serued straunge goddes as their fathers taught them Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will fede this people with wormwod and geue thē gall to drynke I will scatre them also amonge the Heithen whom nether they ner their fathers haue knowne and I will sende a swearde amonge them to persecute them vntill I bringe them to naught Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes loke that ye call for mournynge wyues and sende for wise women that they come shortly and singe a mournynge songe of you that the teares maye fall out of oure eyes and that oure eye lyddes maye guszhe out of water For there is a lamentable noyse herde of Sion O how are we so sore destroyed O how are we so piteously confounded We must forsake oure owne naturall countre and we are shot out of oure owne lodgīges Yet heare the worde of the LORDE o ye women and set youre eares regarde the wordes of his mouth that ye maye lerne youre doughters to mourne and that euery one maye teach hir neghbouresse to make lamentacion Namely thus Deeth is clymmē vp in at oure wyndowes he is come in to oure houses to destroye the childe before the dore y e yonge man in the strete But tell thou planely thus saieth y e LORDE The deed bodies of men shal lye apon y e grounde as the donge vpon the felde and as the hay after the mower and there shal be no man to take them vp Morouer thus saieth the LORDE Let not the wise man reioyse in his wisdome ner the stronge man in his strength nether the rich man in his riches But who so wil reioyse let him reioyse in this that he vnderstōdeth and knoweth me for I am the LORDE which do mercie equite and rightuousnes vpon earth Therfore haue I pleasure in soch thinges saieth y e LORDE Beholde the tyme cōmeth saieth the LORDE that I wil vyset all them whose foreskynne is vncircumciscd The Egipcians the Iewes the Edomites the Ammonites the Moabites and the shauen Madianites that dwel in the wildernes For all y e Gentiles are vncircumcised in the flesh but all the house of Israel are vncircumcised in the herte The x. Chapter HEare the worde of the LORDE y t he speaketh vnto the o thou house of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE Ye shal not lerne after the maner of the Heithē and ye shal not be afrayed for the tokens of heauen for the Heithen are afrayed of soch Yee all the customes and lawes of the Gētiles are nothinge but vanite They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the worke man and fashion it with the axe they couer it ouer with golde or syluer they fasten it w t nales and hammers that it moue not It stōdeth as stiff as the palme tre it can nether speake ner go but must be borne Be not ye afrayed of soch for they cā do nether good ner euel But there is none like vnto y e o LORDE thou art greate and greate is the name of y i power Who wolde not feare the ▪ or what kīge of the Gentiles wolde not obeye the For amonge all the wysemen of the Gentiles and in all their kingdomes there is none that maye be lickened vnto the. They are alltogether vnlerned and vnwise All their connynge is but vanite namely wod syluer which is brought out of Tharsis and beatē to plates and golde from Ophir a worke y t is made with the honde of the craftesman the caster clothed with yalow sylck and scarlet euen so is the worke of their wyse men all together But the LORDE is a true God a lyuinge God and an euerlastinge kinge Yf he be wroth the earth shaketh all the Gētiles maye not abyde his indignacion As for their goddes it maye well be sayde of thē they are goddes that made nether heauē ner earth therfore shal they perish frō the earth and from all thinges vnder heauen But as for oure God he made the earth with his power and with his wisdome hath he fynished the whole compasse of the worlde with his discrecion hath he spred out the heauens At his voyce the waters gather together in the ayre he draweth vp y e cloudes from the vttemost partes of y e earth he turneth lighteninge to rayne and brīgeth forth the wyndes out of their treasuries His wisdome maketh all men fooles And confunded be all casters of ymages for that they cast is but a vayne thinge and hath no life The vayne craftes men with their workes that they in their vanite haue made shall perish one with another in the tyme of visitacion ▪ Neuertheles Iacobs porciō is not soch but it is he that hath made all thinges and Israel is the rodd of his inheritaūce The LORDE of hoostes is his name Put awaye thy vnclennesse out of the londe thou that art in the stronge cities For thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I wil now thrust out the inhatours of this londe a greate waye off and trouble them of soch a fashiō that they shal no more be founde Alas how am I hurte Alas how panefull are my scourges vnto me For I cōsidre this sorow by my self I must suffre it My tabernacle is destroyed and all my coardes are broken My children are gone fro me ād can no where be founde Now haue I none to sprede out my tente or to set vp my hanginges For the hyrdmen haue done folishly that they haue not sought the LORDE Therfore haue they dealt vnwisely with their catell all are scatred abrode Beholde the noyse is harde at honde and greate sediciō out of the north to make the cities of Iuda a wyldernesse and a dwellinge place for Dragons Now I knowe o LORDE that is not in mās power to ordre his owne waies or to rule his owne steppes goinges Therfore chastē thou vs o LORDE but with fauoure and not in thy wrath bringe vs not vtterly to naught Poure out thy indignacion rather vpon the Gētiles that knowe y e not and vpon the people that call not on thy name And that because they haue consumed deuoured and destroyed Iacob and haue roted out his glory The XI Chapter THis is another Sermon which the LORDE commaunded Ieremy for to preach sayenge Heare the wordes of the couenant and speake vnto all Iuda and to all them that dwel at Ierusalem And saye thou vnto thē Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel Cursed be euery one that is not obedient vnto y e wordes of this couenaūt which I commaunded vnto youre fathers what tyme as I brought them out of Egipte from the yron fornace sayenge Be obedient vnto my voyce and do accordinge to all that I commaunde you so shal ye be my people and I wil be youre God and will kepe my promyse y t I haue sworne vnto youre fathers
hongrie The LORDE lowseth men out of preson the LORDE geueth sight to the blynde The LORDE helpeth theÌ„ vp that are fallen the LORDE loueth the righteous The LORDE careth for the straungers he defendeth y e fatherlesse and wyddowe as for the waye of y e vngodly he turneth it vpsyde downe The LORDE thy God o Sion is kynge for euermore and thorow out all generacions Halleluya The CXLVI psalme O Prayse the LORDE for it is a good thinge to synge prayses vnto o r God yee a ioyfull and pleasaunt thinge is it to be thankfull The LORDE shal buylde vp IerusaleÌ„ gather together y e outcastes of Israel He healeth the contrite in herte and byndeth vp their woundes He telleth the nombre of the starres and calleth them all by their names Greate is o r LORDE and greate is his power yee his wyszdome is infinite The LORDE setteth vp y e meke bryngeth y e vngodly downe to y e grouÌ„de O synge vnto y e LORDE w t thankesgeuynge synge prayses vpoÌ„ y e harpe vnto o r God Which couereth y e heauen w t cloudes prepareth rayne for y e earth maketh y e grasse to growe vpon the mountaynes Which geueth foder vnto y e catell fedeth y e yonge rauens y t call vpoÌ„ him He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse nether delyteth he in eny maÌ„s legges But the LORDES delyte is in them that feare him and put their trust in his mercy The CXLVII psalme This psalme do the hebrues ioyne vnto it that goeth before PRayse y e LORDE o IerusaleÌ„ prayse 〈◊〉 God o Sion For he maketh fast 〈◊〉 baries of y e gates blesseth y e 〈…〉 within ye. He maketh peace in y e bordâ—â—◠〈◊〉 fylleth y e with y e flo r of wheate He 〈◊〉 synde y e forth his coÌ„maundemeÌ„t vpoÌ„ earth 〈…〉 LORDE ruÌ„neth swiftly He geueth snowe scatereth y e horefrost like ashes 〈◊〉 He forth his yse like morsels who is ghtuous and de his frost He sendeth out â—â—cently he â—emelteth them he bloweth w t hi◠〈◊〉 preserueth y e waters flowe He sheweth 〈◊〉 shalt thou unIacob his statutes 〈…〉 and equi rael He hath not dealt 〈◊〉 Yf wyszdome then nether haue they 〈◊〉 and y e soule delyte in es Halleluya 〈◊〉 councell preserue the The 〈…〉 shal kepe the. That â—Pâ—est be delyuered froÌ„ y e euell waye â—om the man y t speaketh fâ—owarde thines from soch as leave the hye strete and ualkei y e wayes of darcknesse which reioyse 〈◊〉 doynge euell and delyte i wicked thinges whose wayes are croked and their pathes slaunderous that thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman and from her that is not thine owne which geueth swete wordes forfaketh the huszbande of hir youth and for getteth the couenaunt of hir God For hir house is enclyned unto death and hir pathes unto hell All they that go in unto her come not agayne nether take they holde of the wave of life That thou mayest walke in y e good waye and kepe tha pathes of the righuous For the iust shal dwell in the lende and the inno Let them prayse the name of the LORDE for his name only is excellent and his prayse aboue heauen and earth He exalteth the horne of his people all his sayntes shal prayse him the children of Israel euen the people that serueth him Halleluya The CXLIX psalme Halleluya O Synge vnto y e LORDE a new songe let the coÌ„gregacion of sayntes prayse him Let Israel reioyse in him that made him and let the children of Sion be ioyfull in their kynge Let them prayse his name in the dauÌ„ce let them synge prayses vnto him with tabrettes and harpes For the LORDE hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the mekcharted Let the sayntes be ioyfull with glory let them reioyse in their beddes Let the prayses of God be in their mouth and sharpe swerdes in their handes To be auenged of the Heiâ—heÌ„ to rebuke the people To bynde their â—â—nges in cheynes their nobles with lyncâ—â—â—â— of yron That they maye be auenged 〈…〉 as it is written Soch honoure haue 〈…〉 sayntes Halleluya The CL. psalme Halleluya 〈◊〉 Prayse the LORDE in his Sanctuâ—â—◠〈…〉 prayse him in the firmament of 〈…〉 power Prayse him in his noble 〈…〉 him in his excelleÌ„t greatnesse 〈…〉 in the sounde of the trompet 〈…〉 â—poÌ„ the lute and harpe Pray 〈…〉 â—ymbals and daunse prayse him 〈…〉 and pype Prayse him 〈…〉 cymbals prayse him 〈…〉 cymbals Let 〈…〉 y t hath breth 〈◊〉 LORDE 〈◊〉 The Prouerbes of Salomon What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The wysdome of God calleth vs by the mouth of SalomoÌ„ exorteth vs and geueth vs warnynge to eschue the wicked whose vn godly coÌ„uersacion in worde and worke and punyshment also of the same is here descrybed Chap. II. How wisdome maye be gotten and what profit commeth of it Chap. III. He exorteth us to the feare of God and to pacience he commendeth wyszdome â— requyreth us to cleue vnto the same Chap. IIII. A fatherly exortacion vnto wisdome with the profit therof and how we ought to refrayne the meÌ„bres of oure body froÌ„ euell Chap. V. He exorteth vnto wyszdoÌ„e and to be warre of harlottes he telleth what harme mâ—ye folowe therout wheÌ„ men medle with soch hâ— teacheth men louyngly to cleue vnto their mâ—ried wyues and descrybeth the ende of the vnâ—godly Chap. VI. He warneth men to bewarre of sâ—â—â—tishipe exorteth the slouthfull to laboure sheweth the wikednesse of false tonges and requyreth men to bewarre of aduoutry because it is more perloâ—s then theft or felony Chap. VII He exorteth vnto wiszdome sheweth the condicions of harlottes and what hurt happeneth vnto soch as enclyne to the prouocacioÌ„s and desyres of the flesh Chap. VIII Wyszdome calleth men swetely vnto her and telleth them what treasure and power she hath A coÌ„mendacion and prayse of wiszdome wherout euery maÌ„ is exorted to cleue vnto her Chap. IX Wyszdome crieth vpoÌ„ the ignorauÌ„t and promiseth them greate thinges The foolish maner of a light woman Chap. X. From this chapter forth vnto the XXXI there are described many swete louely and wyse sentences which teach men wyszdome and what profit commeth of it Agayne how men maye auoyde foolishnesse and the hurte therof Chap. XXXI Wyszdome warneth us to bewarre of euell women and descrybeth the coÌ„uersacion maner behauoure of an honest maried wyfe These are the prouerbes of Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel to lerne wyszdome nurtoure vnderstondinge prudence rightuousnesse iudgment and equite That the very babes might haue wyt and that yonge men might haue knowlege and vnderstondinge By hearinge the wyse maÌ„ shal coÌ„me by more wysdome and by experience he shal be more apte to vnderstonde a parable and the interpretacion therof the wordes of the wyse and the darcke speaches of the same The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome But
fooles despyse wysdome and nurtoure The first Chapter MY sonne heare thy fathers doctryne and forsake not the lawe of y e mother for that shal brynge grace vnto thy heade shal be â— cheyne aboute thy necke My sonne coÌ„sente not vnto synners yf they entyse the and saye come wyth us let us laye wayte for bloude lurke preuely for the innoceÌ„t wyth out a cause let us swalowe theÌ„ vp like y e hell let us deuoure theÌ„ quycke and whole as those that go downe in to the pytt So shal we fynde all maner of costly riches and fyll oure houses wyth spoyles Cast in thy lott amonge us we shal haue all one purse My sonne walke not thou w t them refrayne y e fote froÌ„ their wayes For their fete ruÌ„ne to euell are haistie to shed bloude But in vayne is y e net layed forth before the byrdes eyes Yee they theÌ„ selues laye wayte one for anothers bloude and one of theÌ„ wolde slaye another These are the wayes of all soch as be couetous that one wolde rauysh anothers life Wyszdome crieth without putteth forth hir voyce in the stretes She calleth before y e congregacion in y e open gates and sheweth hir wordes thorow y e cite sayenge O ye childreÌ„ how loÌ„ge wil ye loue childyshnesse how longe wil y e scorners delyte in scornynge y e vnwyse be enemies vnto knowlege O turne you vnto my correccion lo I wil expresse my mynde vnto you and make you vnderstoÌ„de my wordes Seinge then that I haue called and ye refused it I haue stretched out my honde and no maÌ„ regarded it but all my couÌ„cels haue ye despysed and set my correccioÌ„s at naught Therfore shal I also laugh in yo r destruccion and mocke you when y e thinge that ye feare coÌ„meth vpon you euen wheÌ„ y e thinge that ye be afrayed of falleth in sodenly like a storme and yo r misery like a tempest yee whaÌ„ trouble and heuynesse coÌ„meth vpon you Then shal they call vpoÌ„ me but I wil not heare they shal seke me early but they shal not fynde me And y t because they hated knowlege and receaued not y e feare of y e LORDE but abhorred my councell and despysed my correccion Therfore shal they eate y e frutes of their owne waye and be fylled w t their owne councels for y e turnynge awaye of y e vnwyse shal slaye theÌ„ y e prosperi of fooles shal be their owne destruccioÌ„ But who so harkeneth vnto me shal dwell safely and haue ynough without eny feare of euell The II. Chapter MY sonne yf thou wilt receaue my wordes and kepe my coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes by the that thine eare maye herken vnto wysdome applie thine herte then to vnderstoÌ„dinge For yf thou criest after wyszdome callest for knowlege yf thou sekest after her as after money and dyggest for her as for treasure TheÌ„ shalt thou vnderstonde y e feare of the LORDE and fynde y e knowlege of God For it is the LORDE that geueth wyszdome out of his mouth commeth knowlege and vnderstondinge He preserueth y e welfare of the rightuous and defendeth them y t walke innocently he kepeth them in y e right path and preserueth y e waye of his sayntes Then shalt thou vnderstonde rightuousnesse iudgment and equite yee and euery good path Yf wyszdome entre in to thine herte and y e soule delyte in knowlege then shal councell preserue the and vnderstondinge shal kepe the. That thou mayest be delyuered froÌ„ y e euell waye and from the man y t speaketh fâ—owarde thinges From soch as leaue the hye strete and walke iÌ„ y e wayes of darcknesse which reioyse in doynge euell and delyte iÌ„ wicked thinges whose wayes are croked and their pathes slaunderous That thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman and from her that is not thine owne which geueth swete wordes forsaketh the huszbande of hir youth and forgetteth the couenaunt of hir God For hir house is enclyned vnto death and hir pathes vnto hell All they that go in vnto her come not agayne nether take they holde of the waye of life That thou mayest walke in y e good waye and kepe the pathes of the rightuous For the iust shal dwell in the londe and the innocentes shal remayne in it but the vngodly shal be roted out of y e londe and the wicked doers shal be taken out of it The III. Chapter MY sonne forget not my lawe but se y t thine hert kepe my coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes For they shal proloÌ„ge y e dayes yeares of y e lyfe brynge y e peace Let mercy faithfulnes neuer go from y e bynde theÌ„ about y e necke wryte them in the tables of thine herte So shalt thou fynde fauo r and good vnderstondinge in y e sight of God and men Put thy trust in y e LORDE with all thine herte and leane not vnto thine owne vnderstondinge In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto him and he shal ordre thy goinges Be not wyse in thine owne conceate but feare y e LORDE and departe from euell so shal thy nauel be whole and thy bones stronge Honoure the LORDE w t y e substaunce w t y e firstlinges of all thine encrease so shal thy barnes be fylled with plenteousnesse and thy presses shal flowe ouer with swete wyne My sonne despyse not the chastenynge of y e LORDE nether faynte when thou art rebuked of him For whoÌ„ the LORDE loueth him he chasteneth and yet delyteth in him euen as a father in his owne sonne Well is him that fyndeth wyszdome opteyneth vnderstondinge for the gettinge of it is better then eny marchaundise of syluer the profit of it is better then golde Wyszdome is more worth theÌ„ precious stones all y e thinges y t thou canst desyre are not to be compared vnto her Vpon hir right hande is longe life vpon hir left hande is riches honor. Hir wayes are pleasaunt wayes and all hir pathes are peaceable She is a tre of life to them that laye holde vpon her and blessed are they that kepe her fast With wyszdome hath y e LORDE layed the fouÌ„dacion of y e earth thorow vnderstondinge hath he stablished y e heaueÌ„s Thorow his wiszdome y e depthes breake vp y e cloudes droppe downe the dew My sonne let not these thinges departe from thyne eyes but kepe my lawe and my councell so shal it be life vnto thy soule grace vnto y e mouth Then shalt thou walke safely in y e waye thy fote shal not stomble Yf thou slepest thou shalt not be afrayed but shalt take thy rest slepe swetely Thou neddest not to be afrayed of eny sodane feare nether for the violent russhinge in of the vngodly when it commeth For the LORDE shal be besyde the kepe thy fote y t thou be not taken Refuse not to do good vnto
