lorde to whom be honoure and prayse for ever and vnto god oure father thorow him AMEN The fyrst boke of Moses called Genesis The fyrst Chapiter IN the begynnynge God created heaven and erth The erth was voyde and emptie aÌ„d darcknesse was vpon the depe and the spirite of god moved vpon the water Than God sayd let there be lyghte and there was lyghte And God sawe the lyghte that it was good devyded the lyghte from the darcknesse and called the lyghte daye and the darcknesse nyghte and so of the evenynge and mornynge was made the fyrst daye And God sayd let there be a fyrmament betwene the waters aÌ„d let it devyde the waters a sonder Than God made the fyrmament and parted the waters which were vnder the fyrmament from the waters that were above the fyrmament And it was so And God called the fyrmament heaven And so of the evenynge and morninge was made the seconde daye And God sayd let the waters that are vnder heaven gather them selves vnto one place that the drye londe may appere And it came so to passe And god called the drye lande the erth and the gatheringe togyther of waters called â—e the see And God sawe that it was good And God sayd let the erth bringe forth herbe and grasse that sowe seed and frutefull trees that bere frute every one in his kynde havynge their seed in them selves vpon the erth And it came so to passe aÌ„d the erth brought forth herbe and grasse sowenge seed every one in his kynde trees berynge frute havynge their seed in theÌ„ selves every one in his kynde And God sawe that it was good and theÌ„ of the evenynge and mornynge was made the thyrde daye Than sayd God let there be lyghtes in the firmament of heaven to devyde the daye froÌ„ the nyghte that they may be vnto sygnes seasons days yeares And let them be lyghtes in the fyrmament of heaveÌ„ to shyne vpon the erth so it was And God made two great lyghtes A greater lyghte to rule the daye a lesse lyghte to rule the nyghte and he made sterres also And God put them in the fyrmament of heaven to shyne vpon the erth and to rule the daye the nyghte aÌ„d to devyde the lyghte from darcknesse And god sawe that it was good and so of the evenynge aÌ„d mornynge was made the fourth daye And God sayd let the water bryng forth creatures that move have lyfe foules for to flee over the erth vnder the fyrmament of heaven And God created greate whalles and all maner of creatures that lyoe and moue which the waters brought forth in their kindes aÌ„d all maner of federed foules in their kyndes And God sawe that it was good and God blessed them saynge Growe and multiplye aÌ„d fyll the waters of the sees let the foules multiplye vpoÌ„ the erth And so of the evenynge morninge was madethe fyfth daye And God sayd leth the erth bringforth lyvynge creatures in thir kyndes catell wormes beastes of the erth in their kyndes so it came â—o passe And god made the beastes of the erth in their kyndes catell in their kyndes aÌ„d all maner wormes of the erth in their kyndes and God sawe that it was good And God sayd let vs make man in oure symilitude aÌ„d after oure lycknesse that he may have rule over the fysh of the see and over the foules of the ayre and over catell and over all the erth and over all wormes that crepe on the erth And God created man after hys lycknesse after the lycknesse of god created he him male female created he them And God blessed them and God sayd vnto them Growe and multiplye and fyll the erth and subdue it and have domynyon over the fysh of the see and over the foules of the ayre and over all the beastes that move on the erth And God sayd se I have geven yow all herbes that sowe seed which are on all the erth and all maner trees that haue frute in them and sowe seed to be meate for yow for all beastes of the erth and vnto all foules of the ayre and vnto all that crepeth on the erth where in is lyfe that they may haue all maner herbes and grasse for to eate and even so it was And God behelde al that he had made aÌ„d loo they were exceadynge good and so of the evenynge and mornynge was made the syxth daye The seconde Chapter Thus was heaveÌ„ erth fynished wyth all their apparell aÌ„d iÌ„ yâ— seueÌ„th daye god ended hys worke which he had made rested in yâ— seventh daye froÌ„ all his workes which he had made And God blessed yâ— seventh daye and sanctyfyed it for in it he rested from all his workes which he had created and made ¶ These are the generations of heaven erth when they were created in the tyme when the LORde God created heaven and erth and all the shrubbes of the felde before they werein the erthe And all the herbee of the felde before they sprange for the LORde God had yet sent no rayne vpon the erth nether was there yet any man to tylle the erth But there arose a myste out of the ground and watered all the face of the erth â–ª Then the LORde God shâ—pe man even of the mâ—ulde of the erth and brethed into his face the breth of lyfe So man was made a lyvynge soule ¶ The LORde God also planted a garden in Eden from the begynnynge and there he sette man whom he had formed And the LORde God made to sprynge out of the erth all maner trees bewtyfull to the syghte and pleasant â—o eate and the tree of lyfe in the middes of the garden and also the tree of knowlege of good and euell ¶ And there spronge a rever out of Eden to water the garden and thence devided it selfe and grewe into foure principall waters The name of the one is Phison he it is that compasseth all the lande of heuila where gold groweth And the gold of that contreys precious there is found bedellion and a stone called Oâ—ix The name of the seconde ryver is Gihon which compassyth all the lande of Inde And the name of the thyrde river is Hidekell which runneth on the easte syde of the assyryans And the fourth â—â—ver is Euphrates ¶ And the LORde God toke Adam and put him in the garden of Eden to dresse it and to kepe it and the LORde God coÌ„maunded AdaÌ„ saynge of all the trees of the gardeÌ„ se thouÌ„ eate But of the tre of knowlege of good and badd se that thou eate not for even yâ— same daye thou eatest of it thou shalt surely dye ¶ And the LORde God sayd it is not good that man shulde be alone I will make hym an helper to beare him company And after that the LORde God had make of the erth all maner beastes of the felde and all maner foules of the
in the erth shall perish But I will make myne apoyntement with the that both thou shalt come in to the arcke and thy sonnes thy wyfe and thy sonnes wyves with the. And of all that lyâ—eth what soever flesh it be shalt thou brynge in to the arcke of every thynge a payre to kepe them a lyve wyth the. And male and female se that they be of byrdes in their kynde and of beastes in their kynde and of all maner of wormes of the erth in their kinde a payre of every thinge shall come vnto the to kepe them a lyve And take vnto the of all maner of meate that may be eaten laye it vp in stoore by the that it may be meate both for the and for theÌ„ and Noe dyd acordynge to all that God commaunded hym The .vij. Chapter ANd the LORde sayd vnto Noe goo in to the arcke both thou and all thâ— houssold For the haue I sene rightuous before me in thys generacion Of all clene beastes take vnto the .vij. of every kynde the male and hys female And of vnclene beastes a payre the male and hys female lykewyse of the byrdes of the ayre vij of every kynde male and female to save seed vppon all the erth For .vij. dayes hence wyll I send rayne vppoÌ„ the erth .xl. dayes .xl. nyghtes and wyll dystroy all maner of thynges that Thaâ—e made from of the face of the erth And Noe dyd acordynge to all that the lorde coÌ„maunded hym and Noe was vi hundred yere olde when the floud of water came vppon the erth and Noe went and his sonnes and his wyfe and his sonnes wyves wyth hym in to the arke from the waters of the floud And of clene beastes and of beastes that â— are vnclene and of byrdes and of all that crepeth vppoÌ„ the erth came in by cooples of every kynde vnto Noe in to the arke a male and a female even as God commaunded Noe. And the seventh daye the waters of the floud came vppon the erth In the .vi. hundred yere of Noes lyfe in the secoÌ„de moneth in the. xvij daye of the moneth that same daye were all the founteynes of the greâ—e depe broken vp the wyndowes of heaveÌ„ were opened aÌ„d there fell a rayne vpon the erth .xl. dayes and .xl. nyghtes And the selfe same daye went Noe Sem Ham and Iapheth Noes sonnes and Noes wyfe and the. iiâ— wyues of his sonnes wyth them in to the arke both they and all maner of beastes in their kiÌ„de all maner of catell in their kynde all maner of wormes that crepe vppon the erth in their kynde and all maner of byrdes in there kynde and all maner off foules what soever had feders And they came vnto Noe in to the arke by cooples of all flesh that had breth of lyfe in it And they that came came male aÌ„d female of every flesh acordige as God coÌ„maunded hym the LORde shytt the dore vppoÌ„ him And the floud came .xl. dayes .xl. nyghtes vppon the erth the water increased and bare vp the arcke aÌ„d it was lifte vp from of the erth And the water prevayled and increased exceadingly vppon the erth and the arke went vppoÌ„ he toppe of the waters And the waters prevayled excedingly above mesure vppoÌ„ the erth so that all the hye hylles which are vnder all the partes of heaven were covered eveÌ„ .xv. cubytes hye prevayled the waters so that the hylles were covered And all fleshe that moved on the erth bothe birdes catell and beastes perisshed with al that crepte on the erth and all men so that all that had the breth of liffe in the nostrels of it thorow out all that was on drye lond dyed Thus was destroyed all that was vppoÌ„ the erth both man beastes wormes and foules of the ayâ—â— â–ª so that they were destroyed from the erth save Noe was reserved only and they that were wyth hym in the arke And the waters nee valved vppon the erth an hundred and fyftye dayes The .viij. Chapter ANd god remeÌ„bred Noe all the beastes all the catell the were with hiÌ„ in the arke And god made a wynde to blow vppoÌ„ yâ— erth yâ— waters ceased aÌ„d the fountaynes of the depe aÌ„d the wyndowes of heaveÌ„ were stopte and the rayne of heaven was forbiddeÌ„ and the waters returned from of the erth aÌ„d abated after the ende of an hundred and .l. dayes And the arke rested vppoÌ„ the mountayns of Ararat the .xvij. daye of the .vij. moneth And the waters went away aÌ„d decreased vntyll the x. moneth And the fyrst daye of the tenth moneth the toppes of the mounteyns appered And after the ende of .xl. dayes Noe opened the wyndow of the arke which he had made aÌ„d sent forth a raven which went out ever goinge and cominge agayne vntyll the waters were dreyed vpp vppon the erth Then sent he forth a doue from hym to weâ—e whether the waters were fallen from of the erth And when the doue coude fynde no restinge place for hyr fote she returned to him agayne vnto the arke for the waters were vppon the face of all the erth And he put out hys honde and toke her and pulled hyr to hym in to the arke And he abode yet .vij. dayes mo and sent out the doue agayne out of the arke And the doue came to hym agayne aboute eventyde and beholde There was in hyr mouth a lefe of an olyve tre which she had plucked wherby Noe perceaved that the waters wer abated â—ppon the erth And he taried yet .vij. other dayes and sentforth the doue which from thence forth came no more agayne to him And it came to passe the syxte hundred and one yere and the fyrst daye of the fyrst moneth that the maters were dryed vpp apon the erth And Noe toke off the hatches of the arke and lo ked And beholde the face of the erth was drye So by the .xxvij. daye of the seconde moneth the erth was drye And God spake vnto Noe saynge come out of the arcke both thou and thy wyfe aÌ„d thy sonnes and thy sonnes wyues with the. And all the beastes that are with the whatsoever flesh it be both foule and catell and all maner wormes that crepe on the erth brynge out with the and let them moue growe aÌ„d multiplye vppon the erth And Noe came out aÌ„d his sonnes and his wyfe and his sonnes wyues with hym And all the beastes and all the wormes and all the foules and all that moved vppon the erth came also out of the arke all of one kynde together And Noe made an aulter vnto the LORDE and toke of all maner of clene beastes and all maner of clene foules and offred sacrify ce vppon the aulter And the LORDE smellyd a swete savoure and sayd in his hert I wyll henceforth no more curse the erth fo mannes sake for the imagynacion of mannes hert iâ— â—â—ell even from the very youth of hym Morouer I
art not able to do it thi selfe alone But heare my royce and I will geue the councell and God shal be with the. Be thou vnto the people to Godwarde and brynge the causes vnto God and prouyde them ordinaunces and lawes â—d shewe them the waye wherin they must walke and the werkes that they must doo Morouer seke out amonge all the people men of actiuite * which feare God and men Oure prelates nether feare God for they preach not his vvor de true lyâ—ner are lesse cove touse theÌ„ ludas for they haue receâ—â—ed of the de vâ—ll the kyng dames of the â—â—â—h and the â—â—â—rie there â—â— vvhich christ refused Mathe â—4 that are true aÌ„d hate covctuousnes and make them heedes ouer the people captaynes ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fyftie and ouer ten And let them iudge the people at all seasons Yf there beany greate matter let them brynge that vnto the and let them iudge all small causes them selues and ease thi selfe aÌ„d let them bere with the. Yf thou shalt doo this thinge then thou shalt be able to endure that which God chargeth the with all and all this people shall goo to their places quietly And Moses herde the voyce of his father in lawe and dyd all that he had sayde and chose actyue men out of all Israel and made them heedes ouer the people captaynes ouer thousandes ouer hundreds ouer fiftie and ouer ten And they iudged the people at all seasons aÌ„d broughte the harde causes vnto Moses and iudged all small maters them selues And thâ— Moses let his father in lawe departe and he went in to his awne londe The .xix. Chapter THe thyrde moneth after the childern of Israel were gone out of Egipte the same daye they came in to the wildernesse of Sinai For they were departed from Raphâ— dim and were come to the deserte of Sinay and had pitched their tentes in the wildernesse And there Israel pitched before the mounte And Moses went vpp vnto God And the Lorde called to him out of the mountayne saynge thus saye vnto the housse of lacob and tell the childern of Israel ye haue sene what I dyd vnto the Egiptians and how I toke you vpp apon Egles wynges and haue broughte you vnto my selfe Now therfore yf ye will heare my voyce and kepe myne appoyntment ye shall be myne awne aboue all nations for all the erth is myne Ye shall be vnto me a kyngdome of preastes and and holie people these are the wordes which thou shalt saye vnto the childern of Israel And Moses came and called for the elders of Ifrael and layde before them all these wordes which the Lorde had comma unded him And the people answered all together and sayde All that the Lorde hath sayde we will doo And Moses broughte the wordes of the people vnto the Lorde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Loo I will come vnto the in a thicke clowde that the people maye heare when I talke with the and also beleue the for euer And Moses shewed the wordes of the people vnto the Lorde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Go vnto the people and sanctific them to daye and tomorow and let them wash their clothes that they maye be redie agaynst the thyrde daye For the thyrde daye the Lorde will come doune in the sighte of all the people vpon mounte Sinai And sett markes rounde aboute the people and saye beware that ye go not vp in to the mounte and that ye twych not the bordres of it for whosoeuer twicheth the mounte shall surely dye There shall not an hande twych it but that he shall ether be stoned or els shot thorow whether it be beest or man it shall nor lyue when the horne bloweth than let theÌ„ come vp in to the mounten And Moses went doune from the mounte vnto the people and