their beestes flee to house and they that regarded not the worde of the Lorde left their servauntes and their beestes in the felde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses stretche forth thine hande vnto heauen that there may be hayle in all the lande of Egipte apoÌ„ maÌ„ aÌ„d beest aÌ„d apoÌ„ all the herbes of the felde in the feld of Egipte And Moses stretched out his rodd vnto heauen and the Lorde thondered and hayled so that the fyre ran a longe vppon the grounde And the Lorde so hayled in the loÌ„de of Egipte that there was hayle aÌ„d fyre meÌ„gled with the hayle so greuous that there was none soch in all the londe of Egipte sence people inhabited it And the hayle smote in the londe of Egipte all that was in the felde both man and beest And the hayle smote all the herbes of the feld and broke all the trees of the felde only in the lande of Gosan where the children of israell were was there no hayle And Pharao sent aÌ„d called for Moses and Aaron and sayde vnto theÌ„ I haue now synned the Lorde is rightwes and I and my people are weked Praye ye vnto the Lorde that the thonder of God and hayle maye cease and I will let you goo and ye shall tarie no longer And Moses sayde vnto him assoone as I am out of the citie I will sprede abrode my handes vnto the Lorde and the thunder shall ceasse nether shall there be any moare hayle that thou mayst knowe howe that the erth ys the Lordes But I knowe that thou and thy servauntes yet feare not the Lord God The flaxe aÌ„d the barly were smytteÌ„ for the barly was shott vp aÌ„d the flaxe was boulled but the where and the rye were not smeten for they were late sowne And Moses went out of the citie froÌ„ Pharao aÌ„d sprede abrode his handes vnto the Lorde and the thunder and hayle ceased nether rayned it any moare vppon the erth wheÌ„ Pharao sawe that the rayne and the hayle and thunder were ceased he synned agayn aÌ„d hardened his herte both he and his servauntes So was the herte of Pharao hardened that he wolde not let the children of Israel goo as the Lord had sayde by Moses ¶ The .x. Chapter THe Lorde sayde vnto Moses goo vnto Pharao neuerthelesse I haue hardened his harte and the hertes of his servauntes that I mighte shewe these my sygnes amongest theÌ„ and that thou tell in the audience of thy sonne and of thy sonnes sonne the pagiantes which I haue played in Egipte aÌ„d the miracles which I haue done amonge them that ye may knowe how that I am the Lorde Than Moses aÌ„d Aaron went in vnto Pharao and sayde vnto him thus sayth the Lorde God of the Hebrues how longe shall it be or thou wilt submyt thy selfe vnto me Let my people goo that they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let my people goo beholde tomorow will I brynge greshoppers in to thy lande and they shall couer the face of the erth that it can not be sene aÌ„d they shall eate the residue which remayneth vnto you and escaped the hayle and they shall eate all youre grene trees vpon the felde and they shall fill thy housses and all thy servauntes housses and the housses of all the EgiptiaÌ„s after soch a maner as nether thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers haue sene sence the tyme they were apon the erthe vnto thys daye And he turned him silfe aboute aÌ„d went out from Pharao And Pharaos servauntes sayde vnto hym Howe longe shall this felowe thus plage vs Let the men goo that they maye serue the Lorde their God or els wilt thou see Egipte first destroyed And than Moses and Aaron were broughte agayn vnto Pharao and he sayde vnto them Goo and serue the Lorde youre God but who are they that shall goo And Moses answered we must goo with yonge and olde ye and with oure sonnes and with oure doughters aÌ„d with oure shepe and oxeÌ„ must we goo For we must holde a feast vnto the Lorde And he sayde vnto them shall it be soo The Lorde be with you shulde I lett you goo and youre children also Take heede for ye haue so me myschefe in honde Nay not so but goo ye that are men and serue the Lorde for that was youre desyre And they thrust theÌ„ out of Pharaos presence And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thine hande ouer the lande of Egipte for greshoppers that they come apon the lande of Egipte and eate all the herbes of the londe aÌ„d all that the hayle left vntouched And Moses stretched forth his rodd ouer the londe off Egipte aÌ„d the Lorde brought an east wynde vppoÌ„ the lande all that daye and all nyghte And in the mornynge the east wynde broughte the greshoppers aÌ„d the greshoppers weÌ„t vp ouer all the lande of Egipte and lighted in all quarters off Egipte verye greuously so that before them were there no soch greshoppers nether after them shal be And they couered all the face of the erth so that the londe was darke therwith And they ate all the herbes of the lande and all the frutes of the trees which the hayle had lefte so that there was no grene thinge lefte in the trees