The blessâ—nges promised vnto thy father and my fore elders go mightely after the desyre of the hyest in the worlde these shal light on Iosephs heade and on the toppe of his heade that was separate from his brethren Ben Iamin a rauyshinge wolfe In the mornynge shal he deuoure the praye but in the euenynge he shal deuyde the spoyle All these are the twolue trybes of Israel and this is it that their father spake vnto them whan he blessed them euery one with a sundrye blessynge And he commaunded them and sayde vnto them I shal be gathered vnto my people burye me with my fathers in y e caue which is in the felde of Ephron the Hethite in the dubble caue that lyeth ouer against Mamre in y e lande of CanaaÌ„ which AbrahaÌ„ bought with the felde of Ephron the Hethite for a possession to burye in There buryed they AbrahaÌ„ Sara his wife there buried they Isaac also Rebecca his wife their buried I Lea in the good of the felde of the caue therin which was bought of the Hethites And whan Iacob had ended this commaundement vnto his children he pluckte his fete together vpon the bed and died and was gathered vnto his people TheÌ„ fell Ioseph vpon his fathers face and wepte and kyssed him The L. Chapter ANd Ioseph coÌ„mauÌ„ded his seruauÌ„tes y e PhisiciaÌ„s to embawme his father And the Phisicians embawmed Israel tyll fourtye dayes were ended for so longe endured the dayes of embawminge the Egipcians bewayled him seuentye dayes Now whan the mournynge dayes were ended Ioseph spake vnto Pharaos housholde sayde Yf I haue founde fauo r in youre sight theÌ„ speake vnto Pharao and saie My father hath taken an ooth of me sayde Beholde I dye burye me in myne owne graue which I dygged for myself in the laÌ„de of Canaan Therfore wyl I now go vp and burye my father and come agayne Pharao saide Go thy waye vp and burye thy father acordinge as thou hast sworne vnto him So Ioseph weÌ„te vp to burye his father And there weÌ„te w t him all Pharaos seruauÌ„tes y t were the elders of his courte and all y e elders of the lande of Egipte all Iosephs housholde and his brethren and his fathers housholde Onely their children shepe oxen left they in y e laÌ„de of Gosen toke their iourney vp with him vpoÌ„ charettes and horses and the company was exceadinge greate Now whan these came to the playne of Atad y t lyeth beyonde Iordane they made there a very greate and bytter lamentacion he mourned for his father seueÌ„ dayes And whaÌ„ the people in the lande the Cananites sawe the mournynge in the playne of Atad they sayde The EgipciaÌ„s make there greate lameÌ„tacion Therfore is the place called The lamentacion of the Egipcians which lyeth beyonde Iordane And his children dyd as he had coÌ„maunded them and caried him to y e lande of Canaan and buried him in y e dubble caue that Abraham bought with the felde for a possession to bury in of Ephron y e Hethite ouer ageynst Mamre So Ioseph toke his iourney agayne in to Egipte with his brethren and with all those that wente vp with him to burye his father whan they had buried him But Iosephs brethreÌ„ were afrayed whaÌ„ their father was deed and sayde Ioseph might happly haue indignacion at vs and recompense vs all the euell that we dyd vnto him therfore let they saye vnto him Thy father commaunded before his death and sayde Thus shal ye saye vnto Ioseph O for geue thy brethren the offence and their synne that they dyd so euell vnto the. O forgeue now this trespace of vs the seruauntes of thy fathers God But Ioseph wepte whan they spake so vnto him And his brethren wente and fell downe before him and sayde Beholde here are we thy seruauntes Ioseph sayde vnto theÌ„ Feare ye not for I am vnder God Ye thought euell ouer me but God hath turned it vnto good to do as it is come to passe this daye for the sauynge of moch people Therfore be not ye now afrayed I wyl care for you and youre children And he comforted them and spake louyngly vnto them Thus dwelt Ioseph in Egipte with his fathers house and lyued an huÌ„dreth and ten yeare and sawe Ephrayms children vnto y e thirde generacion In like maner the children of Machir the sonne of Manasses begat children also vpon Iosephs lappe And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren I dye and God wyl vyset you and brynge you out of this lande to the lande that he sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob Therfore toke he an ooth of the childreÌ„ of Israel and sayde Whan God shal vyset you theÌ„ cary my bones froÌ„ hence So Ioseph dyed whaÌ„ he was an huÌ„dreth and ten yeare olde and they embawmed him layed him in a chest in Egipte The ende of the first boke of Moses called Genesis The seconde boke of Moses called Exodus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The childreÌ„ of Israel increase in Egipte The kynge commaundeth to slaye theÌ„ and to drowne them Chap. II. The byrth of Moses which is layed vpoÌ„ the water Pharaos doughter taketh him and bringeth him vp He slayeth one of the Egipcians and flyeth his waye in to Madian where he marieth The children of Israel crye vnto the LORDE Chap. III. God appeareth vnto Moses in the bush and sendeth him vnto the kynge and the people Chap. IIII. Moses is loth to go excuseth himself But the LORDE enfourmeth him maketh him stronge and comforteth him Moses taketh leue of his father in lawe to go vnto his people Chap. V. Moses and Aaron go vnto the kynge which oppresseth the people the more Chap. VI. God geueth Moses more instruccioÌ„ and sendeth him vnto the people The trybes are nombred Chap. VII Moses and Aaron go vnto the kynge and shewe tokens before him but the kynge waxeth hard harted Chap. VIII After many tokens Pharao graunteth to let the people go but assone as the plage ceaseth he is as vngodly as afore Chap. IX There commeth a death amoÌ„ge all the catell theÌ„ commeth the sores blaynes and the hayle Chap. X. The greshoppers and darcknes in Egipte Pharao forbyddeth Moses to come eny more in his sight Chap. XI The LORDE promiseth to brynge yet another plage vpon Egipte and coÌ„maundeth the Israelites to borowe Iewels of syluer and golde of the Egipcians Chap. XII The vse of the Easterlambe God slayeth all the firstborne Pharao dryueth all the people out of the lande Chap. XIII God commaundeth to sanctifie all the firstborne vnto him and carieth them towarde the lande of promyse not the next waye but thorow the wyldernes by a cloude in the daye tyme and a pyler of fyre in the night Chap. XIIII Pharao foloweth vpoÌ„ the people of God which delyuereth his owne carieth them thorow the reed see drowneth the enemies therin Chap. XV. Moses and the
shal be here after for they couered the londe and made it darcke And they ate vp all the herbes in y e londe all the frutes vpon the trees which remayned from y e hayle left no grene thinge behinde in the trees herbes vpon the felde in all the lande of Egipte Then Pharao called for Moses Aaron in all y e haist saide I haue synned against the LORDE yo r God agaynst you forgeue me my synne this once also pray the LORDE yo r God y t he maye take awaye fro me this death onely And he weÌ„te out from Pharao prayed vnto the LORDE TheÌ„ the LORDE turned a maruelous stroÌ„ge west wynde and toke vp the greshoppers caâ—â— them in to the reed see so that there was not one left in all the quarters of Egipte But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert that he let not the childreÌ„ of Israel go The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thine haÌ„de towarde heauen that it be so darck in the londe of Egipte y t it maye be felt And Moses stretched out his haÌ„de towarde heauen theÌ„ was there a thicke darcknesse in all the londe of Egipte thre dayes so y t in thre dayes no maÌ„ sawe another nor rose vp from y e place where he was But w t the childreÌ„ of Israel there was light in their dwellinges Then Pharao called for Moses sayde Go yo r waye serue the LORDE onely leaue yo r shepe yo r oxen here let yo r childreÌ„ go w t you also Moses sayde Thou must geue vs offringes and brent offerynges that we maye do sacrifice vnto the LORDE o r God Oure catell shal go w t vs and there shal not one hooffe be left behynde for we must take therof for the seruyce of the LORDE o r God Morouer we knowe not wherwithall we shal serue y e LORDE tyll we come thither But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert y t he wolde not let them go And Pharao sayde vnto him Get the hence fro me bewarre that thou come nomore in my sight For loke what daie so euer thou coÌ„mest in my sight thou shalt dye Moses answered EueÌ„ as thou hast sayde I wil come nomore in thy sight The XI Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses I wil yet brynge a plage vpon Pharao and Egipte after y t shal he let you go from hence shal not onely let all go but also dryue you hence Therfore saye now vnto the people y t euery man borowe of his neghboure euery woman of his neghbouresse Iewels of syluer golde for the LORDE shal geue the people fauo r in the sight of y e EgipciaÌ„s And Moses was a very greate man in the lande of Egipte in y e sight of Pharaos seruauntes in the sight of the people And Moses sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE At mydnight wil I go out in the lande of Egipte all y e first borne in the lande of Egipte shall dye from Pharaos first sonne y t sytteth vpon his seate vnto the first sonne of the mayde seruaunte which is behynde y e myll all the first borne amonge the catell there shal be a greate crie in all the lande of Egipte soch as neuer was ner shal be But amonge all the childreÌ„ of Israel there shall not a dogg quatch w t his tonge fro men vnto catell y t ye maye knowe how y t the LORDE hath put a differeÌ„ce betwixte Egipte Israel TheÌ„ shal all these thy seruauntes come downe vnto me fal at my fote saye Get the out thou all the people that are vnder the. After that wyl I departe And he weÌ„te froÌ„ Pharao w t a wroth full displeasure The LORDE saide vnto Moses Pharao herkeneth not vnto you y t many woÌ„ders maye be done in y e laÌ„de of Egipte And Moses Aaron dyd all these woÌ„ders before Pharao but y e LORDE hardened his hert y t he wolde not let y e childreÌ„ of Israel go out of his londe The XII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Aaron in the londe of Egipte This moneth shal be with you y e first moneth at it ye shall begynne the monethes of the yeare Speake ye vnto all the congregacion of Israel saye Vpon y e tenth daye of this moneth let euery one take a laÌ„be or a kydd where a housholder is to euery house a laÌ„be But yf the housholde be to few for a lambe theÌ„ let him his neghbo r y t is next vnto his house take it acordinge to the nombre of y e soules and counte to the lambe what euery man maye eate But it shal be a lambe with out blemish a male of a yeare olde From amonge the lambes goates shal ye take it And ye shal kepe it vnto y e fourtene daye of the moneth And euery man of the congregacion of Israel shal slaye it aboute the eueninge And they shal take of his bloude and stryke it on both the syde postes of the dore and on the vpperdore post of the house that they eate it in And so shal they eate flesh y e same night rosted at the fyre vnleuended bred and shal eate it with sowre sawse Ye shal not eate it rawe ner sodden with water but onely rosted at the fyre his heade w t his fete and pertenaunce And ye shal leaue nothynge of it ouer vntyll the mornynge but yf eny thinge be left ouer vntyll the mornynge ye shal burne it with fyre Of this maner shal ye eate it Ye shal be gyrded aboute youre loynes and haue youre shues vpon youre fete and staues in yo r handes and ye shal eate it with haist for it is y e LORDES Passeouer For in the same night wil I go thorow the londe of Egipte smyte all the firstborne in the lande of Egipte from men vnto catell vpon all the goddes of Egipte wyll I do execucion Euen I the LORDE And the bloude shal be youre token vpon the houses wherin ye are y t whan I se the bloude I maye passe ouer and that the plage happen not vnto you to destroye you whan I smyte the londe of Egipte And this daye shall ye haue for a remembraunce and ye shall kepe it holy for a feast vnto the LORDE ye all youre posterities for a perpetuall custome Seuen dayes shall ye eate vnleuended bred namely vpon the first daie shal ye leaue of with leuended bred in youre houses Who so euer eateth leuended bred from the first daye vnto y e seuenth that soule shall be roted out from Israel The first daye shall be called holy amonge you and the seuenth also No maner of worke shall ye do therin saue what belongeth to the meate for all maner of soules that onely maye ye do for you And kepe you to leuended bred For euen vpon that same daye wil I brynge youre armies
offered vnto God Then came Aaron and all y e elders of Israel to eate bred with Moses father in lawe before God On the next morow sat Moses to iudge the people and the people stode roūde aboute Moses from the momynge vntyll y e euen But whan his father in lawe sawe all that he dyd with the people he sayde What is this that thou doest with the people Wherfore syttest thou alone and all y e people stonde rounde aboute from the morninge vntyll the euen Moses answered him The people come to me axe councell at God for whan they haue eny thinge to do they come vnto me that I maye iudge betwixte euery one his neghboure and shewe them the statutes of God and his lawes His father in lawe sayde vnto him It is not well that thou doest Thou weeriest thy self and the people that is with the. This busynesse is to sore for the thou canst not perfourme it alone But herken vnto my voyce I will geue the councell and God shall be with the. Be thou vnto the people to God warde and brynge the causes before God and prouide them with statutes and lawes that thou mayest shewe thē the waie wherin they shulde walke and the workes that they shulde do But loke out amonge all the people for honest men that feare God soch as are true hate couetousnes make these rulers ouer them some ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fiftie and ouer ten that they maye allwaye iudge the people But where there is eny greate matter that they brynge the same vnto the and iudge the small causes them selues so shall it be lighter for the yf they beare the burthen with the. Yf thou shalt do this then mayest thou endure the thinge that God chargeth the withall and all this people maie go peaceably vnto their place Moses herkened vnto the voyce of his father in lawe and dyd all that he sayde And he chose honest men out of all Israel and made them heades ouer the people some ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fiftie and ouer ten that they might allwaye iudge the people As for soch causes as were herde they brought them vnto Moses and iudged the small matters them selues So Moses let his father in lawe departe in to his owne londe The XIX Chapter IN the thirde moneth after that the children of Israel were gone out of the londe of Egipte they came the same daye in to the wyldernes of Sinai for they were departed from Raphidim and wolde in to the wyldernes of Sinai and there they pitched in the wyldernes ouer against the mounte And Moses wente vp vnto God And the LORDE called vnto him out of the mount and sayde Thus shalt thou saye vnto the house of Iacob and tell the children of Israel Ye haue sene what I haue done vnto the Egipcians and how I haue borne you vpon Aegles wynges brought you vnto my self Yf ye wyll harken now vnto my voyce and kepe my couenaunt ye shal be myne owne before all people for the whole earth is myne and ye shall be vnto me a presterly kingdome and an holy people These are the wordes that thou shalt saye vnto the children of Israel Moses came and called for the elders of the people and layed before them all these wordes that the LORDE had commaunded And all the people answered together and sayde All that the LORDE hath