hath shewed his mercy vnto vs. It is good to hyde the Kynges secrete but to shew and to prayse y e workes of God it is an honorable thinge Prayer is good with fastinge and to geue allmes is better then to hoorde vp treasures of golde For allmes delyuereth from death clenseth synne and causeth to fynde euerlastinge life But they that do synne and vnrighteousnes are y e enemies of their owne soules Wherfore I tell you the trueth and wyll hyde nothinge from you Whan thou praydest with teares and burydest the deed and leftest thy dyner and hyddest the deed in thy house vpon the daye tyme that thou mightest burye them in the night I offred thy prayer before the LORDE And because thou wast accepte and beloued of God it was necessary that tentacion shulde trye the. And now hath the LORDE sent me to heale the and to delyuer Sara y e sonnes wife from the euell sprete For I am Raphael an angell one of the seuen that stonde before God Whā they herde this they were sore afrayed and trembled and fell downe vpon their faces vnto the grounde Then sayde the angell Peace be with you feare not Where as I haue bene w t you it is the will of God geue prayse and thankes vnto him You thought that I dyd eate and drinke with you but I vse meate that is invisible and drynke that can not be sene of men Now therfore is y e tyme that I must turne agayne vnto him that sent me but be ye thankfull vnto God and tell out all his wonderous workes And whan he had spoken these wordes he was taken awaye out of their sight so y t they sawe him nomore Then fell they downe flat vpon their faces by the space of thre houres and praysed God and whan they rose vp they tolde all his wōderous workes Then XIII Chapter THen olde Tobias opened his mouth and praysed the LORDE and sayde Greate art thou o LORDE for euermore and thy kyngdome worlde without ende for thou scourgest and healest thou ledest vnto hell and bryngest out agayne and there is none y t maye escape thy hande O geue thankes vnto y e LORDE ye children of Israel and prayse him in the sight of the Heithē For amonge the Heithen which knowe him not hath he scatred you to the intēt that ye shulde shew forth his maruelous workes cause them for to knowe that there is none other God allmightie but he He hath chastened vs for oure myszdedes and for his owne mercy sake shal he saue vs. Considre then how he hath dealt w t you prayse him with feare and drede and magnifie the euerlastinge kynge in yo r workes I wil prayse him euen in the londe of my captiuyte for he hath shewed his maiesty vnto a synfull people Turne you therfore O ye synners and do righteousnes before God and be ye sure that he wyl shew his mercy vpon you As for me my soule we wil reioyse in God O prayse the LORDE all ye his chosen holde the dayes of gladnesse and be thankfull vnto him O Ierusalem thou cite of God the LORDE hath punyshed the for the workes of thine owne handes O prayse the LORDE in thy good thinges geue thankes to the euerlastinge God that he maye builde vp his tabernacle agayne in y e that he maye call agayne vnto the all soch as be in captiuyte and that thou mayest haue ioye for euermore With a fayre light shalt thou shyne all y e endes of y e worlde shal honoure the. The people shal come vnto the from farre they shal bringe giftes and worshipe y e LORDE in the and thy londe shal they haue for a Sanctuary for they shal call vpon the greate name in the. Cursed shal they be that despyse the all they that blaspheme the shal be condēpned but blessed shal they be y t buylde the vp As for the thou shalt reioyse in y i childrē for they all shal be blessed and gathered together vnto the LORDE Blessed are they all y t loue y e and be glad of thy peace Prayse thou the LORDE o my soule for the LORDE oure God hath delyuered his cite Ierusalem from all hir troubles I wil counte my self happie yf my sede remayne to se y e clearnes of Ierusalē The gates of Ierusalem shal be buylded with Saphyre and Smaragde and all the cōpase of hir walles with precious stones All hir stretes shal be paued w t whyte Marblestone and in all hir stretes shal Alleluya be sunge Praysed be y e LORDE which hath exalted her y t his kyngdome maye be vpon her for euermore Amen And so Tobias made an ende of his talkynge The XIIII Chapter ANd after that Tobias had gottē his sight agayne he lyued two and xl yeares sawe his childers children Now whan he was an hundreth and two yeare olde he dyed was buried honorably in Niniue For whan he was sixe and fiftie yeares of age he lost the sight of his eyes and whā he was thre score yeare olde he gat his sight agayne The residue of his life led he in ioye and increased well in the feare of God departed in peace But in y e houre of his death he called vnto him his sonne Tobias seuen yonge springaldes his sonnes children and sayde vnto them The destruccion of Niniue is at hande for the worde of the LORDE can not fayle and oure brethren that are scatred out of the londe of Israel shal come thither agayne And the whole londe of it that hath bene waist shal be fylled and the house of God that was brent in it shal be buylded againe all soch as feare God shall returne thither the Heithen also shal forsake their Idols come to Ierusalem and dwell there and all the kynges of the earth shal be glad of her and worshipe the LORDE God of Israel And therfore my children heare youre father Serue the LORDE in faithfulnes seke after his will and do the thinge that pleaseth him Commaunde youre children y t they do right geue allmes be myndefull of God and euer to be thankfull vnto him in trueth and with all their power Heare me therfore my childrē and abyde not here but in what daye so euer ye haue buried youre mother besyde me gett you from hence For I se that the wickednes of it shal brynge it to destruccion and ende After y e death of his mother Tobias departed awaye from Niniue with his wife and children and with his childers children came agayne to his father and mother in lawe and founde them whole and in a good age and toke the care of thē And he closed their eyes and was heyre vnto all Raguels goodes and sawe the fifth generacion and childers childrē And whan he was xcix yeare of age he dyed in the feare of the LORDE and his kynsfolkes buried him And all his posterite
y t they haue borne false wytnes agaynst me beholde I must dye where as I neuer dyd eny soch thinges as these men haue maliciously inuented agaynst me And y e LORDE herde hir voyce For whē she was led forth to death y e LORDE raised vp y e sprete of a yōge childe whose name was Daniel which cried w t a loude voice I am clene frō this bloude Thē all y e people turned thē towarde him saide What meane these wordes y t thou hast spokē ▪ Daniel stode in y e myddest of thē sayde Are ye soch fooles O ye childrē of Israel y t ye cā not discerne Ye haue here condēned a daughter of Israel vnto death and knowe not the trueth wherfore Go syt on iudgment agayne for they haue spoken false witnesse agaynst her Wherfore the people turned agayne in all the haist And the elders that is the principall heades sayde vnto him come sit downe here amonge vs and shewe vs this matter seynge God hath geuen the as greate honoure as an elder And Daniel sayde vnto them Put these two asyde one from another and then shal I heare them When they were put a sunder one from another he called one of them and sayd vnto him O thou olde canckerde carle that hast vsed thy wickednesse so longe thine vngracious dedes which thou hast done afore are now come to light For thou hast geuen false iudgmentes thou hast oppressed the innocent and letten the giltie go fre where as yet the LORDE saieth The innocent and righteous se thou slaye not Wel than yf thou hast sene her tel me vnder what tre sawest thou them talkynge together He answered Vnder a Molbery tre And Daniel sayde very wel Now thou leist euen vpon thine heade Lo the messaunger of the LORDE hath receaued the sentence of him to cut y e in two Then put he him asyde and called for the other and sayde vnto him O thou sede of Canaan but not of Iuda Fayrnesse hath disceaued the and lust hath subuerted thine herte Thus dealte ye afore with the daughters of Israel and they for feare consented vnto you but the daughter of Iuda wolde not abyde youre wickednesse Now tell me than vnder what tre didest thou take them speakinge together He answered vnder a pomgranate tre Then sayde Daniel vnto him very wel now thou leyst also euen vpō thine heade The messaunger of the LORDE stondeth waytinge with the swerde to cut the in two and to slaye you both With that all the whole multitude gaue a greate shoute and praysed God which allwaye delyuereth them y t put their trust in him And they came vpon the two elders whom Daniel had conuicte with their owne mouth that they had geuen false witnesse and dealte with them euen likewyse as they wolde haue done with their neghbouresse Yee they dyd acordinge to the lawe of Moses and put them to death Thus the innocent bloude was saued the same daye Thē Helchias his wife praysed God for their daughter Susanna with Ioachim hir huszbonde and all y e kinrede that there was no dishoneste founde in her From that daye forth was Daniel had in greate reputaciō in the sight of y e people The ende of the story of Susanna The story of Bel which is the xiiij Chapter of Daniel after the Latin THere was at Babilon an ymage called Bel and there were spent vpon him euery daye xij cakes xl shepe and sixe greate pottes of wine Him dyd the kynge worshipe himself and wente daylie to hono r him but Daniel worshiped his owne God And the kynge sayde vnto him Why dost not thou worshipe Bel he answered and sayde Because I maye not worshipe thinges that be made w t hondes but the lyuynge God which made heauen and earth and hath power vpon all flesh The kynge sayde vnto him thinkest thou not y t Bel is a lyuynge God Or seist thou not how moch he eateth and drynketh euery daye Daniel smyled and sayde O kynge disceaue not thyselfe This is but made of claye within and of metall without nether eateth he euer eny thinge Then the kynge was wroth and called for his prestes and sayde vnto them Yf ye tell me not who this is that eateth vp these expenses ye shal dye But yf ye can certifie me that Bel eateth them then Daniel shall dye for he hath spoken blasphemy agaynst Bel. And Daniel sayde vnto the kynge let it so be acordinge as thou hast sayde The prestes of Bel were lxx besyde their wyues and children And the kynge wente with Daniel in to the temple of Bel. So Bels prestes sayde Lo we wil go out set thou y e meate there O kynge poure in the wyne then shutt the dore fast and seale it with thine owne signet and tomorow when thou commest in yf thou fyndest not that Bel hath eaten vp all we wil suffre death or els daniel that hath lyed vpon vs. The prestes thought them selues sure ynough for vnder y e altare they had made a preuy intraunce there wente they in euer and ate vp what there was So when they were gone forth the kynge set meates before Bel. Now Daniel had cōmaunded his seruauntes to bringe aszshes and these he siffted thorow out all the temple that the kynge might se. Then wente they out sparre the dore sealinge it with y e kynges signet and so departed In y e night came the prestes with their wyues and children as they were wonte to do and ate and dronke vp all In the mornynge be tymes at the breake of the daye the kynge arose Daniel with him And the kynge sayde Daniel are the seales whole yet He answered Yee o kynge they be whole Now as soone as he had opened the dore the kinge loked vnto y e altare and cried with a loude voyce Great◠art thou o Bel and with the is no disceate Then laughed Daniel and helde the kynge that he shulde not go in and sayde Beholde the pauement marcke well whose fotesteppes are these The kynge sayde I se the fotesteppes of men women and children Therfore the kynge was angrie and toke the prestes with their wyues and childrē they shewed him y e preuy dores where they came in ate vp soch thinges as were vpon y e altare For the which cause y e kynge slewe them delyuered Bel in to Daniels power which destroyed him and his temple And in that same place there was a greate dragon which they of Babilon worshipped And y e kynge sayde vnto Daniel sayest thou y t this is but a god of metall also lo he liueth he eateth drinketh so y t thou cāst not saye that he is no lyuinge God therfore worshipe him Daniel sayde vnto y e kinge I wil worshipe the LORDE my God he is y e truelyuynge God as for this he is not the God of life But geue me leaue o kynge
might be disceaued by this meanes also shulde I defyle myne age make it abhominable For though I were now delyuered from the tormentes of men yet shulde I not escape the honde of allmightie God nether alyue ner deed Wherfore I will dye manfully do as it becommeth myne age Wherby I maie peraduenture leaue an exāple of stedfastnesse for soch as be yonge yf I w t a ready mynde manfully dye an honest death for the most worthy and holy lawes When he had sayde these wordes immediatly he was drawen to the tormēte Now they that led him and were mylde a litle afore beganne to take displeasure because of the wordes y t he sayde for they thought he had spokē them of an hye mynde But whē he was in his martirdome he mourned and sayde Thou O LORDE which hast the holy knowlege knowest openly that where as I might be delyuered frō death I suffre these sore paynes of my body but in my mynde I am wel contente to suffre them because I feare the. Thus this man dyed leauynge y e memoriall of his death for an example not only vnto yonge men but vnto all y e people to be stedfast and manly The VII Chapter IT happened also that there were vij brethren with their mother taken compelled by the kynge agaynst the lawe to eate swynes flesh namely w t scourges and lethren whippes And one of them which was y e chefe sayde What sekest thou and what requyrest thou of vs As for vs we are ready rather to suffre death then to offende the lawes of God and the fathers Then was the kynge angrie and bad heare cauldrons and brasen pottes Which when they were made hote immediatly he commaunded y e tonge of him that spake first to be cut out to pull the skynne ouer his heade to payre of the edges of his handes and fete yee and that in the sight of his mother and the other of his brethren Now when he was cleane marred he commaunded a fyre to be made so whyle there was eny breath in him to be fryed in the caudron In the which when he had bene longe payned the other brethren with their mother exorted him to dye manfully sayēge The LORDE God shal regarde the treuth and comforte vs like as Moses testifieth and declareth in his songe sayenge and he wyl haue compassion on his seruauntes So whē the first was deed after this maner they brought the seconde to haue him in derision pulled the skynne with the hayre ouer his heade and axed him yf he wolde eate swynes flesh or he were payned in y e other membres also thorow out his body But he answered boldly and sayde I will not do it And so was he tormented like as y e first And whē he was euē at y e geuinge vp of y e goost he sayde Thou most vngracious personne puttest vs now to death but the kynge of y e worlde shall rayse vs vp which dye for his lawes in y e resurreccion of euerlastinge life After him was the thirde had in derision and when he was requyred he putt out his tonge and that right soone holdinge forth his hondes manfully and spake with a stedfast faith These haue I of heauē but now for the lawe of God I despyse them for my trust is that I shall receaue them of him agayne In so moch that the kynge and they which were with him marueled at the yonge mans boldnesse that he nothinge regarded the paynes Now when he was deed also they vexed the fourth with tormentes in like maner So when he was now at his death he sayde It is better that we beynge put to death of mē haue oure hope and trust in God for he shal rayse vs vp agayne As for the thou shalt haue no resurreccion to life And when they had spoken to the fifth they tormēted him Then loked he vnto y e kinge sayde Thou hast power amōge mē for thou art a mortall man also y i self to do what thou wilt but thinke not y t God hath forsaken o r generacion Abyde the tary styll a whyle thou shalt se the greate power of God how he wil punysh the thy sede After him they brought the sixte which beynge at the poynte of death sayde Be not disceaued o kynge for this we suffre for oure owne sakes because we haue offended oure God therfore marvelous thinges are shewed vpon vs. But thinke not thou which takest in honde to stryue agaynst God that thou shalt escape vnpunyshed This excellent mother worthy to be well reported of and had in remembraunce sawe hir seuen sonnes dye in one daye and suffred it paciētly because of the hope that she had in God Yee she exorted euery one of them in especiall and that boldly and stedfastly w t parfite wyszdome wakynge vp hir wyuysh thought with a manly stomacke and sayde vnto them I can not tell how ye came in my wombe for I nether gaue you breth ner soule no ner life It is not I y t ioyned y t mēbres of yo bodies together but y e maker of y e worlde which fashioned y e byrth of mā begāne all thinges Euen he also of his owne mercy shall geue you breath and life agayne like as ye now regarde not youre owne selues for his lawes sake Now thought Antiochus that she had despysed him therfore he let her go with hir reproues and beganne to exorte the yongest sonne which yet was left not only w t wordes but swore vnto him w t an ooth y t he shulde make him a rich welthy man yf he wolde forsake y e lawes of his fathers yee and y t he shulde geue him what so euer were necessary for him But whē the yonge man wolde not be moued for all these thinges he called his mother counceled her to saue hir sonnes life And when he had exorted her with many wordes she promised him that she shulde speake vnto hir sonne So she turned her vnto him laughinge y e cruell tyraunte to scorne spake w t a boylde voyce O my sonne haue pite vpon me y t bare y e ix monethes in my wombe that gaue the sucke norished the and brought the vp vnto this age I beseke the my sonne loke vpon heauen and earth and all that is therin and considre that God made them and mans generacion of naught so shalt thou not feare this hangman but suffre death stedfastly like as thy brethren haue done that I maye receaue the agayne in the same mercy with thy brethren Whyle she was yet speakynge these wordes the yonge man sayde Whom loke ye for ▪ Wherfore do ye tary I wil not obeye the kynges commaundement but the lawe that God gaue vs by Moses As for the that ymaginest all myschefe agaynst the Iewes thou shalt not escape the honde of God for we suffre these thinges because of oure synnes And though
