me and he himselfe hath taughte thy handmayden all these wordes that I shulde turne this matter of this faszshioÌ„ this hath Ioab thy seruaunt done But my lorde is wyse as the wyszdome of an angell of God so that he knoweth all thynges vpon earth Then sayde the kynge vnto Ioab Beholde I haue done this go thy waye therfore and brynge the childe Absalom agayne Then fell Ioab vpon his face vnto the grounde and worshipped and thanked the kynge and sayde This daye doth thy seruaunt perceaue that I haue founde grace in thy syghte my lorde the kynge in that the kynge doth as his seruaunt hath sayde So Ioab gat him vp and wente vnto Gesur and broughte Absalom to Ierusalem But the kinge sayde Let him go againe in to his house and not se my face Thus Absalom came agayne to his house and sawe not y e kynges face But in all Israel there was not so fayre and so maruelous goodly a man as Absalom From the sole of his fote vnto the toppe of his heade there was not one blemysh in him And whan his heade was rounded that was comonly euery yeare for it was to heuy for him so that it must nedes haue bene rounded the heer of his heade weyed two huÌ„dreth Sicles after y e kynges weight And vnto Absalom there were borne thre sonnes and one doughter whose name was Thamar and she was a woman of a fayre bewtye So Absalom abode two yeare at Ierusalem and sawe not the kynges face And Absalom sent for Ioab that he mighte sende him to the kynge And he wolde not come to him But he sent the seconde tyme yet wolde he not come Then sayde he vnto his seruauntes Ye knowe Ioabs pece of londe that lyeth by myne and he hath barlye theron go youre waye therfore and set fyre vpon it So Absaloms seruauntes sett fyre vpon Ioabs pece of londe Then Ioab gat him vp and came to Absalom in to the house and sayde vnto him Wherfore haue thy seruauntes set fire vpon my pece of londe AbsaloÌ„ sayde vnto Ioab Beholde I sent for the and caused to saye vnto the Come hither that I maye sende the to the kynge and to saye Wherfore came I from Gesur It were better for me that I were there yet Let me therfore se the kynges face But yf there be eny trespace in me then put me to death And Ioab wente in to the kynge and tolde him And he called Absalom to come in to the kynge and he worshipped vpon his face to the grounge before the kynge And the kynge kyssed Absalom The XV. Chapter ANd after this it fortuned that Absalom caused to prepare himselfe chearettes and horses and fyftye men which were his fote meÌ„ And AbsaloÌ„ gat him vp allwaye early in the mornynge and stâ—de in the waye by the porte and whan eny man had a matter which shulde come to the kynge for iudgment Absalom called vnto him and sayde â–ª Of what cite art thou Yf he sayde theâ—â— thy seruaunt is of one of the trybes of Israel then sayde Absalom vnto him Beholde thy matter is righte and plaine but there is noman appoynted y t of the kynge to heare the. And Absalom sayde O who setteth me to be iudge in y e londe that euery man which hath a plee or matter to do in y e lawe might come to me that I might helpe him to right And whan eny man came to him to do worshippe to do him obeisaunce he put forth his haÌ„de and helde him kyssed him After this maner dyd Absalom vnto all Israel whan they came to the lawe vnto the kynge and so dyd he steale awaye the hert of y e men of Israel After fortye yeares sayde Absalom vnto the kynge I wil go and perfourme my vowe at Hebron which I made vnto the LORDE For thy seruaunt made a vowe whan I dwelt at Gesur in Siria and saide Whan y e LORDE bryngeth me agayne to Ierusalem I shal do a Gods seruyce vnto the LORDE The kynge sayde vnto him Go thy waye in peace And he gat him vp and wente vnto Hebron But Absalom had sent out spyes in all the trybes of Israel sayenge Whan ye heare the noyse of the trompe saye Absalom is made kynge at Hebron There wente with Absalom two hundreth men called from Ierusalem but they wente on symply and knewe not of the matter Absalom sent also for Achitophel the Gilonyte Dauids counceler out of his cite Gilo Now whan he did the sacrifice the conspiracion was mightie and the people ranne together and multyplied with Absalom Then came one which tolde Dauid and sayde that the hert of euery man in Israel folowed Absalom Dauid sayde vnto all his seruauntes that were with him at Ierusasem Vp let vs fle for here shall be no escapynge for vs before Absalom Make haist that we maye be goynge lest he ouertake vs and catch vs and dryue some mysfortune vpon vs and smyte the cyte with the edge of the swerde Then sayde the kynges seruauntes vnto him Loke what my LORDE y e kinge choseth beholde here are thy seruauntes And the kynge wente forth on fote w t all his housholde But ten concubynes lefte he to kepe the house And whan the kynge and all the people came forth on fote they weÌ„te farre from home and all his seruauntes wente by him and all the Chrethians and Plethians and all the Gethites euen sixe hundreth men which were come on fote from Gath wente before the kynge And the kynge sayde vnto Ithai y e Gethite Why goest thou also with vs Turne backe and byde with the kynge for thou art a straunger get the hence agayne vnto thy place Thou camest yesterdaye and to daye thou iuperdest to go with vs As for me I wyl go whither I can turne thou backe agayne and mercy and faithfulnes happen vnto thy brethren with the Ithai answered and sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth and as truly as my lorde the kynge lyueth loke in what place my lorde the kynge shal be whether it chaunce to life or death there shal thy seruaunt be also Dauid sayde vnto Ithai Then come and go with vs. So wente Ithai the Gethite and all his men and the whole multitude of the children that were with him And all the lande wepte with loude voyce and all the people with them And the kynge weÌ„te ouer the broke Cedron and all the people wente ouer by the waye that goeth to the wyldernes And beholde Sadoc was there also and all the Leuites that were with them they bare y e Arke of the couenuÌ„at of God and set it there And Abiathar wente vp tyll all the people came out of the cite But the kynge sayde vnto Sadoc Brynge the Arke of God in to the cite agayne Yf I shal fynde grace before the LORDE he shall fetch me agayne and shall let me se it and the house of it But yf he saye thus I haue no pleasure to y
with many prayers to let him go with his life because he had many of the Iewes fathers and brethren in preson which yf they put him to death might be disapoynted So when he had promised faithfully to delyuer them agayne acordinge to the condicion made they let him go without harme for the health of y e brethren And when Iudas had slayne xxv M he wente from Carnion Now after y t he had chased awaye and slayne his enemies he remoued the hoost towarde Ephron a strōge cite wherin dwelt many dyuerse people of the Heithen and y e stronge yonge men kepte the walles defendinge thē mightely In this cite was moch ordinaunce and prouysion of dartes But when Iudas and his company had called vpon Allmighty God which w t his power breaketh the strength of the enemies they wanne the cite and slew xxv M. of them y t were within From thence wente they to the cite of the Scythians which lieth vj. C. furlonges from Ierusalem But when y e Iewes which were in the cite testified that the cite syns dealte louyngly with them yee and intreated them kyndly in y e tyme of their aduersite Iudas and his company gaue them him which made them his people and euer defended his owne porcion with euydent tokens that he wolde preserue them still So at the commaundement of the captayne they remoued from thence and came to a towne called Dessasan And Symon Iudas brother fell in honde with Nicanor but thorow the sodane commynge of the enemies he was afrayed Neuertheles Nicanor hearinge the manlynes of them that were with Iudas and y e bolde stomackes that they had to fight for their naturall countre durst not proue the matter with bloudsheddinge Wherfore he sent Possidonius Theodocius Mathias before to geue and to take peace So when they had taken longe advysement there vpon and the captayne shewed it vnto the multitude they were agreed in one mynde to haue peace And they appoynted a daye to syt vpon these matters quyetly amonge them selues y e stoles also were brought and set forth Neuerthelesse Iudas cōmaunded certaine men of armes to waite in conueniēt places lest there shulde sodenly aryse eny euell thorow the enemies And so they commoned reasonably together Nicanor whyle he abode at Ierusalem ordred himself not vnreasonably but sent awaye the people that were gathered together He loued Iudas euer with his hert and fauoured him He prayed him also to take a wyfe and to brynge forth children So he maried lyued in rest and they led a comon life But Alcimus perceauynge the loue that was betwixte them and how they were agreed together came to Demetrius and tolde him that Nicanor had taken straunge matters in honde and ordened Iudas an enemy of the realme to be the kynges successoure Then the kinge was sore displeased and thorow the wicked accusations which Alcimus made of Nicanor he was so prouoked that he wrote vnto Nicanor sayenge that he was very angrie for the frendshipe and agrement which he had made with Machabeus Neuertheles he commaunded him in all the haist that he shulde take Machabeus presoner and sende him to Antioche Which lettres when Nicanor had sene he was at his wittes ende and sore greued that he shulde breake the thinges wherin they had agreed specially seynge Machabeus was the man that neuer dyd him harme But because he might not withstonde the kynge