were not smyten for they were late sowne And Moses went out of the citye from Pharao and spred abrode his handes vnto the lorde and the thonder and hayle ceased neyther rayned it vpon the earth And when Pharao sawe that the rayne and the hayle and thonder were ceased he synÌ„ed agayne hardened his herte he and his seruauÌ„tes And the herte of Pharao was hardened neyther wolde he let the Chyldren of Israell go as the Lorde had sayde by ☞ the hande of Moses ¶ The herte of Pharao is hardened of God The greshoppers The thycke darnesse CAPI X. ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses go in vnto Pharao For I haue hardened his herte the herte of his seruauntes that I myght put these my sygnes amongest them and that thou tel in the audience of thy sonne and of thy sonnes son what thynges I haue done in Egypt the myracles which I haue done among them that ye may know howe that I am the Lorde And so Moses Aaron came vnto Pharao and sayde vnto hym Thus sayeth the Lorde God of the Hebrues how longe shal it be or thou wylt submyt thy selfe vnto me Let my people god that they maye serue me Dr els †yf thou do resyst and wylte not let my people go beholde to morowe wyl I brynge greshoppers into thy coostes and they shall couer the face of the earth that it can not be sene and they shal eate the residewe whiche remayneth vnto you and is escaped froÌ„ the hayle and they shall eate euery grene tree that beareth you fruyte in the felde they shal fyl thy houses and all thy seruauÌ„tes houses and the houses of al the Egyptians after suche a maner as neyther thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers haue sene synce the tyme they were vpon the earth vnto this day And he turned himselfe aboute and went out from Pharao And Pharaos seruauÌ„tes sayd vnto hym Howe longe shall he be a slaunder vnto vs Let the men go that they may serue the lorde theyr god knowest thou not yet that Egypte is destroyed And Moses and Aaron were brought agayne vnto Pharao and he sayde vnto them Go and serue the lorde your god Who are they that shal go And Moses answered we wyll go with our younge and with our olde yea and with our sonnes and with our doughters and with our shepe and with our oxen must we god For we muste holde a feast vnto the Lorde And he sayde vnto them let it be so The Lorde be with you When I let you go and your chyldreÌ„ also take hede for ye haue some myscheyfe in hande Naye not so but go they that are men and serue the lorde for that was your desyre And they thrust theÌ„ out of Pharaos presence And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses Stretch out thy hande ouer the lande of Egypt for greshoppers that they may come vpon the lande of Egypte and eate all the herbes of the lande all that the hayle lefte behynde And Moses stretched forth his rod ouer the lande of Egypt the lorde brought an East wynde vpon the lande all that daye and all that nyght And in the mornynge the East wynde brought the greshoppers and the greshop pers went vp ouer all the lande of Egypte remayned in all quarters of Egypt very greuously Before them were there no such greshoppers neyther after them shal be for they couered all the face of the earth so that the lande was darke And they dyd eate all the herbes of the lande and al the fruytes of the trees whatsoeuer the hayle had lefte there was no grene thynge lefte in the trees herbes of the felde thorow al the land of Egypt Therfore Pharao called for Moses and Aaron in haste and sayde I haue synned agaynst the lorde your god and agaynst you And nowe forgyue me my Synne onely this once and praye vnto the Lorde your god that he may take awaye froÌ„ me ☞ this death onely And Moses went out from Pharao and prayed vnto the Lorde and the Lorde turned a myghtye stronge west wynde and it toke awaye the greshoppers and cast them into the redde see so that there was not one greshopper in al the coost of Egypt And the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte so that he wolde not let the chyldren of Israell go And the lorde sayd vnto Moses Stretch out thy hande vnto heuen that there may be vpon the lande of Egypt darkenesse whiche may be felte And Moses stretched forth his hande vnto heuen and there was a thycke darkenesse vpon all the lande of Egypte thre dayes longe no man sawe another neyther rose vp from the place where he was by the space of thre dayes but all the chyldreÌ„ of Israel had lyght where they dwelled And Pharao called for Moses and sayd go and serue the Lorde onely let your shepe and your oxen abyde and let youre chyldren go with you And Moses sayde thou muste gyue vs also offeryngê and burntoffrynges for to sacrifyce vnto the Lorde our God our cattel also shal go with vs and there shal not one hooffe be lefte behynde for therof muste we take to serue the lorde our God Neyther do we knowe what we shall offre vnto the Lorde vntyll we come thyther But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte and he wolde not let them goo And Pharao sayde vnto hym get the from me and take hede to thy selfe and se my face no more For when soeuer thou comest in my syght thou shalte dye And Moses sayde Let it be as thou hast sayde I wyl se thy face no more ¶ The lorde coÌ„maundeth to robbe the Egyptians The death of all the fyrst begotten in Egypte CAPI XI ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses yet wyll I brynge one plage more vppon Pharao and vpon Egypte and after that he wyll let you go hence And when he letteth you goo he shall vtterly dryue you hence Speake thou therfore in the cares of the people that euery maÌ„ borow of his nyghbour and euery woman of her neyghbourresse iewels of syluer and iewels of golde And the Lorde shal gyue the people fauoure in the syght of the Egyptians Moreouer Moses was very greate in the lande of Egypte in the syght of Pharaos seruauntes and in the syght of the people And Moses sayde thus sayth the Lorde At mydnyght wyll I go out in to the myddes of Egypt al the fyrst borne in the lande of Egypt shal dye euen from the fyrste borne of Pharao that ☞ sytteth on his seate vnto the fyrst borne of the mayde seruaunt that is behynde the mylle and all the fyrste gendred of the cattell And there shall be a greate crye thorowout all the lande of Egypte suche as there was neuer none lyke nor shal be But amonge all the Chyldren of Israell shal not a dogge moue his tongue nor yet man or beast that ye maye knowe howe that the lorde †by a great miracle putteth
