hym selfe in water and be vncleane vnto the euen so that whyther he touche her couche or any vessel wheron she hath sytten he shall be vnclene vnto the euen And yf a man lye with her and her vnclennes come vpon hym he shall be vncleane vii dayes and all the couche wheron he lyeth shal be vncleane When a womans bloode runneth longe tyme out of the tyme of her natural course or yf it runne beyonde her natural coâ—â—ese let al the dayes of the yssue be iudged vncleane euen as the dayes of her natural disease she shall be vncleane Al her couches wheron she lyeth as longe as her yssue lasteth shal be as her couche wheÌ„ she hath her naturall dysease And whatsoeuer she sytteth vpon shal be vncleane as is her vnclennesse when she is put apart And who soeuer toucheth any of these shal be vncleane and shal wasshe his clothes bath hym selfe in water be vncleane vnto euen And after that she is cleÌ„sed of her yssue she shal counte her vii dayes and after that she shal be cleane In the. viii daye she shall take vnto her two turtels or two yong pygeons and brynge them vnto the preest before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the preest shal offre the one for a synoffryng and the other for a burntofferyng and make an attonement for her before the lorde as coÌ„cernyng the yssue of her vncleÌ„nes Therfore shall ye seperate the chyldren of Israel from theyr vnclennesse that they dye not in theyr vnclennes yf they defyle my habytacyoÌ„ that is amonge them This is the lawe of hym that hath a runnyng yssue and of him whose seede runneth from hym in his slepe and is defyled therin and of her that for her naturall disease is put a parte and of whosoeuer hath a runnynge yssue whyther it be man or womaÌ„ and of hym that lyeth with her which is vncleane ¶ What Aaron must do The clensynge of the sanctuarye Of the feast of clensynge Aaron coÌ„fesseth the synnes of the chyldren of Israell CAPI XVI ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses after the death of the. ii sonnes of Aaron when they offered before the Lorde and dyed And he sayd vnto Moses Speake vnto Aaron thy brother that he come not at all tymes into the holy place within the vayle before the mercyseate whiche is vpon the arke that he dye not For I wyll appeare in the clowde vpon the mercyseate But with this thyng shall Aaron come in to the holy place euen with a bullocke ☞ for synne and with a ram for a burntoffrynge He shall put the holy lynnen albe vpon hym shall haue a lynnen breche vpon his flesshe and shal be gyrded with a lynnen gyrdle and put the lynnen mytre vpon his heade These are holy garmentes therfore shal he wasshe his fleshe with water when he doth put them on And he shall take of the multitude of the chyldren of Israel two he gootes for synne and a ram for a burntoffrynge And Aaron shall offre his bullocke for synne ☞ and make an attonement for hym and for his house And he shall take the two gootes and present them before the Lorde at the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aaron shall cast lottes ouer the two gootes one lot shal be for the Lorde and an other for the scapegoote And Aaron shall brynge the goote vpon whiche the lordes Lotte fell and offre hym for synne But the goote on which the lot fell to scape shall be set alyue before the lorde to reconcyle with and to let hym go as a scape goote fre in to the wyldernesse And Aaron shal offre his bullocke for synne and reconcyle for hym selfe an for his house and shall kyll the bullocke for synne And he shall take a censer ful of burnyng coles out of the aulter before the Lorde and shall fyll his handfull of swete sence beaten smal bryng them wtin the vayle put the sence vpon the fyre before the Lorde that the cloude of the sence may couer the mercyseate that is vpon the wytnesse that he dye not And he shal take of the bloode of the bullocke and sprynkle it with his fynger vpon the mercyseate eastwarde and before the mercyseate shall he sprynkle of the bloode with his fynger seuen tymes Then shall he kyll the goote that is the peoples synneofferyng and bryng his bloode within the vayle and do with that blood as he dyd with the blood of the bullocke sprynklyng it vpon the mercyseate before the mercyseate And he shall reconcyle the holy place from the vnclennesses of the chyldren of Israel and from theyr trespaces in all theyr synnes And so shall he do for the tabernacle of wytnesse that is set among them euen among theyr vnclennesses And let there be no body in the tabernacle of wytnesse when he goeth in to make an attonement in the holy place vntyll he come out And let hym make an attonemente for hym selfe and for his houssholde and for all the multitude of Israel And he shall go out vnto the aulter that is before the Lorde and reconcyle vpon it and shall take of the blood of the bullocke and of the blood of the goote put it vpon the hornes of the aulter round aboute and sprynkle of the blood vpon it w t his fynger seuen tymes and clense it and halowe it from the vnclennesses of the chyldren of Israel And when he hath made an ende of reconcylynge the holy place and the tabernacle of wytnesse and the aulter he shall brynge the lyue goote and Aaron shall put bothe his handes vpon the head of the lyue goote and confesse ouer hym all the myssededes of the chyldren of Israel and all theyr trespaces in all theyr synnê puttyng them vpon the head of the goote sende hym away by the hande of a conuenyent man in to the wyldernesse And the goote shal beare vpon hym all theyr mysdedes vnto the wyldernesse and he shall let the goote go free in to the wyldernesse And Aaron shal come in to the tabernacle of wytnes put of the lynnen clothes whiche he put on wheÌ„ he went in into the holy place and leaue them there let hym wasshe his flesshe with water in the holy place and put on his owne rayment and then come out offre his burntoffryng and the burntoffring of the people and make an attonemente for hymselfe and for the people and the fat of the synnoffryng shal he burne vpon the aulter And he that caryed forth the goote to ☞ As a zel shal wasshe his clothes bathe his fleshe in water and then come in to the hoost And the bullocke whiche is for his synne the goote that is for synne whose blood was brought in to clense the holy place shall one cary out without the hoost to be burnt in the fyre with theyr skynnes theyr flesshe theyr dong And he that burneth them shal
with gladnes †And there vvere vvich Dauid vii sortes of dauncers and calues for Sacrifyce And when they that bare the Arke of the lorde had gone syxe spaces he offred an axe a fat shepe And Dauid †played on harpe strynges and daunsed before the Lorde with al his myght and was gyrded with a lynnen Ephod So Dauid all the house of Israell brought the Arke †of the couenaunt of the lorde with showtyng trompet blowynge And it fortuned that as the arke of the lorde came in to the citye of Dauid Michol Sauls doughter loked thorowe a wyndew and saw kynge Dauid sprynge and daunce before the lorde and she despysed hym in her herte And when they brought in the arke of the Lorde they set it in his place euen in the myddes of the tabernacle that Dauid had pytched for it And Dauid offered burntofferynges and peace offerynges before the Lorde And as soone as Dauid had made an ende of offryng burntoffrynges peaceoffrynges he blessed the people in the name of the Lorde of hoostê and gaue amonge all the folke euen among the hole multitude of Israell as well to the women as men to euery one a Cake of bread and a pece of flesshe and a flacket of drynke And so al the peple departed euery one to his house Then Dauid returned to ☞ blesse his houshold And Michol the doughter of Saul came out to mete Dauid sayd O howe glorious was the kyng of Israel this day which was vncouered to daye in the eyes of the maydens of his seruauntes as yf it had ben a lyght brayned felowe vncouered And Dauid sayd vnto Michol I thoughe to daunce before the Lorde which chose me rather then thy father and all his kyn coÌ„maunded me to be ruler ouer all the people of the Lorde euen ouer Israel And therfore wyll I playe before the Lorde And wyll be yet more vyle then so and wyl be meke in myne owne syght of the very same mayde seruauntes whiche thou hast spoken of shal I be had in honour Therfore Michol the doughter of Saul had no chylde vnto the day of her death ¶ Dauid wolde buylde God an house but is forbydden of God CAPI VII IT fortuned that as the kynge sat in his house after that the lorde had gyuen hym rest rounde aboute from all his enemyes he sayd vnto Nathan the prophet beholde I dwell nowe in an house of Cedar trees but ☞ the arke of God dwelleth within the curteyne And Nathan sayde vnto the kynge go and do all that is in thyne herte for the lorde is with the. And it fortuned the same nyghte that the worde of the Lorde came vnto Nathan saynge go and tell my seruaunt Dauid thus sayth the Lorde shalte thou buylde me an house to dwell in For I haue not dwelte in any house synce the tyme that I brought the chyldreÌ„ of Israel out of Egypt vnto this day but haue walked in a tent tabernacle In al the places wherin I haue walked with all the chyldren of Israell spake I one worde with any of the Tribes of Israell ☞ synce I coÌ„maunded the Iudgis to fede my people Israel sayenge Why buylde ye not me an house of Cedar trees Nowe therfore so saye vnto my seruaunt Dauid thus sayth the Lorde of hoostes I toke the from the shepe coote as thou waste folowynge shepe that thou myghtest be ruler ouer my people Israell And I was with the in all that thou wentest to and haue destroyed all thyne enemyes out of thy syghte and haue made the a great name lyke vnto the name of the greate men that are in the worlde And therfore I wyll appoynte a place for my people Israell and wyll plante it that they maye dwelle in a place of theyr owne moue no more neyther shall wycked people trouble them any more as they dyd at the begynnynge synce the tyme that I set Iudges ouer my people Israell I wyl gyue the rest from all thyne enemyes And the Lorde telleth the that he wyll make the an house And when thy dayes be fulfylled thou shalte ☞ slepe with thy fathers and I wyll set vp thy seede after the whiche shall pracede out of thy body and wyll stablysshe his kyngdom He shall buylde an house for my name and I wyll stablysshe the seate of his kyngdom foreuer I wyll be his father and he shall be my son If he synne I wyll chasten hym ☞ with suche a rod as men be chastened with and with suche plages as the chyldren of men be plaged with But my mercye shall not departe awaye from hym as I toke it from Saull whom I put downe before the. And thyne house and thy kyngdom shall endure without ende after the thy seate shall be stablysshed foreuer Accordyng to all these wordes and accordynge to all this vision byd Nathan speake vnto Dauid Then wente Dauid in and set hym downe before the lorde and sayde what am I O lorde God what is my ☞ house that thou shuldest haue brought me thus far forth And this was yet a small thyng in thy syght O lorde god but thou hast spoken also of thy seruauntes house for a great whyle to come For ☞ †this is the vse of maÌ„ O lorde god And what can Dauid say more vnto the For thou Lorde God knowest thy seruaunt Euen for thy wordes sake and ☞ accordyng to thyne owne herte hast thou done all these great thynges to make them knowen vnto thy seruaunt Wherfore thou arte great O lorde God for there is none lyke the neyther is there any God saue thou accordynge to all that we haue herde with our eares And what one people in the earth is lyke thy people Israel †whose God went delyuered them that they myght be his people and that he myght make hym a name and to shewe great and terrible thyngê in the earth for thy people whiche thou redemedst to the oute of Egypte euen the people with theyr ☞ goddes For thou hast ordeyned thy people Israell to be thy people foreuer And thou Lorde arte become theyr God And nowe Lorde God the worde that thou hast spoken concernyng thy seruaunt his house make it good foreuer and do as thou haste sayd For so shall thy name be magnified foreuer of men that shall say the lorde of hoostê is the god of Israel and the house of thy seruaunt Dauid shall be stablysshed before the. For thou O Lorde of hoostes God of Israel hast tolde in the eare of thy seruaunt saynge †I wyll buylde the an house And therfore hath thy seruaunt fouÌ„de in his herte to pray this prayer vnto the. Therfore nowe lorde God thou arte God and thy worde must be true thou that hast tolde this goodnes vnto thy seruaunt And nowe go to and blesse the house of thy seruaunt that it maye contynue foreuer before the. For thou Lorde God hast spoken it
a great rich man had a fayre orcharde ioyninge vnto his house And to h◠resorted the Iewes comēly because he was a mā of reputacion among thē The same yere were there made two Iudges suche as the Lorde speaketh of Al the wyckednesse of Babylon cōmeth from the elders that is from the iudges whiche seme to rule the people These came ofte to Ioachims house and all such as had any thyng to do in the law came thyther vnto them Nowe when the people came agayne at after noone Susanna went into her husbādes orcharde to walcke The elders seinge this that she wente in daylye and walcked they burned for luste to her yee they were almost out of theyr wyttes and caste downe theyr eyes that they shulde not se heauen nor remembre that God is a ryghtuous iudge For they were both wounded with the loue of her nether durst one shew another his grefe And for shame they duest not tel her there in ordinate lust that they wold fayne haue had to do with her Yet they layed wayte for her earnestly from daye to day that they myght at the least haue a syght of her And the one sayde to the other Up let vs go home forit is diner tyme. So they wēt their way frō her When they returned agayne they came together enquyryng out y ◠matter betwyxte them selues yee the one tolde y ◠other of hys wycked lust Then appoynted they a tyme when they myght take Susanna alone It happned also y ◠they spyed out a conuenient tyme when she went forth to walke as her maner was and no body wyth her but two maydens thought to wasshe her selfe in the gardē for it was an hote season And there was not one person there excepte the two elders had y ◠hyd them selues to beholde her So she sayde to her maydens go fet me oyle and sope and shut the orcharde dore that I may wash me And they dyd as she bad them and shut the orchard dore and went out them selues at a backe dore to fet the thyng that she had commaūded but Susanna knewe not that the elders laye there hyd within Nowe when the maydens were gone forth the two elders gat them vp and ranne vpō her saying now the orcharde dores are shut that no man can se vs we haue a lust vnto the therfore cōsente vnto vs and lye wyth vs. If thou wylt not we shal brynge a testymoniall agaynst the that there was a yonge felo we wyth the and that thou hast sente away thy maydēs from the for the same cause Susanna syghed sayde Alas * I am in trouble on euery syde Though I folow your mynde it wyll be my death yf I cōsent not vnto you I can not escape your hādes Wel it is better for me to fall into your hāde with out the dede doynge then to synne in y e syght of the Lorde and wyth that she cryed out wyth a loude voyce the elders also cried out agaynst her Then rāne there one to the orchard dore and smote it open Nowe when the seruauntes of the house herde the erye in the orchard they russhed in at the backe dore to se what the matter was So when the elders tolde them the seruauntes were greatly ashamed for whyethere was neuer such a reporte made of Susanna On the morowe after came the people to Ioachim her husbande the two elders came also full of myscheuous ymaginacyon agaynst Susanna to brynge her vnto death and spake thus before the people Sende for Susanna the daughter of Helchias Ioachims wyfe And imediately they sente for her So she came wyth her father mother her chyldrē and all her kynred Now Susanna was a tender person and maruelous fayre of face Therfore the wycked men commaunded to take of the clothes from her face for she was couered that at the leest they might so be satisfyed in her buety Then her frendes yee and all they that knewe her beganne to wepe Those two elders stode vp in the myddest of the people layed theyr handes vpon the heade of Susanna which wepte and loked vp towarde Heauen for her herte had a sure toust in the Lord. And the elders sayde As we were walkynge in the orchard alone thys woman came in with her two maydēs whom she sente away from her and sparred the orcharde dores wyth that a yonge felow whiche there was hyd came vnto her and laye with her As for vs we stode in a corner of the orcharde And when we sawe this wyckednes we ranne to her and perceaued that they had medled together But we could not holde him for he was stronger then we thus he opened the dore and gat him away Now when we had taken thys woman we asked her what yonge felowe thys was but she wolde not tel vs. This is the matter and we be wytnesses of the same The comen sorte beleued them as those that were the elders and iudges of the people and so they condemned her to death Susāna cryed out with a loude voyce and sayd O euerlastyng God thou sercher of secretes thou that knowest al thynges afore they come to pas thou wotest that they haue borne false wytnes agaynste me beholde I muste dye where as I neuer dyd any suche thynges as these men haue malycyously inuented agaynst me And the Lorde herde her voyce For when she was led forth to death the Lorde raysed vp the sprete of a yonge chylde whose name was Daniel whiche cryed with a loude voyce I am cleane from this bloude Then al the people turned them towarde hym and sayde What meane these wordes that thou hast spoken Daniel stode in the myddest of thē and sayde Are ye suche fooles O ye chyldren of Israel that ye can not discerne nor know the truth Ye haue here condemned a daughter of Israell vnto death and know not y ◠trueth wherfore Go syt on iudgement agayne for they haue spoken false wytnesse agaynst her Wherfore the people turned agayne in al the hast And the elders that is the pryncypall heades sayde vnto him come syt downe here amonge vs and shewe vs this matter seyng God hath geuē the as greate honoure as an elder And Daniel said vnto thē Put these two asyde one from another and then shall I heare thē When they were put asunder one frome another he called one of them and sayde vnto hym O thou olde canckerd earle that hast vsed thy wickednesse so lōg thyne vngracyous dedes which y u hast done afore are nowe come to lyght For thou hast geuen false iudgementes thou hast oppressed the innocent letten the gyltye go fre where as yet y ◠Lord sayeth The innocent ryghtuous se thou sley not Wel thā yf thou hast sene her tell me vnder what tre sawest thou them talkyng together He answered vnder a Molbery tree And Danyel sayde very well now thou lyest euen vpon thyne head Lo
And ye shall be brought vnto the heade rulers and kynges for my sake in wytnesse to them and to the gentyls But when they delyuer you vp take ye no thought howe or what ye shall speake For it shall be gyuen you euen in that same houre what ye shall speake For it is not ye that speake but the spirite of your father whiche speaketh in you The brother shall delyuer vp the brother to death the father the sonne And the chyldren shal aryse agaynst theyr fathers and mothers shal put them to death and ye shal be hated of all men for my name sake But he that endureth to the ende shall be saued But when they persecute you in this citye flee ye in to an other For verely I saye vnto you ye shall not go thorowe all the cityes of Israel tyll the sonne of man be come The discyple is not aboue the mayster nor the seruaunt aboue his lorde It is ynough for the disciple that he be as his mayster is and that the seruaunt be as his lorde is If they haue called the lorde of the house Beelzebub howe moche more shall they call them of his housholde so Feare them not therfore For there is nothynge close that shall not be opened nothyng hyd that shal not be knowen What I tell you in darkenesse that speake ye in lyghte And what ye heare in the eare that preache ye on the house toppes And feare ye not them whiche kyll the body but are not able to kyl the soule But rather feare hym which is able to destroy both soule and body in to hell Are not two lytell sparowes solde for a farthynge And one of them shall not lyght on the grounde wtout your father Yea euen al the heere 's of your head are nombred Feare ye not therfore ye are of more value then many sparowes Euery one therfore that shal knowledge me before men him wyl I knowlege also before my father which is in heuen But who soeuer shall denye me before men hym wyll I also denye before my father whiche is in heuen Thynke not that I am come to sende peace into the erth I came not to sende peace but a swerde For I am come to set a man at varyaunce agaynst his father the doughter agaynst her mother and the doughter in lawe agaynst her mother in law And a mans foes shall be they that are of his owne hausholde He that loueth father or mother more then me is not worthy of me And he that loueth sonne or doughter more then me is not worthye of me And he that taketh not his crosse and foloweth me is not worthy of me He that fyndeth his lyfe shall lose it and he that loseth his lyfe for my sake shal fynde it He that receyueth you receyueth me and he that receyueth me receyueth hym that sent me He that receyueth a prophet in the name of a prophet shal receyue a prophetê rewarde And he that receyueth a ryghteous man in the name of a ryghteous man shall receyue a ryghteous mannes rewarde And who soeuer shall gyue vnto one of these lytell ones to drynke a cup of colde water onely in the name of a disciple verely I say vnto you he shall not lose his rewarde ¶ IohnÌ„ Bapiyst sendeth his disciples vnto Christ. CAPI XI ANd it came to passe that when Iesus had made an ende of coÌ„maundyng his twelue disciples he departed thence to teache and to preache in theyr cityes ✚ When IohnÌ„ beynge in pryson herde the wordes of Christ he sent two of his disciples and sayde vnto hym Arte thou he that shall come or do we loke for an other Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Go and shewe IohnÌ„ agayne what ye haue herde and sene The blynde receyue theyr syghte the lame walke the lepers are clensed and the deafe heare the deade are reysed vp and the poore receyue the glad tydynges of the gospell And happy is he that is not offended by me And as they departed Iesus began to say vnto the people concernynge IohnÌ„ What went ye out into the wyldernes to se A reede that is shaken with the wynd Or what went ye out to se a man clothed in softe rayment Beholde they that weare softe clothyng are in kynges houses But what wente ye out to se A prophet Uerely I say vnto you more then a prophet For this is he of whom it is wrytten Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face whiche shall prepare thy way before the. ⊢ ✚ Uerely I saye vnto you amonge them that are borne of women arose not a greater then IohnÌ„ the Baptyst Notwithstandynge ☞ he that is lesse in the kyngdome of heuen is greater then he From the dayes of IohnÌ„ Baptyst vntyll this day the kyngdom of heuen suffreth violence and the violent plucke it vnto them For al the prophettes and the lawe it selfe prophesyed ☞ vnto IohnÌ„ And yf ye wyll receyue it this is Helyas whiche was for to come He that hath eares to heare let hym heare ⊢ But whervnto shall I lyken this generacyon It is lyke vnto chyldren whiche syt in the market places and call vnto theyr felowes and saye We haue pyped vnto you and ye haue not daunsed we haue mourned vnto you and ye haue not sorowed For IohnÌ„ came neyther catynge nor drynkynge and ye saye he hathe the deuyll The sonne of man came eatynge and drynkynge and they saye beholde a glutton and an vnmeasurable drynker of wyne and a frende vnto publicans and synners And wysdome is Iustified of her chyldren ✚ Then began he to vpbrayde the cityes whiche moost of his myracles were done in bycause they repented not of theyr synnes Wo vnto the Chorasin Wo vnto the Bethsaida for yf the myracles which were shewed in you had bene done in the citye of Tyre or Sidon they had repented of theyr synnes long agone in sacke cloth and asshes Neuerthelesse I say vnto you it shall be easyer for Tyre and Sidon at the daye of iudgement then for you And thou Capernaum whiche â—ete lyfte vp vnto heuen shalte be broughte downe to hell For yf the myracles which haue bene done in the had bene shewed in Zodom they had remayned vntyll this daye Neuerthelesse I saye vnto you that it shall be easyer for the lande of Zodom in the day of iudgement theÌ„ for the. ⊢ ✚ At that tyme Iesus answered sayd I thanke the O father Lorde of heuen and earth bycause thou hast hyd these thynges from the wyse prudent hast shewed them vnto babes verely father euen so was it thy good pleasure All thynges are gyueÌ„ ouer vnto me of my father And no man knoweth the sonne but the father neyther knoweth any man the father saue the sonne and he to whom soeuer the sonne wyll open hym Come vnto me all ye that laboure and are
aboute also to take hym and feared the people For they knewe that he had spoken the parable agaynst them And they lefte hym and went theyr waye And they sent vnto hym certayne of the Pharises and Herodes seruauntes to take him in his wordes And assoone as they were come they sayd vnto him Mayster we know that thou art true and carest for no man for thou consyderest not the outward apperauÌ„ce of men but teachest the way of God truely Is it lawfull to pay tribute to Cesar or not Ought we to gyue or ought we not to gyue But he vnderstode theyr simulacyon sayde vnto them Why tempte ye me Brynge me a peny that I may se it And they brought it And he sayeth vnto them Whose is this ymage and superscripcyon And they sayde vnto hym Cesars And Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Gyue to Cesar the thynges that belonge to Cesar and to God the thynges whiche perteyne to God And they meruayled at hym There came also vnto hym the Saduces whiche say that there is no resurreccyon And they asked hym sayenge Mayster Moses wrote vnto vs yf any mans brother dye and leaue his wyfe behynde hym and leaue no chyldren that his brother shulde take his wyfe and reyse vp seede vnto his brother There were seuen brethreÌ„ and the fyrst toke a wyfe and when he dyed lefte no seede behynde hym And the seconde toke her and dyed neyther left he any seed And the thyrde lykewyse And seuen had her lefte no seede behynde them Last of al the wyfe dyed also In the resurreccion therfore when they shall ryse agayne whose wyfe shal she be of them For seuen had her to wyfe And Iesus answered and sayd vnto them Do ye not therfore erre bycause ye vnderstand not the scriptures neyther the power of God For when they shall ryse agayne frome death they neyther marry nor are maryed but are as the angels whiche are in heuen As touchynge the deade that they ryse agayne haue ye not red in the booke of Moses howe in the busshe God spake vnto him sayenge I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob He is no God of deade but the God of lyuynge Ye are therfore greatly dcceyued And when there came one of the Scrybes and had herde them dysputynge togyther and perceyued that he had answered them well he asked hym whiche is the fyrst of all the coÌ„maundementes Iesus answered him the fyrst of al the coÌ„maundementes is Heare O Israel The Lorde oure God is Lorde onely And thou shalt loue the lorde thy god with all thy herte and with all thy soule and with all thy mynde and with al thy strength This is the fyrst coÌ„maundement And the seconde is lyke vnto this Thou shalte loue thy neyghboure as thy selfe There is none other commaundement greater then these And the Scrybe sayde vnto hym well mayster thou hast sayde the trueth for there is one God and there is none but he And to loue hym with all the herte and with all the mynde and with all the soule and with al the strength and to loue a mans neyghboure as hym selfe is a greater thynge then all burnt offerynges and sacrifices And when Iesus sawe that he answered discretly he sayd vnto hym Thou art not farre from the kyngdom of God And no man after that durste aske hym any questyon And Iesus answered and sayd teachyng in the temple How say ye scribes that Christ is the son of Dauid for Dauid hym selfe enspired with the holy goost sayd The Lorde sayd to my lorde syt on my ryght hande tyll I make thyne enemyes thy fote sâ—ole Dauid hym selfe calleth him lorde and how is he then his son And moche peple herde hym gladly And he sayd vnto them in his doctrine beware of the Scribes whiche loue to go in longe clothynge and loue salutacyons in the market places the cheyfe seates in the congregacyons and the vppermost rowmes at feastê Whiche deuoure wydowes houses and vnder a pretence make longe prayers These shall receyue greater damnacyon ✚ And when Iesus sat ouer agaynst the treasurye he behelde howe the people put money in to the treasurye And many that were ryche cast in moche And there came a certayne poore wydowe and she threwe in two mytes whiche make a farthynge And he called vnto hym his disciples and sayeth vnto them Uerely I saye vnto you that this poore wydowe hath cast more in then al they whiche haue cast into the treasurye For they all dyd cast in of theyr superfluyte but she of her pouerte dyd cast in all that she had euen all her lyuynge ⊢ ¶ The ende of the worlde The days and the houre 〈◊〉 vnknowen CAPI XIII ✚ ANd as he went out of the themple one of his disciples sayde vnto hym Mayster se what stones and what buyldynges are here And Iesus answered and sayd vnto hym Seest thou these great buyldynges There shall not be lefte one stone vpon an other that shall not be throwen downe And as he sat on mounte Olyuete ouer agaynst the temple Peter and Iames IohnÌ„ and Andrew asked hym secretly tell vs wheÌ„ shal these thynges be And what is the sygne when all these thynges shall be fulfylled And Iesus answered them and began to say Take hede lest any man deceyue you For many shall come in my name sayenge I am Chryst and shall deceyue many When ye shall heare of warres and tydynges of warres be ye not troubled For suche thynges must nedes be But the ende is not yet For there shall nacion aryse agaynst nacion and kyngdome agaynst kyngdome And there shall be earth quakes in all quarters and famyshment shall there be and troubles These are the begynnyng of sorowes But take ye hede to your selues For they shall bryng you vp to the counsels in to the Sinagoges ye shal be beaten Yea and shal be brought before rulers kynges for my sake for a testimoniall vnto them And the Gospell must fyrst be publysshed among al nacions But when they leade you present you take ye no thought neyther ymagyn before hande what ye shall saye but what soeuer is gyuen you in the same houre that speake for it is not ye that speake but the holy goost The brother shall delyuer vp the brother to death and the father the son and the chyldreÌ„ shall ryse agaynst theyr fathers mothers shall put them to death And ye shal be hated of al men for my names sake But who so endureth vnto the ende the same shall be safe More ouer when ye se the abhominacyon of desolacion wherof is spokeÌ„ by Daniel the prophet stande where it ought not let hym that redeth vnderstande Then let them that be in Iurie flee to the mountaynes And let hym that is on the house top not go downe in to the house neyther entre therin
