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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 coÌ„gregacion 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 coÌ„maundementes 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 coÌ„panye 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 coÌ„pany 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 coÌ„gregacioÌ„ 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 grouÌ„de 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 substauÌ„ce 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 remeÌ„braunce vnto y e children of Israel y t no straunger and he

you by lott which the LORDE hath commaunded to geue vnto the nyne trybes and to the halfe trybe For the trybe of the children of Ruben after their fathers house and the trybe of the children of Gad acordinge to their fathers house and the half trybe of Manasse haue receaued their porcion Thus the two trybes and the halfe trybe haue their enheritaunce allready on this syde Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho Eastwarde And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde These are y e names of the men which shal deuyde the londe amonge you Eleasar the prest and Iosua the sonne of Nun. And the captayne of euery trybe shal ye take to deuyde the londe And these are the names of the men Caleb the sonne of Iephune of the trybe of Iuda Semuel the sonne of Ammihud of the trybe of Simeon Elidad y e sonne of Cislon of the trybe of Ben Iamin Buki the sonne of Iagli of the trybe of the childreÌ„ of Dan. Hamuel the sonne of Ephod of the trybe of the children of Manasse amonge the children of Ioseph Kemuel the sonne of Siphthan of the trybe of the children of Ephraim Elizaphan the sonne of Parnach of the trybe of the childreÌ„ of Zabulon Palthiel the sonne of Asan of the trybe of the childreÌ„ of Isachar Abihud the sonne of Selomi of y e trybe of the children of Asser. Pedahel the sonne of Ammihud of the trybe of the children of Nephtali These are they whom y e LORDE commaunded that they shulde deuyde the inheritaunce vnto the children of Israel in the londe of Canaan The XXXV Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses in the felde of the Moabites by Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho sayde Commaunde the childreÌ„ of Israel that they geue vnto y e Leuites of the inheritauÌ„ce of their possession cities to dwell in The suburbes also aboute the cities shal ye geue vnto the Leuites that they maye dwell in the cities and in the suburbes to haue their catell and substaunce and all their beestes The suburbes which ye geue vnto y e Leuites shal reache froÌ„ the wall of y e cite outwarde a M. cubites rounde aboute Thus ye shal measure without the cite on y e East syde two thousande cubites on y e South syde two thousande cubites on y e West syde two thousande cubites on y e North syde two thousande cubites so y t the cite be in the myddes This shal be their suburbes And amoÌ„ge the cities which ye shal geue vnto the Leuites ye shall geue theÌ„ sixe fre cities that he which coÌ„mitteth a slaughter maie flye thither Besydes the same ye shal geue theÌ„ yet two fourtie cities so y t all y e cities which ye geue vnto y e Leuites be eight fourtye w t their suburbes And of y e same ye shal geue the more from theÌ„ y t haue moch in possession amonge the children of Israel the lesse from them that haue litle in possession Euery one acordinge to his enheritaunce that is deuyded vnto him shall geue of his cities vnto the Leuites And the LORDE talked w t Moses saide Speake to the childreÌ„ of Israel saye vnto theÌ„ Whan ye come ouer Iordane in to y e londe of Canaan ye shall chose out cities to be fre cities y t who so coÌ„mytteth slaughter vnawarres maye flye thither And soch fre cities shal be amonge you because of the auenger of bloude that he which hath commytted slaughter dye not tyll he stonde in iudgment before the congregacion And of these cities which ye shall geue there shal be sixe fre cities Thre shal ye geue on this side Iordane and thre in the londe of Canaan These are the sixe fre cities both for y e childreÌ„ of Israel for the straungers for soch as dwell amoÌ„ge you y t who so euer hath slaine eny soule vnawarres maye flye thither He y t smyteth eny man w t an yron weapoÌ„ y t he dye the same is a murthurer shal dye the death Yf he cast at him w t a stone wherwith eny man maye be slayne y t he dye therof then is he a murthurer and shal dye the death Yf he smyte him w t an handweapon of wodd wherwith eny man maie be slayne that he dye then is he a murthurer and shal dye the death The auenger of bloude shal bringe y e murthurer to death Whan he fyndeth him he shal slaye him Yf he thrust at him of hate or cast ought at him with laienge of wayte or smyte him of envye w t his hande that he dye then shal he that hath slayne him dye the death for he is a murthurer The auenger of bloude shal brynge him to death as soone as he fyndeth him But yf he thrust him by chaunce not of envye or hurle ought at him without eny layenge of wayte or cast at him with a stone wherof a man maye dye sawe it not so y t he dye is not his enemie nether thought him eny euell theÌ„ shal the coÌ„gregacion iudge betwene him y t hath coÌ„mytted y e slaughter and the auenger of bloude in soch cases And the coÌ„gregacion shal delyuer the deed slayer from the hande of y e auenger of bloude shal let him come agayne to the fre cite whither he was fled there shall he abyde vnto y e death of the hye prest which was anoynted with y e holy oyle But yf the deed sleyer go out of the borders of his fre cite that he was fled vnto and the auenger of bloude fynde him without y e borders of his fre cite and kyll him he shal not be gyltye of bloude For he shulde haue bydden in his fre cite vntyll y e death of the hye prest after y e hye prestes death to come agayne vnto the londe of his enheritaunce This shal be a statute of the lawe vnto you amoÌ„ge youre posterities in all youre dwellinges The deed slayer shal be slayne at y e mouth of witnesses One witnesse shal not answere ouer a soule to death And ye shal receaue none attonement ouer the soule of the deedslayer for he is giltye of death but he shal dye the death And ye shal receaue none attonement of him which is fled to the fre cite y t he shulde come agayne to dwell in the londe tyll the hye prest dye And defyle not ye y e londe wherin ye dwell For who so is giltye of bloude defyleth the londe and the londe can not be reconcyled from the bloude that is shed therin but onely thorow the bloude of him that shed it Defyle not ye the londe that ye dwell in wherin I dwell also For I am the LORDE which dwell amoÌ„ge y e children of Israel The XXXVI Chapter ANd y e chefe fathers of the kynred of the childreÌ„ of Gilead y e sonne of Machir which was the sonne of Manasse of the kynred of the children of Ioseph came forth and

nothinge vpon vsury he taketh nothinge ouer he withdraweth his honde from doinge wronge he haÌ„dleth faith fully betwixte man man he walbeth in my commaundementes kepeth my lawes perfourmeth theÌ„ faithfully This is a rightuous maÌ„ he shal surely lyue saieth the LORDE God Yf he now get a sonne that is a murthurer a shedder of bloude yf he do one of these thinges though he do not all he eateth vpon the hilles he defyleth his neghbours wife he greueth the poore and nedy he robbeth and spoyleth he geueth not the detter his pledge agayne he lifteth vp his eyes vnto Idols medleth with abhominable thinges he lendeth vpon vsury and taketh more ouer Shal this man lyue He shal not lyue Seinge he hath done all these abhominacions he shall dye his bloude shal be vpon him Now yf this man get a sonne also that seith all this fathers synnes which he hath done and feareth nether doth soch like Namely he eateth not vpon the mountaynes he lifteth not his eyes vp to the Idols of Israel he defyleth not his neghbours wife he vexeth no man he kepeth no mans pledge he nether spoyleth ner robbeth eny man he dealeth his meate with the hungrie he clotheth the naked he oppresseth not the poore he receaueth no vsury ner eny thinge ouer he kepeth my lawes and walketh in my commaundementes This man shal not dye in his fathers synne but shall lyue without fayle As for his father because he oppressed and spoyled his brother and dyd wyckedly amonge his people lo he is deed in his owne synne And yet saye ye Wherfore theÌ„ shulde not this sonne beare his fathers synne Therfore because the sonne hath done equyte and right hath kepte all my commaundementes and done them therfore shall he lyue in dede The same soule y t synneth shall dye The sonne shal not beare the fathers offence nenether shal the father beare the sonnes offence The rightuousnes of the rightuous shall be vpon himself and the wickednes of the wicked shal be vpon himself also But yf y e vngodly will turne awaye from all his synnes that he hath done and kepe all my commaundemeÌ„tes and do the thinge y t is equall right doutles he shal lyue and not dye As for all his synnes that he dyd before they shall not be thought vpon but in his rightuousnes that he hath done he shal lyue For haue I eny pleasure in the death of a synner saieth the LORDE God but rather that he conuerte and lyue Agayne yf the rightuous turne awaye from his rightuousnes and do iniquyte acordinge to all the abhominacions that y e wicked maÌ„ doth shal he lyue All the rightuousnes that he hath done shall not be thought vpoÌ„ but in the fawte that he hath offended withall and in the synne that he hath done he shal dye And yet ye saye Tush the waye of y e LORDE is not indiffereÌ„t Heare therfore ye house of Israel Is not my waye right Or are not youre wayes rather wicked When a rightuous maÌ„ turneth awaye from his rightuousnesse and medleth with vngodlynes he must dye therin Yee for the vnrightuousnes that he hath done must he dye Agayne when the wicked man turneth awaye from his wickednesse that he hath done and doth the thinge which is equall and right he shal saue his soule alyue For in so moch as he remembreth himself and turneth him from all the vngodlynes that he hath vsed he shall lyue and not dye And yet saieth the house of Israel Tush the waye of the LORDE is not equall Are my wayes vnright o ye house of Israel Are not youre wayes rather vnequall As for me I wil iudge euery man acordinge to his wayes O ye house of Israel saieth the LORDE God Wherfore be conuerted and turne you clene from all youre wickednesse so shal there no synne do you harme Cast awaye froÌ„ you all youre vngodlynesse that ye haue done make you new hertes and a new sprete Wherfore wil ye dye O ye house of Israel seynge I haue no pleasure in y e death of him that dyeth saieth the LORDE God Turne you then and ye shal lyue The XIX Chapter BVt mourne thou for the prynces off Israel saye Wherfore laye thy mother that lyonesse amoÌ„ge the lyons norished hir yonge ones amoÌ„ge the lyons whelpes One of hir whelpes she brought vp it became a lyon it lerned to spoyle and to deuoure folke The Heithen herde of him toke him in their nettes brought him in chaynes vnto the londe of Egipte Now when the damme sawe that all hir hope comforth was awaye she toke another of hir whelpes and made a lyon of him which wente amonge the lyons became a fearce lyon lerned to spoyle and to deuoure folcke he destroyed their palaces and made their cities waist In so moch that the whole londe and euery thinge therin were vtterly desolate thorow the very voyce of his roaringe Then came the Heithen together on euery syde out of all countrees agaynst him layed their nettes for him and toke him in their pytte So they bounde him with chaynes and brought him to the kinge of Babilon which put him in preson that his voyce shulde nomore be herde vpon the mountaynes of Israel As for thy mother she is like a vyne in thy bloude planted by the water syde hir frutes and braunches are growen out of many waters hir stalkes were so stronge that men might haue made staues therof for officers she grew so hie in hir stalkes So when men sawe that she exceaded y e heith and multitude of hir braunches she was roted out in displeasure and cast downe to the grounde The East wynde dryed vp hir frute hir stronge stalkes were broken of wythered and brent in the fyre But now she is planted in the wildernesse in a drye and thurstie grounde And there is a fyre gone out of hir stalkes which hath breÌ„t vp hir braunches and hir frute so that she hath no mo stronge stalkes to be staues for officers This is a piteous and miserable thinge The XX. Chapter IN in the xvij yeare the x daye of the v Moneth it happened that certayne of the elders of Israel came vnto me for to axe councell at the LORDE and sat them downe by me Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto me on this maner Thou sonne of man Speake to the elders of Israel and saye vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE God Are ye come hither to axe eny thinge at me As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE I will geue you no answere Wilt thou not reproue them thou sonne of man wilt thou not reproue them Shewe them the abhominacions of their forefathers tell theÌ„ Thus saieth the LORDE God In the daye when I chose Israel and lift vp myne honde vpon the sede of the house of Iacob shewed my self vnto them in the londe of Egipte Yee when I lifte

