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 abūdaunce of grace and of the gifte vnto righteousnes raigne in life by y e meanes of one Iesus Christ. Likewyse thē 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 euē 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 frō 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 cōcernynge 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 wapēs 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 whō 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 obediēce 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 Euē 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 cōmaundement 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 thē 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
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 vnderstoÌ„dinge 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 brâ—â—t like a creshett He brought an hoÌ„ger vpon theÌ„ and in his zele he made them few in nombre For they might not awaye w t the commauÌ„dementes 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 iudgmeÌ„t 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 haÌ„des 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 weÌ„te 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 coÌ„forte them selues for euermore He shewed thinges y t were for to come secrete or euer they came to passe The XLIX Chapter THe remembrauÌ„ce 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 coÌ„mitted 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 SaÌ„ctuary 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 coÌ„mended 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 teÌ„ple 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 inceÌ„se that is
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 daÌ„ned 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 loÌ„ginge 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 sâ—ued 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„ amoÌ„ge 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 Amē· 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
The blessâ—nges promised vnto thy father and my fore elders go mightely after the desyre of the hyest in the worlde these shal light on Iosephs heade and on the toppe of his heade that was separate from his brethren Ben Iamin a rauyshinge wolfe In the mornynge shal he deuoure the praye but in the euenynge he shal deuyde the spoyle All these are the twolue trybes of Israel and this is it that their father spake vnto them whan he blessed them euery one with a sundrye blessynge And he commaunded them and sayde vnto them I shal be gathered vnto my people burye me with my fathers in y e caue which is in the felde of Ephron the Hethite in the dubble caue that lyeth ouer against Mamre in y e lande of CanaaÌ„ which AbrahaÌ„ bought with the felde of Ephron the Hethite for a possession to burye in There buryed they AbrahaÌ„ Sara his wife there buried they Isaac also Rebecca his wife their buried I Lea in the good of the felde of the caue therin which was bought of the Hethites And whan Iacob had ended this commaundement vnto his children he pluckte his fete together vpon the bed and died and was gathered vnto his people TheÌ„ fell Ioseph vpon his fathers face and wepte and kyssed him The L. Chapter ANd Ioseph coÌ„mauÌ„ded his seruauÌ„tes y e PhisiciaÌ„s to embawme his father And the Phisicians embawmed Israel tyll fourtye dayes were ended for so longe endured the dayes of embawminge the Egipcians bewayled him seuentye dayes Now whan the mournynge dayes were ended Ioseph spake vnto Pharaos housholde sayde Yf I haue founde fauo r in youre sight theÌ„ speake vnto Pharao and saie My father hath taken an ooth of me sayde Beholde I dye burye me in myne owne graue which I dygged for myself in the laÌ„de of Canaan Therfore wyl I now go vp and burye my father and come agayne Pharao saide Go thy waye vp and burye thy father acordinge as thou hast sworne vnto him So Ioseph weÌ„te vp to burye his father And there weÌ„te w t him all Pharaos seruauÌ„tes y t were the elders of his courte and all y e elders of the lande of Egipte all Iosephs housholde and his brethren and his fathers housholde Onely their children shepe oxen left they in y e laÌ„de of Gosen toke their iourney vp with him vpoÌ„ charettes and horses and the company was exceadinge greate Now whan these came to the playne of Atad y t lyeth beyonde Iordane they made there a very greate and bytter lamentacion he mourned for his father seueÌ„ dayes And whaÌ„ the people in the lande the Cananites sawe the mournynge in the playne of Atad they sayde The EgipciaÌ„s make there greate lameÌ„tacion Therfore is the place called The lamentacion of the Egipcians which lyeth beyonde Iordane And his children dyd as he had coÌ„maunded them and caried him to y e lande of Canaan and buried him in y e dubble caue that Abraham bought with the felde for a possession to bury in of Ephron y e Hethite ouer ageynst Mamre So Ioseph toke his iourney agayne in to Egipte with his brethren and with all those that wente vp with him to burye his father whan they had buried him But Iosephs brethreÌ„ were afrayed whaÌ„ their father was deed and sayde Ioseph might happly haue indignacion at vs and recompense vs all the euell that we dyd vnto him therfore let they saye vnto him Thy father commaunded before his death and sayde Thus shal ye saye vnto Ioseph O for geue thy brethren the offence and their synne that they dyd so euell vnto the. O forgeue now this trespace of vs the seruauntes of thy fathers God But Ioseph wepte whan they spake so vnto him And his brethren wente and fell downe before him and sayde Beholde here are we thy seruauntes Ioseph sayde vnto theÌ„ Feare ye not for I am vnder God Ye thought euell ouer me but God hath turned it vnto good to do as it is come to passe this daye for the sauynge of moch people Therfore be not ye now afrayed I wyl care for you and youre children And he comforted them and spake louyngly vnto them Thus dwelt Ioseph in Egipte with his fathers house and lyued an huÌ„dreth and ten yeare and sawe Ephrayms children vnto y e thirde generacion In like maner the children of Machir the sonne of Manasses begat children also vpon Iosephs lappe And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren I dye and God wyl vyset you and brynge you out of this lande to the lande that he sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob Therfore toke he an ooth of the childreÌ„ of Israel and sayde Whan God shal vyset you theÌ„ cary my bones froÌ„ hence So Ioseph dyed whaÌ„ he was an huÌ„dreth and ten yeare olde and they embawmed him layed him in a chest in Egipte The ende of the first boke of Moses called Genesis The seconde boke of Moses called Exodus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The childreÌ„ of Israel increase in Egipte The kynge commaundeth to slaye theÌ„ and to drowne them Chap. II. The byrth of Moses which is layed vpoÌ„ the water Pharaos doughter taketh him and bringeth him vp He slayeth one of the Egipcians and flyeth his waye in to Madian where he marieth The children of Israel crye vnto the LORDE Chap. III. God appeareth vnto Moses in the bush and sendeth him vnto the kynge and the people Chap. IIII. Moses is loth to go excuseth himself But the LORDE enfourmeth him maketh him stronge and comforteth him Moses taketh leue of his father in lawe to go vnto his people Chap. V. Moses and Aaron go vnto the kynge which oppresseth the people the more Chap. VI. God geueth Moses more instruccioÌ„ and sendeth him vnto the people The trybes are nombred Chap. VII Moses and Aaron go vnto the kynge and shewe tokens before him but the kynge waxeth hard harted Chap. VIII After many tokens Pharao graunteth to let the people go but assone as the plage ceaseth he is as vngodly as afore Chap. IX There commeth a death amoÌ„ge all the catell theÌ„ commeth the sores blaynes and the hayle Chap. X. The greshoppers and darcknes in Egipte Pharao forbyddeth Moses to come eny more in his sight Chap. XI The LORDE promiseth to brynge yet another plage vpon Egipte and coÌ„maundeth the Israelites to borowe Iewels of syluer and golde of the Egipcians Chap. XII The vse of the Easterlambe God slayeth all the firstborne Pharao dryueth all the people out of the lande Chap. XIII God commaundeth to sanctifie all the firstborne vnto him and carieth them towarde the lande of promyse not the next waye but thorow the wyldernes by a cloude in the daye tyme and a pyler of fyre in the night Chap. XIIII Pharao foloweth vpoÌ„ the people of God which delyuereth his owne carieth them thorow the reed see drowneth the enemies therin Chap. XV. Moses and the
thy mothers sister for it is y e mothers nexte kynszwoman Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy fathers brother to take his wife for she is thine awnte Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e doughter in lawe for she is y e sonnes wife therfore shalt thou not vncouer hir preuitie Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy brothers wife for it is thy brothers preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy wife and of hir doughter also nether shalt thou take hir sonnes doughter or hir doughters doughter to vncouer their preuyties for they are hir nexte kynszwomen And it is wickednesse Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister also to vncouer hir preuytie whyle she is yet alyue Thou shalt not go vnto a woman to vncouer hir preuytie so longe as she hath hir disease in hir vnclennesse Thou shalt not lye with thy neghbours wife to medle with her for to defyle thy self withall Thou shalt not geue of thy sede also to be burnt vnto Moloch lest thou vnhalowe the name of thy God for I am the LORDE Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde for y t is abhominacion Thou shalt lye with no maner of beest to defyle y e self therwith And no woman shal haue to do w t a beest for it is abhominacion Ye shal defyle youre selues in none of these thinges For y e Heithen whom I wil cast out before you haue stayned them selues in all these and the londe is defyled there thorow And their wickednesse wyl I vyset vpō them so that the londe shal spue out the indwellers therof Therfore kepe ye my statutes and lawes and do not one of these abhominacions nether one of youre awne selues ner the straunger amonge you for all soch abhominacions haue y e people of this lōde done which were before you haue defyled the lande that the lande spue not you out also whan ye haue defyled it as it spewed out the Heythē that were there before you For who so euer commytte these abhominaciōs the same soules shal be roted out from amonge their people Therfore kepe ye my statutes that ye do not after y e abhominable customes which were before you that ye be not defyled therwith For I am the LORDE youre God The XIX Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake to the whole congregacion of the children of Israel and saye vnto them Ye shall be holy for I am holy euen the LORDE youre God Euery one feare his father and his mother Repe my holy dayes for I am the LORDE youre God Ye shal not turne youre selues vnto Idols ye shal make you no goddes of metall for I am the LORDE youre God And whan ye wyll offre health offerynges vnto the LORDE then shal ye offre thē that he maye be mercifull vnto you and ye shal eate them the same daye that ye offre them and on the morow what so euer is left on the thirde daye shal be burnt with fyre But yf eny man eate therof vpon the thirde daye then is he vnholy and shall not be accepted and the same eater shal beare his synne because he hath vnhalowed the Sanctuary of the LORDE and soch a soule shal be roted out from amonge his people Whan thou reapest thy londe thou shalt not reape downe the vttemost borders of it rounde aboute ner gather it all cleane vp Euen so likewyse thou shalt not plucke thy vynyarde cleane also ner gather vp the grapes that are fallen downe but shalt leaue them for y e poore and straungers for I am the LORDE youre God Ye shal not steale nether lye ner deale falsely one with another Ye shal not sweare falsely by my name so to vnhalowe the name of thy God for I am the LORDE Thou shalt do y e neghboure no wronge ner robbe him The workmās laboure shal not byde with the vntyll the mornynge Thou shalt not curse the deaf Thou shalt put no stomblynge blocke before y e blinde but shalt feare thy God for I am the LORDE Ye shall not deale wrongeously in iudgment nether shal ye accepte the personne of the poore ner honoure the parsonne of the greate but thou shalt iudge thy neghboure righteously Thou shalt let no preuy accuser go amōge y e people Nether shalt thou stonde agaynst y e neghbours bloude for I am y e LORDE Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine hert but shalt tell y e neghboure his faute that thou beare not synne for his sake Thou shalt not auenge thy self ner beare euell will agaynst the childrē of thy people Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy self for I am the