Assaph the sonne of Barachias and of the children of Merari their brethren Ethan the sonne of Cusaia and with them their brethren of the seconde course namely Zacharias Iaesiel Semiramoth Iehiel Vnni Eliab Benaia Maeseia Mathithia Elipheleia Mikneia Obed Edom Ieiel the dore kepers For Heman Assaph and Ethan were syngers with brasen belles makynge a loude noyse but Zacharias Iaesiel Semiramoth Iehiel Vnni Eliab Maeseia Benaia with Phalteries to Alamoth Mathithia Elipheleia Mikneia Obed Edom Ieiel Asasia with harpes to synge aboue them on hye Chenania the ruler of the Leuites was the master of Musick to teach them for to synge for he was a man of vnderstondinge And Barachias and Elcana were the dorekepers of the Arke But Sachamia Iosaphat Nathaneel Amasai Zacharias Benaia Elieser the prestes blewe the trompettes before y e Arke of God And Obed Edom and Iehia were dorekepers of the Arke So Dauid and the Elders of Israel and the captaynes ouer thousandes wente vp to fetch the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE out of the house of Obed Edom w t ioye And whan God had helped the Leuites y t bare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt there were offred seuen bullockes seuen raÌmes And Dauid had a lynneÌ garment vpoÌ him and so had all the Leuites y t bare the Arke and y e syngers and Chenania the master of Musick w t the syngers Dauid had an ouerbody cote of lynnen vpon him also Thus all Israel brought vp the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE with myrth with trompettes tabrettes loude Cymbales with psalteries and harpes Now whan the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE came in to the cite of Dauid Michol y e doughter of Saul loked out at awyndowe whaÌ she sawe kynge Dauid daunsynge playenge she despysed him in hir hert The XVII Chapter ANd whaÌ they brought in the Arke of God they set it in y e Tabernacle that Dauid had pitched for it and offred burnt offerynges thank offerynges before God And whaÌ Dauid had ended the burnt offerynges and thank offerynges he blessed the people in the name of the LORDE distributed vnto euery man in Israel both vnto man and woman a cake of bred and a pece of flesh and a meece of potage And he appoynted before the Arke of y e LORDE certayne Leuites to mynister that they shulde geue prayse thankes and loauinges vnto the LORDE God of Israel namely Assaph the first Zacharias the seconde Ieâel Semiramoth Iehiel Mathithia Eliab Benaia Obed Edom and Iehiel with psalteries and harpes But Assaph with loude Cymbales Benaia and Iehasiel the prestes with tabrettes allwaye before the Arke of y e couenaunt of God At the same tyme ordeyned Dauid first of all to geue thaÌkes vnto the LORDE by Assaph and his brethren O geue thankes vnto the LORDE call vpon his name tell the people what thinges he hath done O let youre songes be of him prayse him and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous workes Geue his holy name a good reporte let y e hert of them reioyce that seke the LORDE O seke the LORDE and his strength seke his face euermore RemeÌbre his maruelous workes that he hath done his wonders and the iudgmeÌtes of his mouth Ye sede of Israel his seruaunt ye children of Iacob his chosen He is the LORDE oure God his iudgmeÌtes are in all londes Be myndefull euer of his couenauÌt what he hath commaunded in to a thousande generacions Which he made with Abraham his ooth vnto Isaac And he comfirmed the same vnto Iacob for a perpetuall lawe and to Israel for an euerlastinge couenaunt And sayde Vnto the wyl I geue y e londe of Canaan y e metelyne of yo r inheritaunce WhaÌ they were yet but small fewe in noÌbre and straungers in the same londe And they wente from one nacion to another from one realme to another people He suffred no man to hurte them and reproued euen kynges for their sakes Touch not myne anoynted do my prophetes no harme O synge vnto y e LORDE let all y e earth be tellynge of his saluacion from daye to daye Declare his holynes amoÌge the HeytheÌ his wonderous workes amonge y e people For the LORDE is greate and can not worthely be praysed and more to he had in awe then all goddes As for all the goddes of the HeytheÌ they are but Idols but it is the LORDE that made the heauens Thankesgeuynge and worshipe are before him strength and ioye is in his place Ascrybe vnto the LORDE ye kynreds of nacions ascrybe vnto the LORDE worshipe and strength Ascrybe vnto the LORDE the honoure of his name brynge presentes and come before him and worshipe y e LORDE in y e bewtye of holynes Let the whole earth stoÌde in awe of him he hath made the compase of the worlde so fast that it can not be moued Let the heauens reioyse and let the earth be glad and let it be tolde amonge the Heythen that the LORDE reigneth Let the See make a noyse and the fulnesse therof let the felde be ioyfull and all that therin is Let all the trees in the wod leape for ioye before the LORDE for he commeth to iudge the earth O geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer And saye Helpe vs O God oure Sauioure and gather vs together and delyuer vs from the Heythen that we maye geue thankes vnto y e holy name and synge prayses vnto the in thy Psalmes Praysed be the LORDE God of Israel from euerlastinge to euerlastinge and let all people saye Amen And Prayse be vnto the LORDE So he lefte Assaph and his brethren there before the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE to mynister allwaye before the Arke euery daye his daye worke But Obed Edom and their brethren eight and threscore and Obed Edom the sonne of Iedithun and Hossa to be dore kepers And Sadoc y e prest his brethreÌ the prestes lefte he before the habitacion of the LORDE vpon the hye place at GibeoÌ to offre burntsacrifices daylie vnto the LORDE vpon the altare of burnt offerynges in the mornynge in the euenynge as it is wrytten in the lawe of the LORDE which he coÌmaunded vnto Israel And with them Heman Iedithun and y e other chosen which were named by name to geue thankes vnto the LORDE because his mercy endureth for euer And with them Heman Iedithun to stryke vpon the tabrettes and Cymbales and the musicall instrumentes of God As for the childreÌ of Iedithun he made them dorekepers So all the people departed euery one to his house and Dauid returned also to blesse his house The XVIII Chapter IT fortuned whaÌ Dauid dwelt in his house he sayde vnto y e prophet Nathan Beholde I dwell in a house of Ceder and the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE is amonge the curtaynes
yee as a tottringe wall shal ye be like a broken hedge Their deuyce is only how to put him out their delyte is iÌ lyes they geue good wordes w t their mouth but curse w t their herte Sela. Neuertheles my soule abydeth only vpon God for he is my God He only is my streÌgth my saluacion my defence so y t I shal not fall In God is my health my glory my might in God is my trust O put yo r trust in him allwaye ye people poure out yo r hertes before him for God is oure hope Sela. As for men they are but vayne meÌ are disceatfull vpoÌ the weightes they are al together lighter then vainte itself O trust not in wronge robbery geue not yo r selues vnto vanite yf riches increase set not yo r herte vpon them God spake once a worde twyse haue I herde the same that power belongeth vnto God That thou LORDE art mercifull that thou rewardest euery man acordinge to his workes The LXII A psalme of Dauid O God thou art my God early wil I seke the. My soule thursteth for the my flesh longeth after the in a bareÌ drie loÌde where no water is Thus do I loke for the in thy SaÌctuary that I might beholde y e power glory For thy louynge kyndnesse is better then life my lyppes shal prayse the. As loÌge as I liue wil I magnifie the lift vp my hondes in thy name My soule is satisfied eueÌ as it were with marry fatnesse when my mouth prayseth the with ioyfull lippes In my bedde wil I remembre y e wheÌ I wake my talkynge shal be of the. For thou hast bene my helper vnder the shadowe of y e wynges wil I reioyse My soule hangeth vpon the thy right honde vp holdeth me They seke after my soule but in vayne for they shal go vnder the earth They shal fall into the swerde be a porcioÌ for foxes But y e kynge shal reioyse in God all they that sweare by hym shal be commeÌded for the mouth of lyers shal be stopped The LXIII A psalme of Dauid HEare my voyce o God in my coÌplaynte preserue my life froÌ feare of y e enemie Hyde me from the gatheringe together of y e frowarde froÌ y e heape of wicked doere Which whette their tuÌges like a swerde shute w t their venimous wordes like as w t arowes That they maye preuely hurte y e innoceÌt sodeÌly to hit him w t out eny feare They haue deuysed myschefe and commoned amonge them selues how they maye laye snares tush saye they who shall se them They ymagin wickednesse and kepe it secrete amonge them selues euery man in y e depe of his herte But God shall sodenly shute with an arowe y t they shall be wounded Yee their âwne tunges shall make them fall In so moch that who so seyth theÌ shal laugh theÌ to scorne And all men that se it shal saye this hath God done for they shal perceaue y t it is his worke The rightuous shal reioyse in the LORDE and put his trust in him and all they y t are true off herte shal be glad therof The LXIIII. A psalme of Dauid THou o God art praysed in Sion and vnto the is the vowe perfourmed Thou hearest the prayer therfore coÌmeth all flesh vnto the. Oure myszdedes preuayle agaynst vs oh be thou mercyfull vnto âure synnes Blessed is the man whoÌ thou chosest and receauest vnto the that he maye dwell in thy courte he shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house euen off thy holy temple Heare vs acordinge vnto thy woÌderfull rightuousnesse o God oure saluacioÌ thou that art the hope of all the endes of y e earth and off the brode see Which in his strength setteth fast the mouÌtaynes is gyrded aboute with power Which stilleth y e ragiÌge of the see the roaringe off his wawes and the woodnes of the people They that dwell in y e vttemost partes are afrayed at thy tokens thou makest both the mornynge and euenynge starres to prayse ye. Thou visetest the earth thou watrest it and makest it very plenteous The ryuer of God is full of waters thou preparest man his corne aÌd thus thou prouydest for the earth Thou watrest hir forowes thou breakest the harde clottes therof thou makest it soft with y e droppes of rayne and blessest the increase of it Thou crownest the yeare with thy good and thy fotesteppes droppe fatnesse The dwellinges of the wildernes are fatt also y t they droppe withall the litle hilles are pleasaunt on euery syde The foldes are full of shepe the valleys stonde so thicke with corne y t they laugh and synge The LXV A psalme off Dauid O Be ioyfull in God all ye loÌdes synge prayses vnto the hono r of his name make his prayse to be glorious Saye vnto God O how wonderfull are thy workes thorow the greatnesse of thy power shal thine enemies be confouÌded O y t all the worlde wolde worshipe the synge of the and prayse thy name Sela. O come hither and beholde the workes of God which is so wonderfull in his doinges amonge the children of men He turned the see in to drye loÌde so that they wente thorow the water on fote therfore wil we reioyse in him He ruleth with his power for euer his eyes beholde the people the rennagates shal not be able to exalte them selues Sela. O magnifie o r God ye people make y e voyce off his prayse to be herde Which holdeth o r soule in life and suffreth not oure fete to slippe For thou o God hast proued vs thou hast tried vs liââ as syluer is tried Thou hast brought vs in to captiuyte and layed trouble vpon o r loânes Thou hast suffred men to ryde ouer o r heades we weÌte thorow fyre and water ãâã thou hast brought vs out and refreshed ãâã Therfore will I go in to thy house w t ãâã offeringes to paye the my vowes which I promised w t my lippes and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble I wil offre vnto the fatte brentsacrifices with the smoâe of raÌmes I will offre bullockes and goateâ Sela. O come hither and herkeÌ all ye that feare God I wil tell you what he hath done for my soule I called vnto hiÌ w t my mouth and gaue him prayses with my tuÌge Yff I enclyne vnto wickednes with my herte y e LORDE wil not heare me Therfore God hath herde me aÌd considred the voyce off my prayer Praysed be God which hath not cast out my prayer ner turned his mercy fro me The LXVI psalme GOd be mercifull vnto vs blesse vs shewe the light off his countenauÌce apon vs. Sela. That we maye knowe y e waye vpoÌ earth y e sauynge health amonge all Heithen Let the people prayse the o God yee let all people prayse the. O let the people reioyse and be glad that thou iudgest the folke rightuously and gouernest the nacions vpoÌ earth Let the people prayse the
knoweth the thoughtes of men that they are but vayne Blessed is the maÌ whom thou lernest o LORDE and teachest him in thy lawe That thou mayest geue him pacience in tyme of aduersite vntill the pytte be dygged vp for the vngodly For the LORDE wil not fayle his people nether wil he forsake his inheritaunce And why iudgment shal be turned agayne vnto rightuousnesse and all soch as be true of hert shal folowe it Who ryseth vp with me agaynst the wicked who taketh my parte agaynst the euell doers Yf the LORDE had not helped me my soule had allmost bene put to sylence When I sayde my fote hath slipped thy mercy o LORDE helde me vp In y e multitude of the sorowes that I had in my herte thy comfortes haue refreshed my soule Wilt thou haue eny thinge to do with the stole of wickednesse which ymagineth myschefe in the lawe They gather them together agaynst the soule of the rightuous condemne the innocent bloude But the LORDE is my refuge my God is the streÌgth of my confideÌce He shal recompence theÌ their wickednesse and destroye them in their owne malice yee the LORDE oure God shal destroye them The XCIIII psalme O Come let vs prayse the LORDE let vs hertely reioyse in the strength of oure saluacion Let vs come before his presence with thaÌkesgeuynge shewe oure self glad in him w t psalmes For the LORDE is a greate God and a greate kynge aboue all goddes In his honde are all y e corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is his also The see is his for he made it and his hondes prepared the drie loÌde O come let vs worshipe and bowe downe oure selues Let vs knele before the LORDE oure maker For he is oure God as for vs we are the people of his pasture and the shepe of his hoÌdes To daye yf ye wil heare his voyce hardeÌ not youre hertes as wheÌ ye prouoked in tyme of temptacion in the wildernes Where yo r fathers teÌpted me proued me and sawe my workes XL. yeares longe was I greued with that generacion sayde they euer erre in their hertes they verely haue not knowne my wayes Therfore I sware vnto theÌ in my wrath that they shulde not enter in to my rest The XCV psalme O Synge vnto the LORDE a new songe synge vnto the LORDE all the whole earth Synge vnto y e LORDE prayse his name be tellynge of his saluacion from daye to daye Declare his honoure amonge the HeitheÌ and his wonders amonge all people For y e LORDE is greate and can not worthely be praysed he is more to be feared then all goddes As for all y e goddes of the HeitheÌ they be but Idols but it is the LORDE that made the heaueÌs Thankesgeuynge and worshipe are before him power and honoure are in his Sanctuary Ascrybe vnto the LORDE o ye kinredes of the Heithen ascrybe vnto the LORDE worshipe and strength Ascrybe vnto the LORDE the honoure of his name brynge presentes and come in to his courte O worshipe the LORDE in the beutye of holynesse let the whole earth stonde in awe of him Tell it out amonge the HeitheÌ that the LORDE is kynge and that it is he which hath made the rounde worlde so fast that it can not be moued and how that he shal iudge the people rightuously Let the heaueÌs reioyse and let the earth be glad let the see make a noyse yee all that therin is Let the felde be ioyfull and all that is in it let all the trees of the wodd leape for ioye Before the LORDE for he commeth for he coÌmeth to iudge the earth yee with rightuousnesse shal he iudge the worlde and y e people with his trueth The XCVI psalme THe LORDE is kynge the earth maye be glad therof yee the multitude of the Iles maie be glad therof Cloudes and darcknesse are rounde aboute him rightuousnesse and iudgment are the habitacion of his seate There goeth a fyre before him to burne vp his enemies on euery syde His lightenynges geue shyne vnto the worlde the earth seyth it is afraied The hilles melt like wax at the presence of y e LORDE at the presence of the LORDE of the whole earth The very heauens declare his rightuousnes all people se his glory CoÌfounded be all they that worshipe ymages and delite in their Idols worshipe him all ye goddes Sion heareh of it and reioyseth yee all y e doughters of Iuda are glad because of thy iudgmentes o LORDE For thou LORDE art the most hyest ouer all the earth thou art exalted farre aboue all goddes O ye that loue the LORDE se that ye hate the thinge which is euell the LORDE preserueth the soules of his sayntes he shal delyuer theÌ from the honde of the vngodly There is spronge vp a light for the rightuous and a ioyfull gladnesse for soch as be true herted Reioyse therfore in the LORDE ye rightuous and geue thankes for a remembraunce of his holynesse The XCVII psalme O Synge vnto the LORDE a new songe for he hath âone maruelous thinges With his owne right honde and with his holy arme hath he gotten the victory The LORDE hath declared his sauynge health and his rightuousnes hath he openly shewed in the sight of the HeitheÌ He hath remembred his mercy and trueth towarde the house of Israel so that all the endes of the worlde se the sauynge health of oure God Shewe youre self ioyfull vnto the LORDE all ye londes synge reioyse and geue thankes Prayse the LORDE vpon the harpe synge to the harpe with a psalme of thankesgeuynge With trompettes also shawmes O shewe youre selues ioyfull before the LORDE the kynge Let the see make a noyse and all y t therin is yee the whole worlde all that dwell therin Let the floudes clappe their hondes and let all the hilles be ioyfull together Before the LORDE for he is come to iudge the earth Yee with rightuousnes shall he iudge the worlde and the people with equite The XCVIII psalme THe LORDE is kynge be the people neuer so vnpacient he sytteth vpon the Cherubins be the earth neuer so vnquiete The LORDE is greate in Sion hye aboue all people O let men geue thaÌkes vnto thy greate wonderful name for it is holy The kynges power loueth iudgment thou preparest equite thou executest iudgmeÌt rightuousnes in Iâcob O magnifie the LORDE o r God fâll downe before his fote stole for he his holy Moses Aaron amonge his prestes Samuel amonge soch as call vpoÌ his name these called vpon the LORDE he herde theÌ He spake vnto theÌ out of the cloudy piler for they kepte his testimonies the lawe that he gaue them Thou herdest theÌ o LORDE o r God thou forgauest theÌ o God punyshedst their owne invencions O magnifie the LORDE oure God and worshipe
earth vpon hir foundacion that it neuer moueth at eny tyme. Thou couerest it with the depe like as with a garmeÌt so that the waters stonde aboue the hilles But at thy rebuke they fle at the voyce of thy thonder they are afrayed Then are the hilles sene alofte the valleys beneth in their place which thou hast appoynted for theÌ Thou hast set them their boundes which they maie not passe that they turne not agayne to couer y e earth Thou causest the welles to sprynge vp amonge the valleys and the waters runne amonge y e hilles That all the beastes of the felde maye haue drynke that the wylde asses maye quench their thyrste Aboue vpon the hilles haue the foules of the ayre their habitacion and synge amonge the braunches Thou watrest the hylles from aboue the erth is fylled with y e frutes of thy workes Thou bryngest forth grasse for the catell and grene herbe for the seruyce of men Thou bryngest fode out of the earth wyne to make glad y e herte of maÌ oyle to make him a chearfull countenaunce bred to strength mans herte The trees of the LORDE are full of sappe euen the trees of Libanus which he hath planted There make the byrdes their nestes and the fyrre trees are a dwellinge for the storcke The hilles are a refuge for the wylde goates and so are the stony rockes for y e conyes Thou hast appoynted the Moone for certayne seasons the Sonne knoweth his goinge downe Thou makest darcknesse that it maye be night wherin all the beastes of the forest do moue Yee and the yonge lyons which roare after the praye and seke their meate at God But when the Sonne ariseth they get them awaye together and lye them downe in their dennes Then goeth man forth to his worke and to till his londe vntill the euenynge O LORDE how manifolde are thy workes right wysely hast thou made theÌ all yee the earth is full of thy riches So is this greate and wyde see also wherin are thinges crepinge innumerable both small and greate beastes There go the shippes âuer and there is that Leuiathan whom thou hast made to take his pastyme therin They wayte all vpoÌ the that thou mayest geue them meate in due season WheÌ thou geuest it them they gather it wheÌ thou openest thine honde they are fylled with good But when thou hydest thy face they are soroufull yf thou takest awaye their breth they dye are turned agayne to their dust Agayne when thou lattest thy breth go forth they are made and so thou renuest the face of the earth The glorious magesty of the LORDE endureth for euer and the LORDE reioyseth in his workes The earth treÌbleth at the loke of him he doth but touch y e hilles and they smoke I will synge vnto the LORDE as longe as I lyue I wil prayse my God whyle I haue my beinge O that my wordes might please him for my âoye is in the LORDE As for synners they shal be coÌsumed out of the earth and the vngodly shal come to an ende but prayse thou the LORDE o my soule Halleluya The CIIII. psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE and call vpon his name tell the people what thinges he hath done O let youre songes be of him prayse him and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous workes Geue his holy name a good reporte let their hertes reioyse that seke the LORDE Seke the LORDE and his strength seke his face euermore Remembre the maruelous workes that he hath done his wonders and the iudgmentes of his mouth O ye sede of Abraham his seruaunt ye children of Iacob his chosen He is the LORDE oure God whose punyshmentes are thorow out all the worlde He is allwaye myndfull of his couenaunt and promyse that he made to a thousande generacions Yee the couenaunt that he made w t Abraham and the ooth that he swore vnto Isaac And apoynted the same vnto Iacob for a lawe and to Israel for an euerlastinge testament Sayenge vnto the wil I geue the londe of Canaan the lott of youre heretage When there was yet but a fewe of them and they straungers therin What tyme as they wente from one nacion to another from one kyngdome to another He suffred no man to hurte them but reproued euen kynges for their sakes Touch not myne anoynted do my prophetes no harme Morouer he called for a derth vpon the loÌde and destroyed all the prouysion of bred But he had sent a man before them euen Ioseph which was solde to be a bonde seruaunt They hurte his fete in the stockes the yron pearsed his herte Vntill the tyme that his worde came and till the worde of y e LORDE had tried him Then sent the kinge and caused him be delyuered the prynce of the people bad let him go He made him lorde of his house ruler of all his substaunce That he might enfourme his prynces after his wil and teach his Senatours wysdome Israel also came in to Egipte and Iacob was a straunger in the loÌde of Ham. But he increased his people exceadingly and made them stronger then their enemies Whose hert turned so that they hated his people and dealt vntruly with his seruauntes Then sent he Moses his seruaunt and Aaron whom he had chosen These dyd his tokens amoÌge them and wonders in the londe of Ham. He sent darcknesse and it was darcke for they were not obedient vnto his worde He turned their waters in to bloude and slewe their fishe Their londe brought forth frogges yee euen in their kynges chambers He spake the worde their came all maner of flies lise in all their quarters He gaue them hale stones for rayne and flammes of fyre in their loÌde He smote their vynyardes fige trees and destroyed the trees that were in their coastes He spake y e worde and their came greshoppers catirpillers innumerable These ate vp all the grasse in their loÌde and deuoured the frutes of their grouÌde He smote all y e first borne in their loÌde euen the chefe of all their substaunce He brought them forth w t syluer golde there was not one feble personne amoÌge their tryâes Egipte was glad of their departinge for they were afraied of theÌ He spred out a cloude to be a couerynge and fyre to geue light in the night season At their desyre there came quales and he fylled them with the bred of heaueÌ He opened the rocke of stone the waters flowed out so that ryuers ranne in the wildernesse For why he remembred his holy promyse which he had made vnto Abraham his seruaunt Thus he brought forth his people with ioye and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue them the loÌdes of the HeitheÌ where they toke the labours of the people in possession That they might kepe his statutes and obserue his lawes Halleluya
hongrie The LORDE lowseth men out of preson the LORDE geueth sight to the blynde The LORDE helpeth theÌ vp that are fallen the LORDE loueth the righteous The LORDE careth for the straungers he defendeth y e fatherlesse and wyddowe as for the waye of y e vngodly he turneth it vpsyde downe The LORDE thy God o Sion is kynge for euermore and thorow out all generacions Halleluya The CXLVI psalme O Prayse the LORDE for it is a good thinge to synge prayses vnto o r God yee a ioyfull and pleasaunt thinge is it to be thankfull The LORDE shal buylde vp IerusaleÌ gather together y e outcastes of Israel He healeth the contrite in herte and byndeth vp their woundes He telleth the nombre of the starres and calleth them all by their names Greate is o r LORDE and greate is his power yee his wyszdome is infinite The LORDE setteth vp y e meke bryngeth y e vngodly downe to y e grouÌde O synge vnto y e LORDE w t thankesgeuynge synge prayses vpoÌ y e harpe vnto o r God Which couereth y e heauen w t cloudes prepareth rayne for y e earth maketh y e grasse to growe vpon the mountaynes Which geueth foder vnto y e catell fedeth y e yonge rauens y t call vpoÌ him He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse nether delyteth he in eny maÌs legges But the LORDES delyte is in them that feare him and put their trust in his mercy The CXLVII psalme This psalme do the hebrues ioyne vnto it that goeth before PRayse y e LORDE o IerusaleÌ prayse ãâã God o Sion For he maketh fast ãâã baries of y e gates blesseth y e ãâ¦ã within ye. He maketh peace in y e bordâââ ãâã fylleth y e with y e flo r of wheate He ãâã synde y e forth his coÌmaundemeÌt vpoÌ earth ãâ¦ã LORDE ruÌneth swiftly He geueth snowe scatereth y e horefrost like ashes ãâã He forth his yse like morsels who is ghtuous and de his frost He sendeth out ââcently he âemelteth them he bloweth w t hiâ ãâã preserueth y e waters flowe He sheweth ãâã shalt thou unIacob his statutes ãâ¦ã and equi rael He hath not dealt ãâã Yf wyszdome then nether haue they ãâã and y e soule delyte in es Halleluya ãâã councell preserue the The ãâ¦ã shal kepe the. That âPâest be delyuered froÌ y e euell waye âom the man y t speaketh fâowarde thines from soch as leave the hye strete and ualkei y e wayes of darcknesse which reioyse ãâã doynge euell and delyte i wicked thinges whose wayes are croked and their pathes slaunderous that thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman and from her that is not thine owne which geueth swete wordes forfaketh the huszbande of hir youth and for getteth the couenaunt of hir God For hir house is enclyned unto death and hir pathes unto hell All they that go in unto her come not agayne nether take they holde of the wave of life That thou mayest walke in y e good waye and kepe tha pathes of the righuous For the iust shal dwell in the lende and the inno Let them prayse the name of the LORDE for his name only is excellent and his prayse aboue heauen and earth He exalteth the horne of his people all his sayntes shal prayse him the children of Israel euen the people that serueth him Halleluya The CXLIX psalme Halleluya O Synge vnto y e LORDE a new songe let the coÌgregacion of sayntes prayse him Let Israel reioyse in him that made him and let the children of Sion be ioyfull in their kynge Let them prayse his name in the dauÌce let them synge prayses vnto him with tabrettes and harpes For the LORDE hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the mekcharted Let the sayntes be ioyfull with glory let them reioyse in their beddes Let the prayses of God be in their mouth and sharpe swerdes in their handes To be auenged of the HeiâheÌ to rebuke the people To bynde their âânges in cheynes their nobles with lyncââââ of yron That they maye be auenged ãâ¦ã as it is written Soch honoure haue ãâ¦ã sayntes Halleluya The CL. psalme Halleluya ãâã Prayse the LORDE in his Sanctuâââ ãâ¦ã prayse him in the firmament of ãâ¦ã power Prayse him in his noble ãâ¦ã him in his excelleÌt greatnesse ãâ¦ã in the sounde of the trompet ãâ¦ã âpoÌ the lute and harpe Pray ãâ¦ã âymbals and daunse prayse him ãâ¦ã and pype Prayse him ãâ¦ã cymbals prayse him ãâ¦ã cymbals Let ãâ¦ã y t hath breth ãâã LORDE ãâã The Prouerbes of Salomon What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The wysdome of God calleth vs by the mouth of SalomoÌ exorteth vs and geueth vs warnynge to eschue the wicked whose vn godly coÌuersacion in worde and worke and punyshment also of the same is here descrybed Chap. II. How wisdome maye be gotten and what profit commeth of it Chap. III. He exorteth us to the feare of God and to pacience he commendeth wyszdome â requyreth us to cleue vnto the same Chap. IIII. A fatherly exortacion vnto wisdome with the profit therof and how we ought to refrayne the meÌbres of oure body froÌ euell Chap. V. He exorteth vnto wyszdoÌe and to be warre of harlottes he telleth what harme mâye folowe therout wheÌ men medle with soch hâ teacheth men louyngly to cleue vnto their mâried wyues and descrybeth the ende of the vnâgodly Chap. VI. He warneth men to bewarre of sâââtishipe exorteth the slouthfull to laboure sheweth the wikednesse of false tonges and requyreth men to bewarre of aduoutry because it is more perloâs then theft or felony Chap. VII He exorteth vnto wiszdome sheweth the condicions of harlottes and what hurt happeneth vnto soch as enclyne to the prouocacioÌs and desyres of the flesh Chap. VIII Wyszdome calleth men swetely vnto her and telleth them what treasure and power she hath A coÌmendacion and prayse of wiszdome wherout euery maÌ is exorted to cleue vnto her Chap. IX Wyszdome crieth vpoÌ the ignorauÌt and promiseth them greate thinges The foolish maner of a light woman Chap. X. From this chapter forth vnto the XXXI there are described many swete louely and wyse sentences which teach men wyszdome and what profit commeth of it Agayne how men maye auoyde foolishnesse and the hurte therof Chap. XXXI Wyszdome warneth us to bewarre of euell women and descrybeth the coÌuersacion maner behauoure of an honest maried wyfe These are the prouerbes of Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel to lerne wyszdome nurtoure vnderstondinge prudence rightuousnesse iudgment and equite That the very babes might haue wyt and that yonge men might haue knowlege and vnderstondinge By hearinge the wyse maÌ shal coÌme by more wysdome and by experience he shal be more apte to vnderstonde a parable and the interpretacion therof the wordes of the wyse and the darcke speaches of the same The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome But
coulde not drynke of the water of y e ryuer there was bloude in all the lande of Egipte And the Sorcerers also of Egipte dyd likewyse with their Sorceries But Pharaos hert was hardened he herkened not vnto theÌ * like as the LORDE had sayde And Pharao turned himself wente home set not his hert there on All the EgipciaÌs dygged rouÌde aboute y e ryuer for water to drinke for they coude not drynke of y e water out of the ryuer And this endured seuen dayes longe that the LORDE smote the ryuer The VIII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go y e waye to Pharao speake vnto him Thus saieth the LORDE Let my people go y t they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let theÌ go beholde I wil smyte all y e borders of y e loÌde w t frogges so y t the ryuer shal scraule w t frogges these shal clymme vp come in to thine house in to y i chamber where thou slepest vpon thy bed and in to the houses of thy seruauntes amonge thy people in to thine ouens and vpon thy dowe and the frogges shall come vp vpon the and vpon thy people and vpon all thy seruauntes And the LORDE spake vnto Moses Saie vnto Aaron Stretch forth thine hande w t thy staff ouer the streames ryuers pondes and let frogges come vpon the londe of Egipte And Aaron stretched his haÌde ouer the waters in Egipte there came vp frogges so y t the âonde of Egipte was couered The Sorcerers also dyd likewyse w t their Sorcerirs caused frogges to come vpoÌ y e loÌde of Egipte TheÌ called Pharao for Moses Aaron sayde Praye the LORDE for me y t he maye take awaye the frogges fro me fro my people I will let y e people go y t they maye do sacrifice vnto the LORDE Moses sayde Haue thou the hono r before me appoynte me whaÌ I shal praye for y e for y e seruauntes and for thy people y t the frogges maye be dryuen awaye froÌ the froÌ thy house remayne onely in the ryuer He sayde Tomorow He sayde Euen as thou hast sayde y t thou mayest knowe y t there is none like vnto the LORDE o r God And the frogges shal be takeÌ from the from y i house from thy seruauntes from thy people remayne onely in the ryuer So Moses Aaron weÌte from Pharao Moses cried vnto the LORDE for the appoyntment ouer the frogges which he had promysed vnto Pharao And y e LORDE dyd as Moses sayde And the frogges dyed in y e houses in y e courtes vpon y e felde they gathered theÌ together here an heape there an heape the lande stanke of them But whan Pharao sawe y t he had gotten breth his hert was hardened and he herkened not vnto theÌ euen as the LORDE had sayde And the LORDE spake vnto Moses Saie vnto Aaron Stretch out thy staff smyte the dust vpon the earth y t there maye be lyfe in the whole loÌde of Egipte They dyd so And Aaron stretched out his hande w t his staff smote the dust vpon the earth there were lyse vpon men and vpon catell All the dust of the lande was turned vnto lyse in all the lande of Egipte The Sorcerers also assayde likewyse w t their Sorcerirs y t they might brynge forth lyse but they coude not And y e lyse were vpon men catell Then sayde y e Sorcerers vnto Pharao It is the fynger of God But Pharaos hert was hardened he herkened not vnto theÌ euen as the LORDE had sayde And y e LORDE saide vnto Moses Get y e vp tomorow by tymes stonde before Pharao beholde he wil go vnto the water speake thou vnto him Thus saieth y e LORDE let my people go y t they maye serue me yf not beholde I wil cause cruell wormes or flyes to come vpon the thy seruauntes y e people thy house so y t all the Egipcians houses the felde and what theron is shall be full of cruell wormes the same daye wil I separate the londe of Gosen wherin my people are so y t no cruell worme shal be there that thou mayest knowe that I am y e LORDE in the myddest of the earth And I wil set a delyueraunce betwene my people and thyne Tomorow shal this token come to passe And the LORDE dyd so And there came perlous cruell wormes in to Pharaos house in to his seruauntes houses vpon all the londe of Egipte and the londe was marred with noysome wormes TheÌ called Pharao for Moses Aaron sayde Go yo r waye do sacrifice vnto yo r God in y e londe Moses sayde It is not mete y t we shulde so do so shulde we offer y e abhominacion of y e Egipcians vnto the LORDE o r God Beholde yf we shulde offer the abhominacion of y e Egipcians before their eyes shulde they not stone vs Thre dayes iourney will we go in the wyldernes and do sacrifice vnto the LORDE oure God like as he hath sayde vnto vs. Pharao sayde I wil let you go y t ye maie do sacrifice vnto the LORDE yo r God in the wyldernes onely y t ye go no farther praye for me Moses sayde Beholde whan I am come forth from y e I wil praye vnto y e LORDE y t the cruell wormes maye be taken from Pharao from his seruauÌtes froÌ his people euen tomorow onely disceaue me nomore that thou woldest not let the people go to do sacrifice vnto the LORDE And Moses weÌte out from Pharao and prayed vnto the LORDE And the LORDE dyd as Moses sayde toke awaye the cruell wormes from Pharao from his seruauntes and from his people so y t there remayned not one But Pharao hardened his hert eueÌ then also and let not y e people go The IX Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go in to Pharao and speake vnto him Thus sayeth the LORDE God of y e Hebrues let my people go y t they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not but holde them longer beholde the hande of the LORDE shal be vpon thy catell in the felde vpon horses vpon Asses vpon Camels vpon oxen vpon shepe with a very sore pestilence And y e LORDE shall make a diuysion betwene the catell of the Israelites the Egipcians so y t there shal nothinge dye of all that the children of Israel haue And y e LORDE appoynted a tyme and sayde Tomorow shal the LORDE do this vpon earth And the LORDE dyd the same on the morow And there dyed of all maner of catell of the Egipcians but of y e catell of y e childreÌ of Israel there dyed not one And Pharao sent thither beholde there was not one of the catell of Israel deed But Pharaos hert was hardened so y t he let not y e people
thither to seke the. And whan they sayde He is not here he toke an ooth of the same kyngdome and nacion that they had not founde the. And now thou sayest Go tell y e LORDE beholde Elias is here Now whan I were gone from the the sprete of the LORDE shulde take y e awaye I can not tell whither and yf I then came and tolde Achab and founde the not he shulde slaye me But thy seruaunt feareth the LORDE from his youth vp Hath it not bene tolde my lorde what I dyd whan Iesabel slewe the prophetes of the LORDE how that I hyd an hundreth of the LORDES prophetes here fiftye and there fiftye in the caues and prouyded for them with bred and water And thou sayest now Go thy waye tell thy lorde Elias is here that he maye slaye me Elias saide As truly as y e LORDE Zebaoth lyueth before whom I stoÌde I wil shewe my selfe vnto him this daye Then weÌte Abdia to mete Achab tolde him And Achab weÌte for to mete Elias And whan Achab sawe Elias Achab sayde vnto him Art thou he that troublest Israel He sayde I trouble not Israel but it is thou and thy fathers house because ye haue forsaken the commaundementes of the LORDE and walke after Baal Go to sende forth now and gather me all Israel together vnto mount Carmell and the foure hundreth and fiftye prophetes of Baal and the foure hundreth prophetes of y e groue which eate of Iesabels table So Achab sent vnto all the children of Israel gathered the prophetes together vnto mount Carmell Then stepte Elias vnto all the people sayde How longe halte ye on both y e sydes Yf the LORDE be God theÌ walke after him but yf Baal be he theÌ folowe him And the people gaue him no answere TheÌ sayde Elias vnto the people I onely am lefte a prophet of y e LORDE but Baals prophetes are foure C. and fiftie meÌ Geue vs now two bullockes let them chose one bullocke hewe him in peces laye him vpoÌ the wod put no fyre theron so wil I take y e other bullock laye him vpoÌ the wod put no fyre theron also call ye then vpoÌ the name of yo r god I wil call vpoÌ the name of the LORDE loke which God now answereth with fyre let the same be God And all the people answered sayde That is righte And Elias sayde vnto Baals prophetes Chose ye one bullock and do ye it first for ye are many and call ye vpon the name of youre god laye no fyre theron And they toke the bullock which he gaue them prepared it called vpon the name of Baal from the mornynge vntyll the noone daye and sayde O Baal heare vs. But there was nether voyce ner answere And they hopped aboute the altare as their vse was to do Now whan it was noone daye Elias mocked them and sayde Crye loude For he is a god peradueÌture he is musynge or hath somwhat to do or is gone some iourneye or happlye he slepeth so that he wolde be waked vp And they cried loude and prouoked theÌ selues with knyues botkens as their maner was tyll y e bloude folowed But whan y e noone daye was past they prophecied vntyll the tyme that the meat offerynge shulde be offered there was nether voyce ner answere ner one to regarde them Then sayde Elias vnto all the people Come hither all ye people vnto me And whan all y e people came to him he repayred y e altare of the LORDE y t was broken toke twolue stones acordinge to the nombre of y e trybes of the childreÌ of Iacob vnto whom the worde of the LORDE spake and sayde Thy name shal be Israel and of y e stones he buylded an altare in the name of the LORDE made a pytt rounde aboute the altare like two forowes in the corne londe prepared the wod hewed y e bullock in peces and layed him vpon the wod sayde Fetch foure pitchers full of water and poured it vpoÌ the burnt offerynge and vpon the wod And he sayde Do it yet once And they dyd it once agayne And he sayde Do it y e thirde tyme. And they dyd it the thirde tyme. And y e water ranne aboute the altare and y e pytt was full of water also And whan the tyme was to offer y e meat offerynge Elias stepte forth and sayde O LORDE God of Abraham of Isaac and of Israel let it be knowne this daye that thou art God in Israel and I thy seruaunt and that I haue done all this acordinge vnto y e worde Heare me O LORDE O heare me y t this people maye knowe how that thou art the LORDE God that thou mayest afterwarde turne their hertes Then fell downe the fyre of the LORDE and consumed the burnt offeringe the wodd the stones and the earth and licked vp the water that was in the pytt Whan all the people sawe that they fell vpon their faces and sayde The LORDE is God y e LORDE is God Elias sayde vnto them Laye handes vpon Baals prophetes y t none of them escape And they toke them And Elias broughte them downe vnto y e broke Cyson slewe theÌ there And Elias sayde vnto Achab Go vp eate drynke for it soundeth as though it wolde rayne sore And whan Achab weÌte vp to eate drinke Elias asceÌded vp to the toppe of Carmel bowed him selfe downe to the earth put his heade betwene his knees sayde vnto his lad Go vp and loke towarde the See He wente vp loked sayde There is nothinge He sayde Go agayne seuen tymes And at the seueÌth tyme he sayde Beholde there goeth vp a litle cloude out of the see like a mans hande He sayde Go vp and saie vnto Achab Bynde y e charet go downe y t the rayne ouertake the not And or a maÌ coulde turne him the heauen was blacke w t cloudes wynde there came a greate rayne But Achab rode his waie departed vnto Iesrael And the haÌde of y e LORDE came vpoÌ Elias and he gyrde his loynes ranne before Achab tyll he came vnto Iesrael The XIX Chapter ANd Achab tolde Iesabel all y t Elias had done how he had slayne all Baals prophetes w t the swerde TheÌ sent Iesabel a messaunger vnto Elias sayenge The goddes do this that vnto me yf I tomorow aboute this tyme make not thy soule as one of these Then was he afrayed gat him vp wente where he wolde came vnto Berseba in Iuda and lefte his lad there But he him selfe wente a daies iourney in to y e wyldernes came in sat him downe vnder a Iuniper tre wyszshed vnto his soule y t he mighte dye sayde It is now ynough LORDE take my soule for I am no better then my fathers And he layed him downe slepte vnder the
What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the kyngdome of Salomon to whom the LORDE appeareth and Salomon maketh his prayer vnto him Chap. II. How Salomon deuyseth to buylde the temple of the LORDE Chap. III. How he begynneth to buylde and after what faszshion Chap. IIII. Of the ornamentes of the temple Chap. V. The Arke is broughte in to the temple c. Chap. VI. Salomon speaketh vnto the people prayseth God and beseketh him to heare soch as make their prayer in the temple Chap. VII The fyre commeth from heauen consumeth the sacrifice The kynge the people offre The LORDE appeareth vnto Salomon and promyseth to heare him Chap. VIII Salomon buyldeth cities and subdueth the Heythen Of his captaynes and of his wife Chap. IX The Quene of Saba bringeth presentes vnto Salomon receaueth giftes of him Salomon dyeth Chap. X. Roboam oppressynge the people maketh them to fall awaye from him Chap. XI The LORDE wil not suffre Roboam kynge of Iuda BeÌ Iamin to fighte agaynst Israel He buyldeth cities Chap. XII Roboam forsaketh the lawe of the LORDE The kynge of Egipte commeth vpon him The LORDE delyuereth him Chap. XIII Of Abia Ieroboam their warres Chap. XIIII XV. Of kynge Asa. Chap. XVI Baesa coÌmeth vp against Asa which agreeth with him therfore is he rebuked Chap. XVII Of the reigne of Iosaphat Chap. XVIII Iosaphat maketh frendshippe with Achab and helpeth him to fight Chap. XIX Iehu rebuketh Iosaphat for helpynge the vngodly Iosaphat amendeth and lyueth well Chap. XX. The Moabites Ammonites with the Syrians and Edomites go forth agaynst Iosaphat which prayeth vnto God and he helpeth him Chap. XXI Iosaphat dyeth Ioram his sonne is made kynge slayeth his brethren and forsaketh the LORDE Edom falleth awaye from Iuda God punysheth Ioram Chap. XXII Ochosias is made kinge and taketh parte with Achabs sonne Chap. XXIII Ioiada maketh Ioas kynge commaundeth to slaye Athalia Chap. XXIIII Whyle Ioiada lyueth kynge Ioas doth well but after his death he forsaketh the LORDE And because Zacharias reproueth him he coÌmaundeth to stone him to death His awne seruauntes kyll him vpon his bed Chap. XXV Of kynge Amasias which smyteth the Edomites He worshippeth their Idols therfore the prophet reproueth him He wyll nedes fight with the kynge of Israel which ouercommeth him and taketh him Chap. XXVI Of kynge Osias other wyse called Vsia or Azarias of his buyldinges how he became leper for his presumpcion Chap. XXVII Of Iothams reigne of his buyldinges and of his warres Chap. XXVIII Of the wicked kynge Achas Chap. XXIX XXX.XXXI Of the verteous kynge Ezechias and of his noble actes Chap. XXXII Sennacherib layeth sege to Ierusalem Ezechias comforteth the people Sennacherib threateneth but the LORDE delyuereth Iuda Ezechias is sicke and recouereth Chap. XXXIII Of the reigne of Manasses and of his amendment from his wickednes Of kynge Ammon his sonne Chap. XXXIIII XXXV Of the reigne and most vertuous actes of kynge Iosias and of his death Chap. XXXVI Thre monethes reigneth Ioachas after whom reigneth Eliachim other wyse called Ioachim whom Nabuchodonosor carieth vnto Babilon and in his steade reigneth Ioachim his sonne which also is led awaye captayne vnto Babilon Sedechias is made kynge and at the last caried awaye presoner with all the people and Ierusalem destroyed The first Chapter ANd Salomon the sonne of Dauid was stablyshed in his kyngdome and the LORDE his God was with him made him exceadinge greate And Salomon spake vnto all Israel to the captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds to the Iudges and to all y e prynces in Israel and to the chefest fathers so that they wente Salomon and the whole congregacion with him vnto the hye place which was at Gibea for there was y e Tabernacle of y e witnesse of God which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE had made in y e wyldernesse For Dauid had brought vp the Arke of God from Kiriath Iarim whan he had prepared for it for he had pitched a tent for it at Ierusalem As for y e brasen altare which Bezaleel the sonne of Vââ the sonne of Hur had made it was there before the habitacion of the LORDE and Salomon and the congregacion soughte God And Salomon offred a thousande burntofferynges vpoÌ the brasen altare that stode before the Tabernacle of witnesse In the same nighte appeared God vnto Salomon and sayde vnto him Axe what shal I geue the And Salomon sayde vnto God Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father Dauid ând hast made me kynge in his steade Now LORDE God let y e worde that thou hast pâomysed vnto my father Dauid be verified for thou hast made me kynge ouer a people which is as many in noÌbre as the dust vpon the earth Graunte me wyszdome therfore and knowlege y t I maye go out and in before this people for who is able to iudge this greate people of thine Then sayde God vnto Salomon For so moch as thou art so mynded and hast not desyred riches ner good ner hono r ner the soules of thine enemies ner longe life but hast requyred wyszdome and knowlege to iudge my people ouer whom I haue made the kynge wyszdome therfore and knowlege be geuen the. Morouer riches good and honoure wyll I geue the so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the amoÌge the kynges nether shal be after the. So came Salomon from the hye place which was at Gibeon vnto IerusaleÌ from y e Tabernacle of witnesse and reigned ouer Israel And Salomon gathered him charettes and horsmen so that he had a thousande and foure hundreth charettes twolue thousande horsmen and those appoynted he to be in the charet cities and with the kynge at Ierusalem And the kynge broughte it so to passe that there was as moch syluer golde at IerusaleÌ as stones and as many Ceders as the Molberyes trees that are in the valleys And there were horses broughte vnto Salomon out of Egipte the kynges marchauntes fetched them from Kena for moneye And they came vp and broughte out of Egipte a charet for sixe huÌdreth syluer peÌs and an horse for an hundreth and fiftye Thus broughte they also vnto all the kynges of the Hethites and to the kynges of y e Syrians The II. Chapter ANd Salomon thoughte to buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE an house for his kyngdome and tolde out thre score and ten thousande men to beare burthens and foure score thousande that hewed tymber vpoÌ the mount and thre thousande and sixe hundreth officers ouer them And Salomon sent vnto Hiram the kynge of Tyre sayenge As thou dyddest with my father sendedst him Ceder trees to builde an house for to dwell in euen so do thou w t me also Beholde I wyl buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE my God to sanctifie it for to burne good incense before him and allwaye to prepare y e
