departe out of y e londe of the Caldees and ye shall be as the rammes that go before the flocke For lo I will wake vp an hoost of people from y e northren londe bringe them vpon Babilon these shal laye sege to it wynne it Their arowes shal not mysse like as a connynge archer shuteth not wronge And the Caldees shal be spoyled all they that spoyle them shal be satisfied saieth the LORDE because ye were so chearfull glad to treade downe myne heretage fulfilled youre pleasures as the calues in the grasse and triumphed ouer them like the bulles when ye had gotten the victory Youre mothers shal be sore confounded and they that bare you shal come to shame She shall be the leest set by amonge the nacions vyode waist dried vp No man shal be able to dwell there for the feare of y e LORDE but she shal be whole desolate All they that go by Babilon shall stonde still be abashed shal wondre at all hir plages Go forth in yo r araye agaynst Babilon rounde aboute all ye that can hādle bowes shute as her spare no arowes for she hath synned agaynst the LORDE Crie out vpon her vpon her agaynst her roūde aboute she shal yelde herselfe her foundaciōs shal fall hir walles shall come downe for it shal be the vengeaunce of the LORDE Yee vēgeaunce shal be taken of her as she hath done so shal she be dealt withall They shal rote out the sower from Babilon him y t handleth the sickle in haruest For feare of the swearde of the enemie euery man shall get him to his owne people euery man shal fle to his owne londe Israel is a scatred flocke the Lyons haue dispersed them First the kinge of the Assirians deuoured them last of all this Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon hath brussed all their bones Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will viset the kinge of Babilon his kingdome as I haue visited the kinge of the Assirians and will bringe Israel agayne to his pleasaunt pasture that he maye fede vpon Charmel Basan and be satisfied vpon the mount of Ephraim Galaad In those dayes and at the same tyme saieth the LORDE yf the offence of Israel be sought for there shal none be founde Yf men enquere for the synne of Iuda there shal be none for I wil be mercifull vnto them whom I suffre to remayne ouer Go downe o thou avenger in to the enemies londe viset them that dwell therin downe with them and smyte them vpon the backes saieth the LORDE do acordinge to all that I haue commaunded the. There is gone aboute the londe a crie of a slaughter greate murthur namely on this maner How happeneth it that the hammer of the whole worlde is thus broken brussed in sonder How chaunceth it that Babilon is become a wildernes amonge the Heithen on this maner I my self haue layed wayte for the thou art taken vnawarres art thou trapped snared for why thou hast prouoked y e LORDE vnto anger The LORDE hath opened his house of ordinaunce brought forth the weapens of his wrath For the thinge that is done in the londe of the Caldees it is the LORDE of hoostes worke These thinges shal come vpon her at the last they shal breake in to hir preuy chābres they shall leaue her as bare as stones that be layed together vpon heapes They shall so destroye her y t nothinge shal be left They shal slaye all hir mightie souldyers and put them to death Wo be vnto thē for the daye tyme of their visitacion is at honde Me thinke I heare already a crie of them that be fled escaped out of the londe of Babilon which shewe in Sion the vengeaunce of the LORDE oure God the vengeaunce of his temple Yee a voyce of them that crie agaynst Babilon Call vp all the archers agaynst Babilon pytch youre tentes rounde aboute her that none escape Recompence her as she hath deserued and acordinge as she hath done so deale with her agayne for she hath set vp her self agaynst the LORDE agaynst y e holy one of Israel Therfore shal hir yonge men fall downe in the stretes all hir men of warre shal be roted out in y t daye saieth the LORDE Beholde I speake vnto the o thou proude saieth the LORDE God of hoostes for thy daye shal come euē the tyme of y e visitaciō And the proude shal stomble fall no man shal helpe him vp I wil burne vp his cities with fyre it shal consume all that is rounde aboute him Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The children of Israel Iuda suffre violence together All they that haue them in captiuyte kepe them fast wil not let them go but their avēger redemer is mightie whose name is the LORDE of hoostes he shal manteyne their cause he shal make the londe shake iudge them that dwell therin one with another The swearde shall come vpon the Caldees saieth the LORDE vpon them that dwell in Babilon vpon their prynces vpō their wyse mē The swearde vpon their soythsayers as for those they shall become fooles The swearde vpō their worthies so that they shal stonde in feare The swearde vpon their horsmen and charettes vpon all the comon people that dwell vnder thē so that they all shal become like women The swearde vpon their treasure so that it shal be stollen awaye The swearde vpon their waters so that they shal be dried vp For the londe worshippeth ymages delyteth in straunge wondrefull thinges Therfore shal wilde beestes Apes Estriches dwell therin for there shal neuer man dwell there nether shal eny man haue his habitacion there for euermore Like as God destroyed Sodom Gomorre with the cities that laye there aboute saieth the LORDE So shal noman dwell there also nether shal eny mā haue there his habitacion Beholde there shal come a people from the north with a greate bonde of men many kinges shal stonde vp from the endes of the earth They beare bowes buclers cruell are they vnmercifull Their voyce roareth like the raginge see they ryde vpon horses come weapened to fight agaynst the O Babilon As soone as the kinge of Babilon heareth tell of them his hondes shal waxe feable Sorowe and heuynes shall come vpon him as a woman trauelinge with childe Beholde like as the Lyon commeth vp from the pleasaunt medowes of Iordane vnto the grene pastures of Ethan so wil I dryue thē forth and make them runne agaynst her But whom shal I chose out ordene to soch thinge For who is like me or who wil stryue with me or what shepherde maye stonde agaynst me Therfore heare the councel that the LORDE hath geuen vpon Babilon and the deuyce that he hath taken vpon
straunger amonge you in youre londe ye shall not vexe him He shal dwell with you euen as one that is at home amonge you thou shalt loue him as y e self for ye youre selues also were straungers in the lande of Egipte I am the LORDE youre God Ye shal not deale wrōgeously in iudgmēt with meteyarde with weight with measure A true balaunce a true weight a true Epha a true Hin shal be amōge you For I am the LORDE youre God which brought you out of the londe of Egipte that ye shulde kepe do all my statutes and lawes for I am the LORDE The XX. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and saide Tell the children of Israel Who so euer he be amonge the children of Israel or eny straunger that dwelleth in Israel which geueth of his sede vnto Moloch the same shall dye the death the people of the lande shal stone him I wyll set my face agaynst that man and wyll rote him out from amōge his people because he hath geuen of his sede vnto Moloch and defyled my Sanctuary vnhalowed my holy name And though the people of the londe loke thorow the fyngers vpon that man which hath geuen of his sede vnto Moloch so that they put him not to death yet wyl I set my face agaynst the same man agaynst his generacion And him and all that go a whorynge with him after Moloch wyll I rote out from amonge their people Yf eny soule turne him to y e soythsayers and expounders of tokens so that he goeth a whorynge after them I wyl set my face agaynst the same soule and wyl rote him out from amonge his people Sanctifie youre selues therfore be holy for I am holy euen youre God And kepe ye my statutes and do them for I am y e LORDE that sanctifieth you Who so euer curseth his father or his mother shall dye the death his bloude be vpon him because he hath cursed his father or mother He that breaketh wedlocke with eny mās wife shal dye the death both the aduouterer and y e aduouteresse because he hath broken wedlocke with his neghbours wife Yf eny man lye with his fathers wife so y t he vncouer his fathers preuyte they shal both dye the death their bloude be vpō thē Yf eny man lye w t his doughter in lawe they shall dye both of them for they haue wrought abhominacion their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man lye with the mankynde as with womankynde they haue wrought abhominacion shal both dye the death their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man