sayde wyll we do And Moses tolde the wordes of the people vnto the LORDE agayne And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde I wyll come vnto the in a thicke cloude that the people maye heare my wordes which I speake vnto the and beleue the for euer And Moses shewed the wordes of the people vnto the LORDE The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go vnto the people and sanctifie thē to daye and tomorow y t they maye wash their clothes and be ready agaynst the thirde daye for vpon the thirde daye shall the LORDE come downe vpon mount Sinai before all the people And set markes rounde aboute the people and saye vnto them Bewarre that ye go not vp in to y e mount ner touch y e border of it For who so euer toucheth y e moūt shal dye y e death There shal no hāde touch it but he shall either be stoned or shot thorow whether it be beest or man it shal not lyue Whan the horne bloweth then shal they come vp vnto the mounte Moses wente downe from the mount vnto the people and sanctified them And they waszshed their clothes And he sayde vnto them Be ready agaynst the thirde daye and no man come at his wife Now whan the thirde daye came and it was early it beganne to thonder and lighten and there was a thicke cloude vpon the mount and a noyse of a trompet exceadinge mightie And the people that were in the tentes were afrayde And Moses brought the people out of the tentes to mete w t God and they stode vnder the mount But all mount Sinai smoked because y e LORDE came downe vpō it with fyre And the smoke therof wente vp as the smoke of a fornace so that the whole mount was exceadinge terrible And the noyse of the trompet wēte out and was mightie Moses spake God answered him loude Now whan the LORDE was come downe vpon mount Sinai euen vpon the toppe of it he called Moses vp vnto y e toppe of the mount And Moses wente vp Then sayde the LORDE vnto him Go downe and charge the people y t they preasse not vnto the LORDE to se him and so many of them perishe The rulers also that come nye vnto y e LORDE shal sanctifie themselues lest the LORDE smyte thē But Moses sayde vnto the LORDE The people can not come vp vpon mount Sinai for thou hast charged vs sayde Set markes aboute the mount and sanctifie it The LORDE sayde vnto him Go thy waye get y e downe Thou and Aaron with the shalt come vp but the rulers and y e people shal not preasse to come vp vnto y e LORDE lest he smyte thē And Moses wente downe to the people and tolde them The XX. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake all these wordes and sayde I am the LORDE thy God which haue brought the out of the londe of Egipte from y e house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other Goddes in my sight Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage ner eny symilitude nether of it that is aboue in heauen ner of it that is beneth vpon earth ner of it that is in the water vnder the earth Worshipe them not and serue them not for I the LORDE thy God am a gelouse God vysitinge y e synne of the fathers vpon the children vnto y e thirde and fourth generacion of them that hate me And do mercye vpō many thousandes that loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take the name of y e LORDE thy God in vayne
in the night season was fyre therin in y e sight of all y e house of Israel in all their iourneis The ende of the seconde boke of Moses called Exodus The thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The ordre and vse of burnt offerynges whether it be of small or greate catell or of foules Chap. II. Of meat offerynges with fyne floure c. Chap. III. Of deed offerynges otherwyse called health offrynges peace offrynges or thāk-offerynges and of the fatt Chap. IIII. The offringe for the sinne of a prest of the whole congregacion of the ruler or of eny other meane man Chap. V. The offerynge for swearinge for an erroure or ignoraunce Chap. VI. Of daylie burnt offerynges other oblacions The offerynge of the prest in the daye of his anoyntinge Chap. VII Of thank offerynges Of the fat bloude and of the anoyntinge of the prestes Chap. VIII Of the anoyntinge and consecratynge of Aaron and of his sonnes Chap. IX How Aaron and his sonnes offred for synne how the fyre of God consumed the burnt offerynge Chap. X. The death of Nadab Abihu The prestes were forbydden to drynke wyne and their porcion of the offerynges appoynted them Chap. XI Of cleane and vncleane beastes foules Chap. XII Of the vnclennesse of a woman in childe bedd of hir clensynge or purificacion of hir offerynge Chap. XIII Of Leprosy or Mezell Chap. XIIII The clēsynge of lepers and of their offerynge Chap. XV. Of all maner of vncleane fluxes or yssues both of men and wemen Chap. XVI Aarō might not allwaie go in to the Sanctuary Of the two goates Of fastinge in the seuenth moneth Chap. XVII All offrynges were first brought to the Tabernacle dore No bloude ner deed caryon was to be eaten Chap. XVIII The degrees of consanguynite and affynite And what wemen men ought not to marye Chap. XIX Dyuerse and many commaundemētes and statutes Chap. XX. To geue sede vnto Moloch other vnlaufull thinges are forbydden Chap. XXI How cleane and vndefyled the prestes ought to lyue Chap. XXII How the prestes and their housholdes ought to be how the offerynges ought to be vsed Chap. XXIII Of the holy dayes and hye feastes namely the Sabbath Easter Whyt sondaye otherwise called the feast of wekes the feast of Tabernacles c. Chap. XXIIII Of the oyle for the lampes and lightes Of the shewbred Punyshment for cursynge and blasphemy Chap. XXV Of the rest of the seuenth yeare libertye of the Fiftieth yeare otherwyse called the yeare of Iubylie the yeare of hornes blowinge or the trompet yeare Chap. XXVI Swete louynge promyses of God for all soch as wyl kep◠his commaundemētes Agayne Maruelous sore plages are threatened vnto them that wyll not harken to his worde Chap. XXVII Of vowes and of the fre yeare Of redemynge or lowsynge out agayne of catell or londe that a man promyseth voweth or dedicateth vnto the LORDE The first Chapter ANd the LORDE called Moses and spake vnto him out of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and sayde Speake vnto y e childrē of Israel saie vnto them Who so euer amōge you wyl brynge an offerynge vnto the LORDE let him brynge it of y e catell euen of the oxen of the shepe Yf he wyl brynge a burnt offerynge of y e oxen or greate catell thē let him offre a male without blemysh before y e dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to reconcyle him self before the LORDE let him laye his hande vpon the heade of the burnt offerynge then shal he be reconcyled so y t God shal be mercifull vnto him And he shall kyll the yonge oxe before y e LORDE and y e prestes Aarons sonnes shal brynge the bloude and sprenkle it rounde aboute vpon the altare that is before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the slrynne shal be flayne from of the burnt offerynge and it shal be hewen in peces And the sonnes of Aaron the prest shal make a fyre vpon the altare and laye wod aboue ther on and y e peces the heade and the fatt shal they laye vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon y e fyre on the altare But y e bowels legges shal be waszshen with water and the prest shal burne alltogether vpon the altare for a burntsacrifice this is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Yf he wyl offre a burntsacrifice of the small catell that is of the lambes or goates then let him offre a male without a blemysh And he shall kyll it before the LORDE euen at the corner of the altare on the north syde before y e LORDE And the prestes Aarons sonnes shal sprenkle his bloude rounde aboute vpon y e altare and it shal be hewen in peces And the prest shall laye them with the heade and the fatt vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon the fyre on the altare But the bowels and y e legges shal be waszshen with water And y e prest shal offre it alltogether and burne it vpon y e altare for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE But yf he wil offre a burntsacrifice of y e foules vnto the LORDE then let him offre it of the turtill doues or of y e yonge pigeons And the prest shal brynge it vnto the altare and wrynge the neck of it a sunder that it maye be burnt vpon the altare and let the bloude of it runne out vpon the sydes of the altare and the croppe of it with the fethers shal be cast vpon the heape of aszshes besyde the altare towarde the east and he shall deuyde the wynges of it but not breake thē cleane of And thus shall the prest burne it vpon the altare euen vpon the wodd that lyeth vpō the fyre for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE The II. Chapter WHan a soule wyll offre a meat offerynge vnto the LORDE then shal it be of fyne floure and he shal poure oyle vpon it and put frankencense theron so brynge it vnto Aarons sonnes the prestes Then shal one of them take his handefull of the same floure and oyle with all the frankēcense and burne it for a remembraunce vpon the altare This is an offeringe of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE As for y e remnaunt of the meat offerynge it shal be Aarons and his sonnes This shal be y e most holy of the offerynges of the LORDE But yf he wyll brynge a meat offerynge of that which is baken in the ouen then let him take swete cakes of wheate mixte with oyle and vnleuended wafers anoynted with oyle Neuertheles yf thy meat offerynge be enythinge of that which is fryed in the panne then shal it be of fyne swete floure myxte with oyle And thou shalt cut it in peces poure oyle theron so is it a meat offerynge But yf thy meat offeringe be ought broyled on the gredyron then shalt
straunger amonge you in youre londe ye shall not vexe him He shal dwell with you euen as one that is at home amonge you thou shalt loue him as y e self for ye youre selues also were straungers in the lande of Egipte I am the LORDE youre God Ye shal not deale wrōgeously in iudgmēt with meteyarde with weight with measure A true balaunce a true weight a true Epha a true Hin shal be amōge you For I am the LORDE youre God which brought you out of the londe of Egipte that ye shulde kepe do all my statutes and lawes for I am the LORDE The XX. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and saide Tell the children of Israel Who so euer he be amonge the children of Israel or eny straunger that dwelleth in Israel which geueth of his sede vnto Moloch the same shall dye the death the people of the lande shal stone him I wyll set my face agaynst that man and wyll rote him out from amōge his people because he hath geuen of his sede vnto Moloch and defyled my Sanctuary vnhalowed my holy name And though the people of the londe loke thorow the fyngers vpon that man which hath geuen of his sede vnto Moloch so that they put him not to death yet wyl I set my face agaynst the same man agaynst his generacion And him and all that go a whorynge with him after Moloch wyll I rote out from amonge their people Yf eny soule turne him to y e soythsayers and expounders of tokens so that he goeth a whorynge after them I wyl set my face agaynst the same soule and wyl rote him out from amonge his people Sanctifie youre selues therfore be holy for I am holy euen youre God And kepe ye my statutes and do them for I am y e LORDE that sanctifieth you Who so euer curseth his father or his mother shall dye the death his bloude be vpon him because he hath cursed his father or mother He that breaketh wedlocke with eny mās wife shal dye the death both the aduouterer and y e aduouteresse because he hath broken wedlocke with his neghbours wife Yf eny man lye with his fathers wife so y t he vncouer his fathers preuyte they shal both dye the death their bloude be vpō thē Yf eny man lye w t his doughter in lawe they shall dye both of them for they haue wrought abhominacion their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man lye with the mankynde as with womankynde they haue wrought abhominacion shal both dye the death their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man take a wyfe and hir mother therto the same hath wrought wickednes he shal be burnt with fyre and so shal they also that there be no wickednes amōge you Yf eny man lye with a beest he shall dye the death and the beest shal be slayne Yf a woman medle with a beest so y t she haue to do w t it thou shalt put her to death and the beest also they shall dye the death their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man take his sister his fathers doughter or his mothers doughter and se hir preuyte and she agayne se his secretes it is a wicked thinge They shal be roted out in the sight of their people For he hath vncouered his sisters preuyte he shal beare his synne Yf a man lye with a woman in the tyme of hir sicknesse and vncouer hir secretes open vp hir founteyne and she vncouer the fountayne of hir bloude they shall both be roted out from amonge their people Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy mothers sister and of thy fathers sister for soch one hath vncouered his nexte kynswoman and they shal beare their synne Yf eny man lye with his vncles wyfe the same hath vncouered the preuytie of his vncle they shal beare their synne without children shal they dye Yf eny man take his brothers wyfe y t is an vncleane thinge they shal be without children because he hath vncouered his brothers secretes So kepe now all my statutes my lawes do them y t the lōde whither I brynge you to dwell therin spewe you not out And walke not ye in y e statutes of the Heithen which I shal cast out before you For all soch thinges haue they done I haue abhorred thē But I saye vnto you Ye shall possesse their londe For I wyll geue you to enheritaunce a lōde that floweth with mylke and hony I am the LORDE youre God which haue separated you from the nacions that ye also shulde separate the cleane beestes frō the vncleane and the vncleane foules from the cleane not to defyle youre soules vpon beestes vpon foules vpon all that crepeth on the grounde which I haue separated vnto you that they shulde be vncleane Therfore shall ye be holy vnto me for I the LORDE am holy which haue separated you frō the nacions that ye shulde be myne Yf a man or woman be a soythsayer or an expounder of tokens the same shall dye the death they shal be stoned their bloude be vpon them The XXI Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Speake to y e prestes y e sonnes of Aaron saye vnto thē A prest shal defyle him self vpō no soule of his people but vpon his nexte kynne y t belongeth vnto him as vpon his mother vpō his father vpō his sonne vpō his doughter vpon his brother vpon his sister which is yet a virgin hath bene no mans wife which belongeth vnto him vpon her maie he defyle himself Morouer he shal not defyle him self vpō eny ruler in his people to vnhalowe him self He shall make no crowne also vpon his heade ner shaue of his beerd nether shall they cut out eny markes ī their fleshe They shal be holy vnto their God and not vnhalowe y e name of their God for they offre the sacrifice of the LORDE the bred of their God therfore shal they be holy They shal take no whore ner one that is defyled or y t is put awaye from hir huszbande for he is holy vnto his God therfore shal he sanctifie him self for he offreth the bred of thy God He shal be holy vnto the for I am holy euen the LORDE that sanctifieth you Yf a prestes doughter fall to whoringe she shal be burnt with fyre for she hath shamed hir father He that is hye prest amonge his brethren vpō whose heade the anoyntinge oyle is poured and his hande fylled y t he might be arayed with the vestimentes shal not vncouer his heade ner cut his clothes shal come at no deed shal defyle him self nether vpon father ner mother He shall not go out of the Sanctuary that he vnhalowe not the Sanctuary of his God For y e crowne of the anoyntinge oyle of his God is vpon him for I am the LORDE A virgin shal he
