Lorde open their eyes that they may see And the Lorde opened their eyes and they sawe behold they were in the middes of Samaria 21 And the king of Israel sayde vnto Elisa when he sawe them My father shall I smyte them shall I smyte them 22 And he aunswered Thou shalt not smyte them But smyte those that thou hast taken with thine owne sworde and with thyne owne bowe But rather set bread and water before them that they may eate drinke go to their maister 23 And he prepared a great refection for them and when they had eaten and drunke he sent them away they went to their maister And so the souldiours of Syria came no more into the lande of Israel 24 After this it chaunced that Benhadad king of Syria gathered al his hoast and went vp and besieged Samaria 25 But there was a great dearth in Samaria and beholde they besieged it vntill an asses head was sold for fourescore siluer pence and the fourth part of a cab of doues doung for fiue peeces of siluer 26 And as the king of Israel was goyng vpon the wal there cryed a woman vnto him saying Help me my lord O king 27 He sayde If the Lorde do not succour thee wherwith can I helpe thee with the barne or with the wine presse 28 And the king sayde vnto her What wilt thou She aunswered Yonder woman sayd vnto me Bring thy sonne that we may eate him to day and we will eate myne to morowe 29 And so we dressed my sonne and dyd eate him And I sayde to her the other day bring thy sonne that we may eate him And she hath hyd her sonne 30 And it came to passe that when the king hearde the wordes of the woman he rent his clothes and went vp on the wall and the people loked and beholde he had a sackcloth vnder vpon his fleshe 31 Then he sayd God do so more also to me if the head of Elisa the sonne of Saphat shall stande on him this day 32 But Elisa sate in his house the elders sate by him And the king sent a man before him but yer the messenger came to him he sayd to the elders haue ye not seene howe that the sonne of this murtherer hath sent to take away myne head Be circumspect when the messenger commeth and shut the doore and hold him at the doore Is not the sound of his maisters feete behynde him 33 While he yet talked with them behold the messenger came downe vnto him sayd Behold this euyl is of the Lorde And what more shall I loke for of the Lorde The vii Chapter 1 Elisa prophecieth plentie of vittayle and other things to Samaria 6 The Syrians run away and haue no man folowing them The prince that woulde not beleue the worde of Elisa is troden to death 1 THen Elisa saide Heare ye the word of the lord thus sayth the Lorde To morow this time shall a bushell of fyne flowre be solde for a sicle and two bushels of barlye for a sicle in the gate of Samaria 2 Then a certayne lorde on whose hand the king leaned aunswered the man of God and sayde Beholde if the Lorde would make windowes in heauē might this saying come to passe He sayde Behold thou shalt see it with thyne eyes but shalt not eate therof 3 And there were foure leperous men at the entring in of the gate And they sayd one to another Why sit we here vntill we dye 4 If we say we will enter into the citie behold the dearth is in the citie and we shal die therin And if we sit stil here we dye also Nowe therfore come and let vs fall vpon the hoast of the Syrians If they saue our liues we shall lyue If they kill vs then are we dead 5 And they rose vp in the twylight to go to the hoast of the Syrians And when they were come to the vtmost part of the hoast of Syria behold there was no man there 6 For the Lorde had made the hoast of the Syrians to heare a noyse of charets a noyse of horses the noyse of a great hoast Insomuch that they sayde one to another Lo the king of Israel hath hyred against vs the kinges of the Hethites and the kinges of the Egyptians to come vpon vs. 7 Wherfore they arose and fled in the twylight and left their tentes their horses and their asses and the fielde which they had pitched euen as it was and fled for their lyues 8 And when these lepers came to the edge of the hoast they went into a tent and did eate and drinke and caried thence siluer and golde and rayment went and hyd it and came againe and entred into another tent and caried thence also and went and hyd it 9 Then sayde one to another We do not well this day forasmuche as it is a day to bring good tydinges and we holde our peace If we tarie till the day light some mischiefe wil come vpon vs Now therfore come that we may go and tell the kinges housholde 10 And so they came and called vnto the porter of the citie and told them saying We came to the pauillions of the Syrians and see there was no man there neither voyce of man but horses asses tyed and the tentes were euen as they were wont to be 11 And so the man called vnto the porters and they told the kinges house within 12 And the king arose in the night sayde vnto his seruauntes I wil shewe you nowe what the Syrians haue done vnto vs They knowe that we be hungrie and therefore are they gone out of the pauillions to hyde them selues in the fielde saying When they come out of the citie we shall catche them alyue and get in to the citie 13 And one of his seruauntes aunswered and sayde Let men take I pray you fyue of the horses that remayne and are left in the multitude Beholde they are euen as all the multitude of Israel that are left in the citie Beholde I say they are euen as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed and we will send and see 14 They toke therfore the horses of two charets and the king sent after the hoast of the Syrians saying Go and see 15 And they went after them euen vnto Iordane and lo all the way was full of clothes and vessels which the Syrians had cast from them in their haste And the messengers returned and tolde the king 16 And the people went out and spoyled the tentes of the Syrians And so it came to passe that a bushell of fyne flowre was solde for a sicle and two bushelles of barlye for a sicle according to the worde of the Lorde 17 And the king appoynted that lorde on whose hand he leaned to be at the gate And the people trode vpon him in the gate and he dyed according to the word of the
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
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
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