take a wyfe and hir mother therto the same hath wrought wickednes he shal be burnt with fyre and so shal they also that there be no wickednes amōge you Yf eny man lye with a beest he shall dye the death and the beest shal be slayne Yf a woman medle with a beest so y t she haue to do w t it thou shalt put her to death and the beest also they shall dye the death their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man take his sister his fathers doughter or his mothers doughter and se hir preuyte and she agayne se his secretes it is a wicked thinge They shal be roted out in the sight of their people For he hath vncouered his sisters preuyte he shal beare his synne Yf a man lye with a woman in the tyme of hir sicknesse and vncouer hir secretes open vp hir founteyne and she vncouer the fountayne of hir bloude they shall both be roted out from amonge their people Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy mothers sister and of thy fathers sister for soch one hath vncouered his nexte kynswoman and they shal beare their synne Yf eny man lye with his vncles wyfe the same hath vncouered the preuytie of his vncle they shal beare their synne without children shal they dye Yf eny man take his brothers wyfe y t is an vncleane thinge they shal be without children because he hath vncouered his brothers secretes So kepe now all my statutes my lawes do them y t the lōde whither I brynge you to dwell therin spewe you not out And walke not ye in y e statutes of the Heithen which I shal cast out before you For all soch thinges haue they done I haue abhorred thē But I saye vnto you Ye shall possesse their londe For I wyll geue you to enheritaunce a lōde that floweth with mylke and hony I am the LORDE youre God which haue separated you from the nacions that ye also shulde separate the cleane beestes frō the vncleane and the vncleane foules from the cleane not to defyle youre soules vpon beestes vpon foules vpon all that crepeth on the grounde which I haue separated vnto you that they shulde be vncleane Therfore shall ye be holy vnto me for I the LORDE am holy which haue separated you frō the nacions that ye shulde be myne Yf a man or woman be a soythsayer or an expounder of tokens the same shall dye the death they shal be stoned their bloude be vpon them The XXI Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Speake to y e prestes y e sonnes of Aaron saye vnto thē A prest shal defyle him self vpō no soule of his people but vpon his nexte kynne y t belongeth vnto him as vpon his mother vpō his father vpō his sonne vpō his doughter vpon his brother vpon his sister which is yet a virgin hath bene no mans wife which belongeth vnto him vpon her maie he defyle himself Morouer he shal not defyle him self vpō eny ruler in his people to vnhalowe him self He shall make no crowne also vpon his heade ner shaue of his beerd nether shall they cut out eny markes ī their fleshe They shal be holy vnto their God and not vnhalowe y e name of their God for they offre the sacrifice of the LORDE the bred of their God therfore shal they be holy They shal take no whore ner one that is defyled or y t is put awaye from hir huszbande for he is holy vnto his God therfore shal he sanctifie him self for he offreth the bred of thy God He shal be holy vnto the for I am holy euen the LORDE that sanctifieth you Yf a prestes doughter fall to whoringe she shal be burnt with fyre for she hath shamed hir father He that is hye prest amonge his brethren vpō whose heade the anoyntinge oyle is poured and his hande fylled y t he might be arayed with the vestimentes shal not vncouer his heade ner cut his clothes shal come at no deed shal defyle him self nether vpon father ner mother He shall not go out of the Sanctuary that he vnhalowe not the Sanctuary of his God For y e crowne of the anoyntinge oyle of his God is vpon him for I am the LORDE A virgin shal he
answered kynge Salomon and saide vnto his mother Why desyrest thou Abisag of Sunem for Adonias Axe the kyngdome or him also for he is my greater brother and hath Abiathar the prest and Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia. And the kynge sware by the LORDE and sayde God do this and that vnto me Adonias shall haue spoken this agaynst his lyfe And now as truly as the LORDE lyueth which hath ordeyned me and made me to syt vpon the seate of my father Dauid and hath made me a house acordynge as he sayde this daye shal Adonias dye And kynge Salomon sent thither by Benaia the sonne of Ioiada which smote him that he dyed And to the prest Abiathar sayde y e kynge Go thy waye vnto Anathoe to thy londe for thou art a man of deeth Neuerthelesse I wyl not slaye the this daye for thou hast borne the Arke of the LORDE God before my father Dauid and hast suffred also where my father suffred Thus Salomō put forth Abiathar that he must nomore be the prest of the LORDE that the worde of the LORDE mighte be fulfilled which he spake ouer the house of Eli at Silo. And this rumoure came before Ioab for Ioab cleued vnto Adonias and not vnto Salomon Then fled Ioab in to the Tabernacle of the LORDE and toke holde of the hornes of the altare And it was tolde kynge Salomon that Ioab was fled in to the Tabernacle of the LORDE and beholde he stondeth at the altare Then sent Salomon Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and sayde Go slaye him And whan Benaia came to the Tabernacle of the LORDE he sayde vnto him Thus sayeth the kynge Come forth He sayde No I wyl dye here And Benaia tolde this vnto the kynge agayne and sayde Thus hath Ioab spoken and thus hath he answered me The kinge saide vnto him Do as he hath spoken and slaye him and bury him that thou mayest put fro me and my fathers house the bloude which Ioab hath shed with out a cause and that the LORDE maye recompence him his bloude vpon his heade because he smote two men which were more righteous and better then he and slewe them with y e swerde that my father Dauid knewe not of namely Abner y e sonne of Ner the chefe captaine ouer Israel Amasa the sonne of Iether y e chefe captaine ouer Iuda y t their bloude maye be recompensed vpō y e heade of Ioab and of his sede for euer but Dauid and his sede his house and his seate haue peace for euermore of the LORDE And Benaia the sonne of Ioiada wente vp and smote him and slewe him he was buried in his house in the wyldernes And y e kynge set Benaia y e sonne of Ioiada in his steade ouer the hoost And Sadoc y e prest dyd the kynge set in the steade of Abiathar And the kynge sent and caused for to call Semei and sayde vnto him Buylde the an house at Ierusalem and dwell there and departe not from thence nether hither ner thither In what daye so euer thou departest forth and goest ouer y e broke Cedron be thou sure that thou shalt dye the deeth thy bloude be vpon thy heade Semei sayde vnto the kynge This is a good meanynge as my lorde the kynge hath sayde so shal thy seruaunt do So Semei dwelt at Ierusalem a longe season But after thre yeare it fortuned that two seruauntes ranne awaye from Semei vnto Achis the sonne of Maecha kynge of Gath. And it was tolde Semei beholde thy seruauntes are at Gath. Then Semei gat him vp and sadled his asse and wēte vnto Gath to Achis for to seke his seruaūtes And whā he came thither he broughte his seruauntes from Gath. And it was tolde Salomon that Semei wente from Ierusalem vnto Gath and was come agayne Then sent the kynge and caused for to call Semei and sayde vnto him Sware not I to the by the LORDE and assured the and sayde Loke what daye so euer thou departest out and goest hither or thither be sure that thou shalt dye the death And thou saydest vnto me I haue herde a good meanynge Why hast thou not kepte the then acordinge to the ooth of the LORDE and commaundement that I commaunded the And the kynge sayde vnto Semei Thou remembrest all y e wickednes which thy hert knoweth that thou dyddest vnto my father Dauid The LORDE hath recompenced y e thy wickednes vpon thy heade And kynge Salomon is blessed and the seate of Dauid shal be stablished before y e LORDE for euer And the kynge commaunded Benaia y e sonne of Ioiada which wente forth and smote him that he dyed And the kyngdome was stablished by Salomons hande The III. Chapter ANd Salomon made mariage w t Pharao the kynge of Egipte toke Pharaos doughter and broughte her in to the cite of Dauid tyll he had buylded his house and the LORDES house and the walles rounde aboute Ierusalem But the people offred yet vpon the hye places for as yet there was no house buylded vnto the name of the LORDE vnto that tyme. But Salomon loued the LORDE and walked after the ordinaunces of Dauid his father excepte onely that he offred and brent incense