for what shoulde I els do to my people 8 Their tongues are like sharpe arrowes to speake deceipt with their mouth they speake peaceablie to their neighbour but priuilie they lay wayte for hym 9 Should I not punishe them for these thinges saith the Lorde or shoulde I not be auenged of any suche people as this 10 Vpon the mountaines wyl I take vp a lamentation and a sorowfull crye and a mourning vpon the faire places of the wildernesse Namely howe they are so brent vp that no man goeth there any more yea a man shall not heare one beast crye there byrdes and cattell are all gone from thence 11 I wyl make Hierusalem also an heape of stones a den of venemous wormes and I wyll make the cities of Iuda so waste that no man shall dwel therin 12 What man is so wise as to vnderstand this or to whom hath the Lorde spoken by mouth that he may shewe this and say O thou lande why perishest thou so wherfore art thou so brent vp and like a wildernesse that no man goeth thorowe 13 Yea the Lorde hym selfe tolde the same vnto them that forsoke his lawe and kept not the thing that he gaue them in commaundement neither liued thereafter 14 But folowed the wickednesse of their owne heartes serued straunge gods as their forefathers taught them 15 Therefore thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Beholde I wyll feede this people with wormewood and geue them gall to drinke 16 I wyll scatter them also among the heathen whom neither they nor their fathers haue knowen and I wyll send a sworde among them to persecute them vntyll I bring them to naught 17 Moreouer thus saith the Lorde of hoastes Beware of the vengeaunce that hangeth ouer you and call for mourning wiues and sende for wyse women that they come shortly 18 And sing a mourning song of vs that the teares may fall out of our eyes and that our eye liddes may gushe out of water 19 For there is a lamentable noyse heard of Sion O howe are we so sore destroyed O howe are we so pitiously confounded We must forsake our owne naturall countrey and we are shut out of our owne lodginges 20 Yet heare the worde of the Lorde O ye women and let your eares regarde the wordes of his mouth that ye may learne your daughters to mourne and that euery one may teache her neighbour to make lamentation 21 Namely thus Death is climing vp in at our windowes he is come into our houses to destroy the chylde before the doore and the young man in the streete 22 But tell thou playnely thus saith the Lord The dead bodyes of men shall lye vpon the ground as the dunge vpon the fielde and as the handfull after the mower and there shal be no man to take them vp 23 Thus saith the Lorde Let not the wise man reioyce in his wisdome nor the strong man in his strength neither the riche man in his riches 24 But who so wyll reioyce let hym reioyce in this that he vnderstandeth and knoweth me that I am the Lorde whiche do mercy equitie and righteousnesse vpon the earth therfore haue I pleasure in suche thinges saith the Lorde 25 Beholde the time commeth saith the Lord that I will visite all them whose foreskinne is vncircumcised and the circumcised 26 The Egyptians the Iewes the Edomites the Ammonites the Moabites and the shauen Madianites that dwel in the wildernesse for all the gentiles are all vncircumcised in the fleshe but all the house of Israel are vncircumcised in the heart ¶ The .x. Chapter 2 The constellations of the starres are not to be feared 5 Of the weakenesse of idols and of the power of God 21 Of euill curates 1 HEare the worde of the Lord that he speaketh vnto thee O thou house of Israel 2 Thus saith the Lord ye shal not learne after the maner of the heathen and ye shall not be afraide for the tokens of heauen for the heathen are afraide of suche 3 Yea all the customes and lawes of the gentiles are nothing but vanitie They hewe downe a tree in the wood with the handes of the workeman and fashion it with the are 4 They couer it ouer with golde or siluer they fasten it with nailes and hammers that it moue not 5 It standeth as stiffe as the Palme tree it can neither speake nor go one foote but must be borne Be not ye afraide of suche for they can do neither good nor euill 6 But there is none lyke vnto thee O Lorde and great is the name of thy power 7 Who would not feare thee O king of the gentiles for thyne is the dominion for among all the wise men of the gentiles and in all their kingdomes there is none that may be likened vnto thee 8 They are altogether brutishe and vnwise in this one thing wood is the teaching of vanitie 9 Siluer is brought out of Tharsis and beaten to plates and gold from Ophir a worke that is made with the hande of the craftesman and they are clothed with yelowe silke and scarlet all these are the worke of cunning men 10 But the Lorde is a true God a liuing God and an euerlasting kyng if he be wroth the earth shaketh all the gentiles may not abide his indignation 11 As for their gods thus shall you say to them they are no gods that made neither heauen nor earth therfore shall they perishe from the earth and from all thinges vnder heauen 12 But as for our God he made the earth with his power and with his wisdome doth he order the whole compasse of the worlde with his discretion hath he spread out the heauens 13 At his voyce the waters gathered together in the ayre he draweth vp the cloudes from the vttermost partes of the earth he turneth lightning to raine and bringeth foorth the windes out of their treasures 14 His wisdome maketh all men fooles and confounded be casters of images for that they cast is but a vayne thing and hath no life 15 The vayne craftesmen with their workes that they in their vanitie haue made shall perishe one with another in time of visitation 16 Neuerthelesse Iacobs portion is none such but it is he that hath made all thinges and Israel is the rod of his inheritaunce the Lorde of hoastes is his name 17 Gather vp thy wares out of the land thou that art in the strong place 18 For thus saith the Lorde beholde I wyll now throwe as with a stone sling the inhabiters of this land at this once and I wyll bring trouble vpon them that they shall proue true the wordes that I haue spoken by the prophetes 19 Alas howe am I hurt alas howe paynefull are my scourges vnto me for I consider this sorowe by my selfe and I must suffer it 20 My tabernacle is destroyed and all my cordes are
him thankes for his mercie endureth worlde without ende ⧠The story of Susanna vvhich is the thirteenth Chapter of Daniel after the Latine 8 The two gouerners are taken with the loue of Susanna 19 They take her alone in the garden 20 They solicite her to wickednes 23 She chooseth rather to obey God though it be to the daunger of her lyfe 34 She is accused 45 Daniel doth deliuer her 62 The gouernours are put to death 1 THere dwelt a man in Babylon called Ioacim 2 That toke a wyfe whose name was Susanna the daughter of Helcia a very faire woman and such one as feared God 3 Her father and her mother also were good people and taught their daughter according to the lawe of Moyses 4 Now Ioacim her husband was a great rich man and had a faire orchard ioyning vnto his house and to him resorted the Iewes commōly because he was a man of reputation among them 5 The same yere were there made two iudges such as the Lorde speaketh of The wickednes of Babylon commeth from the elders that is from the iudges which seeme to rule the people 6 These came oft to Ioacims house and all such as had any thing to do in the lawe came thyther vnto them 7 Now when the people departed away at noone Susanna went into her husbandes orchard to walke 8 The two elders seeing this that she went in dayly and walked they burned for lust to her 9 Yea they were almost out of their wittes and cast downe their eyes that they should not see heauen nor remember that God is a righteous iudge 10 For they were both wounded with the loue of her neither durst one shewe another his griefe 11 And for shame they durst not tell her their inordinate lust that they woulde faine haue had to do with her 12 Yet they layed wayte for her earnestly from day to day that they might at the leaste haue a sight of her 13 And the one said to the other Vp let vs go home for it is dinner time So they went their way one from an other 14 When they returned againe they came together enquiring out the matter betwixt them selues yea the one tolde the other of his wicked lust Then appoynted they a time when they might take Susanna alone 15 It happened also that they spied out a conuenient time when she went foorth to walke as her maner was and no body with her but two maydens and thought to washe her selfe in the garden for it was an hot season 16 And there was not one person there except the two elders that had hid them selues to beholde her 17 So she saide to her maydens Go fet me oyle and sope and shut the orchard doore that I may washe me 18 And they did as she bad them and shut the orchard doore and went out them selues at a backe doore to fetch the thing that she had commaunded but Susanna knew not that the elders laye there hid within 19 Now when the maydens were gone foorth the two elders gat them vp and ranne vpon her saying 20 Now the orchard doores are shut that no man can see vs we haue a lust vnto thee therefore consent vnto vs and lye with vs 21 If thou wylt not we shall bring a testimonial against thee that there was a young felowe with thee that thou hast sent away thy maydens from thee for the same cause 22 Susanna sighed and saide Alas I am in trouble on euery side though I folowe your minde it wyl be my death and if I consent not vnto you I can not escape your handes 23 Wel it is better for me to fall into your hande without the deede doing then to sinne in the sight of the Lorde 24 And with that she cryed out with a loude voyce the elders also cryed out against her 25 Then ranne there one to the orchard doore and smote it open 26 Now whē the seruauntes of the house heard the crye in the orchard they russhed in at the backe doore to see what the matter was 27 So when the elders tolde them the seruauntes were greatly ashamed for why there was neuer such a report made of Susanna 28 On the morowe after came the people to Ioacim her husband and the two elders came also ful of mischeuous imaginations against Susanna to bring her vnto death 29 And spake thus before the people Send for Susanna the daughter of Helchias Ioacims Wyfe And immediatly they sent for her 30 So she came with her father and mother her children and all her kindred 31 Now Susanna was a tender person and marueylous faire of face 32 Therefore the wicked men commaunded to take her clothes from her face for she was couered that at the least they might so be satisfied in her beautie 33 Then her friendes yea and all they that knew her began to weepe 34 These two elders stoode vp in the middest of the people layed their handes vpon the head of Susanna 35 Which wept and loked vp toward heauen for her heart had a sure trust in the Lorde 36 And the elders saide As we were walking in the orchard alone this woman came in with her two maydens whom she sent away from her and sparred the orchard doores 37 With that a young felowe which there was hid came vnto her and lay with her 38 As for vs we stoode in a corner of the orchard and when we sawe this wickednes we ranne to them and we sawe them as they were together 39 But we could not holde him for he was stronger then we Thus he opened the doore and gat him away 40 Now whē we had taken this woman we asked her what young felowe this was but she would not tel vs. This is the matter we be witnesses of the same 41 The common sorte beleeued them as those that were the elders and iudges of the people so they condemned her to death 42 Susanna cryed out with a loude voyce and saide O euerlasting God thou searcher of secretes thou that knowest all thinges before they come to passe 43 Thou wottest that they haue borne false witnesse against me and behold I must dye wheras I neuer did any such thinges as these men haue maliciously inuented against me 44 And the Lorde heard her voyce 45 For when she was led foorth to death the lord raysed vp the spirite of a young childe whose name was Daniel 46 Which cryed with a loude voyce I am cleane from this blood 47 Then all the people turned towarde him saide What meane these wordes that thou hast spoken 48 Daniel stoode in the middest of them and saide are ye such fooles O ye children of Israel that ye can not discerne nor know the trueth Ye haue here condēpned a daughter of Israel vnto death and knowe not the trueth wherefore 49 Go sit in iudgement againe for they haue spoken false witnesse against her 50 Wherefore the people
De. xxvii a. k That is the summe of the law which summe is conteyned in the ten comâ—undementes Deu x. â— xxxvi â— l So neither young nor old man nor woman were exempted from hearyng the worde of the Lorde (a In respecte of the plaine of Moab (b) Called Mediterraneum ii Sa xxi a. (c) Becâ—use they were all weren (d) Euen the idolaters for feare of death wyll pretend to honor the true God â–ª and receaue his religion Nu. xxi f. e As some wyll â–ª to â—ryâ— the oldnesse and what â—aâ— it had beyng so olde â—ome other say it was to confirme y t it 〈◊〉 accordyng to the maner that they â—cate oâ— thâ— vittayles ii Re. xx a (f (g The multitude is commonly inclined to maligne their magistrates and to constrâ— their doinges to the worst part (h) Whiche was the tabernacle vnto vnto the tyme of Solomon and after that the temple at Hierusalem Deut. vii a. (i) That is for the sacrifices (a) Assoone as thou makest a league with the chyldren of God by regeneration thou shalt be sure to haue the wicked children of the worlde in thy toppe (b) All kynde of creatures shall destroy the wicked wheÌ„ the Lord of hoastes will haue it so Eccle. xlvi a Esai 28. d. (c) The Hebrue worde is Iasher that is righteous therfore some iudge it meaneth Moyses booke and the Chaldee text readeth the booke of the lawe but others thinke Iasher to be the very name of the booke which is lost and now not extant By taking away the enemies heartes and destroying them with haylestones e By this Ioâ—uah would â—ge his captâ—s and igâ— vnto them what 〈◊〉 they shâ—â—ke 〈◊〉 the rest of theâ— enemies â—ing kingâ— are thus by them â—ed Deu xxi d. Iosu viii f. “ Or euery person Iosu vi d. “ Or persones Deut xx d. f In one battell (g) where the arke was there to geue thankes â–ª for their victorie Or In â—oth Iosu vi a. Iosu viii a. Iosu vi a. Iosu viii a. Iosu viii a. ☜ ☞ (a) After that the enemies are ouercome “ Hebr. Shihor “ Hebr. Mearah b Read chap. 11. b. Nu. xxxi â— Deut. iii. b. “ Or 〈◊〉 Deut â–ª â— Ioâ— Because 〈…〉 were 〈◊〉 â—nd pâ—kes to hurt tâ—e Nuâ—â— g. d The Leuitâ—s shall haue the tithes sacrifices and â—nges for their inheritaunce Num. 18. c. Deut. iii. Nu. xxxi a. e The false prophet who gâ—ue counsel howe to cause Israel offend God (f That is in the lande of Moab Nu xxxii g (g Meaning his neuewes and posteritie Ios xviii b. Nu. xviii c. Num. 34. d. Nu. xxvi f. xxxiii g. (a) The Rubenites the Gadites halfe the tribe of Manasses Nu xxxv a (b Which was that they two only should entre in to the land Nu. 14. d (c That is the other spies that were sent with him Eccl xâ—v ◠“ Hebr. To go out and come in “ Or Giauntes â–ª (d This he spake of modestie and not of douting i. Mac. ii f. Iosu xv c. Nu. 34. a. Nu. 33. â— (a) The Ebrewe word signified tongue wherby is ment either the arme of the sea that coÌ„meth into the land or a rocke or cape that goeth in to the sea (b) The Ebrewe word is Chem and signified your which as one learned in Ebrewe thinketh is put here for Heâ— whiche signified their (c) Meaning the mouth of the riuer wher it runneth in to the salt sea d Which is a great stone vsed for a marâ— to part their countreis â— Reg. iâ— b e That is the citie of woods Iosu xiiii d. f Nowe in the time of Iosuah and therfore is tolde by way of repetition Iud. i. g That is a citie of letters Iud. i. c. 2. Re. xvii c Or cosyn h Neither because her husband wold not â–ª or because he deferred it to long Or â—â—ion (i) Meâ—ning Nilus Iosu xiiiii d (k) Of thâ— citie the 〈◊〉 sea hath his name l That is vtterly though they slew the most part of them 〈◊〉 their cities Iud. 1. b. (a) Luz is thought to be a citie at the ende of mount Bethel whiche is also named Bethel Genes 28. d. And so Bethel is both the name of a citie and of a mount (a) For the other halâ—e tribe had thâ— portioÌ„ beyond Iordane 〈◊〉 xxvi d. â—vii a. â—xxxvi a. (b) Among them of our tribe (d) Meaning the citie it self “ Or Brook of 〈◊〉 (e) In y e tribe of Aser and tribe of Isachar (f) For at the first theâ— were not coragious after agreed with them on conditâ—on contrary to Gods coÌ„maundmeÌ„t (g) According to my father Iacobs prophecie Gen. 48. d. (h) If this mount be not large enough why dost not thou get more by destroying Gods enemies as he hath commaunded (a) Which had continued at Gilgal euer 〈◊〉 they came to the land till nowe (b) That is Beniamin Simeon Zabuion Isachar Aser Neâ—tali and Dan. (c) That is into ten partes to euery tribe one (d) That is before the ark of the Lord. * Iosu xiii d. Iosu xiii d. (e) That is Tithes Sacrifices and offrings Ios 13. d. 14. a Iosu xii b. (f) To auoide dissention and that euery maÌ„ should be conteÌ„t with gods appointment (g) Whiche was in y e tribe of Ephraim an other Bethel was in the tribe of Beniamin “ Or to the sea “ Or Ierusalem (h) Which is in the tribe of Ephraim Iosuah 1â— b (i) Where the riuer entreth vnto the salt sea (k) Whiche was not wholly in the tribe of Beniamin but part of it was also in y e tribe of Iudah (a) According to Iacobs prophesie â–ª that he should be scatered among y e other tribes Gen. 49. a (b) God prouiding aforehand for the great encrease y t they should grâ—we to â—n time to come (c) Meaning toward the great sea (d) There was an other Bethlehem in the trâ—e of Iudas (e) That is ioyneth to the tribe ZebuloÌ„ (f) Which was Tyrâ—s a strong citie in the sea (g) These cities were â—n the countrey of Zeanantu◠☞ (b) The suburbes were a thousande cubites from the wâ—ll of the citie rounde about Nu. 35 a Ios xii â— (c) That is that were no priestes but Leuites only (d) Whiche dwelled in Chanaan (e) The families of Caath Gerson alredy spoken of remayneth only Merari of which being the yongest came y e thirde familie of Leuites and are here therfore called the rest (f) Bezer â—amoth weâ— the cities of refuge vnder the Merarites beyond Iordane (g) That Iacobs prophesie myght be fulfylled and gods prouidence perfourmed that is that no part of Israel should want their teachers of Gods lawe Iosu â—◠☜ (a) 〈◊〉 that the Israelites enioyed the lande of Chanaâ—n Num 32. f. (b) Which was to go armed before their brethren Num xxxii Num. 32 f. Iosua xiii b (c) Iosuah nowe at partyng wyllyng to shew them his care and his thankfull heart for
cattell and foule of the ayre euery beast of the fielde but for man founde he not an helpe lyke vnto hym 21 The Lord God caused a deepe sleepe to fall vpon Adam and he slept and he toke one of his ribbes and closed vp the place with fleshe in steade therof 22 And the ribbe which the lord god had taken from man made he a woman brought her vnto the man 23 And man saide this is nowe bone of my bones and fleshe of my fleshe she shal be called woman because she was taken out of man 24 For this cause shall man leaue his father and his mother and shal be ioyned with his wyfe and they shall become one fleshe 25 And they were both naked the man and his wife and were not ashamed ⧠This figure is spoken of in the .x. vearse of this Chapter before and representeth the situation of Gods garden IF there be any kyngdome vnder heauen that is excellent in beautie in aboundaunce of fruites in plenteousnes in delytes and other gyftes they which haue written of countreys do prayse aboue all the same that this figure representeth Wherfore with the prayses of those wryters Moyses exalteth this paradise as duly belonging vnto it And it is very well lyke that the region or kingdome of Eden hath ben situated in that countrey as it appeareth in the .xxxvii. Chapter of Esaias the .xii. vearse and in the .xxvii. of Ezechiel the .xxiii. vearse Moreouer where as Moyses sayde that a flood dyd proceede from that place I do interprete it from the course of the waters as yf he shoulde haue sayde that Adam dyd inhabite in the flooddes syde or in the lande which was watered of both sydes Howebeit there is no great matter in that eyther that Adam hath inhabited vnder the place where both flooddes come together towarde Babylon and Seleucia or aboue It is sufficient y t he hath ben in a place watered of waters But the thing is not darke nor hard to vnderstande howe this floodde hath ben deuided in foure heades For they be two flooddes which be gathered in one then they seperate them selues in diuers partes So in theyr ioynyng and flowyng together it is but a floodde wherof there is two heades into two chanels from aboue and two towarde the sea when it begynneth to seperate it selfe abrode But to declare vnto you the diuersities of the ryuers names besydes their vsuall and principall appellations and howe they be called as they passe through eche prouince with the interpretations of the same I thynke it rather tedious and combresome then profitable Wherfore the simple sense of Moyses is that the garden wherof Adam was the owner was watered with waters because that the course of this floodde was there whiche was deuided into foure heades ⧠The .iij. Chapter 1 The serpent begyleth the woman 6 The transgression of the commaundement 8 When Adam and Heua knewe their offences they fledde from the face of God excusyng their fault 14 The serpent is cursed 15 The seede Iesus is promised a sauiour The Gospell 16 Womans miseries for sinne 17 The punyshment of Adam Man is appoynted to labour 20 Heua 1 AND the serpent was suttiller then euery beast of the fielde which y e lord God hadde made and he sayde vnto the woman yea hath God saide ye shall not eate of euery tree of the garden 2 And the woman sayde vnto the serpent We eate of y e fruite of the trees of the garden 3 But as for the fruite of the tree which is in the myddes of the garden God hath sayde ye shall not eate of it neither shal ye touche of it lest peraduenture ye dye 4 And the serpent sayde vnto the woman ye shall not dye the death 5 For God doth knowe that the same day that ye eate therof your eyes shall be opened and ye shal be euē as gods knowyng good and euyll 6 And so the woman seing that the same tree was good to eate of and pleasaunt to the eyes and a tree to be desired to make one wise toke of the fruite therof and dyd eate and gaue also vnto her husbande beyng with her and he dyd eate 7 Then the eyes of them both were opened and they knewe that they were naked and they sowed fygge leaues together made them selues apernes 8 And they heard the voyce of the Lord God walkyng in the garden in y e coole of the day and Adam and his wyfe hyd themselues from the presence of the lord God amongst y e trees of the garden 9 And the Lorde called Adam sayde vnto hym where art thou 10 Which sayde I hearde thy voyce in the garden and was afrayde because I was naked and hyd my selfe 11 And he sayde Who tolde thee that thou wast naked Hast thou not eaten of the same tree concernyng the which I commaunded thee that thou shouldest not eate of it 12 And Adam said The woman whom thou gauest to be with me she gaue me of the tree and I dyd eate 13 And the Lord God sayd vnto the woman Why hast thou done this And the woman sayde the serpent begyled me and I dyd eate 14 And the lord god said vnto y e serpent Because thou hast done this thou art cursed aboue all cattel and aboue euery beast of the fielde vpon thy belly shalt thou go and dust shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy lyfe 15 I wyll also put enmitie betweene thee the woman betweene thy seede and her seede and it shall treade downe thy head and thou shalt treade vpon his heele 16 But vnto the woman he sayde I wyll very much multiplie thy sorowe and thy griefes of chylde bearyng In sorowe shalt thou bring foorth children thy desire shal be to thy husbande and he shall haue the rule of thee 17 Vnto Adam he sayde Because thou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe and hast eaten of the tree concernyng the whiche I commaunded thee saying thou shalt not eate of it cursed is the grounde for thy sake in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy lyfe 18 Thorne also and thistle shall it bryng foorth to thee and thou shalt eate the hearbe of the fielde 19 In the sweatte of thy face shalt thou eate thy breade tyll thou be turned agayne into the ground for out of it wast thou taken For dust thou art and into dust shalt thou be turned agayne 20 And Adam called his wyfes name Heua because she was the mother of all lyuyng 21 Vnto Adam also and to his wyfe dyd the Lorde God make garmentes of skynnes and he put them on 22 And the Lorde God sayde Beholde the man is become as one of vs in knowing good and euyll And now lest peraduenture he put foorth his hande and take also