sanctifyed them aÌ„d they wasshed their clothes And he sayde vnto the people be redie agenst the thirde daye and se that ye come not at youre wiues And the thirde daye in the mornynge there was thunder and lightenynge and a thicke clowde apoÌ„ the mounte aÌ„d the voyce of the horne waxed â—â—ceadynge lowde and all the people that was in the hoste was afrayde And Moses brought the people out of the teÌ„tes to mete with God and they stode vnder the hyll And mounte Sinai was all togither on a smoke because the Lorde descended doune vpon it in fyre And the smoke therof asceÌ„ded vp as it had bene the smoke of a kylle and all the mounte was exceadinge fearfull And the voyce of the horne blewe and waxed lowder aÌ„d lowder Moses spake aÌ„d God answered hiÌ„ aÌ„d that with a voyce And the Lord came doune vppon mounte Sinai euen in the toppe of the hyll aÌ„d called Moses vp in to the toppe of the hyll And Moses went vppe And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses go doune and charge the people that they prease not vp vnto the Lorde for to se hiÌ„ aÌ„d so many off theÌ„ perissn And let the preastes also which come to the Lordes presence sanctifie them selues lest the Lorde smyte them Then Moses sayde vnto the Lorde the people cannot come vp in to mounte Sinai for thou chargedestrs saynge sett markes aboute the hyll and sanctifie it And the Lorde sayde vnto him awaye and get the doune and come vp both thou aÌ„d Aaron with the. But let not the preastes and the people presume for to come vp vnto the Lorde lest he smyte them And Moses weÌ„t doune vnto the people and tolde them ¶ The .xx. Chapter ANd God spake all these wordes aÌ„d saide I am the Lorde thy God which haue brought the out of the londe of Egipte aÌ„d out of the house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other goddes in my syght Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage nether any symilitude that is in heauen aboue ether in the erth beneth or in the water that ys beneth the erth Se that thou nether bowe thyself vnto them nether serue them for I the Lorde thy God am a gelouse God and viset the synne of the fathers vppon the childern vnto the third and fourth generacion of theÌ„ that hate me and yet shewe mercie vnto thousandes amonge them that loue me and kepe my commaundmentes Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vayne for the Lord wil not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne RemeÌ„bre the Sabbath daye that thou sanctifie it Sixe dayes mayst thou laboure aÌ„d do al that thou hast to doo but the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the Lorde thy God in it thou shalt do no maner worke nether thou nor thy sonne nor thy doughter nether thy manservaunte nor thy maydeservaunte nether thy catell nether yet the straunger that is within thi gates For in sixe dayes the Lorde made both heauen and erth and the see and all that in them is and rested the seuenth daye wherfore the Lorde blessed the Sabbath daye and halowed it Honoure
maner worke to finde out sotle faytes to worke in golde syluer aÌ„d brasse and with the crafte to graue stones to set aÌ„d to carue in tiÌ„bre aÌ„d to worke in all maner workmaÌ„shipe And beholde I haue geueÌ„ him to be his companion Ahaliab the sonne of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan and in the hertes of all that are wise harted I haue put wisdom to make all that I haue commaunded the the tabernacle of witnesse and the arcke of witnesse and the mercyseate that is there vppon all the ornamentes of the tabernacle and the the table with his ordinaunce aÌ„d the pure caÌ„delsticke with al his apparell aÌ„d the alter of incens aÌ„d the alter of burntoffrynges with al his vessels aÌ„d the lauer with his fote aÌ„d the vestimeÌ„tes to ministre in aÌ„d the holye garmeÌ„tes for AaroÌ„ the preast aÌ„d the garmeÌ„tes of his sonnes to ministre in and the anoyntinge oyle and the swete cense for the sanctuarye acordinge to al as I haue commaunded the shall they doo And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayng speake The sabbath beside that it served to come aÌ„d heare the vvorde of god and to seke his vvil aÌ„d to offer aÌ„d reconcile theÌ„ selues vnto god it vvas a sigâ—â— vnto theâ— also aÌ„d did put theÌ„ in remeÌ„branÌ„ce that iâ— vvas god that sanctified theÌ„ vvith his holye sprete aÌ„d not thei them selues vvith their holy vverkes uÌ„to the childern of Israel aÌ„d saye iÌ„ any wyse se that ye kepe my Sabbath for it shal be a sygne betwene me and you in youre generacions for to knowe that I the Lorde doo sanctifie you Kepe my Sabbath therfore that it be an holye thynge vnto you He that defileth it shal be slayne therfore For whosoeuer worketh therein the same soule shal be roted out from amonge his people Sixe dayes shall men worke but the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the holye reste of the Lorde so that whosoeuer doeth any worke in the Sabbath daye shal dye for it wherfore let the childern of Israel kepe the Sabbath that they obserue it thorowe out their generacions that it be an appoyntement for euer For it shal be a sygne betwene me and the childern of Israel for euer For in sixe dayes the Lorde made heauen and erth and the seuenth daye he rested and was refresshed And wheÌ„ he had made an end of comening with Moses vppon the mounte Sinai he gaue him two tables of witnesse which were of stone and written with the finger of God ¶ The .xxxij. Chapter ANd when the people sawe that it was loÌ„ge or Moses came doune out of the mountayne they gathered them selues together aÌ„d came vnto Aaron and sayde vnto him Vp aÌ„d make vs a god to goo before vs for of this Moses the felowe that brought vs out of the londe off Egipte we wote not what ys become And Aaron saide vnto them plucke of the golden earynges which are in the eares of youre wyues youre sonnes aÌ„d of youre doughters and brynge them vnto me And all the people plucked of the golden earinges that were in their eares and broughte them vnto Aaron And he receaued them of their handes and facyoned it with a grauer and made it a calfe of molten metall And they sayde This is thi god O Israel whiche brought the out of the londe of Egipte And when Aaron sawe that he made an altare before it and made a proclamacion saing tomorow shal be holy daye vnto the Lorde And they rose vp in the mornynge and offred burnt offrynges and brought offrynges of attonement also And than they satt them doune to eate and drynke and rose vpp agayne to playe Than the Lorde sayde vnto Moses go get the doune for thi people which thou broughtest out of the laÌ„de of Egipte haue marred all they are turned at once out of the waye whiche I coÌ„maunded theÌ„ aÌ„d haue made theÌ„ a calfe of molten metall aÌ„d haue worshipped it aÌ„d haue offred therto and haue saide This â–ª is thy God thou Israel which hath brought the out of the lande of Egipte And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses beholde I see this people that it is a stife necked people and now therfore suffre me The pop a vvolde curse xx hundred thousande as blacke as coles and sende theÌ„ to hell for to haue soche a profre and vvolde not haue prayed â— Moses did that my wrath maye waxe hote vppoÌ„ theÌ„ and that I maye consume theÌ„ and than will I make of the a mightie people Than Moses besoughte the Lorde his God and sayde O Lord why shuld thy wrath waxe hote apoÌ„ thy people which thou hast brought out of the lande of Egipte with great power and with a mightie hande wherfore shuld the Egiptians speake and saye For a mischefe dyd he brynge them out euen for to slee them in the mountayns and to consume them from the face of the erth Turne from thi fearse wrath aÌ„d haue compassion ouer the wikednesse of thi people RemeÌ„bre AbrahaÌ„ Isaac aÌ„d Israel thy servauntes to whoÌ„ thou sworest by thyne owne selfe aÌ„d saidest vnto theÌ„ I wil multiplye youre seed as the starres of heauen aÌ„d al this lande which I haue saide I will geue vnto youre seed aÌ„d they shall eÌ„heret it for euer And the Lorde refrayned him selfe from that euell which he sayde he wolde do vnto his people And Moses turned his backe and went doune froÌ„ the hyll and the .ij. tables of witnesse in his hande which were wrytteÌ„ on both the leaues and were the worke of God aÌ„d the writiÌ„ge was the writinge of God graueÌ„ apon the tables And when Iosua herde the noyse of the people as they shouted he saide vnto Moses there is a noyse of warre in the hoste And he sayde â–ª it is not the crye of theÌ„ that haue the mastrye â–ª nor of theÌ„ that haue the worse but I doo heare the noyse of synginge And as soone as he came nye vnto the hoste and sawe the calfe and the daunsynge his wrath waxed hote and he cast the tables out of his hande and brake them euen at the hyll fote And he toke the calfe which they had made aÌ„d burned it with fyre aÌ„d stampt it vnto powder and strowed it in the water and made the childern of Israel drynke And thaÌ„ Moses sayde vnto AaroÌ„ what dyd this people vnto the that thou hast brought so great a synne apon them And Aaron sayde let not the wrath of my Lorde waxe fearse thou knowest the people that they are euen sett on myschefe they sayde vnto me make us a god to goo before us for we wote not what is become of Moses the felow that brought us out of the lande of Egipte And I sayde vnto them â–ª let them that haue golde take and brynge it me and I kest it in to the fyre and there of came out this calfe when Moses sawe that the people were naked for Aaron had made them naked vnto their shame when they made insurrection he
ayre he brought them vnto Adam to see what he wold call them And as AdaÌ„ called all maner livynge beastes eveÌ„ so are their names And Adam gave names vnto all maner catell and vnto the foules of the ayre and vnto all maner beastes of the felde But there was no helpe founde vnto Adam to beare him companye Then the LORde God cast a slomber on Adam and he slepte And then he toke oâ—â— one of his rybbes and instede ther of he fylled vp the place with flesh And the LORde God made of the rybbe which he toke out of Adam a womaÌ„ and brought her vnto Adam Then sayd AdaÌ„ this is once bone of my boones and flesh of my flesh This shall be called woman because she was take of the man For this cause shall a man leve father and mother cleve vnto his wyfe â— they shall be one flesh And they were â—ther of them naked both Adam and hys wyfe aÌ„d were not ashamed The .iij. Chapter BVt the serpent was sotyller than all the beastes of the felde which yâ— LORde God had made and sayd vnto the woman Ah syr that God hath sayd ye shall not eate of all maner trees in the garden And the woman sayd vnto the serpent of the frute of the trees in the garden we may eate but of the frute of the tree that is in the myddes of the garden sayd God se that ye eate not and se that ye touch it not lest ye dye Then sayd the serpent vnto the woman â—ush ye shall not dye But God doth knowe that whensoever ye shulde eate of it youre eyes shuld be opened and ye shulde be as God and knowe both good and evell And the woman sawe that it was a good tree to eate of and lustie vnto the eyes and a pleasant tre for to make wyse And toke of the frute of it and ate and gaue vnto hir husband also with her and he ate And the eyes of both them were opened that they vnderstode how that they were naked Than they sowed fygge leves togedder and made them apurns And they herd the voyce of the LORde God as he walked in the gardeÌ„ in the coole of the daye And Adam hyd hymselfe and his wyfe also from the face of the LORde God amonge the trees of the garden And the LORde God called Adam and sayd vnto him where art thou And he answered Thy voyce I harde in the garden but I was afrayd because I was naked and therfore hyd myselfe And he sayd who told the that thou wast naked hast thou eaten of the tree of which I bade the that thou shuldest not eate And Adam answered The woman which thou gavest to bere me company she toke me of the tree aÌ„d I ate And the LORde God sayd vnto the woman wherfore didest thou so And the woman answered the serpent deceaved me and I ate ¶ And the LORde God sayd vnto the serpeÌ„e because thou haste so done moste cursed be thou of all catell and of all beastes of the feld oppoÌ„ thy bely shalt thou goo and erth shalt thou eate alldayes of thy lyfe Morover I will put haired betwene the and the woman and betwene thy seed and â—yr seed And that seed shall tread the on the heed aÌ„d thou shalt tread hit on the hele And vnto the woman he sayd I will suerly encrease thy sorow aÌ„d make the oft with child and with payne shalt thou be deleverd And thy lustes shall pertayne vnto thy husbond and he shall rule the. And vnto AdaÌ„ he sayd for as moch as thou hast obeyed the voyce of thy wyfe and hast eaten of the tree of which I commaunded the saynge se thou eate not therof cursed be the erth for thy safe In sorow shalt thou eate therof all dayes of thy lyfe And it shall beare thornes aÌ„d thystels vnto the. And thou shalt eate the herbes of yâ— feld In the swete of thy face shalt thou eate brede vntill thou returne vnto the erth wheÌ„ce thou wast takeÌ„ for erth thou art aÌ„d vnto erth shalt thou returne And AdaÌ„ called his wyfe Heua because she was the mother of all that lyveth And the LORde God made Adam and hys wyfe garmentes of skynnes and put them on them And the LORde God sayd loo Adam is become as it were one of vs in knowlege of good and evell But now lest he strech forth his hand and take also of the three of lyfe and eate and lyve ever And the LORde God cast him out of the garden of Eden to tylle the erth wheÌ„ce he was taken And he cast AdaÌ„ out and sette at yâ— enteringe of the garden Eden Cherubin with a naked swerde movinge in and out to kepe the way to the tree of lyfe ¶ The .iiij. Chapter ANd Adam lay wyth â—eua ys wyfe which conceaved and bare Cain and sayd I haue goten amaÌ„ of the LORde And she proceded forth and bare hys brother Abell And Abell became a sheperde And Cain became a ploweman And it fortuned in processe of tyme that Cain brought of the frute of the erth an offerynge vnto the LORde And Abell he brought also of the fyrstlynges of hys shepe and of the fatt of them And the LORde loked vnto Abell and to his offeynge but vnto Cain and vnto his offrynge looked he not And Cain was wroth exceadingly and loured And the LORde sayd vnto Cain why art thou angry and why loureste thou Wotest thou not yf thou dost well thou shalt receave it But yf thou dost evell by by thy synne lyeth open in the dore Not withstondyng let it be subdued vnto the aÌ„d see thou rule Of this 〈…〉 ace no do 〈…〉 e the pope 〈…〉 hich in all 〈…〉 inges ma 〈…〉 eth hiÌ„ self 〈…〉 ual with 〈…〉 od toke an 〈…〉 ccasion to 〈…〉 arke all 〈…〉 is creatuâ—es and to 〈…〉 orbid vn 〈…〉 er payne of 〈…〉 coÌ„municaoÌ„ that no maÌ„ whether he 〈…〉 re kiÌ„ge or 〈…〉 mperowre 〈…〉 e so hardy 〈…〉 o punishe 〈…〉 em for â—hat so e 〈…〉 r myschef 〈…〉 ey doo â—he crowne 〈…〉 s to theÌ„ al◠〈…〉 ence to do 〈…〉 hat they 〈…〉 ste a prote◠〈…〉 oÌ„ a sure 〈…〉 uarye it And Cain talked wyth Abell his brother And as soone as they were in the feldes Cain fell vppon Abell his brother and slewe hym And yâ— LORde sayd vnto Cain where is Abell thy brother And he sayd I can not tell am I my brothers keper And he sayd What hast thou done the voyce of thy brothers bloud cryeth vnto me out of the erth And now cursed be thou as pertaynyng to the erth which opened hyr mouth to receaue thy brothers bloud of thy ne hande For when thou tyllest the grounde she shall heÌ„ce forth not geve hyr power vnto the. A vagabunde and a rennagate shalt thou be vpon the erth And Cain sayd vnto the LORde my synne is greater then that it may be forgeven Beholde thou castest me out thys day
