in Christ. The III. Chapter· BEgynne we then agayne to prayse o selues Or nede we as some other of pistles of commeÌdacion vnto you or letters of commeÌdacion from you Ye are oure epistle wrytten in oure hertes which is vnderstonde and red of all meÌ in that ye are knowne how that ye are y e epistle of Christ mynistred by vs and wrytteÌ not with ynke but with the sprete of the lyuynge God not in tables of stone but in fleshy tables of the hert Soch trust haue we thorow Christ to God warde not that we are sufficient of oure selues to thynke eny thinge as of oure selues but oure ablenesse commeth of God which hath made vs able to be mynisters of the new Testament not of the letter but of the sprete For the letter kylleth but the sprete geueth life But yf the mynistracion y t kylleth thorow the letter and was figured in stones was glorious so that the childreÌ of Israel mighte not beholde the face of Moses for y e clearnesse of his countenauÌce which glory neuertheles is done awaye how shal not y e mynistracion of y e sprete be moch more glorious For yf the office that preacheth damnacion be glorious moch more doth the office that preacheth righteousnes exceade in glory For y e other parte that was glorified is nothinge glorified in respecte of this exceadinge glory For yf that which is done awaye be glorious moch more shal y t which remayneth be glorious Seynge then that we haue soch trust we vse greate boldnesse and do not as Moses which put a vayle before his face so that y e children of Israel mighte not se the ende of it that is done awaye But their myndes are blynded For vnto this daye remayneth the same coueringe vntakeÌ awaye in the olde Testament whan they rede it which in Christ is put awaye But euen vnto this daye whan moses is red the vayle hangeth before their hertes Neuertheles whaÌ they turne to the LORDE the vayle shal be taken awaye For the LORDE is a sprete where the sprete of the LORDE is there is libertye But now the glory of y e LORDE apeareth in vs all with open face and we are chaunged into the same ymage from one clearnes to another eueÌ as of the sprete of the LORDE The IIII. Chapter THerfore seynge we haue soch an office euen as mercy is come vpon vs we faynte not but cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye and walke not in craftines nether corruppe we the worde of God but open the trueth and reporte oure selues to euery mans conscyence in the sighte of God Yf oure Gospell be yet hyd it is hyd in them that are lost amonge whom the God of this worlde hath blynded y e myndes of them which beleue not that y e lighte of the Gospell of the glory of Christ which is the ymage of God shulde not shyne vnto them For we preach not o r selues but Iesus Christ to be the LORDE and oure selues youre seruauntes for Iesus sake For God that coÌmaunded the light to shyne out of darcknesse hath geuen a cleare shyne in oure hertes y t by vs y e light of y e knowlege of the glory of God mighte come forth in the face of Iesus Christ. But this treasure haue we in earthen vessels that y e power which excelleth might be of God and not of vs. We are troubled on euery syde yet are we not without shift We are in pouertie but not vtterly without somwhat We are persecuted but we are not forsaken We are oppressed neuertheles we perish not We allwayes be are aboute in oure body the dyenge of the LORDE Iesus y t the life also of the LORDE Iesus might appeare in oure body For we which lyue are alwayes delyuered vnto death for Iesus sake that the life also of Iesus might appeare in oure mortall flesh Therfore is death now mightie in vs but life in you But seynge that we haue the same sprete of faith acordinge as it is wrytten I beleued and therfore haue I spokeÌ we also beleue therfore we speake for we knowe that he which raysed vp y e LORDE Iesus shal rayse vs vp also by y e meanes of Iesus and shal set vs with you For all thinges do I for youre sakes that the pleÌteous grace by the thaÌkesgeuynge of many maye redounde to the prayse of God Therfore are we not weery but though o r outwarde man be corrupte yet the inwarde is renewed daye by daye For oure trouble which is but temporall and lighte worketh an exceadinge and an eternall weighte of glorye vnto vs which loke not on the thinges that are sene but on them which are not sene For y e thinges which are sene are temporall but the thinges that are not sene are eternall The V. Chapter WE knowe surely y t yf oure earthy house of this dwellynge were destroyed we haue a buyldynge ordeyned of God an house not made with handes but euerlastynge in heauen And in the same sighe we also after oure maÌsion which is from heauen and longe to be clothed therwith so yet yf that we be founde clothed and not naked For as longe as we are in this tabernacle we sighe and are greued for we had rather not be vnclothed but to be clothed vpon that mortalite might be swalowed vp of life But he that hath ordeyned vs for this is God which hath geuen vs the earnest of the sprete Therfore are we allwaye of good cheare and knowe that as longe as we dwell here in the body we are not at home with the LORDE for we walke in faith and se him not Neuertheles we are of good comforte and had leuer to be absent from the body to be at home with the LORDE Wherfore whether we be at home or froÌ home we endeuoure oure selues to please him For we must all appeare before the iudgment seate of Christ y t euery one maye receaue in his body acordinge to y t he hath done whether it be good or bad Seynge then that we knowe how that the LORDE is to be feared we fare fayre with men but we are knowne well ynough vnto God I trust also that we are knowne in youre consciences We prayse not oure selues agayne vnto you but geue you an occasion to reioyse of vs y t ye maye haue to reioyse agaynst them which reioyse after the outwarde appearaunce and not after the hert For yf we do to moch we do it vnto God yf we kepe measure we do it for youre sakes For the loue of Christ constrayneth vs in as moch as we thus iudge that yf one be deed for all then are all deed And therfore dyed he for all that they which lyue shulde not hence forth lyue vnto them selues but vnto him which dyed for them and rose agayne Therfore hence forth knowe we noman after y
and brother Timotheus To y e sayntes which are at Colossa and brethren that beleue in Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father froÌ the LORDE Iesus Christ. We geue thankes vnto God and the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ prayenge allwayes for you sence we herde of youre faith in Christ Iesu and of youre loue to all sayntes for y e hopes sake which is layed vp in stoare for you in heauen of the which ye haue herde before by the worde of trueth in the Gospell which is come vnto you eueÌ as it is in to all the worlde and is frutefull as it is in you sence y e daye y t ye herde and knewe the grace of God in y e trueth as ye learned of Epaphras oure deare felowe seruaunt which is a faithfull mynister of Christ for you which also declared vnto vs youre loue in the sprete For this cause we also sence the daye y t we herde of it ceasse not to praye for you desyre that ye mighte be fulfylled with the knowlege of his will in all wyszdome and spirituall vnderstondinge that ye mighte walke worthy off the LORDE to please him in all thinges and to be frutefull in all good workes and growe in the knowlege of God to be strengthed w t all power acordinge to the mighte of his glory to all pacience and longsufferynge with ioyfulnes and geue thankes vnto the father which hath made vs mete for the enheritaunce of sayntes in lighte Which hath delyuered vs froÌ the power of darknesse translated vs in to the kyngdome of his deare sonne in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude namely the forgeuenes of synnes Which is the ymage of the inuisyble God first begotteÌ before all creatures For by him were all thinges created that are in heauen and earth thinges vysible and thinges inuysible whether they be maiesties or lordshippes ether rules or powers All thinges are created by him and in him and he is before all thinges and in him all thinges haue their beynge And he is the heade of the body namely of the coÌgregacion he is the begynnynge and first begotten from the deed that in all thinges he mighte haue the preemynence For it pleased the father that in him shulde dwell all fulnesse and that by him all thinges shulde be reconciled vnto himselfe whether they be thinges vpon earth or in heauen that thorow the bloude on his crosse he mighte make peace euen thorow his owne selfe And you which were in tymes past straungers and enemies because youre myndes were set in euell workes hath he now reconcyled in the body of his flesh thorow death to make you holy and vnblameable with out faute in his awne sighte yf ye contynue grounded and stablished in the faith and be not moued awaye from y e hope of the Gospell wherof ye haue herde which is preached amonge all creatures y t are vnder heauen wherof I Paul am made a mynister Now ioye I in my sufferynges which I suffre for you and fulfill that which is behynde of the passions of Christ in my flesh for his bodyes sake which is the congregacion wherof I am made a mynister acordinge to y e Godly office of preachinge which is geuen vnto me amonge you that I shulde richely preach the worde of God namely that mystery which hath bene hyd sence the worlde beganne and sence the begynnynge of tymes but now is opened vnto his sayntes to whom God wolde make knowne the glorious riches of this mistery amoÌge y e Heythen which riches is Christ in you eueÌ he that is the hope of glory whoÌ we preach and warne all men and teach all men in all wyszdome to make euery man parfecte in Christ Iesu Wherin I also laboure and stryue acordinge to the workynge of him which worketh mightely in me The II. Chapter I Wolde ye knewe what fightinge I haue for youre sakes and for them of Laodicea and for as many as haue not sene my personne in the flesh that their hertes mighte be comforted and knytt together in loue to all riches of full vnderstoÌdinge which is in the knowlege of the mystery of God the father and of Christ in whom are hyd aâl the treasures of wyszdome and knowlege This I saye lest eny man shulde begyle you with entysinge wordes For though I be absent in the flesh yet am I present with you in the sprete ioyenge and beholdinge youre order and the stedfastnes of youre faith in Christ. As ye haue therfore receaued Christ Iesu the LORDE euen so walke in him and be roted buylded in him and be stedfast in faith as ye haue learned be plenteous in the same in geuynge thankes Bewarre lest eny maÌ spoyle you thorow philosophy and disceatfull vanite after the tradicions of men and after the ordinauÌces of the worlde and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulnes of the Godheade bodely and ye are complete in him which is the heade of all rule and power in whom also ye are circumcysed with circumcision without handes by puttynge of the synfull body of the flesh namely with the circumcysion of Christ in that ye are buried with him thorow baptyme in whom ye are also rysen agayne thorow faith that is wrought by the operacion of God which raysed him vp from the deed And with him he quyckened you whan ye were deed in synnes and in the vncircumcision of youre flesh and hath forgeuen vs all synnes and put out the handwrytinge that was agaynst vs coÌtayned in the lawe wrytten and that hath he taken out of the waye and fastened it to the crosse And hath spoyled rule and power and hath made a shewe of them openly and triumphed ouer them in his awne persone Let no man therfore trouble youre consciences aboute meate or drynke or for a pece of an holy daye as the holy daye of y e newe Mone or of the Sabbath dayes which are the shadowe of the thinges that were for to come but the body selfe is in Christ. Let no man make you shote at a wronge mark which after his owne chosynge walketh in humblenes and spiritualtye of angels thinges which he neuer sawe and is vayne and puft vp in his owne fleshly mynde and holdeth not himselfe to the heade wherof the whole body by ioyntes and couples receaueth norishment and is knyt together and so groweth to the greatnes that commeth of God Wherfore yf ye be deed with Christ from the ordinaunces of the worlde why are ye holden theÌ with soch tradicions as though ye lyued after the worlde As whan they saye Touch not this taist not that handle not that All these thinges do hurte vnto men because of the abuse of them which abuse commeth onely of the commaundementes and doctrynes of men which thinges haue
straunger amonge you in youre londe ye shall not vexe him He shal dwell with you euen as one that is at home amonge you thou shalt loue him as y e self for ye youre selues also were straungers in the lande of Egipte I am the LORDE youre God Ye shal not deale wroÌgeously in iudgmeÌt with meteyarde with weight with measure A true balaunce a true weight a true Epha a true Hin shal be amoÌge you For I am the LORDE youre God which brought you out of the londe of Egipte that ye shulde kepe do all my statutes and lawes for I am the LORDE The XX. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and saide Tell the children of Israel Who so euer he be amonge the children of Israel or eny straunger that dwelleth in Israel which geueth of his sede vnto Moloch the same shall dye the death the people of the lande shal stone him I wyll set my face agaynst that man and wyll rote him out from amoÌge his people because he hath geuen of his sede vnto Moloch and defyled my Sanctuary vnhalowed my holy name And though the people of the londe loke thorow the fyngers vpon that man which hath geuen of his sede vnto Moloch so that they put him not to death yet wyl I set my face agaynst the same man agaynst his generacion And him and all that go a whorynge with him after Moloch wyll I rote out from amonge their people Yf eny soule turne him to y e soythsayers and expounders of tokens so that he goeth a whorynge after them I wyl set my face agaynst the same soule and wyl rote him out from amonge his people Sanctifie youre selues therfore be holy for I am holy euen youre God And kepe ye my statutes and do them for I am y e LORDE that sanctifieth you Who so euer curseth his father or his mother shall dye the death his bloude be vpon him because he hath cursed his father or mother He that breaketh wedlocke with eny maÌs wife shal dye the death both the aduouterer and y e aduouteresse because he hath broken wedlocke with his neghbours wife Yf eny man lye with his fathers wife so y t he vncouer his fathers preuyte they shal both dye the death their bloude be vpoÌ theÌ Yf eny man lye w t his doughter in lawe they shall dye both of them for they haue wrought abhominacion their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man lye with the mankynde as with womankynde they haue wrought abhominacion shal both dye the death their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man take a wyfe and hir mother therto the same hath wrought wickednes he shal be burnt with fyre and so shal they also that there be no wickednes amoÌge you Yf eny man lye with a beest he shall dye the death and the beest shal be slayne Yf a woman medle with a beest so y t she haue to do w t it thou shalt put her to death and the beest also they shall dye the death their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man take his sister his fathers doughter or his mothers doughter and se hir preuyte and she agayne se his secretes it is a wicked thinge They shal be roted out in the sight of their people For he hath vncouered his sisters preuyte he shal beare his synne Yf a man lye with a woman in the tyme of hir sicknesse and vncouer hir secretes open vp hir founteyne and she vncouer the fountayne of hir bloude they shall both be roted out from amonge their people Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy mothers sister and of thy fathers sister for soch one hath vncouered his nexte kynswoman and they shal beare their synne Yf eny man lye with his vncles wyfe the same hath vncouered the preuytie of his vncle they shal beare their synne without children shal they dye Yf eny man take his brothers wyfe y t is an vncleane thinge they shal be without children because he hath vncouered his brothers secretes So kepe now all my statutes my lawes do them y t the loÌde whither I brynge you to dwell therin spewe you not out And walke not ye in y e statutes of the Heithen which I shal cast out before you For all soch thinges haue they done I haue abhorred theÌ But I saye vnto you Ye shall possesse their londe For I wyll geue you to enheritaunce a loÌde that floweth with mylke and hony I am the LORDE youre God which haue separated you from the nacions that ye also shulde separate the cleane beestes froÌ the vncleane and the vncleane foules from the cleane not to defyle youre soules vpon beestes vpon foules vpon all that crepeth on the grounde which I haue separated vnto you that they shulde be vncleane Therfore shall ye be holy vnto me for I the LORDE am holy which haue separated you froÌ the nacions that ye shulde be myne Yf a man or woman be a soythsayer or an expounder of tokens the same shall dye the death they shal be stoned their bloude be vpon them The XXI Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Speake to y e prestes y e sonnes of Aaron saye vnto theÌ A prest shal defyle him self vpoÌ no soule of his people but vpon his nexte kynne y t belongeth vnto him as vpon his mother vpoÌ his father vpoÌ his sonne vpoÌ his doughter vpon his brother vpon his sister which is yet a virgin hath bene no mans wife which belongeth vnto him vpon her maie he defyle himself Morouer he shal not defyle him self vpoÌ eny ruler in his people to vnhalowe him self He shall make no crowne also vpon his heade ner shaue of his beerd nether shall they cut out eny markes iÌ their fleshe They shal be holy vnto their God and not vnhalowe y e name of their God for they offre the sacrifice of the LORDE the bred of their God therfore shal they be holy They shal take no whore ner one that is defyled or y t is put awaye from hir huszbande for he is holy vnto his God therfore shal he sanctifie him self for he offreth the bred of thy God He shal be holy vnto the for I am holy euen the LORDE that sanctifieth you Yf a prestes doughter fall to whoringe she shal be burnt with fyre for she hath shamed hir father He that is hye prest amonge his brethren vpoÌ whose heade the anoyntinge oyle is poured and his hande fylled y t he might be arayed with the vestimentes shal not vncouer his heade ner cut his clothes shal come at no deed shal defyle him self nether vpon father ner mother He shall not go out of the Sanctuary that he vnhalowe not the Sanctuary of his God For y e crowne of the anoyntinge oyle of his God is vpon him for I am the LORDE A virgin shal he
womans sonne which was the childe of a man of Egipte amonge the children of Israel and stroue in y e hoost with a man of Israel named the name of God blasphemously cursed Then brought they him vnto Moses His mothers name was Selomith the doughter of Dibri of the trybe of Dan. And they put him in preson tyll they were infourmed by the mouth of the LORDE And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Brynge him that cursed out of the hoost and let all theÌ that herde it laye their handes vpon his heade and let the whole congregacion stone him And saye vnto the childreÌ of Israel Who so euer blasphemeth his God shall beare his synne and he that blasphemeth the name of the LORDE shal dye the death The whole congregacioÌ shal stone him As the straunger so shal he of the housholde be also Yf he blaspheme the name he shal dye He that slayeth a man shall dye y e death but he that slayeth a beest shall paye for it Soule for soule And he that maymeth his neghboure it shall be done vnto him euen as he hath done broke for broke eye for eye tothe for tothe euen as he hath maymed a a man so shal it be done vnto him agayne so that who so slayeth a beest shall paye for it But he that slayeth a man shal dye There shal be one maner of lawe amonge you to y e straunger as to one of youre selues for I am the LORDE youre God Moses tolde the children of Israel And they brought him that had cursed out of y e hoost and stoned him Thus dyd the childreÌ of Israel as the LORDE coÌmaunded Moses The XXV Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses vpon mount Sinai and sayde Speake to the children of Israel and saye vnto them Whan ye come into the londe y t I shal geue you the londe shal rest vnto the LORDE so that thou sowe thy felde sixe yeares and sixe yeares cut y e vynes and gather in the frutes But in the seuenth yeare the loÌde shal haue his Sabbath of rest for a Sabbath vnto the LORDE wherin thou shalt not sowe thy felde ner cut thy vynes Loke what groweth of it self after thy haruest thou shalt not reape it And the grapes that growe without thy laboure shalt thou not gather for so moch as it is the yeare of the londes rest But the rest of the londe shalt thou kepe for this intent that thou mayest eate therof thy seruaunte thy mayde thy hyrelinge thy gest thy strauÌger with the thy catell and the beestes in thy londe All the increase shal be meate And thou shalt nombre seuen of these yeare Sabbathes that seuen yeares maye be tolde seuen tymes and so the tyme of the seuen yeare Sabbathes make nyne and fourtye yeares Then shalt thou let the blast of the horne go thorow all youre londe vpon the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth euen in y e daye of attonement And ye shal halowe the fiftieth yeare and shall call it a fre yeare in y e londe for all them that dwell therin for it is the yeare of Iubilye Then shall euery one amonge you come agayne to his possession and to his kynred for the fiftieth yeare is y e yeare of Iubilye Ye shal not sowe ner reape it that groweth of itself ner gather the grapes that growe without laboure For the yeare of Iubilye shall be holy amonge you But loke what the felde beareth that shall ye eate This is the yeare of Iubilye wherin ye shal come againe euery man to his owne Now whan thou sellest ought vnto thy neghboure or byest eny thinge of him there shal none of you oppresse his brother but acordinge to the nombre of the yeare of Iubilye shalt thou bye it of him and acordinge to the nombre of the yeares of increase shall he sell it vnto the. Acordinge to the multitude of the yeares shalt thou rayse the pryce and acordynge to the fewnesse of the yeares shalt thou mynish the pryce for he shall sell it vnto the acordinge to the nombre of the increase Therfore let no man defraude his neghboure but feare y e God For I am the LORDE youre God Wherfore do after my statutes and kepe my lawes so y t ye do them that ye maye dwell safe in the londe For the londe shal geue you hir frute so that ye shal haue ynough to eate and dwell safe therin And yf ye wolde saye What shall we eate in the seuenth yeare in as moch as we shal not sowe ner gather in oure increase I wyll sende my blessynge vpon you in the sixte yeare that it shal brynge forth frute for thre yeare so that ye shal sowe in y e eight yeare and eate of the olde frute vntyll the nyenth yeare that ye maye eate of the olde tyll new frutes come agayne Therfore shall ye not sell the londe for euer for the loÌde is myne And ye are straungers and indwellers before me And in all youre lande shall ye geue the londe to lowse Whan thy brother waxeth poore and selleth y e his possession and his nexte kynszmaÌ commeth to him y t he maye redeme it then shall he redeme that his brother solde But whan a man hath none to redeme it and caÌ get so moch with his hande as to redeme one parte then shall it be rekened how many yeares it hath bene solde and the remnaunt shal be restored vnto him to whom he solde it y t he maie come agayne to his possession But yf his hande can not get so moch as to haue one parte agayne theÌ shal it y t he solde be styll in the hande of the byer vntyll y e yeare of Iubilye In y e same shal it go out and returne to his owner agayne He that selleth a dwellinge house within the walles of the cite hath an whole yeare respyte to lowse it out agayne that shall be the tyme wherin he maye redeme it But yf he redeme it not a fore the whole yeare be out then shal he that bought it and his successours kepe it for euer and it shall not go out lowse in the yeare of Iubylie Neuertheles yf it be an house in a vyllage that hath no wall aboute it it shall be counted like vnto the felde of the couÌtre and maye be redemed and shal go out fre in the yeare of Iubilye The cities of the Leuites and the houses in the cities that their possession is in maye all waye be redemed Who so purchaceth ought of the Leuites shal leaue it in the yeare of Iubilye whether it be house or cite that he hath had in possession For the houses in the cities of the Leuites are their possession amonge the children of Israel But the felde before their cities shal not be solde for it is their awne for euer Whan thy brother waxeth poore and falleth in decaye besyde the thou shalt receaue him as a
you by lott which the LORDE hath commaunded to geue vnto the nyne trybes and to the halfe trybe For the trybe of the children of Ruben after their fathers house and the trybe of the children of Gad acordinge to their fathers house and the half trybe of Manasse haue receaued their porcion Thus the two trybes and the halfe trybe haue their enheritaunce allready on this syde Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho Eastwarde And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde These are y e names of the men which shal deuyde the londe amonge you Eleasar the prest and Iosua the sonne of Nun. And the captayne of euery trybe shal ye take to deuyde the londe And these are the names of the men Caleb the sonne of Iephune of the trybe of Iuda Semuel the sonne of Ammihud of the trybe of Simeon Elidad y e sonne of Cislon of the trybe of Ben Iamin Buki the sonne of Iagli of the trybe of the childreÌ of Dan. Hamuel the sonne of Ephod of the trybe of the children of Manasse amonge the children of Ioseph Kemuel the sonne of Siphthan of the trybe of the children of Ephraim Elizaphan the sonne of Parnach of the trybe of the childreÌ of Zabulon Palthiel the sonne of Asan of the trybe of the childreÌ of Isachar Abihud the sonne of Selomi of y e trybe of the children of Asser. Pedahel the sonne of Ammihud of the trybe of the children of Nephtali These are they whom y e LORDE commaunded that they shulde deuyde the inheritaunce vnto the children of Israel in the londe of Canaan The XXXV Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses in the felde of the Moabites by Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho sayde Commaunde the childreÌ of Israel that they geue vnto y e Leuites of the inheritauÌce of their possession cities to dwell in The suburbes also aboute the cities shal ye geue vnto the Leuites that they maye dwell in the cities and in the suburbes to haue their catell and substaunce and all their beestes The suburbes which ye geue vnto y e Leuites shal reache froÌ the wall of y e cite outwarde a M. cubites rounde aboute Thus ye shal measure without the cite on y e East syde two thousande cubites on y e South syde two thousande cubites on y e West syde two thousande cubites on y e North syde two thousande cubites so y t the cite be in the myddes This shal be their suburbes And amoÌge the cities which ye shal geue vnto the Leuites ye shall geue theÌ sixe fre cities that he which coÌmitteth a slaughter maie flye thither Besydes the same ye shal geue theÌ yet two fourtie cities so y t all y e cities which ye geue vnto y e Leuites be eight fourtye w t their suburbes And of y e same ye shal geue the more from theÌ y t haue moch in possession amonge the children of Israel the lesse from them that haue litle in possession Euery one acordinge to his enheritaunce that is deuyded vnto him shall geue of his cities vnto the Leuites And the LORDE talked w t Moses saide Speake to the childreÌ of Israel saye vnto theÌ Whan ye come ouer Iordane in to y e londe of Canaan ye shall chose out cities to be fre cities y t who so coÌmytteth slaughter vnawarres maye flye thither And soch fre cities shal be amonge you because of the auenger of bloude that he which hath commytted slaughter dye not tyll he stonde in iudgment before the congregacion And of these cities which ye shall geue there shal be sixe fre cities Thre shal ye geue on this side Iordane and thre in the londe of Canaan These are the sixe fre cities both for y e childreÌ of Israel for the straungers for soch as dwell amoÌge you y t who so euer hath slaine eny soule vnawarres maye flye thither He y t smyteth eny man w t an yron weapoÌ y t he dye the same is a murthurer shal dye the death Yf he cast at him w t a stone wherwith eny man maye be slayne y t he dye therof then is he a murthurer and shal dye the death Yf he smyte him w t an handweapon of wodd wherwith eny man maie be slayne that he dye then is he a murthurer and shal dye the death The auenger of bloude shal bringe y e murthurer to death Whan he fyndeth him he shal slaye him Yf he thrust at him of hate or cast ought at him with laienge of wayte or smyte him of envye w t his hande that he dye then shal he that hath slayne him dye the death for he is a murthurer The auenger of bloude shal brynge him to death as soone as he fyndeth him But yf he thrust him by chaunce not of envye or hurle ought at him without eny layenge of wayte or cast at him with a stone wherof a man maye dye sawe it not so y t he dye is not his enemie nether thought him eny euell theÌ shal the coÌgregacion iudge betwene him y t hath coÌmytted y e slaughter and the auenger of bloude in soch cases And the coÌgregacion shal delyuer the deed slayer from the hande of y e auenger of bloude shal let him come agayne to the fre cite whither he was fled there shall he abyde vnto y e death of the hye prest which was anoynted with y e holy oyle But yf the deed sleyer go out of the borders of his fre cite that he was fled vnto and the auenger of bloude fynde him without y e borders of his fre cite and kyll him he shal not be gyltye of bloude For he shulde haue bydden in his fre cite vntyll y e death of the hye prest after y e hye prestes death to come agayne vnto the londe of his enheritaunce This shal be a statute of the lawe vnto you amoÌge youre posterities in all youre dwellinges The deed slayer shal be slayne at y e mouth of witnesses One witnesse shal not answere ouer a soule to death And ye shal receaue none attonement ouer the soule of the deedslayer for he is giltye of death but he shal dye the death And ye shal receaue none attonement of him which is fled to the fre cite y t he shulde come agayne to dwell in the londe tyll the hye prest dye And defyle not ye y e londe wherin ye dwell For who so is giltye of bloude defyleth the londe and the londe can not be reconcyled from the bloude that is shed therin but onely thorow the bloude of him that shed it Defyle not ye the londe that ye dwell in wherin I dwell also For I am the LORDE which dwell amoÌge y e children of Israel The XXXVI Chapter ANd y e chefe fathers of the kynred of the childreÌ of Gilead y e sonne of Machir which was the sonne of Manasse of the kynred of the children of Ioseph came forth and
