after her And she had a partye garment on for soch garmentes wayre y e kynges doughters whyle they were virgins And whā his seruaunt had put hir forth lockte the dore after her Thamar strowed aszshes vpon hir heade and rente the partye garment which she had vpon her and layed hir hande vpon hir heade and wente on and cryed And hir brother Absalom sayde vnto her Hath thy brother Ammon bene with the Now holde thy peace my sister it is thy brother and take not the matter so to hert So Thamar remayned a wyddowe in brother Absaloms house And whan kynge Dauid herde of all this he was very sory As for Absalom he spake nether euell ner good to Ammon but Absalom hated Ammon because he had forced his sister Thamar After two yeares had Absalom shepe clyppers at Baal Hazor which lyeth by Ephraim And Absalom called all the kynges children and came to the kynge and sayde Beholde thy seruaunt hath shepe clyppers let it please y e kynge with his seruauntes to go with his seruaunte But the kynge sayde vnto Absalom No my sonne let vs not all go lest we be to chargeable vnto the. And he wolde nedes haue had him to go howbeit he wolde not but blessed him Absalom sayde Shall my brother Ammon go with vs then The kynge sayde vnto him Wherfore shall he go with the Then was Absalom so importune vpon him that he let Ammon and all the kynges childrē go with him But Absalom commaunded his yonge men and sayde Take hede whan Ammon is mery with wyne and I saye vnto you Smyte Ammon and slaye him that ye be not afrayed for I haue commaunded you be stronge and playe the men So Absaloms yonge men dyd vnto Ammon as Absalom had commaunded them Then stode all the kynges children vp and euery one gat him vp vpō his Mule and fled And whyle they were yet on their waye the rumoure came to kynge Dauid that Absalom had slayne all the kynges children so that not one of them was lefte Then stode the kynge vp and rente his clothes layed him downe vpon the earth and all his seruaūtes that stode aboute him rente their clothes Then answered Ionadab y e sonne of Simea Dauids brother and sayde Let not my lorde thynke that all the yonge men the kynges children are deed but y t Ammon is deed onely for Absalom hath kepte it in him selfe sence the daie that he forced his sister Thamar Therfore let not my lorde the kynge take it so to hert that all the kynges children shulde be deed but that Ammon is deed onely As for Absalom he fled And the yonge man that kepte the watch lifte vp his eyes and loked and beholde A greate people came in the waye one after another by the hill syde Then sayde Ionadab vnto the kynge Beholde the kynges children come Euen as thy seruaunt sayde so is it happened And whan he had ended his talkynge the kynges children came and lifte vp their voyce and wepte The kynge and all his seruauntes wepte also very sore But Absalom fled and wente vnto Thalmai the sonne of Ammihud kynge of Gesur As for Dauid he mourned for his sonne euery daye Whan Absalom was fled and gone vnto Gesur he was there thre yeare And kynge Dauid ceassed from goinge out agaynst Absalom for he had comforted him selfe ouer Ammon that he was deed The XIIII Chapter IOab the sonne of Ieru Ia perceaued y t the kynges hert was agaynst Absalom and sent vnto Thecoa and caused to fetch from thence a prudent woman and saide vnto her Make lamētacion and weere mournynge garmentes anoynte the not with oyle but fayne thy selfe as a woman which hath mourned longe ouer a deed and thou shalt go in to the kynge and speake so so vnto him And Ioab tolde her what she shulde saye And whan the woman of Thecoa wolde speake with the kynge she fell vpon hir face to the grounde and worshipped and sayde Helpe me O kynge The kynge sayde vnto her What ayleth the She sayde I am a wedowe a woman that mourneth and my huszbāde is deed And thy handmayde had two sonnes which stroue together in the felde and whyle there was noman to parte thē a sunder the one smote the other and slewe him And beholde all the whole kynred ryseth vp agaynst thy handmayden and saye Delyuer him which hath smytten his brother that we maye kyll him for the soule of his brother whom he hath slayne and that we maye destroye the heyre also And thus are they mynded to put out my sparke which yet is lefte that there shulde no name ner eny thinge els remayne ouer vnto my huszbāde vpon earth The kynge sayde vnto the woman Go y e waye home I wil geue a cōmaundemēt for ye. And the woman of Thecoa saide vnto y e kynge The trespace be vpon me my lorde y e kynge and vpon my fathers house but the kynge and his seate be vngiltye The kynge sayde He that speaketh agaynst the brynge him vnto me so shall he touch the nomore She sayde Let the kynge thynke vpon the LORDE his God that there be not to many auengers of bloude to destroye and that they brynge not my sonne to naught He sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth there shall not one heer of thy sonne fall vpon the earth And the woman sayde Let thy handmayde speake somwhat to my lorde the kynge He sayde speake on The woman sayde Wherfore hast thou deuised soch a thinge agaynst the people of God And how happeneth it that the kynge speaketh soch to make himselfe giltie and causeth not his outlawe to be broughte agayne For we all dye the death and as the water that sinketh in to the earth which is not taken vp And God will not take awaye the lyfe but vnbethynketh himselfe y t euen the very outlawe be not cleane thrust out from him Thus am I come also to speake this to my lorde the kynge in the presence of the people for thy handmayden thoughte I wyll speake to the kynge peraduenture he shall do that his handmayden sayeth for he shall heare his handmayden to delyuer me from the hande of all them that wolde destroye me with my sonne from the enheritaunce of God And thy handmayden thoughte y e worde of my lorde the kynge shall be as a meat offerynge for my lorde the kinge is as an angell of God so that he can heare good and euell therfore shall the LORDE thy God be with the. The kynge answered and sayde vnto the woman Kepe nothynge fro me that I axe the. The woman sayde Let my lorde the kinge speake on The kynge sayde Is not the hande of Ioab with the in all this The woman answered and sayde As truly as thy soule lyueth my lorde O kynge there is els noman nether at the righte hande ner at y e lefte but euen as my LORDE the kynge hath sayde for thy seruaunt Ioab hath commaunded
wildernesse Moses intreateth for the people Chap. XIX Like as the wicked are euer synnynge more and more so doth the wrath of God neuer ceasse tyll they be destroyed Of them that were punyshed in the tyme of Loth. The first Chapter O Set youre affeccion vpoÌ„ wyszdome ye that be iudges of the earth Haue a good opinion of the LORDE seke him in the synglenesse of hert For he will be fouÌ„de of them that tempte him not and appeareth vnto soch as put their trust in him As for frowarde thoughtes they separate from God but vertue yf it be alowed refourmeth y e vnwyse And why wyszdome shall not entre in to a frowarde soule ner dwell in the body that is subdued vnto synne For the holy goost abhorreth fayned nurtoure withdraweth himself froÌ„ y e thoughtes that are without vnderstondinge where wickednes hath the vpper haÌ„de he flieth from thence For the sprete of wyszdome is louynge gentle and gracious and wil haue no pleasure in him that speaketh euell with his lippes For God is a witnesse of his reynes a true searcher out of his hert and an hearer of his tonge For the sprete of y e LORDE fylleth the rounde compasse of the worlde and y e same that vpholdeth all thinges hath knowlege also of the voyce Therfore he that speaketh vnrighteous thinges can not be hydd nether maye he escape the iudgmeÌ„t of reprofe And why inquysicion shal be made for the thoughtes of the vngodly and the reporte of his wordes shal come vnto God so that his wickednes shal be punished For the eare of gelousy heareth all thinges and the noyse of the grudginges shal not be hydd Therfore bewarre of murmuringe which is nothinge worth and refrayne youre tonge from slauÌ„der For there is no worde so darck and secrete that it shall go for naught and the mouth that speaketh lyes slayeth the soule O seke not youre owne death in y e erroure of youre life destroye not youre selues thorow the workes of youre awne handes For God hath not made death nether hath he pleasure in the destruccion of the lyuynge For he created all thinges that they might haue their beynge yee all the people of the earth hath he made that they shulde haue health that there shulde be no destruccion in them and that the kyngdome of hell shulde not be vpon earth for righteousnesse is euerlastinge and immortall but vnrighteousnes bringeth death Neuerthelesse the vngodly call her vnto them both w t wordes workes whyle they thinke to haue a frende of her they come to naught for the vngodly that are confederate with her and take hir parte are worthy of death The II. Chapter FOr y e vngodly talke ymagin thus amonge them selues but not right The tyme of oure life is but short tedious when a man is once gone he hath nomore ioye ner pleasure nether knowe we eny man y t turneth agayne from death for we are borne of naught we shal be herafter as though we had neuer bene For oure breth is as a smoke in oure nostrels y e wordes as a sparck to moue oure herte As for o r body it shal be very aszshes y t are queÌ„ched o r soule shal vanish as y e soft ayre Oure life shall passe awaye as y e trace of a cloude come to naught as y e myst y t is dryueÌ„ awaye w t the beames of y e Sonne put downe w t the heate therof Oure name also shal be forgotten by litle litle no man shal haue oure workes in remembraunce For o r tyme is a very shadow y t passeth awaye after o r ende there is no returnynge for it is fast sealed so y t no maÌ„ coÌ„meth agayne Come on therfore let vs enioye y e pleasures y t there are let vs soone vse y e creature like as in youth We wil fyll oure selues w t good wyne oyntment there shal no floure of the tyme go by vs. We wil crowne o r selues w t roses afore they be wythered There shal be no fayre medowe but o r lust shall go thorow it Let euery one of you be partaker of oure volupteousnes Let vs leaue some token of o r pleasure in euery place for y t is oure porcion els gett we nothinge Let vs oppresse the poore righteous let vs not spare the wyddowe ner olde man let vs not regarde y e heades y t are gray for age Let y e lawe of vnrighteousnesse be oure auctorite for y e thinge y t is feble is nothinge worth Therfore let vs defraude the righteous whyâ—he is not for o r profit yee he is cleane coÌ„trary to o r doinges He checketh vs for offendinge agaynst y e lawe slaundreth vs as transgressours of all nurtor. He maketh his boost to haue y e knowlege of God yee he calleth him self Gods sonne He is the bewrayer of oure thoughtes It greueth vs also to loke vpon him for his lyfe is not lyke other mens his wayes are of another fashion He counteth vs but vayne personnes he w t draweth him self from o r wayes as from fylthynes he coÌ„mendeth greatly y e latter ende of the iust maketh his boast y t God is his father Let vs se then yf his wordes be true let vs proue what shal come vpon him so shal we knowe what ende he shal haue For yf he be y e true sonne of God he will receaue him delyuer him from the handes of his enemies Let vs examen him with despitefull rebuke and tormentinge that we maye knowe his dignite proue his pacience Let vs condemne him with the most shamefull death for like as he hath spoken so shal he be rewarded Soch thinges do the vngodly ymagin go astraye for their owne wickednes hath blynded them As for the misteries of God they vnderstonde them not they nether hope for the rewarde of righteousnesse ner regarde the worshipe that holy soules shall haue For God created man to be vndestroied yee after the ymage of his awne licknesse made he him Neuerthelesse thorow envye of the deuell came death in to the worlde and they that holde of his syde do as he doth The III. Chapter BVt the soules of y e righteous are in y e hande of God y e payne of death shal not touch theÌ„ In y e sight of the vnwyse they appeare to dye their ende is takeÌ„ for very destruccion The waye of the righteous is iudged to be vtter destruccion but they are in rest And though they suffre payne before men yet is their hope full of immortalite They are punished but in few thinges neuerthelesse in many thinges shal they be well rewarded For God proueth them fyndeth theÌ„ mete for himself yee as the golde in the fornace doth he trye them receaueth them as a brent
might be disceaued by this meanes also shulde I defyle myne age make it abhominable For though I were now delyuered from the tormentes of men yet shulde I not escape the honde of allmightie God nether alyue ner deed Wherfore I will dye manfully do as it becommeth myne age Wherby I maie peraduenture leaue an exāple of stedfastnesse for soch as be yonge yf I w t a ready mynde manfully dye an honest death for the most worthy and holy lawes When he had sayde these wordes immediatly he was drawen to the tormēte Now they that led him and were mylde a litle afore beganne to take displeasure because of the wordes y t he sayde for they thought he had spokē them of an hye mynde But whē he was in his martirdome he mourned and sayde Thou O LORDE which hast the holy knowlege knowest openly that where as I might be delyuered frō death I suffre these sore paynes of my body but in my mynde I am wel contente to suffre them because I feare the. Thus this man dyed leauynge y e memoriall of his death for an example not only vnto yonge men but vnto all y e people to be stedfast and manly The VII Chapter IT happened also that there were vij brethren with their mother taken compelled by the kynge agaynst the lawe to eate swynes flesh namely w t scourges and lethren whippes And one of them which was y e chefe sayde What sekest thou and what requyrest thou of vs As for vs we are ready rather to suffre death then to offende the lawes of God and the fathers Then was the kynge angrie and bad heare cauldrons and brasen pottes Which when they were made hote immediatly he commaunded y e tonge of him that spake first to be cut out to pull the skynne ouer his heade to payre of the edges of his handes and fete yee and that in the sight of his mother and the other of his brethren Now when he was cleane marred he commaunded a fyre to be made so whyle there was eny breath in him to be fryed in the caudron In the which when he had bene longe payned the other brethren with their mother exorted him to dye manfully sayēge The LORDE God shal regarde the treuth and comforte vs like as Moses testifieth and declareth in his songe sayenge and he wyl haue compassion on his seruauntes So whē the first was deed after this maner they brought the seconde to haue him in derision pulled the skynne with the hayre ouer his heade and axed him yf he wolde eate swynes flesh or he were payned in y e other membres also thorow out his body But he answered boldly and sayde I will not do it And so was he tormented like as y e first And whē he was euē at y e geuinge vp of y e goost he sayde Thou most vngracious personne puttest vs now to death but the kynge of y e worlde shall rayse vs vp which dye for his lawes in y e resurreccion of euerlastinge life After him was the thirde had in derision and when he was requyred he putt out his tonge and that right soone holdinge forth his hondes manfully and spake with a stedfast faith These haue I of heauē but now for the lawe of God I despyse them for my trust is that I shall receaue them of him agayne In so moch that the kynge and they which were with him marueled at the yonge mans boldnesse that he nothinge regarded the paynes Now when he was deed also they vexed the fourth with tormentes in like maner So when he was now at his death he sayde It is better that we beynge put to death of mē haue oure hope and trust in God for he shal rayse vs vp agayne As for the thou shalt haue no resurreccion to life And when they had spoken to the fifth they tormēted him Then loked he vnto y e kinge sayde Thou hast power amōge mē for thou art a mortall man also y i self to do what thou wilt but thinke not y t God hath forsaken o r generacion Abyde the tary styll a whyle thou shalt se the greate power of God how he wil punysh the thy sede After him they brought the sixte which beynge at the poynte of death sayde Be not disceaued o kynge for this we suffre for oure owne sakes because we haue offended oure God therfore marvelous thinges are shewed vpon vs. But thinke not thou which takest in honde to stryue agaynst God that thou shalt escape vnpunyshed This excellent mother worthy to be well reported of and had in remembraunce sawe hir seuen sonnes dye in one daye and suffred it paciētly because of the hope that she had in God Yee she exorted euery one of them in especiall and that boldly and stedfastly w t parfite wyszdome wakynge vp hir wyuysh thought with a manly stomacke and sayde vnto them I can not tell how ye came in my wombe for I nether gaue you breth ner soule no ner life It is not I y t ioyned y t mēbres of yo bodies together but y e maker of y e worlde which fashioned y e byrth of mā begāne all thinges Euen he also of his owne mercy shall geue you breath and life agayne like as ye now regarde not youre owne selues for his lawes sake Now thought Antiochus that she had despysed him therfore he let her go with hir reproues and beganne to exorte the yongest sonne which yet was left not only w t wordes but swore vnto him w t an ooth y t he shulde make him a rich welthy man yf he wolde forsake y e lawes of his fathers yee and y t he shulde geue him what so euer were necessary for him But whē the yonge man wolde not be moued for all these thinges he called his mother counceled her to saue hir sonnes life And when he had exorted her with many wordes she promised him that she shulde speake vnto hir sonne So she turned her vnto him laughinge y e cruell tyraunte to scorne spake w t a boylde voyce O my sonne haue pite vpon me y t bare y e ix monethes in my wombe that gaue the sucke norished the and brought the vp vnto this age I beseke the my sonne loke vpon heauen and earth and all that is therin and considre that God made them and mans generacion of naught so shalt thou not feare this hangman but suffre death stedfastly like as thy brethren haue done that I maye receaue the agayne in the same mercy with thy brethren Whyle she was yet speakynge these wordes the yonge man sayde Whom loke ye for ▪ Wherfore do ye tary I wil not obeye the kynges commaundement but the lawe that God gaue vs by Moses As for the that ymaginest all myschefe agaynst the Iewes thou shalt not escape the honde of God for we suffre these thinges because of oure synnes And though
yo siluer are cancred the rust of them shal be a witnes vnto you shal eate youre fleszhe as it were fyre Ye haue heaped treasure togedder in yo last dayes Beholde the hyre of the labourers which haue reped downe youre feldes which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude cryeth and the cryes of thē which haue reped are entred in to the eares of the LORDE Sabaoth Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth and in wantannes Ye haue noryszhed youre hertes as in adaye of slaughter Ye haue cōdempned and haue killed the iust and he hath not resisted you Be pacient therfore brethren vnto the cōmynge of the LORDE Beholde the huszbāde man wayteth for the precious frute of y e earth and hath longe pacience there vpon vntill he receaue the erly and the latter rayne Be ye also pacient therfore and settle youre hertes for the commynge of the LORDE draweth nye Grodge not one agaynst another brethren lest ye be damned Beholde the iudge stondeth before the dore Take my brethren the prophetes for an ensample of sufferynge aduersitie and of longe pacience which spake in the name of the LORDE Beholde we counte them happy which endure Ye haue hearde of y e paciēce of Iob and haue knowen what ende the LORDE made For the LORDE is very pitifull and mercifull But aboue all thinges my brethrē sweare not nether by heauē nether by earth nether by eny other othe Let youre ye be ye and yo naye naye lest ye faule in to ypocricy Yf eny of you be euell vexed let hī praye Yf eny of you be mery let him singe Psalmes Yf eny be deseased amonge you let him call for the elders of the congregacion let thē praye ouer him and anoynte him with oyle in the name of the LORDE and y e prayer of faith shal saue the sicke and the LORDE shal rayse him vp and yf he haue cōmitted synnes they shal be forgeuen him Knowlege youre fautes one to another and praye one for another that ye maye be healed The prayer of a righteous man auayleth moche yf it be feruēt Helias was a mā mortall euen as we are and he prayed in his prayer that it might not rayne it rayned not on the earth by the space of thre yeares and sixe monethes And he prayed agayne and y e heauē gaue rayne y e earth brought forth her frute Brethren yf eny of you erre frō the trueth and another conuert him let y e same knowe that he which conuerted the synner from goynge astraye out off his waye shal saue a soule frō death and shal hyde the multitude of synnes The ende of the epistle of S. Iames. The Epistle of S. Iude. The summe of this epistle He rebuketh soch as beynge blynded with their owne lustes resist the trueth that we maye knowe them the better he sayeth they be soch as synne beastly agaynst nature and despise rulers c. He exhorteth vs to edifie one another to praye in the holy goost to continue in loue to loke for the cōmynge of the LORDE and one to helpe another out of the fyre IVdas the seruaunt of Iesus Christ the brother off Iames. To thē which are called and sanctified in God the father and preserued in Iesu Christ. Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue all diligence to wryte vnto you of the commen saluacion it was nedefull for me to wryte vnto you to exhorte you that ye shulde continually laboure in the faith which was once geuē vnto the sayntes For there are certayne craftely crept in of which it was wrytten afore tyme vnto soche iudgement They are vngodly and turne the grace of oure God vnto wantānes and denye God the onely LORDE and oure LORDE Iesus Christ. My minde is therfore to put you in remēbraūce for as moche as ye once knowe this how that y e LORDE after that he had deliuered the people out of Egipt destroyed them which afterwarde beleued not The angels also which kept not their first estate but lefte their awne habitacion he hath reserued in euerlastinge chaynes vnder darcknes vnto the iudgement of the greate daye euen as Sodom and Gomor and the cities aboute them which in lyke maner defiled them selues with fornicacion and folowed straunge fleszhe are set forth for an ensample and suffre the vengeaunce of eternall fyre Lykewyse these dremers defyle the fleszhe despyse rulers and speake euell of them that are in auctoritie Yet Michael the archangell when he stroue agaynst the deuell disputed aboute the body of Moses durst not geue raylinge sentence but sayde the LORDE rebuke the. But these speake euell off those thinges which they knowe not and what thinges they knowe naturally as beastes which are without reason in tho thinges they corrupte them selues Wo be vnto thē for they haue folowed the waye of Cain and are vtterly geuē to the erroure of Balaam for lukers sake and peryszhe in the treason of Core These are spottes which of youre kindnes feast togedder without feare fedynge thē selues Cloudes they are withouten water caried about of wyndes and trees without frute at gadringe tyme twyse deed and plucked vp by the rotes They are the ragynge waues of the see fominge out their awne shame They are wandrynge starres to whō is reserued the myst of darcknes for euer Enoch the seuenth from Adam prophecied before of suche saienge Beholde the LORDE shal come with thousandes of sayntes to geue iudgemēt agaynst all men and to rebuke all that are vngodly amonge thē of all their vngodly dedes which they haue vngodly committed and of all their cruell speakynges which vngodly synners haue spoken agaynst him These are murmurers complaners walkynge after their awne lustes whose mouthes speake proude thynges They haue mē in greate reuerence because of avauntage But ye beloued remēber the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of oure LORDE Iesus Christ how that they tolde you y t their shulde be begylers in the last tyme which shulde walke after their awne vngodly lustes These are makers off sectes fleshlie hauynge no sprete But ye derlye beloued edifye youre selues in youre most holy faith prayenge in the holy goost and kepe youre selues in the loue of God lokinge for the mercy of oure LORDE Iesus Christ vnto eternall life And haue cōpassion on some separatinge thē and other saue with feare pullinge them out of the fyre and hate the fylthy vesture of the fleshe Vnto him that is able to kepe you that ye faule not and to present you fautlesse before y e presence of his glory with ioye y t is to saye to God oure saueoure which only is wyse be glory maiestie dominion power now and for euer Amen The Apocalips or reuelacion of S. Ihon. The summe of the Reuelacion Chap. I. Happie are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it He
lesse Now whan the tyme came that she shulde be delyuered beholde there were two twyns in hir wombe The first that came forth was reed all rough as an hyde and they called him Esau. Anone therafter came his brother forth which helde the hele of Esau with his haÌ„de and they called him Iacob Thre score yeare olde was Isaac whan they were borne And whan the boies were growne vp Esau became an hunter an huszbande man As for Iacob he was a symple man and dwelt in the tentes And Isaac loued Esau because he ate of his venison But Rebecca loued Iacob And Iacob dight a meace of meate TheÌ„ came Esau from the felde and was weery and sayde vnto Iacob Let me proue of y t reed meace of meate for I am fayntie therfore is he called Edom. But Iacob sayde Sell me this daye thy byrthright Esau answered Lo I must dye neuerthelesse what good then shall my byrthright do me Iacob sayde Then sweare vnto me euen this same daye And he sware vnto him and so he solde his byrthright vnto Iacob Then Iacob gaue him bred and that meace of ryse And he ate and dronke and stode vp and wente his waye And so Esau regarded not his byrthright The XXVI Chapter THere came a derth in the londe passynge the other that was in Abrahams tyme. And Isaac wente to Gerar vnto Abimelech the kynge of y e Philistynes Then the LORDE appeared vnto him and sayde Go not downe in to Egipte but tary in the lande that I shall saye vnto the. Be thou a strauÌ„ger in this lande and I wil be with the and blesse the. For vnto the and thy sede wyll I geue all this londe and wyll perfourme myne ooth that I sware to thy father Abraham And I wyll multiplye thy sede as the starres of heauen and vnto thy sede wyll I geue all this londe and thorow thy sede shall all nacions be blessed because Abraham was obedient vnto my voyce and kepte myne ordinaunces my coÌ„maundementes my statutes and my lawes So Isaac dwelt at Gerar. And whan the men of the same place axed him of his wife he sayde she is my sister For he was afrayed to saye she is my wife thinkinge thus they might slaye me for Rebeccas sake for she was beutifull to loke vnto Now whan he had bene there a longe season Abimelech the kynge of the Phylistynes loked out at a wyndow and sawe Isaac sportinge with Rebecca his wife Then Abimelech called Isaac and sayde Beholde she is thy wyfe why saydest thou then She is my sister Isaac answered him I thought I might peraduenture ha-he died because of her Abimelech saide Why hast thou then done this vnto vs It coude lightly haue come to passe that some of the people might haue lyen with thy wyfe and so haddest thou brought synne vpoÌ„ vs. TheÌ„ Abimelech commaunded all the people and sayde Who so toucheth this man or his wyfe shal dye the death And Isaac sowed in that londe and fouÌ„de the same yeare an hundreth buszshels for the LORDE blessed him And he became a greate man wente forth and grew tyll he was exceadinge greate so that he had moch good in shepe and greate catell and a greate housholde Therfore had the Philistynes envye at him and stopped all the welles that his fathers seruauntes had dygged in the tyme of Abraham his father and fylled them with earth In so moch that Abimelech also himself sayde vnto him Departe from vs for thou art farre mightier then we Then departed Isaac from thence and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar and dwelt there And whan he was satled he caused to dygge vp the welles agayne that they had dygged vp in his father AbrahaÌ„s tyme which the Philistynes had stopte after the death of Abraham and he called theÌ„ after y e same names that his father had named them withall Isaacs seruauntes also dygged in the valley and there they founde a well of lyuinge water But the hyrdmen of Gerar stroue with Isaacs hyrdmen and saide The water is oures Then called he the well Eseck because they had done him wronge Then dygged they another well and stroue for that also therfore called he it Sytena So he gatt him from thence and dygged another well for the which they stroue not thâ—rfore he called it Rehoboth and sayde â–ª Now hath the LORDE made vs rowme and letten vs growe in the londe Afterwarde he departed thence vnto Berseba And the LORDE appeared vnto him the same night and sayde I am the God of thy father Abraham feare thou not for I am with the and wyll blesse the and multiplye thy sede for my seruaunt Abrahams sake Then buylded he an altare there and called vpon the name of the LORDE and pitched his tent there and there his seruauntes dygged a well And Abimelech wente vnto him from Gerar and Ahusath his frende and Phicolhis chefe captayne But Isaac sayde vnto them Wherfore come ye to me seynge ye hate me and haue put me awaye from you They sayde We se with open eyes that the LORDE is with the therfore we deuysed that there shulde be an ooth betwixte vs and the and that we wolde make a bonde with the that thou do vs no harme like as we haue not hurte the and as we haue done nothinge vnto the but all good and let the departe in peace As for the thou art y e blessed of the LORDE Then Isaac made them a feast and they ate and dronke And on the morow they arose and sware one to the other And Isaac let them go and they departed from him in peace The same daye came Isaacs seruauntes and tolde him of the well that they had digged and sayde vnto him We haue founde water And he called it Saba Therfore is y e cite called Bersaba vnto this daye The XXVII Chapter WHan Esau was fourtye yeare olde he toke wyues Iudith the doughter of Beri the Hethite and Basmath the doughter of Elon the Hethite â–ª both these were dishobedient vnto the sprete of Isaac and Rebecca And it came to passe when Isaac was olde his eyes waxed dymme of sight and he called Esau his greater sonne and sayde vnto him My sonne He answered him Here am I. And he sayde Beholde I am olde and knowe not whan I shal dye Now therfore take thy geer thy quyuer and thy bowe and get the forth to the felde and take me some venyson and make me meate soch as I loue and brynge it me herein that I may eate y t my soule maye blesse the before I dye But Rebecca herde these wordes that Isaac sayde vnto his sonne And Esau wente his waye in to the felde to hunte venyson and to brynge it home Then sayde Rebecca vnto Iacob hir sonne beholde I haue herde thy father talkinge with Esau thy brother and sayenge Brynge me venyson and make me meate that I maye eate and blesse the before y e
