be a propitiatiō through fayth in his blood to declare his ryghteousnes in that he forgeueth the sinnes that are past 26 Which God dyd suffer to shew at this tyme his righteousnes that he might be iuste the iustifier of hym which beleueth on Iesus ☜ 27 Where is then thy boastyng It is excluded By what lawe Of workes Nay but by the lawe of fayth 28 Therfore we holde that a man is iustified by fayth without the deedes of the lawe 29 Is he the God of the Iewes only Is he not also of the Gentiles Yes euen of the Gentiles also 30 For it is one God whiche shall iustifie the circumcision by fayth and vncircumcision through fayth 31 Do we then destroy the lawe through fayth God forbyd But we rather mayntayne the lawe ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 7 Iustification is the free gyft of God as it appeareth by Dauid and Abraham 13 and also by the office of lawe and fayth 1 WHat shall we saye then that Abraham our father as parteynyng to the flesshe dyd fynde 2 For if Abraham were iustified by workes thē hath he wherein to boaste but not before God 3 For what sayth the scripture Abraham beleued God and it was counted vnto hym for ryghteousnes 4 To hym that worketh is the reward not reckened of grace but of duetie 5 To hym that worketh not but beleueth on hym that iustifieth the vngodly his fayth is counted for ryghteousnes 6 Euen as Dauid describeth the blessednesse of the man vnto whom God imputeth righteousnesse without workes 7 Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesse are forgeuen whose sinnes are couered 8 Blessed is that man to whō the Lorde wyll not impute sinne 9 Came this blessednes then vpon the circumcision or vpon the vncircumcision also For we say that fayth was reckened to Abraham for ryghteousnes 10 Howe was it then reckened when he was in the circumcision or whē he was in the vncircumcision Not in the circumcision but in vncircumcision 11 And he receaued the signe of circumcision as the seale of the ryghteousnesse of fayth whiche he had yet beyng vncircumcised that he shoulde be the father of al them that beleue though they be not circumcised that ryghteousnes myght be imputed vnto them also 12 And that he myght be father of circumcision not vnto them only whiche came of the circumcised but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision 13 For the promise that he shoulde be the heyre of the worlde was not to Abraham or to his seede through the lawe but through the ryghteousnes of fayth 14 For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres then is fayth but vayne and the promise of none effect 15 Because the lawe causeth wrath For where no lawe is there is no transgression 16 Therefore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen that it might come by grace that the promise myght be sure to all y e seede not to that only which is of the lawe but to that also which is of the fayth of Abraham which is the father of vs al. 17 As it is written that I haue made thee a father of many nations before God whom he beleued which restoreth the dead vnto life and calleth those thynges whiche be not as though they were 18 Who contrary to hope beleued in hope that he shoulde be the father of many nations accordyng to that which was spoken so shall thy seede be 19 And he faynted not in the fayth nor considered his owne body nowe dead when he was almost an hundred yeres old neither yet the deadnesse o Saraes wombe 20 He stackered not at the promise of God through vnbeliefe but was strong in fayth geuyng glorie to God 21 And beyng full certified that what he had promised he was able also to perfourme 22 And therfore was it reckened to hym for righteousnes 23 Neuerthelesse it is not written for hym only that it was reckened to him 24 But also for vs to whom it shal be reckened so that we beleue on hym that raysed vp Iesus our Lorde from the dead 25 Which was deliuered for our sinnes and was raysed agayne for our iustification ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 The fruite of fayth 7 The loue of God and obedience of Christe 12 From whence commeth death and from whence lyfe 1 THerefore being iustified by fayth we are at peace with GOD thorowe our Lorde Iesus Christe 2 By whom also we haue had an entraūce by fayth vnto this grace wherin we stande and reioyce in hope of the glorie of God 3 Not that only but also we reioyce in tribulations knowyng that tribulation worketh pacience 4 Pacience profe profe hope 5 And hope maketh not ashamed because the loue of God is shedde abrode in our heartes by the holy ghost which is geuen vnto vs. 6 * For when we were yet weake accordyng to the tyme Christe dyed for the vngodly 7 Nowe scace wyll any man dye for the righteous Yet peraduenture for the good some men durst dye 8 ☞ But God setteth out his loue towarde vs seyng that whyle we were yet sinners Christe dyed for vs. 9 Muche more then nowe we that are iustified by his blood shal be saued from wrath through hym 10 For yf when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his sonne much more seyng we are reconciled we shal be saued by his lyfe 11 Not only so but we also ioye in God through our Lorde Iesus Christe by whō we haue nowe receaued the atonement 12 Wherfore as by one man sinne entred into the worlde death by sinne euen so death entred into all men insomuch as all haue sinned 13 For vnto the lawe was sinne in the worlde but sinne is not imputed when there is no lawe 14 Neuerthelesse death raigned from Adam to Moyses ouer them also that had not sinned with lyke transgression as dyd Adam whiche is the figure of hym that was to come 15 But not as the sinne so is the gyft For yf through the sinne of one many be dead much more the grace of God and the gyft by grace which is by one man Iesus Christe hath abounded vnto many 16 And not as by one that sinned euen so the gyft For the iudgement was of one into condemnation but the gyfte of many sinnes into iustification 17 For yf by the sinne of one death raigned by the meanes of one much more they whiche receaue aboundaunce of grace and of the gyfte of ryghteousnes shall raigne in life by the meanes of one Iesus Christe 18 Lykewyse then as by the sinne of one sinne came on all men to condempnation euen so by the ryghteousnes of one good came vpon all men to the ryghteousnes of lyfe 19 For as by one mans disobedience many became sinners so by the obedience
of one shall many be made ryghteous 20 But the lawe in the meane tyme entred in that sinne shoulde encrease But where sinne was plenteous grace was more plenteous 21 That as sinne hath raigned vnto death euen so myght grace raigne thorowe ryghteousnes vnto eternall lyfe by Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ The .vj. Chapter 5 Newnesse of lyfe foloweth iustification to the which he exhorteth 1 WHat shall we saye then Shall we continue in sinne that grace maye abound God forbyd 2 Howe shall we that are dead to sinne lyue any longer therin 3 ☞ Knowe ye not that all we whiche haue ben baptized into Iesus Christe haue ben baptized into his death 4 We are buryed then with him by baptisme into his death that lykewyse as Christe was raysed vp from the dead by the glorie of the father euen so we also shoulde walke in newnesse of lyfe 5 For if we be graft together by the likenesse of his death euen so shall we be partakers of the resurrection 6 Knowyng this that our olde man is crucified with hym also that the body of sinne might vtterly be destroyed that hencefoorth we shoulde not serue sinne 7 For he that is dead is iustified from sinne 8 And yf we be dead with Christe we beleue that we shall also lyue with him 9 Knowyng that Christe beyng raysed from the dead dyeth no more death hath no more power ouer hym 10 For as touchyng that he dyed he dyed concerning sinne once And as touching that he lyueth he lyueth vnto God 11 Lykewyse recken your selues to be dead to sinne but alyue vnto God thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde ☜ 12 Let not sinne raigne therefore in your mortall bodie that ye shoulde thervnto obey by the lustes of it 13 Neither geue ye your members as instrumentes of vnryghteousnesse vnto sinne but geue your selues vnto God as they that are alyue from the dead and your members as instrumentes of ryghteousnesse vnto God 14 For sinne shall not haue power ouer you because ye are not vnder y e lawe but vnder grace 15 What then Shall we sinne because we are not vnder the lawe but vnder grace God forbyd 16 ☞ Knowe ye not how that to whom soeuer ye commit your selues as seruauntes to obey his seruauntes ye are to whom ye obey whether it be of sinne vnto death or of obedience vnto ryghteousnesse 17 But God be thanked that ye were the seruaūtes of sinne but ye haue obeyed with heart the fourme of doctrine into the which ye were brought vnto 18 Being then made free frō sinne ye are become y e seruauntes of ryghteousnesse 19 ☞ I speake after the maner of men because of the infirmitie of your fleshe As ye haue geuen your members seruauntes to vncleannesse and iniquitie vnto iniquitie euen so nowe geue your members seruauntes to righteousnesse vnto holynesse 20 For when ye were the seruauntes of sinne ye were free from ryghteousnesse 21 What fruite had ye then in those thynges wherof ye are nowe ashamed For the ende of those thynges is death 22 But nowe ye beyng made free from sinne and made the seruauntes of God haue your fruite vnto holynesse and the ende euerlastyng lyfe 23 For the rewarde of sinne is death but the gyft of God is eternall lyfe thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde ☜ ¶ The .vij. Chapter 1.7.12 The vse of the lawe 24 from the which Christe hath delyuered vs. 23 The fyght betwene the lawe of the fleshe and the lawe of the spirite 1 KNowe ye not brethrē for I speake to thē that knowe the lawe how that the law hath power ouer a mā as long as he lyueth 2 For*the woman which is in subiectiō to a man is bounde by the lawe to the man as long as he lyueth But yf the man be dead she is loosed from thē lawe of the man 3 So then*yf whyle the man lyueth she couple her selfe with another man she shal be counted a wedlocke breaker But yf the man be dead she is free from the law so that she is no wedlocke breaker though she couple her selfe with another man 4 Euen so ye also my brethren are dead concernyng the lawe by the body of Christe that ye shoulde be coupled to another who is raysed from the dead that we shoulde bryng foorth fruite vnto God 5 For when we were in the fleshe the lustes of sinne whiche were by the lawe wrought in our members to bring forth fruite vnto death 6 But nowe are we delyuered from the lawe and dead vnto it whervnto we were in bondage that we shoulde serue in newenesse of spirite and not in the oldnesse of the letter 7 What shall we say then Is the lawe sinne God forbyd Neuerthelesse I knewe not sinne but by the lawe For I had not knowen lust except the lawe had sayde thou shalt not lust 8 But sinne takyng occasion by the commaundement wrought in me all maner of concupiscence For without the lawe sinne was dead 9 I once lyued without lawe But when the commaundement came sinne reuyued 10 And I was dead And the very same commaundemēt which was ordeyned vnto lyfe was founde to be vnto me an occasion of death 11 For sinne takyng occasion by the commaundement hath deceaued me and by the same slewe me 12 Wherfore * the lawe is holy and the commaundement holy iust and good 13 Was that then which was good made death vnto me God forbyd But sinne that sinne myght appeare by that which was good to worke death in me that sinne by y e commaundement myght be out of measure sinfull 14 For we knowe that the lawe is spirituall but I am carnall solde vnder sinne 15 For that which I do I alowe not For what I woulde that do I not but what I hate that do I. 16 If I do nowe that which I woulde not I consent vnto the lawe that it is good 17 Nowe then it is not I that do it but sinne that dwelleth in me 18 For I knowe that in me that is to say in my fleshe dwelleth no good thyng For to wyll is present with me but I fynde no meanes to perfourme that which is good 19 For the good that I woulde do I not But the euyll which I woulde not that do I. 20 And yf I do that I woulde not then is it not I that doth it but sinne that dwelleth in me 21 I fynde then by the lawe that when I woulde do good euyll is present with me 22 For I delite in the lawe of God after the inwarde man 23 But I see another lawe in my members rebellyng agaynst the lawe of my mynde and subduyng me vnto the lawe of sinne which is in my members 24 O wretched man that I am Who shall deliuer me from the body of this death 25 I thanke God through Iesus Christe our Lorde So then with the mynde I my selfe serue the lawe of God
but with the fleshe the lawe of sinne ⧠The .viij. Chapter 1 The assuraunce of the faythfull 6 The fruites of the holy ghost 3 The weakenesse of the lawe 17 Of hope 18 Of patience vnder the crosse 29 Of the foreknowledge of God 1 THere is then no dampnation to them which are in Christe Iesu which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 2 For the lawe of the spirite of lyfe through Iesus Christe hath made me * free from the lawe of sinne and death 3 * For what the lawe coulde not do in as much as it was weake through the fleshe God sendyng his owne sonne in the similitude of sinfull fleshe euen by sinne condempned sinne in the fleshe 4 That the ryghteousnesse of the lawe myght be fulfylled in vs which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 5 For they that are carnall are carnally mynded But they that are spirituall are spiritually mynded 6 To be carnally mynded is death But to be spiritually mynded is lyfe peace 7 Because that the fleshly mynde is enmitie agaynst God For it is not obedient to the lawe of God neither can be 8 So then they that are in the fleshe can not please God 9 But ye are not in the fleshe but in the spirite yf so be that the spirite of God dwell in you If any man haue not the spirite of Christe the same is none of his 10 And yf Christe be in you the body is dead because of sinne but the spirite is lyfe for ryghteousnesse sake 11 But yf y e spirite of hym that raysed vp Iesus from the dead dwell in you euen he that raised vp Christe from the dead shall also quicken your mortall bodyes because that his spirite dwelleth in you 12 ☞ Therfore brethren we are detters not to the fleshe to lyue after the fleshe 13 For if ye liue after y e fleshe ye shall dye But if ye through the spirite do mortifie the deedes of the body ye shall lyue 14 For as many as are lēd by the spirite of God they are the sonnes of God 15 For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage agayne to feare but ye haue receaued the spirite of adoption wherby we cry Abba father 16 The same spirite beareth witnesse to our spirite that we are y e sonnes of God 17 If we be sonnes then are we also heyres the heyres of God and ioynt-heyres with Christe So that we suffer together that we may be also glorified together 18 ☞ For I am certaynely perswaded that the afflictions of this tyme are not worthy of the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs. 19 * For the feruent desire of the creature abydeth lokyng whē the sonnes of God shall appeare 20 Because the creature is subiect to vanitie not wyllyng but for hym which hath subdued the same in hope 21 For the same creature shal be made free from the bondage of corruptiō into the glorious libertie of y e sonnes of God 22 For we knowe that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauayleth in payne euen vnto this tyme. 23 Not only they but we also which haue the first fruites of the spirite and we our selues mourne in our selues and wayte for the adoption euen the deliueraunce of our body ☜ 24 For we are saued by hope But hope that is seene is no hope For howe can a man hope for that which he seeth 25 But and yf we hope for that we see not thē do we with pacience abide for it 26 Lykewyse the spirite also helpeth our infirmities For we knowe not what to desire as we ought but y e spirite maketh great intercession for vs with gronynges which can not be expressed 27 And * he that searcheth the heartes * knoweth what is the meanyng of the spirite for he maketh intercession for the saintes accordyng to the pleasure of God ☜ 28 ☞ For we knowe y t all thinges worke for the best vnto them that loue God to them which also are called of purpose 29 For those which he knewe before he also dyd predestinate that they shoulde be lyke fashioned vnto the shape of his sonne that he myght be y e first begotten among many brethren 30 Moreouer whom he dyd predestinate thē also he called And whom he called them also he iustified And whom he iustified them he also glorified 31 What shall we then say to these thynges If God be on our syde who can be agaynst vs 32 Which spared not his owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all Howe shall he not with hym also geue vs all thynges 33 Who shall lay any thyng to the charge of Gods chosen It is God that iustifieth 34 Who is he that can condempne It is Christe which dyed yea rather which is raysed agayne which is also on the ryght hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. 35 Who shall seperate vs from the loue of God Shall tribulation or anguishe or persecution either hunger either nakednesse either peryll either sworde 36 As it is written For thy sake are we kylled all daye long and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter 37 Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome through hym that loued vs. 38 For I am sure that neither death neither lyfe neither angels nor rule neither power neither thynges present neither thynges to come 39 Neither heygth nor deapth neither any other creature shal be able to seperate vs from the loue of God which is in Christe Iesu our Lorde ☜ ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 Paul declareth his feruent loue towardes his nation 11 he treateth of election and reprobation 24 Also of the callyng of the gentiles 30 and of the castyng of of the Iewes 1 I Say y e trueth in Christ I lye not my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost 2 That I haue great heauinesse continuall sorowe in my heart 3 For * I haue wisshed my selfe to be cursed from Christe for my brethren my kynsmen as pertaynyng to y e fleshe 4 Which are the Israelites To whom pertayneth the adoption and the glory the couenauntes * and the lawe that was geuen and the seruice of God and the promises 5 Of whom are the fathers of whom as concernyng the fleshe Christe came which is God in all thynges to be praysed for euer Amen 6 And it can not be that the worde of God shoulde take none effect For they are not all Israelites which are of Israel 7 Neither are they all chyldren that are the seede of Abraham But in Isaac shall thy seede be called 8 That is to say They which are the chyldren of the fleshe are not the chyldren of God But they which be the childrē of promise are counted the seede 9 For this is a worde of promise About this tyme wyll I come and Sara shall haue a sonne 10 Not only this but also Rebecca was with chylde by
Ionathas was dearely beloued of Dauid in signe of friendship he gaue to Dauid his apparell and deliuered him from his fathers ire for he knew that he was elected kyng by God Dauid loued his sonne Miphiboseth and did mercifully with him as he promised to Ionathas for he set him at his table 2. Reg. 9. at last was slayne of the Philistines 2. Reg. 22. 〈◊〉 or Yshai is the sonne of Obed who was the father of Dauid this Obed was sonne to Booz to Noema Ruth 4â— This is Iesse or Yshai of whom Esaias the prophete wryteth cap. â—1 There shall come a sprigge foorth of the stemme of Yshai whiche is Christ and a young shoote shall growe out of his roote the spirite of the Lorde shall rest vpon hym c. In the time of Dauid Ioab the sonne of Seruia was lieftenaunt vpon the armie Iosaphat secretari that is wryter of the actes Sadoch and Abiathar priestes Saraias scribe that is chancelor Banaias ouerseer of Celetie and Pheleti whiche were of the garde to Dauids person Nathan and Gad were prophetes in his time Dauid had eyght wyues Egla Abigal Bethsabe Ager Maacha Abigail Achidoc which were mothers of these children in order as they go beside other concubines and other children many Nathan is he whom Dauid adopted vnto his sonne he was not NathaÌ„ the prophet By the counsel of this Ionadab Amon did defloure his sister 2. Reg. 13. A Amasa was lieftenaunt ouer the battayles of Dauid whom Ioab slue deceytfully vnder the colour of imbrasing hym .2 Regum 20. B This Azael was a man very swift in running whom Abner the sonne of Ner did kill whervpon him selfe also was slayne 2. Regum 2. C This Ioab was Dauids seruaunt whoÌ„ he mayntayned in hie dominion against all men whiche killed Abner the sonne of Ner the chiefe of Sauls hoast 2. Regum 2. D Abisai went with Dauid when he toke away the speare and pitcher of water from the head of Saul in his sleepe whom he would haue killed but Dauid woulde not suffer him 2. Reg. 23. E By this Ietran or Natan the sonne of Dauid the virgine descended as appeareth beginning from him so goyng downe to Marie in the right line Christes line IESSE DAVID Solomon 7 Christes lyne Abigail Sisters to Dauid Saruia Sammaa Nathan Ionadab Amasa A Azael Ioab C Abisai D Ietran or Natan E 6 Saphasias 5 Eliab Amsnadab Abiathar Achitob Adonias F 4. Absolon G 3 Celaab 2. Amon the first sonne H Sadoch 〈◊〉 the sonne of Iesse of Bethleem the youngest of his brethren elected of the Lord to be king and 〈◊〉 by Samuel annoynted 1. Reg. 16. after that in Ebrâ—n he was made king vpon the tribe of Iuda seuen yeres and syxe monethes thirdly vpon aâ— Israel thirtie and three yeres He with his harpe dyd mitigate the furie of Saul theâ—by the killing of Goliath wan Ionathas heart vnto hym he was made the sonne in lawe to the king and hauing commendation of the virgins in their songues aboue Saule suffred much enuie of hym was pursued diuersly by him to death but was deliuered by the fauour of God In Nobe he did eate the breades appoynted for the priestes and counterfeted a madnesse before Achis king of Geth he scaped from the handes of Saule when the Philistines came vpon him and when Saule persecuted him Dauid cut the hem of his cloke in the caue that he was in he maried Abigail the wyfe of Nabol the foolish after his death he toke priuily away the speare and pitcher of water which was at Saules head After Saul was dead comming from Achis in Sichelech slue the Amalechites the messenger that slue Saule he executed making a morning song for hym after whom Solomon his sonne succeeded in his kingdome 3. Reg. 1.2 cap. Here returneth the priesthood to the children of Eleasar in the time of Solomon who dyd reiect Abiathar which was of the children of Ithamar and restored to Sadoch the priesthood whiche was of the sonnes of Eleasar Solomon was constituted king of Israel of his father Dauid who slue his brother Athonias and Ioab and Semei receiued of God the gyft of wysedome gaue a notable iudgement of the harlottes children made the temple by the helpe of Hyram in seuen yeres and seuen monethes and the tenth day of September dyd consecrate it brought the arke of God into the teÌ„ple receaued honorably the queene of Saba and at the last he filed his olde age by the loue of women and by the worshipping of idoles therfore the Lord swore that he would deuide his kingdome from the hande of his sonne and after he had raigned fourtie yeres he was buried in the citie of Dauid 3. Reg. 11. cap. In the time of Solomon Banaias the sonne of Ioiada was ruler ouer the hoast Sadoch and Azarias were priestes Heliot and Haia children of Sessa were scribes Iosaphat was recorder Azarias sonne of Nathan was set ouer them which assisted the king Yssuar stuard of y e house AduraÌ„ set ouer the tributes 3. Re. 4. F Adonias was deposed by Dauid because he woulde raigne and dyd appoynt Solomon who slue him because he dyd aske Abisaak the Sunamite to wyfe 3. Reg. 2. G Absolon was a very fayre man he slue his brother Amon he had the fauour of the people he toke from his father his kingdome lay with his concubines at last was slayne with three speares 2. Regum 18. H Amon did defile his sister Thamar in his fayned sickenesse doyng him seruice by the counsell of Ionadab and therfore was slayne by Absolon who fled from his father and by sute of Ioab was reconciled 2. Reg. 13. Bâ—hops 〈…〉 Crisâ—ine Prohetes that were in the tymes of the kinges of Iuda in this second lyne Achias Azarias Abdo Semâ—ias Ichu Zacharias Elieser Oziel In this lyne on the right hâ—nde â—e put the kinges of Iuda raigning ouer two tribes of whom the first was Roboam for the three kinges before named Saul Dauid and Solomon had the rule of all Israel A Roboam despising the counsel of the seniors and folowing the aduice of the younger men did much trouble gods people by hys rashnesse he retayned two tribes with y e leuitical tribe it was called the kingdome of Iuda he vpon y e demerite of his sonnes did suffer the inuasion of Susar king of Egypt who toke away the targettes of gold put brasen in y e same place .3 Re. 14 B Abia. folowed y e sinnes of his father Roboam who gathered together .900 souldiers and dyd obreyd Ieroboam of his idolatrie and the lorde delyuered Israel into y e handes of Iuda and after 5000. of the people of Israel wer slaine â–ª Ieroboam fled Abia after his death was buried in the citie of Dauid in his time Azarias liued in the temple of Solomon 3. Reg. 15. C Assa did right before y e lorde he suppressed the stues and at the counsell of Azarias the prophete he destroyed all the idols
of Onias the priest O. Alexander translated the kingdome of the Persies to him selfe and toke Tyrus and Gaza and in his anger was goyng to Hierusalem because Iadus the priest denyed him both his tribute and his victuâ—ls but Iadus and other of the priestes met him whom he dyd reuerence Christes line Eliathim Azor. Sadoch Achim Bliud Christes line Kinges of the Parsians a. Axtaxerses Longimanus 40. xerses H moneth ii Sogdianus moneth vii Darius bastarde Assuerus or Artaxerses I Artaxerses Ochus k xvi Arsanius iiii Darius vi Kinges of Grecia Alexand. of Macedonia o. xii Kinges of Macedonia Philip king of Macedonia Kinges of Egypt Ptolomeus son of Lagi F Ptolomeus Philadelp G Ptolomeus Euergites Ptolomeus Philopator Ptolomeus Epiphanes Ptolomeus â—hilometor lxx interpretours Iesus the son of Sirach Phophetes Esdras Malachias Nehemias Hester Kinges of Asia Antigonus kyng of Asia Kinges of Syria Seleucus Antiochus sother Antheus Theos Seleucus Galericus Seleucus Zerannos Antiochus the great L Seleucus Philopator M Antiochus Epiphanes N. H. xerses raigned after Artaxerses his father two monethes after whom Sogdianus his sonne .7 monethes and after him his sonne Darius called Bastard .20 yeres vnder whom Egypt lande receeded from the Persians after his death raigned Artaxerses or Assuerus who raigned ouer 127. Prouinces in the dayes of this Darius Plato the Philosopher was famous Esd 4. I. Assuerus after his sumptuous feast when he expulsed Vasti and had maryed Hester for his Queene he caused Ammon to be hanged for the murther he committed vpoÌ„ the Iewes and so also were ten of his children hanged Mardocheus was exalted to honour who wrote to the hye priest in Hierusalem to obserue this feast for a perpetuall memorie Hest 7. About this tyme Aristotle dyd heare Plato readyng K. Ochus sonne to Artaxerses at the suggestion of Vagosus his lieftenaunt restored agayne the tributes that were released by Esdras to the ministers of the temple N. Antiochus Epiphanes after he harde of the death of his father cowardy of his brother being pledge at Rome stole priuily away was receaued into certaine cities of Syria he put in the temple the idol of Iupiter compelled the Iewes to worship it L. Antiochus the great kylled his brother Seleucus he renewed the tribute of .7 yeres subdued Iurie ouercame Philopator the king of Egypt for whose crueltie Onias the hye priest fledde to Ptolomeus Epiphanes at the last he was slain in Perside of the priestes in the temple of Nanae 2. Mach. 1. M. Seleuchus Philopator the sonne of Antiochus magnus sent Eliodore to Hierusalem to spoyle the treasurie of the temple whervpon he was slayne of two young men who yet at the request of Onias was raised vp agayne and sent vnto him 2. Mach. 3. The children of Mathathias A. Mathathias priest in Medin but not the bye priest after he had slayne the messengers of Antiochus which compelled the people of Israel to commit idolatrie and after he had slayne the Iewe in the sight of them all that did sacrifice vpon the aulter he fled with fiue of his children and with others which feared God and hid them selues in caues and in wooddes and vpon the Sabbath daye he taught them to vse armour and restored the lawes of the fathers destroyed the aulter of the idols circumcised the children that were not circumcised and towarde his death he made a testament commaundyng the lawe to be obserued 1. Mac. 2. B. Iudas Machabeus that notable triumpher in Israel who had neuer y e like before nor after whose workes be set out in the booke of the Machabees after standyng in defence of the lawe of God he was slayne and offered him selfe as martir to the Lorde 1. Mach. 9. C. Ionathas stoode faythfullye to the testament of God but at the last he was guilâ—fully slaine with his .2 sonnes of TriphoÌ„ 1. Mach. 9. D. Eleazar goyng about to supplant the Elephant which as he thought caryed Antiochus goyng through y e armie killing on both sides felled the Elephant which dyd oppresse him to death â— Mach. 6. E. Simon a prudent man tyl his olde age and victorious but at the last he was slayne vngratiously of his sonne in lawe 1. Mach. 15. F. Iohn Hircanus did open two of the eyght lockers of Dauid and gaue to Antiochus to rayse vp his siege from Hierusalem .300 talentes and to styll the murmure of the people for the spoylyng of the graue he was the first that builded hospitalles for sicke folkes which he did with the rest of the money G. Aristobolus after he had put his mother in prison and three of his brethren he set the crowne on his owne head and at the suggestion of his wife he killed his brother Antigonus H. Alexander slue about .1000 of the Iewes and he obeyng his wife gaue vp his Crowne I. Alexandra his wife promisyng to her sonne Hircanus the dominion put in prison Aristobolus her other sonne K. Hircanus after his mothers death was chased of his brother Aristobolus discomfited he fled to Hierusalem at the last agreed that Aristobolus should be chiefe ruler and Hircanus vnder him which Hircanus went to Aretha king of Arabia secretely to helpe him agayne to his dominion whiche Aretha commyng into Iurie besieged Hierusalem and shoulde haue taken it yf one Scaurus duke of the Romanes had not raysed vp the siege and so departed L. This Aristobolus â–ª ouercommyng his brother Hircanus in battayle was taken prisoner in Hierusalem of Pompeius brought to Rome but he breaking prison out of Rome with a great multitude of the Iewes besieged Alexandria which he woulde haue destroyed but Aristobolus was taken and brought agayne to Rome with his children M. Antigonus the sonne of Aristobolus by the helpe of Lisania his nephewe promisyng to Parthus kyng of the Parthians .1000 talentes and .500 virgins to restore him into the kingdome agayne and he hauyng many thousande men of the Parthians besieged Hierusalem At the last the king of the Parthians constituted Antigonus kyng and slue Hircanus after he had cut of his â—ares Mathathias Asamoneus A. Iudas Machabeus B. Ionathas C. Eleazar D. Iohannes Simon E. Iohannes Hircanus F. Aristobolus king G. Alexander H. Alexandra I. Brethren Hircanus K. Aristobolus L. Antigonus M. Alexandra Alexander Lisanias N. Antiochus Eupater after the takyng of Bethsura and the besiegyng of Hierusalem and his promise made to the Iewes of obseruyng their lawes he droue out Philip out of Antiochia At the last he and Lysias bounde of their owne armie and at the commaundement of Demetrius Sother the children of Seleuchus were slayne 1. Mach. 7. O. Demetrius Sother the sonne of Seleuchus returnyng to Rome slue Antiochus with Lysia did constitute Alchimus for hie bishop with whom Bacchades was sent into Iurie destroyed many about Hierusalem he lost Nichanor who was slaine by the hande of Iudas who was killed by Bacchides Ionathas withdrawing his helpe although he promised him many thinges Alexander
