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 ouerthrowÌ„e 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 aueÌ„ged 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 foundacioÌ„s of y e earth for the LORDE wil reproue his people aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 shâ—lde I iusâ—fie 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 aÌ„d 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 amoÌ„ge 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 bâ—ere in the hedge But when the daye of thy preachers commeth y t thâ—u shalt be vysited theÌ„ shal they be waisted awaye Let no man beleue his frende ner put his confideÌ„ce 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
glad that thou iudgest the folke rightuously and gouernest the nacions vpoÌ„ earth Let the people prayse the 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 heaueÌ„s 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 coÌ„tinue in scarcenesse O God when thou weÌ„test forth before y e people wheÌ„ thou weÌ„test 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 enheritauÌ„ce 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 EuaÌ„gelistes Ringes w t their armies shal fle they of y e housholde shal deuyde y e spoyle Yf so be y t ye lye amoÌ„ge 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 pleÌ„teous 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 amoÌ„ge 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 seâ—e 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 amoÌ„ge them Thy God hath coÌ„mitted streÌ„gth vn to the stablish the thinge o God that thou hast wrought in vs. For thy teÌ„ples 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 scaâ—re the people that delyte in batayle The prynces shal come out of Egipte the Morians loÌ„de 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 â–ª 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 〈…〉 floude drowne me that the 〈…〉 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 seruauÌ„t for I am in trouble O haist y e to helpe me Drawe nye vnto my soâ—le and saue it Oh delyuer me because of 〈◊〉 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 coÌ„forte 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
was xij cubites foure fingers thick and rounde Now vpon the rope were brasen knoppes euery knoppe was fyue cubites hie vpon the knoppes were whopes pomgranates rounde aboute of clene brasse After this maner were both the pilers fashioned with the pomgranates wherof there were an hundreth and xcvj which hanged vpon the whoopes rounde aboute The chefe captayne also toke Sarias y t hie preâ—â— Sophonias that was chefe next him and the thre kepers of the treasury He toke out of the cite a chamberlayne which was a captayne of the souldyers seuen men that were the kinges seruauntes which were founde in the cite Sepher a captayne that vsed to muster the men of warre with lx men of the countre that were taken in the cite These Nabusaradan the chefe captayne toke caried them to the kinge of Babilon vnto Reblatha and the kinge of Babilon caused them to be put to death at Reblatha in the londe of Hemath And thus Iuda was ledde awaye captyue out of his owne londe This is the summe of the people whom Nabuchodonosor ledde awaye captyue In the seuenth yeare of his reigne he caried awaye of y e Iewes thre thousande thre and twenty In the xviij yeare Nabuchodonosor caried awaye from Ierusalem eight hunderth xxxij personnes In the xxiij yeare of Nabuchodonosor Nabusaradan the chefe captayne toke awaye seuen hundreth xlv Iewes presoners The whole summe of all the presoners is foure thousande and 〈◊〉 hundreth In the xxxvij yeare after that Ioachiâ— the kinge of Iuda was caried awaye in the xxv daye of the xij Moneth Euilmerodach kinge of Babilon the same yeare y t he reigned gaue Ioachim the kinge of Iuda his pardon and let him out of preson and spake louyngly to him And set his trone aboue y e trones of the other kinges that were with him in Babilon He chaunged also the dothes of his preson yee and he att with him all his life longe And he had a coÌ„tinuall lyuynge geuen him of the kinge of Babilon euery daye a certayne thinge alowed him all the dayes of his life vntill he dyed The ende of the prophet Ieremy The Lamentatacions of Ieremy And it came to passe after Israel was brought in to captiuyte and Ierusalem destroyed that Ieremy the prophet sat wepinge mournynge and makinge his mone in Ierusalem so that w t an heuy herte he sighed sobbed sayenge The first Chapter ALas how sitteth the cite so desolate y t some tyme was full of people how is she become like a wedowe which was the lady of all nacions How is she brought vnder tribute that ruled all londes She wepeth sore in the night so that y e teares runne downe hir chekes for amonge all hir louers there is none that geueth her eny comforte yee hir nexte frendes abhorre her are become hir enemies Iuda is taken presoner because she was defyled for seruynge so many straunge goddes she dwelleth now amonge the Heithen She fyndeth no rest all they that persecuted her toke her and so she dwelleth amonge hir enemies The stretes of Sion mourne because no man commeth more to the solempne feastes All hir gates are desolate hir prestes make lamentacion hir maydens are carefull and she herself is in greate heuynesse Hir enemies are fallen vpon hir heade haue put her to shame because the LORDE hath chastened her for hir greate wickednes hir children are ledde awaye captiue before their enemie All the bewtie of the doughter of Sion is awaye hir prynces are become like wethers that fynde no pasture They are dryueÌ„ awaye before their enemie so that they haue no more power Now doth Ierusalem remembre the tyme of hir misery disobedience yee the ioye pleasure y t she hath had in tymes past seynge hir people is brought downe thorow the power of their enemie there is no man for to helpe her hir enemies stoÌ„de lokinge at her and laugh hir Sabbath dayes to scorne Ierusalem synned euer more more therfore is she come in decaye All they that had her in honoure despise her for they haue sene hir fylthinesse Yee she sigheth and is a shamed of herselfe Hir skyrtes are defyled she remeÌ„bred not what wolde folowe therfore is hir fall so greate and there is no maÌ„ to comforte her O LORDE coÌ„sidre my trouble for myne enemie hath the vpper honde The enemie hath put his honde to all the precious thinges that she had yee euen before hir eyes came the Heithen in and out of the Sanctuary whom thou neuertheles hast forbydden to come within thy congregacion All hir people seke their bred with heuynes loke what precious thinge euery man hath that geueth he for meate to saue his life Considre O LORDE and se how vyle I am become O ye all that go fore by beholde and se yf there be eny sorowe like vnto myne wherwith the LORDE hath troubled me in the daye of his fearefull wrath From aboue hath he sent downe a fyre in to my bones and chastened me he hath layed a not for my fete and throwne me wyde open he hath made me desolate so that I must euer be mournynge The yocke of my transgression is come at the last with his honde hath he taken it vp and put it aboute my neck My strength is gone the LORDE hath delyuered me into those hondes wherout I can not quyte myself The LORDE hath destroyed all the mightie men that were in me He hath proclamed a feast to slaughter all my best meÌ„ The LORDE hath troden downe the doughter of Iuda like as it were in a wyne presse Therfore do I wepe and myne eyes gusshe out of water for the coÌ„forter that shulde quycken me is farre fro me My children are dryuen awaye for why the enemie hath gotten the ouer honde Sion casteth out hir hoÌ„des and there is no man to comforte her The LORDE hath layed the enemies rounde aboute Iacob and Ierusalem is as it were a menstruous womaÌ„ in the myddest of them The LORDE is rightuous for I haue prouoked his countenaunce vnto anger O take hede all ye people and considre my heuynes My maydens and my yonge men are led awaye in to captiuyte I called for my louers but they begyled me for my prestes and councelers but they perished euen while they sought for meate to saue their lyues Considre O LORDE how I am troubled my wombe is disquieted my herte turneth aboute in me and I am full of heuynes The swearde hurteth me without and within I am like vnto death They heare my mournynge but there is none that wil comforte me All myne enemies haue herde of my trouble and are glad therof because thou hast done it But thou shalt brynge forth the tyme when they also shal be like vnto me From the shall come all their aduersite thou shalt plucke
them awaye eueÌ„ as thou hast plucked me because of all my wickednesse For my sorow is very greate and my herte is heuy The II. Chapter ALas how hath y e LORDE darckened the doughter of Sion so sore in his wrath As for the honoure of Israel he hath casten it downe from heauen How happeneth it that he remembred not his owne fote stole when he was angrie The LORDE hath cast downe all the glory of Iacob without eny fauoure All the stronge places of the doughter Iuda hath he broken in his wrath throwne them downe to the grounde hir kyngdome hir prynces hath he suspended In the wrath of his indignacion he hath broken all the horne of Israel he hath with draweÌ„ his right honde from the enemie yee a flame of fyre is kyndled in Iacob hath consumed vp all rounde aboute He hath bent his bowe like an enemie he hath fastened his right honde as an aduersary and euery thinge that was pleasauÌ„t to se he hath smyten it downe He hath poured out his wrath like a fyre in to the tabernacle of the doughter â—ion The LORDâ— is become like as it were an enemie he hath cast downe Israel all his places yee all his stronge holdes hath he destroyed and fylled the doughter of Iuda w t moch sorow and heuynesse Hir tabernacle which was like a garden of pleasure hath he destroyed hir hie soleÌ„pne feastes hath he put downe The LORDE hath brought it so to passe that the hie solempne feastes and Sabbathes in Sion are clene forgotteÌ„ In his heuy displeasure hath he made the kynge prestes to be despised The LORDE hath forsaken his owne aulter is wroth with his owne Sanctuary hath geuen the walles of their towres in to the hondes of the enemie Their enemies made a noyse in the house of the LORDE as it had bene in a solempne feast daye The LORDE thought to breake downe the walles of the doughter Sion he spred out his lyne drewe not in his honde till he had destroyed them Therfore mourne the turrettes and the broken walles together Hir portes are casten downe to the grounde hir barres are broken smytten in sonder hir kynge prynces are caried awaye to the GeÌ„tiles They haue nether lawe ner prophetes ner yet eny vision from the LORDE The Senatours of the doughter Sion sit vpon the grounde in sylence they haue strowed aszshes vpon their heades and gyrded them selues with sackcloth The maydens of Ierusalem hange downe their heades to the grounde Myne eyes begynne to fayle me thorow wepinge my body is disquieted my leueris poured vpon the earth for the greate hurte of my people seynge the children and babes dyd swowne in the stretes of the cite Euen when they spake to their mothers where is meate and drynke for whyle they so sayde they fell downe in the stretes of the cite like as they had bene wounded and some dyed in