them wyll I brynge in so y t they shal knowe the lande which ye haue refused But ye with youre carcases shall lye in this wildernesse and yo r children shal wander in this wildernesse fourtye yeares beare yo r whordome tyll yo r carcases be waisted in the wildernesse acordinge to the nombre of y e fourtye dayes wherin ye spyed out the londe A daye for a yeare so y t fourtye yeares ye shall beare youre myszdede that ye maye knowe what it is whan I with drawe my hande Euen I the LORDE haue sayde it wil do it in dede vnto all this euell congregacion that haue lift vp themselues agaynst me In this wildernesse shal they be consumed and there shal they dye So there dyed and were plaged before the LORDE all the mē whom Moses sent to spye out the lāde came agayne and made the whole cōgregacion to murmur agaynst it because they brought vp a myszreporte of the lande that it was euell But Iosua the sonne of Nun and Caleb y e sonne of Iephune were left alyue of the men that wente to spye out the lande And Moses spake these wordes vnto all the children of Israel Thē toke the people greate sorowe And they arose early in y e mornynge and wente vp to the toppe of y e mountayne and sayde Lo here are we and will go vp to the place wherof the LORDE hath sayde for we haue synned But Moses sayde wherfore go ye on this maner beyonde y e worde of the LORDE It shall not prospere with you go not vp for y e LORDE is not amōge you y t ye be not slayne before yo r enemies For the Amalechites and Cananites are there before you ye shal fall thorow y e swerde because ye haue turned yo r selues from the LORDE and the LORDE shal not be with you But they were blynded to go vp to the toppe of the mountaine neuertheles the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt Moses came not out of the hooste Then came downe y e Amalechites Cananites which dwelt vpon that mountayne and smote them and hewed them euen vnto Horma The XV. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake to the childrē of Israel saye vnto them Whan ye come in to the lande of youre dwellinge which I shal geue you and wil do sacrifice vnto the LORDE whether it be a burnt offerynge or an offrynge for a speciall vowe or a frewyll offerynge or youre feast offerynges that ye maye make a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE of oxen or of shepe He y t wil offre now his gifte vnto y e LORDE shal brynge for the meat offeringe a tēth deale of fyne floure myngled with oyle of the fourth parte of an Hin and wyne for y e drynk offerynge the fourth parte of an Hin also to the burnt offeringe or eny other offeringe whan a lambe is offred But whā there is a ramme offred thou shalt make the meat offerynge two tēth deales of fyne floure myngled with oyle of the thirde parte of an Hin and y e thirde parte of an Hin of wyne also for a drynk offeringe this shalt thou offre for a swete sauo r vnto the LORDE But yf thou wilt offre an oxe for a burnt offerynge or for a speciall vowe offerynge or for an health offeringe vnto the LORDE thou shalt brynge to the oxe the meat offrynge euen thre tenth deales of fyne floure mingled with half an Hin of oyle half an Hin of wyne for a drynk offrynge This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Thus shalt thou do with an oxe with a ramme with a lambe and with a goate Acordinge as the nombre of the offerynges is therafter shall the nombre of the meat offerynges and drynk offerynges be also He that is one of youre selues shall do this that he maye offre a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE And yf there dwell a straunger with you or is amōge youre kynszfolkes and wil do an offerynge vnto the LORDE for a swete sauoure the same shal do as ye do Let there be one statute for the whole cōgregacion both vnto you and to the straungers A perpetuall statute shal it be vnto youre posterities that the straunger be euē as ye before y e LORDE One lawe and one ordinaunce shal be vnto you and to the straunger that dwelleth with you And the LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake to the children of Israel and saye vnto them Whan ye come in to the lande in to y t which I shal brynge you so that ye eate the bred of the londe ye shal heue vp an Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE namely a cake of the firstlinges of youre dowe shall ye geue for an Heue offerynge as the Heue offerynge of the barne euen so shal ye geue the firstlinges of youre dowe also vnto the LORDE for an Heue offerynge amonge youre posterities And whan ye thorow ignoraunce ouer se eny of these commaundementes which the LORDE hath spoken by Moses and all y t the LORDE hath commaunded you by Moses from the daye that the LORDE beganne to commaunde for youre posterities and the cōgregacion do ought ignorauntly thē shal the whole congregacion offre a yonge bullocke from amonge the greate catell to a burnt offerynge for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE with his meat offerynge and drynk offerynge as the maner is and an he goate for a syn offerynge And so shal the prest make an attonement for the whole congregacion of the children of Israel and it shal be forgeuen them for it is an ignoraunce And they shal brynge these their giftes for an offerynge vnto the LORDE and their syn offerynge before the LORDE for their ignoraunce and it shal be forgeuen the whole congregacion of the childrē of Israel the straunger also y t dwelleth amonge you for so moch as all the people is in soch ignoraunce Yf one soule synne thorow ignoraunce the same shal brynge a she goate of a yeare olde for a syn offerynge And the prest shall make an attonement for soch an ignoraunt soule with the syn offeringe for the ignoraunce before the LORDE that he maye reconcyle him and it shal be forgeuen him And it shal be one lawe that ye shal do for y e ignoraunce both vnto him that is borne amonge the children of Israel and to the straunger that dwelleth amonge you But yf a soule do ought presumptuously whether he be one of youre selues or a straunger he hath despysed the LORDE y e same soule shal be roted out from amōge his people because he hath despysed the worde of the LORDE and hath left his commaundement vndone that soule shall vtterly perishe his synne shal be vpon him Now whyle the children of Israel were in the wyldernesse they founde a man gatherynge stickes vpon the Sabbath daye And they that founde him gatherynge stickes brought him vnto Moses and Aaron and before
the whole congregacion And they put him in preson for it was not declared what shulde be done vnto him The LORDE sayde vnto Moses The man shall dye the death the whole congregacion shal stone him without the hoost Then the whole cōgregacion brought him out of y e hoost and stoned him that he dyed as y e LORDE commaunded Moses And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Speake to the childrē of Israel saye vnto thē y t they make them gardes vpon y e quarters of their garmentes amonge all yo r posterities and put yalowe rybandes vpon the gardes in y e quarters And y e gardes shal serue you y t ye maye loke vpon thē and remembre all the cōmaundementes of the LORDE do them that ye order not youre selues after y e meanynge of youre awne hert ner go awhorynge after youre awne eyes Therfore shal ye remembre and do all my commaundementes and be holy vnto youre God I am the LORDE youre God which brought you out of the lande of Egipte to be yo r God Euen I the LORDE youre God The XVI Chapter ANd Corah the sonne of Iezehar the sonne of Kahath the sonne of Leui with Dathan and Abiram the sonne of Eliab and On the sonne of Peleth y e sonnes of Rubē stode vp agaynst Moses with certayne men amonge the childrē of Israel two hundreth fyftie captaynes of the congregacion councelers famous men And they gathered them selues agaynst Moses Aarō sayde vnto them Ye make to moch a doo for all the congregacion is holy euery one and the LORDE is amonge them Why lifte ye youre selues vp then aboue the congregacion of the LORDE Whan Moses herde y t he fell vpō his face saide vnto Corah to all his company Tomorow shal y e LORDE shewe who is his who is holy to come vnto him Whō so euer he choseth y e same shal come vnto him This do Take y e censors thou Corah all y e cōpanye do fyre therin put incense theron tomorow before the LORDE then whom so euer the LORDE choseth the same shal be holy Ye make to moch a doo ye children of Leui. And Moses sayde vnto Corah Heare ye childrē of Leui Is it not ynough vnto you y t y e God of Israel hath separated you frō y e multitude of Israel y t ye shulde come nye him to do the seruyce of the dwellynge place of the LORDE and stonde before the people to mynister vnto them He hath caused the and all thy brethren the childrē of Leui with the to come nye vnto him and now ye seke the presthode also Thou and all thy cōpany conspyre agaynst the LORDE What is Aaron that ye shulde murmur against him And Moses sent to call Dathā Abirā y e sonnes of Eliab But they saide We wil not come vp Is it to litle y t thou hast brought vs out of y e lande of Egipte y t floweth w t mylke hony to kyll vs in y e wildernesse but thou must raigne ouer vs also How goodly well hast thou brought vs in to a londe that floweth w t milke and hony geuē vs feldes and vyniardes in possession Wilt thou put out these mens eyes We will not come vp Then was Moses very wroth saide vnto y e LORDE Turne y e not vnto their meatofferinges I haue not takē so moch as an Asse frō thē nether haue I hurte eny of thē And Moses sayde vnto Corah Tomorow be thou all y e companye before y e LORDE thou and they Aaron And take euery one his censer and put incense therin and come before the LORDE euery one with his censer that is two hundreth and fiftye censers and both thou and Aaron take either his censer And euery one toke his censer and put fyre therin and layed incense theron and came before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnes and Moses and Aaron also And Corah gathered y e whole congregaciō agaynst thē before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnes But y e glory of the LORDE appeared before y e whole congregacion And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron sayde Separate youre selues frō this congregaciō y t I maye shortly consume them And they fell vpon their faces sayde O God thou God of the spretes of all flesh yf one man haue synned wilt thou therfore be wroth ouer the whole congregacion And the LORDE spake vnto Moses saide Speake to the congregaciō and saye Come vp from y e dwellynge of Corah and Dathan and Abiram And Moses stode vp wente vnto Dathan Abiram the Elders of Israel folowed him he spake to y e cōgregaciō saide Departe frō y e tentes of these vngodly mē touche nothinge y t is theirs y t ye perishe not in eny of their sinnes And they gat them vp from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram But Dathan and Abirā came out and stode in the dore of their tentes with their wyues and sonnes and children And Moses sayde Hereby shal ye knowe that the LORDE hath sent me to do all these workes and that I haue not done them of myne awne hert Yf these men dye the comon death of all men or be vysited as all men are vysited then hath not the LORDE sent me But yf the LORDE make a new thinge and the earth open hir mouth and swalowe them with all that they haue so y t they go downe quycke in to hell thē shal ye knowe that the se men haue blasphemed the LORDE And whā he had spokē out all these wordes y e groūde cloue asunder vnder thē the earth opened hir wouth swalowed thē w t their houses all the mē y t were w t Corah all their substaūce and they wente downe quycke in to the hell with all that they had And the earth closed vpō them so they perished from amonge y e congregaciō And all Israel y t were aboute thē fled at y e crye of thē for they sayde That y e earth swalowe not vs also Morouer the fyre came out frō the LORDE and consumed the two hundreth and fyftye men that offred the incense And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Speake to Eleasar y e sonne of Aaron y e prest y t he take vp y e censers out of y e burninge scater y e fyre here there For the censers of these synners are halowed thorow their soules y t they maye be beatē in to thinne plates fastened vpon y e altare For they are offred before y e LORDE halowed and they shal be a token vnto y e childrē of Israel And Eleasar the prest toke y e brasen censers which they y t were burnt had offred bet thē to plates to fasten thē vpon y e altare for a remēbraunce vnto y e children of Israel y t no straunger and he
so moch as the enheritaunce of the children of Iuda was to greate for them therfore inhereted the children of Simeon amonge their enheritaunce The thirde lot fell vpon the childreÌ„ of Zabulon after their kynreds And the border of their enheritauÌ„ce was vnto Sarid goeth vp westwarde to Mareala bordreth vpon Dabaseth and reacheth vnto the ryuer that floweth ouer agaynst Iakneam turneth from Sarid eastwarde vnto the border of Cisloth Thabor and coÌ„meth out vnto Dabrath and reacheth vp to Iapia and from theÌ„ce goeth it westwarde thorow Githa Hepher and Itha Kazim and commeth out towarde Rimon Hamthoar Hanea fetcheth a compasse aboute from the north vnto Nathon the goynge out of it is in y e valley Iephtha El Katath Nahalal Simron Iedeala Bethlehem These are twolue cities and their vyllages This is the enheritauÌ„ce of the childreÌ„ of Zabulon in their kynreds these are their cities and vyllages The fourth lot fell vpoÌ„ the childreÌ„ of Isachar after their kynreds their border was Iesraela Chessulloth Sunem Hapharaim Sion Anaharath Raabith Kision Abez Kemeth En GaÌ„nim Enhada Beth Pazez bordreth vpon Thabor Sahazima Beth Semes and y e outgoinge of it was at Iordane These are sixtene cities and their vyllages This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Isachar in their kynreds cities and vyllages The fifth lot fell vpon the trybe of the children of Asser after their kynreds And their border was Helkath Hali Beten Achsaph Alamelech Amead Miseal and borderth on Carmel vnto the see and on Sihor and Libnath and turneth towarde the east vnto Beth Dagon and bordreth on Zabulon and on the valley of Iephtael and towarde the north syde of Beth Emek and Negiel commeth out vnto Cabul on the lefte syde of Ebron Rehob Hamon and Cana vnto greate Sidon And turneth towarde Rama vnto the stronge cite of Zor and turneth towarde Hossa and goeth out vnto the see after y e 〈◊〉 towarde Achsib Vma Aphek Rehob These are two and twentye cities and their vyllages This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Asser in their kinreds cities and vyllages The syxte lot fell vpon the children of Nephtali in their kynreds And their border was froÌ„ Heleph Elon thorow Zaanaim Adai Nekeb Iabne El vnto Lakum and goeth out vnto Iordane and turneth westwarde to Asnoth Thabor and coÌ„meth ouâ— from thence vnto Hukok and bordreth on Zabulon towarde the south and on Asser towarde the west and on Iuda by Iordane towarde the east and hath stronge cities Zidimzer Hamath Rakath Chinnaret Adama Rama Hazor Kedes Edrei En Hazor Iereon Migdal ElhareÌ„ Beth Anath Beth Same 's These are nyentene cities and their vyllages This is the enheritaunce of y e trybe of the children of Nephtali in their kynreds cities and vyllages The seuenth lot fell vpon the trybe of the children of Dan after their kynreds And the border of their enheritaunce was Zarea Esthaol Irsames Saalabin Aialon Iethla Elon Thimnata Ekron Eltheke GibethoÌ„ Baalath Iehud Bâ—erbarak Gat Rimon Me Iarkon Rakon with the border by Iapho and on the same goeth the border of the children of Dan out And the children of DaÌ„ wente vp and foughte agaynst Lesem and wanne it and smote it with the edge of the swerde and toke it in possession dwelt therin and called it Dan after y e name of their father This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Dan in their kynreds cities and vyllages And whaÌ„ y e loÌ„de was all parted out with the borders therof the children of Israel gaue Iosua the sonne of Nun an enheritaunce amonge them and acordynge to the commaundement of the LORDE they gaue him y e cite that he requyred namely Thimnath Serah vpon mouÌ„t Ephraim there buylded he the cite and dwelt therin These are the enheritaunces which Eleasar the prest and Iosua y e sonne of Nun and the chefest of the fathers amonge y e tribes deuided out by lot vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel at Silo before the LORDE euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnes and so they ended the deuydinge out of the londe The XX. