his mouth water after the womā 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 womā and went and made warre with the remnaunt of hyr sede which kepe the cōmaundementes 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 vpō 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 dragō 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 wōdred 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 dragō 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 woūde was healed And he dyd greate wonders so that he made fyre come downe from heauē 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 moūt 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 withoutē 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 tōges and people sayēge 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 euē Babilon that greate cite for she made all nacions drynke off the wyne off hyr whordome And the thyrde angel folowed thē 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 res◠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 vpō y e cloude one syttynge like vnto the sonne of man hauinge on his heed a golden crowne and in his hōde 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
bloude without a cause and auenged thy selfe then shal y e LORDE do good vnto my lorde and thou shalt thynke vpon thy hand mayden Then saide Dauid vnto Abigail Blessed be the LORDE God of Israel which hath sent the to mete me this daye and blessed be thy speach and blessed be thou which hast kepte me backe this daye that I am not come agaynst bloude to auenge me with myne awne hande Verely as truly as the LORDE the God of Israel lyueth which hath hyndred me that I shulde do the no euell Yf thou haddest not met me in all the haist Nabal shulde not haue had lefte him vntyll y e lighte mornynge so moch as one that maketh water agaynst the wall So Dauid toke of hir hāde what she had broughte him and sayde vnto her Go vp in peace vnto y e house beholde I haue herkened vnto y e voyce and accepted thy personne But whan Abigail came to Nabal beholde he had prepared a feast in his house like a kynges feast and his hert was mery for he was very dronken And she tolde him nothinge nether small ner greate vntyll y e cleare mornynge But whan it was daye the wyne was come from Nabal his wife tolde him these thinges Then was his hert deed in his body so that he became euen as a stone and ouer ten dayes the LORDE smote him so y t he dyed Whan Dauid herde that Nabal was deed he sayde Blessed be y e LORDE which hath auenged my rebuke on Nabal and preserued his seruaunt from euell And the LORDE hath rewarded Nabal that euell vpon his heade And Dauid sent and caused to talke with Abigail y t he mighte take her to wife And whan Dauids seruauntes came to Abigail vnto Carmel they spake vnto her and saide Dauid hath sent vs vnto the that he maye take y e to wife She rose vp and worshipped vpon hir face vnto the earth and sayde beholde here is thy handmayde that she maie do seruyce vnto the seruauntes of my lorde and to waszshe their fete And Abigail made haist and gat her vp and rode vpō an asse and fyue maydens that were vnder her and wente after Dauids messaungers and became his wife Dauid toke Ahinoam of Iesrael also and they both became his wyues But Saul gaue Michol his doughter the wife of Dauid vnto Phalti y e sonne of Lais of Gallim The XXVI Chapter THey of Siph came to Saul vnto Gibeath sayde Is not Dauid hyd vpō the hill of Hachila which lyeth ouer agaynst the wyldernesse Then Saul gat him vp and wente downe to the wildernes of Siph and thre thousande chosen men of Israel with him to seke Dauid in the wildernes of Siph and pitched vpon the hill of Hachila which lyeth by the waye before the wildernes But Dauid remayned in the wyldernes and whan he sawe that Saul came after him in to the wildernes he sent out spyes and knewe of a suertie that he was come in dede And Dauid gat him vp and came to the place where Saul had pitched his tēt and sawe the place where Saul laye with his chefe captayne Abner y e sonne of Ner for Saul laye in the tent and the hoost aboute him Then answered Dauid and sayde vnto Ahimelech the Hethite and to Abisai the sonne of Ieru Ia y e brother of Ioab Who wil go downe w t me to Saul in to the hoost Abisai sayde I wil go downe with the. So Dauid and Abisai came to the people in the night season beholde Saul laye and slepte in the tent and his speare stacke in y e grounde at his heade But Abner and the people laye rounde aboute him Thē sayde Abisai vnto Dauid God hath closed thine enemye in thyne hande this daye Therfore will I now thrust him thorow once with the speare euen in to the grounde y t he shall haue ynough of it Neuertheles Dauid sayde vnto Abisai Destroye him not for who wil laye hande vpon the anoynted of y e LORDE remayne vngiltye Dauid sayde morouer As truly as the LORDE lyueth yf y e LORDE him selfe smyte him not or excepte his tyme come that he dye or that he go in to the battayll and perishe the LORDE let it be farre fro me that I shulde laye my hande on the LORDES anoynted Take y e speare now therfore at his heade the cuppe of water let vs go So Dauid toke y e speare the cuppe of water at