Sara his wyfe And where as were buryed Isaac Rebecca his wyfe And there I buryed Lea. The felde the caue that is therin was bought of the chyldreÌ„ of Heth. And when Iacob had coÌ„maunded al that he wolde vnto his sonnes he plucked vp his feete vnto the bed dyed was put vnto his people And Ioseph fel vpon his fathers face and wepte vpon hym and kyssed hym ¶ Iacob is buryed Ioseph forgyueth his brethren the iniurye they dyd He dyeth CAPI L. ANd Ioseph coÌ„maunded his seruauÌ„tes the Phisicians to enbawme his father the Phisicians enbawmed Israel xl dayes long for so long doth the embawmyng last and the Egyptians bewayled hym lxx dayes And when the dayes of wepyng were ended Ioseph spake vnto the house of Pharao sayeng If I haue fouÌ„de fauour in your eyes speake in the eares of Pharao sayeng My father made me swere and sayde Lo I dye bury me in my graue whiche I haue made me in the lande of Canaan Now therfore let me go and bury my father and then wyll I come agayne And Pharao sayde go and bury thy father accordyng as he made the swere And Ioseph went vp to bury his father with hym went all the seruauntes of Pharao that were the elders of his house and al the elders of the land of Egypte all the house of Ioseph his brethren and his fathers house only theyr chyldren and theyr shepe theyr cattell lefte they behynde in the lande of Gosan And there went w t hym also charettes horsemen it was an excedynge great company And they came to the corne floore of Atad whiche is beyonde Iordane there they made a great exceadyng sore lamentacyon And he mourned for his father seuen dayes And when the inhabiters of the lande euen the Cananitê saw the mournyng in the corne floore of Atad they sayde this is a great mournyng vnto the Egyptyans Wherfore the name of the place is called the mournyng of the Egyptians it is beyonde Iordane And his sonnes dyd vnto hym accordynge as he had coÌ„mauÌ„ded them For his sonnes caryed hym in to the lande of Canaan buryed hym in the double caue of the felde whiche caue Abraham bought the felde also to be a place to bury in of Ephron the Hethite before Mamre And Ioseph returned in to Egypte agayne he his brethreÌ„ al that went vp with hym to bury his father as soone as he had buryed hym And when Iosephs brethren sawe that theyr father was dead they sayd Ioseph myght fortune to hate vs rewarde vs agayne al the euyl whiche we dyd vnto hym And they dyd a coÌ„maundement vnto Ioseph sayng thy father charged vs before his deth sayng This wyse shal ye say vnto Ioseph forgyue I pray the the trespace of thy brethren theyr syn for they rewarded the euyl And now we pray the forgyue the trespace of the seruauntes of thy fathers god And Ioseph wepte wheÌ„ they spake vnto hym For his brethren came vnto hym fel flat before his face sayeng behold we be thy seruauÌ„tes To whom Ioseph sayd feare not Am I God ye thought euyll agaynst me but God turned it vnto good to bryng to passe as it is this day and to saue moche people alyue Fere not therfore Now I wyl noryshe you your chyldren he conforted them spake kyndly vnto them Ioseph dwelt in Egypte he his fathers house Ioseph lyued an C. x. yere And Ioseph saw Ephraims chyldreÌ„ euen vnto the thyrd generacion And vnto Machir the sonne of Manasses were chyldren borne on Iosephs knees And Ioseph sayd vnto his brethren I dye And god wyll surely visite you brynge you out of this land vnto the land whiche he sware vnto Abraham Isaac Iacob And Ioseph toke an othe of the chyldreÌ„ of Israel sayeng God wyl not fayle but visite you ye shall carye my bones hence And so Ioseph dyed when he was an hundred x. yere olde And they enbawmed hym with spices puttyng hym in a chest in Egypte ¶ The ende of the fyrst boke of Moses called in the Hebrue Bereschith and in the Latyn Genesis ¶ The seconde boke of Moses called in the Hebrue Uelle Schemoth And in the Latyn Exodus ¶ The chyldren of Iacob are nombred The new Pharao oppresseth them The acte of the godly mydwyuee CAPI I. THese are the names of the chyldren of Israel which came into Egypte with Iacob euery man came with his housholde Ruben Symeon Leui Iuda Isachar Zabulon Bentamin Dan Neptalt Gad and Aser All these soules that came out of the loynes of Iacob were ixx. But Ioseph was in Egypt alredy And Ioseph dyed and all his brethren and all that generacion and the chyldren of Israell grewe encreased multiplied and wared exceadyng myghtye and the lande was full of them But there rose vp a newe kyng in Egypte whiche knewe not Ioseph And he sayd vnto his folke beholde the people of the chyldren of Israel are greater and myghtyer then we Come on let vs playe wysely with them lest they multiplye lest it happen that yf there chaunce any warre they ioyne them selues vnto oure enemyes and fyght agaynste vs and so get them out of the lande Therfore dyd they set taske maysters ouer them to kepe them vnder with burdens And they bylte vnto Pharao treasure â—â—ties Phiton and Rameses But the more they vexed them the more they multiplied and grewe so that they abhorred the chyldren of Israel And the Egyptians helde the chyldren of Israel in bondage without mercye Therfore was theyr lyfe bytter vnto them in that cruel bondage in clay and brycke and al maner of worke in the feldes For all the seruyce which they dyd vnto them was full of tyranny And the kynge of Egypte sayde vnto the mydwyues of the Ebrues women of whiche the ones name was Sepkora and the other Phua when they do the offyce of a mydwyfe to the women of the Hebrues and se in the byrth tyme that it is a boy ye shall kyll it But yf it be a doughter it shall lyue Not withstandynge the mydwyues feared God and dyd not as the kyng of Egypte coÌ„maunded them but saued the menchyldren And the kynge of Egypte called for the mydwyues and sayd vnto them why haue ye delte on this maner haue saued the men chyldren And the mydwyues answered Pharao that the Hebrues women are not as the women of Egypt for they are sturdy women and are delyuered ere the mydwyues come at them And god therfore delte well with the mydwyues And the people multiplyed and waxed very myghty And it fortuned bycause the mywyues feared GOD he made them houses And Pharao charged all his people sayenge All the men chyldren that are borne cast into the ryuer and saue the mayde chyldren alyue ¶ Moses is burne and cast into the Flagges He is taken vp of
hym selfe in water and be vncleane vnto the euen so that whyther he touche her couche or any vessel wheron she hath sytten he shall be vnclene vnto the euen And yf a man lye with her and her vnclennes come vpon hym he shall be vncleane vii dayes and all the couche wheron he lyeth shal be vncleane When a womans bloode runneth longe tyme out of the tyme of her natural course or yf it runne beyonde her natural coâ—â—ese let al the dayes of the yssue be iudged vncleane euen as the dayes of her natural disease she shall be vncleane Al her couches wheron she lyeth as longe as her yssue lasteth shal be as her couche wheÌ„ she hath her naturall dysease And whatsoeuer she sytteth vpon shal be vncleane as is her vnclennesse when she is put apart And who soeuer toucheth any of these shal be vncleane and shal wasshe his clothes bath hym selfe in water be vncleane vnto euen And after that she is cleÌ„sed of her yssue she shal counte her vii dayes and after that she shal be cleane In the. viii daye she shall take vnto her two turtels or two yong pygeons and brynge them vnto the preest before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the preest shal offre the one for a synoffryng and the other for a burntofferyng and make an attonement for her before the lorde as coÌ„cernyng the yssue of her vncleÌ„nes Therfore shall ye seperate the chyldren of Israel from theyr vnclennesse that they dye not in theyr vnclennes yf they defyle my habytacyoÌ„ that is amonge them This is the lawe of hym that hath a runnyng yssue and of him whose seede runneth from hym in his slepe and is defyled therin and of her that for her naturall disease is put a parte and of whosoeuer hath a runnynge yssue whyther it be man or womaÌ„ and of hym that lyeth with her which is vncleane ¶ What Aaron must do The