of Eliseus 17 and of Ezekias THen stood up * 1 King 17.1 Elias the prophet as fire and his word burnt like a lamp 2 He brought a sore famine upon them and by his zeal he diminished their number 3 By the word of the Lord he ‖ Or made heaven to â—â—liup shut up the heaven * 1 King 18.38 2 King 1.10 12. and also three times brought down fire 4 O Elias how wast thou honoured in thy wondrous deeds and who may glory like unto thee 5 * 1 Kin. 17.21 22. Who didst raise up a dead man from death and his soul from the ‖ Or grave place of the dead by the word of the most High 6 * 2 King 2.16 Who broughtest kings to destruction and honourable men from their ‖ Or seat bed 7 Who heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sinai * 1 King 19.17 and in Horeb the judgement of vengeance 8 * 1 Kin. 19.15 16. Who anointed kings to take vengeance and prophets to succeed after him 9 * 2 King 2.11 Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire and in a chariot of fiery horses 10 Who wast ‖ Or written of ordained * â—â—al 4.5 for reproofs in their times to pacifie the wrath of the Lords judgement before it brake forth into fury and to turn the heart of the father unto the son and to ‖ Or establâ—sh restore the tribes of Jacob. 11 Blessed are they that saw thee and ‖ Or were â—â—ernâ—â— with love slept in love for we shall surely live 12 * 2 Kings 2.11 15. Elias it was who was covered with a whirlwind and Eliseus was filled with his spirit whilest he lived he was not moved with the presence of any prince neither could any bring him into subjection 13 ‖ Or nothing No word could overcome him * 2 Kings 13.21 and after his death his body prophesied 14 He did wonders in his life and at his death were his works marvellous 15 For all this the people repented not neither departed they from their sins * 2 King 18.11 12. till they were spoiled and carried out of their land and were scattered through all the earth yet there remained a small people and a ruler in the house of David 16 Of whom some did that which was pleasing to God and some multiplied sins 17 Ezekias fortified his city and * 2 King 20.20 brought in water into the midst thereof he digged the hard rock with iron and made wells for waters 18 In his time * 2 King 18.13 Sennacherib came up and sent Rabsaces and lift up his hand against Sion and boasted proudly 19 Then trembled their hearts and hands and they were in pain as women in travail 20 But they called upon the Lord which is merciful and stretched out their hands towards him and immediately the holy One heard them out of heaven and delivered them by the ‖ Or hand ministery of Esay 21 * 2 King 19.35 Isa 37.36 Tob. 1.18 1 Mac. 7.41 2 Mac. 8.19 He smote the host of the Assyrians his angel destroyed them 22 For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lord and was strong in the ways of David his father as Esay the prophet who was great and faithful in his vision had commanded him 23 * 2 Kin. 20.10 11. Isa 38.8 In his time the sun went backward and he lengthned the kings life 24 He saw by an excellent spirit what should come to pass at the last and he comforted them that mourned in Sion 25 He shewed what should come to pass for ever and secret things or ever they came CHAP. XLIX 1 The praise of Josias 4 of David and Ezekias 6 of Jeremy 8 of Ezekiel 11 Zorobabel 12 Jesus the son of Josedee 13 Of Nâ—â—mias Enoch Seth Sem and Adam THe remembrance of * 2 King 22.1 2 Chr. 34 1. Josias is like the composition of the perfume that is made by the art of the apothecary it is sweet as honey in all mouths and as musick at a banquet of wine 2 He ‖ Or prâ—shered behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people and took away the abominations of iniquity 3 * 2 〈◊〉 23. â— 2 Chr. 34.3 He directed his heart unto the Lord and in the time of the ungodly he established the worship of God 4 All except David and Ezekias and Josias were defective for they forsook the law of the most High even the kings of Juda failed 5 Therefore he gave their ‖ Or horn power unto others and their glory unto a strange nation 6 * 2 Kings 25.9 They burnt the chosen city of the sanctuary and made the streets desolate ‖ Or by the hand of Jeremy according to the prophesie of Jeremias 7 For they * Jer. 38.6 entreated him evil who nevertheless was a prophet * Jer. 1. â— sanctified in his mothers womb that he might root out and afflict and destroy and that he might build up also and plant 8 * Ezek. 1.3 15. It was Ezekiel who saw the glorious vision which was shewed him upon the chariot of the cherubims 9 For he * Ezek. 13.11 38.9 16 22. made mention of the enemies under the figure of the rain and ‖ Or did good directed them that went right 10 And of the twelve prophets let the memorial be blessed and * Ch. 46.12 let their bones flourish again out of their place for they comforted Jacob and delivered them by assured hope 11 How shall we magnifie * Ezra 3. â— Hag. 2.24 Zorobabel even he was a signet on the right hand 12 So was * Ezra 3.2 Hag. 1.12 and 2.2 Zech. 3 1. Jesus the son of Josedec who in their time builded the house and set up an holy temple to the Lord which was prepared for everlasting glory 13 * Neh. 7.1 And among the elect was Neemias whose renown is great who raised up for us the walls that were faln and set up the gates and the bars and raised up our ruines again 14 But upon the earth was no man created like * Gen. 5 24. Heb. 11.5 Enoch for he was taken from the earth 15 Neither was there a man born like unto * Gen. 41.44 42.6 45.8 Joseph a governour of his brethren and a stay of the people whose bones were regarded of the Lord. 16 * Gen. 5.3 11.10 Sem and Seth were in great honour among men and so was Adam above every living thing in the creation CHAP. L. 1 Of Simon the son of Onias 22 How the people were taught to praise God and pray 27 The conclusion SImon the high priest the son of Onias who in his life repaired the house again and in his days fortified the temple 2 And by him was built from the foundation the double height the high fortress of the wall about the
them that perish 16 To the one we are the savour of death unto death to the other the savour of life unto life and who is sufficient for these things 17 For we are not as many which ‖ Or deal deceitfully with * Chap. 4.2 corrupt the word of God but as of sincerity but as of God in the sight of God speak we in Christ CHAP. III. 1 Lest their false teachers should charge him with vain-glory he sheweth the faith and graces of the Corinthians to be a sufficient commendation of his ministery 6 Whereupon entring a comparison between the ministers of the law and of the gospel 12 he proveth that his ministery is so far the more excellent as the gospel of life and liberty is more glorious then the law of condemnation DO we begin again to commend our selves or need we as some others epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you 2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts known read of all men 3 For as much as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministred by us written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God not in tables of stone but in fleshly tables of the heart 4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward 5 Not that we are sufficient of our selves to think any thing as of our selves but our sufficiency is of God 6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament not of the letter but of the spirit for the letter killeth but the spirit ‖ Or quickneth giveth life 7 But if the ministration of death written and engraven in stones was glorious so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance which glory was to be done away 8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious 9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory 10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect by reason of the glory that excelleth 11 For if that which is done away was glorious much more that which remaineth is glorious 12 Seeing then that we have such hope we use great ‖ Or boldness plainness of speech 13 And not as Moses * Exod. 34.33 which put a vail over his face that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished 14 But their mindes were blinded for until this day remaineth the same vail untâ—ken away in the reading of the old testament which vail is done away in Christ 15 But even unto this day when Moses is read the vail is upon their heart 16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord the vail shall be taken away 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty 18 But we all with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord are changed into the same image from glory to glory even as ‖ Or of the Lord the Spirit by the Spirit of the Lord. CHAP. IV. 1 He declareth how he hath used all sincerity and faithful diligence in