I haue 〈…〉 vnto you as though ye knewe not y e trâ—eth but ye knowe it are sure y t no lye coÌ„meth of y e trueth Who is a lyar but he y t denyeth y e Iesus is Christ The same is y e Antichrist y t denyeth the father y e sonne Whosoeuer denyeth the sonne the same hath not the father Loke what ye haue herde now from y e begynnynge let the same abyde in you Yf y t which he herde from the begynnynge shal remayne in you then shal ye also abyde in y e sonne and in the father And this is the promes y t he hath promysed vs eueÌ„ eternall life This haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you coÌ„cerninge theÌ„ that disceaue you And the anoyntinge which ye haue receaued of him dwelleth in you ye nede not y t eny maÌ„ teach you but as the anoyntinge teacheth you all thiÌ„ges euen so is it true is no lye And as it hath taughte you eueÌ„ so abide ye therin And now babes abyde in hiÌ„ y t whaÌ„ he shal appeare we maye be bolde not be made ashamed of him at his commynge Yf ye knowe y t he is righteous knowe also that he which doth righteousnes is borne of him The III. Chapter BEholde what loue the father hath shewed on vs y t we shulde be called the childreÌ„ of God Therfore y e worlde knoweth you not because it knoweth not him Dearly beloued we are now y e childreÌ„ of God and yet hath it not appeared what we shal be But we knowe y t when he shal appeare we shal be like him for we shal se him as he is And euery man y t hath this hope in him pourgeth him selfe euen as he is pure Who so euer coÌ„mytteth synne coÌ„mytteth vnrighteousnes also and synne is vnrighteousnes And ye knowe that he appeared to take awaye oure synnes and in him is no synne Who so euer abydeth in him synneth not who soeuer synneth hath not sene him nether knowne him Babes let no man disceaue you He that doeth righteousnes is righteous euen as he is righteous He that commytteth synne is of the deuell for the deuell synneth sence y e begynnynge For this purpose appeared the sonne of God to lowse the workes of the deuell * Who so euer is borne of God synneth not for his * sede remayneth in him he caÌ„ not synne because he is borne of God * By this are the children of God knowne the children of the deuell Who so euer doeth not righteousnes is not of God nether he 〈◊〉 loueth not his brother 〈◊〉 this is the tydinges which ye haue 〈◊〉 the begynnynge that ye shulde 〈◊〉 one another * not as Cain â–ª which was of the wicked and slewe his brother And wherfore slewe he him euen because his awne workes were euell and his brothers righteous Maruayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you We knowe y t we are traÌ„slated from death vnto life because we loue the brethren He that loueth not his brother abydeth in death Who soeuer hateth his brother is a mansleyer And ye knowe that a mansleyer hath not eternall life abydinge in him Hereby haue we perceaued loue that he gaue his life for vs and therfore ought we also to geue oure lyues for the brethreÌ„ But he y t hath this worldes good seyth his brother haue nede and shutteth vp his hert froÌ„ him how dwelleth the loue of God in him My litle children let vs not loue with worde nether with tonge but with y e dede and with the trueth Hereby knowe we that we are of the verite and can quyete oure hertes before him But yf oure hert condemne vs God is greater theÌ„ oure hert and knoweth all thinges Dearly beloued yf oure hert condemne vs not then haue we a fre boldnes to God warde And what so euer we axe we shal receaue it because we kepe his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes and do those thinges which are pleasaunt in his sighte And this is his coÌ„maundement that we beleue on y e name of his sonne Iesus Christ and loue one another as he gaue commaundement And he that kepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in him and he in him And hereby knowe we that he abydeth in vs euen by the sprete which he hath geuen vs. The IIII. Chapter DEarly beleued beleue not ye euery sprete but proue the spretes whether they be of God For many false prophetes are gone out in to the worlde Hereby shal ye knowe the sprete of God Euery sprete which confesseth that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God And euery sprete which confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is not off God And this is that sprete of Antechrist off whom ye haue herde how that he shal come and euen now allready is he in the worlde Litle children ye are off God and haue ouer come them for greater is he that is in you then he that is in the worlde They are off the worlde therfore speake they off the worlde and the worlde herkeneth vnto them We are of God and he that knoweth God herkeneth vnto vs he that is not of God heareth vs not Hereby knowe we the sprete of trueth and y e sprete of erroure Dearly beloued let vs loue one another for loue commeth of God And euery one y t loueth is borne of God and knoweth God He that loueth not knoweth not God for God is loue By this appeared the loue of God to vs warde because that God sent his onely begotten sonne in to this worlde that we mighte lyue thorow him Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sent his sonne to make agremeÌ„t for oure synnes Dearly beloued yf God so loued vs we oughte also to loue one another No man hath sene God at eny tyme. Yf we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfecte in vs. Hereby knowe we that we dwell in him and he in vs because he hath geuen vs of his sprete And we haue sene testifye that the father sent the sonne to be the Sauioure of the worlde Who soeuer now confesseth y t Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God and we haue knowne and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in him Here in is the loue perfecte with vs that we shulde haue a fre boldnesse in the daye of iudgment for as he is eueÌ„ so are we in this worlde Feare is not in loue but perfecte loue casteth out feare for feare hath paynefulnes He that feareth is not perfecte in loue Let vs loue him for he loued vs first Yf eny man saye I loue God yet hateth his brother he is a lyar For he that loueth not his brother whom he seyth how can he loue God whom he
wyszdome in to the hertes of all that are wyse that they shall make all that I haue commaunded the the Tabernacle of wytnesse the Arke of wytnesse the Mercyseate theron and all the ornamentes of y e Tabernacle the table and his apparell the candilsticke and all his apparell the altare of incense the altare of burnt offerynges w t all his apparell the lauer with his fote the mynistrynge vestimentes of Aaron y e prest and the garmentes of his sonnes to serue like prestes the anoyntinge oyle and the inceÌ„se of spyces for y e SaÌ„ctuary All that I haue commaunded the shal they make And the LORDE talked vnto Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel and saye Kepe my Sabbath for it is a token betwene me and you and youre posterities that ye maye knowe how that I am the LORDE which haloweth you therfore kepe my Sabbath for it shal be holy vnto you Who so vnhaloweth it shall dye the death For who so doth eny worke therin shal be roted out from amonge his people Sixe dayes shall men worke but vpon the seuenth daye is the Sabbath the holy rest of the LORDE Who so doth eny worke vpon the Sabbath daye shall dye the death Therfore shal the children of Israel kepe the Sabbath that they maye kepe it also amonge their posterities for an euerlastynge couenaunt An euerlastynge token is it betwixte me and the children of Israel For in sixe dayes made the LORDE heaueÌ„ earth but vpon y e seuenth daye he rested and was refreshed And whan the LORDE had made an ende of talkinge with Moses vpon the mount Sinai he gaue him two tables of witnesse which were of stone and wrytten with the fynger of God The XXXII Chapter BVt whan the people sawe that Moses made loÌ„ge taryenge to come downe froÌ„ the mount they gathered theÌ„ together agaynst Aaron sayde vnto him Vp and make vs goddes to go before vs for we can not tell what is become of this man Moses that brought vs out of Egipte Aaron sayde vnto them Plucke of the golden earynges from the eares of youre wynes of yo r sonnes of yo r doughters brynge them vnto me Then all the people pluckte of their golden earynges from their eares brought them vnto Aaron And he toke them of their handes fashioned it w t a grauer And they made a molten calfe and sayde These are thy goddes O Israel that brought the out of the londe of Egipte Whan Aaron sawe that he buylded an altare before him and caused it be proclamed and sayde Tomorow is the LORDES feast And they arose vp early in the mornynge and offred burnt offerynges and brought dead offerynges also Then the people sat them downe to eate and drynke rose vp to playe But the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go get the downe for thy people whom thou broughtest out of the londe of Egipte haue marred all they are soone gone out of the waie which I commaunded them They haue made them a molten calfe and haue worshipped it offred vnto it sayde These are thy goddes O Israel that brought the out of the lande of Egipte And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses I se that it is a styffnecked people and now suffre me that my wrath maye waxe whote ouer them that I maye consume them so wil I make a greate people of the. But Moses be sought the LORDE his God sayde Oh LORDE wherfore wil thy wrath waxe whote ouer thy people whom thou hast brought out of the loÌ„de of Egipte w t greate power a mightie haÌ„de Wherfore shulde the Egipcians speake saye He hath brought theÌ„ for their myschefe to slaye them in the mountaynes and to destroye theÌ„ vtterly from the earth O turne the from the fearcenesse of y e wrath be gracious ouer the wickednesse of thy people Remembre thy seruauÌ„tes Abraham Isaac and Israel vnto whoÌ„ thou swarest by thyne owne self and saydest I wil multiplye youre sede as the starres of heauen and all the londe that I haue promysed you wil I geue vnto youre sede they shall inheret it for euer Thus the LORDE repented of the euell which he sayde he wolde do vnto his people Moses turned him wente downe from the mount and in his hande he had the two tables of wytnesse which were wrytteÌ„ vpon both the sydes and were Gods worke the wrytinge was the wrytinge of God therin Now whan Iosua herde the noyse of y e people as they shouted he sayde vnto Moses This is a noyse of warre in the hoost He answered It is not a noyse of them that haue the victory and of them that haue the worse but I heare a noyse of synginge at a daunse Whan he came nye vnto the hoost and sawe the calfe and the daunsynge he was moued with wrath and cast the â—ables out of his hande and brake them beneth the mount And he toke the calfe that they had made and brent it with fyre and stamped it vnto poulder and strowed it in the water gaue it vnto the children of Israel to drynke sayde vnto Aaron What dyd this people vnto the that thou hast brought so greate a synne vpon them Aaron sayde Let not the wrath of my lorde waxe fearce thou knowest that this is a wicked people They sayde vnto me Make vs goddes to go before vs for we can not tell what is become of this man Moses y t brought vs out of the londe of Egipte I sayde vnto them Who so hath golde let him plucke it of and geue it me and I cast it in the fyre therof came this calfe Now whan Moses sawe that the people were naked for Aaron whan he set them vp made them naked to their shame he weÌ„te in to the gate of the hoost and sayde who so belongeth vnto the LORDE let him come hither vnto me Then all the children of Leui gathered them selues vnto him and he sayde vnto them Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel Euery man put his swerde by his syde and go thorow in and out from one gate to another in the hoost and slaye euery man his brother frende neghboure The children of Leui dyd as Moses sayde vnto them And there fell of the people the same daye thre thousande men TheÌ„ sayde Moses CoÌ„secrate youre handes this daie vnto the LORDE euery man vpon his sonne and brother that the prayse maye be geuen ouer you this daye On the morow Moses sayde vnto the people Ye haue done a greate synnne Now I wil go vp vnto the LORDE yf peraduenture I maye make an attonement for youre synnes Now whaÌ„ Moses came agayne vnto y e LORDE he saide Oh this people haue done a greate synne haue made them goddes of golde Now for geue them their synne yf not theÌ„ wype me out of y e boke that thou hast wrytten The LORDE sayde