is hatefull before God and men and all wickednes of the Heithen is to be abhorred Because of vnrighteous dealinge wronge blasphemies and diuerse disceate a realme shal be traÌ„slated froÌ„ one people to another There is nothinge worse then a cuvetous man What prydest thou the o thou earth and aszshes There is not a more wicked thinge then to loue moneye And why soch one hath his soule to sell yet is he but fylthie doÌ„ge whyle he lyueth And though the phisician shewe his helpe neuer so longe yet in conclucion it goeth after this maner to daye a kynge tomorow deed For whan a man dyeth he is the heyre of serpentes beastes and wormes The begynnynge of mans pryde is to fall awaye from God and why his hert is gone from his maker for pryde is the origenall of all synne Who so taketh holde therof shal be fylled with cursinges and at y e last it shal ouer throwe him Therfore hath the LORDE brought the coÌ„gregacions of the wicked to dishono r and destroyed them vnto the ende God hath destroyed the seates of proude prynces and sett vp the meke in their steade God hath wythered the rotes of the proude Heithen and planted the lowly amonge them God hath ouerthrowne the londes of the Heithen and destroyed them out of the grounde He hath caused them to wyther awaye he hath brought them to naught and made the memoriall of them to ceasse from out of the earth God hath destroyed the name of the proude and left the name of y e humble of mynde Pryde was not made for man nether wrothfulnes for mens children The sede of men that feareth God shal be brought to honoure but y e sede which transgresseth the commaundementes of y e LORDE shal be shamed He y t is the ruler amoÌ„ge brethren is holdeÌ„ in honoure amoÌ„ge them and he regardeth soch as feare the LORDE The glory of the riche of the honorable and of the poore is the feare of God Despyse not thou the iust poore man and magnifie not y e rich vngodly Greate is the iudge and mightie in hono yet is there none greater then he y t feareth God Vnto y e seruaunt that is disceete shal the fre do seruyce He that is wyse and well nurtoured wyll not grudge whan he is refourmed an ignorauÌ„t body shal not come to honoure Be not proude to do thy worke and dispare not in the tyme of aduersite Better is he y t laboureth and hath plenteousnes of all thinges then he y t is gorgious and wanteth bred My sonne kepe thy soule in mekenes and geue her hir due honoure Who shal iustifie him that synneth agaynst himself Who wil honoure him that dishonoureth his owne life The poore is honoured for his faithfulnes and trueth but y e rich is had in reputacioÌ„ because of his goodes He that ordreth himself honestly in pouerte how moch more shal he behaue himself honestly in riches And who so ordreth himself vnhonestly in riches how moch more shal he behaue himself vnhonestly in pouerte The XI Chapter THe wyszdome of him y t is brought lowe shal lift vp his heade and shal make him to sytt amonge greate meÌ„ Commende not a man in his bewtye nether despyse a man in his vtter appearauÌ„ce The Bey is but a small beast amonge the foules yet is hir frute exceadiÌ„ge swete Be not proude of thy rayment and exalte not thyself in the daye of thy honoure for y e workes of the Hyest onely are wonderfull yee glorious secrete and vnknowne are his workes Many tyrauntes haue bene fayne to syt downe vpoÌ„ the earth y e vnlickly hath worne y e crowne Many mightie meÌ„ haue bene brought lowe and the honorable haue bene delyuered in to other mens handes Condemne no man before thou haue tryed out the matter and whan thou hast made enquisicion then refourme righteously Geue no senteÌ„ce before thou hast herde the cause but first let men tell out their tayles Stryue not for a matter that toucheth not thyself and stonde not in the iudgment of synners My sonne medle not with many matters yf thou wylt be riche thou shalt not gett it and though thou rennest y e waye afore yet shalt thou not escape There is some maÌ„ that laboureth and the more he weerieth himself the lesse he hath Agayne some man is slouthfull hath nede of helpe waÌ„teth streÌ„gth and hath greate pouerte and Gods eye loketh vpon him to good setteth him vp from his lowe estate and lifteth vp his heade so that many men maruell at him and geue honoure vnto God Prosperite and aduersite life and death pouerte and riches come all of the LORDE Wyszdome nurtoure and knowlege of y e lawe are with God loue and y e wayes of good are with him Erroure and darcknes are made for synners and they that exalte them selues in euell waxe olde in euell The gift of God remayneth for the righteous and his good wyl shal geue prosperite for euer Some man is rich by lyuynge nygardly and y t is the porcion of his rewarde in that he sayeth now haue I gotten rest and now wyl I eate and drynke of my goodes myself alone And yet he considereth not that the tyme draweth nye y t he must leaue all these thinges vnto other men and dye himself Stonde thou fast in thy couenaunt and exercyse thy self therin and remayne in the worke vnto y e age Contynue not in the workes of synners but put thy trust in God and byde in thine estate for it is but an easy thiÌ„ge in y e sight of God to make a poore man riche and that sodenly The blessinge of God haisteth to y e rewarde of the rightous and maketh his frutes soone to florish and prospere Saye not what helpeth it me and what shal I haue y e whyle Agayne saye not I haue ynough how can I wante Whan thou art in welfare forget not aduersite and whan it goeth not well with the haue a good hope that it shal be better For it is but a small thinge vnto God in the daye of death to rewarde euery maÌ„ acordinge to his wayes The aduersite of an houre maketh one to forgett all pleasure and whan a man dyeth his workes are discouered Prayse no body before his death for a man shal be knowne in his children Bringe not euery man in to thine house for the disceatfull layeth wayte dyuersly Like as a partrich in a mauÌ„de so is the hert of the proude and like as a spye that loketh vpon the fall of his neghbo For he turneth good vnto euell and slaundreth the chosen Of one sparck is made a greate fyre an vngodly maÌ„ layeth wayte for bloude Bewarre of the disceatfull for he ymagineth wicked thinges to bringe y t in to a perpetuall shame Yf thou takest an aleauÌ„t vnto y e he shal destroye the in vnquietnes and dryue the

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 â–ª 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 coÌ„pany 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 wheÌ„ce 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 wheÌ„ce 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 coÌ„ceaued 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 blessâ—nges promised vnto thy father and my fore elders go mightely after the desyre of the hyest in the worlde these shal light on Iosephs heade and on the toppe of his heade that was separate from his brethren Ben Iamin a rauyshinge wolfe In the mornynge shal he deuoure the praye but in the euenynge he shal deuyde the spoyle All these are the twolue trybes of Israel and this is it that their father spake vnto them whan he blessed them euery one with a sundrye blessynge And he commaunded them and sayde vnto them I shal be gathered vnto my people burye me with my fathers in y e caue which is in the felde of Ephron the Hethite in the dubble caue that lyeth ouer against Mamre in y e lande of CanaaÌ„ which AbrahaÌ„ bought with the felde of Ephron the Hethite for a possession to burye in There buryed they AbrahaÌ„ Sara his wife there buried they Isaac also Rebecca his wife their buried I Lea in the good of the felde of the caue therin which was bought of the Hethites And whan Iacob had ended this commaundement vnto his children he pluckte his fete together vpon the bed and died and was gathered vnto his people TheÌ„ fell Ioseph vpon his fathers face and wepte and kyssed him The L. Chapter ANd Ioseph coÌ„mauÌ„ded his seruauÌ„tes y e PhisiciaÌ„s to embawme his father And the Phisicians embawmed Israel tyll fourtye dayes were ended for so longe endured the dayes of embawminge the Egipcians bewayled him seuentye dayes Now whan the mournynge dayes were ended Ioseph spake vnto Pharaos housholde sayde Yf I haue founde fauo r in youre sight theÌ„ speake vnto Pharao and saie My father hath taken an ooth of me sayde Beholde I dye burye me in myne owne graue which I dygged for myself in the laÌ„de of Canaan Therfore wyl I now go vp and burye my father and come agayne Pharao saide Go thy waye vp and burye thy father acordinge as thou hast sworne vnto him So Ioseph weÌ„te vp to burye his father And there weÌ„te w t him all Pharaos seruauÌ„tes y t were the elders of his courte and all y e elders of the lande of Egipte all Iosephs housholde and his brethren and his fathers housholde Onely their children shepe oxen left they in y e laÌ„de of Gosen toke their iourney vp with him vpoÌ„ charettes and horses and the company was exceadinge greate Now whan these came to the playne of Atad y t lyeth beyonde Iordane they made there a very greate and bytter lamentacion he mourned for his father seueÌ„ dayes And whaÌ„ the people in the lande the Cananites sawe the mournynge in the playne of Atad they sayde The EgipciaÌ„s make there greate lameÌ„tacion Therfore is the place called The lamentacion of the Egipcians which lyeth beyonde Iordane And his children dyd as he had coÌ„maunded them and caried him to y e lande of Canaan and buried him in y e dubble caue that Abraham bought with the felde for a possession to bury in of Ephron y e Hethite ouer ageynst Mamre So Ioseph toke his iourney agayne in to Egipte with his brethren and with all those that wente vp with him to burye his father whan they had buried him But Iosephs brethreÌ„ were afrayed whaÌ„ their father was deed and sayde Ioseph might happly haue indignacion at vs and recompense vs all the euell that we dyd vnto him therfore let they saye vnto him Thy father commaunded before his death and sayde Thus shal ye saye vnto Ioseph O for geue thy brethren the offence and their synne that they dyd so euell vnto the. O forgeue now this trespace of vs the seruauntes of thy fathers God But Ioseph wepte whan they spake so vnto him And his brethren wente and fell downe before him and sayde Beholde here are we thy seruauntes Ioseph sayde vnto theÌ„ Feare ye not for I am vnder God Ye thought euell ouer me but God hath turned it vnto good to do as it is come to passe this daye for the sauynge of moch people Therfore be not ye now afrayed I wyl care for you and youre children And he comforted them and spake louyngly vnto them Thus dwelt Ioseph in Egipte with his fathers house and lyued an huÌ„dreth and ten yeare and sawe Ephrayms children vnto y e thirde generacion In like maner the children of Machir the sonne of Manasses begat children also vpon Iosephs lappe And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren I dye and God wyl vyset you and brynge you out of this lande to the lande that he sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob Therfore toke he an ooth of the childreÌ„ of Israel and sayde Whan God shal vyset you theÌ„ cary my bones froÌ„ hence So Ioseph dyed whaÌ„ he was an huÌ„dreth and ten yeare olde and they embawmed him layed him in a chest in Egipte The ende of the first boke of Moses called Genesis The seconde boke of Moses called Exodus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The childreÌ„ of Israel increase in Egipte The kynge commaundeth to slaye theÌ„ and to drowne them Chap. II. The byrth of Moses which is layed vpoÌ„ the water Pharaos doughter taketh him and bringeth him vp He slayeth one of the Egipcians and flyeth his waye in to Madian where he marieth The children of Israel crye vnto the LORDE Chap. III. God appeareth vnto Moses in the bush and sendeth him vnto the kynge and the people Chap. IIII. Moses is loth to go excuseth himself But the LORDE enfourmeth him maketh him stronge and comforteth him Moses taketh leue of his father in lawe to go vnto his people Chap. V. Moses and Aaron go vnto the kynge which oppresseth the people the more Chap. VI. God geueth Moses more instruccioÌ„ and sendeth him vnto the people The trybes are nombred Chap. VII Moses and Aaron go vnto the kynge and shewe tokens before him but the kynge waxeth hard harted Chap. VIII After many tokens Pharao graunteth to let the people go but assone as the plage ceaseth he is as vngodly as afore Chap. IX There commeth a death amoÌ„ge all the catell theÌ„ commeth the sores blaynes and the hayle Chap. X. The greshoppers and darcknes in Egipte Pharao forbyddeth Moses to come eny more in his sight Chap. XI The LORDE promiseth to brynge yet another plage vpon Egipte and coÌ„maundeth the Israelites to borowe Iewels of syluer and golde of the Egipcians Chap. XII The vse of the Easterlambe God slayeth all the firstborne Pharao dryueth all the people out of the lande Chap. XIII God commaundeth to sanctifie all the firstborne vnto him and carieth them towarde the lande of promyse not the next waye but thorow the wyldernes by a cloude in the daye tyme and a pyler of fyre in the night Chap. XIIII Pharao foloweth vpoÌ„ the people of God which delyuereth his owne carieth them thorow the reed see drowneth the enemies therin Chap. XV. Moses and the