the archers founde him and he was wounded of shooters 4 Then saide Saul to his harnesse bearer Drawe thy sword and thrust me through therwith that these vncircumcised come not and do me shame But his harnesse bearer would not for he feared exceedingly So Saul caught a sword and fell vpon it 5 And when his harnesse bearer saw that Saul was dead he fell on a sword also and dyed 6 And thus Saul and his three sonnes and al they of his house dyed together 7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley sawe how they fled and that Saul his sonnes were dead they forsoke their cities and ran away and the Philistines came and dwelt in them 8 And it fortuned that on the morowe when the Philistines came to strip the dead bodies they founde Saul and his sonnes ouerthrowen in mount Gilboa 9 And when they had stript him they toke his head and his harnesse and sent them into the lande of the Philistines rounde about to shewe them vnto their idols and to the people 10 And they put his harnesse in the house of their god and set vp his head in the temple of Dagon 11 And when all they of Iabes in Gilead hearde all that the Philistines had done to Saul 12 They arose all the strongest of them and fet away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sonnes and brought them to Iabes and buried the bones of them vnder an oke in Iabes and fasted seuen dayes 13 So Saul dyed for his trespasse that he trespassed against the Lorde in that he kept not the word of the Lorde and in that he sought and asked counsaile of a woman that wrought with a spirite 14 And asked not of the Lorde and therefore he slue him and turned the kingdome vnto Dauid the sonne of Isai ¶ The .xj. Chapter 3 After the death of Saul Dauid is annoynted in Hebron 5 The Iebusites rebell against Dauid from whom he taketh the towre of Sion 6 Ioab is made captayne 10 His valiaunt men 1 THen all Israel gathered them selues to Dauid vnto Hebron saying 2 Beholde we be thy bones and thy fleshe And moreouer in tyme past euen when Saul was king thou leddest Israel out in And the Lorde thy God sayde vnto thee Thou shalt feede my people Israel and thou shalt be captayne ouer my people Israel 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron and Dauid made a couenaunt with them in Hebrō before the Lorde And they annoynted Dauid king ouer Israel according to the worde of the Lorde by the hande of Samuel 4 And Dauid and all Israel went to Hierusalem which is Iebus where as were the Iebusites the inhabiters of the lande 5 And the inhabiters of Iebus sayde to Dauid Thou commest not in here Neuerthelesse Dauid wan the castel of Sion which is called the citie of Dauid 6 And Dauid sayde Whosoeuer smyteth the Iebusites first shal be the principall captayne and a lorde So Ioab the sonne of Zaruia went first vp and was made the chiefe captayne 7 And Dauid dwelt in the castell Sion and therefore they called it the citie of Dauid 8 And he built the citie on euery syde euen from Millo round about and Ioab repaired the rest of the citie 9 And Dauid prospered waxed great the Lorde of hoastes was with him 10 These are the principall men of power whom Dauid had and that claue to him in his kingdome with all Israel to make him king according to the word of the Lorde ouer Israel 11 And this is the number of the mightie men whom Dauid had Iosobeam the sonne of Hachmoni the chiefe among thirtie he lift vp his speare against three hundred and wounded them at one tyme. 12 After him was Eleazar his vncles sonne an Ahothite which was one of the three mightiest 13 He was with Dauid at Pasdammim and there the Philistines were gathered together to battaile And there was there a parcell of grounde full of barly and the people fled before the Philistines 14 And they stept foorth into the middest of the fielde and saued it and slue the Philistines and the Lorde gaue a great victorie 15 And the three of the thirtie chiefe captaynes went to a rocke to Dauid into the caue Adullam And the hoast of the Philistines abode in the valley of Rephaim 16 And when Dauid was in the holde the Philistines watch was at Bethlehem that same tyme. 17 And Dauid longed and sayde Oh that one woulde geue me drinke of the water of the well that is at the gate at Bethlehem 18 And the three brake through the hoast of the Philistines and drewe water out of the wel that was by y e gate at Bethlehem and toke it and brought it to Dauid Neuerthelesse Dauid woulde not drinke of it but rather offered it to the Lorde 19 And sayd my God forbyd it me that I shoulde do this thing Shall I drinke the blood of these men that haue put their liues in ieoperdie for with the ieoperdie of their liues they brought it therefore he would not drinke it And this did these three mightiest 20 And Abisai the brother of Ioab he also was captayne among three For he lyft vp his speare against three hundred and wounded them and had a name among the three 21 Yea among three he was more honorable then the two for he was their captayne Howbeit he attayned not to the first three 22 Banaia y e sonne of Iehoiada the sonne of a very strong man which had done many actes of Cabzeel he slue two strong lions of Moab went downe and slue a lion in a pit in time of snowe 23 And he slue an Egyptian whose stature was euen fiue cubites long and in the Egyptians hand was a speare lyke a weauers beame And the other went downe to him with a waster plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand and slue him with his owne speare 24 Such thinges did Banaia the sonne of Iehoiada and had the name among the three mightiest 25 And was honorable among thirtie but attayned not vnto the first three And Dauid made him of his counsaile 26 The other men of armes were these Asahel the brother of Ioab Elhanan his vncles sonne of Bethlehem 27 Samoth the Harodite Helez the Pelonite 28 Ira the sonne of Ickes the Thekoite Abieser the Anatothite 29 Sibbecai the Husathite Ilai the Ahohite 30 Maharai the Nepthophathite Heled the sonne of Baana the Nethophathite 31 Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibea that pertayned to the children of Beniamin Benaia the Phirathonite 32 Hurai of the riuers of Gaas Abiel the Arbathite 33 Azmaueth the Baharumite Elihaba the Salabonite 34 The sonnes of Hassem the Gezonite Ionathan the sonne of Sage an Hararite 35 Ahiam the sonne of Sacar the Hararite Eliphal the sonne of Vr. 36 Hepher the Mecherathite Ahia the Pelonite 37 Hezro the Carmelite
that do sinne and vnrighteousnesse are the enemies of their owne soule 11 Wherefore I tell you the trueth and wyll hide no secret saying from you 12 When thou prayedst with teares and buriedst the dead and leftest thy dynner and hyddest the dead in thyne house vpon the day time that thou mightest bury them in the night I offred thy prayer before the Lorde 13 And because thou wast accept and beloued of God it was necessary that temptation should trye thee 14 And nowe hath the Lorde sent me to heale thee and to delyuer Sara thy sonnes wyfe from the euill spirite 15 For I am Raphael an angell one of the seuen that stande before the Lorde 16 When they heard this they were sore afrayde and trembled and fell downe vpon their faces vnto the grounde 17 Then saide the angell Peace be with you feare not 18 For where as I haue ben with you it is the wil of God geue prayse thankes vnto him 19 You thought that I did eate drinke with you but I vse meate that is inuisible and drinke that can not be seene of men 20 Now therfore is the time that I must turne againe vnto him that sent me but be ye thankefull vnto God and tell out all his wonderous workes 21 And when he had spokē those wordes he was taken away out of their sight so that they could see him no more 22 Then fell they downe flat vpon their faces by the space of three houres and praysed God and when they rose vp they tolde all his wonderous workes ¶ The .xiii. Chapter A thankes geuing of Tobias who exhorteth all to prayse the Lorde 1 THen olde Tobias opened his mouth praysed the Lorde sayde Great art thou O lord for euermore and thy kingdome world with out end 2 For thou scourgest and healest thou leadest vnto hell bringest out againe and there is none that may escape thyne hande 3 O geue thankes vnto the Lorde ye children of Israel and prayse him in the sight of the heathen 4 For among the heathen which knowe him not hath he scattered you to the intent that ye should shew forth his marueilous workes and cause them for to knowe that there is none other God almightie but he 5 He hath chastened vs for our misdeedes for his owne mercie sake shall he saue vs. 6 Consider then how he hath dealt with you and prayse him with feare dread and magnifie the euerlasting king in your workes 7 I wyll prayse him euen in the lande of my captiuitie for he hath shewed his maiestie vnto a sinfull people 8 Turne you therfore O ye sinners and do righteousnesse before God and be ye sure that he wyll shew his mercy vpon you 9 As for me and my soule we wyll reioyce in God 10 O prayse the Lorde all ye his chosen hold the dayes of gladnesse be thankefull vnto him 11 O Hierusalem thou citie of God the lorde hath punished thee for the workes of thyne owne handes 12 O prayse the Lord in thy good thinges geue thankes to the euerlasting God that he may build vp his tabernacle againe in thee that he may call againe vnto thee all such as be in captiuitie and that thou mayest haue ioy for euermore 13 With a faire light shalt thou shyne and all the endes of the worlde shall honour thee 14 The people shall come vnto thee from farre they shall bring giftes and worship the Lorde in thee and thy land shal they haue for a sanctuary for they shall call vpon the great name in thee 15 Cursed shall they be that despise thee and all that blaspheme thee shal be condempned But blessed shall they be that builde thee vp 16 As for thee thou shalt reioyce in thy children for they all shal be blessed and gathered together vnto the Lorde 17 Blessed are all they that loue thee and that be glad of thy peace 18 Prayse thou the Lorde O my soule for the Lorde our God hath deliuered his citie Hierusalem from all her troubles 19 I wyll count my selfe happy if my seede remayne to see the clearenes of Hierusalem 20 The gates of Hierusalem shal be builded with Saphir and Smaragde and all the compasse of her walles with precious stones 21 All her streates shal be paued with white and fayre stone and in all streates shall Halleluia be song 22 Praysed be the Lorde which hath exalted her that his kingdome may be vpon her for euermore Amen The .xiiii. Chapter 5 Lessons of Tobias to his sonne 6 He prophecieth the destruction of Niniue 7 And the restoring of Hierusalem and the temple 13 The death of Tobias and his wyfe 16 Tobias the younger his age and death 1 ANd so Tobias made an end of speaking And after that Tobias had gotten his sight againe he lyued fouretie two yeres sawe his childers children 2 Nowe when he was an hundred and two yeres olde he dyed and was buried honorably in Niniue 3 For when he was sixe and fiftie yeres of age he lost the sight of his eyes and when he was three score yeres olde he gate his sight againe 4 The residue of his lyfe led he in ioy and increased well in the feare of God and departed in peace 5 But in the houre of his death he called vnto him his sonne Tobias and seuen young springaldes his sonnes children and saide vnto them 6 The destruction of Niniue is at hand for the word of the Lord can not fayle and our brethren that are scattered out of the lande of Israel shall come thyther agayne 7 And the whole lande of it that hath ben waste shall be filled and the house of God that was brent in it shal be builded againe and all such as feare God shall returne thyther 8 The heathen then also shall forsake their idols and come to Hierusalem and dwell there 9 And all the kinges of the earth shal be glad in her and worship the Lord God of Israel 10 And therefore my children heare your father serue the Lorde in the trueth seeke after his wyll to do the thing that pleaseth him 11 Commaunde your children that they do right geue almes be mindefull of God and euer to be thankefull vnto him in trueth and with all their power 12 Heare me now therefore my children and abyde not here but in what day so euer ye haue buryed your mother by me in one sepulchre get you from hence 13 For I see that the wickednesse of it shall bring it to destruction and end 14 After the death of his mother Tobias departed away from Niniue with his wife and children and with his childers children and came againe to his father and mother in lawe 15 And founde them whole and in a good age and toke the care of them and he closed their eyes and was heyre vnto all Raguels goodes and sawe the fyft generation and his childers children 16 And ninetie and nine yeres beyng ended
And so through myne hypocrisie for a litle time of a transitorie lyfe they might be deceaued by this meanes also should I defile myne age and make it abhominable 26 For though I were nowe deliuered from the tormentes of men yet shoulde I not escape the hand of almightie God neither aliue nor dead 27 Wherefore I wyll dye manfully and do as it becommeth myne age 28 Whereby I may peraduenture leaue an example of stedfastnes for such as be young if I with a redie minde manfully dye an honest death for the most worthy and holy lawes When he had saide these words immediatly he was drawen to the torment 29 Now they that led him and were milde a litle afore began to take displeasure because of the wordes that he saide for they thought he had spoken them of an hie minde 30 But when he was in his martirdome he mourned and saide Thou O Lorde which hast the holy knowledge knowest openly that where as I might be deliuered from death I suffer these sore paynes of my body but in my minde I am well content to suffer them because I feare thee 31 Thus this man dyed leauing the memoriall of his death for an example not onely vnto young men but vnto all the people to be stedfast and manly The .vij. Chapter The punishment of the seuen brethren and of their mother 1 IT happened also that there were seuen brethren with their mother taken and compelled by the king against the lawe to eate swines fleshe namely with scourges and leatherne whippes 2 And one of them which was the chiefe saide What seekest thou and what requirest thou of vs As for vs we are redie rather to suffer death then to offende the lawes of God and the fathers 3 Then was the king angry and bad heate cauldrons brasen pottes which when they were made hot 4 Immediately he commaunded the tongue of him that spake first to be cut out to pull the skin ouer his head to pare the edges of his handes and feete yea and that in the sight of his mother and the other of his brethren 5 Now when he was cleane mangled he cōmaunded a fire to be made and so while there was any breathin him to be fried in the cauldron In the which when he had ben long pained the other brethren with their mother exhorted him to dye manfully saying 6 The Lorde God shall regarde the trueth and comfort vs lyke as Moyses testifieth and declareth in his song saying And he wyll haue compassion on his seruauntes 7 So when the first was dead after this maner they brought the second to haue him in derision pulled the skinne with the heere ouer his head and asked him if he would eate swines flesh or he were payned in the other members also throughout his body 8 But he aunswered in his owne language and said I wyll not do it And so he was tormented lyke as the first 9 And when he was euen at the geuing vp of the ghost he sayd Thou most vngratious person puttest vs now to death but the king of the worlde shal rayse vs vp which dye for his lawes in the resurrection of euerlasting lyfe 10 After him was the third had in derision and when he was required he put out his tongue and that right soone holding foorth his handes manfully 11 And spake with a stedfast faith These haue I of heauē but now for the lawes of God I despise them for my trust is that I shal receaue them of him againe 12 Insomuch that the king they which were with him marueyled at the young mans boldnes that he nothing regarded the paynes 13 Now when he was dead also they vexed the fourth with tormentes in like maner 14 So when he was now at his death he saide It is better that we being put to death of men haue our hope trust in God for he shall rayse vs vp againe as for thee thou shalt haue no resurrection to lyfe 15 And when they had spoken to the fifth they tormented him 16 Then loked he vnto the king and said Thou hast power among men for thou art a mortall man also thy selfe to do what thou wylt but thinke not that God hath forsaken our generation 17 Abide thee tary still awhile and thou shalt see the great power of God howe he wyll punishe thee and thy seede 18 After him they brought the sixt which being at the poynt of death saide Be not deceaued O king for this we suffer for our owne sakes because we haue offended our God and therefore marueylous thinges are shewed vpon vs. 19 But thinke not thou which takest in hande to striue against God that thou shalt escape vnpunished 20 This excellent mother worthy to be wel reported of had in remembraūce saw her seuen sonnes dye in one day and suffered it paciently because of the hope that she had in God Yea she exhorted euery one of them in her countrey language and that boldly and stedfastly with perfect wysdome waking vp her wiuishe thought with a manly stomake and saide vnto them 22 I can not tell howe ye sprang in my wombe for I neither gaue you breath nor soule nor lyfe it is not I that ioyned the members of your bodies together 23 But the maker of the worlde which fashioned the byrth of man and began all thinges Euen he also of his owne mercie shall geue you breath and lyfe againe lyke as ye now regard not your owne selues for his lawes sake 24 Now thought Antiochus that she had despised him therfore he let her go with her reproffes and began to exhort the youngest sonne which yet was left not onely with wordes but swore vnto him with an oth that he shoulde make him a rich and wealthy man if he would forsake the lawes of his fathers yea and that he shoulde geue him whatsoeuer were necessarie for him 25 But when the young man would not be moued for all these thinges he called his mother and counselled her to saue her sonnes lyfe 26 And when he had exhorted her with many wordes she promysed him that she would speake to her sonne 27 So she turned her vnto him laughing the cruell tyraunt to scorne and spake in her countrey language O my sonne haue pitie vpon me that bare thee nine monethes in my wombe that gaue thee sucke nourished thee and brought thee vp vnto this age 28 I beseche thee my sonne loke vpon heauen and earth and all that is therein and consider that God made them and mans generation of naught 29 So shalt thou not feare this hangman but suffer death stedfastly lyke as thy brethren haue done that I may receaue thee againe in the same mercie with thy brethren 30 While she was yet speaking these wordes the young man saide whom loke ye for wherefore do ye tary ◠I wyl not obey the kinges commaundement but the law that God gaue vs by Moyses
not by 〈◊〉 â—nly and godâ— counsel 〈◊〉 wicked 〈…〉 poliâ— (d) Meaning some delicate and dayntie meate (e) That is she serued theÌ„ on a dyshe Or how shall I put away my shame 〈◊〉 34. â— Leuâ— xviii a “ Or for this cause “ Or seruant (f) For that which was of diuers colours or peeces in those dayes was had in great estimation Gen. 37. a “ Or Baaâ— Hazor “ or thanked (g) Pretending to y e king that Amnon was most deare vnto him (h) Then beyng voyde of care castyng no peryll i. Reg i. b. (i) In token of sorowe and greefe “ Or take it to heart Or â–ª 〈◊〉 “ Or one â—â—ter an other (k) For Maâ—câ—ah his mother was the daughter of this â—halmaâ— Chap. ◠“ Or ceâ—sses (a) That the king fauored him (b) In token of mourning for they vsed annoynting to seeme cherefull “ Ebre put wordes in her mouth “ Ebre saue “ Ebre a wydow woman (c) Vnder this parable she describeth the death of Amnon by Absalom Deu. xix c. (d) According to the lawe which commaundeth the slayer to be slaine Gene iâ— b. Exo. â— b. (e) As touchâ—ng the breache of the lawe which punisheth blood let me beare the blame “ Or innocent “ Ebre touch i Reg 24. f Why dost 〈…〉 geue conâ—tie sentence 〈◊〉 thy sonne Absalom (g) God hath prouided wayes â–ª as sanctuaries to saue them oft times whom man iudgeth worthy death (h) For I thought they would kill this my heyre “ Heb. Rest (i) As of great wisdome â—o discerne right from wrong (k) Hast not thou done this to the counsell of Ioab (l) By speakâ—ng rather in 〈◊〉 then plainly I haue 〈◊〉 thy 〈◊〉 “ Hebr. Blessed (n) Whiche wayed sixe pounde foure ounces after halfe an ounce to the sicle “ Or Possession (o) Here is an vnmerciful cruell heart couered in this beautiful body (p) If I haue offended by reuenging my sisters dishonour Thus the wicked iustifie theÌ„ selues in their euyll “ Heb. made him “ Or controuersie (a) That is notyng of what citie or place he was (b) Thus the enuious can depraue and condemne for negligence vniustice him whom God for diligence and iustice â—oth commeÌ„d and allowe (c) By intising them froÌ„ his father to him selfe (d) Counting from the time that the Israelites had asked a king of Samuel (e) By colour of religion he hunteth after the kingdome (f) And byd to his feast in Hebron (g) That Absalom went about (h) For neither is there hope of mercy at his cruel handes neither are we at this sodden able to make our partie good against him “ Hebr. Choose (i) That is after him (k) To wit from Hierusalem “ Heb. At his feete (l) That is the souldiours that be with thee Whiche wâ—s the â—arge of the 〈◊〉 Num. 4. a. 〈…〉 (o) Gods will is a comforte and a cause of contentation to the faithfull 〈◊〉 aduersaries With ashes and dust after 〈◊〉 maner of 〈◊〉 that be in sorowe (q) Terrible is the counsell of the wicked wordly wyse against the innocent except God who oft turneth it to folly do frustrate and disapoynt the same “ Heb. To me that is to my commoditie a Which was the hill of 〈◊〉 Or Figge â—akes “ Hebr. I worship (b) Which was a citie in the tribe of Beniamin (c) That is round about him “ Heb. Man of blood “ Or wicked man (d) This he sayde because of the death of Isboseth and Abner suspecting Dauid to be gilty to the same e Dauid felt that this was the iudgement of God for his sinne and therfore humbleth him selfe to his rod. “ Heb. On myne eye (f) Meaning that the lorde wil sende comforte to his when they are oppressed g Coâ— at Bâ— â–ª “ Heb. Let the king lyue (h) Meaning Dauid “ Heb. The seconde time (i) Sâ—ting the possibilitie of reconciliation betwixt the father and the sonne consequently his owne destruction he geueth such counsell that is lyke to barre frendshippe for euer (k) It was so estemed for the successe therof (a) As though he would say geue me authoritie to choose (b) Meaning Dauid “ Heb. was right in the eyes of Absalom “ Heb. what is in his mouth “ Or â–ª Spoken thus 〈◊〉 Tary 〈…〉 “ He Haue a breach or â—ayne “ Heb. melt “ Heb. The children of fortitude Or The Lord hath commaunded (c) Good to haue brought to passe that wicked purpose he went about d For by the counsel of Husai â–ª he went to the battell where he was destroyed (e) That is ouer Iordane The message froÌ„ their â—s (g) To wit to pursue the with all hast (h) So y t they trauayled all night and by mourning â—aâ— all their company passed ouer (i) Thus God somtimes in this lyfe executeth iudgement vpon the cruel persecutor of the innocent to admonishe vs what iudgement at suche shal haue in the world to come (k) Who was also called Iâ—ai Dauids father l God 〈◊〉 them â—ring the necessitie of his faithfull seruaunt in his trouble and affliction (a) Signifiâ—ng that a good gouernour ought to be â—odâ—ere vnto his peâ—ple that they will rather lose their liues then that ought shoulde come vnto him (b So called because the Ephramites as some say fed their cattel beyond Iordane in this wood (c) By good prouidence that this might be an example for euer what if is afore God â–ª the sonne to rebel against the father “ He weigh vpon myâ—ehand “ Heb. In the heart of Absalom (d) Temperating the victorie with mercie and pine vpon the people that were seduced by Absalom (e) It should appeare by this that God had punished him by taking away his three sonnes his daughter f That is hath deliuered him out of the handes of his enemies g Fauoring him that he should not inâ—utte displeasure by telling of the death of Absalom (h) He sate in the gate of the citie of Mahanaim (i) That is he bringeth tydinges “ Heb. I see the running (k) He had had experience of his fidelitie Chap. 17. e. “ Or Deliuered vp (l) To wit Chusi who was an Ethiopian “ Hebr. Tydinges is brought “ Heb. Iudged (m) The rebellion of his sonne coulde not quenche his fatherly effection “ Hebr. Saluation or deliueranÌ„ce (a) As they do that mourne (b) At Mahanaim “ Or Captaines “ Hebr. Ben right in thyne eyes “ Heb. To the heart of thy seruaunt (c) Where the most resorte of the people was (d) Who should first bring home the king c As to them whose officers to tell the people their dutie f Beside his pollicie that is by winning of the captaine to winne the people it serueth that he hath yet a grudge against Ioab for the death of Absalom (g) Who had before reâ—ted him Cha. â— c. (h) For in his aduersitie he was his most cruell enemie although nowe in his prosperitie he seketh by flattery to
