sayde vnto them it wyll come to passe that the sonne of man shal be betrayed into the handes of men 23 And they shall kyll hym the thyrde day shall he ryse agayne And they were exceadyng sory 24 ☞ And when they were come to Capernaum they that receaued tribute money came to Peter and sayde Doth not your maister pay tribute 25 He sayth yes And when he was come into the house Iesus preuented hym saying What thynkest thou Simon of whom do the kynges of the earth take tribute or toule of the chyldren or of straungers 26 Peter sayth vnto hym of straungers Iesus sayth vnto hym Then are the chyldren free 27 Notwithstandyng lest we shoulde offende them go thou to the sea and cast an angle and take the fisshe that first commeth vp and when thou hast opened his mouth thou shalt fynde a peece of twenty pence that take and geue it vnto them for me and thee ☜ ⧠The .xviij. Chapter ¶ 3 He teacheth his disciples to be humble and harmelesse 6 to auoyde occasions of euyll 21 and one to forgeue anothers offence 1 AT the same time came the disciples vnto Iesus saying Who is the greatest in y e kyngdome of heauen 2 Iesus called a litle chylde vnto hym and set hym in the myddest of them 3 And sayde Veryly I say vnto you except ye turne and become as litle chyldren ye shall not enter into the kyngdome of heauen 4 Whosoeuer therfore shall humble hym selfe as this litle chylde the same is y e greatest in the kingdome of heauen 5 And who so shall receaue such a litle chylde in my name receaueth me 6 But who so shall offende one of these litle ones which beleue in me it were better for hym that a myll stone were hanged about his necke that he were drowned in the deapth of the sea 7 Wo vnto the worlde because of offences It must nedes be that offences come But wo to that man by whom the offence commeth 8 If then thy hande or thy foote offende thee cut them of and cast them from thee It is better for thee to enter into lyfe halt or maymed rather then thou shouldest hauyng two handes or two feete be cast into euerlastyng fyre 9 And yf thyne eye offende thee plucke it out and cast it from thee It is better for thee to enter into lyfe with one eye rather then hauyng two eyes to be cast into hell fyre 10 Take heede that ye despise not one of these litle ones For I say vnto you that in heauē their Angels do alwayes beholde the face of my father which is in heauen 11 ☞ For the sonne of man is come to saue that which was lost 12 Howe thynke ye If a man haue an hundred sheepe and one of them be gone astray doth he not leaue ninetie nine and goeth into the mountaynes and seketh that which went astray 13 And yf it so be that he fynde it veryly I say vnto you he reioyceth more of that sheepe then of the ninetie and nine which went not astray 14 Euen so it is not the wyll of your father in heauen that one of these litle ones shoulde peryshe 15 ☞ Moreouer yf thy brother trespas agaynst thee go and tell hym his faulte betwene thee and hym alone If he heare thee thou hast wonne thy brother 16 But yf he heare thee not then take yet with thee one or two that in the mouth of two or three witnesses euery worde may be stablyshed 17 If he heare not them tell it vnto the Churche If he heare not the Churche let hym be vnto thee as an Heathen man and a publicane 18 Veryly I say vnto you Whatsoeuer ye bynde on earth shal be bounde in heauen And whatsoeuer ye loose on earth shal be loosed in heauen 19 Agayne truely I say vnto you that if two of you agree in earth as touching any thyng that they shall aske it shal be done for them of my father which is in heauen 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I in the myddes of them 21 Then came Peter to hym and sayde Lorde howe oft shall my brother sinne agaynst me and I forgeue hym tyll seuen tymes 22 Iesus sayth vnto hym I say not vnto thee vntyll seuen tymes but vntyll seuentie tymes seuen ☜ 23 ☞ Therfore is the kyngdome of heauen lykened vnto a certayne man that was a kyng which woulde take accomptes of his seruauntes 24 And when he had begunne to recken one was brought vnto hym which ought hym ten thousande talentes 25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde and his wyfe and chyldren and all that he had and payment to be made 26 The seruaunt fell downe besought hym saying Lorde haue pacience with me and I wyll pay thee all 27 Then the Lorde of that seruaunt moued with pitie loosed hym and forgaue hym the debt 28 But the same seruaunt went out and founde one of his felowes which ought hym an hundred pence and he layde handes on hym and toke hym by the throte saying pay me that thou owest 29 And his felowe fel downe at his feete and besought him saying haue pacience with me and I wyll pay thee all 30 And he woulde not but went and cast hym into prison tyll he shoulde pay the debt 31 So when