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Iosua and sayde Speake to the children of Israel Geue amonge you fre cities wherof I spake vnto you by Moses that a deedsleyer which sleyeth a soule vnawarres and vnwittingly maye flye thither y t they maye be fre amoÌ„ge you from the avenger of bloude And he that flyeth to one of those cities shal stonde without before the porte of the cite and shewe his cause before the Elders of the cite then shall they take him to them in to the cite and geue him place to dwell with them And yf the auenger of bloude folowe vpon him they shall not delyuer the deedslayer in to his handes for so moch as he hath slayne his neghboure vnawarres and was not his enemye afore but he shall dwell in y e cite tyll he stonde before the congregacion in iudgment vntyll the hye prest dye which shall be at that tyme. Then shall the deedsleyer returne and go vnto his awne cite and vnto his house to the cite from whence he was fled Then appoynted they Kedes in Galile vpon mount Nepthali and Sechem vpon mount Ephraim and Kiriatharba that is Hebron vpon mouÌ„t Iuda And beyoÌ„de Iordane on the east syde of Iericho they gaue Beser in the wildernes vpon the playne out of the trybe of Ruben and Ramoth in Gilead out of the trybe of Gad and Golan in Basan out of the trybe of Manasse These were the cities appoynted for all y e children of Israel and for the straungers which dwelt amonge them that whosoeuer had slayne a soule vnawarres might flye thither that he shulde not be put to death by the auenger of bloude tyll he had stonde before the congregacion The XXI Chapters THen the chefe fathers amonge the Leuites came forth vnto Eleasar the prest and to Iosua the sonne of Nun and to y e awncient fathers amoÌ„ge the trybes of the children of Israel and spake vnto them at Silo in the londe of Canaan and sayde The LORDE commaunded by Moses that we shulde haue cities geuen vs to dwell in and the suburbes of the same for oure catell Then the children of Israel gaue of their enheritaunce these cities and the suburbes therof vnto the Leuites acordynge to the commaundement of the LORDE And the lot fell vpon the kynred of the Kahathites and the children of Aaron the prest amonge the Leuites had by the lott thyrtene cities of the trybe of Iuda of the trybe of Simeon and of the trybe of Ben Iamin The other childreÌ„ of Kahath of the same kynred had by the lot ten cities of the trybe of Ephraim of the trybe of Dan and of the halfe trybe of Manasse But the children of Gerson of the same kynred had by the lot thyrtene cities of the trybe of Isachar of the trybe of Asser of
kynge of Israel and sayde vnto him Go thy waye and strength the and take hede and loke well what thou doest for whan the yeare is aboute the kynge of Syria shall come agaynst the of the new For the kynge of y e Syrians seruauntes sayde vnto him Their goddes are goddes of the mountaynes therfore haue they gotten the victory But let vs fyghte with them on the playne and thou shalt se that we shal ouercome them Do thus put awaye the kynges euery one from his place and set dukes in their steades and appoynte the an hoost as was that which thou hast lost horses charettes as the other were and led vs fight agaynst thē in the plaine and thou shalt se that we shal haue the victory He cōsented vnto their voyce and dyd so Now whan the yeare was gone aboute Benadab appoynted the Sirians and wente vp towarde Aphek to fighte agaynst Israel and the childrē of Israel mustured and prouyded them selues with vytailes and wēte to mete them and pitched their tētes ouer against them like two litle flockes of goates but the londe was full of the Syrians And there came a man of God and sayde vnto the kynge of Israel Thus sayeth the LORDE Because the Syrians haue sayde that the LORDE is a God of the moūtaynes and not a God of the valleys therfore haue I geuen all this greate heape in to thy handes that ye maye knowe how that I am y e LORDE And they pitched their tentes right ouer agaynst them seuen dayes But vpon y e seuenth daye they wente together in to the battayll and the children of Israel smote of the Sirians an hundreth thousande fote men in one daye and the remnaunt fled to Aphek in to the cite and the wall fell vpon the other seuen and twenty thousande men And Benadab fled also vnto the cite in to a litle chamber Then sayde his seruauntes vnto him Beholde we haue herde that the kynges of the house of Israel are mercifull kinges Let vs therfore put sack cloth aboute oure loynes and halters aboute oure neckes go forth to the kynge of Israel peraduenture he shal let y e soule lyue And they put sack cloth aboute their loynes and halters aboute their neckes and came to the kynge of Israel and sayde Benadab thy seruaunt sayeth vnto the O let my soule lyue He sayde yf he be yet alyue he is my brother And the men toke him shortly at his worde and expounded it for them selues and sayde Yee Benadab is thy brother He sayde Come and brynge him Thē wente Benadab forth vnto him and he caused him to syt vpon the charet and sayde vnto him The cities that my father toke from thy father wyl I geue the agayne And make thou stretes for thyselfe at Damascō as my father did at Samaria so wyl I let the go with a bonde of peace And he made a couenaunt with him and let him go Then spake there a man amonge the children of the prophetes vnto his neghboure by the worde of the LORDE I praye the smite me But he refused to smite him Then saide he vnto him because thou hast not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE beholde therfore shall there a lyon smyte the whan thou goest fro me· And whan he wente frō him a lyon founde him and slewe him And he founde another man and sayde I praye the smyte me And the man smote him and wounded him Then wente the prophet and stepte vnto the kynge by the waye syde and altered his face with aszshes And whan the kynge wente by he cried vpon y e kynge and sayde Thy seruaunt wente forth in to the battayll and beholde there wente one asyde and broughte a man vnto me and sayde Kepe this mā yf he be myssed thy soule shall be in steade of his soule or els thou shalt weye downe an hundreth weighte of syluer And whyle thy seruaunt had here there to do he was awaye The kynge of Israel sayde vnto him It is thine owne iudgment thou hast geuen it thyselfe Then put he the aszshes from his face in all the haist And the kynge of Israel knewe him that he was one of the prophetes And he sayde vnto him Thus sayeth the LORDE Because thou hast let the damned man go therfore shall thy soule be for his soule and thy people for his people And the kynge of Israel departed vnto his house beinge troubled in his mynde and full indignacion and came to Samaria The XXI Chapter AFter these actes it fortuned that Naboth the Iesraelite had a vyniarde at Iefreel besyde the palace of Achab kynge of Samaria And Achab spake to Naboth and sayde Geue me thy vynyarde I wyll make me an herbgarden therof because it is so nye my house I wyl geue the a better vynyarde for it or yf it please the I wyll geue the syluer for it as moch as it is worth But Naboth sayde vnto Achab The LORDE let that be farre fro me that I shulde geue y e my fathers heretage Then came Achab home beinge moued and full of indignacion because of the worde that Naboth the Iesraelite had spoken vnto him sayde I wyl not geue the my fathers inheritaunce And he laied him downe vpon his bed and turned his face asyde and ate no bred Then Iesabel his wyfe came in to him and sayde vnto him What is y e matter that thy sprete is so cōbred and that thou eatest no bred He sayde vnto her I haue spokē vnto Naboth the Iesraelite and sayde Geue me thy vynyarde for money or yf it please y t I wyl geue the another for it But he sayde I wyll not geue the my vynyarde Then sayde Iesabel his wyfe vnto him What kingdome were in Israel yf thou diddest it Stonde vp and eate bred I wyl get the the vynyarde of Naboth the Iesraelite And she wrote a letter vnder Achabs name and sealed it with his signet and sent it vnto y e Elders and rulers in his cite which dwelt aboute Naboth and wrote thus in y e letter Proclame a fast and set Naboth aboue in the people and set two men of Belial before him to testifye and saye Thou hast blasphemed God and the kynge And brynge him forth and stone him to death And the Elders and rulers of his cyte which dwelt in his cite dyd as Iesabel had commaunded them acordynge as she had wrytten in the letter that she sent vnto them and they proclamed a fast and caused Naboth to syt aboue amonge the people Then came the two men of Belial and stode before him and testyfyed agaynst Naboth in y e presence of the people and sayde Naboth hath blasphemed God and the kynge Then broughte they him out of the cite and stoned him to death And they sent Iesabel worde sayenge Naboth is stoned put to death Whā Iesabel herde that Naboth was stoned and deed she sayde vnto Achab Vp and take possession of the vynyarde of Naboth
For they persecute him whom thou hast smytten besyde thy woundes they haue geuen him moo Let them fall froÌ„ one wickednesse to another not come into thy rightuousnesse Let theÌ„ be wyped out of y e boke of the lyuinge not be written amonge the rightuous As for me I am poore in heuynesse let thy helpe defende me o God That I maye prayse y e name of God with a songe magnifie it with thankesgeuynge This shal please the LORDE better then a bullocke that hath hornes hoffes O considre this be glad ye that be in aduersite seke after God yo r soule shal lyue For the LORDE heareth the poore despyâ—â— not his presoners Let heauen earth praise him the see all that moueth therin For God wil saue Sion buylde the cities of Iuda that men maye dwell there haue theÌ„ in possession The sede of his seruauntes shal iÌ„heret it they that loue his name shal dwell therin The LXIX A psalme of Dauid HAist the o God to delyuer me to helpe me o LORDE Let theÌ„ be shamed confounded that seke after my soule let them be turned backwarde put to confucioÌ„ that wysh me euell Let them soone be brought to shame y t crie ouer me there there But let all those that seke the be ioyfull glad in the and let all soch as delyte in thy sauynge health saye alwaye y e LORDE be pray 〈…〉 As for me I am poore in misery 〈…〉 to helpe me Thou art my helpe my redemer my God oh make no 〈◊〉 tarienge The LXX psalme IN the o LORDE is my trust let me neuer be put to coÌ„fucioÌ„ but rydde me delyuer me thorow thy rightuousnesse â–ª encline thine eare vnto me helpe me Be thou my stronge holde where vnto I maye allwaye fle thou that hast promised to helpe me for thou art my house of defence my castell Delyuer me o my God out of y e haÌ„de of the vngodly out of the hande of theâ— rightuous cruell man For thou o LORDE God art the thinge that I loÌ„ge for thou art my hope euen fro my youth I haue â—eaned vpoÌ„ y e euer sens I was borne thou art he that toke me out of my mothers wombe therfore is my prayse allwaye of the. I am become a wonder vnto the multitude but my sure trust is in the. Oh let my mouth be fylled with thy prayse honoure all the daye loÌ„ge Cast me not awaye in myne olde age forsake me not when my strength fayleth me For myne enemies speake agaynst me they that laye wayte for my soule take their coâ—â—cell together sayenge God hath forsakeÌ„ him pÌ„ersecute him take him for there is none to helpe him Go not farre fro me o God my God haist the to helpe me Let them be coÌ„founded perish that are agaynst my soule let theÌ„ be couered with shame dishonoure that seke to do me euell As for me I wil pacieÌ„tly abyde allwaye wil euer encrease thy prayse My mouth shal speake of thy rightuousnesse sauynge health all the daye loÌ„ge for I knowe no ende therof Let me go in o LORDE God I wil make mencion of thy power and rightuousnesse only Thou o God hast lerned me fro my youth vp vntill now therfore wil I tell of y e wonderous workes Forsake me not o God in myne olde age when I am gray headed vntill I haue shewed thyne arme vnto childers children thy power to all them that are yet for to come Thy rightuousnes o God is very hie thou that doest greate thinges o God who is like vnto the O what greate troubles aduersite hast thou shewed me yet didest thou turne refresh me yee broughtest me from the depe of the earth agayne Thou hast brought me to greate honoure comforted me on euery syde Therfore wil I prayse the thy faith fulnesse o God playeÌ„ge vpon the lute vnto the wil I synge vpon the harpe o thou holy one of Israel My lippes wolde fayne synge prayses vnto the so wolde my soule whom thou hast delyuered My tonge talketh of thy rightuousnesse all the daye longe for they are confounded brought vnto shame y t sought to do me euel The LXXI A psalme of Salomon GEue the kinge thy iudgmeÌ„t o God and thy rightuousnesse vnto the kynges sonne That he maye gouerne thy people acordinge vnto right and defende thy poore That the mountaynes maye brynge peace and the litle hilles rightuousnes vnto the people He shal kepe the symple folke by their right defende the childreÌ„ of the poore and punysh the wrongeous doer Thou shalt be feared as longe as y e Sonne and the Moone endureth from one generacion to another He shal come downe like the rayne in to a flese of woll and like the droppes that water y e earth In his tyme shal rightuousnesse florish yee and abundauÌ„ce of peace so longe as the Moone endureth His dominion shal be from the one see to the other and from the floude vnto the worldes ende They that dwell in the wildernes shal knele before him his enemies shal licke the dust The kynges of the see and of the Iles shal brynge presentes y e kinges of Araby Saba shall offre giftes All kynges shal worshipe him all HeitheÌ„ shal do him seruyce For he shal deliuer the poore wheÌ„ he crieth the nedy y t hath no helpe He shall be fauorable to the symple poore he shal preserue the soules of soch as be in aduersite He shal deliuer their soules from extorcion wronge deare shal their bloude be in his sight He shal lyue vnto him shal be geueÌ„ of y e golde of Arabia Prayer shal be made euer vnto him daylie shal he be praysed There shal be an heape of corne in the earth hye vpon the hilles his frute shal shake like Libanus shal be grene in the cite like grasse vpoÌ„ the earth His name shal endure for euer his name shal remayne vnder the sonne amonge the posterites which shal be blessed thorow him all the Heithen shal prayse him Blessed be the LORDE God euen the God of Israel which only doth woÌ„derous thinges And blessed be the name of his maiesty for euer and all londes be fulfilled with his glory Amen Amen Here ende the prayers of Dauid the sonne of Iesse The LXXII A psalme of Asaph O How louynge is God vnto Israel to soch as are of a clene hert Neâ—erthelesse my fete were allmost gone my treadinges had wel nye slipte And why I was greued at y e wicked to se the vngodly in soch prosperite For they are in no parell of death but stonde fast like a palace They come in no misfortune like other folke nether are they plaged like other men And this is the cause that they be so puft vp in pryde ouerwhelmed with cruelte
