them as though they had ought them no euyll will 4 Forsomuch then as there was gone foorth a generall proclamation thorowe the citie because of peace they consented therto suspect nothing but when they were gone foorth into the deepe they drowned no lesse then two hundred of them 5 Whē Iudas knew of this crueltie shewed vnto his people he cōmaunded those that were with him to make them redy 6 Exhorting them to call vpon God the righteous iudge went foorth against those murtherers of his brethren set fire in the hauen by night brent vp the shippes and those that escaped from the fire he slue with the sworde 7 And when he had done this he departed as though he woulde come againe and roote out all them of Ioppa 8 But when he had gotten word that the Iamnites were mynded to do in lyke maner vnto the Iewes which dwelt among them 9 He came vpon the Iamnites by night set fire on the hauen with the shippes so that the light of the fire was seene at Hierusalem vpon a two hundred and fourtie furlonges 10 Nowe when they were gone from thence nyne furlonges in there iourney towarde Timotheus fiue thousande men of foote and fyue hundreth horsemen of the Arabians fought with hym 11 So when the battell was earnest and prospered with Iudas thorowe the helpe of God the residue of the Arabians beyng ouercome besought Iudas to be at one with them and promised to geue him certayne pastures and to do him good in other thinges 12 Iudas thinking that they shoulde in deede be profitable concerning many thinges promised them peace wherevpon they shoke handes and so they departed to their tentes 13 Iudas went also vnto a citie whiche was very fast kept with brydges fensed round about with walles and diuers kindes of people dwelling therin called Caspin 14 They that were within it put such trust in the strength of the walles and in their store of vittayles that they were the slacker in their doynges cursing and reuiling Iudas with blasphemies and speaking such wordes as it becommeth not 15 But Machabeus calling vpon the great prince of the world which without any battayle rammes or ordinaunce of warre did cast downe the walles of Iericho in time of Iosuah fel manfully vpon the walles 16 Toke the citie thorow the helpe of the Lorde made an exceeding great slaughter insomuch that a lake of two furlonges brode whiche lay therby seemed to flowe with the blood of the slayne 17 Then departed they from thence seuen hundred and fiftie furlonges and came to Taraca vnto the Iewes that are called Tubianci 18 But as for Timotheus they could not get him there for not one matter dispatched he was departed from thence and had left certayne men in a very strong holde 19 But Dositheus Sosipater whiche were captaynes with Machabeus slue those that Timotheus had left in the house of defence more then ten thousand men 20 And Machabeus prepared him with the sixe thousand men that were about him set them in order by companies went foorth against Timotheus which had with him an hundred and twentie thousande men of foote two thousande and fyue hundred horsemen 21 When Timotheus had knowledge of Iudas comming he sent the women children and the other baggage vnto a castle called Carnion For it could not be wonne and was hard to come vnto the wayes of the same places were so narowe 22 And when Iudas his first bande came in sight the enemies were smitten with feare thorowe the presence of God which seeth all thinges Insomuch that they fleyng one here another there were rather discomfited of their owne people wounded with the strokes of their owne swordes 23 Iudas also was very earnest in folowing vpon them punishing those vngodly slue thirtie thousande men of them 24 Timotheus also hym selfe fel into the handes of Dositheus and Sosipater whom he besought with much craft to let him go with his lyfe because he had many of the Iewes fathers brethren in prison which if they put him to death shoulde be despised 25 So when he had promised faythfully to deliuer them againe according to the condition made they let him go without harme for the health of the brethren 26 Then Machabeus marched foorth to Carnion and Atargation and there slue twentie and fiue thousande men 27 Nowe after that he had chased away and slayne his enemies he remoued the hoast towarde Ephron a strong citie wherin was Lysias and a great multitude of diuers nations and the strong young men kept the walles defending them mightyly in this citie was much ordinaunce and prouision of dartes 28 But when Iudas and his companie had called vpon almightie God which with his power breaketh the strength of the enemies they wan the citie and slue twentie and fiue thousand of them that were within 29 From thence went they to the citie of the Scythians which lyeth sixe hundred furlonges from Hierusalem 30 But when the Iewes whiche were in the citie testified that the citezins dealt louingly with them yea intreated thē kindly in the time of their aduersitie 31 Iudas and his companie gaue them thankes desiring them to be friendly stil vnto them and so they came to Hierusalem the hye feast of the weekes beyng at hande 32 And after the feast of Pentecost they went foorth against Gorgias the gouernour of Idumca 33 Who came out with three thousande men of foote foure hundred horsemen 34 Whiche when they mette together it chaunced a fewe of the Iewes to be slayne 35 And Dositheus one of the Bacenors a mightie horsman toke holde of Gorgias and woulde haue taken him quicke but an horseman of Thracia fell vpon him and smote of his arme so that Gorgias escaped and fled into Moresa 36 When they nowe that were of Gorgias side had foughten long and were weery Iudas called vpon the Lorde that he would be their helper and captayne of the fielde 37 And with that he began in his owne language song Psalmes with a loude voyce insomuch that he made the enemies afrayde Gorgias men of warre toke their flight 38 So Iudas gathered his hoast and came into the citie of Odolla and when the seuenth day came vpon them they clensed them selues as the custome was kept the Sabbath in the same place 39 And vpon the day folowing as necessitie required Iudas and his company came to take vp the bodyes of them that were slayne and to burie them in the fathers graues 40 Nowe vnder the coates of certayne Iewes which were slayne they founde iewels that they had taken out of the temple and from the idoles of the Iamnites whiche thing is forbidden the Iewes by the lawe then euery man sawe that this was the cause wherfore they were slayne 41 And so euery man gaue thankes vnto the Lorde for his righteous iudgement whiche had opened the thing that was hyd
15 After his commendations he wysheth to them all prosperitie 1 COncerning the gatheryng for the saintes as I haue ordeined in the Churches of Galacia euen so do ye 2 Vpon some Sabboth daye let euery one of you put asyde by hym selfe and laye vp as God hath prospered hym that then there be no gatherynges when I come 3 When I am come whomsoeuer ye shall alowe by your letters them wyll I sende to bryng your liberalitie vnto Hierusalem 4 And yf it be meete that I go also they shall go with me 5 I wyll come vnto you after I haue gone ouer Macedonia For I wyl passe through Macedonia 6 And it may be that I wyll abyde yea or wynter with you that ye may bryng me on my way whyther soeuer I go 7 For I wyll not see you nowe in my passage but I trust to abyde a whyle with you yf the Lorde shall suffer me 8 I wyll tarie at Ephesus vntyll whytsontyde 9 For a great doore and effectuall is opened vnto me and there are many aduersaries 10 Yf Timotheus come see that he be without feare with you For he worketh the worke of the Lorde as I do 11 Let no man therfore despise hym but conuay him foorth in peace that he may come vnto me for I loke for hym with the brethren 12 As touchyng our brother Apollo I greatly desired hym to come vnto you with the brethren but his mynde was not at all to come at this tyme Howebeit he wyll come when he shall haue conuenient tyme. 13 Watche ye stande fast in the fayth quyte you lyke men be strong 14 Let al your thinges be done with loue 15 I beseche you brethren ye knowe the house of Stephanas that it is y e first fruites of Achaia and that they haue appoynted them selues to minister vnto the saintes 16 That ye be obedient euen vnto suche and to all that helpe with vs labour 17 I am glad of the commyng of Stephanas and Fortunatus Achaicus ▪ for that whiche was lackyng vnto me on your part they haue supplied 18 For they haue comforted my spirite and yours Loke therfore that ye know them that are such 19 The Churches of Asia salute you Aquila and Priscilla salute you muche in the Lord and so doth the Churche that is in their house 20 All the brethren greete you Greete ye one another with an holy kysse 21 The salutatiō of me Paul with mine owne hande 22 Yf any man loue not the Lorde Iesus Christe the same be Anathema maranatha 23 The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ be with you 24 My loue be with you all in Christe Iesus Amen ⧠The first epistle to the Corinthians was sent from Philippos by Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus and Timotheus G. G. The seconde Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians ¶ The .j. Chapter 4 He declareth the great profite that commeth to the faythfull by their afflictions 15.17 And because they shoulde not impute to lyghtnesse that he deferred his commyng contrarie to his promise he proueth his constancie both by the sinceritie of his preachyng and also by the immutable trueth of the Gospell 21 which trueth is grounded on Christe and sealed in our heartes by the holy ghost 1 PAul an Apostle of Iesu Christe by the wyll of God brother Timotheus Vnto y e Church of God which is at Corinthus with all the saintes which are in all Achaia 2 * Grace be with you and peace from God our father and from the Lorde Iesus Christe 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe whiche is the father of mercies the God of al comfort 4 Which comforted vs in all our tribulation insomuch that we are able to comfort them which are in any maner trouble with the comfort wherwith we our selues are comforted of God 5 For as the afflictions of Christ are plenteous in vs euen so is our consolation plenteous by Christe 6 Whether we be troubled it is for your consolation and saluation which saluation sheweth her power in that ye suffer the same afflictions whiche we also suffer or whether we be comforted it is for your consolation saluation 7 And our hope is stedfast insomuch as we knowe howe that as ye are partakers of y e afflictions so ye be partakers also of the consolation 8 For we woulde not brethren haue you ignoraunt of our trouble whiche came vnto vs in Asia For we were greeued out of measure passyng strength so greatly that we dispayred euen of lyfe 9 Yea we receaued the sentence of death in our selues that we should not put our trust in our selues but in God whiche rayseth the dead 10 Who delyuered vs from so great a death and doth deliuer On whom we trust that yet hereafter he wyll deliuer 11 By the helpe of your prayer for vs that by y e meanes of many persons thankes may geuen of many on our behalfe for the grace geuen vnto vs. 12 For our reioycyng is this the testimonie of our conscience that in simplicitie godly purenesse and not in fleshely wisdome but by the grace of God we haue had our conuersatiō in the worlde and most of all to you wardes 13 We write none other thinges vnto you then that ye read or also y t ye acknowledge and I trust ye shall acknowledge vs vnto the ende 14 Euen as ye haue acknowledged vs partly For we are your reioycing euen as ye are ours in the daye of our Lorde Iesus 15 And in this confidence was I minded first to haue come vnto you y t ye myght haue had one pleasure more 16 And to passe by you into Macedonia and to haue come agayne out of Macedonia vnto you and to be led foorth of you to Iurie 17 When I therfore was thus mynded did I vse lightnesse or mynde I carnally those thynges whiche I mynde that with me shoulde be yea yea nay nay 18 God is faythfull For our preaching to you was not yea and nay 19 For Gods sonne Iesus Christe which was preached among you by vs euen by me and Siluanus and Timotheus was not yea and nay but in hym it was yea 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea and are in him Amen vnto the glorie of God through vs. 21 And God it is whiche stablysheth vs with you in Christe and hath annoynted vs. 22 Which hath also sealed vs and hath geuen the earnest of the spirite in our heartes 23 ☞ I call God for a recorde vnto my soule that to spare you I came not as yet vnto Corinthus 24 Not that we be Lordes ouer your fayth but are helpers of your ioy For by fayth ye stande ⧠The .ij. Chapter He sheweth his loue towardes them 7 requiryng lykewyse that they would be fauourable to the incestuous adulterer seyng he
sinneth hath not seene him neither knowen hym 7 Babes let no man deceaue you He that doeth righteousnes is ryghteous euen as he is righteous 8 He that committeth sinne is of the deuyll for the deuyll sinneth sence the beginning For this purpose appeared the sonne of God to loose the workes of the deuyll 9 Whosoeuer is borne of God sinneth not for his seede remayneth in him and he can not sinne because he is borne of God 10 In this are y e children of God knowē and the chyldren of the deuyll Whosoeuer doth not ryghteousnesse is not of God neither he that loueth not his brother 11 For this is the tidynges that ye heard from the begynnyng that ye shoulde loue one another 12 Not as Cain which was of that wicked and slewe his brother And wherfore slewe he hym Because his owne workes were euyll and his brothers good 13 ☞ Maruayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you 14 We knowe that we are translated from death vnto lyfe because we loue the brethren * He that loueth not his brother abideth in death 15 Whosoeuer hateth his brother is a manslear And ye knowe that no manslear hath eternall life abidyng in hym 16 Hereby perceaue we loue because he layde downe his lyfe for vs we ought to lay downe our lyues for the brethren 17 But who so hath this 〈◊〉 good and seeth his brother haue neede and shutteth vp his compassion from hym◠howe dwelleth the loue of God in hym 18 My babes let vs not loue in worde neither in tongue but in deede and in veritie 19 Hereby we knowe that we are of the trueth and shall assure our heartes before hym 20 For yf our heart condempne vs God is greater then our heart and knoweth all thynges 21 Dearely beloued yf our heart condempne vs not then haue we boldnesse towarde God 22 And whatsoeuer we aske we receaue of hym because we kepe his commaundementes and do those thynges which are pleasyng in his syght 23 And this is his cōmaundement that we beleue on the name of his sonne Iesus Christe and loue one another as he gaue commaundement 24 And he that kepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in him and he in him and hereby we knowe that he abideth in vs euen by the spirite which he hath geuen vs. ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 Difference of spirites 2 howe the spirite of God may be knowen from the spirite of errour ◠of the loue of God and of our neyghbours 1 DEarly beloued beleue not euery spirite but proue the spirites whether they are of God or not for many false prophetes are gone out into the worlde 2 Hereby shall ye knowe the spirite of God Euery spirite that confesseth that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe is of God 3 And euery spirite which confesseth not that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe is not of God And this is that spirite of antichriste of whom ye haue hearde howe that he shoulde come and euen nowe alredy is he in the worlde 4 Litle chyldren ye are of God haue ouercome them for greater is he that is in you then he that is in the worlde 5 They are of the world therfore speake they of the worlde the world heareth them 6 We are of God He that knoweth God heareth vs he that is not of God heareth vs not Hereby knowe we the spirite of veritie and the spirite of errour 7 Dearely beloued let vs loue one another for loue commeth of God And euery one that loueth is borne of God and knoweth God 8 He that loueth not knoweth not God for ☞ God is loue 9 In this appeared the loue of God to vs warde because God sent his only begotten sonne into the worlde that we myght lyue through hym 10 Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sent his sonne to be the agreement for our sinnes 11 Dearely beloued yf God so loued vs we ought also to loue one another 12 No man hath seene God at any time If we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfect in vs. 13 Hereby knowe we that we dwell in hym he in vs because he hath geuen vs of his spirite 14 And we haue seene and do testifie that the father sent the sonne to be the sauiour of the worlde 15 Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God 16 And we haue knowen and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in hym 17 Herein is the loue perfect in vs that we shoulde haue boldnesse in the day of iudgement For as he is euen so are we in this worlde 18 There is no feare in loue but perfect loue casteth out feare for feare hath paynefulnesse He that feareth is not perfect in loue 19 We loue hym for he loued vs first 20 If a man say I loue God yet hate his brother he is a lyer For how can he y t loueth not his brother whom he hath seene loue God whō he hath not seene 21 And this commaundement haue we of hym that he which loueth God shoulde loue his brother also ☜ The .v. Chapter 1. Of the fruites of fayth 14.20 The office aucthoritie diuinitie of Christe 21 agaynst images 1 WHosoeuer beleueth that Iesus is Christe is borne of God And euerie one that loueth him which begat loueth hym also which is begotten H. L. of hym 2 By this we knowe that we loue the chyldren of God when we loue God and kepe his commaundementes 3 For this is the loue of God that we kepe his commaundementes and his commaundementes are not greeuous 4 ☞ For all that is borne of God ouercommeth the worlde And this is the victorie that ouercommeth y e worlde euen our fayth 5 Who is it that ouercommeth y e worlde but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God 6 This Iesus Christe is he that came by water and blood not by water only but by water and blood And it is the spirite that beareth witnesse because the spirite is trueth 7 For there are three which beare recorde in heauen the father the worde and the holy ghost and these three are one 8 And there are three which beare recorde in earth the spirite and water and blood and these three agree in one 9 If we receaue the witnesse of men the witnesse of God is greater For this is the witnesse of God that is greater which he testified of his sonne 10 He that beleueth on the sonne of God hath the witnesse in hym selfe ☞ He that beleueth not God hath made hym a lyer because he beleued not the recorde that God gaue of his sonne 11 And this is the recorde how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall lyfe and this lyfe is in his sonne