his felowes sawe what was done they were very sory came and tolde vnto their Lorde all that was done 32 Then his Lorde called hym and sayd vnto him O thou vngracious seruaunt I forgaue thee all that debt when thou desiredst me 33 Shouldest not thou also haue had compassion on thy felowe euen as I had pitie on thee 34 And his Lorde was wroth and delyuered hym to the tormentours tyll he shoulde pay all that was due vnto him 35 So lykewyse shall my heauenly father do also vnto you yf ye from your heartes forgeue not euery one his brother their trespasses ☜ ¶ The .xix. Chapter ¶ 3 Christe geueth aunswere concernyng maryage 21 and teacheth not to be carefull 22 nor to loue worldly riches _1 ANd it came to passe that when Iesus had finished these sayinges he gat hym from Galilee and came into the coastes of Iurie beyonde Iordane 2 And great multitudes folowed hym and he healed them there 3 The pharisees also came vnto hym temptyng hym and saying vnto hym Is it lawfull for a man to put away his wyfe for euery cause 4 He aunswered and sayde vnto them Haue ye not read that he which created at the begynnyng made them male and female 5 And sayde For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother and shall be knit to his wyfe and they twayne shall be one fleshe 6 Wherfore they are no more twayne but one fleshe Let not man therefore put a sunder that which God hath coupled together 7 They say vnto
and play the hypocrite and imagine abhominations against God to make the hungry leane and to withholde drinke from the thirstie 7 The weapons of the churlishe are euyll he deuiseth noysome deuises that he may beguyle the poore with deceiptfull wordes yea euen there as he should geue sentence with the poore 8 But the liberall person imagineth honest thynges and commeth vp for liberalitie vnto promotion 9 Vp ye riche and idle women hearken vnto my voyce ye carelesse daughters marke my wordes 10 Many yeres and dayes shall ye be brought in feare O ye carelesse women for the vintage shall fayle and the haruest shall not come 11 Be abashed you that lyue in aboundaunce tremble you that lyue carelesse cast of your rayment make your selues bare and put sackcloth about you 12 For as the infantes weepe when their mothers teates are dryed vp so shall you weepe for your faire fieldes and fruitfull vineyardes 13 My peoples fielde shall bryng thornes and thistles and so shall it be in euery house of voluptuousnesse and in euery citie that reioyceth 14 The palaces also shal be brokē and the greatly occupied cities desolate The towres and bulwarkes shall become dennes for euermore where wylde asses take their pleasure and sheepe their pasture 15 Vnto the tyme that the spirite be powred vpon vs from aboue and that the wildernesse be a fruitfull fielde and the plenteous fielde be reckened for a wood 16 Then shall equitie dwell in the desert and righteousnesse in a fruitfull lande 17 And the worke of righteousnesse shal be peace and her fruite rest and quietnesse for euer 18 And my people shall dwell in the innes of peace and in sure dwellynges in safe places of comfort 19 And when the hayle falleth it shall fall in the wood and the citie shal be set lowe in the valley 20 O howe happy shall ye be when ye shall safely sowe your seede beside all waters and dryue thyther the feete of your oxen and asses The .xxxiij. Chapter 1 Threatnyng agaynst the Assyrians 20 A destruction of them that shall see the Lorde 1 WO to thee that destroyest when thou wast not destroyed thou breakest y e league where as none hath broken it with thee for when thou shalt leaue destroying thou thy selfe shalt be destroyed and when thou ceassest from breakyng the league then shall they breake it to thee 2 O Lorde haue mercie vpon vs we haue put our whole trust in thee be an arme to such early and our health in the tyme of trouble 3 At that confuse noyse the people fled and at thine exaltyng the heathen were scattered 4 And the spoyles shal be gathered which shal be yours as are the gathetheryng of Bruchus and the multitude goyng to it shal be as Locustes running to and fro 5 The Lorde is exalted for it is he that dwelleth on hye he hath fylled Sion with iudgement and rygteousnesse 6 And a sure stablishyng of thy tymes shal be strength health wisdome and knowledge and the very feare of the Lorde shal be the treasure of it 7 Beholde the messengers shall crye without and the embassadours of peace shall weepe bitterly 8 Their streetes are waste there walketh no man therin God hath broken the appoyntment the cities are cast away and men are nothyng regarded 9 The desolate earth is in heauinesse Libanus is shamed and hewen downe Saron is like a wildernesse Basan and Charmel are spoyled of their fruites 10 And therfore saith the Lorde I wyll vp nowe nowe wyll I be aduaunces