haste and take as thou hast saide the rayment and the horse and do euen so vnto Mardocheus the Iewe that sitteth before the kinges gate and let nothing faile of all that thou hast spoken 11 Then toke Haman the rayment and the horse and arayed Mardocheus and brought him on horsebacke through the streete of the citie and proclaymed before him Euen this shall it be done vnto the man whom the king is disposed to honour 12 And Mardocheus came againe to the kinges gate but Haman gat him home in all the haste mourning and his head couered 13 And tolde Zares his wyfe and all his friendes euery thing that had befallen him Then saide his wise men and Zares his wyfe vnto him If it be Mardocheus of the seede of the Iewes before whō thou hast begun to fall thou shalt not preuaile against him but shalt surely fall before him 14 And whyle they were yet talking with him came the kinges chamberlaynes caused Haman to make hast to come vnto the banket that Esther had prepared ¶ The .vij. Chapter ◠The queene biddeth the king and Haman againe and prayeth for her selfe and her people 6 She accuseth Haman and he is hanged on the galous which he had prepared for Mardocheus 1 AND the king and Haman came to bancket with the queene Esther 2 And the king saide againe vnto Esther on the seconde day at the bancket of wine What is thy petition queene Esther that it may be geuen thee And what requirest thou if it be euen to the halfe of the empire it shal be done 3 And Esther the queene aunswered and saide If I haue found grace in thy sight O king and if it please the king then graunt me my lyfe at my desire and my people for my petitions sake 4 For we are solde I and my people to be destroyed to be slaine and to perishe And would God that we were solde to be bondmen and bondwomen then would I holde my tongue although the enemie coulde not recompence the kinges losse 5 The king Ahasuerus aunswered and saide vnto queene Esther Who is he And where is he that dare presume in his minde to do after that maner 6 And Esther saide the enemie and aduersarie is this wicked Haman Then Haman was exceedingly afrayde before the king and the queene 7 And the king arose from the bancket and from the wine in his displeasure and went into the palace garden And Haman stoode vp and besought queene Esther for his lyfe for he saw that there was a mischiefe prepared for him of the king alreadie 8 And when the king came againe out of the palace gardē into the place where they dranke wine Haman had layde him vpon the bed that Esther sate vpon Then saide the king wil he force the queene also before me in the house As soone as that worde went out of the kinges mouth they couered Hamans face 9 And Harbona one of the chamberlaynes that stoode before the king said◠Beholde there standeth yet a galous in Hamans house fiftie cubites hye which he had made for Mardocheus that spake good for the king Then the king saide Hang him thereon 10 So they hanged Haman on the galous that he had made for Mardocheus Then was the kinges wrath pacified ¶ The .viii. Chapter 1 After the death of Haman was Mardocheus exalted 14 Comfortable letters are sent vnto the Iewes 1 THe same day did king Ahasuerus geue the house of Haman the Iewes enemie vnto queene Esther and Mardocheus came before the king for Esther tolde what he was vnto her 2 And the king toke of his ring which he had taken from Haman and gaue it vnto Mardocheus And Esther sette Mardocheus ouer the house of Haman 3 And Esther spake yet more before the king and fel downe at his feete weping and besought him that he would put away the wickednesse of Haman the Agagite and his deuice that he had imagined against the Iewes 4 And the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther Then rose Esther and stode before the king 5 And saide if it please the king and if I haue founde grace in his sight and if it be acceptable before the king and I please him then let it be writtē that the letters of the deuise of Haman the sonne of Hamadatha the Agagite may be called againe which letters he wrote to destroy the Iewes which are in all the kinges prouinces 6 For how can I suffer and see the euill that shall come vnto my people or how can I beare and loke vpon the destruction of my kindred 7 And the king Ahasuerus saide vnto queene Esther and to Mardocheus the Iewe Beholde I haue geuen Esther the house of Haman whom they haue hanged vpon a tree because he layde hand vpon the Iewes 8 Write ye also for the Iewes as it lyketh you in the kinges name and seale it with the kinges ring For the writinges that were written in the kinges name and sealed with the kinges ring durst no man disanul 9 Then were the kinges scribes called at the same time euen in the thirde moneth that is the moneth Swan on the three and twentie day thereof and it was written according to all as Mardocheus commaūded vnto the Iewes and to the princes to the debuties and captaynes in the prouinces which are from India vnto Ethiopia namely an hundred twentie and seuen prouinces vnto euery prouince according to the writing thereof and vnto euery people after their speach and to the Iewes according to their writing and language 10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus name sealed it with the kinges ring and by postes that rode vpon horses and swyft young Mules sent he the writinges 11 Wherin the king graunted the Iewes in what cities soeuer they were to gather themselues together and to stand for their lyfe and for to roote out to slay and to destroy all the power of the people and prouince that woulde trouble them both children and women and to spoyle their goodes 12 Vpon one day in all the prouinces of king Ahasuerus namely vpon the thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth which is the moneth Adar 13 The summe of the writing was how there shoulde be a commaundement geuen in all and euery prouince and published among all people and that the Iewes should be redy against that day to auenge them selues on their enemies 14 And so the postes that rode vpon the swyft Horses and Mules made haste with all speede to execute the kinges word and the commaundement was deuised in Susan the chiefe citie 15 And Mardocheus went out from the king in royall apparell of yelowe and white with a great crowne of golde being arayed with a garment of silke and purple and the citie of Susan reioysed and was glad 16 And vnto the Iewes there was come light and gladnesse ioy and worship 17 In all prouinces and cities into what places soeuer the kinges word and commaundement