and herbes of the felde thorow all the lande of Egipte Then Pharao called for Moses and AaroÌ„ in haste and sayde I haue synned agaynst the Lorde youre God and agaynst you Forgeue me yet my synne only this once and pray vnto the Lorde youre God that he maye take away froÌ„ me this deth only And he weÌ„t out froÌ„ Pharao aÌ„d prayd vnto the Lorde aÌ„d the Lord turned the wynde in to a myghtie stronge west wynde and it toke awaye the greshoppers and cast theÌ„ in to the reed see so that there was not one greshopper left in all the costes of Egipte But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte â—o that he wold not let the childern off Israel goo And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thy hond vnto heaueÌ„ aÌ„d let there be darcknesse vppon the londe of Egipte eueÌ„ that thei maye feale the darcknesse And Moses stretched forth his hande vnto heaueÌ„ aÌ„d there was a darke myst vppoÌ„ all the lande off Egipte iij dayes longe so that no maÌ„ sawe another nether rose vp froÌ„ the place where he was by the space of .iij. dayes but all the childreÌ„ of Israel had lighte where they dwelled Then Pharao called for Moses and sayde goo and serue the Lorde only let youre shepe and youre oxen abyde but let youre childern go with you And Moses answered thou must geue vs also offringes and burntoffringes for to sacrifice vnto the Lord oure God Oure ca tell therfore shall goo with vs and there shall not one hoosâ—e be left behinde for therof must we take to serue the Lorde oure God Moreouer we caÌ„not knowe wherwith we shall serue the Lorde vntyll we come thither But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte so that he wold not
deceaved him nor paradventure holyer then those doughters Nether are we holyer then David though he brake wedlocke and vppon the same commytted abhomynable murther All those men have witnesse of the scripture that they pleased god and ware good men both before that those thinges chaunsed them and also aster Neverthelesse soch thinges happened them foroure ensampler not that we shuld contrafayte their evill but if whyle we fight with oure selves enforsynge to walke in the law of god as they did we yet fall likewise that we despayre not but come agayn â–ª to the lawes of god and take better holde ¶ We read sens the tyme of Christes deeth of virgins that have bene brought vnto the comeÌ„ stues and theyedefyled and of martyrs that haue bene bounde and hores haue abâ—sed their bodyes Why The iudgemeÌ„tes of god are bottoÌ„lesse Soch thinges chaunced partely for ensamples partely God thorow synne healeth synne Pryde can net her be healed nor yet appere but thorow soch horrible deades Paraduenture they were of yâ— popes secte aÌ„d reioysed fleshly thinkinge that heaven came by deades and not by Christ and that the outwarde dead iustyfyed them made them holy and not the inward spirite receeved by fayth and the consent of the harte vnto the law of god ¶ As thou readeste therfore thinke that every sillable pertayneth to thyne awne silf and sucâ—e out the pithe of the scripture and arme thy silf ageynst all assaultes Firste note with stronge faith the power of god in creatinge all of nought Then marke the grevous fall of Adam and of vs all in him thorow the lightregardiÌ„ge of the commaundement of god In the iii. Chapitre God turneth him vnto Abel and then to his offeringe but not to Cain and his offeringe Where thou seest that though the deades of the evel apere outwardly as gloryous as the deades of the good yet in the sight of god which loketh on the harte the deade is good because of the man and not the man good because of his deade In the vj. God sendeth Noe to preach to the weked and geueth them space to repent they wax hard herted God bringeth them to nought And yet saveth Noe even by the same water by which he destroyed them Marke also what folowed the pryde of the buyldinge of the â—oure of Babel Consydre how God sendeth forth AbrahaÌ„ out of his awne contre in to a strange landefull of weked people and gave him but a bare promesse with him that he wold blesse him and defende him Abraham beleved and that worde saued and delyuered him in all parelles so that we se how that mannes lise is not mayntayned by bred onlye as Christe sayeth but moch rather by belevinge the promyses of god Behold how soberly and how circuÌ„spectly both Abraham and also Isaac behaue them selves amoÌ„ge the infideles Abraham byeth that which might have ben geven him for nought to cutte of occasions Isaac when his welles which he had digged were taken from him geveth rowme and resisteth not More over they creand sowe and fede their catell and make confedeâ—acy on s aÌ„d take perpetuall truce and do all outward thinges Even as they do which have no faith for god hathnot made vs to beydle in this world Every man must worke godly and truly to the vttmoste of the power that god hath geven him and yet not truste therin