preaching the â—ospel 7 and how the troubles and persecutions which be daily endureth for the same did redound to the praise of Gods power 12 to the benefit of the church 16 and to the apostle's own eternal glory THerefore seeing we have this ministery as we have received mercy we faint not 2 But have renounced the hidden things of †Or. shâ—me dishonesty not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully but by manifestation of the truth commending our selves to every mans conscience in the sight of God 3 But if our gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which beleeve not lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ who is the image of God should shine unto them 5 For we preach not our selves but Christ Jesus the Lord and our selves your servants for Jesus sake 6 For God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us 8 We are troubled on every side yet not distressed we are perplexed but ‖ Or not altogether without help or means not in despair 9 Persecuted but not forsaken cast down but not destroyed 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body 11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus sake that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh 12 So then death worketh in us but life in you 13 We having the same spirit of faith according as it is written * Psal 11â— 10 I beleeved and therefore have I spoken we also beleeve and therefore speak 14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus and shall present us with you 15 For all things are for your sakes that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God 16 For which cause we faint not but though our outward man perish yet the inward man is renewed day by day 17 For our light affliction which is but for a moment worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory 18 While we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen for the things which are seen are temporal but the things which are not seen are eternal CHAP. V. 1 That in his assured hope of immortal glory 9 and in expâ—ctance of it and of the general judgement he laboureth to keep a good conscirence 12 not that he may herein boast of himself 14 but as one that having received life from Christ endeavoureth to live as a new creature to Christ onely 18 and by his ministery of reconciliation to reconcile others also in Christ to God FOr we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of God an house not made with hands eternal in the heavens 2 For in this we groan earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven 3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan being burdened not for that we would be unclothed but clothed upon that mortality might be swallowed up of life 5 Now he that hath wrought us for the self same thing is God who also hath given unto us the earnest of
therefore having your loyns girt about with truth and having on the breast-plate of righteousness 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace 16 Above all taking the shield of faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked 17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints 19 * Col. 4.3 2 Thes 3.1 And for me that utterance may be given unto me that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel 20 For which I am an ambassadour ‖ Or in a chain in bonds that ‖ Or thereof therein I may speak boldly as I ought to speak 21 But that ye also may know my affairs and how I do Tychichus a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord shall make known to you all things 22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose that ye might know our affairs and that he might comfort your hearts 23 Peace be to the brethren and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ 24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ ‖ Or with incorruption in sincerity Amen ¶ Written from Rome unto the Ephesians by Tychicus ¶ The epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the PHILIPPIANS CHAP. I. 3 He testifieth his thankfulness to God and his love toward them for the fruits of their faith and fellowship in his sufferings 9 daily praying to him for their increase in grace 12 He sheweth what good the faith of Christ hath received by his troubles at Rome 21 and how ready he is to glorifie Christ either by his life or death 27 exhorting them to unity 28 and to fortitude in persecution PAul and Timotheus the servants of Jesus Christ to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi with the bishops and deacons 2 Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ 3 I thank my God upon every ‖ Or mention remembrance of you 4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy 5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now 6 Being confident of this very thing that he which hath begun a good work in you ‖ Or â—â—ill finish it will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ 7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all because ‖ Or you have me in your heart I have you in my heart in as much as both in my bonds and in the defence confirmation of the gospel ye all are ‖ Or partakers with me of grace partakers of my grace 8 For God is my record how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ 9 And this I pray that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all ‖ Or sense judgement 10 That ye may ‖ Or trie approve things that ‖ Or differ are excellent that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ unto the glory and praise of God 12 But I would ye should understand brethren that the things which hapned unto me have faln out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel 13 So that my bonds ‖ Or for Christ in Christ are manifest in all ‖ Or Cesars court the palace and ‖ Or to all others in all other places 14 And many of the brethren in the Lord waxing confident by my bonds are much more bold to speak the word without fear 15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife and some also of good will 16 The one preach Christ of contention not sincerely supposing to add affliction to my bonds 17 But the other of love knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel 18 What then notwithstanding every way whether in pretence or in truth Christ is preached and I therein do rejoyce yea and will rejoyce 19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ 20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed but that with all boldness as always so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body whether it be by life or by death 21 For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain 22 But if I live in the flesh this is the fruit of my labour yet what I shall choose I wot not 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two having a desire to depart and to be with Christ which is far better 24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you 25 And having this confidence I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith 26 That your rejoycing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again 27 Onely * Eph. 4.1 Col. 1.10 .. 1 Thes â— 12 let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ that whether I come and see you or else be absent I may hear of your affairs that ye stand fast in one spirit with one minde striving together for the faith of the gospel 28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries which is to them an evident token of perdition but to you of salvation and that of God 29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ not onely to beleeve on him but also to suffer for his sake 30 Having the same conflict w e ye saw in me now hear to be in me CHAP. II. He exhorteth them to unity and to all humbleness of minde by the example of Christs humility and exaltation 12 to a careful proceeding in the way of salvation that they be as lights to the wicked world 16 and comforts to him their apostle who is now ready to be offered up to God 19 He hopeth to send Timothy to them whâ—m he greatly commendeth 25 as Epaphroditus also whom he presently sendeth to them IF there be therefore any consolation in Christ if any comfort of love if any fellowship of the Spirit if any bowels and mercies 2 Fulfil ye my joy that ye be like-minded having the same love being of one accord of one minde 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory but in lowliness of minde let each esteem other better then themselves 4 Look not every man on his own things but every man also on the things of others 5 Let this minde be in you which was also in Christ Jesus 6 Who being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be