reached there was ioy and mirth a feaste and good dayes among the Iewes insomuch that many of the people in y e lande became Iewes for the feare of the Iewes came vpon them The .ix. Chapter 1 At the commaundement of the king the Iewes put their aduersaries to death 14 The ten sonnes of Haman are hanged 17 The Iewes kepe a feaste in remembraunce of their deliueraunce 1 IN the twelfth moneth that is the moneth Adar vpoÌ„ the thirteenth day of the same when the kinges worde and commaundement drue neare to be put in execution in the day that the enemies of the Iewes hoped to haue power ouer theÌ„ it turned contrary for the Iewes had rule ouer them that hated them 2 For then gathered the Iewes together in their cities within all the prouinces of king Ahasuerus to lay hande on such as woulde do them euill and no man could withstand them for the feare of them was come ouer all people 3 And all the rulers in the prouinces and princes and deputies and officers of the king promoted the Iewes for the feare of Mardocheus came vpon them 4 For Mardocheus was great in the kinges house the reporte of him was noysed in all the prouinces for this man Mardocheus waxed greater and greater 5 Thus the Iewes smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction did what they would vnto their enemies 6 And at Susan the chiefe citie slue the Iewes destroyed fiue hundred men 7 And slue Pharsandatha Dalphon Asphatha 8 Phoratha Adalia Aridatha 9 Pharmastha Arisai Aridai and Vaizatha 10 The ten sonnes of Haman the sonne of Hamadata the enemie of the Iewes but on his goodes they layed no handes 11 At the same time was the king certified of the number of those that were slaine in the citie of Susan 12 And the king saide vnto queene Esther The Iewes haue slaine and destroyed fiue hundred men in the citie of Susan and the ten sonnes of Haman What haue they done thinkest thou in other landes of the king And what is thy petition that it may be geuen thee or what requirest thou more to be done 13 Esther aunswered If it please the king let him suffer the Iewes which are in Susan to morow also to do according vnto this dayes decree that they may hang Hamans ten sonnes vpon the tree 14 And the king charged to do so and the decree was deuised at Susan and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes 15 For the Iewes that were in Susan gathered them selues together vpon the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar and slue three hundred men at Susan but on their goodes they layed no handes 16 As for the other Iewes that were in the kinges prouinces they came together and stoode for their liues had rest from their enemies slue of their enemies seuentie and fiue thousand howbeit they layed no handes on their goodes 17 This they did on the thirteenth day of the moneth Adar on the fourteenth day of the same moneth rested they which day they held with feasting and gladnesse 18 But the Iewes that were at Susan came together both on the thirteenth day and on the fourteenth and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested and held that day with feasting gladnesse 19 And therefore the Iewes that dwelt in the villages and vnwalled townes held the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar with gladnesse and feasting and kept holy day and euery one sent preasentes vnto his neighbour 20 And Mardocheus wrote these wordes and sent letters vnto all the Iewes that were in all the prouinces of king Ahasuerus both nie and farre 21 That they should make a lawe among theÌ„ selues holde the fourteenth fifteenth day of the moneth Adar yerely 22 As the dayes wherein the Iewes came to rest from their enemies and as a moneth wherein their paine was turned to ioy and their sorowe into a ioyful day and that in those dayes they should make feastes and gladnesse and one to send giftes vnto another and to distribute vnto the poore 23 And the Iewes promised to do as they had begunne and as Mardocheus had written vnto them 24 Because Haman the sonne of Hamadatha the Agagite all the Iewes enemie had deuised against the Iewes how he might destroy them and caused to cast Phur that is a lot for to consume them to bring them to naught 25 But when Esther came before the king he commaunded by letters that his wicked deuice which he imagined against the Iewes should be turned vpon his owne head and that he and his sonnes should be hanged on the tree 26 For the which cause they called these dayes Phurim because of the name of the lot and because of all the wordes of this writing and what they themselues had seene what had come vnto them 27 And the Iewes ordayned and toke it vpon them and their seede and vpon all such as ioyned them selues vnto them that they would not misse but obserue these two dayes yerely according as they were written and appoynted in their season 28 And that these dayes are to be remembred and to be kept of childers children among al kinredes in all landes and cities In these dayes of Phurim which are not to be ouerslipt among y e Iewes and the memoriall of them ought not to perishe from their seede 29 And queene Esther the daughter of Abihail Mardocheus the Iewe wrote with all aucthoritie to confirme this second writing of Phurim 30 And he sent the letters vnto all the Iewes to the hundred twentie and seuen prouinces of the empire of Ahasuerus with wordes of peace and trueth 31 To confirme these dayes of Phurim in their time appoynted according as Mardocheus the Iewe and Esther the queene had appoâ—â—ted them and they bound their soule and their seede to fasting and prayer 32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these wordes of Phurim and was written in the booke 33 And the king Ahasuerus layed tribute vpon the land vpon the iles of the sea 34 And all the actes of his power and of his might the declaration of the dignitie of Mardocheus wherwith the king magnified him be they not written in the bookes of y e chronicles of the kinges of Medes and Persia 35 For Mardocheus the Iewe was the second next vnto king Ahasuerus and great among the Iewes and accepted among the multitude of his brethren as one that seeketh the wealth of his people and speaketh peaceably for all his seede ⧠The ende of the booke of Esther ⧠The booke of Iob. The first Chapter 1 The holines riches and care of Iob for his children 11 Satan hath permission to tempt him 13 He tempteth him by taking away his substaunce and his children 20 His faith and patience 1 IN the lande of * Hus there was a man whose name was Iob the same was a perfect and iust man one that feared