vnto the ynmost partes of the body Who so iâ— slouthfull and slacke in his labo r is y e brother of him y t is a waister The name of y e LORDâ— is a stronge castell y e righteous flyeth vntâ— it and shal be saued But y e rich maÌ„s goodâ—â— are his stronge holde yee he taketh them 〈◊〉 an hye wall rouÌ„de aboute him After 〈◊〉 coÌ„meth destruccioÌ„ and hono r after lowlyneâ— He that geueth senteÌ„ce in a matter before 〈◊〉 heare it is a foole and worthy to be confouâ—â—ded A good stomacke dryueth awaye a 〈◊〉 disease but whaÌ„ y e sprete is vexed who mayâ— abyde it A wyse herte laboureth for knowâ—lege and a prudent eare seketh vnderstondiâ—â—ge Liberalite bryngeth a man to hono r and worshipe setteth him amonge greate 〈◊〉 â–ª The righteous accuseth hiÌ„ self first of all yf his neghbo r come he shal fynde him Thâ— lot pacifieth y e variauÌ„ce parteth y e mightâ— asunder The vnite of brethren is strongeâ— then a castell and they that holde together are like the barre of a palace A mans bely shal be satisfied with the frute of his owne mouth and with the increase of his lippes shal he be fylled Death and life stonde in the power of the tonge he that loueth it shal enioye the frute therof Who so fyndeth a wife fyndeth a good thynge receaueth an wholsome benefite of the LORDE The poore maketh supplicacion and prayeth mekely but the riche geueth a rough answere A frende that delyteth in loue doth a man more freÌ„dshipe and sticketh faster vnto him then a brother The XIX Chapter BEtter is the poore that lyueth godly theÌ„ the blasphemer that is but a foole Where no discrecion is there the soule is not well and who so is swifte on fote stombleth hastely Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE Riches make many frendes but the poore is forsakeÌ„ of his owne frendes A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed and he that speaketh lyes shal not escape The multitude haÌ„geth vpoÌ„ greate men euery man fauoureth him that geueth rewardes As for the poore he is hated amonge all his brethren yee his owne frendes forsake him he that geueth credeÌ„ce vnto wordes getteth nothinge He that is wyse loueth his owne soule and who so hath vnderstondinge shal prospere A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed he y t speaketh lyes shal perishe Delicate ease becoÌ„meth not a foole moch more vnsemely is it a bonde man to haue y e rule of prynces A wyse man putteth of displeasure it is his hono r to let some fautes passe The kynges disfauo r is like y e roaringe of a LyoÌ„ but his freÌ„dshpe is like the dewe vpoÌ„ y e grasse An vndiscrete sonne is y e heuynes of his father a braulynge wife is like the topp of an house where thorow it is euer droppynge House riches maye a maÌ„ haue by y e heretage of his elders but a discrete womaÌ„ is the gifte of the LORDE Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe an ydell soule shal suffer hoÌ„ger Who so kepeth the coÌ„maundemeÌ„t kepeth his owne soule but he y t regardeth not his waye shal dye He y t hath pitie vpon the poore leÌ„deth vnto y e LORDE loke what he layeth out it shal be payed him agayne ChasteÌ„ y e sonne whyle there is hope but let not y e soule be moued to slaye hiÌ„ For greate wrath bryngeth harme therfore let him go and so mayest thou teach him more nurtoure O geue eare vnto good councell be content to be refourmed that thou mayest bewyse here after There are many deuices in a maÌ„s herte neuertheles the couÌ„cell of y e LORDE shal stoÌ„de It is a mans worshipe to do good better it is to be a poore maÌ„ then a dyssembler The feare of the LORDE preserueth the life yee it geueth pleÌ„teousnes without the visitacioÌ„ of any plage A slouthfull body shuteth his honde in to his bosome so y t he can not put it to his mouth Yf thou smytest a scorneful personne the ignorauÌ„t shal take better hede yf thou reprouest one y t hath vnderstondinge he wil be y e wyser He y t hurteth his father or shuteth out his mother is a shamefull an vnworthy sonne· My sonne heare nomore the doctrine y t leadeth the awaye from the wordes of vnderstondinge A false wytnes laugheth iudgmeÌ„t to scorne the mouth of the vngodly eateth vp wickednes Punyshmentes are ordened for the scornefull and stripes for fooles backes The XX. Chapter WYne is a voluptuous thinge droÌ„ckennes causeth sedicion who so delyteâ—h therin shal neuer be wyse The kynge ought to be feared as the roaringe of a lyon who so prouoketh him vnto anger offendeth agaynst his owne soule It is a mans honoure to kepe himself from strife but they y t haue pleasure in braulinge are fooles eueryone A slouthfull body wyl not go to plowe for colde therfore shal he go abegginge in Sommer and haue nothinge Wyse councell in the herte of man is like a water in the depe of the earth but he that hath vnderstondinge bryngeth it forth Many there be that are called good doers but where shal one fynde a true faithful maÌ„ Who so ledeth a godly and an innocent life happie shal his children be whom he leaueth behynde him A kynge that sytteth in iudgment and loketh well aboute him dryueth awaye all euell Who can saye my hert is cleane I am innocent from synne To vse two maner of weightes or two maner of measures both these are abhominable vnto the LORDE A childe is knowne by his conuersacion whether his workes be pure and right As for the hearinge of the eare the sight of y e eye y e LORDE hath made theÌ„ both Delyte not thou in slepe lest thou come vnto pouerte but opeÌ„ thine eyes thou shalt haue bred ynough It is naught It is naught saye men whan they haue it but whan it is gone they geue it a good worde A mouth of vnderstoÌ„dinge is more worth then golde many precious stones and costly Iewels Take his garment that is suertie for a straunger take a pledge of him for y e vnknowne mans sake Euery maÌ„ liketh the bred that is gotten with disceate but at the last is mouth shal be fylled with grauell Thorow councell the thinges that men deuyse go forwarde with discrecion ought warres to be taken in honde Medle not with him that bewrayeth secretes and is a slaunderer and disceaueth with his lippes Who so curseth his father and mother his light shal be put out in the myddest of darcknesse The heretage that commeth to haistely at the first shal not be praysed at the ende Saye not thou I will recompence euell but put y e trust in the LORDE he shal defende ye. The LORDE abhorreth
wil not be the better for wordes for though he vnderstonde yet wil he not regarde them Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed thou mayest trust a foole more then him He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a childe shal make him his master at length An angrie man stereth vp strife and he that beareth euell wyll in his mynde doth moch euell After pryde commeth a fall but a lowly sprete bryngeth greate worshipe Who so kepeth company w t a thefe hateth his owne soule he heareth blasphemies telleth it not forth He that feareth men shal haue a fall but who so putteth his trust in the LORDE shal come to honor. Many there be that seke y e prynces fauoure but euery mans iudgment commeth from the LORDE The rightuous abhorre the vngodly but as for those that be in y e right waye y e wicked hate them The XXX Chapter The wordes of Agur the sonne of Iake THe prophecie of a true faithfull man whō God hath helped whom God hath cōforted norished For though I am y e leest of all haue no mās vnderstōdīge for I neuer lerned wiszdome yet haue I vnderstōdinge am wel enfourmed in godly thinges Who hath clymmed vp ī to heauen Who hath come downe from thence Who hath holden y e wynde fast in his hāde Who hath cōprehended y e waters in a garment Who hath set all the endes of y e worlde What is his name or his sonnes name Canst thou tell All the wordes of God are pure cleane for he is a shylde vnto all them that put their trust in him Put thou nothinge therfore vnto his wordes lest he reproue the and thou be founde as a lyar Two thinges I requyre of the that thou wilt not denye me before I dye Remoue fro me vanite and lyes geue me nether pouerte ner riches only graunte me a necessary lyuynge Lest yf I be to full I denye y e saye what felowe is y e LORDE And lest I beinge constrayned thorow pouerte fall vnto stealinge and forsweare the name of my God Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his master lest he speake euell of the also and thou be hurte He that bryngeth vp an euell reporte vpō the generacion of his father and mother is not worthy to be commended The generacion that thynke them selues cleane shal not be clensed from their fylthynesse There are people y t haue a proude loke and cast vp their eye lyddes This peoples tethe are swerdes and with their chaft bones they consume and deuoure the symple of the earth and the poore from amonge mē This generacion which is like an horsleche hath two doughters y e one is called fetch hither the other brynge hither There be thre thinges that are neuer satisfied and the fourth saieth neuer hoo The hell a womans wombe and the earth hath neuer water ynough As for fyre it sayeth neuer hoo Who so laugheth his father to scorne and setteth his mothers commaūdement at naught the rauens pycke out his eyes in the valley and deuoured be he of the yongle Aegles There be thre thinges to hye for me and as for the fourth it passeth my knowlege The waye of an Aegle in y e ayre y e waye of a serpent ouer y e stone y e waye of a shippe in y e see y e waye of a mā w t a yonge womā Soch is the waye also of a wyfe y t breaketh wedlocke which wypeth hir mouth like as whā she hath eatē sayeth As for me I haue done no harme Thorow thre thinges the earth is disquieted the fourth maye it not beare Thorow a seruaūt y t beareth rule thorow a foole y t hath greate riches thorow an ydle houswife thorow an handmayden y t is heyre to hir mastres There be foure thinges in the earth the which are very litle but in wyszdome they exceade the wyse The Emmettes are but a weake people yet gather they their meate together in y e haruest The conyes are but a feble folke yet make they their couches amonge the rockes The greshoppers haue not a gyde yet go they forth together by heapes The spyder laboureth w t hir hādes y t in y e kynges palace There be thre thinges y t go stiftly but the goinge of the fourth is the goodliest of all A Lyon which is kynge of beastes geueth place to no man A cock ready to fight A rāme And a kynge y t goeth forth w t his people Yf thou be so foolish to magnifie y e self or medlest w t eny soch thinge thē laye thine hāde vpon y e mouth Who so chyrneth mylck maketh butter he that rubbeth his nose maketh it blede and he that causeth wrath bryngeth forth strife The XXXI Chapter THese are the wordes of Kynge Lamuel y e lesson y t his mother taught him My sonne thou sonne of my body O my deare beloued sonne geue not ouer thy substaunce mynde vnto women which are the destrucciō euē of kynges O Lamuel geue kinges no wyne geue kynges prynces no stronge drynke lest they beinge dronken forget the lawe regarde not y e cause of the poore of all soch as be in aduersite Geue stronge drynke vnto soch as are condempned to death wyne vnto those y t mourne that they maye drynke it forget their misery aduersite Be thou an aduocate stonde in iudgment thyself to speake for all soch as be dōme sucourles With y e mouth defende y e thinge y t is laufull and right and y e cause of y e poore and helplesse Who so fyndeth an honest faithful womā she is moch more worth thē perles The herte of hir husbande maye safely trust in her so that he shal haue no nede of spoyles She wil do him good not euel all y e dayes of hir life She occupieth woll flax laboureth gladly w t hir handes She is likē a marchauntes shippe that bryngeth hir vytayles from farre She is vp in y e night season to prouyde meate for hir housholde foode for hir maydens She considreth lōde byeth it and w t the frute of hir handes she planteth a vynyarde She gyrdeth hir loynes with strength and courageth hir armes And yf she perceaue that hir houswifrie doth good hir candle goeth not out by night She layeth hir fyngers to the spyndle hir hande taketh holde of y e rocke She openeth hir hande to y e poore yee she stretcheth forth hir hādes to soch as haue nede She feareth not y t the colde of wynter shal hurte hir house for all hir housholde folkes are duble clothed She maketh hir self fayre ornamētes hir clothīge is whyte sylke purple Hir huszbāde is moch set by in y e gates whē he sytteth amonge y e rulers of y e londe She maketh cloth of sylke selleth it and delyuereth a gyrdle vnto y e
it shal happen vnto him as to an vntymely frute before the haruest come Which as soone as it is sene is by and by deuoured or euer it come well in a mans honde And then shal the LORDE of hoostes be a ioyful crowne and a glorious garlāde vnto the remnaunt of his people Vnto the lowly he shal be a sprete of iudgment and vnto them that dryue awaye the enemies from y e gates he shal be a sprete of strēgth But they go wronge by y e reason of wyne they fall and stacker because of strōge drynke Yee euē the prestes and prophetes them selues go amisse they are dronken with wyne and weake braned thorow stronge drynke They erre in seinge and in judgmēt they fayle For all tables are so ful of vomyte and fylthynes y t no place is clene What is he amonge them y t can teach instructe or enfourme the childrē which are weened from suck or taken from the brestes of eny other fashion then Commaunde y t maye be commaunded byd y t maye be byddē forbyd that maye be forbyddē kepe backe y t maye be kepte backe here a litle there a litle And therfore the LORDE also shal speake w t lispinge lippes and w t a straunge lāguage vnto this people to whom he spake afore of this maner This shal bringe rest yf one refresh the weery ye this shal bringe rest But they had no will to heare And therfore the LORDE shal answere their stubbournes Cōmaunde y t maye be cōmaunded byd y t maye be bydden forbyd y t maye be forbyddē kepe backe y t maye be kepte backe here a litle there a litle That they maye go forth fall backwarde be brussed snared and taken Wherfore heare the worde of the LORDE ye mockers that rule the LORDEs people which is at Ierusalē For ye cōforte yo r selues thus Tush death we are at a poynte as for hell we haue made a cōdicion with it that though there breake out eny sore plage it shal not come vpon vs. For with disceate wil we escape and with nymblenes will we defende o r selues Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil laye a stone in Sion a greate stone a costly corner stone for a sure foundacion y t who so putteth his trust in him shal not be confouded Rightuousnes wil I set vp agayne in y e balaunce and iudgment in the weightes The tēpest of hale shal take awaye yo r refuge that ye haue to disceaue withal and y e ouerflowinge waters shal breake downe yo r strōge holdes of dissimulaciō Thus the appoyntmēt that ye haue made w t death shal be done awaye and the cōdicion that ye made with hell shal not stōde When the greate destructiō goeth thorow it shal all to treade you It shal take you quyte awaye before it For it shal go forth early in the mornynge and contynue only y t daye and y t night And the very feare only shal teach you when ye heare it For y e bedde shal be so narow y t a mā cā not lye vpon it And the coueringe to small that a mā maye not wynde him self therin For the LORDE shal steppe forth as he dyd vpon the mount Perazim and shal take on as he dyd vpō the dale of Gabaon that he maye bringe forth his deuyce his straunge deuyce and fulfil his worke his wonderful worcke And therfore make no mockes at it that youre captiuyte increase not for I haue herde the LORDE of hoostes saye that there shal come a soden destruction and plage vpon the whole earth Take hede and heare my voyce pondre and merck my wordes