him vpō his holy hill for the LORDE oure God is holy The XCIX psalme O Be ioyfull in God all ye lōdes serue the LORDE w t gladnes come before his presence w t ioye Be ye sure y t the LORDE he is God It is he y t hath made vs not we oure selues we are but his people the shepe of his pasture O go youre waye in to his gates thē with thankesgeuynge in to his courtes w t prayse be thākfull vnto him speake good of his name For the LORDE is gracious his mercy is euerlastinge and his treuth endureth from generacion to generacion The C. psalme A thākesgeuynge of Dauid MY songe shal be of mercy and iudgment yee vnto the o LORDE wil I synge O let me haue vnderstondinge in the waye of godlynesse vntill the tyme that thou come vnto me so shal I walke in my house w t an innocent herte I wil take no wicked thinge in honde I hate the synne of vnfaithfulnesse it shal not cleue vnto me A frowarde herte shal departe fro me I wil not knowe a wicked personne Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure him wil I destroye Who so hath a proude loke an hye stomacke I maye not awaye with him Myne eyes shal loke for soch as be faithfull in the londe y t they maye dwell with me and who so ledeth a godly life shal be my seruaunt There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shal not tary in my sight I shal soone destroye all the vngodly of the londe that all wicked doers maye be roted out of the cite of the LORDE The CI. psalme HEare my prayer o LORDE and let my criēge come vnto the. Hyde not thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble enclyne thine eares vnto me when I call O heare me and that right soone For my dayes are consumed awaye like smoke my bones are brent vp as it were a fyre brande My hert is smyttē downe and wythered like grasse so that I forget to eate my bred For the voyce of my gronynge my bone wil scarse cleue to my flesh I am become like a Pellicane in the wildernes and like an Oule in a broken wall I wake and am euen as it were a sparow sittinge alone vpon the house toppe Myne enemies reuyle me all the daye longe they laugh me to scorne and are sworne together against me I eate ashes with my bred and mengle my drynke with wepynge And that because of y e indignacion and wrath for thou hast taken me vp and cast me awaye My dayes are gone like a shadowe and I am wythered like grasse But thou o LORDE endurest for euer and thy remembraunce thorow out all generacions Arise therfore and haue mercy vpon Sion for it is tyme to haue mercy vpon her yee the tyme is come And why thy seruauntes haue a loue to hir stones it pitieth them to se her in the dust The Heithen shal feare thy name o LORDE and all the kynges of the earth thy maiesty For the LORDE shal buylde vp Sion and shal apeare in his glory He turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute and despyseth not their desyre This shal be written for those y t come after that the people which shal be borne maye prayse the LORDE For He loketh downe from his Sanctuary out of the heauen doth the LORDE beholde the earth That he maye heare the mournynges of soch as be in captinyte and delyuer the children of death That they maie preach the name of the LORDE in Sion and his worshipe at Ierusalem When the people are gathered together and the kyngdomes also to serue y e LORDE He hath brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortened my dayes Yet wil I saye O my God take me not awaye in y e myddest of myne age as for thy yeares they endure thorow out all generacions Thou LORDE in the begynnynge hast layed y e foundacion of the earth and the heauens are the workes of thy hondes They shal perishe but thou shalt endure they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment as a vesture shalt thou chaunge thē and they shal be chaunged But thou art the same and thy yeares shal not fayle The children of thy seruauntes shall contynue their sede shal prospere in y e sight The CII A psalme of Dauid PRayse the LORDE o my soule all that is within me prayse his holy name Prayse the LORDE o my soule forget not all his benefites Which forgeueth all thy synnes and healeth all thy infirmities Which saueth thy life from destruccion and crowneth the with mercy louynge kyndnesse Which satisfieth thy desyre with good thinges makynge the yonge and lusty as an Aegle The LORDE executeth rightuousnesse and iudgment for all them y t suffre wronge He shewed his wayes vnto Moses and his workes vnto the children of Israel The LORDE is full of compassion and mercy longe sufferinge and of greate goodnesse He wil not allwaye be chydinge nether wil he kepe his anger for euer He hath not dealt with vs after oure synnes ner rewarded vs acordinge to oure wickednesses For loke how hye the heauē is in comparison of the earth so greate is his mercy also towarde them that feare him Loke how wyde the east is from the west so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. Yee like as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the LORDE mercifull vnto thē that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse florisheth as a floure of the felde For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it it gone and the place therof knoweth it nomore But the mercifull goodnesse of y e LORDE endureth for euer and euer vpon them y t feare him and his rightuousnesse vpon their childers children Soch as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them The LORDE hath prepared his seate in heauē and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all O prayse the LORDE ye angels of his ye that be mightie instrēgth fulfillinge his commaundement that mē maye heare the voyce of his wordes O prayse the LORDE all ye his hoostes ye seruauntes of his that do his pleasure O speake good of the LORDE all ye workes of his in euery place of his dominion prayse thou the LORDE o my soule The CIII psalme PRayse the LORDE o my soule O LORDE my God thou art become exceadinge glorious thou art clothed with maiesty and honoure Thou deckest thy self with light as it were w t a garment thou spredest out the heauen like a curtayne Thou voltest it aboue with waters thou makest the cloudes thy charet and goest vpon the wynges of the wynde Thou makest thine angels spretes and thy ministers flammes of fyre Thou hast layed y e
from the LORDE and smote Iob with maruelous sore byles from the sole off the fote vnto his crowne so that he sat vpon the grounde in the asshes and scraped of the etter off his sores with a potsherde Then sayde his wife vnto him Dost tho◠yet cōtynue in thy perfectnesse curse God dye But Iob sayde vnto her Thou speakest like a foolish womā Seinge we haue receaued prosperite at the honde of God wherfore shulde we not be content with aduersite also In all these thinges dyd not Iob synne with his lippes Now when Iobs frendes herde of all y e trouble that happened vnto him there came thre off them euery one from his owne place namely Eliphas the Themanite Baldad the Suhite and Sophar the Naamathite For they were agreed together to come to shewe their compassion vpon him and to comforte him So when they lifte vp their eyes a farre off they knewe him not Then they cried and wepte then euery one off them rente his clothes and sprynckled dust vpon their heades in the ayre They sat them downe by him also vpon the grounde vij dayes and vij nightes Nether was there eny of them that spake one worde vnto him for they sawe that his payne was very greate The III. Chapter AFter this opened Iob his mouth and cursed his daye and sayde lost be that daye wherin I was borne and the night in the which it was sayde there is a manchilde conceaued The same daye be turned to darcknesse and not regarded of God from aboue nether be shyned vpō w t light but be couered with darcknesse and the shadowe of death Let the dymme cloude fall vpon it and let it be lapped in with sorowe Let the darckstorme ouercome y e night let it not be reckened amonge the dayes off the yeare ner counted in the monethes Despysed be that night and discommended let them that curse the daye geue it their curse also euen those that be ready to rayse vp Leuiathan Let the starres be dymme thorow darcknesse of it Let it loke for light but let it se none nether the rysynge vp of the fayre mornynge because it shut not vp the wombe that bare me ner hyd these sorowes fro myne eyes Alas why dyed I not in y e byrth Why dyd not I perysh as soone as I came out of my mothers wōbe Why set they me vpō y e irknees Why gaue they me suck with their brestes Then shulde I now haue lyen still I shulde haue slepte and bene at rest like as the kynges ād lordes of y e earth which buylde them selues speciall places As the prynces that haue greate substaunce of golde their houses full of syluer O that I vtterly had no beynge or were as a thīge borne out of tyme that is put asyde ether as yonge children which neuer sawe the light There must the wicked ceasse from their tyranny there soch as are ouerlaboured be at rest there are those letten out fre which haue bene in preson so that they heare nomore the voyce of the oppressoure There are small and greate the bonde man and he that is fre frō his master Wherfore is the light geuen to him that is in mysery and life vnto them that haue heuy hertes Which longe for death and it commeth not for yf they might fynde the 〈◊〉 graue they wolde be maruelous glad as those that dygge vp treasure To the man whose waye is hyd which God kepeth backe from him This is the cause that I syghe before I eate and my roaringes fall out like a water floude For the thynge that I feared is come vpon me and the thynge that I was afrayed of is happened vnto me Was I not happy Had I not quyetnesse Was I not in rest And now commeth soch mysery vpon me The IIII. Chapter THen answered Eliphas of Theman and sayde vnto him Yf we begynne to comon with the peraduēture thou wilt be myscontent but who can witholde himself from speakynge Beholde thou hast bene a teacher of many and hast comforted the weery hondes Thy wordes haue set vp those that were fallen thou hast refresshed the weake knees But now that the plage is come vpon the thou shrēckest awaye now that it hath touched thyself thou art faint harted Where is now thy feare of God thy stedfastnesse thy pacience and the perfectnesse of thy life Considre I praye the who euer peryshed beynge an innocent Or when were the godly destroyed As for those that plowe wickednesse as I haue sene myself and sowe myschefe they reape y e same For whē God bloweth vpon them they perysh and are destroyed thorow the blast of his wrath The roaringe of the lyon the cryenge off the lyonesse y e teth off y e lyōs whelpes are brokē The greate lyon perysheth because he cā get no pray and the lyons whelpes are scatred abrode There is spoken vnto me a thynge in councell which hath geuen a terrible sounde in myne eare with a vision in the night when men are fallen a slepe Soch feare and drede came vpō me that all my bones shoke And when the wynde passed ouer by me the hayres of my flesh stode vp Then stode there one before me whose face I knewe not an ymage there was and the wether was still so that I herde this voyce◠Maye a man be iustified before God Maye there eny man be iudged to be clene by reason of his owne workes Beholde he hath founde vnfaythfulnesse amonge his owne seruauntes and proude disobedience amonge his angels How moch more thē shal they that dwell in houses of claye whose foundacion is but earth be moth eaten They shal be destroyed from the mornynge vnto the euenynge yee they shall perish or euer they be awarre and be taken awaye so clene that none of thē shall remayne but be deed or euer they be awarre off it The V. Chapter NAme me one els yf thou canst fynde eny yee loke aboute the vpon eny of the holy men As for the foolish man displeasure kylleth him and anger slayeth y e ignoraunt I haue sene my self when the foolish was deperoted that his bewty was sodēly destroyed that his children were without prosperite or health that they were slayne in the dore and no mā to delyuer them that his haruest was eaten vp off the hungrie that the weapened man had spoyled it and that the thurstie had droncke vp his riches It is not the earth that bryngeth forth trauayle nether commeth sorow out of y e groūde but it is man that is borne vnto mysery like as the byrde for to fle But now will I speake off the LORDE and talke of God which doth thinges that are vnsearcheable and marueles without nōbre Which geueth rayne vpō the earth and poureth water vpon all thinges which setteth vp them of lowe degre and sendeth prosperite to those that are in heuynesse Which destroyeth the deuyces of the sotyll so that they
