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
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
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
remayne And after seueÌ„ dayes the worlde that yet awaketh not shal be raysed vp shal dye corrupte And the earth shal restore those that haue slepte in her and so shall the dust those that dwell in syleÌ„ce and the secrete places shal delyuer those that be committed vnto them And yeâ—ost hyest shal be openly declared vpon the seate of iudgment all misery shal vanysh awaye and loÌ„ge suffringe shal be gathered together But the iudgment shall contynue y e trueth shal remayne and faith shal waxe stroÌ„ge the worke shal folowe and the rewarde shall be shewed the righteousnesses shall watch and the vnrighteousnesses shall beare no rule Then sayde I Abraham prayed first for the Sodomites Moses for the fathers y t synned in the wyldernes he y t came after him for Israel in y e tyme of Achas and Samuel and Dauid for y e destruccion and Salomon for them that came in to the Sanctuary Helias for those that receaued rayne and for the deed that he might lyue and Ezechias for y e people in the tyme of Senna cherib dyuerse other in like maner which haue prayed for many EueÌ„ so now seynge y e corrupte is growne vp and wickednes increased and the righteous haue prayed for the vngodly wherfore shal it not be so now also He answered me and sayde This present worlde is not y e ende there remayneth moch honoure in it therfore haue they prayed for the weake But the daye of dome shal be the ende of this tyme and y e begynnynge of the immortalite for to come wherin all corrupcion vanysheth all volupteousnes is lowsed all myszbeleue taken awaye righteousnes growne and the verite spronge vp Then shall no man be able to saue him that is destroyed ner to oppresse him y t hath gotteÌ„ y e victory I answered theÌ„ sayde This is my first last sayenge y t it had bene better not to haue geuen the earth vnto Adam or els whan it was geueÌ„ him to kepe him that he shulde not synne For what profit is it for men now in this present tyme to lyue in heuynes after death to loke for punyszment O thou AdaÌ„ what hast thou done For though it was thou y t synned thou art not falleÌ„ alone but we all y t come of the. For what profit is it vnto vs yf there be promysed vs an immortall tyme where as we medle w t deadly workes that there is promysed vs an euerlastinge hope where as we o r selues are euell vayne y t there are layed vp for vs dwellynges of health fredome where as we haue lyued euell and that the worshipe of y e Hyest is kepte to defende them which haue led a pacient life where as we haue walked in y e most wicked wayes of all and that there shal be shewed a paradyse whose frute endureth for euer wherin is fredome and medycyne where as we shal not go in for we haue walked in vnpleasaunt places And that the faces of them which haue absteyned shal shyne aboue the starres where as oure faces shal be black and darcke For whyle we lyued and dyd vnrighteously we considered not that we shulde suffre therfore after death TheÌ„ answered he me and sayde This is the consideracion thought of the battayl which man hath vpon earth that yf he be ouercome he shall suffre as thou hast sayde But yf he gett the victory he shall receaue the thinge that I saye For this is the life wherof Moses spake vnto the people whyle he lyued sayenge Chose the life that thou mayest lyue Neuertheles they beleued him not nether the prophetes after him No ner me which haue spoken vnto them that heuynes shulde not reach vnto them to their destruccion like as ioye is for to come ouer those that haue suffred theÌ„ selues to be enfourmed in saluacion I answered then sayde I knowe LORDE that the Hyest is mercyfull in y t he hath mercy vpon them which are not yet in the worlde and vpon those also that walke in his lawe and that he is pacient and longe sufferinge towarde those that haue synned in their workes and that he is liberall to geue where as it requyreth and that he is of greate mercy for he multiplieth his louynge kyndnesses towarde those that are present and that are past and to them which are for to come For yf he multiplie not his mercies the worlde shal not be made lyuynge with those that dwell therin He geueth also for yf he gaue not of his goodnesse that they which haue done euell might be eased the ten thousande parte of men shulde not be made lyuynge And yf the iudge forgaue not those y t be healed with his worde and yf he wolde destroye y e multitude that stryueth there shulde be very few left in an innumerable multitude The VIII Chapter ANd he answered me sayeÌ„ge The most hyest made this worlde for many but the worlde to come for few I wyl tell the a symilitude Eszdras As whan thou axest the earth it shal saye vnto the that it geueth moch moulde wherof erthen vessels are made but litle of it y t golde coÌ„meth of Euen so is it with the worke of this worlde There be many created but few shall be preserued Then answered I sayde Then swalowe vp the witt thou soule and deuoure the vnderstondinge for thou art agreed to herken