me Let my people go that they may serue me 4 Or els if thou refuse to let my people go beholde to morowe wyll I bryng greshoppers into thy coastes 5 And they shall couer the face of the earth that it can not be seene and they shall eate the residue which remayneth vnto you and is escaped from the hayle and they shall eate euery greene tree that beareth you fruite in the fielde 6 And they shall fill thy houses and all thy seruauntes houses and the houses of all the Egyptians after suche a maner as neyther thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers haue seene since the tyme they were vpon the earth vnto this day And he turned him selfe about and went out from Pharao 7 And Pharaos seruauntes sayde vnto him howe long shall he be hurtfull vnto vs Let the men go that they may serue the Lorde their God knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed 8 And Moyses Aaron were brought againe vnto Pharao and he sayde vnto them Go and serue the Lorde your God but who are they that shall go 9 And Moyses aunswered we will go with our young and with our olde yea and with our sonnes with our daughters and with our sheepe and with our oxen we must go for we must holde a feast vnto the Lorde 10 And he said vnto them Let the Lord be so with you as I will let you go and your chyldren take heede for ye haue some mischiefe in hande 11 Nay not so but go they that are men and serue the Lorde for that was your desire And they were thrust out of Pharaos presence 12 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Stretch out thyne hand ouer the lande of Egypt for greshoppers that they may come vpon the land of Egypt and eate all the hearbes of the lande and all that the hayle left behynde 13 And Moyses stretched foorth his rod ouer the lande of Egypt and the Lorde brought an east winde vpon the lande all that day and all that nyght and in the morning the east winde brought the greshoppers 14 And the greshoppers went vp ouer all the lande of Egypt and remayned in all quarters of Egypt very greeuouslye before them were there no suche greshoppers neither after them shal be 15 For they couered all the face of the earth so that the lande was darke and they did eate al the hearbes of the land and all the fruites of the trees whatsoeuer the hayle had lefte there was no greene thyng left in the trees hearbes of the fielde through al y e land of Egypt 16 Therefore Pharao called for Moyses and Aaron in haste and sayde I haue sinned agaynst the Lord your God and agaynst you 17 And nowe forgeue me my sinne only this once and pray vnto the Lord your God that he may take awaye from me this death only 18 And Moyses went out from Pharao and prayed vnto the Lorde 19 And the Lorde turned a myghtie strong west wynde and it toke awaye the grashoppers and cast them into the red sea so that there was not one grashopper in all the coastes of Egypt 20 And the Lorde hardened Pharaos heart so that he woulde not let the children of Israel go 21 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Stretche out thy hande vnto heauen that there may be vpon the lande of Egypt darknesse which may be felt 22 And Moyses stretched foorth his hand vnto heauen and there was a thicke darkenesse vpon all the lande of Egypt three dayes long 23 No man sawe another neither rose vp from the place where he was by the space of three dayes But al the children of Israel had light where thei dwelled 24 And Pharao called for Moyses and sayde Go and serue the Lorde onlye let your sheepe your oxen abyde and let your chyldren go with you 25 And Moyses sayde Thou must geue vs also offeringes and burnt offeringes for to do sacrifice vnto the Lorde our God 26 Our cattell also shall go with vs and there shall not one hoofe be left behynd for therof must we take to serue y e Lorde our God neither do we knowe with what we must do seruice vnto the Lord vntyll we come thyther 27 But the Lorde hardened Pharaos heart and he woulde not let them go 28 And Pharao sayde vnto hym Get thee from me and take heede vnto thy selfe that thou seest my face no more for whensoeuer thou commest in my syght thou shalt dye 29 And Moyses sayde Let it be as thou hast sayde I wyll see thy face no more ¶ The .xj. Chapter 1 The Lorde commaundeth the Hebrewes to robbe the Egyptians 4 The death of the first borne of all thynges 1 AND the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Yet wyl I brynge one plague more vpō Pharao and vpon Egypt and after that he wyll let you go hence when he shal let you go quite he shall vtterly dryue you hence 2 Speake thou therfore in the eares of the people that euery man borowe of his neighbour and euery woman of her neighbour iewels of syluer and iewels of golde 3 And the Lorde shall geue the people fauour in the syght of the Egyptians Moreouer Moyses was a very great man in the lande of Egypt in the syght of Pharaos seruauntes and in the syght of the people 4 And Moyses sayde Thus sayth the Lorde At mydnyght wyll I go out into the myddest of Egypt 5 And all the first borne in all the land of Egypt shall dye euen frō the first borne of Pharao that sytteth on his seate vnto the first borne of the mayde seruaunt that is behynde the myll and all the first gendred of the cattell 6 And there shal be a great crye throughout all the lande of Egypt such as there was neuer none lyke nor shal be 7 But amongst the chyldren of Israel shal not a dogge moue his tounge from a man vnto a beast that ye may knowe how that the Lord putteth a difference betweene the Egyptians and Israel 8 And these thy seruauntes shal al come downe vnto me and fall before me and say Get thee out and all the people that are vnder thee and then wyll I depart And he went out from Pharao with an angry countenaunce 9 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Pharao shall not heare you that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt 10 And Moyses and Aaron dyd all these wonders before Pharao And the Lord hardened Pharaos heart so that he woulde not let the chyldren of Israel go out of his lande ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 The charge and maner of eatyng of the Passouer 26 A charge is geuen parentes to teache their chyldren the misterie of the Passouer 29 The murder of the first borne of Egypt 31 Pharao casteth out the chyldren of Israel 35 The Iewes do robbe the Egyptians of golden and syluer vessels 37 The chyldren of Israel do go out 40 They dwelt in
the one descended priestes of him onely is it sufficieÌ„t to speake P Dathan and Abiron came from Ruben by reason of the first begotten for that they would haue entred the office of Moyses by sedicion which they raysed at the suggestion of Chore which were swalowed vp of the earth with 250. men with all their housholde Numeri 16. N This Caath was sonne of Leui father to Amram Exo. 6. O This Amram toke Isabeth the daughter of Leui to wyfe as the Iewes say Exo. 6. Christes lyne Re. Here at AbrahaÌ„ endeth the second age and conteyneth ix hundred xl.ii yeres Abraham C 175. Isahac G 186. Iacob I 147. Iudas kinges 125. FroÌ„ Iuda Christe desceÌ„ded by this line folowing had Sue to wyfe by whoÌ„ he had 3 sons Her Onam Sela. FroÌ„ Iuda the kings deceÌ„ded of whom Christe came Phares Christes lyne Naâ—hor A Araim B Hur. Bur. Bathuel Melcâ— Loth. D Sara Iob. Balaam or liliud Laban wyfe to Isahac Rebecca H Moab Amon. Esau Lya free Ruben K Simeon L Leui. Caath N 133. Gerson Merari Amram O 137 Ysuar Dathan P Abiron Ysacar Zabulon Dina. his concubine Agar E This Agar of Egypt mayde to Sara had Abraham Ismael whom Abraham did circumcide but Sara expelled her and her sonne and after gaue to her sonne Ismael a wyfe one of Egypt by whom he had .12 sonnes princes of their .xii. tribes from whom sprang the Arabians Gen. 16. Ismahel Nabaioth Cedar Cethura F Madam Madian M Ioseph was solde into Egypt to the Ismaelites for thirtie pence and there was made stuarde of Pharaos house where he receaued his father Iacob and his eleuen brethren Gene. 50. Hande Bala maydens Zelpha A free woman Rachel Dan. Neptalim Gad. Aser Ioseph M Beniamin Manasses Ephraim Sue Her Onan Sela. Thamar Zaram Thâ—re Abrahams father beeing offended with the Chaldees in 〈…〉 which they killed 〈…〉 with 〈…〉 Nacâ— Gen. 11. â— Abraham after the death of his brother Aram in Vr of the Chaldees taking Loth for his sonne by adoption Sara to his wyfe â–ª the daughter of Aram dyd iourney with his father into Charram And after his fathers deceasse went into Sichem where God appeared vnto him saying to thy seede wyll I geue this lande And from thence he came to Penthapoliâ— After that he pitched his tent betwixt Bethel and Hay and called vpon the name of the Lorde And from thence he departed for the famine and went downe into Egypt where he named his wyfe his sister And from thence he went to the valley of Mambre and deuided him selfe from Loth. He did deliuer Loth from his captiuitie and killed fiue kinges toke tenthes of Melchisedech prieste and king And in the .85 yere of his age he had a sonne of his handemayde called Ismael whom with him selfe he did circumcide and in the 100. yere of his age he had Isahac And after the death of Sara his wyfe he maryed Cethura and had fiue children of her and when he had fulfilled 175. yeres he dyed F Cethura was wyfe to Abraham after the death of Sara though some thinke she was called Hagar being his wyfe and afore his concubine of whom he had fiue sonnes from whom sprang the Sarasins and dwelt wyde in the lande Gen. 11.12 These two did Ismael beget with ten other by his wyfe of Egypt G Isahac was borne in the lande of Chanaan circumcized the eyght day and when he was .35 yeres old his father would haue made him a sacrifice And at fourtie yeres of his age he toke to wyfe Rebecca who labouring in her birth heard the reuelation that Esau shoulde serue Iacob and in the sixtie yere of his age his two sonnes Esau and Iacob were borne Afterwarde Isahac in a great famine went to king Abimelech and there fayned his wyfe to be his sister as his father did before him And he dygged the three pittes which his father had made which the Philistines did stoppe vp Genesis 28. These two be the children of Ioseph and eyther of them make a tribe by him selfe Where the tribe of Leui was remoued from the lot of inheritaunce Thamar was geuen to wyfe by Iudas to his two sonnes Her and Onan and after they were destroyed for their offence she was sent away wydowe into her fathers house of whom Iudas after the death of his wyfe Sue finding her sitting in the high way as he was going to shere his sheepe did company with her and had thereby two children Phares Zaram and when Thamar was charged of adulterie she brought foorth Iudas ring and staffe as pledge of his companying with her Gen. 38. A Moyses was borne in Egypt his fathers name was 〈◊〉 â–ª his mothers name Iâ—abeâ— he was put into â—ed and cast into the water whom the daughter of Pharao toke out of the water and thervpon called his name Moyses and at the suggestion of mary Moyses sister was geuen to his mother to be nurished vp and after certayne dayes was presented to the king who put a crowne vpon his head which he thrue from him and after he was come to age he conquered the king of Ethiope slue an Egyptian who hurt a Iewe and a Iewe accused him therof he fled out of Egypt toke to wife Sephora the daughter of Iethro priest and dyd his endeuour to deliuer the people of Israel from E◠††〈…〉 beforâ— the king working diuerâ— wonders and after was made there guyde and teacher of the Iewee in the lawe and when he was 120. yeres olde he dyed Exod. 2. B Aaron toke the daughter of Aminadab to wife of whom he had foure soÌ„nes who being of 123. yeres died in the mount Hor in the 30. yere of his comming foorth out of Egypt bâ— this Aaron the priestes descended Num. 20. E Phinees the sonne of Eleazar hauing great zeale to the lawe of God slue the Iewe that committed filthinesse with the woman of Moab wher by gods wrath was pacified he and his heires sworne priestes for euer Num. 25. F Iosue the sonne of Nun succeeded Moyses in office and fought many battayles of the Lorde he made a couenaunt of the worshipping of God beyng 110. yeres olde he dyed After whose death the children of Israel committed idolatrie who were greuously punished for the same And after him God gaue them Othoniel for their guyde betwixt whose entry and Iosuas death was committed that facte of the idol of Mica Iud. 17 that facte of the wyfe of the Leuite Iud. 19. G Othoniel conquered Kiriathsepher that is the citie of letters wherfore he had AxaÌ„ to wife and deliuered the people of Israel froÌ„ the king of Mesopotamia the land was quiet fourtie yeres after whose death the Israelites sinned against God whervpon in his anger he deliuered theÌ„ into the handes of Egâ—on king of Moab and they serued hym eyghteene yeres Iud. 3. Heare at Moyses endeth thâ— time of thâ— lawe of nâ—ture conteyning yere 3689. theâ— began the