shal be here after for they couered the londe and made it darcke And they ate vp all the herbes in y e londe all the frutes vpon the trees which remayned from y e hayle left no grene thinge behinde in the trees herbes vpon the felde in all the lande of Egipte Then Pharao called for Moses Aaron in all y e haist saide I haue synned against the LORDE yo r God agaynst you forgeue me my synne this once also pray the LORDE yo r God y t he maye take awaye fro me this death onely And he weÌ„te out from Pharao prayed vnto the LORDE TheÌ„ the LORDE turned a maruelous stroÌ„ge west wynde and toke vp the greshoppers caâ—â— them in to the reed see so that there was not one left in all the quarters of Egipte But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert that he let not the childreÌ„ of Israel go The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thine haÌ„de towarde heauen that it be so darck in the londe of Egipte y t it maye be felt And Moses stretched out his haÌ„de towarde heauen theÌ„ was there a thicke darcknesse in all the londe of Egipte thre dayes so y t in thre dayes no maÌ„ sawe another nor rose vp from y e place where he was But w t the childreÌ„ of Israel there was light in their dwellinges Then Pharao called for Moses sayde Go yo r waye serue the LORDE onely leaue yo r shepe yo r oxen here let yo r childreÌ„ go w t you also Moses sayde Thou must geue vs offringes and brent offerynges that we maye do sacrifice vnto the LORDE o r God Oure catell shal go w t vs and there shal not one hooffe be left behynde for we must take therof for the seruyce of the LORDE o r God Morouer we knowe not wherwithall we shal serue y e LORDE tyll we come thither But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert y t he wolde not let them go And Pharao sayde vnto him Get the hence fro me bewarre that thou come nomore in my sight For loke what daie so euer thou coÌ„mest in my sight thou shalt dye Moses answered EueÌ„ as thou hast sayde I wil come nomore in thy sight The XI Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses I wil yet brynge a plage vpon Pharao and Egipte after y t shal he let you go from hence shal not onely let all go but also dryue you hence Therfore saye now vnto the people y t euery man borowe of his neghboure euery woman of his neghbouresse Iewels of syluer golde for the LORDE shal geue the people fauo r in the sight of y e EgipciaÌ„s And Moses was a very greate man in the lande of Egipte in y e sight of Pharaos seruauntes in the sight of the people And Moses sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE At mydnight wil I go out in the lande of Egipte all y e first borne in the lande of Egipte shall dye from Pharaos first sonne y t sytteth vpon his seate vnto the first sonne of the mayde seruaunte which is behynde y e myll all the first borne amonge the catell there shal be a greate crie in all the lande of Egipte soch as neuer was ner shal be But amonge all the childreÌ„ of Israel there shall not a dogg quatch w t his tonge fro men vnto catell y t ye maye knowe how y t the LORDE hath put a differeÌ„ce betwixte Egipte Israel TheÌ„ shal all these thy seruauntes come downe vnto me fal at my fote saye Get the out thou all the people that are vnder the. After that wyl I departe And he weÌ„te froÌ„ Pharao w t a wroth full displeasure The LORDE saide vnto Moses Pharao herkeneth not vnto you y t many woÌ„ders maye be done in y e laÌ„de of Egipte And Moses Aaron dyd all these woÌ„ders before Pharao but y e LORDE hardened his hert y t he wolde not let y e childreÌ„ of Israel go out of his londe The XII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Aaron in the londe of Egipte This moneth shal be with you y e first moneth at it ye shall begynne the monethes of the yeare Speake ye vnto all the congregacion of Israel saye Vpon y e tenth daye of this moneth let euery one take a laÌ„be or a kydd where a housholder is to euery house a laÌ„be But yf the housholde be to few for a lambe theÌ„ let him his neghbo r y t is next vnto his house take it acordinge to the nombre of y e soules and counte to the lambe what euery man maye eate But it shal be a lambe with out blemish a male of a yeare olde From amonge the lambes goates shal ye take it And ye shal kepe it vnto y e fourtene daye of the moneth And euery man of the congregacion of Israel shal slaye it aboute the eueninge And they shal take of his bloude and stryke it on both the syde postes of the dore and on the vpperdore post of the house that they eate it in And so shal they eate flesh y e same night rosted at the fyre vnleuended bred and shal eate it with sowre sawse Ye shal not eate it rawe ner sodden with water but onely rosted at the fyre his heade w t his fete and pertenaunce And ye shal leaue nothynge of it ouer vntyll the mornynge but yf eny thinge be left ouer vntyll the mornynge ye shal burne it with fyre Of this maner shal ye eate it Ye shal be gyrded aboute youre loynes and haue youre shues vpon youre fete and staues in yo r handes and ye shal eate it with haist for it is y e LORDES Passeouer For in the same night wil I go thorow the londe of Egipte smyte all the firstborne in the lande of Egipte from men vnto catell vpon all the goddes of Egipte wyll I do execucion Euen I the LORDE And the bloude shal be youre token vpon the houses wherin ye are y t whan I se the bloude I maye passe ouer and that the plage happen not vnto you to destroye you whan I smyte the londe of Egipte And this daye shall ye haue for a remembraunce and ye shall kepe it holy for a feast vnto the LORDE ye all youre posterities for a perpetuall custome Seuen dayes shall ye eate vnleuended bred namely vpon the first daie shal ye leaue of with leuended bred in youre houses Who so euer eateth leuended bred from the first daye vnto y e seuenth that soule shall be roted out from Israel The first daye shall be called holy amonge you and the seuenth also No maner of worke shall ye do therin saue what belongeth to the meate for all maner of soules that onely maye ye do for you And kepe you to leuended bred For euen vpon that same daye wil I brynge youre armies

