no eye had seene me 19 And that I were as though I had not ben but brought from the wombe to the graue 20 Are not my dayes fewe Let him then leaue of fro me and let me a lone that I may comfort my selfe a litle 21 Afore I go thyther from whence I shall not turne againe euen to the lande of darknesse and shadowe of death 22 Yea a lande as darke as darknesse it selfe and into the shadowe of death where is none order but the light is there as darknesse The .xi. Chapter 1 Iob is vniustly reprehended of Sophar 7 God is incomprehensible 14 He is mercifull to the repentaunt 18 Their assuraunce that liue godlie 1 THen aunswered Sophar the Naamathite and sayde 2 Shoulde not he that maketh many wordes be aunswered Shoulde he that bableth much be commended therin 3 Shoulde thy lies make men holde their peace and when thou mockest others shall no man make thee ashamed 4 For thou hast sayde my doctrine is pure and I am cleane in thyne eyes 5 But O that God woulde speake and open his lippes against thee 6 That he might shewe thee the secretes of wysdome howe thou hast deserued double according to right Know therfore that God hath forgotten thee for thyne iniquitie 7 Art thou able to finde out the secretes of God Or wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almightie 8 It is hier then heauen what art thou able to do deeper then the hel how wilt thou then knowe it 9 The measure of it is longer then the earth and broder then the sea 10 Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe close them in gather them together who will turne hym from his purpose 11 For it is he that knoweth vayne men he seeth their wickednesse also shoulde he not then consider it 12 Yet vayne man would be wyse though man newe borne is lyke a wilde asses coulte 13 If thou preparedst thyne heart and liftedst vp thyne handes towarde hym 14 If thou wouldest put away the wickednes whiche thou hast in hande so that no vngodlinesse dwell in thy house 15 Then mightest thou lift vp thy face without shame then shouldest thou be sure and haue no neede to feare 16 Then shouldest thou forget thy miserie and thinke no more vpon it then vpon the waters that runne by 17 Then should thy lyfe be as cleare as the noone day thou shouldest shine forth and be as the morning 18 Then mightest thou be bolde because there is hope and take thy rest quietly as compassed with a trenche 19 Then mightest thou lye downe and none to make thee afrayde yea many one should make suite vnto thee 20 As for the eyes of the vngodly they shall faile and they shal not escape and their hope shal be sorowe of minde The .xij. Chapter 1 Iob accuseth his friendes of ignoraunce 7 He declareth the might and power of God 17 And how he chaungeth the course of thinges 1 SO Iob aunswered saide 2 Then no doubt ye are the men alone and wysdome shall perishe with you 3 But I haue vnderstanding aswell as ye and am not inferior to you Yea who knoweth not these thinges 4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour who calleth vpon God he heareth him The iust the vpright is laughed to scorne 5 Being as alight despised in the heartes of the riche and as one redy to fall 6 The houses of robbers are in wealth and prosperitie and they that maliciouslie meddle against God dwell without care in those thinges that God hath geuen richely with his hande 7 Aske the cattaile and they shall enfourme thee the foules of the ayre and they shall tell thee 8 Or the encrease of the earth and it shall shew thee or the fishes of the sea and they shall certifie thee 9 What is he but he knoweth that the hande of the Lorde made all these 10 In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing and the breath of all mankinde 11 Haue not the eares pleasure in hearing and the mouth in tasting the thing that it eateth 12 Among olde persons there is wysedome and in age is vnderstanding 13 Yea with God is wysdome and strength it is he that hath counsell and foreknowledge 14 Beholde if he breake downe a thing who can set it vp againe yf he shut a thing who wyll open it 15 Beholde if he withholde the waters they drye vp yf he let them go they destroy the earth 16 With him is strength and wysdome both the deceauer and he that is deceaued are his 17 He carieth away the wyse men as it were a spoyle and bringeth the iudges out of their wittes 18 He taketh away the subiection of the people from their kinges and girdeth their loynes with a bonde 19 He leadeth away the great men into captiuitie and turneth the mightie vpside downe 20 He stoppeth the mouth of them that speake trueth disapoynteth the aged of their reason 21 He powreth contempt vpon princes and maketh the strength of the mightie weake 22 Loke what lyeth hid in darkenesse he declareth it openly and the very shadowe of death bringeth he to light 23 He both increaseth the people and destroyeth them he maketh them to multiplie and diminisheth them 24 He taketh away the hearte of them that be heades of y e people of the earth and causeth them to wander in the wildernesse out of the way 25 They grope in the darke without light and he maketh them to stacker like a drunken man ¶ The .xiii. Chapter 1 Iob compareth his knowledge with the experience of his friendes 16 The penitent shal be saued and the hypocrite condempned 20 He prayeth vnto God that he would not handle him rigorously 1 LO all this haue I seene with mine eye heard with mine eare and vnderstande it 2 What ye knowe that same do I know also neither am I inferior vnto you 3 Neuerthelesse I talke with the almightie and my desire is to commune with God 4 As for you ye are workmaisters of lyes and vnprofitable phisitians altogether 5 Woulde God ye kept your tongue for then might ye be taken for wise men 6 Now heare my reasoning and ponder the argument of my lippes 7 Wyll you speake wickedlie for gods defence and talke deceitfully for his cause 8 Wyll ye accept the person of him or wyll ye contende for God 9 Shall that helpe you when he calleth you to reckening For as one man mocketh an other so do ye mocke him 10 He shall punishe you and reproue you if ye do secretly accept any person 11 Shall not his excellencie make you afrayde Shall not his terrible feare fall vpon you 12 Your remembraunce is lyke vnto a sparke and your bodies lyke the claye 13 Holde your tongues for my sake that I also may speake and my sorowe shal be the lesse 14
I might know him and finde him and that I might come before his seate 4 I woulde pleade my cause before hym and fill my mouth with argumentes 5 I woulde knowe what aunswere he woulde geue me and vnderstande what he woulde say vnto me 6 Will he pleade against me with his great power No but he will make me the stronger 7 There the righteous might dispute with him so shoulde I be deliuered for euer from my iudge 8 Behold though I go forwarde I find him not If I go backwarde I can get no knowledge of hym 9 If I go on the left side where he doth his worke I can not attayne vnto him Againe if I go on the right side he hydeth him selfe that I can not see hym 10 But as for my way he knoweth it and tryeth me that as the gold I may come foorth 11 My foote doth kepe his path his hie way haue I holden and will not go out of it 12 I will not forsake the commaundement of his lippes I haue esteemed the wordes of his mouth more then myne appoynted foode 31 He is still at one poynt and who can turne him he doth as him listeth and bringeth to passe what he will 14 He perfourmeth the thing that is appoynted for me and many such thinges doth he 15 This is the cause that I shrinke at his presence so that when I consider him I am afrayde of hym 16 For God maketh my heart softe and the almightie putteth me in feare 17 Because I am not cut of before the darkenesse neither hath he couered the cloude fro my face The .xxiiii. Chapter 1 Iob describeth the wickednesse of men and sheweth what curse belongeth to the wicked 12 How all thinges are gouerned by gods prouidence 17 and the destruction of the wicked 1 COnsidering then that there is no time hyd from the almightie how happeneth it that they which know him do not regarde his dayes 2 For some men remoue the landemarkes robbe men of their cattell and feede of the same 3 They driue away the asse of the fatherlesse and take the wydowes oxe for a pledge 4 They cause the poore to turne out of the way so that the poore of the earth hyde them selues together 5 Beholde as wilde asses in the desert go they foorth to their worke ryse betimes to spoyle Yea the very wildernesse ministreth foode for them their children 6 They reape the corne fielde that is not their owne and let the vineyarde of the vngodly alone 7 They cause the naked to lodge without garment and without couering in the colde 8 They are wet with the showres of the mountaynes and embrace the rocke for want of a couering 9 They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest and take the pledge from the poore 10 They let hym go naked without clothing and haue taken away the sheafe of the hungrie 11 The poore are fayne to labour in their oyle mylles yea and to treade in their wyne presses and yet to suffer thirst 12 Men out of the citie crye vnto the Lord with sighing the soules of the slayne also crye out yet God regardeth not their complaynt 13 Where as they are conuersaunt among them that abhorre the light they know not his way nor continue in his pathes 14 The murtherer ryseth early and killeth the poore and needy and in the night is as a thiefe 15 The eye of the adulterer wayteth for the darkenesse sayth There shall no eye see me and disguiseth his face 16 In the darke they digge through houses whiche they marked for them selues in the day time they knowe not the light 17 The morning is to them euen as the shadow of death if one know them they are in the terrours of the shadowe of death 18 The vngodly is swyft vpon the water their portion shal be cursed in the earth and he shall not beholde the way of the vineyardes 19 As the drye grounde and heate consume the snowye waters so shall the graue the sinners 20 The pitifull man shall forget hym he shal be sweete to the wormes he shal be no more remembred his wickednesse shal be broken as a tree 21 He hath oppressed the barren that can not beare and vnto the wydow hath he done no good 22 He drue the mightie after hym with his power and when he was gotten vp no man was sure of lyfe 23 And though they gaue him to be in safetie yet his eyes are vpon their wayes 24 They are exalted for a litle but shortly are gone brought to pouertie and taken out of the way yea and vtterly pluckt of as the eares of corne 25 Is it not so Who will then reproue me as a lyer and say that my wordes are nothing worth The .xxv. Chapter Bildad proueth that no man is cleane nor without sinne before God 1 THen aunswered Bildad the Suhite and sayde 2 Is there power and feare with him aboue that maketh peace sitting in his hyghnesse 3 Is there any number of his armies and vpon whom shal not his light arise 4 But how may a man compared vnto God be iustified or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman 5 Beholde the moone shyneth nothing in comparison to him and the starres are vncleane in his sight 6 Howe much more then man that is but corruption and the sonne of man which is but a worme The .xxvi. Chapter 1 Iob sheweth that man can not helpe God and proueth it by his miracles 1 IOb aunswered and sayde 2 Whō hast thou helped Him that is without strength sauest thou the arme that hath no strength 3 Where is the counsayle that thou shouldest geue him which hath no wisdome Hast thou shewed the way of right lyuing 4 To whom hast thou spoken these wordes who made the breath to come out of thy mouth 5 Are not dead thinges shapen vnder the waters and thinges by the waters side 6 He is naked before him and the very destruction it selfe can not be hyd out of his sight 7 He stretcheth out the noorth ouer the emptie place and hangeth the earth vpon nothing 8 He byndeth the water in his cloudes the cloude is not broken vnder them 9 He holdeth backe the face of his throne and spreadeth his cloude before it 10 He hath compassed the waters with certayne boundes vntill the day and night come to an ende 11 The very pillers of heauen tremble and quake at his reproofe 12 He stilleth the sea with his power and through his wysdome smyteth he the strength therof 13 His spirite hath garnished the heauens his hand hath made the crooked serpent 14 Lo this is now a short summe of his wayes but howe litle a portion heare we of hym who can vnderstande the thunder of his power The .xxvii. Chapter 3 The constancie and