he had made mencion of the Arke of God he fell downe bacwarde from the seate by the gate and brake his neck and dyed for he was olde an heuy man He iudged Israel fortie yeares The wife of his sonne Phineas was w t childe shulde shortly be delyuered whan she herde the tydinges y t the Arke of God was taken and y t hir brother in lawe and hir huszbāde were deed she bowed hir selfe and trauayled for hir payne came vpon her And whan she was now at the poynte of death the wemen that stode by her sayde Feare not thou hast a yōge sonne But she gaue no answere nether regarded it and she called the childe Icabod and sayde The glory is gone from Israel because the Arke of God was taken awaye and hir brother in lawe and hir huszbande And she sayde morouer The glory is gone from Israel for the Arke of God is takē awaye The V. Chapter AS for the Arke of God the Philistynes toke it and broughte it from the stone of helpe vnto Aszdod in to the house of Dagon and set it besyde Dagon And whan they of Aszdod rose vp early on the morowe they founde Dagon lyenge on his face vpon the earth before the Arke of the LORDE But they toke vp Dagon and set him agayne in his place Neuertheles whan they rose vp early on the nexte morowe they founde Dagon lyenge on his face agayne vpon the earth before the Arke of the LORDE but his heade and both his hādes hewen of vpon the threszholde so that the block laie there onely Therfore the prestes of Dagon and all they that go in to his house treade not vpō the threszsholde of Dagon at Aszdod vnto this daye But the hande of the LORDE was heuy vpon them of Aszdod and destroyed them and smote Aszdod and all the borders therof in secrete places Whan the men of Aszdod sawe that they were so plaged they sayde Let not the Arke of the God of Israel tary with vs for his hande is to harde vpō vs vpon o r god Dagon And they sent forth and gathered all the prynces of the Philistynes vnto them and sayde What shal we do with the Arke of the God of Israel Then answered they of Geth Let the Arke of the God of Israel be borne aboute And they caried the Arke of the God of Israel rounde aboute But whā they bare it aboute there was a very greate rumoure in the cite thorow the hande of the LORDE and smote the people of the cite from the smallest vnto the greatest and destroyed them in the secrete places Then sent they the Arke of the LORDE vnto Ekron But whā the Arke of the LORDE came vnto Ekron they of Ekron cried They haue caried the Arke of God aboute vnto me to slaye me and my people Then sente they forth and gathered all y e prynces of the Philistynes together and sayde Sende awaye the Arke of the God of Israel agayne vnto hir place that it slaye not me my people for there is a very greate rumoure with the deed in all the cite and the hande of God is there And the people that dyed not were smytten in secrete places so that the noyse of the cite wēte vp vnto heauen The VI. Chapter THus was the Arke of the LORDE in the londe of the Philistynes seuen monethes And the Philistynes called their prestes and soythsayers and sayde What shal we do with the Arke of the LORDE Shewe vs wher with shal we sende it vnto hir place They sayde Yf ye wyll sende awaye the Arke of the God of Israel sende it not awaye emptye but geue a trespace offerynge so shal ye be made whole and ye shal knowe why his hande departeth not from you They sayde What is the trespace offeringe that we shall geue him They answered Fyue hynder partes of golde and fyue golden myce acordinge to the nombre of the fyue prynces of y e Philistynes For there hath bene one maner of plage vpon you all and vpon youre prynces Therfore must ye make youre hynder partes of one faszshion and youre myce which haue destroyed youre londe that ye maye geue the God of Israel the honoure peraduenture his hāde shal be the lighter vpon you and vpon youre God and vpon youre londe Why harden ye youre hert as the Egipcians and Pharao hardened their hert Whan he shewed him selfe vpon them dyd not they let them departe to go their waye Go to now therfore and make a new cart and take two mylke kyne vpon y e which there neuer came yock and yocke them to y e cart and let their calues tary behynde them at home and take ye the Arke of the LORDE and laye it vpon the cart and the Iewels of golde that ye geue him for a trespace offeringe put in a coffer beside it sende it awaye and let it go And loke well yf it go the waie of hir awne coaste Beth Semes thē hath he done vs all this greate euell Yf no then shal ye knowe that his hande hath not touched vs but y t it is happened vnto vs by chaūce The men dyd so and toke two yonge mylke kyne and yocked them to a cart and helde their calues at home and layed the Arke of the LORDE vpon the cart and the coffer with the golden myce and with the ymages of their disease And the kyne wente straight waye vnto Beth Semes vpon one hye strete and wente on blearynge and turned nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte And the prynces of the Philistynes wente after them vnto y e coast of Beth Semes The Beth Samites were euen reapynge downe their wheate haruest in the valley and lyfte vp their eyes and sawe the Arke and reioysed to se it The cart came in to the felde of Iosua the Beth Semite and there it stode styll And there was a greate stone and they claue the tymber of the cart and offred the kyne vnto the LORDE for a burnt-offerynge But the Leuites toke downe the Arke of the LORDE and the coffer that was by it wherin the Iewels of golde were and set thē vpon the greate stone The men of Beth Semes offred burnt offerynges and other offerynges also vnto the LORDE the same daye And whan the fyue prynces of the Philistynes had sene it they departed agayne the same daye towarde Ekron These are the golden diseases that the Philistynes offred for a trespace offerynge vnto the LORDE Aszdod one Gasa one Ascalon one Gath one and Ekron one and golden myce acordynge to the nombre of all the cities of the Philistynes amonge the fyue prynces from the walled cite vnto the vyllage and vnto the greate playne felde whervpon they set the Arke of the LORDE which was vnto this daye vpon the felde of Iosua the Beth Semite And certaine of Beth Same 's were slaine because they had sene y e Arke of the LORDE and he slewe fyftye thousande and seuentye
and fled And whyle she made haist and fled he fell and was lame And his name was Mephiboseth Then wente the sonnes of Rimon y e Berothite Rehob Baena came to the house of Iszboseth in the heate of the daye he laye vpoÌ„ his bed at the noone daie And they came in to the house to fetch wheate thrust him in the bely gat them awaye For whaÌ„ they came in to y e house he laye vpoÌ„ his bed in his chamber they stickte him to death smote of his heade and toke his heade and departed by the waye of the playne felde all that nighte and broughte the heade of Isboseth to Dauid vnto Hebron and sayde vnto the kynge Beholde there is the heade of Iszboseth the sonne of Saul thine enemye which layed wayte for thy soule This daye hath the LORDE auenged my lorde the kynge of Saul and his sede Then answered Dauid vnto Rehob and Baena his brother y e sonnes of Rimon y e Berothite sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth which hath deliuered my soule out of all trouble I toke him y t brought me worde and sayde Saul is deed and he thoughte he had bene a good messaunger and at Siclag I put him to death vnto whom I shulde haue geuen a rewarde for his message And these vngodly personnes haue slayne a righteous man in his owne house vpon his bed Yee shulde not I requyre his bloude of youre handes and take you awaye from y e earth And Dauid commaunded his yonge men which slewe them and smote of their handes and fete and hanged them vp by y e pole at Hebron But the heade of Iszboseth toke they and buried it in Abners graue at Hebron The V. Chapter ANd all the trybes of Israel came to Dauid vnto Hebron and sayde Beholde we are thy bone and thy flesh And afore tyme whaÌ„ Saul was kynge ouer vs thou leddest Israel out and in So the LORDE hath sayde Thou shalt kepe my people of Israel and shalt be the duke ouer Israel And all the Elders in Israel came to y e kynge vnto Hebron And kynge Dauid made a couenaunt with them at Hebron before y e LORDE And they anoynted Dauid to be kynge ouer Israel Thyrtie yeare olde was Dauid whan he was made kynge and reigned fortye yeares At Hebron raigned he seueÌ„ yeares and sixe monethes ouer Iuda but at Ierusalem he reigned thre and thirtie yeares ouer all Israel and Iuda And the kynge wente with his men to Ierusalem agaynst the Iebusites which dwelt in the londe Neuertheles they sayde vnto Dauid Thou shalt not come hither but the blynde and lame shal dryue y t awaie They thoughte planely that Dauid shulde not come in Howbeit Dauid wanne the castell of Sion which is the cite of Dauid Then sayde Dauid the same daye Who so euer smyteth the Iebusites and optayneth the perquellies the lame the blynde which Iebusites Dauids soule hateth Herof coÌ„meth the prouerbe Let no blynde neâ—â—ame come in to the house So Dauid dwelt in y e castell and called it the cite of Dauid And Dauid builded rouÌ„de aboute fro Millo and within And Dauid grewe the LORDE the God Zebaoth was with him And Hiram the kynge of Tyre sent messaungers vn to Dauid and Ceder trees for walles and Carpenters and Masons to builde Dauid an house And Dauid knewe that the LORDE had confyrmed him kynge ouer Israel and exalted his kingdome for his people of Israels sake And Dauid toke yet mo wyues and concubynes at Ierusalem after he was come from Hebron and there were yet mo sonnes doughters borne vnto him And these are the names of them that were borne vnto him at Ierusalem Samma Sobab Nathan Salomon Iebehar Elisua Nepheg Iaphia Elisama Eliada Eliphalet And whan the Philistines herde that Dauid was anoynted kinge ouer Israel they weÌ„te vp all to seke Dauid Whan Dauid perceaued that he weÌ„te downe in to a castell But the Philistynas came and scatered them selues beneth in the valley of Rephaim And Dauid axed at the LORDE and sayde Shal I go vp agaynst the Philistynes and wylt thou delyuer them in to my hande The LORDE sayde vnto Dauid Go vp I wyll delyuer the Philistynes in to thy hande And Dauid came vnto Baal Prazim and smote theÌ„ there and sayde The LORDE hath deuyded myne enemies euen as the waters parte asunder therfore is the same place called Baal Prazim And they lefte their ymages there but Dauid and his men caried theÌ„ awaye Neuerthelesse the Philistynes wente vp agayne and scatered them selues beneth in the valley of Rephaim And Dauid axed at the LORDE The LORDE sayde Thou shalt go vp but compase them behinde that thou mayest be vpon them ouer agaynst the Peertrees and whan thou hearest vpon the toppe of the Peertrees the sounde of the goinge be bolde for then is the LORDE gone forth before the to smyte the hoost of the Philistines Dauid dyd as the LORDE commaunded him and smote the Philistynes from Geba tyll thou commest vnto Gaser The VI. Chapter ANd Dauid gathered agayne all the yonge chosen men in Israel euen thre thousande and gat him vp and wente with all the people that was with him of the 〈◊〉 of Iuda to fetch vp the Arke of God from thence whose name is The name of the LORDE Zebaoth dwelleth theron betwene the Cherubins And they caused the arke of God to be caried vpoÌ„ a new cart and fetched it out of y e house of Abinadab which dwelt at Gibea Vsa and Ahio the sonnes of Abinadab droue y e new cart And whan they broughte it with the Arke from the house of Abinadab which dwelt at Gibea Ahio wente before the Arke and Dauid and all the house of Israel played before the LORDE with all maner of instrumentes of Pine tre with harpes and Psalteries and tabrettes and belles and Cymbals And whan they came to the barne floore of Nahon Vsa stretched out his hande and helde the Arke of God for the oxen weÌ„te out asyde Then waxed the wrath of the LORDE fearce agaynst Vsa and God smote him there because of his presumpcioÌ„ so thâ—â— he dyed there besyde the Arke of God Thâ—â— was Dauid sory because the LORDE had made soch a rente vpon Vsa and he called the same place Perez Vsa vnto this daye And Dauid feared the LORDE the same daie and sayde How shall the Arke of the LORDE come vnto me And he wolde not let it be broughte to him in to the cite of Dauid but caused it be brought in to y e house of Obed Edom the Gathite And whan the Arke of the LORDE had contynued thre monethes in the house of Obed Edom the Gathite the LORDE blessed him and all his house And it was tolde kynge Dauid that the LORDE had blessed the house of Obed EdoÌ„ and all that he had because of the Arke of God Then wente he