wel Goeth not the husbonde man euer in due season earnestly to his londe he moweth ploweth his grounde to sowe And whē he hath made it playne he soweth it with fitches or comyn He soweth y e wheate and Barlye in their place Milium and Rye also in their place And y t he maye do it right his God teacheth him and sheweth him For he treadeth not the fitches out with a wayne nether bringeth he the cart here and there ouer the comyn but he throssheth y e fitches out with a flale and the comyn with a rod. As for the wheate he gryndeth it to make bred therof In as moch as he can not bringe it to passe w t treadinge out For nether the brussinge that the cart wheles make ner his beastes can grynde it This and soch like thinges come of the LORDE of hostes which is maruelous in councel and greate in rightuousnesse The xxix Chap. WO vnto the o Ariel Ariel thou cite that Dauid wāne Take yet some yeares and let some feastes yet passe ouer then shal Ariel be beseged so that she shal be heuy and sorouful and shal be vnto me euen as a lyon For I wil laye sege to the rounde aboute and kepe y e in with towers and graue vp dykes agaynst ye. And thou shalt be brought lowe and speake out of the earth and thy wordes shal go humbly out of y e grounde Thy voyce shal come out of the earth like the voyce of a witch and thy talkinge shal groane out of the myre For the multitude of thine enemies shal be like mealdust And the nombre of Tyrauntes shal be as y e dust that the wynde taketh awaye sodenly Thou shalt be visited of the LORDE of hoostes with thondre earth quake and with a greate crack with the whyrle wynde tempest and with the flame of a consumynge fyre But now the multitude of all the people that went out agaynst Ariel the whole hooste the stronge holdes and sege is like a dreame which apeareth in the night It is like as when an hungrie man dreameth that he is eatynge and when he awaketh he hath nothinge like as when a thurstie man dreameth that he is drinkinge and when he awaketh he is faynt and his soule vnpacient So is the multitude of all people that mustre them selues agaynst the hill of Sion But ye shal be at youre wittes ende ye shal be abasshed ye shal stackre and rele to and fro Ye shal be dronken but not of wyne Ye shal fall but not thorow dronkenes For the LORDE shal geue you an hard slepinge sprete and holde downe youre eyes namely yo r prophetes and heades which shulde se them shal he couer And all visions shal be vnto you as the wordes that stonde in a sealed lettre when one offreth it to a man that is lerned and sayeth rede vs this lettre Thē he answereth I cā not rede it for it is shutt But yf it be geuē to one y t is not lerned or sayde vnto him rede this lettre Then sayeth he I can not rede Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE For so moch as this people draweth nye me w t their mouth and prayseth me highly with their lippes where as there herte neuertheles is farre fro me and the feare
sprete within me aÌ„d the visions off my heade made me afrayed till I gat me vnto one off them that stode by to knowe the treuth concerninge all these thinges So he tolde me and made me vnderstoÌ„de the interpretacioÌ„ of these thinges These foure greate beastes are foure kinges which shal aryse out of the earth These shal take in the kyngdome off the sayntes of the most hyest and possesse it still more more for a longe season After this I requyred diligently to knowe the treuth concerninge the fourth beest which was so farre vnlike the other beestes and so horrible whose teth were of yron and his nales off brasse which deuoured and destroied and stamped the resydue vnder his fete I desyred also to knowe the treuth as touchinge the ten hornes that he had vpon his heade and this other which came vp afterwarde before whose face theâ— fell downe thre which horne had eyes and a mouth that spake presumptuous thinges and loked with a grimmer visage then his felowes I behelde and the same horne made battail agaynst the sayntes yee aÌ„d gat the victory off them vntill the tyme that the olde aged came that the iudgment was geueÌ„ to the chefest sayntes and till the tyme that y e sayntes had the kyngdome in possession He gaue me this aâ—swere That fourth beest shal be the fourth kingdome vpoÌ„ earth it shal be more then all other kyngdomes it shall deuoure treade downe aÌ„d destroye all other londes The ten hornes are ten kynges that shal aryse out of that kyngdome after whoÌ„ there shall stonde vp another which shall be greater then the first He shall subdue thre kynges and shall speake wordes agaynst the hyest off all he shall destroye the sayntes of the most hyest and thynke that he maye chaunge tymes and lawes They shall be geuen vnder his power vntill a tyme two tymes and halff a tyme. But the iudgment shal be kepte so that his power shal be taken from him for he shal be destroyed and perish at the last As for the kyngdome power and all might that is vnder the heauen it shal be geuen to the holy people off the most hyest whose kyngdome is euerlastinge yee all powers shall serue and obeye him Thus farre exteÌ„de y e wordes Neuerthelesse I Daniel was so vexed in my thoughtes that my countenaunce chaunged but the wordes I kepte still in my herte The VIII Chapter IN the thirde yeare off the raigne of kinge Balthasar there apeared a visioÌ„ vnto me Daniel after that I had sene the first I sawe in a vision and when I sawe it I was at Susis in the chefe cite which lyeth in the londe off Elam and in y e vision me thought I was by the ryuer off Vlai Then I loked vp and sawe and beholde there stode before the ryuer a ramme which had hornes and these hornes were hye but one was hyer then another and the hyest came vp last I sawe that this ramme puszhed with his hornes agaynst the west agaynst the north and agaynst the south so that no beestes might stonde before him ner defende them from his power but he dyd as him listed and waxed greatly I toke hede vnto this and then came there an hegoate from the west ouer the whole earth and touched not the grounde This goate had a maruelous goodly horne betwixte his eyes and came vnto the ramme that had the two hornes whom I had sene a fore by the ryuer syde and ranne fearcely vpon him with his might I sawe him drawe nye vnto the ramme beynge very fearce vpon him yee he gaue him soch a stroke that he brake his two hornes Nether had the ramme so moch strength as to stonde before him but he kest him downe trodde him vnder his fete and no man was able to delyuer the ramme out of his power The goate waxed exceadinge greate and when he was at the strongest his greate horne was broken also Then grewe there other foure soch like in the steade towarde the foure wyndes off the heauen Yee out of one of the leest off these hornes there came vp yet another horne which waxed maruelous greate towarde the south towarde the east and towarde the fayre pleasaunt londe It grewe vp to the hoost off heauen wherof it dyd cast some downe to the grounde and off the starres also and trode them vnder fete Yee it grewe vp vnto the prynce off the hoost from whom the daylie offeringe was taken and the place off his Sanctuary casten downe And a certayne season was geuen vnto it agaynst the daylie offeringe because of wickednesse that it might cast downe the verite to the grounde and so to prospere in all thinges that it went aboute Vpon this I herde one off the sayntes speakynge which saynte sayde vnto one that axed this question How longe shall this vision off the daylie sacrifice and of the waistinge abhominacion endure that the Sanctuary and the power shall so be troden vnder fote And he answered him Vnto the euenyinge the morninge euen two thousande and thre huÌ„dreth dayes then shall the Sanctuary be clensed agayne Now when I Daniel had sene this vision and sought for the vnderstondinge of it beholde there stode before me a thinge like vnto a man And I herde a mans voyce in the ryuer off Vlai which cryed and sayde O Gabriel make this man vnderstonde the vision So he came and stode by me But I was afrayed at his coÌ„minge and fell downe vpon my face Then sayde he vnto me O thou sonne of man marcke well for in the last tyme shall this vision be fulfylled Now as he was speakynge vnto me I waxed faynte so that I suncke downe to the grounde But he toke holde vpon me and set me vp agayne sayenge Beholde I will shewe the what shall happen in the last wrath for in the tyme appoynted it shal be fulfilled The ramme which thou sawest with the two hornes is the kynge off the Medes aÌ„d Perses but the goate is the kynge of Greke londe the greate horne that stode betwixte his eyes that is the pryncipall kynge But where as it brake and foure other rose vp in the steade it signifieth that out of this people shall stonde vp foure kyngdomes but not so mightie as it After these kyngdomes whyle vngodnesse is a growinge there shall aryse a kynge off an vnshamefast face which shall be wyse in darcke speakinges He shal be mightie and stronge but not in his owne strength He shall destroye aboue measure and all that he goeth aboute shall prospere he shall slaye the stronge and holy people And thorow his craftynes falsede shall prospere in his honde his herte shall be proude and many one shall he put to death in his welthynesse He shal stonde vp agaynst the prynce off prynces but he shal be destroyed without honde And this vision that is shewed vnto the is as sure as the evenynge and the mornynge Therfore
greate power shal they come and stonde fightinge with theÌ„ and shal waist the porcion of the londe of the Assirians And then shal the Dragons haue the vpper hande not remembringe their byrth and shal turne aboute swearinge together in greate power to persecute them But these shal be afrayed and kepe sylence at their power and shal fle and one out of the londe of the Assirians shal besege theÌ„ and consume one of theÌ„ and in their hoost shal be feare and drede and strife amonge their kynges 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 They shal smyte one vpon another and they shal smyte at y e greate starre vpon earth and their starre and the bloude shal be from the swerde vnto the bely and the smoke of maÌ„ vnto y e Camels lytter And there shal be greate fearfulnes and tremblinge vpoÌ„ earth and they that se the wrath shal be afrayed and a tremblinge shal come vpon them And then shal there come greate raynes from y e south and from the north and parte from the west and from the stormy wynde from the east and shal shutt them vp agayne the cloude which he raysed vp in wrath and the starre to cause feare towarde y e east and west wynde shal be destroyed the greate cloudes shal be lift vp and y e mightie cloudes full of wrath and the starre that they maye make all the earth afrayed and theÌ„ y t dwell therin and that they maye poure out ouer all places an horrible starre fyre and hâ—le and flyenge swerdes and many waters y t all feldes maye be full and all ryuers they shal breake downe the cities walles mountaynes hylles all trees wod and the grasse of the medowes and all their frute And they shal go stedfast vnto Babilon and mâ—ke her afrayed they shal come to her and besege her the starre and all wrath shal they poure out vpon her Then shal the dust and smoke go vp vnto the heauen and all they that be aboute her shal bewayle her and they that remayne vnder her shal do seruyce vnto them that haue put her in feare And thou Asia y t coÌ„fortest thyself also vpoÌ„ the hope of Babilon and art a worshipe of hir personne Wo be vnto the thou wretch because thou hast made thyself like vnto her hast decte y e daughters iÌ„ whoâ—dome that they might tryumphe and please thy louers which haue allwaye desyred to coÌ„mytte whordome w t the thou hast folowed the abhominable cite in all hir workes and invencions Therfore sayeth God I wyl sende plages vpon the wyddowhode pouerte hoÌ„ger warres and pestilence to waist thy houses with destruccion and death and the glory of thy power shal be dryed vp as a floure whan y e heate aryseth y t is sent ouer the. Thou shalt be sick as a poore wife that is plaged beateÌ„ of wemen so y t the mightie and louers shal not be able to receaue the. Wolde I so hatâ— the saieth the LORDE Yf thou haddest not allwaye slayne my chosen exaltinge the stroke of thy handes and sayde ouer their death whan thou wast dronkeÌ„ set forth the betwâ—â— of thy countenaunce The rewarde of thy whordome shal be recompensed the in thy bosome therfore shalt thou receaue rewarde Like as thou hast done vnto my chosen sayeth the LORDE euen so shal God do vnto the and shal delyuer the in to the plage Thy childreÌ„ shal dye of honger thou shalt fall thorow y e swerde Thy cities shal be broken downe all thine shal perish w t the swerde in y e felde They y t be in y e mouÌ„taynes shal dye of honger eate their owne flesh drinke their owne bloude for very hoÌ„ger of bred thyrst of water Thou vnhappie shalt come thorow the see receaue plages agayne In the passage they shall cast downe the slayne cite shal rote out one parte of y e londe coÌ„sume the porcion of thy glory They shal treade the downe like stuble they shal be thy fyre and shal consume the thy cities and thy londe thy wod thy frutefull trees shal they burne vp with the fyre Thy children shal they cary awaye captyue and loke what thou hast they shal spoyle it and marre the bewtie of thy face The XVI Chapter WO vnto the Babilon Asia wo vnto y e Egipte Syria gyrde yo r selues w t clothes of sack hayre and mourne for youre childreÌ„ be sory for yo r destruccion is at honde A swerde is sent vpon you who wil turne it back A fyre is kyndled amoÌ„ge you who wil quench it Plages are sent vnto you what is he that wil dryue them awaye Maye eny man dryue awaye an hoÌ„grie lyon in the wod Or maye eny maÌ„ quench the fyre in the stubble whan it hath begonne to burne Maye one turne agayne the arowe y t is shot of a stronge archer The mightie LORDE sendeth the plages what is he that wil dryue them awaye The fyre is kyndled gone forth in his wrath what is he that will quench it He shall cast lightenynges who shal not feare He shal thonder and who shall not be afrayed The LORDE shal threaten who shal not vtterly be beaten to poulder at his presence The earth quaketh the foundacions therof y e see aryseth vp w t wawes from the depe and the floudes of it are vnquyete the fishes therof also before the LORDE before the glory of his power For stronge is his right hande that holdeth the bowe his arowes that he shuteth are sharpe shall not mysse whan they begynne to be shot in to y e endes of the worlde Beholde y e plages are sent shal not turne agayne tyll they come vpon earth The fyre is kyndled shall not be put out tyll it consume the foundacions of the earth Like as an arowe which is shot of a mightie archer returneth not bacwarde euen so y e plages y t shal be sent vpon earth shal not turne agayne Wo is me wo is me who wyl delyuer me in those dayes The begynnynge of sorowes greate mourninge the begynnynge of derth greate death the begynnynge of warres the powers shal stonde in feareâ— the begynnynge of euels they shal tremble euery one What shal I do in these thinges whan the plages come Beholde hoÌ„ger and plage trouble anguysh are sent as scourges for amendement But for all these thinges they shal not turne froÌ„ their wickednesses ner be allwaye myndefull of y e scourges Beholde vitayles shal be so good cheape vpon earth y t they shal thinke themselues to be in good case and euen then shal myschefe growe vpoÌ„ earth warres derth greate disquietnes For many of them that dwell vpoÌ„ earth shall perish of hoÌ„ger the other that escape
