after and the people which shal be borne shall prayse the Lorde 17 For he hath loked downe from his high sanctuarie out of heauen did God beholde the earth 18 That he might heare the mourninges of such as be in captiuitie and delyuer the children of death 19 That they may declare y e name of God in Sion and his prayse at Hierusalem 20 When people were gathered together kyngdomes to serue God he afflicted my strength in the way he shortened my dayes 21 But I say O my God take me not away in the middest of myne age as for thy yeres they endure throughout all generations 22 Thou hast before tyme layde the foundation of the earth and the heauens are the worke of thy handes 23 They shall perishe but thou wylt remayne styll they all shall waxe olde as doth a garment and as a vesture thou wylt chaunge them and they shal be chaunged 24 But thou art and thy yeres can not fayle the children of thy seruauntes shal dwell and their seede shal be maynteyned in thy syght ¶ The argument of the .ciii. psalme ¶ The prophete stirreth vp hym selfe and all that is within hym to blesse God for such benefites as both he hym selfe and all the Israelites haue at his handes receaued in that he pardoneth their sinne redeemeth them from death and maketh his holy wyll knowen vnto them beyng men miserable and of a short lyfe Finally he calleth vpon angels and all sortes of men with all their power to blesse God who is kyng of heauen and earth 1 BLesse God O my soule and all that is within me prayse his holy name 2 Blesse God O my soule and forget not all his benefites 3 Who forgeueth all thy wickednesse and healeth all thine infirmities 4 Who redeemeth thy lyfe from destruction and crowneth thee with mercie and louyng kyndnesse 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good thynges causyng thy youth lyke an Egles to be renued 6 God executeth iustice and iudgement for all them that are oppressed with wrong 7 He made his wayes knowen vnto Moyses his workes vnto the children of Israel 8 God is full of compassion and pitie loth to be angry and exceedyng great in mercie 9 He vseth not to continue in chydyng neither reserueth he his anger for euer 10 He dealeth not with vs accordyng to our sinnes nor rewardeth vs according to our wickednesse 11 For accordyng to the hyghnesse of heauen aboue the earth his mercie preuayleth to them that feare hym 12 Loke howe farre distaunt the east is from the west so farre a sunder setteth he our sinnes from vs. 13 Yea lyke as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is God mercifull vnto them that feare hym 14 For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust 15 The dayes of man are as the dayes of an hearbe he florisheth as a flowre in the fielde 16 For the winde passeth ouer it and it is no more seene and the place therof knoweth it no more 17 But the mercifull goodnesse of God endureth for euer and euer vpon them that feare hym and his righteousnesse vpon childers children 18 Euen vpon such as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them 19 God hath prepared his seate in heauen and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all 20 Blesse God O ye his angels mightie in operation who fulfyll his worde in hearkening vnto the voyce of his word 21 Blesse God all ye his hoastes you his ministers that do his pleasure 22 Blesse God all you his workes in all places of his dominion O my soule blesse thou God The argument of the .ciiij. psalme ¶ The prophete blesseth God the creatour and gouernour of all thinges by whose prouidence man beast hath the vse of the ayre cloudes angels earth hilles valleys bread drinke trees sunne moone day nyght and sea 1 MY soule blesse thou God O God my Lord thou art become exceeding great thou hast put on glory and maiestie 2 Who is decked with light as it were with a garment spreadyng out the heauens like a curtayne 3 Who seeleth his vpper chaumbers with waters and maketh the cloudes his charriot and walketh vpon the wynges of the wynde 4 He maketh his angels spirites and his ministers a flaming fire 5 He hath layde the earth sure vpon her foundations that it can neuer moue at any tyme. 6 Thou coueredst it with the deepe lyke as with a garment the waters stande vpon the hilles 7 At thy rebuke they flee at the noyse of thy thunder they bluster downe apace 8 The hilles mount aloft and the valleys settle downe beneath vnto the place where thou hast layde a foundation for them 9 Thou hast set them their boundes which they shall not passe neither shall they returne agayne to couer the earth 10 Who also causeth the springes which runne betweene the hilles to flowe into the riuers 11 All beastes of the fielde drinke therof and the wylde asses quench their thirst 12 The foules of the ayre haue their habitation nigh vnto them singing out of the midst of the bowes of trees 13 He watereth the hilles from aboue the earth is replenished with the fruite of thy workes 14 He causeth grasse to growe for cattell * and hearbes for the vse of man 15 That he may bryng foorth foode out * of the earth both wine that maketh glad the heart of man and oyle to make hym haue a chearefull countenaunce also bread to strengthen mans heart 16 The trees of God be satisfied euen the Cedars of Libanus which he hath planted 17 Wherin the birdes make their nestes in the fyrre trees the storke buyldeth 18 The high hilles are a refuge for goates and so are the stonie rockes for comes 19 He hath made the moone for certayne seasons and the sunne knoweth his goyng downe 20 Thou makest darknes and it is night wherein all the beastes of the forrest do go abrode 21 The Lions do roare after a pray and in seeking their meate of God 22 When the sunne ariseth they recoyle backe and lay them downe to rest in their dennes 23 Man goeth foorth to his worke and to do his seruice vntyll the euening 24 O God howe manyfolde are thy workes thou hast made them al in wisdome the earth is ful of thy ryches 25 So is the sea it selfe large and wyde in compasse wherein are thinges creeping innumerable both small and great beastes 26 There go the shippes and there is that Leuiathan whom thou hast made to take his pastime therin 27 These wayte all vpon thee that thou mayest geue them meate in due season 28 When thou geuest it them they gather it and when thou openest thyne hand they are filled with that which is good 29 When thou hydest thy face they are troubled when thou takest away their spirite they dye and are turned agayne to their dust 30 When thou sendest
said Come that we way see either other 18 And Ioas king of Israel sent to Amaziahu king of Iuda saying A thistle that is in Libanon sent to a Cedar tree of Libanon saying Geue thy daughter to my sonne to wyfe And there came a wylde beast of Libanon and trode downe the thistle 19 Thou sayest Loe thou hast smitten the Edomites thyne heart maketh thee proude to glorifie thy selfe Now therefore byde at home why doest thou prouoke vnto euyll that thou mayest perishe both thou and Iuda with thee 20 But Amaziahu woulde not hearken to him for it came of God euen to delyuer them into the hande of their enemies because they sought counsell at the gods of Edom. 21 And so Ioas the king of Israel came vp and they sawe either other both he and Amaziahu king of Iuda at Bethsames which is in Iuda 22 And Iuda was put to the worse before Israel and they fled euery man to his tent 23 And Ioas the king of Israel toke Amaziahu king of Iuda the sonne of Ioas the sonne of Iehoahaz at Bethsames and brought him to Hierusalem and tare the wall of Hierusalem from the gate of Ephraim vnto the gate that was ouer against it foure hundred cubites 24 And he toke away also all the golde and siluer and all the iewels that were founde in the house of God with Obed Edom and the treasures of the kinges house and the young wardes and returned to Samaria 25 And Amaziahu the sonne of Ioas king of Iuda lyued after the death of Ioas sonne of Iehoahaz king of Israel fifteene yere 26 The rest of the actes of Amaziahu first and last are they not written in the booke of the kinges of Iuda and Israel 27 And after the time that Amaziahu did turne away from the Lorde they conspired treason against him in Hierusalem and when he was fled to Lachis they sent to Lachis after him and slue him there 28 And brought him vp with horses and buryed him with his fathers in the citie of Iuda ¶ The .xxvi. Chapter 14 Vzzia obeying the Lorde prospereth in his enterprises 16 He waxeth proude and vsurpeth the priestes office 19 The Lorde plagueth him 20 The priestes dryue him out of the temple and exclude him out of the Lordes house 23 His buriall and his successour 1 THen all the people of Iuda toke Vzzia which was sixteene yeres olde made him king in the roome of his father Amaziahu 2 And he built Eloth and brought it againe to Iuda after that the king was layde to sleepe with his fathers 3 Sixteene yeres olde was Vzzia when he began to raigne and he raigned fiftie and two yeres in Hierusalem His mothers name also was Iecholia of Hierusalem 4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde according to all as did his father Amaziahu 5 And it came to passe that he sought God in the dayes of Zachariahu who had vnderstanding in the visions of God And as long as he sought the Lorde God made him to prosper 6 And he went to battaile against the Philistines and brake downe the wall of Geth and the wall of Iabne and the wall of Asdod built cities about Asdod and among the Philistines 7 And God holpe him against the Philistines and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur baal and Hamehunim 8 And the Ammonites gaue tribute to Vzzia his name spread abrode euen to the entring in of Egypt for he played the man exceedingly 9 Moreouer Vzzia built towres in Hierusalem by the corner gate and by the valley gate and at the turning of the wall and made them strong 10 And he built towres in the wildernesse and digged many welles For he had much cattaile in the valleyes playnes plowmen and vinedressers in the mountaines and in Charmel for he loued husbandry 11 And Vzzia had an hoast of fighting men that went out to warre in the armie according to the number of their office vnder the hande of Ieiel the scribe and Maasiahu the ruler and vnder the hand of Hananiahu which was one of the kinges lordes 12 And the whole number of the auncient fathers and of the men of might were two thousand and sixe hundred 13 And vnder the hand of them was the armie of the men of warre euen three hundred and seuen thousand and fiue hundred that made warre with the power of an armie helping the king against the enemies 14 And Vzzia prouided them throughout all the hoast shieldes speares helmets haberginnes bowes and slinges for to cast stones 15 And he made subtyll engins in Hierusalem which he inuented and layed on the towres and corners to shoote arrowes and great stones withall And his name spread farre abrode because he had prepared to him selfe marueylous strength 16 But in his strength his heart arose to his destruction For he transgressed against the Lorde his God and went into the temple of the Lorde to burne incense vpon the aulter of incense 17 And Azariahu the priest went in after him and with him fourescore priestes of the Lorde that were valiaunt men 18 And they stoode by Vzzia the king and saide vnto him * It parteyneth not to thee Vzzia to burne incense vnto the Lorde but to the priestes the children of Aaron that are consecrated for to offer incense Come therfore out of the sanctuary for thou hast trespassed and it is no worship to thee before the Lorde God 19 And Vzzia was wroth had incense in his hande to burne it and so while he had indignation against the priestes the leprosie sprang in his forehead before the priestes in the house of the Lorde euen beside the incense aulter 20 And Azariahu the chiefe priest with al the other priestes loked vpon him and beholde he was become a leaper in his forehead and they vexed him thence and he was fayne to go out because the Lorde had smytten him 21 And Vzzia the king continued a leper vnto the day of his death dwelt seuerall in an house being a leper and shut out of the house of the Lorde and Iotham his sonne had the gouernaūce of the kinges house and iudged the people of the lande 22 The rest of the acres of Vzzia first and last did Isai the prophete the sonne of Amos write 23 And so Vzzia slept with his fathers and they buried him with his fathers in the fielde of the buriall which was beside the sepulchres of the kinges for they saide he is a leper And Iotham his sonne raigned in his steade The .xxvij. Chapter 1 Iotham raigneth and ouercommeth the Ammonites 8 His raigne and death 6 Ahaz his sonne raigneth in his steade 1 IOtham was fiue and twentie yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned sixteene yeres in Hierusalem His mothers name also was Ierusa the daughter of Zadoc 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde in all poyntes
abrode throughout all the hyll countrey of Iurie 66 And all they that hearde them layde them vp in their heartes saying What maner of chylde shall this be And the hande of the Lorde was with hym 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with y e holy ghost prophesied saying 68 Praysed be y e Lord God of Israel for he hath visited redeemed his people 69 And hath raysed vp an horne of saluation vnto vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid 70 Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy prophetes whiche were sence the worlde began 71 That he would saue vs from our enemies and from the hande of all that hate vs. 72 That he would deale mercyfully with our fathers and remember his holy couenaunt 73 And that he woulde perfourme the oth which he sware to our father Abraham for to geue vs. 74 That we beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies might serue him without feare 75 All the dayes of our life in such holynesse and righteousnes as are accepted before hym 76 And thou childe shalt be called the prophete of the hyghest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes 77 To geue knowledge of saluation vnto his people by the remission of their sinnes 78 Through y e tender mercy of our God wherby the day spryng from an hygh hath visited vs. 79 To geue lyght to them that sitte in darknesse and in the shadowe of death to guide our feete into the way of peace 80 And the chylde grewe and waxed strong in spirite and was in wildernesse till the day came when he should shewe hym selfe vnto the Israelites ¶ The seconde Chapter ¶ 1 The taskyng of the worlde by Augustus Cesar 7 Christe is borne 10 he is shewed vnto the sheepheardes 14 The songue of the Angels 21 The circumcision of Christ 28 Simeon and Anna prophesie of hym 40 Christe increaseth in wysdome 46 disputeth with the doctours 51 and was obedient to his parentes 1 AND it came to passe in those dayes y t there went out a commaundement froÌ„ Augustus Cesar â–ª that all the world should be taxed 2 And this first taxing was made when Syrenius was liefetenaunt in Syria 3 And euery man went vnto his owne citie to be taxed 4 And Ioseph also went vp from Galilee out of the citie Nazareth into Iurie vnto the citie of Dauid whiche is called Bethlehem because he was of the house and â—mage of Dauid 5 To be tared with Marie his spoused wyfe which was with chylde 6 And so it was that whyle they were there the dayes were accomplysshed that she shoulde be deliuered 7 And she brought foorth her first begotten sonne and wrapped him in swadlyng clothes layde hym in a manger because there was no rowme for them in the Inne 8 There were in y e same countrey sheepheardes abydyng in the fielde watchyng their flocke by nyght 9 And loe the Angel of the Lorde stoode harde by them and the glorie of the Lorde shoue rounde about them they were sore afrayde 10 And the Angel sayde vnto them be not afrayde For beholde I bryng you tydynges of great ioy that shall come to all people 11 For vnto you is borne this daye in the citie of Dauid a sauiour which is Christ the Lorde 12 And take this for a signe Ye shal finde the childe wrapped in swadling clothes and layde in a manger 13 And straightway there was with the Angel a multitude of heauenly souldiers praysyng God and saying 14 Glorie to God on hye and peace on the earth and vnto men a good wyll ☜ 15 Audit came to passe assoone as the Angels were gone away from them into heauen ☞ the sheepheardes said one to another Let vs go nowe euen vnto Bethlehem and see this thyng that is come to passe whiche the Lorde hath shewed vnto vs. 16 And they came with haste and founde Marie and Ioseph and the babe layde in a manger 17 And when they had seene it they publisshed abrode the saying whiche was tolde them of that childe 18 And all they that hearde it wondred at those thinges which were tolde them of the sheepheardes 19 But Marie kept al those sayinges and pondered them in her heart 20 And the sheepheardes returned praysyng laudyng God for all the thinges that they had hearde and seene euen as it was tolde vnto them ☜ 21 ☞ And when the eygth day was come that the chylde shoulde be circumcised his name was called Iesus whiche was so named of the Angel before he was conceaued in the wombe ☜ 22 ☞ And when the dayes of her purification after the lawe of Moyses were accomplished they brought hym to Hierusalem to present him to the Lord. 23 As it is written in the lawe of y e Lord Euery man chylde that firste openeth the wombe shal be called holy to y e lord 24 And to offer as it is sayde in the lawe of the Lorde a payre of turtle doues or two young pigions 25 And beholde there was a man in Hierusalem whose name was Simeon and the same man was iust and godlye and loked for the consolation of Israel and the holy ghost was vpon hym 26 And a reuelation was geuen hym of the holy ghost not to see death before he had seene the Lordes Christe 27 And he came by inspiration into the temple And when the father mother brought in the chylde Iesus to do for hym after the custome of the lawe 28 Then toke he hym vp in his armes praysed God and sayde 29 Lord nowe lettest thou thy seruauÌ„t depart in peace accordyng to thy promise 30 For mine eyes haue seene thy saluatioÌ„ 31 Whiche thou hast prepared before the face of all people 32 A light to be reuealed to the gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel ☜ 33 ☞ And Ioseph and his mother marueyled at those thinges which were spoken of hym 34 And Simeon blessed them saide vnto Marie his mother beholde this chylde is set to be the fall vprysyng agayne of many in Israel for a signe which is spoken agaynst 35 And moreouer the sworde shall pearce thy soule that the thoughtes of many heartes may be opened 36 And ther was a prophetisse one Anna the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Aser which was of a great age and had lyued with an husbande seuen yeres from her virginitie 37 And she had ben a wydowe about fourescore and foure yeres whiche departed not from the temple but serued God with fastynges and prayers nyght and day 38 And she commyng at the same instant vpon them confessed lykewise the Lorde and spake of hym to all them that loked for redemptioÌ„ in Hierusalem 39 And when they had perfourmed all thynges accordyng to the lawe of the Lorde they returned into Galilee to their owne citie Nazareth 40 And
that sate on hym hadde a payre of balaunces in his hande 6 And I hearde a voyce in the myddes of the foure beastes saye A measure of wheate for a penie and three measures of barly for a penie and oyle and wine see thou hurt not 7 And when he had opened the fourth seale I hearde the voyce of the fourth beast say come and see 8 And I loked and behold a pale horse his name that sate on him was death and hell folowed after hym and power was geuen vnto them ouer the fourth part of the earth to kyll with sworde with hunger and with death and with the beastes of the earth 9 And when he had opened the fift seale I sawe vnder the aulter the soules of them that were kylled for the worde of God and for the testimonie which they had 10 And they cryed with a loude voyce saying Howe long taryest thou Lorde holy and true to iudge and to auenge our blood on thē that dwell on y e earth 11 And long whyte garmentes were geuen vnto euery one of them and it was sayde vnto them that they should reste yet for a litle season vntyll the number of their felowes and brethren and of them that shoulde be kylled as they were were fulfylled 12 And I behelde when he had opened the sixt seale and loe there was a great earthquake the sunne was as blacke as sackcloth made of heere the moone waxed all euen as blood 13 And the starres of heauen fell vnto the earth euen as a figge tree casteth her vntimely figges when she is shaken of a myghtie wynde 14 And heauen vanished awaye as a scroule when it is roulled together and all mountaynes and yles were moued out of their places 15 And the kynges of the earth and the great men and the ryche men and the chiefe capitaines and the myghtie men and euery bonde man and euery free man hyd them selues in dennes and in rockes of the hylles 16 And sayde to the hylles rockes fall on vs and hyde vs from the presence of him that sitteth on the throne and from the wrath of the lambe 17 For the great day of his wrath is come and who is able to endure ⧠The .vij. Chapter 4.9 He seeth the seruauntes of God sealed in their forheades out of all nations and people 15 which though they suffer trouble yet the lambe feedeth them leadeth them to the fountaynes of lyuyng water 17 and God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes 1 AND after that I sawe foure angels stande on the foure corners of the earth holding the foure wyndes of y e earth that the wynde shoulde not blowe on the earth neither on the sea neither on any tree 2 ☞ And I sawe another angell ascende from the rysing of the sunne which had the seale of the lyuyng God and he cryed with a loude voyce to the foure angels to whom power was geuen to hurt the earth and the sea 3 Saying Hurt not the earth neither the sea neither the trees tyll we haue sealed the seruaūtes of our God in their foreheades 4 And I hearde the number of them which were sealed And there were sealed an C. and xliiii thousande of all the tribes of the chyldren of Israel 5 Of the tribe of Iuda were sealed .xij. thousande Of the tribe of Ruben were sealed .xij. thousande Of the tribe of Gad were sealed .xij. thousande 6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed .xij. thousande Of the tribe of Nephthali were sealed .xij. thousande Of y e tribe of Manasses were sealed .xij. thousande 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed xij thousande Of y e tribe of Leui were sealed .xij. thousande Of y e tribe of Isachar were sealed .xij. thousande 8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed xii thousande Of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed .xii. thousande Of the tribe of Beniamin were sealed xii thousand 9 After this I behelde and we a great multitude which no man could number of all nations and kinredes and people and tongues stoode before the throne and before the lambe clothed with long whyte garmentes and palmes in their handes 10 And cryed with a loude voyce saying Saluation be ascribed to hym that sitteth vpon the throne of our God and vnto the lambe 11 And all the angels stoode in the compasse of the throne and of the elders of the foure beastes and fell before the throne on their faces and worshypped God 12 Saying Amen Blessyng and glorie and wisedome and thankes honour and power and myght be vnto our God for euermore Amen ☜ 13 And one of the elders aunswered saying vnto me What are these which are arayed in long whyte garmentes and whence came they 14 And he sayde vnto hym Lorde thou wotest And he sayde to me These are they which came out of great tribulation and haue wasshed their long robes and made them whyte by the blood of the lambe 15 Therefore are they in the presence of the throne of God and serue hym daye and nyght in his temple and he that sitteth in the throne wyll dwell among them 16 They shall hunger no more neither thirst neither shall the sunne lyght on them neither any heate 17 For the lambe which is in the myddes of the throne shall feede them and shall leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuyng water and God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes ¶ The .viij. Chapter 1 The seuenth seale is opened there is scilence in heauen 6 The foure angels blowe their trumpettes and great plagues folowe vpon the earth 1 AND when he had opened the seuenth seale ther was scilence in heauē about the space of halfe an houre 2 And I sawe the seuen angels standyng before God and to them were geuen seuen trumpets 4 And the smoke of the odours whiche came of the prayers of all sainte◠ascended vp before God out of the angels hande 5 And the angel toke the senser and fylled it with fire of the aulter and cast it into the earth and voyces were made and thundrynges and lyghtnynges earthquake 6 And the seuen angels whiche had the seuen trumpettes prepared them selues to blowe 7 The first angell blewe there was made hayre fire mingled with blood and they were cast into the earth and the thirde part of trees was burnt and all greene grasse was burnt 8 And the seconde angell blewe and as it were a great mountayne burnyng with fire was cast into the sea and the thirde part of the sea turned to blood 9 And the thirde part of the creatures whiche were in the sea and hadde lyfe dyed and the thirde part of shippes were destroyed 10 And the third angell blewe and there fell a great starre from heauen burning as it were a lampe and it fell into the thirde part of the ryuers and into fountaynes of waters ▪ 11 And the 〈◊〉 of the stares is called wormewood and the thirde part was turned to