LORDE yer I dye Now therfore my sonne heare my voyce what I commaunde the Go thy waye to the flocke and fetch me two good kyddes that I maye make meate of them for thy father soch as he loueth this shalt thou brynge in vnto thy father that he maye eate that he maye blesse the before his death Neuertheles Iacob sayde vnto Rebecca his mother Beholde my brother Esau is rough and I am smooth then might my father peraduenture fele me and I shulde seme vnto him as though I begyled him and so brynge a curse vpon me and not a blessynge Then sayde his mother vnto him That curse be vpon me my sonne folowe thou my voyce go thy waye and fetch it me So he wente his waye and fetched it and brought it vnto his mother Then his mother made meate acordinge as his father loued and toke Esaus hir elder sonnes costly rayment which she had with her in y e house and put them vpon Iacob hir yonger sonne But the kyddes skynnes put she aboute his handes and where he was smooth aboute the neck and so she put the meate with bred as she had made it in hir sonne Iacobs hande And he brought it in vnto his father and sayde My father He answered here am I who art thou my sonne Iacob sayde I am Esau thy firstborne sonne I haue done as thou saydest vnto me aryse syt vp and eate of my venyson that thy soule maye blesse me But Isaac sayde vnto his sonne My sonne how hast thou founde it so soone He answered The LORDE y e God brought it to my hande Thē sayde Isaac vnto Iacob Come neare my sonne that I maye fele the whether thou be my sonne Esau or not So Iacob wēte vnto Isaac his father And whan he had felt him he sayde The voyce is Iacobs voyce but the handes are the handes of Esau. And he knew him not for his handes were rough like as y e handes of his brother Esau. And he blessed him And he sayde vnto him art thou my sonsonne Esau He answered Yee I am Then sayde he Bringe me here then to eate of thy venyson my sonne that my soule maye blesse the. Then he brought it him and he ate and he brought him wyne also and he dranke And Isaac his father sayde vnto him Come nye and kysse me my sonne So he came nye and he kyssed him Then smelled he the sauoure of his clothes and blessed him and sayde Beholde the smell of my sonne is as y e smell of the felde which y e LORDE hath blessed God geue the of the dew of heauen and of the fatnesse of the earth and plenteousnes of corne and wyne Nacions be thy seruauntes and people fall downe at y e fote Be thou lorde ouer thy brethren and thy mothers children fall downe at thy fote Cursed be he that curseth the and blessed be he that blesseth the. Now whan Isaac had made an ende of blessynge and Iacob was scace gone out from his father Isaac his brother Esau came from his huntinge and made meate also and brought it vnto his father and sayde vnto him Aryse my father and eate of y e sonnes venyson that thy soule maye blesse me Then answered him Isaac his father Who art thou He sayde I am Esau thy firstborne sonne Then was Isaac exceadingly amased aboue measure and saide Who Where is then the hunter that brought me and I haue eaten of all afore thou camest and haue blessed him And he shall be blessed still Whan Esau herde these wordes of his father he cried loude and was exceadynge sory and sayde vnto his father O blesse me also my father But he sayde Thy brother came with sotyltie and hath taken thy blessinge awaye Then sayde he He maye well be called Iacob for he hath vndermined me now two tymes My byrth right hath he awaye and beholde now taketh he awaye my blessynge also And he sayde Hast thou not kepte one blessynge for me Isaac answered and sayde vnto him I haue made him lorde ouer y e and all his brethren haue I made his seruaūtes With corne wine haue I prouyded him What shal I do vnto the now my sonne Esau sayde vnto his father Hast thou not one blessynge more my father O blesse me also my father And he lift vp his voyce wepte Then Isaac his father answered and sayde vnto him Beholde thou shalt haue a fat dwellinge vpon earth of y e dew of heauen from aboue with thy swerde shalt thou get thy lyuynge and shalt serue thy brother And it shall come to passe y t thou shalt put of his yock and plucke it from thy neck And Esau bare euell wyll vnto Iacob because of the blessynge that his father had blessed him withall and sayde in his herte The tyme wyll come shortly that my father shal mourne for I wil slaye my brother Iacob Thē was it tolde Rebecca of these wordes of hir elder sonne and she sent and bad call for Iacob hir yonger sonne and saide vnto him Beholde thy brother Esau threateneth the that he wil slaye the. And now my sonne heare my voyce Get the vp and flye vnto my brother Laban in Haran and tary there with him a whyle tyll the furiousnes of thy brother be swaged and till his wrath agaynst y t be turned from the and he forget what thou hast done vnto him So wyll I then sende for the and cause the be fetched from thēce Why shulde I be robbed of you both in one daye And Rebecca sayde vnto Isaac I am weery of my life because of the doughters of Heth Yf Iacob take a wife of the doughters of Heth which are as the doughters of this londe what shall this life then profit me The XXVIII Chapter THen called Isaac his sonne Iacob and blessed him and charged him sayde vnto him Take not a wife of the doughters of Canaan but get the vp and go in to Mesopotamia vnto the house of Bethuel thy mothers father and take y t there a wife of y e doughters of Laban y e mothers brother And the Allmightie God blesse the and make the frutefull and multiplye the that thou mayest be a multitude of people and geue the the blessynge of Abraham vnto y e thy sede with the that thou mayest possesse the lande wherin thou art a straunger which God gaue vnto Abraham So Isaac let Iacob departe that he might go in to Mesopotamia vnto Laban the sonne of Bethuel of Siria y e brother of Rebecca his and Esaus mother Now when Esau sawe that Isaac had blessed Iacob and let him departe in to Mesopotamia that he might take a wife there and y t as he blessed him he charged him sayde Thou shalt not take a wife of the doughters of Canaan and that Iacob obeyed his father and his mother and was gone vnto Mesopotamia seynge also that Isaac his father loked not gladly vpon
you by lott which the LORDE hath commaunded to geue vnto the nyne trybes and to the halfe trybe For the trybe of the children of Ruben after their fathers house and the trybe of the children of Gad acordinge to their fathers house and the half trybe of Manasse haue receaued their porcion Thus the two trybes and the halfe trybe haue their enheritaunce allready on this syde Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho Eastwarde And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde These are y e names of the men which shal deuyde the londe amonge you Eleasar the prest and Iosua the sonne of Nun. And the captayne of euery trybe shal ye take to deuyde the londe And these are the names of the men Caleb the sonne of Iephune of the trybe of Iuda Semuel the sonne of Ammihud of the trybe of Simeon Elidad y e sonne of Cislon of the trybe of Ben Iamin Buki the sonne of Iagli of the trybe of the childrē of Dan. Hamuel the sonne of Ephod of the trybe of the children of Manasse amonge the children of Ioseph Kemuel the sonne of Siphthan of the trybe of the children of Ephraim Elizaphan the sonne of Parnach of the trybe of the childrē of Zabulon Palthiel the sonne of Asan of the trybe of the childrē of Isachar Abihud the sonne of Selomi of y e trybe of the children of Asser. Pedahel the sonne of Ammihud of the trybe of the children of Nephtali These are they whom y e LORDE commaunded that they shulde deuyde the inheritaunce vnto the children of Israel in the londe of Canaan The XXXV Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses in the felde of the Moabites by Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho sayde Commaunde the childrē of Israel that they geue vnto y e Leuites of the inheritaūce of their possession cities to dwell in The suburbes also aboute the cities shal ye geue vnto the Leuites that they maye dwell in the cities and in the suburbes to haue their catell and substaunce and all their beestes The suburbes which ye geue vnto y e Leuites shal reache frō the wall of y e cite outwarde a M. cubites rounde aboute Thus ye shal measure without the cite on y e East syde two thousande cubites on y e South syde two thousande cubites on y e West syde two thousande cubites on y e North syde two thousande cubites so y t the cite be in the myddes This shal be their suburbes And amōge the cities which ye shal geue vnto the Leuites ye shall geue thē sixe fre cities that he which cōmitteth a slaughter maie flye thither Besydes the same ye shal geue thē yet two fourtie cities so y t all y e cities which ye geue vnto y e Leuites be eight fourtye w t their suburbes And of y e same ye shal geue the more from thē y t haue moch in possession amonge the children of Israel the lesse from them that haue litle in possession Euery one acordinge to his enheritaunce that is deuyded vnto him shall geue of his cities vnto the Leuites And the LORDE talked w t Moses saide Speake to the childrē of Israel saye vnto thē Whan ye come ouer Iordane in to y e londe of Canaan ye shall chose out cities to be fre cities y t who so cōmytteth slaughter vnawarres maye flye thither And soch fre cities shal be amonge you because of the auenger of bloude that he which hath commytted slaughter dye not tyll he stonde in iudgment before the congregacion And of these cities which ye shall geue there shal be sixe fre cities Thre shal ye geue on this side Iordane and thre in the londe of Canaan These are the sixe fre cities both for y e childrē of Israel for the straungers for soch as dwell amōge you y t who so euer hath slaine eny soule vnawarres maye flye thither He y t smyteth eny man w t an yron weapō y t he dye the same is a murthurer shal dye the death Yf he cast at him w t a stone wherwith eny man maye be slayne y t he dye therof then is he a murthurer and shal dye the death Yf he smyte him w t an handweapon of wodd wherwith eny man maie be slayne that he dye then is he a murthurer and shal dye the death The auenger of bloude shal bringe y e murthurer to death Whan he fyndeth him he shal slaye him Yf he thrust at him of hate or cast ought at him with laienge of wayte or smyte him of envye w t his hande that he dye then shal he that hath slayne him dye the death for he is a murthurer The auenger of bloude shal brynge him to death as soone as he fyndeth him But yf he thrust him by chaunce not of envye or hurle ought at him without eny layenge of wayte or cast at him with a stone wherof a man maye dye sawe it not so y t he dye is not his enemie nether thought him eny euell thē shal the cōgregacion iudge betwene him y t hath cōmytted y e slaughter and the auenger of bloude in soch cases And the cōgregacion shal delyuer the deed slayer from the hande of y e auenger of bloude shal let him come agayne to the fre cite whither he was fled there shall he abyde vnto y e death of the hye prest which was anoynted with y e holy oyle But yf the deed sleyer go out of the borders of his fre cite that he was fled vnto and the auenger of bloude fynde him without y e borders of his fre cite and kyll him he shal not be gyltye of bloude For he shulde haue bydden in his fre cite vntyll y e death of the hye prest after y e hye prestes death to come agayne vnto the londe of his enheritaunce This shal be a statute of the lawe vnto you amōge youre posterities in all youre dwellinges The deed slayer shal be slayne at y e mouth of witnesses One witnesse shal not answere ouer a soule to death And ye shal receaue none attonement ouer the soule of the deedslayer for he is giltye of death but he shal dye the death And ye shal receaue none attonement of him which is fled to the fre cite y t he shulde come agayne to dwell in the londe tyll the hye prest dye And defyle not ye y e londe wherin ye dwell For who so is giltye of bloude defyleth the londe and the londe can not be reconcyled from the bloude that is shed therin but onely thorow the bloude of him that shed it Defyle not ye the londe that ye dwell in wherin I dwell also For I am the LORDE which dwell amōge y e children of Israel The XXXVI Chapter ANd y e chefe fathers of the kynred of the childrē of Gilead y e sonne of Machir which was the sonne of Manasse of the kynred of the children of Ioseph came forth and
of thy wyne presse and thou shalt reioyse in thy feast thou and thy sonne thy doughter thy seruaunte thy mayde the Leuite the straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe that are within y e gates Seuen dayes shalt thou kepe y e feast vnto the LORDE thy God in the place that he hath chosen For the LORDE thy God shal blesse the in all thy frutes and in all the workes of thine hādes Therfore shalt thou be glad Thre tymes in the yeare shal all thy males appeare before the LORDE thy God in the place that he shall chose namely in the feast of vnleuended bred in the feast of wekes and in the feast of Tabernacles He shal not appeare emptie before the LORDE but euery one after the gifte of his hande acordinge to the blessinge that the LORDE thy God hath geuen the. The XVII Chapter IVdges officers shalt thou ordeyne within all y e gates which y e LORDE thy God geueth the amōge thy trybes y t they maye iudge the people with righteous iudgment Thou shalt not wrest the lawe Thou shalt knowe no personne also ner take giftes For giftes blynde the eyes of y e wyse peruerte y e righteous causes Loke what righte is y t shalt thou folowe that thou mayest lyue possesse the londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue the. Thou shalt plante no groue of what so euer trees it be nye vnto the altare of the LORDE thy God which thou makest the. Thou shalt set the vp no piler which y e LORDE y e God hateth Thou shalt offre vnto the LORDE thy God no oxe or shepe that hath a blemish or eny euell fauourednesse on it for that is abhominacion vnto the LORDE thy God Yf there be founde amonge you within eny of thy gates which the LORDE y e God shal geue y e a man or woman that worketh wickednesse in y e sighte of the LORDE thy God so that he transgresseth his couenaūte and goeth and serueth other goddes worshippeth them whether it be Sōne or Mone or eny of the hooste of heauen which I haue not commaunded and it is tolde the thou hearest of it Then shalt thou make diligent search therfore And yf thou fyndest that it is so of a trueth that soch abhominacion is wroughte in Israel then shalt thou brynge forth the same man or y e same womā which haue done soch euell vnto thy gates and shalt stone them to death At the mouth of two or thre witnesses shal he dye that is worthy of death At the mouth of one witnes shal he not dye The handes of the witnesses shal be the first to kyll him and thē y e handes of all the people that thou mayest put awaye the euell from the. Yf a matter be to harde for the in iudgmēt betwixte bloude and bloude betwixte plee and plee betwixte stroke and stroke and yf there be matters of stryfe within thy gates then shalt thou ryse and go vp vnto y e place that y e LORDE thy God hath chosen and shalt come to the prestes the Leuites to the iudge which shal be at that tyme and shalt axe They shal shewe the how to iudge and thou shalt do therafter as they saye vnto the in y e place which the LORDE hath chosen and thou shalt take hede that thou do acordinge vnto all y t they teach the. Acordinge to the lawe y t they teach the after the iudgment that they tell y e shalt thou do so that thou turne not asyde from y e same nether to the righte hande ner to the lefts And yf eny man deale presumptuously so that he herkeneth not vnto the prest which stondeth to do seruyce vnto the LORDE thy God or to the Iudge the same shal dye and thou shalt put awaye the euell from Israel that all y e people maye heare and feare and be nomore presumptuous Whan thou art come in to y e londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue the takest it in possession and dwellest therin and shalt saie I wil set a kinge ouer me as all the nacions haue aboute me thē shalt thou set him to be kynge ouer the whom the LORDE thy God shal chose One of thy brethren shalt thou sett to be kynge ouer the. Thou mayest not set a straūger ouer the which is not thy brother Onely let him not haue many horses y t he brynge not y e people againe in to Egipte thorow y e multitude of horses for as moch as y e LORDE hath sayde vnto you that from hence forth ye shulde come nomore this waye agayne He shall not haue many wynes also that his hert be not turned awaye Nether shal he gather him syluer and golde to moch And whan he is set vpon the seate of his kingdome he shal take of the prestes the Leuites this seconde lawe and cause it be wrytten in a boke and that shall he haue by him and he shall rede therin all the dayes of his life that he maye lerne to feare y e LORDE his God to kepe all the wordes of this lawe all these ordinaūces so that he do therafter He shall not lifte vp his herte aboue his brethren and shall not turne asyde from the commaundement nether to the right hāde ner to the lefte that he maye prolōge his dayes in his kyngdome he and his children in Israel The XVIII Chapter THe prestes the Leuites all the trybe of Leui shal haue no parte ner enheritaunce w t Israel The offerynges of y e LORDE his enheritaunce shal they eate Therfore shal they haue no inheritaunce amonge their brethren because the LORDE is their enheritaūce as he hath saide vnto thē This shal be y e prestes dutye of the people of thē that offre whether it be oxe or shepe so that they geue vnto the prest the shulder and both the chekes and the brest And the first frutes of thy corne of thy wyne and of thy oyle and the first of thy shepe sheringe For the LORDE thy God hath chosen him out of all thy trybes to stonde and mynyster in the name of the LORDE he and his sonnes all the dayes of their life Yf a Leuite come out of eny of thy gates or out of eny place of all Israel where he is a gest and cōmeth with all the desyre of his soule vnto the place which the LORDE hath chosen to mynister in the name of the LORDE his God like as all his brethren y e Leuites which stonde there before the LORDE thē shal he haue like porcion of meate with the other besydes that which he hath of the solde good of his fathers Whan thou commest in to y e londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue y e thou shalt not lerne to do y e abhominacions of these nacions that there be not founde amonge you y t maketh his sonne or doughter
the egges thou shalt not take the dame with the yonge but shalt let the dame flye and take the yonge that thou mayest prospere and lyue longe Whan thou buyldest a new house make a battelment aboute thy rofe that thou lade not bloude vpon thine house yf eny man fall therof Thou shalt not sowe thy vynyarde with dyuerse sedes that thou halowe not to the full offerynge the sede which thou hast sowne with the increase of the vynyarde Thou shalt not plowe with an oxe and an Asse together at one tyme. Thou shalt not weere a garmeÌ„t y t is mixte with wollen and lynnen together Thou shalt make gardes vpon the foure quarters of thy garment wherwith thou couerest thy selfe Yf a man take a wife and hate her whan he hath lyen with her and layeth eny shamefull thinge vnto hir charge and bryngeth vp an euell name vpon her and sayeth I toke this wife whan I came to her I founde her not a mayde Then shall the father and mother of the damsell take her and brynge forth the tokens of the damsels virginite before the Elders of the cite euen vnto the gate And y e damsels father shal saie vnto y e Elders I gaue this man my doughter to wyfe Now hateth he her and layeth a shamefull thinge to hir charge and sayeth I founde not thy doughter a mayde And lo these are the tokens of my doughters virginite And they shal sprede out the clothe before the Elders of the cite So shal the Elders of the cite take that man and chastice him and put a pennaunce vpon him of an hundreth Sycles of syluer and geue the same vnto the father of the damsell because he hath brougte vp an euell name of a mayde in Israel and he shall haue her to wyfe so y t he maye not forsake her all his life longe But yf it be of a trueth that the damsell is not founde a virgin theÌ„ shal she be brought forth vnto the dore of hir fathers house and the meÌ„ of the cite shal stone her to death be cause she hath wrought foly in Israel and played the whore in hir fathers house And so shalt thou put awaye the euell from the. Yf a man be founde lienge with a womaÌ„ that hath a maried huszbande they shal dye both the man the womaÌ„ that he hath lien withall And so shalt thou put awaye euell from Israel Yf a mayde be handfested to eny man another man getteth her in the cite lyeth with her ye shal brynge them both out vnto the gate of the cite and stone them both y t they dye The damsell because she cryed not beynge in the cite The man because he hath brought his neghbours wife to shame And thou shalt put awaye the euell from the. But yf a man get an handfested damsell vpon the felde and take her and lye w t her then the man that laye with her shal dye alone and vnto the damsell thou shalt do nothinge for she hath done no synne worthy of death It is like as yf a man rose against his neghboure and slewe him euen so is this also For he founde her in the felde and the handfested damsell cryed and there was no man to helpe her Yf a man fynde a mayde that is not haÌ„d fested and take her and lye with her and be founde then shal he that laye with her geue hir father fyfâ—ie Sycles of syluer and shall haue her to wyfe because he hath shamed her he maye not forsake her all his life loÌ„ge NomaÌ„ shal take his fathers wife ner vncouer his fathers couerynge The XXIII Chapter THere shal none that hath his stones broken or y t is gelded come in to the coÌ„gregacion of the LORDE There shal no whores childe also come in to the coÌ„gregacion of y e LORDE no not after y e tenth generacioÌ„ but shal neuer come in to y e coÌ„gregacioÌ„ of y e LORDE The Ammonites Moabites shal not come in to y e coÌ„gregacioÌ„ of y e LORDE no not after y e tenth generacion but shall neuer come in because they met you not w t bred water in y e waye whaÌ„ ye came out of Egipte And besides y t they hiâ—ed agaynst you BalaaÌ„ y e sonne of Beor y e interpreter out of Mesopotamia to curse ye. But y e LORDE y e God wolde not heare Balaam and turned the curse to a blessynge vnto the because the LORDE y e God loued the. Thou shalt wysh him nether prosperite ner health all thy life longe for euer Thou shalt not abhorre an Edomite for he is thy brother An Egipcian shalt thou not abhorre for thou wast a straunger in his londe The children whom they beget in the thirde generacion shal come in to the congregacion of y e LORDE WhaÌ„ thou goest out to fighte agaynst thine enemies kepe the from all wickednesse Yf there be eny man amonge you which is vncleane so that eny thinge is chaunced to him by nighte the same shal go out of y e hoost vntyll he haue bathed himselfe with water before euen and whan the Sonne is gone downe he shall come in to the hoost agayne And without the hoost thou shalt haue place to resorte vnto for necessyte thou shalt haue a shouell vnder the gyrdle and whan thou wilt set y e downe without thou shalt dygge therwith and whan thou hast done thine easement thou shalt couer that which is departed from the. For the LORDE thy God walketh in thine hooste to delyuer the and to geue thine enemies before the. Therfore shall thy hooste be holy that he se no vncleane thinge in the and so turne himselfe from the. Thou shalt not delyuer vnto his master the seruaunt which is escaped froÌ„ him vnto the. He shall dwell with the in the place that he choseth within eny of thy gates for his wealth and thou shalt not vexe him There shal be no whore amonge y e doughters of Israel nether whorekeper amonge the sonnes of Israel Thou shalt not bringe y e hyre of an whoore ner the price of a dogg in to the house of the LORDE y e God for eny maner of vowe for they both are abhominacion vnto the LORDE thy God Thou shalt occupye no vsury vnto y e brother nether with money ner with fode ner with eny maner thinge that vsury maye be vsed withall Vnto a strauÌ„ger thou maiest lende vpoÌ„ vsury but not vnto thy brother y t the LORDE thy God maye blesse the in all y t thou takest in haÌ„de in the loÌ„de whither thou commest in to possesse it Whan thou makest a vowe vnto y e LORDE y e God to shalt not be slacke to perfourme it for the LORDE thy God shal requyre it of the and it shal be synne vnto the. Yf thou leaue vowinge then is it no synne vnto the. But that which is proceaded out of y e lyppes
Edomites agaynst the kynge of Zoba agaynst y e Philistynes and whither so euer he turned him he gat y e victory And he made an hoost and smote y e Amalechites and delyuered Israel from the hande of all those that spoyled them Saul had these sonnes Ionathas Isui and Malchisua And these were y e names of his two doughters the firstborne Merob y e yōgest Michol And Sauls wife was called Ahinoam the doughter of Ahimaas And his chefe captaynes name was Abner the sonne of Ner Sauls vncle Cis was y e father of Saul But Ner y e father of Abner was the sonne of Abiel There was a mightie sore warre against the Philistynes as lōge as Saul lyued And where Saul sawe a man that was stronge and mete for y e warre he toke him to him The XV. Chapter SAmuel sayde vnto Saul The LORDE sent me to anoynte the for to be kynge ouer his people of Israel heare now therfore the voyce of the wordes of the LORDE Thus sayeth y e LORDE Zebaoth I haue remembred what Amaleck dyd vnto Israel how he layed wayte for him in y e waye whan he wente out of Egipte Go y e waye now therfore and smyte the Amalechites damne them with all that they haue spare him not but slaye both man and woman children sucklynges oxen shepe Camels and asses Saul commaunded the people the same and nombred them at Talaim two hūdreth thousande fote men ten thousande men of Iuda And whan Saul came to the cite of the Amalechites he set an hynder watch by the ryuer and sayde vnto y e Kenites Get you hence departe and go downe from y e Amalechites y t I smyte you not with them for ye shewed mercy vnto all the children of Israel whā they departed out of Egipte So the Kenites gat them awaye from amonge the Amalechites Then smote Saul the Amalechites from Heuila vnto Sur which lyeth ouer against Egipte toke Agag the kynge of y e Amalechites alyue damned all y e people w t the edge of the swerde Neuertheles Saul and the people spared Agag and the shepe and oxen y t were good and fat and the lambes and all that was good and wolde not damne thē but loke what was foule and nothinge worth that they damned Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto Samuel and sayde It repenteth me that I made Saul kynge for he hath turned him selfe backe fro me and not cōfirmed my wordes Therfore was Samuel angrye cried vnto the LORDE all that nighte And Samuel gat him vp early that he might mete Saul in y e mornynge And it was tolde him that Saul was come vnto Carmel had set him vp a piler and was gone aboute and come downe to Gilgall Now whā Samuel came to Saul Saul sayde vnto him Blessed be thou vnto y e LORDE I haue perfourmed the worde of y e LORDE Samuel answered What crye is this then of shepe in myne eares and the crye of oxen which I heare Saul sayde They haue broughte them from the Amalechites for the people spared the best shepe oxen for the offerynge of y e LORDE thy God the other haue we damned Neuertheles Samuel answered Saul Let me tell the what y e LORDE hath sayde vnto me this nighte He sayde Saye on Samuel sayde Whan thou wast but small in thine awne eyes wast thou not y e heade amōge the trybes of Israel the LORDE anoynted the to be kynge ouer Israel and y e LORDE sent y t in to the waye sayde Go y e waie damne the synners the Amalechites and fighte agaynst them tyll thou haue vtterly destroyed thē Wherfore hast thou not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE but hast turned thy selfe to the spoyle and done euell in the sighte of the LORDE Saul answered Samuel Yee I haue herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE haue gone the waye that y e LORDE sent me and broughte Agag the kynge of the Amalechites damned the Amalechites but y e people haue takē of the spoyle shepe oxen and y e best amōge the damned to offer vnto y e LORDE thy God in Gilgall Samuel saide Hath the LORDE pleasure in sacrifices and burnt offerynges as in obeynge the voyce of the LORDE Beholde obedience is better then offerynge and to herken is better then the fat of rammes For disobedience is as y e synne of witchcrafte and rebellion is as the blasphemy of Idolatrye In so moch now as thou hast refused the worde of the LORDE he hath refused the also that thou shuldest not be kynge Then sayde Saul vnto Samuel I haue synned y t I haue transgressed the commaundement of the LORDE and thy worde for I was afrayed of the people and herkened vnto their voyce And now forgeue me my synne returne with me that I maye worshippe y e LORDE Samuel saide vnto Saul I wil not turne backe with y e for thou hast refused the worde of the LORDE and the LORDE hath refused the also y t thou shuldest not be kynge in Israel And whan Samuel turned him backe to go his waye he gat him by y e edge of his garment rēte it Then sayde Samuel vnto him The LORDE hath rente the kyngdome of Israel from y e this daye geuen it vnto y e neghbo r which is better then thou The ouer wynner in Israel also shal not lye nether shal he repente for he is no man that he shulde repente He sayde I haue synned yet honoure me now before the Elders of my people and before Israel and turne backe with me that I maye worshippe the LORDE thy God So Samuel turned agayne after Saul that Saul mighte worshippe the LORDE But Samuel sayde Bringe me hither Agag the kynge of the Amalechites And Agag wente vnto him tēderly And Agag saide Thus departeth the bytternesse of death Samuel sayde Like as thy swerde hath made wemen childlesse so shal y e mother also be with out children amonge wemen So Samuel hewed Agag in peces before y e LORDE in Gilgall And Samuel departed vnto Ramath But Saul wente vp to his house at Gibea Saul And Samuel sawe Saul nomore vnto the daye of his death Neuertheles Samuel mourned for Saul because it repented the LORDE that he had made Saul kynge ouer Israel The XVI Chapter ANd y e LORDE sayde vnto Samuel How longe mournest thou for Saul whom I haue refused that he shulde not be kynge ouer Israel Fyll thine horne with oyle go thy waye I wyll sende the to Isai the Bethleemite for amonge his sonnes haue I prouyded me a kynge But Samuel sayde How shal I go Saul shal perceaue it and shal slaye me The LORDE sayde Take the a calfe from the droue saye I am come to do sacrifice vnto y e LORDE And thou shalt call Isai to y e sacrifice so shall I tell the what thou shalt do that thou
and fled And whyle she made haist and fled he fell and was lame And his name was Mephiboseth Then wente the sonnes of Rimon y e Berothite Rehob Baena came to the house of Iszboseth in the heate of the daye he laye vpoÌ„ his bed at the noone daie And they came in to the house to fetch wheate thrust him in the bely gat them awaye For whaÌ„ they came in to y e house he laye vpoÌ„ his bed in his chamber they stickte him to death smote of his heade and toke his heade and departed by the waye of the playne felde all that nighte and broughte the heade of Isboseth to Dauid vnto Hebron and sayde vnto the kynge Beholde there is the heade of Iszboseth the sonne of Saul thine enemye which layed wayte for thy soule This daye hath the LORDE auenged my lorde the kynge of Saul and his sede Then answered Dauid vnto Rehob and Baena his brother y e sonnes of Rimon y e Berothite sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth which hath deliuered my soule out of all trouble I toke him y t brought me worde and sayde Saul is deed and he thoughte he had bene a good messaunger and at Siclag I put him to death vnto whom I shulde haue geuen a rewarde for his message And these vngodly personnes haue slayne a righteous man in his owne house vpon his bed Yee shulde not I requyre his bloude of youre handes and take you awaye from y e earth And Dauid commaunded his yonge men which slewe them and smote of their handes and fete and hanged them vp by y e pole at Hebron But the heade of Iszboseth toke they and buried it in Abners graue at Hebron The V. Chapter ANd all the trybes of Israel came to Dauid vnto Hebron and sayde Beholde we are thy bone and thy flesh And afore tyme whaÌ„ Saul was kynge ouer vs thou leddest Israel out and in So the LORDE hath sayde Thou shalt kepe my people of Israel and shalt be the duke ouer Israel And all the Elders in Israel came to y e kynge vnto Hebron And kynge Dauid made a couenaunt with them at Hebron before y e LORDE And they anoynted Dauid to be kynge ouer Israel Thyrtie yeare olde was Dauid whan he was made kynge and reigned fortye yeares At Hebron raigned he seueÌ„ yeares and sixe monethes ouer Iuda but at Ierusalem he reigned thre and thirtie yeares ouer all Israel and Iuda And the kynge wente with his men to Ierusalem agaynst the Iebusites which dwelt in the londe Neuertheles they sayde vnto Dauid Thou shalt not come hither but the blynde and lame shal dryue y t awaie They thoughte planely that Dauid shulde not come in Howbeit Dauid wanne the castell of Sion which is the cite of Dauid Then sayde Dauid the same daye Who so euer smyteth the Iebusites and optayneth the perquellies the lame the blynde which Iebusites Dauids soule hateth Herof coÌ„meth the prouerbe Let no blynde neâ—â—ame come in to the house So Dauid dwelt in y e castell and called it the cite of Dauid And Dauid builded rouÌ„de aboute fro Millo and within And Dauid grewe the LORDE the God Zebaoth was with him And Hiram the kynge of Tyre sent messaungers vn to Dauid and Ceder trees for walles and Carpenters and Masons to builde Dauid an house And Dauid knewe that the LORDE had confyrmed him kynge ouer Israel and exalted his kingdome for his people of Israels sake And Dauid toke yet mo wyues and concubynes at Ierusalem after he was come from Hebron and there were yet mo sonnes doughters borne vnto him And these are the names of them that were borne vnto him at Ierusalem Samma Sobab Nathan Salomon Iebehar Elisua Nepheg Iaphia Elisama Eliada Eliphalet And whan the Philistines herde that Dauid was anoynted kinge ouer Israel they weÌ„te vp all to seke Dauid Whan Dauid perceaued that he weÌ„te downe in to a castell But the Philistynas came and scatered them selues beneth in the valley of Rephaim And Dauid axed at the LORDE and sayde Shal I go vp agaynst the Philistynes and wylt thou delyuer them in to my hande The LORDE sayde vnto Dauid Go vp I wyll delyuer the Philistynes in to thy hande And Dauid came vnto Baal Prazim and smote theÌ„ there and sayde The LORDE hath deuyded myne enemies euen as the waters parte asunder therfore is the same place called Baal Prazim And they lefte their ymages there but Dauid and his men caried theÌ„ awaye Neuerthelesse the Philistynes wente vp agayne and scatered them selues beneth in the valley of Rephaim And Dauid axed at the LORDE The LORDE sayde Thou shalt go vp but compase them behinde that thou mayest be vpon them ouer agaynst the Peertrees and whan thou hearest vpon the toppe of the Peertrees the sounde of the goinge be bolde for then is the LORDE gone forth before the to smyte the hoost of the Philistines Dauid dyd as the LORDE commaunded him and smote the Philistynes from Geba tyll thou commest vnto Gaser The VI. Chapter ANd Dauid gathered agayne all the yonge chosen men in Israel euen thre thousande and gat him vp and wente with all the people that was with him of the 〈◊〉 of Iuda to fetch vp the Arke of God from thence whose name is The name of the LORDE Zebaoth dwelleth theron betwene the Cherubins And they caused the arke of God to be caried vpoÌ„ a new cart and fetched it out of y e house of Abinadab which dwelt at Gibea Vsa and Ahio the sonnes of Abinadab droue y e new cart And whan they broughte it with the Arke from the house of Abinadab which dwelt at Gibea Ahio wente before the Arke and Dauid and all the house of Israel played before the LORDE with all maner of instrumentes of Pine tre with harpes and Psalteries and tabrettes and belles and Cymbals And whan they came to the barne floore of Nahon Vsa stretched out his hande and helde the Arke of God for the oxen weÌ„te out asyde Then waxed the wrath of the LORDE fearce agaynst Vsa and God smote him there because of his presumpcioÌ„ so thâ—â— he dyed there besyde the Arke of God Thâ—â— was Dauid sory because the LORDE had made soch a rente vpon Vsa and he called the same place Perez Vsa vnto this daye And Dauid feared the LORDE the same daie and sayde How shall the Arke of the LORDE come vnto me And he wolde not let it be broughte to him in to the cite of Dauid but caused it be brought in to y e house of Obed Edom the Gathite And whan the Arke of the LORDE had contynued thre monethes in the house of Obed Edom the Gathite the LORDE blessed him and all his house And it was tolde kynge Dauid that the LORDE had blessed the house of Obed EdoÌ„ and all that he had because of the Arke of God Then wente he