he sought oportunite to fulfil his commaundement Notwithstondinge when Machabeus sawe that Nicanor beganne to be churlish vnto him and that he intreated him more rughly then he was wonte he perceaued that soch vnkyndnes came not of good and therfore he gathered a few of his men and withdrewe himself frō Nicanor Which when he knewe that Machabeus had manfully preuented him he came in to the greate and most holy temple and commaunded the prestes which were doynge their vsuall offeringes to delyuer him the man And when they sware that they coude not tell where the mā was whō he sought he stretched out his honde and made an ooth sayenge Yf ye wyll not delyuer me Iudas captyue I shall remoue this temple of God in to the playne felde I shal breake downe the aulter and consecrate this tēple vnto Bachus After these wordes he departed Then the prestes lift vp their hondes towarde heauen and besought him that was euer the defender of their people sayenge Thou o LORDE of all which hast nede of nothinge woldest that the temple of thy habitacion shulde be amonge vs. Therfore now o most holy LORDE kepe this house euer vndefyled which lately was clensed Now was there accused vnto Nicanor one Razis an Alderman of Ierusalem a louer of the whole cite and a man of good reporte which for the kynde hert that he bare vnto the people was called a father of y e Iewes This man oft tymes when the Iewes were mynded to kepe them selues vndefyled defended and delyuered them beynge content stedfastly to spende his body and his life for his people So Nicanor wyllinge to declare the hate that he bare to the Iewes sent fyue hundreth men to take him for he thought yf he gat him he shulde brynge the Iewes in greate decaye Now when the people beganne to ruszshe in at his house to breake the dores and to set fyre on it he beynge now taken wolde haue defended himself with his swearde chosinge rather to dye manfully then to yelde himselfe to those wicked doers and because of his noble stocke he had rather haue bene put to extreme cruelte Notwithstondynge what tyme as he myssed of his stroke for haist and the multitude fell in violently betwixte the dores he rāne boldly to y e wall cast himself downe manfully amonge the heape of them which gaue soone place to his fall so that he fell vpon his bely Neuerthelesse whyle there was yet breath within him he was kyndled in his mynde and whyle his bloude guszshed out exceadingly for he was very sore wounded he ranne thorow the myddest of y e people and gat him to the toppe of a rocke So when his bloude was now gone he toke out his owne bowels with both his hondes and threw them vpon the people callinge vpon the LORDE of life and sprete to rewarde him this agayne and so he dyed The XV. Chapter NOw when Nicanor knewe that Iudas was in the countre of Samaria he thought with all his power to strike a felde with him vpon a Sabbath daye Neuerthelesse the Iewes that were compelled to go with him sayed O do not so cruelly and vnkyndly but halowe y t Sabbath daye and worshipe him that seyth all thinges For all this yet sayed the vngracious personne Is there a mightie one in heauen that commaunded the Sabbath daye to be kepte And when they sayde yee the lyuynge God the mightie LORDE in heauen commaunded the seuenth daye to be kepte he sayde And I am mightie vpon earth to commaunde them
I haue 〈…〉 vnto you as though ye knewe not y e trâ—eth but ye knowe it are sure y t no lye coÌ„meth of y e trueth Who is a lyar but he y t denyeth y e Iesus is Christ The same is y e Antichrist y t denyeth the father y e sonne Whosoeuer denyeth the sonne the same hath not the father Loke what ye haue herde now from y e begynnynge let the same abyde in you Yf y t which he herde from the begynnynge shal remayne in you then shal ye also abyde in y e sonne and in the father And this is the promes y t he hath promysed vs eueÌ„ eternall life This haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you coÌ„cerninge theÌ„ that disceaue you And the anoyntinge which ye haue receaued of him dwelleth in you ye nede not y t eny maÌ„ teach you but as the anoyntinge teacheth you all thiÌ„ges euen so is it true is no lye And as it hath taughte you eueÌ„ so abide ye therin And now babes abyde in hiÌ„ y t whaÌ„ he shal appeare we maye be bolde not be made ashamed of him at his commynge Yf ye knowe y t he is righteous knowe also that he which doth righteousnes is borne of him The III. Chapter BEholde what loue the father hath shewed on vs y t we shulde be called the childreÌ„ of God Therfore y e worlde knoweth you not because it knoweth not him Dearly beloued we are now y e childreÌ„ of God and yet hath it not appeared what we shal be But we knowe y t when he shal appeare we shal be like him for we shal se him as he is And euery man y t hath this hope in him pourgeth him selfe euen as he is pure Who so euer coÌ„mytteth synne coÌ„mytteth vnrighteousnes also and synne is vnrighteousnes And ye knowe that he appeared to take awaye oure synnes and in him is no synne Who so euer abydeth in him synneth not who soeuer synneth hath not sene him nether knowne him Babes let no man disceaue you He that doeth righteousnes is righteous euen as he is righteous He that commytteth synne is of the deuell for the deuell synneth sence y e begynnynge For this purpose appeared the sonne of God to lowse the workes of the deuell * Who so euer is borne of God synneth not for his * sede remayneth in him he caÌ„ not synne because he is borne of God * By this are the children of God knowne the children of the deuell Who so euer doeth not righteousnes is not of God nether he 〈◊〉 loueth not his brother 〈◊〉 this is the tydinges which ye haue 〈◊〉 the begynnynge that ye shulde 〈◊〉 one another * not as Cain â–ª which was of the wicked and slewe his brother And wherfore slewe he him euen because his awne workes were euell and his brothers righteous Maruayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you We knowe y t we are traÌ„slated from death vnto life because we loue the brethren He that loueth not his brother abydeth in death Who soeuer hateth his brother is a mansleyer And ye knowe that a mansleyer hath not eternall life abydinge in him Hereby haue we perceaued loue that he gaue his life for vs and therfore ought we also to geue oure lyues for the brethreÌ„ But he y t hath this worldes good seyth his brother haue nede and shutteth vp his hert froÌ„ him how dwelleth the loue of God in him My litle children let vs not loue with worde nether with tonge but with y e dede and with the trueth Hereby knowe we that we are of the verite and can quyete oure hertes before him But yf oure hert condemne vs God is greater theÌ„ oure hert and knoweth all thinges Dearly beloued yf oure hert condemne vs not then haue we a fre boldnes to God warde And what so euer we axe we shal receaue it because we kepe his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes and do those thinges which are pleasaunt in his sighte And this is his coÌ„maundement that we beleue on y e name of his sonne Iesus Christ and loue one another as he gaue commaundement And he that kepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in him and he in him And hereby knowe we that he abydeth in vs euen by the sprete which he hath geuen vs. The IIII. Chapter DEarly beleued beleue not ye euery sprete but proue the spretes whether they be of God For many false prophetes are gone out in to the worlde Hereby shal ye knowe the sprete of God Euery sprete which confesseth that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God And euery sprete which confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is not off God And this is that sprete of Antechrist off whom ye haue herde how that he shal come and euen now allready is he in the worlde Litle children ye are off God and haue ouer come them for greater is he that is in you then he that is in the worlde They are off the worlde therfore speake they off the worlde and the worlde herkeneth vnto them We are of God and he that knoweth God herkeneth vnto vs he that is not of God heareth vs not Hereby knowe we the sprete of trueth and y e sprete of erroure Dearly beloued let vs loue one another for loue commeth of God And euery one y t loueth is borne of God and knoweth God He that loueth not knoweth not God for God is loue By this appeared the loue of God to vs warde because that God sent his onely begotten sonne in to this worlde that we mighte lyue thorow him Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sent his sonne to make agremeÌ„t for oure synnes Dearly beloued yf God so loued vs we oughte also to loue one another No man hath sene God at eny tyme. Yf we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfecte in vs. Hereby knowe we that we dwell in him and he in vs because he hath geuen vs of his sprete And we haue sene testifye that the father sent the sonne to be the Sauioure of the worlde Who soeuer now confesseth y t Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God and we haue knowne and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in him Here in is the loue perfecte with vs that we shulde haue a fre boldnesse in the daye of iudgment for as he is eueÌ„ so are we in this worlde Feare is not in loue but perfecte loue casteth out feare for feare hath paynefulnes He that feareth is not perfecte in loue Let vs loue him for he loued vs first Yf eny man saye I loue God yet hateth his brother he is a lyar For he that loueth not his brother whom he seyth how can he loue God whom he