vanite He shall perish afore his tyme be worne out and his honde shal not be grene He shal be pluckte of as an vntymely grape from y e vyne and shal let his floure fall as the olyue doth For the congregacion of Ypocrites is vnfrutefull the fyre shal consume the houses of soch as are gredy to receaue giftes He conceaueth trauayle he beareth myschefe his body bryngeth forth disceate The XVI Chapter IOb answered and sayde I haue oft tymes herde soch thinges Miserable geuers of comforte are ye all the sorte of you Shall not thy vayne wordes come yet to an ende Or hast thou yet enymore to saye I coude speake as ye do also But wolde God that youre soule were in my soules steade then shulde I heape vp wordes agaynst you and shake my heade at you I shulde comforte you with my mouth and release youre payne with y e talkinge of my lyppes But what shall I do For all my wordes my sorow wil not ceasse and though I holde my toÌge yet wil it not departe fro me And now that I am full of payne and all that I haue destroied wherof my wryncles beare wytnesse there stoÌdeth vp a dyssembler to make me answere with lyes to my face He is angrie at me he hateth me and gnassheth vpon me with his teth Myne enemy skouleth vpon me with his eyes They haue opened their mouthes wyde vpon me and smytten me vpon the cheke despitefully they haue eased theÌ selues thorow myne aduersite God hath geuen me ouer to the vngodly and delyuered me in to the hondes of y e wicked I was somtyme in wealth but sodenly hath he brought me to naught He hath taken me by the neck he hath rente me and set me as it were a marck for him to shute at He hath compased me rounde aboute with his dartes he hath wounded my loynes not spared My bowels hath he poured vpon the grounde He hath geueÌ me one wounde vpon another and is falleÌ vpon me like a giaunte I haue sowed a sack cloth vpon my skynne and lye with my strength in the dust My face is swolleÌ with wepinge myne eyes are waxen dymne Howbeit there is no wickednesse in my hondes and my prayer is cleâe O earth couer not my bloude and let my crienge fynde no rowme For lo my witnesse is in heauen and he that knoweth me is aboue in the heyth My frendes laugh me to scorne but myne eye poureth out teares vnto God Though a body might pleate w t God as one man doth with another yet the nombre of my yeares are come I must go the waye from whence I shal not turne agayne The XVII Chapter MY breth fayleth my dayes are shortened I am harde at deathes dore I haue disceaued no man yet must myne eye coÌtinue in heuynesse O delyuer me and set me by the who shall then be able to thrust my hondes together Thou hast with holdeÌ their hertes from vnderstoÌdinge therfore shall they not be set vp an hye He promiseth his freÌdes parte of his good but his owne childreÌ spende it He hath made me as it were a byworde of the comon people I am his gestinge stocke amoÌge theÌ My countenaunce is heuy for very anger the membres of my body are become like a shadowe Vertuous meÌ therfore shall wel coÌsidre this and the innocent shal take parte agaynst the Ypocrite The rightuous wil kepe his waye and he y t hath cleane handes wil euer be stronger stronger As for you turne you get you hence for I can not se one wyse maÌ amonge you My dayes are past my thoughtes are vanished awaye which haue vexed myne herte chaunginge the night in to daye y e light in to darcknes Though I tary neuer so moch yet the graue is my house and I must make my bed in the darcke I call corrupcion my father and the wormes call I my mother and my sister What helpeth then my longe tarienge Or who wil fulfill the thinge that I loke for All that I haue shall go downe in to the pytt lye with me in the dust The XVIII Chapter THen answered Baldad the Suhite and sayde when wil ye make an ende of youre wordes Marcke well and considre we wil speake also Wherfore are we counted as beestes reputed so vyle in youre sight Why destroyest thou thy self with anger Shal y e earth be forsaken or the stones remoued out of their place because of y t Shal not the light of the vngodly be put out yee the flame of his fyre shal not burne The light shal be darcke in his dwellinge his candle shal be put out with him His presumptuous goinges shal be kepte in and his owne councell shal cast him downe For his fete shal be taken in the nett and he shal walke in the snare His fote shal be holden in the gilder and the thurstie shal catch him The snare is layed for him in the grounde and a pytfall in the waye Fearfulnesse shal make him afrayed on euery syde that he shall not knowe where to get out Honger shal be his substaunce and myszfortune shall hange vpon him He shall eate his owne skynne yee his owne armes shall he deuoure beynge a firstborne of death All his comforte and hope shal be roted out of his dwellynge very fearfulnesse shall brynge him to the kynge Other men shall dwel in his house which now is none of his and brymstone shal be scatered vpon his habitacion His rotes shal be dryed vp beneth aboue shall his haruest be cut downe His remembraunce shall perish from the earth his name shall not be praysed in the stretes he shal be dryuen from the light in to darcknesse and be cast clene out of the worlde He shall nether haue children ner kynÃfolkes amonge his people no ner eny posterite in his countre yonge olde shal be astonyshed at his death Soch are now the dwellynges of the wicked and this is y e place of him that knoweth not God The XIX Chap. IOb answered sayde How loÌge wil ye vexe my mynde trouble me with wordes Lo tentymes haue ye reproued me are ye not ashamed for to laugh me so to scorne yf I go wronge I go wronge to my self But yf ye wil enhaunce yo r selues agaynst me accuse me to be a wicked personne because of the shame that is come vpon me knowe this then y t it is God which hath handled me so violeÌtly hath compased me aboute with his scourges Beholde though I crie yet violeÌce is done vnto me I can not be herde Though I complane there is none to geue senteÌce with me He hath hedged vp my path I caÌ not get awaye he hath set darcknesse in my gate He hath spoyled me of myne honoure taken the crowne awaye fro my heade He hath destroyed me on euery syde and I am vndone My hope hath he taken awaye
doest not heare me though I stonde before the yet thou regardest me not Thou art become myne enemye w t y i violeÌt haÌde thou takest parte agayâst me In tymes past thou didest set me vp an hye as it were aboue y e winde but now hast thou geueÌ me a very sore fall Sure I am y t thou wilt delyuer me vnto death where as a lodgyng is prepared for all meÌ lyuinge Now vse not meÌ to do violeÌce vnto theÌ y t are destroyed all ready but âhere hurte is done there vse theâ to helpe Dyd not I wepe in y e tyme of trouble Had not my soule coÌpassion vpoÌ y e poore Yet neuerthelesse where as I loked for good euell happened vnto me and where as I waited for light there came darcknesse My bowels seeth w t in me take no rest for y e dayes of my trouble are come vpoÌ me Mekely lowly came I in yee without eny displeasure I stode vp in y e coÌgregacion commoned with theÌ But now I am a coÌpanyon of dragons a felowe of Estriches My sââynne vpoÌ me is turned to black my bânes are breÌt w t heate my harpe is turned to sorow my pipe to wepinge The XXXI Chap. I Made a couenaunt w t myne eyes y t I wolde not loke vpoÌ a daÌsell For how greate a porcioÌ shal I haue of God froÌ aboue what enheritauÌce froÌ y e Almightie on hie As for the vngodly he y t ioyneth himself to y e coÌpani of wicked doers shal not Farre be it from God that he shulde medle with wickednesse and farre be it from the Allmightie y t he shulde medle with vnrightuous dealynge but he rewardeth the workes of man and causeth euery man to fynde acordinge to his wayes For sure it is that God coÌdemneth no man wrongeously and the iudgmeÌt of the Allmightie is not vnrightuous Who ruleth the earth in his steade Or whom hath he set to gouerne the whole worlde To whom hath he geuen his herte for to drawe his sprete and breth vnto him All flesh shal come together vnto naught all meÌ shal turne agayne vnto earth Yf thou now haue vnderstoÌdinge heare what I saye and herken to the voyce of my wordes Maye he be made whole that loueth no right Yf thou were a very innocent man shuldest thou then be punyshed For he is euen the same y t knoweth the rebellious kynges sayeth to princes Vngodly men are ye He hath no respecte vnto the personnes of y e lordly regardeth not the rich more theÌ poore For they be all the worke of his hondes In the twincklinge off an eye shall they be slayne and at mydnight when the people the tyrauntes rage then shal they perish aÌd be taken awaye with out hondes And whyâ his eyes loke vpon the wayes of man and he seyth all his goinges There is no darcknes ner thicke shadowe y t can hyde the wicked doers from him For no maÌ shal be suffred to go into iudgment with God Many one yee innumerable doth he punyshe and setteth other in their steades For he knoweth their euell darcke workes therfore shal they be destroyed They that were in y e steade of Seers dealt like vngodly meÌ Therfore turned they back traytorously and vnfaithfully froÌ hiÌ wolde not receaue his wayes In so moch that they haue caused y e voyce of the poore to come vnto him now he heareth the coÌplaynte of soch as are in necessite Yf he delyuer graunte pardoÌ who will iudge or condemne But yf he hyde awaye his countenaunce who wil turne it aboute agayne whether it be to the people or to eny man For the wickednesse synne of y e people he maketh an ypocrite to reigne ouer theÌ For so moch then as I haue begonne to talke of God I wil not hyndre the. Yf I haue gone amysse enfourme me yf I haue done wronge I wil leaue of Wilt thou not geue a reasonable answere Art thou afrayed of eny thinge âeynge thou begaÌnest first to speake not I For els the men of vnderstoÌdinge wisdome that haue herde me might saye What caÌst thou speake As for Iob he hath nether spoken to the purpose ner wysely O father let Iob be well tryed because he he hath turned himself to y e wicked yee aboue his synnes he hath blasphemed which offence he hath done euen before vs in y t he stryueth agaynst God with his wordes The XXXV Chapter ELiu spake morouer and sayde Thinkest thou it right that thou sayest I am rightuous before God Seinge thou sayest so how doest thou knowe it What thinge hast thou more excelleÌt theÌ I y t am a synner Therfore will I geue answere vnto the thy frendes loke vnto the heaueÌ beholde it coÌsidre y e cloudes how they are hyer then thou Yf thou synnest what dost thou vnto him Yf thine offences be many how gettest thou his fauoure Yf thou be rightuous what geuest thou him Or what receaueth he of thy handes Of soch an vngodly personne as thou of y e sonne of man that is rightuous as thou pretendest to be there is a greate crie coÌplaynte made by theÌ that are oppressed with violence yee euery man complayneth vpon the cruell arme of tyrauntes For soch one neuer sayeth Where is God that made me aÌd y t shyneth vpon vs that we might prayse him in the night Which geueth vs more vnderstoÌdinge then he doth the beastes of the earth and teacheth vs more then the foules off heaueÌ Yf eny soch complayne no maÌ geuââh answere and y t because of the wickednesse off proude tyrauntes But yf a man call vpon God doth not he heare him Doth not the Almightie accepte his crie WhaÌ thou speakest then shulde not he pardon the yff thou open thy self before him and put thy trust in him Then vseth he no violence in his wrath nether hath he pleasure in curious and depe inquisicions Therfore hath Iob opened his mouth but in vayne aÌd folishly hath he made so many wordes The XXXVI Chapter ELiu proceaded forth in his talkinge sayde holde the still a litle and I shal shewe the what I haue yet to speake on Gods behalfe I wil open vnto y e yet more of myne vnderstondinge and proue my maker rightuous True are my wordes no lye and the knowlege wherwithall I argue agaynst the is perfecte Beholde God casteth not awaye y e mightie for he himselff is mightie in power and wisdome As for the vngodly he preserueth theÌ not but helpeth the poore to their right He turneth not his eyes awaye from the rightuous he setteth vp kynges in their Trone and coÌfirmeth them so that they allwaye syt therin But yf they be layed in preson and cheynes or bounde with the bondes of pouerte then sheweth he them their workes aÌd dedes and the synnes wherw t they haue vsed
thy honde let thy right honde fynde out all theÌ y t hate the. Thou shalt make theÌ lite a fyre ouen in tyme of thy wrath the LORDE shal destroye theÌ in his displeasure the fyre shall consume them Their frute shalt thou rote out of the earth their sede froÌ amoÌge the childreÌ of men For they inteÌded myschefe agaynst the ymagined soch deuyces as they were not able to perfourme Therfore shalt thou put theÌ to flight with thy stringes thou shalt make ready thine arowes agaynst the faces off them Be thou exalted LORDE in thine owne strength so wil we synge and prayse thy power The XXI A psalme of Dauid MY God my God why hast thou forsaken me y e wordes of my coÌplaynte are farre fro my health O my God I crie in the daye tyme but thou hearest not and in the night season also I take no rest Yet dwellest thou in the Sanctuary o thou worshipe of Israel Oure father 's hoped in the they trusted in the aÌd thou dyddest delyuer them They called vpon the and were helped they put their trust in the and were not coÌfounded But as for me I am a worme and no man a very scorne of meÌ and the outcast of the people All they y t se me laugh me to scorne they shute out their lippes and shake their heades He trusted in God let him delyuer him let him helpe hiÌ yf he wil haue him But thou art he that toke me out of my mothers woÌbe thou wast âây hope when I hanged yet vpon my mothers brestes I haue bene left vnto the euer sence I was borne thou art my God eueÌ fro my mothers wombe O go not fro me theÌ for trouble is harde at honde and here is none to helpe me Greate bulles are come aboute me fatt oxen close me in on euery syde They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a rampinge and roaringe lyon I am poured out like water all my bones are out of ioynt my hert in the myddest off my body is euen like meltinge waxe My strength is dried vp like a potsherde my tunge cleueth to my goomes and thou hast brought me in to the dust of death For dogges are come aboute me the couÌcell of y e wicked hath layed sege agaynst me They pearsed my hondes and my fete I might haue tolde all my bones as for them they stode staringe and lokinge vpon me They haue parted my garmentes amonge them aÌd cast lottes vpon my vesture But be not thou farre fro me o LORDE thou are my sucoure haist the to helpe me Delyuer my soule from the swearde my dearlinge from the power of the dogge Saue me from the lyons mouth and heare me froÌ amonge the hornes off the vnicornes So will I declare thy name vnto my brethren in the myddest off the congregacion will I prayse the. O prayse the LORDE ye that feare him Magnifie him all ye sede of Iacob let all y e sede of Israel feare hiÌ For he hath not despysed ner abhorred the myserable estate of the poore he hath not hyd his face frome but wheÌ I called vnto him he herde me I wil prayse the in the greate congregacion and perfourme my vowes in the sight off all theÌ that feare the. The poore shal eate aÌd be satisfied they y e seke after y e LORDE shal prayse him youre herte shal lyue for euer All the endes of the worlde shal remembre them selues be turned vnto the LORDE and all the generacions of the Heithen shal worshipe before him For the kyngdome is the LORDES and he shal be the gouernoure of y e Heithen All soch as be fat vpoÌ earth shal eate also and worshipe All they that lye in the dust and lyue so hardly shall fall downe before him The sede shall serue him and preach of the LORDE for euer They shal come declare his rightuousnes vnto a people that shal be borne whoÌ the LORDE hath made The XXII A psalme of Dauid THe LORDE is my shepherde I can wante nothinge He fedeth me in a grene pasture aÌd ledeth me to a fresh water He quickeneth my soule bringeth me forth in the waye of rightuousnes for his names sake Though I shulde walke now in the valley of the shadowe of death yet I feare no euell for thou art with me thy staffe thy shepehoke coÌforte me Thou preparest a ââble before me agaynst mine enemies thou anoyntest my heade with oyle fyllest my cuppe full Oh let thy louynge kyndnes mercy folowe me all the dayes off my life that I maye dwell in the house off the LORDE for euer The XXIII A psalme of Dauid THe earth is the LORDES all that therin is the coÌpase of the worlde aÌd all y t dwell therin For he hath fouÌded it vpoÌ the sees buylded it vpon the floudes Who shal go vp in to the hill off the LORDE Or who shal remayne in his holy place EueÌ he y t hath innoceÌt hoÌdes a clene herte which lifteth not vp his mynde vnto vanite sweareth not to disceaue He shal receaue the blessinge froÌ the LORDE aÌd mercy froÌ God his sauioure This is y e generacioÌ of theÌ y t seke him of theÌ y t seke y i face o Iacob Sela. Open yo r gates o ye priÌces let the euerlastinge dores be opened y t y e kynge of glory maye come in Who is this kynge of glory ⪠It is the LORDE stroÌge and mightie euen the LORDE mightie in batell Open youre gates o ye prynces let the euerlastinge dores be opened y t the kynge off glory maye come in Who is this kynge off glory It is the LORDE of hoostes he is the kynge of glory Sela. The XXIIII A psalme of Dauid UNto the o LORDE I lift vp my soule My God I trust in y e Oh let me not be confounded lest myne enemies triuÌphe ouer me For all they y t hope in y e shal not be ashamed but soch as be scornefull despysers w t out a cause ⪠they shall be put to coÌfucioÌ Shewe me thy wayes o LORDE teach me thy pathes Lede me in y e trueth and lerne me for thou art the God off my health and in the is my hope all the daye longe Call to remembraunce O LORDE thy tender mercyes thy louinge kyndnesses which haue bene euer of olde Oh remeÌbre not y e synnes offences of my youth but acordinge vnto thy mercy thynke vpon me O LORDE for thy goodnesse O how freÌdly rightuous is the LORDE therfore wil he teach synners in the waye He ledeth the symple a right and soch as be meke theÌ lerneth he his wayes All the wayes of the LORDE are very mercy faith fulnesse vnto soch as kepe his testament and couenaunt For thy names sake O LORDE be mercifull vnto my synne for it is greate
God of Abraham for God is farre farre hyer exalted then the mightie lordes of the earth The XLVII A psalme of the children of Corah GReate is y e LORDE hyelie to be praysed in y e cite of o r God eueÌ vpoÌ his holy hill The hill of Sion is like a fayre plaÌte wherof all the londe reioyseth vpon the north syde lyeth the cite of the greate kinge God is well knowne in hir palaces y t he is the defence of the same For lo kynges are gathered and gone by together They marveled to se soch thinges they were astonâied sodeÌly cast downe Feare came there vpon theÌ sorowe as vpoÌ a woman in hir trauayle Thou shalt breake y e shippes of the see thorow the east wynde Like as we haue herde so se we in the cite of the LORDE of hoostes in the cite of o r God God vpholdeth the same for euer Sela. We wayte for thy louynge kyndnesse o God in the myddest of thy temple O God acordinge vnto thy name so is y e prayse vnto the worldes ende thy right hoÌde is full of rightuousnes Oh let the mouÌt Sion reioyse y e doughters of Iuda be glad because of thy iudgmeÌtes Walke aboute Sion go rounde aboute her and tell hir towres Marke well hir walles set vâ hir houses that it maye be tolde them y t come after For this God is o r God for euer euer and he shal allwaie be o r gyde The XLVIII A psalme of the children of Corah O Heare this all ye people pondre it well all ye that dwell vpoÌ the earth Hye lowe riche poore one w t another My mouth shal speake of wyszdome and my hert shal muse of vnderstondinge I wil encline myne eare to the parable shewe my darcke speach vpon the harpe Wherfore shulde I feare the euell dayes wheÌ the wickednesse of my heles coÌpaseth me rounde aboute They that put their trust in their good boost them selues in the multitude of their riches No man maye deliuer his brother ner make agrement for him vnto God For it costeth more to redeme their soules so that he must let that alone for euer Yee though he lyue loÌge se not y e graue For it shal be sene y t soch wyse meÌ shal dye perishe together as well as the ignoraunt and foolish leaue their goodes for other Loke what is in their houses it coÌtinueth still their dwellinge places endure from one generacion to another are called after their owne names vpon the earth Neuerthelesse maÌ abydeth not in soch hono r but is coÌpared vnto y e brute beastes becoÌmeth like vnto theÌ This waie of theirs is very foolishnesse yet their posterite prayse it w t their mouth Sela. They lye in the hell like shepe death shal gnawe vpon them the rightuous shal haue dominacion of them in the moâânynge by tymes their streÌgth shal consumâ hell shal be their dwellinge But God shal deliuer my soule from the power of hell when he receaueth me Sela. O be not thou afrayed whan one is made riche thâ glory of his hense increased For he ãâã cary nothingâ awaye w t him when he dyeâ nether shal his pompe folowe him ãâã he lyueth he is counted an happie ãâã so loÌge as he is in prosperite meÌ speake good of him But wheÌ he foloweth his fathers generacion he shal neuer se light eny more When a man is in honoure and hath no vnderstoÌdinge he is compared vnto the brute beastes and becommeth like vnto them The XLIX A psalme of Asaph THe LORDE euen the mightie God hath spokeÌ called the worlde from the rysinge vp of the sonne vnto the goinge downe of the same Out of Sion âpeareth the glorious beutie of God Oure God shal come and not kepe sylence there goeth befoââ him a consumynge fyre and a mightie tempest rounde aboute him He shal call the heauens from aboue and the earth that he maye iudge his people Gather my sayntes together vnto me those y t set more by the couenaunt then by eny offeringe And the heauens shal declare his rightuousnesse for God is iudge himself Sela. Heare o my people let me speake let me testifie amonge you o Israel I am God euen thy God I reproue the not because of thy sacrifice y e burnt offeringes are allwaye before me I wil take no bullockes out of thy house ner gotes out of thy foldes For all the beestes of the felde are myâe and thousandes of catell vpon the hilles I knowe all the foules vpon the mountaynes and the wilde beastes of the felde are in ây sight Yf I be hongrie I wil not tell âhe for y e whole worlde is myne and all that âherin is Thynkest thou that I wil eate âhe flesh of oxen or drynke the bloude of goaâes Offre vnto God prayse and thankesgeuynge and paye thy vowes vnto the most âyest And call vpoÌ me in the tyme of trouâle so wil I heare the that thou shalt thanâe me But vnto the vngodly sayeth God Why doest thou preach my lawes and taâest my couenaunt in thy mouth Where âs thou hatest to be refourmed and castest ây wordes behynde the Yf thou seist a âhefe thou runnest with him and art partaâer with the aduouterers Thou lettest yeâouth speake wickednesse thy tonge payneth disceate Thou syttest and speakest aâaynst thy brother yee and slaundrest thine âwne mothers sonne This thou doest whyâe I holde my tonge and thinkest me to be eâeÌ soch one as thy self but I wil reproue the set my self agaynst the. O considre this ãâã that forget God lest I plucke you awaie ãâã there be none to delyuer you Who so ââreth me thaÌkes and prayse he honoureth me this is the waye wherby I wil shewe him the sauynge health of God The L. A psalme of Dauid HAue mercy vpon me o God after thy goodnes acordinge vnto thy greate mercies do awaye myne offences Wash me well fro my wickednesse clense me fro my synne For I knowlege my fautes and my synne is euer before me Agaynst the only agaynst the haue I synned and done euell in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saynges and shuldest ouer come when thou art iudged Beholde I was borne in wickednesse and in synne hath my mother conceaued me But lo thou hast a pleasure in the treuth ⪠and hast shewed me secrete wyszdome O reconcile me with Isope and I shal be clene wash thou me and I shal be whyter then snowe Oh let me heare of ioye and gladnesse that the bones which thou hast broken maye reioyse Turne thy face fro my synnes and put out all my myszdedes Make me a clene hert o God and renue a right sprete within me Cast me not awaie from thy presence and take not thy holy sprete fro me O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne and stablish me with thy fre sprete Then
prayse For thou hast delyuered my soule froÌ death my fete froÌ fallinge y t I maye walke before God in y e light of y e lyuynge The LVI A psalme of Dauid BE mercifull vnto me o God be mercifull vnto me for my soule trusteth in y e ⪠vnder the shadowe of thy wynges shal be my refuge vntill wickednesse be euer past I call vnto God y e most hyest eueÌ y e God y t shal helpe me vp agayne âe shal sende froÌ heauen saue me froÌ the reprofe of him that wolde swalowe me vp Sela. This shal God sende for his mercy and faithfulnesse sake I lye with my soule amonge the cruell lyons euen amonge the children of men whose tethe are speares and arowes and their tonge a sharpe swerde Set vp thy self o God aboue the heaueÌs and thy glory aboue all the earth They haue layed a nett for my fete pressed downe my soule they haue dygged a pyt before me and are fallen in to it them selues Sela. My hert is ready o God my hert is ready to synge and geue prayse Awake o my glory awake lute and harpe I my self wil awake right early I wil geue thaÌkes vnto the o LORDE amonge the people I wil synge prayses vnto the amonge the HeitheÌ For y e greatnes of thy mercy reacheth ââto the heauens and thy faithfulnesse vnto ãâã cloudes Set vp thy self o God ãâ¦ã heaueÌs thy glory aboue all y e earth The LVII A psalme of Dauid âF youre myndes be vpon rightuousâesse in dede then iudge the thinge that is right o ye sonnes of men But ye ymagin myschefe in youre hertes and youre hondes deale with wickednesse The vngodly are frowarde eueÌ from their mothers wombe as soone as they be borne they go astraie speake lyes They are as furious as the serpent euen like the deaf Adder that stoppeth hir eares That she shulde not heare the voyce of the charmer charme he neuer so wysely Breake their teth o God in their mouthes smyte the chaft bones of the lyons whelpes in sonder o LORDE That they maye fall awaye like water y e runneth a pace and that when they shote their arowes they maye be brokeÌ Let theÌ coÌsume awaye like a snale like the vntymely frute of a woman and let them not se the Sonne Or euer youre thornes be sharpe the wrath shal take them awaye quycke like a stormy wynde The rightuous shal reioyse when he seyth the vengeaunce and shal wash his fete in the bloude of the vngodly So that meâ shal saye verely there is a rewarde for y e rightuous doutles there is a God that iudgeth the earth The LVIII A psalme of Dauid DElyuer me fro myne enemies o my God defende me froÌ theÌ y t ryse vp agaynst me O delyuer me froÌ the wicked doers saue me froÌ the bloudthurstie meÌ For lo they lye waytinge for my soule y e mightie meÌ are gathered together against me w t out eny offence or faute of me o LORDE They ruÌne prepare theÌ selues w t out my faute Arise come thou helpe me beholde StoÌde vp o LORDE God of hoostes thou God of Israel to vyset all Heithen be not mercifull vnto theÌ y t offende of malicious wickednesse Sela. Let theÌ go to fro runne aboute the cite youlinge like dogges Beholde they speake agaynst me w t their mouth swerdes are vnder their lippes for who reproueth theÌ But thou o LORDE shalt haue them in derision thou shalt laugh all HeitheÌ to scorne My streÌgth do I ascrybe vnto the for thou o God art my defender God sheweth me his goodnesse plenteously God letteth me se my desyre vpoÌ myne enemies SlayetheÌ not lest my people forget it but scatre theÌ abrode with thy power put theÌ downe o LORDE oure defence For y e synne of their mouth for the wordes of their lippes because of their pryde let theÌ be taken why their preachinge is of cursynge lyes CoÌsume them in y i wrath coÌsume theÌ y t they maye perish knowe y t it is God which ruleth in Iacob and in all the worlde Sela. Let theÌ go to fro ruÌne aboute the cite youlinge like dogges Let theÌ runne here there for meate and grudge when they haue not ynough As for me I wil synge of thy power aÌd prayse thy mercy betymes in the mornynge for thou art my defence and refuge in the tyme of my trouble Vnto the o my strength wil I synge for thou o God art my defence and my merciful God The LIX A psalme of Dauid O God thou y t hast cast vs out and scatred vs abrode thou y t hast bene so sore displeased at vs coÌforte vs agayne Thou y t hast remoued the loÌde deuyded it heale the sores therof for it shaketh Thou hast shewed thy people heuy thinges thou hast geuen vs a drynke off wyne y t we sloÌbre withall Yet hast thou geueÌ a tokeÌ for soch as feare the y t they maye cast it vp in y e treuth Sela. That thy beloued might be delyuered helpe them with thy right hande and heare me God hath spokeÌ in his SaÌctuary which thinge reioyseth me I wil deuyde SicheÌ mete out the valley ãâã Suchoth Galaad is myne Manasses is myne Ephraim is the strength of my heade Iuda is my captayne Moab is my washpotte ouer Edom wil I stretch out my shue Philistea shal be glad of me Who will lede me in to the stronge cite Who will bringe me in to Edom Shalt not thou do it o God thou y t hast cast vs out thou God y t wentest not out w t o r hoostes O be thou oure helpe in trouble for vayne is the helpe of man Thorow God we shal do greate actes for it is he that shal treade downe oure enemies The LX. A psalme of Dauid HEare my crienge o God geue hede vnto my prayer From the endes of y e earth wil I call vnto the wheÌ my herte is in trouble Oh set me vp vpoÌ an hye rocke For thou art my hope a stronge tower for me agaynst the enemie I will dwell in thy tabernacle for euer that I maye be safe vnder the couerynge of thy wynges Sela. For thou o LORDE hast herde my desyres thou hast geuen an heretage vnto those that feare thy name Thou shalt graunte the kynge a loÌge life that his yeares maye endure thorow out all generacions That he maye dwell before God for euer Oh let thy louynge mercy faithfulnes preserue him So wil I allwaye synge prayses vnto thy name y t I maye daylie perfourme my vowes The LXI A psalme of Dauid MY soule wayteth only vpon God for of him commeth my helpe He only is my streÌgth my saluacion my defence so y t I shal not greatly fall How longe wil ye ymagin myschefe agaynst euery man ye shal be slayne all y e sorte of you