vs. 11 And so Abimelech charged al his people saying He that toucheth this man or his wyfe shall dye the death 12 Then Isahac sowed in that lande and receaued in the same yere an hundred folde and the Lorde blessed hym 13 And the man waxed myghtie went foorth and grewe tyll he was exceeding great 14 For he had possessiō of sheepe of oxen and a myghtie housholde and therfore the Philistines had enuie at hym 15 For the Philistines stopped and fylled vp with earth all the welles which his seruauntes had digged in his father Abrahams tyme. 16 And Abimelech sayde vnto Isahac Get thee from vs for thou art mightier then we a great deale 17 Therefore Isahac departed thence and abode in the valley of Gerar and dwelt there 18 And Isahac returning digged againe the welles of water which they digged in the dayes of Abraham his father which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham named them after the same names by the which his father had named them 19 Isahacs seruauntes digged in the valley and founde a well of springyng water 20 And the heardmen of Gerar did striue with Isahacs heardmen saying the water is ours Then called he the well contention because they stroue with hym 21 And they digged another well and stroue for that also and he called the name of it enmitie 22 And then he departed thence digged another well for the which they stroue not Therfore called he it roomth saying the Lorde hath made vs nowe roome that we may encrease vpon the earth 23 And he went vp thence to Beer-seba 24 And the Lorde appeared vnto hym the same night and sayde I am the God of Abraham thy father feare not for I am with thee and wyl blesse thee and multiple thy seede for my seruaunt Abrahams sake 25 And he builded an aulter there and called vpon the name of the Lorde and pitched his tent and there Isahacs seruauntes dygged a well 26 Then came Abimelech to him from Gerar and Ahuzath his friende and Phicol the captaine of his armie 27 And Isahac sayde vnto them wherfore come ye to me seyng ye hate me and haue put me away from you 28 Whiche aunswered We sawe most certainly that the Lord was with thee and we sayde let there be nowe an oth betwixt vs euen betwixt vs and thee and let vs make a league with thee 29 That thou shouldest do vs no hurt as we haue not touched thee and as we haue done vnto thee nothyng but good sent thee away in peace for thou art nowe the blessed of the Lorde 30 And he made them a feast and they dyd eate and drynke 31 And they rose vp betymes in the mornyng and sware one to another And Isahac sent them away and they departed from hym in peace 32 And the same daye Isahacs seruauntes came and tolde hym of a well which they had dygged and sayde vnto hym we haue founde water 33 And he called it Sebah and the name of the citie is called Beer-seba vnto this day 34 Esau was fourtie yere olde he toke a wyfe called Iudith the daughter of Beeri an Hethite and Basemath the daughter of Elon an Hethite also 35 Which were disobedient vnto Isahac and Rebecca ¶ The .xxvij. Chapter 1 Isahac byddeth Esau of his huntyng to prepare hym a dysshe 5 Iacob by the subtiltie of his mother foretaketh awaye his blessyng 26 Isahac kysseth his sonne 28 Isahac blesseth Iacob 30 Esau beyng returned frō huntyng bryngeth meates to his father 34 Esau after great outcryes at the last is blessed 39 Isahac blesseth Esau 41 Esau hateth Iacob and threatneth his death 43 Rebecca prouideth for Iacob a departyng into Mesopotamia 1 AND it came to passe that whē Isahac waxed olde his eyes were dimme so that he could not see he called Esau his eldest sonne saide vnto hym my sonne And he sayde vnto hym here am I. 2 And he sayde Beholde I am nowe olde and knowe not the daye of my death 3 Nowe therefore take I pray thee thy weapons thy quyuer and thy bowe and get thee to the fielde that thou mayest take me some venison 4 And make me well tastyng meates such as I loue and bryng it to me that I may eate that my soule may blesse thee before that I dye 5 But Rebecca hearde when Isahac spake to Esau his sonne And Esau wēt into the fielde to hunt venison and to bryng it 6 And Rebecca spake vnto Iacob her sonne saying Beholde I haue hearde thy father talkyng with Esau thy brother and saying 7 Bring me venison and make me daintie meate that I may eate and blesse thee before the Lorde afore my death 8 Nowe therfore my sonne heare my voyce in that which I cōmaunde thee 9 Get thee to the flocke and bryng me thence two good kyddes frō the goates and I wyll make of them pleasaunt meates for thy father such as he loueth 10 And thou shalt bryng it to thy father that he may eate and that he may blesse thee before his death 11 Then said Iacob to Rebecca his mother Beholde Esau my brother is a heary man and I am smoothe 12 My father shall peraduenture feele mee and I shall seeme vnto hym as though I went about to begyle hym and so shall I bryng a curse vpon me and not a blessyng 13 And his mother sayde vnto him Vpon me be the curse my sonne only heare my voyce and go and fetche me them 14 And Iacob went and fet them and brought them to his mother and his mother made pleasaunt meate such as she knewe his father loued 15 And Rebecca fet goodly rayment of her eldest sonne Esau whiche were in the house with her and put them vpon Iacob her younger sonne 16 And she put the skynnes of the kiddes vpon his handes and vpon the smoothe of his necke 17 And she put that pleasaunt meate and bread whiche she had prepared in the hande of her sonne Iacob 18 When he came to his father he sayde my father And he aunswered here am I who art thou my sonne 19 And Iacob sayde vnto his father I am Esau thy eldest sonne I haue done accordyng as thou baddest me aryse I pray thee syt and eate of my venison that thy soule may blesse me 20 And Isahac said vnto his sonne how commeth it that thou hast founde it so quickly my sonne He aunswered the lorde thy God brought it to my handes 21 Then sayde Isahac vnto Iacob Come neare and I wyll feele thee my sonne whether thou be my very sonne Esau or not 22 Then went Iacob to Isahac his father and he felt hym and sayde The voyce is Iacobs voyce but the handes are the handes of Esau 23 And he knewe him not because his handes were heary as his brother Esaus handes
wroth smote the asse with a staffe 28 And the Lorde opened the mouth of the asse and she sayde vnto Balaam What haue I done vnto thee that thou hast smytten me nowe three tymes 29 And Balaam sayd vnto the asse Because thou hast mocked me I would also there were a sworde in myne hande for euen nowe woulde I kyll thee 30 And the asse sayd vnto Balaam Am not I thine asse whiche thou hast rydden vpon since the first tyme vnto this day Was I euer wont to do so vnto thee He sayde nay 31 And the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way hauing his sworde drawen in his hande He bowed hym selfe therefore and fell flat on his face 32 And the angell of the Lorde said vnto him Wherfore hast thou smytten thine asse these three times Beholde I came out to withstande thee because thyne heart hath declined out of the way before me 33 And the asse saw me and turned from me now three times or els if she had not turned fro me I had surely slayne thee and saued her aliue 34 Balaam sayde vnto the angell of the Lorde I haue sinned for I wyst not that thou stoodest in the way agaynst me Nowe therefore if it displease thee I wyll turne home agayne 35 The angell of the Lorde sayde vnto Balaam Go with the men but what I say vnto thee that shalt thou speake And so Balaam went with the lordes of Balac 36 And when Balac heard that Balaam was come he went out to meete hym vnto a citie of Moab whiche is in the border of Arnon euē in the vtmost coast 37 And Balac sayd vnto Balaam Dyd I not sende for thee to call thee And wherfore camest thou not vnto me Am I not able in deede to promote thee vnto honour 38 And Balaam made aunswere vnto Balac Lo I am come vnto thee and can I nowe say any thyng at all The worde that God putteth in my mouth that shall I speake 39 And Balaam went with Balac and they came vnto a citie of streates 40 And Balac offered oxen and sheepe and sent thereof to Balaam and to the lordes that were with hym 41 And on the morowe Balac toke Balaam and brought hym vp into the hye places of Baal that thence he might see the vtmost part of the people ¶ The .xxiij. Chapter 1 Balaam causeth Balac to buylde aulters 9 Balaam blesseth the people 1 AND Balaam said vnto Balac Buylde me here seuen aulters prepare me here seuen oxen seuen rammes 2 And Balac dyd as Balaam sayde And Balac and Balaam offred on euery aulter an oxe and a ramme 3 And Balaam said vnto Balac Stand by thy sacrifice and I will go if happly the Lorde will meete me and whatsoeuer he sheweth me I wyll tell thee And he went vp hyer 4 But God met Balaam Balaam sayd vnto hym I haue prepared seuen aulters and haue offred vpon euery aulter an oxe and a ramme 5 And the Lorde put a saying in Balaams mouth and sayde Go agayne to Balac and say on this wyse 6 And when he went agayne vnto him lo he stoode by his burnt sacrifice he and all the lordes of Moab 7 And he toke vp his parable and sayd Balac the king of Moab hath brought me frō Mesopotamia out of the mountaynes of the east saying Come curse Iacob for my sake come and defie Israel 8 Howe shall I curse hym whom God hath not cursed or howe shall I defie hym whom God hath not defied 9 For from the toppe of the rockes I see hym and from the hylles I beholde hym lo the people shall dwell by them selues and shal not be reckened among the nations 10 Who can tell the dust of Iacob and the number of the fourth part of Israel I pray God that my soule may dye the death of the righteous and that my last ende may be like his 11 And Balac sayd vnto Balaam What hast thou done vnto me I toke thee to curse myne enemies and beholde thou hast blessed them altogether 12 He aunswered and sayd Must I not take heede to speake that whiche the lorde hath put in my mouth 13 And Balac sayde vnto hym Come I pray thee with me vnto another place whence thou mayest see them and thou shalt see but the vtmost part of them and shalt not see them all curse them out of that place for my sake 14 And he brought hym into a fielde where men myght see farre of euen to the toppe of an hyll and buylt seuen aulters and offred an oxe and a ramme on euery aulter 15 And he said vnto Balac Stande here by thy burnt sacrifice whyle I meete the Lorde yonder 16 And the Lord met Balaam and put a worde in his mouth and sayd Go agayne vnto Balac and say thus 17 And when he came to hym beholde he stoode by his burnt sacrifice and the lordes of Moab with hym And Balac saide vnto hym What hath the Lorde sayde 18 And he toke vp his parable and aunswered Rise vp Balac and heare and hearkē vnto me thou sonne of Ziphor 19 God is not a man that he should lye neither the sonne of a mā that he should repent should he say not do or should he speake and not make it good 20 Beholde I haue taken vpon me to blesse for he hath blessed and it is not in my power to aulter it 21 He behelde no vanitie in Iacob nor saw transgression in Israel The Lord his God is with hym and the ioyfull shout of a king is among them 22 God brought them out of Egypt they haue the strength as an Vnicorne 23 For there is no sorcerie in Iacob nor soothsaying in Israel according to this time it shal be sayde of Iacob and Israel What hath God wrought 24 Beholde the people shall ryse vp as a Lion and heaue vp him self as a young Lion He shall not lye downe vntyll he eate of the pray and drinke the blood of them that are slayne 25 And Balac sayde vnto Balaam Neither curse them nor blesse them at all 26 But Balaam aunswered and said vnto Balac Tolde not I thee saying All that y e Lorde speaketh that I must do 27 And Balac said vnto Balaam Come I pray thee and I wyll bryng thee yet vnto another place if at all it will please God that thou mayst thence curse them for my sake 28 And Balac brought Balaam vnto the toppe of Peor that looketh towarde Iesimon 29 And Balaam said vnto Balac Make me here seuen aulters and prepare me here seuen oxen and seuen rammes 30 And Balac dyd as Balaam had sayd and offered an oxe and a ramme on euerie aulter ¶ The .xxiiij. Chapter 5 Balaam prophesieth of the kyngdome of Israel and of the comming of Christe 17 Balac is angrie with Balaam 20 The destruction of the Amalekites and of the Kenites 1 AND when Balaam saw
19 Lyfe and death is set before them 20 The Lorde is their lyfe which obey hym 1 WHen all these wordes are come vpon thee the blessyng and the curse whiche I haue set before thee thou shalt turne vnto thine heart among all the nations whyther the Lorde thy God hath dryuen thee 2 And come agayne vnto the Lorde thy God and hearken vnto his voyce in all these thynges that I commaunde thee this day thou and thy children with all thine heart and all thy soule 3 And the Lorde thy God wyll turne thy captiuitie and haue compassion vpon thee and wyll turne and fetche thee agayne from all the nations among which the Lord thy God had scattered thee 4 Though thou wast cast vnto the extreme partes of heauen euen from thence wyll the Lorde thy God gather thee and from thence will he fetch thee 5 And the Lorde thy God wyll bryng thee into the lande whiche thy fathers possessed and thou shalt enioy it And he wyll shewe thee kindnesse and multiplie thee aboue thy fathers 6 And the Lorde thy God wyll circumcise thine heart and the heart of thy seede that thou mayest loue the Lorde thy God with all thine heart and all thy soule that thou mayest lyue 7 And the Lorde thy God wyll put all these curses vpon thine enemies and on them that hate thee and that persecute thee 8 But thou shalt turne and hearken vnto the voyce of the Lorde and do all his commaundementes which I commaunde thee this day 9 And the Lorde thy God wyll make thee plenteous in al the workes of thine hande in the fruite of thy body and in the fruite of thy cattell and in the fruite of thy lande for thy wealth For the Lorde wyll turne agayne and reioyce ouer thee to do thee good as he reioyced ouer thy fathers 10 If thou hearken only vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe his commaundementes and his ordinaunces which are written in the booke of this lawe and if thou turne vnto the Lorde thy God with all thine heart and all thy soule 11 For the commaundement which I cōmaunde thee this day is not hidden from thee neither farre of 12 It is not in heauen that thou needest to say Who shall go vp for vs to heauen and bryng it vnto vs that we may heare it and do it 13 Neither is it beyonde the sea that thou shouldest say Who shall go ouer the sea for vs and bryng it vnto vs that we may heare it and do it 14 But the worde is very nye vnto thee euen in thy mouth and in thine heart that thou do it 15 Beholde I haue set before thee this day lyfe and good death and euyll 16 For where as I commaunde thee this day to loue the Lorde thy God to walke in his wayes and to kepe his commaundementes his ordinaunces and his lawes yf thou so do thou shalt lyue and multiplie and the Lorde thy God shall blesse thee in the lande whyther thou goest to possesse it 17 But and yf thine heart turne away so that thou wylt not heare but shalt go astray and worship straunge gods and serue them 18 I pronounce vnto you also this day that ye shall surely perishe and that ye shall not prolong your dayes vpon the lande whyther thou passest ouer Iordane to go and possesse it 19 I call heauen and earth to recorde this day agaynst you that I haue set before you lyfe and death blessyng and cursyng Therfore choose lyfe that both thou and thy seede may lyue 20 That thou mayest loue the Lord thy God and be obedient to his voyce and cleaue vnto hym For he is thy life the length of thy dayes that thou mayest dwell vpon the earth which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isahac and Iacob to geue them ¶ The .xxxj. Chapter 2. 7 Moyses preparyng hym selfe to dye appoynteth Iosuah to rule the people 9 He geueth the lawe to the Leuites that they shoulde reade it to the people 19 God geueth them a song as a witnesse betwene hym and them 23 God confirmeth Iosuah 29 Moyses sheweth thē that they wyll rebell after his death 1 ANd Moyses went and spake these wordes vnto all Israel 2 And sayd vnto them I am an hundred and twentie yeres olde this day and can no more go out and in Also the Lorde hath sayd vnto me Thou shalt not go ouer this Iordane 3 The Lorde thy God he wyll go ouer before thee and he wyll destroy these nations before thee and thou shalt possesse them And Iosuah he shall go before thee as the Lorde hath sayde 4 And the Lorde shall do vnto them as he dyd to Sehon and Og kynges of the Amorites and vnto the lande of them whom he destroyed 5 And the Lorde shall geue them ouer before your face that ye may do vnto them accordyng vnto all the cōmaundementes which I haue cōmaunded you 6 Plucke vp your heartes therfore and be strong dreade not nor be afrayde of them for the Lorde thy God hym selfe doth go with thee he shall not fayle thee nor forsake thee 7 And Moyses called vnto Iosuah and sayd vnto him in the sight of all Israel Be strong of good courage for thou must go with this people vnto the lande which the Lord hath sworne vnto their fathers to geue them and thou shalt geue it them to inherite 8 And the Lorde he doth go before thee he shal be with thee he shall not fayle thee neither forsake thee feare not therfore nor be discomfyted 9 And Moyses wrote this lawe and deliuered it vnto the priestes the sonnes of Leui which bare the arke of the testament of the Lorde and vnto all the elders of Israel 10 And Moyses cōmaunded them saying Euery seuenth yere in the solempnitie of the free yere euen in the feast of tabernacles 11 When all Israel is come to appeare before the Lorde thy God in the place which he hath chosen thou shalt reade this lawe before all Israel that they may heare it 12 Gather the people together men women and children and the straunger that is within thy gates that they may heare and learne and feare the Lorde your God and kepe and obserue all the wordes of this lawe 13 And that their children which knowe nothyng may heare and learne to feare the Lorde your God as long as ye lyue in the lande whyther ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it 14 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Beholde thy dayes are come that thou must dye Call Iosuah therfore and stande ye in the tabernacle of the congregatiō that I may geue him a charge And Moyses and Iosuah went stood in the tabernacle of the congregation 15 And the Lorde appeared in the tabernacle euen in the piller of the cloude and the piller of the cloude stoode ouer the doore
of y e towre to set it on fire 53 And a certayne woman cast a peece of a mylstone vpon his head all to brake his brayne panne 54 Then Abimelech called hastyly vnto the young man that bare his harnesse and sayde vnto him Drawe thy sworde and slea me that men say not of me A woman slue him And his lad thrust him thorowe and he died 55 And when the men of Israel sawe that Abimelech was dead they departed euery man vnto his owne house 56 Thus God rendred the wickednesse of Abimelech which he dyd vnto his father in sleyng his seuentie brethren 57 And therto all the wickednesse of the men of Sichem dyd God bryng vpon their heades And vpon them came the curse of Ioatham the sonne of Ierobaal ¶ The .x. Chapter 2 Thola died 5 Iair also died 17 The Israelites are punished for their sinnes 10 They crye vnto God 16 And he hath pitie on them 1 AFter Abimelech there arose to defende Israel Thola the sonne of Phuah the sonne of Dodo a man of Isachar whiche dwelt in Samir in mount Ephraim 2 And he iudged Israel twentie three yeres died was buried in Samir 3 And after him arose Iair a Gileadite and iudged Israel twintie and two yeres 4 And he had thirtie sonnes that rode on thirtie Asse coltes and they had thirtie cities which are called Hauoth Iair vnto this day and are in the lande of Gilead 5 And Iair died and was buried in Camon 6 And the children of Israel wrought wickednesse yet agayne in the sight of the Lord and serued Baalim and Astaroth and the gods of Siria the gods of Sidon and the gods of Moab the gods of the children of Ammon and the gods of the Philistines and forsoke the Lorde and serued not him 7 And the Lord was wroth with Israel and he solde them into the handes of the Philistines and into the handes of the children of Ammon 8 Which from that yere foorth pilde and oppressed the children of Israel eyghtteene yeres al that were on the other side Iordane in the lande of the Amorites whiche is in Gilead 9 Moreouer y e children of Ammon went ouer Iordane to fight agaynst Iuda Beniamin and the house of Ephraim so that Israel was sore cumbred 10 And the children of Israel cryed vnto y e Lord saying We haue sinned against thee for we haue forsaken our owne God and haue carued Baalim 11 And the Lorde sayde vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel Dyd not I ryd you from the Egiptians and from the Amorites from the children of Ammon and from the Philistines 12 The Sidonites also and the Amalekites the Maonites dyd oppresse you and ye cryed to me and I deliuered you out of their handes â—3 And for all that ye haue forsaken me and serued straunge gods wherfore I will helpe you no more 14 Go and crye vnto the gods whiche ye haue chosen and let them saue you in the tyme of your tribulation 15 And the children of Israel sayde vnto the Lord We haue sinned do thou vnto vs whatsoeuer please thee deliuer vs onely we pray thee this day 16 And they put away the straunge gods from them serued the Lord And his soule had pitie on the miserie of Israel 17 Then the children of Ammon gathered together pitched in Gilead And the children of Israel gathered them together and pitched in Mispah 18 And the people and lordes of Gilead sayde eche to other whosoeuer will beginne the battell agaynst the children of Ammon the same shal be head ouer all the inhabitauntes of Gilead The .xi. Chapter 2 Iephthah beyng chased away by his brethren was after made captayne ouer Israel 30 He maketh a rashe vowe 32 He vanquisheth the Ammonites 39 And sacrificeth his daughter according to his vowe 1 AND there was one Iephthaha Gileadite a strong man the sonne of an harlot 2 And Gilead begat Iephthah And Gileads wyfe bare him sonnes which when they were come to age thrust out Iephthah and said vnto him Thou shalt not inherite in our fathers house for thou art the sonne of a straunge woman 3 Then Iephthah fled from his brethren and dwelt in the lande of Tob And there gathered ydle men to Iephthah and went out with him 4 And in processe of time the children of Ammon made warre agaynst Israel 5 And when the children of Ammon fought thus agaynst Israel the elders of Gilead went to fet Iephthah out of the lande of Tob 6 And sayde vnto him Come and be our captayne that we may fight with the children of Ammon 7 Iephthah aunswered the elders of 11 After him Elon a Zabulonite iudged Israel ten yeres 12 And Elon the Zabulonite died was buried in Aâ—alon in the countrey of Zabulon 13 After him Abdon the sonne of Hellel a Pharathonite iudged Israel 14 And he had fourtie sonnes and thirtie neuewes that rode on threscore and ten asse coltes And when Abdon the sonne of Hellel the Pharathonite had iudged Israel eight yeres 15 He died was buryed in Pharathon in the lande of Ephraim in the mount of the Amalekites ¶ The .xiii. Chapter 1 Israel for their wickednesse is oppressed of the Philistines 3 The angel appeareth to Manoahs wife 16 The angell commaundeth him to sacrifice vnto the Lorde 24 The birth of Samson 1 ANd the children of Israel began agayne to coÌ„mitte wickednesse in the sight of the lord and the Lorde deliuered them into the handes of the Philistines fourtie yeres 2 And there was a man in Zaraah of the kinred of Dan named Manoah whose wife was barren and bare not 3 And the angell of the Lord appeared vnto the woman sayde vnto her Beholde nowe thou art barren bearest not but thou shalt conceaue and beare a sonne 4 And nowe therfore beware * that thou drinke no wyne nor strong drinke neither eate any vncleane thing 5 For lo thou shalt conceaue and beare a sonne And ther may no * rasor come on his head for y e ladde shal be a Nazarite vnto God euen from his byrth And he shal beginne to saue Israel out of the handes of the Philistines 6 Then the wife came tolde her husbande saying A man of God came vnto me and the fashion of him was lyke the fashion of an angell of God exceeding fearful But I asked him not whence he was neither tolde he me his name 7 But sayde vnto me behold thou shalt be with childe and beare a sonne now drinke no wyne nor strong drinke neither eate any vncleane thing for the ladde shal be an abstayner to God euen from his byrth to the day of his death 8 Then Manoah made intercession to the Lorde and sayde I pray thee my Lorde let the man of God whiche thou sendedst come agayne vnto vs teache vs what we shal do vnto the ladde wheÌ„ he is borne 9 And
the archers founde him and he was wounded of shooters 4 Then saide Saul to his harnesse bearer Drawe thy sword and thrust me through therwith that these vncircumcised come not and do me shame But his harnesse bearer would not for he feared exceedingly So Saul caught a sword and fell vpon it 5 And when his harnesse bearer saw that Saul was dead he fell on a sword also and dyed 6 And thus Saul and his three sonnes and al they of his house dyed together 7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley sawe how they fled and that Saul his sonnes were dead they forsoke their cities and ran away and the Philistines came and dwelt in them 8 And it fortuned that on the morowe when the Philistines came to strip the dead bodies they founde Saul and his sonnes ouerthrowen in mount Gilboa 9 And when they had stript him they toke his head and his harnesse and sent them into the lande of the Philistines rounde about to shewe them vnto their idols and to the people 10 And they put his harnesse in the house of their god and set vp his head in the temple of Dagon 11 And when all they of Iabes in Gilead hearde all that the Philistines had done to Saul 12 They arose all the strongest of them and fet away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sonnes and brought them to Iabes and buried the bones of them vnder an oke in Iabes and fasted seuen dayes 13 So Saul dyed for his trespasse that he trespassed against the Lorde in that he kept not the word of the Lorde and in that he sought and asked counsaile of a woman that wrought with a spirite 14 And asked not of the Lorde and therefore he slue him and turned the kingdome vnto Dauid the sonne of Isai ¶ The .xj. Chapter 3 After the death of Saul Dauid is annoynted in Hebron 5 The Iebusites rebell against Dauid from whom he taketh the towre of Sion 6 Ioab is made captayne 10 His valiaunt men 1 THen all Israel gathered them selues to Dauid vnto Hebron saying 2 Beholde we be thy bones and thy fleshe And moreouer in tyme past euen when Saul was king thou leddest Israel out in And the Lorde thy God sayde vnto thee Thou shalt feede my people Israel and thou shalt be captayne ouer my people Israel 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron and Dauid made a couenaunt with them in Hebrō before the Lorde And they annoynted Dauid king ouer Israel according to the worde of the Lorde by the hande of Samuel 4 And Dauid and all Israel went to Hierusalem which is Iebus where as were the Iebusites the inhabiters of the lande 5 And the inhabiters of Iebus sayde to Dauid Thou commest not in here Neuerthelesse Dauid wan the castel of Sion which is called the citie of Dauid 6 And Dauid sayde Whosoeuer smyteth the Iebusites first shal be the principall captayne and a lorde So Ioab the sonne of Zaruia went first vp and was made the chiefe captayne 7 And Dauid dwelt in the castell Sion and therefore they called it the citie of Dauid 8 And he built the citie on euery syde euen from Millo round about and Ioab repaired the rest of the citie 9 And Dauid prospered waxed great the Lorde of hoastes was with him 10 These are the principall men of power whom Dauid had and that claue to him in his kingdome with all Israel to make him king according to the word of the Lorde ouer Israel 11 And this is the number of the mightie men whom Dauid had Iosobeam the sonne of Hachmoni the chiefe among thirtie he lift vp his speare against three hundred and wounded them at one tyme. 12 After him was Eleazar his vncles sonne an Ahothite which was one of the three mightiest 13 He was with Dauid at Pasdammim and there the Philistines were gathered together to battaile And there was there a parcell of grounde full of barly and the people fled before the Philistines 14 And they stept foorth into the middest of the fielde and saued it and slue the Philistines and the Lorde gaue a great victorie 15 And the three of the thirtie chiefe captaynes went to a rocke to Dauid into the caue Adullam And the hoast of the Philistines abode in the valley of Rephaim 16 And when Dauid was in the holde the Philistines watch was at Bethlehem that same tyme. 17 And Dauid longed and sayde Oh that one woulde geue me drinke of the water of the well that is at the gate at Bethlehem 18 And the three brake through the hoast of the Philistines and drewe water out of the wel that was by y e gate at Bethlehem and toke it and brought it to Dauid Neuerthelesse Dauid woulde not drinke of it but rather offered it to the Lorde 19 And sayd my God forbyd it me that I shoulde do this thing Shall I drinke the blood of these men that haue put their liues in ieoperdie for with the ieoperdie of their liues they brought it therefore he would not drinke it And this did these three mightiest 20 And Abisai the brother of Ioab he also was captayne among three For he lyft vp his speare against three hundred and wounded them and had a name among the three 21 Yea among three he was more honorable then the two for he was their captayne Howbeit he attayned not to the first three 22 Banaia y e sonne of Iehoiada the sonne of a very strong man which had done many actes of Cabzeel he slue two strong lions of Moab went downe and slue a lion in a pit in time of snowe 23 And he slue an Egyptian whose stature was euen fiue cubites long and in the Egyptians hand was a speare lyke a weauers beame And the other went downe to him with a waster plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand and slue him with his owne speare 24 Such thinges did Banaia the sonne of Iehoiada and had the name among the three mightiest 25 And was honorable among thirtie but attayned not vnto the first three And Dauid made him of his counsaile 26 The other men of armes were these Asahel the brother of Ioab Elhanan his vncles sonne of Bethlehem 27 Samoth the Harodite Helez the Pelonite 28 Ira the sonne of Ickes the Thekoite Abieser the Anatothite 29 Sibbecai the Husathite Ilai the Ahohite 30 Maharai the Nepthophathite Heled the sonne of Baana the Nethophathite 31 Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibea that pertayned to the children of Beniamin Benaia the Phirathonite 32 Hurai of the riuers of Gaas Abiel the Arbathite 33 Azmaueth the Baharumite Elihaba the Salabonite 34 The sonnes of Hassem the Gezonite Ionathan the sonne of Sage an Hararite 35 Ahiam the sonne of Sacar the Hararite Eliphal the sonne of Vr. 36 Hepher the Mecherathite Ahia the Pelonite 37 Hezro the Carmelite