but in goddes worde or promesse and god will worke with vs and bringe that we do to good effecte And theÌ„ when oure power will extend no further goddes promesses wyll worke all alone ¶ How many thinges also resisted the promesses of god to Iacob And yet Iacob coniureth god with his awne promesses savenger O god of my father Abraham and god of my father Isaac Olorde which saydeste vnto me returne vnto thyne awne contre and vnto the place were thou waste borne and I wil do the good Iam not worthy of the leste of those mercyes nor of that trouth which thou haste done to thy seruant I went out but with a staffe and come â—ome with ij droves delyver me out of the handes of my brother Esau for I feare hym greatly c. And god delyvered him and will likewyse all that call vnto his promesses with a repentinge herte were they never so great synners Marke also the weake infirmites of the maÌ„ He loveth one wife more then a nother one sonne more then a nother And se how god purgeth him Esau threteneth him Laban begyleth him The beloued wife is longe baren his doughter is ravyshed his wife is defyled and that of his awne sonne Rahel dieth Ioseph is taken a way yee and as he supposed rent of wild beastes And yet how gloryous was hys ende Note the wekenesse of his Children yee and the synne of them and how god thorow their awne wekednes saved them These ensamples teach vs that a man is not attonce parfecte the firste daye he beginneth to lyve wel They that be stronge therfore muste suffre with the weake and helpe to kepe them in vnite peace one with a nother vntill they bestroÌ„ger Note what the brothren sayde when they were tached in Egipte we haue verelye synned sayde they agâ—ynste oure brother in yâ— we sawe the anguysh of his soule when he besought rs and wold not heare him aÌ„d therfore is this tribulation come vppon vs. By which ensample thou seiste how that conscience of evyll doenges findeth men out at â—he laste But namely in tribulacyon and adrersyte there temptacyon and also desperacyon yee and the verye paynes of hest find vs out there the soule feleth the fersâ— wrath of god and wyssheth mountaynes to falle on ber and to hyde her yf it were possible froÌ„ the angrye face of god Marke also how greate evelles folow of how litle an occasion Sina goeth but forth alone to se the doughters of the contre and how greate myscheve and troble folowed Iacobloved but one sonne more then another aÌ„d how grevous murther folowed in their hartes These are ensamples for oure learninge to teach vs to walke warely and circuÌ„spectlye in the worlde of weake people that we geve no maÌ„ occasions of evyll ¶ Finally se what god promysed Joseph in his dreames Those promesses accoÌ„panyed him all ways and went doune wyth him even in to the depe dongeon And brought him vppe agayne And never for soke him till all that was promysed was fulfilled These are ensamples wryteÌ„ for oure learniÌ„ge as paule sayth to teach vs to truste in god in yâ— stroÌ„ge fyre of tribulation and purgatorye of oure flesh And that they which submytte them selves to folow god shuld note and marke soch thinges for theyr lerninge and comforte is the frute of the scripture and cause why it was wryten And with soch a purpose to reade it is the waye to everlastynge life and to those ioyfull blyssinges that are promysed vnto all nacyons in the seade of Abraham which seade is Jesus Christe oure
not my soule and vnto their congregation be my honoure not coupled â–ª forin their wrath they slewe a man and in their selfe will they houghed an oxe Cursed be their wrath for it was stronge and their fearsnes for it was cruell I will therfore deuyde them in Iacob scater them in Israel Iuda thy brethern shall prayse the thine hande shal be in the necke of thyne enimies thy fathers childern shall stoupe vnto the. Iuda is a lions whelpe FroÌ„ spoyle my sonne thou art come an hye he layde him downe and couched himselfe as a lion and as a lionesse Who dare stere him vp The sceptre shall not departe from Iuda nor a ruelar from betwene his legges vntill Silo come vnto whome the people shall herken He shall bynde his fole vnto the vine and his asses colt vnto the vyne braunche aÌ„d shall wash his garment in wyne and his mantell in the bloud of grapes his eyes are roudier than wyne aÌ„d his teeth whitâ—er then mylke Zabulon shall dwell in the hauen of the see and in the porte of shippes shall reache vnto Sidon Isachar is a stronge asse he couched him doune betwene .ij. borders and sawe that rest was good and the lande that it was pleasant and bowed his shulder to beare and became a servaunte vnto trybute Dan shall iudge his people as one of the trybes of Israel Dan shal be a serpent in the waye and an edder in the path and byte the horse heles so that his ryder shall fall backwarde After thy sauynge loke I LORde God men of warre shall â—â—ade him And he shall turne them to flyght Off Asser cometh fatt breed and