Sauls heade they wente their waye And there was no man y t sawe it ner perceaued it nether awaked but they slepte euery one for there was a depe slepe fallen vpon them from the LORDE Now whan Dauid was come ouer on y e other syde he stode vpon the toppe of the mount a farre of so that there was a wyde space betwene them and cried vpon y e people and vpō Abner the sonne of Ner sayde Hearest thou not Abner And Abner answered and sayde Who art thou that cryest so and diseasest the kynge And Dauid sayde vnto Abner Art thou not a man And where is there soch one as thou in Israel Why hast thou not then kepte thy lorde y e kynge for there is one of y e people come in to destroye thy lorde y e kynge It is not well that thou hast done As truly as the LORDE lyueth ye are the children of death because ye haue not kepte youre lorde the LORDES anoynted Beholde now where is y e kynges speare and the cuppe of water that was at his heade Then knewe Saul the voyce of Dauid and saide Is not that thy voyce my sonne Dauid Dauid sayde It is my voyce my lorde the kynge And he sayde morouer Why doth my lorde so persecute his seruaunt What haue I done and what euell is there in my hande Yet let my lorde the kynge heare but the wordes of his seruaunt Yf y e LORDE prouoke the against me let there be smelled a meat offerynge but yf the childrē of men do it cursed be they before the LORDE because they haue thrust me out this daye that I shulde not dwell in the LORDES inheritaunce and saye Go y t waye and serue other goddes So fall not now my bloude vpon the earth from the face of the LORDE For the kynge of Israel is gone forth to seke a flee as a partriche is folowed on vpō the mountaynes And Saul sayde I haue synned Come agayne Dauid my sonne I wil do the nomore hurte because my soule hath bene deare in y e sighte this daye Beholde I haue done foolishly and very vnwysely Dauid answered and sayde Beholde here is the kynges speare let one of the yonge men come ouer here and fetch it But the LORDE shal rewarde euery one acordinge to his righteousnes and faith for y e LORDE delyuered y t this daye into my hande neuertheles I wolde not laie my hande vpō the LORDES anoynted And as y e soule hath bene greatly
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 remeÌ„breth 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 remeÌ„bred 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 â–ª synge vs one of the songes of Sion How shal we synge the LORDES songe in a strauÌ„ge loÌ„de 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 thaÌ„kes vnto the o LORDE with my whole hert euen before the goddes wil I synge prayses vnto the. I wil worshippe towarde thy holy teÌ„ple 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 streÌ„gth 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 haÌ„de 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 vnderstoÌ„dest 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 toÌ„ge but thou o LORDE knowest it alltogether Thou hast fashioned me behinde before layed thine hoÌ„de vpon me Soch knowlege is to wonderfull excelleÌ„t 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 peradueÌ„ture 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 thaÌ„kes vnto the for I am woÌ„derously made maruelous are thy workes and that my soule knoweth right well My bones â—re not hyd from the though I be made secretly and fashioned beneth in the earth Thine eyes se myne vnparfitnesse they stonâ—e all writteÌ„ iÌ„ thy boke my dayes were fashiâ—ned when as yet there was not one of them How deare are y e couÌ„cels 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 â—he Wilt thou not slaye y e wicked oh God â—hat the bloudethyrstie mighte departe froâ—â—e For they speake vnright of the thine â—â—emies exalte them selues presumptuously I hate them o LORDE that hate the I maye not awaye with those that ryse vp â—gaynst the Yee I hate them right sore â—â—erfore are they myne enemies Trye me â—o God and seke the grounde of myne hert proue me examen my 〈…〉 well yf there be eny waye 〈…〉 me lede me in the waye 〈…〉 The CXXXIX A psalme of Dauid â–ª DElyuer me o LORDE from the 〈◊〉 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 coÌ„pase 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 thaÌ„kes 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 inceÌ„se and let the liftinge vp of my haÌ„des 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 thiÌ„ge 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 stoÌ„ble 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