nowe wyll I be exalted 11 Ye shall conceaue stubble and beare strawe and your spirite shal be the fire that it may consume you 12 And the people shal be burnt like lime and as thornes burnt that are hewen of and cast in the fire 13 Nowe hearken to ye that are farre of howe I haue done and consider my power ye that are at hande 14 The sinners at Sion are afrayde a sodayne fearefulnesse is come vpon the hypocrites What is he among vs say they that shall dwell by the consumyng fire Which of vs may abyde the euerlasting heate 15 He that leadeth a godly life and speaketh the trueth he that abhorreth gaynes by violence and deceipt he that kepeth his hande that he touche no rewarde which stoppeth his eares that he heare no counsayle agaynst the innocent blood which holdeth downe his eyes that he see no euyll 16 He it is that shall dwell on hye whose safegarde shal be in a bulwarke of rockes to hym shal be geuen meate and his waters shall not fayle 17 Thine eyes shall see the kyng in his glorie euen the kyng of the farre countreys shall they see 18 Thine heart studied for feare thinking thus What shall then become of the scribe of the receauer of our money what of hym that taxed our fairest houses 19 There shalt thou not see a cruel people of a straunge tongue to haue so diffused a language that it may not be vnderstanded neither so straunge a speache but it shal be perceaued 20 Loke vpon Sion the head citie of our solempne feastes thyne eyes shall see Hierusalem that glorious habitation the tabernacle that neuer shall remoue whose nayles shal neuer be taken out worlde without ende whose cordes euery one shall neuer corrupt 21 For the glorious maiestie of the Lorde shall there be present among vs as a place where faire brode riuers and streames are through the which shall neither galley rowe nor great ship sayle 22 For the Lorde is our iudge the Lord is our lawe geuer the Lord is our king and he hym selfe shal be our sauiour 23 Thy tacklyng is loosed therfore it can not make fast the mast nor spread the sayle then there is dealed great spoyle yea lame men runne after the pray 24 There lyeth no man that saith I am sicke but all euyll is taken away from the people that dwell there The .xxxiiij. Chapter 1 The last destruction of the sinagoge in which the kingdome and priesthood of the people was translated to the Church and congregation of Christe 1 COme ye heathen and heare take heede you people hearken thou earth and all that is therin thou rounde compasse and all that dwelleth thervpon 2 For the Lorde is angry with all people his displeasure is kindled agaynst all the multitude of them he hath destroyed them and delyuered them to the slaughter 3 So that their slayne shal be cast out and their bodyes stincke that euen the very hylles shal be wet with the blood of them 4 All the starres of heauen shall waste and the heauens shall folde together lyke a roll and all the starres therof shall fall lyke as the leaues fall from the vines and figge trees 5 For my sworde shal be bathed in heauen and shall immediatly come downe to iudgement vpon Idumea and vpon the people which I haue cursed 6 And the Lordes sworde shal be full of blood and be
rusty with the fatnesse and blood of lambes and goates with the fatnesse of the kidneys of weathers For the Lord shall kyll a great offering in Bozra and a great slaughter in the lande of Idumea 7 There shall the vnicornes fall with them and the bulles with the giauntes and their lande shal be throughly soked with blood and their grounde corrupt with fatnesse 8 For it is the day of Gods vengeaunce and the yere of recompence for the reuenge of Sion 9 And his fluddes shal be turned to pitch and his earth to brimstone and therewith shall the lande be kindled 10 So that it shall not be quenched day nor nyght but smoke euermore and so foorth lye waste and no man shall go through it for euer 11 But Pellicanes Storkes great Owles and Rauens shall haue it in possession and dwell therin for God shall spreade out the line of desolation vpon it and the stones of emptinesse 12 Her nobles shall call and there is no kyngdome and all her princes shal be nothyng 13 Thornes shall growe in their palaces nettles thistles in their strong holdes that the dragons may haue their pleasure therin and that they may be a court for Estriches 14 There shall straunge visures monsterous beastes meete one another and the wylde kepe company together there shall the Lamia lye and haue her lodgyng 15 There shall the Owle make her nest builde be there at home bryng foorth her young ones there shall the Kytes come together eche one to his lyke 16 Seke through the booke of the Lorde and reade it there shall none of these thynges be left out there shall not one nor such lyke fayle for his mouth commaundeth and that same doth