he shall geue pleasures for a kynge Nepthali is a swyft hynde aÌ„d geueth goodly wordes That florishynge childe Ioseph that florishing childe and goodly vn to the eye the doughters come forth to bere ruele The shoters haue envyed him and chyde with him aÌ„d hated him and yet his bowe bode fast his armes and his handes were stronge by the handes of the myghtye God of Iacob out of him shall come an herde maÌ„ a stone in Israel Thi fathers God shall helpe the the almightie shall blesse the with blessinges from heaven aboue and with blessinges of the water that lieth vnder with blessinges of the brestes of the wombâ— The blessinges of thy father were stronge euen as the blessinges of my elders after the desyre of the hiest in the worlde and these blessinges shall fall on the head of Ioseph and on the toppe of the head of him that was separat from his brethern Ben Iamin is a raucshynge wolfe In the mornynge he shall deuoure his praye aÌ„d at nyghte he shall deuyde his spoyle All these are the .xij. tribes of Israel this is that which their father spake vnto them wheÌ„ he blessed them euery man with a severall blessinge And he charged them and sayde vnto them I shall be put vnto my people se that ye burye me with my fathers in the caue that is in the felde of Ephron the Hethyte in the double caue that is in the felde before Mamre in the lande of Canaan Which felde Abraham boughte of Ephron the Hethite for a possessioÌ„ to burye in There they buryed AbrahaÌ„ and Sara his wyfe there they buryed Isaac Rebecca his wyfe And there I buried Lea which felde the caue that is therin was bought of the childern of Heth. When Iacob had commaunded all that he wold vnto his sonnes be plucked vp his fete apon the bedd and dyed and was put vnto his people And Ioseph fell apon his fathers face and wepte apon him and kyssed him The .l. Chapter ANd Ioseph commaunded his seruauntes that were Phisicions to embawme his father and the PhisicioÌ„s eÌ„â—awmed Israel .xl. dayes loÌ„ge for so loÌ„ge doth yâ— embawminge last the Egiptians bewepte him .lxx. dayes And when the dayes of wepynge were ended Ioseph spake vnto the house of Pharao saynge Yf I haue founde fauoure in youre eyes speake vnto Pharao and tell him how that my father made me swere and sayde loo I dye se that thou burye me in my graue which I haue made me in the lande of Canaan Now therfore let me goo and burye my father aÌ„d thaÌ„ will I come agayne And Pharao sayde goo and burye thy father acorâ—ynge as he made the swere And Ioseph went vp to burie his father and with him went all the seruauntes of Pharao that were the elders of his house aÌ„d all the elders of Egipte and all the house of Ioseph aÌ„d his brethern his fathers house only their childern their shepe and their catell lefte they behinde them in the lande of Gosan And there went with him also Charettes and horsemen so that they were an exceadynge great companye And when they came to that feld of Atad beyonde Iordane there they made great exceadinge sore lamentacioÌ„ And he morned for his father .vij. dayes When the enhabiters of the lande the Cananytes sawe the moornynge in yâ— felde of Aâ—ad they saide this is a greate moornynge which the Egiptians make Wherfore yâ— name of the place is called Abel mizraim which place lyeth beyonde Jordane And his sonnes dyd vnto him acordynge as he had commaunded them And his sonnes caried him in to the land of Canaan and buryed him in the double caue which AbrahaÌ„ had boughte with the felde to be a place to burye in of Ephron the Hethite before Mamre And Joseph returned to Egipte agayne and his brethern and all that went vp with him to burye his father assone as he had buryed him WheÌ„ Josephs brethern sawe that their father was deade they sayde Joseph myghte for tune to hate us and rewarde us agayne aâ—â— the euell which we dyd vnto him They dyd therfore a commaundment vnto Joseph saynge thy father charged before his deth saynge This wise say vnto Joseph forgeue I praye the the trespace of thy brethern their synne for they rewarded the euell Now therfore we praye theâ— forgeue the trespace of the servauntes of thy fathers God And Joseph wepte when they spaâ—e vnto him And his brethern came aÌ„d fell before him and sayde beholde we he thy servauntes And Joseph sayde vnto them feare not for am not I vnder god Ye thoughte euell vnto me but God turned it vnto good to bringe to passe as it is this daye euen to saue moch people a lyue feare not therfore for I will care for you and for youre childern and he spake kyndly vnto them Joseph dwelt in Egipte and his fathers house also aÌ„d lyved an hundred .x. yere And Joseph sawe Ephraims childern eueÌ„ vnto the thyrde generation And vnto Machir the sonne of Manasses were childern borne satt on Josephs knees And Joseph sayde vnto his brethern I die And God will suerlie vysett you and bringe you out of this lande vnto the lande which he sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Jacob. And Joseph toke an ooth of