from of the face of the erth and froÌ„ thy syghte must I hyde my selfe aÌ„d I must be wandrynge and a vagabunde vpon the erth Morover whosoever fyndeth me wyll kyll me And the LORde sayd vnto hi Not so but whosoever sleyth Cain shal be punyshed .vij. folde And the LORde put * a marke vpoÌ„ Cain that no maÌ„yt founde hym shulde kyll hym â–ª And Cain went out froÌ„ the face of the LORde and dwelt in the lande Nod on the east syde of Eden And Cain laye wyth hys wyfe which conceaved and bare Henoth And he was buyldinge a cyte and called the name of it after the name of hys sonne Henoch And Henoch begaâ— Irad And Irad begat Mahuiael And Mahuiael begat Mathusael And Mathusael begat Lamech And Lamech toke hym two wyves the one was called Ada and the other Zilla And Ada bare Iabal of whome came they that dwell in tentes aÌ„d possesse catell And hys brothers name was Iubal of hym came all that excercyse them selves on the harpe and on the organs And Zilla she also bare Tubalcain a worker in metall and a father of all that grave in brasse and yeron And Tubalcains syster was called Naema Then sayd Lamech vnto hys wyves Ada aÌ„d Zilla heare my voyce ye wyves of Lamech and herken vnto my wordes for I haue slayne a man and wounded my selfe and haue sla yn a yongman and gotte my selfe strypes For Cain shall be avenged sevenfolde but Lamech seventie tymes seven folde ¶ Adam also laye with hys wyfe yet agayne and she bare a sonne aÌ„d called hys name Seth For god sayd she hath geven me another sonne For Abell whom Cam slewe And Seth begat a sonne and called hys name Enos And in that tyme began men to call on the name of the LORde The .v. Chapter THys is the boâ—e of the generacion of man In thedaye when God created man and made hym after the symilytude of god Male and female made he theÌ„ and called their names man in the daye when they were created And when Adam was an hundred and thyrty yere old he begat a sonne after hys lycknesse and symilytude and called hys name Seth. And the dayes of Adam after he begat Seth were eyght hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters and all the dayes of Adam which he lyved were .ix. hundred and .xxx. yere and then he dyed And Seth lyved an hundred and .v. yeres and begat Enos And after he had begot Enos he lyved .viij. hundred and .vij. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And all the dayes of Seth were .ix. hundred and .xij. yere and dyed And Enos lyved lxxxx yere and begat kenan And Enos after he begat kenan lyved viij hundred and .xv. yere and begat sonnes and doughters and all the dayes of Enos were ix hundred and .v. yere and than he dyed And kenan lyued .lxx. yere and begat Mahalaliel And kenan after he had begot Mahalaliel lyved .viij. hundred and .xl. yere and begat sonneâ— and doughters and al the dayes of kenan were .ix. hundred and .x. yere and than be dyed And Mahalaliel lyued .lxv. yere and begat Iared And Mahalaliel after he had begot Iared lyved .viij. hundred and .xxx. yere and begat sonnes and doughters and all the dayes of Mahalalyell were .viij. hundred nynetye and .v. yeare and than he dyed And Iared lyved an hundred and .lxij. yere and begat Henoch and Iared lyved after he begat Henoch .viij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters And all the dayes of Iared were .ix. hundred and .lxij. yere and than he dyed And Henoch lyved .lxv. yere aÌ„d begat Mathusala And Henoch walked wyth god after he had begot Mathusala .iij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters And all the dayes of Henoch were .iij. hundred and .lxv. yere and than Henoch lyved a godly lyfe and was nomore sene for God toke hym away And Mathusala lyved an hundred and lxxxvij yere and begat Lamech and Mathusala after he had begot Lamech lyved .vij. hundred and .lxxxij. yere aÌ„d begat sonnes and doughters And all the dayes of Methusala were .ix. hundred lxix yere and than he dyed And Lamech lyved an hundred .lxxxij. yere begat a sonne and called hym Noe sayng This same shall comforte vs as concernynge oure worke and sorowe of oure handes which we haue aboute the erthe that the LORde hath cursed And Lamech lyved after he had begot Noe v. hundred nynetie and .v. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And all the dayes of Lamech were .vij. hundred .lxxvij. yere and than he dyed And when Noe was .v. hundred yere olde he begat Sem Ham and Iaphet ¶ The .vj. Chapter ANd it came to passe whaÌ„ men begaÌ„ to multiplye apoÌ„ the erth aÌ„d had be got them doughters the sonnes of God sawe the doughters of men that they were fayre and toke vnto them wyves which they best liked amoÌ„ge theÌ„ all And the LORd sayd My spirite shall not allwaye stryve withe man for they are flesh Nevertheles I wyll geue them yet space and hundred and .xx. yeres There were tirantes in the world in thos dayes For after that the children of God had gone in vnto the doughters of men and had begotten them childern the same childern were the mightiest of the world and men of renowne And whan the LORde sawe yâ— the wekednesse of man was encreased apon the erth and that all the ymaginacion and toughtes of his hert was only evell continually he repented that he had made man apon the erth and sorowed in his hert And sayd I wyll destroy mankynde which I haue made froÌ„ of the face of the erth both man beast worme and foule of the ayre for it repeÌ„teth me that I haue made them But yet Noe found gracein the syghte of the LORde These are the generatioÌ„s of Noe. Noe was a â—â—ghteous man and â—ncoâ—rapte in his tyme walked wyth god And Noe begat .iij. sonnes Sem Ham and Iapheth And the erth was corrupte in the syghte of god and was full of mischefe And God loked vpon the erth aÌ„d looâ— was corrupte for all flesh had corrupte his way vppon the erth Than sayd God to Noe the end of all flesh is come before me for the erth is full of there myschefe And loo I wyll destroy them with the erth Make the an arcke of pyne tree and make chaumbers in the arcke and pytch it wythin and wythout wyth pytch And of this facion shalt thou make it The lenth of the arcke shall be .iij. hundred cubytes aÌ„d the bredth of it .l. cubytes and the heyth of it .xxx. cubytes A wyndow shalt thou make aboue in the arcke And wythin a cubyte compasse shalt thou finysh it And the dore of the arcke shalt thou sette in the syde of it and thou shalt make it with iij loftes one aboue an other For behold I wil bringe in a floud of water apon the erth to destroy all flesh from vnder heaven wherin breth of life is so that all that is
cyte called Hebron in the londe of Canaan Than Abraham came to mome Sara and to wepe for her And Abraham stode vp from the coorse and talked with the sonnes of heth saynge I am a straunger aÌ„d a foryner amonge yow geue me a possession to bury in with you that I may bury my dead oute of my sighte And the children of heth answered Abraham saynge vnto him heare vs lorde thou art a prynce of God amonge vs. In the chefest of oure sepulchres bury thy dead None of vs shall forbydd the his sepulchre that thou shuldest not bury thy deade therein AbrahaÌ„ stode vp bowed hiÌ„ selfe before yâ— people of yâ— laÌ„de yâ— childreÌ„ of heth And he comened with them saynge Yf it be youre myndes yâ— I shall bury my deade oute of my sighte heare me aÌ„d speke for me to Ephron the sonne of Zoar and let him geue me the dubill caue which he hath in the end of his felde for as moch money as it is worth let him geue it me in the presence of you for a possession to bury in For Hephron dwelled amoÌ„ge the childern of heth Than Ephron the Hethite answered Abraham in the audyeÌ„ce of the childern of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of his cyte saynge Not so my lorde but heare me The felde geue I the and the caue that therein is geue I the also And even in the presence of the sonnes of my people geve Iit the to bury thy deede in Than Abraham bowed himselfe before the people of the laÌ„de and spake vnto EphroÌ„ in the audyence of the people of the contre saynge I praye the heare me I will geue sylver for the felde take it of me â—o so will I bury my deed there Ephron answered AbrahaÌ„ saynge vnto him My lorde harken vnto me The lande is worth iiij hundreth sycles of syluer But what is that betwixte the and meâ— bury thy deede And Abraham harkened vnto Ephron and weyde him the sylver which he had sayde in the audyence of the sonnes of Heth. Euen .iiij. huÌ„dred syluer sycles of currant money amonge marchauntes Thus was the felde of Ephron where in the dubbill caue is before Maâ—re euen the felde the caue that is therein and all the trees of the felde which growe in all the borders rounde aboute made sure vnto Abraham for a possession in the syghte of the childern of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of the cyte And then Abraham buried Sara his wyfe in the double caue of the felde that lyeth before MaÌ„re otherwise called Ebron in the lande of Canaan And so both the felde aÌ„d the caue that is therein was made vnto Abraham a sure possession to bury in of the sonnes of Heth. ¶ The .xxiiij. Chapter ABraham was olde and stryken in dayes and the LORde had blessed him in allthinges And he sayde vnto his eldest servaunte of his house which had the rule over all that he had Put thy hande vnder my thye that I maye make the swere by the LORde that is God of heauen and God of the erth that thou shalt not take a wyfe vnto my sonne of the doughters of the canaanytes amonge which I dwell But shalt goo vnto my contre and to my kynred and there take a wyfe vnto my sonne Isaac ThaÌ„ sayde the seruaunte vnto him what aÌ„d yf the womaÌ„ wyll not agree to come with me vnto this laÌ„de shall I brynge thy sonne agayne vnto the lande which thou camest out of â–ª And AbrahaÌ„ sayde vnto him bewarre of that that thou bâ—â—ge not my sonne thither The LORde God of heaven which toke me from my fathers house and from the lande where I was borne and which spake vnto me and sware vnto me saynge vnto thy seed wyll I geue this lande he shall sende his angell before the yâ— thou mayst take a wife vnto my sonne from thence Neuerthelesse yf the womaÌ„ will not agree to come with the than shalt thou be with out daunger of this ooth But aboue all thinge brynge not my sonne thyther agayne And the seruaunte put his hand vnder the thye of Abraham and sware to him as concernynge that matter And the seruaunte toke .x. camels of the camels of his master and departed and had of all maner goodes of his master with him and stode vp and went to Mesopotamia vnto the cyrâ—e of Nahor And made his camels to lye doune without the cytie by a wels syde of water at euen aboute the tyme that women come out to drawe water and he sayde LORde God of my master AbrahaÌ„ sende me good spede this daye shewe mercy vnto my master Abraham â—o I stonde here by the well of water and the doughters of the men of this citie will come out to drawe water Now the damsell to whome I saye stoupe doune thy pytcher and let me drynke Yf she saye drynke and I will geue thy camels drynke also yâ— same is she that thou hast ordened for they servaunte Isaac yee therby shall I knowe that thou hast shewed mercy on my master And it came to passe yet he had leeft spakynge that Aebecca came out the doughter of Bethuell sonne to Melcha the wife of Nahor Abrahams brother and hir pytcher apon hir shulder The damsell was very fayre to loke apon and yet a mayde and vnknowen of man And she went doune to the well and fylled hyr pytcher and came vp agayne Then the seruaunte rannâ— vnto her and saâ—de let me syppe a litle water of thi pither And she sayde drynke my lorde And she besied and laâ—e downe her pytcher apon â—â—â— arme and gaue him drinke And wheÌ„ she had geven hym drinke she sayde I will drawe water for thy camels also vntill they haue dronke ynough And she poured out hyr pitcher in to the trough hastely and ranne agayne vnto the well to feâ—t water and drewe for all his camels And the felowe wondred at her But helde his peace to weâ—e whether the LORde had made his â—ouâ—ney prosperous or not And as the camels had lefte drynckynge he toke an earynge of halfe a sicle weght and. ij golden bracelettes for hyr â—aÌ„des of .x. sycles weyght of gold and sayde vnto her whose doughter art thou tell me ys there rowme in thy fathers house for vs to lodge in â–ª And she sayde vnto him I am the doughter of Bethuell the sonne of Mâ—â—cha which she bare vnto Nahor and sayde moreouer vnto him we haue litter and prauonder ynough and also rowme to lodge in And the man bowed himselfe and worshipped the LORde and sayde blessed be the LORde God of my master Abraham which ceasseth not to deale mercyfully and truly with my master And hath brought me the waye to my masters brothers house And the damsell ranne tolde them of her mothers house these thinges And Rebecca had a brother called Laban And Laban ranne out vnto the man to the well for as soone as he had sene the earynges
and thy servauntes ād thy people to dryue awaye the frogges from the and thy housse so that they shall remayne but in in the riuer only And he sayde tomorow And he sayde euen as thou hast sayde that thou mayst knowe that there is none like vnto the Lorde oure God And the frogges shall departe from the ād from thyne houses and from thy servauntes and from thy people and shall remayne in the riuer only And Moses and Aaron went out frō Pharao and Moses cryed vnto the Lorde apō the apoyntment of frogges which he had made vnto Pharao And the Lorde dyd accordinge to the saynge of Moses And the frogges dyed out of the housses courtes and feldes And they gathred them to gether vppon heppes so that the lande stanke of them But when Pharao sawe that he had rest geuen him he hardened his herte and herkened not vnto them as the Lorde had sayde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Saye vnto Aarō stretch out thy rodd and smyte the dust of the lande that it maye turne to lyse in all the londe of Egipte And they dyd so And Aaron stretched out his hande with his rodd and smote the dust of the erth ād it turned to lyse both in man and beest so that all the dust of the lande turned to lyse thorowe out all the lande of Egipte And the enchaunters assayde lykewyse with their enchauntmentes to brynge forth lyse but they coude not And the lyse were both apon man and beest Then sayde the enchaunters vnto Pharao it is the fingre of God Neuerthelater Pharaos herte was hardened and he regarded them not as the Lorde had sayde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses ryse vp early in the mornynge and stonde before Pharao for he will come vnto the water and saye vnto him thus sayth the Lorde let my people goo that they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let my people goo beholde I will sende all maner flies both apon the and thy servauntes ād thy people and into thy housses And the housses of the Egiptians shal be full of flies and the grounde where on they are But I will seperate the same daye the londe of Gosan where my people are so that there shall no flyes be there that thou mayst knowe that I am the Lorde vppon the erth And I will put a deuision betwene my people and thine And euen tomorow shall this myracle be done And the Lorde dyd euen so and there came noysom flyes in to the housse of Pharao and in to his servauntes housses and in to all the lōde of Egipte so that the londe was marred with flyes Then Pharao sent for Moses and Aaron and sayde Goo and do sacrifice vnto youre God in the land And Moses answered it is not mete so to do for we must offer vnto the Lorde oure God that whiche is an abhominatyon vnto the Egiptians beholde shall we sacrifice that which is an abhominacion vnto the Egiptians before their eyes and shall they not stone vs we will therfore goo .iij. dayes yournay in to the deserte and sacrifice vnto the Lord oure God as he hath cōmaunded vs. And Pharao sayde I will late you goo that ye maye sacrifice vnto the Lorde youre God in the wildernes only goo not ferrre awaye ād se that ye praye for me And Moses sayde beholde I will goo out from the and praye vnto the Lorde and the flyes shall departe frō Pharao and from his servauntes and from his people tomorow But let Pharao from hēce forth desceaue no moare that he wolde not lett the people goo to sacrifice vnto the Lorde And Moses went out from Pharao and prayed vnto the Lorde And the Lorde dyd as Moses had saide ād toke awaye the flies frō Pharao and from his servauntes ād from hys people so that there remayned not one But for all that Pharao hardened his herte euen then also and wolde not let the people goo ¶ The .ix. Chaptre ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses goo vnto Pharao and tell