is hast thou made all men for naught What man is he that lyueth and shal not se death Maye a maÌ delyuer his owne soule from the honde of hell Sela. LORDE where are thy olde louynge kyndnesses which thou sworest vnto Dauid in thy trueth RemeÌbre LORDE the rebuke that y e multitude of the people do vnto thy seruauntes how I haue borne it in my bosome Wher w t thine enemies blaspheme the slauÌder y e fotesteppes of y e anoynted Thankes be to the LORDE for euermore Amen Amen The LXXXIX psalme A prayer of Moses the man of God LORDE thou art oure refuge from one generacion to another Before the mountaynes were brought forth or euer the earth the worlde were made thou art God from euerlastinge and worlde with out ende Thou turnest man to destruccion Agayne thou sayest come agayne ye children of men For a thousande yeares in thy sight are but as yesterdaye that is past and like as it were a night watch As soone as thou scatrest them they are euen as a slepe and fade awaye sodenly like the grasse In the mornynge it is grene and groweth vp but in the euenynge it is cutt downe and wythered For we consume awaye in thy displeasure and are afrayed at thy wrothfull indignacion Thou âettest oure miszdedes before the and oure secrete synnes in the light of thy countenaunce For when thou art angrie all o r dayes are gone we brynge o r yeares to an ende ⪠as it were a tayle that is tolde The daye of oure age are iij. score yeares ten though men be so stronge that they come to iiij score yeares yet is their strength then but laboure and sorowe so soone passeth it awaye we are gone But who regardeth the power of thy wrath thy fearfull terrible displeasure O teach vs to nombre oure dayes that we maye applie oure hertes vnto wyszdome Turne the agayne o LORDE at the last and be gracious vnto thy seruauntes O satisfie vs with thy mercy and that soone so shal we reioyse and be glad all the dayes of oure life Comforte vs agayne now after the tyme that thou hast plaged vs and for the yeares wherin we haue suffred aduersite Shewe thy seruauntes thy worke their children thy glory And the glorious maiesty of the LORDE oure God be vpon vs O prospere thou the worke of oure hondes vpon vs o prospere thou oure hondy worke The XC psalme WHo so dwelleth vnder y e defence of the most hyest abydeth vnder y e shadowe of y e allmightie He shal saye vnto y e LORDE o my hope my stronge holde my God in whoÌ I wil trust For he shal deliuer the froÌ the snare of the hunter froÌ the noysome pestilence He shal couer the vnder his wynges that thou mayest be safe vnder his fethers his faithfulnesse and trueth shal be thy shylde and buckler So y t thou shalt not nede to be afrayed for eny bugges by night ner for arowe that flyeth by daye For the pestileÌce that crepeth in y e darcknesse ner for the sicknesse y t destroyeth in the noone daye A thousande shal fall besyde the and ten thousande at thy right honde but it shal not come nye the. Yee with thyne eyes shalt thou beholde and se the rewarde of the vngodly For thou LORDE art my hope thou hast set thy house of defence very hye There shal no euell happen vnto the nether shal eny plage come nye thy dwellinge For he shall geue his angels charge ouer the to kepe the in all thy wayes They shal beare the in their hondes that thou hurte not thy fote agaynst a stone Thou shalt go vpoÌ the Lyon and Adder the yonge Lyon and the Dragon shalt thou treade vnder thy fete Because he hath set his loue vpon me I shal delyuer him I shal defende him for he hath knowne my name When he calleth vpon me I shall heare him yee I am with him in his trouble wher out I wil delyuer him and brynge him to honoure With loÌge life wil I satisfie him shewe him my saluacion The XCI psalme IT is a good thinge to geue thankes vnto the LORDE and to synge prayses vnto y e name o most hyest To tell of thy louynge kyndnesse early in the mornynge and of thy trueth in the night season Vpon an instrumeÌt of ten strynges vpon the luâe and with a songe vpon the harpe For thou LORDE hast made me glad thorow thy workes ⪠and I wil reioyse ouer the operacion of thy hondes O LORDE how glorious are thy workes thy thoughtes are very depe An vnwyse man wil not knowe this a foole wil not vnderstoÌde it That the vngodly are grene as the grasse and that all the workes of wickednes do florish to be destroyed for euer But thou LORDE o most hyest abydest worlde without ende For lo thy enemies o LORDE lo thy enemies shal perishe and all the workers of wickednes shal be scatred abrode But my horne shal be exalted like the horne of an Vnicorne shal be anoynted with fresh oyle Myne eye also shal se his lust of myne enemies myne eare shall heare his desyre of the wicked y t ryse vp agaynst me The rightuous shal florish like a palme tre and growe like a Cedre of Libanus Soch as be planted in the house of the LORDE be frutefull plenteous grene That they maye shewe how true the LORDE my streÌgth is and that there is no vnrightuousnesse in him The XCII psalme THe LORDE is kynge and hath put on glorious apparell the LORDE hath put on his apparell gyrded himself with streÌgth he hath made the rounde worlde so sure that it can not be moued From that tyme forth hath y e seate bene prepared thou art from euerlastinge The floudes aryse o LORDE the floudes lift vp their noyse y e floudes lift vp their wawes The wawes of the see are mightie rage horribly but yet the LORDE that dwelleth on hye is mightier Thy testimonies o LORDE are very sure holynesse becommeth thyne house for euer The XCIII psalme O LORDE God to whom vengeaunce beloÌgeth thou God to whom vengeaunce belongeth shewe thy self Arise thou iudge of the worlde rewarde the proude after their deseruynge LORDE how longe shal the vngodly how longe shal the vngodly tryumphe How longe shal all wicked doers speake so diszdaynedly and make soch proude boastynge They smyte downe thy people o LORDE and trouble thine heretage They murthur the widdowe and the straunger and put the fatherlesse to death And yet they saie Tush the LORDE seyth not the God of Iacob regardeth it not Take hede ye vnwise amonge the people o ye fooles when wil ye vnderstonde He that planted the eare shal he not heare he that made the eye shal not he se He that nurtureth the Heithen and teacheth a man knowlege shal not he punysh The LORDE
litle hilles like yonge shepe What ayled the o thou see that thou fleddest and thou Iordan that thou turnedest backe Ye mountaynes that ye stripped like rammes and ye litle hilles like yonge shepe The earth trembled at the presence of the LORDE at the presence of the God of Iacob Which turned the harde rocke in to a stondinge water the flynt stone in to a sprynginge well Here the Hebrues begynne the CXV psalme Not vnto vs o LORDE not vnto vs but vnto thy name geue the prayse for thy louinge mercy and faithfulnes Wherfore shal the Heithen saye where is now their God As for oure God he is in heauen he doth what soeuer it pleaseth him Their ymages are but syluer and golde euen the worke of mens hoÌdes They haue mouthes and speake not eyes haue they but they se not They haue eares and heare not noses haue they but they smell not They haue handes and handle not fete haue they but they can not go nether can they speake thorow their throte They that made them are like vnto them and so are all soch as put their trust in them But let Israel trust in y e LORDE for he is their sucoure defence Let the house of Aaron put their trust in y e LORDE for he is their sucoure defence They that feare the LORDE let theÌ put their trust in the LORDE for he is their sucoure and defence The LORDE is myndefull of vs blesseth vs he blesseth y e house of Israel he blesseth y e house of Aaron Yee he blesseth all them that feare the LORDE both small greate The LORDE encrease you more more you and youre childreÌ For ye are y e blessed of the LORDE which made heauen earth All the whole heauens are the LORDES but the earth hath he geueÌ vnto y e childreÌ of men The deed prayse not the o LORDE nether all they that go downe in to sylence But we will prayse the LORDE from this tyme forth for euermore Halleluya The CXIIII psalme I Am wel pleased y t the LORDE ãâ¦ã herde y e voyce of my prayer ãâ¦ã he hath enclyned his eare ãâ¦ã therfore wil I call vpoÌ him as long ãâ¦ã The snares of death coÌpasâ ãâ¦ã aboute the paynes of hell gatâ ãâ¦ã me I founde trouble and heuy ãâ¦ã called I vpon y e name of the LORDE o LORDE delyuer my soule Gracious is y e LORDE rightuous yee oure God is mercifull The LORDE preserueth y e symple I was brought downe and he helped me Turne agayne then vnto thy rest o my soule for the LORDE hath geuen the thy desyre And why thou hast delyuered my soule from death myne eyes from teares and my fete from fallinge I wil walke before y e LORDE in the londe of the lyuynge The CXV psalme This psalme do the Hebrues ioyne vnto it that goeth before and it is with them the CXVI ⪠psalme I Beleued and therfore haue I spokeÌ but I was sore troubled I sayde in my haist All men are lyers What rewarde shal I geue vnto y e LORDE for all the benefites y t he hath done vnto me I wil receaue the cuppe of saluacioÌ and call vpon the name of the LORDE I wil paye my vowes in the presence of all his people right deare in the sight of y e LORDE is the death of his sayntes O LORDE I am thy seruaunt I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handmayden thou hast broken my bondes in sonder I wil offre the the sacrifice of thankes geuynge and wil call vpon the name of the LORDE I wil paye my vowes vnto the LORDE in the sight of all his people in the courtes of the LORDES house eueÌ in the myddest of the o Ierusalem Halleluya The CXVI psalme O Prayse the LORDE all ye Gentiles laude him all ye people For his mercifull kyndnes is euer more and more towarde vs the trueth of the LORDE endureth for euer Halleluya The CXVII psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Let Israel now confesse y t his mercy endureth for euer Let the house of Aaron now confesse that his mercy endureth for euer Yee let theÌ now that feare the LORDE confesse that his mercy endureth for euer I called vpon the LORDE in trouble and the LORDE herde me ãâã large The LORDE is my helper I wil ãâ¦ã what man doeth vnto me The ãâ¦ã is my helper I shal se my desyre ãâ¦ã enemies It is better to trust ãâ¦ã then to put eny confidence in ãâ¦ã is better to trust in the LORDE ãâ¦ã confideÌce in prynces All Heithen compased me rounde aboute but in the name of the LORDE wil I destroye theÌ They kepte me in on euery syde but in the name of the LORDE I wil destroye them They came aboute me like bees were as hote as the fyre in the thornes but in the name of the LORDE I wil destroye them They thrust at me that I might fall but the LORDE was my helpe The LORDE is my streÌgth my songe is become my saluacion The voyce of ioye myrth is in the dwellynges of y e rightuous for y e right hande of the LORDE hath gotteÌ the victory The right hande of the LORDE hath the preemynence the right haÌde of the LORDE hath gotteÌ the victory I wil not dye but lyue and declare the workes of the LORDE The LORDE hath chastened correcte me but he hath not geuen me ouer vnto death Open me the gates of rightuousnes ⪠y t I maye go in there thorow geue thaÌkes vnto the LORDE This is the dore of the LORDE the rightuous shall entre in thorow ãâã I thanke the y t thou hast herde me are become my saluacioÌ The same stone which the buylders refused is become the headestone in the corner This was the LORDES doinge it is maruelous in o r eyes This is the daye which the LORDE hath made ⪠let vs reioyse and be glad in it Helpe now o LORDE o LORDE sende vs now prosperite Blessed be he that coÌmeth in the name of the LORDE we wish you good lucke ye that be of the house of the LORDE God is the LORDE hath shewed vs light O ãâã the solempne feast with grene braunches ãâã vnto the hornes of y e aulter Thou art ãâã God I wil thanke the thou art my ãâã and I wil prayse the. O geue thankes ãâã to the LORDE for he is gracious his mâââcy endureth for euer The CXVIII psalme Aleph BLessed are those y t be vndefiled in thâ waye which walke in the lawe of ãâã LORDE Blessed are they that kepe his tâââtimonies seke him with their whole hertâ ⪠Which walke in his wayes do no wiâkednesse Thou hast geuen strayte chaâââ to kepe thy commaundementes O thââ my wayes were stablished to kepe thy statââtes So shulde I not be confounded
to be amoÌge the children of men Therfore harken vnto me o ye children for blessed are they that kepe my wayes ⪠O geue eare vnto nurtoure be wyse and refuse it not Blessed is y e man that heareth me watchinge daylie at my gates geuynge attendaunce at the postes of my dores For who so fyndeth me fyndeth life and shal optayne fauoure of the LORDE But who so offendeth agaynst me hurteth his owne soule All they that hate me are the louers of death The IX Chapter WYsdome hath buylded herself an house and hewen out seuen pilers she hath slaughted poured out hir wyne and prepared hir table She hath sent forth hir maydens to crie vpoÌ the hyest place of the cite Who so is ignorauÌt let him come hither And to the vnwise she sayde O come on youre waye eate my bred and drynke my wyne which I haue poured out for you Forsake ignorauÌce and ye shal lyue and se that ye go in the waye of vnderstondinge Who so reproueth a scornefull personne getteth him self dishonoure and he that rebuketh the vngodly stayneth himself Reproue not a scorner lest he owe the euell wil but rebuke a wyse man and he wil loue the. Geue a discrete man but an occasion he wil be the wyser ⪠teach a rightuous man and he wil increase The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome the knowlege of holy thinges is vnderstondinge For thorow me y e dayes shal be prolonged and the yeares of thy life shal be many Yf thou be wyse y i wysdome shal do y i selfe good but yf thou thynkest scorne therof it shal be thine owne harme A foolish restlesse woman full of wordes and soch one as hath no knowlege sytteth in the dores of hir house vpoÌ a stole aboue in the cite to call soch as go by and walke straight in their wayes Who so is ignoraunt sayeth she let him come hither and to the vnwyse she sayeth stollen waters are swete the bred that is preuely eaten hath a good taist But they coÌsider not that death is there and that hir gestes go downe to hell The X. Chapter These are prouerbes of Salomon A Wyse sonne maketh a glad father but an vndiscrete sonne is the heuynesse of his mother Treasures that are wickedly gotten profit nothinge but rightuousnesse delyuereth from death The LORDE wil not let the soule of the rightuous suffre hoÌger but he putteth y e vngodly froÌ his desyre An ydle hande maketh poore but a quycke laboringe hande maketh riche Who so gathereth in Sommer is wyse but he that is slogish in haruest bringeth himself to confucion Louynge and fauorable is the face of the rightuous but y e fore heade of the vngodly is past shame and presumptuous The memoriall of the iust shall haue a good reporte but the name of the vn godly shal stynke A wyse man wil receaue warnynge but a foole wil sooner be smytten in the face He that leadeth an innocent life walketh surely but who so goeth a wroÌge waye shal be knowne He y t wynketh with his eye wil do some harme but he that hath a foolish mouth shal be beaten The mouth of a rightuous man is a well of life but y e mouth of the vngodly is past shame presumptuous Euell will stereth vp strife but loue couereth y e multitude of synnes In y e lippes of him y t hath vnderstoÌdinge a maÌ shal fynde wysdome but y e redde beloÌgeth to y e backe of y e foolish Wyse meÌ laye vp knowlege but y e mouth of y e foolish is nye destruccioÌ The rich maÌs goodes are his stroÌge holde but pouerte oppresseth the poore The rightuous laboureth to do good but the vngodly vseth his increase vnto synne To take hede vnto y e chastenynge of nurtoure is y e waye of life but he that refuseth to be refourmed goeth wroÌge Dissemblynge lippes kepe hatred secretly and he that speaketh eny slaunder is a foole Where moch bablinge is there must nedes be offence he that refrayneth his lippes is wysest of all An innocent tonge is a noble treasure but the herte of the vngodly is nothinge worth The lippes of the rightuous fede a whole multitude but fooles shal dye in their owne foly The blessynge of the LORDE maketh rich meÌ as for carefull trauayle it doth nothinge therto A foole doth wickedly maketh but a sporte of it neuertheles it is wysdome for a man to bewarre of soch The thinge that the vngodly are afrayed of shal come vpon them but the rightuous shal haue their desyre The vngodly is like a tempest that passeth ouer is nomore sene but the rightuous remayneth sure for euer As vyneger is to the teth and as smoke is vnto y e eyes eueÌ so is a slogish personne to them that sende him forth The feare of y e LORDE maketh a loÌge life but y e yeares of y e vngodly shal be shortened The pacient abydinge of the rightuous shal be turned to gladnesse but the hope of the vngodly shal perish The waye of the LORDE geueth a corage vnto y e godly but it is a feare for wicked doers The rightuous shal neuer be ouerthrowne but y e vngodly shal not remayne in the londe The mouth of the iust wil be talkynge of wysdome but the tonge of the frowarde shal perish The lippes of the rightuous are occupied in acceptable thinges but the mouth of the vngodly taketh them to the worst The XI Chapter A False balaunce is an abhominacion vnto the LORDE but a true weight pleaseth him Where pryde is there is shame also and confucion but where as is lowlynes there is wysdome The innocent dealynge of the iust shal lede them but the vnfaithfulnesse of the despysers shal be their owne destruccion Riches helpe not in the daye of vengeaunce but rightuousnesse delyuereth froÌ death The rightuousnes of y e innocent ordreth his waye but the vngodly shal fall in his owne wickednesse The rightuousnesse of the iust shal delyuer them but the despysers shal be taken in their owne vngodlynesse When an vngodly man dyeth his hope is gone the confydence of riches shal perish The rightuous shal be delyuered out of trouble the vngodly shal come in his steade Thorow y e mouth of y e dyssembler is his neghboure destroyed but thorow knowlege shal the iust be delyuered When it goeth well with the rightuous the cite is mery and when the vngodly perish there is gladnesse When the iust are in wealth the cite prospereth but whan the vngodly haue the rule it decayeth A foole bryngeth vp a slaunder of his neghboure but a wyse man wil kepe it secrete A dyssemblynge person wil discouer preuy thinges but he that is of a faithfull hert will kepe councel Where no good councel is there the people decaye but where as are many that can geue councell there is wealth He that is
rightuous eateth and is satisfied but y e bely of the vngodly hath neuer ynough The XIIII Chapter A Wyse womaÌ vpholdeth hir house but a foolish wife plucketh it downe Who so feareth the LORDE walketh in the right path regardeth not him that abhorreth the wayes of the LORDE In the mouth of the foolish is the boostinge of lordshipe but y e lippes of y e wyse wil be warre of soch Where no oxen are there the crybb is emptie but where the oxen laboure there is moch frute A faithfull wytnesse wyl not dyssemble but a false recorde wil make a lye A scornefull body seketh wyszdome fyndeth it not but knowlege is easy to come by vnto him that wil vnderstonde Se y t thou medle not with a foole do as though thou haddest no knowlege The wyszdome of him that hath vnderstondinge is to take hede vnto his waye but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth Fooles make but a sporte of synne but there is fauourable loue amoÌge the rightuous The herte of him that hath vnderstondinge wil nether dispare for eny sorow ner be to presumptuous for eny sodane ioye The houses of the vngodly shal be ouerthrowne but the tabernacles of y e righteus shal florishe There is a waye which some men thinke to be right but the ende therof ledeth vnto death The herte is soroufull euen in laughter and the ende of myrth is heuynesse An vnfaithfull personne shal be fylled with his owne wayes but a good maÌ wyl bewarre of soch An ignorauÌt body beleueth all thinges but who so hath vnderstondinge loketh well to his goinges A wyse man feareth and departeth from euell but a foole goeth on presumptuously An vnpacient man handeleth foolishly but he that is well aduysed doth other wayes The ignorauÌt haue foolishnes in possessioÌ but the wyse are crowned with knowlege The euell shal bowe them selues before y e good and the vngodly shal wayte at the ââres of the rightuous The poore is hatch euen of his owne neghbours but the riche hath many frendes Who so despyseth his neghbo r doth amysse but blessed is he that hath pyte of the poore They that ymagin wickednes shal be disapoynted but they that muse vpoÌ good thinges vnto soch shal happen mercy and faithfulnesse DiligeÌt labo r bryngeth riches but where many vayne wordes are truly there is scarcenesse Riches are an ornament vnto the wyse but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse A faithfull wytnesse delyuereth soâles but a lyar dysceaueth them The fearâ of the LORDE is a stroÌge holde for vnto his he wyl be a sure defence The feare of the LORDE is a well of life to auoyde the snares of death The increase and prosperite of the comons is the kynges honoure but the decaye of the people is the confucioÌ of the prynce Pacience is a token of wiszdome but wrath and haistie displeasure is a token of foolishnesse A mery herte is the life of the body but rancoure consumeth awaye the bones He that doth a poore man wroÌge blasphemeth his maker but who so hath pitie of the poore doth honoure vnto God The vngodly is afrayed of euery parell but the rightuous hath a good hope eueÌ in death Wyszdome resteth in the herte of him that hath vnderstondinge and he wyll teach them that are vnlerned Rightuousnes setteth vp the people but wyckednesse bryngeth folke to destruccion A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto y e kynge but one y t is not honest prouoketh him vnto wrath The XV. Chapter A Softe aÌswere putteth downe displeasure but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse The eyes of the LORDE loke in euery place both vpon y e good and badd A wholsome tonge is a tre of life but he that abuseth it hath a broken mynde A foole despyseth his fathers correccion but he y t taketh hede whan he is reproued shal haue y e more vnderstoÌdinge In the house of the rightuous are greate riches but in the increase of the vngodly there is mysordre A wyse mouth poureth out knowlege but y e herte of the foolish doth not so The LORDE abhorreth y e sacrifice of the vngodly but the prayer of the rightuous is acceptable vnto him The waye of the vngodly is an abhominacioÌ vnâto y e LORDE but who so foloweth righteousnes him he loueth He that forsaketh yeâight strete shal be sore punyshed who so hateth correccion falleth in to death The hell w t hir payne is knowne vnto the LORDE how moch more then the hertes of men A scornefull body loueth not one y t rebuketh him nether wil he come amonge y e wyse A mery herte maketh a chearfull countenaunce but an vnquyet mynde maketh it heuy A wyse herte wil seke after knowlege but y e mouth of fooles medleth with foolishnesse All the dayes of the poore are miserable but a quyete herte is as a coÌtynuall feast Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure for they are not without sorowe Better is a meace of potage with loue then a fat oxe w t euell will An angrie man stereth vp strife but he y t is pacient stilleth discorde The waye of y e slouthfull is full of thornes but y e strete of the rightuous is well clensed A wyse sonne maketh a glad father but an vndiscrete body shameth his mother A foole reioyseth in foolish thinges but a wyse man loketh well to his owne goinges Vnaduysed thoughtes shal come to naught but where as are men y t can geue councell there is stedfastnesse O how ioyfull a thinge is it a man to geue a conuenient answere O how pleasaunt is a worde spoken in due season The waye of life ledeth vnto heaueÌ y t a man shulde be warre of hell beneth The LORDE wyl breake downe y e house of y e proude but he shal make fast y e borders of y e wyddowe The LORDE abhoreth y e ymaginacions of y e wicked but pure wordes are pleasaunt vnto him The couetous man wrâtteth vp his owne house but who so hateth rewardes shal lyue A rightuous maÌ museth in his mynde how to do good but y e mynde of the vngodly ymagineth how he maye do harme The LORDE is farre from the vngodly but he heareth y e prayer of the rightuous Like as y e clearnesse of y e eyes reioyseth y e herte so doth a good name fede y e bones The eare y t harkeneth vnto wholsome warnynge and enclyneth therto shall dwell amonge y e wyse He that refuseth to âe refourmed despyseth his owne soule but he that submytteth himself to correccion is wyse The XVI Chapter THe feare of y e LORDE is y e right scyeÌce of wyszdome and lowlynes goeth before honor. A man maye well purâose a thinge in his harte but y e answere of y e tonge coÌmeth of y e LORDE A maÌ thinketh all
his waies to be clene but it is y e LORDE y t fashioneth y e myndes Commytte thy workes vnto y e LORDE and loke what thou deuysest it shal prospere The LORDE doth all thinges for his owne sake yee when he kepeth y e vngodly for y e daye of wrath The LORDE abhorreth all presumptuous proude hertes there maye nether strength ner power escape With louynge mercy faithfulnesse synnes be forgeuen and who so feareth y e LORDE eschueth euell When a mans wayes please y e LORDE he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes Better is it to haue a litle thinge w t rightuousnes theÌ greate rentes wrongeously gotten A maÌ deuyseth a waye in his herte but it is y e LORDE y t ordreth his goinges When y e prophecy is in y e lippes of y e kynge his mouth shal not go wroÌge in iudgment A true measure a true balauÌce are y e LORDES he maketh all weightes It is a greate abhominacioÌ when kynges are wycked for a kynges seate shulde be holden vp w t righteousnesse Righteous lippes are pleasauÌt vnto kynges and they loue him y t speaketh y e trueth The kynges displeasure is a messaunger of death but a wyse man wyl pacifie him The cherefull countenauÌce of y e kynge is life and his louynge fauo r is as the euenynge dewe To haue wyszdome in possession is better then golde and to get vnderstondynge is more worth then syluer The path of y e righteous eschueth euell who so loketh well to his wayes kepeth his owne soule Presumptuousnes goeth before destruccion and after a proude stomake there foloweth a fall Better it is to be of humble mynde w t the lowly then to deuyde y e spoyles w t y e proude He y t handleth a matter wysely opteyneth good blessed is he y t putteth his trust in y e LORDE Who so hath a wyse vnderstondinge is called to councell but he y t can speake fayre getteth more riches Vnderstondinge is a well of life vnto him y t hath it as for y e chastenynge of fooles it is but foolishnesse The herte of the wyse enfourmeth his mouth and amendeth y e doctryne in his lyppes Fayre wordes are an hony combe a refreshinge of y e mynde health of y e bones There is a waye y t men thinke to be right but the ende therof leadeth vnto death A troublous soule disquyeteth hir selfe for hir owne mouth hath brought her therto An vngodly personne stereth vp euell and in his lippes he is as an whote burnynge fyre A frowarde body causeth strife and he y t is a blabbe of his tonge maketh deuysion amonge prynces A wicked maÌ begyleth his neghbo r ledeth him y e waye y t is not good He that wyncketh w t his eyes ymagineth myschefe and he y t byteth his lippes wyl do some harme Age is a crowne of worshipe yf it be founde in the waye of righteousnes A pacient man is better then one that is stroÌge and he that can rule him selfe is more worth then he y t wynneth a cite The lottes are cast in to the lappe but their fall stoÌdeth in the LORDE The XVII Chapter BEtter is a drye morsell w t quyetnesse theÌ a full house and many fatt catell w t stryfe A discrete seruauÌt shal haue more rule then the sonnes y t haue no wysdome and shal haue like heretage w t the brethren Like as syluer is tried in the fyre and golde in the fornace euen so doth the LORDE proue the hertes A wicked body holdeth moch of false lippes a dyssemblynge persone geueth eare to a disceatfull toÌge Who so laugheth y e poore to scorne blasphemeth his maker and he y t is glad of another mans hurte shal not be vnpunyshed Childers children are a worshipe vnto the elders and the fathers are the hono r of the children An eloquent speach becoÌmeth not a foole a dyssemblinge mouth also besemeth not a prynce Liberalite is a precious stone vnto him that hath it for where so euer he becoÌmeth he prospereth Who so couereth another mans offence seketh loue but he y t discloseth the faute setteth frendes at variaunce One reprofe only doth more good to him y t hath vnderstoÌdinge then an C. stripes vnto a foole A sedicious personne seketh myschefe âut a cruell messaunger shal be sent agaynst him It were better to come agaynst a she Bere robbed of hir whelpes then agaynst a foole in his foolishnes Who so rewardeth euell for good the plage shal not departe froÌ his house He y t soweth discorde strife is like one y t dyggeth vp a water broke but an open enemie is like the water y t breaketh out reÌâeth abrode The LORDE hateth as well him y t iustifieth y e vngodly as him y t condempneth the innoceÌt What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hoÌde where as he hath no mynde to bye wyszdome He is a frende that all waye loueth and in aduersite a man shal knowe who is his brother Who so promiseth by the hande is suertie for another he is a foole He y t loueth strife delyteth in synne who so setteth his dore to hye seketh after a fall Who so hath a frowarde herte opteyneth no good and he y t hath an oueÌrthââââ tonge shal fall in to myschefe An ãâã body bryngeth himselfe in to sorowe and y e father of a foole can haue no ioye A mâây herte maketh a lusty age but a sorowfull âââde dryeth vp y e bones The vngodly taketh giftes out of the bosome to wraist the wayeââ of iudgment Wyszdome shyneth in y e face of him y t hath vnderstondinge but y e eyes ââ fooles wandre thorow out all loÌdes An ãâã discrete sonne is a grefe vnto his father ãâã heuynesse vnto his mother y t bare him ãâã punysh y e innocent and to smyte y e prynces â geue true iudgmeÌt are both euell He is ãâã and discrete y t tempereth his wordes ãâã he is a maÌ of vnderstoÌdinge y t maketh moââ of his sprete Yee a very foole when he holâdeth his tonge is counted wyse and to ãâã vnderstoÌdinge when he shutteth his lippes The XVIII Chapter WHo so hath pleasure to sowe disââde piketh a quarell in euery thingâ ⪠A foole hath no delyte in vnderââââdinge but only in those thinges wherin ãâã herte reioyseth Where vngodlynes is theâre is also diszdayne so there foloweth shaâme dishonor. The wordes of a maÌs ãâã are like depe waters and the well of wyszdoâme is like a full streame It is not good ãâã regarde y e personne of the vngodly or to ãâã backe y e righteous in iudgmeÌt A fooles lipâpes are euer brawlinge and his mouth proâuoketh vnto batayll A fooles mouth is ãâã owne destruccion and his lippes are y e ãâã for his owne soule The wordes of a slaunâderer are very wouÌdes and go thorow