be a propitiatiō through fayth in his blood to declare his ryghteousnes in that he forgeueth the sinnes that are past 26 Which God dyd suffer to shew at this tyme his righteousnes that he might be iuste the iustifier of hym which beleueth on Iesus ☜ 27 Where is then thy boastyng It is excluded By what lawe Of workes Nay but by the lawe of fayth 28 Therfore we holde that a man is iustified by fayth without the deedes of the lawe 29 Is he the God of the Iewes only Is he not also of the Gentiles Yes euen of the Gentiles also 30 For it is one God whiche shall iustifie the circumcision by fayth and vncircumcision through fayth 31 Do we then destroy the lawe through fayth God forbyd But we rather mayntayne the lawe ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 7 Iustification is the free gyft of God as it appeareth by Dauid and Abraham 13 and also by the office of lawe and fayth 1 WHat shall we saye then that Abraham our father as parteynyng to the flesshe dyd fynde 2 For if Abraham were iustified by workes thē hath he wherein to boaste but not before God 3 For what sayth the scripture Abraham beleued God and it was counted vnto hym for ryghteousnes 4 To hym that worketh is the reward not reckened of grace but of duetie 5 To hym that worketh not but beleueth on hym that iustifieth the vngodly his fayth is counted for ryghteousnes 6 Euen as Dauid describeth the blessednesse of the man vnto whom God imputeth righteousnesse without workes 7 Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesse are forgeuen whose sinnes are couered 8 Blessed is that man to whō the Lorde wyll not impute sinne 9 Came this blessednes then vpon the circumcision or vpon the vncircumcision also For we say that fayth was reckened to Abraham for ryghteousnes 10 Howe was it then reckened when he was in the circumcision or whē he was in the vncircumcision Not in the circumcision but in vncircumcision 11 And he receaued the signe of circumcision as the seale of the ryghteousnesse of fayth whiche he had yet beyng vncircumcised that he shoulde be the father of al them that beleue though they be not circumcised that ryghteousnes myght be imputed vnto them also 12 And that he myght be father of circumcision not vnto them only whiche came of the circumcised but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision 13 For the promise that he shoulde be the heyre of the worlde was not to Abraham or to his seede through the lawe but through the ryghteousnes of fayth 14 For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres then is fayth but vayne and the promise of none effect 15 Because the lawe causeth wrath For where no lawe is there is no transgression 16 Therefore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen that it might come by grace that the promise myght be sure to all y e seede not to that only which is of the lawe but to that also which is of the fayth of Abraham which is the father of vs al. 17 As it is written that I haue made thee a father of many nations before God whom he beleued which restoreth the dead vnto life and calleth those thynges whiche be not as though they were 18 Who contrary to hope beleued in hope that he shoulde be the father of many nations accordyng to that which was spoken so shall thy seede be 19 And he faynted not in the fayth nor considered his owne body nowe dead when he was almost an hundred yeres old neither yet the deadnesse o Saraes wombe 20 He stackered not at the promise of God through vnbeliefe but was strong in fayth geuyng glorie to God 21 And beyng full certified that what he had promised he was able also to perfourme 22 And therfore was it reckened to hym for righteousnes 23 Neuerthelesse it is not written for hym only that it was reckened to him 24 But also for vs to whom it shal be reckened so that we beleue on hym that raysed vp Iesus our Lorde from the dead 25 Which was deliuered for our sinnes and was raysed agayne for our iustification ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 The fruite of fayth 7 The loue of God and obedience of Christe 12 From whence commeth death and from whence lyfe 1 THerefore being iustified by fayth we are at peace with GOD thorowe our Lorde Iesus Christe 2 By whom also we haue had an entraūce by fayth vnto this grace wherin we stande and reioyce in hope of the glorie of God 3 Not that only but also we reioyce in tribulations knowyng that tribulation worketh pacience 4 Pacience profe profe hope 5 And hope maketh not ashamed because the loue of God is shedde abrode in our heartes by the holy ghost which is geuen vnto vs. 6 * For when we were yet weake accordyng to the tyme Christe dyed for the vngodly 7 Nowe scace wyll any man dye for the righteous Yet peraduenture for the good some men durst dye 8 ☞ But God setteth out his loue towarde vs seyng that whyle we were yet sinners Christe dyed for vs. 9 Muche more then nowe we that are iustified by his blood shal be saued from wrath through hym 10 For yf when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his sonne much more seyng we are reconciled we shal be saued by his lyfe 11 Not only so but we also ioye in God through our Lorde Iesus Christe by whō we haue nowe receaued the atonement 12 Wherfore as by one man sinne entred into the worlde death by sinne euen so death entred into all men insomuch as all haue sinned 13 For vnto the lawe was sinne in the worlde but sinne is not imputed when there is no lawe 14 Neuerthelesse death raigned from Adam to Moyses ouer them also that had not sinned with lyke transgression as dyd Adam whiche is the figure of hym that was to come 15 But not as the sinne so is the gyft For yf through the sinne of one many be dead much more the grace of God and the gyft by grace which is by one man Iesus Christe hath abounded vnto many 16 And not as by one that sinned euen so the gyft For the iudgement was of one into condemnation but the gyfte of many sinnes into iustification 17 For yf by the sinne of one death raigned by the meanes of one much more they whiche receaue aboundaunce of grace and of the gyfte of ryghteousnes shall raigne in life by the meanes of one Iesus Christe 18 Lykewyse then as by the sinne of one sinne came on all men to condempnation euen so by the ryghteousnes of one good came vpon all men to the ryghteousnes of lyfe 19 For as by one mans disobedience many became sinners so by the obedience