Legales as it were where christes lawes be expressed and conteyneth 4. bokes or Gospelles Matthaewe Who principally treateth of the actes of Christe of his humanitie of his death resurrection and assention Chapters 28. Marke Wherin chiefly is treated the fortitude of Christe and doth repeate most thinges of Matthewe Chapters 16. Luke Which speaketh chiefly of the annunciation of the blessed virgin and Christes actes death and resurrection Chapters 24. Iohn In whom Christes diuinitie is chiefly shewed and other actes of his diuine power Chapters 21. Historical shewyng the actes deedes of y e Apostles and is one booke Act. of Apo. Wherin S. Luke declareth the sendyng of the holy ghost after his visible assention into heauen of the actes of the Apostles especially of Paul wherin is also set out as it were the young age of the Churche in her first grouth Chapters 28. SapieÌ„tial be named these wherin the wisdome of Christ is expressed by examples preceptes of godly lyuing geuen by his Apostles be bookes 21. Romanes Wherin Paul doth reuoke the Romanes from the errours of the Gentiles declaryng the order of their iustification what shoulde proceede and what should folowe their iustification Chapters 16. Corinth 1 Wherin he doth call backe some that were deceaued of false Apostles Philosophers by their eloquence some which were deceaued by the iudaicall obseruation of the lawe he calleth them backe to true faith and to the wisdome of God Chapters 16. 2 Wherin Paul vpon their conuersion and repentaunce prayseth and comforteth them Chapters 13. Galath Wherin Paul calleth home agayne such as were deceaued by false prophetes that they shoulde returne backe to the lawe and to their ceremonies and wylleth them to come agayne to the true faith of the Gospell Chapters 6. Ephesians Wherin the Apostle prayseth the Ephesians which did persist constantly in the faith of the Gospell receaued Chapters 6. Philippians Wherin the Apostle prayseth the Philippians for that after they had receaued the worde of trueth they did not receaue the false Apostles Chapters 4. Colossians Wherin Paul blameth the Colossians for that they were reduced by the false Apostles and exhorteth them to returne to the veritie of the Gospell Chapters 4. Thessalonians 1 Wherin he doth commende the Thessalonians which receauyng the worde of trueth though they suffered persecution of their owne kinrede yet they did persist in the faith nor woulde receaue the false Apostles Chapters 5. 2 Wherin the Apostle instructeth them of the last tymes of the commyng and of the persecution of antechrist of his aduauncement and ouerthrowe Chapters 3. Timoth. 1 Wherin Paul instructeth him of the order and office of Bishops and Deacons and of all ecclesiasticall discipline Chapters 6. 2 Wherin Paul doth exhort him to the crowne of martirdome and doth infourme him of all the rules of the catholike veritie and what shal be done in the last dayes and of his owne sufferyng Chapters 4. Legales also Titus Wherin Paul doth instruct Titus his disciple of the constitutyng and ordering of priestes or elders of all spirituall conuersation and of the eschewing of heretikes Chapters 3. Philemon Wherin the Apostle commendeth Philemon of his faith to Christe and of his charitie to the godly and he prayeth him to deale gentlye with Onesimus his seruaunt and to entertayne him friendly Chapter 1. Hebre. Wherin the Apostle sheweth the weakenesse and the abolishment of Moyses lawe and the perfection of the doctrine of the Gospell and that Christ is true God and man and a mediatour betweene God and man Chapters 13. Iames. Wherin Iames geueth exhortation vnto patient sufferyng and that there is no exception of persons before God and doth also open the hurtes that come by an euyl tongue he forbiddeth warres and discentions he rebuketh the riche that be vncharitable and doth stirre men to vertue Chap. 5. Peter 1 Wherin Peter geueth thankes vnto God which by the death of his sonne did mercifully saue all mankinde and doth instruct to good life diuers states of men Chapters 5. 2 In which the Apostle induceth the beleuers to holde the true faith he doth note and condempne the falsenesse of heretikes and doth describe the seconde commyng of Christe Chapters 3. Iohn 1 In which saint Iohn doth testifie of the worde of trueth and life exhortyng men to confesse their sinnes affirmyng that we haue Iesus Christe an aduocate with the father disswadyng men from the loue of the worlde and perswadyng them to loue God and their neighbours Chapters 5. 2 Wherin he commendeth the elect Lady and her sonnes and doth exhorte them to brotherly loue and doth admonishe them to eschewe heretikes Chapter 1. 3 In this he prayseth the godlinesse of his beloued Gaius which he extended vnto straungers and he doth exhort him to perseuer styll in that godlinesse and well doyng Chapter 1. Iude. In the which the Apostle doth admonishe all men of their owne saluation and he doth bryng in by the way the altercation that was betwixt Michael and the deuyll and doth detest the life of the heretikes Chapter 1. Propheticall Apoca. Which treateth of reuelations shewed vnto Iohn by an angell in the Isle of Pathmos of the tribulations which the Churche of Christe did then suffer prophecieth also of such tribulations which the Church shall suffer hereafter especialy in the time of antechrist and of the punishmentes of them which be dampned and of the rewardes of the elect Chapters 22. ¶ Faultes escaped In the first prologue pag. 3. line 26. destoyed reade destroyed 27. line neither the reade neither by the. In Matthewe chap. 26. vearse .71 reade this felowe In the actes chap. 13. vearse .4 they sealed reade they sayled Chap. 15. vearse .3 conuersation reade conuertion Romanes chap. 11. vearse .9 in the margent write Psal 68. Colossians chap. 3. vearse .16 the worde of God reade the worde of Christ Hebrues chap. 1. vearse .8 righteousnesse reade rightnesse HEre is to be noted that such partes and chapters which be marked and noted with such semy circles at the head of the vearse or line with such other texts may be left vnread in the publique reading to the people that therby other chapters and places of the scripture makyng more to their edification and capacitie may come in their roomes And here let the minister of Christ and dispenser of the misteries of God haue a due and weightie consideration to reade this hie treasure of Gods worde with all reuerence and grauitie truely distinctly and sensibly for it is the mightie power of God to saluâ—tion to euery one that beleueth So let the hearers also with all mekenesse and lowlinesse receaue this worde that is thus grafted and grounded amongst them by the great mercie of God which worde is able to saue their soules saith the holy Apostle saint Iames. For as both the reader and hearer be pronounced blessed by Christes owne mouth who heare the worde of God and do fulfyll it
manquellyng 30 For one mans wytnesse shall no man be condempned 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses in the fieldes of Moab by Iordane ouer against Iericho saying 2 Commaunde y e chyldren of Israel that they geue vnto the Leuites of the inheritaunce of their possession cities to dwell in And ye shal geue also vnto the cities of the Leuites suburbes harde by their cities rounde about them 3 The cities shall they haue to dwell in and the suburbes for their cattell and for their possession al maner of beastes of theirs 4 And the suburbes of the cities whiche ye shall geue vnto the Leuites shall reache from the wall of the citie outwarde a thousande cubites rounde about 5 And ye shall measure without the citie of the east syde two thousande cubites and of the south syde two thousande cubites and of the west side two thousand cubites and of the north side two thousande cubites also and the citie shal be in the middes and these shal be the suburbes of their cities 6 And from among the cities whiche ye shall geue vnto the Leuites there shal be sixe cities for refuge whiche ye shall appoynt to that intent that he whiche kylleth may flee thyther And to them ye shall adde fourtie and two cities mo 7 So that all the cities whiche ye shall geue the Leuites may be fourtie and eyght them shall ye geue with their suburbes 8 And these cities whiche ye shall geue shal be out of the possession of the chyldren of Israel They that haue many shall geue many but of them that haue fewe ye shall take fewe Euery one shal geue of his cities vnto the Leuites accordyng to the inheritaunce whiche he inheriteth 9 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 10 Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them When ye be come ouer Iordane into the lande of Chanaan 11 Ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you that he whiche sleeth a person vnwares may flee thyther 12 And these cities shal be vnto you a refuge from the auenger of blood that he which killeth dye not vntill he stand before the congregation in iudgement 13 And of these cities which ye shal geue sixe cities shall ye haue for refuge 14 Ye shal geue three on this side Iordane and three in the land of Chanaan whiche shal be cities of refuge 15 And these sixe cities shal be a refuge both for the chyldren of Israel and for the straunger for hym that dwelleth among you that all they whiche kyll any person vnwares may flee thyther 16 And if any man smyte another with an instrument of iron that he dye then is he a murtherer and the murtherer shall dye for it 17 If he smyte hym with throwyng a stone that a man may dye with and if he dye he that smote hym is a murtherer let the same murtherer be slayne therefore 18 Or if he smyte hym with a handweapon of wood that a man may dye with then if he dye he is a murtherer let the same murtherer be slaine therfore 19 The reuenger of blood himselfe shal slay the murtherer when he meeteth hym he shall slay hym 20 But if he thrust hym of hate or hurle at hym by laying of wayte that he dye 21 Or smyte hym with his hande of enmitie that he dye he that smote hym shall dye the death for he is a murtherer the reuenger of the blood shall slay the murtherer when he meeteth hym 22 But if he pusshed hym vnaduisedly and not of hate or cast vpon hym any thing and not in laying of wayte 23 Or any maner of stone that a man may dye with and saw him not and he caused it to fall vpon hym and he dye and was not his enemie neither sought hym any harme 24 Then the congregation shal iudge betweene the slayer and the reuenger of blood according to these lawes 25 And the congregation shall deliuer the slayer out of the hande of the reuenger of blood and the congregation shall restore hym to the citie of his refuge whyther he was fled and he shal abide there vnto the death of the hye priest whiche was annoynted with the holy oyle 26 But if the slayer come without the borders of his citie of refuge whyther he was fled 27 And the reuenger of blood finde hym without the borders of the citie of his refuge and the reuenger of blood kyll the slayer he shal be gyltlesse 28 Because he shoulde haue bydden in the towne of his refuge vntill the death of the hye priest and after the death of the hye priest the slayer should returne vnto the lande of his possession 29 So these thynges shal be a lawe of iudgement vnto you throughout your generations in al your dwellinges 30 Whoso kylleth any person the Iudge shall put the murtherer to death thorowe wytnesses but one wytnesse shall not testifie agaynst any person to cause hym to dye 31 Moreouer ye shal take no recompence for the lyfe of the murtherer whiche is worthy to dye but he shal be put to death 32 And ye shall take no recompence for him that is fled to the citie of his refuge that he shoulde come againe and dwell in the lande before the death of the hye priest 33 So ye shall not pollute the lande whiche ye shall dwell in for blood defileth the lande and the lande can not be clensed of the blood that is shed therin but by the blood of hym that shed blood 34 Defile not therefore the lande whiche ye shal inhabite for I am in the middes therof euen I the Lord dwell among the chyldren of Israel ¶ The .xxxvj. Chapter 1 An order for the mariage of the daughters of Zelaphead 7 The inheritaunce could not be geuen from one tribe to another 1 ANd the chiefe fathers of the families of the chyldren of Geliad the sonne of Machir the sonne of Manasse of the kinred of the sonnes of Ioseph came foorth and spake before Moyses and before the princes the chiefe fathers of the chyldren of Israel 2 And sayd The Lorde commaunded my Lorde to geue the land to inherite by lot to the chyldren of Israel and my Lorde was commaunded by the Lord to geue the inheritaunce of Zelaphead our brother vnto his daughters 3 If they be maryed to any of y e sonnes of the other tribes of the chyldren of Israel then shall their inheritaunce be taken from the inheritaunce of our fathers and shal be put to the inheritaunce of the tribe which they are receaued into and so shal it be taken from the lot of our inhertaunce 4 And when the Iubilee of the children of Israel commeth then shall their inheritaunce be put vnto the inheritaunce of the tribe wherinto they are receaued and so shall their inheritaunce be taken away from the inheritaunce of the tribe of our fathers 5 And Moyses commaunded
19 Lyfe and death is set before them 20 The Lorde is their lyfe which obey hym 1 WHen all these wordes are come vpon thee the blessyng and the curse whiche I haue set before thee thou shalt turne vnto thine heart among all the nations whyther the Lorde thy God hath dryuen thee 2 And come agayne vnto the Lorde thy God and hearken vnto his voyce in all these thynges that I commaunde thee this day thou and thy children with all thine heart and all thy soule 3 And the Lorde thy God wyll turne thy captiuitie and haue compassion vpon thee and wyll turne and fetche thee agayne from all the nations among which the Lord thy God had scattered thee 4 Though thou wast cast vnto the extreme partes of heauen euen from thence wyll the Lorde thy God gather thee and from thence will he fetch thee 5 And the Lorde thy God wyll bryng thee into the lande whiche thy fathers possessed and thou shalt enioy it And he wyll shewe thee kindnesse and multiplie thee aboue thy fathers 6 And the Lorde thy God wyll circumcise thine heart and the heart of thy seede that thou mayest loue the Lorde thy God with all thine heart and all thy soule that thou mayest lyue 7 And the Lorde thy God wyll put all these curses vpon thine enemies and on them that hate thee and that persecute thee 8 But thou shalt turne and hearken vnto the voyce of the Lorde and do all his commaundementes which I commaunde thee this day 9 And the Lorde thy God wyll make thee plenteous in al the workes of thine hande in the fruite of thy body and in the fruite of thy cattell and in the fruite of thy lande for thy wealth For the Lorde wyll turne agayne and reioyce ouer thee to do thee good as he reioyced ouer thy fathers 10 If thou hearken only vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe his commaundementes and his ordinaunces which are written in the booke of this lawe and if thou turne vnto the Lorde thy God with all thine heart and all thy soule 11 For the commaundement which I cōmaunde thee this day is not hidden from thee neither farre of 12 It is not in heauen that thou needest to say Who shall go vp for vs to heauen and bryng it vnto vs that we may heare it and do it 13 Neither is it beyonde the sea that thou shouldest say Who shall go ouer the sea for vs and bryng it vnto vs that we may heare it and do it 14 But the worde is very nye vnto thee euen in thy mouth and in thine heart that thou do it 15 Beholde I haue set before thee this day lyfe and good death and euyll 16 For where as I commaunde thee this day to loue the Lorde thy God to walke in his wayes and to kepe his commaundementes his ordinaunces and his lawes yf thou so do thou shalt lyue and multiplie and the Lorde thy God shall blesse thee in the lande whyther thou goest to possesse it 17 But and yf thine heart turne away so that thou wylt not heare but shalt go astray and worship straunge gods and serue them 18 I pronounce vnto you also this day that ye shall surely perishe and that ye shall not prolong your dayes vpon the lande whyther thou passest ouer Iordane to go and possesse it 19 I call heauen and earth to recorde this day agaynst you that I haue set before you lyfe and death blessyng and cursyng Therfore choose lyfe that both thou and thy seede may lyue 20 That thou mayest loue the Lord thy God and be obedient to his voyce and cleaue vnto hym For he is thy life the length of thy dayes that thou mayest dwell vpon the earth which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isahac and Iacob to geue them ¶ The .xxxj. Chapter 2. 7 Moyses preparyng hym selfe to dye appoynteth Iosuah to rule the people 9 He geueth the lawe to the Leuites that they shoulde reade it to the people 19 God geueth them a song as a witnesse betwene hym and them 23 God confirmeth Iosuah 29 Moyses sheweth thē that they wyll rebell after his death 1 ANd Moyses went and spake these wordes vnto all Israel 2 And sayd vnto them I am an hundred and twentie yeres olde this day and can no more go out and in Also the Lorde hath sayd vnto me Thou shalt not go ouer this Iordane 3 The Lorde thy God he wyll go ouer before thee and he wyll destroy these nations before thee and thou shalt possesse them And Iosuah he shall go before thee as the Lorde hath sayde 4 And the Lorde shall do vnto them as he dyd to Sehon and Og kynges of the Amorites and vnto the lande of them whom he destroyed 5 And the Lorde shall geue them ouer before your face that ye may do vnto them accordyng vnto all the cōmaundementes which I haue cōmaunded you 6 Plucke vp your heartes therfore and be strong dreade not nor be afrayde of them for the Lorde thy God hym selfe doth go with thee he shall not fayle thee nor forsake thee 7 And Moyses called vnto Iosuah and sayd vnto him in the sight of all Israel Be strong of good courage for thou must go with this people vnto the lande which the Lord hath sworne vnto their fathers to geue them and thou shalt geue it them to inherite 8 And the Lorde he doth go before thee he shal be with thee he shall not fayle thee neither forsake thee feare not therfore nor be discomfyted 9 And Moyses wrote this lawe and deliuered it vnto the priestes the sonnes of Leui which bare the arke of the testament of the Lorde and vnto all the elders of Israel 10 And Moyses cōmaunded them saying Euery seuenth yere in the solempnitie of the free yere euen in the feast of tabernacles 11 When all Israel is come to appeare before the Lorde thy God in the place which he hath chosen thou shalt reade this lawe before all Israel that they may heare it 12 Gather the people together men women and children and the straunger that is within thy gates that they may heare and learne and feare the Lorde your God and kepe and obserue all the wordes of this lawe 13 And that their children which knowe nothyng may heare and learne to feare the Lorde your God as long as ye lyue in the lande whyther ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it 14 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Beholde thy dayes are come that thou must dye Call Iosuah therfore and stande ye in the tabernacle of the congregatiō that I may geue him a charge And Moyses and Iosuah went stood in the tabernacle of the congregation 15 And the Lorde appeared in the tabernacle euen in the piller of the cloude and the piller of the cloude stoode ouer the doore
of the tabernacle 16 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Beholde thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers and this people wyll ryse vp and go a whoryng after straunge gods of the lande whyther they go and wyll forsake me and breake the appoyntmēt which I haue made with them 17 And then my wrath wyll waxe hot against them in that day I wil forsake them wyll hide my face from them and they shal be consumed and much aduersitie and tribulations shall come vpon them so that then they wyll say Are not these troubles come vpon me because God is not with me 18 And I also wyll surely hyde away my face in that day for all the euyls sake which they shall haue wrought in that they are turned vnto straunge gods 19 Nowe therfore write ye this song for you and teache it the children of Israel and put it in their mouthes that this song may be my witnesse agaynst the children of Israel 20 For I wyll bryng them into the lande which I sware vnto their fathers that floweth with mylke and honye and they shall eate and fyll them selues and waxe fat and turne vnto straūge gods and serue them and blaspheme me and breake my couenaunt 21 And when much mischiefe and tribulation is come vpon them this song shall aunswere them as a witnesse For it shall not be forgotten out of the mouthes of their seede for I knowe their imagination which they go about euen nowe before I haue brought thē into the lande which I sware 22 Moyses therfore wrote this song the same day and taught it the children of Israel 23 And he gaue Iosuah the sonne of Nun a charge and sayde Be bolde and strong for thou shalt bryng the children of Israel into the lande which I sware vnto them I wil be with thee 24 And when Moyses had made an ende of writing the wordes of this lawe in a booke vntyll he had finished them 25 Moyses commaunded the Luites which bare the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde saying 26 Take ye the booke of this lawe and put it in the syde of the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde your God that it may be there for a witnesse agaynst thee 27 For I knowe thy rebellion and thy stiffe necke whyle I am yet alyue with you this day ye haue ben disobedient vnto the Lorde and howe much more after my death 28 Gather vnto me all the elders of your tribes and your officers that I may speake these wordes in their eares and call heauen and earth to recorde against them 29 For I am sure that after my death ye will vtterly be corrupt and turne from the way which I haue commaunded you and tribulation wyll come vpon you in the latter dayes because ye shall haue wrought wickednesse in the syght of the Lorde to prouoke hym through the workes of your handes 30 And Moyses spake in the eares of all the congregation of Israel the wordes of this song vntyll he had ended them ¶ The .xxxij. Chapter 7 The song of Moyses concernyng Gods benefites towarde the people 15 And their ingratitude towarde hym 20 God menaceth them 21 And speaketh of the vocation of the Gentiles 46 Moyses commaundeth to teache the lawe to the children 48 God forewarneth Moyses of his death 1 HEare O ye heauens and I shal speake and let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth 2 My doctrine shal drop as doth the rayne and my speache shall flowe as doth the deawe as the shoure vpon the hearbes and as the droppes vpon the grasse 3 For I wyll publishe the name of the Lorde Ascribe ye honour vnto our God 4 Perfect is the worke of the most mightie God for all his wayes are iudgement He is a God of trueth without wickednesse righteous and iust is he 5 Frowardly haue they done agaynst hym by their vices not beyng his owne children but a wicked and frowarde generation 6 Do ye so rewarde the Lord O foolishe nation and vnwise Is not he thy father that hath bought thee Hath he nat made thee and ordeyned thee 7 Remember the dayes of the worlde that is past consider the yeres of so many generations Aske thy father and he wyll shewe thee thy elders and they wyll tell thee 8 When the most hyest deuided to the nations their inheritaunce and when he seperated the sonnes of Adam he put the borders of the nations accordyng to the number of the children of Israel 9 For the Lordes part is his people and Iacob is the portion of his inheritaūce 10 He founde hym in a desert lande in a voyde grounde and in a roaryng wildernesse He led hym about he gaue hym vnderstandyng and kept hym as the apple of his eye 11 As an Egle that stirreth vp her nest and flittereth ouer her young spreadeth her wynges taketh them and beareth them on her wynges 12 The Lorde alone was his guyde and there was no straunge god with hym 13 He caryed hym vp to the hygh places of the earth that he myght eate the encrease of the fieldes And he fed hym with honye out of the rocke and with oyle out of the most harde stone 14 With butter of kine and mylke of the sheepe with fat of the lambes and fat of rammes and hee goates with the fat of the most plenteous wheate and that thou myghtest drynke the most pure blood of the grape 15 But he that shoulde haue ben vpright when he waxed fat spurned with his heele Thou art well fed thou art growen thicke thou art euen laden with fatnesse And he forsoke God his maker and regarded not the God of his saluation 16 They prouoked hym to anger with straunge gods euen with abhominations prouoked they hym 17 They offered vnto deuils and not to God euen to gods whom they knewe not to newe gods that came newly vp whom their fathers feared not 18 Of God that begat thee thou art vnmyndfull and hast forgotten God that made thee 19 The Lorde therfore sawe it and was angry because of the prouokyng of his sonnes and his daughters 20 And he sayde I wyll hyde my face from them and wil see what their ende shal be For they are a very frowarde generation childrē in whom is no faith 21 They haue angred me with that which is no god and prouoked me with their vanities And I also wyll prouoke them with those whiche are no people I wyll anger them with a foolishe nation 22 For fire is kindled in my wrath and burneth vnto the bottome of hell and hath consumed the earth with her increase and set a fire the botomes of the mountaynes 23 I wyll heape mischiefes vpon them wyll destroy them with mine arrowes 24 They shal be burnt with hunger and consumed with heate and with bitter destruction I wyll also sende the teeth of