e thinges that are set before y e Measure thine appetite and yf thou wilt rule thine owne self be not ouer gredy of his meate for meate begyleth and disceaueth Take not ouer greate trauayle and labo r to be riche bewarre of soch a purpose Why wilt thou set thine eye vpon y e thinge which sodenly vanisheth awaye For riches make them selues wynges and take their flight like an Aegle in to y e ayre Eate not thou w t y e envyous and desyre no his meate for he hath a maruelous herte He sayeth vnto y e eate and drynke where as his herte is not w t ye. Yee y e morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou perbreake and lese those swete wordes Tel nothinge in to y e eares of a foole for he wyl despyse the wyszdome of thy wordes Remoue not y e olde lande marke and come not within y e felde of the fatherlesse For he y t deliuereth them is mightie euen he shal defende their cause agaynst the. Applie thine herte vnto lernynge and thine eare to the wordes of knowlege Witholde not correccion from y e childe for yf thou beatest him w t the rodde he shal not dye therof Thou smytest him w t the rodde but thou delyuerest his soule from hell My sonne yf y e herte receaue wyszdome my herte also shal reioyce yee myreynes shal be very glad yf y e lyppes speake the thinge y t is right Let not thine herte be gelous to folowe synners but kepe y e still in the feare of the LORDE all the daye loÌge for the ende is not yet come and thy pacient abydinge shal not be in vayne My sonne ne eare be wyse so shal thine hert prospere in the waye Kepe no company w t wyne bebbers and ryotous eaters of flesh for soch as be dronckardes and ryotous shal come to pouerte he that is geuen to moch slepe shal go w t a ragged cote Geue eare vnto thy father that begat the and despyse not thy mother whan she is olde Labo r for to get y e treuth sell not awaye wyszdome nourt o r vnderstoÌdinge for a righteous father is maruelous glad of a wyse sonne delyteth in hiÌ so shal thy father be glad and thy mother that bare the shal reioyse My sonne geue me thyne herte and let thine eyes haue pleasure in my wayes For an whore is a depe graue and an harlot is a narow pytt She lurketh like a thefe and those that be not awarre she briÌgeth vnto her Where is wo where is sorow where is strife where is braulynge where are woundes without cause where be reed eyes Euen amonge those that be euer at the wyne and seke out where the best is Loke not thou vpon the wyne how reed it is and what a colo r it geueth in the glasse It goeth downe softly but at the last it byteth like a serpeÌt and styngeth as an Adder So shal thine eyes loke vnto straunge women thine herte shal muse vpon frowarde thinges Yee thou shalt be as though thou slepte in y e myddest of y e see or vpoÌ y e toppe of the mast They wounded me shalt thou saie but it hath not hurte me they smote me but I felt it not WheÌ I am wel wakened I wil go to y e drynke agayne The XXIIII Chapter BE not thou gelous ouer wicked meÌ desyre not thou to be amonge them For their herte ymagineth to do hurte their lippes talke of myschefe Thorow wyszdome an house shal be buylded w t vnderstondinge it shal be set vp Thorow discrecion shal y e chaÌbers be fylled w t all costly pleasaunt riches ⪠A wyse maÌ is stroÌge yee a maÌ of vnderstoÌdinge is better theÌ he y t is mightie of streÌgth For with discrecion must warres be takeÌ in honde and where as are many y t can geue councell there is y e victory Wyszdome is an hie thinge yee eueÌ to y e foole for he darre not opeÌ his mouth in y e gate He y t ymagineth myschefe maye wel be called an vngracious personne The thoughte of y e foolish is synne y e scornefull is an abhominacion vnto meÌ Yf thou be ouersene necligeÌt in tyme of nede theÌ is thy streÌgth but small Delyuer theÌ y t go vnto death are led awaie to be slaine be not necligeÌt therin Yf thou wilt saye I knewe not of it Thynkest thou y t he which made y e hertes doth not coÌsidre it y t he which regardeth y e soule seith it not Shal not he recoÌpence euery man acordinge to his workes My sonne thou eatest hony y e swete hony coÌbe because it is good swete in thy mouth Euen so shall y e knowlege of wysdome be vnto y e soule as soone as thou hast gotteÌ it And there is good hope yee y e hope shal not be in vayne Laye no preuy waite wickedly vpon y e house of y e rightuous disquiete not his restinge place For a iust maÌ falleth seuen tymes ryseth vp agayne but y e vngodly fall in to wickednes Reioyce not thou at y e fall of thine enemie and let not thine herte be glad whan he stombleth Lest y e LORDE when he seyth it be angrie turne his wrath from him vnto the. Let not y e wrath gelousy moue y e to foolow y e wicked and vngodly And why y e wicked hath nothinge to hope for y e caÌdle of the vngodly shall be put out My sonne feare thou y e LRODE y e kinge kepe no coÌpany w t y e slaunderous for their destruccion shal come sodenly who knoweth y e fall of theÌ both These are also y e saieÌges of y e wyse It is not good to haue respecte of any personne in iudgmeÌt He y t saieth to y e vngodly thou art rightuous him shall the people curse yee y e comoÌtie shal abhorre him But they y t rebuke y e vngodly shal be coÌmended a riche blessinge shal come vpoÌ theÌ He maketh him self to be well loued that geueth a good answere First make vp y e worke y t is w t out loke well vnto y t which thou hast in y e felde theÌ buylde thine house Be no false wytnesse agaynst y e neghbo r hurte him not w t y e lyppes Saye not I wil haÌdle him eueÌ as he hath dealte w t me wil rewarde euery maÌ acordinge to his dedes I wente by y e felde of y e slouthfull by y e vynyarde of the foolish maÌ And lo it was all couered w t nettels stode full of thistles y e stone wall was brokeÌ downe This I sawe coÌsidered it wel I loked vpoÌ it toke it for a warnynge Yee slepe on still a litle sloÌbre a litle folde thine hoÌdes together yet
vnto straunge goddes And so Ieremy came from Tophet where the LORDE had sent him to prophecie and stode in the courte off the house off the LORDE and spake to all the people Thus saieth the LORDE off hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will bringe vpon this cite and vpon euery towne aboute it all the plages that I haue deuysed agaynst them for they haue bene obstinate aÌd wolde not obeye my warnynges The XX. Chapter WHen Pashur the preast the sonne off Emmer chefe in the house of y e LORDE herde Ieremy preach so stedfastly he smote Ieremy and put him in the stockes that are by the hie gate of Ben Iamin in the house of y e LORDE The nexte daye folowinge Pashur brought Ieremy out of the stockes agayne Then sayde Ieremy vnto him The LORDE shall call the nomore Pashur that is excellent and increasinge but Magor that is fearfull aÌd afrayed euery where For thus saieth the LORDE beholde I will make the afrayed the thy self and all that fauoure y e which shal perish with the swearde off their enemies euen before y t face And I wil geue whole Iuda vnder the power of the kinge of Babilon which shall carie some vnto Babilon presoners and slaye some with the swearde Morouer all y e substaunce of this londe all their precious and gorgeous workes all costlynesse and all the treasure of the kinges of Iuda wil I geue into the hoÌdes of their enemies which shal spoyle them and carie them vnto Babilon But as for the o Pashur thou shalt be caried vnto Babilon with all thine housholde to BabiloÌ shalt thou come where thou shalt die and be buried thou and all thy fauourers to whom thou hast preached lies O LORDE thou makest me weake but thou refreszhest me makest me stronge agayne All the daye longe am I despysed and laughed to scorne of euery man because I haue now preached longe agaynst malicious Tyranny and shewed them off destruccion For y e which cause they cast the worde off the LORDE in my teth and take me euer to the worst Wherfore I thought from hence forth not to speake of him ner to preach eny more in his name But the worde off the LORDE was a very burnynge fyre in my hert and in my bones which when I wolde haue stopped I might not For why I herde so many derisioÌs and blasphemies yee euen of myne owne companyons and off soch as were conuersaunte with me which wente aboute to make me afrayed sayenge vpon him let vs go vpon him to feare him and make him holde his tonge y t we maye ouercome him and be avenged off him But the LORDE stode by me like a mightie giaunte therfore my persecuters fell and coude do nothinge They shal be sore confouÌded for they haue done vnwisely they shall haue an euerlastinge shame And now o LORDE of hoostes thou rightuous sercher which knowest the reynes and the very hertes let me se them punyshed for vnto the I committe my cause Synge vnto the LORDE and prayse him for he hath delyuered the soule off the oppressed from the honde off the violent Cursed be the daye wherein I was borne vnhappie be y e daye where in my mother brought me forth Cursed be the man that brought my father the tidinges to make him glad sayenge thou hast gotten a sonne Let it happen vnto that man as to the cities which y e LORDE turned vpside downe when he had longe herde the wicked rumoure of them because he slewe me not as soone as I came out off my mothers wombe and because my mother was not my graue hirselff that the byrth might not haue come out but remayned still in her Wherfore came I forth off my mothers wombe To haue experience of laboure and sorowe and to lede my life with shame The XXI Chapter THese are the wordes that the LORDE spake vnto Ieremy what tyme as kinge Sedechias sent vnto him Pashur the sonne off Melchia and Sophonias the sonne ⪠of Maasia prest sayenge Axe councell at the LORDE we praye the of oure behalfe for Nabuchodonosor the kinge off Babilon besegeth vs yff the LORDE peraduenture will deale with vs acordinge to his maruelous power and take him from vs. Then spake Ieremy Geue Sedechias this answere Thus saieth the LORDE God off Israel beholde I will turne backe the weapens that ye haue in youre hondes wherwith ye fight agaynst the kinge of BabiloÌ the Caldees which besege you rounde aboute y e walles I wil briÌge theÌ together in to the myddest of this cite and I my selff will fight agaynst you with an outstretched honde aÌd with a mightie arme in greate displeasure and terrible wrath and will smyte them that dwell in this cite yee both meÌ aÌd catell shal dye of the pestilence And after this saieth the LORDE I shall delyuer Sedechias the kinge of Iuda his seruauntes his people and soch as are escaped in the cite from the pestilence swearde and honger into the power of Nabuchodonosor kinge of Babilon yee in to the hoÌdes of their enemies in to the hoÌdes of those y t folowe vpon their lyues which shall smyte them with y e swerde they shal not pite theÌ they shal not spare them they shall haue no mercy vpon them And vnto this people thou shalt saye Thus saieth the LORDE beholde I laye before you the waye of life and deeth Who so abydeth in this cite shal perish ether w t the swearde with honger or with pestileÌce But who so goeth out to holde on y e Caldees parte y t besege it he shal saue his life and shall wynne his soule for a pray For I haue set my face agaynst this cite saieth the LORDE to plage it and to do it no good It must be geueÌ in to the honde of the kinge of Babilon be brent with fyre And vnto the house of the kinge off Iuda saye thus Heare the worde of y e LORDE o thou house off Dauid for thus saieth the LORDE Ministre rightuousnes and that soone delyuer the oppressed froÌ violent power or euer my terrible wrath break out like a fyre ⪠and burne so that no man maye queÌch it because of the wickednes of youre ymaginacions Beholde saieth the LORDE I wil come vpoÌ you that dwel in the valleis rockes and feldes and saye Tush who will make vs afrayed or who will come in to oure houses For I will vyset you saieth the LORDE because off the wickednes off youre invencions and will kyndle soch a fyre in youre wod as shall coÌsume all that is aboute you The XXII Chapter THus sayde the LORDE also Go downe in to the house of the kinge off Iuda and speake there these wordes saye Heare the worde off the LORDE thou kinge off Iuda that syttest in the kyngly seate off Dauid thou and thy seruauntes aÌd y e people
haue geuen you and to heare the wordes of my seruauntes the prophetes whom I sent vnto you rysynge vp tymely and still sendinge Yf ye will not folowe theÌ I saye then will I do to this house as I dyd vnto Silo and will make this cite to be abhorred of all the people of the earth And the prestes the prophetes and all the people herde Ieremy preach these wordes in the house of the LORDE Now when he had spoken out all the wordes that the LORDE commaunded him to preach vnto all the people then the prestes the prophetes and all the people toke holde vpon him and sayde thou shalt dye How darrest thou be so bolde as to saye in the name of the LORDE it shal happen to this house as it dyd vnto Silo and this cite shal be so waist that no man shal dwell there in And when all the people were gathered aboute Ieremy in the house of the LORDE the prynces of Iuda herde of this rumoure they came soone out of the kinges Palace in to the house of the LORDE and sat them downe before the new dore of the LORDE Then spake the prestes and the prophetes vnto the rulers to all the people these wordes This man is worthy to dye for he hath preached agaynst this cite as ye youre selues haue herde with youre eares Then sayde Ieremy vnto the rulers and to all the people The LORDE hath sente me to preach agaynst this house agaynst this cite all the wordes that ye haue herde Therfore amende youre wayes and youre advysementes and be obedient vnto the voyce of the LORDE youre God so shal the LORDE repeÌt of the plage y t he had deuysed agaynst you Now as forme I am in youre hondes do with me as ye thinke expedieÌt and good But this shall ye knowe yf ye put me to death ye shal make youre selues this cite all the inhabitours there of giltie of innocent bloude For this is of a treuth that the LORDE hath sente me vnto you to speake all these wordes in youre eares Then sayde the rulers and the people vn the prestes and prophetes This man maye not be condemned to death for he hath preached vnto vs in the name of the LORDE oure God The Elders also of the londe stode vp sayde thus vnto all the people Micheas the Morascite which was a prophet vnder Ezechias kinge of Iuda spake to all the people of Iuda Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Sion shal be plowed like a felde IerusaleÌ shal be an heape of stones the hill of the LORDES house shal be turned to an hie wod Dyd Ezechias y e kinge of Iuda the people of Iuda put him to deeth for this No verely but rather feared y e LORDE made their praier vnto him For the which cause also y e LORDE repented of the plage y t he had deuysed agaynst them Shulde we then do soch a shamefull dede agaynst oure soules There was a prophet also that preached stiffly in the name of the LORDE called Vrias the sonne of Semeia of Cariathiarim this maÌ preached also agaynst this cite agaynst this loÌde acordinge to all as Ieremy saieth Now when Ioachim the kinge with all the estates prynces had herde his wordes the kinge went aboute to slaye him When Vrias perceaued that he was afrayed fled departed in to Egipte Then Ioachim the kinge sent seruauntes in to the loÌde of Egipte Namely ElnathaÌ the sonne of Achbor certayne men w t him in to Egipte which fetched Vrias out of Egipte brought him vnto kinge Ioachim that slewe him with the swearde cast his deed body in to y e comoÌ peoples graue But Ahicam the sonne of Saphan helped Ieremy that he came not in to the hondes of the people to be slayne The XXVII Chapter IN the begynnynge of the reigne of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kynge of Iuda came this worde vnto Ieremy from the LORDE which spake thus vnto me Make the bondes chaynes and put them aboute thy neck sende theÌ to the kinge of Edom the kinge of Moab the kinge of Amon the kinge of Tirus to the kinge of Sidon that by the messaungers which shal come to Ierusalem vnto Sedechias the kinge of Iuda and byd them saye vnto their masters Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel speake thus vnto yo r masters I am he that made the earth the men y e catell that are vpon the grounde with my greate power outstretched arme haue geuen it vnto whom it pleased me And now will I delyuer all these londes in to the power of Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon my seruaunt The beestes also of the felde shal I geue him to do him seruyce And all people shal serue him his sonne and his childes children vntil the tyme of the same loÌde be come also Yee many people greate kinges shal serue him Morouer that people kingdome which wil not serue Nabuchodonosor and that wil not put their neckes vnder y e yock of the kinge of Babilon the same people will I viset with swearde with honger with pestilence vntill I haue consumed them in his hondes saieth the LORDE And therfore folowe not youre prophetes soythsayers expounders of dreames charmers witches which saye vnto you ye shal not serue the kinge of Babilon For they preach you lies to bringe you farre from youre londe that I might cast you out destroye you But the people that put their neckes vnder the yock of the kinge of Babilon serue him those I willet remayne still in their owne loÌde saieth the LORDE they shal occupie it dwell there in All these thinges tolde I Sedechias the kinge of Iuda and sayde Put youre neckes vnder the yock of the kinge of Babilon and serue him his people that ye maye lyue Why wilt thou and thy people perish with the swearde with honger with pestilence like as the LORDE hath deuysed for all people that wil not serue the kinge of Babilon Therfore geue no eare vnto those prophetes that tell you Ye shall not serue the kinge of Babilon for they preach you lies nether haue I sent them saieth the LORDE how be it they are bolde falsely for to prophecie in my name that I might y e sooner dryue you out that ye might perish with yo r preachers I spake to the prestes also and to all the people Thus saieth the LORDE Heare not the wordes of those prophetes that preach vnto you saye Beholde the vessels of the LORDES house shall shortly be brought hither agayne from Babilon For they prophecie lies vnto you Heare them not but serue the kinge of Babilon y t ye maye lyue Wherfore will ye make this cite to be destroyed But yf they be true prophetes in very dede and yf the worde of
sermons then before The XXXVII Chapter SEdechias y e sonne of Iosias which was made kynge thorow Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon reigned in the londe of Iuda in the steade off Iechonias the sonne of Ioachim But nether he ner his seruauntes ner the people in the loÌde wolde obeye the wordes of y e LORDE which he spake by the prophet Ieremy Neuertheles Sedechias the kynge sent Iuchal the sonne of Selamia and Sophonias the sonne of Maasia the prest to the prophet Ieremy sayenge O praye thou vnto the LORDE oure God for vs. Now Ieremy walked fre amonge the people at that tyme and was not put in preson as yet Pharaos hooste also was come out of Egipte which when the Caldees that beseged Ierusalem perceaued they departed from thence Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto Ieremy the prophet sayeÌge Thus saieth y e LORDE God of Israel This answere shal ye geue to the kynge of Iuda that sent you vnto me for councell Beholde Pharaos hooste which is come forth to helpe you shall returne to Egipte in to his owne londe But the Caldees shall come agayne fight agaynst this cite wynne it and set fyre vpon it For thus saieth the LORDE disceaue not yo r owne myndes thinkynge on this maner Tush the Caldees go now their waye from vs No they shall not go their waye For though ye had slayne the whole hooste off the Caldees ⪠that besege you and euery one of the slayne laye in his tent yet shulde they stonde vp and set fyre vpon this cite Now wheÌ the hooste of the Caldees was brokeÌ vp from IerusaleÌ for feare of the Egipcians armye Ieremy went out of IerusaleÌ towarde the loÌde of Ben Iamin to do certayne busynesse there amoÌge y e people And wheÌ he came vnder Ben Iamyns Porte there was a porter called Ierias the sonne of Selamia y e zoÌne of Hananias which fell vpoÌ him toke him sayeÌge y e mynde is to runne to the Caldees Then sayde Ieremy It is not so I go not to the Caldees Neuertheles Ierias wolde not beleue him but brought Ieremy bouÌde before the princes Wherfore the princes were angrie with Ieremy causinge him to be beaten to be layed in preson in the house of Ionathas the scrybe For he was the ruler of the preson Thus was Ieremy put in to the dongeon preson and so laye there a longe tyme. Then Sedechias the kynge sent for him called him axed him quietly in his owne house sayenge thinkest thou this busynes that now is in honde coÌmeth of the LORDE Ieremy answerde yee y t it doth thou sayde he shalt be delyuered in to the kynge of Babilons power Morouer Ieremy sayde vnto kynge Sedechias What haue I offended agaynst y e agaynst thy seruauÌtes or agaynst this people that ye haue caused me be put in preson Where are youre prophetes which haue prophecied vnto you and sayde that y e kynge of BabiloÌ shulde not come agaynst you this loÌde And therfore heare now o my lorde the kynge let my prayer be accepte before the sende me nomore in to y e house of Ionathas the scrybe that I dye not there Then Sedechias the kynge commaunded to put Ieremy in the fore entrie off the preson and dayly to the geuen him a cake of bred and els no dighte meate vntill all the bred in the cite was eaten vp Thus Ieremy remayned in y e fore entre off the preson The XXXVIII Chapter SAphatias the sonne off MathaÌ Gedolias the sonne of Pashur Iuchal the sonne of Selamia Pashur the sonne of Malchias perceaued the wordes y t Ieremy had spokeÌ vnto all the people namely on this maner Thus saieth the LORDE Who so remayneth in this cite shall perish ether with the swearde with honger or with pestilence But who so falleth vnto the Caldees shal escape wynnynge his soule for a pray shal lyue For thus saieth the LORDE This cite no doute must be delyuered in to y e power of the kiÌge of BabiloÌ he also shal wynne it TheÌ sayde the prynces vnto y e kynge Syr we besech you let this man be put to death For thus he discorageth the hoÌdes of the soudyers y t be in this cite the hoÌdes of all the people wheÌ he speaketh soch wordes vnto theÌ This maÌ verely laboureth not for peace of y e people but mischefe Sedechias the kinge answered and sayde lo he is in yo r hoÌdes for y e kiÌge maye denye you nothinge Then toke they Ieremy and cast him in to the dongeon off Malchias the sonne off Amalech that dwelt in the fore entre off the preson And they let downe Ieremy w t coardes in to a dongeon where there was no water but myre So Ieremy stack fast in the myre Now when Abdemelech the Morian beynge a chamberlayne in the kynges courte vnderstode that they had cast Ieremy in to the dongeon he went out off the kynges house and spake to the kynge which theÌ sat vnder the porte off Ben Iamin these wordes My lorde the kynge where as these men medle with Ieremy the prophet they do him wronge Namely in that they haue put him in preson there to dye of honger for there is no more bred in the cite TheÌ the kynge commauÌded Abdemelech the Morian and sayde Take from heÌce xxx men whom thou wilt drawe vp Ieremy the prophet out of the dongeon before he dye So Abdemelech toke the men w t him went to y e house of Amalech there vnder an almery he gat olde ragges worne cloutes let theÌ downe by a coarde in to the dongeon to Ieremy And Abdemelech the Morian sayde vnto the prophet Ieremy O put these ragges and cloutes vnder thine arme holes betwixte theÌ and the coardes aÌd Ieremy dyd so So they drewe vp Ieremy with coardes and toke him out of the dongeon and he remayned in the fore entrie of the preson TheÌ Sedechias the kynge sent and caused Ieremy the prophet be called vnto him in to the thirde entrie that was by the house off the LORDE And the kynge sayde vnto Ieremy I wil axe the somwhat but hyde nothinge fro me TheÌ Ieremy answerde Sedechias Yf I be playne vnto the thou wilt cause me suffre death yf I geue the couÌcell thou wilt not folowe me So the kynge swore an ooth secretly vnto Ieremy sayenge As truly as the LORDE lyueth that made vs these soules I will not slaye the ner geue the in to the hoÌdes of them that seke after thy life Then sayde Ieremy vnto Sedechias Thus saieth y e LORDE off hoostes the God of Israel Yf case be that thou wilt go forth vnto the kynge off Babilons prynces thou shalt saue thy life and this cite shall not be breÌt yee both thou and thy housholde shall escape with youre lyues But yff thou wilt not go forth to the kynge off
Babilons prynces then shal this cite be delyuered in to the hondes of the Caldees which shal set fyre vpon it and thou shalt not be able to escape them And Sedechias sayde vnto Ieremy I am afrayde for the Iewes that are fled vnto the Caldees lest I come in their hoÌdes and so they to haue me in derision But Ieremy answerde No they shal not betraye the O herken vnto the voyce off the LORDE I beseke y e which I speake vnto the so shalt thou be well and saue thy life But yf thou wilt not go forth the LORDE hath tolde me this planely Beholde all the women that are left in the kynge of Iudaes house shal go out to the kynge of Babilons prynces For they thynke y t thou art disceaued ⪠and that y e men in whom thou didest put thy trust haue gotten the vnder and set thy fete fast in the myre and gone their waye from the. Therfore all thy wyues with their children shall fle vnto the Caldees and thou shalt not escape their hondes but shalt be y e kynge of Babilons presoner this cite shall be brent Then sayde Sedechias vnto Ieremy loke y t no body knowe off these wordes and thou shalt not dye But yf the prynces perceaue that I haue talked with the and come vnto the sayenge O speake what sayde the kynge to the hyde it not from vs and we wil not put the to death Tell vs we praye the what sayde y e kynge to the Se thou geue them this answere I haue humbly be sought the kynge that he will let me lye no more in Ionathas house that I dye not there Then came all the princes vnto Ieremy and axed him And he tolde them after the maner as the kynge bad him Then they helde their peace for they perceaued nothinge So Ieremy abode still in the fore entrie off the preson vntill the daye that Ierusalem was wonne The XXXIX Chapter NOw when the cite off IerusaleÌ was taken for in the ix yeare of Sedechias kynge of Iuda in the tenth Moneth came Nabuchodonosor the kynge off Babilon and all his hooste and beseged Ierusalem And in the xi yeare of Sedechias in the fourth Moneth y e ix daye of y e Moneth he brake in to the cite Then all the kynge of Babilons prynces came in sat theÌ downe vnder the porte Nergall Sarezer Samgarnebo Sarsechim Rabsaris Nergal Sarezer Rabmag with all the other prynces of the kynge of Babilon And when Sedechias the kynge of Iuda with his soudyers sawe them they fled and departed out of y e cite by night thorow the kynges gardeÌ and thorow the porte that is betwene the two walles and so they wente towarde the wildernesse But the Caldees hooste folowed fast after them and toke Sedechias in the felde of Iericho and brought him presoner to Nabuchodonosor the kynge off BabiloÌ vnto Reblatha that lieth in the londe off Hemath where he gaue iugdment vpon him So the kynge of Babilon caused the children of Sedechias and all the nobles off Iuda be slayne before his face at Reblatha And made Sedechias eyes be put out and bouÌde him with chaynes and sent him to Babilon Morouer the Caldees breÌt vp the kynges palace with y e other houses of the people and brake downe the walles off Ierusalem As for the remnaunt of the people that were in the cite and soch as were come to helpe them what so euer was left of the comeÌ sorte Nabuzaradan the chefe captayne caried them to Babilon But NabuzaradaÌ the chefe captayne let the rascall people and those that had nothinge dwell still in the loÌde off Iuda and gaue them vynyardes and corne feldes at the same tyme. Nabuchodonosor also the kynge of Babilon gaue NabuzaradaÌ the chefe captayne a charge coÌcernynge Ieremy sayenge take and cherish him and make moch off himâse thou do him no harme but intreate him after his owne desyre So NabuzaradaÌ y e chefe captayne NabusaszbaÌ the chefe chamberlayne Nergalsarezer the treasurer and all the kynge of Babilons lordes sent for Ieremy caused him be fet out off the fore entrie off the preson and committed him vnto Godolias the sonne off Ahicam the sonne of Saphan that he shulde carie him home and so he dwelt amonge the people Now whyle Ieremy laye yet bounde in the fore entrie of the preson y e worde off the LORDE came vnto him sayenge Go and tell Abdemelech the Morian Thus saieth the LORDE off hoostes y e God off Israel Beholde the cruell and sharpe plage that I haue deuysed for this cite will I brynge vpon them that thou shalt se it but I wil delyuer the sayeth the LORDE and thou shalt not come in the hondes off those men whom thou fearest For doutles I will saue the so that thou shalt not perish with the swearde but thy life shal be saued and that because thou hast put thy trust in me saieth the LORDE The XL. Chap. THis is the maner how the LORDE intreated Ieremy when Nebuzaradan the chefe captayne had let him go fre from Rama whither as he had led him bounde amonge all the presoners that were caried from Ierusalem and Iuda vnto Babilon The chefe captayne called for Ieremy and sayde vnto him The LORDE thy God spake mightely before off the mysery vpon this place Now the LORDE hath sent it and perfourmed it as he had promised For ye haue synned agaynst the LORDE and haue not bene obedient vnto his voyce therfore commeth this plage vpon you Beholde I lowse the bondes from thy hoÌdes this daye yf thou wilt now go with me vnto Babilon vp theÌ For I will se to the and prouyde for the But yf thou wilt not go with me to Babilon then remayne here Beholde all the londe is at thy will loke where thou thinkest convenieÌt good for the to Abyde there dwell Yf thou canst not be content to dwell alone then remayne w t Godolias the sonne off AhicaÌ the sonne of SaphaÌ whom the kynge of BabiloÌ hath made gouernoure ouer y e cities of Iuda dwell w t him amonge the people or remayne where so euer it pleaseth ye. So the chefe captayne gaue him his expeÌses w t a rewarde let him go Then weÌte Ieremy vnto Godolias y e sonne of AhicaÌ to Masphat dwelt there w t him amonge the people that were left in the londe Now when y e captaynes of the hooste of Iuda which w t their felowes were scatred abrode on euery syde in y e loÌde vnderstode y t the kynge of BabiloÌ had made Godolias y e sonne of AhicaÌ gouernoure in the loÌde y t man wife childe yee the poore men in the londe y t were not led captyue to Babilon shulde be vnder his IurisdictioÌ They came to Godolias vnto Masphat Namely Ismael the sonne of Nathanias IohaÌna Ionathas the sonnes of Carea Sareas the sonne of
loke for the life which God shal geue vnto them that neuer turne their beleue from him Anna his wife wente daylie to the weeuynge worke loke what lyuinge she coude get w t the labo r of hir handes she brought it And it happened y t she toke a kyd and brought it home And whan hir huszband herd it crie he sayde loke y t it be not stollen restore it agayne to the owners for it is not laufull for vs to eate or to touch eny thinge of theft Then was his wife angrie and sayde Now is thy hope become vayne openly thy allmes dedes are manifest With these soch like wordes dyd she cast him in the tethe The III. Chapter THen Tobias toke it heuely w t teares beganne to make his prayer sayeÌge O LORDE thou art righteous all thy iudgmeÌtes are true yee all y e wayes are mercy faithfulnes iudgmeÌt And now O LORDE be myndefull of me take no vengeaunce of my synnes nether remembre my myszdedes ner y e myszdedes of my elders For we haue not bene obedieÌt vnto y e coÌmaundemeÌtes therfore are we spoyled brought in to captiuyte in to death in to derision shame vnto all nacions amoÌge whoÌ thou hast âcatred vs. And now O LORDE y e iudgmentes are greate for we haue not done acordiÌge to y e coÌmaundemeÌtes nether haue we walked innoceÌtly before ye. And now O LORDE deâle with me acordinge to thy wil coÌmaunde my sprete to be receaued in peace for mere erpedieÌt were it for me to dye theÌ to lyue At the same tyme it happened that Sara the daughter of Raguel at Rages a cite of y e Medes was slaundred of one of hir fathers handmaydes namely that she shulde haue had seuen huszbandes which as soone as they were gone in vnto hir were slayne of the deuell called Asmodeus Therfore whan she reproued the mayden for hir faute she answerde her sayenge God let vs neuer se sonne ner daughter of the more vpon earth thou kyller of thy huszbandes Wilt thou slay me also as thou hast slayne seuen men At this voyce weÌte Sara in to an hye chamber of hir house and thre dayes and thre nightes she nether ate ner draÌke but coÌtynued in prayer and besought God with teares that he wolde delyuer her from this rebuke Vpon the thirde daye it chaunced that whan she had made an ende of hir prayer she praysed the LORDE sayenge Blessed be thy name O God of o r fathers which whan thou art wroth shewest mercy and in the tyme of trouble thou forgeuest the synnes of them that call vpon the. Vnto the O LORDE turne I my face vnto the lift I vp myne eyes I beseke y e O LORDE lowse me out of the bondes of this rebuke or els take me vtterly awaye froÌ of y e earth Thou knowest LORDE that I neuer had desyre vnto man and that I haue kepte my soule cleane from all vnclenly lust I haue not kepte company with those that passe their tyme in sporte nether haue I made my self partaker with them that walke in lighte behauoure Neuertheles an huszbande haue I consented to take not for my pleasure but in thy feare Now peraduenture either I haue bene vnworthy of them or els were they vnmete for me for thou happly hast kepte me to another huszband For why thy councell is not in y e power of man But who so euer loueth the and serueth the a right is sure that yf his life be tempted and proued it staÌdeth in the tryenge and yf he endure in pacience he shal haue a rewarde and be hylie crowned and yf he be in trouble that God no doute shal delyuer him and yf his life be in chastenynge that he shall haue leue to come vnto thy mercy For thou hast no pleasure in oure dampnacion why after a storme thou makest y e wether fayre and still after wepinge and heuynes thou geuest greate ioye Thy name O God of Israel be praysed for euer At the same tyme were both their prayers herde in the sight of the magesty of the Hyest God And Raphael the holy angel of the LORDE was sent to helpe theÌ both whose prayers came together before God The IIII. Chapter SO whaÌ Tobias thought his prayer to be herde that he might dye he called vnto him his sonne Tobias sayde vnto him My sonne heare the wordes of my mouth and laye theÌ in thine hert as a foundacion Whan God taketh awaye my soule burie thou my body holde thy mother in honoure all the dayes of hir life For thou oughtest to remembre what and how greate parels she suffred for y e in hir woÌbe And whaÌ she also hath fulfilled the tyme of hir life bury her besyde me Haue God in thy thought all the dayes of thy life bewarre lest at eny tyme thou coÌsent vnto synne and lest thou let slippe the commaundemeÌtes of the LORDE oure God Geue allmes of thy goodes and turne neuer thy face from the poore and so shal it come to passe that the face of the LORDE shal not be turned awaye from the. Be mercifull after y e power Yf thou hast moch geue pleÌteously yf thou hast litle do thy diligence gladly to geue of that litle For so gatherest thou thy self a good rewarde in the daye of necessite For allmes delyuereth froÌ death suffreth not the soule to come in darcknes A greate comforte is allmes before the hye God vnto all them that do it My sonne kepe the well from all whordome and besyde thy wife se that no faute be knowne of the. Let neuer pryde haue rule in thy mynde ner in thy worde for in pryde beganne all destruccion Who so euer worketh eny thinge for the immediatly geue him his hyre and loke that thy hyred seruaunte wagies remayne not by the ouer night Loke that thou neuer do vnto another man the thinge that thou woldest not another maÌ shulde do vnto the. Eate thy bred with the hongrie and poore and couer the naked with thy clothes Set thy bred and wyne vpon the buryall of the righteous and do not thou eate and drynke therof with the synners Axe euer councell at y e wyse Be allwaye thankfull vnto God and be seke him that he will ordre thy wayes that what so euer thou deuysest or takest in hande it maye remayne in him I certifie the also my sonne that whan thou wast yet but a bab I delyuered ten talentes of syluer vnto Gabelus at Rages a cite of the Medes his handwritinge haue I by me And therfore seke some meanes how thou mayest come by him receaue of him y e sayde weight of syluer and geue him his handwritynge agayne My sonne be not afrayed trueth it is we lede here a poore life but greate good shall we haue yf we feare God and departe from all synne and do