his spirite gather together or fulfyll 17 He hath cast the lot for them and to those beastes hath his hande deuided it by the line therfore those shall possesse it for euer from generation to generation shall they dwell therin ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter 1 Of the tyme and kyngdome of Christe 1 BVt the desert wildernesse shall reioyce the waste ground shall be glad and florishe as the Lilie 2 She shall florishe pleasauntly and be ioyfull and euer be geuing thankes more and more For the glorie of Libanus the beautie of Charmel and Saron shal be geuen her These shall knowe the honour of the Lorde the maiestie of our God 3 And therfore strength the weake handes and comfort the feeble knees 4 Say vnto them that are of a fearfull heart be of good cheare and feare not beholde your God commeth to take vengeaunce and you shall see the rewarde that God geueth God commeth his owne selfe and wyll delyuer you 5 Then shall the eyes of the blynde be lyghtened and the eares of the deaffe opened 6 Then shall the lame men leape as an Hart the dumbe mans tongue shall geue thankes for in the wildernesse there shall welles spryng and fluddes of water in the desert 7 The drye grounde shal turne to riuers and the thirstie to sprynges of water wheras dragons dwelt afore there shal growe sweete flowres greene russhes 8 There shal be foote pathes common streetes this shal be called the holy way no vncleane person shall go through it for the Lorde hym selfe shall go with them that way and the wayfayrer nor ignoraunt shall not erre 9 There shal be no lion no rauishyng beastes shall come therin nor be there but men redeemed shall go there free and safe 10 And the redeemed of the Lorde I say shall conuert and come to Sion with thankesgeuyng euerlastyng ioy shall they haue pleasure and gladnesse shal be among them and as for all sorowe and heauinesse it shall vanishe The .xxxvj. Chapter 1 Hierusalem is besieged by Sennacherib in the tyme of kyng Hezekias 1 IN the foureteenth yere of king Hezekias came Sennacherib kyng of the Assyrians downe to lay siege vnto all the strong cities of Iuda to conquer them 2 And the kyng of the Assyrians sent Rabsakeh from Lachis towarde Hierusalem agaynst Hezekias with an exceedyng hoast which set hym by the conduite of the ouer poole in the way that goeth through the fullers lande 3 And so there came foorth vnto hym Eliakim Helkias sonne the chiefe ouer the householde Sobâ—a the scribe and Ioah Asaphs sonne the secretarie 4 And Rabsakeh sayde vnto them Tell Hezekia that the great kyng saith thus vnto hym What presumption is this that thou trustest vnto 5 I sayde surely that thou trustest in vayne wordes when counsayle and strength are necessarie to battayle but nowe wherto trustest thou that thou rebellest agaynst me 6 Lo thou puttest thy trust in a broken staffe of reede I meane Egypt which he that leaneth vpon it goeth into his hande and shooteth it through euen so is Pharao the kyng of Egypt vnto all them that trust in hym 7 But if thou wouldest say vnto me We trust in the Lorde our God Is not he that God whose hygh places aulters Hezekia toke downe and commaunded Iuda and Hierusalem to worship only before this aulter 8 Nowe therfore deliuer hostages that thou rebell no more agaynst my Lorde the kyng of the Assyrians and I wyll geue thee two thousande horses yf thou be able to set men vpon them 9 Howe darest thou resist the power of the smallest prince that my Lorde hath howe darest thou trust in the charrets and horsemen of Egypt 10 Moreouer thinkest thou that I am come vp hyther to destroy this lande without the Lordes wyll The Lorde sayd vnto me Go vp agaynst this lande and destroy it 11 Then sayd Eliakim Sobna Ioah vnto Rabsakeh Speake to vs thy seruauntes we pray thee in the Syrians language for we vnderstande it well and speake not to vs in the Iewes tongue lest the folke heare which lyeth vpon the wall 12 Then aunswered Rabsakeh Hath my maister sent me to speake this only to thy maister and thee hath he not sent me to them also that lye vpon the wall that they may be compelled to eate their owne dunge and drinke their owne stale with you 13 And Rabsakeh stoode stiffe and cryed with a loude voyce in the Iewes tongue and sayde Nowe take heede howe the great kyng of the Assyrians geueth you warnyng 14 Thus saith the kyng Let not Hezekia deceaue you for he shall not be able to deliuer you 15 Moreouer let not Hezekia comfort you in the Lorde when he saith The Lorde without doubt shall defende vs and shall not geue ouer this citie into the handes of the king of the Assyrians 16 Hearken not to Hezekia for thus saith the kyng of Assyria Obtayne my fauour encline to me so may euery man enioy his vineyardes and figge trees and drynke the water of his cesterne 17 Vnto the tyme that I come my selfe and bryng you into a lande that is lyke your owne wherin is wheate wine which is both sowen with
