them wyll I brynge in so y t they shal knowe the lande which ye haue refused But ye with youre carcases shall lye in this wildernesse and yo r children shal wander in this wildernesse fourtye yeares beare yo r whordome tyll yo r carcases be waisted in the wildernesse acordinge to the nombre of y e fourtye dayes wherin ye spyed out the londe A daye for a yeare so y t fourtye yeares ye shall beare youre myszdede that ye maye knowe what it is whan I with drawe my hande Euen I the LORDE haue sayde it wil do it in dede vnto all this euell congregacion that haue lift vp themselues agaynst me In this wildernesse shal they be consumed and there shal they dye So there dyed and were plaged before the LORDE all the mē whom Moses sent to spye out the lāde came agayne and made the whole cōgregacion to murmur agaynst it because they brought vp a myszreporte of the lande that it was euell But Iosua the sonne of Nun and Caleb y e sonne of Iephune were left alyue of the men that wente to spye out the lande And Moses spake these wordes vnto all the children of Israel Thē toke the people greate sorowe And they arose early in y e mornynge and wente vp to the toppe of y e mountayne and sayde Lo here are we and will go vp to the place wherof the LORDE hath sayde for we haue synned But Moses sayde wherfore go ye on this maner beyonde y e worde of the LORDE It shall not prospere with you go not vp for y e LORDE is not amōge you y t ye be not slayne before yo r enemies For the Amalechites and Cananites are there before you ye shal fall thorow y e swerde because ye haue turned yo r selues from the LORDE and the LORDE shal not be with you But they were blynded to go vp to the toppe of the mountaine neuertheles the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt Moses came not out of the hooste Then came downe y e Amalechites Cananites which dwelt vpon that mountayne and smote them and hewed them euen vnto Horma The XV. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake to the childrē of Israel saye vnto them Whan ye come in to the lande of youre dwellinge which I shal geue you and wil do sacrifice vnto the LORDE whether it be a burnt offerynge or an offrynge for a speciall vowe or a frewyll offerynge or youre feast offerynges that ye maye make a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE of oxen or of shepe He y t wil offre now his gifte vnto y e LORDE shal brynge for the meat offeringe a tēth deale of fyne floure myngled with oyle of the fourth parte of an Hin and wyne for y e drynk offerynge the fourth parte of an Hin also to the burnt offeringe or eny other offeringe whan a lambe is offred But whā there is a ramme offred thou shalt make the meat offerynge two tēth deales of fyne floure myngled with oyle of the thirde parte of an Hin and y e thirde parte of an Hin of wyne also for a drynk offeringe this shalt thou offre for a swete sauo r vnto the LORDE But yf thou wilt offre an oxe for a burnt offerynge or for a speciall vowe offerynge or for an health offeringe vnto the LORDE thou shalt brynge to the oxe the meat offrynge euen thre tenth deales of fyne floure mingled with half an Hin of oyle half an Hin of wyne for a drynk offrynge This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Thus shalt thou do with an oxe with a ramme with a lambe and with a goate Acordinge as the nombre of the offerynges is therafter shall the nombre of the meat offerynges and drynk offerynges be also He that is one of youre selues shall do this that he maye offre a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE And yf there dwell a straunger with you or is amōge youre kynszfolkes and wil do an offerynge vnto the LORDE for a swete sauoure the same shal do as ye do Let there be one statute for the whole cōgregacion both vnto you and to the straungers A perpetuall statute shal it be vnto youre posterities that the straunger be euē as ye before y e LORDE One lawe and one ordinaunce shal be vnto you and to the straunger that dwelleth with you And the LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake to the children of Israel and saye vnto them Whan ye come in to the lande in to y t which I shal brynge you so that ye eate the bred of the londe ye shal heue vp an Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE namely a cake of the firstlinges of youre dowe shall ye geue for an Heue offerynge as the Heue offerynge of the barne euen so shal ye geue the firstlinges of youre dowe also vnto the LORDE for an Heue offerynge amonge youre posterities And whan ye thorow ignoraunce ouer se eny of these commaundementes which the LORDE hath spoken by Moses and all y t the LORDE hath commaunded you by Moses from the daye that the LORDE beganne to commaunde for youre posterities and the cōgregacion do ought ignorauntly thē shal the whole congregacion offre a yonge bullocke from amonge the greate catell to a burnt offerynge for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE with his meat offerynge and drynk offerynge as the maner is and an he goate for a syn offerynge And so shal the prest make an attonement for the whole congregacion of the children of Israel and it shal be forgeuen them for it is an ignoraunce And they shal brynge these their giftes for an offerynge vnto the LORDE and their syn offerynge before the LORDE for their ignoraunce and it shal be forgeuen the whole congregacion of the childrē of Israel the straunger also y t dwelleth amonge you for so moch as all the people is in soch ignoraunce Yf one soule synne thorow ignoraunce the same shal brynge a she goate of a yeare olde for a syn offerynge And the prest shall make an attonement for soch an ignoraunt soule with the syn offeringe for the ignoraunce before the LORDE that he maye reconcyle him and it shal be forgeuen him And it shal be one lawe that ye shal do for y e ignoraunce both vnto him that is borne amonge the children of Israel and to the straunger that dwelleth amonge you But yf a soule do ought presumptuously whether he be one of youre selues or a straunger he hath despysed the LORDE y e same soule shal be roted out from amōge his people because he hath despysed the worde of the LORDE and hath left his commaundement vndone that soule shall vtterly perishe his synne shal be vpon him Now whyle the children of Israel were in the wyldernesse they founde a man gatherynge stickes vpon the Sabbath daye And they that founde him gatherynge stickes brought him vnto Moses and Aaron and before
him vpō his holy hill for the LORDE oure God is holy The XCIX psalme O Be ioyfull in God all ye lōdes serue the LORDE w t gladnes come before his presence w t ioye Be ye sure y t the LORDE he is God It is he y t hath made vs not we oure selues we are but his people the shepe of his pasture O go youre waye in to his gates thē with thankesgeuynge in to his courtes w t prayse be thākfull vnto him speake good of his name For the LORDE is gracious his mercy is euerlastinge and his treuth endureth from generacion to generacion The C. psalme A thākesgeuynge of Dauid MY songe shal be of mercy and iudgment yee vnto the o LORDE wil I synge O let me haue vnderstondinge in the waye of godlynesse vntill the tyme that thou come vnto me so shal I walke in my house w t an innocent herte I wil take no wicked thinge in honde I hate the synne of vnfaithfulnesse it shal not cleue vnto me A frowarde herte shal departe fro me I wil not knowe a wicked personne Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure him wil I destroye Who so hath a proude loke an hye stomacke I maye not awaye with him Myne eyes shal loke for soch as be faithfull in the londe y t they maye dwell with me and who so ledeth a godly life shal be my seruaunt There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shal not tary in my sight I shal soone destroye all the vngodly of the londe that all wicked doers maye be roted out of the cite of the LORDE The CI. psalme HEare my prayer o LORDE and let my criēge come vnto the. Hyde not thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble enclyne thine eares vnto me when I call O heare me and that right soone For my dayes are consumed awaye like smoke my bones are brent vp as it were a fyre brande My hert is smyttē downe and wythered like grasse so that I forget to eate my bred For the voyce of my gronynge my bone wil scarse cleue to my flesh I am become like a Pellicane in the wildernes and like an Oule in a broken wall I wake and am euen as it were a sparow sittinge alone vpon the house toppe Myne enemies reuyle me all the daye longe they laugh me to scorne and are sworne together against me I eate ashes with my bred and mengle my drynke with wepynge And that because of y e indignacion and wrath for thou hast taken me vp and cast me awaye My dayes are gone like a shadowe and I am wythered like grasse But thou o LORDE endurest for euer and thy remembraunce thorow out all generacions Arise therfore and haue mercy vpon Sion for it is tyme to haue mercy vpon her yee the tyme is come And why thy seruauntes haue a loue to hir stones it pitieth them to se her in the dust The Heithen shal feare thy name o LORDE and all the kynges of the earth thy maiesty For the LORDE shal buylde vp Sion and shal apeare in his glory He turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute and despyseth not their desyre This shal be written for those y t come after that the people which shal be borne maye prayse the LORDE For He loketh downe from his Sanctuary out of the heauen doth the LORDE beholde the earth That he maye heare the mournynges of soch as be in captinyte and delyuer the children of death That they maie preach the name of the LORDE in Sion and his worshipe at