him thus sayeth the Lorde God of the Ebrues sende out my people that they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let them goo but wilt holde them styll beholde the hande of the Lorde shal be apō thy catell which thou hast in the feld apon horses asses camels oxen and shepe with a mightye great morrayne But the Lorde shall make a deuysion betwene the beestes of the Israhelites ād the beestes of the Egiptias so that there shal nothing dye of all that perteyneth to the children of Israel And the Lorde appoynted a tyme saynge tomorow the Lorde shall do this thinge in the londe And the Lorde dyd the thinge on the morow and all the catell of Egipte dyed but of the catell of the children of Israel dyed not one And Pharao sent to wete but ther was not one of the catell of the Israhelites dead Notwithstondinge the hert of Pharao hardened and he wolde not let the people goo And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses and Aaron take youre handes full of asshes out of the fornace and let Moses sprynkel it vp in to the ayre in the syghte of Pharao and it shall turne to dust in all the londe of Egipte and shal make swellynge soores with blaynes both on mā and beest in all the londe of Egipte And they toke asshes out of the fornace and stode before Pharao ād Moses sprynkeld it vp in to the ayre And there brake out soores with blaynes both in mā and beest so that the sorcerers coude not stonde before Moses by the reason of botches on the enchaunters and apon all the Egiptians But the Lorde hardened the herte of Pharao that he herkened not vnto them as the Lorde had sayde vnto Moses And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses ryse vp early in the mornynge and stonde before Pharao and tell him thus sayth the Lorde God of the Ebrues Let my people goo that they may serue me or els I will at this tyme sende all my plages apon thine herte and apon thy servauntes and on thy people that thou mayst knowe that there is none lyke me in all the erth For now I will stretch out my hande and will smyte the and thy people with pestilence so that thou shalt perisshe from the erth Yet in very dede for this cause haue I sterred the vpp for to shewe my power in the and to declare my name thorow out all the worlde Yf it be so that thou stoppest my people that thou wilt not let them goo beholde tomorow this tyme I will send doune a mightie great hayle euē soch one as was not in Egipte sence it was grounded vnto this tyme. Sende therfore and fet home thy beestes and al that thou hast in the felde For apon all the men and beestes which are founde in the felde ād not broughte home shall the hayle fall ād they shall dye And as many as feared the worde of the Lorde among the servauntes of Pharao made the ir servauntes ād
Moses sayde oh nay leaue us not for thou knowest where is best for us to pitche in the wildernesse and thou shalt be oure eyes And yf thou goo with us loke what goodnesse the Lorde sheweth apon us the same we will shewe apon the And they departed from the mount of the Lorde .iij. dayes iurney and the arcke of the testament of the Lorde went before them in the .iij. dayes iurney to serche out a restynge place for them And the cloude of the Lorde was ouer them by daye when they went out of the tentes And when the arcke went forth Moses sayde Ryse vp Lorde and lat thine enemies be scatered and let them that hate the flee before the. And when the arcke rested he sayde returne Lorde vnto the many thousandes of Ysrael ¶ The .xi. Chapter ANd the people waxed vnpacient vnd it displeased the cares of the Lorde And when the Lorde herde it he was wroth and the fyre of the Lorde burnt amonge them and consumed the vtter most of the hoste And the people cried vnto Moses he made intercession vnto the Lorde and the fyre qwenched And they called yâ— name of the place Tabera because the fyre of the Lorde burnt amonge them And the rascall people that was amonge them fell a lustynge And the childern of Ysrael also went to and wepte and sayde who shall geue us flesh to eate we remembre the fysh which we shulde eate in Egipte for noughte and of the Cucumbers and melouns lekes onyouns and garleke But now oure soules ar dryed awaye for oure eyes loke on nothynge els sane apon Manna The Manna was as it had bene coâ—ander seed and to see to lyke Bedellion And yâ— people went aboute and gathered it grouÌ„de it in milles or bett it in morters and boke it in pannes and made cakee of it And the tast of it was like vnto the tast of an oylecake And when the dewe fell aboute the hoste in the nyghte the Manna fell therewithe And when Moses herde the people wepe in their housholdes euery man in the dore of his tent then the wrath of the Lorde waxed whote excedyngly and it greued Moses also And Moses sayde vnto the Lorde wherfore dealest thou so cruelly with thi seruaunte wherfore doo I not fynde fauoure in thi syghte seynge that thou puttest the weyght of this people apon me haue I conceyued all this people or haue I begote them that thou shuldest saye vnto me carye them in thi bosome as a nurse beareth the suckynge childe vnto the londe which thou swarest vnto their fathers where shulde I haue flesh to geue vnto all this people For they wepe vnto me sayenge geue us flesh that we maye eate I â—â— not able to bere all this people alone for it is to heuy for me Wherfore yf thou deale thus with me fyll me I praye the yf I haue founde fauoure in thi syght and let me not se my wrechidnesse And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses gather vnto me .lxx. of the elders of Ysrael which thou knowest that they are the elders of yâ— people and officers ouer them and brynge them vnto the tabernacle of witnesse and let them stonde there with the. And I wyll come doune and talke with the there and take of yâ— spirite which is apon the and put apon them aÌ„d they shall bere with them the burthen of the people and so shalt thou not beare alone And saye vnto yâ— people halowe youre selues agenst to morow that ye maye eate flesh for ye haue whyned in the eares of the Lorde saynge who shall geue vs flesh to eate for we were happie when we were in Egipte therfore the Lorde will geue you flesh and ye shall â—ate Ye shall not eate one daye only other .ij. or .v. dayes other .x. or .xx. dayes but euen a moneth longe aÌ„d vntill it come out at the nostrels of you that ye be ready to perbrake because that ye haue cast yâ— Lorde a syde which is amonge you and haue wepte before him saynge why came we out of Egipte And Moses sayde sixe hundred thousande fotemen are there of the people amonge which I am And thou hast sayde I will â—â—â—e them flesh and they shall care â— moneth â—oÌ„ge Shall the sheâ—e aÌ„d the oxen be slayne for them to fyâ—â—dâ— them ether shall all the fysh of the see be gathered together to serue them And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses is the lordes hande waxed shorte Thou shalt se whe ther my worde shall come to passe vnto the or not And moses went out and tolde the people the sayenge of the Lorde and gathered the lxx elders of the people and sett them rounde aboute the tabernacle And the Lorde came doune in a cloude and spake vnto him aÌ„d toke of the sprete that was apon him aÌ„d put it apon the .lxx. elders And as the spirite rested apon them they prophecied and did nought els But there remayned .ij. of yâ— meÌ„ in the hoste the one called Eldad aÌ„d the other Medad And the spirite rested apon them for they were of them that were written but they weÌ„â— not out vnto the tabernacle and they prophecied in the hoste And there ran a younge tolde Moses and sayed Eldad aÌ„d Medad do prophecye in the hoste And Iosua the sonne of Nil the seruaunte of Moses which he had chosen out answered and sayed master Moses forbyd them And Moses sayed vnto him enuy est thou for my sake wolde God that all the The pâ—pâ— wold that â—ne of the lordes people coud prophecie that none had his spirite Lordes people coude prophecye and that the Lorde wolde put his spirite apon them And then both Moses and the elders of Israel gat them in to the hoste And there went forth a wynde froÌ„ yâ— lorde and brought quayles from the see and let them fall aboute the hoste euen a dayes intney rounde aboute on euery syde of the hoste and .ij. cubetes hye apon the erth And the people stode vpp all that nyghte and on the morowe aÌ„d gathered quayles And he that gathered the lest gathered .x. homers full And they kylled them rounde aboute the hoste And whyle the flesh was yet betwene theirteeth yer it was chewed vpp the wrath of the Lorde waxed whore apon the people and the Lorde slewe of the people an exceadynge myghtie slaughter And they called the name of the place the graues of lust because they buried the people that lusted there And the people toke their iurney from the graues of lust vnto hazeroth and bode at haâ—roth ¶ The .xij. Chapter ANd Mir Jam and Aaron spake ageÌ„st Moses because of his wife of inde which he had taken for he had taken to wyfe one of India And they sayed doth yâ— Lorde speake oÌ„ly thorow Moses doth he not speake also by us And the Lorde herde it But Moses was a very meke man aboue all the men of the erthe And yâ— Lorde spake attonce vnto Moses vnto Aaron Mir
your brethern as well as vnto you and vntyll they also haue conquered the londe which the Lorde youre God hath geuen them beyonde lordayne and then returne agayne euery maÌ„ vnto his possession which I haue geueÌ„ you And I warned Iosua the same tyme sayeng thyne eyes haue sene all that the Lorde youre God hath done vnto these two kynges eueÌ„so the Lorde will doo vnto all kyngdomes whither thou goest Feare them not for the Lorde youre God he it is that fighteth for you And I besoughte the Lorde the same tyme sayenge O lorde Iehoua thou hast begonne to shewe thy servaunte thy greatnesse and thy mightie hande for there is no God in heauen nor in erth that can do after thy workes and after thy power let me goo ouer aÌ„d se the good londe that is beyonde Iordayne that goodly hye contre and Libanon But the Lorde was angrie with me for youre sakes and wolde not heare me but sayed vnto me be content and speake henceforth no moare vnto me of this matter Get the vp in to the toppe of Pisga aÌ„d lifte vpp thine eyes west north south aÌ„d easte aÌ„d beholde it with thyne eyes for thou shalt not goo ouer this Iordayne Moreouer charge Iosua and corage him and bolde him For he shall go ouer before his people and he shall deuyde the londe which thou shalt se vnto them And so we abode in the valaye besyde Beth Peor ¶ The .iiij. Chapter ANd now herken Israel vnto the ordinaunces aÌ„d lawes which I teache you â–ª for to doo them that ye maye lyue aÌ„d goo aÌ„d conquere No â–ª nâ—â— yet corrupt it with false glosâ—s to coÌ„â—â—me Aristotle but rebuke Aristotles false lerninge therewith the londe which the Lorde God of youre fathers geueth you Ye shall put nothinge vnto the worde which I commaunde you nether doo ought there from that ye maye kepe the commaundmentes off the Lorde youre God which I commaunde you You re eyes haue sene what the Lorde dyd vnto Baal Peor for al the men that folowed Baal Peor the Lorde youre God hath destroyed fâ—om amoÌ„ge you But ye that claue vnto the Lorde youre God are alyue euery one of you this daye Beholde I haue taught you ordinaunces and lawes soche as the Lorde my God commauÌ„ded me that ye shulde do eueÌ„ so in the londe whether ye goo to possesse it Kepe them therfore and doo them for that is youre wisdome and vnderstandynge in the syghte of the nacyons whiche when they haue herde all these ordinaunces shall saye O what a wyse and vnderstondynge people is this greate nacion For what nacyon is so greate that hath Goddes so nye vnto hym as the Lorde oure God is nye vnto vs in all thinges when we call vnto hym Yee and what nacyon is so greate that hath ordinaunces and lawes so ryghtuousse as all thys lawe whiche I sett before you this daye Take hede to thy selfe therfore only aÌ„d kepe thy soule diligently that thou forgett not the thinges which thyne eyes haue sene and that they departe not out of thyne harte all the Teach youre childern dayes of thine life but teach them thy sonnes aÌ„d thy sonnes sonnes The daye that I stode before the Lorde youre god in Horeb wheÌ„ he sayed vnto me gather me the people together that I maye make them heare my wordes that they maye lerne to fâ—re me as longe as thei lyue vppon the erth and that they maye teache their childern ye came aÌ„d stode also vnder the hyll aÌ„d the hyll burnt with fire euen vnto the myddes of heaueÌ„ aÌ„d there was darcknesse clowdes aÌ„d myst And the Lorde spake vnto you out of the fire aÌ„d ye herde the voyce of the The voice is all to gether vnto that image ought men â—o bowâ— there hertes wordes But sawe no ymage saue herde a voyce only And he declared vnto you his couenaunt which he commaunded you to doo euen â–ª x. verses and wrote them in two tables of stone And the Lorde commaunded me the same season to teache you ordynaunces and lawes for to doo them in the londe whether ye goo to possesse it Take hede vnto youre selues diligently as pertayninge vnto youre soules for ye sawe no maner of ymage the daye when the Lorde spake vnto you in Horeb out of the fire lest ye marre youre selues and make you grauen ymages after whatsoeuer likenesse it be whether after the likenesse of maÌ„ or womaÌ„ or any mane beest that is on the erth or of any maner fâ—thâ—â— red foule that fleth in the ayre or of any maner worme that crepeth on the erth or of any maner fysh that is in the water beneth the erth Ye and leste thou lyâ—â—e vpp thyne eyes vnto heuen and when thou seyst the sonne and the mone and the starres and what soeuer is contayned in heauen shuldest be disceaued and shuldest bow thi selfe vnto them aÌ„d sâ—rue the thinges which the Lorde thy God hath distributed vnto all nacions that are vnder al quarters of heauen For the Lorde toke you and broughte you out of the yernen fornace of Egipte to be vnto him a people of enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye Forthermoare the Lorde was angrye with me for youre sakes and sware that I shulde not goo ouer Iordane and that I shulde not goo vnto that good londe which the Lorde thy God geueth the to enherytaunce For I must dye in this londe and shall not goo ouer Iordane But ye shall goo ouer and conquere that good londe Take hede vnto youre selues therfore that ye forgett not the appoyntment of the Lorde youre God which he made with you and that ye make you no grauen ymage of what soeuer it be that the Lorde thi God hath forbidden the. For the Lorde thi God is a coÌ„suminge fyre and a gelouse God Yf after thou hast gotten childern and childerns childern and hast dwelt longe in the londe ye shall marre youre selues and make grauen ymages after the liknesse of what so euer it be and shall worke wekednesse in the syghte of the Lorde thy God to prouoke him I call heauen and erth to recorde vnto you this daye that ye shall shortely peressh from of the londe whether ye goo ouer Iordayne to possesse it Ye shall not prolonge youre dayes therin but shall shortly be destroyed And the Lorde shall scater you amonge nacions and ye shal be lefte few in numbre amonge the people whother the Lorde shall brynge you and there ye shall serue goddes which are the workes of mans hande wod and stone which nether se nor heare nor eate nor smell Neuer the later ye shall seke the Lorde youre God euen there and shalt fynde him yf thou seke him with all thine herte and with all thy soule In thi tribulacion and when all these thinges are come apon the euen in the later dayes thou shalt turne vnto the Lorde thy God and shalt herken vn to his voyce For the Lorde thy God is