house of the Lorde and hired masons and carpenters to repaire the house of the Lorde and so dyd they artificers in iron and brasse to mende the house of the Lorde 13 And so the workmen wrought and the worke mended through their handes and they made the house of God as it ought to be and strengthed it 14 And when they had finished it they brought the rest of the money before the king and Iehoiada and therwith were made vessels for the house of the Lorde euen vessels to minister withall and to serue for burnt offringes chargers and spoones vessels of golde and siluer And they offered burnt offringes in the house of the Lord continually all the dayes of Iehoiada 15 But Iehoiada waxed olde and dyed full of dayes for an hundred and thirtie yeres olde was he when he died 16 And they buried him in the citie of Dauid among the kinges because he dealt well with Israel and with God and with his house 17 And after the death of Iehoiada came the lordes of Iuda and made obeysaunce to the king And the king hearkened vnto them 18 And so they left the house of the Lorde God of their fathers and serued groues and idoles and then came the wrath of God vpon Iuda and Hierusalem for this their trespaces sake 19 And he sent prophetes to them to bring thē againe vnto the Lord they testified vnto them but they woulde not heare 20 And the spirite of God came vpon Zacharia the sonne of Iehoiada the priest which stoode by the people and sayd vnto them thus sayth God Why transgresse ye the commaundementes of the Lorde that ye can not prosper For because ye haue forsaken the Lord he also hath forsaken you 21 And they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the commaundement of the king euen in the court of the house of the Lorde 22 And so Ioas the king remembred not y e kindnesse whiche Iehoiada his father had done to him but slue his sonne And when he died he sayde The Lorde loke vpon it and require it 23 And when the yere was out it fortuned that the hoast of Syria came vp against him and they came against Iuda and Hierusalem and destroyed all the lordes of the people from among the people and sent all the spoyle of them vnto the king to Damascon 24 For the Syrians came with a small companie of men and the Lorde deliuered a verie great hoast into their hande because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers And they gaue sentence against Ioas. 25 And when they were departed from him they left him in great diseases and his owne seruauntes conspired against him for the blood of the children of Iehoiada the priest and slue hym on his bed and he died and they buried him in the citie of Dauid but not in the sepulchres of the kinges 26 And these are they that conspired against him Zabad the sonne of Simeath an Ammonite Iehosabad the sonne of Simrith a Moabite 27 And his sonnes the summe of the taxe that was raysed in his time and the repairing of the house of God beholde they are written in the storie of the booke of the kinges and Amaziahu his sonne raigned in his steade The .xxv. Chapter 3 Amazia putteth them to death which slue his father 10 He sendeth backe them of Israel 11 He ouercommeth the Edomites 14 He falleth to idolatrie 17 And Ioas king of Israel ouercommeth Amazia 27 He is slayne by a conspiracie 1 AMaziahu was twentie and fiue yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned twentie and nine yeres in Hierusalē His mothers name was Iehoadan of Hierusalem 2 And he dyd that which is right in the sight of the Lorde but not with a perfect heart 3 And assoone as he was setled in the kingdome he slue his seruauntes that had killed the king his father 4 But he slue not their children because it is written thus in the lawe and booke of Moyses where the Lorde commaunded saying The fathers shall not dye for the children neither shall the children dye for the fathers but euery man shall dye for his owne sinne 5 And Amaziahu gathered Iuda together and made them captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundredes according to the houses of their fathers throughout all Iuda and Beniamin And he numbred them from twentie yeres olde and aboue and found among them three hundred thousande chosen men able to go to battell and that could handle speare and shield 6 He hired also an hundred thousande strong fighting men out of Israel for an hundred talentes of siluer 7 And there came a man of God to him and sayde O king let not the armie of Israel come with thee for the Lorde is not with Israel to wit with al the children of Ephraim 8 But if thou wilt needes be faytlesse come on and take the battell in hande and God shall make thee fall before the enemie For God hath power to helpe and to cast downe 9 And Amaziahu saide to the man of God What shal we do then for the hundred talentes which I haue geuen for the hoast of Israel The man of God aunswered The Lorde is able to geue thee much more then they be 10 And Amaziahu separated them to wit the armie that was come to him out of Ephraim to go home againe Wherefore they were exceeding wroth with Iuda returned home in great anger 11 And Amaziahu toke heart and caried out his people and went to the salt valley and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand 12 And other ten thousand did the children of Iuda take alyue caried them vnto the top of a rocke and cast them downe from the top of the rocke that they all to burst 13 But the souldiers of the armie which Amaziahu sent away that they should not go with his people to battaile fell vpon the cities of Iuda from Samaria vnto Bethron and smote three thousand of them and toke much spoyle 14 And it chaunced after that Amaziahu was come from the slaughter of the Edomites he brought the gods of the children of Seir and set them vp to be his gods and bowed him selfe before them and burned incense vnto them 15 Wherfore the Lorde was wroth with Amaziahu sent vnto him a prophete which saide vnto him Why hast thou sought the gods of the people which were not able to delyuer their owne people out of thyne hande 16 And it chaunced that as y e prophete talked with him the king saide vnto him Haue men made thee of the kinges counsel Ceasse why wylt thou be beaten And the prophete ceassed and said I am sure that God is minded to destroy thee because thou hast done this and agreest not vnto my counsell 17 Then Amaziahu king of Iuda toke aduise and sent to Ioas the sonne of Iehoahaz the sonne of Iehu king of Israel and
wyll fall into the pit whiche he hath made 16 For his labour shall come vpon his owne head and his wickednesse shall fall vpon his owne pate 17 I wyll prayse God accordyng to his ryghteousnesse I wyll sing psalmes vnto the name of the most high God The argument of the .viij. psalme ¶ Dauid setteth foorth the magnificencie of God acknowledged of babes and abiectes of this world he maruayleth at Gods workes and at the great exceeding loue of God to man who is exalted to that excellencie that he is Lorde ouer all thinges in this worlde ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Gittith a psalme of Dauid 1 O God our Lorde howe excellent is thy name in all the earth for that thou hast set thy glory aboue the heauens 2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklinges thou hast layde the foundation of thy strength for thyne aduersaries sake that thou mightest styll the enemie and the auenger 3 For I will consider thy heauens euen the workes of thy fingers the moone and the starres whiche thou hast ordayned 4 What is man that thou art myndfull of him and the sonne of man that thou visitest hym 5 Thou hast made hym somthyng inferiour to angels thou hast crowned him with glory and worship 6 Thou makest hym to haue dominion of the workes of thy handes and thou hast put all thinges in subiection vnder his feete 7 All sheepe and oxen also the beastes of the fielde the foules of the ayre and the fishe of the sea and whatsoeuer swymmeth in the seas 8 O God our Lorde howe excellent great is thy name in all the earth ¶ The argument of the .ix. psalme ¶ Dauid prayseth God for the victorie that he had obtayned ouer his enemies attributyng it wholly to God He besecheth God to continue his mercy towarde hym that he may continually set foorth his prayses ¶ To the chiefe musition at the death of Labben a psalme of Dauid 1 I Wyl prayse God with all myne heart I wyl recite all thy marueylous workes 2 I wyll be glad reioyce in thee I wyll sing psalmes vnto thy name O thou most hyest 3 For that myne enemies are returned backwarde are fallen and perished at thy presence 4 For that thou hast geuen iudgement in my ryght and cause thou that iudgest right hast sit in the throne of iudgement 5 Thou hast rebuked the Heathen and destroyed the vngodly thou hast abolished their name for euer and euer 6 O thou enemie thou thoughtest to bryng vs to a perpetuall desolation * and to destroy our cities so that there shoulde remayne no memory of them 7 But God wyll sit for euer he hath prepared his throne for iudgement 8 For he wyll iudge the world in iustice and minister iudgement vnto the people in righteousnesse 9 God also wyll be a refuge for the oppressed euen a refuge in tyme of trouble 10 And they that knowe thy name wyll put their trust in thee for thou O God hast neuer fayled them that seeke thee 11 Sing psalmes vnto God abiding at Sion declare his notable actes among the people 12 For he maketh inquisition of blood he remembreth it and forgetteth not the complaynt of the poore 13 Haue mercy on me O God consider the trouble whiche I suffer of them that hate me lift me vp from the gates of death 14 That I may shewe all thy prayses within the gates of the daughter of Sion and reioyce in thy saluation 15 The Heathen are sunke downe into the pit that they made their owne foote is snared in the same net whiche they had layde priuily for other 16 God is knowen by the iudgement that he hath executed the vngodly is trapped in y e worke of his owne handes this ought to be considered alwayes Selah 17 The wicked shal be turned vnto hell and all people that forget God 18 But the poore shall not alway be forgotten neither shall the hope of the humble afflicted perishe for euer 19 Aryse vp O God let not man preuaile let the Heathen in thy sight be iudged 20 Put them in feare O God that the Heathen may knowe them selues to be but men Selah The argument of the .x. psalme ¶ The prophete as left in the handes of wicked aduersaries complayneth to God of their pryde malice crueltie euill maners craft and prosperitie he prayeth God to succour the fatherlesse and oppressed and to represse the malice of the wicked 1 WHy standest thou so farre of O God why hidest thee in the tyme of trouble 2 The vngodly of a wylfulnesse persecuteth the poore but euery one of them shal be taken in the craftie wylines that they haue imagined 3 For the vngodly prayseth according to his owne heartes desire and blessing the couetous he blasphemeth God 4 The vngodly looketh so proudly as though he cared for none at all neither is the Lorde in all his thoughtes 5 His wayes are alwayes greeuous but thy iudgementes are farre aboue out of his sight and therfore he snuffeth at all his enemies 6 He hath sayde in his heart tushe I can not be remoued for I can not be touched at any tyme with harme 7 His mouth is full of cursing and of deceate and of fraude vnder his tongue is labour and mischiefe 8 He sitteth lurkyng in theeuishe corners of the streates and priuily in lurking dennes he doth murther the innocent he eyeth diligently hym that is weake 9 He lieth in wayte lurking as a Lion in his denne he lyeth in wayte lurkyng * that he may violently carry away the afflicted he doth carry away violentlye the afflicted in halyng hym into his net 10 He croucheth and humbleth him selfe so that a number of thē that be weake fall by his myght 11 He sayeth in his heart tushe the Lord hath forgotten he hydeth away his face and he wyll neuer see it 12 Aryse vp O Lorde God lift vp thine hande forget not the afflicted 13 Wherefore shoulde the wicked blaspheme the Lorde whyle he sayeth in his heart that thou wylt not call to accompt 14 Surely thou hast seene this for thou beholdest labour and spite that thou mayest take the matter into thy hands he that is weake leaueth it for thee for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse 15 Breake thou the power of the vngodly and malitious searche thou out his vngodlynes and thou shalt finde none afterwarde in him 16 God is king for euer and euer but the Heathen shall perishe out of the lande 17 O God thou hast hearde the desire of the afflicted and thou wylt settle their heart 18 Thou wylt be attentiue with thyne eare to geue iudgement for the fatherlesse and oppressed so no man in the earth shall once go about hereafter to do them violence ¶ The argument of the .xi. psalme ¶ Dauid trusting in God complayneth of them who would not suffer him to hide him selfe in the
God for I haue called vpon thee let the vngodlye be put to confusion and be put to scilence in the graue 18 Let the lying lippes be put to scilence which speake against y e righteous greeuous thinges with disdaine contempt 19 Howe plentifull is thy goodnes which thou hast layde vp for them that feare thee and whiche thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee before the sonnes of men 20 Thou hydest them priuily in thyne owne presence from the raginges of all men thou kepest them secretly as in a tabernacle from the strife of tongues 21 Blessed be God for he hath shewed me marueylous great kindnes in a strong citie 22 And when I fled with al haste I said I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes neuerthelesse thou heardest the voyce of my prayer when I cryed vnto thee 23 Loue God all ye his saintes for God preserueth them that are faythfull and rewardeth most aboundauntly the proude doer 24 All ye that put your trust in God be ye of a good courage and he wyll comfort your heart The argument of the .xxxij. psalme ¶ Dauid teacheth mans felicitie to consist in the forgeuenes of his sinnes when God imputeth them not vnto him that confesseth them from the bottome of his heart vnfaynedly without all hypocrisie He exhorteth the wicked to haue asense and feeling of their sinnes and so putting their trust in God shall obtayne mercy ¶ A wyse instruction of Dauid 1 BLessed is he whose wickednes is forgeuen and whose sinne is couered 2 Blessed is y e man vnto whom God imputeth no vnrighteousnes in whose spirit there is no guile 3 For whyle I helde my tongue my bones consumed away through my dayly roaring 4 For thy hande is heauie vpon me day and night and my moysture is like the drouth in sommer Selah 5 Therfore I haue made knowen my faultes vnto thee and my righteousnes haue I not hid I sayd I will confesse my wickednes vnto God and thou forgauest the vnrighteousnes of my sinne Selah 6 For this shall euery one that is godly make his prayer vnto thee in the time when thou mayest be founde so that in the great water fluddes they shal not come nye hym 7 Thou art my refuge thou wylt preserue me from trouble thou wylt compasse me about with songes of deliueraunce Selah 8 I will geue thee wise instructions and teach thee in the way wherin thou shalt go I wil guyde thee with mine eye 9 Be ye not lyke a horse or lyke a mule whiche haue no vnderstanding whose mouthes must be holden with bit and brydle lest they fall vpon thee 10 Great plagues remaine for the vngodly but who so putteth his trust in God mercy imbraceth him on euery side 10 Be glad in God reioyce O ye righteous be ioyfull also all ye that be vpright of heart The argument of the .xxxiij. psalme ¶ Dauid exhorteth all men to prayse God in calling to remembraunce his goodnes trueth promises power and prouidence for whatsoeuer he saieth or promiseth he perfourmeth it Gods power appeareth by thinges created his prouidence in disapoyntyng mens deuises God seeth and knoweth al thinges and taketh care of all God deliuereth those that feare him and is their ayde and buckler in all distresses 1 REioyce in God O ye righteous for prayse becommeth well the iust 2 Confesse it to god with the harpe sing psalmes vnto hym with the viall and with the instrument of ten stringes 3 Sing vnto him a new song do it cunningly make a sweete noyse with your musicall instrumentes alowde 4 For the word of God is right and euery worke of his done in fayth 5 He loueth righteousnes iudgement the earth is ful of the goodnes of God 6 By the worde of God are the heauens made and all the hoastes of them by the breath of his mouth 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were vpon an heape and layeth vp the deepe as treasures 8 Let all the earth feare God let all they that dwell in the worlde stande in awe of him 9 For he spake and it was he commaūded and it was brought to passe 10 God bringeth the counsell of the Heathen to naught and maketh the deuises of the people to be of none effect 11 The counsayle of God shall endure for euer and the thoughtes of his heart from generation to generation 12 Blessed is the nation that hath God to be their Lorde that people hath he chosen to be an inheritaunce for him 13 God looketh downe from heauen and beholdeth all the chyldren of men from the place where he resteth he eyeth diligently euery dweller on the earth 14 He fashioneth their heartes together he vnderstandeth al their workes 15 A king is not saued by the multitude of an hoast a man of great myght escapeth not by much strength 16 A horse for to saue is vanitie and he can deliuer none by his great strength 17 Beholde the eye of God is vpon them that feare hym and vpon them that wayteth after his mercy 18 To deliuer their soules from death and to preserue their liues in dearth 19 Our soule wayteth after God he is our ayde and shielde 20 For our heart shall reioyce in him because we haue put our trust in his holy name 21 Let thy louing kindnes O God be vppon vs like as we haue put our trust in thee The argument of the .xxxiiii. psalme ¶ Dauid setteth foorth the exceeding goodnes of God towardes the innocent and iust and towardes those that worship hym feare hym and trust in hym for God heareth them whensoeuer they call vpon hym in their necessitie he is present with them in helping deliuering and defending them Agayne he ordereth so seuerely the wicked that he bringeth them to desolation that no remembraunce be left once of them ¶ Of Dauid when he chaunged his behauiour before Abimelech whiche droue him away and he departed 1 I Wyll alway blesse God his prayse shall euer be in my mouth 2 My soule shal glory in God the humble shall heare therof and be glad 3 Magnifie God with me and let vs exalt his name all together 4 Carefully I sought God he hearde me yea he deliuered me out of all my feare 5 Let them turne their eyes on him and make speede to come vnto hym and their faces shall not be ashamed 6 Lo this same poore man hath cryed and God hath hearde hym and saued hym out of all his troubles 7 The angell of God campeth rounde about them that feare hym and deliuereth them 8 O taste and see how gracious God is blessed is the man that trusteth in him 9 Feare God ye that be his saintes for they that feare him lacke nothing 10 Young Lions do lacke and suffer hunger but they whiche seeke God shall want no maner of
it be with me 6 The dayes are comming that Iacob shall take roote Israel shal be greene and florishe and the world shal be filled with fruite 7 Hath he smitten hym as sore as he did the other that smote hym Or is he slayne with so sore a slaughter as they that slue hym 8 Thou wylt punishe it in the braunches yet not beyonde measure for in the day that the east winde bloweth sore it taketh away the fruites 9 By this meanes therfore shall the iniquitie of Iacob be purged and this is all the fruite namely the taking away of his sinne if he make all the stones of the aulter of idols as chalke stones that are beaten in sunder that their groues and images ryse not vp agayne 10 Els shall the strong citie be desolate and the habitation forsaken and left like a wildernesse there shall the Calfe feede and there shall he lye and eate vp the graffes therof 11 When the braunches of it are drye they are broken of the women come and set them on fire for it is a people of no vnderstanding and therfore he that made them shall not fauour them and he that created them shall geue them no grace 12 And in that day shall the Lorde make a threshing from the middest of the riuer Euphrates vnto the riuer of Egypt and ye chyldren of Israel shal be gathered together one to another 13 In that day shall the great trumpe be blowne so that they which were lost in the lande of Assyria and they that were banished in the lande of Egypt shall come and worship the Lorde in the holye mount of Hierusalem The .xxviij. Chapter 1 Against the pride of Ephraim 9 and against false priestes and preachers 1 WO be vnto the crowne of pryde euen to the drunken people of Ephraim whose great pompe is as a floure that fadeth away vpon the head of the valley of suche as be in wealth and are ouerladen with wine 2 Behold there commeth a vehement and sore day from the Lord like an vnmeasurable hayle and perillous tempest euen like the force of mightie and horrible waters that violently beareth downe all thinges 3 The crowne of the pryde of the drunken Ephraemites shal be troden vnder foote 4 So that the floure of his fayrenesse and beautie whiche is in the head of the valley of fatnesse shall fade away as doth an vntimely ripe figge before haruest whiche when a man espieth he loketh vpon it and whyle it is yet in his hande he eateth it vp 5 In that day shal the Lord of hoastes be the crowne of glory and diamonde of beautie vnto the residue of his people 6 He wylbe also a spirite of perfect knowledge to him that sitteth in iudgement and strength vnto them that turne away the battayle to the gate of the enemies 7 But they are out of the way by reason of wine yea farre out of the way are they thorowe strong drinke The priest also and the prophete are gone astray by the meanes of strong drinke they are drunken with wine they go amisse thorowe strong drinke they fayle in propheciyng and stumble in iudgement 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthynesse that no place is cleane 9 Whom then shall suche one teache knowledge and whom shall he make to vnderstande the thing that he heareth for they are as ignoraunt as young chyldren that are taken from the milke and are weaned 10 For they that be suche must take after one lesson another lesson after one commaundement another commaundement for one rule another rule after one instruction another instruction there a litle and there a litle 11 For he that speaketh vnto this people is euen as one that vseth rudenesse of speache and a straunge language 12 If any man say vnto them lo this is the rest wherewith ye may ease hym that is weerie this is the refreshing they wyll not hearken 13 Therfore shall the word of the Lord be vnto them lesson vpon lesson commaundement vpon commaundement rule vpon rule instruction vpon instruction there a litle and there a litle that they may go on and fall backwarde be brused tangled and snared 14 Wherfore heare the word of the Lord ye mockers ye that haue rule of this people whiche is at Hierusalem 15 Because ye haue sayd We haue made a couenaunt with death and with hell are we at agreement and though there go foorth a sore plague it shall not come vnto vs for we haue made falsehood our refuge and vnder vanitie are we hid 16 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God Beholde I lay in Sion for a foundation a stone euen a tryed stone a precious corner stone a sure foundation who so beleueth let hym not be to hastie 17 Iudgement also wyll I laye to the rule and righteousnesse to the balaunce so that the hayle shall sweepe away as a broome your vayne confidence and the priuie place of your refuge shall the waters runne ouer 18 And thus the couenaunt that ye made with death shal be disanulled and your agreement that ye made with hell shall not stand yea when the sore plague goeth foorth ye shal be troden downe vnder it 19 From the tyme that it goeth foorth it shall take you away for early in the morning euery day yea both day and night shall it go thorowe and when the noyse thereof is perceaued it shall gender vexation 20 For the bed is narrowe and not large and the couering so small that a man can not winde him selfe vnder it 21 For the Lord shall stand as in mount Perazim and shal be wroth like as in the valley Gibeon that he may do his worke his straunge worke and bryng to passe his acte his straunge acte 22 Nowe therefore see that ye be no mockers lest your punishment increase For I hearde of the Lorde of hoastes that there shall come a short ende vpon the whole earth 23 Heare ye then and hearken vnto my voyce consider and ponder my speache 24 Doth not the husbandman plowe all the day and openeth and breaketh the clottes of his grounde that he may sowe 25 When he hath made it playne wyll he not spreade abrode the fitches and sowe comin and cast in wheate by measure and the appointed barlye and rye in their place 26 God wyll instruct hym to haue discretion euen his God wyll teache hym 27 For fitches shall not be threshed with an harrowe neither shall a cart wheele be brought thorowe the comin but the fitches are beaten out with a staffe and comin with a rodde 28 But the seede that bread is made of is threshed though it be not alway a threshing and the cart wheele must be brought ouer it lest he grinde it with his teeth 29 This also commeth of the Lorde of hoastes which worketh with wonderfull wysdome and bringeth excellent workes to passe The .xxix. Chapter 1 A prophecie against Hierusalem 13 and