clensynge of the sanctuarye Of the feast of clensynge Aaron coÌ„fesseth the synnes of the chyldren of Israell CAPI XVI ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses after the death of the. ii sonnes of Aaron when they offered before the Lorde and dyed And he sayd vnto Moses Speake vnto Aaron thy brother that he come not at all tymes into the holy place within the vayle before the mercyseate whiche is vpon the arke that he dye not For I wyll appeare in the clowde vpon the mercyseate But with this thyng shall Aaron come in to the holy place euen with a bullocke ☞ for synne and with a ram for a burntoffrynge He shall put the holy lynnen albe vpon hym shall haue a lynnen breche vpon his flesshe and shal be gyrded with a lynnen gyrdle and put the lynnen mytre vpon his heade These are holy garmentes therfore shal he wasshe his fleshe with water when he doth put them on And he shall take of the multitude of the chyldren of Israel two he gootes for synne and a ram for a burntoffrynge And Aaron shall offre his bullocke for synne ☞ and make an attonement for hym and for his house And he shall take the two gootes and present them before the Lorde at the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aaron shall cast lottes ouer the two gootes one lot shal be for the Lorde and an other for the scapegoote And Aaron shall brynge the goote vpon whiche the lordes Lotte fell and offre hym for synne But the goote on which the lot fell to scape shall be set alyue before the lorde to reconcyle with and to let hym go as a scape goote fre in to the wyldernesse And Aaron shal offre his bullocke for synne and reconcyle for hym selfe an for his house and shall kyll the bullocke for synne And he shall take a censer ful of burnyng coles out of the aulter before the Lorde and shall fyll his handfull of swete sence beaten smal bryng them wtin the vayle put the sence vpon the fyre before the Lorde that the cloude of the sence may couer the mercyseate that is vpon the wytnesse that he dye not And he shal take of the bloode of the bullocke and sprynkle it with his fynger vpon the mercyseate eastwarde and before the mercyseate shall he sprynkle of the bloode with his fynger seuen tymes Then shall he kyll the goote that is the peoples synneofferyng and bryng his bloode within the vayle and do with that blood as he dyd with the blood of the bullocke sprynklyng it vpon the mercyseate before the mercyseate And he shall reconcyle the holy place from the vnclennesses of the chyldren of Israel and from theyr trespaces in all theyr synnes And so shall he do for the tabernacle of wytnesse that is set among them euen among theyr vnclennesses And let there be no body in the tabernacle of wytnesse when he goeth in to make an attonement in the holy place vntyll he come out And let hym make an attonemente for hym selfe and for his houssholde and for all the multitude of Israel And he shall go out vnto the aulter that is before the Lorde and reconcyle vpon it and shall take of the blood of the bullocke and of the blood of the goote put it vpon the hornes of the aulter round aboute and sprynkle of the blood vpon it w t his fynger seuen tymes and clense it and halowe it from the vnclennesses of the chyldren of Israel And when he hath made an ende of reconcylynge the holy place and the tabernacle of wytnesse and the aulter he shall brynge the lyue goote and Aaron shall put bothe his handes vpon the head of the lyue goote and confesse ouer hym all the myssededes of the chyldren of Israel and all theyr trespaces in all theyr synnê puttyng them vpon the head of the goote sende hym away by the hande of a conuenyent man in to the wyldernesse And the goote shal beare vpon hym all theyr mysdedes vnto the wyldernesse and he shall let the goote go free in to the wyldernesse And Aaron shal come in to the tabernacle of wytnes put of the lynnen clothes whiche he put on wheÌ„ he went in into the holy place and leaue them there let hym wasshe his flesshe with water in the holy place and put on his owne rayment and then come out offre his burntoffryng and the burntoffring of the people and make an attonemente for hymselfe and for the people and the fat of the synnoffryng shal he burne vpon the aulter And he that caryed forth the goote to ☞ As a zel shal wasshe his clothes bathe his fleshe in water and then come in to the hoost And the bullocke whiche is for his synne the goote that is for synne whose blood was brought in to clense the holy place shall one cary out without the hoost to be burnt in the fyre with theyr skynnes theyr flesshe theyr dong And he that burneth them shal
Be thou and all thy companye before the Lorde bothe thou they and Aaron to morowe And take euery maÌ„ his sencer and put sence in them that ye maye offre before the lorde euery man of the two hundred fyftie take his sencer thou also Aaron that euery one may haue his sencer And they toke euerye man his sencer and put fyre in them and layd sence theron and stode in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse with Moses and Aaron And Corah gathered all the congregacyon agaynst them vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the glory of the Lorde appeared vnto al the congregacyon And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge Seperate your selues from among this congregacion that I may consume them atonce And they fell vpon theyr faces and sayde O moost myghtye God of the spirites of all flesshe yf one man hath synned wylte thou be wrothe with all the multitude And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the congre gacyon and say Get you away from aboute the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram And Moses rose vp and wente vnto Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israell folowed hym And he spake vnto the congregacyon saynge departe from the tentes of these wycked men and touche no thynge of theyrs lest ye perysshe in all theyr synnes And so they gat them from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And DathaÌ„ and Abiram came out and stode in the dore of theyr tentes with theyr wyues theyr sonnes and theyr lytell chyldren And Moses sayd Hereby ye shall knowe that the lorde hath sent me to do al these workes and that I haue not done them of myne owne mynde If these men dye the common deathe of all men or they be ☞ visited after the visitacyon of al men then the Lorde hath not sent me But yf the Lorde make a newe thyng the earth open her mouth swalow them vp withall that they haue and they go downe quycke in to hell then ye shall vnderstand that these meÌ„ haue prouoked the lorde And it fortuned that as soone as he had made an ende of speakynge all these wordes the grounde cloue a sondre that was vnder them the earth opened her mouth swalowed them vp theyr houses all the men that were with Corah and all theyr goodes And they and all that they had wente downe alyue vnto hel the erth closed vpon them they peryshed from among the coÌ„gregacion And all Israel that were aboute them fled at the crye of them And they sayde leest the earthe swalowe vs vp also And there came out a fyre from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred fyftie men that offered sence And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preest that he take vp the sencers out of the