouer before hiÌ tyll he had sent y e people awaye And whan he had sent the people awaye he weÌte vp in to a mountayne alone to make his prayer And at euen he was there him self alone And y e shippe was allready in y e myddest of the see was tost w t wawes for the winde was coÌtrary But in y e fourth watch of y e night Iesus came vnto theÌ walkinge vpon the see And whan his disciples sawe him goinge vpon the see they were afrayed sayenge It is some sprete and cried out for feare But straight waye Iesus spake vnto them and sayde Be of good cheare it is I be not afrayed Peter answered him saide LORDE yf it be thou byd me come vnto the vpon y e water And he sayde come on y e waye And Peter stepte out of the shippe weÌte vpon the water to come vnto Iesus But whan he sawe a mightie wynde he was afrayed begaÌne to synke cried sayenge LORDE helpe me And iÌmediatly Iesus stretched forth his hande caught him sayde vnto him O thou of litle faith wherfore doutest thou And they wente in to the shippe the wynde ceased Then they that were in y e shippe came fell downe before him sayde Of a trueth thou art y e sonne of God And they shipped ouer came in to the loÌde of Genazereth And whaÌ y e meÌ of y t place had knowlege of hiÌ they sent out in to all that couÌtre rounde aboute brought vnto him all that were sicke besought him that they might but touch the hemme of his vesture onely as many as touched it were made whole The XV. Chapter THen came vnto him the scribes and pharises from Ierusalem sayenge Why do thy disciples transgresse y e tradicions of the elders for they wash not their hoÌdes whan they eate bred He answered sayde vnto theÌ Why do ye transgresse the coÌmaundemeÌt of God because of youre owne tradicioÌs For God coÌmaunded sayeÌge Honoure father mother he y t curseth father mother shal dye the death But ye saye Euery man shal saye to father or mother The thiÌge y t I shulde helpe y e withal is geueÌ vnto God By this is it come to passe that no man honoureth his father or his mother eny more And thus haue ye made the coÌmaundement of God of none effecte for youre owne tradicioÌs Ye ypocrites full well hath Esaye prophecied of you sayde This people draweth nye vnto me w t their mouth honoureth me w t their lippes howbeit their hert is farre fro me But in vayne do they serue me whyle they teach soch doctrynes as are nothinge but the commaundementes of men And he called y e people to hiÌ saide vnto theÌ Heare vnderstoÌde That which goeth in to the mouth defyleth not the maÌ but y t which coÌmeth out of the mouth defyleth y e maÌ Then came his disciples sayde vnto him knowest thou y t the Pharises were offended whan they herde this sayenge He answered and sayde All plantes which my heauenly father hath not planted shal be pluckte vp by y e rotes Let theÌ go they are y e blynde leaders of y e blynde WhaÌ one blinde leadeth another they fall both iÌ y e diche Then answered Peter sayde vnto him Declare vnto vs this parable And Iesus sayde vnto theÌ Are ye yet theÌ without vnderstondinge Perceaue ye not y t what soeuer goeth in at y e mouth desceÌdeth downe in to y e bely is cast out in to the draught But the thinge that proceadeth out of the mouth coÌmeth froÌ y e hert that defyleth y e maÌ For out of y e hert come euell thoughtes murthur breakynge of wedlocke whordome theft false witnesse blasphemy The feare y e thinges that defyle a man But to eate w t vnwaszhen hondes defyleth not a man And Iesus wente out from thence departed in to the coastes of Tyre of Sidon And beholde a womaÌ of Canaan weÌte out of y e same coastes cried after him sayeÌge O LORDE thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon me My doughter is sore vexed w t a deuell And he answered her neuer a worde TheÌ came his disciples vnto him besought him sayeÌge SeÌde her awaye for she crieth after us But he answered saide I am not sent but vnto the lost shepe of the house of Israel Notwithstondinge she came fell downe before him sayde LORDE helpe me He answered sayde It is not good to take the childrens bred to cast it vnto dogges It is trueth LORDE sayde she Neuertheles the whelpes eate of the crommes that fall froÌ their lordes table Then answered Iesus sayde vnto her O womaÌ greate is y e faith be it vnto the eueÌ as thou desyrest And hir doughter was made hole at y e same houre And Iesus departed theÌce and came nye vnto the see of Galile and wente vp in to a mountayne and sat downe there And there