vanite He shall perish afore his tyme be worne out and his honde shal not be grene He shal be pluckte of as an vntymely grape from y e vyne and shal let his floure fall as the olyue doth For the congregacion of Ypocrites is vnfrutefull the fyre shal consume the houses of soch as are gredy to receaue giftes He conceaueth trauayle he beareth myschefe his body bryngeth forth disceate The XVI Chapter IOb answered and sayde I haue oft tymes herde soch thinges Miserable geuers of comforte are ye all the sorte of you Shall not thy vayne wordes come yet to an ende Or hast thou yet enymore to saye I coude speake as ye do also But wolde God that youre soule were in my soules steade then shulde I heape vp wordes agaynst you and shake my heade at you I shulde comforte you with my mouth and release youre payne with y e talkinge of my lyppes But what shall I do For all my wordes my sorow wil not ceasse and though I holde my toÌge yet wil it not departe fro me And now that I am full of payne and all that I haue destroied wherof my wryncles beare wytnesse there stoÌdeth vp a dyssembler to make me answere with lyes to my face He is angrie at me he hateth me and gnassheth vpon me with his teth Myne enemy skouleth vpon me with his eyes They haue opened their mouthes wyde vpon me and smytten me vpon the cheke despitefully they haue eased theÌ selues thorow myne aduersite God hath geuen me ouer to the vngodly and delyuered me in to the hondes of y e wicked I was somtyme in wealth but sodenly hath he brought me to naught He hath taken me by the neck he hath rente me and set me as it were a marck for him to shute at He hath compased me rounde aboute with his dartes he hath wounded my loynes not spared My bowels hath he poured vpon the grounde He hath geueÌ me one wounde vpon another and is falleÌ vpon me like a giaunte I haue sowed a sack cloth vpon my skynne and lye with my strength in the dust My face is swolleÌ with wepinge myne eyes are waxen dymne Howbeit there is no wickednesse in my hondes and my prayer is cleâe O earth couer not my bloude and let my crienge fynde no rowme For lo my witnesse is in heauen and he that knoweth me is aboue in the heyth My frendes laugh me to scorne but myne eye poureth out teares vnto God Though a body might pleate w t God as one man doth with another yet the nombre of my yeares are come I must go the waye from whence I shal not turne agayne The XVII Chapter MY breth fayleth my dayes are shortened I am harde at deathes dore I haue disceaued no man yet must myne eye coÌtinue in heuynesse O delyuer me and set me by the who shall then be able to thrust my hondes together Thou hast with holdeÌ their hertes from vnderstoÌdinge therfore shall they not be set vp an hye He promiseth his freÌdes parte of his good but his owne childreÌ spende it He hath made me as it were a byworde of the comon people I am his gestinge stocke amoÌge theÌ My countenaunce is heuy for very anger the membres of my body are become like a shadowe Vertuous meÌ therfore shall wel coÌsidre this and the innocent shal take parte agaynst the Ypocrite The rightuous wil kepe his waye and he y t hath cleane handes wil euer be stronger stronger As for you turne you get you hence for I can not se one wyse maÌ amonge you My dayes are past my thoughtes are vanished awaye which haue vexed myne herte chaunginge the night in to daye y e light in to darcknes Though I tary neuer so moch yet the graue is my house and I must make my bed in the darcke I call corrupcion my father and the wormes call I my mother and my sister What helpeth then my longe tarienge Or who wil fulfill the thinge that I loke for All that I haue shall go downe in to the pytt lye with me in the dust The XVIII Chapter THen answered Baldad the Suhite and sayde when wil ye make an ende of youre wordes Marcke well and considre we wil speake also Wherfore are we counted as beestes reputed so vyle in youre sight Why destroyest thou thy self with anger Shal y e earth be forsaken or the stones remoued out of their place because of y t Shal not the light of the vngodly be put out yee the flame of his fyre shal not burne The light shal be darcke in his dwellinge his candle shal be put out with him His presumptuous goinges shal be kepte in and his owne councell shal cast him downe For his fete shal be taken in the nett and he shal walke in the snare His fote shal be holden in the gilder and the thurstie shal catch him The snare is layed for him in the grounde and a pytfall in the waye Fearfulnesse shal make him afrayed on euery syde that he shall not knowe where to get out Honger shal be his substaunce and myszfortune shall hange vpon him He shall eate his owne skynne yee his owne armes shall he deuoure beynge a firstborne of death All his comforte and hope shal be roted out of his dwellynge very fearfulnesse shall brynge him to the kynge Other men shall dwel in his house which now is none of his and brymstone shal be scatered vpon his habitacion His rotes shal be dryed vp beneth aboue shall his haruest be cut downe His remembraunce shall perish from the earth his name shall not be praysed in the stretes he shal be dryuen from the light in to darcknesse and be cast clene out of the worlde He shall nether haue children ner kynÃfolkes amonge his people no ner eny posterite in his countre yonge olde shal be astonyshed at his death Soch are now the dwellynges of the wicked and this is y e place of him that knoweth not God The XIX Chap. IOb answered sayde How loÌge wil ye vexe my mynde trouble me with wordes Lo tentymes haue ye reproued me are ye not ashamed for to laugh me so to scorne yf I go wronge I go wronge to my self But yf ye wil enhaunce yo r selues agaynst me accuse me to be a wicked personne because of the shame that is come vpon me knowe this then y t it is God which hath handled me so violeÌtly hath compased me aboute with his scourges Beholde though I crie yet violeÌce is done vnto me I can not be herde Though I complane there is none to geue senteÌce with me He hath hedged vp my path I caÌ not get awaye he hath set darcknesse in my gate He hath spoyled me of myne honoure taken the crowne awaye fro my heade He hath destroyed me on euery syde and I am vndone My hope hath he taken awaye
o God let all people prayse the. God euen oure owne God geue vs his blessinge that the earth maye bringe forth hir increase God blesse vs and let all the endes of y e worlde feare him The LXVII A psalme of Dauid LEt God aryse so shal his enemies be scatered and they that hate him shal fle before him Like as the smoke vanisheth so shalt thou dryue them awaye and like as waxe melteth at the fyre so shall the vngodly perish at the presence off God But the rightuous shal be glad reioyse before God they shal be mery ioyful Oh synge vnto God synge prayses vnto his name magnifie him y e rydeth aboue the heaueÌs whose name is y e LORDE reioyse before hiÌ He is a father of y e fatherlesse he is a defender of widdowes eueÌ God in his holy habitacioÌ He is the God y t maketh meÌ to be of one mynde in a house bryngeth y e presoners out of captiuite in due season but letteth y e rennagates coÌtinue in scarcenesse O God when thou weÌtest forth before y e people wheÌ thou weÌtest thorow y e wildernes Sela. The earth shoke y e heauens dropped at the presence of God in Sinai at y e presence of God which is y e God of Israel Thou o God sendest a gracious rayne vpon thyne enheritauÌce refreshest it when it is drye That thy beastes maye dwell therin which thou of thy goodnes hast prepared for the poore The LORDE shal geue the worde w t greate hoostes of EuaÌgelistes Ringes w t their armies shal fle they of y e housholde shal deuyde y e spoyle Yf so be y t ye lye amoÌge the pales the doues fethers shal be couered with syluer hir winges of the colo r of golde When the All mightie setteth kynges vpoÌ the earth it shal be cleare euen in the darcknesse The hill of Basan is Gods hill the hill of Basan is a pleÌteous hill Why hoppe ye so ye greate hilles It pleaseth God to dwell vpoÌ this hill yeâ the LORDE wil abyde in it for euer The charettes of God are many M. tymes a thousande the LORDE is amoÌge them in the holy Sinai Thou art gone vp an hye thou hast led captyuite captyue receaued giftes for meÌ Yee euen for thy enemies that they might dwell with the LORDE God Praysed be the LORDE daylie eueÌ y e God which helpeth vs poureth his benefites vpoÌ vs. Sela. The God y t is o r Sauio r eueÌ God the LORDE by whoÌ we escape death The God that smyteth his enemies vpoÌ the heades vpon the hayrie scalpes soch as go on still in their wikednes The LORDE hath sayde some wil I bringe agayne from Basan some wil I bringe agayne froÌ the depe of the see That thy fote maye be dipped in the bloude of thine enemies that thy dogges maye licke it vp It is well seâe o God how thou goest how thou my God and kynge goest in the Sanctuary The syngers go before and then the mynstrells amonge the maydens with the tymbrels O geue thankes vnto God the LORDE in the congregacion for the welles of Israel There litle Beniamin the prynces of Iuda the prynces of ZabuloÌ and the prynces of Nephthali beare rule amoÌge them Thy God hath coÌmitted streÌgth vn to the stablish the thinge o God that thou hast wrought in vs. For thy teÌples sake at Ierusalem shal kynges brynge presentes vnto the. Reproue the beestes amonge the redes the heape of bulles with the calues those that dryue for money Oh scaâre the people that delyte in batayle The prynces shal come out of Egipte the Morians loÌde shal stretch out hir hondes vnto God Synge vnto God o ye kyngdomes of the earth o synge prayses vnto the LORDE Sela. Which sytteth in the heauens ouer all froÌ the begynnge Lo he shal sende out his voyce yee and that a mightie voyce Ascrybe ye the power vnto God his glory is in Israel and his might in the cloudes God is wonderfull in his Sanctuary he is the God of Israel he will geue strength and power vnto his people Blessed be God The LXVIII A psalme of Dauid HElpe me o God for the waters are come in eueÌ vnto my soule I sticke fast in the depe myre where no grounde is I am come in to depe waters and the floudes wil drowne me I am weery of crienge my throte is drye my sight fayleth me for waytinge so longe vpon my God They y t hate me without a cause are mo then the hayres of my heade ⪠they that are myne enemies wolde destroye me giltlesse are mightie I am fayne to paye the thinges y t I neuer toke God thou knowest my symplenesse and my fautes are not hyd from the. Let not them that trust in the o LORDE God of hoostes be ashamed for my cause let not those y t seke the be confounded thorow me o God oâ Israel And why for thy sake do I suffre reprofe shame couereth my face I am become a straunger vnto my brethren and an aleaunt vnto my mothers children For the zele of thine house hath euen eaten me and the rebukes of them that rebuked the is fallen vpon me I wepte and chastened my self w t fastinge and that was turned to my reprofe I put on a sacke cloth and therfore they iested vpon me They that satt in the gate spake agaynst me and the dronckardes made songes vpon me But LORDE I made my prayer vnto the in an acceptable tyme Heare me o God with thy greate mercy sure helpe Take me out of the myre y t I syncke not Oh let me be delyuered froÌ theÌ y t hate me out of y e depe waters ãâ¦ã floude drowne me that the ãâ¦ã not vp y t the pitte shut not hir mouth vpon me Heare me o LORDE for thy louynge kyndnesse is confortable turne the vnto me acordinge vnto y e greate mercy Hyde not thy face from thy seruauÌt for I am in trouble O haist y e to helpe me Drawe nye vnto my soâle and saue it Oh delyuer me because of ãâã enemies Thou knowest my reprofe my shame my dishono r my aduersaries are all in thy sight The rebuke breaketh my hert maketh me heuy I loke for some to haue pitie vpon me but there is no man for some to coÌforte me but I fynde none They gaue me gall to eate wheÌ I was thurstie they gaue me vyneger to drynke Let their table be made a snare to take them selues withall an occasion to fall a rewarde vnto them Let their eyes be blynded that they se not euer bowe downe their backes Poure out thy indignacion vpon them let thy wrothfull displeasure take holde of them Let their habitacion be voyde no man to dwell in their tentes
For they persecute him whom thou hast smytten besyde thy woundes they haue geuen him moo Let them fall froÌ one wickednesse to another not come into thy rightuousnesse Let theÌ be wyped out of y e boke of the lyuinge not be written amonge the rightuous As for me I am poore in heuynesse let thy helpe defende me o God That I maye prayse y e name of God with a songe magnifie it with thankesgeuynge This shal please the LORDE better then a bullocke that hath hornes hoffes O considre this be glad ye that be in aduersite seke after God yo r soule shal lyue For the LORDE heareth the poore despyââ not his presoners Let heauen earth praise him the see all that moueth therin For God wil saue Sion buylde the cities of Iuda that men maye dwell there haue theÌ in possession The sede of his seruauntes shal iÌheret it they that loue his name shal dwell therin The LXIX A psalme of Dauid HAist the o God to delyuer me to helpe me o LORDE Let theÌ be shamed confounded that seke after my soule let them be turned backwarde put to confucioÌ that wysh me euell Let them soone be brought to shame y t crie ouer me there there But let all those that seke the be ioyfull glad in the and let all soch as delyte in thy sauynge health saye alwaye y e LORDE be pray ãâ¦ã As for me I am poore in misery ãâ¦ã to helpe me Thou art my helpe my redemer my God oh make no ãâã tarienge The LXX psalme IN the o LORDE is my trust let me neuer be put to coÌfucioÌ but rydde me delyuer me thorow thy rightuousnesse ⪠encline thine eare vnto me helpe me Be thou my stronge holde where vnto I maye allwaye fle thou that hast promised to helpe me for thou art my house of defence my castell Delyuer me o my God out of y e haÌde of the vngodly out of the hande of theâ rightuous cruell man For thou o LORDE God art the thinge that I loÌge for thou art my hope euen fro my youth I haue âeaned vpoÌ y e euer sens I was borne thou art he that toke me out of my mothers wombe therfore is my prayse allwaye of the. I am become a wonder vnto the multitude but my sure trust is in the. Oh let my mouth be fylled with thy prayse honoure all the daye loÌge Cast me not awaye in myne olde age forsake me not when my strength fayleth me For myne enemies speake agaynst me they that laye wayte for my soule take their coââcell together sayenge God hath forsakeÌ him pÌersecute him take him for there is none to helpe him Go not farre fro me o God my God haist the to helpe me Let them be coÌfounded perish that are agaynst my soule let theÌ be couered with shame dishonoure that seke to do me euell As for me I wil pacieÌtly abyde allwaye wil euer encrease thy prayse My mouth shal speake of thy rightuousnesse sauynge health all the daye loÌge for I knowe no ende therof Let me go in o LORDE God I wil make mencion of thy power and rightuousnesse only Thou o God hast lerned me fro my youth vp vntill now therfore wil I tell of y e wonderous workes Forsake me not o God in myne olde age when I am gray headed vntill I haue shewed thyne arme vnto childers children thy power to all them that are yet for to come Thy rightuousnes o God is very hie thou that doest greate thinges o God who is like vnto the O what greate troubles aduersite hast thou shewed me yet didest thou turne refresh me yee broughtest me from the depe of the earth agayne Thou hast brought me to greate honoure comforted me on euery syde Therfore wil I prayse the thy faith fulnesse o God playeÌge vpon the lute vnto the wil I synge vpon the harpe o thou holy one of Israel My lippes wolde fayne synge prayses vnto the so wolde my soule whom thou hast delyuered My tonge talketh of thy rightuousnesse all the daye longe for they are confounded brought vnto shame y t sought to do me euel The LXXI A psalme of Salomon GEue the kinge thy iudgmeÌt o God and thy rightuousnesse vnto the kynges sonne That he maye gouerne thy people acordinge vnto right and defende thy poore That the mountaynes maye brynge peace and the litle hilles rightuousnes vnto the people He shal kepe the symple folke by their right defende the childreÌ of the poore and punysh the wrongeous doer Thou shalt be feared as longe as y e Sonne and the Moone endureth from one generacion to another He shal come downe like the rayne in to a flese of woll and like the droppes that water y e earth In his tyme shal rightuousnesse florish yee and abundauÌce of peace so longe as the Moone endureth His dominion shal be from the one see to the other and from the floude vnto the worldes ende They that dwell in the wildernes shal knele before him his enemies shal licke the dust The kynges of the see and of the Iles shal brynge presentes y e kinges of Araby Saba shall offre giftes All kynges shal worshipe him all HeitheÌ shal do him seruyce For he shal deliuer the poore wheÌ he crieth the nedy y t hath no helpe He shall be fauorable to the symple poore he shal preserue the soules of soch as be in aduersite He shal deliuer their soules from extorcion wronge deare shal their bloude be in his sight He shal lyue vnto him shal be geueÌ of y e golde of Arabia Prayer shal be made euer vnto him daylie shal he be praysed There shal be an heape of corne in the earth hye vpon the hilles his frute shal shake like Libanus shal be grene in the cite like grasse vpoÌ the earth His name shal endure for euer his name shal remayne vnder the sonne amonge the posterites which shal be blessed thorow him all the Heithen shal prayse him Blessed be the LORDE God euen the God of Israel which only doth woÌderous thinges And blessed be the name of his maiesty for euer and all londes be fulfilled with his glory Amen Amen Here ende the prayers of Dauid the sonne of Iesse The LXXII A psalme of Asaph O How louynge is God vnto Israel to soch as are of a clene hert Neâerthelesse my fete were allmost gone my treadinges had wel nye slipte And why I was greued at y e wicked to se the vngodly in soch prosperite For they are in no parell of death but stonde fast like a palace They come in no misfortune like other folke nether are they plaged like other men And this is the cause that they be so puft vp in pryde ouerwhelmed with cruelte
him vpoÌ his holy hill for the LORDE oure God is holy The XCIX psalme O Be ioyfull in God all ye loÌdes serue the LORDE w t gladnes come before his presence w t ioye Be ye sure y t the LORDE he is God It is he y t hath made vs not we oure selues we are but his people the shepe of his pasture O go youre waye in to his gates theÌ with thankesgeuynge in to his courtes w t prayse be thaÌkfull vnto him speake good of his name For the LORDE is gracious his mercy is euerlastinge and his treuth endureth from generacion to generacion The C. psalme A thaÌkesgeuynge of Dauid MY songe shal be of mercy and iudgment yee vnto the o LORDE wil I synge O let me haue vnderstondinge in the waye of godlynesse vntill the tyme that thou come vnto me so shal I walke in my house w t an innocent herte I wil take no wicked thinge in honde I hate the synne of vnfaithfulnesse it shal not cleue vnto me A frowarde herte shal departe fro me I wil not knowe a wicked personne Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure him wil I destroye Who so hath a proude loke an hye stomacke I maye not awaye with him Myne eyes shal loke for soch as be faithfull in the londe y t they maye dwell with me and who so ledeth a godly life shal be my seruaunt There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shal not tary in my sight I shal soone destroye all the vngodly of the londe that all wicked doers maye be roted out of the cite of the LORDE The CI. psalme HEare my prayer o LORDE and let my crieÌge come vnto the. Hyde not thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble enclyne thine eares vnto me when I call O heare me and that right soone For my dayes are consumed awaye like smoke my bones are brent vp as it were a fyre brande My hert is smytteÌ downe and wythered like grasse so that I forget to eate my bred For the voyce of my gronynge my bone wil scarse cleue to my flesh I am become like a Pellicane in the wildernes and like an Oule in a broken wall I wake and am euen as it were a sparow sittinge alone vpon the house toppe Myne enemies reuyle me all the daye longe they laugh me to scorne and are sworne together against me I eate ashes with my bred and mengle my drynke with wepynge And that because of y e indignacion and wrath for thou hast taken me vp and cast me awaye My dayes are gone like a shadowe and I am wythered like grasse But thou o LORDE endurest for euer and thy remembraunce thorow out all generacions Arise therfore and haue mercy vpon Sion for it is tyme to haue mercy vpon her yee the tyme is come And why thy seruauntes haue a loue to hir stones it pitieth them to se her in the dust The Heithen shal feare thy name o LORDE and all the kynges of the earth thy maiesty For the LORDE shal buylde vp Sion and shal apeare in his glory He turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute and despyseth not their desyre This shal be written for those y t come after that the people which shal be borne maye prayse the LORDE For He loketh downe from his Sanctuary out of the heauen doth the LORDE beholde the earth That he maye heare the mournynges of soch as be in captinyte and delyuer the children of death That they maie preach the name of the LORDE in Sion and his worshipe at Ierusalem When the people are gathered together and the kyngdomes also to serue y e LORDE He hath brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortened my dayes Yet wil I saye O my God take me not awaye in y e myddest of myne age as for thy yeares they endure thorow out all generacions Thou LORDE in the begynnynge hast layed y e foundacion of the earth and the heauens are the workes of thy hondes They shal perishe but thou shalt endure they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment as a vesture shalt thou chaunge theÌ and they shal be chaunged But thou art the same and thy yeares shal not fayle The children of thy seruauntes shall contynue their sede shal prospere in y e sight The CII A psalme of Dauid PRayse the LORDE o my soule all that is within me prayse his holy name Prayse the LORDE o my soule forget not all his benefites Which forgeueth all thy synnes and healeth all thy infirmities Which saueth thy life from destruccion and crowneth the with mercy louynge kyndnesse Which satisfieth thy desyre with good thinges makynge the yonge and lusty as an Aegle The LORDE executeth rightuousnesse and iudgment for all them y t suffre wronge He shewed his wayes vnto Moses and his workes vnto the children of Israel The LORDE is full of compassion and mercy longe sufferinge and of greate goodnesse He wil not allwaye be chydinge nether wil he kepe his anger for euer He hath not dealt with vs after oure synnes ner rewarded vs acordinge to oure wickednesses For loke how hye the heaueÌ is in comparison of the earth so greate is his mercy also towarde them that feare him Loke how wyde the east is from the west so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. Yee like as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the LORDE mercifull vnto theÌ that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse florisheth as a floure of the felde For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it it gone and the place therof knoweth it nomore But the mercifull goodnesse of y e LORDE endureth for euer and euer vpon them y t feare him and his rightuousnesse vpon their childers children Soch as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them The LORDE hath prepared his seate in heaueÌ and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all O prayse the LORDE ye angels of his ye that be mightie instreÌgth fulfillinge his commaundement that meÌ maye heare the voyce of his wordes O prayse the LORDE all ye his hoostes ye seruauntes of his that do his pleasure O speake good of the LORDE all ye workes of his in euery place of his dominion prayse thou the LORDE o my soule The CIII psalme PRayse the LORDE o my soule O LORDE my God thou art become exceadinge glorious thou art clothed with maiesty and honoure Thou deckest thy self with light as it were w t a garment thou spredest out the heauen like a curtayne Thou voltest it aboue with waters thou makest the cloudes thy charet and goest vpon the wynges of the wynde Thou makest thine angels spretes and thy ministers flammes of fyre Thou hast layed y e
for his mercy endureth for euer And Og the kynge of Basan for his mercy endureth for euer And gaue awaye their londe for an heretage for his mercy endureth for euer Euen for an heretage vnto Israel his seruaunt for his mercy endureth for euer Which remeÌbreth vs wheÌ we are in trouble for his mercy endureth for euer Which geueth foode vnto all flesh for his mercy endureth foreuer O geue thankes vnto the God of heauen for his mercy endureth for euer The CXXXVI psalme BY the waters of Babilon we sat downe and wepte when we remeÌbred Sion As for oure harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therin TheÌ they that led vs awaye captyue requyred of vs a songe and melody in o r heuynes ⪠synge vs one of the songes of Sion How shal we synge the LORDES songe in a strauÌge loÌde Yf I forget the o Ierusalem let my right hande be forgotten Yf I do not remembre the let my tonge cleue to the rofe of my mouth yee yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth Remembre the childreÌ of Edom o LORDE in the daye of Ierusalem how they sayde downe with it downe with it eueÌ to the grounde O doughter BabiloÌ thou shalt come to misery thy self yee happie shal he be that rewardeth y e as thou hast serued vs. Blessed shal he be that taketh thy children and throweth them agaynst the stones The CXXXVII A psalme of Dauid I Wil geue thaÌkes vnto the o LORDE with my whole hert euen before the goddes wil I synge prayses vnto the. I wil worshippe towarde thy holy teÌple and prayse thy name because of thy louynge kyndnesse and treuth for thou hast magnified thy worde acordynge vnto thy greate name When I call vpoÌ the thou hearest me and endewest my soule with moch streÌgth All the kynges of the earth shal prayse the o LORDE when they heare the wordes of thy mouth Yee they shal synge in the wayes of the LORDE that greate is the glory of the LORDE For though the LORDE be hye yet hath he respecte vnto y e lowly as for y e proude he beholdeth him afarre off Though I walke iÌ y e myddest of trouble yet shalt thou refresh me thou shalt stretch forth thine haÌde vpoÌ the furiousnes of myne enemies y e righthande shal saue me The LORDE shal make good for me yee thy mercy o LORDE endureth for euer despyse not then the worke of thine owne handes The CXXXVIII A psalme of Dauid O LORDE thou searchest me out and knowest me Thou knowest my downe syttinge my vprisynge thou vnderstoÌdest my thoughtes afarre of Thou art aboute my path aboute my bedd spyest out all my wayes For lo there is not a worde iÌ my toÌge but thou o LORDE knowest it alltogether Thou hast fashioned me behinde before layed thine hoÌde vpon me Soch knowlege is to wonderfull excelleÌt for me I can not atteyne vnto it Whither shal I go then from thy sprete Or whither shal I fle from thy presence Yf I clymme vp in to heauen thou art there yf I go downe to hell thou art there also Yf I take the wynges of the mornynge remayne in the vttemost parte of the see Euen there also shal thy honde lede me and thy right hande shal holde me Yf I saye peradueÌture the darcknesse shal couer me then shal my night be turned to daye Yee the darcknesse is no darcknesse with the but the night is as cleare as the daye the darcknesse light are both alike For my reynes are thyne thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe I wil geue thaÌkes vnto the for I am woÌderously made maruelous are thy workes and that my soule knoweth right well My bones âre not hyd from the though I be made secretly and fashioned beneth in the earth Thine eyes se myne vnparfitnesse they stonâe all writteÌ iÌ thy boke my dayes were fashiâned when as yet there was not one of them How deare are y e couÌcels vnto me o God O how greate is the summe of them Yf I tell them they are mo in nombre then the ende when I wake vp I am present with âhe Wilt thou not slaye y e wicked oh God âhat the bloudethyrstie mighte departe froââe For they speake vnright of the thine ââemies exalte them selues presumptuously I hate them o LORDE that hate the I maye not awaye with those that ryse vp âgaynst the Yee I hate them right sore ââerfore are they myne enemies Trye me âo God and seke the grounde of myne hert proue me examen my ãâ¦ã well yf there be eny waye ãâ¦ã me lede me in the waye ãâ¦ã The CXXXIX A psalme of Dauid ⪠DElyuer me o LORDE from the ãâã men oh preserue me from the wicked men Which ymagin myschefe in their hertes stere vp strife all the daye longe They sharpen their tonges like a serpent Adders poyson is vnder their lippes Sela. Kepe me o LORDE from the hande of the vngodly preserue me from the wicked men which are purposed to ouerthrowe my goinges The proude haue layed a snare for me spred a nett abrode with coardes yee sett trappes in my waye Sela. But my sayenge is vnto the LORDE thou art my God heare the voyce of my prayer o LORDE O LORDE God thou strength of my health thou hast couered my heade in y e daye of battayll Let not y e vngodly haue his desyre o LORDE let him not haue his purpose lest they be to proude Sela. Let the myschefe of their owne lippes fall vpon y e head of theÌ y t coÌpase me aboute Let hote burnynge coales fall vpoÌ theÌ let theÌ be cast in to the fyre and in to the pytt that they neuer ryse vp agayne A man full of wordes shal not prospere vpon earth a malicious wicked person shal be hunted awaye and destroyed Sure I am that the LORDE wil auenge the poore and manteyne the cause of the helplesse The rightuous also shal geue thaÌkes vnto thy name the iust shal continue in thy sight The CXL A psalme of Dauid LORDE I call vpon the haist the vnto me and consider my voyce wheÌ I crie vnto the. Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the inceÌse and let the liftinge vp of my haÌdes be an euenynge sacrifice Set a watch o LORDE before my mouth yee a watch at the dore of my lippes O let not myne hert be enclyned to eny euell thiÌge to be mynded as the vngodly or wicked men lest I eate of soch thinges as please theÌ Let the rightuous rather smyte me frendly and reproue me so wil I take it as though he had poured oyle vpoÌ my heade it shal not hurte my heade yee I wil praye yet for theâ wickednesse Their iudges stoÌble at the stone yet heare they my wordes y t they be ioyfull Oure bones lye scatered before y e pytt like as when one graueth and dyggeth
ANd they walked in the myddest of the flamme praysynge God and magnifienge y e LORDE Asarias stode vp and prayde on this maner Euen in the myddest of the fyre opened he his mouth saide Blessed be thou o LORDE God of o r fathers right worthy to be praysed and honoured is y t name of thine for euermore for thou art righteous in all y e thinges y t thou hast done to vs Yee faithfull are all y e workes y e wayes are right y e iudgmeÌtes true In all y e thinges y t thou hast brought vpon vs vpon the holy cite of o r fathers euen Ierusalem thou hast executed true iudgment Yee acordinge to right and equyte hast thou brought these thinges vpoÌ vs because of oure synnes For why we haue offended done wickedly departynge from the In all thinges haue we trespaced not obeyed thy coÌmaundementes ner kepte theÌ nether done as thou hast bydden vs y t we might prospere Wherfore all y t thou hast brought vpon vs euery thinge y t thou hast done to vs thou hast done them in true iudgment As in delyueringe vs in to the hondes of oure enemies amoÌge vngodly wicked abhominacions to an vnrighteous kinge yee y e most frowarde vpoÌ earth And now we maye not opeÌ o r mouthes we are become a shame reprofe vnto y e seruauntes to theÌ y t worshipe the. Yet for thy names sake we beseke the geue vs not vp for euer breake not thy couenaunt take not awaye thy mercy from vs for thy beloued Abrahams sake for thy seruaunt Isaacs sake for thy holy Israels sake to whom thou hast spoken promysed y t thou woldest multiply their sede as y e starres of heauen as the londe y t lieth vpon y e seâ shore For we o LORDE are become lesse theÌ eny people be kepte vnder this daye in all the worlde because of oure synnes So ther now we haue nether prynce duke prophet burnt offerynge sacrifice oblacioÌ inceÌseâââ Sanctuary before the. Neuerthelesse in a contrite herte and an humble sprete let vs be receaued y t we maie opteyne thy mercy Like as in the burnt offerynge of rammes bullockes and like as in thousandes of fat lambes so let o r offrynge be in thy sight this daye y t it maye please y e for there is no coÌfucion vnto them y t put there trust in the. And now we folowe the with all o r herte we feare the seke thy face Put vs not to shame but deale w t vs after thy louynge kyndnesse acordinge to the multitude of thy mercies Delyuer vs by thy miracles o LORDE get thy name an honoure that all they which do thy seruauntes euell maye be confouÌded Let them be ashamed thorow thy Allmightie power and let their strength be broken that they maye knowe how that thou only art the LORDE God hono r worthy thorow out all the worlde And the kynges seruaÌtes y t put them in ceassed not to make the ouen hote with wylde fyre drye strawe pitch fagottes so that the flamme wente out of the ouen vpon a xlix cubites yee it toke awaye brent vp those Caldees y t it gat holde vpon besyde the ouen But the angel of the LORDE came downe in to the ouen to Asarias and his felowes smote y e flamme of the fyre out of the ouen made the myddest of the ouen as it had bene a coole wynde blowinge so that the fyre nether touched them greued them ner dyd them hurte Then these thre as out of one mouth praysed honoured and blessed God in the fornace sayenge Blessed be thou o LORDE God of oure fathers for thou art prayse honoure worthy yee to be magnified for euermore Blessed be y e holy name of thy glory for it is worthy to be praysed and magnified in all worldes Blessed be thou in the holy temple of y e glory for aboue all thinges thou art to be praysed yee more then worthy to be magnified for euer Blessed be thou in the trone of y e kyngdome for aboue all thou art worthy to be wel spoken of to be more then magnified for euer Blessed be thou that lokest thorow the depe syttest vpon the Cherubyns for thou art worthy to be praysed aboue all to be magnified for euer Blessed be thou in y e firmament of heauen for thou art prayse and honoure worthy for euer O all ye workes of the LORDE speake good of y e LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye angels of the LORDE speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye heaueÌs speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye waters that be aboue the firmameÌt speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye powers of the LORDE speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye SoÌne Moone speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye starres of heaueÌ speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye schowers dew speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O all ye wyndes of God speake good of y e LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye fyre heate speake good of y e LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye wynter and sommer speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye dewes frostes speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye frost and colde speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye yse and snowe speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye nightes and dayes speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye light and darcknesse speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set vp him for euer O ye lightenynges and cloudes speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O let the earth speake good of the LORDE yee lett it prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye mouÌtaynes and hilles speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye grene thinges vpon the earth speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye welles speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye sees and floudes speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye whalles and all that lyue in the waters speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye foules of the ayre speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye beastes catell speake good of
seuen and seuen the male and his female that there maye besede left a lyue vpon the whole earth For yet after seuen dayes I wil sende raine vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes and wyll destroye all maner of thinges that I haue made from of the face of the earth And Noe dyd all that the LORDE commaunded him Sixe huÌdreth yeare olde was he whan the water floude came vpon earth And he wente in to the Arcke with his sonnes his wyfe and his sonnes wyues for the waters of the floude Of cleane beastes and of vncleane of all fethered foules of all that crepeth vpon earth wente in vnto him to the Arcke by pares a male and a female as y e LORDE coÌmaunded him And whan the seuen dayes were past the water floude came vpon the earth In the sixe hundreth yeare of Noes age vpon the seuentene daye of the seconde moneth that same daye were all y e fountaynes of the greate depe broken vp and the wyndowes of heauen were opened and there came a rayne vpon y e earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes Vpon the selfe same daye weÌte Noe in to the Arcke with Sem Ham and Iaphet his sonnes and with his wyfe and the thre wyues of his sonnes and all maner of beastes after their kynde all maner of catell after their kynde all maner of crepynge thinges that crepe vpoÌ the earth after their kynde and all maner of foules what so euer coude flye what so euer had fethers after their kynde These wente all vnto Noe in to the Arcke by cooples of all flesh in whom was the breth of life And these were the male the female of all maner of flesh and wente in acordinge as God commauÌded him And the LORDE shut the dore vpon him Then came the water floude fourtie dayes vpon the earth and the water increased and bare vp the Arcke and lift it vp ouer y e earth Thus the water preuayled and increased sore vpon the earth so that the Arcke wente vpon the waters Yee the waters preuayled and increased so sore vpon earth that all the hye mountaynes vnder the whole heauen were couered Fyftene cubytes hye preuayled y e waters ouer the mountaynes which were couered Then all flesh that crepte vpon earth perished both foules catell beastes and all y t moued vpon earth and all men What so euer had the breth of life vpon the drye londe dyed Thus was destroyed all that was vpon the earth both man and beast both wormes and foules vnder y e heaueÌ all these were destroyed from the earth Saue Noe onely remayned and they that were with him in the Arcke And the waters preuayled vpon the earth an hundreth and fiftie dayes The VIII Chapter THen God remembred Noe and all the beastes and all the catell that were with him in the Arcke and caused a wynde to come vpon the earth and y e waters ceassed and the fountaynes of the depe and the wyndowes of heauen were stopte and the rayne of heaueÌ was forbydden and the waters ranne styll awaye from y e earth and decreased after an hundreth and fiftye dayes Vpon the seuentene daye of the seuenth moneth rested the Arcke vpon the mountaynes of Ararat And the waters weÌte awaye and decreased vntyll the tenth moneth for the first daye of the tenth moneth the toppes of the mountaynes appeared After fourtie dayes Noe opened y e wyndow of the Arcke which he had made ⪠sent forth a rauen which flew out and came agayne vntyll the waters were dryed vp vpoÌ the earth Then sent he forth a doue from him to wete whether the waters were falleÌ vpon the earth But when y e doue coude fynde no restynge place for hir fete she came agayne vnto him in to the Arcke for the waters were yet vpon the face of all the earth And he put out his hande and toke her to him in to the Arke Then he abode yet seuen dayes mo sent out the doue agayne out of the Arke she returned vnto him aboute the euen tyde and beholde she had broken of a leaf of an olyue tre bare it in hir nebb Then Noe perceaued that the waters were abated vpon the earth Neuertheles he taried yet seuen other dayes and sent forth the doue which came nomore to him agayne In the sixte hundreth and one yeare of Noes age vpon the first daye of y e first moneth the waters were dryed vp vpon the earth Then Noe toke of the hatches of the Arke and sawe y t the face of the earth was drye So vpon the seuen and twentye daye of the seconde moneth the whole earth was drye Then spake God vnto Noe and sayde Go out of the Arke thou and thy wyfe and thy sonnes and thy sonnes wyues with the. As for all the beastes that are with the what so euer flesh it be both foule catell and all maner of wormes that crepe vpon the earth let them go out with the and be ye occupied vpon the earth growe and multiplye vpon the earth So Noe wente out with his sonnes and with his wife and with his sonnes wyues All the beastes also and all the wormes and all the foules and all that crepte vpon the earth wente out of the Arke euery one vnto his like And Noe buylded an altare vnto y e LORDE and toke of all maner of cleane beastes of all maner of cleane foules and offred breÌâ sacrifices vpon y e altare And y e LORDE smelled the swete sauo r sayde in his hert I wyl hence forth curse the earth nomore for maÌs sake for the ymaginacion of mans hert is euell euen from the very youth of him Therfore from heÌce forth I wil nomore smyte all that lyueth as I haue done Nether shall sowynge tyme and haruest colde ãâã heate Sommer and wynter daye and ãâã ceasse so longe as the earth endureâ ⪠The IX Chapter ANd God blessed Noe and his sonnes and sayde vnto them increace multiplye and fyll the earth The feare also and drede of you be vpon all beastes of the earth vpon all foules vnder the heauen and vpon all that crepeth on the earth and all fyshes of the see be geuen in to youre haÌdes All that moueth and hath life be youre meate Euen as the grene herbe so haue I geueÌ you all Onely eate not the flesh with the bloude wherin the soule is For the bloude of you wherin youre soule is wyll I requyre of the hande of all beastes and the soule of maÌ wyll I requyre of mans hande yeâ euery mans soule of anothers hande He that sheddeth maÌs bloude his bloude shal be shed by man agayne for God made man after his owne licknesse As for you be ye frutefull and increase and be occupied vpon the earth that ye maye multiplye therin Farthermore God sayde vnto Noe and to his sonnes w t him Beholde I make my
Kedorlaomer the kinge of Elam Thydeal the kynge of y e Heithen That they made warre w t Bera y e kynge of Sodome and w t Birsa the kynge of Gomorra with Sineab the kynge of Adama with Semeaber the kynge of Zeboim and with the kynge of Bela which is called Zoar. These came all together in to the brode valley where now the salt see is for twolue yeares were they subiectes vnto kinge Kedorlaomer in the thirtenth yeare they fell from him Therfore in the fourtenth yeare came Kedorlaomer and the kynges y t were with him smote the Giauntes in Astaroth Karnaim Susim at Ham Emim in the felde of Kiriathaim and y e Horites in their owne mount Seir vnto the playne of Pharan which bordreth vpoÌ the wildernes And then they turned came to the well of iudgment which is Cades smote all the countre of the Amalechites and also the Amorites that dwelt in Hazezon Thamar Then wente out the kynge of Sodome the kynge of Gomorra the kynge of Adama and the kynge of Zeboim and the kynge of Bela called Zoar prepared them selues to fight in the brode valley w t Kedorlaomer the kynge of Elam with Thideal y e kynge of the Heithen with Amraphel y e kynge of Synear with Arioch the kynge of Ellasar foure kynges w t fyue And y t brode valley had many slyme pyttes But the kynge of Sodoma and Gomorra were put to flight fell there the residue fled vnto y e mountaynes Then toke they all the goodes at Sodoma and Gomorra all their vytales wente their waye They toke Lot also Abrams brothers sonne his good for he dwelt at Sodome and departed Then came one that had escaped and tolde Abram the Aleaunt which dwelt in the Okegroue of Mamre the Amoryte which was the brother of Escol Aner for these were confederate with Abram Now whan Abram herde y t his brother was taken he harnessed his bonde seruauntes borne in his owne house thre hundreth eightene folowed after them vntill Dan deuyded theÌ fell vpoÌ them by night w t his seruauntes and smote theÌ and chased them awaye vnto Hoba which lieth on y e left hande of the cite of Damascos and brought agayne all the goodes and also his brother Lot and his goodes y e wemen also and the people And as he came agayne from the slaughter of Kedorlaomer of the kinges that were with him the kynge of Sodome wente to mete him in to the playne felde which is called kynges dale But Melchisedech the kynge of Salem brought forth bred and wyne And he beynge the prest of the most hye God blessed him and sayde Blessed be thou Abram vnto the most hye God possessor of heauen and earth And praysed be God the Hyest which hath delyuered thine enemies in to thy handes And Abram gaue him tythes of all Then sayde the kynge of Sodome vnto Abram Geue me the soules and take y e goodes vnto thy self But Abram sayde vnto the kinge of Sodome I lift vp my honde vnto the LORDE the most hye God possessor of heauen and earth that I wyll not take of all that is thyne so moch as a threde or a shue lachet lest thou shuldest saye I haue made Abram ryche Saue onely that which the yonge men haue spent and the men Aner Escol and Mamre that wente with me let them take their parte The XV. Chapter IT happened after these actes y t the worde of y e LORDE came vnto AbraÌ in a vysion and sayde Feare not Abram I am thy shylde and thy exceadinge greate rewarde But Abram sayde LORDE LORDE what wilt thou geue me I go childles and the seruaunt of my house this Eleasar of Damascos hath a sonne And Abram sayde morouer Beholde vnto me hast thou geuen no sede and lo the sonne of my housholde shal be myne heyre And beholde the worde of the LORDE spake vnto him and saide He shal not be thine heyre but one that shal come out of thine owne body he shal be thine heyre And he bad him go forth and sayde Loke vp vnto heauen and tell y e starres Canst thou nombre them And he sayde vnto him Euen so shal thy sede be Abram beleued the LORDE and y t was counted vnto him for righteousnes And he sayde vnto him I am y e LORDE y t brought the from Vr out of Chaldea to geue y e this londe to possesse it But Abram sayde LORDE LORDE Wherby shall I knowe that I shall possesse it And he sayde vnto him Take a cow of thre yeare olde and a she goate of thre yeare olde and a ramme of thre yeare olde and a turtyll doue and a yonge pigeon And he toke all these and deuyded them in the myddes and layde the one parte ouer agaynst the other but the foules deuyded he not And the foules fell vpoÌ the flesh but Abram droue them awaye Now whan the Sonne beganne to go downe there fell an heuy slepe vpoÌ Abram And lo feare and greate darcknes fell vpon him And he sayde vnto Abram knowe this of a suertye that thy sede shal be a strauÌger in a londe that is not theirs And they shall make bonde men of them and intreate them euell foure hundreth yeares But the people whoÌ they shal serue wyl I iudge Afterwarde shall they go forth with greate substaunce and thou shalt departe vnto thy fathers in peace and shalt be buried in a good age And after the fourth generacion they shall come hither agayne for the wickednes of y e Amorites is not yet full So whan the Sonne was downe and it was waxed darcke Beholde there smoked a fornace and a fyre brande wente betwene y e partes The same daye made the LORDE a couenauÌt with Abram and sayde Vnto thy sede wil I geue this loÌde from the water of Egipte vnto the greate water Euphrates the Kenytes the Kenizites the Kydmonites the Hethites the Pherezites the Giauntes the Amorites the Cananites the Gergesites and the Iebusites The XVI Chapter SArai Abrams wife bare him no children but she had an handmayde an Egipcian whose name was Agar and sayde vnto Abram Beholde the LORDE hath closed me that I can not beare Go in I praye the vnto my mayde peraduenture I shal be multiplied by her more then by myself And Abram herkened vnto the voyce of Sarai Than Sarai Abrams wife toke Agar hir mayde y e Egipcian after they had dwelt ten yeare in the londe of Canaan and gaue her vnto hir huszbande AbraÌ to be his wife And he wente in vnto Agar and she conceaued Now whan she sawe y t she had conceyued she despysed hir mastresse Then sayde Sarai vnto Abram I must suffre wronge for thy sake I layde my mayde by the but now because she seyth that she hath conceaued I must be despysed
vnto Sichem Then a certayne man founde him wandringe out of his waye in the felde which axed him and sayde Whom sekest thou He answered I seke my brethren tell me I pray the where they kepe The man sayde They are gone from hence for I herde them saye let vs go vnto Dothan Then folowed Ioseph after his brethren and founde them at Dothan Now whan they sawe him a farre of afore he came at theÌ they deuysed to sleye him and sayde one to another Lo there coÌmeth the dreamer come on and let vs sley him cast him in a pytt and saye a wicked beast hath deuoured him theÌ shal it be sene what his dreames are When Ruben herde that he wolde haue delyuered him out of their handes sayde O let vs not sley a soule Ruben sayde morouer vn to him Shed no bloude but cast him into this pytt y t is in the wyldernes laye ye no haÌdes vpon him He wolde haue delyuered him out of their haÌdes y t he might haue brought him agayne vnto his father Whan Ioseph now came to his brethreÌ they stryped him out of his cote that partye coloured cote which he had vpon him toke him and cast him in to a pytt But the same pytt was emptye and no water in it they sat them downe to eate In the meane season they lift vp their eyes and sawe a coÌpany of Ismaelites coÌmynge from Gilead with their camels which barespyces balme and myrre and were goinge downe into Egipte Then saide Iuda vnto his brethreÌ what helpeth it vs that we sleye oure brother and hyde his bloude Come let vs sell him vnto the Ismaelites that oure handes be not defyled vpon him for he is oure brother oure flesh and bloude And they herkened vnto him And as the Madianites marchaunt men wente by they drew Ioseph out of the pytt and solde him vnto the Ismaelites for tweÌtye syluer pens which brought him in to Egipte Now whan Ruben came agayne vnto the pytt founde not Ioseph therin he rent his clothes and came agayne to his brethreÌ and sayde The lad is not yonder whyther shal I go Then toke they Iosephs cote slewe a goate and dypped the cote in y e blonde and sent awaye that partie coloured cote and caused it be brought vnto their father and sayde This haue we founde loke whether it be thy sonnes coate or no. But he knewe it and sayde It is my sonnes coate a wicked beast hath deuoured him a rauyshinge beast hath rauyshed Ioseph And Iacob reÌte his clothes and put a sackcloth aboute his loynes mourned for his sonne a longe season And all his sonnes doughters came vnto him to coÌforte him But he wolde not be coÌforted saide With sorowe wil I go downe in to the graue vnto my sonne And his father wepte for him But the Madianites solde him in Egipte vnto Potiphar Pharaos chefe Marshall The XXXVIII Chapter IT fortuned at the same time y t Iuda wente downe froÌ his brethren gat him to a man called Hyra at Odollam And there Iuda sawe a maÌ of CanaaÌs doughter called Sua and toke her And wheÌ he had lyen with her she conceaued and bare a sonne whom she called Er. And she conceaued agayne bare a son whoÌ she called OnaÌ She proceaded yet further bare a sonne whoÌ she called Sela. And whaÌ she had borne him she left of bearinge And Iuda gaue his first sonne Er a wife whose name was Thamar But he was wicked before the LORDE therfore the LORDE slew him Then sayde Iuda vnto his sonne Onan Go lie with thy brothers wife and marye thyself with her that thou mayest rayse vp sede vnto thy brother But when Onan knewe that the sede shulde not be his owne whan he laye with his brothers wife he let it fall vpon the earth and destroyed it y t he shulde not geue sede vnto his brother This thinge that he dyd displeased the LORDE sore and he slewe him also Then sayde Iudas vnto Thamar his sonnes wyfe Remayne a wyddow in thy fathers house tyll my sonne Sela be growne for he thought peraduenture he might dye also like as his brethren So Thamar wente hir waye and remained in hir fathers house Now whaÌ many dayes were past y e doughter of Sua Iudas wife dyed And whan Iuda had left mournynge he wente vp vnto Thimnath to clyppe his shepe with his shepherde Hyra of Odollam Then was it tolde Thamar beholde thy father in lawe goeth vp vnto Thimnath to clyppe his shepe Then put she of y e wyddowes garmentes that she had vpon her couered and dysgysed hir self sat hir downe without the porte by the waye syde towarde Thymnath For she sawe that Sela was growne and she was not geuen vnto him to wife Now whan Iuda sawe her he thought it had bene an whoore for she had couered hir face and he gat him to her in the waye and saide I praye the let me lye with the for he knewe not that it was his doughter in lawe She answered What wilt thou geue me that thou mayest lie with me He sayde I wil sende the a kydd from the flocke She answered Geue me a pledge then tyll thou sende it me He sayde What pledge wilt thou that I geue the She answered Thy signet and thy bracelet and thy staff that thou hast in thy haÌde Then he gaue it her and laye with her and she was with childe of him And she gat hir vp and wente hir waye and layed of hir cloke and put on hir wyddowes garmeÌtes agayne Iuda sent the kydd by his shepherde of Odolla to fetch the pledge agayne from the woman and he founde her not Then axed he the men of the same place sayde Where is the whoore y t sat without in the waye They answered There hath no whoore bene here And he came agayne vnto Iuda and saide I haue not founde her morouer y e men of the same place saide that there hath no whoore bene there Iuda sayde Let her take it vnto her lest we happly be shamed for I haue sent the kydd and thou hast not founde her After thre monethes it was tolde Iuda Thamar thy doughter in lawe hath plaied the whoore and beholde by whordome is she gotten with childe Iuda sayde brynge her forth that she maye be brent And whan she was brought forth she sent vnto hir father in lawe and sayde By the man y t oweth these am I w t childe And she sayde Knowest thou whose is this signet this bracelet this staff Iuda knewe theÌ sayde She is more righteous theÌ I for I gaue hir not my sonne Sela But he laye nomore with her Whan the tyme came that she shulde be delyuered there were two twyns founde in hir wombe And as she was now in trauelynge the one put out his hande Then the mydwife toke and bouÌde a reed threde aboute it and saide