the one descended priestes of him onely is it sufficieÌ„t to speake P Dathan and Abiron came from Ruben by reason of the first begotten for that they would haue entred the office of Moyses by sedicion which they raysed at the suggestion of Chore which were swalowed vp of the earth with 250. men with all their housholde Numeri 16. N This Caath was sonne of Leui father to Amram Exo. 6. O This Amram toke Isabeth the daughter of Leui to wyfe as the Iewes say Exo. 6. Christes lyne Re. Here at AbrahaÌ„ endeth the second age and conteyneth ix hundred xl.ii yeres Abraham C 175. Isahac G 186. Iacob I 147. Iudas kinges 125. FroÌ„ Iuda Christe desceÌ„ded by this line folowing had Sue to wyfe by whoÌ„ he had 3 sons Her Onam Sela. FroÌ„ Iuda the kings deceÌ„ded of whom Christe came Phares Christes lyne Naâ—hor A Araim B Hur. Bur. Bathuel Melcâ— Loth. D Sara Iob. Balaam or liliud Laban wyfe to Isahac Rebecca H Moab Amon. Esau Lya free Ruben K Simeon L Leui. Caath N 133. Gerson Merari Amram O 137 Ysuar Dathan P Abiron Ysacar Zabulon Dina. his concubine Agar E This Agar of Egypt mayde to Sara had Abraham Ismael whom Abraham did circumcide but Sara expelled her and her sonne and after gaue to her sonne Ismael a wyfe one of Egypt by whom he had .12 sonnes princes of their .xii. tribes from whom sprang the Arabians Gen. 16. Ismahel Nabaioth Cedar Cethura F Madam Madian M Ioseph was solde into Egypt to the Ismaelites for thirtie pence and there was made stuarde of Pharaos house where he receaued his father Iacob and his eleuen brethren Gene. 50. Hande Bala maydens Zelpha A free woman Rachel Dan. Neptalim Gad. Aser Ioseph M Beniamin Manasses Ephraim Sue Her Onan Sela. Thamar Zaram Thâ—re Abrahams father beeing offended with the Chaldees in 〈…〉 which they killed 〈…〉 with 〈…〉 Nacâ— Gen. 11. â— Abraham after the death of his brother Aram in Vr of the Chaldees taking Loth for his sonne by adoption Sara to his wyfe â–ª the daughter of Aram dyd iourney with his father into Charram And after his fathers deceasse went into Sichem where God appeared vnto him saying to thy seede wyll I geue this lande And from thence he came to Penthapoliâ— After that he pitched his tent betwixt Bethel and Hay and called vpon the name of the Lorde And from thence he departed for the famine and went downe into Egypt where he named his wyfe his sister And from thence he went to the valley of Mambre and deuided him selfe from Loth. He did deliuer Loth from his captiuitie and killed fiue kinges toke tenthes of Melchisedech prieste and king And in the .85 yere of his age he had a sonne of his handemayde called Ismael whom with him selfe he did circumcide and in the 100. yere of his age he had Isahac And after the death of Sara his wyfe he maryed Cethura and had fiue children of her and when he had fulfilled 175. yeres he dyed F Cethura was wyfe to Abraham after the death of Sara though some thinke she was called Hagar being his wyfe and afore his concubine of whom he had fiue sonnes from whom sprang the Sarasins and dwelt wyde in the lande Gen. 11.12 These two did Ismael beget with ten other by his wyfe of Egypt G Isahac was borne in the lande of Chanaan circumcized the eyght day and when he was .35 yeres old his father would haue made him a sacrifice And at fourtie yeres of his age he toke to wyfe Rebecca who labouring in her birth heard the reuelation that Esau shoulde serue Iacob and in the sixtie yere of his age his two sonnes Esau and Iacob were borne Afterwarde Isahac in a great famine went to king Abimelech and there fayned his wyfe to be his sister as his father did before him And he dygged the three pittes which his father had made which the Philistines did stoppe vp Genesis 28. These two be the children of Ioseph and eyther of them make a tribe by him selfe Where the tribe of Leui was remoued from the lot of inheritaunce Thamar was geuen to wyfe by Iudas to his two sonnes Her and Onan and after they were destroyed for their offence she was sent away wydowe into her fathers house of whom Iudas after the death of his wyfe Sue finding her sitting in the high way as he was going to shere his sheepe did company with her and had thereby two children Phares Zaram and when Thamar was charged of adulterie she brought foorth Iudas ring and staffe as pledge of his companying with her Gen. 38. A Moyses was borne in Egypt his fathers name was 〈◊〉 â–ª his mothers name Iâ—abeâ— he was put into â—ed and cast into the water whom the daughter of Pharao toke out of the water and thervpon called his name Moyses and at the suggestion of mary Moyses sister was geuen to his mother to be nurished vp and after certayne dayes was presented to the king who put a crowne vpon his head which he thrue from him and after he was come to age he conquered the king of Ethiope slue an Egyptian who hurt a Iewe and a Iewe accused him therof he fled out of Egypt toke to wife Sephora the daughter of Iethro priest and dyd his endeuour to deliuer the people of Israel from E◠††〈…〉 beforâ— the king working diuerâ— wonders and after was made there guyde and teacher of the Iewee in the lawe and when he was 120. yeres olde he dyed Exod. 2. B Aaron toke the daughter of Aminadab to wife of whom he had foure soÌ„nes who being of 123. yeres died in the mount Hor in the 30. yere of his comming foorth out of Egypt bâ— this Aaron the priestes descended Num. 20. E Phinees the sonne of Eleazar hauing great zeale to the lawe of God slue the Iewe that committed filthinesse with the woman of Moab wher by gods wrath was pacified he and his heires sworne priestes for euer Num. 25. F Iosue the sonne of Nun succeeded Moyses in office and fought many battayles of the Lorde he made a couenaunt of the worshipping of God beyng 110. yeres olde he dyed After whose death the children of Israel committed idolatrie who were greuously punished for the same And after him God gaue them Othoniel for their guyde betwixt whose entry and Iosuas death was committed that facte of the idol of Mica Iud. 17 that facte of the wyfe of the Leuite Iud. 19. G Othoniel conquered Kiriathsepher that is the citie of letters wherfore he had AxaÌ„ to wife and deliuered the people of Israel froÌ„ the king of Mesopotamia the land was quiet fourtie yeres after whose death the Israelites sinned against God whervpon in his anger he deliuered theÌ„ into the handes of Egâ—on king of Moab and they serued hym eyghteene yeres Iud. 3. Heare at Moyses endeth thâ— time of thâ— lawe of nâ—ture conteyning yere 3689. theâ— began the
serpent hearing the reuiling wordes of Rabsaces he humbled hym seâ—e before the Lorde and had a signe from the angell of his deliuerie from the destruction of a great armie of men and he geuing no thankes to God fell in sickenesse had a signe of his recouery by the prophete Esai by the goyng backe of the sunne and after he was recouered he song his canticle to God he shewed the treasures of the house of the Lord to the ambassadours of Babylon for which the prophete rebuked him 4. Re. 20. Esa 37. Christes line Kings of Iuda Athalia A 6. 46. Ioas. B 40. 54. Amasias C 29. Without king 13. 68. Ozias D 52. 41. Ioathan E 16. 36. Achaz F 16. 54. Ezechias G 29. 76. Manasses H 55. 24. Amon. 2. 2â— Iosias I 31. Ioacaz three monethes Kinges of Israel vi not son Iehu K 28. xvii sonne i. sonne Ioathaâ— 17. xv xv Ioas. L 16. xiii xiiii sonne Ieroboam M 41. xxiiii Without king 23. vi monethes not sonne Zacharias 6. monethes i. moneth not son Sellum one moneth x. sonne Manaon N 10. i. sinod not sonne Facia 2. xv viii Facee O 20. iiii not sonne Without king 8. Kinges of Babylon vi Osee P 9. Merodac Baldam Tobias Anna. Tobias H Manasses was an euil man drue his sonne thorough the fire and after he had cut the prophete Esai a sunder with a wooden sawe when he had defiled the streetes of Hierusalem with the blood of the prophetes at the last he perceauing his wickednesse chaunged his life to a better 4. Reg. 21. I This Iosias finding the booke of Deuteronomie in a chest he destroied al the idolatrie in the high places he burnt all the bones of the false prophetes and priestes in Bethel as Addo the prophete did prophecie he made a great easter and dyd encrease the worshipping of God he was slayne with an arrowe by the archers vpon whose death Ieremi the prophete did wryte his lamentations and in the xiii yere of his kingdome Ieremi began to prophecie vsing the similitudes of a waking rod of a boyling pot and a linnen girdle 3. Esdras 1. Iere. 13. 〈…〉 annoynted 〈…〉 â—â—aunt after that he had slayne 〈◊〉 â—nd Ochozias had throwne do 〈◊〉 hedlong Iesabel had beheaded y e three score and ten sonnes of Achab and kiled the fourtie and two brethren of Oâ—hozias he killed by subtiltie the prophetes and priestes of Baal in Samaria and turned the temple of Baal into a common takes 4. Reg. 21. L Ioas after he had visited Elizeus who counseled him to shoote his arrowe thrise into the ground signifiing therby that he shoulde thrise conquer Syria he toke y e treasure of Hierusalem it beyng yelded vnto him and Amasias ouercome 4. Reg. 22. Osee Amos. Iobel Ionas M Ieroboam bounded out all the coastes of Israel according to the wordes of the Lorde whiche was spoken by the prophete Ionas 4. Reg. 14. N Manaon by geuing 1000. talentes of siluer to Phul to go from hym prouoked the kinges anger against hym 4. Reg. 15. Phul and other folowing him raigned after Sardanapalus the last monarchie of Assyria and to recouer their old dignititie dyd warre vpon their borderers eueÌ„ vnto Ezechias wheÌ„ Sennacherib was killed in the temple of his owne children vpon his fleyng away from Iudea into Assyria all his armie beyng destroyed 4. Reg. 19. Obdias or Obeth O Facee the sonne of Romelius dyd not resist the king of the Assyrians in destroying all the countrey beyonde Iordane with the two tribes and the halfe here began the destruction of the ten tribes 4. Reg. 15. Raguel Anna. Sara P Osee the king of Israel though he gaue licence to the Iewes to go thryse in the yere to HierusaleÌ„ the ten tribes of Israel were brought into captiuitie vnder Salmanasar king of the Assyrians amongest whom was Tobias 4. Reg. 17. Merodac honoured the king of Israel Ezechias to whose messengers he detected the treasures of the Lordes house and of his owne house for whiche offence the kinges of Babylon did euer molest the kingdome of Iuda Esai 38. Ioacas was made king of the people Pharao substituted hym and placed his brother 4. Regum 13. 〈…〉 Azael Rasni sonne of Remelia Kinges of the Assyrians Phul. Theglaphalasar Salmanasser Sennacherib Assaradon Sargon Iosedech Iesus Eliachim or Iothim Elisaphat Vrias Baruch Ezechiel A Ioachim the first begotten sonne of 〈◊〉 being made king by Pharao king of Egypt gaue him a great suÌ„me of money he dyd euyll before the Lord wherfore Vrias the prophete dyd reproue hym but he dyd threate the prophete therevpon Vrias fled into Egypt but he returned hym againe and slue him to whom Ieremi sayd that he should be buryed lyke an asse This Ioachim after he had slayne Vrias imprisoned Ieremi cut the booke of the prophecie of Baruch in peeces and woulde not be warned by the example of the Rechabites At the last was slayne of Nabuchodonosor and throwne without the walles 4. Reg. 24. B Ieconias the seconde deliuered him selfe by the counsell of Ieremi into the handes of Nabuchodonosor when he returned from Hierusalem in whiche transmigration beside other x. M. was Daniel Ezechiel and the three children 4. Re. 24. C Sedechias who first was called Mathanias being without any feare of al the warninges geuen vnto hym by the prophete was besieged of Nabuchodonosor and led blinde into Babylon and there dyed a shamefull death and was buried 4. Re. 26. Here endeth the fourth age hauing yeres as the Hebrues write 473. after the seuentie 485. and from Adam to Sedechias tyme .4612 D Salathiel was sonne to Ioachim the younger or Ieconias nephewe to Sedechias Mat. 1. E Zorobabel sonne to Salathiel dyd expound the riddle of the strength of the wine of the king of the woman and of the trueth vnto Darius sonne of Idapsis for which he gaue him rewardes and in the seconde yere of his raigne graunted to finishe the temple 1. Esdras 3. K Cyrus after he had slayne Baltasar translated his kingdome of Babylon to him selfe who gaue the Iewes in captiuitie their license to returne the numbeâ— was 50000. that departed within three yere this deliuerie was brought about by the request of Aggeus Zacharie and Zorobabel 3. Edras 2. L Cambises otherwyse called Nabuchodonosor had the Monarchie of the east seueÌ„ yeres together he forbad the buylding of the temple he beyng desirous to be adored lyke a god in Israel at the last was slayne In his time was Holophernus his chiefe captayne discomfited by Iudith whose head she cut of and shewed it openly vnto the people and so deliuered Israel whervpon she made a canticle of thankes for her victorie Iudit 13.14 Christes line 36. Ioachim A 11. Ieconias B 3. monethes Sedechias Mathanias C 11. Salathiel D Zorobabel E Abiud Christes line Nabuchodonosor F 4â— Nabuchodonosor 7. Euilmoradac G Regusar Labosardac Balthasar H Kinges of Persia. Darius I Cyrus K 30. CaÌ„bises or Nabuchodonosor L 20. Hermeidos Magus Darius
thine handes therfore shalt thou be glad 16 Three tymes in the yere shall all thy males appeare before the Lorde thy God in the place which he shall choose In the feast of vnleauened bread in the feast of weekes and in the feast of tabernacles And they shal not appeare before the Lorde emptie 17 Euery man shall geue accordyng to the gift of his hande accordyng to the blessyng of the Lorde thy God which he hath geuen thee 18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy cities which the Lorde thy God geueth thee throughout thy tribes and they shall iudge the people with iust iudgement 19 Wrest not thou the lawe nor knowe any person neither take any rewarde for giftes do blinde the eyes of the wise peruert the wordes of the righteous 20 That which is iust and ryght shalt thou folowe that thou mayst lyue and enioy the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee 21 Thou shalt plant no groue of any trees neare vnto the aulter of the Lord thy God which thou shalt make thee 22 Thou shalt set thee vp no piller which the Lorde thy God hateth ¶ The .xvij. Chapter ◠The punishment of the idolater 9 Harde controuersies are brought to the priest and the iudge 12 The contempner must dye 15 The election of the kyng 16 17 What thynges he ought to auoyde 18 And what he ought to imbrace 1 Thou shalt offer vnto the Lorde thy God no oxe nor sheepe wherin is blemishe or any euyll fauourednesse for that is an abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God 2 If there be founde among you within any of thy gates which the Lorde thy God geueth thee man or woman that hath wrought wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde thy God in transgressyng his couenaunt 3 And gone and serued straunge gods and worshipped them as the sunne or moone or any of the hoast of heauen which I haue not commaunded 4 And it is tolde thee thou hast hearde of it then shalt thou enquire diligently and if it be true the thyng of a suretie that such abhomination is wrought in Israel 5 Then shalt thou bryng foorth that man or that woman which haue committed that wicked thyng vnto the gates and shalt stone them with stones tyll they dye 6 At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he that is worthy of death dye and at the mouth of one witnesse let no man dye 7 The handes of the witnesses shal be first vpon him to kyll him afterward the handes of all the people and thou shalt put the wicked away from thee 8 If there rise a matter to harde for thee in iudgement betweene blood and blood betweene plea and plea betweene plague and plague and the matters come to strife within thy gates then shalt thou arise and get thee vp vnto the place whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen 9 And come vnto the priestes the Leuites and vnto the iudge that shal be in those dayes and aske and they shall shewe thee the sentence of iudgement 10 And thou must do accordyng to that which they of that place which the Lord had chosen shewe thee and thou shalt obserue to do accordyng to all that they enfourme thee 11 Accordyng to the sentence of the lawe which they tell thee shalt thou do and bowe not from that which they shewe thee neither to the right hande nor to the left 12 And that man that wyll do presumptuously and wyll not hearken vnto the priest that standeth there before the Lorde thy God to minister or vnto the iudge that man shall dye and thou shalt put away euyll from Israel 13 And all the people shall heare feare and shall do no more presumptuously 14 When thou art come vnto the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee and enioyest it and dwellest therin and if thou shalt say I wyll set a king ouer me lyke as all the nations that are about me 15 Then thou shalt make hym king ouer thee whom the Lorde thy God shall choose Euen one from among thy brethren shalt thou make kyng ouer thee and thou mayest not set a straunger ouer thee which is not of thy brethren 16 But he shall not multiplie horses to hym selfe nor bryng the people agayne to Egypt to increase the number of horses forasmuch as the Lorde hath sayde vnto you ye shall hencefoorth go no more agayne that way 17 Also he ought not to multiplie wyues to him selfe lest his heart turne away neither shall he gather hym siluer and golde to much 18 And when he is set vpon the seate of his kingdome he shall write hym out a copie of this lawe in a booke before the priestes the Leuites 19 And it shal be with hym and he ought to reade therin all the dayes of his life that he may learne to feare the Lorde his God and to kepe all the wordes of this lawe and these ordinaunces for to do them 20 And that his heart arise not aboue his brethren and that he turne not from the commaundement to the right hand or to the left but that he may prolong his dayes in his kyngdome he and his children in the middes of Israel ¶ The .xviij. Chapter ◠The portion of the Leuites ◠Of the Leuite commyng from another place 9 To auoyde the abhomination of the Gentiles 15 God wyll not leaue them without a true prophete 20 The false prophete shal be slayne 22 Howe he may be knowen 1 THe priestes of the Leuites all the tribe of Leui must haue no part nor inheritaunce with Israel but shall eate y e fierie offeringes of the Lorde and his inheritaunce 2 Therfore shall they haue no inheritaunce among their brethren but the Lorde he is their inheritaunce as he hath sayde vnto them 3 And the priestes duetie of the people and of them that offer whether it be oxe or sheepe they must geue vnto the priest the shoulder the two chekes and the mawe 4 The first fruites also of thy corne wine and oyle and the first of the fleece of thy sheepe shalt thou geue hym 5 For the Lorde thy God hath chosen hym out of all thy tribes to stande and to minister in the name of the Lorde he and his sonnes for euer 6 If a Leuite come out of any of thy cities of all Israel where he is a soiourner and come with all the lust of his heart vnto the place which the Lorde hath chosen 7 He shall minister in the name of the Lorde his God as his other brethren the Leuites do which remayne there before the Lorde 8 And they shall haue lyke portions to eate beside that which commeth of the sale of his patrimonie 9 When thou art come into the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth
Zalmana kynges of Madian 6 And the lordes of Sucoth sayde Are the handes of Zebah and Zalmana now in thyne handes that we should geue bread vnto thyne armie 7 Gedeon sayde Therfore when the Lord hath deliuered Zebah and Zalmana into mine hande I will teare the flesshe of you with the thornes of the wildernes and with bryers 8 And he went vp thence to Phanuel spake vnto them lykewyse And y e men of Phanuel aunswered him as did the men of Sucoth 9 And he sayd also vnto the men of Phanuel When I come agayne in peace I will breake downe this towre 10 Zebah Zalmana were in Carcor and their hoastes with them vpon a fifteene thousande men which were all that were left of all the hoastes of them of the east For there was slaine an hundred and twentie thousande men that drewe swordes 11 And Gedeon went thorowe them that dwelt in tabernacles on the east syde of Nobah and Iegbahah and smote the hoaste for the hoaste dyd cast no perylles 12 And whan Zebah and Zalmana fled he folowed after them and toke y e two kynges of Madian Zebah and Zalmana and discomfited all the hoaste 13 And Gedeon the sonne of Ioas returned from battel afore the sunne was vp 14 And caught a ladde of the men of Sucoth enquired of him And he wrote him of the lordes and elders of Sucoth threescore and seuenteene men 15 And he came vnto the men of Sucoth and sayd Beholde Zebah and Zalmana with which ye dyd cast me in the teeth saying Are the handes of Zebah and Zalmana alredy in thyne hande that we should geue bread vnto thy fayntie men 16 And he toke the elders of the citie and thornes of the wildernesse and bryers and dyd teare the men of Sucoth with them 17 And he brake downe the towre of * Phanuel slue the men of the citie 18 And then sayde he vnto Zebah and Zalmana what maner of men were they whom ye slue at Thabor And they aunswered The lykenesse of thee and them is al one euē after the fashion of the children of a kyng 19 And he sayd They were my brethren euen my mothers children As truly as the Lord liueth if ye had saued their lyues I would not slay you 20 And he sayde vnto Iether his eldest sonne Vp and slay them But the ladde drue not his sworde for he feared because he was yet young 21 Then Zebah and Zalmana sayde Ryse thou and fall vpon vs for as the man is so is his strength And Gedeon arose and slue Zebah and Zalmana and toke away the ornamentes that were on their camels neckes 22 Then the men of Israel sayde vnto Gedeon Raigne thou ouer vs both thou thy sonne and thy sonnes sonne for thou hast deliuered vs out of y e hand of Madian 23 And Gedeon sayd vnto them I wyll not raigne ouer you neither shall my childe raigne ouer you but the Lorde shall raigne ouer you 24 And agayne Gedeon said vnto them I would desire a request of you euen that you would geue me euery man the * earinges of his pray For they had golden earinges because they were Ismaelites 25 And they aunswered We will gyue them And they spread a mantell and dyd cast therin euery man the earynges of his pray 26 And the wayght of y e golden earinges that he required was a thousand and seuen hundred sicles of golde besyde chaynes and iewelles and purple rayment that was on the kynges of Madian and besyde the chaynes that were about their camels neckes 27 And Gedeon made an Ephod therof and put it in his citie Ephrah And all Israel went a whoryng after it in the same place which thing became a ruyne vnto Gedeon and to his house 28 Thus was Madian brought lowe before the children of Israel so that they lyft vp their heades no more And the countrey was in quietnes fourtie yeres in the dayes of Gedeon 29 And Ierobaal y e sonne of Ioas went and dwelt in his owne house 30 And Gedeon had threescore and ten sonnes of his body begotten for he had many wyues 31 And his cōcubine that was in Sichem bare him a sonne also whose name he called Abimelech 32 And Gedeon the sonne of Ioas dyed in a good age and was buryed in the sepulchre of Ioas his father euen in Ephrah that parteyned vnto the father of the Esrites 33 But assoone as Gedeon was dead the children of Israel turned away went a whoryng after Baalim and made a couenaunt with Baal to be their God 34 And the children of Israel thought not on the Lorde their God which had deliuered them out of the handes of all their enemies on euery syde 35 Neither shewed they mercy on the house of Ierobaal otherwyse called Gedeon according to all the goodnes which he had shewed vnto Israel The .ix. Chapter 1. Abimelech vsurpeth the kyngdome and putteth his brethren to death 7. Ioatham proposeth a parable 23. Hatred betweene Abimelech and the Sichemites 26. Gaal conspireth agaynst him and is ouercome 53. Abimelech is wounded to death by a woman 1 ABimelech the sonne of Ierobaal went to Sichem vnto his mothers brethren communed with them with all the kynrede of the house of his mothers father saying 2 Saye I pray you in the eares of all the men of Sichem whether is better for you that all the sonnes of Ierobaal which are threescore and ten persons raigne ouer you either that one raigne ouer you Remember that I am of your bone and of your fleshe 3 And his mothers brethren spake of him in the audience of all the men of Sichem all these wordes their heartes were moued to folow Abimelech For they sayde He is our brother 4 And they gaue him threescore and ten peeces of siluer out of the house of Baal Berith wherwith Abimelech hyred vayne and light persons which went with hym 5 And he went vnto his fathers house at Ephrah * and slue his brethren the sonnes of Ierobaal beyng threescore ten persons vpon one stone Notwithstandyng yet Ioatham the youngest sonne of Ierobaal escaped for he hyd hymselfe 9 And all the men of Sichem gathered together and al the house of Mello and came and made Abimelech kyng in the playne where the stone was in Sichem 7 And when they tolde it to Ioatham he went and stoode in the top of mount Garizim and lyft vp his voyce cryed and sayd vnto them Hearken vnto me you men of Sichem that God may hearken vnto you 8 The trees went foorth to annoynt a kyng ouer them and sayde vnto the Olyue tree Raigne thou ouer vs. 9 But the Olyue tree sayd vnto them Should I leaue my fatnesse wherwith by me they honour God and man to be promoted ouer the trees 10 And the trees sayd to the figge tree Come thou and be kyng ouer vs. 11 The figge tree