hath shewed his mercy vnto vs. It is good to hyde the Kynges secrete but to shew and to prayse y e workes of God it is an honorable thinge Prayer is good with fastinge and to geue allmes is better then to hoorde vp treasures of golde For allmes delyuereth from death clenseth synne and causeth to fynde euerlastinge life But they that do synne and vnrighteousnes are y e enemies of their owne soules Wherfore I tell you the trueth and wyll hyde nothinge from you Whan thou praydest with teares and burydest the deed and leftest thy dyner and hyddest the deed in thy house vpon the daye tyme that thou mightest burye them in the night I offred thy prayer before the LORDE And because thou wast accepte and beloued of God it was necessary that tentacion shulde trye the. And now hath the LORDE sent me to heale the and to delyuer Sara y e sonnes wife from the euell sprete For I am Raphael an angell one of the seuen that stonde before God WhaÌ they herde this they were sore afrayed and trembled and fell downe vpon their faces vnto the grounde Then sayde the angell Peace be with you feare not Where as I haue bene w t you it is the will of God geue prayse and thankes vnto him You thought that I dyd eate and drinke with you but I vse meate that is invisible and drynke that can not be sene of men Now therfore is y e tyme that I must turne agayne vnto him that sent me but be ye thankfull vnto God and tell out all his wonderous workes And whan he had spoken these wordes he was taken awaye out of their sight so y t they sawe him nomore Then fell they downe flat vpon their faces by the space of thre houres and praysed God and whan they rose vp they tolde all his woÌderous workes Then XIII Chapter THen olde Tobias opened his mouth and praysed the LORDE and sayde Greate art thou o LORDE for euermore and thy kyngdome worlde without ende for thou scourgest and healest thou ledest vnto hell and bryngest out agayne and there is none y t maye escape thy hande O geue thankes vnto y e LORDE ye children of Israel and prayse him in the sight of the HeitheÌ For amonge the Heithen which knowe him not hath he scatred you to the inteÌt that ye shulde shew forth his maruelous workes cause them for to knowe that there is none other God allmightie but he He hath chastened vs for oure myszdedes and for his owne mercy sake shal he saue vs. Considre then how he hath dealt w t you prayse him with feare and drede and magnifie the euerlastinge kynge in yo r workes I wil prayse him euen in the londe of my captiuyte for he hath shewed his maiesty vnto a synfull people Turne you therfore O ye synners and do righteousnes before God and be ye sure that he wyl shew his mercy vpon you As for me my soule we wil reioyse in God O prayse the LORDE all ye his chosen holde the dayes of gladnesse and be thankfull vnto him O Ierusalem thou cite of God the LORDE hath punyshed the for the workes of thine owne handes O prayse the LORDE in thy good thinges geue thankes to the euerlastinge God that he maye builde vp his tabernacle agayne in y e that he maye call agayne vnto the all soch as be in captiuyte and that thou mayest haue ioye for euermore With a fayre light shalt thou shyne all y e endes of y e worlde shal honoure the. The people shal come vnto the from farre they shal bringe giftes and worshipe y e LORDE in the and thy londe shal they haue for a Sanctuary for they shal call vpon the greate name in the. Cursed shal they be that despyse the all they that blaspheme the shal be condeÌpned but blessed shal they be y t buylde the vp As for the thou shalt reioyse in y i childreÌ for they all shal be blessed and gathered together vnto the LORDE Blessed are they all y t loue y e and be glad of thy peace Prayse thou the LORDE o my soule for the LORDE oure God hath delyuered his cite Ierusalem from all hir troubles I wil counte my self happie yf my sede remayne to se y e clearnes of IerusaleÌ The gates of Ierusalem shal be buylded with Saphyre and Smaragde and all the coÌpase of hir walles with precious stones All hir stretes shal be paued w t whyte Marblestone and in all hir stretes shal Alleluya be sunge Praysed be y e LORDE which hath exalted her y t his kyngdome maye be vpon her for euermore Amen And so Tobias made an ende of his talkynge The XIIII Chapter ANd after that Tobias had gotteÌ his sight agayne he lyued two and xl yeares sawe his childers children Now whan he was an hundreth and two yeare olde he dyed was buried honorably in Niniue For whan he was sixe and fiftie yeares of age he lost the sight of his eyes and whaÌ he was thre score yeare olde he gat his sight agayne The residue of his life led he in ioye and increased well in the feare of God departed in peace But in y e houre of his death he called vnto him his sonne Tobias seuen yonge springaldes his sonnes children and sayde vnto them The destruccion of Niniue is at hande for the worde of the LORDE can not fayle and oure brethren that are scatred out of the londe of Israel shal come thither agayne And the whole londe of it that hath bene waist shal be fylled and the house of God that was brent in it shal be buylded againe all soch as feare God shall returne thither the Heithen also shal forsake their Idols come to Ierusalem and dwell there and all the kynges of the earth shal be glad of her and worshipe the LORDE God of Israel And therfore my children heare youre father Serue the LORDE in faithfulnes seke after his will and do the thinge that pleaseth him Commaunde youre children y t they do right geue allmes be myndefull of God and euer to be thankfull vnto him in trueth and with all their power Heare me therfore my childreÌ and abyde not here but in what daye so euer ye haue buried youre mother besyde me gett you from hence For I se that the wickednes of it shal brynge it to destruccion and ende After y e death of his mother Tobias departed awaye from Niniue with his wife and children and with his childers children came agayne to his father and mother in lawe and founde them whole and in a good age and toke the care of theÌ And he closed their eyes and was heyre vnto all Raguels goodes and sawe the fifth generacion and childers childreÌ And whan he was xcix yeare of age he dyed in the feare of the LORDE and his kynsfolkes buried him And all his posterite
wildernesse Moses intreateth for the people Chap. XIX Like as the wicked are euer synnynge more and more so doth the wrath of God neuer ceasse tyll they be destroyed Of them that were punyshed in the tyme of Loth. The first Chapter O Set youre affeccion vpoÌ wyszdome ye that be iudges of the earth Haue a good opinion of the LORDE seke him in the synglenesse of hert For he will be fouÌde of them that tempte him not and appeareth vnto soch as put their trust in him As for frowarde thoughtes they separate from God but vertue yf it be alowed refourmeth y e vnwyse And why wyszdome shall not entre in to a frowarde soule ner dwell in the body that is subdued vnto synne For the holy goost abhorreth fayned nurtoure withdraweth himself froÌ y e thoughtes that are without vnderstondinge where wickednes hath the vpper haÌde he flieth from thence For the sprete of wyszdome is louynge gentle and gracious and wil haue no pleasure in him that speaketh euell with his lippes For God is a witnesse of his reynes a true searcher out of his hert and an hearer of his tonge For the sprete of y e LORDE fylleth the rounde compasse of the worlde and y e same that vpholdeth all thinges hath knowlege also of the voyce Therfore he that speaketh vnrighteous thinges can not be hydd nether maye he escape the iudgmeÌt of reprofe And why inquysicion shal be made for the thoughtes of the vngodly and the reporte of his wordes shal come vnto God so that his wickednes shal be punished For the eare of gelousy heareth all thinges and the noyse of the grudginges shal not be hydd Therfore bewarre of murmuringe which is nothinge worth and refrayne youre tonge from slauÌder For there is no worde so darck and secrete that it shall go for naught and the mouth that speaketh lyes slayeth the soule O seke not youre owne death in y e erroure of youre life destroye not youre selues thorow the workes of youre awne handes For God hath not made death nether hath he pleasure in the destruccion of the lyuynge For he created all thinges that they might haue their beynge yee all the people of the earth hath he made that they shulde haue health that there shulde be no destruccion in them and that the kyngdome of hell shulde not be vpon earth for righteousnesse is euerlastinge and immortall but vnrighteousnes bringeth death Neuerthelesse the vngodly call her vnto them both w t wordes workes whyle they thinke to haue a frende of her they come to naught for the vngodly that are confederate with her and take hir parte are worthy of death The II. Chapter FOr y e vngodly talke ymagin thus amonge them selues but not right The tyme of oure life is but short tedious when a man is once gone he hath nomore ioye ner pleasure nether knowe we eny man y t turneth agayne from death for we are borne of naught we shal be herafter as though we had neuer bene For oure breth is as a smoke in oure nostrels y e wordes as a sparck to moue oure herte As for o r body it shal be very aszshes y t are queÌched o r soule shal vanish as y e soft ayre Oure life shall passe awaye as y e trace of a cloude come to naught as y e myst y t is dryueÌ awaye w t the beames of y e Sonne put downe w t the heate therof Oure name also shal be forgotten by litle litle no man shal haue oure workes in remembraunce For o r tyme is a very shadow y t passeth awaye after o r ende there is no returnynge for it is fast sealed so y t no maÌ coÌmeth agayne Come on therfore let vs enioye y e pleasures y t there are let vs soone vse y e creature like as in youth We wil fyll oure selues w t good wyne oyntment there shal no floure of the tyme go by vs. We wil crowne o r selues w t roses afore they be wythered There shal be no fayre medowe but o r lust shall go thorow it Let euery one of you be partaker of oure volupteousnes Let vs leaue some token of o r pleasure in euery place for y t is oure porcion els gett we nothinge Let vs oppresse the poore righteous let vs not spare the wyddowe ner olde man let vs not regarde y e heades y t are gray for age Let y e lawe of vnrighteousnesse be oure auctorite for y e thinge y t is feble is nothinge worth Therfore let vs defraude the righteous whyâhe is not for o r profit yee he is cleane coÌtrary to o r doinges He checketh vs for offendinge agaynst y e lawe slaundreth vs as transgressours of all nurtor. He maketh his boost to haue y e knowlege of God yee he calleth him self Gods sonne He is the bewrayer of oure thoughtes It greueth vs also to loke vpon him for his lyfe is not lyke other mens his wayes are of another fashion He counteth vs but vayne personnes he w t draweth him self from o r wayes as from fylthynes he coÌmendeth greatly y e latter ende of the iust maketh his boast y t God is his father Let vs se then yf his wordes be true let vs proue what shal come vpon him so shal we knowe what ende he shal haue For yf he be y e true sonne of God he will receaue him delyuer him from the handes of his enemies Let vs examen him with despitefull rebuke and tormentinge that we maye knowe his dignite proue his pacience Let vs condemne him with the most shamefull death for like as he hath spoken so shal he be rewarded Soch thinges do the vngodly ymagin go astraye for their owne wickednes hath blynded them As for the misteries of God they vnderstonde them not they nether hope for the rewarde of righteousnesse ner regarde the worshipe that holy soules shall haue For God created man to be vndestroied yee after the ymage of his awne licknesse made he him Neuerthelesse thorow envye of the deuell came death in to the worlde and they that holde of his syde do as he doth The III. Chapter BVt the soules of y e righteous are in y e hande of God y e payne of death shal not touch theÌ In y e sight of the vnwyse they appeare to dye their ende is takeÌ for very destruccion The waye of the righteous is iudged to be vtter destruccion but they are in rest And though they suffre payne before men yet is their hope full of immortalite They are punished but in few thinges neuerthelesse in many thinges shal they be well rewarded For God proueth them fyndeth theÌ mete for himself yee as the golde in the fornace doth he trye them receaueth them as a brent
maketh he a conuenieÌt tabernacle for it setteth it in the wall and maketh it fast with yron prouydinge so for it lest it happeÌ to fall for it is well knowne that it can not helpe it self And why it is but an ymage and must of necessite be helped Then goeth he and offreth of his goodes vnto it for his children and for his wife he seketh helpe at it he axeth councell at it he is not ashamed to speake vnto it y t hath no soule for health he maketh his peticion vnto him that is sicke for life he prayeth vnto him that is deed he calleth vpon him for helpe that is not able to helpe him self to sende him a good iourneye he prayeth him that maye not go And in all the thinges y t he taketh in hande whether it be to optayne eny thinge or to worke he prayeth vnto him that can do maner of good The XIIII Chapter AGayne another maÌ purposinge to sayle begiÌnynge to take his iourney thorow y e raginge see calleth for helpe vnto a stock y t is farre weaker theÌ y e tre y t beareth him For as for it coueteousnesse of moneye hath founde it out y e craftesmaÌ made it w t his connynge But y e prouydence O father gouerneth all thinges froÌ y e begynnynge for thou hast made a waye in y e see a sure path in the myddest of y e wawes declaringe therby y t thou hast power to helpe in all thinges yee though a man wente to the see without shippe Neuerthelesse y t y e workes of y e wyszdome shulde not be vaine thou hast caused an arke to be made therfore do men commytte their lyues to a small pece of wod passinge ouer the see in a shyppe are saued For in the olde tyme also whaÌ the proude giauntes perished he in whoÌ the hope was left to increase y e worlde weÌte in to the shippe which was gouerned thorow thy hande so left sede behinde him vnto y e worlde For happie is y e tre where thorow righteousnes coÌmeth but cursed is the ymage of wod y t is made w t haÌdes yee both it he y t made it He because he made it it because it was called God where as it is but a frayle thinge For the vngodly his vngodlynes are both like abhominable vnto God Euen so y e worke he y t made it also shal be punyshed together Therfore shal there a plage come vpon the ymages of the Heithen for out of the creature of God they are become an abhominacion a temptacion vnto the soules of men and a snare for the fete of the vnwyse And why the sekinge out of ymages is the beginnynge of whordome and the bringinge vp of them is the destruccion of life For they were not from the begynnynge nether shall they coÌtinue for euer The welthy ydilnes of men hath founde them out vpon earth therfore shal they come shortly to an ende WheÌ a father mourned for his sonne y t was taken awaye froÌ him he made him an ymage in all y e haist of his deed sonne so begaÌne to worshipe him as God which was but a deed maÌ ordened his seruauntes to offre vnto him Thus by processe of tyme thorow loÌge custome this erro r was kepte as a lawe tyrauÌtes coÌpelled meÌ by violeÌce to hono r ymages As for those y t were so farre of y t meÌ migt not worshipe them presently their picture was brought froÌ farre like the ymage of a kynge whoÌ they wolde honoure to the intent that with greate diligence they might worshipe him which was farre of as though he had bene present Agayne the syngular connyn be of the craftesman gaue the ignoraunt also a greate occasioÌ to worshipe ymages For the workman wyllinge to do him a pleasure that sett him a worke laboured with all his connynge to make the ymage of the best fashion And so thorow the beuty of the worke the comon people was disceaued in so moch that they toke him now for a God which a litle afore was but honored as a man And this was the erroure of mans life whan men ether for to serue their owne affeccion or to do some pleasure vnto kinges ascrybed vnto stones and stockes the name of God which ought to be geuen vnto no man Morouer this was not ynough for them that they erred in the knowlege of God but where as they lyued in the greate warres of ignoraunce those many and greate plages called they peace For ether they slewe their awne children and offred them or dyd sacrifice in the night season or els helde vnreasonable watches so that they kepte nether life ner mariage cleane but ether one slewe another to death maliciously or els greued his neghboure w t aduoutrie And thus were all thinges myxte together bloude manslaughter theft dissimulacion corrupcion vnfaithfulnesse sedicion periury disquyetinge of good men vnthaÌkfulnes defylinge of soules chauÌginge of byrth vnstedfastnesse of mariage mysordre of aduoutrie and vnclennesse And why the honouringe of abhominable ymages is the cause the begynuynge and ende of all euell For they y t worshipe Idols either they are madd whaÌ they be mery or prophecie lyes or lyue vngodly or els lightly man-sweare them selues For in so moch as their trust is in y e Idols which haue nether soule ner vnderstondinge though they sweare falsely yet they thinke it shal not hurte them Therfore commeth a greate plage vpon them and that worthely for they haue an euell opinioÌ of God geuinge hede vnto Idols swearinge vniustly to disceaue and dispysinge righteousnes For their swearinge is no vertue but a plage of them that synne and goeth euer with the offence of the vngodly The XV. Chapter BVt thou O o r God art swete longe sufferinge and true and in mercy ordrest thou all thinges Though we synne yet are we thine for we knowe thy strength Yf we synne not then are we sure that thou regardest vs. For to knowe the is parfecte righteousnes Yee to knowe y e righteousnes and power is the rote of immortalite As for the thinge that men haue founde out thorow theyr euell science it hath not disceaued vs as the payntinge of the picture an vnprofitable laboure and carued ymage with diuerse colours whose sight entiseth the ignoraunt so that he honoureth and loueth the picture of a deed ymage that hath no soule Neuertheles they that loue soche euell thinges are worthy of death they that trust in them they that make them they that loue them and they that honoure them The potter also taketh tempereth soft earth laboureth it and geueth it the fashion of a vessell what so euer serueth for oure vse and so of one pece of claye he maketh some cleane vessel for seruice and some contrary But where to euery vessell serueth that knoweth y e potter himself So with his vayne laboure he
maketh a god of the same claye this doth euen he which a litle afore was made of earth himself and within a litle whyle after whan he dyeth turneth to earth agayne Notwithstandinge he careth not y e more because he shal labo r ner because his life is shorte but stryueth to excell goldsmythes y e syluer smythes copper smithes and taketh it for an hono r to make vayne thinges For his hert is ashes his hope is but vaine earth his life is more vyle then claye for so moch as he knoweth not his awne maker that gaue him his soule to worke and brethed in him the breth of life They counte oure life but a pastyme and oure conuersacion to be butt a market and that men shulde euer be gettinge yee and that by euell meanes Now he y t of earth maketh frayle vessell and ymages knoweth himself to offende aboue all other All the enemies of thy people and y t holde them in subieccion are vnwyse vnhappie and exceadinge proude vnto their owne soules for they iudge all the Idols of the HeitheÌ to be goddes which nether haue eyesight to se ner noses to smell ner eares to heare ner fingers of handes for to grope as for their fete they are to slowe to go For man made them and he that hath but a borowed sprete fashioned them But no man can make a God like vnto him for seinge he is but mortall himself it is but mortall that he maketh with vnrighteous handes He himself is better then they whom he worshippeth for he lyued though he was mortall but so dyd neuer they Yee they worshippe beestes also ⪠which are most miserable for compare thinges that can not fele vnto them they are worse then those Yet is there not one of these beestes that with his sight caÌ beholde eny good thinge nether haue they geuen prayse ner thankes vnto God The XVI Chapter FOr these and soch other thinges haue they suffred worthy punyshment thorow y e multitude of beestes are they roted out Insteade of y e which punishmentes thou hast graciously ordred thine awne people geuen them their desyre that they loÌged for a new straunge taist preparinge them quales to be their meate to the intent y t by the thinges which were shewed and sent vnto them they y t were so gredy of meate might be withdrawen euen from the desyre that was necessary But these within shorte tyme were brought vnto pouerte and taisted a new meate For it was requisite y t without eny excuse destruccion shulde come vpoÌ those which vsed tyraÌny to shewe onely vnto the other how their enemies were destroyed For whan the cruell woodnesse of the beestes came vpon them they peryshed thorow the stinges of the cruell serpentes ⪠NotwithstoÌdinge y i wrath endured not perpetually but they were put in feare for a litle season y t they might be refourmed hauynge a token of saluacion to remembre the coÌmaundement of thy lawe For he y t coÌuerted was not healed by the thinge y t he sawe but by THE O sauio of all So in this thou shewdest thine enemies y t it is thou which deliuerest froÌ all euell As for theÌ whan they were bytten w t greshoppers and flyes they died for they were worthy to perish by soch But nether the teth of dragons ner of venymous wormes ouer came y e children for thy mercy was euer by them helped theÌ Therfore were they punyshed to remeÌbre thy wordes but hastely were they healed agayne lest they shulde fall in to so depe forgetfulnesse that they might not vse thy helpe It was nether herbe ner plaster y t restored theÌ to health but thy worde o LORDE which healeth all thinges It is thou o LORDE y t hast the power of life death thou ledest vnto deathes dore bringest vp agayne But man thorow wickednes slayeth his owne soule when his sprete goeth forth it turneth not agayne nether maye he call agayne y e soule y t is takeÌ awaye It is not possible to escape y i hande For y e vngodly y t wolde not knowe y e were punyshed by y e streÌgth of thine arme w t strauÌge waters hales and raynes were they persecuted thorow fyre were they coÌsumed For it was a wonderous thinge that fyre might do more then water which queÌcheth all thinges but y e worlde is y e aueÌger of the righteous Some tyme was y e fyre so tame y t the beestes which were sent to punysh y e vngodly brent not y t because they shulde se knowe y t they were persecuted w t the punyshmeÌt of God And somtyme brent the fyre in the water on euery syde y t it might destroye y e vnrighteous nacioÌ of the earth Againe thou hast fed thine awne people w t angels fode sent theÌ bred ready from heaueÌ without their labo beynge very pleasauÌt well gusted And to shewe thy riches swetnesse vnto thy childreÌ thou gauest euery one their desyre so y t euery man might take what liked him best But the snowe yse abode the violeÌce of the fyre melted not y t they might knowe y t the fyre burninge in the hale rayne destroied y e frute of y e enemies y e fyre also forgatt his streÌgth agayne y t y e righteous might be norished For y e creature y t serueth y e which art y e maker is fearse in punyshinge y e vnrighteous but it is easy geÌtle to do good vnto soch as put their trust in the. Therfore dyd all thinges alter at the same tyme were all obedieÌt vnto thy grace which is y e norse of all thinges acordinge to y e desyre of theÌ y t had nede therof y t y e childreÌ O LORDE whoÌ thou louest might knowe y t it is not nature the growinge of frutes y t fedeth meÌ but y t it is y e worde which preserueth theÌ y t put their trust in the. For loke what might not be destroyed w t the fyre as soone as it was warmed w t a litle Sonne beame it melted y t all men might knowe y t thankes ought to be geuen vnto y e before y e Sonne ryse y t thou oughtest to be worshipped before y e daye sprynge For y e hope of y e vnthankfull shal melt awaie as the wynter yse perishe as water y t is not necessary The XVII Chapter GReate are thy iudgmeÌtes o LORDE thy councels can not be expressed therfore men do erre y t wil not be refourmed w t thy wyszdome For whan the vnrighteous thought to haue thy holy people in subiecioÌ they were bounde w t the bandes of darcknes longe night shutt vnder y e rofe thinkinge to escape y e euerlaâtinge wiszdome And whyle they thought to be hyd in y e darcknesse of their synnes they were scatered abrode
is hatefull before God and men and all wickednes of the Heithen is to be abhorred Because of vnrighteous dealinge wronge blasphemies and diuerse disceate a realme shal be traÌslated froÌ one people to another There is nothinge worse then a cuvetous man What prydest thou the o thou earth and aszshes There is not a more wicked thinge then to loue moneye And why soch one hath his soule to sell yet is he but fylthie doÌge whyle he lyueth And though the phisician shewe his helpe neuer so longe yet in conclucion it goeth after this maner to daye a kynge tomorow deed For whan a man dyeth he is the heyre of serpentes beastes and wormes The begynnynge of mans pryde is to fall awaye from God and why his hert is gone from his maker for pryde is the origenall of all synne Who so taketh holde therof shal be fylled with cursinges and at y e last it shal ouer throwe him Therfore hath the LORDE brought the coÌgregacions of the wicked to dishono r and destroyed them vnto the ende God hath destroyed the seates of proude prynces and sett vp the meke in their steade God hath wythered the rotes of the proude Heithen and planted the lowly amonge them God hath ouerthrowne the londes of the Heithen and destroyed them out of the grounde He hath caused them to wyther awaye he hath brought them to naught and made the memoriall of them to ceasse from out of the earth God hath destroyed the name of the proude and left the name of y e humble of mynde Pryde was not made for man nether wrothfulnes for mens children The sede of men that feareth God shal be brought to honoure but y e sede which transgresseth the commaundementes of y e LORDE shal be shamed He y t is the ruler amoÌge brethren is holdeÌ in honoure amoÌge them and he regardeth soch as feare the LORDE The glory of the riche of the honorable and of the poore is the feare of God Despyse not thou the iust poore man and magnifie not y e rich vngodly Greate is the iudge and mightie in hono yet is there none greater then he y t feareth God Vnto y e seruaunt that is disceete shal the fre do seruyce He that is wyse and well nurtoured wyll not grudge whan he is refourmed an ignorauÌt body shal not come to honoure Be not proude to do thy worke and dispare not in the tyme of aduersite Better is he y t laboureth and hath plenteousnes of all thinges then he y t is gorgious and wanteth bred My sonne kepe thy soule in mekenes and geue her hir due honoure Who shal iustifie him that synneth agaynst himself Who wil honoure him that dishonoureth his owne life The poore is honoured for his faithfulnes and trueth but y e rich is had in reputacioÌ because of his goodes He that ordreth himself honestly in pouerte how moch more shal he behaue himself honestly in riches And who so ordreth himself vnhonestly in riches how moch more shal he behaue himself vnhonestly in pouerte The XI Chapter THe wyszdome of him y t is brought lowe shal lift vp his heade and shal make him to sytt amonge greate meÌ Commende not a man in his bewtye nether despyse a man in his vtter appearauÌce The Bey is but a small beast amonge the foules yet is hir frute exceadiÌge swete Be not proude of thy rayment and exalte not thyself in the daye of thy honoure for y e workes of the Hyest onely are wonderfull yee glorious secrete and vnknowne are his workes Many tyrauntes haue bene fayne to syt downe vpoÌ the earth y e vnlickly hath worne y e crowne Many mightie meÌ haue bene brought lowe and the honorable haue bene delyuered in to other mens handes Condemne no man before thou haue tryed out the matter and whan thou hast made enquisicion then refourme righteously Geue no senteÌce before thou hast herde the cause but first let men tell out their tayles Stryue not for a matter that toucheth not thyself and stonde not in the iudgment of synners My sonne medle not with many matters yf thou wylt be riche thou shalt not gett it and though thou rennest y e waye afore yet shalt thou not escape There is some maÌ that laboureth and the more he weerieth himself the lesse he hath Agayne some man is slouthfull hath nede of helpe waÌteth streÌgth and hath greate pouerte and Gods eye loketh vpon him to good setteth him vp from his lowe estate and lifteth vp his heade so that many men maruell at him and geue honoure vnto God Prosperite and aduersite life and death pouerte and riches come all of the LORDE Wyszdome nurtoure and knowlege of y e lawe are with God loue and y e wayes of good are with him Erroure and darcknes are made for synners and they that exalte them selues in euell waxe olde in euell The gift of God remayneth for the righteous and his good wyl shal geue prosperite for euer Some man is rich by lyuynge nygardly and y t is the porcion of his rewarde in that he sayeth now haue I gotten rest and now wyl I eate and drynke of my goodes myself alone And yet he considereth not that the tyme draweth nye y t he must leaue all these thinges vnto other men and dye himself Stonde thou fast in thy couenaunt and exercyse thy self therin and remayne in the worke vnto y e age Contynue not in the workes of synners but put thy trust in God and byde in thine estate for it is but an easy thiÌge in y e sight of God to make a poore man riche and that sodenly The blessinge of God haisteth to y e rewarde of the rightous and maketh his frutes soone to florish and prospere Saye not what helpeth it me and what shal I haue y e whyle Agayne saye not I haue ynough how can I wante Whan thou art in welfare forget not aduersite and whan it goeth not well with the haue a good hope that it shal be better For it is but a small thinge vnto God in the daye of death to rewarde euery maÌ acordinge to his wayes The aduersite of an houre maketh one to forgett all pleasure and whan a man dyeth his workes are discouered Prayse no body before his death for a man shal be knowne in his children Bringe not euery man in to thine house for the disceatfull layeth wayte dyuersly Like as a partrich in a mauÌde so is the hert of the proude and like as a spye that loketh vpon the fall of his neghbo For he turneth good vnto euell and slaundreth the chosen Of one sparck is made a greate fyre an vngodly maÌ layeth wayte for bloude Bewarre of the disceatfull for he ymagineth wicked thinges to bringe y t in to a perpetuall shame Yf thou takest an aleauÌt vnto y e he shal destroye the in vnquietnes and dryue the