departe out of y e londe of the Caldees and ye shall be as the rammes that go before the flocke For lo I will wake vp an hoost of people from y e northren londe bringe them vpon Babilon these shal laye sege to it wynne it Their arowes shal not mysse like as a connynge archer shuteth not wronge And the Caldees shal be spoyled all they that spoyle them shal be satisfied saieth the LORDE because ye were so chearfull glad to treade downe myne heretage fulfilled youre pleasures as the calues in the grasse and triumphed ouer them like the bulles when ye had gotten the victory Youre mothers shal be sore confounded and they that bare you shal come to shame She shall be the leest set by amonge the nacions vyode waist dried vp No man shal be able to dwell there for the feare of y e LORDE but she shal be whole desolate All they that go by Babilon shall stonde still be abashed shal wondre at all hir plages Go forth in yo r araye agaynst Babilon rounde aboute all ye that can hādle bowes shute as her spare no arowes for she hath synned agaynst the LORDE Crie out vpon her vpon her agaynst her roūde aboute she shal yelde herselfe her foundaciōs shal fall hir walles shall come downe for it shal be the vengeaunce of the LORDE Yee vēgeaunce shal be taken of her as she hath done so shal she be dealt withall They shal rote out the sower from Babilon him y t handleth the sickle in haruest For feare of the swearde of the enemie euery man shall get him to his owne people euery man shal fle to his owne londe Israel is a scatred flocke the Lyons haue dispersed them First the kinge of the Assirians deuoured them last of all this Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon hath brussed all their bones Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will viset the kinge of Babilon his kingdome as I haue visited the kinge of the Assirians and will bringe Israel agayne to his pleasaunt pasture that he maye fede vpon Charmel Basan and be satisfied vpon the mount of Ephraim Galaad In those dayes and at the same tyme saieth the LORDE yf the offence of Israel be sought for there shal none be founde Yf men enquere for the synne of Iuda there shal be none for I wil be mercifull vnto them whom I suffre to remayne ouer Go downe o thou avenger in to the enemies londe viset them that dwell therin downe with them and smyte them vpon the backes saieth the LORDE do acordinge to all that I haue commaunded the. There is gone aboute the londe a crie of a slaughter greate murthur namely on this maner How happeneth it that the hammer of the whole worlde is thus broken brussed in sonder How chaunceth it that Babilon is become a wildernes amonge the Heithen on this maner I my self haue layed wayte for the thou art taken vnawarres art thou trapped snared for why thou hast prouoked y e LORDE vnto anger The LORDE hath opened his house of ordinaunce brought forth the weapens of his wrath For the thinge that is done in the londe of the Caldees it is the LORDE of hoostes worke These thinges shal come vpon her at the last they shal breake in to hir preuy chābres they shall leaue her as bare as stones that be layed together vpon heapes They shall so destroye her y t nothinge shal be left They shal slaye all hir mightie souldyers and put them to death Wo be vnto thē for the daye tyme of their visitacion is at honde Me thinke I heare already a crie of them that be fled escaped out of the londe of Babilon which shewe in Sion the vengeaunce of the LORDE oure God the vengeaunce of his temple Yee a voyce of them that crie agaynst Babilon Call vp all the archers agaynst Babilon pytch youre tentes rounde aboute her that none escape Recompence her as she hath deserued and acordinge as she hath done so deale with her agayne for she hath set vp her self agaynst the LORDE agaynst y e holy one of Israel Therfore shal hir yonge men fall downe in the stretes all hir men of warre shal be roted out in y t daye saieth the LORDE Beholde I speake vnto the o thou proude saieth the LORDE God of hoostes for thy daye shal come euē the tyme of y e visitaciō And the proude shal stomble fall no man shal helpe him vp I wil burne vp his cities with fyre it shal consume all that is rounde aboute him Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The children of Israel Iuda suffre violence together All they that haue them in captiuyte kepe them fast wil not let them go but their avēger redemer is mightie whose name is the LORDE of hoostes he shal manteyne their cause he shal make the londe shake iudge them that dwell therin one with another The swearde shall come vpon the Caldees saieth the LORDE vpon them that dwell in Babilon vpon their prynces vpō their wyse mē The swearde vpon their soythsayers as for those they shall become fooles The swearde vpō their worthies so that they shal stonde in feare The swearde vpon their horsmen and charettes vpon all the comon people that dwell vnder thē so that they all shal become like women The swearde vpon their treasure so that it shal be stollen awaye The swearde vpon their waters so that they shal be dried vp For the londe worshippeth ymages delyteth in straunge wondrefull thinges Therfore shal wilde beestes Apes Estriches dwell therin for there shal neuer man dwell there nether shal eny man haue his habitacion there for euermore Like as God destroyed Sodom Gomorre with the cities that laye there aboute saieth the LORDE So shal noman dwell there also nether shal eny mā haue there his habitacion Beholde there shal come a people from the north with a greate bonde of men many kinges shal stonde vp from the endes of the earth They beare bowes buclers cruell are they vnmercifull Their voyce roareth like the raginge see they ryde vpon horses come weapened to fight agaynst the O Babilon As soone as the kinge of Babilon heareth tell of them his hondes shal waxe feable Sorowe and heuynes shall come vpon him as a woman trauelinge with childe Beholde like as the Lyon commeth vp from the pleasaunt medowes of Iordane vnto the grene pastures of Ethan so wil I dryue thē forth and make them runne agaynst her But whom shal I chose out ordene to soch thinge For who is like me or who wil stryue with me or what shepherde maye stonde agaynst me Therfore heare the councel that the LORDE hath geuen vpon Babilon and the deuyce that he hath taken vpon
also certayne of the disciples off Cesarea and broughte with them one of Cypers named Mnason an olde disciple with whom we shulde lodge Now whā we came to Ierusalem the brethren receaued vs gladly But on the nexte daye Paul wente in with vs vnto Iames and all the Elders came together And whan he had saluted them he tolde by order what God had done amōge the Heythen by his mynistracion Whan they herde that they praysed the LORDE and sayde vnto him Brother thou seyst how many thousande Iewes there are which beleue and are all Zelous ouer y e lawe But they are enfourmed agaynst the that thou teachest all the Iewes which are amōge the Heythē to forsake Moses and sayest that they oughte not to circumcyse their children ner to walke after the same custome What is it therfore The multitude must nedes come together for they shal heare that thou art come Do this therfore that we saye vnto the We haue foure men which haue a vowe on them take them vnto y e and purifye thyselfe with them and do the cost on them that they maye shaue their heades and they shal knowe that it is nothinge wherof they are enfourmed agaynst the but that thou also walkest and kepest the lawe For as touchinge them that beleue amonge the Heythen we haue wrytten and concluded that they shulde obserue no soch but onely to kepe them selues from the offeringes of Idols from bloude from strāgled and from whordome Then Paul toke the men vnto him and was purified with them on the nexte daye and entred in to the temple declaringe that he fulfylled the dayes of purificacion tyll there was an offeringe offred for euery one of them But whan the seuen dayes were allmost fulfylled the Iewes of Asia sawe him in the temple and moued all the people layed handes vpon him and cryed Ye men of Israel helpe this is the man that teacheth all men euery where agaynst oure people the lawe and this place He hath broughte Grekes also in to the temple and hath defyled this holy place For they had sene Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the cite him they thoughte y t Paul had broughte in to the temple And all the cite was moued and the people ranne together And they toke Paul and drue him out off the temple and forth with the dores were shut to But whan they wēte aboute to kyll him tydinges came to the chefe captayne of the company that all Ierusalem was moued Which immediatly toke soudyers and captaynes vnto him and ranne in amōge them Whan they sawe the captayne and the soudyers they lefte smytinge of Paul Whan the captayne came nye he toke him and commaunded him to be bounde with two cheynes and axed what he was and what he had done One cried this another that amonge the people But whan he coulde not knowe the certente because of the rumoure he commaunded him to be caried in to the castell And whā he came to the steppes it fortuned that he was borne of y e soudyers because of the violence of the people For the multitude off the people folowed after and cryed Awaye with him Whan Paul was now to be caried in to the castell he sayde vnto y e captayne Maye I speake vnto the He sayde Canst thou Greke Art not thou the Egipcian which before these dayes maydest an vproure leddest out in to the wyldernesse foure thousande preuy murthurers Paull sayde I am a man which am a Iewe off Tharsis a citesyn of a famous cite in Celicia I beseke the suffre me to speake vnto the people Whan he had geuen him lycence Paul stode on the steppes and beckened with the hande vnto the people Now whan there was made a greate sylēce he spake vnto them in Hebrue and sayde The XXII Chapter YE men brethren and fathers heare myne answere which I make vnto you Whan they herde that he spake vnto them in the Hebrue they kepte the more sylence And he sayde I am a man which am a Iewe borne at Tharsis in Celicia and broughte vp in this cite at the fete off Gamaliel enfourmed diligently in the lawe of the fathers and was feruent mynded to God warde as ye all are also this daye and I persecuted this waye vnto the death I bounde them and delyuered them vnto preson both men and wemen as y e hye prest also doth beare me wytnesse and all y e Elders of whom I receaued letters vnto the brethren and wente towarde Damascon that I mighte brynge them which were there bounde to Ierusalem to be punyshed But it fortuned as I made my iourney and came nye vnto Damascon aboute noone sodenly there shone a greate lighte aboute me from heauen and I fell to the earth and herde a voyce which sayde vnto me Saull Saull why persecutest thou me I answered Who art thou LORDE And he sayde vnto me I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest As for them that were with me they sawe y e lighte and were afrayed but they herde not the voyce of him that spake with me I sayde LORDE what shal I do The LORDE sayde vnto me Aryse and go in to Damascon there shal it be tolde y t of all that is appoynted the to do But whan I sawe nothinge for the bryghtnesse of the lighte I was led by the hande of them that were with me and came to Damascon There was one Ananias a deuoute man after the lawe which had a good reporte of all the Iewes that dwelt there the same came and stepte vnto me and sayde Brother Saul loke vp And I loked vp vpon him the same houre He sayde The God of oure fathers hath ordeyned the before that thou shuldest knowe his wyll and se the thinge y t is rightfull and heare the voyce out of his mouth for thou shalt be his wytnesse vnto all men of tho thinges which thou hast sene and herde And now why tariest thou Aryse and be baptysed and wasze awaye thy synnes and call vpon the name of the LORDE But it fortuned that whan I was come agayne to Ierusalē and prayed in the temple I was in a traunce and sawe him Then sayde he vnto me Make haist and get the soone out of Ierusalem for they wyl not receaue the witnesse that thou bearest of me And I sayde LORDE they thē selues knowe that I put in preson and bett in euery synagoge them that beleued on the. And whā the bloude of Steuē thy witnesse was shed I stode by also consented vnto his death and kepte the clothes of them that slewe him And he sayde vnto me Go thy waye for I wil sende the farre amonge the Heythen They gaue him audience vnto this worde and lifte vp their voyce sayde Awaye with soch a felowe from the earth for it is not reason that he shulde lyue But as they cried and cast of their clothes thrue dust in to
womans sonne which was the childe of a man of Egipte amonge the children of Israel and stroue in y e hoost with a man of Israel named the name of God blasphemously cursed Then brought they him vnto Moses His mothers name was Selomith the doughter of Dibri of the trybe of Dan. And they put him in preson tyll they were infourmed by the mouth of the LORDE And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Brynge him that cursed out of the hoost and let all thē that herde it laye their handes vpon his heade and let the whole congregacion stone him And saye vnto the childrē of Israel Who so euer blasphemeth his God shall beare his synne and he that blasphemeth the name of the LORDE shal dye the death The whole congregaciō shal stone him As the straunger so shal he of the housholde be also Yf he blaspheme the name he shal dye He that slayeth a man shall dye y e death but he that slayeth a beest shall paye for it Soule for soule And he that maymeth his neghboure it shall be done vnto him euen as he hath done broke for broke eye for eye tothe for tothe euen as he hath maymed a a man so shal it be done vnto him agayne so that who so slayeth a beest shall paye for it But he that slayeth a man shal dye There shal be one maner of lawe amonge you to y e straunger as to one of youre selues for I am the LORDE youre God Moses tolde the children of Israel And they brought him that had cursed out of y e hoost and stoned him Thus dyd the childrē of Israel as the LORDE cōmaunded Moses The XXV Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses vpon mount Sinai and sayde Speake to the children of Israel and saye vnto them Whan ye come into the londe y t I shal geue you the londe shal rest vnto the LORDE so that thou sowe thy felde sixe yeares and sixe yeares cut y e vynes and gather in the frutes But in the seuenth yeare the lōde shal haue his Sabbath of rest for a Sabbath vnto the LORDE wherin thou shalt not sowe thy felde ner cut thy vynes Loke what groweth of it self after thy haruest thou shalt not reape it And the grapes that growe without thy laboure shalt thou not gather for so moch as it is the yeare of the londes rest But the rest of the londe shalt thou kepe for this intent that thou mayest eate therof thy seruaunte thy mayde thy hyrelinge thy gest thy straūger with the thy catell and the beestes in thy londe All the increase shal be meate And thou shalt nombre seuen of these yeare Sabbathes that seuen yeares maye be tolde seuen tymes and so the tyme of the seuen yeare Sabbathes make nyne and fourtye yeares Then shalt thou let the blast of the horne go thorow all youre londe vpon the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth euen in y e daye of attonement And ye shal halowe the fiftieth yeare and shall call it a fre yeare in y e londe for all them that dwell therin for it is the yeare of Iubilye Then shall euery one amonge you come agayne to his possession and to his kynred for the fiftieth yeare is y e yeare of Iubilye Ye shal not sowe ner reape it that groweth of itself ner gather the grapes that growe without