tymâ— of the lawe written which did eâ—dure vnto the natiuitie of Christe and conteyneth yeres 1510. H This Ahud was lame of his right hand or left handed he slue the king of the Moabites the land had peace fourscore yeres Iud. 3. I Sanger slue sixe hundred Philistians with one share he defended the Israelites but after his death they sinned against god and therfore were afflicted 20. yeres by Sisara in whose time Troia was buylden of Tros king of Dardan Iud. 4. K Debora wyfe to Barak a prophetesse she fought against Sisara and slue him by Iahel the wyfe of Hebar song her canticle â—nd the land had rest fourtie yeres after whose death the Israelites sinned against God therfore were deliuered into the handes of Madian seueÌ„ yeres in whose time Apollo founde the art of Phisicke and the harpe Iud. 4. L Gedeon saluted of the angel he sacrificed to God vnder an oke who for destroying the aulter of Baal was called Ieroboal he had a signe in a fleece that God woulde deliuer Israel by his hand in whose time Mercurius made the lute Tyrus the citie was buylded 250. yeres before the temple Iud. 6. M Abimelech sonne of Gedeon slue 70. of his brethren vpon one stone in one day yet Ioatham thâ— youngest fled to thâ— mountaynes and spake the parable of y e oliue of the figtree of the vine of the bryer this Abimelech was striken with a peece of a milstone bad his squire kill hym with his sworde Iud. 8. C Mary Moyses sister wife to Calef for y e drowning of Pharao in the red sea song y e Canticle Exo. 15. and because she dyd chyde Moyses for his wyfe the Ethiopian she was striken with lepri Num. 12. D Chore straue against Moyses and Aaron for the priesthood because he was of the first begotten of Caaf for which offence he was deuided from others swalowed into y e grouÌ„de with his family with Dathan and Abiron Num. 16 N Naason comming foorth out of Egpyt a prince in y e tribe of Iuda and so it is true that the Lorde said to AbrahaÌ„ gen 15. that in the fift generation the childreÌ„ of Israel went out of Egypt and so making an accompt according to y e kingly tribes as telling the generations and not the persons and therfore the successions which is to be seene counting from Iuda to Naason for fiue times it is saide there he begat But if it be coÌ„tayned in that letter in the 4. generation the order must be taken in the priestly tribe couÌ„ting from Leui to Eleazar Exo. 5. Mat. 1. O Salmon maryed Rahab the harlot of Iericho which receaued y e spies that Iosue sent and hid them vnder the bunches of flax of whom Salmon begat Booz the grandfather of that Booz which begat Obeth for they were three ioyntly together the father the sonne and the nephewe they were called Booz and because it was a name of three men Mathew the euangelist putteth him but once in his genealogie Math. 1. Rom. Moyses A 120. 40. Iudges of Israel Iosue F 110. 27. Othoniel G 40. Ahud H 80. Sangaâ— I 1. Debora K 40. Gedeon L 40. Abimelech M 3. Aaron R 113. Abin Eleazar Ythamar Phinces E Abisue Boezi Maria. C Chore. D In this figure folowing be the names of the â—tions repâ— â–ª where the children of Israel pitched their tentes in y e desâ—r by the space of fourtie yeres as appeareth in the bookes of Exodus and Leuiticus whose names be briefely recyted in the bookes of â—umerie 33. Esrom THE MANSIONS OF THE FIRST YERE XII FROM THEIR DEPARTVRE OVT OF AEGIPT TO THE DESERT OF SINAI 12 MANSIONS RAMESES RED SEA SVCOTH DESERT OF SYN ETHAM DAPHKA PIHALROTH ALVS MARAH RAPHIDIM ELIM DESERT OF SINAI THE MANSIONS OF THE SECOND YERE XXI NVMERI CAP .33 FROM THE DESERT OF SINAI TO CADEâ— EARNE 21. MANSIONS GRAVE â—F LVST MOVNT SEPHER MOVNT SEROTH HAZEROTH HARADA BENEIAAKAN RITHMA MAKELOTH GADGAD RIMON PHARES THAHATH IETHEBATHA LIENA THARATH ABRONA RISSA MITHCA EZEON GABER KEHELATHA HASMONA DESERT OF CADES THE MANSIONS OF THE THIRD YERE IX FROM CADES BARNE TO THE FEELDE OF MOAB 9 MANSIONS MOVNT HOB ALMON DIRLATHAIM ZALMONA MOVNTS ABARIM PHVNCN FEâ—Lâ—ES OF MOAB OBOTH II MABARIM DIBONGAD THES BE THE 42 MANSIONS OF FR PEOPLE 2OF ISRAEL BY YEREâ— Aram. Aminadab Nanson N Salmon O THE TABERNACLE OF COVENANT THE CITYES OF PRIESTES 13 THE CYTIES OF CHAATHITS 10 THE CYTIES OF GERSONITS 13 THE CYTIES OF MERARIE 12 ISACHAR IVDAS RVBEN SYMEON GAD EPHRAIM BENIAMIN MANASSES NEPTALIM ASER DAN ZABVLON EAST SOVTH WEST NORTH This figure folowing serueth to vnderstand the disposing of the Tribes and Leuites by foure quarters of the world about the tabernacle At the cast was Iudas with 74600. of whom the chiefe was Naason â–ª with other about him y e whole nuÌ„ber was 186400 Towarde the south was Ruben with 46500. fighting men of his stocke of whom the chiefe was Elisur and about him was others to the number in the whole 18100. men Toward the west was Ephraim with 40500 men of whom the chiefe was Elisama nigh vnto him were others which were in the whole 108â—00 Toward the north was Dan with 72700. men the head of whom was Abiasar and about him were others to the number of 175000. of fighting men This is the summe of the children of Israel by the houses of their kindredes so that the hoast amounted to 600550. men The Leuites were not numbred within the other tribes and all these pitched their tentes about the tabernacle as appeareth Num. 2. but most largely Exo. 27. This figure also serueth to vnderstand what Leuites what cities in what tribes the children of Leui with their suburbes dyd receiue by lot for the tenthes of the tabernacles as in Iosue 21.1 Paâ— 6. This figure also sheweth the sixe cities of refuge vnto the which they did flee that by chaunce slue any man and were therein saued and after the death of the high priest they returned againe into their owne houses Deu. 4. Iosue 20. A Bishops Ozi Azaria Meraioth Amazias Achitob Hely F Hely 88. 40. Ophni and Phinees Achitob Abimelech From this Ozi was the priesthood translated from the children of Eleazar to Eli whiche was of y e children of Ithamar â— these 4. outward of y e children of Eleazar were depriued of the priesthood vntil Sadoch G. Abdon had 40 sonnes and 30. nephewes of them in whose dayes the people of Israel receeded not from the Lord some thinke that that notable fact of the Leuits wyfe which is red in Iudg. 19. after whose death the Israelites dyd offende was comitted therfore were plagued of the Philistines Iud. 12. C Iudges Thola A 23. Iahir B 22 Iepte C 7 Abession D 7 Ailon E 10 Abdon G 8 Sampsou H 29 Hely 40 Samuel I 20 Ioel. Abias These 2 sonnes of Samuel were iudges the one in Bethel the other in Barsabe whiche bothe peruerted iudgment by their
euen in the borders therof towarde the inside of the ephod ouer agaynst it 27 And yet two other ringes of gold thou shalt make and put them on the two sides of y e Ephod beneath ouer agaynst the brestlap alowe where the sides are ioyned together vpon the brodered gyrdle of the Ephod 28 And they shall bynde the brestlap by his ringes vnto y e ringes of the Ephod with a lase of blewe silke that it may lye close aboue the brodered gyrdle of the Ephod and that the brestlap be not loosed from the Ephod 29 And Aaron shall beare the names of the children of Israel in the brestlap of iudgement vpon his heart when he goeth into the holy place for a remembraunce before the Lorde alway 30 And thou shalt put in the brestlap of iudgment the Vrim the Thummim and they shal be euen vpō Aarons heart whē he goeth in before the Lord and Aaron shall beare the iudgement of the children of Israel vpon his heart before the Lorde alway ' 31 And thou shalt make the tunicle vnto ' the Ephod altogether of blewe silke 32 And there shal be an hole for the head in the middest of it hauyng a bonde of wouen worke rounde about the coller of it as it were the coller of a partlet that it rent not 33 And beneath vpon the hem thou shalt make pomgranates of blewe sylke and of purple and of scarlet rounde about the hem and belles of gold betweene them rounde about 34 And let there be euer a golden bell and a pomgranate a golden bell and a pomgranate rounde about vpon the hem of the tunicle 35 And Aaron shall haue it vpon hym when he ministreth and the sound shal be hearde when he goeth into the holy place before the Lorde when he commeth out and he shall not dye 36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold and graue theron as signettes are grauen the holynes of the Lorde 37 And put it on a blewe sylke lase to be vpon the mytre euen vpon the forefront of it 38 And it shal be vpon Aarons forehead that Aaron may beare the sinne of the holy thinges whiche the children of Israel halowe in all their holy gyftes and it shal be alwayes vpon his forehead for the reconciling of them before the Lorde 39 And thou shalt make a coate of white sylke embrodered with knottes thou shalt make a mytre of whyte sylke and a gyrdle of needle worke 40 And thou shalt make for Aarons sonnes also coates and thou shalt make for them gyrdles bonettes shalt thou make for them glorious and bewtiful 41 And thou shalt put them vpon Aaron thy brother on his sonnes with hym and shalt annoynt them and fill their handes sanctifie them that they may minister vnto me in the priestes office 42 And thou shalt make them lynnen sloppes to couer their priuities frō the loynes vnto y e thighes they shal reache 43 And they shal be vpon Aaron and his sonnes when they come into the tabercle of the congregatiō or whē they come vnto the aulter to minister in holines that they beare no sinne so dye And it shal be a lawe for euer vnto Aaron and his seede after him ' ¶ The .xxix. Chapter ' 1 The maner to consecrate priestes vnto God and the rite to offer for them 38 The continuall dayly sacrifice 1 THis thyng also