thirty pieces of silver and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD 14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff even ‖ Or Binders Bands that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel 15 ¶ And the LORD laid unto me Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd 16 For lo I will raise up a shepherd in the land which shall not visit those that be ‖ Or bidden cut off neither shall seek the young one nor heal that that is broken nor ‖ Or bear feed that that standeth still but he shall eat the flesh of the fat and tear their claws in pieces 17 * Jer. 23. ◠Ezek. 34. ◠Joh. 10.12 Wo to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock the sword shall be upon his arm and upon his right eye his arm shall be clean dried up and his right eye shall be utterly darkned CHAP. XII 1 Jerusalem a cup of trembling to her self 3 and a burdensom stone to her adversaries 6 The victorious restoring of Judah 9 The repentance of Jerusalem THe burden of the word of the LORD for Israel saith the LORD which stretcheth forth the heavens and layeth the foundation of the earth and formeth the spirit of man within him 2 Behold I will make Jerusalem a cup of ‖ Or stumber or poison trembling unto all the people round about ‖ Or and also against Judah shall he be which shall be in siege against Jerusalem when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem 3 ¶ And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensom stone for all people all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it 4 In that day saith the LORD I will smite every horse with astonishment and his rider with madness and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah and will smite every horse of the people with blindness 5 And the governours of Judah shall say in their heart ‖ Or There is strength to me and to the inhabitants c. The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God 6 ¶ In that day will I make the governours of Judah like a hearth of fire among the wood and like a torch of fire in a sheaf and they shall devour all the people round about on the right hand and on the left and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place even in Jerusalem 7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnifie themselves against Judah 8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem and he that is ‖ Or object †Heb. faln feeble among them at that day shall be as David and the house of David shall be as God as the angel of the LORD before them 9 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem 10 And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplications and they shall * Joh. 19.24 37. Rev. 1.7 look upon me whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his onely son and shall be in bitterness for him as one that is in bitterness for his first-born 11 In that day shall there be a great * Act. 2.37 mourning in Jerusalem * ◠Chron. 35.24 as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon 12 And the land shall mourn †Heb. families families every family apart the family of the house of David apart and their wives apart the family of the house of Nathan apart and their wives apart 13 The family of the house of Levi apart and their wives apart the family of Shimei apart and their wives apart 14 All the families that remain every family apart and their wives apart CHAP. XIII 1 The fountain of purgation for Jerusalem 2 from idolatry and false prophesie 7 The death of Christ and the trial of a third part IN that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for †Heb. separation for uncleanness uncleanness 2 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day saith the LORD of hosts that I will * Ezek. 30.13 cut off the names of the idols out of the land and they shall no more be remembred and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land 3 And it shall come to pass that when any shall yet prophesie then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him Thou shalt not live for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth 4 And it shall come to pass in that day that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision when he hath prophesied neither shall they wear †Heb. a garment of hair a rough garment †Heb. to lie to deceive 5 But he shall say I am no prophet I am an husbandman for man taught me to keep cattel from my youth 6 And one shall say unto him What are these wounds in thine hands Then he shall answer Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends 7 ¶ Awake O sword against my shepherd and against the man that is my fellow saith the LORD of hosts * Matth. 26.31 Mar. 14.27 smite the shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones 8 And it shall come to pass that in all the land saith the LORD two parts therein shall be cut off and die but the third shall be left therein 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire and will * 1 Pet. 1 6 7. refine them as silver is refined and will try them as gold is tried they shall call on my name and I will hear them I will say It is my people and they shall say The LORD is my God CHAP. XIV 1 The destroyers of Jerusalem destroyed 4 The coming of Christ and the graces of his kingdom 12 The plague of Jerusalems enemies 16 The remnant shall turn to the Lord 20 and their spoils shall be holy BEhold the day of the LORD cometh and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battel and the city shall be taken and the houses rifled and the women ravished and half of the city shall go forth into captivity and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city 3 Then shall the
carried away captives to Nineve all my brethren and those that were of my kindred did eat of the * Gen. 43.32 bread of the Gentiles 11 But I kept †Gr. 〈◊〉 soul my self from eating 12 Because I remembred God with all my heart 13 And the most High gave me grace and favour before Enemessar so that I was his †Gr. 〈◊〉 purveyour 14 And I went into Media and left in trust with Gabael the brother of Gabrias ‖ Or in the land 〈◊〉 countrey of Media at Rages a city of Media ten talents of silver 15 Now when Enemessar was dead Sennacherib his son reigned in his stead †Gr. the ways of whom were unsettled whole estate was troubled that I could not go into Media 16 And in the time of Enemessar I gave many alms to my brethren and gave my bread to the hungry 17 And my clothes to the naked and if I saw any of my nation dead or cast ‖ Or behinde the wâ—lls about the walls of Nineve I buried him 18 And if the king Sennacherib had slain any when he was come and * 1 King 19.35 36. Isa 37.36 3â— Ecclus 48.18 21. 1 Mac. 7.41 2 Mac. 8.19 fled from Judea I buried them privily for in his wrath he killed many but the bodies were not found when they were sought for of the king 19 And when one of the Ninivites went and complained of me to the king that I buried them and hid my self understanding that I was sought for to be put to death I withdrew my self for fear 20 Then all my goods were forcibly taken away neither was there any thing left me besides my wise Anna and my son Tobias 21 And there passed not five and fifty days before two of his sons * 2 King 19.37 2 Chr. 32.21 killed him and they fled into the mountains of Ararath and ‖ Or Eserâ—addoâ— Sarchedonus his son reigned in his stead who appointed over his fathers accounts and over all his affairs Achiacharus my brother Anaels son 22 And Achiacharus intreating for me I returned to Nineve now Achiacharus was cup-bearer and keeper of the signet and steward and over-seer of the accounts and ‖ Or Esarâ—â—ddoâ— Sarchedonus appointed him next unto him and he was my brothers son CHAP. II. 1 Tobit leaveth his meat to bury the dead 10 and becometh blinde 11 His wife taketh in work to get her living 14 Her husband and she fall out about a kid NOw when I was come home again and my wife Anna was restored unto me with my son Tobias in the feast of Pentecost which is the holy feast of the seven weeks there was a good dinner prepared me in the which I sat down to eat 2 And when I saw abundance of meat I said to my son Go and bring what poor man soever thou shalt finde out of our brethren who is mindful of the Lord and to I tarry for thee 3 But he came again and said Father one of our nation is strangled and is cast out in the market-place 4 Then before I had tasted of any meat I start up and took him up into a room until the going down of the sun 5 Then I returned and washed my self and ate my meat in heaviness 6 Remembring that prophesie of * Aaâ—â—â— 8.10 Amos as he said Your feasts shall be turned into mourning and all your mirth into lamentation 7 There fore I wept and after the going down of the sun I went and made a grave and buried him 8 But my neighbours mocked me and said This man is not yet afraid to be put to death for this matter * Chap. 1.19 who fled away and yet lo he burieth the dead again 9 The same night also I returned from the burial and slept by the wall of my court-yard being