Ierusalem When the people are gathered together and the kyngdomes also to serue y e LORDE He hath brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortened my dayes Yet wil I saye O my God take me not awaye in y e myddest of myne age as for thy yeares they endure thorow out all generacions Thou LORDE in the begynnynge hast layed y e foundacion of the earth and the heauens are the workes of thy hondes They shal perishe but thou shalt endure they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment as a vesture shalt thou chaunge thē and they shal be chaunged But thou art the same and thy yeares shal not fayle The children of thy seruauntes shall contynue their sede shal prospere in y e sight The CII A psalme of Dauid PRayse the LORDE o my soule all that is within me prayse his holy name Prayse the LORDE o my soule forget not all his benefites Which forgeueth all thy synnes and healeth all thy infirmities Which saueth thy life from destruccion and crowneth the with mercy louynge kyndnesse Which satisfieth thy desyre with good thinges makynge the yonge and lusty as an Aegle The LORDE executeth rightuousnesse and iudgment for all them y t suffre wronge He shewed his wayes vnto Moses and his workes vnto the children of Israel The LORDE is full of compassion and mercy longe sufferinge and of greate goodnesse He wil not allwaye be chydinge nether wil he kepe his anger for euer He hath not dealt with vs after oure synnes ner rewarded vs acordinge to oure wickednesses For loke how hye the heauē is in comparison of the earth so greate is his mercy also towarde them that feare him Loke how wyde the east is from the west so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. Yee like as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the LORDE mercifull vnto thē that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse florisheth as a floure of the felde For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it it gone and the place therof knoweth it nomore But the mercifull goodnesse of y e LORDE endureth for euer and euer vpon them y t feare him and his rightuousnesse vpon their childers children Soch as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them The LORDE hath prepared his seate in heauē and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all O prayse the LORDE ye angels of his ye that be mightie instrēgth fulfillinge his commaundement that mē maye heare the voyce of his wordes O prayse the LORDE all ye his hoostes ye seruauntes of his that do his pleasure O speake good of the LORDE all ye workes of his in euery place of his dominion prayse thou the LORDE o my soule The CIII psalme PRayse the LORDE o my soule O LORDE my God thou art become exceadinge glorious thou art clothed with maiesty and honoure Thou deckest thy self with light as it were w t a garment thou spredest out the heauen like a curtayne Thou voltest it aboue with waters thou makest the cloudes thy charet and goest vpon the wynges of the wynde Thou makest thine angels spretes and thy ministers flammes of fyre Thou hast layed y e
to be amōge the children of men Therfore harken vnto me o ye children for blessed are they that kepe my wayes ▪ 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 vpō the hyest place of the cite Who so is ignoraūt 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 ignoraūce 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 ▪ 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 vpō 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 cōsider 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 hōger but he putteth y e vngodly frō 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 wrōge 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 vnderstōdinge a mā shal fynde wysdome but y e redde belōgeth to y e backe of y e foolish Wyse mē laye vp knowlege but y e mouth of y e foolish is nye destrucciō The rich mās goodes are his strōge 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 wrōge 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 mē 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 euē so is a slogish personne to them that sende him forth The feare of y e LORDE maketh a lōge 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 frō 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
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
in the night season was fyre therin in y e sight of all y e house of Israel in all their iourneis The ende of the seconde boke of Moses called Exodus The thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The ordre and vse of burnt offerynges whether it be of small or greate catell or of foules Chap. II. Of meat offerynges with fyne floure c. Chap. III. Of deed offerynges otherwyse called health offrynges peace offrynges or thāk-offerynges and of the fatt Chap. IIII. The offringe for the sinne of a prest of the whole congregacion of the ruler or of eny other meane man Chap. V. The offerynge for swearinge for an erroure or ignoraunce Chap. VI. Of daylie burnt offerynges other oblacions The offerynge of the prest in the daye of his anoyntinge Chap. VII Of thank offerynges Of the fat bloude and of the anoyntinge of the prestes Chap. VIII Of the anoyntinge and consecratynge of Aaron and of his sonnes Chap. IX How Aaron and his sonnes offred for synne how the fyre of God consumed the burnt offerynge Chap. X. The death of Nadab Abihu The prestes were forbydden to drynke wyne and their porcion of the offerynges appoynted them Chap. XI Of cleane and vncleane beastes foules Chap. XII Of the vnclennesse of a woman in childe bedd of hir clensynge or purificacion of hir offerynge Chap. XIII Of Leprosy or Mezell Chap. XIIII The clēsynge of lepers and of their offerynge Chap. XV. Of all maner of vncleane fluxes or yssues both of men and wemen Chap. XVI Aarō might not allwaie go in to the Sanctuary Of the two goates Of fastinge in the seuenth moneth Chap. XVII All offrynges were first brought to the Tabernacle dore No bloude ner deed caryon was to be eaten Chap. XVIII The degrees of consanguynite and affynite And what wemen men ought not to marye Chap. XIX Dyuerse and many commaundemētes and statutes Chap. XX. To geue sede vnto Moloch other vnlaufull thinges are forbydden Chap. XXI How cleane and vndefyled the prestes ought to lyue Chap. XXII How the prestes and their housholdes ought to be how the offerynges ought to be vsed Chap. XXIII Of the holy dayes and hye feastes namely the Sabbath Easter Whyt sondaye otherwise called the feast of wekes the feast of Tabernacles c. Chap. XXIIII Of the oyle for the lampes and lightes Of the shewbred Punyshment for cursynge and blasphemy Chap. XXV Of the rest of the seuenth yeare libertye of the Fiftieth yeare otherwyse called the yeare of Iubylie the yeare of hornes blowinge or the trompet yeare Chap. XXVI Swete louynge promyses of God for all soch as wyl kep◠his commaundemētes Agayne Maruelous sore plages are threatened vnto them that wyll not harken to his worde Chap. XXVII Of vowes and of the fre yeare Of redemynge or lowsynge out agayne of catell or londe that a man promyseth voweth or dedicateth vnto the LORDE The first Chapter ANd the LORDE called Moses and spake vnto him out of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and sayde Speake vnto y e childrē of Israel saie vnto them Who so euer amōge you wyl brynge an offerynge vnto the LORDE let him brynge it of y e catell euen of the oxen of the shepe Yf he wyl brynge a burnt offerynge of y e oxen or greate catell thē let him offre a male without blemysh before y e dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to reconcyle him self before the LORDE let him laye his hande vpon the heade of the burnt offerynge then shal he be reconcyled so y t God shal be mercifull vnto him And he shall kyll the yonge oxe before y e LORDE and y e prestes Aarons sonnes shal brynge the bloude and sprenkle it rounde aboute vpon the altare that is before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the slrynne shal be flayne from of the burnt offerynge and it shal be hewen in peces And the sonnes of Aaron the prest shal make a fyre vpon the altare and laye wod aboue ther on and y e peces the heade and the fatt shal they laye vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon y e fyre on the altare But y e bowels legges shal be waszshen with water and the prest shal burne alltogether vpon the altare for a burntsacrifice this is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Yf he wyl offre a burntsacrifice of the small catell that is of the lambes or goates then let him offre a male without a blemysh And he shall kyll it before the LORDE euen at the corner of the altare on the north syde before y e LORDE And the prestes Aarons sonnes shal sprenkle his bloude rounde aboute vpon y e altare and it shal be hewen in peces And the prest shall laye them with the heade and the fatt vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon the fyre on the altare But the bowels and y e legges shal be waszshen with water And y e prest shal offre it alltogether and burne it vpon y e altare for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE But yf he wil offre a burntsacrifice of y e foules vnto the LORDE then let him offre it of the turtill doues or of y e yonge pigeons And the prest shal brynge it vnto the altare and wrynge the neck of it a sunder that it maye be burnt vpon the altare and let the bloude of it runne out vpon the sydes of the altare and the croppe of it with the fethers shal be cast vpon the heape of aszshes besyde the altare towarde the east and he shall deuyde the wynges of it but not breake thē cleane of And thus shall the prest burne it vpon the altare euen vpon the wodd that lyeth vpō the fyre for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE The II. Chapter WHan a soule wyll offre a meat offerynge vnto the LORDE then shal it be of fyne floure and he shal poure oyle vpon it and put frankencense theron so brynge it vnto Aarons sonnes the prestes Then shal one of them take his handefull of the same floure and oyle with all the frankēcense and burne it for a remembraunce vpon the altare This is an offeringe of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE As for y e remnaunt of the meat offerynge it shal be Aarons and his sonnes This shal be y e most holy of the offerynges of the LORDE But yf he wyll brynge a meat offerynge of that which is baken in the ouen then let him take swete cakes of wheate mixte with oyle and vnleuended wafers anoynted with oyle Neuertheles yf thy meat offerynge be enythinge of that which is fryed in the panne then shal it be of fyne swete floure myxte with oyle And thou shalt cut it in peces poure oyle theron so is it a meat offerynge But yf thy meat offeringe be ought broyled on the gredyron then shalt