their mothers bosome What shal I saye of the O thou doughter Ierusalem to whom shall I lickeÌ„ the To whom shal I coÌ„pare the o thou doughter Sion to comforte the withall Thy hurte is like a mayne see who maye heale the Thy prophetes haue loked out vayne folish thinges for the they haue not shewed the of thy wickednesse to kepe the from captiuyte but haue ouerladen the and thorow falsede scatred the abrode All they that go by the clappe their hondes at the hissinge and wagginge their heades vpon the doughter Ierusalem and saye is this the cite that men call so fayre wherin the whole londe reioyseth All thine enemies gape vpon the whisperinge and bytinge their teth sayenge let vs deuoure for the tyme that we loked for is come we haue founde and sene it The LORDE hath fulfilled the thinge that he was purposed to do and perfourmed that he had deuysed longe agoo he hath destroyed and not spared He hath caused thine aduersary to tryumphe ouer the and set vp the horne of thine enemie Let thine hert crie vnto the LORDE O thou cite of the doughter Sion let thy teares ruÌ„ne downe like a ryuer daye night rest not let not the aple of thine eye leaue of Stonde vp and make thy prayer in the first watch of the night poure out thine heâ—â— like water before the LORDE lift vp thine hondes for the lyues of thy yonge children that dye of honger in the stretes Beholde O LORDE considre why hast thou gathered me vp so clene Shal the women then eate their owne frute euen children of a spanne longe Shal the prestes and prophetes be slayne thus in the Sanctuary of the LORDE Yonge olde lye behinde the stretes vpon the grounde my maydens yonge men are slayne with the swearde whom thou in the daye of thy wrothfull indignacion hast put to death Yee euen thou hast put them to death not spared them My neghbours that are rounde aboute me hast thou called as it were to a feast daye so that in the daye of the LORDES wrath none escaped nether was eny left behinde Those that I had brought vp norisshed hath myne enemy destroyed The III. Chapter I Am the maÌ„ that thorow the rodd of his wrath haue experieÌ„ce of misery He droue me forth and led me yee into darcknesse but not in to light Agaynst me only he turneth his honde layeth it euer vpon me My flesh my skynne hath he made olde and my bones hath he brussed He hath buylded rounde aboute me closed me in with gall and trauayle He hath set me in darcknesse as they that be deed for euer He hath so hedged me in that I can not get out hath layed heuy lynckes vpon me Though I crie call piteously yet heareth he not my prayer He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones made my pathes croked He layeth waite for me like a Bere and as a lyon in a hole He hath marred my wayes and brokeÌ„ me in peces he hath layed me waist altogether He hath bent his bowe and made me as it were a marck to shute at The arowes of his quyuer hath he shot euen in to my reynes I am laughed to scorne of all my people they make songes vpon me all y e daye loÌ„ge He hath fylled me with bytternesse geuen me wormwod to drynke He hatâ— smytten my teth in peces rolled me in the dust He hath put my soule out of rest I forget all good thinges I thought in myself I am vndone there is no hope for me in the LORDE O remembre yet my mysery and my trouble the wormwod and the gall Yee thou shalt remeÌ„bre them for my soule melteth awaye in me Whyle I coÌ„sidre these thinges in my hert I get a hope
O thou enemie of myne reioyce not at my fall for I shal get vp agayne and though I syt in darcknesse yet y e LORDE is my light I will beare the punishment of the LORDE for why I haue offended him till he syt in iudgment vpon my cause and se that I haue right He wil bringe me forth to the light and I shal se his rightuosnesse She that is myne enemy shall loke vpon it be confounded which now saieth Where is thy LORDE God Myne eyes shal beholde her when she shal be troden downe as the claye in the stretes The tyme wil come that thy gappes shal be made vp and the lawe shal go abrode and at that tyme shal they come vnto the from Assur vnto the stroÌ„ge cities and from the stronge cities vnto the ryuer from the one see to the other from the one mountayne to the other Notwtstondinge the londe must be waisted because of them that dwell therin and for the frutes of their owne ymaginacions Therfore fede thy people with thy rodde the flocke of thine heretage which dwell desolate in the wodde that they maye be fedde vpon the mount of Charmel Basan Galaad as afore tyme. Maruelous thinges will I shewe them like as when they came out of Egipte This shal the Heithen se and be aszshamed for all their power so that they shal laye their honde vpon their mouth and stoppe their eares They shal licke the dust like a serpent as the wormes of the earth y t tremble in their holes They shal be afrayed of the LORDE oure God they shal feare ye. Where is there soch a God as thou that pardonest wickednes and forgeuest the offences of the remnaunt of thine heretage He kepeth not his wrath for euer And why his delyte is to haue compassion he shal turne agayne be mercyfull to vs he shal put downe oure wickednesses cast all oure synnes in to the botome of the see Thou shalt kepe thy trust with Iacob and thy mercy for Abraham like as thou hast sworne vnto oure fathers longe agoo The ende of the prophet Micheas The Prophet Naum. What Naum conteyneth Chap. I. He prayseth the power and goodnesse of God he reproueth the Niniuites because they despysed the councell and punyshment of God Chap. II. He descrybeth vnto them the terryblenesse of the plage Chap. III. He reproueth the abhominacions of the malicious cite and â—â—heweth them of their punyshment This is the heuy burthen of Niniue which Naum of Elchos dyd wryte as he sawe it The first Chapter THe LORDE is a gelous God and a taker of vengeaunce yee a taker of veÌ„geaunce is y e LORDE and wrothfull The LORDE taketh vengeaunce of his enemies and reserueth displeasure for his aduersaries The LORDE suffreth longe he is of greate power so innocent that he leaueth no man fautlesse before him The LORDE goeth forth in tempest and stormy wether the cloudes are the dust of his fete WheÌ„ he reproueth the see he dryeth it vp turneth all the floudes to drye londe Basan is desolate Charmel and the pleasure of Libanus waisteth awaye The mountaynes tremble for him the hilles consume At the sight of him the earth quaketh yee the whole worlde and all that dwell therin Who maye endure before his wrath Or who is able to abyde his grymme displeasure His anger taketh on like fyre and the harde rockes burst in sunder before him Ful gracious is the LORDE and a stronge holde in tyme of trouble he knoweth theÌ„ that put their trust in him when the floude renneth ouer and destroyeth the place and when the darcknesse foloweth still vpon his enemies What do ye ymagin then agaynst the LORDE on this maner Tush when he hath once made an ende there shal come nomore trouble For like as the thornes that sticke together and as the drye strawe so shal the dronckardes be consumed together euen when they be full There come out of y e soch as ymagin myschefe and geue vngracious councell agaynst the LORDE Therfore thus saieth the LORDE Let theÌ„ be as wel prepared yee and as many as they can yet shal they be hewen downe and passe awaye And as for the I wil vexe the but not vtterly destroie the. And now wil I breake his rodde from thy backe and burst thy bondes in sonder But the LORDE hath geuen a commaundement coÌ„cernynge the that there shall come nomore sede of thy name The carued and casten ymages will I rote out of the house of thy god Thy graue shal I prepare for the and thou shalt be confounded The II. Chapter BEholde vpon the mountaynes come the fete of him that bryngeth good tydinges preacheth peace O Iuda kepe thy holy dayes perfourme thy promyses for Belial shal come nomore in the he is vtterly roted out The scaterer shal come vp agaynst the laye sege to the castell Loke thou wel to the stretes make thy loynes stronge arme thy self with all thy myght for the LORDE shal restore agayne the glory of Iacob like as y e glory of Israel The destroyers haue broken them downe marred the wyne braunches The shylde of his giauntes glistereth his men of warre are clothed in purple His charettes are as fyre when he maketh him forwarde his archers are wel deckte trimmed The charettes rolle vpon the stretes welter in the hye wayes They are to loke vpon like cressettes of fyre and go swyftly as the lightenynge When he doth but warne his giauntes they fall in their araye haistely they clymme vp the walles yee the engyns of the warre are prepared all ready The water portes shal be opened and the kinges palace shall fall The quene hir self shal beled awaye captyue and hir gentilwomen shal mourne as the doues grone within their hertes Niniue is like a pole full of water but then shal they be fayne to fle Stonde stoÌ„de shal they crie there shal not one turne backe Awaye with the syluer awaye with the golde for here is no ende of treasure There shal be a multitude of all maner costly ornamentes Thus must she be spoyled emptied clene striped out that their hertes maye be melted awaye their knees treÌ„ble all their loynes be weake and their faces blacke as a pot Where is now the dwellinge of the lyoÌ„s and the pasture of the lyons whelpes where the lyon and the lyonesse wente with the whelpes and no man frayed them awaye But the lyon spoyled ynough for his yonge ones and deuoured for his lyonesse he fylled his dennes with his pray his dwellinge place with that he had rauyszshed Beholde I wil vpon the saieth the LORDE of hoostes and wil set fyre vpon thy charettes that they shal smoke withall and the swerde shal deuoure thy yonge lyons I wil make an ende of thy spoylinge from out of the earth the voyce of thy messaungers shall nomore be herde The