¶ Because that whan thou goest to study in holy scripture thou shuldest do it with reuerence therfore for thy instruction louynge admonicion therto the Reuerende father in god Nicolas Bisshoppe of Salisbury hath prescrybed the this prayer folowynge taken out of the same O Lorde God almyghtye whiche longe agoo saydest by the mouthe of Iames thyn Apostle If any of you lacke wysdom let hym aske it of God whiche geueth it plenteously to all men and casteth no man in the tethe and it shal be geuen hym Heare my peticion for this thy promes sake Let my prayer ascende luckely in to thy syght lyke incense Let thy◠eare be attent vnto my depe desyre Geue me wysdome which is eue◠assistent about thy seate And put me not out from amonge 〈…〉 for I am thy seruaunt and y e sonne of thy handmayde ▪ 〈…〉 her I meane thy godly wysedome out of thyne holy heauens and from the trone of thy maiestye that she maye be with me and laboure with me y t I may knowe what is acceptable in thy syght Oh lerne me goodnes nurtoure and knowlege for I beleue thy commaundementes Thou art good and gracyous instructe me in thyne ordynaunces Let myne hertie besechynge ascende in to thy presence Geue me vnderstondynge accordynge to thy worde Oh geue me vnderstōdynge and I shall kepe thy lawe Yee I shall kepe it with all myne herte Shewe me thy wayes o Lorde teache me thy patthes Leade me in to thy trueth and lerne me for thou art the God of my helth And on the do I depende alway Heare now my voyce O Lorde with which I haue cryed vnto the. Haue mercy vpon me and gracyouslye heare me for Iesus Christes sake oure Lorde which lyueth and reygneth with the his father the holy goost worlde without ende Amen ¶ After the ende of any Chapter yf thou wylt thou mayest saye these verses folowynge LEade me o Lorde in thy waye and let me walke in thy trueth Oh let myne herte delyte in fearynge thy name Ordre my goynges after thy worde that no wyckednes reygne in me Kepe my steppes within thy patthes lest my fete turne in to any contrary waye Vnto the most victorious Prynce and oure most gracyous soueraigne Lorde kynge Henry the kynge of Englonde and of Fraunce lorde of Irlonde c. Defendour of the Fayth and vnder God the chefe and suppreme heade of the Church of Englonde ¶ The ryght iust administracyon of the lawes that God gaue vnto Moses and vnto Iosua the testimonye of faythfulnes that God gaue of Dauid the plenteous abundaunce of wysdome that God gaue vnto Salomon the lucky and prosperous age with the multiplicacyon of sede whiche God gaue vnto Abraham and Sara his wyfe be geuē vnto you most gracyous Prynce with your dearest iust wyfe and most vertuous Pryncesse Quene Anne Amen CAiphas beynge bysshope of that yeare lyke a blynde prophete not vnderstandyng what he sayd prophecied that it was better to put Christ vnto death then that all the people shulde perysshe he meanyng that Christ was an heretike a deceauer of the people a destroyer of the lawe and that it was better therfore to put Christ vnto death thā to suffre hym for to lyue and to deceaue the people c. where in very dede Christ was the true prophete the true Messias and the onely true Sauiour of the worlde sent of his heauenly father to suffre the moste cruell most shamefull and most necessary death for our redempcyon accordyng to y e meanynge of the prophecie truely vnderstonde Euen after the same maner y e blynde bysshoppe of Rome that blynde Baalam I saye not vnderstondynge what he dyd gaue vnto your grace this tytle Defendour of the fayth onely bycause your hyghnes suffred your bysshoppes to burne Gods worde the rote of fayth and to persecute the louers and mynisters of y e same where in very dede the blynde bysshoppe though he knewe not what he dyd prophecied that by the ryghteous admynistracyon and contynuall diligence of youre grace the fayth shulde so be defended that Gods worde the mother of Fayth with the frutes therof shulde haue his fre course thorowe out all Christendome but specyally in your realme Yf your hyghnesse now of your pryncely benignite wyll pardon me to compare these two bysshoppes I meane bysshoppe Caiphas and the bysshoppe of Rome theyr prophecies together I doute not but we shal fynde them agree lyke brethren though the one be a Iewe and the other a counterfayre Christian. Fyrst Caiphas prophecied that it was better to put Christ vnto death then that the people shulde perysshe The bysshoppe of Rome also not knowynge what he prophecied gaue youre grace this tytle Defendour of the fayth The trueth of both these prophecies is of the holy goost as was Baalams prophecie though they that spake thē knewe not what they sayd The trueth of Caiphas prophecie is that it was necessary for mans saluacyon that Christ by his death shulde ouercome death and redeme vs. And the trueth of oure Baalams prophecie is y t your grace in very dede shulde defende the Fayth Yee euen the true fayth of Christ no dreames no fables no heresie no papisticall inuencions but the vncorrupte fayth of Gods most holy worde which to set forth praysed be the goodnes of God and increace youre gracyous purpose your hyghnes with youre most honorable councell applyeth all his studye and endeuoure These two blynde bysshopes now agree in y e vnderstādyng of theyr prophecies for Caiphas taketh Christ for an heretike Oure Balaā taketh the worde of Christ for heresie Caiphas iudgeth it to be a good dede to put Christ vnto death that he shulde not deceaue the people Oure Balaam calleth defendynge of the fayth the suppressyng kepyng secrete and burnyng of the worde of fayth lest the lyght thereof shulde vtter his darknes lest his owne Decretales Decrees his owne lawes and constitucions his owne statutes and inuencions shulde come to none effecte lest his intollerable exactions and vsurpacions shulde lose theyr strengthe lest it shulde be knowen what a thefe and murtherer he is in the cause of Christ and how haynous a traytoure to God and man in defraudynge all Christen kynges prynces of theyr due obedience lest we youre graces subiectes shulde haue eyes in the worde of God at the last to spye out his crafty conueyaūce and iuglynges and lest men shulde se how sore he and his false Apostles haue deceaued all Christendome specyally youre noble realme of Englonde Thus your grace seyth how brotherly the Iewysh bysshoppe and oure Balaam agree together not onely in myter and outwarde appearaunce but as the one persecuted the Lorde Iesus in his owne persone so doth the other persecute his worde and resysteth his holy ordynaunce in the auctorite of his anoynted kynges For so moche nowe as the worde of God is the onely trueth that dryueth awaye all
his death telleth his sonnes what shall happen vnto them and dyeth Chap. l. Ioseph burieth his father and chargeth his brethren concernynge his bones and dyeth in Egypte ▪ lege of good and euell shalt thou not eate For loke in what daye so euer thou eatest therof thou shalt dye the death And the LORDE God sayde It is not good y t mā shulde be alone I wil make him an helpe to beare him cōpany And whan God the LORDE had made of the earth all maner beastes of the felde all maner foules vnder the heauē he brought them vnto man to se what he wolde call thē For as mā called all maner of liuinge soules so are their names And man gaue names vnto all maner catell vnto the foules vnder the heauē and vnto all maner beastes of y e felde But vnto man there was founde no helpe to beare him company Then the LORDE God caused an herde slepe to fall vpon man and he slepte And he toke out one of his rybbes and in steade therof he fylled vp y e place with flesh And the LORDE God made a woman of y e rybbe that he toke out of man and brought her vnto him Then sayde man This is once bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh She shal be called woman because she was takē of man For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother and cleue vnto his wife they two shal be one flesh And they were both naked the man and his wife and were not ashamed The III. Chapter BVt the serpent was sotyller then all the beastes of the felde which y e LORDE God had made and sayde vnto the woman Yee hath God sayde indede Ye shall not eate of all maner trees in the garden Then sayde the woman vnto the serpent We eate of the frute of the trees in the garden But as for the frute of the tre that is in the myddes of the garden God hath sayde Eate not ye of it and touch it not lest ye dye Then saide the serpent vnto the woman Tush ye shall not dye the death For God doth knowe that in what daye so euer ye eate of it youre eyes shal be opened and ye shal be as God and knowe both good and euell And the woman sawe that y e tre was good to eate of and lustye vnto the eyes and a pleasaunt tre to make wyse and toke of the frute of it and ate and gaue vnto hir husbande also therof and he ate Then were the eyes of them both opened and they perceaued that they were naked and sowed fygge leaues together and made them apurns And they herde the voyce of the LORDE God which walked in the garden in the coole of the daye And Adam hyd him self with his wyfe from the presence of y e LORDE God amonge the trees of the garden And y e LORDE God called Adam and sayde vnto him Where art thou And he saide I herde thy voyce in the garden and was afrayed because I am naked and therfore I hyd myself And he sayde who tolde the that thou art naked Hast thou not eaten of the tre wherof I commaunded the y t thou shuldest not eate Then sayde Adam The woman which thou gauest me to beare me company gaue me of the tre and I ate And the LORDE God sayde vnto the woman wherfore hast thou done this The woman sayde the serpent disceaued me so that I ate Then sayde the LORDE God vnto the serpent Because thou hast