For the LORDE shal not holde him â—ngiltie that taketh his name in vayne Remembre the Sabbath daie that thou sanctifie it Sixe dayes shalt thou laboure and do all thy worke But vpon the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the LORDE thy God thou shalt do no maner worke in it nether thou ner thy sonne ner thy doughter ner thy seruaunt ner thy mayde ner thy catell ner thy straunger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the LORDE made heauen and earth and the see and all that therin is and rested vpon the seuenth daye therfore the LORDE blessed the seuenth daye halowed it Honoure thy father and thy mother that thou mayest lyue longe in the londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue the. Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt beare no false wytnesse agaynst thy neghboure Thou shalt not lust after y e neghbours house Thou shalt not lust after thy neghbours wife ner his seruauÌ„t ner his mayde ner his oxe ner his Asse ner all that thy neghboure hath And all the people sawe the thonder and the lightenynge and the noyse of the trompet and how that the mountayne smoked and were afrayed and stackerd stode a farre of and sayde vnto Moses Talke thou with vs we wil heare and let not God talke with vs we might els dye And Moses sayde vnto the people Be not afrayed for God is come to proue you and that his feare maye be before youre eyes y t ye synne not And the people stode afarre of But Moses gat him in to the darcke cloude where in God was And the LORDE spake vnto him Thus shalt thou saye vnto the children of Israel Ye haue sene that I haue talked w t you from heauen therfore shal ye make nothinge with me goddes of syluer and golde shal ye not make you Make me an altare of earth wher vpon thou mayest offer y â— burnt offerynges peace offerynges thy shepe and thine oxen For loke in what place so euer I make y e remembraunce of my name there wil I come vnto the and blesse the. And yf thou wilt make me an altare of stone thou shalt not make it of hewen stone For yf thou lift vp thy tole vpon it thou shalt vnhalowe it Morouer thou shalt not go vp vpon steppes vnto myne altare that thy shame be not discouered before it The XXI Chapter THese are the lawes that thou shalt laye before them Yf thou bye a seruaunt that is an Hebrue he shal serue the sixe yeares in the seuenth yeare shall he go out fre and lowse Yf he came alone then shal he go out alone also but yf he came maried then shall his wife go out with him Yf his master haue geueÌ„ him a wife she haue borne him sonnes or doughters theÌ„ shal the wife and y e children be the masters but he shall go out alone Neuertheles yf the seruaunt saye I loue my master and my wife and children I wil not go out fre then let his master brynge him before the Goddes and holde him to the dore or post and bore him thorow the eare with a botkin and let him be his seruaunt for euer Yf a man sell his doughter to be an hand mayde then shal she not go out as the men seruauntes But yf she please not hir master and he haue not maried her then shal he let her go fre but to sell her vnto a strauÌ„ge people he hath no auctorite for so moch as he hath despysed her Yf he promyse her vnto his sonne then shal he do vnto her after the lawe of doughters But yf he geue him another wife then shall he mynishe nothinge of hir foode rayment and dewtye of mariage Yf he do not these thre then shal she go out fre and paye nothinge He that smyteth a man that he dye shall dye the death Yf he haue not layed wayte for him but God let him fall in his hande vnawares then wil I appoynte the a place where he shal flye vnto But yf a man presume vpon his neghboure and slaye him with disceate then shalt thou take the same fro myne altare that he maye be slayne â–ª Who so smyteth his father or mother shall dye the death He that stealeth a man and selleth him so that he be founde by him the same shall dye the death Who so curseth father and mother shal dye the death Yf men stryue together and one smyte another with a stone or with his fist so that he dye not but lyeth in bedd Yf he ryse and go forth vpon his staff theÌ„ shall he that smote him be vngiltie saue that he shal paye the losse of his tyme and geue y e money for healynge him He that smyteth his seruaunt or mayde with a staff that he dye vnder his handes the same shall suffre vengeaunce therfore But yf he endure a daye or two then shall he suffre no veÌ„geaunce therfore for it is his money Yf men stryue and hytt a woman with childe so that y e frute departe from her and no harme happen vnto her then shall he be punyshed for money as moch as the womans huszbande layeth to his charge and he shall geue it acordinge to the appoyntement of the dayes men But yf there come harme vnto her there thorow then shal he paye soule for soule eye for eye toth for toth hande for hande fote for fote burnynge for burnynge wounde for wounde strype for strype Yf a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde in the eye and destroye it he shal let them go fre and lowse for the eye sake In like maner yf he smyte out a tothe of his seruaunt or mayde he shall let them go fre and lowse for the tothes sake Yf an oxe gorre a man or a woman that he dye then shall that oxe be stoned and his flesh not eaten so is the master of the oxe vngiltie But yf the oxe haue bene vsed to push in tymes past it hath bene tolde his master and he hath not kepte him and besydes that slayeth a man or a woman then shal y e oxe be stoned and his master shal dye But yf there be money set vpon him then loke what is put vpon him that shall he geue to delyuer his soule Likewyse shall he be dealte withall yf he gorre a sonne or a doughter But yf he gorre a seruaunt or a mayde then shall he geue their master thirtie syluer Sycles and the oxe shal be stoned Yf a man open a well or dygge a pytt and couer it not and there fall an oxe or Asse therin then shall the owner of the pytt make it good with money and restore it vnto his master but the deed carcase shal be his owne Yf one mans oxe gorre another that he dye then shall they sell the lyuynge oxe and deuyde the money and the deed carcase

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 thaÌ„k-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 cleÌ„synge 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 commaundemeÌ„tes 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 commaundemeÌ„tes 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 amoÌ„ge 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 frankeÌ„cense and burne it for a remembraunce vpon the altare This is an offeringe of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE As for y e remnaunt of the meat offerynge it shal be Aarons and his sonnes This shal be y e most holy of the offerynges of the LORDE But yf he wyll brynge a meat offerynge of that which is baken in the ouen then let him take swete cakes of wheate mixte with oyle and vnleuended wafers anoynted with oyle Neuertheles yf thy meat offerynge be enythinge of that which is fryed in the panne then shal it be of fyne swete floure myxte with oyle And thou shalt cut it in peces poure oyle theron so is it a meat offerynge But yf thy meat offeringe be ought broyled on the gredyron then shalt

them wyll I brynge in so y t they shal knowe the lande which ye haue refused But ye with youre carcases shall lye in this wildernesse and yo r children shal wander in this wildernesse fourtye yeares beare yo r whordome tyll yo r carcases be waisted in the wildernesse acordinge to the nombre of y e fourtye dayes wherin ye spyed out the londe A daye for a yeare so y t fourtye yeares ye shall beare youre myszdede that ye maye knowe what it is whan I with drawe my hande Euen I the LORDE haue sayde it wil do it in dede vnto all this euell congregacion that haue lift vp themselues agaynst me In this wildernesse shal they be consumed and there shal they dye So there dyed and were plaged before the LORDE all the meÌ„ whom Moses sent to spye out the laÌ„de came agayne and made the whole coÌ„gregacion 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 amoÌ„ge 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 teÌ„th 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 teÌ„th 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 amoÌ„ge 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 coÌ„gregacion 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 coÌ„gregacion 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 amoÌ„ge 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

their captayne in Moses steade A prophecie that they wyl forsake the waye of God be punyshed therfore Chap. XXXII The songe of Moses which goeth vp to the mount seyth the londe of promesse but commeth not in to it Chap. XXXIII A swete blessinge wherwith Moses blesseth the people before his death Chap. XXXIIII Moses goeth vp to the mount where he dyeth The children of Israel make lamentacion for him The first Chapter THese are the wordes that Moses spake vnto all Israel on the other syde Iordane in the wildernesse in the playne felde towarde the reed see betwene Paran Thophel Laban Hazeroth and Disahab eleuen daies iourney from Horeb by the waye of mount Seir vnto Cades Bernea And it fortuned the first daye of the eleuenth moneth in the fortieth yeare that Moses spake vnto y e children of Israel acordinge vnto all as y e LORDE commaunded him after he had smytten Sihon y e kynge of the Amorites which dwelt at Heszbon and Og the kynge of Basan that dwelt at Astaroth and at Edrei On the other syde Iordane in y e lande of the Moabites beganne Moses to declare this lawe and sayde The LORDE o r God spake vnto vs vpon mount Horeb sayde Ye haue bene loÌ„ge ynough vpon this mountayne turne you departed hence that ye maye come to the mountaynes of the Amorites and to all their neghbours in y e feldes vpon mountaynes and in the valleys towarde the South and towarde the see syde of the lande of Canaan and to mount Libanus euen vnto the greate water Euphrates Beholde I haue delyuered you the londe go in and take it in possession which the LORDE sware vnto yo r fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob that he wolde geue it vnto theÌ„ and their sede after them Then saide I vnto you at the same tyme I am not able to beare you my self alone for the LORDE youre God hath increased you so that this daye ye are as y e starres of heauen in multitude The LORDE God of yo r fathers make you yet many thousande tymes mo blesse you as he hath promysed you How can I alone beare soche coÌ„braunce charge stryfe amoÌ„ge you Prouyde here men of wyszdome vnderstondinge soch as are knowne amonge youre trybes theÌ„ wil I set to be heades vnto you Then answered ye me and sayde It is a good thinge that thou sayest thou wilt do â–ª Then toke I y e heades of youre trybes wyse and famous meÌ„ and set them ouer you to be heades ouer thousandes ouer hundreds ouer fiftye and ouer ten and officers amonge youre trybes And I charged youre iudges at y e same tyme sayde Heare youre brethreÌ„ iudge righteously betwene euery man and his brother and the straunger Ye shall knowe no personne in iudgment but shall heare the small as well as the greate and be afrayed of no man for the Iudgment is Gods But yf eny cause be to harde for you let it be broughte vnto me y t I maye heare it Thus commaunded I you at the same tyme all y t ye shulde doo Then departed we from Horeb and walked thorow the whole wyldernesse which is greate and terryble as ye haue sene by the waye to y e mountaynes of the Amorites as the LORDE oure God commauded vs and came vnto Cades Bernea Then sayde I vnto you Ye are come to y e mountaynes of y e Amorites which the LORDE o r God shal geue vs. Beholde there the londe before the which the LORDE thy God hath geueÌ„ vnto the Go vp conquere it as y e LORDE God of thy fathers hath sayde vnto the feare not and be not discoraged Then came ye all vnto me and sayde Let vs sende men before vs to spye vs out the londe and to brynge vs worde agayne by what waye we shal go vp and to what cities we shal come That pleased me well and I toke twolue men from amonge you of euery trybe one Which whan they were departed and wente vp to hye countre and came to the ryuer Escol they spyed it out and toke of the frute of y e londe with theÌ„ and broughte it downe vnto vs and broughte vs worde agayne and sayde It is a good londe that the LORDE oure God hath geuen vs. But ye wolde not go vp and were dishobedient vnto the mouth of the LORDE youre God and murmured in youre tentes and sayde Because the LORDE hateth vs therfore hath be broughte vs out of the londe of Egipte to delyuer vs in to the handes of the Amorites to destroye vs. Whither shal we go vp Oure brethren haue discoraged oure hertes saide The people is greater of hyer stature theÌ„ we y e cities are greate walled euen vp to heauen Morouer we haue sene there the children of Enakim But I sayde vnto you Feare not and be not afrayed of them for the LORDE youre God goeth before you and shall fighte for you like as he dealte with you in Egipte before youre eyes and in the wyldernesse where thou sawest that the LORDE thy God bare the euen as a man beareth his sonne thorow out all the waye that ye haue walked tyll ye came to this place And yet for all this ye haue not beleued on the LORDE youre God which wente before you to searche you out a place where ye shulde pitch youre tentes by night in the fyre to shewe you the waye wherin ye shulde go on the daye tyme in the cloude Whan the LORDE herde y e voyce of yo r wordes he was wroth and swore and saide There shall none of this euell generacion se that good londe which I sware to geue vnto youre fathers excepte Caleb the sonne of Iephune he shal se it And vnto him wyl I geue the londe that he hath troddeÌ„ vpon to his children because he hath perfectly folowed the LORDE The LORDE was angrye w t me also for youre sakes and sayde Thou also shalt not go in thither But Iosua y e sonne of Nun which stondeth before the he shal go in thither Corage him for he shal deuyde the enheritaunce out vnto Israel And youre childreÌ„ of whoÌ„ ye sayde they shulde be a praye and youre sonnes which this daie vnderstonde nether good ner bad they shal go in thither vnto them wil I geue it and they shall enioye it But as for you turne you and take youre iourney to the wyldernesse euen the waye to the reed see Then answered ye sayde vnto me We haue synned agaynst y e LORDE we wil go vp and fighte acordinge to all that the LORDE hath commaunded vs. Now whan ye had prepared yo r selues euery one in his harnesse were at the poynte to go vp to the mountaynes y e LORDE sayde vnto me Speake vnto them y t they go not vp that they fighte not for I am not amoÌ„ge you that ye be not