speakynge vnto him she fell downe agayne for fayntnes for the which cause the kynge was afrayed and all his seruauntes comforted her The XVI Chapter A copye of the commaundement which kinge Artaxerses caused to be proclamed in all the countrees of his domynion for the wealth of the Iewes THe greate kynge Artaxerses which raigneth frō India vnto Ethiopia ouer an hundreth and xxvij londes sendeth vnto the prynces rulers of the same londes soch as loue him his frendly salutacion There be many that for the sondrye frendshipes and benefites which are diuersly don◠vnto them for their worshipe be euer y e more proude and hye mynded and vndertake not onely to hurte oure subiectes for plenteous benefites maye they not suffre and begynne to ymagin some thinge agaynst those that do them good and take not onely all vnthankfulnes awaye fro men but in pryde and presumpcion as they that be vnmyndefull and vnthākfull for the good dedes they go aboute to escape the iudgment of God y t seyth all thinges which iudgment hateth punysheth all wickednes It happeneth oft also y t they which be set in office by the hyer power and vnto whom the busynes and causes of the subiectes are cōmytted to be handled waxe proude and defyle thē selues with sheddynge of innocent bloude which bryngeth them to intollerable hurte Which also with false and disceatfull wordes and with lyenge tales disceaue and betraye the innocent goodnes of prynces Now is it profitable and good that we take hede make search therafter and consider not onely what hath happened vnto vs of olde but the shamefull vnhonest and noysome thinges that the debites haue now taken in hande before oure eyes and therby to bewarre in tyme to come that we maye make the kyngdome quyete peaceable for all men and that we might some tyme drawe it to a chaunge and as for y e thinge that now is present before oure eyes to withstande it and to put it downe after the most frendly maner What tyme now as Aman the sonne of Amadathu y e Macedonyan a straunger verely of the Persians bloude and farre from oure goodnes was come in amōge vs as an aleaunt and had optayned the frendshipe that we beare towarde all people so that he was called oure father and had in hye honoure of euery man as the next and pryncipall vnto the kynge he coude not forbeare him self from his pryde hath vndertaken not onely to robbe vs of the kyngdome but of oure life With manyfolde disceate also hath he desyred to destroye Mardocheus oure helper and preseruer which hath done vs good in all thinges and innocent Hester the like partaker of oure kyngdome with all hir people For his mynde was whan he had takē them out of the waye and robbed vs of them by this meanes to translate the kyngdome of the Persians vnto thē of Macedonia But we fynde that the Iewes which were accused of y e wicked y t they might be destroyed are no euell doers but vse reasonable right lawes and that they be the children of the most Hye lyuynge God by whom the kyngdome of vs and oure progenitours hath bene well ordred hither to Wherfore as for the letters and cōmaundementes that were put forth by Aman the sonne of Amadathu ye shal do well yf ye holde them of none effecte for he that set them vp and inuented thē hangeth at Susis before the porte with all his kinred and God which hath all thinges in his power hath rewarded him after his deseruynge And vpon this ye shal publish and set vp the copy of this letter in all places that the Iewes maye frely and without hinderaunce holde them selues after their owne statutes and that they maye be helped and that vpō y e xiij daye of y e xij moneth Adar they may◠be auenged of them which in the tyme of their anguysh and trouble wolde haue oppressed thē For the God that gouerneth all thinges hath turned to ioye the daye wherin y e chosen people shulde haue perished Morouer amōge the hye solempne dayes that ye haue ye shall holde this daye also w t all gladnesse that now and in tyme to come this daye maye be a remembraūce to good for all soch as loue the prosperite of the Persians but a remembraunce of destruccion to those that be sedicious vnto vs. All cities and lōdes that do not this shal horribly perish and be destroyed w t the swerde and fyre and shall not onely be nomore inhabited of men but be abhorred also of y e wilde beastes foules The boke of Wyszdome What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. An exortaciō for iudges and rulers to loue wyszdome The sprete of wyszdome hateth falsede disfimulacion and Ypocrysie rebuketh vnrighteousnesse and abhorreth wicked doers Chap. II. The ymaginaciōs and thoughtes of the vngodly how they geue thē selues ouer vnto synne and persecute all vertue and trueth Chap. III. The felicite and health of godly people though they be put here to trouble and heuynesse Agayne what sorow shall happen to the vngodly and their children Chap. IIII. To lyue chaist godly withall is cōmendable A disprayse of the wicked The honoure of verteous age The shamefull death of the vngodly Chap. V. How the iust men shal stōde against the wicked that haue put them here to trouble what sorowe shall come vpon the vngodly Agayne what ioye shal happen to the righteous which haue God himself for their defēce Chap. VI. An exortacion vnto soch as be in rule and auctorite to receaue wyszdome A commēdacion of wyszdome Chap. VII All men haue like intraūce in to the worlde yet who so calleth vpon God for wyszdome shal haue his desyre The profit that cōmeth by wyszdome passeth all other thinges Chap. VIII Wiszdome shulde be receaued in youth He that marieth himself vnto her shall optayne loue of God and men Chap. IX A prayer vnto God for the gift of wyszdome Chap. X. What profit and good came by wyszdome in the olde tyme. Chap. XI How wiszdome ledeth the righteous how the vngodly are punyshed thorow the mightie hande of God Chap. XII God is mercifull and suffreth longe to the intent that synners shulde amende Chap. XIII Vayne are they that haue not the knowlege of the lyuynge God but turne vnto to the creatures vnhappie are they that honoure ymages Chap. XIIII The worshippinge of ymages The power of God Punyshment of them that make ymages and of soch as worshipe them How ymages came vp first The honouringe of ymages is the cause begynnynge and ende of all myschefe Chap. XV. The faithfull haue respecte vnto God and not vnto ymages Chap. XVI God punisheth the wicked but defendeth the godly that by greate wonders Chap. XVII Of the greate darcknesse in Egipte and blyndnesse of the vngodly Chap. XVIII How God destroied the firstborne of Egipte Gods people eate the easter lambe ioyfully the Egiptians mourne God punysheth the synners in the
vs go make a couenaunt with the Heithen y t are rounde aboute vs for sence we departed from them we haue had moch sorow So this deuyce pleased them well and certayne of y e people toke vpon thē for to go vnto y e kynge which gaue them licence to do after the ordinaūce of the Heithen Then set they vp an open scole at Ierusalem of the lawes of the Heithē and were nomore circumcised but forsoke y e holy Testamente and ioyned them selues to y e Heithē were cleane solde to do myschefe So when Antiochus beganne to be mightie in his kyngdome he wente aboute to optayne y e londe of Egipte also that he might haue the dominion of two realmes Vpon this entred he in to Egipte with a stronge hoost with charettes elephantes horsmen a greate nombre of shippes and beganne to warre agaynst Ptolomy the kynge of Egipte But Ptolomy was afrayed of him and fled and many of his people were wounded to death Thus Antiochus wāne many strōge cities and toke awaye great good out of the londe of Egipte And after that Antiochus had smytten Egipte he turned agayne in the Cxliij yeare wente towarde Israel and came vp to Ierusalem with a mightie people and entred proudly into y e Sanctuary and toke awaye the golden altare the candilsticke and all y e ornamētes therof the table of the shewbred the pouringe vessel the chargers the golden spones the vale the crownes and golden apparel of the temple and brake downe all He toke also the syluer and golde the precious Iewels and the secrete treasures that he foūde And when he had taken awaye alltogether caused a greate murthur of men and so fulfilled his malicious pryde he departed in to his owne londe Thus there arose greate heuinesse and misery in all the londe of Israel The prynces and the elders of the people mourned the yōge men and the maydens were defyled and the fayre beutye of women was chaunged the brydegrome and the bryde toke them to mournynge the londe and those that dwelt therin was moued for all the house of Iacob was brought to confucion After two yeares the kynge sent his chefe treasurer vnto the cities of Iuda which came to Ierusalem with a greate multitude of people speakīge peaceable wordes vnto thē but all was disceate for when they had geuen him credence he fell sodēly vpon the cite and smote it sore and destroyed moch people of Israel And when he had spoyled the cite he set fyre on it castinge downe houses and walles on euery syde The women their children toke they captiue and led awaye their catell Then buylded they the castel of Dauid with a greate and thicke wall and with mightie towres made it a stronge holde for them Besyde all this they sett wicked people and vngodly men to kepe it stoared it with weapens and vytales gathered the goodes of Ierusalem and layed thē vp there thus became it a theuysh castell And this was done to laye waite for the people that wente in to the Sanctuary and for the cruell destruccion of Israel Thus they shed innocent bloude on euery syde of y e Sanctuary and defyled it In so moch that the citesyns were fayne to departe and the cite became an habitacion of straungers beynge desolate of hir owne sede for hir owne natyues were fayne to leaue her Hir Sāctuary was clene waisted hir holy dayes were turned in to mournynge hir Sabbathes were had in derision and hir hono r brought to naught Loke how greate hir glory was afore so greate was hir confucion and hir ioye turned in to sorow Antiochus also the kynge sent out a commission vnto all his kyngdome that all the people shulde be one Then they left euery man his lawe and all the Heithen agreed to the cōmaundement of kynge Antiochus Yee many of the Israelites consented there vnto offerynge vnto Idols and defylinge the Sabbath So the kynge Antiochus sent his messaungers with his commission vnto Ierusalem and to all y e cities of Iuda that they shulde folowe y e lawes of the Heithē and for bad ether burnt offerynge meat offerynge or peace offerynge to be made in the temple of God that there shulde no Sabbath ner hye feast daye be kepte but commaunded that the Sanctuary and the holy people of Israel shulde be defyled He commaunded also that there shulde be set vp other altares temples and Idols to offre vp swynes flesh and other vnclene beastes that men shulde leaue their children vncircumcised to defyle their soules with all maner of vnclennesse abhominacions that they might so forget the lawe and chaūge all the holy ordinaunces of God and that who so euer wolde not do acordynge to the commaundement of kynge Antiochus shulde suffre death In like maner commaunded he thorow out all his realme and sett rulers ouer the people for to compell them to do these thynges commaundinge the cities of Iuda to do sacrifice vnto Idols Then wente the people vnto the Heithen by heapes forsoke the lawe of the LORDE and committed moch euell in the londe yee and chaced out the secrete Israelites which had hyd them selues in corners and preuy places The xv daye of the moneth Casleu in the Cxlv. yeare set kynge Antiochus an abhominable Idol of desolacion vpon the altare of God and they buylded altares thorow out all the cities of Iuda on euery syde before the dores of the houses and in the stretes where they brent incense and dyd sacrifyce And as for the bokes of the lawe of God they brent them in the fyre and rente them in peces What so euer he was that had a boke of the Testament of the LORDE founde by hym yee who so euer endeuored himself to kepe the lawe of the LORDE the kynges commaundement was y t they shulde put him to death And thorow his anctorite they executed these thinges euery moneth vpon the people of Israel that were founde in the cities The fyue and twentye daye of the moneth what tyme as they dyd sacrifice vpon the altare which stode in the steade of the altare of the LORDE acordinge to the commaundement of kynge Antiochus they put certayne women to death which had caused their children to be circumcised Not only that but they hanged vp the children by the neckes thorow out all their houses and slewe the circumcisers of them Yet were there many of the people of Israel which determed in them selues that they wolde not eate vncleane thinges but chose rather to suffre death then to be defyled with vncleane meates So because they wolde not breake the blessed lawe of God they were cruelly slayne And this greate tyranny increased very sore vpon the people of Israel The II. Chapter IN those dayes there dyd stōde vp one Matathias the sonne of Symeon the prest out of the kynred of Ioaris frō Ie Ierusalem and dwelt vpon the mount of
so wyl be chefest amonge you shal be seruaunt of all For the sonne of man also came not to be serued but to do seruyce and to geue his life to a redempcion for many And they came vnto Iericho And whan he wente out of Iericho and his disciples and moch people there sat one blynde Barthimeus the sonne of Thimeus by y e waye and begged And whaÌ„ he herde that it was Iesus of Nazareth he beganne to crie and saye Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon me And many reproued him that he shulde holde his tunge But he cried moch more Thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpoÌ„ me And Iesus stode styll and bad call him And they called the blynde and sayde vnto him Be of good conforte aryse he calleth the. And he cast awaye his garment from him stode vp and came to Iesus And Iesus answered sayde vnto him What wilt thou that I do vnto the The blynde sayde vnto him Master that I might se. Iesus sayde vnto him Go y t waye thy faith hath helped ye. And immediatly he had his sight and folowed him in the waye The XI Chapter ANd whan they came nye Ierusalem to Bethphage and Bethanye vnto mount Oliuete he sent two of his disciples and sayde vnto them Go in to the towne that lyeth before you and as soone as ye come in ye shal fynde a foale bounde wher vpon no man hath sytteÌ„ lowse it and brynge it hither And yf eny man saye vnto you wherfore do ye that Then saye ye The LORDE hath nede therof and forth with he shal sende it hither They weÌ„te their waie and founde the foale tyed by y e dore without at the partynge of the waye and lowsed it And certayne of those y t stode there axed them What do ye that ye lowse the foale But they sayde vnto theÌ„ like as Iesus had commaunded them And so they let them alone And they brought the foale vnto Iesus and layed their clothes theron and he sat theron But many spred their garmeÌ„tes in the waye some cut downe braunches froÌ„ the trees and strowed theÌ„ in the waye And they that wente before and that folowed after cried and sayde Hosyanna blessed be he that commeth in the name of the LORDE blessed be the kyngdome of oure father Dauid which commeth in the name of the LORDE Hosyanna in the height And the LORDE entred in to Ierusalem and wente in to the temple and loked vpon all And at euen he wente out vnto Bethany with the twolue and on the morow whaÌ„ they departed from Bethanye he huÌ„gred and sawe a fygge tre afarre of which had leaues Then came he nye to se yf he coude fynde eny thinge theron And whan he came to it he founde nothinge but leaues for the tyme of fygges was not yet And Iesus answered and sayde vnto it Neuer maÌ„ eate frute of the for euermore And his disciples herde it And they came to Ierusalem And Iesus wente in to the temple and beganne to dryue out the sellers and byers in the teÌ„ple ouerthrew the tables of the money chaungers and the stoles of the doue sellers and suffred not eny man to cary a vessel thorow the temple And