it and swadled it with the darke 10 When I gaue it my commaundement making doores and barres for it 11 Saying Hitherto shalt thou come but no further and here shalt thou laye downe thy proude and hie waues 12 Hast thou geueÌ„ the morning his charge since thy dayes and shewed the day spring his place 13 That it might take holde of the corners of the earth and that the vngodly might be shaken out of it 14 They are fashioned as is the clay with the seale and all stand vp as a garment 15 The vngodly shall be disapointed of their light and the arme of the proude shal be broken 16 Camest thou euer into the grounde of the sea or walkedst in the lowe corners of the deepe 17 Haue the gates of death ben opened vnto thee or hast thou seene the doores of the shadowe of death 18 Hast thou also perceaued how brode the earth is If thou hast knowledge of all this 19 Then shewe me the way where light dwelleth where is the place of darkenesse 20 That thou shouldest receaue it in the boundes thereof and know the pathes to their houses 21 Knewest thou afore thou wast borne how olde thou shouldest be 22 Wentest thou euer into the treasures of the snow or hast thou seene the secrete places of the hayle 23 Which I haue prepared against the time of trouble against the time of battaile and warre 24 By what way is the light parted and into what land breaketh the east winde 25 Who deuideth the waters into diuers chanels or who maketh a way for the lightening and thunder 26 To cause it to rayne on the earth where no man is and in the wildernesse where none inhabiteth 27 To satisfie the desolate and waste grounde and to cause the budde of the hearbe to spring foorth 28 Who is the father of the rayne or who hath begotten the droppes of the deawe 29 Out of whose wombe came the yee Who hath gendred the coldnesse of the ayre 30 That the waters are hidde as with a stone and lye congealed aboue the deepe 31 Wylt thou hinder the sweete influences of the seuen starres or loose the bandes of Orion 32 Canst thou bring foorth Mazzaroth in their time canst thou also guide Arâ—turus with his sonnes 33 Knowest thou the course of heauen that thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce thereof vpon the earth 34 Moreouer canst thou lift vp thy voyce to the cloudes that they may powre downe a great rayne vpon thee 35 Canst thou send the lightninges also that they may go their way and be obedient vnto thee saying Lo here are we 36 Who hath put wysdome in the reynes or who hath geuen the heart vnderstanding 37 Who numbreth the cloudes in wysdome who stilleth the vehement waters of the heauen 38 To cause the earth to grow into hardnesse the clots to clots to cleaue fast together 39 Wylt thou hunt the pray for the lion or fill the appetite of the lions whelpes 40 When they couche in their places and tarie in the couert to lye in wayte 41 Who prouideth meate for the rauen when his young ones crye vnto God and flee about for lacke of meate The x◠〈◊〉 1 The bountie and prouidence of God which extendeth euen to beastes geueth man full occacion to put his confidence in God 1 KNowest thou the time wheÌ„ the wylde goates bring foorth their young among the stonye rockes or layest thou wayte when the hindes vse to calue 2 Canst thou number the monethes that they go with young or knowest thou the time when they bring foorth 3 They lye downe they calue their young ones and they are deliuered of their trauaile and paine 4 Yet their young ones grow vp and waxe fatte through good feeding with corne They go foorth and returne not againe vnto them 5 Who letteth the wylde asse to go free or who looseth the bondes of the wylde mule 6 Euen I which haue geuen the wyldernesse to be their house and the vntilled land to be their dwelling 7 They force not for the multitude of people in the citie neither regarde the crying of the driuer 8 But seeke their pasture about the mountaines and folowe the greene grasse 9 Wyll the vnicorne do thee seruice or abide still by thy cribbe 10 Canst thou binde the yoke about the vnicorne in the forowe to make him plowe after thee in the valleyes 11 Mayst thou trust him because he is strong or commit thy labour vnto him 12 Mayst thou beleue him that he wyll bring home thy corne or carry any thing vnto thy barne 13 Gauest thou the faire winges vnto the pecockes or winges and fethers vnto the Estriche 14 For she leaueth her egges in the earth and heateth them in the dust 15 She remembreth not that they might be troden with feete or broken with some wâ—lde beaste 16 So harde is she vnto her young ones as though they were not hers and laboureth in vaine without any feare 17 And that because God hath taken wysdome from her hath not geuen her vnderstanding 18 When her time is that she fleeth vp on hie she careth neither for the horse nor the ryder 19 Hast thou geueÌ„ the horse his strength or learned him to ney coragiously 20 Canst thou make him afrayde as a grashopper where as the stoute neying that he maketh is fearefull 21 He breaketh the grounde with the hooffes of his feete he reioyceth cherefully in his strength and runneth to meete the harnest men 22 He layeth aside all feare his stomacke is not abated neither starteth he backe for any sworde 23 Though the quiuers rattle vpon him though the speare and shielde glister 24 Yet rusheth he in fiercely beating the grounde he thinketh it not the noyse of the trumpettes 25 But when the trumpettes make most noyse he saith â—ushe for he smelleth the battaile a farre of the noyse of the captaines and the shouting 26 Commeth it through thy wysdome that the Goshauke slieth toward the south 27 Doth the Egle mount vp and make his nest on hye at thy coÌ„maundement 28 He abydeth in stony rockes and dwelleth vpon the hye toppes of mouÌ„taines 29 From whence he seeketh his praye and loketh farre about with his eyes 30 His young ones also sucke vp blood and where any dead body lyeth there is he ¶ The .xl. Chapter 2 How weake mans power is being compared to the workes of God 10 whose power appeareth in the creation and gouerning of the great beastes 1 MOreouer the Lorde spake vnto Iob and saide 2 Shall he whom the almightie wyl chasten contend with him Should not he which disputeth with God geue him an aunswere 3 Then Iob aunswered the Lorde saying 4 Beholde I am vyle what shall I aunswere thee therefore I wyll laye my hande vpon my mouth 5 Once haue I spoken but I wyll
afflict her by the way of the sea beyond Iordane in Galilee of the heathen The .ix. Chapter 5 He prophecieth of Christes natiuitie and dominion 1 THE people that walked in darknesse haue seene a great light As for them that dwell in the lande of the shadowe of death vpon them hath the light shined 2 Thou hast multiplied the people and not increased their ioy * they reioyce before thee euen as men make merie in haruest and they be ioyfull as men that do deuide the spoyle after the victorie 3 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burthen the staffe of his shoulder and the rod of his oppressour as in the day of Madian 4 And truely euery battayle that the warrier maketh is done with confused noyse and defiling their garmentes with blood but this battayle shal be with burning and consuming of fire 5 For vnto vs a chylde is borne and vnto vs a sonne is geuen vpoÌ„ his shoulder doth the rule lye and he is called with his owne name wonderfull the geuer of counsell the mightie God the euerlasting father the prince of peace 6 He shall make no ende to encrease the rule peace and shall sit vpon the seate of Dauid and in his kingdome to order the same and to stablishe it with equitie and righteousnesse from hence foorth for euermore This shall the zeale of the Lorde of hoastes bring to passe 7 The Lorde sent a worde into Iacob the same is come into Israel 8 And all the people of Ephraim shall knowe and they that dwell in Samaria that say with pryde and high stomackes on this maner 9 The tyle worke is fallen downe but we wyll buylde it with squared stones the Mulberie timber is broken but we shall set it vp agayne with Cedar â—â— But the Lorde shall strengthen the enemies of Razin and ioyne his aduersaries together against him 11 The Syrians before and the Philistines behinde and shall deuour Israel with open mouth After all this is not the wrath of the Lorde ceassed but yet his hande stretched out styll 12 For the people turneth not vnto hym that chastiseth them neither do they seeke the Lorde of hoastes 13 Therefore hath the Lorde rooted out of Israel both head and tayle bough and reede in one day 14 By the head is vnderstande the senatour and honourable man and by the tayle the prophete that preached lyes 15 For the guides of this people are deceauers and those that be gouerned are vtterly lost 16 Therefore shall the Lorde haue no pleasure in their young men neither haue pitie of their fatherlesse and wydowes for they are altogether hypocrites and wicked and al their mouthes speake folly After all this is not the Lordes wrath ceassed but yet his hand is stretched out styll 17 For vngodlynesse burneth as a fire and shall deuour bryers and thornes and it shall burne as in the thicket of a wood and the wicked aduaunce them selues as the smoke is caryed vp 18 Thorowe the wrath of the Lorde of hoastes is the lande full of darknesse and the people be consumed as it were with fire no man doth spare his brother 19 But he robbeth on the right hande and doth famishe he eateth on the left hande and he shall not haue inough euery man shall eate the fleshe of his owne arme 20 Manasses shall eate Ephraim and Ephraim Manasses and they both together shall eate Iuda After all this is not the Lordes wrath ceassed but yet his hande stretched out styll ¶ The .x. Chapter 1 He threatneth the oppressours of the poore 12 And prophecieth against Sennacherib 1 WO be vnto them that make vnrighteous lawes and that causeth their actuaries to wryte greeuousnesse 2 Where thorowe the poore are put from their right and my seelie people robbed of iudgement that wydowes may be their pray and that they may rob the fatherlesse 3 What wyll ye do in the tyme of visitation and when destruction shall come from farre to whom wyll ye runne for helpe and where wyll you leaue your glory 4 That when I withdrawe my hand ye come not among the prysoners nor lye among the dead After all this doth not the wrath of the Lorde ceasse but yet is his hande stretched out styll 5 O Assur whiche art the staffe of my wrath in whose hand is the rod of mine indignation 6 I wyll sende hym among those hypocritishe people among the people that haue deserued my disfauour wyll I sende hym that he vtterly rob them spoyle them and treade them downe lyke the myre in the streete 7 Howbeit his meaning is not so neither thinketh his heart on this fashion But he imagineth howe he may roote out and destroy muche people 8 For he saith Are not my princes all kynges 9 Is not Chalno as easie to winne as Charchamis Is it harder to conquer Hamath then Arphad or is it lighter to ouercome Damascus then Samaria 10 As who say I were able to winne the kyngdomes of the idolaters and their gods but not Hierusalem and Samaria 11 Shall I not do vnto Hierusalem and her images as I dyd vnto Samaria and her idols 12 Wherefore it shall come to passe that assoone as the Lorde hath perfourmed his whole worke vpon the hill of Sion and Hierusalem then wyll I visite the fruite of the stoute heart of the kyng of Assyria with his proude lookes 13 For he standeth thus in his owne conceipt This do I thorowe the power of myne owne hande thorowe my wysdome for I am wyse I am he that remoue the landes of the people I rob their treasure and haue pulled downe the inhabitauntes like a valiaunt man 14 My hand hath found out the strength of the people as it were a nest and like as egges that were layde here and there are gathered together so do I gather all countreys and there was none so bolde as to moue the winge that dare open his mouth or once whisper 15 Shall the axe boast it selfe against him that heweth therwith or shal the sawe make any bragging against hym that ruleth it That were euen lyke as if the rod did exalt it selfe against him that beareth it or as though the staffe should magnifie it selfe as who say it were no wood 16 Therefore shall the Lorde the God of hoastes sende among his fatlinges leanenesse and burne vp his glory as it were with a fire 17 And the light of Israel shal be that fire and his holy one shal be the flambe and it shall kindle and burne vp his thornes and bryers in one day 18 Yea all the glory of his wooddes and fieldes shal be consumed with body and soule and they shal be as an hoast of men whose standard bearer fayleth 19 The trees also of his wood whiche remayne shal be of such a number that a chylde may tell them 20 After that day shall the remnaunt of Israel and suche as are escaped out of the house of Iacob seeke no more comfort at him that