Math. Mathew the Euangelist xxviii ii· Mar. Marke the Euangelst xvi xvi· Luc. Luke the Euangelist xxiiiii xxv Ioh. Ihon the Euangelist xxi xl Act. The Actes of the Apostles xxviii li. Rom. The Epistle to the Romaynes xvi lxvi I. Cor. The fyrst epistle to the Corinthians xvi lxxii II. Cor. The seconde epistle to the Corinthians xiii lxxviii Gal. The epistle to the Galathians vi lxxxii Ephe. The Epistle to the Ephesians vi lxxxiiii Phil. The epistle to the Philippians iiii lxxxvi Col. The epistle to the Collossians iiii lxxxvii I. Tess. The first Epistle to the Tessalonians v. lxxxix II. Tess. The seconde Epistle to the Tessalonians iii. xc I. Timo. The fyrst Epistle vnto Timothy vi xci II. Tim. The seconde Epistle vnto Timothy iiii xciâ— Tit. The epistle vnto Tytus iii. xciiii Phile. The epistle vnto Philemon i. xciiii I. Pet. The fyrst epistle of S. Peter v. xcv II. Pet. The seconde epistle of S. Peter iii. xcvi I. Ioh. The fyrst epistle of S. Ihon. v. xcviii II. Ioh. The seconde epistle of S. Ihon i. xcix III. Ioh. The thirde epistle of S. Ihon i. xcix Heb. The epistle vnto the Hebrues xiii c. Iac. The epistle of S. Iames v. ciiii Iud. The epistle of S. Iude. i. cvi Apo. The Reuelacion of S. Ihon. xxii cvi The first boke of Moses called Genesis what this boke conteyneth Chap. i. The creacion of the worlde in sixe dayes and of man Chap ii The rest of the seuenth daye The tre of knowlege of good euell is forbyddeÌ„ c. Of the creacion of Eua. Chap. iii The serpent deceaueth the woman they transgresse and are dryuen out of paradyse Chap. iiii Abels offerynge pleaseth God therfore doth his brother Cayn hate hym murthureth hym is cursed Of the chyldren of Cayn Chap. v. Of the generacion age death of AdaÌ„ Seth and his sonnes vnto Noe. Chap. vi The occasion of the floude and of the preparynge of the arcke Chap. vii Noe with his housholde is preserued in the arcke where as all the worlde perisheth thorowe the floude Chap. viii The floude abateth Noe goeth out of arcke c. Chap. ix God blesseth Noe and his sonnes forbyddeth to eate the bloude of beestes and to shed maÌ„s bloude maketh a conuenaunt and geueth the raynbowe for a token of the same that he wyll destroye the worlde no more by water Noe is dronken Ham vncouereth hym and getteth his curse Chap. x. The increace of maÌ„s generacioÌ„ by Noes thre sonnes which go abrode and begynne to buylde Chap. xi The buyldynge of the towre of Babel is hyndreth thorowe the confusyon of the tonges The generacion of Sem vntyll Abram whiche goeth with Loth vnto Haran Chap. xii Abram goeth with Loth into a straunge londe at the worde of the Lord which appeareth vnto hym in Canaan and promiseth to geue the same londe vnto his sede Afterwarde goeth Abram into Egypte and fayneth Saray to be his syster Chap. xiii Abram and Loth departe agayne out of Egypte and haue so many cattell that they can not dwell together Abram receaueth the blessynge and promes Chap. xiiii Loth is taken presoner Abram deliuereth hym Melchisedech fedeth Abram at his returnynge Abram geueth hym tythes of the spoyles and holdeth nothinge of the kynge of Sodoms goodes Chap. xv God conforteth Abram and promyseth hym sede He beleueth and is iustified Chap. xvi Sarai geueth Abram leue to take hyr mayde whiche beareth hym Ismaell Chap. xvii The coÌ„uenaunt of circumcisyon c. Chap. xviii Thre meÌ„ appeare vnto AbrahaÌ„ to whom the destruction of Sodome is declared Chap. xix Loth receaueth the two angels the men of Sodome go aboute to abuse them Loth is delyuered Sodome is destroyed Loths wyfe is turned to a pyler of salt and his doughters beare chyldren vnto hym Chap. xx Abraham departeth as a straunger in to Gerar and fayneth Sarai to be his syster the kynge taketh her and geueth hym her agayne Chap. xxi The byrth of Isaac Agar is put out with hyr sonne Abraham and Abimelech are sworne frendes Chap. xxii God tryeth Abraham whiche at his word wolde offre his owne sonne The promes is confirmed vnto hym with an ooth Chap. xxiii The death of Sara for whom Abraham byeth a pece of londe to burye her in Chap. xxiiii Abraham wyll haue his sonne to mary in his owne kynred the seruaunt bryngeth Rebecca whoÌ„ Isaac taketh to wyfe Chap. xxv Abraham begetteth mo chyldren by another wyfe geueth his good vnto Isaac and dyeth Isaac begynneth to growe Esau selleth his byrth righte Chap. xxvi Isaac goeth into Gerar fayneth Rebecca to be his syster increasseth in ryches The Philistines stoppe his welles Abimelech he are sworne frendes Chap. xxvii Iacob is blessed before Esau and Esau threateneth hym but he flyeth into Haram to Labaâ— his mothers brother Chap. xxviii Isaac sâ—ndeth Iacob awaye to mary amonge Labans doughters Iacob seyth a vision God confirmeth hym the promes made vnto AbrahaÌ„ whervpon Iacob maketh a vowe Chap. xxix Iacob geueth Labans shepe to drynkeâ— serueth seuen yeare for Rachell Lea is geuen hym yet serueth he seuen yeare mo for Rachell Chap. xxx Rachel geueth Iacob hyr mayden and so doeth Lea they beare hym chyldren his reward is appoynted with a condicion wherby he is made ryche Chap. xxxi Iacob goeth home ward Rachell stealetâ— hyr fathers ymages Laban ouertaketh them and fyndeth not his ymages they sweare together the angell meteth Iacob Chap. xxxii Iacob sendeth presentes vnto Esau Putteth God in remembraunce of his promes and wresteleth with the angell whiche chaunâ—eth his name and blesseth hym Chap. xxxiii Iacob and Esau are agreed c. Chap. xxxiiii Dyna Iacobs doughter is forced by Sychem wherof there commeth great bloud sheddynge Chap. xxxv Rachell dyeth at the byrth of Beniamin Ruben lyeth with his fathers concubyne Chap. xxxvi Of the princes that came of Esau and how Esau departeth from his brother Chap. xxxvii Ioseph is hated of his brethren and solde in to Egypte Chap. xxxviii Iuda lyeth with his doughter in lawe which beareth hym two sonnes Chap. xxxix Ioseph is beloued because he wyll not consente to the inordinate desyre of his mastresse he is put in pryson Chap. xl Ioseph expouÌ„deth the dreames of the two presoners Chap. xli Ioseph declareth Pharaos dreame and is made a Lorde of Egypte The derth begynneth Chap. xlii Iosephs brethren come in to Egypte to bye corne and are troubled of hym Chap. xliii They come agayne for corne brynge Ben-Iamyn with them and are put to more trouble Chap. xliiii As they go home he causeth theÌ„ be brought agayne and put to more feare Chap. xlv Ioseph vttereth hym selfe to his brethren and sendeth for his father Chap. xlvi Iacob commeth in to Egypte with all his people Ioseph receaueth hym Chap. xlvii Pharao geueth them the londe of Gâ—sen y e derth is great in Egypte c. Chap. xlviii Iacob is sycke blesseth Iosephs sonnes Chap. xlix Iacob before
his death telleth his sonnes what shall happen vnto them and dyeth Chap. l. Ioseph burieth his father and chargeth his brethren concernynge his bones and dyeth in Egypte ▪ lege of good and euell shalt thou not eate For loke in what daye so euer thou eatest therof thou shalt dye the death And the LORDE God sayde It is not good y t mā shulde be alone I wil make him an helpe to beare him cōpany And whan God the LORDE had made of the earth all maner beastes of the felde all maner foules vnder the heauē he brought them vnto man to se what he wolde call thē For as mā called all maner of liuinge soules so are their names And man gaue names vnto all maner catell vnto the foules vnder the heauē and vnto all maner beastes of y e felde But vnto man there was founde no helpe to beare him company Then the LORDE God caused an herde slepe to fall vpon man and he slepte And he toke out one of his rybbes and in steade therof he fylled vp y e place with flesh And the LORDE God made a woman of y e rybbe that he toke out of man and brought her vnto him Then sayde man This is once bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh She shal be called woman because she was takē of man For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother and cleue vnto his wife they two shal be one flesh And they were both naked the man and his wife and were not ashamed The III. Chapter BVt the serpent was sotyller then all the beastes of the felde which y e LORDE God had made and sayde vnto the woman Yee hath God sayde indede Ye shall not eate of all maner trees in the garden Then sayde the woman vnto the serpent We eate of the frute of the trees in the garden But as for the frute of the tre that is in the myddes of the garden God hath sayde Eate not ye of it and touch it not lest ye dye Then saide the serpent vnto the woman Tush ye shall not dye the death For God doth knowe that in what daye so euer ye eate of it youre eyes shal be opened and ye shal be as God and knowe both good and euell And the woman sawe that y e tre was good to eate of and lustye vnto the eyes and a pleasaunt tre to make wyse and toke of the frute of it and ate and gaue vnto hir husbande also therof and he ate Then were the eyes of them both opened and they perceaued that they were naked and sowed fygge leaues together and made them apurns And they herde the voyce of the LORDE God which walked in the garden in the coole of the daye And Adam hyd him self with his wyfe from the presence of y e LORDE God amonge the trees of the garden And y e LORDE God called Adam and sayde vnto him Where art thou And he saide I herde thy voyce in the garden and was afrayed because I am naked and therfore I hyd myself And he sayde who tolde the that thou art naked Hast thou not eaten of the tre wherof I commaunded the y t thou shuldest not eate Then sayde Adam The woman which thou gauest me to beare me company gaue me of the tre and I ate And the LORDE God sayde vnto the woman wherfore hast thou done this The woman sayde the serpent disceaued me so that I ate Then sayde the LORDE God vnto the serpent Because thou hast done this cursed be thou aboue all catell and aboue all beastes of the felde Vpon thy bely shalt thou go earth shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy life And I wyll put enemyte betwene the and the woman and betwene y e sede and hir sede The same shal treade downe thy heade and thou shalt treade him on the hele And vnto the woman he sayde I will increase thy sorow whan thou art with childe with payne shalt thou beare thy childrē and thy lust shal pertayne vnto y e huszbande and he shal rule the. And vnto Adam he sayde For so moch as thou hast herkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe and hast eaten of the tre wherof I commaunded the sayenge thou shalt not eate of it Cursed be y e earth for thy sake With sorowe shalt thou eate therof all the dayes of thy life Thornes and thistles shalt it beare vnto the and thou shalt eate the herbes of the felde In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate thy bred tyll thou be turned agayne vnto earth whēce thou art takē for earth thou art and vnto earth shalt thou be turned agayne And Adam called his wyfe Hena because she is the mother of all lyuynge And the LORDE God made Adam his wyfe garmentes of skynnes those he put on them And the LORDE God sayde lo Adam is become as it were one of vs knoweth good euell But now lest he stretch his hande and take also of the tre of life and eate and lyue for euer Then the LORDE God put him out of the garden of Eden to tyll y e earth whēce he was takē And he cast Adam out And before the garden of Eden he set Cherubes and a naked syrie swerde to kepe y e waye vnto the tre of life The IIII. Chapter MOrouer Adam laye with Hena his wyfe which cōceaued bare Cain and sayde I haue opteyned y e man of the LORDE And she proceaded forth bare his brother Abell And Abell became a shepherde but Cain became an huszbande man And it fortuned after certaine daies that Cain brought of the frute of the earth an offrynge vnto y e LORDE And Abell brought also of the firstlinges of his shepe and of y e fat of them And the LORDE had respecte vnto Abell and to his offerynge but vnto Cain and his offerynge he loked not Then was Cain exceadinge wroth and his countenaunce chaunged And the LORDE sayde vnto Cain Why art thou angrie and why doth thy countenaunce chaunge Is it not so that yf thou do well thou shalt receaue it but and yf thou do euell thy synne lyeth open in the dore Shal he then be subdued vnto the and wilt thou rule him And Cain talked with Abell his brother But the LORDE sayde thus vnto him Who so euer slayeth Cain it shal be auenged seuenfolde And the LORDE put a marck vpon Cain that no man which founde him shulde kyll him So Cain wente out from y e face of the LORDE and dwelt in the lande Nod vpon the east syde of Eden And Cain laye with his wyfe which conceaued and bare Henoch And he buylded a cite and called it after the name of his sonne Henoch And Henoch begat Irad Irad begat Mahuiael Mahuiael begat Mathusael Mathusael begat Lamech And Lamech toke him two wyues y e one was called Ada the
thy mothers sister for it is y e mothers nexte kynszwoman Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy fathers brother to take his wife for she is thine awnte Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e doughter in lawe for she is y e sonnes wife therfore shalt thou not vncouer hir preuitie Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy brothers wife for it is thy brothers preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy wife and of hir doughter also nether shalt thou take hir sonnes doughter or hir doughters doughter to vncouer their preuyties for they are hir nexte kynszwomen And it is wickednesse Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister also to vncouer hir preuytie whyle she is yet alyue Thou shalt not go vnto a woman to vncouer hir preuytie so longe as she hath hir disease in hir vnclennesse Thou shalt not lye with thy neghbours wife to medle with her for to defyle thy self withall Thou shalt not geue of thy sede also to be burnt vnto Moloch lest thou vnhalowe the name of thy God for I am the LORDE Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde for y t is abhominacion Thou shalt lye with no maner of beest to defyle y e self therwith And no woman shal haue to do w t a beest for it is abhominacion Ye shal defyle youre selues in none of these thinges For y e Heithen whom I wil cast out before you haue stayned them selues in all these and the londe is defyled there thorow And their wickednesse wyl I vyset vpō them so that the londe shal spue out the indwellers therof Therfore kepe ye my statutes and lawes and do not one of these abhominacions nether one of youre awne selues ner the straunger amonge you for all soch abhominacions haue y e people of this lōde done which were before you haue defyled the lande that the lande spue not you out also whan ye haue defyled it as it spewed out the Heythē that were there before you For who so euer commytte these abhominaciōs the same soules shal be roted out from amonge their people Therfore kepe ye my statutes that ye do not after y e abhominable customes which were before you that ye be not defyled therwith For I am the LORDE youre God The XIX Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake to the whole congregacion of the children of Israel and saye vnto them Ye shall be holy for I am holy euen the LORDE youre God Euery one feare his father and his mother Repe my holy dayes for I am the LORDE youre God Ye shal not turne youre selues vnto Idols ye shal make you no goddes of metall for I am the LORDE youre God And whan ye wyll offre health offerynges vnto the LORDE then shal ye offre thē that he maye be mercifull vnto you and ye shal eate them the same daye that ye offre them and on the morow what so euer is left on the thirde daye shal be burnt with fyre But yf eny man eate therof vpon the thirde daye then is he vnholy and shall not be accepted and the same eater shal beare his synne because he hath vnhalowed the Sanctuary of the LORDE and soch a soule shal be roted out from amonge his people Whan thou reapest thy londe thou shalt not reape downe the vttemost borders of it rounde aboute ner gather it all cleane vp Euen so likewyse thou shalt not plucke thy vynyarde cleane also ner gather vp the grapes that are fallen downe but shalt leaue them for y e poore and straungers for I am the LORDE youre God Ye shal not steale nether lye ner deale falsely one with another Ye shal not sweare falsely by my name so to vnhalowe the name of thy God for I am the LORDE Thou shalt do y e neghboure no wronge ner robbe him The workmās laboure shal not byde with the vntyll the mornynge Thou shalt not curse the deaf Thou shalt put no stomblynge blocke before y e blinde but shalt feare thy God for I am the LORDE Ye shall not deale wrongeously in iudgment nether shal ye accepte the personne of the poore ner honoure the parsonne of the greate but thou shalt iudge thy neghboure righteously Thou shalt let no preuy accuser go amōge y e people Nether shalt thou stonde agaynst y e neghbours bloude for I am y e LORDE Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine hert but shalt tell y e neghboure his faute that thou beare not synne for his sake Thou shalt not auenge thy self ner beare euell will agaynst the childrē of thy people Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy self for I am the LORDE My statutes shal ye kepe that thou let not y e catell gendre with beestes of another kynde nether sowe thy felde with myngled sede And let no garment come vpon the y t is mixte with wollen and lynnen Whan a man lyeth with a woman and hath to do with her which is a bonde woman and hath bene medled withall of another man but not lowsed out ner hath optayned fredome it shal be punyshed but they shal not suffre death because she was not fre But he shal brynge for his trespace vnto y e LORDE euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse a ramme for a trespace of ferynge ▪ and the prest shal make an attonement for him with the trespace offerynge before the LORDE concernynge the synne that he hath done so shall God be mercifull vnto him as concernynge his synne which he hath done What tyme as ye are come into the londe and plante all maner trees wherof men eate ye shall circumcise the foreskynne of the same with their frutes thre yeares shall ye holde them for vncircumcysed so that ye eate them not but in the fourth yeare shall all their frutes be holy and praysed vnto y e LORDE In the fifth yeare shall ye eate the frutes and gather them in for I am y e LORDE youre God Ye shal eate nothinge w t bloude Ye shall not regarde y e foules cryenge ner chose out dayes Ye shal shaue no crownes vpō youre heade nether shalt thou clyppe thy beerde cleane off Ye shal rente out no markes in youre body for eny that is deed ner make lettres vpō you for I am the LORDE Thou shalt not holde thy doughter to whordome that the londe fall not to whordome and waxe full of wickednesse Kepe my holy dayes and stonde in awe of my Sanctuary for I am the LORDE Ye shal not turne yo r selues to y e Soyth sayers and axe nothinge at the expounders of tokēs that ye be not defyled by them for I am the LORDE youre God Thou shalt ryse vp before a graye heade and shalt geue reuerence vnto the aged For thou shalt feare God for I am y e LORDE Whan there dwelleth a