he taught and sayde vnto them Is it not wrytten My house shal be called a house of prayer for all people But ye haue made it a denne of murthurers And the scrybes and hye prestes herde of it And they sought how they might destroye him but they were afrayed of him for all the people marueled at his doctryne And at euen he wente out of the cite And on the morow they passed by and sawe the fygge tre that it was wythred vnto the rote And Peter thought theron and sayde vnto him Master beholde the fygge tre y t thou cursedest is wythred awaye Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Haue faith in God Verely I saye vnto you Who so euer saieth vnto this mountayne Avoyde and cast thy self in to the see and douteth not in his hert but beleueth that the thinges shal come to passe which he saieth then loke what he sayeth it shal come to passe Therfore I saye vnto you What so euer ye desyre in youre prayer beleue that ye shal receaue it and ye shal haue it And whan ye stonde and praye forgeue yf ye haue ought ageynst eny man that youre father also in heauen maye forgeue you youre trespaces And they came agayne vnto Ierusalem and whan he wente in the temple there came vnto him the hye prestes and scrybes and the elders and sayde vnto him By what auctorite dost thou these thinges and who gaue the this auctorite to do soch But Iesus answered and sayde vnto theÌ„ I wil axe you a worde also answere me and I wyl tell you by what auctorite I do these The baptyme of Ihon was it from heauen or of men Answere me And they thought in them selues yf we saye it was from heauen then shal he saye Why dyd ye not then beleue him But yf we saye It was of men then feare we the people for they all helde that Ihon was a true prophet And they answered and saide vnto him We can not tell And Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Nether tell I you by what auctorite I do these thinges The XII Chapter ANd he beganne to speake vnto them by parables A certayne maÌ„ planted a vynyarde and made a hedge aboute it and dygged a wynne presse and buylded a tower and let it out vnto huszbande men and wente in to a straunge countre And whan the tyme was come he sent a seruauÌ„t to the huszbande men that he might receaue of the huszbandmen of the frute of the vynyarde But they toke him and bet him and sent him awaye emptye Agayne he sent vnto them another seruaunt whom they stoned and brake his heade and sent him awaye shamefully dealt withall Agayne he sent another whom they slew and many other some they bâ—tt and some they put to death Then had he yet one sonne onely whom he loued him he sent also vnto them at the last and sayde they wyl stonde in awe of my sonne But the same huszbandmen sayde amonge themselues This is the heyre Come let vs kyll him so shal the inheritaunce be ours And they toke him and slewe him and cast him out of the vynyarde What shal now the lorde of the vynyarde do He shal come and destroye the huszbande men and geue the vynyarde vnto other Haue ye not red this scripture The same stone which the buylders refused is become the headstone in the corner This was the LORDES doynge and it is maruelous in oure eyes And they wente aboute to take him but they feared the people for they perceaued that he had spokeÌ„ this parable agaynst theÌ„ And they left him and wente their waye And they sent vnto him certayne of the Pharises and Herodes officers
to take him in his wordes And they came and sayde vnto hī Master we knowe that thou art true and carest for no man For thou regardest not the outwarde appearaunce of men but teachest y e waye of God truly Is it laufull to geue tribute vnto the Emperoure or not Ought we to geue it or ought we not to geue it But he perceaued their ypocrisye and sayde vnto them Why tempte ye me Brynge me a peny that I maye se it And they brought it him Then sayde he Whose ymage and superscripcion is this They sayde vnto him The Emperours Then answered Iesus and sayde vnto thē Geue therfore vnto the Emperoure that which is the Emperours and vnto God that which is Gods And they marueled at him Then came vnto him the Saduces which holde that there is no resurreccion these axed him and sayde Master Moses wrote vnto vs. Yf eny mans brother dye and leaue a wife and leaue no children his brother shal take his wife and rayse vp sede vnto his brother Now were there seuen brethren the first toke a wife and dyed and left no sede and the seconde toke her and dyed and left no sede also the thirde in like maner And they all seuen toke her and left no sede At the last after them all the wyfe dyed also Now in the resurreccion whan they shal ryse agayne whose wife shal she be of them For seuen had her to wife Then answered Iesus and sayde vnto them Do not ye erre because ye knowe not the scryptures ner y e power of God Whan they shal ryse agayne from the deed they shal nether mary ner be maried but they are as the angels in heauen As touchinge the deed that they shal ryse agayne haue ye not red in the boke of Moses how God spake vnto him in the bush and sayde I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac the God of Iacob Yet is not God a God of the deed but of the lyuynge Therfore ye erre greatly And there came vnto him one of the scrybes that had herkened vnto thē how they disputed together and sawe that he had answered them well and axed him Which is the chefest cōmaundement of all Iesus answered him The chefest commaundemēt of all commaundementes is this Heare O Israel the LORDE oure God is one God and thou shalt loue the LORDE thy God with all thy hert with all thy soule with all thy mynde and with all thy strength This is the chefest commaundement and the seconde is like vnto it Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy self There is none other greater commaundement then these And the scrybe sayde vnto him Master Verely thou hast sayde right for there is but one God there is none other without him and to loue him with all the hert with all the mynde with all the soule and with all the strength and to loue a mans neghboure as himself is more then brent sacrifices and all offerynges But whā Iesus sawe that he answered discretly he sayde vnto him Thou art not farre from the kyngdome of God And after this durst no man axe him eny mo questions And Iesus answered and sayde whan he taught in the temple How saye the scrybes y t Christ is the sonne of Dauid But Dauid himself saieth thorow the holy goost The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE Syt thou on my right honde tyll I make thine enemies y e fotestole There Dauid calleth him his LORDE How is he thē his sonne And many people herde him gladly And he taught thē and sayde vnto thē Bewarre of the scrybes that loue to go in longe garmentes and loue to be saluted in the market and syt gladly aboue in the synagoges and at the table they deuoure wyddowes houses and vnder a coloure they make longe prayers These shal receaue the more damnacion And Iesus sat ouer agaynst the Gods chest and behelde how the people put money into the Gods chest And many that were riche put in moch And there came a poore wyddowe and put in two mytes which make a farthinge And he called vnto him his disciples and sayde vnto them Verely I saye vnto you this poore wyddowe hath put more in y e Godschest then all they that haue put in For they all haue put ī of their superfluyte but she of hir pouerte hath put in all that she had euen hir whole lyuynge The XIII Chapter ANd whan he wēte out of the temple one of his disciples sayde vnto him Master se what stones and what a buyldinge is this And Iesus answered and sayde vnto him Seist thou all this greate buyldinge There shal not one stone be left vpō another y t shal not be broken downe And whan he sat vpon mount Oliuete ouer ageynst the temple Peter and Iames and Ihon and Andrew axed him pryuatly Tell vs Whan shal all these come to passe And what shal be the tokē whā all these shal be fulfilled Iesus answered them and beganne to saye Take hede that no man disceaue you for there shal many come vnder my name and saye I am Christ shal disceaue many But whan ye shal heare of the noyse of warres be not ye afrayed for so must it be but y e ende is not yet One people shal ryse ageynst another and one realme ageynst another and there shal be earth quakes here and there and derth shal there be and troubles These are the begynnynge of sorowes But take ye hede to youre selues For they shal delyuer you vp to the councels and synagoges and ye shal be beaten and shal be brought before prynces and kynges for my namessake for a wytnesse vnto thē And y e gospel must first be preached amōge all people Nowwhan they shal lede you and delyuer you vp take ye no thought afore what ye shal saye and ymagyn ye nothinge afore hande but what so euer shal be geuē you at the same houre that speake for it is not ye that speake but the holy goost One brother shal delyuer another vnto death and the father the sonne the children shal ryse ageynst their fathers and mothers and shal helpe them to death and ye shal be hated of all men for my names sake But who so endureth to the ende shal be saued Whan ye shal se the abhominaciō of desolacion wherof it is spokē by Daniel the prophet stonde where it ought not who so readeth it let him marck it well then let thē which be in Iewry flye vnto the mountaynes and let him that is on the house toppe not descēde into the house ner come therin to fetch eny thinge out of the house And let him that is in the felde not turne backe to fetch his clothes But wo vnto them that are with childe and to them that geue suck in those dayes Neuertheles praye ye that youre flight be not in the wynter For in
you preach another Iesus whom we haue not preached or yf ye receaue another sprete y t ye haue not receaued or another Gospell which ye haue not accepted ye might right well haue bene cōtent For I suppose that I am no lesse thē the hye Apostles are And though I be rude in speakynge yet am I not rude in knowlege Howbeit amōge you I am knowne to the vttemost Or dyd I synne therin because I submytted my selfe that ye mighte be exalted For I preached vnto you the Gospell of God frely and robbed other cōgregacions and toke wages of thē to preach vnto you And whan I was present with you and had nede I was greuous to no man for y t which was lackynge vnto me the brethren which came fro Macedonia suppleed And in all thinges I kepte myselfe so y t I shulde not be greuous to you so wyl I kepe my selfe As surely as the trueth of Christ is in me this reioysinge shal not be taken fro me in the regions of Achaia Wherfore because I shulde not loue you God knoweth Neuertheles what I do and wyl do that do I to cut awaye occasion from thē which seke occasion that they mighte boast thē selues to be like vnto vs. For soch false Apostles disceatfull workers fashion them selues like vnto the Apostles of Christ. And that is no maruell for Sathan himselfe is chaunged into y e fashion of an angell of light Therfore is it no greate thinge though his my misters fashion them selues as though they were the preachers of righteousnes whose ende shal be acordinge to their dedes I saye agayne lest eny man thynke that I am folish or els take me euen now as a fole y t I maye boast myselfe a litle also That I speake now that speake I not after the LORDE but as it were in folishnes whyle we are now come to boastinge Seynge that many boaste them selues after y e flesh I wil boast my selfe also For ye suffre foles gladly in so moch as ye youre selues are wyse For ye suffre euen yf a man brynge you in to bondage yf a man put you to dishonesty yf a man take ought frō you yf a man exalte himselfe ouer you yf a man smyte you on the face I speake concernynge rebuke as though we were weake Wherin so euer now eny man darre be bolde I speake folishly therin darre I be bolde also They are Hebrues so am I. They are Israelites euen so am I. They are the sede of Abraham so am I. They are the mynisters of Christ I speake as a fole I am more in laboures more abūdaunt in strypes aboue measure in presonmentes more plenteously in death oft Of the Iewes receaued I fyue tymes fortye strypes one lesse Thryse was I beaten with roddes I was once stoned I suffred thryse shypwracke nighte and daye haue I bene in the depe of the see I haue oft iourneyed I haue bene oft in parels of waters in parels amonge murthurers in parels amonge the Iewes in parels amonge the Heythen in parels in cities in parels in the wylderners in parels vpon the See in parels amonge false brethrē in laboure trauayle in moch watchinges in honger and thyrst in moch fastinges in colde and nakednesse Besyde those thynges which are outwarde namely my daylie combraunce my daylie care for all cōgregacions Who is weake and I be not weake Who is offended I burne not Yf I must nedes make my boast I wil boast my selfe of myne infirmyte God y e father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which is blessed for euer knoweth that I lye not At Damascon the gouernoure of y e people vnder kynge Aretas kepte y e cite of the Damascenes wolde haue taken me and at a wyndowe was I let downe in a basket thorow the wall so escaped his handes The XII Chapter IT profiteth me nothinge no doute to boaste Neuertheles I wil come to y e visions and reuelacions off the LORDE I knowe a man in Christ aboue fourtene yeares a goo whether he was in y e body I can not tell or whether he was out of the body I can not tell God knoweth the same was taken vp in to the thirde heauen and I knowe the same man whether he was in y e body or out of the body I can not tell God knoweth how that he was takē vp in to Paradise and herde wordes not to be spoken which no man can vtter Here of will I boast but of my selfe wil I make no boast excepte it be of myne infirmyties And though I wolde boast myself I dyd not foolishly for I wolde saye the trueth But I refrayne my selfe lest eny mā shulde thinke of me aboue y t he seyth in me or heareth of me And lest I shulde exalte my selfe out of measure because of the hye reuelacions there is a warnynge geuen vnto my flesh euen y e messaunger of Satan to buffet me that I shulde not exalte my selfe out off measure for y e which I besoughte the LORDE thryse that it mighte departe fro me And he sayde vnto me My grace is sufficiēt for the. For my strength is made perfecte thorow weaknes Very glad therfore wil I reioyse in my weaknesses that the strength of Christ maye dwell in me Therfore am I contente in infirmities in rebukes in necessities in persecucions in anguyszhes for Christes sake for whā I am weake thē am I strōge I am become a fole ī boastinge my selfe Ye haue cōpelled me For I oughte to be cōmended of you in so moch as I am in nothinge inferior to y e hye Apostles Though I be nothinge yet are y e tokens of an Apostles wrought amōge you with all paciēce with signes with wōders with mightie dedes For what is it wherin ye are inferiours to the other congregacions excepte it be y t I haue not bene greuous vnto you Forgeue me this wrōge Beholde I am ready the thirde tyme to come vnto you and wyl not be chargeable vnto you For I seke not youres but you For y e childrē ought not to gather treasure for the elders but the elders for the children I wil very gladly bestowe and wyl be bestowed for youre soules though y e more I loue you the lesse am I loue◠agayne But let it be so that I greued you not neuertheles for so moch as I was craftye I toke you w t gyle Haue I defrauded you by eny of thē whō I sent vnto you I desyred Titus with him I sent a brother dyd Titus defraude you Haue we not walked in one sprete Wēte we not in like fotesteppes Agayne thynke ye y t we excuse oure selues We speake in Christ in the sighte off God But all this dearly beloued is done for yo r edifyenge For I feare lest whan I come I shal not fynde you soch as I wolde and lest ye shal fynde me soch as ye wolde not lest