God wyll not destroy vs vtterly 5 Seyng thou art weery in runnyng with the footmen howe wilt thou then runne with horses In a peaceable sure lande thou mayest be safe but howe wylt thou do in the furious pride of Iordane 6 For thy brethren and thy kinrede haue altogether dispised thee and cryed out vpon thee altogether Beleue them not though they speake faire wordes to thee 7 As for me I say I haue forsaken mine owne dwellyng place and left mine heritage my lyfe also that I loue so well haue I geuen into the handes of myne enemies 8 Myne heritage is become vnto me as a lion in the wood it cryed out vpon me therfore haue I forsaken it 9 Is not mine heritage vnto me as a speckled birde are not the birdes round about agaynst her Come and gather ye together all the beastes of the fielde come that ye may eate it vp 10 Diuers heardmen haue brokē downe my vineyarde and troden vpon my portion of my pleasaunt portion they haue made a wildernesse and desert 11 They haue layde it waste and nowe that it is waste it sigheth vnto me yea the whole lande lyeth waste and no man regardeth it 12 The destroyers come ouer the borders in the desert euery way for the sworde of the Lorde doth consume from the one ende of the lande to the other and no fleshe hath rest 13 They haue sowen wheate and reaped thornes they haue taken heritage in possession but it doth them no good and they were ashamed of your fruites because of the great wrath of the Lord. 14 Thus saith the Lord vpon all my euyl neighbours that lay hande on mine heritage which I haue possessed euen my people of Israel Beholde I wyll plucke them namely Israel out of their lande and put out the house of Iuda from among them 15 And when I haue rooted them out I will be at one with them agayne and I wyll haue mercie vpon them and bryng them agayne euery man to his owne heritage and into his lande 16 And yf they namely that trouble my people wyll learne the wayes of them to sweare by my name the Lorde lyueth lyke as they learned my people to sweare by Baal then shall they be built among my people 17 But yf they wyll not obey then wyll I roote out the same folke and destroy them saith the Lorde ¶ The .xiij. Chapter 1 The destruction of the Iewes is prefigured and their sparsyng abrode 11 Why Israel was receaued to be the people of God and why they were forsaken 1 THus saith the Lorde vnto me Go thy way and get thee a lynnen girdle and girde it about thy loynes let it not be wet 2 Then I got me a girdle accordyng to the commaundement of the Lorde and put it about my loynes 3 After this the seconde tyme the Lorde spake vnto me agayne 4 Take the girdle that thou hast prepared and put about thee and get thee vp and go vnto Euphrates and hyde it there in a hole of the rocke 5 So went I and hyd it at Euphrates as the Lorde commaunded me 6 And it happened long after this that the Lorde spake vnto me Vp and get thee to Euphrates fetche the girdle from thence which I commaunded thee to hyde there 7 Then went I to Euphrates digged vp and toke the girdle from the place where I had hid it and beholde the girdle was corrupt so that it was profitable for nothyng 8 Then sayde the Lorde vnto me 9 Thus saith the Lorde Euen so wyll I corrupt the pride of Iuda and the hye mynde of Hierusalem 10 This people is a wicked people they wyll not heare my worde they folowe the wicked imaginations of their owne heart and hang vpon straunge gods them they serue and worship and therfore they shal be as this breeche that serueth for nothyng 11 For as straytly as a girdle lyeth vpon a mans loynes so straytly dyd I bynde the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Iuda vnto me saith the Lorde that they myght be my people that they might haue a glorious name that they might be in honour but they woulde not obey me 12 Therfore lay this riddle before them and say Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel Euery pot shal be fylled with wine And they shall say vnto thee Thinkest thou we knowe not that euery pot shal be fylled with wine 13 Then shalt thou say vnto them thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shall fyll all the inhabitours of this lande with drunkennesse the kynges that syt vpon Dauids stoole the priestes prophetes with all that dwell at Hierusalem 14 And I wyll set them one agaynst another yea the fathers against the sonnes saith the Lorde I wyll not pardon them I wyll not spare them nor haue pitie vpon them but destroy them 15 Heare geue eare take not disdayne at it for it is the Lorde hym selfe that speaketh 16 Honour the Lorde your God or he take his light from you and or euer your feete stumble in darcknesse at the hyll lest when you loke for the lyght he turne it into the shadowe and darcknesse of death 17 But if ye wyll not heare me that geue you secrete warnyng I wyll mourne from my whole heart for your stubburnnesse Piteously wyll I weepe and the teares shall gushe out of mine eyes for the Lordes flocke shal be caried away captiue 18 Tell the kyng and the queene humble your selues sit you downe lowe for your dignitie shal be throwen downe and the crowne of your glorie shall fall from your head 19 The cities towarde the south shal be shut vp and no man shall open them all Iuda shal be caryed away captiue so that none shall remayne 20 Lyft vp your eyes and beholde them that come from the north where is the flocke O thou lande that was geuen thee and where are thy fat and riche sheepe 21 To whom wilt thou make thy mone when the enemie shall come vpon thee for thou hast taught them thy selfe and made them maisters ouer thee Shall not sorowe come vpon thee as on a woman trauaylyng with childe 22 And if thou wouldest then say in thine heart Wherfore come these thinges vpon me Euen for the multitude of thy blasphemies shall thy hynder partes and thy feete be discouered 23 May a man of Inde chaunge his skinne and the cat of the mountayne her spottes so may ye that be exercised in euyll do good 24 Therfore wyll I scatter them like as the stubble that is taken away with the south wynde 25 This shal be your portion and the portion of your measure wherwith ye shal be rewarded of me saith the Lorde because ye haue forgotten me and put your trust in deceiptfull thinges 26 Therfore shall I turne thy clothes ouer thy head and discouer thy shame 27 Thy adulteries thy neyghinges thy shamefull whoredome on the hylles in the fieldes
only shalt thou serue 11 Then the deuyll leaueth him and beholde the Angels came and ministred vnto hym ☜ 12 When Iesus had hearde that Iohn was delyuered vp he departed into Galilee 13 And left Nazareth and went dwelt in Capernaum whiche is a citie vpon the sea coast in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim 14 That it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken by Esayas the prophete saying 15 The lande of Zabulon Nephthalim by the way of the sea beyonde Iordane Galilee of the Gentiles 16 The people which sate in darknesse sawe great lyght And to them whiche sate in the region and shadowe of death lyght is sprong vp 17 From that tyme Iesus began to preache and to saye Repent for the kyngdome of heauen is at hande ☜ 18 ☞ And Iesus walkyng by the sea of Galilee sawe two brethren Simon which was called Peter and Andrewe his brother castyng a nette into the sea for they were fysshers 19 And he saith vnto them Folowe me and I wyl make you fysshers of men 20 And they strayghtwaye lefte their nettes and folowed hym 21 And when he was gone foorth from thence he sawe other two brethren Iames the sonne of Zebedee Iohn his brother in the shippe with Zebedee their father mendyng their nettes and he called them 22 And they immediatly left the shippe and their father and folowed hym ☜ 23 ☞ And Iesus went about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues and preachyng the Gospell of the kingdome and healyng all maner of sicknesse and all maner of disease among the people 24 And his fame spread abrode throughout all Syria and they brought vnto hym all sicke people that were taken with diuers diseases and grypynges and them that were possessed with deuyls and those which were lunaticke and those that had the paulsie and he healed them 25 And there folowed him great multitudes of people from Galilee and from the ten cities and from Hierusalem and from Iurie and from the regions that lye beyonde Iordane ⧠The .v. Chapter ¶ In this Chapter and in the two next folowyng is conteyned the most excellent and louyng Sermon of Christe in the mount Which Sermon is the very key that openeth the vnderstandyng into the lawe In this fifth Chapter specially 3 he preacheth of the eyght beatitudes or blessynges 21 of manslaughter 22 wrath and anger 27 of adultrie 33 of swearyng 39 of sufferyng wrong 44 and of loue euen towarde a mans enemies 1 WHen he saw the multitude he went vp into a mountayne when he was set his disciples came to hym 2 And he opened his mouth taught them saying 3 Blessed are the poore in spirite for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen 4 Blessed are they that mourne for they shal be comforted 5 Blessed are the meke for they shall inherite the earth 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirste after righteousnes for they shal be satisfied 7 Blessed are the mercyfull for they shall obteyne mercy 8 Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God 9 Blessed are the peace makers for they shal be called the chyldren of God 10 Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen 11 Blessed are ye wheÌ„ men reuyâ—e you and persecute you and lying shall say all maner of euyll saying agaynst you for my sake 12 Reioyce and be glad for great is your rewarde in heauen ☜ For so persecuted they the prophetes whiche were before you 13 ☞ Ye are the salt of the earth But yf the salt become vnsauery where in shall it be salted It is thencefoorth good for nothing but to be caste out and to be troden vnder foote of men 14 Ye are the lyght of the worlde A citie that is set on an hyll can not be hyd 15 Neyther do men lyght a candell and put it vnder a busshell but on a candelsticke and it geueth lyght vnto all that are in the house 16 Let your lyght so shyne before men that they may see your good workes and glorifie your father whiche is in heauen 17 Thynke not that I am come to destroy the lawe or the prophetes I am not come to destroy but to fulfyll 18 For truely I say vnto you tyll heauen and earth passe one iotte or one title of the lawe shall not scape tyll all be fulfylled 19 Whosoeuer therfore breaketh one of these least commaundementes and teacheth men so he shal be called the leaste in the kyngdome of heauen But who so euer doeth and teacheth so the same shal be called great in the kyngdome of heauen 20 For I say vnto you except your righteousnes excede the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharisees ye shall not enter into the kyngdome of heauen 21 Ye haue hearde that it was sayde to them of the olde tyme thou shalt not kyll who so euer kylleth shal be in daunger of iudgement 22 But I say vnto you that who so euer is angry with his brother vnaduisedly shal be in daunger of iudgement And who so euer shall say vnto his brother racha shal be in daunger of a councell But whosoeuer shall saye thou foole shal be in daunger of hell fire 23 Therfore if thou bring thy gyft to the aulter and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought agaynst thee 24 Leaue there thy gyft before the aulter and go thy way first and be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gyft ☜ 25 ☞ Agree with thyne aduersarie quicklye whyles thou art in the waye with him lest at any tyme the aduersarie deliuer thee to the iudge and the iudge deliuer thee to the minister and then thou be cast into pryson 26 Veryly I say vnto thee thou shalt not come out thence tyll thou hast payde the vtmost farthyng 27 Ye haue hearde that it was sayde vnto them of olde tyme Thou shalt not commit adultry 28 But I say vnto you that whosoeuer loketh on a woman to luste after her hath committed adultry with her alredy in his heart 29 If thy ryght eye offende thee plucke it out and cast it from thee For better it is vnto thee that one of thy members perishe theÌ„ that thy whole body should be cast into hell 30 And yf thy ryght hande offende thee cut it of and cast it from thee For better it is vnto thee that one of thy members perishe then that all thy body shoulde be cast into hell ☜ 31 It is saide whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe let hym geue her a wrytyng of diuorcement 32 But I say vnto you that whosoeuer doeth put awaye his wyfe except it be for fornication causeth her to commit adultry And whosoeuer maryeth her that is diuorced committeth adultry 33 Agayne ye haue hearde that it was sayde vnto them of olde tyme Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe
abrode throughout all the hyll countrey of Iurie 66 And all they that hearde them layde them vp in their heartes saying What maner of chylde shall this be And the hande of the Lorde was with hym 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with y e holy ghost prophesied saying 68 Praysed be y e Lord God of Israel for he hath visited redeemed his people 69 And hath raysed vp an horne of saluation vnto vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid 70 Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy prophetes whiche were sence the worlde began 71 That he would saue vs from our enemies and from the hande of all that hate vs. 72 That he would deale mercyfully with our fathers and remember his holy couenaunt 73 And that he woulde perfourme the oth which he sware to our father Abraham for to geue vs. 74 That we beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies might serue him without feare 75 All the dayes of our life in such holynesse and righteousnes as are accepted before hym 76 And thou childe shalt be called the prophete of the hyghest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes 77 To geue knowledge of saluation vnto his people by the remission of their sinnes 78 Through y e tender mercy of our God wherby the day spryng from an hygh hath visited vs. 79 To geue lyght to them that sitte in darknesse and in the shadowe of death to guide our feete into the way of peace 80 And the chylde grewe and waxed strong in spirite and was in wildernesse till the day came when he should shewe hym selfe vnto the Israelites ¶ The seconde Chapter ¶ 1 The taskyng of the worlde by Augustus Cesar 7 Christe is borne 10 he is shewed vnto the sheepheardes 14 The songue of the Angels 21 The circumcision of Christ 28 Simeon and Anna prophesie of hym 40 Christe increaseth in wysdome 46 disputeth with the doctours 51 and was obedient to his parentes 1 AND it came to passe in those dayes y t there went out a commaundement froÌ„ Augustus Cesar â–ª that all the world should be taxed 2 And this first taxing was made when Syrenius was liefetenaunt in Syria 3 And euery man went vnto his owne citie to be taxed 4 And Ioseph also went vp from Galilee out of the citie Nazareth into Iurie vnto the citie of Dauid whiche is called Bethlehem because he was of the house and â—mage of Dauid 5 To be tared with Marie his spoused wyfe which was with chylde 6 And so it was that whyle they were there the dayes were accomplysshed that she shoulde be deliuered 7 