the sonnes of them And that whosoeuer moued any of thē to worshuppe false goddes how so euer nye of kynne he were they must accuse him ād bryng him to deth ye and wheresoeuer they hard of mā womā or citye that worshupped false goddes they must slee thē ād destroye the citie for ever ād not bild it agayne And all because they shuld worshuppe nothinge but God nor put confidence in anythinge saue in his word Yee and how warneth he to beware of witch craft sorcery inchauntment negromātie ād all craftes of the devell ād of dreamers sorthsayers and of myracledoers to destroye his worde and that they shulde suffer none soch to lyue Thou wilt happlye saye They tell a man the truthe What then God will that we care not to knowe what shall come He will haue vs care only to kepe his commaundmētes and to commytre all chaunses vnto him He hath promysed to care for vs and to kepe vs from all evell All thinges are in his hande he can remedye all thinges and wil for his truthes sake yf we praye him In his promyses only will he haue vs trust ād there rest ād to seke no farther How also doth he prouoke them to loue euer rehersynge the benefites of God done to them allready and the godly promyses that were to come And how goodly lawes of loue geveth he to helpe one another and that a man shuld not hate his neyghboure in his harte but loue him as him filf Leuitici .xix. And what a charge geueth he in euery place over the poore and neadye over the straunger frendlesse ād wedowe And when he desyreth to shew mercye he reherseth with all the benefites of God done to them at their neade that they myght sea cause at the lest waye in God to shew mercye of very loue vnto their neyghboures at the ir neade Also there is no lawe so simple in apperaunce thorow out all the fiue bokes of Moses but that there is a greate reason of the makynge therof if a man serch diligently As that a man is forbyd to seth a kyd in hys mothers milke moueth vs vnto compassyon and to be pytyefull As doth also that a man shall not offer the syre or dame and the yonge both in one daye Leuitici .xxij. For it myght seme a cruell thing in as moch as his mothers milke is as it were his bloude wherfore god will not haue him sod therin but will haue a man shewe curtesye vppon the very beastes As in another place he commaundeth that we mosell not the mouth of the oxe that treadeth oute the corne which maner of thresshinge is vsed in hote contrees and that because we shuld moch rather not grudge to be liberall and kynde vnto mē that do vs service Or happlye God wold have no soch wanton meate vsed among hys people For the kyd of it self is noryshinge and the gotes milke is restauretyue and both to gether myght be to rancke and therfore forbodē or some other like cause therewas Of the ceremonies sacrifices and tabernacle with all his glorye ād pompe vnderstōde that they were not permitted only but also commaunded of God to lead the people in the shadowes of Moses ād night of the old testamēt vntyll the light of christ ād daye of the new testamēt were come As children are ledde in the phantasies of youth vntyll the discretiō of māsage become vppon them And all was done to kepe them from idolatrye The tabernacle was ordened to the entent they might haue a place appoynted them to do their sacrifices openly in the syght of the people ād namelye of the preastes which wayted therō that it might be sene that they dyd all thīge acordīg to gods word and not after the Idolatrie of their awne imaginacion And the costlinesse of the tabernacle ād the bewtye also pertayned therevnto that they shuld se nothinge so bewtifull amonge the hethē but that they shuld se more bewtifull ād wonderfull at home because they shuld not be moued to folowe them And in like maner the diuers facions of the sacrifices and ceremonies was to occupye their mindes that they shuld haue no lust to folow the hethē ād the multitude of them was that they shuld haue so moch to do in kepinge thē that thei shuld haue no leysure to ymagine other of their awne yee and that gods word might be by in all that they dyd that they might haue their fayth and trust in God which he can not haue that ether foloweth his awne invencyons or tradicyons of mēnes makynge wyth out Gods word Finally God hath two testamentes the old and the newe The old testament is those temporall promyses which God made the childrē of Israel of a good londe and that he wolde defende them and of welth and prosperyte ād of temporall blessynges of whiche thou readest ouer all the lawe of Moses But namelye Leuitici xxv◠And Deuteromij .xxviij. ād the avoydynge of all threateninges and curses off which thou readest lykewyse everye where ▪ but specyallye in the two places aboue rehersed and the avoydinge of all punyshmēt ordened for the transgressers of the lawe And the old testamēt was bilt all to gether vppō the kepinge of the lawe