polluted and my face was uncovered 10 And I knew not that there were ‖ Or swallows sparrows in the wall and mine eyes being open the sparrows muted warm dung into mine eyes and ‖ Or white films a whiteness came in mine eyes and I went to the physicians but they helped me not moreover Achiacharus did nourish me until I went into Elymais 11 And my wife Anna ‖ Or was â—â—red to spin in the woment rooms did take womens works to do 12 And when she had sent ‖ Or 〈◊〉 work them home to the owners they paid her wages and gave her also besides a kid 13 And when it was in my house and began to cry I said unto her From whence is this kid is it not stoln render it to the owners * Deut. 22.1 for it is not lawful to eat any thing that is stoln 14 * Job 2.9 But she replied upon me It was given for a gift more then the wages howbeit I did not beleeve her but bade her render it to the owners and I was abashed at her But she replied upon me Where are thine alms and thy righteous deeds ‖ Or lo all things are known to thee behold thou and all thy works are known CHAP. III. 1 Tobit grieved with his wives taunts prayeth 11 Sara reproached by ber fathers maids prayeth also 17 An angel is sent to help them both THen I being grieved did weep and in my sorrow prayed saying 2 O Lord thou art just and all thy works and all thy ways are mercy and truth and thou judgest truly and justly for ever 3 Remember me and look on me punish me not for my sins and ignorances and the sins of my fathers who have sinned before thee 4 For they obeyed not thy commandments wherefore thou hast delivered us * Deut. 28.15 37. for a spoil and unto captivity and unto death and for a proverb of reproach to all the nations among whom we are dispersed 5 And now thy judgements are many and true deal with me according to my sins and my fathers because we have not kept thy commandments neither have walked in truth before thee 6 Now therefore deal with me as seemeth best unto thee and command my spirit to be taken from me that I may be ‖ Or dismissed or delivered dissolved and become earth for it is prositable for me to die rather then to live because I have heard false reproaches and have much sorrow command therefore that I may now be delivered out of this distress and go into the everlasting place turn not thy face away from me 7 It came to pass the same day that in Ecbatane a city of Media Sara the daughter of Raguel was also reproached by her fathers maids 8 Because that she had been married to seven husbands whom Asmodeus the evil spirit had killed before they had lien with her Dost thou not know said they that thou hast strangled thine husbands thou hast had already seven husbands neither wast thou named after any of them 9 Wherefore dost thou beat us for them if they be dead go
thy treasure according to the commandment of the most High and it shall bring thee more profit then gold 12 * Tob 4 8 9 10. Shut up alms in thy store-houses and it shall deliver thee from all affliction 13 It shall fight for thee against thine enemies better then a mighty shield and strong spear 14 An honest man is surety for his neighbour but he that is impudent will ‖ Or fail forsake him 15 Forget not the friendship of thy surety for he hath given his life for thee 16 A sinner will overthrow the good estate of his surety 17 And he that is of an unthankful minde will leave him in danger that delivered him 18 Suretiship hath undone many of good estate and shaken them as a wave of the sea mighty men hath it driven from their houses so that they wandred among strange nations 19 A wicked man transgressing the commandments of the Lord shall fall into suretiship and he that undertaketh and followeth other mens business for gain shall fall into suits 20 Help thy neighbour according to thy power and beware that thou thy self fall not into the same 21 The * Chap. 39.26 chief thing for life is water and bread and clothing and an house to cover shame 22 Better is the life of a poor man in a mean cottage then delicate fare in another mans house 23 Be it little or much hold thee contented that thou hear not the reproach of thy house 24 For it is a miserable life to go from house to house for where thou art a stranger thou darest not open thy mouth 25 Thou shalt entertain and feast and have no thanks moreover thou shalt hear bitter words 26 Come thou stranger and furnish a table and feed me of that thou hast ready 27 Give place thou stranger to an honourable man my brother cometh to be lodged and I have need of mine house 28 These things are grievous to a man of understanding the upbraiding of hous-room and reproaching of the lender CHAP. XXX 1 It is good to correct our children 7 and not to cocker them 14 Health is better then wealth 22 Health and life are shortned by grief Of children HE * Prov. 13.24 23.13 that loveth his son causeth him oft to feel the rod that he may have joy of him in the end 2 He that chastiseth his son shall have ‖ Or good by him joy in him and shall rejoyce of him among his ‖ Or kinsfolk acquaintance 3 He that * Deut. 6.7 teacheth his son grieveth the enemy and before his friends he shall rejoyce of him 4 Though his father die yet he is as though he were not dead for he hath left one behinde him that is like himself 5 While he lived he * Psal 128 3 6. saw and rejoyced in him and when he died he was not sorrowful 6 He left behinde him an avenger against his enemies and one that shall requite kindness to his friends 7 He that maketh too much of his son shall binde up his wounds and his bowels will be troubled at every cry 8 An horse not broken becometh head-strong and a childe left to himself will be wilful 9 Cocker thy childe and he shall make thee ‖ Or astonished afraid play with him and he will bring thee to heaviness 10 Laugh not with him lest thou have sorrow with him and lest thou gnash thy teeth in the end 11 * Chap. 7 2◠Give him no liberty in his youth and wink not at his follies 12 Bow down his neck while he is young and beat him on the sides while he is a childe lest he wax stubborn and be disobedient unto thee and so bring sorrow to thine heart 13 Chastise thy son and hold him to labour lest his lewd behaviour be an offence unto thee 14 Better is the poor being sound and strong of constitution Of health then a rich man that is afflicted in his body 15 Health and good estate of body are above all gold and a strong body above infinite wealth 16 There is no riches above a sound body and no joy above the joy of the heart 17 Death is better then a bitter life or continual sickness 18 Delicates poured upon a mouth shut up are as messes of meat set upon a grave 19 What good doeth the offering unto an idol for neither can it eat nor smell so is he that is ‖ Or afflicted persecuted of the Lord. 20 He seeth with his eyes and groaneth as an eunuch that embraceth a virgin and sigheth 21 * Prov. 12.25 15.13 17.22 Give not over thy minde to heaviness and afflict not thy self in thine own counsel 22 The gladness of the heart is the life of man and the ‖ Or exultation joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days 23 Love thine own soul and comfort thy heart remove sorrow far from thee for sorrow hath killed many and there is no profit therein 24 Envy and wrath shorten the life and carefulness bringeth age before the time 25 ‖ Or A noble A cheerful and good heart will have a care of his meat and diet CHAP. XXXI 1 Of the desire of riches 12 Of moderation and excess in eating or drinking wine WAtching for * 1 Tim. 6.9 10. riches consumeth the flesh and the care thereof driveth away sleep 2 Watching care will not let a man slumber as a sore disease breaketh sleep 3 The rich hath great labour in gathering riches together and when he resteth he is filled with his delicates 4 The poor laboureth in his poor estate and when he leaveth off he is still needy 5 He that loveth gold shall not be justified and he that followeth corruption shall have enough thereof 6 * Chap. 8.2 Gold hath been the ruine of many and their destruction was present 7 It is a stumbling-block unto them that sacrifice unto it and every fool shall be taken therewith 8 * Luke 6.24 Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish and hath not gone after gold 9 Who is he and we will call him blessed for wonderful things hath he done among his people 10 Who hath been tried thereby and found perfect then let him glory Who might offend and hath not offended or done evil and hath not done it 11 His goods shall be established and the congregation shall declare his alms 12 If thou sit at a bountiful table * Ps 141.4 Prov. 23.1 2 3. †Gr. open not thy throat upon it be not greedy upon it and say not There is much meet on it 13 Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing and what is created more wicked then an eye therefore it weepeth ‖ Or before every thing that is presented upon every occasion 14 Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh and thrust it not with him into the dish 15 Judge of thy neighbour by thyself and be discreet in every