laboure For the yeare of Iubilye shall be holy amonge you But loke what the felde beareth that shall ye eate This is the yeare of Iubilye wherin ye shal come againe euery man to his owne Now whan thou sellest ought vnto thy neghboure or byest eny thinge of him there shal none of you oppresse his brother but acordinge to the nombre of the yeare of Iubilye shalt thou bye it of him and acordinge to the nombre of the yeares of increase shall he sell it vnto the. Acordinge to the multitude of the yeares shalt thou rayse the pryce and acordynge to the fewnesse of the yeares shalt thou mynish the pryce for he shall sell it vnto the acordinge to the nombre of the increase Therfore let no man defraude his neghboure but feare y e God For I am the LORDE youre God Wherfore do after my statutes and kepe my lawes so y t ye do them that ye maye dwell safe in the londe For the londe shal geue you hir frute so that ye shal haue ynough to eate and dwell safe therin And yf ye wolde saye What shall we eate in the seuenth yeare in as moch as we shal not sowe ner gather in oure increase I wyll sende my blessynge vpon you in the sixte yeare that it shal brynge forth frute for thre yeare so that ye shal sowe in y e eight yeare and eate of the olde frute vntyll the nyenth yeare that ye maye eate of the olde tyll new frutes come agayne Therfore shall ye not sell the londe for euer for the lōde is myne And ye are straungers and indwellers before me And in all youre lande shall ye geue the londe to lowse Whan thy brother waxeth poore and selleth y e his possession and his nexte kynszmā commeth to him y t he maye redeme it then shall he redeme that his brother solde But whan a man hath none to redeme it and cā get so moch with his hande as to redeme one parte then shall it be rekened how many yeares it hath bene solde and the remnaunt shal be restored vnto him to whom he solde it y t he maie come agayne to his possession But yf his hande can not get so moch as to haue one parte agayne thē shal it y t he solde be styll in the hande of the byer vntyll y e yeare of Iubilye In y e same shal it go out and returne to his owner agayne He that selleth a dwellinge house within the walles of the cite hath an whole yeare respyte to lowse it out agayne that shall be the tyme wherin he maye redeme it But yf he redeme it not a fore the whole yeare be out then shal he that bought it and his successours kepe it for euer and it shall not go out lowse in the yeare of Iubylie Neuertheles yf it be an house in a vyllage that hath no wall aboute it it shall be counted like vnto the felde of the coūtre and maye be redemed and shal go out fre in the yeare of Iubilye The cities of the Leuites and the houses in the cities that their possession is in maye all waye be redemed Who so purchaceth ought of the Leuites shal leaue it in the yeare of Iubilye whether it be house or cite that he hath had in possession For the houses in the cities of the Leuites are their possession amonge the children of Israel But the felde before their cities shal not be solde for it is their awne for euer Whan thy brother waxeth poore and falleth in decaye besyde the thou shalt receaue him as a
haue I geuen the and yf that be to litle I wyl yet do this and that for the also Wherfore hast thou then despysed the worde of the LORDE to do soch euell in his sighte Vrias the Hethite hast thou slayne with the swerde His wife hast thou taken to be thy wyfe but him hast thou slayne with y e swerde of the children of Ammon Now therfore shal not y e swerde departe from thy house for ouer because thou hast despysed me and taken the wife of Vrias the Hithite to be thy wife Thus sayeth the LORDE Beholde I wyll rayse vp euell of thyne awne house and wyll take thy wyues before thyne eyes and wyl geue them vnto thy neghboure so that he shall lye with thy wyues by Sonne lighte For thou hast done it secretly but I wyl do this in the sighte of all Israel and by Sonne lighte Then sayde Dauid vnto Nathan I haue synned vnto the LORDE Nathan sayde vnto Dauid So hath the LORDE also taken awaye thy synne thou shalt not dye But for so moch as thou thorow this dede hast caused the enemies of the LORDE to blaspheme y e sonne that is borne vnto the shall dye the death And Nathan wente home As for the childe which Vrias wife bare vnto Dauid the LORDE smote it so that it was deedsicke And Dauid besoughte God for the childe and fasted and wente in and laie all nighte vpon the earth Then rose the Elders of his house and wolde haue taken him vp frō the grounde neuertheles he wolde not nether ate he w t them Vpon the seuenth daye y e childe dyed And Dauids seruauntes durst not tell him that the childe was deed For they thoughte Beholde whan the childe was yet alyue we spake vnto him and he herkened not vnto oure voyce How moch more shall it greue him yf we saye The childe is deed And Dauid sawe that his seruauntes made a whisperinge together and perceaued that the childe was deed and sayde vnto his seruauntes Is the childe deed They sayde Yee Then rose Dauid vp from the earth and waszshed him selfe and anoynted him and put on other garmentes wente in to the house of the LORDE and worshipped And whan he came agayne he commaunded to set bred before him and ate Then sayde his seruauntes vnto him What maner of thinge is this that thou doest Whan the childe was alyue thou fastedst and weptest but now that it is deed thou stōdest vp and eatest He sayde I fasted and wepte for the childe whan it was yet a lyue for I thoughte Who knoweth peraduenture the LORDE maye be gracious vnto me that the childe maye lyue But now that it is deed wherfore shulde I fast Can I fetch it agayne I shal go vnto it but it shall not come agayne vnto me And whan Dauid had comforted Bethseba his wife he wente in vnto her and laye with her And she bare a sonne whom he called Salomon And the LORDE loued him And he put him vnder the hāde of Nathan y e prophet which called him Iedidia because of the LORDE So Ioab foughte agaynst Rabba of y e children of Ammon and wanne the kynges cite sent messaūgers vnto Dauid caused to saye vnto him I haue foughte against Rabba and haue wonne the water cite also Gather thou therfore the residue of the people together and laye sege to y e cite and wynne it that I wynne it not and haue the name therof So Dauid gathered all y e people together and wente foughte agaynst Rabba and wanne it and toke their kynges crowne frō his heade which in weight had a talente of golde and precious stones and was set vpon Dauids heade and very moch spoyle caried he out of the cite As for the people that was therin he broughte thē forth and layed them vnder yron sawes and hokes and wedges of yron and burned thē in tyle ouens Thus dyd he vnto all the cities of the children of Ammon Then returned Dauid and all the people vnto Ierusalem agayne The XIII Chapter ANd it fortuned after this that Absalom y e sonne of Dauid had a fayre sister whose name was Thamar Ammon the sonne of Dauid loued her And Ammon was in greate combraunce in so moch that he was euen sicke because of Thamar his sister For she was a virgin and Ammon thoughte it shulde be harde for him to do eny thinge vnto her But Ammon had a frēde whose name was Ionadab the sonne of Simea Dauids brother And the same Ionadab was a very wyse man which sayde vnto him Why art thou so leane thou kynges sonne from daye to daye Mayest thou not tell me Then sayde Ammon vnto him I loue Thamar my brother Absaloms sister exceadingly Ionadab sayde vnto him laye the downe vpon thy bedd and make the sicke And whan thy father commeth to loke how thou doest saye vnto him Oh let my sister Thamar come that she maye fede me and make a meece of meate before me that I maye se it eate it of hir hande So Ammon layed him downe and made him sicke Now whā the kynge came in to loke how he dyd Ammon sayde vnto the kynge Oh let my sister Thamar come and make me a syppynge or two and that I maye eate it of hir hand◠Then sent Dauid for Thamar in to the house and sayde vnto her Go thy waye to thy brother Ammons house make him a meece of meate Thamar wente vnto hir brother Amons house but he laye in his bed And she toke floure and mixte it and dighte it before his eyes and made him a syppynge And she toke the meece of meate and poured it out before him but he wolde not eate And Ammon saide Put forth euery man fro me And euery man wēte forth from him Then sayde Ammon vnto Thamar Brynge me that meece of meate in to the chamber that I maye eate it of thy hande Then toke Thamar y e syppynge that she had made and broughte it vnto Ammon hir brother in to the chamber And whan she broughte it vnto him y t he mighte eate he toke holde of her sayde vnto her Come my sister lye with me Neuertheles she saide Oh no my brother force me not for so do they not in Israel do not thou soch foly Whither shal I go with my shame And thou shalt be as one of the vnwyse in Israel But speake vnto the kynge he shal not withholde me from the. Howbeit he wolde not herken vnto her and ouercame her and forced her and laye with her And Ammon hated her exceadingly so that the hate was greater then the loue was before And Ammon sayde vnto her Vp and get the hence She saide vnto him This euell that thou thrustest me out is greater then the other that thou hast done vnto me Neuertheles he herkened not vnto her but called his boye that serued him and sayde Put awaye this woman fro me and locke the dore
thou hast made Oh what is man y t thou art so myndfull of him ether the sonne of maÌ„ that thou visitest him After thou haddest for a season made him lower theÌ„ the angels thou crownedest him with hono r glory Thou hast set him aboue the workes off thy hondes thou hast put all thinges in subieccion vnder his fete All shepe and oxen yee and the beastes of the felde The foules of the ayre the fysh of the see and what â—o walketh thorow the wayes of the see O LORDE oure gouernoure how wonderfull is thy name in all the worlde The IX A psalme of Dauid I Wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the o LORDE with my whole herte I wil speake of all thy maruelous workes I wil be glad reioyse in the yee my songes wil I make of thy name o thou most hyest Because thou hast dryueÌ„ myne enemies abacke they were discoÌ„fited perished at thy presence For thou hast manteyned my right and my cause thou syttest in the Trone that art the true iudge Thou rebukest the Heithen and destroyest the vngodly thou puttest out their name for euer and euer The enemies swerdes are come to an ende thou hast ouerthrowen their cities their memoriall is perished with theÌ„ But y e LORDE endureth for euer he hath prepared his seate vnto iudgmeÌ„t He gouerneth y e worlde with rightuousnes ministreth true iudgmeÌ„t vnto the people The LORDE is a defence for the poore a defence in the tyme of trouble Therfore they y t knowe thy name put their trust in y e for thou LORDE neuer faylest theÌ„ that seke the. O prayse the LORDE which dwelleth in Sion shewe y e people of his doinges And why he maketh inquysicion for their bloude and remembreth them he forgetteth not the complaynte of the poore Haue mercy vpoÌ„ me o LORDE considre the trouble that I am in amoÌ„ge myne enemies thou that liftest me vp from y e gates of death That I maye she we all thy prayses within the portes off the doughter Sion and reioyse in thy sauynge healâ—h As for the Heithen the are sunckeÌ„ doâ—ne in the pytte that they made in the same nette which they spred out priuely is their owne fote takeÌ„ Thus y e LORDE is knowne to execute true iudgment wheÌ„ the vngodly is trapped in the workes of his owne handes Sela. The wicked must be turned vnto hell and all the Heithen y t forget God But the poore shal not allwaye be out of remembraunce the pacieÌ„t abydinge of soch as be in trouble shall not perish for euer Vp LORDE let not man haue the vpper haÌ„de let the HeitheÌ„ be coÌ„demned before the. O LORDE set a scolemaster ouer theÌ„ that the HeitheÌ„ maye knowe them selues to be but meÌ„ Sela Here the Hebrues begynne the x. psalme WHy art thou gone so farre of o LORDE wilt thou hyde thyselff in tyme of trouble Whyle y e vngodly hath the ouer hande the poore must suffre persecucion O that they were taken in the ymaginacions which they go aboute For the vn godly maketh boost of his owne hertes desyre the cuvetous blesseth him self and blasphemeth the LORDE The vngodly is so proude and full of indignacioÌ„ that he careth not nether is God before his eyes His wayes are allwaye filthie thy iudgmentes are farre out of his sight he defyeth all his enemies For he sayeth in his herte Tush I shal neuer be cast downe there shal no harme happeÌ„ vnto me His mouth is full of cursynge fraude and disceate vnder his toÌ„ge is trauayle sorow He sytteth lurkynge in the gardens that he maye pryuely murthur the innocent his eyes are set vpoÌ„ the poore He lyeth way â—inge secretly as it were a lyon in his denne He lurketh that he maye rauysh the poore yee to rauish the poore when he hath gotten him in to his nett Then smyteth he then oppresseth he casteth downe the poore with his auctorite For he sayeth in his herte Tush God hath forgotten he hath turned a waye his face so y t he will neuer se it Aryse o LORDE God lift vp thine honde and forget not the poore Wherfore shulde the wicked blaspheme God and saye in his herte Tush he careth not for it This thou seist for thou considrest the mysery and sorowe The poore geueth himselff ouer in to thy hande and committeth him vnto the for thou art the helper of the frendlesse Breake thou y e arme off the vngodly and malycious search out the wickednesse which he hath done that he maye perish The LORDE is kynge for euer ye Heithen shal perish out off his londe LORDE thou hearest the desyrous longinge off the poore their herte is sure that thine eare herkeneth therto Helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto their right that the vngodly be nomore exalted vpon earth The X. A psalme of Dauid IN the LORDE put I my trust how will ye then saye to my soule that she shulde fle as a byrde vpon youre hill For â—o the vngodly haue beÌ„t their bowe and made redy their arowes in the quyuer that they maye priuely shute at them which are true of herte The very foundacion haue they cast downe what caÌ„ the rightuous theÌ„ do withall But the LORDE is in his holy temple the LORDES seate is in heauen He coÌ„sidereth it with his eyes his eye lyddes beholde the children of men The LORDE seith both the rightuous and vngodly but who so deliteth in wickednes him his soule abhorreth Vpon the vngodly he shal rayne snares fyre brymstone storme and tempest this rewarde shal they haue to drynke For the LORDE is rightuous aÌ„d he loueth rightuousnes his countenaunce beholdeth the thiÌ„ge y t is iust The XI A psalme of Dauid HElpe LORDE for there is not one saynte more very fewe faithfull are there amonge the children off men Euery man telleth lyes to his neghbo r they do but flater with their lippes and dissemble in their herte O that the LORDE wolde rote out all disceatfull lippes aÌ„d the tonge that speaketh proude thinges Which saye Oure toÌ„ge shulde preuayle we are they that ought to speake who is lorde ouer vs Now for the troubles sake off the oppressed because of the complaynte of the poore I wil vp sayeth the LORDE I wil helpe theÌ„ and set theÌ„ at rest The wordes of the LORDE are pure wordes eueÌ„ as y e syluer which from earth is tried and purified vij tymes in the fyre Kepe theÌ„ therfore o LORDE and preserue vs froÌ„ this generacion for euer And why when vanite and ydylnes getteth the ouer hande amonge the children of men all are full of y e vngodly The XII A psalme of Dauid HOw longe wilt thou forget me o LORDE for euer how longe wilt thou hyde thy face fro me Oh how loÌ„ge shall I seke councell in my soule how longe shall I be so vexed in my herte how longe shal myne enemie triumphe ouer me Considre aÌ„d heare me o LORDE