a pitiefull God he will not forsake the nether destroye the nor forgett the appoyntmēt made with thy fathers which he sware vnto them For axe I praye the of the dayes that are past which were before the sence the daye that God created man vppon the erth and from the one syde of heauen vnto the other whether any thinge hath bene lyke vnto this greate thinge or whether any soche thinge hath bene herde as it is that a nacion hath herde the voyce of God speakinge out of fyre as thou hast herde and yet lyued ether whether God assayed to goo and take him a people from amonge nacions thorow temptacions and sygnes and wonders and thorow warre and with a mightie hande and a stretched out arme and wyth myghtye terreble sightes acordynge vnto all that the Lorde youre God dyd vnto you in Egipte before youre eyes Vnto the it was shewed that thou myghtest knowe how that the Lorde he is God and that there is none but he Out of heauen he made the heare his voyce to nurter the ▪ and vppon erth he shewed the his greate fyre and thou hardest his wordes out of the fyre And because he loued thy fathers therfore he chose their seed after them and broughte the out with his presence and with his myghtye power of Egipte to thrust out nations greater ād myghtyer then thou before the to bringe the in and to geue the their londe to enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye Vnderstonde therfore this daye and turne it to thine herte that the Lorde he is God in heauen aboue and vppon the erth beneth there is no moo kepe therfore his ordynaunces and his commaundmentes which I commaun de the this daye that it maye goo well with the and with thi childern after the and that thou mayst prolonge thy dayes vppon the erth which the Lorde thi God geueth the for euer Then Moses seuered .iij. cities on the other syde Iordane towarde the sonne rysynge that he shulde fle thiter which had kylled his neygh boure vnwares and hated him not in tyme past and therfore shulde fle vnto one of the same cities and lyue Bezer in the wildernesse euen in the playne contre amonge the Rubenites and Ramoth in Gilead amonge the Gaddites and Solan in Basan amonge the Manassites This is the lawe which Moses set before the children of Israel and these are the witnesse ordinaunces and statutes which Moses tolde the childern of Israel after they came out of Egipte on the other syde Iordayne in the valey besyde Beth Peor in the londe of Sihō kinge of the Amorites which dwelt at Hesbon whom Moses and the childern of Israel smote after they were come out of Egipte ād conquered his lande and the lande of Og kinge of Basan .ij. kynges of the Amorites on the other syde Iordayne towarde the sonne rysynge from Aroar vppon the bancke of the ryuer Arnon vnto mount Sion which is called Hermon ād all the feldes on the other sydel or dayne eastwarde euen vnto the see in the felde vnder the springes of Pisga The. ◠Chapter ANd Moses called vnto all Israell and sayed vnto them Heare Israel the ordynaunces and lawes which I speke in thyne eares this daye and lerne them and take hede that ye doo them The Loode oure God made an appoyntment with us in Horeb. The Lorde made not this bonde with oure fathers but with us we are they which are al heare a lyue this daye The Lord talked with you face to face in the moūt out of the fyre And I stode betwene the Lorde and you the same tyme to shewe you the sayenge of the Lorde For ye were afrayed of the fyre and therfore went not vpp in to the mount and he sayed I am the Lorde thy God which brought the out of the lōde of Egipte the housse of bōdage Thou shalt haue therfore none other goddes in my presence Thou shalt make the no grauen Image off any maner lykenesse that is in heauen aboue Image or in the erth beneth or in the water beneth the erth Thou shalt nether bowe thy self vnto them nor serue them for I the Lorde thy God am a gelouse God visettinge the wikednesse of the fathers vppon the childern euen in the thyrde and the fourth generacion amonge them that hate me and shew mercye apon thousandes amonge them that loue me and kepe my commaundmentes Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vayne for the Lorde will not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne Kepe the Sabbath daye that thou sanctifi◠it as the Lorde thy God hath commaunded the. Syxe dayes thou shalt laboure and doo all that thou hast to doo but the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the Lorde thy God thou shalt doo no maner worke nether thou nor thy sonne nor thy doughter nor thy seruaunte nor thy mayde nor thine oxe nor thyne asse nor any of thi catell nor the straunger that is within thy cytye that thy seruaunte and thy mayde maye rest as well as thou * And remembre that thou God sheweth a cause why we oughte to kepe his commaundmentes the pope doth not wast a seruaunte in the londe of Egypte and how that the Lorde God brought the out thence with a myghtye hande and a stretched out arme For which cause the Lorde thy God commaundeth the to kepe the Sabbath daye Honoure thi father and thi mother as the Lord thi God hath cōmaūded the that thou mayst prolonge thi dayes and that it maye go well with the on the londe which the Lorde thi God geueth the. Thou shalt not slee Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agenst thy neghboure Thou shalt not luste after thi neghbours wife thou shat not couet thi neyghbours housse felde seruaunte mayde oxe asse nor ought that is thi neghbours These wordes the Lorde spake vnto al youre multitude in the mount out of the fyre cloude and darcknesse with a loude voyce and added nomoare there to and wrote them in .ij. tables of stone and delyuered them vnto me But as soone as ye herde the voyce out off the darcknesse and sawe the hill burne with fyre ye came vnto me all the heedes of youre tribes and youre elders and ye sayed beholde the Lorde oure God hath shewed us his glorye and his greatnesse and we haue herde his voyce out of the fyre and we haue sene this daye that God maye talke with a man and he yet lyue And now wherfore shulde we dye that this greate fyre shulde consume us Yf we shulde heare the voyce of the Lorde oure God any moare we shulde dye For what is any flesh that he shulde heare the voyce of the lyuynge God speakynge out of the fyre as we haue done and shulde yet lyue Goo thou ād heare all that the Lorde oure God sayeth and tell thou vnto us all that the Lorde oure God sayeth vnto the and
loÌ„de Nay but for the wekednesse of these nacions the Lord doth cast theÌ„ out before the. It is not for thy rightuousnes sake aÌ„d right hert that thou goest to possesse their loÌ„d But partely for the wekednesse of these nacioÌ„s the Lord thy god doth cast theÌ„ out before the and partly to performe that which the Lorde thy God sware vnto thi fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob Vnderstond therfore that it is not for thy rightuousnes sake that the Lorde thy God doth geue the this good lâ—nd to possesse it for thou art a stissenecked people RemeÌ„bre aÌ„d forget not how thou prouokedest the Lorde thi god in the wildernesse for sens the daye that thou camest out of the lond of Egipte vntyll ye came vnto this place ye haue rebelled agenst the Lorde Also in Horeb ye angred the Lorde so that the Lorde was wroth with you eueÌ„ to haue destroyed you after that I was gone vpp in to the mount to fett the tables of stone the tables of appoyntment which the Lorde made with you And I abode in the hyll .xl. dayes aÌ„d xl nightes and nether ate bred nor dranke water And the Lorde delyuered me two tables of stone writen with the finger of God and in them was acordynge to all the wordes which the Lorde sayed vnto you in the mount out of the fire in the daye wheÌ„ the people were gathered together And wheÌ„ the .xl. dayes and .xl. nyghtes were ended the Lorde gaue me the two tables off stone the tables of the testament and sayed vnto me Vpp and get the doune quyckely from hence for thy people which thou hast broughte out of Egipte haue marred themselues They are turned attonce out of the waye whiche I commaunded them and haue made theÌ„ a god of metall Furthermore the Lorde spake vnto me sayenge I se this people how that it is a stiffenecked people let me alone that I maye destroye them and put out the name off them from vnder heauen and I will make off the a nacion both greater aÌ„d moo than they And I turned awaye and came doune from the hyll and the hyll burnt with fire and had the two tables of the appoyntment in my handes And when I loked and sawe that ye had synned agenst the Lorde youre God and had made you a calfe of metall and had turned attonce out of the waye whiche the Lorde had commaunded you TheÌ„ I toke the two tables and cast them out of my two handes and brake theÌ„ before youre eyes And I fell before the Lorde euen as at the first tyme .xl. dayes aÌ„d xl nightes and nether ate bred nor dranke water ouer all youre synnes whiche ye had synned in doynge wekedly in the syght of the Lorde aÌ„d in prouokinge him For I was afrayed of the wrath and fearsnesse wherwith the Lord was angrie with you eueÌ„ for to haue destroyed you But the Lorde herde my peticion at that tyme also The Lorde was very angrie with Aaron also eueÌ„ for to haue destroyed him But I made intercession for AaroÌ„ also the same tyme. And I toke youre synne the calfe which ye had made aÌ„d burnt him with fire aÌ„d stampe him and grounde him a good eueÌ„ vnto smal dust And I cast the dust thereof in to the broke that descended out of the mount Also at â—habeera and at Masa and at the sepulchres of lust ye angred the Lorde yee aÌ„d when the Lorde sent you from Cades Bernea sayenge goo vpp and conquere the lond whiche I haue geuen you ye disobeyed the mouth of the Lorde youre God and nether beleued hiÌ„ nor herkened vnto his voyce Thus ye haue bene disobedieÌ„t vnto the Lord sence the daye that I knew you And I fell before the Lorde .xl. dayes and Lerne to praâ—â— xl nightes whiche I laye there for the Lorde was minded to haue destroyed you But I made intercession vnto the Lorde and sayed O Lorde Iehoua destroye not thy people and thyne enheritauÌ„ce which thou hast delyuered thorow thi greatnesse and which thou hast brought out of Egipte with a mightie hand RemeÌ„bre thy servauntes Abraham Isaac and Iacob and loke not vnto the stoburnesse of this people nor vnto their wekednesse and synne lest the londe whence thou broughtest them saye Because the Lorde was not able to brynge them in to the londe which he promysed them and because he hated them therfore he caried them out to destroye them in the wildernesse Moreouer they are thy people and thine enheritaunce whiche thou broughtest out with thy myghtye power and wyth thy stretched out arme ¶ The .x. Chapte IN the same ceason the Lord sayed vnto me hewe the two tables of stone like vnto the first and come vp vnto me in to the mount aÌ„d make the an Arke of wod and I will wryte in the table the wordes that were in the first tables which thou brakest aÌ„d thou shalt put theÌ„ in the arcke And I made an arke of sethiÌ„ wod aÌ„d hewed two tables of stone like vnto the first aÌ„d went vp in to the mountayne and the .ij. tables in myne hande And he wrote in the tables acording to the first writinge the .x. verses whiche the Lorde spake vnto you in the mount out of the fire in the daye when the people were gathered aÌ„d gaue theÌ„ vnto me And I departed aÌ„d came doune froÌ„ the hyll and put the tables in the arcke which I had made aÌ„d there they remayned as the Lorde commaunded me And the childern of Israel toke their iurney from Beroth BeÌ„ IakeÌ„ to Mosera where AaroÌ„ dyed aÌ„d where he was buried aÌ„d Eleazer his sonne became preast iÌ„ his steade And froÌ„ theÌ„ce they departed vnto Gudgod aÌ„d froÌ„ Gudgod to Iathbath a loÌ„d of riuers of water And the same ceason the Lorde separated the trybe of Leui to beare the arcke of the appoyntment of the Lorde and to stonde before the Lorde aÌ„d to ministre vnto him and to blesse in his name vnto this daye Wherfore the Leuites haue no parte nor enheritaunce with their brethern The Lorde he is their enheritaunce as the Lorde thy God hath promysed them And I taried in the mount eueÌ„ as at the first tyme .xl. dayes and .xl. nyghtes and the Lorde herkened vnto me at that tyme also so that the Lorde wolde not destroye the. And the Lorde sayed vnto me vpp aÌ„d goo forth in the iurney before the people and let them goo in aÌ„d conquere the lond which I sware vnto their fathers to geue vnto them And now Israel what is it that the Lord thi God requyreth of the but to feare the Lord thi God and to walke in all his wayes and to loue him and to serue the Lorde thy God with all thyne herte and with all thy soule that thou kepe the commaundmentes of the Lorde aÌ„d his ordinaunces which I commaunde the this daye for thy welth Beholde heauen and the heauen of heauens is the Lordes thy god and the erth with all that therein is
only the Lorde had a lust vnto thy fathers to loue them and therfore chose you theire seed after them off all nacyons as it is come to passe this daye Circumcyse therfore the foreskynne of youre hartes and be no longer sciffnecked For the Lorde youre God he is God of goddes and lorde of lordes a greate God a myghtye and a terreble which regardeth no mans person nor taketh giftes but doeth right vnto the fatherlesse and wedowe and loueth the straunger to geue him fode and rayment Loue therfore the straunger for ye were straungers youre selues in the londe of Egipte Thou shalt feare the Lorde thi God and serue him and cleaue vnto him aÌ„d swere by his name for he is thi prayse aÌ„d he is thi God that hath done these greate and terreble thinges for the which thine eyes haue sene Thi fathers went doune in to Egipte with .lxx. soules aÌ„d now the Lorde thi God hath made the as the starres of heauen in multitude The .xi. Chapter LOue the Lorde thi God and kepe his obseruaunces his ordinaunces his lawes and his commaundmentes alwaye And call to mynde this daye that which youre childern haue nether knowen nor sene euen the nurture of the Lorde youre God his greatnesse his myghtye hande and his stretched out arme his miracles and his actes which he dyd amonge the EgiptiaÌ„s euen vnto Pharao the kinge off Egipte and vnto all his loÌ„de aÌ„d what he dyd vnto the host of the EgiptiaÌ„s vnto their horses aÌ„d charettes how he brought the water of the red see vppon theÌ„ as they chased you and how the Lorde hath brought them to nought vnto this daye aÌ„d what he dyd vnto you in the wildernesse vntill ye came vnto this place aÌ„d what he dyd vnto Dathan and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab the sonne of Ruben how the erth opened hir mouth aÌ„d swalowed theÌ„ with their housholdes and their tentes aÌ„d all their substaÌ„ce that was in their possessioÌ„ in the myddes of Israel For youre eyes haue sene all the greate deades of the Lorde which he dyd Kepe therfore al the coÌ„maundmentes which I coÌ„maunde the this daye that ye maye be stronge aÌ„d goo and conquere the londe whother ye go to possesse it aÌ„d that ye maye prolonge youre dayes in the londe which the Lorde sware vnto youre fathers to geue vnto them aÌ„d to their seed a londe that floweth with mylke and honye For the londe whother thou goest to possesse it is not as the londe of Egipte whence thou camest out where thou sowedest thi seed and wateredest it with thi laboure as a garden of herbes but the londe whither ye goo ouer to possesse it is a londe of hilles and valeyes and drynketh water of the rayne of heaueÌ„ and a londe which the Lorde thi God careth for The eyes of the Lord thi God are always apoÌ„ it from the begynnynge of the yere vnto the later ende of the yere Yf thou shalt herken therfore vnto my commaundementes which I commaunde you this daye that ye loue the Lorde youre God and serue him with all youre hertes and with all youre soules then he will geue rayne vnto youre londe in due season both the fyrst rayne and the later and thou shalt gather in thy corne thy wyne and thyne oyle And he will sende grasse in thy feldes for thy catell and thou shalt care and fyll thy selfe But bewarre that youre hertes disceaue you not that ye turne asyde and serue straunge goddes and worshepe them and theÌ„ the wrath of the Lorde waxe hote vpon you aÌ„d shott vp the heauen that there be no rayne and that youre londe yeld not hir frute and that ye peresh quickly from of the good loÌ„de which the Lorde geueth you Putt vp therfore these my wordes in youre hertes and in youre soules and bynde them for a sygne vnto youre handes and lett them be as papers of remembraunce betwene youre eyes and teach them youre childern so that thou * talke of them when