straunger amonge you in youre londe ye shall not vexe him He shal dwell with you euen as one that is at home amonge you thou shalt loue him as y e self for ye youre selues also were straungers in the lande of Egipte I am the LORDE youre God Ye shal not deale wrōgeously in iudgmēt with meteyarde with weight with measure A true balaunce a true weight a true Epha a true Hin shal be amōge you For I am the LORDE youre God which brought you out of the londe of Egipte that ye shulde kepe do all my statutes and lawes for I am the LORDE The XX. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and saide Tell the children of Israel Who so euer he be amonge the children of Israel or eny straunger that dwelleth in Israel which geueth of his sede vnto Moloch the same shall dye the death the people of the lande shal stone him I wyll set my face agaynst that man and wyll rote him out from amōge his people because he hath geuen of his sede vnto Moloch and defyled my Sanctuary vnhalowed my holy name And though the people of the londe loke thorow the fyngers vpon that man which hath geuen of his sede vnto Moloch so that they put him not to death yet wyl I set my face agaynst the same man agaynst his generacion And him and all that go a whorynge with him after Moloch wyll I rote out from amonge their people Yf eny soule turne him to y e soythsayers and expounders of tokens so that he goeth a whorynge after them I wyl set my face agaynst the same soule and wyl rote him out from amonge his people Sanctifie youre selues therfore be holy for I am holy euen youre God And kepe ye my statutes and do them for I am y e LORDE that sanctifieth you Who so euer curseth his father or his mother shall dye the death his bloude be vpon him because he hath cursed his father or mother He that breaketh wedlocke with eny mās wife shal dye the death both the aduouterer and y e aduouteresse because he hath broken wedlocke with his neghbours wife Yf eny man lye with his fathers wife so y t he vncouer his fathers preuyte they shal both dye the death their bloude be vpō thē Yf eny man lye w t his doughter in lawe they shall dye both of them for they haue wrought abhominacion their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man lye with the mankynde as with womankynde they haue wrought abhominacion shal both dye the death their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man take a wyfe and hir mother therto the same hath wrought wickednes he shal be burnt with fyre and so shal they also that there be no wickednes amōge you Yf eny man lye with a beest he shall dye the death and the beest shal be slayne Yf a woman medle with a beest so y t she haue to do w t it thou shalt put her to death and the beest also they shall dye the death their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man take his sister his fathers doughter or his mothers doughter and se hir preuyte and she agayne se his secretes it is a wicked thinge They shal be roted out in the sight of their people For he hath vncouered his sisters preuyte he shal beare his synne Yf a man lye with a woman in the tyme of hir sicknesse and vncouer hir secretes open vp hir founteyne and she vncouer the fountayne of hir bloude they shall both be roted out from amonge their people Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy mothers sister and of thy fathers sister for soch one hath vncouered his nexte kynswoman and they shal beare their synne Yf eny man lye with his vncles wyfe the same hath vncouered the preuytie of his vncle they shal beare their synne without children shal they dye Yf eny man take his brothers wyfe y t is an vncleane thinge they shal be without children because he hath vncouered his brothers secretes So kepe now all my statutes my lawes do them y t the lōde whither I brynge you to dwell therin spewe you not out And walke not ye in y e statutes of the Heithen which I shal cast out before you For all soch thinges haue they done I haue abhorred thē But I saye vnto you Ye shall possesse their londe For I wyll geue you to enheritaunce a lōde that floweth with mylke and hony I am the LORDE youre God which haue separated you from the nacions that ye also shulde separate the cleane beestes frō the vncleane and the vncleane foules from the cleane not to defyle youre soules vpon beestes vpon foules vpon all that crepeth on the grounde which I haue separated vnto you that they shulde be vncleane Therfore shall ye be holy vnto me for I the LORDE am holy which haue separated you frō the nacions that ye shulde be myne Yf a man or woman be a soythsayer or an expounder of tokens the same shall dye the death they shal be stoned their bloude be vpon them The XXI Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Speake to y e prestes y e sonnes of Aaron saye vnto thē A prest shal defyle him self vpō no soule of his people but vpon his nexte kynne y t belongeth vnto him as vpon his mother vpō his father vpō his sonne vpō his doughter vpon his brother vpon his sister which is yet a virgin hath bene no mans wife which belongeth vnto him vpon her maie he defyle himself Morouer he shal not defyle him self vpō eny ruler in his people to vnhalowe him self He shall make no crowne also vpon his heade ner shaue of his beerd nether shall they cut out eny markes ī their fleshe They shal be holy vnto their God and not vnhalowe y e name of their God for they offre the sacrifice of the LORDE the bred of their God therfore shal they be holy They shal take no whore ner one that is defyled or y t is put awaye from hir huszbande for he is holy vnto his God therfore shal he sanctifie him self for he offreth the bred of thy God He shal be holy vnto the for I am holy euen the LORDE that sanctifieth you Yf a prestes doughter fall to whoringe she shal be burnt with fyre for she hath shamed hir father He that is hye prest amonge his brethren vpō whose heade the anoyntinge oyle is poured and his hande fylled y t he might be arayed with the vestimentes shal not vncouer his heade ner cut his clothes shal come at no deed shal defyle him self nether vpon father ner mother He shall not go out of the Sanctuary that he vnhalowe not the Sanctuary of his God For y e crowne of the anoyntinge oyle of his God is vpon him for I am the LORDE A virgin shal he
spake before Moses and before the captaynes amonge the chefe fathers of the children of Israel and saide Syr the LORDE hath commaunded that ye shulde geue the londe by lott vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel to inheret And thou my lorde hast commaunded thorow the LORDE that the enheritaunce of o r brother Zelaphead shulde be geueÌ„ vnto his doughters Now yf eny men out of the trybes of Israel take them to wyues then shal oure fathers enheritaunce be lesse and as moch as they haue shal come to y e enheritaunce of the trybe that they come vnto Thus shal the lott of oure inheritaunce be mynished So whan the yearâ— of Iubilye commeth vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel then shal their enheritaunce come to y e enheritaunce of the trybe where they are Thus shal oure fathers enheritaunce be mynished as moch as they haue Moses charged the childreÌ„ of Israel acordinge to the commaundement of the LORDE and sayde The trybe of the children of Ioseph hath sayde righte This is it that y e LORDE commaundeth the doughters of Zelaphead and sayeth Let them mary as they like best onely that they mary in y e kynred of the trybe of their father that the enheritaunce of the children of Israel fall not froÌ„ one trybe to another For euery one amonge the children of Israel shall cleue to the enheritaunce of the trybe of his father euery doughter that possesseth eny enheritaunce amonge the trybes of the children of Israel shal be maryed vnto one of the kynred of the trybe of hir father y t euery one amonge the children of Israel maye enioye his fathers enheritaunce and that the enheritaunce fall not from one trybe to another but that euery one maye cleue to his awne enheritaunce amonge the trybes of the children of Israel As the LORDE coÌ„maunded Moses eueÌ„ so dyd y e doughters of y e Zelaphead Mahela Thirza Hagla Milca Noa were maried vnto their fathers brothers sonnes of y e kynred of the children of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph So their enheritauÌ„ce remayned in the trybe of the kynred of their father These are the commaundemeÌ„tes lawes which y e LORDE commaunded by Moses vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel in the felde of the Moabites by Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho The ende of the fourth boke of Moses called Numerus The fyfth boke of Moses called Deuteronomion What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Moses putteth the childreÌ„ of Israel in remembraunce of the greate benefites that they haue receaued of God and rebuketh them for their vnthankfulnesse and myszbeleue Chap. II. They are commaunded not to fighte agaynst Seir the Moabites and Ammonites But Sihon the kynge of the Amorrites is delyuered vnto them Chap. III. Og the kynge of Basan is slayne the londe taken in and destroyed â–ª Ruben Gad and the halfe trybe of Manasse haue their enheritaunce on this syde Iordane Iosua is ordeyned in Moses steade Chap. IIII. After he hath rehearsed vnto them the benefites of God he exorteth them to kepe his commaundementes that they forget them not Fredome for soch as committe slaughter vnawarres Chap. V. He rehearseth the commaundementes of God vnto them agayne exorteth them earnestly to kepe them Chap. VI. He telleth them of the statutes ordinauÌ„ces of God exortinge them to kepe them and to teache their children the same Cahp VII They are commaunded whan they come in the loÌ„de of Canaan to make no frendshipe ner to kepe company with the people therof but vtterly to rote them out and not to be afrayed of them Chap. VIII He exorteth them not to forget the commaundementes of God but to remembre what singuler kindnes God hath shewed them from what troubles he hath delyuered them And geueth the londe that they are to go vnto a good reporte Chap. IX He warneth them that they ascrybe not the goodnes that God hath done for them to their awne power for yf he had serued them after their awne deseruinge he had destroyed them euerychone Chap. X. He proceadeth forth in tellinge them their wickednes how they departed from Be Chap. XI Consyderinge the multitude roth of the benefites of God that they had receaued and the pleasaunt londe that they were to receaue he exorteth them againe to kepe Gods commaundementes Chap. XII He descrybeth vnto them againe the statutes ordinaunces of the LORDE Chap. XIII How men shal knowe false prophetes and how they ought to be punyshed Chap. XIIII For so moch as they are a cleane people of God they are commaunded to avoyde the customes of the Heythen as in shauynge their heades in eatinge certayne meaâ—es c. Chap. XV. Of the seuenth yeare wherof thou readest also in the XXV chapter of the thirde boke of Moses how the poore folkes and bonde men oughte to be intreated Chap. XVI The feaste of Easter Whytsondaye and of tabernacles Chap. XVII Certayne statutes The office of kynges and iudges Chap. XVIII The porcion of the Leuites Of the prophete that is promised vnto the people and how the false prophetes maye be knowne Chap. XIX Of the fre cities for the deedslayers How many witnesses are to be accepted in a matter and how the false oughte to be punished Chap. XX. A godly ordinaunce concernynge warre and strykinge of battayll Chap. XXI What ought to be done with one that is founde slaine in the felde and with a woman which is taken presoner Children that wil not obeye father and mother are to be stoned to death The deed bodies maye not hange styll vpon the tre Chap. XXII Of loue towarde a mans nehgboure with dyuerse other commaundemeÌ„tes How a man shal ordre himself with his wife whom he founde no mayden Chap. XXIII What they are that maye not come in to the congregacion of the LORDE and other commaundementes Chap. XXIIII Of deuorcement of the fredome of him that is new maried with other commaundementes concernynge loue towarde a mans neghboure Chap. XXV How the iudge ought to punyshe how one brother shulde rayse vp sede to another Of true weightes and measures and destroyenge of Amaleck Chap. XXVI Of the first frutes and tythes how they are to be broughte with prayse and thankesuynge vnto God Chap. XXVII Of the stones to be set vp beyonde Iordane and the commaundementes of God to be wrytten theron Of the blessinge and cursinge vpon the two mountaynes Chap. XXVIII Swete and gracious promyses for all soch as loue the commaundementes of God to do them Agayne Maruelous sore and fearfull plages threatened vnto all theÌ„ that regarde not Gods worde Chap. XXIX The couenaunt is renewed in the londe of Moab Moses putteth them in mynde of the louynge benefites of God that they maie be stedfast in the LORDE Chap. XXX Of the merciful kyndnesse of God yf men wil herken vnto his voyce and conuerte froÌ„ their awne euell wayes Of his sore punyshment â—f they wil not obeye Chap. XXXI Iosua is geueÌ„ vnto the people to be