and to geue eare and wyllinge to prophecie for thou hast no longer space geuen the but only to lyue O LORDE wilt thou not geue thy seruaunt leue y t we maye praye before the and that thou mayest geue sede vnto oure hert and buylde oure vnderstondinge that there maye come frute of it and that euery one which is corrupte and beareth the state and place of a man maye lyue For thou art alone and we all are one workmanshipe of thy handes like as thou hast sayde and like as the body is fashioned now in the childeszbed and thou geuest the membres and thy creature is preserued in fyre and water ix monethes doth thy worke suffre thy creature which is fashioned in her but the thinge that preserueth and it y t is preserued shal both be kepte together whan tyme is the childeszbedd delyuereth y e thinge that is kepte and growne in her For thou hast commaunded the brestes to geue mylck vnto the frute that the thinge which is created and fashioned maye be norished for a tyme and then thou disposest and ordrest it with thy mercy bryngest it vp with thy righteousnes nurturest it in thy lawe and refourmest it with thy vnderstondinge mortifiest it as thy creature and makest it lyuynge as thy worke Seinge then that thou destroyest him which w t so greate labours is created and fashioned thorow thy commaundement thou coudest lyghtly ordene also that the thinge which is made might be preserued And this I speake now of all men in generall as thou knowest
in the worlde sene the begynnynge which was wrytten in thy lawe that men maye fynde the path and that they which wyl lyue in the latter dayes maye lyue And he answered me sayēge Go y t waye gather thy people together saye vnto thē that they seke the not for xl dayes but loke thou gather the many boxe trees and take with the Sarea Dabria Selemia Echanus and Asial these fyue which are ready to wryte swiftly and come hither and I shal light a cādle of vnderstōdinge in thine hert which shal not be put out tyll the thinges be perfourmed which thou shalt begynne to wryte And then shalt thou declare some thinges openly vnto the perfecte and some thinges shalt thou shew secretly vnto y e wyse Tomorow this houre shalt thou begynne to wryte Then wēte I forth as he commaūded me and gathered all y e people together and sayde Heare these wordes o Israel Oure fathers from the begynnynge were straunges in Egipte from whēce they were delyuered and receaued the lawe of life which they kepte not which ye also haue trāsgressed after thē Then was this londe and the londe of Sion parted amōge you by the lot to possesse But yo r fathers and ye yo r selues also haue done vnrighteousnes haue not kepte the wayes which the Hyest cōmaunded you And for so moch as he is a righteous iudge he toke from you in tyme the thinge that had geuen you And now are ye here and yo r brethren amōge you Therfore yf so be that ye wil subdue yo r owne vnderstandinge and refourme youre hert ye shal be kepte aliue after death shal ye opteyne mercy For after death shall the iudgment come whan we shal lyue agayne and then shal the names of the righteous be manifest and y e names of the vngodly with their workes shal be declared Let no mā therfore come now vnto me ner axe eny question at me these xl dayes So I toke the fyue men as he commaunded me and we wente in to the felde and remayned there The next daye a voyce called me sayēge Eszdras Open thy mouth drynke that I geue the. Thē opened I my mouth beholde he reached me a full cuppe which was full of water but the colo r of it was like fyre And I toke it and dranke And whā I had dronken it my hert had vnderstondinge and wyszdome grew in my brest for my sprete was kepte in remembraunce and my mouth was opened and shut nomore The Hyest gaue vnderstondinge vnto the fyue men y t they wrote y e hye thīges of the night which they vnderstode not But in the night they ate bred as for me I spake in the daye and helde not my tonge by night In xl dayes they wrote two hundreth foure bokes And it happened whā the xl dayes were fulfilled that the Hyest spake sayenge The first that thou hast wryttē speake openly y t the worthy and vnworthy maye rede it But kepe y e lxx last y t thou mayest shew it onely to soch as be wyse amonge thy people For in them is the sprynge of vnderstōdinge the fountayne of wyszdome and the streame of knowlege And I dyd so The XV. Chapter BEhelde speake thou in the eares of my people the wordes of prophecie which I wyll put in y e mouth saieth the LORDE and cause them to be wrytten in a letter for it is the trueth Feare not the ymaginaciōs against y t let not y e vnfaithfulnes of them trouble the that speake agaynst the. For all the vnfaithfull shal dye in their vnfaithfulnes Beholde saieth the LORDE I wil brynge plages vpon the worlde y e swerde honger death and destruccion for wickednes hath the vpper hande in all y e earth and their shamefull workes are fulfilled Therfore saieth the LORDE I wil holde my tonge nomore vnto their wickednesse which they do so vngodly nether wil I suffre them in the thinges that they deale with all so wickedly Beholde the innocent bloude of the