done this cursed be thou aboue all catell and aboue all beastes of the felde Vpon thy bely shalt thou go earth shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy life And I wyll put enemyte betwene the and the woman and betwene y e sede and hir sede The same shal treade downe thy heade and thou shalt treade him on the hele And vnto the woman he sayde I will increase thy sorow whan thou art with childe with payne shalt thou beare thy childrē and thy lust shal pertayne vnto y e huszbande and he shal rule the. And vnto Adam he sayde For so moch as thou hast herkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe and hast eaten of the tre wherof I commaunded the sayenge thou shalt not eate of it Cursed be y e earth for thy sake With sorowe shalt thou eate therof all the dayes of thy life Thornes and thistles shalt it beare vnto the and thou shalt eate the herbes of the felde In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate thy bred tyll thou be turned agayne vnto earth whēce thou art takē for earth thou art and vnto earth shalt thou be turned agayne And Adam called his wyfe Hena because she is the mother of all lyuynge And the LORDE God made Adam his wyfe garmentes of skynnes those he put on them And the LORDE God sayde lo Adam is become as it were one of vs knoweth good euell But now lest he stretch his hande and take also of the tre of life and eate and lyue for euer Then the LORDE God put him out of the garden of Eden to tyll y e earth whēce he was takē And he cast Adam out And before the garden of Eden he set Cherubes and a naked syrie swerde to kepe y e waye vnto the tre of life The IIII. Chapter MOrouer Adam laye with Hena his wyfe which cōceaued bare Cain and sayde I haue opteyned y e man of the LORDE And she proceaded forth bare his brother Abell And Abell became a shepherde but Cain became an huszbande man And it fortuned after certaine daies that Cain brought of the frute of the earth an offrynge vnto y e LORDE And Abell brought also of the firstlinges of his shepe and of y e fat of them And the LORDE had respecte vnto Abell and to his offerynge but vnto Cain and his offerynge he loked not Then was Cain exceadinge wroth and his countenaunce chaunged And the LORDE sayde vnto Cain Why art thou angrie and why doth thy countenaunce chaunge Is it not so that yf thou do well thou shalt receaue it but and yf thou do euell thy synne lyeth open in the dore Shal he then be subdued vnto the and wilt thou rule him And Cain talked with Abell his brother But the LORDE sayde thus vnto him Who so euer slayeth Cain it shal be auenged seuenfolde And the LORDE put a marck vpon Cain that no man which founde him shulde kyll him So Cain wente out from y e face of the LORDE and dwelt in the lande Nod vpon the east syde of Eden And Cain laye with his wyfe which conceaued and bare Henoch And he buylded a cite and called it after the name of his sonne Henoch And Henoch begat Irad Irad begat Mahuiael Mahuiael begat Mathusael Mathusael begat Lamech And Lamech toke him two wyues y e one was called Ada the
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
to stoâ—de styll hangeth vp fyue kynges and taketh the cities Chap. XI The HeytheÌ„ kynges gather theÌ„ selues together agaynst Israel but they are discomfited and their cities wonne Chap. XII The names of the kynges whom Iosua and the Israelites slewe are here rehearsed euen one and thirtye Chap â–ª XIII The remnaunt of the londe on this syde Iordane Chap. XIIII The dealinge out of the londe Chap. XV. The londe that fell vnto Iuda by lott Chap. XVI The lot of Ephraim Chap. XVII The lot and porcion of Manasse Chap. XVIII Men are sent out of the seuen trybes to consyder the londe and to deale it out The porcion of Ben Iamin Chap. XIX The porcion of Simeon Zabulon Isachar Aser Nephtali and Dan. Chap. XX. The partinge out of the fre cities Chap. XXI Of the cities and suburbes of the Leuites Chap. XXII The two tribes and a halfe are senâ— home agayne with a charge to be diligent in kepynge Gods commaundement Of the altare of witnesse Chap. XXIII Iosua calleth the people together before his death exorteth them to cleue fast to the commaundementes of the LORDE Chap. XXIIII He calleth the people together iâ— Sichem and rehearceth the benefites of God vnto theÌ„ The couenauÌ„t with God is renewed Iosua dyeth and so doth Eleasar The first Chapter AFter the death of Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE spake the LORDE vnto Iosua y e sonne of Nun Moses mynister My seruaunt Moses is deed vp now and go ouer this Iordane thou and all this people in to the londe that I haue geuen the children of Israel All the places that the soles of youre fete shal treade vpon haue I geuen vnto you as I sayde vnto Moses From the wyldernesse and this Libanus vnto the greate water Euphrates all the londe of the Hethites vnto the greate see towarde the west shal be youre border There shall noman be able to withstonde y t all thy life longe And like as I was with Moses so wil I be with the also I will not fayle the nether forsake the. Be stronge and bolde for vnto this people shalt thou deuyde y e londe which I sware vnto their fathers to geue it them Be stroÌ„ge therfore and very bolde that thou mayest kepe and do euery thynge acordinge to the lawe that Moses my seruaunt commaunded the. Turne not asyde from it nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte y t thou mayest deale wysely whither so euer thou goest And let not the boke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth but exercyse thy selfe therin daie and nighte that thou mayest kepe and do euery thinge acordinge to it that is wrytteÌ„ therin Then shalt thou prospere in thy waies and deale wysely Lo I haue commaunded the to be stronge and bolde Feare not and be not afrayed for the LORDE thy God is with y e whither so euer thou goest Then commaunded Iosua the officers of the people and sayde Go thorow the hoost and charge y e people and saye Prepare you vytayles for ouer thre dayes shal ye go ouer this Iordane that ye maye come in and take possession of the londe which the LORDE youre God shal geue you And to the Rubenites Gaddites and to the halfe trybe of Manasse sayde Iosua Thynke vpon the worde that Moses the seruaunt of y e LORDE spake vnto you and sayde The LORDE yo r God hath brought you to rest and geuen you this londe Let youre wyues and children and catell remayne in y e londe that Moses gaue you on this syde Iordane But ye youre selues as many as be fightinge men shal go forth before youre brethren in harnesse and helpe them tyll the LORDE haue broughte youre brethren to rest also as well as you that they also maye take possession of the londe which the LORDE yo r God shal geue them Then shal ye turne agayne in to the londe of youre possession that ye maye enioye it which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE hath geuen you on this syde Iordane towarde y e Easte And they answered Iosua and sayde All that thou hast commaunded vs wyll we do and whither so euer thou sendest vs we wyl go thither Like as we haue obeyed Moses so wyl we be obedient also vnto the Onely that the LORDE thy God be with y e like as he was with Moses Who so euer disobeyeth thy mouth and herkeneth not vnto thy wordes in all that thou hast commaunded vs shal dye Onely be thou stronge and bolde The II. Chapter IOsua the sonne of Nun sent out two spyes preuely from Setim and sayde vnto them Go youre waye loke vpon the londe and Iericho They wente forth and came in to y e house of an harlot called Rahab and laye there Then was it tolde the kynge of Iericho Lo there are men come in this nighte from the childreÌ„ of Israel to spye the londe Then sent the kynge of Iericho vnto Rahab saynge Delyuer the men forth that are come vnto the in to thy house for they are come to spye out the whole londe Now as for the two men the woman had hyd them and sayde There came men in vnto me in dede but I knewe not whence they were And at the shuttinge in of the gate whan it was darcke they wente out so y t I can not tell whither they be gone folowe soone after them for ye shal ouertake them But she had caused them to clymme vp vnto the house toppe and hyd them vnder the stalkes of flaxe that she had prepared her vpoÌ„ the toppe of the house Howbeit the men folowed after them in y e waye towarde Iordane euen vnto the ferye and whan they that folowed vpon them were gone forth the gate was shut And or euer the men layed them downe to slepe she wente vp to them vnto the house toppe and sayde vnto theÌ„ I knowe that the LORDE shal delyuer you the londe for the feare of you is fallen vpon vs and all the inhabiters of the londe are discoraged at youre commynge For we haue herde how the LORDE dryed vp the water in the reed see before you whaÌ„ ye departed out of Egipte and what ye dyd vnto the two kynges of the Amorites Sihon and Og beyonde Iordane how ye roted them out and destroyed them And sence we herde therof oure hert hath failed vs nether is there a good stomacke more in eny man by the reason of youre commynge For the LORDE yo r God is both the God aboue in heaueÌ„ and beneth vpon earth Sweare now then vnto me euen by the LORDE for so moch as I haue dealte mercifully with you that ye wyl also shewe mercy vpon my fathers house and geue me a true token that ye wyl let my father lyue and my mother my brethren and my sisters and all that they haue and delyuer oure soules from death The men sayde vnto her Yf we shewe not mercy and faithfulnesse vpon