couetusnes 1. Re. 8 and therfore the people did aske them a kyng ouer them Helchana Heleanaes wiues Anna. Plenera D. Abesson a Bethalamite of the tribe of Iuda iudged Israel 7. yeres he had thirtie sonnes and 30. daughters maryed them all in whose tyme Paris rauished Helena and the citie of Paris was builded of Paris in his .3 yere was Troy taken and there dyd flowe .406 yeres vnto the first Olimpias theÌ„ the Grecians for y e glorye of their victory began to note the tymes thus In the yere froÌ„ the captiuitâ—e of Troy After that they noted the times according to y e number of their Olimpiades After that the Romanes noted their times thus In the yere from y e building of the citie Lastly christian men noted ††their time froÌ„ the natiuitie of Christ In the third yere from the captiuite of Troy raigned Eneas three yeres in Italie where raigned before him Ianus Saturnus Picus Siluius Latinus about 150. yeres at that tyme Anthenor builded Antherioridam that is Padua E. Ailon iudged the people ten yeres Iudg. 13. in whose tyme Agamemnon king of Mycenae and Menelaus of Lacedemonia H Sampson of the tribe of Dan whose fathers name was Manue he was a Nazarite and sanctified in his mothers wombe who did much destroy the Philistines at the last by the deceite of Dalida his concubine who did shere his head wherby he lost his strength was taken of the Philistines and his eyes put out and in time his strength growing to him he shooke the pillers of the house which fel downe oppressed the Philistines and therby kylled more by his death then he did by his lyfe he was buried in his fathers graue as in the booke of the Iudges in whose time Ascanius the seconde kyng of the Latines builded Alban Iud. 13. Booâ— wheÌ„ he went to slepe toke 〈◊〉 who put her selfe vnder his clouâ— and sitting with the seâ—iors of the people of the citie of Bethel for that the next of her kindred woulde not take her he maryed her to rayse vp seede to his next kinsman that was departed Ruth 1. A. Thola sonne of Phua vncle to Abimelech of Isachar who ruled the people .23 yeres Iud. x. in whose dayes Priamus raigned in Troy B. Iahir he iudged the people 22. yeres Iudg. x. in whose tyme Carmentis did finde the Latin letters and the citie of Carthago was builded of Carthage C. Iepte a valiaunt Galadite expelled by his brothers as a bastarde but afterward made ruler ouer the Galadites ouer his brethreÌ„ and purposing to fight against the Amobites made a vowe to God vnwisely Iudg. 11. F. Hely iudge and priest in correctyng his two sonnes Ophni Phinees very slackly and hearyng of their death of the takyng of the arke by the Philistines he fell from his seat and brake his necke 1. Reg. 2. in whose tyme Siluius was king of the Latins Helchana came of Leui by Ysuar and Chore whiche had two wyues Anna and Phenenna of which Anna he begat Samuel the prophet whoÌ„ she did nurse vp and Heli offered hym vp in Silo. 1. Reg. 1. I. Samuel was called thrise of the Lorde for he had .3 dignities beyng priest iudge and prophete he at the petition of the people of Israel annoynted Saul of the tribe of Beniamin for king geuing him charge to kil the Amalechites and Agag their king which precept because he dyd not fulfill he was reproued of the Lorde and Samuel did annoynt Dauid the sonne of Isai in Bethlehem to be king This Samuel was raysed vp after his death by a Phitonesse a witch In his time began the people of Israel to haue kinges Christes line Booz Obeth Ysai or Iesse Christes line K. â—imelech husbande to Noema in the tyme of famine in the lande of promise vnder Hely the priest â—orneyed with his wiâ—e and his two sonnes from Bethlehem into the lande of Moab where his two sonnes toke to wyues Ruth Orpha where her husband and her two sonnes deraâ—g leauyng Orpha Noema returned with her daughter Ruth a Moabite which Ruth by the counsayle of Noema went into the fieldes of Booz cosin to her husbande to gather eares after the mowers which Ruth tolde Booz the consanguinitie of her husbande and at last maryed her to wife of whom he begat Obed the father of Iesse in the tyme of this Elimelech the sonne stoode to the terrour of sinners agayne the Lorde Ruth 1. Elimelech K Maalon â— Booz wife Ruth Brethren Noema Chelion Orpha M. Saul long sekyng for the Asses of his father and findyng them not went to Samuel in Ramatha who powred a viall full of oyle vpon his head and annoynted him for kyng and receaued three signes to the confirmation of his annoyntyng one in the sepulture of Rachel next the oke of Thabor the seconde at the hyll of the Lorde findyng a companie of the prophetes he prophecied amongst them thirdly in Masphat where by tempering of the lottes of the children of Israel he was elected annoynted This Saul did deliuer the Ioabites of Galaad from Naas the kyng of the Moabites agayne was confirmed of Samuel in Galgola to be kyng who fightyng agaynst the Philistians and not tarying for Samuel by .7 dayes doyng sacrifice against the precept of God and Samuel was reproued of him â–ª where Ionathas because he had eaten of the hony combe agaynst the prohibition though he dyd it ignorauntly was hardly saued from death notwithstandyng the entreatie of the people and Saul because he spared Agag the king of Amalech agaynst the precept of God and Samuel though that Samuel mourned for him before God the Lorde elected Dauid for kyng and reproued Saul for which cause Saul dyd persecute Dauid continually but finally Saul with his .3 sonnes Ionathas Aminadab Melchisua was slayne of the Philistines in the mountaynes ††of Gilboa .1 Reg. 31. In this kinges tyme Homer the Greeke poet lyued Abiel L Ciâ— Ner. Cerra Saul M Abner N Semei O Here at Saul endeth the .3 age hauyng yeres .942 accordyng to the Hebretians but accordyng to the .70 interpretours two yeres lesse Ionathas P Aminadab Melchisua Hisboseth Merob Michol L. Abiel by many successions that is to saye .18 came of Beniamin of whose sonne Cis by name was king Saul borne of whiche Cis Ner was brother 2. Reg. 1. N. Abner sonne of Ner slue Azael and lying with the concubine of Saul was reproued of Isboseth whervpon he came to Dauid was pacified with him and in his departyng from Hierusalem he was slaine of Ioab and Abisai because he had killed Azael 2. Reg. 23. O. Semei the sonne of Zerra did curse Dauid when he fledde from the face of Absolon 1 Reg. 16. whoÌ„ Solomon did sley 3. Reg. 2. for that he coÌ„maunded him to kepe his house not to depart the liâ—ttes appoynted him in Hierusalem which after .3 yeres he transgressed and fled to Achis the king of Geth 3. Reg. 3. 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the inhabitauntes of the lande Lotan and Sobal Sebeon Ana 21 And Dison and Eser and Disan these are the dukes of the Horites the chyldren of Seir in the lande of Edom. 22 And the chyldren of Lotan were Hori and Hemam and Lotans sister was called Thimna 23 The chyldren of Sobal were these Aluan and Manahath and Ebal Sepho and Onam 24 These are the chyldren of Sebeon both Aia and Ana this was that Ana that founde mules in the wyldernesse as she fedde her father Sebeons asses 25 The chyldren of Ana were these Dison ' Aholibama the daughter of Ana. ' 26 These are the chyldren of Dison Hemdan and Esban and Iethran and Cheran 27 The chyldren of Eser are these Bilhan ' and Saauan and Acan. ' 28 The chyldren of Disan also are these ' Vs and Aran. ' 29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites duke Laton duke Sobal duke Sebeon duke Ana 30 Duke Dison duke Eser duke Disan these be the dukes that came of Hori after theyr dukedoms in the lande of Seir. 31 These are the kinges that raigned in the lande of Edom before there raigned any king vpon the chyldren of Israel 32 Bela the sonne of Beor raigned in Edom and the name of his citie was Dinhabah 33 And when Bela dyed Iobab the sonne of Serah out of Bosra raigned in his steade 34 When Iobab also was dead Husam of the lande of Temani raigned in his steade 35 And after the death of Husam Hadad the sonne of Bedad which slew the Madianites in the field of the Moabites raigned in his steade the name of his citie was Auith. ' 36 When Hadad was dead Samlah of ' Masrecah raigned in his steade 37 When Samlah was dead Saul of the ryuer of Rehoboth raigned in his steade 38 When Saul was dead Baal-hanan the sonne of Achbor raigned in his steade 39 And after the death of Baal-hanan the sonne of Achbor Hadar raigned in his steade and y e name of his citie was Pau his wyfes name Mehetabel the daughter of Matred the daughter of Mezahab 40 These are the names of the dukes that came of Esau accordyng to their kinredes places names duke Tunna duke Aluah duke Ietheth 41 Duke Aholibamah duke Elah duke ' Pinon ' 42 Duke Cenaz duke Theman duke ' Mibsar ' 43 Duke Magdiel duke Iran These be the dukes of Edom accordyng to their habitations in the lande of their possessions This Esau is the father of the Edomites ¶ The .xxxvij. Chapter 1 Iacob inhabiteth the lande of Chanaan 2 Ioseph accuseth his brethren 4 The first dreame of Ioseph 9 The other dreame of Ioseph 18 The brethren of Ioseph do consult about his death 22 Ruben deliuereth him 23 Ioseph is cast into a pyt 26 By the councell of Iudas he is solde to the Ismaelites 32 The apparell of Ioseph imbrewed with the blood of a Kyd is caryed to his father 34 Iacob lamenteth his sonne Ioseph 36 Ioseph is solde to Putiphar 1 IAcob dwelt in the land wherin his father was long a straunger euen in y e lande of Chanaan 2 These are y e generations of Iacob when Ioseph was seuenteen yeres olde he kept sheepe with his brethren and the ladde was with y e sonnes of Bilha and with the sonnes of Zilpha his fathers wyues And Ioseph brought vnto his father their euyll report 3 But Israel loued Ioseph more then all his chyldren because he begate hym in his olde age and he made hym a coate of many colours 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loued hym more then all his brethren they hated hym and coulde not speake peaceably vnto hym 5 Moreouer when Ioseph had dreamed a dreame he tolde it his brethren which hated hym yet the more 6 And he said vnto them Heare I pray you this dreame which I haue dreamed 7 Beholde we were byndyng sheaues in the fielde and lo my sheafe arose and stoode vpright beholde your sheaues stoode rounde about and made obeysaunce to my sheafe 8 To whom his brethren sayde Shalt thou be a kyng in deede on vs or shalt thou in deede haue dominion ouer vs And they hated hym yet the more because of his dreames and of his wordes 9 And he dreamed yet another dreame and tolde it his brethren saying behold I haue had one dreame more and beholde the sunne and the moone xj starres made obeysaunce to me 10 And when he had tolde it to his father and his brethren his father rebuked hym and sayde vnto him What is this dreame that thou hast dreamed Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren in deede come to bowe to thee 11 And his brethren enuied hym but his father noted the saying 12 His brethren also went to kepe his fathers cattell in Sichem 13 And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph do not thy brethren kepe in Sichem come and I wyll sende thee to them 14 He aunswered here am I. And he sayde vnto hym Go I praye thee see whether it be well with thy brethren and the cattell and bryng me worde agayne And so he sent hym out of the vale of Hebron he came to Sichem 15 And a certayne man founde hym and beholde he was wandryng out of his waye in the fielde and the man asked hym what sekest thou 16 He aunswered I seke my brethren tell me I praye thee where they kepe cattell 17 And the man sayde They are departed hence for I haue hearde them say let vs go vnto Dothan Thus went Ioseph after his brethren and founde them in Dothan 18 And when they sawe hym a farre of before he came at them they toke councell agaynst hym for to slea hym 19 For one sayde to another beholde this notable dreamer commeth 20 Come nowe therefore and let vs slaye hym and cast hym into some pit and we wyll say some naughtie beast hath deuoured hym and we shall see what wyll come of his dreames 21 When Ruben hearde that he ryd hym out of their handes and sayde let vs not kyll hym 22 And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto thē shed no blood but cast hym into this pit that is in the wyldernesse and laye no hande vppon hym this he sayde namely that he myght ryd hym out of their handes and delyuer hym to his father agayne 23 And when Ioseph was come vnto his brethren they strypt hym out of his coate his partie coloured coate that was vpon hym 24 And they toke hym and cast hym into an emptie pit wherein was no water 25 And they sate them downe to eate bread and as they lyft vp their eyes and loked about and behold there came a company of Ismaelites from Gilead and their camelles laden with spicerie bawlme and mirrhe and were goyng downe ta cary it to Egypt 26 And Iuda sayde vnto his brethren What
saying 11 Go thorowe the middes of the hoaste and coÌ„maunde the people saying Prepare you vitailes for after three daies ye shal passe ouer this Iordane to go in and enioye the lande which the Lorde your God geueth you to possesse it 12 And vnto the Rubenites Gadites and halfe the tribe of Manasses spake Iosuah saying 13 Remember the worde whiche Moyses the seruaunt of the Lorde commauÌ„ded you saying The Lorde your God hath geuen you rest hath geuen you this lande 14 Your wyues your children and your catell shall remaine in the lande which Moyses gaue you on this syde Iordane but ye shal go before your brethren armed all that be men of warre and helpe them 15 Vntill the Lorde haue geuen your brethren rest as he hath you and vntill they also haue obtained the lande whiche the Lorde your God geueth them And then shal ye returne vnto the lande of your possession and enioye it which lande Moyses the Lordes seruauÌ„t gaue you on this side Iordane towarde the sunne rysyng 16 And they aunswered Iosuah sayinge Al that thou hast commaunded vs we will do and whyther soeuer thou sendest vs we will go 7 According as we obeyed Moyses in al thinges so will we obey thee only the Lorde thy God be with thee as he was with Moyses 18 And whosoeuer he be that doth disobey thy mouth and wil not hearken vnto thy wordes in all that thou commauÌ„dest him let him dye Only be strong and of good courage The .ij. Chapter 1 Iosuah sendeth out spies into Iericho 4 They be hydden of Rahab 9 Rahab agniseth the God of Israel to be the hyghest God 11 Rahab requireth that there be had a respecte of her selfe and hers when Iericho is ouercummen 21 The spies do returne 1 ANd Iosuah y e sonne of Nun sent out of Sittim two men to spye secretely saying Go and viewe the land and also Iericho And they went and came into a harlotes house named Rahab and lodged there 2 And it was tolde the king of Iericho saying Beholde ther came men in hyther to night of the children of Israel to spye out the countrey 3 And the king of Iericho sent vnto Rahab saying Bring foorth the men that are come to thee and which are entred into thyne house for they be come to searche out all the lande 4 And the woman toke the two men and hyd them and sayd thus In deede there came men vnto me but I wiste not whence they were 5 And about the time of the shutting of the gate when it was darke the men went out whyther the men went I wote not folowe ye after them quickly for ye shall ouertake them 6 But she had brought them vp to the rooffe of the house * hyd them with the stalkes of flaxe which she had lying abrode vpon the rooffe 7 And the men pursued after them the way to Iordane vnto the fourdes and assoone as they whiche pursued after them were gone out they shut the gate 8 And or euer they were asleepe she came vp vnto them vpon the rooffe 9 And sayd vnto the men I knowe that the Lorde hath geuen you the land for the feare of you is fallen vpoÌ„ vs and the inhabitantes of the lande faint at the presence of you 10 For we haue hearde howe the Lorde dried vp the water of the red sea before you when you came out of Egypt and what you dyd vnto the two kynges of the Amorites that were on the other syde Iordane Sehon and Og whom ye vtterly destroyed 11 And assoone as we had hearde these thynges our heartes dyd faynt and there remained no more courage in any man at the presence of you For the Lorde your God he is the God in heauen aboue and in earth beneath 12 Nowe therfore I pray you sweare vnto me by the Lorde that as I haue shewed you mercie ye shall also shewe mercie vnto my fathers house and geue me a true token 13 And that ye shall saue alyue both my father and my mother my brethren and my sisters and all that they haue and that ye shall delyuer our soules from death 14 And the men aunswered her Our lyues for you to dye yf ye vtter not this our busynesse And when the Lorde hath geuen vs the lande we wyll deale mercyfully and truely with thee 15 And then she let them downe by a corde through a wyndow for her house was vpon the towne wall she dwelt vpon the towne wall 16 And she sayde vnto them Get you into the mountaine leste the pursuers meete you and hyde your selues there three dayes vntyl the pursuers be returned then shall ye go your owne way 17 And the men sayde vnto her We wyl be blamelesse of this thy oâ—h which thou hast made vs sweare â–ª 18 Behold when we come into the lande thou shalt bynde this corde of red threde in the wyndowe whiche thou dydst let vs downe by and thou shalt bryng thy father and thy mother thy brethren all thy fathers housholde euen into thy house 19 And then whosoeuer doeth go out at the doores of thy house into the streate his blood shal be vpon his owne head and we wyll be gyltlesse And who soeuer shal be with thee in the house his blood shal be on our head yf any mans hande touche hym 20 And if thou vtter these our wordes we wil be quite of thy oth which thou hast made vs sweare 21 And she saide According vnto your wordes so be it And she sent theÌ„ away and they departed And she bounde the red corde in the windowe 22 And they departed and came into the mountaine there abode three dayes vntyl the pursuers were returned And the pursuers sought them throughout all the way but founde them not 23 And the two men returned and descended from the mountaine and passed ouer and came to Iosuah the sonne of Nun and tolde him all that came vnto them 24 And they saide vnto Iosuah Truely the Lorde hath delyuered into our handes all the lande and all the inhabitauntes of the countrey faint at the presence of vs. The .iij. Chapter 1 Iosuah commeth with the people vnto Iordane 3 The Leuites do beare the arke going before the people 7 God sheweth by miracles that he is with Iosuah and that he guydeth the people 14 The people goeth ouer Iordane 16 The chanell of Iordane is made drye 1 ANd Iosuah rose early and they remoued froÌ„ Sittim and came to Iordane he and all the chyldren of Israel and lodged there before they went ouer 2 And after three dayes the officers went throughout the hoaste 3 And commaunded the people saying When ye see the arke of the testament of the Lorde your God and the priestes that are Leuites bearing it ye shall depart from your place and go after it 4 So yet