troubled crieth vnto me and the soules of the righteous complayne cōtynually and therfore saieth the LORDE I wil surely auēge and receaue vnto me all the innocēt bloude from amonge them Beholde my people is led as a flock of shepe to be slayne I wil not suffre them now to dwel in Egipte but wyl brynge them ou◠with a mightie hande and a stretched out arme and smyte it with plages as afore and wyl destroye all the londe off it Egipte shal mourne and the foundacions of it shal be smytten with the plage and punyshment y t God shal brynge vpon it They that tyll y e groūde shal mourne for their sedes shal be destroyed thorow the blastinge and hale and an horrible starre Wo worth y e worlde and them that dwell therin for y e swerde their destrucciō draweth nye one people shal stōde vp to fight against another swerdes in their hādes For mē shal be vnstedfast and some shal do violence vnto other they shal not regarde their kynge and prynces the wayes of their doinges and hādelinges in their power A man shal desyre to go in to the cite shal not be able For because of their pryde y e cities shal be brought in feare y e houses shal shake and men shal be afrayed A man shal haue no pitie vpon his neghboure but one shal prouoke another vnto battayll to spoyle their goodes because of the honger of bred and because of the greate trouble Beholde I gather call together all the kynges of y e earth which are from the vprysinge from the south from the east and Libanus to turne vnto them and restore the thinges that they haue geuē them Like as they do yet this daye vnto my chosen so wil I do also and recōpense thē in their bosome Thus sayeth y e LORDE God My right hande shal not spare y e synners and my swerde shal not ceasse ouer them that shed the innocēt bloude vpon earth The feare is gone out frō his wrath and hath cōsumed the foundacions of the earth and the synners like the strawe that is kindled Wo worth them that synne and kepe not my commaundementes saieth the LORDE I wil not spare them Go youre waye ye children from violence defyle not my Sanctuary for the LORDE knoweth all thē that synne agaynst him and therfore delyuereth he them vnto death and destrucciō For now are the plages come vpon the worlde ye shal remayne in thē For God shal not delyuer you because ye haue synned agaynst him Beholde an horrible vision commeth frō the east where generacions of Dragons shal come out and the people of the Arabes with many charettes and the multitude of them shal be as the wynde vpō earth that all they which heare them ragynge in their wrath maye feare and be afrayed and as the wylde bores out of y e wod so shal they go out and with
maye be detter vnto God because y t by y e dedes of the lawe no flesh maye be iustified in his sighte For by the lawe commeth but the knowlege of synne But now without addinge to of y e lawe is the righteousnes which avayleth before God declared hauynge witnesse of y e lawe and the prophetes but I speake of y e righteousnes before God which cōmeth by the faith on Iesus Christ vnto all and vpō all them that beleue For here is no difference For they are all synners and wāte the prayse that God shulde haue of thē but without deseruynge are they made righteous euē by his grace thorow the redempcion that is done by Christ Iesu whom God hath set forth for a Mercyseate thorow faith in his bloude to shewe the righteousnes which avayleth before him in that he forgeueth the synnes which were done before vnder the sufferaunce of God which he suffred that at this tyme he mighte shewe y e righteousnes which avayleth before him y t he onely mighte be righteous the righteous maker of him which is of the faith on Iesus Where is now then thy reioysinge It is excluded By what lawe By the lawe of workes Nay but by the lawe of faith We holde therfore that a man is iustified by faith without the workes of the lawe Or is God the God of the Iewes onely Is he not also the God of the Heythen Yes verely the God of the Heythen also for so moch as he is the God onely that iustifieth the circumcision which is of faith and the vncircūcision thorow faith Destroys we then the lawe thorow faith God forbyd But we mantayne the lawe The fourth Chapter WHat shal we saye thē that Abrahā o father as pertayninge to y e flesh dyd fynde This we saye Yf Abraham were made righteous thorow workes then hath he wherin to reioyse but not before God But what sayeth y e scripture Abrahā beleued God y t was counted vnto him for righteousnes Vnto hī y t goeth aboute w t workes is the rewarde not rekened of fauoure but of dutye Howbeit vnto him y t goeth not aboute with workes but beleueth on him y t iustifieth the vngodly is his faith counted for righteousnes Euen as Dauid sayeth also that blessednes is onely that mans vnto whō God counteth righteousnes without addinge to of workes where he sayeth Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesses are forgeuen and whose synnes are couered Blessed is the man vnto whom the LORDE imputeth no synne Now this blessednes goeth it ouer the circūcision or ouer the vncircumcision We must nedes graunte y t Abrahās faith