God himselfe shall go before the ouer Iordane and HE himselfe shal destroye these nacions before the that thou mayest conquere them and Iosua he shall go ouer before the. as the LORDE hath sayde And the LORDE shal do vnto them as he dyd vnto Sihon and Og the kynges of the Amorites and vnto their lōde which he destroyed Now whan the LORDE shal deliuer thē before you ye shal do vnto them acordynge vnto all the commaundementes which I haue commaunded you Be manly and strōge feare not and be not afrayed of them For the LORDE thy God himselfe shal go with the and shal not fayle the ner forsake the. And Moses called Iosua and sayde vnto him before all Israel Be stronge and bolde for thou shalt brynge this people in to the londe which the LORDE hath sworne vnto their fathers to geue them and thou shalt parte it amonge them by lott But the LORDE himselfe that goeth before you euen HE shal be with the and shal not fayle the ner forsake the Feare not and be not afrayed And Moses wrote this lawe and delyuered it vnto the prestes the children of Leui which bare the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE and vnto all the Elders of Israel And he commaunded them and sayde At the ende of seuen yeares in the tyme of the Fre yeare in the feast of Tabernacles whan all Israel come to appeare before the LORDE thy God in the place that he shall chose thou shalt cause this lawe to be proclamed before all Israel in their eares namely before the congregacion of the people both of men wemen children and thy straungers which are within thy gates that they maye heare and lerne to feare the LORDE their God and be diligent to do all the wordes of this lawe and that their children also which knowe nothinge maye heare and lerne to feare the LORDE yo r God all youre lyue dayes which ye lyue in the londe whither ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde thy tyme is come that thou must die call Iosua and stonde in the Tabernacle of witnesse that I maye geue him a charge Moses wente with Iosua and stode in the Tabernacle of witnesse And the LORDE appeared in the Tabernacle in a cloudy pyler and the same cloudy pyler stode in the dore of the Tabernacle And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde thou shalt slepe with y e fathers and this people wyll ryse vp and go a whoringe after straunge goddes of the londe in to the which they come and wyll forsake me and breake the couenaunt which I haue made w t them And then shall my wrath waxe whote agaynst them at the same tyme I shal forsake thē and hyde my face frō them that they maye be consumed And so whan moch aduersite trouble commeth vpō thē they shal saye Is not all this euell come vpō me because God is not with me But I shal hyde my face at the same tyme because of all the euell that they haue done in that they haue turned vnto other goddes Wryte now therfore this songe teach it the children of Israel and put it in their mouth that this songe maye be a witnesse vnto me amonge the children of Israel For I wil brynge them in to the londe which I sware vnto their fathers that floweth with mylke and hony And whan they eate and are full and fatt they shal turne vnto other goddes and serue them and blaspheme me and breake my couenaunt And so whan moch myschefe and tribulacion is come vpon them this songe shall answere before them for a witnesse It shall not be forgotten out of the mouth of their sede for I knowe their ymaginacion that they go aboute euen now before I brynge them in to the londe which I sware vnto them So Moses wrote this songe at the same tyme and taughte it the children of Israel And the LORDE gaue Iosua the sonne of Nun a charge and sayde Be stronge and bolde for thou shalt brynge the children of Israel in to the londe which I sware vnto them and I wil be with the. Now whan Moses had wrytten out all the wordes of this lawe in a boke he commaunded the Leuites which bare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt and sayde Take the boke of this lawe and laye it by the syde of the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE youre God that it maye be there a wytnesse agaynst the for I knowe thy stubburnesse and thy harde neck Beholde whyle I am yet alyue w t you this daye ye haue bene disobedient vnto the LORDE how moch more after my death Gather now vnto me all the Elders of youre trybes and youre officers y t I maye speake these wordes in their eares and take heauen and earth to recorde agaynst them For I am sure that after my death ye shall marre youre selues and turne asyde out of the waye which I haue commaunded you and so shall mysfortune happen vnto you her after because ye haue done euell in the sighte of the LORDE in prouokynge him thorow the workes of youre handes So Moses spake out the wordes of this songe euen to the ende in the eares of all the congregacion of Israel The XXXII Chapter HErken O ye heauens I wyll speake and let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth My doctryne droppe as doth the raine and my speach flowe as doth the dew Euen as the rayne vpon the grasse and as the droppes vpon the herbe For I wyl call vpon the name of the LORDE geue ye the glory vnto oure God Perfecte are the workes of the Stone for all his wayes are righteous God is true and no wickednes is there in him righteous and iust is he The frowarde and ouerthwarte generacion hath marred them selues to himwarde and are not his children because of their deformyte Thankest thou the LORDE y i God so thou foolish and vnwyse people Is not he thy father and thy LORDE Hath he not made the and prepared the Remembre the dayes that are past considre the yeares of the generacions afore tyme Axe thy father he shall shewethe thine elders they shal tell the. Whan the most Hyghest deuyded y e nacions and scatred the children of men Then set he the borders of the nacions acordinge to the nombre of the children of Israel For the LORDES parte is his folke Iacob is the meetlyne of his enheritaunce He founde him in the wyldernesse euen in the drye deserte where he roared He led him aboute and gaue him vnderstondinge He kepte him as the aple of his eye As an Aegle stereth vp hir nest and flotereth ouer hir yonge Euen so stretched he out his fethers and toke him and bare him on his wynges The LORDE onely was his gyde there was no straunge God with him He caried him ouer y e heigth of the
was in and laye there tyll it was light Now whan hir lorde rose vp in the mornynge and opened the dore of the house and wente forth to go on his iourney beholde his concubyne laye at the dore of the house and hir handes vpon the thresholde He saide vnto her stonde vp let vs go Neuertheles she gaue him no answere Thē toke he her vp vpon his asse gat him vp and wente vnto his place Now whan he came home he toke a swerde and helde his concubyne and cut her w t the bones and all in to twolue peces and sent them in to all the coastes of Israel Who so euer sawe it sayde Soch a thinge hath not bene done ner sene sence the tyme that y e children of Israel departed out of the londe of Egipte vnto this daye Now as concernynge this take youre advysement and geue yo r councell and shew it forth The XX. Chapter THen wente the children of Israel out and gathered a congregacion together as one man frō Dan vntill Bersaba and from the londe of Gilead vnto the LORDE to Mispa and there came together of all the quarters of the people and of all the trybes of Israel in to the congregacion of the people of God foure hundreth thousande fote men that drue out y e swerde But the children of Ben Iamin herde how that y e children of Israel were gone vp vnto Mispa And the children of Israel sayde Tell vs how happened this euell Then answered the Leuite the huszbande of the woman that was slayne and sayde I came to Gibea in Ben Iamin with my concubyne to tary there allnight then the cyt◠▪ sins of Gibea gat them vp agaynst me and compased me aboute in the house by night and thoughte to slaye me and defyled my cōcubyne so that she dyed then toke I my cōcubyne and cut her in peces and sent the peces in to euery countre of the inheritaunce of Israel for they haue done an abhominacion and folye in Israel Beholde here are ye children of Israel aduyse you well and take this matter in hande So all the people gat them vp as one mā and sayde Nomā shal go in to his tente ner departe to his house but this wil we do now agaynst Gibea Let vs cast lot and take ten men of an hundreth and an hundreth of a thousande and a thousande of ten thousande out of all y e trybes of