the Philistynes hande He smote the Moabites also to the grounde so that he broughte two partes of them to death and let one parte lyue Thus the Moabites were subdued vnto Dauid so y t they broughte him giftes Dauid smote Hadad Eser also the sonne of Rehob kynge of Zoba whan he weÌ„te to fetch his power agayne at y e water Euphrates And of them toke Dauid a thousande seuen hundreth horsmen and twenty thousande fote men and lamed all the charettes saue an hundreth which he kepte behynde But the Siryans came from Damascon to helpe Hadad Eser kynge of Zoba And Dauid smote two and twentye thousande men of the Syrians and layed people vnto Damascus in Syria Thus was Syria subdued vnto Dauid so that they broughte him giftes for y e LORDE helped Dauid whither so euer he wente And Dauid toke y e shyldes of golde which Hadad Esers seruauntes had and broughte them to Ierusalem But from Bethah Berothai y e cities of Hadad Eser toke Dauid very moch brasse Whan Thoi the kynge of Hemath herde that Dauid had smytten all the power of Hadad Eser he sent his sonne Ioram vnto Dauid to salute him frendly to blesse him because he had foughten with Adad Eser and smytten him for Thoi had warre with Hadad Eser and had Iewels with him of syluer of golde and of brasse which kynge Dauid halowed also vnto y e LORDE with the syluer and golde which he sanctified vnto the LORDE from all the HeytheÌ„ whom he subdued from Siria fro Moab from the childreÌ„ of Ammon from the Philistynes froÌ„ Amalek from the spoyle of Hadad Eser y e sonne of Rehob kynge of Zoba Dauid gat him selfe a name also whan he came and smote eightene thousande of y e Sirians in y e Salt valley And he layed people in all Edomea and all Edem was subdued vnto Dauid for the LORDE helped Dauid whither so euer he wente Thus was Dauid kynge ouer all Israel And he executed iudgmente and righteousnes vnto all y e people Ioab y e sonne of Zeru Ia was captayne ouer the hoost Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was Chaunceler Zadok the sonne of Achitob Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar were prestes Seraia was Scrybe Benaia the sonne of Ioiada was ouer y e Chrâ—thians Plethians And the sonnes of Dauid were prestes The IX Chapter ANd Dauid sayde Remayneth there yet eny man of Sauls house that I maye do mercy vpon him for Ionathas sake There was a seruaunt of Sauls house named Siba whom they called vnto Dauid the kynge sayde vnto him Art thou Siba He sayde Yee thy seruaunt The kynge sayde Is there yet eny man of Sauls house y t I maye do the mercy of God vpon him Siba sayde vnto the kynge There is yet a sonne of Ionathas lame on his fete The kynge sayde vnto him Where is he Siba sayde vnto y e kynge Beholde he is at Lâ—dober in y e house of Machir y e sonne of Ammuel TheÌ„ sent kynge Dauid thither caused for to fetch him from Lodaber out of y e house of Machir the sonne of Ammuel Now whan Mephiboseth the sonne of Ionathas the sonne of Saul came vnto Dauid he fell vpon his face worshiped him â–ª Dauid sayde Mephiboseth He sayde Here am I thy seruaunt Dauid sayde vnto him Feare not for I wyll do mercy vpon the for thy father Ionathas sake and wil restore vnto the all the londe of thy father Saul but thou shalt eate bred daylie at my table He worshiped and sayde Who am I thy seruaunt that thou turnest the to a deed dogg as I am Then the kynge called Siba y e seruaunt of Saul and sayde vnto him All y t hath belonged vnto Saul to all his house haue I geuen to thy lordes sonne Tyll his londe for him therfore thou thy children seruauntes brynge it in y t it maye be bred for y e lordes sonne and y t he maye enioye it but Mephiboseth y e lordes sonne shal eate bred daylie at my table Siba had fyftene sonnes twentye seruauntes And Siba sayde vnto y e kynge Acordinge vnto all as my lorde the kynge hath commaunded his seruaunt so shal his seruaunt do And let Mephiboseth sayde Dauid eate at my table as one of the kynges owne children And Mephiboseth had a yoÌ„ge sonne whose name was Micha But all y t dwelt in the house of Siba serued Mephiboseth As for Mephiboseth him selfe he dwelt at Ierusalem for he ate daylie at the kynges table and was lame on both his fete The X. Chapter ANd it fortuned after this that y e kynge of the children of Ammon dyed his sonne Hanun was kynge in his steade Then sayde Dauid I wyll do mercy vpon Hanun the sonne of Nahas as his father dyd mercy vpon me And so he sent and comforted him by his seruauÌ„tes ouer his fathers death Now whan Dauids seruauÌ„tes came in to the londe of the children of Ammon the mightie men of the children of Ammon sayde vnto Hanun their lorde Thynkest thou it is for the hono r of y e father in y e sighte y t Dauid hath sent comforters vnto the Hath he not sent his seruauntes vnto y e thynkest thou to spye and search out the cite and to ouerthrowe it Then toke Hanun the seruauntes of Dauid and shoue of the one halue of their beerdes and cut of the halfe of their garmeÌ„tes euen by the girdell and so let them go WhaÌ„ this was tolde Dauid he sent to mete them for the men were put to greate shame And the kynge caused to saye vnto them Abyde at Iericho tyll youre beerdes be growne then come agayne Whan the childreÌ„ of Ammon sawe that they stynked in the sighte of Dauid they sent and hyred the Sirians of the house of Rehob and the Sirians at Zoba euen twentye thousande fote men and from the kynge of Maecha a thousande men and from Istob twolue thousande men Whan Dauid herde that he sent Ioab with all the hoost of y e men of warre And the children of Ammon wente forth and prepared them selues to y e battayll before the intraunce of the gate But the Siryans of Soba of Rehob of Istob and of Maecha were alone in the felde Now whan Ioab sawe that the battayll was set vpoÌ„ him before and behynde he chose of all the best yonge men in Israel prepared him selfe agaynst the Syrians And the resydue of the people put he vnder the hande of his brother Abisai that he mighte prepare him agaynst the childreÌ„ of Ammon And sayde Yf y e Syrians be to mightie for me helpe thou me but yf the children of Ammon be to mightie for the I shal helpe the. Take a good corage vnto the and let vs be stronge for oure people and for y e cite of oure God neuertheles the LORDE do what pleaseth him And Ioab made him forth with the people that
kynge of Israel and sayde vnto him Go thy waye and strength the and take hede and loke well what thou doest for whan the yeare is aboute the kynge of Syria shall come agaynst the of the new For the kynge of y e Syrians seruauntes sayde vnto him Their goddes are goddes of the mountaynes therfore haue they gotten the victory But let vs fyghte with them on the playne and thou shalt se that we shal ouercome them Do thus put awaye the kynges euery one from his place and set dukes in their steades and appoynte the an hoost as was that which thou hast lost horses charettes as the other were and led vs fight agaynst thē in the plaine and thou shalt se that we shal haue the victory He cōsented vnto their voyce and dyd so Now whan the yeare was gone aboute Benadab appoynted the Sirians and wente vp towarde Aphek to fighte agaynst Israel and the childrē of Israel mustured and prouyded them selues with vytailes and wēte to mete them and pitched their tētes ouer against them like two litle flockes of goates but the londe was full of the Syrians And there came a man of God and sayde vnto the kynge of Israel Thus sayeth the LORDE Because the Syrians haue sayde that the LORDE is a God of the moūtaynes and not a God of the valleys therfore haue I geuen all this greate heape in to thy handes that ye maye knowe how that I am y e LORDE And they pitched their tentes right ouer agaynst them seuen dayes But vpon y e seuenth daye they wente together in to the battayll and the children of Israel smote of the Sirians an hundreth thousande fote men in one daye and the remnaunt fled to Aphek in to the cite and the wall fell vpon the other seuen and twenty thousande men And Benadab fled also vnto the cite in to a litle chamber Then sayde his seruauntes vnto him Beholde we haue herde that the kynges of the house of Israel are mercifull kinges Let vs therfore put sack cloth aboute oure loynes and halters aboute oure neckes go forth to the kynge of Israel peraduenture he shal let y e soule lyue And they put sack cloth aboute their loynes and halters aboute their neckes and came to the kynge of Israel and sayde Benadab thy seruaunt sayeth vnto the O let my soule lyue He sayde yf he be yet alyue he is my brother And the men toke him shortly at his worde and expounded it for them selues and sayde Yee Benadab is thy brother He sayde Come and brynge him Thē wente Benadab forth vnto him and he caused him to syt vpon the charet and sayde vnto him The cities that my father toke from thy father wyl I geue the agayne And make thou stretes for thyselfe at Damascō as my father did at Samaria so wyl I let the go with a bonde of peace And he made a couenaunt with him and let him go Then spake there a man amonge the children of the prophetes vnto his neghboure by the worde of the LORDE I praye the smite me But he refused to smite him Then saide he vnto him because thou hast not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE beholde therfore shall there a lyon smyte the whan thou goest fro me· And whan he wente frō him a lyon founde him and slewe him And he founde another man and sayde I praye the smyte me And the man smote him and wounded him Then wente the prophet and stepte vnto the kynge by the waye syde and altered his face with aszshes And whan the kynge wente by he cried vpon y e kynge and sayde Thy seruaunt wente forth in to the battayll and beholde there wente one asyde and broughte a man vnto me and sayde Kepe this mā yf he be myssed thy soule shall be in steade of his soule or els thou shalt weye downe an hundreth weighte of syluer And whyle thy seruaunt had here there to do he was awaye The kynge of Israel sayde vnto him It is thine owne iudgment thou hast geuen it thyselfe Then put he the aszshes from his face in all the haist And the kynge of Israel knewe him that he was one of the prophetes And he sayde vnto him Thus sayeth the LORDE Because thou hast let the damned man go therfore shall thy soule be for his soule and thy people for his people And the kynge of Israel departed vnto his house beinge troubled in his mynde and full indignacion and came to Samaria The XXI Chapter AFter these actes it fortuned that Naboth the Iesraelite had a vyniarde at Iefreel besyde the palace of Achab kynge of Samaria And Achab spake to Naboth and sayde Geue me thy vynyarde I wyll make me an herbgarden therof because it is so nye my house I wyl geue the a better vynyarde for it or yf it please the I wyll geue the syluer for it as moch as it is worth But Naboth sayde vnto Achab The LORDE let that be farre fro me that I shulde geue y e my fathers heretage Then came Achab home beinge moued and full of indignacion because of the worde that Naboth the Iesraelite had spoken vnto him sayde I wyl not geue the my fathers inheritaunce And he laied him downe vpon his bed and turned his face asyde and ate no bred Then Iesabel his wyfe came in to him and sayde vnto him What is y e matter that thy sprete is so cōbred and that thou eatest no bred He sayde vnto her I haue spokē vnto Naboth the Iesraelite and sayde Geue me thy vynyarde for money or yf it please y t I wyl geue the another for it But he sayde I wyll not geue the my vynyarde Then sayde Iesabel his wyfe vnto him What kingdome were in Israel yf thou diddest it Stonde vp and eate bred I wyl get the the vynyarde of Naboth the Iesraelite And she wrote a letter vnder Achabs name and sealed it with his signet and sent it vnto y e Elders and rulers in his cite which dwelt aboute Naboth and wrote thus in y e letter Proclame a fast and set Naboth aboue in the people and set two men of Belial before him to testifye and saye Thou hast blasphemed God and the kynge And brynge him forth and stone him to death And the Elders and rulers of his cyte which dwelt in his cite dyd as Iesabel had commaunded them acordynge as she had wrytten in the letter that she sent vnto them and they proclamed a fast and caused Naboth to syt aboue amonge the people Then came the two men of Belial and stode before him and testyfyed agaynst Naboth in y e presence of the people and sayde Naboth hath blasphemed God and the kynge Then broughte they him out of the cite and stoned him to death And they sent Iesabel worde sayenge Naboth is stoned put to death Whā Iesabel herde that Naboth was stoned and deed she sayde vnto Achab Vp and take possession of the vynyarde of Naboth
thou commest agayne in peace then hath not the LORDE spoken thorow me And he sayde herken to all ye people So the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat y e kynge of Iuda wente vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead And the kynge of Israel sayde vnto Iosaphat Chaunge thy clothes and come in to y e battayll in thine araie The kinge of Israel chaunged his clothes also and wēte in to the battayll But the kynge of Siria commaunded the rulers of his charettes of whom there were two and thirtie and saide Ye shal fight nether agaynst small ner greate but onely agaynst the kynge of Israel And whan the rulers of the charettes sawe Iosaphat they thought it had bene the kynge of Israel and fell vpon him with fightinge But Iosaphat cried So whan the rulers of the charettes sawe that it was not y e kinge of Israel they turned back frō him A certayne man bended his bowe harde and shott the kynge of Israel betwene the mawe and y e longes And he sayde vnto his charetman Turne thine hāde and cary me out of the hoost for I am wounded And y e battayll was sore the same daie And the kinge stode vpō his charet agaynst the Syriās and dyed in the eueninge and the bloude ranne from the wounde in to the myddes of the charet And whan the Sonne wente downe there was a proclamacion made in the hoost and sayde Euery one gett him in to his cite and to his countre Thus the kynge dyed and was broughte vnto Samaria and they buryed him in Samaria And whan they waszshed the charett in the pole of Samaria y e dogges licked his bloude but the harlottes waszshed him acordinge to the worde of y e LORDE which he spake What more there is to saye of Achab all y t he dyd and of the Yuery house which he buylded beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel So Achab slepte with his fathers and his sonne Ahasia was kynge in his steade And Iosaphat the sonne of Asa was kynge ouer Iuda in the fourth yeare of Achab kynge of Israel and was fyue and thirtie yeare olde whan he was made kynge and raigned fyue and twentye yeare at Ierusalē His mothers name was Asuba y e doughter of Silhi and he walked in all the waye of his father Asa departed not there from And he dyd that which was right in y e sighte of the LORDE yet put he not awaye y e hie places and y e people offred and brent in cēse yet vpon the hye places and he had peace with the kynge of Israel What more there is to saye of Iosaphat and the mighte that he exercised and how he fought beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda He put out of the londe also the whoremongers that yet were lefte which remayned ouer in the tyme of his father Asa. And at that tyme there were no kynges in Edom. And Iosaphat had caused to make shippes vpon the See which shulde go to fetch golde in Ophir but they wente not for they were broken at Ezeon Gaber At that tyme sayde Ahasia the sonne of Achab vnto Iosaphat Let my seruauntes passe with thy seruauntes in the shippes But Iosaphat wolde not And Iosaphat slepte with his fathers and was buried in y e cite of Dauid And Ioram his sonne was kynge in his steade The ende of the thirde boke of the kynges The fourth boke of the kynges What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the reigne of Ochosias otherwyse called Ahasia and of Ioram his brother and how the fyre cōsumed the two captaynes with their men Chap. II. Elias is taken vp in a fyrie charet Eliseus receaueth the sprete of Elias maketh the bytter water swete and curseth the mysnurtoured children Chap. III. Of Ioram and Iosaphat and of their warre what Eliseus saide vnto them Chap. IIII. Eliseus helpeth the womā that was in dett and for another woman which had no children he optayneth one of God which childe beynge deed he rayseth vp agayne Chap. V. Naaman the chefe captayne of Siria is clensed from his leprosy and Gehasi Eliseus seruaunt is made leporous Chap. VI. The yron swymmeth in the water The kynge of Siria fighteth agaynst Israel His seruauntes which go aboute to take Eliseus are smytten with blyndnes A greate honger in Samaria Chap. VII Of the foure lepers which came in to the tentes of the Syrians and how vytayles beganne to be good chepe Chap. VIII Of the seuen yeare derth Benadab is sick and areth coūcell at Eliseus Of Ochosias the sonne of Ioram Chap. IX Of Iehu how he was anoynted kinge ouer Israel and how he roted out the houof Achab and of Iesabel Chap. X. The heades of Achabs seuentie sonnes are broughte vnto Iehu Of Ochosias brethren Iehu slayeth Baal prestes Chap. XI Atalia destroyeth all the kynges sede saue Ioas which escapeth and is made kynge by Ioiada the prest Chap. XII Ioas ruleth well whyle Ioiada is alyue but euell after his death Chap. XIII Of the kynges Ioachias Ioas Ieroboam and how the deed that was layed in Eliseus graue reuyued Chap. XIIII Of Ioas Amasias Ieroboam and Azarias Chap. XV. Of Azarias the Leper and of his sonne Ionathas Of Zacharias the kynge of Israel Of Sellum Manahem Pacea Romelia And how Teglatphalasser cōquererh the cities of Iuda ▪ Chap. XVI Of Achas Resin and Ezechias Chap. XVII Of Osea how Salmanasar came vpon him and conquered and caried the people awaye captyue And how God punyshed those that came in their steade Chap. XVIII Of the good kynge Ezechias how Sennacherib troubleth him Chap. XIX Ezechias sendeth vnto Esay which comforreth him God defendeth Ezechias delyuereth him Chap. XX. Ezechias is deed sick but Esay at the commaundement of the LORDE promyseth him to lyue yet fyftene yeare Chap. XXI Of the reigne of the vngodly kynge Manasses how he lyued and how he dyed Of his sonne Amon. Chap. XXII Of the reigne of that noble vertuous kynge Iosias and of his goodly actes Chap. XXIII How Iosias caused the boke of the couenaūt to be red vnto all the people and setteth vp the true honoure of God againe Of Ioachas his sonne Chap. XXIII How Nabuchodonosor cōmeth vpon kynge Ioachim and carieth awaye Ioachim his sonne vnto Babilon Chap. XXV Nabuchodonosor layeth sege to Ierusalē wynneth it setteth fyre on it and caryeth awaye the kynge and the people presoners vnto Babilon The fyrst Chapter AHasia the sonne off Achab was kynge ouer Israel at Samaria in y e seuententh yeare of Iosaphat kīge of Iuda reigned ouer Israel two yeares dyd y t which was euell in y e sight of the LORDE and walked in the waye of his father and of his mother in the waie of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat which made Israel for to synne And serued Baal and worshipped him and displeased the LORDE God of Israel euē as his father dyd The
thou hast made Oh what is man y t thou art so myndfull of him ether the sonne of maÌ„ that thou visitest him After thou haddest for a season made him lower theÌ„ the angels thou crownedest him with hono r glory Thou hast set him aboue the workes off thy hondes thou hast put all thinges in subieccion vnder his fete All shepe and oxen yee and the beastes of the felde The foules of the ayre the fysh of the see and what â—o walketh thorow the wayes of the see O LORDE oure gouernoure how wonderfull is thy name in all the worlde The IX A psalme of Dauid I Wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the o LORDE with my whole herte I wil speake of all thy maruelous workes I wil be glad reioyse in the yee my songes wil I make of thy name o thou most hyest Because thou hast dryueÌ„ myne enemies abacke they were discoÌ„fited perished at thy presence For thou hast manteyned my right and my cause thou syttest in the Trone that art the true iudge Thou rebukest the Heithen and destroyest the vngodly thou puttest out their name for euer and euer The enemies swerdes are come to an ende thou hast ouerthrowen their cities their memoriall is perished with theÌ„ But y e LORDE endureth for euer he hath prepared his seate vnto iudgmeÌ„t He gouerneth y e worlde with rightuousnes ministreth true iudgmeÌ„t vnto the people The LORDE is a defence for the poore a defence in the tyme of trouble Therfore they y t knowe thy name put their trust in y e for thou LORDE neuer faylest theÌ„ that seke the. O prayse the LORDE which dwelleth in Sion shewe y e people of his doinges And why he maketh inquysicion for their bloude and remembreth them he forgetteth not the complaynte of the poore Haue mercy vpoÌ„ me o LORDE considre the trouble that I am in amoÌ„ge myne enemies thou that liftest me vp from y e gates of death That I maye she we all thy prayses within the portes off the doughter Sion and reioyse in thy sauynge healâ—h As for the Heithen the are sunckeÌ„ doâ—ne in the pytte that they made in the same nette which they spred out priuely is their owne fote takeÌ„ Thus y e LORDE is knowne to execute true iudgment wheÌ„ the vngodly is trapped in the workes of his owne handes Sela. The wicked must be turned vnto hell and all the Heithen y t forget God But the poore shal not allwaye be out of remembraunce the pacieÌ„t abydinge of soch as be in trouble shall not perish for euer Vp LORDE let not man haue the vpper haÌ„de let the HeitheÌ„ be coÌ„demned before the. O LORDE set a scolemaster ouer theÌ„ that the HeitheÌ„ maye knowe them selues to be but meÌ„ Sela Here the Hebrues begynne the x. psalme WHy art thou gone so farre of o LORDE wilt thou hyde thyselff in tyme of trouble Whyle y e vngodly hath the ouer hande the poore must suffre persecucion O that they were taken in the ymaginacions which they go aboute For the vn godly maketh boost of his owne hertes desyre the cuvetous blesseth him self and blasphemeth the LORDE The vngodly is so proude and full of indignacioÌ„ that he careth not nether is God before his eyes His wayes are allwaye filthie thy iudgmentes are farre out of his sight he defyeth all his enemies For he sayeth in his herte Tush I shal neuer be cast downe there shal no harme happeÌ„ vnto me His mouth is full of cursynge fraude and disceate vnder his toÌ„ge is trauayle sorow He sytteth lurkynge in the gardens that he maye pryuely murthur the innocent his eyes are set vpoÌ„ the poore He lyeth way â—inge secretly as it were a lyon in his denne He lurketh that he maye rauysh the poore yee to rauish the poore when he hath gotten him in to his nett Then smyteth he then oppresseth he casteth downe the poore with his auctorite For he sayeth in his herte Tush God hath forgotten he hath turned a waye his face so y t he will neuer se it Aryse o LORDE God lift vp thine honde and forget not the poore Wherfore shulde the wicked blaspheme God and saye in his herte Tush he careth not for it This thou seist for thou considrest the mysery and sorowe The poore geueth himselff ouer in to thy hande and committeth him vnto the for thou art the helper of the frendlesse Breake thou y e arme off the vngodly and malycious search out the wickednesse which he hath done that he maye perish The LORDE is kynge for euer ye Heithen shal perish out off his londe LORDE thou hearest the desyrous longinge off the poore their herte is sure that thine eare herkeneth therto Helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto their right that the vngodly be nomore exalted vpon earth The X. A psalme of Dauid IN the LORDE put I my trust how will ye then saye to my soule that she shulde fle as a byrde vpon youre hill For â—o the vngodly haue beÌ„t their bowe and made redy their arowes in the quyuer that they maye priuely shute at them which are true of herte The very foundacion haue they cast downe what caÌ„ the rightuous theÌ„ do withall But the LORDE is in his holy temple the LORDES seate is in heauen He coÌ„sidereth it with his eyes his eye lyddes beholde the children of men The LORDE seith both the rightuous and vngodly but who so deliteth in wickednes him his soule abhorreth Vpon the vngodly he shal rayne snares fyre brymstone storme and tempest this rewarde shal they haue to drynke For the LORDE is rightuous aÌ„d he loueth rightuousnes his countenaunce beholdeth the thiÌ„ge y t is iust The XI A psalme of Dauid HElpe LORDE for there is not one saynte more very fewe faithfull are there amonge the children off men Euery man telleth lyes to his neghbo r they do but flater with their lippes and dissemble in their herte O that the LORDE wolde rote out all disceatfull lippes aÌ„d the tonge that speaketh proude thinges Which saye Oure toÌ„ge shulde preuayle we are they that ought to speake who is lorde ouer vs Now for the troubles sake off the oppressed because of the complaynte of the poore I wil vp sayeth the LORDE I wil helpe theÌ„ and set theÌ„ at rest The wordes of the LORDE are pure wordes eueÌ„ as y e syluer which from earth is tried and purified vij tymes in the fyre Kepe theÌ„ therfore o LORDE and preserue vs froÌ„ this generacion for euer And why when vanite and ydylnes getteth the ouer hande amonge the children of men all are full of y e vngodly The XII A psalme of Dauid HOw longe wilt thou forget me o LORDE for euer how longe wilt thou hyde thy face fro me Oh how loÌ„ge shall I seke councell in my soule how longe shall I be so vexed in my herte how longe shal myne enemie triumphe ouer me Considre aÌ„d heare me o LORDE
thy honde let thy right honde fynde out all theÌ„ y t hate the. Thou shalt make theÌ„ lite a fyre ouen in tyme of thy wrath the LORDE shal destroye theÌ„ in his displeasure the fyre shall consume them Their frute shalt thou rote out of the earth their sede froÌ„ amoÌ„ge the childreÌ„ of men For they inteÌ„ded myschefe agaynst the ymagined soch deuyces as they were not able to perfourme Therfore shalt thou put theÌ„ to flight with thy stringes thou shalt make ready thine arowes agaynst the faces off them Be thou exalted LORDE in thine owne strength so wil we synge and prayse thy power The XXI A psalme of Dauid MY God my God why hast thou forsaken me y e wordes of my coÌ„playnte are farre fro my health O my God I crie in the daye tyme but thou hearest not and in the night season also I take no rest Yet dwellest thou in the Sanctuary o thou worshipe of Israel Oure father 's hoped in the they trusted in the aÌ„d thou dyddest delyuer them They called vpon the and were helped they put their trust in the and were not coÌ„founded But as for me I am a worme and no man a very scorne of meÌ„ and the outcast of the people All they y t se me laugh me to scorne they shute out their lippes and shake their heades He trusted in God let him delyuer him let him helpe hiÌ„ yf he wil haue him But thou art he that toke me out of my mothers woÌ„be thou wast â—â—y hope when I hanged yet vpon my mothers brestes I haue bene left vnto the euer sence I was borne thou art my God eueÌ„ fro my mothers wombe O go not fro me theÌ„ for trouble is harde at honde and here is none to helpe me Greate bulles are come aboute me fatt oxen close me in on euery syde They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a rampinge and roaringe lyon I am poured out like water all my bones are out of ioynt my hert in the myddest off my body is euen like meltinge waxe My strength is dried vp like a potsherde my tunge cleueth to my goomes and thou hast brought me in to the dust of death For dogges are come aboute me the couÌ„cell of y e wicked hath layed sege agaynst me They pearsed my hondes and my fete I might haue tolde all my bones as for them they stode staringe and lokinge vpon me They haue parted my garmentes amonge them aÌ„d cast lottes vpon my vesture But be not thou farre fro me o LORDE thou are my sucoure haist the to helpe me Delyuer my soule from the swearde my dearlinge from the power of the dogge Saue me from the lyons mouth and heare me froÌ„ amonge the hornes off the vnicornes So will I declare thy name vnto my brethren in the myddest off the congregacion will I prayse the. O prayse the LORDE ye that feare him Magnifie him all ye sede of Iacob let all y e sede of Israel feare hiÌ„ For he hath not despysed ner abhorred the myserable estate of the poore he hath not hyd his face frome but wheÌ„ I called vnto him he herde me I wil prayse the in the greate congregacion and perfourme my vowes in the sight off all theÌ„ that feare the. The poore shal eate aÌ„d be satisfied they y e seke after y e LORDE shal prayse him youre herte shal lyue for euer All the endes of the worlde shal remembre them selues be turned vnto the LORDE and all the generacions of the Heithen shal worshipe before him For the kyngdome is the LORDES and he shal be the gouernoure of y e Heithen All soch as be fat vpoÌ„ earth shal eate also and worshipe All they that lye in the dust and lyue so hardly shall fall downe before him The sede shall serue him and preach of the LORDE for euer They shal come declare his rightuousnes vnto a people that shal be borne whoÌ„ the LORDE hath made The XXII A psalme of Dauid THe LORDE is my shepherde I can wante nothinge He fedeth me in a grene pasture aÌ„d ledeth me to a fresh water He quickeneth my soule bringeth me forth in the waye of rightuousnes for his names sake Though I shulde walke now in the valley of the shadowe of death yet I feare no euell for thou art with me thy staffe thy shepehoke coÌ„forte me Thou preparest a â—â—ble before me agaynst mine enemies thou anoyntest my heade with oyle fyllest my cuppe full Oh let thy louynge kyndnes mercy folowe me all the dayes off my life that I maye dwell in the house off the LORDE for euer The XXIII A psalme of Dauid THe earth is the LORDES all that therin is the coÌ„pase of the worlde aÌ„d all y t dwell therin For he hath fouÌ„ded it vpoÌ„ the sees buylded it vpon the floudes Who shal go vp in to the hill off the LORDE Or who shal remayne in his holy place EueÌ„ he y t hath innoceÌ„t hoÌ„des a clene herte which lifteth not vp his mynde vnto vanite sweareth not to disceaue He shal receaue the blessinge froÌ„ the LORDE aÌ„d mercy froÌ„ God his sauioure This is y e generacioÌ„ of theÌ„ y t seke him of theÌ„ y t seke y i face o Iacob Sela. Open yo r gates o ye priÌ„ces let the euerlastinge dores be opened y t y e kynge of glory maye come in Who is this kynge of glory â–ª It is the LORDE stroÌ„ge and mightie euen the LORDE mightie in batell Open youre gates o ye prynces let the euerlastinge dores be opened y t the kynge off glory maye come in Who is this kynge off glory It is the LORDE of hoostes he is the kynge of glory Sela. The XXIIII A psalme of Dauid UNto the o LORDE I lift vp my soule My God I trust in y e Oh let me not be confounded lest myne enemies triuÌ„phe ouer me For all they y t hope in y e shal not be ashamed but soch as be scornefull despysers w t out a cause â–ª they shall be put to coÌ„fucioÌ„ Shewe me thy wayes o LORDE teach me thy pathes Lede me in y e trueth and lerne me for thou art the God off my health and in the is my hope all the daye longe Call to remembraunce O LORDE thy tender mercyes thy louinge kyndnesses which haue bene euer of olde Oh remeÌ„bre not y e synnes offences of my youth but acordinge vnto thy mercy thynke vpon me O LORDE for thy goodnesse O how freÌ„dly rightuous is the LORDE therfore wil he teach synners in the waye He ledeth the symple a right and soch as be meke theÌ„ lerneth he his wayes All the wayes of the LORDE are very mercy faith fulnesse vnto soch as kepe his testament and couenaunt For thy names sake O LORDE be mercifull vnto my synne for it is greate
him vpō his holy hill for the LORDE oure God is holy The XCIX psalme O Be ioyfull in God all ye lōdes serue the LORDE w t gladnes come before his presence w t ioye Be ye sure y t the LORDE he is God It is he y t hath made vs not we oure selues we are but his people the shepe of his pasture O go youre waye in to his gates thē with thankesgeuynge in to his courtes w t prayse be thākfull vnto him speake good of his name For the LORDE is gracious his mercy is euerlastinge and his treuth endureth from generacion to generacion The C. psalme A thākesgeuynge of Dauid MY songe shal be of mercy and iudgment yee vnto the o LORDE wil I synge O let me haue vnderstondinge in the waye of godlynesse vntill the tyme that thou come vnto me so shal I walke in my house w t an innocent herte I wil take no wicked thinge in honde I hate the synne of vnfaithfulnesse it shal not cleue vnto me A frowarde herte shal departe fro me I wil not knowe a wicked personne Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure him wil I destroye Who so hath a proude loke an hye stomacke I maye not awaye with him Myne eyes shal loke for soch as be faithfull in the londe y t they maye dwell with me and who so ledeth a godly life shal be my seruaunt There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shal not tary in my sight I shal soone destroye all the vngodly of the londe that all wicked doers maye be roted out of the cite of the LORDE The CI. psalme HEare my prayer o LORDE and let my criēge come vnto the. Hyde not thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble enclyne thine eares vnto me when I call O heare me and that right soone For my dayes are consumed awaye like smoke my bones are brent vp as it were a fyre brande My hert is smyttē downe and wythered like grasse so that I forget to eate my bred For the voyce of my gronynge my bone wil scarse cleue to my flesh I am become like a Pellicane in the wildernes and like an Oule in a broken wall I wake and am euen as it were a sparow sittinge alone vpon the house toppe Myne enemies reuyle me all the daye longe they laugh me to scorne and are sworne together against me I eate ashes with my bred and mengle my drynke with wepynge And that because of y e indignacion and wrath for thou hast taken me vp and cast me awaye My dayes are gone like a shadowe and I am wythered like grasse But thou o LORDE endurest for euer and thy remembraunce thorow out all generacions Arise therfore and haue mercy vpon Sion for it is tyme to haue mercy vpon her yee the tyme is come And why thy seruauntes haue a loue to hir stones it pitieth them to se her in the dust The Heithen shal feare thy name o LORDE and all the kynges of the earth thy maiesty For the LORDE shal buylde vp Sion and shal apeare in his glory He turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute and despyseth not their desyre This shal be written for those y t come after that the people which shal be borne maye prayse the LORDE For He loketh downe from his Sanctuary out of the heauen doth the LORDE beholde the earth That he maye heare the mournynges of soch as be in captinyte and delyuer the children of death That they maie preach the name of the LORDE in Sion and his worshipe at Ierusalem When the people are gathered together and the kyngdomes also to serue y e LORDE He hath brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortened my dayes Yet wil I saye O my God take me not awaye in y e myddest of myne age as for thy yeares they endure thorow out all generacions Thou LORDE in the begynnynge hast layed y e foundacion of the earth and the heauens are the workes of thy hondes They shal perishe but thou shalt endure they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment as a vesture shalt thou chaunge thē and they shal be chaunged But thou art the same and thy yeares shal not fayle The children of thy seruauntes shall contynue their sede shal prospere in y e sight The CII A psalme of Dauid PRayse the LORDE o my soule all that is within me prayse his holy name Prayse the LORDE o my soule forget not all his benefites Which forgeueth all thy synnes and healeth all thy infirmities Which saueth thy life from destruccion and crowneth the with mercy louynge kyndnesse Which satisfieth thy desyre with good thinges makynge the yonge and lusty as an Aegle The LORDE executeth rightuousnesse and iudgment for all them y t suffre wronge He shewed his wayes vnto Moses and his workes vnto the children of Israel The LORDE is full of compassion and mercy longe sufferinge and of greate goodnesse He wil not allwaye be chydinge nether wil he kepe his anger for euer He hath not dealt with vs after oure synnes ner rewarded vs acordinge to oure wickednesses For loke how hye the heauē is in comparison of the earth so greate is his mercy also towarde them that feare him Loke how wyde the east is from the west so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. Yee like as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the LORDE mercifull vnto thē that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse florisheth as a floure of the felde For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it it gone and the place therof knoweth it nomore But the mercifull goodnesse of y e LORDE endureth for euer and euer vpon them y t feare him and his rightuousnesse vpon their childers children Soch as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them The LORDE hath prepared his seate in heauē and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all O prayse the LORDE ye angels of his ye that be mightie instrēgth fulfillinge his commaundement that mē maye heare the voyce of his wordes O prayse the LORDE all ye his hoostes ye seruauntes of his that do his pleasure O speake good of the LORDE all ye workes of his in euery place of his dominion prayse thou the LORDE o my soule The CIII psalme PRayse the LORDE o my soule O LORDE my God thou art become exceadinge glorious thou art clothed with maiesty and honoure Thou deckest thy self with light as it were w t a garment thou spredest out the heauen like a curtayne Thou voltest it aboue with waters thou makest the cloudes thy charet and goest vpon the wynges of the wynde Thou makest thine angels spretes and thy ministers flammes of fyre Thou hast layed y e