backe thine enemies The kinge of Israel euen the LORDE himself is with the so that 〈…〉 nomore to feare eny myszfortune In that tyme it shall be sayed to Ierusaâ—lem feare not and to Sion let not thine hâ—ndes be slacke for the LORDE thy God is with the it is he that hath power to saue he hath a special pleasure in the and a maruelous loue towarde the yee he reioyseth ouer the 〈◊〉 gladnesse Soch as haue bene in heuynâ—sse wil I gather together and take out of thy congregacion as for the shame and 〈◊〉 that hath bene layed vpon the it shal be fâ—â—re from the. And lo in y t tyme wil I destroyâ— all those that vexe the I wil helpe the 〈◊〉 and gather vp the cast a waye yee I wil get them honoure and prayse in all loÌ„des where they haue bene put to shame At y e same tyme wil I bringe you in and at the same tyme wil I gather you I wil get you a name and a good reporte amonge all people of the earth when I turne backe youre captiuyte before youre eyes saieth the LORDE The ende of the prophet Sophony The Prophet Aggeus What Aggeus conteyneth Chap. I. He exorteth the people to buylde vp the teÌ„ple and reproueth theiâ— loÌ„ge tarieÌ„ge Chap. II. He geueth the rulers a corage Of the ornameÌ„tes and glory of the seconde temple wherby is vnderstoÌ„de the church of the faith full The first Chapter In the seconde yeare of kynge Darius in the vj. moneth the first daye of the moneth came the worde of the LORDE by the prophet Aggeus vnto Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel y e prynce of Iuda and to Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the â—ye prest sayenge Thus speaketh the LORDE of hoostes and saieth This people doth saye The tyme is not yet come to buylde vp the LORDES house Then spake the LORDE by the prophet Aggeus sayed Ye yo r selues can fynde tyme to dwell in syled houses and shal this house lye waist Considre now youre owne wayes in youre hertes saieth y e LORDE of hoostes ye sowe moch but ye bringe litle in Ye eate but ye haue not ynough ye drinke but ye are not fylled ye decke youre selues but ye are not warme he y t earneth eny wage putteth it in a broken purse Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes CoÌ„sidre youre owne wayes in youre hertes get you vp to the mountayne fetch wod buylde vp to the house that it maye be acceptable vnto me and that I maye shewe myne honoure saieth the LORDE Ye loked for moch and lo it is come to litle though ye brynge it home yet do I blowe it awaye And why so saieth the LORDE of hoostes EueÌ„ because that my house lyeth so waist and ye renne euery man vnto his owne house Wherfore the heauen is forbyddeÌ„ to geue you eny dew and the earth is forbydden to geue you encrease I haue called for a drouth both vpoÌ„ the londe vpon the mountaynes vpon corne vpon wyne vpon oyle vpon euery thinge that the grounde bryngeth forth vpon men and vpon catell yee and vpon all handy laboure Now when Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest with the remnaunt of the people herde the voyce of the LORDE their God the wordes of the prophet Aggeus like as the LORDE their God had sent him the people dyd feare the LORDE Then Aggeus the LORDES angel sayed in the LORDES message vnto the people I am w t you saieth the LORDE So the LORDE waked vp the sprete of Zorobabel the prynce of Iuda and the sprete of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest and the sprete of the remnaunt of all the people y t they came laboured in the house of the LORDE of hoostes their God The II. Chaptyr VPon the xxiiâ—j daye of the sixte moneth in the secoÌ„de yeare of kinge Darius the xxi daye of the seuenth moneth came the worde of the LORDE by the prophet Aggeus sayenge speake to Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel prynce of Iuda and to Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest and to the residue of y e people saye Who is left amoÌ„ge you that sawe this house in hir first beuty But what thinke ye now by it Is it not in youre eyes eueÌ„ as though it were nothinge Neuerthelesse be of good chere o Zorobabel saieth the LORDE be of good conforte o Iesua thou sonne of Iosedec hye prest take good hartes vnto you also all ye people of the londe saieth the LORDE of hoostes and do acordinge to the worde for I am with you saieth the LORDE of hoostes like as I agreed with you when ye came out of the londe of Egypte my sprete shal be amonge you feare ye not For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Yet once more will I shake heaueÌ„ and earth the see and the drye loÌ„de Yee I will moue all Heithen the comforte of all Heithen shall come so wil I fyll this house with honoure saieth the LORDE of hoostes The syluer is myne the golde is myne saieth the LORDE of hoostes Thus y e glory of the last house shal be greater theÌ„ the first saieth the LORDE of hoostes in this place wil I geue peace saieth the LORDE of hoostes The xxiiij daye of the ix moneth in these conde yeare of kinge Darius came the worde of the LORDE vnto the prophet Aggeus sayenge Thus saieth y e LORDE God of hoostes Axe the prestes concernynge the lawe saye Yf one beare holy flesh in his cote lappe with his lappe do touch the bred potage wyne oyle or eny other meate shall he be holy also The prestes answered saide No. Then sayde Aggeus Now yf one beynge defyled with a deed carcase touch eny of the se shall it also be vnclene The prestes gaue answere sayed yee it shall be vnclene TheÌ„ Aggeus answered and sayde Euen so is this people this nacion before me saieth y e LORDE and so are all the workes of their hoÌ„des yee and all that they offre is vnclene And now I praye you coÌ„sidre from this daye forth and how it hath gone with you afore or euer there was layed one stone vpoÌ„ another in the temple of the LORDE that when ye came to a corne heape of xx busshels there were scarceten and that when ye came to the wyne presse for to poure out L. pottes of wyne there were scarce xx For I smote you with heate blastinge hale stones in all the labours of youre hondes yet was there none of you that wolde turne vnto me saieth the LORDE Considre then from this daye forth and afore namely from the xxiiij daye of the ix moneth vnto the daye that the foundacion of the LORDES temple was layed Marck it well Is not the sede yet in the barne haue not the vynes the fygetrees
thou hast made Oh what is man y t thou art so myndfull of him ether the sonne of maÌ„ that thou visitest him After thou haddest for a season made him lower theÌ„ the angels thou crownedest him with hono r glory Thou hast set him aboue the workes off thy hondes thou hast put all thinges in subieccion vnder his fete All shepe and oxen yee and the beastes of the felde The foules of the ayre the fysh of the see and what â—o walketh thorow the wayes of the see O LORDE oure gouernoure how wonderfull is thy name in all the worlde The IX A psalme of Dauid I Wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the o LORDE with my whole herte I wil speake of all thy maruelous workes I wil be glad reioyse in the yee my songes wil I make of thy name o thou most hyest Because thou hast dryueÌ„ myne enemies abacke they were discoÌ„fited perished at thy presence For thou hast manteyned my right and my cause thou syttest in the Trone that art the true iudge Thou rebukest the Heithen and destroyest the vngodly thou puttest out their name for euer and euer The enemies swerdes are come to an ende thou hast ouerthrowen their cities their memoriall is perished with theÌ„ But y e LORDE endureth for euer he hath prepared his seate vnto iudgmeÌ„t He gouerneth y e worlde with rightuousnes ministreth true iudgmeÌ„t vnto the people The LORDE is a defence for the poore a defence in the tyme of trouble Therfore they y t knowe thy name put their trust in y e for thou LORDE neuer faylest theÌ„ that seke the. O prayse the LORDE which dwelleth in Sion shewe y e people of his doinges And why he maketh inquysicion for their bloude and remembreth them he forgetteth not the complaynte of the poore Haue mercy vpoÌ„ me o LORDE considre the trouble that I am in amoÌ„ge myne enemies thou that liftest me vp from y e gates of death That I maye she we all thy prayses within the portes off the doughter Sion and reioyse in thy sauynge healâ—h As for the Heithen the are sunckeÌ„ doâ—ne in the pytte that they made in the same nette which they spred out priuely is their owne fote takeÌ„ Thus y e LORDE is knowne to execute true iudgment wheÌ„ the vngodly is trapped in the workes of his owne handes Sela. The wicked must be turned vnto hell and all the Heithen y t forget God But the poore shal not allwaye be out of remembraunce the pacieÌ„t abydinge of soch as be in trouble shall not perish for euer Vp LORDE let not man haue the vpper haÌ„de let the HeitheÌ„ be coÌ„demned before the. O LORDE set a scolemaster ouer theÌ„ that the HeitheÌ„ maye knowe them selues to be but meÌ„ Sela Here the Hebrues begynne the x. psalme WHy art thou gone so farre of o LORDE wilt thou hyde thyselff in tyme of trouble Whyle y e vngodly hath the ouer hande the poore must suffre persecucion O that they were taken in the ymaginacions which they go aboute For the vn godly maketh boost of his owne hertes desyre the cuvetous blesseth him self and blasphemeth the LORDE The vngodly is so proude and full of indignacioÌ„ that he careth not nether is God before his eyes His wayes are allwaye filthie thy iudgmentes are farre out of his sight he defyeth all his enemies For he sayeth in his herte Tush I shal neuer be cast downe there shal no harme happeÌ„ vnto me His mouth is full of cursynge fraude and disceate vnder his toÌ„ge is trauayle sorow He sytteth lurkynge in the gardens that he maye pryuely murthur the innocent his eyes are set vpoÌ„ the poore He lyeth way â—inge secretly as it were a lyon in his denne He lurketh that he maye rauysh the poore yee to rauish the poore when he hath gotten him in to his nett Then smyteth he then oppresseth he casteth downe the poore with his auctorite For he sayeth in his herte Tush God hath forgotten he hath turned a waye his face so y t he will neuer se it Aryse o LORDE God lift vp thine honde and forget not the poore Wherfore shulde the wicked blaspheme God and saye in his herte Tush he careth not for it This thou seist for thou considrest the mysery and sorowe The poore geueth himselff ouer in to thy hande and committeth him vnto the for thou art the helper of the frendlesse Breake thou y e arme off the vngodly and malycious search out the wickednesse which he hath done that he maye perish The LORDE is kynge for euer ye Heithen shal perish out off his londe LORDE thou hearest the desyrous longinge off the poore their herte is sure that thine eare herkeneth therto Helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto their right that the vngodly be nomore exalted vpon earth The X. A psalme of Dauid IN the LORDE put I my trust how will ye then saye to my soule that she shulde fle as a byrde vpon youre hill For â—o the vngodly haue beÌ„t their bowe and made redy their arowes in the quyuer that they maye priuely shute at them which are true of herte The very foundacion haue they cast downe what caÌ„ the rightuous theÌ„ do withall But the LORDE is in his holy temple the LORDES seate is in heauen He coÌ„sidereth it with his eyes his eye lyddes beholde the children of men The LORDE seith both the rightuous and vngodly but who so deliteth in wickednes him his soule abhorreth Vpon the vngodly he shal rayne snares fyre brymstone storme and tempest this rewarde shal they haue to drynke For the LORDE is rightuous aÌ„d he loueth rightuousnes his countenaunce beholdeth the thiÌ„ge y t is iust The XI A psalme of Dauid HElpe LORDE for there is not one saynte more very fewe faithfull are there amonge the children off men Euery man telleth lyes to his neghbo r they do but flater with their lippes and dissemble in their herte O that the LORDE wolde rote out all disceatfull lippes aÌ„d the tonge that speaketh proude thinges Which saye Oure toÌ„ge shulde preuayle we are they that ought to speake who is lorde ouer vs Now for the troubles sake off the oppressed because of the complaynte of the poore I wil vp sayeth the LORDE I wil helpe theÌ„ and set theÌ„ at rest The wordes of the LORDE are pure wordes eueÌ„ as y e syluer which from earth is tried and purified vij tymes in the fyre Kepe theÌ„ therfore o LORDE and preserue vs froÌ„ this generacion for euer And why when vanite and ydylnes getteth the ouer hande amonge the children of men all are full of y e vngodly The XII A psalme of Dauid HOw longe wilt thou forget me o LORDE for euer how longe wilt thou hyde thy face fro me Oh how loÌ„ge shall I seke councell in my soule how longe shall I be so vexed in my herte how longe shal myne enemie triumphe ouer me Considre aÌ„d heare me o LORDE