dore For I will sende for my debites and my gyauÌ„tes sayeth the LORDE and in my wrath I will call for soch as tryumphe in my glory With that me thought I herde in the mouÌ„taynes a noyse like as it had bene of a greate people and a ruszshinge as though the kyngdomes of all nacions had come together And the LORDE of hoostes was the captayne of the whole armye As they had come not only out of farre countrees but also from the endes of the heaueÌ„s EueÌ„ the LORDE himself with the ministers of his wrath to destroye the whole loÌ„de Mourne therfore for the daye of the LORDE is at honde and commeth as a destroyer from y e allmighty Then shall all hondes be letten downe and all mens hertes shal melt awaie they shal stonde in feare carefulnesse and sorowe shal come vpoÌ„ them and they shal haue payne as a woman that traueleth with childe One shall euer be abaszshed of another their faces shal burne like y e flaÌ„me For lo the daye of the LORDE shall come terrible full of indignacion and wrath to make the londe waist and to root out the synne therof For the starres and planetes of heauen shal not geue their light the Sonne shal be quenched in the rysinge and the Mone shal not shyne with his light And I wil punysh the wickednesse of the worlde the synnes of the vngodly sayeth the LORDE The hye stomackes of the proude will I take awaye and will laye downe the boostinge of tyrauntes I will make a man dearer theÌ„ fyne golde and a man to be more worth theÌ„ a golden wedge of Ophir Morouer I will so shake the heaueÌ„ that the earth shall remo out of hir place Thus shall it go w t Babilon in the wrath of the LORDE of hoostes in y e daye of his fearfull indignacioÌ„ And Babilon shal be as an hunted or chased doo and as a flocke w t out a shepherde Euery maÌ„ shal turne to his owne people fle echone into his owne londe Who so is founde alone shal be shot thorow And who so gather together shal be destroyed w t the swerde Their children shal be slayne before their eyes their houses spoyled their wyues rauyshed For lo I shall bringe vp y e Medes agaynst theÌ„ which shal not regarde syluer nor be desyrous of golde Then shall yonge mens bowes be knapped asunder The Medes shal haue no pitie vpoÌ„ womeÌ„ w t childe their faces shall not spare y e childreÌ„ And BabiloÌ„ y t glory of kiÌ„gdomes and bewtie of the Caldees hono r shal be destroyed eueÌ„ as God destroyed Sodom Gomorra It shal neuer be more inhabited nether shal there be eny more dwellinge there from generacion to generacion The Arabians shall make no mo tentes there nether shall the shepardes make their foldes there eny more but wylde beastes shal lie there y e houses shal be full of greate Oules Estriches shal dwell there Apes shal daunse there The litle Oules shall crie in the palaces one after another DragoÌ„s shal be in the pleasauÌ„t perlours And as for Babilons tyme it is at honde hir dayes maye not be longe absent The XIIII Chapter BVt y e LORDE wil be mercyfull vnto Iacob wyll take vp Israel agayne set theÌ„ in their owne loÌ„de StrauÌ„gers shal clene vnto theÌ„ get theÌ„ to y e house of Iacob They shal take y e people cary theÌ„ home w t theÌ„ And y e house of Israel shal haue theÌ„ in possession for seruauÌ„tes maydeÌ„s in y e loÌ„de of y e LORDE They shal take those prisoners whose captyues they had bene afore rule those y t had oppressed theÌ„ When y e LORDE now shal bringe y e to rest froÌ„ y e trauayle feare harde bondage y t thou wast laden with all then shalt thou vse this mockage vpon y e kinge of Babilon saye How happeneth it y t y e oppressour leaueth of It y e golden tribute come to an ende Doutles the LORDE hath broken the staff of the vngodly the cepter of y e lordly Which wheÌ„ he is wroth smyteth y e people w t durable strokes in his woÌ„ders he persecuteth theÌ„ tameth theÌ„ coÌ„tinually And therfore y e whole worlde is now at rest and quyetnesse men synge for ioye Yee euen the Fyrre trees and Cedres of Libanus reioyse at thy fall sayenge Now y t thou art layde downe there come no mo vp to destroye vs. Hell also trembleth at thy commynge All mightie men and prynces of the earth steppe forth before the. All kynges of the earth stonde vp froÌ„ their seates that they maye all one after another synge and speake vnto the. Art thou wounded also as we art thou become like vnto vs Thy pompe and thy pryde is gone downe to hell Mothes shal be layde vnder the wormes shal be thy coueringe How art thou fallen from heauen o Lucifer thou faire morniÌ„ge childe hast thou gotten a fall euen to the grounde thou that not withstondinge dyddest subdue the people And yet thou thoughtest in thine harte I will clymme vp in to heauen and make my seate aboue the starres of God I wyll syt vpon the glorious mount toward the North I wyll clymme vp aboue the cloudes wil be like the highest of all Yet darre I laye y t thou shalt be brought downe to the depe of hell They that se the shal narowly loke vpoÌ„ the and thinke in them selues sayenge Is this the man that brought all londes in feare and made y e kingdomes afrayde Is this he that made the worlde in a maner waist and layde the cities to the grounde which let not his prisoners go home How happeneth it that the kynges of all people lie euery one at home in his owne palace with worshipe and thou art cast out of thy graue like a wilde braunch like as dead mens rayment that are shott thorow with the swerde as they that go downe to the stones of the depe as a dead coarse that is trâ—den vnder fete and art not buried w t them Euen because that thou hast waisted thy loÌ„de and destroyed thy people For the generacion of the wicked shal be without hono r for euer There shal a waye be sought to destroye their childreÌ„ for their fathers wickednes they shal not come vp agayne to possesse the londe and fyll the worlde ful of castels and townes I wil stonde vp agaynst them sayeth the LORDE of hoostes and root out y e name and generacion of Babilon saieth the LORDE wil geue it to the Otters and wil make water poddels of it And I wil swepe them out with the besome of destruccion sayeth the LORDE of hoostes The LORDE of hoostes hath sworne an ooth sayeÌ„ge It shal come to passe as I haue determined shal be fulfilled as I haue deuysed The Assirians shal be destroyed in my londe and vpon