Israel y t they maie take fode for y e people to come do with Gibea Ben Iamin acordynge to their folye which they haue done in Israel Thus all the men of Israel beynge confederate gathered them selues together as one man vnto the cite and the trybes of Israel sent men vnto all the kinreds of Ben Iamin and caused to saye vnto them What maner of wickydnes is this that is done amonge you Delyuer here therfore the men the children of Belial at Gibea that we maye put them to death and do awaye the euell out of Israel Neuertheles the children of Ben Iamin wolde not folowe the voyce of their brethren the children of Israel but gathered them selues out of y e cities vnto Gibea to go forth in battayll agaynst the children of Israel And the same daye were there nombred of the children of Ben Iamin out of the cities sixe and twentye thousande men that drue the swerde beside the citesyns of Gibea of whom there were tolde seuē hundreth chosen men And amōge all this people there were chosen out seuen hundreth men which vsed not the right hande but the lefte and yet w t the slynge coulde they touch an heer and not mysse But the men of Israel beside them of Bē Iamin were nōbred foure hūdreth thousande which drue the swerde were all men of armes And the children of Israel arose and wente vp to the house of God in Silo and axed at God and sayde Who shall go vp for vs to beginne the battayll with y e children of Ben Iamin The LORDE saide Iuda shall begynne So the children of Israel gat thē vp in y e mornīge pitched ouer agaīst Gibea euery man of Israel wēte out to fighte with Ben Iamin and set them selues in araye to fighte agaynst Gibea Then fell the children of Ben Iamin out of Gibea and slewe the same daye amonge Israel two twentye thousande to the grounde But the people of the men of Israel comforted them selues and made them ready to fighte yet more in the same place after they had prepared them selues the daye afore And the children of Israel wente vp and wepte before the LORDE vntyll the euenynge and axed at the LORDE sayde Shall we go enymore to fighte with oure brethren the children of Ben Iamin The LORDE sayde Go vp vnto them And whan the children of Israel gat them vp to the childrē of Ben Iamin on y e next daye the Ben Iamites fell out of Gibea agaynst them the same daye and slewe yet eightene thousande of y e children of Israel to the grounde which all drue the swerde Then wente all the children of Israel vp and all the people and came to the house of God and wepte and taried there before the LORDE fasted that daye vntyll the euen and offred burnt offerynges and deed offeringes before the LORDE And the children of Israel axed at the LORDE the Arke of the couenaunt of God was there at that tyme and Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron stode before him at the same tyme they sayde Shal we go forth eny more to fighte with oure brethren the childrē of Ben Iamin or shal we leaue of The LORDE sayde Go vp tomorow wyll I delyuer them in to youre handes And the children of Israel set a preuy watch agaynst Gibea rounde aboute and so the children of Israel wente vp to the children of Ben Iamin on the thirde daye and set them selues in araye agaynst Gibea like as the other two tymes afore Thē came the children of Ben Iamin out agaynst the people brake out of the cite beganne to slaye certayne wounded of the people like as the other two times afore in the felde vpon two stretes wherof one goeth towarde Bethel the other vnto Gilead vpon a thirtye men in Israel Then thought the childrē of Ben Iamin They are smytten before vs like as afore But the childrē of Israel sayde Let vs flye that we maie prouoke them out of the cite in to the hye stretes Then all the men of Israel gat them vp from their place and prepared them selues vnto Baal Thamar And the hinder watch of Israel brake out of their place from y e caue of Gaba and came vnto Gibea twentye thousande chosen men out of all Israel so that it was a sore battayll but they knewe not that the euell shulde happen vnto them Thus the LORDE smote Ben Iamin before the children of Israel so that the same daye the children of Israel destroyed fyue twentye thousande and an hundreth
III. Chapter WO to that bloudthursty cite which is all full of lyes and robbery wil not leaue of from rauyszshinge There a man maye heare scourginge ruszshinge the noyse of the wheles the crienge of the horses the rollinge of the charettes There the horse men get vp with naked swerdes and glisterynge speares There lyeth a multitude slayne and a greate heape of deed bodies There is no ende of deed coarses yee men fall vpon their bodies And that for the greate and many folde whordâ—me of the fayre and beutifull harlot which is a mastresse of wychcraft yee and selleth the people thorow hir whordome and the nacions thorow hir wichcraft Beholde I wil vpon the saieth the LORDE of hoostes and wil pull thy clothes ouer thy heade that I maye shewe thy nakednes amonge the Heithen and thy shame amonge the kingdomes I wil cast dyrte vpon y t to make the be abhorred and a gasynge stocke Yee all they that loke vpon the shal starte backe saye Niniue is destroyed Who wil haue pyte vpoÌ„ the where shal I seke one to conforte the Art thou better then the greate cite of AlexaÌ„dria that laye in the waters and had the waters rounde aboute it which was strongly fenced walled with the see Ethiopia and Egipte were hir streÌ„gth that exceadinge greate aboue measure Aphrica and Lybia were hir helpers yet was she dryuen awaye brought in to captiuyte hir yonge children were smytten downe at the heade of euery strete the lottes were cast for the most awncient men in her and all hir mightie men were bounde in chaynes Euen so shalt thou also be droncken and hyde thy self and seke some helpe agaynst thine enemy All thy stronge cities shal be like fyge trees w t rype fyges which wheÌ„ a maÌ„ shaketh they fall in to the mouth of the eater Beholde thy people with in the are but wâ—men the portes of thy londe shal be opened vnto thine enemies and the fyre shal deuoure y e barres Drawe water now agaynst thou be beseged make vp thy stroÌ„ge holdes go in to the claye tempre the morter make stronge bricke yet the fyre shal consume the the swerde shal destroye the yee as y e locuste doth so shal it eate the vp It shal fall heuely vpon the as the locustes yee right heuely shal it fall vpon the euen as the greshoppers Thy marchauntes haue bene mo then the starres of heaueÌ„ but now shal they sprede abrode as the locustes and fle their waye Thy lordes are as the greshoppers thy captaynes as the multitude of greshoppers which wheÌ„ they be colde remayne in y e hedges but when the Sonne is vp they fle awaye and no maÌ„ can tell where they are become Thy shepherdes are aslepe o kinge of Assur thy worthies are layed downe y e people is scatred abrode vpon the mountaynes and no man gathereth them together agayne Thy wounde can not be hyd thy plage is so sore All they that heare this of the shall clappe their handes ouer the. For what is he to whoÌ„ thou hast not allwaye bene doynge hurte The ende of the prophet Naum. The Prophet Abacuc What Abacuc conteyneth Chap. I. He complayneth vnto God of the wickednes of the people and threateneth them with the plage of God Chap. II. He reproueth the cuvetous and vnrightuous men Chap. III. A prayer of the prophet The first Chapter THis is the heuy burtheÌ„ which the prophet Abacuc dyd se. O LORDE how longe shal I crie thou wilt not heare How longe shall I complayne vnto the suffrynge wronge and thou wilt not helpe Why lettest thou me se weerynesse and laboure TyraÌ„ny and violence are before me power ouergoeth right for the lawe is torne in peces and there can no right iudgment go forth And why the vngodly is more set by then the rightuous this is the cause y t wronge iudgment procedeth Beholde amonge the Heithen and loke wel wondre at it and be abaszshed for I wil do a thinge in youre tyme which though it be tolde you ye shal not beleue Forlo I wil rase vp y e Caldees that bytter and swifte people which shal go as wyde as the londe is to take possession of dwellinge places that be not their owne A grymme boysteous people is it these shal syt in iudgment punyshe Their horses are swifter then the cattes of the mountayne byte sorer then y e wolues in y e euenynge Their horsmen come by greate heapes from farre they fle hastely to deuo r as the Aegle They come all to spoyle out of them commeth an east wynde which bloweth and gathereth their captyues like as the sonde They shall mocke the kinges and laugh the prynces to scorne They shal not set by eny stronge holde for they shal laye ordinaunce agaynst it and take it Then shal they take a fresh corage vnto them to go forth to do more euell so ascrybe that power vnto their God But thou o LORDE my God my holy one thou art from the begynnynge therfore shal we not dye O LORDE thou hast ordened them for a punyshmeÌ„t and set them to reproue the mightie Thine eyes are clene thou mayest not se euell thou canst not beholde y e thinge that is wicked Wherfore then dost thou loke vpon the vngodly and holdest thy tunge when the wicked deuoureth the man that is better theÌ„ himself Thou makest men as the fish in the see and like as the crepinge beestes that haue no gyde They take vp all with their angle they catch it in their net gather it in their yarne wherof they reioyce and are glad Therfore offre they vnto their net and do sacrifice vnto their yarne because that thorow it their porcion is become so fat and their meate so pleteous Wherfore they cast out their net agayne neuer ceasse to slaye the people The II. Chapter I Stode vpon my watch and set me vpon my bulworke to loke se what he wolde saye vnto me and what answere I shulde geue him y t reproueth me But the LORDE answered me and sayde Wryte the vision planely vpon thy tables that who so commeth by maye rede it for y e visioÌ„ is yet farre of for a tyme but at y e last it shal come to passe not fayle And though he tary yet wait thou for him for in very dede he wil come and not be slacke Beholde who so wil not beleue his soule shal not prospere but the iust shal lyue by his faith Like as the wyne disceaueth the dronckarde euen so the proude shal fayle not endure He openeth his desyre wyde vp as the hell is as vnsaciable as death All Heithen gathereth he to him heapeth vnto him all people But shall not all these take vp a prouerbe agaynst him and mocke him with a byworde and saye Wo vnto him that heapeth vp other mens goodes How