tolde the kynge whaÌ„ he sayde Tomorow aboute this tyme shall two buszshels of barlye be solde for one Sycle and a buszshel of fyne meel for one Sycle vnder the gate at Samaria And the knyghte answered the man of God and sayde Beholde though y e LORDE made wyndowes in heauen how coulde soch a thinge come to passe Neuertheles he sayde Beholde with thine eyes shalt thou se it and shalt not â—â—te therof And euen so fortuned it vnto him for the people trode vpon him in the gate y t he dyed The VIII Chapter ELiseus spake vnto the womaÌ„ whose sonne he had restored vnto life againe and sayde Get the vp go with thine housholde and be a straunger where thou canst for the LORDE shall call for a derth which shal come in to the londe seuen yeare loÌ„ge The woman gat her vp and dyd as the man of God sayde wente with hiâ— housholde and was a straunger in the londe of the Philistynes seuen yeare But whan the seuen yeares were ended the woman came agayne out of the Philistynes loÌ„de and wente forth to crye vpon the kynge for hir house and londe The kynge spake vnto Gehasi the seruaunt of the man of God sayde Tell me all the greate actes that Eliseus hath done And whyle he was tellynge the kynge how he had made one that was deed to lyue agayne beholde the woman whose sonne he had caused to reuyue came euen in the meane season and cried vnto the kynge for hir house and londe Then sayde Gehasi My lorde O kynge this same is the womaÌ„ and this is hir sonne whom Eliseus restored vnto life agayne And the kynge axed y e woman and she tolde him Then the kynge delyuered her a chamberlayne saide Restore her agayne all that is hirs and all the increase of the londe sence the tyme that she lefte the londe vntyll now And Eliseus came to Damascon Benadab the kynge of Syria laye sicke And it was tolde him and sayde The man of God is come hither Then sayde the kynge vnto Hasael Take giftes with the go mete the man of God and axe councell at y e LORDE by him and saye Maye I recouer from this sicknesse Hasael wente for to mete him and toke rewardes with him and of all the goodes at DamascoÌ„ as moch as fortye Camels mighte beare And whan he came he stode before him and sayde Thy sonne Benadab the kynge of Syria hath sent me vnto the sayenge Maye I recouer from this sicknes Eliseus sayde vnto him Go y i waye and tell him Thou shalt recouer But the LORDE hath shewed me y t he shal dye y e death And the man of God loked earnestly made a troublous countenaunce wepte TheÌ„ sayde Hasael Wherfore wepeth my lorde He sayde I knowe what euell thou shalt do vn to the children of Israel Thou shalt burne their stronge cities with fyre and slaye their yonge men with the swerde and kyll their yonge children and ryppe vp their wemen with childe Hasael sayde How so is thy seruaunt a dogg that he shulde do soch a greate thynge Eliseus saide The LORDE hath shewed me y t thou shalt be kynge of Syria And he weÌ„te his waye from Eliseus came to his lorde which saide vnto him What saieth Eliseus vnto the He sayde He tolde me Thou shalt recouer But on the nexte daye he toke y e bed couerynge and dypte it in water and spred it ouer him and he dyed Hasael was kynge in his steade In the fyfth yeare of Ioram the sonne of Achab kynge of Israel was Ioram y e sonne of Iosaphat kynge of Iuda Two thirtie yeare olde was he whaÌ„ he was made kynge reigned eighte yeare at Ierusalem walked in the waye of the kynges of Israel as the house of Achab dyd for Achabs doughter was his wife he dyd y t which was euell in y e sighte of the LORDE Neuertheles the LORDE wolde not destroye Iuda for his seruaunt Dauids sake as he promysed him to geue him euer a lanterne amoÌ„ge his childreÌ„ * At y e same tyme fell y e Edomites awaye from Iuda made a kynge ouer them selues y e cause was this Ioram had gone thorow Seira and all the charettes with him had gotten him vp by nighte and smytten the Edomites that were aboute him and y e rulers ouer the charettes so that the people fled vnto their tentes therfore fell the Edomites awaye from Iuda vnto this daye At the same tyme fell Libna awaye also What more there is to saye of Ioram all y t he dyd heholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And Ioram fell on slepe with his fathers was buried w t his fathers in y e cite of Dauid Ochosias his sonne was kynge in his steade In the twolueth yeare of Ioram the sonne of Achab kynge of Israel was Ochosias y e sonne of Ioram kynge in Iuda Two and twentye yeare olde was Ochosias whan he was made kynge and reigned one yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Atalia the doughter of Amri kynge of Israel he walked in the waye of the house of Achab dyd that which was euell in the syght of y e LORDE euen as dyd the house of Achab for he was sonne in lawe in the house of Achab. And he wente with Ioram the sonne of Achab in to the battayll agaynst Hasael y e kinge of Syria vnto Ramoth in Gilead but y e Syrians smote Ioram Then Ioram the kinge turned backe to be healed at Iesreel of y e woundes wherwith the Syrians had wounded him at Ramoth whaÌ„ he foughte with Hasael kinge of Syria And Ochosyas y e sonne of IoraÌ„ kinge of Iuda came downe to viset Ioram the sonne of Achab at Iesreel for he laye sicke The IX Chapter ELiseus the prophet called one of the prophetes childreÌ„ sayde vnto him Girde vp y e loynes and take this cruse of oyle with the and go vnto Ramoth in Gilead and whaÌ„ thou coÌ„mest thither thou shalt se there one Iehu y e sonne of Iosaphat the sonne of Nimsi and go in and byd him stonde vp amonge his brethren and brynge him in to the ynmost chamber take thou y e cruse of oyle and poure it vpon his heade saye Thus sayeth the LORDE I haue anointed the to be kynge ouer Israel thou shalt open the dore and flye and not tary And the prophetes yonge man the childe wente his waye vnto Ramoth in Gilead And whan he came in beholde the captaynes of the hoost sat there and he sayde I haue somwhat to saye vnto the O captayne Iehu saide Vnto whom amonge vs all He sayde Euen vnto the o captayne Then stode he vp and wente in So he poured the oyle vpon his heade and sayde vnto him· Thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel I haue anoynted y t to be kynge ouer the LORDES people of
two maner of weightes and a false balauÌ„ce is an euell thinge The LORDE ordreth euery maÌ„s goinges for what is he that vnderstondeth his owne wayes It is a snare for a man to blaspheme that which is holy then to go aboute w t vowes A wyse kynge destroyeth y e vngodly bryngeth the whele â—uer them The lanterne of y e LORDE is y e breth of man goeth thorow all the inwarde partes of the body Mercy faithfulnes preserue the kynge with louynge kyndnes his feate is holden vp The strength of yonge men is their worshipe a gray heade is an hono r vnto y e aged Woundes dryue awaye euell and so do stripes the inwarde partes of the body The XXI Chapter THe kynges hert is in the hande of the LORDE like as are the ryuers of water he maye turne it whyther so euer he wyll Euery man thinketh his owne waye to be right but the LORDE iudgeth y e hertes To do rightuousnesse and iudgmeÌ„t is more acceptable to the LORDE theÌ„ sacrifice A presumptuous loke a proude stomacke the lanterne of the vngodly is synne The deuyses of one that is diligent brynge plenteousnes but he y t is vnaduysed commeth vn to pouerte Who so hoordeth vp riches w t y e disceatfulnes of his tonge he is a foole like vnto them that seke their owne death The robberies of the vngodly shal be their owne destruccion for they wolde not do the thynge that was right The wayes of the frowarde are straunge but y e workes of him y t is cleane are right It is better to dwell in a corner vnder y e house toppe then with a braulinge woman in a wyde house The soule of the vngodly wysheth euell and hath no pitie vpon his neghboure When the scornefull is punyshed the ignoraunt take y e better hede when a wyse man is warned he wil receaue the more vnderstondinge The rightuous enfourmeth the house of the vngodly but y e vngodly go on still after their owne wickednesse Who so stoppeth his eare at the crieÌ„ge of the poore he shal crie himself and not be herde A preuy rewarde pacifieth displeasure and a gifte in the bosome stilleth furiousnesse The iust delyteth in doynge the thynge that is right but the workers of wickednesse abhorre the same The man that wandreth cut of the waye of wyszdome shal remayne in the coÌ„gregacion of y e deed He y t hath pleasure in banckettes shal be a poore man Who so delyteth in wyne and delicates shal not be riche The vngodly shal be geuen for the rightuous the wicked for the iust It is better to dwell in a wyldernesse theÌ„ with a chydinge and an angrie woman In a wyse mans house there is greate treasure and plenteousnesse but a foolish body spendeth vp all Who so foloweth rightuousnesse and mercy fyndeth both life rightuousnesse and honor. A wyse man wynneth the cite of the mightie and as for the strength y t they trust in he bryngeth it downe Who so kepeth his mouth and his tonge the same kepeth his soule from troubles He y t is proude presumptuous is called a scornefull maÌ„ which in wrath darre worke maliciously The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is his owne death for his haÌ„des wyll not labor. He coueteth and desyreth all the daye longe but the rightuous is allwaye geuynge kepeth nothinge backe The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhominacion for they offre the thinge y t is gotten w t wickednes A false wytnesse shal perishe but he y t wil be content to heare shal allwaye haue power to speake himself An vngodly man goeth forth rashly but the iust refourmeth his owne waye There is no wyszdome there is no vnderstondinge there is no councell agaynst the LORDE The horse is prepared agaynst y e daye of battayll but the LORDE geueth the victory The XXII Chapter A Good name is more worth then greate riches and louynge fauo r is better then syluer and golde Whether riches or pouerte do mete vs it commeth all of God A wyse man seyth the plage and hydeth himself but the foolish go on still and are punyshed The ende of lowlynes the feare of God is riches hono r prosperite and health Speares and snares are in y e waye of the frowarde but he y t wil kepe his soule let him fle froÌ„ soch