thou commest agayne in peace then hath not the LORDE spoken thorow me And he sayde herken to all ye people So the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat y e kynge of Iuda wente vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead And the kynge of Israel sayde vnto Iosaphat Chaunge thy clothes and come in to y e battayll in thine araie The kinge of Israel chaunged his clothes also and wēte in to the battayll But the kynge of Siria commaunded the rulers of his charettes of whom there were two and thirtie and saide Ye shal fight nether agaynst small ner greate but onely agaynst the kynge of Israel And whan the rulers of the charettes sawe Iosaphat they thought it had bene the kynge of Israel and fell vpon him with fightinge But Iosaphat cried So whan the rulers of the charettes sawe that it was not y e kinge of Israel they turned back frō him A certayne man bended his bowe harde and shott the kynge of Israel betwene the mawe and y e longes And he sayde vnto his charetman Turne thine hāde and cary me out of the hoost for I am wounded And y e battayll was sore the same daie And the kinge stode vpō his charet agaynst the Syriās and dyed in the eueninge and the bloude ranne from the wounde in to the myddes of the charet And whan the Sonne wente downe there was a proclamacion made in the hoost and sayde Euery one gett him in to his cite and to his countre Thus the kynge dyed and was broughte vnto Samaria and they buryed him in Samaria And whan they waszshed the charett in the pole of Samaria y e dogges licked his bloude but the harlottes waszshed him acordinge to the worde of y e LORDE which he spake What more there is to saye of Achab all y t he dyd and of the Yuery house which he buylded beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel So Achab slepte with his fathers and his sonne Ahasia was kynge in his steade And Iosaphat the sonne of Asa was kynge ouer Iuda in the fourth yeare of Achab kynge of Israel and was fyue and thirtie yeare olde whan he was made kynge and raigned fyue and twentye yeare at Ierusalē His mothers name was Asuba y e doughter of Silhi and he walked in all the waye of his father Asa departed not there from And he dyd that which was right in y e sighte of the LORDE yet put he not awaye y e hie places and y e people offred and brent in cēse yet vpon the hye places and he had peace with the kynge of Israel What more there is to saye of Iosaphat and the mighte that he exercised and how he fought beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda He put out of the londe also the whoremongers that yet were lefte which remayned ouer in the tyme of his father Asa. And at that tyme there were no kynges in Edom. And Iosaphat had caused to make shippes vpon the See which shulde go to fetch golde in Ophir but they wente not for they were broken at Ezeon Gaber At that tyme sayde Ahasia the sonne of Achab vnto Iosaphat Let my seruauntes passe with thy seruauntes in the shippes But Iosaphat wolde not And Iosaphat slepte with his fathers and was buried in y e cite of Dauid And Ioram his sonne was kynge in his steade The ende of the thirde boke of the kynges The fourth boke of the kynges What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the reigne of Ochosias otherwyse called Ahasia and of Ioram his brother and how the fyre cōsumed the two captaynes with their men Chap. II. Elias is taken vp in a fyrie charet Eliseus receaueth the sprete of Elias maketh the bytter water swete and curseth the mysnurtoured children Chap. III. Of Ioram and Iosaphat and of their warre what Eliseus saide vnto them Chap. IIII. Eliseus helpeth the womā that was in dett and for another woman which had no children he optayneth one of God which childe beynge deed he rayseth vp agayne Chap. V. Naaman the chefe captayne of Siria is clensed from his leprosy and Gehasi Eliseus seruaunt is made leporous Chap. VI. The yron swymmeth in the water The kynge of Siria fighteth agaynst Israel His seruauntes which go aboute to take Eliseus are smytten with blyndnes A greate honger in Samaria Chap. VII Of the foure lepers which came in to the tentes of the Syrians and how vytayles beganne to be good chepe Chap. VIII Of the seuen yeare derth Benadab is sick and areth coūcell at Eliseus Of Ochosias the sonne of Ioram Chap. IX Of Iehu how he was anoynted kinge ouer Israel and how he roted out the houof Achab and of Iesabel Chap. X. The heades of Achabs seuentie sonnes are broughte vnto Iehu Of Ochosias brethren Iehu slayeth Baal prestes Chap. XI Atalia destroyeth all the kynges sede saue Ioas which escapeth and is made kynge by Ioiada the prest Chap. XII Ioas ruleth well whyle Ioiada is alyue but euell after his death Chap. XIII Of the kynges Ioachias Ioas Ieroboam and how the deed that was layed in Eliseus graue reuyued Chap. XIIII Of Ioas Amasias Ieroboam and Azarias Chap. XV. Of Azarias the Leper and of his sonne Ionathas Of Zacharias the kynge of Israel Of Sellum Manahem Pacea Romelia And how Teglatphalasser cōquererh the cities of Iuda ▪ Chap. XVI Of Achas Resin and Ezechias Chap. XVII Of Osea how Salmanasar came vpon him and conquered and caried the people awaye captyue And how God punyshed those that came in their steade Chap. XVIII Of the good kynge Ezechias how Sennacherib troubleth him Chap. XIX Ezechias sendeth vnto Esay which comforreth him God defendeth Ezechias delyuereth him Chap. XX. Ezechias is deed sick but Esay at the commaundement of the LORDE promyseth him to lyue yet fyftene yeare Chap. XXI Of the reigne of the vngodly kynge Manasses how he lyued and how he dyed Of his sonne Amon. Chap. XXII Of the reigne of that noble vertuous kynge Iosias and of his goodly actes Chap. XXIII How Iosias caused the boke of the couenaūt to be red vnto all the people and setteth vp the true honoure of God againe Of Ioachas his sonne Chap. XXIII How Nabuchodonosor cōmeth vpon kynge Ioachim and carieth awaye Ioachim his sonne vnto Babilon Chap. XXV Nabuchodonosor layeth sege to Ierusalē wynneth it setteth fyre on it and caryeth awaye the kynge and the people presoners vnto Babilon The fyrst Chapter AHasia the sonne off Achab was kynge ouer Israel at Samaria in y e seuententh yeare of Iosaphat kīge of Iuda reigned ouer Israel two yeares dyd y t which was euell in y e sight of the LORDE and walked in the waye of his father and of his mother in the waie of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat which made Israel for to synne And serued Baal and worshipped him and displeased the LORDE God of Israel euē as his father dyd The
What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the kyngdome of Salomon to whom the LORDE appeareth and Salomon maketh his prayer vnto him Chap. II. How Salomon deuyseth to buylde the temple of the LORDE Chap. III. How he begynneth to buylde and after what faszshion Chap. IIII. Of the ornamentes of the temple Chap. V. The Arke is broughte in to the temple c. Chap. VI. Salomon speaketh vnto the people prayseth God and beseketh him to heare soch as make their prayer in the temple Chap. VII The fyre commeth from heauen consumeth the sacrifice The kynge the people offre The LORDE appeareth vnto Salomon and promyseth to heare him Chap. VIII Salomon buyldeth cities and subdueth the Heythen Of his captaynes and of his wife Chap. IX The Quene of Saba bringeth presentes vnto Salomon receaueth giftes of him Salomon dyeth Chap. X. Roboam oppressynge the people maketh them to fall awaye from him Chap. XI The LORDE wil not suffre Roboam kynge of Iuda BeÌ„ Iamin to fighte agaynst Israel He buyldeth cities Chap. XII Roboam forsaketh the lawe of the LORDE The kynge of Egipte commeth vpon him The LORDE delyuereth him Chap. XIII Of Abia Ieroboam their warres Chap. XIIII XV. Of kynge Asa. Chap. XVI Baesa coÌ„meth vp against Asa which agreeth with him therfore is he rebuked Chap. XVII Of the reigne of Iosaphat Chap. XVIII Iosaphat maketh frendshippe with Achab and helpeth him to fight Chap. XIX Iehu rebuketh Iosaphat for helpynge the vngodly Iosaphat amendeth and lyueth well Chap. XX. The Moabites Ammonites with the Syrians and Edomites go forth agaynst Iosaphat which prayeth vnto God and he helpeth him Chap. XXI Iosaphat dyeth Ioram his sonne is made kynge slayeth his brethren and forsaketh the LORDE Edom falleth awaye from Iuda God punysheth Ioram Chap. XXII Ochosias is made kinge and taketh parte with Achabs sonne Chap. XXIII Ioiada maketh Ioas kynge commaundeth to slaye Athalia Chap. XXIIII Whyle Ioiada lyueth kynge Ioas doth well but after his death he forsaketh the LORDE And because Zacharias reproueth him he coÌ„maundeth to stone him to death His awne seruauntes kyll him vpon his bed Chap. XXV Of kynge Amasias which smyteth the Edomites He worshippeth their Idols therfore the prophet reproueth him He wyll nedes fight with the kynge of Israel which ouercommeth him and taketh him Chap. XXVI Of kynge Osias other wyse called Vsia or Azarias of his buyldinges how he became leper for his presumpcion Chap. XXVII Of Iothams reigne of his buyldinges and of his warres Chap. XXVIII Of the wicked kynge Achas Chap. XXIX XXX.XXXI Of the verteous kynge Ezechias and of his noble actes Chap. XXXII Sennacherib layeth sege to Ierusalem Ezechias comforteth the people Sennacherib threateneth but the LORDE delyuereth Iuda Ezechias is sicke and recouereth Chap. XXXIII Of the reigne of Manasses and of his amendment from his wickednes Of kynge Ammon his sonne Chap. XXXIIII XXXV Of the reigne and most vertuous actes of kynge Iosias and of his death Chap. XXXVI Thre monethes reigneth Ioachas after whom reigneth Eliachim other wyse called Ioachim whom Nabuchodonosor carieth vnto Babilon and in his steade reigneth Ioachim his sonne which also is led awaye captayne vnto Babilon