And he offered a burnt sacrifice 19 And assoone as he had made an ende of offering the burnt sacrifice beholde Samuel came and Saul went against him to salute him 11 And Samuel sayde What hast thou done Saul sayde Because I sawe that the people skattered from me and that thou camest not within the dayes appointed and that the Philistines gathered them selues together to Michmas 12 Therfore sayde I The Philistines shal come downe nowe vpon me to Gilgal and I haue not made supplication vnto the Lord I was bolde therfore offred a burnt offring 13 And Samuel sayd to Saul Thou art become a foole thou hast not kept the commaundemēt of the Lord thy God which he commaūded thee For at this time woulde the Lorde haue stablished thy kingdome vpon Israel for euer 14 But nowe thy kingdome shal not continue The Lorde hath sought him a man after his owne heart and the Lord hath commaunded him to be captayne ouer his people because thou hast not kept that whiche the Lorde commaunded thee 15 And Samuel arose gate him vp from Gilgal in Gibea of Beniamin and Saul numbred the people that were found with him and they were about a sixe hundred men 16 And Saul and Ionathan his sonne the people that were found with them had their abiding in Gibea of Beniamin but y e Philistines pitched in Michmas 17 And there came out of the hoast of the Philistines three cōpanies to destroye one companie turned vnto the way that leadeth to Ophra vnto y e lande of Sual 18 And another companie turned the way to Bethoron And the thirde companie turned to the way of the coast that is seene aboue y e valley of Zeboim toward the wildernesse 19 There was no smith founde throughout all the lande of Israel For the Philistines sayde Lest the Hebrues make them swordes or speares 20 But all the Israelites went downe to the Philistines to mende euery man his share his mattocke his axe weeding hooke 21 Yet they had a file for the shares for the mattockes for the pickforkes and for the axes and for to sharpen to goades 22 And so in time of battel there was neither sword nor speare found in the handes of any of the people that were with Saul and Ionathan But with Saul Ionathan his sonne was there found 23 And the garison of the Philistines came out to go ouer vnto Michmas The .xiiii. Chapter 14 Ionathan and his harnesse bearer put the Philistines to flight 24 Saul bindeth the people by an othe not to eate till euening 32 The people eate with the blood 38 Saul would put Ionathan to death 45 The people deliuer him 1 THen on a time Ionathan the sonne of Saul sayde vnto his young man that bare his harnesse Come let vs go ouer to the Philistines garison that are yonder on the other syde and he tolde not his father 2 And Saul taried in the vttermost part of Gibea vnder a pomegranate tree which is in Migron and the people that were with him were vpō a sixe hundred men 3 And Ahia the sonne of Ahitob Ichabods brother the sonne of Phinehes the sonne of Eli was the Lordes priest in Silo and ware an Ephod And the people wist not that Ionathan was gone 4 And in the middes of the passage by which Ionathan sought to go ouer vnto the Philistines garison there was a sharpe rocke on the one syde a sharpe rocke on the other syde the one called Bozez and the other Sene. 5 The forefront of the one leaned northwarde towarde Michmas the other was southward toward Gibea 6 And Ionathan sayd to the young man that bare his harnesse Come and let vs go ouer vnto the garison of these vncircumcised it may be that the Lorde will worke with vs for it is no hardnesse with the Lord to saue either in manie or in fewe 7 And his harnesse bearer said vnto him Do all that is in thyne heart Go where it pleaseth thee behold I am with thee as thyne heart lusteth 8 Then sayd Ionathan Beholde we go ouer vnto these men and shall shewe our selues vnto them 9 Yf they say on this wyse to vs Tarie vntil we come to you then we wil stand still in our place not go vp vnto them 10 But and if they say Come vp vnto vs then we wil go vp for the Lorde hath deliuered them into our handes And this shal be a signe vnto vs. 11 And they both shewed them selues vnto the garison of the Philistines And the Philistines sayde See the Hebrues come out of the holes where they had hyd them selues in 12 And the men of the garison aunswered Ionathan his harnesse bearer sayd Come vp to vs and we will shewe you a thing And Ionathan sayde vnto his harnesse bearer Come vp after me for the Lorde hath deliuered them into the hande of Israel 13 And Ionathan clymed vp vpon handes and feete and his harnesse bearer after him And they fell before Ionathan his harnesse bearer slue the after him 14 And that first slaughter whiche Ionathan his harnesse bearer made was vpon a twentie men within the compasse as it were about an halfe aker of land which two oxen plowe 15 And there was a feare in the hoast in the field among al y e people insomuch that they that were gone out of the garrison to robbe were afrayde also the earth trembled for the feare that was sent of God 16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibea Beniamin sawe And behold the multitude were discomfited were smitten as they went 17 Then sayd Saul vnto the people that was with him Searche and see who is gone away from vs. And when they had numbred beholde Ionathan and his harnesse bearer were not there 18 And Saul sayd vnto Ahia Bring hyther the arke of God For the arke of God was at time with the children of Israel 19 And while Saul talked vnto y e priest the noyse that was in the hoaste of the Philistines spred farther abrode and encreased And Saul sayd vnto the priest Withdrawe thyne hande 20 And Saul ioyned him selfe vnto al the people that were with him they came to the battell and behold euery mans sword was against his felow and there was a very great discomfiture 21 Moreouer the Hebrues that were with the Philistines before that tyme were come with them into all partes of the hoaste turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Ionathan 22 And all the men of Israel also whiche had hyd thē selues in mount Ephraim assoone as they hearde howe that the Philistines were fled they folowed after them in the battel 23 And so the Lorde saued Israel that day and the battel continued vnto Bethauen 24 And when the men of Israel were kepte downe with hunger that day Saul charged the people with an oth saying
Lord all night 12 And wheÌ„ Samuel rose early to meete Saul in the morning it was tolde Samuel that Saul was come to Carmel and beholde he hath made him there a place and is returned and departed and gone downe to Gilgal 13 And Samuel came to Saul Saul said vnto him Blessed be thou in the Lorde I haue fulfilled the coÌ„maundement of the Lord. 14 Samuel sayde What meaneth then the bleating of the sheepe in mine eares and the lowing of the oxen which I heare 15 Saul aunswered They haue brought them from the Amalekites For the people spared the best of the sheepe and of the oxen to sacrifice them vnto the Lorde thy God and the remnaunt haue we destroyed vtterlie 16 Samuel said to Saul Let me tell thee what the Lorde hath saide to me this night And he sayd vnto him saye on 17 Samuel said When thou wast litle in thyne owne sight wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel and the Lorde annoynted thee kyng ouer Israel 18 And the Lorde sent thee on a iourney and said Go and vtterly destroy those sinners the Amalekites fight against them vntyll thou destroy them 19 And wherfore hast thou not hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde but hast turned to the praye and hast done that which is wicked in the syght of the Lorde 20 And Saul sayde vnto Samuel Yea I haue hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde and haue gone the way which the Lord sent me vnto haue brought Agag the kyng of Amalek and haue destroyed the Amalekites 21 But the people toke of y e spoyle sheepe oxen and the chiefest of the thynges whiche shoulde haue ben destroyed to offer vnto the Lord thy God in Gilgal 22 And Samuel sayde Hath the Lorde as great pleasure in burnt sacrifices and offerynges as when the voyce of the Lorde is obeyed Beholde to obey is better then sacrifice and to hearken is better then the fat of rammes 23 For rebellion is as the sinne of witchcraft and stubbernnesse is as the wickednes of idolatrie Because thou hast cast away the worde of the Lorde therefore he hath cast away thee also from being king 24 And Saul sayde vnto Samuel I haue sinned For I haue gone farther then the saying of the Lorde and thy wordes because I feared the people and obeyed their voyce 25 Now therfore I pray thee take away my sinne and turne agayne with me that I may worship the Lorde 26 And Samuel sayde vnto Saul I wyll not returne with thee For thou hast cast away the worde of the Lorde and the Lord hath cast away thee that thou shalt not be kyng ouer Israel 27 And as Samuel turned hym selfe to go away he caught the lappe of his coate and it rent 28 And Samuel sayde vnto hym The Lorde hath rent the kyngdome of Israel from thee this day and hath geuen it to a neighbour of thine that is better then thou 29 The strength of Israel wyl not beguyle nor repent for he is not a man that shoulde repent 30 He sayde I haue sinned But nowe honour me before the elâ—rs of my people and before Israel and turne againe with me that I may worship the Lord thy God 31 And so Samuel turned againe and folowed Saul and Saul worshipped the Lorde 32 Then sayde Samuel Bryng you hyther to me Agag the kyng of the Amalekites And Agag came vnto hym dilicately and Agag sayde Truely the bitternesse of death is past 33 And Samuel sayde As thy sworde hath made women chyldlesse so shall thy mother be chyldlesse aboue other women And Samuel hewed Agag in peeces before the Lorde in Gilgal 34 And then Samuel departed to Rama and Saul went home to his house to Gibea Saul 35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul vntyll the day of his death Neuerthelesse Samuel mourned for Saul and the Lorde repented that he had made Saul kyng ouer Israel The .xvi. Chapter 1 Samuel is reproued of God and is sent to annoynt Dauid 7. God regardeth the heart 13 The spirite of the Lorde commeth vpon Dauid 14. The wicked spirite is sent vpon Saul 19. Saul sendeth for Dauid 1 THE Lorde sayd vnto Samuel Howe long wilt thou mourne for Saul seing I haue cast him away from raigning ouer Israel Fill thyne horne with oyntment and come that I may send thee to Isai the Bethlemite for I haue prouided me a king among his sonnes 2 And Samuel sayd How can I go For if Saul heare it he will kill me The Lord aunswered Take an heyfer with thee and saye I am come to offer to the Lorde 3 And call Isai to the offering and I will shewe thee what thou shalt do And thou shalt annoynt vnto me him whom I name vnto thee 4 And so Samuel did as the Lord bade him and came to Bethlehem and the elders of the towne were astonyed at his comming and saide * Commest thou peaceably 5 He aunswered Yea I am come to offer vnto the Lorde Sanctifie your selues and come with me to the offering And he sanctified Isai and his sonnes and bade them to the offering 6 And when they were come he loked on Eliab saide Surelye the Lordes annoynted is before him 7 But the Lorde sayde vnto Samuel Loke not on his fashion or on y e height of his stature because I haue refused him For God seeth not as man seeth For man loketh on the outward appearaunce but the Lorde beholdeth the heart 8 Then Isai called Abinadab made him come before Samuel and he sayd Neither hath the Lorde chosen this 9 Then Isai made Samma come and he sayd Neither yet hath the Lorde chosen him 10 Againe Isai made seuen of his sonnes to come before Samuel and Samuel sayd vnto Isai The Lorde hath chosen none of these 11 And Samuel sayde vnto Isai Are heare all thy children He sayde There is yet a litle one behind that kepeth the sheepe And Samuel said vnto Isai Sende and fet him for we will not syt downe till he be come hyther 12 And he sent and brought him in And he was ruddie and of an excelleÌ„t beawtie and wel fauoured in sight And the Lorde said Aryse annoynt him For come downe to see the battel 29 And Dauid sayde And what haue I nowe done is there not a cause 30 And he departed from him into the presence of another and spake of the same maner and the people aunswered him againe as before 31 And they that heard the wordes which Dauid spake rehearsed them before Saul which caused him to be fet 32 And Dauid sayde to Saul Let no mans heart fayle him because of him Thy seruaunt will go and fight with yonder Philistine 33 And Saul sayde to Dauid againe Thou art not able to go against yonder Philistine to fight with him For thou art but a childe but he is
and more also if I taste bread or ought els tyll the sunne be downe 36 And all the people wist it and it pleased them as whatsoeuer the king did pleased all the people 37 For all the people and all Israel vnderstoode that day how that it was not the kinges deede that Abner the sonne of Ner was slayne 38 And the king said vnto his seruauntes Knowe ye not howe that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel 39 And I am this day tender and newly annoynted king and these men the sonnes of Zaruia be to hard for me The Lorde rewarde the doer of euyll according to his wickednesse The .iiii. Chapter 5 Baanah and Rechab slay Isboseth the sonne of Saul 12 Dauid commaunded them to the slayne 1 AND when Sauls sonne hearde that Abner was dead in Hebron his handes were feeble al the Israelites were afrayde 2 And Sauls sōne had two mē that were captaines of bandes the one called Baanah the other Rechab the sonnes of Rimmon a Berothite of the children of Beniamin for Beroth was reckened to Beniamin 3 And these Berothites fled to Githaim and soiourned there vntill this day 4 And Ionathan Sauls sonne had a sonne that was lame on his feete and was fiue yeres olde when the tydinges came of Saul Ionathan out of Iesrael And his nurse toke hym vp and fled away and as she made haste to flee the chylde fell and began to halt and his name was Miphiboseth 5 And the sonnes of Rimmon the Berothite Rechab and Baanah went and came in the heate of the day to the house of Isboseth whiche slept on a bed at noone 6 And behold they came into the middes of the house as though they woulde haue fetched wheate and Rechab and Baanah his brother smote him vnder the fyft ribbe and fled 7 For when they came into the house he slept on his bed in his bed chamber and they smote him and slue him beheaded him and toke his head gat them away through the plaine all the night 8 And they brought the head of Isboseth vnto Dauid to Hebron and sayde to the king Behold there is the head of Isboseth Sauls sonne thyne enemie whiche sought after thy lyfe and the Lorde hath auenged my lorde the kyng this day of Saul and of his seede 9 And Dauid aunswered Rechab and Baanah his brother y e sonnes of Rimmon the Berothite and said vnto them As the Lorde lyueth whiche hath deliuered my soule out of all aduersites 10 When one tolde me sayde that Saul was dead thynking to haue brought good tydinges I caught him and slue him in Ziklag whiche thought that I woulde haue geuen him a rewarde for his tydinges bringing 11 Howe much more when wicked men haue slayne a righteous person in his owne house and vpon his bed Shal I not nowe therfore require his blood of your hande take you from the earth 12 And Dauid commaunded his young men and they slue them and cut of their handes and feete and hanged them vp ouer the poole in Hebron But they toke the head of Isboseth buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron The .v. Chapter 3 Dauid is made king ouer all Israel 7 He taketh the forte of Zion 19 He asketh counsel of the Lorde 20 And ouercommeth the Philistines twise 1 THen came all the tribes of Israel to Dauid vnto Hebron and sayde thus Beholde we are thy bone and thy fleshe 2 And in time past whē Saul was our king thou leddest Israel in and out and the Lord hath sayd to thee thou shalt feede my people Israel thou shalt be a captayne ouer Israel 3 And so all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron and king Dauid made a couenaunt with them in Hebron before the Lorde and they annointed Dauid king ouer Israel 4 Dauid was thirtie yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned fourtie yeres 5 In Hebron he raigned ouer Iuda seuen yeres and sixe monethes and in Hierusalem he raigned thirtie and three yeres ouer all Israel and Iuda 6 The king also and his men went to Hierusalem vnto the Iebusites the inhabitauntes of the lande whiche spake vnto Dauid saying Except thou take away the blinde and the lame thou shalt not come in hyther For they said Thou art not able to come in hyther 7 Neuerthelesse Dauid toke the strong hold of Sion the same is the citie of Dauid 8 And Dauid sayde the same day Whosoeuer smyteth the Jebusites and getteth vp to the gutters of the houses and smyteth the lame and the blinde hated of Dauid soule I will preferre him Wherfore they said The blinde and the lame shal not come into that house 9 And so Dauid dwelt in the towre and called it the citie of Dauid and buylt round about it from Millo inward 10 And Dauid prospered and grewe and y e Lord God of hoastes was with him 11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to Dauid and Cedar trees carpenters and masons for walles and they buylt Dauid an house 12 And Dauid perceaued that the Lord had stablished him king ouer Israel that he had exalted his kingdome for his people Israels sake 13 And Dauid toke him mo concubines and wyues out of Hierusalem after he was come from Hebron and mo sonnes daughters were yet borne to Dauid 14 And these be the names of the sonnes that were borne vnto him in Hierusalem Samua Sobab Nathan Solomon 15 Ibhar also and Elisua Nepheg and Iaphia 16 Elisama Eliada and Eliphelet 17 But when the Philistines hearde that they had annoynted Dauid king ouer Israel they came all vp to seke Dauid And assoone as Dauid hearde of it he gat him to an holde 18 And when the Philistines came they spread them selues in the valley of Raphaim 19 And Dauid asked counsel of the Lord saying Shall I go vp to the Philistines wilt thou deliuer them into my handes And the Lorde aunswered vnto Dauid Go vp for I will doubtlesse deliuer the Philistines into thy handes 20 And Dauid came to Baal Perazim and smote them there and sayde The Lorde hath deuided myne enemies asunder before me as waters be deuided asunder And therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim 21 And there they left their images and Dauid and his men burnt them 22 And the Philistines came yet againe and layde them selues in the valley of Rephaim 23 And when Dauid asked counsel of the Lorde he aunswered Thou shalt not go vp but compasse them on the backsyde and come vpon them ouer against the Mulbery trees 24 And when thou hearest the noyse of a thing goyng in the toppe of the Mulbery trees then remoue for then shall the Lorde go out before thee to smyte the hoast of the Philistines 25 And Dauid did as the Lorde
25 And when he was come to Hierusalem and met the king the king sayde vnto him Wherfore wentest not thou with me Miphiboseth 26 He aunswered My lorde O king my seruaunt deceaued me For thy seruaunt saide I would haue myne asse sadled to ryde thereon for to go to the king because thy seruaunt is lame 27 And he hath accused thy seruaunt vnto my lorde the king and my lorde the king is as an angell of God do therfore what seemeth good in thine eyes 28 For all my fathers house were but dead men before my lorde the king and yet diddest thou put thy seruaunt among thē that dyd eate at thyne owne table What right therefore haue I yet to crye any more vnto the king 29 And the king said vnto him Why speakest thou any more of thy matters I haue saide Thou and Ziba deuide the landes betweene you 30 And Miphiboseth sayd vnto the king yea let him take all forsomuch as my lord y e king is come againe in peace vnto his owne house 31 And Barzellai y e Gileadite came downe from Roglim and went ouer Iordane with the king to conduct him ouer Iordane 32 Barzellai was a very aged man euen foure score yeres olde and prouided the king of sustenaunce while he laye at Mahanaim for he was a man of very great substaunce 33 And the king said vnto Barzellai come ouer with me I will feede thee with me in Hierusalem 34 And Barzellai saide vnto the king How long haue I to liue that I shuld go vp with the king vnto Hierusalem 35 I am this day foure score yeres olde can I deserue betweene good or euyll Hath thy seruaunt any taste in that he eateth or drinketh Can he heare any more the voyce of syngyng men and women wherfore thē should thy seruaunt be yet a burthen vnto my lord the king 36 Thy seruaunt will go a litle way ouer Iordane with the king why wyl the king recompence it me with such a rewarde 37 O let thy seruaunt turne backe agayne that I may dye in myne owne citie and be buryed in the graue of my father of my mother Beholde here is thy seruaunt Chimham let him go with my lorde the king and do to him what shall please thee 38 And the king aunswered Chimham shall go with me and I will do to him that thou shalt be content with And what soeuer thou shalt require of me that same will I do for thee 39 And al the people went ouer Iordane and whē the king was come ouer Iordane he kissed Barzellai blessed him he went backe againe vnto his owne place 40 And then the king went to Gilgal Chimham went with him And al the people of Iuda conducted the king and also halfe the people of Israel 41 And beholde all the men of Israel came to the king saide vnto the king Why haue our brethren the men of Iuda stolen thee away and haue brought the king and his housholde and all Dauids men with him ouer Iordane 42 And all the men of Iuda aunswered the men of Israel Because the king is neare of kinne to vs Wherefore be ye angry for this matter Haue we eaten of the kinges cost or haue we taken any brybes 43 And the men of Israel aunswered the men of Iuda and saide We haue ten partes in the king and haue thereto more ryght to Dauid then ye Why then did ye despise vs that our aduise should not be first had in restoring our king And the wordes of the men of Iuda were fiercer thē the wordes of the men of Israel The .xx. Chapter 1 Seba rayseth Israel against Dauid 10 Ioab killeth Amasa traiterously 22 The head of Seba is deliuered to Ioab 23 Dauids chiefe officers 1 WHen there came thither a certaine man of Belial named Seba the sonne of Bichri a man of Iemini he blew a trumpet and said we haue no part in Dauid neither haue we inheritaunce in the sonne of Isai euery man to his tentes O Israel 2 And so euery man of Israel went frō Dauid and folowed Seba the sonne of Bichri But the men of Iuda claue fast vnto their king from Iordane to Hierusalem 3 And Dauid came to his house to Hierusalem and the king toke the ten women his concubines that he had left behind him to kepe y e house put them in warde fed them but lay no more with them And so they were inclosed vnto the day of their death lyuing in wydowhood 4 Then saide the king to Amasa Call me the men of Iuda together within three dayes and be thou here also 5 And so Amasa went to gather y e men of Iuda together but taryed longer thē the time which he had appoynted him 6 And Dauid saide to Abisai Now shal Seba the sonne of Bichri do vs more harme then did Absalom Take thou therefore thy lordes seruauntes and folowe after him lest he get him walled cities and escape vs. 7 And there went out after him Ioabs men and the Cerethites and the Phelethites and all the mightyest men And they departed out of Hierusalem to folow after Seba the sonne of Bichri 8 And when they were at y e great stone in Gibeon Amasa went before them And Ioabs garment that he had about him was girde vnto him he had gyrded thereon a sword which was ioyned fast to his loynes in a sheath that as he went it fell sometime out 9 And Ioab saide to Amasa Art thou in health my brother And Ioab toke Amasa by y e beard with the right hand to kisse him 10 But Amasa toke no heede to the sword that was in Ioabs hand for there with he smote him in the fyft rybbe shed out his bowels to the grounde and thrust at him no more he dyed So Ioab and Abisai his brother folowed after Seba the sonne of Bichri 11 And one of Ioabs men stoode by him and saide He that beareth any fauour to Ioab or good will to Dauid let him go after Ioab 12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the middes of the way And when the man sawe that* all the people stoode still he remoued Amasa out of the way into the fielde and cast a cloth vpon him because he saw that euery one that came by him stoode still 13 And assoone as he was remoued out of the way al the people went after Ioab to folow after Seba the sonne of Bichri 14 And he went thorow all the tribes of Israel vnto Abel and to Bethmaacha and all the places of Berim And they gathered together and went after him 15 And they came and besieged him in Abel neare to Bethmaacha And they cast vp a bancke against the citie and the people therof stoode on the ramper and all the people that was with Ioab thrust at the wall to