Be thou and all thy companye before the Lorde bothe thou they and Aaron to morowe And take euery maÌ„ his sencer and put sence in them that ye maye offre before the lorde euery man of the two hundred fyftie take his sencer thou also Aaron that euery one may haue his sencer And they toke euerye man his sencer and put fyre in them and layd sence theron and stode in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse with Moses and Aaron And Corah gathered all the congregacyon agaynst them vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the glory of the Lorde appeared vnto al the congregacyon And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge Seperate your selues from among this congregacion that I may consume them atonce And they fell vpon theyr faces and sayde O moost myghtye God of the spirites of all flesshe yf one man hath synned wylte thou be wrothe with all the multitude And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the congre gacyon and say Get you away from aboute the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram And Moses rose vp and wente vnto Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israell folowed hym And he spake vnto the congregacyon saynge departe from the tentes of these wycked men and touche no thynge of theyrs lest ye perysshe in all theyr synnes And so they gat them from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And DathaÌ„ and Abiram came out and stode in the dore of theyr tentes with theyr wyues theyr sonnes and theyr lytell chyldren And Moses sayd Hereby ye shall knowe that the lorde hath sent me to do al these workes and that I haue not done them of myne owne mynde If these men dye the common deathe of all men or they be ☞ visited after the visitacyon of al men then the Lorde hath not sent me But yf the Lorde make a newe thyng the earth open her mouth swalow them vp withall that they haue and they go downe quycke in to hell then ye shall vnderstand that these meÌ„ haue prouoked the lorde And it fortuned that as soone as he had made an ende of speakynge all these wordes the grounde cloue a sondre that was vnder them the earth opened her mouth swalowed them vp theyr houses all the men that were with Corah and all theyr goodes And they and all that they had wente downe alyue vnto hel the erth closed vpon them they peryshed from among the coÌ„gregacion And all Israel that were aboute them fled at the crye of them And they sayde leest the earthe swalowe vs vp also And there came out a fyre from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred fyftie men that offered sence And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preest that he take vp the sencers out of the burnyng and skatter the fyre here and there for the ☞ sencers of these synners are halowed in theyr deathes and let them make of them thyn beaten plates for a couerynge of the aulter For they offered them before the lorde and therfore they are halowed and they shall be a sygne vnto the chyldren of Israel And Eleazar the Preest toke the brasen sencers which they that were burnt had offered and bet them thyn for a coueryng of the aulter to be a remembraunce vnto the chyldren of Israell that no straunger whiche is not of the seede of Aaron come nere to offre sence before the Lorde that it happen not vn to hym lyke as vnto Corah and his companye as the Lorde sayde of hym by the hande of Moses But on the morowe all the multitude of the chyldren of Israell murmured agaynste Moses Aaron sayeng Ye haue kylled the people of the lorde And it fortuned that wheÌ„ the multitude was gathered agaynst Moses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of wytnesse And beholde †vvhen they vvere entred in to it the cloude couered it the glorye of the lorde appeared And Moses Aaron came before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Get you from amonge this congregacyon that I maye consume them quyckely And they fell vpon theyr faces And Moses sayd vnto Aaron take a sencer and put fyre therin out of the aulter and powre on sence and go quyckely vnto the coÌ„gregacyon that thou mayst opteyne forgyuenesse for them For there is wrath gone out from the Lorde and there is a plage begon And Aaron toke as Moses coÌ„maunded him and ran in to the myddes of the coÌ„gregacion and beholde the plage was begonne among the people and he put on sence and made an atonement for the people And when he stode bitwene the deade and them that were alyue the plage ceased They that dyed in the plage were xiiii thousande and seuen hundred besyde them that dyed aboute the busynesse of Corah And Aaron went Agayne vnto Moses before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the plage ceased ¶ Aarons rod buddith and beareth blossoms CAPI XVII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and take of euery prynce of them a rod after the houses of theyr fathers Euen xii roddes and wryte euery mans name vpoÌ„ his rod. And wryte Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui for euery rod is for a house of theyr fathers and put them in the tabernacle of wytnesse euen in the place where I mete you And the mans rod whom I chose shall blossome And I wyl make cease from me the grudgyngê of the chyldren of Israel wherby they grudge agaynst you And Moses spake vnto the chyldren of Israell and all the princes gaue hym euery prince accordynge to theyr fathers houses a rod euen â—ii roddes the rod of Aaron was among the roddê And Moses put the roddê before the lorde in the tabernacle of wytnes And on the morow Moses went in to the tabernacle of wytnesse and beholde the rod of Aaron for the house of Leui was budded and bare blossoms almondes And Moses brought out all the roddes from before the Lorde vnto al the chyldren of Israel they loked vpon them toke euery man his rod. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses brynge Aarons rod agayne before the wytnesse to be kept for a token of the chyldrens rebellyoÌ„ and that theyr murmurynge maye cease fro me and that they dye not And Moses dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded hym euen so dyd he And the chyldren of Israel spake vnto Moses saynge beholde we are wasted away and consumed we al come to nought who soeuer cometh nygh the dwellyng of the lord dyeth Shall we vtterly consume away ¶ The offyce of the leuytes The tythes and fyrst fruytes must be gyuen them Aarons herytage CAPI XVIII ANd the Lorde sayd vnto Aaron Thou and thy sonnes and thy fathers house with the ☞ shal beare the faute of that whiche is done amysse in the holy place And
passage vnto mounte Nebo whiche is in the lande of Moab ouer agaynst Ierico And beholde the lande of Canaan which I gyue vnto the chyldren of Israel to possesse And dye in the mounte whiche thou goest vp vnto thou shalte be gathered vnto thy people As Aaron thy brother dyed in mounte Hor and was gathered vnto his people bycause ye trespassed agaynst me amonge the chyldren of Israel at the waters of stryfe at Cades in the wyldernesse of Zin For ye sanctified me not amonge the chyldren of Israel Thou shalte therfore se the lande before the and shall not go thyther vnto the lande whiche I gyue the chyldren of Israel ¶ Moses dyenge blesseth all the trybes of Israell CAPI XXXIII THis is the blessynge wherwith Moses the man of God blessed the chyldren of Israel before his deathe and sarde The Lorde came from Smay and shewed his beames from Seir vnto them and appeared from mount Pharan he came with thousandes of ☞ sayntes and in his ryghte hande a lawe of fyre for them And he loued the people All his sayntes also are in thy handes They †were smytten to go after thy feete and to receyue of thy wordes Moses gaue vs a lawe to be an enheritaunce of the congregacyon of Iacob And he was in Israell kynge when the heades of the people and the tribes of Israell were gathered togyther Let Ruben lyue not dye be fewe in nombre This same also happen to Iuda And he sayd heare lorde the voyce of Iuda â–ª brynge hym vnto his people his handes shal be good ynough for him yf thou helpe hym agaynst his enemyes And vnto Leut he sayde ☞ Thuminâ— and Urim shall be with the and with euery one that is godly in the. Thou diddest proue hym also in the temptacyon and stryuedst with hym at the waters of stryfe He that hath sayd vnto his father and to his mother I haue not sene hym ☞ And he that knewe not his brethren nor knewe his owne chyldreÌ„ those are they that haue obserued thy worde and shall kepe thy couenaunte They shall teache Iacob thy iudgementes and Israell thy law They shal put sence before thy nose and the burâ—sacrifice vpon thyne aulter Blesse lorde his fyrst fruytes and accepte the worke of his handes smyte the loynes of them that ryse agaynst hym of them that hate hym that they ryse not agayne And of Ben Iamin he sayde The Lordes derlyng shall dwel in safetie vpon hym and the Lorde shall couer hym all the day long he shall dwell bytwene his shoulders And of Ioseph he sayd blessed of the lorde is his lande for the fruytes of heuen thorow the dewe and sprynges that lye bynethe and for the swete fruytes of the encrease of the sonne and rype fruytes of the moone For the fyrst fruyte of the principal mountaynes and for the Fruytes that the hylles brynge forth for euer and for the fruytê of the earth and fulnesse therof and for the good wyll of hym that dwelte in the Busshe shall the blessynge come vpon the heade of Ioseph vpon the top of the head of hym that was seperated from among his brethreÌ„ ☞ his fyrst borne oxe hath beautye and his hornes are as the hornes of an vnicorne And with them he shall trouble the nacions togyther euen vnto the endes of the worlde These are also the many thousandes of Ephram and the thousandes of Manasses And vnto Zabulon he sayde Reioyse Zabulon in thy goyng out thou Isachar in thy tentes They shall call the people vnto the hyll there they shal offre offerynges of ryghteousnesse For they shal sucke of the aboundaunce of the see and of treasure hyd in the sande And vnto Gad he sayde blessed be the rowme maker Gad he dwelleth as a Lyon that catcheth the arme with the heed He saw therfore his begynnynge that there was a porcyon there to hyde the lawe gyuer and he came with the heades of the people executed the ryghtousnes of the lorde his iudgementes with Israel And vnto Dan he sayd Dan is a lyons whelpe he shall flow from Basan And vnto Nepthali he sayd Nephthali hath aboundance of Gods good pleasure and is fylled with the blessynge of the lorde shall haue his possessyons towarde the souhtwest And to Aser he sayd Aser shall be blessed with chyldren he shal be acceptable vnto his brethren and shall dyp his foote in oyle Thy dwellyng be Yron and brasse and thyne age be as thy youth There is none lyke vnto the God of Israel which though he syt vpon the heuen as vpon an horse yet is he thy helper whose glorye is in the celestyall places The eternall God is thy refuge and vnder the armes of the euerlastyng god shalte thou lyue He shall cast out the enemye before the say destroy Israel then shall dwel in safetie and alone And the eye of Iacob shall be vpon a lande of corne wyne and his heuens shall drop the dewe Happye arte thou O Israell who is lyke vnto the O people that arte saued in the Lorde whiche is the shylde of thy helpe swerde of thy glory Thyne enemyes haue lost theyr strength to the warde thou shalte ☞ treade vpon the hyght of them ¶ Moses dyeth Israell wepeth Iosua succedeth in Moses roume CAPI XXXIIII ANd Moses went from the playne of Moab vp in to mount Nebo and vnto the top of the hyl that is ouer agaynst Iericho And the Lorde shewed hym all the lande of Gilead euen vnto Dan all Nephthali and the lande of ☞ Ephraim and Manasse and the lande of Iuda euen vnto the vttermost see and the south and the region of the playn of Iericho the Citie of paulme trees euen vnto Zoar. And the Lorde sayde vnto hym This is the lande which I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob sayenge I wyll gyue it vnto thy seede I haue caused the also to se it with thyne eyes but thou shalte not go ouer thyther So Moses the seruaunt of the lorde dyed there in the lande of Moab accordyng to the worde of the Lorde And he buryed hym in a valey in the lande of Moab ouer agaynste the house of Peor but no maÌ„ knoweth of his sepulcre vnto this day Moses was an hundred and twentye yere olde when he dyed his eye was not dym nor his naturall coloure abated And the chyldren of Israel wepte for Moses in the playn of Moab thyrtie dayes And the dayes of wepynge and mournynge for Moses were ended And Iosua the sonne of Nun was full of the spirite of wysdome for Moses had put his handes vpon hym And the chyldren of Israel were obedient vnto hym and dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And there arose not a prophete synce in Israel lyke vnto Moses whom the Lorde knewe face to face accordynge vnto all the myracles and wonders whiche the Lorde sent hym to do in
iudged Israell And he had fourtye sonnes thirtye neues that rode on seuentie asse coltes And when Abdon the son of Hellell the Pharathonite had iudged Israell eyght yere he dyed and was buryed in Pharthon in the lande of Ephraim in the mount of the Amalechites ¶ Israel beyng an Idolatret is oâ—pressed of the Phâ—istinell The byrth of Samson The sacrifice of Samsons Father CAPI XIII ANd the Chyldren of Israell began agayne to commyt wyckednesse in the syght of the Lorde And the lorde delyuered them in to the handê of the Philistines fourtye yeare And there was a man in Zarah of the kynred of Dan named Manoah whose wyfe was barren and bare not And the angell of the Lorde appeared vnto the woman sayde vnto her Beholde thou arte batten and bearest not But thou shalte conceyue and beare a son And nowe beware that y u drynke no wyne nor stronge drynke neyther eate any vncleane thyng for se thou shalte conceyue beare a son And there may no raser come on his heade For the lad shal be an absteyner vnto God euen from his †infancye and from his byrth And he shall begyn to delyuer Israell out of the handes of the Philistynes Then the wyfe came and tolde her husbande sayenge a man of God came vnto me and the fassyon of hym was lyke the fassyon of an angel of god excedyng fearful But I asked hym not whense he was neyther tolde he me his name but sayd vnto me beholde thou shalte be with chylde and beate a sonne and nowe drynke no wyne nor stronge drynke neyther eate any vncleane thynge for the ladde shall be an absteyner to god euen from his †infancye and from his byrth to the day of his death TheÌ„ Manoah made intercession to the lorde sayd I pray the my lorde let the man of god whiche thou sendest come once more vnto vs and teache vs what we shall do vnto the lad when he is borne And god herde the voyce of Manoah and the angell of god came agayne vnto the wyfe as she sat in the feld But Manoah her husdand was not w t her And the wyfe made hast ran and shewed her husbande sayd vnto hym Beholde the man appeared vnto me that came vnto me to day And Manoah arose went after his wyfe and came to the man and sayde vnto hym arte thou the man that spakest vnto my wyfe And he sayde I am Manoah sayde nowe when thy sayenge is come to passe what shall be the maner of the chylde what shall he do And the angel of the Lorde sayde vnto Manoah thy wyfe must absteyne from al that I sayd vnto her she may eate of nothynge that coÌ„meth of the vyne â—tee nor drynke wyne or strong drynke nor eate any vncleane thynge But must obserue all that I bad her Manoah sayde vnto the Angell of the Lorde we wyll kepe the styll vntyll we haue made redye a kyd and haue set it before the. And the Angell of the Lorde sayde vnto Manoah though y u make me abyde I wyll not eate of thy ☞ breade And yf y u wylte offre a burntofferynge thou must offre it vnto the Lorde For Manoah wyst not that it was an angell of the Lorde And Manoah sayde agayne vnto the angell of the Lorde what is thy name that when thy sayenge is come to passe we may do the some worshyp And the Angell of the Lorde sayde vnto hym why askest thou after my name which is ☞ Secrete And so Manoah toke a kyd with a meate offerynge and offered it vpon a rocke vnto the Lorde And the angell dyd wonderouslye Manoah and his wyfe lokyng vpon And wheÌ„ the flame came vp to warde heuen from the aulter the angel of the Lorde ascended vp in the flame of the aulter And Manoah his wyfe loked vpon it fell flat on theyr faces vnto the grouÌ„de But the angell of the Lorde dyd no more appeare vnto Manoah and his wyfe And then Manoah knewe that it was an angell of the Lorde sayd vnto his wyfe we shall surelye dye bycause †we haue sene god But his wyfe sayd vnto hym Yf the lorde wolde kyll vs he wolde not haue receyued a burnt offerynge and a meate offerynge of our handes neyther wolde he haue shewed vs all these thynges nor wolde nowe haue tolde vs any suche And the wyfe bare a sonne called his name Samsom And the lad grewe and the lorde blessed hym And †the spiryte of the Lorde began to moue hym in the hooste of Dan bytwene Zaraah and Esthaoll ¶ The maryage of Samsom He hylleth a Lyon He propoundeth a ryddle â—e hylleth 〈◊〉 â—en His wyfe forsaketh hym and taketh another CAPI XIIII SAmson went downe to Thamnath and saw a woman in ThaÌ„nath of the doughters of the Philistines and he came by and tolde his father and his mother and sayde I haue sene a woman in Thamnath of the doughters of the Philistines And now gyue her me to wyfe Then his father and mother sayde vnto hym Is there neuer a woman amonge the doughters of thy brethren and amonge all my people but that thou must go take a wyfe of the vncircumcised Philistines And Samson sayd vnto his father gyue me this womaÌ„ for she pleaseth me wel But his Father and mother wyst not that it was the Lordes doynge and that he sought an occasyon agaynste the Philistines for at that tyme the Philistines reygned ouer Israell Then went Samson and his father his mother downe to Thamnath and came to the vineyeardes of Thamnath And beholde a yonge †vvod Lyon roored vpon hym And the spiryte of the lorde came vpon hym And he tare hym as he wolde haue rent a kyd and yet had nothynge in his hande neyther tolde his father and mother what he had done And he went downe and talked with the woman â–ª whiche semed well fauoured in the syght of Samson And within a shorte space after as he went thyther agayne to take her to wyfe he turned out of the waye to se the carkas of the Lyon And beholde there was a swarme of bees hony in the carkas of the Lyon And he toke of the honye in his handes and went eatynge and came to his father mother and gaue them also And they dyd eat But he tolde not them that he had taken the honye out of the carkas of the Lyon And so his father came vnto the woman and Samson made there a feast for so vsed the yonge men to do And †when they †the cyâ—esens of that place sawe hym they brought xxx companions to be with hym And Samson sayde vnto them I wyll now put forth a ryddle vnto you and yf ye can declare it me within seuen dayes of the feast and fynde it oute I wyll gyue you thirtye shertes and xxx chaung of garmentes But and yf ye can not declare it
And the man came in hastely tolde Eli. Eli was foure score and eyghtene yeare olde his syght fayled hym that he coulde not se. And the man sayde vnto Eli I am he that came out of the aray fled this day out of the hooste And he sayde what thynge is fortuned my son The messenger answered and sayde Israell is fled before the Philistines â–ª there is a great slaughter chaunsed amonge the people thy two sonnes Hophni and Phines are deade and the arke of God is taken And it fortuned that when he made mencion of the arke of God Eli fell from of his stoole backeward vpon the thresholde of the gate and his necke brake and he dyed for he was an olde man and heuye and iudged Israell fourtye yeres And his doughter in lawe Phinehes wyfe was with chylde and nygh the byrth And when she herde the tydynges that the arke of god was taken and that her father inlawe her husbande were deade â–ª she bowed her selfe and traueyled for her paynes came vpon her And aboute the tyme of her death the women that stode aboute her sayde vnto her teare not for thou hast borne a sonne But she answered not nor regarded it And she named the chylde Ichabod sayenge The glorye is departed froÌ„ Israell Bycause the arke of god was taken and bycause of her father inlaw and her husbande And she sayde agayne The glorye is gone froÌ„ Israell for the arke of god is taken ¶ Dagon the god of the Philistynes to cast â—â—aâ— before the arke CAPI V. AND the Philistines toke the Arke of god and caryed it from the helpe stone vnto Asdod agayne the Philistines toke the arke of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon And when they of Asdod were vp in the mornyng beholde Dagon laye vpon the earth before the arke of the lorde And they toke Dagon and set hym in his place agayne And when they were vp carlye in the nexte mornyng beholde Dagon laye vpon the grounde before the Arke of the Lorde and his heede and his two handes cut of vpon the thresholde that ☞ only the shap of a fyshe was lefte on hym And therfore is it that the preestê of Dagon neyther any man that coÌ„meth into Dagons house treade not on the threshold of Dagon in Asdod vnto this daye But the hande of the Lorde was heuye vpon them of Asdod and he destroyed them and smote them with emerodes bothe Asdod and in all the coostes therof †The vyllages also and the feldes in the myddest of the countrey vvere full and there came vp myce and it vvas a confusyon of a great death in the citye And when the men of Asdod saw that it was so they sayde the arke of the God of Israell shall not abyde here with vs for his hande is sore vpon vs and vpon Dagon our God They sent therfore gathered all the lordes of the Philistines vnto them and sayd what shall we do with the arke of the god of Israell They answered let the arke of the god of Israell be caryed aboute vnto Gath. And they caryed the arke of the god of Israell aboute And it fortuned that when they had caryed it aboute there was by the hande of the lorde a myghtye great noyse in the citye and he smote the men of the citye both small and great and they had secrete dyseases †And the Gethites toke councell and made them selues preuye seates of skynnes Therfore they sent the arke of god to Akaron And as soone as the arke of God came to Akaron the Akaronites cryed out sayenge they haue brought the arke of the God of Israell to vs to sley vs and our people And so they sent and gathered togyther all the lordê of the Philistines and sayde sende away the arke of the god of Israell to go agayne vnto his owne place that it sley vs not and our people For there was a deadly noyse thorow out all the citye and the hande of God was excedynge sore there And the men that dyed not were smyten with the Emerodê and the crye of the citye went vp to heuen ¶ The kyne brynge home the Arke with the rewardes CAPI VI. THe arke of the Lorde was in the countrey of the Philistines seuen monethes the Philistines called for the preestes and the sothsayers saynge what shall we do with the arke of the Lorde tell vs wherwith we shall sende it home agayne They sayde Yf you sende the Arke of the God of Israell home agayne sende it not emptye But rewarde it with a trespasseofferynge and then ye shall be hoole it shall be knowen to you why his hand departeth not from you Then sayde they And what shal be the trespasseofferynge whiche we shall rewarde hym with They answered fyue golden aâ—sses and fyue golden myce accordynge to the nombre of the Lordes of the Philistines For it is one maner of plage on you all on your lordes Wherfore ye shal make ymages lyke to your arsses ymages lyke to your myce that corrupt the lande and ye shall gyue glorye vnto the god of Israel that he may take his hand from of you from of your goddes from of your lande Wherfore do ye harden youre hertes as the Egyptians Pharao hardened theyr hertes whiche when he toke on agaynst them dyd they not let the people go they departed Nowe therfore make a newe carte take two mylche kyne on whose neck there hath come no yocke And tye the kyne to the carte brynge the calues home from them And take the arke of the Lorde laye it vpon the carte and put the Iuels of golde whiche ye rewarde hym with for a synofferynge in a coofer by the syde therof sende it away that it maye go And yf ye se that he go vp by the way of his owne coost to Bethsames then it is he that dyd vs this greate euyll Yf no we shall knowe then that it is not his hande that smote vs but it was a chaunce that happened vs. And the men dyd euen so and toke two kyne that gaue mylke and tyed them to the carte and kepte the calues at home and they layde the Arke of the Lorde vpon the carte and the coofer with the myce of golde and with the ymages of theyr arsses And the kyne toke the streyght waye to Bethsames and went one waye as they went lowed and turned neyther to the ryght hande nor to the lefte And the Lordes of the Philistines went after them vntyll the borders of Bethsames And they of Bethsames were reapyng theyr wheate heruest in the valeye And they lyfte vp theyr eyes and spyed the arke And reioysed when they sawe it And the carte came in to the felde of one Iosua a Bethsamite and stode styl there There was also a greate stoone And they claue the wood of the carte offered the kyne a
his clothes and prophesyed before Samuel in lyke maner and ☞ fell naked all that day al that nyght And therof it is that they saye is Saul also amonge the prophetes ¶ Dauid complayneth vnto Ionathas CAPI XX. ANd Dauid fledde from Naioth whiche is in Rama and came and sayde before Ionathas what haue I done wherin am I faultie what is the synne that I haue coÌ„mytted before thy father that he seketh my lyfe He sayde vnto hym God forbyd thou shalte not dye Beholde my father wyll do nothynge eyther great or small but that he wyll shewe it me And howe shulde my father hyde this thynge from me He wyll not do it And Dauid sware agayne and sayde thy father knoweth that I haue founde ☞ grace in thyne eyes and therfore he saythe Ionathas shall not knowe it lest he be sorye And in very dede euen as truely as the Lorde lyueth and as truely as thy soule lyueth there is but a step bytwene me death Then sayd Ionathas vnto dauid what soeuer thy soule desyreth that I wyll do vnto the. And Dauid sayd vnto Ionathas Beholde to morowe is the begynnyng ☞ of the moneth I shulde syt with the kynge at meate But let me go that I maye hyde my selfe in the feldes vnto the thyrde day at euen If thy father speake of me then say Dauid asked leaue of me that he myght go to Bethleem to his owne citye for there is holden a yerely feast for all the kynred And yf he say it is well done then thy seruaunt shall haue peace But and yf he be angrye then be sure that wyckednesse is vtterly concluded of hym And then thou shalte shewe mercye vnto thy seruaunt for thou hast made with me thy seruaunt a bonde in the Lorde Notwithstandynge yf there be in me any trespasse then slee me thy selfe brynge me not to thy father And Ionathas answered God kepe that from the †neyther is it possible to come to passe For yf I knowe that wyckednesse were concluded of my father to come vpon the thynkest thou that I shulde not tel it the Then sayde Dauid who shall tell me yf thy father answere cruelly And Ionathas sayd vnto Dauid come and let vs go out iâ— to the felde And they wente out bothe of them into the felde And Ionathas sayde vnto Dauid The Lorde god of Israel loke on it when I haue groped my fathers mynde one tyme or other within this thre dayes that it stand wel with Dauid If I then sende not vnto the shew it the the Lorde do so and so vnto Ionathas But yf my father haue any pleasure to do the euyll I wyl shewe the also and sende the awaye that thou mayst go in peace And the Lorde be with the as he hath bene with my father And thou shalt performe vnto me the mercy of the Lorde not onely whyle I lyue but euen when I am deade and plucke not thy mercy awaye from ☞ my house for euer No not when the Lorde hath destroyed the enemyes of Dauid euery one from the face of the earth And so Ionathas made a bonde with the house of Dauid desyrynge that the Lorde shulde seke it out by the handê of Dauids enemyes yf it were broken And with other wordê dyd Ionathas sweate vnto Dauid bycause he loued hym For he loued him as his owne soule Then sayde Ionathas to Dauid to morowe is the fyrste daye of the moone And thou shalt be myssed bicause the place where thou wast wonte to syt shall be emptye Therfore this daye thre dayes come downe in any wyse vnto the place where thou dyddest hyde thy selfe ☞ when the busynes was in hande euen by the stoone Esell And I wyl shute thre arowes by the one syde therof as though I shot them at a marke wyll sende a lad and byd hym go seke the arowes And yf I say vnto the lad se the arowes are on this syde the bryng them then come thou for it is peace no hurte as sure as the lorde lyueth But and yf I say vnto the lad behold the arowes are beyonde the then go in peace forthe Lorde hath sente the awaye And as touchynge this whiche thou I haue spoken beholde ☞ the Lorde be bytwene the me for euer And so dauid hyd him selfe in the felde And when the newe moone was come the kynge sat hym downe to eate meate And the kynge sat hym downe after the olde maner in his seate by the wall And Ionathas arose Abner sat by Sauls syde and Dauids place was emptye Neuerthelesse Saull sayde nothynge at all that daye For he thought some thyng hath chaunced hym that he is not cleyne But on the morowe which was the second day of the new moone it appened that Dauids place was emptye agayne And Saull sayde vnto Ionathas his sonne wherfore coÌ„meth not the Sonne of Isai to meate neyther yesterday nor to day And Ionathas answered vnto Saull Dauid asked lycence of me to go to Bethleem for he sayde Let me go I praye the for oure kynred doth holde an offerynge in the citye my brother hath sent for me And therfore yf I haue founde fauoure in thyne eyes let me go and se my brother This is the cause that he coÌ„meth not vnto the kynges table Then was Saull angrye with Ionathas sayde vnto hym Thou wycked rebell do not I knowe that thou hast chosen the son of Isai vnto thyne owne rebuke vnto the rebuke and shame of thy mother For as longe as the son of Isai lyueth vpoÌ„ the earth thou shalt not be stablyshed nor yet thy kyngdom wherfore nowe sende and fet hym vnto me for he is the chylde of death And Ionathas answered vnto Saull his father sayde to hym wherfore shulde he dye What hath he done And Saul lyfte vp a speare to hyt hym wherby Ionathas wyst well that it was vtterlye determyned of his father to sley Dauid And so Ionathas arose from the table in a great anger dyd eate no meat the second daye of the moneth for he was sory for Dauid bycuse his father had done hym shame On the nexte mornynge Ionathas went out in to the felde at the tyme appoynted with Dauid a lytle lad with hym And he sayde vnto his boye run seke out myne arowes whiche I shute And as the boye ran he shot an arowe beyonde hym And when the ladde was come to the place whyther Ionathas had shot the arow Ionathas cryed after the lad and saydens not the arowe beyonde the And Ionathas cryed after the lad agayne make spede stande not styll And Ionathas lad gathered vp the arowes and came to his mayster But the lad wyst nothynge of the matter Only Ionathas and Dauid wyst it And Ionathas gaue his wepons vnto the lad that was with hym sayd vnto hym go and carye them to the towne And as soone as the lad was gone Dauid arose out
with thy blessyng shall the house of thy seruaunt be blessed foreuer ¶ Dauid ouercoÌ„meth the Philistines CAPI VIII AFter this it fortuned that Dauid smote the Philistines and subdued them and toke the brydell of bondage out of the hande of the Philistines And he smote the Moabites and ☞ measured them with a lyne and cast them downe to the grounde ☞ Euen with two lynes measured he them whom he slue and the length of one lyne saued he a lyue And so became the Moabites Dauids seruauntes and payde tribute Dauid smote also Hadadezar the sonne of Rehob kyng of Zoba as he went to recouer his brother at the ryuer Pherat And Dauid toke a thousand and seuen hundred horsmen of his hoost and twentie thousande fote men and destroyed all his charettes reseruynge onely one hundred of them And when the Sirians of Damascon came to socoure Hadadezer kyng of Zoba Dauid slue of the Sirians two and twentye thousande men and put souldyours in Siria Damascon And the Siriens became seruauntes to Dauid payenge tribute And thus the Lorde saued Dauid in al that he went vnto And Dauid toke the sheldes of golde that belonged to the seruauntes of Hadadezer brought them to Ierusalem And out of Beta and Berothai cityes of Hadadezer dyd Dauid brynge excedynge moche brasse †vvherof Salomon made all the brasen vessell in the temple and the brasen Lauatory and the pyllers and the aulter When Thoi kyng of Hamath herde how Dauid had smytten all the hoost of Hadadezer he sent Ioram his sonne vnto kyng Dauid to salute hym with peace and ☞ to blesse hym bycause he had fought agaynst Hadadezer and beaten hym For Thoi had great warre w t Hadadezer which Ioram brought with hym vessels of syluer vessels of golde and vessels of Brasse whiche brasse Kynge Dauid dyd dedicate vnto the lorde with the syluer and golde that he had consecrated of all nacyons whiche he subdued of Sirya of Moabites and of the chyldren of AmmoÌ„ of the Philistines of Amalek of the spoyle of Hadadezer son of Rehob kynge of Zoba And Dauid gat hym a name after that he returned and had smyten of the Siriens in the valey of Salte xviii M. men And he put kepers in EdoÌ„ euen thorowout al Edom put he soudyours al they of Edom became Dauids seruauntes And the Lorde kept Dauid whatsoeuer he toke in hande And Dauid reygned ouer all Israell and executed ryght and Iustice vnto all his people And Ioab the sonne of Zaruia was ouer the hooste and Iehosaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder And Sadoch the son of Ahitob and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the Preestes Saraia was the Scrybe And †Banaiahu the son of Iehoiada was ouer ☞ the Crethites and the Phelethites Dauids sonnes were cheyfe rulers ¶ Dauid restoreth all the feldes of Saull to Miphiboseth the sonne of Ionathas CAPI IX ANd Dauid sayde is there yet any man lefte of the house of Saull For I wyll shewe hym mercye for Ionathas fake And there was of the housholde of Saul a seruaunt whose name was Ziba And when they had called hym vnto Dauid the kynge sayde vnto hym arte thou Ziba He sayde thy seruaunt is he And the kynge sayde remayneth there yet any man of the house of Saull whome I maye shewe the mercye of God vpon Ziba answered the kynge Ionathas hath yet a son whiche is lame on his feete The kynge sayde vnto hym where is he Ziba sayde vnto the kynge beholde he is in the house of Machir the son of Amiell of Lodeber Then kynge Dauid sent fet hym out of the house of Machir the son of Amiel out of Lodeber Nowe when Miphiboseth the son of Ionathas the sonne of Saull was come vnto Dauid he fell on his face dyd reuerence And the kyng sayd Miphiboseth He answered Beholde thy seruaunte Dauid sayde vnto hym feare not for I wyll surely shewe the kyndnesse for Ionathas thy Fathers sake and wyll restore the all the feldes of Saull thy father thou shalt eate breade on myne owne table contynually And he bowed hymselfe and sayde what is thy seruaunt that thou shuldest vouchesafe to loke vpon soche a deade dog as I am Then the kynge called vnto Ziba Sauls yonge man and sayde vnto hym I haue gyuen vnto thy maysters sonne all that perteyned to Saull and to all his house Se therfore that thou and thy Sonnes and thy seruauntes tyll the lande and brynge in that thy maysters sonne maye haue foode to cate But Miphiboseth thy maysters sonne shall eate breade alwaye vpon my table For Ziba had fyftene sonnes and twentye seruauntes Then sayde Ziba vnto the kynge Accordynge to all that my Lorde the Kynge hath commaunded his seruaunte so shall thy seruaunt do Well sayde the kynge Miphiboseth shal eate vpon my table as one of the kynges sonnes Miphiboseth had a son that was yonge named Micha and all that dwelled in the house of Ziba were seruaâ—ntes vnto Miphiboseth And Miphiboseth dwelt in Ierusalem for he dyd eate euer at the kyngê table and was lame on bothe his feete ¶ The messengers of Dauid are vyllaynously â—ntreated of the kynge of Moab CAPI X. IT happened after this that the kynge of the chyldren of Ammon dyed and Hanon his son reygned in his steade Then sayde Dauid I wyll shewe kyndnesse vnto Hanon the sonne of Nahas as his father shewed kyndnesse vnto me And Dauid sent to comforte hym by the hande of his seruauntes ouer †the death of his father And Dauids seruauntes came into the lande of the Chyldren of Ammon and the Lordes of the chyldren of AmmoÌ„ sayd vnto Hanon theyr lorde â–ª thynkest thou that Dauid dothe honour thy father that he hath sent confortours to the Hath not Dauid rather sent his seruauntes vnto the to searche the Citye and to spye â–ª out and to ouerthrowe it Wherfore Hanon toke Dauids seruauntes and shaued of the one halfe of euery mannes beerde and cut of theyr garmentes in the mydle euen harde to the buttockes of them and sent them away When they tolde it vnto Dauid he sent to mete them for they were men excedyngly a shamed and the kynge sayd â—arye at Ierico vntyll your beerdes be growen and then tâ—turne And when the chyldren of AmmoÌ„ saw that they stancke in the syght of Dauid they sent and hyred the Siryans of the house of Rehob and the Sirians of Zoba xâ— M. foote men and of kynge Maacha a thousand men and of Istob twelue thousande men And when Dauid herde of it he sent Ioab and al the hooste of stronge men And the Chyldren of Ammon came out and set them in araye at the entrynge in of the gate and the Sirians of Zobah Rehob Istob and Maacah were by themselues in the felde When Ioab sawe that the front of the battayle was agaynst hym before and behynde he chose of all the fresshe yonge men of Israell and put