And she brought foorth her first begotten sonne and wrapped him in swadlyng clothes layde hym in a manger because there was no rowme for them in the Inne 8 There were in y e same countrey sheepheardes abydyng in the fielde watchyng their flocke by nyght 9 And loe the Angel of the Lorde stoode harde by them and the glorie of the Lorde shoue rounde about them they were sore afrayde 10 And the Angel sayde vnto them be not afrayde For beholde I bryng you tydynges of great ioy that shall come to all people 11 For vnto you is borne this daye in the citie of Dauid a sauiour which is Christ the Lorde 12 And take this for a signe Ye shal finde the childe wrapped in swadling clothes and layde in a manger 13 And straightway there was with the Angel a multitude of heauenly souldiers praysyng God and saying 14 Glorie to God on hye and peace on the earth and vnto men a good wyll ☜ 15 Audit came to passe assoone as the Angels were gone away from them into heauen ☞ the sheepheardes said one to another Let vs go nowe euen vnto Bethlehem and see this thyng that is come to passe whiche the Lorde hath shewed vnto vs. 16 And they came with haste and founde Marie and Ioseph and the babe layde in a manger 17 And when they had seene it they publisshed abrode the saying whiche was tolde them of that childe 18 And all they that hearde it wondred at those thinges which were tolde them of the sheepheardes 19 But Marie kept al those sayinges and pondered them in her heart 20 And the sheepheardes returned praysyng laudyng God for all the thinges that they had hearde and seene euen as it was tolde vnto them ☜ 21 ☞ And when the eygth day was come that the chylde shoulde be circumcised his name was called Iesus whiche was so named of the Angel before he was conceaued in the wombe ☜ 22 ☞ And when the dayes of her purification after the lawe of Moyses were accomplished they brought hym to Hierusalem to present him to the Lord. 23 As it is written in the lawe of y e Lord Euery man chylde that firste openeth the wombe shal be called holy to y e lord 24 And to offer as it is sayde in the lawe of the Lorde a payre of turtle doues or two young pigions 25 And beholde there was a man in Hierusalem whose name was Simeon and the same man was iust and godlye and loked for the consolation of Israel and the holy ghost was vpon hym 26 And a reuelation was geuen hym of the holy ghost not to see death before he had seene the Lordes Christe 27 And he came by inspiration into the temple And when the father mother brought in the chylde Iesus to do for hym after the custome of the lawe 28 Then toke he hym vp in his armes praysed God and sayde 29 Lord nowe lettest thou thy seruauÌ„t depart in peace accordyng to thy promise 30 For mine eyes haue seene thy saluatioÌ„ 31 Whiche thou hast prepared before the face of all people 32 A light to be reuealed to the gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel ☜ 33 ☞ And Ioseph and his mother marueyled at those thinges which were spoken of hym 34 And Simeon blessed them saide vnto Marie his mother beholde this chylde is set to be the fall vprysyng agayne of many in Israel for a signe which is spoken agaynst 35 And moreouer the sworde shall pearce thy soule that the thoughtes of many heartes may be opened 36 And ther was a prophetisse one Anna the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Aser which was of a great age and had lyued with an husbande seuen yeres from her virginitie 37 And she had ben a wydowe about fourescore and foure yeres whiche departed not from the temple but serued God with fastynges and prayers nyght and day 38 And she commyng at the same instant vpon them confessed lykewise the Lorde and spake of hym to all them that loked for redemptioÌ„ in Hierusalem 39 And when they had perfourmed all thynges accordyng to the lawe of the Lorde they returned into Galilee to their owne citie Nazareth 40 And
God and eschued euill 2 And he had seuen sonnes and three daughters 3 His substaunce also was seuen thousand sheepe and three thousand camels fiue hundred yoke of oxen and fiue hundred shee asses and a very great householde so that he was one of the most principall men among all them of the east countrey 4 And his sonnes went and banquetted in their houses euery one his day and sent for their three sisters to eate and drinke with them 5 And when the dayes of their banquetting were gone about Iob sent and sanctified them and gat vp early and offered for euery one a burnt offring For Iob saide It may be that my sonnes haue done some offence haue ben vnthankfull to God in their heartes Thus did Iob euery day 6 And vpon a day when the children of God came and stoode before the lord Satan came also among them 7 And the Lorde saide vnto Satan Whence comest thou Satan aunswered the Lorde and saide From compassing the earth to and fro from walking through it 8 And the Lorde saide vnto Satan Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob how there is none lyke him in the earth a perfect and a iust man one that feareth God and eschueth euill 9 Satan aunswered and saide vnto the Lorde Doth Iob feare God for naught 10 Hast thou not preserued him and his house and al that he hath on euery side Thou hast blessed the worke of his handes and his possession is encreased in the lande 11 But laye thyne hand now vpon him and touche all that he hath and he shall curse thee to thy face 12 And the Lorde saide vnto Satan Lo all that he hath be in thy power only vpon him selfe see that thou lay not thine hand And Satan went foorth from the presence of the Lorde 13 And vpon a certayne day when his sonnes and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house 14 There came a messenger vnto Iob and sayde The oxen were plowing and the asses feeding beside them 15 And the Sabees came violently and toke them away yea they haue slayne thy seruauntes with the edge of the sword and I only am escaped alone to tell thee 16 While he was yet speaking there came another and sayde The fire of God is fallen from heauen and hath brent vp thy sheepe and seruauntes and consumed them and I only am escaped alone to tell thee 17 And whyle he was yet speaking there came another and sayde The Caldees made out their bandes and fel vpon the camels and haue caried them away yea and slayne thy seruauntes with the sworde and I only am gotten away alone to tell thee 18 And whyle he was yet speaking there came an other and sayde Thy sonnes and thy daughters were eating and drincking wine in their eldest brothers house 19 And behold there came a mightie great wind from beyond the wildernesse and smote the foure corners of the house whiche fell vpon thy children and they are dead and I am gotten away alone to tell thee 20 Then Iob stoode vp and rent his clothes shaued his head fell downe vpon the ground worshipped 21 And sayde Naked came I out of my mothers wombe naked shall I turne thyther againe The Lorde gaue the Lord hath taken away blessed be the name of the Lorde 22 In all these thinges dyd Iob not offende nor charged God foolishly The .ii. Chapter 6 Satan hath permission to afflict Iob 9 His wyfe tempteth him to forsake God 11 His three friendes visite hym 1 AND on a day the children of God came and stoode before the Lorde and Satan came also among thē and stoode before the Lorde 2 And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan From whence commest thou Satan aunswered the Lorde and sayd I haue gone about the lande walked thorow it 3 And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob howe there is none like vnto hym in the earth a perfect and a iust man one that feareth God and eschueth euil continueth still in his vprightnesse although thou mouedst me against hym to destroy him without cause 4 And Satan aunswered the Lord and sayd Skinne for skinne yea a man wil geue al that euer he hath for his life 5 But lay thyne hande nowe vpon hym and touch once his bone and his fleshe and he shall curse thee to thy face 6 And the Lord sayde vnto Satan Lo he is in thyne hand but saue his lyfe 7 So went Satan foorth from the presence of the Lorde and smote Iob with sore byles from the sole of his foote vnto his crowne 8 And he toke a potsharde to scrape hym and he sat downe among the asshes 9 Then sayd his wyfe vnto him Doest thou continue yet in thy perfectnesse curse God and dye 10 But he sayde vnto her Thou speakest like a foolish woman shal we receaue good at the hande of God and not receaue euyll In all these thinges did not Iob sinne with his lippes 11 Nowe when Iobs three friendes heard of all the trouble that came vpon him they came euery one frō his owne place namely Eliphas the Themanite Bildad the Suhite and Zophad the Naamathite for they were agreed together to come to shewe their compassion vpon him and to comfort hym 12 So when they lift vp their eyes a farre of they knew him not then they cryed and wept and euery one of them rent his clothes and sprinckled dust vpon their heades in the ayre 13 They sate them downe by him also vpon the grounde seuen dayes seuen nightes and none spake a worde vnto him for they sawe that his greefe was very great The .iii. Chapter 1 Iob complayneth and curseth the day of his byrth 11 He desireth to dye as though death were the end of all mans miserie 1 AFter this opened Iob his mouth and cursed his day 2 And Iob aunswered and sayde 3 Let the day perishe wherin I was borne and the night in the whiche it was sayd There is a man childe conceaued 4 The same day be turned to darknesse and not regarded of God from aboue neither let the light shyne vpon it 5 But let it be stayned with darknesse and the shadowe of death let the dimme cloude fall vpon it whiche may make it terrible as a most bitter day 6 Let the darke storme ouercome that night and let it not be ioyned vnto the dayes of the yere nor counted in the number of the monethes 7 Desolate be that night and without gladnesse 8 Let them that curse the day and that be redy to rayse vp mourning geue it also their curse 9 Let the starres of that night be dimme thorowe darkenesse of it let it loke for light but haue none neither let it see the dawning of the day 10 Because it
perfectnesse of Iod. 13 The reward of the wicked and of the tirauntes 1 AND Iob proceeded and went foorth in his parable saying 2 As God lyueth whiche hath taken away my iudgement and the almightie that hath vexed my minde 3 Whyle my breath is in me and the winde that God hath geuen me is in my nostrels 4 My lippes shall talke of no vanitie and my tongue shall speake no disceite 5 God forbyd that I should graunt your cause to be right As for me vntill myne end come will I neuer go fro myne innocentie 6 My righteous dealing kepe I fast which I will not forsake my heart shal not reproue me of my dayes 7 Therfore myne enemie shal be founde as the vngodly and he that taketh part against me as the vnrighteous 8 For what hope hath the hypocrite though he haue great good if God take away his soule 9 Will God heare his crye when trouble commeth vpon him 10 Hath he such pleasure and delite in the almightie that he dare alway call vpon God 11 I wil teache you in the name of God and the thing of the almightie will I not kepe from you 12 Behold all ye your selues haue seene it why then do ye thus vanishe in vanitie 13 Saying This is the portion that the wicked haue of God and the heritage that tyrauntes shall receaue of the almightie 14 If he get many children they shall perishe with the sworde and his posteritie shall haue scarcenesse of bread 15 His remnaunt shal be buried in death and his widowes shall not weepe 16 Though he heape vp siluer as the dust and prepare rayment as the clay 17 He may well prepare it but the godly shall put it on and the innocent shall deale out the money 18 He buyldeth his house as the moth as a booth that the watchman maketh 19 When the riche man sleepeth he shall not be gathered to his fathers they opened their eyes and he was gone 20 Terrour taketh holde vpon hym as a water fludde and the tempest stealeth him away in the night season 21 A vehement east winde caryeth him hence and he departeth a storme hurleth him out of his place 22 God shal cast vpon him and not spare though he woulde fayne flee out of his hande 23 Then clap men their handes at hym and hisse at him out of his place The .xxviii. Chapter 1 Iob sheweth that the wysdome of God is vnsearcheable 1 THere is a place wher siluer is brought out of and where golde is tryed 2 Where yron is digged out of the grounde stones resolued to me tall 3 The darkenesse shall once come to an ende he can seke out the grounde of all thinges the stones the darke and the shadowe of death 4 He causeth the fluddes to breake out against the inhabitant and the waters forgotten of the foote beyng hygher then man are gone away 5 Out of the same earth commeth bread and vnder it as it were fire is turned vp 6 The stones of it are a place of Saphires and the dust of it is golde 7 There is a way that the birdes knowe not that no vultures eye hath seene 8 Wherin the lions whelpes walke not and where no lion commeth 9 There putteth he his hande vpon the stonie rockes and ouerthroweth the mountaynes by the rootes 10 Riuers flowe out of the rockes loke what is pleasaunt his eye seeth it 11 He bindeth the fluddes that they do not ouerflow and the thing that is hid bringeth he to light 12 Where then is wysdome founde and where is the place of vnderstanding 13 Veryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue 14 The deepe sayth She is not in me the sea sayth She is not with me 15 She can not be gotten for golde neither may the price of her be