LORDE that it shal no more be called Tophet ▪ or the valley of the children of Ennon but the valley of the slayne for in Tophet they shal be buried because they shal els haue no rowme Yee y e deed bodies of this people shal be eaten vp of the foules of the ayre wilde beastes of the earth no man shal fraye them awaie And as for the voyce of myrth gladnesse of the cities of Iuda Ierusalem the voyce of the brydegrome and of the bryde I will make them ceasse for the londe shal be desolate The VIII Chapter AT the same tyme saieth the LORDE the bones of the kinges of Iuda the bones of his princes the bones of the prestes and prophetes yee and the bones of the citisens of Ierusalē shal be brought out of their graues and layed agaynst the Sonne the Moone and all the heauenly hooste whom they loued whom they serued whom they ranne after whom they sought worshipped They shal nether be gathered together ner buried but shal lye vpō the earth to their shame and despisinge And all they that remayne of this wicked generacion shal desyre rather to dye thē to lyue where so euer they remayne where as I scatre them saieth the LORDE of hoostes This shalt thou saye vnto them also Thus saieth the LORDE Do men fall so that they arise not vp agayne And turne they so farre awaye y t they neuer conuerte Wherfore then is this people and Ierusalem gone so farre backe that they turne not againe ▪ They are euer the longer the more obstinate and will not be conuerted For I haue loked and considered but there is no mā that speaketh a good worde there is no man that taketh repētaunce for his synne that will so moch as saye wherfore haue I done this But euery man as soone as he is turned backe runneth forth still like a wilde horse in a battayl The Storke knoweth his apoynted tyme the Turtledoue y e Swalow and the Crane cōsidre the tyme of their trauayle but my people will not knowe the tyme of the punyshment of the LORDE How darre ye saye then we are wise we haue the lawe of the LORDE amonge vs Beholde the disceatfull penne of the scrybes setteth forth lies therfore shal the wise be confounded they shal be afrayed and taken for lo they haue cast out the woorde of the LORDE what wyszdome can then be amonge them Wherfore I will geue their wyues vnto aleauntes and their feldes to destroyers For from the lowest vnto the hyest they folowe all shamefull lucre and from the prophet vnto the prest they deale all with lies Neuertheles they heale the hurte of my people with swete wordes sayenge peace peace where there is no peace at all Fye for shame how abhominable thinges do they And yet they be not ashamed yee they knowe of no shame Wherfore in the tyme of their visitacion they shal fall amonge the deed bodies saieth the LORDE Morouer I will gather them in saieth the LORDE so that there shal not be one grape vpon the vyne nether one fyge vpon the fyge tre and the leaues shal be plucte of Then will I cause them to departe and saye why prolonge we the tyme Let vs gather oure selues together and go in to the stronge cite there shall we be in rest For the LORDE oure God hath put vs to sylence and geuen vs water myxte with gall to drynke because we haue synned agaynst him We loked for peace and we fayre not the better we wayted for the tyme of health and lo here is nothinge but trouble Then shall the noyse of his horses be herde from Dan the whole londe shall be afrayed at the neyēge of his stronge horses for they shal go in and deuoure the londe with all that is in it the cities and those that dwell therin Morouer I will sende Cockatrices serpētes amonge you which will not be charmed and they shal byte you sayeth the LORDE Sorowe is come vpon me and heuynes vexeth my herte for lo the voyce of the criēge of my people is herde from a farre countre Is not the LORDE in Sion Is not he kinge in her Wherfore then haue they greued me shall the LORDE saye with their ymages and foolish straunge fashions The haruest is gone the Sōmer hath an ende and we are not helped I am sore vexed because of the hurte of my people I am heuy and abashed for there is no more Triacle at Galaad and there is no Phisician that cā heale the hurte of my people The IX Chapter O Who will geue my heade water ynough a well of teares for myne eyes that I maye wepe night ād daye for the slaughter of my people Wolde God that I had a cotage some where farre from folke that I might leaue my people and go from thē for they be all aduoutrers and a shrenckinge sorte They bēde their tūges like bowes to shute out lies As for the treuth they maye nothinge awaye with all in the worlde For they go from one wickednes to another and holde nothinge of me saieth the LORDE Yee one must kepe himself from another no man maye safely trust his owne brother