was coūted vnto hī for righteousnes How was it thē rekened vnto him In the circūcision or in the vncircumcision Doutles not in the circūcision but in the vncircumcision As for the tokē of circūcision he receaued it for a seale off the righteousnes off faith which he had yet in y e vncircūcision y t he shulde be a father of all thē y t beleue beinge in y e vncircūcisiō y t it might be coūted vnto thē also for righteousnes that he might be a father of circumcision not onely of thē that are of y e circumcision but of them also that walke in the fotesteppes of the faith which was in the vncircumcision of oure father Abraham For the promes that he shulde be y e heyre of the worlde was not made vnto Abraham or to his sede thorow the lawe but thorow the righteousnes of faith For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres thē is faith vayne and the promes of none effecte for so moch as the lawe causeth but wrath For where the lawe is not there is also no transgression Therfore was the promes made thorow fayth that it myght come off fauoure wherby the promesse myghte be made sure vnto all the sede not onely vnto him which is off the lawe but also vnto him that is of the faith of Abrahā which is the father of vs all As it is wrytten I haue made the a father of many Heythē before God whom thou hast beleued which quyckeneth the deed and calleth it which is not that it maye be And he beleued vpō hope where nothinge was to hope that he shulde be a father of many Heythen Acordinge as it was sayde vnto him Euen so shal thy sede be And he was not faynte in faith nether cōsidred his awne body which was deed allready whyle he was almost an hundreth yeare olde nether the deed wombe of Sara For he douted not in the promes of God thorow vnbeleue but was strōge in faith and gaue God the prayse was sure that loke what God promyseth he is able to make it good And therfore was it rekened vnto him for righteousnes But this is not wryttē onely for his sake y t it was counted vnto him but also for oure sakes vnto whō it shal be counted yf we beleue on him that raysed vp oure LORDE Iesus from the deed Which was geuen for oure synnes and raysed vp for oure righteousnesse sake The V. Chapter BEcause therfore that we are iustified by faith we haue peace with God thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ by whō also we haue an intraunce in faith vnto this grace wherin we stonde reioyse in the hope of y e glorye for to come which God shal geue Not onely y t but we reioyse also ī troubles for so moch as we knowe y t trouble bryngeth paciēce paciēce bryngeth experiēce experiēce bryngeth hope As for hope is letteth vs not come to cōfusion because the loue of God is shed abrode in oure hertes by the holy goost which is geuen vnto vs. For whan we were yet weake acordinge to the tyme Christ dyed for vs vngodly Now dyeth there scace eny man for the righteous sake Peraduenture for a good man durst one dye Therfore doth God set forth his loue towarde vs in y t Christ dyed for vs whan we were yet synners Moch more then shal we be saued from wrath by him seynge we are now made righteous thorow his bloude For yf we were recōcyled vnto God by y e death of his sōne whā we were yet enemies moch more shal we be saued by him now y t we are reconcyled Not onely that but we reioyse also in God thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ by whom we haue now receaued the attonement Wherfore as by one man synned entred in to the worlde and death by y e meanes off synne euen so wente death also ouer all men in so moch as they all haue synned For synne was in y e worlde vnto the lawe but where no lawe is there is not synne regarded Neuertheles death reigned from Adam vnto Moses euen ouer them also that synned not with like transgression as dyd Adam which is y e ymage of him y t was to come But it is not with the gifte as
with the synne for yf thorow the synne of one many be deed yet moch more plenteously came the grace and gifte of God vpon many by the fauoure that belonged vnto one man Iesus Christ. And the gifte is not onely ouer one synne as death came thorow one synne of one that synned For the iudgment came of one synne vnto condempnacion but the gifte to iustifye fro many synnes For yf by y e synne of one death raigned by the meanes of one moch more shal they which receaue the abūdaunce of grace and of the gifte vnto righteousnes raigne in life by y e meanes of one Iesus Christ. Likewyse thē as by the synne of one condemnacion came on all men euen so also by the righteousnes of one came the iustififienge off life vpon all men For as by the disobedience of one many became synners euen so by the obedience of one shal many be made righteous But the lawe in the meane tyme entred that synne shulde increace Neuertheles where abundaunce of synne was there was yet more plenteousnes of grace that like as synne had reigned vnto death euē so mighte grace reigne also thorow righteousnes to euerlastinge life by the meanes of Iesus Christ. The VI. Chapter WHat shal we saye then Shal we contynue in synne that there maye be abundaunce of grace God