to stoâ—de styll hangeth vp fyue kynges and taketh the cities Chap. XI The HeytheÌ„ kynges gather theÌ„ selues together agaynst Israel but they are discomfited and their cities wonne Chap. XII The names of the kynges whom Iosua and the Israelites slewe are here rehearsed euen one and thirtye Chap â–ª XIII The remnaunt of the londe on this syde Iordane Chap. XIIII The dealinge out of the londe Chap. XV. The londe that fell vnto Iuda by lott Chap. XVI The lot of Ephraim Chap. XVII The lot and porcion of Manasse Chap. XVIII Men are sent out of the seuen trybes to consyder the londe and to deale it out The porcion of Ben Iamin Chap. XIX The porcion of Simeon Zabulon Isachar Aser Nephtali and Dan. Chap. XX. The partinge out of the fre cities Chap. XXI Of the cities and suburbes of the Leuites Chap. XXII The two tribes and a halfe are senâ— home agayne with a charge to be diligent in kepynge Gods commaundement Of the altare of witnesse Chap. XXIII Iosua calleth the people together before his death exorteth them to cleue fast to the commaundementes of the LORDE Chap. XXIIII He calleth the people together iâ— Sichem and rehearceth the benefites of God vnto theÌ„ The couenauÌ„t with God is renewed Iosua dyeth and so doth Eleasar The first Chapter AFter the death of Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE spake the LORDE vnto Iosua y e sonne of Nun Moses mynister My seruaunt Moses is deed vp now and go ouer this Iordane thou and all this people in to the londe that I haue geuen the children of Israel All the places that the soles of youre fete shal treade vpon haue I geuen vnto you as I sayde vnto Moses From the wyldernesse and this Libanus vnto the greate water Euphrates all the londe of the Hethites vnto the greate see towarde the west shal be youre border There shall noman be able to withstonde y t all thy life longe And like as I was with Moses so wil I be with the also I will not fayle the nether forsake the. Be stronge and bolde for vnto this people shalt thou deuyde y e londe which I sware vnto their fathers to geue it them Be stroÌ„ge therfore and very bolde that thou mayest kepe and do euery thynge acordinge to the lawe that Moses my seruaunt commaunded the. Turne not asyde from it nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte y t thou mayest deale wysely whither so euer thou goest And let not the boke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth but exercyse thy selfe therin daie and nighte that thou mayest kepe and do euery thinge acordinge to it that is wrytteÌ„ therin Then shalt thou prospere in thy waies and deale wysely Lo I haue commaunded the to be stronge and bolde Feare not and be not afrayed for the LORDE thy God is with y e whither so euer thou goest Then commaunded Iosua the officers of the people and sayde Go thorow the hoost and charge y e people and saye Prepare you vytayles for ouer thre dayes shal ye go ouer this Iordane that ye maye come in and take possession of the londe which the LORDE youre God shal geue you And to the Rubenites Gaddites and to the halfe trybe of Manasse sayde Iosua Thynke vpon the worde that Moses the seruaunt of y e LORDE spake vnto you and sayde The LORDE yo r God hath brought you to rest and geuen you this londe Let youre wyues and children and catell remayne in y e londe that Moses gaue you on this syde Iordane But ye youre selues as many as be fightinge men shal go forth before youre brethren in harnesse and helpe them tyll the LORDE haue broughte youre brethren to rest also as well as you that they also maye take possession of the londe which the LORDE yo r God shal geue them Then shal ye turne agayne in to the londe of youre possession that ye maye enioye it which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE hath geuen you on this syde Iordane towarde y e Easte And they answered Iosua and sayde All that thou hast commaunded vs wyll we do and whither so euer thou sendest vs we wyl go thither Like as we haue obeyed Moses so wyl we be obedient also vnto the Onely that the LORDE thy God be with y e like as he was with Moses Who so euer disobeyeth thy mouth and herkeneth not vnto thy wordes in all that thou hast commaunded vs shal dye Onely be thou stronge and bolde The II. Chapter IOsua the sonne of Nun sent out two spyes preuely from Setim and sayde vnto them Go youre waye loke vpon the londe and Iericho They wente forth and came in to y e house of an harlot called Rahab and laye there Then was it tolde the kynge of Iericho Lo there are men come in this nighte from the childreÌ„ of Israel to spye the londe Then sent the kynge of Iericho vnto Rahab saynge Delyuer the men forth that are come vnto the in to thy house for they are come to spye out the whole londe Now as for the two men the woman had hyd them and sayde There came men in vnto me in dede but I knewe not whence they were And at the shuttinge in of the gate whan it was darcke they wente out so y t I can not tell whither they be gone folowe soone after them for ye shal ouertake them But she had caused them to clymme vp vnto the house toppe and hyd them vnder the stalkes of flaxe that she had prepared her vpoÌ„ the toppe of the house Howbeit the men folowed after them in y e waye towarde Iordane euen vnto the ferye and whan they that folowed vpon them were gone forth the gate was shut And or euer the men layed them downe to slepe she wente vp to them vnto the house toppe and sayde vnto theÌ„ I knowe that the LORDE shal delyuer you the londe for the feare of you is fallen vpon vs and all the inhabiters of the londe are discoraged at youre commynge For we haue herde how the LORDE dryed vp the water in the reed see before you whaÌ„ ye departed out of Egipte and what ye dyd vnto the two kynges of the Amorites Sihon and Og beyonde Iordane how ye roted them out and destroyed them And sence we herde therof oure hert hath failed vs nether is there a good stomacke more in eny man by the reason of youre commynge For the LORDE yo r God is both the God aboue in heaueÌ„ and beneth vpon earth Sweare now then vnto me euen by the LORDE for so moch as I haue dealte mercifully with you that ye wyl also shewe mercy vpon my fathers house and geue me a true token that ye wyl let my father lyue and my mother my brethren and my sisters and all that they haue and delyuer oure soules from death The men sayde vnto her Yf we shewe not mercy and faithfulnesse vpon

Moabites also fell awaye from Israel whan Achab was deed And Ochosias fell thorow y e grate in his chaÌ„ber at Samaria and was deed sicke and sent messaungers and sayde vnto them Go youre waye and axe councell at Beelzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recouer from this sicknesse But the angell of y e LORDE sayde vnto Elias the Theszbite Vp go mete the messaungers of the kynge of Samaria and saie vnto them Is there no God in Israel that ye go to axe councell at y e god of Ekron Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE Thou shalt not come from the bed wheron thou lyest but shalt dye the death And Elias wente his waye And whaÌ„ y e messaunges came to Ochosias agayne he sayde vnto theÌ„ Why come ye agayne They sayde vnto him There came vp a man in oure waye and sayde vnto vs Go againe to the kinge that hath sent you and saye vnto him Thus saieth the LORDE Is there no God in Israel y t thou sendest to axe couÌ„cel at Beelzebub y e god of EkroÌ„ Therfore shalt thou not come from y e bed wheron thou lyest but shalt dye the death He sayde vnto them What maner of man was it that mett you and sayde this vnto you They sayde vnto him He had a rough heer vpon him and a letheren gyrdell aboute his loynes He sayde It is Elias the Theszbite And he sent vnto him a captaine ouer fiftye with the same fyftye And whan he came vnto him beholde he sat aboue vpon the mouÌ„t He sayde vnto him Thou maÌ„ of God the kynge sayeth Thou shalt come downe Elias answered the captayne ouer fyftye and sayde vnto him Yf I be a man of God the fyre fall downe then from heauen and coÌ„sume the and thy fyftie Then fell there fire from heauen and consumed him and his fyftye And agayne he sent another captayne ouer fyftye vnto him with his fyftye which answered and sayde vnto him Thou man of God thus sayeth the kynge Come downe in all the haist Elias answered and saide Yf I be a maÌ„ of God y e fire fall downe from heauen and consume the and thy fyftye Then fell the fyre of God from heauen consumed him and his fyftye Agayne he sent vnto him the thirde captayne ouer fyftye with his fyftie Now whan he came to him he kneled to Elias and besoughte him and sayde vnto him Thou man of God let my soule and y e soules of thy seruauntes these fyftye be somwhat worth in thy syghte Beholde the fyre fell downe from heauen and hath consumed the fyrst two captaynes ouer fyftye w t their fyftyes But now let my soule be somwhat worth in thy sighte Then saide the angel of the LORDE vnto Elias Go downe with him and feare him not And he gatt him vp and wente downe with him vnto y e kynge And he sayde vnto him Thus saieth the LORDE Because thou hast sent forth messauÌ„gers and caused to axe councell at Beelzebub the god of Ekron as though there were no God in Israel to axe couÌ„cell at his worde therfore shalt thou not come from the bed wheron thou hast layed the but shalt dye y e death So he dyed acordynge to the worde of the LORDE which Elias sayde And Ioram his brother was kynge in his steade in the seconde yeare of Ioram the sonne of Iosaphat kynge of Iuda for he had no sonne What more there is to saye of Ochosias what he dyd beholde it is wrytteÌ„ in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel The II. Chapter WHan the LORDE was mynded to take vp Elias in the tempest Elias and Eliseus wente from Gilgall And Elias sayde to Eliseus Tary thou here I praye the for the LORDE hath sent me vnto Bethel But Eliseus sayde As truly as the LORDE liueth and as truly as thy soule lyueth I wyll not forsake the. And whan they came downe vnto Bethel the prophetes children that were at Bethel weÌ„te forth to Eliseus and sayde vnto him Knowest thou not that the LORDE wyl take thy lorde awaye from thy heade this daye He saide I knowe it well holde ye youre peace And Elias sayde vnto him Eliseus tary thou here I praye the for the LORDE hath sent me vnto Iericho Neuerthelesse he sayde as truly as the LORDE lyueth and as truly as thy soule lyueth I wyl not forsake the And whan they came vnto Iericho the prophetes children which were at Iericho stepte forth to Eliseus and sayde vnto him Knowest thou not that the LORDE wyll take y e lorde awaye from thy heade this daie He sayde I knowe it well holde ye yo r peace And Elias sayde vnto him I praie the tary here for y e LORDE hath sent me vnto Iordane But he sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth and as truly as thy soule lyueth I wil not forsake the. And they wente both together But fyftye men of y e prophetes children weÌ„te forth and stode ouer agaynst theÌ„ a farre of but they both stode by Iordane Then toke Elias his cloke and wrapped it together and smote the water which deuyded it selfe on both the sydes so that they weÌ„te dry shod thorow it And whan they were come ouer Elias sayde vnto Eliseus Axe what I shall do for the afore I be taken awaye from the. Eliseus saide That thy sprete maye be vpoÌ„ me to speake twyse as moch He sayde Thou hast desyred an harde thinge neuertheles yf thou shalt se me whaÌ„ I am taken awaye from the it shal be so Yf no theÌ„ shal it not be And as they were goinge together and he talked there came a fyrie charet with horses of fyre and parted theÌ„ both asunder And so wente Elias vp to heauen in the storme But Eliseus sawe it cryed My father my father the charetman of Israel and his horsmeÌ„ And he sawe him nomore And he toke holde of his clothes and rente them in two peces and toke vp Elias cloke that was fallen from him and turned backe and stode by the shore of Iordane and toke the same cloke of Elias which was fallen from him and smote it in the water and saide Where is now the LORDE God of Elias And he smote it in to the water and then parted it asunder on both the sydes and Eliseus wente thorow And whan the prophetes children which were at Iericho ouer agynst him sawe him they sayde The sprete of Elias resteth vpoÌ„ Eliseus and so they weÌ„te forth to mete him and worshipped him to the grouÌ„de and sayde vnto him Beholde there are fiftye valeaunt meÌ„ amonge thy seruauntes let them go and seke thy lorde peraduenture the sprete of the LORDE hath taken him and cast him vpon some mountaine or in some valley But he saide Sende them not Neuertheles they constrayned him tyll he was ashamed and sayde Let them go And they sent fiftye men which soughte him thre dayes but they founde him not and came agayne vnto him And he abode at Iericho and