teareth in peeces and there is no man that can deliuer 9 Thyne hand shal be lyft vp vpon thyne enemies and all thyne aduersaries shall perishe 10 And it shall come to passe in that day saith the Lorde that I wyll take thyne horses from thee and destroy thy charrettes 11 I wyll breake downe the cities of thy lande and ouerthrowe all thy strong holdes 12 All witchcraftes wyll I roote out of thyne hande there shall no mo soothsayinges be within thee 13 Thyne idols and thyne images wyll I destroy out of thee so that thou shalt no more bowe thy selfe vnto the workes of thyne owne handes 14 Thy groues wyll I plucke vp by the rootes and breake downe thy cities 15 And I wyll execute a vengeaunce in my wrath indignation vpon the heathen such as they haue not heard The .vi. Chapter 1 An exhortation to heare the iudgement against Israel being vnkinde 8 What maner of sacrifices do please God 1 HEarken ye nowe what the Lorde sayth Arise thou and contend with the mountaynes and let the hilles heare thy voyce 2 Heare O ye mountaines the Lordes quarel and ye mightie foundations of the earth for the Lorde hath a quarell against his people and wyll pleade with Israel 3 O my people what haue I done vnto thee or wherein haue I greeued thee geue me aunswere 4 For I brought thee out of the lande of Egypt deliuered thee out of the house of bondage and I made Moyses Aaron and Miriam to leade thee 5 Remember O my people what Balaâ—h the king of Moab had deuised against thee and what aunswere that Balaam the sonne of Beor gaue him from Sethin vnto Galgal that ye may knowe the righteousnesse of the Lorde 6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lorde and bowe my selfe to the hye God Shall I come before him with burnt offeringes and with calues of a yere olde 7 Hath the Lorde a pleasure in many thousandes of Rammes or innumerable streames of oyle shall I geue my first borne for myne offences and the fruite of my body for the sinne of my soule 8 He hath shewed thee O man what is good and what the Lorde requireth of thee namely to do iustly to loue mercie and to humble thy selfe to walke with thy God 9 The Lordes voyce cryeth vnto the citie and the man that shal be saued considereth thy name hearken what is your rodde heare him that warneth you 10 Are not yet the treasures of wickednesse in the house of the wicked and the scant measure which is abhominable 11 Should I iustifie the false balaunces and the bagge of deceitfull weightes 12 For the riche men thereof are full of crueltie and the inhabitantes thereof haue spoken lyes and haue deceitfull tongues in their mouthes 13 Therefore I wyll take in hande to punishe thee and to make thee desolate because of thy sinnes 14 Thou shalt eate and not haue inough yea thou shalt bring thy selfe downe in the middes of thee thou shalt flee but not escape and those that thou wouldest saue wyll I deliuer to the sworde 15 Thou shalt sowe but not reape thou shalt presse out Oliues but oyle shalt thou not haue to annoynt thy selfe withall thou shalt tread out sweete must but shalt drincke no wine 16 Ye kepe the ordinaunces of Amri and all the customes of the house of Ahab ye walke in their counsels therfore wyl I make thee waste and cause thy inhabiters to be hissed at and ye shall beare the reproche of my people The .vii. Chapter 1 A complaynt of the litle number of the righteous 5 Against the trueth ought wâ— not to holde with our greatest friendes 14 The prosperiâ—ie of the church 1 WO is me I am become as one that goeth a gleanyng in the haruest there are no mo grapes to eate yet would I faine with al my hearte haue of the best fruite 2 There is not a godly vpon earth there is not one righteous among men they al lye in wayte for blood and euery man hunteth his brother to death 3 Yet they say they do wel when they do euyll the prince asketh and the iudge iudgeth for a rewarde therfore the great man speaketh out of the corruption of his soule and so they wrappe it vp 4 The best of them is as bryer and the most righteous of them is sharper then a thorne hedge the day of thy watchmen and of thy visitation commeth then shal be their confusion 5 Let no man beleeue his friende nor put his confidence in his brother kepe the doore of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome 6 For the sonne dishonoreth his father the daughter riseth against her mother the daughter in law against her mother in lawe and a mans foes are euen they of his owne housholde 7 Neuerthelesse I wil looke vp vnto the Lorde I will patiently abyde God my sauiour my God shall heare me 8 O thou enemie of myne reioyce not at my fall for I shall rise againe though I sit in darkenesse yet the Lorde is my