of thy wyne presse and thou shalt reioyse in thy feast thou and thy sonne thy doughter thy seruaunte thy mayde the Leuite the straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe that are within y e gates Seuen dayes shalt thou kepe y e feast vnto the LORDE thy God in the place that he hath chosen For the LORDE thy God shal blesse the in all thy frutes and in all the workes of thine hādes Therfore shalt thou be glad Thre tymes in the yeare shal all thy males appeare before the LORDE thy God in the place that he shall chose namely in the feast of vnleuended bred in the feast of wekes and in the feast of Tabernacles He shal not appeare emptie before the LORDE but euery one after the gifte of his hande acordinge to the blessinge that the LORDE thy God hath geuen the. The XVII Chapter IVdges officers shalt thou ordeyne within all y e gates which y e LORDE thy God geueth the amōge thy trybes y t they maye iudge the people with righteous iudgment Thou shalt not wrest the lawe Thou shalt knowe no personne also ner take giftes For giftes blynde the eyes of y e wyse peruerte y e righteous causes Loke what righte is y t shalt thou folowe that thou mayest lyue possesse the londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue the. Thou shalt plante no groue of what so euer trees it be nye vnto the altare of the LORDE thy God which thou makest the. Thou shalt set the vp no piler which y e LORDE y e God hateth Thou shalt offre vnto the LORDE thy God no oxe or shepe that hath a blemish or eny euell fauourednesse on it for that is abhominacion vnto the LORDE thy God Yf there be founde amonge you within eny of thy gates which the LORDE y e God shal geue y e a man or woman that worketh wickednesse in y e sighte of the LORDE thy God so that he transgresseth his couenaūte and goeth and serueth other goddes worshippeth them whether it be Sōne or Mone or eny of the hooste of heauen which I haue not commaunded and it is tolde the thou hearest of it Then shalt thou make diligent search therfore And yf thou fyndest that it is so of a trueth that soch abhominacion is wroughte in Israel then shalt thou brynge forth the same man or y e same womā which haue done soch euell vnto thy gates and shalt stone them to death At the mouth of two or thre witnesses shal he dye that is worthy of death At the mouth of one witnes shal he not dye The handes of the witnesses shal be the first to kyll him and thē y e handes of all the people that thou mayest put awaye the euell from the. Yf a matter be to harde for the in iudgmēt betwixte bloude and bloude betwixte plee and plee betwixte stroke and stroke and yf there be matters of stryfe within thy gates then shalt thou ryse and go vp vnto y e place that y e LORDE thy God hath chosen and shalt come to the prestes the Leuites to the iudge which shal be at that tyme and shalt axe They shal shewe the how to iudge and thou shalt do therafter as they saye vnto the in y e place which the LORDE hath chosen and thou shalt take hede that thou do acordinge vnto all y t they teach the. Acordinge to the lawe y t they teach the after the iudgment that they tell y e shalt thou do so that thou turne not asyde from y e same nether to the righte hande ner to the lefts And yf eny man deale presumptuously so that he herkeneth not vnto the prest which stondeth to do seruyce vnto the LORDE thy God or to the Iudge the same shal dye and thou shalt put awaye the euell from Israel that all y e people maye heare and feare and be nomore presumptuous Whan thou art come in to y e londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue the takest it in possession and dwellest therin and shalt saie I wil set a kinge ouer me as all the nacions haue aboute me thē shalt thou set him to be kynge ouer the whom the LORDE thy God shal chose One of thy brethren shalt thou sett to be kynge ouer the. Thou mayest not set a straūger ouer the which is not thy brother Onely let him not haue many horses y t he brynge not y e people againe in to Egipte thorow y e multitude of horses for as moch as y e LORDE hath sayde vnto you that from hence forth ye shulde come nomore this waye agayne He shall not haue many wynes also that his hert be not turned awaye Nether shal he gather him syluer and golde to moch And whan he is set vpon the seate of his kingdome he shal take of the prestes the Leuites this seconde lawe and cause it be wrytten in a boke and that shall he haue by him and he shall rede therin all the dayes of his life that he maye lerne to feare y e LORDE his God to kepe all the wordes of this lawe all these ordinaūces so that he do therafter He shall not lifte vp his herte aboue his brethren and shall not turne asyde from the commaundement nether to the right hāde ner to the lefte that he maye prolōge his dayes in his kyngdome he and his children in Israel The XVIII Chapter THe prestes the Leuites all the trybe of Leui shal haue no parte ner enheritaunce w t Israel The offerynges of y e LORDE his enheritaunce shal they eate Therfore shal they haue no inheritaunce amonge their brethren because the LORDE is their enheritaūce as he hath saide vnto thē This shal be y e prestes dutye of the people of thē that offre whether it be oxe or shepe so that they geue vnto the prest the shulder and both the chekes and the brest And the first frutes of thy corne of thy wyne and of thy oyle and the first of thy shepe sheringe For the LORDE thy God hath chosen him out of all thy trybes to stonde and mynyster in the name of the LORDE he and his sonnes all the dayes of their life Yf a Leuite come out of eny of thy gates or out of eny place of all Israel where he is a gest and cōmeth with all the desyre of his soule vnto the place which the LORDE hath chosen to mynister in the name of the LORDE his God like as all his brethren y e Leuites which stonde there before the LORDE thē shal he haue like porcion of meate with the other besydes that which he hath of the solde good of his fathers Whan thou commest in to y e londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue y e thou shalt not lerne to do y e abhominacions of these nacions that there be not founde amonge you y t maketh his sonne or doughter
he had made mencion of the Arke of God he fell downe bacwarde from the seate by the gate and brake his neck and dyed for he was olde an heuy man He iudged Israel fortie yeares The wife of his sonne Phineas was w t childe shulde shortly be delyuered whan she herde the tydinges y t the Arke of God was taken and y t hir brother in lawe and hir huszbāde were deed she bowed hir selfe and trauayled for hir payne came vpon her And whan she was now at the poynte of death the wemen that stode by her sayde Feare not thou hast a yōge sonne But she gaue no answere nether regarded it and she called the childe Icabod and sayde The glory is gone from Israel because the Arke of God was taken awaye and hir brother in lawe and hir huszbande And she sayde morouer The glory is gone from Israel for the Arke of God is takē awaye The V. Chapter AS for the Arke of God the Philistynes toke it and broughte it from the stone of helpe vnto Aszdod in to the house of Dagon and set it besyde Dagon And whan they of Aszdod rose vp early on the morowe they founde Dagon lyenge on his face vpon the earth before the Arke of the LORDE But they toke vp Dagon and set him agayne in his place Neuertheles whan they rose vp early on the nexte morowe they founde Dagon lyenge on his face agayne vpon the earth before the Arke of the LORDE but his heade and both his hādes hewen of vpon the threszholde so that the block laie there onely Therfore the prestes of Dagon and all they that go in to his house treade not vpō the threszsholde of Dagon at Aszdod vnto this daye But the hande of the LORDE was heuy vpon them of Aszdod and destroyed them and smote Aszdod and all the borders therof in secrete places Whan the men of Aszdod sawe that they were so plaged they sayde Let not the Arke of the God of Israel tary with vs for his hande is to harde vpō vs vpon o r god Dagon And they sent forth and gathered all the prynces of the Philistynes vnto them and sayde What shal we do with the Arke of the God of Israel Then answered they of Geth Let the Arke of the God of Israel be borne aboute And they caried the Arke of the God of Israel rounde aboute But whā they bare it aboute there was a very greate rumoure in the cite thorow the hande of the LORDE and smote the people of the cite from the smallest vnto the greatest and destroyed them in the secrete places Then sent they the Arke of the LORDE vnto Ekron But whā the Arke of the LORDE came vnto Ekron they of Ekron cried They haue caried the Arke of God aboute vnto me to slaye me and my people Then sente they forth and gathered all y e prynces of the Philistynes together and sayde Sende awaye the Arke of the God of Israel agayne vnto hir place that it slaye not me my people for there is a very greate rumoure with the deed in all the cite and the hande of God is there And the people that dyed not were smytten in secrete places so that the noyse of the cite wēte vp vnto heauen The VI. Chapter THus was the Arke of the LORDE in the londe of the Philistynes seuen monethes And the Philistynes called their prestes and soythsayers and sayde What shal we do with the Arke of the LORDE Shewe vs wher with shal we sende it vnto hir place They sayde Yf ye wyll sende awaye the Arke of the God of Israel sende it not awaye emptye but geue a trespace offerynge so shal ye be made whole and ye shal knowe why his hande departeth not from you They sayde What is the trespace offeringe that we shall geue him They answered Fyue hynder partes of golde and fyue golden myce acordinge to the nombre of the fyue prynces of y e Philistynes For there hath bene one maner of plage vpon you all and vpon youre prynces Therfore must ye make youre hynder partes of one faszshion and youre myce which haue destroyed youre londe that ye maye geue the God of Israel the honoure peraduenture his hāde shal be the lighter vpon you and vpon youre God and vpon youre londe Why harden ye youre hert as the Egipcians and Pharao hardened their hert Whan he shewed him selfe vpon them dyd not they let them departe to go their waye Go to now therfore and make a new cart and take two mylke kyne vpon y e which there neuer came yock and yocke them to y e cart and let their calues tary behynde them at home and take ye the Arke of the LORDE and laye it vpon the cart and the Iewels of golde that ye geue him for a trespace offeringe put in a coffer beside it sende it awaye and let it go And loke well yf it go the waie of hir awne coaste Beth Semes thē hath he done vs all this greate euell Yf no then shal ye knowe that his hande hath not touched vs but y t it is happened vnto vs by chaūce The men dyd so and toke two yonge mylke kyne and yocked them to a cart and helde their calues at home and layed the Arke of the LORDE vpon the cart and the coffer with the golden myce and with the ymages of their disease And the kyne wente straight waye vnto Beth Semes vpon one hye strete and wente on blearynge and turned nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte And the prynces of the Philistynes wente after them vnto y e coast of Beth Semes The Beth Samites were euen reapynge downe their wheate haruest in the valley and lyfte vp their eyes and sawe the Arke and reioysed to se it The cart came in to the felde of Iosua the Beth Semite and there it stode styll And there was a greate stone and they claue the tymber of the cart and offred the kyne vnto the LORDE for a burnt-offerynge But the Leuites toke downe the Arke of the LORDE and the coffer that was by it wherin the Iewels of golde were and set thē vpon the greate stone The men of Beth Semes offred burnt offerynges and other offerynges also vnto the LORDE the same daye And whan the fyue prynces of the Philistynes had sene it they departed agayne the same daye towarde Ekron These are the golden diseases that the Philistynes offred for a trespace offerynge vnto the LORDE Aszdod one Gasa one Ascalon one Gath one and Ekron one and golden myce acordynge to the nombre of all the cities of the Philistynes amonge the fyue prynces from the walled cite vnto the vyllage and vnto the greate playne felde whervpon they set the Arke of the LORDE which was vnto this daye vpon the felde of Iosua the Beth Semite And certaine of Beth Same 's were slaine because they had sene y e Arke of the LORDE and he slewe fyftye thousande and seuentye
Edomites agaynst the kynge of Zoba agaynst y e Philistynes and whither so euer he turned him he gat y e victory And he made an hoost and smote y e Amalechites and delyuered Israel from the hande of all those that spoyled them Saul had these sonnes Ionathas Isui and Malchisua And these were y e names of his two doughters the firstborne Merob y e yōgest Michol And Sauls wife was called Ahinoam the doughter of Ahimaas And his chefe captaynes name was Abner the sonne of Ner Sauls vncle Cis was y e father of Saul But Ner y e father of Abner was the sonne of Abiel There was a mightie sore warre against the Philistynes as lōge as Saul lyued And where Saul sawe a man that was stronge and mete for y e warre he toke him to him The XV. Chapter SAmuel sayde vnto Saul The LORDE sent me to anoynte the for to be kynge ouer his people of Israel heare now therfore the voyce of the wordes of the LORDE Thus sayeth y e LORDE Zebaoth I haue remembred what Amaleck dyd vnto Israel how he layed wayte for him in y e waye whan he wente out of Egipte Go y e waye now therfore and smyte the Amalechites damne them with all that they haue spare him not but slaye both man and woman children sucklynges oxen shepe Camels and asses Saul commaunded the people the same and nombred them at Talaim two hūdreth thousande fote men ten thousande men of Iuda And whan Saul came to the cite of the Amalechites he set an hynder watch by the ryuer and sayde vnto y e Kenites Get you hence departe and go downe from y e Amalechites y t I smyte you not with them for ye shewed mercy vnto all the children of Israel whā they departed out of Egipte So the Kenites gat them awaye from amonge the Amalechites Then smote Saul the Amalechites from Heuila vnto Sur which lyeth ouer against Egipte toke Agag the kynge of y e Amalechites alyue damned all y e people w t the edge of the swerde Neuertheles Saul and the people spared Agag and the shepe and oxen y t were good and fat and the lambes and all that was good and wolde not damne thē but loke what was foule and nothinge worth that they damned Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto Samuel and sayde It repenteth me that I made Saul kynge for he hath turned him selfe backe fro me and not cōfirmed my wordes Therfore was Samuel angrye cried vnto the LORDE all that nighte And Samuel gat him vp early that he might mete Saul in y e mornynge And it was tolde him that Saul was come vnto Carmel had set him vp a piler and was gone aboute and come downe to Gilgall Now whā Samuel came to Saul Saul sayde vnto him Blessed be thou vnto y e LORDE I haue perfourmed the worde of y e LORDE Samuel answered What crye is this then of shepe in myne eares and the crye of oxen which I heare Saul sayde They haue broughte them from the Amalechites for the people spared the best shepe oxen for the offerynge of y e LORDE thy God the other haue we damned Neuertheles Samuel answered Saul Let me tell the what y e LORDE hath sayde vnto me this nighte He sayde Saye on Samuel sayde Whan thou wast but small in thine awne eyes wast thou not y e heade amōge the trybes of Israel the LORDE anoynted the to be kynge ouer Israel and y e LORDE sent y t in to the waye sayde Go y e waie damne the synners the Amalechites and fighte agaynst them tyll thou haue vtterly destroyed thē Wherfore hast thou not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE but hast turned thy selfe to the spoyle and done euell in the sighte of the LORDE Saul answered Samuel Yee I haue herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE haue gone the waye that y e LORDE sent me and broughte Agag the kynge of the Amalechites damned the Amalechites but y e people haue takē of the spoyle shepe oxen and y e best amōge the damned to offer vnto y e LORDE thy God in Gilgall Samuel saide Hath the LORDE pleasure in sacrifices and burnt offerynges as in obeynge the voyce of the LORDE Beholde obedience is better then offerynge and to herken is better then the fat of rammes For disobedience is as y e synne of witchcrafte and rebellion is as the blasphemy of Idolatrye In so moch now as thou hast refused the worde of the LORDE he hath refused the also that thou shuldest not be kynge Then sayde Saul vnto Samuel I haue synned y t I haue transgressed the commaundement of the LORDE and thy worde for I was afrayed of the people and herkened vnto their voyce And now forgeue me my synne returne with me that I maye worshippe y e LORDE Samuel saide vnto Saul I wil not turne backe with y e for thou hast refused the worde of the LORDE and the LORDE hath refused the also y t thou shuldest not be kynge in Israel And whan Samuel turned him backe to go his waye he gat him by y e edge of his garment rēte it Then sayde Samuel vnto him The LORDE hath rente the kyngdome of Israel from y e this daye geuen it vnto y e neghbo r which is better then thou The ouer wynner in Israel also shal not lye nether shal he repente for he is no man that he shulde repente He sayde I haue synned yet honoure me now before the Elders of my people and before Israel and turne backe with me that I maye worshippe the LORDE thy God So Samuel turned agayne after Saul that Saul mighte worshippe the LORDE But Samuel sayde Bringe me hither Agag the kynge of the Amalechites And Agag wente vnto him tēderly And Agag saide Thus departeth the bytternesse of death Samuel sayde Like as thy swerde hath made wemen childlesse so shal y e mother also be with out children amonge wemen So Samuel hewed Agag in peces before y e LORDE in Gilgall And Samuel departed vnto Ramath But Saul wente vp to his house at Gibea Saul And Samuel sawe Saul nomore vnto the daye of his death Neuertheles Samuel mourned for Saul because it repented the LORDE that he had made Saul kynge ouer Israel The XVI Chapter ANd y e LORDE sayde vnto Samuel How longe mournest thou for Saul whom I haue refused that he shulde not be kynge ouer Israel Fyll thine horne with oyle go thy waye I wyll sende the to Isai the Bethleemite for amonge his sonnes haue I prouyded me a kynge But Samuel sayde How shal I go Saul shal perceaue it and shal slaye me The LORDE sayde Take the a calfe from the droue saye I am come to do sacrifice vnto y e LORDE And thou shalt call Isai to y e sacrifice so shall I tell the what thou shalt do that thou