for one brother vndermyneth another one neghboure begyleth another Yee one dissembleth with another and they deale with no treuth They haue practised their tunges to lye and taken greate paynes to do myschefe They haue set their stole in the myddest of disceate and for very dissemblinge falsede they wil not knowe me saieth the LORDE Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes beholde I wil melte them and trie thē for what shulde I els do to my people Their tunges are like sharpe arowes to speake disceate With their mouth they speake peaceably to their neghboure but preuely they laye waite for him Shulde I not punysh them for these thinges saieth the LORDE Or shulde I not be auenged of eny soch people as this Vpon the mountaynes will I take vp a lamentacion and soroufull crie and a mournynge vpon the fayre playnes of the wildernes Namely how they are so brente vp that no man goeth there eny more Yee a man shal not heare one beast crie there Byrdes and catell are all gone from thēce I will make Ierusalem also an heape of stones and a denne of venymous wormes And I wil make the cities of Iuda so waist that no man shal dwell therin What man is so wise as to vnderstonde this Or to whom hath the LORDE spoken by mouth that he maye shewe this and saye O thou londe why perishest thou so Wherfore art thou so brent vp and like a wildernesse that no mā goeth thorow Yee the LORDE himself tolde the same vnto them that forsoke his lawe and kepte not the thynge that he gaue them in commaundement nether lyued therafter but folowed the wickednes of their owne hertes and
SO the kynges prynces of all cities londes sent their Embassitours namely they of Syria and Mesopotamia Syria Sobal Lybia Celicia which came to Holofernes sayde Let thy wrath ceasse towarde vs It is better for vs to serue the greate kynge Nabuchodonosor with oure lyues and to be subiecte vnto the then that we shulde dye and be slayne and receaue greater hurte All oure cities and possessions all mountaynes and hilles all feldes greate and small catell shepe goates horses and camels all oure goodes and housholdes be in thy power vnder thy subieccion be it alltogether We oure selues also and oure children wylbe thyne owne come vnto vs a peceable lorde and vse oure seruyce at thy pleasure Then came Holofernes downe from the mountaynes with horsemeÌ„ greate power and conquered all stronge fensed cities and all that dwelt in the londe And out of all cities he toke stronge men soch as were mere for y e warre to helpe him There came soch a feare also vpon those countrees that the in dwellers of all the cities the prynces and rulers the people together weÌ„te forth to mete him as he came receaued him honorably with garlandes torches with daunses tabrettes and pipes Neuertheles though they dyd this yet might they not swage his rigorous stomak but he destroyed their cities hewed downe their woddes For Nabuchodonosor the kynge had commaunded him that he shulde rote out all the goddes of the londe to y e intent that he onely might be called and taken for God of the nacions which Holofernes with his power brought vnder him So wente he thorow Syria Sobal and thorow all Appamia and all Mesopotamia came to the Idumeans in the loÌ„de of Gabaa and Septopoli and toke their cities and remayned there thirtie dayes wherin he caused all the whole multitude of his hoost to be gathered together The IIII. Chapter WHan the children of Israel y t dwelt in Iewry herde this they were sore afrayed of him There came soch tremblinge also and feare vpon them that they sorowed he shulde do vnto the cite of Ierusalem and the temple of the LORDE as he had done to other cities their temples So they sent in to all Samaria rouÌ„de aboute vnto Iericho toke in and occupied all the toppes of the mountaynes made fast the townes with walles and prepared corne for them agaynst the battayll Eliachim also y e prest wrote vnto all theÌ„ that dwelt towarde Eszdrelon which lyeth ouer agaynst y e greate felde by Dotha Im vnto all those by whom men might haue passage vnto them that they shulde take in the wayes of the mountaynes wherby there might be eny waye and passage to Ierusalem y t they shulde holde diligent watch where eny strate waye was betwixte y e mouÌ„taynes And the children of Israel dyd as Eliachim the prest of the LORDE had commaunded them And all the people cried earnestly and humbled their soules with fastinges and prayers they and their wyues The prestes put on hayrie clothes and layed the yonge babes before the temple of the LORDE and couered the aulter of the LORDE with an hayrie clothe And with one acorde cried they vnto the LORDE God of Israel that their children shulde not be geuen in to a pray and their wyues in to a spoyle y t their cities shulde not be layed waist y t their Sanctuary shulde not be vnhalowed and so they to be a shame and rebuke vnto the Heithen Then Eliachim the hye prest of the LORDE wente rounde aboute all Israel and spake vnto them sayenge Be ye sure y t the LORDE wil heare youre peticions yf ye coÌ„tynue stedfast in fastinges and prayers in y e sight of the LORDE Remembre Moses the seruaunte of the LORDE which ouerthrew y e Amalechites that