Zalmana kynges of Madian 6 And the lordes of Sucoth sayde Are the handes of Zebah and Zalmana now in thyne handes that we should geue bread vnto thyne armie 7 Gedeon sayde Therfore when the Lord hath deliuered Zebah and Zalmana into mine hande I will teare the flesshe of you with the thornes of the wildernes and with bryers 8 And he went vp thence to Phanuel spake vnto them lykewyse And y e men of Phanuel aunswered him as did the men of Sucoth 9 And he sayd also vnto the men of Phanuel When I come agayne in peace I will breake downe this towre 10 Zebah Zalmana were in Carcor and their hoastes with them vpon a fifteene thousande men which were all that were left of all the hoastes of them of the east For there was slaine an hundred and twentie thousande men that drewe swordes 11 And Gedeon went thorowe them that dwelt in tabernacles on the east syde of Nobah and Iegbahah and smote the hoaste for the hoaste dyd cast no perylles 12 And whan Zebah and Zalmana fled he folowed after them and toke y e two kynges of Madian Zebah and Zalmana and discomfited all the hoaste 13 And Gedeon the sonne of Ioas returned from battel afore the sunne was vp 14 And caught a ladde of the men of Sucoth enquired of him And he wrote him of the lordes and elders of Sucoth threescore and seuenteene men 15 And he came vnto the men of Sucoth and sayd Beholde Zebah and Zalmana with which ye dyd cast me in the teeth saying Are the handes of Zebah and Zalmana alredy in thyne hande that we should geue bread vnto thy fayntie men 16 And he toke the elders of the citie and thornes of the wildernesse and bryers and dyd teare the men of Sucoth with them 17 And he brake downe the towre of * Phanuel slue the men of the citie 18 And then sayde he vnto Zebah and Zalmana what maner of men were they whom ye slue at Thabor And they aunswered The lykenesse of thee and them is al one euē after the fashion of the children of a kyng 19 And he sayd They were my brethren euen my mothers children As truly as the Lord liueth if ye had saued their lyues I would not slay you 20 And he sayde vnto Iether his eldest sonne Vp and slay them But the ladde drue not his sworde for he feared because he was yet young 21 Then Zebah and Zalmana sayde Ryse thou and fall vpon vs for as the man is so is his strength And Gedeon arose and slue Zebah and Zalmana and toke away the ornamentes that were on their camels neckes 22 Then the men of Israel sayde vnto Gedeon Raigne thou ouer vs both thou thy sonne and thy sonnes sonne for thou hast deliuered vs out of y e hand of Madian 23 And Gedeon sayd vnto them I wyll not raigne ouer you neither shall my childe raigne ouer you but the Lorde shall raigne ouer you 24 And agayne Gedeon said vnto them I would desire a request of you euen that you would geue me euery man the * earinges of his pray For they had golden earinges because they were Ismaelites 25 And they aunswered We will gyue them And they spread a mantell and dyd cast therin euery man the earynges of his pray 26 And the wayght of y e golden earinges that he required was a thousand and seuen hundred sicles of golde besyde chaynes and iewelles and purple rayment that was on the kynges of Madian and besyde the chaynes that were about their camels neckes 27 And Gedeon made an Ephod therof and put it in his citie Ephrah And all Israel went a whoryng after it in the same place which thing became a ruyne vnto Gedeon and to his house 28 Thus was Madian brought lowe before the children of Israel so that they lyft vp their heades no more And the countrey was in quietnes fourtie yeres in the dayes of Gedeon 29 And Ierobaal y e sonne of Ioas went and dwelt in his owne house 30 And Gedeon had threescore and ten sonnes of his body begotten for he had many wyues 31 And his cōcubine that was in Sichem bare him a sonne also whose name he called Abimelech 32 And Gedeon the sonne of Ioas dyed in a good age and was buryed in the sepulchre of Ioas his father euen in Ephrah that parteyned vnto the father of the Esrites 33 But assoone as Gedeon was dead the children of Israel turned away went a whoryng after Baalim and made a couenaunt with Baal to be their God 34 And the children of Israel thought not on the Lorde their God which had deliuered them out of the handes of all their enemies on euery syde 35 Neither shewed they mercy on the house of Ierobaal otherwyse called Gedeon according to all the goodnes which he had shewed vnto Israel The .ix. Chapter 1. Abimelech vsurpeth the kyngdome and putteth his brethren to death 7. Ioatham proposeth a parable 23. Hatred betweene Abimelech and the Sichemites 26. Gaal conspireth agaynst him and is ouercome 53. Abimelech is wounded to death by a woman 1 ABimelech the sonne of Ierobaal went to Sichem vnto his mothers brethren communed with them with all the kynrede of the house of his mothers father saying 2 Saye I pray you in the eares of all the men of Sichem whether is better for you that all the sonnes of Ierobaal which are threescore and ten persons raigne ouer you either that one raigne ouer you Remember that I am of your bone and of your fleshe 3 And his mothers brethren spake of him in the audience of all the men of Sichem all these wordes their heartes were moued to folow Abimelech For they sayde He is our brother 4 And they gaue him threescore and ten peeces of siluer out of the house of Baal Berith wherwith Abimelech hyred vayne and light persons which went with hym 5 And he went vnto his fathers house at Ephrah * and slue his brethren the sonnes of Ierobaal beyng threescore ten persons vpon one stone Notwithstandyng yet Ioatham the youngest sonne of Ierobaal escaped for he hyd hymselfe 9 And all the men of Sichem gathered together and al the house of Mello and came and made Abimelech kyng in the playne where the stone was in Sichem 7 And when they tolde it to Ioatham he went and stoode in the top of mount Garizim and lyft vp his voyce cryed and sayd vnto them Hearken vnto me you men of Sichem that God may hearken vnto you 8 The trees went foorth to annoynt a kyng ouer them and sayde vnto the Olyue tree Raigne thou ouer vs. 9 But the Olyue tree sayd vnto them Should I leaue my fatnesse wherwith by me they honour God and man to be promoted ouer the trees 10 And the trees sayd to the figge tree Come thou and be kyng ouer vs. 11 The figge tree
the kinges face And if ther be any trespasse in me let hym kil me 33 And so Ioab came to the king and tolde him Which when he had sent for Absalom he came to the king and fel to the ground on his face before him and the king kissed Absalom The .xv. Chapter 2 The practises of Absalom to aspire to the kingdome 14 Dauid and his seruauntes flee 31 Dauids prayer 34 Husai is sent to Absalom to discourse his counsell 1 AFter this Absalō prepared him charettes horses and fiftie men to runne before him 2 And Absalom rose vp early and stoode in the place of the entring in of the gate And euery man that had any matter and came to the king for iudgement him did Absalom cal vnto him and sayde Of what citie art thou He aunswered Thy seruaunt is of one of the tribes of Israel 3 And Absalom said vnto him See thy matters are good and righteous but there is no man deputed of the king to heare thee 4 Absalom sayde moreouer Oh that I were made iudge in the land that euery man which hath any plea and matter in the lawe might come to me and that I might do him iustice 5 And when any man came nye to him and dyd him obeysaunce he put foorth his hande and toke him to him and kissed him 6 And on this maner dyd Absalom to al Israel that came to the king for iudgement so Absalom stale the heartes of the men of Israel 7 And after fourtie yeres Absalom said vnto the king I pray thee let me go to Hebron pay my vowe which I haue vowed vnto the Lorde 8 For thy seruaunt vowed a vowe when I was in Gesur in Siria saying If the Lorde shall bring me againe in deede to Hierusalem I wil serue the Lorde 9 And the king said vnto him Go in peace And so he arose and went to Hebron 10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel saying Assoone as ye heare the voyce of the trumpet blow ye shall say Absalom raigneth in Hebrō 11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Hierusalem that were called And they went with pure heartes not knowing of any thing 12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite Dauids counseller frō his citie Gilo while he offered sacrifices and there was wrought strong treason For the people went and increased with Absalom 13 And ther came a messenger to Dauid and sayde The heartes of the men of Israel are turned after Absalom 14 And Dauid said vnto all his seruaūtes that were with him at Hierusalem Vp that we may flee for we shall not els escape from Absalom Make speede to departe lest he come sodenly catche vs and bring euyll vpon vs and smyte the citie with the edge of the sworde 15 And the kinges seruauntes sayd vnto him Beholde thy seruauntes are redy to do whatsoeuer my lord the king shall appoynt 16 And the king departed and al his housholde at his feete And the king left ten concubines to kepe the house 17 And the king went foorth and all the people at his feete and taried in a place that was farre of 18 And al his seruauntes went about him and all the Cerethites and all the Phelethites and all the Gethites euen sixe hundred men whiche were come after him from Geth went before the king 19 Then sayde the king to Ithai the Gethite Wherfore commest thou with vs Returne and abyde with the king for thou art a straunger depart therfore to thy place 20 Thou camest yesterday and should I vnquiet thee to day to go with vs I will go whyther I can Therfore returne thou cary againe thy brethren Mercy and trueth be with thee 21 And Ithai aunswered the king said As the Lord lyueth and as my lord the king lyueth in what place my lorde the king shal be whether in death or lyfe euen there also will thy seruaunt be 22 And Dauid said to Ithai Come then and go forward And Ithai the Gethite went foorth and all his men and all the children that were with him 23 And all the countrey wepte with a loude voyce all the people went ouer The king also him selfe passed ouer the brooke Cedron and all the people went ouer towarde the waye that leadeth to the wildernesse 24 And lo Sadoc also and all the Leuites were with him bare the arke of the appoyntment of God and they set downe the arke of God and Abiathar went vp vntill the people were all come ouer out of the citie 25 And the king sayde vnto Sadoc Cary the arke of God againe into the citie If I shall finde fauour in the eyes of the Lorde he will bring me againe shewe me both it and the tabernacle therof 26 But if he thus say I haue no lust vnto thee beholde here am I let hym do with me what semeth good in his eyes 27 The king sayde also vnto Sadoc the priest Art not thou a Sear Returne into the citie in peace and take your two sonnes with you Ahimaaz thy sonne and Ionathan the sonne of Abiathar 28 Behold I wil tary in the fieldes of the wildernesse vntil there come some word from you to be tolde me 29 Sadoc therfore and Abiathar caried the arke of God againe to Hierusalem and they taried there 30 And Dauid went vpon mount Oliuet and wept as he went vp and had his head couered went barefoote And all the people that was with him had euery man his head couered as they went vp they wept 31 And one tolde Dauid saying Ahithophel is one of them that haue conspired with Absalom And Dauid sayde O Lorde I pray thee turne the counsell of Ahithophel into foolishnes 32 When Dauid was come to the toppe of the mount he worshipped God and beholde Husai the Arachite came against him with his coate torne and hauing earth vpon his head 33 Vnto whom Dauid sayde If thou go with me thou shalt be a burthen vnto me 34 But if thou returne to the citie and say vnto Absalom I will be thy seruaunt O king as I haue thus long ben thy fathers seruaunt so am I nowe thy seruaunt thou mayest for my sake destroy the counsel of Ahithophel 35 And hast thou not there with thee Sadoc and Abiathar the priestes therfore whatsoeuer thou shalt here out of the kings house thou shalt shewe to Sadoc and Abiathar the priestes 36 And behold they haue there with them their two sonnes Ahimaaz Sadocs sonne and Ionathan Abiathars sonne by them also shal ye sende me all that ye can heare 37 And so Husai Dauids freende went to the citie and Absalom entred into Hierusalem The .xvi. Chapter 1 The infidelitie of Ziba 5 Simei curseth Dauid 16 Husai commeth to Absalom 21 The counsell of Ahithophel for the concubines 1 ANd when Dauid was a
and go to him and make him arise vp from among his brethren cary him to a secrete chamber 3 Then take the boxe of oyle and powre it on his head and say thus saith the Lord I haue annoynted thee to be king ouer Israel And then open the doore and flee without any tarying 4 And so the seruaunt of the prophete gat him to Ramoth Gilead 5 And when he came in beholde the captaynes of the hoast were sitting together And he sayde I haue an errand to thee O captayne 6 And Iehu sayd Vnto whiche of al vs He sayd To thee O captayne And he arose and went into the house and he powred the oyle on his head and sayde vnto him Thus saith the Lord God of Israel I haue annoynted thee to be king ouer the people of the Lorde euen ouer Israel 7 Thou shalt smyte the house of Ahab thy maister that I may auenge the blood of my seruauntes the prophetes the blood of all the seruauntes of the Lord of the hande of Iezabel 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall be destroyed and I will destroy from Ahab euen hym that maketh water against the wal and him that is prysoned and forsaken in Israel 9 And I wil make the house of Ahab like the house of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat and like the house of Baasa the sonne of Ahia 10 And as for Iezabel the dogges shall eate her in the fielde of Iezrahel and there shal be none to burie her And he opened the doore and fled 11 Iehu came out to the seruauntes of his lord and one sayd vnto him Is al well Wherfore came this madde felowe to thee And he sayd vnto them Ye knowe what maner of man it is and what his communication is 12 They said vnto him againe It is not so tell vs. He said Thus thus spake he to me saying thus saith the Lord I haue annoynted thee to be king ouer Israel 13 Then they hasted and toke euery man his garment and put it vnder him on the toppe of the staires and blewe with trumpettes saying Iehu is king 14 And so Iehu the sonne of Iehosaphat the sonne of Nimsi conspired against Ioram Ioram kept Ramoth Gilead he and al Israel because of Hazael king of Syria 15 And king Ioram returned to be healed in Iezrahel of the woundes which the Syrians had geuen him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria And Iehu sayde If it be your mindes then let no man depart and escape out of the citie to go and tell in Iezrahel 16 So Iehu gat vp into a charet went to Iezrahel where Ioram lay and Ahaziahu king of Iuda was come downe thyther to see Ioram 17 And the watchman that stoode on the towre in Iezrahel spied the companie of Iehu as he came and sayde I see a companie And Ioram sayde Take an horsman and send to meete them that he may aske whether it be peace 18 And so there went one on horsbacke to meete him and sayde Thus sayth the king is it peace And Iehu sayd What hast thou to do with peace turne thee behind me And the watchman told saying The messenger came to them but he commeth not againe 19 Then he sent out another on horsbacke whiche came to them and sayde Thus sayth the king is it peace Iehu aunswered What hast thou to do with peace turne thee behynd me 20 And the watchman tolde saying He came to them also and commeth not againe And the driuing is lyke the driuing of Iehu the sonne of Nimsi for he driueth the charet as he were mad 21 And Ioram sayde Make redy And the charet was made redy And Ioram king of Israel and Ahaziahu king of Iuda went out eyther of them in his charet against Iehu and met him in the fielde of Naboth the Iezrahelite 22 And it fortuned that when Ioram sawe Iehu he sayd Is it peace Iehu He aunswered What peace should there be so long as the whordoms of thy mother Iezabel and her wytchcraftes are so great 23 And Ioram turned his hande and fled and sayde to Ahaziahu There is falshood O Ahaziahu 24 And Iehu toke a bow in his hande and smote Ioram betweene the armes the arrowe went through his heart and he fell downe flat in his charet 25 Then said Iehu to Bidkar a captayne Take him and cast him in the plat of the ground of Naboth the Iezrahelite For I remember that when I thou rode together after Ahab his father the Lorde layed this heauy burthen vpon him 26 I haue seene yesterday the blood of Naboth the blood of his sonnes sayde the Lord and I wil quite it thee in this ground sayth the Lord. Nowe therfore take him and cast him in the plat of ground according to y e word of the Lord. 27 But when Ahaziahu the king of Iuda sawe this he fled by the way of the garden house And Iehu folowed after him and sayde Smyte him also in the charet at the goyng vp to Gur by Iebleam And he fled to Megiddo and ther died 28 And his seruauntes caryed him in a charet to Hierusalem and buried him there in his sepulchre with his fathers in the citie of Dauid 29 And in the eleuenth yere of Ioram the sonne of Ahab began Ahaziahu to raigne ouer Iuda 30 And when Iehu was come to Iezrahel Iezabel hearde of it paynted her face and tired her head and loked out at a wyndowe 31 And as Iehu entred at the gate she sayd Had Zimri peace which slue his maister 32 And he lift vp his eyes to the windowe and sayde Who is of my side who And there loked out to him two or three chamberlaynes 33 And he sayd Throwe her downe So they threwe her downe her blood dasshed toward the wall and towarde the horses and he troade her vnder foote 34 And when he was come in he dyd eate and drinke sayd Go and visite I pray you yonder cursed creature and burie her for she is a kinges daughter 35 And so when they came to burie her they founde no more of her then the skull and the feete and the palmes of her handes 36 Wherfore they came againe and tolde him And he sayd This is the worde of the Lorde whiche he spake by the hand of his seruaunt Elias the Thesbite saying In the fielde of Iezrahel shall dogges eate the fleshe of Iezabel 37 And so the carkasse of Iezabel was euen as dounge vpon the earth in the fielde of Iezrahel so that no man might say This is Iezabel The .x. Chapter 6 Iehu causeth the seuentie sonnes of Ahab to be slayne 13 And after that fourtie and two of Ahaziahs brethren 25 He killeth also all the priestes of Baal 35 After his death his sonne raigneth in his steade 1 AHab had threescore ten sonnes in Samaria And Iehu wrote letters and sent to Samaria vnto the rulers of Iezrahel to