wods that his father had made but after for that he was confederate with Benadas the king of y e Assyrians he was reproued of Iehu whoÌ„ he put in the stockes so forsoke God and died of the payne of his feete and his sonne raigned after him 3. Reg. 15. D Iosaphat vpon the inuasioÌ„ of his enemies into the lande of Iuda receaued comfort of Oziel the prophet in the temple saying to him O Iuda and Hierusalem feare not c. He called the place where Israel was spoyled the valley of blessing His ships as Eleazar the prophete saide before were destroyed in Asiongaber 3. Reg. 22. E Ioram maryed to wyfe the daughter of Achab king of Israel and by her counsell did euill and builded vp againe idolatrie he killed seuen of his brethren he was striken with an incurable disease that his bowels departed from him He was buryed in the citie of Dauid but not in the sepultures of the kinges 3. Reg. 22 Christes lyne Kinges of Juda 58. Roboam A 18. Abias B 3. Assa C 41. 69. DIosaphat 25. 45. Ioram E 8. Sonne 43. Ochozias F 1. Mother Kinges of Israel xvii iii. ii Sin The Sinodochies 58. Ieroboam G 22. ii Sin Sonne Nadab Hâ—. â—in xxiiii Sin not sonne Baasa I â—4 ii Sin Sonne Hela K 24. vii Sin not sonne Zamri 7. dayes xii Sin not sonne L'Amri 12. iiii xviii Sonne Achab. M 22. ii Sonne Ochozias 2. vii i. Ioram O 12. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is the tyme that the kinges of Iuda and Israel lyued eche one with the other 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as ye would say of one tyme with an other F Ochozias had to mother Athalia the daughter of Achab which prouoked him to do ill before the lord he fought with Ioram king of Israel his vncle against Azael king of the Assyrians In the besieging of Ramoth Galaad he was slaine whose brothers .42 Iehu at the same time slue Helias the prophete was taken vp into paradise 4. Reg. â— These be the names of the kinges which raigned â—fter Solomon vpon Israel that is ouer ten tribes vntill Sâ—manassar king of the Assyrians which put them nigh the flood of Gazan beyonde the mountaynes of the Medes and Persies that is beyond the mountes Caspius It is red in the storie of Alexander of Macedonia that he in the lanâ—e place brought in two vncleane nations Gog Magog lest the whole lande should be defiled of them Antechriste shall deliuer them and bring them from thence whom the Iewes loke for and beleue that he is the Messias Prophetes in the times of the kinges of Israel G Ieroboam toke ten cuts of his cloke of Achia the Sidonite fled into Egypt for the feare of Solomon but after his death returned into Sichem and was elected king of the ten tribes he made the golden calues and put them in Dan Bethel and caused the people of Israel to commit idolatrie which did sacrifice to the calues who hearing the threate of Abdo the prophete and after his hande whiche he stretched against Abdo was dryed vp and by his prayer restored againe whiche prophete being slaine of a Lion for that he toke a diner of the false prophete the saide Ieroboam leauing not his saide crooked wayes notwithstanding the prophetes counsell and asking counsel of Achias by his wyfe of the recouerie of his childe and hearing the heauy tidynges of his desolation departed and his sonne Nadab raigned after him 3. Reg. 11. Achias H Nadab besieging Zebethon the citie of the Philistines waâ— slaine of Baasa and he liued euill in the sight of God 3. Re. 15. Iohn I Baasa though he was reproued of Iehu the prophet after he had builded Rama against Asa and letted by Benadab Asa his friende dyed and was buryed in Tharsa .3 Reg 15.16 K Hela ruled euill who in his drunkennesse was slaine in Tharsa of Zamri being head captayne of halfe of his horsemen and Zamri being besieged by Amri was destroyed by fire in Tharsa 3. Reg. 16. L Amri thre yeres before he dyd raigne he dyd warre with Thibni the sonne of Ginath after he had builded Samaria dyed 3. Reg. 16. Melias Micheas Abdias M Achab the sonne of Amri did euil before the Lord aboue all the kinges that were before him he worshipped Baal and made him a temple in his time was Iericho builded This Achab imprisoned Micheas the prophet and slue Naboth for his vineyard and at last was slaine with an arrowe 3. Reg. 22. In his time Helias prophecied of the drought who slue 450. prophets of Baal and for feare of Iesabel he fled into the desart Elizeus Elias O Ioram slue Micheas with casting him downe headlong Elizeus the prophete in his tyme gaue water in the desart to three kynges and their hoastes that is to Ioram kyng of Israel Iosaphat kyng of Iuda and to the kyng of Edome fighting against the Moabites whose kyng offred his eldest sonne for a burnt offeryng and after that Ioram had escaped the famine of Samaria at the telling of the lepers he was wounded at the siege of Ramoth and at the last slayne by Iehu with an arrowe â— Reg. 3.7.8.9 Kinges of Syria Benadab H These kynges of Syria were they whiche dyd much spoyl the kyngdome of Israel Ioâ—ada Zacharias Azarias Amanias Achitob Sadoch Sellum Helchias Azarias Saraias Esaias Naum. Micheas the sixt Sophonias Ieremias Olda A Athalia slue all the kinges blood except Ioas whom Iecabeth the wyfe of Ioiada did hide secretly syxe yeres and nurished him vp And this Athalia was dishonorably slaine of Ioiada the Bishop 4. Reg. 11 B Ioas restored the treasure house to the reparation of the temple after he had killed Zachari the sonne of Ioiada the Bishop whiche made him kyng he toke vpon him honour due vnto God was slayne of his owne seruauÌ„ts 4. Reg. 12. C Amasias being not taught by the parrable of the thissel by Ioas king of Israel he was slayne therfore deliuered him vp the citie the walles to be spoyled and the vessels of the teÌ„ple to be caried away 4. Reg. 14. D Ozias loued Tillage wel but he vsurped the priestes office vnder Azaria therfore was striken with lepri so was a leper vnto the day of his death in whose dayes were the prophetes Esai Ozee Iohel Abdias 4. Reg. 15. E Ioathan builded the gate of the teÌ„ple which is called beautifull and of the Hebrewes it is called the gate of Ioathan of other the towre of y e flocke vnder whoÌ„ Esai the prophete sawe the Lorde sitting And the prophets Naum and Micheas began to prophecie 4. Reg. 15. F Achaz drewe his sonne thorough the fire he was besieged of Rasin and Phacec would not follow the counsel of Esai he forsoke god destroyed the ornamentes of the temple 4. Reg. 16. And in this mans dayes was Rome buylded G Ezechias repaired that which his father destroyed he pulled downe the braâ—en
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
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