vnto death for the rewarde of God endureth for euer Before thou prayest prepare thy soule and be not as one y t tempteth God Thynke vpon the wrathfull indignacion that shal be at the ende and the houre of veÌgeaunce whaÌ HE shal turne awaie his face Whan thou hast ynough remembre the tyme of honger and whan thou art rych thynke vpon the tyme of pouerte and scarcenesse From the mornynge vntyll the euenynge the tyme is chaunged and all soch thynges are soone done in y e sight of God A wyse man feareth God in all thinges and in the dayes of transgression he kepeth him self from synne A discrete man hath pleasure in wyszdome and he that fyndeth her maketh moch of her They that haue had vnderstandinge haue dealt wysely in wordes haue vnderstonde the trueth and righteousnes and haue sought out wyse senteÌces and iudgmentes Folowe not thy lustes but turne y e from thine owne will For yf thou geuest thy soule hir desyres it shal make thine enemies to laugh the to scorne Take not thy pleasure in greate volupteousnes medle not to moch withall Make not to greate cheare of the thinge that thou hast wonne by avauntage lest thou fall in to pouerte and haue nothinge in thy purse The XIX Chapter A Labourynge man that is geuen vnto dronckennes shall not be riche and he that maketh not moch of small thynges shal fall by litle and litle Wyne and women make wyse men reÌnagates and put men of vnderstaÌdinge to reprofe and he that accompanieth aduouterers shal become a wicked man Mothes and wormes shall haue him to heretage yee he shall be sett vp to a greater example and his soule shal be roted out of the nombre He that is haistie to geue credence is light mynded and doth agaynst himself Who so reioyseth in wickednes shal be punished he that hateth to be refourmed his life shal be shortened and he that abhorreth bablinge of wordes quencheth wickednes He that offendeth agaynst his owne soule shal repent it and he that reioyseth in wickednes shal be punyshed Rehearse not a wicked and churlish worde twyse and thou shalt not be hyndered Shew thy secretes nether to frende ner foo yf thou hast offended tell it not out For he shal herken vnto the and marck the and whan he fyndeth oportunyte he shall hate the. Yf thou hast herde a worde agaynst y e neghboure lett it be deed within the and be sure thou shalt haue no harme therby A foole trauaileth with a worde like as a woman that is payned with bearinge of childe Like as an arowe shott in a dogges thye so is a worde in a fooles hert Tell thy frende his faute lest he be ignoraunt and saye I haue not done it or yf he haue done it that he do it nomore Reproue thy neghboure that he kepe his tonge and yf he haue spokeÌ that he saye it nomore Tell thy neghboure his faute for oft tymes an offence is made and geue not credeÌce to euery worde A man falleth somtyme with his tonge but not with his will For what is he y t hath not offended in his tonge Geue thy neghboure warnynge before thou threaten him and geue place vnto the lawe of the LORDE The feare of God is all wyszdome he that is a right wyse man kepeth the lawe As for the doctrine of wickednes it is no wyszdome and the prudence of synners is no good vnderstondinge it is but wickednesse and abhominacion a blasphemynge of wyszdome A symple man of small vnderstandinge that feareth God is better then one that hath moch wyszdome and transgresseth the lawe of the Hyest A craftye sotell man can be wyse but he is vnrighteous and with giftes he wraysteth the open and manyfest lawe A wicked man can behaue himself humbly and can douke with his heade and yet is he but a disceauer within He hydeth his face and disguyseth it because he shulde not be knowne he preuenteth the. And though he be so weake that he can do the no harme yet whan he maye fynde oportunyte he shall do some euell A man maye be knowne by his face and one that hath vnderstondinge maye be perceaued by the loke of his countenaunce A mans garment laughter goynge declare what he is The XX. Chapter SOme man reproueth his neghbo oft tymes but not in due season Agayne some man holdeth his tonge and he is wyse and discrete It is moch better to geue warnynge and to reproue then to beare euell will for he that knowlegeth him self openly shal be preserued from hurt and destruccion Like as whan a chamberlayne thorow desyre and lust defyleth a mayden euen so is it with him that vseth violence and vnrighteousnes in y e lawe O how good a thinge is it a man y t is reproued to shewe openly his repentaunce for so shalt thou escape wylfull synne Some man kepeth sylence and is founde wyse but he that is not ashamed what he sayeth is hatefull Some man holdeth his tonge because he hath not the vnderstandinge of the language and some man kepeth sylence waytinge a conuenyent tyme. A wyse man wyll holde his tonge tyll he se oportunyte but a wanten and an vndiscrete body shal regarde no tyme. He that vseth many wordes shal hurte his owne soule and he that taketh auctorite vpoÌ him vnrighteously shal be hated Some man hath oft tymes prosperite in wicked thinges Agayne some man getteth moch and hath harme and losse There is some gift that is nothinge worth Againe there is some gift whose rewarde is dubble Some man getteth a fall for beynge to proude and some commeth to worshipe from lowe estate Some man bieth moch for a litle pryce and must paye for it seuen folde A wyse man with his wordes maketh him self to be loued but the fauours of fooles shal be poured out The gift of the vnwyse shal do the no good for his eyes are seuen folde He shal geue litle saye he gaue moch he openeth his mouth and crieth out as it were one that crieth out wyne To daye he lendeth tomorow he axeth it agayne and soch a man is to be hated The foole sayeth I haue no frende I haue no thanke for all my good dedes yee euen they that eate my bred speake no good of me O how oft and of how many shal he be laughed to scorne He taketh a more perlous fall by soch wordes then yf he fell vpon the grounde euen so shal the falles of wicked men come haistely In the mouth of him that is vntaught are many vnconuenient and vnmete wordes A wyse sentence shall not be alowed at the mouth of the foole for he speaketh it not in due season Some man synneth not because he hath not wherwithall and in his rest he shall be stynged Some man there is that destroyeth his owne soule with shame and for an vnwyse bodyes sake destroieth he it and with
and fede me also of that thou hast Awaye thou straunger so that he regardeth his honoure nomore my brother commeth in to my house so he telleth him the necessite of his house These thinges are heuy to a man that hath vnderstandinge namely the forbyddinge of y e house that the leÌder casteth him in the teth The XXX Chapter WHo so loueth his childe holdeth him still vnder correccion that he maye haue ioye of him afterwarde and that he grope not after his neghbours dores He y t teacheth his sonne shall haue ioye in him nede not be ashamed of him amoÌge his aquantauÌce Who so enfourmed teacheth his sonne greueth y e enemie ând before his frendes he maye haue ioye of him Though the father dye yet is he as though he were not deed for he hath left one behynde him that is like him In his life he sawe him had ioye in him was not sory in his death nether was he ashamed before y e enemies For he left behinde him an auenger agaynst his enemies and a good doer vnto the frendes For the life of childreÌ he shal binde the woundes together and his hert is greued at euery crye An vntamed horse wylbe harde and a wanton childe wyl be wylfull Yf thou brynge vp thy sonne delicatly he shal make y e afrayed and yf thou playe with him he shal brynge the to heuynes Laugh not with him lest thou wepe w t him also and lest thy teth be sett on edge at the last Geue him not liberte in his youth excuse not his foly Bow downe his neck whyle he is yonge hytt him vpon the sydes whyle he is yet but a childe lest he waxe stubburne geue no more force of y e and so shalt thou haue heuynes of soule Teach thy childe be diligeÌt therin lest it be to thy shame Better is the poore beynge whole stronge theÌ a man to be riche not to haue his health Health and welfare is aboue all golde and an whole body aboue all treasure There is no riches aboue a sounde body no ioye aboue the ioye of the hert Death is better then a wretched life or contynuall sicknes The good thinges y t are put in a close mouth are like as whan meate is layed vpon y e graue What good doth the offeringe vnto an Idoll For he can nether eate taist ner smell EueÌ so is it also with the riche whom God maketh seke he seith it with his eyes groneth therafter and is euen as a gelded man that lyeth with a vyrgin and sygheth Geue not ouer thy mynde in to heuynes vexe not thy self in thine owne councell The ioye chearfulnes of the hert is the life of man and a mans gladnes is the prolonginge of his dayes Loue thine owne soule and comforte thine hert as for sorow and heuynes dryue it farre from y e for heuynes hath slayne many a man and bryngeth no profit Zele and anger shorten the dayes of the life carefulnes and sorow brynge age before the tyme Vnto a mery hert euery thinge hath a good taist that he eateth The XXXI Chapter TRauayle and carefulnes for riches taketh awaye the slepe and maketh the flesh to coÌsume Whan one lyeth and taketh care he waketh euer vp like as greate sicknes breaketh the slepe The rich hath greate labo r in gatheringe his riches together and then with the pleasure of his riches he taketh his rest is refreshed But who so laboureth and prospereth not he is poore and though he leaue of yet is he a begger He that loueth riches shall not be iustified and who so foloweth corrupcioÌ shal haue ynough therof Many one are come in greate mysfortune by the reason of golde haue founde their destruccion before them It is a tre of fallynge vnto them that offre it vp and all soch as be foolish fall therin Blessed is the rich which is founde without blemysh and hath not gone after golde ner hoped in money and treasures Where is there soch one and we shal commende him and call him blessed for greate thinges doth he amonge his people Who so is tryed founde perfecte in soch thinges shal be commended and praised Who might offende hath not offended Who coude do euell and hath not done it Therfore shal his good be stablished and the whole congregacion shal declare his allmesses Yf thou sytt at a greate mans table open not thy mouth wyde vpon it and make not many wordes Remembre that an euell eye is a shrew What thinge created is worse then a wicked eye therfore wepeth it before euery maÌs face Laye not thine hand vpon euery thinge that thine eye seyth and stryue not with him in the dyshe Ponder by thy self what thy neghboure wolde fayne haue be descrete in euery poynte Eate the thinge that is set before the manerly as it becommeth a man and eate not to moch lest thou be abhorred Leaue thou of first of all because of nurtoure lest thou be he whom no man maye satisfie which maye turne to thy decaye WhaÌ thou syttest amonge many men reach not thine haÌde out first of all O how well conteÌt is a wyse man w t a litle wyne so y t in slepe thou shalt not be seke therof ner fele eny payne A swete wholsome slepe shal soch one haue and fele no inwarde grefe He ryseth vp by tymes in y e mornynge and is well at ease in him self But an vnsaciable eater slepeth vnquyetly and hath ache and payne of the body Yf thou felest that thou hast eaten to moch aryse go thy waye cast it of thy stomack and take thy rest My sonne heare me and despyse me not and at the last thou shalt fynde as I haue tolde the. In all thy workes be diligent and quycke so shal there no sicknes happen vnto the. Who so is liberall in dealynge out his meate many men shall blesse him and prayse him with their lippes and the same is a sure token of his loue and faithfulnes But he y t is vnfaithfull in meate the whole cite shall complayne of him and that is a sure experieÌce of his infidelite and wickednes Be not thou a wine bebber for wyne hath destroyed many a man The fyre proueth y e hard yron euen so doth wyne proue the hertes of the proude whan they be droncken Wyne sorbely droncken quyckeneth the life of maÌ Yf thou drynckest it measurably thou shalt be temperate What life is it y t maye contynue without wyne Wyne was made from the begynnynge to make men glad and not for dronkennes Wyne measurably dronkeÌ is a reioysinge of the soule and body But yf it be dronken with excesse it maketh bytternes and sorowe vnto the mynde DronkeÌnes fylleth the mynde of the foolish with shame and ruyne mynisheth the streÌgth and maketh woundes Rebuke not thy neghboure at y
of thy seruauntes acordinge to y e blessinge of Aaron ouer thy people that all they which dwell vpon earth maye knowe that thou art the LORDE the eternall God which is from euerlastinge The bely deuoureth all meates yet is one meate better then another Like as the tonge taisteth venyson so doth an hert of vnderstondinge marck false wordes A frowarde hert geueth heuynes but a man of experience lifteth him vp agayne The woman receaueth euery man yet is one daughter better then another A fayre wife reioyseth hir huszbande and a man loueth nothinge better Yf she be louynge vertuous withall then is not hir huszbande like other men He that hath gotten a vertuous woman hath a goodly possession she is vnto him an helpe and piler wher vpon he resteth Where no hedge is there the goodes are spoyled and where no houszwife is there y e freÌdles mourneth Like as there is no credence geuen to a robber y t goeth from one cite to another So is not y e man beleued that hath no nest and must turne in where he maye abyde in the night The XXXVII Chapter EVery frende sayeth I wil be frendly vnto him also But there is some frende which is onely a frende in name Remayneth there not heuynes vnto death whan a companyon and frende is turned to an enemye O most wicked presumpcion FroÌ whence art thou spronge vp to couer the earth with falsede disceate There is some companyon which in prosperite reioyseth with his freÌde but in the tyme of trouble he taketh parte agaynst him There is some coÌpanyon that mourneth with his frende for the bely sake but whan trouble commeth he taketh holde of the shylde Forget not thy frende in thy mynde thynke vpon him in y i riches Euery counceler bryngeth forth his councell Neuertheles there is some y t counceleth but for his owne profit Bewarre of y e counceler be aduysed afore wherto thou wilt vse him for he wil geue couÌcell for him self Lest he cast the lott vpon the saye vnto the Thy waye and purpose is good and afterwarde he stande agaynst the and loke what shal become of the. Axe no couÌcell at him y t suspecketh y e for an enemie hyde y e councell from soch as hate ye. Axe no councell at a woman coÌcernynge y e thinges y t she loÌgeth for ner at a fearful fayntharted body in matters of warre or at a marchaunt how deare he wil cheape thy wares towarde his or at a byer of sellynge Or at an envyous man of thankesgeuynge Or at the vnmercifull of louynge kindnes Or at y e slouthfull of workinge Or at an hyrelynge which hath no house of profit or wealth An ydle body wolde not gladly heare speake of moch labo Take no soch folkes to couÌcell but be diligeÌt to seke couÌcel at a vertuous man y t feareth God soch one as thou knowest to be a keper of y e coÌmaundemeÌtes which hath a minde after thine owne minde is sory for y e whaÌ thou stoÌblest And holde thy councell fast in thine hert for there is no man more faithful to kepe it then thou thy self For a maÌs mynde is somtyme more disposed to tell out then seuen watchmen that sytt aboue in an hye place lokynge aboute them And aboue all this praye the Hyest that he wil lede thy waye in faithfulnes trueth Before all thy workes axe councell first and or euer thou doest eny thinge be well aduysed There be foure thinges that declare a chaunged hert wherout there springeth euell good death life a masterfull tonge that bableth moch Some man is apte and well instructe in many thinges and yet very vnprofitable vnto himself Some man there is that can geue wyse and prudent councell and yet is he hated contynueth a begger for that grace is not geueÌ him of God to be accepted Another is robbed of all wiszdome yet is he wise vnto him self and the frute of vnderstoÌdinge is faithfull in his mouth A wyse man maketh his people wyse y e frutes of his wiszdome fayle not A wyse maÌ shal be pleÌteously blessed of God all they that se him shal speake good of him The life of man stondeth in y e noÌbre of the dayes but the dayes of Israel are innumerable A wyse man shal opteyne faithfulnes credence amonge his people his name shal be perpetuall My sonne proue thy soule in thy life yf thou se eny euell thinge geue it not vnto her For all thinges are not profitable for all men nether hath euery soule pleasure in euery thinge Be not gredy in euery eatynge and be not to haistye vpoÌ all meates For excesse of meates bryngeth siknes and glotony commeth at the last to an vnmeasurable heate Thorow glotony haue many one perished but he that dyeteth him self temperatly prolongeth his life The XXXVIII Chapter HOnoure the Phisician honoure him because of necessite God hath created him for of the Hyest commeth medecyne and he shal receaue giftes of the kynge The wiszdome of the phisician bryngeth him to greate worshipe in the sight of the greate men of this worlde he shal be honorably taken The LORDE hath created medecyne of the earth and he that is wyse wyl not abhorre it Was not y e bytter water made swete with a tre that men might lerne to knowe the vertue therof The LORDE hath geuen men wyszdome vnderstondinge y t he might be honoured in his woÌderous workes With soch doth he heale men taketh awaye their paynes Of soch doth the Apotecary make a confeccion yet can no man perfourme all his workes For of y e LORDE commeth prosperous wealth ouer all y e earth My sonne despyse not this in thy sicknes but praye vnto the LORDE he shal make the whole Leaue of from synne ordre thy handes a right cleÌse thine hert from all wickednes Geue a swete sauoured offrynge y e fyne floure for a token of remembraunce make the offrynge fatt as one that geueth the first frutes geue rowme to the Phisician ⪠For y e LORDE hath created him let him not go from the for thou hast nede of him The houre maye come y t the seke maye be helped thorow them whan they praye vnto y e LORDE y t he maie recouer get health to lyue loÌger He that synneth before his maker shall fall in to the handes of the Phisician My sonne brynge forth thy teares ouer the deed and begynne to mourne as yf thou haddest suffred greate harme thy self theÌ couer his body after a conuenyent maner despyse not his buryall Enforce thy self to wepe prouoke thy self to mourne make lamentacion expediently and y t a daye or two lest thou be euell spoken of then coÌforte thy self because of the heuynes For of heuynes coÌmeth death the heuynes of y e hert breaketh strength Heuynes
posterite As for y e sede y t came vpon him which he loued he brought it not vtterly to naught but gaue yet a remnaunt vnto Iacob and a rote vnto Dauid out of him Thus rested Salomon with his fathers and out of his sede he left behynde him a very foolishnes of the people and soch one as had no vnderstoÌdinge namely RoboaÌ which turned awaye the people thorow his councell and Ieroboam y e sonne of Nabat which caused Israel to synne and shewed Ephraim the waye of vngodlynes In so moch that their synnes myszdedes had the vpper hande so sore that at the last they were dryuen out of the londe for the same Yee he sought out brought vp all wickednes tyll the vengeaunce came vpon them The XLVIII Chapter THen stode vp Elias the prophet as a fyre and his worde brâât like a creshett He brought an hoÌger vpon theÌ and in his zele he made them few in nombre For they might not awaye w t the commauÌdementes of the LORDE Thorow the worde of the LORDE he shut the heauen and thre tymes brought he the fyre downe Thus became Elias honorable in his wonderous dedes Who maye make his boost to be like him One that was deed raysed he vp from death in the worde of y e Hyest he brought him out of the graue agayne He cast downe kynges and destroyed them and the honorable from their seate Vpon the mount Syna he herde the punyshment vpon Horeb the iudgmeÌt of the vengeaunce He prophecied recompensynge vnto kynges and ordeyned prophetes after him He was taken vp in the storme of fyre in a charett of horses of the LORDE He was ordeyned in the reprouynges in tyme to pacifie the wrath to turne y e hertes of the fathers vnto the children to set vp the trybes of Iacob agayne Blessed were they that saw the and were garnished in loue for we lyue in life Elias was couered in the storme but Heliseus was fylled with his mouth Whyle he lyued he was afrayed of no prynce and no man might ouercome him There coude no worde disceaue him after his death his body prophecied He dyd wonders in his life in death were his workes maruelous For all this the people amended not nether departed they from their synnes tyll they were caried awaye presoners out of the londe and were scatred abrode in all countrees so that of them there remayned but a very litle people and a prynce vnto y e house of Dauid Howbeit some of them dyd right some heaped vp vngodlynes Ezechias made his cite stronge conveyed water in to it dygged thorow the stony rock with yron made vp a well by the water syde In his tyme came Sennacherib vp and sent Rabsaches lift vp his hande agaynst Sion defyed them with greate pryde TheÌ trymbled their hertes and handes so y t they sorowed like a woman trauaylinge with childe So they called vpoÌ the LORDE which is mercyfull lift vp their haÌdes before him Immediatly the LORDE herde theÌ out of heauen and delyuered them by the hande of Esay He smote the hoost of the Assirians his angell destroyed theÌ For Ezechias had done the thinge that pleased the LORDE remayned stedfastly in the waye of Dauid his father Which Esay was greate faithfull in his visions In his tyme y e Sonne weÌte backwarde he lengthened the kynges life With a right sprete prophecied he what shulde come to passe at the last to soch as were soroufull in Sion he gaue consolacion wherwhith they might coÌforte them selues for euermore He shewed thinges y t were for to come secrete or euer they came to passe The XLIX Chapter THe remembrauÌce of Iosias is like as whan the Apotecary maketh many precious swete smellynge thinges together His remembraunce shal be swete as hony in all mouthes and as the playenge of Musick by the wyne He was appoynted to turne the people agayne to take awaye all abhominacions of y e vngodly He directed his hert vnto the LORDE in the tyme of the vngodly he set vp the worshipe of God agayne All kynges excepte Dauid Ezechias Iosias coÌmitted wickednes for euen y e kynges of Iuda also forsoke y e lawe of God For they gaue their horne vnto other their hono worshipe also to a straunge people Therfore was the electe cite of the SaÌctuary brent with fyre and the stretes therof laye desolate waist for they intreated Ieremy euell which neuertheles was a prophet ordeyned from his mothers wombe that he might rote out breake of destroye that he might buylde vp plante agayne Ezechiel sawe the glory of the LORDE in a vision which was shewed him vpon the charet of the Cherubins For he thought vpon the enemies in y e rayne to do good vnto soch as had ordred their wayes a right And the bones of the twolue prophetes florish from out of their place for they gaue comforte consolacion vnto Iacob and delyuered theÌ faithfully How shall we prayse Zorobabel which was as a ringe in the right hande So was Iesus also the sonne of Iosedec these men in their tymes buylded the house set vp the Sanctuary of y e LORDE agayne which was prepared for an euerlastinge worshipe And Nehemias is allwaye to be coÌmended which set vp for vs the walles y t were broken downe made the portes barres agayne and buylded oure houses of the new But vpon earth is there no man created like Enoch for he was taken vp from y e earth And Ioseph which was lorde of his brethren the vpholder of his people His bones were couered kepte Seth Sem were in greate honoure amonge y e people and so was Adam aboue all the beastes whaÌ he was created The L. Chapter SYmon the sonne of Onias the hye prest which in his life set vp the house agayne in his dayes made fast the teÌple The heyth of y e temple also was founded of him the dubble buyldinge the hye walles of the temple In his dayes the welles of water flowed out and were exceadinge full as the see He toke care for his people delyuered them from destruccion He kepte his cite made it stronge that it shulde not be beseged He dwelt in honoure and worshipe amonge his people and enlarged the intraunce of the house and the courte He geueth light as the mornynge starre in the myddest of the cloudes and as y e Moone whan it is full He shyneth as the Sonne in the temple of God He is as bright as y e rayne bowe in y e fayre cloudes florisheth as the floures and roses in the sprynge of y e yeare as the lilies by the ryuers of water Like as the braunches vpon the mount Libanus in tyme of Sommer as a fyre inceÌse that is
might be disceaued by this meanes also shulde I defyle myne age make it abhominable For though I were now delyuered from the tormentes of men yet shulde I not escape the honde of allmightie God nether alyue ner deed Wherfore I will dye manfully do as it becommeth myne age Wherby I maie peraduenture leaue an exaÌple of stedfastnesse for soch as be yonge yf I w t a ready mynde manfully dye an honest death for the most worthy and holy lawes When he had sayde these wordes immediatly he was drawen to the tormeÌte Now they that led him and were mylde a litle afore beganne to take displeasure because of the wordes y t he sayde for they thought he had spokeÌ them of an hye mynde But wheÌ he was in his martirdome he mourned and sayde Thou O LORDE which hast the holy knowlege knowest openly that where as I might be delyuered froÌ death I suffre these sore paynes of my body but in my mynde I am wel contente to suffre them because I feare the. Thus this man dyed leauynge y e memoriall of his death for an example not only vnto yonge men but vnto all y e people to be stedfast and manly The VII Chapter IT happened also that there were vij brethren with their mother taken compelled by the kynge agaynst the lawe to eate swynes flesh namely w t scourges and lethren whippes And one of them which was y e chefe sayde What sekest thou and what requyrest thou of vs As for vs we are ready rather to suffre death then to offende the lawes of God and the fathers Then was the kynge angrie and bad heare cauldrons and brasen pottes Which when they were made hote immediatly he commaunded y e tonge of him that spake first to be cut out to pull the skynne ouer his heade to payre of the edges of his handes and fete yee and that in the sight of his mother and the other of his brethren Now when he was cleane marred he commaunded a fyre to be made so whyle there was eny breath in him to be fryed in the caudron In the which when he had bene longe payned the other brethren with their mother exorted him to dye manfully sayeÌge The LORDE God shal regarde the treuth and comforte vs like as Moses testifieth and declareth in his songe sayenge and he wyl haue compassion on his seruauntes So wheÌ the first was deed after this maner they brought the seconde to haue him in derision pulled the skynne with the hayre ouer his heade and axed him yf he wolde eate swynes flesh or he were payned in y e other membres also thorow out his body But he answered boldly and sayde I will not do it And so was he tormented like as y e first And wheÌ he was eueÌ at y e geuinge vp of y e goost he sayde Thou most vngracious personne puttest vs now to death but the kynge of y e worlde shall rayse vs vp which dye for his lawes in y e resurreccion of euerlastinge life After him was the thirde had in derision and when he was requyred he putt out his tonge and that right soone holdinge forth his hondes manfully and spake with a stedfast faith These haue I of heaueÌ but now for the lawe of God I despyse them for my trust is that I shall receaue them of him agayne In so moch that the kynge and they which were with him marueled at the yonge mans boldnesse that he nothinge regarded the paynes Now when he was deed also they vexed the fourth with tormentes in like maner So when he was now at his death he sayde It is better that we beynge put to death of meÌ haue oure hope and trust in God for he shal rayse vs vp agayne As for the thou shalt haue no resurreccion to life And when they had spoken to the fifth they tormeÌted him Then loked he vnto y e kinge sayde Thou hast power amoÌge meÌ for thou art a mortall man also y i self to do what thou wilt but thinke not y t God hath forsaken o r generacion Abyde the tary styll a whyle thou shalt se the greate power of God how he wil punysh the thy sede After him they brought the sixte which beynge at the poynte of death sayde Be not disceaued o kynge for this we suffre for oure owne sakes because we haue offended oure God therfore marvelous thinges are shewed vpon vs. But thinke not thou which takest in honde to stryue agaynst God that thou shalt escape vnpunyshed This excellent mother worthy to be well reported of and had in remembraunce sawe hir seuen sonnes dye in one daye and suffred it pacieÌtly because of the hope that she had in God Yee she exorted euery one of them in especiall and that boldly and stedfastly w t parfite wyszdome wakynge vp hir wyuysh thought with a manly stomacke and sayde vnto them I can not tell how ye came in my wombe for I nether gaue you breth ner soule no ner life It is not I y t ioyned y t meÌbres of yo bodies together but y e maker of y e worlde which fashioned y e byrth of maÌ begaÌne all thinges Euen he also of his owne mercy shall geue you breath and life agayne like as ye now regarde not youre owne selues for his lawes sake Now thought Antiochus that she had despysed him therfore he let her go with hir reproues and beganne to exorte the yongest sonne which yet was left not only w t wordes but swore vnto him w t an ooth y t he shulde make him a rich welthy man yf he wolde forsake y e lawes of his fathers yee and y t he shulde geue him what so euer were necessary for him But wheÌ the yonge man wolde not be moued for all these thinges he called his mother counceled her to saue hir sonnes life And when he had exorted her with many wordes she promised him that she shulde speake vnto hir sonne So she turned her vnto him laughinge y e cruell tyraunte to scorne spake w t a boylde voyce O my sonne haue pite vpon me y t bare y e ix monethes in my wombe that gaue the sucke norished the and brought the vp vnto this age I beseke the my sonne loke vpon heauen and earth and all that is therin and considre that God made them and mans generacion of naught so shalt thou not feare this hangman but suffre death stedfastly like as thy brethren haue done that I maye receaue the agayne in the same mercy with thy brethren Whyle she was yet speakynge these wordes the yonge man sayde Whom loke ye for ⪠Wherfore do ye tary I wil not obeye the kynges commaundement but the lawe that God gaue vs by Moses As for the that ymaginest all myschefe agaynst the Iewes thou shalt not escape the honde of God for we suffre these thinges because of oure synnes And though