Four manner of things appear good and evil life and death but the tongue ruleth over them continually 19 There is one that is wise and teacheth many and yet is unprofitable to himself 20 There is one that sheweth wisdom in words and is hated he shall be destitute of all ‖ Or wisdom food 21 For grace is not given him from the Lord because he is deprived of all wisdom 22 Another is wise to himself and the fruits of understanding are commendable in his mouth 23 A wise man instructeth his people and the fruits of his understanding fail not 24 A wise man shall be filled with blessing and all they that see him shall count him happy 25 The days of the life of man may be numbred but the days of Israel are innumerable 26 A wise man shall inherit ‖ Or are 〈…〉 glory among his people and his name shall be perpetual 27 My son prove thy soul in thy life and see what is evil for it and give not that unto it 28 For all things are not profitable for all men neither hath every soul pleasure in every thing 29 Be not unsatiable in any dainty thing nor too greedy upon meats 30 For ‖ Or variety of meats excess of meats bringeth sickness and surfeting will turn into choler 31 By surfeting have many perished but he that taketh heed prolongeth his life CHAP. XXXVIII 1 Honour due to the physician and why 16 How to weep and mourn for the deal 24 The wisdom of the learned man and of the labourer and artificer with the use of them both HOnour a physician with the honour due unto him for the uses which you may have of him for the Lord hath created him 2 For of the most High cometh healing and he shall receive ‖ Or a giâ—t honour of the king 3 The skill of the physician shall lift up his head and in the sight of great men he shall be in admiration 4 The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth and he that is wise will not abhor them 5 * Exod. â—5 25 Was not the water made sweet with wood that the vertue thereof might be known 6 And he hath given men skill that he might be honoured in his marvellous works 7 With such doth he heal men and taketh away their pains 8 Of such doth the apothecary make a confection and of his works there is no end and from him is peace over all the earth 9 My son in thy sickness be not negligent but * Isa 38.2 pray unto the Lord and he will make thee whole 10 Leave off from sin and order thy hands aright and cleanse thy heart from all wickedness 11 Give a sweet savour and a memorial of fine flour and make a fat offering ‖ Or as a deed man as not being 12 Then give place to the physician for the Lord hath created him let him not go from thee for thou hast need of him 13 There is a time when in their hands there is good success 14 For they shall also pray unto the Lord that he would prosper that which they give for ease and ‖ Or â—â—ring remedy to prolong life 15 He that sinneth before his maker let him fall into the hand of the physician 16 My son let tears fall down over the dead and begin to lament as it thou hadst suffered great harm thy self and then cover his body according to the custom and neglect not his burial 17 Weep bitterly and make great moan and use lamentation as he is worthy and that a day or two lest thou be evil-spoken of and then comfort thy self for thy heaviness 18 Foâ— of heaviness cometh death and the heaviness of the * Pro. 15.13 17.22 heart breaketh strength 19 In affliction also sorrow remaineth and the life of the poor is the curse of the heart 20 Take no heaviness to heart drive it away and remember the last end 21 Forget it not for there is no turning again thou shalt not do him good but hurt thy self 22 Remember ‖ Or the sentence upon him my judgement for thine also shall be so yesterday for me and to day for thee 23 * 2 Sam. 33.20 When the dead is at rest let his remembrance rest and be comforted for him when his spirit is departed from him 24 The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure and he that hath little business shall become wise 25 How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough and that glorieth in the goad that driveth oxen and is occupied in their labours and whose talk is †Gr. of the breed of bullocks of bullocks 26 He giveth his minde to make furrows and is diligent to give the kine â—odder 27 So every carpenter and work-master that laboureth night and day and they that cut and grave seals and are diligent to make great variety and give themselves to counterfeit imagery and watch to finish a work 28 The smith also sitting by the anvil and considering the iron work the vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace the noise of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears and his eyes look still upon the pattern of the thing that he maketh he setteth his minde to finish his work and watcheth to polish it perfectly 29 So doth the potter sitting at his work and turning the wheel about with his feet who is alway carefully set at his work and maketh all his work by number 30 He fashioneth the clay with his arm and ‖ Or tempereth it with his feet boweth down his strength before his feet he applieth himself to lead it over and he is diligent to make clean the furnace 31 All these trust to their hands and every one is wise in his work 32 Without these cannot a city be inhabited and they shall not dwell where they will nor go up and down 33 They shall not be sought for in publick counsel nor sit high in the congregation they shall not sit on the judges seat nor understand the sentence of judgement they cannot declare justice and judgement and they shall not be found where parables are spoken 34 But they will maintain the state of the world and all their desire is in the work of their craft CHAP. XXXIX 1 A description of him that is truth wise 12 An exhortation to praise God for his works which are good to the good and evil to them that are evil BUt he that giveth his minde to the law of the most High and is occupied in the meditation thereof will seek out the wisdom of all the ancient and be occupied in prophecies 2 He will keep the sayings of the renowned men and where subtil parables are he will be there also 3 He will seek out the secrets of grave sentences and be conversant in dark parables 4 He shall serve among great men and appear before
And so they through mine hypocrisie and desire to live a little time and a moment longer should be deceived by me and I get a slain to mine old age and make it abominable 26 For though for the present time I should be delivered from the punishment of men yet should I not escape the hand of the Almighty neither alive nor dead 27 Wherefore now manfully changing this life I will shew my self such an one as mine age requireth 28 And leave a notable example to such as be young to die willingly and couragiously for the honourable and holy laws and when he had said these words immediately he went to the torment 29 They that led him changing the good will they bare him a little before into hatred because the foresaid speeches proceeded as they thought from ‖ Or madness or â—ridâ— a desparate minde 30 But when he was ready to die with stripes he groaned and said It is manifest unto the Lord that hath the holy knowledge that whereas I might have been delivered from death I now endure sore pains in body by being beaten but in soul am well content to suffer these things because I fear him 31 And thus this man died leaving his death for an example of a noble courage and a memorial of vertue not onely unto young men but unto all his nation CHAP. VII The constancy and cruel death of seven brethren and their mother in one day because they would not eat swines flesh at the kings commandment IT came to pass also that seven brethren with their mother were taken and compelled by the king against the law to taste swines flesh and were tormented with scourges and whips 2 But one of them that spake first said thus What wouldest thou ask or learn of us we are ready to die rather then to transgress the laws of our fathers 3 Then the king being in a rage commanded pans and caldrons to be made but. 4 Which forthwith being heared he commanded to cut out the tongue of him that spake first and to cut off the utmost parts of his body the rest of his brethren and his mother looking on 5 Now when he was thus maimed in all his members he commanded him being yet alive to be brought to the fire and to be fried in the pan and as the vapour of the pan was for a good space dispersed they exhorted one another with the mother to die manfully saying thus 6 The Lord God looketh upon us and in truth hath comfort in us as * Deu. 32.36 Moses in his song which witnessed to their faces declared saying And he shall be comforted in