Yf thou reachest a childe in his youth what waye he shulde go he shall not leaue it when he is olde The rich ruleth the poore and y e borower is seruaunt to y e lender He y t soweth wickednesse shal reape sorowe the rodde of his plage shal destroye him A louynge eye shal be blessed for he geueth of his bred vnto y e poore Cast out y e scornefull man and so shal strife go out w t him yee variaunce and slaunder shal cease Who so delyteth to be of a clene herte and of gracious lyppes y e kynge shal be his frende The eyes of y e LORDE preserue knowlege but as for y e wordes of y e despyteful he bryngeth them to naught The slouthfull body sayeth there is a lyoÌ„ w t out I might be slayue in y e strete The mouth of an harlot is a depe pytt wherin he falleth that y e LORDE is angrie withall Foolishnes sticketh in the herte of y e lad but y e rod of correccion driueth it awaye Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his owne riches geueth comoÌ„ly vnto the rich and at the last commeth to pouerte himself My sonne bowe downe thine eare and herken vnto the wordes of wyszdome applye y e mynde vnto my doctryne for it is a pleasaunt thinge yf thou kepe it in thine herte and practise it in thy mouth that thou mayest allwaye put y e trust in the LORDE Haue not I warned y e very oft with councell and lerninge y t I might shewe y e the treuth and that thou w t the verite mightest answere them y t laye eny thinge against y e Se y t thou robbe not y e poore because he is weake and oppresse not y e simple in iudgment for y e LORDE himself wyl defende their cause and do violence vnto them y t haue vsed violence Make no freÌ„dshipe with an angrie wylfull man and kepe no company w t y e furious lest thou lerne his wayes and receaue hurte vnto thy soule Be not thou one of them y t bynde theâ—r hande vpoÌ„ promyse and are suertie for dett for yf thou hast nothinge to paye they shal take awaye thy bed from vnder the. Thou shalt not remoue the lande marcke which thy fore elders haue sett Seist thou not y t they which be diligent in their busines stonde before kynges and not amonge the symple people The XXIII Chapter When thou syttest at the table to eate w t a lorde ordre thy self manerly w t y
serued straunge goddes as their fathers taught them Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will fede this people with wormwod and geue thē gall to drynke I will scatre them also amonge the Heithen whom nether they ner their fathers haue knowne and I will sende a swearde amonge them to persecute them vntill I bringe them to naught Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes loke that ye call for mournynge wyues and sende for wise women that they come shortly and singe a mournynge songe of you that the teares maye fall out of oure eyes and that oure eye lyddes maye guszhe out of water For there is a lamentable noyse herde of Sion O how are we so sore destroyed O how are we so piteously confounded We must forsake oure owne naturall countre and we are shot out of oure owne lodgīges Yet heare the worde of the LORDE o ye women and set youre eares regarde the wordes of his mouth that ye maye lerne youre doughters to mourne and that euery one maye teach hir neghbouresse to make lamentacion Namely thus Deeth is clymmē vp in at oure wyndowes he is come in to oure houses to destroye the childe before the dore y e yonge man in the strete But tell thou planely thus saieth y e LORDE The deed bodies of men shal lye apon y e grounde as the donge vpon the felde and as the hay after the mower and there shal be no man to take them vp Morouer thus saieth the LORDE Let not the wise man reioyse in his wisdome ner the stronge man in his strength nether the rich man in his riches But who so wil reioyse let him reioyse in this that he vnderstōdeth and knoweth me for I am the LORDE which do mercie equite and rightuousnes vpon earth Therfore haue I pleasure in soch thinges saieth y e LORDE Beholde the tyme cōmeth saieth the LORDE that I wil vyset all them whose foreskynne is vncircumciscd The Egipcians the Iewes the Edomites the Ammonites the Moabites and the shauen Madianites that dwel in the wildernes For all y e Gentiles are vncircumcised in the flesh but all the house of Israel are vncircumcised in the herte The x. Chapter HEare the worde of the LORDE y t he speaketh vnto the o thou house of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE Ye shal not lerne after the maner of the Heithē and ye shal not be afrayed for the tokens of heauen for the Heithen are afrayed of soch Yee all the customes and lawes of the Gētiles are nothinge but vanite They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the worke man and fashion it with the axe they couer it ouer with golde or syluer they fasten it w t nales and hammers that it moue not It stōdeth as stiff as the palme tre it can nether speake ner go but must be borne Be not ye afrayed of soch for they cā do nether good ner euel But there is none like vnto y e o LORDE thou art greate and greate is the name of y i power Who wolde not feare the ▪ or what kīge of the Gentiles wolde not obeye the For amonge all the wysemen of the Gentiles and in all their kingdomes there is none that maye be lickened vnto the. They are alltogether vnlerned and vnwise All their connynge is but vanite namely wod syluer which is brought out of Tharsis and beatē to plates and golde from Ophir a worke y t is made with the honde of the craftesman the caster clothed with yalow sylck and scarlet euen so is the worke of their wyse men all together But the LORDE is a true God a lyuinge God and an euerlastinge kinge Yf he be wroth the earth shaketh all the Gētiles maye not abyde his indignacion As for their goddes it maye well be sayde of thē they are goddes that made nether heauē ner earth therfore shal they perish frō the earth and from all thinges vnder heauen But as for oure God he made the earth with his power and with his wisdome hath he fynished the whole compasse of the worlde with his discrecion hath he spred out the heauens At his voyce the waters gather together in the ayre he draweth vp y e cloudes from the vttemost partes of y e earth he turneth lighteninge to rayne and brīgeth forth the wyndes out of their treasuries His wisdome maketh all men fooles And confunded be all casters of ymages for that they cast is but a vayne thinge and hath no life The vayne craftes men with their workes that they in their vanite haue made shall perish one with another in the tyme of visitacion ▪ Neuertheles Iacobs porciō is not soch but it is he that hath made all thinges and Israel is the rodd of his inheritaūce The LORDE of hoostes is his name Put awaye thy vnclennesse out of the londe thou that art in the stronge cities For thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I wil now thrust out the inhatours of this londe a greate waye off and trouble them of soch a fashiō that they shal no more be founde Alas how am I hurte Alas how panefull are my scourges vnto me For I cōsidre this sorow by my self I must suffre it My tabernacle is destroyed and all my coardes are broken My children are gone fro me ād can no where be founde Now haue I none to sprede out my tente or to set vp my hanginges For the hyrdmen haue done folishly that they haue not sought the LORDE Therfore haue they dealt vnwisely with their catell all are scatred abrode Beholde the noyse is harde at honde and greate sediciō out of the north to make the cities of Iuda a wyldernesse and a dwellinge place for Dragons Now I knowe o LORDE that is not in mās power to ordre his owne waies or to rule his owne steppes goinges Therfore chastē thou vs o LORDE but with fauoure and not in thy wrath bringe vs not vtterly to naught Poure out thy indignacion rather vpon the Gētiles that knowe y e not and vpon the people that call not on thy name And that because they haue consumed deuoured and destroyed Iacob and haue roted out his glory The XI Chapter THis is another Sermon which the LORDE commaunded Ieremy for to preach sayenge Heare the wordes of the couenant and speake vnto all Iuda and to all them that dwel at Ierusalem And saye thou vnto thē Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel Cursed be euery one that is not obedient vnto y e wordes of this couenaūt which I commaunded vnto youre fathers what tyme as I brought them out of Egipte from the yron fornace sayenge Be obedient vnto my voyce and do accordinge to all that I commaunde you so shal ye be my people and I wil be youre God and will kepe my promyse y t I haue sworne vnto youre fathers
nothinge vpon vsury he taketh nothinge ouer he withdraweth his honde from doinge wronge he hādleth faith fully betwixte man man he walbeth in my commaundementes kepeth my lawes perfourmeth thē faithfully This is a rightuous mā he shal surely lyue saieth the LORDE God Yf he now get a sonne that is a murthurer a shedder of bloude yf he do one of these thinges though he do not all he eateth vpon the hilles he defyleth his neghbours wife he greueth the poore and nedy he robbeth and spoyleth he geueth not the detter his pledge agayne he lifteth vp his eyes vnto Idols medleth with abhominable thinges he lendeth vpon vsury and taketh more ouer Shal this man lyue He shal not lyue Seinge he hath done all these abhominacions he shall dye his bloude shal be vpon him Now yf this man get a sonne also that seith all this fathers synnes which he hath done and feareth nether doth soch like Namely he eateth not vpon the mountaynes he lifteth not his eyes vp to the Idols of Israel he defyleth not his neghbours wife he vexeth no man he kepeth no mans pledge he nether spoyleth ner robbeth eny man he dealeth his meate with the hungrie he clotheth the naked he oppresseth not the poore he receaueth no vsury ner eny thinge ouer he kepeth my lawes and walketh in my commaundementes This man shal not dye in his fathers synne but shall lyue without fayle As for his father because he oppressed and spoyled his brother and dyd wyckedly amonge his people lo he is deed in his owne synne And yet saye ye Wherfore thē shulde not this sonne beare his fathers synne Therfore because the sonne hath done equyte and right hath kepte all my commaundementes and done them therfore shall he lyue in dede The same soule y t synneth shall dye The sonne shal not beare the fathers offence nenether shal the father beare the sonnes offence The rightuousnes of the rightuous shall be vpon himself and the wickednes of the wicked shal be vpon himself also But yf y e vngodly will turne awaye from all his synnes that he hath done and kepe all my commaundemētes and do the thinge y t is equall right doutles he shal lyue and not dye As for all his synnes that he dyd before they shall not be thought vpon but in his rightuousnes that he hath done he shal lyue For haue I eny pleasure in the death of a synner saieth the LORDE God but rather that he conuerte and lyue Agayne yf the rightuous turne awaye from his rightuousnes and do iniquyte acordinge to all the abhominacions that y e wicked mā doth shal he lyue All the rightuousnes that he hath done shall not be thought vpō but in the fawte that he hath offended withall and in the synne that he hath done he shal dye And yet ye saye Tush the waye of y e LORDE is not indifferēt Heare therfore ye house of Israel Is not my waye right Or are not youre wayes rather wicked When a rightuous mā turneth awaye from his rightuousnesse and medleth with vngodlynes he must dye therin Yee for the vnrightuousnes that he hath done must he dye Agayne when the wicked man turneth awaye from his wickednesse that he hath done and doth the thinge which is equall and right he shal saue his soule alyue For in so moch as he remembreth himself and turneth him from all the vngodlynes that he hath vsed he shall lyue and not dye And yet saieth the house of Israel Tush