he led them forth like shepe and caried them in the wyldernesse like a flocke He brought them out safely that they shulde not feare and ouerwhelmed their enemies with the see He caried them vnto the borders of his Sanctuary euen in to this hill which he purchased with his right hande He dyd cast out the Heithen before them caused their londe to be deuyded amonge them for an heretage and made y e tribes of Israel to dwell in their teÌ„tes For all this they tempted and displeased the most hye God and kepte not his couenaunt But turned their backes and fell awaye like their forefathers startinge asyde like a broken bowe And so they greued him with their hie places prouoked him with their ymages When God herde this he was wroth and toke sore displeasure at Israel So that he forsoke the tabernacle in Silo euen his habitacion wherin he dwelt amonge men He delyuered their power in to captiuyte and their glory in to the enemies hoÌ„de He gaue his people â—uer in to the swerde for he was wroth with his heretage The fyre consumed their yonge men and their maydeÌ„s were not geuen to mariage Their prestes were slayne with the swerde and there were no wyddowes to make lamentacion So the LORDE awaked as one out of slepe and like a giaunte refreshed with wyne He smote his enemies in y e hynder partes and put them to a perpetuall shame He refused the tabernacle of Ioseph and chose not the trybe of Ephraim Neuerthelesse he chose y e trybe of Iuda eueÌ„ the hill of Sion which he loued And there he buylded his temple on hye and layed y e foundacion of it like y e grounde that it might perpetually endure He chose Dauid also his seruauÌ„t and toke him awaye from the shepe foldes As he was folowinge the yowes greate with yonge he toke him that he might fede Iacob his people and Israel his enheritaunce So he fed them with a faithfull and true hert and ruled them with all y e diligence of his power The LXXVIII A psalme of Asaph O God y e Heithen are fallen in to thine heretage thy holy temple haue they defyled and made Ierusalem an heape of stones The deed bodies of thy seruauntes haue they geuen vnto y e foules of the ayre to be deuoured and the flesh of thy sayntes vnto y e beestes of the londe Their bloude haue they shed like water on euery syde of Ierusalem and there was no maÌ„ to burie them We are become an open shame vnto oure enemies a very scorne and derision vnto them that are rounde aboute vs. LORDE how longe wilt thou be angrie shal thy gelousy burne like fyre for euer Poure out thy indignacion vpon the Heithen that knowe the not and vpon the kyngdomes that call not vpon thy name For they haue deuoured Iacob and layed waiste his dwellinge place O remeÌ„bre not oure olde synnes but haue mercy vpon vs that soone for we are come to greate mysery Helpe vs O God o r Sauyo r for y e glory of y e name o delyuer vs forgeue vs o r synnes for y e names sake Wherfore shall y e HeitheÌ„ saye where is now their God O let the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes bloude that is shed be openly shewed vpon the HeitheÌ„ in oure sight O let the soroufull sighinge of the presoners come before the and acordinge vnto y e power of thine arme preserue those y t are appoynted to dye And for the blasphemy wher w t o r neghbours haue blasphemed y e rewarde theÌ„ o LORDE seueÌ„ folde in to their bosome So we y t be y e people shepe of thy pasture shal geue the thankes for euer wil allwaye be shewinge forth thy prayse more more The LXXIX A psalme of Asaph HEare o thou shepherde of Israel thou y t ledest Iacob like a flocke of shepe shewe y i self thou y t syttest vpoÌ„ y e Cherubins Before Ephraim BeÌ„ Iamin Manasses stere vp thy power come helpe vs. Turne vs agayne o God shewe the light of thy countenauÌ„ce we shal be whole O LORDE God of hoostes how loÌ„ge wilt thou be angrie ouer the prayer of thy people Thou hast fed theÌ„ with the bred of teares yee thou hast geuen theÌ„ pleÌ„teousnes of teares to drynke Thou hast made vs a very strife vnto o r neghbours o r enemies laugh vs to scorne Turne vs agayne thou God of hoostes shewe the light of thy couÌ„tenauÌ„ce we shal be whole Thou hast brought a vynyâ—rde out of Egipte thou didest cast out y e HeitheÌ„ plaÌ„te it Thou maydest rowme for it caused it to take rote so y t it fylled the loÌ„de The hilles were couered with the shadowe of it so were the stronge Cedretrees w t the bowes therof She stretched out hir brauÌ„ches vnto the see hir bowes vnto the water Why hast thou then broken downe hir hedge that all they which go by plucke of hir grapes The wilde bore out of the wod hath wrutt it vp the beestes of the felde haue deuoured it Turne y e agayne thou God of hoostes loke downe from heauen beholde viset this vynyarde Manteyne it that thy right hoÌ„de hath plaÌ„ted the sonne whom thou maydest so moch of for thy self For why it is breÌ„t with fyre lyeth waist o let theÌ„ perishe at there buke of thy wrath Let thy honde be vpon the man of thy right honde vpon the man whoÌ„ thou maydest so moch off for thine owne self And so wil not we go backe from the oh let vs lyue we shal call vpon thy name Turne vs agayne o LORDE God of hoostes shewe the light of thy couÌ„tenauÌ„ce we shal be whole The LXXX A psalme of Asaph SYnge merely vnto God which is o r streÌ„gth make a chearful noyse vnto y e God of Iacob Take y e psalme brynge hither the tabret the mery harpe lute Blowe vp the troÌ„pettes in the new Moone vpon o r soleÌ„pne feast daye For this is the vse in Israel a lawe of the God of Iacob This he ordened in Ioseph for a testimony when he came out of Egipte had herde a strauÌ„ge laÌ„guage When he eased his shulder from the burtheÌ„ when his hondes were delyuered froÌ„ the pottes WheÌ„ thou calldest vpon me in trouble I helped the herde the what tyme as the storme fell vpoÌ„ the I proued the also at the water of strife Sela. Heare o my people for I assure the o Israel yf thou wilt herken vnto me There shal no straunge God be in the nether shalt thou worshipe eny other God I am the LORDE thy God which brought the out of the loÌ„de of Egipte opeÌ„ thy mouth wyde I shal fyll it But my people wolde not heare my voyce Israel wolde not obeye me So I gaue
a litle so shall pouerte come vnto the as one y t trauayleth by y e waye necessite like a wapened man The XXV Chapter THese also are Salomons prouerbeâ— which the men of Ezechias kinge of Iuda gathered together It is the hono r of God to kepe a thinge secrete but y e kinges hono r is to search out a thinge The heauen is hie y e earth is depe and y e kinges hert is vnsearcheable Take y e drosse from y e syluer there shal be a cleane vessell therof Take awaye vngodlinesse froÌ„ y e kynge his seate shal be stablished w t rightuousnes Put not forth y t self in y e presence of y e kynge prease not in to y e place of greate men Better it is y t it be sayde vnto y e come vp hither then thou to be set downe in y e presence of y e prynce whom thou seyst with thine eyes Be not haistie to go to the lawe lest happlie thou ordre y i self so at y e last y t thy neghbo r put y e to shame Handle thy matter w t y i neghbo r himself discouer not another mans secrete lest whan men heare therof it turne to y e dishono r lest thine euell name do not ceasse A worde spoken in due season is like apples of golde in a syluer dyshe The correccion of the wyse is to an obedient eare a golden cheyne and a Iewel of golde Like as the wynter coole in the haruest so is a faithfull messaunger to him that sent him refreszsheth his masters mynde Who so maketh greate boastes geueth nothinge is like cloudes wynde without rayne With pacience maye a prynce be pacified w t a soft tonge maye rigorousnes be brokeÌ„ Yf thou findest hony eate so moch as is sufficieÌ„t for y e lest thou be ouer full per breake it out againe Withdrawe y e foote froÌ„ thy neghbours house lest he be weery of the and so abhorre the. Who so beareth false wytnesse agaynst his neghboure he is a very speare a swearde a sharpe arowe The hope of the vngodly in tyme of nede is like a rotten toth and a slippery foote Who so syngeth a songe to a wicked herte clotheth hiÌ„ with ragges in the colde and poureth vyneger vpon chalke Yf thine enemie honger fede him yf he thyrst geue him drynke for so shalt thou heape coales of fyre vpoÌ„ his heade and the LORDE shal rewarde the. The north wynde dryueth awaye the rayne euen so doth an earnest sober countenauÌ„ce a back byters tonge It is better to syt in a corner vnder the rofe then w t a braulynge woman in a wyde house A good reporte out of a farre countre is like colde water to a thyrstie soule A righteous man fallynge downe before the vngodly is like a troubled well and a sprynge y t is destroyed Like as it is not good to eate to moch hony euen so he that wyll search out hye thynges it shal be to heuy for him He that can not rule himself is like a cite which is broken downe and hath no walles The XXVI Chapter LIke as snowe is not mete in sommer ner rayne in haruest euen so is worshipe vnsemely for a foole Like as y e byrde and the swalowe take their flight and fle here and there so the curse that is geuen in vayne shal not light vpon a man Vnto the horse belongeth a whyppe to the Asse a brydle and a rodde to the fooles backe Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse lest thou become like vnto him but make y e foole an answere to his foolishnesse lest he be wyse in his owne coÌ„ceate He is lame of his fete yee droncken is he in vanite that coÌ„mitteth eny thinge to a foole Like as it is an vnsemely thiÌ„ge to haue legges yet to halte eueÌ„ so is a parable in y e fooles mouth He y t setteth a foole in hye dignite y t is eueÌ„ as yf a man dyd cast a precious stone vpoÌ„ y e galous A parable in a fooles mouth is like a thorne y t pricketh a droncken man in y e hande A man of experience discerneth all thinges well but who so hyreth a foole hyreth soch one as wyl take no hede Like as the dogg turneth agayne to his vomite euen so a foole begynneth his foolishnesse agayne a fresh Yf thou seyest a man y t is wyse in his owne conceate there is more hope in a foole then in hiÌ„ The slouthfull sayeth there is a leoparde in y e waye and a lyon in y e myddest of the stretes Like as the dore turneth aboute vpon the tresholde euen so doth the slouthfull weâ—ter himself in his bedd The slouthfull body thrusteth his hoÌ„de in to his bosome and it greueth him to put it agayne to his mouth The slogarde thinketh him self wyser then vij men that sytt and teach Who so goeth by and medleth with other mens strife he is like one y t taketh a dogg by y e eares Like as one shuteth deadly arowes and dartes out of a preuy place euen so doth a dyssembler with his neghboure And then sayeth he I dyd it but in sporte Where no wodd is there the fyre goeth out and where the bacbyter is taken awaye there the strife ceaseth Coles kyndle heate and wodd y e fyre euen so doth a braulinge felowe stere vp variaunce· A slaunderers wordes are like flatery but they pearse y e inwarde partes of y e body Venymous lippes a wicked herte are like a potsherde couered w t syluer drosse An enemie dyssembleth with his lippes and in the meane season he ymagineth myschefe but whaÌ„ he speaketh fayre beleue him not for there are seuen abhominacioÌ„s in his herte Who so kepeth euell will secretly to do hurte his malyce shal be shewed before the whole congregacion Who so dyggeth vp a pytt shal fal therin and he y t weltreth a stone shal stomble vpon it hymselfe A dyssemblynge tonge hateth one that rebuketh him and a flateriÌ„ge mouth worketh myschefe The XXVII Chapter TAke not thy boost of tomorow for thou knowest not what maye happen todaye Let another maÌ„ praysethe not thine owne mouth yee other folkes lippes and not thyne The stone is heuy and the sonde weightie but a fooles wrath is heuyer then they both Wrath is a cruell thiÌ„ge and furiousnesse is a very tempest yee who is able to abyde envye An open rebuke is better then a secrete loue Faithfull are the woundes of a louer but y e kysses of an enemie are disceatfull He that is full abhorreth an hony combe but vnto him that is hoÌ„grie euery sower thinge is swete He that oft tymes flytteth is like a byrde y t forsaketh hir nest The herte is glad of a swete oyntment and sauoure but a stomacke that caÌ„ geue good councell reioyseth a mans neghboure