downe for we darre not loke the man in the face yf oure yongest brother be not with vs. Then sayde thy seruaunt my father vnto vs Ye knowe that my wife bare me two sonnes one wente out fro me and I sayde he is torne in peces Yf ye take this fro me also and eny mysfortune happeÌ him then shal ye brynge my gray heer with sorowe downe vnto the graue Yf I now come home vnto my father the lad be not with me seynge his soule hangeth by the soule of this then shall it come to passe that yf he se not the lad there he shal dye So shal we thy seruauntes brynge the gray heer of thy seruaunt oure father with sorowe downe to the graue For I thy seruaunt became suertye for the lad vnto my father and sayde yf I brynge him not agayne I will beare the blame all my lyfe longe Therfore let thy seruaunt byde here in steade of y e lad to be my lordes bonde man and let the lad go vp with his brethren For how can I go vp vnto my father yf the lad be not with me Then shulde I se the mysery that shulde happen vnto my father The XLV Chapter THen coude not Ioseph refrayne him self before all them that stode aboute him and he coÌmaunded euery man to go out from him and there stode no man by him whan Ioseph vttred him self vnto his brethren And he wepte loude so that y e Egipcians and Pharaos housholde herde it And he sayde vnto his brethren I am Ioseph is my father yet alyue And his brethren coulde not answere him they were so abashed before his face But he sayde Come nye vnto me And they came nye And he sayde I am Ioseph youre brother whom ye solde in to Egipte And now vexe not youre selues thinke not y t there is eny wrath because ye solde me hither For God sent me hither before you for yo r lyues sake For these are now two yeares that y e derth hath bene in the lande and there are yet fyue yeares behynde wherin there shal be no plowinge ner haruest But God sent me hither before you y t he might let you remayne vpon earth and to saue youre lyues by a greate delyueraunce And now it was not ye then that sent me hither but God which hath made me a father vnto Pharao lorde ouer all his house and a prynce in the whole lande of Egipte Haist you therfore and go vp vnto my father and saye vnto him Thy sonne Ioseph sendeth the this worde God hath made me lorde in all Egipte come downe vnto me tarye not thou shalt dwel in the lande of Gosen and be with me thou and thy children and thy childers childreÌ thy small and greate catell and all that thou hast There wyll I make prouysion for the for there are yet fyne yeares of derth that thou perishe not w t thine house and all that is thyne Beholde youre eyes and the eyes of my brother Ben Iamin se that I myne owne self speake vnto you by mouth Shewe my father all my worshipe in Egipte and all that ye haue sene haist you and come downe hither with my father And he fell aboute his brother Ben Iamyns neck and wepte and Ben Iamin wepte vpon his neck also And he kyssed all his brethren and wepte vpon them And afterwarde talked his brethren w t him And this tydinges came in to Pharaos house Iosephs brethren are come which pleased Pharao well and all his seruauntes And Pharao spake vnto Ioseph Saye vnto thy brethren Do thus lade youre beastes go youre waye and whan ye come in to the lande of Canaan take youre father and youre housholdes and come vnto me I wyl geue you of the goodes in the laÌde of Egipte so that ye shall eate the fatt in the lande And he commaunded them Do thus Take you charettes out of y e lande of Egipte for youre children and wyues and brynge youre father and come and regarde not youre housholde stuff for the goodes of all the laÌde of Egipte shal be yours The children of Israel dyd so and Ioseph gaue theÌ charettes acordynge to Pharaos commaundement and expenses by the waye and gaue them all vnto euery one a chaunge of rayment but vnto Ben Iamin he gaue thre hundreth syluer pens and fyue chaunge of rayment As for his father he sent him ten Asses laden with goodes out of Egipte and ten Asses with corne and bred and vytayles for his father by y e waye So he sent awaye his brethren and sayde vnto them Stryue not by the waye Thus they departed out of Egipte and came to the lande of Canaan vnto Iacob their father and tolde him and sayde Thy sonne Ioseph is yet alyue and is a lorde in all the lande of Egipte But his hert wauered for he beleued them not TheÌ tolde they him all the wordes of Ioseph which he had sayde vnto them And whan he sawe y e charettes that Ioseph had sent to fetch him his sprete reuyued he sayde I haue ynough that my sonne Ioseph is yet a liue I wil go and se him before I dye The XLVI Chapter ISrael toke his iourney with all that he had And whan he came to Berseba he offred offerynges vnto y e God of his father Isaac And God spake vnto him in a vision by night Iacob Iacob He sayde here am I. And he saide I am y e mightie God of thy father be not afrayed to go in to Egipte for there wyl I make a greate people of the. I wyll go downe with the wil brynge the vp also And Ioseph shal laye his hande vpon thine eyes Then Iacob gat him vp from Berseba and y e children of Israel caried Iacob their father with their children and wyues vpon the charettes that Pharao had sent to cary him And they toke their catell substaunce which they had gotten in the lande of Canaan and so came in to Egipte Iacob all his sede with him his children his childers children with him his doughters and the doughters of his children all his sede These are y e names of the children of Israel which came in to Egipte Iacob his sonnes The first borne sonne of Iacob Ruben The children of Ruben Hanoch Pallu Hezron and Charmi. The children of Simeon Iemuel Iamin Ohad Iachim Zohar and Saul the sonne of the Cananitish woman The childreÌ of Leui Gerson Cahath Merari The childreÌ of Iuda Er Onan Sela Phares Serah But Er and Onan dyed in the lande of Canaan The childreÌ of Phares Hesron and Hamul The children of Isachar Thola Phua Iob Semron The children of Zabulon Sered Elon and Iahleel These are the childreÌ of Lea which she bare vnto Iacob in Mesopotamia with his doughter Dina. These all together with sonnes doughters make thre thirtie soules The childreÌ of Gad Zipheon Haggi Suni Eâbon Eri
go Then sayde y e LORDE vnto Moses Aaron Take youre handes full of aszshes out of the fornace let Moses sprenkle it towarde heauen before Pharao that it maye be dust in all the lande of Egipte that there maye be sores blaynes vpon men vpon catell in all the lande of Egipte And they toke aszshes out of y e fornace stode before Pharao Moses sprenkled it towarde heaueÌ Then were there sores and blaynes vpon men vpon catell so that the Sorcerers might not stoÌde before Moses by reason of the sores For there were sores vpoÌ the Sorcerers as well as vpon all the Egipcians But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert so that he herkened not vnto them eueÌ as the LORDE had sayde vnto Moses Then sayde the LORDE vnto Moses Get the vp tomorow by tymes stonde before Pharao speake vnto him Thus sayeth y e LORDE God of the Hebrues let my people go y t they maye serue me els wyll I at this tyme sende all my plages in to thine hert vpon thy seruauÌtes vpon thy people that thou mayest knowe y t there is none like me in all londes For I will now stretch out my hande smyte the thy people w t pestilence so y t thou shalt be roted out from the earth Yet haue I stered y e vp for this cause euen to shew my power vpon y e and that my name might be declared in all londes Thou holdest my people yet wilt not let them go beholde tomorow aboute this tyme wyll I cause a mightie greate hayle to rayne soch as hath not bene in the londe of Egipte sence the tyme that it was grouÌded hither to And now sende thou saue thy catell all y t thou hast in the felde for all men catell that shal be founde in the felde not brought in to the houses yf the hayle fall vpon them they shall dye Now who so feared the worde of the LORDE amonge Pharaos seruauntes caused his seruauntes catell to flye in to the houses but loke whose hertes regarded not the worde of y e LORDE left their seruauntes and catell in the felde Then sayde the LORDE vnto Moses Strech out thy hande towarde heaueÌ that it maye hayle vpon all the lande of Egipte vpon men vpon catell vpon all herbes of the felde in the lande of Egipte So Moses stretched out his staff towarde heauen and the LORDE caused it to thonder hayle so y t the fyre ranne alonge vpon the earth Thus the LORDE hayled rayned vpon the londe of Egipte so that the hayle fyre wente so horrybly together as neuer was in all the laÌde of Egipte sens the tyme that there were people therin And the hayle smote the whole lande of Egipte all that was vpon y e felde both men catell smote all the herbes vpon the felde brake all the trees vpon y e felde saue onely in the lande of Gosen where the childreÌ of Israel were there it hayled not Then sent Pharao called for Moses Aaron sayde vnto them Now haue I synned y e LORDE is righteous but I my people are vngodly Yet praye ye vnto the LORDE that the thonder hayle of God maye ceasse then wyl I let you go that ye shal tary here no longer Moses sayde vnto him Whan I am come out of the cite I wyll stretch out myne handes vnto the LORDE so shal the thonder ceasse there shal be nomore hayle that thou mayest knowe that the earth is the LORDES But I knowe y t both thou thy seruauntes feare not yet the LORDE God Thus the flax and the barlye were smytten for the barlye was shot vp y e flax was boulled but the wheate and y e râe were not smytten for they were late sowen So Moses wente from Pharao out of y e cite stretched out his haÌdes vnto y e LORDE And y e thoÌder the hayle ceassed the rayne dropped not vpoÌ the earth But whaÌ Pharao sawe y t the rayne thonder hayle ceassed he synned agayne and herdened his hert he his seruauntes So Pharaos hert was hardened y t he let not the childreÌ of Israel go eueÌ as the LORDE had sayde by Moses The X. Chapter ANd the LORDE saide vnto Moses Go in vnto Pharao for I haue hardened his hert the hertes of his seruauÌtes y t I might do these my tokeÌs amonge theÌ that thou mightest shewe it in the eares of thy children of thy childers children what I haue done in Egipte and how I haue shewed my tokens amoÌge theÌ that ye maye knowe how that I am the LORDE So Moses Aaron wente in vnto Pharao spake vnto him Thus sayeth y e LORDE God of the Hebrues How longe refusest thou to submyt thy self vnto me to let my people go y t they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let my people go beholde tomorow wil I cause greshoppers to come vpon all places y t they maye couer the lande so y t the lande can not be sene they shal eate vp y t is left you was delyuered froÌ the hayle shal eate vp all yo r grene trees vpon the felde shal fyll thy house all y e seruauÌtes houses all the Egipcians houses soch as y e fathers y e fathers fathers haue not sene sens the tyme y t they were vpon earth vnto this daye And he turned him wente out from Pharao Then saide Pharaos seruauntes vnto him How longe shall we be snared after this maner Let the men go that they may serue y e LORDE their God Knowest thou not yet y t Egipte is destroyed Moses Aaron were brought agayne to Pharao which saide vnto them Go yo r waye serue y e LORDE yo r God But who are they y t shall go Moses sayde We wil go w t yonge olde w t sonnes and doughters with shepe and oxeÌ âª for we haue a feast of the LORDE He sayde vnto theÌ Let it be so the LORDE be with you Shulde I let you go yo r childreÌ also loke that ye haue not some myschefe in haÌde Not so but go ye that are men and serue the LORDE for that was youre desyre And they thrust them out from Pharao TheÌ saide y e LORDE vnto Moses Stretch out thine hande ouer y e londe of Egipte for the greshoppers y t they maye come vpoÌ y e londe of Egipte eate vp all the herbes in the londe w t all y t escaped the hayle Moses stretched out his staff ouer y e lande of Egipte the LORDE brought an east wynde in to the londe all y t daye all y t night in the mornynge the east wynde brought the greshoppers And they came ouer the whole lande of Egipte and lighted in all places of Egipte so exceadinge many that before tyme there were neuer soch nether
in the snare after theÌ whan they are destroyed before the that thou axe not after their goddes saye EueÌ as these nacions haue serued their goddes so wil I do also Thou shalt not do so vnto the LORDE thy God For all that is abhominacion vnto the LORDE that he hateth y e same haue they done vnto their goddes For they haue burnt euen their sonnes and their doughters with fyre vnto their goddes All that I commaunde you shal ye kepe that ye do therafter Ye shal put nothinge therto ner take ought there from The XIII Chapter YF there ryse vp a prophet or dreamer amonge you and geue the a token or a wonder and that token or wonder which he spake of come to passe and then saye Let vs go after other goddes whom thou knowest not and let vs serue theÌ Thou shalt not herken vnto the wordes of soch a prophet or dreamer For y e LORDE youre God proueth you to wete whether ye loue him with all youre hert with all youre soule For ye shall walke after the LORDE youre God and feare him and kepe his commaundementes herken vnto his voyce and serue him and cleue vnto him As for that prophet or dreamer he shal dye because he hath spoken to turne you awaye from the LORDE youre God which broughte you out of the londe of Egipte and delyuered you from the house of bondage to thrust the out of the waye which the LORDE thy God commaunded the to walke in and so shalt thou put awaie the euell from the. Yf thy brother the sonne of thy mother or thine awne sonne or thy doughter or the wyfe in thy bosome or thy frende which is vnto the as thine owne soule entyse the secretly and saye Let vs go and serue other goddes whom thou knowest not ner yet thy father which are amonge the nacions rounde aboute you whether they be nye vnto the or farre from the from the one ende of the earth vnto the other consente not vnto him and herkeÌ not vnto him Thine eye also shal not pytie him and thou shalt haue no compassion vpon him ner kepe him secrete but shalt cause him to be slayne thine haÌde shal be first vpon him to cause him to be slayne and then the handes of all the people He shal be stoned to death because he wente aboute to thrust the awaye from the LORDE thy God which broughte the out of the londe of Egipte from the house of boÌdage y t all Israel maye heare and feare him and do nomore soch euell amonge you Yf thou hearest in eny cite which y e LORDE thy God hath geueÌ the to dwell in that it is sayde There are certayne men the children of Belial gone out from amonge you and haue disceaued the inhabiters of their cite and sayde let vs go and serue other goddes whom ye knowe not Then shalt thou seke make search and enquere diligently And yf it be founde of a trueth that it is so in dede y t soch abhominacion is wroughte amonge you then shalt thou smyte the indwellers of the same cite and their catell with the edge of the swerde and damne the cite with all that is therin and all the spoyle therof shalt thou gather together in the myddes of the stretes of it and burne with fyre both the cite and all the spoyle therof together vnto the LORDE y e God that it maye lye vpon a heape for euer and neuer be buylded eny more And let nothinge of the damned thinge cleue vnto thy hande that the LORDE maye be turned from the indignacion of his wrath and graunte the mercy and haue compassion on the and multiplye the as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers because thou haà herkened vnto y e voyce of the LORDE thy God to kepe all his commaundementes which I commaunde the this daye so that thou doest the thinge which is righte in the sighte of the LORDE thy God The XIIII Chapter YE are the children of the LORDE youre God Cut not youre selues therfore make you no baldnesse betwene youre eyes ouer eny deed For thou art an holy people vnto the LORDE thy God And the LORDE hath chosen the to be his awne peculier people from amoÌge all the nacions that are vpon the earth Thou shalt eate no abhominacion These are the beestes which ye shal eate Oxen shepe Goates Hert Roo Bugle wylde goate Vnicorne Origen and Camelion And euery beest that deuydeth his clawe cheweth cudd shal ye eate Neuertheles these shal ye not eate of them that chewe cudd and deuyde not the hoffe in to two clawes The Camell the hayre the conye for though they chewe cudd yet deuyde they not the hoffe therfore shal they be vncleane vnto you The swyne though he deuyde the hoffe yet cheweth he not cudd he shall be vncleane vnto you ye shall not eate of the flesh of theÌ and their deed carcases shal ye not touche This is it that ye shall eate of all that is in the waters All that hath fynnes and scales shall ye eate But what so euer hath no fynnes ner scales that shal ye not eate for it is vncleane vnto you Eate of all cleane foules But these are they wherof ye shal not eate The Aegle y e Goshanke the Cormoraunte the Ixion the Vultur the Ryte with his kynde all Rauens in their kynde the Estriche the Night crowe the Cocow the Sparow hauke with his kynde the litle Oule the greate Oule y e Backe the Bytture the Swanne the Pellicane the Pye the Storke the Heron the Iaye w t his kynde the Lapwynge y e Swalowe And all foules y t crepe shal be vncleane vnto you and ye shal not eate them Ye shall eate of nothinge y t dyeth aloneâ thou mayest geue it vnto y e straunger with in y e gate that he eate it or sell it to a straunger For thou art an holy people vnto y e LORDE thy God Thou shalt not seeth a kydd whyle it yet sucketh his mother Thou shalt separate out the tythe all the increase of thy sede y t coÌmeth out of y e felde euery yeare shalt eate it before y e LORDE y e God in y e place which He choseth y t his name maye dwell there namely of y e tythes of thy corne of thy wyne of thy oyle the first borne of thine oxen and of thy shepe y t thou mayest lerne to feare the LORDE thy God all thy life longe But yf the waye be to moch for y e and the place which y e LORDE thy God hath chosen to set his name there be to farre from the thou canst not cary it that y e LORDE thy God hath blessed the withall Then geue it for money take y e money in thyne hande and go vnto the place which the LORDE thy God hath chosen and geue the money for
God himselfe shall go before the ouer Iordane and HE himselfe shal destroye these nacions before the that thou mayest conquere them and Iosua he shall go ouer before the. as the LORDE hath sayde And the LORDE shal do vnto them as he dyd vnto Sihon and Og the kynges of the Amorites and vnto their loÌde which he destroyed Now whan the LORDE shal deliuer theÌ before you ye shal do vnto them acordynge vnto all the commaundementes which I haue commaunded you Be manly and stroÌge feare not and be not afrayed of them For the LORDE thy God himselfe shal go with the and shal not fayle the ner forsake the. And Moses called Iosua and sayde vnto him before all Israel Be stronge and bolde for thou shalt brynge this people in to the londe which the LORDE hath sworne vnto their fathers to geue them and thou shalt parte it amonge them by lott But the LORDE himselfe that goeth before you euen HE shal be with the and shal not fayle the ner forsake the Feare not and be not afrayed And Moses wrote this lawe and delyuered it vnto the prestes the children of Leui which bare the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE and vnto all the Elders of Israel And he commaunded them and sayde At the ende of seuen yeares in the tyme of the Fre yeare in the feast of Tabernacles whan all Israel come to appeare before the LORDE thy God in the place that he shall chose thou shalt cause this lawe to be proclamed before all Israel in their eares namely before the congregacion of the people both of men wemen children and thy straungers which are within thy gates that they maye heare and lerne to feare the LORDE their God and be diligent to do all the wordes of this lawe and that their children also which knowe nothinge maye heare and lerne to feare the LORDE yo r God all youre lyue dayes which ye lyue in the londe whither ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde thy tyme is come that thou must die call Iosua and stonde in the Tabernacle of witnesse that I maye geue him a charge Moses wente with Iosua and stode in the Tabernacle of witnesse And the LORDE appeared in the Tabernacle in a cloudy pyler and the same cloudy pyler stode in the dore of the Tabernacle And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde thou shalt slepe with y e fathers and this people wyll ryse vp and go a whoringe after straunge goddes of the londe in to the which they come and wyll forsake me and breake the couenaunt which I haue made w t them And then shall my wrath waxe whote agaynst them at the same tyme I shal forsake theÌ and hyde my face froÌ them that they maye be consumed And so whan moch aduersite trouble commeth vpoÌ theÌ they shal saye Is not all this euell come vpoÌ me because God is not with me But I shal hyde my face at the same tyme because of all the euell that they haue done in that they haue turned vnto other goddes Wryte now therfore this songe teach it the children of Israel and put it in their mouth that this songe maye be a witnesse vnto me amonge the children of Israel For I wil brynge them in to the londe which I sware vnto their fathers that floweth with mylke and hony And whan they eate and are full and fatt they shal turne vnto other goddes and serue them and blaspheme me and breake my couenaunt And so whan moch myschefe and tribulacion is come vpon them this songe shall answere before them for a witnesse It shall not be forgotten out of the mouth of their sede for I knowe their ymaginacion that they go aboute euen now before I brynge them in to the londe which I sware vnto them So Moses wrote this songe at the same tyme and taughte it the children of Israel And the LORDE gaue Iosua the sonne of Nun a charge and sayde Be stronge and bolde for thou shalt brynge the children of Israel in to the londe which I sware vnto them and I wil be with the. Now whan Moses had wrytten out all the wordes of this lawe in a boke he commaunded the Leuites which bare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt and sayde Take the boke of this lawe and laye it by the syde of the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE youre God that it maye be there a wytnesse agaynst the for I knowe thy stubburnesse and thy harde neck Beholde whyle I am yet alyue w t you this daye ye haue bene disobedient vnto the LORDE how moch more after my death Gather now vnto me all the Elders of youre trybes and youre officers y t I maye speake these wordes in their eares and take heauen and earth to recorde agaynst them For I am sure that after my death ye shall marre youre selues and turne asyde out of the waye which I haue commaunded you and so shall mysfortune happen vnto you her after because ye haue done euell in the sighte of the LORDE in prouokynge him thorow the workes of youre handes So Moses spake out the wordes of this songe euen to the ende in the eares of all the congregacion of Israel The XXXII Chapter HErken O ye heauens I wyll speake and let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth My doctryne droppe as doth the raine and my speach flowe as doth the dew Euen as the rayne vpon the grasse and as the droppes vpon the herbe For I wyl call vpon the name of the LORDE geue ye the glory vnto oure God Perfecte are the workes of the Stone for all his wayes are righteous God is true and no wickednes is there in him righteous and iust is he The frowarde and ouerthwarte generacion hath marred them selues to himwarde and are not his children because of their deformyte Thankest thou the LORDE y i God so thou foolish and vnwyse people Is not he thy father and thy LORDE Hath he not made the and prepared the Remembre the dayes that are past considre the yeares of the generacions afore tyme Axe thy father he shall shewethe thine elders they shal tell the. Whan the most Hyghest deuyded y e nacions and scatred the children of men Then set he the borders of the nacions acordinge to the nombre of the children of Israel For the LORDES parte is his folke Iacob is the meetlyne of his enheritaunce He founde him in the wyldernesse euen in the drye deserte where he roared He led him aboute and gaue him vnderstondinge He kepte him as the aple of his eye As an Aegle stereth vp hir nest and flotereth ouer hir yonge Euen so stretched he out his fethers and toke him and bare him on his wynges The LORDE onely was his gyde there was no straunge God with him He caried him ouer y e heigth of the
hir huszbande I wil not go vp tyll y e childe be weened then will I brynge him that he maye appeare before the LORDE and coÌtynue there for euer Elcana hir huszbande sayde vnto her TheÌ do as thou thynkest best tary tyll thou haue weened him but the LORDE perfourme that he hath spoken So the woman abode and gaue hir sonne sucke tyll she weened him And whan she had weened him she broughte him vp with her with thre bullockes with an Ephi of fyne floure and a bottell of wyne and broughte him in to y e house of the LORDE at Silo. Neuertheles the childe was yet but yonge And they slewe a bullocke and broughte the childe vnto Eli. And she sayde O my lorde as truly as thy soule lyueth my lorde I am the woman that stode here by y e and made intercession vnto the LORDE whan I prayed for this childe Now hath y e LORDE graunted me my peticion which I desyred of him therfore haue I geuen him ouer vnto the LORDE as longe as he is lent vnto the LORDE And they worshipped y e LORDE there The II. Chapter ANd Anna prayed and sayde My hert reioyseth in the LORDE my horne is exalted in the LORDE My mouth is opened wyde vpoÌ myne enemies for I am glad of thy saluacion There is no man holy as the LORDE for without the is nothinge and there is no coÌforte like vnto oure God Let go yo r greate boostinge of hye thynges let go out of youre mouth that olde byworde for the LORDE is a God y t knoweth all thinges he hath set all workes in order The bowe of the mightie is broken and the weake are gyrded aboute with strength They that were fylled afore are solde for bred and they that were hongrie are satisfied vntyll the baren bare seuen and tyll she that had many childreÌ was become weake The LORDE slayeth and geueth life he ledeth vnto hell and bryngeth out agayne The LORDE maketh poore and maketh riche He bryngeth lowe and exalteth He taketh vp the neady out of the dust and lifteth vp y e poore out of the myre that he maye set them amonge the prynces and to let them inheret the seate of honoure for the foundacions and corners of the worlde are the LORDES and he hath set the compase of the earth theron He shall preserue the fete of his sayntes but y e vngodly shal be put to syleÌce in darcnesse For there is no maÌ that can do oughte of his owne power The LORDES enemies shal be put in feare before him he shal thoÌder vpoÌ theÌ in heaueÌ The LORDE shall iudge the endes of the worlde shal geue streÌgth vnto his kynge shall exalte the horne of his anoynted Elcana wente his waye to Ramath vnto his house And the childe became the LORDES mynister before Eli the prest But Elis sonnes were the childreÌ of Belial and knewe not the LORDE ner the dutye of the prestes vnto the people but whan eny man wolde offre oughte the prestes boye came whyle the flesh was seethinge and had a thre forked fleshoke in his hande and thrust it in to the cauldron or ketell or panne or pot and loke what he drue forth with the fleshoke that toke the prest therof Thus dyd they vnto all Israel ⪠which came thither vnto Silo. Like wyse or euer they burned the fatt the prestes lad came and sayde vnto him that broughte the offerynge Geue me the flesh that I maye roste it for the prest for he wyl receaue no sodden flesh of y e but rawe Yf eny man sayde then vnto him Let the fat burne as it oughte to do this daye and afterwarde take what thine hert desyreth then sayde he vnto him Thou shalt geue it me euen now yf no I wyll take it from the by violeÌce Therfore was the synne of y e childreÌ very greate before the LORDE for y e people spake euell of y e meat offerynge of y e LORDE But Samuel was a mynister before the LORDE and the childe was gyrded with an ouer body cote of lynnen His mother also made him a litle cote of sylke and broughte it vp vnto him at coÌuenient tymes whaÌ she wente vp with hir huszbande to offer y e offerynge in due season And Eli blessed Elcana his wife and sayde The LORDE geue the sede of this woman for this good that thou hast lent vnto the LORDE And they weÌte vnto their place And the LORDE vysited Anna so that she coÌceaued and bare thre sonnes and two doughters but the childe Samuel grewe vp with the LORDE As for Eli he was very olde and herde of all that his sonnes dyd vnto all Israel and how they laye with the wâmen that serued God before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and he sayde vnto them wherfore do ye this For I heare of youre euell conuersacion of all this people Not so my childreÌ this is no good reporte that I heare ye cause the people of the LORDE to offende Yf eny maÌ synne agaynst a man the iudge caÌ redresse it But yf eny maÌ synne agaynst y e LORDE who can redresse it Neuertheles they herkened not vnto the voyce of their father for the LORDES wyll was to slaye them But the childe Samuel wente and grewe vp was accepted of the LORDE of meÌ There came a man of God to Eli and sayde vnto him Thus sayeth the LORDE I shewed my selfe vnto thy fathers house whan they were yet in Egipte vnder y e house of Pharao and chose him there vnto my selfe before all the trybes of Israel for the presthode that he shulde offer vpon myne altare and burne incense and weere the ouerbody cote before me and vnto thy fathers house I gaue all the offeringes of the children of Israel Why layest thou thy selfe then agaynst my sacrifices and meat offeringes which I commaunded to offer in the habitacion and thou honourest thy sonnes more then me that ye mighte fede youre selues with the firstlinges of all the meat offerynges of my people of Israel Therfore sayeth the LORDE God of Israel I haue spoken that thy house and thy fathers house shulde walke before me for euer But now sayeth the LORDE That be farre fro me But who so euer honoureth me him wil I hono r also as for those y t despyse me they shal not be regarded Beholde the tyme shal come that I wyll breake thyne arme in two and the arme of thy fathers house so that there shal no oldeman be in thy house And thou shalt se thine aduersaries in the habitacion in all the good of Israel and there shal neuer be olde man in thy fathers house Yet wyll I not rote out euery man of the fro myne altare but y t thyne eyes maye be consumed that y e soule maye be sory a greate multitude of thy house shal dye whan they are come to be men And this shal be a token
vnto the that shal come vpon thy two sonnes Ophni and Phineas They shall both dye in one daye But vnto my selfe I wyll rayse vp a faithfull prest which shal do acordinge as it is in my hert in my soule vnto him wyll I buylde a sure house that he maye allwaye walke before myne anoynted And who so euer remayneth of thy house shall come and worshipe him for a syluer peny and for a pece of bred and shall saye I praye the leaue me to one prestes parte that I maye eate a morsell of bred The III. Chapter ANd whan the childe Samuel mynistred vnto the LORDE vnder Eli the worde of y e LORDE was deare at the same tyme nether was there eny sure manifest vision And it fortuned at the same tyme that Eli laye in his place and his eyes beganne to be dymme so that he coulde not se. And Samuel had layed him downe in y e temple of the LORDE where the Arke of God was before y e lampe of God was put out And the LORDE called Samuel He answered Beholde here am I. And he ranne vnto Eli sayde Beholde here am I thou hast called me But he saide I haue not called the go thy waye agayne and laye the downe to slepe And he wente his waye and layed him downe to slepe The LORDE called againe Samuel And Samuel arose wente vnto Eli sayde Beholde here am I thou hast called me Neuertheles he sayde My sonne I haue not called the. So thy waye agayne and laye the downe to slepe As for Samuel he knewe not the LORDE as yet the worde of y e LORDE was not yet shewed vnto him And y e LORDE called Samuel y e thirde tyme. And he arose wente vnto Eli sayde Beholde here am I thou hast called me Then perceaued Eli y t the LORDE called y e childe he sayde vnto him Go thy waye agayne laye the downe to slepe and yf the LORDE call the eny more then saye Speake LORDE for y e seruaunt heareth Samuel weÌte his waye and layed him downe in his place TheÌ came y e LORDE stode and called like as afore Samuel Samuel And Samuel sayde Speake LORDE for thy seruaunt heareth And the LORDE saide vnto Samuel Beholde I do a thinge in Israel y t who so euer shall heare it both his eares shal glowe In y t daie will I rayse vp vpon Eli all y t I haue spokeÌ coÌcernynge his house I will take it in hande perfourme it for I haue tolde him y t I wil be Iudge ouer his house for euer because of the wickednes y t he knewe how shamefully his childreÌ behaued theÌselues and hath not once loked sowerly therto Therfore haue I sworne vnto y e house of Eli y t this wickednes of y e house of Eli shall not be recoÌcyled nether w t sacrifice ner w t meat offringe for euer And Samuel laye vnto y e morow opened the dores of the house of the LORDE But Samuel was afrayed to tell the vysion vnto Eli. Then Eli called him sayde Samuel my sonne He answered Beholde here am I. He sayde What is y e worde y t the LORDE hath spokeÌ vnto the hyde it not fro me God do this that vnto y e yf thou hyde oughte fro me of all that he hath talked w t the. Then Samuel tolde him alltogether hyd nothinge from him He sayde It is the LORDE let him do what pleaseth him Samuel grewe vp the LORDE was w t him there fell none of all his wordes vpoÌ the earth And all Israel froÌ Dan vnto Bersaba knewe y t Samuel was faithfull to be a prophet of the LORDE And the LORDE appeared agayne at Silo for the LORDE shewed him selfe vnto Samuel at Silo thorow the worde of the LORDE The IIII. Chapter ANd all Israel spake of Samuel And Israel wente forth to the battayll against the Philistynes pitched besyde the. Helpe stone As for the Philistynes they pitched at Aphek and prepared them selues agaynst Israel And whan the battayll beganne the hoost was deuyded so that Israel was smytteÌ before the enemies in the edge in the felde they slewe aboute a foure thousande men And whan the people came in to the hoost the Elders of Israel sayde Wherfore hath the LORDE caused vs to be smytten this daie before the Philistynes Let vs take vnto vs the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt from Silo let it come amoÌge vs that it maye helpe vs from the hande of oure enemies And the people sent vnto Silo caused to set theÌce the Arke of y e couenaunt of the LORDE Zebaoth that sytteth vpon the Cherubins And with the Arke of the couenaunt of God there were the two sonnes of Eli Ophni and Phineas And whan the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE came in to the hoost all Israel shouted w t a greate shoute so that the earth sounded withall But whan the Philistynes herde y e noyse of y e shoute they sayde what noyse is this of soch greate shoutinge in the tentes of the Hebrues And whan they perceaued y t the Arke of the LORDE was come in to the hoost they were afrayed sayde God is come in to the hoost And they sayde morouer Wo vnto vs for it hath not bene thus afore tyme. Wo vnto vs. Who wil delyuer vs froÌ the hande of these hye goddes These are the goddes that smote Egipte w t all maner of plages in the wyldernesse Be stronge now and manly ye Philistynes that ye serue not the Hebrues as they haue serued you Be manly and fighte Then foughte the Philistynes Israel was smytten euery one fled vnto his teÌte there was a very greate slaughter so that there fell of Israel thirtye thousande fote meÌ the Arke of God was takeÌ the two sonnes of Eli Ophni and Phineas dyed Then raÌne there one of Ben Iamin out of the fore fronte of the battayl came vnto Silo the same daye had his clothes rente and had earth vpoÌ his heade And whan he came in Heli sat vpon the seate that he mighte loke towarde the waye for his herte was fearfull aboute y e Arke of God And whan the man came in to the cite he tolde it forth and all the cite cried And whan Eli herde y e noyse of the cryeÌge he axed What noyse of busynes is this The man came haistely and tolde Eli. As for Eli he was fourescore and eightene yeare olde and his eyes were dymme so that he could not se. The man sayde vnto Eli I come and am fled this daye out of the hoost He sayde How is it my sonne Then answered the tydinge bringer sayde Israel is fled before the Philistynes and a greate slaughter hath there bene amonge the people thy two sonnes Ophni Phineas are deed yee the Arke of God is takeÌ awaye Whan
after her And she had a partye garment on for soch garmentes wayre y e kynges doughters whyle they were virgins And whaÌ his seruaunt had put hir forth lockte the dore after her Thamar strowed aszshes vpon hir heade and rente the partye garment which she had vpon her and layed hir hande vpon hir heade and wente on and cryed And hir brother Absalom sayde vnto her Hath thy brother Ammon bene with the Now holde thy peace my sister it is thy brother and take not the matter so to hert So Thamar remayned a wyddowe in brother Absaloms house And whan kynge Dauid herde of all this he was very sory As for Absalom he spake nether euell ner good to Ammon but Absalom hated Ammon because he had forced his sister Thamar After two yeares had Absalom shepe clyppers at Baal Hazor which lyeth by Ephraim And Absalom called all the kynges children and came to the kynge and sayde Beholde thy seruaunt hath shepe clyppers let it please y e kynge with his seruauntes to go with his seruaunte But the kynge sayde vnto Absalom No my sonne let vs not all go lest we be to chargeable vnto the. And he wolde nedes haue had him to go howbeit he wolde not but blessed him Absalom sayde Shall my brother Ammon go with vs then The kynge sayde vnto him Wherfore shall he go with the Then was Absalom so importune vpon him that he let Ammon and all the kynges childreÌ go with him But Absalom commaunded his yonge men and sayde Take hede whan Ammon is mery with wyne and I saye vnto you Smyte Ammon and slaye him that ye be not afrayed for I haue commaunded you be stronge and playe the men So Absaloms yonge men dyd vnto Ammon as Absalom had commaunded them Then stode all the kynges children vp and euery one gat him vp vpoÌ his Mule and fled And whyle they were yet on their waye the rumoure came to kynge Dauid that Absalom had slayne all the kynges children so that not one of them was lefte Then stode the kynge vp and rente his clothes layed him downe vpon the earth and all his seruauÌtes that stode aboute him rente their clothes Then answered Ionadab y e sonne of Simea Dauids brother and sayde Let not my lorde thynke that all the yonge men the kynges children are deed but y t Ammon is deed onely for Absalom hath kepte it in him selfe sence the daie that he forced his sister Thamar Therfore let not my lorde the kynge take it so to hert that all the kynges children shulde be deed but that Ammon is deed onely As for Absalom he fled And the yonge man that kepte the watch lifte vp his eyes and loked and beholde A greate people came in the waye one after another by the hill syde Then sayde Ionadab vnto the kynge Beholde the kynges children come Euen as thy seruaunt sayde so is it happened And whan he had ended his talkynge the kynges children came and lifte vp their voyce and wepte The kynge and all his seruauntes wepte also very sore But Absalom fled and wente vnto Thalmai the sonne of Ammihud kynge of Gesur As for Dauid he mourned for his sonne euery daye Whan Absalom was fled and gone vnto Gesur he was there thre yeare And kynge Dauid ceassed from goinge out agaynst Absalom for he had comforted him selfe ouer Ammon that he was deed The XIIII Chapter IOab the sonne of Ieru Ia perceaued y t the kynges hert was agaynst Absalom and sent vnto Thecoa and caused to fetch from thence a prudent woman and saide vnto her Make lameÌtacion and weere mournynge garmentes anoynte the not with oyle but fayne thy selfe as a woman which hath mourned longe ouer a deed and thou shalt go in to the kynge and speake so so vnto him And Ioab tolde her what she shulde saye And whan the woman of Thecoa wolde speake with the kynge she fell vpon hir face to the grounde and worshipped and sayde Helpe me O kynge The kynge sayde vnto her What ayleth the She sayde I am a wedowe a woman that mourneth and my huszbaÌde is deed And thy handmayde had two sonnes which stroue together in the felde and whyle there was noman to parte theÌ a sunder the one smote the other and slewe him And beholde all the whole kynred ryseth vp agaynst thy handmayden and saye Delyuer him which hath smytten his brother that we maye kyll him for the soule of his brother whom he hath slayne and that we maye destroye the heyre also And thus are they mynded to put out my sparke which yet is lefte that there shulde no name ner eny thinge els remayne ouer vnto my huszbaÌde vpon earth The kynge sayde vnto the woman Go y e waye home I wil geue a coÌmaundemeÌt for ye. And the woman of Thecoa saide vnto y e kynge The trespace be vpon me my lorde y e kynge and vpon my fathers house but the kynge and his seate be vngiltye The kynge sayde He that speaketh agaynst the brynge him vnto me so shall he touch the nomore She sayde Let the kynge thynke vpon the LORDE his God that there be not to many auengers of bloude to destroye and that they brynge not my sonne to naught He sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth there shall not one heer of thy sonne fall vpon the earth And the woman sayde Let thy handmayde speake somwhat to my lorde the kynge He sayde speake on The woman sayde Wherfore hast thou deuised soch a thinge agaynst the people of God And how happeneth it that the kynge speaketh soch to make himselfe giltie and causeth not his outlawe to be broughte agayne For we all dye the death and as the water that sinketh in to the earth which is not taken vp And God will not take awaye the lyfe but vnbethynketh himselfe y t euen the very outlawe be not cleane thrust out from him Thus am I come also to speake this to my lorde the kynge in the presence of the people for thy handmayden thoughte I wyll speake to the kynge peraduenture he shall do that his handmayden sayeth for he shall heare his handmayden to delyuer me from the hande of all them that wolde destroye me with my sonne from the enheritaunce of God And thy handmayden thoughte y e worde of my lorde the kynge shall be as a meat offerynge for my lorde the kinge is as an angell of God so that he can heare good and euell therfore shall the LORDE thy God be with the. The kynge answered and sayde vnto the woman Kepe nothynge fro me that I axe the. The woman sayde Let my lorde the kinge speake on The kynge sayde Is not the hande of Ioab with the in all this The woman answered and sayde As truly as thy soule lyueth my lorde O kynge there is els noman nether at the righte hande ner at y e lefte but euen as my LORDE the kynge hath sayde for thy seruaunt Ioab hath commaunded
with you and set my sonne Salomon vpon my Mule and cary him downe to Gihon and let Sadoc y e prest and the prophet Nathan anoynte him there to be kynge ouer Israel and blowe the trompe and saye God saue kynge Salomon and go ye vp after him and whan he commeth he shal syt vpoÌ my seate and be kynge in my steade for I haue ordeyned him to be prynce ouer Israel and Iuda Then answered Benaia the sonne of Ioiada vnto the kynge sayde Amen The LORDE God of my lorde the kynge saye thus also As the LORDE hath bene with my lorde the kynge so be he with Salomon also that his seate maye be greater then the seate of my lorde kynge Dauid Then wente they downe the prest Sadoc and the prophet Nathan and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and the Chrethians Plethians set Salomon vpon kynge Dauids Mule broughte him to Gihon And Sadoc the prest toke the oyle horne out of the Tabernacle and anoynted Salomon And they blewe the trompe And all y e people sayde God saue kynge Salomon And all the people wente vp after him and the people pyped with pypes and was very ioyfull so that the earth range at the noyse of them And Adonias herde it and all they whom he had called which were w t him and they had new eaten And whan Ioab herde the noyse of the trompe he sayde What meaneth this noyse of the cite and this busynes But whyle he yet spake beholde Ionathas the sonne of Abiathar y e prest came And Adonias sayde Come in for thou art a valeaunt man and bryngest good tydinges Ionathas answered and sayde vnto Adonias Alas o r lorde kynge Dauid hath made Salomon kynge and hath sent with him Sadoc the prest and the propheth Nathan and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and the Chrethians and Plethians and they haue set him vpon the kynges Mule and Sadoc y e prest with the prophet Nathan hath anoynted him kynge at Gihon and from theÌce are they gone vp with ioye that the cite range with all that is the noyse that ye haue herde Salomon also sytteth vpoÌ the kynges seate and the kynges seruauntes are gone in to wysh good lucke vnto ouer lorde kynge Dauid and haue sayde Thy God make Salomon a better name then thy name is and make his seate greater then thy seate And they haue wyszshed the kynge good lucke vpon the bed Morouer y e kynge hath sayde thus Praysed be y e LORDE God of Israel which this daye hath made one to syt vpon my seate that myne eyes haue sene it Then were they afrayed and gatt them vp all that were called by Adonias and so they departed euery man his waye But Adonias was afrayed of Salomon and gat him vp and weÌte his waye toke holde of y e hornes of y e altare And it was tolde Salomon beholde Adonias feareth kynge SalomoÌ beholde he taketh holde of the hornes of y e altare sayeth Let kiÌge SalomoÌ sweare vnto me this daye that he shall not slaye his seruaunt with the swerde Salomon sayde Yf he wil be an honest man there shall not one heer fall from him vpon the earth but yf there be euell founde in him he shall dye And kinge SalomoÌ sent and caused him to be fetched from the altare And whan he came he fell downe before kynge Salomon But Salomon sayde vnto him Go y e waye in to thy house The II. Chapter NOw whan the tyme came that Dauid shulde dye he commaunded Salomon his sonne and sayde I go the waye of all the worlde Be thou stroÌge therfore and shewe thyselfe a man and kepe the watch of the LORDE thy God that thou walke in his wayes and holde his ordinaunces his commaundementes his lawes and his testimonies as it is written in the lawe of Moses that thou mayest be wyse in all that thou doest and whither so euer thou turnest the that the LORDE maye rayse vp his worde which he hath spokeÌ ouer me and saide Yf thy children kepe their waye and walke before me faithfully and truly and with all their hert and withall their soule theÌ shal there neuer fayle the a man vpon the seate of Israel Thou knowest well also what Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia hath done vnto me what he dyd vnto the two chefe captaynes of Israel Abner the sonne of Ner and Amasa the sonne of Iether whom he slewe and shed the bloude of warre whaÌ it was peace put the bloude of warre vpon his girdel y t was aboute his loynes and in his shues that were vpon his fete Do thou acordynge to thy wyszdome that thou brynge not his graye heer downe to the graue in peace And to the children of Barsyllai the Gileadite thou shalt shewe mercy that they maye eate at thy table For so ioined they theÌ selues vnto me whan I fled before thy brother Absalom And beholde thou hast with the Semei the sonne of Gera the sonne of Iemini of Bahurim which cursed me with very bytter and shamefull cursynges what tyme as I wente to Mahanaim Yet came he downe to mete me at Iordan where I sware vnto him by the LORDE and sayde I wyll not slaye the with the swerde But suffre not thou him to be vngiltye for thou art a wyse man and shalt wel knowe what thou oughtest to do vnto him that thou mayest brynge his graye heer downe to the graue with bloude So Dauid slepte with his fathers and was buried in the cite of Dauid The tyme that Dauid was kynge ouer Israel is fortie yeare Seuen yeares was he kynge at HebroÌ and thre and thirtie yeare at Ierusalem And Salomon sat vpon the seate of Dauid his father and his kyngdome was made very sure But Adonias the sonne of Hagith came in to Bethseba Salomons mother And she sayde Is thy commynge peaceable He spake Yee and sayde I haue somwhat to âaye to the. She sayde Saye on He sayde Thou knowest that the kyngdome was myne and that all Israel had sett them selues vpon me that I shulde be kynge but now is the kyngdome turned and become my brothers for he hath it of the LORDE Now desyre I one peticion of the Make not my face ashamed She sayde vnto him Saye on He sayde Speake vnto kynge Salomon for he shall not shame thy face that he maye geue me Abisag to wyfe Bethseba sayde Wel I wil speake to the kynge for the. And Bethseba came in to kynge Salomon to speake with him And the kynge stode vp and wente to mete her and worshipped her and sat him downe vpon his seate And there was a chayre set for the kynges mother so that she sat at his righte hande And she sayde One peticion desyre I of the make not my face ashamed The kynge saydt Axe O my mother I wyl not shame thy face She saide Let Abisag of Sunem be geuen thy brother Adonias to wyfe Then