35 And I wyll kepe and saue this citie saith he for myne owne and for my seruaunt Dauids sake 36 Thus the angell of the Lorde went foorth and slue of the Assyrians hoaste an hundred fourescore and fiue thousande and when men arose vp early in the mornyng beholde they were slayne and all lay full of dead bodyes 37 So Sennacherib the kyng of the Assyrians brake vp dwelt at Niniue 38 Afterwarde it chaunced as he prayed in the temple of Nesroch his God that Adramalech and Sarazer his owne sonnes slue hym with the sworde and fled into the lande of Armenia and Asarhaddon his sonne raigned in his steede The .xxxviij. Chapter 1 Hezekia is sicke vnto death 5 but is yet reuiued by the Lorde and lyueth fifteene yeres after 10 for which benefite he geueth thankes 1 ABout this tyme was Hezekia sicke vnto death and the prophete Esai the sonne of Amos came vnto hym and sayde Thus commaundeth the Lorde Set thyne house in order for thou must dye and shalt not escape 2 Then Hezekia turned his face toward the wall and prayed vnto the Lorde 3 And sayde Remember O Lorde I beseche thee that I haue walked before thee in trueth and a stedfast heart haue done the thyng that is pleasaunt to thee And Hezekia wept sore 4 Then sayde God vnto Esai 5 Go and speake vnto Ezekia The Lord God of Dauid thy father sendeth thee this worde I haue hearde thy prayer and considered thy teares beholde I wyll put fifteene yeres mo vnto thy lyfe 6 And deliuer thee and the citie also from the hande of the kyng of Assyria for I wyll defende the citie 7 And take thee this token of the Lord that he wyll do it as he hath spoken 8 Beholde I wyll returne the shadowe of Ahaz diall that nowe is layde out with the sunne and bring it ten degrees backwarde So the sunne turned ten degrees backwarde the which he was descended afore 9 A thankesgeuyng which Hezekia kyng of Iuda wrote when he had ben sicke and was recouered 10 I thought I shoulde haue gone to the gates of hell when myne age was shortened and haue wanted the residue of my yeres 11 I spake within my selfe I wyll neuer visite the Lorde the Lorde I say in this lyfe I wyll neuer see man among the dwellers of the worlde 12 Myne age is folden together taken away from me lyke a sheepheardes cotage I haue hewen of my lyfe by my sinnes lyke as a weauer cutteth of his webbe He wyll with pinyng sicknesse make an ende of me yea he wyll make an ende of me in one day 13 I thought I woulde haue lyued vntyll the morowe but he brused my bones lyke a lion and in one day thou wylt make an ende of me 14 Then chattered I lyke a swallowe and lyke a crane and mourned lyke a doue I lift vp mine eyes into the heyght O Lorde sayde I my sicknesse kepeth me downe ease thou me 15 What shall I say The Lorde hath made a promise to me yea and he hym selfe hath perfourmed it I shall therefore so long as I lyue remember this bitternesse of my lyfe 16 O Lorde to all those that shall lyue hereafter yea to all men shall it be knowen that euen in those yeres I haue a ioyfull lyfe and that it was thou that causedst me to sleepe agayne thou hast geuen lyfe to me 17 Beholde bitter as gall was my pensiuenesse so sore longed I for health and it was thy pleasure to deliuer my lyfe from the filthy pit for thou it is O Lorde that hast cast all my sinnes behynde thy backe 18 For hell prayseth not thee death doth not magnifie thee they that go downe into the graue prayse not thy trueth 19 But the lyuyng yea the lyuyng knowledge thee as I do this day the father telleth his children of thy faythfulnesse 20 To heale me it is the Lordes worke and we will sing my songes in the house of the Lorde all the dayes of our lyfe 21 And Esai sayde Take a plaster of figges and lay it vpon the sore so shall it be whole 22 Then sayd Hezekia O what a miracle is this that I shall go vp into the house of the Lorde ¶ The .xxxix. Chapter 3 Hezekia is reproued of Esai because he shewed his treasure vnto the embassadours of Babylon 1 AT the same tyme Merodach Baladan Baladans sonne kyng of Babylon sent letters and presentes to Hezekia for he vnderstoode that he had ben sicke and was recouered agayne 2 And Hezekia was glad therof and shewed them the house of his treasures of siluer and golde of spices and rootes of precious oyles all that was in his â—ubbordes and treasure houses there was not one thyng in Hezekias house and so throughout all his kyngdome but he let them see it 3 Then came Esai the prophete to king Hezekia and sayde vnto hym What haue the men sayde and from whence came they vnto thee Hezekia aunswered They came out of a farre countrey vnto me out of Babylon 4 Esai sayde What haue they loked vpon in thy house Hezekia aunswered All that is in my house haue they seene and there is nothyng in my treasure but I shewed it them 5 Then sayde Esai vnto Hezekia Vnderstande the worde of the Lorde of hoastes 6 Beholde the tyme wyll come that euery thyng which is in thyne house and all that thy progenitours haue layde vp in store vntyll this day shal be caryed to Babylon and nothing left behynde thus saith the Lorde 7 Yea and part of thy sonnes that shall come of thee whom thou shalt beget shal be caryed hence and become gelded chamberlaynes in the kyng of Babylons court 8 Then sayde Hezekia to Esai Good is the worde of God which thou hast tolde me He sayd moreouer For there shal be peace and faythfulnesse in my tyme. The .xl. Chapter 3 The commyng of saint Iohn Baptist 9 The preparation of the Apostles The callyng of the Gentiles 1 COmfort my people O ye prophetes comfort my people saith your God 2 Comfort Hierusalem at the heart and tell her that her trauayle is at an ende that her offence is pardoned that she hath receaued at the Lordes hande sufficient correction for all her sinnes 3 A voyce crieth in wildernesse Prepare the way of the Lorde make strayght the path of our God in the desert 4 All valleys shal be exalted and euery mountayne and hyll layde lowe what so is croked shal be made strayght and the rough shal be made playne 5 For the glorie of the Lorde shall appeare for all fleshe shall at once see that the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it 6 The same voyce spake Nowe crye And the prophete aunswered What shall I crye That all fleshe is grasse and that all the goodlinesse therof is as the floure of the fielde 7 The grasse is withered the floure falleth away
vpon hym say they and we wyll tell his tale Yea all myne owne companions and suche as were conuersaunt with me lay in wayte for my halting saying peraduenture he wylbe deceaued and so shall we preuayle against hym and be auenged of hym 11 But the Lorde stoode by me lyke a mightie giaunt therefore my persecutours fell and coulde do nothing they shal be sore confounded for they haue done vnwisely they shall haue an euerlasting shame which shall neuer be forgotten 12 And nowe O Lorde of hoastes that triest the righteous which knowest the raynes and the very heartes let me see them punished for vnto thee I haue declared my cause 13 Sing vnto the Lord and prayse hym for he hath deliuered the soule of the oppressed from the hande of the violent 14 Cursed be the day wherein I was borne vnhappy be the day wherein my mother brought me foorth 15 * Cursed be the man that brought my father the tidinges to make hym gald saying Thou hast begotten a sonne 16 Let it happen vnto that man as to the cities whiche the Lorde turned vpsidedowne and repented not Let hym heare crying in the morning and at noone day lamentable howling 17 Why sluest thou not me assoone as I came out of my mothers wombe or that my mother had ben my graue her selfe that the byrth might not haue come out but remayned still in her 18 * Wherefore came I foorth of my mothers wombe to haue experience of labour and sorowe and to leade my lyfe with shame The .xx. Chapter 5 He prophecieth that Zedekias shal be taken and the citie burned 1 THese are the wordes that the lord spake vnto Ieremie * what time as kyng Zedekias sent vnto him Phashur the sonne of Melchias Sophonias the sonne of Maasias priest saying 2 Aske counsayle at the Lorde we pray thee on our behalfe for Nabuchodonozor the king of Babylon besiegeth vs if the Lorde peraduenture wyll deale with vs according to his maruaylous power and take hym from vs. 3 Then spake Ieremie Geue Zedechias this aunswere 4 Thus saith the Lord God of Israel Beholde I wyll turne backe the weapons that ye haue in your hands wherwith ye fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldees whiche besiege you rounde about the walles and I wyll bryng them together into the middest of this citie 5 And I my selfe will fight against you with an outstretched hande and with a mightie arme in great displeasure and terrible wrath 6 And wyll smite them that dwell in this citie yea both men and cattell shall dye of a great pestilence 7 But after this saith the Lorde I shall deliuer Zedekias kyng of Iuda and his seruauntes his people and such as are escaped in the citie from the pestilence sworde and hunger into the power of Nabuchodonozor kyng of Babylon yea into the handes of their enemies into the handes of those that folowe vpon their liues whiche shall smite them with the sworde they shall not pitie them they shal not spare them they shall haue no mercy vpon them 8 And vnto this people thou shalt say thus saith the Lorde Beholde I lay before you the way of life and death 9 Whoso abideth in the citie shall perishe either with the sworde with hunger or pestilence but whoso goeth out to holde on the Chaldees part that besiege it he shall saue his lyfe and shall winne his soule for a pray 10 For I haue set my face against this citie saith the Lorde to plague it and to do it no good it must be geuen into the hande of the kyng of Babylon and be brent with fire 11 And vnto the house of the king of Iuda say thus Heare the worde of the Lorde 12 O thou house of Dauid thus saith the Lorde Minister righteousnesse and that soone deliuer the oppressed from violent power or euer my terrible wrath breake out lyke a fire and burne so that no man may quenche it because of the wickednesse of your imaginations 13 Behold saith the Lord I wyll come vpon thee that dwellest in the valleys rockes and fieldes and say tushe who will make vs afraide or who wil come into our houses 14 For I wyll visite you saith the Lord because of the wickednesse of your inuentions and wyll kindle suche a fire in your wood as shall consume all that is about you ¶ The .xxij. Chapter 2 He exhorteth the kyng of Iuda to iudgement and righteousnesse 9 Why Hierusalem is brought into captiuitie 11 The death of Sellum the sonne of Iosua is prophecied 1 THus saith the Lord Go downe into the house of the kyng of Iuda and speake there these wordes 2 And say Heare the worde of the Lorde thou king of Iuda that sittest in the kyngly seate of Dauid thou and thy seruauntes and thy people that goeth in and out at these gates 3 Thus the Lord cōmaundeth Kepe equitie and righteousnesse deliuer the oppressed from the power of the violent do not greeue nor oppresse the straunger the fatherlesse nor the widowe and shed no innocent blood in this place 4 And if ye kepe these thinges faythfullye then shall there come in at the doore of this house kinges to sit vpon Dauids seate they shal be caried in charrets and ride vpon horses both they and their seruauntes and their people 5 But if ye wyll not be obedient vnto these commaundementes I sweare by mine owne selfe saith the Lord this house shal be waste 6 For thus hath the Lorde spoken vppon the kynges of Iuda Thou Gilead art vnto me the head of Libanus Shall I not make thee so waste as the cities that no man dwell in 7 I wyll prepare a destroyer with his weapons for thee to hewe downe thy especiall Cedar trees and to cast them in the fire 8 And all the people that go by this citie shall speake one to another Wherfore hath the Lorde done thus vnto this noble citie 9 Then shall it be aunswered Because they haue broken the couenaunt of the Lorde their God and haue worshipped and serued straunge Gods 10 Mourne not ouer the dead and be not wo for them but be sorie for hym that departeth away for he commeth not agayne and seeth his natiue countrey no more 11 For thus saith the Lorde as touching Sellum the sonne of Iosias kyng of Iuda whiche raigned after his father When he is caried out of this place he shall neuer come hyther agayne 12 For he shall dye in the place wherevnto he is led captiue and shall see this lande no more 13 Wo worth hym that buyldeth his house with vnrighteousnesse and his parlours with the good that he hath gotten by violence which neuer recompenceth his neighbours labour nor payeth hym his hyre 14 Who thinketh in hym selfe I wyll buylde me a wyde house and gorgious parlours who causeth windowes to be hewen therin and the seelinges and ioystes maketh he of
wyll make a newe couenaunt with the house of Israel and the house of Iuda 32 Not after the couenaunt that I made with their fathers when I toke them by the hande and led them out of the lande of Egypt which couenaunt they brake yea euen when I as an husbande had rule ouer them saith the Lorde 33 But this shal be the couenaunt that I wyll make with the house of Israel after those dayes saith the Lorde I wyll plant my lawe in the inwarde partes of them and write it in their heartes and wyll be their God and they shal be my people 34 And from thencefoorth shall no man teache his neighbour or his brother and say Knowe the Lorde but they shal all knowe me from the lowest vnto the hyest saith the Lorde for I wyll forgeue their misdeedes and wyll neuer remember their sinnes any more 35 Thus saith the Lorde which gaue the sunne to be a lyght for the day and the moone and the starres to shine in the night whiche moueth the sea so that the fluddes thereof waxe fierce his name is the Lorde of hoastes 36 Like as this ordinaunce shall neuer be taken out of my sight saith the Lord so shall the seede of Israel neuer ceasse but alway be a people before me 37 Moreouer thus saith the Lord Like as the heauen aboue can not be measured and as the foundations of the earth beneath may not be sought out so will I also not cast out the whole seede of Israel for that they haue committed saith the Lorde 38 Beholde the dayes come saith the Lorde that the citie of the Lorde shal be enlarged from the towre of Hananeel vnto the gate of the corner wall 39 From thence shall the right measure be taken before her vnto the hyll toppe of Gareb and shall come about Gaath 40 And the whole valley of the dead carkasses and of the asshes and all the fieldes vnto the brooke of Cedron and vnto the corner of the horse gate towarde the east it shal be holy vnto the Lorde and shall neuer be broken nor cast downe any more ¶ The .xxxii. Chapter 1 Ieremie is cast into pryson because he prophecied that the citie shoulde be taken of the kyng of Babylon 7 By the fielde that Ieremie bought at the commaundement of the Lorde is signified that the people should come agayne to their owne possession 38 The people of God are his seruauntes and he is their Lorde 40 To feare God is Gods gyft to the entent that sinnes may be eschewed 1 THese wordes spake the Lorde vnto Ieremie in the tenth yere of Zedekias king of Iuda whiche was the eyghteenth yere of Nabuchodonozor 2 What tyme as the kyng of Babylons hoast layde siege vnto Hierusalem but Ieremie the prophete lay bounde in the court of the pryson whiche was in the kyng of Iudaes house 3 Where Zedekias the kyng of Iuda caused hym to be layde because he had prophecied on this maner Thus saith the Lorde Beholde I wyll deliuer this citie into the handes of the kyng of Babylon whiche shall take it 4 As for Zedekias the kyng of Iuda he shall not be able to escape the Chaldees but surely he shall come into the handes of the king of Babylon whiche shall speake with him mouth to mouth and one of them shall looke another in the face 5 And Zedekias shal be caryed vnto Babylon and there shall he be vntyll the tyme that I visite hym saith the Lorde but if thou takest in hande to fight against the Chaldees thou shalt not prosper 6 And Ieremie saide Thus hath the Lorde spoken vnto me 7 Beholde Hananeel the sonne of Sellum thine vncles sonne shall come vnto thee and require thee to redeeme the lande that lyeth in Anathoth vnto thy selfe for by reason of kinred it is thy right to redeeme it and bye it out 8 And Hananeel myne vncles sonne came to me in the court of the pryson according to the word of the Lord and sayde vnto me Bye my lande I pray thee that lieth in Anathoth in the countrey of Beniamin for by heritage thou hast right to loose it out for thy selfe therfore redeeme it Then I perceaued that this was the cōmaundement the Lorde 9 And so I bought the lande from Hanaeel of Anathoth myne vncles sonne and wayed hym there the money euen seuen sicles and ten syluer pence 10 And I writ it in a booke and sealed it and toke witnesses and wayed hym there the money vpon the waightes 11 So I toke the euidence with the copie when it was orderly sealed and read it ouer 12 And I gaue the euidence to Baruch the sonne of Neriah the sonne of Maasiah in the sight of Hananeel my cosin and in the presence of the witnesses that be named in the euidence and before all the Iewes that were thereby in the court of the pryson 13 I charged Baruch also before them saying 14 The Lord of hoastes the God of Israel commaundeth thee to take this sealed euidence with the copie and to lay it in the earthen vessell that it may long continue 15 For the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel hath determined that houses fieldes and vineyardes shal be possessed agayne in this lande 16 Nowe when I had deliuered the euidence vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah I besought the Lorde saying 17 O Lorde God it is thou that hast made heauen and earth with thy great power and hye arme and there is nothing hid from thee 18 Thou shewest mercy vpon thousandes thou recompensest the wickednesse of the fathers into the bosome of the chyldren that come after them 19 Thou art the great and mightie God whose name is the Lorde of hoastes great in counsel and excellent in worke thyne eyes looke vpon all the wayes of mens chyldren to rewarde euery one after his way and according to the fruites of his inuentions 20 Thou hast done great tokens and wonders in the lande of Egypt as we see this day vpon the people of Israel and vpon those men to make thy name great as it is come to passe this day 21 Thou hast brought thy people of Israel out of the lande of Egypt with tokens with wonders with a mightie hande with a stretched out arme and with great terriblenesse 22 And hast geuen them this lande like as thou haddest promised vnto their fathers namely that thou wouldest geue them a lande that floweth with mylke and honye 23 Nowe when they came therein and possessed it they folowed not thy voyce and walked not in thy lawe but all that thou commaundedst them to do that haue they not done and therefore come all these plagues vpon them 24 Beholde there are bulwarkes made nowe against this citie to take it and it shal be wonne of the Chaldees that besiege it with sworde with hunger and death and looke what thou hast spoken that same shall come vpon
and her walles shall come downe for it shal be the vengeaunce of the Lorde yea vengeaunce shal be taken of her and as she hath done so deale ye with her 16 Roote out the sower from Babylon hym that handleth the sicle in haruest for feare of the sworde of the enemie euery man shall get hym to his owne people and euery man shall flee to his owne lande 17 Israel is a scattered flocke the lions haue dispearsed them First the kyng of the Assyrians deuoured them last of all this Nabuchodonozor king of Babylon hath brused all their bones 18 Therfore thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Beholde I wyll visite the kyng of Babylon and his kyngdome as I haue visited the kyng of the Assyrians 19 And wyll bryng Israel agayne to his pleasaunt pasture that he may feede vpon Charmel and Basan and be satisfied vpon the mount of Ephraim and Galaad 20 In those dayes and at the same tyme saith the Lorde yf the offence of Israel be sought for there shal none be founde yf men enquire for the sinne of Iuda there shal be none for I wyll be mercifull vnto them whom I suffer to remayne 21 Go downe O thou auenger into the enemies lande and visite them that dwell therin downe with them smite them vpon the backes saith the Lorde do accordyng to all that I haue commaunded thee 22 There is gone about the lande a crye of a slaughter and great murther namelye on this maner 23 Howe happeneth it that the hammer of the whole worlde is thus broken and brused in sunder Howe chaunceth it that Babylon is become a wildernesse among the heathen on this maner 24 I my selfe haue layde a snare for thee and thou art taken vnawares thou art trapped and snared for why thou hast contended agaynst the Lorde 25 The Lorde hath opened his house of ordinaunce and brought foorth the weapons of his wrath for the thyng that is done in the land of the Chaldees it is the Lorde of hoastes worke 26 Come agaynst her for this is her ende breake vp her chestes threshe her as ye threshe corne destroy her that nothyng shal be left 27 Slay all their mightie souldiers and put them to death Wo be vnto them for the day and tyme of their visitation is at hande 28 Me thynke I heare alredy a crye of them that be fled and escaped out of the lande of Babylon which shewe in Sion the vengeaunce of the Lorde our God the vengeaunce of his temple yea a voyce of them that crye agaynst Babylon 29 Call vp all the archers agaynst Babylon pitch your tentes rounde about her that none escape recompence her as she hath deserued and accordyng as she hath done so deale with her agayne for she hath set vp her selfe agaynst the Lorde agaynst the holy one of Israel 30 Therfore shall her young men fall downe in the streetes and all her men of warre shal be rooted out in that day saith the Lorde 31 Beholde I speake vnto thee O thou proude saith the Lorde God of hoastes for thy day shall come euen the tyme of thy visitation 32 And the proude shall stumble and fall and no man shall helpe hym vp I wyll burne vp his cities with fire and it shall consume all that is rounde about hym 33 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes The children of Israel and Iuda suffer violence together all they that haue them in captiuitie kepe them fast and wyll not let them go 34 But their auenger and redeemer is mightie whose name is the Lorde of hoastes he shall maynteyne their cause he shal make the lande shake and iudge them that dwell therin one with another 35 The sworde shal come vpon the Chaldees saith the Lorde vpon them that dwell in Babylon vpon their princes and vpon their wise men 36 The sworde vpon their soothsayers as for those they shall become fooles the sworde vpon their worthies so that they shall stande in feare 37 The sworde vpon their horsemen and charrettes and vpon all the cōmon people that dwell among them so that they shall all become lyke women The sworde vpon their treasure so that it shal be stollen away 38 A drought vpon their waters so that they shal be dryed vp for the lande worshippeth images and delighteth wonderfully in idols 39 Therfore shall wylde beastes Lamia and Cat of mountaynes and Estreches dwell therin for there shall neuer man dwell there neither shall any man haue his habitation there for euermore 40 Like as God destroyed Sodome and Gomorre with the cities that lay there about saith the Lorde so shall no man dwell there also neither shall any man haue there his habitation 41 Beholde there shall come a people from the north with a great bonde of men and many kynges shall stande vp from the endes of the earth 42 They beare bowes and bucklers cruell are they and vnmercifull their voyce roreth like the ragyng sea they ryde vpon horses and come weaponed to fight agaynst thee O Babylon 43 Assoone as the king of Babylon heare tell of them his handes shall waxe feeble sorowe and heauinesse shall come vpon him as a woman trauayling with chylde 44 Beholde like as the lion commeth vp from the swellyng of Iordane vnto the dennes of Ethan so wyll I dryue them foorth and make them runne agaynst her But whom shall I choose out and ordayne to such a thyng for who is like me or who wil striue with me or what sheephearde may stande agaynst me 45 Therfore here the counsayle that the Lorde hath geuen vpon Babylon and the deuice that he hath taken vpon the lande of the Chaldees The least among the people shall drawe them out and loke what pleasaunt houses they haue they shall lay them waste 46 The noyse at the wynnyng of Babylon shall moue the earth and the crye shal be hearde among the gentiles The .lj. Chapter 1 Howe Babylon shoulde be ouerthrowen 59 Ieremie geueth his booke to Saraias 1 THus hath the Lorde sayde Behold I wyll rayse vp a perilous wynde agaynst Babylon her citizens that beare euyl wyll against me 2 I wyll sende also into Babylon fanners to fanne her out and to destroy her lande for in the day of her trouble they shal be about her on euery syde 3 Moreouer the Lorde wyll say vnto the bowmen and to them that aduaunce them selues in their armoure Ye shall not spare her young men kyll downe all her hoast 4 Thus the slayne shall fall downe in the lande of the Chaldees and the wounded in the streetes 5 As for Israel and Iuda they shall not be forsaken of their God of the Lord of hoastes yea for the holy one of Israels sake haue the Chaldees fylled their lande full of sinne 6 * Flee away from Babylon euery man saue his lyfe that ye be not rooted out with her wickednesse for the tyme of