blesse thee 5 Then sayde Booz vnto his young man that stode by the reapers Whose damosel is this 6 And the young man that stode by the reapers aunswered and sayd It is the Moabitishe damosel that came with Naomi out of the countrey of Moab 7 And she sayde vnto vs I pray you let me gleane and gather after the reapers amongst the sheaues and so she came and hath continued euen from the morning vnto nowe saue that she taried a litle in the house 8 Then sayd Booz vnto Ruth Hearest thou my daughter Go to no other fielde to gather neither go from hence but abyde here by my maydens 9 Let thyne eyes be on the fielde that they do reape go thou after the maydens Haue I not charged the young men that they shall do thee no hurte Moreouer when thou art a thyrst go vnto the vessels drinke of that which the laddes haue drawen 10 Then she fell on her face and bowed her selfe to the ground and sayde vnto him Howe is it that I haue founde grace in thyne eyes that thou shouldest knowe me seing I am an aliaunt 11 And Booz aunswered and sayde vnto her Al is tolde shewed me that thou hast done vnto thy mother in law sence the death of thyne husband howe thou hast left thy father and thy mother and the land where thou wast borne and art come vnto a people which thou knewest not in time passed 12 The Lord quyte thy worke and a full reward be geuen thee of the Lord God of Israel vnder whose winges thou art come to trust 13 Then she sayde Let me finde fauour in thy sight my lord thou that hast comforted me and spoken comfortably vnto thy mayde whiche yet am not lyke vnto one of thy maydens 14 Booz sayde vnto her agayne At the meale tyme come thou hyther and eate of the bread and dyp thy morsel in the vineger And she sat besyde the reapers and he reached her parched corne she dyd eate and was suffised left part 15 And when she was rysen vp to gather Booz cōmaunded his young men saying Let her gather euen among the sheaues and rebuke her not 16 And leaue her some of the sheaues for the nonce and let it lye that she may gather it vp and rebuke her not 17 And so she gathered in the fielde vntil euen and threshed that she had gathered and it was in measure vpon an Epha of barlye 18 And she toke it vp and went into the citie and when her mother in lawe had seene what she had gathered she plucked out also gaue to her that she had reserued when she had eaten enough 19 And her mother in lawe sayde vnto her Where hast thou gathered to day and where wroughtest thou blessed be he that knewe thee And she shewed her mother in lawe howe she had wrought with him and sayde The mans name with whom I wrought to day is Booz 20 And Naomi said vnto her daughter in lawe Blessed be he of the Lord for he ceasseth not to do good to the lyuing to the dead And Naomi sayd agayne vnto her The man is nye vnto vs and of our affinitie 21 And Ruth the Moabitesse sayd he sayd vnto me also Thou shalt be with my young men vntil they haue ended al my haruest 22 And Naomi aunswered vnto Ruth her daughter in lawe It is best my daughter that thou go out with his maydens that they come not against thee in any other fielde 23 And so she kept her by the maydens of Booz to gather vnto the ende of barlye haruest and of wheate haruest also dwelt with her mother in lawe The .iii. Chapter 1 Naomi geueth Ruth councel 8 She sleepeth at Booz feete 12 He acknowledgeth him selfe to be her kinseman 1 THen Naomi her mother in lawe sayde vnto her My daughter shal I not seke rest for thee y t thou mayest prosper 2 And is not Booz our kinsman with whose maydens thou wast Beholde he winnoweth barlie to night in the thresshing floore 3 Wasshe thy selfe therfore and annoynt thee and put thy rayment vpon thee get thee downe to the floore but let not the man knowe of thee vntill he haue left eating and drincking 4 And when he goeth to sleepe marke the place where he layeth him downe and then go and lyft vp the clothes that are on his feete lay thee downe there and he shall tel thee what thou shalt do 5 And she aunswered her All that thou biddest me I will do 6 And she went downe vnto the floore and dyd according to al that her mother in lawe bad her 7 And when Booz had eaten and drunken cheared his heart he went to lye downe at the ende of the heape of corne and she came softly and lift vp the clothes of his feete and layed her downe 8 And at midnight the man was afraide and caught holde and beholde a woman lay at his feete 9 And he sayde What art thou She aunswered I am Ruth thyne handmayde Spreade the wing of thy garment ouer thyne handmayde for thou art the kinsman 10 He sayde Blessed be thou in the Lord my daughter for thou hast shewed more goodnesse in the latter ende then at the beginning inasmuche as thou folowedst not young men whether they were poore or riche 11 And nowe my daughter feare not I will do to the all that thou requirest for all the citie of my people doth know that thou art a woman of vertue 12 And it is true that I am of thy next kinne howbeit there is one nier then I. 13 Tary this night and when morning is come if he wil perfourme the part of a kinsman vnto thee it is good let him do the kinsmans part but if he wyl not do the kinsmans part then wyl I do the duetie of a kinsman as the Lorde liueth sleepe vntil the morning 14 And she lay at his feete vntill the morning and she arose vp before one coulde knowe another And he sayde Let no man knowe that there came any woman into the floore 15 And he sayde againe Bring the mantel that thou hast vpon thee holde it And when she held it he mette in sixe measures of barlye and layde it on her And she gat her into the citie 16 And when she came in to her mother in lawe she sayde Who art thou my daughter And she tolde her all that the man had done to her 17 And sayde These sixe measures of barlye gaue he me and sayde Thou shalt not come emptie vnto thy mother in lawe 18 Then sayde she My daughter sit still vntil thou knowe howe the matter will fall for the man will not be in rest vntill he haue finished the thing this same day The .iiii. Chapter 1 Booz speaketh to Ruths next kinseman touching her mariage 7 The auncient custome in Israel 10 Booz marieth Ruth of
backward by the side of the gate and his necke brake and he dyed For he was an olde man and heauy and iudged Israel fourtie yeres 19 And his daughter in lawe Phinehes wyfe was with childe and nye the birth And when she heard the tidinges that the arke of God was taken and that her father in law and her husband were dead the bowed her selfe and trauayled for her paynes came vpon her 20 And about the tyme of her death the women that stoode about her saide vnto her Feare not for thou hast borne a sonne But she aunswered not nor regarded it 21 And she named the childe Ichabod saying The glorie is departed frō Israel because the arke of God was taken and because of her father in lawe and her husband 22 And she saide againe The glorie is gone from Israel for the arke of God is taken The .v. Chapter 2 The Philistines bryng the arke into the house of Dagon 6 The men of Asdod are plagued 8 The arke is caryed into Gath and after to Acron 1 AND the Philistines toke the arke of God and caryed it from the Eben ezer vnto Asdod 2 Yea the Philistines toke the arke of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon 3 And when they of Asdod were vp in the next daye in the mornyng beholde Dagon was fallen vpon his face on the earth before the arke of the Lorde And they toke Dagon and set him in his place agayne 4 And when they were come earlie in the next morning beholde Dagon was fallen vpon his face on the grounde before the arke of the Lorde and his head and his two handes cut of vpon the thresholde that onely the stumpe of Dagon was left to him 5 And therfore is it that the priestes of Dagon neither any man that commeth into Dagons house treade not on the thresholde of Dagon in Asdod vnto this day 6 But the hand of the Lorde was heauie vpon them of Asdod and he destroyed them and smote them with emerodes both Asdod and all the coastes thereof 7 And when the men of Asdod sawe that it was so they saide The arke of the God of Israel shal not abide here with vs for his hand is sore vpon vs vpon Dagon our God 8 They sent therfore and gathered all the lordes of the Philistines vnto them and saide What shall we do with the arke of the God of Israel They aunswered Let the arke of the God of Israel be caryed about vnto Gath. And they caried the arke of the God of Israel about 9 And when they had caryed it about the hand of the Lorde was agaynst the citie with a very great destruction and he smote the men of the citie both small and great and they had emerodes in their secrete partes 10 Therfore they sent the arke of God to Acaron and assoone as the arke of God came to Acaron the Acaronites cryed out saying They haue brought the arke of the God of Israel to vs to slea vs and our people 11 And so they sent and gathered together al the lordes of the Philistines and saide Send away the arke of the God of Israel to go agayne to his owne place that it slea vs not and our people For there was a destruction and death thorowout all the citie and the hand of God was exceeding sore there 12 And the men that dyed not were smitten with the emerodes And the crye of the citie went vp to heauen ¶ The .vi. Chapter 1 The time that the arke was with the Philistines which they sent againe with a gift 12. It commeth to Bethsames 17. The Philistines offer golden emerodes 19. The men of Bethsames are stricken for loking into the arke 1 ANd the arke of the Lord was in the countrey of the Philistines seuen monethes 2 And the Philistines called for the priestes and the soothsayers saying What shall we do with the arke of the Lord Tell vs wherewith we shall sende it home againe 3 They sayde If you send away the arke of the God of Israel send it not emptie but rewarde it with sinne offeryng and then ye shall be whole and it shall be knowen to you why his hand departeth not from you 4 Then sayd they And what shal be the sinne offering which we shall rewarde him with They aunswered Fiue golden emerodes and fiue golden myce accordyng to the number of the princes of y e Philistines For one plague was on you all and on your princes 5 Wherfore ye shall make images lyke to your emerodes images like to your myce that corrupt the land and ye shall geue glorie vnto the God of Israel that he may take his hand from of you and from of your goddes and from of your land 6 Wherfore do ye harden your heartes as the Egyptians and Pharao hardened their heartes Which when he wrought wonderfullie among them did they not let the people go and they departed 7 Now therfore make a newe cart and take two melche kyne on whom there hath come no yocke and tye the kyne to the carte and bring the calues home from them 8 And take the arke of the Lorde and lay it vpon the cart and put the iewels of golde whiche ye rewarde him with for a sinne offering in a coffer by the side thereof and send it awaye that it may go 9 And if ye see that he go vp by the way of his owne coaste to Bethsames then it is he that did vs this great euill If no. we shall knowe then that it is not his hand that smote vs but it was a chaunce that happened vs. 10 And the men did euen so And toke two kyne that gaue milke tyed them to the cart and kept the calues at home 11 And they layde the arke of the Lorde vpon the cart and the coffer with the myce of golde and with the images of their emerodes 12 And the kyne toke the strayght way to Bethsames went on the strayght way and as they went lowed and turned neither to the ryght hande nor to the left And the princes of the Philistines went after them vnto the borders of Bethsames 13 And they of Bethsames were reaping their wheate haruest in the valley And they lyft vp their eyes and spied the arke and reioyced when they sawe it 14 And the carte came into the fielde of one Iehosua a Bethsamite and stoode still ther. There was also a great stone And they claue the wood of the carte and offred the kyne a burnt offring vnto the Lorde 15 And the Leuites toke downe the arke of the Lorde and the coffer that was with it wherein the iewels of golde were and put them on the great stone And the men of Bethsames sacrificed burnt sacrifice and offered offeringes the same day vnto the Lorde 16 And when the fiue princes of the Philistines had seene
way For as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places 5 And assoone as the kingdome was setled in his hande it came to passe that he slue his seruauntes which had killed the king his father 6 But the children of those murtherers he slue not according vnto it that is written in the booke of the law of Moyses wherein the Lorde commaunded saying Let not the fathers dye for the children nor let the children be slaine for the fathers but let euery man be put to death for his owne sinne 7 He slue of Edom in the salt valley ten thousand and toke the castell on the rocke in the same battaile and called the name of it Ioktheel vnto this day 8 Then Amaziahu sent messengers to Iehoas the sonne of Iehoahaz sonne of Iehu king of Israel saying Come let vs see eche other 6 And Iehoas the king of Israel sent to Amaziahu king of Iuda saying Did not a thistle that is in Libanon send to a Cedar tree that is in Libanon saying Geue thy daughter to my sonne to wife And the wilde beast that was in Libanon went and trode downe the thystle 10 Thou hast smitten Edom thyne heart hath made thee proude Enioye this glory tarry at home Why doest thou prouoke to mischiefe that thou shouldest be ouerthrowen Iuda with thee 11 But Amaziahu would not heare And Iehoas king of Israel went vp and he and Amaziahu king of Iuda sawe either other at Bethsames which is in Iuda 12 And Iuda was put to the worse before Israel and they fled euery man to their tentes 13 And Iehoas king of Israel toke Amaziahu king of Iuda the sonne of Iehoas the sonne of Ahaziahu at Bethsames and came to Hierusalem brake downe the wall of Hierusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate foure hundred cubites 14 And he toke all the golde and siluer and all the vessels that were founde in the house of the Lorde and in the treasures of the kinges house and the children toke he to be his wardes and returned to Samaria againe 15 The rest of the actes of Iehoas which he did and his power how he fought with Amaziahu king of Iuda are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Israel 16 And Iehoas slept with his fathers and was buried at Samaria among the kinges of Israel Ieroboam his sonne raigned in his steade 17 Amaziahu the sonne of Ioas king of Iuda liued after the death of Iehoas sonne of Iehoahaz king of Israel fifteene yeres 18 And the remnaunt of the wordes that concerne Amaziahu are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Iuda 19 But they conspired treason against him in Hierusalem And when he fled to Lachis they sent after him to Lachis and slue him there 20 And they brought him on horses and he was buried at Hierusalem with his fathers in the citie of Dauid 21 And all the people of Iuda toke Azaria which was sixteene yeres olde and made him king for his father Amaziahu 22 He built Elath and brought it againe to Iuda after that the king was layde to rest with his fathers 23 In the fifteenth yere of Amaziahu the sonne of Ioas king of Iuda was Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas made king ouer Israel in Samaria and raigned fourtie and one yeres 24 And wrought that which was euill in the sight of the Lorde neither turned he away from all the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat which made Israel to sinne 25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entring of Hemath vnto the sea of the wildernesse according to the worde of the Lorde God of Israel which he spake by the hande of his seruaunt Ionas the sonne of Amithai the prophete which was of Geth Hepher 26 For the Lorde sawe howe that the affliction of Israel was exceeding bytter insomuch that the prisoned and the forsaken were at an ende and there was none to helpe Israel 27 And the Lorde saide not that he would put out the name of Israel from vnder heauen but he helped them by the hande of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas. 28 The rest of the wordes that concerne Ieroboam and all that he did and his strength and howe he fought in the warres howe he restored Damascon Hemath to Iuda in Israel are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Israel 29 And Ieroboam slept with his fathers euen with the kinges of Israel Zacharia his sonne raigned in his steade ¶ The .xv. Chapter 1 Azaria the king of Iuda becommeth a leaper 5 Of Iotham 10 Sallum 14 Menahem 23 Pecahia 30 Vziahu 32 Iotham 38 Ahaz 1 IN the twentie and seuenth yere of Ieroboam king of Israel began Azaria sonne of Amazia king of Iuda to raigne 2 Sixteene yeres olde was he when he was made king and he raigned two and fiftie yeres in Hierusalem and his mothers name was Iecholiahu of Hierusalem 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde according to all thinges as did his father Amaziahu 4 Saue that the high places were not put a way For the people offered and burnt incense still on the high places 5 And the Lorde smote the king and he was a leaper vnto the day of his death and dwelt in a seuerall house at libertie and Iotham the kinges sonne gouerned the palace and iudged the people of the lande 6 The rest of the wordes that concerne Azaria and all that he did are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Iuda 7 And so Azaria slept with his fathers and they buryed him with his fathers in the citie of Dauid and Iotham his sonne raigned in his steade 8 In the thirtie and eyght yere of Azaria king of Iuda did Zacharia the sonne of Ieroboam raigne vpon Israel in Samaria sixe monethes 9 And wrought that which was euill in the sight of the Lorde as did his fathers And turned not away from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat which made Israel to sinne 10 And Sallum the sonne of Iabes conspired against him and smote him in the â—ight of the people and killed him and raigned in his steade 11 The rest of the wordes that concerne Zacharia beholde they are written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Israel 12 This is also the worde of the Lorde which he spake vnto Iehu saying Thy sonnes shall sit on the seate of Israel in the fourth generation after thee And so it came to passe 13 Sallum the sonne of Iabes began to raigne in the thirtie and ninth yere of Vzziah king of Iuda and he raigned a moneth in Samaria 14 For Menahem the sonne of Gadi went vp from Thirza came to Samaria and smote Sallum the sonne of Iabes in Samaria and slue him and raigned in his steade
handes in the worke of the house of God euen the God of Israel The .vij. Chapter 1 By the commaundement of the king Esdras and his companions come to Hierusalem 27 He geueth thankes to God 1 AFter these thinges ther was in the raigne of Artaxerxes king of Persia one Esdras the sonne of Saraia the sonne of Asaria the sonne of Helkia 2 The sonne of Sallum the sonne of Zadoc the sonne of Ahitob 3 The sonne of Amaria the sonne of Asaria the sonne of Meraioth 4 The sonne of Zeraia the sonne of Vzzi the sonne of Bucci 5 The sonne of Abisua the sonne of Phinehes the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron the chiefe priest 6 This Esdras also went vp from Babylon and was a perfect scribe in the law of Moyses which the Lorde God of Israel did geue And the king gaue him al that he required according to the hand of the Lorde his God which was vpon him 7 And there went vp certaine of the children of Israel of the priestes leuites singers porters and of the Nethinims vnto Hierusalem in the seuenth yere of king Artaxerxes 8 And he came to Hierusalem in the fifth moneth euen in the seuenth yere of the king 9 For vpon the first day of the first moneth began he to go vp from Babylon and on the first day of the fifth moneth came he to Hierusalem according to the good hand of his God that was vpon him 10 For Esdras prepared his heart to seeke the law of the Lorde and to do it and to teache the preceptes and iudgementes in Israel 11 And this is the copie of the letter that king Artaxerxes gaue vnto Esdras the priest and scribe which was a writer of the wordes and commaundementes of the Lorde and of his statutes ouer Israel 12 Artaxerxes a king of kinges vnto Esdras the priest and scribe of the law of the God of heauen peace and salutation 13 I haue commaunded that all they of the people of Israel and of the priestes and Leuites in my realme which are minded of their owne good wyll to go vp to Hierusalem go with thee 14 And therfore art thou sent of the king and of his seuen counsailers to visite Iuda and Hierusalem according to the law of thy God which is in thy hande 15 And that thou shouldest take with thee siluer and golde which the king and his counsailers offer of their owne good wyll vnto the God of Israel whose habitation is at Hierusalem 16 And all the siluer and golde that thou canst finde in al the countrey of Babylon with it that the people offer of their owne good wyll and the priestes geue wyllingly for the house of their God which is at Hierusalem 17 That thou mayst bye diligently with the same money oxen rammes and lambes with their meate offringes and drinke offringes thou shalt offer them vpon the aulter of the house of your God which is at Hierusalem 18 And looke what lyketh thee and thy brethren to do with the remnaunt of the siluer and golde that do after the wyll of your God 19 And the vessels that are geuen thee for the ministration in the house of thy God those deliuer thou before God at Hierusalem 20 And whatsoeuer thing more shal be nedefull for the house of thy God which is necessary for to spend thou shalt receaue the charges out of the kinges treasure house 21 I king Artaxerxes haue commaunded all the treasures beyond the water that loke what soeuer Esdras the priest and scribe in the law of the God of heauen requireth of you that ye fulfill the same speedylie 22 Vntill an hundred talentes of siluer and till an hundred quarters of wheate and till an hundred battes of wine and till an hundred battes of oyle salt without measure 23 Whatsoeuer also is by the commaundement of the God of heauen let the same be done without any delay for the house of the God of heauen that he be not wroth against the realme against the king and his children 24 And we certifie you that ye haue no aucthoritie to require taxing and custome and yerely rentes vpon any of the priestes leuites singers porters Nethinims and ministers in the house of his God 25 And thou Esdras after the wysdome of thy God that is in thyne hande set iudges and arbitrers by my aucthoritie to iudge all the people that is beyond the water euen all such as know the law of thy God and them that knowe it not those see that ye teache 26 And whosoeuer wyll not fulfill the lawe of thy God and the kinges lawe let him haue his iudgement without delay whether it be vnto death or to be rooted out or to be condempned in goodes or to be put in prison 27 Blessed be the Lorde God of our fathers which so had inspired the kinges heart to garnishe the house of the Lord that is at Hierusalem 28 And hath enclined mercie vnto me in the presence of the king and his counsailers and before all the kinges high estates And I was comforted euen as the hande of the Lord my God was vpon me and so gathered I the heades of Israel together that they might go vp with me ¶ The .viii. Chapter 1 The number of them that returned to Hierusalem with Esdras 21 He causeth them to fast 24 He admonisheth the priestes of their duetie 1 THese are now the principall fathers of them and this is the register of them that went vp with me from Babylon what time as king Artaxerxes raigned 2 Of the children of Phinehes Gersom of the children of Ithamar Daniel of the children of Dauid Hattus 3 Of the children of Zechania among the children of Pharos Zachari with him were numbred an hundred and fiftie men 4 Of the childrē of the captaine of Moab Elioenai the sonne of Zerahia with him two hundred men 5 Of the children of Zechania the sonne of Iahasiel and with him three hundred men 6 Of the children of Adin Abed the sonne of Ionathan and with hym fiftie men 7 Of the children of Elam Isai the sonne of Athalia and with hym seuentie men 8 Of the children of Saphatia Zebadia the sonne of Michael and with hym fourescore men 9 Of the children of Ioab Obadia the sonne of Iehiel and with him two hundred and eyghteene men 10 Of the children of Selomith the sonne of Iosephia and with hym an hundred and threescore men 11 Of the children of Bebai Zachari the sonne of Bebai and with hym twentie and eyght men 12 Of the children of Asgad Iohanan the sonne of Hakatan and with hym an hundred and ten men 13 Of the children of Adonicam that were the last whose names are these Eliphelet Iehiel and Samaiah with them threescore men 14 Of the children of Biguai Vthai and Zabud with them seuentie men 15 And I gathered them together by the water that runneth towarde Ahaua and there abode
his heritage and the foole shal be seruaunt to the wise 30 The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life and he that winneth mens soules is wise 31 If the ryghteous be recompensed vpon earth howe much more then the vngodly and the sinner The .xij. Chapter 1 WHo so loueth correction loueth knowledge but he that hateth to be reproued is a foole 2 A good man is acceptable vnto the Lorde but the wicked imaginer wyll he condempne 3 A man can not endure in vngodlinesse but the roote of the ryghteous shall not be moued 4 A huswifely woman is a crowne vnto her husbande but she that behaueth her selfe vnhonestly is as corruption in his bones 5 The thoughtes of the ryghteous are ryght but the imaginations of the vngodly are deceptfull 6 The talkyng of the vngodly is howe they may lay wayte for blood but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer theÌ„ 7 God ouerturneth the estate of the wicked and they stande not but the house of the ryghteous shall stande 8 A man shal be commended for his wisdome but a foole shal be dispised 9 He that is dispised and is yet his owne man is better then the glorious that lacketh bread 10 A ryghteous man regardeth the lyfe of his cattell but the vngodly haue cruell heartes 11 He that tylleth his lande shall haue plenteousnesse of bread but he that foloweth idlenesse is a very foole 12 The desire of the vngodly is a net of euyls but the roote of the ryghteous bryngeth foorth fruite 13 The wicked falleth into the snare thorowe the malice of his owne mouth but the iust shall escape out of all perill 14 Man shal be satisfied with good thinges by the fruite of his mouth and after the workes of his handes shall he be rewarded 15 The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise 16 A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haste but a discrete man couereth his owne shame 17 A iust man wyll tell the trueth and shewe the thyng that is ryght but a false witnesse deceaueth 18 A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde but a wise mans tongue is wholsome 19 The lippe of trueth shal be stable for euer but a dissemblyng tongue is soone chaunged 20 Deceipt is in the heart of them that imagine euyll but to the counsaylers of peace shal be ioy 21 There shall no aduersitie happen vnto the iust but the vngodly shal be fylled with miserie 22 The Lorde abhorreth lying lippes but they that deale truely please hym 23 A discrete man doth hyde knowledge but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse 24 A diligent hande shall beare rule but the idle shal be vnder tribute 25 Heauinesse discourageth the heart of man but a good worde maketh it glad agayne 26 The ryghteous excelleth his neyghbour but the way of the vngodly wyll deceaue them selues 27 The deciptfull man shall not roste that he toke in huntyng but the riches of the iust man is of great value 28 In the way of ryghteousnesse there is life in the same way there is no death The .xiij. Chapter 1 A Wise sonne wil hearken to his fathers warnyng but he that is scorneful wil not heare when he is reproued 2 Of the fruite of a wise mans mouth shall eche man eate good thynges but the wicked shall eate of the fruite of the transgressours 3 He that kepeth his mouth kepeth his lyfe but who so rashlye openeth his lippes destroyeth hym selfe 4 The sluggarde woulde fayne haue and can not get his desire but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie 5 A ryghteous man abhorreth lyes but the vngodly shameth hym selfe and is put to scilence 6 Ryghteousnesse kepeth the innocent in the way but vngodlinesse doth ouerthrowe the sinner 7 Some men make them selues riche though they haue nothyng agayne some make them selues poore hauyng great riches 8 With goodes a man redeemeth his life and the poore wyll not be reproued 9 The lyght of the ryghteous maketh ioyfull but the candell of the vngodly shal be put out 10 Among the proude there is euer strife but with the well aduised is wisdome 11 Vaynly gotten goodes are soone spent but they that be gathered together with the hande shall encrease 12 Hope deferred greeueth the heart but wheÌ„ the desire coÌ„meth it is a tree of life 13 Who so dispiseth the worde shall perishe for the same but he that feareth the commaundement shall haue the rewarde 14 The lawe of the wise is a well of life to auoyde from the snares of death 15 Good vnderstandyng geueth fauour but harde is the way of the dispisers 16 A wise man doth all thynges with discretion but a foole wyll declare his follie 17 An vngodly messenger falleth into mischiefe but a faythfull embassadour is as health 18 He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed commeth to pouertie and shame but who so regardeth correction shall come to honour 19 When a desire is brought to passe it deliteth the soule but fooles count it abhomination to depart from euyll 20 He that goeth in the companie of wise men shal be wise but who so is a companion of fooles shal be afflicted 21 Mischiefe foloweth vpon sinners but the righteous shal haue a good reward 22 He that is vertuous leaueth an heritaunce vnto his childers children the riches of y e sinner is layde vp for the iust 23 There is plenteousnesse of foode in the fieldes of the poore but the fielde not well ordered is without fruite 24 He that spareth the rodde hateth his sonne but who so loueth hym chasteneth hym betymes 25 The righteous eateth and is satisfied but the belly of the vngodly hath neuer enough The .xiiij. Chapter 1 WYse women vpholde their house but a foolishe wyfe plucketh it downe 2 He that walketh vpryghtlye feareth the Lorde but he that turneth hym selfe from his wayes dispiseth hym 3 In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them 4 Where no oxen are there the cribbe is emptie but much encrease commeth by the toyle of the oâ—â— 5 A faithfull witnesse will not dissemble but a false recorde wyll make a lye 6 A scornfull body seketh wisdome and fyndeth â—t not but knowledge is easie vnto hym that wyll vnderstande 7 Get thee from a foolishe man when thou perceauest not in hym the lippes of knowledge 8 The wisdome of the circumspect man is to vnderstande his way but the foolishnesse of the vnwise deceaueth 9 Fooles make but a sport of sinne but there is a fauourable loue among the ryghteous 10 The heart knoweth his owne soules bitternesse and the straunger shall not be partaker of his ioy 11 The house of the vngodly shal be ouerthrowen but the tabernacle of the righteous shall florishe 12 There is a