37 And Eliezer the sonne of Dodauah of Maresa prophesied against Iehosaphat saying Because thou hast ioyned thy selfe with Ahaziahu y e lord hath broken thy workes And the shippes were brokē that they were not able to go to Tharsis The .xxi. Chapter 3 Iehosaphat dieth 1 Iehoram succedeth him 4 Which killeth his brethren 6 He was brought to idolatrie 11 and seduceth the people 16 He is oppressed of the Philistines 18 His miserable ende 1 IEhosaphat also slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid and Iehoram his sonne raigned in his steade 2 And he had brethren whiche were the sonnes of Iehosaphat Azaria Iehiel Zacharia Azariahu Michael and Sephatiahu All these are the sonnes of Iehosaphat king of Iuda 3 And their father gaue thē many great giftes of gold and siluer and other speciall substaunce with strong cities in Iuda but the kingdome gaue he to Iehoram for he was the eldest 4 And Iehoram rose vp against the kingdome of his father and preuayled and siue all his brethren with the sworde and diuers of the lordes of Israel 5 Iehoram was thirtie and two yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned eyght yeres in Hierusalem 6 And he walked in the way of the kinges of Israel like as dyd the house of Ahab for he had the daughter of Ahab to wise and he wrought euyll in the eyes of the Lorde 7 Howbeit the Lord woulde not destroy the house of Dauid because of the couenaunt that he had made with Dauid as he promised to geue a light to hym and to his sonnes for euer 8 In his dayes the Edomites rebelled when they were vnder the dominion of Iuda and made them selues a king 9 And Iehoram went foorth with his lordes and all his charets were with him and he rose vp by night and smote the Edomites which compassed him in and the captaynes of the charets 10 But Edom rebelled still so that they woulde not be vnder the hande of Iuda vnto this day That same time also dyd Libna depart from being vnder his hande because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers 11 Moreouer he made high places in the mountaynes of Iuda caused the inhabiters of Hierusalem to commit fornication and prouoked Iuda to idolatrie 12 And there came a writing to him from Elia the prophete saying Thus sayth the Lord God of Dauid thy father Because thou hast not walked in the wayes of Iehosaphat thy father and in the wayes of Asa king of Iuda 13 But walkedst in the wayes of the kinges of Israel and hast made Iuda and the dwellers of Hierusalem to go a whoring like to the whordome of the house of Ahab and hast slayne thy brethren euen thy fathers house whiche were better then thou 14 Beholde with a great plague will the Lorde smite thy folke thy children thy wyues and all thy goods 15 And thou shalt suffer great payne euen a disease of thy bowels vntill thy guttes fall out by reason of thy sicknes day by day 16 And so the Lorde stirred vp against Iehoram the spirite of the Philistines and the Arabians that were besyde the blacke Moores 17 And they came vp into Iuda and wasted it caried away all the substaunce that was found in the kinges house and his sonnes and his wyues so that there was neuer a sonne left hym saue Iehohahaz which was the youngest among his sonnes 18 And after all these thinges the Lorde smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease 19 And it came to passe that in processe of time euen after the ende of two yeres his guttes fell out in his sicknes and so he died of very euyll diseases And they made no burning for him lyke the burning of his fathers 20 When he began to raigne he was thirtie and two yeres olde and raigned in Hierusalem eyght yeres and liued wretchedly howebeit they buried him in the citie of Dauid but not among the sepulchres of the kinges The .xxii. Chapter 1 Ahaziahu raigneth after Iehoram 8 Iehu king of Israel killeth Ahaziahu 10 Athaliahu putteth to death all the kinges linage 11 Ioas escapeth 1 ANd the inhabiters of Hierusalem made Ahaziahu his young sonne king in his stead For the men of warre that came with the hoast of the Arabians had slayne all his eldest sonnes And so Ahaziahu the sonne of Iehoram king of Iuda was made king 2 Two fourtie yeres old was he when he began to raigne and he raigned one yere in Hierusalem His mothers name was Athaliahu the daughter of Amri 3 And he walked also in the wayes of the house of Ahab for his mother by her counsel enticed him to do wickedly 4 Wherfore he dyd that which was euyll in the sight of the Lord as dyd they that were of the house of Ahab for they were his counselers after the death of his father to his destruction 5 And he walked after their counsel and went with Iehoram sonne of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth in Gilead and the Syrians smote Iehoram 6 And he returned to be healed in Iezrahel of the woundes whiche were geuen him at Rama whē he fought with Hazael king of Syria and Ahaziahu the sonne of Iehoram king of Iuda went downe to see Iehoram the sonne of Ahab at Iezrahel because he was diseased 7 At it came of God that Ahaziahu shoulde be dispised for his comming to Iehoram for when he was come he went out with Iehoram against Iehu the sonne of Nimsi whom y e Lord had annointed to destroy the house of Ahab 8 And so it came to passe that when Iehu was executing iustice vpon the house of Ahab and had founde the lordes of Iuda and the sonnes of the brethren of Ahaziahu that wayted on Ahaziahu he slue them 9 And he sought Ahaziahu they caught him where he was hid in Samaria and brought him to Iehu and when they had slayne him they buried him because said they he is the sonne of Iehosaphat whiche sought the Lorde with all his heart And the house of Ahaziahu had no powre to kepe still the kingdome 10 But when Athaliahu the mother of Ahaziahu sawe that her sonne was dead she arose and destroyed all the kinges seede in the kinred of the house of Iuda 11 And Iehosabeth the daughter of the king toke Ioas the sonne of Ahaziahu and stale him from among the kinges sonnes that were slayne put him and his nurse in a priuie chamber and so Iehosabeth the daughter of king Iehoram the wyfe of Iehoiada the priest and the sister of Ahaziahu hid him from Athaliahu that he was not slayne 12 And so he was with them hyd in the house of God sixe yeres and Athaliahu raigned ouer the lande The .xxiii. Chapter 1 Ioas the sonne of Ahazia is made king 3 Athaliahu is put to
spoyle out of his teeth 18 Then I sayde I shall die in my neâ—â— and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sande 19 For my roote was spread out by the water side and the deawe lay vpon my corne 20 Myne honour encreased more and more my bow was euer the stronger in my hande 21 Vnto me men gaue eare me they regarded and with scilence they taried for my counsell 22 After my woordes they replied not and my talke dropped vpon them 23 They wayted for me as for the raine and gaped vpon me as the grounde doeth to receaue the latter shoure 24 When I laughed they beleued it not the light of my countenaunce would they not put out 25 When I agreed vnto their way I was the chiefe and sate as a king with his armie about him and when they were in heauinesse I was their comfortour The .xxx. Chapter 1 Iob complayneth that he is contemned of the most contemptible 11 21. because of his aduersitie and affliction 23 Death is the house of all sheshe 1 BVt nowe they that are younger then I haue me in derision yea euen they whose fathers I would haue thought scorne to haue set with the dogges of my cattell 2 For wherto might the strength of their handes haue serued me for the time was but lost among them 3 For very miserie and hunger they fled into the wildernesse a darke place horrible and waste 4 Plucking vp nettles among the busshes and the iuniper rootes for their meate 5 And when they were dryuen foorth men cryed after them as it had ben af-after a thiefe 6 Their dwelling was in the cleftes of brookes yea in the caues and dennes of the earth 7 Among the busshes went they about crying and vnder the thornes they gathered them selues together 8 They were the children of fooles and vyllaynes which are more vile then the earth 9 Now am I their song am become their yesting stocke 10 They abhorre me and flee farre from me and stayne my face with spittle 11 Because God hath loosed my corde and humbled me they haue loosed the bridle before me 12 Vpon my right hande ryse the young men against me they haue hurt my feete treading vpon me as vpon the wayes of their destruction 13 My pathes haue they cleane marred it was so easye for them to do me harme that they needed no man to help them 14 They fell vpon me as it had ben the breaking in of waters and came in by heapes to destroy me 15 Feare is turned vpon me and they pursue my soule as the wind and my health passeth away as a cloude 16 Therfore is my soule now powred out vpon me and the dayes of my trouble haue taken hold vpon me 17 My bones are pearsed through in the night season and my sinewes take no rest 18 For the vehemencie of sorowe is my garment chaunged whiche compasseth me about as the coller of my coote 19 He hath cast me into the myre and I am become like asshes and dust 20 When I crie vnto thee thou doest not heare me and though I stande before thee yet thou regardest me not 21 Thou art become myne enemie and with thy violent hande thou takest part against me 22 In times past thou diddest set me vp on hye to be caried as it were aboue the wynde but nowe hast thou geuen mea very sore fall 23 Sure I am that thou wilt bryng me vnto death euen to the lodging that is due vnto all men liuing 24 Notwithstanding thou wilt not stretch out thyne hand against him that is in the graue shal men crie out against him that is in destruction 25 Dyd not I weepe with hym that was in trouble Had not my soule compassion vpon the poore 26 Yet neuerthelesse where as I loked for good euyll came vnto me where I wayted for light there came darkenesse 27 My bowels seethe in me without rest for the dayes of my trouble are come vpon me 28 I went mourning without heate I stoode vp in the congregation communed with them 29 But nowe I am a brother of dragons and a felowe of Estriches 30 My skinne vpon me is turned to blacke and my bones are brent with heate 13 My harpe is turned to mourning and my organs into the voyce of them that weepe The .xxxi. Chapter 1 Iob reciteth the innocentie of his liuing and number of his vertues which declareth what ought to be the lyfe of the faythfull 1 I Made a couenaunt with myne eyes why then should I loke vpon a mayden 2 For how great a portion shall I haue of God and what inheritaunce from the almightie on hye 3 Is not destruction to the wicked and straunge punishement to the workers of iniquitie 4 Doth not he see my wayes and tell all my goynges 5 If I haue walked in vanitie or if my feete haue runne to disceaue 6 Let me be wayed in an euen balaunce that God may see myne innocencie 7 If my steppe hath turned out of the way myne heart walked after myne eyes and if any blot haue cleaued to my handes 8 Then shall I sowe and an other eate yea my posteritie shal be cleane rooted out 9 If my heart haue ben deceaued by a woman or if I haue layde wayte at my neyghbours doore 10 Then let my wife grinde vnto an other man and let other men lye with her 11 For this is a wickednesse and sinne that is worthy to be punished 12 Yea a fire that vtterly should consume and roote out all my increase 13 If I euer thought scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes maydens when they had any matter against me 14 When God will sit in iudgement what shall I do when he will visite me what aunswere shal I geue him 15 He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe made he not him also were we not both shapen a like in our mothers bodies 16 If I demed the poore of their desire or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayâ—e in vayne 17 Iâ— I haue eaten my morsell alone that y e fatherlesse hath not eaten therof 18 For from my youth it hath growen vp with me as with a father and from my mothers wombe I haue ben guyde to the wydowe 19 If I haue seene any perishe for want of clothing or any poore for lake of rayment 20 If his loynes haue not blessed me because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe 21 If I haue lift vp mine hand against the fatherlesse when I sawe that I might helpe him in the gate 22 Then let myne arme fall fro my shoulder and myne arme holes be broken from the bone 23 For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce and punishment of God and knewe very well that I was not able to beare
〈◊〉 exul cxâ— Dominus reguauit 〈◊〉 câ— Ecce nunc benedicite câ—iii Ecce quâ—m bonum liâ— Etipe iâ—e de â—micis câ— Eâ—ipe me domine xlv E◠〈…〉 câ—r câ—lv Exaltâ— te deus xxx Exalâ— te domine lv Exaudi deus â—ratio lxi Exaudi deus depreâ—a lxiiii Exaudi deus oratâ— meâ—m xâ—ii Exaudi domine 〈◊〉 xx Exâ—utidiâ— te dominiâ— xl Expectanâ— expectâ— lxxxi Exultâ—te deo xxxiii Exultate 〈◊〉 lxviii Exuâ—at deus lxxxvii Fundamenta eius lxxxvi Iâ—clâ—na domine cxxvi Iâ— conuerteâ—do xâ— In domino câ—nâ—o cxiiii In exitu Iâ—ael xxxi In te domine speratii lxvi Iubilate deo C. Iubilate dâ—mâ—no xxxv Iudica domine xliii Iudica me deus xxvi Iuâ—ca me domine lxxi Iuâ— domine spâ—ratii non cxlâ— Iâ—da anima mea cxlâ—ii 〈◊〉 Hierusalem cxâ— cxvâ—◠〈…〉 omnes cxxi Leua◠〈◊〉 cxxii Laâ—tâ—tus â—um câ—v Laudâ—te â—men cxlvii Laâ—date dâ—minum cxlviii Laâ—dâ—te dominâ— de coâ—lis cl Laudate dominum in xlâ—iii l◠〈…〉 deuâ— i. lvi 〈…〉 deuâ— ii lâ—ii Miserere mei de◠〈◊〉 lxxxix câ— Miseri◠〈…〉 câ—i Memâ—nto domine xxxâ—ii No◠〈◊〉 lxâ—i Nâ—â—uâ—e de 〈…〉 lxxvi Notus in Iudaeâ— cxv Non 〈…〉 cxxâ—iâ— Nisi quiâ— dominâ— cxxâ—ii Nisi dominu◠〈◊〉 xlvii Omnes gentes cviii Paâ—atum cor ii Quare fremuerunt xlii Qâ—em admodum lii Quid gloriaâ—iâ— lxxiii Quâ—m bonus Isâ—ael lxxâ— Qui regis Israel lâ—xiiii Quâ—m dilâ—ta xâ—i Qui â—abiâ—atâ— ad ii câ—xv Quâ— confidâ—t xii Saluum me fac domiâ—e lâ—ii Sâ—ere vâ—que lâ—ix Saluum me fac deâ— cxxix Sâ—pe expugnaâ—erunt cxxxvii Super â—mina lxv Te decet hymnâ—s v. Verba meâ— x Vt quâ—d domine xiii Vs◠〈◊〉 domine lxxiiii Vt 〈◊〉 deus lxxvii 〈…〉 ad dominum xcv 〈…〉 exusteâ— cxiii Vâ— mea ad domâ—am ⧠The prouerbes of Solomon ¶ The first Chapter 1 The power and vse of the worde of God 7 Of the feare of God and knowledge of his worde 10 We may not consent to the intisinges of sinners 20 Wysdome complayneth that she is contemned 14 The punishment of them that contemne her 1 THe prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid king of Israel 2 To learne wisdome and instruction to perceaue the wordes of vnderstanding 3 To receaue the instruction of wysdome iustice iudgement and equitie 4 To geue wyt vnto the simple that the young men might haue knowledge and vnderstanding 5 The wyse man wyll geue eare and wyll come by more wysdome and he that is endued with vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wyse counselles 6 To vnderstande a parable and the interpretation thereof the wordes of the wyse and their darke speaches 7 The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of knowledge but fooles dispise wysdome and instruction 8 My sonne heare thy fathers doctrine forsake not the lawe of thy mother 9 For they shal be an encrease of grace vnto thy head and as a chayne about thy necke 10 My sonne if sinners entice thee consent not vnto them 11 If they say come with vs let vs lay wayte for blood and lurke priuily for the innocent without a cause 12 Let vs swallowe them vp lyke the graue quicke and whole as those that go downe into the pit 13 So shall we finde all maner of costly riches and fill our houses with spoyles 14 Cast in thy lot among vs and let vs all haue one purse 15 My sonne walke not thou with them refrayne thy foote from their wayes 16 For their feete runne to euill and are hastie to shed blood 17 But as in vayne the nette is layde foorth before the byrdes eyes 18 So these lay wayte for the blood of them and lye priuily for their liues 19 Suche are the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne who taketh away the lyfe of the owner therof 20 Wysdome cryeth without and putteth foorth her voyce in the streates 21 She calleth before the congregation in the open gates and sheweth her wordes thorowe the citie saying 22 O ye chyldren howe long will ye loue chyldishnes howe long wyll the scorners delite in scorning and the vnwyse hate knowledge 23 O turne you at my correction lo I wyll expresse my minde vnto you and make you vnderstande my wordes 24 Because I haue called and ye refused I haue stretched out my hand and no man regarded 25 But all my counsels haue ye dispised and set my correction at naught 26 Therefore wyll I also laugh at your destruction and mocke you when the thing that ye feare commeth vpon you 27 Euen when the thing that ye be afraide of falleth in sodenly like a storme and your miserie lyke a tempest yea when trouble and heauines commeth vpon you 28 Then shall they call vpon me but I wyll not aunswere they shall seeke me early but they shall not finde me 29 And that because they hated knowledge and did not chose the feare of the Lorde 30 They woulde none of my counsayle but dispised all my correction 31 Therfore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way and be filled with their owne inuentions 32 For the turning away of the vnwyse shall slay them and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them 33 But whoso hearkeneth vnto me shal dwell safely and be sure from any feare of euyll ¶ The .ii. Chapter 1 Wysdome exhorteth to obay her 5 She teacheth the feare of God â— She is geuen of God 1â— She preserueth from wickednes 1 MY sonne if thou wylt receaue my wordes and laye vp my commaundementes within thee 2 That thou wylt encline thyne eares vnto wysdome applye thyne heart then to vnderstanding 3 For if thou cryest after wysdome and cryest for knowledge 4 If thou seekest for her as for siluer and searchest for her as for treasures 5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde and finde the knowledge of God 6 For the Lorde geueth wysdome out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding 7 He stirreth vp health for the righteous and defendeth them that walke vprightly 8 That they may kepe the right path and he preserueth the way of suche as do serue hym with godlynesse 9 Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse and iudgement and equitie yea and euery good path 10 When wysdome entreth into thyne heart and thy soule deliteth in knowledge 11 Then shall counsell preserue thee and vnderstanding shall kepe thee 12 That thou mayest be deliuered from the euyll way and from the man that speaketh frowarde thinges 13 From such as leaue the wayes of righteousnesse to walke in the wayes of darknesse 14 Whiche reioyce in doyng naught and delite in the wickednesse of the euill 15 Whose wayes are crooked and they frowarde in their pathes 16 That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman and from her that is not thyne owne whiche geueth sweete wordes 17 Forsaketh the husbande of her youth forgetteth the couenaunt of her God 18 For
wylleth a man to lyue on his labour and to helpe others 18 To loue his wyfe 22 The wicked taken in their owne wickednes 1 MY sonne geue heede vnto my wisdome and bowe thyne eare vnto my prudence 2 That thou mayest regarde good counsell and that thy lippes may kepe knowledge 3 For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe and her throte is more glistering then oyle 4 But at the laste she is as bitter as wormewood and as sharpe as a two edged sworde 5 Her feete go downe vnto death and her steppes pearce thorowe vnto hell 6 Perchaunce thou wylt ponder the path of her lyfe so vnstedfast are her wayes that thou canst not know them 7 Heare me nowe therefore O ye chyldren and depart not from the wordes of my mouth 8 Kepe thy way farre from her come not nigh the doores of her house 9 That thou geue not thy honour vnto other and thy yeres to the cruell 10 That other men be not filled with thy vertues and that thy labours come not in a straunge house 11 Yea that thou mourne not at the last when thou hast spent thy bodye and lustie youth and then say 12 Alas why hated I nurture why did my heart dispise correction 13 Wherefore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers and hearkened not vnto them that enfourmed me 14 I was come almost into all misfortune in the middest of the multitude and congregation 15 Drinke of the water of thyne owne well and of the riuers that runne out of thyne owne spring 16 Let thy welles flowe out abrode that there may be riuers of waters in the streates 17 But let them be onlye thyne owne and not straungers with thee 18 Let thy well be blessed and be glad with the wyfe of thy youth 19 Let her be as the louyng Hinde and pleasaunt Roe let her breastes alway satisfie thee and holde thee euer content with her loue 20 Why wylt thou my sonne haue pleasure in a straunge woman and embrace the bosome of a straunger 21 For euery mans wayes are open in the sight of the Lord and he pondereth all their goynges 22 The wickednes of the vngodly shall catche him selfe and with the snares of his owne sinne shall he be trapped 23 He shall dye without amendement and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray ¶ The .vi. Chapter 1 Instruction for sureties 6 The slouthfull and sluggishe is stirred to worke 1◠He discribeth the nature of the wicked 16 The thinges that God hateth 2◠To obserue the worde of God 24 To flee adulterie 1 MY sonne if thou be suretie for thy neyghbour and hast fastened thyne hande for another man 2 Thou art bounde with thine owne wordes and taken with thine owne speach 3 Therfore my sonne do this and thou shalt be discharged When thou art come into thy neyghbours daunger go thy wayes then soone humble thy selfe and with thy frendes intreate thy creditour 4 Let not thyne eyes sleepe nor thyne eye liddes slumber 5 Saue thy self as a Doe from the hand of the hunter and as a byrde from the hande of the fouler 6 Go to the emmet thou sluggarde consider her wayes and learne to be wyse 7 She hath no guyde nor ouerseer nor ruler 8 Yet in the sommer she prouideth her meate and gathereth her foode together in the haruest 9 Howe long wylt thou sleepe thou sluggishe man When wylt thou aryse out of thy sleepe 10 Yea sleepe on still a litle slumber a litle folde thyne handes together yet a litle that thou mayest sleepe 11 So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way and necessitie like a weaponed man 12 An vngodly person a wicked man goeth with a frowarde mouth 13 He winketh with his eyes he tokeneth with his feete he teacheth with his fingers 14 He is euer imagining mischiefe and frowardnes in his heart and causeth discorde 15 Therefore shall his destruction come hastyly vpon hym sodainly shall he be all to broken and not be healed 16 These sixe thinges doth the Lorde hate and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth 17 A proude loke a lying tongue handes that shed innocent blood 18 An heart that goeth about wicked imaginations feete that be swyft in running to mischiefe 19 A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes and hym that soweth discorde among brethren 20 My sonne kepe thy fathers commaundement and forsake not the lawe of thy mother 21 Tye them continually in thyne heart and bynde them about thy necke 22 That shall leade thee when thou goest preserue thee when thou art asleepe and when thou awakest talke with thee 23 For the commaundement is a lanterne and the lawe a light yea chastening and nurture is the way of life 24 That they may kepe thee from the euyll woman and from the flattering tongue of the straunge woman 25 Lust not after her beautie in thyne heart lest thou be taken with her fayre lokes 26 By an harlot a man is brought to beg his bread and a woman wyll hunte for the pretious life of man 27 May a man take fire in his bosome and his clothes not be brent 28 Or can one go vpon hotte coales and his feete not be brent 29 Euen so whosoeuer goeth in to his neyghbours wife and toucheth her can not be vngiltie 30 Men do not vtterly despise a thiefe that stealeth to satisfie his soule when he is hungrie 31 But if he may be gotten he restoreth agayne seuen tymes as muche or els he maketh recompence with all the good of his house 32 But whoso committeth adultrie with a woman lacketh vnderstanding and he that doth it destroyeth his owne soule 33 He getteth him selfe a plague and dishonour and his reproche shall neuer be put out 34 For the ielousie and wrath of the man wyll not be entreated 35 No though thou wouldest offer hym great gyftes to make amendes he wyll not receaue them ¶ The .vij. Chapter 1 An exhortation to wysdome and to the worde of God 5 Whiche wyll preserue vs from the harlot 6 Whose maners are discribed 1 MY sonne kepe my words and lay vp my commaundements by thee 2 Kepe my commaundementes my lawe euen as the apple of thyne eye and thou shalt liue 3 Binde them vpon thy fingers and wryte them in the table of thyne heart 4 Say vnto wysdome thou art my sister and call vnderstanding thy kinsewoman 5 That they may kepe thee from the straunge woman and from the forraine woman which geueth sweete wordes 6 For at the windowe of my house I loked through the windowe 7 And behelde among the simple people and among the chyldren a young man voyde of wyt 8 Goyng ouer the streate by the corner in the way towarde her house 9 In the twylight of the euening when it began nowe to be night and darke 10 And behold there met hym a