the waye of the LORDE is not equall Are my wayes vnright o ye house of Israel Are not youre wayes rather vnequall As for me I wil iudge euery man acordinge to his wayes O ye house of Israel saieth the LORDE God Wherfore be conuerted and turne you clene from all youre wickednesse so shal there no synne do you harme Cast awaye frō you all youre vngodlynesse that ye haue done make you new hertes and a new sprete Wherfore wil ye dye O ye house of Israel seynge I haue no pleasure in y e death of him that dyeth saieth the LORDE God Turne you then and ye shal lyue The XIX Chapter BVt mourne thou for the prynces off Israel saye Wherfore laye thy mother that lyonesse amōge the lyons norished hir yonge ones amōge the lyons whelpes One of hir whelpes she brought vp it became a lyon it lerned to spoyle and to deuoure folke The Heithen herde of him toke him in their nettes brought him in chaynes vnto the londe of Egipte Now when the damme sawe that all hir hope comforth was awaye she toke another of hir whelpes and made a lyon of him which wente amonge the lyons became a fearce lyon lerned to spoyle and to deuoure folcke he destroyed their palaces and made their cities waist In so moch that the whole londe and euery thinge therin were vtterly desolate thorow the very voyce of his roaringe Then came the Heithen together on euery syde out of all countrees agaynst him layed their nettes for him and toke him in their pytte So they bounde him with chaynes and brought him to the kinge of Babilon which put him in preson that his voyce shulde nomore be herde vpon the mountaynes of Israel As for thy mother she is like a vyne in thy bloude planted by the water syde hir frutes and braunches are growen out of many waters hir stalkes were so stronge that men might haue made staues therof for officers she grew so hie in hir stalkes So when men sawe that she exceaded y e heith and multitude of hir braunches she was roted out in displeasure and cast downe to the grounde The East wynde dryed vp hir frute hir stronge stalkes were broken of wythered and brent in the fyre But now she is planted in the wildernesse in a drye and thurstie grounde And there is a fyre gone out of hir stalkes which hath brēt vp hir braunches and hir frute so that she hath no mo stronge stalkes to be staues for officers This is a piteous and miserable thinge The XX. Chapter IN in the xvij yeare the x daye of the v Moneth it happened that certayne of the elders of Israel came vnto me for to axe councell at the LORDE and sat them downe by me Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto me on this maner Thou sonne of man Speake to the elders of Israel and saye vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE God Are ye come hither to axe eny thinge at me As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE I will geue you no answere Wilt thou not reproue them thou sonne of man wilt thou not reproue them Shewe them the abhominacions of their forefathers tell thē Thus saieth the LORDE God In the daye when I chose Israel and lift vp myne honde vpon the sede of the house of Iacob shewed my self vnto them in the londe of Egipte Yee when I lifte
hath shewed his mercy vnto vs. It is good to hyde the Kynges secrete but to shew and to prayse y e workes of God it is an honorable thinge Prayer is good with fastinge and to geue allmes is better then to hoorde vp treasures of golde For allmes delyuereth from death clenseth synne and causeth to fynde euerlastinge life But they that do synne and vnrighteousnes are y e enemies of their owne soules Wherfore I tell you the trueth and wyll hyde nothinge from you Whan thou praydest with teares and burydest the deed and leftest thy dyner and hyddest the deed in thy house vpon the daye tyme that thou mightest burye them in the night I offred thy prayer before the LORDE And because thou wast accepte and beloued of God it was necessary that tentacion shulde trye the. And now hath the LORDE sent me to heale the and to delyuer Sara y e sonnes wife from the euell sprete For I am Raphael an angell one of the seuen that stonde before God Whā they herde this they were sore afrayed and trembled and fell downe vpon their faces vnto the grounde Then sayde the angell Peace be with you feare not Where as I haue bene w t you it is the will of God geue prayse and thankes vnto him You thought that I dyd eate and drinke with you but I vse meate that is invisible and drynke that can not be sene of men Now therfore is y e tyme that I must turne agayne vnto him that sent me but be ye thankfull vnto God and tell out all his wonderous workes And whan he had spoken these wordes he was taken awaye out of their sight so y t they sawe him nomore Then fell they downe flat vpon their faces by the space of thre houres and praysed God and whan they rose vp they tolde all his wōderous workes Then XIII Chapter THen olde Tobias opened his mouth and praysed the LORDE and sayde Greate art thou o LORDE for euermore and thy kyngdome worlde without ende for thou scourgest and healest thou ledest vnto hell and bryngest out agayne and there is none y t maye escape thy hande O geue thankes vnto y e LORDE ye children of Israel and prayse him in the sight of the Heithē For amonge the Heithen which knowe him not hath he scatred you to the intēt that ye shulde shew forth his maruelous workes cause them for to knowe that there is none other God allmightie but he He hath chastened vs for oure myszdedes and for his owne mercy sake shal he saue vs. Considre then how he hath dealt w t you prayse him with feare and drede and magnifie the euerlastinge kynge in yo r workes I wil prayse him euen in the londe of my captiuyte for he hath shewed his maiesty vnto a synfull people Turne you therfore O ye synners and do righteousnes before God and be ye sure that he wyl shew his mercy vpon you As for me my soule we wil reioyse in God O prayse the LORDE all ye his chosen holde the dayes of gladnesse and be thankfull vnto him O Ierusalem thou cite of God the LORDE hath punyshed the for the workes of thine owne handes O prayse the LORDE in thy good thinges geue thankes to the euerlastinge God that he maye builde vp his tabernacle agayne in y e that he maye call agayne vnto the all soch as be in captiuyte and that thou mayest haue ioye for euermore With a fayre light shalt thou shyne all y e endes of y e worlde shal honoure the. The people shal come vnto the from farre they shal bringe giftes and worshipe y e LORDE in the and thy londe shal they haue for a Sanctuary for they shal call vpon the greate name in the. Cursed shal they be that despyse the all they that blaspheme the shal be condēpned but blessed shal they be y t buylde the vp As for the thou shalt reioyse in y i childrē for they all shal be blessed and gathered together vnto the LORDE Blessed are they all y t loue y e and be glad of thy peace Prayse thou the LORDE o my soule for the LORDE oure God hath delyuered his cite Ierusalem from all hir troubles I wil counte my self happie yf my sede remayne to se y e clearnes of Ierusalē The gates of Ierusalem shal be buylded with Saphyre and Smaragde and all the cōpase of hir walles with precious stones All hir stretes shal be paued w t whyte Marblestone and in all hir stretes shal Alleluya be sunge Praysed be y e LORDE which hath exalted her y t his kyngdome maye be vpon her for euermore Amen And so Tobias made an ende of his talkynge The XIIII Chapter ANd after that Tobias had gottē his sight agayne he lyued two and xl yeares sawe his childers children Now whan he was an hundreth and two yeare olde he dyed was buried honorably in Niniue For whan he was sixe and fiftie yeares of age he lost the sight of his eyes and whā he was thre score yeare olde he gat his sight agayne The residue of his life led he in ioye and increased well in the feare of God departed in peace But in y e houre of his death he called vnto him his sonne Tobias seuen yonge springaldes his sonnes children and sayde vnto them The destruccion of Niniue is at hande for the worde of the LORDE can not fayle and oure brethren that are scatred out of the londe of Israel shal come thither agayne And the whole londe of it that hath bene waist shal be fylled and the house of God that was brent in it shal be buylded againe all soch as feare God shall returne thither the Heithen also shal forsake their Idols come to Ierusalem and dwell there and all the kynges of the earth shal be glad of her and worshipe the LORDE God of Israel And therfore my children heare youre father Serue the LORDE in faithfulnes seke after his will and do the thinge that pleaseth him Commaunde youre children y t they do right geue allmes be myndefull of God and euer to be thankfull vnto him in trueth and with all their power Heare me therfore my childrē and abyde not here but in what daye so euer ye haue buried youre mother besyde me gett you from hence For I se that the wickednes of it shal brynge it to destruccion and ende After y e death of his mother Tobias departed awaye from Niniue with his wife and children and with his childers children came agayne to his father and mother in lawe and founde them whole and in a good age and toke the care of thē And he closed their eyes and was heyre vnto all Raguels goodes and sawe the fifth generacion and childers childrē And whan he was xcix yeare of age he dyed in the feare of the LORDE and his kynsfolkes buried him And all his posterite
pleasure of his goodes There is no thinge worse then whan one disfauoureth himself this is a rewarde of his wickednes Yf he do eny good he doth it not knowinge therof and agaynst his will and at the last he declareth his vngraciousnes A nygarde hath a wicked eye he turneth awaye his face and despyseth his owne soule A couetous mans eye hath neuer ynough in the porcion of wickednes vntyll the tyme that he wither awaye and haue lost his owne soule A wicked eye spareth bred there is scarcenesse vpō his table My sonne do good to y e self of y t thou hast geue y e LORDE his due offeringes Remembre y t death tarieth not how y t the couenaunt of the graue is shewed vnto the for the couenaunt of this worlde shal dye the death Do good vnto y t frende before thou dye and acordinge to thy abylite reach out thine hande and geue vnto y e poore Be not dispoynted of y e good daye let not y e porcion of y e good daie ouerpas the. Shalt thou not leaue thy trauayles and labours vnto other men In the deuydinge of the heretage geue and take and sanctifie thy soule Worke thou righteousnes before thy death for in y e hell there is no meate to fynde All flesh shal fade awaye like grasse like a florishinge leaf in a grene tre Some growe some are cast downe euen so is y e generacion of flesh and bloude one commeth to an ende another is borne All transitory thinges shall fayle at the last and the worker therof shal go withall Euery chosen worke shall be iustified and he y t medleth withall shal haue honoure therin Blessed is the man y t kepeth him in wyszdome and exercyseth himself in vnderstandinge with discrecion shal he thinke vpon the fore knowlege of God Which considereth y e wayes of wyszdome in his hert hath vnderstandinge in hir secretes goeth after her as one that seketh hir out contynueth in hir wayes He loketh in at hir windowes herkeneth at hir dores He taketh his rest besyde hir house festeneth his stake in hir walles He shall pitch his tent nye vnto hir hande and in his tent shal good thinges rest for euermore He shal sett his children vnder hir coueringe shal dwell vnder hir braunches Vnder hir coueringe shal he be defended from the heate and in hir glory shall he rest The XV. Chapter HE that feareth God wil do good and who so kepeth the lawe shal optayne wyszdome As an honorable mother shal she mete him and as a vyrgin shall she receaue him With y e bred of life and vnderstandinge shall