straunger vnto the ryche man And he coulde not fynde in his herte to take of his owne shepe of his owne oxen to dresse for the straunger that was come vnto hym But toke the poore mannes shepe dressed it for the man that was come to hym And Dauid was excedyng wrothe with the man and sayde to Nathan as surely as the lorde lyueth the man that hath done this thynge is ☞ the chylde of death He shall restore the lambe foure folde bycause he dyd this thynge and had no petye And Nathan sayde to Dauid thou arte the man Thus saythe the Lorde God of Israel I anoynted the kynge ouer Israell and ryd the out of the hande of Saull I gaue the thy maysters house and ☞ thy maysters wyues into thy bosome and gaue the the house of Israell and of Iuda and myght yf that had ben to lytle haue gyuen the so moch more Wherfore then hast thou despysed the commaundement of the Lorde to do wyckednesse in his syght thou hast kylde Urias the Hethite with the swerde and hast taken his wyfe to thy wyfe and hast sleyne hym with the swerde of the chyldren of Ammon Nowe therfore the swerde shall neuer departe from thyne house bycause thou hast despysed me and taken the wyfe of Urias the Hethite to be thy wyfe Wherfore thus sayeth the Lorde beholde I wyll styrre vp euyll agaynst the euen out of thyne owne house and wyl take thy wyues before thyne eyes and gyue them vnto thy nyghboure he shall lye with thy wyues ☞ in the syght of the sonne For thou dydest it secretly But I wyll do this thynge before all Israell and in the open sonne lyght And Dauid sayd vnto Nathan I haue synned agaynst the lorde And Nathan sayd vnto Dauid the Lorde also hath put awaye thy syn thou shalt not dye Howbeit bycause in doyng this dede thou hast gyuen the enemyes of the lorde a cause to rayle the chylde that is borne vnto the shall surelye dye And Nathan departed vnto his house And the lorde stroke the chylde that Urias wyfe bare vnto Dauid it syckened sore Dauid therfore besought God for the chylde and fasted and went in laye all nyght vpon the earth And the elders of his house arose and went to hym to take hym vp from the earth But he wolde not neyther dyd he eate meat with them And it happened the seuenth daye that the chylde dyed And the seruauÌ„tes of Dauid durst not tell hym that the chylde was dead For they sayd beholde whyle the chylde was yet alyue we spake vnto hym and he wolde not herken vnto oure voyce Howe wyll he then vexe hymselfe yf we tell hym that the chylde is deade But Dauid seynge his seruauntes whysperynge perceyued that the chylde was deade and Dauid sayde vnto his seruauntes is the chylde deade They sayde yea And Dauid arose from the earth wasshed anoynted hymselfe chaunged his apparell came into the house of the lorde and worshypped afterwarde came to his owne house and bad that they shulde ☞ set breade before hym he dyd cate Then sayd his seruauntes vnto hym what thynge is this that thou hâ—â—st done Thou dyddest fast and wepe for the chylde whyle it was a lyue and as soone as it was deade thou dyddest ryse vp and eate meate He sayde whyle the chylde was yet alyue I fasted wepte For this I thought who can tell whyther God wyll haue mercye on me that the chylde may Iyue But nowe seynge it is deade wherfore shulde I fast can I bryng hym agayne any more I shall go to hym rather then he shall come agayne to me And Dauid comforted Bethsabe his wyfe went in vnto her laye with her she bare a son and called his name Salomon the lorde loued hym And he sent by the hande of Nathan the prophete and called his name Iedidia of the lordes behalfe Ioab fought agaynst Raba the citye of the chyldren of Ammon and toke the ☞ citye of the kyngdom And Ioab sente messengers to Dauid sayenge I haue made assaute to Raâ—â— and haue taken ☞ the citye with waters Nowe therfore gather the rest of the people togyther and beseyge the citye that thou mayest take it leest I take it and call it after my name And Dauid gathered all the people togyther went agaynst Raba beseyged it gat it And he toke theyr kynges crowne from of his heade whiche wayed an hundred weyght of golde and in it were precyous stoones And ☞ it was set on Dauids head And he brought out the spoyle of the citye in excedynge greate abundance And he caryed out the peple thas was therin and ☞ put them vpon sawes and vpon yron harowes vpon arÌ„es of yron thrust them in to the Tylekele Thus dyd he with all the cityes of the chyldren of Ammon And so Dauid all the people returned to Ierusalem ¶ Amnen Dauids sonne desyleth his systet Thamae Absalom therfore hylleth Amnon CAPI XIII AFter this it chauÌ„ced that Absalom the son of Dauid had a fayre syster named Thamar whome Amnon the sonne of Dauid loued And he was so fore vered that he fell sycke for the loue of his syster Thamar for she was a virgyn and he thought it herde for hym to haue his purpose of her But Amnon had a frende called Ionadab the sonne of Simeah Dauids brother and ☞ Ionadab was a very wyse man And he sayde vnto hym howe coÌ„meth it that thou beynge the kyngê sonne arte thus consumed euery daye Wylt thou not tell me Amnon answered hym I loue Thamar my brother Absaloms syster Ionadab sayde vnto hym laye the downe on thy bed make thy selfe sycke And when thy father is come to se the saye vnto hym Oh lette my syster Thamar come gyue me meat dresse it in my syght that I maye se it and eate it of her hande And so Amnon laye downe made hym selfe sycke And when the kynge was come to se hym Amnon sayd vnto hym Oh let Thamar my syster come and make me a couple of frytters in my syght that I maye eate of her hande Then Dauid sent home to Thamar sayenge go nowe to thy brother Amnons house dresse hym meat So Thamar went to her brother Amnons house he was layde downe And she toke floure and made paste and dressed frytters in his syght dyd bake them toke a platter powred them out before hym but he wolde not cate And Amnon sayde Haue out all men from me And they went all out from hym And Amnon sayde vnto Thamar brynge the meate into the chambreÌ„ that I maye eate of thyne hande And Thamar toke the frytters which she had made brought them into the chambre to AmnoÌ„ her brother And when she had set them before hym to cate he toke her and sayde vnto her come lye with me my syster And she
for the space of iii. dayes then come agayn to me And the people departed And kynge Rehoboam toke counsayle with the olde meÌ„ that stode before Salomon his father whyle he yet lyued sayd what counsayle gyue ye that I may haue matter to answere this people And they sayde vnto hym If y u be a seruauÌ„t vnto this people this day folow theyr myndes answere them speke kynde wordes to theÌ„ they wyl be thy seruauÌ„tes for euer But he forsoke the counsayie that the olde men had gyuen hym called vnto his counsayle yonge men that were growen vp with hym and wayted on hym And he sayd vnto them what counsayle gyue ye that we maye answere this people for they haue communed with me sayenge make the yoke whiche thy father dyd put vpon vs lyghter And the yonge men that were growen vp with hym spake vnto hym sayenge Thus shalte thou speake vnto this people that haue sayd vnto the thy father made our yoke heuy but make thou it vs lyghter Euen thus shalte thou say vnto them †My lytell fynger shall be weyghtyer theÌ„ my father was in the loyues And nowe where as my father dyd lade you put a greuous yoke vpon you I wyl make it heuyer my father also corrected you with scourges but I wyll chastyse you w t ☞ scorpions And so Ieroboam and all the people came to Behoboam the thyrde daye as the kynge had appoynted sayenge Come to me agayne the thyrde day And the kyng answered the people churlysshly and lefte the olde mens counsayle that they gaue hym and spake to them after the couÌ„sayle of the yonge men saynge My father made your yoke greuous and I wyll make it greuouser My father also chastysed you with whyppes but I wyl chastyse you w t scorpions And the kyng herkened not vnto the people for it was the ordenaunce of god that he myght performe his sayenge whiche the lorde spake by Ahia the Silonite vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat And so when Israell sawe that the kynge regarded them not the people answered the kynge with these wordes saynge What procyon haue we in Dauid we haue no enheritaunce in the sonne of Isai. To your tentes O Israel now se to thyne owne house Dauid And so Israell departed vnto theyr tentes Howbeit ouer the chyldren of Israel which dwelte in the citye of Iuda dyd Rehoboam reygne styll Then kynge Rehoboam sent AduraÌ„ the receyuer of the tribute And all they of Israel stoned hym to deathe But kyng Rehoboam made spede to get him vp to his charet and to flee to Ierusalem And they of Israell rebelled agaynst the house of Dauid vnto this day And when al Israell herde that Ieroboam was come agayne they sent and called hym vnto the multitude and made hym kynge ouer all Israel there was no tribe that folowed the house of Dauid but Iuda onely And when Rehoboam was come to Ierusalem he gathered all the house of Iuda with the tribe of Beniamin an hundred and foure score thousande of chosen men whiche were good warryours to fyght agaynst the house of Israel And to brynge the kyngdome agayne to Rehoboam the sonne of Salomon And the worde of God came vnto Semaâ—a the man of God saynge Speake vnto Rehoboam the sonne of Salomon kyng of Iuda and vnto all the house of Iuda and Beniamin and to the remenaunt of the peple sayenge Thus sayth the Lorde Ye shall not go vp nor yet fyght agaynst your brethren the chyldren of Israel returne euery man to his house for this thyng is my doyng They herkened therfore to the worde of the Lorde and returned to departe accordynge to the worde of the Lorde Then IeroboaÌ„ buylte Sichem in mount Ephraim and dwelte therin And went from thence and buylte Penuel And Ieroboam thought in his herte nowe shall the kyngdome returne to the house of Dauid For yf this people go vp and do sacrifice in the house of the lorde at Ierusalem theÌ„ shal the herte of this people turne agayn vnto theyr lorde Rehoboam kynge of Iuda And so shall they kyll me and go agayne to Rehoboam kyng of Iuda Whervpon the kyng toke counsayle and made two calues of golde and sayde vnto them It is moche for you to go vp to Ierusalem Beholde O Israel these are thy goddê which brought you out of the land of Egipte And he set the one in Bethel the other set he in Dan. And this thyng turned to synne for the people went bycause of the one as farre as Dan. And he made an house of hyll aulters and made preestes of the lowest of the people which were not of the sonnes of Leui. IeroboaÌ„ made a feast the. xv day of the. viii moneth lyke vnto the feast that is in Iuda offered on the aulter And so dyd he in Bethel to offre vnto the calues that he had made And he put in Bethel the preestes of the hyll aulters whiche he had made And he offered burnt offerynges vpon the aulter whiche he had made in Bethel the. xv daye of the. viii moneth euen in the Moneth whiche he had ymagened of his owne herte and made a solempne feast vnto the chyldren of Israel and offered vpon the aulter and burnt insence ¶ Ieroboam doynge sacrifice vnto the calues is reprehended of the Prophet His hand is dryed vp whyle he putteth it out agaynst the Prophet The Prophet is kylled and buryed CAPI XIII AND beholde there came ☞ a man of God out of Iuda by the worde of the Lorde vnto Bethel and Ieroboam stode by the aulter to put insence he cryed agaynst the aulter in the worde of the lorde and sayd O aulter aulter thus sayeth the Lorde Beholde a chylde shall be borne vnto the house of Dauid Iosia by name vpon the shal he offre the Preestes of the hyll aulters that burne incense vpon the and mennes bones shall be brent vpon the. And he gaue a token the same tyme saynge this is the token that the Lorde hath spoken it Beholde the aulter shall rente and the asshes that are vpon it shall fall out And when the kynge herde the sayenge of the man of God whiche had cryed agaynst the aulter in Bethell he stretched out his hande from the aulter sayenge holde hym And his hande whiche he put forth agaynst hym dryed vp and he coulde not pull it in agayne to hym the aulter also claue asunder and the asshes fell out from the aulter accordynge to the token whiche the man of God had gyuen by the worde of the Lorde And the kynge answered and sayde vnto the man of god Oh praye vnto the lorde thy god make intercession for me that my hande may be restored me agayne And the man of God he sought the Lorde and the Kynges hande was restored agayne and became as it was afore And the kynge sayde vnto the man of God come home with
kynge of Iuda toke all the halowed thynges that Iehosaphat IehoraÌ„ and Haziahu his fathers kyngê of Iuda had dedicate that he hym selfe had dedicated â–ª and all the golde that was founde in the treasures of the house of the Lorde in the kynges house and sent it to Hazael kyng of Siria and so he departed from Ierusalem The remenaunt of the wordes that concerne Iehoas all that he dyd are they not wrytten in the booke of the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And his owne seruauntes arose and wrought treason and slue Iehoas in the house of Millo when he came downe to Silla Iosabar the son of Semeath Iehozabad the sonne of Somer his seruauntes smote hym he dyed And they buryed hym with his fathers in the citye of Dauid And Amaziahu his sonne reygned in his steade ¶ Iehoahaz the sonne of Iehu is deliuered in to the heades of the Siriane and dyeth Ioaâ— his sonne reygneth in his steade Elisa dyeth CAPI XIII IN the. xxiii yere of Ioas the sonne of Ahaziahu kynge of Iuda Iohoahaz the son of Iehu began to reygne ouer Israell in Samaria seuentene yere And he wrought that which was euyl in the syght of the lorde and folowed the synnes of IeroboaÌ„ the son of Nebat whiche made Israel to syn and de parted not therfrom And the Lorde was angry with Israel and delyuered them in to the bande of Hazael kyng of Siria and in to the hande of Benhadad the sonne of Hazaell all theyr dayes And Iehoahaz besought the lord and the Lorde herde hym For he consydered the trouble of Israel wherwith the kynge of Siria troubled them And the lorde gaue Israel a delyuerer so that they wente out from vnder the subieccion of the Sirians And the chyldren of Israell owelte in theyr tentes as before tyme. Neuerthelesse they departed not from the synnes of the house of Ieroboam which made Israel syn but walked in them And there remayned a groue styll also in Samaria Neyther dyd he leaue of the peple to Iehoahaz but fiftie horsemen ten charettê and ten M. fotemen for the kynge of Siriâ— destroyed them and made them lyke threshed dust The rest of the wordes that concerne Iehoahaz and all that he dyd his power are they not wrytten in the boke of the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Iehoahaz slept with his fathers and they buryed hym in samaria Ioas his son reygned in his steade â–ª In the. xxxvii yere of Ioas kynge of Iuda began Ioas the son of Iehoahaz to reygne ouer Israel in Samaria syxtene yere dyd that whiche is euyll in the syght of the Lorde departed not from all the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat that made Israel synne for he walked therin The remenaunt of the wordes that concerne Ioas all that he dyd and his power wherwith he fought agaynst Amaziahu kynge of Iuda are they not wrytten in the boke of the Cronicles of the kynges of Israell And Ioas slepte with his fathers and IeroboaÌ„ sat vpon his seate And Ioas was buryed in Samaria among the kynges of Israell When Elia was fallen sycke of his syckenesse wherof he dyed Ioas the kyng of Israell came downe vnto hym wepte before hym sayd O my father my father †the charet of Israel the horsemen of the same Elisa sayd vnto hym take bowe and arowes And he toke vnto hym bowe arowes And he sayd vnto the kynge of Israell put thyne hand vpon the bow he put his hand vpoÌ„ it â–ª And Elisa put his handes vpon the kynges handes sayde open a wyndowe castwarde and when he had opened it Elisa sayd shute and he shot And he sayde the arowe of helpe of the Lorde and the arowe of helpe agaynst Siria for thou shalte smyte Siria in Aphek tyll thou haue made an ende of them And he sayde take the arowes he toke them And he sayd vnto the kynge of Israell smyte the grounde he smote thryse ceased And the maÌ„ of god was angry with hym sayd thou shuldest haue smytten v. or vi tymes †or seuen tymes then thou hadest smytten Siriatyl thou hadest made an ende of them where nowe thou shalte smyte Siria but thryse And so Elisa dyed they buryed hym the souldyoures of the Moabites came in to the lande †the same yere And it chaunced as some of them were buryenge a man spyed the souldyours they cast the man into the sepulcce of Elisa And when the maÌ„ was rolled downe touched the bones of Elisa hereuiued and stode vpon his feete But Hazael vexed Israel all the dayes of Iehoahaz And the lorde had mercy on them pttyed them had respecte vnto them bycause of his appoyntment made with AbrahaÌ„ Isaac Iacob wolde not destroy them neyther cast he them from hym as yet So Hazael the kyng of Sitia dyed Benhadad his son reygned in his steade And Iehoas the son of Ichoahaz went agayne toke out of the hande of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken away out of the hand of Iehoa haz his father in warre for thre tymes dyd Ioas beate hym and restored the cities vnto Israel agayne ¶ Amaziahu the hynge of zuda putteth to death the mâ—â—quellers of his father and after smyteth Edom. Zoas dyeth and Ierotâ—am his son succedeth in his roume and after hym reygneth zacharia Amazia is kylled in â—achio and Azaria teygneth in his steade CAPI XIIII The seconde yere of Ioas son of Ichoahaz kyng of Israel reygned Amaziahu the sonne of Ioas kynge of Iuda he was xxv yere olde when he began to reygne reygned xxix yere in Ierusalem his mothers name was Ieohadan of Ierusalem And he dyd that whiche is good in the syght of the Lorde yet not lyke Dauid his father but dyd accordyng to all thyngê as Ioas his father dyd Neyther were the hyll aulters taken away For as yet the people dyd sacrifice and burnt insence on the hyl aulters And as sone as the kyngdom was satled in his hand it came to passe that he slue his seruauntes whiche had kylled the kyng his father But the chyldren of those murtherers he slue not accordyng to it that is wrytteÌ„ in the boke of the lawe of Moses wherin the Lorde coÌ„maunded sayenge Let not the fathers dye for the chyldren nor let the chyldren be sleyne for the fathers But let euery man be put to deathe for his owne synne He slue of Edom in the salt valley ten M. and toke the castel on the rocke in the same battayle and called the name of it Ioktheel vnto this day Then Amaziahu sente messengers to Iehoas the son of Iehoahaz son of Iehu kyng of Israel sayenge Come ☞ let vs se eche other And Iehoas the kyng of Israel sent to Amaziahu kyng of Iuda saynge did not a thystle that is in Libanon sende to a Cedre tree
me thorowe therwith that these vncircumcysed come not and do me shame But his weapon berer wolde not for he feared excedingly So Saul caught a swerde and fell vpon it And when his haâ—nes berer sawe that Saul was deade he fell on a swerde also and dyed And thus Saul and his thre sonnes and all they of his house dyed togyther And wheÌ„ all the men of Israel that were in the valley â–ª sawe howe they fled and that Saull and his sonnes were deade they forsoke theyr cityes and ran away and the Philistines came and dwelte in them And it fortuned that on the morow when the Philistines came to strype the deade bodies they founde Saull his sonnes ouerthrowen in mount Gilboe And wheÌ„ they had strypte hym they toke his heade and his harnesse and sent them in to the lande of the Philistines rounde aboute to shewe them vnto theyr ydols and to the people And they put his harnesse in the house of theyr God and set vp his heade in the temple of Dagon And when al they of Iabes in Gilead herde all that the Philistines had done to Saull they arose all the strongest of them and fet away the body of Saull and the bodyes of his sonnes and brought them to Iabes and buryed the bodyes of them vnder an ooke in Iabes fasted seuen dayes So Saul dyed for his trespasse that he trespassed agaynst the lorde in that he kepte not the worde of the lorde and in that he sought and asked counsayle of a womaÌ„ that wrought with a spirite and asked not of the Lorde And therfore he slue hym and turned the kyngdom vnto Dauid the sonne of Isai. ¶ After the death of Saull is Dauid anoynted in Hebron The Iâ—busites rebell agaynst Dauid from whiche he taketh the â—oure of Sion His men are nombred CAPI XI THen all Israell gathered them selues to Dauid vnto Hebron saynge Behold we be thy bones thy flesshe And more ouer in tyme past euen wheÌ„ Saul was kyng thou leddest Israel out and in And the lorde thy God sayde vnto the thou shalte fede my people Israell and thou shalte be captayne ouer my people Israel Therfore came al the elders of Israel to the kyng to Hebron and Dauid made a couenaunt with them in Hebron before the Lorde And they anoynted Dauid kyng ouer Israel accordyng to the worde of the Lorde ☞ by the hande of Samuel And Dauid and all Israel went to Ierusalem whiche is Iebus where as were the Iebusites the enhabitours of the lande And the enhabitours of Iebus sayde to Dauid thou comest not here Neuerthelesse Dauid wan the castell of Sion whiche is called the citye of Dauid And Dauid sayde who so euer smyteth the Iebusites fyrst shall be the principall captayne and a Lorde So Ioab the sonne of Zâ—ruia wente fyrst vp and was made the cheyfe captayne And Dauid dwelt in the castell therfore they called it the citye of Dauid And he buylte the Citye on euery syde euen from Millo rounde about Ioab repayred the rest of the Citye And Dauid prospered and waxed great and the Lorde of hoostes was with hym These are the principall men of power whom Dauid had and that claue to hym in his kyngdom with all Israell to make hym kyng according to the word of the lorde vnto Israel And this is the nombre of the mighty men whom Dauid had Iasobeam the sonne of Hachmoni the cheyfe amonge thyrtye he lyfte vp his spere agaynst thre hundred and wounded them at one tyme. After hym was Eleazar his vncles son an Ahothyte whiche was one of thre myghtyest He was with Dauid at Pasdammin and there the Philistines were gathered togyther to battayle And ther was there a parcell of grounde full of barley and the people fled before the Philistines And ☞ they stepte forth in to the myddes of the felde and saued it and slue the Philistines And the lorde gaue a great victorye And the thre of the thyrtye cheyfe captaynes went to a rocke to Dauid in to the caue Adullam And the hoost of the Philistines abode in the valley of Rephaim And when Dauid was in the holde the Philistines watche was at BethleeÌ„ that same tyme. And Dauid longed and sayd Oh that one wolde gyue me drynke of the water of the well that is at the gate at Bethleem And the thre brake thorowe the hoost of the Philistines and drewe water out of the well that was by the gaâ—e at Bethleem and toke it brought it to Dauid Neuerthelesse Dauid wolde not drynke of it but rather offered it to the Lorde and sayde My God forbyd it me that I shulde do this thynge Shall I drynke the bloode of these men that haue put theyr lyues in ieoperdye for with the Ieoperdye of theyr lyues they brought it therfore he wolde not drynke it And this dyd these thre myghtyest And Abâ—sai the brother of Ioab he also was captayne among thre for he lyftâ— vp his speare agaynst thre hundred and wounded them and had a name amonge the thre Yea amonge thre he was more honourable then the two for he was theyr captayne Howbeit he attaynted not vnto the †fyrst thre Banaia the sonne of Iehoiaba the sonne of a verye stronge man dyd greater actes then Cabzeell for he slue two stronge lyons of Moab and went downe and slue a Lyon in a pyt in tyme of snowe And he slue an Egyptian whose stature was euen fyue cubytes longe and in the Egyptians hand was a speare lyke a weauers beame And the other went downe to hym with a waster plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hande and slue hym with his owne speare Soch thynges dyd Banaia the sonne of Iehoiada and had the name among the thre myghtest and was honourable amonge thyrtye but attayned not vnto the fyrst thre And Dauid made hym of his counsayle The other men of armes were these Asahell the brother of Ioab Elhanan his vncles sonne of Bethleem Sammoth the Harodite Helez the Pelonite Ira the sonne of Iâ—kes the Thekoite Abieser the Anatothite Sibaâ—ai the Husathite Ilai the Ahohite Maharai the Nethophathite Heled the son of Baâ—na the Nethophatite Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibea that perteyneth to the chyldren of Beniamin Benaia the Phirathonite Huâ—ai of the ryuers of Gaas Abiell the Arbathite Azmaneth the Baharumite Elihaba the Saalbonite The sonnes of Assem the Gezonite Iona than the sonne of Sage an Haraite Ahiam the sonne of Sacar the Haâ—aite Eliphal the sonne of Ur. Hepher the Mecherathite Ahia the Pelonite Hezro the Carmelite Naari the sonne of Ezbai Ioell the brother of Nathan Miâ—har the sonne of Hari Zelegam the Ammonite Naharai a Berothite the bearet of the harnesse of Ioab the son of Zeruia Ira the Iithrite and Gareb a Iethrite Uria the Hethite and Zahad the sonne of Ahlai Adina the sonne of Siza a Rubenite a captayne of the Rubenites and thyrtye with hym Hanan the Sonne of
shall come to passe when thy dayes be expyred that thou must go vnto thy fathers I wyll rayse vp thy seede after the whiche shall be of thy sonnes and I wyll prepare for hym the kyngdome He shall buylde me an house and I wyll stably she his seate for euer I wyll be his father and he shall be my son and I wyll not take my mercy away from hym as I toke it away from hym that was before the. But I wyll set hym in myâ— house and in my kyngdome for euer and his seate shall be sure for euermore Accordynge to all these wordes and accordyng to all this visyon dyd Nathan tell kynge Dauid And Dauid the kynge came and sat before the lorde and sayd What am I O lorde god and what is myn house that thou hast promoted me thus farre And yet this semed lyttle in thyne eyes O God But thou haste also spoken of thy seruauntê house for a great whyle to come and haste loked vpon me as vpon a man of hygh degree O Lorde God What shall Dauid desyre more of the for the honoure of thy seruaunt For thou haste knowen thy seruaunte O Lorde for thy seruauntes sake euen accordyng to thyne owne herte hast thou done all this magnifycence to shew all great thyngê Lorde there is none lyke the neyther is there any God saue thou accordyng to all that we haue herde w t oure eares Moreouer what nacyon on the earth is lyke thy people Israell to whom god hath vouchsafed to come and redeme them to be his owne people and to make the a name of excellencie and terriblenes with castyng out nacyons from before thy people whom thou hast delyuered out of Egypt The people of Israell dydest thou make thyne owne people for euer and thou Lorde becamest theyr god Therfore now lorde let the thynge that thou hast spoken coÌ„cernyng thy seruaunt and his house be true for euer that thou do as thou hast sayd let it come to passe that thy name maye be magnifyed for euer that it may be sayd the lorde of hoostes is the god of Israell euen the god of Israel and the house of Dauid thy seruaunt endureth stable before the. For thou O my God hast tolde thy seruaunt that thou wylt buyld hym an house And therfore thy seruauÌ„t hath founde in his herte to praye before the. And nowe lorde thou arte god and hast promised this goodnesse vnto thy seruaunt Now therfore let it be thy pleasure to blesse the house of thy seruaunt that it maye contynue before the for euer For whom thou blessest o lorde the same is blessed for euer ¶ The battayles of Dauid agaynst the Philistines CAPI XVIII ANd after this it fortuned that Dauid smote the Philistine and subdued them and toke Geth the townes that longed therto out of the hande of the Philistinê And he smote Moab and the Moabites became Dauids seruauntes and payde hym tribute And Dauid smote Hadadezer kynge of Zoba vnto Hanath as he went to stablysh his dominyon by the ryuer Euphrates And Dauid toke from hym a. M. charettes and vu M. horse men and. xx M. foremen lamed all the charet horses reserued of them an hundred charettê And when the Sirians of Damasco came to helpe Hadadezer kynge of Zoba Dauid slue of the Sirians xxii M. and Dauid subdued Siria Damasco And the Sirians became Dauids seruauntes brought hym trybute And the Lorde preserued Dauid in all that he went to And Dauid toke the Scheldes of golde that were on the seruauntes of Hadadezer and brought them to Ierusalem And from Tebhath and from Chun cytyes of Hadadezer brought Dauid excedyng moche brasse Wher with Salomon made the brasen lauatorye the pyllers and the vessels of brasse And when Tou kynge of Hemath herde howe Dauid had beaten all the strength of Hadadezer kynge of Zoba he sent Haduram his son to kynge Dauid to make peace with hym to blesse hym bycause he had fought agaynste Hadadezer and beaten hym for Tou had war with Hadarezer and Ioram brought all maner of Iuels of golde syluer and brasse with him And kynge Dauid dedy cated them vnto the Lorde with the syluer golde that he brought from al nacyons from Edom from Moab froÌ„ the chyldren of Ammon from the Philistinê and from Amalec And Abisai the son of Zeruia siue of the Edomites in the salte valley xviii M and put Souldyours in Edom and all the Edomites became Dauids seruauntes Thus the lorde kept Dauid in all that he toke in hande And Dauid reygned ouer all Israell executed iudgement ryghteousnesse among al his people And Ioab the son of Zaruia was ouer the hoost Iohosaphat the son of Ahilud recorder and sadocke the son of Ahitob and Abimelech the Sonne of Abiathar were the preestes and Sauesa was scrybe and Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada was ouer the Crethites and the Phelethites and the eldest sonnes of Dauid were nexte vnto the kynge ¶ Hanon kynge of the sonnes of Ammon do the great iniurye to the seruauntes of Dauid CAPI XIX AFter this it chaunced that Nahas the kynge of the chyldren of Ammon dyed and his son reygned in his steade And Dauid sayde I wyll shewe kyndnesse vnto Hanon the sonne of Nahas bycause his father delte kyndly with me And Dauid sent messengers to conforte hym ouer the death of his father And the seruauntes of Dauid came into the lande of the Chyldren of Ammon to HanoÌ„ to conforte hym But the lordê of the Chyldren of Ammon sayde to Hanon thynkest thou that Dauid doth honoure thy father in thy syght that he hath sent conforters vnto the Are not his seruauntes come to searche to loke and to spye out the lande Wherfore Hanon toke Dauids seruauntes †and polde them and shaued them and cut of theyr cootes herde by theyr buttockes and sent them away And there went certayne and tolde Dauid howe the men were serued And the kynge sent to mete them for the men were excedynglye a shamed and the kynge sayde Tarye at Iericho vntyll your beerdes be growen and then returne And when the chyldren of Ammon sawe that they stanke in the syght of Dauid Hanon and the chyldren of of Ammon sent a. M. talentes of syluer to hyre them charettes horsemen out of Mesopotamia and out of Siria Maacha and out of Zoba And they hyred xxxii M. charettes and the kynge of Maacha and his people which came pytched before Meoba And the Chyldren of Ammon gathered them selues togyther from theyr cytyes and came to battayle And when Dauid herde of it he sent Ioab and all the hooste of stronge men And the chyldren of Ammon came out and put them selues in araye to battayle before the gate of the citye And the kynges that were come kepte them by them selues backe in the felde When Ioab also saw that the fronte of the battayle was agaynst hym before and behynde he chose out of all the chosen men of