shalt thou do vnto them when thou halowest thē to be my priestes Thou shalt take one young calfe and two rammes y t are without blemyshe 2 And vnleauened bread and cakes vnleauened tempered with oyle and wafers vnleauened annoynted with oyle of wheaten floure shalt thou make thē 3 And thou shalt put them in a maunde and bryng them in the maunde with the calfe and the two rammes 4 And bryng Aaron and his sonnes vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation washe thē with water 5 And take the garmentes and put vppon Aaron the coate the tunicle of the Ephod and the Ephod it selfe and the brestlap gyrde them to hym with the brodered gyrdle which is in the Ephod 7 Then shalt thou take the anoyntyng oyle and powre it vpon his head and anoynt hym 8 And bryng his sonnes and put coates vpon them 9 And gyrde them with gyrdels aswell Aaron as his sonnes and put the bonnettes on them and the priestes office shal be theirs for a perpetuall lawe and thou shalt fill the handes of Aaron and the handes of his sonnes 10 And thou shalt cause a calfe to be brought before the tabernacle of witnesse and Aaron and his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon the head of the calfe 11 And thou shalt kyll hym before the Lord by the doore of the tabernacle of witnesse 12 And take of the blood of the calfe and put it vpon the hornes of the aulter with thy finger and powre all the rest of the blood beside the bottome of the aulter 13 And take all the fat that couereth the inwardes and the kall that is on the lyuer and the two kydneys and the fat that is vpon them and burne them vpon the aulter 14 But the flesh of the calfe and his skin and his doung shalt thou burne with fire without the hoast it is a synne offeryng 15 Thou shalt also take one Ramme and Aaron and his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon the head of the Ramme 16 And when thou hast slaine the Rāme thou shalt take his blood and sprinckle it rounde about vpon the aulter 17 And cut the Ramme in peeces and washe the inwardes of hym and his legges and put them vnto the peeces and vnto his head 18 And then burne the whole Ramme vpō the aulter for it is a burnt offering vnto the Lorde for a sweete sauour a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord. 19 And take the other Ramme and Aaron his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon his head 20 Then shalt thou kyll hym and take of his blood and put it vpon the tip of the right eare of Aaron and vpon the tip of the right eare of his sonnes and vpon the thombe of theyr right handes and vpon the great toe of theyr right foot and sprinckle the blood vpon the aulter rounde about 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is vpon the aulter of the anoyntyng oyle and sprinckle it vpon Aaron his vestmentes and vpon his sonnes and vpon theyr garmentes with hym and he shal be halowed and his clothes and his sonnes and theyr clothes with him 22 And thou shalt take the fat of the Ramme his rumpe and the fat that couereth the inwardes and the kall of the lyuer and the two kydneys and the fat that is vpon them and the right shoulder for that Ramme is a ful offeryng 23 And a synmell of bread and a cake of oyled bread and a wafer out of the basket of
sprinckle the house seuē tymes 52 And he shall clense the house with the blood of y e birde with the running water with the liuing birde with the ceder wood the ysope and the scarlet lase 53 But he shall let the lyuyng birde flee out of the towne into the brode fieldes so make an attonement for the house and it shal be cleane ' 54 This is the lawe for all maner plague ' of leprosie and fret 55 And of the leprosie of garment house ' 36 For a swellyng for a scabbe and for a' shynyng whyte ' 57 To teache when it must be made vncleane and cleane this is the lawe of leprosie ' ¶ The .xv. Chapter ' 2 19 The maner of purgyng the vncleannesse both of men and women 31 The children of Israel must seperate them selues from vncleannesse 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron saying 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel and say vnto them Whosoeuer hath a runnyng issue out of his fleshe is vncleane by reason of that issue 3 And this shal be his vncleannesse in his issue if his fleshe runne or yf his fleshe be stopped from his issue then it is vncleannesse 4 Euery bed wheron he lyeth that hath the issue is vncleane and euery thyng wheron he sitteth is vncleane 5 Whosoeuer toucheth his bed shall washe his clothes and bath hymselfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 6 And he that sitteth on any thing wheron he sat that hath the issue shal washe his clothes and bath him selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euenyng 7 He that toucheth the fleshe of him that hath the issue shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 8 If he also that hath the issue spyt vpon hym that is cleane he shall washe his clothes and bath him selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen ' 9 And what saddle soeuer he rydeth ' vpon that hath y e issue shal be vncleane 10 And whosoeuer toucheth any thyng that was vnder hym shal be vncleane vnto the euen And he that beareth any such thynges shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 11 And whosoeuer he toucheth that hath the issue and haue not wasshed his handes in water shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 12 The vessell of earth that he toucheth which hath the issue shal be broken and all vessels of wood shal be rensed in water 13 When he also that hath any issue is clensed of his issue he shall number him seuen dayes for his clensyng and washe his clothes and bathe his fleshe in runnyng water and so shall he be cleane 14 And the eyght day he shall take to hym two turtle doues or two young pigeons and come before the Lorde vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation geue them vnto the priest 15 And the priest shall offer them the one for a sinne offeryng and the other for a burnt offeryng and the priest shall make an attonement for hym before the Lorde as concernyng his issue 16 If any mans seede depart frō hym in his sleepe he shall washe all his fleshe in water and be vncleane vntyll y e euen 17 And euery garment and euery skinne wherin is such seede of sleepe shal be wasshed with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 18 And if he y e hath such an issue of seede do lye with a woman they shall both washe them selues with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 19 Also yf a woman shall haue an issue and her issue in her fleshe shal be blood she shal be put apart seuen dayes whosoeuer toucheth her shal be vncleane vntyll the euen 20 And all that she lyeth vpon in y e tyme of her seperation shal be vncleane lyke as euery thing also that she sitteth vpon is vncleane 21 Whosoeuer toucheth her bed shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 22 And whosoeuer toucheth any thyng that she sat vpon shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 23 So that whether he touche her bed or any vessell wheron she hath sytten he shal be vncleane vntyll the euenyng 24 And yf a man lye with her and her seperation come vpon hym he shal be vncleane seuen dayes and all the bedde wheron he lyeth shal be vncleane 25 Also if a woman haue an issue of her blood many dayes out of the tyme of her seperation or if it runne beyond her seperation let all the dayes of the issue of her vncleanenesse be euen as y e dayes of her seperation for she is vncleane 26 Euery bedde whereon she lyeth as long as her issue lasteth shal be vnto her as the bedde of her seperation and whatsoeuer she sitteth vpon shal be vncleane as the vncleanenesse of her seperation 27 And whosoeuer toucheth any of these shal be vncleane and shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 28 But if she be cleansed of her issue she shall count her seuen dayes and after that she shal be cleane 29 And in the eyght day she shall take vnto her two turtles or two young pigeons and bryng them vnto the priest before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sinne offeryng and the other for a burnt offeryng and make an attonement for her before the Lord as concernyng the issue of her vncleanenesse 31 Thus shall ye syft the chyldren of Israel from their vncleanenesse that they dye not in their vncleanenesse if they defyle my tabernacle that is among thē 32 This is the lawe of hym that hath an issue and of hym whose seede runneth from hym in his sleepe and is defyled therin 33 Also of her that for her seperation is put apart of whosoeuer hath a runnyng issue whether it be man or woman and of hym that lyeth with her which is vncleane ' ¶ The .xvj. Chapter ' 2 What Aaron must do 8 Of the scape goate 14 The clensyng of the sanctuarie 17 Of the feast of the clensyng 21 Aaron confesseth the sinnes of the children of Israel 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses after the death of y e two sonnes of Aaron when they offered before y e Lorde and dyed 2 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Speake vnto Aaron thy brother that he come not at all tymes into the holy place within the vayle before the mercie seate which is vpon the arke that he dye not For I wyll appeare in the cloude vpon y e mercie seate 3 But with this thyng shal Aaron come into the holy place euen with a young bullocke for a sinne offeryng and with a ramme for a burnt offeryng 4 He shall put the holy lynnen coate vpon hym and
And they gathered them selues together agaynst Moyses and Aaron and sayde vnto them Ye take much vpon you seyng all the multitude are holy euery one of them and the Lorde is among them Why lyft you your selues vp aboue the congregation of the Lord 4 And when Moyses hearde it he fell vpon his face 5 And spake vnto Corah and vnto all his company saying To morowe the Lord wyll shewe who are his who is holy and who ought to approche nye vnto hym and whom he hath chosen he will cause to come neare vnto hym 6 This do therfore Take you firepannes both Corah all his companie 7 And do fire therin and put incense in them before the Lorde to morowe And the man whom the Lorde doth chose the same shal be holy Ye take much vpon you ye sonnes of Leui. 8 And Moyses sayd vnto Corah Heare I pray you ye sonnes of Leui 9 Seemeth it but a small thyng vnto you that the God of Israel hath seperated you from the multitude of Israel and brought you to hym selfe to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the Lorde and to stande before the multitude and to minister vnto them 10 He hath taken thee to hym and all thy brethren the sonnes of Leui with thee and seeke ye the office of the priest also 11 For which cause both thou and all thy companie are gathered together against the Lorde And what is Aaron that ye murmure agaynst hym 12 And Moyses sent and called Dathan and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab which sayde We wyll not come vp 13 Is it a small thyng that thou hast brought vs out of the land that floweth with mylke and honie to kyll vs in the wildernesse except thou make thy selfe lorde and ruler ouer vs also 14 Moreouer thou hast not brought vs vnto a lande that floweth with mylke honie neither geuen vs inheritaunce of fieldes and vineyardes