LORDE My statutes shal ye kepe that thou let not y e catell gendre with beestes of another kynde nether sowe thy felde with myngled sede And let no garment come vpon the y t is mixte with wollen and lynnen Whan a man lyeth with a woman and hath to do with her which is a bonde woman and hath bene medled withall of another man but not lowsed out ner hath optayned fredome it shal be punyshed but they shal not suffre death because she was not fre But he shal brynge for his trespace vnto y e LORDE euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse a ramme for a trespace of ferynge ▪ and the prest shal make an attonement for him with the trespace offerynge before the LORDE concernynge the synne that he hath done so shall God be mercifull vnto him as concernynge his synne which he hath done What tyme as ye are come into the londe and plante all maner trees wherof men eate ye shall circumcise the foreskynne of the same with their frutes thre yeares shall ye holde them for vncircumcysed so that ye eate them not but in the fourth yeare shall all their frutes be holy and praysed vnto y e LORDE In the fifth yeare shall ye eate the frutes and gather them in for I am y e LORDE youre God Ye shal eate nothinge w t bloude Ye shall not regarde y e foules cryenge ner chose out dayes Ye shal shaue no crownes vpō youre heade nether shalt thou clyppe thy beerde cleane off Ye shal rente out no markes in youre body for eny that is deed ner make lettres vpō you for I am the LORDE Thou shalt not holde thy doughter to whordome that the londe fall not to whordome and waxe full of wickednesse Kepe my holy dayes and stonde in awe of my Sanctuary for I am the LORDE Ye shal not turne yo r selues to y e Soyth sayers and axe nothinge at the expounders of tokēs that ye be not defyled by them for I am the LORDE youre God Thou shalt ryse vp before a graye heade and shalt geue reuerence vnto the aged For thou shalt feare God for I am y e LORDE Whan there dwelleth a
also like as his hert is And whan the captaynes haue made an ende of speakinge vnto the people they shall set the rulers of the hoost before the people in the forefronte Whan thou commest nye vnto a cite to fight against it thou shalt offre them peace Yf they answere the peaceably and open vnto the then shal all y e people y t is founde therin be tributaries vnto the and serue ye. But yf they wyl not deale peaceably w t the and wyll warre with the then besege it and whan the LORDE thy God delyuereth it in to thy hande thou shalt smyte all the males that are therin with the edge of the swerde saue the wemen and the children As for the catell and all that is in the cite and all the spoyle thou shalt take them vnto thy selfe and eate the spoyle of thine enemies which the LORDE thy God hath geuen the. Thus shalt thou do vnto all the cities that are very farre from the and are not of the cities of these nacions But in the cities of these nacions which the LORDE thy God shall geue the to enheritaūce thou shalt leaue nothinge alyue that hath breth but shalt vtterly destroye thē namely the Hethites Amorites Cananites Pheresites Heuites Iebusites as the LORDE thy God hath commaunded the y t they teache you not to do all y e abhominacions which they do vnto their goddes so ye to synne agaynst the LORDE youre God Whan thou must lye a longe season before a cite against the which thou makest warre to take it thou shalt not destroye y e trees therof that thou woldest hew them downe w t the axe for thou mayest eate therof and therfore shalt thou not hew them downe For it is but wodd vpon the felde and no man and can not come be bullworkes agaynst the. But the trees which thou knowest y t mē eate not of those shalt thou destroye and rote out and make bullworkes therof agaynst the cite that warreth with the tyll thou haue ouercome it The XXI Chapter WHan there is one slayne founde in y e londe which y e LORDE y e God shall geue y e to possesse it lyeth in y e felde it is not knowne who hath slaine him then shal thy Elders iudges go forth and meet from the slayne vnto the cities that lye rounde aboute Loke which cite is the nexte y e Elders of the same shal take a yōge cowe which hath not bene laboured ner hath drawē in the yocke they shal brynge her in to a valley where as is nether earinge nor sowinge and strike of hir heade there in the valley Then shal the prestes y e children of Leuicome forth For the LORDE thy God hath chosen them to serue him and to prayse his name and at their mouth shal all plees and strypes be tryed And all the Elders of the same cite shall come forth vnto the slayne wash their handes ouer y e yonge cowe whose heade is stricken of in the valley and shal answere and saie Oure hādes haue not shed this bloude nether haue oure eyes sene it Be mercifull O LORDE vnto thy people of Israel whō thou hast delyuered laye no innocent bloude vnto thy people of Israels charge then shall they be reconcyled from the bloude Thus shalt thou put awaye the innocent bloude from the in that thou doest the thinge whis is righte in the sighte of y e LORDE Whā thou goest forth to warre against thine enemies the LORDE thy God delyuereth them in to thine handes so that thou cariest awaye their presoners and seist amōge the captyues a bewtyfull woman hast a desyre vnto her to take her to thy wife thē brynge her home to thine house and let her shaue hir heade and pare hir nayles and put of hir clothes that she was taken presoner in and let her sit in thine house and mourne for hir father and mother a moneth longe after that lye with her and mary her and let her be thy wife But yf thou haue no fauoure vnto her then shalt thou let her go whither she wyll and not to sell her ner to make cheuesaunce of her because thou hast dishonoured her Yf a man haue two wyues one that he loueth and one that he hateth and they beare him children both the beloued and the hated so that the firstborne be hirs that is hated and the tyme commeth that he dealeth out the inheritaunce vnto his children then can he not make the sonne of y e beloued first borne before the firstborne sonne of the hated but he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for y e first sonne so that he geue him dubble of all that is at hande for the same is y e begynnynge of his strength the firstbyrth righte is his Yf eny man haue a stubborne and dishobedient sonne which herkeneth not vnto the voyce of his father and mother and whan they teach him nurtoure wyll not folowe them then shall his father and mother take him and brynge him to y e Elders of their cite and to the gate of the same place and saye vnto the Elders of the cite This oure sonne is stobburne and dishobediēt and herkeneth not vnto oure voyce and is a ryoter and a dronkarde Then shal all the men of y e same cite stone him to death and thus shalt thou put awaye the euell frō the that all Israel maye heare and feare Yf a man haue commytted a synne y t is worthy of death and is put to death so that he is hanged on tre then shal not his body remayne all night on tre but thou shalt burye him the same daye For cursed is he of God that is hanged that thou defyle not thy londe which the LORDE thy God geueth the to enheritaunce The XXII Chapter YF thou se thy brothers oxe or shepe go astraie thou shalt not withdrawe thy selfe from them but shalt brynge thē againe vnto y e brother But yf y e brother be not nye vnto the thou knowest him not then shalt thou take thē in to thine house y t they maye be w t the tyll y e brother axe after them then delyuer him thē agayne In like maner shalt thou do with his Asse w t his rayment with euery lost thinge of y e brother which he hath lost thou hast founde it thou mayest not withdrawe thy selfe Yf thou se thy brothers oxe or Asse fallen downe by the waye thou shalt not wtdrawe thy selfe from him but shalt helpe him vp A woman shall not weere y t which pertayneth to a man nether shal a man put on womans raymēt For who so euer doth soch is abhominacion vnto y e LORDE y e God Yf thou chaunce vpon a byrdes nest by y e waye in a tre or on the grounde with yonge or with egges and the dame syttinge vpon the yonge or vpon
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 toÌ„ge 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 stoÌ„deth 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 cleâ—e 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 coÌ„tinue 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 vnderstoÌ„dinge therfore shall they not be set vp an hye He promiseth his freÌ„des 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 amoÌ„ge theÌ„ My countenaunce is heuy for very anger the membres of my body are become like a shadowe Vertuous meÌ„ therfore shall wel coÌ„sidre 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 kynßfolkes 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 loÌ„ge 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 violeÌ„tly hath compased me aboute with his scourges Beholde though I crie yet violeÌ„ce is done vnto me I can not be herde Though I complane there is none to geue senteÌ„ce 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
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„ amoÌ„ge the childreÌ„ of men For they inteÌ„ded 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 coÌ„playnte 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 aÌ„d thou dyddest delyuer them They called vpon the and were helped they put their trust in the and were not coÌ„founded 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 woÌ„be thou wast â—â—y 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 couÌ„cell 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 coÌ„forte me Thou preparest a â—â—ble 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 coÌ„pase of the worlde aÌ„d all y t dwell therin For he hath fouÌ„ded 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 innoceÌ„t hoÌ„des a clene herte which lifteth not vp his mynde vnto vanite sweareth not to disceaue He shal receaue the blessinge froÌ„ the LORDE aÌ„d 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 priÌ„ces let the euerlastinge dores be opened y t y e kynge of glory maye come in Who is this kynge of glory â–ª It is the LORDE stroÌ„ge 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 triuÌ„phe 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 â–ª they shall be put to coÌ„fucioÌ„ 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 remeÌ„bre not y e synnes offences of my youth but acordinge vnto thy mercy thynke vpon me O LORDE for thy goodnesse O how freÌ„dly 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
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 amoÌ„ge 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 ignorauÌ„t 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 ignorauÌ„t 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 â—â—res 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 DiligeÌ„t 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 soâ—les but a lyar dysceaueth them The fearâ— of the LORDE is a stroÌ„ge 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 wroÌ„ge 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 aÌ„swere 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 vnderstoÌ„dinge 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„ vnâ—to y e LORDE but who so foloweth righteousnes him he loueth He that forsaketh yeâ—ight 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 coÌ„tynuall 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 wrâ—tteth 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 â—e 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 scyeÌ„ce of wyszdome and lowlynes goeth before honor. A man maye well purâ—ose a thinge in his harte but y e answere of y e tonge coÌ„meth of y e LORDE A maÌ„ thinketh all