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
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
tyme thy commaundement and yet thou neuer gauest me a kidde to make mery with my friendes 30 But assoone as this thy sonne was come which hath deuoured thy goodes with harlottes thou hast for his pleasure kylled that fat calfe 31 And he sayde vnto hym Sonne thou art euer with me and all that I haue is thyne 32 It was meete that we shoulde make mery and be glad for this thy brother was dead and is alyue agayne and was lost and is founde ☜ ¶ The .xvj. Chapter 1 Christe exhorteth to liberalitie by the example of the stewarde 10 Who is a faythfull stewarde 13 No man can serue two maisters 14 He reproueth the hypocrisie of those that iustifie them selues before men 16 The ende and force of the lawe 18 The state of mariage 19 Of the riche glutton Lazarus 29 Moyses the prophetes to be hearde 1 AND he sayde also vnto his disciples There was a certayne riche man which had a stewarde and the same was accused vnto hym that he had wasted his goodes 2 And he called hym and sayde vnto hym Howe is it that I heare this of thee Geue accomptes of thy stewardeshyppe for thou mayest be no longer stewarde 3 The stewarde sayde within hymselfe What shall I do for my maister taketh away from me the stewardshyppe I can not digge to begge I am ashamed 4 I wote what to do that when I am put out of the stewardshippe they may receaue me into their houses 5 So wheÌ„ he had called all his maisters detters together he sayde vnto the first Howe muche owest thou vnto my maister 6 And he sayde an hundreth measures of oyle And he sayde vnto hym Take thy byll and syt downe quickely and write fiftie 7 Then sayde he to another Howe much owest thou And he sayde an hundreth measures of wheate He sayde vnto hym Take thy byll and write fourescore 8 And the Lord commended the vniuste stewarde because he had done wisely For the chyldren of this worlde are in their nation wiser then the chyldren of lyght 9 And I saye vnto you make you friends of the vnrighteous MammoÌ„ that when ye shall haue neede they may receaue you into euerlastyng habitations ☜ 10 ☞ He that is faythfull in that which is least is faythfull also in much And he that is vnrighteous in the least is vnrighteous also in much 11 So then yf ye haue not ben faythfull in the vnryghteous Mammon who shall trust you in the true treasure 12 And yf ye haue not ben faythfull in another mans businesse who shall geue you that which is your owne 13 No man can serue two maisters For either he shall hate the one and loue the other or els he shall leane to the one and despise the other Ye can not serue God and Mammon 14 All these thynges heard the pharisees also which were couetous and they mocked hym 15 And he sayde vnto them Ye are they which iustifie your selues before men but God knoweth your heartes For that which is hyghly esteemed among men is abhominable in the syght of God ☜ 16 The lawe the prophetes raigned vntyll Iohn and sence that tyme the kyngdome of God is preached euery man stryueth to go in 17 Easyer is it for heauen and earth to perishe theÌ„ one title of the lawe to faile 18 Whosoeuer forsaketh his wyfe and marieth another committeth adulterie And he that maryeth her that is deuorced from her husbande committeth adulterie also 19 ☞ Ther was a certaine riche man whiche was clothed in purple fine whyte and fared very deliciously euery day 20 And there was a certayne begger named Lazarus which was layde at his gate full of sores 21 And desiring to be refreshed with the crumbes which fell from y e riche mans boorde And no man gaue vnto hym but the dogges came and licked his sores 22 And it came to passe that the begger dyed and was caryed by the Angels into Abrahams bosome The riche man also dyed and was buryed 23 And beyng in hell in tormentes he lyft vp his eyes and sawe Abraham a farre of and Lazarus in his bosome 24 And he cryed and sayde father Abraham haue mercie on me and sende Lazarus that he may dippe the tippe of his fynger in water and coole my tongue for I am tormented in this flambe 25 But Abraham sayde Sonne remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme receauedst thy pleasure and lykewyse Lazarus paynes But nowe is he comforted and thou art tormented 26 Beyonde all this betweene vs you there is a great gulfe set so that they which woulde go from hence to you can not neither may come from thence to vs. 27 Then he sayde I pray thee therfore father sende hym to my fathers house 28 For I haue fyue brethren that he may witnesse vnto them lest they also come into this place of torment 29 Abraham sayde vnto hym they haue Moyses and the prophetes let them heare them 30 And he sayde nay father Abraham but yf one come vnto them from the dead they wyll repent 31 He sayde vnto hym If they heare not Moyses the prophetes neither wyll they beleue though one rose from death agayne ⧠The .xvij. Chapter ¶ 2 Christe teacheth to auoyde offences 3 One to forgeue another 5 To pray for the increase of fayth 10 We are but vnprofitable seruauntes 12 Of the tenne lepers 20 Of the commyng of the kyngdome of God 23 Of false Christes â—â— The maner of Christes commyng 1 HE sayde vnto the disciples it can not be but offences wyll come neuerthelesse wo vnto hym through whom they come 2 It were better for hym that a mylstone were hanged about his necke he cast into the sea then that he shoulde offende one of these litle ones 3 Take heede to your selues If thy brother trespasse agaynst thee rebuke hym and yf he repent forgeue hym 4 And though he sinne agaynst thee seuen tymes in a day and seuen tymes in a day turne agayne to thee saying it repenteth me thou shalt forgeue hym 5 And the Apostles sayde vnto the Lorde increase our fayth 6 And the Lorde sayde If ye had fayth as much as a grayne of mustarde seede should say vnto this Sycamine tree plucke vp thy selfe by the rootes and plant thy selfe in the sea it shoulde obey you 7 But which of you hauyng a seruaunt plowyng or feedyng cattell woulde say vnto hym by by when he were come from the fielde go and syt downe at the table 8 And woulde not rather say vnto hym dresse wherwith I may suppe gyrde vp thy selfe and serue me tyll I haue eaten and dronken and afterward eate thou and drynke thou 9 Doth he thanke that seruaunt because he dyd the thynges that were commaunded vnto hym I trowe not 10 So lykewyse ye when ye haue done all those thynges which are commaunded you say We are