trusted in their might power in their hoost in their shildes in their charettes horsmen not with weapens but with holy prayers Euen so shal all the enemies of Israel be yf ye contynue in this worke that ye haue begonne So vpon this exortacion they contynued in prayer before the LORDE In so moch that they which offred brent sacrifices vnto the LORDE â—ffred the offringes vnto y e LORDE beynge arayed in hayrie clothes and had aszshes vpon their heades And they all besought God from their whole hert y t he wolde vyset his people of Israel The V. Chapter ANd worde came to Holofernes the prynce of the warres of the AssyriaÌ„s y t the childreÌ„ of Israel prepared them selues to make resistaunce â–ª how they had stopped the waâ—es betwixte the mountaynes Then was he exceadinge wroth â–ª called all the prynces of Moab the captaines of Ammon sayde vnto them Tell me what people is this y t kepeth in the mouÌ„taynes Or what maner of cities are they What is their power Or what maner of hoost haue they Who is their captayne And why do they despyse vs more then all those that dwell in the east and come not forth to mete vs y t they might receaue vs with peace Then Achior the captayne of all the Ammonites answered and sayde Syr yf it please the to heare me I wil tell the trueth before the concernynge this people that dwell in the mountaynes and there shal no lye go out of my mouth This people is of the generacion of the Caldees they dwelt first in Mesopotamia for they wolde not folowe y e goddes of their fathers that were in the londe of the Caldees so forsoke they the customes of their forefathers which had many goddes and worshipped one God that made heaueÌ„ and earth which also commaunded them that they shulde go from thence and dwell at Haran Now whan there came a derth in to y e whole londe they wente downe to Egipte there they dwelt foure hundreth yeares in y e which they multiplied so greatly that their hoost might not be nombred And whan the kynge of Egipte oppressed them and subdued theÌ„ in buyldinge of his cities with makynge of claye brick they cried vnto God their LORDE which punyshed the whole londe of Egipte with dyuerse plages Now whan the kynge of Egipte let theÌ„ go their waye the plage ceassed then folowed after theÌ„ to take theÌ„ to brynge theÌ„ agayne in to his seruyce whyle they were flyenge awaye the God of heaueÌ„ opened y e see so y t the waters stode fast vpon both the sydes as a wall these wente thorow the botome of the see drye shod In the which place whaÌ„ an innumerable people of the Egipcians folowed vpon them they were so ouerwhelmed with the waters that there remayned not one to tell theÌ„ that came after how it happened So whan this people was passed thorow the reed see they came in to the wildernes of the mount Synai where neuer man might dwell afore where the sonne of maÌ„ had neuer rested There were y e bytter
y t they haue borne false wytnes agaynst me beholde I must dye where as I neuer dyd eny soch thinges as these men haue maliciously inuented agaynst me And y e LORDE herde hir voyce For whē she was led forth to death y e LORDE raised vp y e sprete of a yōge childe whose name was Daniel which cried w t a loude voice I am clene frō this bloude Thē all y e people turned thē towarde him saide What meane these wordes y t thou hast spokē ▪ Daniel stode in y e myddest of thē sayde Are ye soch fooles O ye childrē of Israel y t ye cā not discerne Ye haue here condēned a daughter of Israel vnto death and knowe not the trueth wherfore Go syt on iudgment agayne for they haue spoken false witnesse agaynst her Wherfore the people turned agayne in all the haist And the elders that is the principall heades sayde vnto him come sit downe here amonge vs and shewe vs this matter seynge God hath geuen the as greate honoure as an elder And Daniel sayde vnto them Put these two asyde one from another and then shal I heare them When they were put a sunder one from another he called one of them and sayd vnto him O thou olde canckerde carle that hast vsed thy wickednesse so longe thine vngracious dedes which thou hast done afore are now come to light For thou hast geuen false iudgmentes thou hast oppressed the innocent and letten the giltie go fre where as yet the LORDE saieth The innocent and righteous se thou slaye not Wel than yf thou hast sene her tel me vnder what tre sawest thou them talkynge together He answered Vnder a Molbery tre And Daniel sayde very wel Now thou leist euen vpon thine heade Lo the messaunger of the LORDE hath receaued the sentence of him to cut y e in two Then put he him asyde and called for the other and sayde vnto him O thou sede of Canaan but not of Iuda Fayrnesse hath disceaued the and lust hath subuerted thine herte Thus dealte ye afore with the daughters of Israel and they for feare consented vnto you but the daughter of Iuda wolde not abyde youre wickednesse Now tell me than vnder what tre didest thou take them speakinge together He answered vnder a pomgranate tre Then sayde Daniel vnto him very wel now thou leyst also euen vpō thine heade The messaunger of the LORDE stondeth waytinge with the swerde to cut the in two and to slaye you both With that all the