and fled And whyle she made haist and fled he fell and was lame And his name was Mephiboseth Then wente the sonnes of Rimon y e Berothite Rehob Baena came to the house of Iszboseth in the heate of the daye he laye vpoÌ„ his bed at the noone daie And they came in to the house to fetch wheate thrust him in the bely gat them awaye For whaÌ„ they came in to y e house he laye vpoÌ„ his bed in his chamber they stickte him to death smote of his heade and toke his heade and departed by the waye of the playne felde all that nighte and broughte the heade of Isboseth to Dauid vnto Hebron and sayde vnto the kynge Beholde there is the heade of Iszboseth the sonne of Saul thine enemye which layed wayte for thy soule This daye hath the LORDE auenged my lorde the kynge of Saul and his sede Then answered Dauid vnto Rehob and Baena his brother y e sonnes of Rimon y e Berothite sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth which hath deliuered my soule out of all trouble I toke him y t brought me worde and sayde Saul is deed and he thoughte he had bene a good messaunger and at Siclag I put him to death vnto whom I shulde haue geuen a rewarde for his message And these vngodly personnes haue slayne a righteous man in his owne house vpon his bed Yee shulde not I requyre his bloude of youre handes and take you awaye from y e earth And Dauid commaunded his yonge men which slewe them and smote of their handes and fete and hanged them vp by y e pole at Hebron But the heade of Iszboseth toke they and buried it in Abners graue at Hebron The V. Chapter ANd all the trybes of Israel came to Dauid vnto Hebron and sayde Beholde we are thy bone and thy flesh And afore tyme whaÌ„ Saul was kynge ouer vs thou leddest Israel out and in So the LORDE hath sayde Thou shalt kepe my people of Israel and shalt be the duke ouer Israel And all the Elders in Israel came to y e kynge vnto Hebron And kynge Dauid made a couenaunt with them at Hebron before y e LORDE And they anoynted Dauid to be kynge ouer Israel Thyrtie yeare olde was Dauid whan he was made kynge and reigned fortye yeares At Hebron raigned he seueÌ„ yeares and sixe monethes ouer Iuda but at Ierusalem he reigned thre and thirtie yeares ouer all Israel and Iuda And the kynge wente with his men to Ierusalem agaynst the Iebusites which dwelt in the londe Neuertheles they sayde vnto Dauid Thou shalt not come hither but the blynde and lame shal dryue y t awaie They thoughte planely that Dauid shulde not come in Howbeit Dauid wanne the castell of Sion which is the cite of Dauid Then sayde Dauid the same daye Who so euer smyteth the Iebusites and optayneth the perquellies the lame the blynde which Iebusites Dauids soule hateth Herof coÌ„meth the prouerbe Let no blynde neâ—â—ame come in to the house So Dauid dwelt in y e castell and called it the cite of Dauid And Dauid builded rouÌ„de aboute fro Millo and within And Dauid grewe the LORDE the God Zebaoth was with him And Hiram the kynge of Tyre sent messaungers vn to Dauid and Ceder trees for walles and Carpenters and Masons to builde Dauid an house And Dauid knewe that the LORDE had confyrmed him kynge ouer Israel and exalted his kingdome for his people of Israels sake And Dauid toke yet mo wyues and concubynes at Ierusalem after he was come from Hebron and there were yet mo sonnes doughters borne vnto him And these are the names of them that were borne vnto him at Ierusalem Samma Sobab Nathan Salomon Iebehar Elisua Nepheg Iaphia Elisama Eliada Eliphalet And whan the Philistines herde that Dauid was anoynted kinge ouer Israel they weÌ„te vp all to seke Dauid Whan Dauid perceaued that he weÌ„te downe in to a castell But the Philistynas came and scatered them selues beneth in the valley of Rephaim And Dauid axed at the LORDE and sayde Shal I go vp agaynst the Philistynes and wylt thou delyuer them in to my hande The LORDE sayde vnto Dauid Go vp I wyll delyuer the Philistynes in to thy hande And Dauid came vnto Baal Prazim and smote theÌ„ there and sayde The LORDE hath deuyded myne enemies euen as the waters parte asunder therfore is the same place called Baal Prazim And they lefte their ymages there but Dauid and his men caried theÌ„ awaye Neuerthelesse the Philistynes wente vp agayne and scatered them selues beneth in the valley of Rephaim And Dauid axed at the LORDE The LORDE sayde Thou shalt go vp but compase them behinde that thou mayest be vpon them ouer agaynst the Peertrees and whan thou hearest vpon the toppe of the Peertrees the sounde of the goinge be bolde for then is the LORDE gone forth before the to smyte the hoost of the Philistines Dauid dyd as the LORDE commaunded him and smote the Philistynes from Geba tyll thou commest vnto Gaser The VI. Chapter ANd Dauid gathered agayne all the yonge chosen men in Israel euen thre thousande and gat him vp and wente with all the people that was with him of the 〈◊〉 of Iuda to fetch vp the Arke of God from thence whose name is The name of the LORDE Zebaoth dwelleth theron betwene the Cherubins And they caused the arke of God to be caried vpoÌ„ a new cart and fetched it out of y e house of Abinadab which dwelt at Gibea Vsa and Ahio the sonnes of Abinadab droue y e new cart And whan they broughte it with the Arke from the house of Abinadab which dwelt at Gibea Ahio wente before the Arke and Dauid and all the house of Israel played before the LORDE with all maner of instrumentes of Pine tre with harpes and Psalteries and tabrettes and belles and Cymbals And whan they came to the barne floore of Nahon Vsa stretched out his hande and helde the Arke of God for the oxen weÌ„te out asyde Then waxed the wrath of the LORDE fearce agaynst Vsa and God smote him there because of his presumpcioÌ„ so thâ—â— he dyed there besyde the Arke of God Thâ—â— was Dauid sory because the LORDE had made soch a rente vpon Vsa and he called the same place Perez Vsa vnto this daye And Dauid feared the LORDE the same daie and sayde How shall the Arke of the LORDE come vnto me And he wolde not let it be broughte to him in to the cite of Dauid but caused it be brought in to y e house of Obed Edom the Gathite And whan the Arke of the LORDE had contynued thre monethes in the house of Obed Edom the Gathite the LORDE blessed him and all his house And it was tolde kynge Dauid that the LORDE had blessed the house of Obed EdoÌ„ and all that he had because of the Arke of God Then wente he
after her And she had a partye garment on for soch garmentes wayre y e kynges doughters whyle they were virgins And whā his seruaunt had put hir forth lockte the dore after her Thamar strowed aszshes vpon hir heade and rente the partye garment which she had vpon her and layed hir hande vpon hir heade and wente on and cryed And hir brother Absalom sayde vnto her Hath thy brother Ammon bene with the Now holde thy peace my sister it is thy brother and take not the matter so to hert So Thamar remayned a wyddowe in brother Absaloms house And whan kynge Dauid herde of all this he was very sory As for Absalom he spake nether euell ner good to Ammon but Absalom hated Ammon because he had forced his sister Thamar After two yeares had Absalom shepe clyppers at Baal Hazor which lyeth by Ephraim And Absalom called all the kynges children and came to the kynge and sayde Beholde thy seruaunt hath shepe clyppers let it please y e kynge with his seruauntes to go with his seruaunte But the kynge sayde vnto Absalom No my sonne let vs not all go lest we be to chargeable vnto the. And he wolde nedes haue had him to go howbeit he wolde not but blessed him Absalom sayde Shall my brother Ammon go with vs then The kynge sayde vnto him Wherfore shall he go with the Then was Absalom so importune vpon him that he let Ammon and all the kynges childrē go with him But Absalom commaunded his yonge men and sayde Take hede whan Ammon is mery with wyne and I saye vnto you Smyte Ammon and slaye him that ye be not afrayed for I haue commaunded you be stronge and playe the men So Absaloms yonge men dyd vnto Ammon as Absalom had commaunded them Then stode all the kynges children vp and euery one gat him vp vpō his Mule and fled And whyle they were yet on their waye the rumoure came to kynge Dauid that Absalom had slayne all the kynges children so that not one of them was lefte Then stode the kynge vp and rente his clothes layed him downe vpon the earth and all his seruaūtes that stode aboute him rente their clothes Then answered Ionadab y e sonne of Simea Dauids brother and sayde Let not my lorde thynke that all the yonge men the kynges children are deed but y t Ammon is deed onely for Absalom hath kepte it in him selfe sence the daie that he forced his sister Thamar Therfore let not my lorde the kynge take it so to hert that all the kynges children shulde be deed but that Ammon is deed onely As for Absalom he fled And the yonge man that kepte the watch lifte vp his eyes and loked and beholde A greate people came in the waye one after another by the hill syde Then sayde Ionadab vnto the kynge Beholde the kynges children come Euen as thy seruaunt sayde so is it happened And whan he had ended his talkynge the kynges children came and lifte vp their voyce and wepte The kynge and all his seruauntes wepte also very sore But Absalom fled and wente vnto Thalmai the sonne of Ammihud kynge of Gesur As for Dauid he mourned for his sonne euery daye Whan Absalom was fled and gone vnto Gesur he was there thre yeare And kynge Dauid ceassed from goinge out agaynst Absalom for he had comforted him selfe ouer Ammon that he was deed The XIIII Chapter IOab the sonne of Ieru Ia perceaued y t the kynges hert was agaynst Absalom and sent vnto Thecoa and caused to fetch from thence a prudent woman and saide vnto her Make lamētacion and weere mournynge garmentes anoynte the not with oyle but fayne thy selfe as a woman which hath mourned longe ouer a deed and thou shalt go in to the kynge and speake so so vnto him And Ioab tolde her what she shulde saye And whan the woman of Thecoa wolde speake with the kynge she fell vpon hir face to the grounde and worshipped and sayde Helpe me O kynge The kynge sayde vnto her What ayleth the She sayde I am a wedowe a woman that mourneth and my huszbāde is deed And thy handmayde had two sonnes which stroue together in the felde and whyle there was noman to parte thē a sunder the one smote the other and slewe him And beholde all the whole kynred ryseth vp agaynst thy handmayden and saye Delyuer him which hath smytten his brother that we maye kyll him for the soule of his brother whom he hath slayne and that we maye destroye the heyre also And thus are they mynded to put out my sparke which yet is lefte that there shulde no name ner eny thinge els remayne ouer vnto my huszbāde vpon earth The kynge sayde vnto the woman Go y e waye home I wil geue a cōmaundemēt for ye. And the woman of Thecoa saide vnto y e kynge The trespace be vpon me my lorde y e kynge and vpon my fathers house but the kynge and his seate be vngiltye The kynge sayde He that speaketh agaynst the brynge him vnto me so shall he touch the nomore She sayde Let the kynge thynke vpon the LORDE his God that there be not to many auengers of bloude to destroye and that they brynge not my sonne to naught He sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth there shall not one heer of thy sonne fall vpon the earth And the woman sayde Let thy handmayde speake somwhat to my lorde the kynge He sayde speake on The woman sayde Wherfore hast thou deuised soch a thinge agaynst the people of God And how happeneth it that the kynge speaketh soch to make himselfe giltie and causeth not his outlawe to be broughte agayne For we all dye the death and as the water that sinketh in to the earth which is not taken vp And God will not take awaye the lyfe but vnbethynketh himselfe y t euen the very outlawe be not cleane thrust out from him Thus am I come also to speake this to my lorde the kynge in the presence of the people for thy handmayden thoughte I wyll speake to the kynge peraduenture he shall do that his handmayden sayeth for he shall heare his handmayden to delyuer me from the hande of all them that wolde destroye me with my sonne from the enheritaunce of God And thy handmayden thoughte y e worde of my lorde the kynge shall be as a meat offerynge for my lorde the kinge is as an angell of God so that he can heare good and euell therfore shall the LORDE thy God be with the. The kynge answered and sayde vnto the woman Kepe nothynge fro me that I axe the. The woman sayde Let my lorde the kinge speake on The kynge sayde Is not the hande of Ioab with the in all this The woman answered and sayde As truly as thy soule lyueth my lorde O kynge there is els noman nether at the righte hande ner at y e lefte but euen as my LORDE the kynge hath sayde for thy seruaunt Ioab hath commaunded
tolde the kynge whaÌ„ he sayde Tomorow aboute this tyme shall two buszshels of barlye be solde for one Sycle and a buszshel of fyne meel for one Sycle vnder the gate at Samaria And the knyghte answered the man of God and sayde Beholde though y e LORDE made wyndowes in heauen how coulde soch a thinge come to passe Neuertheles he sayde Beholde with thine eyes shalt thou se it and shalt not â—â—te therof And euen so fortuned it vnto him for the people trode vpon him in the gate y t he dyed The VIII Chapter ELiseus spake vnto the womaÌ„ whose sonne he had restored vnto life againe and sayde Get the vp go with thine housholde and be a straunger where thou canst for the LORDE shall call for a derth which shal come in to the londe seuen yeare loÌ„ge The woman gat her vp and dyd as the man of God sayde wente with hiâ— housholde and was a straunger in the londe of the Philistynes seuen yeare But whan the seuen yeares were ended the woman came agayne out of the Philistynes loÌ„de and wente forth to crye vpon the kynge for hir house and londe The kynge spake vnto Gehasi the seruaunt of the man of God sayde Tell me all the greate actes that Eliseus hath done And whyle he was tellynge the kynge how he had made one that was deed to lyue agayne beholde the woman whose sonne he had caused to reuyue came euen in the meane season and cried vnto the kynge for hir house and londe Then sayde Gehasi My lorde O kynge this same is the womaÌ„ and this is hir sonne whom Eliseus restored vnto life agayne And the kynge axed y e woman and she tolde him Then the kynge delyuered her a chamberlayne saide Restore her agayne all that is hirs and all the increase of the londe sence the tyme that she lefte the londe vntyll now And Eliseus came to Damascon Benadab the kynge of Syria laye sicke And it was tolde him and sayde The man of God is come hither Then sayde the kynge vnto Hasael Take giftes with the go mete the man of God and axe councell at y e LORDE by him and saye Maye I recouer from this sicknesse Hasael wente for to mete him and toke rewardes with him and of all the goodes at DamascoÌ„ as moch as fortye Camels mighte beare And whan he came he stode before him and sayde Thy sonne Benadab the kynge of Syria hath sent me vnto the sayenge Maye I recouer from this sicknes Eliseus sayde vnto him Go y i waye and tell him Thou shalt recouer But the LORDE hath shewed me y t he shal dye y e death And the man of God loked earnestly made a troublous countenaunce wepte TheÌ„ sayde Hasael Wherfore wepeth my lorde He sayde I knowe what euell thou shalt do vn to the children of Israel Thou shalt burne their stronge cities with fyre and slaye their yonge men with the swerde and kyll their yonge children and ryppe vp their wemen with childe Hasael sayde How so is thy seruaunt a dogg that he shulde do soch a greate thynge Eliseus saide The LORDE hath shewed me y t thou shalt be kynge of Syria And he weÌ„te his waye from Eliseus came to his lorde which saide vnto him What saieth Eliseus vnto the He sayde He tolde me Thou shalt recouer But on the nexte daye he toke y e bed couerynge and dypte it in water and spred it ouer him and he dyed Hasael was kynge in his steade In the fyfth yeare of Ioram the sonne of Achab kynge of Israel was Ioram y e sonne of Iosaphat kynge of Iuda Two thirtie yeare olde was he whaÌ„ he was made kynge reigned eighte yeare at Ierusalem walked in the waye of the kynges of Israel as the house of Achab dyd for Achabs doughter was his wife he dyd y t which was euell in y e sighte of the LORDE Neuertheles the LORDE wolde not destroye Iuda for his seruaunt Dauids sake as he promysed him to geue him euer a lanterne amoÌ„ge his childreÌ„ * At y e same tyme fell y e Edomites awaye from Iuda made a kynge ouer them selues y e cause was this Ioram had gone thorow Seira and all the charettes with him had gotten him vp by nighte and smytten the Edomites that were aboute him and y e rulers ouer the charettes so that the people fled vnto their tentes therfore fell the Edomites awaye from Iuda vnto this daye At the same tyme fell Libna awaye also What more there is to saye of Ioram all y t he dyd heholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And Ioram fell on slepe with his fathers was buried w t his fathers in y e cite of Dauid Ochosias his sonne was kynge in his steade In the twolueth yeare of Ioram the sonne of Achab kynge of Israel was Ochosias y e sonne of Ioram kynge in Iuda Two and twentye yeare olde was Ochosias whan he was made kynge and reigned one yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Atalia the doughter of Amri kynge of Israel he walked in the waye of the house of Achab dyd that which was euell in the syght of y e LORDE euen as dyd the house of Achab for he was sonne in lawe in the house of Achab. And he wente with Ioram the sonne of Achab in to the battayll agaynst Hasael y e kinge of Syria vnto Ramoth in Gilead but y e Syrians smote Ioram Then Ioram the kinge turned backe to be healed at Iesreel of y e woundes wherwith the Syrians had wounded him at Ramoth whaÌ„ he foughte with Hasael kinge of Syria And Ochosyas y e sonne of IoraÌ„ kinge of Iuda came downe to viset Ioram the sonne of Achab at Iesreel for he laye sicke The IX Chapter ELiseus the prophet called one of the prophetes childreÌ„ sayde vnto him Girde vp y e loynes and take this cruse of oyle with the and go vnto Ramoth in Gilead and whaÌ„ thou coÌ„mest thither thou shalt se there one Iehu y e sonne of Iosaphat the sonne of Nimsi and go in and byd him stonde vp amonge his brethren and brynge him in to the ynmost chamber take thou y e cruse of oyle and poure it vpon his heade saye Thus sayeth the LORDE I haue anointed the to be kynge ouer Israel thou shalt open the dore and flye and not tary And the prophetes yonge man the childe wente his waye vnto Ramoth in Gilead And whan he came in beholde the captaynes of the hoost sat there and he sayde I haue somwhat to saye vnto the O captayne Iehu saide Vnto whom amonge vs all He sayde Euen vnto the o captayne Then stode he vp and wente in So he poured the oyle vpon his heade and sayde vnto him· Thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel I haue anoynted y t to be kynge ouer the LORDES people of