she fede him and geue him the water of wholsome wyszdome to drynke Yf he be constant in her he shall not be moued and yf he holde him fast by her he shal not come to cōfucion She shall brynge him to honoure amonge his neghbours and in the myddest of the congregacion shall she open his mouth With the sprete of wyszdome and vnderstādinge shal she fyll him and clothe him with the garment of glory She shal heape the treasure of myrth ioye vpō him and geue him an euerlastinge name to heretage Foolish men wyll not take holde vpon her but soch as haue vnderstandinge wil mete her for she is farre from pryde and disceate Men that go aboute with lyes wil not remembre her but men of trueth shall be founde in her euen vnto the beholdinge of God Prayse is not semely in the mouth of y e vngodly for he is not sent of y e LORDE For of God commeth wyszdome the prayse shall stonde by the wyszdome of God and shal be plenteous in a faithfull mouth and the LORDE shal geue her vnto him Saye not thou It is the LORDES faute that I am gone by for thou shalt not do y e thinge that God hateth Saye not thou he hath caused me to go wronge for he hath no nede of the vngodly God hateth all abhominacion of erroure they that feare God wyl loue no soch God made man from the begynnynge left him in the hande of his councell He gaue him his commaundementes and preceptes yf thou wilt obserue the commaundementes kepe acceptable faithfulnes for euer they shal preserue ye. He hath set water and fyre before the reach out thine hande vnto which thou wilt Before man is life and death good and euell loke what him liketh shal be geuen him For the wyszdome of God is greate and mightie in power and beholdeth all men contynually The eyes of the LORDE are vpon them that feare him and he knoweth all the workes of man ▪ He hath commaūded no man to do vngodly nether hath he geuen eny man leue to synne The XVI Chapter DElyte not thou in the multitude of vngodly children and haue no pleasure in them yf they feare not God Trust not thou to their life and regarde not their labours for one sonne y t feareth God is better thē a thousande vngodly And better it is for a man to dye without childrē thē to leaue behynde him soch children as are vngodly For by one y t hath vnderstandinge maye a whole cite be vpholden but though the vngodly be many yet shal it be waysted thorow them Many soch thinges hath myne eye sene and greater thinges then these haue I herde with myne eares In the congregacion of the vngodly shal a fyre burne amonge vnfaithfull people shal the wrath be kyndled The olde giaūtes optayned no grace for their synnes which were destroyed trustinge to their owne strēgth Nether spared he them amōge whom Loth was a straunger but smote them and abhorred them because of the pryde of their wordes He had no pitie vpō them but destroyed all the people that were so stoute in synne And for so moch as he ouersawe not the sixe hundreth thousande that gathered them selues together in y e hardnesse of their hert it were maruell yf one beynge hardnecked shulde be fre For mercy wrath is with him he is both mightie to forgeue and to poure out displeasure Like as his mercy is greate euē so is his punyshment also he iudgeth a man acordinge to his workes The vngodly shal not escape in his spoyle and the longe pacience of him that sheweth mercy shal not byde behynde All mercy shall make place vnto euery man acordinge to the deseruynge of his workes and after the vnderstandinge of his pilgremage Saye not thou I wyl hyde my self from God for who wyl thinke vpon me from aboue I shal not be knowne in so greate a heape of people for what is my soule amonge so many creatures Beholde the heauen yee the heauen of heauens the depe the earth and all that therin is shall be moued at his presence the mountaynes the hilles and the foundacions of the earth shal shake for feare whan God vysiteth them These
y t they haue borne false wytnes agaynst me beholde I must dye where as I neuer dyd eny soch thinges as these men haue maliciously inuented agaynst me And y e LORDE herde hir voyce For whē she was led forth to death y e LORDE raised vp y e sprete of a yōge childe whose name was Daniel which cried w t a loude voice I am clene frō this bloude Thē all y e people turned thē towarde him saide What meane these wordes y t thou hast spokē ▪ Daniel stode in y e myddest of thē sayde Are ye soch fooles O ye childrē of Israel y t ye cā not discerne Ye haue here condēned a daughter of Israel vnto death and knowe not the trueth wherfore Go syt on iudgment agayne for they haue spoken false witnesse agaynst her Wherfore the people turned agayne in all the haist And the elders that is the principall heades sayde vnto him come sit downe here amonge vs and shewe vs this matter seynge God hath geuen the as greate honoure as an elder And Daniel sayde vnto them Put these two asyde one from another and then shal I heare them When they were put a sunder one from another he called one of them and sayd vnto him O thou olde canckerde carle that hast vsed thy wickednesse so longe thine vngracious dedes which thou hast done afore are now come to light For thou hast geuen false iudgmentes thou hast oppressed the innocent and letten the giltie go fre where as yet the LORDE saieth The innocent and righteous se thou slaye not Wel than yf thou hast sene her tel me vnder what tre sawest thou them talkynge together He answered Vnder a Molbery tre And Daniel sayde very wel Now thou leist euen vpon thine heade Lo the messaunger of the LORDE hath receaued the sentence of him to cut y e in two Then put he him asyde and called for the other and sayde vnto him O thou sede of Canaan but not of Iuda Fayrnesse hath disceaued the and lust hath subuerted thine herte Thus dealte ye afore with the daughters of Israel and they for feare consented vnto you but the daughter of Iuda wolde not abyde youre wickednesse Now tell me than vnder what tre didest thou take them speakinge together He answered vnder a pomgranate tre Then sayde Daniel vnto him very wel now thou leyst also euen vpō thine heade The messaunger of the LORDE stondeth waytinge with the swerde to cut the in two and to slaye you both With that all the whole multitude gaue a greate shoute and praysed God which allwaye delyuereth them y t put their trust in him And they came vpon the two elders whom Daniel had conuicte with their owne mouth that they had geuen false witnesse and dealte with them euen likewyse as they wolde haue done with their neghbouresse Yee they dyd acordinge to the lawe of Moses and put them to death Thus the innocent bloude was saued the same daye Thē Helchias his wife praysed God for their daughter Susanna with Ioachim hir huszbonde and all y e kinrede that there was no dishoneste founde in her From that daye forth was Daniel had in greate reputaciō in the sight of y e people The ende of the story of Susanna The story of Bel which is the xiiij Chapter of Daniel after the Latin THere was at Babilon an ymage called Bel and there were spent vpon him euery daye xij cakes xl shepe and sixe greate pottes of wine Him dyd the kynge worshipe himself and wente daylie to hono r him but Daniel worshiped his owne God And the kynge sayde vnto him Why dost not thou worshipe Bel he answered and sayde Because I maye not worshipe thinges that be made w t hondes but the lyuynge God which made heauen and earth and hath power vpon all flesh The kynge sayde vnto him thinkest thou not y t Bel is a lyuynge God Or seist thou not how moch he eateth and drynketh euery daye Daniel smyled and sayde O kynge disceaue not thyselfe This is but made of claye within and of metall without nether eateth he euer eny thinge Then the kynge was wroth and called for his prestes and sayde vnto them Yf ye tell me not who this is that eateth vp these expenses ye shal dye But yf ye can certifie me that Bel eateth them then Daniel shall dye for he hath spoken blasphemy agaynst Bel. And Daniel sayde vnto the kynge let it so be acordinge as thou hast sayde The prestes of Bel were lxx besyde their wyues and children And the kynge wente with Daniel in to the temple of Bel. So Bels prestes sayde Lo we wil go out set thou y e meate there O kynge poure in the wyne then shutt the dore fast and seale it with thine owne signet and tomorow when thou commest in yf thou fyndest not that Bel hath eaten vp all we wil suffre death or els daniel that hath lyed vpon vs. The prestes thought them selues sure ynough for vnder y e altare they had made a preuy intraunce there wente they in euer and ate vp what there was So when they were gone forth the kynge set meates before Bel. Now Daniel had cōmaunded his seruauntes to bringe aszshes and these he siffted thorow out all the temple that the kynge might se. Then wente they out sparre the dore sealinge it with y e kynges signet and so departed In y e night came the prestes with their wyues and children as they were wonte to do and ate and dronke vp all In the mornynge be tymes at the breake of the daye the kynge arose Daniel with him And the kynge sayde Daniel are the seales whole yet He answered Yee o kynge they be whole Now as soone as he had opened the dore the kinge loked vnto y e altare and cried with a loude voyce Great◠art thou o Bel and with the is no disceate Then laughed Daniel and helde the kynge that he shulde not go in and sayde Beholde the pauement marcke well whose fotesteppes are these The kynge sayde I se the fotesteppes of men women and children Therfore the kynge was angrie and toke the prestes with their wyues and childrē they shewed him y e preuy dores where they came in ate vp soch thinges as were vpon y e altare For the which cause y e kynge slewe them delyuered Bel in to Daniels power which destroyed him and his temple And in that same place there was a greate dragon which they of Babilon worshipped And y e kynge sayde vnto Daniel sayest thou y t this is but a god of metall also lo he liueth he eateth drinketh so y t thou cāst not saye that he is no lyuinge God therfore worshipe him Daniel sayde vnto y e kinge I wil worshipe the LORDE my God he is y e truelyuynge God as for this he is not the God of life But geue me leaue o kynge