Sedechias is made kynge and at the last caried awaye presoner with all the people and Ierusalem destroyed The first Chapter ANd Salomon the sonne of Dauid was stablyshed in his kyngdome and the LORDE his God was with him made him exceadinge greate And Salomon spake vnto all Israel to the captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds to the Iudges and to all y e prynces in Israel and to the chefest fathers so that they wente Salomon and the whole congregacion with him vnto the hye place which was at Gibea for there was y e Tabernacle of y e witnesse of God which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE had made in y e wyldernesse For Dauid had brought vp the Arke of God from Kiriath Iarim whan he had prepared for it for he had pitched a tent for it at Ierusalem As for y e brasen altare which Bezaleel the sonne of Vâ—â— the sonne of Hur had made it was there before the habitacion of the LORDE and Salomon and the congregacion soughte God And Salomon offred a thousande burntofferynges vpoÌ„ the brasen altare that stode before the Tabernacle of witnesse In the same nighte appeared God vnto Salomon and sayde vnto him Axe what shal I geue the And Salomon sayde vnto God Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father Dauid â—nd hast made me kynge in his steade Now LORDE God let y e worde that thou hast pâ—omysed vnto my father Dauid be verified for thou hast made me kynge ouer a people which is as many in noÌ„bre as the dust vpon the earth Graunte me wyszdome therfore and knowlege y t I maye go out and in before this people for who is able to iudge this greate people of thine Then sayde God vnto Salomon For so moch as thou art so mynded and hast not desyred riches ner good ner hono r ner the soules of thine enemies ner longe life but hast requyred wyszdome and knowlege to iudge my people ouer whom I haue made the kynge wyszdome therfore and knowlege be geuen the. Morouer riches good and honoure wyll I geue the so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the amoÌ„ge the kynges nether shal be after the. So came Salomon from the hye place which was at Gibeon vnto IerusaleÌ„ from y e Tabernacle of witnesse and reigned ouer Israel And Salomon gathered him charettes and horsmen so that he had a thousande and foure hundreth charettes twolue thousande horsmen and those appoynted he to be in the charet cities and with the kynge at Ierusalem And the kynge broughte it so to passe that there was as moch syluer golde at IerusaleÌ„ as stones and as many Ceders as the Molberyes trees that are in the valleys And there were horses broughte vnto Salomon out of Egipte the kynges marchauntes fetched them from Kena for moneye And they came vp and broughte out of Egipte a charet for sixe huÌ„dreth syluer peÌ„s and an horse for an hundreth and fiftye Thus broughte they also vnto all the kynges of the Hethites and to the kynges of y e Syrians The II. Chapter ANd Salomon thoughte to buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE an house for his kyngdome and tolde out thre score and ten thousande men to beare burthens and foure score thousande that hewed tymber vpoÌ„ the mount and thre thousande and sixe hundreth officers ouer them And Salomon sent vnto Hiram the kynge of Tyre sayenge As thou dyddest with my father sendedst him Ceder trees to builde an house for to dwell in euen so do thou w t me also Beholde I wyl buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE my God to sanctifie it for to burne good incense before him and allwaye to prepare y e
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
vnto the ynmost partes of the body Who so iâ— slouthfull and slacke in his labo r is y e brother of him y t is a waister The name of y e LORDâ— is a stronge castell y e righteous flyeth vntâ— it and shal be saued But y e rich maÌ„s goodâ—â— are his stronge holde yee he taketh them 〈◊〉 an hye wall rouÌ„de aboute him After 〈◊〉 coÌ„meth destruccioÌ„ and hono r after lowlyneâ— He that geueth senteÌ„ce in a matter before 〈◊〉 heare it is a foole and worthy to be confouâ—â—ded A good stomacke dryueth awaye a 〈◊〉 disease but whaÌ„ y e sprete is vexed who mayâ— abyde it A wyse herte laboureth for knowâ—lege and a prudent eare seketh vnderstondiâ—â—ge Liberalite bryngeth a man to hono r and worshipe setteth him amonge greate 〈◊〉 â–ª The righteous accuseth hiÌ„ self first of all yf his neghbo r come he shal fynde him Thâ— lot pacifieth y e variauÌ„ce parteth y e mightâ— asunder The vnite of brethren is strongeâ— then a castell and they that holde together are like the barre of a palace A mans bely shal be satisfied with the frute of his owne mouth and with the increase of his lippes shal he be fylled Death and life stonde in the power of the tonge he that loueth it shal enioye the frute therof Who so fyndeth a wife fyndeth a good thynge receaueth an wholsome benefite of the LORDE The poore maketh supplicacion and prayeth mekely but the riche geueth a rough answere A frende that delyteth in loue doth a man more freÌ„dshipe and sticketh faster vnto him then a brother The XIX Chapter BEtter is the poore that lyueth godly theÌ„ the blasphemer that is but a foole Where no discrecion is there the soule is not well and who so is swifte on fote stombleth hastely Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE Riches make many frendes but the poore is forsakeÌ„ of his owne frendes A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed and he that speaketh lyes shal not escape The multitude haÌ„geth vpoÌ„ greate men euery man fauoureth him that geueth rewardes As for the poore he is hated amonge all his brethren yee his owne frendes forsake him he that geueth credeÌ„ce vnto wordes getteth nothinge He that is wyse loueth his owne soule and who so hath vnderstondinge shal prospere A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed he y t speaketh lyes shal perishe Delicate ease becoÌ„meth not a foole moch more vnsemely is it a bonde man to haue y e rule of prynces A wyse man putteth of displeasure it is his hono r to let some fautes passe The kynges disfauo r is like y e roaringe of a LyoÌ„ but his freÌ„dshpe is like the dewe vpoÌ„ y e grasse An vndiscrete sonne is y e heuynes of his father a braulynge wife is like the topp of an house where thorow it is euer droppynge House riches maye a maÌ„ haue by y e heretage of his elders but a discrete womaÌ„ is the gifte of the LORDE Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe an ydell soule shal suffer hoÌ„ger Who so kepeth the coÌ„maundemeÌ„t kepeth his owne soule but he y t regardeth not his waye shal dye He y t hath pitie vpon the poore leÌ„deth vnto y e LORDE loke what he layeth out it shal be payed him agayne ChasteÌ„ y e sonne whyle there is hope but let not y e soule be moued to slaye hiÌ„ For greate wrath bryngeth harme therfore let him go and so mayest thou teach him more nurtoure O geue eare vnto good councell be content to be refourmed that thou mayest bewyse here after There are many deuices in a maÌ„s herte neuertheles the couÌ„cell of y e LORDE shal stoÌ„de It is a mans worshipe to do good better it is to be a poore maÌ„ then a dyssembler The feare of the LORDE preserueth the life yee it geueth pleÌ„teousnes without the visitacioÌ„ of any plage A slouthfull body shuteth his honde in to his bosome so y t he can not put it to his mouth Yf thou smytest a scorneful personne the ignorauÌ„t shal take better hede yf thou reprouest one y t hath vnderstondinge he wil be y e wyser He y t hurteth his father or shuteth out his mother is a shamefull an vnworthy sonne· My sonne heare nomore the doctrine y t leadeth the awaye from the wordes of vnderstondinge A false wytnes laugheth iudgmeÌ„t to scorne the mouth of the vngodly eateth vp wickednes Punyshmentes are ordened for the scornefull and stripes for fooles backes The XX. Chapter WYne is a voluptuous thinge droÌ„ckennes causeth sedicion who so delyteâ—h therin shal neuer be wyse The kynge ought to be feared as the roaringe of a lyon who so prouoketh him vnto anger offendeth agaynst his owne soule It is a mans honoure to kepe himself from strife but they y t haue pleasure in braulinge are fooles eueryone A slouthfull body wyl not go to plowe for colde therfore shal he go abegginge in Sommer and haue nothinge Wyse councell in the herte of man is like a water in the depe of the earth but he that hath vnderstondinge bryngeth it forth Many there be that are called good doers but where shal one fynde a true faithful maÌ„ Who so ledeth a godly and an innocent life happie shal his children be whom he leaueth behynde him A kynge that sytteth in iudgment and loketh well aboute him dryueth awaye all euell Who can saye my hert is cleane I am innocent from synne To vse two maner of weightes or two maner of measures both these are abhominable vnto the LORDE A childe is knowne by his conuersacion whether his workes be pure and right As for the hearinge of the eare the sight of y e eye y e LORDE hath made theÌ„ both Delyte not thou in slepe lest thou come vnto pouerte but opeÌ„ thine eyes thou shalt haue bred ynough It is naught It is naught saye men whan they haue it but whan it is gone they geue it a good worde A mouth of vnderstoÌ„dinge is more worth then golde many precious stones and costly Iewels Take his garment that is suertie for a straunger take a pledge of him for y e vnknowne mans sake Euery maÌ„ liketh the bred that is gotten with disceate but at the last is mouth shal be fylled with grauell Thorow councell the thinges that men deuyse go forwarde with discrecion ought warres to be taken in honde Medle not with him that bewrayeth secretes and is a slaunderer and disceaueth with his lippes Who so curseth his father and mother his light shal be put out in the myddest of darcknesse The heretage that commeth to haistely at the first shal not be praysed at the ende Saye not thou I will recompence euell but put y e trust in the LORDE he shal defende ye. The LORDE abhorreth