ād ceremonyes and was the reward of kepinge of thē in this liffe only ād reached no further then this liffe and this world as thou readest leui .xviij. a mā that doth them shall live there in which texte Paule reherseth Rom .x. and Gala .iij. That is he that kepeth them shall haue this liffe gloriouse accordinge to all the promises and blessinges of the lawe and shall avoyde both all temporall punishment of the lawe with al the threateninges and cursinges also For nether the lawe euen of the .x. cōmaundmentes nor yet the ceremonies iustifyed in the herte before god or purifyed vnto the life to come Insomoch that Moses at his deeth euen .xl. yere after the lawe and ceremonyes were geuen complayneth sayenge God hath not geven you an hart to vnderstonde nor eyes to se nor eares to heare vnto this daye As who shuld saye god hath geuen you ceremonies but ye know not the vse of them and hath geuē you a lawe but hath not wryten it in youre hartes Wherfore serveth the lawe then yf it geue vs no power to do the lawe Paule answereth the that it was geuen to vtter synne onlye and to make it appere As a corosye is layde vnto an old sore not to heale it but to stere it vp ād to make the disease alyve that a mā might feale in what ioperdye he is ād how nye deeth ād not aware ād to make awaye vnto the healinge playster Euē so sayth Paule Gala .iij. The lawe was geven because of transgressiō that is to make the synne alyve that it might be felt and sene vntill the seed came vnto whom it was promised that is to saie vntil the childern of fayth came or vntill Christ that seed in whom
wyle adveÌ„ture without any certayne rule therfore though I haue spoken off them in another place yet lest the boke come not to all mennes handes that shall reade this I will speake off them here also a worde or twayne We had nede to take hede euery where that we be not begyled with false allegories whether they be drawne out of the new testament or the olde ether out of any other storye or off the creatures of the worlde but namely in this boke Here a man had nede to put on all his spectacles and to arme him selfe agenst invisible spretes First allegories proue nothinge and by allegories vnderstonde examples or similitudes borowed of straunge matters and of another thinge than that thou entreatest oft As though circumcysyon be a figure of baptim yet thou canst not proue baptim by circumcysion For this argumeÌ„t were verye feble the Israelites were circuÌ„cysed therfore we must be baptised And in like maner though the offering of Isaac were a figure or ensample oft the resurrection yet is this argument nought Abraham wold haue offered Isaac but God delyuered him from deth therfore we shall ryse agayne and so forth in all other But the very vse of allegories is to declare and open a texte that it maye be the better perceaved and vnderstonde As when I haue a cleare texte of Christ and of the apostles that I must be baptysed then I maye borowe an ensample of circumcysion to expresse the nature power and frute or effecte of baptim For as circumcysion was vnto them a comon bagge sygnifienge that they were all sodiars off God to warre his warre and separatinge them from all other nacyons disobedient vnto God euen so baptim is oure comen bagge and sure ernest and perpetuall memoriall that we pertayne vnto Christ and are separated from all that are not christes And as circumcision was a token certifyenge them that they were receaved vnto the fauoure off God and theyr sinner forgeven them even so baptim certefyeth vs that we are wasshed in the bloude of christ aÌ„d receaued to fauoure for his sake and as circumcysion signifyed vnto theÌ„ the cuttynge away of theyr awne lustes and sleynge of their fre will as they call it to folowe the will of god even so baptim signyfgeth vnto vs repentaunce and the mortefyinge of oure vnruly meÌ„bres and body of synne to walke in a new lyffe and so forth And likewyse though that the savinge of Noe and of them that were with him in the shyppe thorow water is a figure that is to saye an ensample and likenesse of baptim as Peter maketh it 1. Petri 3. yet I can not proue baptim therwith saue describe it only for as the sheyppe saved theÌ„ in the water thorow faith in that they beleved god and as the other that wold not beleve Noe peryshed even so baptim saveth vs thorow the worde of faith which it preacheth when all the world of the vnbelevinge perysh And Paule 1. Corin. 