his servants 7 So when the first was dead after this manner they brought the second to make him a mocking-stock and when they had Pulled off the skin of his head with the hair they asked him Wilt thou eat before thou be punished throughout every member of thy body 8 But he answered in his own language and said No. Wherefore he also received the next torment in order as the former did 9 And when he was at the last gasp he said Thou like a fury takest us out of this present life but the King of the world shall raise us up who have died for his laws unto everlasting life 10 After him was the third made a mocking-stock and when he was required he put out his tongue and that right soon holding forth his hands manfully 11 And said couragiously These I had from heaven and for his laws I despise them and from him I hope to receive them again 12 Insomuch that the king and they that were with him marvelled at the young mans courage for that he nothing regarded the pains 13 Now when this man was dead also they tormented and mangled the fourth in like manner 14 So when he was ready to die he said thus It is good being put to death by men to look for hope from God to be raised up again by him as for thee thou shalt have no resurrection to life 15 Afterward they brought the fifth also and mangled him 16 Then looked he unto the king and said Thou hast power over men thou art corruptible thou doest what thou wilt yet think not that our nation is forsaken of God 17 But abide a while and behold his great power how he will torment thee and thy seed 18 After him also they brought the sixth who being ready to die said Be not deceived without cause for we suffer these things for our selves having sinned against our God therefore marvellous things are done unto us 19 But think not thou that takest in hand to strive against God that thou shalt escape unpunished 20 But the mother was marvellous above all and worthy of honourable memory for when she saw her seven sons slain within the space of one day she bare it with a good courage because of the hope that she had in the Lord. 21 Yea she exhorted every one of them in her own language filled with couragious spirits and stirring up her womanish thoughts with a manly stomach she said unto them 22 I cannot tell how you came into my womb for I neither gave you breath nor life neither was it I that formed the members of every one of you 23 But doubtless the Creatour of the world who formed the generation of man and found out the beginning of all things will also of his own mercy give you breath and life again as you now regard not your own selves for his laws sake 24 Now Antiochus thinking himself despised and suspecting it to be a reproachful speech whilest the youngest was yet alive did not onely exhort him by words but also assured him with oaths that he would make him both a rich and a happy man if he would turn from the laws of his fathers and that also he would take him for his friend and trust him with affairs 25 But when the young man would in no case hearken unto him the king called his mother and exhorted her that she would counsel the young man to save his life 26 And when he had exhorted her with many words she promised him that she would counsel her son 27 But she bowing her self towards him laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn spake in her countrey language on this manner O my son have pity upon me that bare thee nine moneths in my womb and gave thee such three years and nourished thee and brought thee up unto this age and endured the troubles of education 28 I beseech thee my son look upon the heaven and the earth and all that is therein and consider that God made them of things that were not and so was mankinde made likewise 29 Fear not this tormentour but being worthy of thy brethren take thy death that I may receive thee again in mercy with thy brethren 30 Whiles she was yet speaking these words the young man said Whom wait ye for I will not obey the kings
unto death or of obedience unto righteousness 17 But God be thanked that ye were the servants of sin but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine †Gr. whereto ye were delivered which was delivered you 18 Being then made free from sin ye became the servants of righteousness 19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh for as ye have yeelded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity even so now yeeld your members servants to righteousness unto holiness 20 For when ye were the servants of sin ye were free †Gr. to righteousness from righteousness 21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed for the end of those things is death 22 But now being made free from sin and become servants to God ye have your fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting life 23 For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. CHAP. VII 1 No law hath power over a man longer then he liveth 4 But we are dead to the law 7 Yet is not the law sin 12 but holy just good 16 as I acknowledge who am grieved because I cannot keep it KNow ye not brethren for I speak to them that know the law how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth 2 For * 1 Cor. 7.39 the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth but if the husband be dead she is loosed from the law of her husband 3 So then if while her husband liveth she be married to another man she shall be called an adulteress but if her husband be dead she is free from that law so that she is no adulteress though she be married to another man 4 Wherefore my brethren ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ that ye should be married to another even to him who is raised from the dead that we should bring forth fruit unto God 5 For when we were in the flesh the †Gr. passions motions of sins which were by the law did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death 6 But now we are delivered from the law ‖ Or being dead to that that being dead wherein we were held that we should serve in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter 7 What shall we say then Is the law sin God forbid Nay I had not known sin but by the law for I had not known ‖ Or concupiscence lust except the law had said * Ex. 20.17 Deut. 5.21 Thou shalt not cover 8 But sin taking occasion by the commandment wrought in me all manner of concupiscence For without the law sin was dead 9 For I was alive without the law once but when the commandment came sin revived and I died 10 And the commandment which was ordained to life I found to be unto death 11 For sin taking occasion by the commandment deceived me and by it slew me 12 Wherefore the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good 13 Was then that which is good made death unto me God forbid But sin that it might appear sin working death in me by that which is good that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful 14 For we know that the law is spiritual but I am carnal sold under sin 15 For that which I do I †Gr. know allow not for what I would that do I not but what I hate that do I. 16 If then I do that which I would not I consent unto the law that it is good 17 Now then it is no more I that do it but sin that dwelleth in me 18 For I know that in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good thing for to will is present with me but how to perform that which is good I finde not 19 For the good that I would I do not but the evil which I would not that I do 20 Now if I do that I would not it is no more I that do it but sin that dwelleth in me 21 I finde then a law that when I would do good evil is present with me 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man 23 But I see another law in my members warring against the law of my minde and bringing me into â—aptivity to the law of sin which is in my members 24 O wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from ‖ Or this body of death the body of this death 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the minde I my self serve the law of God but with the flesh the law of sin CHAP. VIII 1 They that are in Christ and live according to the Spirit are free from condemnation 5 13 What harm cometh of the flesh 6 14 and what good of the Spirit 17 and what of being Gods children 19 whose glorious deliverance all things long for 29 It was beforehand dâ—creed from God 38 What can sever us from his love THere is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and ‖ Or by a sacrifice for sin for sin condemned sin in the flesh 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit 5 For they that are after the flesh do minde the things of the flesh but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit 6 For †Gr. the minding of the flesh to be carnally minded is death but †Gr. the minding of the Spirit to be spiritually minded is life and peace 7 Because †Gr. the minding of the flesh the carnal minde is enmity against God for it is not subject to the law of God neither indeed can be 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God 9 But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his 10 And if Christ be in you the body is dead because of sin but the Spirit is life because of righteousness 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies ‖ Or because of his Spirit by his Spirit that dwelleth in you 12 Therefore brethren we are debters not to