all the apparell be vnweyed because the metall was so moch Morouer Salomon made all the apperell that belonged vnto the house of the LORDE namely a golden altare a golden table that the shewbred laye on fyue candelstickes on the righte hande and fyue candelstickes on the lefte before the quere of pure golde w t floures lampes and snoffers of golde therto flat peces charges basens spones and censours of pure golde And the hokes of y e dores on the insyde of the house in the most holy and in the dores of the house of the teÌple of the LORDE were of golde Thus all the worke that kynge Salomon made in y e house of the LORDE was fynisshed And Salomon brought in that his father Dauid had sanctified of syluer and golde and ornamentes and layed it amonge the treasures of the house of the LORDE The VIII Chapter THen gathered kynge Salomon all y e Elders in Israel together all the rulers of the trybes and prynces of the fathers amonge the children of Israel vnto Ierusalem to brynge vp the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE out of the cite of Dauid that is Sion And there resorted vnto kynge Salomon all the men in Israel at the feast in the moneth Ethanim that is y e seuenth moneth And whan all y e Elders of Israel came the prestes toke the Arke of the LORDE and broughte it vp and the Tabernacle of witnesse and all the ornamentes of the Sanctuary that were in the Tabernacle This dyd the prestes and the Leuites And kynge Salomon and all the congregacion of Israel y t were gathered vnto him wente with him before the Arke and offred shepe and bullockes so many that they coulde not be nombred ner tolde So the prestes broughte the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt vnto hir place euen in to y e Quere of the house in the most holy vnder y e wynges of the Cherubins For y e Cherubins spred out their wynges in the place where the Arke stode and couered the Arke and the staues therof from aboue And the staues were so loÌge that y e knoppes of them were sene from the Sanctuary before y e quere but on the outsyde were they not sene and they were there vnto this daye And in the Arke there was nothinge but onely the two tables of stone which Moses had layed therin at Horeb whan y e LORDE made a couenaunt with the children of Israel what tyme as they were departed out of the londe of Egipte But whan the prestes wente out of the Sanctuary a cloude fylled the house of the LORDE so y t the prestes coulde not stonde execute the office for the cloude for the glory of the LORDE fylled the LORDES house Then sayde Salomon The LORDE sayde that he wolde dwell in a darke cloude I haue buylded an âouse to be an habitacion vnto the a seate y t thou mayest dwell there for euer And y e kynge turned his face blessed all the congregacion of Israel And all the coÌgregacion of Israel stode he sayde Praysed be the LORDE God of Israel which promised by his mouth vnto my father Dauid and by his haÌde hath fulfylled it and sayde Sence the daye y t I broughte my people of Israel out of Egipte haue I chosen no cite amoÌge all the trybes of Israel to buylde me an house that my name might be there But Dauid haue I chosen to be ouer my people of Israel And in dede my father Dauid was mynded to buylde an house vn to the name of the LORDE God of Israel neuertheles the LORDE sayde vnto my father Dauid Where as thou wast mynded to buylde an house vnto my name thou hast done well that thou art so aduysed Howbeit thou shalt not buylde the house but thy sonne which shal come out of thy loynes he shal buylde an house vn to my name And the LORDE hath perfourmed his worde that he spake For I am come vp in my father Dauids steade and syt vpon the seate of Israel as the LORDE sayde and haue buylded an house vnto the name of the LORDE God of Israel and there haue I ordeyned a place for the Arke wherin is the LORDES couenaunt which he made with oure fathers whan he broughte them out of y e londe of Egipte And Salomon stode before the altare of the LORDE in the presence of the whole congregacion of Israel and helde out his handes towarde heauen and sayde O LORDE God of Israel there is no god like the nether aboue in heauen ner beneth vpoÌ earth thou that kepest couenauÌt and mercy for all thy seruauntes that walke before y e with all their hert thou that hast kepte promes with my father Dauid thy seruaunt With thy mouth thou saydest it and with thy hande hast thou fulfylled it as it is come to passe this daye Now LORDE God of Israel make good vnto my father Dauid y e seruaunt that which thou hast promysed him and sayde Thou shalt not wante a man before me to syt vpon the seate of Israel yf thy childreÌ kepe their waye so y t they walke before me like as thou hast walked before me Now thou God of Israel let y e worde be verified which thou hast promysed vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt For thynkest thou y t God dwelleth vpon earth Beholde the heauens and the heauens of all heauens maye not contayne the how shulde then this house do it that I haue buylded But turne the vnto the prayer of thy seruaunt and to his supplicacion O LORDE my God that thou mayest heare the thankesgeuynge and prayer which thy seruaunt maketh before the this daye so that thine eyes be open ouer this house night and daye euen ouer this place wherof thou saydest My name shall dwell there That thou mayest heare the prayer which thy seruauÌt maketh in this place heare the intercession of y e seruaunt of thy people of Israel which they shall make here in this place of thy habitacion in heauen and whan thou hearest it be gracious Whan eny maÌ synneth agaynst his neghboure and taketh vpon him an ooth wherwith he byndeth himselfe and y e ooth commeth before thine altare in this house then heare thou in heaueÌ and se that thy seruauntes haue right to condemne the vngodly and to brynge his waye vpon his owne heade and to iustifie the righteous to geue him acordinge to his righteousnes Whan thy people of Israel is smytten before their enemies whyle they haue synned agaynst the and yf they turne vnto the and knowlege thy name make their prayer and intercession vnto the in this house theÌ heare thou them in heauen and be mercifull vnto the synne of thy people of Israel and brynge them agayne into the londe y t thou hast geuen vnto their fathers Whan the heauen is shut vp so y t it rayneth not for so moch as they haue synned agaynst the and
him sayde Thou shalt not want a man before me to syt vpon the seate of Israel yf thy children kepe their waye so y t they walke in my lawe like as thou hast walked before me Now LORDE God of Israel let y i worde be verified which thou hast promysed vnto Dauid thy seruaunt For thinkest thou that God in very dede dwelleth amonge men vpon earth Beholholde the heauen and y e heauens of all heauens maye not coÌteyne the how shulde then this house do it which I haue buylded But turne the vnto the prayer of thy seruaunt and to his supplicacioÌ O LORDE my God that thou mayest heare the thankesgeuynge and prayer which thy seruaunt maketh before the so that thine eyes be open ouer this house daye and night euen ouer this place wherin thou saydest thou woldest set thy name that thou mayest heare the prayer which thy seruaunt shall make in this place Heare now therfore the intercession of thy seruaunt and of thy people of Israel what so euer they shall desyre in this place heare thou it from the place of thy habitacion eueÌ from heauen and whan thou hearest it be mercifull Whan eny maÌ synneth agaynst his neghboure and an ooth be put vpon him which he ought to sweare and the ooth commeth before thine altare in this house then heare thou from heauen and se y t thy seruaunt haue righte so that thou rewarde the vngodây and recoÌpence him his waye vpon his awne heade and to iustifye the righteous and to geue him acordinge to his righteousnes Whan thy people of Israel is smytteÌ before their enemies whyle they haue synned agaynst the and yf they turne vnto the and knowlege thy name and make their prayer and intercession before the in this house theâ heare thou them from heauen and be mercifull vnto the synne of thy people of Israel brynge them agayne in to the londe y t thou hast geuen them and their fathers Whan the heauen is shut vp so that it rayne not for so moch as they haue synned agaynst the and yf they make their prayer in this place and knowlege thy name and turne from their synnes whan thou hast brought them lowe heare thou them then in heauen and be mercifull vnto the synne of thy seruauntes and of thy people of Israel that thou mayest teach them the good waye wherin they shulde walke and let it rayne vpon thy londe which thou hast geuen thy people to possesse Whan a derth or pestilence or drouth âââblastinge or greshopper or catirpiller is in the londe Or whan their enemye layeth sege to their portes in the loÌde or whan eny other plage or disease happeneth who so euer theÌ maketh his prayer or peticion amonge eny maner of men or amonge all thy people of Israel yf eny man fele his plage and disease and spredeth out his handes vnto this house heare thou then from heauen euen from y e seate of thy habitacion and be mercifull and geue euery man acordinge to all his wayes in so moch as thou knowest his hert for thou onely knowest the hert of the children of men that they maye feare the and all waye walke in thy wayes as longe as they lyue in the londe which thou hast geuen vnto oure fathers And whan eny straunger which is not of thy people of Israel commeth out of a farre countre because of thy greate name and mightie hande and out stretched arme and commeth to make his prayer in this house heare thou him then from heaueÌ euen from the seate of thy habitacion and do all for y e which that straunger calleth vpoÌ the that all the nacions vpon earth maye knowe thy name and feare the as thy people of Israel do and that they maye knowe how y t this house which I haue buylded is named after thy name Whan thy people go forth to y e battayll agaynst their enemies the waye that thou shalt sende them and shall praye vnto the towarde the waye of this cite which thou hast chosen and towarde the house that I haue buylded vnto thy name heare thou theÌ their prayer and peticion from heauen and helpe them to their righte Whan they synne agaynst the for there is no man that synneth not and thou be wroth at them and geue them ouer before their enemyes so that they cary them awaye captyue in to a countre farre or nye and yf they turne within their hertes in the londe where they are presoners and so conuerte and make their intercession vnto the in the londe of their captiuyte and saye We haue synned and done amysse and haue bene vngodly and so turne them selues vnto y e with all their hert and with all their soule in the londe of their captiuyte wherin they are presoners and make their prayer towarde the waye of their owne londe which thou gauest vnto their fathers and towarde the ciâe which thou hast chosen and towarde the house that I haue buylded vnto thy name then heare thou their prayer and supplicacion from heauen euen from the seate of thy dwellynge and helpe them to their righte and be mercifull vnto thy people that haue synned agaynst the. My God let thine eyes now be opeÌ and let thine eares geue hede vnto prayer in this place Aryse now O LORDE God vnto thy restinge place thou and the Arke of thy strength Let thy prestes O LORDE God be clothed with health and let thy sayentes reioyse ouer this good LORDE God turne not awaye the face of thine anoynted thinke vpon the mercies of thy seruaunt Dauid The VII Chapter ANd whaÌ SalomoÌ had ended his praier there fell a fyre from heauen and coÌsumed the burnt offerynge and the other offeringes And the glory of the LORDE fylled the house so that y e prestes coulde not go in to the house of the LORDE while y e glory of the LORDE filled y e LORDES house And all the children of Israel sawe the fyre fall downe and the glory of the LORDE ouer the house and they fell on their knees w t their faces to the grounde vpon the pauement and worshipped and gaue thankes vnto the LORDE because he is gracious and because his mercy endureth for euer As for the kynge and all the people they offred before the LORDE For kynge Salomon offred two and tweÌtye thousande bullockes and an hundreth thousande and twentye thousande shepe so both the kynge and all the people dedicated the house of God But the prestes stode in their watches the Leuites with the musicall instrumentes of the LORDE which kynge Dauid had caused to make for to geue thankes vnto the LORDE because his mercy endureth for euer w t psalmes of Dauid thorow their hande And the prestes blewe trompettes ouer agaynst them and all Israel stode And Salomon halowed the myddelmost courte which was before the house of the LORDE for there prepared he the burnt offerynges and the fat of the slayne offeringes for the
from beyonde the See of Syria beholde they are at Hazezon Thamar that is Engaddi And Iosaphat was afrayed set his face to seke y e LORDE caused a fast to be proclamed in all Iuda And Iuda came together to seke the LORDE And out of all y e cities of Iuda came they to seke the LORDE And Iosaphat stode amoÌge y e coÌgregacion of Iuda Ierusalem in the house of y e LORDE before the new courte and sayde O LORDE God of oure fathers art not thou God in heauen and hast domynion in all the kyngdomes of the Heythen And in thy hande is strength and power and there is no man that can withstoÌde the. Hast not thou o r God expelled the inhabiters of this londe before thy people of Israel and hast geueÌ it vnto the sede of Abraham thy louer for euer so that they haue dwelt in it haue buylded the a Sanctuary vnto y e name therin and sayde Yf there come eny plage swerde iudgmeÌt pestilence or derth vpon vs we wyll stonde before this house euen before the for thy name is in this house and wyll crye vnto the in oure trouble and thou shalt heâre and shalt saue vs. Beholde now the children of Ammon of Moab they of mount Seir vpon whom thou woldest not suffre the children of Israel to go whan they wente out of the londe of Egipte but they were fayne to departe from theÌ and not to destroye them and beholde they deale contrarely with vs and come to thrust vs out of the inheritaunce that thou hast geuen vs in possession O oure God wylt thou not iudge them For in vs is no strength to withstonde this greate multitude that commeth agaynst vs. We knowe not what we shulde do but oure eyes loke vnto the. And all Iuda stode before the LORDE with their children wyues and sonnes But vpon Iehasiel the sonne of Zacharias the sonne of Benaia the sonne of Iehiel the sonne of Mathania the Leuite of y e children of Assaph came the sprete of the LORDE in the myddes of the congregacion and sayde Geue hede all thou Iuda and ye inhabiters of Ierusalem and thou kynge Iosaphat Thus sayeth the LORDE vnto you Be not ye afrayed nether feare ye this greate multitude for it is not ye that fighte but God Tomorow shal ye go downe vnto theÌ And beholde they go vp by Sis and ye shal fynde them at the reed see by the broke before the wyldernes of Ieruel for ye shall not fighte in this cause Do ye but steppe forth and stonde and se the health of the LORDE that is with you Feare not O Iuda and Ierusalem and be not afrayed tomorow go ye forth agaynst them and the LORDE shal be with you TheÌ Iosaphat bowed him selfe w t his face to the earth all Iuda the inhabiters of Ierusalem fell before the LORDE worshipped the LORDE And the Leuites of y e childreÌ of the Kahathites of the children of the Corahites arose to prayse the LORDE God of Israel w t loude voyce on hye And they gat them vp early in y e mornynge and weÌte forth by the wyldernesse of Thekoa And whan they were goynge out Iosaphat stode sayde HerkeÌ vnto me O Iuda ye indwellers of IerusaleÌ Put youre trust in the LORDE yo r God ye shal be safe and geue credence vnto his prophetes ye shall prospere And he gaue councell vnto y e people and appoynted the syngers vnto y e LORDE and them that gaue prayse in the bewtye of holynes to go before the harnessed meÌ to saye O geue thankes vnto the LORDE for his mercy endureth for euer And whan they beganne to geue thankes and prayse the LORDE caused the hynder watch that was come agaynst Iuda to come vpon the childreÌ of Ammon Moab them of mount Seir and they smote them Then stode the children of Ammon Moab agaynst them of mount Seir to damne them and to destroye them And whan they had destroyed them of mount Seir one helped another to destroye them selues also And whan Iuda came to Mispa vnto the wyldernes they turned them towarde the multitude and beholde the deed bodies laye vpoÌ the earth so that none was escaped And Iosaphat came with his people to deuyde the spoyles of them And they founde amonge them so moch goodes and rayment and precious Iewels which they toke from them that they coulde not beare them And thre dayes were they deuydinge the spoyle for it was so moch On the fourth daye came they together in to the valley of blessynge for there blessed they the LORDE Therfore is the place called the valley of blessinge vnto this daye So euery man of Iuda Ierusalem turned back agayne Iosaphat before them to go to IerusaleÌ with ioye for y e LORDE had geuen them gladnesse on their enemies And they entred in to Ierusalem with psalteries harpes trompettes vnto the house of the LORDE And there came a feare of God ouer all the kyngdomes in the londes whan they herde that the LORDE had foughte agaynst y e enemies of Israel Thus was y e kyngdome of Iosaphat in quyetnes God gaue him rest on euery syde And Iosaphat reigned ouer Iuda was fyue thirtie yeare olde whan he was made kynge reigned fyue twentye yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Asuba the doughter of Silhi And he walked in the waye of his father Asa departed not asyde from doynge y t which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE sauynge that y e hye places were not put downe for the people had not yet prepared their hert to the God of their fathers What more there is to saye of Iosaphat both the first the last beholde it is wrytten in the actes of Iehu y e sonne of Hanani which he noted vp in the boke of the kynges of Israel Afterwarde dyd Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda agree w t Ahasia the kynge of Israel which was vngodly in his doynges And he agreed with him to make shippes for to go vpon the see And they made the shippes at Ezeon Gaber But Elieser the sonne of Dodana of Maresa prophecied agaynst Iosaphat and sayde Because thou hast agreed with Ahasia therfore hath the LORDE broken thy workes And so y e shippes were broken mighte not go vpon the See The XXI Chapter ANd Iosaphat fell on slepe w t his fathers was buried w t his fathers in the cite of Dauid Ioram his sonne was kynge in his steade And he had brethreÌ the sonnes of Iosaphat Asaria Iehiel Zacharias Asaria Michael Sephatia All these were the children of Iosaphat kynge of Iuda And their father gaue them many giftes of syluer golde Iewels w t stronge cities in Iuda But the kyngdome gaue he vnto Ioram for he was the first borne But whan Ioram came vp ouer his fathers kyngdome had gotten the power of it he
grounde And Iesua Bani Serebia Iamin Acub Sabthai Hodaia Maescia Celita Asaria Iosabad Hanam Plaia and the Leuites caused y e people to geue hede vnto the lawe the people stode in their place And they red in the boke of the lawe of God distinctly and planely so that men vnderstode the thinge that was red And Nehemias which is Hathirsatha and Esdras the prest and scrybe and the Leuites y t caused the people to take hede sayde vnto all the people This daye is holy vnto the LORDE youre God be not ye sory therfore wepe not For all y e people wepte whaÌ they herde the wordes of the lawe Therfore sayde he vnto them * Go youre waye and eate the fat and drynke the swete and sende parte vnto them also that haue not prepared themselues for this daye is holy vnto oure LORDE be not ye sory therfore for the ioye of the LORDE is youre strength And the Leuites stylled all the people and sayde Holde youre peace for the daye is holy vexe not ye youre selues And all the people wente their waye to eate and drinke and to sende paâte vnto other and to make greate myrth for they had vnderstonde the wordes that were declared vnto them And on the nexte daye were gathered together the chefe fathers amonge all the people and the prestes and Leuites vnto Esdras the scrybe that he shulde teach them y e wordes of the lawe And they founde written in the lawe how that the LORDE had commaunded by Moses that the childreÌ of Israel shulde dwell in bothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth And so they caused it be declared and proclamed in all their cities at Ierusalem sayenge Go vp vnto y e mouÌt and fetch Olyue braunches Pynebraunches Myrtbraunches Palmebraunches braunches of thicketrees to make bothes as it is wrytten And y e people wente vp and fetched theÌ and made them bothes euery one vpon the rofe of his house and in their courtes and in the courtes of the house of God and in the strete by the Watergate and in the strete by Ephraims porte And all the congregacion of them that were come agayne out of the captyuite made bothes and dwelt therin for sence the tyme of Iosua the sonne of NuÌ vnto this daye had not the children of Israel done so and there was very greate gladnesse And euery daye from the first daie vnto the last red he in the boke of the lawe of God And seuen dayes helde they the feast on the eight daye the gatherynge together acordynge vnto the maner The IX Chapter IN the foure and twentieth daye of this moneth came the children of Israel together with fastinge and sack clothes and earth vpon them and separated the sede of Israel from all the straunge children and stode and knowleged their synnes and the wyckednesses of their fathers and stode vp in their place and red in the boke of the lawe of the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye and they knowleged and worshipped the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye And the Leuites stode on hye namely Iesua Bani Cadmiel Sebania Buni Serebia Bani and Chenani and cryed loude vnto the LORDE their God And the Leuites Iesua Cadmiel Bani Hasabenia Serebia Hodia Sebania Pethahia sayde Stonde vp prayse the LORDE oure God for euer and let thankes be geueÌ vnto the name of thy glorye which excelleth all thankesgeuynge and prayse LORDE thou art alone thou hast made heauen and the heauen of all heauens with all their hoost the earth and all that therin is the See and all that is therin thou geuest life vnto all and y e hoost of heauen bowe themselues vnto the. Thou art the LORDE God that hast chosen AbraÌ and broughte him out of Vr in Chaldea called him Abraham and founde his hert faithfull before the and madest a couenauÌt with him to geue vnto his sede the londe of the Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Iebusites and Girgosites and hast made good thy wordes for thou art righteous And hast considered the mysery of oure fathers in Egipte and herde their complainte by the reed See and shewed tokeÌs and wonders vpoÌ Pharao and on all his seruauÌtes and on all his people of his londe for thou knewest y t they were presumptuous cruell against them so madest thou the a name as it is this daie And the reed See partedst thou in sunder before them so that they weÌte thorow the myddes of the See drye shod their persecuters threwest thou in to the depe as a stone in the mightie waters and leddest them on the daye tyme in a cloudy pyler and on the nighte season in a piler of fyre to shewe them lighte in the waye y t they wente Thou camest downe also vpoÌ mount Sinai and spakest vnto them from heauen and gauest them righte iudgmentes true lawes good commaundementes and statutes and declared vnto them thy holy Sabbath and commaunded them preceptes ordinaunces and lawes by Moses thy seruaunt and gauest them bred from heauen whan they were hongrye and broughte forth water for them out of the rock whan they were thyrstye and promysed them that they shulde go in and take possession of the londe where ouer thou haddest lyfte vp thine hande for to geue them Neuertheles oure fathers were proude and hardnecked so that they folowed not y e coÌmaundementes and refused to heare and were not myndefull of the wonders y t thou dyddest for them but became obstynate and heady in so moch that they turned back to their bondage in their dishobedience But thou my God forgauest and wast gracious mercifull pacient and of greate goodnesse and forsokest them not And though they made a molten calfe and sayde This is thy God that broughte the out of the londe of Egipte and dyd greate blasphemies yet for sokest thou them not in the wyldernes acordinge to thy greate mercy And y e cloudy piler departed not from them on y e daye tyme to lede them the waye nether the piler of fyre in the night season to shewe them lighte in the waye that they wente And thou gauest them thy good sprete to enfourme them and withheldest not thy Manna from their mouth and gauest theÌ water whaÌ they were thirstie Fortye yeares longe madest thou prouysion for them in the wyldernesse so that they wanted nothinge their clothes waxed not olde and their fete swelled not And thou gauest theÌ kiÌgdomes nacions partedst theÌ acordinge to their porcions so that they possessed the londe of Sihon kynge of Heszbon the londe of Og y e kynge of Basan And their childreÌ multiplyedst thou as the starres of heauen and broughtest theÌ in to the londe wherof thou haddest spoken vnto their fathers that they shulde go in to it and haue it in possession And y e children wente in and possessed the londe and thou subdudest before theÌ the
flesh and ioyned me together with bones synowes Thou hast graunted me life and done me good and the diligent hede that thou tokest vpon me hath preserued my sprete Though thou hydest these thinges in thine hert yet am I sure that thou remembrest theÌ all Wherfore didest thou kepe me when I synned and hast not clensed me fro myne offence Yf I do wickedly wo is me therfore Yf I be rightuous yet darre I not lift vp my heade so full am I of confucion and se myne owne misery Thou huntest me out beynge in heuynesse as it were a Lyon and troublest me out of measure Thou bringest fresh witnesses agaynst me thy wrath increasest thou vpon me very many are the plages that I am in Wherfore hast thou brought me out of my mothers wombe O that I had perished that no eye had sene me Yf they had caried me to my graue as soone as I was borne then shulde I be now as though I had neuer bene Shall not my short life come soone to an ende O holde the fro me let me alone that I maye ease my self a litle afore I go thyther from whence I shal not turne agayne Namely to that londe of darcknesse shadowe of death yee in to that darck clowdy londe deadly shadowe where as is no ordre but terrible feare as in the darcknesse The XI Chapter THen answered Sophar the Naamathite and sayde Shulde not he that maketh many wordes be answered Shulde he that bableth moch be commended therin Shulde men geue eare vnto the only Thou wilt laugh other men to scorne shal no body mocke the agayne Wilt thou saye vnto God The thinge that I take in honde is perfecte I am clene in thy sight O that God wolde speake and open his lippes agaynst the that he might shewe the out of his secrete wyszdome how many folde his lawe is then shuldest thou knowe that God had forgotten the because of thy synnes Wilt thou fynde out God with thy sekynge wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the Allmightie He is hyer theÌ heaueÌ what wilt thou do Deper theÌ hell how wilt thou then knowe him His length exceadeth the length of the earth and his bredth y e bredth of the see Though he turne all thinges vp syde downe close them in or thrust theÌ together who darre check him therfore For it is he that knoweth the vanite of men he seyth their wickednesse also shulde he not then considre it A vayne body exalteth him self and the sonne of man is like a wylde asses foale Yf thou haddest now a right herte liftest vp thine hondes towarde him yf thou woldest put awaye the wickednesse which thou hast in honde so that no vngodlynesse dwelt in thy house Then mightest thou lift vp thy face without shame theÌ shuldest thou be sure and haue no nede to feare Then shuldest thou forget thy misery and thynke nomore vpon it then vpon the waters that runne by Then shulde thy life be as cleare as the noone daye and sprynge forth as the mornynge Then mightest thou haue comforth in the hope that thou hast slepe quyetly when thou art buried Then shuldest thou take thy rest and no maÌ to make the afrayed yee many one shulde set moch by the. As for the eyes of the vngodly they shal be consumed and not escape their hope shal be misery and sorow of mynde The XII Chapter SO Iob answered and sayde Then no doute ye are the men alone and wyszdome shal perish with you But I haue vnderstoÌdinge as well as ye and am no lesse then ye Yee who knoweth not these thinges Thus he that calleth vpoÌ God and whom God heareth is mocked of his neghboure the godly innocent man is laughed to scorne Godlynesse is a light despysed in y e hertes of the rich is set for them to stomble vpon The houses of robbers are in wealth and prosperite they that maliciously medle agaynst God dwel without care yee God geueth all thinges richely with his honde Axe the catell they shal enfourme the the foules of the ayre and they shall tell y e Speake to the earth and it shall shewethe Or to the fyshes of the see and they shal certifie the. What is he but he knoweth that y e hoÌde of the LORDE made all these In whose honde is the soule of euery lyuynge thinge and the breth of all men Haue not the eares pleasure in hearinge and the mouth in tastinge the thinge that it eateth Amonge olde personnes there is wyszdome and amonge the aged is vnderstoÌdinge Yee with God is wyszdome and strength it is he that hath councell foreknowlege Yf he breake downe a thinge who can set it vp agayne Yf he shutt a thinge who wil open it Beholde yf he witholde the waters they drye vp Yf he let theÌ go they destroye the earth With him is strength and wyszdome he knoweth both the disceauer and him that is disceaued He carieth awaye the wyse men as it were a spoyle and bryngeth the iudges out of their wyttes He lowseth the gyrdle of kynges and gyrdeth their loynes with a bonde he ledeth awaye the prestes in to captiuyte and turneth the mightie vp syde downe He taketh the verite from out of the mouth disapoynteth y e aged of their wyszdome He poureth out confucion vpon prynces and coÌforteth them that haue bene oppressed Loke what lyeth hyd in darcknesse he declareth it opeÌly and the very shadowe of death bringeth he to light He both increaseth the people and destroyeth them He maketh them to multiplie and dryueth them awaye He chaungeth the herte of the prynces and kynges of the earth and disapoynteth them so that they go waÌdringe out of the waye and grope in the darcke without light stackeringe to and fro like droncken men The XIII Chapter LO all this haue I sene with myne eye herde with myne eare vnderstonde it Loke what ye knowe that same do I knowe also nether am I inferior vnto you Neuerthelesse I am purposed to talke with the Allmightie and my desyre is to comon with God As for you ye are work masters of lyes and vnprofitable Phisicians alltogether Wolde God ye kepte youre tonge that ye might be taken for wyse men Therfore heare my wordes and pondre the sentence of my lippes Will ye make answere for God with lyes and maÌteyne him with disceate Wil ye accepte y e personne of God and intreate for him Shal that helpe you when he calleth you to rekenynge Thynke ye to begyle him as a man is begyled Punysh you shall he and reproue you yf ye do secretly accepte eny personne Shall he not make you afrayed when he sheweth himself Shal not his terrible feare fall vpoÌ you youre remembraunce shal be like the dust youre pryde shal be turned to claye Holde youre tonges now and let me speake for there is some thinge come
vttemost partes of ãâ¦ã worlde for thy possession Thou shalt ãâ¦ã with a rodde of yron and breake theÌ ãâ¦ã like an erthen vessell Be wyse now ãâã o ye kynges be warned ye that are ãâã of the earth Serue the LORDE âith feare and reioyse before him with reueâânce Kysse the sonne lest the LORDE be ãâã and so ye perish from the right waye âor his wrath shal be kindled shortly blessed ãâ¦ã they that put their trust in him The III. A psalme of Dauid âHy are they so many o LORDE y t ãâ¦ã trouble me a greate multitude are ãâ¦ã they that ryse agaynst me Yee ãâã one there be that saye off my soule ãâã is no helpe for him in God Sela ãâ¦ã o LORDE art my defender my ãâã aÌd the lifter vp of my heade I call ãâã the LORDE with my voyce and he ãâ¦ã me out of his holy hill Sela I layed ãâã downe and slepte but I rose vp agayne ãâã the LORDE susteyned me I am not ãâã for thousandes of the people that ãâ¦ã rounde aboute Vp LORDE and helpe ãâã my God for thou smytest all myne ãâã vpon the chekâbones and breakest the ãâã of the vâgodly Helpe belongeth ãâã the LORDE therfore let thy blessynge be vpon thy people The IIII. A psalme of Dauid HEare me wheÌ I cal o God of my rightuousnes thou that comfortest me in my trouble haue mercy vpon me and herken vnto my prayer O ye sonnes off men how longe will ye blaspheme myne honoure why haue ye soch pleasure in vanyte seke after lyes Sela Knowe this that the LORDE dealeth maruelously with his saynte and when I call vpon the LORDE he heareth me Be angrie but synne nât comoÌ w t youre owne hertes vpoÌ yo r beddes remeÌbre yo r selues Selâ Offre y e sacrifice of rightuousnes put yo r trust in y e LORDE There be many y t saye who wil do vs eny good where as thou o LORDE hast shewed vs the light of y e countenauÌce Thou reioysest myne herte though their encreace be greate both in corne wyne Therfore wil I laye me downe in peace take my rest for thou LORDE only settest me in a sure dwellynge The V. A psalme of Dauid HEare my wordes o LORDE considre my callynge O marke the voyce of my peticion my kynge my God for vnto the wil I make my prayer Heare my voyce by tymes o LORDE for early in the morninge wil I gett me vnto the yee y t w t diligeÌce For thou art not the God y t hath pleasure in wickednesse there maye no vngodly personne dwel with the. Soch as be cruell maye not stonde in thy sight thou art an enemie vnto all wicked doers Thou destroyest the lyers the LORDE abhorreth the bloude thurstie and disceatfull But as for me I wil come into thy house euen vpon the multitude of thy mercy aÌd in thy feare wyll I worshipe towarde thy holy teÌple Lede me o LORDE in thy rightuousnesse because of myne enemyes aÌd make thy waye playne before me For there is no faithfulnesse in their mouthes they dyssemble in their hertes their throte is an open sepulchre with their tonges they disceaue Punysh them o God that they maye perish in their owne ymaginacions cast them out because of the multitude of their vngodlinesse for they rebell agaynst the. Agayne let all them that put their trust in the reioyse yee let them euer be geuynge of thankes because thou defendest them that they which loue thy name maye be ioyfull in the. For thou LORDE geuest thy blessinge vnto the rightuous and with thy fauorable kyndnes thou defendest him as with a shylde The VI. A psalme of Dauid OH LORDE rebuke me not in thine anger Oh chasteÌ me not in thy heuy displeasure Haue mercy vpon me o LORDE for I am weake o LORDE heale me for all my bones are vexed My soule also is in greate trouble but LORDE how longe Turne the o LORDE delyuer my soule Oh saue me for thy mercies sake For in death no man remeÌbreth the Oh who wil geue the thankes in the hell I am weery of gronynge Euery night wasshe I my bedde water my couche with my teares My couÌtenauÌce is chaunged for very inwarde grefe I coÌsume awaye I haue so many enemies Awaye fro me all ye wicked doers for the LORDE hath herde the voyce off my wepinge The LORDE hath herde myne humble peticieÌ the LORDE hath receaued my prayer All myne enemies shal be coÌfounded sore vexed yee they shal be turned backe and put to shame and that right soone The VII A psalme of Dauid O LORDE my God in y e do I trust saue me froÌ all theÌ y t persecute me delyuer me Lest he hantch vp my soule like a lyon teare it in peces whyle there is none to helpe O LORDE my God yff I haue done eny soch thinge yf there be eny vnrightuousnes in my haÌdes Yff I haue rewarded euell vnto theÌ y t dealt frendly w t me or hurte theÌ y t w t out eny cause are myne enemies Then let myne enemie persecute my soule take me yee let hiÌ treade my life downe in the earth laye myne hono r in the dust Sela. StoÌde vp o LORDE in y i wrath lift vp thyself ouer the furious indignacioÌ of myne enemies aryse vp for me in the vengeaunce that thou hast promysed That the congregacion of the people maye come aboute the for their sakes therfore lift vp thyselff agayne The LORDE is iudge ouer the people Auenge me then o LORDE acordinge to my rightuousnes innocency Oh let the wickednes of the vngodly come to an ende but manteyne the iust thou rightuous God y t triest the very hertes the reynes My helpe coÌmeth of God which preserueth them y t are true of herte God is a rightuous iudge God is euer threateninge Yf men wil not turne he hath whet his swearde he hath bent his bowe made it ready He hath prepayred him the weapens of death ordened his arowes to destroye Beholde he trauayleth with myschefe he hath coÌceaued vnhappynesse and brought forth a lye He hath grauen and dygged vp a pytte but he shal fall himself into y e pytte y t he hath made For his vnhappynes shall come vpon his owne heade his wickednes shall fall vpon his owne pate As for me I will geue thankes vnto the LORDE for his rightuousnes sake and wil prayse the name of the LORDE the most hyest The VIII A psalme of Dauid O LORDE oure gouernoure how âonderfull is thy name in all the worlde how excellent is thy glory aboue the heauens Out of the mouth of the very babes sucklinges thou hast ordened prayse because of thine enemies y t thou mightest destroye the enemie and the auenger For I considre thy heauens euen the worke off thy fyngers the Moone and the starres which
thy honde let thy right honde fynde out all theÌ y t hate the. Thou shalt make theÌ lite a fyre ouen in tyme of thy wrath the LORDE shal destroye theÌ in his displeasure the fyre shall consume them Their frute shalt thou rote out of the earth their sede froÌ amoÌge the childreÌ of men For they inteÌded myschefe agaynst the ymagined soch deuyces as they were not able to perfourme Therfore shalt thou put theÌ to flight with thy stringes thou shalt make ready thine arowes agaynst the faces off them Be thou exalted LORDE in thine owne strength so wil we synge and prayse thy power The XXI A psalme of Dauid MY God my God why hast thou forsaken me y e wordes of my coÌplaynte are farre fro my health O my God I crie in the daye tyme but thou hearest not and in the night season also I take no rest Yet dwellest thou in the Sanctuary o thou worshipe of Israel Oure father 's hoped in the they trusted in the aÌd thou dyddest delyuer them They called vpon the and were helped they put their trust in the and were not coÌfounded But as for me I am a worme and no man a very scorne of meÌ and the outcast of the people All they y t se me laugh me to scorne they shute out their lippes and shake their heades He trusted in God let him delyuer him let him helpe hiÌ yf he wil haue him But thou art he that toke me out of my mothers woÌbe thou wast âây hope when I hanged yet vpon my mothers brestes I haue bene left vnto the euer sence I was borne thou art my God eueÌ fro my mothers wombe O go not fro me theÌ for trouble is harde at honde and here is none to helpe me Greate bulles are come aboute me fatt oxen close me in on euery syde They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a rampinge and roaringe lyon I am poured out like water all my bones are out of ioynt my hert in the myddest off my body is euen like meltinge waxe My strength is dried vp like a potsherde my tunge cleueth to my goomes and thou hast brought me in to the dust of death For dogges are come aboute me the couÌcell of y e wicked hath layed sege agaynst me They pearsed my hondes and my fete I might haue tolde all my bones as for them they stode staringe and lokinge vpon me They haue parted my garmentes amonge them aÌd cast lottes vpon my vesture But be not thou farre fro me o LORDE thou are my sucoure haist the to helpe me Delyuer my soule from the swearde my dearlinge from the power of the dogge Saue me from the lyons mouth and heare me froÌ amonge the hornes off the vnicornes So will I declare thy name vnto my brethren in the myddest off the congregacion will I prayse the. O prayse the LORDE ye that feare him Magnifie him all ye sede of Iacob let all y e sede of Israel feare hiÌ For he hath not despysed ner abhorred the myserable estate of the poore he hath not hyd his face frome but wheÌ I called vnto him he herde me I wil prayse the in the greate congregacion and perfourme my vowes in the sight off all theÌ that feare the. The poore shal eate aÌd be satisfied they y e seke after y e LORDE shal prayse him youre herte shal lyue for euer All the endes of the worlde shal remembre them selues be turned vnto the LORDE and all the generacions of the Heithen shal worshipe before him For the kyngdome is the LORDES and he shal be the gouernoure of y e Heithen All soch as be fat vpoÌ earth shal eate also and worshipe All they that lye in the dust and lyue so hardly shall fall downe before him The sede shall serue him and preach of the LORDE for euer They shal come declare his rightuousnes vnto a people that shal be borne whoÌ the LORDE hath made The XXII A psalme of Dauid THe LORDE is my shepherde I can wante nothinge He fedeth me in a grene pasture aÌd ledeth me to a fresh water He quickeneth my soule bringeth me forth in the waye of rightuousnes for his names sake Though I shulde walke now in the valley of the shadowe of death yet I feare no euell for thou art with me thy staffe thy shepehoke coÌforte me Thou preparest a ââble before me agaynst mine enemies thou anoyntest my heade with oyle fyllest my cuppe full Oh let thy louynge kyndnes mercy folowe me all the dayes off my life that I maye dwell in the house off the LORDE for euer The XXIII A psalme of Dauid THe earth is the LORDES all that therin is the coÌpase of the worlde aÌd all y t dwell therin For he hath fouÌded it vpoÌ the sees buylded it vpon the floudes Who shal go vp in to the hill off the LORDE Or who shal remayne in his holy place EueÌ he y t hath innoceÌt hoÌdes a clene herte which lifteth not vp his mynde vnto vanite sweareth not to disceaue He shal receaue the blessinge froÌ the LORDE aÌd mercy froÌ God his sauioure This is y e generacioÌ of theÌ y t seke him of theÌ y t seke y i face o Iacob Sela. Open yo r gates o ye priÌces let the euerlastinge dores be opened y t y e kynge of glory maye come in Who is this kynge of glory ⪠It is the LORDE stroÌge and mightie euen the LORDE mightie in batell Open youre gates o ye prynces let the euerlastinge dores be opened y t the kynge off glory maye come in Who is this kynge off glory It is the LORDE of hoostes he is the kynge of glory Sela. The XXIIII A psalme of Dauid UNto the o LORDE I lift vp my soule My God I trust in y e Oh let me not be confounded lest myne enemies triuÌphe ouer me For all they y t hope in y e shal not be ashamed but soch as be scornefull despysers w t out a cause ⪠they shall be put to coÌfucioÌ Shewe me thy wayes o LORDE teach me thy pathes Lede me in y e trueth and lerne me for thou art the God off my health and in the is my hope all the daye longe Call to remembraunce O LORDE thy tender mercyes thy louinge kyndnesses which haue bene euer of olde Oh remeÌbre not y e synnes offences of my youth but acordinge vnto thy mercy thynke vpon me O LORDE for thy goodnesse O how freÌdly rightuous is the LORDE therfore wil he teach synners in the waye He ledeth the symple a right and soch as be meke theÌ lerneth he his wayes All the wayes of the LORDE are very mercy faith fulnesse vnto soch as kepe his testament and couenaunt For thy names sake O LORDE be mercifull vnto my synne for it is greate
thou LORDE of thy goodnesse haddest made my hill so stronge But as soone as thou turnedest thy face fro me I was brought in feare TheÌ cried I vnto y e O LORDE yee vnto y e LORDE made I my prayer What profit is there in my bloude yf I go downe to corrupcion Maye the dust geue thankes vnto ye Or shal it declare thy faithfulnesse Heare O LORDE and haue mercy vpon me LORDE be thou my helper And so thou hast turned my heuynesse in to ioye thou hast put of my sack cloth gyrded me w t gladnesse That my hono r might synge prayses vnto the w t out ceassynge O LORDE my God I wil geue thankes vnto the for euer The XXX A psalme of Dauid IN the O LORDE is my trust let me neuer be put to coÌfucion but delyuer me in thy rightuousnesse Bowe downe thine eare to me make haist to delyuer me be thou my stronge rocke and a house of defence that thou mayest saue me For thou art my stronge holde my castell O be thou my gyde lede me for thy names sake Drawe me out of the nett y t they haue layed priuely for me for thou art my streÌgth Into thy hondes I commende my sprete thou hast ââlyuered me O LORDE thou God of treuth I hate them that holde of vanities and my trust is in the LORDE I will be glad and reioyse in thy mercy for thou hast considred my trouble thou hast knowne my soule in aduersite Thou hast not delyuered me ouer in to the hoÌdes of the enemie but hast set my fete in a large rowme Haue mercy vpon me O LORDE for I am in trouble myne eye is consumed for very heuynesse yee my soule and my body My life is waxen olde with heuynesse and my yeares w t mournynge My streÌgth fayleth me because of my aduersite and my bones are corrupte I am become a very reprofe amonge all myne enemies my neghbours they of myne owne acquauntaunce are afrayed of me they y t seme in the strete coÌveye them selues fro me I am clene forgotten and out of mynde as a deed man I am become like a broken vessell For I haue herde the blasphemy of the multitude euery man abhorreth me they haue gathered a councel together agaynst me and are purposed to take awaye my life But my hope is in y e O LORDE I saye thou art my God My tyme is in thy honde delyuer me from the honde of myne enemies from them y t persecute me Shewe thy seruaunt the light of thy countenaunce helpe me for thy mercies sake Let me not be confounded o LORDE for I call vpon the let the vngodly rather be put to confucion and brought vnto the hell Let the lyenge lippes be put to sylence which cruelly diszdanedly despitefully speake agaynst the rightuous O how greate and manifolde is thy good which thou haist hyd for them that feare y e O what thinges bringest thou to passe for them that put their trust in the euen before the sonnes of men Thou hydest them priuely by thine owne presence from the proude men thou kepest them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tonges Thankes be to the LORDE for he hath shewed me maruelous greate kyndnesse in a stronge cite For when the sodane feare came vpon me I sayde I am cast out of thy sight Neuertheles thou herdest myne humble prayer when I cried vnto the. O loue the LORDE all ye his sayntes for the LORDE preserueth the faith full and plenteously rewardeth he the proude doer Be stroÌge therfore take a good herte vnto you all ye that put youre trust in the LORDE The XXXI A psalme of Dauid BLessed are they whose vnrightuousnesse is forgeuen and whose synnes are couered Blessed is the man vnto whom the LORDE imputeth no synne in whose sprete there is no gyle For whyle I helde my tonge my bones consumed awaye thorow my daylie complaynynges And because thy hande was so heuy vpon me both daye and night my moysture was like the drouth in Sommer Sela. Therfore I confessed my synne vnto the and hyd not myne vnrightuousnesse I saide I will knowlege myne offence and accuse my self vnto the LORDE and so thou forgauest me the wickednesse of my synne Sela. For this shal euery saynte make his prayer vnto the in due season therfore shall not the greate water floudes come nye him Thou art my defence in the trouble that is come aboute me O coÌpasse thou me aboute also with the ioye of delyueraunce Sela. I wil enforme the and shewe the the waye wherin thou shalt go I wil fasten myne eyes vpon the. Be not ye now like horses mooles which haue no vnderstondinge Whose mouthes thou must holde with bytt brydle yf they wil not obeie the. Greate plages shall y e vngodly haue but who so putteth his trust in the LORDE mercy shall compasse him on euery syde Be glad o ye rightuous and reioyse in the LORDE be ioyfull all ye that are true of herte The XXXII A psalme of Dauid EEioyse in y e LORDE o ye rightuous for it becommeth well the iust to be thankfull Prayse the LORDE with harpe synge psalmes vnto him with the lute and instrument of ten strynges Singe him a new songe yee synge lustely vnto him with a good corage For the worde of y e LORDE is true and all his workes are faithfull He loueth mercy iudgment y e earth is full of the goodnesse of the LORDE By the worde of the LORDE were the heauens made all the hoostes of them by y e breth of his mouth He gathereth y e waters together as it were in a bottell laieth vp the depe in secrete Let all the earth feare the LORDE and let all them that dwell in the worlde stoÌde in awe of him For loke what he sayeth it is done and loke what he coÌmauÌdeth it stondeth fast The LORDE bryngeth the councell of the Heithen to naught and turneth the deuyces of the people But the couÌcell of the LORDE endureth and the thoughtes of his hert from generacion to generacion Blessed are the people that holde the LORDE for their God blessed are the folke whom he hath chosen to be his heretage The LORDE loketh downe from heauen beholdeth all the children of men from his stronge seate he considreth all them y t dwell in the worlde He only hath fashioned all the hertes of them knoweth all their workes A kynge is not helped by his owne greate hoost nether is a giaunte saued thorow the might of his owne streÌgth A horse is but a vayne thynge to saue a man it is not the power of his streÌgth that can delyuer him Beholde the eye of the LORDE loketh vnto them that feare him ãâã put their trust in his mercy That he maye delyuer their soules from death and to fede them