y t my people maye knowe my name I my self will speake in that daye Beholde here am I. O how bewtiful are the fete of the Embassitoure y t bringeth the message froÌ„ the mountayne proclameth peace y t briÌ„geth the good tydinges preacheth health saieth vnto Sion Thy God is the kinge Thy watchmeÌ„ shal lift vp their voyce w t loude voyce shal they preach of him for they shal se him present wheÌ„ the LORDE shal come agayne to Sion Be glad o thou desolate IerusaleÌ„ reioyse together for the LORDE will coÌ„forte his people he wil delyuer IerusaleÌ„ The LORDE wil make bare his holy arme shewe it forth in the sight of all the GeÌ„tiles all the endes of the earth shal se the sauynge health of oure God Awaye Awaye get you out froÌ„ thence touch no vncleane thinge Go out from amonge soch And be cleane ye that beare the vessell of the LORDE But ye shal not go out with sedicioÌ„ ner make haist as they that fle awaye for the LORDE shal go before you aÌ„d the God of Israel shal kepe the watch Beholde my seruaunt shal deale wysely therfore shal he be magnified exalted greatly honoured Like as y e multitude shal woÌ„dre vpon him because his face shal be so deformed not as a mans face his bewtie like no man Euen so shal the multitude of the GeÌ„tiles loke vnto him y e kinges shal shut their mouthes before him For they y t haue not bene tolde of him shal se him and they y t herde nothinge of him shal beholde him The liij Chapter BVt who geueth credence vnto oure preachinge Or to whoÌ„ is the arme of the LORDE knowne He shal growe before the LORDE like as a brauÌ„ch as a rote in a drie grounde He shal haue nether bewty ner fauoure When we loke vpon him there shal be no fayrnesse we shal haue no lust vnto him He shal be the most symple despised of all which yet hath good experience of sorowes infirmities We shal reken him so symple so vyle that we shal hyde oure faces froÌ„ him Howbeit of a treuth he only taketh awaye oure infirmite beareth oure payne Yet we shal iudge him as though he were plaged and cast downe of God where as he notwithstoÌ„dinge shal be wouÌ„ded for oure offences smytten for oure wickednes For the payne of o r punyshmeÌ„t shal be layde vpoÌ„ him w t his stripes shal we be healed As for vs we go all astraye like shepe euery one turneth his owne waye But thorow him the LORDE pardoneth all o r synnes He shal be payned troubled aÌ„d shal not opeÌ„ his mouth He shal be led as a shepe to be slayne yet shal he be as still as a lambe before the shearer not open his mouth He shal be had awaye his cause not herde wtout eny iudgment Whose generacion yet no man maye nombre when he shal be cut of froÌ„ the grounde of the lyvinge Which punyshment shal go vpon him for the transgression of my people His graue shal be geueÌ„ him with the coÌ„demned his crucifienge with the theues Where as he dyd neuer violence â—er vnright nether hath there bene eny disceatfulnesse in his mouth Yet hath it pleased y e LORDE to smyte him with infirmite that when he had made his soule an offeringe for synne he might se a loÌ„ge lastinge sede And this device of the LORDE shal prospere in his honde With trauayle and laboure of his soule shal he optayne greate riches My rightuous seruaunt shall with his wisdome iustifie delyuer the multitude for he shal beare awaye their synnes Therfore wil I geue him the multitude for his parte he shal deuyde the stroÌ„ge spoyle because he shal geue ouer his soule to death shal be rekened amonge the transgressours which neuertheles shal take awaye y e synnes of the multitude and make intercession for the myszdoers The liiij Chapter THerfore be glad now thou bareÌ„ that bearest not Reioyce synge be mery thou y t art not with childe For the desolate hath moo children then the maried wife saieth the LORDE Make thy tente wyder sprede out the hanginges of thine habitacioÌ„ spare not laye forth thy coardes and make fast thy stakes for thou shalt breake out on the right syde and on the left thy sede shal haue y e GeÌ„tiles in possession aÌ„d dwel in the desolate cities Feare not for thou shalt not be confouÌ„ded Be not ashamed for thou shalt not come to confucion Yee thou shalt forget the shame off thy youth and shalt not remembre the dishonoure of thy wedo wheade For he that made the shal be thy LORDE husbonde whose name is the LORDE of hoostes thine avenger shal be euen the holy one off Israel the LORDE of the whole worlde For the LORDE shal call the beinge as a desolate soroufull woman and as a yonge wife that hath broken hir wedlocke saieth thy God A litle while haue I forsaken the but w t greate mercifulnes shal I take the vp vnto me WheÌ„ I was angrie I hid my face from the for a litle season but thorow euerlastinge goodnesse shal I pardon the saieth the LORDE thine avenger And this must be vnto me as the water of Noe For like as I haue sworne y t I wil not bringe the water off Noe eny more vpoÌ„ the worlde So haue I sworne y t I wil neuer be angrie w t the ner reproue the The mountaynes shall remoue the hilles shal fall downe but my louynge kyndnesse shal not moue and the bonde off my peace shal not fall downe froÌ„ y e saieth y e LORDE thy merciful louer Beholde thou poore vexed despised I wil make thy walles of precious stones y e foundacioÌ„ of Saphires thy wyndowes off Cristall thi gates of fyne cleare stone y e borders of pleasauÌ„t stones Thy childreÌ„ shal all be taught of God I wil geue theÌ„ plenteousnes of peace In rightuousnes shalt thou be grounded be farre froÌ„ oppression for the which thou nedest not be afrayed nether for hynderauÌ„ce for it shal not come nye the. Beholde y e aleâ—unt y t was farre froÌ„ the shal dwell w t the he y t was somtyne a straunger vnto the shal be ioyned w t the Beholde I make the smyth y t bloweth the coles in the fyre he maketh a weapon after his hondy worke I make also the waister to destroye but all the weapens y t are made agaynst the shal not prospere And as for all tunges y t shal resiste the in iudgmeÌ„t thou shalt ouer come theÌ„ coÌ„demne them This is the heretage of the LORDES seruauntes the rightuousnes that they shal haue of me saieth the LORDE The lv Chapter COme to the waters all ye
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 hoÌ„des 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 â–ª 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 bouÌ„de him with chaynes and sent him to Babilon Morouer the Caldees breÌ„t 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 loÌ„de 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 coÌ„cernynge Ieremy sayenge take and cherish him and make moch off himâ—se 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 hoÌ„des 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 convenieÌ„t 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 expeÌ„ses w t a rewarde let him go Then weÌ„te 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 loÌ„de vnderstode y t the kynge of BabiloÌ„ had made Godolias y e sonne of AhicaÌ„ gouernoure in the loÌ„de 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 IohaÌ„na Ionathas the sonnes of Carea Sareas the sonne of
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 Whā 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 wōderous 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 Heithē For amonge the Heithen which knowe him not hath he scatred you to the intēt 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 condēpned but blessed shal they be y t buylde the vp As for the thou shalt reioyse in y i childrē 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 Ierusalē The gates of Ierusalem shal be buylded with Saphyre and Smaragde and all the cōpase 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 gottē 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 whā 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 childrē 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 thē And he closed their eyes and was heyre vnto all Raguels goodes and sawe the fifth generacion and childers childrē 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
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 trāslated frō 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 dōge 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 cōgregacions 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 amōge brethren is holdē in honoure amōge 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 ignoraūt 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 reputaciō 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 mē Commende not a man in his bewtye nether despyse a man in his vtter appearaūce The Bey is but a small beast amonge the foules yet is hir frute exceadīge 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 vpō the earth y e vnlickly hath worne y e crowne Many mightie mē 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 sentēce 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 mā that laboureth and the more he weerieth himself the lesse he hath Agayne some man is slouthfull hath nede of helpe wāteth strēgth 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 thīge 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 mā 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 maūde 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 mā 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 aleaūt vnto y e he shal destroye the in vnquietnes and dryue the
pricketh the hert bringeth forth y e meanynge thought Who so casteth a stone at the byrdes frayeth them awaye he y t blasphemeth his freÌ„de breaketh y e freÌ„dshipe â–ª though thou drewest a swerde at thy frende yet dispayre not for thou mayest come agayne to y e frende Yf he speake sowerly feare not for ye maye be agreed together agayne excepte it be so that thou blaspheme him dyszdayne him opeÌ„ his secretes and wounde him tratorously for all soch thinges shal dryue awaye a frende Be faithfull vnto y e neghbo in his pouerte that thou mayest reioyse with him also in his prosperite Abyde stedfast vnto him in y e tyme of his trouble that thou maiest be heyre w t him in his heretage Like as the vapor and smoke goeth out at the ouen before y e fyre euen so euell wordes rebukes and threatenynges go before bloudsheddinge Be not ashamed to defende y i frende as for me I wyl not hyde my face from him though he shulde do me harme Who so euer heareth it shal bewarre of him Who shal set a watch before my mouth a sure seale vpon my lippes y t I fall not w t theÌ„ y t my tonge destroye me not The XXIII Chapter O LORDE father and gouernoure of my life leaue me not in their ymaginacioÌ„ councell Oh let me not fall in soch reprofe Who wyll kepe my thought with y e scourge and the doctryne of wyszdome in myne herte that he spare not myne ignoraunce that I fall not with them lest myne ignoraunces increase that myne offences be not many in nombre and that my synnes exceade not lest I fall before myne enemyes and so my aduersary reioyse O LORDE thou father God of my life leaue me not in their ymaginacion O let me not haue a proude loke but turne awaye all volupteousnes fro me Take fro me the lustes of the body let not the desyres of vnclennes take holde vpon me and geue me not ouer in to an vnshamefast and obstinate mynde Heare me o ye children I will geue you a doctryne how ye shal ordre yo r mouth who so kepeth it shal not perish thorow his lippes ner be hurt thorow wicked workes As for the synner he shal be taken in his owne vanite he that is proude and cursed shal fall therin Let not thy mouth be accustomed with swearinge for in it there are many falles Let not the namynge of God be continually in y e mouth for like as a seruaunt which is oft punyshed can not be without some sore euen so what so euer he be y t sweareth and nameth God shal not be cleane pourged froÌ„ synne A man that vseth moch swearinge shal be fylled with wickednes and the plage shall neuer go from his house Yf he begyle his brother his faute shal be vpon him yf he knowlege not his synne he maketh a dubble offence and yf he sweare in vayne he shall not be founde righteous for his house shal be full of plages The wordes of y e swearer bringeth death God graunte y t it be not founde in the house of Iacob But they y t feare God eschue all soch and lye not weltringe in synne Vse not y e mouth to vnhonest and fylthye talkynge for in it is the worde of synne Remembre y i father and thy mother whaÌ„ thou art set amonge greate men lest God forget y t in their sight and lest â—â—ou dotinge in thy custome suffre rebuke and wyshe not to haue bene borne and so curse the daye of thy natiuite The man that is accustomed with the wordes of blasphemy wyl neuer be refourmed all y e dayes of his life To synne twyse is to moch but the thirde bringeth wrath and destruccion An whote stomack can not be quenched eueÌ„ like a burnynge fyre tyll it haue swalowed vp somthiÌ„ge eueÌ„ so an vnchaste maÌ„ hath no rest in his flesh tyll he haue kyndled a fyre All bred is swete to an whoremonger he wyl not leaue of tyll he haue his purpose A man that breaketh wedlock regardeth not his soule but sayeth Tush who seyth me I am compassed aboute with darcknes the walles couer me no body seyth me whom nede I to feare The Hyest wyl not remembre my synnes He vnderstondeth not that his eyes se all thinges for all soch feare of meÌ„ dryueth awaye the feare of God from him for he feareth onely the eyes of men and considereth not that the eyes of the LORDE are clearer then the Sonne beholdinge all y e wayes of men and the grounde of the depe and lokynge euen to mens hertes in secrete places The LORDE God knewe all thinges or euer they were made and after they be brought to passe also he loketh vpon them all The same maÌ„ shal be opeÌ„ly punyshed in y e stretes of y e cite and shal be chased abrode like a yonge horse foale and whan he thinketh leest vpon it he shal be takeÌ„ Thus shal he be put to shame of euery man because he wolde not vnderstonde the feare of the LORDE And thus shal it go also w t euery wyfe y t leaueth hir huszbande getteth enheretaunce by a strauÌ„ge mariage First she hath bene vnfaithfull vnto the lawe of y e Hyest SecoÌ„dly she hath forsaken hir owne huszbande Thirdly she hath played y e whore in aduoutry gotteÌ„ hir childreÌ„ by another man She shal be brought out of y e coÌ„gregacioÌ„ and hir childreÌ„ shal be loked vpoÌ„ Hir childreÌ„ shal not take rote as for frute hir brauÌ„ches shal briÌ„ge forth none A shamefull reporte shal she leaue behynde her hir dishono shal not be put out And they y t remayne shal knowe y t there is nothiÌ„ge better theÌ„ y e feare of God y t there is nothinge sweter then to take hede vnto the commaundementes of the LORDE A greate worshipe is it to folowe y e LORDE for longe life shal be receaued of him The XXIIII Chapter WYszdome shal prayse hirself be honoured in God reioyse in y e myddest of his people In the coÌ„gregacions of the Hyest shal she open hir mouth tryumphe in y e beholdinge of his power In y e myddest of hir people shal she be exalted wondred at in the holy fulnesse In the multitude of the chosen she shal be commended amonge soch as be blessed she shal be praysed shal saye I am come out of the mouth of y e Hyest first borne before all creatures I caused y e light y t fayleth not to aryse in the heauen couered all the earth as a cloude My dwellinge is aboue in y e heyth my seate is in the piler of the cloude I my self alone haue gone rounde aboute the compasse of heauen pearsed the grounde of y e depe I haue walked in the floudes of y e see haue stonde in all landes my domynion is in euery people and in euery