with me in the gospel with Clement also and with other my fellow-labourers whose names are in * Rev. 3.5 20.12 21.27 the book of life 4 Rejoyce in the Lord alway and again I say Rejoyce 5 Let your moderation be known unto all men The Lord is at hand 6 Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God 7 And the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus 8 Finally brethren whatsoever things are true whatsoever things are ‖ Or venerable honest whatsoever things are just whatsoever things are pure whatsoever things are lovely whatsoever things are of good report if there be any vertue and if there be any praise think on these things 9 Those things which ye have both learned and received and heard and seen in me do and the God of peace shall be with you 10 But I rejoyced in the Lord greatly that now at the last your care of me ‖ Or iâ— revived hath flourished again wherein ye were also careful but ye lacked opportunity 11 Not that I speak in respect of want for I have learned in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content 12 I know both how to be aâ—ased and I know how to abound every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry both to abound and to suffer need 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me 14 Notwithstanding ye have well done that ye did communicate with my affliction 15 Now ye Philippians know also that in the beginning of the gospel when I departed from Macedonia no church communicated with me as concerning giving and reâ—eiving but ye onely 16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once again unto my necessity 17 Not because I desire a gift but I desire fruit that may abound to your account 18 But ‖ Or I have received all I have all and abound I am full having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you an odour of a sweet smell a sacrifice acceptable well-pleasing to God 19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus 20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever Amen 21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus The brethren which are with me greet you 22 All the saints salute you chiefly they that are of Cesars houshold 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all Amen ¶ It was written to the Philippians from Rome by Epaphroditus ¶ The epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the COLOSSIANS CHAP. I. 1 After salutation he thanketh God for their faith 7 confirmeth the â—â—ctâ—â—ne of Epaâ—â—â—as 9 prayeth further for their increase in â—â—ace 14 descriâ—eth the true Christ 21 encourageth them tâ— receive Jesus Christ and commendeth his own ministery PAul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God and Timotheus our brother 2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which â—â—e at Câ—â—oâ—sâ— Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jâ—sâ—s Christ 3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ praying always for you 4 Since wâ— heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which ye have to all the saints 5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel 6 Which is come unto you as it is in all the world and bringeth forth fruit as it doth also in you since the day ye heard of it and knew the grace of God in truth 7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow-servant who is for you a faithful minister of Christ 8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit 9 For this cause we also since the day we heard it do not cease to pray for you and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding 10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God 11 Strengthened with all might according to his glorious power unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness 12 Giving thanks unto the Father which hath made us meet to be pâ—rtakers of the inhâ—ritance of the saints in light 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath tranâ—lated us into the kingdom of †Gr. the Son of his love his dear Son 14 In whom we have redemption through his â—loud even the forgiveness of sins 15 Who is * Heb. 1. â— the image of the invisible God the first-born of every creature 16 For * Joh. 1.3 by him were all things created that are in heaven and that are in earth visible and invisible whether they be thrones or dominions or principalities or powers all things were created by him and for him 17 * Joh. 1.3 1 Cor. 8. â— And he is before all things and by him all things consist 18 And he is the head of the body the church who is the beginning * 1 Cor. 15.20 Rev. 1.5 the first-born from the dead that ‖ Or among all in all things he might have the preeminence 19 For it preased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell 20 And ‖ Or making peace having made peace through the bloud of his cross by him to reconcile all things unto himself by him I say whether they be things in earth or things in heaven 21 And you that were sometime alienated and enemies ‖ Or by your minde in wicked workâ— in your minde by wicked works yet now hath he reconciled 22 In the body of his flesh through death to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye have heard and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven whereof I Paul am made a minister 24 Who now rejoyce in my sufferings for you and fill up that which is behinde of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his bodies sake which is the Church 25 Whereof I am made a minister according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you ‖ Or fully to pâ—eath the word of God Rom. 15.19 to fulfil the word of God 26 Even * Rom. 16.25 Eph. 3.9 the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations but now is made manifest to his saints 27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles which is Christ ‖ Or amongst you in you the hope of glory 28 Whom we preach warning every man and teaching
upon all the inhabitants of the earth saith the LORD of hosts 30 Therefore prophesie thou against them all these words and say unto them The LORD shall * Joel 3.16 Alli 1.2 roar from on high and utter his voice from his holy habitation he shall mightily roar upon his habitation he shall give a shout as they that tread the grapes against all the inhabitants of the earth 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth for the LORD hath a controversie with the nations he will plead with all flesh he will give them that are wicked to the sword saith the LORD 32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts Behold evil shall go forth from nation to nation and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth 33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth they shall not be * Ch. 16.4 lamented neither gathered nor buried they shall be dung upon the ground 34 ¶ * Ch. 4.8 6.25 Howl ye shepherds and cry and wallow your selves in the ashes ye principal of the flock for †Heb. your days for slaughter the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished and ye shall fall like †Heb. a vessil of desire a pleasant vessel 35 And †Heb. flight shall perish from the shepherds and â—scapint from c. the shepherds shall have no way to flee nor the principal of the flock to escape 36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds and an howling of the principal of the flock shall be heard for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture 37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD 38 He hath forsaken his covert as the lion for their land is †Heb. 