The cities of thy Sanctuary lye waist Sion is a wildernesse and Ierusalem a deserte Oure holy house which is oure bewty where oure fathers praysed the is brent vp yee all oure cōmodities and pleasures are waysted awaye Wilt thou not be intreated LORDE for all this Wilt thou holde thy peace and scourge vs so sore The lxv Chapter THey shal seke me that hitherto haue not axed for me they shal fynde me that hither to haue not sought me Then shal I saye immediatly to the people that neuer called vpon my name I am here I am here For thus longe haue I euer holden out my hondes to an vnfaithful people that go not the right waye but after their owne ymaginacions To a people that is euer defyenge me to my face They make their oblacions in gardens and their smoke vpon aulters of bricke they lurck amonge the graues and lie in the dennes all night They eate swyne flesh and vnclene broth is in their vessels Yf thou comest nye them they saie touch me not for I am holyer then thou All these men when I am angrie shal be turned to smoke and fyre that shal burne for euer Beholde it is written before my face shal not be forgotten but recōpensed I shal rewarde it them in to their bosome I meane youre mysdedes and the mysdedes of youre fathers together saieth the LORDE which haue made their smokes vpon the mountaynes and blasphemed me vpon the hilles therfore will I measure their olde dedes in to their bosome agayne Morouer thus saieth the LORDE like as when one wolde gather holy grapes men saye vnto him breake it not of for it is holy Euen so will I do also for my seruauntes sakes that I will not destroye them all But I will take a sede out of Iacob and out of Iuda one to take possession of my hill My chosen shal possesse these thinges my seruauntes shall dwell there Saron shal be a shepefolde and the valley of Achor shal geue stallinge for the catell of my people that feare me But as for you ye are they y t haue for saken the LORDE and forgotten my holy hill Ye haue set vp an aulter vnto fortune geuē rich drink offeringes vnto treasure Therfore wil I nombre you with the swerde that ye shall be destroyed all together For when I called no man gaue me answere when I spake ye herkened not vnto me but dyd wickednes before myne eyes and chosed the thinge that pleased me not Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde my seruauntes shal eate but ye shall haue honger Beholde my seruauntes shall drynke but ye shal suffre thurste Beholde my seruauntes shal be mery but ye shal be cōfounded Beholde my seruauntes shal reioyse for very quietnesse of herte But ye shal crie for sorow of hert and cōplayne for vexacion of mynde Youre name shal not be sworne by amonge my chosen for God the LORDE shal slaye you and call his seruauntes by another name Who so reioyseth vpō earth shall reioyse in the true God And Who so sweareth vpō earth shal sweare in the true God For the olde enemite shal be forgotten and taken awaye out of my sight For lo I shal make a new heauē a new earth And as for the olde they shall neuer be thought vpō ner kepte in mynde but mē shal be glad and euermore reioyse for the thinges that I shall do For why Beholde I shal make a ioyfull Ierusalē yee I myself will reioyse with Ierusalem be glad with my people And the voyce of wepinge and waylinge shall not be herde in her from thēce forth There shall neuer be childe ner olde man that haue not their full dayes But whē the childe cometh to an hūderth yeare olde it shall dye And yf he that is an hūderth yeare of age do wronge he shal be cursed They shal buylde houses and dwel in them they shal plante vynyardes and eate the frute of them They shall not buylde another possesse they shall not plante and another eate But the life of my people shal be like a tre and so shal the worke of their hondes My chosen shal lyue longe they shall not laboure in vayne ner beget w t trouble for they are the hie blessed sede of the LORDE their frutes with them And it shal be that or euer they call I shal answere them Whyle they are yet but thinkinge how to speake I shal heare them The wolff and the lambe shal fede together and the lyon shal eate haye like the bullocke But earth shal be the serpētes meate There shal no man hurte ner slaye another in all my holy hill saieth the LORDE The lxvj Chapter THus saieth the LORDE Heauē is my seate and the earth is my fote stole Where shal now the house stonde y t ye will buylde vnto me And where shal be the place y t I wil dwel in As for these thinges my hōde hath made them all and they are all created saieth the LORDE Which of them shal I then regarde Euē him that is of a lowly troubled sprete and stōdeth in awe of my wordes For who so slayeth an oxe for me doth me so greate dishonoure as he y t kylleth a mā He that kylleth a shepe for me choketh a dogge He that bringeth me meat offringes offreth swynes bloude Who so maketh me a memoriall of Incense prayseth the thinge y t is vnright Yet take they soch wayes in honde and their soule deliteth in these abhominacions Therfore wil I also haue pleasure in laughinge them to scorne and the thinge that they feare wil I bringe vpon thē For when I called no man gaue answere when I spake they wolde not heare But dyd wickednesse before myne eyes chose the thinges that displease me Heare the worde of God all ye that feare the thinge which he speaketh You re brethren that hate you and cast you out for my names sake saye Let the LORDE magnifie himself that we maye se youre gladnesse yet they shal be cōfounded For as touchinge the cite and the temple I heare the voyce of the LORDE that will rewarde and recompēce his enemies like as when a wife bringeth forth a man childe or euer she suffre the payne of the byrth and anguysh of y e trauayle Who euer herde or sawe soch thinges doth the grounde beare in one daye or are the people borne all at once as Sion beareth his sonnes For thus-sayeth the LORDE Am I he that maketh other to beare and beare not my self Am not I he that beareth and maketh baren saieth thy God Reioyse with Ierusalem be glad with her all ye that loue her Be ioyful with her all ye that mourned for her For ye shal sucke cōforte out of hir brestes and be satisfied Ye shal taist and haue delite in the plenteousnesse of hir power For
off water It is Egipte that ryseth vp like the floude and casteth out the waters with so greate noyse For they saye We will go vp and will couer the earth we wil destroye y e cities with them that dwell therin Get you to horse backe roll forth y e Charettes come forth ye worthies ye Morians ye Libeans with youre buclers ye Lideans with youre bowes So shall this daye be vnto the LORDE God of hoostes a daye of veÌ„geaunce that he maye aveÌ„ge him of his enemies The swearde shal deuoure it shal be satisfied and bated in their bloude For the LORDE God off hoostes shall haue a slayne offringe towarde the North by the water of Euphrates Go vp o Galaad bringe triacle vnto the doughter off Egipte But in vayne shalt thou go to surgery for thy wounde shall not be stopped The Heithen shall heare off thy shame and the londe shal be full of thy confucion for one stronge man shall stomble vpon another how then shulde they not fall both together These are the wordes that the LORDE spake to the prophet Ieremy concernyge y e hoost of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon which was to destroye the londe off Egipte Preach out thorow the londe of Egipte and cause it be proclamed at Migdal Memphis and Taphnis and saye Stonde still make the redie for the swearde shal consume the rounde aboute How happeneth it that thy mightie worthies are fallen why stode they not fast Euen because the LORDE thrust them downe The slaughter was greate for one fell euer still vpon another One cried vpon another Vp let vs go agayne to oure owne people and to oure owne naturall countre from the swearde of oure enemie Crie euen there O Pharao kynge of Egipte the tyme will bringe sedicion As truly as I lyue saieth the kynge whose name is the LORDE of hoostes it shall come as y e mount of Thabor and as Libanus yf it stode in the see O thou doughter of Egipte make redy thy geer to flyt For Memphis shal be voyde and desolate so that no maÌ„ shal dwell therin The londe of Egipte is like a goodly fayre calfe but one shall come out of the north to dryue her forwarde Hir wagied souldyers that be with her are like fat calues They also shall fle awaye together and not abyde for the daye off their slaughter and the tyme of their visitacion shall come vpon them The crie off their enemies shall make a noyse as the blast of a trompet For they shall entre in with their hooste and come w t axes as it were hewers downe of wod And they shall cut downe hir wod saieth the LORDE with out eny discrecion For they shal be mo in noÌ„bre then the greshoppers so that no man shal be able to tell theÌ„ The doughter of Egipte shal be confouÌ„ded wheÌ„ she shal be delyuered in to the hondes off the people off the north Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will vyset that restlesse people off Alexandria Pharao and Egipte yee both their goddes and their kynges euen Pharao and all them y t litten vnto him Yee I will delyuer them in to the hondes off those that seke after their lyues Namely in to the power off Nabuchodonosor the kynge off Babilon and in to the power off his seruauÌ„tes And after all these thinges it shal be inhabited as afore tyme saieth the LORDE But be not thou afrayed o my seruaunt Iacob feare not thou o Israel For lo I wil helpe the from farre and thy sede from the londe of thy captiuyte Iacob also shall come agayne and be in rest he shall be rich and no man shall do him harme Feare thou not o Iacob my seruaunt saieth the LORDE for I am with the and will destroye all nacions amonge whom I haue scatred the. Neuertheles I will not consume the but chasten the and correcke the yee and that with discrecion nether wil I spare the as one that were fautlesse The XLVII Chapter THese are the wordes that the LORDE spake vnto Ieremy the prophet agaynst the Phylistines before that Pharao smote the cite off Gaza Thus saieth the LORDE Beholde there shall waters arise out off the north and shall growe to a greate floude runnynge ouer and couerynge the londe the cities and them that dwell therin And the men shall crie and all they that dwell in the londe shall mourne at the noyse and stampynge off their stronge barded horses at the shakynge off their charettes and at the remblinge off the wheles The fathers shall not