litle hilles like yonge shepe What ayled the o thou see that thou fleddest and thou Iordan that thou turnedest backe Ye mountaynes that ye stripped like rammes and ye litle hilles like yonge shepe The earth trembled at the presence of the LORDE at the presence of the God of Iacob Which turned the harde rocke in to a stondinge water the flynt stone in to a sprynginge well Here the Hebrues begynne the CXV psalme Not vnto vs o LORDE not vnto vs but vnto thy name geue the prayse for thy louinge mercy and faithfulnes Wherfore shal the Heithen saye where is now their God As for oure God he is in heauen he doth what soeuer it pleaseth him Their ymages are but syluer and golde euen the worke of mens hoÌ„des They haue mouthes and speake not eyes haue they but they se not They haue eares and heare not noses haue they but they smell not They haue handes and handle not fete haue they but they can not go nether can they speake thorow their throte They that made them are like vnto them and so are all soch as put their trust in them But let Israel trust in y e LORDE for he is their sucoure defence Let the house of Aaron put their trust in y e LORDE for he is their sucoure defence They that feare the LORDE let theÌ„ put their trust in the LORDE for he is their sucoure and defence The LORDE is myndefull of vs blesseth vs he blesseth y e house of Israel he blesseth y e house of Aaron Yee he blesseth all them that feare the LORDE both small greate The LORDE encrease you more more you and youre childreÌ„ For ye are y e blessed of the LORDE which made heauen earth All the whole heauens are the LORDES but the earth hath he geueÌ„ vnto y e childreÌ„ of men The deed prayse not the o LORDE nether all they that go downe in to sylence But we will prayse the LORDE from this tyme forth for euermore Halleluya The CXIIII psalme I Am wel pleased y t the LORDE 〈…〉 herde y e voyce of my prayer 〈…〉 he hath enclyned his eare 〈…〉 therfore wil I call vpoÌ„ him as long 〈…〉 The snares of death coÌ„pas◠〈…〉 aboute the paynes of hell gat◠〈…〉 me I founde trouble and heuy 〈…〉 called I vpon y e name of the LORDE o LORDE delyuer my soule Gracious is y e LORDE rightuous yee oure God is mercifull The LORDE preserueth y e symple I was brought downe and he helped me Turne agayne then vnto thy rest o my soule for the LORDE hath geuen the thy desyre And why thou hast delyuered my soule from death myne eyes from teares and my fete from fallinge I wil walke before y e LORDE in the londe of the lyuynge The CXV psalme This psalme do the Hebrues ioyne vnto it that goeth before and it is with them the CXVI â–ª psalme I Beleued and therfore haue I spokeÌ„ but I was sore troubled I sayde in my haist All men are lyers What rewarde shal I geue vnto y e LORDE for all the benefites y t he hath done vnto me I wil receaue the cuppe of saluacioÌ„ and call vpon the name of the LORDE I wil paye my vowes in the presence of all his people right deare in the sight of y e LORDE is the death of his sayntes O LORDE I am thy seruaunt I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handmayden thou hast broken my bondes in sonder I wil offre the the sacrifice of thankes geuynge and wil call vpon the name of the LORDE I wil paye my vowes vnto the LORDE in the sight of all his people in the courtes of the LORDES house eueÌ„ in the myddest of the o Ierusalem Halleluya The CXVI psalme O Prayse the LORDE all ye Gentiles laude him all ye people For his mercifull kyndnes is euer more and more towarde vs the trueth of the LORDE endureth for euer Halleluya The CXVII psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Let Israel now confesse y t his mercy endureth for euer Let the house of Aaron now confesse that his mercy endureth for euer Yee let theÌ„ now that feare the LORDE confesse that his mercy endureth for euer I called vpon the LORDE in trouble and the LORDE herde me 〈◊〉 large The LORDE is my helper I wil 〈…〉 what man doeth vnto me The 〈…〉 is my helper I shal se my desyre 〈…〉 enemies It is better to trust 〈…〉 then to put eny confidence in 〈…〉 is better to trust in the LORDE 〈…〉 confideÌ„ce in prynces All Heithen compased me rounde aboute but in the name of the LORDE wil I destroye theÌ„ They kepte me in on euery syde but in the name of the LORDE I wil destroye them They came aboute me like bees were as hote as the fyre in the thornes but in the name of the LORDE I wil destroye them They thrust at me that I might fall but the LORDE was my helpe The LORDE is my streÌ„gth my songe is become my saluacion The voyce of ioye myrth is in the dwellynges of y e rightuous for y e right hande of the LORDE hath gotteÌ„ the victory The right hande of the LORDE hath the preemynence the right haÌ„de of the LORDE hath gotteÌ„ the victory I wil not dye but lyue and declare the workes of the LORDE The LORDE hath chastened correcte me but he hath not geuen me ouer vnto death Open me the gates of rightuousnes â–ª y t I maye go in there thorow geue thaÌ„kes vnto the LORDE This is the dore of the LORDE the rightuous shall entre in thorow 〈◊〉 I thanke the y t thou hast herde me are become my saluacioÌ„ The same stone which the buylders refused is become the headestone in the corner This was the LORDES doinge it is maruelous in o r eyes This is the daye which the LORDE hath made â–ª let vs reioyse and be glad in it Helpe now o LORDE o LORDE sende vs now prosperite Blessed be he that coÌ„meth in the name of the LORDE we wish you good lucke ye that be of the house of the LORDE God is the LORDE hath shewed vs light O 〈◊〉 the solempne feast with grene braunches 〈◊〉 vnto the hornes of y e aulter Thou art 〈◊〉 God I wil thanke the thou art my 〈◊〉 and I wil prayse the. O geue thankes 〈◊〉 to the LORDE for he is gracious his mâ—â—â—cy endureth for euer The CXVIII psalme Aleph BLessed are those y t be vndefiled in thâ— waye which walke in the lawe of 〈◊〉 LORDE Blessed are they that kepe his tâ—â—â—timonies seke him with their whole hertâ— â–ª Which walke in his wayes do no wiâ—kednesse Thou hast geuen strayte chaâ—â—â— to kepe thy commaundementes O thâ—â— my wayes were stablished to kepe thy statâ—â—tes So shulde I not be confounded
praysed be the Lord whych hath not geuen vs ouer for a praye vnto their teeth Oure soule is escaped eueÌ„ as a byrde out of the snare of the fouler the snare is broken and we are delyuered Oure helpe standeth in the name of the Lorde which hath made heauen and earth ¶ The .cxxv. Psalme ¶ The churche or congregacyon is in safetye when the Lorde defendeth it and shal be prosperous when he fauoreth it and purgeth the wycked theroute The songe of the steares THey that put their trust in the Lorde are euen as the mount Syon which may not be remoued but standeth fast for euer The hylles stande about Ierusalem eueÌ„ so standeth the Lorde rounde about his people from this tyme forth for euermore That the rodd of the vngodly come not into the lot of the ryghtuous lest y e ryghtuous put their hande vnto wyckednesse Do well O Lorde vnto those y t be good and true of herte As for soche as turne backe vnto their awne wyckednesse the Lorde shall leade theÌ„ forth with the euyll doers but peace be vpoÌ„ Israel ¶ The .cxxvj. Psalme ¶ He descrybeth the gladnes of the people returning agayne from Babylon vnder the fygure herof the reioysynge of the Christen whom the sonne of God hath made fre from the captiuyte of synne and deeth The songe of the steares VVhen the Lorde turneth agayne the captyuyte of Sion then shall we be lyke vnto them that dreame Then shall oure mouth be fylled wyth laughter and oure tonge with ioye Then shall it be sayd amonge the HeatheÌ„ the Lorde hath done greate thinges for theÌ„ Yee the Lorde hath done greate thynges for vs all ready wherof we reioyse Turne oure captyuyte O Lorde as the ryuers in the south They y t sowe in teares shall reape in ioye He that now goeth in his waye wepynge beareth forth good sede shal come agayne with ioye bringe his sheaues with hym ¶ The .cxxvij. Psalme ¶ By the only liberalyte gyft of God is the house and housholde geuen the cytye defended â— meate mynystred chyldren those toward and thryftye obtayned The songe of the steares EXcept the Lorde buylde the house their labour is but lost that buylde it Except the Lorde kepe the cytye the watchman waketh but in vayne It is but lost labour that ye rise vp early and take no rest but eate the bredde of carefulnesse for loke to whom it pleaseth him he geueth it in slepe Lo chyldren and the frute of the wombe are an herytage gift y t coÌ„meth of y e Lorde Lyke as the arowes in the hande of the gyaunt euen so are the yonge children Happy is the man that hath his quyuer full of them they shal not be ashamed when they speake with their enemyes in the gate ¶ The .cxxviij. Psalme ¶ He that feareth God shall do well and fortunately at all ceasons The songe of the steares BLessed are all they that feare y e Lorde and walke in hys wayes For thou shalt eate the laboures of thyne awne handes O well is the happy art thou Thy wyfe shal be as y e frutefull vyne vpoÌ„ the walles of thy house Thy chyldren lyke the Olyue braunches rounde aboute thy table Lo thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lorde The Lorde shall so blesse the out of SioÌ„ that thou shalt se Ierusalem in prosperyte all thy lyfe longe Yee that thou shalt se thy chylders chyldren and peace vpon Israel ¶ The .cxxix Psalme ¶ Althoughe the wycked do longe and greatly persecute the godly yet shall they not preuayle ouer them yee they shall at the length perish when the godly shal be in safetye The songe of the steares MAny a tyme haue they fought agaynst me fro my youth vp maye Israel now saye Yee many a tyme haue they fought agaynst me fro my youth vp but they haue not ouercome me The plowers plowed vpon my backe and made longe forowes But the rightuous Lorde hath hewen 〈◊〉 yocke of the vngodly in peces Let them be confounded turned bacâ—â—ward as many as haue euyl will at a * 〈◊〉 Let them be euen as the haye vpon 〈◊〉 house toppes whych wythereth afore it 〈◊〉 pluckte vp Wherof the mower fylleth not his hanâ—â— nether he that byndeth vp the sheaues 〈◊〉 bosome So y t they which go by saye not so 〈◊〉 as y e Lorde prospere you we wish you 〈◊〉 lucke in the name of the Lorde ¶ The .cxxx. Psalme ¶ An earnest prayer of him that is oppressed with â—â—â—uersitie for his sinnes that surely hopeth to 〈◊〉 of God bothe forgeuenes of his synnes delyuraâ—â—â— from hys aduersytyes The songe of the steares OVt of the a * depe call I vnto 〈◊〉 O Lorde Lorde heare my voyâ—â— â–ª Oh let thyne eares 〈…〉 well the voyce of my complayâ—â—â— If thou Lord wylt be extreme to 〈◊〉 what is done a mysse Oh Lorde who 〈◊〉 abyde it But there is mercy wyth the that 〈◊〉 mayest be feared I loke for the Lord my soule doth waâ— for hym and in his worde is my trust My soule doth paciently abyde y e Lorâ—â— from the one mornynge to the other Let Israel trust in the Lorde for with 〈◊〉 Lorde there is mercy pleÌ„teous redempâ—â—â—â— And he shal redeme Israel froÌ„ al his synn◠¶ The .cxxxj. Psalme ¶ He sheweth y t he was not proude but meake 〈◊〉 The songe of the steares LOrde I am not hye mynded I haue 〈◊〉 proude lokes I do not exercyse my selfe in greaâ—â— matters which are to hye for me But I refrayne my soule kepe it 〈◊〉 lyke as a childe that is weened from his 〈◊〉 yee my soule is eueÌ„ as a weenâ—ed 〈◊〉 Let Israel trust in the Lorde â–ª from 〈◊〉 tyme forth for euermore ¶ The .cxxxij. Psalme ¶ He sheweth that the prosperyty 〈◊〉 of Christes kynâ—â—dome dureth euer that God is 〈◊〉 allwaye present 〈◊〉 his churche and congregacyon Thys doth he 〈◊〉 the fygure of Dauid of the â—â—aâ—cke abydyng in 〈◊〉 The songe of the steares LOrde remeÌ„bre Dauid al his trouâ—â—â— How he swore vnto the Lorde 〈◊〉 vowed a vowe vnto the almyghtye 〈◊〉 of Iacob I wyll not come within y e taberâ—â—â—cle of my house nor clyme vp in my bedde â–ª I wyll not suffre myne eyes to slepe 〈◊〉 myne eye lyddes to â—â—omber Vntyll I fynde out a place for y e 〈◊〉 an habytacyoÌ„ for the mightye one of 〈◊〉 shalt eate the laboures of thine owne hondes o well is the happie art thou Thy wife shal be as a frutefull vyne vpon the walles of thy house Thy children like the olyue braunches rouÌ„de aboute y e table Lo thus shal y e maÌ„ be blessed y t feareth the LORDE The LORDE shal so blesse the out of Sion that thou shalt se IerusaleÌ„ in prosperite all thy life longe Yee that thou shalt se thy childers childreÌ„ peace vpoÌ„ Israel The CXXVIII psalme MAny a tyme haue they fought
suertye for a straunger hurteth himself but he that medleth not with suerteshippe is sure A gracious womā manteyneth honestie as for the mightie they manteyne ryches He y t hath a gentle liberall stomacke is mercifull but who so hurteth his neghbo r is a tyraūt The laboure of the vngodly prospereth not but he that soweth rightuosnes shal receaue a sure rewarde Like as rightuousnes bryngeth life euē so to cleue vnto euell bryngeth death The LORDE abhorreth a fayned hert but he hath pleasure in them that are vndefyled It shal not helpe y e wicked though they laye all their hondes together but the sede of the rightuous shal be preserued A fayre woman without discrete maners is like a rynge of golde in a swynes snoute The iust laboure for peace and trāquylite but the vngodly for disquyetnesse Some man geueth out his goodes and is the richer but y e nygarde hauynge ynough wil departe from nothinge and yet is euer in pouerte He that is lyberall in geuynge shal haue plenty and he that watereth shal be watered also himself Who so hoordeth vp his corne shal be cursed amonge the people but blessynge shal light vpon his heade that selleth it He that laboureth for honesty fyndeth his desyre but who so seketh after myschefe it shal happē vnto him He that trusteth in his riches shal haue a fall but y e rightuous shal florish as the grene leaf Who so maketh disquyetnesse in his owne house he shal haue wynde for his heretage and the foole shal be seruaunt to the wyse The frute of the rightuous is as the tre of life a wyse man also wynneth mens soules Yf y e rightuous be recōpēsed vpō earth how moch more thē the vngodly y e synner ▪ The XII Chapter Who so loueth wyszdome wil be content to be refourmed but he that hateth to be reproued is a foole A good man is acceptable vnto the LORDE but y e wicked wyl he condempne A man cā not endure in vngodlynesse but y e rote of y e righteous shal not be moued A stedfast woman is a crowne vnto hir huszbonde but she that behaueth herself vnhonestly is a corrupcion in his bones The thoughtes of y e righteous are right but the ymaginacion of the vngodly are disceatfull The talkynge of the vngodly is how they maye laye wayte for bloude but the mouth of y e righteous wil delyuer them Or euer thou canst turne the aboute the vngodly shal be ouerthrowne but the house of the righteous shal stōde A man shal be commended for his wyszdome but a foole shal be despysed A simple man which laboureth and worketh is better thē one that is gorgious and wanteth bred A righteous man regardeth the life of his catell but the vngodly haue cruell hertes He that tilleth his lōde shal haue plenteousnesse of bred but he y t foloweth ydylnes is a very foole The desyre of y e vngodly hunteth after myschefe but the rote of the righteous bryngeth forth frute The wicked falleth in to the snare thorow y e malyce of his owne mouth but the iust shal escape out of parell Euery man shal enioye good acordinge to the innocency of his mouth and after the workes of his hādes shal he be rewarded Loke what a foole taketh in honde he thinketh it well done but he that is wyse wyl be coūceled A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haist but a discrete man forgeueth wronge A iust man will tell the trueth shewe the thinge y t is right but a false wytnesse disceaueth A slaunderous personne pricketh like a swerde but a wyse mans tonge is wholsome A true mouth is euer constāt but a dyssemblinge tōge is soone chaunged They that ymagin euell in their mynde wil disceaue but the councelers of peace shal heaue ioye folowinge thē There shal no mysfortune happen vnto the iust but the vngodly shal be fylled with misery The LORDE abhorreth disceatfull lippes but they that laboure for treuth please him He that hath vnderstōdinge can hyde his wysdome but an vndiscrete herte telleth out his foolishnesse A diligēt hande shal beare rule but the ydle shal be vnder tribute Heuynesse discorageth y e herte of man but a good worde maketh it glad agayne The righteous is liberall vnto his neghboure but the waye of the vngodly wil disceaue them selues A disceatfull man shal fynde no vaūtage but he that is content w t that he hath is more worth thē golde In the waye of righteousnesse there is life as for eny other waye it is the path vnto death The XIII Chapter A Wyse sonne wyll receaue his fathers warnynge but he y t is scornefull wyll not heare when he is reproued A good mā shal enioye the frute of his mouth but he that hath a frowarde mynde shal be spoyled He that kepeth his mouth kepeth his life but who so speaketh vnaduysed fyndeth harme The slogarde wolde fayne haue and can not get his desyre but the soule of the diligent shal haue plenty A righteous man abhorreth lyes but the vngodly shameth both other and himself Righteousnesse kepeth the innocēt in the waye but vngodlynesse shal ouerthrowe the synner Some men are riche though they haue nothinge agayne some mē are poore hauynge greate riches With goodes euery man delyuereth his life and the poore wyl not be reproued The light of the righteous maketh ioyfull but the candle of the vngodly shal be put out Amonge the proude there is euer strife but amonge those that do all thinges with aduysement there is wyszdome Hastely gottē goodes are soone spent but they that be gathered together with the hande shal increase Longe tarienge for a thinge that is dyfferred greueth y e herte but when the desyre commeth it is a tre of life Who so despyseth the worde destroyeth himself but he that feareth the cōmaundement shal haue peace The lawe is a wel of life vnto the wyse that it maye kepe him from the snares of death Good vnderstondinge geueth fauoure but harde is the waye of the despysers A wyse man doth all thinges with discrecion but a foole wil declare his foly An vngodly messaūger bryngeth myschefe but a faithfull embassitoure is wholsome He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed commeth to pouerte and shame but who so receaueth correccion shal come to honoure When a desyre is brought to passe it delyteth the soule but fooles abhorre him that eschueth euell He that goeth in the company of wyse men shal be wyse but who so is a cōpanyō of fooles shal be hurte Myschefe foloweth vpon synners but the rightuous shal haue a good rewarde Which their childers childrē shal haue in possessiō for the riches of the synner is layed vp for y e iust There is plenteousnesse of fode in the feldes of the poore shal be increased out of measure He that spareth the rodde hateth his sonne but who so loueth him holdeth him euer in nurtoure The
two maner of weightes and a false balauÌ„ce is an euell thinge The LORDE ordreth euery maÌ„s goinges for what is he that vnderstondeth his owne wayes It is a snare for a man to blaspheme that which is holy then to go aboute w t vowes A wyse kynge destroyeth y e vngodly bryngeth the whele â—uer them The lanterne of y e LORDE is y e breth of man goeth thorow all the inwarde partes of the body Mercy faithfulnes preserue the kynge with louynge kyndnes his feate is holden vp The strength of yonge men is their worshipe a gray heade is an hono r vnto y e aged Woundes dryue awaye euell and so do stripes the inwarde partes of the body The XXI Chapter THe kynges hert is in the hande of the LORDE like as are the ryuers of water he maye turne it whyther so euer he wyll Euery man thinketh his owne waye to be right but the LORDE iudgeth y e hertes To do rightuousnesse and iudgmeÌ„t is more acceptable to the LORDE theÌ„ sacrifice A presumptuous loke a proude stomacke the lanterne of the vngodly is synne The deuyses of one that is diligent brynge plenteousnes but he y t is vnaduysed commeth vn to pouerte Who so hoordeth vp riches w t y e disceatfulnes of his tonge he is a foole like vnto them that seke their owne death The robberies of the vngodly shal be their owne destruccion for they wolde not do the thynge that was right The wayes of the frowarde are straunge but y e workes of him y t is cleane are right It is better to dwell in a corner vnder y e house toppe then with a braulinge woman in a wyde house The soule of the vngodly wysheth euell and hath no pitie vpon his neghboure When the scornefull is punyshed the ignoraunt take y e better hede when a wyse man is warned he wil receaue the more vnderstondinge The rightuous enfourmeth the house of the vngodly but y e vngodly go on still after their owne wickednesse Who so stoppeth his eare at the crieÌ„ge of the poore he shal crie himself and not be herde A preuy rewarde pacifieth displeasure and a gifte in the bosome stilleth furiousnesse The iust delyteth in doynge the thynge that is right but the workers of wickednesse abhorre the same The man that wandreth cut of the waye of wyszdome shal remayne in the coÌ„gregacion of y e deed He y t hath pleasure in banckettes shal be a poore man Who so delyteth in wyne and delicates shal not be riche The vngodly shal be geuen for the rightuous the wicked for the iust It is better to dwell in a wyldernesse theÌ„ with a chydinge and an angrie woman In a wyse mans house there is greate treasure and plenteousnesse but a foolish body spendeth vp all Who so foloweth rightuousnesse and mercy fyndeth both life rightuousnesse and honor. A wyse man wynneth the cite of the mightie and as for the strength y t they trust in he bryngeth it downe Who so kepeth his mouth and his tonge the same kepeth his soule from troubles He y t is proude presumptuous is called a scornefull maÌ„ which in wrath darre worke maliciously The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is his owne death for his haÌ„des wyll not labor. He coueteth and desyreth all the daye longe but the rightuous is allwaye geuynge kepeth nothinge backe The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhominacion for they offre the thinge y t is gotten w t wickednes A false wytnesse shal perishe but he y t wil be content to heare shal allwaye haue power to speake himself An vngodly man goeth forth rashly but the iust refourmeth his owne waye There is no wyszdome there is no vnderstondinge there is no councell agaynst the LORDE The horse is prepared agaynst y e daye of battayll but the LORDE geueth the victory The XXII Chapter A Good name is more worth then greate riches and louynge fauo r is better then syluer and golde Whether riches or pouerte do mete vs it commeth all of God A wyse man seyth the plage and hydeth himself but the foolish go on still and are punyshed The ende of lowlynes the feare of God is riches hono r prosperite and health Speares and snares are in y e waye of the frowarde but he y t wil kepe his soule let him fle froÌ„ soch Yf thou reachest a childe in his youth what waye he shulde go he shall not leaue it when he is olde The rich ruleth the poore and y e borower is seruaunt to y e lender He y t soweth wickednesse shal reape sorowe the rodde of his plage shal destroye him A louynge eye shal be blessed for he geueth of his bred vnto y e poore Cast out y e scornefull man and so shal strife go out w t him yee variaunce and slaunder shal cease Who so delyteth to be of a clene herte and of gracious lyppes y e kynge shal be his frende The eyes of y e LORDE preserue knowlege but as for y e wordes of y e despyteful he bryngeth them to naught The slouthfull body sayeth there is a lyoÌ„ w t out I might be slayue in y e strete The mouth of an harlot is a depe pytt wherin he falleth that y e LORDE is angrie withall Foolishnes sticketh in the herte of y e lad but y e rod of correccion driueth it awaye Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his owne riches geueth comoÌ„ly vnto the rich and at the last commeth to pouerte himself My sonne bowe downe thine eare and herken vnto the wordes of wyszdome applye y e mynde vnto my doctryne for it is a pleasaunt thinge yf thou kepe it in thine herte and practise it in thy mouth that thou mayest allwaye put y e trust in the LORDE Haue not I warned y e very oft with councell and lerninge y t I might shewe y e the treuth and that thou w t the verite mightest answere them y t laye eny thinge against y e Se y t thou robbe not y e poore because he is weake and oppresse not y e simple in iudgment for y e LORDE himself wyl defende their cause and do violence vnto them y t haue vsed violence Make no freÌ„dshipe with an angrie wylfull man and kepe no company w t y e furious lest thou lerne his wayes and receaue hurte vnto thy soule Be not thou one of them y t bynde theâ—r hande vpoÌ„ promyse and are suertie for dett for yf thou hast nothinge to paye they shal take awaye thy bed from vnder the. Thou shalt not remoue the lande marcke which thy fore elders haue sett Seist thou not y t they which be diligent in their busines stonde before kynges and not amonge the symple people The XXIII Chapter When thou syttest at the table to eate w t a lorde ordre thy self manerly w t y
stondeth vpon the is like Carmel The hayre of thy heade is like the kynges purple folden vp in plates O how fayre and louely art thou my derlynge in pleasures Thy stature is like a date tre and thy brestes like the grapes I sayde I wil clymme vp in to the date tre and take holde of his braunches Thy brestes also shal be as the vyne grapes the smell of thy nostrels like the smell of apples and thy thâ—â—â—te like the best wyne This shal be pure cleare for my loue his lippes and teth shal haue their pleasure There wil I turne me vnto my loue and he shal turne him vnto me O come on my loue let vs go forth in to the felde and take â—â—re lodginge in the vyllages In the mornynge wil we ryse by tymes and go se the vynyarde yf it be spronge forth yf the grapes be growne yf the pomgranates be shoâ—â— out There wil I geue the my brestes There shal the Mandragoras geue their smell besyde oure dores There o my loue haue I kepte vnto the all maner of frutes both new and olde The VIII Chapter O That I might fynde the without kysse y e whom I loue as my brother which suckte my mothers brestes that thou woldest not be offended yf I toke the and brought the in to my mothers house that thou mightest teach me and that I might geue the drynke of spyced wyne and of the swete sappe of my pomgranates His left hande lyeth vnder my heade his right hande embraceth me I charge you o ye daughters of IerusaleÌ„ 〈◊〉 ye wake not vp my loue ner touch her 〈◊〉 she be content herself What is she this 〈◊〉 coÌ„meth vp from the wildernes and 〈◊〉 vpon hir loue I am the same that 〈◊〉 the vp amonge the aple trees where thy â—â—ther beare y e where y e mother brought 〈◊〉 in to the worlde O set me as a seale vpoÌ„ thine hert and as â—eale vpon thine arme for loue is mightie the death gelousy as the hell Hir coaâ—â— are of fyre and a very flamme of the LORâ—E so y t many waters are not able to quench 〈◊〉 nether maye y e streames drowne it Yee 〈◊〉 man wolde geue all the good of his houâ—â— for loue he shulde counte it nothinge When oure loue is tolde oure yonge sister â—hose brestes are not yet growne what shal â—e do vnto her Yf she be a wall we shal â—ylde a syluer bollworke there vpon Yf she 〈◊〉 a tower we shal festen her with bordes of â—edre tre Yf I be a wall my brestes like towres then am I as one that hath founde fauoure in his sight Salomon had a vynyarde at Baal Hamon this vynyarde delyuered he vnto the kepers y t euery one for the frute therof shulde geue him a thousande peces of syluer But my vynyarde o Salomon geueth the a thousande and two hundreth to y e kepers of the frute Thou that dwellest in the gardens O let me heare thy voyce that my companyons maye herken to the same O get the awaye my loue as a roo or a yonge hert vnto the swete smellinge mouÌ„taynes The ende of Salomons Balettes called Cantica Canticorum Fautes escaped in the pryntinge of this parte Vpon the seconde leaf the seconde syde in the syxte Chapter of Iob the letter A. Within the yoke an egg rede Within the yoke of an egg In the Psalter Vpon the xxxv leaf the seconde syde in the cxxxvi psalme the seconde verse â–ª Vpon the trees rede Vpon the wyll ye trees All the Prophetes in Englishe Esay Ieremy Baruch Ezechiel Daniel Oseas Ioel. Amos. Abdy Ionas Micheas Naum. Abacuc Sophony Aggeus Zachary Malachy The Prophet Esay What Esay conteyneth Chap. I. The prophet rebuketh the people of Israel for their abhominacions Chap. II. The callynge of the Heithen Chap. III. PunyshmeÌ„t of God specially for the pryde of wemen Chap. IIII. Plages to come wyth a promyse of the grace and conforte thorow Christ. Chap. V. The louynge kyndnes of God towarde Israel afore other people Agayne the vnthankfulnes and vnfaithfulnes of them Chap. VI. The sendynge of Esay The harde hertes of the people Chap. VII He rebuketh the kynge for beynge afrayed of the vngodly kynges of the Heithen and because he put not his trust in God He geueth him a tokeÌ„ of grace which he receaueth not Chap. VIII The people forsake God seke helpe at the Heithen Chap. IX He putteth theÌ„ in mynde of the mysery that is past Of the coÌ„mynge and kyngdome of Christ. Punyshment for their pryde Chap. X. Punyshment of vnrighteous rulers The comforte of Israel agaynst the pryâ—â— of the kynge of the Assyrians Chap. XI A prophecie of Christ. Chap. XII A thankesgeuynge of the faithfull people Chap. XIII Punyshment to come vpon Babilon by the Persians Medes Chap. XIIII God will haue mercy on his people He threteneth Palestina Chap. XV. The plage of Moab Chap. XVI The vexacion feare of Moab Chap. XVII PunyshmeÌ„t of Damascus siria Chap. XVIII The callynge of the Heithen Chap. XIX.XX. Plages vpon Egipte Ethiopia Chap. XXI The punyshmeÌ„t of Babilon Duma and Arabia Chap. XXII The punyshment vpon IerusaleÌ„ by SeÌ„nacherib Sobna is put downe Eliachim commeth in his steade Chap. XXIII The punyshment of Tyre of all the cities by the see coast and of the Iles. Chap. XXIIII Of the generall punyshment of the whole earth vnto the ende of the worlde Chap. XXV A thaÌ„kesgeuynge vnto God The callinge of the Heithen Chap. XXVI Men ought to trust onely iÌ„ God Chap. XXVII The punyshment of Leuiathan The goodnes of God The delyueraunce of Israel The callynge of the Heithen Chap. XXVIII The punishment of Ephraim Of mens lawes Of the stone in Sion Chap. XXIX PunyshmeÌ„t vpon Ierusalem for mens lawes and doctrynes Chap. XXX Gods people are punyshed for sekinge helpe at other then him self Chap. XXXI He calleth the people agayne to God and promiseth them defence Chap. XXXII Health vnder the kynge of righteousnes He threateneth the carelesse cities· Chap. XXXIII PunyshmeÌ„t vpon the enemies of Gods people Chap. XXXIIII Gods plage vpon the Heithen Chap. XXXV A coÌ„forte secrete promyse concernynge the callynge of the Heithen Chap. XXXVI Sennacherib the kinge of the Assirians sendeth his hoost to besege IerusaleÌ„ Chap. XXXVII The prayer of Ezechias God coÌ„forteth him by Esay The angel of the LORDE putteth the Assirians hoost to shame Chap. XXXVIII Ezechias is deed sicke God helpeth him vp agayne He thanketh God Chap. XXXIX The kynge of Babilon sendeth Embassitours vnto Ezechias which sheweth them his treasure displeaseth God withall Chap. XL. The delyuerauÌ„ce not onely of Israel out of the captiuyte of Babilon but of all faithfull also in Christ. The vanyte of maÌ„ The excellent power of God Chap. XLI God reasoneth with the Iewes geÌ„tiles reproueth the people of Israel for their vnthankfulnes Chap. XLII The coÌ„mynge power of Christ The praise