e wyne and despyse him not in his myrth Geue him no despytefull wordes and preasse not vpon him with contrary sayenges The XXXII Chapter YF thou be made a ruler pride not thy self therin but be thou as one of the people Take diligent care for them and loke well therto and whan thou hast done all thy dewtye syt the downe that thou mayest be mery with them and receaue a crowne of honoure Talke wysely honestly for wyszdome becommeth the right well Hynder not musyck Speake not where there is no audyence and poure not forth wyszdome out of tyme at an importunyte Like as the Carbuncle stone shyneth that is set in golde so doth a songe garnysh the wyne feast and as y e Smaragde that is set in golde so is the swetnes of Musyck by y e myrth of wyne Thou yonge mā speake that becommeth the that is profitable and yet scarse whan thou art twyce axed Comprehende moch with few wordes In many thinges be as one that is ignoraunt geue eare and holde thy tonge withall Yf thou be amonge men of hyer auctorite desyre not to compare thy self vnto them and whā an elder speaketh make not thou many wordes therin Before the thonder goeth lightenynge and before nurtoure and shamefastnesse goeth loue and fauoure Stōde vp by tymes and be not the last but get the home soone there take thy pastyme do what thou wilt so y t thou do no euell and defye no mā But for all thinges geue thankes vnto him that hath made the and replenished the with his goodes Who so feareth the LORDE wyl receaue his doctryne and they that get them to him by tymes shall fynde grace He that seketh the lawe shall be fylled withall As for him y t is but fayned he wyll be offended therat They that feare the LORDE shal fynde the iudgment their righteousnes shal be kyndled as a light An vngodly man will not be refourmed but can helpe him self with the example of other in his purpose A man of vnderstondinge despyseth no good councell but a wylde and proude body hath no feare My sonne do nothinge without advisement so shal it not repēt the after y e dede Go not in the waye where thou mayest fall ner where thou mayest stomble against the stone Geue not y i self in to a laborious slypery waye and bewarre of thine owne children In all thy workes put thy trust in God from thy whole hert for that is the kepinge of the cōmaundementes Who so beleueth Gods worde taketh hede to the commaundementes he that putteth his trust in y e LORDE shal wante nothinge The XXXIII Chapter THere shall no euell happen vnto him that feareth God but whan he is in tentacion the LORDE shall delyuer him A wyse man hateth not y e lawe but an ypocryte is as a shyp in a raginge water A man of vnderstondinge geueth credence vnto the lawe of God and y e lawe is faithfull vnto him Be sure of the matter then talke therof Be first wel instructe thē maiest thou geue answere The hert of y e foolish is like a cartwhele and his thoughtes renne aboute like the axell tre Like as a wylde horse that neyeth vnder euery one y t sytteth vpon him so is it with a scornefull frende Why doth one daie excell another seynge all the dayes of the yeare come of the Sonne The wyszdome of the LORDE hath so parted them a sunder and so hath he ordened the tymes and solempne feastes Some of them hath he chosen and halowed before other dayes And all men are made of the grounde out of the earth of Adam In the multitude of scyence hath y e LORDE sundered them and made their wayes of dyuerse fashions Some of them hath he blessed made moch of them halowed them claymed them to himself But some of thē hath he cursed brought thē lowe put thē out of their estate Like as y e claye is in the potters hande all the ordrynge therof at his pleasure so are men also in the hande of him y t made thē so that he maye geue them as it liketh him best Agaynst euell is good and agaynst death is life so is the vngodly agaynst soch as feare God Beholde thus all the workes of the Hyest there are euer two agaynst two and one set agaynst another I am awaked vp last of all as one that gathereth after in haruest In the giftes of God and in his blessynge I am increased haue fylled my wyne presse like a grape gatherer Beholde how I haue not laboured onely for my self but for all soch as loue nurtoure and wyszdome Heare me O ye greate men of the people harken w t yo eares ye rulers of y e congregacion Geue not y e sonne wyfe y e brother frende power ouer the whyle thou lyuest geue not awaye thy substaunce and good to another lest it repent the thou be fayne to begg therfore thy self As longe as thou lyuest hast breth let no man chaunge the For better it is thy children to praye the then y t thou shuldest be fayne to loke in their handes In all thy workes be excellent that thy honoure be neuer stained At the tyme whan thou shalt ende thy dayes and fynish thy life distribute thine inheretaūce The fodder the whyppe and the burden belongeth vnto the Asse Meate correccion and worke vnto the seruaunt Yf thou set thy seruaunt to laboure thou shalt fynde rest But yf thou let him go ydel he shal seke libertye The yock y e whyppe bowe downe the neck but tame thou thy euell seruaunt with bōdes correccion Sende him to laboure that he go not ydle For Idylnesse bryngeth moch euell Sett him to worke for that belongeth vnto him and becōmeth him well Yf he be not obedient bynde his fete but do not to moch vnto him in anye wyse without discrecion do nothinge Yf thou haue a faithfull seruaūt let him be vnto the as thine owne soule for in bloude hast thou gotten him Yf thou haue a seruaunt holde him as thy self for thou hast nede of him as of thy self Yf thou intreatest him euell and kepest him harde and makest him to be proude and to renne awaye from y e thou canst not tell what waye thou shalt seke him The XXXIIII Chapter VNwyse people begyle them selues w t vayne and disceatfull hope and fooles trust in dreames Who so regardeth dreames is like him that wil take holde of a shadowe and folowe after the wynde Euen so is it with the appearinges of dreames Before the face is the licknes of a face Who can be clensed of y e vncleane Or what treuth can be spoken of a lyar Soythsayenge witchcraft sorcery and dreaminge is but vanyte like as whan a womā trauayleth w t chylde and hath many fantasyes in hir herte Where as soch visions come not of God set not
God be angrie with vs a litle whyle for o r chasteninge reformacion yet shal he be at one agayne w t his seruauntes But thou O shamefull most abhominable personne Pryde not thy self thorow vayne hope in beynge so malicious vpon y e seruauntes of God for thou hast not yet escaped the iudgmēt of the God which is all mighty seyth all thinges My brethren y t haue suffred a litle payne are now vnder the couenaunt of euerlastinge life but thorow the iudgment of God thou shalt be punyshed righteously for thy pryde As for me like as my brethrē haue done I offre my soule my body for y e lawes of o fathers callinge vpon God y t he will soone be mercifull vnto o people yee w t payne punyshment to make the graunte y t he only is God In me now in my brethrē y e wrath of allmighty God is at an ende which righteously is fallē vpon all o people Then y e kynge beynge kyndled in anger was more cruell vpon him then vpon all y e other toke indignaciō y t he was so lighty regarded So this yonge mā dyed vndefiled put his trust stil in y e LORDE Last of all after y e sonnes was y e mother put to death also Let this now be ynough spoken concernynge y e offringes extreme cruelnesse The VIII Chapter THen Iudas Machabeus and they y t were w t him wēte pryuely in to y e townes called their kinsfolkes frendes together toke vnto them all soch as contynued yet in the faith lawe of y e Iewes and brought forth vj. M. men So they called vpon the LORDE y t he wolde haue an eye vnto his people which was troddē downe of euery mā to be gracious vnto y e tēple y t was defyled of the vngodly to haue cōpassion vpon y e destruccion of the cite which was shortly like to be laied waist to heare y e voyce of y e bloude y t cried vnto him to remēbre y e most vnrighteous deathes of yonge innocent children the blasphemies also done vnto his name to punysh thē Now whē Machabeus had gathered this multitude together he was to mightie for the Heithen for y e wrath of y e LORDE was turned in to mercy he fell vpon the townes cities vnawarres brent them toke the most cōmodious places slewe many of the enemies But specially he made soch chases by night in so moch that his manlynesse was spoken of euery were So when Philippe sawe that the man increased by litle and litle and that the matter prospered with him for the most parte he wrote vnto Ptolomy which was a captayne in Celosiria Phenices helpe him in y e kinges busynes Thē sent he Nicanor Patrocli a speciall frende of his in all y e haist gaue him of y e comon sorte of the Heithen no lesse then xx M. harnessed men to rote