bought with any siluer 16 No wedges of gold of Ophir no precious Onir stones no Saphires may be valued with her 17 No neither golde nor christall shall be equall vnto it nor her exchaunge shal be for the plate of fine golde 18 No mention shal be made of Corall nor of the Gabis for wisdome is more pretious then pearles 19 The Topas of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure golde 20 Whence then commeth wysdome and where is the place of vnderstanding 21 She is hid from the eyes of all men liuing yea from the foules of the ayre 22 Destruction and death say We haue hearde the fame therof with our eares 23 But God seeth her way and knoweth her place 24 For he beholdeth the endes of the worlde and loketh vpon all that is vnder heauen 25 When he wayed the windes and measured the waters 26 When he made a decree for the rayne and a way for the lightninges of the thunder 27 Then dyd he see her then declared he her prepared her and knewe her 28 And vnto man he sayd To feare the Lorde is wysdome and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding The .xxix. Chapter 1 Iob complayneth of the prosperitie of the time past 7. His auctoritie 12 iustice and equite 1 SO Iob proceeded and went foorth in his parable saying 2 O that I were as I was in the monethes by past and in the daies when God preserued me 3 When his light shined vpon my head when I went after the same light and shining euen through the darknesse 4 As it stoode with me when I was young when God prospered my house 5 When the almightie was yet with me when my children stoode about me 6 When my wayes ranne ouer with butter and when the stonie rockes gaue me riuers of oyle 7 When I went out to the gate euen to the iudgement seate and when I prepared my seate in the streete 8 The young men saw me and hid them selues and the aged arose and stoode vp 9 The princes left of their talking and layed their hand to their mouth 10 The mightie kept still their voyce and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth 11 When the eare heard me it blessed me when the eye sawe me it gaue witnesse to me 12 For I deliuered the poore when he cryed and the fatherlesse and hym that had none to helpe hym 13 The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce 14 And why I put vpon me righteousnesse which couered me as a garment and equitie was my crowne 15 I was an eye to the blinde and a foote to the lame 16 I was a father to the poore and when I knewe not the cause I sought it out diligently 17 I brake the iawes of the vnrighteous man and pluckt the
he fall not downe to the graue for I am sufficiently reconciled 25 Then shal his fleshe be as freshe as a childes and shal returne as in the dayes of his youth 26 He shall pray vnto God and he will be fauorable vnto him and he shall see his face with ioy for he will render vnto man his righteousnesse 27 A respect hath he vnto men let man then say I haue offended I did vnrighteously it hath done me no good 28 Yea he hath deliuered my soule from destruction and my lyfe shall see the light 29 Lo all these worketh God alway with man 30 That he bring backe his soule from the graue to the light yea the light of the lyuing 31 Marke wel O Iob and heare me hold thee still and I will speake 32 But if thou hast any thing to say then aunswere me and speake for I desire to iustifie thee 34 If thou hast nothing then heare me and hold thy tongue and I shall teache thee wysdome The .xxxiiii. Chapter 5 Elihu chargeth Iob that he calleth him selfe righteous 12 He sheweth that God is iust in iudgementes 24 God destroyeth the mightie 30 By him the hypocrite raigneth 1 ELihu proceeding in his aunswere sayde 2 Heare my wordes O ye wise men hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding 3 For the eare discerneth wordes and the mouth tasteth the meates 4 As for iudgement let vs seke it out among our selues that we may knowe what is good 5 And why Iob hath sayd I am righteous and God hath taken away my iudgement 6 In my right I shoulde be a lyer my wounde is incurable without my fault 7 Where is there such a one as Iob that drinketh vp scornefulnesse like water 8 Which goeth in the companie of wicked doers and walketh with vngodly men 9 For he hath sayde It profiteth a man nothing that he shoulde walke with God 10 Therfore hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding farre be it from God that he shoulde meddle with wickednesse farre be it from the almightie that he shoulde meddle with vnrighteous dealing 11 For he shall rewarde man after his workes and cause euery man to finde according to his wayes 12 Sure it is that God wil not do wickedly neither wyll the almightie paruert iudgement 13 Who ruleth the earth but he or who hath placed the whole world 14 If he set his heart vpon man and gather vnto hym selfe his spirite and his breath 15 All fleshe shall come to naught at once and all men shall turne againe vnto dust 16 If thou nowe haue vnderstanding heare what I say and hearken to the voyce of my wordes 17 May he be a ruler that loueth not right or may he that is a very innocent man do vngodly 18 Is it reason that thou shouldest say to the king Thou art wicked or thou art vngodly and that before the princes 19 God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly and regardeth not the riche more then the poore for they be al the worke of his handes 20 In the twinckling of an eye shall they dye and at midnight when the people and the tirantes rage then shall they perishe be taken away without handes 21 For his eyes loke vpon the wayes of man and he seeth all his goinges 22 There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death that can hide the wicked doers from him 23 For God wil not lay vpon man more then he hath sinned that he should enter into iudgement with him 24 He shall destroy the mightie without seeking and shall set other in their steede 25 Therefore shall he declare their workes he shall turne the night and they shal be destroyed 26 The vngodly doth he punishe openly 27 Because they tourned backe from him and would not consider all his wayes 28 Insomuch that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him and now he heareth the complaint of such as are in trouble 29 When he geueth quietnesse who can make trouble and when he hydeth his face who can beholde him whether it be vpon nations or vpō one man onely ▪ 30 Because the hypocrite doth raigne because the people are snared 31 Surely of God onely it can be saide I haue pardoned I wyll not destroy 32 If I haue gone amisse enfourme thou me If I haue done wrong I wyll leaue of 33 Wyll he perfourme the thing through thee for thou hast reproued his iudgement thou also hast thyne owne minde and not I But speake on what thou knowest 34 Let men of vnderstanding tell me and let a wyse man hearken vnto me 35 Iob hath not spoken of knowledge neither were his wordes according to wysdome 36 O father let Iob be well tryed because he hath aunswered for wicked men 37 Yea aboue his sinne he doth wickedly triumpheth among vs and multiplieth his wordes against God The .xxxv. Chapter 6 Neither doth godlines profite or vngodlines hurt God but man 18 The wicked crye vnto God and are not heard 1 ELihu spake moreouer and saide 2 Thinkest thou it right that thou sayest I am more righteous then God 3 For thou sayest what aduauntage wyll it be vnto thee and what profite shall I haue of my sinne 4 Therefore wyll I geue aunswere vnto thee and to thy companions with thee 5 Loke vnto the heauen and beholde it consider the cloudes which are hyer then thou 6 If thou hast sinned what hast thou done against him If thyne offences be many what hast thou done vnto him 7 If thou be righteous what geuest thou him or what wyll he receaue of thyne hande 8 Thy wickednesse may hurt a man as thou art and thy righteousnesse may profite the sonne of man 9 They which are oppressed crye out vpon the multitude yea they crye out for the power of the mightie 10 But none sayth Where is God that made me and that geueth vs occasion to praise him in the night 11 Which teacheth vs more thē the beastes of the earth and geueth vs more wysdome then the foules of heauen 12 If any such complaine no man geueth aunswere and that because of the wickednesse of proude tirauntes 13 For God wyll not heare vanitie neither wyll the almightie regarde it 14 Although thou sayest to God thou wylt not regarde it yet iudgement is before him trust thou in him 15 But now because his anger hath not visited neither called men to accompt with great extremitie 16 Therefore doth Iob open his mouth but in vaine he maketh many wordes without knowledge The .xxxvi. Chapter 1 Elihu sheweth the power of God 6 and his iustice 9 and wherefore he punisheth 13 The propertie of the wicked 1 ELihu also proceeded and saide 2 Holde thee still a litle I shall shew thee what I haue yet to speake on gods behalfe I wyll open vnto
felicitie of thy chosen that I may reioyce at the gladnes of thy people and that I may glorie with thyne inheritaunce 6 We haue sinned with our fathers we haue done amisse and dealt wickedly 7 Our fathers did not well consider thy wonders in Egypt neither did they remember thy manifolde great goodnes but they rebelled at the sea euen at the red sea 8 Neuerthelesse he saued them for his names sake that he myght make his power to be knowen 9 And he rebuked the red sea and it was dryed vp so he led them through the deepe as through a wyldernesse 10 And he saued them from the hande of suche as hated them redeemed them from the hande of the enemie 11 As for their aduersaries the waters ouerwhelmed them there was not one of them left remayning 12 Then beleued they his wordes and song prayse vnto him 13 But within a very short whyle they forgat his workes they woulde not wayte for his counsell 14 And they were taken with a great lust in the wyldernesse and they tempted God in the desert 15 And he gaue them their desire and sent leannes withal into their soule 16 They enuied also at Moyses in the tentes and at Aaron the saint of God 17 So the earth opened and swalowed vp Dathan and couered the company of Abiram 18 And the fire was kindled in their company the flambe brent vp the vngodly 19 They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the moulten image 20 Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a calfe that eateth hay 21 They forgat God their sauiour who had done so great thynges in Egypt wonderous workes in y e land of Cham and terrible thinges at the red sea 22 Wherfore he appointed to destroy them had not Moyses his chosen stand in the breache before hym to turne away his wrathful indignation lest he should destroy them 23 Yea they thought scorne of the lande most to be desired they gaue no credite vnto his worde 24 But they murmured in their tentes they would not hearken vnto the voyce of God 25 Then lift he vp his hand against them to geue them an ouerthrowe in the wildernesse to geue their seede an ouerthrowe amongst the nations and to scatter them in sundry landes 26 They ioyned them selues vnto Baal Peor they also did eate of the sacrifices of the dead 27 And they prouoked the Lorde vnto anger with their owne inuentions and a plague fell mightily amongst them 28 Then stoode vp Phinehes he executed iustice and so the plague ceassed 29 And that was imputed vnto hym for righteousnesse in generation and generation for euermore 30 They also prouoked God at the waters of strife and all was not well with Moyses for their sakes 31 For they had caused an alteration to be of his spirite so that he spake vnaduisedly with his lippes 32 Moreouer they destroyed not the Heathen as God commaunded them 33 But they were mingled amongst the Heathen and learned their workes 34 Insomuch that they dyd seruice vnto their idols whiche were to theÌ„ a snare 35 Yea they sacrifised their sonnes and their daughters vnto deuils 36 And they shed innocent blood euen the blood of their sonnes and of their daughters whom they sacrifised vnto the idols of Chanaan and the lande was defiled with blood 37 Thus were they stayned with their owne workes and went a whoryng with their owne inuentions 38 Therfore was the wrath of God kindeled against his people insomuch that he abhorred his owne inheritaunce 39 And he gaue them ouer into the hand of the Heathen and they that dyd hate them were lordes ouer them 40 Their enemies oppressed them and brought them into subiection vnder their hande 41 Many a time dyd God deliuer them but they rebelled against hym with their owne inuentions and were brought downe for their wickednes 42 Neuerthelesse he did beholde them in their aduersitie in geuing eare to their complaint 43 And he remembred his couenaunt and repented according to the multitude of his mercies 44 Yea he made all those that led them away captiue to pitie them 45 Saue vs O God our Lorde and gather vs from among the Heathen that we may geue thankes to thy holy name and glory of thy prayse 46 Blessed be God the Lord of Israel froÌ„ world to world without end and let all people say so be it Prayse ye the Lord. The argument of the .cvii. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth all men to prayse God and to thanke God for it is he that helpeth them in all distresses when they crye vnto him He prouideth houses and cities for them that els would wander as vagabondes in wyldernesse He satisfieth the hungry and the thirstie He setteth at libertie prisoners and captiues He healeth the sicke and diseased He comforteth and helpeth those that be in ieoperdie of seas He maketh a fruitfull lande barren a barren grounde fruitfull He bringeth princes to lowe estate setteth vp the poore in honour At these things the godly reioyseth the mouth of the wicked is stopped 1 COnfesse you it vnto God for he is gratious and his mercy endureth for euer 2 Let such as God did redeme speake whom he hath redeemed from the hande of the enemie 3 And whom he gathered out of the landes from the east and from the west from the north and from the south 4 They went astray out of the way in solitarines â—andâ— in wildernes and found no citie to dwell in they were hungry and thirstie their soule fainted in them 5 And they cry vnto god in their trouble who deliuereth them froÌ„ their distresse 6 And he leadeth them foorth by the right way that they might go to the citie inhabited 7 O that men would confesse vnto God his louyng kindnesse and his marueylous actes done to the chyldren of men 8 For he satisfieth the greedie soule and filleth the hungry soule with goodnes 9 Suche as fit in darknesse and in the shadowe of death beyng fast bounde in miserie and iron 10 Because they went from the wordes of the Lorde and lightly regarded the counsayle of the most highest 11 Therfore he humbled their heart thorowe heauines they fall downe and there is none to helpe them 12 And they cry vnto god in their trouble who deliuereth theÌ„ out of their distresse 13 For he bringeth them out of darknesse and out of the shadowe of death and breaketh their bondes in sunder 14 O that men would confesse vnto God his louing kindnes and his marueylous actes done to the chyldren of men 15 For he breaketh the gates of brasse smyteth the barres of iron in sunder 16 Foolish men are plagued for their mischeuous wayes for their wickednes 17 Their soule abhorreth all maner of meate and they be euen harde at deathes doore 18 And they crye vnto God in their trouble who deliuereth them