their offences are many and their departinge awaye is greate Shulde I then for all this haue mercy vpon the Thy children haue forsaken me and sworne by them that are no goddes And albeit they were bounde to me in mariage yet they fell to aduoutrie and haunted harlottes houses In the desyre of vnclenly lust they are become like the stoned horse euery man neyeth at his neghbours wife Shulde I not correcke this saieth the LORDE Shulde I not be avenged of euery people that is like vnto this Clymme vp vpon their walles beate them downe but destroye them not vtterly cut of their braunches because they are not the LORDES For vnfaithfully hath the house of Israel and Iuda forsaken me saieth the LORDE They haue denied the LORDE and sayde it is not he Tush there shall no miszfortune come vpon vs we shall se nether swearde ner honger As for the warnynge of the prophetes they take it but for wynde yee there is none of these which will tell them that soch thinges shal happen vnto them Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE God of hoostes because ye speake soch wordes beholde The wordes that are in thy mouth will I turne to fyre and make the people to be wod that it maye consume them Lo I will bringe a people vpoÌ„ you from farre o house of Israel saieth the LORDE a mightie people an olde people a people whose speach thou knowest not nether vnderstoÌ„dest what they saye Their arowes are sodane death yee they them selues be very giauntes This people shal eate vp thy frute thy meate yee they shal deuoure thy sonnes and thy doughters thy shepe and thy bullockes They shall eate vp thy grapes fyges As for thy stronge and well fensed cities wherin thou didest trust they shal destroye them with the swearde Neuertheles I will not then haue done with you saieth the LORDE But yf they saye wherfore doth the LORDE oure God all this vnto vs Then answere them because that like as ye haue forsakeÌ„ me and serued straunge goddes in youre owne londe euen so shall ye serue other goddes also in a straunge londe Preach this vnto the house of Iacob crie it out in Iuda and saye thus Heare this thou folish and vndiscrete people Ye haue eyes but ye se not eares haue ye but ye heare not Feare ye not me saieth the LORDE Are ye not ashamed to loke me in the face which bynde the see with the sonde so that it can not passe his boundes For though it rage yet can it do nothinge and though the wawes therof do swell yet maye they not go ouer But this people hath a false and an obstinate herte they are departed and gone awaye fro me They thinke not in their hartes O let vs feare the LORDE oure God that geueth vs rayne early and late when nede is which kepeth euer still the haruest for vs yearly Neuertheles youre miszdedes haue turned these from you youre synnes haue robbed you herof For amonge my people are founde wicked personnes that priuely laye snares and waite for men to take them and destroye them And like as a net is full of byrdes so are their houses full of that which they haue gotten with falsede and disceate Herof coÌ„meth their greate substaunce and riches her of are they fat and welthy and are runne awaye fro me with shamefull blasphemies They ministre not the lawe they make no ende of the fatherlesses cause they iudge not the poore acordinge to equite Shulde I not punysh these thinges saieth the LORDE Shulde I not be avenged of all soch people as these be Horrible and greuous thinges are done in the londe The prophetes teach falsely and the prestes folowe them and my people hath pleasure therin What will come therof at the last The VI. Chapter COme out of Ierusalem ye stronge childreÌ„ of Ben Iamin blowe vp the trompettes ye Tecuites set vp a token vnto Bethacarem for a plage and a greate misery pepeth out from the North. I will licken the doughter Sion to a fayre and tendre woman and to her shall come the shepherdes with their flockes Their tentes shal they pitch rounde aboute her and euery one shal fede with his honde Make batell agaynst her shal they saye Arise let vs go vp while it is yet daye Alas the daye goeth awaye the night shadowes fall downe Arise let vs go vp by night and destroye hir stronge holdes for thus hath the LORDE of hoostes commaunded Hew downe hir trees and set vp bulworkes agaynst IerusaleÌ„ This is the cite that must be punished for in her is all maliciousnes Like as a coÌ„dyte aboundeth in water eueÌ„ so this citie abouÌ„deth in wickednes Robbery and vnrightuousnesse is herde in her sorow woundes are euer there in my sight AmeÌ„de the o Ierusalem lest I with drawe my herte from the and make the desolate thy londe also y t no man dwel in it For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The residue of Israel shal be gathered as the remnaunt of grapes And therfore turne thine honde agayne in to the baszket like the grape gatherer But vnto whom shal I speake whom shal I warne that he maye take hede Their eares are so vncircumcised that they maye not heare Beholde they take the worde of God but for a scorne and haue no lust therto And therfore I am so full of thy indignacion o LORDE that I maye suffre no longer Shed out thy wrath vpon the children that are without and vpon all yonge men Yee the man must be taken presoner with the wife and the aged with the crepel Then â—â—uses with their londes and wiues shal be turned vnto straungers wheÌ„ I stretchout myne hoÌ„de vpon the inhabitours of this londe saieth the LORDE For from the leest vnto the most they hange all vpon covetousnes and from the prophet vnto the prest they go all aboute with falsede and lyes And besyde that they heale the hurte of my people with swete wordes sayenge peace peace when there is no peace at all Therfore they must be ashamed for they haue coÌ„mitted abhominacion But how shulde they be ashamed when they knowe nothinge nether of shame ner good nurture And therfore they shal fall amonge the slayne and in the houre when I shall viset them they shal be brought downe saieth the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE go in to the stretes considre and make inquisicion for the olde waye and yf it be the good and right waye then go therin that ye maye fynde rest for youre soules But they saye we will not walke therin and I will set watchmen ouer you and therfore take hede vnto the voyce of the trompet But they saye we will not take hede Heare therfore ye Gentiles and thou congregacion shalt knowe what I haue deuysed for them Heare thou earth also beholde I will cause a plage come vpon this
departe out of y e londe of the Caldees and ye shall be as the rammes that go before the flocke For lo I will wake vp an hoost of people from y e northren londe bringe them vpon Babilon these shal laye sege to it wynne it Their arowes shal not mysse like as a connynge archer shuteth not wronge And the Caldees shal be spoyled all they that spoyle them shal be satisfied saieth the LORDE because ye were so chearfull glad to treade downe myne heretage fulfilled youre pleasures as the calues in the grasse and triumphed ouer them like the bulles when ye had gotten the victory Youre mothers shal be sore confounded and they that bare you shal come to shame She shall be the leest set by amonge the nacions vyode waist dried vp No man shal be able to dwell there for the feare of y e LORDE but she shal be whole desolate All they that go by Babilon shall stonde still be abashed shal wondre at all hir plages Go forth in yo r araye agaynst Babilon rounde aboute all ye that can hādle bowes shute as her spare no arowes for she hath synned agaynst the LORDE Crie out vpon her vpon her agaynst her roūde aboute she shal yelde herselfe her foundaciōs shal fall hir walles shall come downe for it shal be the vengeaunce of the LORDE Yee vēgeaunce shal be taken of her as she hath done so shal she be dealt withall They shal rote out the sower from Babilon him y t handleth the sickle in haruest For feare of the swearde of the enemie euery man shall get him to his owne people euery man shal fle to his owne londe Israel is a scatred flocke the Lyons haue dispersed them First the kinge of the Assirians deuoured them last of all this Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon hath brussed all their bones Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will viset the kinge of Babilon his kingdome as I haue visited the kinge of the Assirians and will bringe Israel agayne to his pleasaunt pasture that he maye fede vpon Charmel Basan and be satisfied vpon the mount of Ephraim Galaad In those dayes and at the same tyme saieth the LORDE yf the offence of Israel be sought for there shal none be founde Yf men enquere for the synne of Iuda there shal be none for I wil be mercifull vnto them whom I suffre to remayne ouer Go downe o thou avenger in to the enemies londe viset them that dwell therin downe with them and smyte them vpon the backes saieth the LORDE do acordinge to all that I haue commaunded the. There is gone aboute the londe a crie of a slaughter greate murthur namely on this maner How happeneth it that the hammer of the whole worlde is thus broken brussed in sonder How chaunceth it that Babilon is become a wildernes amonge the Heithen on this maner I my self haue layed wayte for the thou art taken vnawarres art thou trapped snared for why thou hast prouoked y e LORDE vnto anger The LORDE hath opened his house of ordinaunce brought forth the weapens of his wrath For the thinge that is done in the londe of the Caldees it is the LORDE of hoostes worke These thinges shal come vpon her at the last they shal breake in to hir preuy chābres they shall leaue her as bare as stones that be layed together vpon heapes They shall so destroye her y t nothinge shal be left They shal slaye all hir mightie souldyers and put them to death Wo be vnto thē for the daye tyme of their visitacion is at honde Me thinke I heare already a crie of them that be fled escaped out of the londe of Babilon which shewe in Sion the vengeaunce of the LORDE oure God the vengeaunce of his temple Yee a voyce of them that crie agaynst Babilon Call vp all the archers agaynst Babilon pytch youre tentes rounde aboute her that none escape Recompence her as she hath deserued and acordinge as she hath done so deale with her agayne for she hath set vp her self agaynst the LORDE agaynst y e holy one of Israel Therfore shal hir yonge men fall downe in the stretes all hir men of warre shal be roted out in y t daye saieth the LORDE Beholde I speake vnto the o thou proude saieth the LORDE God of hoostes for thy daye shal come euē the tyme of y e visitaciō And the proude shal stomble fall no man shal helpe him vp I wil burne vp his cities with fyre it shal consume all that is rounde aboute him Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The children of Israel Iuda suffre violence together All they that haue them in captiuyte kepe them fast wil not let them go but their avēger redemer is mightie whose name is the LORDE of hoostes he shal manteyne their cause he shal make the londe shake iudge them that dwell therin one with another The swearde shall come vpon the Caldees saieth the LORDE vpon them that dwell in Babilon vpon their prynces vpō their wyse mē The swearde vpon their soythsayers as for those they shall become fooles The swearde vpō their worthies so that they shal stonde in feare The swearde vpon their horsmen and charettes vpon all the comon people that dwell vnder thē so that they all shal become like women The swearde vpon their treasure so that it shal be stollen awaye The swearde vpon their waters so that they shal be dried vp For the londe worshippeth ymages delyteth in straunge wondrefull thinges Therfore shal wilde beestes Apes Estriches dwell therin for there shal neuer man dwell there nether shal eny man haue his habitacion there for euermore Like as God destroyed Sodom Gomorre with the cities that laye there aboute saieth the LORDE So shal noman dwell there also nether shal eny mā haue there his habitacion Beholde there shal come a people from the north with a greate bonde of men many kinges shal stonde vp from the endes of the earth They beare bowes buclers cruell are they vnmercifull Their voyce roareth like the raginge see they ryde vpon horses come weapened to fight agaynst the O Babilon As soone as the kinge of Babilon heareth tell of them his hondes shal waxe feable Sorowe and heuynes shall come vpon him as a woman trauelinge with childe Beholde like as the Lyon commeth vp from the pleasaunt medowes of Iordane vnto the grene pastures of Ethan so wil I dryue thē forth and make them runne agaynst her But whom shal I chose out ordene to soch thinge For who is like me or who wil stryue with me or what shepherde maye stonde agaynst me Therfore heare the councel that the LORDE hath geuen vpon Babilon and the deuyce that he hath taken vpon
hye as the Aegle and maydest thy nest aboue amonge the starres yet wolde I plucke the downe from thēce Yf y e theues robbers came to y e by-night thou takinge thy rest shulde they not steale till they had ynough yf the grape gatherers came vpon the wolde they not leaue the some grapes But how shall they rype Esau and seke out his treasures Yee the men that were sworne vnto the shal dryue the out off the borders off thyne owne londe They that be now at one with the shal disceaue the and ouercome y e Euē they that eate thy bred shall betraye the or euer thou perceaue it Shal not I at the same tyme destroye the wyse men of Edom ād those that haue vnderstondinge from the mount of Esau Thy giauntes o Theman shal be afrayed for thorow the slaughter they shal be all ouer throwne vpon the moūt of Esau. Shame shal come vpon the for y e malice that thou shewedest to thy brother Iacob yee for euermore shalt thou perish that because of the tyme when thou didest set thyself agaynst him euen when the enemies caried awaye his hoost and when the aleauntes came in at his portes and cast lottes vpon Ierusalem and thou thyself wast as one of them Thou shalt nomore se the daye of thy brother thou shalt nomore beholde the tyme of his captiuyte thou shalt nomore reioyse ouer the children of Iuda in the daye of their destruccion thou shalt tryumphe nomore in the tyme of their trouble Thou shalt nomore come in at the gates off my people in the tyme of their decaye thou shalt not se their mysery in the daye of their fall Thou shalt sende out no man agaynst their hoost in the daye of their aduersite nether shalt thou stōde wayringe enymore at y e corners of the stretes to murthur soch as are fled or to take them presoners that remayne in the daye of their trouble For the daye off the LORDE is harde by vpon all Heithen Like as thou hast done so shalt thou be dealte withall yee thou shalt be rewarded euen vpon thine heade For like wyse as ye haue droncken vpon myne holy hill so shal all heithen dryncke continually yee dryncke shall they and swalowe vp so that ye shall be as though ye had neuer bene But vpon the mount Sion there shall a remnaunt escape these shal be holy and the house of Iacob shal possesse euen those that had them selues afore in possessiō Morouer the house of Iacob shal be a fyre the house of Ioseph a flame the house of Esau shal be the strawe which they shal kyndle and cōsume so that nothinge shal be left of the house of Esau for the LORDE himself hath sayde it They of the south shal haue the mount of Esau in possession and loke what lieth vpon the grounde that shal the Philistynes haue the playne feldes shal Ephraim and Samaria possesse and the mountaynes of Galaad shal Ben Iamin haue And this hoost shal be the childrē of Israels presoners Now what so lieth from Canaan vnto Sarphad and in Sepharad that shal be vnder the subieccion of Ierusalem and the cities of the south shall enheret it Thus they that escape vpon the hill off Sion shall go vp to punysh the mount off Esau and the kyngdome shal be the LORDES The ende off the prophet Abdy The Prophet Ionas What Ionas conteyneth Chap. I. God sendeth Ionas vnto Niniue he fleyth and is cast in to the see Chap. II. A fysh swaloweth vp Ionas which crieth vnto God and prayseth hym and the fysh casteth him out agayne vpon the londe Chap. III. God sendeth him agayne to Niniue to shewe them the punyshment for to come yf they wil not repent they amende and God is mercifull to them Chap. IIII. Ionas is angrie and complayneth of God which refourmeth him The first Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came vnto Ionas the sonne of Amithai sayenge Aryse and get the to Niniue that greate cite and preach vnto them how y t their wickednesse is come vp before me And Ionas made him ready to fle vnto Tharsis from the presence of the LORDE and gat him downe to Ioppa where he founde a shippe ready for to go vnto Tharsis So he payde his fare and wente aborde that he might go with them vnto Tharsis from the presence of the LORDE But the LORDE hurled a greate wynde in to the see and there was a mightie tempest in the see so that the shippe was in ioperdy of goinge in peces Then the maryners were afrayde and cried euery man vnto his god and the goodes that were in the shippe they cast in to the see to lighten it off them But Ionas gat him vnder y e hatches where he layed him downe and slombred So the master of the shippe came to him and sayde vnto him why slomberest thou Vp call vpon thy God yf God happly wil thynke vpon vs that we peryshe not And they sayde one to another come let vs cast lottes that we maye knowe for whose cause we are thus troubled And so they cast lottes and the lot fell vpon Ionas Thē sayde they vnto him tell vs for whose cause are we thus troubled what is thine occupacion whence commest thou what countre man art thou and of what nacion He answered them I am an Ebrue and I feare the LORDE God of heauen which made both the see and drie londe Then were y e men exceadingly afrayed sayde vnto him why didest thou so for they knewe that he was fled from the presence of the LORDE because he had tolde them and sayde morouer vnto him What shall we do vnto the that the see maye ceasse from troublinge vs for the see wrought and was troublous he answered them Take me and cast me in to the see so shal it let you be in rest for I wote it is for my sake that this greate tempest is come vpon you Neuerthelesse the men assayed with rowinge to brynge the shippe to lōde but it wolde not be because the see wrought so was so troublous agaynst them Wherfore they cried vnto the LORDE and sayde O LORDE let vs not perish for this mans death nether laye thou innocent bloude vnto oure charge for thou o LORDE hast done euen as thy pleasure was So they toke Ionas and cast him in to the see and the see lefte ragynge And the men feared the LORDE exceadingly doynge sacrifices ād makynge vowes vnto the LORDE The II. Chapter BVt the LORDE prepared a greate fyshe to swalow vp Ionas So was Ionas in the bely of the fysh thre dayes and thre nightes And Ionas prayed vnto the LORDE his God out of the fysshes bely and sayed In my trouble I called vnto y e LORDE and he herde me out off the bely off hell I cried and thou herdest my voyce Thou haddest cast me downe depe in y e middest off the see and the floude
you euerlastinge rest for he is nye at hande that shal come in the ende of the worlde Be ready to the rewarde of the kyngdome for the euerlastinge light shall shyne vpon you for euermore Fle the shadowe of this worlde receaue the ioyfulnes of youre glory I testifie my sauioure openly O receaue the gift y t is geuen you and be glad geuynge thankes vnto him that hath called you to the heauenly kyngdome Aryse vp and stonde fast beholde the nombre of those that be sealed in the feast of the LORDE which are departed from the shadowe of the worlde and haue receaued glorious garmeÌ„tes of the LORDE Take thy nombre O Sion and shutt vp thy purified which haue fulfilled the lawe of the LORDE The nombre of thy children whom thou longedest for is fulfilled beseke the power of the LORDE that thy people which haue bene called from the begynnynge maye be halowed I Eszdras sawe vpon the mount Sion a greate people whom I coude not nombre they all praysed the LORDE with songes of thankesgeuynge And in the myddest of theÌ„ there was a yonge maÌ„ of an hye stature mâ—re excellent then all they and vpon euery one of their heades he sett a crowne and was euer hygher and hygher which I marueled at greatly So I axed y e angell sayde Syr what are these He answered and sayde vnto me These be they that haue put of the mortall clothinge and put on the immortall and haue testified knowleged the name of God Now are they crowned and receaue the rewarde Then sayde I vnto the angell what yonge personne is it that crowneth them geueth them the palmes in their handes So he answered and sayde vnto me It is y e sonne of God whom they haue knowleged in the worlde Then beganne I greatly to commende them that stode so stifly for the name of the LORDE And so the angell sayde vnto me Go thy waye and tell my people what maner of thinges and how greate wonders of the LORDE thy God thou hast senâ— The III. Chapter IN the thirtie yeare of the fall of the cite I was at Babilon laye troubled vpoÌ„ my bed my thoughtes came vp ouer my hert for I sawe y e desolacion of Sion the plenteous wealth of them y t dwelt at Babilon my sprete was sore moued so that I begaÌ„ne to speake fearfull wordes to the most hyest and sayde O LORDE LORDE thou spakest at the begynnynge whan thou plantedst y e earth and that thy self alone and gauest commaundement vnto y e people and a body vnto Adam which was a creature of thy handes and hast brethed in him the breth of life and so he lyued before the and thou leddest him in to paradyse which gardeÌ„ of pleasure thy right hande had planted or euer the earth was made And vnto him thou gauest commaundemeÌ„t to loue y e waye which he transgressed immediatly thou appoyntedest death in him and in his generacions Of him came nacions trybes people kynreddes out of nombre And euery people walked after their owne wil and dyd nyce thinges before the and as for thy commaundementes they despysed them But in processe of tyme thou broughtest the water floude vpon those that dwelt in the worlde and destroydest them And like as the death was in Adam so was the water floude also in these Neuertheles one of them thou leftest namely Noe with his housholde of whom come all righteous meÌ„ And it happened that whan they y t dwelt vpon the earth beganne to multiplie and had gotten many children and were a greate people they beganne to be more vngodly then the first Now whan they all lyued so wickedly before the thou didest chose the a man from amonge them whose name was Abram Him thou louedest and vnto him only thou shewdest thy wyll and maydest an euerlastinge couenaunt with him promisinge him that thou woldest neuer forsake his sede And vnto him thou gauest Isaac vnto Isaac also thou gauest Iacob and Esau. As for Iacob thou didest chose him and put backe Esau. And so Iacob became a greate multitude And it happened that whaÌ„ thou leddest his sede out of Egipte thou broughtest theÌ„ vp to the mount Sion bowinge downe the heauens settinge fast the earth mouynge the grounde makynge the depthes to shake and troublynge the worlde And thy glory wente thorow foure portes of fyre and earth quakes and wyndes and colde that thou mightest geue the lawe vnto the sede of Iacob and diligence vnto the generacioÌ„ of Israel And yet tokest thou not awaye from theÌ„ that wicked hert that thy lawe might brynge forth frute in them For the first Adam bare a wicked hert transgressed and was ouercome and so be all they y t are borne of him Thus remayned weaknes with the lawe in the hert of the people with the wickednesse of the rote so that the good departed awaye and the euell abode still So the tymes passed awaye and the yeares were brought to an ende Then didest thou rayse the vp a seruaunt called Dauid whom thou commaundedst to buylde a cite vnto thy name and to offre vp incense and sacrifice vnto the therin This was done now many yeares Then the inhabiters of the cite forsoke the and in all thinges dyd eueÌ„ as Adam and all his generacions had done for they also had a wicked hert And so thou gauest thy cite ouer in to the handes of thine enemies Are they of Babilon then better and more righteous then thy people y t they shal therfore haue the domynion of Sion For whan I came there and sawe their vngodlynes and so greate wickednesse that it coude not be noÌ„bred yee whan my soule sawe so many euell doers in y e xxx yeare my hert fayled me for I sawe how thou suffrest them in soch vngodlynes and sparest y e wicked doers but thine owne people hast thou roted out and preserued thine enemies this hast thou not shewed me I can not perceaue how this happeneth Do they of Babilon then better then they of Sion Or is there eny other people y t knoweth the sauynge the people of Israel Or what generacion hath so beleued y e couenauÌ„tes as Iacob And yet their rewarde appeareth not and their labo hath no frute For I haue gone here and there thorow the HeitheÌ„ I se y t they be rych wealthy thynke not vpon y e commaundementes Weye thou therfore oure wickednesse now in y e balaunce and theirs also that dwell in the worlde and so shal thy name be nowhere founde but in Israel Or where is there a people vpon earth y t hath not synned before the Or what people hath so kepte thy commaundementes Thou shalt fynde that Israel by name hath kepte thy preceptes but not the other people and Heithen The IIII. Chapter ANd the angell that was sent vnto me whose name was Vriel gaue me answere and sayde Thy
in the worlde sene the begynnynge which was wrytten in thy lawe that men maye fynde the path and that they which wyl lyue in the latter dayes maye lyue And he answered me sayēge Go y t waye gather thy people together saye vnto thē that they seke the not for xl dayes but loke thou gather the many boxe trees and take with the Sarea Dabria Selemia Echanus and Asial these fyue which are ready to wryte swiftly and come hither and I shal light a cādle of vnderstōdinge in thine hert which shal not be put out tyll the thinges be perfourmed which thou shalt begynne to wryte And then shalt thou declare some thinges openly vnto the perfecte and some thinges shalt thou shew secretly vnto y e wyse Tomorow this houre shalt thou begynne to wryte Then wēte I forth as he commaūded me and gathered all y e people together and sayde Heare these wordes o Israel Oure fathers from the begynnynge were straunges in Egipte from whēce they were delyuered and receaued the lawe of life which they kepte not which ye also haue trāsgressed after thē Then was this londe and the londe of Sion parted amōge you by the lot to possesse But yo r fathers and ye yo r selues also haue done vnrighteousnes haue not kepte the wayes which the Hyest cōmaunded you And for so moch as he is a righteous iudge he toke from you in tyme the thinge that had geuen you And now are ye here and yo r brethren amōge you Therfore yf so be that ye wil subdue yo r owne vnderstandinge and refourme youre hert ye shal be kepte aliue after death shal ye opteyne mercy For after death shall the iudgment come whan we shal lyue agayne and then shal the names of the righteous be manifest and y e names of the vngodly with their workes shal be declared Let no mā therfore come now vnto me ner axe eny question at me these xl dayes So I toke the fyue men as he commaunded me and we wente in to the felde and remayned there The next daye a voyce called me sayēge Eszdras Open thy mouth drynke that I geue the. Thē opened I my mouth beholde he reached me a full cuppe which was full of water but the colo r of it was like fyre And I toke it and dranke And whā I had dronken it my hert had vnderstondinge and wyszdome grew in my brest for my sprete was kepte in remembraunce and my mouth was opened and shut nomore The Hyest gaue vnderstondinge vnto the fyue men y t they wrote y e hye thīges of the night which they vnderstode not But in the night they ate bred as for me I spake in the daye and helde not my tonge by night In xl dayes they wrote two hundreth foure bokes And it happened whā the xl dayes were fulfilled that the Hyest spake sayenge The first that thou hast wryttē speake openly y t the worthy and vnworthy maye rede it But kepe y e lxx last y t thou mayest shew it onely to soch as be wyse amonge thy people For in them is the sprynge of vnderstōdinge the fountayne of wyszdome and the streame of knowlege And I dyd so The XV. Chapter BEhelde speake thou in the eares of my people the wordes of prophecie which I wyll put in y e mouth saieth the LORDE and cause them to be wrytten in a letter for it is the trueth Feare not the ymaginaciōs against y t let not y e vnfaithfulnes of them trouble the that speake agaynst the. For all the vnfaithfull shal dye in their vnfaithfulnes Beholde saieth the LORDE I wil brynge plages vpon the worlde y e swerde honger death and destruccion for wickednes hath the vpper hande in all y e earth and their shamefull workes are fulfilled Therfore saieth the LORDE I wil holde my tonge nomore vnto their wickednesse which they do so vngodly nether wil I suffre them in the thinges that they deale with all so wickedly Beholde the innocent bloude of the troubled crieth vnto me and the soules of the righteous complayne cōtynually and therfore saieth the LORDE I wil surely auēge and receaue vnto me all the innocēt bloude from amonge them Beholde my people is led as a flock of shepe to be slayne I wil not suffre them now to dwel in Egipte but wyl brynge them ou◠with a mightie hande and a stretched out arme and smyte it with plages as afore and wyl destroye all the londe off it Egipte shal mourne and the foundacions of it shal be smytten with the plage and punyshment y t God shal brynge vpon it They that tyll y e groūde shal mourne for their sedes shal be destroyed thorow the blastinge and hale and an horrible starre Wo worth y e worlde and them that dwell therin for y e swerde their destrucciō draweth nye one people shal stōde vp to fight against another swerdes in their hādes For mē shal be vnstedfast and some shal do violence vnto other they shal not regarde their kynge and prynces the wayes of their doinges and hādelinges in their power A man shal desyre to go in to the cite shal not be able For because of their pryde y e cities shal be brought in feare y e houses shal shake and men shal be afrayed A man shal haue no pitie vpon his neghboure but one shal prouoke another vnto battayll to spoyle their goodes because of the honger of bred and because of the greate trouble Beholde I gather call together all the kynges of y e earth which are from the vprysinge from the south from the east and Libanus to turne vnto them and restore the thinges that they haue geuē them Like as they do yet this daye vnto my chosen so wil I do also and recōpense thē in their bosome Thus sayeth y e LORDE God My right hande shal not spare y e synners and my swerde shal not ceasse ouer them that shed the innocēt bloude vpon earth The feare is gone out frō his wrath and hath cōsumed the foundacions of the earth and the synners like the strawe that is kindled Wo worth them that synne and kepe not my commaundementes saieth the LORDE I wil not spare them Go youre waye ye children from violence defyle not my Sanctuary for the LORDE knoweth all thē that synne agaynst him and therfore delyuereth he them vnto death and destrucciō For now are the plages come vpon the worlde ye shal remayne in thē For God shal not delyuer you because ye haue synned agaynst him Beholde an horrible vision commeth frō the east where generacions of Dragons shal come out and the people of the Arabes with many charettes and the multitude of them shal be as the wynde vpō earth that all they which heare them ragynge in their wrath maye feare and be afrayed and as the wylde bores out of y e wod so shal they go out and with