in the deare tyme. Let oure soule paciently abyde the LORDE for he is oure helpe and shilde So shal oure herte reioyse in him because we haue hoped in his holy name Let thy mercifull kyndnesse o LORDE be vpon vs like as we put oure trust in the. The XXXIII A psalme of Dauid I Wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the LORDE his prayse shal euer be in my mouth My soule shall make hir boast in the LORDE the poore oppressed shal heare therof and be glad O prayse y e LORDE with me and let vs magnifie his name together I sought the LORDE and he herde me yee he delyuered me out of all my feare They that haue an eye vnto him shal be lightened their faces shall not be ashamed This poore man cried vnto the LORDE and he herde him yee and delyuered him out of all his troubles The angell of the LORDE pitcheth his tente rounde aboute them that feare him and delyuereth them O taist and se how frendly the LORDE is blessed is the man y t trusteth in him O feare the LORDE ye y t be his sayntes for they that feare him lacke nothinge The rich shal want and suffre hunger but they which seke the LORDE shal waÌt no maner of thinge that is good Come hither o ye children herken vnto me I wil teach you the feare of the LORDE Who so listeth to lyue wolde fayne se good dayes Let him refrayne his tonge from euell and his lippes that they speake no gyle Let him eschue euell and do good Let him seke peace ensue it For the eyes of the LORDE are ouer the rightuous and his eares are open vnto their prayers But the face of the LORDE beholdeth them that do euel to destroye the remembraunce of them out of the earth When the rightuous crie the LORDE heareth them and delyuereth theÌ out of all their troubles The LORDE is nye vnto them y t are contrite in hert wil helpe soch as be of an huÌble sprete Greate are y e troubles of the rightuous but the LORDE delyuereth them out of all He kepeth all their bones so y t not one of them is broken But miszfortune shal slaye the vngodly and they that hate y e rightuous shal be giltie The LORDE delyuereth the soules of his seruauÌtes and all they that put their trust in him shal not offende The XXXIIII A psalme of Dauid STryue thou with them o LORDE that stryue w t me fight thou agaynst them that fight agaynst me Laye honde vpon the shylde and speare and stonde vp to helpe me Drawe out thy swearde and stoppe the waye agaynst them that persecute me saye vnto my soule I am y i helpe Let them be coÌfounded and put to shame that seke after my soule let theÌ be turned back and brought to confucion that ymagin myschefe for me Let theÌ be as y e dust before the wynde and the angell of the LORDE scaterynge theÌ Let their waye be darcke and slippery and the angell of the LORDE to persecute them For they haue pryuely laied their nett to destroye me without a cause yee and made a pitte for my soule which I neuer deserued Let a sodane destruccioÌ come vpon him vnawarres and y e nett that he hath layed priuely catch him self that he maye fall in to his owne myschefe But let my soule be ioyfull in the LORDE and reioyse in his helpe All my bones shal saie LORDE who is like vnto the which delyuerest y e poore from those that are to stronge for him yee the poore and the nedy from his robbers False witnesses are rysen vp laye to my charge thinges that I knowe not They rewarde me euell for good to the greate discomforth of my soule Neuertheles when they were sick I put on a sack cloth I humbled my soule with fastinge and my prayer turned in to myne owne bosome I behaued myself as though it had bene my frende or my brother I weÌte heuely as one y e mourneth for his mother But in my aduersite they reioyse and gather them together yee y e very lame come together agaynst me vnawarres makynge mowes at me ceasse not With y e gredy scornefull ypocrites they gnaszshed vpon me with theirteth LORDE whan wilt thou loke vpoÌ this O restore my soule from y e wicked rumoure of theÌ my dearlinge from the lyons So wil I geue y e thankes in the greate congregacion prayse the amonge moch people O let theÌ not triuÌphe ouer me that are myne enemies for naught O let them not wyncke w t their eyes that hate me without a cause And why their comonynge is not for peace but they ymagin false wordes agaynst y e outcastes of the londe They gape vpon me w t their mouthes sayenge there there we se it with oure eyes This thou seist o LORDE holde not thy tonge theÌ go not farre fro me o LORDE Awake LORDE and stonde vp auenge thou my cause my God and my LORDE Iudge me o LORDE my God acordinge to thy rightuousnesse y t they triuÌphe not ouer me O let theÌ not saye in their hertes there there so wolde we haue it O let them not saye we haue ouercome him Let them be put to confucion and shame that reioyse at my trouble let theÌ be clothed with rebuke and dishonoure that boost theÌ selues agaynst me Let them also be glad and reioyse that fauoure my rightuous dealinge yee let them saye allwaye blessed be y e LORDE which hath pleasure in the prosperite of his seruaunt And as for my tonge it shall be talkynge of thy rightuousnes and of thy prayse all the daye longe The XXXV A psalme of Dauid MY hert sheweth me the wickednesse of the vngodly that there is no feare of God before his eyes For he dyssembleth before his face so longe till his abhominable synne be founde out The wordes of his mouth are vnrightuousnesse and disceate he wil not be lerned to do good He ymagineth myschefe vpon his bedde he will come in no good waye ner refuse the thinge that is euell Thy mercy O LORDE reacheth vnto the heauen and thy faith fulnesse vnto the cloudes Thy rightuousnesse stondeth like the stronge mountaynes thy iudgment like the greate depe Thou LORDE preseruest both meÌ the beestes How precious is thy mercy O God that the children of men maye put their trust vnder y e shadowe of thy wynges They shal be satisfied with the pleÌteousnesse of thy house and thou shalt geue them drynke of the ryuer of thy pleasures For by the is y e well of life in thy light shall we se light O sprede forth thy louynge kyndnesse vnto them that knowe the thy rightuousnes vnto theÌ that are true of hert O let not the fote of pryde ouertake me O let not the hande of y e vngodly cast me downe As for wicked doers they fall 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God of Abraham for God is farre farre hyer exalted then the mightie lordes of the earth The XLVII A psalme of the children of Corah GReate is y e LORDE hyelie to be praysed in y e cite of o r God eueÌ vpoÌ his holy hill The hill of Sion is like a fayre plaÌte wherof all the londe reioyseth vpon the north syde lyeth the cite of the greate kinge God is well knowne in hir palaces y t he is the defence of the same For lo kynges are gathered and gone by together They marveled to se soch thinges they were astonâied sodeÌly cast downe Feare came there vpon theÌ sorowe as vpoÌ a woman in hir trauayle Thou shalt breake y e shippes of the see thorow the east wynde Like as we haue herde so se we in the cite of the LORDE of hoostes in the cite of o r God God vpholdeth the same for euer Sela. We wayte for thy louynge kyndnesse o God in the myddest of thy temple O God acordinge vnto thy name so is y e prayse vnto the worldes ende thy right hoÌde is full of rightuousnes Oh let the mouÌt Sion reioyse y e doughters of Iuda be glad because of thy iudgmeÌtes Walke aboute Sion go rounde aboute her and tell hir towres Marke well hir walles set vâ hir houses that it maye be tolde them y t come after For this God is o r God for euer euer and he shal allwaie be o r gyde The XLVIII A psalme of the children of Corah O Heare this all ye people pondre it well all ye that dwell vpoÌ the earth Hye lowe riche poore one w t another My mouth shal speake of wyszdome and my hert shal muse of vnderstondinge I wil encline myne eare to the parable shewe my darcke speach vpon the harpe Wherfore shulde I feare the euell dayes wheÌ the wickednesse of my heles coÌpaseth me rounde aboute They that put their trust in their good boost them selues in the multitude of their riches No man maye deliuer his brother ner make agrement for him vnto God For it costeth more to redeme their soules so that he must let that alone for euer Yee though he lyue loÌge se not y e graue For it shal be sene y t soch wyse meÌ shal dye perishe together as well as the ignoraunt and foolish leaue their goodes for other Loke what is in their houses it coÌtinueth still their dwellinge places endure from one generacion to another are called after their owne names vpon the earth Neuerthelesse maÌ abydeth not in soch hono r but is coÌpared vnto y e brute beastes becoÌmeth like vnto theÌ This waie of theirs is very foolishnesse yet their posterite prayse it w t their mouth Sela. They lye in the hell like shepe death shal gnawe vpon them the rightuous shal haue dominacion of them in the moâânynge by tymes their streÌgth shal consumâ hell shal be their dwellinge But God shal deliuer my soule from the power of hell when he receaueth me Sela. O be not thou afrayed whan one is made riche thâ glory of his hense increased For he ãâã cary nothingâ awaye w t him when he dyeâ nether shal his pompe folowe him ãâã he lyueth he is counted an happie ãâã so loÌge as he is in prosperite meÌ speake good of him But wheÌ he foloweth his fathers generacion he shal neuer se light eny more When a man is in honoure and hath no vnderstoÌdinge he is compared vnto the brute beastes and becommeth like vnto them The XLIX A psalme of Asaph THe LORDE euen the mightie God hath spokeÌ called the worlde from the rysinge vp of the sonne vnto the goinge downe of the same Out of Sion âpeareth the glorious beutie of God Oure God shal come and not kepe sylence there goeth befoââ him a consumynge fyre and a mightie tempest rounde aboute him He shal call the heauens from aboue and the earth that he maye iudge his people Gather my sayntes together vnto me those y t set more by the couenaunt then by eny offeringe And the heauens shal declare his rightuousnesse for God is iudge himself Sela. Heare o my people let me speake let me testifie amonge you o Israel I am God euen thy God I reproue the not because of thy sacrifice y e burnt offeringes are allwaye before me I wil take no bullockes out of thy house ner gotes out of thy foldes For all the beestes of the felde are myâe and thousandes of catell vpon the hilles I knowe all the foules vpon the mountaynes and the wilde beastes of the felde are in ây sight Yf I be hongrie I wil not tell âhe for y e whole worlde is myne and all that âherin is Thynkest thou that I wil eate âhe flesh of oxen or drynke the bloude of goaâes Offre vnto God prayse and thankesgeuynge and paye thy vowes vnto the most âyest And call vpoÌ me in the tyme of trouâle so wil I heare the that thou shalt thanâe me But vnto the vngodly sayeth God Why doest thou preach my lawes and taâest my couenaunt in thy mouth Where âs thou hatest to be refourmed and castest ây wordes behynde the Yf thou seist a âhefe thou runnest with him and art partaâer with the aduouterers Thou lettest yeâouth speake wickednesse thy tonge payneth disceate Thou syttest and speakest aâaynst thy brother yee and slaundrest thine âwne mothers sonne This thou doest whyâe I holde my tonge and thinkest me to be eâeÌ soch one as thy self but I wil reproue the set my self agaynst the. O considre this ãâã that forget God lest I plucke you awaie ãâã there be none to delyuer you Who so ââreth me thaÌkes and prayse he honoureth me this is the waye wherby I wil shewe him the sauynge health of God The L. A psalme of Dauid HAue mercy vpon me o God after thy goodnes acordinge vnto thy greate mercies do awaye myne offences Wash me well fro my wickednesse clense me fro my synne For I knowlege my fautes and my synne is euer before me Agaynst the only agaynst the haue I synned and done euell in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saynges and shuldest ouer come when thou art iudged Beholde I was borne in wickednesse and in synne hath my mother conceaued me But lo thou hast a pleasure in the treuth ⪠and hast shewed me secrete wyszdome O reconcile me with Isope and I shal be clene wash thou me and I shal be whyter then snowe Oh let me heare of ioye and gladnesse that the bones which thou hast broken maye reioyse Turne thy face fro my synnes and put out all my myszdedes Make me a clene hert o God and renue a right sprete within me Cast me not awaie from thy presence and take not thy holy sprete fro me O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne and stablish me with thy fre sprete Then
and vnrigthuousnesse Their eyes swell for fatnesse they do euen what they lyst Corrupte are they and speake blasphemies maliciously proude and presumptuous are their wordes They stretch forth their mouth vnto the heauen their tonge goeth thorow the worlde Therfore fall the people vnto them and there out sucke they no small auauntage Tush saye they how shulde God perceaue it is there knowlege in the most hyest Lo these are the vngodly these prospere in the worlde these haue riches in possession Shulde I then clense my hert in vayne thought I wash my hondes in innocency Wherfore shulde I be then punyshed daylie be chastened euery mornynge ⪠Yee I had allmost also sayde euen as they but lo then shulde I haue condemned the generacion of thy children Then thought I to vnderstonde this but it was to harde for me Vntill I weÌte in to y e Sanctuary of God considered the ende of these men Namely how thou hast set theÌ in a slippery place that thou maiest cast theÌ downe headlynges destroye theÌ O how sodenly do they consume perish come to a fearfull ende Yee euen like as a dreame when one awaketh so makest thou their ymage to vanish out of the cite Thus my hert was greued it wente euen thorow my reynes So foolish was I and ignoraunt and as it were a beest before the. Neuerthelesse I am allwaye by the thou hold est me by my right hande Thou ledest me with thy couÌcel and afterwarde receauest me vnto glory O what is there prepared for me in heauen there is nothinge vpoÌ earth that I desyre in comparison of the. My flesh and my herte fayleth but God is the strength of my hert and my porcion for euer For lo they that forsake the shal perishe thou destroyest all them that committe fornicacion agaynst the. But it is good for me to holde me fast by God to put my trust in the LORDE God and to speake of all thy workes The LXXIII A psalme of Asaph O God wherfore doest thou cast vs so cleane awaye why is y e wrath so hote agaynst y e shepe of y e pasture O thynke vpon thy congregacion whom thou hast purchased froÌ the begynnynge the staff of thine inheritaunce whom thou hast redemed euen this hill of Sion wherin thou dwellest Treade vpon them with thy fete cast them downe to the grounde for the enemie hath destroyed alltogether in the SaÌctuary Thy aduersaries roare in thy houses set vp their banners for tokens Men maye se the axes glister aboue like as those that hewe in the wod They cutt downe all the sylinge worke of y e SaÌctuary w t bylles axes They haue set fyre vpon y e SaÌctuary they haue defiled y e dwellynge place of y e name eueÌ vnto the grouÌde Yee they saye in their hertes Let vs spoyle theÌ all together thus haue they brent vp all the houses of God in the londe We se oure tokens nomore there is not one prophet more no not one that vnderstondeth enymore Oh God how loÌge shal the aduersary do this dishonoure how loÌge shal the enemie blaspheme thy name foreuer Why withdrawest thou thine honde why pluckest thou not thy right hoÌde out of thy bosome to consume thine enemies But God is my kynge of olde the helpe that is done vpon earth he doth it himself Thou deuydest y e see thorow thy power thou breakest the heades of the dragoÌs in the waters Thou smytest the heades of Leuiathan in peces geuest him to be meate for the people in the wildernesse Thou dyggest vp welles brokes thou dryest vp mightie waters The daye is thyne the night is thine thou hast prepared the lightes the Sonne Thou hast set all y e borders of the earth thou hast made both Sommer wynter Remembre this o LORDE how the enemie rebuketh how the foolish people blaspheme thy name O delyuer not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto the beestes forget not the congregacon of the poore for euer Loke vpon the couenaunt for the darcke houses of the earth are full of wickednesse O let not the symple go awaye ashamed for the poore nedy geue prayses vnto thy name Aryse o God manteyne thine owne cause remembre how the foolishmaÌ blasphemeth the daylie Forget not the voyce of thine enemies for the presumpcion of them that hate the increaseth euer more more The LXXIIII A psalme of Asaph UNto the o God will we geue thaÌkes yee vnto the wyll we geue thankes seynge thy name is sonye we will tell of thy wonderous workes When I maye get a conuenient tyme I shal iudge acordinge vnto right The earth is weake all that is therin but I beare vp hir pilers Sela. I sayde vnto the madde people deale not so madly to the vngodly set not vp youre hornes Set not vp youre hornes an hye speake not with a stiff necke For promocioÌ commeth nether from the east ner from the west ner yet froÌ the wyldernesse And why God is the iudge he putteth downe one setteth vp another For in the honde of the LORDE there is a cuppe full of stronge wyne he poureth out of the same As for the dreggeâ therof all y e vngodly of the earth shal drynke them sucke them out But I wil talke of the God of Iacob prayse him for euer All the hornes of the vngodly will I breake y e hornes of the rightuous shal be exalted The LXXV A psalme of Asaph IN Iuda is God knowne his name is greate in Israel At Salem is his tabernacle his dwellinge in Sion There breaketh he the arowes of the bowe y e shylde the swerde the whole battaâll Sela. Thou art of more honoure might theÌ the hilles of robbers The proude shal be robbed slepe their slepe y e mightie shal be able to do nothinge with their hoÌdes WheÌ thou rebukest them o God of Iacob both the charettes horsmen shal fall on slepe Thou art feareful for who maye abyde in y e sight when thou art angrie When thou lattest thy iudgment be herde from heauen the erth trembleth is still Yee when God aryseth to geue iudgment to helpe all them that be in aduersite vpon earth Sela. When thou punyshest one man he must knowlege that thou art redy to punysh other mo Loke what ye promyse vnto the LORDE youre God se that kepe it all ye that be rouÌde aboute him brynge presentes vnto him y t ought to be feared Which taketh awaye the breth of prynces is wonderfull amoÌge the kynges of the earth The LXXVI A psalme of Asaph I Cried vnto God with my voyce yet euen vnto God cried I with my voyce he herde me In the tyme of my trouble I sought the LORDE I helde vp my hondes vnto him in the night season for my soule refused all other comforte When
theÌ vp vnto their owne hertes lust let theÌ folowe their owne ymaginacions O y t my people wolde obeye me for yf Israel wolde walke in my wayes I shulde soone put downe their enemies turne myne hoÌde agaynst their aduersaries The haters of y e LORDE shulde mysse Israel but their tyme shulde endure for euer He shulde fede them with the fynest wheate floure satisfie them with hony out of the stony rocke The LXXXI A psalme of Asaph GOd stondeth in the congregacion of the goddes is a iudge amonge the iudges How longe wil ye geue wroÌge iudgment accepte the personnes of the vngodly Sela. Defende the poore father lesse se that soch as be in nede necessite haue right Delyuer the outcaste poore saue hym from the hande of the vngodly Neuertheles they wil not be lerned vnderstonde but walke on still in darcknesse therfore must all the foundacions of the londe be moued I haue sayde ye are goddes ye all are the childreÌ of y e most hyest But ye shal dye like men fall like one of the tyrauntes Aryse o God iudge thou the earth for all Heithen are thine by enheritaunce The LXXXII A psalme of Asaph HOlde not thy tonge o God kepe not still syleÌce refrayne not y i self o God For lo thy enemies make a murmuringe they y t hate the lift vp their heade ⪠They ymagin craftely agaynst thy people take councell agaynst thy secrete ones Come saye they let vs rote them out from amonge the people that the name of Israel maye be put out of remeÌbraunce For they haue cast their heades together with one consent are coÌfederate agaynst the. The tabernacles of the Edomites Ismaelites the Moabites Hagarenes Gebal Ammoâ and Amalech the Philistynes with them that dwell at Tyre Assur also is ioyned vnto theÌ helpe the children of Loth. Sela. But do thou to them as vnto the Madianites vnto Sisera and vnto Iabin by y e broke of Cyson Which perished at Endor became as the doÌge of y e earth Make their prynces like Oreb and Zeeb Yee make all their prynces like as Zebea and Salmana Which saye we wil haue the houses of God in possession O my God make them like vnto a whele and as the stuble before the wynde Like as a fyre that burneth vp the wodd as the flame that consumeth the mountaynes Persecute them euen so with thy tempest make them afrayed with thy storme Make their faces ashamed o LORDE y t they maye seke thy name Let theÌ be coÌfounded vexed euer more more Let theÌ be put to shame perish That they maye knowe that thou art alone that thy name is the LORDE and that thou only art the most hyest ouer all the earth The LXXXIII A psalme of the children of Corah O How amiable are y t dwelliÌges thou LORDE of hoostes My soule hath a desyre loÌginge for y e courte of y e LORDE my hert my flesh reioyse in y e lyuynge God For the sparow hath founde hir an house the swalowe a nest where she maye laye hir yoÌge eueÌ y e aulters O LORDE of hoostes my kynge my God O how blessed are they that dwell in thy house they are allwaye praysinge ye. Blessed are y e men whose streÌgth is in y e in whose herte are y t wayes Which goinge thorow the vale of mysery vse it for a well and the poles are fylled with water They go from strength to strength and so the God of Gods apeareth vnto theÌ in Sion O LORDE God of hoostes heare my prayer herken o God of Iacob Beholde o God oure defence loke vpon the face of thyne anoynted For one daye in thy courte is better then a thousande I had rather be a dore keper in the house of my God then to dwell in the tentes of the vngodly For the LORDE God is a light and defence the LORDE wil geue grace worshipe and no good thinge shal he witholde from them that lyue a godly life O LORDE God of hoostes blessed is the man y t putteth his trust in the. The LXXXIIII A psalme of the children of Corah LORDE thou barest a loue vnto thy londe thou didest bringe agayne the captiuyte of Iacob Thou diddest forgeue the offence of thy people and couerdest all their synnes Sela. Thou tokest awaye all thy displeasure turnedest thy self from thy wrothful indignacion Turne vs then o God o r Sauioure let thine anger ceasse from vs. Wilt thou be displeased at vs for euer wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generacion to another Wilt thou not turne agayne quycken vs that thy people maye reioyse in the I wil herken what the LORDE God wil saie for he shal speake peace vnto his people and to his sayntes that they turne not them selues vnto foolishnes For his saluacion is nye them that feare him so that glory shal dwell in oure londe Mercy and trueth are met together rightuousnesse and peace kysse ech other Trueth shal ryse out of y e earth and rightuousnesse shal loke downe from heauen And why the LORDE shal shewe louinge kyndnesse and oure londe shal geue hir encrease Rightuousnesse shal go before him and prepare the waye for his commynge The LXXXV psalme A prayer of Dauid BOwe downe thine eare o LORDE and heare me for I am coÌfortles and poore O kepe my soule for I am holy my God helpe thy seruaunt that putteth his trust in the. Be mercifull vnto me o LORDE for I call daylie vpon the. CoÌforte the soule of thy seruaunt for vnto the o LORDE do I lift vp my soule For thou LORDE art good and gracious of greate mercy vnto all them that call vpon the. Geue eare LORDE vnto my prayer and pondre my humble desyre In the tyme of my trouble I call vpon the for thou hearest me Amonge the goddes there is none like the o LORDE there is not one that caÌ do as thou doest All nacions whom thou hast made shall come and worshipe before the o LORDE and shal glorifie thy name For thou art greate thou doest wonderous thinges thou art God alone Lede me in thy waye o LORDE that I maye walke in thy trueth O let my hert delyte in fearynge thy name I thanke the o LORDE my God wil prayse thy name for euer For greate is thy mercy towarde me thou hast delyuered my soule from y e nethermost hell O God the proude are rysen agaynst me and the coÌgregacion of y e mightie seketh after my soule set not y e before their eyes But thou o LORDE God art full of compassion and mercy longe suffrynge greate in goodnesse trueth O turne the then vnto me haue mercy vpoÌ me geue thy strength vnto thy seruaunt helpe the sonne of thy handmaydeÌ Shewe some tokeÌ vpon me for good
litle hilles like yonge shepe What ayled the o thou see that thou fleddest and thou Iordan that thou turnedest backe Ye mountaynes that ye stripped like rammes and ye litle hilles like yonge shepe The earth trembled at the presence of the LORDE at the presence of the God of Iacob Which turned the harde rocke in to a stondinge water the flynt stone in to a sprynginge well Here the Hebrues begynne the CXV psalme Not vnto vs o LORDE not vnto vs but vnto thy name geue the prayse for thy louinge mercy and faithfulnes Wherfore shal the Heithen saye where is now their God As for oure God he is in heauen he doth what soeuer it pleaseth him Their ymages are but syluer and golde euen the worke of mens hoÌdes They haue mouthes and speake not eyes haue they but they se not They haue eares and heare not noses haue they but they smell not They haue handes and handle not fete haue they but they can not go nether can they speake thorow their throte They that made them are like vnto them and so are all soch as put their trust in them But let Israel trust in y e LORDE for he is their sucoure defence Let the house of Aaron put their trust in y e LORDE for he is their sucoure defence They that feare the LORDE let theÌ put their trust in the LORDE for he is their sucoure and defence The LORDE is myndefull of vs blesseth vs he blesseth y e house of Israel he blesseth y e house of Aaron Yee he blesseth all them that feare the LORDE both small greate The LORDE encrease you more more you and youre childreÌ For ye are y e blessed of the LORDE which made heauen earth All the whole heauens are the LORDES but the earth hath he geueÌ vnto y e childreÌ of men The deed prayse not the o LORDE nether all they that go downe in to sylence But we will prayse the LORDE from this tyme forth for euermore Halleluya The CXIIII psalme I Am wel pleased y t the LORDE ãâ¦ã herde y e voyce of my prayer ãâ¦ã he hath enclyned his eare ãâ¦ã therfore wil I call vpoÌ him as long ãâ¦ã The snares of death coÌpasâ ãâ¦ã aboute the paynes of hell gatâ ãâ¦ã me I founde trouble and heuy ãâ¦ã called I vpon y e name of the LORDE o LORDE delyuer my soule Gracious is y e LORDE rightuous yee oure God is mercifull The LORDE preserueth y e symple I was brought downe and he helped me Turne agayne then vnto thy rest o my soule for the LORDE hath geuen the thy desyre And why thou hast delyuered my soule from death myne eyes from teares and my fete from fallinge I wil walke before y e LORDE in the londe of the lyuynge The CXV psalme This psalme do the Hebrues ioyne vnto it that goeth before and it is with them the CXVI ⪠psalme I Beleued and therfore haue I spokeÌ but I was sore troubled I sayde in my haist All men are lyers What rewarde shal I geue vnto y e LORDE for all the benefites y t he hath done vnto me I wil receaue the cuppe of saluacioÌ and call vpon the name of the LORDE I wil paye my vowes in the presence of all his people right deare in the sight of y e LORDE is the death of his sayntes O LORDE I am thy seruaunt I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handmayden thou hast broken my bondes in sonder I wil offre the the sacrifice of thankes geuynge and wil call vpon the name of the LORDE I wil paye my vowes vnto the LORDE in the sight of all his people in the courtes of the LORDES house eueÌ in the myddest of the o Ierusalem Halleluya The CXVI psalme O Prayse the LORDE all ye Gentiles laude him all ye people For his mercifull kyndnes is euer more and more towarde vs the trueth of the LORDE endureth for euer Halleluya The CXVII psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Let Israel now confesse y t his mercy endureth for euer Let the house of Aaron now confesse that his mercy endureth for euer Yee let theÌ now that feare the LORDE confesse that his mercy endureth for euer I called vpon the LORDE in trouble and the LORDE herde me ãâã large The LORDE is my helper I wil ãâ¦ã what man doeth vnto me The ãâ¦ã is my helper I shal se my desyre ãâ¦ã enemies It is better to trust ãâ¦ã then to put eny confidence in ãâ¦ã is better to trust in the LORDE ãâ¦ã confideÌce in prynces All Heithen compased me rounde aboute but in the name of the LORDE wil I destroye theÌ They kepte me in on euery syde but in the name of the LORDE I wil destroye them They came aboute me like bees were as hote as the fyre in the thornes but in the name of the LORDE I wil destroye them They thrust at me that I might fall but the LORDE was my helpe The LORDE is my streÌgth my songe is become my saluacion The voyce of ioye myrth is in the dwellynges of y e rightuous for y e right hande of the LORDE hath gotteÌ the victory The right hande of the LORDE hath the preemynence the right haÌde of the LORDE hath gotteÌ the victory I wil not dye but lyue and declare the workes of the LORDE The LORDE hath chastened correcte me but he hath not geuen me ouer vnto death Open me the gates of rightuousnes ⪠y t I maye go in there thorow geue thaÌkes vnto the LORDE This is the dore of the LORDE the rightuous shall entre in thorow ãâã I thanke the y t thou hast herde me are become my saluacioÌ The same stone which the buylders refused is become the headestone in the corner This was the LORDES doinge it is maruelous in o r eyes This is the daye which the LORDE hath made ⪠let vs reioyse and be glad in it Helpe now o LORDE o LORDE sende vs now prosperite Blessed be he that coÌmeth in the name of the LORDE we wish you good lucke ye that be of the house of the LORDE God is the LORDE hath shewed vs light O ãâã the solempne feast with grene braunches ãâã vnto the hornes of y e aulter Thou art ãâã God I wil thanke the thou art my ãâã and I wil prayse the. O geue thankes ãâã to the LORDE for he is gracious his mâââcy endureth for euer The CXVIII psalme Aleph BLessed are those y t be vndefiled in thâ waye which walke in the lawe of ãâã LORDE Blessed are they that kepe his tâââtimonies seke him with their whole hertâ ⪠Which walke in his wayes do no wiâkednesse Thou hast geuen strayte chaâââ to kepe thy commaundementes O thââ my wayes were stablished to kepe thy statââtes So shulde I not be confounded
For whose pleasure do I thus consume awaye my lyfe This is also a vayne and miserable thinge Therfore two are better then one for they maye well enioye the profit of their laboure Yf one of them fall his companyon helpeth him vp againe But wo is him that is alone for yf he fall he hath not another to helpe him vp Agayne when two slepe together they are warme but how can a body be warme alone One maye be ouercome but two maye make resistauÌce A thre folde cable is not lightly broken A poore childe beynge wyse is better then an olde kinge that doteth and can not bewarre in tyme to come Some one commeth out of preson is made a kynge another which is borne in the kyngdome commeth vnto pouerte And I perceaued y t all men lyuynge vnder the Sonne go w t the seconde childe that commeth vp in the steade of the other As for the people that haue bene before him and that come after him they are innumerable yet is not their ioye the greater thorow him This is also a vayne thinge and a vexacion of mynde Whan thou commest in to the house of God kepe thy fote and drawe nye that thou mayest heare that is better then the offeringes of fooles for they knowe not what euell they do The V. Chapter BE not hastie with thy mouth let not thine hert speake eny thiÌge rashly before God For God is in heauen thou vpon earth therfore let thy wordes be fewe For where moch carefulnesse is there are many dreames where many wordes are there men maye heare fooles Yf thou make a vowe vnto God be not slacke to perfourme it As for foolish vowes he hath no pleasure in them Yf thou promyse eny thinge paye it for better it is that thou make no vowe then that thou shuldest promise and not paye Vse not thy mouth to cause y e flesh for to synne y t thou saye not before the angell my foolishnesse is in y e faute For theÌ God wil be angrie at thy voyce and destroye all y e workes of thine handes And why where as are many dreames many wordes there are also dyuerse vanities but loke y t thou feare God Yf thou seyst the poore to be oppressed and wrongeously dealt withall so y e equite the right of the lawe is wraisted in the londe maruell not thou at soch iudgmeÌt for one greate maÌ kepeth touch with another and the mightie helpe theÌ selues together The whole londe also with the feldes and all that is therin is in subieccion and bondage vnto y e kinge He that loueth money wil neuer be satisfied with money and who so delyteth in riches shal haue no profit therof Is not this also a vayne thinge ⪠Where as many riches are there are many also that spende them awaye And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes A labouringe man slepeth swetely whether it be litle or moch that he eateth but the abundaunce of the riche wil not suffre him to slepe Yet is there a sore plage which I haue sene vnder the Sonne namely riches kepte to the hurte of him y t hath them in possession For oft times they perishe with his greate mâsery and trouble and yf he haue a childe it getteth nothinge Like as he came naked out of his mothers wombe so goeth he thither agayne and carieth nothinge awaye with him of all his laboure This is a miserable plage y t he shal go awaye euen as he came What helpeth it him then y t he hath labored in the wynde All the daies of his life also must he eate in the darcke with greate carefulnesse sicknesse sorow Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thinge a man to eate and drynke and to be refreshed of all his laboure y t he taketh vnder the Sonne all the dayes of his life which God geueth him for this is his porcion For vnto whom so euer God geueth riches goodes and power he geueth it him to enioye it to take it for his porcion and to be refreshed of his laboure this is now the gifte of God For he thinketh not moch how longe he shal lyue for so moch as God fylleth his hert with gladnesse The VI. Chapter THere is yet a plage vnder y e Sonne it is a generall thinge amonge meÌ when God geueth a man riches goodes honoure so that he wanteth nothinge of all that his herte can desyre and yet God geueth him not leue to enioye the same but another man speÌdeth them This is a vayne thinge a miserable plage Yf a man begett an hundreth children and lyue many yeares so that his dayes are many in nombre and yet can not enioye his good nether be buried as for him I saye that an vntymely byrth is better then he For he coÌmeth to naught goeth his waye in to darcknes and his name is forgotten Morouer he seyth not the Sonne and knoweth of no rest nether here ner there Yee though he lyued two thousande yeares yet hath he no good life Come not all to one place All the laboure that a man taketh is for himself and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde For what hath the wyse more then the foole What helpeth it the poore that he knoweth to walke before the lyuynge The sight of the eyes is better then that the soule shulde so departe awaye Howbeit this is also a vayne thinge and a disquietnesse of mynde What is more excellent then man yet can he not in the lawe get the victory of him that is mightier theÌ he A vayne thinge is it to cast out many wordes but what hath a man els The VII Chapter FOr who knoweth what is good for man lyuynge in y e dayes of his vayne life which is but a shadowe Or ⪠who wil tell a man what shal happen after him vnder the Sonne A good name is more worth then a precious oyntment and the daye of death is better theÌ y e daye of byrth It is better to go in to an house of mournynge then in to a bancket house For there is the ende of all men and he that is lyuinge taketh it to herte It is better to be sory then to laugh for wheÌ the countenaunce is heuy the herte is ioyfull The herte of y e wyse is in the mournynge house but the hert of the foolish is in the house of myrth It is better to geue eare to the chastenynge of a wyse man then to heare the songe of fooles For the laughinge of fooles is like y e crackynge of thornes vnder a pott And y t is but a vayne thinge Who so doeth wronge maketh a wyse man to go out of his witt and destroyeth a gentle hert The ende of a thinge is better then the begynnynge The pacient of sprete is better then the hie mynded
Be not haistely angrie in y e mynde for wrath resteth in the bosome of a foole Saye not thou What is the cause that y e dayes of y e olde tyme were better then they y t be now ⪠for that were no wyse question Wyszdome is better then riches yee moch more worth then the eye sight For wyszdome defendeth as well as moneye and the excellent knowlege and wyszdome geueth life vnto him that hath it in possession Considre the worke of God how that no man can make the thinge straight which he maketh croked Vse well the tyme of prosperite and remembre the tyme of mysfortune for God maketh the one by the other so that a man can fynde nothinge els These ij thiÌges also haue I coÌsidred in y e tyme of vanite y t the iust man perisheth for his rightuousnes sake the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse Therfore be thou nether to rightuous ner ouer wyse y t thou perish not be nether to vnrightuous also ner to foolish lest thou die before thy tyme. It is good for the to take holde of this not to let y t go out of thy hande For he y t feareth God shal escape them all Wyszdome geueth more corage vnto the wyse then ten mightie men of the citie for there is not one iust vpoÌ earth y t doth good sinneth not Take not hede vnto euery worde y t is spoken lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse the for thine owne hert knoweth that thou thy self also hast oft tymes spokeÌ euell by other men All these thinges haue I proued because of wyszdome for I thought to be wyse but she wente farther fro me then she was before yee so depe that I might not reach vnto her I applied my mynde also vnto knowlege and to seke out scieÌce wisdome and vnderstondinge to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly and the erroure of dotinge fooles And I founde that a woman is bytterer then death for she is a very angle hir hert is a nett and hir handes are cheynes Who so pleaseth God shal escape from her but the synneâ will be taken w t her Beholde sayeth y e preacher this haue I diligently searched out proued y t I might come by knowlege which as yet I seke and fynde it not Amonge a thousande men I haue founde one but not one woman amonge all Lo this onely haue I founde that God made man iust right but they seke dyuerse sotylties where as no man hath wyszdome vnderstoÌdinge to geue answere there vnto The VIII Chapter WYszdome maketh a maÌs face to shyne but malice putteth it out of fauoure Kepe the kynges commaundemeÌt I warne the the ooth y t thou hast made vnto God Be not haistie to go out of his sight se thou coÌtynue in no euell thinge for what so euer it pleaseth him y t doeth he Like as when a kynge geueth a charge his commaundement is mightie Euen so who maye saye vnto him what doest thou Who so kepeth the commaundement shall fele no harme but a wyse mans herte discerneth tyme and maner For euery thinge wil haue opportunite and iudgment and this is the thinge that maketh men full of carefulnes sorowe And why a man knoweth not what is for to come for who wyll tell him Nether is there eny maÌ y t hath power ouer y e sprete to kepe stil y e sprete ner to haue eny power in the tyme of death It is not he also that can make an ende of the batayll nether maye vngodlynes delyuer him y t medleth withall All these thinges haue I considered and applied my mynde vnto euery worke that is vnder the Sonne how one man hath lordshipe vpon another to his owne harme For I haue oft sene y e vngodly brought to their graues and fallen downe from the hye and glorious place in so moch y t they were forgotten in the cite where they were had in so hye greate reputacion This is also a vayne thinge Because now that euell workes are not haistely punyshed the hert of man geueth him self ouer vnto wickednesse But though an euell personne offende an hundreth tymes and haue a longe life yet am I sure that it shal go well with theÌ that feare God because they haue him before their eyes Agayne as for the vngodly it shall not be well with him nether shal he proloÌge his dayes but euen as a shadowe so shall he be that feareth not God Yet is there a vanite vpon earth There be iust men vnto whom it happeneth as though they had the workes of the vngodly Agayne there be vngodly with whom it goeth as though they had the workes of y e rightuous This me thinke also a vaine thinge Therfore I commende gladnesse because a man hath no better thinge vnder the Sonne then to eate and drynke and to be mery for that shal he haue of his laboure all the daies of his life which God geueth him vnder the Sonne When I applied my mynde to lerne wyszdome and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde and that of soch a fashion y t I suffred not myne eyes to slepe nether daye ner night I vnderstode of all y e workes of God that it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto y e workes that are done vnder y e Sonne and though he bestowe his laboure to seke them out yet can he not reach vnto theÌ yee though a wyse man wolde vndertake to knowe them yet might he not fynde them The IX Chapter FOr all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seke out The righteus and wyse yee and their workes also are in the hande of God and there is no man that knoweth ether the loue or hate of the thinge that he hath before him It happeneth vnto one as vnto another It goeth with the rightuous as with the vngodly with the good cleane as with the vncleane with him that offereth as with him that offereth not like as it goeth with the vertuous so goeth it also with the synner As it happeneth vnto the periured so happeneth it also vnto him that is afrayed to be man sworne Amonge all thinges y t come to passe vnder the Sonne this is a misery that it happeneth vnto all alyke This is the cause also that the hertes of men are full of wickednesse madd foolishnesse is in their hertes as longe as they lyue vntill they dye And why As longe as a man lyueth he is careles for a quyck dogg saye they is better theÌ a deed lion for they that be lyuynge knowe y t they shall dye but they y t be deed knowe nothinge nether deserue they eny more For their memoriall is forgotteÌ so y t they be nether loued hated ner envyed nether haue they eny more parte in y e worlde in all y t is done vnder the Sonne Go thou y e waye then eate thy bred with
dwelleth vpon the hill of Syon And therfore yf they saye vnto you aske councel at the soythsayers witches charmers and coniurers then make them this answere Is there a people enywhere that aâeth not councel at his God whether it be concernynge the dead or the lyuynge Yf eny man want light let him loke vpon the lawe and the testimony whether they speake not after this meanynge Yf he do not this he stombleth and suffreth huÌger And yf he suffre honger he is out of pacience and blasphemeth his kynge and his God Then loketh he vpwarde and downewarde to the earth and beholde there is trouble and darcknesse vexacion is rounde aboute him and the cloude of erroure And out of soch aduersite shall he not escape The jx Chapter EVen like as in tyme past it hath bene well sene that y e londe of Zabulon and the londe of Nepthali where thorow the see waye goeth ouer Iordane in to the londe of Galilee was at the first in litle trouble but afterward sore vexed Neuertheles y e people that haue dwelt in darcknesse shal se a greate light As for them that dwel in the londe of the shadowe of death vpon them shal the light shyne Shalt thou multiplie the people and not increase the ioye also They shal reioyse before the euen as men make mery in haruest and as men that haue gotten the victory when they deale the spoyle For thou shalt breake the yocke of the peoples burthen the staff of hys shulder and the rod of his oppressoure as in y e daye at MadiaÌ Morouer all temerarious and sedicious power yee where there is but a cote fyled w t bloude shal be burnt and fede the fyre For vnto us a childe shal be borne and vnto us a sonne shal be geueÌ VpoÌ his shulder shal the kyngdome lye and he shal be called w t his owne name The woÌderous geuer of councel the mightie God the euerlastinge father the prynce of peace he shal make no ende to encrease the kyngdome and peace and shal syt vpon the seate of Dauid and in his kyngdome to set vp the same to stablish it with equyte and rightuousnesse from thence forth for euermore This shal the gelousy of the LORDE of hoostes bringe to passe The LORDE sent a worde in to Iacob the same is come in to Israel All the people also of Ephraim and they that dwel in Samaria can saye with pryde and hie stomackes on this maner The tyle worcke is fallen downe but we will buylde it with harder stones The Molbery tymbreys broken but we shal set it vp agayne with Cedre Neuertheles the LORDE shal prepare Rezin the enemie agaynst theÌ and so ordre their aduersaries that y e Sirians shal laye holde vpon them before and the Philistynes behynde and so deuoure Israel with open mouth After all this the wrath of the LORDE shal not ceasse but yet his hande shable stretched out still For the people turneth not vnto him that chastiseth them nether do they seke the LORDE of hoostes Therfore the LORDE shal rote out of Israel both heade and tale braunch and twygge in one daye By the heade is vnderstonde the Senatoure and honorable man and by y e tale the prophet that preacheth lyes For all they which enfourme the people that they be in a right case soch be disceauers Soch as men thynke also to be perfecte amonge these are but cast awaye Therfore shal the LORDE haue no pleasure in their yonge meÌ nether fauoure their fatherlesse and wydowes For thei are altogether ypocrites and wicked and all their mouthes speake foly After all this shal not the LORDES wrath ceasse but yet his honde shal be stretched out still For the vngodly burne as a fyre in the bryers and thornes And as it were out of a fyre in a wod or a redebush so ascendeth the smoke of their pryde For this cause shal y e wrath of the LORDE of hoostes fall vpon the londe and the people shal be consumed as it were with fyre no man shal spare his brother Yf a man do turne him to the right honde he shal famesh or to the lefte hande to eat he shal not haue ynough Euery man shal eate the flesh of his owne arme Manasses shal eate Ephraim and Ephraim Manasses and they both shal eate Iuda After all this shal not the LORDEs wrath ceasse but yet shal his honde be stretched out still The tenth chapter WO be vnto you y t make vnrightuous lawes and devyse thinges which be to harde for to kepe wherthorow the poore are oppressed on euery syde and the innoceÌtes of my people are there with robbed of iudgment that wyddowes maye be youre praye and that ye maye robbe the fatherlesse What will ye do in tyme of the visitacion and destruction that shal come from farre To whom will ye renne for helpe or to whom will ye geue youre honoure that he maye kepe it that ye come not amonge the presoners or lye amonge the deed After all this shal not the wrath of the LORDE ceasse but yet shal his honde be stretched out still Wo be also vnto Assur which is a staff of my wrath in whose honde is the rod of my punyshment For I shal sende him amonge those ypocritish poeple amonge the people that haue deserued my disfauoure shal I send him that he maye utterly robbe them spoyle them and treade them downe like the myre in the strete Howbeit his meanynge is not so nether thinketh his harte of this fashion But he ymagineth only how he maye ouerthrowe and destroye moch people for he saieth are not my princes all kynges Is not Calno as easie to wynne as Charchamis Is it harder to conquere Antiochia then Arphad Or is it lighter to ouercome Damascus theÌ Samaria As who say I were able to wynne the kingdome of the Idolaters and their goddes but not Ierusalem and Samaria Shal I not do vnto Ierusalem and their ymages as I dyd vnto Samaria and their ymages Wherfore the LORDE saieth As soone as I haue perfourmed my whole worcke vpon the Hyl of Syon and Ierusalem theÌ will I also vyset the noble and stoute kynge of Assiria with his wysdome and pryde For he stondeth thus in his owne coÌceate This do I thorow the power of myne owne honde and thorow my wisdome For I am wyse I am he that remoue the londes of the people I robbe their prynces and like one of the worthies I dryue them from their hie seates My honde hath founde out the hoostes of the people as it were a nest And like as egges that were layde here and there are gathered together So do I gather all countrees And there is no man y t darre be so bolde as to touch a fether that ⪠darre open his mouth or once whisper But doth the axe boost itself agaynst him y t heweth therwith or doth the sawe make eny krakinge agaynst