light 9 I will beare the wrath of the Lord for I haue offended hym till he sit in iudgement vpon my cause and see that I haue right then will he bring me foorth to the light and I shall see his righousnesse 10 She that is myne enemie shall loke vpon it and be confounded which nowe sayth Where is the Lorde thy God myne eyes shall beholde her when she shal be troden downe as the myre in the streetes 11 This is the day that thy walles shal be buylt this day shall dryue farre away the decree 12 And at that time shall they come vnto thee from Assur from the strong cities and from the strong holdes euen vnto the riuer from the one sea to the other and from mountayne to mountayne 13 Notwithstanding the land must be wasted because of them that dwell therin and for the fruites of their owne imaginations 14 Therfore feede thy people with thy rod the flocke of thyne heritage whiche dwel desolate in the wood that they may be fed vpon the mount of Carmel Basan and Gilead as aforetime 15 Maruelous thinges wil I shewe thee like as when thou camest out of the lande of Egypt 16 This shall the heathen see and be ashamed for all their power so that they shall lay their hande vpon their mouth and stoppe their eares 17 They shal licke the dust like a serpente and as the wormes of the earth that tremble in their holes they shal be afrayde of the Lorde our God and they shall feare thee 18 Who is such a God as thou that pardonest wickednesse and forgeuest the offences of the remnaunt of thyne heritage He kepeth not his wrath for euer for his delite is to haue compassion 19 He shall turne againe and be merciful to vs he shall put downe our wickednesses and cast all our sinnes into the bottome of the sea 20
wormewood and many men dyed of the waters because they were made bitter 12 And the fourth angell blewe and the thirde part of the sunne was smytten and the thirde part of the moone and the thirde part of starres so that the thirde part of them was 〈…〉 the day was smitten that 〈…〉 of it shoulde not sâ—yne and lyke 〈◊〉 the nyght 13 And I behelde and hearde an angell fleyng through the myddes of heauen saying with a loude voyce wo wo wo to the inhabiters of the earth because of the voyces to come of the trumpe of the three angels which were yet to blowe The .ix. Chapter 1 The fift and sixt angell blowe their trumpettes the starre falleth from heauen â— The locustes come out of the smoke 12 The first wo is past 14 The foure angels that were bounde are loosed 1â— And the thirde part of men is kylled 1 AND the fift angell blewe and I sawe a starre fall from heauen vnto y e earth and to hym was geuen the key of the bottomlesse pit 2 And he opened the bottomlesse pit and the smoke of the pit arose as the smoke of a great fornace and the sunne and the ayre were darkened by the reason of the smoke of the pit 3 And there came out of the smoke locustes vpon the earth and vnto them was geuen power as the scorpions of the earth haue power 4 And it was commaunded them that they shoulde not hurt the grasse of the earth neither any greene thing neither any tree but only those men which haue not the seale of God in their forheades 5 And to them was commaunded that they should not kyll them but that they shoulde be vexed fiue monethes and their paine was as the payne that commeth of a scorpion when he hath stong a man 6 And in those dayes shall men seke death and shall not fynde it and shall desire to dye and death shall flee from them 7 And the similitude of the locustes was like vnto horses prepared vnto battayle and on their heades were as it were crownes lyke vnto golde and their faces were as it had ben the faces of men 8 And they had heere as the heere of women their teeth were as y e teeth of Lions 9 And they had habbergions as it were habbergions of iron and the sounde of their wynges was as y e sounde of charrettes when many horses runne together to batayle 10 And they had tayles lyke vnto scorpions and there were stynges in their tayles and their power was to hurt men fiue monethes 11 And they had a king ouer them which is the angell of the bottomlesse pytte whose name in the Hebrue tongue is Abadon but in y e Greke tongue Apollyon that is to say a destroyer 12 One woe is past beholde two woes come yet after this 13 And the sixt angell blewe I hearde a voyce from the foure hornes of the golden aulter which is before God 14 Saying to the sixt angell whiche had the trumpe Loose the foure angels which are bounde in the great riuer Euphrates 15 And the foure angels were loosed whiche were prepared for an houre for a day for a moneth and for a yere for to slea the thirde part of men 16 And the number of horsemen of warre were twentie thousand times ten thousande I hearde the number of them 17 And thus I sawe the horses in a vision and them that