of Israel occupied with thee brought vnto thy markets wheat of Minnith Pannag hony oyle and triacle 18 Damascus also vsed marchaundise with thee in the wine of Helbon and whyte wooll because thyne occupying was so great and thy wares so many 19 Dan Iauan Meuzal haue brought vnto thy markets wrougth iron Cassia and Calamus were among thy marchaundise 20 They of Dedan were thy marchauntes in precious clothes for chariots 21 Arabia and all the princes of Cedar haue occupied with thee in weathers rammes and goates in these were they thy marchauntes 22 The marchauntes of Seba and Rema haue occupied also with thee in al chiefe spices in all precious stones and golde which they brought vnto thy markets 23 Haran Chenne and Eden the marchauntes of Seba Assyria and Chelmad were doers with thee 24 These were thy marchauntes in all sortes of thinges in rayment of blewe silke and of broidred worke and in coffers for the riche apparell whiche were trussed with coardes and Cedar boorde among thy marchaundise 25 The ships of Tharsis were the chiefe of thyne occupying thus thou wast replenished and in great worship euen in the mids of the sea 26 Thy rowers haue brought thee into great waters the east wind hath broken thee in the mids of the sea 27 Thy riches and thy fayres thy marchaundise thy mariners shipmasters thy calkars and the occupiers of thy marchaundise and al thy men of warre that are in thee and all thy multitude that is in the mids of thee shall fal in the mids of the sea in the day of thy fall 28 The suburbes shal shake at the loude crie of thy shipmen 29 All that handle the ore mariners and all shipmaisters of the sea shall come downe from their ships and stand vpon the lande 30 And they shall cause their voyce to be heard against thee and shall crye bitterly and shall cast dust vpon their heades and wallowe in the asshes 31 They shal make them selues bauld for thee and girde them with sackcloth they shal weepe for thee with sorowefull heart and bitter mourning 32 And they shall take vp a lamentation for thee in their mourning and lament ouer thee what citie is like Tyrus so destroyed in the mids of the sea 33 When thy wares went foorth of the seas thou filledst many people the kinges of the earth hast thou made riche thorowe the multitude of thy riches and marchaundise 34 When thou shalt be broken by the seas in the deapthes of the waters thy marchaundise all thy multitude that was in the mids of thee shall fall 35 All the inhabitauntes of the iles shal be astonied at thee and all their kinges shal be sore afrayde and troubled in their countenaunce 36 The marchauntes of the nations shall hisse at thee thou shalt be a terrour and shalt neuer be any more The .xxviii. Chapter 1 The word of God against the king of Tyrus for his pride 12 Ezechiel the prophete is moued to bewayle the king of Tyrus 20 The word of the Lord against Sidon 25 The Lorde promiseth that he will gather together the children of Israel 1 I He worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man tel the prince of Tyre thus sayth the Lorde God Because thou hast a proude heart and hast said I am a God I sit in the seate of God in the mids of the sea wher as thou art but a man and not God though thou set thyne heart as the heart of God 3 Beholde thou thinkest thy selfe wyser then Daniel that there is no secretes hyd from thee 4 With thy wisdome and thine vnderstanding thou hast gotten thee great welthines gathered treasure of siluer gold 5 With thy great wysedome and occupying hast thou encreased thy power and because of thy great riches thy heart is proude 6 Therfore thus sayth the Lorde God Forsomuch as thou hast set thyne heart as the heart of God 7 Behold I will bring straungers vpon thee euen the terrible nations these shal drawe out their swordes vpon the beautie of thy wysdome and shall defile thy glorie 8 They shall cast thee downe to the pit so that thou shalt dye the death of them that be slayne in the mids of the sea 9 Wilt thou say then before them that slay thee I am a God where as thou art but a man and not God in the handes of them that slay thee 10 Die shalt thou the death of the vncircumcized in the handes of the straungers for I haue spoken it sayth the Lorde God 11 Moreouer the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 12 Thou sonne of man take vp a lamentation vpon the king of Tyre tel him thus sayth the Lord God Thou sealest vp the summe full of wysdome perfite beautie 13 Thou hast ben in the pleasaunt garden of God thou art deckt with all maner of precious stones with ruby topas diamond thurkis onyx iasper saphir emeralde carbuncle and golde the workemanship of thy timbrels and of thy pipes that be in thee was prepared in the day that thou wast created 14 Thou art an annoynted Cherub that couereth and I haue set thee in this dignitie thou wast vpon the holy mount of God thou hast walked in the mids of the stones of fire 15 From the time of thy creation thou haste ben perfite in the wayes till wickednesse was founde in thee 16 By the multitude of thy marchaundise they haue filled the mids of thee with crueltie thou haste sinned I will cast thee as prophane out of the mount of God I will destroy thee O couering Cherub from the mids of the stones of fire 17 Thy heart was proude in thy beautie and thorowe thy brightnesse thou hast destroyed thy wisdome I will cast thee downe to the grounde I will lay thee before kinges that they may beholde thee 18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctification with the great wickednesse of thyne vnrighteous occupying I will bring a fire from the middest of thee to consume thee and will make thee to asshes vpon the earth in the sight of all them that loke vpon thee 19 Al they that haue ben acquainted with thee among the heathen shal be abashed at thee thou hast ben a terrour and neuer shalt thou be any more 20 And the word of the Lorde came vnto me saying 21 Thou sonne of man set thy face against Sidon and prophecie vpon it 22 And speake thus sayth the Lord God Beholde O Sidon I will vpon thee and I wil be glorified in thee that it may be knowen howe that I am the Lord when I shal haue executed iudgementes in her shal be sanctified in her 23 For I will sende pestilence and bloodsheding into her streetes and the slayne shall fall in the mids of her by the sword comming vpon her on euery side they shall knowe that I am the Lorde
opened I my mouth and beholde he reached me a full cuppe which was full as it were with water but the colour of it was lyke fire 40 And I toke it and dranke And when I had drunken it my heart had vnderdandyng and wisdome grewe in my brest for my spirite was strenthened in remembraunce 41 And my mouth was opened and shut no more 42 The hyest gaue vnderstandyng vnto the fyue men that they wrote the hye thynges of the nyght which they vnderstoode not 43 But in the nyght they dyd eate bread as for me I spake in the day and helde not my tongue by nyght 44 In fourtie dayes they wrote two hundred and foure bookes 45 And it came to passe when the fourtie dayes were fulfylled that the hyest spake saying The first that thou hast written publishe openly that the worthy and vnworthy may reade it 46 But kepe the seuentie last that thou mayest deliuer them only to such as be wise among thy people 47 For in them is the spring of vnderstandyng the fountayne of wisdome and the streame of knowledge 48 And I dyd so The .xv. Chapter 1 The prophecie of Esdras is certayne 5 The euils that shall come on the worlde 9 The Lord wyll auenge the innocent blood 12 Egypt shall lament 16 Sedition 20 and punishment vpon the kynges of the earth 24 Cursed are they that sinne 29 Troubles warres vpon the whole earth 53 God is the reuenger of his elect 1 BEholde speake thou in the eares of my people the wordes of prophecie which I wyll put in thy mouth sayth the Lorde 2 And cause them to be written in a letter for it is the trueth 3 Feare not the imaginations agaynst thee Let not the vnfaythfulnesse of them trouble thee that speake agaynst thee 4 For all the vnfaythfull shall dye in their vnfaythfulnesse 5 Beholde saith the Lorde I will bring plagues vpon the worlde the sworde hunger death and destruction 6 For wickednesse hath the vpper hande in all the earth and their shamefull workes are fulfylled 7 Therfore sayth the Lorde 8 I wyll holde my tongue no more of their wickednesse which they do so vngodly neither wyll I suffer them in the thynges that they deale withall so wickedly Beholde the innocent and ryghteous blood cryeth vnto me and the soules of the iust complaine continually 9 And therfore sayth the Lorde I wyll surely auenge and receaue vnto me all the innocent blood from among them 10 Beholde my people is led as a flocke of sheepe to be slayne I wyll not suffer them nowe to dwell in the lande of Egypt 11 But wyll bryng them out with a mightie hande and a stretched out arme and smite it with plagues as afore and wyll destroy all the lande of it 12 Egypt shall mourne and the foundations of it shal be smitten with the plague and punishment that God shall bryng vpon it 13 They that tyll the grounde shall mourne for their seedes shal be destroyed through the blastyng and hayle and by an horrible starre 14 Wo worth the worlde and them that dwell therin 15 For the sworde and their destruction draweth nye and one people shal stande vp to fyght agaynst another swordes in their handes 16 For men shal be vnstedfast and some shall do violence vnto other they shall not regarde their kyng and the princes shall measure the way of their doinges by their power 17 A man shall desire to go into a citie and shall not be able 18 For because of their pride the cities shal be troubled the houses shall tremble and men shal be afrayde 19 A man shall haue no pitie vpon his neyghbour but shall destroy their houses with the sword and spoyle their goodes because of the hunger of bread and because of the great trouble 20 Beholde sayth God I call together all the kynges of the earth to reuerence me which are from the vprisyng from the south from the east and Libanus to turne vpon them and restore the thynges that they haue done to them 21 Lyke as they do yet this day vnto my chosen so wyll I do also and recompence them in their bosome Thus saith the Lorde God 22 My ryght hande shall not spare the sinners and my sworde shall not ceasse ouer them that shed the innocent blood vpon earth 23 The fire is gone out from his wrath hath consumed the foundations of the earth and the sinners lyke the strawe that is kyndled 24 Wo worth them that sinne and kepe not my commaundementes sayth the Lorde 25 I wyll not spare them Go your way ye children from the power defile not my sanctuarie 26 For the Lorde knoweth all them that sinne agaynst him therfore deliuereth he them vnto death and destruction 27 For nowe are the plagues come vpon the worlde and ye shall remayne in them For God shall not deliuer you because ye haue sinned agaynst hym 28 Beholde an horrible vision commeth from the east 29 Where generations of dragons of Arabia shal come out with many charettes the multitude of them shal be caryed as the wynde vpon earth that all they which heare them may feare tremble 30 Euen the Carmanies raging in wrath shall go foorth as the wylde boores of the forrest and with great power shall they come and stande fyghtyng with them and shall waste a portion of the lande of the Assyrians 31 And then shall the dragons haue the vpper hande and remembring their nature shall turne about conspiryng together in great power to persecute thē 32 Then these shal be troubled and kepe scilence in their power and shall flee 33 And from the lande of the Assyrians shall the enemie besiege them and consume some of them and in their hoast shal be feare and dread and strife among their kynges 34 Beholde cloudes from the east and from the north vnto the south and they are very horrible to loke vpon full of wrath and storme 35 They shall smite one vpon another and they shal smite downe a great multitude of starres vpon the earth euen their owne starre and the blood shal be from the sworde vnto the belly 36 And the doung of man vnto the Camels litter 37 And there shal be great fearfulnesse and tremblyng vpon earth and they that see the wrath shal be afraide and a tremblyng shall come vpon them 38 And then shal there come great raynes from the south and from the north and part from the west 39 And strong wyndes shall aryse from the east and shall open it and the cloude which he raysed vp in wrath and the starre stirred to cause feare towarde the east and west wind shal be destroyed 40 The great cloudes shal be lift vp and the mightie cloudes full of wrath and the starre that they may make all the earth afrayde and them that dwell therin and that they may powre out ouer euery high place an horrible starre 41 Fire and hayle and fleing
him thankes for his mercie endureth worlde without ende ⧠The story of Susanna vvhich is the thirteenth Chapter of Daniel after the Latine 8 The two gouerners are taken with the loue of Susanna 19 They take her alone in the garden 20 They solicite her to wickednes 23 She chooseth rather to obey God though it be to the daunger of her lyfe 34 She is accused 45 Daniel doth deliuer her 62 The gouernours are put to death 1 THere dwelt a man in Babylon called Ioacim 2 That toke a wyfe whose name was Susanna the daughter of Helcia a very faire woman and such one as feared God 3 Her father and her mother also were good people and taught their daughter according to the lawe of Moyses 4 Now Ioacim her husband was a great rich man and had a faire orchard ioyning vnto his house and to him resorted the Iewes commōly because he was a man of reputation among them 5 The same yere were there made two iudges such as the Lorde speaketh of The wickednes of Babylon commeth from the elders that is from the iudges which seeme to rule the people 6 These came oft to Ioacims house and all such as had any thing to do in the lawe came thyther vnto them 7 Now when the people departed away at noone Susanna went into her husbandes orchard to walke 8 The two elders seeing this that she went in dayly and walked they burned for lust to her 9 Yea they were almost out of their wittes and cast downe their eyes that they should not see heauen nor remember that God is a righteous iudge 10 For they were both wounded with the loue of her neither durst one shewe another his griefe 11 And for shame they durst not tell her their inordinate lust that they woulde faine haue had to do with her 12 Yet they layed wayte for her earnestly from day to day that they might at the leaste haue a sight of her 13 And the one said to the other Vp let vs go home for it is dinner time So they went their way one from an other 14 When they returned againe they came together enquiring out the matter betwixt them selues yea the one tolde the other of his wicked lust Then appoynted they a time when they might take Susanna alone 15 It happened also that they spied out a conuenient time when she went foorth to walke as her maner was and no body with her but two maydens and thought to washe her selfe in the garden for it was an hot season 16 And there was not one person there except the two elders that had hid them selues to beholde her 17 So she saide to her maydens Go fet me oyle and sope and shut the orchard doore that I may washe me 18 And they did as she bad them and shut the orchard doore and went out them selues at a backe doore to fetch the thing that she had commaunded but Susanna knew not that the elders laye there hid within 19 Now when the maydens were gone foorth the two elders gat them vp and ranne vpon her saying 20 Now the orchard doores are shut that no man can see vs we haue a lust vnto thee therefore consent vnto vs and lye with vs 21 If thou wylt not we shall bring a testimonial against thee that there was a young felowe with thee that thou hast sent away thy maydens from thee for the same cause 22 Susanna sighed and saide Alas I am in trouble on euery side though I folowe your minde it wyl be my death and if I consent not vnto you I can not escape your handes 23 Wel it is better for me to fall into your hande without the deede doing then to sinne in the sight of the Lorde 24 And with that she cryed out with a loude voyce the elders also cryed out against her 25 Then ranne there one to the orchard doore and smote it open 26 Now whē the seruauntes of the house heard the crye in the orchard they russhed in at the backe doore to see what the matter was 27 So when the elders tolde them the seruauntes were greatly ashamed for why there was neuer such a report made of Susanna 28 On the morowe after came the people to Ioacim her husband and the two elders came also ful of mischeuous imaginations against Susanna to bring her vnto death 29 And spake thus before the people Send for Susanna the daughter of Helchias Ioacims Wyfe And immediatly they sent for her 30 So she came with her father and mother her children and all her kindred 31 Now Susanna was a tender person and marueylous faire of face 32 Therefore the wicked men commaunded to take her clothes from her face for she was couered that at the least they might so be satisfied in her beautie 33 Then her friendes yea and all they that knew her began to weepe 34 These two elders stoode vp in the middest of the people layed their handes vpon the head of Susanna 35 Which wept and loked vp toward heauen for her heart had a sure trust in the Lorde 36 And the elders saide As we were walking in the orchard alone this woman came in with her two maydens whom she sent away from her and sparred the orchard doores 37 With that a young felowe which there was hid came vnto her and lay with her 38 As for vs we stoode in a corner of the orchard and when we sawe this wickednes we ranne to them and we sawe them as they were together 39 But we could not holde him for he was stronger then we Thus he opened the doore and gat him away 40 Now whē we had taken this woman we asked her what young felowe this was but she would not tel vs. This is the matter we be witnesses of the same 41 The common sorte beleeued them as those that were the elders and iudges of the people so they condemned her to death 42 Susanna cryed out with a loude voyce and saide O euerlasting God thou searcher of secretes thou that knowest all thinges before they come to passe 43 Thou wottest that they haue borne false witnesse against me and behold I must dye wheras I neuer did any such thinges as these men haue maliciously inuented against me 44 And the Lorde heard her voyce 45 For when she was led foorth to death the lord raysed vp the spirite of a young childe whose name was Daniel 46 Which cryed with a loude voyce I am cleane from this blood 47 Then all the people turned towarde him saide What meane these wordes that thou hast spoken 48 Daniel stoode in the middest of them and saide are ye such fooles O ye children of Israel that ye can not discerne nor know the trueth Ye haue here condēpned a daughter of Israel vnto death and knowe not the trueth wherefore 49 Go sit in iudgement againe for they haue spoken false witnesse against her 50 Wherefore the people
raigneth after the death of Ptolomeus 22 Sion is besieged of Ionathas 42 Demetrius seing that no man resisteth hym sendeth his armie againe 54 Tryphon moueth Antiochus against Demetrius 60 Demetrius is deliuered by the succour of Ionathas 63 After his deliueraunce he breaketh his couenaunt that he had made 1 ANd the king of Egypt gathered an hoast like the sande that lyeth vpon the sea shore and many shippes went about thorow disceyte to obtayne the kingdome of Alexander and to ioyne it vnto his owne realme 2 Vpon this he toke his iourney into Syria vsing gentle wordes so that he was letten into the cities men came foorth to meete hym for king Alexander had commaunded them so to do because he was his father in lawe 3 Nowe when Ptolomi entred into any citie he left men of warre to kepe it and this he did thorowout all the cities 4 And when he came to Azotus they shewed hym the temple of Dagon and Azotus that was brent vp with the other thinges which were destroyed the dead bodies cast abrode and the graues that they had made by the way side for such as were slayne in the fielde 5 And tolde the king that Ionathas had done all these thinges to the intent they might get him euyll will But the king sayde not one worde therto 6 And Ionathas mette the king with great honour at Ioppa where they saluted one an other and toke their rest 7 So when Ionathas had gone with the king vnto the water that was called Eleutherus he turned againe to Hierusalem 8 Nowe Ptolomi had gotten the dominion of the cities vnto Seleucia vpon the sea coast imagining wicked counsels against Alexander 9 And sent ambassadours vnto Demetrius saying Come let vs make a bonde betwixt vs so shall I geue thee my daughter that Alexander hath and thou shalt raigne in thy fathers kingdome 10 I repent that I gaue Alexander my daughter for he goeth about to slay me 11 And thus he slaundered Alexander because he woude haue had his realme 12 Thus he toke his daughter from him gaue her vnto Demetrius and forsoke Alexander so that his malice was openly knowen 13 And Ptolomi came to Antioch where he set two crownes vpon his owne head the crowne of Egypt and of Asia 14 In the meane season was king Alexander in Cilicia for they that dwelt in those places had rebelled against hym 15 But when Alexander hearde of this he came to warre against hym So king Ptolomi brought foorth his hoast and mette him with a mightie power and chased him away 16 Then fled Alexander into Arabia there to be defended and king Ptolomeus honour increased 17 And Zabdiel the Arabian smote of Alexanders head sent it vnto Ptolomi 18 But the thirde day after died king Ptolomi hym selfe and they whom he had set in the strong holdes were slayne one of another 19 And Demetrius raigned in the hundred threscore and seuenth yere 20 At the same time gathered Ionathas them that were in Iurie to lay siege vnto the castle which was at Hierusalem so they made many instrumentes of warre against it 21 Then went there certayne vngodly persons whiche hated their owne people vnto king Demetrius and told hym that Ionathas besieged the castle 22 So when he hearde it he was angry and immediatly came vnto Ptolomais wrote vnto Ionathas that he should not lay siege to the castle but come and speake with hym at Ptolomais in all haste 23 Neuerthelesse when Ionathas heard this he commaunded to besiege it He chose also certayne of the elders and priestes of Israel and put him selfe in peryll 24 And toke with him golde siluer clothing and diuers presentes and went to Ptolomais vnto the king and found◠him gracious 25 And though certayne vngodly men of his owne people made complayntes vpon him 26 Yet the king intreated him like as his predecessours had done before and promoted hym in the sight of all his friendes 27 Confirmed hym in the hye priesthood with all the worship that he had afore and made him his chiefe friend 28 Ionathas also desired the king that he woulde make Iurie free with the three head cities of Samaria and the landes perteyning therto vpon this did Ionathas promise hym three hundred talentes 29 Wherunto the king consented and gaue Ionathas wryting of the same conteyning these wordes 30 King Demetrius sendeth greeting vnto his brother Ionathas and to the people of the Iewes 31 We sende you here a copie of the letter which we did write vnto our cosen Lasthenus concerning you that ye shoulde knowe it 32 King Demetrius sendeth greeting vnto Lasthenus his father 33 For the faythfulnesse that our friendes the people of the Iewes kepe vnto vs and for the louing kindnesse which they beare towarde vs we are determined to do them good 34 Wherfore we assigne vnto the coastes of Iudea the three gouernemētes Afferema Lydda and Ramatha whiche are added vnto Iurie from Samaria and all the landes pertayning therevnto to be freely separated for such as do sacrifice in Hierusalem both concerning the paymentes whiche the king toke yerely aforetime the fruite also of the earth and trees 35 As for other tithes and tributes that belonged vnto vs we discharge them therof from this time foorth 36 In like maner we graunt vnto them all the customes of salt crowne taxes which were brought vnto vs and this freedome shal they haue firme and stedfast from this time foorth for euermore 37 Therefore see that ye make a copie of these our letters and deliuer it vnto Ionathas that it may be set vpon the holy mount in a conuenient place 38 After this when Demetrius the king sawe that his land was in rest and that no resistaunce was made against him he sent away all his hoast euery man to his owne place except certayne bandes of straungers whom he brought from the Iles of the heathen wherefore all his fathers hoast hated him 39 Now was ther one Tryphon that had ben of Alexanders part afore whiche when he saw that all the hoast murmured against Demetrius he went to Samalcue the Arabian that brought vp Antiochus the sonne of Alexander 40 And lay sore vpon him to deliuer hym this young Antiochus that he might raine in his fathers steade He tolde him also what great euyll Demetrius had done how his men of warre loued him not so remayned there a long season 41 And Ionathas sent vnto king Demetrius to driue them out which were in the castle at Hierusalem and those that were in the fortresses for they dyd Israel great harme 42 So Demetrius sent word vnto Ionathas saying I will not only do these thinges for thee and thy people but at time conuenient I wil do both thee and thy people great worship 43 But now thou shalt do me a pleasure if thou wilt sende me men to helpe me for all myne armie is gone fro me 44 So