Be not haistely angrie in y e mynde for wrath resteth in the bosome of a foole Saye not thou What is the cause that y e dayes of y e olde tyme were better then they y t be now ▪ for that were no wyse question Wyszdome is better then riches yee moch more worth then the eye sight For wyszdome defendeth as well as moneye and the excellent knowlege and wyszdome geueth life vnto him that hath it in possession Considre the worke of God how that no man can make the thinge straight which he maketh croked Vse well the tyme of prosperite and remembre the tyme of mysfortune for God maketh the one by the other so that a man can fynde nothinge els These ij thīges also haue I cōsidred in y e tyme of vanite y t the iust man perisheth for his rightuousnes sake the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse Therfore be thou nether to rightuous ner ouer wyse y t thou perish not be nether to vnrightuous also ner to foolish lest thou die before thy tyme. It is good for the to take holde of this not to let y t go out of thy hande For he y t feareth God shal escape them all Wyszdome geueth more corage vnto the wyse then ten mightie men of the citie for there is not one iust vpō earth y t doth good sinneth not Take not hede vnto euery worde y t is spoken lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse the for thine owne hert knoweth that thou thy self also hast oft tymes spokē euell by other men All these thinges haue I proued because of wyszdome for I thought to be wyse but she wente farther fro me then she was before yee so depe that I might not reach vnto her I applied my mynde also vnto knowlege and to seke out sciēce wisdome and vnderstondinge to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly and the erroure of dotinge fooles And I founde that a woman is bytterer then death for she is a very angle hir hert is a nett and hir handes are cheynes Who so pleaseth God shal escape from her but the synne◠will be taken w t her Beholde sayeth y e preacher this haue I diligently searched out proued y t I might come by knowlege which as yet I seke and fynde it not Amonge a thousande men I haue founde one but not one woman amonge all Lo this onely haue I founde that God made man iust right but they seke dyuerse sotylties where as no man hath wyszdome vnderstōdinge to geue answere there vnto The VIII Chapter WYszdome maketh a mās face to shyne but malice putteth it out of fauoure Kepe the kynges commaundemēt I warne the the ooth y t thou hast made vnto God Be not haistie to go out of his sight se thou cōtynue in no euell thinge for what so euer it pleaseth him y t doeth he Like as when a kynge geueth a charge his commaundement is mightie Euen so who maye saye vnto him what doest thou Who so kepeth the commaundement shall fele no harme but a wyse mans herte discerneth tyme and maner For euery thinge wil haue opportunite and iudgment and this is the thinge that maketh men full of carefulnes sorowe And why a man knoweth not what is for to come for who wyll tell him Nether is there eny mā y t hath power ouer y e sprete to kepe stil y e sprete ner to haue eny power in the tyme of death It is not he also that can make an ende of the batayll nether maye vngodlynes delyuer him y t medleth withall All these thinges haue I considered and applied my mynde vnto euery worke that is vnder the Sonne how one man hath lordshipe vpon another to his owne harme For I haue oft sene y e vngodly brought to their graues and fallen downe from the hye and glorious place in so moch y t they were forgotten in the cite where they were had in so hye greate reputacion This is also a vayne thinge Because now that euell workes are not haistely punyshed the hert of man geueth him self ouer vnto wickednesse But though an euell personne offende an hundreth tymes and haue a longe life yet am I sure that it shal go well with thē that feare God because they haue him before their eyes Agayne as for the vngodly it shall not be well with him nether shal he prolōge his dayes but euen as a shadowe so shall he be that feareth not God Yet is there a vanite vpon earth There be iust men vnto whom it happeneth as though they had the workes of the vngodly Agayne there be vngodly with whom it goeth as though they had the workes of y e rightuous This me thinke also a vaine thinge Therfore I commende gladnesse because a man hath no better thinge vnder the Sonne then to eate and drynke and to be mery for that shal he haue of his laboure all the daies of his life which God geueth him vnder the Sonne When I applied my mynde to lerne wyszdome and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde and that of soch a fashion y t I suffred not myne eyes to slepe nether daye ner night I vnderstode of all y e workes of God that it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto y e workes that are done vnder y e Sonne and though he bestowe his laboure to seke them out yet can he not reach vnto thē yee though a wyse man wolde vndertake to knowe them yet might he not fynde them The IX Chapter FOr all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seke out The righteus and wyse yee and their workes also are in the hande of God and there is no man that knoweth ether the loue or hate of the thinge that he hath before him It happeneth vnto one as vnto another It goeth with the rightuous as with the vngodly with the good cleane as with the vncleane with him that offereth as with him that offereth not like as it goeth with the vertuous so goeth it also with the synner As it happeneth vnto the periured so happeneth it also vnto him that is afrayed to be man sworne Amonge all thinges y t come to passe vnder the Sonne this is a misery that it happeneth vnto all alyke This is the cause also that the hertes of men are full of wickednesse madd foolishnesse is in their hertes as longe as they lyue vntill they dye And why As longe as a man lyueth he is careles for a quyck dogg saye they is better thē a deed lion for they that be lyuynge knowe y t they shall dye but they y t be deed knowe nothinge nether deserue they eny more For their memoriall is forgottē so y t they be nether loued hated ner envyed nether haue they eny more parte in y e worlde in all y t is done vnder the Sonne Go thou y e waye then eate thy bred with
nothinge vpon vsury he taketh nothinge ouer he withdraweth his honde from doinge wronge he hādleth faith fully betwixte man man he walbeth in my commaundementes kepeth my lawes perfourmeth thē faithfully This is a rightuous mā he shal surely lyue saieth the LORDE God Yf he now get a sonne that is a murthurer a shedder of bloude yf he do one of these thinges though he do not all he eateth vpon the hilles he defyleth his neghbours wife he greueth the poore and nedy he robbeth and spoyleth he geueth not the detter his pledge agayne he lifteth vp his eyes vnto Idols medleth with abhominable thinges he lendeth vpon vsury and taketh more ouer Shal this man lyue He shal not lyue Seinge he hath done all these abhominacions he shall dye his bloude shal be vpon him Now yf this man get a sonne also that seith all this fathers synnes which he hath done and feareth nether doth soch like Namely he eateth not vpon the mountaynes he lifteth not his eyes vp to the Idols of Israel he defyleth not his neghbours wife he vexeth no man he kepeth no mans pledge he nether spoyleth ner robbeth eny man he dealeth his meate with the hungrie he clotheth the naked he oppresseth not the poore he receaueth no vsury ner eny thinge ouer he kepeth my lawes and walketh in my commaundementes This man shal not dye in his fathers synne but shall lyue without fayle As for his father because he oppressed and spoyled his brother and dyd wyckedly amonge his people lo he is deed in his owne synne And yet saye ye Wherfore thē shulde not this sonne beare his fathers synne Therfore because the sonne hath done equyte and right hath kepte all my commaundementes and done them therfore shall he lyue in dede The same soule y t synneth shall dye The sonne shal not beare the fathers offence nenether shal the father beare the sonnes offence The rightuousnes of the rightuous shall be vpon himself and the wickednes of the wicked shal be vpon himself also But yf y e vngodly will turne awaye from all his synnes that he hath done and kepe all my commaundemētes and do the thinge y t is equall right doutles he shal lyue and not dye As for all his synnes that he dyd before they shall not be thought vpon but in his rightuousnes that he hath done he shal lyue For haue I eny pleasure in the death of a synner saieth the LORDE God but rather that he conuerte and lyue Agayne yf the rightuous turne awaye from his rightuousnes and do iniquyte acordinge to all the abhominacions that y e wicked mā doth shal he lyue All the rightuousnes that he hath done shall not be thought vpō but in the fawte that he hath offended withall and in the synne that he hath done he shal dye And yet ye saye Tush the waye of y e LORDE is not indifferēt Heare therfore ye house of Israel Is not my waye right Or are not youre wayes rather wicked When a rightuous mā turneth awaye from his rightuousnesse and medleth with vngodlynes he must dye therin Yee for the vnrightuousnes that he hath done must he dye Agayne when the wicked man turneth awaye from his wickednesse that he hath done and doth the thinge which is equall and right he shal saue his soule alyue For in so moch as he remembreth himself and turneth him from all the vngodlynes that he hath vsed he shall lyue and not dye And yet saieth the house of Israel Tush the waye of the LORDE is not equall Are my wayes vnright o ye house of Israel Are not youre wayes rather vnequall As for me I wil iudge euery man acordinge to his wayes O ye house of Israel saieth the LORDE God Wherfore be conuerted and turne you clene from all youre wickednesse so shal there no synne do you harme Cast awaye frō you all youre vngodlynesse that ye haue done make you new hertes and a new sprete Wherfore wil ye dye O ye house of Israel seynge I haue no pleasure in y e death of him that dyeth saieth the LORDE God Turne you then and ye shal lyue The XIX Chapter BVt mourne thou for the prynces off Israel saye Wherfore laye thy mother that lyonesse amōge the lyons norished hir yonge ones amōge the lyons whelpes One of hir whelpes she brought vp it became a lyon it lerned to spoyle and to deuoure folke The Heithen herde of him toke him in their nettes brought him in chaynes vnto the londe of Egipte Now when the damme sawe that all hir hope comforth was awaye she toke another of hir whelpes and made a lyon of him which wente amonge the lyons became a fearce lyon lerned to spoyle and to deuoure folcke he destroyed their palaces and made their cities waist In so moch that the whole londe and euery thinge therin were vtterly desolate thorow the very voyce of his roaringe Then came the Heithen together on euery syde out of all countrees agaynst him layed their nettes for him and toke him in their pytte So they bounde him with chaynes and brought him to the kinge of Babilon which put him in preson that his voyce shulde nomore be herde vpon the mountaynes of Israel As for thy mother she is like a vyne in thy bloude planted by the water syde hir frutes and braunches are growen out of many waters hir stalkes were so stronge that men might haue made staues therof for officers she grew so hie in hir stalkes So when men sawe that she exceaded y e heith and multitude of hir braunches she was roted out in displeasure and cast downe to the grounde The East wynde dryed vp hir frute hir stronge stalkes were broken of wythered and brent in the fyre But now she is planted in the wildernesse in a drye and thurstie grounde And there is a fyre gone out of hir stalkes which hath brēt vp hir braunches and hir frute so that she hath no mo stronge stalkes to be staues for officers This is a piteous and miserable thinge The XX. Chapter IN in the xvij yeare the x daye of the v Moneth it happened that certayne of the elders of Israel came vnto me for to axe councell at the LORDE and sat them downe by me Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto me on this maner Thou sonne of man Speake to the elders of Israel and saye vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE God Are ye come hither to axe eny thinge at me As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE I will geue you no answere Wilt thou not reproue them thou sonne of man wilt thou not reproue them Shewe them the abhominacions of their forefathers tell thē Thus saieth the LORDE God In the daye when I chose Israel and lift vp myne honde vpon the sede of the house of Iacob shewed my self vnto them in the londe of Egipte Yee when I lifte
and more of their syluer they make them molten ymages like the Idols of the Heithen and yet all is nothinge but the worke of the craftesman Not withstōdinge they preach of the same who so wil kysse the calues offreth to men Therfore they shal be as the mornynge cloude and as the dew that early passeth awaye and like as dust that y e wynde taketh awaye from the floore and as smoke that goeth out of y e chymney I am the LORDE thy God which brought the out of the londe of Egipte that thou shuldest knowe no God but me only that thou shuldest haue no Sauioure but only me I toke diligent hede of the in the wildernesse that drye londe But when they were wel fedde and had ynough they waxed proude and forgat me Therfore will I be vnto them as a lyon and as a leoparde in y e waye to the Assirians I wil come vpon them as a she beer that is robbed of hir welpes and I wil breake that stubburne herte of theirs There wil I deuoure them as a lyon yee the wylde beastes shal teare them O Israel thou doest but destroye thy self In me only is thy helpe Where are thy kinges now that shulde helpe the in all thy cities Yee and thy iudges of whom thou saydest geue me a kinge and prynces well I gaue the a kinge in my wrath and in my displeasure will I take him from the agayne The wickednesse of Ephraim is bounde together his synne lieth hyd Therfore shall sorowes come vpon him as vpon a woman that traualeth An vndiscrete sonne is he for he considreth not that he shulde not haue bene able to haue endured in the tyme of his byrth had not I defended him from the graue and delyuered him from death O death I wil be thy death o hell I wil be thy stynge Yet can I se no comforth for when he is now the goodliest amonge the brethren the east wynde euen the wynde of the LORDE shal come downe from the wildernesse and drye vp his condytes and drynke vp his welles he shal spoyle the treasure of all pleasaunt vessels As for Samaria they shal be made waist why they are disobedient vnto their God They shal perish with the swearde their children shal be slayne and their women bygg with childe shal be rypte vp The XIIII Chapter TVrne the now o Israel vnto y e LORDE thy God for thou hast taken a greate fall thorow thy wickednesse Take these wordes with you when ye turne to the LORDE saye vnto him O forgeue vs all oure synnes receaue vs graciously then wil we offre y e bullockes of oure lyppes vnto the. Assur shal be no more oure helper nether will we ryde vpon horses eny more As for the workes of oure hondes we wil nomore call vpon them For it is thou that art oure God thou shewest euer mercy vnto the fatherlesse O yf they wolde do this I shulde heale their sores yee with all my herte wolde I loue them so y t my wrath shulde clene be turned awaye from them Yee I wolde be vnto Israel as the dewe and he shulde growe as y e lylie his rote shulde breake out as Libanus His braunches shulde sprede out abrode be as fayre as the olyue tre smel as Libanus They that dwel vnder his shadowe shulde come agayne growe vp as the corne florish as the vyne he shulde haue as good a name as the wyne of Libanus O Ephraim what haue I to do with Idols eny more I wil graciously heare him lede him forth I wil be vnto the as a grene Fyrre tre vpon me shalt thou fynde thy frute Who so is wyse shal vnderstonde this he y t is right enstructe wil regarde it For y e wayes of the LORDE are rightuous soch as be godly wil walke in them As for the wicked they wil stomble therin The ende of the prophet Oseas The Prophet Ioel. What Ioel conteyneth Chap. I. He sheweth Israel that all their glory and outwarde ceremonies shal be put downe and ceasse Chap. II. The plages are greate wherfore he wolde haue them to mourne yet yf they will amende they maye hope for grace Chap. III. How the people are brought agayne and their enemies punished The first Chapter THis is the worde of the LORDE that came vnto Ioel the sonne of Phatuel Heare o ye elders pōdre this wel all ye that dwell in the lōde yf euer there happened soch a thinge in youre dayes or in y e dayes of youre fathers Tell youre children of it let them shewe it vnto their children so they to certifie their posterite therof Loke what the caterpiller hath lefte y t hath the greshopper eaten vp what the greshopper lefte that hath the locuste eaten vp what the locuste hath lefte that hath the blastinge consumed Wake vp ye dronckardes wepe mourne all ye wyne suppers because of youre swete wyne for it shal be taken awaye from youre mouth Yee a mightie an innumerable people shall come vp in to my londe these haue teth like the teth of lyons chaftbones like the lyones ses They shal make my vinyarde waist they shal pyll of the barckes of my fygetrees strype them bare cast them awaye and make the braunches whyte Make y e mone as a virgin doth y t gyrdeth her selfe with sacke because of hir bryde grome For the meate drynkofferynge shal be taken awaye from the house of the LORDE the prestes y e LORDES ministers shal mourne The felde shal be waisted the londe shal be in a miserable case for the corne shal be destroyed the swete wyne shal come to confucion the oyle vtterly desolate The huszbōde men the wyne gardeners shal loke piteously make lamentacion for the wheate wyne barley because the haruest vpon the felde is so clene destroyed The grape gatherers shal make greate mone when the vynyarde fygetrees be so vtterly waisted Yee all the pomgarnettes palmtrees apletrees the other trees of the felde shall wyther awaye Thus the mery cheare of the children of men shal come to confucion Gyrde you make yo r mone o ye prestes mourne ye ministres of the aulter go youre waye in slepe in sack cloth o ye officers of my God for the meat drynkofferynge shal be taken awaye from the house of yo r God Proclame a fastynge call the cōgregacion gather the elders all the inhabiters of the londe together into the house of the LORDE yo r God crie vnto the LORDE alas alas for this daye And why the daye of the LORDE is at honde and commeth as a destroyer from the Allmightie Shal not y e meates be taken awaye before oure eyes the myrth also ioye from the house of oure God The sede shal perish in the grounde the garners shall lye waist the floores shal be