1 WHEN Israel was young I loued him and called my sonne out of the lande of Egypt 2 They called them but they went thus from them they sacrificed vnto Baal and burned incense to images 3 I gaue to Ephraim one to leade him who shoulde beare him in his armes but they knew not that I healed them 4 I led them with cordes of a man euen with bandes of loue and I was to them as he that taketh of the yoke from their iawes and I layde meate to them 5 He shall no more returne into Egypt but Asshur shal be his king because he refused to conuert 6 Therfore shall the sworde fall on his cities shall consume his braunches and deuour them because of their owne counsayles 7 And my people shall stande in a doubt whither to turne them for when the prophetes called them to the most hyest not one yet woulde geue him his glorie 8 Howe shall I geue thee vp Ephraim howe shal I deliuer thee Israel howe shall I make thee as Adama howe shall I set thee as Zeboim mine heart is turned within me my repentinges are kindled within me 9 I wyll not execute the fiercenesse of my wrath I wyl not returne to destroy Ephraim for I am God and not man the holy one in the middest of thee and I wyll not enter into the citie 10 They shall walke after the Lorde he shall rore like a lion when he shall rore then the children of the west shall feare 11 They shall feare a as sparowe out of Egypt and as a doue out of the lande of Asshur and I wyll place them in their houses saith the Lorde 12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lyes the house of Israel with deceipt but Iuda yet ruleth with God and is faithfull with the saintes The .xii. Chapter He admonisheth by Iacobs example to trust in God and not in man 1 EPhraim is fed with the wynde foloweth after the east winde he dayly encreaseth lyes destruction they be confederate with the Assyrians their oyle is caryed into Egypt 2 The Lorde hath a controuersie with Iuda and wyll visite Iacob accordyng to his wayes accordyng to their owne inuentions wyll he recompence them 3 He toke his brother by the heele when he was yet in his mothers wombe and in his strength he wrestled with God 4 He stroue with the angel and gat the victorie he wept and prayed to him he founde him at Bethel and there he spake with vs. 5 Yea the Lorde God of hoastes euen the Lorde himselfe remembred him 6 Therfore turne to thy God kepe mercie and iudgement and hope styll in thy God 7 He is Chanaan the ballaunces of deceipt are in his hande he loueth to oppresse 8 And Ephraim hath sayde Tushe I am riche I haue good enough in all my workes shall not one iniquitie be founde wherin I haue offended 9 Yet am I the Lorde thy God from the lande of Egypt I wyll yet make thee dwell in the tabernacles as in the hye feast dayes 10 I haue spoken through the prophetes and haue multiplied visions shewed similitudes by the ministerie of the prophetes 11 In Galaad is iniquitie they are fallen to vanitie at Gilgal they haue sacrificed oxen their aulters are as heapes in the furrowes of the fielde 12 Iacob fled into the lande of Syria and Israel serued for a wife and for a wife he kept sheepe 13 By a prophete the Lorde brought them out of Egypt and by a prophete was he preserued 14 But Ephraim hath prouoked him to displeasure through his abhominations therfore shall his blood be powred vpon him selfe and the Lorde his God shall rewarde him his blasphemies The .xiij. Chapter 1 The abhomination of Israel 9 and cause of their destruction 1 WHen Ephraim spake there was tremblyng he was exalted among the Israelites but he hath sinned in Baal and is dead 2 And nowe they sinne more and more and of their siluer they haue made them molten images after the imaginatiōs of their owne braynes that is very idols and yet all is nothing but the worke of the craftesman they say one to another Whiles they sacrifice a man let them kisse the calues 3 Therfore they shal be as the mornyng cloude and as the deawe that early passeth away and like as dust that the whirlewinde taketh away from the floore and as smoke that goeth out of the chimney 4 Yet I am the Lorde thy God which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt thou shalt knowe no God but me only neither is there any sauiour besides me 5 I did knowe thee in the wildernesse in the lande of drought 6 But when they were well fed and had enough they waxed proude forgat me 7 Therfore wyll I be vnto them as a lion and as a leoparde in the wayes to the Assyrians 8 I wyll meete them as a she beare that is robbed of her whelpes and I wyll breake that stubburne heart of theirs there wyll I deuour them like a lion yea the wylde beastes shall teare them 9 O Israel thine iniquitie hath destroyed thee but in me only is thy helpe 10 I am where is thy king nowe that shoulde helpe thee in all thy cities Yea and thy iudges of whom thou saydest Geue me a king and princes 11 I gaue thee a king in my wrath and in my displeasure I toke him from thee agayne 12 The wickednesse of Ephraim is bound together and his sinne lyeth hyd 13 Therfore shall sorowes come vpon him as vpon a woman that trauayleth an vndiscrete sonne is he els woulde he not stande styll at the tyme of birth of children 14 I wyll redeeme them from the power of the graue and deliuer them from death O death I wyll be thy death O hell I wyll be thy styng yet can I see no comfort 15 Though he grewe among his brethren the east wynde euen the wynde of the Lorde shall come vp from the wildernesse and drye vp his veyne and his fountaynes shal be dryed vp he shall spoyle the treasure of all pleasaunt vessels 16 Samaria shal be made waste for she is disobedient vnto her God they shall perishe with the sworde their children shal be dasshed in peeces and their women great with childe shal be ript vp ⧠The .xiiii. Chapter 1 The destruction of Samaria 3 He exhorteth the Israelites to turne to God who requireth prayse and thankes 1 O Israel returne vnto the Lorde thy God for thou hast fallen through thine owne wickednesse 2 Take these wordes with you whē ye turne to the Lorde and say vnto him O forgeue vs all our sinnes receaue vs graciously and then wyll we offer the Calues of our lippes vnto thee 3 Asshur shal be no more our helper neither will we ride vpon horses any more neither wyll we say any
Amarias the sonne of Ezias the sonne of Menuerath the sonne of Saraias the sonne of Sauias the sonne of Boccas the sonne of Abisun the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the first priest 3 This Esdras went vp from Babylon beyng a scribe of good vnderstandyng in the lawe of Moyses that was geuen by the Lorde God of Israel 4 And the kyng fauoured hym and dyd hym great worshyp and honour after all his desires 5 There went vp with hym also certayne of the children of Israel of the priestes of the Leuites of the singers porters and ministers of the temple vnto Hierusalem 6 In the seuenth yere of the raigne of kyng Artaxerxes in the fifth moneth which was the seuenth yere for they went from Babylon in the first day of the first moneth 7 And came to Hierusalem accordyng as God gaue thē speede in their iourney 8 For Esdras had gotten great knowledge to omit nothyng of that was in the lawe and the commaundementes of the Lorde and to teache all Israel all the ordinaunces and iudgementes 9 The copie of the commission whiche Artaxerxes the kyng wrote and that was geuen to Esdras the priest and reader of the lawe of the Lorde this is it that foloweth 10 Kyng Artaxerxes sendeth his greeting vnto Esdras the priest and reader of the lawe of the Lorde 11 I hauyng wayed thynges with pitie haue ordeyned and charged yf there be any of the Iewes of the priestes Leuites in my realme which desireth and is content to go with thee vnto Israel that he may do it 12 Therfore so many as long therafter let them depart together and go with thee like as I am content and my seuen friendes my counsaylers 13 To see what they do at Hierusalem and in Iurie conueniently accordyng as thou hast in the lawe of the Lorde 14 And to bryng the gyftes vnto God the Lorde of Israel that I my friendes haue promised to Hierusalem and all the siluer and golde that in the countrey of Babylon may be founde parteynyng to the Lorde in Hierusalem 15 With the thyng that is geuen of the people to the Lorde their Gods temple at Hierusalem that the same siluer and golde maye be gathered for oxen rammes sheepe and goates and other that belong to these thynges 16 That they may offer sacrifices vnto the Lorde vpon the aulter of the Lorde their God which is at Hierusalem 17 And whatsoeuer thou and thy brethren wyll do with the siluer and golde that do accordyng to the wyll of thy God 18 And the holy vessels of the Lorde which are geuen thee for the seruice of the temple of thy God which is in Hierusalem thou shalt set them before thy God in Hierusalem 19 And whatsoeuer thyng els thou shalt remember for the vse of the temple of thy God thou shalt geue it out of the kynges treasure 20 And I king Artaxerxes haue also commaunded the kepers of the treasures in Syria and Phenice that whatsoeuer Esdras the priest and the reader of the lawe of the hyghest God shall sende for they shoulde geue it hym with speede 21 Euen to the summe of an hundred talentes of siluer of corne also an hundred measures and till an hundred vessels of wine other thinges aboundauntly 22 Let all thinges be done after the lawe of God diligently vnto the highest God that wrath come not vpon the kyngdome of the kyng and of his sonnes 23 I commaunde you also that ye require no taxe nor tribute of the priestes Leuites holy singers porters and ministers of the temple nor of any that haue doynges in this temple and that no man haue aucthoritie to put any inpost vpon them 24 As for thee O Esdras set thou iudges and arbitrers to iudge in the whole lande of Syria and Phenice after the wisdome of God all skilfull in the lawe of God teache such as are ignoraunt 25 And let all them which shall offende agaynst the lawe of God and the kyng be diligently punished whether it be by death or other payne by punishment in money or els by banishment 26 Then sayd Esdras the scribe Blessed be the only Lorde God of my fathers that hath geuen so good a mynde will into the heart of the kyng to magnifie his house that is at Hierusalem 27 And hath made me to be accepted in the syght of the kyng of his counsayle of his friendes and of his nobles 28 And so I was stedfast in my mynde accordyng as the Lorde my God helped me and I gathered vp men of Israel to go vp with me 29 And these are the guides after their families and orders of dignities that went vp with me from Babylon in the raigne of kyng Artaxerxes 30 Of the sonnes of Phinees Gersom of the sonnes of Ithamar Gamaliel of the sonnes of Dauid Hattus the sonne of Cechemah 31 Of the sonnes of Phares Zacharias and with hym there returned agayne an hundred and fiftie men 32 Of the sonnes of Pahath Moab Elioam the sonne of Zacharias and with him two hundred men 33 Of the sonnes of Zathoe Shechenias the sonne of Iezolus with hym three hundred men of the sonnes of Adin Obed the sonne of Ionathan and with him two hundred and fiftie men ' 34 Of the sonnes of Elam Iesias sonne ' of Gotholias with him seuentie men ' 35 Of the sonnes of Saphatias Zarias ' sonne of Machael with him .lxx. men 36 Of the sonnes of Ioab Badias sonne of Iezelus and with hym two hundred and twelue men 37 Of the sonnes of Banid Assalimoth sonne of Iosaphias and with hym an hundred and threscore men ' 38 Of the sonnes of Babi Zacharias ' sonne of Bebai with him .xxviii. men ' 39 Of the sonnes of Astath Iohannes ' sonne of Acatan and with hym an cx 40 Of the sonnes of Adonicam the last and these are the names of them Eliphalet Ieouel and Maias and with them seuentie men ' 41 Of the sonnes of Bagouthi sonne of ' Iscacourus and with hym lxx men 42 All these called I together by the water Thia where we pitched our tentes three dayes there I mustered them ' 43 As for the sonnes of the priestes and ' leuites I founde none there 44 Then sent I vnto Eleazar beholde there came Maasman and Maloban 45 And Alnathan and Samaian and Ioribon and Nathan Ennatan Zacharian and Mosollamon the chiefe and best learned 46 And I bad them that they should go vnto Daddens the captayne whiche was in the place of the treasurie 47 And commaunded them that they shoulde speake vnto Daddeus and to his brethren and to those that were the treasurers to sende vs suche men as might execute the priestes office in the house of our Lorde 48 And with the mightie hande of our lord God they brought vnto vs men of good experience from among y e sonnes of
56 For when they had taken libertie they despised the highest thought scorne of his lawe and forsoke his wayes 57 Moreouer they haue troden downe his righteous 58 And sayde in their heart that there is no God yea and that wittingly for they dye 59 For like as the thing that I haue spoken of is made redy for you euen so is thirst and payne prepared for them For it was not his wyll that man shoulde come to naught 60 But they whiche be created haue defiled the name of hym that made them and are vnthankefull vnto him whiche prepared lyfe for them 61 And therefore is my iudgement nowe at hande 62 These thinges haue I not shewed vnto all men but vnto fewe namely vnto thee and to suche as be like thee Then aunswered I and sayde 63 Beholde O Lorde nowe hast thou shewed me the multitude of the wonders whiche thou wylt begin to do in the last tymes but at what tyme and when thou hast not shewed me ¶ The .ix. Chapter 6 All thinges in this worlde haue a beginning and an ende ◠Tormented for the wicked after this lyfe 1◠The number of the wicked is more then of the good ◠The Iewes ingratitude ◠Therefore they perishe 35 The vision of a woman lamenting 1 HE aunswered me then and sayde Measure thou the time diligentlye in it self and when thou seest that one part of the tokens come to passe whiche I haue tolde thee before 2 Then shalt thou vnderstande that it is the very same tyme wherin the highest wyll begin to visite the world which he made 3 Therefore when there shal be seene an earthquake and vprore of the people in the worlde 4 Then shalt thou well vnderstande that the moste highest spake of those thinges from the dayes that were before thee euen from the beginning 5 For lyke as all that is made in the worlde hath a beginning and ende and the ende is manifest 6 Euen so the tymes also of the highest haue playne beginninges in wonders and signes and ende in working and in tokens 7 And euery one that shal be saued and shal be able to escape by his workes and by fayth wherein ye haue beleued 8 Shalbe preserued from the sayde perils and shall see my sauiour in my lande and within my borders for I haue halowed me from the worlde 9 Then shall they pitie them selues whiche nowe haue abused my wayes and they that haue cast them out dispitefully shall dwell in paynes 10 For suche as in their life haue receaued benefites and haue not knowen me 11 And they that haue abhorred my lawe whyle they had yet freedome and when they had yet open leysure of amendement and conuertion vnderstoode not but despised it 12 The same must knowe it after death in payne 13 And therefore be thou no more carefull howe the vngodly shal be punished but inquire howe the righteous shal be saued and whose the worlde is and for whom the worlde is and when it is 14 Then aunswered I and sayde 15 I haue sayde before and nowe I speake and wyl speake it also hereafter that there be many mo of them whiche perishe then of them whiche shal be saued 16 Like as the flud is greater then a drop 17 And he aunswered me saying Like as the fielde is so is also the seede as the floures be so are the colours also suche as the workeman is suche is also the worke and as the husbandman is hym selfe so is his husbandry also for it was the tyme of the worlde 18 And when I prepared for them that are nowe or euer the world was made wherein they shoulde dwell then was there no man that spake against me 19 For then euery one obayed but nowe the maners of them which are created in this worlde that is made are corrupted by a perpetuall seede and by a lawe whereout they can not rid them selues 20 So I considered the worlde and beholde there was perill because of the thoughtes that were come into it 21 And I saw and spared them greatly and haue kept me a wineberie of grapes and a plant of a great people 22 Let the multitude perishe then which are growen vp in vayne and let my grape and wineberie be kept and my plant for with great labour haue I made it vp 23 Neuerthelesse if thou wylt ceasse yet seuen dayes mo but thou shalt not fast in them 24 Go thy way thē into a fielde of floures where no house is buylded eate only of the floures of the fielde taste no flesh drinke no wine but eate floures only 25 And pray vnto the highest continually so wyll I come and talke with thee 26 So I went my way and came into the fielde whiche is called Ardath like as he commaunded me and there I sate among the floures and did eate of the hearbes of the fielde and the meate of the same satisfied me 27 After seuen dayes I sate vpon the grasse and my heart was vexed within me like as before 28 And I opened my mouth and began to talke with the most highest and said 29 O Lorde thou that shewest thy selfe vnto vs thou hast declared and opened thy selfe vnto our fathers in the wyldernesse in a place where no man dwelleth in a barren place when they came out of Egypt 30 And thou spakest saying Heare me O Israel and marke my wordes thou seede of Iacob 31 For beholde I sowe my lawe in you and it shall bryng fruite in you and ye shal be honoured in it for euer 32 But our fathers whiche receaued the lawe kept it not and obserued not thy ordinaunces and statutes and the fruite of thy lawe dyd not appeare neither coulde it for why it was thyne 33 For they that receaued it perished because they kept not the thing that was sowen in them 34 And lo it is a custome when the grounde receaueth seede or the sea a ship or a vessell meate and drinke that when it perisheth or is broken wherein a thing is sowen or wherein any thing is put 35 The thinges also perishe and are broken which are sowen or put therin and receaued and the thinges that are receaued remayne not then with vs but in vs it hath not happened so 36 For we that haue receaued the lawe perishe in sinne and our heart whiche also receaued the lawe 37 Notwithstanding the law perisheth not but remayneth in his force 38 And when I spake these thinges in my heart after this maner I looked about me with mine eyes and vpon the right side I sawe a woman whiche mourned sore made great lamentation and wept with loude voyce and was greeued in heart and rent her clothes and she had asshes vpon her head 39 Then let I my thoughtes go that I was in and turned me vnto her 40 And sayde Wherefore weepest thou why art thou so sory in minde 41 And she sayd
17 Frendlinesse and liberalitie in the increase blessing of God is like a paradise and garden of pleasure such mercie also and kindnesse endureth for euer 18 To labour and to be content with that a man hath is a sweete pleasaunt life and that is to finde a treasure of al treasures 19 To beget children and to repayre the citie maketh a perpetuall name but an honest woman is more worth then they both 20 Wine and minstrelsie reioyceth the heart but the loue of wysdome is aboue them both 21 Pyping and harping make a sweete noyse but a friendly tongue goeth beyonde them both 22 Thyne eye desireth fauour and beautie but a greene seede time rather then they both 23 A friende and companion come together at oportunitie but aboue them both is a wyfe that agreeth with her husbande 24 Brethren and helpes are profitable in time of trouble but almes shal deliuer more then they both 25 Golde and siluer fasten the feete but a good counsell is more pleasaunt then they both 26 Temporal substaunce and strength lift vp the minde but the feare of the Lord more then they both The feare of the Lorde wanteth nothing and needeth no helpe 27 The feare of the Lorde is a pleasaunt garden of blessing and nothing so beautifull as it is 28 My sonne leade not a beggers lyfe for better it were to die then to begge 29 The life of hym that loketh vpon an other mans table is not to be counted for a life for he vexeth his soule in other mens meate but a wyse and well nurtured man will beware therof 30 Begging is sweete in the mouth of the vnshamefast but in his belly there burneth a fire The .xli. Chapter 1 Of the remembraunce of death 3 Death is not to be feared 8 A curse vpon them that forsake the lawe of God 12 Good name and fame 14 An exhortation to geue heede vnto wysdome 17 Of what thinges a man ought to be ashamed 1 O Death how bitter is the remembraunce of thee to a man that seketh rest and comfort in his substaunce riches vnto the man that hath nothing to vexe him that hath prosperitie in all thinges yea vnto him that yet is able to receaue meate 2 O death howe acceptable and good is thy iudgement vnto the needefull and vnto him whose strength fayleth and that is nowe in his last age and that in all thinges is full of care and fearfulnesse vnto him also that is in dispayre and hath no hope nor patience 3 Be not thou afraide of death remember them that haue ben before thee and that come after thee this is the iudgement of the Lord ouer all fleshe 4 And why wouldest thou be against this pleasure of the hyghest Whether it be ten an hundreth or a thousand yeres death asketh not howe long one hath lyued 5 The children of the vngodly are abhominable children and so are they that kepe company with the vngodly 6 The inheritaunce of vngodly children shall come to naught their posteritie shal haue perpetuall shame confusion 7 The children complayne of an vngodly father and why for his sake they are rebuked and dispised 8 Wo be vnto you O ye vngodly whiche haue forsaken the lawe of the hyghest God for though ye do encrease yet shal you perishe 9 If ye do liue ye shal be accursed if ye die the curse shall be your portion 10 All that is of the earth shall turne to earth againe so go the vngodly also out of the curse into destruction 11 Though men mourne for their body yet the name of the vngodly shall be put out for it is nothing worth 12 Labour to get thee a good name for that shall continue surer by thee then a thousande great treasures of golde 13 A good life hath a number of dayes but a good name endureth euer 14 My children kepe wisdome in peace for wisdome that is hid and a treasure that is not seene what profite is in them both 15 A man that hydeth his foolishenes is better then a man that hydeth his wysdome 16 Therefore be ye turned at my wordes for it is not good in all thinges and alway to be ashamed True fayth must proue and measure it 17 Be ashamed of whordome before father and mother be ashamed to leasing before the prince and men of auctoritie 18 Of sinne before the iudge and ruler of offence before the congregation people of vnrighteousnes before a companoin and friende 19 Of theft before thy neyghbours As for the trueth of God and his couenaunt be not ashamed thereof be ashamed to lye with thyne elbowes vpon the bread or to be reproued for geuing or taking 20 And of silence vnto them that salute thee be ashamed to loke vpon harlottes 21 Be ashamed to turne away thy face from thy kinsman be ashamed to take and not to geue 22 Be ashamed also to loke vpon an other mans wyfe and to make many trifling wordes with her mayden or to stand by her bed side 23 Be ashamed to vnbrayde thy friende when thou geuest any thing cast hym not in the teeth withall 24 Or to report the matter that thou hast heard or to disclose the secrete wordes so shalt thou well be shamefast and shalt find fauour with all men The .xlii. Chapter 1 The lawe of God must be taught 9 A daughter 14 A woman 18 God knoweth all thinges yea euen the secretes of the heart 1 OF these thinges be not ashamed and accept no person to offend Namely of these thinges be not ashamed 2 Of the lawe of God of the couenaunt of iudgement to bring the vngodly from his vngodlinesse vnto righteousnesse to make him a good man 3 To deale faithfully with thy neyghbour and companion to distribute the heritage vnto the friendes 4 To be diligent to kepe true measure wayght to be content whether thou gettest much or litle 5 To deale truely with temporall goodes in bying and selling to bring vp children with diligence to correct an euyll seruaunt 6 To kepe that thyne is from an euyll wyfe to set a locke where many handes are 7 What thou deliuerest and geuest out to be kept to tell it and to wey it to write vp all thy outgeuing and receauing 8 To enforme the vnlearned and vnwise of the aged that are iudged of the young If thou be diligent in these thinges truely thou shalt be learned and wyse and accepted of all men 9 The daughter maketh the father to watch secretly and the carefulnesse that he hath for her taketh away his sleepe yea in her youth lest she shoulde ouergrowe him and when she hath an husbande lest she shoulde be hated 10 Lest she shoulde be defiled or rauished in her virginitie or gotten with childe in her fathers house or when she commeth to the man lest she behaue her selfe not right or continue vnfruitefull 11 If thy daughter be
ben seene at Theman 23 The Agarenes sought after wisdome but that whiche is earthly like as the marchauntes of the lande do they of Theman are cunning also they labour for wysdome vnderstanding but the way of true wysedome they knowe not neither do they thinke vpon the pathes therof 24 O Israel howe great is the house of God and howe large is the place of his possession 25 Great is he and hath none ende yea hye and vnmeasurable 26 What is become of those famous giauntes that were so great of bodies and so worthy men of warre 27 Those hath not the Lorde chosen neither haue they founde the way of reformation 28 Therfore were they destroyed and for so much as they had no wysdome they perished because of their foolishenesse 29 Who hath gone vp into heauen to take wisdome there and brought her downe from the cloudes 30 Who hath gone ouer the sea to fynde her and hath chosen her aboue golde and so brought her hyther 31 No man knoweth the wayes of wysedome neither is there any that can seke out her pathes 32 But he hath woteth all thinges knoweth her and hath founde her out with his foreknowledge this same is he whiche prepared the earth at the beginning and filled it with all maner of foules and beastes 33 When he sendeth out the light it goeth and when he calleth it againe it obeyeth him with feare 34 The starres kepe their watch and geue their light yea and that gladly When he calleth them they say Here we be and so with chearfulnesse they shewe light vnto him that made them 35 This is our God and there shal none other be compared vnto him 36 It is he that hath founde out all wysedome and hath geuen her vnto Iacob his seruaunt and to Israel his beloued 37 Afterwarde did he shewe hym selfe vpon earth and dwelt among men The .iiii. Chapter 1 The reward of them that kepe the lawe and the punishment of them that despise it 12 A comforting of the people beyng in captiuitie 19 A complaynt of Hierusalem and vnder the figure therof of the church 25 A consolation and comforting of the same 1 THis is the booke of the commaundementes of God and the law that endureth for euer all they that kepe it shall come to lyfe but such as forsake it shall come to death 2 Turne thee O Iacob and take holde of it walke by this way thorowe his brightnesse and shyne 3 Geue not thyne honour to another and thy worship to a straunge people 4 O Israel howe happy are we seyng that God hath shewed vs such thinges as are pleasaunt vnto hym 5 Be of good cheare thou people of God O thou auncient Israel 6 Now are ye solde among the heathen howbeit not for your vtter destruction but because ye prouoked God the Lorde to wrath and displeasure therfore were ye deliuered vnto your enemies 7 For ye displeased the euerlasting God that made you offering vnto deuils and not to God 8 Ye haue forgotten hym that brought you vp and ye haue greeued Hierusalem that nursed you 9 When she sawe that the wrath of God was comming vpon you she said Hearken O ye that dwell about Sion for God hath brought me into great heauinesse 10 And why I see the captiuitie of my people of my sonnes and daughters which the euerlasting God will bring vpon them 11 With ioy dyd I norishe them but nowe must I leaue them with weeping and sorowe 12 Let no man reioyce ouer me wyddowe and forsaken which for the sinnes of my children am defolate of euery man For why they departed from the lawe of God 13 They woulde not know his righteousnesse nor walke in the way of his commaundementes and as for the pathes of trueth and godlinesse they had no lust to go in them 14 O ye dwellers about Sion come and let vs call to remembraunce the captiuitie that the euerlasting God hath brought vpon my sonnes my daughters 15 He hath brought a people vpon them from farre an vncurteous people and of a straunge language whiche neither regarde the olde nor pitie the young 16 These haue caried away the deare beloued of my widdowes leauing me alone both desolate and childlesse 17 But alas what can I helpe you 18 Nowe he that brought these plagues vpon you deliuer you also from the handes of your enemies 19 Go your way O my children go your way for I am desolate and forsaken 20 I haue put of the clothing of peace put vpon me the sacke cloth of prayer and for my time I will call vpon the most hyghest 21 Be of good cheare O my children crye vnto the Lorde and he shall deliuer you from the power of the princes your enemies 22 For veryly I haue euer a good hope of your prosperous health yea a very gladnesse is come vpon me from the holy one because of the mercie that ye shal haue of our euerlasting sauiour 23 With mourning and weeping dyd I let you go fro me but with ioy and perpetuall gladnesse shall the Lorde bring you againe vnto me 24 Like as the neyghbours of Sion saw your captiuitie from God euen so shall they also see shortly your health in God which shall come on you with great honour and euerlasting worship 25 O my children suffer patiently the wrath that shal come vpon you for the enemie hath persecuted thee but shortly thou shalt see his destruction and shalt treade vpon his necke 26 My dearlinges haue gone rough hard wayes for they are led away as a flocke that is scattered abrode with the enemies 27 But be of good comfort O my children and crye vnto the Lorde for he that led you away hath you yet in remembraunce 28 And like as ye haue ben mynded to swarue from your God so shall ye now endeuour your selues ten times more to turne againe and to seke him 29 For he that hath brought these plagues vpon you shall bring you euerlasting ioy againe with your health 30 Take a good heart vnto thee O Hierusalem for he whiche gaue thee that name exhorteth thee so to do 31 The wicked doers that now put thee to trouble shall perishe such as haue reioyced at thy fall shal be punished 32 The cities whom thy children serue and that haue caryed away thy sonnes shal be corrected 33 For like as they be nowe glad of thy decay and reioyce at thy fal so shal they mourne in their owne destruction 34 The ioy of their multitude shal be taken away and their cheare shal be turned to sorowe 35 For a fire shall fall vpon them from the euerlasting God long to endure it shal be inhabited of deuyls for a great season 36 O Hierusalem loke about thee toward the east and beholde the ioy that commeth vnto thee from God 37 For lo thy sonnes whom thou hast forsaken and that were scattered abrode come gathered