vpon the hye places And the kynge wente vnto Gibeon to do sacrifice there for that was a goodly hye place And Salomon offred a thousande burnt offerynges vpon the same altare And the LORDE appeared vnto Salomon at Gibeon in a dreame of the nighte and God sayde Axe what I shal geue ye. Salomō saide Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt Like as he walked before the in faithfulnes and righteousnes and in a true hert with the this greate mercy hast thou layed vp for him and geuen him a sonne to syt vpon his seate as it is now come to passe Now LORDE my God thou hast made thy seruaunt kynge in my father Dauids steade As for me I am but a small yonge man knowynge nether my outgoynge ner ingoynge And thy seruaunt is amonge the people whom thou hast chosen which is so greate that no man can nombre them ner descrybe them for multitude Geue thy seruaunt therfore an obedient hert that he maye iudge thy people vnderstonde what is good bad for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people This pleased the LORDE well that Salomon axed soch a peticion And God sayde vnto him For so moch as thou axest this and desyrest not longe lyfe nether riches nether y e soules of thine enemies but vnderstōdinge to heare iudgment beholde therfore haue I done acordynge to thy wordes Beholde I haue geuen the an hert of wyszdome and vnderstondynge so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the nether shall ryse vp after the. Yee and that thou hast not prayed for haue I geuen the also namely ryches and honoure so that amonge the kynges in y e tyme there is not soch one as
kepe them from colde So that when the showers in the mountaynes haue rayned vpon them they be all wett they haue none other sucoure but to kepe them amonge the rockes They spoyle the suckinge fatherlesse children and put the poore in preson In so moch that they let them go naked without clothinge and yet the 〈◊〉 beare the sheeues The poore are 〈◊〉 to laboure in their oyle mylles yee 〈…〉 treade in their wyne presses and yet 〈…〉 thyrst The whole cite crieth vnto tâ—e LORDE with sighinge the soules of the â—layne make their complaynte But God destroyeth them not for all this where as they not w t stoÌ„dinge are rebellious and disobedient enemies which seke not his light and waye ner turne agayne in to his path Tymely in the mornynge do they aryse to murthur the symple and poore in the night they go a stealinge The eye of the vngodly is like the aduouterer that wayteth for the darcknesse and sayeth thus in him self Tush there shal no maÌ„ se me so he disgyseth his face In the night season they search the houses and hyde them selues in the daye tyme but wil not knowe y e light For as soone as the daye breaketh the shadowe of death commeth vpoÌ„ them and they go in horrible darcknesse The vngodly is very swyft O y t his porcioÌ„ also vpoÌ„ earth were swyfter then y e runnynge water which suffreth not y e shipmaÌ„ to beholde the fayre pleasauÌ„t vyniardes O y t they for the wickednesse which they haue done were drawen to the hell sooner theÌ„ snowe melteth at the heate O y t all coÌ„passion vpon theÌ„ were forgotteÌ„ y t their daynties were wormes that they were clene put out of remembraunce vtterly heweÌ„ downe like an vnfrutefull tre For they manteyne the baren make them y t they can not beare vnto wyddowes they do no good They plucke downe the mightie w t their power when they them selues are gotten vp they are neuer without feare as longe as they liue And though they might be safe yet they wil not receaue it for their eyes loke vpon their owne wayes They are exalted for a litle but shortly are they gone brought to extreme pouerte takeÌ„ out of the waye yeâ— vtterly plucte of as the eares of corne Is it not so Who wil theÌ„ reproue me as a lyar saye y t my wordes are nothinge worth The XXV Chapter THen answered Baldad the Suhite sayde Power feare is with him aboue that maketh peace sittinge in his hynesse whose men of warre are innumerable and whose light aryseth ouer all But how maye a man coÌ„pared vnto God be iustified Or how can he be clene that is borne of a woman Beholde the Moone shyneth nothinge in comparison to him the starres are vnclene in his sight How moch more theÌ„ maÌ„ that is but corrupcion and the sonne of man which is but a worme The XXVI Chapter IOb answered and sayde O how helpest thou the weake what comforte geuest thou vnto him that hath no streÌ„gth Where is y e couÌ„cell y t thou shuldest geue him which hath no wyszdome Wilt thou so shewe thine excellent rightuousnes Before whom hast thou spoken those wordes Who made the breth to come out of y e mouth The giauntes worthies y t are slayne lye vnder y e worlde w t their coÌ„panions yee all they which dwell beneth in the hell are not hyd froÌ„ him the very destruccion it self caÌ„ not be kepte out of his sight He stretcheth out y e north ouer the emptie haÌ„geth y e earth vpoÌ„ nothinge He byndeth y e water in his cloudes that they fall not downe together He holdeth back his stole that it caÌ„not be sene and spredeth his cloudes before it He hath coÌ„pased the waters w t certayne boundes vntill the daye night come to an ende The very pilers of heaueÌ„ treÌ„ble quake at his reprofe He stilleth the see with his power thorow his wyszdome hath he set forth y e worlde With his sprete hath he garnished the heaueÌ„s with his hande hath he wounded the rebellious serpeÌ„t This is now a shorte summe of his doynges But who is able sufficiently to rehearce his workes Who can perceaue and vnderstonde y e thondre of his power The XXVII Chapter IOb also proceaded and weÌ„te forth in his communicacion sayeÌ„ge As truly as God lyueth which hath taken awaye my power fro me the Allmightie that hath vexed my mynde My lippes shall talke of no vanite and my tonge shal speake no disceate whyle my breth is in me and as longe as the wynde that God hath geuen me is in my nostrels God forbydde that I shulde graunte youre cause to be right As for me vntill myne ende come wil I neuer go fro myne innocency My rightuous dealynge wil I kepe fast not forsake it For my conscience reproueth me not in all my conuersacion Therfore myne enemy shal be founde as the vngodly he y t taketh parte agaynst me as the vnrightuous What hope hath y e Ypocrite though he haue greate good and though God geue him riches after his hertes desyre Doth God heare him the sooner wheÌ„ he crieth vnto him in his necessite Hath he soch pleasure delyte in the Allmightie that he darre allwaye call vpon God I wil teach you in the name of God the thinge that I haue of y e Allmightie wil I not kepe from you Beholde ye stonde in yo r owne conceate as though ye knew all thinges Wherfore then do ye go aboute w t soch vayne wordes sayeÌ„ge This is the porcion that the wicked shall haue of God the heretage that Tyrauntes shal receaue of y e Allmightie Yf he get many childreÌ„ they shal perish w t the swearde his posterite shall haue scarcenesse of bred Loke whom he leaueth behinde him they shal dye be buried no man shall haue pite of his wyddowes Though he haue as moch money as the dust of the earth raymeÌ„t as ready as the claye he maye well prepare it but the godly shal put it vpon him and the innoceÌ„t shal deale out the money His house shal endure as the moth as a bothe that the watch man maketh When the rich man dyeth he carieth nothinge with him he is gone in y e twincklynge of an eye Destruccion taketh holde vpoÌ„ him as a water floude y e teÌ„pest stealeth him awaye in the night season A vehement wynde carieth him hence departeth a storme plucketh him out of his place It ruszsheth in vpon him and spareth him not he maye not escape from the power therof Than clappe meÌ„ their hoÌ„des at him yee and ieast of him wheÌ„ they loke vpon his place The XXVIII Chapter THere are places where syluer is molteÌ„ where golde is tryed where yron is dygged out of the grounde stones resolued to metall