shal I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked that synners maye be conuerted vnto the. Delyuer me from bloudegyltynesse o God thou that art the God of my health that my tonge maye prayse thy rightuousnesse Open my lippes O LORDE that my mouth maye shewe thy prayse For yf thou haddest pleasure in sacrifice I wolde geue it the but thou delytest not in burnt offerynges The sacrifice of God is a troubled sprete a broken and a coÌ„trite here o God shalt thou not despise O be fauorable and gracious vnto Sion that the walles of Ierusalem maye be buylded For then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of rightuousnesse with the burnt offerynges and oblacions then shal they laye bullockes vpon thine aulter The LI. A psalme of Dauid WHy boastest thou thy self thou Tyraunt that thou canst do myschefe Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylie Thy tonge ymagineth wickednesse and with lyes it cutteth like a sharpe rasoure Thou louest vngraciousnesse more theÌ„ good to talke of lyes more then rightuousnesse Sela. Thou louest to speake all wordes y t maye do hurte O thou false toÌ„ge Therfore shal God cleane destroye the smyte the in peces plucke the out of thy dwellinge and rote the out of the londe of the lyuinge Sela. The rightuous shal se this feare and laugh him to scorne Lo this is the maÌ„ y t toke not God for his streÌ„gth but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches was mightie in his wickednesse As for me I am like a grene olyue tre in y e house of God my trust is in the tender mercy of God for euer euer I wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the for that thou hast done and wil hope in thy name for thy sayntes like it well The LII A psalme of Dauid THe foolish bodies saye in their hertes â–ª Tush there is no God Corrupte are they and become abhominable in their wickednesses there is not one that doth good God loked downe from heauen vpoÌ„ the children of men to se yf there were eny that wolde vnderstonde or seke after God But they are all gone out of y e waye they are all become vnprofitable there is none y t doth good no not one How caÌ„ they haue vnderstondinge that are the workers of wickednes eatinge vp my people as it were bred call not vpon God They are afrayed where no feare is for God breaketh the bones of them that besege the thou puttest them to confucion for God despiseth them Oh y t the sauynge health were geuen vnto Israel out of Sion Oh that the LORDE wolde delyuer his people out of captiuyte Then shulde Iacob reioyse Israel shulde be right glad The LIII A psalme of Dauid HElpe me o God for thy names sake and delyuer me in thy streÌ„gth Heare my prayer o God considre the wordes of my mouth For straungers are rysen vp agaynst me and the mightie which haue not God before their eyes seke after my soule Sela. But lo God is my helper it is he that vpholdeth my soule He shall rewarde euell vnto myne enemies and in thy treuth shalt thou destroye them A frewil offeringe wil I geue the and prayse thy name o LORDE because it is so comfortable For thou hast delyuered me out of all my trouble so that myne eye seyth his desyre vpoÌ„ myne enemies The LIIII A psalme of Dauid HEare my prayer o God and hyde not thy self fro my peticion Take hede vnto me and heare me how piteously I mourne coÌ„playne The enemie crieth so the vngodly commeth on so fast for they are mynded to do me some myschefe so maliciously are they set agaynst me My herte is heuy within me and the feare of death is fallen vpon me Fearfullnesse and tremblinge are come vpon me and an horrible drede hath ouerwhelmed me And I sayde O that I had wynges like a doue that I might fle somwhere and be at rest Lo then wolde I get me awaye farre of and remayne in the wildernesse Sela. I wolde make haist to escape from the stormy wynde and tempest Destroie their tonges o LORDE and deuyde them for I se vnrightuousnes strife in y e cite This goeth daye and night aboute the walles myschefe and vyce are in the myddest of it Wickednesse is therin disceate and gyle go not out of hir stretes Yf it were myne enemie that reuyled me I coude beare it or yf one that ought me euell will dyd threaten me I wolde hyde myself from him But it is thou my companyon my gyde and myne owne familier freÌ„de We had swete 〈◊〉 secrete communicacion together and louyngly walked we together in y e house of God Let death come hastely vpon them and let them go downe quick in to hell for wickednes is amonge them in their dwellinges As for me I will call vnto God and the LORDE shall helpe me In the eueninge mornynge and at noone daye wil I mourne and complayne and he shal heare my voyce It is he that delyuereth my soule in peace from them that laye waite for me for they are many agaynst me Yee euen God that endureth for euer shal heare me and brynge them downe Sela. For they wil not turne and why they feare not God Yee they laye hondes vpon soch as be at peace with him and so thei breake his couenaunt Their mouthes are softer then butter yet haue they batell in their mynde their wordes are smoother then oyle and yet be they very swerdes O cast thy burthen or care vpon the LORDE he shal norish the and not leaue the rightuous in vnquietnesse But as for them thou o God shalt cast them downe in to the pitte of destruccion The bloudthurstie and disceatfull shal not lyue out half their daies Neuerthelesse my trust is in the. The LV. A psalme of Dauid BE mercifull vnto me o God for 〈…〉 wil treade me downe they are 〈…〉 fightinge troublinge me 〈…〉 enemies treade me daylie vnder their fete for they be many y t proudly fight agaynst me Neuerthelesse wheÌ„ I am afrayed I put my trust in the. I wil comforte my self in Gods worde yee I wil hope in God and not feare What can flesh then do vnto me They vexe me daylie in my wordes all y t they ymagin is to do me euell They holdâ—â—lltogether kepe them selues close they marck my steppes how they maye catch my soule But in vayne for it shal escape theÌ„ and why thou o God in thy displeasure shalt cast downe soch people Thou tellest my flittinges thou puttest my teares in thy botell and nombrest them When so euer I call vpon the myne enemies are put to flight wherby I knowe that thou art my God In Gods worde wil I reioyse in the LORDES worde wil I comforte me Yee in God do I â—rust am not afraied what caÌ„ man theÌ„ do vnto me Vnto the o God wil I paye my vowes vnto y e wil I geue thaÌ„kes
praysed be the Lord whych hath not geuen vs ouer for a praye vnto their teeth Oure soule is escaped eueÌ„ as a byrde out of the snare of the fouler the snare is broken and we are delyuered Oure helpe standeth in the name of the Lorde which hath made heauen and earth ¶ The .cxxv. Psalme ¶ The churche or congregacyon is in safetye when the Lorde defendeth it and shal be prosperous when he fauoreth it and purgeth the wycked theroute The songe of the steares THey that put their trust in the Lorde are euen as the mount Syon which may not be remoued but standeth fast for euer The hylles stande about Ierusalem eueÌ„ so standeth the Lorde rounde about his people from this tyme forth for euermore That the rodd of the vngodly come not into the lot of the ryghtuous lest y e ryghtuous put their hande vnto wyckednesse Do well O Lorde vnto those y t be good and true of herte As for soche as turne backe vnto their awne wyckednesse the Lorde shall leade theÌ„ forth with the euyll doers but peace be vpoÌ„ Israel ¶ The .cxxvj. Psalme ¶ He descrybeth the gladnes of the people returning agayne from Babylon vnder the fygure herof the reioysynge of the Christen whom the sonne of God hath made fre from the captiuyte of synne and deeth The songe of the steares VVhen the Lorde turneth agayne the captyuyte of Sion then shall we be lyke vnto them that dreame Then shall oure mouth be fylled wyth laughter and oure tonge with ioye Then shall it be sayd amonge the HeatheÌ„ the Lorde hath done greate thinges for theÌ„ Yee the Lorde hath done greate thynges for vs all ready wherof we reioyse Turne oure captyuyte O Lorde as the ryuers in the south They y t sowe in teares shall reape in ioye He that now goeth in his waye wepynge beareth forth good sede shal come agayne with ioye bringe his sheaues with hym ¶ The .cxxvij. Psalme ¶ By the only liberalyte gyft of God is the house and housholde geuen the cytye defended â— meate mynystred chyldren those toward and thryftye obtayned The songe of the steares EXcept the Lorde buylde the house their labour is but lost that buylde it Except the Lorde kepe the cytye the watchman waketh but in vayne It is but lost labour that ye rise vp early and take no rest but eate the bredde of carefulnesse for loke to whom it pleaseth him he geueth it in slepe Lo chyldren and the frute of the wombe are an herytage gift y t coÌ„meth of y e Lorde Lyke as the arowes in the hande of the gyaunt euen so are the yonge children Happy is the man that hath his quyuer full of them they shal not be ashamed when they speake with their enemyes in the gate ¶ The .cxxviij. Psalme ¶ He that feareth God shall do well and fortunately at all ceasons The songe of the steares BLessed are all they that feare y e Lorde and walke in hys wayes For thou shalt eate the laboures of thyne awne handes O well is the happy art thou Thy wyfe shal be as y e frutefull vyne vpoÌ„ the walles of thy house Thy chyldren lyke the Olyue braunches rounde aboute thy table Lo thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lorde The Lorde shall so blesse the out of SioÌ„ that thou shalt se Ierusalem in prosperyte all thy lyfe longe Yee that thou shalt se thy chylders chyldren and peace vpon Israel ¶ The .cxxix Psalme ¶ Althoughe the wycked do longe and greatly persecute the godly yet shall they not preuayle ouer them yee they shall at the length perish when the godly shal be in safetye The songe of the steares MAny a tyme haue they fought agaynst me fro my youth vp maye Israel now saye Yee many a tyme haue they fought agaynst me fro my youth vp but they haue not ouercome me The plowers plowed vpon my backe and made longe forowes But the rightuous Lorde hath hewen 〈◊〉 yocke of the vngodly in peces Let them be confounded turned bacâ—â—ward as many as haue euyl will at a * 〈◊〉 Let them be euen as the haye vpon 〈◊〉 house toppes whych wythereth afore it 〈◊〉 pluckte vp Wherof the mower fylleth not his hanâ—â— nether he that byndeth vp the sheaues 〈◊〉 bosome So y t they which go by saye not so 〈◊〉 as y e Lorde prospere you we wish you 〈◊〉 lucke in the name of the Lorde ¶ The .cxxx. Psalme ¶ An earnest prayer of him that is oppressed with â—â—â—uersitie for his sinnes that surely hopeth to 〈◊〉 of God bothe forgeuenes of his synnes delyuraâ—â—â— from hys aduersytyes The songe of the steares OVt of the a * depe call I vnto 〈◊〉 O Lorde Lorde heare my voyâ—â— â–ª Oh let thyne eares 〈…〉 well the voyce of my complayâ—â—â— If thou Lord wylt be extreme to 〈◊〉 what is done a mysse Oh Lorde who 〈◊〉 abyde it But there is mercy wyth the that 〈◊〉 mayest be feared I loke for the Lord my soule doth waâ— for hym and in his worde is my trust My soule doth paciently abyde y e Lorâ—â— from the one mornynge to the other Let Israel trust in the Lorde for with 〈◊〉 Lorde there is mercy pleÌ„teous redempâ—â—â—â— And he shal redeme Israel froÌ„ al his synn◠¶ The .cxxxj. Psalme ¶ He sheweth y t he was not proude but meake 〈◊〉 The songe of the steares LOrde I am not hye mynded I haue 〈◊〉 proude lokes I do not exercyse my selfe in greaâ—â— matters which are to hye for me But I refrayne my soule kepe it 〈◊〉 lyke as a childe that is weened from his 〈◊〉 yee my soule is eueÌ„ as a weenâ—ed 〈◊〉 Let Israel trust in the Lorde â–ª from 〈◊〉 tyme forth for euermore ¶ The .cxxxij. Psalme ¶ He sheweth that the prosperyty 〈◊〉 of Christes kynâ—â—dome dureth euer that God is 〈◊〉 allwaye present 〈◊〉 his churche and congregacyon Thys doth he 〈◊〉 the fygure of Dauid of the â—â—aâ—cke abydyng in 〈◊〉 The songe of the steares LOrde remeÌ„bre Dauid al his trouâ—â—â— How he swore vnto the Lorde 〈◊〉 vowed a vowe vnto the almyghtye 〈◊〉 of Iacob I wyll not come within y e taberâ—â—â—cle of my house nor clyme vp in my bedde â–ª I wyll not suffre myne eyes to slepe 〈◊〉 myne eye lyddes to â—â—omber Vntyll I fynde out a place for y e 〈◊〉 an habytacyoÌ„ for the mightye one of 〈◊〉 shalt eate the laboures of thine owne hondes o well is the happie art thou Thy wife shal be as a frutefull vyne vpon the walles of thy house Thy children like the olyue braunches rouÌ„de aboute y e table Lo thus shal y e maÌ„ be blessed y t feareth the LORDE The LORDE shal so blesse the out of Sion that thou shalt se IerusaleÌ„ in prosperite all thy life longe Yee that thou shalt se thy childers childreÌ„ peace vpoÌ„ Israel The CXXVIII psalme MAny a tyme haue they fought