Wylt thou put out the eyes of these men We wyll not come vp 15 And Moyses waxed very angry and sayde vnto the Lorde Turne not thou vnto their offeryng I haue not taken so much as an asse from them neither haue I hurt any of them 16 And Moyses sayde vnto Corah Be thou al thy company before the Lord both thou they and Aaron to morowe 17 And take euery man his censer and put incense in them and bryng ye before the Lorde euery man his censer euen two hundreth and fiftie censers thou also and Aaron euery one his censer 18 And they toke euery man his censer and put fire in them and layde incense theron and stoode in the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moyses and Aaron 19 And Corah gathered all the congregation agaynst them vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation And the glorie of the Lorde appeared vnto all the congregation ◠And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron saying 21 Seperate your selues from among this congregation that I may consume them at once 22 And they fell vpon their faces and sayde O God the God of spirites of all fleshe hath not one man sinned Wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude 23 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 24 Speake vnto the congregation and say Get you away from about the tabernacle of Corah Dathan Abiram 25 And Moyses rose vp and went vnto Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israel folowed hym 26 And he spake vnto the congregation saying Depart I pray you from the tentes of these wicked men and touche nothyng of theirs lest ye perishe in all their sinnes 27 And so they gate them from the tabernacle of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And Dathan Abiram came out stoode in the doore of their tentes with their wiues their sonnes and their litle children 28 And Moyses sayde Hereby ye shall knowe that the Lorde hath sent me to do all these workes for I haue not done them of myne owne mynde 29 If these men dye the common death of all men or if they be visited after the visitation of all men then the Lorde hath not sent me 30 But and if the Lorde make a newe thyng and the earth open her mouth and swallowe them vp with all that they haue and they go downe quicke into the pit then ye shall vnderstande that these men haue prouoked y e Lorde 31 And assoone as he had made an ende of speaking al these wordes the ground cloue asunder that was vnder them 32 And the earth opened her mouth and swalowed them vp and their houses and all the men that were with Corah and all their goodes 33 And they and all that they had went downe alyue vnto the pit and the earth closed vpon them and they perished from among the congregation 34 And all Israel that were about them fled at the crye of them And they sayde lest the earth swalowe vs vp also 35 And there came out a fire from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred and fiftie men that offered incense 36 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 37 Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the priest that he take vp the censers out of the burnyng and scatter the fire here and there for they are halowed 38 The censers of these sinners agaynst their owne soules let them make of them brode plates for a coueryng of the aulter For they offered them before the Lorde and therfore they are halowed and they shal be a signe vnto the children of Israel 39 And Eleazar the priest toke the brasen censers which they that were burnt had offered and made brode plates for a coueryng of the aulter 40 To be a remembraunce vnto the children of Israel that no straunger which is not of the seede of Aaron come neare to offer incense before the Lorde that he be not lyke vnto Corah and his companie as the Lorde sayde to hym by the hande of Moyses 41 But on the morowe all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured agaynst Moyses and Aaron saying Ye haue kylled the people of the Lorde 42 And whē the multitude was gathered agaynst Moyses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of the congregation And beholde the cloude couered it and the glorie of the Lorde appeared 43 And Moyses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation 44 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 45 Get you from among this congregation that I may consume thē quickly And they fell vpon their faces 46 And Moyses sayd vnto Aaron Take a censer and put fire therin out of the aulter and powre on incense and go quickly vnto the congregation make an attonement for them For there is wrath gone out from the Lorde and there is a plague begunne 47 And Aaron toke as Moyses cōmaunded hym and ranne into the middes of y e congregation and beholde the plague was begunne among the people and he put on incense and made an atonement
die 23 But the Leuites shal do y e seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation beare their sinne It shal be a lawe for euer in your generations that among y e childrē of Israel they possesse no inheritaunce 24 But the tithes of the childrē of Israel which they pay as an heaue offeryng vnto the Lord I haue geuen y e Leuites to inherite and therfore I haue sayde vnto them Among the children of Israel ye shall possesse no inheritaunce 25 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 26 Speake vnto the Leuites and say vnto them When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I haue geuen you of thē for your inheritaunce ye shal take an heaue offering of y e same for the Lorde euen the tenth part of that tithe 27 And this your heaue offeryng shal be reckened vnto you euen as though it were of the corne of the barne or as the fulnesse of the wine presse 28 Of this maner ye shall therfore offer an heaue offeryng vnto the Lorde of all your tithes which ye receaue of the children of Israel and ye shall geue therof the Lordes heaue offeryng to Aaron the priest 29 Of all your giftes ye shall offer all the Lordes heaue offeryng euen all the fat of the same to wit the holy thynges therof 30 Therfore thou shalt say vnto them When ye haue taken away the fat of it from it it shal be counted vnto the Leuites as if it were y e increase of the corne floore or the increase of the winepresse 31 And ye shall eate it in all places both ye and your householdes for it is your rewarde for your seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation 32 And ye shall beare no sinne by the reason of it when ye haue offered from it the fat of it neither shall ye pollute the holy thynges of the children of Israel lest ye dye ' ¶ The .xix. Chapter ' 2 Of the redde Cowe 14 The lawe of hym that dyeth in a tent 16 and of hym also that toucheth any vncleane thyng 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses Aaron saying 2 This is the ordinaunce of the lawe which the Lord hath commaunded saying Speake vnto the children of Israel that they bring thee a redde cowe without spot and wherin is no blemishe and vpon which neuer came yoke 3 And ye shall geue her vnto Eleazar the priest that he may bryng her without the hoast and cause her to be slayne before his face 4 And let Eleazar the priest take of her blood with his finger and sprinckle it directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seuen tymes 5 And cause the cowe to be burnt in his sight with her skinne fleshe blood and the doung of her shal he burne also 6 And let the priest take Cedar wood and hysope and scarlet lase and cast it in the middes of the burnyng of the cowe 7 Then let the priest washe his clothes and he shall bathe his fleshe in water and then come into the hoast and the priest shal be vncleane vntyll the euen 8 And he that burneth her shall washe his clothes in water bathe his fleshe in water and be vncleane vntyll euen 9 And a man that is cleane shall gather vp the asshes of the cowe and lay them without the hoast in a cleane place and it shal be kept for the multitude of the children of Israel for a water of seperation It is a sinne offeryng 10 Therfore he that gathereth the asshes of the cowe shall washe his clothes and remayne vncleane vntill euen And it shal be vnto the children of Israel and vnto the straūger that dwelleth among them a statute for euer 11 He that toucheth the dead body of ' any man shal be vncleane seuen dayes ' 12 And he shall purifie hym selfe with this water the thirde day the seuenth day he shal be cleane But if he purifie not hym selfe the thirde day then the seuenth day he shall not be cleane 13 Whosoeuer toucheth the dead coarse of any man that is dead purgeth not hym selfe defileth the tabernacle of the Lorde and that soule shal be cut of from Israel because the water of seperation was not sprinckled vpon hym he shal be therfore vncleane his vncleanesse is yet vpon hym 14 This is the lawe of a man that dyeth in a tent All that come into the tent and all that is in the tent shal be vncleane seuen dayes 15 And all the vessels that be open which haue no coueryng bounde vpon them shal be vncleane 16 And whosoeuer toucheth one that is slayne with a sworde in the fieldes or a dead person or a bone of a dead man or a graue shal be vncleane seuen dayes 17 Therfore for an vncleane person they shal take of the burnt asshes of the sinne offeryng and runnyng water shal be put therto in a vessell 18 And let a cleane person take hysope dippe it in the water and sprinckle it vpon the tent and vpon all the vessels and on the persons that were therin and vpon hym that touched a bone or a slaine person or a dead body or a graue 19 And the cleane person shall sprinckle vpon the vncleane the thirde day and the seuenth day And the seuenth day he shall purifie hym selfe and washe his clothes bathe hym selfe in water and shal be cleane at euen 20 But the man that is vncleane and purifieth not him selfe the same soule shal be cut of from among the congregation because he hath defiled the sanctuarie of the Lorde and the water of seperation hath not ben sprinckled vpon hym therfore shall he remayne vncleane 21 And it shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto them that he that sprinckleth the water of seperation shall washe his clothes and he that toucheth the water of seperation shal be vncleane vntyll euen 22 And whatsoeuer the vncleane person toucheth shal be vncleane And the soule that toucheth the thyng that was touched of the vncleane person shal be vncleane vntyll euen ¶ The .xx. Chapter 1 Miriam dyeth 2 The people murmure 8 They haue water euen out of the rocke 12 Moyses and Aaron shall not go into the lande of promise 14 Edom denieth the Israelites passage through his realme 25 The death of Aaron in whose rowme Eleazar succeedeth 1 AND the children of Israel came with the whole multitude into the desert of Zin in the first moneth and the people abode at Cades And there died Miriam and was buryed there 2 But there was no water for the multitude and they gathered them selues together agaynst Moyses and Aaron 3 And the people chode with Moyses and spake saying Woulde God that we had perished when our brethren dyed before the Lorde 4 Why haue ye brought the congregation of the Lorde into this wildernesse that both we and our cattell shoulde dye in it 5 Wherfore haue ye made vs to come vp out of