cruell violence He with punyshinge and nurturinge off them rowneth them in the eares warneth them to leaue of from their wickednesse and to amende Yf they now will take hede and be obedient they shall weere out their dayes in prosperite and their yeares in pleasure ād ioye But yff they will not obeye they shall go thorow the swearde perish or euer they be awarre As for soch as be fayned dyssemblers and ypocrytes they heape vp wrath for them selues for they call not vpon him though they be his presoners Thus their soule perisheth in foolishnesse and their lyfe w t y e condēned The poore delyuereth he out of his straytnesse and comforteth soch as be in necessite and trouble Euen so shall he kepe the yf thou wilt be content from the bottomlesse pytte that is beneth yf thou wilt holde the quyete he shal fyll thy table with plenteousnesse Neuerthelesse thou hast condemned the iudgment of the vngodly yee euen soch a iudgment and sentence shalt thou suffre For then shal not thy cause be stilled with crueltie ner pacified with many giftes Hath God ordened then that the glorious life off the all soch mightie men shulde not be put downe Prolonge not thou the tyme till there come a night for the to set other people in thy steade But bewarre that thou turne not asyde to wickednesse and synne which hyther to thou hast chosen more then mekenesse Beholde God is of a mightie hye power Where is there soch a gyde and lawegeuer as he Who wil reproue him of his waye who wil saye vnto him thou hast done wronge O considre how greate and excellent his workes be whom all men loaue and prayse yee wondre at him and yet they se him but afarre of Beholde so greate is God that he passeth oure knowlege nether are we able to come to y e experiēce of his yeares He turneth y e water to smal droppes he dryueth his cloudes together for to rayne so that they poure downe and droppe vpon men He can sprede out the cloudes a couerynge off his tabernacle and cause his light to shyne vpō them and to couer the botome of the see By these thinges gouerneth he his people and geueth thē abundaunce of meate In y e turnynge of a hande he hydeth the light at his commaundement it commeth agayne The rysinge vp therof sheweth he to his frendes and to the catell The XXXVII Chapter AT this my hert is astonnied and moued out of his place Heare then the sounde of his voyce and the noyse y t goeth out of his mouth He gouerneth euery thinge vnder the heauen and his light reacheth vnto the ende of the worlde A roaringe voyce foloweth him for his glorious magesty geueth soch a thondre clappe that though a man heare it yet maye he not perceaue it afterwarde It geueth an horrible sownde when God sendeth out his voyce greate thinges doth he which we can not cōprehende When he commaundeth the snowe it falleth vpon the earth As soone as he geueth the rayne a charge Immediatly the showers haue their strength and fall downe He sendeth feare vpon euery man that they might knowe their owne workes The beestes crepe in to their dennes take their rest Out of the south commeth the tempest and colde out of the north At the breth of God the frost commeth the waters are shed abrode The cloudes do their laboure in geuynge moystnesse the cloudes poure downe their rayne He distributeth also on euery syde acordinge as it pleaseth him to deale out his workes that they maye do what so euer he commaundeth thē thorow the whole worlde whether it be to punysh eny londe or to do good vnto them that seke him Herken vnto this o Iob stonde still and considre the wonderous workes of God Art thou of coūcel with God when he doth these thinges When he causeth the light to come forth of his cloudes Art thou of his coūcell when he spredeth out the cloudes Hast thou the perfecte knowlege of his wonders and how thy clothes are warme whē the lōde is still thorow the south wynde hast thou helped him to spred out the heauen which is to loke vpō as it were cast of cleare metall Teach vs what we shal saye vnto hī for we are vnmete because of darcknes Shal it be tolde him what I saye Shulde a man speake or shulde he kepe it backe For euery mā seith not the light y t he kepeth cleare in the cloudes which he clenseth whan he maketh the wynde to blowe Golde is brought out of the north but the prayse and honoure off Gods feare commeth frō God himself It is not we that can fynde out the allmightie for in power equite and rigtuousnesse he is hyer then can be expressed Seinge then that euery body feareth him why shulde not all wyse men also stōde in feare of hī Chap. XXXVIII THen spake the LORDE vnto Iob out of the storme and sayde what is he that hydeth his mynde with foolysh wordes Gyrde vp thy loynes like a mā for I will question the se thou geue me a dyrecte answere Where wast thou when I layed y e foundacions of the earth Tell planely yff thou hast vnderstondinge Who hath measured it knowest thou Or who hath spred y e lyne vpon it Where vpon stōde the pilers of it Or who layed y e corner stone where wast thou when the mornynge starres gaue me prayse ād when all the angels of God reioysed Who shutt the see with dores when it brake forth as a childe out off his mothers wombe When I made the cloudes to be a coueringe for it and swedled it with y e darcke when I gaue it my cōmaundement makynge dores barres for it sayenge Hither to shalt thou come but no further and here shalt thou laye downe thy proude and hye wawes Hast thou geuē the mornynge his charge as soone as thou wast borne and shewed the dayespringe his place y t it might take holde of the corners of the earth y t the vngodly might be shakē out Their tokēs weapēs hast thou turned like claye set thē vp agayne as the chaunginge of a garment Yee thou hast spoyled the vngodly off their light brokē the arme of the proude Camest thou euer in to the groūde of the see Or hast thou walked in y e lowe corners of y e depe Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto the or hast thou sene the dore of euerlastīge treasure Hast thou also perceaued how brode y e earth is Now yf thou hast knowlege of all thē shewe me where light dwelleth and where darcknes is y t thou mayest bringe vs vnto their quarters yf thou cāst tell the waye to their houses Knewest thou when thou wast borne how olde thou shuldest be Wentest thou euer in to the treasuries off the snowe or hast thou sene y e secrete places of the hale which I haue
thou hast made Oh what is man y t thou art so myndfull of him ether the sonne of maÌ„ that thou visitest him After thou haddest for a season made him lower theÌ„ the angels thou crownedest him with hono r glory Thou hast set him aboue the workes off thy hondes thou hast put all thinges in subieccion vnder his fete All shepe and oxen yee and the beastes of the felde The foules of the ayre the fysh of the see and what â—o walketh thorow the wayes of the see O LORDE oure gouernoure how wonderfull is thy name in all the worlde The IX A psalme of Dauid I Wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the o LORDE with my whole herte I wil speake of all thy maruelous workes I wil be glad reioyse in the yee my songes wil I make of thy name o thou most hyest Because thou hast dryueÌ„ myne enemies abacke they were discoÌ„fited perished at thy presence For thou hast manteyned my right and my cause thou syttest in the Trone that art the true iudge Thou rebukest the Heithen and destroyest the vngodly thou puttest out their name for euer and euer The enemies swerdes are come to an ende thou hast ouerthrowen their cities their memoriall is perished with theÌ„ But y e LORDE endureth for euer he hath prepared his seate vnto iudgmeÌ„t He gouerneth y e worlde with rightuousnes ministreth true iudgmeÌ„t vnto the people The LORDE is a defence for the poore a defence in the tyme of trouble Therfore they y t knowe thy name put their trust in y e for thou LORDE neuer faylest theÌ„ that seke the. O prayse the LORDE which dwelleth in Sion shewe y e people of his doinges And why he maketh inquysicion for their bloude and remembreth them he forgetteth not the complaynte of the poore Haue mercy vpoÌ„ me o LORDE considre the trouble that I am in amoÌ„ge myne enemies thou that liftest me vp from y e gates of death That I maye she we all thy prayses within the portes off the doughter Sion and reioyse in thy sauynge healâ—h As for the Heithen the are sunckeÌ„ doâ—ne in the pytte that they made in the same nette which they spred out priuely is their owne fote takeÌ„ Thus y e LORDE is knowne to execute true iudgment wheÌ„ the vngodly is trapped in the workes of his owne handes Sela. The wicked must be turned vnto hell and all the Heithen y t forget God But the poore shal not allwaye be out of remembraunce the pacieÌ„t abydinge of soch as be in trouble shall not perish for euer Vp LORDE let not man haue the vpper haÌ„de let the HeitheÌ„ be coÌ„demned before the. O LORDE set a scolemaster ouer theÌ„ that the HeitheÌ„ maye knowe them selues to be but meÌ„ Sela Here the Hebrues begynne the x. psalme WHy art thou gone so farre of o LORDE wilt thou hyde thyselff in tyme of trouble Whyle y e vngodly hath the ouer hande the poore must suffre persecucion O that they were taken in the ymaginacions which they go aboute For the vn godly maketh boost of his owne hertes desyre the cuvetous blesseth him self and blasphemeth the LORDE The vngodly is so proude and full of indignacioÌ„ that he careth not nether is God before his eyes His wayes are allwaye filthie thy iudgmentes are farre out