a snare shal be taken in it himself Who so geueth a wicked noysome councell it shall come vpon himself and he shall not knowe from wheÌ„ce The proude blaspheme and are scornefull but vengeaunce lurketh for them as a lyon They that reioyse at the fall of y e righteous shal be taken in y e snare anguysh of hert shall consume them before they dye Anger and rigorousnes are two abhominable thinges and y e vngodly hath them both vpon him The XXVIII Chapter HE that seketh vengeaunce shal fynde vengeaunce of the LORDE which shal surely kepe him his synnes Forgeue thy neghboure the hurte that he hath done the and so shal thy synnes be forgeuen the also whan thou prayest A man that beareth hatred agaynst another how darre he desyre forgeuenesse of God He that sheweth no mercy to a maÌ„ which is like himself how darre he axe forgeuenesse of his synnes Yf he that is but flesh beareth hatred and kepeth it who wyl intreate for his synnes Remembre the ende let enmyte passe which seketh death and destruccion and abyde thou in y e commaundementes Remembre y e commaundement so shalt thou not be rigorous ouer y e neghboure Thynke vpoÌ„ the couenaunt of y e Hyest and forgeue thy neghbours ignorauÌ„ce Bewarre of strife and thou shalt make y e synnes fewer For an angrie man kyndleth variaunce and the vngodly disquyeteth freÌ„des and putteth discorde amonge them that be at peace The more wodd there is the more vehement is the fyre and the mightier y t men be the greater is the wrath and the longer the strife endureth the more it burneth An haistie brawlinge kyndleth a fyre and an haistie strife sheddeth bloude Yf thou blowe the sparke it shal burne Yf thou spytt vpoÌ„ it it shal go forth and both these go out of thy mouth The slaunderer and dubble toÌ„gued is cursed for many one that be frendes setteth he at variaunce The thirde tonge hath disquieted many one and dryuen them from one londe to another Stronge cities hath it broken downe and ouerthrowne the houses of greate men The thirde toÌ„ge hath cast out many an honest woman and robbed them of their labours Who so harkeneth vnto soch shal neuer fynde rest and neuer dwell safely The stroke of y e rod maketh yedders but the stroke of the tonge smyteth the bones in sunder There be many that haue perished with the swerde but many mo thorow the tonge Wel is him that is kepte froÌ„ an euell tonge commeth not in y e anger therof which draweth not the yock of soch and is not bouÌ„de in the bondes of it For the yock therof is of yron and y e bonde of it of stele The death therof is a very euell death hell were better for one then soch a tonge But the fyre of it maye not oppresse them that feare God and y e flamme therof maye not burne theÌ„ Soch as forsake the LORDE shal fall therin and it shal burne them and no man shal be able to quench it It shal fall vpon theÌ„ as a LyoÌ„ and deuoure them as a leparde Thou heâ—gest y e goodes w t thornes why doest thou not rather make dores and barres for y e mouth Thou weiest thy golde and syluer why doest thou not weye thy wordes also vpon the balaunce Bewarre that thou slyde not in thy tonge and so fall before thine enemies that laye wayte for the. The XXIX Chapter WHo so wil shewe mercy let him lende vnto his neghboure and he that is able let him kepe the commaundement Lende vnto thy neghboure in tyme of his nede and paye thou thy neghboure agayne in due season Kepe thy worde deale faithfully with him thou shalt allwaye fynde the thinge y t is necessary for the. There haue bene many that whan a thinge was lent them rekened it to be founde and made them trauayle and laboure that had helped them Whyle they receaue eny thinge they kysse the handes of soch as geue them and for their neghbours good they huÌ„ble their voyce But whan they shulde paye agayne they kepe it back and geue euell wordes and make many excuses by reason of the tyme though he be able yet geueth he scarse the half agayne and rekeneth y e other to be founde And yf he with olde not his moneye yet hath he an enemye of him and that vndeserued He payeth him with cursinge and rebuke and geueth him euel wordes for his good dede There be many one which are not glad for to lende not because of euell but they feare to lese the thinge that they lende Yet haue thou pacience with the symple and w t holde not mercy from him Helpe the poore for the commaundementes sake and let him not go emptye from the because of his necessite Lese thy money for y i brother and neghbours sake and burye it not vnder a stone wher it rusteth and corruppeth Gather thy treasure after the commaundement of y e Hyest and so shal it bringe the more profit theÌ„ golde Laye vp the allmes in the hand of the poore and it shal kepe the from all 〈◊〉 A mans allmes is as a purse with him 〈◊〉 shall kepe a mans fauoure as the apple of an eye and afterwarde shall it aryse paye euery man his rewarde vpon his heade It shal fight for the agaynst thine enemies better then the shylde of a giaunte or speare of the mightie A good honest maÌ„ is suertye for his neghboure but a wicked personne letteth him come to shame Forget not the frendshipe of thy suertye for he hath geueÌ„ his soule for ye. The vngodly despyseth y e good dede of his suertye the vnthankfull and ignoraunt leaueth his suertie in daunger Some man promyseth for his neghboure whan he hath lost his honesty he shal forsake him Suertishipe hath destroyed many a ryche man remoued them as the wawes in y e see Mightie people hath it dryuen awaye and caused theÌ„ to wandre in straunge countrees An vngodly man transgressynge the commaundement of the LORDE shal fall in to an euell suertishipe and though he force himself to get out yet shal he fall in to iudgment Helpe thy neghboure out after thy power and bewarre y t thou thy self fall not in soch dett The chefe thinge that kepeth in the life is water and bred clothinge and lodginge to couer the shame Better is it to haue a poore lyuynge in a mans owne house theÌ„ delicate fayre amoÌ„ge the straunge Be it litle or moch y t thou hast holde the conteÌ„t withall thou shalt not be blamed as a vagabounde for a myserable life is it to go from house to house and where a maÌ„ is fremde he darre not opeÌ„ his mouth Though one be lodged and haue meate and drynke yet shall he be taken as vnworthy heare many bytter rough wordes namely thus Go thy waye thou straunger and prepare a table for thy self
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 leÌ„der 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 amoÌ„ge his aquantauÌ„ce Who so enfourmed teacheth his sonne greueth y e enemie â—nd 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 diligeÌ„t 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 coÌ„sume 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 maÌ„s 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 haÌ„de out first of all O how well conteÌ„t 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 experieÌ„ce 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 DronkeÌ„nes fylleth the mynde of the foolish with shame and ruyne mynisheth the streÌ„gth 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 frēdles 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 Frō whence art thou spronge vp to couer the earth with falsede disceate There is some companyon which in prosperite reioyseth with his frēde but in the tyme of trouble he taketh parte agaynst him There is some cōpanyon 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 coūcell 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 coūcell 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 cōcernynge y e thinges y t she lōgeth 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 coūcell but be diligēt to seke coūcel at a vertuous man y t feareth God soch one as thou knowest to be a keper of y e cōmaundemētes which hath a minde after thine owne minde is sory for y e whā thou stōblest And holde thy councell fast in thine hert for there is no man more faithful to kepe it then thou thy self For a mās 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 geuē him of God to be accepted Another is robbed of all wiszdome yet is he wise vnto him self and the frute of vnderstōdinge is faithfull in his mouth A wyse man maketh his people wyse y e frutes of his wiszdome fayle not A wyse mā shal be plēteously blessed of God all they that se him shal speake good of him The life of man stondeth in y e nōbre 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 vpō 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 wōderous 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 clēse 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 lōger 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 thē 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 cōforte thy self because of the heuynes For of heuynes cōmeth death the heuynes of y e hert breaketh strength Heuynes
y e LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye children of men speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O let Israel speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye prestes of y e LORDE speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye seruauntes of the LORDE speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye spretes and soules of the righteous speake good of y e LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye holy and humble men of herte speake ye good of the LORDE prayse ye him set him vp for euer O Ananias Asarias and Misael speake ye good of the LORDE prayse ye him and set hiÌ„ vp for euer Which hath delyuered vs from y e hell kepte vs from y e honde of death rydde vs from the myddest of the burnynge flamme and saued vs eueÌ„ in the myddest of y e fyre O geue thaÌ„kes therfore vnto y e LORDE for he is kynde harted and his mercy endureth for euer O all ye deuoute men speake good of the LORDE euen the God of all goddes O prayse him and geue him thankes for his mercy endureth worlde without ende The story of Susanna which is the XIII chapter of Daniel after the Latyn THere dwelt a man in BabiloÌ„ called Ioachim y t toke a wife whose name was Susanna y e doughter of Helchias a very fayre woman soch one as feared God Hir father hir mother also were godly people taught their doughter acordinge to y e lawe of Moses Now Ioachim hir huszbonde was a greate rich man had a faâ—re orcharde ioyninge vnto his house And to him resorted the Iewes comonly because he was a man of reputacion amonge them The same yeare were there made two iudges soch as the LORDE speaketh of All the wickednesse of Babilon coÌ„meth from y e elders y t is from y e iudges which seme to rule the people These came offt to Ioachims house all soch as had eny thinge to do in the lawe came thither vnto them Now when the people came agayne at after noone Susanna wente in to hir huszboÌ„des orcharde to walke The elders seynge this that she went in daylie walked they burned for lust to her yee they were allmost out of their wittes cast downe their eyes that they shulde not se heaueÌ„ ner remembre y t God is a righteous iudge For they were both wouÌ„ded w t the loue of her nether durst one shewe another his grefe And for shame they durst not tell her their inordynate lust y t they wolde fayne haue had to do w t her Yet they layed wayte for her earnestly from daye to daye that they might at the leest haue a sight of her And the one sayde to y e other Vp let vs go home for it is dyner tyme So they wente their waye from her When they returned agayne they came together enqueringe out y e matter betwixte them selues yee the one tolde y e other of his wicked lust TheÌ„ apoynted they a tyme wheÌ„ they might take Susanna alone It happened also y t they spyed out a conuenieÌ„t tyme when she wente forth to walke as hir maner was no body with her but two maydeÌ„s thought to wash her