out y e whole generacion of the Iewes hauinge to helpe him one Gorgias a man of warre which in matters concernynge battayls had greate experience Nicanor ordened also the tribute which the Romaynes shulde haue had to be geuen vnto the kynge out of the captiuyte of the Iewes namely ij M. talentes And immediatly he sent to y e cities of y e see coost requyringe thē for to bye Iewes to be their seruauntes bonde men promisynge to sell them lxxx and ten for one talente but he considered not the wrath of allmighty God y t was to come vpon him When Iudas knewe of this he tolde the Iewes y t were w t him of Nicanors cōmynge Now were there some of them fearfull not trustinge vnto the rightuousnes of God and fled their waye But the other y t remayned came together besought the LORDE to delyuer thē frō y t wicked Nicanor which had solde thē or euer he came nye them and though he wolde not do it for their sakes yet for the couenaunt that he made w t their fathers because they called vpon his holy glorious name And so Machabeus called his men together namely aboute vi M. exortinge them not to agree vnto their enemies nether to be afrayed for y e multitude of their aduersaries cōmynge agaynst them vnrighteously but to fight manly consideringe y e reprofe that they had done to the holy place without cause how they had despysed and oppressed the cite yee and destroyed y e lawes of the fathers For they sayde he trust in their weapens and boldnesse but oure confidence is in the allmighty LORDE which in the twincklinge of an eye maye both destroye them that come agaynst vs and all the worlde He exorted them also to call to remēbraūce the helpe that God shewed vnto their fathers as whē there perished an C. lxxxvM of Sennacheribs people And of y e battaill y t they had in Babilō agaynst y e Galacians how y t all the Macedoniās y t came to helpe thē stode in feare how they beynge but only vj. M. slewe an C. xx M. thorow y e helpe y t was geuen them from heauen wherby they also had receaued many benefites Thorow these wordes y e mē toke good hertes vnto thē ready to dye for the lawe the coūtre So he set vpon euery cōpany a captayne one of his owne brethren Simon Ioseph and Ionathas geuynge ech one xv C. men He caused Eszdras also to reade the holy boke vnto them and to geue them a token of the helpe of God Then he himself beinge captaine in y e fore front of the battayll buckled with Nicanor And God was there helpe in so moch that they slewe aboue ix M. mē compelled y e more parte of Nicanors hoost to fle they were so wounded and feable Thus they toke the money from those that came to bye thē and folowed vpon them on euery syde But whē the tyme came vpon them they returned for it was the Sabbath and therfore they folowed nomore vpon them So they toke their weapens and spoyles kepte the Sabbath geuynge thankes vnto the LORDE which had delyuered them that daye and shewed them his mercy After the Sabbath they distributed the spoyles to the sicke to y e fatherlesse and to wyddowes and the residue had they them selues with theirs Whē this was done and they all had made a generall prayer they besought the mercifull LORDE to be at one with his seruauntes Of those also that were with Timotheus and Bachides which fought agaynst them they slewe xx M. wanne hye and stronge holdes and deuided moo spoyles euer geuynge an equall porcion vnto y e sicke to y e fatherles to wyddowes to aged persons And when they had diligently gathered their weapēs together they layed them all in convenient places the remnaunt of y e spoyles brought they to Ierusalem They slewe Philarches that wicked personne which was with Timotheus and had vexed many
thus talkinge and reasonynge together Iesus himself drue nye and wente with them But their eyes were holden that they shulde not knowe hī And he sayde vnto them What maner of cōmunicacions are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke and are sad Then answered the one whose name was Cleophas and sayde vnto him Art thou onely a straunger at Ierusalē not knowinge what is come to passe there in these dayes And he sayde vnto thē What They sayde vnto him That of Iesus of Nazareth which was a prophet mightie in dede and worde before God and all y e people how oure hye prestes and rulers delyuered him to the condemnacion of death and crucified him But we hoped that he shulde haue delyuered Israel And besydes all this todaye is the thirde daye that this was done Yee certayne wemen also of oure company which were early at the Sepulcre and founde not his body came and tolde that they had sene a visiō of angels which sayde he was alyue And certayne of them that were with vs wente vnto the sepulcre and founde it euen so as y e wemē sayde but hī founde they not And he sayde vnto thē O ye fooles and slowe of hert to beleue all that the prophetes haue spokē Ought not Christ to haue suffred these thinges and to entre in to his glory And he beganne at Moses and at all the prophetes and expounded vnto them all the scriptures that were spoken of him And they drue nye vnto the towne which they wēte vnto and he made as though he wolde haue gone farther And they compelled him and sayde Abyde with vs for it draweth towardes night and the daye is farre passed And he wente in to tary with thē And it came to passe whan he sat at the table with thē he toke the bred gaue thankes brake it and gaue it them Then were their eyes opened and they knewe him And he vanyshed out of their sight And they sayde betwene thē selues Dyd not oure hert burne with in vs whan he talked with vs by the waye whyle he opened the scriptures vnto vs And they rose vp the same houre turned agayne to Ierusalem and founde y e eleuē gathered together and them that were with them which sayde The LORDE is rysen of a trueth and hath appeared vnto Symon And they tolde thē what had happened by y e waye and how they knewe him in breakynge of the bred But whyle they were talkynge therof Iesus himself stode in the myddes amonge thē and sayde Peace be with you But they were abashed and afrayed supposinge that they had sene a sprete And he saide vnto thē Why are ye abashed wherfore ryse there soch thoughtes in yo hertes Beholde my hādes my fete it is euen I my self Handle me and se for a sprete hath not flesh and bones as ye se me haue And whan he had thus spokē he shewed thē his hōdes and his fete But whyle they yet beleued not for ioye and wondred he sayde vnto them Haue ye eny thinge here to eate And they set before him a pece of a broyled fish and an hony combe And he toke it and ate it before thē And he sayde vnto them These are the wordes which I spake vnto you whyle I was yet with you For it must all be fulfilled that was wrytten of me in the lawe of Moses in the prophetes in the Psalmes Thē opened he their vnderstondinge that they might vnderstonde the scriptures and sayde vnto them Thus is it wryttē and thus it behoued Christ to suffre the thirde daye to ryse agayne frō the deed and to let repentaunce and remyssion of synnes be preached in his name amōge all nacions and to begynne at Ierusalē As for all these thinges ye are wytnesses of thē And beholde I wil sende vpon you the promes of my father but ye shal tary in the cite of Ierusalem tyll ye be endewed with power from aboue But he led them out vnto Bethany and lift vp his handes and blessed them And it came to passe whā he blessed them he departed from them and was caried vp in to heauen And they worshipped him and turned agayne to Ierusalem with greate ioye and were contynually in y e tēple geuynge prayse and thankes vnto God Amen The ende of the gospell of S. Luke The gospell of S. Ihon. What S. Ihons gospell conteyneth Chap. I. The euerlastinge byrth of the sonne of God and how he became man The testimony of Ihon and of his baptyme The callinge of Andrew Peter Philip and Nathanael Chap. II. Christ turneth the water vnto wyne at the mariage in Cana and dryueth the marchauntes out of the temple Chap. III. The swete talkinge of Christ with Nicodemus The doctryne baptyme of Ihō and what wytnesse he beareth of Christ. Chap. IIII. The louynge communicacion of Christ with the woman of Samaria by the welles syde How he commeth into Galile and healeth the rulers sonne Chap. V. He healeth the man that was sicke eight thirtie yeare The Iewes accuse him as a breaker of the Sabbath he answereth for himself and reproueth them Chap. VI. Iesus fedeth fyue thousande me◠with fyue barlye Loaues departeth awaye that they shulde not make him kynge goeth vpō the see and reproueth the fleshly hearers of his worde The carnall are offended at hī and forsake him Chap. VII Iesus commeth to Ierusalē at the feast teacheth the Iewes and reproueth thē The pharises the hye prestes hearinge that the people begynne to fauour Christ and to beleue in him sende out officers to take hī There are dyuerse opinions of him amōge the people The pharises rebuke the officers because they haue not taken him and chyde with Nicodemus for takinge his parte Chap. VIII A woman is taken in aduoutrie Christ delyuereth her The fredome of soch as folowe Christ whom they accuse to haue the deuel within him and go aboute to stone him Chap. IX Christ maketh the man to se that was borne blynde where thorow he getteth himself more displeasure amonge the Iewes and Pharises Chap. X. Christ is the true shepherde and the dore of the shepe Some saye Christ hath the deuell and is madd some saye he speaketh not the wordes of one that hath the deuell Because he telleth the trueth the Iewes take vp stones to cast at him call his preachinge blasphemy and go aboute to take him Chap. XI Christ rayseth Lazarus frō death The hye prestes the pharyses gather a councell and cast their heades together agaynst him therfore he getteth him out of the waye Chap. XII Mary anoynteth Christes fete Iudas murmureth Christ excuseth her rydeth in to Ierusalem and is louyngly receaued of the thankfull but vtterly despysed of the vngodly Chap. XIII Christ washeth the disciples fete telleth them of Iudas the traytour and commaundeth thē earnestly to loue one another Chap. XIIII He armeth his disciples with