not because he seeth the lyght of this worlde 10 But yf a man walke in the nyght he stumbleth because there is no lyght in hym 11 These thynges sayde he and after that he sayde vnto them Our friende Lazarus slepeth but I go to wake hym out of slepe 12 Then sayde his disciples Lorde yf he slepe he shall do well inough 13 Howbeit Iesus spake of his death but they thought that he had spoken of the naturall slepe 14 Then sayde Iesus vnto theÌ„ playnely Lazarus is dead 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there because ye may beleue Neuerthelesse let vs go vnto hym 16 Then sayde Thomas which is called Didimus vnto his felowe disciples let vs also go that we may dye with hym 17 Then went Iesus and founde that he had lyen in his graue foure dayes alredy 18 Bethanie was nye vnto Hierusalem about fifteene furlonges of 19 And many of the Iewes came to Martha and Marie to comfort them ouer their brother 20 Martha assoone as she hearde that Iesus was commyng went and met hym but Marie sate styll in the house 21 ☞ Then sayde Martha vnto Iesus Lorde yf thou haddest ben here my brother had not dyed 22 Neuerthelesse nowe I knowe that whatsoeuer thou askest of God God wyll geue it thee 23 Iesus sayth vnto her Thy brother shall ryse agayne 24 Martha sayth vnto hym I knowe that he shall ryse agayne in the resurrection at the last day 25 Iesus sayth vnto her I am the resurrection and the lyfe He that beleueth on me yea though he were dead yet shall he lyue 26 And whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth on me shall neuer dye Beleuest thou this 27 She sayde vnto hym Yea Lorde I beleue that thou art Christe the sonne of God which shoulde come into the worlde ☜ 28 And assoone as she had so sayde she went her way and called Marie her sister secretely saying The Maister is come and calleth for thee 29 Assoone as she hearde that she arose quickly and came vnto hym 30 Iesus was not yet come into the towne but was in that place where Martha met hym 31 The Iewes then which were with her in the house comforted her when they sawe Marie that she rose vp hastelye and went out folowed her saying She goeth vnto the graue to weepe there 32 Then when Marie was come where Iesus was and sawe hym she fell downe at his feete and sayth vnto him Lorde yf thou haddest ben here my brother had not ben dead 33 WheÌ„ Iesus therfore sawe her weepe and the Iewes also weepyng which came with her he groned in the spirite and was troubled in hym selfe 34 And sayde Where haue ye layde him They sayde vnto hym Lorde come and see 35 And Iesus wept 36 Then sayde the Iewes Beholde howe he loued hym 37 And some of them sayde Coulde not he which opened the eyes of the blinde haue made also that this man shoulde not haue dyed 38 Iesus therfore agayne groned in him selfe and came to the graue It was a caue and a stone layde on it 39 Iesus sayde Take ye away the stone Martha the sister of hym that was dead sayde vnto hym Lorde by this tyme he stinketh For he hath ben dead foure dayes 40 Iesus sayde vnto her Sayde I not vnto thee that yf thou dyddest beleue thou shouldest see the glory of God 41 Then they toke away the stone from the place where the dead was layde And Iesus lyft vp his eyes and sayde Father I thanke thee that thou hast hearde me 42 Howbeit I knowe that thou hearest me alwayes but because of the people which stande by I sayde it that they maye beleue that thou hast sent me 43 And when he thus had spoken he cryed with a loude voyce Lazarus come foorth 44 And he that was dead came foorth bounde hande and foote with graue clothes and his face was bounde with a napkyn Iesus sayde vnto them loose hym and let hym go 45 Then many of the Iewes which came to Marie and had seene y e thynges which Iesus dyd beleued on hym ☜ 46 But some of them went their wayes to the pharisees and tolde them what Iesus had done 47 ☞ Then gathered the hye priestes and the pharisees a councell and sayde What do we For this man doth many miracles 48 If we let hym scape thus all men wyll beleue on him and the Romaynes shall come and take away both our rowme and the people 49 And one of them named Caiaphas beyng the hye priest that same yere sayde vnto them Ye perceaue nothyng at all 50 Nor consider that it is expedient for vs that one man dye for the people and not that all the people perishe 51 This spake he not of hym selfe but beyng hye priest that same yere he prophesied that Iesus shoulde dye for the people 52 And not for the people only but that he shoulde gather together in one the chyldren of God that were scattered abrode 53 Then from that day foorth they toke councell together for to put hym to death 54 Iesus therfore walked no more openlye among the Iewes but went his way thence vnto a countrey nye to a wildernesse into a citie which is called Ephraim and there continued with his disciples 55 And the Iewes Easter was nye at hande and many went out of the countrey vp to HierusaleÌ„ before the Easter to purifie them selues 56 Then sought they for Iesus spake among them selues as they stoode in the temple What thynke ye seeyng he commeth not to the feast day 57 The hye priestes and pharisees had geuen a commaundement that yf any man knewe where he were he shoulde shewe it that they myght take hym ☜ ⧠The .xij Chapter 2 Christe suppeth with Martha Lazarus 3 Marie annoynteth Iesus feete â— Couetous Iudas murmureth 7 Christe excuseth Maries fact 1â— The chiefe priestes take councell to kyll Lazarus 14 Iesus sittyng on an Asse rideth into Hierusalem 20 The Gretians desyre to see Christe 25 The fruites of persecution â—â— The prayer of Christe 28 A voyce from heauen 3â— Christe hydeth hym selfe from the Iewes 37 Wherfore the Iewes beleue not 4â— Diuers rulers that beleued in him feared to be excoÌ„municated 48 Gods worde is iudge 1 THen Iesus sixe dayes before the Passouer came to Bethanie where Lazarus had ben dead whom he raysed from death 2 There they made hym a supper and Martha serued but Lazarus was one of them that sate at the table with hym 3 Then toke Marie a pounde of oyntment of Spike narde very costly and annoynted Iesus feete and wyped his feete with her heere and the house was fylled with the odoure of the oyntment 4 Then sayde one of his disciples euen Iudas Iscariot Simons sonne which shoulde betraye hym 5 Why was not this oyntment solde for three hundred pence and geuen to the