meÌ to burne Of this he taketh and warmeth himself withall he maketh a fyre of it to bake bred And after warde maketh a god there of to honoure it and an Idol to knele before it One pece he burneth in the fyre with another he rosteth flesh that he maye eate roste his bely full with the thirde he warmeth himself and saieth A ha I am well warmed I haue bene at the fyre And of the residue he maketh him a god and an Idol for himself He kneleth before it he worshippeth it he prayeth vnto it and sayeth delyuer me for thou art my god Yet men nether considre ner vnderstonde because their eyes are stopped that they can not se and their hertes that they can not perceaue They pondre not in their myndes for they haue nether knowlege ner vnderstoÌdinge to thinke thus I haue breÌt one pece in the fyre I haue baked bred w t y e coles there of I haue rosted flesh withall eaten it Shal I now of the residue make an abhominacion and fall downe before a rotten pece of wodd The kepinge of dust and folishnesse of herte hath turned them a syde so that none of them can haue a fre conscience to thinke maye not Ierre CoÌsidre this o Iacob and Israel for thou art my seruauÌt I haue made the that thou mightest serue me O Israel forget me not As for thyne offences I dryue them awaye like the cloudes and thy synnes as the myst Turne y e agayne vnto me I will delyuer ye. Be glad ye heauens whom the LORDE hath made let all y t is here beneth vpon the earth be ioyfull Reioyse ye mountaynes woddes with all the trees that are in you for y e LORDE shal redeme Iacob shewe his glory vpon Israel For thus saieth the LORDE thy redemer euen he that fashioned the from thy mothers wombe I am the LORDE which do all thinges my self alone I only haue spred out the heauens and I only haue layde the foundacion of the earth I destroye the tokens of witches and make the Sothsayers go wronge As for the wise I turne them bacward and make their conninge folishnesse But I set vp the purpose of my seruauntes and fulfil the councel of my messauÌgers I saye to IerusaleÌ turne agayne And to the cities of Iuda be ye buylded agayne and I repayre their decayed places I saye to the grounde be drie And I drie vp thy water floudes I saye to Cirus thou art myne hyrd man so that he shal fulfill all thinges after mâ will I saye to Ierusalem be thou buylded and to the teÌple be thou fast grounded The xlv Chapter THus saieth the LORDE vnto Cirus his anoynted whom he ledeth by y e right hoÌde that the people maye fall downe before him I wil lowse the gyrdle of kinges y t they shal open the gates before thy face and not to shut their dores I wil go before the and make the croked straight I shal breake the brasen dores burst the yron barres I shall geue the the hyd treasure the thinge which is secretly kepte that thou mayest knowe y t I the God of Israel haue called the by thy name and that for Iacob my seruaunt sake for Israel my chosen For I called the by y e name and ordened the or euer thou knewest me Euen I the LORDE before whom there is none other for w t out me there is no God I haue prepared the or euer thou knewest me that it might be knowne from the risynge of the Sonne to the goinge downe of the same that all is nothinge without me For I am the LORDE there is els none It is I y t created the light and darcknes I make peace and trouble Yee euen I the LORDE do all these thinges The heauens aboue shal droppe downe and the cloudes shal rayne rightuousnes The earth shal open it self and brynge forth health and therby shal rightuousnes florish Euen I the LORDE shal bringe it to passe Wo be vnto him that chydeth w t his maker the potsherde with the potter Saieth y e claye to the potter What makest thou or y i worke serueth for nothiÌge Wo be vnto him y t saieth to his father why begettest thou And to his mother why bearest thou Thus saieth the LORDE euen the holy one maker of Israel Axe me of thinges for to come concernynge my sonnes and put me in remeÌbraunce as touchinge the workes of my hoÌdes I haue made the earth and created maÌ vpon it With my hondes haue I spred forth heauen and geuen a commaundment for all the hooste therof I shal wake him vp with rightuousnesse and ordre all his wayes He shal buylde my cite let out my prisoners that nether for gift nor rewardes saieth the LORDE of hoostes The LORDE hath sayde morouer The occupiers of Egipte the marchauntes of the Moryans and Sabees shal come vnto the with tribute they shabethine they shal folowe the and go with cheynes vpon their fete They shal fall downe before the and make supplicacion vnto the. For God w t out whoÌ there is none other God shal be with the. O how profounde art thou o God thou God Sauioure of Israel Confounded be ye and put to dishonoure go hence together with shame all ye that be workmasters of erroure that is worshippers of Idols But Israel shal be saued in the LORDE which is the euerlastinge saluacioÌ They shal not come to shame ner confucion worlde without ende For thus sayeth the LORDE euen he that created heauen the God y t made the earth that fashioned it and set it forth I haue not made it for naught but I made it to be enhabited Euen I the LORDE without whom there is none other I haue not spoken secretly nether in darcke places of the earth It is not for naught that I sayde vnto the sede of Iacob seke me I am the LORDE which wheÌ I speake declare the thinge that is rightuous and true Let theÌ be gathered come together let theÌ drawe nye hyther y t are escaped of the people Haue they eny vnderstondinge that set vp the stockes of their Idols and praye vnto a god that caÌ not helpe theÌ Let men drawe nye let them come hither aÌd aske councel one at another and shewe forth âWhat is he that tolde this before or who spake of it euer sence the begynnynge Haue not I y e LORDE done it without whom there is none other God the true God and sauioure and there is els none but I And therfore turne you vnto me all ye endes of the earth so shal ye be saued for I am God there is els none I sweare by myself out of my mouth coÌmeth y e worde of rightuousnesse and that maye no man turne but all knees shal bowe vnto me and all tunges shal sweate by me sayenge Verely
for they haue defyled their waye and forgotten God their LORDE O ye shrenkinge children turne agayne saynge lo we are thine for thou art the LORDE oure God And so shal I heale youre bacturnynges The hilles fall and all the hie pryde of the mountaynes but the health of Israel stondeth only vpon God oure LORDE Confucion hath deuoured oure fathers laboure from oure youth vp yee their shepe and bullockes their sonnes and doughters So do we also slepe in oure confucion and shame couereth vs for we and oure fathers from oure youth vp vnto this daye haue synned agaynst the LORDE oure God ⪠and hahaue not obeyed the voyce of the LORDE oure God The IIII. Chapter O Israel yf thou wilt turne the then turne vnto me saieth the LORDE And yf thou wilt put awaye thy abhominacioÌs out of my sight thou shalt not be moued And shalt sweare The LORDE lyueth in treuth in equite and rightuousnesse and all ⪠people shall be fortunable and ioyfull in him For thus saieth the LORDE to all Iuda and Ierusalem plowe youre londe and sowe not amonge the thornes Be circumcided in the LORDE and cut awaye the foreskynne of youre hertes all ye of Iuda and all the indwellers of Ierusalem that my indignacion breake not out like fyre kyndle so that no man maye quench it because of the wickednes of youre ymaginacions Preach in Iuda and Ierusalem crie out and speake blowe the trompettes in the londe crie that euery man maye heare and saye Gather you together and we will go in to stronge cities Set vp the token in Sion spede you and make no tarienge for I will bringe a greate plage and a greate destruction from the north For the spoyler of the Gentiles is broken vp from his place as a lyon out of his deÌne that he maye make the londe waist and destroye the cities so that no man maye dwell therin Wherfore gyrde youre selues aboute w t sack cloth mourne and wepe for the fearfull wrath of the LORDE shal not be withdrawen from you ⪠At the same tyme saieth the LORDE the hert of the kinge and of the prynces shal be gone the prestes shal be astonished and the prophetes shal be sore afrayed Then sayde I O LORDE God hast thou then disceaued this people and Ierusalem sayenge ye shall haue peace and now the swearde goeth thorow their lyues Then shal it be saide to the people to Ierusalem there commeth a warme wynde from the north thorow the waye of my people but nether to fanne ner to cleÌse After that shall there come vnto me a stronge wynde and then wil I also geue sentence vpon them For lo he commeth downe like as a cloude and his charettes are like a stormy wynde his horsmen are swifter then the Aegle Wo vnto vs for we are destroyed O Ierusalem wash thine hert from wickednesse that thou mayest be helped How longe shal thy noysome thoughtes remayne with the For a voyce from Dan and from y e hill of Ephraim speaketh out and telleth of a destruction Beholde the Heithen geue Ierusalem warnynge and preach vnto her that hir destroyers are coÌmynge from farre countrees They tell the cities of Iuda the same also they shall geue them warnynge in euery place like as the watch men in the felde For they haue prouoked me to wrath saieth the LORDE Thy wayes and thy thoughtes haue brought the vnto this this is thyne owne wickednesse and disobedieÌce that hath possessed thyne hert Ah my bely ah my bely shalt thou crie how is my hert so sore my hert paunteth within me I can not be still for I haue herde the crienge of the trompettes and peales of warre They crie murthur vpon murthur the whole londe shal perish Immediathly my tentes were destroyed and my hanginges in the twincklinge of an eye How longe shall I se the tokens of warre and heare the noyse of the trompettes Neuertheles this shall come vpon them because my people is become foolish and hath vterly no vnderstondinge They are the children of foolishnes and without eny discrecioÌ To do euell they haue witt ynough but to do well they haue no wiszdome I haue loked vpon the earth and se it is wayst and voyde I loked towarde heauen and it had no shyne I behelde the mountaynes and they trembled and all the hilles were in a feare I loked aboute me and there was no body and all the byrdes of the ayre were awaye I marked well and the plowed felde was become waist yee all their cities were broken downe at the presence of the LORDE and indignacion of his wrath For thus hath the LORDE sayde The whole londe shal be desolate yet will I not then haue done And therfore let the earth mourne and let the heauen be sory aboue for the thinge that I haue purposed and taken vpon me to do shal not repente me and I will not go from it The whole londe shal fle for the noyse of the horsmen and bowmen they shall runne in to dennes in to woddes and clymme vp the stony rockes All the cities shal be voyde and no man dwellinge therin What wilt thou now do thou beinge destroyed For though thou clothest thy self with scarlet deckest y e with gold though thou payntest thy face w t colours yet shalt thou trymme thy self in vayne For those that hither to haue bene thy greate fauourers shal abhorre the and go aboute to slaye ye. For me thinke I heare a noyse like as it were of a woman trauelinge or one laboringe of hir first childe Euen the voyce of the doughter Sion that casteth out hir armes and swowneth sayenge Ah wo is me how sore vexed and faynte is my herte for them that are slayne The V. Chapter LOke thorow Ierusalem beholde and se Seke thorow hir stretes also within yf ye can fynde one man that doth equall and right or that laboureth to be faithfull and I shall spare him saieth the LORDE For though they can saye the LORDE lyueth yet do they sweare to disceaue Where as thou o LORDE lokest only vpon faith and treuth Thou hast scourged them but they toke no repentaunce thou hast correcte them for amendemeÌt but they refused thy correction They made their faces harder then a stone and wolde not amende Therfore I thought in my self peraduenture they are so symple and folish that they vnderstonde nothinge of the LORDES waye and iudgmentes of oure God Therfore will I go vnto their heades and rulers and talke with them yf they knowe the waye of the LORDE and the iudgmeÌtes of oure God But these in like maner haue broken the yock and bursten the bondes in sonder Wherfore a lyon out of the wod shal hurte them and a wolfe in the euenynge shal destroye them The cat of the mountayne shal lie lurkinge by their cities to teare in peces all them that come therout For
serued straunge goddes as their fathers taught them Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will fede this people with wormwod and geue theÌ gall to drynke I will scatre them also amonge the Heithen whom nether they ner their fathers haue knowne and I will sende a swearde amonge them to persecute them vntill I bringe them to naught Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes loke that ye call for mournynge wyues and sende for wise women that they come shortly and singe a mournynge songe of you that the teares maye fall out of oure eyes and that oure eye lyddes maye guszhe out of water For there is a lamentable noyse herde of Sion O how are we so sore destroyed O how are we so piteously confounded We must forsake oure owne naturall countre and we are shot out of oure owne lodgiÌges Yet heare the worde of the LORDE o ye women and set youre eares regarde the wordes of his mouth that ye maye lerne youre doughters to mourne and that euery one maye teach hir neghbouresse to make lamentacion Namely thus Deeth is clymmeÌ vp in at oure wyndowes he is come in to oure houses to destroye the childe before the dore y e yonge man in the strete But tell thou planely thus saieth y e LORDE The deed bodies of men shal lye apon y e grounde as the donge vpon the felde and as the hay after the mower and there shal be no man to take them vp Morouer thus saieth the LORDE Let not the wise man reioyse in his wisdome ner the stronge man in his strength nether the rich man in his riches But who so wil reioyse let him reioyse in this that he vnderstoÌdeth and knoweth me for I am the LORDE which do mercie equite and rightuousnes vpon earth Therfore haue I pleasure in soch thinges saieth y e LORDE Beholde the tyme coÌmeth saieth the LORDE that I wil vyset all them whose foreskynne is vncircumciscd The Egipcians the Iewes the Edomites the Ammonites the Moabites and the shauen Madianites that dwel in the wildernes For all y e Gentiles are vncircumcised in the flesh but all the house of Israel are vncircumcised in the herte The x. Chapter HEare the worde of the LORDE y t he speaketh vnto the o thou house of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE Ye shal not lerne after the maner of the HeitheÌ and ye shal not be afrayed for the tokens of heauen for the Heithen are afrayed of soch Yee all the customes and lawes of the GeÌtiles are nothinge but vanite They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the worke man and fashion it with the axe they couer it ouer with golde or syluer they fasten it w t nales and hammers that it moue not It stoÌdeth as stiff as the palme tre it can nether speake ner go but must be borne Be not ye afrayed of soch for they caÌ do nether good ner euel But there is none like vnto y e o LORDE thou art greate and greate is the name of y i power Who wolde not feare the ⪠or what kiÌge of the Gentiles wolde not obeye the For amonge all the wysemen of the Gentiles and in all their kingdomes there is none that maye be lickened vnto the. They are alltogether vnlerned and vnwise All their connynge is but vanite namely wod syluer which is brought out of Tharsis and beateÌ to plates and golde from Ophir a worke y t is made with the honde of the craftesman the caster clothed with yalow sylck and scarlet euen so is the worke of their wyse men all together But the LORDE is a true God a lyuinge God and an euerlastinge kinge Yf he be wroth the earth shaketh all the GeÌtiles maye not abyde his indignacion As for their goddes it maye well be sayde of theÌ they are goddes that made nether heaueÌ ner earth therfore shal they perish froÌ the earth and from all thinges vnder heauen But as for oure God he made the earth with his power and with his wisdome hath he fynished the whole compasse of the worlde with his discrecion hath he spred out the heauens At his voyce the waters gather together in the ayre he draweth vp y e cloudes from the vttemost partes of y e earth he turneth lighteninge to rayne and briÌgeth forth the wyndes out of their treasuries His wisdome maketh all men fooles And confunded be all casters of ymages for that they cast is but a vayne thinge and hath no life The vayne craftes men with their workes that they in their vanite haue made shall perish one with another in the tyme of visitacion ⪠Neuertheles Iacobs porcioÌ is not soch but it is he that hath made all thinges and Israel is the rodd of his inheritauÌce The LORDE of hoostes is his name Put awaye thy vnclennesse out of the londe thou that art in the stronge cities For thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I wil now thrust out the inhatours of this londe a greate waye off and trouble them of soch a fashioÌ that they shal no more be founde Alas how am I hurte Alas how panefull are my scourges vnto me For I coÌsidre this sorow by my self I must suffre it My tabernacle is destroyed and all my coardes are broken My children are gone fro me aÌd can no where be founde Now haue I none to sprede out my tente or to set vp my hanginges For the hyrdmen haue done folishly that they haue not sought the LORDE Therfore haue they dealt vnwisely with their catell all are scatred abrode Beholde the noyse is harde at honde and greate sedicioÌ out of the north to make the cities of Iuda a wyldernesse and a dwellinge place for Dragons Now I knowe o LORDE that is not in maÌs power to ordre his owne waies or to rule his owne steppes goinges Therfore chasteÌ thou vs o LORDE but with fauoure and not in thy wrath bringe vs not vtterly to naught Poure out thy indignacion rather vpon the GeÌtiles that knowe y e not and vpon the people that call not on thy name And that because they haue consumed deuoured and destroyed Iacob and haue roted out his glory The XI Chapter THis is another Sermon which the LORDE commaunded Ieremy for to preach sayenge Heare the wordes of the couenant and speake vnto all Iuda and to all them that dwel at Ierusalem And saye thou vnto theÌ Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel Cursed be euery one that is not obedient vnto y e wordes of this couenauÌt which I commaunded vnto youre fathers what tyme as I brought them out of Egipte from the yron fornace sayenge Be obedient vnto my voyce and do accordinge to all that I commaunde you so shal ye be my people and I wil be youre God and will kepe my promyse y t I haue sworne vnto youre fathers
the londe of the Caldees The leest amoÌge the people shal teare them in peces loke what pleasaunt thinge they haue they shal laye it waist ⪠The noyse at y e wynnynge of Babilon shââ moue the earth the crie shal be herde amonge the GeÌtiles The LI. Chapter THus hath the LORDE sayde Beholde I will rayse vp a perlous wynde agaynst Babilon hir citesens y t beare euell will agaynst me I wil sende also in to BabiloÌ fanners to fanne her out to destroye hir londe for in the daye of hir trouble they shal be aboute her on euery syde Morouer the LORDE hath sayde vnto the bowe men to them y t clymme ouer the walles in brest plates Ye shal not spare hir yongemeÌ kyll downe all hir hoost Thus the slayne shal fall downe in the londe of the Caldees and the wounded in the stretes As for Israel Iuda they shall not be forsakeÌ of their God of the LORDE of hoostes of the holyone of Israel no though they haue fylled all their londe full of synne Fle awaye from Babilon euery man saue his life Let no man holde his tunge to hir wickednes for the tyme of the LORDES vengeaunce is come yee he shal rewarde her agayne Babilon hath bene in the LORDES honde a golden cuppe y t maketh all londes droncken Of hir wyne haue all people droncken therfore are they out of their wittes But sodenly is Babilon fallen and destroyed Mourne for her brynge plasters for hir woundes yf she maye peraduenture be healed agayne We wolde haue made Babilon whole saye they but she is not recouered Therfore wil we let her alone go euery maÌ in to his owne countre For hir iudgmeÌt is come in to heauen is gone vp to the cloudes And therfore come on we will shewe Sion the worke of the LORDE oure God Make sharpe the arowes and fyll the quyuers for the LORDE shall rayse vp the sprete of the kynge of the Meedes which hath allready a desyre to destroye Babilon This shal be the vengeaunce of the LORDES and the vengeaunce of his temple Set vp tokens vpon the walles of Babilon make youre watch stronge set yo r watch men in araye yee holde preuye watches yet for all that shall the LORDE go forth with the deuyce which he hath taken vpon them that dwell in Babilon O thou that dwellest by the greate waters o thou that hast so greate treasure and riches thyne ende is come the rekenynge of thy wynnynges The LORDE of hoostes hath sworne by himself that he wil ouerwhelme the with men like greshoppers in nombre which with a corage shall crie Alarum Alarum agaynst the. Yee euen the LORDE of hoostes that with his power made the earth with his wiszdome prepayred y e rounde worlde with his discrecion spred out the heauens As soone as he letteth his voyce be herde the waters in the ayre waxe fearce He draweth vp the cloudes from the endes of the earth He turneth y e lightenynges to rayne he bringeth the wyndes out of their secrete places By the reason of wyszdome all men are become fooles Confounded be all the casters of ymages for y e thinge that they make is but disceate hath no breath Vayne is it worthy to be laughed at in the tyme of visitacion it shal perish Neuertheles the porcion of Iacob is none soch but he that made all thinges whose name is the LORDE of hoostes he is the rodde of his enheritaunce Thou breakest my weapens of warre yet thorow the I haue scatred the nacions kyngdomes Thorow the haue I scatred horse horse man yee the charettes soch as sat vpon them Thorow the I haue scatred man woman olde and yonge bacheler mayden Thorow the I haue scatred the shepherde his flocke the husbond man his catell the prynces the rulers Therfore wil I rewarde the cite of Babilon all hir citesyns the Caldees with all the euell which they haue done vnto Sion Yee that ye youre selues shall se it saieth the LORDE Beholde I come vpon the thou noysome hill saieth the LORDE thou that destroyest all londes I wil stretch out my honde ouer the cast the downe from the stony rockes wil make the a brente hill so that nether corner stones ner pinnacles ner foundacion stones shal be taken eny more out of the but waist desolate shalt thou lie foreuermore saieth the LORDE Set vp a tokeÌ in the londe blowe the trompettes amonge the Heithen prouoke the nacions agaynst her call the kyngdomes of Ararat Menni Ascanes agaynst her nombre out Taphsar agaynst her bringe as greate a sorte of horses agaynst her as yf they were greshoppers Prepare agaynst them y e people of the Meedes w t their kynges prynces all their chefe rulers yee and the whole londe that is vnder them The londe also shal shake be afrayed when the deuyce of the LORDE shall come forth agaynst Babilon to make the londe of Babilon so waist that no maÌ shal dwell eny more therin The Worthies of Babilon shal leaue the batell kepe them selues in stronge holdes their strength hath fayled them they shal be like women Their dwellinge places shal be brent vp their barres shal be broken One purseuaunt shal mete another yee one poste shal come by another to bringe the kinge of Babilon tydinges that his cite is taken in on euery syde the foordes occupyde the fennes brent vp and the souldyers sore afrayed For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel The doughter of Babilon hath bene in hir tyme like as a threszshinge floore but shortly shal hir haruest come Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon hath deuoured and distroyed me he hath made me an emptie vessell He swalowed me vp like a Dragon and fylled his bely with my delicates he hath cast me out he hath takeÌ my substaunce awaye the thinge that was left me hath he caried vnto Babilon saieth the doughter that dwelleth in Sion Yee my bloude also vnto the Caldees saieth Ierusalem Therfore thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I wil defende thy cause avenge the I will drynke vp hir see drye vp hir water sprynges Babilon shal become an heape of stones a dwellinge place for dragons a fearfulnes wondringe because no man dwelleth there They shall roare together like lyons as the yonge lyons when they be angrie so shal they beÌde them selues In their heate I shal set drynke before theÌ they shal be droncken for ioye Then shal they slepe an euerlastinge slepe neuer wake saieth the LORDE I shal carie them downe to be slayne like shepe like wethers gootes O how was Sesah wonne O how was the glory of y e whole londe taken how happeneth it that Babilon is so wondred at amonge the HeitheÌ The see is rysen ouer Babilon hath
felde Yee vnto BabiloÌ shalt thou go there shalt thou be delyuered and there the LORDE shal lowse the from the honde off thine enemies Now also are there many people gathered together agaynst the sayenge what Sion is cursed we shall se oure lust vpon her But they knowe not the thoughtes off the LORDE they vnderstonde not his councell that shall gather them together as the sheeues in the barne Therfore get the vp o thou doughter Sion and throsshe out the corne For I wil make thy horne yron and thy clawes brasse that thou mayest grynde many people their goodes shalt thou appropriate vnto the LORDE and their substaunce vnto the ruler off the whole worlde The V. Chapter AFter that shalt thou be robbed thy selff o thou robbers doughter they shal laye sege agaynst vs and smyte the iudge off Israel with a rodde vpon the cheke And thou Bethleem Ephrata art litle amonge the thousandes off Iuda Out off the shal come one vnto me which shall be y e gouernoure iÌ Israel whose outgoinge hath bene from the begynnynge and from euerlastinge In the meane whyle he plageth them for a season vntill the tyme that she which shall beare haue borne then shall the remnaunt of his brethren be conuerted vnto y e children of Israel He shal stonde fast and geue fode in the strength of the LORDE and in the victory of the name of y e LORDE his God and when they be conuerted he shall be magnified vnto the farthest partes of the worlde Then shal there be peace so that the Assirian maye come in to oure londe and treade in oure houses We shall brynge vp seuen shepherdes and viij prynces vpoÌ them these shal subdue the londe of Assur w t the swerde and the londe of Nymrod with their naked weapens Thus shal he delyuer vs from the AssiriaÌ when he commeth within oure lande and setteth his fote within oure borders And the remnaunt of Iacob shal be amonge the multitude of people as the dew of the LORDE and as the droppes vpon the grasse that tarieth for no man and waiteth of no body Yee the residue of Iacob shal be amonge the Gentiles and the multitude off people as the lyon amonge the beestes of y e wodde and as the lyons whelpe amonge a flocke of shepe which when he goeth thorow treadeth downe teareth in peces and there is no man that can helpe Thyne honde shal be lift vp vpon thine enemies and all thine aduersaries shal perish The tyme shal come also sayeth the LORDE that I wil take thine horses from the destroye thy charettes I will breake downe the cities off thy londe and ouerthrowÌe all thy stronge holdes All witchcraftes will I rote out of thyne hande there shall no mo soythsayenges be within the. Thine Idols and thyne ymages will I destroye out of y t so that thou shalt nomore bowe thy self vnto the workes of thyne owne hondes Thy groues wil I plucke vp by the rotes breake downe thy cities Thus will I be aueÌged also vpon all Heithen that will not heare The VI Chapter HErken now what the LORDE sayeth Vp reproue the mountaynes and let the hilles heare thy voyce O Heare the punyshment of the LORDE ye mountaynes and ye mightie foundacioÌs of y e earth for the LORDE wil reproue his people aÌd reason with Israel O my people what haue I done vnto the or wherin haue I hurte the geue me answere Because I brought the froÌ the londe of Egipte and delyuered the out of the house of bondage Because I made Moses Aaron and Miriam to lede the Remembre o my people what Balach the kynge of Moab had ymagined agaynst the aÌd what answere that Balaam the sonne of Be or gaue him from Sethim vnto Galgal y t ye maye knowe the louynge kyndnesses of y e LORDE What acceptable thynge shal I offre vnto the LORDE shall I bowe mykne to the hye God Shal I come before him w t brent offeringes and with calues of a yeare olde Hath the LORDE a pleasure in many thousand rammes or innumerable streames of oyle Or shal I geue my firstborne for myne of fences and the frute of my body for the synne of my soule I wil shewe the O maÌ what is good and what the LORDE requyreth off the Namely to do right to haue pleasure in louynge kyndnesse to be lowly and to walke with thy God that thou mayest be called a cite of the LORDE that thy name maye be rightuousnesse Heare o ye trybes who wolde els geue you soch warnynge Shulde I not be displeased for the vnrightuous good in the houses of the wicked and because the measure is minished Or shâlde I iusâfie the false balaunces and the bagge of disceatfull weightes amonge those that be full off riches vnrightuously gotten where the citesyns deale with falsede speake lyes and haue disceatfull tunges in their mouthes Therfore I will take in honde to punysh the and to make the desolate because of thy synnes Thou shalt eate not haue ynough yee thou shalt bringe thy self downe Thou shalt fle but not escape aÌd those y t thou woldest saue wil I delyuer to the swerde Thou shalt sowe but not reape thou shalt presse out olyues but oyle shalt thou not haue to anoynte thy self withall thou shalt treade out swete must but shalt drynke no wyne Ye kepe the ordinaunces of Amri all the customes of the house of Achab ye folowe their pleasures therfore wil I make the waist cause y e inhabiters to be abhorred O my people thus shalt thou beare thine owne shame The VII Chapter WO is me I am become as one that goeth a gleenynge in the haruest There are no mo grapes to eate yet wolde I fayne with all my herte haue of the best frute There is not a godlyman vpoÌ earth there is not one rightuous amoÌge meÌ They laboure all to shed bloude euery maÌ hunteth his brother to death yet they saye they do well when they do euell As the prince wil so sayeth the iudge y t he maye do him a pleasure agayne The greate maÌ speaketh what his herte desyreth y e hearers alowe him The best off theÌ is but as a thistle and the most rightuous of them is but as a bâere in the hedge But when the daye of thy preachers commeth y t thâu shalt be vysited theÌ shal they be waisted awaye Let no man beleue his frende ner put his confideÌce in a prince Kepe the porte of thy mouth from her y t lieth in thy bosome for y e sonne shal put his father to dishonoure the doughter shal ryse agaynst her mother y e doughter in lawe agaynst hir mother in lawe and a mans foes shal be euen they of his owne housholde Neuerthelesse I wil loke vp vnto y e LORDE I wil paciently abyde God my sauioure my God shal heare me
yonge meÌ y t they might declare their meanynges theÌselues by mouth So when they were sent for and came in y e kynge sayde vnto them shew vs and make vs to vnderstoÌde what the thinges are that ye haue wrytten Then beganne the first which had spokeÌ of the strength of wyne sayde O ye men wyne is maruelous stroÌge and ouercoÌmeth them y e drynke it it disceaueth the mynde bryngeth both the poore man y e kynge to dotage and vanite Thus doth it also w t the bondman and with the fre with the poore rych it taketh awaye their vnderstondinge and maketh them careles and mery so that none of them remembreth eny heuynes dett or dewtie It causeth a man to thinke also that y e thinge which he doth is honest and good and remembreth not that he is a kynge nor y t he is in auctorite y t he ought not to do soch thinges Morouer whan men are drynckinge they forgett all frendshipe all brotherly faithfulnes loue but as soone as they are dronckeÌ they drawe out the swerde wil fight whaÌ they are layed downe froÌ the wyne so rysen vp agayne they can not tell what they dyd Iudge ye now Is not wyne the strongest For who wolde els take in hande to do soch thinges And whan he had spoken this he helde his tonge The IIII. Chapter THen the seconde which had sayde y t the kynge was stronger beganne to speake sayeÌge O ye men are not they the strongest most excellent y t coÌquere the loÌde the see all y t is in y e see in the earth Now is the kynge lorde of all these thinges hath dominion of theÌ all loke what he coÌmauÌdeth it is done Yf he sende his meÌ forth a warfare they go and breake downe hilles walles towres They are slayne slaye oher men them selues ouer passe not y e kynges worde Yf they get the victory they brynge the kynge all the spoyle Likewyse the other y t medle not w t warres fightinge but tyll the grounde whan they reape they brynge trybute vnto y e kynge And yf y e kynge alone do but coÌmaunde to kyll they kyll yf he coÌmaunde to forgeue they forgeue yf he coÌmaunde to smyte they smyte yf he byd dryue awaye they dryue awaye yf he commaunde to buylde they buylde yf he coÌmauÌde to breake downe they breake downe yf he coÌmaunde to plante they plaÌte The comon people y e rulers are obedient vnto him And y e kynge in the meane season sytteth hiÌ downe eateth and drynketh taketh his rest theÌ kepe they watch rouÌde aboute y e kinge not one of theÌ darre gett him out of y e waye to do his owne busynes but must be obedieÌt vnto y e kinge at a worde Iudge ye now o ye men how shulde not he go farre aboue vnto whom men are thus obedieÌt And whan he had spokeÌ this he helde his tonge The thirde whose name was Zorobabel which had spokeÌ of wemen of y e trueth begaÌne to saye after this maner O ye meÌ it is not y e greate kynge it is not the multitude of meÌ nether is it wine y t excelleth Who is it theÌ y t hath y e lordshipe ouer theÌ Haue not wemen borne the kynge all y e people y t rule these thinges Haue not wemeÌ borne theÌ brought theÌ vp y t plante the vynes wher out y e wyne coÌmeth They make garmeÌtes for all meÌ they geue hono r vnto all men w t out wemen can not men lyue Yf they gather golde syluer all precious thinges se a fayre wel fauoured womaÌ they leaue all together and turne their eyes onely vnto the woman gape vpon her haue more desyre vnto her then vnto the syluer golde or eny maner of precious thinge A maÌ leaueth his father y t brought him vp he leaueth his owne naturall couÌtre and cleueth vnto the woman yee he ioperdeth his life with the woman and remembreth nether father ner mother ner countre By this then ye must nedes knowe y t wemen haue y e domynion ouer you Doth it greue you A maÌ taketh his swerde goeth his waye to steale to kyll to murther to sayle vpon the see seyth a lyon and goeth in the darcknes and when he hath stollen disceaued robbed he bringeth it vnto his loue Agayne a man loueth his wyfe better then father and mother yee many one there be that renne out of their wyttes become bondmen for their wyues sakes many one also haue perished haue bene slayne haue synned because of wemen And now beleue me I knowe a kynge which is greate in his power all loÌdes stoÌde in awe of him no man darre laye hande vpon him yet dyd I se y t Apame y e daughter of the greate kynge Bartacus the kynges coÌcubine satt besyde the kynge vpoÌ the right haÌde and toke of his crowne from his heade and set it vpon hir owne heade and smote the kynge with hir left hande Morouer the kynge loked vpoÌ her w t open mouth yf she laughed vpon him he laughed also but yf she toke eny displeasure with him the kynge was fayne to flater her to geue her good wordes till he had gotten hir fauoure agayne O ye men are not wemen then stronger Greate is the earth and hie is the heauen that do these thinges Then the kynge the prynces loked one vpon another So he beganne to speake of the trueth O ye men are not wemeÌ stronger Greate is the earth hye is the heauen swyft is the course of the Sonne he compaseth the heauen rounde aboute and fetcheth his course againe to his owne place in one daye Is he not excellent that doth this yee greate is the trueth and stronger then all thinges All the earth calleth vpon the trueth the heauen prayseth it all workes shake and tremble at it and with it is no vnrighteous thinge Wine is vnrighteous the kynge is vnrighteous wemen are vnrighteous all the children of men are vnrighteous yee all their workes are vnrighteous and there is no trueth in them in their vnrighteousnes also shall they be destroyed and perish As for y e trueth it endureth and is allwaye stronge it lyueth and coÌquereth for euermore worlde without ende The trueth accepteth no personnes it putteth no difference betwixte rych or poore betwixte y e mightie or symple but doth right vnto euery maÌ whether they be euel or good all men are louyngly dealt withall in the workes of it In the iudgment of it there is no vnrighteous thinge but strength kingdome power and maiesty for euermore Blessed be the God of trueth And with that he helde his toÌge and all y e people cried sayde Greate is the trueth and aboue all Then sayde the kynge vnto him Axe what thou wilt more then is
geueÌ of y e LORDE God of Israel So Eszdras the hie prest brought the lawe vnto the whole multitude to man and woman to all prestes y t they might heare the lawe in the new moone of the seuenth moneth And he red in y e floore y t is before y e holy porte of y e teÌple from the mornynge early vntill the euenynge before men wemen And they applied their mynde all vnto the lawe And Eszdras the prest reder of y e lawe stode vp vpon a scaffolde of wodd which was made therfore vpon his right hande there stode by him Mathathias Samus Ananias Azarias Vrias Ozechias Balsamus Vpon his lefte haÌde stode Faldeus Misael Malachias Abuschas Sabus Nabadias Zachary Then toke Eszdras y e boke before the whole multitude for he was y e pryncipall and had in most hono r of theÌ all And whaÌ he had red out y e lawe they stode all straight vp vpon their fete So Eszdras praysed the LORDE the most hye God the Allmightie God of hoostes And all y e people answered Amen helde vp their haÌdes fell downe flat vpon the earth praysed y e LORDE Iesus Beneas Sarebias Iaddimus Accubus Sabbatheus Calithes Azarias Ioradus Ananias Philias the Leuites which taught the lawe of the LORDE red the lawe of the LORDE in the coÌgregacion euery man sett those before y t vnderstode the lawe Then spake Atharathes vnto Eszdras the hye prest reder to the Leuites y t taught the multitude sayenge This daye is holy vnto the LORDE all they y t had herde the lawe wepte ⪠So Eszdras sayde Departe yo r waye then eate the best drynke the swetest sende giftes vnto them y t haue nothinge for this daye is holy vnto the LORDE and be not ye sory Then wente they their waye euerychone ate and dronke and were mery sent rewardes vnto theÌ y t had nothinge y t they also might eate with gladnesse for they were exceadingly reioysed thorow the wordes that were red vnto them in the lawe And so they were all gathered together at Ierusalem to holde the feast acordinge to the couenaunt of y e LORDE God of Israel The ende of the thirde boke of Eszdras The IIII boke of Eszdras What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. God reproueth the people for their vnthankfulnes and rehearseth vnto them his owne louynge mercy that he maye bringe theÌ agayne yf they wyl not amende he wil chose another people Chap. II. The Synagoge coÌplayneth vpoÌ hir children ⪠The callynge of the Heithen Chap. III. Eszdras sheweth of the excellent workes of God done vnto the people and hath a frendly contencion with God because he suffreth the Babilonians to haue the dominion ouer them where as they yet are sinners also Chap. IIII. The angel rebuketh Eszdras for takinge in haÌde to seke out the grounde of Gods iudgment and instructeth him with fayre symilitudes Chap. V. A communicacioÌ of Eszdras and the angel together Chap. VI. The angel enfourmeth Eszdras and answereth him to his questions Chap. VII The angel sheweth Eszdras many secrete matters and thinges for to come Chap. VIII Eszdras prayeth for the people that God wyll rather loke vpon his owne louynge mercy and the godlynes of few theÌ vpon the wycked synnes of many Chap. IX Tokens of the tyme and punyshment for to come Visions are shewed vnto Eszdras Chap. X. A communicacion betwixte Eszdras and the woman that appeared vnto him Chap. XI XII.XIII Of certayne visions and the interpretacions therof Chap. XIIII God appeareth vnto Eszdras in the bush talketh with him and coÌmaundeth him what he shal doo Chap. XV. God sheweth Eszdras the punyshmeÌt that he wyl sende vpon the synfull people and commaundeth him to tell them the same Chap. XVI Punyshment vpon the Heithen and how the people of God shal behaue them selues therin The first Chapter THe seconde boke of y e prophet Eszdras y e sonne of Saraias the sonne of Azarias y e sonne of Helchia y e sonne of SalluÌ the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Amerias the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Maraioth the sonne of Sarahias the sonne of Vzi the sonne of Boccus the sonne of Abisu the sonne of Phineas the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron of the trybe of Leui which was presoner in the lande of the Meedes in the raigne of Artaxerses kynge of Persia. And the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Go thy waye shew my people their synfull dedes their children their wickednesses which they haue done against me that they maye tell their childers childreÌ the same for the synnes of their fathers are increased in them And why they haue forgotten me haue offred vnto straunge goddes Am not I euen he that brought them out of the lande of Egipte from the house of bondage But they haue prouoked me vnto wrath despysed my councels Pull thou out then the hayre of thy heade and cast all euell ouer them for they haue not bene obedient vnto my lawe It is a people without lernynge nourtoure How longe shal I forbeare them vnto whom I haue done so moch good Many kynges haue I destroyed for their sakes Pharao w t his seruauÌtes and all his power haue I smytten downe and slayne All y e nacions haue I destroyed and roted out before them and in y e east haue I brought two landes and people to naught euen Tyre Sydon and haue slayne all their enemies Speake thou therfore vnto them sayenge Thus sayeth the LORDE I led you thorow the see and haue geuen you sure stretes sence the begynnynge I gaue you Moses to be youre captayne and Aaron to be the prest I gaue you light in a piler of fyre greate woÌders haue I done amoÌge you yet haue ye forgotten me sayeth the LORDE Thus sayeth the allmightie LORDE I gaue you quales to eate and tentes for youre sucoure Neuertheles ye murmured and ascrybed not y e victory of youre enemies vnto my name yee this same daie do ye yet murmoure Where are the benefites that I haue done for you Whan ye were hongrie in the wildernes dyd ye not crie vnto me Why hast thou brought vs in to this wildernes to kill vs It had bene better for vs to haue serued y e Egipcians then to dye in this wildernesse TheÌ had I pitie vpon youre mourninges and gaue you Manna to eate Ye ate angels foode WhaÌ ye were thyrstie dyd not I hew y e hardstone caused water ynough to flowe thereout For the heate I couered you with y e leaues of the trees A good pleasaunt fatt londe gaue I you I cast out the Cananites the Pheresites and Philistynes before you What shal I do more for you saieth the LORDE Thus sayeth the Allmightie LORDE Whan ye were in the wildernes in the water of the Amorites beynge a
thyrst blasphemynge my name I gaue you not fyre for youre blasphemies but cast a tre in to y e water and made the ryuer swete What shall I do vnto the O Iacob Thou Iuda woldest not obeye me I wil turne me to another people vnto those will I geue my name that they maye kepe my statutes Seinge ye haue forsakeÌ me I wil forsake you also Whan ye desyre me to be gracious vnto you I shal haue no mercy vpon you Whan ye call vpoÌ me I wil not heare you For ye haue defyled youre haÌdes with bloude and youre fete are swift to commytt manslaughter Ye haue not forsaken me in a maner but youre owne selues sayeth the LORDE Thus sayeth the Allmightie LORDE haue I not prayed you as a father his sonnes as a mother hir daughters and as a norsse hir yonge babes that ye wolde be my people and I shulde be youre God that ye wolde be my children and I shulde be youre owne father I gathered you together as an henne gathereth hir chekens vnder hir wynges But now what shal I do vnto you I shal cast you out fro my face Whan ye offre vnto me I shal turne my face from you for youre solempne feast dayes youre new moones and youre circumcisions haue I forsaken I sent vnto you my seruauntes the prophetes whom ye haue taken and slayne and torne their bodies in peces whose bloude I wyll requyre of youre handes sayeth the LORDE Thus sayeth the Allmightie LORDE youre house must be desolate I wil cast you out as the wynde doth y e strawe youre children shal not be frutefull for they haue despysed my commaundement and done y e thinge y t is euell before me You re houses wil I geue vnto a people y t shal come and they y t neuer herde me shal beleue in me they vnto whoÌ I neuer shewed token shal do the thinge y t I coÌmaunde theÌ They haue sene no prophetes yet shal they call their synnes to remembraunce and knowlege theÌ I reporte me vnto the grace that I wil do for the people which is to come whose children reioyse in gladnes though they haue not sene me w t bodely eyes yet in sprete they beleue the thinge that I saye And now brother beholde what greate worshipe and se y e people that commeth from the east vnto whom I wyll geue the dukedome of Abraham Isaac and Iacob of Oseas Amos and Micheas of Ioel Abdy Ionas Naum and Abacuc of Sophony Aggeus Zachary and Malachy which is called also an angel or messauÌger of the LORDE The II. Chapter THus sayeth the LORDE I brought this people out of bondage I gaue theÌ my coÌmaundementes by my seruauÌtes y e prophetes whom they wolde not heare but despysed my couÌcels The mother that bare them sayeth vnto them Go youre waye ye children for I am a wyddow forsaken I brought you vp with gladnesse but with sorow and heuynes haue I lost you for ye haue synned before the LORDE yo r God and done y e thinge that is euell before him But what shall I now do vnto you I am a wyddow and forsakeÌ go youre waye o my children and axe mercy of the LORDE As for me O father I call vpon the for a wytnesse ouer the mother of these childreÌ which wolde not kepe my couenaunt y t thou brynge them to coÌfucion and their mother to a spoyle that she beare no more Let their names be scatred abrode amonge the Heithen let them be put out of the earth for they haue thought scorne of my couenaunt Wo be vnto the Assur thou that hydest the vnrighteous by the. Thou wicked people remembre what I dyd vnto Sodom and Gomorre whose land is turned to pitch and aszshes Euen so also wyll I do vnto all them that heare me not sayeth the Allmightie LORDE Thus sayeth the LORDE vnto Eszdras Tell my people y t I will geue them the kyngdome of Ierusalem which I wolde haue geuen vnto Israel Their glory also wyl I take vnto me and geue them the euer lastynge tabernacles which I had prepared for those The tre of life shal be vnto them a swete smellynge oyntment they shal nether laboure ner be weery Go ye youre waye ye shall receaue it Praye for yo r selues a few dayes that they maye dwell therin Now is the kingdome prepared for you therfore watch Take heaueÌ and earth to wytnesse for I haue broken the euell in peces and created the good for I lyue sayeth y e LORDE Mother enbrace thy children and brynge them vp with gladnes make their fete as fast as a piler for I haue chosen the sayeth the LORDE And those that be deed wyll I rayse vp agayne from their places and brynge them out of y e graues for I haue knowne my name in Israel Feare not thou mother of the children for I haue chosen the sayeth the LORDE And for thy helpe I shal sende the my seruauntes Esay and Ieremy after whose councell I haue sanctified prepared for the xij trees with dyuerse frutes and as many welles flowinge with mylck and hony seuen mountaynes whervpoÌ there growe roses and lilies wherin I wyl fyll my children with ioye Execute iustice for the wyddowe be iudge for the fatherlesse geue to y e poore defende the coÌfortlesse clothe the naked heale the wounded and sick laugh not a lame man to scorne defende the crepell and lat the blinde come in to y e sight of my clearnes Kepe the olde yonge within thy walles where so euer thou fyndest the deed tokeÌ them and burye them and I shal geue the the first place in my resurreccion Holde styll O my people and take y e rest for thy quyetnes is come Fede thy children O thou good norsse stablish their fete As for the seruauntes whom I haue geuen the there shal not one of them perishe for I wyl seke theÌ from thy nombre vexe not thy self For whan the daye of trouble and heuynes commeth other shal wepe and be soroufull but thou shalt be mery and plenteous The Heithen shal be gelous but they shal be able to do nothinge agaynst the sayeth the LORDE My handes shal couer the so that thy children shal not se the fyre euerlastinge Be ioyfull O thou mother with thy childreÌ for I wyll delyuer the sayeth the LORDE Remembre thy deed childreÌ for I shal brynge them out of the earth and shew mercy vnto them for I am mercifull sayeth the LORDE Allmightie Enbrace thy childreÌ vntyll I come and shew mercy vnto them for my welles runne ouer and my grace shal not fayle I Eszdras receaued a charge of the LORDE vpon the mount Oreb that I shulde go vnto Israel But whan I came vnto theÌ they set me at naught and despysed the commaundement of y e LORDE And therfore I saye vnto you O ye Heithen that heare and vnderstonde Loke for youre shepherde he shal geue
and I sayde O LORDE thou spakest vnto thy creature from the begynnynge euen the first daye and saydest Let heauen and earth be made and thy worde was a perfecte worke And then was there the sprete and the darcknesses were yet on euery syde and sylence there was no mans voyce as yet from the. Then commaundedst thou a fayre light to come forth out of thy treasures that thy worke might appeare and be sene Vpon the seconde daye thou maydest the sprete of the firmament and commaundedst it to parte asunder to make a deuysion betwixte the waters that the one parte might remayne aboue and the other beneth Vpon the thirde daye thou broughtest to passe y t the waters were gathered in the seuenth parte of the earth Sixe partes hast thou dryed vp and kepte them to the inteÌt y t men might sowe and occupie huszbandrie therin As soone as thy worde wente forth the worke was made For immediatly there was greate in numerable frute many dyuerse pleasures desyres of temptacion floures of chaungeable coloure and smell and this was done the thirde daye Vpon the fourth daye thou coÌmaundedst that the Sonne shulde geue his shyne and y e Moone hir light the starres didest thou sett in ordre and gauest them a charge to do seruyce euen vnto man that was for to be made VpoÌ the fifth daye thou saydest vnto the seuenth parte where the waters were gathered that they shulde bringe forth diuerse beastes foules and fishes And so it came to passe that the domme water and without soule brought forth lyuynge beastes at the commaundement of God that all people might prayse thy wonderous workes Then didest thou preserue two soules y e one thou calldest Enoch and the other Leuiathan and didest separate the one from the other for the seuenth parte namely where the water was gathered together might not holde them both Vnto Enoch thou gauest one parte which was dryed vp the thirde daye that he shulde dwell in the same parte wherin are a thousande hilles But vnto LeuiathaÌ thou gauest the seuenth parte namely the moyst and hast kepte him to deuoure what thââ wylt and whan Vpon the sixte daye thou gauest coÌmaundement vnto the earth that before the it shulde brynge forth beastes catell and all y e crepe besydes this Adam also whom thou maydest lorde of all thy creatures Of him come we all and the people also whom thou hast chosen specially vnto thy self All this haue I sayde now and spoken before the that I might shewe how that the worlde is made for oure sakes As for the other people which also come of Adam thou hast sayde that they are nothinge but be like a spetle and hast lickened the abundauÌce of them vnto a droppe that falleth from the rofe of the house And now O LORDE the HeitheÌ which haue euer bene reputed as nothinge haue begoÌne to be lordes ouer vs and to deuoure vs but we thy people whom thou hast called y e first borne thy only begotten and thy feruent louer are geuen in to their handes and power Yf the worlde now be made for oure sakes why haue we not the inheritaunce in possession with the worlde How longe shal this endure The VII Chapter ANd it happened after that I had spoken out these wordes there was sent vnto me an angell which had bene by me also the nightes afore and he sayde vnto me Vp Eszdras and heare the wordes that I am come to tell the. And I sayde speake on LORDE my God TheÌ sayde he vnto me The see is sett in a wyde place y t it might be depe and greate but the intrauÌce is narow and small like a ryuer For who wolde go in to the see to loke vpon it and to rule it Yf he wente not thorow the narow how might he come in to the brode Item another A cite is buylded and sett vpon a brode felde and is full of all goodes the intraunce is narow and sodane like as yf there were a fyre at the right hande and a depe water at the left and as it were onely one strate path betwixte theÌ both so small that there coude but one man go there Yf this cite now were geuen to an heyre he neuer wente thorow this parlous waye how wolde he receaue his inheritauÌce And I sayde It is so LORDE Then sayde he Euen so is Israel also a porcion And why for their sakes haue I made the worlde whan Adam traÌsgressed my statutes then was y e thinge iudged that was done ⪠Then were y e intraunces of the worlde made narow full of sorow and trauayle They are but few euell full of parels and laboure For the intraunces of the fore worlde were wyde and sure and brought immortall frute Yf they now which are entred in to this worlde maye not comprehende these strayte and vayne thinges moch lesse maye they coÌprehende and vnderstonde the secrete thinges Why disquietest thou thy self then seynge thou art but a corruptible maÌ And what woldest thou knowe where as thou art but mortall And why hast thou not receaued in to thine hert the thinge that is for to come but that is present TheÌ sayde I O LORDE LORDE thou hast ordened in thy lawe that the righteous shulde inheret these thinges but that the vnfaithfull and vngodly shulde perishe Neuertheles the righteous shall suffre strayte thinges and hope for wyde for they that haue lyued vngodly suffred strayte thinges shal not se the wyde And he saide vnto me There is no iudge aboue God and none that hath vnderstondinge aboue the Hyest For there be many y t perish because they despyse y e lawe of God that is sett before them For God hath geuen strayte commaundement to soch as come that they knowe what they do and how they shulde lyue and yf they kepte this they shulde not be punyshed Neuertheles they were not obedient vnto him but spake agaynst him ymagined vayne thinges purposed to synne and sayde morouer that there was no God that God regarded it not His wayes haue they not knowne his lawe haue they despysed denyed his promyses in his statutes ordinaunces haue they not bene faithfull stedfast and haue not perfourmed his workes And therfore Eszdras vnto the full plenty and to the emptye emptynesse Beholde the tyme shal come y t these tokens which I haue tolde the shal come to passe the bryde shall appeare the earth y t now passeth awaye shal be shewed whoso euer is delyuered from y e foresayde euels shal se my woÌders For my sonne Iesus shal be openly declared w t those y t be w t him they y t remayne shal be mery in foure hundreth yeares After these same yeares shall my sonne Christ dye and all men that haue life and y e worlde shal be turned in to the olde sylence seuen dayes like as in the fore iudgmentes so that no man shall