of his sight he defyeth all his enemies For he sayeth in his herte Tush I shal neuer be cast downe there shal no harme happeÌ„ vnto me His mouth is full of cursynge fraude and disceate vnder his toÌ„ge is trauayle sorow He sytteth lurkynge in the gardens that he maye pryuely murthur the innocent his eyes are set vpoÌ„ the poore He lyeth way â—inge secretly as it were a lyon in his denne He lurketh that he maye rauysh the poore yee to rauish the poore when he hath gotten him in to his nett Then smyteth he then oppresseth he casteth downe the poore with his auctorite For he sayeth in his herte Tush God hath forgotten he hath turned a waye his face so y t he will neuer se it Aryse o LORDE God lift vp thine honde and forget not the poore Wherfore shulde the wicked blaspheme God and saye in his herte Tush he careth not for it This thou seist for thou considrest the mysery and sorowe The poore geueth himselff ouer in to thy hande and committeth him vnto the for thou art the helper of the frendlesse Breake thou y e arme off the vngodly and malycious search out the wickednesse which he hath done that he maye perish The LORDE is kynge for euer ye Heithen shal perish out off his londe LORDE thou hearest the desyrous longinge off the poore their herte is sure that thine eare herkeneth therto Helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto their right that the vngodly be nomore exalted vpon earth The X. A psalme of Dauid IN the LORDE put I my trust how will ye then saye to my soule that she shulde fle as a byrde vpon youre hill For â—o the vngodly haue beÌ„t their bowe and made redy their arowes in the quyuer that they maye priuely shute at them which are true of herte The very foundacion haue they cast downe what caÌ„ the rightuous theÌ„ do withall But the LORDE is in his holy temple the LORDES seate is in heauen He coÌ„sidereth it with his eyes his eye lyddes beholde the children of men The LORDE seith both the rightuous and vngodly but who so deliteth in wickednes him his soule abhorreth Vpon the vngodly he shal rayne snares fyre brymstone storme and tempest this rewarde shal they haue to drynke For the LORDE is rightuous aÌ„d he loueth rightuousnes his countenaunce beholdeth the thiÌ„ge y t is iust The XI A psalme of Dauid HElpe LORDE for there is not one saynte more very fewe faithfull are there amonge the children off men Euery man telleth lyes to his neghbo r they do but flater with their lippes and dissemble in their herte O that the LORDE wolde rote out all disceatfull lippes aÌ„d the tonge that speaketh proude thinges Which saye Oure toÌ„ge shulde preuayle we are they that ought to speake who is lorde ouer vs Now for the troubles sake off the oppressed because of the complaynte of the poore I wil vp sayeth the LORDE I wil helpe theÌ„ and set theÌ„ at rest The wordes of the LORDE are pure wordes eueÌ„ as y e syluer which from earth is tried and purified vij tymes in the fyre Kepe theÌ„ therfore o LORDE and preserue vs froÌ„ this generacion for euer And why when vanite and ydylnes getteth the ouer hande amonge the children of men all are full of y e vngodly The XII A psalme of Dauid HOw longe wilt thou forget me o LORDE for euer how longe wilt thou hyde thy face fro me Oh how loÌ„ge shall I seke councell in my soule how longe shall I be so vexed in my herte how longe shal myne enemie triumphe ouer me Considre aÌ„d heare me o LORDE
him vpō his holy hill for the LORDE oure God is holy The XCIX psalme O Be ioyfull in God all ye lōdes serue the LORDE w t gladnes come before his presence w t ioye Be ye sure y t the LORDE he is God It is he y t hath made vs not we oure selues we are but his people the shepe of his pasture O go youre waye in to his gates thē with thankesgeuynge in to his courtes w t prayse be thākfull vnto him speake good of his name For the LORDE is gracious his mercy is euerlastinge and his treuth endureth from generacion to generacion The C. psalme A thākesgeuynge of Dauid MY songe shal be of mercy and iudgment yee vnto the o LORDE wil I synge O let me haue vnderstondinge in the waye of godlynesse vntill the tyme that thou come vnto me so shal I walke in my house w t an innocent herte I wil take no wicked thinge in honde I hate the synne of vnfaithfulnesse it shal not cleue vnto me A frowarde herte shal departe fro me I wil not knowe a wicked personne Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure him wil I destroye Who so hath a proude loke an hye stomacke I maye not awaye with him Myne eyes shal loke for soch as be faithfull in the londe y t they maye dwell with me and who so ledeth a godly life shal be my seruaunt There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shal not tary in my sight I shal soone destroye all the vngodly of the londe that all wicked doers maye be roted out of the cite of the LORDE The CI. psalme HEare my prayer o LORDE and let my criēge come vnto the. Hyde not thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble enclyne thine eares vnto me when I call O heare me and that right soone For my dayes are consumed awaye like smoke my bones are brent vp as it were a fyre brande My hert is smyttē downe and wythered like grasse so that I forget to eate my bred For the voyce of my gronynge my bone wil scarse cleue to my flesh I am become like a Pellicane in the wildernes and like an Oule in a broken wall I wake and am euen as it were a sparow sittinge alone vpon the house toppe Myne enemies reuyle me all the daye longe they laugh me to scorne and are sworne together against me I eate ashes with my bred and mengle my drynke with wepynge And that because of y e indignacion and wrath for thou hast taken me vp and cast me awaye My dayes are gone like a shadowe and I am wythered like grasse But thou o LORDE endurest for euer and thy remembraunce thorow out all generacions Arise therfore and haue mercy vpon Sion for it is tyme to haue mercy vpon her yee the tyme is come And why thy seruauntes haue a loue to hir stones it pitieth them to se her in the dust The Heithen shal feare thy name o LORDE and all the kynges of the earth thy maiesty For the LORDE shal buylde vp Sion and shal apeare in his glory He turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute and despyseth not their desyre This shal be written for those y t come after that the people which shal be borne maye prayse the LORDE For He loketh downe from his Sanctuary out of the heauen doth the LORDE beholde the earth That he maye heare the mournynges of soch as be in captinyte and delyuer the children of death That they maie preach the name of the LORDE in Sion and his worshipe at Ierusalem When the people are gathered together and the kyngdomes also to serue y e LORDE He hath brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortened my dayes Yet wil I saye O my God take me not awaye in y e myddest of myne age as for thy yeares they endure thorow out all generacions Thou LORDE in the begynnynge hast layed y e foundacion of the earth and the heauens are the workes of thy hondes They shal perishe but thou shalt endure they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment as a vesture shalt thou chaunge thē and they shal be chaunged But thou art the same and thy yeares shal not fayle The children of thy seruauntes shall contynue their sede shal prospere in y e sight The CII A psalme of Dauid PRayse the LORDE o my soule all that is within me prayse his holy name Prayse the LORDE o my soule forget not all his benefites Which forgeueth all thy synnes and healeth all thy infirmities Which saueth thy life from destruccion and crowneth the with mercy louynge kyndnesse Which satisfieth thy desyre with good thinges makynge the yonge and lusty as an Aegle The LORDE executeth rightuousnesse and iudgment for all them y t suffre wronge He shewed his wayes vnto Moses and his workes vnto the children of Israel The LORDE is full of compassion and mercy longe sufferinge and of greate goodnesse He wil not allwaye be chydinge nether wil he kepe his anger for euer He hath not dealt with vs after oure synnes ner rewarded vs acordinge to oure wickednesses For loke how hye the heauē is in comparison of the earth so greate is his mercy also towarde them that feare him Loke how wyde the east is from the west so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. Yee like as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the LORDE mercifull vnto thē that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse florisheth as a floure of the felde For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it it gone and the place therof knoweth it nomore But the mercifull goodnesse of y e LORDE endureth for euer and euer vpon them y t feare him and his rightuousnesse vpon their childers children Soch as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them The LORDE hath prepared his seate in heauē and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all O prayse the LORDE ye angels of his ye that be mightie instrēgth fulfillinge his commaundement that mē maye heare the voyce of his wordes O prayse the LORDE all ye his hoostes ye seruauntes of his that do his pleasure O speake good of the LORDE all ye workes of his in euery place of his dominion prayse thou the LORDE o my soule The CIII psalme PRayse the LORDE o my soule O LORDE my God thou art become exceadinge glorious thou art clothed with maiesty and honoure Thou deckest thy self with light as it were w t a garment thou spredest out the heauen like a curtayne Thou voltest it aboue with waters thou makest the cloudes thy charet and goest vpon the wynges of the wynde Thou makest thine angels spretes and thy ministers flammes of fyre Thou hast layed y e