Ye shall number the people From twentie yeres aboue as the Lorde commaunded Moyses and the children of Israel when they were come out of Egypt 5 Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel The chyldren of Ruben Hanoch of whom commeth the kinred of the Hanochites and Pallu of whom commeth the kinred of the Palluites 6 Of Hesron commeth the kinred of the Hesronites of Charmi commeth the kinred of the Charmites 7 These are the kinredes of the Rubenites and they were in number fourtie and three thousand seuen hundred and thirtie ' 8 And the sonnes of Pallu Eliab 9 And the sonnes of Eliab Nemuel Dathan Abiram This is that Dathan and Abiram which were famous in the congregation and stroue against Moyses and Aaron in the company of Corah when they stroue agaynst the Lorde 10 And the earth opened her mouth swalowed them vp Corah also was in the death of that multitude what tyme the fire consumed two hundred and fiftie men and they became a signe ' 11 Notwithstanding the chyldren of Corah ' dyed not 12 And the chyldren of Simeon after their kinredes were Nemuel of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Nemuelites Iamin of whom commeth the kinred of the Iaminites Iachin of whom commeth the kinred of the Iachinites 13 Of Zareh commeth the kinred of the Zarehites And of Saul commeth the kinred of the Saulites 14 These are the kinredes of Simeon euen twentie and two thousande and two hundred 15 The chyldren of Gad after their kinredes were Zephon of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Zephonites Haggi of whom commeth the kinred of the Haggites Suni of whom commeth the kinred of the Sunites 16 Of Ozni commeth the kinred of the Oznites and of Eri commeth the kinred of the Erites 17 Of Arod commeth the kinred of the Arodites Of Ariel commeth the kinred of the Arielites 18 These are the kinredes of the children of Gad according to their numbers fourtie thousande and fiue hundred 19 The children of Iuda Er and Onan and Er and Onan dyed in the lande of Chanaan 20 But the chyldren of Iuda after their kinredes were Sela of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Selanites Phares of whom commeth the kinred of the Pharezites Zareh of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Zarehites 21 And the children of Phares were Hesron of whom commeth the kinred of the Hesronites Hamul of whom commeth the kinred of the Hamulites 22 These are the kinredes of Iuda after their numbers threscore and sixteene thousande and fiue hundred 23 The chyldren of Isachar after their kinredes were Thola of whom commeth the kinred of the Tholaites Phuua of whom commeth the kinred of the Phuuaites 24 Of Iasub commeth the kinred of the Iasubites of Simron commeth the kinred of the Simronites 25 These are the kinredes of Isachar after their numbers threscore and foure thousande and three hundred 26 The chyldren of Zabulon after their kinredes were Sered of whom commeth y e kinred of the Seredites Elon of whom commeth the kinred of the Elonites Iaheliel of whom commeth the kinred of the Iahelelites 27 These are the kinredes of the Zabulonites after their numbers threscore thousande and fiue hundred 28 The chyldren of Ioseph throughout their kinredes were Manasse and Ephraim 29 The chyldren of Manasse Machir of whom commeth the kinred of the Machirites And Machir begat Gilead and of Gilead commeth the kinred of the Giliadites 30 And these are the chyldren of Gilead Hiezer of whom commeth the kinred of the Hiezerites Helech of whom commeth the kinred of the Helechites 31 And Asriel of whom commeth the kinred of the Asrielites and Sechem of whom commeth the kinred of the Sechemites 32 Semida of whom commeth the kinred of the Semidites and Hepher of whom commeth the kinred of the Hepherites 33 And Zalphaad the sonne of Hepher had no sonnes but daughters And the names of the daughters of Zalphaad were Mahela Noa Hagla Milcha and Thirza 34 These are the kinredes of Manasse and the number of them fiftie and two thousande and seuen hundred 35 These are the chyldren of Ephraim after their kinredes Suthelah of whom commeth the kinred of the Suthelahites Becher of whom commeth the kinred of the Becherites Thahen of whom commeth the kinred of the Thahenites 36 And these are the chyldren of Suthelah Eran of whom commeth the kinred of the Eranites 37 These are the kinredes of the children of Ephraim after their numbers thirtie and two thousande and fiue hundred And these are the chyldren of Ioseph after their kinredes 38 These are the chyldren of Beniamin after their kinredes Bela of whom commeth the kinred of the Belaites Asbel of whom commeth the kinred of the Asbelites Ahiram of whom commeth the kinred of the Ahiramites 39 Supham of whom commeth the kinred of the Suphamites Hupham of whō came the kinred of y e Huphamites 40 And the chyldren of Bela were Ard and Naaman from whence commeth the kinred of the Ardites and of Naaman the kinred of the Naamites 41 These are the chyldrē of Beniamin after their kinredes after their numbers fourtie fiue thousande sixe hundred 42 These are the chyldren of Dan after their kinredes Suham of whom commeth the kinred of the Suhamites These are the housholdes of Dan after their kinredes 43 All the kinredes of the Suhamites were after their numbers threscore and foure thousande and foure hundred 44 The chyldren of Aser after their kinredes were Iemna of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Iemnites Iesui of whom commeth the kinred of the Iesuites Bria of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Brites 45 The chyldren of Bria were Heber of whom commeth the kinred of the Heberites Malchiel of whom came the kinred of the Malchielites 46 And the daughter of Aser was called ' Sarah ' 47 These are the kinredes of Aser after their numbers fiftie and three thousand and foure hundred 48 The children of Nephthali after their kinredes were Iaheziel of whom came the kinred of the Iahezielites Guni of whom came the kinred of the Gunites 49 Iezer of whom came the kinred of the Iezerites Sellem of whom came the kinred of the Sellemites 50 These are the kinredes of Nephthali accordyng to their housholdes whose numbers is fourtie and fiue thousande and foure hundred 51 These are the numbers of the children of Israel sixe hundred thousande and a thousande seuen hundred and thirtie 52 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 53 Vnto these the lande shal be deuided to inherite accordyng to the number of names 54 To many thou shalt geue the more inheritaunce and to fewe the lesse to euerie tribe shall the inheritaunce be geuen according to the number therof 55 Notwithstanding the lande shal be deuided by lot according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherite 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be deuided betweene many and fewe 57 * These are the numbers of
he fall not downe to the graue for I am sufficiently reconciled 25 Then shal his fleshe be as freshe as a childes and shal returne as in the dayes of his youth 26 He shall pray vnto God and he will be fauorable vnto him and he shall see his face with ioy for he will render vnto man his righteousnesse 27 A respect hath he vnto men let man then say I haue offended I did vnrighteously it hath done me no good 28 Yea he hath deliuered my soule from destruction and my lyfe shall see the light 29 Lo all these worketh God alway with man 30 That he bring backe his soule from the graue to the light yea the light of the lyuing 31 Marke wel O Iob and heare me hold thee still and I will speake 32 But if thou hast any thing to say then aunswere me and speake for I desire to iustifie thee 34 If thou hast nothing then heare me and hold thy tongue and I shall teache thee wysdome The .xxxiiii. Chapter 5 Elihu chargeth Iob that he calleth him selfe righteous 12 He sheweth that God is iust in iudgementes 24 God destroyeth the mightie 30 By him the hypocrite raigneth 1 ELihu proceeding in his aunswere sayde 2 Heare my wordes O ye wise men hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding 3 For the eare discerneth wordes and the mouth tasteth the meates 4 As for iudgement let vs seke it out among our selues that we may knowe what is good 5 And why Iob hath sayd I am righteous and God hath taken away my iudgement 6 In my right I shoulde be a lyer my wounde is incurable without my fault 7 Where is there such a one as Iob that drinketh vp scornefulnesse like water 8 Which goeth in the companie of wicked doers and walketh with vngodly men 9 For he hath sayde It profiteth a man nothing that he shoulde walke with God 10 Therfore hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding farre be it from God that he shoulde meddle with wickednesse farre be it from the almightie that he shoulde meddle with vnrighteous dealing 11 For he shall rewarde man after his workes and cause euery man to finde according to his wayes 12 Sure it is that God wil not do wickedly neither wyll the almightie paruert iudgement 13 Who ruleth the earth but he or who hath placed the whole world 14 If he set his heart vpon man and gather vnto hym selfe his spirite and his breath 15 All fleshe shall come to naught at once and all men shall turne againe vnto dust 16 If thou nowe haue vnderstanding heare what I say and hearken to the voyce of my wordes 17 May he be a ruler that loueth not right or may he that is a very innocent man do vngodly 18 Is it reason that thou shouldest say to the king Thou art wicked or thou art vngodly and that before the princes 19 God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly and regardeth not the riche more then the poore for they be al the worke of his handes 20 In the twinckling of an eye shall they dye and at midnight when the people and the tirantes rage then shall they perishe be taken away without handes 21 For his eyes loke vpon the wayes of man and he seeth all his goinges 22 There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death that can hide the wicked doers from him 23 For God wil not lay vpon man more then he hath sinned that he should enter into iudgement with him 24 He shall destroy the mightie without seeking and shall set other in their steede 25 Therefore shall he declare their workes he shall turne the night and they shal be destroyed 26 The vngodly doth he punishe openly 27 Because they tourned backe from him and would not consider all his wayes 28 Insomuch that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him and now he heareth the complaint of such as are in trouble 29 When he geueth quietnesse who can make trouble and when he hydeth his face who can beholde him whether it be vpon nations or vpō one man onely ▪ 30 Because the hypocrite doth raigne because the people are snared 31 Surely of God onely it can be saide I haue pardoned I wyll not destroy 32 If I haue gone amisse enfourme thou me If I haue done wrong I wyll leaue of 33 Wyll he perfourme the thing through thee for thou hast reproued his iudgement thou also hast thyne owne minde and not I But speake on what thou knowest 34 Let men of vnderstanding tell me and let a wyse man hearken vnto me 35 Iob hath not spoken of knowledge neither were his wordes according to wysdome 36 O father let Iob be well tryed because he hath aunswered for wicked men 37 Yea aboue his sinne he doth wickedly triumpheth among vs and