of one shall many be made ryghteous 20 But the lawe in the meane tyme entred in that sinne shoulde encrease But where sinne was plenteous grace was more plenteous 21 That as sinne hath raigned vnto death euen so myght grace raigne thorowe ryghteousnes vnto eternall lyfe by Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ The .vj. Chapter 5 Newnesse of lyfe foloweth iustification to the which he exhorteth 1 WHat shall we saye then Shall we continue in sinne that grace maye abound God forbyd 2 Howe shall we that are dead to sinne lyue any longer therin 3 ☞ Knowe ye not that all we whiche haue ben baptized into Iesus Christe haue ben baptized into his death 4 We are buryed then with him by baptisme into his death that lykewyse as Christe was raysed vp from the dead by the glorie of the father euen so we also shoulde walke in newnesse of lyfe 5 For if we be graft together by the likenesse of his death euen so shall we be partakers of the resurrection 6 Knowyng this that our olde man is crucified with hym also that the body of sinne might vtterly be destroyed that hencefoorth we shoulde not serue sinne 7 For he that is dead is iustified from sinne 8 And yf we be dead with Christe we beleue that we shall also lyue with him 9 Knowyng that Christe beyng raysed from the dead dyeth no more death hath no more power ouer hym 10 For as touchyng that he dyed he dyed concerning sinne once And as touching that he lyueth he lyueth vnto God 11 Lykewyse recken your selues to be dead to sinne but alyue vnto God thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde ☜ 12 Let not sinne raigne therefore in your mortall bodie that ye shoulde thervnto obey by the lustes of it 13 Neither geue ye your members as instrumentes of vnryghteousnesse vnto sinne but geue your selues vnto God as they that are alyue from the dead and your members as instrumentes of ryghteousnesse vnto God 14 For sinne shall not haue power ouer you because ye are not vnder y e lawe but vnder grace 15 What then Shall we sinne because we are not vnder the lawe but vnder grace God forbyd 16 ☞ Knowe ye not how that to whom soeuer ye commit your selues as seruauntes to obey his seruauntes ye are to whom ye obey whether it be of sinne vnto death or of obedience vnto ryghteousnesse 17 But God be thanked that ye were the seruaūtes of sinne but ye haue obeyed with heart the fourme of doctrine into the which ye were brought vnto 18 Being then made free frō sinne ye are become y e seruauntes of ryghteousnesse 19 ☞ I speake after the maner of men because of the infirmitie of your fleshe As ye haue geuen your members seruauntes to vncleannesse and iniquitie vnto iniquitie euen so nowe geue your members seruauntes to righteousnesse vnto holynesse 20 For when ye were the seruauntes of sinne ye were free from ryghteousnesse 21 What fruite had ye then in those thynges wherof ye are nowe ashamed For the ende of those thynges is death 22 But nowe ye beyng made free from sinne and made the seruauntes of God haue your fruite vnto holynesse and the ende euerlastyng lyfe 23 For the rewarde of sinne is death but the gyft of God is eternall lyfe thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde ☜ ¶ The .vij. Chapter 1.7.12 The vse of the lawe 24 from the which Christe hath delyuered vs. 23 The fyght betwene the lawe of the fleshe and the lawe of the spirite 1 KNowe ye not brethrē for I speake to thē that knowe the lawe how that the law hath power ouer a mā as long as he lyueth 2 For*the woman which is in subiectiō to a man is bounde by the lawe to the man as long as he lyueth But yf the man be dead she is loosed from thē lawe of the man 3 So then*yf whyle the man lyueth she couple her selfe with another man she shal be counted a wedlocke breaker But yf the man be dead she is free from the law so that she is no wedlocke breaker though she couple her selfe with another man 4 Euen so ye also my brethren are dead concernyng the lawe by the body of Christe that ye shoulde be coupled to another who is raysed from the dead that we shoulde bryng foorth fruite vnto God 5 For when we were in the fleshe the lustes of sinne whiche were by the lawe wrought in our members to bring forth fruite vnto death 6 But nowe are we delyuered from the lawe and dead vnto it whervnto we were in bondage that we shoulde serue in newenesse of spirite and not in the oldnesse of the letter 7 What shall we say then Is the lawe sinne God forbyd Neuerthelesse I knewe not sinne but by the lawe For I had not knowen lust except the lawe had sayde thou shalt not lust 8 But sinne takyng occasion by the commaundement wrought in me all maner of concupiscence For without the lawe sinne was dead 9 I once lyued without lawe But when the commaundement came sinne reuyued 10 And I was dead And the very same commaundemēt which was ordeyned vnto lyfe was founde to be vnto me an occasion of death 11 For sinne takyng occasion by the commaundement hath deceaued me and by the same slewe me 12 Wherfore * the lawe is holy and the commaundement holy iust and good 13 Was that then which was good made death vnto me God forbyd But sinne that sinne myght appeare by that which was good to worke death in me that sinne by y e commaundement myght be out of measure sinfull 14 For we knowe that the lawe is spirituall but I am carnall solde vnder sinne 15 For that which I do I alowe not For what I woulde that do I not but what I hate that do I. 16 If I do nowe that which I woulde not I consent vnto the lawe that it is good 17 Nowe then it is not I that do it but sinne that dwelleth in me 18 For I knowe that in me that is to say in my fleshe dwelleth no good thyng For to wyll is present with me but I fynde no meanes to perfourme that which is good 19 For the good that I woulde do I not But the euyll which I woulde not that do I. 20 And yf I do that I woulde not then is it not I that doth it but sinne that dwelleth in me 21 I fynde then by the lawe that when I woulde do good euyll is present with me 22 For I delite in the lawe of God after the inwarde man 23 But I see another lawe in my members rebellyng agaynst the lawe of my mynde and subduyng me vnto the lawe of sinne which is in my members 24 O wretched man that I am Who shall deliuer me from the body of this death 25 I thanke God through Iesus Christe our Lorde So then with the mynde I my selfe serue the lawe of God
prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne and it rayned not on the earth by the space of three yeres and sixe monethes 18 And he prayed againe and the heauen gaue rayne the earth brought foorth her fruite 19 Brethren yf any of you do erre from the trueth and another conuert hym 20 Let the same knowe that he which conuerteth the sinner from going astray out of his way shall saue a soule from death and shall hyde the multitude of sinnes ¶ The ende of the epistle of Saint Iames. ⧠The first epistle of Saint Peter the Apostle ¶ The first Chapter 2 He sheweth that through the aboundaunt mercie of God we are elect and regenerate to a lyuely hope 7 and howe fayth must be tried 10 that the saluation in Christe is no newes but a thyng prophecied of olde 13 he exhorteth them to a godly conuersation forasmuch as they are nowe borne a newe by the worde of God 1 PEter an Apostle of Iesus Christ to them that dwell here and there as straungers throughout Pontus Galatia Cappadocia Asia and Bithynia 2 Elect accordyng to the foreknoweledge of God the father vnto the sanctifiyng of the spirite through obedience sprinklyng of y e blood of Iesus Christ Grace peace be multiplied vnto you 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe which accordyng to his aboundaunt mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope by that that Iesus Christe rose agayne from death 4 To and inheritaunce immortall and vndefiled and that fadeth not away reserued in heauen for you 5 Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme. 6 In the which ye reioyce though nowe for a season â—yf nede require ye are in heauinesse through manifolde temptations 7 That the triall of your fayth beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth though it be tried with fyre myght be founde vnto laude glorie and honour at the appearyng of Iesus Christe 8 Whom ye haue not seene and yet loue hym in whom euen nowe though ye see hym not yet do you beleue reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious 9 Receauyng the ende of your fayth euen the saluation of your soules 10 Of which saluation haue y e prophetes enquired searched which prophesied of the grace that should come vnto you 11 Searchyng when or at what tyme the spirite of Christ which was in them shoulde signifie which spirite testified before the passions that should happen vnto Christe and the glorie that shoulde folowe after 12 Vnto which prophetes it was also declared that not vnto them selues but vnto vs they shoulde minister y e thinges which are nowe shewed vnto you of them which by the holy ghost sent downe from heauen haue in the Gospell preached vnto you the thynges which the Angels desire to beholde 13 Wherfore girde vp the loynes of your mynde be sober and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you by the reuelation of Iesus Christe 14 As obedient chyldren not fashionyng your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignoraunce 15 But as he which called you is holy euen so be ye holy also in all maner of conuersation 16 Because it is written be ye holy for I am holy 17 And yf so be that ye call on the father which without respect of person iudgeeth accordyng to euery mans worke see that ye passe the tyme of your dwellyng here in feare 18 ☞ Forasmuch as ye knowe howe that ye were not redeemed with corruptible thynges as siluer and golde from your vayne conuersation which ye receaued by the tradition of the fathers 19 But with the precious blood of Christ as of a lambe vndefiled without spot 20 Which was ordeyned beforehande euen before the worlde was made but was declared in the last tymes * for your sakes 21 Which by his meanes do beleue on God that raysed hym vp from death and glorified hym that ye might haue fayth and hope towarde God 22 Euen ye which haue purified your soules through the spirite in obeying the trueth with brotherly loue vnfayned see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruentlye 23 For ye are borne a newe not of mortal seede but of immortal by the worde of God which lyueth and lasteth for euer 24 For all fleshe is as grasse and all the glorie of man is as the flowre of grasse The grasse withereth and the flowre falleth away 25 But the worde of the Lorde endureth euer ☜ And this is the worde which by the Gospell was preached vnto you The .ij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them to lay aside all vice 4 shewyng that Christe is the foundation whervpon they builde 9 The excellent estate of the Christians 11 he prayeth them to abstayne from fleshlie lustes 13 to obey the rulers 18 howe seruauntes shoulde behaue them selues towarde their maisters 20 he exhorteth to suffer after the ensample of Christe 1 WHerefore lay asyde all maliciousnesse and all guile and faynednesse and enuie and all backbityng 2 And as newe borne babes desire ye y e milke of the worde which is without deceipt that ye may growe therby vnto saluatioÌ„ 3 If so be that ye haue tasted howe gratious the Lorde is 4 To whom ye come as vnto a lyuyng stone disalowed of men but chosen of God and precious 5 And ye as lyuely stones be you made a spirituall house an holy priesthood for to offer vp spirituall sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christe â— Wherefore it is conteyned also in the scripture beholde I put in Sion a stone to be laide in the chiefe corner elect and precious and he that beleueth on hym shall not be confounded 7 Vnto you therfore which beleue he is precious but vnto them whiche beleue not the stone which the buylders refused the same is made the head of the corner 8 And a stone that men stumble at and a rocke wherat they be offended whiche stumble at the worde and beyng disobedient vnto the whiche thing they were euen ordeyned 9 But ye are a chosen generation a royall priesthood an holy nation a peculier people that ye should shewe foorth the vertues of hym that called you out of darknesse into his marueylous lyght 10 Which in time past were not a people but are nowe the people of God which sometime had not obteyned mercy but nowe haue obteyned mercy ☜ 11 ☞ Dearely beloued I beseche you as strauÌ„gers and pilgrimes abstaine from fleshly lustes whiche fight agaynst the soule 12 And see that ye haue honest conuersation among the gentiles that where as they backbite you as euyll doers they may by your good workes whiche they shall see prayse God in the day of visitation 13 Submit your selues therfore vnto al maner ordinaunce of maÌ„ for the Lordes sake whether it be vnto