thou syttest in Talke of â—oâ—â—nhod saye oure prelates thyne housse and when thou walkest by the waye and when thou lyest doune and when thou rysest vpp yee and write them vppon the dorepostes of thine housse and vppon thi gates that youre dayes may be multiplyed aÌ„d the dayes of youre childern apon the erth which the Lorde sware vnto youre fathers to geue them as longe as the dayes of heaueÌ„ last vpon the erth For yf ye shall kepe all these comaundmentes which I coÌ„maunde you so that ye doo theÌ„ and loue the Lorde youre God and walke in all his wayes and oleaue vnto him Then will the Lorde cast out all these nacions both greatter and myghtyer then youre selues All the places where on the soles of youre fete shall treade shal be youres euen from the wildernesse and from Libanon and from the ryuer Euphrates euen vnto the vttemost see shall youre costes be There shall no man be able to stonde before you the Lorde youre God shal cast the feare and dreade of you vppoÌ„ all londes whether ye shall come as he hath sayed vnto you Beholde I sect before you this daye a blessynge and a curse a blessynge yf that ye herkeÌ„ vnto the commaundmentes of the Lorde youre God which I coÌ„mauÌ„de you this daye And a curse yf ye will not herkeÌ„ vnto the coÌ„maundmentes of the Lord youre God but turne out of the waye which I commauÌ„de you this daye to goo after straunge goddes which ye haue not knowen When the Lorde thi God hath brought the in to the londe whother thou goest to possesse it then put the blessinge vppon mount Grisim and the curse vppon mount Ebal which are on the other syde Iordane on the backe side of the waye towarde the goynge doune of the sonne in the loÌ„de of the Cananites which dwell in the feldes ouer agenst Gilgal besyde moregroue For ye shall goo ouer to goo and possesse the londe which the Lorde youre God geueth you and shall conquere it aÌ„d dwell there in Take hede therfore that ye doo al the coÌ„maundmentes and lawes which I sett before you this daye The .xij. Chapter THese are the ordinaunces and lawes which ye shall obserue to doo in the londe which the Lorde God of thy fathers geueth the to possesse it as longe as ye lyue vppon the erth Se that ye destroye all places where the nacyons which ye conquere serue their goddes vppon hye mountaynes and on hye hilles and vnder euery grene tree Ouerthrowe their alters and breake their pylers and burne their groues with fyre and hewdowne the ymages off theyr goddes and brynge the names of them to noughte out of that place Se ye doo not so vnto the Lorde youre God but ye shall enquere the place which the Lorde youre God shall haue chosen out of all youre trybes to put his name there and there to dwell And thyther thou shalt come and thyther ye shall brynge youre burntsacryfices and youre offerynges youre tithes and heueofferynges
commaundest me I haue not ouerskypped thy commaundmentes nor forgetten them I haue not eaten thereof in my moornynge nor taken awaye thereof vnto any vnclennesse nor spente thereof aboute any deed corse but haue herkened vnto the uoyce of the Lorde my God and haue done after all that he commauÌ„ded me loke doune from thy holy habitacyon heauen and blesse thy people Israel and the lande which thou hast geuen vs as thou swarest vnto oure fathers a lond that floweth with mylke and honye This daye the Lorde thy God hath commaunded the to doo these ordinaunces and lawes Kepe them therfore and doo them with all thyne hert and all thy soule Thou hast sett vpp the Lorde this daye to be thy God and to walke in hys wayes and to kepe his ordinaunces his commaundmentes and his lawes and to herken vnto his voyce And the Lord hath sett the vp this daye to be a seuerall people vnto him as he hath promysed the and that thou kepe his commaundmentes and to make the hye aboue all nacyons which he hath made in prayse in name and honoure that thou mayst be an holy people vnto the Lord thy God as he hath sayed The .xxvij. Chapter ANd Moses with the elders of Israel coÌ„maunded the people sayenge kepe all the commaundmentes whiche I commaunde you this daye And when ye be come ouer Iordayne vnto the londe which the Lorde thy God geueth the sett vpp greate stones and playster them with playster and write vpoÌ„ theÌ„ all the wordes of this lawe when thou arte come ouer that thou mayst come in to the londe whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the a londe that floweth with mylke and honye â–ª as the Lorde God off thy fathers hath promysed the. When ye be come ouer Iordayne se that ye set vpp these stones which I commaunde you this daye in mount Eball and playster them with playster And there bylde vnto the Lord thy God an altare of stones and se thou lifte vpp no yerne uppon them But thou shalt make the altare of the Lorde thy God of rughstones and offer burntoffrynges thereon vnto the Lorde thy God And thou shalt offer peaceof frynges and shalt eate there and reioyse before the Lorde thy God And thou shalt write vppon the stones all the wordes of this lawe manyfestly and well And Moses with the preastes the Leuites spake vnto all Israel sayenge take hede aÌ„d heare Israel this daye thou art become the people of the Lorde thy God Herken therfore vnto the voyce of the Lorde thi God aÌ„d do his coÌ„maundmeÌ„tes aÌ„d his ordinaunces which I commaunde you this daye And Moses charged the people the same daye sayenge these shall stonde vppon mount Grisim to blesse the people when ye are come ouer lordayne Symeon Leui Iuda Isachar Ioseph and Ben Iamin And these shall stonde apon mount Eball to curse Ruben Gad Asser Zabulon Dan and Neptaly And the Leuites shall beginne aÌ„d say vnto all the men of Israel wiâ—h a loude voyce Cursed be he that maketh any carued image or image of metall an abhominacion vnto Here of take the popes an occasioÌ„ to curse .iiij. tymes in the yere the Lorde the worke of the handes of the craftesman and putteth it in a secrett place And all the people shall answere and saye Amen Cursed be he that curseth his father or hys mother and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that remoueth his neghbours marke and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that maketh the blynde goo out off his waye and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that hyndreth the right of the straunger â–ª fatherlesse and wedowe and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that lieth with his fathers wife because he hath opened his fathers coueringe aÌ„d all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that lieth with any maner beest and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that lieth with his syster whether she be the doughter of his father or off his mother and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in lawe and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that smyteth his neghboure secretly and all the people shall saye AmeÌ„ Cursed be he that taketh a rewarde to flee innocent bloude and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that maÌ„tayneth not all the wordes of this lawe to doo them aÌ„d all the people shall saye Amen ¶ The .xxviij. Chapter YF thou shalt herken diligently vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to obserue and to do all his commaundmentes whiche I commaunde the this daye The Lorde wil set the an hye aboue all nacions of the erth And all these blessynges shall come on the and ouer take the yf thou shalt herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God Blessed shalt thou be in the towne and blessed in the feldes blessed shal be the frute of thy body the frute of thy grounde and the frute of thy catell the frute of thine oxen and thy flockes of shepe blessed shall thine almery be aÌ„d thy store Blessed shalt thou be both when thou goest out aÌ„d blessed wheÌ„ thou comest in The Lorde shall smyte thyne enemyes that ryse agenst the before thy face They shall come out agenst the one waye and flee before the seuen wayes The Lorde shal commaunde the blessynge to be with the in thy store housses aÌ„d in all that thou settest thine hande to and will blesse the in the lande which the Lord thi god geueth the. The Lorde shall make the an holye people vnto himselfe as he hath sworen vnto the yf thou shalt kepe the commaundmentes of the Lorde thy God and walke in hys wayes And all nacyons of the erthe shall se that thou arte called after the name of the Lorde and they shal be aferde off the. And the Lorde shall make the plenteous in goodes in the frute of thy body in the frute off thy catell and in the frute of thy grounde in the londe whiche the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers to geue the. The Lorde shall open vnto the his good treasure euen the heauen to geue rayne vnto thy londe in due ceason and to blesse all the laboures of thine hande And thou shalt lende vnto many nacyoÌ„s but shalt not nede to borowe thy selfe And the Lorde shall sett the before and not behinde and thou shalt be aboue only and not beneth yf that thou herken vnto the commaundmentes of the Lorde thy God which I commaunde the this daye to kepe and to doo them And se that thou bowe not from any of these wordes which I commaunde the this daye ether to the right hande or to the lefte that thou woldest goo after straung goddes to serue them But and yf thou wilt not herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe and to doo all his commaundmentes and ordinaunces which I commaunde the this daye then all these curses shall come
vnto the Lorde thi God aÌ„d herken vnto his voyce acordinge to all that I coÌ„maunde the this daye both thou and thi childern with all thine hert and all thi soule Then the Lorde thi God wil turne thi captiuite aÌ„d haue coÌ„ppassion vpoÌ„ the aÌ„d goo aÌ„d fett the agayne from all the nacions amoÌ„ge which the Lorde thi God shall haue scatered the. Though thou wast cast vnto the extreme partes of heauen euen from thence will the Lorde thi God gather the and from thence fett the and brynge the in to the lande which thi fathers possessed and thou shalt enioye it And he will shewe the kyndnesse and multiplye the aboue thi fathers And the Lorde thi God will circumcyse thine hert and the hert of thi seed for to loue the Lorde thi God with all thine hert and all thi soule that thou mayst lyue And the Lorde thi God will put al these curses vpoÌ„ thine enemyes and on theÌ„ that hate the and persecute the. But thou shalt turne and herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde and doo all his commaundmentes which I commaunde the this daye And the Lorde thi God will make the plenteous in all the workes of thine hande and in the frute of thi bodye in the frute of thi catell and frute of thi lande and in riches For the Lorde will turne agayne and reioyse ouer the to doo the good as he reioysed ouer thi fathers Yf thou herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe his commaundmentes and ordynaunces which are written in the boke of this lawe yf thou turne vnto the Lord thi God with all thine hert and all thi soule For the commaundment which I commaunde the this daye is not separated from the nether ferre of It is not in heauen that thou neadest to saye who shall goo vpp for us in to heauen and fett it us that we maye heare it aÌ„d doo it Nether is it beyonde the see that thou shuldest saye who shall goo ouer see for us and fett â—t us that we maye heare it and doo it But the worde is very nye vnto the euen in thi mouth and in thine hert that thou doo it Beholde I haue sett before you this daye lyfe and good deeth and cuell in that I commaunde the this daye to loue the Lorde thi God and to walke in his wayes and to kepe his commaundementes his ordynaunces and his lawes that thou mayst lyue and multipye and that the Lorde thy God man blesse the in the londe whother thou goest to possesse it But and yf thyne hert turne awaye so that thou wilt not heare but shalt goo astraye and worshepe straunge goddes and serue them I pronounce vnto you this daye that ye shal surely peresh and that ye shall not prolonge youre dayes vppon the londe whother thou passest ouer Iordayne to goo and possesse it I call to recorde this daye vnto you heauen and erth that I haue sett before you lyfe and deeth blessynge and cursynge but chose lyfe that thou and thi seed maye lyue in that thou louest the Lorde thi God herkenest vnto his voyce and cleauest vnto him For he is thi life and the lengthe of thi dayes that thou mayst dwell vppon the erth which the Lorde sware vnto thi fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob to geue them The .xxxi. Chapter ANd Moses went and spake these wordes vnto all Israel and sayed vnto them I am an hundred aÌ„d .xx. yere olde this daye aÌ„d can nomoare goo out and in Also the Lorde hath sayed vnto me thou shalt not go ouer this Iordayne The Lord youre God he will go ouer before the aÌ„d he will destroye these nacions before the aÌ„d thou shalt coÌ„quere theÌ„ And Iosua he shall goo ouer before the as the Lorde hath sayed And the Lorde shall doo vnto them as he dyd to Sihon aÌ„d Og kynges of the Amorites aÌ„d vnto their landes which kinges he destroyed And when the Lorde hath delyuered them to the se that ye doo vnto them acordynge vnto all the coÌ„maundmentes which I haue coÌ„maunded you Plucke vpp youre hartes and be stronge dreade not nor be aferde of them for the Lorde thi God him selfe will goo with the and wil nether let the goo nor forsake the And Moses called vnto Iosua and sayed vnto him in the sighte of all Israel Be stroÌ„ge and bolde for thou must goo with this people vnto the londe which the Lorde hath sworne vnto their fathers to geue them and thou shalt geue it them to enheret And the Lorde he shall goo before the aÌ„d he shall be with the and wil not let the goo nor forsake the feare not therfore nor be discomforted And Moses wrote this lawe and delyuered it vnto the preastes the sonnes of Leui which bare the arke of the testament of the Lorde and vnto all the elders of Israel and commaunded them sayenge At the ende of .vij. yere in the tyme of the fre yere in the fest of the tabernacles when all Israel is come to appere before the Lorde thi God in the place which he hath chosen se that thou reade this lawe before all Israel in their eares Gather the people together both men wemen and childern and the straungers that are in thi cities that they maye heare lerne and feare the Lorde youre God and be diligent to kepe all the wordes of this lawe and that theyr childern which knowe nothinge maye heare and lerne to feare the Lorde youre God as longe as ye lyue in the londe whother ye goo ouer Iordayne to possesse it And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses Beholde thy dayes are come that thou must dye Call Iosua and come and stonde in the tabernacle of witnesse that I maye geue him a charge And Moses and Iosua went and stode in the tabernacle off witnesse And the Lorde apeared in the tabernacle euen in the pyler off the cloude And the piler of the cloude stode ouer the dore of the tabernacle And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses beholde thou must slepe with thi fathers and this people will goo a whorynge after straunge goddes off the londe whother they goo and will forsake me and breake the appoyntement which I haue made with them And then my wrath will waxe whote agenst them and I will forsake them and will hyde my face from them and they shal be consumed And when moch aduersyte and tribulacion is come vppon them then they will saye because oure God is not amonge us these tribulacions are come vppon us But I wil hyde my face that same tyme for all the euels sake which they shall haue wrought in that they are turned vnto straunge goddes Now therfore write ye this songe and teach it the childern of Israel and put it in their mouthes that this songe maye be my witnesse vnto the childern of Israel For when I haue brought them in to the londe whiche I sware vnto their fathers that runneth with mylke aÌ„d honye then they will eate and fyll them selues and waxe