is he then his sonne Now whyle all the people gaue audience he sayde vnto his disciples Bewarre of the scrybes which wyl go in longe garmentes and loue to be saluted vpon the market and desyre to syt hyest in the synagoges and at the table They deuoure wedowes houses and that vnder a culoure of longe prayenge These shal receaue the greater daÌnacion The XXI Chapter ANd he loked vp and behelde y e riche how they put in their offerynges in to the Gods chest He sawe also a poore wedowe which put in two mytes and he sayde Verely I saye vnto you This poore wedowe hath put in more theÌ they all For these all haue of their excesse put in vnto the offerynge of God but she of hir pouerte hath put in all hir lyuynge that she had And whaÌ some spake of the temple that it was garnished with goodly stones and Iewels he saide The time shal come wher in of all this that ye se there shal not be left one stone vpon another which shal not be broken downe They axed him and sayde Master whaÌ shal these be and what shal be the token whan these shal come to passe He sayde Take hede that ye be not disceaued For many shal come in my name and saye I am he the tyme is come hard by Folowe them not But whan ye heare of warres and insurreccions be not ye afrayed for soch must come to passe but the ende is not yet there so soone Then sayde he vnto them One people shal ryse agaynst another and one realme ageynst another shal be greate earthquakes here and there pestilence and derth and fearfull thinges And greate tokeÌs shal there be froÌ heaueÌ But before all these they shal laye handes vpon you and persecute you and delyuer you vp in to their synagoges and presons and brynge you before kynges prynces for my names sake But this shal happen vnto you for a wytnesse Be at a poynt therfore in youre hertes that ye take no thought how ye shal answere for I wil geue you mouth wyszdome âgaynst the which all youre aduersaries shal not be able to speake ner to resist But ye shal be delyuered vp euen of youre elders brethren kynszfolkes and frendes and some of you shal they put vnto death and ye shal be hated of euery man for my names sake and yet shal not one hayre of youre heade perishe Holde fast youre soules with pacience But whan ye shal se Ierusalem beseged with an hoost then vnderstonde that the desolacion of it is nye Then let them which be in Iewry flye vnto the mountaynes ⪠ând let soch as be in the myddest therof departe out and let soch as be in the countrees not come therin For these are the dayes of vengeaunce that euery thinge which is wrytten maye be fulfilled But wo vnto them that are with childe and to them that geue sucke in those dayes for there shal be greate trouble vpon earth and wrath ouer this people and they shal fall thorow the edge of the swerde and be led captyue amoÌge all nacions And IerusaleÌ shal be troden downe of the Heithen ⪠vntyll the tyme of the Heithen be fulfilled And there shal be tokens in the Sonne and Mone and starres and vpon earth the people shal be in soch perplexite that they shal not tell which waye to turne them selues And the see and the waters shal roare and men shal pyne awaye for feare and for lokynge after the thinges which shal come vpoÌ earth For euen the very powers of heauen shal moue And then shal they se the sonne of man commynge in the cloude with power and greate glory But whan these thinges begynne to come to passe theÌ loke vp and lift vpp youre heades for youre redempcion draweth nye And he tolde them a symilitude Beholde the fygge tre and all tre trees whaÌ they now shute forth their buddes ye se by them and perceaue that Sommer is now at hande So likewyse ye whan ye se all these thinges come to passe be sure that the kyngdome of God is nye Verely I saye vnto you This generacioÌ shal not passe tyll all be fulfilled Heauen and earth shal passe but my wordes shal not passe But take hede vnto youre selues that yo hertes be not ouerladeÌ with excesse of eatinge and with dronkennes and with takinge of thought for lyuynge and so this daye come vpoÌ you vnawares For as a snare shal it come on all them that dwell vpon earth Watch therfore coÌtynually and praye that ye maye be worthy to escape all this that shal come to stoÌde before y e sonne of man And on the daye tyme he taught in the temple but in the night season he wente out and abode all night vpon mount Oliuete And all the people gat them vp early vnto him in the temple for to heare him The XXII Chapter THe feast of swete bred which is called Easter drue nye And y e hye presstes and Scrybes sought how they might put him to death and were afrayed of the people But Satan was entred in to Iudas named Iscarioth which was of y e nombre of y e twolue and he weÌte his waye and talked with the hye prestes and with y e officers how he wolde betraye him vnto them And they were glad and promysed to geue him money And he coÌsented sought oportunite y t he might betraye hiÌ without eny rumoure Then came y e daye of swete bred wherin the Easter lambe must be offered And he sent Peter and Ihon and sayde Go youre waye prepare vs the Easter lambe that we maye eate But they sayde vnto him Where wilt thou that we prepare it He saide vnto them Beholde whaÌ ye come in to y e cite there shal mete you a man bearinge a pitcher of water folowe him in to the house y t he entreth in and saye vnto the good man of the house The master sendeth y e worde Where is y e gesthouse wherin I maye eate the Easter laÌbe with my disciples And he shal shewe you a greate parlour paued They wente their waye and founde as he had sayde vnto them and made ready the Easter lambe And whan the houre came he sat him downe and the twolue Apostles with him and he sayde vnto them I haue hertely desyred to âate this Easter laÌbe with you before I suffre For I saye vnto you that hence forth I wil eate nomore therof tyll it be fulfilled in the kyngdome of God And he toke the cuppe gaue thankes and sayde Take this and deuyde it amonge you For I laye vnto you I wil not drynke of the frute of y e vyne vntyll the kyngdome of God come And he toke the bred gaue thankes and brake it and gaue it them and sayde This is my body which shal be geuen for you This do
Symon Peter sayde vnto theÌ I go a fyshinge They sayde vnto hiÌ We also wil go w t the. They weÌte out entred into a shippe straight waye And y t same night toke they nothinge But whaÌ it was now morow Iesus stode on the shore but his disciples knewe not y t it was Iesus Iesus sayde vnto theÌ ChildreÌ haue ye eny thinge to eate They answered hiÌ No. He sayde vnto theÌ Cast out the nett on y e right syde of the shippe ye shal fynde TheÌ they cast out coulde nomore drawe it for y e multitude of fishes TheÌ sayde y e disciple whoÌ Iesus loued vnto Peter It is the LORDE Whan Simon Peter herde that is was the LORDE he gyrde his mantell aboute him for he was naked and sprange in to y e see But other disciples came by shippe for they were not farre froÌ londe but as it were two hundreth cubytes and they drewe the net with the fiszhes Now whan they were come to londe they sawe coles layed and fysh theron and bred Iesus sayde vnto theÌ Bringe hither of the fyshes that ye haue taken now Symon Peter stepped forth and drew the nett to the londe full of greate fyszhes and hundreth and thre and fyftie And for all there were so many yet was not the net broken Iesus sayde vnto them Come and dyne But none of the disciples durst axe him Who art thou For they knewe that it was the LORDE Then came Iesus and toke y e bred and gaue it theÌ and the fyszhe likewyse This is now the thirde tyme that Iesus appeared vnto his disciples after that he was rysen agayne from the deed Now whaÌ they had dyned Iesus sayde vnto Symon Peter SymoÌ IohaÌna louest thou me more then these do He sayde vnto him Yee LORDE thou knowest y t I loue the. He sayde vnto him Fede my laÌbes He sayde vnto him agayne the seconde tyme SymoÌ IohaÌna louest thou me He sayde vnto him Yee LORDE thou knowest y t I loue ye. He sayde vnto him Fede my shepe He saide vnto him y e thirde tyme Symon IohaÌna louest thou me Peter was sory because he sayde vnto him louest thou me And he sayde vnto him LORDE thou knowest all thinges thou knowest that I loue ye. Iesus sayde vnto him Fede my shepe Verely verely I saye vnto the Whan thou wast yoÌge thou gerdedst thyselfe and walkedst whither thou woldest But whaÌ thou art olde thou shalt stretch forth thy handes and another shal gyrde the and lede the whither thou woldest not But this he sayde to signifye with what death he shulde glorifye God Whan he had spoken this he sayde vnto him Folowe me Peter turned him aboute and sawe the disciple folowinge whom Iesus loued which also leaned vpoÌ his brest at the supper and sayde LORDE who is it that betrayeth the WhaÌ Peter sawe him he sayde vnto Iesus LORDE but what shal he do Iesus sayde vnto him Yf I wil that he tary tyll I come what is that to the Folowe thou me Then wente there out a sayenge amonge the brethren This disciple dyeth not And Iesus sayde not vnto him He dyeth not but Yf I wil that he tary tyll I come what is that to the This is the same disciple which testifyeth of these thinges and wrote these thinges and we knowe that his testimony is true There are many other thinges also that Iesus dyd which yf they shulde be wrytteÌ euery one I suppose the worlde shulde not contayne the bokes that were to be wrytten The ende of the Gospell of S. Ihon. The Actes of the Apostles wrytten by S. Luke the Euangelist What the Actes conteyne Chap. I. The ascension of Christ. Mathias is chosen in the steade of Iudas Chap. II. The commynge of the holy goost The sermon of Peter before the coÌgregacion at Ierusalem and the increase of the faithfull Chap. III. The halt is restored to his fete Peter preacheth Christ vnto the people Chap. IIII. The Apostles are takeÌ and brought before the councell They are forbydden to preach but they turne them vnto prayer and are more obedient vnto God then vnto men Chap. V. The dyssemblynge of Ananias and Saphira is punyshed Miracles are done by the Apostles which are taken but the angel of God bryngeth them out of preson They are brought before the councell The sentence of Gamaliel The apostles are bett they reioyse in trouble Chap VI. Ministers or deacons are ordened in the congregacion to do seruyce in necessary thinges of the body that the Apostles maye wayte onely vpoÌ the worde of God Steuen is accused Chap. VII Steuen maketh answere to his accusacion rebuketh the hardnecked Iues and is stoned vnto death Chap. VIII Saul persecuteth the ChristeÌ The Apostles are scatred abrode Philip commeth in to Samaria Simon magus is baptised he dyssembleth Philip baptiseth the chamberlayne Chap. IX Paul is conuerted and confoundeth the Iues ⪠Peter rayseth Tabitha Chap. X. The vision that Peter sawe How he was sent to Cornelius The Heithen also receaue the sprete and are baptised Chap. XI Peter sheweth the cause wherfore he wente to the Heithen Barnabas and Paul preach vnto the Heithen Agabus prophecieth derth for to come Chap. XII Herode persecuteth the christeÌ kylleth Iames and putteth Peter in preson whoÌ the LORDE delyuereth by an angell The shamefull death of Herode Chap. XIII Paul and Barnabas are called to preach amonge the Heithen ⪠Of Sergius Paulus and Elymas the sorcerar Paul preacheth at Antioche Chap. XIIII Paul and Barnabas preach at Iâânium some beleue some stere vp sedicion Aâ Listra they wolde do sacrifice to Barnabas and Paul which refuse it and exorte the people to worshipe the true God Paul is stoned after that commeth he to Derba lystra I conium and to Antioche Chap. XV. Variaunce aboute circumcision The Apostles pacifie the matter at IerusaleÌ Paul and Barnabas preach at Antioche Chap. XVI Timothy is circumcised Paul preacheth at Philippos and there is he put in preson Chap. XVII Paul coÌmeth to Thessalonica where the Iues set the cite on a roore Paul escapeth and commeth to Athens where he preacheth the true and vnknowne God Chap. XVIII Paul preacheth at Corinthum contynuinge there a yeare and a half goeth agayne in to Syria commeth to Ephesus Cesarea and Antioche Of Apollos Aquila and Priscilla Chap. XIX Of the xij men whom Paul baptised at Ephesus and what miracles were done by him Demetrius moueth sedicion in the cite Chap. XX. Paul goeth in to Macedonia and in to Grekelonde At Troas he rayseth vp a deed body At Ephesus he calleth the elders of the congregacion together committeth the kepinge of Gods flocke vnto them warneth theÌ for false teachers maketh his prayer with them and departeth to shippe Chap. XXI Pauls iourneye by shippe Of Philippe the EuaÌgelist and Agabus the Prophet which warneth Paul not to go to Ierusalem He remayneth stedfast in his purpose and is taken in the
with the synne for yf thorow the synne of one many be deed yet moch more plenteously came the grace and gifte of God vpon many by the fauoure that belonged vnto one man Iesus Christ. And the gifte is not onely ouer one synne as death came thorow one synne of one that synned For the iudgment came of one synne vnto condempnacion but the gifte to iustifye fro many synnes For yf by y e synne of one death raigned by the meanes of one moch more shal they which receaue the abuÌdaunce of grace and of the gifte vnto righteousnes raigne in life by y e meanes of one Iesus Christ. Likewyse theÌ as by the synne of one condemnacion came on all men euen so also by the righteousnes of one came the iustififienge off life vpon all men For as by the disobedience of one many became synners euen so by the obedience of one shal many be made righteous But the lawe in the meane tyme entred that synne shulde increace Neuertheles where abundaunce of synne was there was yet more plenteousnes of grace that like as synne had reigned vnto death eueÌ so mighte grace reigne also thorow righteousnes to euerlastinge life by the meanes of Iesus Christ. The VI. Chapter WHat shal we saye then Shal we contynue in synne that there maye be abundaunce of grace God forbyd How shal we lyue in synne y t are deed from it Knowe ye not that all we which are baptysed in to Iesu Christ are baptysed in to his death Therfore are we buried w t him by baptyme in to death that like as Christ was raysed vp from the deed by the glory of the father euen so we also shulde walke in a new life For yf we be grafted w t him vnto like death then shal we be like the resurreccion also For so moch as we knowe that oure olde man is crucified with him that the synfull body mighte ceasse that hence forth we shulde serue synne nomore For he that is deed is made righteous froÌ synne But yf we be deed with Christ we beleue that we shal lyue also with him and are sure that Christ raysed from the deed dyeth nomore Death shal haue nomore power ouer him For as touchinge that he dyed he dyed coÌcernynge synne once but as touchinge that he lyueth he lyueth vnto God Likewyse ye also counte youre selues to be euen deed concernynge synne and to lyue vnto God thorow Iesus Christ oure LORDE Let not synne reigne therfore in youre mortall bodye that ye shulde obeye vnto the lustes of it Nether geue ye ouer youre membres vnto synne to be wapens of vnrighteousnes but geue ouer youre selues vnto God as they that off deed are become lyuynge and youre membres vnto God to be wapeÌs off righteousnes For synne shal not haue power ouer you in so moch as ye are not vnder the lawe but vnder grace How then Shal we synne because we are not vnder y e lawe but vnder grace God forbyd Knowe ye not that loke vnto whoÌ ye geue ouer youre selues as seruauntes to obeye his seruauntes ye are to whom ye obey whether it be of synne vnto death or of obedieÌce vnto righteousnes But God be thanked that though ye haue bene the seruauntes of synne ye are now yet obedient of herte to the ensample off the doctryne whervnto ye are commytted For now that ye are made fre from synne ye are become the seruauntes of righteousnes I wil speake grosly because of the weaknes of youre flesh Like as ye haue geuen ouer youre membres to the seruyce of vnclennesse from one wickednesse to another EueÌ so now also geue ouer youre membres to the seruyce of righteousnesse that they maye be holy For whan ye were the seruauntes of synne ye were lowse from righteousnes What frute had ye at that tyme in those thinges wherof ye are now ashamed For the ende of soch thinges is death But now that ye be fre from synne and are become the seruauntes of God ye haue youre frute that ye shulde be holy but the ende is euerlastinge life For death is the rewarde of synne but the gifte of God is euerlastinge life The VII Chapter KNowe ye not brethren for I speake vnto them that knowe the lawe how that y e lawe hath power vpon a man as longe as he lyueth For the woman y t is in subieccion to the man is bounde vnto the lawe whyle the man lyueth but yf the man dye then is she lowsed from the lawe that concerneth the man Yf she be now with another man whyle the manlyneth she shal be called a wedlocke breaker But yf the man be deed then is she fre from the lawe so that she is no wedlocke breaker yf she be with another man Euen so my brethren ye also are deed vnto the lawe by the body of Christ that ye shulde be with another namely w t him which is raysed vp from the deed that we shulde brynge forth frute vnto God For whan we were in the flesh the synfull lustes which were stered vp by the lawe were mightie in oure membres to brynge forth frute vnto death But now are we lowsed from the lawe and deed vnto it that helde vs captyue so that we shulde serue in a new conuersacion of the sprete and not in the olde conuersacion of the letter What shal we saye then Is the lawe synne God forbyd Neuertheles I knewe not synne but by y e lawe For I had knowne nothinge of lust yf the lawe had not sayde Thou shalt not lust But then toke synne occasion at the commaundement and stered vp in me all maner of lust For without the lawe synne was deed As for me I lyued some tyme without lawe Howbeit whan the commaundement came synne renyued but I was deed And the very same commaundement that was geuen me vnto life was founde to be vnto me on occasion of death For synne toke occasion at the coÌmaundement and disceaued me and slewe me by the same commaundement The lawe in dede is holy and the commaundement holy iust and good Is that then which is good become death vnto me God forbyd But synne that it mighte appeare how y t it is synne hath wroughte me death thorow good that synne mighte be out of measure synfull by the commaundement For we knowe that the lawe is spirituall but I am carnall solde vnder synne because I knowe not what I do For I do not y t I will but what I hate y t do I. Yf I do now that which I wil not theÌ graunte I that the lawe is good So then it is not I that do it but synne that dwelleth in me for I knowe that in me y t is in my flesh there dwelleth no good thinge To wyll is present w t me but to perfourme y t which is good I fynde not For y e good that I wyll do I not but the euell which I wil not
that do I. Yf I do now that I wil not then is it not I that do it but synne that dwelleth in me Thus fynde I now by the lawe y t whan I wyl do good euell is present with me For I delite in the lawe of God after the inwarde man but I se another lawe in my membres which stryueth agaynst y e lawe of my mynde and taketh me presoner in y e lawe of synne which is in my membres O wretched man that I am who shal delyuer me from the body of this death I thanke God thorow Iesus Christ oure LORDE So then w t the mynde I serue y e lawe of God but with the flesh the lawe of synne The VIII Chapter THen is there now no damnacion vnto theÌ that are in Christ Iesu which walke not after the flesh but after y e sprete For y e lawe of y e sprete y t bryngeth life iÌ Christ Iesu hath made me fre froÌ the lawe of synne death For what vnpossible was vnto y e lawe in as moch as it was weake because of the flesh y t perfourmed God sent his sonne in y e similitude of synfull flesh by synne daÌned synne in y e flesh that the righteousnes requyred of the lawe mighte be fulfylled in vs which walke not after the flesh but after the sprete For they that are fleshly are fleshly mynded but they that are goostly are goostly mynded To be fleshly mynded is death but to be goostly mynded is life and peace For to be fleshly mynded is enemyte agaynst God syth it is not subdued vnto y e lawe of God for it can not also As for theÌ that are fleshlye they can not please God Howbeit ye are not fleshly but goostly yf so be that the sprete of God dwell in you But who so hath not the sprete of Christ the same is not his Neuertheles yf Christ be in you then is the body deed because of synne But the sprete is life for righteousnes sake Wherfore yf the sprete of him that raysed vp Iesus from the deed dwell in you then shal euen he also that raysed vp Christ from the deed quyckeÌ youre mortal bodies because y t his sprete dwelleth in you Therfore brethreÌ we are now detters not to the flesh to lyue after the flesh for yf ye lyue after y e fleshe ye must dye but yf ye mortyfye the dedes of the body thorow the sprete ye shal lyue For who so euer are led by the sprete of God are Gods childreÌ for ye haue not receaued the sprete of bondage to feare eny more but ye haue receaued y e sprete of adopcion wherby we crye Abba deare father The same sprete certifieth oure sprete that we are the childreÌ of God Yf we be childreÌ then are we heyres also namely the heyres of God and heyres annexed with Christ yf so be that we suffer together that we maye be also glorified together For I suppose that the affliccions off this tyme are not worthy of y e glorye which shal be shewed vpon vs. For the feruent loÌginge of y e creature loketh for the appearinge of the children of God because the creature is subdued vnto vanyte agaynst hir will but for his wyll that hath subdued her vpon hope For the creature also shal be fre from the bondage of corrupcion vnto the glorious libertye of the childreÌ of God For we knowe that euery creature groneth and trauayleth with vs in payne vnto the same tyme. Not they only but we oure selues also which haue the first frutes of the sprete grone within in oure selues for the childshippe and loke for y e delyueraunce of oure bodye For we are sâued iÌ dede howbeit iÌ hope but y e hope that is sene is no hope for how can a man hope for that which he seyeth But yf we hope for that which we se not theÌ do we thorow pacience abyde for it Likewyse the sprete also helpeth oure weaknesse for we knowe not what we shulde desyre as we oughte neuertheles y e sprete it selfe maketh intercession mightely for vs with vnoutspeakable gronynges Howbeit he y t searcheth the hert knoweth what the mynde of the sprete is for he maketh intercession for the sayntes acordinge to the pleasure of God But sure we are that all thinges serue for the best vnto them that loue of God which are called of purpose For those whom he knewe before hath he ordeyned also before y t they shulde be like fashioned vnto y e shappe of his sonne y t he mighte be the first begotteÌ amoÌge many brethreÌ As for those whom he hath ordeyned before them hath he called also and whom he hath called theÌ hath he also made righteous and whom he hath made righteous them hath he glorified also What shal we saye then vnto these thinges Yff God be on oure syde who can be agaynst vs. Which spared not his owne sonne but hath geuen him for vs all how shal he not with him geue vs all thinges also Who wyl laye enythinge to y e charge of Gods chosen Here is God that maketh righteous who wil then condemne Here is Christ that is deed yee rather which is raysed vp agayne which is also on y e righte hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. Who will separate vs from the loue of God Trouble or anguysh or persecucioÌ or honger or nakednesse or parell or swerde As it is wrytten For thy sake are we kylled all the daye longe we are counted as shepe appoynted to be slayne Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome farre for his sake that loued vs. For sure I am that nether death ner life nether angell ner rule nether power nether thinges present nether thinges to come nether heyth ner loweth nether eny other creature shal be able to separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesu oure LORDE The IX Chapter I Saye the trueth in Christ and lye not wherof my conscience beareth me witnesse in the holy goost that I haue greate heuynesse contynuall sorowe in my hert I haue wyszhed my selfe to be cursed from Christ for my brethren that are my kynsmen after the flesh which are off Israel vnto whom pertayneth the childshippe and the glory and the couenauntes and lawe and the seruyce of God and the promyses whose are also the fathers off whom after the flesh commeth Christ which is God ouer all blessed for euer AmeÌ· But I speake not these thinges as though the worde of God were of none effecte for they are not all Israelites which are of Israel nether are they all children because they are the sede of Abraham but in Isaac shal the sede be called vnto the that is They which are children after the flesh are not the children of God but the children of the promes are counted for the sede For this is a worde of the promes
whom he calleth dogges and enemies of Christ and reproueth maÌs owne righteousnesse Chap. IIII. He saluteth certayne of them exhorteth them to be of honest conuersacion and thanketh them because of the prouysion that they made for him beynge in preson The first Chapter PAul and Timotheus the seruauntes of Iesu Christ. Vnto all the sayntes in Iesu Christ which are at Philippos with the Biszhoppes and mynisters Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. I thanke my God as oft as I remeÌbre you which I allwayes do in all my prayers for you all and praye with gladnesse because of youre fellishippe which ye haue in the Gospell from the first daye vnto now and am surely certified of this y t he which hath begonne that good worke in you shal go forth with it untyll y e daye of Iesus Christ as it becommeth me to iudge of you all because I haue you in my hert as those that are partakers with me of grace in my bondes in defendinge and stablyshinge of the Gospell For God is my recorde how I loÌge after you all euen froÌ the very hert rote in Iesus Christ. And for the same I praye y t yo loue maye increace more more in all maner of knowlege and in all experience y t ye maye proue what is best that ye maye be pure soch as hurte no mans conscience vnto the daye of Christ fylled with the frutes of righteousnes which come by Iesus Christ vnto the glorye and prayse of God I wolde ye vnderstode brethren that my busynes is happened vnto the greater furtheraunce of the Gospell so that my bondes in Christ are manifest thorow out all y e iudgmeÌt hall and in all other places In so moch that many brethren in the LORDE are boldened thorow my boÌdes and darre more largely speake the worde without feare Some no doute preach Christ of enuye and stryfe but some of good wil. The one parte preacheth Christ off stryfe and not purely supposynge to adde more aduersite vnto my bondes The other parte of loue for they knowe that I lye here for the defence of the Gospell What then So that Christ be preached all maner of wayes whether it be done by occasion or of true meaninge I reioyce therin and wil reioyce For I knowe that the same shal chaunce to my saluacion thorow youre prayer and mynistrynge of the sprete of Iesu Christ as I loke for and hope that in nothinge I shal be ashamed but y t with all coÌfidence as allwayes in tymes past eueÌ so now Christ shal be magnified in my body whether it be thorow life or thorow death For Christ is to me life death is to me auââge But in as moch as to lyue in y e ãâã frutefull to me for the worke ãâ¦ã what I shal chose for both these ãâ¦ã harde vpon me I desyre to ãâ¦ã be with Christ which thinââ ãâ¦ã forme but to abyde ãâ¦ã nedefull for you And this am I sure of that I shal abyde and contynue with you all for the furtheraunce and ioye of youre faith that ye maye abundauntly reioyse in Christ Iesu thorow me by my coÌmynge to you agayne Onely let youre conuersacion be as it becommeth the Gospell of Christ that whether I come se you or els be absent I maye yet heare of you that ye coÌtynue in one sprete and one soule labourynge as we do to mayntayne the faith of the Gospell and in nothinge fearinge youre aduersaries which is to them a token off perdicion but vnto you of saluacion and that of God For vnto you it is geuen not onely that ye shulde beleue on Christ but also suffre for his sake and to haue euen the same fighte which ye haue sene in me and now heare of me The II. Chapter YF there be amonge you eny consolacion in Christ yf there be eny comforte of loue yf there be eny fellishippe off the sprete yf there be eny compassion and mercy fulfyll my ioye that ye drawe one waye hauynge one loue beynge of one accorde and of one mynde that there be nothinge done thorow stryfe and vayne glory but that thorow mekenesse of mynde euery man esteme another better then himselfe and let euery maÌ loke not for his awne profet but for the profet of other Let the same mynde be in you that was in Christ Iesu which beyinge in the shappe of God thought it not robbery to be equall with God but made himselfe of no reputacion and toke vpon him the shappe of a seruaunt became like another man and was founde in his apparell as a man he humbled himselfe and became obedient vnto the death euen vnto the death of the crosse Therfore hath God also exalted him and geuen him a name which is aboue all names that in the name of Iesus euery kne shulde bowe both of thinges in heauen of thinges vpoÌ earth and of thinges vnder the earth and that all tunges shulde confesse that Iesus Christ is the LORDE vnto ãâã prayse of God the father Wherfore my dearly beloued as ye haue ãâ¦ã obeyed not onely in my presence ãâ¦ã so moch more in my absence euen ãâ¦ã youre awne saluacion with ãâ¦ã For it is God which ãâ¦ã the wyll and the deed euen of his owne good wyll Do all thinges without murmurynges and disputinges that ye maye be fautles and pure and the childreÌ of God without rebuke in the myddes of y e croked and peruerse nacion amonge whom se that ye shyne as lightes in the worlde holdinge fast the worde of life vnto my reioysinge in the daye of Christ that I haue not runne in vayne nether laboured in vayne Yee and though I be offred vp vpoÌ the offerynge sacrifice of youre faith I am glad and reioyce with you all be ye glad also and reioyce ye with me I trust in the LORDE Iesus to sende Timotheus shortly vnto you that I also maye be of good comforte whan I knowe what case ye stonde in For I haue no man that is so like mynded to me which with so pure affeccioÌ careth for you for all other seke their awne not that which is Iesus Christes But ye knowe the profe of him for as a childe vnto the father so hath he mynistred vnto me in the Gospell Him I hope to sende as soone as I knowe how it wyll go with me But I trust in the LORDE that I also my selfe shal come shortly Neuertheles I thoughte it necessary to sende vnto you the brother Ephraditus which is my companyon in laboure and felowe soudyer and youre Apostell and my mynister at my nede for so moch as he longed after you all and was full of heuynes because ye had herde that he was sicke And no doute he was sicke and that nye vnto death but God had mercy on him and not on him onely but on me also lest I shulde