10. maketh the see aÌ„d the cloude a figure of baptim by which and a thousand mo I might declare it but not proue it Paule also in the sayde place maketh the rocke out of which Moses brought water vnto the childerne of Israel a figure or ensample of christ not to proue christ for that were impossible but to describe christ only even as christ hisilf IohaÌ„nis 3. boroweth a similitude or figure of the brasen serpent to lead Nichodemus froÌ„ his erthy imaginacyon in to the spirituall vnderstondinge of christ sayenge As Moses lyftedvpp a serpent in the wildernesse so must the sonne of man be lifted vpp that none that beleue in him perysh but haue everlastinge liffe by which similitude the vertue of christes deth is better described then thou coudest declare it with a thousande wordes for as those murmurars agenst god as sone as they repented were healed of their deadly woundes thorow lokynge on the brasen serpent only without medicyne or any other helpe yee aÌ„d without any other reason but that god hath sayed it shuld be so and not to murmoure agayne but to leue their murmuringe even so all that repent aÌ„d beleue in christ are saved from euerlastinge deth of pure grace without and before their good workes and not to synne agayne but to fight agaynst synne aÌ„d henceforth to synne no moare Even so with the ceremonyes of this boke thou canst prove nothinge saue describe and declare only the puttyng awaye of oure synnes thorow the deth of christ for christ is Aaron and Aarons sonnes and all that offer the sacrifyce to purge synne And christ is all maneâ— offering that is offered he is the oxe the shepe the gote the kyd and lambe he is the oxe that is burnt without the host and the scape gote that caryed all the synne of the people awaye in to the wildernesse for as they purged the people froÌ„ their wordly vnclennesses thorow bloud of the sacrifices even so doth christ purge vs from the vnclennesses of everlastinge deth with his awne bloude and as their wordly synnes coude no otherwyse be purged then by bloude of sacrifyce even so can oure synnes be no otherwyse forgeven then thorow the bloude of christ All the deades in the world saue the bloude of christ can purchase no forgevenesse of synnes for oure deades do but helpe oure neyghboure and mortefye the flesh aÌ„d helpe that we synne no moare but and if we haue synned it must be frely forgeven thorow the bloude of christ or remayne ever And in lyke maner of the lepers thou canst prove nothinge thou canst never coniure ouâ— confessioÌ„ thense how be it thou hast an handsome example there to open the bindinge and lowsinge of oure preastes with the kaye of goddes word â–ª for as they made no man a lepre even so oures haue no power to commaunde any man to be in synne or to go to purgatory or hell And therefore in as moch as bindinge and lowsinge is one power As those preastes healed no man even so oures can not of their inviseble and domme power dryve any mannes synnes awaye or delyver hym from hell or fayned purgatorye how be it if they preached gods word purely which is the authorite that christ gaue them then they shuld binde aÌ„d lowse kylle and make alyve agayne make vncle â—ne and cleane agayne and send to hell aÌ„d fett thence agayne so mighty is gods word for if they preached the lawe of god they shuld bind the consciences of synners with the bondes of the paynes of hell and bringe them vnto repeÌ„taunce And then if they preached them the mercye that is in christ they shuld lowse them and quiet their raginge consciences and certefie them of the fauoure of god and that their synnes be forgeven Fynallye beware of allegoryes for there is not a moare handsome or apte a thinge to be gile withall then an allegorye nor a more sotle and pestilent thinge in the world to persuade a false
face of the old maÌ„ aÌ„d dread thy god for I am the Lorde Yf a straunger so foure by the in youre lande se that ye vexe him not But let the straunger that dwelleth with you be as one of youre selues and loue him as thiselfe for ye were straungers in the lande of Egipte I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall do no vnrightuousnes in iudgemeÌ„t nether in meteyerde weyght or measure But ye shal haue true balaÌ„ces true weightes A true Epha aÌ„d a true hin I am the Lorde youre god which broughte you out of the land of Egipte that ye shulde obserue all myne ordinaunces and iudgementes and that ye shulde kepe them I am the Lorde ¶ The. xx Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge tell the childern of Israel whosoeuer he be of the childern of Israel or of the straungers that dwel in Israel that geueth of his seed vnto Moloch he shall dye for it the people off the lande shall stone hiÌ„ with stones And I wil sett my face apon that felowe and will destroye him from amonge his people because he hath geuen of his seed vnto Moloch for to de file my sanctuary and to polute myne holy name And though that the people of the lande If we transgr esse gods commaundemeÌ„tes we may happelye escape â— ordlye iudges but we caÌ„not avoid the firse wrath of god but it wil surely find vs out hyde their eyes from that felowe when he geueth of his seed vnto Moloch so that they kyll him not yet I will put my face apon that man and apon his houssholde and will destroy him and all that goo a whooringe with him and coÌ„ mytt hoordome with Moloch from amonge their people Yf any soule turne