loke to their children so feable and weery shall their hondes be at the same tyme when he shal be there to destroye the whole londe off the Phylistynes He shall make waist both Tirus Sidon aÌ„d all other that are sworne vnto them For the LORDE will destroye all Palestina and the other Iles that be deuyded froÌ„ the countre Baldnesse is come vpon Gaza Ascalon with hir other valleys shall kepe hir peace How longe wilt thou slaye O thou swearde off the LORDE Turne agayne in to y e sheeth reste and leaue off But how can it ceasse when the LORDE himselff hath geuen it a charge agaynst Ascalon and raysed it vp agaynst the cities off the see coast The XLVIII Chapter THus saieth y e LORDE off hoostes y e God of Israel against Moab Wo be to y e cite of Nebo for it shal be layed waist brought to confucion and taken Yee y e stroÌ„ge cite of Cariatharim shal be brought to shame and afrayed Moab shall nomore â—e had in honoure Wicked councell shal be taken vpon Hesebon Come shall they saye let vs rote them out that they maye be nomore amonge the nombre of the Gentiles yee that they maye nomore be thought vpon Thus the swearde shall persecute ye. A voyce shall crie from Horonaim With greate waistinge and destruction is Moab made desolate And this crie shal be herde in all hir cities At the goinge vp vnto Luhtih there shall arise a lameÌ„tacion and downe towarde Horonaim there shall be herde a cruell and a deedly crie Get you awaye saue youre lyues be like vnto the heeth in y e wildernes For because thou hast trusted in thy stronge holdes and treasure thou shalt be taken Chamos with his prestes and prynces shall go awaye in to captiuyte The destroyer shal come vpon all cities none shall escape The valleys shal be destroyed and the feldes shall be layed waist like as the LORDE hath determed Make a token vnto Moab that she get hir awaye spedely for hir cities shal be made so desolate that no man shall dwell therin Cursed be he that doth the worke of the LORDE necligently and cursed be he that kepeth backe his swearde from sheddynge off bloude Moab hath euer bene rich and carlesse from hir youth vp she hath sytten and takeÌ„ hir ease with hir treasure She was
you euerlastinge rest for he is nye at hande that shal come in the ende of the worlde Be ready to the rewarde of the kyngdome for the euerlastinge light shall shyne vpon you for euermore Fle the shadowe of this worlde receaue the ioyfulnes of youre glory I testifie my sauioure openly O receaue the gift y t is geuen you and be glad geuynge thankes vnto him that hath called you to the heauenly kyngdome Aryse vp and stonde fast beholde the nombre of those that be sealed in the feast of the LORDE which are departed from the shadowe of the worlde and haue receaued glorious garmeÌ„tes of the LORDE Take thy nombre O Sion and shutt vp thy purified which haue fulfilled the lawe of the LORDE The nombre of thy children whom thou longedest for is fulfilled beseke the power of the LORDE that thy people which haue bene called from the begynnynge maye be halowed I Eszdras sawe vpon the mount Sion a greate people whom I coude not nombre they all praysed the LORDE with songes of thankesgeuynge And in the myddest of theÌ„ there was a yonge maÌ„ of an hye stature mâ—re excellent then all they and vpon euery one of their heades he sett a crowne and was euer hygher and hygher which I marueled at greatly So I axed y e angell sayde Syr what are these He answered and sayde vnto me These be they that haue put of the mortall clothinge and put on the immortall and haue testified knowleged the name of God Now are they crowned and receaue the rewarde Then sayde I vnto the angell what yonge personne is it that crowneth them geueth them the palmes in their handes So he answered and sayde vnto me It is y e sonne of God whom they haue knowleged in the worlde Then beganne I greatly to commende them that stode so stifly for the name of the LORDE And so the angell sayde vnto me Go thy waye and tell my people what maner of thinges and how greate wonders of the LORDE thy God thou hast senâ— The III. Chapter IN the thirtie yeare of the fall of the cite I was at Babilon laye troubled vpoÌ„ my bed my thoughtes came vp ouer my hert for I sawe y e desolacion of Sion the plenteous wealth of them y t dwelt at Babilon my sprete was sore moued so that I begaÌ„ne to speake fearfull wordes to the most hyest and sayde O LORDE LORDE thou spakest at the begynnynge whan thou plantedst y e earth and that thy self alone and gauest commaundement vnto y e people and a body vnto Adam which was a creature of thy handes and hast brethed in him the breth of life and so he lyued before the and thou leddest him in to paradyse which gardeÌ„ of pleasure thy right hande had planted or euer the earth was made And vnto him thou gauest commaundemeÌ„t to loue y e waye which he transgressed immediatly thou appoyntedest death in him and in his generacions Of him came nacions trybes people kynreddes out of nombre And euery people walked after their owne wil and dyd nyce thinges before the and as for thy commaundementes they despysed them But in processe of tyme thou broughtest the water floude vpon those that dwelt in the worlde and destroydest them And like as the death was in Adam so was the water floude also in these Neuertheles one of them thou leftest namely Noe with his housholde of whom come all righteous meÌ„ And it happened that whan they y t dwelt vpon the earth beganne to multiplie and had gotten many children and were a greate people they beganne to be more vngodly then the first Now whan they all lyued so wickedly before the thou didest chose the a man from amonge them whose name was Abram Him thou louedest and vnto him only thou shewdest thy wyll and maydest an euerlastinge couenaunt with him promisinge him that thou woldest neuer forsake his sede And vnto him thou gauest Isaac vnto Isaac also thou gauest Iacob and Esau. As for Iacob thou didest chose him and put backe Esau. And so Iacob became a greate multitude And it happened that whaÌ„ thou leddest his sede out of Egipte thou broughtest theÌ„ vp to the mount Sion bowinge downe the heauens settinge fast the earth mouynge the grounde makynge the depthes to shake and troublynge the worlde And thy glory wente thorow foure portes of fyre and earth quakes and wyndes and colde that thou mightest geue the lawe vnto the sede of Iacob and diligence vnto the generacioÌ„ of Israel And yet tokest thou not awaye from theÌ„ that wicked hert that thy lawe might brynge forth frute in them For the first Adam bare a wicked hert transgressed and was ouercome and so be all they y t are borne of him Thus remayned weaknes with the lawe in the hert of the people with the wickednesse of the rote so that the good departed awaye and the euell abode still So the tymes passed awaye and the yeares were brought to an ende Then didest thou rayse the vp a seruaunt called Dauid whom thou commaundedst to buylde a cite vnto thy name and to offre vp incense and sacrifice vnto the therin This was done now many yeares Then the inhabiters of the cite forsoke the and in all thinges dyd eueÌ„ as Adam and all his generacions had done for they also had a wicked hert And so thou gauest thy cite ouer in to the handes of thine enemies Are they of Babilon then better and more righteous then thy people y t they shal therfore haue the domynion of Sion For whan I came there and sawe their vngodlynes and so greate wickednesse that it coude not be noÌ„bred yee whan my soule sawe so many euell doers in y e xxx yeare my hert fayled me for I sawe how thou suffrest them in soch vngodlynes and sparest y e wicked doers but thine owne people hast thou roted out and preserued thine enemies this hast thou not shewed me I can not perceaue how this happeneth Do they of Babilon then better then they of Sion Or is there eny other people y t knoweth the sauynge the people of Israel Or what generacion hath so beleued y e couenauÌ„tes as Iacob And yet their rewarde appeareth not and their labo hath no frute For I haue gone here and there thorow the HeitheÌ„ I se y t they be rych wealthy thynke not vpon y e commaundementes Weye thou therfore oure wickednesse now in y e balaunce and theirs also that dwell in the worlde and so shal thy name be nowhere founde but in Israel Or where is there a people vpon earth y t hath not synned before the Or what people hath so kepte thy commaundementes Thou shalt fynde that Israel by name hath kepte thy preceptes but not the other people and Heithen The IIII. Chapter ANd the angell that was sent vnto me whose name was Vriel gaue me answere and sayde Thy
maketh a god of the same claye this doth euen he which a litle afore was made of earth himself and within a litle whyle after whan he dyeth turneth to earth agayne Notwithstandinge he careth not y e more because he shal labo r ner because his life is shorte but stryueth to excell goldsmythes y e syluer smythes copper smithes and taketh it for an hono r to make vayne thinges For his hert is ashes his hope is but vaine earth his life is more vyle then claye for so moch as he knoweth not his awne maker that gaue him his soule to worke and brethed in him the breth of life They counte oure life but a pastyme and oure conuersacion to be butt a market and that men shulde euer be gettinge yee and that by euell meanes Now he y t of earth maketh frayle vessell and ymages knoweth himself to offende aboue all other All the enemies of thy people and y t holde them in subieccion are vnwyse vnhappie and exceadinge proude vnto their owne soules for they iudge all the Idols of the HeitheÌ„ to be goddes which nether haue eyesight to se ner noses to smell ner eares to heare ner fingers of handes for to grope as for their fete they are to slowe to go For man made them and he that hath but a borowed sprete fashioned them But no man can make a God like vnto him for seinge he is but mortall himself it is but mortall that he maketh with vnrighteous handes He himself is better then they whom he worshippeth for he lyued though he was mortall but so dyd neuer they Yee they worshippe beestes also â–ª which are most miserable for compare thinges that can not fele vnto them they are worse then those Yet is there not one of these beestes that with his sight caÌ„ beholde eny good thinge nether haue they geuen prayse ner thankes vnto God The XVI Chapter FOr these and soch other thinges haue they suffred worthy punyshment thorow y e multitude of beestes are they roted out Insteade of y e which punishmentes thou hast graciously ordred thine awne people geuen them their desyre that they loÌ„ged for a new straunge taist preparinge them quales to be their meate to the intent y t by the thinges which were shewed and sent vnto them they y t were so gredy of meate might be withdrawen euen from the desyre that was necessary But these within shorte tyme were brought vnto pouerte and taisted a new meate For it was requisite y t without eny excuse destruccion shulde come vpoÌ„ those which vsed tyraÌ„ny to shewe onely vnto the other how their enemies were destroyed For whan the cruell woodnesse of the beestes came vpon them they peryshed thorow the stinges of the cruell serpentes â–ª NotwithstoÌ„dinge y i wrath endured not perpetually but they were put in feare for a litle season y t they might be refourmed hauynge a token of saluacion to remembre the coÌ„maundement