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
in the worlde sene the begynnynge which was wrytten in thy lawe that men maye fynde the path and that they which wyl lyue in the latter dayes maye lyue And he answered me sayēge Go y t waye gather thy people together saye vnto thē that they seke the not for xl dayes but loke thou gather the many boxe trees and take with the Sarea Dabria Selemia Echanus and Asial these fyue which are ready to wryte swiftly and come hither and I shal light a cādle of vnderstōdinge in thine hert which shal not be put out tyll the thinges be perfourmed which thou shalt begynne to wryte And then shalt thou declare some thinges openly vnto the perfecte and some thinges shalt thou shew secretly vnto y e wyse Tomorow this houre shalt thou begynne to wryte Then wēte I forth as he commaūded me and gathered all y e people together and sayde Heare these wordes o Israel Oure fathers from the begynnynge were straunges in Egipte from whēce they were delyuered and receaued the lawe of life which they kepte not which ye also haue trāsgressed after thē Then was this londe and the londe of Sion parted amōge you by the lot to possesse But yo r fathers and ye yo r selues also haue done vnrighteousnes haue not kepte the wayes which the Hyest cōmaunded you And for so moch as he is a righteous iudge he toke from you in tyme the thinge that had geuen you And now are ye here and yo r brethren amōge you Therfore yf so be that ye wil subdue yo r owne vnderstandinge and refourme youre hert ye shal be kepte aliue after death shal ye opteyne mercy For after death shall the iudgment come whan we shal lyue agayne and then shal the names of the righteous be manifest and y e names of the vngodly with their workes shal be declared Let no mā therfore come now vnto me ner axe eny question at me these xl dayes So I toke the fyue men as he commaunded me and we wente in to the felde and remayned there The next daye a voyce called me sayēge Eszdras Open thy mouth drynke that I geue the. Thē opened I my mouth beholde he reached me a full cuppe which was full of water but the colo r of it was like fyre And I toke it and dranke And whā I had dronken it my hert had vnderstondinge and wyszdome grew in my brest for my sprete was kepte in remembraunce and my mouth was opened and shut nomore The Hyest gaue vnderstondinge vnto the fyue men y t they wrote y e hye thīges of the night which they vnderstode not But in the night they ate bred as for me I spake in the daye and helde not my tonge by night In xl dayes they wrote two hundreth foure bokes And it happened whā the xl dayes were fulfilled that the Hyest spake sayenge The first that thou hast wryttē speake openly y t the worthy and vnworthy maye rede it But kepe y e lxx last y t thou mayest shew it onely to soch as be wyse amonge thy people For in them is the sprynge of vnderstōdinge the fountayne of wyszdome and the streame of knowlege And I dyd so The XV. Chapter BEhelde speake thou in the eares of my people the wordes of prophecie which I wyll put in y e mouth saieth the LORDE and cause them to be wrytten in a letter for it is the trueth Feare not the ymaginaciōs against y t let not y e vnfaithfulnes of them trouble the that speake agaynst the. For all the vnfaithfull shal dye in their vnfaithfulnes Beholde saieth the LORDE I wil brynge plages vpon the worlde y e swerde honger death and destruccion for wickednes hath the vpper hande in all y e earth and their shamefull workes are fulfilled Therfore saieth the LORDE I wil holde my tonge nomore vnto their wickednesse which they do so vngodly nether wil I suffre them in the thinges that they deale with all so wickedly Beholde the innocent bloude of the troubled crieth vnto me and the soules of the righteous complayne cōtynually and therfore saieth the LORDE I wil surely auēge and receaue vnto me all the innocēt bloude from amonge them Beholde my people is led as a flock of shepe to be slayne I wil not suffre them now to dwel in Egipte but wyl brynge them ou◠with a mightie hande and a stretched out arme and smyte it with plages as afore and wyl destroye all the londe off it Egipte shal mourne and the foundacions of it shal be smytten with the plage and punyshment y t God shal brynge vpon it They that tyll y e groūde shal mourne for their sedes shal be destroyed thorow the blastinge and hale and an horrible starre Wo worth y e worlde and them that dwell therin for y e swerde their destrucciō draweth nye one people shal stōde vp to fight against another swerdes in their hādes For mē shal be vnstedfast and some shal do violence vnto other they shal not regarde their kynge and prynces the wayes of their doinges and hādelinges in their power A man shal desyre to go in to the cite shal not be able For because of their pryde y e cities shal be brought in feare y e houses shal shake and men shal be afrayed A man shal haue no pitie vpon his neghboure but one shal prouoke another vnto battayll to spoyle their goodes because of the honger of bred and because of the greate trouble Beholde I gather call together all the kynges of y e earth which are from the vprysinge from the south from the east and Libanus to turne vnto them and restore the thinges that they haue geuē them Like as they do yet this daye vnto my chosen so wil I do also and recōpense thē in their bosome Thus sayeth y e LORDE God My right hande shal not spare y e synners and my swerde shal not ceasse ouer them that shed the innocēt bloude vpon earth The feare is gone out frō his wrath and hath cōsumed the foundacions of the earth and the synners like the strawe that is kindled Wo worth them that synne and kepe not my commaundementes saieth the LORDE I wil not spare them Go youre waye ye children from violence defyle not my Sanctuary for the LORDE knoweth all thē that synne agaynst him and therfore delyuereth he them vnto death and destrucciō For now are the plages come vpon the worlde ye shal remayne in thē For God shal not delyuer you because ye haue synned agaynst him Beholde an horrible vision commeth frō the east where generacions of Dragons shal come out and the people of the Arabes with many charettes and the multitude of them shal be as the wynde vpō earth that all they which heare them ragynge in their wrath maye feare and be afrayed and as the wylde bores out of y e wod so shal they go out and with
is he then his sonne Now whyle all the people gaue audience he sayde vnto his disciples Bewarre of the scrybes which wyl go in longe garmentes and loue to be saluted vpon the market and desyre to syt hyest in the synagoges and at the table They deuoure wedowes houses and that vnder a culoure of longe prayenge These shal receaue the greater daÌ„nacion The XXI Chapter ANd he loked vp and behelde y e riche how they put in their offerynges in to the Gods chest He sawe also a poore wedowe which put in two mytes and he sayde Verely I saye vnto you This poore wedowe hath put in more theÌ„ they all For these all haue of their excesse put in vnto the offerynge of God but she of hir pouerte hath put in all hir lyuynge that she had And whaÌ„ some spake of the temple that it was garnished with goodly stones and Iewels he saide The time shal come wher in of all this that ye se there shal not be left one stone vpon another which shal not be broken downe They axed him and sayde Master whaÌ„ shal these be and what shal be the token whan these shal come to passe He sayde Take hede that ye be not disceaued For many shal come in my name and saye I am he the tyme is come hard by Folowe them not But whan ye heare of warres and insurreccions be not ye afrayed for soch must come to passe but the ende is not yet there so soone Then sayde he vnto them One people shal ryse agaynst another and one realme ageynst another shal be greate earthquakes here and there pestilence and derth and fearfull thinges And greate tokeÌ„s shal there be froÌ„ heaueÌ„ But before all these they shal laye handes vpon you and persecute you and delyuer you vp in to their synagoges and presons and brynge you before kynges prynces for my names sake But this shal happen vnto you for a wytnesse Be at a poynt therfore in youre hertes that ye take no thought how ye shal answere for I wil geue you mouth wyszdome â—gaynst the which all youre aduersaries shal not be able to speake ner to resist But ye shal be delyuered vp euen of youre elders brethren kynszfolkes and frendes and some of you shal they put vnto death and ye shal be hated of euery man for my names sake and yet shal not one hayre of youre heade perishe Holde fast youre soules with pacience But whan ye shal se Ierusalem beseged with an hoost then vnderstonde that the desolacion of it is nye Then let them which be in Iewry flye vnto the mountaynes â–ª â—nd let soch as be in the myddest therof departe out and let soch as be in the countrees not come therin For these are the dayes of vengeaunce that euery thinge which is wrytten maye be fulfilled But wo vnto them that are with childe and to them that geue sucke in those dayes for there shal be greate trouble vpon earth and wrath ouer this people and they shal fall thorow the edge of the swerde and be led captyue amoÌ„ge all nacions And IerusaleÌ„ shal be troden downe of the Heithen â–ª vntyll the tyme of the Heithen be fulfilled