the South and smote the foure corners of the house whiche fell vpon thy chyldren and they are deade and I am gotten away alone to tell the. Then Iob stode vp and rente his clothes and shaued his heade fell downe vpon the grounde worshypped and sayde Naked came I out of my mothers wombe and naked shall I turne thyther agayne The Lorde gaue and the Lorde hath taken away †euen as it hath pleased the lorde so is it come to passe Blessed be the name of the lorde In all these thynges dyd Iob not offende nor murmured folysshly agaynst god ¶ Iob is plaged with sore byles and afterwards is mocked of his wyfe His frendes vispt hym and haue coÌ„mpassyon on hym CAPI II. ANd the chyldren of God came and stode before the Lorde and Satan came also amonge them stode before the Lorde And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan Frome whence comest thou Satan answered the Lorde and sayde I haue gone aboute the lande and walked thorowe it And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan hast thou not consydered my seruaunt Iob â–ª for there is none lyke hym in the lande For he is a perfyte and iust man suche a one as feareth God exchueth euyl and contynueth styll in his godlynesse And thou mouedst me agaynst hym that I shulde punysshe hym for nought And So â—an answered the Lorde and sayde Skynne for skynne yea a man wyll gyue all that euer he hath for his lyfe But laye thyne hande nowe vpon hym touche once his bonâ— and flesshe and he shall curse the to thy face And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan Lo there haste thou hym in thy power but spare his lyfe So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lorde and smote Iob with merueylous sore byles from the sole of his foote vnto his crowne so that he sat vpon the grounde in the asshes scraped of the fylthe of his sores with a pot sharde Then sayde his wyfe vnto hym Doest thou contynue yet in thy perfytenesse curse God and dye But Iob sayde vnto her Thou speakest lyke a folysshe woman Shal we receyue prosperite at the hand of God and not receyue aduersyte In all these thynges dyd not Iob synne with his lyppes Nowe when Iobs frendes herde of all the trouble that happened vnto hym there came thre of them euery one from his owne place namely Eliphas the Themanite Bildad the Suhite Zophad the Naamathite And they were agreed togyther to come to shewe theyr compassyon vpon hym and to conforte hym So when they lyfte vp theyr eyes a farre of they knewe hym not Then they cryed and wepte and euery one of them rente his clothes and sprynkeled dust vpon theyr heades in the ayre They sat them downe by hym also vpon the grounde seuen dayes vii nyghtes Neyther was there any of them that spake one worde vnto hym for they sawe that his payne was very great ¶ The wordes of Iob wherin he declareth that this present lyfe is miserable and that the death of the ryghteous is ioyous and â—orâ—unable CAPI III. AFter this opened Iob his mouth and ☞ cursed his day And Iob answered and sayd lost be that day wherin I was borne the nyght in the whiche it was sayd there is a man chylde conceyued The same day be turned to darkenesse and not regarded of god from aboue neyther let him shyne vpon it with lyght but let it be stayned with darkenesse and the shadowe of death Let the dymme cloude fall vpon it and let it be â—apped in with sorowe on the daye tyme. Let the darke storme ouercome that nyght and let it not be ioyned vnto the dayes of the yere nor counted in the monethes Desolate be that nyght and without gladnesse let them that curse the daye and that be redye to rayse vp mournynge gyue it also theyr curse Let the sterres of that night be dymme thorow darknesse of it Let it loke for lyghte but let it se none neyther †the rysynge vp of the fayre mornynge bycause it shut not vp the wombe that bare me For then shulde these sorowes haue bene hyd fro myne eyes Alas why dyed I not in the byrth why dyd not I perysshe as soone as I came oute of my mothers wombe Why set they me vpon theyr knees Why gaue they me sucke with theyr brestes Then shuld I nowe haue lyen styll I shulde haue slepte and bene at rest lyke as the kynges lordes of the earth which haue buylded them selues specyal places Or as the prynces that haue had greate substaunce of golde and theyr houses full of syluer Or why was I not hyd as a thynge borne out of tyme eyther as yonge chyldren whiche neuer sawe the lyght ☞ There must the wycked ceasse from theyr tyranny there such as are ouerlaboured be at rest there are those let out free which haue bene in pryson so that they heare no more the voyce of the oppressoure There are small and great and the seruaunt is free from his mayster Wherfore is the lyght gyuen to hym that is in miserye and lyfe vnto them that haue heuy hertes which long for death though it come not ☞ wolde dyg it out of hyd places whiche also wolde be excedyng glad and reioyce yf they coulde fynde theyr graue anywhere That shuld be ioy to that maÌ„ ☞ whose waye is hyd and God kepeth it backe from hym For my syghes come before I eate and my rorynges fall out lyke the water For the thynge that I feared is come vpon me and the thynge that I was afrayde of is happened vnto me Was I not happy Had I not quyetnesse Was I not in rest And nowe cometh suche misery vpon me ¶ Iob â—o reprehended of impatience and in iustice and 〈◊〉 the presumptyon of his owne ryghteousnesse CAPI IIII. ANd Eliphas the Themanite answered and sayde If we begyn to comen vâ—th the wylte thou be discontent but who can withholde hym selfe from speakynge Beholde thou hast bene a chastenet of many hast conforted the wery handes Thy wordê haue set vp those that were fallen thou hast refresshed the weyke knees But nowe that the plage is come vpon the thou arte greued nowe that it hath touched thy selfe thou arte faynt herted ☞ Is not this thy feare thy stedfastnesse thy pacience and the perfytenesse of thy wayes Consydre I praye the who euer perysshed beyng an innocent Or when were the Godly destroyed For as I haue proued by experience they that plowe iniquitie and sowe wretchednesse reape the same With the blaste of God they perysshe and with the breth of his nose thyrles are they consumed awaye The rorynge of the Lyon and the voyce of the Lyon and the teeth of the Lyons whelpes are pulled out The lyon peryssheth for lacke of praye and the lyons whelpes are scattered abrode And vnto me came the worde secretly and myne eare hath receyued a lytell therof In the thoughtes and visions of the
it lye downe with hym in the earth When wyckednesse was swete in his mouth he hyd it vnder his tongue That he fauoured that wold he not forsake but kepte it close in his throte The breade that he dyd eate is turned to the poyson of serpentes within his body The ryches that he deuoured shall he perbrake agayne for God shall drawe them out of his bely he shall sucke the gall of serpentes and the adders tongue shall sley hym so that he shall no more se the ryuers and brokes of hony butter The thynge that other men haue laboured for shal he restore agayn and shall not eate it vp Great trauayle shal he make for ryches but he shall not enioye them And why he hath oppressed the poore not helped them houses hath he spoyled and not buylded them His bely coulde neuer be fylled therfore shall he perysshe in his couytousnes Therfore shall none of his meate be lefte behynde therfore shall no man loke for his prosperyte When he had plenteousnesse of euery thyng yet was he pore though he was helped on euery syde For though the wycked haue neuer so moch to fyll his bely yet god shall sende his wrath vpon hym cause his indignacyoÌ„ to reygne ouer him so that yf he fle the yron weapons he shall be shot w t the stele bowe The arowe is taken forth gone out of the quyuer a glysterynge swerde thorow the gall of hym feare shal come vpoÌ„ him There shal no darknesse be able to hyde hym An vnkyndled fyre shall coÌ„sume hym loke what remayneth in his house it shall be destroyed The heuen shall declare his wyckednesse and the earth shall take parte agaynst hym The substauÌ„ce that he hath in his house shal be taken away and perysshe in the day of the lordes wrath This is the porcyon that the wycked man shall haue of god the heretage that he may loke for of god ☞ bycause of his wordes ¶ Iob recyteth the prosperyte of the wycked and after descrybeth theyr sodayne ruyne and destruccyon CAPI XXI IOb answered and sayd O heart my wordes that shal be my coÌ„forte of you Suffer me a lytle that I may speake also and then laugh my wordes to scorne †yf it lyke you Is it for mans sake that I make this disputacyon Whiche yf it were so shuld not my spirite be then in sore trouble Marke me well be abasshed laye your hande vpon your mouth For when I coÌ„syder myselfe I am afrayde my fleshe is smytten with fere Wherfore do wycked men lyue in health prosperite come to theyr olde age increase in ryches Theyr chyldreÌ„ lyue in theyr syght theyr generacyon before theyr eyes Theyr houses are safe from all feare and the rod of god doth not smyte them Theyr bullocke gendreth that not out of tyme theyr cowe calueth and is not vnfruytfull They sende forth theyr chyldren by flockê and theyr sonnes leade the daunce They beare with them tabrettes and harpes and haue instrumentes of Musycke at theyr pleasure They spende theyr dayes in welthynes but sodenly they go downe to hell They saye also vnto god go from vs we desyre not the knowledge of thy wayes Who is the almyghtye that we shulde serue hym And what profet shulde we haue to submyt oureselues vnto him Lo there is vtterly no goodnesse in them therfore wyll not I haue to do with the counsayle of the vngodlye Howe ofte shal the candle of the wicked be put out howe ofte commeth theyr destruccyon vpon them O what sorowe shall God gyue them for theyr parte in his wrath Yea they shall be euen as haye before the wynde as chaffe that the storme caryeth awaye And though god saue theyr chyldren from soche sorow yet wyll he so rewarde them selues that they shal knowe it Theyr owne destruccion and misery shall they se with theyr eyes and drynke of the fearfull wrath of the almyghtye For what careth he what become of his housholde after his deathe when the nombre of his monethes is cut shorte In as moch then as god hath the hyghest power of al who can teache hym any knowledge One dyeth now when he is myghtye at his best rych and in prosperyte euen wheÌ„ his bowels are at the fattest and his bones full of mary Another dyeth in sorowe and heuynesse and neuer had good dayes They shall slepe both alyke in the earth the wormes shall couer them Beholde I know what ye thynke y ca the subtyltye that ye ymagyn agaynst me For ye saye ☞ where is the prynces palace and where is the dwellynge of the vngodly haue ye not asked them that go by the waye ☞ Doutlesse ye can not denye theyr tokens that the wycked is kepte vnto the daye of destruccyon and that the vngodly shall be brought forth to the daye of wrath Who dare reproue hym for his way to his face who wyll rewarde him for the vngraciousnesse that he doth Yet shall he be brought to his graue and dwell amonge the heape of the dead Then shal he be fayne to be buryed among the stones of the playne All men also must folow hym and there are innumerable gone before hym Howe vayne then is the coÌ„forte that ye gyue me Doth not falseheed remayne in all your answers ¶ Eliphas reprehendeth Iob of vnmercyfulnesse CAPI XXII SO Eliphas the Themanite gaue answer and sayd Maye a man be profytable vnto god as he that is wyse maye be profytable to hymselfe Is it any vauntage to the almyghtye that thou art ryghteous Or shal it profyte hym that thou makest thy wayes perfyte Is he afrayde to reproue the and to step forth with the in to iudgement Is not thy wyckednesse greate thyne vngracious dedes innumerable For thou hast taken the pledge froÌ„ thy brother for nought robbed the naked of theyr clothyng To soch as were werye hast thou gyuen no water to drynke haste withdrawen breade from the hungrye Shulde soch one then as vseth violence wrong oppression doyng all thyng of parcialyte and hauynge respecte of personnes dwell in the lande Thou hast sent wydowes away emptye oppressed the pore fatherlesse Therfore arte thou compassed aboute with snares on euery syde sodeynlye vexed with feare Shuldest thou then se no darkenesse Shulde not the water floode run ouer the Nowe bycause that god is hygher then the heuens and bycause thou seyst that the sterres are so hygh wylte thou therfore saye Tusshe howe shulde god knowe Doth his dominion reache vpon the cloudes Tushe the cloudes couer hym that he maye not se and he dwelleth aboue heuen Doest not thou kepe the olde waye that vayne men haue gone Whiche were cut downe out of tyme and whose foundacyon was as a runnynge water which sayde vnto God go from vs and what dyd the almyghtye with them He fylled theyr houses with good thynges But the counsayle
be turned backe and put to shame sodenly ¶ The. vij Psalme ☞ Sigaion of Dauid whiche he sauge vnto the Lorde in the busynes of ☞ â—â—huâ— the conne of Iemini O Lorde my God in the haue I put my truste saue me from all them that per secute me and delyuer me Lest he deuour my soule lyke a lyon and teare it in peces whyle there is none to helpe O Lorde my God yf I haue done any suche thynge or yf there be any wyckednesse in my handes If I haue rewarded euyll vnto hym that dealt frendely withme yee I haue delyue red hym that with out any cause is myne enemye Then let myne enemye persecute my soule take me ye let hym treade my lyfe downe vpon the earth laye myne honoure in the dust Sela. Stande vp O Lorde in thy wrath and lyfte vp thy selfe because of the indyngnacions of myne enemye aryse vp for me in the ☞ iudgemente that thou haste promysed And so shall the congregacyon of the people come aboute the for theyr sakes therfore lyfte vp thy selfe agayne The Lorde shall iudge the people geue sentence with me O Lorde accordynge to my ryghteousnes and accordynge to the innocencye that is in me Oh let the wyckednes of the vngodly come to an ende but guyde thou the iuste For the ryghteous God tryeth the very hertes and the raynes My helpe commeth of God which preserueth them that are true of hert God is is a ryghteous iudge âšœ stronge and pacyent and God is prouoked euery daye If man wyl nat turne he wyl whette his swerde he hathe bente his bowe and made it ready He hathe prepared for hym the instrumentes of death he ordeneth hys arowes âšœ agaynste the persecutours Bebolde he trauyleth with mischefe he hathe conceaued sorowe brought forth vngodlynesse He hathe grauen and digged vp a pytte is fallen him selfe into the destrue cyon that he made for other For his trauayll shal come vpon his owne heade and his wickednes shal fall vpoÌ„ his owne pate I wyll geue thankes vnto the Lorde accordynge to his ryghteousnes wyl prayse the name of the Lorde the moste hyest ¶ The. viii Psalme ¶ To him that excelleth ☞ in Githith a Psalme of Dauyd O LODE our gouernour howe excellente is thy name in the worlde thou that haste sette thy glory aboue the heaueÌ„s â–ª Out of the mouthe of verye babes and sucklynges hast thou ordeyned ☞ strength because of thyne enemyes that thou myghtest styll the enemye and the auenger For I wyll consydre thy heuens euen the worke of thy fyngers the Mone and the Starres whiche thou haste ordeyned What is man that thou arte myndeful of hym â–ª and the sonne of man that thou vysitest hym Thou madest him lytle lesse then the aungels to crowne him with glorye and worshyppe Thou makest hym to haue domi nyon in the workes of thy haÌ„des and thou haste put all thynges in subâ—ectyon vnder his fete Al shepe and oxen yee and y â— beastes of the felde The foules of the ayre and the fishe of the see and what so euer wal keth thorowe the pathes of the sees O Lorde our gouernour howe excellent is thy name in all the worlde ¶ The. ix Psalme ¶ To him that eycelleth vpon ☞ Almuth Lâ—ben a Psalme of Dauyd I wyl gyue thankes vnto the O Lorde with my whole herte I wyll speake of all thy merueylous workes I wyll be glad and reioyce in the yee my songes wyl I make of thy name O thou moste hyghest Whyle myne enemyes are dryuen backe they shall fal and peryshe at thy presence For thou haste mayntened my ryght and my cause thou art set in the throne that â—ud ged ryght Thou hast rebuked y â— Heithen destroied the vngodly thou haste put out their name for euer and euer O thou enemye distruccions are come to an ende euen as the cities which thou hast distroied their memorial is perished with them But the Lorde shall endure for euer he hath also pre pared his seate for iudgemeÌ„t For he shall iudge the worlde in ryghtuousnes and ministre true iudgemeÌ„t vnto the people The Lorde also wyl be a defence for the oppressed eueÌ„ a refuge iÌ„ due time of trouble And they y â— knowe thy name wyll put their trust in the for thou Lorde hast neuer fayled theÌ„ that seke the. O prayse the Lorde which dwelleste in Syon shewe the people of hys doynges For when he maketh in quisycion for bloude he remembreth them forgetteth not the complaynte of the poore Haue mercy vpon me O Lorde consydre my trouble whiche I suffre of them that 〈…〉 thou that lyftest me vp froÌ„ the ga 〈…〉 deathe That I maye shewe all thy 〈…〉 with in the portes of the doughter of Syon I wyll reioyce in thy saluacion The Heythen are suncken downe in the pytte that they made in the same net which they hyd pryuely is there owne fore taken The Lorde is knowen to execute iudgement the vngodly is trapped in the worke of his owne haÌ„des A consideracion Sela. The wicked shal be turned vnto hell and all people that forget God For the poore shall nat be all waye forgotten nor the hope of the meke shall nat peryshe for euer Up Lorde and let nat man haue the vpper hande let the Heythen be iudged in thy syght Put them in feare O Lorde that the Heythen maye knowe them selues to be but men Sela. ¶ The. x. Psalme WHy standest thou so farre of O Lord hidest thy face in tyme of trouble â–ª The vngodly for his owne lust doth ê‘secute the poore let them be taken in the craftye wylenesse that they haue ymagined For the vngodly hathe made boste of his owne hertes desyre speakethe good of the couetous whom God abhorreth The vngodly is so proude y t he careth nat for God neither is God in his thought Hys wayes are alwaye greuous thy iudgementes are farre out of his syght and therfore defyeth he all his enemyes For he hath sayde in his here Tushe I shall neuer be caste downe there shall no harme happen vpon me His mouth is ful of cursing dissâ—it and frauâ—e vnder his tong is vngodlynesse and vanite He sytteth lurkynge in the stretes and priuely doth he murther y â— innocent his eyes are sette agaynste the poore For he lyeth wayting secretly euen as a Lion lurketh he in his denne that he maye rauishe the pore He doth rauishe the pore when he getteth hym into his nette ☞ He falleth downe and humbleth him selfe that the congregacion of the poore maye fall into the hande of his captaynes He hath sayde in his herte Tushe God hath forgotteÌ„ he hydeth away his face and he wyll neuer se it Aryse O Lorde God and lyfte vp thyne haÌ„de forget nat the poore Wherfore shulde the wyeked blapheme God whyle he dothe saye in his herte tushe thou carest
flowed out so that ryuers ranne in the drye places For why he remembred his holy promes Abraham his seruauÌ„t And he brought forth his people with ioye and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue theÌ„ the landes of the Heathen and they toke the labours of the people in possessyon That they myght kepe his statutes and obserue his lawes Prayse the Lorde ¶ The. cvi Psalme ¶ Prayse the Lorde O Geue thankes vnto the Lorde for he is gracyous and his mercy endureth for euer Who can expresse the noble actes of the Lorde or shewe forth al his prayse Blessed are they that allwaye kepe iudgement and do ryghteousnes Remembre me O Lorde accordinge to the fauour that thou bearest vnto thy people O vyset me with thy saluacyon That I maye se the felycyte of thy chosen reioyse in the gladnesse of thy people and geue thankes with thyne enherytaunce We haue synned with our fathers we haue done amysse and dealte wyckedly Oure fathers regarded nat thy wonders in Egypte nether kepte they thy greate goodnesse in remembrauÌ„ce but were dyssobedient at the see euen at the reed see Neuertheles he helped them for hys names sake that he myght make hys power to be konwne He rebuked the reed see also and it was dryed vp so he led them thorowe the depe as thorowe a wyldernesse And he saued them from the aduersaryes hande and delyuered them from the hande of the enemye As for those that troubled them the waters ouer whelmed them there was nat one of them lefte Then beleued they his wordes and sange prayse vnto hym But within a whyle they forgat his workes and wolde nat abyde his councell But luste came vpon them in the wyldernesse and they teÌ„pted God in the deserte And he gaue them theyr desyre and sent leanesse withall in to theyr soule They angred Moyses also in the tentes and Aaron the sayncte of the Lorde So the earth opened and swalowed by Dathan and couered the congre gacyon of Aberam And the fyre was kyndled in theyr company the flame brente vp the vngodly They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the molten ymage Thus they turned theyr glory in to the simylytude of a calfe that eateth haye And they forgat God theyr Sauioure which had done so great thynges i Egypte Wonderous workes in the lande of Ham and fearful thinges by the reed see So he sayde he wolde haue destroyed theÌ„ had nat Moses his chosen stande before hym in that gappe to turne awaye his wraythful indig nacyon leste he shulde destroye them Ye they thought scorne of y e pleasaunt lande and gaue no credence vnto his worde But murmured in theyr tentes and herkened nat vnto the voyce of the Lorde Then lyfte he vp his hande agaynst theÌ„ to ouerthrowe them in the wildernes To cast out theyr sede amonge the nacioÌ„s to scater them in the landes They ioyned them selues vnto Baal Peor eate thofferinges of the deed Thus they prouoked him vnto anger with theyr owne inuencioÌ„s and the plage was greate amonge them Then stode vp Phinehes prayed and so the plage ceased And that was counted vnto him for righteousnesse amonge all po sterites for euermore They angred hym also at the waters of stryfe so that he punyshed Moses for theyr sakes Because they ê“uoked hissprete so y â— he spake vnaduisedly with his lyppes Nether destroied they the Heathen as the Lorde commaunded them But were myngled among the Heathen and lerned theyr workes In so muche that they worshypped theyr ydolles whiche turned to theyr owne decay Yee they offred theyr soÌ„nes and their doughters vnto deuils And shed innocent bloude euen the bloude of theyr sonnes and of their doughters whome they offred vnto the ydols of Canaan and the lande was defyled with bloude Thus were they stayned with theyr owne workes and wente a whorynge with theyr owne inuencions Therfore was the wrath of the Lorde kyndled agaynste his people in so moche that he abhorred hys owne enheritaunce And he gaue them ouer into the hande of the Heathen and they that hated them were lordes ouer them Their enemyes oppressed theÌ„ and had them in subieccion Many a tyme dyd he delyuer them but they rebelled against him with theyr owne inuencions were brought downe in their wyckednesse Neuerthelesse when he sawe their aduersyte he herde their coÌ„playnte He thought vpon his couenaunt and pytied them accordyng vnto the multitude of his mercies yee he made al those that had led them a waye captiue to pytie them Delyuer vs O Lorde our God and gather vs from among the Heathen that we may geue thankes to thy holy name glory in thy prayse Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from euerlastyng and worlde without ende let all people say AmeÌ„ Amen Prayse y â— Lorde ¶ The. cvii. Psalme O Gyue thankes vnto the Lord for he is gracyous and his mercy endureth for euer Let them geue thankes whome the Lorde hathe redemed and delyuered from the hande of the enemye And gathered them out of the laÌ„des from the Easte from the west from the North and from the south They went a straye in the wyldernesse out of the way and founde no cytie to dwell in Hongrie and thrysty their soule faynted in them So they cried vnto the Lorde in theyr trouble and he deliuered theÌ„ from theyr distresse He led them forthe by the ryght waye y t they myght go to the cyte where they dwelt O that men wolde therfore prayse y â— Lorde for his goodnes and declare the wonders y e he doth for the chyldreÌ„ of men For he satisfyed y t emptye soule and fylled the hongry soule with goodnes Such as syt in darckenes in the shadow of death beyng fast bounde in myserye and yron Because they rebelled agaynst the wordes of y e Lorde lyghtly regarded the councel of the most hygest He also brought downe their hert thorowe heuinesse they fel downe and there was none to helpe them So whan they cryed vnto the Lorde in their trouble he delyuered them out of their distres For he brought them out of darckenesse out of the shadow of death brake their bondes in sonder O that men wolde therfore praise the Lorde for his goodnesse declare the woÌ„ders that he doth for the children of men For he hath broken the gates of brasse and smyten the â—acâ—es of yron i soÌ„der Folysh men are plaged for theyr offeice because of theyr wyckednesse Their soule abhorred al maner of meane and they were euen harde at deathes dore So whaÌ„ they cryed vnto the Lorde in their trouble he delyuered them out of theyr dystresse He sent his worde and healed them and they were saued from theyr destruccyon O that men wolde therfore prayse y e Lorde for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he doth for the chyldren of men That they
shal be disapoynted but they that muse vpon good thynges vnto such shal happen mercy and faithfulnesse Diligent labour bryngeth riches but where many vayne wordes are truly there is scarcenesse ☞ Ryches are as a crowne vnto the wyse but the ignoraunce of fooles is very folyshenesse A faythfull wytnesse delyuereth soules but a lyar dysceuethe them The feare of the Lorde is a strong holde and his chyldren vnder a sure defence The feare of the Lorde is a well of lyfe to auoyde the snares of death The increase and prosperyte of the comens is the Kynges honoure but the decay of the people is the confusyon of the Prynce He that is pacyent hathe muche vnderstandynge but he that is soone displeased prouokethe folyshenesse A mery herte is the lyfe of the body but rancoure consumeth awaye the bones He that doth a poore man wrong blasphemeth hys maker but who so hathe pytie of the poore doth honoure vnto God The vngodly is afraied of euery parel but y ◠righteous hath a good hope euen ī death Wysdome resteth in the herte of hym that hath vnderstādinge and he shal be knowen among them that are vnlerned Ryghteousnesse setteth vp the people but wyckednesse bryngeth folke to destruccyon A discrete seruaūte is a pleasure vnto y ◠Kynge but one that is nat honeste prouoketh hym vnto wrathe ¶ CAPI XV. A Softe answere putteth downe displeasure but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger The tonge of suche as be wyse vseth knowlege aryght as for a folyshe mouthe it babbleth out nothynge but folyshenesse The eyes of the Lorde loke on euery place bothe vpon y ◠good and bad A wholsome tong is a tree of life but he y ◠abuseth it hath a broken mynde A foole despyseth his fathers correccyon but he that taketh hede whan he is reproued shall haue the more vnderstandynge ⚜ VVere ryghteousnesse is plentyfull there is very greate power but ymaginaciōs of the vngodly shal be roted out The house of y ◠righteous is full of riches but y ◠increse of y ◠vngodly is my destrucciō A wise mouth poureth out knowledge but y ◠herte of the folyshe doth nat so The Lord abhorreth the sacrifice of y ◠vngodly but y ◠prayer of y ◠ryghteous is acceptable vnto hym The waye of the vngodly is an abhominacyon vnto the Lorde but who so foloweth ryghteousnes hym he loueth He that forsaketh the ryght waye shal be sore punyshed and who so hateth correccion shall dye Hell and perdiscion are konwne vnto the Lorde howe muche more then the hertes of of men A scornefull body loueth nat one that rebuketh hym neyther wyl he come vnto the wyse A mery herte maketh a chearful countenaunce but an vnquyet mynde maketh it heuy The herte of hym that hathe vnderstandynge dothe seke after knowledge but the mouth of fooles is fede with foolyshnesse All the dayes of y ◠poore are myserable but a quiete hert is as a contynual feast Better is a lytle with the feare of the Lorde then great treasure with sorowe Better is a measse of potage with loue then a fatte oxe with euell wyll An angrye man stereth vp stryfe but he that is pacyente stylleth discorde The waye of a slouthfull man is as it were hedged with thornes but the waye of the ryghteous is well clensed A wyse sonne maketh a glade father but an vndyscrete body shameth his mother A foole reioyseth in foolysh thynges but a wyse man loketh wel to his owne goynges Unaduysed thoughtes shall come to nought but where as mē are that can geue councell there is stedfastnesse A ioyfull thynge is it when a man geueth a conuient answere And very pleasaunte is a worde spoken in due season The waye of lyfe leadeth vnto heauen that a man shulde beware of hel beneth The Lord wyl breake downe the house of the proude but he shall make fast the borders of the wyndowe The Lorde abhorreth the ymaginacions of the wicked but pure wordes are pleasaūt vnto him The couetous man roteth vp his owne house but who so hateth rewardes shall lyue ⚜ Thorowe mercy and fayth are synnes pourged and thorowe the feare of the lorde dothe euery one eschue euell A ryghteous man museth in his mynde howe to do good but the mouth of the vngodly bryngeth forth euell thynges The Lorde is farre from the vngodly but he heareth the prayer of the ryghteous Lyke as the clearnesse of the eyes reioyseth the herte so doth a good name fede y ◠bones The eare that harkeneth of the refourmacion of lyfe shal dwell amonge the wyse He that refuseth to be refourmed despyseth his owne soule but he that submitteth him selfe to correccyon is wyse The feare of the lorde is the ryght sience of wysdome and lowlynes goeth before honoure CAPI XVI A Man maye well ☞ purpose a thynge in his hert but the answere of the tōge commeth of the Lorde A man thynketh al his wayes to be cleane but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes Commytte thy workes vnto the Lorde and loke what thou deuysest it shall prospere The Lorde dothe all thynges for his owne sake yee and when he kepeth the vngodly for the daye of wrath The Lorde abhorreth all suche as be of a proude herte there may neyther strength nor power escape ⚜ The begynnynge of a good lyfe is to do ryghtwysnes for that is more accepted vnto God then to offre vp sacryfyces Wyth louynge mercy and faithfulnes synnes be forgeuen and who so feareth the Lorde eschueth euyll When a mans wayes please the Lorde he maketh hys very enemyes to be his frēdes Better it is to haue a lytle thynge with ryghteousnes then greate rentes wronge fully gotten A man deuyseth a waye in his herte but it is the Lorde that ordreth hys goynges ☞ When the prophecy is in the lyppes of the kynge his mouth shal nat go wronge in iudgement A trewe measure and a trewe balaūce are the Lordes he maketh all weyghtes It is a great abhominacyon when kynges are wycked for a kynges seate shuld be holdē vp with righteousnesse Ryghteous lyppes are pleasaūt vnto kynges he that speaketh the trueth shal be beloued The kynges displeasure is a messaunger of death but awyse man wyll pacifie hym The cherefull countenaunce of the kynge is lyfe and his louyng fauoure is as the euenynge dewe To haue wysdome in possessyon is better then to haue golde and to get vnderstandynge is more worth then to haue syluer The path of the ryghteous is to eschue euel and who so loketh well to his wayes kepeth his owne soule Presumpteousnes goeth before destruccyō and after a proude stomake there foloweth a fall Better it is to be of humble mynde with the lowly then codeuyde the spoiles with the proude He that hādeleth a matter wysely opteyneth good and blessed is he that putteth hys trust in the Lorde Who so hathe a wyse vnderstandynge shal be
that day shal the Lorde of hoostes be the crowne of glory and dyamonde of beautye vnto the resydue of his people He wyll be also a sprete of perfyte knowledge to hi that sytteth in iudgement and strength vnto them that turne awaye the batayle to the gate of the enemyes But they are out of the waye by reason of wyne yea farre out of y â— waye are they thorowe stronge drynke ☞ The preste also and the prophete are gone astraye by the meanes of stronge dryncke they are dronken with wyne they go amysse thorowe stronge drynke they fayle in sight and stomble in iudgement For all tables are so full of vomyte and fylthynes that no place is cleane Whome then shall suche one teache knowledge And whom shall be make to vnderstande the thynge that he hereth For they are ignoraunt as yonge chyldren that are taken from the mylke and are weened For they that be suche must haue ☞ after one lesson another lesson after one coÌ„mauÌ„dement another commaundemeÌ„t after one rule another rule after one instruccion another instruceyon there a lytle there a lytle For he y â— speketh vnto this people is eueÌ„ as one y â— vseth rudenesse of speche a straunge langage Yf any man say vnto them lo this is the rest where with ye maye ease him that is werye this is the refresshynge they wyll not herken Therfore shall the worde of the Lorde lesson vpon lesson commaundement vpon coÌ„maundement rule vpon rule instruccion vpon instruccyon there a lytle and there a lytle shall be vnto them an occasyon of stomblynge that they maye go on and fal backeward be broused tangled and snared Wherfore heare the worde of the Lorde ye mockers ye that haue rule of this people whiche is at IerusaleÌ„ Because ye haue said ☞ we haue made a couenaunt with death with hell are we at agremeÌ„t And though there go forth a sore plage it shall not come vnto vs. For we haue made falshode our refuge and vnder vanite are we hyd Therfore thus sayeth y â— Lorde God Beholde I lay in Syon for a foundacion a stone euen a tryed stone a precyous corner stone a sure fouÌ„dacion ☞ who so beleueth let him not be to hastye Iudgement also wyl I lay to y â— rule and ryghtuousnes to the balaunce so that ☞ y â— hayle shal take away your vayne confydence and the preuy place of your refuge shall the waters renne ouer And thus the couenaunt that ye made w t deathe shal be disanulled and your agremeÌ„t that ye made with hell shall not stande yea whan the sore plage goeth forth ye shall be troden downe vnder it From the tyme that it goeth forth it shall take you awaye For earely in the morninge euery day yea bothe daye and nyght shall it go thorowe whan the noyse therof is perceyued it shall gendre vexacion For ☞ the bedde is narowe and not large and the couerynge so small that a man can not wynde hym selfe vnder it For the Lorde shal stonde as ☞ in mount Pecazim and shal be wrothe lyke as in the valley Gibeon that he may do his worke ☞ his straunge worke and brynge to passe his acte his straunge acte Nowe therfore se that ye be no mockers lest your punishemeÌ„t icrese for I haue herd of the Lorde of hostes that there shall come a short ende vpon the whole earth Heare ye then herkeÌ„ vnto my voyse coÌ„sidre pondre my speche Doth not the husbande man plowe all the daye and openeth breaketh the clottê of his grounde that he may sow Whan he hath made it playne wyll he nat sprede abrode the fytches sowe comyn cast in wheate by measure the appoynted barly â—ye in theyr place God wyl instruct him to haue descrecion euen his God wyll teache him For fitches shal not be thresshed with an harowe nether shal a cart whele be brought thorowe the coÌ„men but the fytches are beaten out with a staffe and commyn w t a rod. But y â— sede y â— bread is made of is thresshed thoughe it be not alwaye a thresshing And the cart whele must be brought ouer it lest he grynde it with his teeth This also commeth of the Lorde of hostes which worketh with wonderfull wysdome bryngeth out arme with a terrible countenaunce and with the flame of a consumynge fyre with noysome lyghtenynge with a shower and with hayle stone For thorowe the voyce of the Lorde shall Assur be destroyed which smote other men with the rodde And it shal come to passe that whither soeuer he goeth the rodde shall cleaue vnto hym whiche the Lorde shall laye vpon hym ☞ with tabrettes and harpes And with great warre shal he fyght agaynst his hoste For the fyre of payne is ordeyned from the begynnynge yea euen for Kynges is it prepared This hathe the Lorde set in the depe and made it wyde the burnynge wherof is fyre moche woode The breth of the Lorde whiche is as a ryuer of brymstone doth kyndle it ¶ He curseth them that forsake God and seke for the helpe of men CAPI XXXI WO be vnto them that go downe into Egypte for helpe and truste in horses put theyr confydence in charettes because they be many and in horse men because they be lusty and stronge But they regarde not the holy one of Israell and they aske no questyon at the Lorde Where as he neuertheles beynge wysest of all plageth the wycked and yet goeth not from his worde when he steppeth forth and taketh the victory agaynst the housholde of the frowarde and agaynst the helpe of euel doers Nowe the Egipcians are men and not God and theyr horses fleshe and not spiryte And as soone as the Lorde stretcheth out his hande then shall the helper fal and he that shulde haue bene helped and they shall all together be destroyed For thus hathe the Lorde spoken vnto me Lyke as the Lyon or lyons whelpe roareth vpon the praye that he hath gotten is not afray ed thoughe the multytude of shephardes crye out vpon hym neyther abasshed for all the heape of them So shall the Lorde of Hostes come downe to fyght for mount Syon and defende his hyll Lyke as byrdes flotre aboute theyr nestes so shal the lorde of Hostes kepe saue defende and delyuer Ierusalem Therfore O ye children of Israell turne agayne lyke as ye haue exceaded in your goynge backe For ☞ in that day euery man shall cast out his Idols of syluer and golde whiche ye haue made with your synfull handes Assur also shal be slayne with the swerde not with a mans swerde A swerde shal deuoure him but not a mans swerde And he shall fle from the slaughter âšœ and hys seruauntes shall be taken prysoners He shall go for feare to hys stronge holdes and his Prynces shall fle from his badge This hath the Lorde spoken whose lyght