the archers founde him and he was wounded of shooters 4 Then saide Saul to his harnesse bearer Drawe thy sword and thrust me through therwith that these vncircumcised come not and do me shame But his harnesse bearer would not for he feared exceedingly So Saul caught a sword and fell vpon it 5 And when his harnesse bearer saw that Saul was dead he fell on a sword also and dyed 6 And thus Saul and his three sonnes and al they of his house dyed together 7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley sawe how they fled and that Saul his sonnes were dead they forsoke their cities and ran away and the Philistines came and dwelt in them 8 And it fortuned that on the morowe when the Philistines came to strip the dead bodies they founde Saul and his sonnes ouerthrowen in mount Gilboa 9 And when they had stript him they toke his head and his harnesse and sent them into the lande of the Philistines rounde about to shewe them vnto their idols and to the people 10 And they put his harnesse in the house of their god and set vp his head in the temple of Dagon 11 And when all they of Iabes in Gilead hearde all that the Philistines had done to Saul 12 They arose all the strongest of them and fet away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sonnes and brought them to Iabes and buried the bones of them vnder an oke in Iabes and fasted seuen dayes 13 So Saul dyed for his trespasse that he trespassed against the Lorde in that he kept not the word of the Lorde and in that he sought and asked counsaile of a woman that wrought with a spirite 14 And asked not of the Lorde and therefore he slue him and turned the kingdome vnto Dauid the sonne of Isai ¶ The .xj. Chapter 3 After the death of Saul Dauid is annoynted in Hebron 5 The Iebusites rebell against Dauid from whom he taketh the towre of Sion 6 Ioab is made captayne 10 His valiaunt men 1 THen all Israel gathered them selues to Dauid vnto Hebron saying 2 Beholde we be thy bones and thy fleshe And moreouer in tyme past euen when Saul was king thou leddest Israel out in And the Lorde thy God sayde vnto thee Thou shalt feede my people Israel and thou shalt be captayne ouer my people Israel 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron and Dauid made a couenaunt with them in Hebrō before the Lorde And they annoynted Dauid king ouer Israel according to the worde of the Lorde by the hande of Samuel 4 And Dauid and all Israel went to Hierusalem which is Iebus where as were the Iebusites the inhabiters of the lande 5 And the inhabiters of Iebus sayde to Dauid Thou commest not in here Neuerthelesse Dauid wan the castel of Sion which is called the citie of Dauid 6 And Dauid sayde Whosoeuer smyteth the Iebusites first shal be the principall captayne and a lorde So Ioab the sonne of Zaruia went first vp and was made the chiefe captayne 7 And Dauid dwelt in the castell Sion and therefore they called it the citie of Dauid 8 And he built the citie on euery syde euen from Millo round about and Ioab repaired the rest of the citie 9 And Dauid prospered waxed great the Lorde of hoastes was with him 10 These are the principall men of power whom Dauid had and that claue to him in his kingdome with all Israel to make him king according to the word of the Lorde ouer Israel 11 And this is the number of the mightie men whom Dauid had Iosobeam the sonne of Hachmoni the chiefe among thirtie he lift vp his speare against three hundred and wounded them at one tyme. 12 After him was Eleazar his vncles sonne an Ahothite which was one of the three mightiest 13 He was with Dauid at Pasdammim and there the Philistines were gathered together to battaile And there was there a parcell of grounde full of barly and the people fled before the Philistines 14 And they stept foorth into the middest of the fielde and saued it and slue the Philistines and the Lorde gaue a great victorie 15 And the three of the thirtie chiefe captaynes went to a rocke to Dauid into the caue Adullam And the hoast of the Philistines abode in the valley of Rephaim 16 And when Dauid was in the holde the Philistines watch was at Bethlehem that same tyme. 17 And Dauid longed and sayde Oh that one woulde geue me drinke of the water of the well that is at the gate at Bethlehem 18 And the three brake through the hoast of the Philistines and drewe water out of the wel that was by y e gate at Bethlehem and toke it and brought it to Dauid Neuerthelesse Dauid woulde not drinke of it but rather offered it to the Lorde 19 And sayd my God forbyd it me that I shoulde do this thing Shall I drinke the blood of these men that haue put their liues in ieoperdie for with the ieoperdie of their liues they brought it therefore he would not drinke it And this did these three mightiest 20 And Abisai the brother of Ioab he also was captayne among three For he lyft vp his speare against three hundred and wounded them and had a name among the three 21 Yea among three he was more honorable then the two for he was their captayne Howbeit he attayned not to the first three 22 Banaia y e sonne of Iehoiada the sonne of a very strong man which had done many actes of Cabzeel he slue two strong lions of Moab went downe and slue a lion in a pit in time of snowe 23 And he slue an Egyptian whose stature was euen fiue cubites long and in the Egyptians hand was a speare lyke a weauers beame And the other went downe to him with a waster plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand and slue him with his owne speare 24 Such thinges did Banaia the sonne of Iehoiada and had the name among the three mightiest 25 And was honorable among thirtie but attayned not vnto the first three And Dauid made him of his counsaile 26 The other men of armes were these Asahel the brother of Ioab Elhanan his vncles sonne of Bethlehem 27 Samoth the Harodite Helez the Pelonite 28 Ira the sonne of Ickes the Thekoite Abieser the Anatothite 29 Sibbecai the Husathite Ilai the Ahohite 30 Maharai the Nepthophathite Heled the sonne of Baana the Nethophathite 31 Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibea that pertayned to the children of Beniamin Benaia the Phirathonite 32 Hurai of the riuers of Gaas Abiel the Arbathite 33 Azmaueth the Baharumite Elihaba the Salabonite 34 The sonnes of Hassem the Gezonite Ionathan the sonne of Sage an Hararite 35 Ahiam the sonne of Sacar the Hararite Eliphal the sonne of Vr. 36 Hepher the Mecherathite Ahia the Pelonite 37 Hezro the Carmelite
wyll fall into the pit whiche he hath made 16 For his labour shall come vpon his owne head and his wickednesse shall fall vpon his owne pate 17 I wyll prayse God accordyng to his ryghteousnesse I wyll sing psalmes vnto the name of the most high God The argument of the .viij. psalme ¶ Dauid setteth foorth the magnificencie of God acknowledged of babes and abiectes of this world he maruayleth at Gods workes and at the great exceeding loue of God to man who is exalted to that excellencie that he is Lorde ouer all thinges in this worlde ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Gittith a psalme of Dauid 1 O God our Lorde howe excellent is thy name in all the earth for that thou hast set thy glory aboue the heauens 2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklinges thou hast layde the foundation of thy strength for thyne aduersaries sake that thou mightest styll the enemie and the auenger 3 For I will consider thy heauens euen the workes of thy fingers the moone and the starres whiche thou hast ordayned 4 What is man that thou art myndfull of him and the sonne of man that thou visitest hym 5 Thou hast made hym somthyng inferiour to angels thou hast crowned him with glory and worship 6 Thou makest hym to haue dominion of the workes of thy handes and thou hast put all thinges in subiection vnder his feete 7 All sheepe and oxen also the beastes of the fielde the foules of the ayre and the fishe of the sea and whatsoeuer swymmeth in the seas 8 O God our Lorde howe excellent great is thy name in all the earth ¶ The argument of the .ix. psalme ¶ Dauid prayseth God for the victorie that he had obtayned ouer his enemies attributyng it wholly to God He besecheth God to continue his mercy towarde hym that he may continually set foorth his prayses ¶ To the chiefe musition at the death of Labben a psalme of Dauid 1 I Wyl prayse God with all myne heart I wyl recite all thy marueylous workes 2 I wyll be glad reioyce in thee I wyll sing psalmes vnto thy name O thou most hyest 3 For that myne enemies are returned backwarde are fallen and perished at thy presence 4 For that thou hast geuen iudgement in my ryght and cause thou that iudgest right hast sit in the throne of iudgement 5 Thou hast rebuked the Heathen and destroyed the vngodly thou hast abolished their name for euer and euer 6 O thou enemie thou thoughtest to bryng vs to a perpetuall desolation * and to destroy our cities so that there shoulde remayne no memory of them 7 But God wyll sit for euer he hath prepared his throne for iudgement 8 For he wyll iudge the world in iustice and minister iudgement vnto the people in righteousnesse 9 God also wyll be a refuge for the oppressed euen a refuge in tyme of trouble 10 And they that knowe thy name wyll put their trust in thee for thou O God hast neuer fayled them that seeke thee 11 Sing psalmes vnto God abiding at Sion declare his notable actes among the people 12 For he maketh inquisition of blood he remembreth it and forgetteth not the complaynt of the poore 13 Haue mercy on me O God consider the trouble whiche I suffer of them that hate me lift me vp from the gates of death 14 That I may shewe all thy prayses within the gates of the daughter of Sion and reioyce in thy saluation 15 The Heathen are sunke downe into the pit that they made their owne foote is snared in the same net whiche they had layde priuily for other 16 God is knowen by the iudgement that he hath executed the vngodly is trapped in y e worke of his owne handes this ought to be considered alwayes Selah 17 The wicked shal be turned vnto hell and all people that forget God 18 But the poore shall not alway be forgotten neither shall the hope of the humble afflicted perishe for euer 19 Aryse vp O God let not man preuaile let the Heathen in thy sight be iudged 20 Put them in feare O God that the Heathen may knowe them selues to be but men Selah The argument of the .x. psalme ¶ The prophete as left in the handes of wicked aduersaries complayneth to God of their pryde malice crueltie euill maners craft and prosperitie he prayeth God to succour the fatherlesse and oppressed and to represse the malice of the wicked 1 WHy standest thou so farre of O God why hidest thee in the tyme of trouble 2 The vngodly of a wylfulnesse persecuteth the poore but euery one of them shal be taken in the craftie wylines that they haue imagined 3 For the vngodly prayseth according to his owne heartes desire and blessing the couetous he blasphemeth God 4 The vngodly looketh so proudly as though he cared for none at all neither is the Lorde in all his thoughtes 5 His wayes are alwayes greeuous but thy iudgementes are farre aboue out of his sight and therfore he snuffeth at all his enemies 6 He hath sayde in his heart tushe I can not be remoued for I can not be touched at any tyme with harme 7 His mouth is full of cursing and of deceate and of fraude vnder his tongue is labour and mischiefe 8 He sitteth lurkyng in theeuishe corners of the streates and priuily in lurking dennes he doth murther the innocent he eyeth diligently hym that is weake 9 He lieth in wayte lurking as a Lion in his denne he lyeth in wayte lurkyng * that he may violently carry away the afflicted he doth carry away violentlye the afflicted in halyng hym into his net 10 He croucheth and humbleth him selfe so that a number of thē that be weake fall by his myght 11 He sayeth in his heart tushe the Lord hath forgotten he hydeth away his face and he wyll neuer see it 12 Aryse vp O Lorde God lift vp thine hande forget not the afflicted 13 Wherefore shoulde the wicked blaspheme the Lorde whyle he sayeth in his heart that thou wylt not call to accompt 14 Surely thou hast seene this for thou beholdest labour and spite that thou mayest take the matter into thy hands he that is weake leaueth it for thee for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse 15 Breake thou the power of the vngodly and malitious searche thou out his vngodlynes and thou shalt finde none afterwarde in him 16 God is king for euer and euer but the Heathen shall perishe out of the lande 17 O God thou hast hearde the desire of the afflicted and thou wylt settle their heart 18 Thou wylt be attentiue with thyne eare to geue iudgement for the fatherlesse and oppressed so no man in the earth shall once go about hereafter to do them violence ¶ The argument of the .xi. psalme ¶ Dauid trusting in God complayneth of them who would not suffer him to hide him selfe in the
after and the people which shal be borne shall prayse the Lorde 17 For he hath loked downe from his high sanctuarie out of heauen did God beholde the earth 18 That he might heare the mourninges of such as be in captiuitie and delyuer the children of death 19 That they may declare y e name of God in Sion and his prayse at Hierusalem 20 When people were gathered together kyngdomes to serue God he afflicted my strength in the way he shortened my dayes 21 But I say O my God take me not away in the middest of myne age as for thy yeres they endure throughout all generations 22 Thou hast before tyme layde the foundation of the earth and the heauens are the worke of thy handes 23 They shall perishe but thou wylt remayne styll they all shall waxe olde as doth a garment and as a vesture thou wylt chaunge them and they shal be chaunged 24 But thou art and thy yeres can not fayle the children of thy seruauntes shal dwell and their seede shal be maynteyned in thy syght ¶ The argument of the .ciii. psalme ¶ The prophete stirreth vp hym selfe and all that is within hym to blesse God for such benefites as both he hym selfe and all the Israelites haue at his handes receaued in that he pardoneth their sinne redeemeth them from death and maketh his holy wyll knowen vnto them beyng men miserable and of a short lyfe Finally he calleth vpon angels and all sortes of men with all their power to blesse God who is kyng of heauen and earth 1 BLesse God O my soule and all that is within me prayse his holy name 2 Blesse God O my soule and forget not all his benefites 3 Who forgeueth all thy wickednesse and healeth all thine infirmities 4 Who redeemeth thy lyfe from destruction and crowneth thee with mercie and louyng kyndnesse 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good thynges causyng thy youth lyke an Egles to be renued 6 God executeth iustice and iudgement for all them that are oppressed with wrong 7 He made his wayes knowen vnto Moyses his workes vnto the children of Israel 8 God is full of compassion and pitie loth to be angry and exceedyng great in mercie 9 He vseth not to continue in chydyng neither reserueth he his anger for euer 10 He dealeth not with vs accordyng to our sinnes nor rewardeth vs according to our wickednesse 11 For accordyng to the hyghnesse of heauen aboue the earth his mercie preuayleth to them that feare hym 12 Loke howe farre distaunt the east is from the west so farre a sunder setteth he our sinnes from vs. 13 Yea lyke as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is God mercifull vnto them that feare hym 14 For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust 15 The dayes of man are as the dayes of an hearbe he florisheth as a flowre in the fielde 16 For the winde passeth ouer it and it is no more seene and the place therof knoweth it no more 17 But the mercifull goodnesse of God endureth for euer and euer vpon them that feare hym and his righteousnesse vpon childers children 18 Euen vpon such as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them 19 God hath prepared his seate in heauen and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all 20 Blesse God O ye his angels mightie in operation who fulfyll his worde in hearkening vnto the voyce of his word 21 Blesse God all ye his hoastes you his ministers that do his pleasure 22 Blesse God all you his workes in all places of his dominion O my soule blesse thou God The argument of the .ciiij. psalme ¶ The prophete blesseth God the creatour and gouernour of all thinges by whose prouidence man beast hath the vse of the ayre cloudes angels earth hilles valleys bread drinke trees sunne moone day nyght and sea 1 MY soule blesse thou God O God my Lord thou art become exceeding great thou hast put on glory and maiestie 2 Who is decked with light as it were with a garment spreadyng out the heauens like a curtayne 3 Who seeleth his vpper chaumbers with waters and maketh the cloudes his charriot and walketh vpon the wynges of the wynde 4 He maketh his angels spirites and his ministers a flaming fire 5 He hath layde the earth sure vpon her foundations that it can neuer moue at any tyme. 6 Thou coueredst it with the deepe lyke as with a garment the waters stande vpon the hilles 7 At thy rebuke they flee at the noyse of thy thunder they bluster downe apace 8 The hilles mount aloft and the valleys settle downe beneath vnto the place where thou hast layde a foundation for them 9 Thou hast set them their boundes which they shall not passe neither shall they returne agayne to couer the earth 10 Who also causeth the springes which runne betweene the hilles to flowe into the riuers 11 All beastes of the fielde drinke therof and the wylde asses quench their thirst 12 The foules of the ayre haue their habitation nigh vnto them singing out of the midst of the bowes of trees 13 He watereth the hilles from aboue the earth is replenished with the fruite of thy workes 14 He causeth grasse to growe for cattell * and hearbes for the vse of man 15 That he may bryng foorth foode out * of the earth both wine that maketh glad the heart of man and oyle to make hym haue a chearefull countenaunce also bread to strengthen mans heart 16 The trees of God be satisfied euen the Cedars of Libanus which he hath planted 17 Wherin the birdes make their nestes in the fyrre trees the storke buyldeth 18 The high hilles are a refuge for goates and so are the stonie rockes for comes 19 He hath made the moone for certayne seasons and the sunne knoweth his goyng downe 20 Thou makest darknes and it is night wherein all the beastes of the forrest do go abrode 21 The Lions do roare after a pray and in seeking their meate of God 22 When the sunne ariseth they recoyle backe and lay them downe to rest in their dennes 23 Man goeth foorth to his worke and to do his seruice vntyll the euening 24 O God howe manyfolde are thy workes thou hast made them al in wisdome the earth is ful of thy ryches 25 So is the sea it selfe large and wyde in compasse wherein are thinges creeping innumerable both small and great beastes 26 There go the shippes and there is that Leuiathan whom thou hast made to take his pastime therin 27 These wayte all vpon thee that thou mayest geue them meate in due season 28 When thou geuest it them they gather it and when thou openest thyne hand they are filled with that which is good 29 When thou hydest thy face they are troubled when thou takest away their spirite they dye and are turned agayne to their dust 30 When thou sendest