burnyng and skatter the fyre here and there for the ☞ sencers of these synners are halowed in theyr deathes and let them make of them thyn beaten plates for a couerynge of the aulter For they offered them before the lorde and therfore they are halowed and they shall be a sygne vnto the chyldren of Israel And Eleazar the Preest toke the brasen sencers which they that were burnt had offered and bet them thyn for a coueryng of the aulter to be a remembraunce vnto the chyldren of Israell that no straunger whiche is not of the seede of Aaron come nere to offre sence before the Lorde that it happen not vn to hym lyke as vnto Corah and his companye as the Lorde sayde of hym by the hande of Moses But on the morowe all the multitude of the chyldren of Israell murmured agaynste Moses Aaron sayeng Ye haue kylled the people of the lorde And it fortuned that wheÌ„ the multitude was gathered agaynst Moses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of wytnesse And beholde †vvhen they vvere entred in to it the cloude couered it the glorye of the lorde appeared And Moses Aaron came before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Get you from amonge this congregacyon that I maye consume them quyckely And they fell vpon theyr faces And Moses sayd vnto Aaron take a sencer and put fyre therin out of the aulter and powre on sence and go quyckely vnto the coÌ„gregacyon that thou mayst opteyne forgyuenesse for them For there is wrath gone out from the Lorde and there is a plage begon And Aaron toke as Moses coÌ„maunded him and ran in to the myddes of the coÌ„gregacion and beholde the plage was begonne among the people and he put on sence and made an atonement for the people And when he stode bitwene the deade and them that were alyue the plage ceased They that dyed in the plage were xiiii thousande and seuen hundred besyde them that dyed aboute the busynesse of Corah And Aaron went Agayne vnto Moses before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the plage ceased ¶ Aarons rod buddith and beareth blossoms CAPI XVII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and take of euery prynce of them a rod after the houses of theyr fathers Euen xii roddes and wryte euery mans name vpoÌ„ his rod. And wryte Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui for euery rod is for a house of theyr fathers and put them in the tabernacle of wytnesse euen in the place where I mete you And the mans rod whom I chose shall blossome And I wyl make cease from me the grudgyngê of the chyldren of Israel wherby they grudge agaynst you And Moses spake vnto the chyldren of Israell and all the princes gaue hym euery prince accordynge to theyr fathers houses a rod euen â—ii roddes the rod of Aaron was among the roddê And Moses put the roddê before the lorde in the tabernacle of wytnes And on the morow Moses went in to the tabernacle of wytnesse and beholde the rod of Aaron for the house of Leui was budded and bare blossoms almondes And Moses brought out all the roddes from before the Lorde vnto al the chyldren of Israel they loked vpon them toke euery man his rod. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses brynge Aarons rod agayne before the wytnesse to be kept for a token of the chyldrens rebellyoÌ„ and that theyr murmurynge maye cease fro me and that they dye not And Moses dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded hym euen so dyd he And the chyldren of Israel spake vnto Moses saynge beholde we are wasted away and consumed we al come to nought who soeuer cometh nygh the dwellyng of the lord dyeth Shall we vtterly consume away ¶ The offyce of the leuytes The tythes and fyrst fruytes must be gyuen them Aarons herytage CAPI XVIII ANd the Lorde sayd vnto Aaron Thou and thy sonnes and thy fathers house with the ☞ shal beare the faute of that whiche is done amysse in the holy place And
Baall Peor And the indygnacion of the LORDE was prouoked agaynst Israell and the Lorde sayde vnto Moses take all the prynces of the people hange them vp before the Lorde ☞ agaynst the son that the wrath of the Lordes countenaunce maye be turned awaye from Israel And Moses sayd vnto the iudges of Israel †Euery one sleye his men that were ioyned vnto Baall Peor And behold one of the chyldren of Israel came and brought vnto his brethren a Madiaâ—â—tyshe woman euen in the syght of Moses and in the syght of all the multytude of the chyldren of Israell that wepte before the dore of the â—abernacle of wytnes And wheÌ„ Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preest sawe it he rose vp out of the myddes of the company and toke a weapon in his hande and went after the man of Israell ☞ in to the tent and thrust them thorowe bothe the man of Israell and also the woman euen thorowe the belly of her And the plage ceased from the chyldren of Israel And there dyed in the plage xxiiii thousaÌ„d And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the Sonne of Aaron the preest hath turned myne anger awaye from the chyldren of Israel whyle he was ielouse for my sake amonge them that I had not consumed the chyldren of Israell in my ielousye Wherfore saye beholde I gyue vnto hym my couenaunt of peace he shall haue it and his seed after hym euen the couenauÌ„t of the preestes offyce for euer bycause he was ielouse for his goddes sake and made an atonement for the Chyldren of Israell The name of the Israelite which was sleyne with the Madianytysshe woman was Zamri the son of Salâ— a Lorde of an house and kynred of Simeon And the name of the Madianityshe woman that was sleyne was Cozbi the doughter of Zur a heade ouer the people of an house and kynred of Madian And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge vexe the Madianites and smyte them for they trouble you with theyr wyles whiche haue begyled you by disceate in the cause of Peor in the cause of theyr syster Cozbi the doughter of a Lorde of the Madianytes whiche was sleyne in the daye of the plage for Peor sake ¶ The chyldren of Israell are nombred CAPI XXVI ANd it fortuned that after the plage the Lorde spake vnto Moses and vnto Eleazar the son of Aaron the preest sayenge take the nombre of all the multitude of the chyldren of Israell from xx yere and aboue thorowout theyr Fathers houses all that are able to go to warre in Israell And Moses and Eleazar the Preest spake vnto them in the feldes of Moab by Iordayne ouer agaynst Ierico from xx yere aboue as the Lorde commaunded Moses and the chyldren of Israell wheÌ„ they were come out of Egypt Ruben the Eldest son of Israell The chyldren of Ruben Hanoch of whome commeth the kynred of the Hanochites and Palu of whome commeth the kynred of the Paluites Of Hesron commeth the kynred of the Hesronites of Carmi coÌ„meth the kynred of the Carmites These are the kynredes of the Rubenites and they were in nombre xliii thousand seuen hundred â–ª and thyrtye And the sonnes of Palu Eâ—â—ab And the sonnes of Eliab Nemuell Dathan and Abiram This is that Dathan and Abiram whiche were famous in the congregacion stroue agaynst Moses and Aaron in the companye of Corah when they stroue agaynst the Lorde And the earth opened her mouth and swalowed them vp Corah also was in the death of that multitude what tyme the fyre consumed two hundred and fiftye men and they became a sygne Notwithstandynge