praysed be the Lord whych hath not geuen vs ouer for a praye vnto their teeth Oure soule is escaped eueÌ„ as a byrde out of the snare of the fouler the snare is broken and we are delyuered Oure helpe standeth in the name of the Lorde which hath made heauen and earth ¶ The .cxxv. Psalme ¶ The churche or congregacyon is in safetye when the Lorde defendeth it and shal be prosperous when he fauoreth it and purgeth the wycked theroute The songe of the steares THey that put their trust in the Lorde are euen as the mount Syon which may not be remoued but standeth fast for euer The hylles stande about Ierusalem eueÌ„ so standeth the Lorde rounde about his people from this tyme forth for euermore That the rodd of the vngodly come not into the lot of the ryghtuous lest y e ryghtuous put their hande vnto wyckednesse Do well O Lorde vnto those y t be good and true of herte As for soche as turne backe vnto their awne wyckednesse the Lorde shall leade theÌ„ forth with the euyll doers but peace be vpoÌ„ Israel ¶ The .cxxvj. Psalme ¶ He descrybeth the gladnes of the people returning agayne from Babylon vnder the fygure herof the reioysynge of the Christen whom the sonne of God hath made fre from the captiuyte of synne and deeth The songe of the steares VVhen the Lorde turneth agayne the captyuyte of Sion then shall we be lyke vnto them that dreame Then shall oure mouth be fylled wyth laughter and oure tonge with ioye Then shall it be sayd amonge the HeatheÌ„ the Lorde hath done greate thinges for theÌ„ Yee the Lorde hath done greate thynges for vs all ready wherof we reioyse Turne oure captyuyte O Lorde as the ryuers in the south They y t sowe in teares shall reape in ioye He that now goeth in his waye wepynge beareth forth good sede shal come agayne with ioye bringe his sheaues with hym ¶ The .cxxvij. Psalme ¶ By the only liberalyte gyft of God is the house and housholde geuen the cytye defended â— meate mynystred chyldren those toward and thryftye obtayned The songe of the steares EXcept the Lorde buylde the house their labour is but lost that buylde it Except the Lorde kepe the cytye the watchman waketh but in vayne It is but lost labour that ye rise vp early and take no rest but eate the bredde of carefulnesse for loke to whom it pleaseth him he geueth it in slepe Lo chyldren and the frute of the wombe are an herytage gift y t coÌ„meth of y e Lorde Lyke as the arowes in the hande of the gyaunt euen so are the yonge children Happy is the man that hath his quyuer full of them they shal not be ashamed when they speake with their enemyes in the gate ¶ The .cxxviij. Psalme ¶ He that feareth God shall do well and fortunately at all ceasons The songe of the steares BLessed are all they that feare y e Lorde and walke in hys wayes For thou shalt eate the laboures of thyne awne handes O well is the happy art thou Thy wyfe shal be as y e frutefull vyne vpoÌ„ the walles of thy house Thy chyldren lyke the Olyue braunches rounde aboute thy table Lo thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lorde The Lorde shall so blesse the out of SioÌ„ that thou shalt se Ierusalem in prosperyte all thy lyfe longe Yee that thou shalt se thy chylders chyldren and peace vpon Israel ¶ The .cxxix Psalme ¶ Althoughe the wycked do longe and greatly persecute the godly yet shall they not preuayle ouer them yee they shall at the length perish when the godly shal be in safetye The songe of the steares MAny a tyme haue they fought agaynst me fro my youth vp maye Israel now saye Yee many a tyme haue they fought agaynst me fro my youth vp but they haue not ouercome me The plowers plowed vpon my backe and made longe forowes But the rightuous Lorde hath hewen 〈◊〉 yocke of the vngodly in peces Let them be confounded turned bacâ—â—ward as many as haue euyl will at a * 〈◊〉 Let them be euen as the haye vpon 〈◊〉 house toppes whych wythereth afore it 〈◊〉 pluckte vp Wherof the mower fylleth not his hanâ—â— nether he that byndeth vp the sheaues 〈◊〉 bosome So y t they which go by saye not so 〈◊〉 as y e Lorde prospere you we wish you 〈◊〉 lucke in the name of the Lorde ¶ The .cxxx. Psalme ¶ An earnest prayer of him that is oppressed with â—â—â—uersitie for his sinnes that surely hopeth to 〈◊〉 of God bothe forgeuenes of his synnes delyuraâ—â—â— from hys aduersytyes The songe of the steares OVt of the a * depe call I vnto 〈◊〉 O Lorde Lorde heare my voyâ—â— â–ª Oh let thyne eares 〈…〉 well the voyce of my complayâ—â—â— If thou Lord wylt be extreme to 〈◊〉 what is done a mysse Oh Lorde who 〈◊〉 abyde it But there is mercy wyth the that 〈◊〉 mayest be feared I loke for the Lord my soule doth waâ— for hym and in his worde is my trust My soule doth paciently abyde y e Lorâ—â— from the one mornynge to the other Let Israel trust in the Lorde for with 〈◊〉 Lorde there is mercy pleÌ„teous redempâ—â—â—â— And he shal redeme Israel froÌ„ al his synn◠¶ The .cxxxj. Psalme ¶ He sheweth y t he was not proude but meake 〈◊〉 The songe of the steares LOrde I am not hye mynded I haue 〈◊〉 proude lokes I do not exercyse my selfe in greaâ—â— matters which are to hye for me But I refrayne my soule kepe it 〈◊〉 lyke as a childe that is weened from his 〈◊〉 yee my soule is eueÌ„ as a weenâ—ed 〈◊〉 Let Israel trust in the Lorde â–ª from 〈◊〉 tyme forth for euermore ¶ The .cxxxij. Psalme ¶ He sheweth that the prosperyty 〈◊〉 of Christes kynâ—â—dome dureth euer that God is 〈◊〉 allwaye present 〈◊〉 his churche and congregacyon Thys doth he 〈◊〉 the fygure of Dauid of the â—â—aâ—cke abydyng in 〈◊〉 The songe of the steares LOrde remeÌ„bre Dauid al his trouâ—â—â— How he swore vnto the Lorde 〈◊〉 vowed a vowe vnto the almyghtye 〈◊〉 of Iacob I wyll not come within y e taberâ—â—â—cle of my house nor clyme vp in my bedde â–ª I wyll not suffre myne eyes to slepe 〈◊〉 myne eye lyddes to â—â—omber Vntyll I fynde out a place for y e 〈◊〉 an habytacyoÌ„ for the mightye one of 〈◊〉 shalt eate the laboures of thine owne hondes o well is the happie art thou Thy wife shal be as a frutefull vyne vpon the walles of thy house Thy children like the olyue braunches rouÌ„de aboute y e table Lo thus shal y e maÌ„ be blessed y t feareth the LORDE The LORDE shal so blesse the out of Sion that thou shalt se IerusaleÌ„ in prosperite all thy life longe Yee that thou shalt se thy childers childreÌ„ peace vpoÌ„ Israel The CXXVIII psalme MAny a tyme haue they fought
it shal happen vnto him as to an vntymely frute before the haruest come Which as soone as it is sene is by and by deuoured or euer it come well in a mans honde And then shal the LORDE of hoostes be a ioyful crowne and a glorious garlāde vnto the remnaunt of his people Vnto the lowly he shal be a sprete of iudgment and vnto them that dryue awaye the enemies from y e gates he shal be a sprete of strēgth But they go wronge by y e reason of wyne they fall and stacker because of strōge drynke Yee euē the prestes and prophetes them selues go amisse they are dronken with wyne and weake braned thorow stronge drynke They erre in seinge and in judgmēt they fayle For all tables are so ful of vomyte and fylthynes y t no place is clene What is he amonge them y t can teach instructe or enfourme the childrē which are weened from suck or taken from the brestes of eny other fashion then Commaunde y t maye be commaunded byd y t maye be byddē forbyd that maye be forbyddē kepe backe y t maye be kepte backe here a litle there a litle And therfore the LORDE also shal speake w t lispinge lippes and w t a straunge lāguage vnto this people to whom he spake afore of this maner This shal bringe rest yf one refresh the weery ye this shal bringe rest But they had no will to heare And therfore the LORDE shal answere their stubbournes Cōmaunde y t maye be