self in the garden for it was an hote season And there was not one person there excepte the two elders y t had hyd them selues to beholde her So she sayde to hir maydens go set me oyle sope shut the orcharde dore y t I maye wash me And they dyd as she bad them shut the orcharde dore wente out them selues at a backe dore to fet the thinge y t she had coÌ„maunded but Susanna knewe not y t y e elders laie there hyd within Now when the maydens were gone forth y e two elders gat them vp ranne vpon her sayenge now the orcharde dores are shut that no man can se vs we haue a lust vnto the therfore consent vnto vs and lye with vs. Yf thou wilt not we shall bringe a testimoniall agaynst the that there was a yonge felowe with the and that thou hast sent awaye thy maydens from the for the same cause Susanna sighed and sayde Alas I am in trouble on euery syde Though I folowe youre mynde it wyll be my death and yf I consent not vnto you I can not escape youre hondes Wel it is better for me to fall in to youre hondes without the dede doinge then to synne in the sight of the LORDE and with that she cried out with a loude voyce the elders also cried out agaynst her Then ranne there one to the orcharde dore smote it open Now when the seruauntes of the house herde y e crie in y e orcharde they ruszshed in at the backe dore to se what the matter was So when the elders tolde them the seruauntes were greatly ashamed for why there was neuer soch a reporte made of Susanna On the morow after came the people to Ioachim hir houszbonde and y e two elders came also full of myscheuous ymaginacions agaynst Susanna to bringe her vnto death spake thus before the people Sende for Susanna y e daughter of Helchias Ioachims wife And immediatly they sent for her So she came w t her father mother hir children all her kynrede Now Susanna was a tender person maruelous fayre of face Therfore the wicked men coÌ„maunded to take of the clothes from her face for she was couered y t at the leest they might so be satisfied in hir beutie Then hir freÌ„des yee all they y t knewe her begaÌ„ne to wepe These two elders stode vp in the myddest of the people layed their hondes vpon y e heade of Susanna which wepte and loked vp towarde heauen for hir herte had a sure trust in the LORDE And the elders sayde As we were walkinge in the orcharde alone this woman came in w t hir two maydeÌ„s whom she sent awaye from her sparred y e orcharde dores With that a yonge felowe which there was hyd came vnto her laye w t her As for vs we stode in a corner of the orcharde And wheÌ„ we sawe this wickednes we raÌ„ne to her perceaued y t they had medled together But we coude not holde him for he was stronger then we thus he opened y e dore gat him awaye Now wheÌ„ we had takeÌ„ this womaÌ„ we axed her what yoÌ„ge felow this was but she wolde not tell vs. This is y e matter we be witnesses of y e same The comon sorte beleued them as those y t were the elders iudges of the people so they condemned her to death Susanna cried out w t a loude voyce sayde O euerlastinge God thou sercher of secretes thou y t knowest all thinges a fore they come to passe thou wotest
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 exāple 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 tormēte 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 spokē them of an hye mynde But whē 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 frō 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 sayēge 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 whē 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 whē he was euē 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 heauē 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 mē 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 tormēted him Then loked he vnto y e kinge sayde Thou hast power amōge mē 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 paciētly 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 mēbres of yo bodies together but y e maker of y e worlde which fashioned y e byrth of mā begāne 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 whē 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
at the left Then was the scrypture fulfilled which sayeth He was coūted amonge the euell doers And they that wēte by reuyled him and wagged their heades and sayde Fye vpon the how goodly breakest thou downe y e tēple buyldest it agayne in thre dayes Helpe y e self now come downe frō the crosse The hye prestes also in like maner laughed him to scorne amonge thē selues with the scrybes sayde He hath helped other himself can he not helpe Yf he be Christ and y e kyge of Israel let him come downe now frō the crosse y t we maye se it beleue And they y t were crucified w t hī checked hī also And whā it was aboute the sixte houre there was a darcknesse ouer the whole lōde tyll aboute y e nyenth houre And aboute y e nyenth houre Iesus cried loude and sayde Eli Eli lamma asabthani which is interpreted My God my God why hast thou forsaken me And some that stode by whan they herde y t they sayde Beholde he calleth Elias Then rāne there one fylled a spōge w t vyneger stickte it vpō a rede gaue hī to drynke sayde Holde styll let se whether Elias wil come and take him downe But Iesus cried loude and gaue vp the goost And the vale of the tēple rent in two peces from aboue tyll beneth The captayne that stode thereby ouer agaynst him whā he sawe y t he gaue vp the goost with soch a crye he sayde Verely this man was Gods sonne And there were wemen there also which behelde this afarre of amōge whō was Mary Magdalene Mary of Iames y e litle the mother of Ioses Salome which had folowed him whā he was in Galile and mynistred vnto hī many other y t wēte vp w t hī to Ierusalem And at euen for so moch as it was the daye of preparinge which is the fore Sabbath there came one Ioseph of Arimathia a worshipfull Senatoure which loked also for the kyngdome of God wēte in boldely vnto Pilate axed y e body of Iesus But Pylate marueyled y t he was deed allready called y e captayne axed hī whether he had lōge bene deed And whā he had gotten knowlege of the captayne he gaue Ioseph y e body And he bought a lynnē cloth toke him downe wrapped hī in y e lynnē clothe layed him in a sepulcre which was hewē out of a rocke rolled a stone before y e dore of y e sepulcre But Mary Magdalene and Mary Ioses behelde where he was layed The XVI Chapter ANd whan the Sabbath was past Mary Magdalene Mary Iames and Salome bought spyces y t they might come anoynte hī And they came to the sepulcre vpō a daye of y e Sabbathes very early whā y e Sonne arose sayde one to another Who shal rolle vs y e stone frō y e dore of the sepulcre And whan they loked they sawe that the stone was rolled awaye for it was a very greate one And they wente in to the sepulcre and on the right hande they sawe a yonge man syttinge which had a longe whyte garmēt vpon him and they were abaszhed But he sayde vnto thē Be not ye afrayed ye seke Iesus of Nazareth which was crucified he is rysen he is not here Beholde y e place where they layed him But go ye youre waye and tell his disciples and Peter that he wil go before you into Galile there shal ye se him as he sayde vnto you And they wente forth in all the haist and fled from the sepulcre for there was a tremblynge feare come vpon them nether sayde they eny thinge to eny man for they were afrayed But Iesus whan he was rysen vp early vpō the first daye of the Sabbathes he appeared first vnto Mary Magdalene out of whom he had cast out seuen deuels And she wēte and tolde thē that were with him as they mourned and wepte And whan they herde that he lyued and had appeared vnto her they beleued it not After warde as two of thē were walkynge he shewed himself vnder another figure whan they were goynge vpon the felde And they wente and tolde the other these they beleued not also At the last as the eleuen sat at the table he shewed himself vnto them and rebuked their vnbeleue and y e hardnesse of their hert because they beleued not thē which had sene him rysen And he sayde vnto them Go ye youre waye in to all the worlde and preach the gospell vnto all creatures Who so beleueth and is baptysed shal be saued but who so beleueth not shal be damned As for the tokens which shal folowe thē that beleue these are they In my name shal they cast out deuyls Speake with new tunges Dryue awaye serpētes And yf they drynke eny deedly thinge it shal not hurte them They shal laye their handes vpō the sicke and they shal recouer And the LORDE after that he had spoken vnto them was taken vp into heauen and sytteth at the right hāde of God And they wente out and preached euery where And the LORDE wrought with them and confirmed the worde with tokens folowynge The ende of the gospell of S. Marke The gospell of S. Luke What S. Luke conteyneth Chap. I. The cōcepcion and byrth of Ihon the baptist The concepcion of Christ. The thākfull songes of Mary and Zachary ▪ Chap. II. The byrth circūcision of Christ. How he was receaued in to the tēple how Symeon and Anna prophecie of him and how he was founde in the tēple amōge the doctours Chap. III. The preachinge baptyme and presonment of Ihon. The baptyme of Christ and a rehearsall of the generacion of the fathers Chap. IIII. Iesus is led into the wyldernesse fasteth all the tyme of his temptacion ouercōmeth the deuell goeth in to Galilee preacheth at Nazareth and Caphernaū the Iewes despyse him the deuels knowlege him he cōmeth into Peters house healeth his mother in lawe and doth greate miracles Chap. V. Christ preacheth in the shippe The disciples forsake all and folowe him He clenseth the leper healeth the man of the palsye calleth Mathew the customer and eateth with open synners Chap. VI. He excuseth the disciples that plucke the eares of corne he healeth the man with the wythred hande choseth his twolue Apostles maketh a swete sermon and teacheth to do good for euell Chap. VII He healeth the captaynes seruaunt rayseth vp the wyddowes sonne from death to life enfourmeth the disciples whom Ihon baptist sent vnto him commendeth Ihon and reproueth the Iewes for their vnthankfulnesse He eateth with the pharisee The woman waszheth his fete with hir teares and he forgeueth her hir synnes Chap. VIII Christ with his apostles goeth frō towne to towne and preacheth sheweth the parable of the sede telleth who is his mother and his brother stilleth
Symon Peter sayde vnto theÌ„ I go a fyshinge They sayde vnto hiÌ„ We also wil go w t the. They weÌ„te 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„ IohaÌ„na 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 laÌ„bes He sayde vnto him agayne the seconde tyme SymoÌ„ IohaÌ„na 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 IohaÌ„na 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 yoÌ„ge 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 coÌ„gregacion 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 â–ª 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 â–ª Of Sergius Paulus and Elymas the sorcerar Paul preacheth at Antioche Chap. XIIII Paul and Barnabas preach at Iâ—â—nium 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 coÌ„meth 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 EuaÌ„gelist and Agabus the Prophet which warneth Paul not to go to Ierusalem He remayneth stedfast in his purpose and is taken in the