〈◊〉 desolation desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressour and because of his fierce anger CHAP. XXVI 1 Jeremiah by promises and threatnings exhorteth to repentants 8 He is therefore apprehended 10 and arraigned 11 His apology 16 He is quit in judgement by the example of Miâ—ah 20 and of Vrijah 24 and by the care of Ahikans IN the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD saying 2 Thus saith the LORD Stand in the court of the LORDS house and speak unto all the cities of Judah which come to worship in the LORDS house all the words that I command thee to speak unto them * Act. â—0 27 diminish not a word 3 If so be they will hearken and turn every man from his evil way that I may * Ch. 18.8 repent me of the evil which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings 4 And thou shalt say unto them Thus saith the LORD If ye will not hearken to me to walk in my law which I have set before you 5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets whom I sent unto you both rising up early and sending them but ye have not hearkned 6 Then will I make this house like * 1 Sa. 4.12 Ps 78.60 Ch. 7.12 14 Shiloh and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth 7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD 8 ¶ Now it came to pass when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him saying Thou shalt surely die 9 Why halt thou prophesied in the name of the LORD saying This house shall be like Shiloh and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant and all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD 10 ¶ When the princes of Judah heard these things then they came up from the kings house unto the house of the LORD and sat down ‖ Or at the door in the entry of the new gate of the LORDS house 11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people saying †Heb. The judgement of death is for this man This man is worthy to die for he hath prophesied against this city as ye have heard with your ears 12 ¶ Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people saying The LORD sent me to prophesie against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard 13 Therefore now * Ch. 7.3 amend your ways and your doings and obey the voice of the LORD your God and the LORD will * Ver. 19. repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you 14 As for me behold I am in your hand do with me †Heb. as it is good and right in your eyes as seemeth good and meet unto you 15 But know ye for certain that if ye put me to death ye shall surely bring innocent bloud upon your selves and upon this city and upon the inhabitants thereof for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears 16 ¶ Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets This man is not worthy to die for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God 17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land and spake to all the assembly of the people saying 18 * Mic. 1.1 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and spake to all the people of Judah saying Thus saith the LORD of hosts * Mic. 3.12 Zion shall be plowed like a field and Jerusalem shall become heaps and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death did he not fear the LORD and besought †Heb. the face of the LORD the LORD and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them Thus might we procure great evil against our souls 20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah 21 And when Jehoiakim the king with all his mighty men and all the princes heard his words the king sought to put him to death but when Urijah heard it he was afraid and fled and went into Egypt 22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt namely Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him into Egypt 23 And they fet forth Urijah out of Egypt and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king who slew him with the sword and cast his dead body into the graves of the â€
Heb. sons of the people common people 24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death CHAP. XXVII 1Vnder the type of bonds and yokes be prophesieth the subduing of the neighbour kings unto Nehuchadnezzar 8 He exhorteth them to yield and not to beleeve the false prophets 12 The like he doth to Zedekiah 19 He foretelleth the remnant of the vessels shall be carried to Babylon and there continue until the day of visitation IN the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD saying 2 Thus saith the LORD to me Make thee bonds and yokes and put them upon thy neck 3 And send them to the king of Edom and to the king of Moab and to the king of the Ammonites and to the king of Tyrus and to the king of Zidon by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah 4 And command them ‖ Or concerning their masters saying to say unto their masters Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Thus shall ye say unto your masters 5 I have made the earth the man and the beast that are upon the ground by my great power and by my outstretched arm and * Dan. 4.17 25. have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me 6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon * Ch. 25.9 43.10 my servant and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him 7 And all nations shall serve him and his son and his sons son until the very time of his land come and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him 8 And it shall come to pass that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon that nation will I punish saith the LORD with the sword and with the famine and with the pestilence until I have consumed them by his hand 9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets nor to your diviners nor to your †Heb. deâ—ams dreamers nor to your enchanters nor to your sorcerers which speak unto you saying Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon 10 For they prophesie a lie unto you to remove you far from your land and that I should drive you out and ye should perish 11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him those will I let remain still in their own land saith the LORD and they shall till it and dwell therein 12 ¶ I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words saying Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people and live 13 Why will ye die thou and thy people by the sword by the famine and by the pestilence as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon 14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you saying Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon for they prophesie * Ch. 14.14 and 23.21 and 27.8 a lie unto you 15 For I have not sent them saith the LORD yet they prophesie †Heb. in a lie or lyingly a lie in my name that I might drive you out and that ye might perish ye and the prophets that prophesie unto you 16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people saying Thus saith the LORD Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesie unto you saying Behold the vessels of the LORDS house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon for they prophesie a lie unto you 17 Hearken not unto them serve the king of Babylon and live wherefore should this city be laid waste 18 But if they be prophets and if the word of the LORD be with them let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts that the vessels which are lest in the house of the LORD and in the house of the king of Judah and at Jerusalem go not to Babylon 19 ¶ For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars and concerning the sea and concerning the bases and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city 20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not when he carried away * 2 Kin. 24.14 15. captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem 21 Yea thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem 22 They shall be * 2 Kim 25.13 2 Chr. 36.18 carried to Babylon and there shall they be until the day that I * 2 Chr. 36.22 Ch. 29.10 visit them saith the LORD then will I bring them up and restore them to this place CHAP. XXVIII 1 Hananiah prophesieth falsly the return of the vessels and of Jeconiah 5 Jeremiah wishing it to be true sheweth that the event will declare who are true prophets 10 Hananiah breaketh Jeremiahs yoke 12 Jeremiah telleth of an iron yoke 15 and foretelleth Hananiahs death ANd it came to pass the same year in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah in the fourth year and in the fifth moneth that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet which was of Gibeon spake unto me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and of all the people saying 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts the God of Israel saying I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon 3 Within †Heb. two years of days two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORDs house that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this Place and carried them to Babylon 4 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah with all the †Heb. captivity captives of Judah that went into Babylon saith the LORD for I will break the yoke of the king of Babalon 5 ¶ Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said Amen The LORD do so the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied to bring again the vessels of the LORDS house and all that is carried away captive from Babylon into this place 7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears and in the ears of all the people 8 The prophets that have