might be disceaued by this meanes also shulde I defyle myne age make it abhominable For though I were now delyuered from the tormentes of men yet shulde I not escape the honde of allmightie God nether alyue ner deed Wherfore I will dye manfully do as it becommeth myne age Wherby I maie peraduenture leaue an exāple of stedfastnesse for soch as be yonge yf I w t a ready mynde manfully dye an honest death for the most worthy and holy lawes When he had sayde these wordes immediatly he was drawen to the tormēte Now they that led him and were mylde a litle afore beganne to take displeasure because of the wordes y t he sayde for they thought he had spokē them of an hye mynde But whē he was in his martirdome he mourned and sayde Thou O LORDE which hast the holy knowlege knowest openly that where as I might be delyuered frō death I suffre these sore paynes of my body but in my mynde I am wel contente to suffre them because I feare the. Thus this man dyed leauynge y e memoriall of his death for an example not only vnto yonge men but vnto all y e people to be stedfast and manly The VII Chapter IT happened also that there were vij brethren with their mother taken compelled by the kynge agaynst the lawe to eate swynes flesh namely w t scourges and lethren whippes And one of them which was y e chefe sayde What sekest thou and what requyrest thou of vs As for vs we are ready rather to suffre death then to offende the lawes of God and the fathers Then was the kynge angrie and bad heare cauldrons and brasen pottes Which when they were made hote immediatly he commaunded y e tonge of him that spake first to be cut out to pull the skynne ouer his heade to payre of the edges of his handes and fete yee and that in the sight of his mother and the other of his brethren Now when he was cleane marred he commaunded a fyre to be made so whyle there was eny breath in him to be fryed in the caudron In the which when he had bene longe payned the other brethren with their mother exorted him to dye manfully sayēge The LORDE God shal regarde the treuth and comforte vs like as Moses testifieth and declareth in his songe sayenge and he wyl haue compassion on his seruauntes So whē the first was deed after this maner they brought the seconde to haue him in derision pulled the skynne with the hayre ouer his heade and axed him yf he wolde eate swynes flesh or he were payned in y e other membres also thorow out his body But he answered boldly and sayde I will not do it And so was he tormented like as y e first And whē he was euē at y e geuinge vp of y e goost he sayde Thou most vngracious personne puttest vs now to death but the kynge of y e worlde shall rayse vs vp which dye for his lawes in y e resurreccion of euerlastinge life After him was the thirde had in derision and when he was requyred he putt out his tonge and that right soone holdinge forth his hondes manfully and spake with a stedfast faith These haue I of heauē but now for the lawe of God I despyse them for my trust is that I shall receaue them of him agayne In so moch that the kynge and they which were with him marueled at the yonge mans boldnesse that he nothinge regarded the paynes Now when he was deed also they vexed the fourth with tormentes in like maner So when he was now at his death he sayde It is better that we beynge put to death of mē haue oure hope and trust in God for he shal rayse vs vp agayne As for the thou shalt haue no resurreccion to life And when they had spoken to the fifth they tormēted him Then loked he vnto y e kinge sayde Thou hast power amōge mē for thou art a mortall man also y i self to do what thou wilt but thinke not y t God hath forsaken o r generacion Abyde the tary styll a whyle thou shalt se the greate power of God how he wil punysh the thy sede After him they brought the sixte which beynge at the poynte of death sayde Be not disceaued o kynge for this we suffre for oure owne sakes because we haue offended oure God therfore marvelous thinges are shewed vpon vs. But thinke not thou which takest in honde to stryue agaynst God that thou shalt escape vnpunyshed This excellent mother worthy to be well reported of and had in remembraunce sawe hir seuen sonnes dye in one daye and suffred it paciētly because of the hope that she had in God Yee she exorted euery one of them in especiall and that boldly and stedfastly w t parfite wyszdome wakynge vp hir wyuysh thought with a manly stomacke and sayde vnto them I can not tell how ye came in my wombe for I nether gaue you breth ner soule no ner life It is not I y t ioyned y t mēbres of yo bodies together but y e maker of y e worlde which fashioned y e byrth of mā begāne all thinges Euen he also of his owne mercy shall geue you breath and life agayne like as ye now regarde not youre owne selues for his lawes sake Now thought Antiochus that she had despysed him therfore he let her go with hir reproues and beganne to exorte the yongest sonne which yet was left not only w t wordes but swore vnto him w t an ooth y t he shulde make him a rich welthy man yf he wolde forsake y e lawes of his fathers yee and y t he shulde geue him what so euer were necessary for him But whē the yonge man wolde not be moued for all these thinges he called his mother counceled her to saue hir sonnes life And when he had exorted her with many wordes she promised him that she shulde speake vnto hir sonne So she turned her vnto him laughinge y e cruell tyraunte to scorne spake w t a boylde voyce O my sonne haue pite vpon me y t bare y e ix monethes in my wombe that gaue the sucke norished the and brought the vp vnto this age I beseke the my sonne loke vpon heauen and earth and all that is therin and considre that God made them and mans generacion of naught so shalt thou not feare this hangman but suffre death stedfastly like as thy brethren haue done that I maye receaue the agayne in the same mercy with thy brethren Whyle she was yet speakynge these wordes the yonge man sayde Whom loke ye for ▪ Wherfore do ye tary I wil not obeye the kynges commaundement but the lawe that God gaue vs by Moses As for the that ymaginest all myschefe agaynst the Iewes thou shalt not escape the honde of God for we suffre these thinges because of oure synnes And though
God be angrie with vs a litle whyle for o r chasteninge reformacion yet shal he be at one agayne w t his seruauntes But thou O shamefull most abhominable personne Pryde not thy self thorow vayne hope in beynge so malicious vpon y e seruauntes of God for thou hast not yet escaped the iudgmēt of the God which is all mighty seyth all thinges My brethren y t haue suffred a litle payne are now vnder the couenaunt of euerlastinge life but thorow the iudgment of God thou shalt be punyshed righteously for thy pryde As for me like as my brethrē haue done I offre my soule my body for y e lawes of o fathers callinge vpon God y t he will soone be mercifull vnto o people yee w t payne punyshment to make the graunte y t he only is God In me now in my brethrē y e wrath of allmighty God is at an ende which righteously is fallē vpon all o people Then y e kynge beynge kyndled in anger was more cruell vpon him then vpon all y e other toke indignaciō y t he was so lighty regarded So this yonge mā dyed vndefiled put his trust stil in y e LORDE Last of all after y e sonnes was y e mother put to death also Let this now be ynough spoken concernynge y e offringes extreme cruelnesse The VIII Chapter THen Iudas Machabeus and they y t were w t him wēte pryuely in to y e townes called their kinsfolkes frendes together toke vnto them all soch as contynued yet in the faith lawe of y e Iewes and brought forth vj. M. men So they called vpon the LORDE y t he wolde haue an eye vnto his people which was troddē downe of euery mā to be gracious vnto y e tēple y t was defyled of the vngodly to haue cōpassion vpon y e destruccion of the cite which was shortly like to be laied waist to heare y e voyce of y e bloude y t cried vnto him to remēbre y e most vnrighteous deathes of yonge innocent children the blasphemies also done vnto his name to punysh thē Now whē Machabeus had gathered this multitude together he was to mightie for the Heithen for y e wrath of y e LORDE was turned in to mercy he fell vpon the townes cities vnawarres brent them toke the most cōmodious places slewe many of the enemies But specially he made soch chases by night in so moch that his manlynesse was spoken of euery were So when Philippe sawe that the man increased by litle and litle and that the matter prospered with him for the most parte he wrote vnto Ptolomy which was a captayne in Celosiria Phenices helpe him in y e kinges busynes Thē sent he Nicanor Patrocli a speciall frende of his in all y e haist gaue him of y e comon sorte of the Heithen no lesse then xx M. harnessed men to rote out y e whole generacion of the Iewes hauinge to helpe him one Gorgias a man of warre which in matters concernynge battayls had greate experience Nicanor ordened also the tribute which the Romaynes shulde haue had to be geuen vnto the kynge out of the captiuyte of the Iewes namely ij M. talentes And immediatly he sent to y e cities of y e see coost requyringe thē for to bye Iewes to be their seruauntes bonde men promisynge to sell them lxxx and ten for one talente but he considered not the wrath of allmighty God y t was to come vpon him When Iudas knewe of this he tolde the Iewes y t were w t him of Nicanors cōmynge Now were there some of them fearfull not trustinge vnto the rightuousnes of God and fled their waye But the other y t remayned came together besought the LORDE to delyuer thē frō y t wicked Nicanor which had solde thē or euer he came nye them and though he wolde not do it for their sakes yet for the couenaunt that he made w t their fathers because they called vpon his holy glorious name And so Machabeus called his men together namely aboute vi M. exortinge them not to agree vnto their enemies nether to be afrayed for y e multitude of their aduersaries cōmynge agaynst them vnrighteously but to fight manly consideringe y e reprofe that they had done to the holy place without cause how they had despysed and oppressed the cite yee and destroyed y e lawes of the fathers For they sayde he trust in their weapens and boldnesse but oure confidence is in the allmighty LORDE which in the twincklinge of an eye maye both destroye them that come agaynst vs and all the worlde He exorted them also to call to remēbraūce the helpe that God shewed vnto their fathers as whē there perished an C. lxxxvM of Sennacheribs people And of y e battaill y t they had in Babilō agaynst y e Galacians how y t all the Macedoniās y t came to helpe thē stode in feare how they beynge but only vj. M. slewe an C. xx M. thorow y e helpe y t was geuen them from heauen wherby they also had receaued many benefites Thorow these wordes y e mē toke good hertes vnto thē ready to dye for the lawe the coūtre So he set vpon euery cōpany a captayne one of his owne brethren Simon Ioseph and Ionathas geuynge ech one xv C. men He caused Eszdras also to reade the holy boke vnto them and to geue them a token of the helpe of God Then he himself beinge captaine in y e fore front of the battayll buckled with Nicanor And God was there helpe in so moch that they slewe aboue ix M. mē compelled y e more parte of Nicanors hoost to fle they were so wounded and feable Thus they toke the money from those that came to bye thē and folowed vpon them on euery syde But whē the tyme came vpon them they returned for it was the Sabbath and therfore they folowed nomore vpon them So they toke their weapens and spoyles kepte the Sabbath geuynge thankes vnto the LORDE which had delyuered them that daye and shewed them his mercy After the Sabbath they distributed the spoyles to the sicke to y e fatherlesse and to wyddowes and the residue had they them selues with theirs Whē this was done and they all had made a generall prayer they besought the mercifull LORDE to be at one with his seruauntes Of those also that were with Timotheus and Bachides which fought agaynst them they slewe xx M. wanne hye and stronge holdes and deuided moo spoyles euer geuynge an equall porcion vnto y e sicke to y e fatherles to wyddowes to aged persons And when they had diligently gathered their weapēs together they layed them all in convenient places the remnaunt of y e spoyles brought they to Ierusalem They slewe Philarches that wicked personne which was with Timotheus and had vexed many