hym why did Moyses then commaunde to geue a writyng of diuorcement and to put her away 8 He sayde vnto them Moyses because of the hardnes of your heartes * suffred you to put away your wyues But from the begynnyng it was not so 9 I say vnto you whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe except it be for fornication and maryeth another committeth adulterie And who so maryeth her which is diuorced doth cōmit adulterie 10 His disciples say vnto hym If the matter be so betwene man and wyfe then is it not good to mary 11 He sayde vnto them all men can not receaue this saying saue they to whom it is geuen 12 For there are some chaste which are so borne out of their mothers wombe And there are some chaste which be made chaste of mē And there be chaste which haue made themselues chaste for the kyngdome of heauens sake He that is able to receaue it let him receaue it 13 Then were there brought vnto hym young chyldren that he shoulde put his handes on them and pray And the disciples rebuked them 14 But Iesus sayde vnto them suffer the young chyldren and forbyd them not to come vnto me for of such is the kyngdome of heauen 15 And when he had put his handes on them he departed thence 16 And beholde one came and sayde vnto hym good maister what good thyng shall I do that I may haue eternall lyfe 17 He sayde vnto hym why callest thou me good there is none good but one and that is God But yf thou wylt enter into lyfe kepe the commaundementes 18 He sayth vnto hym Which Iesus sayde Thou shalt do no murther Thou shalt not commit adulterie Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnesse 19 Honour father and mother and thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe 20 The young man sayth vnto hym All these thynges haue I kept from my youth vp what lacke I yet 21 Iesus sayde vnto hym yf thou wylt be perfect go sell that thou hast and geue to the poore thou shalt haue treasure in heauen and come folowe me 22 But when the young man hearde that saying he went away sory For he had great possessions 23 Then Iesus sayde vnto his disciples Veryly I say vnto you that a riche man shall hardly enter into the kyngdome of heauen 24 And agayne I say vnto you it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a nedle then for the riche to enter into the kyngdome of God 25 When the disciples hearde this they were exceadyngly amazed saying who then can be saued 26 But Iesus behelde them and sayde vnto them with men this is vnpossible but with God all thynges are possible 27 ☞ Then aunswered Peter and sayde vnto hym Beholde we haue forsaken all and folowed thee what shall we haue therfore 28 Iesus sayde vnto them veryly I say vnto you that when the sonne of man shall syt in the throne of his maiestie ye that haue folowed me in the regeneration shall syt also vpon twelue seates and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel 29 And euery one that forsaketh house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wyfe or chyldren or landes for my names sake shall receaue an hundred folde and shall inherite euerlastyng lyfe ☜ 30 But many that are first shal be last and the last shal be first ¶ The .xx. Chapter ¶ 1 Christe teacheth by a similitude that God is detter vnto no man 20 He teacheth his disciples to be lowly 30 and geueth two blynd men their syght 1 FOR the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man that is an householder whiche went out earlye in the mornyng to hire labourers into his vineyarde 2 And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day sent them into his vineyarde 3 And he went out about the thirde houre and sawe other standyng idle in the market place 4 And saide vnto them Go ye also into y e vineyard whatsoeuer is right I wyl geue you And they went their way 5 Agayne he went out about the sixth and nynth houre and dyd lykewyse 6 And about the eleuenth houre he wēt out and founde other standyng idle and saide vnto them why stande ye here all the day idle 7 They saye vnto him because no man hath hyred vs. He sayth vnto them go ye also into the vineyarde and whatsoeuer is ryght that shall ye receaue 8 So when euen was come the lorde of the vineyard sayth vnto his steward Call the labourers and geue them their hire beginning at y e last vntyll the first 9 And when they came that were hired about the eleuenth houre they receaued euery man a peny 10 But when the firste came also they supposed that they shoulde haue receaued more and they lykewyse receaued euery man a peny 11 And when they had receaued it they murmured against the good man of the house 12 Saying These laste haue wrought but one houre thou hast made them equall vnto vs whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day 13 But he aunswered to one of thē said Frende I do thee no wrong dyddest thou not agree with me for a peny 14 Take that thyne is and go thy way I wyll geue vnto this last euen as vnto thee 15 Is it not lawfull for me to do that I wyll with myne owne Is thyne eye euyll because I am good 16 So the last shal be the first the first shal be last For many be called but fewe be chosen ☜ 17 ☞ And Iesus goyng vp to Hierusalē toke the twelue disciples asyde in the way and sayde vnto them 18 Beholde we go vp to Hierusalem and the sonne of man shal be betrayed vnto the chiefe priestes and vnto the scribes and they shall condempne hym to death 19 And shall deliuer him to the Gentiles to be mocked and to be scourged and to be crucified and the thirde day he shall ryse agayne 20 ☞ Then came to hym the mother of Zebedees chyldren with her sonnes worshyppyng hym and desiryng a certayne thyng of hym 21 And he sayth vnto her what wylt thou She saith vnto him graunt that these my two sonnes may syt the one on thy ryght hande and the other on the left in thy kyngdome 22 But Iesus aunswered and saide Ye wote not what ye aske Are ye able to drynke of the cuppe that I shall drynke of and to be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with They say vnto hym we are able 23 He sayth vnto them Ye shall drynke in deede of my cuppe and be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with But to syt on my ryght hande on my lefte is not myne to geue but to them for whom it is prepared for of my father ☜ 24 And when the ten hearde this they disdayned at the two brethren 25 But
seede whiche when it is sowen in the earth is lesse then all seedes that be in the earth 32 When it is sowen it groweth vp and is greater then all hearbes and beareth great braunches so that the fowles of the ayre may make their nestes vnder the shadowe of it 33 And with many such parables preached he the worde vnto them as they were able to heare it 34 But without parable spake he nothing vnto them But when they were alone he expounded all thynges to his disciples 35 And the same day when euen was come he saide vnto them Let vs passe ouer vnto the other syde 36 And they left the people and toke him euen as he was in the shippe And there were also with him other litle shippes 37 And there arose a great storme of wynde and the waues dasshed into the shippe so that it was nowe full 38 And he was in the sterne a slepe on a pelowe And they awaked hym and sayde vnto hym Maister carest thou not that we peryshe 39 And he arose and rebuked the wynde and saide vnto the sea peace and be styll And the wynde ceassed there folowed a great calme 40 And he sayde vnto them why are ye so fearefull Howe is it that ye haue no fayth 41 And they feared exceadyngly and sayde one to another Who is this For both wynde and sea obey hym ⧠The .v. Chapter ¶ 8 Christe delyuereth the possessed from the vncleane spirite 25 the woman from the blooddy issue 41 and rayseth the captaynes daughter 1 AND they came ouer to the other syde of the sea into the countrey of the Gadarenites 2 And when he was come out of the shippe immediatly there met hym from among the tombes a man possessed of an vncleane spirite 3 Which had his abidyng among the tombes And no man coulde bynde him no not with cheynes 4 Because that when he was often bounde with fetters and cheynes he plucked the cheynes a sunder and brake the fetters in peeces Neither coulde any man tame hym 5 And alwayes nyght and day he was in the mountaynes and in the tombes crying and beatyng hym selfe with stones 6 But when he had spied Iesus a farre of he ranne and worshypped hym 7 And cried with a loude voyce sayde what haue I to do with thee Iesus thou sonne of the most hyest God I require thee in the name of God that thou torment me not 8 For he sayde vnto hym come out of the man thou foule spirite 9 And he asked hym what is thy name And he aunswered and sayd vnto hym my name is legion for we are many 10 And he prayed hym instantly that he woulde not sende them away out of the countrey 11 But there was there nye vnto the mountaynes a great hearde of swyne feedyng 12 And all the deuyls besought hym saying sende vs into the swyne that we may enter into them 13 And anone Iesus gaue them leaue And the vncleane spirites went out and entred into the swyne And the hearde ran headlong into the sea they were about two thousande were drowned in the sea 14 And the swyneheardes fled and tolde it in the citie and in the countrey And they went out for to see what was done 15 And came to Iesus and sawe hym that was vexed with the fiende and had the legion syt both clothed and in his right mynde they were afraide 16 And they that sawe it tolde them howe it came to passe to hym that was possessed with the deuyll and also of the swyne 17 And they beganne to pray hym that he woulde depart out of their coastes ☜ 18 And when he was come into the shippe he that had ben possessed with the deuyll prayed hym that he myght be with hym 19 Howebeit Iesus woulde not suffer hym but sayde vnto hym go home to thy frendes and shewe them howe great thynges the Lorde hath done for thee and howe he had compassion on thee 20 And he departed and beganne to publyshe in the ten cities howe great thynges Iesus had done for hym and all men dyd maruayle 21 And when Iesus was come ouer agayne by shippe vnto the other syde much people gathered vnto hym and he was nye vnto the sea 22 And beholde there came one of the rulers of the synagogue whose name was Iairus and when he sawe hym he fell downe at his feete 23 And besought hym greatly saying my young daughter lieth at poynt of death I pray thee come and lay thy hande on her that she may be safe and lyue 24 And he went with hym and much people folowed him and thronged him 25 And there was a certayne woman which had ben diseased of an issue of blood twelue yeres 26 And had suffred many thynges of many phisitions and had spent all that she had and felt none amendemet at all but rather the worse 27 When she had hearde of Iesus she came in the prease behynde hym and touched his garment 28 For she sayde yf I may but touche his clothes I shal be whole 29 And strayghtway the fountayne of her blood was dryed vp she felt in her body that she was healed of y e plague 30 And Iesus immediatly knowyng in hym selfe that vertue proceaded from hym turned hym about in the prease and sayde who touched my clothes 31 And his disciples sayde vnto hym thou seest the people thrust thee askest thou who dyd touche me 32 And he loked rounde about for to see her that had done this thyng 33 But the woman fearyng tremblyng knowyng what was done within her came and fell downe before hym and tolde hym all the trueth 34 And he sayde vnto her Daughter thy fayth hath saued thee go in peace and be whole of thy plague 35 Whyle he yet spake there came from the ruler of the synagogues house certayne which sayde thy daughter is dead why diseasest thou the maister any further 36 Assoone as Iesus hearde the worde that was spoken he sayde vnto the ruler of the synagogue be not afrayde only beleue 37 And he suffred no man to folowe him saue Peter and Iames and Iohn the brother of Iames. 38 And he came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue and sawe the tumult and them that wept wayled greatly 39 And went in and sayde vnto them why make ye this a doe and wepe the damsell is not dead but slepeth 40 And they laught hym to scorne But he put them all out and taketh the father and the mother of the damsell and them that were with hym and entreth in where the damsell laye 41 And taketh the damsell by the hande and sayth vnto her Talitha cumi which is yf one do interprete it damsell I say vnto thee aryse 42 And strayghtway the damsell arose and walked For she was of the age of twelue yeres And they were astonyed out of measure 43 And he charged them straytly
☞ And when he was gone foorth into the way there came one runnyng and kneeled to hym and asked hym good Maister what shall I do that I may inherite eternall lyfe 18 Iesus sayde vnto hym Why callest thou me good There is no man good but one which is God 19 Thou knowest the commaundementes Thou shalt not commit adulterie Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnesse Thou shalt defraude no man Honour thy father and mother 20 He aunswered and sayde vnto hym Maister all these haue I obserued from my youth 21 Iesus behelde hym and loued hym and sayde vnto hym one thyng thou lackest Go thy way sell whatsoeuer thou hast and geue to the poore thou shalt haue treasure in heauen and come folowe me and take vp the crosse ☜ 22 But he was discomforted because of that saying and went away mournyng for he had great possessions 23 And when Iesus had loked rounde about he sayde vnto his disciples Howe hardly shall they that haue riches enter into the kyngdome of God 24 And the disciples were astonyed at his wordes But Iesus aunswereth agayne and sayth vnto them Children howe harde is it for thē that trust in ryches to enter into y e kyngdome of God 25 It is easier for a camel to go thorowe the eye of a needle then for the riche to enter into the kyngdome of God 26 And they were astonyed out of measure saying betwene them selues who then can be saued 27 Iesus loked vpon them sayde with men it is vnpossible but not with God for * with God all thynges are possible 28 And Peter began to say vnto him Lo we haue forsaken all haue folowed thee 29 Iesus aunswered sayde Veryly I say vnto you there is no man that hath forsaken house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wyfe or chyldren or landes for my sake and the Gospels 30 But he shall receaue an hundreth folde nowe at this present houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and chyldren and landes with persecutions and in the worlde to come eternall lyfe 31 But many that are first shal be last and the last first 32 And they were in the way goyng vp to Hierusalem And Iesus went before them and they were amazed and folowed and were afrayde And Iesus toke the twelue agayne and beganne to tell them what thynges shoulde happen vnto hym 33 Beholde we go vp to Hierusalem and the sonne of man shal be delyuered vnto the hye priestes vnto the scribes and they shall condemne hym to death and shall delyuer hym to the Gentiles 34 And they shall mocke hym scourge hym spit vpon hym and kyll hym And the thirde day he shall ryse agayne 35 And Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Zebedee came vnto hym saying Maister we would that thou shouldest do for vs whatsoeuer we desyre 36 He sayde vnto them What woulde ye that I shoulde do for you 37 They sayde vnto hym graunt vnto vs that we may sit one on thy ryght hande and the other on thy left hande in thy glory 38 But Iesus sayde vnto them Ye wote not what ye aske Can ye drynke of the cuppe that I drynke of and be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with 39 And they sayde vnto hym that we can Iesus sayde vnto them ye shall in deede drynke of the cup that I drynke of and with the baptisme that I am baptized withall shall ye be baptized 40 But to syt on my ryght hande and on my left hande is not myne to geue but vnto them for whom it is prepared 41 And when the ten hearde it they began to disdaine at Iames and Iohn 42 But Iesus when he had called them to hym sayde vnto them ye knowe that they which seeme to beare rule among the Gentiles raigne as Lordes ouer them And they that be great among them exercise aucthoritie vpon them 43 Neuerthelesse so shall it not be among you but whosoeuer of you wyll be great among you shal be your minister 44 And whosoeuer of you wyll be the chiefest shal be seruaunt of all 45 For the sonne of man also came not to be ministred vnto but to minister to geue his lyfe a raunsome for many 46 And they came to Hierico And as he went out of y e citie of Hierico with his disciples and a great number of people blynde Bartimeus the sonne of Timeus sate by the hye wayes syde beggyng 47 And when he hearde that it was Iesus of Nazareth he beganne to cry and say Iesus thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me 48 And many rebuked hym that he shoulde holde his peace But he cryed the more a great deale thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me 49 And Iesus stoode styll and commaunded hym to be called And they called the blynde saying vnto hym Be of good comfort ryse he calleth the. 50 And he threwe away his cloke rose and came to Iesus 51 And Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto hym what wylt thou that I do vnto thee The blynde sayde vnto hym Maister that I myght see 52 Iesus sayde vnto hym Go thy way thy fayth hath saued thee And immediatly he receaued his sight folowed Iesus in the way ⧠The .xj. Chapter ¶ 11 Christe rideth to Hierusalem 13 the vnfruitfull fygge tree is cursed 15 byers sellers are cast out of the temple 17 the house of God is the house of prayer 24 the strength of faith 25 forgeue other whē thou prayest 27 the pharisees aske Christe of his auctoritie 1 AND when they came nye to Hierusalem vnto Bethphage Bethanie at the mount of Oliues he sendeth foorth two of his disciples 2 And sayth vnto them Go your way into the towne that is ouer against you And assoone as ye be entred into it ye shall fynde a colte bounde wheron neuer man sate loose hym and bryng hym hyther 3 And yf any man say vnto you why do ye so Say ye that the Lorde hath neede of hym and strayghtway he wyll sende hym hyther 4 And they went their way and founde the colt tyed by the doore without in a place where two wayes met and they loosed hym 5 And diuers of them that stoode there sayde vnto them What do ye loosyng the colte 6 And they sayde vnto them euen as Iesus had commaunded And they let them go 7 And they brought the colt to Iesus and cast their garmentes on hym and he sate vpon hym 8 And many spred their garmentes in the way Other cut downe braunches of the trees strawed thē in the way 9 And they that went before and they that folowed cryed saying Hosanna blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde 10 Blessed be the kyngdome that commeth in the name of hym that is Lorde of our father Dauid Hosanna in the hiest 11 And the Lorde entred into Hierusalem
thee where is the ghest chamber where I shall eate y e Passouer with my disciples 12 And he shall shew you an vpper chamber prepared there make redye 13 And they went and founde as he had sayde vnto them and they made redye the Passouer 14 And when the houre was come he sate downe the twelue apostles with hym 15 And he sayde vnto them I haue earnestly desired to eate this Passouer with you before that I suffer 16 For I saye vnto you hencefoorth I wyll not eate of it any more vntyll it be fulfylled in the kyngdome of God 17 And he toke the cuppe gaue thankes and sayde Take this and deuide it a-among you 18 For I say vnto you I wyll not drinke of the fruite of the vine vntyll the kyngdome of God come 19 And he toke bread and when he had geueÌ„ thankes he brake â—it and gaue vnto theÌ„ saying This is my body which is geuen for you This do in the remembraunce of me 20 Lykewise also when he had supped he toke the cuppe saying This cuppe is the new testameÌ„t in my blood which is shed for you 21 Yet beholde the hande of hym that betrayeth me is with me on the table 22 And truely the sonne of man goeth as it is appoynted but wo vnto that man by whom he is betrayed 23 And they began to enquire among them selues which of them it was that shoulde do it 24 ☞ And there was a stryfe among theÌ„ which of them shoulde seeme to be the greatest 25 And he saide vnto them The kinges of nations raigne ouer them and they that haue aucthoritie vpoÌ„ them are called gracious Lordes 26 But ye shall not be so But he that is greatest among you shal be as the younger and he that is chiefe shal be as he that doth minister 27 For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate or he that serueth Is not he that sitteth at meate But I am among you as he that ministreth 28 Ye are they which haue bydden with me in my temptations 29 And I appoynt vnto you a kingdome as my father hath appoynted vnto me 〈…〉 may eate and drinke at my â—able in my kyngdome sit on seates iudgyng the twelue tribes of Israel 31 And the Lord saide Simon Simon beholde Satan hath desired to sift you as it were wheate 32 But I haue prayed for thee that thy fayth fayle not And when thou art coÌ„uerted strength thy brethren 33 And he sayde vnto him Lord I am redy to go with thee into pryson and to death 34 And he sayde I tell thee Peter the Cocke shal not crowe this day tyll thou hast thryse denyed that thou knewest me 35 And he said vnto them When I sent you without wallet and scrippe and shoes lacked ye any thyng And they sayde no. 36 Then saide he vnto them But nowe he that hath a wallet let him take it vp â–ª and lykewyse his scrippe and he that hath none let him sell his coate and bye a sworde 37 For I say vnto you that yet the same whiche is written must be perfourmed in me Euen among the wicked was he reputed For those thynges whiche are written of me haue an ende 38 And they sayde Lorde beholde here are two swordes And he sayde vnto them it is enough 39 And he came out and went as he was wont to mount Oliuete and the disciples folowed hym 40 And when he came to the place he sayde vnto them pray lest ye fall into temptation 41 And he gate hym selfe from them about a stones caste and kneeled downe and prayed 42 Saying Father yf thou wylt remoue this cuppe from me Neuerthelesse not my wyl but thine be fulfilled 43 And there appeared an angell vnto hym from heauen comfortyng hym 44 And he was in an agonie and he prayed more earnestly and his sweat was lykâ— droppes of blood tricklyng downe to the grounde 45 And when he rose vp from prayer and was come to his disciples he founde theÌ„ slepyng for heauynesse 46 And sayde vnto them why slepe ye Rise pray lest ye fall into temptation 47 Whyle he yet spake behold â—there came a company and he that was called Iudas â–ª one of the twelue went before the preassed nye vnto Iesus to kisse hym 48 But Iesus sayde vnto hym Iudas betrayest thou the sonne of man with a kisse 49 When they whiche were about hym sawe what woulde folowe they sayde vnto hym Lorde shall we smyte with sworde 50 And one of them smote a seruaunt of the hye priest stroke of his right eare 51 Iesus aunswered and saide Suffer ye thus farre foorth And wheÌ„ he touched his eare he healed hym 52 Then Iesus said vnto the hye priestes and rulers of the temple and the elders which were come to hym Be ye come out as vnto a thiefe with swordes and staues 53 When I was dayly with you in the temple ye stretched foorth no handes agaynst me But this is euen your very houre and the power of darknesse 54 Then toke they hym and ledde hym brought him to the hye priestes house and Peter folowed a farre of 55 And when they had kyndeled a fire in the myddes of the hall and were set downe together Peter also sate downe among them 56 But when a certayne wenche behelde hym as he sate by the fire and earnestlye loked vpon hym she sayde This same felowe was also with hym 57 And he denyed hym saying woman I knowe hym not 58 And after a litle whyle another sawe hym and saide Thou art also of them And Peter sayd man I am not 59 And about the space of an houre after an other affirmed saying Veryly this felowe was with hym also for he is of Galilee 60 And Peter sayde Man I wote not what thou sayest And immediatlye whyle he yet spake the Cocke crewe 61 And the Lorde turned backe loked vpon Peter And Peter remembred the worde of the Lorde howe he hadde sayde vnto hym before the Cocke crowe thou shalt deme me thrise 62 And Peter went out wept bitterlye 63 And the men that helde Iesus mocked hym and smote hym 64 And when they had blindfolded him they stroke hym on the face and asked hym saying Areâ—e 〈…〉 smote thee â—5 And many other things blasphemously spake they against hym â—6 And assoone as it was day the elders of the people and the hye priestes and scribes came together and led him into their councell saying â—7 Art thou â—veryâ— Christe tell vs And he saide vnto them Yf I tell you you wyl not beleue â—8 And yf I aske you you wyll not aunswere me nor let me go 69 Hereafter shall the sonne of man syt on the right hand of the power of God 70 Then saide they all art thou then the sonne of God He sayde Ye say y t I am 71 And they sayde What neede we any further
witnesse For we our selues haue hearde of his owne mouth ⧠The .xxiij. Chapter 1 Iesus is accused before Pilate and is sent to Herode 8 Herode mocketh hym 25 Barabbas set at libertie Iesus geuen to be crucified â—â— Simon of Cyrene 27 The women lament Christe crucified â—â— he prayeth for his enemies 40 One of the thieues rayleth on hym 4â— and the other is saued by fayth 46 He geueth vp the ghost and is buryed 1 AND the whole multitude of them arose ledde him vnto Pilate 2 And they began to accuse him saying We founde this felow peruerting the people and forbyddyng to paye tribute to Caesar saying that he is Christe a kyng 3 And Pilate apposed hym saying Art thou the kyng of the Iewes He aunswered hym and saide Thou sayest it 4 Then sayde Pilate to the hye priestes and to the people I fynde no fault in this man 5 And they were the more fierce saying He moueth y e people teachyng throughout al Iurie and began at Galilee euen to this place 6 When Pilate hearde mention of Galilee he asked whether the man were of Galilee 7 And assoone as he knewe that he belonged vnto Herodes iurisdiction he sent hym to Herode whiche was also at Hierusalem at that tyme. 8 And wheÌ„ Herode sawe Iesus he was exceeding glad For he was desirous to see hym of a long season because he had hearde many thynges of hym and he trusted to haue seene some miracle done by hym 9 Then he questioned with hym many wordes But he aunswered hym nothyng 10 The hye priestes and scribes stoode foorth and accused hym straytely 11 And Herode with his men of warre despised him â–ª and when he had mocked hym he arayed him in whyte clothyng and sent hym agayne to Pilate 12 And the same day Pilate and Herode were made friendes together For before they were at variaunce 13 And Pilate called together the hye priestes and the rulers and the people 14 And sayde vnto theÌ„ Ye haue brought this man vnto me as one y t peruerteth the people and behold I examine him before you fynde no fault in this man of those thinges wherof ye accuse hym 15 No nor yet Herode For I sent you to hym and loe nothyng worthy of death is done to hym 16 I wyll therfore chasten hym and let hym loose 17 For of necessitie he must haue let one loose vnto them at the feast 18 And all the people cryed at once saying Away with him and deliuer to vs Barabbas 19 Which for a certaine insurrection made in the citie and for murther was cast in pryson 20 Pilate spake agayne to them wyllyng to let Iesus loose 21 But they cryed saying Crucifie hym crucifie hym 22 He sayde vnto them the thirde tyme What euyll hath he done I fynde no cause of death in hym I wyll therefore chasten hym and let hym go 23 And they were instant with loude voyces requiryng that he might be crucified And the voyces of them and of the hye priestes preuayled 24 And Pilate gaue senteÌ„ce that it should be as they required 2â— And he let loose vnto them him that for insurrection and murther was caste into prison whom they had desired he deliuered vnto them Iesus to do with hym what they woulde 26 And as they ledde hym awaye they caught one SimoÌ„ of Cyrene comming out of the fielde and on hym layde they the crosse that he myght beare it after Iesus 27 And there folowed hym a great companie of people and of women which bewayled and lamented hym 28 But Iesus turned backe vnto them and sayde Ye daughters of Hierusalem wepe not for me but wepe for your selues and for your chyldren 29 For beholde the dayes wyll come in the which they shall say happy are the barren the wombes that neuer bare the pappes which neuer gaue sucke 30 Then shall they begyn to saye to the mountaynes fall on vs to the hylles couer vs. 31 For if they do these thinges in a greene tree what shal be done in the drye 32 And there were two euyll doers ledde with hym to be slayne 33 And after that they were come to the place whiche is called Caluarie there they crucified hym and the euyll doers one on the right hande and the other on the lefte 34 Then saide Iesus father forgeue theÌ„ for they wote not what they do And they parted his rayment cast lottes 35 And the people stoode and behelde and the rulers mocked hym with them saying He saued other men let hym saue hym selfe yf he be very Christe the chosen of God 36 The souldiours also mocked him and came and offred hym vineger 37 And sayde If thou be the kyng of the Iewes saue thy selfe 38 And a superscriptioÌ„ was written ouer hym with letters of greke and latine hebrue This is the kyng of the Iewes 39 And one of the euyll doers whiche were hanged rayled on hym saying yf thou be Christe saue thy selfe vs. 40 But the other aunswered and rebuked him saying Fearest thou not God seing thou art in the same dampnation 41 We are righteously punyshed for we receaue accordyng to our deedes But this man hath done nothyng amisse 42 And he sayde vnto Iesus Lorde remember me when thou commest into thy kyngdome 43 And Iesus sayde vnto hym Verylye I saye vnto thee to daye shalt thou be with me in paradise 44 And it was about the sixte houre and there was a darknesse ouer al the earth vntyll the ninth houre 45 And the sunne was darkned and the vayle of the temple dyd rent euen thorowe the myddes 46 And when Iesus had cryed with a loude voyce he sayde Father into thy handes I commende my spirite And when he thus had saide he gaue vp the ghost 47 When the Centurion saw what was done he glorified God saying Veryly this was a ryghteous man 48 And all the people that came together to that syght sawe the thinges which were done smote their brestes and returned 49 And all his acquaintaunce and the women that folowed him from Galilee stode a farre of beholding these thinges 50 And beholde there was a man named Ioseph a councellour and he was a good man and a iuste 51 The same hadde not consented to the councell and deede of them which was of Aramathia a citie of the Iewes which same also wayted for the kyngdome of God 52 He went vnto Pilate and begged the body of Iesus 53 And toke it downe and wrapped it in a linnen cloth and layde it in a sepulchre that was hewen in stone wherin neuer man before was layde ☜ 54 And that day was the preparyng of the Sabboth the Sabboth drew on 55 The womeÌ„ that folowed after which had come with hym from Galilee behelde the sepulchre and howe his body was layde 56 And they returned prepared sweete odours and oyntmentes but