the Chyldren of Corah dyed not And the Chyldren of Simeon after theyr kynreds were Nemuell of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Nemuelites Iamin of whome commeth the kynred of the Iaminytes Iachin of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iachinites of Zareh commeth the kynred of the Zarehites And of Saull commeth the kynred of the Saulâ—tes These are the kynredê of Simeon euen xxii â–ª thousande and two hundred The Chyldren of Gad after theyr kynreds were Zephon of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Zephonites Haggi of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Haggites Suni of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Sunâ—tes Of Aseni commeth the kynred of the Asenites and of Eri commeth the kynred of the Erites Of Arod coÌ„meth the kynred of the Arodites Of Aâ—â—ell commeth the kynred of the Arielites These are the kynreds of the Chyldren of Gad aâ—dynge to theyr nombres xl thousande and fyue hundred The Chyldren of Iuda Er and Dnan and Er and Dnan dyed in the land of Canaan But the Chyldren of Iuda after theyr kynreds were Sela of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Selanites Phares of whome commeth the kynred of the Pharesites Zareh of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Zarehites And the Chyldren of Phares were â–ª Hesron of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Hesâ—onites Hamull of whome commeth the kynred of the Hamulites These are the kynreds of fuda after theyr noÌ„bres lxxvi thousande and fyue hundred The chyldren of Isachar after theyr kynreds were Thola of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Tholaites Phuua of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Phuuaites of Iasub coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iasubites of Symron coÌ„meth the kynred of the Simronites These are the kynreds of Isachar after theyr nombres ixiiiâ— â–ª thousande and thre hundred The Chyldren of Zabalon after theyr kynreds were Sered of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Seredites Elon of whome commeth the kynred of the Elonites Iaheliel of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iahelielites These are the kynreds of the Zabulonites after theyr nombres threscore thousand and fyue hundred The chyldren of Ioseph thorowout theyr kynreds were Manasse Ephraim The chyldren of Manasse Machir â–ª of whome commeth the kynred of the Machirites And Machir begaâ— Gilead of Gilead coÌ„meth the kynred of the Gileadites And these are the chyldren of Gilead Hieser of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Hieserites Helech of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Helechites and Asriell of whome commeth the kynred of the Asrielites Sichâ—â—â— of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Sichemites Simida of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Simidites and Hepher of whom coÌ„meth the kynredde of the Hepherites And Zelaphead the Sonne of Hepher had no sonnê but doughters And the names of the doughters of Zelaphead were Mahela Noa Hagla Milcha and Thirza These are the kynreds of Manasse and the nombre of them iii. thousande seuen hundred These are the Chyldren of Ephraim after theyr kynreds Suthelah of whome coÌ„meth the kinred of suthelahites Becher of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Becherites Thahen of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Thahenites And these are the chyldren of Suthelah Eran of whome commeth the kynred of the Eranites These are the kynreds of the chyldren of Ephraim after theyr nombres
be many y e peryshe because they despyse y â— lawe of God that is set before them For God hath geuen strayte coÌ„maundement to such as come that they knowe what they do and howe they shulde lyue and yf they kept this they shuld not be punyshed Neuerthelesse they were not obedieÌ„t vnto hym but spake agaynste hym ymagyned vayne thynges and purposed to synne and sayd moreouer that there was no God and that God regarded it not Hys wayes haue they not knowen his lawe haue they despysed and denyed hys promyses in his statutes ordynaunces haue they not bene fayth full and stedfaste and haue not perfourmed hys workes And therfore Esdras vnto the full plenty and to the emptye emptynesse Beholde the tyme shal come that these tokens which I haue tolde the shall come to passe and the bryde shall appeare and the earth that now passeth awaye shal be shewed and whosoeuer is delyuered froÌ„ the forsayde euyls shal se my wonders For my sonne Iesus shal be opeÌ„ly declared with those that be with him and they that remayne shal be mery in foure hundreth yeares After these same yeares shall my sonne Christ dye and al men that haue lyfe and y â— world shal be turned into the olde sylence seuen dayes lyke as in the fore iudgementes so that no maÌ„ shal remayne And after seuen dayes the world that yet a waked not shal be raysed vp and shal dye corrupte And the earth shall restore those that haue slept iÌ„â—er and so shal the dust those that dwel in sileÌ„ce and the secrete places shal deliuer those that be commytted vnto theÌ„ And the most hyest shal be openly declared vpoÌ„ the seate of iudgement and all mysery shall vanysh away and long suffryng shal be gathered together But the iudgement shal coÌ„tinue the trueth shall remayne and fayth shal waxe stronge the worcke shall folowe the rewarde shall be shewed the ryghtuousnes shall watch the vnryghtuousnesses shall beare no rule Then sayde I Abraham prayed fyrste for the Sodomites Moses for y â— fathers that sinned in the wyldernes he that came after him for Israel in the tyme of Achas Samuel and Dauid for the destruccyon and Salomon for them that came into the Saynctuary and Helias for those that receyued rayne for the deade that he myght lyue Ezechias for the people in the time of Seâ—â—acherib diuerse other in lyke maner whiche haue prayed for many EueÌ„ so now seyng the corrupte is growen vp and wyckednes increased and the â—ygâ—teous haue prayed for y â— vngodly wherfore shall it not be so nowe also He answered me and sayd Thys presente world is not the ende there remaineth much honour in it therefore haue they prayed for the weake But the daye of dome shal be the ende of this tyme the beginnyng of the immortalite for to come wherin all corrupcion vanished al volupteousnes is loused al misbeleue taken away ryghtuousnesse growne the veryte spronge vp Then shall no man be able to saue hym that is destroyed nor to oppresse him that hath gotten the vyctorye I answered then and sayd This is my first and last sayinge that it had bene better not to haue geueÌ„ the earth vnto AdaÌ„ or els wheÌ„ it was geuen him to kepe hym that he shuld not sinne For what profite is it for meÌ„ nowe in this present tyme to lyue in heuinesse and after death to loke for punyshment O thou Adam what hast thou done For thoughe it was thou that sinned thou art not fallen alone but we all that come of the. For what profyte is it vnto vs yf there be promysed vs an immortall tyme where as we medle wyth deadly worckes and that there is promysed vs an euerlasting hope where as our selues are euyll vayne and that there are layed vp for vs dwellynges of health fredome where as we haue lyued euyll that the worshyppe of the hiest is kept to