cōmaunded byd y t maye be bydden forbyd y t maye be forbyddē kepe backe y t maye be kepte backe here a litle there a litle That they maye go forth fall backwarde be brussed snared and taken Wherfore heare the worde of the LORDE ye mockers that rule the LORDEs people which is at Ierusalē For ye cōforte yo r selues thus Tush death we are at a poynte as for hell we haue made a cōdicion with it that though there breake out eny sore plage it shal not come vpon vs. For with disceate wil we escape and with nymblenes will we defende o r selues Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil laye a stone in Sion a greate stone a costly corner stone for a sure foundacion y t who so putteth his trust in him shal not be confouded Rightuousnes wil I set vp agayne in y e balaunce and iudgment in the weightes The tēpest of hale shal take awaye yo r refuge that ye haue to disceaue withal and y e ouerflowinge waters shal breake downe yo r strōge holdes of dissimulaciō Thus the appoyntmēt that ye haue made w t death shal be done awaye and the cōdicion that ye made with hell shal not stōde When the greate destructiō goeth thorow it shal all to treade you It shal take you quyte awaye before it For it shal go forth early in the mornynge and contynue only y t daye and y t night And the very feare only shal teach you when ye heare it For y e bedde shal be so narow y t a mā cā not lye vpon it And the coueringe to small that a mā maye not wynde him self therin For the LORDE shal steppe forth as he dyd vpon the mount Perazim and shal take on as he dyd vpō the dale of Gabaon that he maye bringe forth his deuyce his straunge deuyce and fulfil his worke his wonderful worcke And therfore make no mockes at it that youre captiuyte increase not for I haue herde the LORDE of hoostes saye that there shal come a soden destruction and plage vpon the whole earth Take hede and heare my voyce pondre and merck my wordes wel Goeth not the husbonde man euer in due season earnestly to his londe he moweth ploweth his grounde to sowe And whē he hath made it playne he soweth it with fitches or comyn He soweth y e wheate and Barlye in their place Milium and Rye also in their place And y t he maye do it right his God teacheth him and sheweth him For he treadeth not the fitches out with a wayne nether bringeth he the cart here and there ouer the comyn but he throssheth y e fitches out with a flale and the comyn with a rod. As for the wheate he gryndeth it to make bred therof In as moch as he can not bringe it to passe w t treadinge out For nether the brussinge that the cart wheles make ner his beastes can grynde it This and soch like thinges come of the LORDE of hostes which is maruelous in councel and greate in rightuousnesse The xxix Chap. WO vnto the o Ariel Ariel thou cite that Dauid wāne Take yet some yeares and let some feastes yet passe ouer then shal Ariel be beseged so that she shal be heuy and sorouful and shal be vnto me euen as a lyon For I wil laye sege to the rounde aboute and kepe y e in with towers and graue vp dykes agaynst ye. And thou shalt be brought lowe and speake out of the earth and thy wordes shal go humbly out of y e grounde Thy voyce shal come out of the earth like the voyce of a witch and thy talkinge shal groane out of the myre For the multitude of thine enemies shal be like mealdust And the nombre of Tyrauntes shal be as y e dust that the wynde taketh awaye sodenly Thou shalt be visited of the LORDE of hoostes with thondre earth quake and with a greate crack with the whyrle wynde tempest and with the flame of a consumynge fyre But now the multitude of all the people that went out agaynst Ariel the whole hooste the stronge holdes and sege is like a dreame which apeareth in the night It is like as when an hungrie man dreameth that he is eatynge and when he awaketh he hath nothinge like as when a thurstie man dreameth that he is drinkinge and when he awaketh he is faynt and his soule vnpacient So is the multitude of all people that mustre them selues agaynst the hill of Sion But ye shal be at youre wittes ende ye shal be abasshed ye shal stackre and rele to and fro Ye shal be dronken but not of wyne Ye shal fall but not thorow dronkenes For the LORDE shal geue you an hard slepinge sprete and holde downe youre eyes namely yo r prophetes and heades which shulde se them shal he couer And all visions shal be vnto you as the wordes that stonde in a sealed lettre when one offreth it to a man that is lerned and sayeth rede vs this lettre Thē he answereth I cā not rede it for it is shutt But yf it be geuē to one y t is not lerned or sayde vnto him rede this lettre Then sayeth he I can not rede Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE For so moch as this people draweth nye me w t their mouth and prayseth me highly with their lippes where as there herte neuertheles is farre fro me and the feare
offeringe and when y e tyme commeth they shal be loked vpon The righteous shal shyne as the sparkes y t renne thorow the rede buszshe They shal iudge the nacions haue dominion ouer y e people their LORDE shal raigne for euer They y t put their trust in him shal vnderstonde the trueth soch as be faithfull wil agree vnto him in loue for his chosen shal haue giftes peace But the vngodly shal be punyshed acordinge to their awne ymaginaciōs for they haue despysed the righteous forsaken the LORDE Whoso despyseth wyszdome nurto r he is vnhappie and as for the hope of soch it is but vayne their labours vnfrutefull and their workes vnprofitable Their wyues are vndiscrete and their childrē most vngodly Their creature is cursed Blessed is rather y e baren vndefyled which hath not knowne the synfull bedd she shall haue frute in the rewarde of the holy soules And blessed is y e gelded which w t his handes hath wrought no vnrighteousnesse ner ymagined wicked thinges agaynst God For vnto him shal be geuen y e speciall gift of faith and the most acceptable porcion in y e temple of God For glorious is the frute of good laboure the rote of wyszdome shall neuer fade awaye As for y e childrē of aduoutrers they shal come to an ende the sede of an vnrighteous bedd shal be roted out And though they lyue lōge yet shal they be nothinge regarded their last age shal be without honoure Yf they dye haistely they haue no hope nether shal they be spoken to in the daye of knowlege For horrible is the death and ende of the vnrighteous The IIII. Chapter O How fayre is a chaist generacion w t vertue The memoriall therof is immortall for it is knowne w t God and men When it is present mē take exāple there at and yf it go awaye yet they desyre it It is allwaie crowned holden in hono r wynneth y e rewarde of the vndefyled battayll But the multitude of vngodly childrē is vnprofitable and the thinges y t are planted w t whordome shal take no depe rote ner laye eny fast foundacion Though they be grene in the braunches for a tyme yet shal they be shakē w t the wynde for they stonde not fast thorow the vehemence of the wynde they shal be roted out For the vnparfecte braunches shal be broken their frute shal be vnprofitable sower to eate yee mete for nothinge And why all the children y t are borne of the wicked must beare recorde of the wickednesse agaynst their fathers mothers when they be axed But though the righteous be ouertaken w t death yet shal he be in rest Age is an honorable thinge neuertheles it stondeth not only in the lenth of tyme ner in the multitude of yeares but a mans wyszdome is the graye hayre and an vndefyled life is the olde age He pleased God was beloued of him so that where as he lyued amōge synners he trāslated him Yee sodēly was he taken awaye to the intent y t wickednesse shulde not alter his vnderstōdinge y t ypocrisye shulde not begyle his soule For y e craftie bewitchinge of lyes make good thinges darck y e vnstedfastnesse also wickednes of voluptuous desyre turne asyde y e vnderstondinge of y e symple Though he was soone deed yet fulfilled he moch tyme. For his soule pleased God therfore haisted he to take him awaye frō amonge y e wicked This the people se vnderstonde it not they laye not vp soch thinges in their hertes how y t y e louynge fauo r mercy of God is vpō his saintes y t he hath respecte vnto his chosen Thus y e righteous y t is deed cōdemneth the vngodly which are lyuinge y e youth y t is soone brought to an ende y e lōge life of y e vnrighteous For they se y e ende of y e wyse but they vnderstōde not what God hath deuysed for him wherfore y e LORDE hath taken him awaie And why they se him despyse him therfore shall God also laugh thē to scorne So y t they thē selues shal dye here after but without hono r yee in shame amonge y e deed for euermore For without eny