housholde after his death whose monethes passe awaye swifter then an arowe In as moch theÌ„ as God hath y e hyest power of all who can teach him eny knowlege One dyeth now when he is mightie at his best rich and in prosperite euen when his bowels are at the fattest and his bones full of mary Another dyeth in sorowe and heuynesse and neuer had good daies Now slepe they both a like in the earth the wormes couer them But I knowe what ye thinke yee and what ye ymagin agaynst me vnrightuously For ye saye where is the prynces palace where is the dwellynge of the vngodly Axe eny man that goeth by the waye and yf ye will not regarde their tokens dedes he shal tell you that the wicked is kepte vnto the daye of destruccion and that the vngodly shal be brought forth in the daye of wrath Who darre reproue him for his wayes to his faceâ— who rewardeth him for the vngraciousnesse that he doth Yet shal he be brought to his graue and watch amonge the heape of the deed TheÌ„ shal he be fayne to be buried amoÌ„ge the stones by the brokesyde All men must folowe him there are innumerable gone before him O how vayne is the comforte y e ye geue me Are not youre answeres cleane contrary to right and treuth The XXII Chapter SO Eliphas the Themanite gaue answere sayde Maye a man be coÌ„pared vnto God in wyszdome though he seme to himself for to be like him What pleasure hath God in y t thou art rightuous Or what doth it profite him y t thy waies are perfecte Is he afrayed to reproue the to steppe forth w t the in to iudgment CoÌ„meth not this for y e greate wickednesse for thine vngracious dedes which are innumerable Thou hast takeÌ„ the pledge from thy brethreÌ„ for naught robbed the naked of their clothinge To soch as were weery hast thou geueÌ„ no water to drynke thou hast withdraweÌ„ bred froÌ„ the hungrie Shulde soch one theÌ„ as vseth violeÌ„ce wroÌ„ge oppression doinge all thinges of parcialyte hauynge respecte of personnes dwell in the loÌ„de Thou hast sent wyddowes awaye emptie and oppressed the poore fatherlesse Therfore art thou compased aboute with snares on euery syde sodeÌ„ly vexed w t feare Shuldest thou theÌ„ se no darcknesse Shulde not the water floude runne ouer the Now because y t God is hyer theÌ„ the heauens because thou seist y t the starres are so hye wilt thou therfore saye Tush how shulde God knowe Doth his dominion reach beyonde the cloudes Tush the cloudes couer him y t he maye not se for he dwelleth in heauen Well thou wilt kepe the olde waye y t all wicked meÌ„ haue gone both olde yonge whose foundacion is a runnynge water which saye vnto God go from vs and after this maner Tush what wil the Allmightie do vnto vs where as he not with stoÌ„dinge fylleth their houses w t all good Which meanynge of the vngodly be farre fro me For w t ioy shal the godly and with gladnesse shal the innocent se that their increase shal be hewen downe their posterite consumed with the fyre Therfore recoÌ„cile the vnto God be content so shal all thinges prospere w t the right well Receaue the lawe at his mouth laye vp his wordes in thine herte For yf thou wilt turne to the Allmightie thou shalt stonde fast all vnrightuousnesse shall be farre from thy dwellinge He shal geue the an haruest which in plenty abundaunce shall exceade the dust of the earth and the golde of Ophir like ryuer stones Yee the Allmightie his owne self shal be thine haruest the heape of thy money Then shalt thou haue thy delyte in the Allmightie lift vp thy face vnto God TheÌ„ shalt thou make thy prayer vnto him he shal heare the thou shalt kepe thy promyses TheÌ„ loke what thou takest in honde he shal make it to prospere with the and the light shall shyne in thy wayes For who so humbleth himself him shal he set vp and who so loketh mekely shal be healed Yf thou be innoceÌ„t he shal saue the and thorow the vngiltynesse of thyne handes shalt thou be delyuered The XXIII Chapter IOb answered and sayd My sayenge is yet this daye in bytternes and my hande heuy amonge my groninges O that I might se him fynde him O that I might come before his seate to pleate my cause before him and to fyll my mouth with argumentes That I might knowe what answere he wolde geue me that I might vnderstonde what he wolde saye vnto me Wil he pleate agaynst me with his greate power strength or wyll he leane him self vtterly vpon me Oh no let him not do so with me But let hym geue me like power to go to lawe then am I sure to wynne my matter For though I go before I fynde him not yf I come behynde I caÌ„ get no knowlege of him Yf I go on the left syde to pondre his workes I can not atteyne vnto them Agayne yf I go on the right syde he hydeth himself y t I can not se him But as for my waye he knoweth it trieth me as y e golde in y e fyre Neuertheles my fete kepe his path his hye strete haue I holden and not gone out of it I haue not forsaken the coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of his lippes but loke what he charged me with his mouth that haue I shutt vp in my herte It is he himself alone who will turne him back He doth as him listeth and bryngeth to passe what he wil. He rewardeth me in to my bosome many other thinges mo doth he as he maye by his power This is y e cause that I shrenke at his presence so that when I considre him I am afrayed of him For in so moch as he is God he maketh my herte soft and seynge that he is Allmightie he putteth me in feare Thus can not I get out of darcknesse the cloude hath so couered my face The XXIIII Chapter COnsideringe then that there is no tyme hyd from the Allmightie how happeneth it that they which knowe him wil not regarde his dayes For some meÌ„ there be that remoue other meÌ„s londe markes that robbe them of their catell and kepe the same for their owne that dryue awaye the asse of the fatherlesse that take y e wyddowes oxe for a pledge that thrust the poore out of the waye oppresse the symple of the worlde together Beholde the wilde asses in y e deserte go by tymes as their maner is to spoyle Yee the very wildernesse ministreth foode for their children They reape the corne felde that is not their â–ª owne and gather the grapes out of his vynyarde whom they haue oppressed by violence They are the cause y t so many men are naked and bare hauynge no clothes to couer them and