not his wayes 24 But his lawe haue they despised and denied his promises in his statutes and ordinaunces haue they not ben faythful and stedfast and haue not perfourmed his workes 25 And therefore Esdras for the emptie are the emptie thinges and for the full are the full thinges 26 Beholde the tyme shall come that these tokens whiche I haue tolde thee shall come to passe and the bryde shall appeare and she comming foorth shal be seene that nowe is vnder the earth 27 And whosoeuer is deliuered from the foresayde euils shall see my wonders 28 For my sonne Iesus shal be openly declared with those that be with him and they that remayne shal be merie within foure hundred yeres 29 After these same yeres shall my sonne Christe dye and all men that haue life 30 And the world shal be turned into the olde scilence seuen dayes like as in the foreiudgementes so that no man shall remayne 31 And after seuen dayes the world that yet awaketh not shal be raysed vp and that shall dye that is corrupt 32 And the earth shall restore those that haue slept in her and so shall the dust those that dwell therein in scilence and the secrete places shall deliuer those the soules that were committed vnto them 33 And the most highest shal be openly declared vpon the seate of iudgement all miserie shall vanishe away and long suffering shal be gathered together 34 But the iudgement shall continue the trueth shall remayne and fayth shall waxe strong 35 The worke shall folowe and the rewarde shal be shewed the righteousnesse shall watch and the vnrighteousnesse shall beare no rule 26 Then sayd I Abraham prayed first for the Sodomites and Moyses for the fathers that sinned in the wyldernesse 37 And they that came after him for Israel in the time of Achas and Samuel 38 And Dauid for the destruction and Solomon for them that came into the sanctuarie 39 And Helias for those that receaued rayne for the dead that he might liue 40 And Ezechias for the people in the time of Sennacherib and diuers other in like maner whiche haue prayed for many 41 Euen so now seing the corrupt is growen vp and wickednesse increased and the righteous haue prayed for y e vngodly wherfore shall it not be so nowe also 42 He aunswered me and sayde This present life is not the ende oft times honour is retayned in it therefore haue they prayed for the weake 43 But the day of doome shal be the ende of this tyme and the beginning of the immortalitie for to come wherein all corruption shal be vanished 44 Intemperauncie shal be loosed infidelitie be cut of righteousnesse growe and the veritie spring vp 45 Then shall no man be able to saue hym that is destroyed nor to oppresse hym that hath gotten the victorie 46 I aunswered then and sayd This is my first and last saying that it had ben better not to haue geuen the earth vnto Adam or els when it was geuen hym to haue kept hym that he shoulde not haue sinned 47 For what profite is it for men nowe in this present time to liue in heauines and after death to looke for punishment 48 O thou Adam what hast thou done For though it was thou that sinned thou art not fallen alone but we all that come of thee 49 For what profite is it vnto vs if there be promised vs an immortall tyme where as we do the workes that bryng death 50 And that there is promised vs an euerlasting hope where as our selues are euyll and vayne 51 And that there are layde vp for vs dwellinges of health and safetie where as we haue liued wickedly 52 And that the glory of the highest is kept to defende them which haue led a pacient life where as we haue walked in the most wicked wayes of all 53 And that there shal be shewed a paradise whose fruite endureth for euer wherein is freedome and medicine whereas we shall not go in 54 For we haue walked in vnpleasaunt places 55 And that the faces of them whiche haue abstayned shall shine aboue the starres whereas our faces shal be blacker then darknesse 56 For whyle we liued and dyd vnrighteously we considered not that we shoulde suffer therfore after death 57 Then aunswered he me and sayde This is the maner of the battayle which man that is borne vpon the earth shall fight 58 That if he be ouercome he shall suffer as thou hast sayd But if he get the victorie he shal receaue y e thing that I say 59 For this is the life whereof Moyses spake vnto the people whyle he liued saying Choose thee lyfe that thou mayest liue 60 Neuerthelesse they beleued hym not neither the prophetes after hym no nor me whiche haue sayde vnto them 61 That heauinesse should not so be vnto their destruction like as ioy is for to come ouer those that haue suffred thē selues to be enfourmed in saluation 62 I aunswered then and sayd I know Lorde that the highest is called mercyfull in that he hath mercy vpon them whiche are not yet come vnto that worlde 63 And vpon those also that walke in his lawe 64 And that he is pacient for he long suffreth those that haue sinned as his creatures 65 And that he is liberall to geue where as it requireth 66 And that he is of great mercie for he passeth in mercy much both those that are present and that are paste and also them whiche are for to come 67 For if he multiplied not his mercies the worlde coulde not continue his beyng with those that haue inheritaunces therein 68 He geueth also for if he gaue not of his goodnesse that they whiche haue done euyll myght be eased from their wickednesse the ten thousandth part of men should not remayne liuing 69 And if he beyng iudge forgaue not those that be healed with his worde and toke not away the multitude of contentions 70 There should be very fewe left peraduenture in an innumerable multitude ¶ The .viij. Chapter 1 The number of the godly is small 6 The workes of God are excellent 20 Esdras prayer for hym and his people 39 The promise of saluation to the iust 55 The destruction of the vniust 1 ANd he aunswered me saying The most hyest made this world for many but the worlde to come for fewe 2 I wyll tell thee a similitude Esdras As when thou askest the earth it shall say vnto thee that it geueth much moulde wherof earthen vessels are made but litle of it that golde commeth of Euen so is it with the worke of this worlde 3 There be many created but fewe shal be saued 4 Then aunswered I and sayd Then swalowe vp the wit O my soule and deuour the vnderstanding 5 For thou art agreed to hearken and to geue care and wyllyng to prophecie for thou hast no longer space but this
Christe and his Apostles in Iudea Samaria and Galilee for into these three partes this lande is deuided ¶ The places specified in this mappe with their situation by the obseruation of the degrees concerning their length and breadth Ascalon 65.24 23.31 Azot 65.35 32. Bethlehem 65.55 31.51 Bethphage 68. 31.58 Bethsaida 66.51 32.29 Bethabara 66.34 32.1 Bethania 66. 31.58 Cana of Galilee 66.52 32.48 Capernaum 66.53 32.29 Catmel mount 66.31 32.50 Cesarea Stratonis 66.16 32.25 Cesarea Philippi 67.39 33.5 Chorazim 66.53 32.29 Dan one of the fountaines whence Iordane springeth 67.25 33.8 Ennon 66.40 32.18 Emaus 65.54 31.59 Ephren 66.8 32. Gadara or Gazara 66.48 32.23 Gaza 65.10 31.40 Iericho 66.10 32.1 Hierusalem 66. 31.55 Ioppe 65.40 32.5 Ior the other fountaine whence Iordane springeth 67.31 33.7 Magdalon called also Dalmanutha 66.48 32.28 Naim 66.35 32.33 Nazareth 66.56 32.42 Ptolemais 66.50 32.58 Samaria the citie 66.22 32.19 Sidon 67.15 33.30 Silo 66.27 32.19 Tyrus 67. 33.20 Tyberias 66.44 32.26 HONY SOIT QVI MAL Y PENCE ¶ The newe Testament of our sauiour Iesus Christe I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christe because it is the power of God vnto saluation to all that beleue Rom. i. A preface into the newe Testament 〈…〉 Christ Apostleâ— â–ª and with other such 〈…〉 vnto vs the sumâ— at 〈…〉 the s◠〈…〉 that whiche was 〈…〉 〈…〉 and â—phetes in their propheticall volumes written by the inspiration 〈…〉 in this booke more playnely and 〈…〉 out â–ª vtterd 〈…〉 selfe same spâ—nt by the children of the prophetes the holy Apostleâ— In deede the 〈◊〉 was geuen by Moyses but grace and veritie came by Iesus Christe whiche grace this booke of the newe Testament doth most euidently commende and set out In thâ— discoursed the wholy misterie of our saluation and redemption purchased by our 〈◊〉 our Christe here is his holy conception described his natiuitie his circumcision â–ª 〈◊〉 whole life and conuersation his godly doctrine â–ª his diuine miracles In this booke of the newe Testament is set out his death his resurrection his ascention his sending of the holy spirite his session in our fleshe on the right hande of his father making â—nuall intercession to him for vs. In this booke contayned the fourme and ordâ—r of his last iudgement after the generall resurrection of our bodyes These be the 〈…〉 of our fayth these be the groundes of our saluation these be thuâ— written that we shoulde beleue them â–ª and by our beliefe shoulde enioy life euerlasting Once and in tymes past God diuersly and many vvayes spake vnto the father â–ª by the propheteâ— but in these last dayes he hath spoken vnto vs vpon vvhom the endes of the vvorlde be come by his ovvne sonne vvhom he hath made heire of all thinge vvhose dignitie is suche that he is the brightnesse of his fathers glory the very image of his substaunce ruling all thinges by the vvorde of his povver This heauenly doctour so indued vvith glory and maiestie â–ª vve ought most reuerently to beleue as commended vnto vs from the aucthoritie of the heauenly father to be hearde as his most vvelbeloued sonne in vvhom is his vvhole delight by vvhom he vvyll be pleased and pacified It vvyll els come to passe saith that prophete Moyses that vvhosoeuer shall not here and obay that prophete in the vvordes that he shall speake in his fathers name I vvill be saith the father reuenger of him This is the last prophete to be looked for to speake vnto vs In hym be vniuersally inclosed the riches and treasures oâ— the vvisdome and knovvledge of God his father by him he hath decreed finally to iudge the vvhole vvorlde the liuing and the dead â–ª by him hath he decreed to geue to his elect the life euerlasting and to the reprobate vvho hath contempned his life and doctrine death euerlasting Let vs therfore seriously heare and obay this our heauenly teacher submit our selues to this our iudge and revvarder Let vâ— esteeme his doctrine and conuersation as a ful perfect and sufficient patterne of al holyneâ— and vertue Let vs esteeme the doctrine of this booke as a most inflexible rule to leade vs to all trueth and nevvnesse of life Here may vve beholde the eternall legacies of the nevve Testament bequeathed from God the father in Christe his sonne to all his electâ—â— â–ª I say the legacies liuely renevved vnto vs not of deliueraunce from Pharao his seruitude but from the bondage and thraldome of that perpetuall aduersarie of ours the deuill here may vve beholde our inheritaunce not of the temporall lande of Chanaan or of the translation of vs to the place of vvorldly paradise but here vve may see the full restitution of vs both in body and soule to the celestiall paradise the heauenly citie of Hierusalem aboue there to raigne vvith God the father God the sonne and God the holy ghost for euer â–ª vvhiche legacies of his Testament promised and bequeathed vvere notvvithstanding recorded in the bookes of the olde Testament to our auncient fathers vvhiche in hope beleued in Christe to come vvho vvas painted before them in figures and shadovves and signified in their olde sacramentes ordayned for that tyme but novve more euidently renevved and exhibited vnto vs â–ª not in figure â–ª but in deede not in promise but in open sight â–ª in feeling in handling and touching of this eternall life most manifestly confirmed vnto vs in Christe his blood in this his nevve Testament continued and reuiued yet in nevve sacramentes the better to beare in our remembraunce this his eternall Testament of all ioyfull felicities Let vs novve therefore good christian people reioyce in these glad tidinges expressed vnto vs by the name of the gospell of our sauiour Christe and let it neuer fall out of our remembraunce that vve vvere sometime ouervvhelmed in darkenesse and set in the shadovve of death let vs consider that vve vvere sometime by our naturall byrth the chyldren of God his vvrath and vvholly estraunged from the housholde of God Let vs beare in minde that vve vvere somtime no people of God nor his beloued that vve vvere by nature braunches of the vvilde oliue and novve by mere mercy grafted into the right and naturall oliue tree vvhervpon let vs the rather repose our life in feare and reuerence If vve be novve the chyldren of light let vs vvalke in this our light in all holynesse and godlynesse of 〈◊〉 approuing that vvhiche is pleasing to the Lorde Let vs haue no felovvship vvith the vnfruitfull vvorkes of darknesse and let vs hencefoorth be no more chyldren vvauering and caried about vvith euery vvinde of doctrine and by the deceipt and craftinesse of men vvherby they lay in vvayte to deceaue vs but let vs folovve the trueth in loue and charitie and in al thinges grovve vp into him vvhich is the head that is Christe our sauiour If vve be novve the chyldren of grace and made liuely members