the whole congregacion And they put him in preson for it was not declared what shulde be done vnto him The LORDE sayde vnto Moses The man shall dye the death the whole congregacion shal stone him without the hoost Then the whole cōgregacion brought him out of y e hoost and stoned him that he dyed as y e LORDE commaunded Moses And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Speake to the childrē of Israel saye vnto thē y t they make them gardes vpon y e quarters of their garmentes amonge all yo r posterities and put yalowe rybandes vpon the gardes in y e quarters And y e gardes shal serue you y t ye maye loke vpon thē and remembre all the cōmaundementes of the LORDE do them that ye order not youre selues after y e meanynge of youre awne hert ner go awhorynge after youre awne eyes Therfore shal ye remembre and do all my commaundementes and be holy vnto youre God I am the LORDE youre God which brought you out of the lande of Egipte to be yo r God Euen I the LORDE youre God The XVI Chapter ANd Corah the sonne of Iezehar the sonne of Kahath the sonne of Leui with Dathan and Abiram the sonne of Eliab and On the sonne of Peleth y e sonnes of Rubē stode vp agaynst Moses with certayne men amonge the childrē of Israel two hundreth fyftie captaynes of the congregacion councelers famous men And they gathered them selues agaynst Moses Aarō sayde vnto them Ye make to moch a doo for all the congregacion is holy euery one and the LORDE is amonge them Why lifte ye youre selues vp then aboue the congregacion of the LORDE Whan Moses herde y t he fell vpō his face saide vnto Corah to all his company Tomorow shal y e LORDE shewe who is his who is holy to come vnto him Whō so euer he choseth y e same shal come vnto him This do Take y e censors thou Corah all y e cōpanye do fyre therin put incense theron tomorow before the LORDE then whom so euer the LORDE choseth the same shal be holy Ye make to moch a doo ye children of Leui. And Moses sayde vnto Corah Heare ye childrē of Leui Is it not ynough vnto you y t y e God of Israel hath separated you frō y e multitude of Israel y t ye shulde come nye him to do the seruyce of the dwellynge place of the LORDE and stonde before the people to mynister vnto them He hath caused the and all thy brethren the childrē of Leui with the to come nye vnto him and now ye seke the presthode also Thou and all thy cōpany conspyre agaynst the LORDE What is Aaron that ye shulde murmur against him And Moses sent to call Dathā Abirā y e sonnes of Eliab But they saide We wil not come vp Is it to litle y t thou hast brought vs out of y e lande of Egipte y t floweth w t mylke hony to kyll vs in y e wildernesse but thou must raigne ouer vs also How goodly well hast thou brought vs in to a londe that floweth w t milke and hony geuē vs feldes and vyniardes in possession Wilt thou put out these mens eyes We will not come vp Then was Moses very wroth saide vnto y e LORDE Turne y e not vnto their meatofferinges I haue not takē so moch as an Asse frō thē nether haue I hurte eny of thē And Moses sayde vnto Corah Tomorow be thou all y e companye before y e LORDE thou and they Aaron And take euery one his censer and put incense therin and come before the LORDE euery one with his censer that is two hundreth and fiftye censers and both thou and Aaron take either his censer And euery one toke his censer and put fyre therin and layed incense theron and came before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnes and Moses and Aaron also And Corah gathered y e whole congregaciō agaynst thē before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnes But y e glory of the LORDE appeared before y e whole congregacion And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron sayde Separate youre selues frō this congregaciō y t I maye shortly consume them And they fell vpon their faces sayde O God thou God of the spretes of all flesh yf one man haue synned wilt thou therfore be wroth ouer the whole congregacion And the LORDE spake vnto Moses saide Speake to the congregaciō and saye Come vp from y e dwellynge of Corah and Dathan and Abiram And Moses stode vp wente vnto Dathan Abiram the Elders of Israel folowed him he spake to y e cōgregaciō saide Departe frō y e tentes of these vngodly mē touche nothinge y t is theirs y t ye perishe not in eny of their sinnes And they gat them vp from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram But Dathan and Abirā came out and stode in the dore of their tentes with their wyues and sonnes and children And Moses sayde Hereby shal ye knowe that the LORDE hath sent me to do all these workes and that I haue not done them of myne awne hert Yf these men dye the comon death of all men or be vysited as all men are vysited then hath not the LORDE sent me But yf the LORDE make a new thinge and the earth open hir mouth and swalowe them with all that they haue so y t they go downe quycke in to hell thē shal ye knowe that the se men haue blasphemed the LORDE And whā he had spokē out all these wordes y e groūde cloue asunder vnder thē the earth opened hir wouth swalowed thē w t their houses all the mē y t were w t Corah all their substaūce and they wente downe quycke in to the hell with all that they had And the earth closed vpō them so they perished from amonge y e congregaciō And all Israel y t were aboute thē fled at y e crye of thē for they sayde That y e earth swalowe not vs also Morouer the fyre came out frō the LORDE and consumed the two hundreth and fyftye men that offred the incense And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Speake to Eleasar y e sonne of Aaron y e prest y t he take vp y e censers out of y e burninge scater y e fyre here there For the censers of these synners are halowed thorow their soules y t they maye be beatē in to thinne plates fastened vpon y e altare For they are offred before y e LORDE halowed and they shal be a token vnto y e childrē of Israel And Eleasar the prest toke y e brasen censers which they y t were burnt had offred bet thē to plates to fasten thē vpon y e altare for a remēbraunce vnto y e children of Israel y t no straunger and he
y t allwaye stonde before the and heare thy wyszdome Praysed be the LORDE thy God which had soch pleasure vnto the that he hath set the vpon his seate to be kynge vnto the LORDE thy God Because thy God loueth Israel to set them vp for euer therfore hath he ordeyned y t to be kynge ouer them that thou shuldest mayntayne iustice and equyte And she gaue y e kynge an hundreth and twentye talentes of golde very moch spyce precious stones There were no mo soch spyces as these that the Quene of riche Arabia gaue vnto kynge Salomō And Hirams seruauntes and the seruauntes of Salomon which broughte golde from Ophir broughte costly tymber also precious stones And of the same costly tymber dyd Salomon cause to make stares in the house of the LORDE and the kynges house and harpes and psalteries for the Musicians There was no soch tymber sene before in the londe of Iuda But kynge Salomon gaue the Quene of riche Arabia all that she desyred and axed moch more then she had broughte vnto the kynge And she returned and departed in to hir londe with hir seruauntes The golde that was broughte vnto Salomon in one yeare was sixe hundreth and sixe and thre score talentes besydes that y e chap men and marchauntes broughte And all the kynges of the Arabians and the lordes in y e londe broughte golde and syluer vnto Salomon Of the which kynge Salomon made two hundreth speares of beaten golde so y t sixe hundreth peces of beaten golde came vpō one speare thre hundreth shildes of beaten golde so that thre hundreth peces of beaten golde came to one shylde and the kynge put thē in the house of the wod of Libanus And the kynge made a greate seate of Yuery and ouerlaied it with pure golde and the seate had sixe steppes and a fotestole of golde festened vnto the seate and it had two leanynge postes vpon both the sydes of the seate and two lyons stode beside the leanynge postes and there stode twolue Lions vpō the syxe steppes on both the sides In all realmes hath not soch one bene made And all kynge Salomons drynkynge vessels were of golde and all the vessels of the house of the wod of Libanus were of pure golde for syluer was rekened nothinge in Salomons tyme. For the kynges shippes wente vpon the See with the seruauntes of Hirā came once in thre yeare and brought golde syluer Yuery Apes and Pecockes Thus was kynge Salomon greater then all the kynges vpon earth in riches and wisdome And all the kynges of y e earth desired to se Salomons face and to heare his wysdome which God had geuen him in his hert And they brought him yearly euery mā his present Iewels of siluer and golde raymēt harnesse spyces horses and Mules And Salomon had foure thousande charethorses and twolue thousande horsmen and put them in the charetcities and with the kynge at Ierusalem And he was lorde ouer all the kynges from the water vnto the londe of the Philistynes and to the coaste of Egipte And the kynge brought it so to passe that there was as moch syluer at Ierusalem as stones and as many Ceders as there were Molbery trees in the valleys And there were horses broughte vnto him out of Egipte and out of all countres What more there is to