defende them whiche haue led a paciente lyfe where as we haue walked in the most wycked waies of all And that there shal be shewed a paradyse whose frute endureth for euer wherin is fredome and medycyne where as we shall not go in for we haue walcked in vnpleasauÌ„t places And that the faces of them whiche haue absteyned shal shyne aboue the starres where as our faces shall be blacke and darcke For whyle we lyued dyd vnryghtuously we consydered not y â— we shulde suffre therfore after death Then answered he me and sayde Thys is the consyderacyon and thought of the battayle whiche man hathe vpon earth that yf he be ouer come he shall suffre as thou haste sayde But yf he get the vyctorye he shall receyue the thynge that I saye For thys is the lyfe wherof Moyses spake vnto the people whyle he lyued sayng Chose the lyfe that thou mayst liue Neuerthelesse they beleued hym not neither the Prophetes after hym No nor me whiche haue spoken vnto them that heuynes shulde not reach vnto them to theyr destruccyon lyke as ioye is for to come ouer those that haue suffered them selues to be enfourmed in saluacyon I aunswered then and sayde I knowe Lorde that the hyest is mercyfull in that he hath mercy vpon them which are not yet in the worlde and vpon those also that walcke in his lawe and that he is pacient and loÌ„g sufferynge towarde those that haue synned in theyr worckes and that he is lyberall to geue where as it requyreth and that he is of great mercy for he multiplied his louing kyndnesses towarde those y â— are present and that are paste and to them whiche are for to come For yf he multiplye not hys mercyes the worlde shall not be made lyuynge with those y â— dwel therin He geueth also for yf he gaue not of his goodnes that they whiche haue done euyll myght beÌ„ eased from theyr wyckednes the ten thousande parte of men shuld not be made lyuyng And yf the iudge forgaue not those that be healed with hys worde if he wolde destroye the multytude that stryueth there shulde be very fewe lefte in an innumerable multitude ¶ Esdras prayeth God rather to loue vpon his owne mercye then on the synnes of the people CAPI VIII ANd he answered me sayeng The most Hyest made this worlde for many but the worlde to come for fewe I wyll tell the a symylitude Esdras As when thou askeste the earth it shall say vnto the that it geueth muche moulde where of earthen vessels are made but lytle of it y e golde coÌ„meth of Euen so is it w t the worke of thys worlde There be many created but fewe shall be saued Then answered I and sayde TheÌ„ swalo we vp the witte thou soule and deuoure the vnderstandynge for thou art agreed to herken and to geue eare and wyllyng to prophecy for thou hast no longer space geuen the but onely to lyue O Lord wylte thou not
honger of bread and because of the great trouble Beholde I gather and call together all the Kynges of the earth which are from the vprysyng from the South from the East Lybanus to turne vnto theÌ„ and restore the thinges that they haue geuen them Lyke as they do yet this daye vnto my chosen so wyl I do also and recompense theÌ„ in theyr bosome Thus sayeth the Lorde God My ryght hand shal not spare the synners my swerde shall not â—easse ouer them that shed the innocent bloude vpon earth The fire is gone out from his wrath and hath consumed the fouÌ„dacious of the earth and the sinners like the strawe that is kyndled Wo worth them that synne kepe not my commaundementes sayeth the Lorde I wyll not spare them Go your way ye chyldren frome vyolence defyle not my Saynctuary for the Lord knoweth all them that synne agaynst him and therfore deliuereth he them vnto death destruccyon For nowe are the plages come vpon y â— worlde and ye shall remayne in them For God shall not delyuer you because ye haue synned against him Beholde an horryble vysyon commeth from the Easte where generacions of DragoÌ„s shal come out and the people of the Arabes with many charettes and the multitude of them shall be as the wynde vpon earthe that all they whiche heare them ragynge in theyr wrath may feare and be afrayed and as the wylde bores out of the wood so shall they go out and with great power shal they come stande fyghtyng w t them shal wast the porcyon of the lande of the Assyrians And then shall the Dragons haue the vpper hande not remembryng their byrth and shall turne aboute swearynge together in greate power to persecute them But these shal be afrayed kepe silence at theyr power and shall fle and one out of the lande of the Assirians shal besege them consume one of them and in theyr hoste shal be feare drede and stryfe among theyr kynges Beholde cloudes from the Easte from the North vnto the South and they are very horryble to loke vpon full of wrath and storme They shall smyte one vpon another and they shal smyte at the great starre vpon earth and theyr starre and the bloude shal be from the swerde vnto the bely and the smoke of man vnto the Camels lytter And there shal be great ferefulnesse tremblyng vpon earthe and they that se the wrath shall be afrayed and a tremblynge shall come vpon them And then shall there come greate raynes from the South from the Northe parte from the West and from the stormy wynde from the East and shall shut theÌ„ vp agayne and the cloude which he raysed vp in wrath and the starre to cause feare towarde y â— East west wynde shal be destroyed the greate cloudes shal be lyfte vp the myghtie cloudes full of wrathe and the starre that they maye make all the earth afrayed and them that dwell therin â–ª and that they maye poure out ouer all places an horryble starre fyre and hayle and flyenge sweardes and many waters that all feldes may be full and al ryuers and they shal breake downe the cyties and walles mouÌ„taines and hylles al trees wood and the grasse of the medowes and al their frute And they shal go stedfast vnto Babylon and make her afrayed they shall come to her and besege her the starre all wrath shall they poure out vpon her Then shall the dust smoke go vp vnto the heauen and all they that be aboute her shal bewayle her and they that remayne vnder her shal do seruice vnto them that haue put her in feare And thou Asia y e comfortest thy selfe also vpoÌ„ the hope of Babylon and art a worship of her personne Wo be vnto the thou wretch because thou hast made thy selfe lyke vnto her hast deckte thy daughters in whoredome that they might triuÌ„phe and please thy louers whiche haue alwaye desired to coÌ„mitte whordome with the thou hast folowed the abhominable cite in all her workes and inuencions Therfore sayth God I wyl sende plages vpoÌ„ the wyddowhode pouerte hoÌ„gre warres and pestylence to wast thy houses with destruccion and death and the glorye of thy power shal be dryed vp as a floure wheÌ„ the heate riseth y t is sent ouer the Thou shalt be sycke as a pore wyfe that is plaged beaten of wemeÌ„ so that the myghtie and louer shal not be able to receyue the. Wolde I so hate the sayeth the Lord If thou haddest not alwaye slayne my chosen exaltynge the stroke of thy handes and sayde ouer theyr death wheÌ„ thou wast dronken set forth the beautie of thy countenaunce The reward of thy whoredome shal be recompensed the in thy bosome therfore shalt thoâ— receyue rewarde Lyke as thou hast done vnto my chosen sayeth the Lorde eueÌ„ so shall God do vnto the