â— thou hast made with vs. Are there any amonge the Goddes of the Gentiles that sende rayne or geue the showers of heauen Dost not thou it O Lorde our God in whom we trust Yee Lorde thou doste all these thynges ¶ The Lorde wyll not heare Moses or Aaron yf they pray for the people but wyll wrape them in many myseryes The â—â—use of suche great myseryes CAPI XV. THEN spake the Lorde vnto me Thoughe Moses Samuel stode before me yet haue I no herte to this people Dryue them awaye that they maye go out of my syght And yf they say vnto the Why ther shall we go then tell them The Lorde gyueth you this aunswere Some vnto deathe some the swearde some to honger some into captyuite For I wyl bryng foure plages vpon them sayeth the Lorde The swearde shall straÌ„gle them the dogges shal deuoure them the foules of the ayre and beastes of the earthe shall eate them vp and destroye them I wyll scatre them aboute also in all kyngdomes and landes to be plaged because of Manasseh the soÌ„ne of Hezekia kynge of Iuda for the thynges that he dyd in Ierusalem Who shall then haue pyte vpon the O Ierusalem Who shall be sorye for the Or who shal make intercessioÌ„ to optayne peace for the seynge thou goest fro me and turnest backewarde sayeth the Lord Therfore I dyd stretche out myne hande agaynst the to destroye the and I wyll not be intreated I haue scatred them abrode with the fanne on euery syde of the lande I haue wasted my people destroyed them Yet they haue had no lust to turne from their owne wayes I haue made theyr wydowes mo in nombre then the saÌ„des of the see Upon the mothers of theyr chyldren dyd I brynge a destroyer in the none day SodeÌ„ly vnawares dyd I sende a feare vpon theyr cyties She that hath borne seuen chyldren hathe none her herte is full of sorowe The Sonne doth fayle her in the clere daye she is confounded and faynte for very heuynes As for those that cemayne I wyll delyuer them vnto the swerde before they re enemyes sayeth the Lord. O mother alas that euer thou didest beare me an enemye hated of the whole lande Thoughe I neuer lent nor receyued vpon vsurye yet all men speake euyl vpon me And the Lorde answered me Lede not I y â— then vnto good Come not I to the when thou arte in trouble and helpe the when thyne enemy oppresseth the Doth one yron hurte another or one metell that commeth from the North another As for thy rychesse and treasure I wyl geue them out into a pray not for any money but because of al thy synnes that thou hast done in al thy costes And I wyl bryng the with thyne enemyes into a lande that thou know est not for the fyre that is kyndled in my indignacion shall hurne you vp O Lorde thou knowest therfore remembre me and vyset me delyuer me fro my persecuters Receyue not my cause in thy longe wrathe yet thou knowest that for thy sake I suffre rebuke When I had founde thy wordes I dyd eate them vp gredely they haue made my herte ioyful and glad For I call vpon thy name O Lorde God of Hostes I dwell not amonge the scorners neither is my delyte therein but I dwell onely in the feare of thy hande for thou haste fylled me with bytternes Shall my heuynesse endure for euer Are my plages then so great that they may neuer be healedâ— Wylt thou be as a water that falleth and can nat continue Upon these wordes thus sayde the Lorde vnto me If thou wylte turne agayne I shall set the in my seruyce and yf thou wylte take out the thynges that is precious from the vyle thou shalte be euen as myue owne mouthe They shall conuerte vnto the but turne not thou vnto them so shall I make the a stronge brasen wall against thê people They shal fyght against the but they shall not preuayle For I my selfe wyll be with the to helpe the and delyuer the sayeth the Lorde And I wyl ryd the out of the handes of the wycked and delyuer the out of the hande of Tiraunâ—es ¶ He prophecyeth the mysery of the Iewes He sheweth that the worshyppynge of Idoles the contempte of Gods lawe is the cause of their myserye He prophecyeth the captyuite of Babylon and theyr delyuâ—raunce frome thence agayne The callynge of the Gentyles CAPI XVI THVS sayde the Lord vnto me â–ª Thou shalte take the no wyfe norbeget chyldren in this place For of the chyldren that are borne in this place of they re mothers that haue borne them and of theyr fathers that haue begotten them in this lande thus sayeth the Lorde âšœ They shal dye an horrible death no man shall mourne for them nor burye them but they shall lye as donge vpon the earth They shall perishe thorowe the swearde and honger and theyr bodies shal be meate for the foules of the ayre and beastes of the earth For thus sayth y e Lord Go not thou in vnto theÌ„ nor come to mourn and wepe for theÌ„ for I haue taken my peace from this people sayeth the Lorde yee my fauoure my mercy And in this lande shal they dye olde and yonge and shal not be buried no man shal be wepe them no man shal clyppe or shaue him selfe for them There shal not one viset another to mourne with them for their deade or to comforte them One shall not offre another the cuppe of consolacyon to forget theyr heuynesse for father and mother Thou shalt not go into their feaste house to sytte downe to eate or dryncke with them For thus sayeth y e Lorde of Hostes the God of Israell Beholde I shal take awaye out of this place the voyce of myrth and gladnesse the voyce of the brydegrome of the bryde yee and that in your dayes that ye may se it Nowe when thou shewest this people al these wordes and they saye vnto the. Wherfore hath the Lorde deuysed all thys greate plage for vs Or what is the offence and synne that we haue done agaynste the Lord our God Then make thou them this answere Because your fathers haue forsaken me sayeth the Lorde and haue walked after straunge Goddes whome they haue honoured and worshypped but me haue they forsaken and haue not kepte my lawe And ye with youre shamefull blasphemyes haue exceaded the wyckednesse of youre fathers For euery one of you hath folowed the frowarde and euyll ymagynacyon of his owne herte and is not obedyent vnto me Therfore wyll I caste you out of this lande into a lande that ye and your fathers knowe not and there shal ye serue straunge goddes day and nyght there wyll I shewe you no fauoure Beholde therfore sayeth the Lorde the dayes are come that it shall no more be sayde The Lorde lyueth whiche
There is gone aboute the lande a crye of a slaughter â—reat murthur namely on thê maner Howe happeneth it that the haÌ„mer of the whole worlde is thus broken and brosed in sonder Howe chauÌ„ceth it that Babylon is become a wyldernes amonge the Heathen on thys maner I my selfe haue layed wayte for the and thou art takeÌ„ vnawares art thou trapped snared for why thou haste prouoked the Lorde vnto anger The Lorde hathe opened his house of ordinaunce brought forth the weapens of his wrath For y â— thing that is done in the lande of the Caldees it is the Lorde of hostes worcke These thynges shal come vpon her at the laste they shall breake into her preuy chambres they shall leaue her as bare as stones that be layed together vpon heapes They shal so destroye her that nothing shal be left â–ª They shal sleye al theyr myghtie souldyers and put them to death Wo be vnto them for the daye and tyme of theyr vysitacion is at hande Me thynke I heare all ready a crye of them that be fled and escaped out of the lande of Babylon which shewe in SyoÌ„ the vengeaunce of the Lorde our God the vengeauÌ„ce of his temple yee a voyce of theÌ„ crye agaynst BabyloÌ„ Cal vp al the archers agaynst Babylon pytch your tâ—ntes rounde about her that none escape Recompence her as she hathe deserued and accordynge as she hath done so deale with her agayne for she hathe set vp her selfe agaynste the Lorde against the holy one of Israel Therfore shall her yonge men fall downe in the stretes and all her men of warre shal be roted out in that daye sayeth the Lorde Beholde I speake vnto the O thou proâ—de sayeth the Lorde God of Hostes for thy daye shall come euen the tyme of thy vysytacyon And the proude shall stomble and fall and no man shall helpe hym vp I wyll burne vp hys cytyes with fyre and it shall consume all that is rounde aboute hym Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes The chyldred of Israell and Iuda suffer violence together All they that haue them in captyuyte kepe them faste and wyll nat let them go but theyr auenger and redemer is myghtye whose name is the Lorde of Hostes he shall maynteyne theyr cause he shal make the lande shake and iudge them that dwel therin one with another The swearde shall come vpon the Caldees sayeth the Lorde vpon them that dwell in Babylon vpon theyr prynces and vpon theyr wyse men The swearde vpon theyr sothsayers as for those they shall become fooles The swearde vpon theyr worthyes so that they shall stande in feare The swearde vpon theyr horsmen and charettes and vpon all the comen people that dwell vnder them so that they shall all become lyke wemen The swearde vpon theyr treasure so that it shall be stolen awaye The swearde vpon theyr waters so that they shal be dryed vp For the lande worshyppeth ymages delyteth in straunge wondrefull thynges Therfore shall wylde beestes Apes and Estriches dwel therin for there shall neuer man dwel there neyther shall any man haue his habytacyon there for euermore Lyke as God destroyed Sodome and Gomorre with the cyties that laye there aboute sayeth the Lorde So shall no man dwell there also neyther shall any man haue there his habytacyon Beholde there shal come a people from the North with a great bonde of men and many kynges shall stande vp from the endes of the earth They beare bowes and buclers cruell are they and vnmercyfull Theyr voyce roareth lyke the ragyng see they ryde vpon horses come weapened to fyght agaynst the O Babilon As soone as the kynge of Babylon hereth tel of theÌ„ hys handes shall waxe feable Soro â—ee and heuynes shal come vpoÌ„ hiÌ„ as on a womaÌ„ trauelynge with chylde Beholde lyke as the Lyon commeth vp from the pleasaunt medowes of Iordane vnto the grene pastures of Ethan so wyll I dryue theÌ„ forth make them ruâ—â—e agaynst her But whom shal I chose out ordayne to such a thynge For who is lyke me or who wyl stryne with me or what shepherde may staÌ„de agaynste me Therfore heare the councel that the Lorde hathe geuen vpon Babylon and the deuyce that he hathe taken vpon the lande of the Caldees The least amonge the people shall teare them in peces and loke what pleasauÌ„t thyng they haue they shal laye it wast The noyse at the wynnynge of Babylon shall moue the earth and the crye shal be herde amonge the Gentyles ¶ Howe Babylon shulde be ouerthrowen Ieremy geueth his boke to Saraias CAPI LI. THVS hath the Lorde sayde beholde I wyll rayse vp a perlous wynde agaynst Babylon and her cytezeÌ„s that beare euell wyll agaynste me I wyll fende also in to Babylon fanners to fanne her out and to destroye her lande for in the daye of her trouble they shal be about her on euery syde Moreouer the Lorde hathe sayde vnto the bowe men and to them that clyme ouer the walles in brest plates Yee shal nat spare her yonge men kyll downe all her hoost Thus the sleyne shal fal downe in the lande of the Caldees and the wounded in the stretes As for Israel and Iuda they shall nat be forsaken of theyr God of the Lorde of Hostes of y e holyone of Israel no though they haue fylled al theyr lande full of synne Flye awaye from Babylon euery man saue his lyfe Let no man holde his tunge to her wyckednes for the tyme of the Lordes vengauÌ„ce is come yee he shall rewarde her agayne Babylon hathe bene in the Lordes hande ☞ a golden cuppe that maketh all landes droncken Of her wyne haue all people droncken therfore are they out of theyr wyttes But sodenly is Babylon fallen and destroyed Mourne for her brynge plasters for her woundes yf she maye peraduenture be healed agayne We wolde haue made Babylon whole sayeth they but she is nat recouered Therfore wyll we let her alone and go euery man into his owne countre For her iudgement is come into heauen and is gone vp to the cloudes And therfore come on we wyll shewe Syon the worcke of the Lorde oure God Make sharpe the arowes and fyll the quyuers for the Lodre shal rayse vp the sprete of the kynge of the Meeades whiche hath all ready a desyre to destroye BabyloÌ„ Thys shal be the vengaunce of the Lorde and the vengaunce of his temple Set vp tokens vpon the walles of Babylon make youre watch stronge set youre watch men in araye yee holde preuye watches and yet for all that shall the Lorde go forth with the deuyce whiche he hath taken vpon them that dwell in Babylon O thou that dwellest by the greate waters O thou that hast so great treasure and riches thyne ende is come the rekenynge of thy wynninges The Lorde of hoostes hath sworne by hym selfe that he wyll ouer whelme the with men
The Senatours of the daughter Syon syt vpon the grounde in sylence they haue strawed asthes vpon theyr heades and gyrded them selues with sacke cloth The maydens of Ierusalem hange downe theyr heades to the grounde Myne eyes be begyn to fayle me thorowe wepynge my body is disquyeted my lyuer is poured vpon the earth for the great hurt of my people seyng the chyldren and babes dyd swowne in the streates of the cytye Euen when they spake to theyr mothers where is meate and drynke for whyle they so sayde they fell downe in the stretes of the cytie lyke as they had bene wounded and some dyed in theyr mothers bosome What shall I saye of the O thou daughter Ierusalem to whom shall I lyken the To whom shal I coÌ„pare the. O y u daughter Syon to comforte the withall Thy hurte is lyke a mayne see who may heale the Thy prophetes haue loked out vaine folysh thinges for the they haue not shewed the of thy wyckednes to kepe the from captiuite but haue ouerladen the and thorowe falshed scatred the abrode Al they that go by the clappe theyr handes at the hissing and waggyng their heades vpon the daughter Ierusalem and saye is this the cyte that men cal so fayre wherin the whole lande reioyseth All thyne enemyes gape vpon the whysperyng and bytyng theyr teth sayinge let vs deuoure for the tyme that we loked for is come we haue founde and sene it The Lorde hath fulfylled the thynge that he was purposed to do and ê‘fourmed that he had deuysed longe a go he hath destroyed and not spared He hath caused thin aduersary to triuÌ„p he ouer the and set vp the horne of thyne enemy Let thyne herte crye vnto the Lorde O y u cyte of the daughter Syon let thy teares runne downe lyke a ryuer daye and nyght rest not and let not the aple of thyne cye leaue of StaÌ„de vp and make thy prater in the first watch of the nyght poure out thyne herte lyke water before the Lorde lyfte vp thyne handes for the lyues of thy yonge children that dye of honger in the stretes Beholde O Lorde and consydre why haste thou gathered me vp so cleane Shal the wemeÌ„ then eate their owne frute euen chyldren of a spaÌ„ne longe Shal the prestes and Prophetes be slayne thus in the Sayntuary of the Lorde Yong and olde lye behinde the stretes vpon the grouÌ„de my maydens and yong men are slayne with the swearde whome thou in the daye of thy wrathefull indignacyon hast put to deathe yee euen thou haste put them to death and not spared them My neighbours that are rounde aboute me haste thou called as it were to a feast daye so that in the daye of the Lordes wrathe none escaped neyther was any lefte behynde Those that I had brought vp and norished hath myne enemy destroyed CAPI 〈◊〉 IAM the man that thorowe the rodde of his wrath haue experience of mysery He droue me forth and led me yee into darkenesse but not in to lyght Agaynst me onely he turneth his hande and layeth it euer vpon me My slesshe and my skynne hath he made olde my bones hath he brused He hath buylded rounde about me and closed me in with gall and trauayle He hath set me in darckenes as they that be deade for euer He hathe so hedged me in that I can not get out and hath layed heuy lynckes vpon me Thoughe I crye and call pyteously yet heareth he not my prayer He hathe stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones and made my pathes croked He layeth wayte for me lyke a Beare and as a lyon in a hole He hathe marred my waies and broken me in peces he hath laied me wast all together He hath bente hys bowe made me as it were a marke to shut at The arowes of his quyuer hath he shot euen into my reynes I am laughed to scorne of all my people they make songes vpon me all the daye longe He hath fylled me with bitternes and geuen me wormwod to drynke He hath smitten my teeth in peces rolled me in the dust He hathe put my soule out of reste I forget all good thynges I thought in my selfe I am vn done there is no hope for me in the Lorde O RemeÌ„bre yet my mysery and my trouble the wormwod and the gall Yee thou shalte remembre them for my soule melteth awaye in me Whyle I coÌ„sidre these thinges in my herte I get a hope agayne Namely that the mercyes of the Lorde are not cleane gone and that his louynge kyndnesse ceasseth not Hys faythfulnes is greate and renueth it selfe as the mornynge The Lorde is my porcyon sayeth my soule therfore wyl I hope in hym O howe good is the Lord vnto theÌ„ that put theyr trust in him and to the soule that seketh after hym O howe good is it with stylnes to wayte and tary for the health of the Lorde O howe good is it for a man to take the yoke vpon hym from his youth vp He sytteth alone he holdeth hym styll and dwelleth quyetly by hym selfe He layeth his face vpon the earth yf percase there happen to be any hope He offereth his cheke to the smyter he wyll be content with reproues For the Lorde wyll not forsake for euer But thoughe he do cast of yet accordynge to the multytude of his mercyes he receaueth to grace agayne For he doth not plage and caste out the chyldren of men from his herte To treade all the prysoners of the earthe vnder his fete To moue the iudgement of man before the most highest To condempne a man in his cause The Lorde hath not pleasure in suche thynges What is he then that sayth there shulde somthynge be done without the Lordes commaundement Out of the mouth of the mooste hyghest goeth not euell and good Wherfore then murmureth the lyuinge man let hym murmure at his owne synne Let vs loke well vpon our owne wayes and remember our selues and turne agayne to the Lorde Let vs lyfte vp our hertes with our handes vnto the Lorde that is in heuen We haue bene dissemblers and haue offended wylt thou therfore not be intreated Thou haste couered vs in thy wrath and persecuted vs thou hast slayne vs without any fauoure Thou hast hyd thy selfe in a cloud that our prayer shulde not go thorow Thou hast made vs outcastes and to be despysed amonge the people All our enemyes gape vpon vs. Feare and snare is come vpon vs yee despite and destruccyon * who le ryuers of water gusshe out of myne eyes for the great hurte of my people Myne eyes runne and can not ceasse for there is no rest O Lorde when wylt thou loke downe from heauen and cousydre Myne eye breaketh my herte because of all the daughters of my cytie Myne enemyes hunted me out sharpely lyke a byrde yee and that without a cause They haue put downe my lyfe into a pytte and layed a
as for the thynge that ye go about it shall not come to passe where as ye saye we wyl be as the Heathen and do as other people in the lande wood and stone wyll we worshyppe As truly as I lyue sayeth the Lorde God I my selfe wyll rule you with a myghtye hande with a stretched out arme with indignacioÌ„ poured out ouer you wyll bring you oute of the nacyons landes wherin ye are scatred and gather you together with a mightye hande with a stretched out arme with indignacion poured out vpon you wyl brynge you into the wyldernesse of the people there I wyll reason with you face to face Like as I punished your forfathers in the wyldernes of Egypt so wyl I punish you also saieth y â— Lorde God I wyll bryng you vnder my iurisdiccyoÌ„ vnder the bonde of the couenauÌ„t The forsakers also and the transgressours wyl I take froÌ„ amonge you brynge them out of the lande of youre habitacion as for the lande of Israel they shal not come in it that they maye knowe howe that I am the Lorde Go to nowe then sayeth the Lorde God ye house of Israell caste awaye and destroye euery man hys Idoles then shall ye heare me and nomore blaspheme my holy name with your offrynges and Idoles But vpon my holy hyll euen vpon the hye hyl of Israell sayth the Lorde god shal all the house of Israel and all that is in the lande worshyppe me and in y â— same place wyl I fauoure theÌ„ and there wyl I require your heaue offringes and the firstlynges of your oblacions with al your holy thinges I wyll accepte youre swete sauoure when I bringe you from the nacions and gather you together out of the landes wherin ye be scatred that I maye be halowed in you before the Heathen and that ye maye knowe that I am the Lorde which haue broughte you into the lande of Israel yee into y â— same lande that I swore to geue vnto your forefathers There shal ye call to remembrauÌ„ce your owne wayes and all youre ymagynacyons wherin ye haue bene defyled and ye shall be dyspleased with youre owne selues for all youre wyckednes that ye haue done And ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde when I entreate you after my name not after youre wycked wayes nor accordynge to your corrupte workes O ye house of Israel sayeth the Lorde God Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying Thou sonne of man set thy face towarde the South and speake to the south wynde and saye to the wood towarde the south Heare the worde of the Lorde thus saieth the Lorde God Beholde I wyll kyndle a fyre in the that shall consume the grene trees with the drie No man shal be able to quench his flame but all that loketh from the southe to the northe shal be brent therin and al fleshe shall se that I the Lorde haue kyndled it so that no man may quench it Then sayde I O Lorde God they wyll saye of me Tushe they are but fables that he telleth ¶ He threatneth the swerde that is to saye destruccyon to the cytye of Ierusalem He sheweth the fall of King zedekiah He is comaunded to prophecy the destruccyon of the chyldren of Ammon After the slaughter of other at the laste the Lorde threateneth deathe vnto Nabuchodonosor hym selfe CAPI XXI THE worde of the Lorde came to me sayinge Thou sonne of man set thy face towarde Ierusalem speake agaynste the Sanctuary and prophecye agaynst the lande of Israel saye to the lande of Israel Thus sayeth the Lorde Beholde I wyll vpon the wyll drawe my swearde out of the sheath and rote out of the both the rightuous and the wycked Seinge then that I wyll rote out of the both the rightuous and wicked therfore shall my swearde go out of his sheath againste all fleshe from the north to the southe that all fleshe maye knowe howe that I the Lorde haue drawen my swearde out of the sheath and it shal not be put in agayne Mourne therfore O thou sonne of man y â— thy loynes cracke withall ye mourne bytterly for them And yf they saye wherfore mournest thou Then tell them for the tydynges that coÌ„meth at the which all hertes shall melte all handes shal be letten downe all stomackes shall faynte all knees shall waxe feble Beholde it commeth and shal be fulfylled sayeth the Lorde God Agayne the worde of the Lorde came vnto me sayinge Thou sonne of man prophecye speake Thus sayeth the Lorde God speake the swearde is sharpened and well scoured Sharpened it is for the slaughter and scoured that it maye bebryghte O the destroyenge * staffe of my sonne shal bryng downe al wod He hathe puthê swearde to y â— dightynge y â— good holde may be taken of it Thys swearde is sharpened and dyght y â— it may be geuen into the haÌ„de of the maÌ„ slayer Crye O thou sonne of man and howle for this swearde shall smyte my people al the rulers in Israel which with my people shal be slayne downe to the grounde thorow this swearde Smyte thou vpon thy thyghe for wherfore shulde not the plage and staffe of iudgement come Prophecye thou sonne of man and smyte thine haÌ„des together make the swearde two edged yee make it thre edged y â— manslayers swearde y â— swearde of the greate slaughter whiche shall smyte them euen in theyr preuychambers to make them abashed and faynte at the hertex and in all gates to make some of them fall O howe bryghte and sharpe is it howe well dyghte and met for the slaughter Get the some place alone eyther vpon the ryghte hande or on the lefte whyther so euer thy face turneth I wyll smyte my handes together also and satysfye my wrothfull indignacyon Euen I the Lorde haue sayde it The worde of the Lorde came yet vnto me agayne sayenge Thou sonne of man make the two stretes that the swearde of y â— kynge of Babylon maye come Both these stretes shal go out of one lande He shal set him vp a place at the hede of the strete shal he chose him out a corner Make the a strete that the swearde may come towarde Rabath of the Ammonites to the stronge cytye of Ierusalem For the kynge of Babylon shal staÌ„de in the turnynge of the waye at the heade of the two stretes to aske councell at the sothe sayers castyng the lottes wyth hys arrowes to aske councell at the Idole and to loke in the lyuer But the sothesaynge shall poynt to the right syde vpon IerusaleÌ„ y â— he maye set men of warre to smyte it wyth a greate noyse to crye out Alarum to set batell rammes against the gates to graue vp dyches and to make bulworkes Neuertheles as for the sothesayenge they shall holde it but for vanite euen as though a ieste were tolde them yee and they them selues
y â— Lorde consydereth and heareth it Yee it is before him a memory all boke wryten for suche as feare the Lorde remembre his name And in the day that I wyl make saieth the Lord of hostes they shal be mine owne possession and I wyll fauoure them lyke as a man fauoureth hys owne sonne that doth him ser uyâ—e Turne you therfore and consydre what difference is betwyxte the ryghteous vngodly betwixte him that serueth God and hym that serueth hym not CAPI IIII. For marcke the daye commeth that shall burne as an ouen and all the proude yee all such as do wyckednesse shal be strawe the day that is for to come shal burne them vp sayeth y â— Lorde of hoostes so that it shal leaue them nether rote nor braunche But vnto you that feare my name shall that Sonne of ryghteousnesse aryse and health shal be vnder hys wynges ye shal go forth multyply as the fat calues Ye shall treade downe the vngodly for they shall be lyke the ashes vnder the soles of youre fete in the daye that I shall make sayeth the Lorde of hoostes Remembre the lawe of Moses my seruaunte which I commytted vnto hym in Oreb for all Israell with the statutes and ordynaunces Beholde I wyl sende you Elias the prophet before the commyng of the daye of the greate and fearfull Lordeâ— He shal turne the hertes of the fathers to their chyldren the hertes of the chyldren to theyr fathers y â— I come not smyte the earthe with cursynge ⧠The ende of the prophecy of Malachy and consequently of al the Prophetes To the Reader IN consideracion that the bokes before are fouÌ„de in thâ—â—ebrue tong receaued of all men that the other folowing which are called Hagriog â—apha because they were woÌ„re to be reade not openly and in comeÌ„ but as it were in secret and aparte aâ—e neyther founde in the Hebrue nor in the â—alde in which tonges they haue not of long bene wrytten in lesse then it were happly the booke of Sapience wher vp on it were nowe very harde to repayre amende them And that also they are not receaued nor taken as legyitymate leafull as well of the Hebrues of the whole Church as S. Hierome she weth we haue separat them set them asyde that they may the better be knowen to the intent that men may knowe of which â—oked witnes ought to be receued of whiche not For the sayde S. Hierome speakyng of the boke of Iudith which is Hagiogriphe sayth that the auctorite therof is not estemed worthy and suffycyent to confyrme and stablysh the thynges that lyght in disput acyon And generally of all the bokes called Hagiogripha he sayth that men maye reade theÌ„ to the edyfying of the peple but not to confirme strengththen the doctrine of the Church I leaue out here the law as they call it of Canon c. Sancta Romana xv distine where he she wâ—th hys iudgement Lyke wyse the Blose of c. Canones rvi distin which sath that men reade theÌ„ but in generall as though be shulde saye that generally thorowly they are not alowed And not without a cause For that they haue bene corrupâ—ch and faisyâ—yed in many places it appeateth suffycyently by Eusebius in his boke called Historia Ecclesiastica which thing is easy to be knowen euen now a dayes â— certain poites â— namely in the bokes of the Maâ—â—â—ces whos 's second boke S. Hie. coÌ„fesseth that he found not iÌ„ the Hebrue â–ª by the meanes wherof it is become vnto vs the more suspect and the lesse receaued In lyke maner is it of the thyrde fourthe boke of Esdras whiche S. Hierome protesteth that he wolde not haue translated esteamyng theÌ„ fordreames where as Iosephus yet in hys boke of hys Autyquyâ—yes declateth the summe of the matter after the maner of a story as well of the boke of Machabees as of the â—ii of Esdras al though be esteame the bokes coÌ„pyled froÌ„ the raygne of king Artaxerses vnto his tyme. to be Agiogrtpha Wherfore then wheÌ„ thou wylt maynteyne any thing for certem reÌ„dringe a reson of thy fayth take heade to proceade therin by the liuing and piththy Scriptures folowyng S. Peter which sayth He that speaketh let him speake as though he spake the word of God He saith the word of God as a thyng most true certâ— opened by Prophetes Apostles inspyred with the holy goost of whom we haue wytnesse moare cleare then the day Lawers hauynge greate desyre to confyrme and stablysh theyr opynyoÌ„s by the lawe of maÌ„ say that they shame to speake without law How much more scare dreade theÌ„ ought he tohaue that saith be is a Christian the which holdeth not him selfe or reasteth not in the lawes of the lyuing god but in meÌ„nes inueÌ„cyons iudgyiâ—ge of all thynges accordynge to them lening to an vncerten ymaginacion phantasy Let vs therfore that are builded on the fouÌ„datyan of the hely Prophetes and Apostles on the heade corner stone on whiche they them selues were founded and which they preached that is Iesus Christ the suâ—e stone leaue the thynges that are â—ncerien to folowe the certeÌ„ holdynge vs â—easâ—inge vs in them fastening our ancre there as in asure place For our Chriten fayth consysteth not in doubtetull thynges but in playne most certen assurauÌ„ce in moost true per suasyon taken confyrmed by infallible verite In whiche God grauÌ„te vs to walcke perpetuallye to thyntent that accordynge to 〈◊〉 fulfyllynge his holy wyl in vs and settynge asyde all muâ—cyoâ—s contrary vnto him we maye lyue to hys honoure to the edyfyinge of hys Churche SO BE IT ⧠The volume of the Bokes called Hagiographa The thyrde Boke of Esdras The fourth Boke of Esdras The Boke of Tobiah The Boke of Iudith The rest of the Boke of Hester The Boke of wysdome Ecclesiasticus Baruch the Prophete The song of the. iij. chyldren in the ouen The story of Susanna The story of Bel and of the Dragon The prayer of Manasseh The fyrste Boke of the Machabees The seconde Boke of the Machabees The thyrde Booke of Esdras ¶ Iosios holdeth passeouer After his death is Iechonias â—is sonne made Kynge in his steade whome the Kynge of Egypte putteth out and setteth in his brother Ioachim Ierusalein is destroyed and Sedechis taken CAPI I. ANd Iosias helde the feast of Easter in Ierusalem vnto the Lorde and dewe the Passeouer y â— xiiij oay of the first moneth He set the prestes also in ordre accordyng to theyr dayly courses being arayed in long garmentes in the teÌ„ple of y â— Lord. And he spake vnto y â— Leuites the holy ministers of Israell that they shulde halow theÌ„ selues vnto the Lord to set the holy arcke of the Lorde in the house that kyng Salomon the soÌ„ne of Dauid had buyl ded sayde