take a bootie to turne thy hande vpon the desolate places that are nowe inhabited vpon that people that is gathered together from among the heathen whiche haue gotten cattell and goodes and dwell in the mids of the lande 13 Then shall Saba and Dedan and the marchauntes of Tharsis with all their lions say vnto thee Art thou come to spoyle a pray hast thou gathered thy people together to take a bootie to take away siluer and golde to cary away cattel and good and to haue a great pray 14 Therfore O thou sonne of man thou shalt prophecie and say vnto Gog thus sayth the Lord God In that day when my people Israel dwelleth safe shalt thou not knowe it 15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north partes thou and much people with thee which ride al vpon horses euen a great multitude and a mightie armie 16 Yea thou shalt come vpon my people of Israel as a cloude to couer the lande this shall come to passe in the latter dayes and I will bring thee vp into my land that the heathen may knowe me when I shal be sanctified in thee O Gog before their eyes 17 Thus sayth the Lorde God Art not thou he of whom I haue spoken in olde time by the handes of my seruauntes the prophetes of Israel which prophecied in those dayes and yeres that I should bring thee vpon them 18 At the same time when Gog commeth vp into the lande of Israel sayth the Lorde God shall myne indignation rise in my wrath 19 For in my ielousie and fire of my wrath haue I spoken it surely at that time ther shal be a great shaking in the lande of Israel 20 The very fishes in the sea the foules in the ayre the beastes of the fielde and all that moue and crepe vpon the earth and all the men that are vpon the earth shall tremble at my presence the hilles also shal be turned vpside downe the staires shall fall and all walles shall fall downe to the grounde 21 I will call for a sworde vpon hym in all my mountaynes sayth the Lorde God so that euery mans sworde shal be vpon another 22 With pestilence and blood wil I pleade against him stormie rayne and haylestones fire and brimstone wil I cause to rayne vpon him and all his hoastes yea and vpon all that great people that is with him 23 Thus will I be magnified sanctified and knowen in the eyes of many nations and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde The .xxxix. Chapter 1 He sheweth the destruction of Gog and Magog 11 The graue of Gog and his hoast 1â— He prophecieth that Gog and his companie shal be deuoured of birdes and beastes 23 Wherfore the house of Israel is wasted 25 Their bringing againe from captiuitie is promised 1 THerfore O thou sonne of man prophecie against Gog speake thus sayth the Lorde God Behold O Gog thou chiefe prince at Mesech and Tubal I will vpon thee 2 And I wil turne thee about and I wil prouoke thee forward and cause thee to come vp from the north partes and bring thee vp to the mountaynes of Israel 3 As for thy bow I wil smite it out of thy left hande and cause thyne arrowes to fall out of thy right hande 4 Thou with all thyne hoast and all the people that is with thee shall fall vpon the mountaynes of Israel then will I geue thee vnto the flockes of birdes euen to all fethered foules and beastes of the fielde to be deuoured 5 Thou shalt fal vpon the open fielde for I haue spoken it sayth the Lorde God 6 Into Magog and among those that sit so carelesse in the Iles will I sende a fire and they shal know that I am the Lorde 7 I will make also the name of my holinesse to be knowen among my people of Israel and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more but the very heathen also shall knowe that I am the Lord the holy one of Israel 8 Behold it is come and it is done sayth the Lorde God this is the day wherof I haue spoken 9 They that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go foorth and set fire vpon the weapons and burne them shieldes and speares bowes arowes hand staues and swordes and they shal burne them with fire seuen yeres 10 So that they shall els bring no wood from the fielde neither hew downe any out of the wood for with weapons shal they make their fire they shall rob those that robbed them and spoyle those that spoyled them sayth the Lorde God 11 At the same time wil I geue vnto Gog a place to be buried in Israel euen the valley wherethrough men go towarde the east sea those that trauayle thereby shall stop their noses there shall Gog and all his multitute be buried it shal be called the valley of the multitude of Gog. 12 Seuen monethes long shall the house of Israel be burying of them that they may cleanse the lande 13 Yea all the people of the land shal burie them and they shall haue a name when I shal be glorified sayth the Lord God 14 They shall chose out men to go continually thorowe the lande to burie as they passe through those that remayne vpon the ground to cleanse it after the end of seuen monethes shall they make their searche 15 And the trauaylers that passe thorowe the land where they see a mans bone they shal set vp a token by it til the dead buriers haue buried it also in the valley of the multitude of Gog. 16 And the name of the citie shal be called Hamonah thus shall they make the lande cleane 17 And thou sonne of man thus sayth the Lord God Speake vnto the birdes and all fethered foules yea and to all the beastes of the fielde Assemble you together and come gather you round about to my sacrifice that I sacrifice for you euen a great sacrifice vpon the mountaynes of Israel that ye may eate fleshe and drinke blood 18 Ye shall eate the fleshe of the valiaunt and drinke the blood of the princes of the land of the rammes of the weathers of the goates and of the bullockes that be all fed at Basan 19 Ye shall eate the fat your belly full and drinke blood till ye be drunken of my sacrifice which I haue sacrificed for you 20 Ye shall fil you at my table with horses horsemen with the valiaunt and men of warre sayth the Lorde God 21 I wil set my glorie also among the gentiles that all the heathen may see my iudgement that I haue executed my hand whiche I haue layde vpon them 22 And the house of Israel shall knowe that I am the Lorde their God from that day and so forwarde 23 And the heathen shal know that wheras the house of Israel was led into
and with thy sheepe seuen dayes it shal be with the damme the eyght day thou shalt geue it me 30 Ye shal be an holy people vnto me neither shall ye eate any fleshe that is torne of beastes in the fielde but shall cast it to a dogge ¶ The .xxiij. Chapter 1 A lye 2 An vpright Iudge 3 and 6 A poore person 7 An innocent 8 Gyftes 9 A pilgrime 12 The sabboth of the seuenth day 15 The feast of the passeouer in Marche 16 The feast of the fiftith day of tabernacles in September 18 Blood 19 Fyrst fruites 20 The Angell leadyng the people of Israel 24 Straunge gods not to be prayed vnto 25 To serue God blessing infirmitie 26 The baren 29 Wherefore God dyd cast out the Chanaanites by litle and litle 1 THou shalt not haue to do with any false report neither shalt thou put thine hand with the wicked to be an vnrighteous witnesse 2 Thou shalt not folow a multitude to do euill neither shalt thou speake in a matter of iustice according to the greater number for to peruert iudgement 3 Neither shalt thou esteeme a poore man in his cause 4 If thou meete thyne enemies oxe or asse goyng astray thou shalt bryng them to him agayne 5 If thou see the asse of him that hateth thee sincke vnder his burthen thou shalt not passe by and let him alone but shalt helpe hym to lyft hym vp agayne 6 Thou shalt not hinder the right of thy poore in his suite 7 Kepe thee farre from a false matter and the innocent and righteous see thou slay not for I wyll not iustifie the wicked 8 Thou shalt take no gyftes for gyftes blinde the seyng and peruert the wordes of the righteous 9 Thou shalt not oppresse a straunger for ye know the heart of a straunger seyng ye were straungers in the lande of Egypt 10 Sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy lande and gather in the fruites therof 11 And the seuenth yere