agaynst And whā they had appoynted hī adaye there came many vnto hī in to his lodginge vnto whō he expoūded y e kyngdome of God preached vnto thē of Iesu out of y e lawe and out of the prophetes euē frō mornynge vntyll the euē And some beleued y e thinge y t he sayde but some beleued not But whā they agreed not amōge thē selues they departed whā Paul had spokē one worde Full well hath the holy goost spokē by y e prophet Esay vnto o fathers sayde Go vnto this people and saye With eares ye shal heare not vnderstōde with eyes shal ye se not perceaue For y e hert of this people is waxed grosse they heare hardly w t their eares their eyes haue they closed y t they shulde not once se w t their eyes heare w t their eares vnderstōde ī their hertes and be cōuerted y t I mighte heale thē Be it knowne therfore vnto you y t this saluaciō of God is sent vnto y e Heythē and they shal heare it And whā he sayde y t y e Iewes departed had a greate disputacion amonge thēselues But Paul abode two whole yeares in his owne hyred dwellinge receaued all thē y t came in vnto hī preachinge y e kyngdome of God and teachinge those thinges which concerne the LORDE Iesus with all boldnesse vnforbydden The ende of the Actes of the Apostles wrytten by S. Luke which was present at y e doynges of them The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Romaynes The Summe of this Epistle Chap. I. Paul declareth his loue towarde the Romaynes sheweth what the gospell is with the frute therof and rebuketh the beestlynesse of the flesh Chap. II. He rebuketh the Iewes which as touchinge synne are like the Heythē yee worse then they Chap. III. He sheweth what preferment the Iewes haue and that both the Iewes and Gētiles are vnder synne and are iustified only by the grace of God in Christ. Chap. IIII. He declareth by the exāple of Abrahā that faith iustifieth and not the lawe ner the workes therof Chap. V. The power of faith hope and loue ▪ and how death raigned frō Adā vnto Christ ▪ by whō only we haue forgeuenesse of synnes Chap. VI. For so moch as we be delyuered thorow christ from synne we must fashion oure selues to lyue as the seruauntes of God and not after oure awne lustes The vnlike rewarde of righteousnes and synne Chap. VII Christ hath delyuered vs from the lawe and death Paul sheweth what the flesh and outwarde man is and calleth it the lawe of the membres Chap. VIII The lawe of the sprete geueth life The sprete of God maketh vs Gods children and heyres with Christ. The abundaunt loue of God can not be separated Chap. IX Paul complayneth vpon the hard hertes of the Iewes that wolde not receaue Christ and how the Heythē are chosen in their steade Chap. X. The vnfaithfulnes of the Iewes Two maner of righteousnesses Chap. XI All the Iewes are not cast awaye therfore Paul warneth the Gentiles that be called not to be hye mynded ner to despyse the Iewes for the iudgmētes of God are depe and secrete Chap. XII The swete conuersacion loue and workes of soch as beleue in Christ. Chap. XIII The obedience of men vnto their rulers Loue fulfilleth the lawe It is now no tyme to folowe the workes of darknesse Chap. XIIII The weake ought not to be despysed No man shulde offende anothers conscience Agayne for outward thinges shulde no man condemne another Chap. XV. The infirmite and fraylnesse of the weake ought to be borne with all loue and kyndnesse after the ensample of Christ. Chap. XVI A chapter of salutacions He warneth them to bewarre of mens doctryne and commendeth vnto them certayne godly men that were louers and brethren in the trueth The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Romaynes The first Chapter PAVL the seruaunte of Iesus Christ called to be an Apostle put aparte to preach the Gospell of God which he promysed afore by his prophetes in y e holy scriptures off his sonne which was begottē of y e sede of Dauid after the flesh and mightely declared to be the sonne of God after the sprete which sanctifieth sence the tyme that he rose agayne from the deed namely Iesus Christ oure LORDE by whom we haue receaued grace and Apostelshippe amonge all Heythen to set vp the obedience of faith vnder his name of whom ye are a parte also which are called of Iesus Christ. To all you that be at Rome beloued of God and sayntes by callynge Grace be w t you and peace frō God oure father and the LORDE Iesus Christ. First I thanke my God thorow Iesus Christ for you all that youre faith is spoken of thorow out all the worlde For God is my witnesse whom I serue in my sprete in the Gospell of his sonne that without ceassynge I make mencion of you besekinge allwayes in my prayers that I mighte once haue a prosperous iourney by the will off God to come vnto you For I longe to se you that I mighte bestowe vpon you some spirituall gifte to strēgth you that is that I mighte be conforted with you thorow yo faith myne which we haue together But I wolde ye shulde knowe brethren how that I haue often tymes purposed to come vnto you but haue bene let hither to that I mighte do some good amonge you like as amonge other Gentyles I am detter both to the Grekes and to the vngrekes to the wyse and to the vnwyse Wherfore as moch as ī me is I am ready to preach the Gospell vnto you at Rome also For I am not ashamed of the Gospell of Christ for it is the power of God which saueth all that beleue theron the Iewe first also the Greke for in it y e righteousnes that is of value before God is opened which cōmeth out of faith ī to faith As it is wryttē The iust shal lyue by his faith For y e wrath of God is declared from heauen vpon all vngodlynes and vnrighteousnes of mē which witholde the trueth of God in vnrighteousnes because that it which maye be knowne of God is manifest with thē For God hath shewed it vnto thē that the inuisible thinges of God that is his euerlastinge power and Godheade mighte be sene whyle they are considered by the workes from the creacion of the worlde so that they are without excuse in as moch as they knewe that there is a God and haue not praysed him as God ner thanked him but became vayne in their ymaginacions and their foolish hert was blynded Whan they counted them selues wyse they became fooles and turned y e glory of the incorruptible God in to y e symilitude of y e ymage of a corruptible mā of byrdes of foure foted of crepinge
maye be detter vnto God because y t by y e dedes of the lawe no flesh maye be iustified in his sighte For by the lawe commeth but the knowlege of synne But now without addinge to of y e lawe is the righteousnes which avayleth before God declared hauynge witnesse of y e lawe and the prophetes but I speake of y e righteousnes before God which cōmeth by the faith on Iesus Christ vnto all and vpō all them that beleue For here is no difference For they are all synners and wāte the prayse that God shulde haue of thē but without deseruynge are they made righteous euē by his grace thorow the redempcion that is done by Christ Iesu whom God hath set forth for a Mercyseate thorow faith in his bloude to shewe the righteousnes which avayleth before him in that he forgeueth the synnes which were done before vnder the sufferaunce of God which he suffred that at this tyme he mighte shewe y e righteousnes which avayleth before him y t he onely mighte be righteous the righteous maker of him which is of the faith on Iesus Where is now then thy reioysinge It is excluded By what lawe By the lawe of workes Nay but by the lawe of faith We holde therfore that a man is iustified by faith without the workes of the lawe Or is God the God of the Iewes onely Is he not also the God of the Heythen Yes verely the God of the Heythen also for so moch as he is the God onely that iustifieth the circumcision which is of faith and the vncircūcision thorow faith Destroys we then the lawe thorow faith God forbyd But we mantayne the lawe The fourth Chapter WHat shal we saye thē that Abrahā o father as pertayninge to y e flesh dyd fynde This we saye Yf Abraham were made righteous thorow workes then hath he wherin to reioyse but not before God But what sayeth y e scripture Abrahā beleued God y t was counted vnto him for righteousnes Vnto hī y t goeth aboute w t workes is the rewarde not rekened of fauoure but of dutye Howbeit vnto him y t goeth not aboute with workes but beleueth on him y t iustifieth the vngodly is his faith counted for righteousnes Euen as Dauid sayeth also that blessednes is onely that mans vnto whō God counteth righteousnes without addinge to of workes where he sayeth Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesses are forgeuen and whose synnes are couered Blessed is the man vnto whom the LORDE imputeth no synne Now this blessednes goeth it ouer the circūcision or ouer the vncircumcision We must nedes graunte y t Abrahās faith was coūted vnto hī for righteousnes How was it thē rekened vnto him In the circūcision or in the vncircumcision Doutles not in the circūcision but in the vncircumcision As for the tokē of circūcision he receaued it for a seale off the righteousnes off faith which he had yet in y e vncircūcision y t he shulde be a father of all thē y t beleue beinge in y e vncircūcisiō y t it might be coūted vnto thē also for righteousnes that he might be a father of circumcision not onely of thē that are of y e circumcision but of them also that walke in the fotesteppes of the faith which was in the vncircumcision of oure father Abraham For the promes that he shulde be y e heyre of the worlde was not made vnto Abraham or to his sede thorow the lawe but thorow the righteousnes of faith For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres thē is faith vayne and the promes of none effecte for so moch as the lawe causeth but wrath For where the lawe is not there is also no transgression Therfore was the promes made thorow fayth that it myght come off fauoure wherby the promesse myghte be made sure vnto all the sede not onely vnto him which is off the lawe but also vnto him that is of the faith of Abrahā which is the father of vs all As it is wrytten I haue made the a father of many Heythē before God whom thou hast beleued which quyckeneth the deed and calleth it which is not that it maye be And he beleued vpō hope where nothinge was to hope that he shulde be a father of many Heythen Acordinge as it was sayde vnto him Euen so shal thy sede be And he was not faynte in faith nether cōsidred his awne body which was deed allready whyle he was almost an hundreth yeare olde nether the deed wombe of Sara For he douted not in the promes of God thorow vnbeleue but was strōge in faith and gaue God the prayse was sure that loke what God promyseth he is able to make it good And therfore was it rekened vnto him for righteousnes But this is not wryttē onely for his sake y t it was counted vnto him but also for oure sakes vnto whō it shal be counted yf we beleue on him that raysed vp oure LORDE Iesus from the deed Which was geuen for oure synnes and raysed vp for oure righteousnesse sake The V. Chapter BEcause therfore that we are iustified by faith we haue peace with God thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ by whō also we haue an intraunce in faith vnto this grace wherin we stonde reioyse in the hope of y e glorye for to come which God shal geue Not onely y t but we reioyse also ī troubles for so moch as we knowe y t trouble bryngeth paciēce paciēce bryngeth experiēce experiēce bryngeth hope As for hope is letteth vs not come to cōfusion because the loue of God is shed abrode in oure hertes by the holy goost which is geuen vnto vs. For whan we were yet weake acordinge to the tyme Christ dyed for vs vngodly Now dyeth there scace eny man for the righteous sake Peraduenture for a good man durst one dye Therfore doth God set forth his loue towarde vs in y t Christ dyed for vs whan we were yet synners Moch more then shal we be saued from wrath by him seynge we are now made righteous thorow his bloude For yf we were recōcyled vnto God by y e death of his sōne whā we were yet enemies moch more shal we be saued by him now y t we are reconcyled Not onely that but we reioyse also in God thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ by whom we haue now receaued the attonement Wherfore as by one man synned entred in to the worlde and death by y e meanes off synne euen so wente death also ouer all men in so moch as they all haue synned For synne was in y e worlde vnto the lawe but where no lawe is there is not synne regarded Neuertheles death reigned from Adam vnto Moses euen ouer them also that synned not with like transgression as dyd Adam which is y e ymage of him y t was to come But it is not with the gifte as
last enemye that shal be destroyed is death for he hath put all thinges vnder his fete But whā he sayeth that all thinges are put vnder him it is manifest that he is excepted which put all thinges vnder him Whan all thinges shal be subdued vnto him then shal the sonne himselfe also be subiecte vnto him which put all thinges vnder him that God maye be all in all Or els what do they which are baptised ouer y e deed yf the deed ryse not at all Why are they then baptysed ouer the deed And why stonde we in ioperdy euery houre By oure reioysinge which I haue in Christ Iesu o LORDE I dye daylie That I haue foughte with beestes at Ephesus after y e maner of men what helpeth it me yf the deed ryse not agayne Let vs eate and drynke for tomorow we shal dye Be not ye disceaued Euell speakinges corruppe good maners Awake righte vp and synne not for some haue not y e knowlege of God This I saye to youre shame But some man mighte saye How shal the deed aryse And with what maner off body shal they come Thou foole y t which thou sowest is not quyckened excepte it dye And what sowest thou thou sowest not y e body that shal be but a bare corne namely of wheate or of some other But God geueth it a body as he wil and vnto euery one of y e sedes his owne body All fleszhe is not one maner of fleszhe but there is one maner fleszhe of men another of beastes another of fiszhes another of byrdes And there are heauenly bodies and there are earthy bodies but the heauenly haue one glory and y e earthy another The Sonne hath one clearnes the Moone hath another clearnesse and the starres haue another clearnesse for one starre excelleth another in clearnesse Euen so the resurreccion of the deed It is sowne in corrupcion and shal ryse in vncorrupcion It is sowne in dishonoure shal ryse in glory It is sowne in weaknesse and shal ryse in power It is sowne a naturall body shal ryse a spirituall body Yf there be a naturall body there is a spirituall body also As it is wrytten The first man Adam was made in to a naturall life and the last Adā in to a spiritual life Howbeit the spirituall body is not the first but y e naturall and then the spirituall