stondeth vpon the is like Carmel The hayre of thy heade is like the kynges purple folden vp in plates O how fayre and louely art thou my derlynge in pleasures Thy stature is like a date tre and thy brestes like the grapes I sayde I wil clymme vp in to the date tre and take holde of his braunches Thy brestes also shal be as the vyne grapes the smell of thy nostrels like the smell of apples and thy thâ—â—â—te like the best wyne This shal be pure cleare for my loue his lippes and teth shal haue their pleasure There wil I turne me vnto my loue and he shal turne him vnto me O come on my loue let vs go forth in to the felde and take â—â—re lodginge in the vyllages In the mornynge wil we ryse by tymes and go se the vynyarde yf it be spronge forth yf the grapes be growne yf the pomgranates be shoâ—â— out There wil I geue the my brestes There shal the Mandragoras geue their smell besyde oure dores There o my loue haue I kepte vnto the all maner of frutes both new and olde The VIII Chapter O That I might fynde the without kysse y e whom I loue as my brother which suckte my mothers brestes that thou woldest not be offended yf I toke the and brought the in to my mothers house that thou mightest teach me and that I might geue the drynke of spyced wyne and of the swete sappe of my pomgranates His left hande lyeth vnder my heade his right hande embraceth me I charge you o ye daughters of IerusaleÌ„ 〈◊〉 ye wake not vp my loue ner touch her 〈◊〉 she be content herself What is she this 〈◊〉 coÌ„meth vp from the wildernes and 〈◊〉 vpon hir loue I am the same that 〈◊〉 the vp amonge the aple trees where thy â—â—ther beare y e where y e mother brought 〈◊〉 in to the worlde O set me as a seale vpoÌ„ thine hert and as â—eale vpon thine arme for loue is mightie the death gelousy as the hell Hir coaâ—â— are of fyre and a very flamme of the LORâ—E so y t many waters are not able to quench 〈◊〉 nether maye y e streames drowne it Yee 〈◊〉 man wolde geue all the good of his houâ—â— for loue he shulde counte it nothinge When oure loue is tolde oure yonge sister â—hose brestes are not yet growne what shal â—e do vnto her Yf she be a wall we shal â—ylde a syluer bollworke there vpon Yf she 〈◊〉 a tower we shal festen her with bordes of â—edre tre Yf I be a wall my brestes like towres then am I as one that hath founde fauoure in his sight Salomon had a vynyarde at Baal Hamon this vynyarde delyuered he vnto the kepers y t euery one for the frute therof shulde geue him a thousande peces of syluer But my vynyarde o Salomon geueth the a thousande and two hundreth to y e kepers of the frute Thou that dwellest in the gardens O let me heare thy voyce that my companyons maye herken to the same O get the awaye my loue as a roo or a yonge hert vnto the swete smellinge mouÌ„taynes The ende of Salomons Balettes called Cantica Canticorum Fautes escaped in the pryntinge of this parte Vpon the seconde leaf the seconde syde in the syxte Chapter of Iob the letter A. Within the yoke an egg rede Within the yoke of an egg In the Psalter Vpon the xxxv leaf the seconde syde in the cxxxvi psalme the seconde verse â–ª Vpon the trees rede Vpon the wyll ye trees All the Prophetes in Englishe Esay Ieremy Baruch Ezechiel Daniel Oseas Ioel. Amos. Abdy Ionas Micheas Naum. Abacuc Sophony Aggeus Zachary Malachy The Prophet Esay What Esay conteyneth Chap. I. The prophet rebuketh the people of Israel for their abhominacions Chap. II. The callynge of the Heithen Chap. III. PunyshmeÌ„t of God specially for the pryde of wemen Chap. IIII. Plages to come wyth a promyse of the grace and conforte thorow Christ. Chap. V. The louynge kyndnes of God towarde Israel afore other people Agayne the vnthankfulnes and vnfaithfulnes of them Chap. VI. The sendynge of Esay The harde hertes of the people Chap. VII He rebuketh the kynge for beynge afrayed of the vngodly kynges of the Heithen and because he put not his trust in God He geueth him a tokeÌ„ of grace which he receaueth not Chap. VIII The people forsake God seke helpe at the Heithen Chap. IX He putteth theÌ„ in mynde of the mysery that is past Of the coÌ„mynge and kyngdome of Christ. Punyshment for their pryde Chap. X. Punyshment of vnrighteous rulers The comforte of Israel agaynst the pryâ—â— of the kynge of the Assyrians Chap. XI A prophecie of Christ. Chap. XII A thankesgeuynge of the faithfull people Chap. XIII Punyshment to come vpon Babilon by the Persians Medes Chap. XIIII God will haue mercy on his people He threteneth Palestina Chap. XV. The plage of Moab Chap. XVI The vexacion feare of Moab Chap. XVII PunyshmeÌ„t of Damascus siria Chap. XVIII The callynge of the Heithen Chap. XIX.XX. Plages vpon Egipte Ethiopia Chap. XXI The punyshmeÌ„t of Babilon Duma and Arabia Chap. XXII The punyshment vpon IerusaleÌ„ by SeÌ„nacherib Sobna is put downe Eliachim commeth in his steade Chap. XXIII The punyshment of Tyre of all the cities by the see coast and of the Iles. Chap. XXIIII Of the generall punyshment of the whole earth vnto the ende of the worlde Chap. XXV A thaÌ„kesgeuynge vnto God The callinge of the Heithen Chap. XXVI Men ought to trust onely iÌ„ God Chap. XXVII The punyshment of Leuiathan The goodnes of God The delyueraunce of Israel The callynge of the Heithen Chap. XXVIII The punishment of Ephraim Of mens lawes Of the stone in Sion Chap. XXIX PunyshmeÌ„t vpon Ierusalem for mens lawes and doctrynes Chap. XXX Gods people are punyshed for sekinge helpe at other then him self Chap. XXXI He calleth the people agayne to God and promiseth them defence Chap. XXXII Health vnder the kynge of righteousnes He threateneth the carelesse cities· Chap. XXXIII PunyshmeÌ„t vpon the enemies of Gods people Chap. XXXIIII Gods plage vpon the Heithen Chap. XXXV A coÌ„forte secrete promyse concernynge the callynge of the Heithen Chap. XXXVI Sennacherib the kinge of the Assirians sendeth his hoost to besege IerusaleÌ„ Chap. XXXVII The prayer of Ezechias God coÌ„forteth him by Esay The angel of the LORDE putteth the Assirians hoost to shame Chap. XXXVIII Ezechias is deed sicke God helpeth him vp agayne He thanketh God Chap. XXXIX The kynge of Babilon sendeth Embassitours vnto Ezechias which sheweth them his treasure displeaseth God withall Chap. XL. The delyuerauÌ„ce not onely of Israel out of the captiuyte of Babilon but of all faithfull also in Christ. The vanyte of maÌ„ The excellent power of God Chap. XLI God reasoneth with the Iewes geÌ„tiles reproueth the people of Israel for their vnthankfulnes Chap. XLII The coÌ„mynge power of Christ The praise
y t my people maye knowe my name I my self will speake in that daye Beholde here am I. O how bewtiful are the fete of the Embassitoure y t bringeth the message froÌ„ the mountayne proclameth peace y t briÌ„geth the good tydinges preacheth health saieth vnto Sion Thy God is the kinge Thy watchmeÌ„ shal lift vp their voyce w t loude voyce shal they preach of him for they shal se him present wheÌ„ the LORDE shal come agayne to Sion Be glad o thou desolate IerusaleÌ„ reioyse together for the LORDE will coÌ„forte his people he wil delyuer IerusaleÌ„ The LORDE wil make bare his holy arme shewe it forth in the sight of all the GeÌ„tiles all the endes of the earth shal se the sauynge health of oure God Awaye Awaye get you out froÌ„ thence touch no vncleane thinge Go out from amonge soch And be cleane ye that beare the vessell of the LORDE But ye shal not go out with sedicioÌ„ ner make haist as they that fle awaye for the LORDE shal go before you aÌ„d the God of Israel shal kepe the watch Beholde my seruaunt shal deale wysely therfore shal he be magnified exalted greatly honoured Like as y e multitude shal woÌ„dre vpon him because his face shal be so deformed not as a mans face his bewtie like no man Euen so shal the multitude of the GeÌ„tiles loke vnto him y e kinges shal shut their mouthes before him For they y t haue not bene tolde of him shal se him and they y t herde nothinge of him shal beholde him The liij Chapter BVt who geueth credence vnto oure preachinge Or to whoÌ„ is the arme of the LORDE knowne He shal growe before the LORDE like as a brauÌ„ch as a rote in a drie grounde He shal haue nether bewty ner fauoure When we loke vpon him there shal be no fayrnesse we shal haue no lust vnto him He shal be the most symple despised of all which yet hath good experience of sorowes infirmities We shal reken him so symple so vyle that we shal hyde oure faces froÌ„ him Howbeit of a treuth he only taketh awaye oure infirmite beareth oure payne Yet we shal iudge him as though he were plaged and cast downe of God where as he notwithstoÌ„dinge shal be wouÌ„ded for oure offences smytten for oure wickednes For the payne of o r punyshmeÌ„t shal be layde vpoÌ„ him w t his stripes shal we be healed As for vs we go all astraye like shepe euery one turneth his owne waye But thorow him the LORDE pardoneth all o r synnes He shal be payned troubled aÌ„d shal not opeÌ„ his mouth He shal be led as a shepe to be slayne yet shal he be as still as a lambe before the shearer not open his mouth He shal be had awaye his cause not herde wtout eny iudgment Whose generacion yet no man maye nombre when he shal be cut of froÌ„ the grounde of the lyvinge Which punyshment shal go vpon him for the transgression of my people His graue shal be geueÌ„ him with the coÌ„demned his crucifienge with the theues Where as he dyd neuer violence â—er vnright nether hath there bene eny disceatfulnesse in his mouth Yet hath it pleased y e LORDE to smyte him with infirmite that when he had made his soule an offeringe for synne he might se a loÌ„ge lastinge sede And this device of the LORDE shal prospere in his honde With trauayle and laboure of his soule shal he optayne greate riches My rightuous seruaunt shall with his wisdome iustifie delyuer the multitude for he shal beare awaye their synnes Therfore wil I geue him the multitude for his parte he shal deuyde the stroÌ„ge spoyle because he shal geue ouer his soule to death shal be rekened amonge the transgressours which neuertheles shal take awaye y e synnes of the multitude and make intercession for the myszdoers The liiij Chapter THerfore be glad now thou bareÌ„ that bearest not Reioyce synge be mery thou y t art not with childe For the desolate hath moo children then the maried wife saieth the LORDE Make thy tente wyder sprede out the hanginges of thine habitacioÌ„ spare not laye forth thy coardes and make fast thy stakes for thou shalt breake out on the right syde and on the left thy sede shal haue y e GeÌ„tiles in possession aÌ„d dwel in the desolate cities Feare not for thou shalt not be confouÌ„ded Be not ashamed for thou shalt not come to confucion Yee thou shalt forget the shame off thy youth and shalt not remembre the dishonoure of thy wedo wheade For he that made the shal be thy LORDE husbonde whose name is the LORDE of hoostes thine avenger shal be euen the holy one off Israel the LORDE of the whole worlde For the LORDE shal call the beinge as a desolate soroufull woman and as a yonge wife that hath broken hir wedlocke saieth thy God A litle while haue I forsaken the but w t greate mercifulnes shal I take the vp vnto me WheÌ„ I was angrie I hid my face from the for a litle season but thorow euerlastinge goodnesse shal I pardon the saieth the LORDE thine avenger And this must be vnto me as the water of Noe For like as I haue sworne y t I wil not bringe the water off Noe eny more vpoÌ„ the worlde So haue I sworne y t I wil neuer be angrie w t the ner reproue the The mountaynes shall remoue the hilles shal fall downe but my louynge kyndnesse shal not moue and the bonde off my peace shal not fall downe froÌ„ y e saieth y e LORDE thy merciful louer Beholde thou poore vexed despised I wil make thy walles of precious stones y e foundacioÌ„ of Saphires thy wyndowes off Cristall thi gates of fyne cleare stone y e borders of pleasauÌ„t stones Thy childreÌ„ shal all be taught of God I wil geue theÌ„ plenteousnes of peace In rightuousnes shalt thou be grounded be farre froÌ„ oppression for the which thou nedest not be afrayed nether for hynderauÌ„ce for it shal not come nye the. Beholde y e aleâ—unt y t was farre froÌ„ the shal dwell w t the he y t was somtyne a straunger vnto the shal be ioyned w t the Beholde I make the smyth y t bloweth the coles in the fyre he maketh a weapon after his hondy worke I make also the waister to destroye but all the weapens y t are made agaynst the shal not prospere And as for all tunges y t shal resiste the in iudgmeÌ„t thou shalt ouer come theÌ„ coÌ„demne them This is the heretage of the LORDES seruauntes the rightuousnes that they shal haue of me saieth the LORDE The lv Chapter COme to the waters all ye