fatt and turne vnto straunge goddes and serue them and rayle on me and breake my testament And then when moch myschefe and tribulacion is come vppon them this songe shall answere before them and be a witnesse It shall not be forgetten out of the mouthes of their seed for I knowe their imaginacyon whiche they goo aboute euen now before I haue broughte them in to the londe which I sware And Moses wrote this songe the same season and taught it the childern of Israel And the Lorde gaue Iosua the sonne off Nun a charge and sayed be bolde and stronge for thou shalt brynge the childern of Israel in to the lond which I sware vnto them aÌ„d I will be with the. When Moses had made an ende of wrytynge out the wordes of this lawe in a boke vnto the ende of them he commaunded the Leuites which bare the arcke of the testameÌ„t of the Lorde sayenge take the boke off thys lawe and put it by the syde of the arcke of the testament of the Lorde youre God and let it be there for a witnesse vnto the. I For knowe thi stubernesse and thi stiffe necke beholde while I am yet a lyue with you this daye ye haue bene dishobedient vnto the Lorde aÌ„d how moch moare after my deeth Gather vnto me al the elders of youre trybes and youre officers that I maye speake these wordes in their eares and call heaueÌ„ aÌ„d erth to recorde agenst them For I am sure that after my deeth they will vtterly marre them selues and turne from the waye which I commaunded you and tribulacion will come vppon you in the later dayes when ye haue wrought welkednesse in the sight of the Lorde to prouoke him with the workes of youre handes And Moses spake in the eares of all the congregacion of Israel the wordes of this songe vnto the ende of them The .xxxij. Chapter HEare o heauen what I shall speake and heare o erth the wordes of my mouth My doctrine droppe as doeth the rayne aÌ„d my speach flowe as doeth the dewe as the mesellynge vpoÌ„ the herbes aÌ„d as the droppes vppoÌ„ the grasse For I wil call on the name of the Lorde Magnifie the might of oure God He is a rocke and perfecte are his deades for all his wayes are with discrecion God is faithfull and without wekednesse both rightuous and iuste is he The frowarde and ouerthwarte generacion hath marred them selues to him ward aÌ„d â—re not his sonnes for their deformities sake Doest thou so rewarde the Lorde O foolish nacyon aÌ„d vnwyse Is not he thy father aÌ„d thyne owner hath he not made the and ordeyned the Remembre the dayes that are past consydre the yeres from tyme to tyme. Axe thy father aÌ„d â—e will shewe the thyne elders and they wyll â—ell the. WheÌ„ the most hyghest gaue the nacyons an â—nheritaunce aÌ„d diuided the sonnes of Adam â—e put the borders of the nacions fast by the multitude of the childern of Israel For the Lordes parte is his folke aÌ„d Israel â—â— the porcion of his enheritaunce He founde him in a deserte londe in a voyde ground aÌ„d a rorynge wildernesse he led hiÌ„ aboute and gaue him vnderstondynge aÌ„d kepâ—â— him as the aple of his eye As an egle that stereth vpp hyr nest and â—â—otereth ouer hyr younge he stretched oute â—is wynges and toke hym vpp and bare hym on his shulders The Lorde alone was his guyde and there was no straunge God with him He sett him vpp apon an hye londe and he ate the encrease of the feldes And he gaue hâ— honye to sucke out of the rocke aÌ„d oyle out of the harde stone With butter of the kyne and mylke of the shepe with fatt of the lambes aÌ„d fatt rammeâ— and he gootes with fatt kydneyes and with whete And of the bloude of grapes thou drâ—kest wyne And Israel waxed fatt and kyked Thou wast fatt thicke and smothe And he let God goo that made hiÌ„ and despysed the rocke that saued him They angred him with strauÌ„ge goddes aÌ„d with abhominacions prouoked him They offered vnto feldedeuels and not to God aÌ„d to goddes which they knewe not aÌ„d to newe goddes that came newly vpp whiche their fathers feared not Of the rocke that begat the thou arte vnâ— myndefull and hast forgott God that made the. And when the Lorde sawe it he was angre because of the prouokynge of his sonnes and doughters And he sayed I will hyde my face from theÌ„ and will se what their ende shall be For they are a froward generacion aÌ„d childern in whoÌ„ is no fayth They haue angred me with that whiche is no god and prouoked me with their vanities And I agayne will angre them with theÌ„ whiche are no people and will prouoke theÌ„ with â— foelish nacion For fire is kyndled in my wrath aÌ„d shal burne vnto the botome of hee ll And shall consume the erth with her encrease and set a fire the botoms of the mountaynes I will hepe myscheues vpon the aÌ„d will speÌ„de all myne arowes at them Burnt with hungre aÌ„d consumed with heet and with bitter pestilence I will also sende the â—ethe of beestes vppon them and poyson serpentes Without forth the swerde shall robbe theÌ„ off theire childern and wythin in the chamber feare both younge men and younge wemen and the suckelynges with the meÌ„ of gray â—eedes I haue determened to scater theÌ„ therowout â—e worlde aÌ„d to make awaye the remeÌ„braunce of them from amonge men Were it not that I feared the raylynge off their enemyes lest theire aduersaries woâ—de be prowde and saye oure hye hande hath done aâ— these workes and not the Lorde For it is a nacion that hath an vnhappye forcast and hath no vnderstonge in them â— wolde they ware wyse and vnderstode this aÌ„d wolde consider their later ende Howe it cometh that one shall chace â— thousande and two putt ten thousande ofâ— them to flyghte excepte theire rocke had solde them and because the Lorde had delyuered them For oure rocke is not as their rocke no though oure enemyes be iudge But their vynes are of the vynes of Sodom and of the feldes of Gomorra Their grapes are grapes of gall and theire clusters be bytter Their wyne is the poyson of dragons aÌ„d the cruell gall of aspes Are not soch thinges layed in store with me â–ª aÌ„d seeled vpp amonge my treasures Vengeaunce is myne and I will rewarde their fete shall slyde when the tyme cometh For the tyme of their destruction is at honde and the tyme that shall come vppon them maketh hast For the Lorde will doo iustice vnto hys people and haue compassion on his servauntes For it shal be sene that theire power shall fayle and at the last they shal be presoned and forsaken And it shal be sayed where are their goddes aÌ„d their rocke wherein they trusted The fatt of whose sacrifices they ate and drancke the wyne of their drynckofferynges let them ryse vpp and helpe you and be youre protection Se now
wyll not destroy from henceforth all that â—yveth as I haue done Nether shall sowynge â—yme and haruest colde and hete somere â—yn * This lawe and soch like to exequute were kinges and rulars ordey ned of God wherfore they ought not to suffre the popes Caimes thus to shede bloud their 's not shed ageyne neth er yet to sett vpp their ab hominable seÌ„tuaryes necke verses cleane agenste the ordinaunce of god but vn to their daÌ„nacyon â—er daye and nyghte ceasse as longe as the erth endureth ¶ The .ix. Chapter ANd God blessed Noâ— and his sonnes and sayd vnto them â–ª Increase and multiplye and fyll the ertâ— The feare also and drede of yow be vppon all beastes of the erth and vppon all foules of the ayre aÌ„d vppon all that crepeth on the erth and vppon all fyshes of the see which are geuen vnto youre handes And all that moveth vppon the erth havynge lyfe shall be youre meate Euen as yâ— grene herbes so geue I yow all thyn â—e Only the flesh with his life which is his â—loud se that ye eate not â— For verely the bloude of yow wherein youre ly â—es are wyll I requyre EueÌ„ of the hande of all â—eastes wyll I requyre it And of the hande of â—an and of the hand off euery mannes brother â—yll I requyre the lyfe of man so yâ— he which â—hedeth mannes bloude shall haue hys bloud â—hed by man agayne for God made man after â—is awne lycknesse See that ye encrease and â—axe and be occupyde vppon the erth multiplye therein Farthermore God spake vnto Noe to hys sonnes wyth hym saynge see I make my boÌ„d wyth you and youre seed after you and wyth all lyvynge thinge that is wyth you both foule and catell and all maner beste of the erth that is wyth yow of all that commeth out of the arke what soeuer beste of the erth it be I make my bonde wyth yow that hence forth all flesh shall not be destroyed wyth that waters of any floud aÌ„d that hence forth there shall not be a floud to destroy the erth And God sayd This is the token of my boÌ„de which I make betwene me and yow aÌ„d betwene all lyvynge thyng that is with yow for ever I wyll sette my bowe in the cloudes and â—â— shall be a sygne of the appoyntment made betwene me and the erth So that when I bryng in cloudes vpoÌ„ yâ— erth the bowe shall appere in yâ— cloudes And than wyll I thynke vppon my testament which I haue made betwene me and yow and all that lyveth what soeuer flesh it be â–ª So that henceforth there shall be nomore waâ—ters to make a floud to destroy all flesh The bowe shal be in the cloudes and I wyl loke vpon it to remembre the euerlastynge testment betwene God and all that lyveth vppoâ— the erth what soeuer flesh it be And God sayd vnto Noe This is the sygne of the testamenâ— which I have made betwene me and all flesh is on the erth The sonnes of Noe that came out of the aâ—â— ke were Gem Ham and Iapheth And Ham he is the father of CanaaÌ„ These are the .iij. sonnes of Noe and of these was all the world overspred And Noe beynge an husbaÌ„d man went furth and planted a vyneyarde and draneke of the wyne and was droncke and laye vncouered in the myddest of his â—eÌ„t And Ham the father of Canaan sawe his fathers preuytees tolde his ij brethren that were wythout And Sem and Iapheth toke a mantell and put it on both there shuldere aÌ„d went backward aÌ„d covered there fathers secrets but there faces were backward So that they sawe not there fathers nakydnes As soone as Noe was awaked froÌ„ his wyne and wyst what his yongest sonne had done vnto hym he sayd cursed be Canaan aÌ„d a seruante of all seruantes be he to his brethren And he sayd Blessed be the LORde God of SeÌ„ and Canaan be his seruante God increase Iapheth that he may dwelle in the tentes of Sem. And Canaan be their seruante And Noe lyued after the floude .iij. hundred and .l. yere So that all the dayes of Noe were ix hundred and .l. yere aÌ„d than he dyed The .x. Chapter THese are the generations of the sonnes of Noe of Gem Ham and Iapheth which begat them children after the floude The sonnes of Japheth were Gomyr Magog Madai Jauan Tuball Mesech and Thy ras And the sonnes of Gomyr were Ascenas Riphaâ— and Togarma And the sonnes of Jauan were Elisa Tharsis Cithim and Dodanim Of these came the Iles of the gentylls in there contres every man in his speach kynred and nation The sonnes of Ham were Chus Misraim Phut and Canaan The sonnes of Chus were Seba Heuila Sabta Rayma and Sabâ—ema And the sonnes of Rayma were Sheba De dan. Chus also begot Nemrod which begaÌ„ to be myghtye in the erth He was a myghtie hunter in the syghte of the LORde Where of came the proverbe he is as Nemrod that myghtie hunter in the syghte of the LORde And the begynnynge of hys kyngdome was Babell Erech Achad and Chalne in the lande of Synear Out of that lande came Assur and buylded Ninyue and the cyte reho both and Calah And Ressen betwene Ninyue aÌ„d Chalah That is a grete cyte And Mizraim begat ludim Enanum Leabim Naphtuhim Pathrusim Castuhim from whence came the Philystyns and the Capthâ—herynes Canaan also begat zidon his eldest sonne Heth Jebusi Emori Girgosi Him Arki Si ni Aruadi Zemari and hamaâ— And afterward sprange the kynreds of the Canaanytes And the costes of the Canaanytes were froÌ„ Sydon tyll thou come to â—erara to Asa tyll thou come to Sodoma Gomorra Adama Zeboim eveÌ„ vnto Lasa These were the chyldre of Ham in there kynreddes tonges landes and nations And Sem the father of all yâ— childreÌ„ of Eber and the eldest brother of Japheth begat children also And his sonnes were Elam Assur Arphachsad Lud aÌ„d Aram. And the childree of Aram were Vz Hul Gether Mas And Arphachsad begat Sala and Sala begat Eber. And Eber begat .ij. sonnes The name of the one was Peleg for in his tyme the erth was devyded And the name of his brother was Jaketan Jaketan begat Almodad Saleph Hyzarmoneth Jarah Hadoram Vsal Dikela Obal Abimael Seba Ophir Heuila Jobab All these are the sonnes of Jaketan And the dwellynge of them was from Mesâ— vntill thou come vnto Sephara a mountayne of the easte lande These are the sonnes o Sem in their kynreddes languages contrees and nations These are the kynreddes of the sonnes of Noe in their generations and nations And of these came the people that were in the world after the floude ¶ The .xi. chapter ANd all the world was of one tonge and one language And as they came from the east they founde a playne in the lande of Synear and there they dwelled And they sayd one to another come on let us
is no moare left for my lorde but euen oure bodies and oure londes Wherfore latest thou us dye before thyne eyes and the londe to goo to noughte bye us and oure landes for bread and let both vs and oure londes be bonde to Pharao Eeue vs seed â–ª that we may lyue not dye that the londe god not to wast And Joseph boughte all the lande of Egipte for Pharao For the Egiptians solde euery man his londe because the derth was sore apoÌ„ them and so the londe became Pharaos And he appoynted the people vnto the cities from one syde of Egipte vnto the other only the londe of the Prestes bought he not For there was an ordinauÌ„ce made by Pharao for yâ— * The bliÌ„de gydes gett previleges froÌ„ beariÌ„ge with their brethreÌ„ contrarye to Christes lawe of love And of these prestes of idolles did â—ure coÌ„passiÌ„ge yvetrees lerne to crepe vp by litle litle to coÌ„passe yâ— greate trees of the world with hypocrisye aÌ„d to thrust yâ— roâ—es of idola tysse superâ—tition in to heÌ„ to su 〈…〉 out yâ—â—uce f theÌ„ with heir poeâ—â—ye till all be seer bowes and no thinge grene save their awne comâ— welth pre astes that they shulde eate that which was appoynted vnto them which Pharao had geuen them wherfore they solde not their londes Then Ioseph sayde vnto the folke beholde I haue boughte you this daye aÌ„d youâ—e landes for Pharao Take there seed and goo sowe the londe And of the encrease ye shall geue the fyfte parte vnto Pharao and .iiij. partee shal be youre awne for seed to sowe the feld and for you and them of youre housholdes and for youre childern to eate And they answered Thou haste saued oure lyves Let vs fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde and let us he Pharaos servauÌ„tes And Ioseph made it a lawe ouer the laÌ„de of Egipte vnto this daye that men must geue Pharao the fyfte parte excepte the londe of the preastes only which was not bond vnto Pharao And Israel dwelt in Egipte euen in the countre of Gosan And they had their possessions therein and they grewe and multiplyed exceadingly Moreouer Iacob lyued in the lande of Egipte .xvij. yeres so that the hole age of Iacob was an hundred and .xlvij. yere When the tyme drewenye that Israel must dye he sent for his sonne Ioseph and sayde vnto him Yf I haue founde grace in thy syghte put thy hande vnder my thye and deale mercifully aÌ„d truely with me that thou burie me not in Egipte but let me lye by my fathers and câ—rie me out of Egipte and burie me in their buryall And he answered I will do as thou hast sayde And he sayde swere vnto me aÌ„d he sware vnto him And than Israel bowed him vnto the beddes head The .xlviij. Chapter AFter these deades tydiÌ„ges were brought vnto Ioseph that his father was seke And he toke with him his ij â—oÌ„nes Manasses and Ephraim Then was it sayde vnto Iacob beholde thy sonne Ioseph commeth vnto the. And Israel toke his strength vnto him and satt vp on the bedd and sayde vnto Ioseph God allmightie appeared vnto me at â—us in the lande of Canaan aÌ„d blessed me and sayde vnto me beholde I will make the growe and will multiplye the and will ma ke a great nombre of people of the and will geue this lande vnto the and vnto thy seed after yâ— vnto an euerlastinge possession Now therfore thy .ij. soÌ„nes Manasses aÌ„d Ephraim which were borne vnto the before I came to the into Egipte shal be myne euen as Ruben and SimeoÌ„ shall they be vnto me And the childern which thou getest after