to be amoÌ„ge the children of men Therfore harken vnto me o ye children for blessed are they that kepe my wayes â–ª O geue eare vnto nurtoure be wyse and refuse it not Blessed is y e man that heareth me watchinge daylie at my gates geuynge attendaunce at the postes of my dores For who so fyndeth me fyndeth life and shal optayne fauoure of the LORDE But who so offendeth agaynst me hurteth his owne soule All they that hate me are the louers of death The IX Chapter WYsdome hath buylded herself an house and hewen out seuen pilers she hath slaughted poured out hir wyne and prepared hir table She hath sent forth hir maydens to crie vpoÌ„ the hyest place of the cite Who so is ignorauÌ„t let him come hither And to the vnwise she sayde O come on youre waye eate my bred and drynke my wyne which I haue poured out for you Forsake ignorauÌ„ce and ye shal lyue and se that ye go in the waye of vnderstondinge Who so reproueth a scornefull personne getteth him self dishonoure and he that rebuketh the vngodly stayneth himself Reproue not a scorner lest he owe the euell wil but rebuke a wyse man and he wil loue the. Geue a discrete man but an occasion he wil be the wyser â–ª teach a rightuous man and he wil increase The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome the knowlege of holy thinges is vnderstondinge For thorow me y e dayes shal be prolonged and the yeares of thy life shal be many Yf thou be wyse y i wysdome shal do y i selfe good but yf thou thynkest scorne therof it shal be thine owne harme A foolish restlesse woman full of wordes and soch one as hath no knowlege sytteth in the dores of hir house vpoÌ„ a stole aboue in the cite to call soch as go by and walke straight in their wayes Who so is ignoraunt sayeth she let him come hither and to the vnwyse she sayeth stollen waters are swete the bred that is preuely eaten hath a good taist But they coÌ„sider not that death is there and that hir gestes go downe to hell The X. Chapter These are prouerbes of Salomon A Wyse sonne maketh a glad father but an vndiscrete sonne is the heuynesse of his mother Treasures that are wickedly gotten profit nothinge but rightuousnesse delyuereth from death The LORDE wil not let the soule of the rightuous suffre hoÌ„ger but he putteth y e vngodly froÌ„ his desyre An ydle hande maketh poore but a quycke laboringe hande maketh riche Who so gathereth in Sommer is wyse but he that is slogish in haruest bringeth himself to confucion Louynge and fauorable is the face of the rightuous but y e fore heade of the vngodly is past shame and presumptuous The memoriall of the iust shall haue a good reporte but the name of the vn godly shal stynke A wyse man wil receaue warnynge but a foole wil sooner be smytten in the face He that leadeth an innocent life walketh surely but who so goeth a wroÌ„ge waye shal be knowne He y t wynketh with his eye wil do some harme but he that hath a foolish mouth shal be beaten The mouth of a rightuous man is a well of life but y e mouth of the vngodly is past shame presumptuous Euell will stereth vp strife but loue couereth y e multitude of synnes In y e lippes of him y t hath vnderstoÌ„dinge a maÌ„ shal fynde wysdome but y e redde beloÌ„geth to y e backe of y e foolish Wyse meÌ„ laye vp knowlege but y e mouth of y e foolish is nye destruccioÌ„ The rich maÌ„s goodes are his stroÌ„ge holde but pouerte oppresseth the poore The rightuous laboureth to do good but the vngodly vseth his increase vnto synne To take hede vnto y e chastenynge of nurtoure is y e waye of life but he that refuseth to be refourmed goeth wroÌ„ge Dissemblynge lippes kepe hatred secretly and he that speaketh eny slaunder is a foole Where moch bablinge is there must nedes be offence he that refrayneth his lippes is wysest of all An innocent tonge is a noble treasure but the herte of the vngodly is nothinge worth The lippes of the rightuous fede a whole multitude but fooles shal dye in their owne foly The blessynge of the LORDE maketh rich meÌ„ as for carefull trauayle it doth nothinge therto A foole doth wickedly maketh but a sporte of it neuertheles it is wysdome for a man to bewarre of soch The thinge that the vngodly are afrayed of shal come vpon them but the rightuous shal haue their desyre The vngodly is like a tempest that passeth ouer is nomore sene but the rightuous remayneth sure for euer As vyneger is to the teth and as smoke is vnto y e eyes eueÌ„ so is a slogish personne to them that sende him forth The feare of y e LORDE maketh a loÌ„ge life but y e yeares of y e vngodly shal be shortened The pacient abydinge of the rightuous shal be turned to gladnesse but the hope of the vngodly shal perish The waye of the LORDE geueth a corage vnto y e godly but it is a feare for wicked doers The rightuous shal neuer be ouerthrowne but y e vngodly shal not remayne in the londe The mouth of the iust wil be talkynge of wysdome but the tonge of the frowarde shal perish The lippes of the rightuous are occupied in acceptable thinges but the mouth of the vngodly taketh them to the worst The XI Chapter A False balaunce is an abhominacion vnto the LORDE but a true weight pleaseth him Where pryde is there is shame also and confucion but where as is lowlynes there is wysdome The innocent dealynge of the iust shal lede them but the vnfaithfulnesse of the despysers shal be their owne destruccion Riches helpe not in the daye of vengeaunce but rightuousnesse delyuereth froÌ„ death The rightuousnes of y e innocent ordreth his waye but the vngodly shal fall in his owne wickednesse The rightuousnesse of the iust shal delyuer them but the despysers shal be taken in their owne vngodlynesse When an vngodly man dyeth his hope is gone the confydence of riches shal perish The rightuous shal be delyuered out of trouble the vngodly shal come in his steade Thorow y e mouth of y e dyssembler is his neghboure destroyed but thorow knowlege shal the iust be delyuered When it goeth well with the rightuous the cite is mery and when the vngodly perish there is gladnesse When the iust are in wealth the cite prospereth but whan the vngodly haue the rule it decayeth A foole bryngeth vp a slaunder of his neghboure but a wyse man wil kepe it secrete A dyssemblynge person wil discouer preuy thinges but he that is of a faithfull hert will kepe councel Where no good councel is there the people decaye but where as are many that can geue councell there is wealth He that is

Babilons prynces then shal this cite be delyuered in to the hondes of the Caldees which shal set fyre vpon it and thou shalt not be able to escape them And Sedechias sayde vnto Ieremy I am afrayde for the Iewes that are fled vnto the Caldees lest I come in their hoÌ„des and so they to haue me in derision But Ieremy answerde No they shal not betraye the O herken vnto the voyce off the LORDE I beseke y e which I speake vnto the so shalt thou be well and saue thy life But yf thou wilt not go forth the LORDE hath tolde me this planely Beholde all the women that are left in the kynge of Iudaes house shal go out to the kynge of Babilons prynces For they thynke y t thou art disceaued â–ª and that y e men in whom thou didest put thy trust haue gotten the vnder and set thy fete fast in the myre and gone their waye from the. Therfore all thy wyues with their children shall fle vnto the Caldees and thou shalt not escape their hondes but shalt be y e kynge of Babilons presoner this cite shall be brent Then sayde Sedechias vnto Ieremy loke y t no body knowe off these wordes and thou shalt not dye But yf the prynces perceaue that I haue talked with the and come vnto the sayenge O speake what sayde the kynge to the hyde it not from vs and we wil not put the to death Tell vs we praye the what sayde y e kynge to the Se thou geue them this answere I haue humbly be sought the kynge that he will let me lye no more in Ionathas house that I dye not there Then came all the princes vnto Ieremy and axed him And he tolde them after the maner as the kynge bad him Then they helde their peace for they perceaued nothinge So Ieremy abode still in the fore entrie off the preson vntill the daye that Ierusalem was wonne The XXXIX Chapter NOw when the cite off IerusaleÌ„ was taken for in the ix yeare of Sedechias kynge of Iuda in the tenth Moneth came Nabuchodonosor the kynge off Babilon and all his hooste and beseged Ierusalem And in the xi yeare of Sedechias in the fourth Moneth y e ix daye of y e Moneth he brake in to the cite Then all the kynge of Babilons prynces came in sat theÌ„ downe vnder the porte Nergall Sarezer Samgarnebo Sarsechim Rabsaris Nergal Sarezer Rabmag with all the other prynces of the kynge of Babilon And when Sedechias the kynge of Iuda with his soudyers sawe them they fled and departed out of y e cite by night thorow the kynges gardeÌ„ and thorow the porte that is betwene the two walles and so they wente towarde the wildernesse But the Caldees hooste folowed fast after them and toke Sedechias in the felde of Iericho and brought him presoner to Nabuchodonosor the kynge off BabiloÌ„ vnto Reblatha that lieth in the londe off Hemath where he gaue iugdment vpon him So the kynge of Babilon caused the children of Sedechias and all the nobles off Iuda be slayne before his face at Reblatha And made Sedechias eyes be put out and bouÌ„de him with chaynes and sent him to Babilon Morouer the Caldees breÌ„t vp the kynges palace with y e other houses of the people and brake downe the walles off Ierusalem As for the remnaunt of the people that were in the cite and soch as were come to helpe them what so euer was left of the comeÌ„ sorte Nabuzaradan the chefe captayne caried them to Babilon But NabuzaradaÌ„ the chefe captayne let the rascall people and those that had nothinge dwell still in the loÌ„de off Iuda and gaue them vynyardes and corne feldes at the same tyme. Nabuchodonosor also the kynge of Babilon gaue NabuzaradaÌ„ the chefe captayne a charge coÌ„cernynge Ieremy sayenge take and cherish him and make moch off himâ—se thou do him no harme but intreate him after his owne desyre So NabuzaradaÌ„ y e chefe captayne NabusaszbaÌ„ the chefe chamberlayne Nergalsarezer the treasurer and all the kynge of Babilons lordes sent for Ieremy caused him be fet out off the fore entrie off the preson and committed him vnto Godolias the sonne off Ahicam the sonne of Saphan that he shulde carie him home and so he dwelt amonge the people Now whyle Ieremy laye yet bounde in the fore entrie of the preson y e worde off the LORDE came vnto him sayenge Go and tell Abdemelech the Morian Thus saieth the LORDE off hoostes y e God off Israel Beholde the cruell and sharpe plage that I haue deuysed for this cite will I brynge vpon them that thou shalt se it but I wil delyuer the sayeth the LORDE and thou shalt not come in the hondes off those men whom thou fearest For doutles I will saue the so that thou shalt not perish with the swearde but thy life shal be saued and that because thou hast put thy trust in me saieth the LORDE The XL. Chap. THis is the maner how the LORDE intreated Ieremy when Nebuzaradan the chefe captayne had let him go fre from Rama whither as he had led him bounde amonge all the presoners that were caried from Ierusalem and Iuda vnto Babilon The chefe captayne called for Ieremy and sayde vnto him The LORDE thy God spake mightely before off the mysery vpon this place Now the LORDE hath sent it and perfourmed it as he had promised For ye haue synned agaynst the LORDE and haue not bene obedient vnto his voyce therfore commeth this plage vpon you Beholde I lowse the bondes from thy hoÌ„des this daye yf thou wilt now go with me vnto Babilon vp theÌ„ For I will se to the and prouyde for the But yf thou wilt not go with me to Babilon then remayne here Beholde all the londe is at thy will loke where thou thinkest convenieÌ„t good for the to Abyde there dwell Yf thou canst not be content to dwell alone then remayne w t Godolias the sonne off AhicaÌ„ the sonne of SaphaÌ„ whom the kynge of BabiloÌ„ hath made gouernoure ouer y e cities of Iuda dwell w t him amonge the people or remayne where so euer it pleaseth ye. So the chefe captayne gaue him his expeÌ„ses w t a rewarde let him go Then weÌ„te Ieremy vnto Godolias y e sonne of AhicaÌ„ to Masphat dwelt there w t him amonge the people that were left in the londe Now when y e captaynes of the hooste of Iuda which w t their felowes were scatred abrode on euery syde in y e loÌ„de vnderstode y t the kynge of BabiloÌ„ had made Godolias y e sonne of AhicaÌ„ gouernoure in the loÌ„de y t man wife childe yee the poore men in the londe y t were not led captyue to Babilon shulde be vnder his IurisdictioÌ„ They came to Godolias vnto Masphat Namely Ismael the sonne of Nathanias IohaÌ„na Ionathas the sonnes of Carea Sareas the sonne of

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 â–ª 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 stoÌ„de 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 loÌ„de 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 GeÌ„tiles 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 teÌ„th 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 coÌ„passed 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