thou shalt let it rest and lie styll that the poore of thy people may eate And what they leaue the beastes of the fielde shall eate In lyke maner thou shalt deale with thy vineyarde and thyne oliue tree 12 Sixe daies thou shalt do thy worke and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest that thyne oxe and thyne asse may rest and the sonne of thy mayde and the straunger may be refreshed 13 In all thinges that I haue saide vnto you be circumspect and make no rehearsall of the names of straunge gods neither let it be hearde out of thy mouth 14 Three feastes thou shalt holde vnto me in a yere 15 Thou shalt kepe the feast of vnleauened bread thou shalt eate vnleauened bread seuen daies long as I commaunded thee in the tyme appoynted of the moneth Abib for in that moneth ye came out of Egypt and see that no man appeare before me emptie 16 And the feast of haruest when thou reapest the first fruites of thy laboures whiche thou hast sowen in the fielde And the feast of in gathering whiche is in the end of the yere when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field 17 These three times in the yere shall all thy men chyldren appeare before the Lorde God 18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice vpon leauened bread neither shall the fat of my feast remayne vntyll the mornyng 19 The first of the first fruites of thy land thou shalt bryng into the house of the Lorde thy God thou shalt not seethe a kydde in his mothers mylke 20 Behold I sende an angell before thee to kepe thee in the way and to bryng thee into the place whiche I haue prepared 21 Beware of hym and heare his voyce and resist him not for he wyll not spare your misdeedes and my name is in him 22 But and if thou shalt in deede hearken vnto his voyce do al that I speake I wylbe an enemie vnto thyne enemies an aduersarie vnto thine aduersaries 23 For myne angell shall go before thee and bryng thee in vnto the Amorites and Hethites and Pharezites Chanaanites Heuites and Iebusites and I shall destroy them 24 Thou shalt not bowe downe to their gods neither serue thē neither do after y e workes of them but ouerthrowe thē and breake downe the images of them 25 And ye shall serue the Lord your God and he shall blesse thy bread and thy water and I wyll take all sicknesses away from the middest of thee 26 There shall no woman haue any vntymely byrth nor be vnfruitefull in thy lande the number of thy dayes I wyll fulfill 27 I will sende my feare before thee and wyll destroy all the people whyther thou shalt go I wyll make all thine enemies turne theyr backes vnto thee 28 And I wyll sende hornettes before thee which shall driue out the Heuites the Chanaanites and the Hethites before thee 29 Neuerthelesse I wyll not cast them out before thee in one yere lest the land growe to a wyldernesse and the beast of the fielde multiplie agaynst thee 30 By litle and litle I wyll dryue them out before thee vntyl thou be increased and inherite the lande 31 And I wyll make thy coastes from the red sea vnto the sea of the Philistines and from the desert vnto the riuer For I wyll deliuer the inhabitours of the lande into thyne hand and thou shalt driue them out before thee 32 Thou shalt make no couenaunt with them nor with theyr gods 33 Neither let them dwell in thy lande lest they make thee sinne against me for if thou serue their gods it wyll surely be thy decay ¶ The .xxiiii. Chapter 1 Moyses is commaunded to go vp vnto the mounte 4 Moyses wryteth the wordes of God into one volume and readeth them vnto the people 1 ANd he said vnto Moyses Come vp vnto the Lorde thou and Aaron Nadab and Abihu the threscore and ten elders of Israel and ye shall worship a farre of 2 And Moyses hym selfe alone shall go vnto the Lorde but they shall not come nygh neither shall the people go vp with hym 3 And Moyses came and tolde the people all the wordes of the Lorde and all the iudgementes And all the people aunswered with one voyce and sayde All the wordes whiche the Lorde hath sayde wyll we do 4 And Moyses wrote all the wordes of the Lord and rose vp early and set him an aulter vnder the hill and .xii. stones according to the .xii. tribes of Israel 5 And sent young men of the children of Israel whiche brought burnt offeringes and offered peace offeringes of oxen vnto the Lorde 6 And Moyses toke halfe of the blood and put it in basins and the other halfe he spinckled on the aulter 7 And he toke the booke of the couenaūt read it in the
it with vnleauened bread sowre hearbes 12 Let them leaue none of it vnto the morning nor breake any bone of it But accordyng to all the ordinaunce of the Passouer let them kepe it 13 But the man that is cleane and is not in a iourney and yet was negligent to kepe the Passouer the same soule shal be cut of from his people because he brought not the offeryng of the Lorde in his due season that man shall beare his sinne 14 And if a straunger dwell among you and wyll kepe the Passouer vnto the Lorde accordyng to the ordinance of the Passouer and maner therof so shall he do Ye shall haue one lawe both for the straunger and for hym that was borne in the same lande 15 And the same day that the tabernacle was reared vp a cloude couered the tabernacle namely the tabernacle of the testimonie and at euen there was vpon the tabernacle as it were the appearaunce of fire vntyll the mornyng 16 So it was alway the cloude couered it by day and the appearaunce of fire by nyght 17 And when the cloude was taken vp from the tabernacle then the children of Israel iourneyed and in the place where the cloude abode there the children of Israel pitched their tentes 18 At the mouth of the Lorde the childrē of Israel iourneyed and at the mouth of the Lorde they pitched And as long as the cloude abode vpon the tabernacle they lay styll 19 And when the cloude taryed styll vpon the tabernacle long tyme the children of Israel kept the watche of the Lorde and iourneyed not 20 And when the cloude abode a fewe dayes vpon the tabernacle they abode in their tentes accordyng to the commaundement of the Lorde and they iourneyed also at the commaundement of the Lorde 21 And when the cloude abode vpon the tabernacle from euen vnto the mornyng was taken vp in the mornyng then they iourneyed Whether it was by day or by nyght that the cloude was taken vp they iourneyed 22 Or if the cloude taryed two dayes or a moneth or a yere vpon the tabernacle and remayned theron the children of Israel remayned styll and iourneyed not And assoone as the cloude was taken vp they iourneyed 23 At the mouth of the Lord they rested in the tentes and at the cōmaundement of the Lorde they iourneyed kepyng the watche of the Lorde at the commaundement of the Lord by the hande of Moyses ' ¶ The .x. Chapter ' 2 The trumpettes of siluer and their vse 11 The Israelites depart from Sinai 14 The captaynes of the hoast are numbred 30 Obab refuseth to go with Moyses ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Make thee two trumpettes of siluer of an whole peece shalt thou make them that thou mayest vse them