saye Tush there shal nether batel ner honger be in this londe With swearde aÌ„d with honger shal those prophetes perish and the people to whom they haue preached shal be cast out of Ierusalem dye of honger aÌ„d be slayne with the swearde and there shal be no man to burie them both they aÌ„d their wyues their sonnes and their doughters For thus wil I 〈◊〉 their wickednes vpon theÌ„ This shalt thoâ— saye also vnto them Myne eyes shal wepe without ceassâ—nge daye night For my people shal be dtstroyed with greate harme and shall perish with a greate plage For yff I go in to the felde lo it lieth all full off slayne men Yff I come in to the cite lo they be all fameshed of honger Yee their prophetes also and prestes shal be led in to an vnknowne londe Hast thou then vtterly forsaken Iuda sayde I Dost thou so abhorre SioÌ„ Or hast thou so plaged vs that we can be healed no more We loked for peace and there coÌ„meth no good for the tyme of health lo here is nothinge but trouble We knowlege o LORDE all oure myszdedes and the synnes of oure fathers that we haue offended ye. Be not displeased o LORDE for thy names sake forget not thy louynge kyndnes Remembre y e trone of thyne honoure breake not the couenauÌ„t that thou hast made with vs. Are there eny amonge the goddes of the Gentiles that sende rayne or geue the showers of heauen Dost not thou it o LORDE oure God in whoÌ„ we trust Yee LORDE thou dost all these thinges The XV. Chapter THen spake the LORDE vnto me aÌ„d sayde Though Moses and Samuel stode before me yet haue I no herte to this people Dryue them awaye that they maye go out of my sight And yf they saye vnto the Whyther shal we go TheÌ„ tell theÌ„ The LORDE geueth you this answere Some vnto death some to the swearde some to honger some in to captiuyte For I will bringe foure plages vpon them saieth the LORDE The swearde shal straÌ„gle them the dogges shal deuoure them the foules of the ayre aÌ„d beestes of the earth shal eate them vp and destroye them I will scatre them aboute also in all kingdomes and londes to be plaged because of Manasses the sonne of Ezechias kinge of Iuda for the thinges that he dyd in Ierusalem Who shal then haue pite vpon the o Ierusalem Who shal be sory for the Or who shal make intercession to opteyne peace for the seinge thou goest fro me aÌ„d turnest bacwarde saieth the LORDE Therfore I will stretch out myne honde agaynst the to destroye the and I will not be intreated I will scatre the abrode with the fanne on euery side of the londe I will waist my people and destroye them for they haue had no lust to turne from their owne wayes I will make their wyddowes mo in nombre then the sondes of the see Vpon y e mothers of their children I shal bringe a destroyer in the noone daye Sodenly and vnawarres shal I sende a feare vpon their cities She that hath borne vij children shal haue none hir herte shal be ful of sorowe The Sonne shall fayle her in the cleare daye when she shal be confounded and faynte for very heuynesse As for those y t remayne I wil delyuer them vnto the swearde off their enemies saieth the LORDE O mother alas that euer thou dydest beare me an enemie and hated of the whole londe Though I neuer lente ner receaued vpon vsury yet euery man speake euell vpon me And y e LORDE answered me Lede not I the then vnto good Come not I to the when thou art in trouble and helpe y e when thine enemie oppresseth the Doth one yron hurte another or one metall that coÌ„meth from the north another As for youre riches and treasure I wil geue them out in to a pray not for eny money but because of all youre synnes that ye haue done iÌ„ all youre coastes And I wil briÌ„ge you with youre enemies in to a londe y t ye knowe not for the fyre that is kyndled in my indignacion shal burne you vp O LORDE sayde I then thou knowest all thinges therfore remembre me aÌ„d viset me delyuer me fro my persecuters Receaue not my cause in y i loÌ„ge wrath yet thou knowest that for thy sake I suffre rebuke When I had founde thy wordes I at them vp gredely they haue made my hert ioyfull glad For I call vpon thy name o LORDE God off hoostes I dwell not amonge the scorners nether is my delyte therin but I dwell only in the feare of thy honde for thou hast fylled me with bytternes Shall my heuynes endure for euer Are my plages then so greate y t they maye neuer be healed Wilt thou be as a water that falleth and can not contynue Vpon these wordes thus sayde the LORDE vnto me Yf thou wilt turne agayne I shal set the in my seruyce and yf thou wilt take out the thinge that is precious from the vyle thou shalt be euen as myne owne mouth They shal conuerte vnto the but turne not thou vnto theÌ„ and so shal I make the a stroÌ„ge wall of stele agaynst this people They shal fight agaynst the but they shal not preuayle For I my self will be with the to helpe the and delyuer the saieth the LORDE And I will ryd the out of the hondes of the wicked and delyuer the out of the honde of Tirauntes The XVI Chapter MOrouer thus sayde the LORDE vnto me Thou shalt take y e no wife ner beget children in this place For of the children that are borne in this place of their mothers that haue borne them and of their fathers that haue begotten them in this londe thus saieth the LORDE They shal dye an horrible deeth no maÌ„ shal mourne for them ner burie them but they shal lye as doÌ„ge vpon the earth They shal perish thorow the swearde and honger and their bodies shal be meate for the foules of the ayre and beestes of the earth Agayne thus saieth the LORDE Go not vnto them that come together for to mourne and wepe for I haue taken my peace froÌ„ this people saieth the LORDE yee my fauoure and my mercy And in this londe shal they dye olde and yonge and shall not be buried no man shall be wepe them no man shall clippe or shaue himselff for them There shal not one viset another to mourne with them for their deed or to comforte them One shall not offre another the cuppe off consolacion to forget their heuynes for father and mother Thou shalt not go in to their feast house to syt downe moch lesse to eate or drynke with them For thus saieth the LORDE off hoostes the God off Israel Beholde I shall take awaye out of this place the voyce off myrth aÌ„d gladnesse the voyce off the
offeringe and when y e tyme commeth they shal be loked vpon The righteous shal shyne as the sparkes y t renne thorow the rede buszshe They shal iudge the nacions haue dominion ouer y e people their LORDE shal raigne for euer They y t put their trust in him shal vnderstonde the trueth soch as be faithfull wil agree vnto him in loue for his chosen shal haue giftes peace But the vngodly shal be punyshed acordinge to their awne ymaginaciōs for they haue despysed the righteous forsaken the LORDE Whoso despyseth wyszdome nurto r he is vnhappie and as for the hope of soch it is but vayne their labours vnfrutefull and their workes vnprofitable Their wyues are vndiscrete and their childrē most vngodly Their creature is cursed Blessed is rather y e baren vndefyled which hath not knowne the synfull bedd she shall haue frute in the rewarde of the holy soules And blessed is y e gelded which w t his handes hath wrought no vnrighteousnesse ner ymagined wicked thinges agaynst God For vnto him shal be geuen y e speciall gift of faith and the most acceptable porcion in y e temple of God For glorious is the frute of good laboure the rote of wyszdome shall neuer fade awaye As for y e childrē of aduoutrers they shal come to an ende the sede of an vnrighteous bedd shal be roted out And though they lyue lōge yet shal they be nothinge regarded their last age shal be without honoure Yf they dye haistely they haue no hope nether shal they be spoken to in the daye of knowlege For horrible is the death and ende of the vnrighteous The IIII. Chapter O How fayre is a chaist generacion w t vertue The memoriall therof is immortall for it is knowne w t God and men When it is present mē take exāple there at and yf it go awaye yet they desyre it It is allwaie crowned holden in hono r wynneth y e rewarde of the vndefyled battayll But the multitude of vngodly childrē is vnprofitable and the thinges y t are planted w t whordome shal take no depe rote ner laye eny fast foundacion Though they be grene in the braunches for a tyme yet shal they be shakē w t the wynde for they stonde not fast thorow the vehemence of the wynde they shal be roted out For the vnparfecte braunches shal be broken their frute shal be vnprofitable sower to eate yee mete for nothinge And why all the children y t are borne of the wicked must beare recorde of the wickednesse agaynst their fathers mothers when they be axed But though the righteous be ouertaken w t death yet shal he be in rest Age is an honorable thinge neuertheles it stondeth not only in the lenth of tyme ner in the multitude of yeares but a mans wyszdome is the graye hayre and an vndefyled life is the olde age He pleased God was beloued of him so that where as he lyued amōge synners he trāslated him Yee sodēly was he taken awaye to the intent y t wickednesse shulde not alter his vnderstōdinge y t ypocrisye shulde not begyle his soule For y e craftie bewitchinge of lyes make good thinges darck y e vnstedfastnesse also wickednes of voluptuous desyre turne asyde y e vnderstondinge of y e symple Though he was soone deed yet fulfilled he moch tyme. For his soule pleased God therfore haisted he to take him awaye frō amonge y e wicked This the people se vnderstonde it not they laye not vp soch thinges in their hertes how y t y e louynge fauo r mercy of God is vpō his saintes y t he hath respecte vnto his chosen Thus y e righteous y t is deed cōdemneth the vngodly which are lyuinge y e youth y t is soone brought to an ende y e lōge life of y e vnrighteous For they se y e ende of y e wyse but they vnderstōde not what God hath deuysed for him wherfore y e LORDE hath taken him awaie And why they se him despyse him therfore shall God also laugh thē to scorne So y t they thē selues shal dye here after but without hono r yee in shame amonge y e deed for euermore For without eny voyce shal he burst those y t be puft vp remoue thē frō y e foundacions so y t they shal be laied waist vnto the hyest They shal mourne and their memoriall shall perishe So they beynge afrayed shall remembre their synnes and their owne wickednesse shal bewraye thē The V. Chapter THen shal y e righteous stonde in greate stedfastnesse agaynst soch as haue dealt extremely w t thē takē awaye their labours When they se it they shal be vexed w t horrible feare shal wonder at the haistynesse of y e sodane health groninge for very distresse of mynde shall saye within them selues hauynge inwarde sorow and mournynge for very anguysh of mynde These are they whom we somtyme had in derision iested vpō We fooles thought their life very madnesse their ende to be w t out honoure But lo how they are counted amonge the children of God their porcion is amonge the sayntes Therfore we haue erred from the waye of trueth y e light of righteousnesse hath not shyned vnto vs and the Sōne of vnderstōdinge rose not vp vpō vs. We haue weeried o r selues in y e waye of wickednesse destruccion Tedious wayes haue we gone but as for the waye of the LORDE we haue not knowne it What good hath o r pryde done vnto vs Or what profit hath the pompe of riches brought vs All those thinges are passed awaye like a shadowe as a messaunger rennynge before as a shippe y t passeth ouer the wawes of the water which whan it is gone by the trace therof can not be founde nether y e path of it in the floudes Or as a byrde y t flyeth thorow y e ayre no man can se eny token where she is flowen but only heareth the noyse of hir wynges beatinge the light wynde partinge the ayre thorow the vehemēce of hir goinge flyeth on shakynge hir wynges where as afterwarde no tokē of hir waye can be foūde Or like as whē an arowe is shott at a marck it parteth the ayre which immediatly cōmeth together agayne so that a man can not knowe where it wente thorow Euen so we in like maner as soone as we were borne beganne immediatly to drawe to oure ende haue shewed no token of vertue but are consumed in oure owne wickednesse Soch wordes shal they that haue synned speake in the hell for the hope of the vngodly is like a drye thistell floure or dust that is blowne awaye w t the wynde like as thynne scomme y t is scatred abrode w t the storme like as y e smoke which is dispersed here there w
a snare shal be taken in it himself Who so geueth a wicked noysome councell it shall come vpon himself and he shall not knowe from wheÌ„ce The proude blaspheme and are scornefull but vengeaunce lurketh for them as a lyon They that reioyse at the fall of y e righteous shal be taken in y e snare anguysh of hert shall consume them before they dye Anger and rigorousnes are two abhominable thinges and y e vngodly hath them both vpon him The XXVIII Chapter HE that seketh vengeaunce shal fynde vengeaunce of the LORDE which shal surely kepe him his synnes Forgeue thy neghboure the hurte that he hath done the and so shal thy synnes be forgeuen the also whan thou prayest A man that beareth hatred agaynst another how darre he desyre forgeuenesse of God He that sheweth no mercy to a maÌ„ which is like himself how darre he axe forgeuenesse of his synnes Yf he that is but flesh beareth hatred and kepeth it who wyl intreate for his synnes Remembre the ende let enmyte passe which seketh death and destruccion and abyde thou in y e commaundementes Remembre y e commaundement so shalt thou not be rigorous ouer y e neghboure Thynke vpoÌ„ the couenaunt of y e Hyest and forgeue thy neghbours ignorauÌ„ce Bewarre of strife and thou shalt make y e synnes fewer For an angrie man kyndleth variaunce and the vngodly disquyeteth freÌ„des and putteth discorde amonge them that be at peace The more wodd there is the more vehement is the fyre and the mightier y t men be the greater is the wrath and the longer the strife endureth the more it burneth An haistie brawlinge kyndleth a fyre and an haistie strife sheddeth bloude Yf thou blowe the sparke it shal burne Yf thou spytt vpoÌ„ it it shal go forth and both these go out of thy mouth The slaunderer and dubble toÌ„gued is cursed for many one that be frendes setteth he at variaunce The thirde tonge hath disquieted many one and dryuen them from one londe to another Stronge cities hath it broken downe and ouerthrowne the houses of greate men The thirde toÌ„ge hath cast out many an honest woman and robbed them of their labours Who so harkeneth vnto soch shal neuer fynde rest and neuer dwell safely The stroke of y e rod maketh yedders but the stroke of the tonge smyteth the bones in sunder There be many that haue perished with the swerde but many mo thorow the tonge Wel is him that is kepte froÌ„ an euell tonge commeth not in y e anger therof which draweth not the yock of soch and is not bouÌ„de in the bondes of it For the yock therof is of yron and y e bonde of it of stele The death therof is a very euell death hell were better for one then soch a tonge But the fyre of it maye not oppresse them that feare God and y e flamme therof maye not burne theÌ„ Soch as forsake the LORDE shal fall therin and it shal burne them and no man shal be able to quench it It shal fall vpon theÌ„ as a LyoÌ„ and deuoure them as a leparde Thou heâ—gest y e goodes w t thornes why doest thou not rather make dores and barres for y e mouth Thou weiest thy golde and syluer why doest thou not weye thy wordes also vpon the balaunce Bewarre that thou slyde