thy fylthy nakednes do not apere anoynt thine eyes with eye salue y t thou mayste se. As many as I loue I rebuke chasten Be feruent therfore and repent Beholde I stonde at the doore knocke Yf eny man heare my voyce and vpen the dore I wil come in vnto him and will suppe with him he with me To him that ouercoÌmth will I grauÌte to sytt with me on my seate eueÌ as I ouercam and haue sytteÌ with my father on his seate Let him that hath eares heare what the sprete saith vnto the coÌgregacioÌs The IIII. Chapter AFter this I loked and beholde a dore was open in heaueÌ and the fyrste voyce which I harde was as it were of a trompet talkinge with me which sayde come vp hydder and I wil shewe the thinges which must be fulfylled her after And immediatly I was in the sprete beholde a seate was set in heauen and one sat on the seate And he that sat was to loke vpon like vnto a iaspar stone and a sardyne stone And there was a rayne bowe aboute the seate in syght like to a Smaragde And aboute the seate were xxiiij seates And vpon the seates xxiiij elders syttinge clothed in whyte rayment and had on their heades crownes of golde And out of y e seate proceded lightnynges and thundrynges voyces and there wer seuen laÌpes of fyre burninge before the seate which are the seuen spretes of God And before the seate there wasââ see of glasse like vnto crystall and in the mydes off the seate and rounde aboute the seate were foure beastes full of eyes before and behynde And the first beest was like a lion the seconde beest like a calfe and the thyrde beest had a face as a man and the fourth beest was like a flyenge egle And the foure beestes had eche one off them vj. wynges aboute him and they were full of eyes with in And they had no rest daye nether night sayenge * holy holy holy is the LORDE God almyghty which was and is and is to come And when those beestes gaue glory and honour and thankes to him that sat on the seate which lyueth for euer and euer y e xxiiij elders fell downe before him that sat on the trone and worshipped him y t lyueth for euer and cast their crounes before y e trone sayenge thou art worthy LORDE to receaue glory and hono r and power for thou hast created all thinges and for thy willes sake they are and were created The V. Chapter ANd I sawe in the right hoÌde of him that sat in the trone a boke wrytten with in on the backside sealed with seueÌ seales And I sawe a stroÌge angell preachinge with a loude voyce Who is worthy to open the boke and to loose the seales therof And no maÌ in heaueÌ ner in earth nether vnder y e earth was able to opeÌ y e boke nether to loke thereon And I wepte moch because no man was founde worthy to open and to rede the boke nether to loke thereon And one of the elders sayde vnto me wepe not Beholde the lyon which is off the trybe of Iuda y e rote of Dauid hath obtayned to opeÌ the boke and to lowse the seueÌ seales therof And I behelde lo in the myddes of the seate and of y e foure beastes and in the myddes of y e elders stode a lambe as though he had bene kylled which had seuen hornes and seueÌ eyes which are the seueÌ spretes of God sent in to all the worlde And he came and toke the boke out of the right hoÌde of him that sat vpon the seate And when he had taken the boke the foure beestes and the xxiiij elders fell downe before the lambe hauinge harpes and golden vialles full of odoures which are y e prayers of the sayntes and they songe a newe songe saynge thou art worthy to take the boke to opeÌ the seales therof for thou wast kylled and hast redemed vs by thy bloud out of all kynreddes and toÌges and people and nacions hast made vs vnto o r God kynges and prestes and we shal raygne on y e earth And I behelde and I herd the voyce of many angilles aboute the trone and aboute the beestes and y e elders and I herde thousand thousandes sayenge with a loude voyce Worthy is the lambe that was killed to receaue power and riches wiszdome and strength and honoure and glory and blessynge And all creatures which are in heaueÌ on the earth vnder the earth in the see all y t are in theÌ herd I sayenge blessinge honoure glory power be vnto him y t sytteth vpoÌ the seate and vnto the laÌbe for euermore And the foure beestes saide AmeÌ And y e xxiiij elders fell vpon their faces and worshipped him that lyueth for euermore The VI. Chapter ANd I sawe when the laÌbe opened one of the seales I herde one of the foure beestes saye as it wer the noyse off thonder come and se. And I sawe and beholde there was a whyte horsse and he y t sat on him had a bowe and a crowne was geuen vnto him and he went forth conquerynge and for to ouercome And wheÌ he opened the seconde seale I herde the seconde beeste saye come and se. And there went out another horsse that was reed power was geuen to him that sat there on to take peace from the earth and that they shulde kyll one another And there was geueÌ vnto him a gret swearde And when he opened the thyrde seale I herde the thyrde beeste saye come se. And I behelde and lo a blacke horsse and he that sate on him had a payre of balances in his honde And I herde a voyce in the myddes of the foure beastes saye a measure of whete for a peny and thre measures of barly for a peny and oyle and wyne se thou hurte not And when he opened the fourth seale I herde the voyce of the fourthe beaste saye come and se. And I loked and beholde a pale horsse and his name that sat on him was deeth and hell folowed after him power was geueÌ vnto them ouer the fourthe parte of the earth to kyll with swearde and w t honger and with deeth of the vermen of the earth And when he opened the fyfte seale I sawe vnder the aultre the soules of them y t were kylled for the worde of God and for y e testimony which they had and they cryed with a lowde voyce sayeÌge How loÌge tariest thou LORDE holy and true to iudge to auenge oure bloude on them that dwell on the earth And longe whyte garmentes were geuen vnto euery one of them And it was sayde vnto them that they shulde reste for a lyttle season vntyll the nomber of their felowes and brethreÌ and of them that shulde be killed as they were were fulfilled And I behelde when he
to stoâde styll hangeth vp fyue kynges and taketh the cities Chap. XI The HeytheÌ kynges gather theÌ selues together agaynst Israel but they are discomfited and their cities wonne Chap. XII The names of the kynges whom Iosua and the Israelites slewe are here rehearsed euen one and thirtye Chap ⪠XIII The remnaunt of the londe on this syde Iordane Chap. XIIII The dealinge out of the londe Chap. XV. The londe that fell vnto Iuda by lott Chap. XVI The lot of Ephraim Chap. XVII The lot and porcion of Manasse Chap. XVIII Men are sent out of the seuen trybes to consyder the londe and to deale it out The porcion of Ben Iamin Chap. XIX The porcion of Simeon Zabulon Isachar Aser Nephtali and Dan. Chap. XX. The partinge out of the fre cities Chap. XXI Of the cities and suburbes of the Leuites Chap. XXII The two tribes and a halfe are senâ home agayne with a charge to be diligent in kepynge Gods commaundement Of the altare of witnesse Chap. XXIII Iosua calleth the people together before his death exorteth them to cleue fast to the commaundementes of the LORDE Chap. XXIIII He calleth the people together iâ Sichem and rehearceth the benefites of God vnto theÌ The couenauÌt with God is renewed Iosua dyeth and so doth Eleasar The first Chapter AFter the death of Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE spake the LORDE vnto Iosua y e sonne of Nun Moses mynister My seruaunt Moses is deed vp now and go ouer this Iordane thou and all this people in to the londe that I haue geuen the children of Israel All the places that the soles of youre fete shal treade vpon haue I geuen vnto you as I sayde vnto Moses From the wyldernesse and this Libanus vnto the greate water Euphrates all the londe of the Hethites vnto the greate see towarde the west shal be youre border There shall noman be able to withstonde y t all thy life longe And like as I was with Moses so wil I be with the also I will not fayle the nether forsake the. Be stronge and bolde for vnto this people shalt thou deuyde y e londe which I sware vnto their fathers to geue it them Be stroÌge therfore and very bolde that thou mayest kepe and do euery thynge acordinge to the lawe that Moses my seruaunt commaunded the. Turne not asyde from it nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte y t thou mayest deale wysely whither so euer thou goest And let not the boke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth but exercyse thy selfe therin daie and nighte that thou mayest kepe and do euery thinge acordinge to it that is wrytteÌ therin Then shalt thou prospere in thy waies and deale wysely Lo I haue commaunded the to be stronge and bolde Feare not and be not afrayed for the LORDE thy God is with y e whither so euer thou goest Then commaunded Iosua the officers of the people and sayde Go thorow the hoost and charge y e people and saye Prepare you vytayles for ouer thre dayes shal ye go ouer this Iordane that ye maye come in and take possession of the londe which the LORDE youre God shal geue you And to the Rubenites Gaddites and to the halfe trybe of Manasse sayde Iosua Thynke vpon the worde that Moses the seruaunt of y e LORDE spake vnto you and sayde The LORDE yo r God hath brought you to rest and geuen you this londe Let youre wyues and children and catell remayne in y e londe that Moses gaue you on this syde Iordane But ye youre selues as many as be fightinge men shal go forth before youre brethren in harnesse and helpe them tyll the LORDE haue broughte youre brethren to rest also as well as you that they also maye take possession of the londe which the LORDE yo r God shal geue them Then shal ye turne agayne in to the londe of youre possession that ye maye enioye it which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE hath geuen you on this syde Iordane towarde y e Easte And they answered Iosua and sayde All that thou hast commaunded vs wyll we do and whither so euer thou sendest vs we wyl go thither Like as we haue obeyed Moses so wyl we be obedient also vnto the Onely that the LORDE thy God be with y e like as he was with Moses Who so euer disobeyeth thy mouth and herkeneth not vnto thy wordes in all that thou hast commaunded vs shal dye Onely be thou stronge and bolde The II. Chapter IOsua the sonne of Nun sent out two spyes preuely from Setim and sayde vnto them Go youre waye loke vpon the londe and Iericho They wente forth and came in to y e house of an harlot called Rahab and laye there Then was it tolde the kynge of Iericho Lo there are men come in this nighte from the childreÌ of Israel to spye the londe Then sent the kynge of Iericho vnto Rahab saynge Delyuer the men forth that are come vnto the in to thy house for they are come to spye out the whole londe Now as for the two men the woman had hyd them and sayde There came men in vnto me in dede but I knewe not whence they were And at the shuttinge in of the gate whan it was darcke they wente out so y t I can not tell whither they be gone folowe soone after them for ye shal ouertake them But she had caused them to clymme vp vnto the house toppe and hyd them vnder the stalkes of flaxe that she had prepared her vpoÌ the toppe of the house Howbeit the men folowed after them in y e waye towarde Iordane euen vnto the ferye and whan they that folowed vpon them were gone forth the gate was shut And or euer the men layed them downe to slepe she wente vp to them vnto the house toppe and sayde vnto theÌ I knowe that the LORDE shal delyuer you the londe for the feare of you is fallen vpon vs and all the inhabiters of the londe are discoraged at youre commynge For we haue herde how the LORDE dryed vp the water in the reed see before you whaÌ ye departed out of Egipte and what ye dyd vnto the two kynges of the Amorites Sihon and Og beyonde Iordane how ye roted them out and destroyed them And sence we herde therof oure hert hath failed vs nether is there a good stomacke more in eny man by the reason of youre commynge For the LORDE yo r God is both the God aboue in heaueÌ and beneth vpon earth Sweare now then vnto me euen by the LORDE for so moch as I haue dealte mercifully with you that ye wyl also shewe mercy vpon my fathers house and geue me a true token that ye wyl let my father lyue and my mother my brethren and my sisters and all that they haue and delyuer oure soules from death The men sayde vnto her Yf we shewe not mercy and faithfulnesse vpon
the whan the LORDE geueth vs the londe then let oure soule dye for you so farre as thou betrayest not oure deuyce Then let she them downe thorow the wyndowe by a coarde for hir house waâ in the wall of the cite and in the wall was hir dwellynge And she sayde vnto them Go youre waye vp to the mountaynes lest they mete you that folowe vpon you and hyde youre selues there thre dayes tyll they be come againe y t folowe after you and then get you youre waye But the men sayde vnto her As for this ooth that thou hast taken of vs we wyll be discharged of it whan we come in to y e londe excepte thou knyttest in the wyndowe y e lyne of this rosecoloured rope y t thou hast letteÌ vs downe with all gatherest vnto y e in to the house thy father thy mother y i brethren all thy fathers house And loke who so euer goeth out at the dore of thy house his bloude be vpon his owne heade and we giltlesse But of all those y t are in y e house yf a hande be layed vpon theÌ their bloude shal be vpoÌ o r heade And yf thou bewrayest eny of this deuyce of ours theÌ wil we be discharged of the ooth y t thou hast takeÌ of vs. She sayde Let it be so as ye saye and she let theÌ go And they wente their waye And she knyt the rose coloured lyne in the wyndowe They wente on their waye and came to the mountaynes and remayned there thre dayes tyll they that folowed vpon them were come agayne for they soughte them thorow euery strete yet they founde them not So the two men turned agayne and departed from the mountaynes and passed ouer Iordane and came to Iosua the sonne of Nun and tolde him euery thinge as they had founde it they sayde vnto Iosua The LORDE hath geueÌ vs all the londe in to oure handes and all they that dwell in the londe are sore afrayed of vs. The III. Chapter ANd Iosua rose vp early and they departed from Setim came vnto Iordane he and all the children of Israel and remayned there all night afore they weÌte ouer But after thre dayes wente the officers thorow y e hoost and commaunded the people and sayde Whan ye se the Arke of y e couenaunt of the LORDE youre God and the prestes from amoÌge the Leuites bearinge it departe ye then out of youre place and folowe after but so that there be rowme betwene you and it by two thousande cubites that ye come not nye it y t ye maye knowe what waye ye shulde go for ye neuer wente that waye afore And Iosua sayde vnto the people Halowe youre selues for tomorow shal y e LORDE bringe wonderous thinges to passe amoÌge you And vnto the prestes he sayde Beare ye the Arke of y e couenauÌt and go before the people Then bare they the Arke and wente before the people And the LORDE sayde vnto Iosua This daye wyl I begynne to make the greate in the sighte of all Israel that they maie knowe how that like as I was with Moses so am I with the also And commaunde thou the prestes that beare the Arke and saye Whan ye come before in the water of Iordane stonde styll And Iosua sayde vnto the children of Israel Come hither heare the worde of the LORDE youre God He sayde morouer By this shal ye perceaue that the lyuynge God is amonge you and that he shall dryue out before you y e Cananites Hethites Heuites Pheresites Girgosites Amorites and Iebusites Beholde the Arke of the couenaunt of him y t hath domynion ouer all londes shall go before you in Iordane Take now therfore twolue men out of y e trybes of Israel out of euery trybe one And whan the soles of the fete of the prestes that beare y e Arke of the LORDE the gouernoure of all londes are set in the water of Iordane then shal y e water of Iordane withdrawe it selfe from the water that floweth from aboue that it maye stonde on a heape Now whan the people departed out of their tentes to go ouer Iordane the prestes bare the Arke of the couenaunt before the people and came in to Iordane dypte their fete before in the water as for Iordane on all his banckes it was full of all maner waters of the londe then the water that came downe froÌ aboue stode straight vp vpon one heape very farre from the cite of Adom that lyeth on the syde of Zarthan But the water that ranne downe to the see euen to the salt see fell awaye and decreased So y e people wente thorow ouer agaynst Iericho And the prestes that bare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt stode drye in y e myddes of Iordane readye prepared all Israel weÌte thorow drye shod vntyll y e whole people were all come ouer Iordane The IIII. Chapter ANd y e LORDE sayde vnto Iosua Take you twolue men out of euery trybe one coÌmaunde them saye Take vp twolue stones out of Iordane from the place where the fete of the prestes stode in their araye cary them with you y t ye maie leaue them in y e lodginge where ye shal lodge this night TheÌ Iosua called twolue meÌ which were prepared of the children of Israel out of euery trybe one sayde vnto theÌ Go youre waye ouer before the Arke of the LORDE youre God in the myddes of Iordane take euery man a stone vpon his shulder after the nombre of the trybes of y e children of Israel y t they maye be a token amonge you And whan youre children axe their fathers here after and saye What do these stones there That ye maye then saye vnto them how that the water of Iordane claue in sunder before the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt whan it wente thorow Iordane that these stones are set for a perpetuall remembraunce vnto the children of Israel Then dyd the children of Israel as Iosua commaunded them and bare twolue stones out of the myddes of Iordane as the LORDE had sayde vnto Iosua acordinge to the nombre of the trybes of the children of Israel and broughte the same with them in to the lodginge and lefte them there And Iosua set vp twolue stones in y e myddes of Iordane where y e fete of the prestes stode that bare y e Arke of the couenaunt and there they be yet vnto this daye As for y e prestes that bare y e Arke they stode in the myddes of Iordane vntyll all was perfourmed that the LORDE charged Iosua to saye vnto y e people acordinge as Moses gaue Iosua in commaundemeÌt The people also made haist and wente ouer Now whan all the people was gone ouer the Arke of the LORDE wente ouer also and the prestes wente before the people And the Rubenites Gaddites and y e halfe trybe of Manasse wente harnessed before
thou LORDE of thy goodnesse haddest made my hill so stronge But as soone as thou turnedest thy face fro me I was brought in feare TheÌ cried I vnto y e O LORDE yee vnto y e LORDE made I my prayer What profit is there in my bloude yf I go downe to corrupcion Maye the dust geue thankes vnto ye Or shal it declare thy faithfulnesse Heare O LORDE and haue mercy vpon me LORDE be thou my helper And so thou hast turned my heuynesse in to ioye thou hast put of my sack cloth gyrded me w t gladnesse That my hono r might synge prayses vnto the w t out ceassynge O LORDE my God I wil geue thankes vnto the for euer The XXX A psalme of Dauid IN the O LORDE is my trust let me neuer be put to coÌfucion but delyuer me in thy rightuousnesse Bowe downe thine eare to me make haist to delyuer me be thou my stronge rocke and a house of defence that thou mayest saue me For thou art my stronge holde my castell O be thou my gyde lede me for thy names sake Drawe me out of the nett y t they haue layed priuely for me for thou art my streÌgth Into thy hondes I commende my sprete thou hast ââlyuered me O LORDE thou God of treuth I hate them that holde of vanities and my trust is in the LORDE I will be glad and reioyse in thy mercy for thou hast considred my trouble thou hast knowne my soule in aduersite Thou hast not delyuered me ouer in to the hoÌdes of the enemie but hast set my fete in a large rowme Haue mercy vpon me O LORDE for I am in trouble myne eye is consumed for very heuynesse yee my soule and my body My life is waxen olde with heuynesse and my yeares w t mournynge My streÌgth fayleth me because of my aduersite and my bones are corrupte I am become a very reprofe amonge all myne enemies my neghbours they of myne owne acquauntaunce are afrayed of me they y t seme in the strete coÌveye them selues fro me I am clene forgotten and out of mynde as a deed man I am become like a broken vessell For I haue herde the blasphemy of the multitude euery man abhorreth me they haue gathered a councel together agaynst me and are purposed to take awaye my life But my hope is in y e O LORDE I saye thou art my God My tyme is in thy honde delyuer me from the honde of myne enemies from them y t persecute me Shewe thy seruaunt the light of thy countenaunce helpe me for thy mercies sake Let me not be confounded o LORDE for I call vpon the let the vngodly rather be put to confucion and brought vnto the hell Let the lyenge lippes be put to sylence which cruelly diszdanedly despitefully speake agaynst the rightuous O how greate and manifolde is thy good which thou haist hyd for them that feare y e O what thinges bringest thou to passe for them that put their trust in the euen before the sonnes of men Thou hydest them priuely by thine owne presence from the proude men thou kepest them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tonges Thankes be to the LORDE for he hath shewed me maruelous greate kyndnesse in a stronge cite For when the sodane feare came vpon me I sayde I am cast out of thy sight Neuertheles thou herdest myne humble prayer when I cried vnto the. O loue the LORDE all ye his sayntes for the LORDE preserueth the faith full and plenteously rewardeth he the proude doer Be stroÌge therfore take a good herte vnto you all ye that put youre trust in the LORDE The XXXI A psalme of Dauid BLessed are they whose vnrightuousnesse is forgeuen and whose synnes are couered Blessed is the man vnto whom the LORDE imputeth no synne in whose sprete there is no gyle For whyle I helde my tonge my bones consumed awaye thorow my daylie complaynynges And because thy hande was so heuy vpon me both daye and night my moysture was like the drouth in Sommer Sela. Therfore I confessed my synne vnto the and hyd not myne vnrightuousnesse I saide I will knowlege myne offence and accuse my self vnto the LORDE and so thou forgauest me the wickednesse of my synne Sela. For this shal euery saynte make his prayer vnto the in due season therfore shall not the greate water floudes come nye him Thou art my defence in the trouble that is come aboute me O coÌpasse thou me aboute also with the ioye of delyueraunce Sela. I wil enforme the and shewe the the waye wherin thou shalt go I wil fasten myne eyes vpon the. Be not ye now like horses mooles which haue no vnderstondinge Whose mouthes thou must holde with bytt brydle yf they wil not obeie the. Greate plages shall y e vngodly haue but who so putteth his trust in the LORDE mercy shall compasse him on euery syde Be glad o ye rightuous and reioyse in the LORDE be ioyfull all ye that are true of herte The XXXII A psalme of Dauid EEioyse in y e LORDE o ye rightuous for it becommeth well the iust to be thankfull Prayse the LORDE with harpe synge psalmes vnto him with the lute and instrument of ten strynges Singe him a new songe yee synge lustely vnto him with a good corage For the worde of y e LORDE is true and all his workes are faithfull He loueth mercy iudgment y e earth is full of the goodnesse of the LORDE By the worde of the LORDE were the heauens made all the hoostes of them by y e breth of his mouth He gathereth y e waters together as it were in a bottell laieth vp the depe in secrete Let all the earth feare the LORDE and let all them that dwell in the worlde stoÌde in awe of him For loke what he sayeth it is done and loke what he coÌmauÌdeth it stondeth fast The LORDE bryngeth the councell of the Heithen to naught and turneth the deuyces of the people But the couÌcell of the LORDE endureth and the thoughtes of his hert from generacion to generacion Blessed are the people that holde the LORDE for their God blessed are the folke whom he hath chosen to be his heretage The LORDE loketh downe from heauen beholdeth all the children of men from his stronge seate he considreth all them y t dwell in the worlde He only hath fashioned all the hertes of them knoweth all their workes A kynge is not helped by his owne greate hoost nether is a giaunte saued thorow the might of his owne streÌgth A horse is but a vayne thynge to saue a man it is not the power of his streÌgth that can delyuer him Beholde the eye of the LORDE loketh vnto them that feare him ãâã put their trust in his mercy That he maye delyuer their soules from death and to fede them
in the deare tyme. Let oure soule paciently abyde the LORDE for he is oure helpe and shilde So shal oure herte reioyse in him because we haue hoped in his holy name Let thy mercifull kyndnesse o LORDE be vpon vs like as we put oure trust in the. The XXXIII A psalme of Dauid I Wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the LORDE his prayse shal euer be in my mouth My soule shall make hir boast in the LORDE the poore oppressed shal heare therof and be glad O prayse y e LORDE with me and let vs magnifie his name together I sought the LORDE and he herde me yee he delyuered me out of all my feare They that haue an eye vnto him shal be lightened their faces shall not be ashamed This poore man cried vnto the LORDE and he herde him yee and delyuered him out of all his troubles The angell of the LORDE pitcheth his tente rounde aboute them that feare him and delyuereth them O taist and se how frendly the LORDE is blessed is the man y t trusteth in him O feare the LORDE ye y t be his sayntes for they that feare him lacke nothinge The rich shal want and suffre hunger but they which seke the LORDE shal waÌt no maner of thinge that is good Come hither o ye children herken vnto me I wil teach you the feare of the LORDE Who so listeth to lyue wolde fayne se good dayes Let him refrayne his tonge from euell and his lippes that they speake no gyle Let him eschue euell and do good Let him seke peace ensue it For the eyes of the LORDE are ouer the rightuous and his eares are open vnto their prayers But the face of the LORDE beholdeth them that do euel to destroye the remembraunce of them out of the earth When the rightuous crie the LORDE heareth them and delyuereth theÌ out of all their troubles The LORDE is nye vnto them y t are contrite in hert wil helpe soch as be of an huÌble sprete Greate are y e troubles of the rightuous but the LORDE delyuereth them out of all He kepeth all their bones so y t not one of them is broken But miszfortune shal slaye the vngodly and they that hate y e rightuous shal be giltie The LORDE delyuereth the soules of his seruauÌtes and all they that put their trust in him shal not offende The XXXIIII A psalme of Dauid STryue thou with them o LORDE that stryue w t me fight thou agaynst them that fight agaynst me Laye honde vpon the shylde and speare and stonde vp to helpe me Drawe out thy swearde and stoppe the waye agaynst them that persecute me saye vnto my soule I am y i helpe Let them be coÌfounded and put to shame that seke after my soule let theÌ be turned back and brought to confucion that ymagin myschefe for me Let theÌ be as y e dust before the wynde and the angell of the LORDE scaterynge theÌ Let their waye be darcke and slippery and the angell of the LORDE to persecute them For they haue pryuely laied their nett to destroye me without a cause yee and made a pitte for my soule which I neuer deserued Let a sodane destruccioÌ come vpon him vnawarres and y e nett that he hath layed priuely catch him self that he maye fall in to his owne myschefe But let my soule be ioyfull in the LORDE and reioyse in his helpe All my bones shal saie LORDE who is like vnto the which delyuerest y e poore from those that are to stronge for him yee the poore and the nedy from his robbers False witnesses are rysen vp laye to my charge thinges that I knowe not They rewarde me euell for good to the greate discomforth of my soule Neuertheles when they were sick I put on a sack cloth I humbled my soule with fastinge and my prayer turned in to myne owne bosome I behaued myself as though it had bene my frende or my brother I weÌte heuely as one y e mourneth for his mother But in my aduersite they reioyse and gather them together yee y e very lame come together agaynst me vnawarres makynge mowes at me ceasse not With y e gredy scornefull ypocrites they gnaszshed vpon me with theirteth LORDE whan wilt thou loke vpoÌ this O restore my soule from y e wicked rumoure of theÌ my dearlinge from the lyons So wil I geue y e thankes in the greate congregacion prayse the amonge moch people O let theÌ not triuÌphe ouer me that are myne enemies for naught O let them not wyncke w t their eyes that hate me without a cause And why their comonynge is not for peace but they ymagin false wordes agaynst y e outcastes of the londe They gape vpon me w t their mouthes sayenge there there we se it with oure eyes This thou seist o LORDE holde not thy tonge theÌ go not farre fro me o LORDE Awake LORDE and stonde vp auenge thou my cause my God and my LORDE Iudge me o LORDE my God acordinge to thy rightuousnesse y t they triuÌphe not ouer me O let theÌ not saye in their hertes there there so wolde we haue it O let them not saye we haue ouercome him Let them be put to confucion and shame that reioyse at my trouble let theÌ be clothed with rebuke and dishonoure that boost theÌ selues agaynst me Let them also be glad and reioyse that fauoure my rightuous dealinge yee let them saye allwaye blessed be y e LORDE which hath pleasure in the prosperite of his seruaunt And as for my tonge it shall be talkynge of thy rightuousnes and of thy prayse all the daye longe The XXXV A psalme of Dauid MY hert sheweth me the wickednesse of the vngodly that there is no feare of God before his eyes For he dyssembleth before his face so longe till his abhominable synne be founde out The wordes of his mouth are vnrightuousnesse and disceate he wil not be lerned to do good He ymagineth myschefe vpon his bedde he will come in no good waye ner refuse the thinge that is euell Thy mercy O LORDE reacheth vnto the heauen and thy faith fulnesse vnto the cloudes Thy rightuousnesse stondeth like the stronge mountaynes thy iudgment like the greate depe Thou LORDE preseruest both meÌ the beestes How precious is thy mercy O God that the children of men maye put their trust vnder y e shadowe of thy wynges They shal be satisfied with the pleÌteousnesse of thy house and thou shalt geue them drynke of the ryuer of thy pleasures For by the is y e well of life in thy light shall we se light O sprede forth thy louynge kyndnesse vnto them that knowe the thy rightuousnes vnto theÌ that are true of hert O let not the fote of pryde ouertake me O let not the hande of y e vngodly cast me downe As for wicked doers they fall they