Brethren beyng at variaunce are harder to be wonne then a strong citie and their contentions are like the barre of a castell 20 A mans belly shal be satisfied with the fruite of his owne mouth and with the encrease of his lippes shall he be fylled 21 Death and lyfe are in the instrument of the tongue and they that loue it shall eate the fruite therof 22 who so fyndeth a wyfe fyndeth a good thyng and receaueth fauour of the Lorde 23 The poore prayeth meekely but the râ—che geueth a rough aunswere 24 A man that wyll haue frendes must shewe hym selfe frendly and there is a frende which is nearer then a brother The .xix. Chapter 1 BEtter is the poore that liueth godly then he that abuseth his lippes and is a foole 2 The desire without discretion is not good but as a man which hasteth with his feete offendeth 3 The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way and his heart fretteth agaynst the Lorde 4 Riches maketh many frendes but the poore is separated from his neighbour 5 A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape 6 The multitude hangeth vpon great men and euery man fauoureth hym that geueth rewardes 7 All the brethren of the poore do hate hym yea his owne frendes withdrawe them selues from hym and he that geueth credence to wordes getteth nothyng 8 He that is wise loueth his owne soule and kepeth vnderstanding that he may prosper 9 A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished and he that speaketh lyes shall perishe 10 Pleasure is not seemely for a foole much lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes 11 A wise man can put of displeasure and it is his honour to let some faultes passe 12 The kynges displeasure is lyke the roaryng of a Lion but his fauour is lyke the deawe vpon the grasse 13 An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father and a brawlyng wyfe is lyke the top of an house wherthrough it is euer droppyng 14 House and riches may a man haue by the heritage of his elders but a discrete woman is the gyft of the Lorde 15 Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe and a soule accustomed with craft shall suffer hunger 16 Who so kepeth the commaundement kepeth his owne soule but he that regardeth not his wayes shall dye 17 He that hath pitie vpon the poore lendeth vnto the Lorde and loke what he layeth out it shal be payde hym agayne 18 Chasten thy sonne while there is hope and let not thy soule spare for his crying 19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment and though thou once delyuer hym thou must do it agayne 20 O geue eare vnto good counsayle and be content to be refourmed that thou mayest be wyse in the latter dayes 21 There are many deuises in a mans heart neuerthelesse the counsayle of the Lorde shall stande 22 It is a mans worshyp to do good and a poore man is better then a lyer 23 The feare of the Lord bringeth a man to lyfe and he shall rest the whole night in plenteousnesse without visitation of any plague 24 A slouthfull man shutteth his hande into his bosome and wyll not take payne to put it to his mouth 25 If thou smytest a scornefull person the ignoraunt shall take better heede and yf thou reprouest one that hath vnderstandyng he wyll be the wyser 26 He that hurteth his father or shutteth out his mother is a shamefull and an vnworthy sonne 27 My sonne heare no more the doctrine that leadeth thee vnto errours from the wordes of vnderstandyng 28 A wicked witnesse mocketh iudgement and the mouth of the vngodly deuoureth wickednesse 29 Iudgementes are ordeyned for the scornefull and stripes for fooles backes The .xx. Chapter 1 WIne maketh a man to be scornefull strong drinke causeth a man to be vnquiet who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse 2 The feare of the king is as the roaring of a Lion who so prouoketh hym vnto anger offendeth against his owne soule 3 It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife but euery foole wyll be medling 4 A slouthfull body wyll not go to plow for colde of the winter therefore shall he begge in sommer and haue nothing 5 Counsayle in the heart of man is lyke deepe water but a man of vnderstanding wyll drawe it out 6 Many there be that woulde be called good doers but where shall one finde a faythfull man 7 The chyldren of the iust man which walketh vprightly shal be blessed after hym 8 A kyng that sitteth in the throne of iudgement chaseth away all euyll with his looke 9 Who can say I haue made my heart cleane I am pure from my sinne 10 Two maner of wayghtes or two maner of measures both these are abhomination vnto the Lorde 11 A chylde is knowen by his conuersation whether his workes be pure and right 12 The eare to heare the eye to see the Lorde hath made them both 13 Loue not sleepe lest thou come vnto pouertie but open thyne eyes that thou mayest haue bread inough 14 It is naught it is naught saith he that byeth but when he commeth to his owne house then he boasteth of his peny worth 15 There is golde and a multitude of precious stones but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell 16 Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake 17 A man liketh the bread that is gotten with deceipt but at the last his mouth shal be filled with grauell 18 Thorowe counsayle the thinges that men deuise are made strong and with good aduise take warre in hande 19 The craftie deceiptfull be wrayeth secrete counsayle therefore meddle not with hym that flattereth with his lips 20 Who so curseth his father and mother his light shal be put out in the depth of darknesse 21 The heritage that commeth hastylye at the first shall not be blessed at the ende 22 Say not thou I wyll recompence euyll but put thy trust in the Lorde and he shall deliuer thee 23 Diuers waightes are an abhomination vnto the Lord and a false balaunce is not good 24 The Lorde ordereth euery mans goinges how can a man then vnderstand his owne way 25 It is a snare for a man to deuour that whiche is holy and after the vowe to make inquirie 26 A wyse kyng disperseth the vngodly and bringeth the wheele ouer them 27 The lanterne of the Lorde is the breath of man searching all the inwarde partes of the body 28 Mercy and trueth preserueth the king and with louing kindnes his seate is holden vp 29 The strength of young men is their worship and a gray head is an honour vnto the aged 30 Blewe woundes driue away euyll and stripes in the inwarde partes of the body ¶ The .xxj. Chapter 1 THe kynges
it be with me 6 The dayes are comming that Iacob shall take roote Israel shal be greene and florishe and the world shal be filled with fruite 7 Hath he smitten hym as sore as he did the other that smote hym Or is he slayne with so sore a slaughter as they that slue hym 8 Thou wylt punishe it in the braunches yet not beyonde measure for in the day that the east winde bloweth sore it taketh away the fruites 9 By this meanes therfore shall the iniquitie of Iacob be purged and this is all the fruite namely the taking away of his sinne if he make all the stones of the aulter of idols as chalke stones that are beaten in sunder that their groues and images ryse not vp agayne 10 Els shall the strong citie be desolate and the habitation forsaken and left like a wildernesse there shall the Calfe feede and there shall he lye and eate vp the graffes therof 11 When the braunches of it are drye they are broken of the women come and set them on fire for it is a people of no vnderstanding and therfore he that made them shall not fauour them and he that created them shall geue them no grace 12 And in that day shall the Lorde make a threshing from the middest of the riuer Euphrates vnto the riuer of Egypt and ye chyldren of Israel shal be gathered together one to another 13 In that day shall the great trumpe be blowne so that they which were lost in the lande of Assyria and they that were banished in the lande of Egypt shall come and worship the Lorde in the holye mount of Hierusalem The .xxviij. Chapter 1 Against the pride of Ephraim 9 and against false priestes and preachers 1 WO be vnto the crowne of pryde euen to the drunken people of Ephraim whose great pompe is as a floure that fadeth away vpon the head of the valley of suche as be in wealth and are ouerladen with wine 2 Behold there commeth a vehement and sore day from the Lord like an vnmeasurable hayle and perillous tempest euen like the force of mightie and horrible waters that violently beareth downe all thinges 3 The crowne of the pryde of the drunken Ephraemites shal be troden vnder foote 4 So that the floure of his fayrenesse and beautie whiche is in the head of the valley of fatnesse shall fade away as doth an vntimely ripe figge before haruest whiche when a man espieth he loketh vpon it and whyle it is yet in his hande he eateth it vp 5 In that day shal the Lord of hoastes be the crowne of glory and diamonde of beautie vnto the residue of his people 6 He wylbe also a spirite of perfect knowledge to him that sitteth in iudgement and strength vnto them that turne away the battayle to the gate of the enemies 7 But they are out of the way by reason of wine yea farre out of the way are they thorowe strong drinke The priest also and the prophete are gone astray by the meanes of strong drinke they are drunken with wine they go amisse thorowe strong drinke they fayle in propheciyng and stumble in iudgement 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthynesse that no place is cleane 9 Whom then shall suche one teache knowledge and whom shall he make to vnderstande the thing that he heareth for they are as ignoraunt as young chyldren that are taken from the milke and are weaned 10 For they that be suche must take after one lesson another lesson after one commaundement another commaundement for one rule another rule after one instruction another instruction there a litle and there a litle 11 For he that speaketh vnto this people is euen as one that vseth rudenesse of speache and a straunge language 12 If any man say vnto them lo this is the rest wherewith ye may ease hym that is weerie this is the refreshing they wyll not hearken 13 Therfore shall the word of the Lord be vnto them lesson vpon lesson commaundement vpon commaundement rule vpon rule instruction vpon instruction there a litle and there a litle that they may go on and fall backwarde be brused tangled and snared 14 Wherfore heare the word of the Lord ye mockers ye that haue rule of this people whiche is at Hierusalem 15 Because ye haue sayd We haue made a couenaunt with death and with hell are we at agreement and though there go foorth a sore plague it shall not come vnto vs for we haue made falsehood our refuge and vnder vanitie are we hid 16 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God Beholde I lay in Sion for a foundation a stone euen a tryed stone a precious corner stone a sure foundation who so beleueth let hym not be to hastie 17 Iudgement also wyll I laye to the rule and righteousnesse to the balaunce so that the hayle shall sweepe away as a broome your vayne confidence and the priuie place of your refuge shall the waters runne ouer 18 And thus the couenaunt that ye made with death shal be disanulled and your agreement that ye made with hell shall not stand yea when the sore plague goeth foorth ye shal be troden downe vnder it 19 From the tyme that it goeth foorth it shall take you away for early in the morning euery day yea both day and night shall it go thorowe and when the noyse thereof is perceaued it shall gender vexation 20 For the bed is narrowe and not large and the couering so small that a man can not winde him selfe vnder it 21 For the Lord shall stand as in mount Perazim and shal be wroth like as in the valley Gibeon that he may do his worke his straunge worke and bryng to passe his acte his straunge acte 22 Nowe therefore see that ye be no mockers lest your punishment increase For I hearde of the Lorde of hoastes that there shall come a short ende vpon the whole earth 23 Heare ye then and hearken vnto my voyce consider and ponder my speache 24 Doth not the husbandman plowe all the day and openeth and breaketh the clottes of his grounde that he may sowe 25 When he hath made it playne wyll he not spreade abrode the fitches and sowe comin and cast in wheate by measure and the appointed barlye and rye in their place 26 God wyll instruct hym to haue discretion euen his God wyll teache hym 27 For fitches shall not be threshed with an harrowe neither shall a cart wheele be brought thorowe the comin but the fitches are beaten out with a staffe and comin with a rodde 28 But the seede that bread is made of is threshed though it be not alway a threshing and the cart wheele must be brought ouer it lest he grinde it with his teeth 29 This also commeth of the Lorde of hoastes which worketh with wonderfull wysdome and bringeth excellent workes to passe The .xxix. Chapter 1 A prophecie against Hierusalem 13 and
and her walles shall come downe for it shal be the vengeaunce of the Lorde yea vengeaunce shal be taken of her and as she hath done so deale ye with her 16 Roote out the sower from Babylon hym that handleth the sicle in haruest for feare of the sworde of the enemie euery man shall get hym to his owne people and euery man shall flee to his owne lande 17 Israel is a scattered flocke the lions haue dispearsed them First the kyng of the Assyrians deuoured them last of all this Nabuchodonozor king of Babylon hath brused all their bones 18 Therfore thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Beholde I wyll visite the kyng of Babylon and his kyngdome as I haue visited the kyng of the Assyrians 19 And wyll bryng Israel agayne to his pleasaunt pasture that he may feede vpon Charmel and Basan and be satisfied vpon the mount of Ephraim and Galaad 20 In those dayes and at the same tyme saith the Lorde yf the offence of Israel be sought for there shal none be founde yf men enquire for the sinne of Iuda there shal be none for I wyll be mercifull vnto them whom I suffer to remayne 21 Go downe O thou auenger into the enemies lande and visite them that dwell therin downe with them smite them vpon the backes saith the Lorde do accordyng to all that I haue commaunded thee 22 There is gone about the lande a crye of a slaughter and great murther namelye on this maner 23 Howe happeneth it that the hammer of the whole worlde is thus broken and brused in sunder Howe chaunceth it that Babylon is become a wildernesse among the heathen on this maner 24 I my selfe haue layde a snare for thee and thou art taken vnawares thou art trapped and snared for why thou hast contended agaynst the Lorde 25 The Lorde hath opened his house of ordinaunce and brought foorth the weapons of his wrath for the thyng that is done in the land of the Chaldees it is the Lorde of hoastes worke 26 Come agaynst her for this is her ende breake vp her chestes threshe her as ye threshe corne destroy her that nothyng shal be left 27 Slay all their mightie souldiers and put them to death Wo be vnto them for the day and tyme of their visitation is at hande 28 Me thynke I heare alredy a crye of them that be fled and escaped out of the lande of Babylon which shewe in Sion the vengeaunce of the Lorde our God the vengeaunce of his temple yea a voyce of them that crye agaynst Babylon 29 Call vp all the archers agaynst Babylon pitch your tentes rounde about her that none escape recompence her as she hath deserued and accordyng as she hath done so deale with her agayne for she hath set vp her selfe agaynst the Lorde agaynst the holy one of Israel 30 Therfore shall her young men fall downe in the streetes and all her men of warre shal be rooted out in that day saith the Lorde 31 Beholde I speake vnto thee O thou proude saith the Lorde God of hoastes for thy day shall come euen the tyme of thy visitation 32 And the proude shall stumble and fall and no man shall helpe hym vp I wyll burne vp his cities with fire and it shall consume all that is rounde about hym 33 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes The children of Israel and Iuda suffer violence together all they that haue them in captiuitie kepe them fast and wyll not let them go 34 But their auenger and redeemer is mightie whose name is the Lorde of hoastes he shall maynteyne their cause he shal make the lande shake and iudge them that dwell therin one with another 35 The sworde shal come vpon the Chaldees saith the Lorde vpon them that dwell in Babylon vpon their princes and vpon their wise men 36 The sworde vpon their soothsayers as for those they shall become fooles the sworde vpon their worthies so that they shall stande in feare 37 The sworde vpon their horsemen and charrettes and vpon all the cōmon people that dwell among them so that they shall all become lyke women The sworde vpon their treasure so that it shal be stollen away 38 A drought vpon their waters so that they shal be dryed vp for the lande worshippeth images and delighteth wonderfully in idols 39 Therfore shall wylde beastes Lamia and Cat of mountaynes and Estreches dwell therin for there shall neuer man dwell there neither shall any man haue his habitation there for euermore 40 Like as God destroyed Sodome and Gomorre with the cities that lay there about saith the Lorde so shall no man dwell there also neither shall any man haue there his habitation 41 Beholde there shall come a people from the north with a great bonde of men and many kynges shall stande vp from the endes of the earth 42 They beare bowes and bucklers cruell are they and vnmercifull their voyce roreth like the ragyng sea they ryde vpon horses and come weaponed to fight agaynst thee O Babylon 43 Assoone as the king of Babylon heare tell of them his handes shall waxe feeble sorowe and heauinesse shall come vpon him as a woman trauayling with chylde 44 Beholde like as the lion commeth vp from the swellyng of Iordane vnto the dennes of Ethan so wyll I dryue them foorth and make them runne agaynst her But whom shall I choose out and ordayne to such a thyng for who is like me or who wil striue with me or what sheephearde may stande agaynst me 45 Therfore here the counsayle that the Lorde hath geuen vpon Babylon and the deuice that he hath taken vpon the lande of the Chaldees The least among the people shall drawe them out and loke what pleasaunt houses they haue they shall lay them waste 46 The noyse at the wynnyng of Babylon shall moue the earth and the crye shal be hearde among the gentiles The .lj. Chapter 1 Howe Babylon shoulde be ouerthrowen 59 Ieremie geueth his booke to Saraias 1 THus hath the Lorde sayde Behold I wyll rayse vp a perilous wynde agaynst Babylon her citizens that beare euyl wyll against me 2 I wyll sende also into Babylon fanners to fanne her out and to destroy her lande for in the day of her trouble they shal be about her on euery syde 3 Moreouer the Lorde wyll say vnto the bowmen and to them that aduaunce them selues in their armoure Ye shall not spare her young men kyll downe all her hoast 4 Thus the slayne shall fall downe in the lande of the Chaldees and the wounded in the streetes 5 As for Israel and Iuda they shall not be forsaken of their God of the Lord of hoastes yea for the holy one of Israels sake haue the Chaldees fylled their lande full of sinne 6 * Flee away from Babylon euery man saue his lyfe that ye be not rooted out with her wickednesse for the tyme of