minde for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles 10 Say not thou What is the cause that the dayes of the old time were better then they that be nowe for that were no wyse question 11 Wysdome with inheritaunce is good yet better is it with them that without care may beholde the sunne 12 For wysdome defendeth aswell as money and the excellent knowledge wysdome geueth lyfe vnto hym that hath it in possession 13 Consider the worke of God how that no man can make the thing straight whiche he maketh crooked 14 Vse well the tyme of prosperitie and remember the tyme of misfortune for God doth so temper the one and the other that a man can finde nothing els 15 All thinges haue I considered in the time of my vanitie that the iust man perisheth for his righteousnesse sake the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse 16 Therfore be thou neither to righteous nor ouer wyse that thou perishe not 17 Be neither to vnrighteous also nor to foolishe lest thou die before thy time 18 It is good for thee to take holde of this and not to let that go out of thy hande For he that feareth God commeth foorth with them all 19 Wysdome geueth more courage vnto the wyse then ten mightie men of the citie 20 For there is not one iust vpon earth that doth good and sinneth not 21 Take no heede vnto euery word that is spoken lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse thee for thyne owne heart knoweth that thou thy self also hast ofttimes spoken euyll by other men 22 All these thinges haue I proued in wysdome for I thought to be wyse but she went farther fro me then she was before yea and so deepe that I might not reache vnto her 23 I applied my minde also vnto knowledge and to seeke and searche out science wysdome and vnderstanding to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly and the errour of doting fooles 24 And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with and her handes are chaynes Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her but the sinner wyll be taken with her 25 Beholde saith the preacher this haue I diligently searched out and proued One thing must be considered with another that a man may come by knowledge which as yet I seeke and finde it not 26 Among a thousande men I haue founde one but not one woman among all 27 Lo this onlye haue I founde that * God made man iust and right but they sought many inuentions ¶ The .viij. Chapter 2 To obey princes and magistrates 17 The workes of God passe mans knowledge 1 WHo is wise who hath knowledge to make an aunswere A mans wysdome maketh his face to shine but vnshamefastnes putteth it out of fauour 2 Kepe the kynges commaundement namely for the oth that thou hast made vnto God for the same 3 Be not hastie to go out of his sight and see thou continue in no euyll thing for whatsoeuer it pleaseth hym that doth he 4 Like as when a king geueth a charge his commaundement is mightie Euen so who may say vnto him what doest thou 5 Who so kepeth the commaundement shall feele no harme but a wyse mans heart discerneth the tyme and iudgement 6 For euery thing wyll haue oportunitie and iudgement and this is the thing that maketh men full of carefulnesse and sorowe 7 And why a man knoweth not what is for to come for who can tell hym when it shal be 8 Neither is there any man that hath power ouer the spirite to kepe styll the spirite nor to haue any power in the tyme of death nor that can make an ende of the battayle neither may vngodlynesse deliuer them that meddle withall 9 All these thinges haue I considered and applied my mynde vnto euery worke that is vnder the sunne howe one man hath lordship vpon another to his owne harme 10 For I haue seene often the vngodly brought to their graues and yet they haue returned into the citie agayne and came from the place of holy men whiche in the citie were growen out of memorie as were those also that liued well This is also a vayne thing 11 Because nowe that euyll workes are not hastyly punished the heart of man geueth hym selfe ouer vnto wickednesse 12 Because an euyll person offendeth an hundred tymes and God deferreth geuing hym long life therefore am I sure that it shall go well with them that feare God whiche haue hym before their eyes 13 Againe as for the vngodly it shall not be well with him neither shall he prolong his dayes but euen as a shadowe so shall he be that feareth not God 14 Yet is there a vanitie vpon earth There be iust men vnto whom it happeneth as though they had the workes of the vngodly Againe there be vngodly with whom it goeth as though they had the workes of the righteous This haue I called also a vayne thing 15 Therfore I commende gladnesse because a man hath no better thing vnder the sunne then to eate and drinke and to be merie for that shall he haue of his labour al the dayes of his life which God geueth hym vnder the sunne 16 And so I applied my minde to learne wysdome and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde and that of suche a fashion that I suffred not mine eyes to sleepe neither day nor night 17 I vnderstoode of all the workes of God but it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto the workes that are done vnder the sunne and though he bestowe his labour to seeke them out yet can he not reach vnto them yea though a wyse man would vndertake to know them yet shall he not finde them ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 By no outwarde thing can man know whom God loueth or hateth 11 No man knoweth his ende 1◠Wysdome excelleth strength 1 FOr all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seeke out The righteous wise yea their seruauntes also are in the hand of God and there is no man that knoweth eyther loue or hate but all thinges are before them 2 It happeneth vnto one as vnto another it goeth with the righteous as with the vngodly with the good and cleane as with the vncleane with hym that offereth as with him that offereth not like as it goeth with the vertuous so goeth it also with the sinner as it happeneth vnto the pariured so happeneth it also to hym that is afrayde to be forsworne 3 Among all thinges that come to passe vnder the sunne this is a miserie that it happeneth vnto all alike This is the cause also that the heartes of men are full of wickednesse and madde foolishnesse is in their heartes as long as they liue vntyll they dye 4 And why as long
1 WHEN Israel was young I loued him and called my sonne out of the lande of Egypt 2 They called them but they went thus from them they sacrificed vnto Baal and burned incense to images 3 I gaue to Ephraim one to leade him who shoulde beare him in his armes but they knew not that I healed them 4 I led them with cordes of a man euen with bandes of loue and I was to them as he that taketh of the yoke from their iawes and I layde meate to them 5 He shall no more returne into Egypt but Asshur shal be his king because he refused to conuert 6 Therfore shall the sworde fall on his cities shall consume his braunches and deuour them because of their owne counsayles 7 And my people shall stande in a doubt whither to turne them for when the prophetes called them to the most hyest not one yet woulde geue him his glorie 8 Howe shall I geue thee vp Ephraim howe shal I deliuer thee Israel howe shall I make thee as Adama howe shall I set thee as Zeboim mine heart is turned within me my repentinges are kindled within me 9 I wyll not execute the fiercenesse of my wrath I wyl not returne to destroy Ephraim for I am God and not man the holy one in the middest of thee and I wyll not enter into the citie 10 They shall walke after the Lorde he shall rore like a lion when he shall rore then the children of the west shall feare 11 They shall feare a as sparowe out of Egypt and as a doue out of the lande of Asshur and I wyll place them in their houses saith the Lorde 12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lyes the house of Israel with deceipt but Iuda yet ruleth with God and is faithfull with the saintes The .xii. Chapter He admonisheth by Iacobs example to trust in God and not in man 1 EPhraim is fed with the wynde foloweth after the east winde he dayly encreaseth lyes destruction they be confederate with the Assyrians their oyle is caryed into Egypt 2 The Lorde hath a controuersie with Iuda and wyll visite Iacob accordyng to his wayes accordyng to their owne inuentions wyll he recompence them 3 He toke his brother by the heele when he was yet in his mothers wombe and in his strength he wrestled with God 4 He stroue with the angel and gat the victorie he wept and prayed to him he founde him at Bethel and there he spake with vs. 5 Yea the Lorde God of hoastes euen the Lorde himselfe remembred him 6 Therfore turne to thy God kepe mercie and iudgement and hope styll in thy God 7 He is Chanaan the ballaunces of deceipt are in his hande he loueth to oppresse 8 And Ephraim hath sayde Tushe I am riche I haue good enough in all my workes shall not one iniquitie be founde wherin I haue offended 9 Yet am I the Lorde thy God from the lande of Egypt I wyll yet make thee dwell in the tabernacles as in the hye feast dayes 10 I haue spoken through the prophetes and haue multiplied visions shewed similitudes by the ministerie of the prophetes 11 In Galaad is iniquitie they are fallen to vanitie at Gilgal they haue sacrificed oxen their aulters are as heapes in the furrowes of the fielde 12 Iacob fled into the lande of Syria and Israel serued for a wife and for a wife he kept sheepe 13 By a prophete the Lorde brought them out of Egypt and by a prophete was he preserued 14 But Ephraim hath prouoked him to displeasure through his abhominations therfore shall his blood be powred vpon him selfe and the Lorde his God shall rewarde him his blasphemies The .xiij. Chapter 1 The abhomination of Israel 9 and cause of their destruction 1 WHen Ephraim spake there was tremblyng he was exalted among the Israelites but he hath sinned in Baal and is dead 2 And nowe they sinne more and more and of their siluer they haue made them molten images after the imaginatiōs of their owne braynes that is very idols and yet all is nothing but the worke of the craftesman they say one to another Whiles they sacrifice a man let them kisse the calues 3 Therfore they shal be as the mornyng cloude and as the deawe that early passeth away and like as dust that the whirlewinde taketh away from the floore and as smoke that goeth out of the chimney 4 Yet I am the Lorde thy God which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt thou shalt knowe no God but me only neither is there any sauiour besides me 5 I did knowe thee in the wildernesse in the lande of drought 6 But when they were well fed and had enough they waxed proude forgat me 7 Therfore wyll I be vnto them as a lion and as a leoparde in the wayes to the Assyrians 8 I wyll meete them as a she beare that is robbed of her whelpes and I wyll breake that stubburne heart of theirs there wyll I deuour them like a lion yea the wylde beastes shall teare them 9 O Israel thine iniquitie hath destroyed thee but in me only is thy helpe 10 I am where is thy king nowe that shoulde helpe thee in all thy cities Yea and thy iudges of whom thou saydest Geue me a king and princes 11 I gaue thee a king in my wrath and in my displeasure I toke him from thee agayne 12 The wickednesse of Ephraim is bound together and his sinne lyeth hyd 13 Therfore shall sorowes come vpon him as vpon a woman that trauayleth an vndiscrete sonne is he els woulde he not stande styll at the tyme of birth of children 14 I wyll redeeme them from the power of the graue and deliuer them from death O death I wyll be thy death O hell I wyll be thy styng yet can I see no comfort 15 Though he grewe among his brethren the east wynde euen the wynde of the Lorde shall come vp from the wildernesse and drye vp his veyne and his fountaynes shal be dryed vp he shall spoyle the treasure of all pleasaunt vessels 16 Samaria shal be made waste for she is disobedient vnto her God they shall perishe with the sworde their children shal be dasshed in peeces and their women great with childe shal be ript vp ⧠The .xiiii. Chapter 1 The destruction of Samaria 3 He exhorteth the Israelites to turne to God who requireth prayse and thankes 1 O Israel returne vnto the Lorde thy God for thou hast fallen through thine owne wickednesse 2 Take these wordes with you whē ye turne to the Lorde and say vnto him O forgeue vs all our sinnes receaue vs graciously and then wyll we offer the Calues of our lippes vnto thee 3 Asshur shal be no more our helper neither will we ride vpon horses any more neither wyll we say any
swordes and many waters that all fieldes may be full and all riuers with the aboundaunce of great waters 42 And they shal breake downe the cities and walles mountaynes and hilles trees of the wood and the grasse of the medowes and all their corne 43 And they shall go stedfast vnto Babylon and make her afrayde 44 They shall come to her and besiege her the starre and all wrath shall they powre out vpon her then shall the dust and smoke go vp vnto the heauen and all they that be about her shall bewayle her 45 And they that remayne vnder her shal do seruice vnto them that haue put her in feare 46 And thou Asia that comfortest thy selfe also vpon the hope of Babylon and art the glorie of her person 47 Wo be vnto thee thou wretch because thou hast made thy selfe like vnto her and hast deckte thy daughters in whordome that they might triumphe and please thy louers which haue alway desired to commit whordome with thee 48 Thou hast folowed the abominable citie in all her workes and inuentions therfore sayth God 49 I will sende plagues vpon thee widdowhood pouertie hunger warres pestilence to waste thy houses with destruction and death 50 And the glorie of thy power shal be dried vp as a floure whē the heate riseth that is sent ouer thee 51 Thou shalt be sicke as a poore wife that is plagued and beaten of women so that the mightie and louers shall not be able to receaue thee 52 Would I so hate thee sayth the Lord 53 If thou haddest not alway slayne my chosen exalting the stroke of thy handes and sayde ouer their death when thou wast drunken 54 Set foorth the beautie of thy countenaunce 55 The rewarde of thy whordome shal be recompenced thee in thy bosome therefore shalt thou receaue rewarde 56 Like as thou hast done vnto my chosen sayth the Lord euen so shal God do vnto thee and shall deliuer thee into the plague 57 Thy children shall dye of hunger and thou shalt fall through the sworde Thy cities shal be broken downe and al thyne shal perishe with the sword in the fielde 58 They that be in the mountaynes shall dye of hunger and eate their owne flesh and drinke their owne blood for very hunger of bread and thirst of water 59 Thou as vnhappie shalt come through the sea and receaue plagues againe 60 In the passage they shall cast downe the slayne citie and shall roote out one part of thy lande and consume the portion of thy glorie and shal returne to her that was destroyed 61 They shal treade thee downe like stubble and they shal be thy fire 62 And shall consume thee thy cities and thy lande and thy mountaynes all thy woodes and thy fruitefull trees shall they burne vp with the fire 63 Thy children shall they cary away captiue and loke what thou hast they shall spoyle it and marre the beautie of thy face The .xvi. Chapter 1 Against Babylon Asia Egypt and Syria 18.38 Of the euils that shal come vpon the world with admonition how to gouerne them selues in afflictions 54 To acknowledge their sinnes and to commit them selues to the Lorde 55 whose mightie prouidence and iustice is to be reuerenced 1 WO be vnto thee Babylon and Asia wo be vnto thee Egypt Syria 2 Girde your selues with clothes of sacke and heare mourne your children be sory for your destruction is at hande 3 A sword is sent vpon you and who will turne it backe 4 A fire is sent among you and who will quench it 5 Plagues are sent vnto you and what is he that will dryue them away 6 May any man dryue away an hungry lion in the wood Or may any man quench the fire in stubble when it hath begunne to burne 7 May one turne againe the arrowe that is shot of a strong archer 8 The mightie Lord sendeth the plagues what is he that wil dryue them away 9 The fire is kindled and gone foorth in his wrath and what is he that may quench it 10 He shal cast lighteninges and who shal not feare He shall thunder and who shall not be afrayde 11 The Lord shall threaten and who shal not vtterly be beaten to powder at his presence 12 The earth quaketh and the foundations therof the sea ariseth vp with waues from the deepe and the waues of it are vnquiete and the fishes therof also before the Lorde and before the glorie of his power 13 For strong is his right hande that bendeth the bowe his arrowes that he shoteth are sharpe and shall not misse when they begin to be shot into the endes of the worlde 14 Behold the plagues are sent shall not turne againe till they come vpon earth 15 The fire is kindled and shall not be put out till it consume the foundations of the earth 16 Like as an arrowe whiche is shot of a mightie archer returneth not backward euen so the plagues that shall be sent vpon the earth shall not turne againe 17 Wo is me wo is me who will deliuer me in those dayes 18 The beginning of sorowes and great mourning the beginning of dearth and great death the beginning of warres and the powers shall stande in feare the beginning of euyls and they shall tremble euery one 19 What shal I do in these thinges when the plagues come 20 Beholde hunger and plague trouble and anguishe are sent as scourges for amendement 21 But for all these thinges they shall not turne from their wickednesse nor be alway mindefull of the scourges 22 Behold vittayles shal be so good cheape vpon earth that they shall thinke them selues to be in good case and euen then shall mischiefe growe vpon earth warres dearth and great disquietnes 23 For many of them that dwell vpon earth shall perishe of hunger and the other that escape the hunger shall the sword destroy 24 And the dead shal be cast out as doung and there shal be no man to comfort them For the earth shal be wasted and the cities shal be cast downe 25 There shal be no man left to till the earth and to sowe it 26 The trees shall geue fruite and who shall plucke them of and gather them 27 The grapes shal be ripe and who shall treade them For all places shal be desolate of men 28 So that one man shall desire to see another or to heare his voyce 29 For of one whole citie there shall be ten left and two of the fielde whiche shall hyde them selues in the thycke busshes and in the cliftes of stones 30 Like as when there remayne three or foure oliues in the place were oliues growe or among other trees 31 Or as when a vineyarde is gathered there are left some grapes of them that diligently sought through the vineyard 32 Euen so in those dayes there shal be three of foure left by them that search their houses with the sworde 33 And the
wrapped in the blood feare fulnesse shall fall vpon them 5 And when ye perceaue that they flee folowe them without all care for God shall delyuer them vnto you to be destroyed 6 Then Achior seing the power of God which he had shewed vnto the people of Israel fell of from his heathenishe beliefe and put his trust in God and let him selfe be circumcized and so was he numbred among the people of Israel he and all his posteritie vnto this day 7 Now assoone as it was day they stickt vp Holophernes head vpon the walles and euery man tooke his weapon and so they went out with an horrible crye 8 When the spies saw that they ranne vnto Holophernes tent 9 And they that were within the tent came before his chamber and made a great russhing by art that Holophernes might awake not by stirring him vp but by their noyse 10 For there durst not one of the Assyrians knocke go in or open 11 But when the captaynes and princes and all the chiefe in the king of the Assyrians hoast came together they said vnto the chamberlaynes 12 Go your way in and wake him vp for the myce are crept out of their holes and dare prouoke vs vnto battayle 13 Then went Vagao into his chamber stoode before the bed and clapped with his handes for he thought he had ben sleeping with Iudith 14 But when he hearkened perfectly with his eares and coulde perceaue no stirring he went nyer to the bed and lift it vp and when he sawe the dead body of Holophernes lying there without a head weltred in his blood vpon the earth he cryed with a loude voyce and with weeping rent his clothes 15 And went into Iudiths tent and founde her not 16 And so he lept out vnto the people and saide One woman of the Iewes hath brought al Nabuchodonosors people to shame For lo Holophernes lyeth vpon the grounde and hath no head 17 When the chiefe of the Assyrians hoast heard that they rent their clothes and there fell an intollerable feare and tremblyng vpon them so that their mindes were sore afrayd 18 And there was an exceeding great crye in the whole hoast ¶ The .xv. Chapter 1 The Assyrians are afrayd and flee 6 The Israelites pursue them 9 Ioachim the hie priest commeth to Bethulia to see Iudith and to prayse God for her 1 NOw when al the hoast heard that Holophernes was beheaded their minde counsell fel from them and being amased with feare onely and trembling they saued them selues by fleeing away 2 One spake not to another but hanged downe their heades left all behinde thē and made haste to escape from the Hebrues for they heard that they were hasting to come after with their weapons and so they fled by the wayes of the fieldes and through all the foote pathes of the dales 3 And when the children of Israel saw that they fled they folowed vpon them and went downe with trumpettes blowyng and making a great crye after them 4 As for the Assyrians they had no order and kept not them selues together but fled their way Neuerthelesse the children of Israel fell vpon them with one company and order and discomfited as many as they might get 5 And Osias sent messengers vnto all the cities and countries of Israel 6 So all the regions and euery citie sent out their best men after them in harnesse and smote them with the sworde till they came to the vttermost parte of their borders 7 And the other that were in Bethulia came into the tentes of the Assyrians and tooke all that they which were fled had left behinde them so they founde great good 8 And they that came againe to Bethulia from the battaile tooke with them such thinges as had ben theirs there was no number of the cattaile and of all costly iewels so that from the lowest vnto the hiest they were all made rich of the spoyles of them 9 And Ioachim the hie priest came from Hierusalem to Bethulia with al the elders that they might see Iudith 10 Now when she came out vnto them they began all to prayse her with one voyce saying Thou worship of the citie of Hierusalem thou ioy of Israel thou honour of our people 11 Because thou hast done manly and thy heart is comforted for that thou hast loued clenlinesse and chastitie and hast knowen no man but thyne owne husband therefore hath the hand of the Lorde comforted thee and blessed shalt thou be for euer 12 And all the people saide So be it So be it 13 In thirtie dayes coulde the people of Israel scarse gather vp the spoyles of the Assyrians 14 But all that belonged vnto Holophernes and had ben his specially whether it were of golde of siluer precious stone clothing and all ornamentes they gaue it vnto Iudith and it was deliuered vnto her of the people 15 And all the people reioyced both women maydens and young people with pipes and harpes ¶ The .xvi. Chapter 1 Iudith prayseth God with a song 23 She offereth to the Lorde Holophernes stuffe 26 Her continencie life and death 29 All Israel lamenteth her 1 THen sang Iudith this song vnto the Lorde saying 2 Beginne vnto the Lorde vpon the tabrettes sing vnto the Lorde vpon the cymbales O sing vnto him a newe song of thankes geuing be ioyfull and call vppon his name 3 It is the Lord that destroyeth warres euen the Lorde is his name 4 Which hath pitched his tentes in the middest of his people that he might deliuer vs from the hand of al our enemies 5 Assur came out of the mountaines of the north in the multitude of his strength his people stopped the water brookes and their horses couered the valleyes 6 He purposed to haue brent vp my land and to slay my young men with the sword 7 He woulde haue caried away my children and virgins into captiuitie but the almightie Lorde hindred him and deliuered him into the handes of a woman which brought him to confusion 8 For their mightie was not destroyed of the young men it it was not the sonnes of Titan that slue him neither haue the great giauntes set them selues against him but Iudith the daughter of Merari with her faire beautie hath discomfited him and brought him to naught 9 For she layed away her wydowes garment and put on the apparell of gladnesse to the reioycing of the children of Israel 10 She annoynted her face with oyntment bounde vp her heere in a coyffe and tooke a newe stole to beguile him 11 Her slippers rauished his eyes her beautie captiuated his minde with the sword smote she of his necke 12 The Persians were astonied at her stedfastnesse the Medes at her boldenesse 13 Then howled the armies of the Assyrians when my simples appeared drye of thirst 14 The sonnes of the daughters haue pearsed them through and slaine them as fugitiue children they perished in the battaile