greate power shal they come and stonde fightinge with theÌ„ and shal waist the porcion of the londe of the Assirians And then shal the Dragons haue the vpper hande not remembringe their byrth and shal turne aboute swearinge together in greate power to persecute them But these shal be afrayed and kepe sylence at their power and shal fle and one out of the londe of the Assirians shal besege theÌ„ and consume one of theÌ„ and in their hoost shal be feare and drede and strife amonge their kynges Beholde cloudes from the east and from the north vnto the south and they are very horrible to loke vpon full of wrath and storme They shal smyte one vpon another and they shal smyte at y e greate starre vpon earth and their starre and the bloude shal be from the swerde vnto the bely and the smoke of maÌ„ vnto y e Camels lytter And there shal be greate fearfulnes and tremblinge vpoÌ„ earth and they that se the wrath shal be afrayed and a tremblinge shal come vpon them And then shal there come greate raynes from y e south and from the north and parte from the west and from the stormy wynde from the east and shal shutt them vp agayne the cloude which he raysed vp in wrath and the starre to cause feare towarde y e east and west wynde shal be destroyed the greate cloudes shal be lift vp and y e mightie cloudes full of wrath and the starre that they maye make all the earth afrayed and theÌ„ y t dwell therin and that they maye poure out ouer all places an horrible starre fyre and hâ—le and flyenge swerdes and many waters y t all feldes maye be full and all ryuers they shal breake downe the cities walles mountaynes hylles all trees wod and the grasse of the medowes and all their frute And they shal go stedfast vnto Babilon and mâ—ke her afrayed they shal come to her and besege her the starre and all wrath shal they poure out vpon her Then shal the dust and smoke go vp vnto the heauen and all they that be aboute her shal bewayle her and they that remayne vnder her shal do seruyce vnto them that haue put her in feare And thou Asia y t coÌ„fortest thyself also vpoÌ„ the hope of Babilon and art a worshipe of hir personne Wo be vnto the thou wretch because thou hast made thyself like vnto her hast decte y e daughters iÌ„ whoâ—dome that they might tryumphe and please thy louers which haue allwaye desyred to coÌ„mytte whordome w t the thou hast folowed the abhominable cite in all hir workes and invencions Therfore sayeth God I wyl sende plages vpon the wyddowhode pouerte hoÌ„ger warres and pestilence to waist thy houses with destruccion and death and the glory of thy power shal be dryed vp as a floure whan y e heate aryseth y t is sent ouer the. Thou shalt be sick as a poore wife that is plaged beateÌ„ of wemen so y t the mightie and louers shal not be able to receaue the. Wolde I so hatâ— the saieth the LORDE Yf thou haddest not allwaye slayne my chosen exaltinge the stroke of thy handes and sayde ouer their death whan thou wast dronkeÌ„ set forth the betwâ—â— of thy countenaunce The rewarde of thy whordome shal be recompensed the in thy bosome therfore shalt thou receaue rewarde Like as thou hast done vnto my chosen sayeth the LORDE euen so shal God do vnto the and shal delyuer the in to the plage Thy childreÌ„ shal dye of honger thou shalt fall thorow y e swerde Thy cities shal be broken downe all thine shal perish w t the swerde in y e felde They y t be in y e mouÌ„taynes shal dye of honger eate their owne flesh drinke their owne bloude for very hoÌ„ger of bred thyrst of water Thou vnhappie shalt come thorow the see receaue plages agayne In the passage they shall cast downe the slayne cite shal rote out one parte of y e londe coÌ„sume the porcion of thy glory They shal treade the downe like stuble they shal be thy fyre and shal consume the thy cities and thy londe thy wod thy frutefull trees shal they burne vp with the fyre Thy children shal they cary awaye captyue and loke what thou hast they shal spoyle it and marre the bewtie of thy face The XVI Chapter WO vnto the Babilon Asia wo vnto y e Egipte Syria gyrde yo r selues w t clothes of sack hayre and mourne for youre childreÌ„ be sory for yo r destruccion is at honde A swerde is sent vpon you who wil turne it back A fyre is kyndled amoÌ„ge you who wil quench it Plages are sent vnto you what is he that wil dryue them awaye Maye eny man dryue awaye an hoÌ„grie lyon in the wod Or maye eny maÌ„ quench the fyre in the stubble whan it hath begonne to burne Maye one turne agayne the arowe y t is shot of a stronge archer The mightie LORDE sendeth the plages what is he that wil dryue them awaye The fyre is kyndled gone forth in his wrath what is he that will quench it He shall cast lightenynges who shal not feare He shal thonder and who shall not be afrayed The LORDE shal threaten who shal not vtterly be beaten to poulder at his presence The earth quaketh the foundacions therof y e see aryseth vp w t wawes from the depe and the floudes of it are vnquyete the fishes therof also before the LORDE before the glory of his power For stronge is his right hande that holdeth the bowe his arowes that he shuteth are sharpe shall not mysse whan they begynne to be shot in to y e endes of the worlde Beholde y e plages are sent shal not turne agayne tyll they come vpon earth The fyre is kyndled shall not be put out tyll it consume the foundacions of the earth Like as an arowe which is shot of a mightie archer returneth not bacwarde euen so y e plages y t shal be sent vpon earth shal not turne agayne Wo is me wo is me who wyl delyuer me in those dayes The begynnynge of sorowes greate mourninge the begynnynge of derth greate death the begynnynge of warres the powers shal stonde in feareâ— the begynnynge of euels they shal tremble euery one What shal I do in these thinges whan the plages come Beholde hoÌ„ger and plage trouble anguysh are sent as scourges for amendement But for all these thinges they shal not turne froÌ„ their wickednesses ner be allwaye myndefull of y e scourges Beholde vitayles shal be so good cheape vpon earth y t they shal thinke themselues to be in good case and euen then shal myschefe growe vpoÌ„ earth warres derth greate disquietnes For many of them that dwell vpoÌ„ earth shall perish of hoÌ„ger the other that escape
vs go make a couenaunt with the Heithen y t are rounde aboute vs for sence we departed from them we haue had moch sorow So this deuyce pleased them well and certayne of y e people toke vpon thē for to go vnto y e kynge which gaue them licence to do after the ordinaūce of the Heithen Then set they vp an open scole at Ierusalem of the lawes of the Heithē and were nomore circumcised but forsoke y e holy Testamente and ioyned them selues to y e Heithē were cleane solde to do myschefe So when Antiochus beganne to be mightie in his kyngdome he wente aboute to optayne y e londe of Egipte also that he might haue the dominion of two realmes Vpon this entred he in to Egipte with a stronge hoost with charettes elephantes horsmen a greate nombre of shippes and beganne to warre agaynst Ptolomy the kynge of Egipte But Ptolomy was afrayed of him and fled and many of his people were wounded to death Thus Antiochus wāne many strōge cities and toke awaye great good out of the londe of Egipte And after that Antiochus had smytten Egipte he turned agayne in the Cxliij yeare wente towarde Israel and came vp to Ierusalem with a mightie people and entred proudly into y e Sanctuary and toke awaye the golden altare the candilsticke and all y e ornamētes therof the table of the shewbred the pouringe vessel the chargers the golden spones the vale the crownes and golden apparel of the temple and brake downe all He toke also the syluer and golde the precious Iewels and the secrete treasures that he foūde And when he had taken awaye alltogether caused a greate murthur of men and so fulfilled his malicious pryde he departed in to his owne londe Thus there arose greate heuinesse and misery in all the londe of Israel The prynces and the elders of the people mourned the yōge men and the maydens were defyled and the fayre beutye of women was chaunged the brydegrome and the bryde toke them to mournynge the londe and those that dwelt therin was moued for all the house of Iacob was brought to confucion After two yeares the kynge sent his chefe treasurer vnto the cities of Iuda which came to Ierusalem with a greate multitude of people speakīge peaceable wordes vnto thē but all was disceate for when they had geuen him credence he fell sodēly vpon the cite and smote it sore and destroyed moch people of Israel And when he had spoyled the cite he set fyre on it castinge downe houses and walles on euery syde The women their children toke they captiue and led awaye their catell Then buylded they the castel of Dauid with a greate and thicke wall and with mightie towres made it a stronge holde for them Besyde all this they sett wicked people and vngodly men to kepe it stoared it with weapens and vytales gathered the goodes of Ierusalem and layed thē vp there thus became it a theuysh castell And this was done to laye waite for the people that wente in to the Sanctuary and for the cruell destruccion of Israel Thus they shed innocent bloude on euery syde of y e Sanctuary and defyled it In so moch that the citesyns were fayne to departe and the cite became an habitacion of straungers beynge desolate of hir owne sede for hir owne natyues were fayne to leaue her Hir Sāctuary was clene waisted hir holy dayes were turned in to mournynge hir Sabbathes were had in derision and hir hono r brought to naught Loke how greate hir glory was afore so greate was hir confucion and hir ioye turned in to sorow Antiochus also the kynge sent out a commission vnto all his kyngdome that all the people shulde be one Then they left euery man his lawe and all the Heithen agreed to the cōmaundement of kynge Antiochus Yee many of the Israelites consented there vnto offerynge vnto Idols and defylinge the Sabbath So the kynge Antiochus sent his messaungers with his commission vnto Ierusalem and to all y e cities of Iuda that they shulde folowe y e lawes of the Heithē and for bad ether burnt offerynge meat offerynge or peace offerynge to be made in the temple of God that there shulde no Sabbath ner hye feast daye be kepte but commaunded that the Sanctuary and the holy people of Israel shulde be defyled He commaunded also that there shulde be set vp other altares temples and Idols to offre vp swynes flesh and other vnclene beastes that men shulde leaue their children vncircumcised to defyle their soules with all maner of vnclennesse abhominacions that they might so forget the lawe and chaūge all the holy ordinaunces of God and that who so euer wolde not do acordynge to the commaundement of kynge Antiochus shulde suffre death In like maner commaunded he thorow out all his realme and sett rulers ouer the people for to compell them to do these thynges commaundinge the cities of Iuda to do sacrifice vnto Idols Then wente the people vnto the Heithen by heapes forsoke the lawe of the LORDE and committed moch euell in the londe yee and chaced out the secrete Israelites which had hyd them selues in corners and preuy places The xv daye of the moneth Casleu in the Cxlv. yeare set kynge Antiochus an abhominable Idol of desolacion vpon the altare of God and they buylded altares thorow out all the cities of Iuda on euery syde before the dores of the houses and in the stretes where they brent incense and dyd sacrifyce And as for the bokes of the lawe of God they brent them in the fyre and rente them in peces What so euer he was that had a boke of the Testament of the LORDE founde by hym yee who so euer endeuored himself to kepe the lawe of the LORDE the kynges commaundement was y t they shulde put him to death And thorow his anctorite they executed these thinges euery moneth vpon the people of Israel that were founde in the cities The fyue and twentye daye of the moneth what tyme as they dyd sacrifice vpon the altare which stode in the steade of the altare of the LORDE acordinge to the commaundement of kynge Antiochus they put certayne women to death which had caused their children to be circumcised Not only that but they hanged vp the children by the neckes thorow out all their houses and slewe the circumcisers of them Yet were there many of the people of Israel which determed in them selues that they wolde not eate vncleane thinges but chose rather to suffre death then to be defyled with vncleane meates So because they wolde not breake the blessed lawe of God they were cruelly slayne And this greate tyranny increased very sore vpon the people of Israel The II. Chapter IN those dayes there dyd stōde vp one Matathias the sonne of Symeon the prest out of the kynred of Ioaris frō Ie Ierusalem and dwelt vpon the mount of
God be angrie with vs a litle whyle for o r chasteninge reformacion yet shal he be at one agayne w t his seruauntes But thou O shamefull most abhominable personne Pryde not thy self thorow vayne hope in beynge so malicious vpon y e seruauntes of God for thou hast not yet escaped the iudgmēt of the God which is all mighty seyth all thinges My brethren y t haue suffred a litle payne are now vnder the couenaunt of euerlastinge life but thorow the iudgment of God thou shalt be punyshed righteously for thy pryde As for me like as my brethrē haue done I offre my soule my body for y e lawes of o fathers callinge vpon God y t he will soone be mercifull vnto o people yee w t payne punyshment to make the graunte y t he only is God In me now in my brethrē y e wrath of allmighty God is at an ende which righteously is fallē vpon all o people Then y e kynge beynge kyndled in anger was more cruell vpon him then vpon all y e other toke indignaciō y t he was so lighty regarded So this yonge mā dyed vndefiled put his trust stil in y e LORDE Last of all after y e sonnes was y e mother put to death also Let this now be ynough spoken concernynge y e offringes extreme cruelnesse The VIII Chapter THen Iudas Machabeus and they y t were w t him wēte pryuely in to y e townes called their kinsfolkes frendes together toke vnto them all soch as contynued yet in the faith lawe of y e Iewes and brought forth vj. M. men So they called vpon the LORDE y t he wolde haue an eye vnto his people which was troddē downe of euery mā to be gracious vnto y e tēple y t was defyled of the vngodly to haue cōpassion vpon y e destruccion of the cite which was shortly like to be laied waist to heare y e voyce of y e bloude y t cried vnto him to remēbre y e most vnrighteous deathes of yonge innocent children the blasphemies also done vnto his name to punysh thē Now whē Machabeus had gathered this multitude together he was to mightie for the Heithen for y e wrath of y e LORDE was turned in to mercy he fell vpon the townes cities vnawarres brent them toke the most cōmodious places slewe many of the enemies But specially he made soch chases by night in so moch that his manlynesse was spoken of euery were So when Philippe sawe that the man increased by litle and litle and that the matter prospered with him for the most parte he wrote vnto Ptolomy which was a captayne in Celosiria Phenices helpe him in y e kinges busynes Thē sent he Nicanor Patrocli a speciall frende of his in all y e haist gaue him of y e comon sorte of the Heithen no lesse then xx M. harnessed men to rote out y e whole generacion of the Iewes hauinge to helpe him one Gorgias a man of warre which in matters concernynge battayls had greate experience Nicanor ordened also the tribute which the Romaynes shulde haue had to be geuen vnto the kynge out of the captiuyte of the Iewes namely ij M. talentes And immediatly he sent to y e cities of y e see coost requyringe thē for to bye Iewes to be their seruauntes bonde men promisynge to sell them lxxx and ten for one talente but he considered not the wrath of allmighty God y t was to come vpon him When Iudas knewe of this he tolde the Iewes y t were w t him of Nicanors cōmynge Now were there some of them fearfull not trustinge vnto the rightuousnes of God and fled their waye But the other y t remayned came together besought the LORDE to delyuer thē frō y t wicked Nicanor which had solde thē or euer he came nye them and though he wolde not do it for their sakes yet for the couenaunt that he made w t their fathers because they called vpon his holy glorious name And so Machabeus called his men together namely aboute vi M. exortinge them not to agree vnto their enemies nether to be afrayed for y e multitude of their aduersaries cōmynge agaynst them vnrighteously but to fight manly consideringe y e reprofe that they had done to the holy place without cause how they had despysed and oppressed the cite yee and destroyed y e lawes of the fathers For they sayde he trust in their weapens and boldnesse but oure confidence is in the allmighty LORDE which in the twincklinge of an eye maye both destroye them that come agaynst vs and all the worlde He exorted them also to call to remēbraūce the helpe that God shewed vnto their fathers as whē there perished an C. lxxxvM of Sennacheribs people And of y e battaill y t they had in Babilō agaynst y e Galacians how y t all the Macedoniās y t came to helpe thē stode in feare how they beynge but only vj. M. slewe an C. xx M. thorow y e helpe y t was geuen them from heauen wherby they also had receaued many benefites Thorow these wordes y e mē toke good hertes vnto thē ready to dye for the lawe the coūtre So he set vpon euery cōpany a captayne one of his owne brethren Simon Ioseph and Ionathas geuynge ech one xv C. men He caused Eszdras also to reade the holy boke vnto them and to geue them a token of the helpe of God Then he himself beinge captaine in y e fore front of the battayll buckled with Nicanor And God was there helpe in so moch that they slewe aboue ix M. mē compelled y e more parte of Nicanors hoost to fle they were so wounded and feable Thus they toke the money from those that came to bye thē and folowed vpon them on euery syde But whē the tyme came vpon them they returned for it was the Sabbath and therfore they folowed nomore vpon them So they toke their weapens and spoyles kepte the Sabbath geuynge thankes vnto the LORDE which had delyuered them that daye and shewed them his mercy After the Sabbath they distributed the spoyles to the sicke to y e fatherlesse and to wyddowes and the residue had they them selues with theirs Whē this was done and they all had made a generall prayer they besought the mercifull LORDE to be at one with his seruauntes Of those also that were with Timotheus and Bachides which fought agaynst them they slewe xx M. wanne hye and stronge holdes and deuided moo spoyles euer geuynge an equall porcion vnto y e sicke to y e fatherles to wyddowes to aged persons And when they had diligently gathered their weapēs together they layed them all in convenient places the remnaunt of y e spoyles brought they to Ierusalem They slewe Philarches that wicked personne which was with Timotheus and had vexed many