of thy lawe For he y t coÌ„uerted was not healed by the thinge y t he sawe but by THE O sauio of all So in this thou shewdest thine enemies y t it is thou which deliuerest froÌ„ all euell As for theÌ„ whan they were bytten w t greshoppers and flyes they died for they were worthy to perish by soch But nether the teth of dragons ner of venymous wormes ouer came y e children for thy mercy was euer by them helped theÌ„ Therfore were they punyshed to remeÌ„bre thy wordes but hastely were they healed agayne lest they shulde fall in to so depe forgetfulnesse that they might not vse thy helpe It was nether herbe ner plaster y t restored theÌ„ to health but thy worde o LORDE which healeth all thinges It is thou o LORDE y t hast the power of life death thou ledest vnto deathes dore bringest vp agayne But man thorow wickednes slayeth his owne soule when his sprete goeth forth it turneth not agayne nether maye he call agayne y e soule y t is takeÌ„ awaye It is not possible to escape y i hande For y e vngodly y t wolde not knowe y e were punyshed by y e streÌ„gth of thine arme w t strauÌ„ge waters hales and raynes were they persecuted thorow fyre were they coÌ„sumed For it was a wonderous thinge that fyre might do more then water which queÌ„cheth all thinges but y e worlde is y e aueÌ„ger of the righteous Some tyme was y e fyre so tame y t the beestes which were sent to punysh y e vngodly brent not y t because they shulde se knowe y t they were persecuted w t the punyshmeÌ„t of God And somtyme brent the fyre in the water on euery syde y t it might destroye y e vnrighteous nacioÌ„ of the earth Againe thou hast fed thine awne people w t angels fode sent theÌ„ bred ready from heaueÌ„ without their labo beynge very pleasauÌ„t well gusted And to shewe thy riches swetnesse vnto thy childreÌ„ thou gauest euery one their desyre so y t euery man might take what liked him best But the snowe yse abode the violeÌ„ce of the fyre melted not y t they might knowe y t the fyre burninge in the hale rayne destroied y e frute of y e enemies y e fyre also forgatt his streÌ„gth agayne y t y e righteous might be norished For y e creature y t serueth y e which art y e maker is fearse in punyshinge y e vnrighteous but it is easy geÌ„tle to do good vnto soch as put their trust in the. Therfore dyd all thinges alter at the same tyme were all obedieÌ„t vnto thy grace which is y e norse of all thinges acordinge to y e desyre of theÌ„ y t had nede therof y t y e childreÌ„ O LORDE whoÌ„ thou louest might knowe y t it is not nature the growinge of frutes y t fedeth meÌ„ but y t it is y e worde which preserueth theÌ„ y t put their trust in the. For loke what might not be destroyed w t the fyre as soone as it was warmed w t a litle Sonne beame it melted y t all men might knowe y t thankes ought to be geuen vnto y e before y e Sonne ryse y t thou oughtest to be worshipped before y e daye sprynge For y e hope of y e vnthankfull shal melt awaie as the wynter yse perishe as water y t is not necessary The XVII Chapter GReate are thy iudgmeÌ„tes o LORDE thy councels can not be expressed therfore men do erre y t wil not be refourmed w t thy wyszdome For whan the vnrighteous thought to haue thy holy people in subiecioÌ„ they were bounde w t the bandes of darcknes longe night shutt vnder y e rofe thinkinge to escape y e euerlaâ—tinge wiszdome And whyle they thought to be hyd in y e darcknesse of their synnes they were scatered abrode
of thy seruauntes acordinge to y e blessinge of Aaron ouer thy people that all they which dwell vpon earth maye knowe that thou art the LORDE the eternall God which is from euerlastinge The bely deuoureth all meates yet is one meate better then another Like as the tonge taisteth venyson so doth an hert of vnderstondinge marck false wordes A frowarde hert geueth heuynes but a man of experience lifteth him vp agayne The woman receaueth euery man yet is one daughter better then another A fayre wife reioyseth hir huszbande and a man loueth nothinge better Yf she be louynge vertuous withall then is not hir huszbande like other men He that hath gotten a vertuous woman hath a goodly possession she is vnto him an helpe and piler wher vpon he resteth Where no hedge is there the goodes are spoyled and where no houszwife is there y e frēdles mourneth Like as there is no credence geuen to a robber y t goeth from one cite to another So is not y e man beleued that hath no nest and must turne in where he maye abyde in the night The XXXVII Chapter EVery frende sayeth I wil be frendly vnto him also But there is some frende which is onely a frende in name Remayneth there not heuynes vnto death whan a companyon and frende is turned to an enemye O most wicked presumpcion Frō whence art thou spronge vp to couer the earth with falsede disceate There is some companyon which in prosperite reioyseth with his frēde but in the tyme of trouble he taketh parte agaynst him There is some cōpanyon that mourneth with his frende for the bely sake but whan trouble commeth he taketh holde of the shylde Forget not thy frende in thy mynde thynke vpon him in y i riches Euery counceler bryngeth forth his councell Neuertheles there is some y t counceleth but for his owne profit Bewarre of y e counceler be aduysed afore wherto thou wilt vse him for he wil geue coūcell for him self Lest he cast the lott vpon the saye vnto the Thy waye and purpose is good and afterwarde he stande agaynst the and loke what shal become of the. Axe no coūcell at him y t suspecketh y e for an enemie hyde y e councell from soch as hate ye. Axe no councell at a woman cōcernynge y e thinges y t she lōgeth for ner at a fearful fayntharted body in matters of warre or at a marchaunt how deare he wil cheape thy wares towarde his or at a byer of sellynge Or at an envyous man of thankesgeuynge Or at the vnmercifull of louynge kindnes Or at y e slouthfull of workinge Or at an hyrelynge which hath no house of profit or wealth An ydle body wolde not gladly heare speake of moch labo Take no soch folkes to coūcell but be diligēt to seke coūcel at a vertuous man y t feareth God soch one as thou knowest to be a keper of y e cōmaundemētes which hath a minde after thine owne minde is sory for y e whā thou stōblest And holde thy councell fast in thine hert for there is no man more faithful to kepe it then thou thy self For a mās mynde is somtyme more disposed to tell out then seuen watchmen that sytt aboue in an hye place lokynge aboute them And aboue all this praye the Hyest that he wil lede thy waye in faithfulnes trueth Before all thy workes axe councell first and or euer thou doest eny thinge be well aduysed There be foure thinges that declare a chaunged hert wherout there springeth euell good death life a masterfull tonge that bableth moch Some man is apte and well instructe in many thinges and yet very vnprofitable vnto himself Some man there is that can geue wyse and prudent councell and yet is he hated contynueth a begger for that grace is not geuē him of God to be accepted Another is robbed of all wiszdome yet is he wise vnto him self and the frute of vnderstōdinge is faithfull in his mouth A wyse man maketh his people wyse y e frutes of his wiszdome fayle not A wyse mā shal be plēteously blessed of God all they that se him shal speake good of him The life of man stondeth in y e nōbre of the dayes but the dayes of Israel are innumerable A wyse man shal opteyne faithfulnes credence amonge his people his name shal be perpetuall My sonne proue thy soule in thy life yf thou se eny euell thinge geue it not vnto her For all thinges are not profitable for all men nether hath euery soule pleasure in euery thinge Be not gredy in euery eatynge and be not to haistye vpō all meates For excesse of meates bryngeth siknes and glotony commeth at the last to an vnmeasurable heate Thorow glotony haue many one perished but he that dyeteth him self temperatly prolongeth his life The XXXVIII Chapter HOnoure the Phisician honoure him because of necessite God hath created him for of the Hyest commeth medecyne and he shal receaue giftes of the kynge The wiszdome of the phisician bryngeth him to greate worshipe in the sight of the greate men of this worlde he shal be honorably taken The LORDE hath created medecyne of the earth and he that is wyse wyl not abhorre it Was not y e bytter water made swete with a tre that men might lerne to knowe the vertue therof The LORDE hath geuen men wyszdome vnderstondinge y t he might be honoured in his wōderous workes With soch doth he heale men taketh awaye their paynes Of soch doth the Apotecary make a confeccion yet can no man perfourme all his workes For of y e LORDE commeth prosperous wealth ouer all y e earth My sonne despyse not this in thy sicknes but praye vnto the LORDE he shal make the whole Leaue of from synne ordre thy handes a right clēse thine hert from all wickednes Geue a swete sauoured offrynge y e fyne floure for a token of remembraunce make the offrynge fatt as one that geueth the first frutes geue rowme to the Phisician ▪ For y e LORDE hath created him let him not go from the for thou hast nede of him The houre maye come y t the seke maye be helped thorow them whan they praye vnto y e LORDE y t he maie recouer get health to lyue lōger He that synneth before his maker shall fall in to the handes of the Phisician My sonne brynge forth thy teares ouer the deed and begynne to mourne as yf thou haddest suffred greate harme thy self thē couer his body after a conuenyent maner despyse not his buryall Enforce thy self to wepe prouoke thy self to mourne make lamentacion expediently and y t a daye or two lest thou be euell spoken of then cōforte thy self because of the heuynes For of heuynes cōmeth death the heuynes of y e hert breaketh strength Heuynes