and casteth no man in the teeth and it shal be geuen hym 6 But let hym aske in fayth nothyng waueryng For he that wauereth is like a waue of the sea tost of the wynde and caryed with violence 7 Neither let that man thynke that he shall receaue any thyng of the Lorde 8 A double mynded man is vnstable in all his wayes 9 Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted 10 Agayne the riche â—n that he is made lowe Because as the flowre of the grasse he shall passe away 11 For the sunne hath rysen with heate and the grasse hath withered and his flowre hath fallen away the beautie of the fashion of it hath perished So also shall the ryche man fade away in his wayes 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation For when he is tryed he shall receaue the crowne of lyfe which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue hym ☜ 13 Let no man say when he is tempted I am tempted of God for God can not be tempted with euyl neither tempteth he any man 14 But euery man is tempted when he is drawen away entised of his owne concupiscence 15 Then when lust hath conceaued it bryngeth foorth sinne and sinne when it is finished bryngeth foorth death 16 Do not erre my deare brethren 17 * ☞ Euery good geuyng and euery perfect gyft is from aboue and coÌ„meth downe from the father of lyghtes with whoÌ„ is no variablenes neither shadow of turnyng 18 Of his owne wyll begat he vs with the worde of trueth that we shoulde be the first fruites of his creatures 19 Wherfore my deare brethreÌ„ let euery man be swyft to heare slowe to speake slowe to wrath 20 For the wrath of man worketh not that which is ryghteous before God 21 Wherfore lay apart all filthinesse and superfluitie of maliciousnes and receaue with mekenesse the worde that is graffed in you which is able to saue your soules ☜ 22 ☞ And be ye doers of the worde and not hearers only deceauyng your owne selues 23 For yf any be a hearer of the worde and not a doer he is lyke vnto a man beholdyng his bodyly face in a glasse 24 For he hath considered hym selfe and is gone his wayes hath forgotten immediatly what his fashion was 25 But who so loketh in the perfect lawe of libertie and continueth therin he being not a forgetfull hearer but a doer of the worke shal be blessed in his deede 26 If any man among you seeme to be deuout and refrayneth not his tongue but deceaueth his owne heart this mans deuotion is vayne 27 Pure deuotion and vndefyled before God and the father is this To visite the fatherlesse and widdowes in their aduersitie and to kepe hym selfe vnspotted of the worlde ☜ ¶ The .ij Chapter 1 He forbiddeth to haue any respect of persons 5 but to regarde the poore aswell as the riche 8 to be louyng and merciful 14 and not to boast of faith where no deedes are 17 for it is but a dead fayth where good workes folowe not 1 MY brethren haue not the fayth of our Lorde Iesus Christe the Lord of glorie with respect of persons 2 For yf there come into your companie a man wearing a golde ryng clothed in goodly apparell and there come in also a poore man in vile rayment 3 And ye haue a respect to hym that weareth the gay clothyng and say vnto hym sitte thou here in a good place say vnto the poore stande thou there or sitte here vnder my footestoole 4 Are ye not partiall in your selues and are made iudges of euyll thoughtes 5 Hearken my deare beloued brethren Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde such as are riche in fayth and heyres of the kyngdome which he promised to them that loue hym 6 But ye haue despised the poore Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie and drawe you before the iudgementes seates 7 Do not they blaspheme that good name by the which you are named 8 If ye fulfyll the royal lawe according to the scripture * thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe ye do well 9 But yf ye regarde one person more then another ye commit sinne and are rebuked of the lawe as transgressours 10 Whosoeuer shal kepe the whole lawe and yet fayle in one poynt he is gyltie of all 11 For he that sayde thou shalt not commit adulterie sayde also thou shalt not kyll Though thou do none adulterie yet yf thou kyll thou art become a transgressour of the lawe 12 So speake ye and so do as they that shal be iudged by the lawe of libertie 13 For he shall haue iudgement without mercie * that sheweth no mercie And mercie reioyceth agaynst iudgement ☜ 14 What profiteth it my brethren though a man say he hath fayth and hath not deedes Can fayth saue hym 15 If a brother or a sister be naked and destitute of dayly foode 16 And one of you say vnto them depart in peace be you warmed and fylled notwithstandyng ye geue them not those thinges which are nedefull to the body what shall it profite 17 Euen so fayth yf it haue not deedes is dead in it selfe 18 But some man wyll say thou hast fayth and I haue deedes shewe me thy fayth by thy deedes and I wyll shewe thee my faith by my deedes 19 Beleuest thou that there is one God Thou doest well The deuyls also beleue and tremble 20 But wylt thou knowe O thou vayne man that that fayth which is without workes is dead 21 Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes when he had offered Isaac his sonne vpon the aulter 22 Seest thou not howe y e faith wrought with his deedes and through y e deedes was the fayth made perfect 23 And the scripture was fulfylled which sayth Abraham beleued God and it was reputed vnto hym for ryghteousnesse And he was called the friende of God 24 ☞ Ye see then howe that of deedes a man is iustified and not of fayth only 25 Lykewyse also was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes when she had receaued the messengers and had sent them out another way 26 For as the body without the spirite is dead euen so fayth without workes is dead also ☜ ¶ The .iij. Chapter 2 He forbiddeth all ambition to seke honour aboue our brethren 3 He describeth the propertie of the tongue 15.16 And what difference there is betwixt the wisdome of God and the wisdome of the worlde 1 MY brethren be not mame maisters knowyng howe that we shall receaue the greater damnation 2 For in many thynges we sinne all If a man sinne not in word the same is a perfect man and able also to bridle all the body 3 Beholde we put bittes in the horses mouthes that they may obey vs and we turne about all the body of them 4
great number or the moste part The fifth plague (d) Seyng Pharao amended not by monition god grauntyng no tyme executeth his iudgementes The sixth plague (e) Satans ministers ouercome yet ceasse not tyll with shame they be driuen awaye (f) God woulde haue hym knowe that he coulde â—uicke haue destroyed him yet for other causes he reserued hym “ Made thee stande (g) The circumstaunces shewe y t this hayle was not naturall (h) This feare came not of true repentaunce and obedience to God The seueÌ„th plague (i) Al elementes are redy to obey at Gods commaundement (k) This confessioÌ„ came not of fayth but of the greatnesse of Gods plague so it was hypocriticall (l) He sheweth the kyng that through his incredulitie he polluted the place where he was (m) Moyses stoutlye condempneth the kyng and all his court of vngodlynes (n) These seede were not so forward in ripyng as the other “ Hidde (o) When gods plagues ceasse the wicked arme them selues againe against God “ A snare (a) Gods enemies when they be bridled that they can not haue all their wyll seke yet some by meanes to ouerthrowe Gods kyngdome (b) Moyses is carefull to haue Gods commaundement in all poyntes duely obserued chosyng rather to be hated for Gods sake then to consent to a thing vnlawfull The eyght plague (c) Herby we learne that distemperate noysome weather is chiefly to be ascribed to the iuste iudgement of God and not to any natural cause The nynth â—lague Palpable â—arcknesse (d) Moyses wyll not yelde an ynche for nothyng that Pharao could do in suche thynges as God commaunded (e) The wicked the nigher they be to their destruction the more furious commonly they be Therfore the godly in such cases ought to be of good hope (a) We must not take this for an example to spoyle our neyghbour that was enioyned by especial coÌ„mission for the due punyshement of the Egyptians August 39. q. (b) That succeedeth after him in the imperial crowne as heyre apparaunt For by syttyng is meant bearyng rule or weldyng of any office â–ª as â— Reg. ii (c) Tunc descendenâ— a sodayne chaunge of speakyng to diuers persons as psal xv a. “ Or in a great anger (a) God ordeyned this sacrifice for a token pledge of their delyueraunce “ Or Twylyght (b) The Churche is distinguyshed from the synagogue of the vnfaithfull by the worde of God and by the sacrameÌ„ts (c) This was the passouer of the Iewes but our pascal lambe is christ as wytnesseth Paul i. cor â— (d) Euer is not here taken for a time with out ende but for a long season indefinite as in Gen. 13 d (e) By leuen is meant corruption either of lyfe or doctrine of all such to be eschewed as be partakers of the dreadefull misteries as Mat. xvi â— cor 5. Gal. 5 The tenth plague (f) If they grewe so amongest their enemies beyng so small a number at their firste commyng to Egypt let vs also be of good hope that god wyll encrease his Church be it neuer so much oppressed (a) A lawe for y e offeryng of the fyrste begotten vnto God who were deliuered not from death only but from bondage Sanctifie That is offer (b) We also must offer our first borne vnto God that is our first principall care must tende to Gods honour and auauncement of his kyngdome seyng our deliueraunce farre passeth that of the Iewes (c) If so many ceremonies were ordayned for a memorie of their deliueraunce God also requireth nothyng more at our handes theÌ„ to be mindfull of his benefites “ SeruauÌ„tes (d) This was about Aprill when corne began to ripen in that countrey (e) God wylleth y e cause of the ceremonie to be vttered at the celebration therof (f) Sacramentes make to this purpose That Gods worde myght be the deepelyer rooted in our hartes so that thence myght flow a sincere confession of the mouth “ to morow g Reponâ— this worde declareth the great weakenes of the Israelites for all the wonders that were wrought “ By fiue in a rancke (h) God neuer fayleth his people whoÌ„ he aydeth beyonde the compasse of mans reason euen in their desperatest case (a) See the inconstauncie and vnkynde dealyng of the people They burden Moyses their gyde not coÌ„sidering the power of God but the commoÌ„ course of thynges naturall (b) Moyses nothyng discouraged goeth forwarde manfully in his callyng a worthie paterne for the godly alwayes to embrace (c) When we be hardest bestedde our strength shall stand in hope quiet silence God mightily fyghtyng for vs. (d) This crye is to be vnderstand not of the sounde of his voyce but of the earnest affection of his heart (e) Gods dredful iudgement is executed agaynst them that resist his ryght hande (f) A notable example of Gods prouidence (g) Thus to the Israelites there aryseth lyght in darknesse and in the middest of death they fynde lyfe (h) See the vayne confidence of the vngodly to their vtter vndoyng presumyng of their owne strength (i) This is the angell mentioned before to witte the sonne of God not otherwyse to be called by the name Iehoua (k) Gods prouidence stretcheth to the least thinges that is so that Charret wheeles can not be out of the reache (l) Late repentaunce helpeth not the vngodly whose heart is not chaunged The last plague (m) The benefiâ—es that we receaue of God and his iudgementes agaynst the wicked tende al to this purpose that we shoulde stande in feare of hym and be strengthened in the fayth of his promises (a) Moyses appoynteth this song to all the people y t they myght be styrred vp by one and others example For that sticketh better in mynde that is songe in the maner of a dittie then that that is pronounced in prose (b) Whether we be destitute of worldlye ayde or els haue it at wyll this must be alwayes our comfort that God him selfe fyghteth for vs our only stay defence who eftsones seemeth to leaue vs to the cruel rage of our foes that feared as it were with a bugge we myght flee into his lappe Chrisost (c) Vnder diuers formes of speache the lyueâ—er to set out Goddes power he declareth this miracle of the waters that deuided by the blast of wyndes made a waye open for the Israelies (d) He sheweth howe this profe of Gods mightie power not onely for the tyme present but also hereafter shal be of great efficacie and force as Deut. ii (e) Lest we shoulde at any tyme be discouraged let vs styll flee to these promises seeyng Satan our chiefe enemie is ouercome let vs neither feare hym nor anye of his garde any more (f) A sodayne chaunge of the vnconstant vnkynde people neither consideryng Moyses by whose ministerie they had receaued such benefites nor remembryng the straunge wonders that God hadde wrought for them ulredy “ Taught (g) Herby we learne howe the prayer of fayth can preuayle Whervnto by