the honger shal the swerde destroye the deed shal be cast out as donge there shal be no man to coÌforte them For y e earth shal be waisted the cities shal be cast downe there shal be no man left to tyll y e earth to sowe it The trees shal geue frute who shal plucke theÌ of gather them The grapes shal be ripe who shal treade theÌ For all places shal be desolate of meÌ so that one man shal desyre to se another or to heare his voyce For of one whole cite there shal be ten left two in the felde which shall hyde theÌselues in the thicke buszshes in the clyffes of stones like as whan there remayne thre or foure olyues vpon the olyue tre or as whan a vynyarde is gathered there are left some grapes of them that diligeÌtly sought thorow the vynyarde Euen so in those dayes there shal be thre or foure left for theÌ y t search their houses w t the swerde And the earth shal be left waist the feldes therof shall waxe olde and hir wayes and all hir pathes shal growe full of thornes because no man shal trauayle there thorow The daughters shal mourne hauinge no brydegromes the wemen shal make lamentacion hauynge no huszbandes their daughters shal mourne hauinge no helpe of their brydegrome In the warres shall they be destroyed their huszbandes shal perish of honger O ye seruauntes of the LORDE heare these thinges marck theÌ Beholde the worde of the LORDE O receaue it beholde the plages drawe nye are not slack in tarienge Like as a trauaylinge woman which after y e ix moneth briÌgeth forth a sonne whan the houre of the byrth is come an houre two or thre afore that the paynes come vpoÌ hir body whan the childe coÌmeth to the byrth they tary not the twincklynge of an eye EueÌ so shall not y e plages be slack to come vpon earth the worlde shal mourne sorowes shal come vpoÌ it on euery syde O my people heare my worde make you redy to the battayll in all euell be euen as pylgrems vpon earth He y t selleth let him be as he that flyeth his waye he y t byeth as one that wil lese Who so occupieth marchauÌdies as he that wynneth not he that buyldeth as he that shall not dwell therin he that soweth as one y t shal not reape he that twysteth the vynyarde as he that shal not gather the grapes they that mary as they that shall get no children they y t mary not as the wyddowes therfore they y t laboure labo r in vayne For straungers shall reape their frutes spoyle their goodes ouer throwe their houses take their childreÌ captyue for in captiuyte honger shal they get children And they that occupie their marchaundies w t robbery how longe decke they their cities their houses their possessions personnes the more wil I punysh them for their synnes sayeth the LORDE Like as an whore enuyeth an honest woman so shall righteousnes hate iniquyte whan she decketh hir self and shall accuse her to hir face whan he coÌmeth that defendeth which shal make inquysicioÌ for all synne vpoÌ earth And therfore be not ye like there vnto ner to the workes therof for or euer it be longe iniquite shal be taken awaye out of the earth and righteousnes shal raigne amonge you Let not the synner saye that he hath not synned for coles of fyre shal burne vpon his heade which saieth before the LORDE God his glory I haue not synned Beholde the LORDE knoweth all y e workes of men their ymaginacions their thoughtes their hertes For he spake but the worde let the earth be made it was made let the heaueÌ be made it was made In his worde were y e starres made he knoweth the nombre of them He searcheth the grounde of the depe the treasures therof he hath measured the see what it conteyneth He hath shut the see in the myddest of the waters and w t his worde hath he hanged the earth vpon the waters He spredeth out the heauen like a vowte vpon the waters hath he founded it In the deserte and drye wyldernes hath he made sprynges of water and poles vpoÌ the toppe of the mountaynes y t the floudes might poure downe from y e stony rockes to water the earth He made man and put his hert in the myddest of y e body and gaue him breth life and vnderstandinge yee and the sprete of y e Allmightie God which made all thinges and hath searched the grouÌde of all the secretes of the earth He knoweth youre ymaginacions inueÌcions and what ye thynke whan ye synne wolde hyde youre synnes Therfore hath y e LORDE searched and sought out all yo r woâkes and he shal bewraye you all And whan yo r synnes are brought forth ye shal be ashamed before men and youre owne synnes shal be youre accusers in that daye What wil ye do Or how will ye hyde youre synnes before God and his angels Beholde God himself is the iudge feare him leaue of from youre synnes and forget youre vnrighteousnesses and medle nomore with them so shal God lede you forth and delyuer you from all trouble For beholde the heate of a greate multitude is kyndled ouer you and they shal take awaye certayne of you and fede the ydle w t Idols and they that coÌsent vnto them shal be had in derision laughed to scorne trodden vnder fote For vnto the places there shal be a place and in the next cities a greate insurreccion vpon those that feare y e LORDE They shal be like mad men they shall spare no man they shall spoyle and waist soch as feare the LORDE their goodes shall they take from them and shute them out of their houses Then shall it be knowne who are my chosen they shal be tryed as the golde in the fyre Heare O ye my beloued saieth the LORDE beholde the dayes of trouble are at honde but I wil delyuer you from the same Be not ye afraied dispayre not for God is youre captayne Who so kepeth my coÌmaundementes and preceptes sayeth the LORDE God let not youre synnes weye you downe let not youre vnrighteousnesses be lift vp Wo be vnto theÌ that are subdued vnto their synnes and tangled in their wickednesses like as a felde is hedged in with buszshes and the path therof couered with thornes y t no man maye trauayle thorow and so is he taken and cast in the fyre and brent The ende of the IIII. boke of Eszdras The boke of Tobias What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the kynred life and godly conuersacion of Tobias Chap. II The louynge compassion that Tobias sheweth in buryeÌge the deed for the which cause he is hated and persecuted God nurtoureth him with blyndnes His wyfe casteth him in the teth Chap. III. Tobias prayeth
loke for the life which God shal geue vnto them that neuer turne their beleue from him Anna his wife wente daylie to the weeuynge worke loke what lyuinge she coude get w t the labo r of hir handes she brought it And it happened y t she toke a kyd and brought it home And whan hir huszband herd it crie he sayde loke y t it be not stollen restore it agayne to the owners for it is not laufull for vs to eate or to touch eny thinge of theft Then was his wife angrie and sayde Now is thy hope become vayne openly thy allmes dedes are manifest With these soch like wordes dyd she cast him in the tethe The III. Chapter THen Tobias toke it heuely w t teares beganne to make his prayer sayeÌge O LORDE thou art righteous all thy iudgmeÌtes are true yee all y e wayes are mercy faithfulnes iudgmeÌt And now O LORDE be myndefull of me take no vengeaunce of my synnes nether remembre my myszdedes ner y e myszdedes of my elders For we haue not bene obedieÌt vnto y e coÌmaundemeÌtes therfore are we spoyled brought in to captiuyte in to death in to derision shame vnto all nacions amoÌge whoÌ thou hast âcatred vs. And now O LORDE y e iudgmentes are greate for we haue not done acordiÌge to y e coÌmaundemeÌtes nether haue we walked innoceÌtly before ye. And now O LORDE deâle with me acordinge to thy wil coÌmaunde my sprete to be receaued in peace for mere erpedieÌt were it for me to dye theÌ to lyue At the same tyme it happened that Sara the daughter of Raguel at Rages a cite of y e Medes was slaundred of one of hir fathers handmaydes namely that she shulde haue had seuen huszbandes which as soone as they were gone in vnto hir were slayne of the deuell called Asmodeus Therfore whan she reproued the mayden for hir faute she answerde her sayenge God let vs neuer se sonne ner daughter of the more vpon earth thou kyller of thy huszbandes Wilt thou slay me also as thou hast slayne seuen men At this voyce weÌte Sara in to an hye chamber of hir house and thre dayes and thre nightes she nether ate ner draÌke but coÌtynued in prayer and besought God with teares that he wolde delyuer her from this rebuke Vpon the thirde daye it chaunced that whan she had made an ende of hir prayer she praysed the LORDE sayenge Blessed be thy name O God of o r fathers which whan thou art wroth shewest mercy and in the tyme of trouble thou forgeuest the synnes of them that call vpon the. Vnto the O LORDE turne I my face vnto the lift I vp myne eyes I beseke y e O LORDE lowse me out of the bondes of this rebuke or els take me vtterly awaye froÌ of y e earth Thou knowest LORDE that I neuer had desyre vnto man and that I haue kepte my soule cleane from all vnclenly lust I haue not kepte company with those that passe their tyme in sporte nether haue I made my self partaker with them that walke in lighte behauoure Neuertheles an huszbande haue I consented to take not for my pleasure but in thy feare Now peraduenture either I haue bene vnworthy of them or els were they vnmete for me for thou happly hast kepte me to another huszband For why thy councell is not in y e power of man But who so euer loueth the and serueth the a right is sure that yf his life be tempted and proued it staÌdeth in the tryenge and yf he endure in pacience he shal haue a rewarde and be hylie crowned and yf he be in trouble that God no doute shal delyuer him and yf his life be in chastenynge that he shall haue leue to come vnto thy mercy For thou hast no pleasure in oure dampnacion why after a storme thou makest y e wether fayre and still after wepinge and heuynes thou geuest greate ioye Thy name O God of Israel be praysed for euer At the same tyme were both their prayers herde in the sight of the magesty of the Hyest God And Raphael the holy angel of the LORDE was sent to helpe theÌ both whose prayers came together before God The IIII. Chapter SO whaÌ Tobias thought his prayer to be herde that he might dye he called vnto him his sonne Tobias sayde vnto him My sonne heare the wordes of my mouth and laye theÌ in thine hert as a foundacion Whan God taketh awaye my soule burie thou my body holde thy mother in honoure all the dayes of hir life For thou oughtest to remembre what and how greate parels she suffred for y e in hir woÌbe And whaÌ she also hath fulfilled the tyme of hir life bury her besyde me Haue God in thy thought all the dayes of thy life bewarre lest at eny tyme thou coÌsent vnto synne and lest thou let slippe the commaundemeÌtes of the LORDE oure God Geue allmes of thy goodes and turne neuer thy face from the poore and so shal it come to passe that the face of the LORDE shal not be turned awaye from the. Be mercifull after y e power Yf thou hast moch geue pleÌteously yf thou hast litle do thy diligence gladly to geue of that litle For so gatherest thou thy self a good rewarde in the daye of necessite For allmes delyuereth froÌ death suffreth not the soule to come in darcknes A greate comforte is allmes before the hye God vnto all them that do it My sonne kepe the well from all whordome and besyde thy wife se that no faute be knowne of the. Let neuer pryde haue rule in thy mynde ner in thy worde for in pryde beganne all destruccion Who so euer worketh eny thinge for the immediatly geue him his hyre and loke that thy hyred seruaunte wagies remayne not by the ouer night Loke that thou neuer do vnto another man the thinge that thou woldest not another maÌ shulde do vnto the. Eate thy bred with the hongrie and poore and couer the naked with thy clothes Set thy bred and wyne vpon the buryall of the righteous and do not thou eate and drynke therof with the synners Axe euer councell at y e wyse Be allwaye thankfull vnto God and be seke him that he will ordre thy wayes that what so euer thou deuysest or takest in hande it maye remayne in him I certifie the also my sonne that whan thou wast yet but a bab I delyuered ten talentes of syluer vnto Gabelus at Rages a cite of the Medes his handwritinge haue I by me And therfore seke some meanes how thou mayest come by him receaue of him y e sayde weight of syluer and geue him his handwritynge agayne My sonne be not afrayed trueth it is we lede here a poore life but greate good shall we haue yf we feare God and departe from all synne and do
promysed offerynges And Iudith offred all Holofernes weapâns and all the Iewels that y e people had geueÌ her and the canapy that she toke from his bed and hanged them vp vnto the LORDE The people was ioyfull as the vse is this ioye by reason of the victory with Iudith endured thre monethes So after these dayes euery man wente home agayne and Iudith was in greate reputacion at Bethulia and right honorably taken in all the londe of Israel Vnto hir vertue also was chastite ioyned so y t after hir huszbonde Manasses dyed she neuer knew man all the dayes of hir life Vpon the hye solempne dayes she wente out with greate worshipe She dwelt in hir huszbandes house an hundreth and fyue yeare left hir hondâ mayden fre and dyed and was buried besyde hir huszbande in Bethulia And all the people mourned for her seuen dayes So longe as she lyued there was none that troubled Israel and many yeares also after hir death The daye wherin this victory was gotten was solemply holden and rekened of the Iewes in the nombre of the holy dayes and is yet greatly holden of the Iewes euer sence vnto this daye The ende of the boke of Iudith The chapters in the boke of Hester which are not founde in the text of the Hebrue but in the Greke and Latyn The XI Chapter after the Latyn In this chapter is descrybed the dreame of Mardocheus MArdocheus the sonne of Iair the sonne of Semei y e sonne of Cisei of y e trybe of Ben Iamin a Iew which had his dwelllynge in Susis a man of greate reputacioÌ excellent amonge all them that were in the kynges courte Neuerthelesse he was one of the presoners whom Nabuchodonosor the kynge of BabiloÌ had caried awaye from Ierusalem vnto Babilon w t Iechonias the kynge of Iuda In the seconde yeare of the raigne of greate Artaxerses in the first daye of y e moneth Nisan had this Mardocheus soch a dreame He thought he herde a greate teÌpest horrible thonder clappes erthquakes greate vpro r in y e londe y t he sawe two greate dragoÌs ready to fight one agaiÌst another Their crye was greate At the which roaringe and crye all Heithen were vp to fight agaynst y e righteous people And y e same daye was full of darcknes very vncleare full of trouble anguysh yee a greate fearfulnes was there in all the londe The righteous were amased for they feared y e plage euell y t was deuysed ouer theÌ were at a poynte w t them selues to dye So they cried vnto God and while they were cryenge the litle well grew in to a greate ryuer in to many waters And with y t it was daye the sonne rose vp agayne And y e lowly were exalted and deuoured the glorious and proude Now whan Mardocheus had sene this dreame he awoke and mused stedfastly in his hert what God wolde do and so he desyred to knowe all the matter and his mynde was there vpon vntyll the night The XII Chapter In this chapter is declared how Mardocheus vttereth the treason of the two seruauntes agaynst the kynge and therfore doth the kynge rewarde him AT the same tyme dwelt Mardocheus with Bagatha and Thares the kynges chamberlaynes and porters of the palace But whan he herde their deuyce and had diligently considered their ymaginacions he perceaued that they wente aboute to laye their cruell handes vpon the kynge Artaxerses and so he certified the kinge therof Then caused the kynge to examen y e two gelded with tormentes And whan they had graunted it they were put to death This the kynge caused to be put in y e Cronicles for an euerlastinge remembrauÌce and Mardocheus wrote vp the same matter So the kynge commaunded that Mardocheus shulde do seruyce in the courte and for this faithfulnesse of his he gaue him a rewarde But Aman the sonne of Amadathu the Agagite which was holden in greate honoure and reputacion in the kynges courte vndertoke to hurte Mardocheus his people because of the two chamberlaynes that were put to death The XIII Chapter The copie of the commaundement which kiÌge Artaxerses by the entisinge of AmaÌ sent out in to all countres for the destruccion of the Iewes The prayer of Mardocheus THe greate kynge Artaxerses which raigneth from India vnto Ethiopia ouer an hundreth and seuen and tweÌtye londes sendeth his frendly salutacion vnto all the prynces and debytes of the countrees which be subiecte vnto his dominion Whan I was made lorde ouer many people and had subdued the whole earth vnto my dominion my mynde was not with crueltye and wronge to exalte myself by the reason of my power but purposed w t equyte allwaye and gentylnes to gouerne those that be vnder my iuriszdiccion and wholy to set them in a peaceable life and therby to brynge my kingdome vnto tranquylite that men might safely go thorow on euery syde and to renue peace agayne which all men desyre Now whan I axed my councelers how these thines might be brought to a good ende there was one by vs excelleÌt in wyszdome whose good wyll trueth faithfulnes hath oft bene shewed proued which was also y e pryncipall next vnto y e kiÌge AmaÌ by name which certified vs how y t in all loÌdes there was crepte in a rebellious folke y t made statutes lawes agaynst all other people haue allwaye despysed the proclamed commaundementes of kynges and how that for this cause it were not to be suffred that soch rule shulde contynue by you not to be put downe Seinge now we perceaue the same that this people alone are contrary vnto euery man vsynge straunge and other maner of lawes withstonde oure statutes and doinges and go aboute to stablish shrewd matters that oure kyngdome shulde neuer come to good estate and stedfastnes Therfore haue we commauÌded that all they that are appoynted in wrytinge and shewed vnto you by Aman which is ordened and set ouer all oure busynes and the most pryncipall next vnto the kynge and in maner as a father shal with their wiues children be destroyed and roted out with the swerde of their enemies and aduersaries y t there shal be no mercy shewed no man spared And this shal be done y e xiiij daye of the moneth called Adar of this yeare that they which of olde and now also haue euer bene rebellious maye in one daye with violence be thrust downe in to the hell to the inteÌt that after this maner oure empyre maye haue peace and tranquylite But Mardocheus thought vpon all the workes and noble actes of y e LORDE made his prayer vnto him sayenge O LORDE LORDE thou valeaunt and allmightie kynge for all thinges are in thy power and yf thou wilt helpe and delyuer Israel there is no maÌ that can withstoÌde ner lett the for thou hast made heauen earth and what
kyndled Like as an whole ornament of pure golde set with all maner of precious stones and as an olyue tre that is frutefull as a Cypres tre which groweth vp an hye Whan he put on the garment of honoure was clothed withall bewtye whan he wente to the holy altare to garnysh the couerynge of the Sanctuary whan he toke y e porcions out of the prestes hande he himself stode by the herth of the altare and his brethren rounde aboute in ordre As the braunches of Cedre tre vpon the mount Libanus so stode they rounde aboute him And as the braunches of the olyue tre so stode all y e sonnes of Aaron in their glory And y t he might sufficiently perfourme his seruyce vpon the altare garnysh the offrynge of the hyest God he stretched out his hande and toke of the drynk offerynge poured in of the wyne so he poured vpon the botome of the aulter a good smell vnto the hyest prynce Then beganne y e sonnes of Aaron to synge and to blowe with trompettes to make a greate noyse for a remembrauÌce prayse vnto the LORDE Then were the people afrayed fell downe to the earth vpoÌ their faces to worshipe the LORDE their God to geue thankes to Allmightie God They sunge goodly also with their voyces so that there was a pleasaunt noyse in y e greate house of the LORDE And the people in their prayer besought the LORDE the Hyest that he wolde be mercyfull tyll the honoure of y e LORDE were perfourmed Thus ended they their mynistracion and seruyce Then wente he downe and stretched out his handes ouer the whole multitude of the people of Israel that they shulde geue praise thankes out of their lippes vnto y e LORDE and to reioyse in his name He beganne yet once also to praye that he might openly shew the thankesgeuynge before the Hyest namely thus O geue prayse thankes ye all vnto the LORDE oure God which hath euer done noble and greate thinges which hath increased oure dayes from o r mothers wombe and dealt with vs acordinge to his mercy that he wyl geue vs the ioyfulnes of hert peace for oure tymes in Israel Which faithfully kepeth his mercy for vs euermore allwaye delyuereth vs in due season There be two maner of people that I abhorre fro my hert as for the thirde whom I hate it is no people They that syt vpon the mountayne of Samaria the Philistynes the foolish people that dwell in Sichimis I Iesus the sonne of Sirac Eleazarus of Ierusalem haue tokened vp these informacions and documeÌtes of wyszdome and vnderstaÌdinge in this boke and poured out the wyszdome out of my hert Blessed is he that exerciseth him self therin and who so taketh soch to hert shal be wyse Yf he do these thinges he shal be stronge in all For the light of the LORDE ledeth him The LI. Chapter A prayer of Iesus the sonne of Sirac I Thanke the O LORDE and kynge and praise the O God my Sauioure I wil yelde prayse vnto y e name for thou art my defender and helper hast preserued my body from destruccion from y e snare of traytorous toÌges and from the lippes that are occupied with leyes Thou hast bene my helper from soch as stode vp agaynst me and hast delyuered me after the multitude of thy mercy and for thy holy names sake Thou hast delyuered me from the roaringe of them that prepared them selues to deuoure me out of y e handes of soch as sought after my life from the multitude of them y t troubled me wente aboute to set fyre vpon me on euery syde so y t I am not brent in the myddest of the fyre From the depe of hell from an vncleane toÌge from lyenge wordes from the wicked kynge and from an vnrighteous tonge My soule shal prayse y e LORDE vnto death for my life drew nye vnto hell They coÌpased me rounde aboute on euery syde there was no maÌ to helpe me I loked aboute me yf there were eny man that wolde socoure me but there was none Then thought I vpon thy mercy O LORDE and vpon thy actes that thou hast done euer of olde namely y t thou delyuerest soch as putt their trust in the and ryddest them out of y e handes of the Heithen Thus lift I vp my prayer from the earth and prayed for delyueraunce from death I called vpon the LORDE my father that he wolde not leaue me w t out helpe in the daye of my trouble in the tyme of the proude I praysed thy name contynually yeldinge honoure and thaÌkes vnto it and so my prayer was herde Thou sauedest me from destruccion and delyueredest me froÌ y e vnrighteous tyme. Therfore wil I aknowlege and praise the and magnifie y e name of the LORDE WhaÌ I was yet but yonge or euer I weÌte astraye I desyred wyszdome openly in my prayer I came therfore before the temple sought her vnto the last Then florished she vnto me as a grape that is soone rype My hert reioysed in her then wente my fote the right waye yee from youth vp sought I after her I bowed downe myne eare and receaued her I founde me moch wyszdome and prospered greatly in her Therfore wyll Iascrybe the glory vnto him that geueth me wyszdome for I am aduysed to do therafter I will be gelous to cleue vnto the thinge y t is good so shal I not be coÌfounded My soule hath wrestled with her and I haue bene diligent to be occupied in her I lift vp myne handes an hye then was my soule lightened thorow wiszdome that I knowleged my foolishnes I ordred my soule after her she I were one hert from the begynninge and I founde her in clennesse And therfore shal I not be forsaken My hert longed after her and I gat a good treasure Thorow her y e LORDE hath geuen me a new tonge wherwith I wil praise him O come vnto me ye vnlerned dwell in y e house of wyszdome withdrawe not youre selues from her but talke comon of these thinges for youre soules are very thirstie I opened my mouth and spake O come bye wyszdome without money bowe downe youre neck vnder hir yock and youre soule shall receaue wyszdome She is harde at hande is content to be founde Beholde with youre eyes how that I haue had but litle laboure and yet haue founde moch rest O receaue wyszdome and ye shall haue plenteousnes of syluer and golde in possession Let youre mynde reioyse in his mercy be not ashamed of his prayse Wyrke his worke by tymes he shal geue you youre rewarde in due tyme. The ende of Ecclesiasticus other wyse called Iesus the sonne of Syrac The prayer of Azarias and the songe of y e thre children after Theodotios translacion which wordes are wryten in y e thirde chapter of Daniel after the olde text in Latyn
hall and gathered the whole multitude ouer him and stryped him out of his clothes and put a purple robe vpoÌ him and plated a crowne of thorne set it vpon his heade and a rede in his haÌde and kneled before him and mocked him and sayde hayle kynge of the Iewes And spytted vpon him and toke y e rede smote him vpon the heade And whaÌ they had mocked hiÌ they toke the robe of him ageyne put his owne clothes vpon him and led him forth y t they might crucifie hiÌ And as they were goinge out they founde a man of Cyren called Symon him they compelled to beare his crosse And when they came vnto the place called Golgatha that is to saye by interpretacioÌ a place of deed mens sculles they gaue him to drynke veneger myxte w t gall And whan he had tasted therof he wolde not drynke So whan they had crucified him they parted his garmeÌtes and cast lottes therfore that the thinge might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet They haue parted my garmeÌtes amonge theÌ cast lottes vpon my vesture And there they sat and watched hiÌ And aboue ouer his heade they put vp the cause of his death in wrytinge namely This is the kynge of the Iewes Then were there two murthurers crucified with him the one of the right hande and the other on the left They that wente by reuyled him and wagged their heades and sayde Thou that breakest downe the teÌple of God and buyldest it in thre dayes helpe thy self Yf thou be the sonne of God come downe from the crosse The hye prestes also in like maner with the scrybes elders laughed him to scorne and sayde he hath helped other and can not helpe him self Yf he be the kynge of Israel let him come downe now from the crosse and we wil beleue him He trusted in God let him delyuer him now yf he wil haue him For he hath sayde I am the sonne of God The murtherers also that were crucified with him cast the same in his tethe And from y e sixte houre there was darcknes ouer the whole earth vnto the nyenth houre And aboute the nyenth houre Iesus cried with a loude voyce and sayde Eli Eli Lamma asabthani that is My God my God why hast thou forsaken me But some of theÌ that stode there when they herde y t sayde He calleth Elias And immediatly one of them ranne and toke a spoÌge and fylled it with veneger and put it vpon a rede and gaue him to dryncke But y e other sayde holde let se whether Elias wyl come and delyuer him Iesus cried agayne with a loude voyce and gaue vp the goost And beholde the vale of the temple was rente in two peces from aboue tyll beneth and the earth quaked and the stones rent and the graues opened and many bodies of the sayntes that slepte arose and weÌte out of the graues after his resurreccion and came in to the holy cite and appeared vnto many But the captayne and they that were with him and kepte Iesus when they sawe the earthquake and the thinges that were done they were sore afrayed and sayde Verely this was Gods sonne And there were many wemen there lokynge to afarre of which had folowed Iesus from Galile and had mynistred vnto him amonge whom was Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Iames and Ioses and the mother of the children of Zebede At euen there came a rich man of Arimathia called Ioseph which was also a disciple of Iesus He weÌte vnto Pylate and axed the body of Iesus Then commaunded Pylate that the body shulde be geueÌ him And Ioseph toke the body and wrapped it in a cleane lynnen cloth and layed it in his owne new sepulcre which he had hewen out in a rocke and rolled a greate stone to the dore of the sepulcre and wente his waye And there was Mary Magdalene and y e other Mary syttinge ouer agaynst the sepulcre The next daye that foloweth the daye of preparynge the hye prestes and Pharises came together vnto Pylate and saide Syr we haue called to remembraunce that this disceauer sayde whyle he was yet alyue After thre dayes I wyl ryse agayne CoÌmaunde therfore that the sepulcre be kepte vnto the thirde daye lest peraduenture his disciples come and steale him awaye and saye vnto the people He is rysen from the deed and so shal the last errour be worse theÌ the first Pylate sayde vnto them There haue ye watchmeÌ go youre waye and kepe it as ye can They weÌte and kepte the sepulcre w t watchmen and sealed the stone The XXVIII Chapter VPon the euenynge of the Sabbath holy daye which dawneth y e morow of the first daye of y e Sabbathes came Mary Magdalene and y e other Mary to se y e sepulcre And beholde there was made a greate earthquake for the angell of the LORDE descended from heauen and came and rolled backe y e stone from the dore and sat vpon it And his countenaunce was as y e lightenynge and his clothinge whyte as snowe But y e watch meÌ were troubled for feare of him and became as though they were deed The angell answered and sayde vnto y e women Be not ye afrayed I knowe that ye seke Iesus that was crucified He is not here He is rysen as he sayde Come and se y e place where the LORDE was layed and go youre waye soone and tell his disciples that he is rysen from the deed And beholde he wyl go before you in to Galile there shal ye se him Lo I haue tolde you And they departed from the graue in all the haist with feare and greate ioye ranne to briÌge his disciples worde And as they were goinge to tell his disciples beholde Iesus met them and sayde God spede you And they wente vnto him and helde his fete and fell downe before him TheÌ sayde Iesus vnto them Be not afrayed go youre waye and tell my brethren that they go in to Galile there shal they se me And whan they were gone beholde certayne of the watchmen came in to the cite tolde the hye prestes euery thinge that had happened And they came together with the elders and helde a councell and gaue y e sonders money ynough and sayde Saye ye his disciples came by night and stole him awaye whyle we were a slepe And yf this come to the debytes eares we wyl styll him and brynge it so to passe that ye shal be safe And they toke the money and dyd as they were taught And this sayenge is noysed amonge the Iewes vnto this daye The eleuen disciples wente vnto Galile in to a mountayne where Iesus had appoynted them And whan they sawe him they fell downe before him but some of them douted And Iesus came vnto them talked with them and sayde Vnto me is geueÌ all power in
left her immediatly And she mynistred vnto them At euen whan the Sonne was gone downe they brought vnto him all that were sick and possessed and the whole cite was gathered together at the dore and he healed many that were diseased with dyuerse sicknesses and cast out many deuels and suffred not the deuels to speake because they knew him And in the mornynge before daye he arose and wente out And Iesus departed in to a deserte place and prayed there Peter also and they that were with him folowed after him And whan they had founde him they sayde vnto him Euery man seketh the. And he sayde vnto them Let us go in to the next townes that I maye preach there also for therto am I come And he preached iÌ their synagoges in all Galile and droue out the deuyls And there came vnto him a leper which besought him and kneled before him sayde vnto him Yf thou wilt thou canst make me cleane And it pitied Iesus and he stretched forth his honde and touched him and sayde I wyll be thou cleane And whaÌ he had so spoken immediatly the leprosy departed froÌ him and he was clensed And Iesus forbad him strately and forth with sent him awaye and sayde vnto him Take hede that thou saye nothinge to eny man but go thy waye and shew thy self vnto the prest and offre for thy clensynge what Moses commaunded for a wytnesse vnto them But he whan he was departed beganne to speake moch of it and made the dede knowne in so moch that Iesus coude no more go into the cite openly but was without in deserte places they came vnto him froÌ all quarters The II. Chapter ANd after certayne dayes he wente agayne vnto Capernaum and it was noysed that he was in y e house And immediatly there was gathered a greate multitude in so moch that they had no rowme no not without before the dore And he spake the worde vnto theÌ And there came vnto him certaine which brought one sicke of the palsye borne of foure And when they coude not come nye him for y e people they vncouered y e rofe of y e house where he was And when they had made a hole they let downe the bed by coardes wherin the sicke of y e palsy laye But when Iesus sawe their faith he sayde vnto the sicke of the palsye My sonne thy synnes are forgeuen the. Neuertheles there were certayne scrybes which sat there thought in their hertes How speaketh this man soch blasphemy Who can forgeue synnes but onely God And immediatly Iesus knew in his sprete that they thought so in theÌ selues and saide vnto them Why thynke ye soch thinges in youre hertes Whether is easier to saye to the sicke of the palsye Thy synnes are forgeueÌ the or to saye aryse take vp thy bed and walke But that ye maye knowe that y e sonne of man hath power to forgeue synnes vpon earth he sayde vnto the sicke of y e palsye I saye vnto the aryse take vp thy bed and go home And immediatly he arose toke his bed and wente forth before them all in so moch that they were all astonnied and praysed God and sayde We neuer sawe soch And he wente forth agayne vnto the see and all the people came vnto him and he taught them And as Iesus passed by he sawe Leui the sonne of Alpheus syttinge at the receate of custome and sayde vnto him Folowe me And he arose and folowed him And it came to passe as he sat at the table in his house there sat many publicans synners at the table with Iesus and his disciples For there were many y t folowed him And whan the scrybes and Pharises sawe that he ate with publicans synners they sayde vnto his disciples Why doth he eate and dryncke with y e publicans and synners Whan Iesus herde that he sayde vnto theÌ The whole nede not y e Phisician but they that are sycke I am not come to call the righteous but the synners to repeÌtaunce And the disciples of Ihon and of y e Pharises fasteâ And there came certaine which sayde vnto him Why fast the disciples of Ihon and of y e Pharises and thy disciples fast not And Iesus sayde vnto them How can the weddinge children fast whyle the brydegrome is with them So longe as y e brydegrome is with them they cannot fast But the tyme wyl come that the brydegrome shal be taken from them and then shal they fast No man soweth a pece of new cloth vnto an olde garment for els he taketh awaye the new pece from the olde and so is the reÌt worse And no man putteth new wyne in to olde vessels els the new wyne breaketh the vessels and the wyne is spylt and y e vessels perishe but new wyne must be put in to new vessels And it chaunsed that vpon y e Sabbath he wente thorow the corne feldes and his disciples begaÌne to make a waye thorow and to plucke the eares of y e corne And the Pharises sayde vnto him Beholde what thy disciples do which is not laufull vpoÌ the Sabbath And he sayde vnto theÌ Haue ye neuer red what Dauid dyd whaÌ he had nede and was anhongred both he and they that were w t him how he wente in to the house of God in the tyme of Abiathar the hye prest and ate the shewbreds which was laufull for no man to eate but for the prestes and he gaue them vnto him and to them that were with him And he sayde vnto them The Sabbath was made for mans sake and not man for the Sabbathes sake Therfore is the sonne of man LORDE euen ouer the Sabbath The III. Chapter HE wente agayne also in to the synagoge and there was there a maÌ that had a wythred hande And they marked him whether he wolde heale him on the Sabbath that they might accuse him And he sayde vnto y e maÌ with the wythred haÌde Steppe forth here And he sayde vnto theÌ Is it laufull to do good on the Sabbath Or is it laufull to do euell to saue life or to kyll But they helde their tonge And he loked rounde aboute vpon them with wrath and was sory for the harde hertes of theÌ and sayde vnto the man Stretch out thine hande And he stretched it out And his hande was made whole like as y e other And the Pharises weÌte out and straight waye they helde a councell with Herodes officers agaynst him how they might destroye him But Iesus departed awaye with his disciples vnto the see And there folowed him moch people out of Galile and froÌ Iewry and from IerusaleÌ and out of Idumea and from beyonde Iordan and they that dwelt aboute Tyre and Sydon a greate multitude which had herde of his noble actes and came vnto him And he spake vnto his disciples y t they shulde kepe a shyppe for him because of
y e tyme of Elias whaÌ the heaueÌ was shut thre yeares and sixe monethes and whan there was a greate derth in all the lande to none of theÌ was Elias sent but onely vnto Sarepta of the Sydonyans to a wedowe And many lepers were there in Israel in the tyme of Eliseus y e prophet and none of theÌ was clensed saue onely Naaman of Syria And as many as were in the synagoge whaÌ they herde y t were fylled with wrath And they rose vp and thrust him out of the cite and led him vp to the edge of the hyll whervpoÌ their cite was buylded that they might cast him downe headlynge But he wente his waye euen thorow the myddest of them and came to Capernaum a cite of Galile and taught theÌ vpoÌ the Sabbathes And they wondred at his doctryne for his preachinge was with power And in the Synagoge there was a man possessed with a foule deuell he cryed loude and sayde Let me alone what haue we to do w t the thou Iesus of Nazareth Art thou come to destroye vs I knowe y e who thou art euen the Holy of God And Iesus rebuked him and sayde holde thy tuÌge and departe out of him And the deuell threw hiÌ in the myddest amonge them and departed from him and dyd him no harme And there came a feare ouer theÌ all and they spake amonge themselues and sayde What maner of thinge is this He commaundeth the foule spretes with auctorite and power and they departe out And y e fame of him was noysed thorow out all the places of y e countre rounde aboute And he rose vp out of the synagoge and came into Symons house And SymoÌs mother in lawe was takeÌ with a greate feuer they prayde him for her And he weÌte vnto her coÌmaunded the feuer And it left her iÌmediatly she rose vp mynistred vnto theÌ And whan the Sonne was gone downe all they that had sicke of dyuerse diseases brought theÌ vnto him And he layed his haÌdes vpon euery one of theÌ made theÌ whole The deuels also departed out of many crieÌge and sayenge Thou art Christ the sonne of God And he rebuked theÌ suffred them not to speake for they knewe that he was Christ. But whaÌ it was daye he weÌte out into a deserte place And the people sought hiÌ and came vnto him kepte him y t he shulde not departe froÌ theÌ But he sayde vnto theÌ I must preach the Gospell of y e kyngdome of God to other cities also for there to am I sent And he preached in the synagoges of Galile The V. Chapter IT came to passe y t the people preassed vpon him to heare the worde of God and he stode by the lake of Genazereth and sawe two shippes stoÌde by y e lake syde but y e fishers were gone out of theÌ and had waszhed their nettes Then wente he into one of the shippes which was Symons and prayed him y t he wolde thrust out a litle froÌ the londe And he sat him downe and taught the people out of y e shippe And whan he had left of talkynge he sayde vnto Symon Launch out in to the depe let slyppe yo nettes to make a draught And Symon answered and sayde vnto him Master we haue laboured all y e night and taken nothinge But vpoÌ thy worde I wil lowse forth the nett And whaÌ they had so done they toke a greate multitude of fiszhes their net brake And they made sygnes to their felowes which were in y e other shippe y t they shulde come helpe theÌ And they came fylled both the shippes full so y t they soncke Whan Symon Peter sawe y t he fell downe at Iesus knees sayde LORDE go frome for I am a synfull man For he was astonnyed and all that were w t him at this draught of fishes which they toke and so were Iames and Ihon also the sonnes of Zebede which were Symons companyons And Iesus sayde vnto SymoÌ Feare not for froÌ hence forth thou shalt take men And they brought the shippes to londe and left all and folowed him And it fortuned as he was in a cite beholde there was a man full of leprosy WhaÌ he sawe Iesus he fell vpoÌ his face besought him and sayde LORDE yf thou wilt thou canst make me cleane And he stretched out his haÌde and touched him and sayde I wil be thou cleane And immediatly the leprosy departed from him And he charged him y t he shulde tell no maÌ but go thy waye sayde he and shewe thy self vnto y e prest and offre for y e clensynge as Moses coÌmaunded for a witnesse vnto theÌ But y e fame of hiÌ weÌte out farther abrode there came moch people together to heare him to be healed by hiÌ froÌ their sicknesses And he departed into the wyldernesses gaue himself to prayer And it fortuned vpoÌ a daye y t he taught and there sat y e Pharises and scrybes which were come out of all the townes of Galile and Iewry and froÌ IerusaleÌ and the power of the LORDE weÌte froÌ him healed euery man And beholde certayne men brought vpon a bed a man y t had y e palsye and they sought how they might brynge him in and laye him before him And whan they coude not fynde by what waye they might bringe him in for y e people they clymmed vp to y e toppe of the house let him downe thorow the tylinge w t the bed amoÌge theÌ before Iesus And whan he sawe their faith he sayde vnto hiÌ Man y i synnes are forgeueÌ ye. And the scrybes and pharyses begaÌne to thynke saide What is he this y t speaketh blasphemy Who caÌ forgeue synnes but onely God Neuertheles whaÌ Iesus perceaued their thoughtes he answered and saide vnto theÌ What thynke ye in yo r hertes Whether is easier to saye Thy synnes are forgeueÌ y e Or to saye Aryse and walke But that ye maye knowe that the sonne of maÌ hath power to forgeue synnes vpon earth he sayde vnto y e sicke of the palsie I saye vnto y e Aryse take vp y e bed and go home And immediatly he rose vp before theÌ toke vp the bed y t he had lyen vpoÌ and weÌte home and praysed God And they were all astonnyed and gaue God y e prayse and were fylled w t feare and sayde We haue sene maruelous thynges to daye And afterwarde he weÌte out and sawe a publican named Leui syttinge at y e receate of custome he sayde vnto him Folowe me And he left all rose vp folowed him And Leui made hiÌ a greate feast iÌ his house And many publicans other sat w t hiÌ at y e table And the scrybes and Pharyses murmured agaynst his disciples saide Wherfore do ye eate drynke w t publicaÌs synners And Iesus
is he then his sonne Now whyle all the people gaue audience he sayde vnto his disciples Bewarre of the scrybes which wyl go in longe garmentes and loue to be saluted vpon the market and desyre to syt hyest in the synagoges and at the table They deuoure wedowes houses and that vnder a culoure of longe prayenge These shal receaue the greater daÌnacion The XXI Chapter ANd he loked vp and behelde y e riche how they put in their offerynges in to the Gods chest He sawe also a poore wedowe which put in two mytes and he sayde Verely I saye vnto you This poore wedowe hath put in more theÌ they all For these all haue of their excesse put in vnto the offerynge of God but she of hir pouerte hath put in all hir lyuynge that she had And whaÌ some spake of the temple that it was garnished with goodly stones and Iewels he saide The time shal come wher in of all this that ye se there shal not be left one stone vpon another which shal not be broken downe They axed him and sayde Master whaÌ shal these be and what shal be the token whan these shal come to passe He sayde Take hede that ye be not disceaued For many shal come in my name and saye I am he the tyme is come hard by Folowe them not But whan ye heare of warres and insurreccions be not ye afrayed for soch must come to passe but the ende is not yet there so soone Then sayde he vnto them One people shal ryse agaynst another and one realme ageynst another shal be greate earthquakes here and there pestilence and derth and fearfull thinges And greate tokeÌs shal there be froÌ heaueÌ But before all these they shal laye handes vpon you and persecute you and delyuer you vp in to their synagoges and presons and brynge you before kynges prynces for my names sake But this shal happen vnto you for a wytnesse Be at a poynt therfore in youre hertes that ye take no thought how ye shal answere for I wil geue you mouth wyszdome âgaynst the which all youre aduersaries shal not be able to speake ner to resist But ye shal be delyuered vp euen of youre elders brethren kynszfolkes and frendes and some of you shal they put vnto death and ye shal be hated of euery man for my names sake and yet shal not one hayre of youre heade perishe Holde fast youre soules with pacience But whan ye shal se Ierusalem beseged with an hoost then vnderstonde that the desolacion of it is nye Then let them which be in Iewry flye vnto the mountaynes ⪠ând let soch as be in the myddest therof departe out and let soch as be in the countrees not come therin For these are the dayes of vengeaunce that euery thinge which is wrytten maye be fulfilled But wo vnto them that are with childe and to them that geue sucke in those dayes for there shal be greate trouble vpon earth and wrath ouer this people and they shal fall thorow the edge of the swerde and be led captyue amoÌge all nacions And IerusaleÌ shal be troden downe of the Heithen ⪠vntyll the tyme of the Heithen be fulfilled And there shal be tokens in the Sonne and Mone and starres and vpon earth the people shal be in soch perplexite that they shal not tell which waye to turne them selues And the see and the waters shal roare and men shal pyne awaye for feare and for lokynge after the thinges which shal come vpoÌ earth For euen the very powers of heauen shal moue And then shal they se the sonne of man commynge in the cloude with power and greate glory But whan these thinges begynne to come to passe theÌ loke vp and lift vpp youre heades for youre redempcion draweth nye And he tolde them a symilitude Beholde the fygge tre and all tre trees whaÌ they now shute forth their buddes ye se by them and perceaue that Sommer is now at hande So likewyse ye whan ye se all these thinges come to passe be sure that the kyngdome of God is nye Verely I saye vnto you This generacioÌ shal not passe tyll all be fulfilled Heauen and earth shal passe but my wordes shal not passe But take hede vnto youre selues that yo hertes be not ouerladeÌ with excesse of eatinge and with dronkennes and with takinge of thought for lyuynge and so this daye come vpoÌ you vnawares For as a snare shal it come on all them that dwell vpon earth Watch therfore coÌtynually and praye that ye maye be worthy to escape all this that shal come to stoÌde before y e sonne of man And on the daye tyme he taught in the temple but in the night season he wente out and abode all night vpon mount Oliuete And all the people gat them vp early vnto him in the temple for to heare him The XXII Chapter THe feast of swete bred which is called Easter drue nye And y e hye presstes and Scrybes sought how they might put him to death and were afrayed of the people But Satan was entred in to Iudas named Iscarioth which was of y e nombre of y e twolue and he weÌte his waye and talked with the hye prestes and with y e officers how he wolde betraye him vnto them And they were glad and promysed to geue him money And he coÌsented sought oportunite y t he might betraye hiÌ without eny rumoure Then came y e daye of swete bred wherin the Easter lambe must be offered And he sent Peter and Ihon and sayde Go youre waye prepare vs the Easter lambe that we maye eate But they sayde vnto him Where wilt thou that we prepare it He saide vnto them Beholde whaÌ ye come in to y e cite there shal mete you a man bearinge a pitcher of water folowe him in to the house y t he entreth in and saye vnto the good man of the house The master sendeth y e worde Where is y e gesthouse wherin I maye eate the Easter laÌbe with my disciples And he shal shewe you a greate parlour paued They wente their waye and founde as he had sayde vnto them and made ready the Easter lambe And whan the houre came he sat him downe and the twolue Apostles with him and he sayde vnto them I haue hertely desyred to âate this Easter laÌbe with you before I suffre For I saye vnto you that hence forth I wil eate nomore therof tyll it be fulfilled in the kyngdome of God And he toke the cuppe gaue thankes and sayde Take this and deuyde it amonge you For I laye vnto you I wil not drynke of the frute of y e vyne vntyll the kyngdome of God come And he toke the bred gaue thankes and brake it and gaue it them and sayde This is my body which shal be geuen for you This do