downe thorow the swearde of thy louers then shal all they that knowe thy name prayse the with thankesgeuynge So they stroke the batell and there were slayne of Lysias hoost fyue thousande men Then Lysias seynge the discomfetynge of his men and the manlynesse of the Iewes how they were ready ether to lyue or to dye like men He wente vnto Antioche and chose out men of warre that when they were gathered together they might come agayne in to Iewry Then sayde Iudas and his brethren beholde oure enemies are discomfited Let vs now go vp to clēse and to repayre the Sanctuary Vpon this all the hoost gathered them together and wente vp vnto mount Sion Now when they sawe the Sanctuary laied waist the aulter defyled the dores brent vp the shrubbes growinge in the courtes like as in a wod or vpon mountaynes yee and that the prestes Celles were broken downe They rente their clothes made greate lamentacion cast aszshes vpon their heades fell downe flat to the grounde made a greate noyse with the trompettes and cried towarde heauen Then Iudas apoynted certayne men to fight against those which were in the castel till they had clensed the Sanctuary So he chose prestes y t were vndefyled soch as had pleasure in the lawe of God and they clensed the Sanctuary bare out the defyled stones in to an vncleane place And for so moch as the aulter of burn offerynges was vnhalowed he toke aduysement what he might do withall so he thought it was best to destroye it lest it shulde happen to do them eny shame for the Heithen had defyled it therfore they brake it downe As for the stones they layed them vp vpon the mountayne by the house in a conuenient place till there came a prophet to shewe what shulde be done with them So they toke whole stones acordinge to the lawe and buylded a new aulter soch one as was before and made vp the Sanctuary within and without and halowed the courtes They made new ornamentes brought y e candilsticke the aulter of incense and the table in to the temple The incense layed they vpon the aulter lighted the lampes which were vpon the candilsticke that they might burne in the temple They set the shewbred vpon the table and hanged vp the vale and set vp y e temple as it was afore And vpon the xxv daye of the ix moneth which is called the moneth of Casleu in the C. xlviij yeare they rose vp by tymes in the mornynge for to do sacrifice acordinge to the lawe vpon the new burnt offrynge aulter that they had made after the tyme and season that y e Heithen had defyled it The same daye was it set vp agayne with songes pipes harpes and cymbales And all the people fell vpon their faces worshippynge and thankynge the God of heauen which had geuen them the victory So they kepte the dedicacion of the aulter viij dayes offerynge burntsacrifices and thank offeringes with gladnesse They deck to the temple also with crownes and shyldes of golde and halowed the portes and celles and hanged dores vpon them Thus was there very greate gladnes amonge the people because the blasphemy of the Heithē was put awaye So Iudas and his brethren with the whole cōgregacion of Israel ordened that the tyme of the dedicacion of y e aulter shulde be kepte in his season from yeare to yeare by the space of viij dayes from the xxv daye of the moneth Casleu yee and that w t myrth and gladnesse And at the same tyme buylded they vp y e mount Sion with hye walles and stronge towres rounde aboute lest y e Gentiles shulde come and treade it downe as they dyd afore Therfore Iudas set men of warre in it to kepe it and made it stronge for to defende Bethsura that the people might haue a refuge agaynst the Edomites The V. Chapter IT happened also that when y e Heithen rounde aboute herde how that the aulter and the Sanctuary were set vp in their olde estate it displeased them very sore wherfore they thought to destroye the generacion of Iacob that was amonge them In so moch that they beganne to slaye and to persecute certayne of y e people Then Iudas fought against the children of Esau in Idumea and agaynst those which were at Arabathane for they dwelt rounde aboute y e Israelites where he slewe spoyled a greate multitude of thē He thought also vpon the malice and vnfaithfulnes of the children of Bean how they were a snare and stoppe vnto y e people and how they layed waite for them in the hie waye wherfore he shut them vp in to towers and came vnto them condemned them and brent vp their towres with all that were in them Afterwarde wente he agaynst the children of Ammon wherof he founde a mightie power and a greate multitude of people with Tymothy their captayne So he stroke many battayls with them which were distroyed before him And when he had slayne them he wanne Gazer the cite with the townes belonginge therto and so turned agayne in to Iewry The Heithen also in Galaad gathered them together agaynst the Israelites that were in their quarters to slaye them but they fled to the castel of Datheman and sent letters vnto Iudas and his brethren sayenge The Heithen are gathered agaynst vs on euery syde to destroye vs and now they make thē for to come and laye sege to y e castel whervnto we are fled Timothy is the captayne of their hoost come therfore and delyuer vs out of their hondes for there is a greate multitude of vs slayne all ready Yee and oure brethren that were at Tubin are slayne and destroyed wel nye a thousande men and their wyues their children and their goodes haue the enemies led awaye captyue Whyle these letters were yet a readinge beholde there came other messaūgers from Galilee with rente clothes which tolde euen the same tydinges and sayde that they of Ptolomais of Tirus and of Sidon were gathered agaynst them and that all Galilee was fylled with enemies to destroye Israel When Iudas and y e people herde this they came together a greate congregacion to deuyse what they might do for their brethren that were in trouble and beseged of their enemies And Iudas sayde vnto Symon his brother chose y e out certayne men and go delyuer thy brethren in Galilee As for me and my brother Ionathas we wyl go in to Galaadithim So he left Iosephus y e sonne of Zachary and Asarias to be captaynes of the people and to kepe the remnaunt of the hoost in Iewry commaunded them sayenge Take the ouersight of this people and se that ye make no warre agaynst the Heithen vntill the tyme that we come agayne And vnto Simon he gaue thre thousande men for to go into Galilee but Iudas himself had eight thousande in to Galaadithim Then wente Symon in to Galilee and stroke dyuerse
dwell at Gaza The XIIII Chapter IN the Clxxij yeare gathered kynge Demetrius his hoost and departed vnto Media to gett him helpe for to fight agaynst Triphon Now when Arsaces the kynge of Persia and Media herde that Demetrius was entred within his borders he sente one of his prynces to take him alyue and to brynge him vnto him So he wente and slewe Demetrius hoost toke himselfe brought him to Arsaces which kepte him in warde And all the londe of Iuda was in rest so longe as Symon lyued for he sought the wealth of his people therfore were they glad to haue him for their ruler and to do him worshipe allwaye Symon wanne the cite of Ioppa also for an hauen towne and made it an intraunce in to the Iles of the see He enlarged the borders of his people and cōquered them more londe He gathered vp many of their people that were presoners he had the dominiō of Gaza Bethsura and the castell which he clensed from fylthines and there was no mā that resisted him So that euery man tylled his grounde in peace the londe of Iuda and the trees gaue their frute and encreace The elders sat all in iudgment and toke their deuyce for the wealth of the londe the yonge men put on worshipe and harnesse vpon them He prouyded vytayles for the cities and made goodly stronge holdes of them so that the fame of his worshipe was spoken of vnto the ende of y e worlde For he made peace thorow out the londe and Israel was full of myrth and ioye Euery mā sat vnder his vyne fyge trees and there was no man to fraye them awaye There was none in y e londe to fight agaynst them for then the kinges were ouercome He helped those that were in aduersite amonge his people he was diligent to se y e lawe kepte as for soch as were vngodly and wicked he toke thē awaye He set vp y e Sanctuary encreased the holy vessels of the temple When y e Romaynes and Sparcians had gotten worde y t Ionathas was deed they were right sory But when they herde y t Symon his brother was made hye prest in his steade and how he had wonne the londe agayne w t the cities in it they wrote vnto him in tables of laton to renue the frendshipe bonde of loue which they had made afore with Iudas Ionathas his brethrē Which writinges were red before the congregacion at Ierusalem And this is the copy of the lettres that the Sparcians sent The Senatours and citesyns of Sparta sende gretinge vnto Simō y e greate prest w t the elders prestes y e other people of the Iewes their brethrē Whē yo embassitours that were sente vnto o people certified vs of youre worshipe honoure and prosperous wealth we were glad of their cōminge and haue written the earande which they spake before the councell of the people namely that Numenius the sonne of Antiochus and Antipater the sonne of Iason the Iewes embassitours are come vnto vs for to renue the olde frendshipe with vs. Vpon this the people consented that the men shulde be honorably intreated and that the copy of their earande shulde be written in the speciall bokes of the people for a perpetuall memory vnto the Sparcians yee and that we shulde sende a copy of the same vnto Symon the greate prest After this dyd Symon sende Numenius vnto Rome with a golden shylde of a thousande pounde weight to confirme the frendshipe with them which when the Romaynes vnderstode they saide what thākes shal we recompence agayne vnto Symon his children For he hath stablished his brethrē and ouercome the enemies of Israel Wherfore they graūted him to be fre And all this wrote the Iewes in tables of laton and naled it vnto the pilers vpon the mount Sion The copy of the writinge is this The xviij daye of y e moneth Elul in the Clxxij yeare in the thirde yeare of Symon the hye prest in the greate congregacion of y e prestes rulers of the people and elders of the countre at Asaramel were these wordes openly declared For so moch as there was moch warre in oure londe therfore Symon y e sonne of Matathias come of the children of Iareb and his brethren put them selues in parell and resisted the enemies of their people that their Sanctuary and lawe might be manteyned and dyd their people greate worshipe Ionathas in like maner after that he had gouerned his people and bene their hye prest dyed and lyeth buried besyde his elders After that wolde their enemies haue trodden their holy thinges vnder fote destroyed their londe and vtterly waisted their Sanctuary Then Symon withstode them and fought for his people spent moch of his owne money weapened the valeaunt men of his people gaue them wages made stronge y e cities of Iuda with Bethsura that lieth vpon the borders of Iewry where the ordinaunce of their enemies laye somtyme set Iewes there for to kepe it He made fast Ioppa also which lieth vpon the see and Gaza that bordreth vpon Azotus where the enemies dwelt afore and there he set Iewes to kepe it and what so euer was mete for the subduynge of the aduersaries that layed he therin Now whē the people sawe the noble actes of Symon and what worshipe he purposed to do for them his godly behauoure and faithfulnesse which he kepte vnto them how he sought by all waies y e wealth of his people because he dyd all this therfore they chose him to be their prynce hye prest And in his tyme they prospered wel by him so y t the Heithē were takē out of their londe they also which were in the cite of Dauid at Ierusalē in the castell where they wente out and defiled all thinges that were aboute the Sanctuary and did greate harme vnto clenlynes and Symon put men of the Iewes in it for the defence of the londe and the cite and set vp the walles of Ierusalem And kynge Demetrius confirmed him in his hye presthode made him his frende and dyd him greate worshipe For he herde that the Romayns called y e Iewes their frendes louers and brethren how honorably they receaued Symons embassitours how y e Iewes and prestes consented that he shulde be their prynce and hye prest perpetually till God raysed vp the true prophet and that he shulde be their captayne to care for the Sanctuary and to set officers vpon the workes therof ouer the londe ouer the weapens ouer the houses of defence to make prouysion for the holy thynges and to be obeyed of euery man and all the writynges of y e londe to be made in his name that he shulde be clothed in purple and golde and that it shulde be laufull for none of the people nor prestes to breake eny of these thynges to withstonde his wordes ner to call eny congregacion in the londe without him that he shulde be clothed in purple and