not in thy tonge and so fall before thine enemies that laye wayte for the. The XXIX Chapter WHo so wil shewe mercy let him lende vnto his neghboure and he that is able let him kepe the commaundement Lende vnto thy neghboure in tyme of his nede and paye thou thy neghboure agayne in due season Kepe thy worde deale faithfully with him thou shalt allwaye fynde the thinge y t is necessary for the. There haue bene many that whan a thinge was lent them rekened it to be founde and made them trauayle and laboure that had helped them Whyle they receaue eny thinge they kysse the handes of soch as geue them and for their neghbours good they huÌ„ble their voyce But whan they shulde paye agayne they kepe it back and geue euell wordes and make many excuses by reason of the tyme though he be able yet geueth he scarse the half agayne and rekeneth y e other to be founde And yf he with olde not his moneye yet hath he an enemye of him and that vndeserued He payeth him with cursinge and rebuke and geueth him euel wordes for his good dede There be many one which are not glad for to lende not because of euell but they feare to lese the thinge that they lende Yet haue thou pacience with the symple and w t holde not mercy from him Helpe the poore for the commaundementes sake and let him not go emptye from the because of his necessite Lese thy money for y i brother and neghbours sake and burye it not vnder a stone wher it rusteth and corruppeth Gather thy treasure after the commaundement of y e Hyest and so shal it bringe the more profit theÌ„ golde Laye vp the allmes in the hand of the poore and it shal kepe the from all 〈◊〉 A mans allmes is as a purse with him 〈◊〉 shall kepe a mans fauoure as the apple of an eye and afterwarde shall it aryse paye euery man his rewarde vpon his heade It shal fight for the agaynst thine enemies better then the shylde of a giaunte or speare of the mightie A good honest maÌ„ is suertye for his neghboure but a wicked personne letteth him come to shame Forget not the frendshipe of thy suertye for he hath geueÌ„ his soule for ye. The vngodly despyseth y e good dede of his suertye the vnthankfull and ignoraunt leaueth his suertie in daunger Some man promyseth for his neghboure whan he hath lost his honesty he shal forsake him Suertishipe hath destroyed many a ryche man remoued them as the wawes in y e see Mightie people hath it dryuen awaye and caused theÌ„ to wandre in straunge countrees An vngodly man transgressynge the commaundement of the LORDE shal fall in to an euell suertishipe and though he force himself to get out yet shal he fall in to iudgment Helpe thy neghboure out after thy power and bewarre y t thou thy self fall not in soch dett The chefe thinge that kepeth in the life is water and bred clothinge and lodginge to couer the shame Better is it to haue a poore lyuynge in a mans owne house theÌ„ delicate fayre amoÌ„ge the straunge Be it litle or moch y t thou hast holde the conteÌ„t withall thou shalt not be blamed as a vagabounde for a myserable life is it to go from house to house and where a maÌ„ is fremde he darre not opeÌ„ his mouth Though one be lodged and haue meate and drynke yet shall he be taken as vnworthy heare many bytter rough wordes namely thus Go thy waye thou straunger and prepare a table for thy self
y t they haue borne false wytnes agaynst me beholde I must dye where as I neuer dyd eny soch thinges as these men haue maliciously inuented agaynst me And y e LORDE herde hir voyce For whē she was led forth to death y e LORDE raised vp y e sprete of a yōge childe whose name was Daniel which cried w t a loude voice I am clene frō this bloude Thē all y e people turned thē towarde him saide What meane these wordes y t thou hast spokē ▪ Daniel stode in y e myddest of thē sayde Are ye soch fooles O ye childrē of Israel y t ye cā not discerne Ye haue here condēned a daughter of Israel vnto death and knowe not the trueth wherfore Go syt on iudgment agayne for they haue spoken false witnesse agaynst her Wherfore the people turned agayne in all the haist And the elders that is the principall heades sayde vnto him come sit downe here amonge vs and shewe vs this matter seynge God hath geuen the as greate honoure as an elder And Daniel sayde vnto them Put these two asyde one from another and then shal I heare them When they were put a sunder one from another he called one of them and sayd vnto him O thou olde canckerde carle that hast vsed thy wickednesse so longe thine vngracious dedes which thou hast done afore are now come to light For thou hast geuen false iudgmentes thou hast oppressed the innocent and letten the giltie go fre where as yet the LORDE saieth The innocent and righteous se thou slaye not Wel than yf thou hast sene her tel me vnder what tre sawest thou them talkynge together He answered Vnder a Molbery tre And Daniel sayde very wel Now thou leist euen vpon thine heade Lo the messaunger of the LORDE hath receaued the sentence of him to cut y e in two Then put he him asyde and called for the other and sayde vnto him O thou sede of Canaan but not of Iuda Fayrnesse hath disceaued the and lust hath subuerted thine herte Thus dealte ye afore with the daughters of Israel and they for feare consented vnto you but the daughter of Iuda wolde not abyde youre wickednesse Now tell me than vnder what tre didest thou take them speakinge together He answered vnder a pomgranate tre Then sayde Daniel vnto him very wel now thou leyst also euen vpō thine heade The messaunger of the LORDE stondeth waytinge with the swerde to cut the in two and to slaye you both With that all the whole multitude gaue a greate shoute and praysed God which allwaye delyuereth them y t put their trust in him And they came vpon the two elders whom Daniel had conuicte with their owne mouth that they had geuen false witnesse and dealte with them euen likewyse as they wolde haue done with their neghbouresse Yee they dyd acordinge to the lawe of Moses and put them to death Thus the innocent bloude was saued the same daye Thē Helchias his wife praysed God for their daughter Susanna with Ioachim hir huszbonde and all y e kinrede that there was no dishoneste founde in her From that daye forth was Daniel had in greate reputaciō in the sight of y e people The ende of the story of Susanna The story of Bel which is the xiiij Chapter of Daniel after the Latin THere was at Babilon an ymage called Bel and there were spent vpon him euery daye xij cakes xl shepe and sixe greate pottes of wine Him dyd the kynge worshipe himself and wente daylie to hono r him but Daniel worshiped his owne God And the kynge sayde vnto him Why dost not thou worshipe Bel he answered and sayde Because I maye not worshipe thinges that be made w t hondes but the lyuynge God which made heauen and earth and hath power vpon all flesh The kynge sayde vnto him thinkest thou not y t Bel is a lyuynge God Or seist thou not how moch he eateth and drynketh euery daye Daniel smyled and sayde O kynge disceaue not thyselfe This is but made of claye within and of metall without nether eateth he euer eny thinge Then the kynge was wroth and called for his prestes and sayde vnto them Yf ye tell me not who this is that eateth vp these expenses ye shal dye But yf ye can certifie me that Bel eateth them then Daniel shall dye for he hath spoken blasphemy agaynst Bel. And Daniel sayde vnto the kynge let it so be acordinge as thou hast sayde The prestes of Bel were lxx besyde their wyues and children And the kynge wente with Daniel in to the temple of Bel. So Bels prestes sayde Lo we wil go out set thou y e meate there O kynge poure in the wyne then shutt the dore fast and seale it with thine owne signet and tomorow when thou commest in yf thou fyndest not that Bel hath eaten vp all we wil suffre death or els daniel that hath lyed vpon vs. The prestes thought them selues sure ynough for vnder y e altare they had made a preuy intraunce there wente they in euer and ate vp what there was So when they were gone forth the kynge set meates before Bel. Now Daniel had cōmaunded his seruauntes to bringe aszshes and these he siffted thorow out all the temple that the kynge might se. Then wente they out sparre the dore sealinge it with y e kynges signet and so departed In y e night came the prestes with their wyues and children as they were wonte to do and ate and dronke vp all In the mornynge be tymes at the breake of the daye the kynge arose Daniel with him And the kynge sayde Daniel are the seales whole yet He answered Yee o kynge they be whole Now as soone as he had opened the dore the kinge loked vnto y e altare and cried with a loude voyce Great◠art thou o Bel and with the is no disceate Then laughed Daniel and helde the kynge that he shulde not go in and sayde Beholde the pauement marcke well whose fotesteppes are these The kynge sayde I se the fotesteppes of men women and children Therfore the kynge was angrie and toke the prestes with their wyues and childrē they shewed him y e preuy dores where they came in ate vp soch thinges as were vpon y e altare For the which cause y e kynge slewe them delyuered Bel in to Daniels power which destroyed him and his temple And in that same place there was a greate dragon which they of Babilon worshipped And y e kynge sayde vnto Daniel sayest thou y t this is but a god of metall also lo he liueth he eateth drinketh so y t thou cāst not saye that he is no lyuinge God therfore worshipe him Daniel sayde vnto y e kinge I wil worshipe the LORDE my God he is y e truelyuynge God as for this he is not the God of life But geue me leaue o kynge
besyde mount Sion Morouer the kynge toke truce with them that were in Bethsura But when they came out of the cite because they had no vytales within and the londe laye vntylled the kynge toke Bethsura and set men to kepe it turned his hoost to the place of the Sanctuary and layed sege to it a greate whyle Where he made all maner ordinaunce handbowes fyrie dartes rackettes to cast stones scorpions to shute arowes and slynges The Iewes also made ordinaunce agaynst theirs and fought a longe season But in the cite there were no vytayles for it was the seuenth yeare of the warres and those Heithen that remayned in Iewry had eaten vp all their stoare And in the Sanctuary were few men lefte for the hunger came so vpon them that they were scatered abrode euery man to his owne place So when Lysias herde that Philippe whom Antiochus the kynge whyle he was yet lyuinge had ordened to bringe vp Antiochus his sonne that he might be kynge was come agayne out of Persia and Media with the kynges hoost and thought to optayne the kyngdome He gat him to the kynge in all the haist and to the captaynes of the hoost and sayde we decrease daylie and oure vytales are but small Agayne the place that we laye sege vnto is very stronge and it were oure parte to se for the realme Let vs agre with these men and take truce with them and with all their people and graunte them to lyue after their lawe as they dyd a fore For they be greued and do all these thinges agaynst vs because we haue despysed their lawe So the kynge and the prynces were content and sent vnto them to make peace and they receaued it Now wheÌ„ the kynge and the prynces had made an ooth vnto them they came out of the castel and the kynge weÌ„te vp to mount Sion But when he sawe that y e place was wel fenced he brake the ooth that he had made and commaunded to destroye the wall rounde aboute Then departed he in all the haist and returned vnto Antioche where he founde Philippe hauynge dominion of the cite So he fought agaynst him and toke the cite agayne in to his hondes The VII Chapter IN the Clj. yeare came Demetrius y e sonne of Seleucus from y e cite of Rome w t a small company of men vnto a cite of the see coast and there he bare rule And it chaunced that when he came to Antioch the cite of his Progenitours his hoost toke Antiochus and Lysias to bâ—ynge them vnto him But when it was tolde him he saide let me not se their faces So the hoost put them to death Now when Demetrius was set vpon the trone of his kyngdome there came vnto him wicked and vngodly men of Israel whose captayne was Alcimus that wolde haue bene made hye prest These men accused the people of Israel vnto the kynge sayenge Iudas and his brethren haue slayne thy frendes and dryuen vs out of oure owne londe Wherfore sende now some man to whom thou geuest credence that he maye go and se all the destruccion which he hath done vnto vs and to the kynges londe and let him be punished with all his freÌ„des and fauourers Then the kynge chose Bachides a frende of his which was a man of greate power in the realme beyonde the greate water and faithfull vnto the kynge and sent him to se the destruccion that Iudas had done And as for that wicked Alcimus he made him hye Prest and commaunded him to be auenged of the children of Israel So they stode vp and came with a greate hoost in to y e londe of Iuda sendinge messauÌ„gers to Iudas his brethreÌ„ speakinge vnto them w t peaceable wordes but vnder disceate Therfore Iudas his people beleued not their saieÌ„ge for they sawe y t they were come w t a greate hoost After this came y e scribes together vnto Alcimus Bachides trustinge the best vnto them And first y e Assideans requyred peace of them sayenge Alcimus y e prest is come of the sede of AaroÌ„ how can he disceaue vs So they gaue them louiÌ„ge wordes swore vnto them and sayde we wil do you no harme nether youre frendes and they beleued them But the very same daye toke they lx men of them slewe theÌ„ acordinge to y e wordes y t are writteÌ„ They haue cast y e flesh of y e sanctes shed their bloude rouÌ„de aboute IerusaleÌ„ there was nomaÌ„ y t wolde bury theÌ„ So there came a greate feare and drede amonge the people sayenge there is nether treuth nor righteousnesse in them for they haue brokeÌ„ the appoyntment and ooth that they made And Bachides remoued his hoost from Ierusalem and pitched his tente at Bethzecha where he sent forth and toke many of them that had forsaken him He slewe many of the people also and cast them in to a greate pytt Then committed he the londe vnto Alcimus and left men of warre with him to helpe him and Bachides himself wente vnto the kynge And thus Alcimus defended his hie presthode and all soch as vexed Israel resorted vnto him In so moch that they optayned the loÌ„de of Iuda and dyd moch euell vnto the Israelites Now when Iudas sawe all the myschefe that Alcimus and his company had done yee more then the HeitheÌ„ them selues vnto the Israelites He wente forth rounde aboute all the borders of Iewry and punyshed those vnfaithfull rennagates so that they came no more out in to the countre So wheÌ„ Alcimus sawe that Iudas and his people had gotten the vpperhande and that he was not able to abyde them he wente agayne to the kynge and sayde all the worst of them that he coude Then the kynge sent Nicanor one of his chefe prynces which bare euell wyl vnto Israel and commaunded him that he shulde vtterly destroye the people So Nicanor came to Ierusalem with a greate hoost and sent vnto Iudas and his brethren with frendly wordes but vnder disceate sayenge there shal be no warre betwixte me and you I wil come with a few men to se how ye do with frenshipe Vpon this he came vnto Iudas and they saluted one another peaceably but the enemies were appoynted to take Iudas by violence Neuertheles it was tolde Iudas y t he came vnto him but vnder disceate wherfore he gat him awaie from him and wolde se his face nomore When Nicanor perceaued y t his councell was bewrayed he wente out to fight agaynst Iudas besyde Capharsalama Where there were slayne of Nicanors hoost v. M. men the residue fled vnto the castell of Dauid After this came Nicanor vp vnto mouÌ„t Sion and the prestes with the elders of the people wente forth to salute him peaceably to shewe him y e burnt sacrifices y t were offered for the kynge But he laughed theÌ„ to scorne mocked theÌ„ defyled their offeringes and spake diszdanedly yee and swore