them shal be thyne awne but shal be caller with the names of their brethern in their enheritaunces And after I came from Mesopotamia Rabel dyed apon my â—ande in the lande of CanaaÌ„ by the waye when I had but a feldes brede to goo vnto Ephrat And I buried her there in the waye to Ephrat which is now called Bethlehem And Israel behelde Iosephes sonnes sayde what are these And Ioseph sayde vnto his father they are my sonnes which God hath geuen me here And he sayde brynge them to me and let me blesse them And the eyes of Israell were dymme for age so that he coude not see And he broughte them to him aÌ„d he kyssed theÌ„ and embraced them And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph I had not thoughte to haue sene thy face and yet loo God hath shewed it me and also thy seed And Ioseph toke them awaye from his lappe and they fell on the grounde before him Than toke Ioseph them both Ephraim in his ryghte hande towarde Israels left hande aÌ„d Manasses in his left hande towarde Israels ryghte hande and brought them vnto him And Israel stretched out his righte hande and layde it apon Ephraims head which was the yonger and his lyft haÌ„de apon Manasses heed crossinge his handes for manasses was the elder And he blessed Ioseph saynge God before whome my fathers Abraham and Isaac dyd walâ—e and the God which hath fedd me all my life longe vnto this daye And the angell which hath delyuered me froÌ„ all euyll blesse these laddes that they maye be called after my name and after my father Abraham and Isaac and that they maye growe aÌ„d multiplie apâ— the erth When Ioseph sawe that his father layd his ryghte hande apon the heade of Ephraim it displeased him And he lifte vpp his fathers haÌ„de to haue removed it from Ephraims head vnto Manasses head and sayde vnto his father Not so my father for this is the eldest Put thy right hande apon his head And his father wold not but sayde I â—nowe it well my sonne I â—nowe it well He shal be also a people aÌ„d shal be great But of a troth his yonger brother shal be greatter than he and his seed shall be full of people And he blessed them sainge At the ensample of these the Israelites shall blesse and saye God maâ—e the as Ephraim and as Manasses Thus sett he Ephraim before Manasses And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph beholde I dye And god shal be with you and bringe you agayne vnto the land of youre fathers Moreover I geue vnto the a porcyon of lande aboue thy brethern which I gatt out of the handes of the Amooâ—tes with my swerde and wyth my bowe The .xlix. Chapter ANd Iacob called for his sonnes aÌ„d sayde come together that I maye tell you what shall happeÌ„ you in the last dayes Gather you together and heare ye sonnes of Iacob and herâ—en vnto Israel youre father Ruben thou art myne eldest sonne my myghte and the begynnynge of my strength chefe in receauynge and chefe in power As vnstable as water wast thou thou shalt therfore not be the chefest for thou wenst vp vpoÌ„ thy fathers bedd and than defyledest thou my couche with goynge vppe The brethern Simeon and Leui weked instrumentes are their wepoÌ„s In to their secrettes come
and a lambe bothe two of a yere olde and without blemysh for a burntsacrifice and an oxe and a ram for peaceoffrynges to offer before the Lorde and a meateofferyng myngled with oyle for to daye the Lorde will appere vnto you And they brought that which Moses commaunded vnto the tabernacle of witnesse aÌ„d all the people came and stode before the Lorde And Moses sayde this is the thynge which the Lorde commaunded that ye shulde do aÌ„d then the glorye of the Lorde shall appere vnto you And Moses sayde vnto Aaron go vnto the alter and offer thy synneofferynge and make an attonement for the and for the people and then offer the offerynge of the people and reconcyle them also as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And Aaron went vnto the alter and slewe the calfe that was his synneoffrynge And the sonnes of Aaron broughte the bloude vnto him and he dypte his finger in the bloude and put it apon the hornes of the alter and poured the bloude vnto the botome of the alter And the fatt and the two kydneyes with the kall of the lyuer of the synneoffrynge he burnt vppon the alter as the Lorde commaunded Moses but the flesh and the hyde he burnt with fyre without the hoste After warde he slewe the burntofferynge aÌ„d Aarons sonnes brought the bloude vnto him and he sprinkled it rounde aboute apon the alter And they brought the burntofferynge vnto him in peces and the heed also and he burnt it apon the alter and dyd wasshe the inwardes and the legges and burnt them also apon the burntofferynge in the alter And than he broughte the peoples offerynge and toke the goote that was the peoples synneofferynge and slewe it and offered it for a synofferynge as he dyd the first And then broughte the burntofferynge and offered it as the maner was and broughte the meatofferynge and fylled his hande thereof and burnt it apon the alter besydes the burntsacrifyce in the mornynge Then he slewe the oxe and the ram that were the peoples peaseofferynges and Aarons sonnes broughte the bloude vnto him and he sprinkled it apon the alter rounde aboute and toke the fatt of the oxe and of the ram the roÌ„pe and the fatt that couereth the inwardes and the kydneyes and the kall of the lyuer and put them apon the brestes and burnt it apon the alter but the brestes and the righte shulders Aaron waued before the Lorde as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And Aaron lifte vpp his hande ouer the people Of soch places the bisshopes toke their domme blessynge with ij fingers But numery vâ— thou maist read the goodly prayer of his blessynge and blessed theÌ„ and came doune from offerynge of synofferynges burntofferynges aÌ„d peaseofferynges Then Moses and Aaron weÌ„t into the tabernacle of witnesse and came out agayne and blessed the people and the glorye of the Lorde apered vnto all the people And there came a fyre out from before the Lorde and consumed apon the alter the burntofferynge and the fatt And all the people sawe it and showted and fell on their faces ¶ The X. Chapter Hereof ye se the frute of a mans good entent with out Godsword As we maye do nolesse so doeth this ensample teach that we maye do no moare than is coÌ„maunded ANd Nadab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron toke ether of them his censor aÌ„d put fyre therein and put cens apoÌ„ and broughte straunge fyre before the Lorde which he coÌ„maunded theÌ„ not and there went a fyre out froÌ„ the Lorde and coÌ„sumed theÌ„ and they dyed before the Lorde Then Moses sayde vnto AaroÌ„ this is it that the Lorde spake saynge I will be God is sanctified when we obey him aÌ„d mortify oure wyll to doo his sanctifyed in them that come nye me aÌ„d before all the people I wil be glorifyed And Aaron helde his pease And Moses called Misael and ElesaphaÌ„ the sonnes of Vsiel the vncle of Aaron and sayde vnto theÌ„ goo to and carye youre brethreÌ„ from the holy place out of the hoste And they went to them and caryed them in their albes out of the hoste as Moses bad And Moses sayde vnto Aaron and vnto Eleazar and Ithamar his eldest sonnes vncouer not youre heed nether rent youre clothes lest ye dye and wrath come apon all the people lettyoure brethren the hole house of Israel bewepe the burnynge which the Lorde hath burnt But goo ye not out from the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse lest ye dye for the anoyntynge oyle of the Lorde is apon you And they dyd as Moses bad And the Lorde spake vnto Aaron saynge Oure prelates be drâ—â—ke with desyre of honoure and haue brought the world oute of their wittes to satisfie their lustes and liue not sobirly to teach vs what christ commaunded by the 〈…〉 of the appostels drynke no wyne nor stronge drynke nether thou nor thi sonnes with the when ye go in to the tabernacle of witnesse lest ye dye And let it be a lawe foreuer vnto youre childern after you that ye maye put difference betwene holy and vnholy and betwene vnclene and clene and that ye maye teach the childern of Israel all the ordynaunces which the Lorde hath coÌ„maunded them by the handes of Moses And Moses sayde vnto Aaron and vnto Eleazar aÌ„d Ithamar his sonnes that were lefte take the meatofferynge that remayneth of the sacrifyces of the Lorde and eate it without leuen besyde the alter for it is most holy eate it therfore in the holy place because it is thi dutye and thi sonnes dutye of the sacrifyce of the Lorde for so I am commaunded And the wauebrest and heueshulder eate in a clene place both thou and thy sonnes and thy doughters with the. For it is thy dutye and thy sonnes dutye with the of the peaceofferynges off the childern of Israel For the heueshulder aÌ„d the wauebrest whiche they brynge with the sacrifices of the fatt to waue it before the Lorde shal be thyne and thy sonnes with the and be a lawe for euer as the Lorde hath commaunded And Moses soughte for the goote that was the synneofferynge and se it was burnt And he was angrye with Eleazar and Ithamar the sonnes of Aaron which were lefte alyue sayenge wherefore haue ye not eaten the synneofferynge in the holy place seynge it is most holye and for as moch as it is geuen you to bere the synne of the people and make agrement for them before the Lorde Beholde the bloude of it was not brought in within the holy place therfore shulde ye haue eaten it in the holy place as I commaunded And Aaron sayde vnto Moses behold this daye haue they offered their The offeringes must haue bene eaten in gladnesse but Aaron coude not but morne for his sonnes synneoffrynge and their burntoffrynge before the Lorde and it is chaunced me after thys maner Yf I shulde eate of the synneofferynge to daye wolde the Lorde be content with all And when Moses herde that he was content
¶ The .xj. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge speake vnto the childrē of Israel and saye these are the beestes whiche ye shall eate amonge all the beestes that are on the erth what soeuer hath hoffe and dyuydeth it in to two clawes ād cheweth cud among the beestes that shall ye eate Neuerthelesse these shall ye not eate of them that chewe cud and haue hoffes The camel for he cheweth cud but he deuydeth not the hoffe in to two clawes therfore he shall be vnclene vnto you And the Conye for he cheweth the cud but deuydeth not the hoffe in to two clawes therfore he is vnclene to you And the hare for he likewise cheweth the cud but deuydeth not the hoffe in to two clawes he is therfore vnclene to you And the swyne for though he deuyde the hoffe in to two clawes yet he cheweth not the cud ād therfore is vnclene to you Of their flesh see that ye eate not ād their carkasses se that ye twych no◠for they are vnclene to you These shall ye eate of all that are in the waters what soeuer hath finnes and skales in the waters sees and ryuers that shall ye eate And all that haue not finnes ād skales in the sees ād ryuers of all that moue and lyue in the waters shall ye abhorre Se that ye eate not of their flesh ād also that ye abhorre their carkases for all that haue no finnes nor scales in the waters shal be abhominacion vnto you These are the foules which ye shall abhorre and which shall not be eaten for they are an abhominacion The egle the gooshauke the cormoraunte the kyte the vultur and all his kynd and all kynde of rauens the estrich the nightcrowe the cocow the sparowhauke and al the kynde the litle oule the storcke the great oule the backe the pellicane the pye the heron the laye with the kynde the lappwynge ād the swalowe And all foules that crepe ād goo apō all iiij shal be an abhominacion vnto you Yet these maye ye eate of all the foules that moue and goo apon .iiij. fete euen those that haue no knees aboue vppon their fete to lepe with all apon the erthe euen these of them ye maye eate the arbe and all his kynde the Soleam with all his kynde the Hargol and all the kynde ād the Hagab ād all his kynd Al other foules that moue ād haue .iiij. fete shal be abhominacion vnto you In soch ye shal be vnclene whosoeuer touch the carkesse of thē shal be vnclene vnto the euen ād whosoeuer bereth the carkesse of thē shal wash his clothes ād shal be vnclene vntyll euen Amonge all maner beestes they that haue hoffes and deuyde them not in to two clawes or that chewe not the cud shal be vnclene vnto you and all that twicheth them shal be vncle ne And all that goeth apon his handes amonge all maner beestes that goo on all foure are vnclene vnto you and as many as twych their carkesses shal be vnclene vntyll the euen And he that beareth the carkesse of them shall wasshe his clothes ād be vnclene vntyll the euen for soch are vnclene vnto you And these are also unclene to you amonge the thinges that crepe apon the erth the wesell the mouse the tode and all his kynde the hedgehogge stellio the licerte the snayle and the moule These are vnclene to you amonge all that moue and all that twych them when they be dead shal be vnclene vntyll the euen And what soeuer any of the dead carkesses of them fall apon shal be vnclene what soeuer vessell of wodd it be or rayment or skynne or bagge or what soeuer thinge it be that any worke is wroughte with all And they shal be plunged in the water and be vnclene vntill the euē and then they shal be clene agayne All maner of erthen vessell where in to any of them falleth is vnclene with all that therein is and ye shall breake it All maner meate that is eaten yf any soch water come apon it it shall be vnclene And all maner drynke that is drōke in all maner soch vessels shal be vnclene And whether it be ouen or kettel it shal be broken For they are vnclene and shal be vnclene vnto you Neuerthelater yet the fountaynes ād welles and pondes of water shal be clene styll But whosoeuer twycheth their carkesses shall be vnclene Yf the dead carkesse of any soch fall apō any seed vsed to sowe yt shall yet be clene styll but ād yf any water be poured apō the seed ād afterward the dead carkesse of them fall thereō then it shal be vnclene vnto you Yf any beest of whiche ye eate dye he that twitcheth the dead carkesse shal be vnclene vn tyll the euen And he that eateth of any soche dead carkesse shall wasshe his clothes and remayne vnclene vntyll the euen And he also that beareth the carkesse of it shall wasshe his clothes and be vnclene vntyll euen All that scrauleth apon the erth is an abhominacyon and shall not be eaten And what soeuer goeth apon the brest ād what soeuer goeth apon .iiij. or moo fete amonge all that scrauleth apon the erth of that se ye eate not for they are abhomynable Make not youre soules abhominable Make not youre soules abhomynable with nothinge that crepeth nether make youre soules vnclene with them that ye shulde be defiled thereby For I am the Lorde youre God be sanctified therfore that ye maye be holy for I am holy and defile not youre soules with any maner thinge that crepeth apon the erth For I am the Lorde that brought you out of the londe off Egipte to be youre God be holy therfore for I am holy This is the lawe of beest and foule and off all maner thinge that lyueth ād moueth in the water ād of all thinges that crepe apō the erth that ye may put differēce betwene vnclene ād clene ād betwene the beestes that are eatē and the beestes that are not eaten ¶ The .xij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and sayde speake vnto the childern of Israel ād saye whē a womā hath conceaued ād hath borne a man childe she shal be vnclene .vij. dayes euen in like maner as when she is put aparte in tyme of hir naturall disease And in the viij daye the flesh of the childes foreskynne shal be cut awaye And she shall cōtynue in the bloude of hir purifienge .xxxiij. dayes she shal twytch no halowed thinge nor come in to the sanctuary vntyll the tyme of hir purifienge be out Yf she bere a maydehilde then she shal be vnclene two wekes as when she hath hir naturall disease And she shall contynue in the bloude of hir purifienge .lxvj. dayes And when the dayes of hir purifienge are out whether it be a sonne or a doughter she shall brynge a lambe of one yere olde for a burntoffrynge and a yonge pigeon or a turtill do ue for a