The first man is of the earth earthy y e seconde mā is frō heauē heauēly As the earthy is soch are they also that are earthy and as y e heauenly is soch are they also y t are heauenly And as we haue borne the ymage of the earthy so shal we beare the ymage of the heauenly also This I saye brethren that flesh bloude can not inheret y e kyngdome of God nether shal corrupcion inheret vncorrupcion Beholde I saye vnto you a mystery We shal not all slepe but we shal all be chaunged and that sodenly and in the twinklynge of an eye at the tyme of the last trompe For the trompe shal blowe and the deed shal ryse vncorruptible and we shal be chaunged For this corruptible must put on vncorrupcion and this mortall must put on immortalite But whan this corruptible shal put on vncorrupcion and this mortall shal put on immortalite thē shal the worde be fulfylled that is wryttē Death is swalowed vp in victory Death where is thy stynge Hell where is y e victory The stynge of death is synne The strength of synne is the lawe But thankes be vnto God which hath geuē vs the victory thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ. Therfore my deare brethrē be ye stedfast vnmoueable allwaye riche in the worke of the LORDE for as moch as ye knowe that youre laboure is not in vayne in the LORDE The XVI Chapter COncernynge the gadderynge that is made for the sayntes as I haue ordeyned in the congregacions of Galacia euen so do ye also Vpon some Sabbath daye let euery one of you put aside by himselfe and laye vp what so euer he thinketh mete that the colleccion be not to gather whan I come Whan I am come whom so euer ye shal alowe by youre letters thē wyll I sende to brynge youre liberalite vnto Ierusalem Neuertheles yf it be mete that I go thither also they shal go with me But I wil come vnto you whan I go thorow Macedonia for thorow Macedonia wyl I take my iourney With you peraduēture wil I abyde or els wynter that ye maye brynge me on my waye whither so euer I go I wyl not se you now in my passage for I hope to abyde a whyle with you yf the LORDE shal suffre me But I wil tary at Ephesus vntyll whitsontyde For a greate and frutefull dore is opened vnto me and there are many aduersaries Yf Timotheus come se that he be without feare with you for he worketh y e worke of the LORDE as I do Let no man therfore despyse him but conuaye him forth in peace that he maye come vnto me for I loke for him with the brethren As for brother Apollo be ye sure that I greatly desyred him to come vnto you with the brethrē And his mynde was not at all to come at this tyme but he wyl come whā he hath oportunyte Watch ye stonde fast in the faith quyte you like men and be stronge let all youre thinges be done in loue But brethren ye knowe the house off Stephana that they are the first frutes in Achaia and that they haue appoynted thē selues to mynister vnto the sayntes I exhorte you to be obedient vnto soche and to all that helpe and laboure I am glad of the cōmynge of Stephana and Fortunatus and Achaicus For loke what was lackynge vnto me on youre parte y t haue they suppleed they haue refreszhed my sprete and youres Knowe them therfore that are soch The congregacions of Asia salute you Aquila and Priscilla salute you moch in the LORDE and so doth the cōgregacion that is in their house All the brethren salute you Salute ye one another with an holy kysse The salutacion of me Paul w t myne awne hande Yf eny mā loue not the LORDE Iesus Christ the same be Anathema Maharan Matha The grace of the LORDE Iesus Christ be with you My loue be with you all in Christ Iesu. Amen The first Epistle to the Corinthians sent out of Asia by Stephana and Fortunatus and Achaicus and Timotheus The seconde Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Corinthians The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. The consolacion of God in trouble The loue of Paul towarde the Corinthians and his excuse that he came not vnto them Chap. II. He sheweth the cause of his absence and exorteth thē to forgeue the man that was fallen and to receaue him agayne with loue Chap. III. He prayseth the preachinge of the Gospell aboue the preachinge of the lawe Chap. IIII. A
in Christ. The III. Chapter· BEgynne we then agayne to prayse o selues Or nede we as some other of pistles of commēdacion vnto you or letters of commēdacion from you Ye are oure epistle wrytten in oure hertes which is vnderstonde and red of all mē in that ye are knowne how that ye are y e epistle of Christ mynistred by vs and wryttē 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 childrē of Israel mighte not beholde the face of Moses for y e clearnesse of his countenaūce 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 vntakē 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 whā 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 euē 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 cōmaunded 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 spokē 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 plēteous grace by the thākesgeuynge 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 māsion 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 frō 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
whom he calleth dogges and enemies of Christ and reproueth maÌ„s 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 remeÌ„bre 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 loÌ„ge 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 iudgmeÌ„t hall and in all other places In so moch that many brethren in the LORDE are boldened thorow my boÌ„des 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 coÌ„fidence 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 auâ—â—ge But in as moch as to lyue in y e 〈◊〉 frutefull to me for the worke 〈…〉 what I shal chose for both these 〈…〉 harde vpon me I desyre to 〈…〉 be with Christ which thinâ—◠〈…〉 forme but to abyde 〈…〉 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 coÌ„mynge 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 coÌ„tynue 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 〈◊〉 prayse of God the father Wherfore my dearly beloued as ye haue 〈…〉 obeyed not onely in my presence 〈…〉 so moch more in my absence euen 〈…〉 youre awne saluacion with 〈…〉 For it is God which 〈…〉 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
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 coÌ„gregacion 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 amoÌ„ge 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 vnderstoÌ„dinge which is in the knowlege of the mystery of God the father and of Christ in whom are hyd aâ—l 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 ordinauÌ„ces 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 coÌ„tayned 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
Achaia For froÌ„ you was the worde of the LORDE noysed out not onely in Macedonia Achaia but iÌ„ all quarters also is yo r faith iÌ„ God spred abrode so that it nedeth not vs to speake eny thinge at all For they them selues shewe of you what maner of entrynge in we had vnto you and how ye are turned vnto God from ymages for to serue the lyuynge and true God and to loke for his sonne from heaueÌ„ whom he raysed vp from the deed euen Iesus which hath delyuered vs froÌ„ the wrath to come The II. Chapter FOr ye youre selues brethren knowe of oure intrauÌ„ce vnto you how that it was not in vayne but as we had suffred afore were shamefully intreated at Philippos as ye knowe we were bolde in oure God to speake vnto you y e Gospel of God with moch stryuynge For oure exhortacion was not to brynge you to erroure ner yet to vnclennes nether was it with gyle but as we are alowed of God that the Gospell shulde be commytted vnto vs to preache euen so we speake not as though we wolde please meÌ„ but God which tryeth oure hertes For we haue not gone aboute with flateringe wordes as ye knowe ner wayted for oure owne profit God is recorde nether soughte we prayse of men nether of you ner of eny other whan we mighte haue bene chargeable vnto you as the Apostles off Christ but we were tender amonge you Like as a norsse cherisheth hir children euen so had we hartely affeccion towarde you and wolde with good wyl haue dealte vnto you not onely the Gospell of God but oure lyues also because ye were deare vnto vs. Ye remembre brethren oure laboure and trauayle For daye and nighte wroughte we because we wolde not be chargeable vnto eny of you and preached the Gospell of God amonge you Ye are witnesses and so is God how holyly and iustly and vnblameable we behaued oure selues amoÌ„ge you thaâ— beleue as ye knowe how that as a 〈…〉 his children euen so exhorte 〈…〉 and besoughte euery one 〈…〉 wolde walke worthely before God 〈…〉 hath called you vnto his kyngdome 〈…〉 For this cause thanke we God without ceassynge because that whaÌ„ ye receaued of vs the worde of the preachinge of God ye receaued it not as y e worde of men but eueÌ„ as it is of a trueth the worde of God which worketh in you that beleue For ye brethren are become the folowers off the congregacions off God which in Iewry are in Christ Iesu so that ye haue suffred euen like thinges of youre kynsmen as they haue suffred of the Iewes Which as they put the LORDE Iesus to death and their awne prophetes euen so haue they persecuted vs also and please not God and are coÌ„trary to all men forbyddinge vs to speake vnto the Heythen that they mighte be saued to fulfill their synnes allwaye for the wrath is come vpon them allready vnto y e vttemost But we brethren for as moch as we haue bene kepte from you for a season as concernynge the bodely presence but not in the hert we haue haisted the more with greate desyre to se you personally Therfore wolde we haue come vnto you I Paul two tymes but Sathan withstode vs. For who is oure hope or ioye or crowne of reioysinge are not ye it in y e sighte of oure LORDE Iesus Christ at his commynge Yes ye are oure prayse and ioye The III. Chapter WHerfore sence we coulde no longer forbeare we thoughte it good to remayne at Athens alone sent Timotheus oure brother and mynister of God and oure helper in y e gospell of Christ to stablysh you and to comforte you in youre faith that noman shulde be moued in these troubles for ye youre selues knowe that we are euen appoynted there vnto And whan we were with you we tolde you before that we shulde suffre tribulacion euen as it is come to passe as ye knowe For this cause seynge I coulde no longer forbeare I sent that I mighte haue knowlege of youre faith lest happly the tempter had tempted you and lest oure laboure had bene in vayne But now that Timotheus is come froÌ„ you vnto vs and hath shewed vs of youre faith and loue how that ye haue allwaye good remembraunce of vs desyringe to se vs 〈…〉 to se you therfore brethren 〈…〉 in you in all oure 〈…〉 thorow youre faith For 〈…〉 yf ye stonde stedfast in y e â—ORDE For what thankes can we recompeÌ„ce to God agayne for you because of this ioye that we haue concernynge you before oure God We praye exceadingly daye and nighte that we mighte se you presently and fulfill that which is lackynge in yo r faith God himselfe o r father o r LORDE Iesus Christ gyde oure iourney vnto you But the LORDE increace you make you flowe ouer in loue one towarde another and towarde all men euen as we do towarde you that yo r hertes maye be stable and vnblameable in holynes before God oure father at the commynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ with all his sayntes The IIII. Chapter FVrthermore we beseke you brethren and exhorte you in the LORDE Iesus that ye increace more and more euen as ye haue receaued of vs how ye oughte to walke and to please God For ye knowe what commaundementes we gaâ—ue you by oure LORDE Iesus Christ. For this is the will of God euen youre sanctifienge that ye shulde absteyne from whordome y t euery one of you shulde knowe how to kepe his vessell in holynes and honoure not in the lust of concupiscence as the Heythen which knowe not God And that no man go to farre ner defraude his brother in bargayninge For the LORDE is the auenger of all soch thinges as we haue sayde testified vnto you afore tyme. For God hath not called vs to vnclennesse but vnto holynes He therfore that despyseth despyseth not man but God which hath geuen his holy sprete in to you But as touchinge brotherly loue ye nede not that I wryte vnto you for ye youre selues are taught of God to loue one another yee and that thinge ye do vnto all the brethreÌ„ which are thorow out all Macedonia But we beseke you brethren that ye increace yet more and more and that ye study to be quyete and to medle with youre awne busynesse and to worke with youre awne haÌ„des as we commaunded you that ye maye walke honestly towarde theÌ„ that are without and that nothinge be lackynge vnto you We wolde not brethren that ye shulde be ignoraunt concernynge them which are fallen a slepe that ye sorowe not as other do which haue no hope For yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne euen so theÌ„ also which slepe by Iesus shal God brynge with him For this we saye vnto you in the worde of the LORDE that we which lyue and are remaynynge