multiplieth his wordes against God The .xxxv. Chapter 6 Neither doth godlines profite or vngodlines hurt God but man 18 The wicked crye vnto God and are not heard 1 ELihu spake moreouer and saide 2 Thinkest thou it right that thou sayest I am more righteous then God 3 For thou sayest what aduauntage wyll it be vnto thee and what profite shall I haue of my sinne 4 Therefore wyll I geue aunswere vnto thee and to thy companions with thee 5 Loke vnto the heauen and beholde it consider the cloudes which are hyer then thou 6 If thou hast sinned what hast thou done against him If thyne offences be many what hast thou done vnto him 7 If thou be righteous what geuest thou him or what wyll he receaue of thyne hande 8 Thy wickednesse may hurt a man as thou art and thy righteousnesse may profite the sonne of man 9 They which are oppressed crye out vpon the multitude yea they crye out for the power of the mightie 10 But none sayth Where is God that made me and that geueth vs occasion to praise him in the night 11 Which teacheth vs more thē the beastes of the earth and geueth vs more wysdome then the foules of heauen 12 If any such complaine no man geueth aunswere and that because of the wickednesse of proude tirauntes 13 For God wyll not heare vanitie neither wyll the almightie regarde it 14 Although thou sayest to God thou wylt not regarde it yet iudgement is before him trust thou in him 15 But now because his anger hath not visited neither called men to accompt with great extremitie 16 Therefore doth Iob open his mouth but in vaine he maketh many wordes without knowledge The .xxxvi. Chapter 1 Elihu sheweth the power of God 6 and his iustice 9 and wherefore he punisheth 13 The propertie of the wicked 1 ELihu also proceeded and saide 2 Holde thee still a litle I shall shew thee what I haue yet to speake on gods behalfe I wyll open vnto
not his wayes 24 But his lawe haue they despised and denied his promises in his statutes and ordinaunces haue they not ben faythful and stedfast and haue not perfourmed his workes 25 And therefore Esdras for the emptie are the emptie thinges and for the full are the full thinges 26 Beholde the tyme shall come that these tokens whiche I haue tolde thee shall come to passe and the bryde shall appeare and she comming foorth shal be seene that nowe is vnder the earth 27 And whosoeuer is deliuered from the foresayde euils shall see my wonders 28 For my sonne Iesus shal be openly declared with those that be with him and they that remayne shal be merie within foure hundred yeres 29 After these same yeres shall my sonne Christe dye and all men that haue life 30 And the world shal be turned into the olde scilence seuen dayes like as in the foreiudgementes so that no man shall remayne 31 And after seuen dayes the world that yet awaketh not shal be raysed vp and that shall dye that is corrupt 32 And the earth shall restore those that haue slept in her and so shall the dust those that dwell therein in scilence and the secrete places shall deliuer those the soules that were committed vnto them 33 And the most highest shal be openly declared vpon the seate of iudgement all miserie shall vanishe away and long suffering shal be gathered together 34 But the iudgement shall continue the trueth shall remayne and fayth shall waxe strong 35 The worke shall folowe and the rewarde shal be shewed the righteousnesse shall watch and the vnrighteousnesse shall beare no rule 26 Then sayd I Abraham prayed first for the Sodomites and Moyses for the fathers that sinned in the wyldernesse 37 And they that came after him for Israel in the time of Achas and Samuel 38 And Dauid for the destruction and Solomon for them that came into the sanctuarie 39 And Helias for those that receaued rayne for the dead that he might liue 40 And Ezechias for the people in the time of Sennacherib and diuers other in like maner whiche haue prayed for many 41 Euen so now seing the corrupt is growen vp and wickednesse increased and the righteous haue prayed for y e vngodly wherfore shall it not be so nowe also 42 He aunswered me and sayde This present life is not the ende oft times honour is retayned in it therefore haue they prayed for the weake 43 But the day of doome shal be the ende of this tyme and the beginning of the immortalitie for to come wherein all corruption shal be vanished 44 Intemperauncie shal be loosed infidelitie be cut of righteousnesse growe and the veritie spring vp 45 Then shall no man be able to saue hym that is destroyed nor to oppresse hym that hath gotten the victorie 46 I aunswered then and sayd This is my first and last saying that it had ben better not to haue geuen the earth vnto Adam or els when it was geuen hym to haue kept hym that he shoulde not haue sinned 47 For what profite is it for men nowe in this present time to liue in heauines and after death to looke for punishment 48 O thou Adam what hast thou done For though it was thou that sinned thou art not fallen alone but we all that come of thee 49 For what profite is it vnto vs if there be promised vs an immortall tyme where as we do the workes that bryng death 50 And that there is promised vs an euerlasting hope where as our selues are euyll and vayne 51 And that there are layde vp for vs dwellinges of health and safetie where as we haue liued wickedly 52 And that the glory of the highest is kept to defende them which haue led a pacient life where as we haue walked in the most wicked wayes of all 53 And that there shal be shewed a paradise whose fruite endureth for euer wherein is freedome and medicine whereas we shall not go in 54 For we haue walked in vnpleasaunt places 55 And that the faces of them whiche haue abstayned shall shine aboue the starres whereas our faces shal be blacker then darknesse 56 For whyle we liued and dyd vnrighteously we considered not that we shoulde suffer therfore after death 57 Then aunswered he me and sayde This is the maner of the battayle which man that is borne vpon the earth shall fight 58 That if he be ouercome he shall suffer as thou hast sayd But if he get the victorie he shal receaue y e thing that I say 59 For this is the life whereof Moyses spake vnto the people whyle he liued saying Choose thee lyfe that thou mayest liue 60 Neuerthelesse they beleued hym not neither the prophetes after hym no nor me whiche haue sayde vnto them 61 That heauinesse should not so be vnto their destruction like as ioy is for to come ouer those that haue suffred thē selues to be enfourmed in saluation 62 I aunswered then and sayd I know Lorde that the highest is called mercyfull in that he hath mercy vpon them whiche are not yet come vnto that worlde 63 And vpon those also that walke in his lawe 64 And that he is pacient for he long suffreth those that haue sinned as his creatures 65 And that he is liberall to geue where as it requireth 66 And that he is of great mercie for he passeth in mercy much both those that are present and that are paste and also them whiche are for to come 67 For if he multiplied not his mercies the worlde coulde not continue his beyng with those that haue inheritaunces therein 68 He geueth also for if he gaue not of his goodnesse that they whiche haue done euyll myght be eased from their wickednesse the ten thousandth part of men should not remayne liuing 69 And if he beyng iudge forgaue not those that be healed with his worde and toke not away the multitude of contentions 70 There should be very fewe left peraduenture in an innumerable multitude ¶ The .viij. Chapter 1 The number of the godly is small 6 The workes of God are excellent 20 Esdras prayer for hym and his people 39 The promise of saluation to the iust 55 The destruction of the vniust 1 ANd he aunswered me saying The most hyest made this world for many but the worlde to come for fewe 2 I wyll tell thee a similitude Esdras As when thou askest the earth it shall say vnto thee that it geueth much moulde wherof earthen vessels are made but litle of it that golde commeth of Euen so is it with the worke of this worlde 3 There be many created but fewe shal be saued 4 Then aunswered I and sayd Then swalowe vp the wit O my soule and deuour the vnderstanding 5 For thou art agreed to hearken and to geue care and wyllyng to prophecie for thou hast no longer space but this
opened I my mouth and beholde he reached me a full cuppe which was full as it were with water but the colour of it was lyke fire 40 And I toke it and dranke And when I had drunken it my heart had vnderdandyng and wisdome grewe in my brest for my spirite was strenthened in remembraunce 41 And my mouth was opened and shut no more 42 The hyest gaue vnderstandyng vnto the fyue men that they wrote the hye thynges of the nyght which they vnderstoode not 43 But in the nyght they dyd eate bread as for me I spake in the day and helde not my tongue by nyght 44 In fourtie dayes they wrote two hundred and foure bookes 45 And it came to passe when the fourtie dayes were fulfylled that the hyest spake saying The first that thou hast written publishe openly that the worthy and vnworthy may reade it 46 But kepe the seuentie last that thou mayest deliuer them only to such as be wise among thy people 47 For in them is the spring of vnderstandyng the fountayne of wisdome and the streame of knowledge 48 And I dyd so The .xv. Chapter 1 The prophecie of Esdras is certayne 5 The euils that shall come on the worlde 9 The Lord wyll auenge the innocent blood 12 Egypt shall lament 16 Sedition 20 and punishment vpon the kynges of the earth 24 Cursed are they that sinne 29 Troubles warres vpon the whole earth 53 God is the reuenger of his elect 1 BEholde speake thou in the eares of my people the wordes of prophecie which I wyll put in thy mouth sayth the Lorde 2 And cause them to be written in a letter for it is the trueth 3 Feare not the imaginations agaynst thee Let not the vnfaythfulnesse of them trouble thee that speake agaynst thee 4 For all the vnfaythfull shall dye in their vnfaythfulnesse 5 Beholde saith the Lorde I will bring plagues vpon the worlde the sworde hunger death and destruction 6 For wickednesse hath the vpper hande in all the earth and their shamefull workes are fulfylled 7 Therfore sayth the Lorde 8 I wyll holde my tongue no more of their wickednesse which they do so vngodly neither wyll I suffer them in the thynges that they deale withall so wickedly Beholde the innocent and ryghteous blood cryeth vnto me and the soules of the iust complaine continually 9 And therfore sayth the Lorde I wyll surely auenge and receaue vnto me all the innocent blood from among them 10 Beholde my people is led as a flocke of sheepe to be slayne I wyll not suffer them nowe to dwell in the lande of Egypt 11 But wyll bryng them out with a mightie hande and a stretched out arme and smite it with plagues as afore and wyll destroy all the lande of it 12 Egypt shall mourne and the foundations of it shal be smitten with the plague and punishment that God shall bryng vpon it 13 They that tyll the grounde shall mourne for their seedes shal be destroyed through the blastyng and hayle and by an horrible starre 14 Wo worth the worlde and them that dwell therin 15 For the sworde and their destruction draweth nye and one people shal stande vp to fyght agaynst another swordes in their handes 16 For men shal be