And so they entred in at the narowe passages of the ryuer of Euphrates 44 For the most hyghest then shewed tokens for them and helde styll the fludde tyll they were passed ouer 45 For through the countrey there was a great way namely of a yere a halfe iourney and the same region is called Arsareth 46 Then dwelt they there vntyll the latter tyme and when they come foorth agayne 47 The hyest shall holde stil the springes of the streame agayne that they may go through therfore sawest thou the multitude with peace 48 But they that be left behynde of thy people are those that are founde within my borders 49 Nowe when he destroyeth the multitude of the nations that are gathered together he shall defende his people that remayne 50 And then shall he shewe them great wonders 51 Then said I O Lorde Lorde shewe me this wherfore haue I seene the man commyng vp from the deepe of the sea 52 And he sayde vnto me Lyke as thou canst neither seeke out nor knowe these thynges that are in the deepe of the sea euen so can no man vpon earth see my sonne or those that be with hym but in the tyme of the day 53 This is the interpretation of the dreame which thou sawest wherby thou only art here lyghtned 54 For thou hast forsaken thine owne lawe and applied thy diligence vnto myne and sought it 55 Thy lyfe hast thou ordered in wisdome and hast called vnderstandyng thy mother 56 And therfore haue I shewed thee the treasures of the hyest After other three dayes I wyll shewe thee more talke with thee more at large yea heauy and wonderous thynges wyll I declare vnto thee 57 Then went I foorth into the fielde geuyng prayse thankes greatly vnto God because of his wonders which he dyd in tyme 58 And because he gouerneth the same and such thinges as fall in their seasons and there I sate three dayes The .xiiij. Chapter 3 Howe God appeared to Moyses in the bushe 10 All thynges decline to age 16 The latter age worse then the former 29 The ingratitude of Israel 35 The resurrection and iudgement 1 VPon the thirde day I sate vnder an oke tree then came there a voyce vnto me out of the bushe and sayde Esdras Esdras 2 And I sayde Here am I Lorde and stoode vp vpon my feete 3 Then saide he vnto me In the bushe did I appeare vnto Moyses and talked with hym when my people serued in Egypt 4 And I sent hym and led my people out of Egypt and brought hym vp to the mount Sina where I helde hym by me a long season 5 And tolde hym many wonderous workes and shewed hym the secretes of the tymes and the ende and commaunded hym saying 6 These wordes shalt thou declare and these shalt thou hyde 7 And nowe I say vnto thee 8 That thou lay vp in thine heart the signes that I haue shewed and the dreames that thou hast seene and the interpretations which thou hast heard 9 For thou shalt be taken away from among all and hencefoorth thou shalt remayne with my counsayle and with such as be like thee vntyll the tymes be ended 10 For the worlde hath lost his youth and the tymes begynne to waxe olde 11 For the worlde is deuided into twelue partes and tenne partes of it are gone alredy and halfe of a tenth part 12 And there remayneth there that which is after the halfe of the tenth part 13 Therfore set thine house in order and refourme thy people comfort such of them as be in trouble and nowe renounce corruption 14 Let go from thee mortall thoughtes cast away the burthens of men put of the weake nature 15 And set aside the thoughtes that are most heauy vnto thee and haste thee to flee from these tymes 16 For as for such euyll and wickednesse as thou hast nowe seene happen they shall do yet much worse 17 For the weaker that the worlde is by reason of age the more shall euils increase vpon them that dwell therin 18 For the trueth is fled farre away and leasyng is hearde at hande For nowe hasteth the vision to come that thou hast seene 19 Then aunswered I before thee and sayde 20 Beholde Lorde I wyll go as thou hast commaunded me and refourme the people which are present but they that shal be borne afterwarde who will admonishe them Thus the worlde is set in darknesse and they that dwell therin are without lyght 21 For thy lawe is burnt therfore no man knoweth the thynges that are done of thee or the workes that shal be done 22 But yf I haue founde grace before thee sende the holy ghost into me and I shall write all that hath ben done in the worlde since the begynnyng which was written in thy lawe that men may finde the path and that they which will lyue in the latter dayes may lyue 23 And he aunswered me saying Go thy way gather the people together and say vnto them that they seke thee not for fourtie dayes 24 But loke thou gather thee many bore trees and take with thee Sarca Dabria Selemia Ecanus and Asiel these fyue which are redy to write swiftly 25 And come hyther and I shall lyght a candel of vnderstandyng in thine heart which shall not be put out till y e thinges be perfourmed which thou shalt begyn to write 26 And then shalt thou declare some thynges openly vnto the perfect and some thynges shalt thou shewe secretly vnto the wise To morowe this houre shalt thou begyn to write 27 Then went I foorth as he commaunded me and gathered all the people together and sayde 28 Heare these wordes O Israel 29 Our fathers at the begynnyng were staungers in Egypt from whence they were deliuered 30 And receaued the lawe of lyfe which they kept not which ye also haue transgressed after them 31 Then was the lande euen the lande of Sion parted among you by lot to possesse But your fathers and ye your selues also haue done vnrighteousnesse and haue not kept the wayes which the hyest commaunded you 32 And for so much as he is a righteous iudge he toke from you in tyme the thyng that he had geuen you 33 And nowe are ye here and your brethren among you 34 Therfore yf so be that ye wyll subdue your owne vnderstandyng refourme your heart ye shal be kept alyue and after death shall ye obteyne mercie 25 For after death shall the iudgement come when we shall liue agayne then shall the names of the righteous be manifest and the workes of the vngodly shal be declared 26 Let no man therfore come nowe vnto me nor seke after me these fourtie dayes 37 So I toke the fyue men as he commaunded me and we went into the fielde and remayned there 38 The next day a voyce called me saying Esdras open thy mouth and drynke that I geue thee to drynke 39 Then
raigneth after the death of Ptolomeus 22 Sion is besieged of Ionathas 42 Demetrius seing that no man resisteth hym sendeth his armie againe 54 Tryphon moueth Antiochus against Demetrius 60 Demetrius is deliuered by the succour of Ionathas 63 After his deliueraunce he breaketh his couenaunt that he had made 1 ANd the king of Egypt gathered an hoast like the sande that lyeth vpon the sea shore and many shippes went about thorow disceyte to obtayne the kingdome of Alexander and to ioyne it vnto his owne realme 2 Vpon this he toke his iourney into Syria vsing gentle wordes so that he was letten into the cities men came foorth to meete hym for king Alexander had commaunded them so to do because he was his father in lawe 3 Nowe when Ptolomi entred into any citie he left men of warre to kepe it and this he did thorowout all the cities 4 And when he came to Azotus they shewed hym the temple of Dagon and Azotus that was brent vp with the other thinges which were destroyed the dead bodies cast abrode and the graues that they had made by the way side for such as were slayne in the fielde 5 And tolde the king that Ionathas had done all these thinges to the intent they might get him euyll will But the king sayde not one worde therto 6 And Ionathas mette the king with great honour at Ioppa where they saluted one an other and toke their rest 7 So when Ionathas had gone with the king vnto the water that was called Eleutherus he turned againe to Hierusalem 8 Nowe Ptolomi had gotten the dominion of the cities vnto Seleucia vpon the sea coast imagining wicked counsels against Alexander 9 And sent ambassadours vnto Demetrius saying Come let vs make a bonde betwixt vs so shall I geue thee my daughter that Alexander hath and thou shalt raigne in thy fathers kingdome 10 I repent that I gaue Alexander my daughter for he goeth about to slay me 11 And thus he slaundered Alexander because he woude haue had his realme 12 Thus he toke his daughter from him gaue her vnto Demetrius and forsoke Alexander so that his malice was openly knowen 13 And Ptolomi came to Antioch where he set two crownes vpon his owne head the crowne of Egypt and of Asia 14 In the meane season was king Alexander in Cilicia for they that dwelt in those places had rebelled against hym 15 But when Alexander hearde of this he came to warre against hym So king Ptolomi brought foorth his hoast and mette him with a mightie power and chased him away 16 Then fled Alexander into Arabia there to be defended and king Ptolomeus honour increased 17 And Zabdiel the Arabian smote of Alexanders head sent it vnto Ptolomi 18 But the thirde day after died king Ptolomi hym selfe and they whom he had set in the strong holdes were slayne one of another 19 And Demetrius raigned in the hundred threscore and seuenth yere 20 At the same time gathered Ionathas them that were in Iurie to lay siege vnto the castle which was at Hierusalem so they made many instrumentes of warre against it 21 Then went there certayne vngodly persons whiche hated their owne people vnto king Demetrius and told hym that Ionathas besieged the castle 22 So when he hearde it he was angry and immediatly came vnto Ptolomais wrote vnto Ionathas that he should not lay siege to the castle but come and speake with hym at Ptolomais in all haste 23 Neuerthelesse when Ionathas heard this he commaunded to besiege it He chose also certayne of the elders and priestes of Israel and put him selfe in peryll 24 And toke with him golde siluer clothing and diuers presentes and went to Ptolomais vnto the king and found◠him gracious 25 And though certayne vngodly men of his owne people made complayntes vpon him 26 Yet the king intreated him like as his predecessours had done before and promoted hym in the sight of all his friendes 27 Confirmed hym in the hye priesthood with all the worship that he had afore and made him his chiefe friend 28 Ionathas also desired the king that he woulde make Iurie free with the three head cities of Samaria and the landes perteyning therto vpon this did Ionathas promise hym three hundred talentes 29 Wherunto the king consented and gaue Ionathas wryting of the same conteyning these wordes 30 King Demetrius sendeth greeting vnto his brother Ionathas and to the people of the Iewes 31 We sende you here a copie of the letter which we did write vnto our cosen Lasthenus concerning you that ye shoulde knowe it 32 King Demetrius sendeth greeting vnto Lasthenus his father 33 For the faythfulnesse that our friendes the people of the Iewes kepe vnto vs and for the louing kindnesse which they beare towarde vs we are determined to do them good 34 Wherfore we assigne vnto the coastes of Iudea the three gouernemētes Afferema Lydda and Ramatha whiche are added vnto Iurie from Samaria and all the landes pertayning therevnto to be freely separated for such as do sacrifice in Hierusalem both concerning the paymentes whiche the king toke yerely aforetime the fruite also of the earth and trees 35 As for other tithes and tributes that belonged vnto vs we discharge them therof from this time foorth 36 In like maner we graunt vnto them all the customes of salt crowne taxes which were brought vnto vs and this freedome shal they haue firme and stedfast from this time foorth for euermore 37 Therefore see that ye make a copie of these our letters and deliuer it vnto Ionathas that it may be set vpon the holy mount in a conuenient place 38 After this when Demetrius the king sawe that his land was in rest and that no resistaunce was made against him he sent away all his hoast euery man to his owne place except certayne bandes of straungers whom he brought from the Iles of the heathen wherefore all his fathers hoast hated him 39 Now was ther one Tryphon that had ben of Alexanders part afore whiche when he saw that all the hoast murmured against Demetrius he went to Samalcue the Arabian that brought vp Antiochus the sonne of Alexander 40 And lay sore vpon him to deliuer hym this young Antiochus that he might raine in his fathers steade He tolde him also what great euyll Demetrius had done how his men of warre loued him not so remayned there a long season 41 And Ionathas sent vnto king Demetrius to driue them out which were in the castle at Hierusalem and those that were in the fortresses for they dyd Israel great harme 42 So Demetrius sent word vnto Ionathas saying I will not only do these thinges for thee and thy people but at time conuenient I wil do both thee and thy people great worship 43 But now thou shalt do me a pleasure if thou wilt sende me men to helpe me for all myne armie is gone fro me 44 So
anoynted my feete with oyntment 47 Wherfore I say vnto thee many sinnes are forgeuen her for she loued much To whom lesse is forgeuen the same doth lesse loue 48 And he sayde vnto her thy sinnes are forgeuen thee 49 And they that sate at meate with hym began to say within them selues Who is this that forgeueth sinnes also 50 And he sayde to the woman Thy fayth hath saued thee go in peace ☜ ¶ The .viij. Chapter ¶ 2 Christe and his Apostles go from towne to towne and preache 3 the women minister of their goodes to Christe 5 the parable of the seede 16 of the candle 21 who are his mother and brethren 24 Christe ceasseth the tempest 27 he casteth the legion out of the man possessed into the hearde of swyne 37 the Gadarenites pray hym to go out of the countrey 43 he healed the woman of her bloody issue 49 he raysed Iairus daughter from death 1 AND it came to passe afterwarde that he him selfe wēt throughout euery citie towne preachyng shewyng the kingdome of god the twelue with hym 2 And also certayne women which were healed of euyll spirites and infirmities Marie which is called Magdalene out of whom went seuen deuyls 3 And Ioanna the wyfe of Chusa Herodes stewarde and Susanna many other which ministred vnto hym of their substaunce 4 ☞ When much people were gathered together were come to hym out of all cities he spake by a similitude 5 The sower wēt out to sowe his seede and as he sowed some fell by the way syde and it was troden downe and the foules of the ayre deuoured it vp 6 And some fell on stones and assoone as it was sprong vp it withered away because it lacked moystnes 7 And some fell among thornes and the thornes sprang vp with it and choked it 8 And some fell on good grounde and sprang vp and bare fruite an hundred folde And as he sayde these thynges he cryed He that hath eares to heare let hym heare 9 And his disciples asked hym saying what maner of similitude is this 10 And he sayde Vnto you it is geuen to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of God but to other by parables that when they see they shoulde not see and when they heare they shoulde not vnderstande 11 The parable is this The seede is the worde of God 12 Those that are besyde the way are they that heare then commeth the deuyll and taketh away the worde out of their heartes lest they shoulde beleue and be saued 13 They on the stones are they which when they heare receaue the worde with ioy these haue no rootes which for a whyle beleue and in tyme of temptation go away 14 And that which fell among thornes are they which whē they haue hearde go foorth and are choked with cares ryches and voluptuous lyuyng bring foorth no fruite 15 But that which fell on y e good groūde are they which with a pure and good hearte heare the worde and kepe it and bryng foorth fruite through pacience ☜ 16 No man when he lyghteth a candel couereth it with a vessell or putteth it vnder a table but setteth it on a candlesticke that they which enter in may see the lyght 17 For nothyng is secrete that shall not come abrode Neither any thyng hyd that shall not be knowen and come to lyght 18 Take heede therfore howe ye heare For whosoeuer hath to hym shal be geuen And whosoeuer hath not from hym shal be takē euen that same which he supposeth that he hath 19 Then came to hym his mother and his brethren and coulde not come at hym for prease 20 And it was tolde hym by certayne which sayde Thy mother and thy brethren stande without woulde see thee 21 He aunswered and sayde vnto them My mother my brethren are these which heare the worde of God do it 22 ☞ And it came to passe on a certayne day that he went into a shippe and his disciples also and he sayde vnto them Let vs go ouer vnto the other syde of the lake 23 And they laūched foorth But as they sayled he fell a slepe and there came downe a storme on the lake and they were fylled with water and were in ieoperdie 24 And they came to hym and awoke hym saying Maister Maister we are lost Then he arose and rebuked the wynde the tempest of water and they ceassed and it waxed calme 25 And he sayde vnto them Where is your fayth And they feared and wondred among them selues saying Who is this For he commaundeth both the wyndes water and they obey hym ☜ 26 And they sayled vnto the region of the Gadarenites which is ouer agaynst Galilee 27 And when he went out to lande there met hym out of the citie a certayne man which had deuyls long tyme and ware no clothes neither abode in any house but in graues 28 When he sawe Iesus and had cryed he fell downe before hym and with a loude voyce sayde What haue I to do with thee Iesus thou sonne of God most hyest I beseche thee torment me not 29 For he commaunded the foule spirite to come out of the man For oftentymes he had caught him and he was bounde with chaynes and kept with fetters he brake the bandes and was caryed of the fiende into wildernesse 30 And Iesus asked hym saying What is thy name And he sayde Legion because many deuyls were entred into hym 31 And they besought hym that he woulde not commaunde them to go out into the deepe 32 And there was there an hearde of many swyne feedyng on an hyll and they besought hym that he woulde suffer them to enter into them and he suffered them 33 Then went the deuyls out of the man and entred into the swyne And the heard ran headlong with violence into the lake and were choked 34 When the heardmen sawe what was done they fled and when they were departed they tolde it in the citie in the villages 35 Therfore they came out to see what was done and came to Iesus founde the man out of whom the deuyls were departed sittyng at the feete of Iesus clothed in his ryght mynde and they were afrayde 36 They also which sawe it tolde them by what meanes he that was possessed of the deuyls was healed 37 Then the whole multitude of the countrey about the Gadarenites besought hym that he woulde departe from them for they were taken with great feare And he gat hym vp into the shippe and returned backe agayne 38 Then the man out of whom the deuyls were departed besought hym that he myght be with hym But Iesus sent hym away saying 39 Go home agayne to thine owne house and shewe what thynges so euer God hath done for thee And he went his way and preached throughout all the citie what thynges so euer Iesus had