the enemies (c) Because she vsed the aucthoritie power that God gaue her for the wealth of her people not to suppresse them after the maner of tirauntes (d) magiâ—rats that aâ—ore were hindered in the executing of their office marchants thâ—t then durst not iorney from citie to citie (e) A certaine place much oppressed with the enemies â–ª or a place vsed for marâ—haâ—dise to the which for feared 〈◊〉 the enemies there was afore no resorte (f) Whom the enemies of like vsed to skirmish vpoÌ„ to endauÌ„ger g To wyt thy that kept the people in captiuitie (h) In this reckâ—nyng vp of the instruments of this victorie she begynneth with her selfe as a roote of Ephraim and calleth these Chanaanites Amalek by illusion (i) It is lyke that some of the Beniamites ioyned them selues to Debora and vnlyke that she propheâ—eth here of the victorie of Saul agaynst Amalek wherof 1. Sa. 15. b. (k) They marueyled that they came not ouer Iordane to helpe them (l) And yet came to helpe and therfore thou Ruben canst haue no excuse (m) They dwelled farre of and their cities decayed easy for their enemies to get yf they left them but this excuse serueth not against Gods commaundement (n) A citie neare to Thabor and therfore without excuse that they came not to helpe (o) That is growe more and mâ— in strength and power to vanquishe â—heir enemies (a) Specially idolatrie as hereafter appeareth (b) That is the power or strength (c) That is for feare of the Madianites (d) That is by the Madianites (e) Affliction is a better â—emaster to theache the Lorde then proâ—peritie 〈…〉 g. 〈…〉 (f) Affliction assâ—â—teth forth and at the â—irst shewe argueth gods abâ—ence to destruction but â—st â—t faith 〈◊〉 fynde it gods messenger to reâ—enâ—â—unce and sâ—uation g The angel is called the Lorde for 〈◊〉 was the Lordes messenger or rather it was Christe the Lorde hym seâ— that dyd appeâ—re (h) Whiche â—ewe thou reâ—thou reâ— of me (i) Gedeon to be assured it was Gods message and not illusion of a spirit requireth a signe But Gods worde once confirmed by signes is to be beleued without signe (k A measure of drye thynges conteynyng about three bushels 3. Reg 18. f. Exod. 33. d. Iud. 13. d. (l) First idolatrie is to be destroyed and true religion restored and then the delyuery of the people or ciuile gouernaunce of the same to be taken in hande (m) Whiche was of seuen yeres feeding and kept to be offered to Baal n That is the 〈◊〉 Abiezer (a) God wyll not that any creature depriue hym of his glorie Deut. xx b. 1. Malach. 3. g (b) They shâ— depart as to vnmeete for this enterprise Drunke 〈◊〉 putâ— their 〈◊〉 to their 〈…〉 â—s â–ª and by â—pping (d) Whiche were in 〈◊〉 and parted â—t two times xxxi M. and â—i C. Iud 6 c. e These weak meanes God vsed â–ª to signifie that the whole victorie came of hym “ Or Brake their array 1. Reg. 14. c. (f For they fell a kyllyng one of another (g) Meanyng the passages or the fourds that theâ— shuld not escape Psal 83 b. Esa 10. f. (h) These places toke that names of the actes that were done there (a) Whiche haue slayne two princes Oreb Zeb (b) This last act of the whole â—triâ—e is more famous then the enterprise of one man of one familie (c) A â—tie â—nde Iorâ— in the 〈◊〉 of God which Iacob 〈◊〉 dyd when â—rtâ—d froÌ„â—ing his brother Esau (d) They can not beleue that Gedeon is able to ouer come the princes and therfore they mock him and churlyshly deny him relief (e) Hauing gotten the victorie (f) Euen nature forceth me to reuenge their deathes (g) Meaning that they would be ryd out of their payne at once or that they thought it dishonour to be put to death by a boy (h) That is thy posteritie (i) By such one as he shall chose according to the sentence of his holy worde to rule and to mayntayne his true religion (k) To be a testimonie of this victorie But afterward abused to idolatrie (l) An Eâ— piâ— wâ—by is the meâ—nt that theâ— were nether thaâ—full nor kynd nor louing nor beneâ— to the children of Ieroâ— (a) The desire of soueraintie where it rooteth â–ª sheedeth the innocent blood that is founde in his way as a woolfe deuoureth lambes (b) In this parable he setteth before their eyes their folly and vngratitude in choosyng a kyng with threatnyng telleth them what rewarde both they and their kyng shall haue (c) He alludeth to the vse of oyle in sacrifices lampes vnction of prophets priestes and kynges (d) Because wine was â—poynted by the lawe to 〈◊〉 drynkâ— offeryng for a sweete honour vnto the Lord Num. xv â— (e) Abimelech shall destroy the nobles of Sichem (g) Because the people consented with the king in frâ—â—ding innocent blood therfore God destroyed both the one and the other (h) By these wordes he mocked Gaal for the bragge he made afore agaynst Abimelech i That it shoulde be vnfrutful and neuer serue to any vse k That is of Baal Berith as afore Chap. 8. g. ii Re. x. l What strength the curse of heâ— men oppressed with wrong hath to bring the vengeance of God vpon the oppressours may appeare by this and likewyse by Elizeus the prophet “ Or gouerned (a) That was the vse of men of great authoritie and honour (b) Or the townes of Iair Deut. Chap. 3. “ Or Aâ—am “ Or Delâ—uered c That is the Rubenâ—tes Gadites and halfe the tribe of Manasses d By stâ—r 〈◊〉 them vp sâ— prophete â— Chap. â— Deut 32 c Neuer retriued to the priuiledge of â— wyfe That was the name of the owner of the lande (c) To make inuasions vpoÌ„ the enemies of the people of God and to line of the spoyle (d) God can bring the cast-away to haue rule ouer his oppressours Let no man therfore exalte him selfe and despise any man of Gods creation “ Hebr Added to commit Iud 2 b 3 b. 4 â— 6 â— 10. a. (a) Meaning he should haue a peculiar calling to serue God in separat from the common ordre of men “ Or wonderfull (b) It semeth that the angell appeared twyse in one day (c) Whom he thought to be a man but was in dede an angel (d) That is any thing that is forbid by the lawe (e) And not vnto me â—or to idols Or Merâ— For God sent fire from 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 then to sacrifice Exo 33. d. Iud vi c. g These graces that we haue receaued of God his accepting of our obedience are sure tokeÌ„s of his loue toward vs so that nothyng can hurt vs. “ Or to come vpon hym at tymes “ Heb â–ª take her for me 〈◊〉 wyfe (a) Theâ— speke in defence of Gods lawe that for byddeth maryage with straungers Deu. 7. a (b) At y e first but it is lyke they had vnderstandyng of Gods
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