to call the congregation together and when the campe shall iourney 3 And when they shal blowe with them all the multitude shall resort to thee before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 4 And if they blowe but one trumpet then the princes which are heades ouer the thousandes of Israel shall come vnto thee 5 But if ye blowe an alarme the hoastes that lye on the east partes shall go forwarde 6 And if ye blowe the alarme the second tyme the hoast that lyeth on the south side shall take their iourney for they shall blowe an alarme when they take their iourneyes 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together they shall blowe without an alarme 8 And the sonnes of Aaron the priestes shall blowe with their trumpettes and ye shall haue them as a lawe for euer in your generations 9 And if ye go to warre in your lande agaynst your enemies that vexe you ye shall blowe an alarme with the trumpettes and ye shal be remembred before the Lorde your God to be saued from your enemies 10 Also in the day of your gladnesse and in your feast dayes in the begynnyng of your monethes ye shall blowe the trumpettes ouer your burnt sacrifices and peace offerynges that they may be a remembraunce for you before your God I am the Lorde your God 11 And it came to passe the twentith day of the seconde moneth in the seconde yere that the cloude was taken vp from of the tabernacle of the testimonie 12 And the children of Israel toke their iourney out of the desert of Sinai and the cloude rested in the wildernesse of Pharan 13 And they first toke their iourney at the mouth of the Lorde by the hande of Moyses 14 In the first place went the standerde of the hoast of the children of Iuda accordyng to their armies whose captayne was Nahasson the sonne of Aminadab 15 And ouer the hoast of the tribe of the children of Isachar was Nathanael the sonne of Zuar 16 And ouer the hoast of the tribe of the chyldren of Zabulon was Eliab the sonne of Helon 17 And the tabernacle was takē downe and the sonnes of Gerson and Merari went foorth bearing the tabernacle 18 And the hoast of Ruben went foorth with their standerd and armies whose captaine was Elizur y e sonne of Sedeur 19 And ouer the hoast of the tribe of the chyldren of Simeon was Salamiel the sonne of Suri Saddai 20 And ouer the hoast of the tribe of the chyldren of Gad was Eliasaph the sonne of Duel 21 The Caathites also went forwarde and bare the sanctuarie the other dyd set vp the tabernacle against they came 22 And the standerd of the hoast of the chyldren of Ephraim went foorth accordyng to their armies whose captayne was Elisama the sonne of Ammiud 23 And ouer the hoast of the tribe of the sonnes of Manasse was Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur 24 And ouer the hoast of the tribe of the sonnes of Beniamin was Abidan the sonne of Gedeon 25 And the standerd of the hoast of the children of Dan came foorth gathering all the hoastes together throughout their armies whose captaine was Ahiezer the sonne of Ammi Saddai 26 And ouer the hoast of the tribe of the chyldren of Aser was Pagiel the sonne of Ochran 27 And ouer the hoast of the tribe of the chyldren of Nephthali was Ahira the sonne of Enan 28 These are the iourneys of the chyldren of Israel throughout their armies and thus the hoastes remoued 29 And Moyses sayde vnto Hobab the sonne of Raguel the Madianite which was Moyses father in lawe We go vnto the place of whiche the Lorde sayde I wyll geue it you Come thou therefore with vs and we wyll do thee good for the Lorde hath promised good vnto Israel 30 And he aunswered hym I wyll not go but wyl depart to mine owne lande and to my kinred 31 He said Oh nay leaue vs not for thou knowest our mansions in the wyldernesse and thou mayest be to vs in steade of eyes 32 And if thou go with vs looke what goodnesse the Lorde sheweth vnto vs the same wyll we shewe vnto thee 33 And they
departed from the mount of the Lorde three dayes iourney and the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde went before them in y e three dayes iourney to search out a resting place for theÌ„ 34 And the cloude of the Lorde was vppon them by day when they went out of the campe 35 And when y e arke went foorth Moyses sayde Rise vp Lorde and let thine enemies be scattered and let them that hate thee flee before thee 36 And when the arke rested he sayde Returne O Lord vnto the many thousandes of Israel ¶ The .xj. Chapter 1 The people murmureth 4 They desire fleshe 6 They lothe Manna 11 The wauering fayth of Moyses 16 The Lorde deuideth the burthen of Moyses to seuentie of the auncientes and they prophesie 31 It raigneth quayles 33 The fleshe raueners are punished 1 ANd when the people dyd wickedly it was a displeasure in the eares of the Lorde And when the Lorde hearde it his countenaunce was prouoked to wrath and the fire of the Lord burnt among them and consumed them that were the vttermost of the hoast 2 And the people cryed vnto Moyses And when Moyses made intercession vnto the Lorde the fire quenched 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah because the fire of the Lorde burnt among them 4 And a number of people that was among them fell a lustyng and turned them selues and wept euen as dyd also the chyldren of Israel and sayd who shall geue vs fleshe to eate 5 We remember the fishe which we did eate in Egypt for naught the cucumbers melons leekes onions garleck 6 But now our soule is dryed away for we can see nothing els saue Manna 7 The Manna was as coriander seede and to see to lyke Bedellion 8 And the people went about and gathered it grounde it in milles or beat it in morters and baked it in pannes and made cakes of it And the taste of it was lyke vnto the taste of freshe oyle 9 And when the deawe fell downe vpon the hoast in the nyght the Manna fell vpon it 10 And when Moyses hearde the people weepe throughout their housholdes euery man in the doore of his tent the wrath of the Lord was kindeled exceedingly and it greeued Moyses also 11 And Moyses sayde vnto the Lorde Wherefore hast thou dealt cruelly with thy seruaunt And wherefore haue I not founde fauour in thy sight seyng that thou puttest the wayght of all this people vpon me 12 Haue I conceaued all this people Or haue I begotten them that thou shouldest say vnto me Cary them in thy bosome as a nurse beareth the suckyng chylde vnto the lande which thou swarest vnto their fathers 13 Where shoulde I haue fleshe to geue vnto all this people whiche weepe before me saying Geue vs fleshe that we may eate 14 I am not able to beare all this people alone seyng it is to heauie for me 15 If thou deale thus with me kyll me I pray thee if I haue founde fauour in thy sight y t I see not my wretchednesse 16 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Gather vnto me threscore and ten men of the elders of Israel which thou knowest that they are the elders of the people officers ouer them and thou shalt bryng them vnto the tabernacle of the congregation that they may stande there with thee 17 And I wyll come