his kingdome he went about to obtayne the lande of Egypt also that he might haue the dominion of two realmes 18 Vpon this entred he into Egypt with a strong hoast with charets Elephants horsemen and a great number of ships 19 And began to warre against Ptolome the king of Egypt But Ptolome was afrayde of him and fled and many of his people were wounded to death 20 Thus Antiochus wanne many strong cities and toke away great good out of the lande of Egypt 21 And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt he turned againe in the hundred fourtie and three yere and went toward Israel 22 And came vp to Hierusalem with a mightie people 23 And entred proudely into the sanctuarie and toke away the golden alter the candelsticke and al the ornaments therof the table of the shewbread the pouring vessels the chargers the golden spoones the vayle the crownes golden apparell of the temple and brake downe all in peeces 24 He toke also the siluer and golde the precious iewels and the secret treasures that he founde 25 And when he had taken away altogether caused a great murther of men and spoken very proudly the departed ino his owne lande 26 Therefore there was great lamentation throughout all Israel 27 The princes and the elders of the people mourned the young men and the maydens were defiled and the faire beautie of women was chaunged 28 The bridegrome and the bryde toke them to mourning 29 The lande and those that dwelt therein was moued for all the house of Iacob was brought to confusion 30 * After two yeres the king sent his chiefe treasurer vnto the cities of Iuda which came to Hierusalem with a great multitude of people 31 Speaking peaceable wordes vnto thē but all was deceite for when they had geuen him credence 32 He fell sodenly vpon the citie smote it sore destroyed much people of Israel 33 And when he had spoyled the citie he set fire on it casting downe houses and walles on euery side 34 The women and their children toke they captiue and led away their cattell 35 Then builded they the citie of Dauid with a great and thicke wall and with mightie towres and made it a strong holde for them 36 Beside all this they set wicked people and vngodlie men to kepe it 37 Stored it with weapons and vitailes gathered the goodes of Hierusalem and layed them vp there Thus became it a theeuishe castel 38 Thus they became a heauy burthen laying wayte for the people that went into the sanctuary and for the cruell destruction of Israel 39 Thus they shed innocent blood on euery side of the sanctuary and defiled it 40 Insomuch that the citezins were faine to depart and the citie became an habitation of straungers being desolate of her owne seede for her owne natiues were faine to leaue her 41 Her sanctuary was cleane wasted her holy dayes were turned into mourning her Sabbathes were had in derision her honour brought to naught 42 Loke how great her glory was before so great was her confusion and her ioye turned into sorowe 43 Antiochus also the king sent out a commission vnto all his kingdome that all the people should be one 44 Then they left euery man his lawe and al the heathen agreed to the commaundement of king Antiochus 45 Yea many of the Israelites consented therevnto offering vnto idols and defiling the Sabbath 46 So the king Antiochus sent his messēgers with his commission vnto Hierusalem and to all the cities of Iuda that they should folow the lawes of the heathen 47 And forbad either burnt offering meate offering or peace offering to be made in the temple of God that there should no Sabbath nor hie feast day be kept 48 But commaunded that the sanctuary and the holy people of Israel should be defiled 49 He commaunded also that there should be set vp other aulters temples idols to offer vp swines flesh and other vncleane beastes 50 That men should leaue their children vncircumcized to defile their soules with all maner of vncleannesse and abhominations 51 That they might so forget the lawe and chaunge all the holy ordinaunces of God 52 And that whosoeuer would not do according to the commaundement of king Antiochus should suffer death 53 In lyke maner cōmaunded he throughout all his realme and set rulers ouer the people for to compell them to do these thinges 54 Commaunding al the cities of Iuda to do sacrifice vnto idols 55 Then went the people vnto the heathen by heapes forsooke the law of the Lorde and committed much euil in the lande 56 And the droue the Israelites into secrete places euen where so euer they coulde flee for succour 57 The fifteenth day of the moneth Casleu in the hundred threescore and fifth yere set king Antiochus an abhominable idoll of desolation vpon the aulter of God and they builded aulters throughout all the cities of Iuda on euery side 58 Before the doores of the houses and in the streates where they brent incense and did sacrifice 59 And as for the bookes of the lawe of God they brent them in the fire and rent them in peeces 60 Whatsoeuer he was that had a booke of the testament of the Lorde founde by him yea whosoeuer endeuoured him selfe to kepe the lawe of the Lorde the kinges cōmaundement was that they should put him to death 61 And through his aucthoritie they executed these thinges euery moneth vpon the people of Israel that were founde in the cities 62 The twentie and fifth day of the moneth what time as they did sacrifice vpon the aulter which stoode in the steade of the aulter of the Lorde 63 According to the commaundement of king Antiochus they put certaine women to death which had caused their children to be circumcized 64 Not onely that but they hanged vp the childrē by the neckes throughout al their houses and slue the circumcizers of thē 65 Yet were there many of the people of Israel which determined in thēselues that they woulde not eate vncleane thinges but chose rather to suffer death then to be defiled with vncleane meates 66 So because they would not breake the blessed lawe of God they were cruelly slaine 67 And this great tiranny encreased very sore vpon the people of Israel The .ii. Chapter 1 The mourning of Mathathias and his sonnes for the destruction of the holy citie 19 They refuse to do sacrifice vnto idols 24 The zeale of Mathathias for the lawe of God 33 They are slaine and wyll not fight againe because of the Sabbath day 49 Mathathias dying commaundeth his sonne to sticke by the worde of God after the example of the fathers 1 IN those dayes there did stand vp one Mathathias the sonne of Iohn the sonne of Simeon the priest out of the kinred of Ioarib from Hierusalem and dwelt vpon the mount of Modin 2 And had fiue sonnes Iohn called
31 As for thou that imaginest al mischiefe against the Iewes thou shalt not escape the hande of God 32 For we suffer these thinges because of our sinnes 33 And though the liuing Lord be angry with vs a litle while for our chastening and reformation yet shall he be at one againe with his seruauntes 34 But thou O godlesse man and of all other the most wicked pride not thy selfe through vaine hope in being so malitious vpon the seruauntes of God 35 For thou hast not yet escaped the iudgementes of God which is almightie seeth all thinges 36 My brethren that haue suffered a litle paine are nowe vnder the couenaunt of euerlasting lyfe but through the iudgement of God thou shalt be punished righteously for thy pride 37 As for me lyke as my brethren haue done I offer my soule and my bodye for the lawes of our fathers calling vpon God that he wyll soone be mercifull vnto our people yea and with paine and punishment to make thee graunt that he onely is God 38 In me nowe and in my brethren the wrath of almightie God is at an ende which righteously is fallen vpon all our people 39 Then the king being kindled in anger was more cruell vpon him then vpon al the other and toke indignation that he was so lightly regarded 40 So this young man dyed vndefiled and put his trust still in the Lorde 41 Last of all after the sonnes was the mother put to death also 42 Let this now be inough spoken concerning the offeringes and extreme cruelnesse The .viij. Chapter 1 Iudas gathereth together his hoast 9 Nicanor is sent against Iudas 16 Iudas exhorteth his souldiers to constantnes 20 Nicanor is ouercome 27 The Iewes geueth thankes after they haue put their enemies to flight deuiding the spoyles vnto the fatherlesse and vnto the wydowes 35 Nicanor fleeth vnto Antiochus 1 THen Iudas Machabeus and they that were with him went priuilie into the townes called their kinsefolkes friendes together toke vnto them al such as continued yet in the faith and lawe of the Iewes and brought forth sixe thousand men 2 So they called vpon the Lorde that he woulde haue an eye vnto his people which was troden downe of euery man to be gratious vnto the temple that was defiled of the vngodly 3 To haue compassion vpon the destruction of the citie which was shortly lyke to be layde waste to heare the voyce of the blood that cryed vnto him 4 To remember the most vnrighteous deathes of young innocent children the blasphemies also done vnto his name and to punishe them 5 Now when Machabeus had gathered this multitude together he was to mightie for the heathen for the wrath of the Lorde was turned into mercie 6 He fell vpon the townes and cities vnwares brent them toke the most commodious places and slue many of the enemies 7 But specially he made such chases by night insomuch that his manlines was spoken of euery where 8 So when Philip sawe that the man encreased by litle and litle and that the matter prospered with him for the most parte he wrote vnto Ptolomi which was a captaine in Celosyria and Phenices to helpe him in the kinges busines 9 Then sent he Nicanor the sonne of Patroclus a speciall friend of his in all the haste and gaue him of the common sorte of the heathen no lesse then twentie thousand harnessed men to roote out the whole generation of the Iewes hauing to helpe him one Gorgias a man of warre which in matters concerning battailes had great experience 10 Nicanor ordayned also the tribute which the Romanes shoulde haue had to be euen vnto the king out of the captiue of the Iewes namely two thousand talentes 11 And immediatly he sent to the cities of the sea coaste requiring them for to bye Iewes to be their seruauntes and bondmen promysing to sell them fourscore and ten for one talent but he considered not the wrath of almightie God that was to come vpon him 12 When Iudas knewe of this he tolde the Iewes that were with him of Nicanors comming 13 Now were there some of them fearefull not trusting vnto the righteousnes of God and fled their way and abode not in that place 14 But the other that remained came together and besought the Lorde to deliuer them from that wicked Nicanor which had solde them or euer he came nye them 15 And though he woulde not do it for their sakes yet for the couenaunt that he made with their fathers and because they called vpon his holy and glorious name 16 And so Machabeus called his men together namely about sixe thousand exhorting them not to agree vnto their enemies neither to be afraide for the multitude of their aduersaries comming against them vnrighteously but to fight manly 17 Considering the reproofe that they had done to the holy place without cause how they had despised and oppressed the citie yea and destroyed the lawes of the fathers 18 For they saide he trust in their weapons and boldnesse but our confidence is in the almightie Lorde which in the twinkling of an eye may both destroye them and come against vs and all the worlde 19 He exhorted them also to call to remembraunce the helpe that God shewed vnto their fathers as when there perished an hundred fourscore and fiue thousand of Sennacheribs people 20 And of the battaile that they had in Babylon against the Galathians how all the Macedonians that came to helpe them being foure thousand stoode in feare and howe they being onely but sixe thousand slue an hundred twentie thousand through the helpe that was geuen them from heauen wherby they also had receaued many benefites 21 Through these wordes the men toke good heartes vnto them redie to dye for the lawe and the countrey 22 So he set vpon euery company a captaine one of his owne brethren Simon Ioseph and Ionathas geuing ech one fifteene hundred men 23 He caused Esdras also to reade the holy booke vnto them and to geue them a token of the helpe of God then he him selfe being captaine in the forefront of the battaile buckled with Nicanor 24 And God was their helpe insomuch that they slue aboue nine thousand men and compelled the more part of Nicanors hoast to flee they were so wounded and feeble 25 Thus they toke the money from those that came to bye them and folowed vpon them on euery side 29 But when the time came vpon them they returned for it was the day before the Sabbath and therefore they folowed no more vpon them 27 So they toke their weapons spoyles and kept the Sabbath geuing thankes vnto the Lorde which had deliuered them that day and shewed them the beginning of his mercie 28 After the Sabbath they distributed the spoyles to the sicke to the fatherlesse and to wydowes the residue had they them selues with theirs 29 When this was done and
42 They fel downe also vnto their prayers and besought God that the fault whiche was made might be put out of remembraunce Besides that Iudas exhorted the people earnestly to kepe them selues from such sinne forsomuch as they sawe before their eyes that these men were slayne for the same offence 43 So he gathered of euery one a certayne and sent two thousande drachmes of siluer vnto Hierusalem that there might a sacrifice be offered for the misdeede In the which place he did wel and right for he had some consideration and pondring of the lyfe that is after this time 44 For if he had not thought that they whiche were slayne shoulde ryse againe it had ben superfluous and vayne to make any vowe or sacrifice for them that were dead 45 But forsomuch as he sawe that they which die in the fauour beleefe of god are in good rest and ioy he thought it to be good honorable for a reconsiling to do the same for those which were slaine that the offence might be forgeuen The .xiii. Chapter 1 The comming of Eupator into Iurie 4 The death of Menelaus 10 Machabeus goyng to fight against Eupator moueth his souldiers vnto prayer 15 He killeth fourteene thousande men in the tentes of Antiochus 21 Rhodocus the betrayer of the Iewes is taken 24 Antiochus retayned friendship with the Iewes 1 IN the hundred fourtie and nine yere gat Iudas knowledge that Antiochus Eupator was comming with a great power into iurie 2 And Lysias the stewarde and ruler of his matters with him hauing an hundred ten thousand men of foote of the Grecians fyue thousande horsemen twentie and two Elephantes and three hundred charettes set with hookes 3 Menelaus also ioyned hym selfe with them but with great disceyte spake faire to the king not for any good of the countrey but because he thought to haue ben made some great man of aucthoritie 4 But the king of kinges moued Antiochus minde against this vngodly person and Lysias enformed the king that this Menelaus was the cause of all mischiefe so that the king commaunded to bring him vnto Berea and as the maner of them is to put him vnto death in the same place 5 There was also in the same place a towre of fiftie cubites hie heaped with asshes and it had an instrument that turned rounde on euery side it rouled downe into the asshes and there whosoeuer was condempned of sacriledge or of any other greeuous crime was cast of all men vnto the death 6 Whereinto the king cōmaunded that shamefull person to be cast among the asshes as one that was cause of all vngraciousnesse 7 And reason it was that the vnthrift should dye such a death and not to be buried 8 For he had done much mischiefe vnto the aulter of God whose fire and asshes were holy therefore was it right that he him selfe also should be destroyed with asshes 9 But the king was wood in his minde and came to shew him selfe more cruell vnto the Iewes then his father was 10 Which when Iudas perceaued he commaunded the people to call vpon the Lord nyght and day that he would nowe helpe them also lyke as he had done alway for they were afraide to be put from their lawe from their natural countrey and from the holy temple 11 And not to suffer the people which a litle while afore began to recouer to be subdued againe of the blasphemous nations 12 So when they had done this together and besought the Lorde for mercie with weeping and fasting three dayes long flat vpon the grounde Iudas exhorted them to make them selues redie 13 But he and the eldest together deuised to go foorth first with the people afore the king brought his hoast into Iurie and afore he besieged the citie and so to commit the matter vnto God 14 Wherefore he committed the charge of all thinges vnto God the maker of all the worlde exhorting his people to fight manfully yea euen vnto death for the lawes the temple the citie their owne natiue countrey and to defend the citezins and he set his hoast before Modin 15 He gaue them also that were with him a token of the victory of God choosing out the manliest young men went by night into the kinges pauilion slue of the hoast fourteene thousand men and the greatest of the Elephantes with those that sate vpon him 16 Thus when they had brought a great feare and rumour among the tentes of their enemies and al thinges went prosperously with them 17 They departed in the breake of the day God being their helper and defender 18 Nowe when the king perceaued the manlinesse of the Iewes he went about to take the strong places by craft 19 And remoued his hoast vnto Bethsura which was a wel kept house of defence of the Iewes but they were chased away hurt and discomfited 20 And Iudas sent vnto them that were in it such thinges as were necessarie 21 In the Iewes hoast also there was one Rhodochus which tolde the enemies their secretes but they sought him out and when they had gotten him they put him in prison 22 After this did the king commune with them that were in Bethsura toke truice with them departed and stroke a battaile with Iudas which ouercame him 23 But when he vnderstoode that Philip whom he had left to be ouerseer of this busines at Antioch began to rebell against him he was astonied in his mind so that he yeelded him selfe to y e Iewes and made them an oth to do whatsoeuer they thought right 24 Now when he was reconciled with them he offered made much of the temple gaue great giftes vnto it 25 Embraced Machabeus making him captaine and gouernour from Ptolomais vnto the Gerrhenes 26 Neuerthelesse when he came to Ptolomais the people of the citie were not content with the bond of frendship for they were afraide that he would breake the couenaunt 27 Then went Lysias vp into the iudgement seate and excused the fact as well as he coulde and enformed the people shewed them the cause why pacified them so he came againe to Antioch This is now the matter concerning the kinges iourney and his returne The .xiiij. Chapter 1 By the motion of the Lorde Demetrius sendeth Nicanor to kill the Iewes 18 Nicanor maketh a compact with the Iewes 29 which he yet breaketh through the motion of the king 37 Nicanor commaundeth Razias to be taken 41 The boldnes of Razias 1 AFter three yeres was Iudas infourmed how that Demetrius the sonne of Seleucus was come vp with a great power and shippes through the hauen of Tripolis 2 To take certaine commodious places and countreys against Antiochus and his captaine Lysias 3 Nowe Alcimus whiche had ben hie priest and wylfully defiled him selfe in the time of the mixting seeing that by no meanes he could be helped nor haue any more entraunce to the aulter 4 He came to king Demetrius in the hundred fiftie and one yere
¶ 2 He healed the captaynes seruaunt 6 the fayth of the Centurion 11 he raysed vp the widdowes sonne 16 he is confessed to be a great prophete 19 Iohn Baptist sent his disciples to Christe 24 Christes testimonie of Iohn 31 he rebuketh the Iewes for their vnfaythfulnesse 36 he eateth with the pharisee 37 the woman wassheth his feete with her teares 1 WHen he had ended all his sayinges in the audience of the people he entred into Capernaum 2 And a certayne Centurions seruaunt which was deare vnto hym lay sicke and was in peryll of death 3 And when he hearde of Iesus he sent vnto hym the elders of the Iewes besechyng hym that he woulde come and heale his seruaunt 4 And when they came to Iesus they besought hym instantly saying he is worthy that thou shouldest do this for hym 5 For he loueth our nation and hath built vs a synagogue 6 Then Iesus went with them And when he was nowe not farre from the house the Centurion sent friendes to hym saying vnto hym Lorde trouble not thy selfe for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter vnder my roofe 7 Wherefore I thought not my selfe worthy to come vnto thee but say thou the worde my seruaunt shal be whole 8 For I also am a man set vnder power and haue vnder me souldiers and I say vnto one go and he goeth and to another come and he commeth and to my seruaunt do this and he doth it 9 When Iesus hearde these thynges he marueyled at hym and turned hym about and sayde to the people that folowed hym I say vnto you I haue not founde so great fayth no not in Israel 10 And they that were sent turned backe home agayne and founde the seruaunt whole that had ben sicke 11 ☞ And it came to passe the day after that he went into a citie which is called Naim and many of his disciples went with hym and much people 12 When he came nye to the gate of the citie beholde there was a dead man caryed out which was the only sonne of his mother and she was a widdowe And much people of the citie was with her 13 And when the Lorde sawe her he had compassion on her and sayde vnto her Weepe not 14 And he came nye touched the beere and they that bare hym stoode styll And he sayde Young man I say vnto thee aryse 15 And he that was dead sate vp and began to speake And he delyuered hym to his mother 16 And there came a feare on them all they gaue the glory vnto God saying Agreat prophete is risen vp among vs and veryly God hath visited his people 17 ☞ And this rumour of hym went foorth throughout all Iurie throughout all the regions which lye rounde about 18 And the disciples of Iohn shewed hym of all these thynges 19 And Iohn called vnto hym two of his disciples and sent them to Iesus saying Art thou he that shoulde come or shall we loke for another 20 When the men were come vnto hym they sayde Iohn Baptiste sent vs vnto thee saying Art thou he that shoulde come or shall we loke for another 21 And in that same houre he cured manye of their infirmities plagues and of euyll spirites and vnto many that were blynde he gaue sight 22 Then Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto them Go your way and bryng worde agayne to Iohn what thynges ye haue seene and hearde howe that the blynde see the halt go the lepers are clensed the deafe heare the dead ryse agayne to the poore is the Gospell preached 23 And happy is he that is not offended at me 24 And when the messengers of Iohn were departed he began to speake vnto the people concernyng Iohn What went ye out into the wildernesse for to see a reede shaken with the wynde 25 But what went ye out for to see A man clothed in soft rayment Beholde they which are gorgeously appareled lyue delicately are in kynges courtes 26 But what went ye foorth to see A prophete Yea I say to you and more then a prophete 27 This is he of whom it is written Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee 28 For I say vnto you among womens chyldren is there not a greater prophete then Iohn Baptist Neuerthesse he that is lesse in the kyngdome of God is greater then he ☜ 29 And all the people and the publicanes that hearde hym iustified God and were baptized with the baptisme of Iohn 30 But the pharisees and lawyers despised the councel of God agaynst them selues and were not baptized of hym 31 And the Lorde sayde Whervnto shall I lyken the men of this generation and what thyng are they lyke 32 They are lyke vnto chyldren sittyng in the market place and crying one to another and saying We haue pyped vnto you and ye haue not daunsed We haue mourned to you and ye haue not wept 33 For Iohn Baptist came neither eatyng bread nor drynkyng wyne and ye say he hath the deuyll 34 The sonne of man is come and eateth and drynketh and ye saye beholde a gluttonous man and an vnmeasurable drynker of wyne a frende of publicanes and sinners 35 And wisdome is iustified of all her chyldren 36 ☞ And one of the pharisees desired hym that he woulde eate with hym And he went into the pharisees house and sate downe to meate 37 * And beholde a woman in that citie which was a sinner assoone as she knewe that Iesus sate at meate in the pharisees house she brought an alabaster boxe of oyntment 38 And stoode at his feete behynde hym weepyng and began to washe his feete with teares dyd wype them with the heere 's of her head and kyssed his feete and anoynted them with the oyntment 39 When the pharisee which had bydden hym sawe he spake within hym selfe saying If this man were a prophete he woulde surely knowe who what maner of woman this is that touched hym for she is a sinner 40 And Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto hym Simon I haue somewhat to say vnto thee And he sayde Maister say on 41 There was a certayne lender which had two detters The one ought fyue hundred pence and the other fyftie 42 When they had nothyng to pay he forgaue them both Tell me therefore which of them wyll loue hym most 43 Simon aunswered and sayde I suppose that he to whom he forgaue most And he sayde vnto hym Thou haste truely iudged 44 And he turned to the woman sayde vnto Simon Seest thou this woman I entred into thyne house thou gauest me no water for my feete but she hath wasshed my feete with teares wyped them with the heere 's of her head 45 Thou gauest me no kysse but she sence the tyme I came in hath not ceassed to kysse my feete 46 Myne head with oyle thou dyddest not anoynt but she hath