voyce shal he burst those y t be puft vp remoue thē frō y e foundacions so y t they shal be laied waist vnto the hyest They shal mourne and their memoriall shall perishe So they beynge afrayed shall remembre their synnes and their owne wickednesse shal bewraye thē The V. Chapter THen shal y e righteous stonde in greate stedfastnesse agaynst soch as haue dealt extremely w t thē takē awaye their labours When they se it they shal be vexed w t horrible feare shal wonder at the haistynesse of y e sodane health groninge for very distresse of mynde shall saye within them selues hauynge inwarde sorow and mournynge for very anguysh of mynde These are they whom we somtyme had in derision iested vpō We fooles thought their life very madnesse their ende to be w t out honoure But lo how they are counted amonge the children of God their porcion is amonge the sayntes Therfore we haue erred from the waye of trueth y e light of righteousnesse hath not shyned vnto vs and the Sōne of vnderstōdinge rose not vp vpō vs. We haue weeried o r selues in y e waye of wickednesse destruccion Tedious wayes haue we gone but as for the waye of the LORDE we haue not knowne it What good hath o r pryde done vnto vs Or what profit hath the pompe of riches brought vs All those thinges are passed awaye like a shadowe as a messaunger rennynge before as a shippe y t passeth ouer the wawes of the water which whan it is gone by the trace therof can not be founde nether y e path of it in the floudes Or as a byrde y t flyeth thorow y e ayre no man can se eny token where she is flowen but only heareth the noyse of hir wynges beatinge the light wynde partinge the ayre thorow the vehemēce of hir goinge flyeth on shakynge hir wynges where as afterwarde no tokē of hir waye can be foūde Or like as whē an arowe is shott at a marck it parteth the ayre which immediatly cōmeth together agayne so that a man can not knowe where it wente thorow Euen so we in like maner as soone as we were borne beganne immediatly to drawe to oure ende haue shewed no token of vertue but are consumed in oure owne wickednesse Soch wordes shal they that haue synned speake in the hell for the hope of the vngodly is like a drye thistell floure or dust that is blowne awaye w t the wynde like as thynne scomme y t is scatred abrode w t the storme like as y e smoke which is dispersed here there w
so wyl be chefest amonge you shal be seruaunt of all For the sonne of man also came not to be serued but to do seruyce and to geue his life to a redempcion for many And they came vnto Iericho And whan he wente out of Iericho and his disciples and moch people there sat one blynde Barthimeus the sonne of Thimeus by y e waye and begged And whaÌ„ he herde that it was Iesus of Nazareth he beganne to crie and saye Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon me And many reproued him that he shulde holde his tunge But he cried moch more Thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpoÌ„ me And Iesus stode styll and bad call him And they called the blynde and sayde vnto him Be of good conforte aryse he calleth the. And he cast awaye his garment from him stode vp and came to Iesus And Iesus answered sayde vnto him What wilt thou that I do vnto the The blynde sayde vnto him Master that I might se. Iesus sayde vnto him Go y t waye thy faith hath helped ye. And immediatly he had his sight and folowed him in the waye The XI Chapter ANd whan they came nye Ierusalem to Bethphage and Bethanye vnto mount Oliuete he sent two of his disciples and sayde vnto them Go in to the towne that lyeth before you and as soone as ye come in ye shal fynde a foale bounde wher vpon no man hath sytteÌ„ lowse it and brynge it hither And yf eny man saye vnto you wherfore do ye that Then saye ye The LORDE hath nede therof and forth with he shal sende it hither They weÌ„te their waie and founde the foale tyed by y e dore without at the partynge of the waye and lowsed it And certayne of those y t stode there axed them What do ye that ye lowse the foale But they sayde vnto theÌ„ like as Iesus had commaunded them And so they let them alone And they brought the foale vnto Iesus and layed their clothes theron and he sat theron But many spred their garmeÌ„tes in the waye some cut downe braunches froÌ„ the trees and strowed theÌ„ in the waye And they that wente before and that folowed after cried and sayde Hosyanna blessed be he that commeth in the name of the LORDE blessed be the kyngdome of oure father Dauid which commeth in the name of the LORDE Hosyanna in the height And the LORDE entred in to Ierusalem and wente in to the temple and loked vpon all And at euen he wente out vnto Bethany with the twolue and on the morow whaÌ„ they departed from Bethanye he huÌ„gred and sawe a fygge tre afarre of which had leaues Then came he nye to se yf he coude fynde eny thinge theron And whan he came to it he founde nothinge but leaues for the tyme of fygges was not yet And Iesus answered and sayde vnto it Neuer maÌ„ eate frute of the for euermore And his disciples herde it And they came to Ierusalem And Iesus wente in to the temple and beganne to dryue out the sellers and byers in the teÌ„ple ouerthrew the tables of the money chaungers and the stoles of the doue sellers and suffred not eny man to cary a vessel thorow the temple And he taught and sayde vnto them Is it not wrytten My house shal be called a house of prayer for all people But ye haue made it a denne of murthurers And the scrybes and hye prestes herde of it And they sought how they might destroye him but they were afrayed of him for all the people marueled at his doctryne And at euen he wente out of the cite And on the morow they passed by and sawe the fygge tre that it was wythred vnto the rote And Peter thought theron and sayde vnto him Master beholde the fygge tre y t thou cursedest is wythred awaye Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Haue faith in God Verely I saye vnto you Who so euer saieth vnto this mountayne Avoyde and cast thy self in to the see and douteth not in his hert but beleueth that the thinges shal come to passe which he saieth then loke what he sayeth it shal come to passe Therfore I saye vnto you What so euer ye desyre in youre prayer beleue that ye shal receaue it and ye shal haue it And whan ye stonde and praye forgeue yf ye haue ought ageynst eny man that youre father also in heauen maye forgeue you youre trespaces And they came agayne vnto Ierusalem and whan he wente in the temple there came vnto him the hye prestes and scrybes and the elders and sayde vnto him By what auctorite dost thou these thinges and who gaue the this auctorite to do soch But Iesus answered and sayde vnto theÌ„ I wil axe you a worde also answere me and I wyl tell you by what auctorite I do these The baptyme of Ihon was it from heauen or of men Answere me And they thought in them selues yf we saye it was from heauen then shal he saye Why dyd ye not then beleue him But yf we saye It was of men then feare we the people for they all helde that Ihon was a true prophet And they answered and saide vnto him We can not tell And Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Nether tell I you by what auctorite I do these thinges The XII Chapter ANd he beganne to speake vnto them by parables A certayne maÌ„ planted a vynyarde and made a hedge aboute it and dygged a wynne presse and buylded a tower and let it out vnto huszbande men and wente in to a straunge countre And whan the tyme was come he sent a seruauÌ„t to the huszbande men that he might receaue of the huszbandmen of the frute of the vynyarde But they toke him and bet him and sent him awaye emptye Agayne he sent vnto them another seruaunt whom they stoned and brake his heade and sent him awaye shamefully dealt withall Agayne he sent another whom they slew and many other some they bâ—tt and some they put to death Then had he yet one sonne onely whom he loued him he sent also vnto them at the last and sayde they wyl stonde in awe of my sonne But the same huszbandmen sayde amonge themselues This is the heyre Come let vs kyll him so shal the inheritaunce be ours And they toke him and slewe him and cast him out of the vynyarde What shal now the lorde of the vynyarde do He shal come and destroye the huszbande men and geue the vynyarde vnto other Haue ye not red this scripture The same stone which the buylders refused is become the headstone in the corner This was the LORDES doynge and it is maruelous in oure eyes And they wente aboute to take him but they feared the people for they perceaued that he had spokeÌ„ this parable agaynst theÌ„ And they left him and wente their waye And they sent vnto him certayne of the Pharises and Herodes officers