whole multitude gaue a greate shoute and praysed God which allwaye delyuereth them y t put their trust in him And they came vpon the two elders whom Daniel had conuicte with their owne mouth that they had geuen false witnesse and dealte with them euen likewyse as they wolde haue done with their neghbouresse Yee they dyd acordinge to the lawe of Moses and put them to death Thus the innocent bloude was saued the same daye Thē Helchias his wife praysed God for their daughter Susanna with Ioachim hir huszbonde and all y e kinrede that there was no dishoneste founde in her From that daye forth was Daniel had in greate reputaciō in the sight of y e people The ende of the story of Susanna The story of Bel which is the xiiij Chapter of Daniel after the Latin THere was at Babilon an ymage called Bel and there were spent vpon him euery daye xij cakes xl shepe and sixe greate pottes of wine Him dyd the kynge worshipe himself and wente daylie to hono r him but Daniel worshiped his owne God And the kynge sayde vnto him Why dost not thou worshipe Bel he answered and sayde Because I maye not worshipe thinges that be made w t hondes but the lyuynge God which made heauen and earth and hath power vpon all flesh The kynge sayde vnto him thinkest thou not y t Bel is a lyuynge God Or seist thou not how moch he eateth and drynketh euery daye Daniel smyled and sayde O kynge disceaue not thyselfe This is but made of claye within and of metall without nether eateth he euer eny thinge Then the kynge was wroth and called for his prestes and sayde vnto them Yf ye tell me not who this is that eateth vp these expenses ye shal dye But yf ye can certifie me that Bel eateth them then Daniel shall dye for he hath spoken blasphemy agaynst Bel. And Daniel sayde vnto the kynge let it so be acordinge as thou hast sayde The prestes of Bel were lxx besyde their wyues and children And the kynge wente with Daniel in to the temple of Bel. So Bels prestes sayde Lo we wil go out set thou y e meate there O kynge poure in the wyne then shutt the dore fast and seale it with thine owne signet and tomorow when thou commest in yf thou fyndest not that Bel hath eaten vp all we wil suffre death or els daniel that hath lyed vpon vs. The prestes thought them selues sure ynough for vnder y e altare they had made a preuy intraunce there wente they in euer and ate vp what there was So when they were gone forth the kynge set meates before Bel. Now Daniel had cōmaunded his seruauntes to bringe aszshes and these he siffted thorow out all the temple that the kynge might se. Then wente they out sparre the dore sealinge it with y e kynges signet and so departed In y e night came the prestes with their wyues and children as they were wonte to do and ate and dronke vp all In the mornynge be tymes at the breake of the daye the kynge arose Daniel with him And the kynge sayde Daniel are the seales whole yet He answered Yee o kynge they be whole Now as soone as he had opened the dore the kinge loked vnto y e altare and cried with a loude voyce Great◠art thou o Bel and with the is no disceate Then laughed Daniel and helde the kynge that he shulde not go in and sayde Beholde the pauement marcke well whose fotesteppes are these The kynge sayde I se the fotesteppes of men women and children Therfore the kynge was angrie and toke the prestes with their wyues and childrē they shewed him y e preuy dores where they came in ate vp soch thinges as were vpon y e altare For the which cause y e kynge slewe them delyuered Bel in to Daniels power which destroyed him and his temple And in that same place there was a greate dragon which they of Babilon worshipped And y e kynge sayde vnto Daniel sayest thou y t this is but a god of metall also lo he liueth he eateth drinketh so y t thou cāst not saye that he is no lyuinge God therfore worshipe him Daniel sayde vnto y e kinge I wil worshipe the LORDE my God he is y e truelyuynge God as for this he is not the God of life But geue me leaue o kynge
are come hither also whom Iason hath receaued preuely And these all do contrary to the decrees of the Emperoure sayenge that there is another kynge one Iesus They troubled the people and the rulers of the cite that herde this And whan they had receaued a sufficient answere of Iason and of the other they let them go But the brethren immediatly sent awaye Paul and Sylas by night vnto Berea Whan they came there they wēte in to the synagoge of the Iewes for they were the Eldest amonge thē at Thessalonica which receaued the worde maruelous wyllingly and searched the scriptures daylie whether it were euen so Then beleued many of them and worshipfull wemen off the Grekes and men not a fewe But whan the Iewes off Thessalonica had knowlege that the worde off God was preached off Paul at Berea they came and moued the people there also Howbeit the brethren sent Paul awaye then immediatly to go vnto the see As for Sylas and Timotheus they abode there styll They that conueyed Paul brought him vnto Athens And whan they had receaued a commaundement vnto Sylas and Timotheus that they shulde come vnto him in all the haist they wente their waye But whyle Paul wayted for them at Athens his sprete was moued in