downe and talke with thee there and take of the spirite which is vpon thee and put vpon them and they shall beare the burthen of the people with thee lest thou be constrayned to beare it alone 18 And say thou vnto the people Be halowed agaynst to morowe and ye shall eate fleshe for your whyning is in the eares of the Lorde seyng ye sayd Who shall geue vs fleshe to eate We were happy in Egypt Therefore the Lorde wyll geue you fleshe and ye shall eate 19 Ye shall not eate one day nor two nor fiue dayes neither ten nor twentie dayes 20 But euen a moneth long vntill it come out at the nostrels of you and it shal be lothsome vnto you because that ye haue cast the Lorde aside whiche is among you and haue wept before hym saying Why came we thus out of Egypt 21 And Moyses sayde Sixe hundred thousand footemen are there of the people among which I am And thou hast sayd I wyll geue them flesh that they may eate a moneth long 22 Shall the sheepe the oxen be slayne for them to finde them either shall all the fishe of the sea be gathered together for them to suffise them 23 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Shall the Lordes hande be waxed short Thou shalt see now whether my word shal come to passe vnto thee or not 24 And Moyses went out and tolde the people the saying of the Lorde and gathered the threscore and ten elders of the people and set them rounde about the tabernacle 25 And the Lord came downe in a cloude and spake vnto him and toke of the spirite that was vpon him and gaue it vnto the threscore ten elders And when the spirite rested vpon them they prophesied and dyd not ceasse 26 But there remayned two of the men in the hoast the name of the one was Eldad and the name of the other Medad And the spirite rested vpon them and thei were of them that were written and went not out vnto the tabernacle and they prophesied in the hoast 27 And there ran a young man and tolde Moyses and sayd Eldad and Medad do prophesie in the hoast 28 And Iosuah the sonne of Nun the seruaunt of Moyses one of his young men aunswered and sayde My lorde Moyses forbyd them 29 And Moyses sayd vnto hym Enuiest thou for my sake woulde God that all the Lordes people could prophesie and that the Lorde woulde put his spirite vpon them 30 And Moyses gate hym into the hoast he and the elders of Israel 31 And there went foorth a wynde from the Lorde and brought quayles from the sea let them fall about the hoast euen a dayes iourney rounde about on euery side of the hoast and they did flee in the ayre as it were two cubites hye ouer the earth 32 And the people stoode vp all that day and all that nyght and all the next day and they gathered quayles And he that gathered litle gathered ten homers ful And they spread them abrode for their vse rounde about the hoast 33 And whyle the fleshe was yet betweene their teeth yer it was chewed vp the wrath of the Lorde was â—dled against the people the Lorde smote the people with an exceedyng great plague 34 And he called the name of the place The graues of lust because the buried the people that lusted there 35 And the people toke their iourney from the graues of lust vnto Hazeroth and abode at Hazeroth ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 Aaron and Miriam grudge agaynst
thee thou shalt not learne to do after the abhominations of those nations 10 Let there not be founde among you any one that maketh his sonne or his daughter to go through the fire or that vseth witchcraft or a regarder of tymes or that regardeth the fleeyng of fowles 11 Or a sorcerer or a charmer or that coūcelleth with spirites or a soothsayer or that asketh counsayle of the dead 12 For all that do such thynges are abhomination vnto the Lorde and because of these abhominations the Lorde thy God doth cast them out before thee 13 Thou shalt be perfect therfore in the sight of the Lorde thy God 14 For these nations which thou shalt possesse hearken vnto regarders of tymes and vnto sorcerers but the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do 15 The Lorde thy God wyll stirre vp vnto thee a prophete among you euen of thy brethren like vnto me vnto hym ye shall hearken 16 Accordyng to all that thou desiredst of the Lorde thy God in Horeb in the day of the assemblie when thou saydest Let me heare the voyce of my Lorde God no more nor see this great fire any more that I dye not 17 And the Lorde sayde vnto me They haue well spoken 18 I wyll raise them vp a prophete from among their brethren lyke vnto thee and wyll put my wordes in his mouth and he shall speake vnto them all that I shall commaunde hym 19 And whosoeuer wyll not hearken vnto my wordes which he shall speake in my name I wyll require it of hym 20 But the prophete which shall presume to speake a worde in my name which I haue not cōmaunded hym to speake or that speaketh in the name of straūge gods the same prophete shall dye 21 And if thou say in thine heart howe shall we knowe the worde which the Lorde hath not spoken 22 Euen when a prophete speaketh in the name of the Lord if the thing folowe not nor come to passe that is the thyng which the Lorde hath not spoken but the prophete hath spoken it presumptuously Thou shalt not therfore be afrayde of hym The .xix. Chapter 2 The franchized townes 14 Not to remoue thy neighbours bondes 16 The punishment of hym that beareth false witnesse 1 WHen the Lord thy God hath rooted out the nations whose lande the Lorde thy God geueth thee and thou succeedest in their inheritaunce and dwellest in their cities and in their houses 2 Thou shalt seperate three cities for thee in the middes of the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee to possesse it 3 Thou shalt prepare the way and deuide the coastes of thy lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee to inherite into three partes that whosoeuer committeth murther may flee thyther 4 For this cause must the slayer flee thyther that he may lyue Who so kylleth his neighbour ignorauntly and hated hym not in tyme passed 5 And whē a man goeth vnto the wood with his neighbour to hewe wood and as his hande fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut downe the tree the head slippeth from the helue and smyteth his neighbour that he dyeth the same shall flee vnto one of the same cities and lyue 6 Lest the auenger of the blood folowe after the slayer whyle his heart is hot ouertake hym because the wayes is long and slay hym and yet there is no cause worthy of death in hym in as much as he hated hym not in tyme passed 7 Wherfore I commaunde thee saying Thou shalt appoynt out three cities for thee 8 And if the Lorde thy God enlarge thy coastes as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers and geue thee all the lande which he sayde he woulde geue vnto thy fathers 9 Thou shalt kepe all these commaundementes to do them which I commaunde thee this day that thou loue the Lorde thy God and walke in his wayes euer and adde three cities mo for thee beside these three 10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy lande which the Lord thy