seyth not And this coÌ„maundement haue we of him that he which loueth God shulde loue his brother also The V. Chapter WHo so euer beleueth that Iesus is Christ is borne of God And who soeuer loueth him that begat loueth him also which was begotten of him By this we knowe that we loue Gods children whan we loue God and kepe his commaundementes For this is the loue of God that we kepe his commaundementes and his commaundemeÌ„tes are not greuous For all that is borne of God ouer commeth the worlde and this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde eueÌ„ oure faith Who is it y t ouercommeth the worlde but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This is he that coÌ„meth with water and bloude euen Iesus Christ not with water onely but with water and bloude And it is the sprete that beareth wytnes for the sprete is the trueth For there are thre which beare recorde in heauen the father the worde and the holy goost these thre are one And there are thre which beare recorde in earth the sprete water and bloude and these thre are one Yf we receaue the witnesse of men the witnesse of God is greater for this is the wytnesse of God which he testifyed of his sonne He that beleueth on y e sonne of God hath the wytnes in him selfe He that beleueth not God hath made him a lyar And this is that recorde euen y t God hath geueÌ„ vs euerlastinge life And this life is in his sonne He that hath the sonne of God hath life He that hath not the sonne of God hath not life These thinges haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you which beleue on the name of the sonne of God that ye maye knowe how that ye haue eternall life and that ye maye beleue on y e name of the sonne of God And this is the fre boldnesse which we haue towarde him that yf we axe eny thinge acordinge to his wyll he heareth vs. And yf we knowe that he heareth vs what so euer we axe then are we sure that we haue y e peticions which we haue desyred of him Yf eny man se his brother synne a synne not vnto death let him axe and he shal geue him life for theÌ„ y t synne not vnto death There is a synne vnto death for the which saye I not that a man shulde praye All vnrighteousnes is synne and there is synne not vnto death We knowe that whosoeuer is borne off God synneth not but he that is begotteÌ„ of God kepeth himselfe y t wicked toucheth him not We knowe that we are of God the worlde is set alltogether on wickednes But we knowe that the sonne of God is come and hath geuen vs a mynde to knowe him which is true and we are in him y t is true in his sonne Iesu Christ. This is the true God and euer lastinge life Babes kepe youre selues from ymage The seconde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He wryteth vnto a certayne lady reioyseth that her children walke in the trueth exhorteth theÌ„ vnto loue warneth them to bewarre of soch disceauers as denye that Iesus Christ came in the flesh prayeth them to contynue in the doctryne of Christ and to haue nothinge to do with them that bringe not this lernynge THE Elder To y e electe lady and hir childreÌ„ whom I loue in the trueth not I onely but all they also that haue knowne the trueth for the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shal be with vs for euer Grace mercy and peace be with you froÌ„ the LORDE Iesus Christ y e sonne of the father in the trueth and in loue I am greatly reioysed that I haue founde amonge thy children them that walke in y e trueth as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father And now lady I beseke the not as though I wrote a new commaundement vnto the but the same which we haue had from the begynnynge that we loue one another And this is the loue that we walke after his commaundementes This is the commaundement as ye haue herde froÌ„ the begynnynge that we shulde walke therin For many disceauers are come in to the worlde which confesse not y t Iesus Christ is come in the flesh this is a disceauer and an Antechrist Take hede to youre selues that we lose not that which we haue wrought but that we maye receaue a full rewarde Who so euer transgresseth and abydeth not in the doctryne of Christ hath not God he that abydeth in y e doctryne of Christ hath both the father and the sonne Yf eny man come vnto you and brynge not this doctryne receaue him not in to the house nether salute him for he that saluteth him is partaker of his euell dedes I had 〈◊〉 any thinges to wryte vnto you neuertheâ—â—â—â— I wolde not wryte w t papyre and ynke 〈…〉 to come vnto you and to 〈…〉 mouth that oure ioye 〈…〉 â—hildren of thy electe sister The thirde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He is glad of Gaius that he walketh in the trueth exhorteth him to be louynge vnto the poore christen in their persecucion sheweth the vnkynde dealynge of Diotrephes and the good reporte of Demetrius THE Elder To the beloued Gaius whom I loue in the trueth My beloued I wysshe in all thinges that thou prospere and fare well euen as thy soule prospereth I reioysed greatly whan the brethren came and testified of the trueth that is in y e how thou walkest in the trueth I haue no greater ioye theÌ„ to heare that my childreÌ„ walke in the trueth My beloued thou doest faithfully what so euer thou doest to the brethren and to strauÌ„gers which haue borne witnesse of thy loue before the congregacion and thou hast done well that thou dyddest brynge them forwarde on their iourney worthely before God For because of his names sake they wente forth and toke nothinge of the Heythen We therfore oughte to receaue soch that we mighte be helpers vnto the trueth I wrote to the congregacion but Diotriphes which loueth to haue the preemynence amonge them receaued vs not Wherfore yf I come I wil declare his dedes which he doeth ieastinge vpoÌ„ vs with malicious wordes nether is he therwith coÌ„tent Not onely he himselfe receaueth not the brethreÌ„ but also he forbyddeth them that wolde and thrusteth them out of the congregacion My beloued folowe not y t which is euell but that which is good He that doeth well is of God but he that doeth euell seyth not God Demetrius hath good reporte of all men and of the trueth yee and we oure selues also beare recorde and ye knowe that oure recorde is true I had many thinges to wryte but I wolde not with ynke and pen wryte vnto the. But I trust shortly to se the and so wyl we speake together mouth to mouth Peace be with the. The louers salute the. Grete the louers
yo siluer are cancred the rust of them shal be a witnes vnto you shal eate youre fleszhe as it were fyre Ye haue heaped treasure togedder in yo last dayes Beholde the hyre of the labourers which haue reped downe youre feldes which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude cryeth and the cryes of thē which haue reped are entred in to the eares of the LORDE Sabaoth Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth and in wantannes Ye haue noryszhed youre hertes as in adaye of slaughter Ye haue cōdempned and haue killed the iust and he hath not resisted you Be pacient therfore brethren vnto the cōmynge of the LORDE Beholde the huszbāde man wayteth for the precious frute of y e earth and hath longe pacience there vpon vntill he receaue the erly and the latter rayne Be ye also pacient therfore and settle youre hertes for the commynge of the LORDE draweth nye Grodge not one agaynst another brethren lest ye be damned Beholde the iudge stondeth before the dore Take my brethren the prophetes for an ensample of sufferynge aduersitie and of longe pacience which spake in the name of the LORDE Beholde we counte them happy which endure Ye haue hearde of y e paciēce of Iob and haue knowen what ende the LORDE made For the LORDE is very pitifull and mercifull But aboue all thinges my brethrē sweare not nether by heauē nether by earth nether by eny other othe Let youre ye be ye and yo naye naye lest ye faule in to ypocricy Yf eny of you be euell vexed let hī praye Yf eny of you be mery let him singe Psalmes Yf eny be deseased amonge you let him call for the elders of the congregacion let thē praye ouer him and anoynte him with oyle in the name of the LORDE and y e prayer of faith shal saue the sicke and the LORDE shal rayse him vp and yf he haue cōmitted synnes they shal be forgeuen him Knowlege youre fautes one to another and praye one for another that ye maye be healed The prayer of a righteous man auayleth moche yf it be feruēt Helias was a mā mortall euen as we are and he prayed in his prayer that it might not rayne it rayned not on the earth by the space of thre yeares and sixe monethes And he prayed agayne and y e heauē gaue rayne y e earth brought forth her frute Brethren yf eny of you erre frō the trueth and another conuert him let y e same knowe that he which conuerted the synner from goynge astraye out off his waye shal saue a soule frō death and shal hyde the multitude of synnes The ende of the epistle of S. Iames. The Epistle of S. Iude. The summe of this epistle He rebuketh soch as beynge blynded with their owne lustes resist the trueth that we maye knowe them the better he sayeth they be soch as synne beastly agaynst nature and despise rulers c. He exhorteth vs to edifie one another to praye in the holy goost to continue in loue to loke for the cōmynge of the LORDE and one to helpe another out of the fyre IVdas the seruaunt of Iesus Christ the brother off Iames. To thē which are called and sanctified in God the father and preserued in Iesu Christ. Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue all diligence to wryte vnto you of the commen saluacion it was nedefull for me to wryte vnto you to exhorte you that ye shulde continually laboure in the faith which was once geuē vnto the sayntes For there are certayne craftely crept in of which it was wrytten afore tyme vnto soche iudgement They are vngodly and turne the grace of oure God vnto wantānes and denye God the onely LORDE and oure LORDE Iesus Christ. My minde is therfore to put you in remēbraūce for as moche as ye once knowe this how that y e LORDE after that he had deliuered the people out of Egipt destroyed them which afterwarde beleued not The angels also which kept not their first estate but lefte their awne habitacion he hath reserued in euerlastinge chaynes vnder darcknes vnto the iudgement of the greate daye euen as Sodom and Gomor and the cities aboute them which in lyke maner defiled them selues with fornicacion and folowed straunge fleszhe are set forth for an ensample and suffre the vengeaunce of eternall fyre Lykewyse these dremers defyle the fleszhe despyse rulers and speake euell of them that are in auctoritie Yet Michael the archangell when he stroue agaynst the deuell disputed aboute the body of Moses durst not geue raylinge sentence but sayde the LORDE rebuke the. But these speake euell off those thinges which they knowe not and what thinges they knowe naturally as beastes which are without reason in tho thinges they corrupte them selues Wo be vnto thē for they haue folowed the waye of Cain and are vtterly geuē to the erroure of Balaam for lukers sake and peryszhe in the treason of Core These are spottes which of youre kindnes feast togedder without feare fedynge thē selues Cloudes they are withouten water caried about of wyndes and trees without frute at gadringe tyme twyse deed and plucked vp by the rotes They are the ragynge waues of the see fominge out their awne shame They are wandrynge starres to whō is reserued the myst of darcknes for euer Enoch the seuenth from Adam prophecied before of suche saienge Beholde the LORDE shal come with thousandes of sayntes to geue iudgemēt agaynst all men and to rebuke all that are vngodly amonge thē of all their vngodly dedes which they haue vngodly committed and of all their cruell speakynges which vngodly synners haue spoken agaynst him These are murmurers complaners walkynge after their awne lustes whose mouthes speake proude thynges They haue mē in greate reuerence because of avauntage But ye beloued remēber the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of oure LORDE Iesus Christ how that they tolde you y t their shulde be begylers in the last tyme which shulde walke after their awne vngodly lustes These are makers off sectes fleshlie hauynge no sprete But ye derlye beloued edifye youre selues in youre most holy faith prayenge in the holy goost and kepe youre selues in the loue of God lokinge for the mercy of oure LORDE Iesus Christ vnto eternall life And haue cōpassion on some separatinge thē and other saue with feare pullinge them out of the fyre and hate the fylthy vesture of the fleshe Vnto him that is able to kepe you that ye faule not and to present you fautlesse before y e presence of his glory with ioye y t is to saye to God oure saueoure which only is wyse be glory maiestie dominion power now and for euer Amen The Apocalips or reuelacion of S. Ihon. The summe of the Reuelacion Chap. I. Happie are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it He