turned againe in all the haste and the elders that is the principall heades saide vnto him Come sit downe here among vs and shewe vs this matter seeing God hath geuē thee as great honour as an elder 51 And Daniel saide vnto them put these two asyde one from an other and then shall I examine them 52 When they were put asunder one from an other he called one of them and saide vnto him O thou olde cankarde carle that hast vsed thy wickednes so long thyne vngratious deedes which thou hast done afore are now come to light 53 For thou hast geuen false iudgementes thou hast oppressed the innocent and letten the giltie go free where as yet the Lorde saith The innocent and righteous see thou slay not 54 Well then if thou hast seene her tel me vnder what tree sawest thou them companying together He aunswered vnder a Mulbery tree 55 And Daniel saide Very well nowe thou lyest euen vpon thyne head lo the messenger of the Lorde hath receaued the sentence of him to cut thee in two 56 Then put he him aside and called for the other and saide vnto him O thou seede of Chanaan but not of Iuda fairenes hath deceaued thee and lust hath subuerted thyne heart 57 Thus dealt ye afore with the daughters of Israel and they for feare consented vnto you but the daughter of Iuda would not abide your wickednes 58 Now tel me then vnder what tree diddest thou take them companying together He aunswered vnder a Pomegranate tree 59 Then saide Daniel vnto him Very well nowe thou lyest also euen vpon thyne head the messenger of the Lord standeth wayting with the sword to cut thee in two and slay you both 60 With that all the whole multitude gaue a great shoute and praysed God which alway deliuered them that put their trust in him 61 And they came vpon the two elders whom Daniel had conuict with their owne mouth that they had geuen false witnesse 62 And dealt with them euen lykewyse as they woulde haue done with their neighbours yea they did according to the law of Moyses and put them to death Thus the innocent blood was saued the same day 63 Then Helcias and his wyfe praysed God for their daughter Susanna with Ioacim her husband and al the kinred that there was no dishonestie founde in her 64 From that day foorth was Daniel had in great reputation in the sight of the people 65 And king Astyages was layde with his fathers and Cyrus of Persia raigned in his steede ¶ The ende of the story of Susanna ¶ The story of Bel and of the Dragon which is the fourteenth Chapter of Daniel after the Latine 1 DAniel did eate at the kinges table and was had in reuerence aboue all his friendes 2 There was at Babylō an image called Bel and there were spent vpon him euery day twelue cakes fourtie sheepe and sixe great pottes of wine 3 Him did the king worship him selfe and went dayly to honour him but Daniel worshipped his owne God And the king saide vnto him why doest not thou worship Bel 4 He aunswered and saide * Because I may not worship thinges that be made with handes but the liuing God which made heauen and earth and hath power vpon all fleshe 5 The king said vnto him Thinkest thou not that Bel is a lyuing God or seest thou not how much he eateth and drinketh euery day 6 Daniel smyled and saide O king deceaue not thy selfe for this is but made of clay within and of brasse without neither eateth he euer any thing 7 Then the king was wroth and called for his priestes and saide vnto them If ye tell me not who is this that eateth vp these expences ye shall dye 8 But if ye can certifie me that Bel eateth them then Daniel shall dye for he hath spoken blasphemie against Bel. And Daniel said vnto the king Let it so be according as thou hast saide 9 The priestes of Bel were threescore and ten besides their wyues and children And the king went with Daniel into the temple of Bel. 01 So Bels priestes saide Lo we wyl go out set thou the meate there O king and poure in the wine then shut the doore fast and seale it with thyne owne signet 11 And to morowe when thou commest in if thou findest not that Bel hath eaten vp all we wyll suffer death or els Daniel that hath lyed vpon vs. 12 The priestes thought them selues sure inough for vnder the aulter they had made a priuy entraunce and there went they in euer and did eate vp what there was 13 So when they were gone foorth the king set meates before Bel Now Daniel had commaunded his seruauntes to bring asshes these he sifted throughout all the temple that the king might see then went they out and sparred the doore scaling it with the kinges signet and so departed 14 In the night came the priestes with their wyues and children as they were wont to do and did eate and drinke vp all 15 In the morning betimes at the breake of the day the king arose and Daniel with him 16 And the king said Daniel are the scales whole yet He aunswered yea O king they be whole 17 Now assoone as he had opened the doore the king loked vnto the aulter cryed with a loude voyce Great art thou O Bel and with thee is no deceite 18 Then laughed Daniel and held the king that he should not go in and saide Beholde the pauement marke well whose footesteps are these 19 The king saide I see the footesteps of men women and children 20 Therefore the king was angry and toke the priestes with their wyues and children and they shewed him the priuie doores where they came in and dyd eate vp such thinges as were vpon the aulter 21 For the which cause the king slue thē and deliuered Bel into Daniels power which destroyed him and his temple 22 And in that same place there was a great Dragon which they of Babylon worshipped 23 And the king said vnto Daniel Sayest thou that this is but a god of brasse also Lo he lyueth he eateth drinketh so that thou canst not say that he is no lyuing God therfore worship him 24 Daniel saide vnto the king I wyll worship the Lorde my God * he is the true lyuing God as for this he is not the God of lyfe 25 But geue me leaue O king and I shal destroy this Dragon without sworde or staffe The king said I geue thee leaue 26 Then Daniel toke pitch fat and heary wooll and did seeth them together and made lumpes thereof this he put in the Dragons mouth and so the Dragon burst in sunder And Daniel saide Lo there is he whom ye worshipped 27 When they of Babylon heard that they toke great indignation and gathered them together against the king saying The king is become a Iewe and he hath
his kingdome he went about to obtayne the lande of Egypt also that he might haue the dominion of two realmes 18 Vpon this entred he into Egypt with a strong hoast with charets Elephants horsemen and a great number of ships 19 And began to warre against Ptolome the king of Egypt But Ptolome was afrayde of him and fled and many of his people were wounded to death 20 Thus Antiochus wanne many strong cities and toke away great good out of the lande of Egypt 21 And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt he turned againe in the hundred fourtie and three yere and went toward Israel 22 And came vp to Hierusalem with a mightie people 23 And entred proudely into the sanctuarie and toke away the golden alter the candelsticke and al the ornaments therof the table of the shewbread the pouring vessels the chargers the golden spoones the vayle the crownes golden apparell of the temple and brake downe all in peeces 24 He toke also the siluer and golde the precious iewels and the secret treasures that he founde 25 And when he had taken away altogether caused a great murther of men and spoken very proudly the departed ino his owne lande 26 Therefore there was great lamentation throughout all Israel 27 The princes and the elders of the people mourned the young men and the maydens were defiled and the faire beautie of women was chaunged 28 The bridegrome and the bryde toke them to mourning 29 The lande and those that dwelt therein was moued for all the house of Iacob was brought to confusion 30 * After two yeres the king sent his chiefe treasurer vnto the cities of Iuda which came to Hierusalem with a great multitude of people 31 Speaking peaceable wordes vnto thē but all was deceite for when they had geuen him credence 32 He fell sodenly vpon the citie smote it sore destroyed much people of Israel 33 And when he had spoyled the citie he set fire on it casting downe houses and walles on euery side 34 The women and their children toke they captiue and led away their cattell 35 Then builded they the citie of Dauid with a great and thicke wall and with mightie towres and made it a strong holde for them 36 Beside all this they set wicked people and vngodlie men to kepe it 37 Stored it with weapons and vitailes gathered the goodes of Hierusalem and layed them vp there Thus became it a theeuishe castel 38 Thus they became a heauy burthen laying wayte for the people that went into the sanctuary and for the cruell destruction of Israel 39 Thus they shed innocent blood on euery side of the sanctuary and defiled it 40 Insomuch that the citezins were faine to depart and the citie became an habitation of straungers being desolate of her owne seede for her owne natiues were faine to leaue her 41 Her sanctuary was cleane wasted her holy dayes were turned into mourning her Sabbathes were had in derision her honour brought to naught 42 Loke how great her glory was before so great was her confusion and her ioye turned into sorowe 43 Antiochus also the king sent out a commission vnto all his kingdome that all the people should be one 44 Then they left euery man his lawe and al the heathen agreed to the commaundement of king Antiochus 45 Yea many of the Israelites consented therevnto offering vnto idols and defiling the Sabbath 46 So the king Antiochus sent his messēgers with his commission vnto Hierusalem and to all the cities of Iuda that they should folow the lawes of the heathen 47 And forbad either burnt offering meate offering or peace offering to be made in the temple of God that there should no Sabbath nor hie feast day be kept 48 But commaunded that the sanctuary and the holy people of Israel should be defiled 49 He commaunded also that there should be set vp other aulters temples idols to offer vp swines flesh and other vncleane beastes 50 That men should leaue their children vncircumcized to defile their soules with all maner of vncleannesse and abhominations 51 That they might so forget the lawe and chaunge all the holy ordinaunces of God 52 And that whosoeuer would not do according to the commaundement of king Antiochus should suffer death 53 In lyke maner cōmaunded he throughout all his realme and set rulers ouer the people for to compell them to do these thinges 54 Commaunding al the cities of Iuda to do sacrifice vnto idols 55 Then went the people vnto the heathen by heapes forsooke the law of the Lorde and committed much euil in the lande 56 And the droue the Israelites into secrete places euen where so euer they coulde flee for succour 57 The fifteenth day of the moneth Casleu in the hundred threescore and fifth yere set king Antiochus an abhominable idoll of desolation vpon the aulter of God and they builded aulters throughout all the cities of Iuda on euery side 58 Before the doores of the houses and in the streates where they brent incense and did sacrifice 59 And as for the bookes of the lawe of God they brent them in the fire and rent them in peeces 60 Whatsoeuer he was that had a booke of the testament of the Lorde founde by him yea whosoeuer endeuoured him selfe to kepe the lawe of the Lorde the kinges cōmaundement was that they should put him to death 61 And through his aucthoritie they executed these thinges euery moneth vpon the people of Israel that were founde in the cities 62 The twentie and fifth day of the moneth what time as they did sacrifice vpon the aulter which stoode in the steade of the aulter of the Lorde 63 According to the commaundement of king Antiochus they put certaine women to death which had caused their children to be circumcized 64 Not onely that but they hanged vp the childrē by the neckes throughout al their houses and slue the circumcizers of thē 65 Yet were there many of the people of Israel which determined in thēselues that they woulde not eate vncleane thinges but chose rather to suffer death then to be defiled with vncleane meates 66 So because they would not breake the blessed lawe of God they were cruelly slaine 67 And this great tiranny encreased very sore vpon the people of Israel The .ii. Chapter 1 The mourning of Mathathias and his sonnes for the destruction of the holy citie 19 They refuse to do sacrifice vnto idols 24 The zeale of Mathathias for the lawe of God 33 They are slaine and wyll not fight againe because of the Sabbath day 49 Mathathias dying commaundeth his sonne to sticke by the worde of God after the example of the fathers 1 IN those dayes there did stand vp one Mathathias the sonne of Iohn the sonne of Simeon the priest out of the kinred of Ioarib from Hierusalem and dwelt vpon the mount of Modin 2 And had fiue sonnes Iohn called
my realme shal be free 44 For the buylding also and repayring of the worke of the sanctuarie expences shal be geuen out of the kinges reuenues 45 Yea and for the making of the walles rounde about Hierusalem for the breaking downe of the olde and for the setting vp of the strong holdes in Iurie shall the costes and charges be geuen out of the kinges reuenues 46 But when Ionathas and the people hearde these wordes they gaue no credence vnto them neither receaued them for they remembred the great wickednesse that he had done vnto Israel and howe sore he had vexed them 47 Wherfore they agreed vnto Alexanander for he was a prince that had dealt friendly with them and so they stoode by him alway 48 Then gathered king Alexander a great hoast and brought his armie against Demetrius 49 So the two kinges stroke battayle together but Demetrius hoast fled and Alexander folowed after and fell vpon them 50 A mightie sore fielde was it continuing till the sunne went downe and Demetrius was slayne the same day 51 And Alexander sent ambassadours vnto Ptolomi the king of Egypt with these wordes saying 52 Forsomuch as I am come againe to my realme and am set in the throne of my progenitours and haue gotten the dominion ouercommed Demetrius 53 Conquered the lande striken a fielde with hym so that we haue discomfited both hym and his hoast and sit in the throne of his kingdome 54 Let vs nowe make friendship together geue me thy daughter to wyfe so shal I be thy sonne in lawe and both geue thee rewardes and her accordyng to thy dignitie 55 Ptolomi the king gaue aunswere saying Happy be the day wherein thou art come againe to the lande of thy progenitours and set in the throne of their kingdome 56 And nowe will I fulfill thy wryting but meete me at Ptolomais that we may see one another and that I may marry my daughter vnto thee according to thy desire 57 So Ptolomi went out of Egypt with his daughter Cleopatra and came vnto Ptolomais in the hundred threescore and two yere 58 Where king Alexander mette hym and he gaue Alexander his daughter Cleopatra and maried them at Ptolomais with great worship like as the maner of kinges is to be 59 Then wrote king Alexander vnto Ionathas that he shoulde come and meete him 60 So he went honorably vnto Ptolomais there he mette the two kinges and gaue them and their friendes great presentes of golde and siluer and founde fauour in their sight 61 And there came together against Ionathas certayne wicked men and vngratious persons of Israel making complayntes of him but the king regarded them not 62 As for Ionathas the king commaunded to take of his garmentes to cloth him in purple and so they did Then the king appoynted him to sit by him 63 And sayde vnto his princes Go with him into the middest of the citie make a proclamation that no man complayne against him of any matter and that no man trouble hym for any maner of cause 64 So it happened that when his accusers sawe the worship whiche was proclaymed of hym that he was clothed in purple they fled euery one 65 And the king made much of him wrote hym among his chiefe friendes made hym a duke and partaker of his dominion 66 Thus Ionathas went againe to Hierusalem with peace and gladnesse 67 In the hundred threescore fyft yere came Demetrius the sonne of Demetrius from Creta into his fathers lande 68 Wherof when Alexander heard tell he was right sory and returned vnto Antioch 69 And Demetrius chose Apollonius whiche had the gouernaunce of Celosiria to be his captayne So he gathered a great hoast and came vnto Iamnia sent worde vnto Ionathas the hygh priest saying 70 Darest thou withstande vs thy selfe alone As for me I am but laughed to scorne and shamed because thou diddest vaunte thy strength against vs in the mountaynes 71 Now therfore if thou trustest in thyne owne strength come downe to vs into the playne fielde there let vs trye the matter together for thou shalt knowe that I haue the strength of many cities 72 And shalt knowe who I am and the other that stand by me which say That your foote is not able to stande before our face for thy fathers haue ben twyse chased in their owne lande 73 And nowe howe wilt thou be able to abyde so great an hoast of horsemen and footemen in the fielde where as is neither rocke stone nor place to flee vnto 74 When Ionathas hearde the wordes of Apollonius he was moued in his mynde wherfore he chose ten thousand men and went out of Hierusalem and Simon his brother mette hym for to helpe hym 75 And they pitched their tentes at Ioppa but the citie kept hym foorth for Apollonius garrison was in Ioppa 76 Then Ionathas layed siege to it and they that were in the citie for very feare let him in and so Ionathas wan Ioppa 77 Apollonius hearing of this toke three thousand horsemen with a great hoast on foote and went to Azotus as though he woulde go further and came immediatly into the playne fielde because he had so many horsemen and put his trust in them 78 So Ionathas folowed vpon hym to Azotus and the army skirmished with his rereward and there they stroke the battayle 79 Nowe had Apollonius left a thousande horsemen behynde them priuily in the tentes 80 And when Ionathas knewe that such wayte was layed behynde them they went rounde about the enemies hoast and shot dartes at the people from the morning to the euening 81 As for Ionathas people they kept their order as he had commaunded them and the enemies horses were weery 82 Then brought Simon foorth his hoast and set them against the footemen for the horsemen were weery alredy So he discomfited them and they fled 83 And they that were scattered in the fielde gat them to Azotus and came into the temple of Dagon their idoll that they might there saue their liues 84 But Ionathas set fire vpon Azotus and all the cities rounde about it and toke their goodes and brent vp the temple of Dagon with all them that were fled into it 85 Thus were slayne and brent welnye eyght thousande men 86 So Ionathas remoued the hoast from thence and brought them to Ascalon where the men of the citie came foorth and mette him with great worship 87 After this went Ionathas and his hoast againe to Hierusalem with great substaunce of good 88 And when king Alexander heard these thinges he thought to do Ionathas more worship 89 And sent him a coller of gold as the vse is to be geuen vnto such as are of the kinges next blood He gaue him also the citie of Accaron with the landes belonging therto in possession The .xi. Chapter 3 The discention betwixt Ptolomeus and Alexander his sonne in lawe 17 The death of Alexander 19 Demetrius
And so through myne hypocrisie for a litle time of a transitorie lyfe they might be deceaued by this meanes also should I defile myne age and make it abhominable 26 For though I were nowe deliuered from the tormentes of men yet shoulde I not escape the hand of almightie God neither aliue nor dead 27 Wherefore I wyll dye manfully and do as it becommeth myne age 28 Whereby I may peraduenture leaue an example of stedfastnes for such as be young if I with a redie minde manfully dye an honest death for the most worthy and holy lawes When he had saide these words immediatly he was drawen to the torment 29 Now they that led him and were milde a litle afore began to take displeasure because of the wordes that he saide for they thought he had spoken them of an hie minde 30 But when he was in his martirdome he mourned and saide Thou O Lorde which hast the holy knowledge knowest openly that where as I might be deliuered from death I suffer these sore paynes of my body but in my minde I am well content to suffer them because I feare thee 31 Thus this man dyed leauing the memoriall of his death for an example not onely vnto young men but vnto all the people to be stedfast and manly The .vij. Chapter The punishment of the seuen brethren and of their mother 1 IT happened also that there were seuen brethren with their mother taken and compelled by the king against the lawe to eate swines fleshe namely with scourges and leatherne whippes 2 And one of them which was the chiefe saide What seekest thou and what requirest thou of vs As for vs we are redie rather to suffer death then to offende the lawes of God and the fathers 3 Then was the king angry and bad heate cauldrons brasen pottes which when they were made hot 4 Immediately he commaunded the tongue of him that spake first to be cut out to pull the skin ouer his head to pare the edges of his handes and feete yea and that in the sight of his mother and the other of his brethren 5 Now when he was cleane mangled he cōmaunded a fire to be made and so while there was any breathin him to be fried in the cauldron In the which when he had ben long pained the other brethren with their mother exhorted him to dye manfully saying 6 The Lorde God shall regarde the trueth and comfort vs lyke as Moyses testifieth and declareth in his song saying And he wyll haue compassion on his seruauntes 7 So when the first was dead after this maner they brought the second to haue him in derision pulled the skinne with the heere ouer his head and asked him if he would eate swines flesh or he were payned in the other members also throughout his body 8 But he aunswered in his owne language and said I wyll not do it And so he was tormented lyke as the first 9 And when he was euen at the geuing vp of the ghost he sayd Thou most vngratious person puttest vs now to death but the king of the worlde shal rayse vs vp which dye for his lawes in the resurrection of euerlasting lyfe 10 After him was the third had in derision and when he was required he put out his tongue and that right soone holding foorth his handes manfully 11 And spake with a stedfast faith These haue I of heauē but now for the lawes of God I despise them for my trust is that I shal receaue them of him againe 12 Insomuch that the king they which were with him marueyled at the young mans boldnes that he nothing regarded the paynes 13 Now when he was dead also they vexed the fourth with tormentes in like maner 14 So when he was now at his death he saide It is better that we being put to death of men haue our hope trust in God for he shall rayse vs vp againe as for thee thou shalt haue no resurrection to lyfe 15 And when they had spoken to the fifth they tormented him 16 Then loked he vnto the king and said Thou hast power among men for thou art a mortall man also thy selfe to do what thou wylt but thinke not that God hath forsaken our generation 17 Abide thee tary still awhile and thou shalt see the great power of God howe he wyll punishe thee and thy seede 18 After him they brought the sixt which being at the poynt of death saide Be not deceaued O king for this we suffer for our owne sakes because we haue offended our God and therefore marueylous thinges are shewed vpon vs. 19 But thinke not thou which takest in hande to striue against God that thou shalt escape vnpunished 20 This excellent mother worthy to be wel reported of had in remembraūce saw her seuen sonnes dye in one day and suffered it paciently because of the hope that she had in God Yea she exhorted euery one of them in her countrey language and that boldly and stedfastly with perfect wysdome waking vp her wiuishe thought with a manly stomake and saide vnto them 22 I can not tell howe ye sprang in my wombe for I neither gaue you breath nor soule nor lyfe it is not I that ioyned the members of your bodies together 23 But the maker of the worlde which fashioned the byrth of man and began all thinges Euen he also of his owne mercie shall geue you breath and lyfe againe lyke as ye now regard not your owne selues for his lawes sake 24 Now thought Antiochus that she had despised him therfore he let her go with her reproffes and began to exhort the youngest sonne which yet was left not onely with wordes but swore vnto him with an oth that he shoulde make him a rich and wealthy man if he would forsake the lawes of his fathers yea and that he shoulde geue him whatsoeuer were necessarie for him 25 But when the young man would not be moued for all these thinges he called his mother and counselled her to saue her sonnes lyfe 26 And when he had exhorted her with many wordes she promysed him that she would speake to her sonne 27 So she turned her vnto him laughing the cruell tyraunt to scorne and spake in her countrey language O my sonne haue pitie vpon me that bare thee nine monethes in my wombe that gaue thee sucke nourished thee and brought thee vp vnto this age 28 I beseche thee my sonne loke vpon heauen and earth and all that is therein and consider that God made them and mans generation of naught 29 So shalt thou not feare this hangman but suffer death stedfastly lyke as thy brethren haue done that I may receaue thee againe in the same mercie with thy brethren 30 While she was yet speaking these wordes the young man saide whom loke ye for wherefore do ye tary ◠I wyl not obey the kinges commaundement but the law that God gaue vs by Moyses
rested the Sabboth daye accordyng to the commaundement ¶ The .xxiiij. Chapter ¶ 1 The women come to the sepulchre ◠they shewe to the Apostles that which the Angels tolde them 13 Christe appeared to the two disciples that went to Emaus and interpreteth the Scriptures 36 He appeareth to the Apostles and reproueth their incredulitie 49 He promiseth the holy ghost 47 He geueth them their charge 61 He ascendeth into heauen 1 BVt vpon the first day of the Sabbothes very early in the mornyng they came vnto the sepulchre brought y e sweete odours which they had prepared and other women with them 2 And they founde the stone rolled away from the sepulchre 3 And they went in but founde not the body of the Lorde Iesu 4 And it came to passe as they were amased therat Beholde two men stoode by them in shinyng garmentes 5 And as they were afrayde bowed downe their faces to the earth they said vnto them Why seeke ye the lyuyng among the dead 6 He is not here but is risen Remember howe he spake vnto you when he was yet in Galilee 7 Saying that the sonne of man must be deliuered into the handes of sinfull men and be crucified and the thirde day ryse agayne 8 And they remembred his wordes 9 And returned from the sepulchre and tolde all these thinges vnto those eleuen and to all the remnaunt 10 It was Marie Magdalene and Ioanna and Marie Iacobi and other that were with them which tolde these thynges vnto the Apostles 11 And their wordes seemed vnto them fayned thynges neither beleued they them 12 Then arose Peter and ran vnto the sepulchre and loked in and sawe the linnen clothes layde by them selues and departed wonderyng in hym selfe at that which was come to passe ☜ 13 ☞ And beholde two of them went that same day to a towne called Emaus which was from Hierusalem about threescore furlonges 14 And they talked together of all these thynges that were done 15 And it came to passe that whyle they communed together reasoned Iesus hym selfe drewe neare and went with them 16 But their eyes were holden that they shoulde not knowe hym 17 And he sayde vnto them What maner of communications are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke and are sad 18 And the one of them whose name was Cleophas aunswered and saide to hym Art thou only a straunger in Hierusalem hast not knowen the thinges which are come to passe there in these dayes 19 He sayde vnto them what thynges And they sayde vnto hym of Iesus of Nazareth which was a prophete myghtie in deede worde before God and all the people 20 And howe the hye priestes and our rulers delyuered hym to be condemned to death and haue crucified hym 21 But we trusted that it had ben he which shoulde haue redeemed Israel And as touchyng all these thynges to day is euen the thirde day that they were done 22 Yea and certayne women also of our company made vs astonyed which came early vnto the sepulchre 23 And founde not his body and came saying that they had seene a vision of Angels which sayde that he was aliue 24 And certayne of them which were with vs went to the sepulchre founde it euen so as the women had sayde but hym they sawe not 25 And he sayde vnto them O fooles and slowe of heart to beleue all that the prophetes haue spoken 26 Ought not Christe to haue suffered these thynges to enter into his glory 27 And he began at Moyses and all the prophetes and interpreted vnto them in all Scriptures which were written of hym 28 And they drewe nye vnto the towne which they went vnto And he made as though he woulde haue gone further 29 And they constrayned hym saying abyde with vs for it drawe in towarde nyght and the day is farie passed And he went in to tary with them 3◠And it came to passe as he sate at meate with them he toke bread and blessed it and brake gaue to them 31 And their eyes were opened and they knewe him and he vanished out of their syght 32 And they sayde betwene them selues Dyd not our heartes burne within vs whyle he talked with vs by the way and opened to vs the scriptures 33 And they rose vp the same houre and returned agayne to Hierusalem and founde the eleuen gathered together and them that were with them 34 Saying the Lorde is risen in deede and hath appeared to Simon 35 And they tolde what thynges were done in the way and howe they knewe hym in breakyng of bread ☜ 36 And as they thus spake Iesus hym selfe stoode in the middes of them and sayth vnto them peace be vnto you 37 But they were abasshed and afraide supposed that they had seene a spirite 38 And he sayde vnto them Why are ye troubled and why do thoughtes aryse in your heartes 39 Beholde my handes and my feete that it is euen I my selfe Handle me and see for a spirite hath not fleshe and bones as ye see me haue 40 And when he had thus spoken he shewed them his handes and his feete 41 And whyle they yet beleued not for ioy and wondred he sayde vnto them ▪ Haue ye here any meate 42 And they offered hym a peece of a broyled fisshe and of an hony combe 43 And he toke it and dyd eate before them 44 And he sayde vnto them These are the wordes which I spake vnto you whyle I was yet with you that all must needes be fulfylled which were written of me in the lawe of Moyses in the prophetes and in the psalmes 45 Then opened he their wittes that they might vnderstand the scriptures 46 And sayde vnto them Thus is it written and thus it behoued Christe to suffer and to ryse agayne from death the thirde day 47 And that repentaunce and remission of sinnes shoulde be preached in his name among all nations ☜ and must begyn at Hierusalem 48 And ye are witnesses of these thinges 49 ☞ And beholde I wyll sende the promise of my father vpon you But tary ye in the citie of Hierusalem vntyll ye be endued with power from an hye 50 And he led them out into Bethanie and lyft vp his handes blessed them 51 And it came to passe as he blessed them he departed from them and was caryed vp into heauen 52 And they worshypped hym and returned to Hierusalem with great ioy 53 And were continually in the temple praysyng and laudyng God Amen ☜ ¶ Here endeth the Gospell by Saint Luke ¶ The Gospell by Saint Iohn ⧠The first Chapter ¶ 1 The diuinitie humanitie and office of Christe 15 The testimonie of Iohn 39 The callyng of Andrewe Peter Philip and Nathaniel 1 IN the begynnyng was the worde the worde was with God and that worde was God 2 The same was in the begynnyng