honger of bread and because of the great trouble Beholde I gather and call together all the Kynges of the earth which are from the vprysyng from the South from the East Lybanus to turne vnto theÌ„ and restore the thinges that they haue geuen them Lyke as they do yet this daye vnto my chosen so wyl I do also and recompense theÌ„ in theyr bosome Thus sayeth the Lorde God My ryght hand shal not spare the synners my swerde shall not â—easse ouer them that shed the innocent bloude vpon earth The fire is gone out from his wrath and hath consumed the fouÌ„dacious of the earth and the sinners like the strawe that is kyndled Wo worth them that synne kepe not my commaundementes sayeth the Lorde I wyll not spare them Go your way ye chyldren frome vyolence defyle not my Saynctuary for the Lord knoweth all them that synne agaynst him and therfore deliuereth he them vnto death destruccyon For nowe are the plages come vpon y â— worlde and ye shall remayne in them For God shall not delyuer you because ye haue synned against him Beholde an horryble vysyon commeth from the Easte where generacions of DragoÌ„s shal come out and the people of the Arabes with many charettes and the multitude of them shall be as the wynde vpon earthe that all they whiche heare them ragynge in theyr wrath may feare and be afrayed and as the wylde bores out of the wood so shall they go out and with great power shal they come stande fyghtyng w t them shal wast the porcyon of the lande of the Assyrians And then shall the Dragons haue the vpper hande not remembryng their byrth and shall turne aboute swearynge together in greate power to persecute them But these shal be afrayed kepe silence at theyr power and shall fle and one out of the lande of the Assirians shal besege them consume one of them and in theyr hoste shal be feare drede and stryfe among theyr kynges Beholde cloudes from the Easte from the North vnto the South and they are very horryble to loke vpon full of wrath and storme They shall smyte one vpon another and they shal smyte at the great starre vpon earth and theyr starre and the bloude shal be from the swerde vnto the bely and the smoke of man vnto the Camels lytter And there shal be great ferefulnesse tremblyng vpon earthe and they that se the wrath shall be afrayed and a tremblynge shall come vpon them And then shall there come greate raynes from the South from the Northe parte from the West and from the stormy wynde from the East and shall shut theÌ„ vp agayne and the cloude which he raysed vp in wrath and the starre to cause feare towarde y â— East west wynde shal be destroyed the greate cloudes shal be lyfte vp the myghtie cloudes full of wrathe and the starre that they maye make all the earth afrayed and them that dwell therin â–ª and that they maye poure out ouer all places an horryble starre fyre and hayle and flyenge sweardes and many waters that all feldes may be full and al ryuers and they shal breake downe the cyties and walles mouÌ„taines and hylles al trees wood and the grasse of the medowes and al their frute And they shal go stedfast vnto Babylon and make her afrayed they shall come to her and besege her the starre all wrath shall they poure out vpon her Then shall the dust smoke go vp vnto the heauen and all they that be aboute her shal bewayle her and they that remayne vnder her shal do seruice vnto them that haue put her in feare And thou Asia y e comfortest thy selfe also vpoÌ„ the hope of Babylon and art a worship of her personne Wo be vnto the thou wretch because thou hast made thy selfe lyke vnto her hast deckte thy daughters in whoredome that they might triuÌ„phe and please thy louers whiche haue alwaye desired to coÌ„mitte whordome with the thou hast folowed the abhominable cite in all her workes and inuencions Therfore sayth God I wyl sende plages vpoÌ„ the wyddowhode pouerte hoÌ„gre warres and pestylence to wast thy houses with destruccion and death and the glorye of thy power shal be dryed vp as a floure wheÌ„ the heate riseth y t is sent ouer the Thou shalt be sycke as a pore wyfe that is plaged beaten of wemeÌ„ so that the myghtie and louer shal not be able to receyue the. Wolde I so hate the sayeth the Lord If thou haddest not alwaye slayne my chosen exaltynge the stroke of thy handes and sayde ouer theyr death wheÌ„ thou wast dronken set forth the beautie of thy countenaunce The reward of thy whoredome shal be recompensed the in thy bosome therfore shalt thoâ— receyue rewarde Lyke as thou hast done vnto my chosen sayeth the Lorde eueÌ„ so shall God do vnto the and shal deliuer the into the plage Thy chyldren shall dye of honger and thou shalt fall thorowe the swerde Thy cyties shal be broken downe all thyne shall perishe with the swerde in the felde They that be in the mountaynes shall dye of hongre and eate their owne flesh dryncke their owne bloud for very hongre of bred and thyrst of water Thou vnhappy shalt come thorowe the see and receyue plages agayne In the passage they shall cast downe the slayne cytie shall rote out one parte of thy lande consume the porcyon of glory They shall treade the downe lyke stubble they shal be thy fyre shal consume the thy cities thy lande thy woode thy frutefull â—rees shal they burne vp w t the fyre Thy chyldren shal they cary awaye captiue loke what y â— hast they shall spoyle it marre the bewtye of thy face ¶ The Heathen shal be punysshed CAPI XVI WO be vnto the Babylon Asia wo be vnto the Egypt Syrya gyrde your selues w t clothes of sack hearre mourne your chyldren be sory for your destruccyon is at hande A swerde is sente vpon you and who wyll turne it backe A fyre is kyndled among you and who wyl quench it Plages are seÌ„t vnto you what is he that wyl driue them away May any man dryue awaye an hongrye lion in the wod Or maye any man queÌ„ch the fyre in stubble whaÌ„ it hath begoÌ„ne to burne May one turne agayne the arowe that is shot of a stroÌ„g archer The myghtye Lorde sendeth the plages what is he that wyl driue them away The fyre is kindled gone forth in his wrath what is he y â— wyll quenche it He shal cast lyghtnynges who shal not fere He shal thoÌ„dre who shall not be afrayed The Lorde shal threaten who shall not vtterly be beaten to poulder at his presence The earth quaketh the foundacions therof the see aryseth vp w t waues from the depe the floudes of it are vnquyete
as feare God shall returne thyther the Heathen also shall forsake theyr Idols and come to Ierusalem and dwel there al the kynges of the earth shal be glad of her and worshyp the Lorde God of Israel And therfore my chyldren heare your father Serue the Lorde in the trueth seke aâ— his wyll and do the thynge that pleaseth hym Commaunde youre chyldren that they do ryght geue almes be myndeful of God and euer to be thankful vnto hym in trueth and with all theyr power Heare me nowe therfore my chyldren abyde not here but in what daye soeuer ye haue buryed youre mother besyde me get you from hence For I se that the wyckednes of it shall brynge it to destruccyon and ende After the death of his mother Tobyas departed awaye froÌ„ Niniue with his wyfe and chyldren and with his childers childreÌ„ and came agayne to hys father mother in lawe and founde them whole and in a good age and toke the care of them And he closed theyr eyes and was heyre vnto al Raguels goodes and sawe the fyfth generacyon and his chylders childreÌ„ And wheÌ„ he was xâ—ix yeare of age he dyed in y â— feare the Lorde and his kynsfolkes buryed him And all his posteryte continued in a good lyfe and holy conuersacyon so that they were loued and accepted bothe of God and men and of all the people of the lande ¶ The ende of the booke of Tobias ⧠The booke of Iudith ¶ The buyidynge of Egbathanis The vyctory of Nabuchodonosor agaynste Arphaxat The messengers of Nabuchodonosor are dyspysed CAPI I. ARphaxat the Kyng of the Medes subdued many people vnto his dominyon buylded a noble stronge cytie which he called Egbathanis The walles of it made he offre stone foure squared seuentye cubytes hye and thrytye cubytes brode He made towres there vpon an hundreth cubites hye But vpon the foure corners euery syde was twentye fote brode He made the portes in the heygth lyke as the towres This Kynge trusted in his mightye host and in his glorious charettes So in the twelfth yeare of his raygne it happened y â— Nabuchodonosor the kynge of y â— Assirians which raygned in y â— great cytye of Niniue fought agaynste Arphaxat and ouercame hym in the great felde called Ragau beside Euphrates Tigris Iadason in y â— felde of Erioth y â— kynge of the Elykes Then was y â— Kyngdome of Nabuchodonosor exalted his herte was lyfte vp he sente vnto all them y â— dwelt in Celicea in Damascus in Libanus vnto y â— Heathen that dwelt in Carmel Cedar to such as dwelt in Galtle in y e great felde of Esdrelon to all them y â— were in Samaria beyonde the water of Iordane vnto Ierusalem and the whole lande of Iesse vnto y â— mouÌ„taynes of Ethiopia Unto all these dyd Nabuchodonosor the Kynge of the Assirians sende messauÌ„gers But they all with one consent wolde nat agre vnto him sent y â— messaungers agayne empty put them awaye with out honour TheÌ„ Nabuchodonosor y â— kynge toke indignacyon at those landes sware by his troue and by his Kyngdome that he wolde be auenged of all those countres ¶ Holoferneâ— is sent of Nabuchodonosor to sub due al the worlde The preparacyon and pursute of Holofernes CAPI II. IN the thyrtenth yeare of Kynge Nabuchodonosor vpon the. xxii daye of the fyrst moneth it was deuysed in the courte of Nabuchodonosor y â— Kynge of the Assirians that he wolde detende hym selfe So he called vnto hym all the elders all his captaynes and meÌ„ of warre and shewed them hys secrete couÌ„sel tolde them that his purpose was to brynge the whole earth vnder his domynyon Nowe when they were all content with this sayenge Nabuchodonosor the kynge called Holofernes the chefe captayne of his warres sayde vnto hym Go thy waye forth agaynste all the Kyngdomes of the west and specially agaynst those that haue despised my coÌ„maundemeÌ„t Thou shalt spare no realme all stroÌ„ge cyties shalt thou brynge in subteccyon vnto me Then Holofernes called together al the captaynes rulers of all the power in Assiria mustred the soudyers vnto the hoste lyke as y â— Kyng commaunded him namely an hundred twentye thousande fightynge men vpon fote twelue thousande archers vpon horsebacke All his ordinauÌ„ce sent he before w t an inunmerable multytude of camels so that y â— hoost was well prouyded for wyth oxen and smal catell that wythout nombre He caused corne to be prepared out of al Siria for his host Much gold siluer also toke he out of the Kynges house So he toke his iourneye he and all his hoost with charettes horsmen archers of whoÌ„ there were so many that they couered the grounde of the lande lyke the greshopers And when he was gone past the borders of the Assyrians he came towarde the great mountaynes of Ange which lye vpon y â— left syde of Celicia so he went vp into al theyr castels and wanne euery stronge holde As for the welthy cytie of Melothus he brake it downe spoyled all the chyldreÌ„ of Tharsis and the Ismaelites which laye towarde the wyldernes vpon the South syde of y â— lande of Chelon He wente ouer Euphrates also came into Mesopotamia and brake downe all the hye cyties that were there froÌ„ the broke of Mambre tyl a man come to the see and he toke the borders in from Celicia vnto y â— coastes of Iaphet towarde y â— South He caryed awaye all the Madiates spoyled all theyr goddes whosoeuer withstode hym he slewe them with the swerde After thys he wente downe into the felde of Damascus in the tyme of haruest brente vp all the corne all the trees and caused the vynes to be cut downe And the feare of him fell vpon all them that dwelt in the earth ¶ Kynges become wyllyngly subiect to Holofernes The â–ª tyrannye and crueltye â–ª of hym CAPI III. SO the Kynges and Prynces of al cyties and landes sent theyr Embassytoures namely they of Syrya and Mesopotamia Syria Sobal and Lybia Celicia which came to Holofernes sayde Let thy wrath ceasse towarde vs It is better for vs to serue y â— great kyng Nabuchdoonosor with our lyues and to be subiecte vnto the then y â— we shulde dye be slayne and receaue greater hurte All our cyties possessions al mountaynes hylles all feldes great small catel shepe goates horses camels all oure goodes housholdes be in thy power vnder thy subieccyon be it al together We our selues also and oure chyldren wylbe thyneowne come vnto vs a peaceable Lorde and vse oure seruyce at thy pleasure Then came Holofernes downe from the mountaynes with horsmen great power and conquered all stronge fensed cities and all that dwelt in the lande And out of all cyties he toke stronge men suche as were mete for y â— warre to
and Amorites all y â— myghtye in Hesebon toke theyr landes and cyties in possession so longe as they synned nat in the syght of theyr God it wente wel with theÌ„ for theyr God hateth vnrighteousnesse For in tymes paste when they wente out of the waye which God had geuen them that they shulde walke in it they were destroyed in dyuerse bataylles of many nacyons and many of them were caryed awaye presonners vnto a straunge countre But nowe lately they haue turned them selues agayne vnto the Lorde theyr God and are come together agayne out of the countres where they were scaterd abrode thus haue they coÌ„quered these mountaynes dwel therin and as for Ierusalem where theyr Sanctuary is they haue it agayne in possessyon And therfore my Lorde make dilygent inquysyon yf thys people haue done wyckednesse in the syght of their God then let vs go vp agaynst them for douteles theyr God shall delyuer them into thy handes and subdue them vnto thy power But yf this people haue not displeased theyr God we shall nat be able to withstande them for theyr God shall defende them and so shall we be a shame to all the worlde Nowe when Achior had spoken out these wordes all the greate men of Holofernes were wroth amd thought to sleye hym and sayde one to another what is he this which darre saye that the chyldren of Israell are able to withstande Nabuchodhnosor the kynge and his hoost where as they are an vnwepened people without strength or vnderstandynge of the feates of warre That Achior therfore maye knowe that he hathe disceaued vs we wyll go vp into the mountaynes and when the myghty men of them are taken that he also shal be styckte with the swerde that al people maye knowe that Nabuchodonosor is the God of the earth that there is none other without hym ¶ Achior is commytted into the handes of the Iewes by Holofernes He is tyed to a â—â—â—e but is lowsed of the Iewes The praier of the people Achior is comforted of the Iewes CAPI VI. SO when they had left of speakyng Holo fernes toke sore indignacyon and sayde vnto Achior For so muche as thou hast prophecyed vnto vs sayeng that the people of Israel shal be defended of theyr God I wylt shewe the that there is no God but Nabuchodonosor Yee when we sley them al as one man thou also shalt perysh with theÌ„ thorow the swerde of the Assirians all Israel shal be destroyed with the and then shalte thou fele that Nabuchodonosor is the Lorde of the whole earth Then shal the swerde of my knyghthode go thorowe thy sydes and thou shalt fal downe styckte among the wounded of Israel and shalt not come to thy selfe agayne but be vtterly destroyed with them But yf thou thinkest thy prophecy to be true why doest thou then chaunge thy coloure why arte thou afrayed Thynkest thou that my wordes are not able to be perfourmed But that thou mayest know that thou shalt fele these thynges with them beholde from this houre forth wyll I sende the vnto yonder people that when the punishment of my swerde which they haue worthely deserued falleth vpon them thou mayest be punyshed with them So Holofernes coÌ„maunded his seruauntes to take Achior to cary hym vnto Bethulia to delyuer hym into the handes of the chyldren of Israel Then Holofernes seruauntes toke hym went thorow the plaine felde But when they drew nye vnto the mouÌ„taynes the stynge casters came out agaynst them Neuerthelesse they gat them away by the syde of the mountayne bounde Achior hande and fote to a tree so lefte him bouÌ„de with wythes and turned agayne vnto their Lorde Notwithstandynge y â— chyldren of Israell wente downe froÌ„ Bethulia came vnto him lowsed him brought him into Bethulia set hym in the myddest of the people and asked him what the matter was that y â— Assirians had lefte him bounde Osias the sonne of Micha of the tribe of Symeon and Charmim which is also called Gothoniel were the principall rulers at the same tyme. Nowe when Achior stode in the myddest of the Senatours and before them al he tolde them what answere be gaue Holofernes to the thyng that he asked him and howe Holofernes people wolde haue slayne hm for so sayinge and howe Holofernes hym selfe was wroth and commaunded hym for the same cause to be delyuered vnto the Israelites that when he ouercame the chyldren of Israell he myght coÌ„maunde Achior also to be put to death with diuers tormentes because he sayde the God of heauen is theyr defeÌ„der And wheÌ„ Achior had plainely tolde out al these thinges al the people fel downe vpon their faces praisyng the Lord poured out theyr praiers together vnto the Lorde w t a general coÌ„playnt wepyng and sayde O Lorde God of heaueÌ„ of earth beholde their pryde loke vpon our lowlynes and coÌ„sydre how it standeth w t thy saynctes and make it to be knoweÌ„ that thou forsakest nat those whiche holde them fast by the and howe y â— thou bryngest theÌ„ lowe that presume of them selues and make theyr boste in theyr owne strength So when the wepynge and prayer of the people whiche they had made the whole daye longe was ended they comforted Achior sayenge The God of oure fathers whose power and strength thou hast praysed shal so rewarde the that thou shalt rather se theyr destruccyon When the Lorde oure God then shall geue his seruauÌ„tes thys lybertye God be also with the among vs so that yf it please the thou w t all thyne mayest dwell with vs. Nowe when Oseas had ended the couÌ„cel he toke him into his house and made a great supper called the elders to it and so they refresshed them selues after the fastynge And afterwarde was all the people called together which made their prayers al the nyghâ— longe in the congregacion and besought the God of Israel for helpe ¶ Bethulia is beseged of Holofernes The people requyteth helpe of God They of Bethulia wolde gyue ouer the citye for wante of water The prayer of the people with teares and lamentacyon CAPI VII THe nexte daye Holofernes commaunded hys hoste to go vp agaynste Bethulia There were an hundred and twentye thousande fyghtynge men on fote and two and twentye thousande horssemen besyde the preparyng of them that were woÌ„ne and came to them on euery syde out of the countrees and cityes whiche he had taken All these prepared them selues vnto the battayl agaynst the Israelites and came on by the hyl syde vnto the toppe that loketh ouer agaynste Dothaim from the place which is called Belma vnto Chelmon that lyeth towarde Esdrelon Nowe when the chyldreÌ„ of Israel saw so great a multitude of the Assirians they fell downe flat vpon the grouÌ„de strawed asshes vpon theyr heades and prayed with one accorde that the God of Israel wolde shew his mercy vpoÌ„ his people And so they toke their weapens and sat betwixte the
felicite Of the death of the ryghteous and of the condemne â—yon of the vnfaythfull CAPI IIII. O Howe fayre is a chast generacyoÌ„ with vertue The memoriall therof is immortal for it is knowen with God and with men When it is present men take example there at yf it go awaye yet they desyre it It is all waye crowned holden in honour and wynneth the rewarde of the vndefyled batrayll But the multitude of vngodly chyldren is vnprofitable and the thynges that are planted with whordome shal take no depe rote nor laye any fast foundacyon Though they be grene in the brauÌ„ches for a tyme yet shal they be shaken with y â— winde for they stande not fast and thorowe the vehemecye of the wynde they shal be roted out For the vnparfecte braunches shal be broken theyr frute shal be vnprofitable sowre to eate ye mete for nothynge And whyeal y â— chyldren that are borne of the wicked muste beare recorde of the wyckednesse agaynste theyr fathers mothers whe they be asked But though the ryghteous be ouertaken with death yet shall he be in rest Age is an honorable thinge neuertheles it â–ª standeth not onely in the lenght of tyme nor in the multytude of yeares but a mans wysdome is the graye hearre and an vndefyled lyfe is the olde age He pleased God was beloued of him so that where as he lyued amoÌ„ge sinners he translated him Yee sodenly was he taken awaye to the intente that wyckednesse shulde not alter hys vnderstandyng that ypocrysie shulde nat be gyle his soule For the craftye bewitthynge of lyes make good thynges darck the vnsted fastnesse also and wyckednes of bolupteous desyreturne asyde the vnderstandyng of the symple Though he was soone deed yet fulfylled he moch tyme For hys soule pleaseth God therfore hasted he to take him awaye from amonge the wycked Thys the people se and vnderstande it not they laye not vp suche thynges in theyr hertes howe that the louynge fauoure and mercy of God is vpon hys saynctes and that he hathe respecte vnto hys chosen Thus the ryghteous that is deed condeÌ„neth the vngodly which are lyuynge the youth that is soone brought to an ende the long lyfe of the vnrighteous For they se the ende of the wyse but they vnderstande not what God hath deuysed for him and wherfore the Lorde hathe taken him awaye And why they se him despise him therfore shal God also laugh theÌ„ to scorne So that they theÌ„ selues shall dye here after but without honour yee in shame amonge the deed for euermore For without any voyce shall he burst those y â— be pufte vp remoue them froÌ„ the fouÌ„dacyons so y â— they shal be layed wast vnto the hyest They shall mourne theyr memoryall shall peryshe So they beynge afrayed shal remeÌ„bre theyr synnes theyr owne wyckeduesse shall bewraye them ¶ The constantueâ— of the ryghteous before theyr persecuters The hope or the vnfaythfull is vndurable and vayne The blessednes of the saynctes and godly CAPI V. THEN shall the ryghteous stande in greate stedfastnesse agaynste suche as haue dealt extremely with them and taken awaye theyr labours When they se it they shal be vexed with horible feare and shall wonder at the hastynesse of the sodayne health gronyng for very dystresse of mynd and shall saye wythin them selues hauynge in warde sorowe and mournynge for very anguysh of mynde These are they whom we somtyme had in derisyoÌ„ iested vpon We fooles thought theyr lyfe very madnesse and theyr ende to be with out honoure But lo how they are counted amonge the chyldren of God and theyr porcyoÌ„ is amonge the sayntes Therfore we haue erred from the waye of trueth the lyght of ryghteousnesse hath not shyned vnto vs the sunne of vnderstandyng rose nat vp vpoÌ„ vs. We haue weried our selues in y â— waye of wickednesse destruccion Tedyous wayes haue we gone but as for the waye of the Lorde we haue not knowne it What good hathe our pryde done vnto vs Or what profyt hathe the pompe of ryches brought vs All those thynges are passed awaye lyke a shadow and as a messaun ger renuyng before as a shyppe that passeth ouer the waues of the water which when it is gone by the trace therof cannat be founde nether the path of it in the floudes Or as a byrde that flyeth thorowe in the ayre and no man can se any token where she is flowen but onely heareth the noyse of her wynges beatynge the lyght wynde partynge y â— ayre thorowe the vehemencye of her goynge and flyeth on shakynge her winges where as afterwarde no token of her way can be fouÌ„de Or lyke as when an arowe is shorte at a marck it parteth y â— ayre which ymmediatly commeth together agayne so that a maÌ„ can not knowe where it weÌ„te thorow EueÌ„ to we in lyke maner as soone as we were borne be ganne immediatly to drawe so oure ende haue shewed no token of vertue but are coÌ„sumed in oure owne wyckednesse Such wordes shal they that haue synned speake in the hell for y â— hope of the vngodly is lyke a drye thystell floure or duste that is blowen awaye with the wynde lyke a thynne fome that is scatred abrode with the storme lyke as the smoke which is dispersed here there with the wynde as the remembraunce of a straunger y â— taryeth for a daye and then departeth But the ryghteous shal lyue for euermore theyr reward also is with the Lorde theyr remembraunce with the Hyest Therfore shal they receaue a glorioê° Kyngdome and a bewtyfull crowne of the Lordes hande for w t his ryght hande shall he couer theÌ„ and with hys owne holy arme shall he defende them His gelousy also shal take awaye the harnesse he shall weapen the creature to be auenged of y â— enemyes He shall put on ryghteousnes for a breast plate and take sure iudgement in steade of an helmet The inuincible shylde of equite shal he take hys cruell wrath shall he sharpen for a speare the whole compase of the worlde shall syght with hym agaynste the vnwyse Then shall the thonder bolies go out of the lyghtenynges come out of the raynebowe of the cloudes to the place appoynted out of y â— harde stony indignacion there shal fall thycke hayles and the water of the see shal be wroth agaynst them and the floudes shal renne roughly together Yee a myghty wynde shall stande vp agaynst them and a storme shal scater them abrode Thus y â— vnryghteous dealynge of theÌ„ shall brynge all the lande to a wyldernes wyckednes shall ouerthrowe the dwellynges of the myghty ¶ The callynge of Kynges Prynces and Iudges whiche are also exhorted to searche wysdome CAPI VI. WYsdome is better then strength a man of vnderstandyng is more worthe then one that is stronge Heare therfore O ye Kynges vnderstaÌ„oc O lerne ye that be iudges of
small pece of wodd passyng ouer the see in a shyp and are saued For in y â— olde tyme also when the proude grauntes peryshed he in whoÌ„ the hope was lefte to encrease the worlde wente into the shyppe whiche was gouerned thorowe thy hande and so left sede behynde him vnto the worlde For happye is y â— tree where thorowe ryghtuousnes coÌ„meth but cursed is the ydol that is made with haÌ„des ye both it and he that made it He because he made it and it because it was called God where as it is but a frayle thynge For the vngodly hys vngodlynes are both lyke abhominable vnto God Euen so the worke and he that made it also shall be punyshed together Therefore shall there a plage come vpon the ydols of the Heythen for out of the creature of God they are become an abhomynacyon a temptacyon vnto the soules of men and a snare for the fete of the vnwyse And why y â— sekynge out of ydoles is the begynnynge of whordome and the bryngynge vp of theÌ„ is the destruccyon of lyfe For they were not from the begynnynge nether shall they contynue for euer The welthy ydelnes of men hath founde them out vpon earthe therfore shal they come shortly to an ende WheÌ„ a father mourned for hys soÌ„ne y â— was takeÌ„ awaye froÌ„ him he made him an ymage in all y â— haste of his deed sonne so begaÌ„ne to worshyppe him as God which was but a deed maÌ„ ordened his saruauÌ„tes to offre vnto him Thê° by processe of tyme thorow an vngracioê° custome this erroure was kepte as lawe and tyrauntes coÌ„pelled men by violence to honour ymages As for those that were so farre of that men myght not worshyppe them presently theyr pycture was brought froÌ„ farre lyke the ymage of a Kyng whoÌ„ they wolde honoure to the intent that with greate diligence they myght worshypp him which was farre of as thoughe he had bene present Agayne the synguler connyng of the cratesman gaue the ignoraunte also a great occasyon to worshyp ymages For the workeman wylling to do him a pleasure that set him a worcke laboured with all his connynge to make the ymage of the best fashyon And so thorowe the beuty of the worcke the comeÌ„ people was disceyued in so much that they toke him nowe for a God which a lytle afore was but honored as a man And thys was the erroure of mans lyfe when men eyther for to serue theyr owne affeccion or to do some plesure vnto kinges ascribed vnto stones and stockes y â— name of god which ought to be gyuen vnto no man Moreouer this was not ynough for theÌ„ that they erred in the knowledge of God but where as they lyued in the greate warres of ignorauncy those many greate plages called they peace For eyther they slue theyr owne chyldren and offred them or dyd sacrifice in the nyght season or els helde vn reasonable watches so that they kepte neyther lyfe nor maryage cleane but eyther one slue another to death malyciously or els greued his neyghboure wyth aduoutrye And thus were al thynges myxte together bloud manslaughter theft dissimulacyon corrupcyon vnfaytfulnesse sedycyon periurye dis quyetynge of good men vnthanfulnes defylynge of soules chaungynge of byrth vnsted fastnesse of maryage mysorder of aduou trye and vnclenesse And why the honourynge of abhomynable ymages is the cause the begynnynge and ende of all euyll For they that worshyppe Idols eyther they are mad when they be mery or prophecie lyes or lyue vngodly or els lyghtly forsweare them selues Frr in so much as their truste is in y â— Idols which haue nether soule ner vnderstandynge thoughe they sweare falsely yet they thynke it shall not hurte them Therfore commeth a greate plage vpon them that worthely for they haue an euyll opinion of God gyuyng hede vnto Idols swearyng vniustly to disceyue despysynge rightuousnes For theyr swearing is no vertue but a plage of theÌ„ y â— sine goeth euer w t the offence of the vngodly ¶ The voyce of the faythfull praysynge the mercy of God for whose graces sake they serue not Idols CAPI XV. BUt y u O our God art swete long sufferyng true in mercy ordrest y u al thinges Though we synne yet are we thyne for we knowe thy streÌ„gth If we synne not then are we sure that thou regardest vs. For to knowe the is perfecte ryghtuousnes Yee to knowe thy ryghtuousnes and power is the rote of immortalyte As for the thynge that men haue founde out thorowe theyr euyll science it hath not disceyued vs as the payntyng of the picture an vnprofytable labour and carued image w t diuerse colours whose syght entysed the ignoraunt so that he honoreth and loueth the pycture of a deed image that hath no soule Neuertheles they that loue such euyl thiges are worthy of death they y â— trust in theÌ„ they y â— make them they that loue them they that honoure theÌ„ The potter also taketh tempereth soft earth laboureth it giueth it the fashion of a vessel whatsoeuer serueth for our vse so of one pece of claye he maketh some cleane vessel for seruice some coÌ„trary But wherto euery vessel serueth y â— knoweth the potter hym selfe So with his vayne laboure he maketh a God of the same claye this dothe euen he whiche a lytle afore was made of earthe hym selfe and within a lytle whyle after when he dyeth turneth to earth agayne Notwithstandyng he careth not the more because he shall labour nor because hys lyfe is short but stryueth to excell gold smythes the siluer smythes and coper smythes and taketh it for an honour to make vayne thynges For his herte is asshes hys hope is but vaine earth his life is more vile then clay for so much as he knoweth not his owne maker y â— gaue hi his soule to worke brethed in hiÌ„ the breth of lyfe They couÌ„te our lyfe but a pastyme our coÌ„uersacion to be but a market that men shulde euer be gettyng that by euyl meanes Nowe he y â— of earth maketh frayle vessels ymages knoweth hiÌ„ selfe to offeÌ„de aboue al other All y â— enemyes of thy people that holde theÌ„ in subieccyon are vnwise vnhappy and exceadynge proude vnto theyr owne soules for they iudge all the Idols of the Heathen to be goddes which nether haue eye syght to se nor noses to smell nor eares to heare nor fyngers of handes for to grope as for their fete they are to slowe to go For man made them he that hath but a borowed sprete fashioned them But no maÌ„ can make a God lyke vnto hym for seynge he is but mortall hym selfe it is but mortall that he maketh with vnryghtuous handes He hym selfe is better then they whom he worshyppeth for helyued though he was mortall so dyd neuer they Yee they worshyppe beastes also which are most miserable for