whan he sayde vnto AbrahaÌ Thorow y e sede shal all y e nacioÌs of y e earth be blessed First vnto you hath God raysed vp his childe Iesus sent hiÌ vnto you to blesse you y t euery one shulde turne froÌ his wickednesse The IIII. Chapter BVt as they spake to y e people there came vnto theÌ the prestes and the rulers of the teÌple and the Saduces whoÌ it greued y t they taught the people preached in Iesu y e resurreccion froÌ the deed and they layed handes vpon them and put theÌ in holde tyll the morow for it was now euentyde Howbeit many of theÌ which herde the worde beleued and the nombre of y e men was aboute fyue thousande And it chaunced on y e morow that their rulers and Elders and scrybes as Annas y e hye prest and Caiphas and Ihon Alexander and as many as were of the hye prestes kynred gathered them selues together at Ierusalem and set them before them and axed them By what auctorite Or in what name haue ye done this Peter full of the holy goost sayde vnto them Ye rulers of the people and ye Elders of Israel Yf we this daye be examyned concernynge this good dede vpon the sicke maÌ by what meanes he is made whole be it knowne then vnto you and to all the people of Israel that in y e name of Iesus Christ of Nazareth whom ye crucified whoÌ God hath raysed vp from the deed stoÌdeth this man here before you whole This is the stone refused of you buylders which is become the heade corner stone nether is there saluacion in eny other Ner yet also is there geueÌ vnto meÌ eny other name wherin we must be saued They sawe the boldnesse of Peter Ihon and marueyled for they were sure y t they were vnlerned men and laye people And they knewe theÌ also that they were w t Iesu. As for the man y t was made whole they sawe hiÌ stoÌdinge by theÌ coulde not saye agaynst it Then coÌmaunded they theÌ to stoÌde asyde out of y e councell coÌmened amoÌge theÌselues saide What shal we do to these meÌ for a manyfest token is done by them and is openly knowne vnto theÌ that dwell at Ierusalem and we can not denye it But that it breake out no farther amoÌge the people let vs threateÌ them earnestly that hence forth they speake of this name vnto noman And they called them and coÌmaunded theÌ that in eny wyse they shulde not speake ner teache in the name of Iesu. But Peter Ihon answered and sayde vnto theÌ Iudge ye youre selues whether it be right before God that we shulde be more obedient vnto you then vnto God We can not chose but speake that we haue sene herde But they threatened them and let them go and founde nothinge how to punyshe them because of y e people for they all praysed God because of that which was done For the man vpon whom this token of health was done was aboue fourtye yeare olde And whan they were let go they came to their folowes and tolde them what y e hye prestes and Elders sayde vnto them WhaÌ they herde that they lifte vp their voyce w t one acorde vnto God and sayde LORDE thou that art the God which made heauen and earth and the see and all that therin is thou that by the mouth of Dauid thy seruauÌt hast sayde Why do the HeytheÌ rage and y e people ymagin vayne thinges The kynges of the earth stonde vp and the prynces haue gathered them selues together agaynst y e LORDE and agaynst his Christ. Of a trueth agaynst thy holy childe Iesus whom thou hast anoynted both Herode Pontius Pilate with the Heythen and people of Israel haue gathered theÌselues together to do what soeuer thy hande and thy councell determyned before to be done And now LORDE beholde their threatenynges and graunte vnto thy seruauntes with all stedfast boldnesse to speake thy worde and stretch out thine hande that healinge and tokeÌs and wonders maye be done by the name of thy holy childe Iesus And whaÌ they had prayed the place moued where they were gathered together they were all fylled with y e holy goost spake the worde of God boldly The multitude of them that beleued were of one hert and of one soule Also none of them sayde of his goodes that they were his awne but had all thinges coÌmen And with greate power gaue the Apostles witnesse of the resurreccion of the LORDE Iesu and greate grace was with them all Nether was there eny amonge them that lacked For as many as were possessers of londes or houses solde theÌ and brought y e money of the goodes that were solde and layed it at the Apostles fete And distribucion was made vnto euery maÌ acordinge as he had nede Ioses which was also called of y e Apostles Barnabas that is to saye the sonne of consolacion a Leuite of the countre of Cypers had londe and solde it brought the money and layed it at the Apostles fete The V. Chapter BVt a certayne man named Ananias with Saphira his wife solde his possession and kepte awaye parte of the money his wife knowinge of it and broughte one parte layed it at the Apostles fete But Peter sayde Ananias Wherfore hath Sathan fylled thine hert that thou shuldest lye vnto the holy goost and withdrawe awaye parte of the money of the lyuelod Mightest thou not haue kepte it whan thou haddest it And whan it was solde the money was also in thy power Why hast thou then conceaued this thinge in thine hert Thou hast not lyed vnto meÌ but vnto God Whan Ananias herde these wordes he fell downe gaue vp the goost And there came a greate feare vpon all theÌ that herde of this The yonge men rose vp and put him asyde and caried him out and buried him And it fortuned as it were aboute y e space of thre houres after his wife came in and knewe not what was done But Peter answered vnto her Tell me solde ye the londe for somoch She sayde Yee for so moch Peter sayde vnto her Why haue ye agreed together to tempte the sprete of the LORDE Beholde the fete of theÌ which haue buried thy huszbande are at the dore shal carye the out And immediatly she fell downe at his fete and gaue vp the goost Then came in the yonge men and founde her deed and caried her out and buried her by hir huszbaÌde And there came a greate feare ouer the whole congregacion and ouer all theÌ that herde it Many tokens and wonders were done amonge the people by the haÌdes of the Apostles and they were all together with one acorde in Salomons porche but of other there durst no man ioyne him self vnto theÌ neuertheles the people helde moch of them The multitude of the men and wemen that beleued in the LORDE
The LORDE sayde vnto him Aryse and go into the strete which is called straight and are in the house of Iuda after one called Saul of Tharsis for beholde he prayeth hath sene in a vision a maÌ named Ananias coÌmynge vnto him layenge the haÌde vpoÌ him that he mighte receaue his sighte Ananias answered LORDE I haue herde by many of this man how moch euell he hath done to thy sayntes at IerusaleÌ And here hath he auctorite of the hye prestes to bynde all those y t call vpon thy name The LORDE sayde vnto him Go thy waye for this man is a chosen vessell vnto me that he maye beare my name before the Heythen and before kynges and before the children of Israel I wil shewe him how greate thinges he must suffre for my names sake And Ananias wente his waye and came into the house and layed the handes vpon him and sayde Brother Saul the LORDE which appeared vnto y e in the waye as thou camest hath sent me that thou mightest receaue thy sight and be fylled with the holy goost And immediatly there fell from his eyes as it had bene scales and he receaued his sighte and rose and was baptysed and toke meate and was conforted Then was Saul a certayne dayes with the disciples that were at Damascon And straight waye he preached Christ in the synagoges how that he was y e sonne of God But all they that herde him were amased and sayde Is not this he which at Ierusalem spoyled all those that called on his name and came hither to the intent that he shulde brynge them bounde vnto the hye prestes But Saul increased in strength coÌfounded y e Iewes which dwelt at Damascon and affirmed y t this was very Christ. And after many dayes the Iewes helde a councell together to kyll him But it was tolde Saul that they layed wayte for him And they wayted at y e gates daye night that they might kyll him Then the disciples toke him by nighte put him thorow the wall and let him downe in a baslrett But whan Saul came to Ierusalem he assayed to ioyne himself to y e disciples And they were all afrayed of him and beleued not y t he was a disciple Neuertheles Barnabas toke him and broughte him to the Apostles and tolde them how he had sene the LORDE in the waye and how he spake to him how he had done boldly at Damascon in the name of Iesu. And he was with them and wente out and in at IerusaleÌ and quyte himselfe boldly in y e name of y e LORDE Iesu. He spake also and disputed with y e Grekes But they weÌte aboute to slaye him Whan the brethren knewe y t they brought him to Cesarea and sent him forth to Tharsis So the congregacions had rest thorow out all Iewry and Galile and Samaria were edified and walked in the feare of the LORDE and were fylled with the comforte of the holy goost It chaunced that as Peter walked thorow all quarters he came also vnto y e sayntes which dwelt at Lydda There founde he a man named Eneas which had lyen vpon his bedd eight yeares sicke of y e palsye And Peter sayde vnto him Eneas Iesus Christ make the whole aryse and make thy bedd for y e self And he arose immediatly And all they that dwelt at Lydda and at Sarona sawe him and turned vnto the LORDE At Ioppa there was a certayne woman that was a disciple named Tabitha which by interpretacion is called Dorcas y e same was full of good workes and almesse dedes which she dyd But it chaunced at the same tyme that she was sicke and dyed Then waszhed they her and layed her in a chaÌber But for so moch as Lydda was nye vnto Ioppa and the disciples herde that Peter was there they sent two men vnto him and desyred him y t he wolde take it for no grefe to come vnto them Peter rose and came with theÌ And whaÌ he was come they broughte him in to the chamber and all the wyddowes stode rounde aboute him wepynge and shewed him the cotes and garmeÌtes which Dorcas made whyle she was with them And whaÌ Peter had put them all forth he kneled downe made his prayer and turned him vnto the body and sayde Tabitha ryse vp And she opened hir eyes and whan she sawe Peter she sat hir downe agayne But he gaue her the hande and lifte her vp and called the sayntes and the wedowes and shewed her there alyue And it was knowne thorow out all Ioppa many beleued on y e LORDE And it fortuned y t he taried a loÌge season at Ioppa by one SimoÌ which was a tanner The X. Chapter THere was a man at Cesarea named Cornelius a captayne of y e coÌpany which is called y e Iâalianysh a denoute man one that feared God w t all his house gaue moch almesse to y e people and prayed God allwaye The same sawe in a vision openly aboute the nyenth houre of the daye an angell of God entringe in to him and sayenge vnto him Cornelius He loked vpon him and was afrayed and sayde LORDE what is it He sayde vnto him Thy prayers thine allmesses are come vp in to remeÌbraunce before God And now sende men vnto Ioppa call for SimoÌ whose syrname is Peter which is at lodginge with one Symon a tanner whose house lyeth by y e see syde he shal tell y e what thou oughtest to do And whaÌ the angell which spake to Cornelius was departed he called two of his housholde seruauntes a deuoute soudyer of theÌ that wayted vpon him and tolde them all and sent theÌ to Ioppa On the nexte daye after whan these were goinge on their iourney and came nye vnto the cite Peter wente vp in to a chamber to praye aboute the sixte houre And whan he was hoÌgrie he wolde haue eateÌ But whyle they made ready for him he fell into a traunce and sawe heaueÌ open and a vessell coÌmynge downe vnto him as it had bene a greate lynneÌ clothe knytt at the foure corners and was let downe to y e earth wherin were all maner of foure foted beestes of the earth wylde beestes and wormes and foules of the ayre And there came a voyce vnto him Ryse Peter slaye eate But Peter sayde Oh no LORDE for I neuer ate eny commen or vncleane thinge And the voyce spake vnto him agayne y e secoÌde tyme What God hath clensed y t make not thou vncleane This was done thryse And y e vessell was receaued vp agayne into heauen But whyle Peter was combred in himselfe what maner of vision this shulde be which he had sene beholde the men y t were sent from Cornelius enquered after SimoÌs house and stode before the dore and called and axed whether Simon whose syrname was Peter were lodged there Whyle Peter was musinge of the vision
the sprete sayde vnto him beholde the men seke the. Aryse therfore and get the downe go with theÌ and doute not for I haue sent them Then wente Peter downe to the men y t were sent vnto him from Cornelius and sayde lo I am he whom ye seke what is y t cause wherfore ye are come They sayde Cornelius the captayne a iust man and one that feareth God and of good reporte amoÌge all the people of the Iewes was warned by an holy angell to sende for the in to his house and to heare wordes of the. Then called he them in and lodged them The nexte daye after wente Peter forth with them and certayne brethren of Ioppa bare him company And y e daye folowinge came they to Cesarea Cornelius wayted for theÌ and had called together his kynszfolkes and speciall frendes And as it chaunced y t Peter came in Cornelius mett him and fell downe at his fete worshipped him But Peter toke him vp and sayde Stonde vp I am a man also And as he talked w t him he wente in and founde many that were come together and he sayde vnto them Ye knowe that it is not laufull for a man beynge a Iewe to ioyne him selfe or to come to a straunger But God hath shewed me y t I shulde call no maÌ coÌmen or vncleane Therfore haue I not douted to come as soone as I was sent for I axe you therfore for what intent haue ye sent for me Cornelius sayde It is now foure dayes agoo then fasted I and at the nyenth houre I prayed in my house and beholde there stode a maÌ before me in a bryghte clothinge and sayde Cornelius y i prayer is herde and thine allmesse dedes are had in remeÌbraunce in the sighte of God Sende therfore to Ioppa and call for one Simon whose syrname is Peter which is at lodginge in y e house of Simon y e taÌner by the seesyde y e same whaÌ he commeth shal speake vnto ye. Then sent I vnto the immediatly and thou hast done well that thou art come Now are we all here presente before God to heare all thinges that are commaunded the of God Peter opened his mouth sayde Now perceaue I of a trueth that God hath no respecte of personnes but in all people he y t feareth him and worketh righteousnes is accepted vnto him Ye knowe of y e preachinge that God sent vnto the children of Israel preachinge thorow Iesus Christ which is LORDE ouer all which preachinge was published thorow out all Iewry and begaÌne in Galile after y e baptyme that Ihon preached how God anoynted the same Iâsus of Nazareth with the holy goost and w t power which wente aboute dyd good and healed all those that were oppressed of the deuell for God was with him And we are witnesses of all that he dyd in the londe of the Iewes at Ierusalem Whom they slewe and hanged on tre Him God raysed vp on the thirde daye and caused him be openly shewed not to all the people but to y e chosen witnesses of God euen vnto vs which ate dronke with him after he was rysen vp from the deed And he commaunded vs to preach vnto the people and to testifye that it is he which is ordeyned of God a iudge of the lyuynge and of the deed Of him beare all the prophetes wytnesse that thorow his name all they y t beleue in him shal receaue remyssion of synnes Whyle Peter was yet speakynge these wordes the holy goost fell vpoÌ all theÌ that herkened vnto the worde And the faithfull of the circuÌcision which came with Peter were astonnyed because that the gifte of y e holy goost was shed out also vpon the Heythen For they herde that they spake with tunges and magnified God TheÌ answered Peter Maye eny man forbydde water that these shulde not be baptysed which haue receaued the holy goost as well as we And he commaunded them to be baptysed in the name of the LORDE TheÌ prayed they him that he wolde tary there certayne dayes The XI Chapter THe Apostles and the brethren that were in Iewrye herde saye that the Heythen also had receaued the worde of God And whan Peter was come vp to Ierusalem they that were of the circuÌcision chode with him and sayde Thou wentest into men that are vncircumcysed and hast eaten with them But Peter beganne and expounded the thinge in order vnto theÌ and sayde I was in y e cite of Ioppa prayeÌge and in a traunce I sawe a vision a vessell cominynge downe as it had bene a greate lynnen clothe with foure corners and let downe from heauen and came vnto me In to the which I loked and considered and sawe foure foted beestes of the earth and wylde beestes and wormes and foules of the ayre And I herde a voyce which sayde vnto me Ryse Peter slaye eate But I sayde Oh no LORDE for there neuer entred eny commen or vncleane thinge in to my mouth Neuertheles the voyce answered me agayne from heauen What God hath clensed that call not thou vncleane This was done thre tymes and all was taken vp agayne into heauen And beholde immediatly stode there thre men before the dore of the house that I was in sent from Cesarea vnto me But the sprete sayde vnto me that I shulde go with theÌ and doute nothinge These sixe brethreÌ also came with me and we entred in to the maÌs house And he shewed vs how he had sene an angell stondinge in his house which sayde vnto him Sende men to Ioppa and call for Simon whose syrname is Peter he shal tell y e wordes wherby thou and all thy house shal be saued But whan I beganne to speake the holy goost fell vpoÌ them like as vpon vs at y e begynnynge Then thoughte I vpon the worde of the LORDE how he sayde Ihon baptysed with water but ye shal be baptysed with y e holy goost For as moch then as God hath geuen them like giftes as vnto vs which beleue on the LORDE Iesus Christ who was I that I shulde be able to withstoÌde God Whan they herde this they helde their peace and praysed God and sayde Then hath God also to the Heithen graunted repentaunce vnto life They that were scatred abrode thorow y e trouble y t rose aboute Steuen walked on euerysyde vntyll Phenices and Cipers and Antioche and spake the worde vnto noman but onely vnto y e Iewes Neuertheles some of theÌ were men of Cipers and Cyren which came to Antioche and spake also vnto the Grekes preached the Gospell of the LORDE Iesu. And y e hande of the LORDE was with theÌ And a greate nombre beleued and turned vnto the LORDE This tydinges of them came to y e eares of the coÌgregacion at Ierusalem And they sent Barnabas that he shulde go vnto Antioche Which whan he was come thither
of the prophetes the rulers of the synagoge sent vnto them sayenge Good brethren yf ye haue eny sermon to exorte the people saye on Then stode Paul vp and beckened with the hande that they shulde holde their peace and sayde Yemen of Israel and ye that feare God herkeÌ to The God of this people chose oure fathers and exalted the people whan they were straungers in the loÌde of Egipte and with a mightie arme broughte he them out of it And by the space of fortye yeares suffred he their maners in the wyldernesse and destroyed seuen nacions in the lande of Canaan and parted their londe amonge them by lott After that gaue he them iudges by the space of foure hundreth and fiftye yeares vnto the prophet Samuel And after that they desyred a kynge and God gaue vnto them Saul the sonne of Cis a man of the trybe of Ben Iamin fortye yeares longe And whan he had put him downe he set vp Dauid to be their kynge of whom he reported sayenge I haue founde Dauid the sonne of Iesse a man after my hert he shal fulfyll all my wyll Of this mans sede hath God acordinge to the promesse broughte forth vnto the people of Israel y e Sauioure Iesus whan Ihon had first preached before his coÌmynge the baptyme of repentaunce vnto Israel But whan Ihon had fulfylled his course he sayde I am not he that ye take me for But beholde there commeth one after me whose shues of his fete I am not worthy to lowse Ye men and brethren ye children of the generacion of Abraham and they that feare God amonge you vnto you is y e worde of this saluacion sent For the inhabiters of Ierusalem and their rulers for somoch as they knewe him not ner yet the voyces of the prophetes which are red euery Sabbath haue fulfylled them in condemnynge him And though they founde no cause of death in him yet desyred they Pilate to kyll him And whan they had fulfylled all that was wrytten of him they toke him downe from the tre and layed him in a sepulcre But on y e thirde daye God raysed him vp from the deed and he appeared many dayes vnto theÌ that wente vp with him from Galile vnto Ierusalem which are his witnesses vnto the people And we also declare vnto you y e promes which was made vnto oure fathers how that God hath fulfylled the same vnto vs their children in y t he raysed vp Iesus agayne As it is wrytten in the seconde Psalme Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten the. But that he hath raysed him vp froÌ the deed now nomore to returne to corrupcion he sayde on this wyse The grace promysed to Dauid wyl I faithfully kepe vnto you Therfore sayeth he also in another place Thou shalt not suffre thy Holy tose corrupcion For Dauid whan he in his tyme had serued the wyll of God he fell a slepe and was layed by his fathers sawe corrupcion But he whoÌ God raysed vp agayne sawe no corrupcion Be it knowne vnto you therfore ye men and brethreÌ y t thorow this man is preached vnto you y e forgeuenesse of synnes and froÌ all y e thinges wherby ye mighte not be iustifyed in the lawe of Moses But whosoeuer beleueth on this man is iustifyed Bewarre therfore that it come not vpon you which is spoken in the prophetes Beholde ye despysers and wonder at it and perishe for I do a worke in youre tyme which ye shal not beleue yf eny man tell it you Whan the Iewes were gone out of the synagoge the Heythen besoughte them y t they wolde speake y e worde vnto them betwene the Sabbath dayes And whaÌ the coÌgregacion of the synagoge was broken vp many Iewes and Proselites y t serued God folowed Paul and Barnabas which spake to them and exorted them that they shulde contynue in the grace of God On y e Sabbath folowinge came almost the whole cite together to heare the worde of God But whan the Iewes sawe the people they were full of indignacion and spake agaynst that which was spoken of Paul speakinge agaynst it blasphemynge But Paul and Barnabas waxed bolde and sayde It behoued first the worde of God to be spoken vnto you but now that ye thrust it froÌ you and counte youre selues vnworthy of euerlastinge life lo we turne to the Gentyles For so hath the LORDE coÌmaunded vs I haue set the to be a lighte vnto y e Gentyles y t thou be y e Saluacion vnto the ende of the earth Whan the Gentyles herde that they were glad and praysed the worde of the LORDE and beleued eueÌ as many as were ordeyned to euerlastinge life And the worde of y e LORDE was spred abrode thorow out all the region Howbeit the Iewes moued the deuoute and honorable wemen and the chefemen of the citie and raysed vp a persecucion agaynst Paul and Barnabas and expelled them out of their coastes But they shoke of the dust of their fete agaynst them and came to Iconium And the disciples were fylled with ioye and with the holy goost The XIIII Chapter IT fortuned at Iconium that they weÌte both together in to the synagoge of the Iewes and spake so that a greate multitude of the Iewes of the Grekes beleued But the vnbeleuynge Iewes moued and disquyeted the soules of the HeytheÌ agaynst the brethreÌ So they had their beynge there a loÌge season and quyte themselues boldly in the LORDE which gaue testimony vnto the worde of his grace and caused tokens and wonders to be done by their handes Howbeyt the multitude of the cite was deuyded some helde w t the Iewes and some with the Apostles But whan there rose vp an insurreccion of the HeytheÌ and of y e Iewes and of their rulers to put them to shame and to stone theÌ they perceaued it and fled vnto lystra and Derba cities of y e countre of Licaoniââ and vnto y e region that lyeth rounde aboute and there they preached the Gospell And amonge them of Lystra there was a man which sat beynge impotent of his fete and was crepell froÌ his mothers wombâ and had neuer walked the same herde Paul speake And whan he behelde him and perceaued that he had faith to be made whole he sayde w t a loude voyce Stonde vprighte on thy fete And he sprange vp and walked But whan the people sawe what Paul had done they lifte vp their voyce and sayde in y e speache of Lycaonia The goddes are become like vnto men and are come downe vnto vs. And they called Barnabas Iupiter and Paul Mercurius because he was the preacher But Iupiters prest which dwelâ before their cite broughte oxen and garlandes before the gate and wolde haue done sacrifice with the people Whan y e Apostles Barnabas and Paul herde that they rent their clothes and
and all passed thorow the see were all baptised vnder Moses in the cloude and in the see and dyd all eate of one spirituall meate and dyd all drynke of one spirituall drynke but they dronke of the spirituall rocke that folowed theÌ which rocke was Christ. Neuertheles in many of them had God no delyte for they were smytten downe in the wyldernesse These are ensamples vnto vs y t we shulde not lust after euell thinges as they lusted Nether be ye worshippers off ymages as were some of them Acordinge as it is wrytteÌ The people sat downe to eate and drynke and rose vp to playe Nether let vs commytte whordome as some of them coÌmytted whordome and fell in one daye thre twenty thousande Nether let vs tempte Christ as some of them tempted him and were destroyed of serpeÌtes Nether murmur ye as some of them murmured and were destroyed thorow the destroyer All these thinges happened vnto theÌ for ensamples but they are wrytteÌ to warne vs vpon whom the ende of y e worlde is come Therfore let him that thinketh he stondeth take hede lest he fall There hath yet no teÌptacion ouertaken you but soch as foloweth the nature of man Neuertheles God is faithfull which shal not suffre you to be tempted aboue youre strength but shal in the myddes of y e temptacion make a waye to come out that ye maye beare it Wherfore my dearly beloued fle from worshippinge of Idols I speake vnto them which haue discrecioÌ iudge ye what I saye The cuppe of thaÌkesgeuynge wherwith we geue thankes is it not the partakinge of the bloude of Christ The bred that we breake is it not y e partakinge of y e body of Christ For we many are one bred one body in as moch as we all are partakers of one bred Beholde Israel after the fleszhe They y t eate the sacrifices are they not partakers of the altare What shal I now saye then Shal I saye that the Idoll is eny thinge Or that it which is offred vnto the Idoll is eny thinge Nay But this I saye that loke what the Heythen offre that offre they vnto deuels and not vnto God Now wolde I not that ye shulde be in the fellishippe of deuels Ye can not drynke of the cuppe of the LORDE and of the cuppe of the deuels Ye can not be partakers of the LORDES table and of the table of deuels Or wyl we prouoke the LORDE I maye do all thinges but all thinges are not profitable I maye do all thinges but all thinges edifye not Let noman seke his awne profit but let euery man seke anothers welth What soeuer is solde in the fleshmarket that eate and axe no question for conscience sake For the earth is the LORDES and all y t therin is Yf eny of theÌ y t beleue not byd you to a feast and yf ye be disposed to go what soeuer is set before you that eate axinge no question for conscience sake But yf eny man saye vnto you This is offred vnto Idols theÌ eate not of it for his sake that shewed it and for hurtinge of conscience The earth is the LORDES and all that therin is Neuertheles I speake of conscieÌce not thine but of y e other For why shulde my liberty be iudged of another maÌs coÌscience For yf I take my parte w t thankesgeuynge why am I euell spoken of for y t thinge wherfore I geue thankes Therfore whether ye eate or drynke or what so euer ye do do all to y e prayse of God Be not ye an occasion of fallinge nether to the Iewes ner to the Gentyles ner to the congregacion of God eueÌ as I also please all men in all thinges not sekinge myne awne profit but the profit of many that they mighte be saued Folowe ye me as I do Christ. The XI Chapter I Commende you brethren that ye remembre me in all poyntes and kepe the ordinaunces eueÌ as I delyuered them vnto you But I certifye you that Christ is the heade of euery man As for y e man he is the heade of y e woman but God is Christes heade Euery man that prayeth or prophecieth and hath eny thinge on his heade shameth his heade But euery woman that prayeth or prophecieth with vncouered heade dishonesteth hir heade For it is euen a lyke moch as yf she were shauen Yf the womaÌ be not couered let hir heer also be cut of But yf it be vncomely for a woman to haue hir heer cut of or to be shauen then let hir couer hir heade Neuertheles the man oughte not to couer his heade for so moch as he is the ymage and glory of God but the womaÌ is the glory of the man For the man is not of the woman but the woman of the man Nether was the man created for the womans sake but the womaÌ for the mans sake Therfore ought the woman to haue a power vpon hir heade for the angels sakes Neuertheles nether is the man without y e woman nether the woman without the maÌ in the LORDE For as the woman is of the man euen so commeth the man also by the woman but all of God Iudge ye by yo selues whether it be comly y t a womaÌ praye before God bare headed Or doth not nature teach you y t it is a shame for a man yf he weere loÌge heer a prayse to y e womaÌ yf she weere loÌge heer For hir heer is geueÌ heer to couer her withall But yf there be eny man amoÌge you that hath lust to stryue let him knowe that we haue no soch custome nether the congregacions of God But this must I warne you of I commende it not that ye come together not after a better maner but after a worse First whan ye come together in the congregacion I heare that there are discensions amonge you and I partly beleue it For there must be sectes amonge you that they which are perfecte amonge you mighte be knowne Now whan ye come together the LORDES supper can not be kepte For whan it shulde be kepte euery maÌ taketh his awne supper afore And one is hoÌgrie another is dronkeÌ Haue ye not houses to eate and drynke in Or despyse ye y e coÌgregacion of God and shame them that haue not What shal I saye vnto you Shal I prayse you in this prayse I you not That which I delyuered vnto you receaued I of the LORDE For the LORDE Iesus the same nighte in the which he was betrayed toke the bred gaue thankes and brake it and sayde Take ye eate ye this is my body which is broken for you This do in the remembraunce of me After the same maner also he toke y e cuppe whan supper was done and sayde This cuppe is the new Testament in my bloude this do as oft as ye drynke it in the
roaringe cursed speakynge be farre froÌ you with all maliciousnes But be ye curteous one to another mercifull and forgeue one another eueÌ as God hath forgeuen you in Christ. The V. Chapter BE ye the folowers therfore of God as deare children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue him selfe for vs an offerynge and sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto God As for whordome and all vnclennes or couetousnes let it not be named amoÌge you as it becommeth sayntes nether fylthines ner folish talkynge ner ieastynge which are not comly but rather geuynge of thaÌkes For be sure that no whore monger or vncleane person or couetous person which is a worshipper off ymages hath inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God Let no man disceaue you with vayne wordes for because of these commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of vnbeleue Be not ye therfore companions with them For sometyme ye were darknesse but now are ye lighte in the LORDE Walke as the children of lighte ãâã the frute of the sprete is all maner of goodnes and righteousnes and truâth and proue what is pleasinge vnto the LORDE and haue no fellishippe with y e vnfrutefull workes of darknes but rather rebuke theÌ For it is shame euen to name those thinges which are done of them in secrete But all thinges are manifest whan they are rebuked of the lighte For what so euer is manifest that same is lighte Therfore sayeth he Awake thou that slepest and stonde vp froÌ the deed and Christ shal geue the lighte Take hede therfore how ye walke circumspectly not as the vnwyse but as y e wyse and redeme the tyme for it is a miserable tyme. Wherfore be not ye vnwyse but vnderstonde what the wil of the LORDE is and be not dronken with wyne wherin is excesse but be full of the sprete and talke amoÌge youre selues of Psalmes and ymnes and spirituall songes synginge and makynge melody vnto the LORDE in youre hertes geuynge thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God the father in the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ submyttinge youreselues one to another in the feare of God Let the wemen submytte them selues vnto their huszbandes as vnto the LORDE For the huszbande is the wyues heade eueÌ as Christ also is the heade of the congregacion and he is the Sauioure of his body Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion to Christ likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their huszbandes in all thinges Ye huszbandes loue youre wyues even as Christ loued the congregacion and gaue himselfe for it to sanctifye it and clensed it in the fountayne of water by the worde to make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion hauynge no spot ner wrynkle ner eny soch thinge but that it shulde be holy and without blame So oughte men also to loue their wyues euen as their awne bodyes He that loueth his wife loueth himselfe For no maÌ euer yet hated his awne fleszhe but norisheth and cheriszheth it euen as the LORDE doth also the congregacion For we are membres of his body of his flesh and of his bones For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother and cleue vnto his wife and they two shal be one flesh This is a greate secrete but I speake of Christ and the congregacion Neuertheles do ye so that euery one of you loue his wife euen as himselfe but let the ãâ¦ã huszbande The VI. Chapter YE children obey youre elders in the LORDE for that is righte Honoure thy father and thy mother That is the first commaundement that hath eny promes that thou mayest prospere and lyuelonge vpon earth And ye fathers prouoke not youre children vnto wrath but brynge theÌ vp in the nourtoure and informacion of the LORDE Ye seruauntes obey youre bodely masters with feare and tremblynge in synglenes of youre hert euen as vnto Christ not with seruyce onely in the eye sighte as men pleasers but as the seruauntes off Christ doynge the wyll off God from the hert with good wyll Thynke that ye serue the LORDE and not meÌ and be sure that what good soeuer a man doth he shal receaue it agayne of the LORDE whether he be bonde or fre And ye masters do euen the same vnto theÌ puttynge awaye threatenynges and knowe that euen youre master also is in heauen nether is there eny respecte of personnes with him Fynally my brethren be stronge in the LORDE and in the power of his mighte put on the armo of God that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst the craftie assautes off the deuell For we wrestle not agaynst flesh and bloude but agaynst rule agaynst power namely agaynst the rulers of the worlde of the darknesse of this worlde agaynst y e spretes of wickednes vnder the heauen For this cause take ye the armoure of God y t ye maye be able to resiste in the euell daye and stonde perfecte in all thinges Stonde therfore and youre loynes gyrde aboute with the trueth hauynge on the brest plate of righteousnes and shod vpoÌ yo fete with the gospell of peace that ye maye be prepared Aboue all thinges take holde of the shylde of faith wherwith ye maye quenche all the fyrie dartes of the wicked And take the helmet of saluacion the swerde of the sprete which is the worde of God And praye allwayes with all maner of prayer and supplicacion in the sprete and watch there vnto with all instaunce and supplicacion for all sayntes and for me that the worde maye be geuen me that I maye open my mouth boldly to vtter the secretes of the Gospell wherof I am a messaunger in bondes that I maye speake therin frely as it becommeth me to speake But that ye maye also knowe what case I am in and what I do Tichicus my deare brother and faithfull mynister in the LORDE shal shewe you all whom I haue sent vnto you for the same cause that ye mighte knowe what case I stonde in and that he mighte comforte youre hertes Peace be vnto the brethreÌ and loue with faith from God the father from the LORDE Iesu Christ. Grace be with all them that loue oure LORDE Iesus Christ vnfaynedly Amen Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesians by Tichicus The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Philippians The summe of this epistle Chap. I. He exhorteth them to increace in loue in knowlege and experience of godly thinges maketh mencion of his presonment at Rome is glad to heare Christ preached is coÌtent ether to dye or lyue and prayeth them to lede a godly conuersacion to be of one mynde and to feare no persecucion Chap. II. He exhorteth them to vnite and brotherly loue and to bewarre of strife and vayne glory And for a sure ensample he layeth Christ before them Chap. III. He warneth theÌ to bewarre of false teachers
fro me of which sorte are Phigelus and Hermogenes The LORDE geue mercy vnto the house of Onesiphorus for he oft refreszhed me and was not aszhamed of my cheyne but whan he was at Rome he soughte me out very diligently and founde me The LORDE graunte vnto him that he maye fynde mercy with the LORDE in that daye And how moch he mynistred vnto me at Ephesus thou knowest very well The II. Chapter THou therfore my sonne be stronge thorow the grace which is in Christ Iesu. And what thinges thou hast herde of me by many witnesses the same commytte thou vnto faithfull men which are apte to teach other Thou therfore suffre affliccion as a good soudyer off Iesu Christ. No maÌ that warreth tangleth himselfe with wordly busynesses that because he wolde please him which hath chosen him to be a soudyer And though a man stryue for a mastrye yet is he not crowned excepte he stryue laufully The huszbandman that laboureth must first enioye the frutes Consydre what I saye The LORDE shal geue the vnderstondynge in all thinges Remembre that Iesus Christ beynge of the sede of Dauid rose agayne froÌ the deed acordynge to my Gospell wherein I suffre as an euell doer euen vnto bandes but the worde of God is not bounde Therfore suffre I all for the electes sakes that they also mighte optayne the saluacion in Christ Iesu with eternall glory This is a true sayenge Yf we be deed w t him we shal lyue with him also Yf we be pacient we shal also raigne with him Yf we denye him he also shal denye vs Yf we beleue not yet abydeth he faithfull he can not denye himselfe Of these thinges put thou them in remeÌbraunce and testifye before the LORDE that they stryue not aboute wordes which is to no profit but to peruerte the hearers Study to shewe thy selfe vnto God a laudable workman that nedeth not to be ashamed deuydynge the worde of trueth iustly As for vngoostly and vayne talkynges eschue them for they helpe moch to vngodlynes and their worde fretteth as doth a canker Of whose nombre is Hymeneos Philetus which as concernynge the trueth haue erred sayenge that the resurreccion is past allready and haue destroyed the faith of dyuerse personnes But y e sure grounde of God stondeth fast and hath this seale The LORDE knoweth them that are his and let euery maÌ that calleth vpon the name of Christ departe from iniquyte Notwithstondynge in a greate house are not onely vessels of golde and of syluer but also of wod and of earth some for honoure and some to dishonoure But yf a man pourge himselfe from soch felowes he shal be a vessell sanctified vnto honoure mete for the LORDE and prepared vnto all good workes Fle thou the lustes of youth ⪠but folowe righteousnes faith loue peace ⪠with all them that call vpon the LORDâ with pure hert As for folish questions anâ soch as teach not put them froÌ the for thoâ knowest that they do but geÌder stryfe Thâ seruaunt of the LORDE ought not to stryue but to be gentle vnto euery man apte to teach one that can forbeare the euell one y t can with mekenesse enfourme âhem y t ãâã yf God at eny tyme wyl geue ãâ¦ã for to knowe the trueth ãâ¦ã agayne from the snare of ãâ¦ã are holden in preson of him ãâ¦ã The III. Chapter BVT this shalt thou knowe that in the last dayes shal come parelous tymes For there shal be meÌ which shal holde of theÌ selues couetous boasters proude cursed speakers dishobedient to their elders vnthankfull vngoostly vnkynde truce breakers false accusers ryatours fearce despysers of them which are good traytours heady hye mynded gredy vpon voluptuousnes more then the louers of God hauynge a shyne off godly lyuynge but denyenge the power therof And soch avoyde Of this sorte are they which ruÌne froÌ house to house brynge in to bondage wemeÌ ladeÌ w t synne which wemen are led with dyuerse lustes euer lernynge and are neuer able to come vnto the knowlege of the trueth But like as Iamnes and IaÌbres withstode Moses euen so do these also resist the trueth meÌ they are of corrupte myndes and lewde as coÌcernynge y e faith but they shal preuayle no longer For their folishnes shal be manifest vnto all men as theirs was But thou hast sene the experience of my doctryne my faszhion of lyuynge my purpose my faith my longsufferynge my loue my pacience my persecucions my affliccions which happened vnto me at Antioche at Iconium at Lystra which persecucions I suffred paciently and from theÌ all the LORDE delyuered me Yee and all they that wil lyue godly in Christ Iesu must suffre persecucion But the euell men and disceauers shal waxe worse and worse disceauynge and beynge disceaued But contynue thou in the thinges that thou hast lerned which also were coÌmytted vnto the seynge thou knowest of whoÌ thou hast learned them And for so moch as thou hast knowne holy scripture of a childe the same is able to make y e wyse vnto saluacion thorow the faith in Christ Iesu. For all scripture geueÌ by inspiracion of God is profitable to teach to improue to amende and to instructe in righteousnes that a man off God maye be perfecte and prepared vnto all good workes The IIII. Chapter I Testifye therfore before God before the LORDE Iesu Christ which shal come to iudge the lyuynge and âhe deed at âis appearynge in his kyngdoââ ãâ¦ã each âhou the worde be feruent be it ãâ¦ã out of season Improue rebuke ãâ¦ã all longe sufferynge and ãâ¦ã wil come whan they shal not suffre wholsome doctryne but after their awne lustes shal they whose eares ytche get them an heape of teachers and shal turne their eares from the trueth and shal be geuen vnto fables But watch thou in all thinges suffre aduersite do the worke of a preacher of the Gospell fulfyll thine office vnto the vttemost For I am now ready to be offered and the tyme of my departinge is at honde I haue foughte a good fighte I haue fulfylled the course I haue kepte the faith From hence forth there is layed vp for me a crowne of righteousnes which the LORDE the righteous iudge shal geue me in y t daye Howbeit not vnto me onely but vnto all them that loue his coÌmynge Make spede to come vnto me at once For Demas hath lefte me and loueth this present worlde and is departed vnto Tessalonica Crescens in to Galacia Titus vnto Dalmacia Onely Lucas is with me Take Marke brynge him with the for he is profitable vnto me to the mynistracion Tichicus haue I sent to Ephesus The cloke that I lefte at Troada with Carpus brynge with the whan thou commest and the bokes but specially the parchemeÌt AlexaÌder the coppersmyth dyd me moch euell the LORDE rewarde him
his mouth water after the womaÌ as it had bene a ryuer that he might cause her to be caught of y e floud And the earth holpe the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swalowed vp the ryuer which the dragon cast out of his mouth And the dragon was wroth with the womaÌ and went and made warre with the remnaunt of hyr sede which kepe the coÌmaundementes of God and haue the testimony of Iesus Christ. And I stode on the see sonde The XIII Chapter ANd I sawe a beest rise out of the see hauinge seuen heades and x. hornes and vpon his hornes x. crownes and vpoÌ his heed the names of blasphemy And the beest which I sawe was lyke a catt of the mountayne and his fete were as the fete of a bear and his mouth as the mouthe of a lyon And y e dragoÌ gaue him his power and his seate and greate auctorite and I sawe one of his heades as it were wounded to death and his dedly wounde was healed And all the worlde woÌdred at the beest and they worshipped the dragon which gaue power vnto the beest and they worshipped the beest sayenge who is like vnto the beest who is able to warre with him And there was geuen vnto him a mouth to speake greate thinges blasphemies and power was geuen vnto him to do xlij monethes And he opened his mouth vnto blasphemy agaynst God to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heauen And it was geuen vnto him to make warre with the sayntes and to ouercome them And power was geuen him ouer all kynred tonge and nacion and all that dwell vpon the earth worshipt him whose names are not wrytten in the boke of life of the lambe which was kylled from the beginnynge of the worlde Yf eny man haue an eare let him heare He that leadeth in to captiuite shal go in to captiuite he that killeth with a swearde must be killed with y e swearde Heare is the pacience and the faith of the saynctes And I behelde another beest commynge vp out of the earth and he had two hornes like a lambe and he spake as dyd the dragoÌ And he dyd all that the first beest coulde do in his presence and he caused the earth and them which dwell therin to worshippe the fyrst beest whose deedly wouÌde was healed And he dyd greate wonders so that he made fyre come downe from heaueÌ in the sight of men And deceaued them that dwelt on the earth by y e meanes of those signes which he had power to do in the sight of the beest sayenge to them that dwelt on the earth that they shulde make an ymage vnto the beest which had the wounde of a swearde and dyd liue And he had power to geue a sprete vnto the ymage of the beest and that the ymage of the beest shulde speake and shulde cause that as many as wolde not worshippe the ymage of the beest shulde be kylled And he made all bothe smale and greate ryche and poore fre and bond to receaue a marke in their right hondes or in their forheades And that noman might by or sell saue he y t had y e marke or the name of the beest ether the nombre of his name Here is wiszdome Let him that hath wyt count the nombre of the beest For it is the nombre of a man and his nombre is sixe hondred thre score and sixe The XIIII Chapter ANd I loked and lo a lambe stode on the mouÌt Syon and with him C. and xliiij thousande hauynge his fathers name wrytten in their forheades And I herde a voyce from heauen as the sounde of many waters and as the voyce of a greate thondre And the voyce that I herde was as the harpers that playe vpon their harpers And they songe as it were a newe songe before the seate before y e foure beestes and the elders and no man coulde learne y t songe but the hondred and xliiij M. which were redemed from the earth These are they which were not defyled with wemen for they are virgyns These folowe the lambe whither soeuer he goeth These were redemed from men beynge the fyrst frutes vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes was founde no gyle For they are withouteÌ spot before the trone of God And I sawe an angell flye in the myddes of heauen hauinge an euerlastinge Gospell to preache vnto them that syt and dwell on the earth and to all nacions kinreddes and toÌges and people sayeÌge with a lowde voyce Feare God and geue honour to him for the houre of his iudgement is come and worshippe him that made heauen and earth and the see and the fountaynes off water And there folowed another angell sayenge She is fallen she is fallen eueÌ Babilon that greate cite for she made all nacions drynke off the wyne off hyr whordome And the thyrde angel folowed theÌ sayenge with a loude voyce Yf eny man worshippe the beest and his ymage and receaue his marke in his forhed or on his honde the same shall drynke of the wyne of the wrath of God which is powred in the cuppe of his wrath And he shal be punyszhed in fyre and brymstone before the holy Angels and before the lambe And the smoke of their torment ascendeth vp euermore And they haue no resâ daye ner nyght which worshippe the beast and his ymage and whosoeuer receaueth the prynt of his name Here is the pacience of sayntes Heare are they that kepe the commaundementes and the faith off Iesu. And I herde a voyce from heauen sayenge vnto me wryte Blessed are y e deed which here after dye in the LORDE Yee the sprete sayeth that they rest from their laboures for their workes folowe them And I loked and beholde a whyte cloude and vpoÌ y e cloude one syttynge like vnto the sonne of man hauinge on his heed a golden crowne and in his hoÌde a sharpe sykle And another angell came out of the temple cryenge with a loude voyce to him that sat on the cloude Thruste in thy sycle and reepe for the tyme is come to reepe for the corne of the earth is rype And he that sat on y e cloude thrust in his sykle on the earth and the earth was reeped And another angell came out of the temple which is in heauen hauinge also a sharpe sykle And another angel came out from the aultre which had power ouer fyre and cryed with a loude crye vnto hym that had the sharpe syckle and sayde Thruste in thy sharpe syckle and gather the clusters of y e earth for hir grapes are rype And the angell thrust in his syckle on the erthe and cut downe the grapes of the vynyarde of the earth and cast them in to the greate wynefat of y e wrath of God the wynefat was trodden without the cite and bloude came out of the fat euen vnto the