loke for the life which God shal geue vnto them that neuer turne their beleue from him Anna his wife wente daylie to the weeuynge worke loke what lyuinge she coude get w t the labo r of hir handes she brought it And it happened y t she toke a kyd and brought it home And whan hir huszband herd it crie he sayde loke y t it be not stollen restore it agayne to the owners for it is not laufull for vs to eate or to touch eny thinge of theft Then was his wife angrie and sayde Now is thy hope become vayne openly thy allmes dedes are manifest With these soch like wordes dyd she cast him in the tethe The III. Chapter THen Tobias toke it heuely w t teares beganne to make his prayer sayeÌ„ge O LORDE thou art righteous all thy iudgmeÌ„tes are true yee all y e wayes are mercy faithfulnes iudgmeÌ„t And now O LORDE be myndefull of me take no vengeaunce of my synnes nether remembre my myszdedes ner y e myszdedes of my elders For we haue not bene obedieÌ„t vnto y e coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes therfore are we spoyled brought in to captiuyte in to death in to derision shame vnto all nacions amoÌ„ge whoÌ„ thou hast â—catred vs. And now O LORDE y e iudgmentes are greate for we haue not done acordiÌ„ge to y e coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes nether haue we walked innoceÌ„tly before ye. And now O LORDE deâ—le with me acordinge to thy wil coÌ„maunde my sprete to be receaued in peace for mere erpedieÌ„t were it for me to dye theÌ„ to lyue At the same tyme it happened that Sara the daughter of Raguel at Rages a cite of y e Medes was slaundred of one of hir fathers handmaydes namely that she shulde haue had seuen huszbandes which as soone as they were gone in vnto hir were slayne of the deuell called Asmodeus Therfore whan she reproued the mayden for hir faute she answerde her sayenge God let vs neuer se sonne ner daughter of the more vpon earth thou kyller of thy huszbandes Wilt thou slay me also as thou hast slayne seuen men At this voyce weÌ„te Sara in to an hye chamber of hir house and thre dayes and thre nightes she nether ate ner draÌ„ke but coÌ„tynued in prayer and besought God with teares that he wolde delyuer her from this rebuke Vpon the thirde daye it chaunced that whan she had made an ende of hir prayer she praysed the LORDE sayenge Blessed be thy name O God of o r fathers which whan thou art wroth shewest mercy and in the tyme of trouble thou forgeuest the synnes of them that call vpon the. Vnto the O LORDE turne I my face vnto the lift I vp myne eyes I beseke y e O LORDE lowse me out of the bondes of this rebuke or els take me vtterly awaye froÌ„ of y e earth Thou knowest LORDE that I neuer had desyre vnto man and that I haue kepte my soule cleane from all vnclenly lust I haue not kepte company with those that passe their tyme in sporte nether haue I made my self partaker with them that walke in lighte behauoure Neuertheles an huszbande haue I consented to take not for my pleasure but in thy feare Now peraduenture either I haue bene vnworthy of them or els were they vnmete for me for thou happly hast kepte me to another huszband For why thy councell is not in y e power of man But who so euer loueth the and serueth the a right is sure that yf his life be tempted and proued it staÌ„deth in the tryenge and yf he endure in pacience he shal haue a rewarde and be hylie crowned and yf he be in trouble that God no doute shal delyuer him and yf his life be in chastenynge that he shall haue leue to come vnto thy mercy For thou hast no pleasure in oure dampnacion why after a storme thou makest y e wether fayre and still after wepinge and heuynes thou geuest greate ioye Thy name O God of Israel be praysed for euer At the same tyme were both their prayers herde in the sight of the magesty of the Hyest God And Raphael the holy angel of the LORDE was sent to helpe theÌ„ both whose prayers came together before God The IIII. Chapter SO whaÌ„ Tobias thought his prayer to be herde that he might dye he called vnto him his sonne Tobias sayde vnto him My sonne heare the wordes of my mouth and laye theÌ„ in thine hert as a foundacion Whan God taketh awaye my soule burie thou my body holde thy mother in honoure all the dayes of hir life For thou oughtest to remembre what and how greate parels she suffred for y e in hir woÌ„be And whaÌ„ she also hath fulfilled the tyme of hir life bury her besyde me Haue God in thy thought all the dayes of thy life bewarre lest at eny tyme thou coÌ„sent vnto synne and lest thou let slippe the commaundemeÌ„tes of the LORDE oure God Geue allmes of thy goodes and turne neuer thy face from the poore and so shal it come to passe that the face of the LORDE shal not be turned awaye from the. Be mercifull after y e power Yf thou hast moch geue pleÌ„teously yf thou hast litle do thy diligence gladly to geue of that litle For so gatherest thou thy self a good rewarde in the daye of necessite For allmes delyuereth froÌ„ death suffreth not the soule to come in darcknes A greate comforte is allmes before the hye God vnto all them that do it My sonne kepe the well from all whordome and besyde thy wife se that no faute be knowne of the. Let neuer pryde haue rule in thy mynde ner in thy worde for in pryde beganne all destruccion Who so euer worketh eny thinge for the immediatly geue him his hyre and loke that thy hyred seruaunte wagies remayne not by the ouer night Loke that thou neuer do vnto another man the thinge that thou woldest not another maÌ„ shulde do vnto the. Eate thy bred with the hongrie and poore and couer the naked with thy clothes Set thy bred and wyne vpon the buryall of the righteous and do not thou eate and drynke therof with the synners Axe euer councell at y e wyse Be allwaye thankfull vnto God and be seke him that he will ordre thy wayes that what so euer thou deuysest or takest in hande it maye remayne in him I certifie the also my sonne that whan thou wast yet but a bab I delyuered ten talentes of syluer vnto Gabelus at Rages a cite of the Medes his handwritinge haue I by me And therfore seke some meanes how thou mayest come by him receaue of him y e sayde weight of syluer and geue him his handwritynge agayne My sonne be not afrayed trueth it is we lede here a poore life but greate good shall we haue yf we feare God and departe from all synne and do
hath shewed his mercy vnto vs. It is good to hyde the Kynges secrete but to shew and to prayse y e workes of God it is an honorable thinge Prayer is good with fastinge and to geue allmes is better then to hoorde vp treasures of golde For allmes delyuereth from death clenseth synne and causeth to fynde euerlastinge life But they that do synne and vnrighteousnes are y e enemies of their owne soules Wherfore I tell you the trueth and wyll hyde nothinge from you Whan thou praydest with teares and burydest the deed and leftest thy dyner and hyddest the deed in thy house vpon the daye tyme that thou mightest burye them in the night I offred thy prayer before the LORDE And because thou wast accepte and beloued of God it was necessary that tentacion shulde trye the. And now hath the LORDE sent me to heale the and to delyuer Sara y e sonnes wife from the euell sprete For I am Raphael an angell one of the seuen that stonde before God Whā they herde this they were sore afrayed and trembled and fell downe vpon their faces vnto the grounde Then sayde the angell Peace be with you feare not Where as I haue bene w t you it is the will of God geue prayse and thankes vnto him You thought that I dyd eate and drinke with you but I vse meate that is invisible and drynke that can not be sene of men Now therfore is y e tyme that I must turne agayne vnto him that sent me but be ye thankfull vnto God and tell out all his wonderous workes And whan he had spoken these wordes he was taken awaye out of their sight so y t they sawe him nomore Then fell they downe flat vpon their faces by the space of thre houres and praysed God and whan they rose vp they tolde all his wōderous workes Then XIII Chapter THen olde Tobias opened his mouth and praysed the LORDE and sayde Greate art thou o LORDE for euermore and thy kyngdome worlde without ende for thou scourgest and healest thou ledest vnto hell and bryngest out agayne and there is none y t maye escape thy hande O geue thankes vnto y e LORDE ye children of Israel and prayse him in the sight of the Heithē For amonge the Heithen which knowe him not hath he scatred you to the intēt that ye shulde shew forth his maruelous workes cause them for to knowe that there is none other God allmightie but he He hath chastened vs for oure myszdedes and for his owne mercy sake shal he saue vs. Considre then how he hath dealt w t you prayse him with feare and drede and magnifie the euerlastinge kynge in yo r workes I wil prayse him euen in the londe of my captiuyte for he hath shewed his maiesty vnto a synfull people Turne you therfore O ye synners and do righteousnes before God and be ye sure that he wyl shew his mercy vpon you As for me my soule we wil reioyse in God O prayse the LORDE all ye his chosen holde the dayes of gladnesse and be thankfull vnto him O Ierusalem thou cite of God the LORDE hath punyshed the for the workes of thine owne handes O prayse the LORDE in thy good thinges geue thankes to the euerlastinge God that he maye builde vp his tabernacle agayne in y e that he maye call agayne vnto the all soch as be in captiuyte and that thou mayest haue ioye for euermore With a fayre light shalt thou shyne all y e endes of y e worlde shal honoure the. The people shal come vnto the from farre they shal bringe giftes and worshipe y e LORDE in the and thy londe shal they haue for a Sanctuary for they shal call vpon the greate name in the. Cursed shal they be that despyse the all they that blaspheme the shal be condēpned but blessed shal they be y t buylde the vp As for the thou shalt reioyse in y i childrē for they all shal be blessed and gathered together vnto the LORDE Blessed are they all y t loue y e and be glad of thy peace Prayse thou the LORDE o my soule for the LORDE oure God hath delyuered his cite Ierusalem from all hir troubles I wil counte my self happie yf my sede remayne to se y e clearnes of Ierusalē The gates of Ierusalem shal be buylded with Saphyre and Smaragde and all the cōpase of hir walles with precious stones All hir stretes shal be paued w t whyte Marblestone and in all hir stretes shal Alleluya be sunge Praysed be y e LORDE which hath exalted her y t his kyngdome maye be vpon her for euermore Amen And so Tobias made an ende of his talkynge The XIIII Chapter ANd after that Tobias had gottē his sight agayne he lyued two and xl yeares sawe his childers children Now whan he was an hundreth and two yeare olde he dyed was buried honorably in Niniue For whan he was sixe and fiftie yeares of age he lost the sight of his eyes and whā he was thre score yeare olde he gat his sight agayne The residue of his life led he in ioye and increased well in the feare of God departed in peace But in y e houre of his death he called vnto him his sonne Tobias seuen yonge springaldes his sonnes children and sayde vnto them The destruccion of Niniue is at hande for the worde of the LORDE can not fayle and oure brethren that are scatred out of the londe of Israel shal come thither agayne And the whole londe of it that hath bene waist shal be fylled and the house of God that was brent in it shal be buylded againe all soch as feare God shall returne thither the Heithen also shal forsake their Idols come to Ierusalem and dwell there and all the kynges of the earth shal be glad of her and worshipe the LORDE God of Israel And therfore my children heare youre father Serue the LORDE in faithfulnes seke after his will and do the thinge that pleaseth him Commaunde youre children y t they do right geue allmes be myndefull of God and euer to be thankfull vnto him in trueth and with all their power Heare me therfore my childrē and abyde not here but in what daye so euer ye haue buried youre mother besyde me gett you from hence For I se that the wickednes of it shal brynge it to destruccion and ende After y e death of his mother Tobias departed awaye from Niniue with his wife and children and with his childers children came agayne to his father and mother in lawe and founde them whole and in a good age and toke the care of thē And he closed their eyes and was heyre vnto all Raguels goodes and sawe the fifth generacion and childers childrē And whan he was xcix yeare of age he dyed in the feare of the LORDE and his kynsfolkes buried him And all his posterite
pricketh the hert bringeth forth y e meanynge thought Who so casteth a stone at the byrdes frayeth them awaye he y t blasphemeth his freÌ„de breaketh y e freÌ„dshipe â–ª though thou drewest a swerde at thy frende yet dispayre not for thou mayest come agayne to y e frende Yf he speake sowerly feare not for ye maye be agreed together agayne excepte it be so that thou blaspheme him dyszdayne him opeÌ„ his secretes and wounde him tratorously for all soch thinges shal dryue awaye a frende Be faithfull vnto y e neghbo in his pouerte that thou mayest reioyse with him also in his prosperite Abyde stedfast vnto him in y e tyme of his trouble that thou maiest be heyre w t him in his heretage Like as the vapor and smoke goeth out at the ouen before y e fyre euen so euell wordes rebukes and threatenynges go before bloudsheddinge Be not ashamed to defende y i frende as for me I wyl not hyde my face from him though he shulde do me harme Who so euer heareth it shal bewarre of him Who shal set a watch before my mouth a sure seale vpon my lippes y t I fall not w t theÌ„ y t my tonge destroye me not The XXIII Chapter O LORDE father and gouernoure of my life leaue me not in their ymaginacioÌ„ councell Oh let me not fall in soch reprofe Who wyll kepe my thought with y e scourge and the doctryne of wyszdome in myne herte that he spare not myne ignoraunce that I fall not with them lest myne ignoraunces increase that myne offences be not many in nombre and that my synnes exceade not lest I fall before myne enemyes and so my aduersary reioyse O LORDE thou father God of my life leaue me not in their ymaginacion O let me not haue a proude loke but turne awaye all volupteousnes fro me Take fro me the lustes of the body let not the desyres of vnclennes take holde vpon me and geue me not ouer in to an vnshamefast and obstinate mynde Heare me o ye children I will geue you a doctryne how ye shal ordre yo r mouth who so kepeth it shal not perish thorow his lippes ner be hurt thorow wicked workes As for the synner he shal be taken in his owne vanite he that is proude and cursed shal fall therin Let not thy mouth be accustomed with swearinge for in it there are many falles Let not the namynge of God be continually in y e mouth for like as a seruaunt which is oft punyshed can not be without some sore euen so what so euer he be y t sweareth and nameth God shal not be cleane pourged froÌ„ synne A man that vseth moch swearinge shal be fylled with wickednes and the plage shall neuer go from his house Yf he begyle his brother his faute shal be vpon him yf he knowlege not his synne he maketh a dubble offence and yf he sweare in vayne he shall not be founde righteous for his house shal be full of plages The wordes of y e swearer bringeth death God graunte y t it be not founde in the house of Iacob But they y t feare God eschue all soch and lye not weltringe in synne Vse not y e mouth to vnhonest and fylthye talkynge for in it is the worde of synne Remembre y i father and thy mother whaÌ„ thou art set amonge greate men lest God forget y t in their sight and lest â—â—ou dotinge in thy custome suffre rebuke and wyshe not to haue bene borne and so curse the daye of thy natiuite The man that is accustomed with the wordes of blasphemy wyl neuer be refourmed all y e dayes of his life To synne twyse is to moch but the thirde bringeth wrath and destruccion An whote stomack can not be quenched eueÌ„ like a burnynge fyre tyll it haue swalowed vp somthiÌ„ge eueÌ„ so an vnchaste maÌ„ hath no rest in his flesh tyll he haue kyndled a fyre All bred is swete to an whoremonger he wyl not leaue of tyll he haue his purpose A man that breaketh wedlock regardeth not his soule but sayeth Tush who seyth me I am compassed aboute with darcknes the walles couer me no body seyth me whom nede I to feare The Hyest wyl not remembre my synnes He vnderstondeth not that his eyes se all thinges for all soch feare of meÌ„ dryueth awaye the feare of God from him for he feareth onely the eyes of men and considereth not that the eyes of the LORDE are clearer then the Sonne beholdinge all y e wayes of men and the grounde of the depe and lokynge euen to mens hertes in secrete places The LORDE God knewe all thinges or euer they were made and after they be brought to passe also he loketh vpon them all The same maÌ„ shal be opeÌ„ly punyshed in y e stretes of y e cite and shal be chased abrode like a yonge horse foale and whan he thinketh leest vpon it he shal be takeÌ„ Thus shal he be put to shame of euery man because he wolde not vnderstonde the feare of the LORDE And thus shal it go also w t euery wyfe y t leaueth hir huszbande getteth enheretaunce by a strauÌ„ge mariage First she hath bene vnfaithfull vnto the lawe of y e Hyest SecoÌ„dly she hath forsaken hir owne huszbande Thirdly she hath played y e whore in aduoutry gotteÌ„ hir childreÌ„ by another man She shal be brought out of y e coÌ„gregacioÌ„ and hir childreÌ„ shal be loked vpoÌ„ Hir childreÌ„ shal not take rote as for frute hir brauÌ„ches shal briÌ„ge forth none A shamefull reporte shal she leaue behynde her hir dishono shal not be put out And they y t remayne shal knowe y t there is nothiÌ„ge better theÌ„ y e feare of God y t there is nothinge sweter then to take hede vnto the commaundementes of the LORDE A greate worshipe is it to folowe y e LORDE for longe life shal be receaued of him The XXIIII Chapter WYszdome shal prayse hirself be honoured in God reioyse in y e myddest of his people In the coÌ„gregacions of the Hyest shal she open hir mouth tryumphe in y e beholdinge of his power In y e myddest of hir people shal she be exalted wondred at in the holy fulnesse In the multitude of the chosen she shal be commended amonge soch as be blessed she shal be praysed shal saye I am come out of the mouth of y e Hyest first borne before all creatures I caused y e light y t fayleth not to aryse in the heauen couered all the earth as a cloude My dwellinge is aboue in y e heyth my seate is in the piler of the cloude I my self alone haue gone rounde aboute the compasse of heauen pearsed the grounde of y e depe I haue walked in the floudes of y e see haue stonde in all landes my domynion is in euery people and in euery
posterite As for y e sede y t came vpon him which he loued he brought it not vtterly to naught but gaue yet a remnaunt vnto Iacob and a rote vnto Dauid out of him Thus rested Salomon with his fathers and out of his sede he left behynde him a very foolishnes of the people and soch one as had no vnderstoÌ„dinge namely RoboaÌ„ which turned awaye the people thorow his councell and Ieroboam y e sonne of Nabat which caused Israel to synne and shewed Ephraim the waye of vngodlynes In so moch that their synnes myszdedes had the vpper hande so sore that at the last they were dryuen out of the londe for the same Yee he sought out brought vp all wickednes tyll the vengeaunce came vpon them The XLVIII Chapter THen stode vp Elias the prophet as a fyre and his worde brâ—â—t like a creshett He brought an hoÌ„ger vpon theÌ„ and in his zele he made them few in nombre For they might not awaye w t the commauÌ„dementes of the LORDE Thorow the worde of the LORDE he shut the heauen and thre tymes brought he the fyre downe Thus became Elias honorable in his wonderous dedes Who maye make his boost to be like him One that was deed raysed he vp from death in the worde of y e Hyest he brought him out of the graue agayne He cast downe kynges and destroyed them and the honorable from their seate Vpon the mount Syna he herde the punyshment vpon Horeb the iudgmeÌ„t of the vengeaunce He prophecied recompensynge vnto kynges and ordeyned prophetes after him He was taken vp in the storme of fyre in a charett of horses of the LORDE He was ordeyned in the reprouynges in tyme to pacifie the wrath to turne y e hertes of the fathers vnto the children to set vp the trybes of Iacob agayne Blessed were they that saw the and were garnished in loue for we lyue in life Elias was couered in the storme but Heliseus was fylled with his mouth Whyle he lyued he was afrayed of no prynce and no man might ouercome him There coude no worde disceaue him after his death his body prophecied He dyd wonders in his life in death were his workes maruelous For all this the people amended not nether departed they from their synnes tyll they were caried awaye presoners out of the londe and were scatred abrode in all countrees so that of them there remayned but a very litle people and a prynce vnto y e house of Dauid Howbeit some of them dyd right some heaped vp vngodlynes Ezechias made his cite stronge conveyed water in to it dygged thorow the stony rock with yron made vp a well by the water syde In his tyme came Sennacherib vp and sent Rabsaches lift vp his hande agaynst Sion defyed them with greate pryde TheÌ„ trymbled their hertes and handes so y t they sorowed like a woman trauaylinge with childe So they called vpoÌ„ the LORDE which is mercyfull lift vp their haÌ„des before him Immediatly the LORDE herde theÌ„ out of heauen and delyuered them by the hande of Esay He smote the hoost of the Assirians his angell destroyed theÌ„ For Ezechias had done the thinge that pleased the LORDE remayned stedfastly in the waye of Dauid his father Which Esay was greate faithfull in his visions In his tyme y e Sonne weÌ„te backwarde he lengthened the kynges life With a right sprete prophecied he what shulde come to passe at the last to soch as were soroufull in Sion he gaue consolacion wherwhith they might coÌ„forte them selues for euermore He shewed thinges y t were for to come secrete or euer they came to passe The XLIX Chapter THe remembrauÌ„ce of Iosias is like as whan the Apotecary maketh many precious swete smellynge thinges together His remembraunce shal be swete as hony in all mouthes and as the playenge of Musick by the wyne He was appoynted to turne the people agayne to take awaye all abhominacions of y e vngodly He directed his hert vnto the LORDE in the tyme of the vngodly he set vp the worshipe of God agayne All kynges excepte Dauid Ezechias Iosias coÌ„mitted wickednes for euen y e kynges of Iuda also forsoke y e lawe of God For they gaue their horne vnto other their hono worshipe also to a straunge people Therfore was the electe cite of the SaÌ„ctuary brent with fyre and the stretes therof laye desolate waist for they intreated Ieremy euell which neuertheles was a prophet ordeyned from his mothers wombe that he might rote out breake of destroye that he might buylde vp plante agayne Ezechiel sawe the glory of the LORDE in a vision which was shewed him vpon the charet of the Cherubins For he thought vpon the enemies in y e rayne to do good vnto soch as had ordred their wayes a right And the bones of the twolue prophetes florish from out of their place for they gaue comforte consolacion vnto Iacob and delyuered theÌ„ faithfully How shall we prayse Zorobabel which was as a ringe in the right hande So was Iesus also the sonne of Iosedec these men in their tymes buylded the house set vp the Sanctuary of y e LORDE agayne which was prepared for an euerlastinge worshipe And Nehemias is allwaye to be coÌ„mended which set vp for vs the walles y t were broken downe made the portes barres agayne and buylded oure houses of the new But vpon earth is there no man created like Enoch for he was taken vp from y e earth And Ioseph which was lorde of his brethren the vpholder of his people His bones were couered kepte Seth Sem were in greate honoure amonge y e people and so was Adam aboue all the beastes whaÌ„ he was created The L. Chapter SYmon the sonne of Onias the hye prest which in his life set vp the house agayne in his dayes made fast the teÌ„ple The heyth of y e temple also was founded of him the dubble buyldinge the hye walles of the temple In his dayes the welles of water flowed out and were exceadinge full as the see He toke care for his people delyuered them from destruccion He kepte his cite made it stronge that it shulde not be beseged He dwelt in honoure and worshipe amonge his people and enlarged the intraunce of the house and the courte He geueth light as the mornynge starre in the myddest of the cloudes and as y e Moone whan it is full He shyneth as the Sonne in the temple of God He is as bright as y e rayne bowe in y e fayre cloudes florisheth as the floures and roses in the sprynge of y e yeare as the lilies by the ryuers of water Like as the braunches vpon the mount Libanus in tyme of Sommer as a fyre inceÌ„se that is
y e LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye children of men speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O let Israel speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye prestes of y e LORDE speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye seruauntes of the LORDE speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye spretes and soules of the righteous speake good of y e LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye holy and humble men of herte speake ye good of the LORDE prayse ye him set him vp for euer O Ananias Asarias and Misael speake ye good of the LORDE prayse ye him and set hiÌ„ vp for euer Which hath delyuered vs from y e hell kepte vs from y e honde of death rydde vs from the myddest of the burnynge flamme and saued vs eueÌ„ in the myddest of y e fyre O geue thaÌ„kes therfore vnto y e LORDE for he is kynde harted and his mercy endureth for euer O all ye deuoute men speake good of the LORDE euen the God of all goddes O prayse him and geue him thankes for his mercy endureth worlde without ende The story of Susanna which is the XIII chapter of Daniel after the Latyn THere dwelt a man in BabiloÌ„ called Ioachim y t toke a wife whose name was Susanna y e doughter of Helchias a very fayre woman soch one as feared God Hir father hir mother also were godly people taught their doughter acordinge to y e lawe of Moses Now Ioachim hir huszbonde was a greate rich man had a faâ—re orcharde ioyninge vnto his house And to him resorted the Iewes comonly because he was a man of reputacion amonge them The same yeare were there made two iudges soch as the LORDE speaketh of All the wickednesse of Babilon coÌ„meth from y e elders y t is from y e iudges which seme to rule the people These came offt to Ioachims house all soch as had eny thinge to do in the lawe came thither vnto them Now when the people came agayne at after noone Susanna wente in to hir huszboÌ„des orcharde to walke The elders seynge this that she went in daylie walked they burned for lust to her yee they were allmost out of their wittes cast downe their eyes that they shulde not se heaueÌ„ ner remembre y t God is a righteous iudge For they were both wouÌ„ded w t the loue of her nether durst one shewe another his grefe And for shame they durst not tell her their inordynate lust y t they wolde fayne haue had to do w t her Yet they layed wayte for her earnestly from daye to daye that they might at the leest haue a sight of her And the one sayde to y e other Vp let vs go home for it is dyner tyme So they wente their waye from her When they returned agayne they came together enqueringe out y e matter betwixte them selues yee the one tolde y e other of his wicked lust TheÌ„ apoynted they a tyme wheÌ„ they might take Susanna alone It happened also y t they spyed out a conuenieÌ„t tyme when she wente forth to walke as hir maner was no body with her but two maydeÌ„s thought to wash her self in the garden for it was an hote season And there was not one person there excepte the two elders y t had hyd them selues to beholde her So she sayde to hir maydens go set me oyle sope shut the orcharde dore y t I maye wash me And they dyd as she bad them shut the orcharde dore wente out them selues at a backe dore to fet the thinge y t she had coÌ„maunded but Susanna knewe not y t y e elders laie there hyd within Now when the maydens were gone forth y e two elders gat them vp ranne vpon her sayenge now the orcharde dores are shut that no man can se vs we haue a lust vnto the therfore consent vnto vs and lye with vs. Yf thou wilt not we shall bringe a testimoniall agaynst the that there was a yonge felowe with the and that thou hast sent awaye thy maydens from the for the same cause Susanna sighed and sayde Alas I am in trouble on euery syde Though I folowe youre mynde it wyll be my death and yf I consent not vnto you I can not escape youre hondes Wel it is better for me to fall in to youre hondes without the dede doinge then to synne in the sight of the LORDE and with that she cried out with a loude voyce the elders also cried out agaynst her Then ranne there one to the orcharde dore smote it open Now when the seruauntes of the house herde y e crie in y e orcharde they ruszshed in at the backe dore to se what the matter was So when the elders tolde them the seruauntes were greatly ashamed for why there was neuer soch a reporte made of Susanna On the morow after came the people to Ioachim hir houszbonde and y e two elders came also full of myscheuous ymaginacions agaynst Susanna to bringe her vnto death spake thus before the people Sende for Susanna y e daughter of Helchias Ioachims wife And immediatly they sent for her So she came w t her father mother hir children all her kynrede Now Susanna was a tender person maruelous fayre of face Therfore the wicked men coÌ„maunded to take of the clothes from her face for she was couered y t at the leest they might so be satisfied in hir beutie Then hir freÌ„des yee all they y t knewe her begaÌ„ne to wepe These two elders stode vp in the myddest of the people layed their hondes vpon y e heade of Susanna which wepte and loked vp towarde heauen for hir herte had a sure trust in the LORDE And the elders sayde As we were walkinge in the orcharde alone this woman came in w t hir two maydeÌ„s whom she sent awaye from her sparred y e orcharde dores With that a yonge felowe which there was hyd came vnto her laye w t her As for vs we stode in a corner of the orcharde And wheÌ„ we sawe this wickednes we raÌ„ne to her perceaued y t they had medled together But we coude not holde him for he was stronger then we thus he opened y e dore gat him awaye Now wheÌ„ we had takeÌ„ this womaÌ„ we axed her what yoÌ„ge felow this was but she wolde not tell vs. This is y e matter we be witnesses of y e same The comon sorte beleued them as those y t were the elders iudges of the people so they condemned her to death Susanna cried out w t a loude voyce sayde O euerlastinge God thou sercher of secretes thou y t knowest all thinges a fore they come to passe thou wotest
I shal destroye this dragon without swearde or staff The kynge sayde I geue y e leaue Then Daniel toke pitch fatte and hairie woll and did seyth them together and made lompes therof this he put in y e DragoÌ„s mouth and so y e dragon barst in sonder and Daniel sayde lo there is he whom ye worshipped When they of Babylon herde that they toke greate indignacion and gathered them together agaynst the kynge sayenge The kynge is become a Iewe also he hath destroyed Bel he hath slayne y e Dragon and put the prestes to death So they came to y e kynge sayde let us haue Daniel or els we wâ—l destroye the and thine house Now whan y e kynge sawe that they russhed in so sore vpon him that necessite constrained him he deliuered Daniel vnto them which cast him in to the lyons denne where he was sixe dayes In the denne there were seuen lyons and they had geuen them euery daye two bodies and two shepe which then were not geueÌ„ them that they might deuoure Daniel There was in Iewry a prophet called Abacuc which had made potage and broker bred in a depe platter and was goinge in to the felde for to brynge it to y e mowers But the angell of the LORDE sayde vnto Abacuc go cary the meate that thou hast in to Babilon vnto Daniel which is in y e lyoÌ„s denne And Abacuc sayde LORDE I neuer sawe Babilon and as for the denne I knowe it not Then the angel of the LORDE toke him by the toppe and bare him by the hayre of the heade and thorow a mightie wynde set him in Babilon vpon the denne And Abacuc cried sayenge O Daniel thou seruaunt of God haue take the breakfast y t God hath sent ye. And Daniel saide O God hast thou thought vpon me wel thou neuer faylest them that loue the. So Daniel arose ate and the angel of the LORDE set Abacuc in his owne place agayne immediatly Vpon the seuenth daye the kynge wente to bewepe Daniel and whan he came to the denne he loked in and beholde Daniel sat in the myddest of the lyons Then cried y e kynge with a loude voyce sayenge Greate art thou o LORDE God of Daniel he drewe him out of the denne As for those that were y e cause of his destruccioÌ„ he dyd cast theÌ„ in to the denne and they were deuoured in a moment before his face After this wrote the kynge vnto all people kynreddes and tunges that dwelt in all countrees sayenge peace be multiplied with you My commaundement is in all the dominyon of my realme that men feare and stonde in awe of Daniels God for he is the lyuynge God which endureth euer his kyngdome abydeth vncorrupte and his power is euerlastinge It is he that can delyuer and saue he doth wonders and maruelous workes in heauen and in earth for he hath saued Daniel from the power of the Lyons The ende of the Storye of Bel. The first boke of the Machabees What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the power of Alexander kynge of Macedonia Of certayne vnfaithfull Israelites Of the greate tyranny of Antiochus how miserably he destroyeth IerusaleÌ„ which God suffreth to be plaged because they haue forsaken him Chap. II. How feruently Matathias and his sonnes stryue for the honoure of God and welfare of the people How swetely he exorteth his sonnes eueÌ„ in the houre of his death to be sted fast in the lawe of God Chap. III. Of Iudas Machabeus that worthy captayne and of his noble actes agaynst Antiochus Chap. IIII. V Of the glorious victory that God gaue Iudas against Gorgias and Lisias how they wynne the cite and clense the temple agayne how they fyght afterwarde against the Heithen Chap. VI. Antiochus besegeth Elymas in Persia Iudas layeth sege to the castelar Ierusalem the kynge goeth aboute to helpe theÌ„ that are therin Chap. VII The tyranny of Demetrius They take truce with the people of God kepe it not Chap. VIII Iudas hearinge how reasonable the Romaynes are seketh for to make peace with them Chap. IX How Iudas was slaine in the bataill and how there came vp derth after his death Ionathas was captayne after him and gatt the victory of Bachides Chap. X. Of AlexaÌ„der the sonne of Antiochus Demetrius maketh peace with Ionathas so doth Alexander afterwarde Ptolomy geueth his doughter Cleopatra vnto AlexaÌ„der Demetrius defyeth Ionathas Chap. XI Ptolomy ryseth agaynst Alexander and Ionathas and promyseth to geue Demetrius his daughter whom he had geuen allredy vnto Alexander The death of Alexander and Ptolomy â–ª the raigne of Demetrius Demetrius and Ionathas are frendes Alexanders sonne taketh the kyngdome vpon him Chap. XII The Iewes wryte vnto the Romaynes and Sparcians to renue the olde frendshipe Triphon receaueth Ionathas with fayre wordes and then causeth him and his to be slayne Chap. XIII After the death of Ionathas is Symon his brother made Captaine of the people which goeth forth agaynst Triphon and burieth his brother Triphon slayeth Antiochus haynously Symon maketh peace with Demetrius and layeth sege to Gaza Chap. XIIII Demetrius seketh helpe against TriphoÌ„ Demetrius is takeÌ„ Peace in Iewry SimoÌ„ ruleth well The Romaines and they of Sparta renue the peace with Symon Chap. XV. Antiochus wryteth louyngly vnto the Iewes and persecuteth Triphon He breaketh the bonde with the Iewes Chap. XVI The faithfulnes of SymoÌ„ his sonnes Ptolomy szlayeth them disceatfully and betrayeth the londe The first Chapter AFter that Alexander the sonne of Philippe kynge of Macedonia wente forth of the londe of Cethim and slewe Darius kynge of the PersiaÌ„s and Meedes It happened that he toke greate warres in honde wanne very many stronge cities and slew many kinges of y e earth goinge thorow to y e endes of the worlde and gettinge many spoyles of the people In so moch y t the worlde stode in greate awe of him therfore was he proude in his herte Now wheÌ„ he had gathered a mightie stroÌ„ge hoost subdued y e loÌ„des and people with their prynces so that they became tributaries vnto hiÌ„ he fell sick And wheÌ„ he perceaued that he must nedes die he called for his noble estates which had bene brought vp with him of children parted his kyngdome amonge them whyle he was yet alyue So AlexaÌ„der raygned xij yeare and then dyed After his death fell the kyngdome vnto his prynces and they optayned it euery one in his rowme and caused them selues to be crowned as kynges and so dyd their childreÌ„ after them many yeares moch wickednesse increaced in the worlde Out of these came y t vngracious rote noble Antiochus y e sonne of Antiochus the kynge which had bene a pledge at Rome he raigned in y e Cxxxvij yeare of the raigne of the Grekes In those dayes weÌ„te there out of Israel wicked men which moued moch people w t their couÌ„cel sayeÌ„ge Let