them Afterwarde yf any of them had fallen he was kepte and shut in preson but without chaynes But if any dwelt in a vyllage if he had bene an heyrde or husbandman he suffred intollerable necessyte for they were all bounde with one cheyne of darkenes Whether it were a blasynge wynde or a swete songe of the byrdes among the thycke braunches of the trees or the vehemency of hastye runnynge water or great noyse of the fallyng downe of Stones or the play enge and runnynge of beastes whom they sawe not or the myghtye noyse of roarynge beastes or the sownde that aunswereth agayne in the hye Mountaynes it made them swowne for very feare For all the earthe shyned with cleare lyght and no man was hyndered in his labour Onely vpon them there fell a heuy nyght an ymage of dareknesse that was to come vpon them Yee they were vnto them selues the moste heuy horryble darcknes ¶ The Fyre lyghte that the Israelytes had in Egypte The persecucyon of the faythfull The Lorde smote all the fyrste borne of Egypte The synne of the people in the wyldernesse Aaton stode betwyte the lyue and the deed with his censoure CAPI XVIII NEuertheles thy Saynctes had a very great lyght and the ennemyes herde theyr voyce but they sawe not the fygure of them And because they suffred not the same thynges they magnyfied the and they that were vexed afore because they were not hurte nowe thancked the and besought the O God that there myghte be a dyfference Therfore had they a burnynge pyler of fyre to lede them in the vnknowne waye and thou gaueste them the Sunne for a fre gyft without any hurte Reason it was that they shulde want lyght and be put in y ◠preson of darcknes whiche kepte thy chyldren in captyuyte by whom the vncorrupte lyght of the lawe of the worlde was for to be geuē When they thought to slaye the ba bes of the ryghtuous one beynge layed out and preserued to be leader vnto the other thou broughtest out y e whole multytude of the chyldren and destroyedst these in the myghtye water Of that nyght were oure fathers certyfyed afore that they knowynge vnto what othes they had geuen credence myght be of good cheare Thus thy people receaued y ◠health of the ryghteous but the vngodly were destroyed For lyke as thou hast hurte our enemyes so hast thou promoted vs whome thou calledest afore For the ryghteous chyldren of the good men offred secretly ordred the lawe of ryghteousnes vnto vnite that the iust shuld receaue good and cuyll in lyke maner syngynge prayses vnto the father of all men Agayne there was herde an vnconueniēt voyce of the enemyes and a pyteous crye for chyldren that were bewayled The master and the seruaunt were punyshed in lyke maner For they altogether had innumetable that died one deathe Neyther were the lyuinge sufficient to bury the deed for in the twyncklynge of an eye the noblest nacion of them was destroyed As ofte as God helped them afore yet wolde it not make thē beleue but in the destruccyon of the fyrste borne they knowledged that it was the people of God For whyle all thynges were styll and when the nyght was in the myddest of her course thy Almyghtye worde O Lorde leapte downe from heauen oute of thy royall trone as a rough man of warre in the myddeste of the lande that was destroyed and the sharpe swerde perfourmed theyr strayte commaūdement standynge and fyllyng all thynges with death yee it stode vpon the earth reached vnto the heauen Then the sight of the euyl dreames vexed them sodenly and fearfulnesse came vpon them vnawares Then laye there one here another there halfe deed halfe quycke shewed the cause of hys deathe For the vysyons that vexed them shewed them these thynges afore so that they were not ignoraunte wherfore they peryshed The tētacion of death touched the ryghteous also and among the multytude in the wyldernesse there was insurreccyō but thy wrath endured not lōge For the blamelesse man wente in all the hast and toke the battayll vpō him brought forth the weapen of his myny stracyon euen prayer and the censours of reconcylynge set him selfe agaynst the wrath and so brought the misery to an ende declaringe the chy that he was thy seruaunt For he ouercame not the multytude with bodely power nor wyth weapens of myght but with the worde he sobdued hym that vexed hym puttynge them in remembraunce of the othe and couenaunte made vnto the fathers For when the deed were fallen downe by heapes one vpō another he stode in the myddest pacified the wrath and parted y ◠waye vnto lyuynge And whyem hys longe garment was al the bewtye and in the foure rowes of the stones was y e glory of the fathers grauen and thy maiesty was wrytten in the crowne of hys heade Unto these the destroyer gaue place was afrayed of them for it was onely a temtaciō worthy of wrath ¶ The deeth of the Egypcyans and the greate ioye of the Hebrues The meate that was geuen at the despre of the preople The elementes serut not onely to the wyll of God but also to the wyll of man CAPI XIX AS FOR the vngodly the wrathe came vpon them without mercye vnto the ende For he knewe before what shulde happen vnto them howe that when they had consented to let them go and had sente oute with great dylygence they wolde repente and folowe vpon them For when they were yet mournynge and makynge lamentacyon by the graues of the dead they deuysed another fooly shenes so that they persecuted them in theyr flyenge whom they had cast out afore with prayer Worthy necessyte also broughte them vnto thys ende for they had cleane forgotten the thynges that happened vnto them afore But the thinge that was wantinge of theyr punyshemente was requysyte so to be fulfylled vpon them wyth tormentes that thy people myghte haue a maruelous passage thorowe and that these myght fynde a straunge death Thē was euery creature fashioned againe of newe accordinge to the wyll of theyr maker obeyenge thy commaundementes that thy chyldren myght be kept without hurte For the cloude ouershadowed theyr tentes and y e dry earth appeared where afore was water so that in y ◠reed see there was awaye without unpedimēt and the great depe became a grene felde where thorow al the people wēte that were defended with thy hand seing thy wonderous and maruelous workes For as the horses so were they fed and leapte lyke lambes praisynge the O Lord which haddest deliuered thē And whyethey were yet myndefull of the thynges y t happened whyle they dwelt in the lāde how the groūde brought for the flyes in steade of catell howe the ryuer scrauled with the multytude of frogges in steade of rythes But at the last they sawe a new creacion of byrdes what tyme as they were diceaued with lust and desyred delicate meates
wyth the swerde but many mo thorowe the tonge Well is hym that is kepte from an euyll tonge and commeth not in the angre therof which draweth not the yocke of suche and is not bounde in the bandes of it For the yock thereof is of yron and the bande of it of stele The death therof is a very euyll death hell were better for one then suche a tonge But the fyre of it maye not oppresse them that feare God and the flamme thereof maye not burne thē Suche as forsake the Lorde shal fall therein and it shall burne them and no man shal be able to quenche it It shall fall vpon them as a Lyon and deuoure them as a leoparde Thou hedgest thy goodes with thornes why doest thou not rather make dores and barres for thy mouth Thou wcyest thy golde syluer Why doest y u not weye thy wordes also vpon the y ◠balance Beware y ◠y u slyde not in thy tonge so fall before thyue enemyes y ◠lay wayte for the thy fal be incurable euen vnto death ¶ Howe we ought to lende oure monye and do almes Of a faythfull man answerynge for hys frende Of lyberalite and hospytalyte CAPI XXIX WHo so wyll shewe mercy let him lende vnto hys neyghboure and he that is able let hym kepe the commaundemente Lende vnto thy neyghboure in tyme of his nede and pay thou thy neyghboure agayne in due season Kepe thy worde and deale faythfully with hym and thou shalte allwaye fynde the thynge that is necessary for the. There haue bene many that when a thynge was lent them reckened it to be founde and made them trauayle and laboure that helped thē Whyle they receyne anythinge they kysse the handes of suche as geue them and for theyr neyghbours good they humble theyr voyce But when they shulde paye agayne they kepe it back and geue euell wordes and make many excuses by reason of the tyme and though he be able yet geueth he scarse y ◠halfe agayne and rekeneth the other to be founde And yf he with holde not his money yet hathe he an enemye of hym and that vndeserued He payeth him with cursynge rebuke and geueth hym euell wordes for hys good dede There be many one which are not glad for to lende not because of euel but they feare to lese the thyng that they lende Yet haue thou pacyence with the symple and withholde not mercy from hym Helpe the poore for the commaundemētes sake and let hym not go emptie from the because of hys necessite Lese thy money for thy brother and neyghbours sake and burie it not vnder a stone where it rusteth corrupteth Gather thy treasure after the commaundement of the Hyest and so shall it brynge the more profyt then golde Laye vp the almes in the herte of the poore and it shall kepe the from all euel A mans almes is as a purse with him and shall kepe a mans fauoure as the apple of an eye and after warde shall it aryse and paye euery man his rewarde vpō his heade It shal fyght for the against thyne enemyes better then the chylde of a gyaunte or speare of the myghtye A good honest mā is suertie for his neyghboure but a wycked personne letteth hym come to shame Forget not the frendeshyp of thy suertye for he hathe geuen his soule for the. The vngodly despyseth the good dede of hys suertye and the vnthanckfull and ignoraunte leaueth his suertie in daunger Some man promeseth for his neyghboure and when he hathe lost hys honeste he shal forsake him Suertishyppe hathe destroyed many a ryche man and remoued them as the waues in the see Myghtie people hathe it dryuen awaye and caused them to wandre in straunge coūtres An vngodly man transgressynge the commaundemente of the Lorde shall fall into an euell suertishyppe and though he force him selfe to get out yet shall he fall into iudgement Helpe thy neyghboure out after thy power and beware that thou thy selfe fal not into such dett The chefe thynge that kepeth in the lyfe is water and bred clothinge and lodgynge to couer the shame Better is it to haue a poore lyuynge in a mans owne house then delicate fare among the straūge Be it lytle or much that thou hast holde the content withall thou shalt not be blamed as a vagabounde for a myserable lyfe is it to go from house to house where a man is fremde he darre not open his mouth Though one be lodged haue meate dryncke yet shal he be taken as vnworthy heare many bytter rough wordes namely thus Go thy waye thou straunger and prepare a table for thy selfe and fede me also of that thou hast A way thou straūger so that he regardeth his honoure no more my brother cōmeth into my house and so he telleth hym the necessite of his house These thynges are heuy to a man that hath vnder standynge namely the forbyddynge of the house that y ◠lēoer casteth hym in the teth ¶ Of the correccyon of chyldren Of the commodytye of health Deeth is better then a sorowefull lyfe Of hydde wysdome Of the ioye and sorowe of the herte CAPI XXX WHo so loueth his chylde holdeth him styll vnder coreccion that he may haue ioye of him after warde and y ◠he grope not after hys neyghbours dores He that teacheth his sōne shal haue ioye in hym and nede not to be ashamed of hym amonge hys aquayntaunce Whose enfourmeth and teacheth his sōne greueth the enemye before his frendes he maye haue ioye of hym Though the father dye yet is he as though he were not deed for he hathe left one behynde him that is lyke hym In his lyfe he sawe hym and had ioye in hym and was not sory in his death neyther was he ashamed before the enemyes For he left behynde him an auenger against his enemies a good doer vnto the frēdes For the lyfe of chyldren he shall bynde the woundes together and his herte is greued at euery crye An vntamed horse wylbe harde a wanton childe wylbe wylfull If thou brynge vp thy sonne delicatly he shall make y ◠afayed and yf thou playe with him he shall brynge the to heuynes Laugh not with him lest thou wepe with him also and lest thy teth be set on edge at the last Geue him no liberte in his youth excuse not his foly Bowe downe hys necke whyle he is young hyt hym vpon the sydes whyle he is yet but a chylde lest he waxe stubberne and geue no more force of the so shalt thou haue heuynes of soule Teach thy childe and be diligent therin lest it be to thy shame Better is the poore beyng whole and stronge then a man to be ryche and not to haue his health Health and wellfare is about all golde and a whole body aboue al treasure There is no tyches aboue a sounde body no
in due seasoÌ„ they are al pleasaunt good And therfore prayse the Lord with whole hert mouth and geue thankes vnto his name ¶ Many myseryes lyghte in a mannes lyfe All thynges passe awaye but a fyrme and stablyshe fayth remayneth Of the blessynge of the ryghtuous and prerogatyue of the feare of God CAPI XL. A GREAT trauayle is created for all men and an heuy yocke vpon the chyldren of Adam frome the daye that they go out of they re mothers wombe tyll they be buryed in the earth y e mother of al thynges namely theyr thoughtes ymaginacyons feare of the hert councell meditacions longyng desyre the day of death from the hiest that sytteth vpon the glorious seate vnto y e lowest and moste symple vpon the earth froÌ„ hym that is gorgyously arayed and weareth a crowne vntyl him that is but homely and symply clothed There is nothing but wrath zele fearfulnes vnquyetnesse and feare of death rygorous angre and strife And in the nyght when one shulde reste and slepe vpon his bedde the slepe chaungeth hys vnderstaÌ„dynge and knowledge A lytle or nothynge is hys rest in the slepe as well as in the daye of laboure He feareth and is disquieted in the vision of his hert as one that renneth out of a battayle and in the tyme of health he awaketh and marueleth that y e feare was nothynge Suche thynges happen vnto all fleshe both man and beast but seuen folde to the vngodly Moreouer death bloudsheddyng stryfe swearde oppression hongre destruccion and punyshment these thynges are all created agaynst the vngodly for their sakes came y â— floude also All y â— is of y e earth shall turne to earth agayne all waters ebbe agayne into the see All brybes vnryghtuousnes shal be put away but faythfulnes trueth shall endure for euer The substauÌ„ce goodes of y â— vngodly shal be dryed vp and syncke awaye as a water floude they shall make a sounde lyke a great thonder in the rayne Lyke as the rightuous reioyseth when he openeth his hande so shal the traÌ„sgressours be faynt when theyr goodes vanysh and coÌ„sume awaye The chyldren of the vngodly shall not optayne many braunches and the vncleane rotes vpoÌ„ the hye rockes shal be roted out before the grasse by the water side and vpon the ryuer banckes Frendlynes and liberalite in the increase and blessyng of God is lyke a paradyse and gardeÌ„ of pleasure such mercy also and kindnes endureth for euer To laboure to be coÌ„tent with that a man hath is a swete pleasauntlyfe and that is to fynde a treasure aboue all treasures To beget chyldren and to repaire the citie maketh a perpetual name but an honeste woman is more worthe then they bothe Wyne and mynstrelsye reioyse the herte but the loue of wysdome is aboue them bothe Pypynge and harpynge make a swete noyse but a frendly tonge goeth beyonde theÌ„ both Thyne eye desyreth fauoure and bewtye but a grene sede tyme rather then they both A frende and companyon come together at oportunyte but aboue them both is a wyfe that agreeth with her husbande One brother helpeth another in the tyme of trouble but almes shall delyuer more then they both Golde and syluer fasten the fete but a good councell is more pleasaunte then they both Temporall substaunce and strength lyft vp the mynde but the feare of the Lorde more then they both The feare of the Lord wanteth nothynge and nedeth no helpe The feare of the Lorde is a pleasaunte garden of blessynge and nothynge so beautyful as it is My sonne lede not a beggers lyfe for better it were to dye then to beg Who so loke the to another maÌ„s table taketh no thought for his owne lyuyng how to vpholde his life for he fedeth him self with other mens meate But a wyse and wel nurtoured man wyl bewarre therof Begging is swete in the mouth of the vnshamefast but in his bely there burneth a fyre ¶ Of the remembraunce of deeth Deeth is not to be feared A cuiffe vpon them that forsake the law of God Good name and fame An exhortacyon to geue hede vnto wysdome Of what thynges a man ought to be ashamed CAPI XLI O Deathe howe bytter is the remembrauÌ„ce of the to a man that seketh rest and comforte in hys substaunce and ryches vnto the man y â— hath nothing to vexe him that hath prosperite in all thynges yee vnto hiÌ„ that yet is able to receiue meate O death howe acceptable good is thy iudgemente vnto the nedeful vnto him whose strength fayleth and that is now in his last age and that in all thynges is full of care and fearefulnes vnto him also that is in dispaire and hath no hope nor pacieÌ„ce Be not thou afrayed of death remembre them that haue bene before the and that come after the thys is the iudgement of the Lorde ouer all flesh And why woldest thou be agaynste thys pleasure of the hyest Whether it be ten an hundreth or a thousand yeares death asketh not how longe one hath lyued The chyldreÌ„ of the vngodly are abhomynable chyldren and so are they that kepe coÌ„pany with the vngodly The inheritaunce of vngodly chyldren shall come to naught theyr posterite shal haue perpetuall shame and confusyon The chyldren complayne of an vngodly father and why for hys sake they are rebuked and despysed Wo be vnto you O ye vngodly which haue forsakeÌ„ the lawe of the hyest God yf ye be borne ye shal be borne to cursynge yf ye dye the curse shal be your porcyon All that is of the earthe shall turne to earthe agayne so go the vngodly also out of the curse into destruccyon The sorowe of meÌ„ is in they re bodye but the name of the vngodlye shall be put out Laboure to get the a good name for that shall contynue suâ—er by the then a thousande greate treasures of golde A good lyfe hath a nomber of dayes but a good name endureth euer My chyldren kepe wysdome in peace for wysdome that is hyd and a tresur that is not sene what profyt is in them both A man that hideth his folyshnes is better then a maÌ„ that hydeth hys wysdome Therfore be ye turned at my wordes for it is not good in all thynges alwaye to be ashamed True fayth must proue and measure it Be ashamed of whoredome before father and mother Be ashamed of lesynge before the Prynce and men of auctoryte Of synne before the iudge and ruler Of offence before the Congregacyon and people Of vnryghtuousnesse before a companyon and frende Of theft before thy neyghbours As for the truth of God and his couenaunt be not ashamed therof Be ashamed to lye with thyne elbowes vpon the bred Be ashamed to loke vpon harlottes Be ashamed to turne awaye thy face from thy frende Be ashamed to take and not to geue Be ashamed also to loke vpon a nother
wyse prudent sentences Hys name wente abrode in the Iles because of his peace he was beloued All landes marueled at his soÌ„ges prouerbes similitudes and at his peace and at the name of the Lorde God which is called the God of Israel He gathered golde as tynne he had as much syluer as leade He was moued in inordynate loue towarde wemen was ouercome in affeccyon He stayned his honoure and worshyppe yee hys posteryte defyled he also in bryngynge the wrathe of the Lorde vpon hys chyldren and sorowe after his ioye so y â— his kyngdome was deuyded Ephraim became an vnfaythfull and an vncoÌ„staÌ„t kyngdome Neuertheles God forsoke not his mercy neyther was he vtterly destroyed because of his worckes y â— he shulde leaue him no posterite As for y â— sede that came vpoÌ„ him which he loued he brought it not vtterly to naught but gaue yet a remnauÌ„te vnto Iacob and a rote vnto Dauid out of hym Thus rested Salomon with his fathers and out of hys sede he left behynde hym a very foolyshnes of the people and such one as had no vnder standynge euen Roboam whiche turned awaye the people thorowe his councel and Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat which caused Israell to sinne and shewed Ephraim y â— way of vngodlynes In so much that theyr synnes and misdedes had the vpper hand so sore that at the last they were dryuen out of the land for the same Yee he sought out and brought vp all wyckednes tyll the vengeaunce came vppon them ¶ The prayse of Eliah Elizeas Hezekiah and Esaye CAPI XLVIII THEN stode vp Eliah the Prophet as a fyre and hys worde brente lyke a creshet He brought an honger vpon them and in hys zele he made them fewe in nombre For they might not away with the commaundementes of the Lorde Thorowe the worde of the Lord he shut the heauen and thre times brought he the fyre downe Thus became Eliah honorable in his wonderous dedes Who may make his boast to be lyke him One that was deed raysed he vp from deathe and i the worde of the hyest he brought hym oute of the graue agayne * He caste downe kinges destroyed them and the honorable from theyr seate Upon the mount Syna he herde the punyshment and vpon Horeb the iudgement of the vengeaunce He prophecyed recoÌ„pensynge vnto kynges ordeyned prophetes after hym He was taken vp in the storme of fyre in a charet of horses of the Lorde He was ordaned in the reprouynges in tyme to pacyfye the wrath of the Lorde to turne the hertes of the fathers vnto the chyldren and to set vp the trybes of Iacob agayne Blessed were they that saw the and were garnyshed in loue for we lyue in lyfe but after death we shall haue no such name Elias was couered in y â— storme but Helyseus was fylled with his sprete Whyle he lyued he was afrayed of no prynce and no man myght ouercome him There coulde no worde disceaue him after his death his body prophecied He dyd wonders in his lyfe in death were his workes maruelous For all this the people amended not nether departed they froÌ„ theyr synnes tyll they were caried away presoners out of the laÌ„de and were scatred abrode in all countrees so that of them there ramayned but a very lytle people and a prynce vnto the house of Dauid Howe be it some of them dyd ryght and some heaped vp vngodlynes Hezekias made his cytie stronge conueyed water in to it dygged thorowe the stony rocke with yron made vp a well by the water syde In his tyme came Sennaheryb vp and sent Rabsakes lyft vp his hande agaynste Syon and defied theÌ„ with greate pryde Then trymbled theyr nettes and haÌ„des so that they sorowed lyke a woman trauaylinge with chylde So they called vpon the Lorde which is mercyful and lyfte vp theyr handes before hym Immediatly the Lorde harde them out of heauen he thought nomore vpon theyr sinnes nor gaue them ouer to theyr enemyes but delyuered them by the hande of Esay the holy prophet He smote the hoost of y â— Assyrians and his angell destroyed theÌ„ For Hezekias had done the thynge y â— pleased the Lorde remayned stedfastly in the waye of Dauid his father as Esay the greate and faythful prophet in the syght of God had coÌ„maunded hym In his tyme the Sunne wente backwarde he lengthened the kinges lyfe With a ryghte sprete prophecyed â—e what shulde come to passe at the last and to suche as were sorowfull in Syon he gaue coÌ„solacion wher w t they myght coÌ„fort them selues for euermore He shewed thynges y â— were â—or to come secrete or euer they came to passe ¶ Of Iosiah Hezethiah Dauid Ieremy Ezechiel zoâ—o babel Iesua Nehemiah Enoch and Ioseph CAPI XLIX THE remeÌ„braunce of Iosias is lyke as whaÌ„ the apothecary maketh many precious swete smellyng thynges together His remembraunce shal be swete as hony in all mouthes as the playenge of Musyck at a bancket of wyne He was appoynted to turne the people agayne to take awaye all abhomynacions of the vngodly He dyrected his herte vnto the Lorde and in the tyme of the vngodly he set vp the worshyp of God agayne All kynges except Dauid Hezechiah and Iosiah coÌ„mytted wyckednes for euen the kynges of Iuda also forsoke the lawe of God For they gaue theyr horne vnto other theyr honoure and worshyppe also to a straunge people Therfore was the electe cytâ—e of y â— Sanctuary brent with fyre the streates therof laye desolate wast in the hande of Ieremy for they intreated hym euell whiche neuertheles was a prohpet ordeyned froÌ„ hys mothers wombe y t he myght rote out breake of and destroye and that he myght builde vp and plant agayne Ezechiel sawe the glorye of the Lorde in a vysion which was shewed him vpon y â— charet of y â— Cherubins For he thought vpoÌ„ the enemies in y â— rayne to do good vnto suche as had ordred theyr wayes a ryght And the bones of the twelue prophetes floryshed from out of theyr place for they gaue comforte consolatyon vnto Iacob delyuered theÌ„ faythfully Howe shall we prayse Zorobabel whiche was as a rynge in the rght hande So was Iesus also the soÌ„ne of Iosedec these men in theyr tymes buylded the house and set vp y â— â–ª Sanctuary of y â— Lorde agayne which was prepared for an euerlasting worshyp And Nehemias is all waye to be coÌ„mended whiche set vp for vs the walles that were broken downe made the portes and barres agayne buylded our houses of the newe But vpon the earth is there no man created like Enoch for he was takeÌ„ vp from the earth And Ioseph which was Lorde of hys brethren the vp holder of hys people his bones were couered and kepte Seth
and thorow a myghtye wynde set him in Babylon vpon the denne And Abacuc cried saying O Danyel y â— seruaunt of God haue take y â— breakfast that God hath sent the. And Daniel sayde O God hast y â— thought vpon me well thou neuer saylest them that loue the. So Daniel arose dyd eate and the Angel of the Lorde set Abacuc in his owne place agayne immediatly Upon the seuenth daye the kinge wente to bewepe Daniel and when he came to the deÌ„ne he loked in and beholde Daniel sat iÌ„ the myddest of the Lyons Then cryed the kyng with a loude voyce saying Great art thou O Lord God of Danyel he drewe hym out of the lyoÌ„s deÌ„ne As for those that were the cause of his destructyoÌ„ he did cast theÌ„ into the denne and they were deuoured in a momeÌ„t before hys face After thê wrote the kynge vnto all people kynredes and tonges that dwelt in al countrees sayeÌ„ge peace be multiplied with you My commauÌ„ demente is in all the dominion of my realme that men feare staÌ„de in awe of Daniels god for he is y â— lyuiÌ„ge god which endureth euer hys â–ª kyngdome abideth vncorrupt hys power is euerlastinge It is he that caÌ„ deliuer saue he doth woÌ„ders maruelous workes iÌ„ heauen iÌ„ earth for he hath saued Daniel froÌ„ the power of the Lyons ¶ The ende of the Storye of Bel. ⧠The prayer of Manasses king of Iuda when he was holden captyue in Babylon O Lorde almyghtye god of our fathers AbrahaÌ„ Isaac Iacob of the rightuous sede of them which haste made heauen earth w t al the ornament therof which hast ordened the see by the worde of thy commaundemeÌ„t which hast shut vp the depe and haste sealed it for thy fearfull and laudable name which all men feare and treÌ„ble before the face of thy vertue and for y â— anger of thy threatenyng the which is importable to sinners But the mercy of thy promes is greate and vnsearcheable for thou arte the Lorde God moste hyghe aboue all the earth loÌ„g suffryng and exceadynge mercyful and repentauÌ„t for the malice of meÌ„ Thou Lord after thy goodnes hast promysed repentaunce of the remission of synnes and thou that arte the God of the rightuous hast not put repentaunce to the rightuous AbrahaÌ„ Isaac and Iacob vnto theÌ„ that haue synned against the But because I haue sinned aboue the nombre of the sandes of the see and that myne iniquytyes are multyplyed I am humbled wyth many baÌ„des of yron ther is in me no breathynge I haue prouoked thyne anger and haue done euyll before the in commyttinge abhomynacyons and multyplyinge offences And now I bowe the knees of my hert requyring goodnes of the O Lord I haue synned Lorde I haue synned and knowe myne inyquytye I desyre the by prayer O Lorde forgeue me forgeue me and destroye me not with myne inyquytyes neyther do thou alwayes remeÌ„bre myne euylles to punysh them but saue me whiche am vnworthy after thy great mercy and I wyll prayse the euerlastyngly all the dayes of my lyfe for all the vertue of heueÌ„ prayseth the and vnto the belongeth glory worlde with oute ende Amen ⧠The fyrst boke of the Machabees ¶ After the deathe of Alexander the Kyng of Macedonia Antioâ—huâ— taketh the kingdome Many of the childreÌ„ of Israel moke couenauÌ„t with the GeÌ„tyles Antiochus subdueth Egypt â— IerusaleÌ„ vnto his dominion IerusaleÌ„ being burnt maketh lawes of her owne and forbyddeth to kepe Goddes lawes Antâ—â—châ—â— setteth vp an Ibol ouer the altâ—r of god CAPI I. AFter that Alexandre the sonne of Philippe kynge of Macedonia weÌ„t forth of the laÌ„de of Cethim slew Darius king of the persyans and Medes It happened y â— he toke greate warres in hand wanne very many stronge cities and slewe many kynges of the earth going thorow to the endes of the worlde and gettyng many spoyles of the people In so much that the worlde stode in greate awe of hym therefore was he proude in his herte Now whan he had gathered a myghtye stronge hoost subdued the laÌ„des people with theyr princes so y â— they became tributaries vnto him he fel syck And wheÌ„ he perceaued y â— he muâ— nedes dye he called for hys noble estates whiche had bene brought vp with hym of chyldren parted hys kyngdome among them whyle he was yet alyue So AleaÌ„der raygned xii yeare and then dyed After hys death fell the kyngdome vnto hys prynces and they optained it euery one in hys rowne and caused them selues to be crowned as kynges and so dyd theyr chyldreÌ„ after them many yeares and much wickednesse increased i the worlde Out of these came y â— vngracious rote noble Antyâ—chus the sonne of Antiochus y â— king which had bene a pledge at Rome and he raygned in the. C. xxxvij yeare of the empyre of the Grekes In those dayes weÌ„te there out of Israel wycked men which moued much people w t theyr councell sayege Let vs go make a couenaunt with the Heathen y â— are rounde aboute vs for sence we departed froÌ„ them we haue had much sorow So thys deuyce pleased them well and certayne of y â— people toke vpon theÌ„ for to go vnto y â— kyng which gaue theÌ„ licence to do after the ordinauÌ„ce of y â— Heathen Then set they vp an open scole at Ierusalem of the lawes of the HeatheÌ„ were nomore cyrcumâ—ised but forsoke the holy Testamente ioyned them selues to y â— HeatheÌ„ were cleane solde to do mischefe So when Antiochus begaÌ„ne to be mightie in hys kyngdome he wente about to optayne y â— lande of Egypt also that he myght haue the domynioÌ„ of two realmes â–ª Upon this entred he into Egipt w t a stoÌ„ge hoost wyth charettes elephantes horsmen and a greate nombre of shyppes and begaune to warre agaiÌ„st Ptolomy the king of Egipte But Ptolomy was afrayed of hym and fled and many of his people were wounded to death Thus Antiochus wanne many stronge cyties and toke awaye great good out of the lande of Egypte And after that Antiochus had smytten Egipt he turned againe in y â— C. xlâ—â— yeare and went towarde Israel came vp to Iâ—â—usaleÌ„ w t a myghty people entred proudly into the Sanctuary and toke awaye the golden altare the caÌ„delstycke and al the ornamentes therof the cable of the shewbred the pouring vessel the chargers â–ª the golden spones the valie y â— crownes and golden apparell of the temple brake downe all He toke also the syiuer golde y â— precious Iew els the secrete treasures that he founde none other answere neyther caste they one stone at them nor made fast theyr preuy places but sayde We wyll dye all in our innoceÌ„cy heauen earth shal testyfie w t vs that ye put vs to death wrongeously Thus they fought agaynste theÌ„ vpon y
out of the kynges Checker But when Ionathas and the people hearde these wordes they gaue no credence vnto them neyther receaued them for they remembred the greate wyckednesse that he had done vnto Israell and how sore he had vexed them Wherfore they agreed vnto Alexander for he was a prynce that had dealte frendly wyth them and so they stode by hym alwaye Then gathered kynge Alexander a greate hoost and brought hys armye agaynste Demetrius So the two kynges stroke bataylle together but Demetrius hoost iled and Alexander folowed after and fell vpon them A myghtye sore felde was it contynuynge tyll the Sonne wente downe and Demetrius was slayne the same daye And Alexandre sente ambassitoures vnto Ptolomy the kyng of Egypte wyth these wordes sayenge For so muche as I am come agayne to my reaime and am let in the trone of my progenytours and haue gotten the domynyon ouercomed Demetrius conquered the lande and stryken a felde with hym so that we haue dysconfyted both him and his hoost and syt in the trone of hys Kyngdome Let vs nowe make freÌ„oshippe together geue me thy daughter to wyfe so shall I be thy sonne in lawe and both geue the rewardes and her great dygnyte Ptolomy the kyng gaue answere sayenge Happy be the daye wherin thou arte come agayne to the lande of thy Progenytours and set in the trone of theyr kyngdome As nowe wyll I fulfyll thy wrytynge but mete me at Ptolomais that we maye se one another that I may mary my daughter vnto the accordinge to thy desyre So Ptolomy wente out of Egypte wyth hys daughter Cleopatra and came vnto Ptolomays in the. Clxij yeare where kinge Alexander met hym and he gaue Alexander his daughter Cleopatra maried the at Ptolomais with greate worshyppe lyke as the maner of kynges is to be TheÌ„ wrote kyng Alexander vnto Ionathas that he shulde come and mete hym So he wente honorably vnto Ptolomais and there he mete the two kynges and gaue them greate presentes of golde and siluer and founde fauoure in their syght And there came together agaist Ionathas certayne wycked men vn gracyous persones of Israel makyng com playntes of him but the kyng regarded theÌ„ not As for Ionathas the kynge commaunded to take of hys garmentes and to clothe him purple and so they dyd Then y t kinge appoynted hym to syt by hym and sayde vnto hys princes Go with hym into y e middest of the cytye and make a proclamacion that no man complayne against him of any matter and that no maÌ„ trouble hym for eny maner of cause So it happened that when hys accusers sawe the worshyppe which was proclamed of hym and that he was clothed in purple they sled euerychone And the Kynge made much of hym wrote hym amonge hys chefe frendes made hym a duke and partaker of hys domynyon Thus Ionathas wente agayne to IerusaleÌ„ with peace gladnes In the. Clxv. yeare came Demetriê° the soÌ„ne of Demetrius from Creta into hys fathers lande wherof when Alexander herde tel he was ryght sory and retourned vnto Antioche And Demetrius chose Appollonyus which had the gouernaunce of Celosyrya to be hys captayne So he gathered a greate hoost and came vnto Iamnta and sente word vnto Ionathas the hye prest sayeng Darteste y u withstand vs thy self alone As for me I am but laughed to scorne and shamed because thou prouedst thy streÌ„gth agaynst vs in the mouÌ„taynes Nowe therfore yf thou trust este in thine owe streÌ„ght come downe to vs into y e plaine felde there let vs proue our streÌ„gth together thou shalt fynde that I haue vale aunt men of warre with me shalt knowe whom I am the other that stande by me Which saye that your fote is not able to stande before oure face for thy fathers haue bene twise chased into theyr owne laÌ„de And nowe how wylt y u be able to abyde so great an hoost of horssineÌ„ fotemeÌ„ in y â— feld where as is nether rocke stone nor place to fle vnto When Ionathas herd the wordes of Appolloniê° he was moued i hys mynde wherfore he chose tenne thousande meÌ„ and went oute of Ierusalem and Symon hys brother met him for to helpe him And they pitched their tentes at Ioppa but y e cytie kepte hym forth for Ioppa was an holde of Appollonius Then Ionathas laied sege to it and they that were in the cyte for very feare let hym in and so Ionathas wanne Ioppa Appollonius hearinge of this toke thre thousande horssmen with a greate hoost of fote and wente as though he wold go to Azotus and came immediatly into the plaine felde because he had so many horssmen and put hys trust in theÌ„ So Ionathas folowed vpon him to Azotus there they strocke the battayll Now had Appolloniê° left a thousande horsmeÌ„ behynde theÌ„ priuely in y â— teÌ„tes And when Ionathas knewe y e suche wayte was layed behynde them they went rounde aboute the enemyes hoost and shot dartes at y e people froÌ„ the morninge to y e euenynge As for Ionathas people they kepte theyr ordre as he had commaunded them and the enemyes horses were euer labourynge Then brought Symon forth hys hoost and set them agaynste the fote men For the horsmen were weery all ready So he dyscomfited them and they fled And they that were scatred in the felde gat theÌ„ to Azotus and came into the temple of Dagon theyr Idoll y t they myght there saue theyr lyues But Ionathas set fyre vpon Azotus and al the cyties rounde aboute it and toke theyr goodes and brent vp the temple of Dagon with all them that were fled into it Thus were slayne brent well nye viij M. men So Ionathas remoued the hoost froÌ„ thence brought theÌ„ to Ascalon where the men of the cytie came forth met hym with great worshyp After this went Ionathas his hoost a gayne to Ierusalem with great substaunce of good And when kynge Alexander herde these thynges he thought to do Ionathas more worshype sent hym a colar of golde as y e vse is to be geueÌ„ vnto suche as are of the kynges nexte bloude He gaue him also the cytie of Accaron with the landes belongynge therto in possessyon CAPI XI ¶ The dissencion betwyre Ptolomes AlexanÌ„der his soÌ„ne in â—â—we The deeth of Alexanâ—der Demetrius taygneth after the deeth of Ptolomâ—us Syon is besegid of Ionathas De netriuâ— seinge that no mâ— resisted him seÌ„deth his armye 〈…〉 pho moueth Aâ—â—â—â—chns against Demetrâ—us De meâ—â—nus is desiuered by the suciour of Ianathas After hys dcly gâ—râ—unce he meaketh hys couenauâ—â— that he had made AND the kynge of Egypte gathered â—an hoost lyke the sande y e lyeth vpon y e sce sâ—bore many shippes went aboute thorâ—we dysceate to obtayne y e kyngdome of Alexander to ioyne it vnto hys owne realmâ—e Upon this he toke hys iourney into Siriâ— was letten into y