him whan he sawe the cite geuē so to the worshippinge of ymages And he spake vnto the Iewes and deuoute personnes in the synagoge in y e market daylie vnto thē that came to him But certayne Philosophers of y e Epicurees and Stoikes disputed with him And some sayde What will this babler saye But some sayde He semeth to be a tidinges brynger of new goddes That was because he had preached vnto thē the Gospell of Iesus of the resurreccion And they toke him and broughte him before the councell house and sayde Maye we not knowe what new doctryne this is that thou teachest For thou bryngest straūge tidinges to oure eares We wolde knowe therfore what this meaneth As for all they of Athens and straungers gestes they gaue thē selues to nothinge els but either to tell or to heare some newes Paul stode on the myddes of the comon place and sayde Ye mē of Athens I se that in all thinges ye are supersticious I haue gone thorow sene youre gods seruyce and founde an altare where vpō was wrytten To the vnknowne God Now shewe I vnto you y e same whom ye worshippe ignorauntly God which made y e worlde and all that therin is for so moch as he is LORDE of heauen and earth dwelleth not in temples made of handes nether is he worshipped with mens handes as though he had nede of eny man seynge he himself geueth life and breth vnto all men euery where and hath made of one bloude all the generacion of men to dwell vpō all the face of y e earth and hath assygned borders appoynted before how longe and farre they shulde dwell that they shulde seke the LORDE yf they mighte fele and fynde him And truly he is not farre from euery one of vs. For in him we lyue moue and haue oure beynge as certayne of youre awne Poetes also haue sayde We are his generacion For as moch then as we are the generacion of God we oughte not to thinke that the Godheade is like vnto golde or syluer or ymagery worke of the crafte or ymaginacion of man And truly God hath ouersene the tyme of ignoraunce But now he commaundeth all men euery where to repente because he hath appoynted a daye in the which he wyl iudge the cōpasse of the worlde with righteousnesse by that one man in whō he hath appoynted it and offred faith vnto all men after that he had raysed him vp from the deed Whan they herde of the resurreccion of the deed some mocked But some sayde We wyl heare the agayne of this matter So Paul departed from amonge them Howbeit certayne men claue vnto him and beleued amonge whom was Dionisius one of the councell and a woman named Damaris and other with them The XVIII Chapter AFter that departed Paul frō Athens and came to Corinthum and founde a Iewe named Aquila borne in Pōtus which was lately come out of Italy and his wife Priscilla because the Empero Claudius had commaunded all Iewes to departe from Rome and he drue vnto thē And because he was of the same crafte he abode with thē and wroughte Their crafte was to make tentes And he preached in the synagoge euery Sabbath daye and exhorted the Iewes and the Grekes Whan Sylas and Timotheus were come fro Macedonia Paul was constrayned by the sprete to testifye vnto y e Iewes that Iesus was very Christ. But whā they sayde cōtrary and blasphemed he shoke his rayment and sayde vnto them Youre bloude be vpon youre awne heade From hence forth I go blamelesse vnto the Gentyles And he departed thence and came in to the house of a man named Iustus which feared God and his house was nexte vnto the synagoge Howbeit Crispus the chefe ruler of the synagoge beleued on y e LORDE with all his housholde And many of the Corinthians that gaue audience beleued and were baptysed The LORDE spake vnto Paul by a vision in y e nighte Be not afrayed but speake and holde not thy peace for I am with the and noman shal inuade the that shal hurte the for I haue moch people in this cite He contynued there a yeare and sixe monethes and taught them the worde of God But whan Gallio was ruler of the countre of Achaia the Iewes made insurreccion w t one acorde agaynst Paul broughte him before the iudgment seate and sayde This felowe counceleth men to worshipe God cōtrary to the lawe Whan Paul was aboute to open his mouth Gallio sayde vnto y e Iewes Yf it were a matter of wronge or an euell dede O ye Iewes reason wolde that I shulde heare you but yf it be a question of wordes and of names and of y e lawe amōge you loke ye to it youre selues I thinke not to be iudge there ouer And he droue them from the iudgmēt seate Then all the Grekes toke Sosthenes the ruler of the Sinagoge and smote him before the iudgment seate And Gallio cared for none of tho thinges Paul after y t he had taried a good whyle toke his leue of the brethren and sayled in to Syria Priscilla Aquila bearinge him company And he shore his heade at Cenchrea for he had a vowe came downe to Ephesus lefte them there But he himselfe wēte in to the synagoge and reasoned with the Iewes And they desyred him that he wolde tary with them a longer season And he cōsented not but bad them farwele and sayde I must nedes in eny wyse kepe this feast that commeth at Ierusalem but yf God wyl I wil returne agayne vnto you And he departed from Ephesus and came to Cesarea and wente vp and saluted y