but durst go in to the most holy temple Menelaus that traytoure to y e lawes to his owne naturall countre beynge his gyde with his wicked hondes toke y e holy vessell which other kynges cities had geuen thither for y e garnishinge hono of y e place thē toke he in his hōdes vnworthely defyled them So madd was Antiochus that he considered not how that God was a litle wroth for the synnes of them that dwelt in the cite for the which soch confucion came vpon that place And why yf it had not happened them to haue bene lapped in many synnes this Antiochus as soone as he had come had sodenly bene punished and shot out for his presumpciō like as Heliodorus was whom Seleucus the kynge sente to robbe y e treasury Neuertheles God hath not chosen the people for the places sake but the place for the peoples sake and therfore is the place become partaker of the peoples trouble but afterwarde shall it enioye the wealth of them And like as it is now forsaken in the wrath of allmighty God so when the greate God is reconcyled it shal be set vp in hye worshipe agayne So when Antiochus had taken a M. and viij C. talentes out of the temple he gat him to Antioche in all the haist thinkinge in his pryde that he might make mē sale vpon the drye londe and to go vpon y e see soch an hye mynde had he He lefte debites there to vexe the people At Ierusalem left he Philippe a Phrigian in maners more cruell thē himself y t set him there At Garisim he left Andronicus Menelaus which were more greuous to the citisyns then other Now as he was thus set in malyce agaynst y e Iewes he sent Appollonius an hated prynce w t xxij M. cōmaundinge him to slaye all those y t were of perfecte age and to sell the womē maydes children When he came now to Ierusalem he fained peace kepte him still vntill y e Sabbath daye And then he cōmaunded his men to take them to their weapens for y e Iewes kepte holy daye and so he slewe all them y t were gone forth to the open playe runninge here and there thorow the cite with his men wapened and murthured a greate nombre But Iudas Machabeus which was the tenth fled into the wyldernesse led his life there with his company amonge the wylde beestes and vpon the mountaynes dwellinge there and eatinge grasse lest they shulde be partakers of the fylthynesse The VI. Chapter NOt longe after this sent the kynge a messaunger of Antioche for to compell y e Iewes to altre y e ordinaunces of y e fathers the lawe of God to defyle the temple y t was at Ierusalem to call it the tēple of Iupiter Olimpius y t they shulde be in Gazarim as those which dwell at y e place of Iupiter the harberous This wicked sediciō of y e vngodly was heuy vpon all y e people For y e temple was full of voluptuousnes bebbinge bollinge of y e Heithē of ribaudes harlottes together The womē wente in to y e holy place bare in that was not laufull The aulter also was full of vnlaufull thinges which y e lawe forbyddeth to laye vpō it The Sabbathes were not kepte the other solempne feastes of y e londe were not regarded To be plaine there durst no mā be a knowne that he was a Iewe. In the daye of the kynges byeth they were compelled perforce to offre when y e feast of Bachus was kepte they were cōstrayned to weere garlandes of yven and so to go aboute for the honoure of Bachus Morouer thorow the councell of Ptolomy there wente out a commaundement in y e nexte cities of the Heithen y t they shulde intreate the Iewes in like maner namely to cōpell thē for to do sacrifice after y e lawes of y e Gentiles and who so wolde not to put them to death A piteous thinge was it to se. There were ij women accused to haue circumcided their sonnes whom when they had led rounde aboute the cite the babes hanginge at their brestes they cast them downe headlinges ouer the walles Some y t were crepte in to dennes and had kepte the Sabbath were accused vnto Philippe and brent in the fyre because that for the feare of God they kepte the commaūdement so stiffly and wolde not defende them selues Now I beseke all those which reade this boke that they refuse it not for these falles of aduersite iudge the thinges y t are happened for no destruccion but for a chastenynge of o people And why Whē God suffreth not synners longe to folowe their owne mynde but shortly punysheth them it is a tokē of his greate louynge kyndnes For this grace haue we of God more then other people y t he suffreth not vs longe to synne vnpunyshed like other nacions that when the daye of iudgment commeth he maye punysh thē in the fulnes of their synnes Yf we synne he correcketh vs but he neuer withdraweth his mercy frō vs though he punysh w t aduersite yeth doth he neuer forsake his people But let this that we haue spokē now w t few wordes be for a warninge exortaciō of y e Heithē Now wil we come to the declaringe of the matter Eleazar one of y e principall scribes an aged mā of a welfauored coūtenaūce was cōstrained to gape w t opē mouth to eate swynes flesh But he desyringe rather to dye gloriously thē to liue w t shame offred himself willīgly to y e martirdome Now whē he sawe y t he must nedes go to it he toke it paciētly for he was at a poynte w t himself y t he wolde consente to no vnlaufull thynge for eny pleasure of life They y t stode by beynge moued w t pyte but not a right for y e olde frendshipe of the man toke him asyde priuely and prayed him y t he wolde let soch flesh be brought him as were laufull to eate thē to make a coūtenaūce as though he had eaten of y e flesh of y e sacrifice like as the kynge commaunded for so he might be delyuered from death so for the olde frendshipe of y e man they shewed him this kindnes But he beganne to considre his discrete and honorable age his noble and worshipfull stocke and how y t frō his youth vp he had bene of an honest and good conuersacion yee how constantly he had kepte y e ordinaunces and lawes commaūded by God wherfore he gaue them this answere and sayde Yet had I rather first be layed in my graue For it becommeth not myne age sayde he in eny wyse to dyssemble wherby many yonge personnes might thinke that Eleazar beinge lxxx yeare olde and ten were now gone to a straunge life and so thorow myne ypocrisy for a litle tyme of a transitory life they
borne And they sayde vnto hym at Bethleem in Iury. For thus it is written by the Prophet And thou Bethleem in the londe of Iury art not the leest amonge the Princes of Iuda For out of y e shall come vnto me the captayne that shall gouerne my people Israel Then Herod preuely called the wyse men and dyligently enquyred of them what tyme the starre appered and sent them to Bethleem sainge Go and searche dyligently for the chylde And when ye haue founde hym bringe me worde agayne that I maye come and worshippe hym also When they had heard the kynge they departed and lo the starre which they sawe in the east went before them tyll it came and stode ouer the place where the chylde was When they sawe the starre they were maruelously glad and went into the house and found the chylde with Mary his mother and kneled downe and worshipped hym opened ther treasures and offred vnto hym gyftes gold franckynsence and myrre And after they were warned of God in a dreame that they shuld not go ageine to Herod they returned into their awne countre another waye When they were departed beholde the angell of the LORDE appered to Ioseph in a dreame sayinge aryse and take the chylde â–ª and his mother and flye into Egypte and abyde there tyll I brynge the worde For He rod wyl seke the chylde to destroye hym TheÌ„ he arose and toke the chylde and his mother by night and departed into Egypte and was there vnto y e deeth of Herod that the thinge might be fulfylled which was spokeÌ„ of the LORDE by the Prophet which sayeth out of Egypte haue I called my sonne Then Herod perceauynge y t he was disceaued of the wyse men was excedynge wroth and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem and in all the coastes there of as many as were two yere olde and vnder accordynge to the tyme which he had diligently searched out of the wyse men Then was y t fulfilled which was spoken by y e Prophet Ieremy sayinge On y e hilles was a voyce herde greate mournynge wepynge lamentacion Rachel wepynge for her chyldren and wolde not be conforted because they were not When Herode was deed beholde an angell of the LORDE appered in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypte sayinge arise and take the chylde and his mother go into y e londe of Israel For they are deed which sought the chyldes life And he arose vp and toke y e chylde and his mother came into the londe of Israel But wheÌ„ he herde that Archelaus did raygne in Iury in y e rowme of his father Herode he was afrayde to go thither Notwithstondinge after he was warned of God in a dreame he turned asyde into the parties of Galile and went and dwelt in a cite called Nazareth to fulfill y t which was spoken by the Prophetes he shal be called a Nazarite The III. Chapter IN those dayes Ihon the Baptyst came and preached in the wildernes of Iury saynge AmeÌ„de youre selues the kyngdome of heuen is at honde This is he of whom it is spokeÌ„ by y e Prophet Esay which sayeth The voyce of a cryer in y e wyldernes prepare the LORDES waye and make his pathes straight This Ihon had his garment of camels heer and a lethreÌ„ gerdell aboute his loynes Hys meate was locustes and wylde hony Then went out to hym Ierusalem and all Iury and all the region rounde aboute Iordan and were baptised of him in Iordan coÌ„fessynge their synnes Now when he sawe many of the Pharises and of y e Saduces come to hys baptim he sayde vnto them ye generacioÌ„ of vipers who hath certified you that ye shal escape y e vengeaunce to come Bewarre brynge forth due frutes of pennaunce Thinke not now to saye in your selues we haue Abraham to oure father For I saye vnto you that God is able of these stones to rayse vp chyldren vnto Abraham Euen now is the axe put vnto y e rote of the trees therfore euery tre which bringeth not forth good frute shal be heweÌ„ downe and cast into the fyre I baptise you with water to repentaunce but he that coÌ„meth after me is myghtier theÌ„ I whose shues I am not worthy to beare He shall baptise you with y e holy goost w t fyre which hath also his fan in his hond and will pourge his floore and gadre the wheet into his garner will burne y e chaffe with vnquencheable fyre Then came Iesus from Galile to Iordan vnto Ihon to be baptised of hym But IhoÌ„ forbade hym saynge I haue nede to be baptysed of the and commest thou to me Iesus answered sayd vnto hym Let it be so now For thus it becommeth vs to fulfyll all righteousnes Then he suffred hym And Iesus assone as he was baptised came straight out of the water And lo heueÌ„ was opeÌ„ ouer hym and Ihon sawe the spirite of God descende lyke a doue and lyght vpon hym And lo there came a voyce froÌ„ heueÌ„ sayng Thys ys that my beloued sonne in whom is my delyte The IIII. Chapter THen was Iesus ledd awaye of the spirite in to wildernes to be tempted of the deuyll And when he had fasted fourtye dayes and fourtye nightes he was afterward an hungred And the teÌ„pter came to him and sayde yf thou be the sonne of God commaunde that these stones be made breed He answered sayde yt is wrytteÌ„ Man shall not lyue by bred onlye but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God Then the deuyll toke hym vp into the holy cite and set hym on a pynacle of the temple and sayde vnto hym yf thou be y e sonne of God cast thy sylfe downe For it is wrytten he shall geue his angels charge ouer the and with their handes they shal holde the vp that thouâ—dashe not thy fote agaynst a stone And Iesus sayde vnto hym it ys wrytten also Thou shalt not tempte thy LORDE God Agayne the deuyll toke hym vp and led hym into an excedynge hye mountayne and shewed hym all the kyngdomes of the worlde and all the glorie of them and sayde vnto hym all these wil I geue the yf thou wilt fall downe and worship me Then sayde Iesus vnto hym Auoyde SataÌ„ For it ys wrytteÌ„ thou shalt worshyp the LORDE thy God and hym onely shalt thou serue Then the deuell left hym and beholde the angels came and ministred vnto hym When Iesus had herde that Ihon was taken he departed into Galile and left Nazareth and went and dwelt in Capernaum which is a cite apon the see in the coostes of zabulon and Neptalim y t the thinge might be fulfilled whiche was spoken by Esay the Prophet sayinge The londe of zabulon and Neptalim the waye of the see beyonde Iordan and Galile of the Gentyls the people which sat in darknes
vnto them and founde thē slepynge and sayde vnto Peter Symon slepest thou Couldest thou not watch with me one houre Watch and praye that ye fal not in to temptacion The sprete is wyllinge but y e flesh is weake And he wēte forth agayne and prayde and spake the same wordes and returned and founde them slepynge agayne for their eyes were heuy they knewe not what they shulde answere him And he came the thirde tyme and sayde vnto them Slepe on now and take youre rest It is ynough the houre is come beholde y e sonne of man shal be delyuered into the handes of synners aryse let vs be goynge Beholde he is at hande that betrayeth me And immediatly whyle he yet spake came Iudas one of the twolue and with him a greate multitude with swerdes and staues from the hye prestes and scrybes and elders And the traytoure had geuen them a tokē and sayde Whom so euer I kysse that same is he laye handes vpon him and lede him awaye warely And whā he was come he wente straight waye vnto him and sayde vnto him O master master and kyssed him Then layed they their handes vpon him toke him But one of thē that stode by drew out his swerde and smote the hye prestes seruaunt and cut of his eare And Iesus answered and sayde vnto thē Ye are come forth as it were to a murthurer with swerdes and with staues to take me I was daylie with you in the temple and taught and ye toke me not But this is done hat the scrypture maye be fulfilled And all the disciples forsoke him and fled And there folowed him a yonge mā which was clothed in lynnen vpon the bare skynne and the yonge mē toke holde of him But he let the lynnen go and fled naked from them And they led Iesus vnto the hye prest where all y e hye prestes and elders and scrybes were come together As for Peter he folowed him afarre of into the hye prestes palace And he was there and sat with the seruauntes and warmed him But the hye prestes and the whole councell sought wytnesse agaynst Iesus y t they might brynge him to death and they founde none Many gaue false wytnesse agaynst him but their wytnesses agreed not together And some stode vp and gaue false wytnes agaynst him and sayde We herde him saye I wil breake downe this temple that is made with hōdes and in thre dayes buylde another not made w t handes But their wytnesse agreed not together And the hye prest stode vp amonge them and axed Iesus and sayde Answerest thou nothinge vnto it that these testifie agaynst the But he helde his tunge and answered nothinge Thē the hye prest axed him agayne and sayde vnto him Art thou Christ the sonne of the blessed Iesus sayde I am And ye shal se the sonne of man syt at the right hande of power and come in the cloudes of heauē Then the hye prest rent his clothes sayde What nede we eny mo wytnesses Ye haue herde the blasphemy What thynke ye They all cōdemned him that he was giltie of death Then beganne there some to spyt vpō him and to couer his face and to smyte him with fistes and to saye vnto him Prophecie vnto vs. And the seruauntes smote him on the face And Peter was beneth in y e palace Thē came one of the wenches of the hye prest And whā she sawe Peter warmynge him she loked vpō hī and sayde And thou wast with Iesus of Nazareth also But he denyed sayde I knowe him not nether can I tell what thou sayest And he wente out in to the fore courte and the cock crew And a damsell sawe him and beganne agayne to saye vnto them that stode by This is one of them And he denyed it agayne And after a litle whyle they y t stode by sayde agayne vnto him Of a trueth thou art one of them for thou art a Galilean and thy speach soundeth euen alike But he begāne to curse and sweare I knowe not the man that ye speabe of And the cock crew agayne Then thought Peter vpon the worde that Iesus sayde vnto him Before y e cock crow two tymes thou shalt denye me thryse And he beganne to wepe The XV. Chapter ANd soone in the mornynge the hye prestes helde a councell w t the elders and scrybes and the whole councell bounde Iesus and led him awaye and delyuered him vnto Pylate And Pylate axed him Art thou the kynge of the Iewes He answered and sayde vnto him Thou sayest it And the hye prestes accused him sore But Pylate axed him agayne and sayde Answerest thou nothinge Beholde how sore they laye to y e charge Neuertheles Iesus answered nomore in so moch y t Pylate marueyled At that feast of Easter he was wonte to delyuer vnto them a presoner whom so euer they wolde desyre There was ī preson with the sedicious one called Barrabas which in the vproure had committed murthur And the people wente vp and prayed him that he wolde do as he was wonte Pylate answered them wyl ye that I geue lowse vnto you the kynge of the Iewes For he knew that y e hye prestes had delyuered him of envye But the hye prestes moued y e people that he shulde rather geue Barrabas lowse vnto them Pylate answered agayne and sayde vnto them What wil ye thē that I do vnto him whom ye accuse to be kynge of the Iewes They cried agayne Crucifie hī Pylate sayde vnto thē What euell hath he done But they cried yet moch more Crucifie him So Pylate thought to satisfie the people and gaue Barrabas lowse vnto them and delyuered thē Iesus to be scourgd crucified And the soudyers led him in to the comō hall and called the whole multitude together and clothed him with purple and plated a crowne of thorne and crowned him withall and beganne to salute him Hayle kynge of the Iewes And smote him vpon the heade with a rede and spytted vpō him and fell vpō the kne worshipped him And whā they had mocked him they toke y e purple of him and put his clothes vpon him led him out that they might crucifye him And they compelled one that passed by called Symon of Cyren which came from the felde and was the father of Alexander and Ruffus to beare his crosse And they brought him to the place Golgatha which is by interpretacion a place of deed mens skulles And they gaue him wyne myxted w t myrre to drynke he toke it not And whan they had crucified him they parted his garmētes cast lottes therfore what euery one shulde take And it was aboute y e thirde houre they crucified him And the tytle of his cause was wryttē ouer aboue him namely The kynge of the Iewes And they crucified him w t two murthurers one at y e right hande and one
hoped to se a miracle of hī And he axed him many thinges Neuertheles he answered him nothinge The hye prestes and scrybes stode and accused him sore But Herode w t his men of warre despysed him and mocked him put a whyte garmēt vpō him and sent him agayne vnto Pilate Vpō y e same daye were Pilate and Herode made frendes together for afore they had bene at variaunce Pilate called the hye prestes and the rulers and the people together and sayde vnto thē Ye haue brought this man vnto me as one that peruerteth the people and beholde I haue examyned him before you fynde in the mā none of the causes wherof ye accuse him Nor yet Herode for I sent you to him and beholde there is brought vpon hī nothinge that is worthy of death Therfore wil I chasten him and let him lowse For he must haue let one lowse vnto them after the custome of the feast Then cried the whole multitude and sayde Awaye with him and delyuer vnto vs Barrabas which for insurreccion made in the cite and because of a murthur was cast in to preson Then called Pilate vnto them agayne wolde haue let Iesus lowse But they cried and sayde Crucifye him Crucifye him Yet sayde he vnto them the thirde tyme What euell thē hath he done I fynde no cause of death in hī therfore wil I chasten him and let him go But they laye styll vpon him with greate crye and requyred y t he might be crucified And the voyce of thē and of the hye preastes preuayled And Pilate gaue sentence that it shulde be as they requyred and let lowse vnto thē him that for insurrecciō and murthur was cast in to preson whom they desyred but gaue Iesus ouer vnto their wyll And as they led him awaye they toke one Simon of Cyren which came from the felde and layed y e crosse vpon him to beare it after Iesus And there folowed him a greate multitude of people and of wemen which bewayled and lamented him But Iesus turned him aboute vnto thē and sayde Ye doughters of Ierusalē wepe not ouer me but wepe ouer youre selues and ouer youre childrē For beholde the tyme wil come wherin it shal be sayde Blessed are the baren and the wombes that haue not borne and the pappes that haue not geuen sucke Then shal they begynne to saye vnto the mountaynes Fall vpon vs. And to the hylles Couer vs. For yf this be done to a grene tre what shal be done then to the drye And two other which were myszdoers were led out also to be put to death with him And whā they came to y e place which is called Caluery they crucifyed him euen there and the two myszdoers with him the one on the righte hande the other on y e left But Iesus sayde Father forgeue them for they wote not what they do And they parted his garmentes and cast lottes therfore And the people stode and behelde And the rulers mocked him with them and sayde He hath helped other let him helpe him self now yf he be Christ y e chosen of God The soudyers also mocked him wēte vnto him brought him vyneger and sayde Yf thou be the kynge of the Iewes then helpe thyself And aboue ouer him was this superscripcion wrytten with letters of Greke Latyn and Hebrue This is the kynge of the Iewes And one of the myszdoers that hanged there blasphemed him and sayde Yf thou be Christ then helpe thy self and vs. Then answered the other rebuked him and sayde And thou fearest not God also which art yet in like dānacion And truly we are therin be right for we receaue acordinge to oure dedes As for this man he hath done nothinge amysse And he sayde vnto Iesus LORDE remembre me whan thou commest in to thy kyngdome And Iesus sayde vnto him Verely I saye vnto the To daye shalt thou be with me in Paradyse And it was aboute the sixte houre and there was darknesse ouer y e whole londe vntyll the nyenth houre And the Sonne was darkened and the vayle of the temple rente in two euen thorow the myddes And Iesus cryed loude sayde Father in to thy handes I commende my sprete And whan he had so sayde he gaue vp the goost But whan the Captayne sawe what had happened he praysed God and sayde Verely this was a iust mā And all the people that stode by behelde whan they sawe what was done smote vpon their brestes turned backe agayne But all his acquantaunce and the wemen that had folowed him out of Galile stode afarre of and behelde all these thinges And beholde a mā named Ioseph a Senatour which was a good iust man the same had not consented vnto their councell and dede which was of Arimathia a cite of the Iewes which same also wayted for the kyngdome of God he wēte vnto Pilate and axed the body of Iesus And the toke him downe wrapped him in a lynnen cloth and layed him in a hewen sepulcre wherin neuer man was layed And it was the daye of preparinge and the Sabbath drue on The wemen that were come with him out of Galile folowed him and behelde the Sepulcre how his body was layed But they returned and made ready the spyces anontmētes And vpon the Sabbath they rested acordinge to the lawe The XXIIII Chapter BVt vpon one of the Sabbathes very early in the mornynge they came vnto the Sepulcre and brought y e spyces which they had prepared and certayne wemen with thē Neuertheles they founde the stone rolled awaye from the sepulcre and wente in and founde not the body of y e LORDE Iesu. And it happened as they were amased therat beholde there stode by them two men in shyninge garmentes And they were afrayed and cast downe their faces to the earth Then sayde they vnto thē What seke ye the lyuynge amōge the deed He is not here He is rysen vp Remembre how y t he tolde you whā he was yet in Galile and sayde The sonne of man must be delyuered in to the hādes of synners and be crucified and the thirde daye ryse agayne And they remēbred his wordes and wente from the sepulcre and tolde all this vnto the eleuen and to all the other It was Mary Magdalene and Iohanna and Mary Iames and the other with them that tolde this vnto the Apostles And theyr wordes semed vnto them as though they had bene but fables and they beleued them not But Peter arose and ranne to the sepulcre and stouped in and sawe the lynnen clothes layed by them selues and departed And he wondred within himself at that which had happened And beholde two of them wente that same daye to a towne which was thre score furlōges from Ierusalem whose name was called Emaus And they talked together of all these thinges y t had happened And it chaunced as they were
also certayne of the disciples off Cesarea and broughte with them one of Cypers named Mnason an olde disciple with whom we shulde lodge Now whā we came to Ierusalem the brethren receaued vs gladly But on the nexte daye Paul wente in with vs vnto Iames and all the Elders came together And whan he had saluted them he tolde by order what God had done amōge the Heythen by his mynistracion Whan they herde that they praysed the LORDE and sayde vnto him Brother thou seyst how many thousande Iewes there are which beleue and are all Zelous ouer y e lawe But they are enfourmed agaynst the that thou teachest all the Iewes which are amōge the Heythē to forsake Moses and sayest that they oughte not to circumcyse their children ner to walke after the same custome What is it therfore The multitude must nedes come together for they shal heare that thou art come Do this therfore that we saye vnto the We haue foure men which haue a vowe on them take them vnto y e and purifye thyselfe with them and do the cost on them that they maye shaue their heades and they shal knowe that it is nothinge wherof they are enfourmed agaynst the but that thou also walkest and kepest the lawe For as touchinge them that beleue amonge the Heythen we haue wrytten and concluded that they shulde obserue no soch but onely to kepe them selues from the offeringes of Idols from bloude from strāgled and from whordome Then Paul toke the men vnto him and was purified with them on the nexte daye and entred in to the temple declaringe that he fulfylled the dayes of purificacion tyll there was an offeringe offred for euery one of them But whan the seuen dayes were allmost fulfylled the Iewes of Asia sawe him in the temple and moued all the people layed handes vpon him and cryed Ye men of Israel helpe this is the man that teacheth all men euery where agaynst oure people the lawe and this place He hath broughte Grekes also in to the temple and hath defyled this holy place For they had sene Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the cite him they thoughte y t Paul had broughte in to the temple And all the cite was moued and the people ranne together And they toke Paul and drue him out off the temple and forth with the dores were shut to But whan they wēte aboute to kyll him tydinges came to the chefe captayne of the company that all Ierusalem was moued Which immediatly toke soudyers and captaynes vnto him and ranne in amōge them Whan they sawe the captayne and the soudyers they lefte smytinge of Paul Whan the captayne came nye he toke him and commaunded him to be bounde with two cheynes and axed what he was and what he had done One cried this another that amonge the people But whan he coulde not knowe the certente because of the rumoure he commaunded him to be caried in to the castell And whā he came to the steppes it fortuned that he was borne of y e soudyers because of the violence of the people For the multitude off the people folowed after and cryed Awaye with him Whan Paul was now to be caried in to the castell he sayde vnto y e captayne Maye I speake vnto the He sayde Canst thou Greke Art not thou the Egipcian which before these dayes maydest an vproure leddest out in to the wyldernesse foure thousande preuy murthurers Paull sayde I am a man which am a Iewe off Tharsis a citesyn of a famous cite in Celicia I beseke the suffre me to speake vnto the people Whan he had geuen him lycence Paul stode on the steppes and beckened with the hande vnto the people Now whan there was made a greate sylēce he spake vnto them in Hebrue and sayde The XXII Chapter YE men brethren and fathers heare myne answere which I make vnto you Whan they herde that he spake vnto them in the Hebrue they kepte the more sylence And he sayde I am a man which am a Iewe borne at Tharsis in Celicia and broughte vp in this cite at the fete off Gamaliel enfourmed diligently in the lawe of the fathers and was feruent mynded to God warde as ye all are also this daye and I persecuted this waye vnto the death I bounde them and delyuered them vnto preson both men and wemen as y e hye prest also doth beare me wytnesse and all y e Elders of whom I receaued letters vnto the brethren and wente towarde Damascon that I mighte brynge them which were there bounde to Ierusalem to be punyshed But it fortuned as I made my iourney and came nye vnto Damascon aboute noone sodenly there shone a greate lighte aboute me from heauen and I fell to the earth and herde a voyce which sayde vnto me Saull Saull why persecutest thou me I answered Who art thou LORDE And he sayde vnto me I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest As for them that were with me they sawe y e lighte and were afrayed but they herde not the voyce of him that spake with me I sayde LORDE what shal I do The LORDE sayde vnto me Aryse and go in to Damascon there shal it be tolde y t of all that is appoynted the to do But whan I sawe nothinge for the bryghtnesse of the lighte I was led by the hande of them that were with me and came to Damascon There was one Ananias a deuoute man after the lawe which had a good reporte of all the Iewes that dwelt there the same came and stepte vnto me and sayde Brother Saul loke vp And I loked vp vpon him the same houre He sayde The God of oure fathers hath ordeyned the before that thou shuldest knowe his wyll and se the thinge y t is rightfull and heare the voyce out of his mouth for thou shalt be his wytnesse vnto all men of tho thinges which thou hast sene and herde And now why tariest thou Aryse and be baptysed and wasze awaye thy synnes and call vpon the name of the LORDE But it fortuned that whan I was come agayne to Ierusalē and prayed in the temple I was in a traunce and sawe him Then sayde he vnto me Make haist and get the soone out of Ierusalem for they wyl not receaue the witnesse that thou bearest of me And I sayde LORDE they thē selues knowe that I put in preson and bett in euery synagoge them that beleued on the. And whā the bloude of Steuē thy witnesse was shed I stode by also consented vnto his death and kepte the clothes of them that slewe him And he sayde vnto me Go thy waye for I wil sende the farre amonge the Heythen They gaue him audience vnto this worde and lifte vp their voyce sayde Awaye with soch a felowe from the earth for it is not reason that he shulde lyue But as they cried and cast of their clothes thrue dust in to