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 coÌ„fucion 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 vnderstaÌ„dinge 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 â–ª He hath commauÌ„ded 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 giauÌ„tes optayned no grace for their synnes which were destroyed trustinge to their owne streÌ„gth Nether spared he them amoÌ„ge 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

might be disceaued by this meanes also shulde I defyle myne age make it abhominable For though I were now delyuered from the tormentes of men yet shulde I not escape the honde of allmightie God nether alyue ner deed Wherfore I will dye manfully do as it becommeth myne age Wherby I maie peraduenture leaue an exaÌ„ple of stedfastnesse for soch as be yonge yf I w t a ready mynde manfully dye an honest death for the most worthy and holy lawes When he had sayde these wordes immediatly he was drawen to the tormeÌ„te Now they that led him and were mylde a litle afore beganne to take displeasure because of the wordes y t he sayde for they thought he had spokeÌ„ them of an hye mynde But wheÌ„ he was in his martirdome he mourned and sayde Thou O LORDE which hast the holy knowlege knowest openly that where as I might be delyuered froÌ„ death I suffre these sore paynes of my body but in my mynde I am wel contente to suffre them because I feare the. Thus this man dyed leauynge y e memoriall of his death for an example not only vnto yonge men but vnto all y e people to be stedfast and manly The VII Chapter IT happened also that there were vij brethren with their mother taken compelled by the kynge agaynst the lawe to eate swynes flesh namely w t scourges and lethren whippes And one of them which was y e chefe sayde What sekest thou and what requyrest thou of vs As for vs we are ready rather to suffre death then to offende the lawes of God and the fathers Then was the kynge angrie and bad heare cauldrons and brasen pottes Which when they were made hote immediatly he commaunded y e tonge of him that spake first to be cut out to pull the skynne ouer his heade to payre of the edges of his handes and fete yee and that in the sight of his mother and the other of his brethren Now when he was cleane marred he commaunded a fyre to be made so whyle there was eny breath in him to be fryed in the caudron In the which when he had bene longe payned the other brethren with their mother exorted him to dye manfully sayeÌ„ge The LORDE God shal regarde the treuth and comforte vs like as Moses testifieth and declareth in his songe sayenge and he wyl haue compassion on his seruauntes So wheÌ„ the first was deed after this maner they brought the seconde to haue him in derision pulled the skynne with the hayre ouer his heade and axed him yf he wolde eate swynes flesh or he were payned in y e other membres also thorow out his body But he answered boldly and sayde I will not do it And so was he tormented like as y e first And wheÌ„ he was eueÌ„ at y e geuinge vp of y e goost he sayde Thou most vngracious personne puttest vs now to death but the kynge of y e worlde shall rayse vs vp which dye for his lawes in y e resurreccion of euerlastinge life After him was the thirde had in derision and when he was requyred he putt out his tonge and that right soone holdinge forth his hondes manfully and spake with a stedfast faith These haue I of heaueÌ„ but now for the lawe of God I despyse them for my trust is that I shall receaue them of him agayne In so moch that the kynge and they which were with him marueled at the yonge mans boldnesse that he nothinge regarded the paynes Now when he was deed also they vexed the fourth with tormentes in like maner So when he was now at his death he sayde It is better that we beynge put to death of meÌ„ haue oure hope and trust in God for he shal rayse vs vp agayne As for the thou shalt haue no resurreccion to life And when they had spoken to the fifth they tormeÌ„ted him Then loked he vnto y e kinge sayde Thou hast power amoÌ„ge meÌ„ for thou art a mortall man also y i self to do what thou wilt but thinke not y t God hath forsaken o r generacion Abyde the tary styll a whyle thou shalt se the greate power of God how he wil punysh the thy sede After him they brought the sixte which beynge at the poynte of death sayde Be not disceaued o kynge for this we suffre for oure owne sakes because we haue offended oure God therfore marvelous thinges are shewed vpon vs. But thinke not thou which takest in honde to stryue agaynst God that thou shalt escape vnpunyshed This excellent mother worthy to be well reported of and had in remembraunce sawe hir seuen sonnes dye in one daye and suffred it pacieÌ„tly because of the hope that she had in God Yee she exorted euery one of them in especiall and that boldly and stedfastly w t parfite wyszdome wakynge vp hir wyuysh thought with a manly stomacke and sayde vnto them I can not tell how ye came in my wombe for I nether gaue you breth ner soule no ner life It is not I y t ioyned y t meÌ„bres of yo bodies together but y e maker of y e worlde which fashioned y e byrth of maÌ„ begaÌ„ne all thinges Euen he also of his owne mercy shall geue you breath and life agayne like as ye now regarde not youre owne selues for his lawes sake Now thought Antiochus that she had despysed him therfore he let her go with hir reproues and beganne to exorte the yongest sonne which yet was left not only w t wordes but swore vnto him w t an ooth y t he shulde make him a rich welthy man yf he wolde forsake y e lawes of his fathers yee and y t he shulde geue him what so euer were necessary for him But wheÌ„ the yonge man wolde not be moued for all these thinges he called his mother counceled her to saue hir sonnes life And when he had exorted her with many wordes she promised him that she shulde speake vnto hir sonne So she turned her vnto him laughinge y e cruell tyraunte to scorne spake w t a boylde voyce O my sonne haue pite vpon me y t bare y e ix monethes in my wombe that gaue the sucke norished the and brought the vp vnto this age I beseke the my sonne loke vpon heauen and earth and all that is therin and considre that God made them and mans generacion of naught so shalt thou not feare this hangman but suffre death stedfastly like as thy brethren haue done that I maye receaue the agayne in the same mercy with thy brethren Whyle she was yet speakynge these wordes the yonge man sayde Whom loke ye for â–ª Wherfore do ye tary I wil not obeye the kynges commaundement but the lawe that God gaue vs by Moses As for the that ymaginest all myschefe agaynst the Iewes thou shalt not escape the honde of God for we suffre these thinges because of oure synnes And though

with the synne for yf thorow the synne of one many be deed yet moch more plenteously came the grace and gifte of God vpon many by the fauoure that belonged vnto one man Iesus Christ. And the gifte is not onely ouer one synne as death came thorow one synne of one that synned For the iudgment came of one synne vnto condempnacion but the gifte to iustifye fro many synnes For yf by y e synne of one death raigned by the meanes of one moch more shal they which receaue the abuÌ„daunce of grace and of the gifte vnto righteousnes raigne in life by y e meanes of one Iesus Christ. Likewyse theÌ„ as by the synne of one condemnacion came on all men euen so also by the righteousnes of one came the iustififienge off life vpon all men For as by the disobedience of one many became synners euen so by the obedience of one shal many be made righteous But the lawe in the meane tyme entred that synne shulde increace Neuertheles where abundaunce of synne was there was yet more plenteousnes of grace that like as synne had reigned vnto death eueÌ„ so mighte grace reigne also thorow righteousnes to euerlastinge life by the meanes of Iesus Christ. The VI. Chapter WHat shal we saye then Shal we contynue in synne that there maye be abundaunce of grace God forbyd How shal we lyue in synne y t are deed from it Knowe ye not that all we which are baptysed in to Iesu Christ are baptysed in to his death Therfore are we buried w t him by baptyme in to death that like as Christ was raysed vp from the deed by the glory of the father euen so we also shulde walke in a new life For yf we be grafted w t him vnto like death then shal we be like the resurreccion also For so moch as we knowe that oure olde man is crucified with him that the synfull body mighte ceasse that hence forth we shulde serue synne nomore For he that is deed is made righteous froÌ„ synne But yf we be deed with Christ we beleue that we shal lyue also with him and are sure that Christ raysed from the deed dyeth nomore Death shal haue nomore power ouer him For as touchinge that he dyed he dyed coÌ„cernynge synne once but as touchinge that he lyueth he lyueth vnto God Likewyse ye also counte youre selues to be euen deed concernynge synne and to lyue vnto God thorow Iesus Christ oure LORDE Let not synne reigne therfore in youre mortall bodye that ye shulde obeye vnto the lustes of it Nether geue ye ouer youre membres vnto synne to be wapens of vnrighteousnes but geue ouer youre selues vnto God as they that off deed are become lyuynge and youre membres vnto God to be wapeÌ„s off righteousnes For synne shal not haue power ouer you in so moch as ye are not vnder the lawe but vnder grace How then Shal we synne because we are not vnder y e lawe but vnder grace God forbyd Knowe ye not that loke vnto whoÌ„ ye geue ouer youre selues as seruauntes to obeye his seruauntes ye are to whom ye obey whether it be of synne vnto death or of obedieÌ„ce vnto righteousnes But God be thanked that though ye haue bene the seruauntes of synne ye are now yet obedient of herte to the ensample off the doctryne whervnto ye are commytted For now that ye are made fre from synne ye are become the seruauntes of righteousnes I wil speake grosly because of the weaknes of youre flesh Like as ye haue geuen ouer youre membres to the seruyce of vnclennesse from one wickednesse to another EueÌ„ so now also geue ouer youre membres to the seruyce of righteousnesse that they maye be holy For whan ye were the seruauntes of synne ye were lowse from righteousnes What frute had ye at that tyme in those thinges wherof ye are now ashamed For the ende of soch thinges is death But now that ye be fre from synne and are become the seruauntes of God ye haue youre frute that ye shulde be holy but the ende is euerlastinge life For death is the rewarde of synne but the gifte of God is euerlastinge life The VII Chapter KNowe ye not brethren for I speake vnto them that knowe the lawe how that y e lawe hath power vpon a man as longe as he lyueth For the woman y t is in subieccion to the man is bounde vnto the lawe whyle the man lyueth but yf the man dye then is she lowsed from the lawe that concerneth the man Yf she be now with another man whyle the manlyneth she shal be called a wedlocke breaker But yf the man be deed then is she fre from the lawe so that she is no wedlocke breaker yf she be with another man Euen so my brethren ye also are deed vnto the lawe by the body of Christ that ye shulde be with another namely w t him which is raysed vp from the deed that we shulde brynge forth frute vnto God For whan we were in the flesh the synfull lustes which were stered vp by the lawe were mightie in oure membres to brynge forth frute vnto death But now are we lowsed from the lawe and deed vnto it that helde vs captyue so that we shulde serue in a new conuersacion of the sprete and not in the olde conuersacion of the letter What shal we saye then Is the lawe synne God forbyd Neuertheles I knewe not synne but by y e lawe For I had knowne nothinge of lust yf the lawe had not sayde Thou shalt not lust But then toke synne occasion at the commaundement and stered vp in me all maner of lust For without the lawe synne was deed As for me I lyued some tyme without lawe Howbeit whan the commaundement came synne renyued but I was deed And the very same commaundement that was geuen me vnto life was founde to be vnto me on occasion of death For synne toke occasion at the coÌ„maundement and disceaued me and slewe me by the same commaundement The lawe in dede is holy and the commaundement holy iust and good Is that then which is good become death vnto me God forbyd But synne that it mighte appeare how y t it is synne hath wroughte me death thorow good that synne mighte be out of measure synfull by the commaundement For we knowe that the lawe is spirituall but I am carnall solde vnder synne because I knowe not what I do For I do not y t I will but what I hate y t do I. Yf I do now that which I wil not theÌ„ graunte I that the lawe is good So then it is not I that do it but synne that dwelleth in me for I knowe that in me y t is in my flesh there dwelleth no good thinge To wyll is present w t me but to perfourme y t which is good I fynde not For y e good that I wyll do I not but the euell which I wil not

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