sate on them hauing fierie habbergions of a iacinct colour and brymstone and the heades of the horses were as the heades of lions and out of their mouthes went foorth fire and smoke and brymstone 18 And of these three was the third part of men kylled that is to say of fire smoke and brymstone which proceaded out of the mouthes of them 19 For their power was in their mouthes in their tayles for their tayles were lyke vnto serpentes and had heades with them they dyd hurt 20 And the remnaunt of the men whiche were not killed by these plagues repented not of the deedes of their handes that they shoulde not worship deuyls and idoles of golde and syluer brasse and stone and of wood whiche neither can see neither heare neither go 21 Also they repented not of their murther of their sorcerie neither of their fornication neither of their theft ⧠The .x. Chapter â— The Angel hath the booke open â— he sweareth there shal be no more tyme he geueth the booke vnto Iohn which eateth it vp 1 AND I sawe another myghtie Angel come downe froÌ„ heaueÌ„ clothed with a cloude and y e raynebowe vpon his head and his face as it were the sunne and his feete as it were pillers of fyre 2 And he had in his hande a litle booke open and he put his ryght foote vpon the sea and his left foote on the earth 3 And cryed with a loude voyce as wheÌ„ a Lion roreth And when he had cryed seuen thunders vttered their voyces 4 And when the seuen thunders had vttered their voyces I was about to write and I hearde a voyce from heauen saying vnto me seale vp those thinges which the seuen thunders vttered and write them not 5 And the Angel which I sawe stande vpon the sea and vpon the earth lyft vp his hande to heauen 6 And sware by hym that lyueth for euermore which created heauen and the thynges that therin are the earth and the thinges that therin are and the sea and the thynges which therin are that there shoulde be no longer tyme. 7 But in the dayes of the voyce of the seuenth Angel when he shall begyn to blowe euen the misterie of God shal be finished as he declared to his seruauÌ„tes the prophetes 8 And the voyce which I hearde from heauen spake vnto me agayne sayde Go and take the litle booke which is open in the hande of the Angel which standeth vpon the sea and vpon y e earth 9 And I went vnto the Angel sayde vnto hym geue me the litle booke And he sayde vnto me take it and eate it vp and it shall make thy belly bitter but it shal be in thy mouth as sweete as hony 10 And I toke the litle booke out of the Angels hande and ate it vp and it was in my mouth as sweete as hony and assoone as I had eaten it my belly was bitter 11 And he sayde vnto me thou must prophesie agayne among the people and nations and tongues to many kinges ¶ The .xj. Chapter â— The temple is measured â— Two witnesses raysed vp by the Lorde are murthered by the beast â–ª 11 but after receaued to glorie 15 Christe is exalted 1â— and God is praysed by the .xxiiii. elders 1 ANd theÌ„ was geuen me a reede lyke vnto a rod and the angel stoode by saying Rise meate y e temple of God the aulter and them that worshippe therein 2 But the court which is without the temple cast out and meate it not
cc Antiochus shall not onlâ—e vanquishe all the â—ydes that Seleucus shal procure against him but also Ptolomeus Philometor whom he calleth here the prince of the couenaunt (dd) For after that battayle Philometor and his â—â—cle Antiochus made a leage (ee) For Antiochus came vpon Philometor vnawares wheÌ„ he suâ—pected nothing ff Meaning in Egypt Philometor shal be ouercome by treason (hh) Signifiyng his 〈…〉 and chiefe about him Antiochus shall vanquishe the Egyptians (kk) The vncle and nephewe shall take truâ— and baâ—â—et together â—et in their 〈…〉 they shall imagine mischiefe one against another (l) Whiche he shall take of the Iewes in spoyling Hierusalem and the temple this is tolde them before to moue them to pacience knowing all thinges are done by Gods prouidence (m) That is the Romane power shall come against him for Publius Popâ—lius ambassadour appointed him to depart in the Romanes name to which thing he obayed though with griefe to reuenge his rage he came against the people of God y e seconde time With the Iewes that shall forsake the couenaunt of the Lorde first he was called against the Iewes by Iason the hye priest and this seconde tyme by Menelaus (o) That is a great faction of the wicked Iewes shall holde with Antiochus (p) So called because the power of God was nothing diminished though this tirauÌ„t set vp in y e temple y e image of Iupiter Olimpius so began to corrupt the pure seruice of god 2. Mach. 6. a. (q) They that remayne constant among y e people shall teache others by their example and edifie many in y e true religion (r) Wherby he exhorteth the godly to constancie