God geueth thee to inherite and so blood come vpon thee 11 But and if any man hate his neyghbour and lay awayte for hym and ryse agaynst hym and smyte hym that he die then fleeth vnto any of these cities 12 The elders of his citie shall sende and fetch hym thence and deliuer hym into the handes of the auenger of blood that he may dye 13 Thine eye shall not spare hym but thou shalt put away the crye of innocent blood from Israel that it may go well with thee 14 Thou shalt not remoue thy neyghbours marke which they of olde time haue set in thine inheritaunce that thou shalt inherite in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee to enioy it 15 One witnesse shall not rise agaynst a man for any maner trespasse or for any maner sinne or for any maner fault that he offendeth in but at the mouth of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall the matter be stablished 16 If a false witnesse rise vp agaynst a man to accuse hym of trespasse 17 Then both the men which stryue together shall stande before the Lorde before the priestes and the iudges which shal be in those dayes 18 And the iudges shall make diligent inquisition and if the witnesse be founde false and that he hath geuen false witnesse agaynst his brother 19 Then shall ye do vnto hym as he had thought to do vnto his brother thou shalt put euyll away from the middes of thee 20 And other shall heare and feare and shall hencefoorth commit no more any such wickednesse among you 21 And thine eye shall haue no cōpassion but lyfe for lyfe eye for eye toothe for toothe hande for hande foote for foote ¶ The .xx. Chapter ◠The exhortation of the priest when the Israelites go to battayle 5 The exhortation of the office shewyng who should go to battayle 10 Peace must first be proclaymed 19 The trees that beare fruite must not be destroyed 1 WHen thou goest out to battayle agaynst thine enemies seest horses and charettes and people mo then thou be not afrayde of them for the Lorde thy God is with thee which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt 2 And when ye are come nye vnto battayle y e priest shall come foorth to speake vnto the people 3 And shall say vnto them Heare O Israel you are come this day vnto battayle agaynst your enemies let not your heartes faynt neither feare nor be amazed nor a dread of them 4 For the Lord your God goeth with you to fyght for you agaynst your enemies and to saue you 5 And let the officers speake vnto the people saying If any man haue built a newe house and haue not dedicate it let hym go and returne to his house lest he dye in the battayle and another man dedicate
charettes of iron all the people that were with him from of Haroseth of the gentiles vnto the ryuer of Kison 14 And Debora sayd vnto Barak Vp for this is the day in which the Lorde hath deliuered Sisara into thyne hand Is not the Lorde gone out before the And so Barak went downe froÌ„ mount Thabor and ten thousande men after him 15 But the Lorde destroyed Sisara and all his charettes and all his heaste with the edge of the sworde before Barak so that Sisara lyghted downe of his charet and fled away on his feete 16 But Barak folowed after the charettes and after the hoast euen vnto Harâ—seth of the gentiles And all the hoast of Sisara fell vpon the edge of the sworde and there was not a man left 17 Howebeit Sisara fled away on his seete to the tent of Iael the wife of Haber the Kenite for there was peace betweene Iabin the king of Hazor and the houshoulde of Haber the Kenite 18 And Iael went out to meete Sisara and sayd vnto him Turne in my lorde turne in to me feare not And whan he had turned in vnto her into her tent she couered him with a mantell 19 And he sayd vnto her Geue me I pray thee a litle water to drincke for I am thirstie And she opened a bottle of milke and gaue him drincke couered him 20 And agayne he sayd vnto her Stande in the doore of the tent and whan any man doth come and enquere of thee whether ther be any man here thou shalt say naye 21 Then Iael Habers wyfe toke a nayle of the tent an hammer in her hande and went softly vnto him and smote y e nayle into the temples of his head and fastened it into the ground for he slumbred sore and was wery and so he died 22 And beholde as Barak folowed after Sisara Iael came out to meete him said vnto him Come and I will shewe thee the man whom thou sekest And when he came in to her tent behold Sisara lay dead and the nayle was in his temples 23 And so God brought Iabin the kyng of Chanaan into subiection that day before the children of Israel 24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered and preuayled against Iabin the kyng of Chanaan vntil they had destroyed Iabin king of Chanaan The .v. Chapter 1. The song and thankesgeuing of Deborah and Barak after the victorie 1 THen Debora and Barak the sonne of Abinoam sange the same day saying 2 Prayse ye the Lord for the auengyng of Israel and for the people that became so willing 3 Heare O ye kinges hearken O ye princes I euen I will syng vnto the Lord I will prayse the Lord God of Israel 4 Lorde whan thou wentest out of Seir whan thou departedst out of the fielde of Edom the earth trembled and the heauens rayned the cloudes also dropped water 5 The mountaynes melted before the Lord euen as dyd Sinai before y e Lord God of Israel 6 In the dayes of Samgar the sonne of Anath in the dayes of Iael the hye wayes were vnoccupied and the trauelers walked thorowe bye wayes 7 The inhabitants of the townes were gone they were gone in Israel vntyll I Debora came vp which came vp a mother in Israel 8 They chose new goddes and then had they the enemie in the gates was there a shielde or speare seene among fourtie thousande of Israel 9 My heart loueth the gouerners of Israel and them that are willyng among the people O prayse ye the Lord. 10 Speake ye that ryde on fayre asses ye that dwell by Middin and that walke by the wayes 11 For the noyse of the archers among the drawers of water ceassed there shall they speake of the righteousnes of the Lorde his righteousnesse in his vnfensed townes in Israel Then shal the people of the Lorde go downe to the gates 12 Vp Debora vp get thee vp and sing a song * Arise Barac and leade thy captiuitie captiue thou sonne of Abinoam 13 Then shall they that remayne haue dominion of the proudest of the people The Lord hath geuen me dominion ouer the mightie 14 Out of Ephraim was there a roote of them agaynst Amelek and after thee Beniamin among thy people Out of Machir came rulers and out of Zabulon they that handell the penne of the writer 15 And of Isachar there were princes with Debora and Isachar and also Barak he was sent on foote into the valley for the diuisions of Ruben were great thoughtes of heart 16 Why abodest thou among the sheepe foldes to heare the bleatinges of the flockes for the diuisions of Ruben were great thoughtes of heart 17 Gilead also abode beyonde Iordane and why doth Dan remayne in shyppes Aser coÌ„tinued on the sea shore and taried in his decayed places 18 But the people of Zabulon haue ieoparde