the ayre the captayne bad brynge him in to the castell and commaunded him to be beaten with roddes and to be examyned that he mighte knowe for what cause they cried so vpon him And whan he bounde him with thonges Paul sayde vnto the vndercaptayne that stode by Is it laufull for you to scourge a man that is a Romayne and vncondemned Whan the vndercaptayne herde that he wēte to the vpper captayne and tolde him and sayde What wilt thou do This man is a Romayne Then came y e vpper captayne and sayde vnto him Tell me art thou a Romayne He sayde Yee And the vpper captayne answered With a greate summe optayned I this fredome But Paul sayde As for me I am a Romayne borne Thē straight waye departed from him they that shulde haue examyned him And y e chefe captayne was afrayed whan he knewe that he was a Romayne and because he had bounde him On the nexte daye wolde he knowe the certentye wherfore he was accused of the Iewes and he lowsed him from the bondes and commaunded the hye prestes and all their councell to come together and broughte Paul forth and set him amonge them The XXIII Chapter PAul behelde the councell and sayde Ye men and brethren I haue lyued with all good conscience before God vnto this daye But the hye prest Ananias commaunded them that stode aboute him to smyte hī on the mouth Then sayde Paul vnto him God shal smyte the thou paynted wall Syttest thou and iudgest me after the lawe and commaundest me to be smytten cōtrary to y e lawe And they that stode aboute hī sayde Reuylest thou Gods hye prest And Paul sayde Brethrē I wyst not that he was the hye prest For it is wryttē The ruler of thy people shalt thou not curse But whan Paul knewe that the one parte was Saduces and the other parte Pharises he cried out in y e councell Ye men and brethren I am a Pharise and the sonne of a Pharise Of hope and resurreccion of the deed am I iudged And whan he had so sayde there arose a dissencion betwene y e Pharises and the Saduces and the multitude was deuyded for the Saduces saye that there is no resurreccion nether angell ner sprete but the Pharises graūte both And there was made a greate crye And y e Scrybes of the Pharyses secte stode vp and stroue and sayde We fynde no euell in this mā But yf a sprete or an angell haue spokē vnto him let vs not stryue agaynst God But whan the discension was greate y e vpper captayne feared that Paul shulde haue bene pluckte a sonder of them and commaunded the soudyers to go downe and to take him from them and to brynge him in to the castell But in the nighte folowinge the LORDE stode by him and sayde Be of good cheare Paul for as thou hast testified of me at Ierusalem so must thou testifye at Rome also Now whan it was daye certayne of the Iewes gathered them selues together and made a vowe nether to eate ner drynke tyll they had kylled Paul They were mo then fortye which had made this conspyracion These came to the hye prestes and Elders and sayde We haue bounde oure selues w t a vowe that we wil eate nothinge tyll we haue slayne Paul Now therfore geue ye knowlege to the vpper captayne and to the councell that he maye brynge him forth vnto you tomorow as though ye wolde heare him yet better As for vs we are ready to kyll him or euer he come nye you But whan Pauls sisters sonne herde of their layenge awayte he came and entred in to the castell and tolde Paul So Paul called vnto him one of y e vnder captaynes and sayde Brynge this yonge man to the vpper captayne for he hath somewhat to saye to him He toke him and broughte him to the vpper captayne and sayde Paul the presoner called me vnto him and prayed me to brynge to the this yonge man which hath somwhat to saye vnto the. Then the hye captayne toke him by the hande and wente a syde with him out of the waye and axed him What is it that thou hast to saye vnto me He sayde The Iewes are agreed together to desyre the to let Paul be broughte forth tomorow before the councell as though they wolde yet heare him better But folowe not thou their myndes for there laye wayte for him mo then fortye men off them which haue bounde them selues with a vowe nether to eate ner drynke tyll they haue slayne Paul and euen now are they redye and loke for thy promes Then the vpper captayne let the yonge man departe and charged him to tell noman that he had shewed him this And he called vnto him two vndercaptaynes and sayde Make redye two hundreth soudyers that they maye go to Cesarea and thre score and ten horsmen and two hundreth speare men at the thirde houre of the nighte and delyuer thē beastes that they maye set Paul theron and brynge him safe vnto Felix the debyte and he wrote a letter on this maner Claudius Lysias vnto the most mightie Debyte Felix gretynge The Iewes had taken this man and wolde haue slayne him then came I with soudyers and rescued him and perceaued that he is a Romayne And whan I wolde haue knowne the cause wherfore they accused hī I broughte him in to their councell then perceaued I that he was accused aboute questions of their lawe But there was no accusacion worthy of death or of bondes And whan it was shewed me that certayne Iewes layed wayte for him I sent him straight waye vnto the and commaunded the accusers also that loke what they had agaynst him they shulde tell the same before the. Fare well The soudyers as it was commaunded them toke Paul and broughte him to Antipatras But on the nexte daye they lefte y e horse men to go with him and turned agayne to the castell When these came to Cesarea they delyuered the letter vnto the Debyte presented Paul before him also Whan the Debyte had red the letter he axed off what countre he was And whā he vnderstode that he was of Celicia he sayde I wil heare the whan thine accusers are come also And he commaunded him to be kepte in Herodes iudgment house The XXIIII Chapter After fyue dayes the hye prest Ananias came downe with the Elders and w t the Oratour Tertullus which appeared before the Debyte agaynst Paul Whan Paul was called forth Tertullus begāne to accuse him and sayde Seynge that we lyue in greate peace by the meanes of y t and that many good thinges are done for this people thorow thy prouydence most mightie Felix that alowe we euer and in all places with all thankes Notwithstondinge y t I be nomore tedious vnto the I praye the that of thy curtesy thou woldest heare vs a few wordes We haue founde this man a pestilent felowe and a sterer vp of sedicion amonge all
with the synne for yf thorow the synne of one many be deed yet moch more plenteously came the grace and gifte of God vpon many by the fauoure that belonged vnto one man Iesus Christ. And the gifte is not onely ouer one synne as death came thorow one synne of one that synned For the iudgment came of one synne vnto condempnacion but the gifte to iustifye fro many synnes For yf by y e synne of one death raigned by the meanes of one moch more shal they which receaue the abūdaunce of grace and of the gifte vnto righteousnes raigne in life by y e meanes of one Iesus Christ. Likewyse thē as by the synne of one condemnacion came on all men euen so also by the righteousnes of one came the iustififienge off life vpon all men For as by the disobedience of one many became synners euen so by the obedience of one shal many be made righteous But the lawe in the meane tyme entred that synne shulde increace Neuertheles where abundaunce of synne was there was yet more plenteousnes of grace that like as synne had reigned vnto death euē so mighte grace reigne also thorow righteousnes to euerlastinge life by the meanes of Iesus Christ. The VI. Chapter WHat shal we saye then Shal we contynue in synne that there maye be abundaunce of grace God forbyd How shal we lyue in synne y t are deed from it Knowe ye not that all we which are baptysed in to Iesu Christ are baptysed in to his death Therfore are we buried w t him by baptyme in to death that like as Christ was raysed vp from the deed by the glory of the father euen so we also shulde walke in a new life For yf we be grafted w t him vnto like death then shal we be like the resurreccion also For so moch as we knowe that oure olde man is crucified with him that the synfull body mighte ceasse that hence forth we shulde serue synne nomore For he that is deed is made righteous frō synne But yf we be deed with Christ we beleue that we shal lyue also with him and are sure that Christ raysed from the deed dyeth nomore Death shal haue nomore power ouer him For as touchinge that he dyed he dyed cōcernynge synne once but as touchinge that he lyueth he lyueth vnto God Likewyse ye also counte youre selues to be euen deed concernynge synne and to lyue vnto God thorow Iesus Christ oure LORDE Let not synne reigne therfore in youre mortall bodye that ye shulde obeye vnto the lustes of it Nether geue ye ouer youre membres vnto synne to be wapens of vnrighteousnes but geue ouer youre selues vnto God as they that off deed are become lyuynge and youre membres vnto God to be wapēs off righteousnes For synne shal not haue power ouer you in so moch as ye are not vnder the lawe but vnder grace How then Shal we synne because we are not vnder y e lawe but vnder grace God forbyd Knowe ye not that loke vnto whō ye geue ouer youre selues as seruauntes to obeye his seruauntes ye are to whom ye obey whether it be of synne vnto death or of obediēce vnto righteousnes But God be thanked that though ye haue bene the seruauntes of synne ye are now yet obedient of herte to the ensample off the doctryne whervnto ye are commytted For now that ye are made fre from synne ye are become the seruauntes of righteousnes I wil speake grosly because of the weaknes of youre flesh Like as ye haue geuen ouer youre membres to the seruyce of vnclennesse from one wickednesse to another Euē so now also geue ouer youre membres to the seruyce of righteousnesse that they maye be holy For whan ye were the seruauntes of synne ye were lowse from righteousnes What frute had ye at that tyme in those thinges wherof ye are now ashamed For the ende of soch thinges is death But now that ye be fre from synne and are become the seruauntes of God ye haue youre frute that ye shulde be holy but the ende is euerlastinge life For death is the rewarde of synne but the gifte of God is euerlastinge life The VII Chapter KNowe ye not brethren for I speake vnto them that knowe the lawe how that y e lawe hath power vpon a man as longe as he lyueth For the woman y t is in subieccion to the man is bounde vnto the lawe whyle the man lyueth but yf the man dye then is she lowsed from the lawe that concerneth the man Yf she be now with another man whyle the manlyneth she shal be called a wedlocke breaker But yf the man be deed then is she fre from the lawe so that she is no wedlocke breaker yf she be with another man Euen so my brethren ye also are deed vnto the lawe by the body of Christ that ye shulde be with another namely w t him which is raysed vp from the deed that we shulde brynge forth frute vnto God For whan we were in the flesh the synfull lustes which were stered vp by the lawe were mightie in oure membres to brynge forth frute vnto death But now are we lowsed from the lawe and deed vnto it that helde vs captyue so that we shulde serue in a new conuersacion of the sprete and not in the olde conuersacion of the letter What shal we saye then Is the lawe synne God forbyd Neuertheles I knewe not synne but by y e lawe For I had knowne nothinge of lust yf the lawe had not sayde Thou shalt not lust But then toke synne occasion at the commaundement and stered vp in me all maner of lust For without the lawe synne was deed As for me I lyued some tyme without lawe Howbeit whan the commaundement came synne renyued but I was deed And the very same commaundement that was geuen me vnto life was founde to be vnto me on occasion of death For synne toke occasion at the cōmaundement and disceaued me and slewe me by the same commaundement The lawe in dede is holy and the commaundement holy iust and good Is that then which is good become death vnto me God forbyd But synne that it mighte appeare how y t it is synne hath wroughte me death thorow good that synne mighte be out of measure synfull by the commaundement For we knowe that the lawe is spirituall but I am carnall solde vnder synne because I knowe not what I do For I do not y t I will but what I hate y t do I. Yf I do now that which I wil not thē graunte I that the lawe is good So then it is not I that do it but synne that dwelleth in me for I knowe that in me y t is in my flesh there dwelleth no good thinge To wyll is present w t me but to perfourme y t which is good I fynde not For y e good that I wyll do I not but the euell which I wil not
that do I. Yf I do now that I wil not then is it not I that do it but synne that dwelleth in me Thus fynde I now by the lawe y t whan I wyl do good euell is present with me For I delite in the lawe of God after the inwarde man but I se another lawe in my membres which stryueth agaynst y e lawe of my mynde and taketh me presoner in y e lawe of synne which is in my membres O wretched man that I am who shal delyuer me from the body of this death I thanke God thorow Iesus Christ oure LORDE So then w t the mynde I serue y e lawe of God but with the flesh the lawe of synne The VIII Chapter THen is there now no damnacion vnto theÌ„ that are in Christ Iesu which walke not after the flesh but after y e sprete For y e lawe of y e sprete y t bryngeth life iÌ„ Christ Iesu hath made me fre froÌ„ the lawe of synne death For what vnpossible was vnto y e lawe in as moch as it was weake because of the flesh y t perfourmed God sent his sonne in y e similitude of synfull flesh by synne daÌ„ned synne in y e flesh that the righteousnes requyred of the lawe mighte be fulfylled in vs which walke not after the flesh but after the sprete For they that are fleshly are fleshly mynded but they that are goostly are goostly mynded To be fleshly mynded is death but to be goostly mynded is life and peace For to be fleshly mynded is enemyte agaynst God syth it is not subdued vnto y e lawe of God for it can not also As for theÌ„ that are fleshlye they can not please God Howbeit ye are not fleshly but goostly yf so be that the sprete of God dwell in you But who so hath not the sprete of Christ the same is not his Neuertheles yf Christ be in you then is the body deed because of synne But the sprete is life for righteousnes sake Wherfore yf the sprete of him that raysed vp Iesus from the deed dwell in you then shal euen he also that raysed vp Christ from the deed quyckeÌ„ youre mortal bodies because y t his sprete dwelleth in you Therfore brethreÌ„ we are now detters not to the flesh to lyue after the flesh for yf ye lyue after y e fleshe ye must dye but yf ye mortyfye the dedes of the body thorow the sprete ye shal lyue For who so euer are led by the sprete of God are Gods childreÌ„ for ye haue not receaued the sprete of bondage to feare eny more but ye haue receaued y e sprete of adopcion wherby we crye Abba deare father The same sprete certifieth oure sprete that we are the childreÌ„ of God Yf we be childreÌ„ then are we heyres also namely the heyres of God and heyres annexed with Christ yf so be that we suffer together that we maye be also glorified together For I suppose that the affliccions off this tyme are not worthy of y e glorye which shal be shewed vpon vs. For the feruent loÌ„ginge of y e creature loketh for the appearinge of the children of God because the creature is subdued vnto vanyte agaynst hir will but for his wyll that hath subdued her vpon hope For the creature also shal be fre from the bondage of corrupcion vnto the glorious libertye of the childreÌ„ of God For we knowe that euery creature groneth and trauayleth with vs in payne vnto the same tyme. Not they only but we oure selues also which haue the first frutes of the sprete grone within in oure selues for the childshippe and loke for y e delyueraunce of oure bodye For we are sâ—ued iÌ„ dede howbeit iÌ„ hope but y e hope that is sene is no hope for how can a man hope for that which he seyeth But yf we hope for that which we se not theÌ„ do we thorow pacience abyde for it Likewyse the sprete also helpeth oure weaknesse for we knowe not what we shulde desyre as we oughte neuertheles y e sprete it selfe maketh intercession mightely for vs with vnoutspeakable gronynges Howbeit he y t searcheth the hert knoweth what the mynde of the sprete is for he maketh intercession for the sayntes acordinge to the pleasure of God But sure we are that all thinges serue for the best vnto them that loue of God which are called of purpose For those whom he knewe before hath he ordeyned also before y t they shulde be like fashioned vnto y e shappe of his sonne y t he mighte be the first begotteÌ„ amoÌ„ge many brethreÌ„ As for those whom he hath ordeyned before them hath he called also and whom he hath called theÌ„ hath he also made righteous and whom he hath made righteous them hath he glorified also What shal we saye then vnto these thinges Yff God be on oure syde who can be agaynst vs. Which spared not his owne sonne but hath geuen him for vs all how shal he not with him geue vs all thinges also Who wyl laye enythinge to y e charge of Gods chosen Here is God that maketh righteous who wil then condemne Here is Christ that is deed yee rather which is raysed vp agayne which is also on y e righte hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. Who will separate vs from the loue of God Trouble or anguysh or persecucioÌ„ or honger or nakednesse or parell or swerde As it is wrytten For thy sake are we kylled all the daye longe we are counted as shepe appoynted to be slayne Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome farre for his sake that loued vs. For sure I am that nether death ner life nether angell ner rule nether power nether thinges present nether thinges to come nether heyth ner loweth nether eny other creature shal be able to separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesu oure LORDE The IX Chapter I Saye the trueth in Christ and lye not wherof my conscience beareth me witnesse in the holy goost that I haue greate heuynesse contynuall sorowe in my hert I haue wyszhed my selfe to be cursed from Christ for my brethren that are my kynsmen after the flesh which are off Israel vnto whom pertayneth the childshippe and the glory and the couenauntes and lawe and the seruyce of God and the promyses whose are also the fathers off whom after the flesh commeth Christ which is God ouer all blessed for euer Amē· But I speake not these thinges as though the worde of God were of none effecte for they are not all Israelites which are of Israel nether are they all children because they are the sede of Abraham but in Isaac shal the sede be called vnto the that is They which are children after the flesh are not the children of God but the children of the promes are counted for the sede For this is a worde of the promes
those beestes whose bloude is broughte in to the holy place by y e hye prest to pourge synne are brent without the tētes Therfore Iesus also to sanctifye y e people by his awne bloude suffred without y e gate Let vs go forth therfore out of the tentes and suffre rebuke with him for here haue we no contynuynge cite but we seke one to come Let vs therfore by him offre allwayes vnto God the sacrifice of prayse that is to saye the frute of those lippes which confesse his name To do good and to destribute forget not for w t soch sacrifices God is pleased Obey them that haue the ouersighte off you and submytte youre selues vnto them for they watch for youre soules euen as they that must geue accōptes therfore that they maye do it with ioye and not with grefe for that is an vnprofitable thinge for you Praye for vs. We haue confidence because we haue a good cōscience in all thinges and desyre to lyue honestly But I desyre you y e more abundauntly that ye so do y t I maye be restored vnto you the more quyckly The God of peace that broughte agayne frō the deed oure LORDE Iesus the greate shepherde of the shepe thorow the bloude of the euerlastinge Testament make you perfecte in all good workes to do his wyll workynge in you that which is pleasaunt in his sighte thorow Iesus Christ to whom be prayse for euer and euer Amen I beseke you brethren suffre the worde of exhortacion for I haue wrytten vnto you in few wordes Knowe o r brother Timotheus whom we haue sent from vs with whom yf he come shortly I wil se you Salute thē that haue the ouersighte of you and all y e sayntes The brethren of Italy salute you Grace be with you all Amen Sent from Italy by Timotheus The Epistle of S. Iames. The summe of this epistle Chap. I. He exhorteth to reioyse in trouble to be feruent in prayer with stedfast beleue to loke for all good thinges from aboue to forsake all vyce and thankfully to receaue the worde of God not onely hearynge it and speakynge of it but to do therafter in dede True religion or deuocion what it is Chap. II. He forbyddeth to haue eny respecte of personnes but to regarde the poore as wel as the ryche to be louynge and mercifull and not to boast of faith where no dedes are for it is but a deed faith where good workes folowe not Chap III. What good and euell commeth thorow the tonge The dutye of soch as be lerned The difference betwixte the wyszdome of the gospell and the wyszdome of the worlde Chap. IIII. Warre and fightinge commeth of volupteousnesse The frendishipe of the worlde is enemyte before God An exhortacion to flye slaunder and the vanite of this life Chap. V. He threateneth the wicked rych mē exhorteth vnto pacience to bewarre of swearynge one to knowlege his fautes to another one to praye for another and one to laboure to brynge another to the trueth The first Chapter IAmes the seruaunt of God and of the LORDE Iesus Christ sendeth gretinge to the xij trybes which are scatered here there My brethren counte it exceadynge ioye whē ye fall in to diuers temptacions for as moche as ye knowe how y t the tryinge of youre faith bringeth pacience and let pacience haue her parfect worke y t ye maye be parfecte and sounde lakinge nothinge Yf eny of you lacke wyszdome let him axe of God which geueth to all men indifferentlie and casteth no man in the teth and it shal be geuē him But let him axe in faith and wauer not For he that douteth is lyke the wawes of y e See tost of the wynde and caried w t violence Nether let y t man thinke that he shal receaue eny thīge of y e LORDE A wauerynge mynded mā ys vnstable in all his waies Let the brother of lowe degre reioyce in y t he is exalted and the rich in y t he is made lowe For euē as the flo r of y e grasse shal he vanyshe awaye The Sonne ryseth w t heat and the grasse wydereth his floure falleth awaye and the beautie of the fassion of it periszheth euen so shal the ryche man perisshe with his abundaunce Happy is the man that endureth in tēptacion for when he is tryed he shal receaue the crowne of life which the LORDE hath promised to them that loue him Let no man saye when he is tempted y t he is tempted of God For God tēpteth not vnto euell nether tēpteth he eny man But euery mā is tēpted drawne awaye entysed of his awne cōcupiscēce Thē whē lust hath conceaued she bringeth forth synne synne when it is fynished bringeth forth deeth Erre not my deare brethrē Euery good gifte euery parfait gift is from aboue and cōmeth downe from y e father of light with whom is no variablenes nether is he chaunged vnto darcknes Of his awne will begat he vs with the worde of life that we shulde be the fyrst frutes of his creatures Wherfore deare brethren let euery man beswifte to heare slowe to speake and slowe to wrath For the wrath of mā worketh not that which is righteous before God Wherfore laye aparte all fylthines all superfluite of maliciousnes receaue with meknes y e worde y t is grafted in you which is able to saue youre soules And se that ye be doers of y e worde not heares only deceauinge youre awne selues For yf eny heare the worde and do it not he is like vnto a mā that beholdeth his bodily face in a glasse For assone as he hath loked on him selfe he goeth his waye and forgetteth immediatly what his faszhion was But who so loketh in y e perfect lawe of libertie and continueth therin yf he be not a forgetfull hearer but a doar of the worke the same shal be happie in his dede Yf eny man amonge you seme deuoute refrayne not his tōge but deceaue his awne herte this mannes deuocion is in vayne Pure deuocion and vndefiled before God the father is this to visit the frendlesse and widdowes in their aduersite and to kepe him selfe vnspotted of the worlde The II. Chapter BRethren haue not the faith of oure LORDE Iesus Christ y e LORDE of glory in respecte of persons Yf ther come in to yo r cōpany a mā w t a goldē rynge and in goodly aparell ther come in also a poore man in vyle raymēt ye haue a respecte to him y t weareth the gaye clothinge saye vnto hī Sit thou here ī a good place saye vnto y e poore stonde thou there or sit here vnder my fote stole are ye not parciall in youre selues and haue iudged after euyll thoughtes Harken my deare beloued brethrē Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde which are ryche in
them wyll I brynge in so y t they shal knowe the lande which ye haue refused But ye with youre carcases shall lye in this wildernesse and yo r children shal wander in this wildernesse fourtye yeares beare yo r whordome tyll yo r carcases be waisted in the wildernesse acordinge to the nombre of y e fourtye dayes wherin ye spyed out the londe A daye for a yeare so y t fourtye yeares ye shall beare youre myszdede that ye maye knowe what it is whan I with drawe my hande Euen I the LORDE haue sayde it wil do it in dede vnto all this euell congregacion that haue lift vp themselues agaynst me In this wildernesse shal they be consumed and there shal they dye So there dyed and were plaged before the LORDE all the mē whom Moses sent to spye out the lāde came agayne and made the whole cōgregacion to murmur agaynst it because they brought vp a myszreporte of the lande that it was euell But Iosua the sonne of Nun and Caleb y e sonne of Iephune were left alyue of the men that wente to spye out the lande And Moses spake these wordes vnto all the children of Israel Thē toke the people greate sorowe And they arose early in y e mornynge and wente vp to the toppe of y e mountayne and sayde Lo here are we and will go vp to the place wherof the LORDE hath sayde for we haue synned But Moses sayde wherfore go ye on this maner beyonde y e worde of the LORDE It shall not prospere with you go not vp for y e LORDE is not amōge you y t ye be not slayne before yo r enemies For the Amalechites and Cananites are there before you ye shal fall thorow y e swerde because ye haue turned yo r selues from the LORDE and the LORDE shal not be with you But they were blynded to go vp to the toppe of the mountaine neuertheles the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt Moses came not out of the hooste Then came downe y e Amalechites Cananites which dwelt vpon that mountayne and smote them and hewed them euen vnto Horma The XV. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake to the childrē of Israel saye vnto them Whan ye come in to the lande of youre dwellinge which I shal geue you and wil do sacrifice vnto the LORDE whether it be a burnt offerynge or an offrynge for a speciall vowe or a frewyll offerynge or youre feast offerynges that ye maye make a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE of oxen or of shepe He y t wil offre now his gifte vnto y e LORDE shal brynge for the meat offeringe a tēth deale of fyne floure myngled with oyle of the fourth parte of an Hin and wyne for y e drynk offerynge the fourth parte of an Hin also to the burnt offeringe or eny other offeringe whan a lambe is offred But whā there is a ramme offred thou shalt make the meat offerynge two tēth deales of fyne floure myngled with oyle of the thirde parte of an Hin and y e thirde parte of an Hin of wyne also for a drynk offeringe this shalt thou offre for a swete sauo r vnto the LORDE But yf thou wilt offre an oxe for a burnt offerynge or for a speciall vowe offerynge or for an health offeringe vnto the LORDE thou shalt brynge to the oxe the meat offrynge euen thre tenth deales of fyne floure mingled with half an Hin of oyle half an Hin of wyne for a drynk offrynge This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Thus shalt thou do with an oxe with a ramme with a lambe and with a goate Acordinge as the nombre of the offerynges is therafter shall the nombre of the meat offerynges and drynk offerynges be also He that is one of youre selues shall do this that he maye offre a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE And yf there dwell a straunger with you or is amōge youre kynszfolkes and wil do an offerynge vnto the LORDE for a swete sauoure the same shal do as ye do Let there be one statute for the whole cōgregacion both vnto you and to the straungers A perpetuall statute shal it be vnto youre posterities that the straunger be euē as ye before y e LORDE One lawe and one ordinaunce shal be vnto you and to the straunger that dwelleth with you And the LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake to the children of Israel and saye vnto them Whan ye come in to the lande in to y t which I shal brynge you so that ye eate the bred of the londe ye shal heue vp an Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE namely a cake of the firstlinges of youre dowe shall ye geue for an Heue offerynge as the Heue offerynge of the barne euen so shal ye geue the firstlinges of youre dowe also vnto the LORDE for an Heue offerynge amonge youre posterities And whan ye thorow ignoraunce ouer se eny of these commaundementes which the LORDE hath spoken by Moses and all y t the LORDE hath commaunded you by Moses from the daye that the LORDE beganne to commaunde for youre posterities and the cōgregacion do ought ignorauntly thē shal the whole congregacion offre a yonge bullocke from amonge the greate catell to a burnt offerynge for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE with his meat offerynge and drynk offerynge as the maner is and an he goate for a syn offerynge And so shal the prest make an attonement for the whole congregacion of the children of Israel and it shal be forgeuen them for it is an ignoraunce And they shal brynge these their giftes for an offerynge vnto the LORDE and their syn offerynge before the LORDE for their ignoraunce and it shal be forgeuen the whole congregacion of the childrē of Israel the straunger also y t dwelleth amonge you for so moch as all the people is in soch ignoraunce Yf one soule synne thorow ignoraunce the same shal brynge a she goate of a yeare olde for a syn offerynge And the prest shall make an attonement for soch an ignoraunt soule with the syn offeringe for the ignoraunce before the LORDE that he maye reconcyle him and it shal be forgeuen him And it shal be one lawe that ye shal do for y e ignoraunce both vnto him that is borne amonge the children of Israel and to the straunger that dwelleth amonge you But yf a soule do ought presumptuously whether he be one of youre selues or a straunger he hath despysed the LORDE y e same soule shal be roted out from amōge his people because he hath despysed the worde of the LORDE and hath left his commaundement vndone that soule shall vtterly perishe his synne shal be vpon him Now whyle the children of Israel were in the wyldernesse they founde a man gatherynge stickes vpon the Sabbath daye And they that founde him gatherynge stickes brought him vnto Moses and Aaron and before
the whole congregacion And they put him in preson for it was not declared what shulde be done vnto him The LORDE sayde vnto Moses The man shall dye the death the whole congregacion shal stone him without the hoost Then the whole cōgregacion brought him out of y e hoost and stoned him that he dyed as y e LORDE commaunded Moses And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Speake to the childrē of Israel saye vnto thē y t they make them gardes vpon y e quarters of their garmentes amonge all yo r posterities and put yalowe rybandes vpon the gardes in y e quarters And y e gardes shal serue you y t ye maye loke vpon thē and remembre all the cōmaundementes of the LORDE do them that ye order not youre selues after y e meanynge of youre awne hert ner go awhorynge after youre awne eyes Therfore shal ye remembre and do all my commaundementes and be holy vnto youre God I am the LORDE youre God which brought you out of the lande of Egipte to be yo r God Euen I the LORDE youre God The XVI Chapter ANd Corah the sonne of Iezehar the sonne of Kahath the sonne of Leui with Dathan and Abiram the sonne of Eliab and On the sonne of Peleth y e sonnes of Rubē stode vp agaynst Moses with certayne men amonge the childrē of Israel two hundreth fyftie captaynes of the congregacion councelers famous men And they gathered them selues agaynst Moses Aarō sayde vnto them Ye make to moch a doo for all the congregacion is holy euery one and the LORDE is amonge them Why lifte ye youre selues vp then aboue the congregacion of the LORDE Whan Moses herde y t he fell vpō his face saide vnto Corah to all his company Tomorow shal y e LORDE shewe who is his who is holy to come vnto him Whō so euer he choseth y e same shal come vnto him This do Take y e censors thou Corah all y e cōpanye do fyre therin put incense theron tomorow before the LORDE then whom so euer the LORDE choseth the same shal be holy Ye make to moch a doo ye children of Leui. And Moses sayde vnto Corah Heare ye childrē of Leui Is it not ynough vnto you y t y e God of Israel hath separated you frō y e multitude of Israel y t ye shulde come nye him to do the seruyce of the dwellynge place of the LORDE and stonde before the people to mynister vnto them He hath caused the and all thy brethren the childrē of Leui with the to come nye vnto him and now ye seke the presthode also Thou and all thy cōpany conspyre agaynst the LORDE What is Aaron that ye shulde murmur against him And Moses sent to call Dathā Abirā y e sonnes of Eliab But they saide We wil not come vp Is it to litle y t thou hast brought vs out of y e lande of Egipte y t floweth w t mylke hony to kyll vs in y e wildernesse but thou must raigne ouer vs also How goodly well hast thou brought vs in to a londe that floweth w t milke and hony geuē vs feldes and vyniardes in possession Wilt thou put out these mens eyes We will not come vp Then was Moses very wroth saide vnto y e LORDE Turne y e not vnto their meatofferinges I haue not takē so moch as an Asse frō thē nether haue I hurte eny of thē And Moses sayde vnto Corah Tomorow be thou all y e companye before y e LORDE thou and they Aaron And take euery one his censer and put incense therin and come before the LORDE euery one with his censer that is two hundreth and fiftye censers and both thou and Aaron take either his censer And euery one toke his censer and put fyre therin and layed incense theron and came before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnes and Moses and Aaron also And Corah gathered y e whole congregaciō agaynst thē before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnes But y e glory of the LORDE appeared before y e whole congregacion And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron sayde Separate youre selues frō this congregaciō y t I maye shortly consume them And they fell vpon their faces sayde O God thou God of the spretes of all flesh yf one man haue synned wilt thou therfore be wroth ouer the whole congregacion And the LORDE spake vnto Moses saide Speake to the congregaciō and saye Come vp from y e dwellynge of Corah and Dathan and Abiram And Moses stode vp wente vnto Dathan Abiram the Elders of Israel folowed him he spake to y e cōgregaciō saide Departe frō y e tentes of these vngodly mē touche nothinge y t is theirs y t ye perishe not in eny of their sinnes And they gat them vp from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram But Dathan and Abirā came out and stode in the dore of their tentes with their wyues and sonnes and children And Moses sayde Hereby shal ye knowe that the LORDE hath sent me to do all these workes and that I haue not done them of myne awne hert Yf these men dye the comon death of all men or be vysited as all men are vysited then hath not the LORDE sent me But yf the LORDE make a new thinge and the earth open hir mouth and swalowe them with all that they haue so y t they go downe quycke in to hell thē shal ye knowe that the se men haue blasphemed the LORDE And whā he had spokē out all these wordes y e groūde cloue asunder vnder thē the earth opened hir wouth swalowed thē w t their houses all the mē y t were w t Corah all their substaūce and they wente downe quycke in to the hell with all that they had And the earth closed vpō them so they perished from amonge y e congregaciō And all Israel y t were aboute thē fled at y e crye of thē for they sayde That y e earth swalowe not vs also Morouer the fyre came out frō the LORDE and consumed the two hundreth and fyftye men that offred the incense And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Speake to Eleasar y e sonne of Aaron y e prest y t he take vp y e censers out of y e burninge scater y e fyre here there For the censers of these synners are halowed thorow their soules y t they maye be beatē in to thinne plates fastened vpon y e altare For they are offred before y e LORDE halowed and they shal be a token vnto y e childrē of Israel And Eleasar the prest toke y e brasen censers which they y t were burnt had offred bet thē to plates to fasten thē vpon y e altare for a remēbraunce vnto y e children of Israel y t no straunger and he