that thou hast sent me 26 And I haue declared vnto them thy name and wyll declare it that the loue wherewith thou hast loued me may be in them and I in them ☜ ¶ The .xviij. Chapter 3 Christe is betrayed by Iudas 6 The souldiers fall backewarde 10 Peter smyteth of Malchus eare 13 Christe brought before Annas and Caiaphas 15 Peter and Iohn folowed Iesus to Caiaphas house 22 Christe sâ—ricken by a seruaunt 23 what he aunswered 25 Peter denied hym 28 He is ledde before Pilate 36 and telleth hym what his kyngdome is 40 The Iewes aske Barabbas to be let loose 1 WHen Iesus had spoken these wordes he went forth with his disciples ouer the brooke Cedron where was a garden into the whiche he entred his disciples 2 Iudas also whiche betrayed hym knewe the place For Iesus oft tymes resorted thyther with his disciples 3 Iudas then after he had receaued a bande of men and officers of the hye priestes pharisees came thyther with lanternes and torches and weapons 4 And Iesus knowing all thinges that shoulde come on hym went foorth and sayde vnto them whom seke ye 5 They aunswered him Iesus of Nazareth Iesus sayth vnto them I am he Iudas also whiche betrayed hym stoode with them 6 Assoone then as he sayde vnto them I am he they went backewarde fell to the grounde 7 Then asâ—ed he them agayne whom seke ye They said Iesus of Nazareth 8 Iesus aunswered I haue tolde you that I am he Yf ye seke me therefore let these go their way 9 That the saying myght be fulfylled which he spake Of them which thou gauest me haue I not lost one 10 Then Simon Peter hauing a sword drewe it and smote the hye priestes seruaunt and cut of his ryght eare The seruauntes name was Malchus 11 Therefore sayth Iesus vnto Peter Put vp thy sworde into the sheathe shall I not drynke of the cuppe whiche my father hath geuen me 12 Then the companie and the capitaine and officers of the Iewes toke Iesus and bounde hym 13 And led hym away to Annas first for he was father in lawe vnto Caiaphas which was y e hye priest that same yere And Annas sent Christe bounde vnto Caiaphas the hye priest 14 Caiaphas was he which gaue councell to the Iewes that it was expedieÌ„t that one man should dye for the people 15 And Simon Peter folowed Iesus and so did another disciple That disciple was knowen vnto the hye priest went in with Iesus into the palace of the hye priest 16 But Peter stoode at the doore without Then went out that other disciple which was knowen vnto the hye priest and spake vnto the damosell that kept the doore and brought in Peter 17 Then saide the damosell that kept the doore vnto Peter Art not thou also one of this mans disciples He sayde I am not 18 The seruauntes and officers stoode there which had made a fire of coales for it was colde and they warmed theÌ„ selues Peter also stoode among them and warmed hym 19 The hye priest then asked Iesus of his disciples and of his doctrine 20 Iesus aunswered him I spake openly to the worlde I euer taught in the synagogue and in the temple whyther all the Iewes resort in secrete haue I sayde nothyng 21 Why askest thou me Aske theÌ„ which hearde me what I haue sayd vnto theÌ„ Beholde they can tell what I sayde 22 When he had thus spoken one of the officers whiche stoode by smote Iesus with a rod saying Aunswerest thou the hye priest so 23 Iesus aunswered hym Yf I haue euyl spoken beare witnesse of the euyl But yf I haue well spoken why smytest thou me 24 Nowe Annas had sent hym bounde vnto Caiaphas the hye priest 25 Simon Peter stoode warmed hym selfe Then sayde they vnto hym Art not thou also one of his disciples He denyed it and sayde I am not 26 One of the seruauÌ„tes of y e hye priestes his cosin whose eare Peter smote of sayde vnto hym Dyd not I see thee in the garden with hym 27 Peter therefore denyed againe And immediatly the Cocke crewe 28 Then led they Iesus froÌ„ Caiaphas into the hall of iudgement It was in the mornyng And they them selues went not into the iudgement hall leste they shoulde be defyled but that they myght eate the Passouer 29 Pilate then went out vnto them and said What accusatioÌ„ bryng you against this man 30 They aunswered and said vnto him Yf he were not an euyll doer we would not haue deliuered hym vnto thee 31 Then sayde Pilate vnto them Take ye him and iudge him after your owne lawe The Iewes therfore sayde vnto hym It is not lawfull for vs to put any man to death 32 That the wordes of Iesus myght be fulfylled whiche he spake signifâ—yng what death he shoulde dye 33 Then Pilate entred into the iudgement hall againe and called Iesus and sayde vnto hym Art thou the kyng of the Iewes 34 Iesus aunswered Sayest thou that of thy selfe or did other tell it thee of me 35 Pilate aunswered am I a Iewe Thyne owne nation hye priestes haue deliuered thee vnto me what hast thou done 36 Iesus aunswered My kyngdome is not of this worlde Yf my kyngdome were of this worlde then woulde my seruauntes surely fyght that I shoulde not be deliuered to the Iewes but now is my kyngdome not from hence 37 Pilate therfore sayde vnto hym Art thou a kyng then Iesus aunswered Thou sayest that I am a king For this cause am I borne for this cause came I into the worlde that I should beare witnesse vnto the trueth And all that are of the trueth heare my voyce 38 Pilate sayde vnto him What thyng is trueth And when he had sayde this he went out agayne vnto the Iewes sayth vnto them I fynde in hym no cause at all 39 Ye haue a custome that I shoulde deliuer you one loose at y e Passouer Wyll ye that I loose vnto you the kyng of the Iewes 40 Then cryed they all agayne saying Not hym but Barabbas This Barabbas was a robber ¶ The .xix. Chapter 1 Christe is whypped beaten and crowned 4 Pilate woulde haue delyuered hym 6 but the Iewes aske hym to be crucified 11 All power of God 16 Pilate delyuered Christe to be crucified 19 The title set vpon the crosse 23 Christes garmentes deuided 27 He commendeth his mother to Iohn 30 After Christe tasted the vineger he dyeth 32 The legges of the theeues broken 34 Christes syde pearsed with a speare 38 Ioseph of Aramathia beggeth his body 40 and he and Nicodemus buryed it 1 THen Pilate toke Iesus therfore and scourged hym 2 And the souldiers wounde a crowne of thornes and put it on his head And they did on hym a purple garment 3 And sayde Hayle king of the Iewes And they stroke hym with roddes 4 Pilate went foorth agayne and sayde vnto
vp to Hierusalem 16 There went with vs also certayne of the disciples of Cesarea brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus an olde disciple with whom we shoulde lodge 17 And when we were come to Hierusalem the brethren receaued vs gladly 18 And on the morowe Paule went in with vs vnto Iames and all the elders came together 19 And when he had saluted them he tolde by order all thinges that God had wrought among the gentiles by his ministerie 20 And when they hearde it they glorified the Lorde sayde vnto hym Thou seest brother howe many thousande Iewes there are which beleue they are all earnest folowers of the lawe 21 And they are infourmed of thee that thou teachest all the Iewes whiche are among the Gentiles to forsake Moyses and sayest that they ought not to circūcise their chyldren neither to walke after the customes 22 What is it therefore The multitude must needes come together For they shall heare that thou art come 23 Do therfore this that we saye to thee We haue foure men which haue a vow on them 24 Them take purifie thy selfe with them and do coste on them that they may shaue their heades And all shall knowe that those thynges whiche they haue hearde concernyng thee are nothyng but that thou thy selfe also walkest and kepest the lawe 25 As touchyng the Gentiles which beleue we haue written and concluded that they obserue no suche thyng saue only that they kepe them selues from thynges offered to idoles from blood and from strangled from fornication 26 Then Paul toke the men and the next day purifiyng hym selfe with them entred into the temple declaryng the accomplishement of the dayes of the purification vntyll that an offeryng should be offered for euery one of them 27 And when the seuen dayes were almost ended the Iewes which were of Asia when they sawe hym in the temple moued al the people layde handes on hym 28 Crying Men of Israel helpe This is the man that teacheth all men euery where against the people and the lawe and this place He hath also brought Grekes into the temple and hath polluted this holy place 29 For they had seene before with hym in the citie Trophimus an Ephesian whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple 30 And all the citie was moued and the people swarmed together And they toke Paul drewe hym out of the temple foorthwith the doores were shut 31 And as they went about to kyll hym tydynges came vnto the hye captaine of the souldiers that all Hierusalem was in an vprore 32 Which immediatly toke souldiers and vnder captaines and ran downe vnto them And when they sawe the vpper captaine and the souldiers they left smytyng of Paul 33 Then the chiefe captaine came neare toke hym and cōmaunded hym to be bounde with two chaynes demaunded who he was what he had done 34 And some cryed one thyng some another among the people And when he coulde not knowe the certaintie for the rage he commaunded him to be caryed into the castle 35 And when he came vpon the stayres it was so that he was borne of the souldyers for the violence of the people 36 For the multitude of the people folowed after crying away with hym 37 And when Paul began to be caryed into the castle he saide vnto the hye captaine May I speake vnto thee Who sayde Canst thou speake Greke 38 Art not thou that Egyptian which before these dayes madest an vprore and leddest out into the wyldernesse foure thousande men that were murtherers 39 But Paul saide I am a man which am a Iewe of Tarsus a citie in Cilicia a citezin of no vyle citie and I beseche the suffer me to speake vnto the people 40 And when he had geuen hym licence Paul stoode on the stayres beckened with y e hande vnto the people And whē there was made a great scilēce he spake vnto them in the Hebrue tongue saying ¶ The .xxij. Chapter 3 Paul rendereth an accompt of his lyfe and doctrine 25 he escapeth the whyppe by reason he was a citezin of Rome 1 MEn brethren fathers heare ye mine aunswer whiche I make vnto you 2 And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrue tongue to thē they kept y e more scilence And he saith 3 I am verily a man which am a Iewe borne in Tarsus in Cilicia and yet brought vp in this citie at y e feete of Gamaliel and infourmed accordyng to the perfect maner of the lawe of y e fathers and was zelous towarde God as ye all are this same day 4 And I persecuted this way vnto the death byndyng delyueryng into prison both men and women 5 As also the chiefe priest doth beare me witnesse and all the estate of the elders of whom also I receaued letters vnto the brethren and went to Damascus to bryng them whiche were there bounde vnto Hierusalem for to be punisshed 6 And it came to passe that as I made my iourney was come nye vnto Damascus about noone sodeinly there shone from heauen a great light rounde about me 7 And I fell vnto the earth and hearde a voyce saying vnto me Saul Saul why persecutest thou me 8 And I aunswered Who art thou Lorde And he sayde vnto me I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest 9 And they that were with me sawe veryly a lyght and were afrayde but they hearde not the voyce of hym that spake with me 10 And I saide What shall I do Lord And the Lorde sayde vnto me Aryse and go into Damascus there it shal be tolde thee of all thynges whiche are appoynted for thee to do 11 And when I sawe nothyng for the bryghtnesse of the lyght I was ledde by the hande of thē that were with me and came into Damascus 12 And one Ananias a deuout man as perteynyng to the lawe hauyng a good report of all the Iewes whiche there dwelt 13 Came vnto me and stoode and sayde vnto me Brother Saul receaue thy syght And the same houre I receaued my syght and sawe hym 14 And he said The God of our fathers hath ordeyned thee before that thou shouldest knowe his wyll and see that iuste one and shouldest heare the voyce of his mouth 15 For thou shalt be his witnesse vnto all men of those thynges which thou hast seene and hearde 16 And nowe why taryest thou aryse be baptized wasshe away thy sinnes in callyng on the name of the Lorde 17 And it came to passe that whē I was come agayne to Hierusalem and prayed in the temple I was in a traunce 18 And sawe him saying vnto me Make haste and get thee quickly out of Hierusalem for they wyl not receaue thy witnesse concernyng me 19 And I sayde Lord they knowe that I prisoned and beat in euery synagogue them that beleued on
thee 20 And when the blood of thy wytnesse Steuen was shedde I also stoode by and consented vnto his death and kept the rayment of them that slue hym 21 And he sayde vnto me depart for I wyll sende thee farre hence vnto the gentiles 22 And they gaue him audience vnto this worde and then lift vp their voyces and sayde away with suche a felowe from the earth for it is no reason y t he shoulde lyue 23 And as they cryed and caste of their clothes and threwe dust into the ayre 24 The chiefe captaine cōmaunded hym to be brought into the castle bade that he shoulde be scourged and examined that he myght knowe wherefore they cryed so on hym 25 And as they boūde him with thonges Paul saide vnto y e Centurion that stoode by Is it lawfull for you to scourge a man that is a Romane and vncondempned 26 When the Centurion hearde that he went and tolde the vpper captaine saying Take heede what thou doest for this man is a Romane 27 Then the vpper captaine came saide vnto him Tel me art thou a Romane He sayde yea 28 And the chiefe captaine aunswered With a great summe obteyned I this freedome And Paul saide I was free borne 29 Then strayghtway departed frō him they which should haue examined him And the hie captaine also was afrayde after he knew that he was a Romane and because he had bounde hym 30 On the morowe because he woulde haue knowen the certaintie wherefore he was accused of the Iewes he loosed hym from his bandes and commaunded the hye priestes all the counsell to come together brought Paul foorth and set hym before them ¶ The .xxiij. Chapter 1 Paul commeth before the counsell 2 Ananias causeth hym to be striken 12 the captayne deliuereth hym 11 God comforteth hym 23 he is sent to Cesarea 1 AND Paul earnestlie beholdyng the counsell saide Men brethren I haue lyued in al good conscience before God vntyll this day 2 And y e hye priest Ananias commaunded thē that stoode by to smyte hym on the mouth 3 Then sayde Paul vnto him God shall smite thee thou paynted wall For sittest thou iudgest me after the lawe cōmaundest me to be smitten contrary to the lawe 4 And they that stoode by sayde Reuilest thou Gods hye priest 5 Then sayde Paul I wyst not brethren that he was the hye priest For it is written * Thou shalt not curse the ruler of thy people 6 But when Paul perceaued that the one part were saducees and the other pharisees he cryed out in the counsell Men and brethren I am a pharisee the sonne of a pharisee Of the hope resurrection of the dead I am iudged 7 And when he had so sayde there arose a debate betwene the pharisees and the saducees the multitude was deuided 8 For the saducees say that there is no resurrection neither Angel nor spirite But the pharisees confesse both 9 And there arose a great crye and whē the scribes which were of the pharisees part arose they stroue saying We fynde none euyll in this man But yf a spirite or an Angel hath spoken to hym let vs not striue agaynst God 10 And when there arose a great debate the chiefe captayne fearyng lest Paul shoulde haue ben pluckt asunder of thē cōmaunded the souldiers to go downe and to take him from among them and to bryng hym into the castle 11 And the nyght folowyng the Lorde stoode by hym and sayde Be of good cheare Paul for as thou hast testified of me in Hierusalem so must thou beare witnesse also at Rome 12 And when it was day certayne of the Iewes gathered them selues together and made a vowe saying that they woulde neither eate nor drynke tyl they had kylled Paul 13 And they were mo then fourtie men which had made this conspiracie 14 And they came to the chiefe priestes and elders and sayde We haue bounde our selues with a vowe that we wyll eate nothyng vntyll we haue slayne Paul 15 Nowe therfore geue ye knowledge to the vpper captayne and to the counsell that he bryng hym foorth vnto you to morrowe as though ye woulde knowe somethyng more perfectly of hym And we or euer he come neare are redy to kyll hym 16 And when Paules sisters sonne heard of their laying awaite he went entred into the castle and tolde Paul 17 And Paul called one of the vnder captaynes vnto hym and sayde Bryng this young man vnto the hye captayne for he hath a certayne thyng to shewe hym 18 And he toke hym and brought hym to the hye captayne and sayde Paul the prisoner called me vnto him and prayed me to bryng this young man vnto thee which hath a certayne matter to shewe thee 19 Then the hye captayne toke hym by the hande and went with hym out of the way and asked hym What is it that thou hast to tell me 20 And he sayde The Iewes are determined to desire thee that thou wouldest bryng foorth Paul to morowe into the counsell as though they would enquire somewhat of hym more perfectly 21 But folowe not thou their myndes For there lye in wayte for him of them mo thē fourtie men which haue bounde them selues with a vowe that they will neither eate nor drynke tyll they haue kylled hym And nowe are they redy and loke that thou shouldest promise 22 The vpper captayne then let y e young man depart and charged hym see thou tell it out to no man that thou hast shewed these thynges to me 23 And he called vnto hym two vnder captaynes saying Make redy two hundred souldyers to go to Cesarea and horsmen threescore and ten and spearemen two hundred at the thirde houre of the nyght 24 And delyuer them beastes that they may set Paul on and bryng hym safe vnto Felix the hye deputie 25 And he wrote a letter after this maner 26 Claudius Lysias vnto the most mightie ruler Felix sendeth greetinges 27 This man was taken of the Iewes and shoulde haue ben kylled of them Then came I with souldeirs rescued hym and perceaued that he was a Romane 28 And whē I would haue knowen the cause wherfore they accused hym I brought hym foorth into their counsell 29 Whom I perceaued to be accused of questions of their lawe but was not gyltie of any thyng worthy of death or of bondes 30 And when it was shewed me howe that the Iewes layde wayte for the man I sent hym strayghtway to thee and gaue commaundement to his accusers that the thynges which they haue agaynst hym they shoulde tell before thee Fare well 31 Then the souldyers as it was commaunded them toke Paul and brought hym by nyght to Antipatris 32 On the morowe they left the horsmen to go with hym and returned vnto the castle 33 Which when they came to Cesarea and delyuered the epistle to the deputie
* that he was a God 7 In the same quarters were possessioÌ„s of y e chiefe man of the I le whose name was Publius which receaued vs and lodged vs three dayes curteouslye 8 And it came to passe that the father of Publius lay sicke of a feuer and of a bloody â—lire to whom Paul entred in prayed and layde his handes on hym and healed hym 9 So when this was done other also which had diseases in the I le came and were healed 10 Which also dyd vs great honour and when we departed they laded vs with such thynges as were necessary 11 And after three monethes we departed in a shippe of Alexandria which had wyntred in the I le whose badge was Castor and Pollux 12 And when we came to Syracusa we taryed there three dayes 13 And from thence we â—et a compasse and came to Rhegium after one day the south wynde blewe and we came the next day to Puteolus 14 Where we founde brethren and were desired to tary with them seuen dayes and so we came towarde Rome 15 And from thence when the brethren hearde of vs they came to meete vs at Appii forum and at the three tauernes When Paul sawe theÌ„ he thanked God and waxed bolde 16 And when we came to Rome y e vnder captayne delyuered the prysoners to the chiefe captayne of the hoast But Paul was suffred to dwell by him selfe with a souldyer that kept hym 17 And it came to passe that after three dayes Paul called y e chiefe of the Iewes together And wheÌ„ they were come he sayde vnto them Men and brethren though I haue committed nothyng agaynst the people or lawes of the fathers yet was I delyuered prysoner from Hierusalem into the handes of the Romanes 18 Which when they had examined me woulde haue let me go because there was no cause of death in me 19 But when the Iewes spake contrary I was constrayned to appeale vnto Caesar not that I had ought to accuse my people of 20 For this cause then haue I called for you euen to see you and to speake with you because that for the hope of Israel I am bounde with this â—hayne 21 And they said vnto him We neither receaued letters out of Iurie concernyng thee neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harme of thee 22 But we wyll heare of thee what thou thynkest For as concernyng this sect we knowe that euery where it is spokeÌ„ agaynst 23 And when they had appoynted hym a day there came many to hym into his lodgyng to whom he expounded and testified the kyngdome of God perswadyng them concernyng Iesus both out of the lawe of Moyses and out of the prophetes euen from morning to night 24 And some were perswaded in the thynges which were spoken and some beleued not 25 And when they agreed not among them selues they departed after that Paul had spoken one worde that is to say well spake the holy ghost by Esaias the prophete vnto our fathers 26 Saying Go vnto this people and say with your eares shall ye heare and shall not vnderstande and with your eyes shall ye see and not perceaue 27 For the heart of this people is waxed grosse their eares are dull of hearing and their eyes haue they closed lest they shoulde see with their eyes and heare with their eares and vnderstande with their heartes and shoulde be conuerted and I shoulde heale them 28 Be it knowen therfore vnto you that this saluation of God is sent to the gentiles and they shall heare it 29 And when he had sayde these wordes the Iewes departed and had great reasonyng among them selues 30 And Paul dwelt two yeres full in his owne hired house and receaued all that came in vnto hym 31 Preachyng the kyngdome of God and teachyng those thynges which concerne the Lorde Iesus Christe with all confidence no man forbyddyng hym ☜ ⧠Here endeth the Actes of the Apostles R. E. ⧠The Ca 〈…〉 Câ—â—â—â—graphi 〈…〉 of the peregrin 〈…〉 〈◊〉 Saint Paul with the distaunce of the myles HEre hast thou gentle reader for thy better instruction the description of the iourney and peregrination of Saint Paul which is in this second booke of Saint Luke called the Actes of the Apostles most intreated of And for because thou readest oftentymes of Emperours Kynges and Deputies thou hast set foorth to thee the names the yeres and howe longe euery Emperour or Kyng raigned or Deputie gouerned and vnder whom any of these actes were done euen vntyll the death of Saint Paul ¶ The order of tymes The yeres of the Emperours of Rome The yeres of the Presidentes of the Iewes The yeres of the Herodians The yeres of Christes incarnation The yeres of Saint Paul the Apostle Tiberius Pilate Herode Christe Paul xviii vi xviii xxxiii  In this yere Christe suffered arose from the dead ascended into heauen from thence he sendeth vnto his Apostles the holy ghost The Apostles do assemble and gather a congregation vnto the Lorde Christe and do continue in prayer and suffer persecution xix vii xix xxxiiii i. Samaria doth receaue the doctrine of Christe Saint Steuen was stoned Saint Paul also is conuerted vnto Christe as he iourneyed towarde Damascus and froÌ„thence he departed into Arabia to preache the Gospell xx viii xx xxxv ii Philip doth preache the Gospel vnto the cities by the sea syde and doth conuert a man of Ethiopia an Eunuch and of great auctoritie with Candace Queene of the Ethiopians xxi ix xxi xxxvi iii. The Gospell is preached to the Sirians and Phenitians of those that were dispearsed and fledde from Hierusalem xxii x. xxii xxxvii iiii Saint Paul commeth to Hierusalem to see Peter from thence he goeth into Syria Cilicia c. Saint Peter commeth vnto Lidda After that he was called of Cornelius to come vnto Cesarea where he dyd baptize and from thence he went to Hierusalem geuyng aunswere to eche one that entred in question with hym xxiii Marcel xxiii xxxviii v. Antioche in Syria is conuerted vnto Christe the Apostles sende thyther Barnabas Barnabas bryngeth Paul out of Tarsa to Antioche whyther also Agabus came speaking of dearth that was to come Paul and Barnabas did succour them of Hierusalem 〈◊〉 Aâ—ppa xxiii xxâ—â—â— vi Paule and Barnabas by the commaundement of the holy ghost were sent from Antioche to preache the Gospell vnto the Heathens ii ii Herode Agrippa xl vii Paul and Barnabas sayled from Paphus to Perga a Citie of Pamphylia From Perga vnto Antioche a citie of Pisidia From whence by a commotion stirred by the Iewes they were expelled out of their coastes iii. iii.  xli viii Paul and Barnabas thus dryuen from Antioche come to Iconium where they abode a long tyme. iiii iiii  xlii ix Claudius v.  xliii x. ii vi  xliiii xi iii. vii  xlv xii This yere was Iames the