owne iudgement to whoÌ„ God reuealed his wil. Some vnderstand by Vrim certaintie and illumination (f) By going out and commyng in is meant enterprising of thinges and ceassing from enterprises Act. vi b. ☞ The Iewes do say that by the beast that is sacrificed the sinner is vnderstood For when the beast is led to be kylled the trespasser ought saye they to think as though he for his offence were led vnto the same and thus to confesse O Lorde I am gyltie of death I haue deserued to be stoned for this trespasse and not this beast or to be strangled for this transgression or to be burnt for this crime But these sacrifices do by shadow signifie Christe the true lambe of God who would afterwarde cleanse our synnes pay the price for them Howe greeuous therfore should we acknowledge confesse our sinnes to be for the which no beast but the innocent sonne of God hath dyed For the father sparyng vs hath yeelded his sonne vnto death Exo. xii c. Leu. xxiii a. Deut. xvi a. Leu xxiii b (b) Accomptyng seuen weekes betwene Easter and Whitsontide as Leuit. 23. ☜ ☞ (a) Conteynyng part of September and part of October Leuit 23. d. (b) Of the measure Epha (c) Offered in the newe moone or begynnyng of euery moneth Leu. xxiii f. (d) Namely the feast of reconciliation (e) Of the feast of tabernacles (f) Your voluntarie sacrifices Deu. xxiii d (a) Agree not to her vowe (b) Her husbande liuing or before she be deuorsed (c) Through mortification by abstinence or bodyly exercise (d) Not disanullyng her vowe y e same day that he heareth it (e) Any day after the first day that he hearde them Nu. xxv d. (a) Because that false prophete gaue counsell howe to cause the Israelites to offende God (b) As who woulde say ye shoulde haue left none alyue (c) In honoryng that idol Iudi. xxi b. Num. xix b (f) This is that portion whiche the souldiers gaue to God (g) The virgines (h) Of that parte of the spoile whiche was allotted to those that had not ben at warre (i) Those that were no souldiers (k) Geuing no part to their captaines (l) That God might haue them in remembraunce (a) Ruben was the sonne of Lea Iacobs wyfe Gad was sonne to Zilpah her handmayde Num. â—3 b. (b) Ye shal be the cause that they shal perishe (c) Into the lande of promise (d) Before the arke (e) The inhabitaunce of chanaan f God will geue you the lande that ye desire g You shal not go vnpunished for your sinne (h) Ouer Iordan (i) That which is spoken by Gods messenger is sayd to be spoken by God (k) Those Amorites that dwelt on this side Iordan Some of theÌ„ dwelt by Iordane of whom mention is made Ios 10. Deut. iii. â— (l) That is to say the vâ—llages of Iair ☜ ☞ (a) The guydyng and conductyng (b) A citie in the land of Gosen (c) Which the Iewes call Misan which conteyneth part of March and part of April (d) With great power and rather diuine then humaine (e) Their idoles or their chiefe rulers Exod. xiii d Exo. xiiii a. Exo. xiiii a. Exod xvi a. Exod. xvi a. Exod. xvii â— Exod. xix a Num. xi g. Num. xi g. Num. xx a. Num. xx d. Deut. 32. g. Num. xxi b Num. xxi c. Nu. xxv a. Deut. vii a. Nu. xxv â— Iudi. i. e. ☜ ☞ (a) That is to say this is y e description of the lande of Chanaan whiche ye shal inherite Iosu xv a. (b) Otherwise the dead sea (c) By whiche the riuer some thinke Nilus to be meant some others Rhinocorurae called meditaranium (d Hor a litle hil but not that wheron 〈◊〉 dyed (e) Which is in the gospell called the lake of Genazereth Nu. xxxii f Deut iii d. Iesu xiiii a. g One of the chiefe men of euery tribe ☜ (a) For that the Leuites had no heritage in y e lande of Chanaan Iosu xxi a. Iosu xx a. Deut. xix a Iosu xx a. (b) The next of kin to the partie slayne whiche ought to folowe the suite (c) The Hebrues vnderstande by the congregation y e Senatours and chiefe Iudges in the citie (d) In the possession of y e Rubenites Gadites and the halfe tribe of Manasses Exod. xxi d (e) So daungerous that a man may dye thereof (f) He that is next to his kin to him that is murthered g This 〈◊〉 a figure of Christe by whose death our sinnes are pardoned (h) That is to iudge wylfull or casuall murtherers ☞ (a) He meaneth Moyses (b) To any of another tribe then of Manasses (c) For the tribe coulde not haue continued if their inheritaunce had ben taken from them (d) Whiche shal be when there is no male chylde to inherite (e) That is concerning the ceremoniall and iudiciall lawes ☜ (a) In the countrey of Moab and this wyldernesse was betweene the plaine of Moab the sea (b) Moyses repeateth agayne the law whiche was geuen fourtie yeres before so y t the youth yf his people were either vnborne or to young to iudge for which second repetitioÌ„ this booke is called in greke Deuteronomi that is the second lawe (c In the second yere second moneth Gen. xv d. and xvii b. (d) By the councel of Iethro my father in lawe Exo. xviiâ—â— (e) Meaning that Moyses had an harde gouernaunce among them (f) To signifie that expert and knowen men in godlynesse ought to be takeÌ„ to gouerne Iosue vii d. Leuit xix c. Pro. xxiiii c (g) And man is but Gods minister (h) So that it is to be imputed to themselues that they enioyed not the inheritaunce Deut. xx â— Num. xâ— m Otherwise vnto the valley of graces n To wyt 〈◊〉 and Iosuah o This sheweth the ingratitude of the Iewes which turned 〈…〉 to them as his hatred Num 13. d. (p That is the race of the grauntes as in Num. 13.23 (q He sheweth that the true boldnes that whiche God approueth is to renounce our own strength and to repose our selues wholly on him walkyng constantly in the vocation to whiche he hath called vs Exod. xiii d Num. xiiii d and .xxvi. g. Iosu xiâ— Num. xx c. and .37 c. r Ministreth vnto thee (Å¿) Whiche were vnder twentie yere olde Nu. xiâ—ii g. (t This doth declare what is the nature of man which wyll do that whiche God forbyddeth wyll not do that whiche God coÌ„maundeth (u) He sheweth that our strength standeth in Gods assistaunce (x) The cause was for that â–ª they lamented not their sin but for y e losse of their brethren and so were hypocrites in their lamenting (a They shewed their obedience â—tâ—r Gods chastisyng (b) The desert of Zin (c) This mountaine appertayne to the Idumeans whiche came of Esau (d) At their return thither for before they were repelled by the Idumeans Num. 20.21 Gen. xxiii b (e) Knowyng is here taken for fauouryng as in many other places of
as when the trees of the wood are moued with the winde 3 Then sayd God vnto Esai Go meete Ahaz thou and thy sonne Sear Iasub at the head of the ouer poole in the footepath by the fullers grounde 4 And say vnto him Take heede to thy selfe and be styll feare not neither be faynt hearted for these two tayles that is for these two smoking firebrandes the wrath and furiousnesse of Razin the Syrian and Romelies sonne 5 Because that the Syrian Ephraim and Romelies sonne haue wickedly conspired against thee 6 Saying we wyll go vp against Iuda vexe them and bryng them vnder vs and set a kyng there euen the sonne of Tabel 7 Thus saith the Lorde God thereto It shal not so go foorth neither so come to passe 8 For the head citie of the Syrians is Damascus but the head of Damascus is Razin And after threscore and fiue yeres shall Ephraim be no more a people 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria but the head of Samaria is Romelies sonne if ye beleue not surely ye shall not be established 10 Moreouer God spake agayne vnto Ahaz saying 11 Require to thy selfe a token of the Lorde thy God whether it be towarde the depth beneath or toward the height aboue 12 Then said Ahaz I will require none neither wyll I tempt the Lorde 13 The prophete aunswered Then heare ye of the house of Dauid Is it not inough for you that ye be greeuous vnto mē but ye must greeue my God also 14 Therefore the Lorde hym selfe shall geue you a token Beholde a virgin shall conceaue and beare a sonne and shall call his name Emmanuel 15 Butter and honye shall he eate vntill he knowe to refuse the euyll and choose the good 16 For or euer the chylde come to knowledge to eschewe the euil and choose the good the lande that thou so abhorrest shal be desolate of both her kynges 17 The Lord also shall sende a tyme vppon thee vpon thy people and vpon thy fathers house such as neuer came since the tyme that Ephraim departed from Iuda namely thorowe the kyng of the Assyrians 18 For at the same tyme shall the Lorde hisse for the flyes that are about the water of Egypt and for the bees in the Assyrians lande 19 These shall come and shall light all in the desolate valleys in the holes of stones and vpon all thornie and bushie places 20 At the same time shal the Lord shaue the heere of the head and the feete and the bearde cleane of with the raser that he shall hyre beyonde the waters namely with the king of the Assyrians 21 At the same time shal a man nurrishe a young cowe and two sheepe 22 Then because of the aboundaunce of mylke that they geue he shall eate butter so that euery one which remayneth in the lande shall eate butter and hony 23 At the same time al vineyardes wherin there shal be a thousand vines worth a thousande siluerlinges shal be turned to bryers and thornes 24 They shall come into the lande with arrowes and bowes because all the lande shall become bryers and thornes As for all hilles that shal be digged with the mattocke there shall not come vpon them any feare of bryers and thornes but the cattell shal be driuen thyther and the sheepe shal feede there The .viij. Chapter ◠The deliueraunce of the lande by Emmanuel 14 The stone of offence at whiche many shall stumble 1 MOreouer the Lorde sayde vnto me Take thee a great roule and wryte in it as men do with a pen make hastie speede to rob and haste to the spoyle 2 And I called vnto me faythfull witnesses to recorde Vriah the priest and Zachariah the sonne of Barachiah 3 After that went I vnto the prophetisse and she conceaued bare a sonne Then sayde the Lord to me Geue him his name a speedie robber an hastie spoyler 4 For why or euer the chylde shall haue knowledge to crye my father and mother shall the riches of Damascus and the spoyle of Samaria be taken away before the kyng of the Assyrians 5 The Lorde spake also vnto me agayne saying 6 Forsomuche as this people refuseth the styll running water of Silo and put their delight in Razin and Romelies sonne 7 Beholde the Lord shall bryng mightie and great fluddes of water vpon them namely the king of the Assyrians with all his power whiche shall climbe vp vpon all his fluddes and runne ouer all his bankes 8 And shall breake in vpon Iuda he shall flowe and passe thorowe tyll he come vp to the necke thereof he shall fill also the widenesse of thy lande with his wynges O Emmanuel 9 Breake downe O ye people and ye shal be broken downe hearken to all ye of farre countreys muster you and you shal be broken downe prepare you and you shal be torne in peeces 10 Take your counsell together yet shall your counsell come to naught determine the matter yet shall it not prosper for God is with vs. 11 For the Lorde spake thus to me in a mightie prophesie and warned me that I should not walke in the way of this people saying 12 Ye shall not speake wordes of conspiracie in all thinges when this people shall say conspiracie feare them not neither be afraide of them 13 But sanctifie the Lorde of hoastes let him be your feare and dread 14 For he shal be the holy place to flee to and stone to stumble at the rocke to fall vpon a snare and net to both the houses of Israel and the inhabitours of Hierusalem 15 And many among them shall stumble and fall and be broken yea they shal be snared and taken 16 Binde vp the testimonie seale the law in my disciples 17 And I wyll wayte vpon the Lorde that hideth his face from the house of Iacob and I wyll loke for him 18 But lo as for me and the chyldren whiche the Lorde hath geuen me we are to be a token and a wonder in Israel from the Lorde of hoastes whiche dwelleth vpon the hill of Sion 19 And if they say vnto you Aske counsayle at the Soothsayers Witches Charmers and Coniurers then make them this aunswere Is there a people any where that asketh not counsayle at his God shoulde men runne vnto the dead for the liuing 20 Get thee to the lawe and the testimonie and if they speake not after this worde there is no light in them 21 And they shall wander thorowe this lande hardly besteade and hungry and when they suffer hunger they wyll be out of pacience and curse their king and their God and shall loke vpwarde and downewarde to the earth 22 And beholde there is trouble and darknesse dymnesse is rounde about him he shal be driuen into darknesse 23 Neuerthelesse the darknesse shall not be suche as was in her vexation when at the first he lightly afflicted the lande Zabulon and the lande of Nephthali and afterwarde dyd more greeuously