forbyd How shal we lyue in synne y t are deed from it Knowe ye not that all we which are baptysed in to Iesu Christ are baptysed in to his death Therfore are we buried w t him by baptyme in to death that like as Christ was raysed vp from the deed by the glory of the father euen so we also shulde walke in a new life For yf we be grafted w t him vnto like death then shal we be like the resurreccion also For so moch as we knowe that oure olde man is crucified with him that the synfull body mighte ceasse that hence forth we shulde serue synne nomore For he that is deed is made righteous frō synne But yf we be deed with Christ we beleue that we shal lyue also with him and are sure that Christ raysed from the deed dyeth nomore Death shal haue nomore power ouer him For as touchinge that he dyed he dyed cōcernynge synne once but as touchinge that he lyueth he lyueth vnto God Likewyse ye also counte youre selues to be euen deed concernynge synne and to lyue vnto God thorow Iesus Christ oure LORDE Let not synne reigne therfore in youre mortall bodye that ye shulde obeye vnto the lustes of it Nether geue ye ouer youre membres vnto synne to be wapens of vnrighteousnes but geue ouer youre selues vnto God as they that off deed are become lyuynge and youre membres vnto God to be wapēs off righteousnes For synne shal not haue power ouer you in so moch as ye are not vnder the lawe but vnder grace How then Shal we synne because we are not vnder y e lawe but vnder grace God forbyd Knowe ye not that loke vnto whō ye geue ouer youre selues as seruauntes to obeye his seruauntes ye are to whom ye obey whether it be of synne vnto death or of obediēce vnto righteousnes But God be thanked that though ye haue bene the seruauntes of synne ye are now yet obedient of herte to the ensample off the doctryne whervnto ye are commytted For now that ye are made fre from synne ye are become the seruauntes of righteousnes I wil speake grosly because of the weaknes of youre flesh Like as ye haue geuen ouer youre membres to the seruyce of vnclennesse from one wickednesse to another Euē so now also geue ouer youre membres to the seruyce of righteousnesse that they maye be holy For whan ye were the seruauntes of synne ye were lowse from righteousnes What frute had ye at that tyme in those thinges wherof ye are now ashamed For the ende of soch thinges is death But now that ye be fre from synne and are become the seruauntes of God ye haue youre frute that ye shulde be holy but the ende is euerlastinge life For death is the rewarde of synne but the gifte of God is euerlastinge life The VII Chapter KNowe ye not brethren for I speake vnto them that knowe the lawe how that y e lawe hath power vpon a man as longe as he lyueth For the woman y t is in subieccion to the man is bounde vnto the lawe whyle the man lyueth but yf the man dye then is she lowsed from the lawe that concerneth the man Yf she be now with another man whyle the manlyneth she shal be called a wedlocke breaker But yf the man be deed then is she fre from the lawe so that she is no wedlocke breaker yf she be with another man Euen so my brethren ye also are deed vnto the lawe by the body of Christ that ye shulde be with another namely w t him which is raysed vp from the deed that we shulde brynge forth frute vnto God For whan we were in the flesh the synfull lustes which were stered vp by the lawe were mightie in oure membres to brynge forth frute vnto death But now are we lowsed from the lawe and deed vnto it that helde vs captyue so that we shulde serue in a new conuersacion of the sprete and not in the olde conuersacion of the letter What shal we saye then Is the lawe synne God forbyd Neuertheles I knewe not synne but by y e lawe For I had knowne nothinge of lust yf the lawe had not sayde Thou shalt not lust But then toke synne occasion at the commaundement and stered vp in me all maner of lust For without the lawe synne was deed As for me I lyued some tyme without lawe Howbeit whan the commaundement came synne renyued but I was deed And the very same commaundement that was geuen me vnto life was founde to be vnto me on occasion of death For synne toke occasion at the cōmaundement and disceaued me and slewe me by the same commaundement The lawe in dede is holy and the commaundement holy iust and good Is that then which is good become death vnto me God forbyd But synne that it mighte appeare how y t it is synne hath wroughte me death thorow good that synne mighte be out of measure synfull by the commaundement For we knowe that the lawe is spirituall but I am carnall solde vnder synne because I knowe not what I do For I do not y t I will but what I hate y t do I. Yf I do now that which I wil not thē graunte I that the lawe is good So then it is not I that do it but synne that dwelleth in me for I knowe that in me y t is in my flesh there dwelleth no good thinge To wyll is present w t me but to perfourme y t which is good I fynde not For y e good that I wyll do I not but the euell which I wil not
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
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