death not regardyng his lyfe to fulfyll your lacke of seruice towarde me ¶ The .iij. Chapter 2 He warneth them to be ware of false teachers 3 agaynst whom he setteth Christe 4 Likewise himselfe 9 and his doctrine 12 and reproueth mans owne righteousnes 1 MOreouer my brethren reioyce ye in the Lord. It greeueth me not to write the same thyng often to you for to you it is a sure thyng 2 Beware of dogges beware of euyll workers beware of concision 3 * For we are the circumcision which worship God * in the spirite and reioyce in Christ Iesus and haue no confidence in the fleshe 4 Though I might also haue confidence in the fleshe If any other man thinketh that he hath wherof he myght trust in the fleshe more I 5 Circumcised the eyght day of the kinred of Israel of the tribe of Beniamin an Ebrue of the Ebrues after the lawe a pharisee 6 Concernyng feruentnesse persecutyng the Churche touchyng y e righteousnesse which is in y e lawe I was blamelesse 7 But the thynges that were vauntage vnto me those I counted losse for Christes sake 8 Yea I thynke all thynges but losse for the excellencie of the knowledge of Christe Iesus my Lorde For whom I haue counted all thyng losse do iudge theÌ„ but vile that I may winne Christe 9 And be founde in hym not hauyng myne owne ryghteousnesse which is of the lawe but that which is through the fayth of Christ the ryghteousnes which commeth of God through fayth 10 That I may knowe hym and the power of his resurrection and the felowshippe of his passions confirmable vnto his death 11 If by any meanes I myght attayne vnto the resurrection of the dead 12 Not as though I had alredy attayned either were alredy perfect but I folowe yf that I may comprehende wherein also I am comprehended of Christe Iesus 13 Brethren I count not my selfe as yet that I haue attained but this one thing I say I forget those thinges which are behynde and endeuour my selfe vnto those thynges which are before 14 And I prease towarde the marke for the price of the hye callyng of God in Christe Iesus 15 Let vs therfore as many as be perfect be thus mynded and if ye be otherwyse mynded God shall reueale the same also vnto you 16 Neuerthelesse vnto that which we haue attayned vnto let vs proceade by one rule that we may be of one accorde 17 ☞ Brethren be folowers together of me and loke on them which walke so as ye haue vs for an ensample 18 For many walke of whom I haue tolde you often nowe tel you wepyng that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christe 19 Whos 's ende â—is dampnation whose God is theirâ— belly and glorie to their shame which mynde earthly thynges 20 But our conuersation is in heauen from whence also we loke for the sauiour the Lorde Iesus Christe 21 Who shall chaunge our vyle body that it may be fashioned lyke vnto his glorious body according to the working wherby he is able to subdue all thynges vnto hym selfe ☜ ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them to be of honest conuersation 15 and thanketh them because of the prouision that they made for hym beyng in pryson 21 and so concludeth with salutations 1 THerfore my brethren beloued longed for my ioy and crowne so continue in the Lorde ye beloued 2 I pray Euodias and beseche Syntyches y t they be of one accorde in the Lorde 3 Yea and I beseche thee also faythfull yockefelowe helpe those women which laboured with me in the Gospell and with Clement also and with other my labour felowes whose names are in the booke of lyfe 4 ☞ * Reioyce in the Lorde alway and agayne I say reioyce 5 Let your pacient mynde be knowen vnto all men The Lorde is at hande 6 Be carefull for nothyng but in all thynges let your petition be manifest vnto God in prayer and supplication with geuyng of thankes 7 And the peace of God which passeth all vnderstandyng shall kepe your heartes and myndes through Christe Iesus ☜ 8 Furthermore brethren whatsoeuer thynges are true whatsoeuer thynges are honest whatsoeuer thynges are iuste whatsoeuer thynges are pure whatsoeuer thynges pertayne to loue whatsoeuer thynges are of honest report If there be any vertue yf there be any prayse thynke on these thynges 9 Which ye haue both learned and receaued and hearde and seene in me Those thinges do and the God of peace shal be with you 10 But I reioyce in the Lorde greatly that nowe at the last you are reuiued againe to care for me in y t wherin ye were also carefull but ye lacked oportunitie 11 I speake not because of necessitie For I haue learned in whatsoeuer estate I am therwith to be content 12 I knowe howe to be lowe and I knowe howe to exceade Euery where in all thynges I am instructed both to be ful and to be hungry both to haue plentie and to suffer neede 13 I can do all thynges through Christe which strengtheneth me 14 Notwithstandyng ye haue well done y t ye dyd communicate to my afflictions 15 Ye Philippians knowe also that in the begynnyng of the Gospell when I departed froÌ„ Macedonia no Church communicated to me as concernyng geuyng and receauyng but ye only 16 For euen in Thessalonica ye sent once afterward agayne vnto my necessitie 17 Not that I desire a gyft but I desire fruite aboundyng to your accompt 18 But I haue receaued al haue plentie I was euen fylled after that I had receaued of Epaphroditus the thynges which were sent from you an odoure of a sweete smel a sacrifice acceptable pleasaunt to God 19 My God shall supplie all your neede through his riches in glorie in Christe Iesus 20 Vnto God and our father be prayse for euermore Amen 21 Salute all the saintes in Christe Iesus The brethren which are with me greete you 22 All the saintes salute you most of all they that are of Caesars housholde 23 The grace of our Lorde Iesu Christe be with you all Amen ¶ This Epistle was written from Rome by Epaphroditus ⧠The Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Colossians ¶ The first Chapter 3 He geueth thankes vnto God for their faith 7 Confirming the doctrine of Epaphras 9 prayeth for the increase of their fayth 13 He sheweth vnto them the true Christe and discouereth the counterfayte Christe of the false Apostles 25 He approueth his auctoritie and charge 28 and of his faythfull executyng of the same 1 PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God and Timotheus the brother 2 To them which are in Colossa saintes and faythfull brethren in Christe Grace vnto you peace from God our father and the Lorde Iesus Christe 3 We geue thankes to God and father of our Lorde Iesus Christe alwayes for you
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
euerlastinge (d) I will make it knowen that he was neuer any of the electe (e) I wyll punyshe (f) In makyng them to wander 40. yeres in the wyldernes and neuer to enter the land of promyse (a) By mylke vnderstand all necessarie thinges by hony all delicates pleasaunt thinges (b) Graciously fauourably louyngly for no man can see God in this life (c) The meanes wherby thou wylt kepe and saue thy people out of so many perilles seyng thou wylt not go with them (d) Heart and affection to this my people (e) Passing by I will sounde with a loude voyce my name Iehouah whom thou canst not see “ or wayte God called â— the name of â—ehouah â—e wordes â—at folowe 〈◊〉 Gods â—ordes and â—ot Moyses “ Or offence (a) God is called ielous because he wil not permit that any other gods shall be worshipped with him but he alone will be loued and worshipped for god “ Or words () That is with God Or while God talked with him (b) This coueryng signifieth the infirmitie of our nature wherby when we heare or reade the lawe we heare it not nor vnderstand it (a) Therfore was he put to death that gathered stickes to make a fier on that day Num. xv ☞ (b) Suche as appertayne to the seruice of the tabernacle ☞ (c) Vsyng Moyses as a minister there of (b) Not only to haue cunning but to teache other is the gift of God ☞ “ The sea ☜ ☞ (a) Some thinke that the Cherubims mercy seate were cast both together were made al of one peece ☜ ☞ “ Or as some reade forâ—ipes that is tongs (a) The curtens of the tabernacle were fastened with these pinns to stay theÌ„ that they were not driuen with y e wynde hither and thither (b) The perticuler peeces by number deliuered to the Leuites ☜ ☞ ☜ ☞ (a) In the seconde yere of their commyng out of Egypt (b) Of the cumming of the children of Israel out of Egypt (c) That is the tables of the lawe ☜ Exod 30. c. Num. 9. c. (d) Thus the presence of God preserued and guyded them both day nyght tyll they came to the lande of promyse a This boke is so named because that in the same is chiefly entreated of the Leuiticall sacrifices and other ceremonies of the lawe vpon the whiche the Leuites were committed ordeyned by the Lorde ☞ (b) Moyses doth euidently declare that these sacrifises were instituted of God not of man (c) when any orâ—uate man wâ—ll offer for himselfe a priuate sacrifice (d) That y e Leuiticall sacrifices were preachinges of the passion and death of Christ and of his gospell which should afterward be published thorewe all y e world men hath not dremed it but the holy ghoste hath taught it hath confirmed it by many testimonies aswel of the olde testament as of the newe As psalme 39 Esai 41. Iohn 1. 1. Pet. 1. Heb. 10. c. (e) The Hebrewe worde signifie sheepe or shee goates Exod. 29.10 (f) Declaring that he did it voluntarilie and all that he hath in his handes he receaued of God (g) It was to signifie that y e sacrifice ought to be pure and cleane (h) The Hebrewe worde signifieth to be cut or pinched w t a naile of the finger ☞ (a) Because it doth remayne of that which was burnt in the honour of God and therfore myght not be eaten but of the holy that is the priestes (b) That is all maner of fruit as sweet as hony as fygges dates and such lyke Of these nothyng myght be burned but kept only to be offered before God Math. v. b. Mark ix g. (c) By this ceremonie is the nature of Christe set foorth which is figured in all sacrifices For Christ is the true and heauenly salt by whom all that beleue in hym be made sauourie and pleasaunt vnto God the father so that they shall neuer so putrifie that they shal peryshe ☞ Exo. xxix c (a) That is all your dwelling places Gene. ix· a. ☜ ☞ (a) By coÌ„uersation or doctrine to do any thing wherby y e people sinne or els if the people sinne through the priestes fault their sinne is required at his hands Leuit. ix c. Exo. xxix c (b) Other by knowledgyng hym selfe to haue sinned confessyng his fault or some other hath reuealed it vnto hym Leuit. iii. d. Leuit. iii. d. ☞ (a) This is diuersly expouÌ„ded because y e Hebrue worde hath a double signification this is y e sense as some thinketh If a Iudge doth minister an othe to any priuate man to declare the trueth of any thyng that he hath seene do it not he sinneth other this If any man see his neighbour coÌ„mit any sinne which is by y e lawe of God execrable or detestable and did consile it not open it as muche as in him did lye he did sinne some other taketh it thus All such as dyd heare any maÌ„ curse banne and abuse the name of God dyd not opeÌ„ it vnto the magistrate dyd sinne the first sense is best liked Leuit. xii d. Luke ii d. Exod. xxx (b) And doth afterwarde knowledge hym selfe to haue offended and thinketh him selfe to be gyltie of that sinne ☜ ☞ Exo. xxix g Ex. xxviii g (a) This fire prefigured Christe for as it doth purifie heate and consume so Christe by his death and passion purifieth sinners consumeth all sinnes and by his holy spirit heateth and warmeth all y e faythfull Num. xv a. Leuit. ii a. Osee iiii b. Leui. xv d ☜ ☞ (a) Because it was altogether burnt w t fire or that y e priestes only did eate it (b) The Hebrewe worde signifieth to praise geue thankes this sacrifice they vsed when any maÌ„ knowledged himself to be a sinner and confessed his sinns vnto the lorde willing to reconsile him selfe vnto him Leuit. iii. e. Gen ix a. Leuit. xvii c and .xix. f. Deut xii b. i. Reg. xiiii e Nu. xviii e. ☜ ☞ Ex. xxviii a Exo. xxx d Exo. xxix a Exo. xxix f Exo. xxix d Exo. xxix c Exo. xxix f. ☜ ☞ Hebre. v. a. and .vii. d. Leuit. ii a. Leuit. iiii a. ii Par. vii a. ii Mac. ii b. Leuit. xvi a. Exo. xxx b (a) Sacrifices not appointed by the lawe though interprised of a good zeale intent affection do yet neuerthelesse displease God Straunge fire is called other because in the burning of the incense y e two sonnes of Aaron toke not of it that continually was reserued vppon the aulter of burnt offering wherof Moises spake before in the 6. Chapter for they were wont to take coales therehence to burne fumes vpon the aulter of incense or t is because they toke vnlawfull incense The lawfull is described in the 30. of Exod. But howe so euer it was this thing is euident that they made vnlawfull sacrifice whiche was not commaunded by the lawe of God Beware therefore of worshippes framed after our owne opinion
continue in prayer Exod 34 â–ª a. (o) That is thy promise made to them Exo 34. â— (a) Whiche is 〈…〉 â—der to pâ—ion Exo xxxii e. Exod 34. d. (b) When you came together to receaue the lawe at the mount Sanai Deu. xxxi f Num 33. d. (c) Fourtie yeres after the worshyppyng of the golden calâ—e Num. iii. iiii and .xviii. (d To declare his benefites vnto the people Deu. xviii a (e) So God turned the curse of Iacob Gen. 40 b. into blessyng Deut â–ª ix d. Deut vi a. Deut. vi b. Mat. xxii d Iosua xxii d (e) That is let all our euyl affections be cut of he sheweth in these wordes the end of circumcision Gala. ii d. Rom. ii d. Actes x. c. Colloss iii. b Ephe. vi b. i. Pet. i. c. Exo. xxii e. Deut. vi e. Mat. iiii d. Luk. iiii b. Gen. xlvi e. (g) He alludeth to the promise made to Abraham Deut x b. and .xviii. a. g This was not accomplished tyll the temple was 〈…〉 Sion (h According to the abilitie that he hath geuen thee (i) This prohibition was made that meÌ„ might learne to abhorre crueltie Eccle. vii a. Deut. xâ— (k Thus 〈◊〉 sayeth â—orâ— their life consisteth in their blood (l) Thinges consecrated to God or that are appoynted for sacrifice (m) By fallyng into then idolatrie and superstition Deu. xviii â— (n) This declareth the extreme horrour of idolatrie by whiche the paynims committed most vnnaturall villanie Iosu i. d. Deut. iiiâ— a. Iosu xxiii b Prou. xxx a (a That is if there be founde one amongst you y t pretendeth to be one of the 〈◊〉 of the faythfull (b) He declareth who be the false propâ—tes euen â—e that woulde turne vs from God Deut. viii a. c The cause why men are so easily deceaued is that they haue not the lawe of God in them (d) After that he hath ben conuicted by wytnesse and had sentence of death pronounced on hâ—m by the Iudge (e) Gods glorie must be preferred beâ—e naturall affection Deu. xvii â— (d) Thou shalt cast the first stone aâ— hym (e) In the honour of God shewyng that god is honoured in destroying them that rob hym of his honour (f) Thou shalt saue no part of that spoyle Exod. xix a Leâ—t x b. (a) As the Heathen dyd in moueâ—ng for the dead Deut. vi â— Leuit. xi a. (b) Hereby was figured to the Iewes a spirituall purenesse Leuit. xi b. (c) This figureth the forbidding of thynges tending to crueltie Exo. xxiii â— and 34. d. Deut. xii d. Deut. xii d. (d) Or binds vp Deut. x. b. Deu. xxvi c (e) He sheweth the true vse whereto tithes shoulde be employed Leuit. xxv b a This is spoken in â—auour of those dâ—ters that were poore or not able to pay Eccle. iiii a. (b) So that if the detter be riche he may be forced to pay his debt this ordinance notwithstandyng Deut. 28. b. Iohn iii. c. Mat xxvi a (c For a trial of your charitie Leu. xxvi f. (d) To acknowledge Gods benefites receaued by his labour Exod. xxi a Leu. xxvii d (a) That is the month of 〈…〉 Much and partly in 〈◊〉 (b) Whiche declared the trouâ—les that they were in beyng vnder Pharao ☞ c Numbring from the next day after caâ— the Pasouer Actes ii a. (d) Whiche is kept in the .xv. day of the seuenth moneth 1. Reg. â— g. Exi xxiii e. (e) Whitsuntyde (f) Without some offeryng (g) He meaneth before the arke (h) According to his power ☜ Exod 23. a. Eccl. xx d. (i) According to the maner of y e Panims Which planted trees about their aulters to shadowe them wherby the place seemed â–ª to tâ— to haue the more maiestie Leui xxii c. 〈◊〉 must 〈◊〉 with 〈◊〉 perfitest â—â—est things The frailtâ—e of theffender shall not excute the ofâ— Deut. iiii c. (c God refuseth 〈◊〉 suche 〈…〉 commaunded Nâ— xxxv d (d To shewe that their witnesse was true (e) To declare that all must be of one accorde to punishe idolaters (f Crime 〈◊〉 g Who shall pronounce sentence according as the priest shall in◠〈◊〉 hym 〈◊〉 to gods worde (h) That the controuersie may be the sooner ended (i) As long as he is the true minister of god and pronounceth agreeable to his worde 1. Reg. 8 a 3 Reg. 4. d. (k) To reuenge such wrong as the Egyptians had done vnto them (l) From the lawes of God (m) That is DeuteromiuÌ„ (n) According to the copie which the priestes do vse Ios i. b. Nu. xviii c. a The tithes (b) The right shoulder Num iii. b. (c) To serue God with a good wyll (d) Besydes that which they haue of their fathers goodes they shall lyue of the offerynges first fruites as the other Leuites do (e) Whiche thought the goyng betweene two â—rs to be a â—ynde of purifiyng (f) Thou shalt serue God truely sincerely Act. iii. d. Mat. xvii b Exod. xx a. (g) I will punishe hym for it (h) This is one sure taken of a false prophete of an other meÌ„tion is made before Chap. â—3 Deut xii d. (a) Appoynt three cities of refuge (b) â—ke it able to be trauayled without any let Exo xxi a. (c) That killeth one by chaunce and not of set purpose (d) Or can not be iudged to death When thou goest ouer Iordane (f) That the death of the partie slayne be not imputed vnto thee (g) The officers or magistrates (h) Wylfull murder can not be pardoned without Gods hygh displeasure· (i) Reuenge the innocent blood (k) Meere-stone or landebonnde The very Paminâ— did iudge this to be a great offence Num 35. d. Deut. xvii a Susa i. g. (l) God is present where his true ministers are Exo. xxi c. (a) Hauyng â—d 〈◊〉 so to do 〈◊〉 i. d. Num. xi.ii. b (b) Gods grace and â—ner is euer â— do to helpe you (c) When any toke possession of an house he rendred thankes to God for that benefite Deut. 24. a. Iudi. vii a. Deut ii c. (d If it alowe thy offer of peace (e) To shewe that the begynners of trouble are alwayes punishable Iosu xii a. (f) Of the Chanaanites c. Deut. vii a. (g) Beareth fruite good for the sustenaunce of maÌ„ For he speaketh here of fruitful trees Some reade this sentence thus For man shal be in steade of the tree of the fielde to come out in the siege against thee (h) Whiche beare no fruite for man to eate () That the â—aring of the beaste in a solitarie place myght stryke into their myndes an horror of the fact or offence (a) To make publique prayer (b) This prayer the priestes vttered in the hearyng of the people (c) The vengeaunce due for the murther Not those of the lande of Chanaan but others (e) This declareth that she shoulde be altered from her olde conuersation before she were made a member of Gods people (f) As vtterly forsakyng her countrey and kynrede (g) This libertie was graunted for such
not by 〈◊〉 â—nly and godâ— counsel 〈◊〉 wicked 〈…〉 poliâ— (d) Meaning some delicate and dayntie meate (e) That is she serued theÌ„ on a dyshe Or how shall I put away my shame 〈◊〉 34. â— Leuâ— xviii a “ Or for this cause “ Or seruant (f) For that which was of diuers colours or peeces in those dayes was had in great estimation Gen. 37. a “ Or Baaâ— Hazor “ or thanked (g) Pretending to y e king that Amnon was most deare vnto him (h) Then beyng voyde of care castyng no peryll i. Reg i. b. (i) In token of sorowe and greefe “ Or take it to heart Or â–ª 〈◊〉 “ Or one â—â—ter an other (k) For Maâ—câ—ah his mother was the daughter of this â—halmaâ— Chap. ◠“ Or ceâ—sses (a) That the king fauored him (b) In token of mourning for they vsed annoynting to seeme cherefull “ Ebre put wordes in her mouth “ Ebre saue “ Ebre a wydow woman (c) Vnder this parable she describeth the death of Amnon by Absalom Deu. xix c. (d) According to the lawe which commaundeth the slayer to be slaine Gene iâ— b. Exo. â— b. (e) As touchâ—ng the breache of the lawe which punisheth blood let me beare the blame “ Or innocent “ Ebre touch i Reg 24. f Why dost 〈…〉 geue conâ—tie sentence 〈◊〉 thy sonne Absalom (g) God hath prouided wayes â–ª as sanctuaries to saue them oft times whom man iudgeth worthy death (h) For I thought they would kill this my heyre “ Heb. Rest (i) As of great wisdome â—o discerne right from wrong (k) Hast not thou done this to the counsell of Ioab (l) By speakâ—ng rather in 〈◊〉 then plainly I haue 〈◊〉 thy 〈◊〉 “ Hebr. Blessed (n) Whiche wayed sixe pounde foure ounces after halfe an ounce to the sicle “ Or Possession (o) Here is an vnmerciful cruell heart couered in this beautiful body (p) If I haue offended by reuenging my sisters dishonour Thus the wicked iustifie theÌ„ selues in their euyll “ Heb. made him “ Or controuersie (a) That is notyng of what citie or place he was (b) Thus the enuious can depraue and condemne for negligence vniustice him whom God for diligence and iustice â—oth commeÌ„d and allowe (c) By intising them froÌ„ his father to him selfe (d) Counting from the time that the Israelites had asked a king of Samuel (e) By colour of religion he hunteth after the kingdome (f) And byd to his feast in Hebron (g) That Absalom went about (h) For neither is there hope of mercy at his cruel handes neither are we at this sodden able to make our partie good against him “ Hebr. Choose (i) That is after him (k) To wit from Hierusalem “ Heb. At his feete (l) That is the souldiours that be with thee Whiche wâ—s the â—arge of the 〈◊〉 Num. 4. a. 〈…〉 (o) Gods will is a comforte and a cause of contentation to the faithfull 〈◊〉 aduersaries With ashes and dust after 〈◊〉 maner of 〈◊〉 that be in sorowe (q) Terrible is the counsell of the wicked wordly wyse against the innocent except God who oft turneth it to folly do frustrate and disapoynt the same “ Heb. To me that is to my commoditie a Which was the hill of 〈◊〉 Or Figge â—akes “ Hebr. I worship (b) Which was a citie in the tribe of Beniamin (c) That is round about him “ Heb. Man of blood “ Or wicked man (d) This he sayde because of the death of Isboseth and Abner suspecting Dauid to be gilty to the same e Dauid felt that this was the iudgement of God for his sinne and therfore humbleth him selfe to his rod. “ Heb. On myne eye (f) Meaning that the lorde wil sende comforte to his when they are oppressed g Coâ— at Bâ— â–ª “ Heb. Let the king lyue (h) Meaning Dauid “ Heb. The seconde time (i) Sâ—ting the possibilitie of reconciliation betwixt the father and the sonne consequently his owne destruction he geueth such counsell that is lyke to barre frendshippe for euer (k) It was so estemed for the successe therof (a) As though he would say geue me authoritie to choose (b) Meaning Dauid “ Heb. was right in the eyes of Absalom “ Heb. what is in his mouth “ Or â–ª Spoken thus 〈◊〉 Tary 〈…〉 “ He Haue a breach or â—ayne “ Heb. melt “ Heb. The children of fortitude Or The Lord hath commaunded (c) Good to haue brought to passe that wicked purpose he went about d For by the counsel of Husai â–ª he went to the battell where he was destroyed (e) That is ouer Iordane The message froÌ„ their â—s (g) To wit to pursue the with all hast (h) So y t they trauayled all night and by mourning â—aâ— all their company passed ouer (i) Thus God somtimes in this lyfe executeth iudgement vpon the cruel persecutor of the innocent to admonishe vs what iudgement at suche shal haue in the world to come (k) Who was also called Iâ—ai Dauids father l God 〈◊〉 them â—ring the necessitie of his faithfull seruaunt in his trouble and affliction (a) Signifiâ—ng that a good gouernour ought to be â—odâ—ere vnto his peâ—ple that they will rather lose their liues then that ought shoulde come vnto him (b So called because the Ephramites as some say fed their cattel beyond Iordane in this wood (c) By good prouidence that this might be an example for euer what if is afore God â–ª the sonne to rebel against the father “ He weigh vpon myâ—ehand “ Heb. In the heart of Absalom (d) Temperating the victorie with mercie and pine vpon the people that were seduced by Absalom (e) It should appeare by this that God had punished him by taking away his three sonnes his daughter f That is hath deliuered him out of the handes of his enemies g Fauoring him that he should not inâ—utte displeasure by telling of the death of Absalom (h) He sate in the gate of the citie of Mahanaim (i) That is he bringeth tydinges “ Heb. I see the running (k) He had had experience of his fidelitie Chap. 17. e. “ Or Deliuered vp (l) To wit Chusi who was an Ethiopian “ Hebr. Tydinges is brought “ Heb. Iudged (m) The rebellion of his sonne coulde not quenche his fatherly effection “ Hebr. Saluation or deliueranÌ„ce (a) As they do that mourne (b) At Mahanaim “ Or Captaines “ Hebr. Ben right in thyne eyes “ Heb. To the heart of thy seruaunt (c) Where the most resorte of the people was (d) Who should first bring home the king c As to them whose officers to tell the people their dutie f Beside his pollicie that is by winning of the captaine to winne the people it serueth that he hath yet a grudge against Ioab for the death of Absalom (g) Who had before reâ—ted him Cha. â— c. (h) For in his aduersitie he was his most cruell enemie although nowe in his prosperitie he seketh by flattery to
homely house of clay which before was not contented with a kingly palace (a) The whole course of this Chapter is that man compared to god is vniust and therfore ought to repent (b) They knowe not that Iob had so greatly offended but they coniectured because god so plagued him which was not for his sinnes so much as for to proue him and therfore all their concluâ—ions are falâ—e (c) Thou hast ben vncharitable vniust (d) That is therfore art thou thus plagued euery way (e) Trouble (f) That is vnsure and vnstable (g) Meaning the euyl and vngodly persons (h) Eliphas exhorteth Iob to repentaunce by the great goodnesse that commeth therof “ Or render thy vowes (i) That is the fauour of God (k) The place fareth the bâ—tter where the righteous 〈◊〉 (a) In this chapter is expressed howe hard yea how impossible it is to come to God without a mediatour Iob being admonished before to returne to God sayth If I shoulde come to him where is he or where might I find him to pleade my cause before him (c) That is gods wayes prouing therfore him selfe not to deserue such greeuous plagues and afflictions for his faultes (d) For God is immutable and his decrees stande fast (e) That is he hath decreed thus to punishe me appoynted here vnto although I can not attayne to the secrete iudgement of God therein and therfore I to feare his presence (f) That is maketh it so â—eake that it can not but be in feare (g) Out of paynes troubles and afflictions (h) That is cleared my eyes that I may see the end of my troubles This speaketh Iob in his extreme passions according to worldly wit in maÌ„sfeeble nature â–ª which is foolyshnes before God â–ª wherby he woulde proue that God considereth not the times b The cursed crueltie of tyrauntes toward the poore folowing (c) That is they lyue by robberie and thefte Not only the titant but also the adulterer escapeth free â–ª and is not corrected (e) Although such abhominable sinners liue vncorrected in this worlde yet at the length hell shall deuour them sodenly (f) Because they pitied not others they shall not be pitied at all (g) That is when they haue plagued and ouerrun the poore and weake they will oppresse the strong mightie also (h) Then I lye not none of you can reproue me (a) Bildâ—d would proue here that god plageth thee iust yet afterward he prospereth and because God dealt not so with Iob he concludeth that he was wicked That is ordereth and ruleth all thinges (c) For he is called the god of Sabaoth that is the god of hoastes (d) For the sunne moone are darke compared to him and how much more man beyng borne in sinne and corruption and being but a worme “ Or worme (a) Here Iob reprehendeth Bildad for y t he speaketh not inough to gods prayse to no needeth for mans wordes neither coÌ„forteth him beyng voyde of comfort That is such thinges are in the waters without lyfe as mettals and such lyke wherin is expressed gods great power (c) That is it is open and most plaine in his sight for he seeth all thinges The most excellent and mightie power of god e His throne of mâ—iestie which are the heauens he couereth from vs. (f) That is â–ª so long as the worlde endureth Not that heauen hath pillers â–ª but by the pillers he vnderstandeth al things vnder heauen h That is the winde breâ—kyng the cloudes the heauens are cleare (i) That is a circle in heaueÌ„ winding round like a serpent called Iacteus circulus For though these fewe thinges or his power be wonderful yet they are nothing in comparison of the rest of his works which mas capacitie can not reach to This was the order of the Hebrues to sweare My afflictions are so greeuous that men iudge me only by outwarde shewe to be wicked (c) That is as long as I lyue I will not resist the trueth and offend God contrarie to my promise though men say neuer so euyll of me (d) That is I will not confesse that God plagues me for myne offence (e) Of my former life past That is because they reprehended me vnworthyly they rather might be accompted wicked and the plague shal light on them and be â—d from me g What auayleth it a man if he 〈◊〉 all the world â–ª lose 〈…〉 We haue 〈◊〉 greater 〈◊〉 of God 〈…〉 vs. 〈…〉 Or hande (k) Gods secret workes is layde before you and yet your blindnes will not permit you to see it (l) That is not only the wicked shal be plagued but also their posteritie shal be rooted out (m) As it is sayde in the lawe thou shalt buyld an house and not dwell in it thy selfe which is the plague of the wicked (n) Meaning it shal be weake of smal estimation and beyng lothed shall soone decay (o) That is most aboundantly (p) That is he shall sodenly be blowen away by death nor after death shal he be honorablie buried this is the end of the tyrauntes 〈…〉 men 〈◊〉 to 〈…〉 secretes of nature yet tâ—ey are neuer able to reche to the wysdome of God which is vnsearcheable b For brasse 〈◊〉 groweth in the stones whiche beyng mâ—ned vp is called ore and by vehement fiâ—e molteÌ„ the metall is separate from the stones c Here he describeth gods secret workes therby meaning that all thinges shall haue an ende sauing the vnâ—ercheable wysdome of God As the fruitful fields tylled and plowed bryngeth foorth corne â—o it beyng depely digged ther are founde stones out of the whiche are is stâ—oken The Saphirs do â—hine with golden poyntes so that here by Saphires is meÌ„t câ—ddes of gold All theâ—e thinges are found but gods wisdome who can reache (f) Here he sheweth gods powre the earth may be digged hilles ouerthrowen a fountayne made among stones riuers turned from thâ—ir course but gods wisdome is not to be founde g Gods wisdome is partly seene in these worldly thinges but his heauenly wysdome and seâ—rete iudgement is hyd and vnknoweÌ„ to al men (h) That is it passeth mans capacitie to attayne to it Ophir is the region by Ganges the riuer of India so called of Ophir the sonne of Laketan who possessed the same with his children This stone is founde in Ganges the riuer of India (l) Thus the wysdome of gods maiestie doth farre excel al things Or heauen Meaning by this that man hath so much of this excelling wysdome of God as he doth shew in vertue of lyuing due obedience and feare of him That is when as his sauour preserued me (b) That is when I had all thinges most aboundantly For milke and oyle signifie all plentifulnes and here Iob describeth his felicitie in 〈…〉 past to the 〈…〉 of his 〈◊〉 â—s wâ—â—hed at his countinaunce and ashamed of their youthful â—htnesse d Knowing dâ—th wyâ—dome and estimation (e) â—ulâ— to 〈…〉 for 〈…〉 patience that appeared in him â—râ—elling them caused