vnstedfast and some shall do violence vnto other they shall not regarde their kyng and the princes shall measure the way of their doinges by their power 17 A man shall desire to go into a citie and shall not be able 18 For because of their pride the cities shal be troubled the houses shall tremble and men shal be afrayde 19 A man shall haue no pitie vpon his neyghbour but shall destroy their houses with the sword and spoyle their goodes because of the hunger of bread and because of the great trouble 20 Beholde sayth God I call together all the kynges of the earth to reuerence me which are from the vprisyng from the south from the east and Libanus to turne vpon them and restore the thynges that they haue done to them 21 Lyke as they do yet this day vnto my chosen so wyll I do also and recompence them in their bosome Thus saith the Lorde God 22 My ryght hande shall not spare the sinners and my sworde shall not ceasse ouer them that shed the innocent blood vpon earth 23 The fire is gone out from his wrath hath consumed the foundations of the earth and the sinners lyke the strawe that is kyndled 24 Wo worth them that sinne and kepe not my commaundementes sayth the Lorde 25 I wyll not spare them Go your way ye children from the power defile not my sanctuarie 26 For the Lorde knoweth all them that sinne agaynst him therfore deliuereth he them vnto death and destruction 27 For nowe are the plagues come vpon the worlde and ye shall remayne in them For God shall not deliuer you because ye haue sinned agaynst hym 28 Beholde an horrible vision commeth from the east 29 Where generations of dragons of Arabia shal come out with many charettes the multitude of them shal be caryed as the wynde vpon earth that all they which heare them may feare tremble 30 Euen the Carmanies raging in wrath shall go foorth as the wylde boores of the forrest and with great power shall they come and stande fyghtyng with them and shall waste a portion of the lande of the Assyrians 31 And then shall the dragons haue the vpper hande and remembring their nature shall turne about conspiryng together in great power to persecute thē 32 Then these shal be troubled and kepe scilence in their power and shall flee 33 And from the lande of the Assyrians shall the enemie besiege them and consume some of them and in their hoast shal be feare and dread and strife among their kynges 34 Beholde cloudes from the east and from the north vnto the south and they are very horrible to loke vpon full of wrath and storme 35 They shall smite one vpon another and they shal smite downe a great multitude of starres vpon the earth euen their owne starre and the blood shal be from the sworde vnto the belly 36 And the doung of man vnto the Camels litter 37 And there shal be great fearfulnesse and tremblyng vpon earth and they that see the wrath shal be afraide and a tremblyng shall come vpon them 38 And then shal there come great raynes from the south and from the north and part from the west 39 And strong wyndes shall aryse from the east and shall open it and the cloude which he raysed vp in wrath and the starre stirred to cause feare towarde the east and west wind shal be destroyed 40 The great cloudes shal be lift vp and the mightie cloudes full of wrath and the starre that they may make all the earth afrayde and them that dwell therin and that they may powre out ouer euery high place an horrible starre 41 Fire and hayle and fleing
that in this same nyght before the Cocke crowe thou shalt denie me thryse 35 Peter sayde vnto hym Though I shoulde dye with thee yet wyll I not denie thee Lykewyse also sayde all the disciples 36 Then came Iesus with them vnto a place which is called Gethsemane and sayde vnto the disciples Sit ye here whyle I go and pray yonder 37 And he toke with him Peter and the two sonnes of Zebedee and began to waxe sorowfull and heauy 38 Then sayde Iesus vnto them My soule is heauy euen vnto the death tary ye here and watche with me 39 And he went a litle farther and fell sâ—at on his face and prayed saying O my father if it be possible let this cuppe passe from me Neuerthelesse not as I wyll but as thou wylt 40 And he came vnto the disciples and founde them aslepe and sayth vnto Peter What coulde ye not watche with me one houre 41 Watche and praye that ye enter not into temptation The spirite in deede is wyllyng but the fleshe is weake 42 He went away once againe prayed saying O my father if this cuppe may not passe away froÌ„ me except I drinke it thy wyll be fulfylled 43 And he came and founde them a slepe agayne for their eyes were heauy 44 And he left them and went agayne and prayed the thirde tyme saying the same wordes 45 Then commeth he to his disciples and sayth vnto them Slepe hencefoorth take your rest beholde the houre is at hande and the sonne of man is betrayed into the handes of synners 46 Ryse let vs be goyng beholde he is at hande that doth betray me 47 Whyle he yet spake loe Iudas one of the twelue came and with hym a great multitude with swordes staues from the chiefe priestes and elders of the people 48 But he that betrayed him gaue them a token saying Whomsoeuer I kysse that same is he holde hym fast 49 And foorthwith he came to Iesus and sayde hayle maister and kyssed hym 50 And Iesus sayde vnto hym Frende wherefore art thou come Then came they and layed handes on Iesus and toke hym 51 And beholde one of them which were with Iesus stretched out his hande and drewe his sworde and stroke a seruaunt of the hye priestes and smote of his eare 52 Then saide Iesus vnto hym Put vp thy sworde into his sheathe For all they that take the sworde shall peryshe with the sworde 53 Thynkest thou that I can not nowe pray to my father and he shall geue me more then twelue legions of Angels 54 But howe then shall the scriptures be fulfylled For thus must it be 55 In that same houre sayde Iesus to the multitudes Ye be come out as it were vnto a thiefe with swordes and staues for to take me I sate dayly with you teachyng in the temple and ye toke me not 56 But all this is done that the scriptures of the prophetes myght be fulfylled Then all the disciples forsoke him and fledde 57 And they toke Iesus and ledde hym to Caiaphas the hye prieste where the scribes and the elders were assembled 58 But Peter folowed hym a farre of vnto the hye priestes palace and went in and sate with the seruauntes to see the ende 59 The chiefe priestes and elders and all the councell sought false witnesse agaynst Iesus for to put hym to death 60 But founde none yea when many false witnesses came yet founde they none At the last came two false witnesses 61 And sayde This felowe sayde I am able to destroy the temple of God and to buylde it agayne in three dayes 62 And the chiefe priest arose and sayde vnto hym Aunswerest thou nothyng Why do these beare witnesse agaynst thee 63 But Iesus helde his peace And the chiefe priest aunswered and sayde vnto hym I charge thee by the liuing God that thou tel vs whether thou be Christ the sonne of God 64 Iesus saith vnto him thou hast said Neuerthelesse I saye vnto you hereafter shall ye see the sonne of man sitting on the ryght hande of power and commyng in the cloudes of the skye 65 Then the hye priest rent his clothes saying He hath spoken blasphemie what nede we of any mo witnesses Beholde now ye haue hearde his blasphemie 66 What thynke ye They aunswered and sayde he is worthy to dye 67 Then dyd they spyt in his face and buffeted hym with fistes And other smote hym on his face with the paulme of their handes 68 Saying prophecie vnto vs O Christ who is he that smote thee 69 Peter sate without in the palace And a damsell came to hym saying Thou also wast with Iesus of Galilee 70 But he denied before them all saying I wote not what thou sayest 71 When he was gone out into the porch another wenche sawe hym and sayde vnto them that were there This felowe was also with Iesus of Nazareth 72 And agayne he denyed with an oth I do not knowe the man 73 And after a whyle came vnto hym they that stode by and sayde vnto Peter Surely thou art euen one of them for thy speache bewrayeth thee 74 Then began he to curse to sweare that he knewe not the man And immediatly the Cocke crewe 75 And Peter remembred the worde of Iesu which sayde vnto hym before the Cocke crowe thou shalt denie me thrise and he went out and wept bytterly ¶ The .xxvij. Chapter ¶ 2 Christe is delyuered vnto Pilate 5 Iudas hangeth hym selfe 24 Christe is crucified among thieues 57 he dyeth and is buried 64 watchmen kepe the graue 1 WHen the mornyng was come all the chiefe priestes and the elders of the people helde a councell agaynst Iesus to put hym to death 2 And brought hym bounde and deliuered hym to Pontius Pilate the deputie 3 Then Iudas whiche had betrayed hym seyng that he was condempned repented hym selfe and brought agayne the thirtie peeces of syluer to the chiefe priestes and elders 4 Saying I haue synned betraying the innocent blood And they said what is that to vs see thou to that 5 And he cast downe the peeces of siluer in the temple and departed and went and hanged hym selfe 6 And the chiefe priestes toke the peeces of syluer and sayde It is not lawfull for to put theÌ„ into the treasurie because it is the price of blood 7 And they toke councell and bought with them a potters fielde to burye straungers in 8 Wherfore that fielde is called the fielde of blood vntyll this day 9 Then was fulfylled that which was spoken by Ieremie the prophet saying And they toke thirtie siluer peeces the price of hym that was valued whom they bought of the children of Israel 10 And gaue them for the potters fielde as the Lorde appoynted me 11 Iesus stode before the deputie and the deputie asked him saying Art thou the king of the Iewes Iesus saith vnto hym thou sayest