howe is he then his sonne 45 Then in the audience of all the people he saide vnto his disciples 46 Beware of the scribes whiche wyll go in long robes and loue greetinges in the markets and the hyest seates in the synagogues and the chiefe rowmes at feastes 47 Which deuour widowes howses vnder colour of longe prayers The same shall receaue greater dampnation ¶ The .xxj. Chapter 2 The liberalitie of the poore wydowe 6 He forewarneth of the destruction of Hierusalem 8 of false teachers 9 of tokens troubles to come 27 of the ende of the worlde 34 of ryot and dronkennesse 36 he taught in the temple 1 AS he beheld he sawe the ryche men whiche caste their gyftes into the treasurie 2 He saw also a certaine poore wydowe which caste in thyther two mites 3 And he sayde Of a trueth I say vnto you that this poore wydowe hath put in more then they all 4 For they all haue of their superfluitie added vnto the offerynges of God but she of her penurie hath cast in al the substaunce that she had 5 And vnto some that spake of the temple howe it was garnisshed with goodlie stones and gyftes he sayde 6 Are these the thynges whiche ye loke vpoÌ„ The dayes wyll come in y e which there shall not be left one stone vpoÌ„ another that shall not be throwen downe 7 And they asked him saying Maister when shall these thynges be and what signe wyll there be when these thynges shall come to passe 8 And he sayde Take heede that ye be not deceaued For many shall come in my name saying I am Christe and the tyme draweth neare Folowe ye them not therfore 9 But when ye heare of warres and seditioÌ„s be not afraide For these thinges must first come to passe but the ende foloweth not by and by 10 Then sayde he vnto them Nation shall ryse agaynst nation kyngdome agaynst kyngdome 11 And great earthquakes shal be in diuers places and hunger and pestilence and fearefull thynges and great signes shall there be from heauen 12 But before all these they shall laye their handes on you and persecute you deliueryng you vp to the synagogues into prisons and shall bryng you vnto kynges and rulers for my names sake 13 And it shall turne to you for a testimoniall 14 Be at a sure poynt therefore in your heartes not to studie before what ye shall aunswere 15 For I wyll geue you a mouth and wysedome where agaynst all your aduersaries shall not be able to speake nor resist 16 Yea ye shal be betrayed also of your parentes and brethren and kynsfolke and friendes and some of you shal they put to death 17 And hated shal ye be of all men for my names sake 18 And there shall not one heere of your head peryshe 19 Possesse ye your soule by patience 20 * And wheÌ„ ye see Hierusalem besieged with an hoast then be sure that the desolation of the same is nye 21 Then let them which are in Iurie flee to the mountaynes and let them which are in the myddes of it depart out and let not them that are in other countreys enter therm 22 For these be the dayes of vengeaunce that all thinges which are written may be fulfylled 23 But wo vnto theÌ„ that are with childe to them that geue sucke in those days For there shal be great distresse in the lande and wrath ouer this people 24 And they shall fall through the edge of the sworde and shal be led away captiue into all nations And Hierusalem shal be troden downe of the gentiles vntyll the tyme of the gentiles be fulfylled 25 ☞ And there shal be signes in the sunne and in the moone in the starres and vpon the earth trouble among the nations with perplexitie The sea and the water shall rore 26 And mens heartes shal fayle them for feare and for loking after those thinges which shall come on the world For the powers of heauen shal be shaken 27 And then shall they see the sonne of man come in a cloude with power and great glorie 28 And when these thynges begyn to come to passe then loke vp and lyft vp your heades for your redemptioÌ„ draweth nye 29 And he shewed them a similitude Behold the figge tree all the trees 30 When they shoote foorth their buddes ye see and knowe of your owne selues that summer is then nye at hande 31 So likewise ye when ye see these thinges come to passe be ye sure that the kyngdome of God is nye 32 Veryly I say vnto you this generation shall not passe tyll all be fulfylled 33 Heauen and earth shall passe but my wordes shall not passe ☜ 34 ☞ Take heede to your selues lest at any tyme your heartes be ouercome with surfettyng and dronkennesse and cares of this lyfe and so the daye come vpon you vnwares 35 For as a snare shall it come on al them that dwell on the face of y e whole earth 36 Watche ye therfore and pray continually that ye may be accompted worthy to escape all these thinges y t shall come that ye may stand before y e sonne of man 37 In the day time he taught in the temple and at nyght he went out abode in the mount that is called Oliuete 38 And all the people came in y e mornyng to hym in the temple for to heare hym ¶ The .xxij. Chapter â— Iudas selleth Christe â— They eate the Passouer 1â— The institution of the Lordes supper 24 They stryue who shoulde be greatest â—1 Satan tempteth them 42 Christe prayeth in the mount and sweateth blood 4â— Iudas betrayeth him with a kisse â—â— Christe setteth on Malchus eare â—â— Peter denieth Christe thrise and repenteth hym â—â— Christe is mocked and confesseth hym selfe to be the sonne of God â—_THe * feast of sweete breade drewe nye which is called the Passouer 2 And y e hie priestes and scribes sought howe they myght kyll hym for they feared the people 3 Then entred Satan into Iudas whose sirname was Iscariot whiche was of the number of the twelue 4 And he went his waye and communed with the hye priestes and officers howe he myght betray him vnto them 5 And they were glad and promised to geue him money 6 And he consented and sought oportunitie to betray him vnto them when the people were away 7 Then came the day of sweete breade when of necessitie the Passouer must be offered 8 And he sent Peter and Iohn saying Go and prepare vs the Passouer that we may eate 9 They sayde vnto hym Where wytt thou that we prepare 10 And he sayde vnto them Beholde when ye enter into the citie there shall a man meete you bearyng a pitcher of water hym folowe into the same house that he entreth in 11 And ye shall say vnto the good man of the house the maister saith vnto
thee where is the ghest chamber where I shall eate y e Passouer with my disciples 12 And he shall shew you an vpper chamber prepared there make redye 13 And they went and founde as he had sayde vnto them and they made redye the Passouer 14 And when the houre was come he sate downe the twelue apostles with hym 15 And he sayde vnto them I haue earnestly desired to eate this Passouer with you before that I suffer 16 For I saye vnto you hencefoorth I wyll not eate of it any more vntyll it be fulfylled in the kyngdome of God 17 And he toke the cuppe gaue thankes and sayde Take this and deuide it a-among you 18 For I say vnto you I wyll not drinke of the fruite of the vine vntyll the kyngdome of God come 19 And he toke bread and when he had geueÌ„ thankes he brake â—it and gaue vnto theÌ„ saying This is my body which is geuen for you This do in the remembraunce of me 20 Lykewise also when he had supped he toke the cuppe saying This cuppe is the new testameÌ„t in my blood which is shed for you 21 Yet beholde the hande of hym that betrayeth me is with me on the table 22 And truely the sonne of man goeth as it is appoynted but wo vnto that man by whom he is betrayed 23 And they began to enquire among them selues which of them it was that shoulde do it 24 ☞ And there was a stryfe among theÌ„ which of them shoulde seeme to be the greatest 25 And he saide vnto them The kinges of nations raigne ouer them and they that haue aucthoritie vpoÌ„ them are called gracious Lordes 26 But ye shall not be so But he that is greatest among you shal be as the younger and he that is chiefe shal be as he that doth minister 27 For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate or he that serueth Is not he that sitteth at meate But I am among you as he that ministreth 28 Ye are they which haue bydden with me in my temptations 29 And I appoynt vnto you a kingdome as my father hath appoynted vnto me 〈…〉 may eate and drinke at my â—able in my kyngdome sit on seates iudgyng the twelue tribes of Israel 31 And the Lord saide Simon Simon beholde Satan hath desired to sift you as it were wheate 32 But I haue prayed for thee that thy fayth fayle not And when thou art coÌ„uerted strength thy brethren 33 And he sayde vnto him Lord I am redy to go with thee into pryson and to death 34 And he sayde I tell thee Peter the Cocke shal not crowe this day tyll thou hast thryse denyed that thou knewest me 35 And he said vnto them When I sent you without wallet and scrippe and shoes lacked ye any thyng And they sayde no. 36 Then saide he vnto them But nowe he that hath a wallet let him take it vp â–ª and lykewyse his scrippe and he that hath none let him sell his coate and bye a sworde 37 For I say vnto you that yet the same whiche is written must be perfourmed in me Euen among the wicked was he reputed For those thynges whiche are written of me haue an ende 38 And they sayde Lorde beholde here are two swordes And he sayde vnto them it is enough 39 And he came out and went as he was wont to mount Oliuete and the disciples folowed hym 40 And when he came to the place he sayde vnto them pray lest ye fall into temptation 41 And he gate hym selfe from them about a stones caste and kneeled downe and prayed 42 Saying Father yf thou wylt remoue this cuppe from me Neuerthelesse not my wyl but thine be fulfilled 43 And there appeared an angell vnto hym from heauen comfortyng hym 44 And he was in an agonie and he prayed more earnestly and his sweat was lykâ— droppes of blood tricklyng downe to the grounde 45 And when he rose vp from prayer and was come to his disciples he founde theÌ„ slepyng for heauynesse 46 And sayde vnto them why slepe ye Rise pray lest ye fall into temptation 47 Whyle he yet spake behold â—there came a company and he that was called Iudas â–ª one of the twelue went before the preassed nye vnto Iesus to kisse hym 48 But Iesus sayde vnto hym Iudas betrayest thou the sonne of man with a kisse 49 When they whiche were about hym sawe what woulde folowe they sayde vnto hym Lorde shall we smyte with sworde 50 And one of them smote a seruaunt of the hye priest stroke of his right eare 51 Iesus aunswered and saide Suffer ye thus farre foorth And wheÌ„ he touched his eare he healed hym 52 Then Iesus said vnto the hye priestes and rulers of the temple and the elders which were come to hym Be ye come out as vnto a thiefe with swordes and staues 53 When I was dayly with you in the temple ye stretched foorth no handes agaynst me But this is euen your very houre and the power of darknesse 54 Then toke they hym and ledde hym brought him to the hye priestes house and Peter folowed a farre of 55 And when they had kyndeled a fire in the myddes of the hall and were set downe together Peter also sate downe among them 56 But when a certayne wenche behelde hym as he sate by the fire and earnestlye loked vpon hym she sayde This same felowe was also with hym 57 And he denyed hym saying woman I knowe hym not 58 And after a litle whyle another sawe hym and saide Thou art also of them And Peter sayd man I am not 59 And about the space of an houre after an other affirmed saying Veryly this felowe was with hym also for he is of Galilee 60 And Peter sayde Man I wote not what thou sayest And immediatlye whyle he yet spake the Cocke crewe 61 And the Lorde turned backe loked vpon Peter And Peter remembred the worde of the Lorde howe he hadde sayde vnto hym before the Cocke crowe thou shalt deme me thrise 62 And Peter went out wept bitterlye 63 And the men that helde Iesus mocked hym and smote hym 64 And when they had blindfolded him they stroke hym on the face and asked hym saying Areâ—e 〈…〉 smote thee â—5 And many other things blasphemously spake they against hym â—6 And assoone as it was day the elders of the people and the hye priestes and scribes came together and led him into their councell saying â—7 Art thou â—veryâ— Christe tell vs And he saide vnto them Yf I tell you you wyl not beleue â—8 And yf I aske you you wyll not aunswere me nor let me go 69 Hereafter shall the sonne of man syt on the right hand of the power of God 70 Then saide they all art thou then the sonne of God He sayde Ye say y t I am 71 And they sayde What neede we any further
* that he was a God 7 In the same quarters were possessioÌ„s of y e chiefe man of the I le whose name was Publius which receaued vs and lodged vs three dayes curteouslye 8 And it came to passe that the father of Publius lay sicke of a feuer and of a bloody â—lire to whom Paul entred in prayed and layde his handes on hym and healed hym 9 So when this was done other also which had diseases in the I le came and were healed 10 Which also dyd vs great honour and when we departed they laded vs with such thynges as were necessary 11 And after three monethes we departed in a shippe of Alexandria which had wyntred in the I le whose badge was Castor and Pollux 12 And when we came to Syracusa we taryed there three dayes 13 And from thence we â—et a compasse and came to Rhegium after one day the south wynde blewe and we came the next day to Puteolus 14 Where we founde brethren and were desired to tary with them seuen dayes and so we came towarde Rome 15 And from thence when the brethren hearde of vs they came to meete vs at Appii forum and at the three tauernes When Paul sawe theÌ„ he thanked God and waxed bolde 16 And when we came to Rome y e vnder captayne delyuered the prysoners to the chiefe captayne of the hoast But Paul was suffred to dwell by him selfe with a souldyer that kept hym 17 And it came to passe that after three dayes Paul called y e chiefe of the Iewes together And wheÌ„ they were come he sayde vnto them Men and brethren though I haue committed nothyng agaynst the people or lawes of the fathers yet was I delyuered prysoner from Hierusalem into the handes of the Romanes 18 Which when they had examined me woulde haue let me go because there was no cause of death in me 19 But when the Iewes spake contrary I was constrayned to appeale vnto Caesar not that I had ought to accuse my people of 20 For this cause then haue I called for you euen to see you and to speake with you because that for the hope of Israel I am bounde with this â—hayne 21 And they said vnto him We neither receaued letters out of Iurie concernyng thee neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harme of thee 22 But we wyll heare of thee what thou thynkest For as concernyng this sect we knowe that euery where it is spokeÌ„ agaynst 23 And when they had appoynted hym a day there came many to hym into his lodgyng to whom he expounded and testified the kyngdome of God perswadyng them concernyng Iesus both out of the lawe of Moyses and out of the prophetes euen from morning to night 24 And some were perswaded in the thynges which were spoken and some beleued not 25 And when they agreed not among them selues they departed after that Paul had spoken one worde that is to say well spake the holy ghost by Esaias the prophete vnto our fathers 26 Saying Go vnto this people and say with your eares shall ye heare and shall not vnderstande and with your eyes shall ye see and not perceaue 27 For the heart of this people is waxed grosse their eares are dull of hearing and their eyes haue they closed lest they shoulde see with their eyes and heare with their eares and vnderstande with their heartes and shoulde be conuerted and I shoulde heale them 28 Be it knowen therfore vnto you that this saluation of God is sent to the gentiles and they shall heare it 29 And when he had sayde these wordes the Iewes departed and had great reasonyng among them selues 30 And Paul dwelt two yeres full in his owne hired house and receaued all that came in vnto hym 31 Preachyng the kyngdome of God and teachyng those thynges which concerne the Lorde Iesus Christe with all confidence no man forbyddyng hym ☜ ⧠Here endeth the Actes of the Apostles R. E. ⧠The Ca 〈…〉 Câ—â—â—â—graphi 〈…〉 of the peregrin 〈…〉 〈◊〉 Saint Paul with the distaunce of the myles HEre hast thou gentle reader for thy better instruction the description of the iourney and peregrination of Saint Paul which is in this second booke of Saint Luke called the Actes of the Apostles most intreated of And for because thou readest oftentymes of Emperours Kynges and Deputies thou hast set foorth to thee the names the yeres and howe longe euery Emperour or Kyng raigned or Deputie gouerned and vnder whom any of these actes were done euen vntyll the death of Saint Paul ¶ The order of tymes The yeres of the Emperours of Rome The yeres of the Presidentes of the Iewes The yeres of the Herodians The yeres of Christes incarnation The yeres of Saint Paul the Apostle Tiberius Pilate Herode Christe Paul xviii vi xviii xxxiii  In this yere Christe suffered arose from the dead ascended into heauen from thence he sendeth vnto his Apostles the holy ghost The Apostles do assemble and gather a congregation vnto the Lorde Christe and do continue in prayer and suffer persecution xix vii xix xxxiiii i. Samaria doth receaue the doctrine of Christe Saint Steuen was stoned Saint Paul also is conuerted vnto Christe as he iourneyed towarde Damascus and froÌ„thence he departed into Arabia to preache the Gospell xx viii xx xxxv ii Philip doth preache the Gospel vnto the cities by the sea syde and doth conuert a man of Ethiopia an Eunuch and of great auctoritie with Candace Queene of the Ethiopians xxi ix xxi xxxvi iii. The Gospell is preached to the Sirians and Phenitians of those that were dispearsed and fledde from Hierusalem xxii x. xxii xxxvii iiii Saint Paul commeth to Hierusalem to see Peter from thence he goeth into Syria Cilicia c. Saint Peter commeth vnto Lidda After that he was called of Cornelius to come vnto Cesarea where he dyd baptize and from thence he went to Hierusalem geuyng aunswere to eche one that entred in question with hym xxiii Marcel xxiii xxxviii v. Antioche in Syria is conuerted vnto Christe the Apostles sende thyther Barnabas Barnabas bryngeth Paul out of Tarsa to Antioche whyther also Agabus came speaking of dearth that was to come Paul and Barnabas did succour them of Hierusalem 〈◊〉 Aâ—ppa xxiii xxâ—â—â— vi Paule and Barnabas by the commaundement of the holy ghost were sent from Antioche to preache the Gospell vnto the Heathens ii ii Herode Agrippa xl vii Paul and Barnabas sayled from Paphus to Perga a Citie of Pamphylia From Perga vnto Antioche a citie of Pisidia From whence by a commotion stirred by the Iewes they were expelled out of their coastes iii. iii.  xli viii Paul and Barnabas thus dryuen from Antioche come to Iconium where they abode a long tyme. iiii iiii  xlii ix Claudius v.  xliii x. ii vi  xliiii xi iii. vii  xlv xii This yere was Iames the
prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne and it rayned not on the earth by the space of three yeres and sixe monethes 18 And he prayed againe and the heauen gaue rayne the earth brought foorth her fruite 19 Brethren yf any of you do erre from the trueth and another conuert hym 20 Let the same knowe that he which conuerteth the sinner from going astray out of his way shall saue a soule from death and shall hyde the multitude of sinnes ¶ The ende of the epistle of Saint Iames. ⧠The first epistle of Saint Peter the Apostle ¶ The first Chapter 2 He sheweth that through the aboundaunt mercie of God we are elect and regenerate to a lyuely hope 7 and howe fayth must be tried 10 that the saluation in Christe is no newes but a thyng prophecied of olde 13 he exhorteth them to a godly conuersation forasmuch as they are nowe borne a newe by the worde of God 1 PEter an Apostle of Iesus Christ to them that dwell here and there as straungers throughout Pontus Galatia Cappadocia Asia and Bithynia 2 Elect accordyng to the foreknoweledge of God the father vnto the sanctifiyng of the spirite through obedience sprinklyng of y e blood of Iesus Christ Grace peace be multiplied vnto you 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe which accordyng to his aboundaunt mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope by that that Iesus Christe rose agayne from death 4 To and inheritaunce immortall and vndefiled and that fadeth not away reserued in heauen for you 5 Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme. 6 In the which ye reioyce though nowe for a season â—yf nede require ye are in heauinesse through manifolde temptations 7 That the triall of your fayth beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth though it be tried with fyre myght be founde vnto laude glorie and honour at the appearyng of Iesus Christe 8 Whom ye haue not seene and yet loue hym in whom euen nowe though ye see hym not yet do you beleue reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious 9 Receauyng the ende of your fayth euen the saluation of your soules 10 Of which saluation haue y e prophetes enquired searched which prophesied of the grace that should come vnto you 11 Searchyng when or at what tyme the spirite of Christ which was in them shoulde signifie which spirite testified before the passions that should happen vnto Christe and the glorie that shoulde folowe after 12 Vnto which prophetes it was also declared that not vnto them selues but vnto vs they shoulde minister y e thinges which are nowe shewed vnto you of them which by the holy ghost sent downe from heauen haue in the Gospell preached vnto you the thynges which the Angels desire to beholde 13 Wherfore girde vp the loynes of your mynde be sober and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you by the reuelation of Iesus Christe 14 As obedient chyldren not fashionyng your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignoraunce 15 But as he which called you is holy euen so be ye holy also in all maner of conuersation 16 Because it is written be ye holy for I am holy 17 And yf so be that ye call on the father which without respect of person iudgeeth accordyng to euery mans worke see that ye passe the tyme of your dwellyng here in feare 18 ☞ Forasmuch as ye knowe howe that ye were not redeemed with corruptible thynges as siluer and golde from your vayne conuersation which ye receaued by the tradition of the fathers 19 But with the precious blood of Christ as of a lambe vndefiled without spot 20 Which was ordeyned beforehande euen before the worlde was made but was declared in the last tymes * for your sakes 21 Which by his meanes do beleue on God that raysed hym vp from death and glorified hym that ye might haue fayth and hope towarde God 22 Euen ye which haue purified your soules through the spirite in obeying the trueth with brotherly loue vnfayned see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruentlye 23 For ye are borne a newe not of mortal seede but of immortal by the worde of God which lyueth and lasteth for euer 24 For all fleshe is as grasse and all the glorie of man is as the flowre of grasse The grasse withereth and the flowre falleth away 25 But the worde of the Lorde endureth euer ☜ And this is the worde which by the Gospell was preached vnto you The .ij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them to lay aside all vice 4 shewyng that Christe is the foundation whervpon they builde 9 The excellent estate of the Christians 11 he prayeth them to abstayne from fleshlie lustes 13 to obey the rulers 18 howe seruauntes shoulde behaue them selues towarde their maisters 20 he exhorteth to suffer after the ensample of Christe 1 WHerefore lay asyde all maliciousnesse and all guile and faynednesse and enuie and all backbityng 2 And as newe borne babes desire ye y e milke of the worde which is without deceipt that ye may growe therby vnto saluatioÌ„ 3 If so be that ye haue tasted howe gratious the Lorde is 4 To whom ye come as vnto a lyuyng stone disalowed of men but chosen of God and precious 5 And ye as lyuely stones be you made a spirituall house an holy priesthood for to offer vp spirituall sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christe â— Wherefore it is conteyned also in the scripture beholde I put in Sion a stone to be laide in the chiefe corner elect and precious and he that beleueth on hym shall not be confounded 7 Vnto you therfore which beleue he is precious but vnto them whiche beleue not the stone which the buylders refused the same is made the head of the corner 8 And a stone that men stumble at and a rocke wherat they be offended whiche stumble at the worde and beyng disobedient vnto the whiche thing they were euen ordeyned 9 But ye are a chosen generation a royall priesthood an holy nation a peculier people that ye should shewe foorth the vertues of hym that called you out of darknesse into his marueylous lyght 10 Which in time past were not a people but are nowe the people of God which sometime had not obteyned mercy but nowe haue obteyned mercy ☜ 11 ☞ Dearely beloued I beseche you as strauÌ„gers and pilgrimes abstaine from fleshly lustes whiche fight agaynst the soule 12 And see that ye haue honest conuersation among the gentiles that where as they backbite you as euyll doers they may by your good workes whiche they shall see prayse God in the day of visitation 13 Submit your selues therfore vnto al maner ordinaunce of maÌ„ for the Lordes sake whether it be vnto
for it is geuen vnto the gentiles and the holy citie shall they treade vnder foote fourtie and two monethes 3 And I wyl geue power vnto my two witnesses and they shall prophesie a thousande two hundred and threescore dayes clothed in sackcloth 4 These are two oliue trees and two candle stickes standyng before the God of the earth 5 And yf any man wyll hurt them fyre shal proceade out of their mouthes cōsume their enemies And if any man wil hurt them this wyse must he be kylled 6 These haue power to shut heauen that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesiyng and haue power ouer waters to turne them to blood and to smite the earth with all maner plagues as often as they wyll 7 And whē they haue finished their testimonie the beast that commeth out of the bottomlesse pit shall make warre against them and shal ouercome them and kyll them 8 And their bodyes shall lye in y e streates of the great citie which spiritually is called Sodome and Egypt where our Lorde was crucified 9 And they of the people and kinredes and tongues and they of the nations shall see their bodyes three dayes and an halfe shall not suffer their bodyes to be put in graues 10 And they that dwell vpon the earth shal reioyce ouer them and be glad and shall sende gyftes one to another for these two prophetes vexed them that dwelt on the earth 11 And after three dayes and an halfe the spirite of lyfe commyng from God shall enter into them And they shall stande vp vpon their feete great feare shall come vpon thē which sawe them 12 And they shall heare a great voyce from heauen saying vnto them come vp hyther And they shall ascende vp to heauen in a cloude and their enemies shall see them 13 And the same houre shall there be a great earthquake and the tenth part of the citie shall fall and in the earthquake shal be slaine names of men seuen thousande and the remnaunt shal be afraide and geue glorie to the God of heauen 14 The seconde wo is past and beholde the thirde wo wyll come anone ◠And the seuenth angell blewe there were made greate voyces in heauen saying the kyngdomes of this worlde are our Lordes and his Christes and he shall raigne for euermore 16 And the .xxiiii. elders which sit before God on their seates fel vpon their faces and worshipped God 17 Saying we geue thee thankes O Lorde God almyghtie which art and wast and art to come for thou hast receaued thy great myght hast raigned 18 And the nations were angrie and thy wrath is come and the tyme of the dead that they shoulde be iudged and that thou shouldest geue rewarde vnto thy seruauntes the prophetes and saintes and to them that feare thy name small and great and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth 19 And the temple of God was opened in heauen and there were seene in his temple the arke of his testament and there folowed lyghtninges and voyces and thundringes and earthquake and much hayle ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 There appeareth in heauen a woman clothed with the sunne 7 Michael fyghteth with the Dragon which persecuteth the woman 11 The victorie is gotten to the comfort of the faythfull 1 AND there appeared a great wonder in heauen A woman clothed with the sunne the moone vnder her feete and vpō her head a crowne of twelue starres 2 And she was with chylde and cryed trauaylyng in birth and payned redy to be delyuered 3 And there appeared another wonder in heauen for beholde a great redde dragon hauing seuen heades and tenne hornes and seuen crownes vpon his heades 4 And his tayle drue the thirde part of the starres of heauen and cast them to the earth And the dragon stoode before the woman which was redie to be deliuered for to deuoure her chylde assoone as it were borne 5 And she brought foorth a man chylde which shoulde rule all nations with a rodde of yron And her sonne was taken vp vnto God and to his throne 6 And the woman fled into wildernesse where she had a place prepared of God that they should feede her there a thousande two hundreth and threscore days 7 And there was a battayle in heauen Michael and his angels fought with the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels 8 And preuayled not neither was their place founde any more in heauen 9 And the great dragon that olde serpent called the deuyll Satanas was cast out which deceaueth all the world And he was cast into the earth and his angels were cast out with hym 10 And I hearde a loude voyce saying in heauen Nowe is made saluation strength the kingdome of our God the power of his Christ For the accuser of our brethren is cast downe which accused them before our God day nyght 11 And they ouercame hym by the blood of the Lambe and by the worde of their testimonie and they loued not their lyues vnto the death 12 Therfore reioyce heauens and ye that dwell in them Wo to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea for the deuyll is come downe vnto you which hath great wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a short tyme. 13 And when the dragon sawe that he was cast vnto the earth he persecuted the woman which brought foorth the man chylde 14 And to the woman were geuen two winges of a great Egle that she myght flee into the wildernesse into her place where she is norished for a tyme tymes and halfe a tyme from the presence of the serpent 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water after the woman as it had ben a fludde that he myght cause her to be caryed away of the fludde 16 And the earth holpe the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swalowed vp the ryuer which the dragon cast out of his mouth 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman and went and made warre with the remnaunt of her seede which kepe the commaundementes of God haue the testimonie of Iesus Christe 18 And I stoode on the sea sande The .xiij. Chapter 1.8 The beast deceaueth the reprobate 2.4.12 and is confirmed by another 17 The priuiledge of the beastes marke 1 AND I sawe a beast ryse out of the sea hauing seuen heades and ten hornes vpon his hornes ten crownes and vpon his head the name of blasphemie 2 And the beast which I sawe was like a Leoparde and his feete were as the feete of a Beare and his mouth as the mouth of a Lion And the dragon gaue hym his power and his seate and great aucthoritie 3 And I sawe one of his heades as it were wounded to death and his deadly wounde was healed And all the world wondred after the beast 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gaue power vnto the beast and they worshipped the beast saying Who is lyke
my realme shal be free 44 For the buylding also and repayring of the worke of the sanctuarie expences shal be geuen out of the kinges reuenues 45 Yea and for the making of the walles rounde about Hierusalem for the breaking downe of the olde and for the setting vp of the strong holdes in Iurie shall the costes and charges be geuen out of the kinges reuenues 46 But when Ionathas and the people hearde these wordes they gaue no credence vnto them neither receaued them for they remembred the great wickednesse that he had done vnto Israel and howe sore he had vexed them 47 Wherfore they agreed vnto Alexanander for he was a prince that had dealt friendly with them and so they stoode by him alway 48 Then gathered king Alexander a great hoast and brought his armie against Demetrius 49 So the two kinges stroke battayle together but Demetrius hoast fled and Alexander folowed after and fell vpon them 50 A mightie sore fielde was it continuing till the sunne went downe and Demetrius was slayne the same day 51 And Alexander sent ambassadours vnto Ptolomi the king of Egypt with these wordes saying 52 Forsomuch as I am come againe to my realme and am set in the throne of my progenitours and haue gotten the dominion ouercommed Demetrius 53 Conquered the lande striken a fielde with hym so that we haue discomfited both hym and his hoast and sit in the throne of his kingdome 54 Let vs nowe make friendship together geue me thy daughter to wyfe so shal I be thy sonne in lawe and both geue thee rewardes and her accordyng to thy dignitie 55 Ptolomi the king gaue aunswere saying Happy be the day wherein thou art come againe to the lande of thy progenitours and set in the throne of their kingdome 56 And nowe will I fulfill thy wryting but meete me at Ptolomais that we may see one another and that I may marry my daughter vnto thee according to thy desire 57 So Ptolomi went out of Egypt with his daughter Cleopatra and came vnto Ptolomais in the hundred threescore and two yere 58 Where king Alexander mette hym and he gaue Alexander his daughter Cleopatra and maried them at Ptolomais with great worship like as the maner of kinges is to be 59 Then wrote king Alexander vnto Ionathas that he shoulde come and meete him 60 So he went honorably vnto Ptolomais there he mette the two kinges and gaue them and their friendes great presentes of golde and siluer and founde fauour in their sight 61 And there came together against Ionathas certayne wicked men and vngratious persons of Israel making complayntes of him but the king regarded them not 62 As for Ionathas the king commaunded to take of his garmentes to cloth him in purple and so they did Then the king appoynted him to sit by him 63 And sayde vnto his princes Go with him into the middest of the citie make a proclamation that no man complayne against him of any matter and that no man trouble hym for any maner of cause 64 So it happened that when his accusers sawe the worship whiche was proclaymed of hym that he was clothed in purple they fled euery one 65 And the king made much of him wrote hym among his chiefe friendes made hym a duke and partaker of his dominion 66 Thus Ionathas went againe to Hierusalem with peace and gladnesse 67 In the hundred threescore fyft yere came Demetrius the sonne of Demetrius from Creta into his fathers lande 68 Wherof when Alexander heard tell he was right sory and returned vnto Antioch 69 And Demetrius chose Apollonius whiche had the gouernaunce of Celosiria to be his captayne So he gathered a great hoast and came vnto Iamnia sent worde vnto Ionathas the hygh priest saying 70 Darest thou withstande vs thy selfe alone As for me I am but laughed to scorne and shamed because thou diddest vaunte thy strength against vs in the mountaynes 71 Now therfore if thou trustest in thyne owne strength come downe to vs into the playne fielde there let vs trye the matter together for thou shalt knowe that I haue the strength of many cities 72 And shalt knowe who I am and the other that stand by me which say That your foote is not able to stande before our face for thy fathers haue ben twyse chased in their owne lande 73 And nowe howe wilt thou be able to abyde so great an hoast of horsemen and footemen in the fielde where as is neither rocke stone nor place to flee vnto 74 When Ionathas hearde the wordes of Apollonius he was moued in his mynde wherfore he chose ten thousand men and went out of Hierusalem and Simon his brother mette hym for to helpe hym 75 And they pitched their tentes at Ioppa but the citie kept hym foorth for Apollonius garrison was in Ioppa 76 Then Ionathas layed siege to it and they that were in the citie for very feare let him in and so Ionathas wan Ioppa 77 Apollonius hearing of this toke three thousand horsemen with a great hoast on foote and went to Azotus as though he woulde go further and came immediatly into the playne fielde because he had so many horsemen and put his trust in them 78 So Ionathas folowed vpon hym to Azotus and the army skirmished with his rereward and there they stroke the battayle 79 Nowe had Apollonius left a thousande horsemen behynde them priuily in the tentes 80 And when Ionathas knewe that such wayte was layed behynde them they went rounde about the enemies hoast and shot dartes at the people from the morning to the euening 81 As for Ionathas people they kept their order as he had commaunded them and the enemies horses were weery 82 Then brought Simon foorth his hoast and set them against the footemen for the horsemen were weery alredy So he discomfited them and they fled 83 And they that were scattered in the fielde gat them to Azotus and came into the temple of Dagon their idoll that they might there saue their liues 84 But Ionathas set fire vpon Azotus and all the cities rounde about it and toke their goodes and brent vp the temple of Dagon with all them that were fled into it 85 Thus were slayne and brent welnye eyght thousande men 86 So Ionathas remoued the hoast from thence and brought them to Ascalon where the men of the citie came foorth and mette him with great worship 87 After this went Ionathas and his hoast againe to Hierusalem with great substaunce of good 88 And when king Alexander heard these thinges he thought to do Ionathas more worship 89 And sent him a coller of gold as the vse is to be geuen vnto such as are of the kinges next blood He gaue him also the citie of Accaron with the landes belonging therto in possession The .xi. Chapter 3 The discention betwixt Ptolomeus and Alexander his sonne in lawe 17 The death of Alexander 19 Demetrius