shall they be (b) Which declared Iosuah who had nowe from the time of Iosuah slept in their sinnes fourtie yeres (c) That is for euery yere they haue sinned to sleepe one day Exo. xxâ—x f (d) Signifiyng hereby the great scarcitie of fuel and matter to burne (e) To be as fire to bake thy bread with Esai iii. a. Ezech. v. c. and .xiiii. b. (g) That is the force and strength wherwith it should nourishe (a) To shaue my head and bearde (b) To wit of that citie which he had portrayed vpon the bricke chap. 4. By the 〈◊〉 he meaneth famine pestilence wherewith one part perished duryng the siege of Nabuchodonozor by the sworde those that were slayne when Zedekiah fled those that were caryed awaye captiue and by the scatteryng into the wind those that fled into Egypt and into other partes after the citie was taken (c) Because ye haue encreased the number of your idols and superstitions more then the gentiles Esai 65. b. Leuit. 28. c. Deut 2â—â— 2. Reg. 〈…〉 Iere. xv b. (d) That is I wyll not be pacified tyll I be reuenged Esai i. c. (e) Which be the grashoppers mildew and whatsoeuer were occasions of famine Ezech. iiii c. Ezech. 30. a. (a) He speaketh to all the places where the Israelites accustomed to commit their idolatries threatnyng them destruction 4. Reg. 23. b. 4. Reg. 23. c. (b) He wylleth the prophete not only with wordes but also with gestures of hande foote to signifie the destruction to come (c) Some read more desolate then the wildernesse of Deblathah which was in Syria and bordered vpon Israel but it may stande well from the wildernesse which was south vnto Deblathah which was north meanyng the whole countrey (a) That is the begynning of thy punishment (b) That is no vayne or counterfayte crye as is the ecco in the hylles (c) Meanyng Nabuchodonozor whom God had appointed to be a rod to scourge them “ Or none of their pleasures (d) That is in the yere of Iubile when euery man returned to such possessions as he solde before Leuit. 25. b. (e) Iniquitie shall make no man strong agaynst God (f) The Israelites made a bragge but their heartes fayled them Esai xiii b. Iere. vi c. Esai xv a. Iere. 48. d. Prou. xi a. Eccle. v. b. (g) Their golde siluer brought them to this ruine or destruction (h) Meanyng the sanctuarie (i) That is of sinnes that deserue death (k) That is their temple which was deuided into three partes Iere. 61. â— (a) Of the captiuitie of Iecoâ—iah so that there was fourteene monethes betwixt the first vision this (b) This was â—n the spiritâ— not in body (c) The porch or court where the people assembled (d) Of emulation because at displeased God of gaine because it was set vp worshipped for gayne and increase of their offeringes for the priestes and of their catell and substaunce for the people (e) That was in the court where the people had made an aulter to Baal (f) Which were forbidden in the law Leuit. xi (g) For beside their common idolatrie they had their particuler seruice in their secrete places or pewes (h) The Iewes say this was a prophete of the idols who after his death was once a yere mourned for in y e night only of women Saint Hierome taketh it for Adonis Venus louer Other thinke it was Osyriâ— an idoll of the Egyptians (i) They smelled to their braunches flowers or poses in doyng their sacrifice to the sunne which yet before god was vyle and stinckyng howe sweete soeuer they seemed to them selues Prou. i. d (a) The persons appoynted to visite the citie as Nabuchodonozor and his captaynes (b) Which were sixe angels in lykenesse of men (c) To marke them that shoulde be saued from destruction Esai i. c. Ezech. i. d. (a) Which iâ— the first chap. and fift vearse he called the foure beastes Eze. i. c. Eze. i. a. (b) There was one consent betwene the Cherubims and the wheeles (c) That is the whole body of the foure beastes or Cherubims 2. Pet. 3 a. (a) We shall not be pulled out of Hierusalem tyll the houre of our death come as the fleshe is not taken one of the cauldron tyll it â—e soâ— (b) Contrary to their vayne confidence he sheweth in what sence this citie was the cauldron that is because of the dead bodyes that haue ben murthered therin and so lye as fleshe in the cauldron (c) That is in Riblath 4. Reg. 24. a. (d) It seemed this noble man dyed of some terrible death therfore the prophete feared some straunge iudgement of God towarde the rest of the people (e) They that remained styl at Hierusalem thus reproched them that were gone into captiuitie as though they were cast of forsaken of God (f) They shal be yet a litle Church whom he wyll preâ—erue â–ª though they be dispearsed and for a tyme afflicted Iere 32. d. Eze. 36. d. Eze. x. a. (g) Those that were led away caâ—tiues with Ieconiah “ Or make thee vessels to go into captiuitie (a) That as thou doest so shall they do and therfore in thee they shall see their owne plague punishment (b) Do not they deride and mocke thy doynges “ Or prophecie (c) When the kyng shall thinke to escape by fleeing I wyll take hym in my net as Ezech. 27. c. and 32. a. “ Or tooles Eze. xi c. (d) Because they dyd not see the prophecies accomplished they contemned them as though they neuer shoulde be fulfylled â–ª Ezech xi a. ii Pet. iii. a. Iere xxiii c. (a) Watching to destroy the vineyardes reade Can. ii c Iere. vi c. (b) What one false prophete did say which is here called the buylding vp of a wall another false prophete would affirme the same though he had neither occasion nor good grounde to â—eare hym (c) That is whatsoeuer man of him selfe setteth foorth vnder the aucthoritie of Gods worde and God alloweth it not (d) These superstitious women for lucre would prophesie and tell eâ—ery man his fortune geuing them pillowes to leane on â–ª and kerchifes to couer their heades that they might the more allure them and bewitche them (e) Vpon euery man and woman young and olde great and small (f) Thinke you the liues of my people to be in your handes to make them long or short (g) These sorcerers made the people beleue that they could preserue life or destroy it and that it should come to euery one according as thei prophesied (h) Makyng them stocke vnto you with deceauable doctrine â–ª as the fowlers do the birdes with their stâ—s calles (a) As his abhomination hath deserued that is he shal be led with lies according as he delited therein 2. Thessa 2. b. (b) That is conuince them by their owne consciences (c) All suche as by your example haue declined from God 3. King 22 c. Ezech. iiii b. and .v. b. Iere. xv a. Ezech. v. c. (e)
Gene. vi a. (d) It is called the bodye of sinne for that it is an whole lumpe of sinne tossyng and tormentyng the whole man pluckyng him froÌ„ god wherby plagues miseries are heaped on man liueth as he were in the myddest of death (a) The law of the spirite and the law of sinne is here taken improperly for the power strength of y e lawe and sinne and it is called the spirite of lyfe because it quickeneth and geueth lyfe (b) God thorow the sacrifice of synne which Christ his only sonne offered vpon y e crosse in his flesh hath coÌ„dempned and abolished sin which raigned in our mortall fleshe (c) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 greke words do not so much signifie wysedome and prudence as affection â–ª carefulnesse myndynge of any thyng (d) Alâ—eit we haue a bodye which is dead to al goodnes by reason of sinne which so strongly rayneth in it yet when we are grafted in Christe his spirite of lyfe geueth vs lyfe and iustifieth vs. Galat. iiii a. i. Tim. i. b. ii Cor. i. d. Ephe. i. a. (e) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifieth to way or to consider But because the matter was certaine and S. Paul nothing doubted therof it is thus made I am perswaded (f) The creatures shal not 〈◊〉 before Gods chyldren be brought to 〈◊〉 perfection In the meane season they desire groâ—e â–ª and waâ—te (g) The right fourme and affection of prayer commeth by the holy ghoste who maketh intercession for vs not y t he prayeth mourneth but that he so stirreth our heartes that we lyft them vp to heauen earnestly and feruentlye which is the true prayer Nu. xiiii b. Luk. xx b. Iohn iii. b. Esaias liii d. Nu. xiiii b. Luk. xx b. Iohn iii. b. Esaias liii d. Psal 44. d. (a) He sawe the losse and destruction of his whole nation fallyng so farre from Gods true religion he considered howe sore God shoulde be dishonoured wheÌ„ his wonderfull benefites and blessinges bestowed vpon his people â–ª should take none effect but vtterly be defaced which so myghtilie moued hym that he 〈◊〉 rather to be â—at of from Christe then those thynges shoulde come to passe Rom. ii d. Gen. xxi b. Gen. xvii b (b) The wyll and purpose of God is the cause of the election and reprobation For his mercie and callyng through Christe are the meanes of saluation and the withdrawyng of his mercie is the cause of damnation Exod 33 d. Exod. ix b. Esai xlv b. Eccle. 33. b. Iere. xviii a. Oze ii d. 1 Peter ii b. Esai x. â— (c) The word here is taken for a thyng or matter The Lord diminisshed his people by sunday plagues persecutions vanishmentes brought them to a very fewe Like wyse meaneth S. Paul that a fewe of theÌ„ shal be saued whiche fewe notwithstandyng shall abound in righteousnesse to the glory of God (d) The seede is Christe Iesus â—owen abrode by his Apostles and Disciples Esa xxviii d (e) Christe doth iustifie vs by fayth without workes whiche thing y e Iews and iustitiaries can not beleue Therfore they stumble at Christ and are offended with him ☞ (a) That is a certayne affection but not after knowledge For no zeale nor no good intent 〈◊〉 be acceptable vnto God but only that which is grounded vpon fayth and the knowledge of God (b) It is called our owne righteousnes when we refuse the ryghteousnesse which coÌ„meth by Christe imagine an other ryghteousnes which commeth by our owne workes and defuses 〈◊〉 is 〈◊〉 hath 〈◊〉 the 〈…〉 and therefore wâ—â—â—â—euer beleueth in him is â—ounted iust before God as well as he had fulfilled the whole law hym selfe (d) For fayth teacheth vs that Christe is ascended vp into heauen to take vs with him and hath descended into the depth of death to destroy death and to dâ—yuer vs. Deu xxx c Esais 28. d. Ioel. ii g. Actes ii c. Esai liii a. Iohn xii a. Psal xix a. Deut. 32. c. Esai lii b. Esai lxv a. ii Re. xix b. (a) Those alters he meaneth wherevpon Abraham Isaac and Iacob dyd offer sacrifices in tyme past vppon the which it was lawful for y e Iewes to do sacrifice vntil the buildyng of the temple Esai vi c. Mat. xiii b. (b) That is pricking and vnquietnes of conscience (c) That is for that the Iewes contemnyng the Gospel of Christe fell away from God the preachyng of the Gospel came vnto the gentiles which is their saluatioÌ„ Rom. i. a. i Tim. ii a. ii Tim. i c. (d) These broken braunches were the vnbeleuyng Iewes whiche for their vnbeliefe were cut of from the promise of God in whose stede was the wilde Oliue that is the gentiles grafted thorowe fayth ii Cor. iii. d. Esai lix d. Psal xiiii c. Sapien. ix b. Esai lx c. i Cor. ii d. (e) By this the Apostle declareth that God by his free wyll and election doth geue saluation vnto men without any desertes of their owne (a) The Iewes in Moyses law were commaunded to offer vp the deâ—d â—arkases of beastes but Christians shoulde exhibite their owne liâ—ely bodyes for a sacrifice to God in mortifiyng their carnall lustes and framyng them selues by saith to Godlynesse and charitie (b) The worlde hath diuers significations in the scriâ—tures but here is takeÌ„ specially for the nature and disposited of men in the worlde which lyued after their lustes pleasures 〈◊〉 serueth not god in holines of lyfe and godly conuersation Two â—â—â—nges are reâ—â—â—ued yf we 〈◊〉 esteeme 〈◊〉 iudge soâ—â—â— of Gods 〈◊〉 in vs The one that we do not 〈◊〉 to our selues that whiche we haue not The next that we beast not of the gentiles but â—â—uerenâ—â—y and seberâ—y to 〈◊〉 â–ª to Gods honour and glory â— Cor. xii a â— Cor. xii a i Peter ii d. Eccle. 31. c. Heb. xiii â— Math. v. g. Deut. 32. d. (d) For â–ª either thou shalt wynne hym with thy benefite or els his conscience shall beare hym witnesse that Gods burnyng wrath hangeth ouer hym Sapi. vi a. Iohn iii. d. (a) For we are bounde in conscience by the worde of God to obey the hygher powers and in disobeyng we shoulde hurt the consciences of others thorowe our euill example Mat. xvii c. Leâ—â—t xix d Mat. xxi d. Mark xii c Galath v. b. Iames. ii b. (b) 〈◊〉 ther we go â–ª the neaâ—â—◠〈◊〉 we to the end Nowe therefore our perfect full saluatioÌ„ is nerer vnto vs then when we began first to beleue Luk. xxi f. Eccle. 31. c. and 38. d. (a) That is not to this ende â–ª contentiously to dispute with him in matters of religion wher vnto â–ª through the weaknes oâ— faith he can not as yet attayne lest he should depart with a greater scruple of conscience or be offended with vncharitable reasonyng Iacob iiii b. (b) We must be assured in our conscience by 〈◊〉 worde in all thyng that we do â–ª that yf we be
11 But at euen let hym washe hym selfe with water and then when the sunne is downe let hym come into the hoast agayne 12 Thou shalt haue a place also without the hoast whyther thou shalt resort to 13 And thou shalt haue a paddle staffe vpon thy weapon and when thou wilt ease thy selfe digge therwith and turne and couer that which is departed from thee 14 For the Lorde thy God walketh in the middes of thyne hoast to ryd thee and to set thyne enemies before thee Therfore shall the place of thyne hoast be pure that he see do vncleane thyng in thee and so turne him selfe from thee 15 Thou shalt not deliuer vnto his maister the seruaunt whiche is escaped from his maister vnto thee 16 He shall dwell with thee euen among you in what place he hym selfe liketh best in one of thy cities where it is good for hym and thou shalt not vexe hym 17 There shal be no whore of the daughters of Israel nor whore keper of the sonnes of Israel 18 Thou shalt neither bryng the hyre of a Whore nor the pryce of a dogge into the house of the Lorde thy God in any maner of vowe for euē both of them are abhomination vnto the Lord thy God 19 Thou shalt not hurt thy brother by vsurie of money nor by vsurie of corne nor by vsurie of any thyng that he may be hurt withall 20 Vnto a straunger thou mayest lend vpon vsurie but not vnto thy brother that the Lord thy God may blesse thee in all that thou settest thyne hande to in the lande whyther thou goest to possesse it 21 When thou hast vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde thy God thou shalt not slacke to pay it For the Lorde thy God wyll surely requir◠it of thee and it shal be sinne in thee 22 If thou shalt leaue vowyng it shal be no sinne in thee 23 But that whiche is once gone out of thy lippes thou must kepe and do accordyng as thou hast vowed vnto the Lorde thy God of a freewyll and as thou hast spoken with thy mouth 24 When thou commest into thy neighbours vineyarde thou mayest eate grapes thy belly ful at thine owne pleasure but thou shalt put none in thy vessell 25 Euen so when thou commest into thy neighbours corne thou mayest plucke the eares with thyne hande but thou shalt not moue a sickle vnto thy neyghbours corne The .xxiiij. Chapter 1 Deuorcement is permitted 5 He that is newly maryed is exempted from warre 6 Of the pledge 14 Wages must not be retayned 16 The good must not be punished for the bad 17 The care of the straunger fatherlesse and wydowe 1 WHen a man hath taken a wife and maried her if she finde no fauour in his eyes because he hath spyed some vncleannes in her then let hym wryte her a byll of deuorcement and put it in her hande and sende her out of his house 2 And when she is departed out of his house let her go and be another mans wyfe 3 And if the seconde husbande hate her let him write her also a letter of deuorcement and put it in her hande and sende her out of his house Or if the seconde man dye whiche toke her to wyfe 4 Her first man whiche sent her away may not take her agayne to be his wyfe after that she is defiled For that is abhomination in the sight of the Lorde and thou shalt not cause the lande to sinne whiche the Lorde thy God shall geue thee to inherite 5 When a man taketh a newe wyfe he shall not go a warfare neither shal be charged with any businesse but shal be free at home one yere and reioyce with his wyfe whiche he hath taken 6 No man shall take the neather or the vpper mylstone to pledge for then he shall hurt a mans life 7 If any man be founde stealing any of his brethren the chyldren of Israel and abuseth hym or selleth hym the thiefe shall dye and thou shalt put euill away from the middest of thee 8 Take heede to thy selfe as concerning the plague of leprosie that thou obserue diligently and ye shall do according to all that the priestes the Leuites shall teache you euen as I commaunded them so ye shall obserue to do 9 Remember what the Lorde thy God dyd vnto Miriam by the way after that ye were come out of Egypt 10 When thou doest lend thy brother any thing thou shalt not go into his house to fetche a pledge from thence 11 But shalt stande without and the man that borowed it of thee shall bring the pledge out of the doores vnto thee 12 Furthermore if it be a poore body thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge 13 But deliuer hym the pledge agayne when the sunne goeth downe that he may sleepe in his owne raiment blesse thee And it shal be righteousnes vnto thee before the Lorde thy Lorde 14 Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruaunt that is needie and poore whether he be of thy brethrē or of the straungers that are in thy lande within thy gates 15 But shalt geue him his hyre the same day let not the sunne go downe theron for he is needie and therwith sustayneth his life lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde and it be sinne vnto thee 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the chyldren nor the chyldren for the fathers but euery man shal be put to death for his owne sinne 17 Thou shalt not peruert the ryght of the straūger nor of the fatherlesse nor take a wydowes rayment to pledge 18 But remember that thou wast a seruaunt in Egypt and howe the Lorde thy God deliuered thee thence And therfore I commaunde thee to do this thyng 19 When thou cuttest downe thyne haruest in thy field and hast forgot a sheafe in the fielde thou shalt not go agayne to fet it But it shal be for the straunger the fatherlesse and the wydowe that the Lorde thy God may blesse thee in all the workes of thyne hande 20 When thou beatest downe thine oliue tree thou shalt not search y e boughes agayne to gather vp that thou leftest behinde thee but it shal be for the straūger the fatherlesse and the wydowe 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyarde thou shalt not gather the grapes cleane after thee but leaue them for the straunger the fatherlesse and the wydowe 22 And remember that thou also wast a seruaunt in the lande of Egypt therfore I cōmaunde thee to do this thing ¶ The .xxv. Chapter 3 The beatyng of the offenders 5 To rayse vp seede to the kinseman 11 In what case a womans hande must be cut of 13 Of iust waightes and measures 19 To destroy the Amalekites 1 IF there be strife betweene men they shall come vnto the lawe and let the Iudges geue sentence betwene them and
iustifie the righteous condemne the vngodly 2 And if any man be vngodly and worthy of strypes then let the Iudge cause him to lye downe and to be beaten before his face accordyng to his trespasse vnto a certayne number 3 Fourtie stripes he shall geue hym and not passe lest if he shoulde exceede and beate hym aboue that with many stripes thy brother should appeare despised and vile before thyne eyes 4 Thou shalt not moosell the oxe that treadeth out the corne 5 If brethren dwell together and one of them dye and haue no chylde the wyfe of the dead shall not marry without vnto a straunger but his kinsman shall go in vnto her take her to wife and occupie the rowme of his kinsman 6 And the eldest sonne whiche she beareth shall succeede in the name of his brother whiche is dead that his name be not put out of Israel 7 And if the man wyll not take his kinswoman then let her go vp to the gate vnto the elders and say My kinsman refuseth to stirre vp vnto his brother a name in Israel neither wyll he marry me 8 Then the elders of his citie shall call hym and commune with hym and if he stande and say I wyll not take her 9 Then shall his kinswoman come vnto hym in the presence of the elders and loose his shoe of his foote and spit in his face and aunswere and say So shal it be done vnto that man that doth not buylde vp his brothers house 10 And his name shal be called in Israel the vnshodhouse 11 If when men striue together one with another the wife of the one drawe neare for to ryd her husbande out of the handes of hym that smyteth hym and put foorth her hande and take hym by the secretes 12 Thou shalt cut of her hande and let not thyne eye pitie her 13 Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of wayghtes a great and a small 14 Neither shalt thou haue in thine house diuers measures a great and a small 15 But thou shalt haue a right and iust waight and a perfect and a iust measure shalt thou haue that thy dayes may be lengthed in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee 16 For all that do such thynges and all that do vnright are abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God 17 Remember what Amalech dyd vnto thee by the way when ye were come out of Egypt 18 Howe he met thee by the way and smote the hyndmost of you all that were feeble and came behynde when thou wast faynted and weerie and he feared not God 19 Therfore when the Lorde thy God hath geuen thee rest from all thine enemies rounde about in the lande which the Lord thy God geueth thee to inherite and possesse see that thou put out the remembraunce of Amalech from vnder heauen and forget not ⧠The .xxvj. Chapter 3 The offering of the first fruites 5 What they must protest when they offer them 12 The tithe of the thirde yere 13 Their protestation in offering it 19 To what honour God preferreth them whiche acknowledge him to be their Lorde 1 WHen thou art come into the lande which the Lord thy God geueth thee to inherite and hast enioyed it dwellest therin 2 Take of the first of all the fruite of the earth and bryng it out of the lande that the Lorde thy God geueth thee and put it in a basket and go vnto the place whiche the Lorde thy God shall chose to set his name in it 3 And thou shalt come vnto the priest that shal be in those dayes and say vnto hym I knowledge this day vnto the Lorde thy God that I am come vnto the countrey whiche the Lorde sware vnto our fathers for to geue vs. 4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thyne hande and set it downe before the aulter of the Lorde thy God 5 And thou shalt aunswere and say before the Lorde thy God The Syrians went about to destroy my father and he went downe into Egypt and so soiourned there with a fewe folke and grewe there vnto a nation great mightie and full of people 6 And the Egyptians vexed vs and troubled vs and laded vs with most cruel bondage 7 And when we cryed vnto the Lorde God of our fathers the Lorde hearde our voyce and loked on our aduersitie labour and oppression 8 And the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt in a mightie hand and a stretched out arme and in great terriblenesse and signes and wonders 9 And he hath brought vs into this place and hath geuen vs this lande that floweth with mylke and hony 10 And nowe lo I haue brought the first fruites of the lande whiche thou O Lord hast geuen me And thou shalt set it before the Lorde thy God and worship before the Lorde thy God 11 And reioyce in all the good thynges whiche the Lorde thy God hath geuen vnto thee and vnto thyne house thou and the Leuite and the straunger that it among you 12 When thou hast made an ende of tithing all the tithes of thyne encrease the thirde yere which is the yere of tithing thou shalt geue it vnto the Leuite the straunger the fatherlesse and the wydowe that they may eate within thy gates and fill them selues 13 And thou shalt say before the Lord thy God I haue brought the halowed thinges out of thine house and haue geuen them vnto the Leuite the straunger the fatherlesse and the wydowe according to all thy commaundementes whiche thou hast commaunded me I haue not transgressed thy commaundementes nor forgotten them 14 I haue not eaten thereof in my mournyng nor suffred ought to perishe thorowe vnclennesse nor geuen ought therof for the dead but haue hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde my God and haue done after all that thou hast commaunded me 15 Loke downe therfore from thy holy habitation euen from heauen and blesse thy people Israel and the lande which thou hast geuen vs as thou swarest vnto our fathers a land that floweth with mylke and honye 16 This day the Lord thy God hath commaunded thee to do these ordinaunces and lawes kepe thou them do them with all thine heart and all thy soule 17 Thou hast set vp the Lord this day to be thy God to walke in his wayes and to kepe his ordinaunces his commaundementes and his lawes and to hearken vnto his voyce 18 And the Lorde hath set thee vp this day to be a seuerall people vnto hym as he hath promised thee and that thou kepe his commaundementes 19 And to make thee hye aboue all nations whiche he hath made in prayse in name and honour and that thou mayest be an holy people vnto the Lord thy God as he hath sayde The .xxvij. Chapter 2 They are commaunded to wryte the lawe vpon stone
sicknesses and all maner plagues whiche are not written in the booke of this lawe wyll the Lorde bryng vpon thee vntyll he bryng thee to naught 62 And ye shal be lefte fewe in number where before ye were as the starres of heauen in multitude because thou wouldest not hearken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God 63 And it shall come to passe that as the Lord reioyced ouer you to do you good and to multiplie you euen so he will reioyce ouer you to destroy you to bring you to naught and ye shal be wasted from of the lande whyther thou goest to enioy it 64 And the Lord shal scatter thee among all nations from the one ende of the worlde vnto the other and there thou shalt serue straunge gods whiche thou nor thy fathers haue knowen euen wood and stone 65 And among these nations thou shalt finde no ease neither shall the sole of thy foote haue rest But the Lorde shal geue thee there an vnquiet heart and dasing eyes and sorowe of minde 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee and thou shalt feare both day and nyght and shalt haue none assuraunce of thy lyfe 67 In the morning thou shalt say would God it were nyght And at nyght thou shalt say would God it were mornyng for feare of thyne heart whiche thou shalt feare and for the sight of thyne eyes whiche thou shalt see 68 And the Lorde shall bryng thee into Egypt agayne with shippes by the way whiche I sayde to thee thou shalt see it no more againe And there ye shal be solde vnto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen and no man shall bye you ¶ The .xxix. Chapter 2 The people are exhorted to obserue the commaundementes 10 The whole people from the hyest to the lowest are comprehended vnder Gods couenaunt 19 The punishment of hym that flattereth hym selfe in his wickednesse 24 The cause of Gods wrath agaynst his people 1 THese are the wordes of the couenaunt which the Lorde commaunded Moyses to make with the children of Israel in the lande of Moab besyde the appoyntment which he made with them in Horeb. 2 And Moyses called all Israel sayde vnto them Ye haue seene all that the Lorde did before your eyes in the lande of Egypt vnto Pharao and vnto all his seruauntes and vnto all his lande 3 The great temptations which thine eyes haue seene those great miracles and wonders 4 And yet the Lorde hath not geuen you an heart to perceaue and eyes to see and cares to heare vnto this day 5 And I haue led you fourtie yeres in the wildernesse and your clothes are not waxed olde vpon you and thy shoe is not waxed olde vpon thy foote 6 Ye haue eaten no bread nor drunke wine or strong drynke that ye myght knowe howe that I am the Lorde your God 7 And ye came vnto this place and Sehon the kyng of Hesbon and Og the kyng of Basan came out agaynst vs vnto battayle and we smote them 8 And toke their lande and gaue it for an inheritaunce vnto the Rubenites and Gadites and to the halfe tribe of Manasse 9 Kepe therfore the wordes of this couenaunt and do them that ye may vnderstande all that ye ought to do 10 Ye stande this day euery one of you before the Lorde your God your captaynes your tribes your elders your officers and all the men of Israel 11 Your childrē also your wiues and the straunger that is in thine hoast from the hewer of thy wood vnto the drawer of thy water 12 That thou shouldest go into the couenaunt of the Lorde thy God and into his othe which the Lorde thy God maketh with thee this day 13 For to make thee a people vnto hym selfe and that he may be vnto thee a God as he hath sayde vnto thee and as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers Abraham Isahac and Iacob 14 I make not this bonde and this othe with you only 15 But both with hym that standeth here with vs this day before the Lorde our God and also with hym that is not here with vs this day 16 For ye knowe howe we haue dwelt in the lande of Egypt and howe we came through the myddes of the nations which ye passed by 17 And ye haue seene their abhominations and their idols wood and stone siluer and golde which were among them 18 Lest there be among you man or woman kinrede or tribe whose heart turneth away this day from the Lorde our God to go and serue the gods of these nations and lest there be among you some roote that beareth gall and wormewood 19 So that when he heareth the wordes of this othe he blesse hym selfe in his heart saying I shall haue peace I wyll walke in the meanyng of myne owne heart to put the drunken to the thirstie 20 And so the Lorde wyll not consent to be mercifull vnto hym but then the wrath of the Lorde and his gelousie shall smoke agaynst that man and all the curses that are written in this booke shall lyght vpon hym and the Lorde shal do out his name from vnder heauē 21 And the Lorde shall seperate hym vnto euyll out of all the tribes of Israel accordyng vnto all the curses of the couenaunt that are written in the booke of this lawe 22 So that the generatiō to come of your children that shall ryse vp after you and the straunger that shall come from a farre lande shall say when they see the plagues of that lande and the diseases wherwith the Lorde hath smitten it 23 Howe all the lande is burnt vp with brimstone and salt and that it is neither sowen nor beareth nor any grasse groweth therin lyke as in the place of y e ouerthrowyng of Sodome Gomor Adama and Zeboim which the Lorde ouerthrewe in his wrath and anger 24 Euen then shal all nations say Wherfore hath the Lord done on this fashion vnto this lande O howe fierse is this great wrath 25 And men shall say Because they haue forsaken the couenaunt of the Lorde God of their fathers which he made with them when he brought them out of the lande of Egypt 26 For they went and serued straunge gods and worshipped them gods which they knewe not and which had geuen them nothyng 27 And the wrath of the Lorde waxed hot agaynst this lande to bryng vpon it all the curses that are written in this booke 28 And the Lorde cast them out of their lande in anger wrath and great indignation and cast them into a straunge lande as this day beareth witnesse 29 The secretes of the Lorde our God are opened vnto vs and to our children for euer that we may do all the wordes of this lawe The .xxx. Chapter 1 Mercie shewed when they repent 6 The Lorde doth circumcise the heart 11 All excuse of ignoraunce is taken away