syngle all thy body shal be full of light but yf thine eye be wicked then shal all thy body be full of darcknesse Take hede therfore that the light which is in the be not darcknesse Yf thy body now be light so that it haue no parte of darknesse then shal it be all full of light and shall light the euen as a cleare lightenynge But whyle he yet spake a certayne Pharise prayed him that he wolde dyne with him And he wente in and sat him downe at the table Whan the Pharise sawe that he marueyled that he waszhed not first before dyner But the LORDE sayde vnto him Now do ye Pharises make cleane the out syde of the cuppe and platter but youre inwarde partes are full of robbery and wickednesse Ye fooles is a thinge made cleane within because the outsyde is clensed Neuertheles geue almesse of that ye haue and beholde all is cleane vnto you But wo vnto you Pharises ye that tythe mynt and rewe and all maner herbes and passe ouer iudgmēt and y e loue of God These ought to haue bene done and not to leaue the other vndone Wo vnto you Pharises for ye loue to syt vppermost in the synagoges and to be saluted in the market Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharyses ye ypocrites for ye are like couered sepulcres where ouer men walke and are not awarre of them Then answered one of the scrybes and sayde vnto him Master with these wordes thou puttest vs to rebuke also But he saide And wo vnto you also ye scrybes for ye lade men with vntollerable burthens and ye youre selues touch them not with one of yo fyngers Wo vnto you for ye buylde the sepulcres of the prophetes but youre fathers put them to death Doutles ye beare wytnesse and consente vnto the dedes of yo fathers for they slewe them and ye buylde their sepulcres Therfore sayde the wyszdome of God I wil sende prophetes and Apostles vnto thē and some of them shal they put to death and persecute that the bloude of all the prophetes which hath bene shed sens the foundacion of the worlde was layed maye be requyred of this generacion from the bloude of Abell vnto y e bloude of Zachary which perished betwene the altare and y e temple Yee I saye vnto you it shal be requyred of this generacion Wo vnto you scrybes for ye haue receaued y e keye of knowlege Ye are not come in youre selues and haue forbydden them that wolde haue bene in Whan he spake thus vnto them the scrybes and Pharyses beganne to preasse sore vpon him and to stoppe his mouth with many questions and layed wayte for him and sought to hunte out some thinge out of his mouth that they might accuse him The XII Chapter THere were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people in so moch that they trode one another Then beganne he and sayde first vnto his disciples Bewarre of the leuen of the Pharises which is ypocrisye But there is nothinge hyd that shal not be discouered nether secrete that shal not be knowne Therfore what soeuer ye haue spokē in darknesse that same shal be herde in light and that ye haue spoken in to the eare in the chābers shal be preached vpon the house toppes But I saye vnto you my frendes Be not afrayed of them that kyll the body and after that haue no more that they can do But I wil shewe you whom ye shal feare Feare him which after he hath kylled hath power also to cast in to hell Yee I saye vnto you Feare him Are not fyue sparowes bought for two farthinges Yet is not one of them forgotten before God The very hayres of youre heade also are nombred euery one Feare not therfore for ye are better then many sparowes I saye vnto you Who so euer knowlegeth me before men him shal the sonne of mā also knowlege before the angels of God But he that denyeth me before men shal be denyed before the angels of God And who so euer speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne of man it shal be forgeuen him But who so blasphemeth the holy goost it shal not be forgeuen him Whan they brynge you in to their synagoges and to the rulers officers take ye no thought how or what ye shal answere or what ye shal speake for the holy goost shal teach you in the same houre what ye ought to saye But one of the people sayde vnto him Master byd my brother deuyde the enheritaunce with me Neuertheles he sayde vnto him Man who hath set me to be a iudge or heretage parter ouer you And he sayde vnto them Take hede and bewarre of couetousnesse for no man lyueth therof that he hath abundaunce of goodes And he tolde them a symilitude and sayde There was a riche man whose felde had brought forth frutes plenteously and he thought in himself and sayde What shal I do I haue nothinge wher into gather my frutes And he sayde This wil I do I wil breake downe my barnes buylde greater and therin wil I gather all myne increace my goodes wil saye vnto my soule Soule thou hast moch goodes layed vp in stoare for many yeares take now thine ease eate drinke and be mery But God sayde vnto him Thou foole this night shal they requyre thy soule from the and whose shal it be that thou hast prepared Thus goeth it with him y t gathereth treasure for himself and is not riche in God But he sayde vnto his disciples Therfore I saye vnto you Take ye no thought for youre life what ye shal eate nether for youre body what ye shal put on The life is more then meate and the body more then raymēt Consydre the rauens they nether sowe ner reape they haue also nether stoarehouse ner barne and yet God fedeth them But how moch better are ye then the foules Which of you though he toke thought therfore coulde put one cubyte vnto his stature Seinge then ye be not able to do that which is least why take ye thought for the other Considre the lilies vpō the felde how they growe they laboure not they spynne not But I saye vnto you that euen Salomen in all his royalte was not clothed like one of these Wherfore yf God so cloth the grasse y t is to daye in y e felde and tomorow shal be cast into the fornace how moch more shal he clothe you o ye of litle faith Axe not ye therfore what ye shal eate or what ye shal drynke and clymme not vp an hye The Heithen in the worlde seke after all soch thinges But seke ye the kyngdome of God and all these shal be mynistred vnto you Feare not thou litle flocke for it is youre fathers pleasure to geue you the kyngdome Sell that ye haue and geue almesse Make you bagges which waxe not olde euen a treasure that neuer fayleth in heauen
my name he shal teache you all thinges bringe all to youre remembraunce what soeuer I haue tolde you Peace I leaue vnto you my peace I geue you I geue not vnto you as the worlde geueth Let not yo hert be troubled nether let it be afrayed Ye haue herde that I sayde vnto you I go come agayne vnto you Yf ye loued me ye wolde reioyse because I saide I go to the father for y e father is greater theÌ„ I. And now haue I tolde you before it come that whan it is come to passe ye maye beleue Here after wyl not I talke moch with you For the prynce of this worlde coÌ„meth and hath nothinge in me But that the worlde maye knowe that I loue y e father And as the father hath coÌ„maunded me so do I. Aryse let vs go hence The XV. Chapter I Am a true vyne and my father is an huszbande man Euery braunch that bringeth not forth frute in me shal he cut of and euery one that bryngeth forth frute shal he pourge y t it maye bringe forth more frute Now are ye cleane because of the worde that I haue spokeÌ„ vnto you Byde ye in me and I in you Like as y e braunch can not brynge forth frute of it self excepte it byde in the vyne Euen so nether ye also excepte ye abyde in me I am the vyne ye are the braunches He that abydeth in me and I in him the same bryngeth forth moch frute for without me can ye do nothinge He that abydeth not in me is cast out as a vyne braunche and it wythereth and men gather it vp and cast it in to the fyre and it burneth Yf ye abyde in me and my wordes abyde in you ye shal axe what ye wyl it shal be done vnto you Herin is my father praysed that ye brynge forth moch frute and become my disciples Like as my father hath loued me eueÌ„ so haue I loued you CoÌ„tynue ye iÌ„ my loue Yf ye kepe my coÌ„maundementes ye shal coÌ„tynue in my loue like as I haue kepte my fathers coÌ„maundementes and coÌ„tynue in his loue These thinges haue I spoken vnto you that my ioye might remayne in you and y t youre ioye might be perfecte This is my coÌ„maundement that ye loue together as I haue loued you No man hath greater loue then to set his life for his frende Ye are my frendes yf ye do that I commaunde you Hence forth call I you not seruauntes for a seruaunt knoweth not what his lorde doeth But I haue sayde that ye are frendes For all that I haue herde of my father haue I shewed vnto you Ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordeyned you that ye go and bringe forth frute and that youre frute contynne that what soeuer ye axe the father in my name he shulde geue it you This I commaunde you that ye loue one another Yf the worlde hate you then knowe that it hath hated me before you Yf ye were of the worlde the worlde wolde loue his owne Howbeit because ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you from the worlde therfore the worlde hateth you Remembre my worde that I sayde vnto you The seruaunt iâ— not greater then his lorde Yf they haue persecuted me they shal persecute you also Yf they haue kepte my worde they shal kepe yours also But all this shal they do vnto you for my names sake because they knowe not him y t sent me Yf I had not come spokeÌ„ vnto theÌ„ theÌ„ shulde they haue no synne But now haue they nothinge to cloake their synne â—ithall He y t hateth me hateth my father also Yf I had not done amoÌ„ge theÌ„ the workes which no other maÌ„ dyd they shulde haue no synne But now haue they sene it and yet haue they hated both me my father Neuertheles that the sayenge might be fulfilled which is wrytten in their lawe They haue hated me without a cause But whaÌ„ the comforter commeth whoÌ„ I shal sende you from the father eueÌ„ the sprete of trueth which proceadeth of the father he shal testifie of me and ye shal beare wytnesse also for ye haue bene with me from the begynnynge The XVI Chapter THese thinges haue I sayde vnto you that ye shulde not be offended They shal excomunicate you The tyme commeth that who soeuer putteth you to death shal thynke that he doth seruyce vnto God And soch thinges shal they do vnto you because they haue nether knowne y e father ner yet me But these thinges haue I sayde vnto you that whan the tyme coÌ„meth ye maye thynke theron that I tolde you But these thinges haue I not sayde vnto you from the begynnynge For I was with you But now I go vnto him that sent me none of you axeth me Whither goest thou but because I haue sayde these thinges vnto you youre hert is full of sorowe Neuertheles I tell you the trueth It is better for you y t I go awaye For yf I go not awaye that comforter commeth not vnto you but yf I departe I wil sende hiÌ„ vnto you And whan he commeth he shal rebuke the worlde of synne and of righteousnes of iudgment Of synne because they beleue not on me O frighteousnes because I go to the father and ye shal se me nomore Of iudgmeÌ„t because the prynce of this worlde is iudged allready I haue yet moch to saye vnto you but ye can not now beare it awaye howbeit whan he the sprete of trueth commeth he shal lede you in to all trueth For he shal not speake of himself but what soeuer he shal heare that shal he speake and he shall shewe you what is for to come He shal glorifye me for he shal receaue of myne and shal shewe vnto you All that the father hath is myne Therfore haue I sayde he shal receaue of myne and shewe vnto you After a litle whyle and ye shal not se me and agayne after a litle whyle and ye shal se me for I go to the father TheÌ„ saide some of his disciples amonge themselues What is this that he sayeth vnto vs After a litle whyle and ye shal not se me agayne after a litle whyle ye shal se me for I go to the father Then sayde they What is this that he sayeth After a litle whyle We can not tell what he sayeth Then perceaued Iesus that they wolde axe him and he sayde vnto them Ye enquyre of this amonge youre selues that I sayde After a litle whyle and ye shal not se me agayne after a litle whyle and ye shal se me Verely verely I saye vnto you Ye shal wepe and lamente but the worlde shal reioyse Ye shal be sory but youre sorowe shal be turned in to ioye A woman whan she trauayleth hath sorowe for hir houre is come But whan she is delyuered of the