sayde vnto hym I am come vnto iudgement into this worlde that they which see not myght see and that they which see myght be made blynde 40 And some of the pharisees which were with hym hearde these wordes sayde vnto hym Are we blynde also 41 Iesus sayde vnto them Yf ye were blynde ye shoulde haue no sinne But nowe ye say we see therfore your sinne remayneth ⧠The .x. Chapter 1 Christe the true sheephearde the doore 4 Christes sheepe heare his voyce and wyll not heare a straunger 10 12 False sheepheardes are hyrelinges and thieues 15 Christe wyllyngly geueth his life for his sheepe 16 The calling of the Gentiles 19 Discention among the Iewes about his wordes 24 they aske yf he be Christe 26 Wherfore the Iewes beleue not 31 The Iewes woulde haue stoned hym and called his preachyng blasphemie 34 Princes called Gods 37 Christes workes declared hym to be God 1 VEryly veryly I say vnto you He that entreth not in by y e doore into the sheepfolde but clymeth vp some other way the same is a thiefe and a robber 2 But he that entreth in by the doore is the sheephearde of the sheepe 3 To hym the porter openeth and the sheepe heare his voyce and he calleth his owne sheepe by name and leadeth them out 4 And when he hath sent foorth his owne sheepe he goeth before them and the sheepe folowe hym for they knowe his voyce 5 A straunger wyll they not folowe but wyll flee from hym for they knowe not the voyce of straungers 6 This prouerbe spake Iesus vnto them But they vnderstoode not what 〈…〉 were which he spake vnto them 7 Then sayde Iesus vnto them againe Veryly veryly I say vnto you I am the doore of the sheepe 8 All euen as many as came before me are thieues and robbers but the sheepe dyd not heare them 9 I am the doore by me yf any man enter in he shal be safe and shall go in and out and fynde pasture 10 A thiefe commeth not but for to steale kyll to destroy I am come that they myght haue lyfe and that they myght haue it more aboundauntly ☜ 11 ☞ I am the good sheephearde A good sheephearde geueth his lyfe for the sheepe 12 An hyrelyng and he which is not the sheephearde neither the sheepe are his owne seeth the wolfe commyng and leaueth the sheepe and fleeth and the wolfe catcheth scattereth the sheepe 13 The hyrelyng fleeth because he is an hyrelyng and careth not for the sheepe 14 I am the good sheepheard knowe my sheepe and am knowen of myne 15 As the father knoweth me euen so knowe I also the father And I geue my lyfe for the sheepe 16 And other sheepe I haue which are not of this folde them also must I bryng they shall heare my voyce and there shal be one folde and one sheepehearde ☜ 17 Therfore doth my father loue me because I put my lyfe from me that I myght take it agayne 18 No man taketh it from me but I put it away of my selfe I haue power to put it from me and I haue power to take it agayne This commaundement haue I receaued of my father 19 There was a discention therefore agayne among the Iewes for these sayinges 20 And many of them sayde He hath the deuyll is mad why heare ye him 21 Other sayd These are not y e wordes of hym that hath the deuyll Can the deuyll open the eyes of the blynde 22 ☞ And it was at Hierusalem the feast of the dedication and it was wynter 23 And Iesus walked in the temple euen in Solomons porche 24 Then came the Ieâ—s rounde about hym and sayde vnto him Howe long doest thou make vs doubt Yf thou be Christe tell vs playnely 25 Iesus aunswered them I tolde you and ye beleue not The workes that I do in my fathers name they beare witnesse of me 26 But ye beleue not because ye are not of my sheepe as I sayde vnto you 27 My sheepe heare my voyce and I knowe them and they folowe me 28 And I geue vnto them eternall lyfe and they shal neuer perishe neither shal any man plucke them out of my hande 29 My father which gaue them me is greater then all and no man is able to take them out of my fathers hande 30 I and my father are one 31 Then the Iewes agayne toke vp stones to stone hym withall 32 Iesus aunswered them Many good workes haue I shewed you from my father for which of theÌ„ do ye stone me 33 The Iewes aunswered hym saying For thy good workes sake we stone thee not but for thy blasphemie and because that thou beyng a man makest thy selfe God 34 Iesus aunswered them Is it not written in your lawe I sayde ye are Gods 35 If he called them Gods vnto whom the worde of God was spoken and the scripture can not be broken 36 Say ye of hym whom the father hath sanctified and sent into the worlde thou blasphemest because I saide I am the sonne of God 37 Yf I do not the workes of my father beleue me not 38 But yf I do and yf ye beleue not me beleue the workes that ye may knowe and beleue that the father is in me and I in hym ☜ 39 Agayne they went about to take hym and he escaped out of their hande 40 And went away againe beyonde Iordane into the place where Iohn before had baptized and there he abode 41 And many resorted vnto hym and sayde Iohn dyd no miracle but all thynges that Iohn spake of this man were true 42 And many beleued on hym there ⧠The .xj. Chapter 43 Christe raysed Lazarus from death 45 Certayne Iewes beleue in Christe 47 The pharisees take councell agaynst hym 50 Caiphas prophecieth that one must dye for the people 54 Christe fleeth the pharisees 57 The hye priestes and the pharisees commaunded Christe to be taken 1 A Certayne man was sicke named Lazarus of Bethanie the towne of Marie and her sister Martha 2 It was that Marie which anoynted y e Lorde with oyntment and wyped his feete with her heere whose brother Lazarus was sicke 3 Therfore his sisters sent vnto hym saying Lorde beholde he whom thou louest is sicke 4 When Iesus hearde that he sayde this infirmitie is not vnto death but for the glory of God that the sonne of God myght be glorified therby 5 Iesus loued Martha and her sister and Lazarus 6 When he had hearde therfore that he was sicke he abode two dayes styll in the same place where he was 7 Then after that sayde he to his disciples Let vs go into Iurie agayne 8 His disciples sayde vnto hym Maister the Iewes lately sought to stone thee and wylt thou go thither agayne 9 Iesus aunswered Are there not twelue houres of the day If any man walke in the day he stumbleth
gyftes of the holy ghost accordyng to his owne wyll 5 For vnto the Anges hath he not put in subiection the worlde to come wherof we speake 6 But one in a certayne place witnessed saying What is man that thou arte myndeful of hym Or the sonne of man that thou wouldest loke vpon hym 7 Thou madest hym for a litle whyle lower then the Angels thou hast crowned him with glorie and honour and hast set hym aboue the workes of thy handes 8 Thou hast put all thynges in subiectiō vnder his feete In y t he put all thinges vnder hym he left nothyng that is not put vnder hym But nowe we see not yet all thynges put vnder hym 9 But hym that for a whyle was made lesse then the Angels we see that it was Iesus who through the sufferyng of death was crowned with glorie and honour that he by the grace of God shoulde taste of death for all 10 For it became hym for whom are all thynges and by whom are all thynges after he had brought many sonnes vnto glorie that he shoulde make the capitayne of their saluation perfect through afflictions 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they which are sanctified are all of one For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren 12 Saying I wyll declare thy name vnto my brethren in the myddes of the Churche wyll I prayse thee 13 And agayne I wyll put my trust in hym And agayne Beholde here am I and the chyldren whiche God hath geuen me 14 Forasmuch then as the chyldren are partakers of flesshe and blood he also hym selfe lykewyse toke part with thē that through death he myght expell hym that had lordship ouer death that is the deuyll 15 And that he myght delyuer them which through feare of death were all their lyfe tyme in daunger of bondage 16 For he in no place taketh on hym the Angels but the seede of Abraham taketh he on hym 17 Wherfore in all thinges it became him to be made lyke vnto his brethren that he myght be mercyfull and a faythfull hye priest in thynges concernyng God for to purge the peoples sinnes 18 For in that he hym selfe suffered and was tempted he is able to succour them that are tempted ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He requireth them to be obedient vnto the worde of Christe 3 who is more worthy then Moyses 12 The punishment of such as wyll harden their heartes and not beleue that they myght haue eternall rest 1 THerfore holy brethren partakers of the celestiall callyng consider the apostle and hye priest of our profession Christe Iesus 2 Beyng faythfull to hym that appoynted hym as also was Moyses in all his house 3 For this man is counted worthy of more glorie then Moyses inasmuch as he which hath buylded the house hath more honour then the house 4 For euery house is buylded of some man But he that buylded all thynges is God 5 And Moyses veryly was faythfull in al his house as a minister for a witnesse of those thynges whiche were to be spoken after 6 But Christe as a sonne hath rule ouer his owne house whose house are we yf we holde fast the confidence and the reioycyng of that hope vnto the ende 7 Wherfore as the holy ghost saith To day yf ye wyll heare his voyce 8 Harden not your heartes as in the prouokyng in the day of the temptation in the wyldernesse 9 Where your fathers tempted me proued me and sawe my workes .xl. yeres 10 Wherfore I was greeued with that generation and sayde they do alway erre in heart they veryly haue not knowen my wayes 11 So that I sware in my wrath yf they shall enter into my rest 12 Take heede brethren lest at any tyme there be in you an euyll heart of vnbeliefe to depart from the lyuyng God 13 But exhort ye one another dayly whyle it is called to day lest any of you be hardened through the deceytfulnesse of sinne 14 For we are made partakers of Christe yf we kepe sure vnto the ende the begynnyng of the substaunce 15 So long as it is said to day yf ye wyll heare his voyce harden not your heartes as in the prouokyng 16 For some when they had hearde dyd prouoke howe be it not all that came out of Egypt by Moyses 17 But with whom was he displeased fourtie yeres Not with them that had sinned whose carkases fell in the desert 18 And to whō sware he that they should not enter into his rest but vnto them that were not obedient 19 And we see that they coulde not enter in because of vnbeliefe The .iiij. Chapter 2 The worde without fayth is vnprofitable 3 The Sabboth or rest of the Christians 6 Punishment of vnbeleuers 12 The nature of the worde of God 1 LEt vs feare therfore lest at any tyme by forsakyng the promise of entryng into his reste any of you shoulde be defrauded 2 For vnto vs was the Gospell preached aswell as vnto them But the worde whiche they hearde dyd not profite them not beyng coupled with fayth to them that hearde 3 For we which haue beleued do enter into his rest as he sayde Euen as I haue sworne in my wrath if they shal enter into my rest Although the workes were made perfecte from the foundation of the worlde 4 For he spake in a certayne place of the seuenth daye on this wyse And God dyd rest the seuenth daye from all his workes 5 And in this place againe yf they shall enter into my rest 6 Seing therfore it foloweth that some must enter there into and they to whō the Gospell was first preached entred not therin for vnbeliefe 7 Againe he appoynteth a certaine day by to day saying in Dauid after so long a tyme as it is sayde To day yf ye wyl heare his voyce hardē not your hearts 8 For yf Iesus had geuen them reste then woulde he not afterwarde haue spoken of another day 9 There remayneth therfore yet a rest to the people of God 10 For he that is entred into his rest hath ceassed also from his owne workes as God dyd from his 11 Let vs studie therefore to enter into that rest lest any man fall after the same ensample of disobedience 12 For the worde of God is quicke and myghtie in operation and sharper then any two edged sword and entreth thorowe euen vnto the deuydyng a sunder of the soule the spirite and of the ioyntes the marie and is a discerner of the thoughtes and of the intentes of the heart 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in the syght of hym But all thinges are naked and open vnto the eyes of hym of whom we speake 14 Seyng then that we haue a great hye priest which is entred into heauens Iesus the sonne of God let vs holde faste the confession 15 For we haue not an hye priest whiche
also which kept not their first estate but left their owne habitation he hath reserued in euerlastyng chaynes vnder darkenesse vnto the iudgement of the great day 7 Euen as Sodome and Gomorrhe and the cities about them which in lyke maner defiled them selues with fornication and folowed straunge fleshe are set foorth for an ensample and suffer the payne of eternall fyre 8 Lykewyse these beyng deceaued by dreames defyle the flesh despise rulers and speake euyll of them that are in aucthoritie 9 Yet Michael the Archangel when he stroue agaynst the deuyll and disputed about the body of Moyses durst not geue raylyng sentence but sayde the Lorde rebuke thee 10 But these speake euyl of those thinges which they knowe not what thinges they know naturally as beastes which are without reason in those thynges they corrupt them selues 11 Wo be vnto thē for they haue folowed the way of Cain and are vtterly geuen to the errour of Balaam for lucres sake and perishe in the gaynsaying of Core 12 These are spottes in your feastes of charitie whē they feast with you without al feare feedyng thēselues cloudes they are without water caryed about of windes corrupt trees and without fruite twise dead and plucked vp by the rootes 13 They are the ragyng waues of the sea fomyng out their owne shame They are wandryng starres to whom is reserued the mist of darknes for euer 14 Enoch the seuenth from Adam prophesied before of such saying Beholde the Lorde shall come with thousandes of saintes 15 To geue iudgement agaynst all men and to rebuke all that are vngodly among them of all their vngodly deedes which they haue vngodly committed and of all their cruel speakynges which vngodly sinners haue spoken agaynst hym 16 These are murmurers complayners walkyng after their owne lustes whose mouthes speake proude thynges They haue men in great reuerence because of aduantage 17 But ye beloued remember the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of our Lorde Iesus Christe 18 Howe that they tolde you that there shoulde be begilers in y e last tyme which should walke after their owne vngodly lustes 19 These are makers of sectes fleshlie hauyng not the spirite 20 But ye dearely beloued edifie your selues in your most holy fayth praying in the holy ghost 21 And kepe your selues in the loue of God lokyng for the mercie of our Lord Iesus Christe vnto eternall lyfe 22 And haue compassion of some seperatyng them 23 And other saue with feare pullyng them out of the fyre and haue compassion on the other and hate euen the garment spotted by the fleshe 24 Vnto him that is able to kepe you free from sinne and to present you faultlesse before the presence of his glory with ioy 25 To God our sauiour which only is wyse be glorie maiestie dominion and power nowe and euer Amen ⧠The reuelation of Saint Iohn the diuine ¶ The first Chapter 1 The cause of this reuelation 3 Of them that reade it 4 Iohn writeth to the seuen Churches 5 The maiestie and office of the sonne of God 20 The vision of the candlestickes and starres 1 THE reuelation of Iesus Christ which God gaue vnto hym for to shewe vnto his seruaūtes thyngs which must shortlye come to passe ☞ And when he had sent he shewed by his Angel vnto his seruaunt Iohn 2 Which bare recorde of the worde of God and of the testimonie of Iesus Christe and of all thinges that he sawe 3 Happy is he that readeth and they that heare the wordes of this prophesie and kepe those thynges which are written therin for the tyme is at hande 4 Iohn to the seuen Churches in Asia Grace be vnto you and peace from him which is and which was and which is to come and from the seuen spirites which are before his throne 5 And from Iesus Christe which is a faythfull witnesse and first begotten of the dead and Lorde ouer the kynges of the earth Vnto hym that loued vs and wasshed vs from our sinnes in his owne blood ☜ 6 And made vs kynges and priestes vnto God his father be glorie and dominion for euermore Amen 7 Beholde he commeth with cloudes and all eyes shall see hym and they also which pearsed hym And all kinredes of the earth shall wayle before hym Euen so Amen 8 I am Alpha and Omega the begynnyng and the endyng sayth the Lorde almyghtie which is and which was and which is to come 9 I Iohn your brother and companion in tribulation and in the kingdome and patience of Iesus Christe was in the I le that is called Pathmos for y e worde of God and for the witnessyng of Iesus Christe 10 I was in the spirite on the Lordes day and hearde behynde me a great voyce as it had ben of a trumpe 11 Saying I am Alpha and Omega the first and the last That thou seest write in a booke and sende it vnto the seuen Churches which are in Asia vnto Ephesus and vnto Smyrna and vnto Pergamos and vnto Thyatira and vnto Sardis and vnto Philadelphia and vnto Laodicea 12 And I turned backe to see the voyce that spake to me And whē I was turned I sawe seuen golden candlestickes 13 And in y e middes of the candlestickes one lyke vnto the sonne of man clothed with a garment downe to the feete and girde about the pappes with a golden girdle 14 His head and his heere 's were whyte as whyte wooll and as snowe and his eyes were as a flambe of fyre 15 And his feete lyke vnto fine brasse as though they brent in a furnace and his voyce as the sounde of many waters 16 And he had in his ryght hande seuen starres And out of his mouth went a sharpe two edged sworde And his face shone euen as the sunne in his strength 17 And when I sawe hym I fell at his feete euen as dead And he layde his ryght hande vpon me saying vnto me feare not I am the first and the last 18 And am alyue and was dead And beholde I am alyue for euermore Amen and haue the keyes of hell and of death 19 Write therfore the thinges which thou hast seene and the thynges which are and the thinges which must be fulfilled hereafter 20 The misterie of the seuen starres which thou sawest in my ryght hande and the seuen goldē candlestickes The seuen starres are the Angels of the seuē Churches And the seuen candlestickes whiche thou sawest are the seuen Churches The .ij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth foure Churches 5 to repentaunce 10 to perseueraunce patience and amendement 14.20.23 aswel by threatninges 7.10.17.26 as promises of rewarde 1 VNto the Angel of the Churche at Ephesus write these thynges sayth he that holdeth the seuen starres in his ryght hande and that walketh in the middes of the seuen golden candlestickes 2 I knowe thy workes and thy labour and thy patience and howe thou canst not forbeare
them which are euyll and hast examined them which say they are Apostles and are not and hast founde them lyers 3 And hast suffred and hast patience and for my names sake hast laboured and hast not faynted 4 Neuertheles I haue somewhat against thee because thou hast left thy first loue 5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen and repent and do the first workes Or els I wyll come vnto thee shortly wyll remoue thy candlesticke out of his place except thou repēt 6 But this thou hast because thou hatest the deedes of the Nicolaitans which deedes I also hate 7 Let hym that hath an eare heare what y e spirite sayth vnto the Churches To hym that ouercommeth wyll I geue to eate of the tree of lyfe which is in the middes of the paradise of God 8 And vnto the Angel of the Churche of Smyrna write These thynges sayth he that is first and the last which was dead and is alyue 9 I knowe thy workes and tribulation and pouertie but thou art riche And I know the blasphemie of them which cal them selues Iewes and are not but are the synagogue of Satan 10 Feare none of those thynges which thou shalt suffer Beholde the deuyll shall caste some of you into prison to tempt you and ye shall haue tribulation ten dayes Be faythfull vnto the death and I wyll geue thee a crowne of lyfe 11 Let hym that hath an eare heare what the spirite sayth vnto y e Churches He that ouercommeth shall not be hurt of the seconde death 12 And to the Angell of the Churche in Pergamos write This saith he which hath y e sharpe sword with two edges 13 I knowe thy workes and where thou dwellest euen where Satans seate is and thou kepest my name and hast not denyed my fayth Euen in those dayes when Antipas my faythfull martir was slayne among you where Satan dwelleth 14 But I haue a fewe thynges agaynst thee because thou hast there them that maynetayne the doctrine of Balaam whiche taught in Balacke to put a stumblyng blocke before the chyldren of Israel that they shoulde eate of meate dedicate vnto idols commit fornicatiō 15 Euen so hast thou thē that maintayne the doctrine of the Nicolaitans which thyng I hate 16 Repent or els I wyll come vnto thee shortly and wyll fyght agaynst them with the sworde of my mouth 17 Let hym that hath an eare heare what y e spirite sayth vnto the Churches To hym that ouercommeth wyll I geue to eate Manna that is hyd and wyll geue hym a white stone and in the stone a newe name written which no man knoweth sauyng he y t receaueth it 18 And vnto the Angell of the Churche of Thyatira write This saith y e sonne of God who hath eyes lyke vnto a flambe of fyre and his feete are like fine brasse 19 I knowe thy workes and thy loue seruice and fayth and thy patience and thy deedes which are mo at the last thē at the first 20 Notwithstandyng I haue a fewe thynges agaynst thee because thou sufferest that woman Iesabel which called her selfe a prophetisse to teache and to deceaue my seruauntes to make them commit fornication and to eate meates offred vp vnto idols 21 And I gaue her space to repent of her fornication and she repented not 22 Beholde I wyll cast her into a bed and them that commit fornication with her into great aduersitie except they turne from their deedes 23 And I wyll kyll her chyldren with death all the Churches shall knowe that I am he which searcheth the raynes and heartes And I wyll geue vnto euery one of you accordyng vnto his workes 24 Vnto you I say and vnto other of thē of Thyatira as many as haue not this learnyng which haue not knowē the deepenesse of Satan as they say I wyll put vpon you none other burthen 25 But that which ye haue alredy holde fast tyll I come 26 And whosoeuer ouercommeth and kepeth my workes vnto the ende to hym wyll I geue power ouer nations 27 And he shall rule them with a rodde of yron and as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to sheuers 28 Euen as I receaued of my father so wyll I geue hym the mornyng starre 29 Let hym that hath an eare heare what the spirite sayth to the Churches ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth the Churches or ministers to the true profession of fayth and to watchyng 12 with promises to them that perseuer 1 AND write vnto the Angel of the Churche that is at Sardis this sayth he that hath the seuen spirites of God and the seuen starres I knowe thy workes thou hast a name that thou lyuest and thou art dead 2 Be awake and strength the thynges which remayne that are redie to dye For I haue not founde thy workes perfect before God 3 Remember therfore howe thou hast receaued and heard and holde fast and repent If thou shalt not watche I wyll come on thee as a thiefe and thou shalt not knowe what houre I wyll come vpon thee 4 Thou hast a fewe names in Sardis which haue not defiled their garmētes and they shall walke with me in white for they are worthie 5 He that ouercommeth shal be thus clothed in whyte aray and I wyll not put out his name out of the booke of life and I will confesse his name before my father and before his Angels 6 Let him that hath an eare heare what the spirite sayth vnto the Churches 7 And write vnto y e Angel of the Church of Philadelphia this sayth he that is holy and true which hath the key of Dauid which openeth and no man shutteth and shutteth and no man openeth 8 I knowe thy workes Beholde I haue set before thee an open doore and no man can shut it for thou hast a litle strength hast kept my sayinges and hast not denyed my name 9 Beholde I make them of the synagogue of Satan which call them selues Iewes and are not but do lye Behold I wyll make them that they shal come and worshyp before thy feete and shall knowe that I haue loued thee 10 Because thou hast kept the wordes of my patience therfore I wyll kepe thee from the houre of temptation which wyll come vpon all the worlde to trie them that dwel vpon the earth 11 Beholde I come shortly Holde that which thou haste that no man take away thy crowne 12 Hym that ouercōmeth wyll I make a pyller in the temple of my God and he shall go no more out And I wyll write vpon him the name of my God and the name of the citie of my God newe Hierusalem which commeth downe out of heauen from my God and I wyll write vpon hym my newe name 13 Let hym that hath an eare heare what the spirite sayth vnto y e Churches 14 And vnto the Angel of the Churche which is in Laodicea write