And there shal be tokens in the Sonne and Mone and starres and vpon earth the people shal be in soch perplexite that they shal not tell which waye to turne them selues And the see and the waters shal roare and men shal pyne awaye for feare and for lokynge after the thinges which shal come vpoÌ„ earth For euen the very powers of heauen shal moue And then shal they se the sonne of man commynge in the cloude with power and greate glory But whan these thinges begynne to come to passe theÌ„ loke vp and lift vpp youre heades for youre redempcion draweth nye And he tolde them a symilitude Beholde the fygge tre and all tre trees whaÌ„ they now shute forth their buddes ye se by them and perceaue that Sommer is now at hande So likewyse ye whan ye se all these thinges come to passe be sure that the kyngdome of God is nye Verely I saye vnto you This generacioÌ„ shal not passe tyll all be fulfilled Heauen and earth shal passe but my wordes shal not passe But take hede vnto youre selues that yo hertes be not ouerladeÌ„ with excesse of eatinge and with dronkennes and with takinge of thought for lyuynge and so this daye come vpoÌ„ you vnawares For as a snare shal it come on all them that dwell vpon earth Watch therfore coÌ„tynually and praye that ye maye be worthy to escape all this that shal come to stoÌ„de before y e sonne of man And on the daye tyme he taught in the temple but in the night season he wente out and abode all night vpon mount Oliuete And all the people gat them vp early vnto him in the temple for to heare him The XXII Chapter THe feast of swete bred which is called Easter drue nye And y e hye presstes and Scrybes sought how they might put him to death and were afrayed of the people But Satan was entred in to Iudas named Iscarioth which was of y e nombre of y e twolue and he weÌ„te his waye and talked with the hye prestes and with y e officers how he wolde betraye him vnto them And they were glad and promysed to geue him money And he coÌ„sented sought oportunite y t he might betraye hiÌ„ without eny rumoure Then came y e daye of swete bred wherin the Easter lambe must be offered And he sent Peter and Ihon and sayde Go youre waye prepare vs the Easter lambe that we maye eate But they sayde vnto him Where wilt thou that we prepare it He saide vnto them Beholde whaÌ„ ye come in to y e cite there shal mete you a man bearinge a pitcher of water folowe him in to the house y t he entreth in and saye vnto the good man of the house The master sendeth y e worde Where is y e gesthouse wherin I maye eate the Easter laÌ„be with my disciples And he shal shewe you a greate parlour paued They wente their waye and founde as he had sayde vnto them and made ready the Easter lambe And whan the houre came he sat him downe and the twolue Apostles with him and he sayde vnto them I haue hertely desyred to â—ate this Easter laÌ„be with you before I suffre For I saye vnto you that hence forth I wil eate nomore therof tyll it be fulfilled in the kyngdome of God And he toke the cuppe gaue thankes and sayde Take this and deuyde it amonge you For I laye vnto you I wil not drynke of the frute of y e vyne vntyll the kyngdome of God come And he toke the bred gaue thankes and brake it and gaue it them and sayde This is my body which shal be geuen for you This do
in the remembraunce of me Likewyse also the cuppe after they had supped and sayde This cuppe is the new TestameÌ„t in my bloude which shal be shed for you But lo the hande of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table And the sonne of man trulye goeth forth as it is appoynted But wo vnto that man by whom he is betrayed And they beganne to axe amonge them selues which of them it shulde be that shulde do that There rose a strife also amoÌ„ge theÌ„ which of them shulde be takeÌ„ for the greatest But he sayde vnto them The kynges of y e worlde haue domynion ouer y e people and they that beare rule ouer theÌ„ are called gracious lordes But ye shal not be so But the greatest amonge you shal be as the yongest and the chefest as a seruaunt For which is the greatest he that sytteth at the table or he that serueth Is not he that sytteth at the table But I am amoÌ„ge you as a mynister As for you ye are they that haue byddeÌ„ w t me in my temptacions And I wil appoynte the kyngdome vnto you euen as my father hath appoynted me that ye maye eate and drynke at my table in my kyngdome and syt vpon seates and iudge the twolue trybes of Israel But the LORDE sayde Simon Simon beholde Satan hath desyred after you that he might siffte you euen as wheate but I haue prayed for y e that thy faith fayle not And whan thou art coÌ„uerted strength thy brethren But he sayde vnto him LORDE I am ready to go with the in to preson and in to death Neuertheles he sayde Peter I saye vnto the The cock shal not crowe this daye tyll thou haue thryse denyed y t thou knewest me And he sayde vnto them Whan I sent you without wallet without scryppe and without shues lacked ye eny thinge They sayde No. Then sayde he vnto them But now he that hath a wallet let him take it vp likewyse also the scryppe But he that hath not let him sell his coate bye a swerde For I saye vnto you It must yet be fulfilled on me that is wrytteÌ„ He was counted amonge the euell doers For loke what is wrytten of me it hath an ende But they sayde LORDE Beholde here are two swerdes He sayde vnto theÌ„ It is ynough And he wente out as he was wonte vnto mouÌ„t Oliuete But his disciples folowed him vnto the same place And whan he came thither he sayde vnto theÌ„ Praye that ye fall not in to teÌ„ptacion And he gat him from them aboute a stones cast and kneled downe prayed sayde Father yf thou wilt take awaye this cuppe fro me Neuerthelesse not my wyll but thyne be fulfylled And there appeared vnto him an angell froÌ„ heauen and conforted him And it came so that he wrestled with death and prayed the longer And his sweate was like droppes of â—loude runnynge downe to the grounde And he rose vp froÌ„ prayer and came to his disciples and founde them slepinge for heuynesse and sayde vnto them What slepe ye ryse vp and praye that ye fall not in to tentacion But whyle he yet spake beholde the multitude and one of the twolue called Iudas wente before them and he came nye vnto Iesus to kysse him But Iesus sayde vnto him Iudas betrayest thou the sonne of maÌ„ with a kysse Whan they that were aboute him sawe what wolde folowe they sayde vnto him LORDE shal we smyte with the swerde And one of theÌ„ stroke a seruauÌ„t of y e hye prestes smote of his eare But Iesus answered and sayde Suffre theÌ„ thus farre forth And he touched his eare healed him But Iesus sayde vnto the prestes and rulers of the temple and to the Elders that were come vnto him Ye are come forth as it were to a murthurer with swerdes with staues I was daylie with you in the temple and ye layed no handes vpon me But this is youre houre and the power of darknesse Neuerthelesse they toke him and led him and brought him in to the hye prestes house As for Peter he folowed hiÌ„ a farre of Then kyndled they a fyre in the myddest of the palace and sat them downe together And Peter sat him downe amonge them Then a damsell sawe him syttinge by the light and behelde him well and sayde vnto him This same was also with him But he denyed him and sayde WomaÌ„ I knowe him not And after a litle whyle another sawe him and sayde Thou art one of them also But Peter sayde Man I am not And aboute the space of an houre after another affirmed sayde Verely this was with him also for he is a Galilean But Peter saide MaÌ„ I wote not what thou sayest And immediatly whyle he yet spake y e cock crewe And the LORDE turned him aboute and loked vpoÌ„ Peter And Peter remembred the wordes of y e LORDE how he sayde vnto him Before the cock crowe thou shalt denye me thryse And Peter wente out and wepte bytterly The men that helde Iesus mocked him and stroke him blyndfolded him and smote him on the face and axed him and sayde Prophecie who is it that smote the And many other blasphemies sayde they vnto hiÌ„ And whan it was daye there gathered together the Elders of the people the hye prestes and scrybes and led him vp before their councell and sayde Art thou Christ Tell vs. But he sayde vnto them Yf I tell you ye wyl not beleue But yf I axe you ye wyl not answers me nether wyl ye let me go From this tyme forth shal the sonne of man sytt at the right haÌ„de of the power of God Then sayde they all Art thou then y e sonne of God He sayde vnto them Ye saye it for I am They sayde What nede we anye farther wytnesse We oure selues haue herde it of his awne mouth The XXIII Chapter ANd the whole multitude of theÌ„ arose and led him vnto Pilate and begaÌ„ne to accuse him and sayde We haue founde this felowe peruertinge the people and forbyddinge to geue trybute vnto the Emperoure and sayeth that he is Christ a kynge But Pilate axed him and sayde Art thou the kynge of the Iewes He answered him and sayde Thou sayest it Pilate sayde vnto y e hye prestes and to the people I fynde no cause in this man But they were the more fearce and sayde He hath moued the people in that he hath taught here there in all the londe of Iewry and hath begonne at Galile vnto this place Whan Pilate herde mencion of Galile he axed whether he were of Galile And whan he perceaued that he was vnder He rodes iurisdiccion he sent him to Herode which was also at IerusaleÌ„ in those dayes When Herode sawe Iesus he was exceadinge glad for he had longe bene desyrous to se him because he had herde moch of him
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
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