although they shoulde perishe a thousande times and though their miserie endure neuer so long (Å¿) As God wyll not leaue his Church destitute so he wyll not deliuer it all at once but so helpe as they may styll seeme to fight vnder the crosse as he did in the tyme of the Machabees wherof he prophecieth Because the angels purpose is to shewe the whole course of the persecutions of the Iewes vnto the comming of Christe he nowe speaketh of the Monarchie of the Romanes whiche he noteth by the name of a kyng who were without all religion contemned the true God (u) So long the tirauntes shall preuayle as God hath appointed to punishe his people but he sheweth that it is but for a time x The Romanes sâ—ll obserue no certâ—ne â—me of reliâ—iâ—n â—s other â—tions but 〈…〉 their gods at their pleasures yea conteâ—ne them prefer them selues aboue their Gods That is the God of power and riches they shal 〈◊〉 their owne power aboue all their gods and worship it z Vnder pretence of worshipping the gods they shal enriche their citie with the most precious iewels of all the world because that hereby all men shal haue them in admiration for their power and richâ—s (aa) That is both y e Egyptians and the Syrians shall at length fight against the Romanes but they shal be ouercome (bb) When he shal heare that Crassus is slayne Antonius discomfited For Augâ—us ouercame the Parthians and recouered that whiche Antonius had lost (a) The angell here noteth two thinges first that the Churche shal be in great affliction and trouble at Christes comming and next that God well sende his anâ—ell to declare it whom here he calleth Michael (b) Meaning all shall rise at the generall resurrection which here he mentioneth that the faythfull may euer haue respect vnto it for in earth shal they finde no comfort Or suche as â—che instruct others or suche as haue kept the feare of God â— his religion He chiefely meaneth the ministers of Gods worde and next all the faythfull which instruct the ignoraunt and bring theÌ„ to the true knowledge of God (e) Not wandryng as vacaboundes but to searche for knowledge God Which was Tygris in Hebrue Hiddekel as Ezech. x. a. (g) Which was a double othe and did the more confirme the thing Whereby the angell declareth rather that whiche pertayneth to the comfort of the elect that these afflictions shoulde once haue a certayne ende then that the tyme thereof should be certenly knowen as a thing not expedient for creatures to know Act. i. a. Mat. â—4 c. (i) From the tyme that Christe by 〈◊〉 sacrifice shâ— take away 〈◊〉 sacrifice anâ— ceremonies of the lawe anâ— the destruction of the temple and câ—tie which â—ment her bâ— the abhomiâ—ble desolatiâ— (k) Signiâ—yng that thâ— tyme shal be long yet the chyldren of God ought not to be discouraged though it be differed (l) In this number he â—deth a moneth and a halfe to the former number signifiyng that it is not in mâ— to appoynt the tyme of Christes comminâ— but that they are blessed that pacientlâ— abide his appearing (m) Signifâ—yng that he should deparâ— this life riâ— agayne with the elect wheÌ„ God hath sufficiently humbled purged his Churche 4. Reg. 15 16. and .xvii. Leui. xxi b. Eze. xliiii d. (a) That is one that of long tyme hath accustomed to play the harlot not that the prophete did this in deede but he sawe this in a vision or els was commaunded by God to set foorth vnder this parable or figure the idolatrie of the Israelites 4. Reg. xv e. xvii xviii b iii. Re. xxi b 4. Reg. xv e. xvii xviii b iii. Re. xxi b 4. Re. xix b Gen. xlix c. 4. Re. xix e. Rom. ix c. Iohn i. a. Ezech. 3â— â— Iere. viii a. Ezec. xvi a. Iohn viii d. 4. Reg. 16. a. Leui. xv c. Eze xvi c. Iere. xiii a. Deut. xvi c. Iudic. ii b. and .x. b. Iosu vii d. Iudic. v. a. Ezec. xv a. Leui. xxvi â— Esai ii a. Eze xvi b. i. Pet. ii b. Rom. ix â— Eze. xlii d. Esai 28. a. Amos. vi a. ii Par. xv a. Eze. 34. d. Malac i. b. “ Or contend Baru iii d. Esai v. b. (a) That is the priestes seeke to eate the peoâ—les offerings and flatter them in their sinnes Leui. vi d. Ezech xiii d Eze. xxiiii a Leu xxv Mâ— Aggeâ— iiii Reg. i. a. 4. Reg 17. b. Nu xxv d 3. Reg. xii d. Deut. x. d Ezech. viii d Iere. xxiii d Osea vii b. Iere. iii. b. Deut iiii e. Ezech. xiii a Iere. iii. b. Deut iiii e. Ezech. xiii a Dani. xix c. and .xxvii. c 4. Reg. xv b (a) That is diligently Iob. v. b. Prou. xvi a. Mach. ix b. and .xii a. Iere. vii â— Gene iii. b. Iere. viii d. Rom. i d. Osea v. a. 4. Reg. 16. b. Esa 〈…〉 ii Pet. ii a. Mat. xv a. Esai xx c. Ezech. 33. f. Deut. 3. d. 3. Reg. 12. c. Ezech. vi d. 3. Reg. xii d. 3. Reg. 17. c. Eze. xvi b. Eze. iiii c. (a) The sacrifice which they offered for their sinnes (b) At the begynnyng the teachers instructed the people out of Gods worde only but afterwarde trayned them in idolatrie Iudi 19. a.