sate vpon him was called faythfull and true and in ryghteousnesse he doth iudge and make battayle 12 His eyes were as a flambe of fire and on his head were many crownes and he had a name written that no man knewe but he hym selfe 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipt in blood and his name is called the worde of God 14 And the warryers which were in heauen folowed hym vppon whyte horses clothed with whyte and pure raynes 15 And out of his mouth went a sharpe sworde that with it he shoulde smyte the heathen and he shall rule theÌ„ with a rodde of yron And he trode the wine-fat of fiercenesse and wrath of almightie God 16 And hath on his vesture and on his thygh a name written King of kinges and Lorde of lordes 17 And I sawe an angell stande in the sunne and he cryed with a loude voyce saying to all the fowles that flee by the myddes of heauen Come and gather your selues together vnto the supper of the great God 18 That ye may eate the fleshe of kinges and the fleshe of hye capitaynes and the fleshe of myghtie men and the fleshe of horses and of them that syt on them and the fleshe of all free men and bonde men and of small and great 19 And I sawe the beast and the kinges of the earth and their warryers gathered together to make battayle agaynst hym that sate on the horse and agaynst his souldyers 20 And the beast was taken and with hym that false prophete that wrought miracles before hym with which he deceaued them that receaued the beastes marke and them that worshipped his image These both were cast quicke into a ponde of fire burnyng with brymstone 21 And the remnaunt were slayne with the sworde of hym that sate vppon the horse whiche sworde proceaded out of his mouth and all the fowles were fylled with their fleshe ¶ The .xx. Chapter 2 Satan beyng bounde for a certayne tyme 7 and after let loose â—ereth the Churche greeuouslye 10.14 And after the worlde is iudged he and his are cast into the lake of fire 1 AND I sawe an angel come downe from heauen hauyng the key of the bottomelesse pytte and a great chaine in his hand 2 And he toke the dragon that olde serpent which is the deuyll and Satanas and he bounde hym a thousand yeres 3 And cast hym into the bottomlesse pit and he shut hym vp and set a seale on hym that he shoulde deceaue the people no more tyll the thousande yeres were fulfylled and after that he must be loosed for a litle season 4 And I sawe thrones and they sate vpon them and iudgement was geuen vnto them and I sawe the soules of them that were beheaded for the witnesse of Iesus and for the word of God and whiche had not worshipped the beast neither his image neither had taken his marke vpon their foreheades or in their handes and they lyued and raigned with Christe a thousand yeres 5 But the other of the dead men shall not lyue agayne vntyll the thousande yeres be finished This is the first resurrection 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection For on such shal the seconde death haue no power but they shal be the priestes of God and of Christe and shall raigne with hym a thousande yeres 7 And when the thousande yeres are expired Satan shal be loosed out of his pryson 8 And shall go out to deceaue the people which are in the foure quarters of the earth Gog and Magog to gather them together to battayle whose number is as the sande of the sea 9 And they went vp in the playne of the earth and compassed the tentes of the saintes about and the beloued citie and fire came downe from God out of heauen and deuoured them 10 And the deuyll that deceaued them was cast into a lake of fire brymstone where the beast and the false prophete shal be tormented day nyght for euermore 11 And I sawe a great whyte throne and him that sate on it froÌ„ whose face fledde away both the earth and heauen and their place was no more founde 12 And I sawe the dead both great and small stand before God and the bookes were opened and another booke was opened which is the booke of lyfe and the dead were iudged of those thynges whiche were written in the bookes accordyng to their deedes 13 And the sea gaue vp her dead whiche were in her and death and hell delyuered vp the dead whiche were in them and they were iudged euery man accordyng to his deedes 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fyre This is the seconde death 15 And whosoeuer was not founde written in the booke of lyfe was cast into the lake of fire ¶ The .xxj. Chapter 3.14 The blessed estate of the godly 8.27 and the miserable condition of the wicked 11 The discription on the heauenly Hierusalem and of the wyfe of the Lambe 1 AND I sawe a newe heauen a new earth for the first heauen the first earthwere vanisshed awaye there was no more sea 2 ☞ And I Iohn sawe the holy citie newe Hierusalem come downe from God out of heauen prepared as a bride garnisshed for her husbande 3 And I hearde a great voyce out of heauen saying Beholde the tabernacle of God is with men and he wyll dwell with them and they shal be his people and God hym selfe shal be with them and be their God 4 And God shall wype away all teares from their eyes and there shal be no more death neither sorowe neither crying neither shall there be any more payne for the former thynges are gone 5 And he that sate vpon the throne said Beholde I make all thynges newe ☜ And he sayde vnto me write for these wordes are faythfull and true 6 And he sayde vnto me it is done I am Alpha and Omega the begynnyng and the ende I wyll geue to hym that is a thirst of the well of the water of lyfe freely 7 He that ouercommeth shall inherite all thynges and I wyl be his God and he shal be my sonne 8 But the fearefull and vnbeleuing and the abhominable and murtherers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters all lyers shall haue their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brymstone which is the seconde death 9 And there came vnto me one of the seuen angels whiche had the seuen vyals full of the seuen last plagues and talked with me saying Come hyther I wyll shewe thee the bryde the lambes wyfe 10 And he caryed me away in the spirite to a great and an hye mountayne and he shewed me the great citie holy Hierusalem descendyng out of heauen froÌ„ God 11 Hauing the glorie of God and her shining was lyke vnto a stone most precious euen lyke a Iasper cleare as Cristall 12 And had walles great and hye had xij gates and at
the beautie eloquence strength power successe administration of iustice aboundaunce of riches and maiestie of kyng Solomon with his wife and children setteth foorth Iesus Christe and his espouse the Churche whose eternal kingdome agaynst sinne death and hell is notably figured here in this psalme ¶ To the chiefe musition on the instrument Sosannim to be song of the children of Corach A song of loue geuyng wise instructions 1 MY heart is endityng of a good matter I wyll dedicate my workes vnto the king my tongue is as the penne of a redy writer 2 Thou art fayrer then the children of men full of grace are thy lippes because the Lorde hath blessed thee for euer 3 Girde thee with thy sworde vpon thy thygh O thou most mightie that is with thy glorie and thy maiestie 4 Prosper thou with thy maiestie ryde on the worde of trueth and of affliction for ryghteousnesse sake and thy ryght hande shall teache thee terrible thynges 5 Thyne arrowes are sharpe a people the kynges enemies shall submit in heart them selues vnto thee 6 Thy throne O Lorde endureth for euer and euer the scepter of ryghteousnesse is the scepter of thy kyngdome 7 Thou hast loued iustice and hated vngodlynesse wherfore the Lorde euen thy Lorde hath annoynted thee with the oyle of gladnesse more then thy felowes 8 All thy garmentes smell of Myrre Aloes and Cassia out of the iuorie palaces wherby they haue made thee glad 9 Kynges daughters are amongst thy honourable women vpon thy ryght hande standeth the queene in a vesture of golde of Ophir 10 Hearken O daughter and consider encline thine eare forget also thine owne people and thy fathers house 11 So shall the kyng haue pleasure in thy beautie for he is thy Lorde and worship thou hym 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall come with a present the riche among the people shall make their earnest prayer before thee 13 The kynges daughter is all glorious within her clothyng is of wrought golde 14 She shal be brought vnto the kyng in rayment of needle worke the virgins that folowe her and her company shal be brought vnto thee 15 With ioy and gladnesse shall they be brought and shal enter into the kinges palace 16 In steade of thy fathers thou shalt haue children whom thou mayst make princes in all landes 17 I wyll remember thy name from one generation vnto another therfore shall the people prayse thee worlde without ende ¶ The argument of the .xlvj. Psalme ¶ The prophete acknowledgeth God to haue deliuered Hierusalem so notably out of perilles that they all haue a cause to conceaue a full hope not for to feare any aduersitie in tyme to come He exhorteth other to beholde the great workes of God and turneth his speache to his aduersaries ¶ To the chiefe musition a song to be song of the children of Corach vpon Alamoth 1 THe Lorde is our refuge strength a helpe very easyly founde in troubles 2 Therfore we wyll not feare though the earth be transposed and though the hilles rushe into the middest of the sea 3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell and though the mountaynes shake at the surges of the same Selah 4 Yet the fludde by his ryuers shall make glad the citie of God the holy place of the tabernacles of the most hyghest 5 God is in the myddest of her therfore she can not be remoued the Lorde wyll helpe her and that ryght early 6 The heathen make much a do and the kyngdomes are moued but God shewed his voyce and the earth melted away 7 The God of hoastes is with vs the Lorde of Iacob is our refuge Selah 8 O come hither and beholde the workes of God what distructions he hath brought vpon the earth 9 He maketh warres to ceasse in all the worlde he breaketh the bowe knappeth the speare in sunder and burneth the charettes in the fire 10 Be styll then and knowe that I am the Lorde I wyll be exalted among the heathen I wyll be exalted in the earth 11 The God of hoastes is with vs the Lorde of Iacob is our refuge Selah The argument of the .xlvij. psalme ¶ The prophete inciteth the faythfull to prayse God with all kynde of melody for that he subdueth their enemies vnder them He also declareth that the heathen with their princes shall receaue the fayth ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme to be song of the children of Corach 1 CLap your handes all ye people make a noise vnto the Lorde with a ioyfull voyce 2 For God is hygh and terrible he is the great king vpō all the earth 3 He wyll subdue the people vnder vs and the nations vnder our feete 4 He hath chosen for vs our inheritaunce the glorie of Iacob whō he loued Selah 5 The Lorde ascendeth in a triumph and God with the sounde of a trumpet 6 Syng psalmes to the Lorde syng psalmes syng psalmes to our kyng sing psalmes 7 For the Lorde is kyng of all the earth * syng psalmes all you that haue skyll 8 God raigneth ouer the heathen God sitteth vpon his holy throne 9 The princes of the people are assembled together for to be the people of the God of Abraham for the shieldes of the earth be Gods who is hyghly exalted ¶ The argument of the .xlviii. Psalme ¶ The prophete magnifieth the maiestie of God for his goodnesse benefites fayth and wonderfull defence towardes his Churche which he commendeth vnder the name of the citie of God of mount Sion of the holy hyll and palaces of the north syde ¶ A song the psalme of the children of Corach 1 GReat is God and hyghly to be praysed in the citie of our Lorde his holy hyll 2 The hyll of Sion is fayre in situation and the ioy of the whole earth vpon the north syde lyeth y e citie of the great king 3 God is well knowen in her palaces as a most sure refuge 4 For lo kinges did assemble and passe by together they them selues sawe it * lykewyse they marueyled they were astonyed with feare and sodenly in haste they were gone away 5 A feare came there vpon them and sorowe as vpon a woman in her childe trauayle 6 Thou didst breake the shippes of the sea through the east wynde 7 Lyke as we haue hearde so haue we seene in the citie of God of hoastes in the citie of our Lorde God vpholdeth the same for euer Selah 8 O Lorde we haue wayted for thy louyng kindnesse in the myddest of thy temple 9 O Lorde accordyng to thy name so is thy prayse vnto the worldes ende thy ryght hande is full of iustice 10 Mount Sion shall reioyce and the daughters of Iuda shal be glad because of thy iudgementes 11 Compasse about Sion and go rounde about her and tell the towres therof 12 Marke well her bulwarkes beholde her hygh palaces that ye may tell it to your posteritie
13 For this God is our God for euer and euer he wyll be our guide vnto death The argument of the .xlix. psalme ¶ The prophete speakyng to the poore and riche declareth what a vanitie it is for a man to put his trust in worldly goodes and through them to become stout and arrogant for that they can neitheir delyuer any man from trouble calamitie sicknesse sinne death and displeasure of God neither can any man assure them to hym selfe or to his children for any tyme of continuaunce ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of the children of Corach 1 HEare this all ye people geue eare all ye that dwell in the worlde 2 As well lowe as high riche and poore one with another 3 My mouth shall vtter wisdome the cogitations of myne heart wyll bryng foorth knowledge 4 I wyll encline myne eare to a parable I wyll open my darke sentence vpon a harpe 5 Wherfore shoulde I feare in euyll dayes the wickednesse of my heeles then would compasse me round about 6 There be some that put their trust in their goodes and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches 7 But no man at all can redeeme his brother nor geue a raunsome vnto God for hym 8 For the redemption of their soule is very costly and must be let alone for euer yea though he lyue long and see not the graue 9 For he seeth that wyse men dye and that the foole and ignoraunt perishe together and leaue their riches for other 10 And yet they thynke that their houses shall continue for euer and that their dwellyng places shall endure from one generation to another therfore they call landes after their owne names 11 Neuerthelesse man can not abyde in such honour he is but lyke vnto bruite beastes that perishe 12 This their way is their foolishnesse yet their posteritie prayse their saying Selah 13 They shal be put into a graue dead as a sheepe death shall feede on them but the ryghteous shall haue dominion of them in the mornyng their beautie shall consume away hell shall receaue them from their house 14 But God wyll delyuer my soule from the place of hell for he wyll receaue me Selah 15 Be not thou afrayde though one be made riche or yf the glorie of his house be encreased 16 For he shall cary nothyng away with hym when he dyeth neither shall his pompe folowe after hym 17 For whyle he lyued he counted him selfe an happy man and so long as thou doest well vnto thy selfe men wyll speake good of thee 18 But he shal folowe the generations of his fathers and shall neuer see lyght 19 A man is in an honourable state but he wyll not vnderstande it he is lyke herein vnto bruite beastes that perishe ¶ The argument of the L. Psalme ¶ The prophete bryngeth in God to call to iudgement heauen earth and all the worlde declaryng that he is not ryghtly worshypped of them who offer sacrifices without fayth and who pretendyng religion in wordes and countenaunces leade a lyfe cleane contrary The true worship of God consisteth in offeryng vnto hym prayses in prosperitie and callyng vpon his name in aduersitie and withall in leadyng a good conuersation of lyfe A psalme of Asaph 1 THe most mightie Lorde God hath spoken and called the earth from the rysyng vp of the sunne vnto the goyng downe therof 2 Out of Sion hath the Lorde appeared in perfect beautie 3 Our Lorde commeth and he wyll not kepe scilence there goeth before hym a consumyng fire and a mightie tempest is sturred rounde about hym 4 He calleth from aboue the heauen and the earth that he may iudge his people 5 Gather my saintes together vnto me those that haue made a couenaunt with me with sacrifice 6 And the heauens shall declare his ryghteousnesse for God is iudge hym selfe Selah 7 Heare O my people and I wil speake I my selfe wyll testifie vnto thee O Israel I am the Lorde euen thy Lorde 8 I wyll not reproue thee because of thy sacrifices or for thy burnt offerynges for that they be not alway before me 9 I wyll take no bullocke out of thy house nor goates out of thy foldes 10 For all the beastes of the forest are myne and so are the cattel vpon a thousande hylles 11 I knowe all the foules vpon the mountaynes and the wylde beastes of the fielde are at my commaundement 12 If I be hungry I wyll not tell thee for the whole worlde is myne and all that is therin 13 Thinkest thou that I will eate bulles fleshe and drynke the blood of goates 14 Offer vnto God prayse and pay thy vowes vnto the most hyghest 15 And call vpon me in the tyme of trouble I wyll heare thee and thou shalt glorifie me 16 But the Lorde sayd vnto the vngodly why doest thou preache my lawes and takest my couenaunt in thy mouth 17 Seyng that thou hatest discipline and hast cast my wordes behynde thee 18 When thou sawest a thiefe thou dydst consent vnto hym and thou hast ben partaker with the adulterers 19 Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt 20 Thou sattest and spakedst agaynst thy brother yea and hast slaundered thine owne mothers sonne 21 These thynges hast thou done and I helde my tongue thou thoughtest that I am euen such a one as thou thy selfe art but I wyll reproue thee and I wyll set foorth in order before thine eyes all that thou hast done 22 Consider this I pray you ye that forget the Lorde lest I plucke you away and there be none to delyuer you 23 Who so offereth vnto me thankes and prayse he honoureth me and to hym that ordereth his conuersation ryght I wyll shewe the saluation of God ⧠The argument of the .lj. psalme ¶ Dauid acknowledgyng his great offence in committyng adulterie besecheth most humbly God of his great mercie to pardon his sinnes partly that Gods promises may appeare true who hath promised pardon to all them that from the bottome of their heart do confesse their faultes partly also that he myght lyue to builde the walles and temple of Hierusalem where sacrifices of righteousnes must be offered ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid when the prophete Nathan came vnto hym after he was gone in to Bethsabe ii Samuel xi 1 HAue mercie on me O Lorde accordyng to thy louyng kindnesse accordyng vnto the multitudes of thy mercies wype out my wickednesse 2 Washe me throughly from myne iniquitie and clense me from my sinne 3 For I do acknowledge my wickednesse and my sinne is euer before me 4 Agaynst thee only agaynst thee I haue sinned and done this euyll in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying and founde pure when thou art iudged 5 Beholde I was ingendred in iniquitie and in sinne my mother conceaued me
my realme shal be free 44 For the buylding also and repayring of the worke of the sanctuarie expences shal be geuen out of the kinges reuenues 45 Yea and for the making of the walles rounde about Hierusalem for the breaking downe of the olde and for the setting vp of the strong holdes in Iurie shall the costes and charges be geuen out of the kinges reuenues 46 But when Ionathas and the people hearde these wordes they gaue no credence vnto them neither receaued them for they remembred the great wickednesse that he had done vnto Israel and howe sore he had vexed them 47 Wherfore they agreed vnto Alexanander for he was a prince that had dealt friendly with them and so they stoode by him alway 48 Then gathered king Alexander a great hoast and brought his armie against Demetrius 49 So the two kinges stroke battayle together but Demetrius hoast fled and Alexander folowed after and fell vpon them 50 A mightie sore fielde was it continuing till the sunne went downe and Demetrius was slayne the same day 51 And Alexander sent ambassadours vnto Ptolomi the king of Egypt with these wordes saying 52 Forsomuch as I am come againe to my realme and am set in the throne of my progenitours and haue gotten the dominion ouercommed Demetrius 53 Conquered the lande striken a fielde with hym so that we haue discomfited both hym and his hoast and sit in the throne of his kingdome 54 Let vs nowe make friendship together geue me thy daughter to wyfe so shal I be thy sonne in lawe and both geue thee rewardes and her accordyng to thy dignitie 55 Ptolomi the king gaue aunswere saying Happy be the day wherein thou art come againe to the lande of thy progenitours and set in the throne of their kingdome 56 And nowe will I fulfill thy wryting but meete me at Ptolomais that we may see one another and that I may marry my daughter vnto thee according to thy desire 57 So Ptolomi went out of Egypt with his daughter Cleopatra and came vnto Ptolomais in the hundred threescore and two yere 58 Where king Alexander mette hym and he gaue Alexander his daughter Cleopatra and maried them at Ptolomais with great worship like as the maner of kinges is to be 59 Then wrote king Alexander vnto Ionathas that he shoulde come and meete him 60 So he went honorably vnto Ptolomais there he mette the two kinges and gaue them and their friendes great presentes of golde and siluer and founde fauour in their sight 61 And there came together against Ionathas certayne wicked men and vngratious persons of Israel making complayntes of him but the king regarded them not 62 As for Ionathas the king commaunded to take of his garmentes to cloth him in purple and so they did Then the king appoynted him to sit by him 63 And sayde vnto his princes Go with him into the middest of the citie make a proclamation that no man complayne against him of any matter and that no man trouble hym for any maner of cause 64 So it happened that when his accusers sawe the worship whiche was proclaymed of hym that he was clothed in purple they fled euery one 65 And the king made much of him wrote hym among his chiefe friendes made hym a duke and partaker of his dominion 66 Thus Ionathas went againe to Hierusalem with peace and gladnesse 67 In the hundred threescore fyft yere came Demetrius the sonne of Demetrius from Creta into his fathers lande 68 Wherof when Alexander heard tell he was right sory and returned vnto Antioch 69 And Demetrius chose Apollonius whiche had the gouernaunce of Celosiria to be his captayne So he gathered a great hoast and came vnto Iamnia sent worde vnto Ionathas the hygh priest saying 70 Darest thou withstande vs thy selfe alone As for me I am but laughed to scorne and shamed because thou diddest vaunte thy strength against vs in the mountaynes 71 Now therfore if thou trustest in thyne owne strength come downe to vs into the playne fielde there let vs trye the matter together for thou shalt knowe that I haue the strength of many cities 72 And shalt knowe who I am and the other that stand by me which say That your foote is not able to stande before our face for thy fathers haue ben twyse chased in their owne lande 73 And nowe howe wilt thou be able to abyde so great an hoast of horsemen and footemen in the fielde where as is neither rocke stone nor place to flee vnto 74 When Ionathas hearde the wordes of Apollonius he was moued in his mynde wherfore he chose ten thousand men and went out of Hierusalem and Simon his brother mette hym for to helpe hym 75 And they pitched their tentes at Ioppa but the citie kept hym foorth for Apollonius garrison was in Ioppa 76 Then Ionathas layed siege to it and they that were in the citie for very feare let him in and so Ionathas wan Ioppa 77 Apollonius hearing of this toke three thousand horsemen with a great hoast on foote and went to Azotus as though he woulde go further and came immediatly into the playne fielde because he had so many horsemen and put his trust in them 78 So Ionathas folowed vpon hym to Azotus and the army skirmished with his rereward and there they stroke the battayle 79 Nowe had Apollonius left a thousande horsemen behynde them priuily in the tentes 80 And when Ionathas knewe that such wayte was layed behynde them they went rounde about the enemies hoast and shot dartes at the people from the morning to the euening 81 As for Ionathas people they kept their order as he had commaunded them and the enemies horses were weery 82 Then brought Simon foorth his hoast and set them against the footemen for the horsemen were weery alredy So he discomfited them and they fled 83 And they that were scattered in the fielde gat them to Azotus and came into the temple of Dagon their idoll that they might there saue their liues 84 But Ionathas set fire vpon Azotus and all the cities rounde about it and toke their goodes and brent vp the temple of Dagon with all them that were fled into it 85 Thus were slayne and brent welnye eyght thousande men 86 So Ionathas remoued the hoast from thence and brought them to Ascalon where the men of the citie came foorth and mette him with great worship 87 After this went Ionathas and his hoast againe to Hierusalem with great substaunce of good 88 And when king Alexander heard these thinges he thought to do Ionathas more worship 89 And sent him a coller of gold as the vse is to be geuen vnto such as are of the kinges next blood He gaue him also the citie of Accaron with the landes belonging therto in possession The .xi. Chapter 3 The discention betwixt Ptolomeus and Alexander his sonne in lawe 17 The death of Alexander 19 Demetrius