anoynted my feete with oyntment 47 Wherfore I say vnto thee many sinnes are forgeuen her for she loued much To whom lesse is forgeuen the same doth lesse loue 48 And he sayde vnto her thy sinnes are forgeuen thee 49 And they that sate at meate with hym began to say within them selues Who is this that forgeueth sinnes also 50 And he sayde to the woman Thy fayth hath saued thee go in peace ☜ ¶ The .viij. Chapter ¶ 2 Christe and his Apostles go from towne to towne and preache 3 the women minister of their goodes to Christe 5 the parable of the seede 16 of the candle 21 who are his mother and brethren 24 Christe ceasseth the tempest 27 he casteth the legion out of the man possessed into the hearde of swyne 37 the Gadarenites pray hym to go out of the countrey 43 he healed the woman of her bloody issue 49 he raysed Iairus daughter from death 1 AND it came to passe afterwarde that he him selfe wēt throughout euery citie towne preachyng shewyng the kingdome of god the twelue with hym 2 And also certayne women which were healed of euyll spirites and infirmities Marie which is called Magdalene out of whom went seuen deuyls 3 And Ioanna the wyfe of Chusa Herodes stewarde and Susanna many other which ministred vnto hym of their substaunce 4 ☞ When much people were gathered together were come to hym out of all cities he spake by a similitude 5 The sower wēt out to sowe his seede and as he sowed some fell by the way syde and it was troden downe and the foules of the ayre deuoured it vp 6 And some fell on stones and assoone as it was sprong vp it withered away because it lacked moystnes 7 And some fell among thornes and the thornes sprang vp with it and choked it 8 And some fell on good grounde and sprang vp and bare fruite an hundred folde And as he sayde these thynges he cryed He that hath eares to heare let hym heare 9 And his disciples asked hym saying what maner of similitude is this 10 And he sayde Vnto you it is geuen to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of God but to other by parables that when they see they shoulde not see and when they heare they shoulde not vnderstande 11 The parable is this The seede is the worde of God 12 Those that are besyde the way are they that heare then commeth the deuyll and taketh away the worde out of their heartes lest they shoulde beleue and be saued 13 They on the stones are they which when they heare receaue the worde with ioy these haue no rootes which for a whyle beleue and in tyme of temptation go away 14 And that which fell among thornes are they which whē they haue hearde go foorth and are choked with cares ryches and voluptuous lyuyng bring foorth no fruite 15 But that which fell on y e good groūde are they which with a pure and good hearte heare the worde and kepe it and bryng foorth fruite through pacience ☜ 16 No man when he lyghteth a candel couereth it with a vessell or putteth it vnder a table but setteth it on a candlesticke that they which enter in may see the lyght 17 For nothyng is secrete that shall not come abrode Neither any thyng hyd that shall not be knowen and come to lyght 18 Take heede therfore howe ye heare For whosoeuer hath to hym shal be geuen And whosoeuer hath not from hym shal be takē euen that same which he supposeth that he hath 19 Then came to hym his mother and his brethren and coulde not come at hym for prease 20 And it was tolde hym by certayne which sayde Thy mother and thy brethren stande without woulde see thee 21 He aunswered and sayde vnto them My mother my brethren are these which heare the worde of God do it 22 ☞ And it came to passe on a certayne day that he went into a shippe and his disciples also and he sayde vnto them Let vs go ouer vnto the other syde of the lake 23 And they laūched foorth But as they sayled he fell a slepe and there came downe a storme on the lake and they were fylled with water and were in ieoperdie 24 And they came to hym and awoke hym saying Maister Maister we are lost Then he arose and rebuked the wynde the tempest of water and they ceassed and it waxed calme 25 And he sayde vnto them Where is your fayth And they feared and wondred among them selues saying Who is this For he commaundeth both the wyndes water and they obey hym ☜ 26 And they sayled vnto the region of the Gadarenites which is ouer agaynst Galilee 27 And when he went out to lande there met hym out of the citie a certayne man which had deuyls long tyme and ware no clothes neither abode in any house but in graues 28 When he sawe Iesus and had cryed he fell downe before hym and with a loude voyce sayde What haue I to do with thee Iesus thou sonne of God most hyest I beseche thee torment me not 29 For he commaunded the foule spirite to come out of the man For oftentymes he had caught him and he was bounde with chaynes and kept with fetters he brake the bandes and was caryed of the fiende into wildernesse 30 And Iesus asked hym saying What is thy name And he sayde Legion because many deuyls were entred into hym 31 And they besought hym that he woulde not commaunde them to go out into the deepe 32 And there was there an hearde of many swyne feedyng on an hyll and they besought hym that he woulde suffer them to enter into them and he suffered them 33 Then went the deuyls out of the man and entred into the swyne And the heard ran headlong with violence into the lake and were choked 34 When the heardmen sawe what was done they fled and when they were departed they tolde it in the citie in the villages 35 Therfore they came out to see what was done and came to Iesus founde the man out of whom the deuyls were departed sittyng at the feete of Iesus clothed in his ryght mynde and they were afrayde 36 They also which sawe it tolde them by what meanes he that was possessed of the deuyls was healed 37 Then the whole multitude of the countrey about the Gadarenites besought hym that he woulde departe from them for they were taken with great feare And he gat hym vp into the shippe and returned backe agayne 38 Then the man out of whom the deuyls were departed besought hym that he myght be with hym But Iesus sent hym away saying 39 Go home agayne to thine owne house and shewe what thynges so euer God hath done for thee And he went his way and preached throughout all the citie what thynges so euer Iesus had
(c) Because it consisted in all godly and honest matters and for that it was confirmed of both parties by an oth in the name of the Lorde d That he were fully determined to kill thee (e) That â— the Lord punishe me most greuously “ Or Mencioned “ Hebr. Of the way because it serued as a signe to shewe the way e Vsing me as his instrument to geue â—ee warning to wake away f Yet he might haue some busines to let him (g) He calleth him the sonne of Isai by contempt and disdayne (h Thou folowest the maner of thy mother whiche neuer 〈◊〉 me An Hebrue phrase in meaning he shall surely die (k) For this was the thyrd day as it was agreed vpon (l) By these wordes spokeÌ„ to the boy he admonisheth Dauid what he shall do (m) That is his bowe and his arowes (n) In weeping a Where the arke then was to aske 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 (a) Which was a citie in the tribe of Iuda Iosu 15. f. (b) That is in the middest of Iuda muche more when we come to the borders agaynst our enemies (c So that Saul was nowe destitute of the vse of priesthod and the Ephod â–ª God by his prouidence transferring both to Dauid (d) To consult with the lorde by Vrim and Thuruim (e) To and fro as hauing no certayne place to go to (f) No power nor pollicy can preuayle against gods children but when he appoynteth the time (g) Wâ—led him to be of good corage and bold for God was on his side “ Or Of the wildernesse b That is â—e place where he â—teth In your countrey of Ziph. (k) Which was also in the tribe of Iuda Iosu 15. (l) That is the stone of diuision because there they deuided them selues (a) A citie in the tribe of Iuda Iâ— 15. “ Hebr. Of the wilde goates “ Hebr. To couer his feete “ Hebr. in the sydes He consiâ—th Gods â—nce 〈◊〉 whoer resiâ— geteth to 〈◊〉 â—elf conâ—tion 〈…〉 â— (n) As a man that had no reason to consider the daunger “ Or reuenged (o) An Ebrue phrase whereby is meant folowed her ii Reg. iii. c. (p) Which was a place bordering on the countrey of the Moâ—â—tes “ Or in Gibea “ Or the wildernesse (a) That is of the most skilfull and valiant souldiers Or bolster (b) Meaning he wold make hym so sure at one stroke that he shulde not neede to stryke hym agayne “ Heb. The sleepe of the Lorde was fallen vpon hym “ Heb. aunswerest thou not (c) Valiaunt and one that the kyng doth trust â— Reg. xx f. “ Hebr. sonnes of death i. Reg. 24. d. (d) That is let the worke that thou hast in hande be accepted before y e Lorde (e) That haue stirred thee vp against me (f) By their deedes although not in plaine words (g) Because thou fauoredst my lyfe this day (a) That is let thyne officers appoynt me a place (b) Dauid which among his frendes could haue no sure abydyng by the prouidence of God â–ª among his enemies fyndeth proteâ—tion a 〈◊〉 to dwell (c) Which were a familie of the tribe of Iuda 1. Chron. 2. b. (d) Which were the famelie of Iethro Moyses father in law (a) According to Gods commaundement Exod. xxii â— â–ª Or an excelâ—ent person (b) To his imagination 〈◊〉 it was Sathan in deede (c) Saul disobeyed â–ª â—nd regarded not his doctrine while he was 〈◊〉 But now he would 〈◊〉 of him 〈◊〉 dâ—d â–ª 〈◊〉 to â—ds word (d That is to Dauid Or ministery (e) That is you shall be dead (f) And yet had no grace to repent and turne to the Lorde 1. Reg. xiii a. (g) That is I haue put my lyfe in daunger “ By the fountaine “ Or captaynes (a) According to their bands or ensignes (b) Would not Saul receaue him to fauour if he could betraye vs. (c) That is waste conuersaunte with me “ Ebre thou art not good in the eyes of the princes (d) A phrase in meaning thou pleaseth me (e) With them that fled vnto thee from Saul â–ª (a) That is destroyed the citie (b) In their 〈◊〉 voyde of 〈◊〉 and due â—eration i. Re. xxiii b (c) When there is no â—ce left for hope and in mans reason God hath in store meanes of deâ—uâ—rauÌ„ce for such as trust in him Pro. xx b. c. (d) Vpon an oth â–ª he is content to commit his lyfe to his handes such was the reuerence of an oth among the heathen (e) They 〈…〉 perill nor consider nor the destruction that â—eth ouer their head this is the maner of the â—ed (f) Which the Amalekites had taken of others and Dauid from them beside the goodes of Ziklag (g) He rewardeth them with giftes with whom he had ben succoured in the tyme of his persecution “ Or slaine “ Or hit him Iud. ix g. (a) Neare to Gilboa (b) That is the tribes of Ruben and Gad halfe the tribe of Manasse i. Para. x. c. (c) In token of victory and tryumph (d) Ascribing vnto their idolles that which was the worke of God vsing them as a scourge to punishe his people (e) Whom he had deliuered from their enemies Cha. xi c. Iere 34. a. (f) According to the cuâ— of mourners (a) As one in â—owe lamenting as he woulde seme the ouerthrow of the people of Israel (b) As I fâ—ed in the chase “ Or â–ª Captayns (c) He was â—n Amalekite borne but renounced his countrey and ioyned with the Israelites Or Came vpon him 2. Reg 3. f. (d) By sheading of blood thou hast deserued that thy blood be shedde (e) That they might be able the defend them selues from their enemies “ Or Iasher (f) Meaning Saul (g) Let their fertile fieldes be barren and bring foorth â—te to offer to the Lorde (h) As riche garmentes and costeâ—y iewelles (i) Eyther towardes their husbaÌ„ds â–ª or their children (a) By the meanes of the high priest hauing on the Ephod as 1. Sa. 23. a. â— Sam. 5. c. (b) Where God woulde haue him to beginne to raigne (c) In the time of his perâ—ecution (d) According to his promise which is to recompence them that are mercifull (e) As Gods instrument charged to execute Gods wil by recompensing kindenesse and mercy “ Heb. Be ye the children of strength (f) The name of a place beyond Iordane bordering on the inheritaunce of Gad froÌ„ the halfe of Manaâ—le Iâ— 13. â— (g) Whiche then were xi tribes (h) Let them trie howe they can handell their weapons in our sight (i) That is his aduersaries side “ Or â–ª The fielde of strong men (k) For after the death of the young men that first tried their cunning both captaynes with their meÌ„ ioyned together in battel “ Or Spoyle (l) Why dost thou prouoke me to kill thee (m) Where the seate of the gall and lyuer which be liuely partes â— (n) Sall we not make an ende of murthering “ Or Wilderneâ— a For it endured two yeres which was
verse 14. (a) Otherwyse called Astâ—ages (b) For Cyrus led with ambition weÌ„t about warres in other countreys therfore Darius had the title though Cyrus were king in effect (c) Though he were an excellent prophete yet he dayly encreased in knowledge by reading the scriptures “ thee (d) He sheweth that they rebell against God which serue him not according to his commauÌ„dement and worde (e) As Deutâ— 27. c. or the curse confirmed by an oth That is according to al the mercyfull promises and the perfourmauÌ„ce therof Shew thy selfe fauourable (h) That is for thy Christes sake in whom thou wylt accept all our prayers (i) Declaring that the godly â—ee onely vnto gods mercies and renounce their owne workes when they seeke for remission of their sinnes (k) Thus he could not content him selfe with any vehemencie of wordes when he was so led with a feruent zeale considering gods promise made to the citie in respect of the Church for the aduauncement of gods glory l He alludeth to Ieâ—es prophâ—e whereby â—e declared there shoulde be seuentie yeres of the Iewes captiuitie â—o the execution of gods iudgemeÌ„t but now gods mercie should seuen folde exceede his iudgmeÌ„â— in geuing theÌ„ seuentie â—es 〈…〉 of a hâ—pp◠〈◊〉 though not al together voide of affliction which amounteth to foure hundreth ninetie yeres euen to the comming of Christeâ— so then it should continue for euer From the time that Cyrus gaue theÌ„ leaue to depart And these seuen weekes make fourtie nine yeres wherof three are reâ—erred to the time of â— laying of the foundation of the temple 〈◊〉 46 to y e building of it as Iohn 2. d. That is in a troublous time Counting from the sixt yere of Derius who gaue the second comauÌ„dement for the building of y e temple are 62. weekes which make 〈…〉 of the 〈◊〉 shall Christe preach shew miracles and iustice (q) That is not for any his owne desertes or offences as Esai 53. b. (r) Meaning Titus Vespasianus sonne who should come destroy both the temple and the people without all hope of recouery (Å¿) By preaching the gospell he confirmed his promise first to y e Iewes after to y e Gentiles (t) That is by Christes sacrifice vpon the crosse all ceremonies of the lawe were fulfilled â–ª still remission of sinnes purchased so that there remayned no more oblation or offering for sinnes as Hebâ— 10. c (u) Meaning that Hierusalem and the sanctuarie should be vtterly destroyed for their rebellion against God Or some reads that the plagues shal be so great that they shall all be astonied at them (a) He noteth this third yere because at this time the building of the temple begâ—n to be hindred by Caâ—â—ses Cyrus sonne when 〈◊〉 â—ther made warre in Asia â—or against the 〈◊〉 which was a discouraging to the godly and a great â—re to Daniel (b) Meaning Cambises who raigned in his fathers absence did not onely hinder thus long the building of the temple but would haue further raged if God had not sent me to resist him and therfore haue I stayed for the profite of the Churche (c) Meaning that he would not onely brydle the rage of Cambises but also the other kinges of Persia by Alexander the king of Macedonia For this angel was appoynted for the defence of the Churche vnder Christ who is the head thereof The angel assureth Daniel that god hath geuen him power to perfourme these thinges â–ª seeing he appoynted him to assist Darius when he ouercame the Chaldeans Wherof Cyrus was the first â–ª the second Cambises y e third 〈…〉 (c) For he raysed vp all the east countreys to fight against the Grecians and albeit he had in his armie nine hundred thousand men yet in foure battailes he was discomfited and fled away with shame (d) That is Alexander the great (e) Reade Chap. 8. b. (f) To wit Ptolemeus king of Egypt (g) That is Antiochus y e sonne of Seleucus one of Alexanders princes shal be more mightie for he shall haue both Asia and Sâ—ria That is 〈◊〉 the daughâ—er of Ptolemeus Philadelphus shal be geuen in mariage to Antiochus Theâ—s thinkyng by this affinitie that Syria and Egypt should haue a continuall peace together i That force and strength shall not continue for sons after Bereâ—ce and her young son after her husbandes death was slayne of her stepson Seleucus Calinicus y e sonne of Laodice the lawfull wyfe of Antiochus but put awaye for this womans sake (k) Meaning that Ptolemeus Euergetes after the death of his father Philadelphus shoulde succeede in the kingdome being of y e same sâ—ocke y t Berenice was (l) To reuenge his sisters death against Antiochus Calinicus king of Siria (m) Meaning Seleucus Antiochus y e greate the sonne of Calinicus shall make warre against Ptolomeus Philopator y e sonne of Philadelphus (n) Here he chaungeth the number for one of them perished by y e waye Antiochus Magnus mainteyned the warre alone Philopator mistrusting good successe for his wicked parricide burst not meete Antiochus in Siria but wheÌ„ he him selfe was in daunger also for Egypt his owne couÌ„trie he was stirred vp to resiste put Antiochus to the foyle at that tyme. Meaning Antiochus y e great king of the north or Siria Not only Antiochus but also Philip kyng of Macedonia For vnder Omas whiche falsely alleaged that place of Esai xix c. certayne of the Iewes accompanied him into Egypt to fulfyll his prophecie Also the angell sheweth that all these troubles whiche are in the Churche are by the prouidence of God That is the Egyptians with their captayne Scopas were not able to withstande 〈◊〉 He sheweth that he shall not only afflict y e Egyptians but also the Iewes shal enter into their couÌ„trey wherof he admonisheth theÌ„ before y t they may knowe that all theâ—e thinges come by Gods prouidence Antiochus maried his daughter Cleopatra to Ptolomeus Epiphanes therby the rather to ouercome hym but she fauoured her husbande and obayed not the subtil practises of her father (x) The Iewes maner was to call all couÌ„treys iles that were deuided from theÌ„ by the sea yet Antiochus inuaded some y t were iles in deede as Euboca Phocea Samos Cyprus c. and at length conducted his armie into Grecia (y) Whereas Antiochus contemned the Romanes put their ambassadours to shame in all places Attilius the consull Scipâ— put him to flight and caused his shame to turne vpoÌ„ his owne head (z) When as vnder the pretence of pouertie he woulde haue robbed the temple of Iupiter Dodoncus the countreymen slewe hym That is Seleucus shal succeede his father Antiochus who should shortly be deâ—troied by poyson (bb) Namely Antiochus Epiphanes who was thought to be the occasion of Seleucus his brothers death was of a vyle cruel â–ª flattering nature and defrauded his brothers son of the kyngdome vsurped the kâ—ngdome with one consent of people
her house is enclined vnto death and her pathes vnto hell 19 All they that go in vnto her come not agayne neither take they holde of the way of life 20 Therefore walke thou in the way of suche as be vertuous kepe the pathes of the righteous 21 For the iust shall dwell in the lande they that be perfect shall remaine in it 22 But the vngodly shall be cut of from the earth and the wicked doers shal be rooted out of it The .iii. Chapter 1 The worde of God geueth lyfe 5 Trust in God 7 Feare hym 9 Honour hym 11 Suffer his correction 22 To them that folowe the worde of God all thinges shall succeede well 1 MY sonne forget not thou my lawe but see that thyne heart kepe my commaundementes 2 For they shal prolong the dayes and yeres of thy life and bryng thee peace 3 Let mercy and faythfulnes neuer go from thee binde them about thy necke and wryte them in the tables of thyne heart 4 So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and men 5 Put thy trust in God with all thyne heart leane not vnto thyne owne wit 6 In all thy wayes acknowledge hym and he shall order thy goynges 7 Be not wyse in thyne owne conceipt but feare the Lorde and depart from euyll 8 So shall thy nauell be whole and thy bones strong 9 Honour the Lorde with thy substaunce and with the firstlinges of all thyne encrease 10 So shall thy barnes be filled with plenteousnes and thy presses shall flow ouer with sweete wine 11 My sonne refuse not the chastening of the Lorde neither faynt when thou art corrected of hym 12 For whom the Lorde loueth him he chasteneth and yet deliteth in him euen as a father in his owne sonne 13 Well is hym that findeth wysdome and getteth vnderstandyng 14 For the marchaundise of it is better then the marchaundise of siluer and the gayne therof is better then golde 15 She is more worth then pretious stones and all the thinges that thou canst desire are not to be compared vnto her 16 In her right hande is long life and in her left hande riches and honour 17 Her wayes are pleasaunt wayes and all her pathes are peaceable 18 She is a tree of lyfe to them that lay holde vpon her and blessed is he that kepeth her fast 19 With wysdome hath the Lorde layde the foundation of the earth and thorow vnderstanding hath he stablished the heauens 20 Thorow his knowledge the deapthes are broken vp and the cloudes droppe downe the deawe 21 My sonne let not these thinges depart from thyne eyes but kepe wysdome and vnderstanding 22 So they shall be lyfe vnto thy soule and grace vnto thy mouth 23 Then shalt thou walke safely in thy way and thy foote shall not stumble 24 If thou sleepest thou shalt not be afraide but shalt take thy rest and sleepe sweetely 25 Thou shalt not be afraide of any sodayne feare neither for the violent rushing in of the vngodly when it commeth 26 For the Lorde shall stande by thy side kepe thy foote that thou be not taken 27 Withdraw no good thyng from them that haue nede so long as thyne hande is able to do it 28 Say not vnto thy neyghbour go thy way and come agayne and to morowe wyll I geue thee where as thou hast nowe to geue hym 29 Intende no hurt against thy neyghbour seing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee 30 Striue not with any man without a cause where as he hath done thee no harme 31 Folowe not a wicked man and chose none of his wayes 32 For the Lord abhorreth the froward but his counsayle is among the righteous 33 The curse of the Lord is in the house of the vngodly but he blesseth the dwellinges of the righteous 34 As for the scornfull doth he not laugh them to scorne but he geueth grace vnto the lowly 35 The wyse shall haue honour in possession but shame is the promotion that fooles shall haue ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 Wysdome and her fruites ought to be searched 14 The way of the wicked must be refused 20 By the worde of God the heart eyes and course of life must be guyded 1 HEare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction take good heede that ye may learne vnderstanding 2 For I haue geuen you a good doctrine forsake not ye my lawe 3 For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne and tenderly beloued of my mother 4 He taught me also and sayde vnto me let thyne heart receaue my wordes kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue 5 Get thee wysdome and get thee vnderstanding forget not the wordes of my mouth and shrinke not from them 6 Forsake her not and she shall preserue thee loue her and she shall kepe thee 7 The chiefe poynt of wysdome is to possesse wysdome and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding 8 Make much of her and she shall promote thee yea if thou embrace her she shall bryng thee vnto honour 9 She shal beautifie thy head with manyfolde graces and garnishe thee with a crowne of glory 10 Heare my sonne and receaue my wordes and the yeres of thy life shal be many 11 I haue shewed thee the way of wysdome led thee into the right pathes 12 So that if thou goest in them there shall no straitnesse hinder thee when thou runnest thou shalt not fall 13 Take fast holde of doctrine and let her not go kepe her for she is thy life 14 Come not in the pathe of the vngodlye and walke not in the way of the wicked 15 Abhorre it and go not therein depart aside and passe ouer by it 16 For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe and sleepe is taken from them vntyll they haue done harme 17 For they eate the bread of wickednes and drinke the wine of robberie 18 The path of the righteous shineth as the light that is euer bryghter and bryghter vnto the perfect day 19 But the way of the vngodly is as the darkenesse they knowe not where they fall 20 My sonne marke my wordes and encline thyne eare vnto my sayinges 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes but kepe them euen in the middest of thyne heart 22 For they are life vnto those that finde them and health vnto all their bodyes 23 Kepe thyne heart with all diligence for out of it issueth lyfe 24 Put away from thee a frowarde mouth and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee 25 Let thyne eyes beholde that thyng that is right and let thyne eye liddes loke straight before thee 26 Ponder the path of thy feete and let all thy wayes be ordred aright 27 Turne not aside neither to the right hande nor to the left but wihholde thy foote from euyll The .v. Chapter 3 Whordome forbidden 9 and prodigalitie 15 He