saye of Salomon both of his first and of his last beholde it is writtē in the Cronicles of the prophet Nathan and in the prophecies of Ahia of Silo in y e actes of Ieddithe Seer against Ioroboā y e sonne of Nebat And Salomō reigned at Ierusalē ouer all Israel fortie yeares And Salomon fell on slepe w t his fathers was buried in the cyte of Dauid his father And Roboā his sonne was kīge ī his steade The X. Chapter EOboam wente vnto Sichem for all Israel was come vnto Sichem to make him kinge And whan Ieroboā the sonne of Nebat herde that which was in Egipte whither he was fled for kynge Salomon he came agayne out of Egipte And they sent for him and called him And Ieroboam came with all Israel and spake to Roboam and sayde Thy father made o r yocke greuous make thou lighter now y e harde bondage of thy father and y e heuy yocke that he layed vpon vs and we wyll submytte oure selues vnto the. He sayde vnto them Come to me agayne ouer thre dayes And y e people wente their waye And Roboam the kynge axed coūcell at the Elders which had stonde before Salomon his father whyle he lyued and he sayde What is youre councell that I maye geue this people an answere They spake vnto him and sayde Yf thou be louynge vnto this people and deale gently with them and geue them good wordes then shal they allwaye be obedient vnto the. Neuerthelesse he forsoke the councell of the Elders that they had geuen him and toke councell at y t yonge men which were growne vp w t him and stode before him And he sayde vnto thē What is youre councell that we maye answere this people which haue spoken vnto me and saide Make oure yock lighter y t thy father layed vpon vs The yongemen y t were growne vp with him spake vnto him and sayde Thus shalt thou saye vnto the people that haue talked with the spoken Thy father made oure yock to heuy make thou o r yock lighter Thus shalt thou saye vnto them My litle finger shal be thicker then my fathers loynes Yf my father hath layed an heuy yock vpon you I wyl make youre yock the more My father chastened you w t scourges but I wyl beate you with scorpions Now whan Ieroboam and all the people came to Roboam on the thirde daye acordynge as y e kinge sayde Come to me againe on the thirde daie the kynge gaue thē an harde answere And Roboā the kynge forsoke y e councell of the Elders spake vnto thē after y e yonge mens councell sayde Yf my father haue made yo r yock to heuy I wil make it yet heuyer My father chastened you w t scourges but I wyl beate you w t scorpiōs Thus the kynge folowed not y e peoples minde for so was it determyned of God y t y e LORDE might stablishe his worde which he spake by Ahia of Silo vnto Ieroboā y e sonne of Nebat But whan all Israel sawe that the kynge wolde not consente vnto them ▪ y e people answered the kynge and sayde What porcion haue we then in Dauid or inheritaūce in the sonne of Isai Let euery man of Israel get him to his tent Loke thou now to thy house Dauid And all Israel wente vnto their tentes so that Roboam reigned but ouer the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Iuda And Roboam sent forth Adoram the rent gatherer but the children of Israel stoned him to death And kynge Roboā strengthed himselfe vpon his charet to flye vnto Ierusalem Thus
fell Israel awaie froÌ„ the house of Dauid vnto this daye The XI Chapter ANd whan Roboam came to Ierusasalem he gathered together the house of Iuda and Ben Iamin euen an huÌ„dreth and foure score thousande chosen men of armes to fyghte agaynst Israel that they mighte brynge the kyngdome agayne vnto Roboam But y e worde of the LORDE came to Semaia the man of God and sayde Speake to Roboam the sonne of Salomon kynge of Iuda and to all Israel y t are in Iuda and Ben Iamin and saye Thus sayeth the LORDE Ye shal not go vp ner fyght agaynst youre brethren let euery man go home agayne for this is my dede They herkened vnto the wordes of y e LORDE and weÌ„te not forth agaynst IeroboaÌ„ As for RoboaÌ„ he dwelt at Ierusalem and buylded vp the stronge cities in Iuda namely BethleeÌ„ Etan Tekoa Bethzur Socho AdullaÌ„ Gath Maresa Siph Adoraim Laches Aseka Zâ—rega Aialon and Hebron which were the fensed cities in Iuda and Ben Iamin he made them stronge and set prynces therin prouyded them of vytayles oyle and wyne and in all cities prepared he shildes and speares and made them very stronge And Iuda and Ben Iamin were vnder him The Prestes and Leuites also came vnto him out of Israel and from all the borders therof And lefte their suburbes possession and camt to Iuda vnto Ierusalem for Ieroboam and his sonnes expelled them that they shulde not execute the offyce of y e presthode vnto y e LORDE But for himselfe he fouÌ„ded prestes to y e hye places to felde deuels calues which he caused to make And after them came there men out of all the trybes of Israel which gaue ouer their hertes to seke y e LORDE God of Israel came to IerusaleÌ„ for to offre vnto the LORDE God of their fathers And so strengthed they y e kingdome of Iuda and maÌ„tayned Roboam the sonne of Salomon thre yeare longe for they walked in y e waye of Dauid Salomon thre yeares And Roboam toke Mahelath y e doughter of Ieremoth y e sonne of Dauid to wife Abihail the doughter of Eliab y e sonne of Isai which bare him these sonnes Ieus Semaria Saham After her toke he Maecha the doughter of Absalom which bare him Abia Athai Sisa and Selomith But Roboam loued Maecha the doughter of Absalom better then all his wyues concubynes for he had eightene wyues and thre score coÌ„cubynes and begat eight twentye sonnes and thre score doughters And Roboam set Abia the sonne of Maecha to be heade and prynce amonge his brethren for he thoughte to make him kynge for he was wyse more mightie then all his sonnes in all the countrees of Iuda Ben Iamin and in all the stronge cities And he gaue them plenteousnes of fode and desyred many wyues The XII Chapter BVt whaÌ„ the kyngdome of Roboam was confirmed and stablyshed he forsoke the lawe of the LORDE all Israel with him And in the fyfth yeare of Roboam weÌ„te Sisack the kynge of Egipte vp agaynst Ierusalem for they had transgressed agaynst the LORDE with a thousande and two hundreth charettes and with thre score thousande horsmen and the people were innumerable that came with him out of Egipte Libya Sâ—chim out of Ethiopia and he wanne the stroÌ„ge cities that were in Iuda and came to Ierusalem Then came Semaia y e prophet vnto Roboam and to y e rulers of Iuda which were gathered together at Ierusalem for Sisack sayde vnto them Thus sayeth y e LORDE Ye haue lefte me therfore haue I lefte you also in Sisacks hande TheÌ„ the rulers in Israel with the kynge submytted them selues and sayde The LORDE is righteous But whaÌ„ the LORDE sawe y t they huÌ„bled themselues y e worde of the LORDE came to Semaia sayde They haue humbled them selues therfore wyl I not destroye them but I wyl geue them a litle delyueraunce that my indignacion fall not vpon Ierusalem by Sisack for they shal be subdued vnto him y t they maye knowe what it is to serue me to serue the kyngdomes of the worlde Thus weÌ„te Sisack the kynge of Egipte vp to Ierusalem toke the treasures in the house of the LORDE the treasures in the kynges house and caried all awaye and toke the shyldes of golde that Salomon caused to make in steade wherof kynge RoboaÌ„ made shyldes of stele and commytted theÌ„ vnto the chefe fotemen which kepte the dore of the kynges house And as oft as the kynge wente in to the house of the LORDE y e fote men came bare them broughâ—â—hem againe in to y e fote mens chaÌ„ber And for so moch as he submytted himselfe y e wrath of y e LORDE turned froÌ„ him so that all was not destroied for there was yet some good in Iuda Thus was Roboam the kinge stablished in Ierusalem and reigned One and fortye yeare olde was Roboam whaÌ„ he was made kynge and reigned seuentene yeare at Ierusalem in the cite which the LORDE had chosen out of all the trybes of Israel to set his name there His mothers name was Naemaan Ammonitisse and he did euell and prepared not his hert to seke the LORDE These actes of Roboam both fyrst and last are wrytten in the actes of Semaia the prophet of Iddo the Seer and are noted so are the warres that Roboam and Ieroboam had together as longe as they lyued And Roboam fell on slepe with his fathers and was buryed in the cite of Dauid Abia his sonne was kynge in his steade The XIII Chapter IN the eightenth yeare of kynge Ieroboam was Abia kynge in Iuda reigned thre yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Michaia the doughter of Veiel of Gibea And there was warre betwene Abia and Ieroboam And Abia prepared himselfe to the battayll with foure huÌ„dreth thousande stronge chosen men of warre But Ieroboam made himselfe ready to fight agaynst him w t eight hundreth thousande chosen men of strength And Abia gatt him vp vpon the hyll Zemaraim which lyeth vpon mount Ephraim and sayde Herken vnto me thou Ieroboam and all Israel Knowe ye not that the LORDE God of Israel hath geuen Dauid y e kyngdome of Israel for euer vnto him and his sonnes with a Salt couenaunt But IeroboaÌ„ the sonne of Nebat the seruaunt of Salomon Dauids sonne gat him vp fell awaye from his lorde And there resorted vnto him vagaboundes and children of Belial and haue strengthed them selues against RoboaÌ„ the sonne of SalomoÌ„ for Roboam was but yonge and of a fearfull hert and coulde not resiste them Now thinke ye to set youre selues against the kyngdome of the LORDE amonge the sonnes of Dauid for so moch as there is so greate a multitude of you and haue y e golden calues y t Ieroboam made you for goddes Haue ye not expelled the prestes of the LORDE the children of Aaron and the Leuites