mother flee in to Egypt and be thou there tyll I brynge the worde For it wyll come to passe that Herode shal seke the chylde to destroye hym So when he awoke he toke the chylde and his mother by nyght and departed in to Egypte and was there vnto the death of Herode that it might be fulfylled whiche was spoken of the lorde by the Prophet sayeng out of Egypt haue I called my sonne Then Herode when he sawe that he was mocked of the wyse men he was excedynge wroth and sent forth men of warre and slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem and in all the coostes as many as were two yere olde or vnder accordynge to the tyme which he had diligently knowen out of the wyse men Then was fulfylled that whiche was spoken by the Prophet Ieremy where as he sayde in Rama was there a voyce herde lamentacyon wepynge and great mournynge Rachell wepynge for her chyldren and wolde not be conforted ☞ bycause they were not ⊢ But when Herode was deade behold ✚ an angell of the Lorde appeared in a slepe to Ioseph in Egypte sayenge aryse and take the chylde and his mother and go in to the lande of Israell For they are deade which sought the chyldes lyfe And he arose toke the chyld and his mother and came in to the lande of Israel But when he herde that Archelaus dyd reygne in Iury in the rowme of his father Herode he was afrayde to go thyther Notwithstandynge after he was warned of god in a slepe he turned asyde into the partyes of Galile and went and dwelte in a citye which is called Nazareth that it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken by the Prophettes he shall be called a Nazarite ⊢ ¶ The Baptym preachynge and offyce of Iohn̄ and how Chryst was baptysed of hym in Iordane CAPI III. ✚ IN those dayes came Iohn̄ the Baptyst preachyng in the wylnernesse of Iury and sayenge ☞ Repente of the lyfe that is past for the kyngdome of heuen is at hande For this is he of whome the prophet Esay spake whiche sayeth The voyce of a cryer in the wyldernesse prepare ye the waye of the Lorde and make his pathes streyght This Iohn̄ had his garment of camels heer And a gyrdell of a skyn aboute his loynes His meate was locustes and wylde hony Then went out to hym Ierusalem all Iury and all the regyon rounde aboute Iordane and were baptysed of hym in Iordan confessyng theyr synnes ⊢ ✚ But when he sawe many of the Pharises and Saduces come to his baptyme he sayde vnto them O generacyon of vypers who hath taught you to flee from the vengeaunce to come Bryng forth therfore the frutes that be longe to repentaunce And be not of soch mynde that ye wold say within yourselues we haue Abraham to our father For I saye vnto you that God is able to brynge to passe that of these stones there shal ryse vp chyldren vnto Abraham Euen nowe is the are also put vnto the rote of the trees so that euery tree whiche bryngeth not forth good fruyte is hewen downe and cast into the fyre I baptise you in water vnto repentaūce but he that shall come after me is myghtyer then I whose shoes I am not worthy to beare He shall Baptyse you with the holy gooste and with fyre Whose fan is in his hand and he wyll pourge his floore and gather his wheat in to the barne but wyl burne the chaffe with vnquencheable fyre ⊢ ✚ Then cometh Iesus from Galile to Iordane vnto Iohn̄ to be Baptysed of hym But Iohn̄ forbad hym saynge I haue nede to be baptised of the and comest thou to me Iesus answered and sayde vnto hym Let it be so nowe For thus it becometh vs to fulfyll all ryghtewysenesse Then he suffered him And Iesus when he was baptised came streyght waye out of the water And lo heuen was open vnto him and he sawe the spiryte of god descendynge lyke a doue lyghtynge vpon hym And lo there came a voyce from heuen sayenge This is my beloued sonne in whome I am well pleased ▪ ⊢ ¶ Chryst fasteth and so tempted he calleth Peter Androwe Iames and Iohn̄ and healeth all the sycke CAPI IIII. ✚ THen was Iesus led awaye of the spiryte in to wyldernesse to be tempted of the deuyll And when he had fasted xl dayes and. xl nyghtes he was at the last an hūgred And when the tempter came to him he sayde yf thou be the son of god cōmaund that these stones be made bread But he answered sayd it is wrytten Man shall not lyue by breade only but by euery worde that procedeth out of the mouth of god Then the deuyl taketh hym vp in to the holy citye and setteth hym on a pynacle of the temple and sayeth vnto hym yf thou be the sonne God cast thy selfe downe headlyng For it is wrytten He shall gyue his Angels charge ouer the and with theyr handes they shall holde the vp leest at any tyme thou dasshe thy fote agaynst a stone And Iesus sayde to hym it is wrytten agayne Thou shalte not tempt the Lorde thy God Agayne the deuyll taketh hym vp in to an excedyng hygh moūtayne sheweth him all the kyngdomes of the worlde the glory of them sayeth vnto hym all these wyll I gyue the yf thou wylt fall downe worshyp me Then sayeth Iesus vnto hym Auoyde Satan For it is wryten Thou shalte worshyp the lorde thy god him only shalt thou serue Then the deuyl leaueth hym behold the angels came minystred vnto hym ⊢ ✚ When Iesus had herde that Iohn was taken he departed in to Galile and lefte Nazareth and went and dwelte in Capernaum whiche is a citye vpon the see coost in the borders of Zabulon Neptalim that it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken by Esay the prophet sayenge The lande of Zabulon Nephtalim by the waye of the see beyonde Iordane Galile of the Gentyls the people whiche sat in darkenesse and in the shadowe of death sawe great lyght to them whiche sat in the regyon and shadow of death is the lyght spronge vp From that tyme Iesus began to preache and to saye repent for the kyngdome of heuen is at hande ⊢ ✚ As Iesus walked by the see of Galilee he sawe two brethren Simon whiche was called Peter Andrewe his brother castyng a net in to the see for they were fysshers and he sayeth vnto them folowe me and I wyll make you †to become fysshers of men And they streyght waye lefte the nettes and folowed hym And when he was gone forth from thence he sawe other two brethren Iames the son of Zebede Iohn̄ his brother in the shyp with Zebede theyr father mendynge theyr nettes and he called them And they immediatly lette the shyp and theyr
leadeth vnto lyfe and fewe there be that fynde it ✚ Beware of false Prophettes whiche come to you in shepes clothyng but inwardly they are rauenyng wolues Ye shall know them by theyr fruytes Do men gather grapes of thornes or fyggê of thystels Euen so euery good tree bryngeth forth good fruytes But a corrupte tre bryngeth forth euyll frutes A good tree cannot brynge forth bad fruyte neyther can a bad tree brynge forth good fruytes Euery tre that bryngeth not forth good fruyte is hewen downe and cast into the fyre Wherfore by theyr fruytes ye shall knowe them Not euery one that sayeth vnto me Lorde Lorde shall enter into the kyngdom of heuen but he that dothe the wyl of my father whiche is in heuen †He shall enter into the kyngdome of heuen ⊢ Many wyll saye to me in that daye Lorde Lorde haue we not prophesyed thorowe thy name And thorowe thy name haue cast out deuyls And done many miracles thorowe thy name And then wyll I knowledge vnto them I neuer knewe you Departe from me ye that worke iniquite For whosoeuer heareth of me these wordes and doth the same I wyll lyken hym vnto a wyse man whiche buylte his house vpon a rocke and a shower of rayne descended and the floodes came and the wyndes blew and bet vpon that house and it fell not bycause it was grouÌ„ded on the rocke And euery one that heareth of me these wordes and dothe them not shal be lykened vnto a folysh man whiche buylte his house vpon sande and a shower of rayne descended and the floodes came and the wyndes blewe and bet vpon that house and it fell and greate was the fall of it And it came to passe that when Iesus had ended these sayenges the people were astonyed at his doctryne For he taught them as one hauynge power and not as the Scrybes †of them and the Pharyses ¶ Chryst clenseth the leper healeth the captaynes seruaunt and many other dyseases he helpeth Peters mother inlawe stylleth the see and the wynde and dryueth the deuyls out of the possessed into the swyne CAPI VIII ✚ WHen he was come downe from the mouÌ„tayne moch people folowed hym And beholde there came a leper and worshypped hym saynge Mayster yf thou wylt thou canst make me cleane And Iesus put forth his hande and touched hym sayenge I wyl be thou cleane and immedyatly his leprosye was clensed And Iesus sayeth vnto hym se thou tell no man but go and shew selfe to the Preest and offer the gyfte that Moses coÌ„maunded to be offered for a wytnesse vnto them ⊢ ✚ And when Iesus was entred into Capernaum there came vnto hym a ☞ Centurion and besought him sayenge Mayster my seruaunt lyeth at home sycke of the palsye and is greuouslye payned And Iesus sayeth when I come vnto hym I wyll heale hym The Centurion answered and sayde Syr I am not worthy that thou shuldest come vnder my rofe but speake the worde only and my seruaunt shall be healed For I also my selfe am a man subiecte to the auctoryte of another and haue souldyers vnder me and I saye to this man go and he goeth and to an other come and he coÌ„meth and to my seruaunt do this and he doeth it When Iesus herde these wordes he maruey led and sayde to them that folowed hym Uerely I saye vnto you I haue not founde so greate fayth in Israell I saye vnto you that many shall come from the East and west and shal rest with Abraham Isaac and Iacob in the kyngdome or heuen but the chyldren of the kyngdom shal be cast out into vtter darkenesse there shal be wepynge guasshynge of deeth And Iesus sayde vnto the Centurion go thy waye and as thou byleuest so be it vnto the. And his seruaunt was healed in the selfe same houre ⊢ And when Iesus was come in to Peters house he sawe his wyues mother lyenge in bed sycke of a feuer And he touched her hande the feuer lefte her she arose minystred vnto them When the euenyng drue on they brought vn to him many that were possessed with deuyls And he caste out the spirytes with a worde and healed all that were sycke that it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken by Esay the prophet when he sayeth He toke on hym our infirmityes and bare our syckenesses When Iesus sawe moche people aboute hym he coÌ„maunded that they shulde go vnto the other syde of the water And a certayne scrybe when he was come sayde vnto hym Mayster I wyll folow the whyther soeuer thou goest And Iesus sayeth vnto hym the foxes haue holes and the byrdes of the ayre haue nestes but the sonne of man hath not where to rest his heade An other of the nombre of his disciples sayde vnto hym Mayster suffre me fyrst to go and bury my father But Iesus sayde vnto hym folowe me and let the deade butye theyr deade â–ª ✚ And when he entred in to a shyp his disciples folowed hym And beholde there arose a great tempest in the see in so moch that the shyp was couered with waues but he was a slepe And his disciples came to hym and awoke him sayenge Mayster saue vs we perysshe And he sayeth vnto them why are ye fearfull O ye of lytell fayth Then he arose and rebuked the wyndes and the see and there folowed a great calme But the men marueyled sayenge What maner of man is this that both wyndes and see obey hym ⊢ And when he was come to the other syde in to the countrey of the Gergesites there met hym two possessed of deuyls which came out of the graues and were out of measure fearce so that no man myght go by that waye And beholde they cryed oute sayenge O Iesu thou sonne of god what haue we to do with the Arte thou come hyther to tourmente vs before the tyme And there was a good waye of from them a heerde of many swyne fedynge So the deuyls besought hym sayenge If thou cast vs out suffre vs to go our way in to the heerde of swyne And he sayde vnto them go your wayes Then went they out and departed in to the heerde of swyne And beholde the hole heerde of fwyne was caryed headlynge in to the see and perysshed in the waters Then they that kept them fled and wente theyr wayes in to the Citye and tolde euery thynge and what had fortuned vnto the possessed of the deuyls And beholde the hole Citye came out to mete Iesus and when they sawe hym they besought hym that he wolde departe oute of theyr coostes ¶ He healeth the palsye calleth Mathew from the custome answereth for his disciples healeth the woman of the bloody yssue helpeth Iairus doughter gyueth two blynde men theyr syght maketh a dombe maÌ„ to speake dryueth out a deuyll CAPI IX ✚ HE entred also
hym yea Lorde I byleue that thou arte Chryst the sonne of God whiche shulde come in to the worlde ⊢ And assoone as he had so sayd she went her way and called Mary her syster secretly sayenge The mayster is come calleth for the. Assoone as she herde that she arose quickely and came vnto hym Iesus was not yet come in to the towne but was in that place where Martha met hym The Iues then whiche were with her in the house and comforted her when they sawe Mary that she arose vp hastely and went oute folowed her sayenge She goeth vnto the graue to wepe there Then when Mary was come where Iesus was and sawe hym she cometh nygh vnto his fete and sayeth vnto hym Lorde yf thou haddest bene here my brother had not bene deade When Iesus therfore sawe her wepe the Iues also wepynge which came with her he groned in the spirite and was troubled in hym selfe and sayd Where haue ye layde hym They saye vnto hym Lorde come and se. And Iesus wepte Then sayd the Iues Beholde howe he loued hym And some of them sayd coulde not he which opened the eyes of the blynde haue made also that this man shulde not haue dyed Iesus therfore agayne groned in hym selfe and came to the graue It was a caue and a stone layde on it Iesus sayde take ye aways the stone Martha the syster of hym that was deade sayd vnto hym Lorde by this tyme he stynketh For he hath bene dead foure dayes Iesus sayeth vnto her Sayd I not vnto the that yf thou dydest byleue thou shuldest se the glory of God Then they toke awaye the stone from the place where he that had bene dead was layde And Iesus lyfte vp his eyes sayde Father I thanke the that thou hast herde me Howbeit I knewe that thou hearest me alwayes but bycause of the people whiche stande by I sayde it that they maye byleue that thou hast sent me And when he thus had spoken he cryed with a loude voyce Lazarus come forth And he that was deade came forth bound hand and fote with graue clothes and his face was bound with a napkin Iesus sayth vnto them loose hym and let hym go Then many of the Iues whiche came to Mary had sene the thynges which Iesus dyd byleued on hym ⊢ But some of them went theyr wayes to the pharises tolde them what Iesus had done ✚ Then gathered the hygh Preestes the Pharises a couusell sayde what do we For this man doeth many myracles Yf we let hym scape thus all men wyll byleue on hym and the Romaynes shall come take awaye bothe our rowme and the people And one of them named Cayphas beyng the hygh preest that same yere sayde vnto them Ye perceyue nothyng at all nor consyder that it is expedient for vs that one man dye for the people and not that all the people perysshe This spake he not of hym selfe but beynge hygh Preest that same yere he prophesied that Iesus shulde dye for the people and not for the people onely but that he shulde gather togyther in one the chyldren of God that were scattered abrode Then frome that daye forth they toke counsell togyther for to put hym to death Iesus therfore walked no more openly amonge the Iues but went his waye thence vnto a countrey nygh to a wyldernesse into a citye which is called Ephraim and there contynued with his disciples And the Iues Easter was nygh at hande and many wente out of the countrey vp to Ierusalem before the easter to purifie them selues TheÌ„ sought they for Iesus spake amonge them selues as they stode in the temple What thynke ye seynge he cometh not to the feast daye The hygh Preestes and Pharises had gyuen a coÌ„maundement that yf any man knew where he were he shulde shewe it that they myght take hym ⊢ ¶ Mary anoynteth Christes fete Iudas murmureth Christ â—r cuseth her and rydeth in to Ierusalem CAPI XII ✚ THen Iesus syxe dayes before Easter came to Bethany where Lazarus had bene dead whom he reysed from death There they made him a supper and Martha serued but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with hym Then toke Mary a pounde of oyntment called Nardus perfite and precious and anoynted Iesus fete and wyped his fete with her heere and the house was fylled with the odoure of the oyntment Then sayde one of his disciples euen Iudas Iscarioth Symons sonne whiche afterwarde betrayed him why was not this oyntment solde for thre hundred pence and gyueÌ„ to the poore This he sayde not that he cared for the poore but bycause he was a thefe and had the bagge and bare that whiche was gyuen Then sayde Iesus Let her alone agaynst the day of my burieng hath she kepte this For the poore alwayes shall ye haue w t you but me haue ye not alway Moche people of the Iues therfore had knowlege that he was there And they came not for Iesus sake onely but that they might se Lazarus also whom he reysed from death But the hygh Preestes helde a counsell that they myght put Lazarus to death also bycause that for his sake many of the Iues went away and byleued on Iesus ⊢ On the nexte day moche people that were come to the feast when they herde that Iesus shulde come to Ierusalem toke braunches of palme trees and went forth to mete hym and cryed Hosanna blessed is he that in the name of the Lorde cometh kynge of Israel And Iesus got a yong asse sat theron as it is wrytten Feare not doughter of Syon Beholde thy kynge cometh syttynge on an asses colte These thynges vnderstode not his disciples at the fyrst but when Iesus was glorified theÌ„ remembred they that soche thynges were wrytten of hym and that soche thynges they had done vnto him The peple that was with hym when he called Lazarus out of his graue and reysed him from death bare recorde Therfore met hym the people also bycause they hearde that he had done soche a myracle The pharises therfore sayde among them selues perceyue ye how we preuayle nothyng Beholde all the hole worlde goeth after hym There were certayne Grekes amonge them that came to worshyp at the feast the same came therfore to Phylip whiche was of Bethsaida a citye in Galile desyred hym sayenge Syr we wolde fayne se Iesus Philip came tolde Andrew And agayne Andrew Philip tolde Iesus And Iesus answered them sayeng the houre is come that the son of man must be glorified ✚ Uerely verely I say vnto you excepte the wheate corne fall into the grounde dye it abydeth alone Yf it dye it bryngeth forthe moche fruyte He that loueth his lyfe shal destroy it ☞ he that hateth his lyfe in this worlde shal kepe it vnto lyfe eternal Yf any man minister vnto me
euery good âšœ worke which is in you towarde Iesus Christ. For we haue great ioy consolacion in thy loue because that by the brother the saintes hertes are comforted Wherfore though I might be bold iÌ„ Christ to coÌ„mauÌ„de the y â— which was thy dewtye to do yet for loues sake I rather beseche the though I be as I am eueÌ„ olde Paul now a presoner of Iesu Christ. I beseche the for my sonne Onesimus whoÌ„ I haue begotteÌ„ in my boÌ„des which in tyme passed was to y â— vnprofitable but now ê“fitable both to the to me whoÌ„ I haue sent home againe Thou therfore receyue hiÌ„ that is to say mine owne vowels whoÌ„ I wolde fayne haue retayned w t me y â— iÌ„ thy stead he myght haue ministred vnto me in y â— bondes of the Gospell Neuerthelesse without thy mynde wolde I do nothing that the good which thou doest shuld not be as it were of necessyte but willyngly For happly he therfore departed for a season that thou shuldest receyue him for euer not now as a seruauÌ„t but aboue a seruauÌ„t euen a brother beloued specially to me but how much more vnto the both in the fleshe and also in the Lord If thou couÌ„t me therfore a felowe receyue him as my selfe If he haue done the any hurt or oweth the ought y â— lay to my charge I Paul haue written it with myne owne hande I wyl recompence it So that I do not say to the how that thou owest vnto me eueÌ„ thyne owne self also EueÌ„ so brother let me enioy the in the Lorde CoÌ„forte my vowels in the Lord. Trustynge in thyne obedieÌ„ce I wrote vnto the knowyng that thou wylt also do more then I say Moreouer prepare me lodgiÌ„g for I trust y â— thorow the helpe of your prayers I shal be gyuen vnto you There salute the Epaphras my felowe prisoner in Christ Iesu Marcus Aristarcus Demas Lucas my helpers The grace of our Lord Iesu Christ be with your spirite Amen ¶ Sente frome Rome by Onesymus a Seruaunte ⧠The epystle of Saynt Paule the Apostle vnto the Hebrues ¶ How God deals louyngely with them of the olde tyme in sendyng them his Prophetes but much more mercy hath he shewed vs in that he sent vs his owne sonne Of the most excellent glory of Iesus Christ which in al thynges is lyke to hys father CAPI I. GOd in tyme paste diuersly many wayes spake vnto y â— fathers by prophetê but in these last dayes he hath spokeÌ„ vnto vs by his owne sonne whom he hath made heyre of all thynges by whome also he made the worlde Whiche sonne beynge the bryghtnes of his glory and the very ymage of his substaunce rulynge all thynges with the worde of hys power hath by hys owne persone pourged oure synnes and sytteth on the ryghte hande of the maiestye on hye beyng so moche more excellent then the Angels as he hath by inherytaunce obteyned a more excellent name then they For vnto whiche of the Angels sayde he at any tyme Thou arte my sonne this daye haue I begotten the And agayne I wyll be his father and he shal be my sonne And agayne when he bryngeth in the fyrste begotten sonne into the worlde he sayth And let al the angels of God worship him And vnto the Angels he sayth He maketh hys Angels spirytes and hys minysters a flamme of fyre But vnto the sonne he sayth thy seate O God shal be for euer and euer The scepter of thy kingdome is a right scepter Thou hast loued rightuousnes and hated iniquytie Wherfore God euen thy God hath anoynted the with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy felowes And thou Lorde in the beginnyng hast layde the foundacyon of the earth And the heauens are the workes of thy haÌ„des They shall peryshe but thou endurest But they all shal wexe olde also as doth a garment as a vesture shalt thou chauÌ„ge them they shal be chaunged But thou art eueÌ„ the same and thy yeres shal not fayle ⊢ Unto whych of the angels sayde he at any tyme Syt on my ryght haÌ„de tyll I make thyne enemyes thy fote stole Are they not al ministring spirites that are sent to minister for their sakê which shal be heyres of saluacyon ¶ He exhorteth vs to be obedient vnto the 〈◊〉 lawe whiche Christe hath gyuen vs and not to be offended at the infyrmytie and lowe degre of Christ because it was necessary that for our sakes he shulde take suche au vmble state vpon hym that he myght be lyke vnto his brethren CAPI II. WHerfore we oughte to gyue the more hede to the thinges that are spoken vnto vs lest at any tyme we perysh For yf the worde whiche was spoken by angels was stedfast and euery transgressyon and disobedience receyued a iust recompence of reward howe shall we escape yf we despyse so great saluacion whyche at the first began to be preached of the Lorde hym selfe was confyrmed vnto vs warde by theÌ„ that hearde it God bearyng wytnes therto both with sygnes wonâ—ets also with diuers miracles gyftes of the holy ghost accordyng to his owne wyll For vnto the angels hath he not subdued the worlde to come wherof we speake but one in a certayne place wytnessed saying What is maÌ„ that thou art myndfull of him Or the soÌ„ne of man that thou visitest hym Thou madest him a lytle lower then the angels thou hast crowned him with honour glory and hast set him aboue the worckes of thy handes Thou hast put al thynges in subieccyon vnder his fete In that he put al thynges vnder him he left nothyng that is not put vnder hym Neuerthelesse we se not yet all thynges subdued vnto him but him that was made lesse then the Angels we se that it was Iesus whych is crowned wyth glory honour for the suffryng of deth that he by the grace of God shulde cast of death for all men For it became him for whom are all thinges and by whom are al thynges after that he had brought many sonnes vnto glory y â— he shulde make the Lorde of their saluacion perfecte thorowe affliccions For both he that sanctifieth and they whyche are sanctifyed are all of one For whych causes sake he is not asshamed to call them brethren sayinge I wyll declare thy name vnto my brethren in the myddes of the Congregacyon wyll I prayse the. And agayne I wyll put my trust in him And agayne beholde here am I the chyldren whom God hath gyuen me For as much then as the chyldreÌ„ are partetakers of flesshe bloude he also him selfe lyke wyse toke parte wyth them that thorowe death he myght expell hym that had lord shyppe ouer death that is to say the deuyl and that he myght delyuer them which thorow feare of death were all there lyfe tyme subdued vnto bondage For he in no place taketh on him the Angels but the
to me And when I was turned I sawe seuen golden caÌ„delstickes in the myddes of the seuen candelstirkes one lyke vnto the sonne of man clathed with a lynnen garment downe to the fete and gyrde about the pappes with a golde gyrdle His heed his heares were whyte as white woll and as snowe hys eyes were as a flame of fyre hys fete lyke vnto brasse as thoughe they brent in a fornace his voyce as the sounde of many waters And he had in hys ryghte hande vâ—â— starres And out of hys mouthe wente a sharpe two edged swearde And his face shone euen as the sonne in hys strength And when I sawe him I fel at his fole euen as deed And he layde hys ryghte hande vpon me saying vnto me feare not I am the fyrst and the last and am a lyue and was deed And beholde I am alyue for euermore and haue the keyes of hell and of deeth Wryte therfore the thynges whyche thou hast leue and the thynges whiche are the thinges which must be fulfylled hereafter the mystery of the. viâ— starres whiche thou sawest in my right hande and the. viâ— golden candelstyckes The. viâ— starres are the messengers of the. viâ— congregacyons And the seuen candelstyckes whiche thou sawest are the seuen congregacyons ¶ He exhorteth foure congregacyons 〈◊〉 amende and 〈◊〉 â–ª weth the rewarde of hym that ouercommeth CAPI II. VNto the messenger of the congregacyon of Ephesus wryte these thynges sayeth he that holdeth seuen starres in hys ryght hande and that walcketh in the myddes of seuen golden candelstickes I know thy worckes and thy labour and thy pacyence and howe thou cannest not forbeare them whiche are euyll and haste examyned them whyche saye they are Apostles and are not and hast fouÌ„de them lyars and hast suffred And hast pacyence and for my names sake haste labored and haste not faynted Neuertheles I haue sumwhat against the because thou hast lefte thy fyrste loue Remember therfore from whence thou arte fallen and repent and do the fyrst worckes Or elles I wyll come vnto the shortly and wyll remoue thy caÌ„delsticke out of his place except thou repent But this thou hast because thou hatest the dedes of the Nicolaitans which dedes I also hate Let hym that hath eares heare what the spirite sayth vnto the congregacions To hym that ouercoÌ„meth wyll I gyue to eate of the tree of lyfe whyche is in the myddes of the Paradyse of God And vnto the Angel of the congregacyon of Smyrna wryte These thynges sayth he that is fyrst and the laste whyche was deed and is a lyue I knowe thy workes tribulacyon and pouerte but thou art ryche And I knowe the â–ª blasphemy of them whyche call them selues Iewes and are not but are the congregacyon of Sathan Feare none of those thynges which thou shalt suffre Beholde the deuyl shal cast some of you into preson to tempte you and ye shall haue trybulacyon ten dayes Be faythfull vnto the deeth and I wyll geue the a crowne of lyfe Let hym that hathe eares heare what the spyryte sayth to the congregacyons He that ouercommeth shall not be hurte of the seconde deeth And to the messenger of the congregacion in Pergamos wryte Thys sayth he whiche hath the sharpe swearde wyth two edges I knowe thy worckes where thou dwellest euen where Sathans seat is and thou kepest my name hast not denyed my faythe And in my dayes Antipas was a faythfull wytnes of myne which was slayne amonge you where Sathan dwelleth But I haue a fewe thynges agaynste the because thou hast there them that maintaine the doctrine of Balam whiche taught in Balake to put occasyon of synne before the chyldren of Israell that they shulde eate of meate dedicate vnto ydoles and commyt fornicacyon Euen so hast thou them that maintayne the doctryne of the Nycolaytans which thyng I hate But be coÌ„uerted or els I wyll come vnto the shortly and wyll fyght agaynste the with the swearde of my mouth Let hym that hath eares heare what the spirite saith vnto the coÌ„gregacyons To hym that ouercoÌ„meth wyll I geue to eate Manna that is hyd and wyll geue hym a whyte stone and in the stone a newe name wrytten which no man knoweth sauynge he that receaueth it And vnto the messenger of the congregacion of Thiatira write This sayth the sone of god which hath eyes lyke vnto a flamme of fyre and hys fete are lyke brasse I knowe thy worckes and thy loue seruyce fayth and thy pacyeÌ„ce and thy dedes which are mo at the last then at the fyrst Notwithstandynge I haue a fewe thynges agaynst the because thou sufferest that woman Iesabel which called her selfe a Prophetise to teach and to deceaue my seruauÌ„tes to make them commyt fornicacyon and to eate meates offered vp vnto ydols And I gaue her space to repente of her fornycacyon and she repented not Beholde I wyll cast her into a bed and them that commyt fornycacyon with her into great aduersyte excepte they turne from theyr deades And I wyl kyl her chyldren with deeth And all the congregacyoÌ„s shal knowe that I am he which searcheth the reynes hertes And I wyll geue vnto euery one of you acordynge vnto hys worckes Unto you I saye vnto other of them of Thiatira as many as haue not this lernynge and whyche haue not knowen the deâ—nes of Sathan as they saye I wyl put vpon you none other burthen but that whiche ye haue already Holde fast tyll I come and whosoeuer ouercommeth and kepeth my worckes vnto the ende to hym wyll I geue power ouer nacions and he shal rule them with a rodde of yron and as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to sheuers Euen as I receaued of my father so wyll I gyue hym the mornynge starre Let hym that hath eares heare what the spirite sayth to the congregacyons ¶ He instrueteth and enfourmeth the Angels of the coâ—â— gregacyons declarynge also the rewarde of hym that ouercommeth CAPI III. ANd wryte vnto the messenger of the congregacyon that is at Sardis this sayth he that hath the seuen spyrites of god and the seuen starres I knowe thy workes thou hast a name that thou lyuest and thou art deed Be awake and strength the thynges which remayne that are redy to dye For I haue not foude thy workes perfaycte before âšœ my God Remember therfore howe thou hast receaued and hearde and holde faste and repent If thou shall not watche I wyll come on the as a these 〈◊〉 thou shalte not knowe what houre I wyll come vpon the. Thou hast a fewe names in Sardys which haue not defyled theyr garmentes and they shall walcke with me in whyte for they are worthy He that ouercoÌ„meth shal be thus clothed in whyte araye I wyl not put out his name out of the boke of lyfe and I wyll confesse hys name before my father and before hys