be a propitiatiō through fayth in his blood to declare his ryghteousnes in that he forgeueth the sinnes that are past 26 Which God dyd suffer to shew at this tyme his righteousnes that he might be iuste the iustifier of hym which beleueth on Iesus ☜ 27 Where is then thy boastyng It is excluded By what lawe Of workes Nay but by the lawe of fayth 28 Therfore we holde that a man is iustified by fayth without the deedes of the lawe 29 Is he the God of the Iewes only Is he not also of the Gentiles Yes euen of the Gentiles also 30 For it is one God whiche shall iustifie the circumcision by fayth and vncircumcision through fayth 31 Do we then destroy the lawe through fayth God forbyd But we rather mayntayne the lawe ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 7 Iustification is the free gyft of God as it appeareth by Dauid and Abraham 13 and also by the office of lawe and fayth 1 WHat shall we saye then that Abraham our father as parteynyng to the flesshe dyd fynde 2 For if Abraham were iustified by workes thē hath he wherein to boaste but not before God 3 For what sayth the scripture Abraham beleued God and it was counted vnto hym for ryghteousnes 4 To hym that worketh is the reward not reckened of grace but of duetie 5 To hym that worketh not but beleueth on hym that iustifieth the vngodly his fayth is counted for ryghteousnes 6 Euen as Dauid describeth the blessednesse of the man vnto whom God imputeth righteousnesse without workes 7 Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesse are forgeuen whose sinnes are couered 8 Blessed is that man to whō the Lorde wyll not impute sinne 9 Came this blessednes then vpon the circumcision or vpon the vncircumcision also For we say that fayth was reckened to Abraham for ryghteousnes 10 Howe was it then reckened when he was in the circumcision or whē he was in the vncircumcision Not in the circumcision but in vncircumcision 11 And he receaued the signe of circumcision as the seale of the ryghteousnesse of fayth whiche he had yet beyng vncircumcised that he shoulde be the father of al them that beleue though they be not circumcised that ryghteousnes myght be imputed vnto them also 12 And that he myght be father of circumcision not vnto them only whiche came of the circumcised but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision 13 For the promise that he shoulde be the heyre of the worlde was not to Abraham or to his seede through the lawe but through the ryghteousnes of fayth 14 For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres then is fayth but vayne and the promise of none effect 15 Because the lawe causeth wrath For where no lawe is there is no transgression 16 Therefore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen that it might come by grace that the promise myght be sure to all y e seede not to that only which is of the lawe but to that also which is of the fayth of Abraham which is the father of vs al. 17 As it is written that I haue made thee a father of many nations before God whom he beleued which restoreth the dead vnto life and calleth those thynges whiche be not as though they were 18 Who contrary to hope beleued in hope that he shoulde be the father of many nations accordyng to that which was spoken so shall thy seede be 19 And he faynted not in the fayth nor considered his owne body nowe dead when he was almost an hundred yeres old neither yet the deadnesse o Saraes wombe 20 He stackered not at the promise of God through vnbeliefe but was strong in fayth geuyng glorie to God 21 And beyng full certified that what he had promised he was able also to perfourme 22 And therfore was it reckened to hym for righteousnes 23 Neuerthelesse it is not written for hym only that it was reckened to him 24 But also for vs to whom it shal be reckened so that we beleue on hym that raysed vp Iesus our Lorde from the dead 25 Which was deliuered for our sinnes and was raysed agayne for our iustification ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 The fruite of fayth 7 The loue of God and obedience of Christe 12 From whence commeth death and from whence lyfe 1 THerefore being iustified by fayth we are at peace with GOD thorowe our Lorde Iesus Christe 2 By whom also we haue had an entraūce by fayth vnto this grace wherin we stande and reioyce in hope of the glorie of God 3 Not that only but also we reioyce in tribulations knowyng that tribulation worketh pacience 4 Pacience profe profe hope 5 And hope maketh not ashamed because the loue of God is shedde abrode in our heartes by the holy ghost which is geuen vnto vs. 6 * For when we were yet weake accordyng to the tyme Christe dyed for the vngodly 7 Nowe scace wyll any man dye for the righteous Yet peraduenture for the good some men durst dye 8 ☞ But God setteth out his loue towarde vs seyng that whyle we were yet sinners Christe dyed for vs. 9 Muche more then nowe we that are iustified by his blood shal be saued from wrath through hym 10 For yf when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his sonne much more seyng we are reconciled we shal be saued by his lyfe 11 Not only so but we also ioye in God through our Lorde Iesus Christe by whō we haue nowe receaued the atonement 12 Wherfore as by one man sinne entred into the worlde death by sinne euen so death entred into all men insomuch as all haue sinned 13 For vnto the lawe was sinne in the worlde but sinne is not imputed when there is no lawe 14 Neuerthelesse death raigned from Adam to Moyses ouer them also that had not sinned with lyke transgression as dyd Adam whiche is the figure of hym that was to come 15 But not as the sinne so is the gyft For yf through the sinne of one many be dead much more the grace of God and the gyft by grace which is by one man Iesus Christe hath abounded vnto many 16 And not as by one that sinned euen so the gyft For the iudgement was of one into condemnation but the gyfte of many sinnes into iustification 17 For yf by the sinne of one death raigned by the meanes of one much more they whiche receaue aboundaunce of grace and of the gyfte of ryghteousnes shall raigne in life by the meanes of one Iesus Christe 18 Lykewyse then as by the sinne of one sinne came on all men to condempnation euen so by the ryghteousnes of one good came vpon all men to the ryghteousnes of lyfe 19 For as by one mans disobedience many became sinners so by the obedience
12 He that hath the sonne hath lyfe and he that hath not the sonne of God hath not lyfe 13 These thynges haue I written vnto you that beleue on y e name of the sonne of God that ye may knowe howe that ye haue eternall lyfe and that ye may beleue on the name of the sonne of God 14 And this is the trust that we haue in hym that yf we aske any thyng accordyng to his wyll he heareth vs. 15 And yf we knowe that he heare vs whatsoeuer we aske we know that we haue y e petitions that we desire of hym 16 If any man see his brother sinne a sinne not vnto death let hym aske and he shal geue him life for them that sinne not vnto death There is a sinne vnto death I say not that thou shouldest pray for it 17 All vnrighteousnes is sinne and there is sinne vnto death 18 We knowe that whosoeuer is borne of God sinneth not but he that is begotten of God kepeth hym selfe and that wicked toucheth hym not 19 We knowe that we are of God the whole worlde c lieth in wickednesse 20 We knowe that the sonne of God is come hath geuen vs a minde to know hym which is true and we are in hym that is true through his sonne Iesus Christe This same is very God and eternall lyfe 21 Babes kepe your selues from idols Amen ⧠The seconde epistle of Saint Iohn 1 He writeth vnto a certayne Lady 4 reioycyng that her chyldren walke in the trueth 5 and exhorteth vnto loue 7 warneth them to beware of such deceauers as denie that Iesus Christ is come in the fleshe 8 prayeth them to continue in the doctrine of Christ 10 and to haue nothyng to do with them that bryng not the true doctrine of Christe Iesus our sauiour 1 THE elder to the elect Lady her chyldren whom I loue in the trueth and not I only but also all that haue knowen y e trueth 2 For the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shal be in vs for euer 3 Grace be with you mercie and peace from God the father from the Lorde Iesus Christe the sonne of the father in trueth and loue 4 I reioyced greatly that I founde of thy chyldren walkyng in trueth as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father 5 And nowe beseche I thee Lady not as though I wrote a newe commaundement vnto thee but that same which we haue had from the begynnyng that we shoulde loue one another 6 And this is the loue that we shoulde walke after his cōmaundement This commaundement is that as ye haue hearde from the begynnyng ye shoulde walke in it 7 For many deceauers are entred into the worlde which confesse not that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe This is a deceauer and an antichriste 8 Loke on your selues that we loose not that we haue wrought but that we may haue a full rewarde 9 Whosoeuer transgresseth and bideth not in the doctrine of Christe hath not God He that endureth in the doctrine of Christe hath both the father and the sonne 10 If there come any vnto you and bring not this learnyng hym receaue not to house neither byd hym God speede 11 For he that byddeth hym God speede is partaker of his euyll deedes 12 I had many thynges to write vnto you neuerthelesse I woulde not write with paper inke but I trust to come vnto you and speake with you mouth to mouth that our ioy may be full 13 The sonnes of thy elect sister greete thee Amen ⧠The thirde epistle of Saint John 2 He is glad of Gaius that he walketh in the trueth 8 exhorteth to be louyng vnto the poore Christen in their persecution 9 sheweth the vnkynde dealyng of Diotrephes 12 and the good report of Demetrius 1 THe elder vnto y e beloued Gaius whom I loue in the trueth 2 Beloued I wishe in all thynges that thou prosperedst and faredst H. L. well euen as thy soule prospereth 3 For I reioyced greatly when the brethren came testified of the trueth that is in thee how thou walkest in y e trueth 4 I haue no greater ioy thē for to heare how that my sonnes walke in veritie 5 Beloued thou doest faythfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren and to straungers 6 Which beare witnesse of thy loue before the Churche Which brethren yf thou bryng forwardes of their iourney after a godly sorte thou shalt do well 7 Because that for his names sake they went foorth and toke nothyng of the gentiles 8 We therfore ought to receaue such that we myght be helpers to the trueth 9 I wrote vnto the Churche but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence among thē receaueth vs not 10 Wherfore yf I come I wyll declare his deedes which he doth iestyng on vs with malicious wordes neither is therwith content not only he hym selfe receaueth not the brethren but also he forbiddeth thē that woulde and thrusteth them out of the Churche 11 Beloued folow not that which is euyl but that which is good He that doth well is of God but he that doth euyll seeth not God 12 Demetrius hath good report of all men and of the trueth it selfe Yea and we our selues also beare recorde and ye knowe that our recorde is true 13 I haue many thynges to write but I wyll not with inke and penne write vnto thee 14 I trust I shal shortly see thee and we shall speake mouth to mouth Peace be vnto thee The louers salute thee Greete the louers by name ¶ The epistle of Saint Jude ¶ Saint Iude admonisheth all Churches generally to take heede of deceauers which go about to drawe away the heartes of the simple people from the trueth of God wylleth them to haue no societie with such whom he setteth foorth in their liuely colours shewyng by dyuers examples of the scriptures what horrible vengeaunce is prepared for them finally he conforteth the faythfull exhorteth them to perseuer in the doctrine of the Apostles of Iesus Christe 1 IVde the seruaunt of Iesus Christe the brother of Iames To them which are called and sanctified in God the father and preserued in Iesus Christe 2 H. L. Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied 3 Beloued when I gaue all diligence to write vnto you of the common saluation it was nedeful for me to write vnto you to exhorte you that ye shoulde earnestly contende for the fayth which was once geuen vnto the saintes 4 For there are certayne vngodly men craftily crept in which were before of olde ordeyned to this condemnation They turne the grace of our God vnto wantonnesse and denye God which is the only Lorde and our Lorde Iesus Christe 5 My mynde is therfore to put you in remembraunce forasmuch as ye once knowe this howe that the Lorde after that he had delyuered the people out of Egypt destroyed thē which afterward beleued not 6 The Angels