and shal deliuer the into the plage Thy chyldren shall dye of honger and thou shalt fall thorowe the swerde Thy cyties shal be broken downe all thyne shall perishe with the swerde in the felde They that be in the mountaynes shall dye of hongre and eate their owne flesh dryncke their owne bloud for very hongre of bred and thyrst of water Thou vnhappy shalt come thorowe the see and receyue plages agayne In the passage they shall cast downe the slayne cytie shall rote out one parte of thy lande consume the porcyon of glory They shall treade the downe lyke stubble they shal be thy fyre shal consume the thy cities thy lande thy woode thy frutefull â—rees shal they burne vp w t the fyre Thy chyldren shal they cary awaye captiue loke what y â— hast they shall spoyle it marre the bewtye of thy face ¶ The Heathen shal be punysshed CAPI XVI WO be vnto the Babylon Asia wo be vnto the Egypt Syrya gyrde your selues w t clothes of sack hearre mourne your chyldren be sory for your destruccyon is at hande A swerde is sente vpon you and who wyll turne it backe A fyre is kyndled among you and who wyl quench it Plages are seÌ„t vnto you what is he that wyl driue them away May any man dryue awaye an hongrye lion in the wod Or maye any man queÌ„ch the fyre in stubble whaÌ„ it hath begoÌ„ne to burne May one turne agayne the arowe that is shot of a stroÌ„g archer The myghtye Lorde sendeth the plages what is he that wyl driue them away The fyre is kindled gone forth in his wrath what is he y â— wyll quenche it He shal cast lyghtnynges who shal not fere He shal thoÌ„dre who shall not be afrayed The Lorde shal threaten who shall not vtterly be beaten to poulder at his presence The earth quaketh the foundacions therof the see aryseth vp w t waues from the depe the floudes of it are vnquyete
one of them for thy speache be wrayeth the. Then began he to curse and to sweare that he knewe not the man And immediately the cocke crew And Peter remembred the worde of Iesu which sayd vnto him before the cocke crowe thou shalte denye me thryse and he went out and wepte bytterly CAPI XXVII ¶ Christ so delyuered vnto Pilate Iudas hangeth hym self Christ is crucified amonge theues He dyeth and is buryed Watche men kepe the graue WHen the mornynge was come all the cheyfe preestes and the elders of the people helde a counsell agaynst Iesus to put hym to death and brought hym bound delyuered hym vnto Poncius Pilate the debite Then Iudas whiche had betrayed hym seynge that he was coÌ„demned repented hym selfe and brought agayne the thyrtie plates of syluer to the cheyfe Preestes and elders sayenge I haue synned betrayeng the innocent bloode And they sayde What is that to vs Se thou to that And he cast downe the syluet plates in the temple departed and went and hanged hym selfe And the cheyfe preestes toke the syluer plates and sayde It is not lawfull for to put them in to the treasure bycause it is the pryce of bloode And they toke counsell and bought with them a potters felde to bury straungers in Wherfore that felde is called †Haceldema that is the felde of bloode vntyll this daye Then was fulfylled that whiche was spokeÌ„ ☞ by Ieremy the prophet sayeng and they toke thyrtie syluer plates the pryce of hym that was valued whom they bought of the chyldren of Israell gaue them for the potters felde as the Lorde appoynted me Iesus stode before the debite and the debite asked hym sayenge art thou the kyng of the Iues Iesus sayeth vnto hym Thou sayest And when he was accused of the cheyf preestes and elders he answered nothynge Then sayeth Pilate vnto hym hearest thou not howe many wytnesses they laye agaynst the And he answered hym to neuer a worde in so moch that the debite marueyled greatly At that feast the debite was wonte to dedelyuer vnto the people a prysoner whome they wolde desyre He had then a notable prysoner called Barrabas Therfore when they were gathered togyther Pilate sayd Why ther wyl ye that I gyue loose vnto you Barrabas or Iesus which is called Chryst For he knewe that for enuye they had delyuered hym When he was set downe to gyue iudgement his wyfe sent vnto hym sayenge haue thou nothyng to do with that iust man For I haue suffered many thynges this daye in slepe bycause of hym But the cheyfe preestê and the elders persuaded the peple that they shulde aske Barrabas and destroy Iesus The debite answered and sayde vnto them Whyther of the twayne wyll ye that I let loose vnto you They sayde Barrabas Pilate sayde vnto them What shall I do then with Iesus whiche is called Chryste They all sayde vnto hym let hym be crucified The debite sayde What euyll hath he done But they cryed the more sayenge let hym be crucified When Pylate sawe that he coulde preuayle nothynge but that more busynes was made he toke water and wasshed his handes before the people sayenge I am innocent of the bloode of this iust persone ye shal se. Then answered all the people and sayd his bloode be on vs and on our chyldren Then let he Barrabas lose vnto them and scourged Iesus and delyuered hym to be crucified Then the souldiours of the debite toke Iesus in the comen hall and gathered vnto hym all the company And they stryped hym and put on hym a purple robe and platted a crowne of thornes and put vpon his heade a reede in his ryght hande bowed the knee before hym and mocked hym sayeng Nayle kynge of the Iues and when they had spyt vpon him they toke the reede and smote him on the head And after that they had mocked hym they toke the robe of hym agayne and put his owne rayment on hym and led hym awaye to crucifie hym And as they came out they founde a maÌ„ of Cyren named Symon hym they compelled to beare his crosse And they came vnto the place whiche is called Golgotha that is to say a place of deade mens sculles gaue hym vyneger to drinke mengled w t gal And wheÌ„ he had tasted therof he wolde not drinke WheÌ„ they had crucified him they parted his garmentes did cast lottes that it might be fulfylled which was spoken by the prophet They parted my garmentes among them and vpon my vesture dyd they cast lottes And they sat watched hym there and set vp ouer his head the cause of his death written This is Iesus the kynge of the Iues. Then were there two theues crucified with hym one on the ryght hande and an other on the lefte They that passed by reuyled hym wagynge theyr heades and sayeng thou that destroyedst the temple of God dydest buylde it in thre dayes saue thy selfe If thou be the sonne of god come downe from the crosse Lykewyse also the hygh preestes mockynge hym with the Scribes and elders sayde He saued other hym selfe can he not saue If he be the kynge of Israel let hym nowe come downe from the crosse we wyll byleue hym He trusted in God let hym delyuer hym nowe yf he wyll haue hym for he sayde I am the son of God The theues also which were crucified with hym cast the same in his teeth From the syxte houre was there darkenes ouer all the lande vnto the nynth houre And aboute the nynth houre Iesus cryed with a loude voyce sayenge Eli Eli lamasabachthani That is to saye My God my God why hast thou forsaken me Some of them that stode there when they herde that sayde This man calleth for Elias And streyghte waye one of them ran and toke a sponge and when he had fylled it full of vyneger he put it on a teede and gaue hym to drynke Other sayde let be let vs se whyther Elias wyll come and delyuer hym Iesus when he had cryed agayne with a loude voyce yelded vp the goost And beholde the vayle of the temple dyd rent into two partes from the top to the bottom and the earthe dyd quake and the stones rent and graues did open many bodyes of sayntes whiche slepte arose and went out of the graues after his resurreccion and came in to the holy Citye and appeared vnto many When the Centurion and they that were with hym watchynge Iesus sawe the earth quake and those thynges whiche happened they feared greatly sayenge Truely this was the sonne of God And many women there were beholdynge hym a farre of which folowed Iesus from Galile ministryng vnto hym Amonge whiche was Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of Iames and Ioses and the mother of Zebedes chyldren When the euen was come there came a ryche man of