vnto them that worke with spirites or makers of dysemall dayes and goo a whoorynge after them I wilt put my face apon that soule and will destroye him from amonge his people Sanctifie youre selues therfore and be holye for I am the Lorde youre God And se that ye kepe myne ordinaunces and doo them For I am the Lorde which sanctifie you Whosoeuer curseth his father or mother shall dye for it his bloude on his heed because he hath cursed his father or mother He that breaketh wedlocke with another mans wife shall dye for it because he hath broke wedlocke with his neghbours wife and so shall she likewise Yf a man lye with his fathers wife aÌ„d vncouer his fathers secrettes they shall both dye for it their bloude be apon their heedes Yf a man lye with his doughter in lawe thei shall dye both of them they haue wrought abhominacion their bloud vpon their heedes Yf a man lye with the mankynde after the maner as with womaÌ„ kynd they haue both coÌ„mitted an abhominacion and shall dye for it Their bloude be apon their heed Yf a man take a wife aÌ„d hir mother thereto it is wekednesse MeÌ„ shall burne with fire both him and them that there be no wekednesse amonge you Yf a man lye with a beest he shall dye and ye shall slee the beest Yf a womaÌ„ go vnto a beest aÌ„d lye doune the reto thou shalt kyll the womaÌ„ aÌ„d the beest also they shal dye aÌ„d their bloud be apoÌ„ their hedes Yf a maÌ„ take his syster his fathers doughter or his mothers doughter aÌ„d se hir secrettes and she se his secrettes also it is a weked thinge Therfore let them perish in the syghte of their people he hath sene his systers secretnesse he shall therfore bere his synne Yf a man lye with a woman in tyme of hyr naturall disease and unheale hir secrettes and vncouer hir fountayne aÌ„d she also open the fountayne of hir bloude they shall both perishe from amonge their people Thou shalt not vncouer the secrettes of thy mothers syster nor of thy fathers systers for he that doth so vncouereth his nexte kyn aÌ„d thei shall bere their mysdoynge Yf a maÌ„ lye with his vncles wife he hath vncouered Thei small dye immediatly aÌ„d not â—aâ—y the byrth as Iuda wolâ— haue burnt Thamar beinge great â—â— ita childe his vncles secrettes they shall bere their synne and shall dye childlesse Yf a maÌ„ take his brothers wife it is an vnclene thinge he hath vncouered his brothers secrettes they shal be childlesse therfore Se that ye kepe therfore all myne ordinaunces and all my iudgementes and that ye doo them that the londe whether I brynge you to dwell therein spewe you not oute And se that ye walke not in the maners of the nacyons whiche I cast oute before you For they commytted all these thinges and I abhorred them But I haue sayde vnto you that ye shall enioye their londe and that I will geue it vnto you to possesse it eueÌ„ a londe that floweth with milke and honye I am the Lord youre God whiche haue separated you from other nacions that ye shulde put difference betwene cleane beestes add vncleane and betwene vncleane foules and them that are cleane Make not youre soules therfore abhominable with beestes aÌ„d foules and with all maner thinge that crepeth apon the grounde which I haue separated vnto you to holde them vncleane Be holy vnto me for I the Lorde am holy and haue seuered you from other nacyons that ye shulde be myne Yf there be maÌ„ or womaÌ„ that worketh with a sprite or a maker of dysemall dayes thei shall dye for it MeÌ„ shall stone them with stones aÌ„d their bloude shal be apon them ¶ The .xxj. Chapter ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses speake vnto the preastes the sonnes of Aaron and saye vnto them A preast shall defile him selfe at the deth of none of his people but apon his kyn that is nye vnto him as his mother father sonne doughter and brother and on his syster as loÌ„ge as she is a mayde aÌ„d dwelleth nye him and was neuer geuen to man on her he maye defile him selfe But he shall not make him selfe vncleane vpon a ruelar of his people to polute him selfe with all They shall make theÌ„ no baldnesse apon their Of the hetheÌ„ preastes therfore toke our prelates the ensample off their balde pateâ— heedes or shaue off the lockes of their beerdes nor make any markes in their flesh Thei shal be holy vnto their God aÌ„d not polute the name of their god for the sacrifices of the Lorde aÌ„d the bred of their God thei do offer therfore they must be holy Thei shall take no wife that is an whoore or poluted or put froÌ„ hir husbonde for a preast is holy vnto his God Sanctifie him therfore for he offereth vp the bred of God he shal By bred vnderstonde all sode flesh frute or whatsoeuer it be therfore be holy vnto the for I the Lorde whiche sanctifie you am holy Yf a preastes doughter fall to playe the whore she poluteth hir father therfore she shall be burnt with fire He that is the hye preast among his brethern vppon whose heed the anoyntynge oyle was poured