Achaia For froÌ„ you was the worde of the LORDE noysed out not onely in Macedonia Achaia but iÌ„ all quarters also is yo r faith iÌ„ God spred abrode so that it nedeth not vs to speake eny thinge at all For they them selues shewe of you what maner of entrynge in we had vnto you and how ye are turned vnto God from ymages for to serue the lyuynge and true God and to loke for his sonne from heaueÌ„ whom he raysed vp from the deed euen Iesus which hath delyuered vs froÌ„ the wrath to come The II. Chapter FOr ye youre selues brethren knowe of oure intrauÌ„ce vnto you how that it was not in vayne but as we had suffred afore were shamefully intreated at Philippos as ye knowe we were bolde in oure God to speake vnto you y e Gospel of God with moch stryuynge For oure exhortacion was not to brynge you to erroure ner yet to vnclennes nether was it with gyle but as we are alowed of God that the Gospell shulde be commytted vnto vs to preache euen so we speake not as though we wolde please meÌ„ but God which tryeth oure hertes For we haue not gone aboute with flateringe wordes as ye knowe ner wayted for oure owne profit God is recorde nether soughte we prayse of men nether of you ner of eny other whan we mighte haue bene chargeable vnto you as the Apostles off Christ but we were tender amonge you Like as a norsse cherisheth hir children euen so had we hartely affeccion towarde you and wolde with good wyl haue dealte vnto you not onely the Gospell of God but oure lyues also because ye were deare vnto vs. Ye remembre brethren oure laboure and trauayle For daye and nighte wroughte we because we wolde not be chargeable vnto eny of you and preached the Gospell of God amonge you Ye are witnesses and so is God how holyly and iustly and vnblameable we behaued oure selues amoÌ„ge you thaâ— beleue as ye knowe how that as a 〈…〉 his children euen so exhorte 〈…〉 and besoughte euery one 〈…〉 wolde walke worthely before God 〈…〉 hath called you vnto his kyngdome 〈…〉 For this cause thanke we God without ceassynge because that whaÌ„ ye receaued of vs the worde of the preachinge of God ye receaued it not as y e worde of men but eueÌ„ as it is of a trueth the worde of God which worketh in you that beleue For ye brethren are become the folowers off the congregacions off God which in Iewry are in Christ Iesu so that ye haue suffred euen like thinges of youre kynsmen as they haue suffred of the Iewes Which as they put the LORDE Iesus to death and their awne prophetes euen so haue they persecuted vs also and please not God and are coÌ„trary to all men forbyddinge vs to speake vnto the Heythen that they mighte be saued to fulfill their synnes allwaye for the wrath is come vpon them allready vnto y e vttemost But we brethren for as moch as we haue bene kepte from you for a season as concernynge the bodely presence but not in the hert we haue haisted the more with greate desyre to se you personally Therfore wolde we haue come vnto you I Paul two tymes but Sathan withstode vs. For who is oure hope or ioye or crowne of reioysinge are not ye it in y e sighte of oure LORDE Iesus Christ at his commynge Yes ye are oure prayse and ioye The III. Chapter WHerfore sence we coulde no longer forbeare we thoughte it good to remayne at Athens alone sent Timotheus oure brother and mynister of God and oure helper in y e gospell of Christ to stablysh you and to comforte you in youre faith that noman shulde be moued in these troubles for ye youre selues knowe that we are euen appoynted there vnto And whan we were with you we tolde you before that we shulde suffre tribulacion euen as it is come to passe as ye knowe For this cause seynge I coulde no longer forbeare I sent that I mighte haue knowlege of youre faith lest happly the tempter had tempted you and lest oure laboure had bene in vayne But now that Timotheus is come froÌ„ you vnto vs and hath shewed vs of youre faith and loue how that ye haue allwaye good remembraunce of vs desyringe to se vs 〈…〉 to se you therfore brethren 〈…〉 in you in all oure 〈…〉 thorow youre faith For 〈…〉 yf ye stonde stedfast in y e â—ORDE For what thankes can we recompeÌ„ce to God agayne for you because of this ioye that we haue concernynge you before oure God We praye exceadingly daye and nighte that we mighte se you presently and fulfill that which is lackynge in yo r faith God himselfe o r father o r LORDE Iesus Christ gyde oure iourney vnto you But the LORDE increace you make you flowe ouer in loue one towarde another and towarde all men euen as we do towarde you that yo r hertes maye be stable and vnblameable in holynes before God oure father at the commynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ with all his sayntes The IIII. Chapter FVrthermore we beseke you brethren and exhorte you in the LORDE Iesus that ye increace more and more euen as ye haue receaued of vs how ye oughte to walke and to please God For ye knowe what commaundementes we gaâ—ue you by oure LORDE Iesus Christ. For this is the will of God euen youre sanctifienge that ye shulde absteyne from whordome y t euery one of you shulde knowe how to kepe his vessell in holynes and honoure not in the lust of concupiscence as the Heythen which knowe not God And that no man go to farre ner defraude his brother in bargayninge For the LORDE is the auenger of all soch thinges as we haue sayde testified vnto you afore tyme. For God hath not called vs to vnclennesse but vnto holynes He therfore that despyseth despyseth not man but God which hath geuen his holy sprete in to you But as touchinge brotherly loue ye nede not that I wryte vnto you for ye youre selues are taught of God to loue one another yee and that thinge ye do vnto all the brethreÌ„ which are thorow out all Macedonia But we beseke you brethren that ye increace yet more and more and that ye study to be quyete and to medle with youre awne busynesse and to worke with youre awne haÌ„des as we commaunded you that ye maye walke honestly towarde theÌ„ that are without and that nothinge be lackynge vnto you We wolde not brethren that ye shulde be ignoraunt concernynge them which are fallen a slepe that ye sorowe not as other do which haue no hope For yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne euen so theÌ„ also which slepe by Iesus shal God brynge with him For this we saye vnto you in the worde of the LORDE that we which lyue and are remaynynge
vpoÌ„ the house of Israel and vpon the house off Iuda a new Testament not as the Testament which I made with their fathers in that daye whan I toke them by the handes to lede them out of the londe of Egipte for they contynued not in my Testament and I regarded them not sayeth the LORDE For this is the Testament that I wil make w t the house of Israell after those dayes sayeth the LORDE I wyl geue my lawes in their mynde and in their hertes wyl I wryte them And I wil be their God and they shal be my people and they shal not teach euery maÌ„ his neghboure and euery man his brother sayenge knowe y e LORDE for they shal knowe me from the leest to the most of them for I wil be mercifull ouer their vnrighteousnesses And on their synnes on their iniquyties wyl I not thynke eny more In that he sayeth A new he weereth out y e olde Now y t which is worne out and waxed olde is ready to vanish awaye The IX Chapter THat first Tabernacle verely had ordinaunces and seruynges off God and outwarde holynes For there was made a foretabernacle wherin was y e candilsticke and the table and the shewe bred and this is called y e Holy But behynde the seconde vayle was the Tabernacle which is called Holiest of all which had the golden censor and the Arke of the Testament ouerlayed rounde aboute with golde wherin was the golden pot with Manna and Aarons rodd that florished and the tables of the Testament Aboue therin were the Cherubins off glory ouershadowynge the Mercyseate Of which thinges it is not now to speake perticularly When these thinges were thus ordeyned the prestes wente allwayes in to the first Tabernacle and excuted y e seruyce of God But in to the seconde wente the hye prest alone once in the yeare not without bloude which he offred for himselfe and for the ignoraunce of the people Wherwith the holy goost this signifyeth that the waye of holynes was not yet opened whyle as yet the first Tabernacle was stondynge Which was a symilitude for the tyme then present in the which were offred giftes and sacrifices and coulde not make perfecte as partaynynge to the conscience him that dyd the Gods seruyce onely with meates and drynkes and dyuerse waszhinges and iustifienges of the flesh which were ordeyned vnto the tyme of reformacion But Christ beynge an hye prest of good thinges to come came by a greater and a more perfecte Tabernacle not made with handes that is to saye not of this maner buyldynge nether by the bloude of goates or calues but by his owne bloude entred he once for all in to the holy place and hath founde eternall redempcion For yff the bloude off oxen and off goates and the aszhes off the cowe whan it is sprenkled haloweth the vncleane as touchynge the purificacion of the flesh How moch more shal the bloude of Christ which thorow the eternall sprete offred him selfe without spot vnto God pourge oure conscience from deed workes for to serue tâ—â—geuynge God And for this cause is â—â—â—eâ—diatour of the new 〈…〉 thorow death which chaursed 〈◊〉 redempcion of those traÌ„sgressons that were vnder the first Testament they which were called mighte receaue the promes of eternall inheritaunce For where soeuer is a Testament there must also be the death of him that maketh the testament For a TestameÌ„t taketh auctorite whan men are deed for it is of no value as longe as he that made it is alyue For the which cause that first TestameÌ„t also was not ordeyned without bloude For whan all the commaundementes acordinge to the lawe were red of Moses vnto all the people he toke y e bloude of calues and of goates with water and purple woll and ysope and sprenkled the boke and all the people sayenge * This is the bloude of the Testament which God hath appoynted vnto you And the Tabernakle and all the vessels of the Gods seruyce sprenkled he with bloude likewyse And allmost all thinges are pourged with bloude after the lawe and without sheddynge of bloude is no remyssion It is necessary then that the symilitude of heauenly thinges be purified with soche but y e heauenly thinges themselues are purified with better sacrifices then are those For Christ is not entred in to the holy places y t are made with handes which are but symilitudes of true thinges but in to the very heauen for to apeare now before the face of God for vs Not to offer himselfe offâ— as the hye prest entreth in to the holy place euery yeare with straunge bloude for theÌ„ must he often haue suffred sence the worlde beganne But now in the ende of the worlde hath he appeared once to put synne to flight by the offerynge vp of himselfe And as it is appoynted vnto meÌ„ y t they shal once dye and then coÌ„meth the iudgmeÌ„t EueÌ„ so Christ was once offred to take awaye the synnes of many And vnto them that loke for him shal he appeare agayne without synne vnto saluacion The X. Chapter FOr the lawe * which hath but the shadowe off good thinges to come and not the thinges in their awne fashion can neuer by the sacrifices which they offer yeare by yeare continually make the commers there vnto perfecte Els shulde they haue ceassed to haue bene offred because that the offerers once pourged shulâ—◠〈◊〉 had nomore conscience of synnes 〈…〉 in those sacrifices there is maâ—e but a â—â—â—â—â—braunce of synnes euery yeaâ—e * For 〈…〉 y t the bloude of oxen â—nd of goates shulde take awaye synnes Wherfore whan he commeth in to the worlde he sayeth Sacrifice offerynge thou woldest not haue but a body hast thou ordeyned me Burnt offerynges and synneofferynges hast thou not alowed Then sayde I Lo I come I the begynnynge of the boke it is wrytten of me that I shulde do y e wyll O God Aboue whaÌ„ he had sayde Sacrifice and offerynge and burntsacrifices syn offerynges thou woldest not haue nether hast alowed which yet are offered after y e lawe TheÌ„ sayde he Lo I come to do wil thy O God there taketh he awaye the first to stablyszhe the latter In the which wyll we are sanctified by the offerynge vp of the body of Iesus Christ once for all And euery prest is ready daylie mynistringe and oftymes offereth one maner of offerynges which can neuer take awaye synnes But this man whan he had offred for synnes one sacrifice which is of value for euer sat him downe on the righte hande of God and from hence forth tarieth tyll his foes be made his fote stole For with one offerynge hath he made perfecte for euer theÌ„ that are sanctified And the holy goost also beareth vs recorde of this euen whan he sayde before This is the Testament that I wyl make vnto them after those dayes sayeth y e LORDE I