the circumsised but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham before the tyme of circumcisyon For the promes that he shuld be the heyre of the worlde happened not to Abraham or to his seed thorowe the lawe but thorow the ryghtewesnes of fayth For yf they which are of the law be heyres theÌ„ is fayth but vayne and the promes of none effecte Because the lawe causeth wrath For where no lawe is there is no transgressyon Therfore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen that it myght come of fauoure that the promes myght be sure ☞ to all the seed Nor to theÌ„ onely whiche are of the lawe but to them also whiche are of the fayth of Abraham which is y â— father of vs al â–ª As it is wrytten I haue made the a father of many nacyoÌ„s euen before God whom he beleued whiche restored the deed vnto lyfe calleth those thynges which be not as though they were Whiche Abraham contrary to hope beleued in hope that he shulde be the father of many nacyons accordyng to that which was spoken ‡ euen so shall thy sede be âšœ as the starres of heauen and the sande of the see And he faynted not in the fayth nor yet consydered his owne bodye whiche was nowe deed euen when he was almoste an hundred yeare olde nether yet that Sata was paste chyldeberynge He stackered not at the promes of God thorow vnbelefe but became stronge in fayth and gaue God the prayse beynge full certyfyed that he which had promysed was able also to make it good And therfore was it reckened to hym for ryghtewesnes Neuertheles it is not wrytten for hym onely that it was reckened to him for ryghtewesnes but also for vs to whom it shal be couÌ„ted for ryghtewesnes so y â— we beleue on him that rayseth vp Iesus our Lorde from deeth whiche was delyuered for oure synnes and rose agayne for to iustifye vs. ¶ The power of fayth hope and loue and howe death raygned from Adam vnto Chryst by whom onely we haue forgeuenesse of synnes CAPI V. BEcause therfore that we are iustyfyed by fayth we are at peace with God thorowe oure Lorde Iesus Christ by whom also it chaunsed vnto vs to be brought in thorowe fayth vnto this grace wherin we stande and ☞ reioyce in hope of the glory âšœ of the chyldren of God Not that onely but also we reioyce in tribulacyons knowynge that tribulacyon bringeth pacieÌ„ce bryngeth experience experience bryngeth hope And hope maketh not ashamed for the loue of God is shed abrode in oure hertes by the holy goost whiche is geuen vnto vs. For wheÌ„ we were yet weake accordynge to the tyme Christe dyed for vs whiche were vngodly Yet scace wyll any man dye for a ryghtewis man ParaueÌ„ture for a good man durste a man dye ✚ But God setteth out his loue towarde vs seyng that whyle we were yet synners âšœ according to the tyme Christ dyed for vs. Much more theÌ„ now seyng we are iustifyed by hê blode shall we be saued froÌ„ wrath thorowe hym For yf when we were enemyes we were reconcyled to God by the deeth of his sonne moche more seynge we are reconcyled we shal be preserued by his lyfe Not only this but we also ioye in God by the meanes of our Lorde Iesus Chryst by whom we haue nowe optayned the attonment Wherfore as by one man synne entred into the worlde and deeth by the meanes of synne Euen so deeth also wente ouer all men in so muche as all men synned For euen vnto the lawe was sinne in the worlde but synne is not imputed whan there is no lawe neuerthelesse deeth raygned from Adam to Moyses euen ouer them also that had not synned with lyke transgressyon as dyd Adam which ☞ beareth the similitude of hym that was to come But the gyfte is not lyke as the synne For yf thorowe the synne of one many be deed much more plenteous vpon many was the grace of God and gyfte by grace ☞ which was geuen by one man Iesus Christ. And the gyfte is not ouer one synne as deeth came thorowe one synne of one that synned For damnacyon came of oue synne vnto condemnacyon but the gyfte came to iustify froÌ„ many sinnes For yf by the synne of one deeth raygned by the meanes of one much more they whiche receaue aboundaÌ„ce of grace and of the gyfte of ryghtewesnes shal raygne in lyfe by y â— meanes of one that is to saye Iesus Christe ✚ Lyke wyse then as by the synne of one there sprange vp euell on all men to condemnacyon euen so by the ryghteousnes of one spryngeth good vpon all men to the ryghteousnes of lyfe For as by one mannes dysobedience many became synners so by the obedience of one shal many be made ryghteous But the lawe in the meane tyme entred in that synne shulde encreace Neuerthelater where aboundaunce of synne was there was more plenteousnes of of grace That as synne had raygned vnto deeth euen so myght grace raygne thorowe ryghtewesnes vnto eternal lyfe by the help of Iesu Chryste ⊢ ¶ For so muche as we be delyuered thorowe Christe from synne we muste fassy on our selues to lyue as the seruaâ—tes of God not after our owne iustes The vnlykely rewarde of ryghteousnesse and synne CAPI VI. WHat shall we saye then shall we contynue in sinne that there maye be aboundaunce of grace God forbyd Howe shall we that are deed as touchynge synne lyue any longer therin ✚ Knowe ye not that all we whiche are baptysed into Iesu Chryste are baptysed to dye with hym We are buryed then wyth him by baptime for to dye that lykewyse as Chryst was raysed vp from death by the glorye of the father euen so we also shuld walke in a newe lyfe For yf we be graft in death lyke vnto hym euen so shal we be partakers of the resurreccyon knowynge this that our olde man is crucyfyed with hym also that the bodye of synne myght vtterly be destroyed that hence forth we shulde not be seruauntes vnto synne For he that is deade is iustyfyed from synne Wherfore yf we be deade w t Christ we beleue that we shall also lyue with hym knowyng that Chryste beynge raysed from death dyeth no more Death hath no more power ouer hym For as touchynge that he dyed he dyed concernynge synne once And as touchynge that he lyueth he lyueth vnto God Lykewyse consydre ye also that ye are deade as touchynge synne but are alyue vnto God thorowe Iesus Christe our Lord. ⊢ Let not synne raygne therfore in youre mortall bodye that ye shulde therunto obey by the lustes of it Neyther geue ye your membres as instrumeÌ„tes of vnryghtuousnes vnto synne but gyue ouer your selues vnto God as they that of deade are alyue And geue ouer your members as instrumentes of ryghtuousnes vnto God Let not synne haue