their lyues euen vnto the death lyke as dyd Nephthalim in the hye places of the fielde 19 The kynges came and fought then fought y e kynges of Chanaan in Thanach by the waters of Megiddo and wan no money 20 They fought from heauen euen the starres in their tourses fought agaynst Sisara 21 The ryuer of Kison swept them away that auncient ryuer the ryuer Kison O my soule thou hast marched valiauntly 22 Then were the horse hoofes smitten asunder by the meanes of the praunsings that their mightie men made 23 Curse ye the citie of Meros sayd the angel of the Lord curse the inhabitants therof because they came not to helpe the Lord to helpe the Lord against the mightie 24 Iael the wyfe of Haber the Kenite shal be blessed aboue other women blessed shall she be aboue other women in the tent 25 * He asked water and she gaue him mylke she brought foorth butter in a lordly dysshe 26 She put her hande to the nayle her ryght hande to the smythes hammer with the hammer smote she Sisara smote his head wounded him and pearsed his temples 27 He bowed him downe at her feete he fell downe and lay styll At her feete he bowed him selfe fell And wheÌ„ he had sunke downe he lay there destroyed 28 The mother of Sisara loked out at a wyndowe and cryed thorowe the lattesse Why is his charret so long a commyng Why tary the wheeles of his charettes 29 Al the wyse ladyes aunswered her yea and her owne wordes aunswered her selfe 30 Surely they haue found they deuide the spoyles euery man hath a damsell or two Sisara hath a pray of diuers couloured garmentes euen a pray of rayment dyed with sundry colours and that are made of nedle worke rayment of diuers colours and of nedle worke on both sydes which is meete for him that is chiefe in distributing of y e spoyles 31 So perishe all thine enemies O Lord But they that loue him let them be as y e
whom he begetteth Obed. 18 The generation of Pharez 1 THen went Booz vp to the gate and sat him downe there and beholde the kinsman of which Booz spake came by vnto whom he sayde Ho suche one come sit downe here And he turned sat downe 2 And he toke ten men of the elders of the citie and said sit ye downe here And they sat downe 3 And he sayd vnto the kinsman Naomi that is come agayne out of the countrey of Moab will sel a parcell of lande which was our brother Elimelechs 4 And I thought to do thee to wyt and byd the bye it before thee inhabitauntes and elders of my people If thou wilt redeeme it redeeme it but if thou wilt not redeeme it then tell me that I may knowe For there is none to redeeme it saue thou and I next thee And the other aunswered I will redeeme it 5 Then sayd Booz What day thou biest the fielde of the hande of Naomi thou must bye it also of Ruth the Moabite the wyfe of the dead to stirre vp the name of the dead vpon his inheritaunce 6 The kinsman aunswered I can not redeeme it for marring of myne owne inheritaunce redeeme thou my right to thee for I cannot redeeme it 7 Nowe this was the maner of olde time in Israel concerning redeeming chaunging for to stablishe al thing that a man must plucke of his shoe geue it his neyghbour And this was a sure witnesse in Israel 8 Therfore the kinsman sayde to Booz Bye it thou and so drue of his shoe 9 And Booz sayde vnto the elders and vnto all the people Ye are witnesses this day that I haue bought all that was Elimelechs and all that was Chilions and Mahalons of the hande of Naomi 10 And moreouer Ruth the Moabite the wyfe of Mahalō haue I purchased to be my wyfe to stirre vp the name of the dead vpon his inheritaunce that the name of the dead be not put out frō among his brethren and from the gate of his place ye are witnesses this day 11 And all the people that were in the gate and the elders sayde We are witnesses The Lord make the womā that is come into thyne house lyke Rahel and Lea whiche twayne dyd buylde the house of Israel that thou mayest do worthyly in Ephrata and be famous in Bethlehem 12 Thy house be like the house of Pharez whom Thamar bare vnto Iuda euē of the seede whiche the Lord shall geue thee of this young woman 13 And so Booz toke Ruth and she was his wyfe And when he went in vnto her the Lorde gaue that she conceaued and bare a sonne 14 And the women sayde vnto Naomi Blessed be the Lorde the whiche hath not left thee this day without a kinsman and his name shal be continued in Israel 15 And that shall bring thy lyfe agayne and cherishe thyne olde age For thy daughter in lawe whiche loueth thee hath borne vnto him and she is better to thee then seuen sonnes 16 And Naomi toke the child layed it in her lappe and became nurse vnto it 17 And the women her neyghbours gaue it a name saying There is a child borne to Naomi called it Obed the same is the father of Isai the father of Dauid 18 These are the generations of Pharez Phares begat Hezron 19 Hezron begat Ram Ram begat Aminadab 20 Aminadab begat Naasson Naasson begat Salmon 21 Salmon begat Booz Booz begat Obed 22 Obed begat Isai Isai begat Dauid ¶ The ende of the booke of Ruth it with violence 17 And the sinne of the young men was very great before the Lord For men abhorred the offering of the Lord. 18 But the childe Samuel ministred before the Lorde girded with a linnen Ephod 19 Moreouer his mother made him a litle coate and brought it to him from yere to yere when she came vp with her husband to offer the yerely sacrifice 20 And Eli blessed Elkana and his wife and said The Lorde geue thee seede of this woman for the petition that she asked of the Lord. And they went vnto their owne home 21 And the Lorde visited Hanna so that she conceaued and bare three sonnes two daughters And the childe Samuel grew before the Lorde 22 Eli was very olde and heard all that his sonnes did vnto Israel how they lay with the women that wayted at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 23 And he saide vnto them Why do ye such thinges For of all these people I heare euill reportes of you 24 Oh nay my sonnes For it is no good report that I heare how that ye make the Lordes people to trespasse 25 If one man sinne against another the Iudge shall iudge it But if a man sinne against the Lord who will be his dayseman Notwithstanding they hearkened not vnto the voyce of their father because the Lorde would slay thē 26 The childe Samuel profited grew and was in fauour both with the Lord and also with men 27 And there came a man of God vnto Eli and sayde vnto hym thus saith the Lorde Dyd not I playnely appeare vnto the house of thy father when they were in Egypt in Pharaos house 28 And I chose him out of al the tribes of Israel to be my priest for to offer vppon mine aulter and to burne incense and to weare an Ephod before me and I gaue vnto the house of thy father all the offerynges made by fire of the chyldren of Israel 29 Wherfore treade ye downe my sacrifice and mine offering which I cōmaunded in the tabernacle and honorest thy chyldren aboue me to make your selues fat of the first fruites of all the offerynges of Israel my people 30 Wherefore the Lorde God of Israel saith I sayde that thy house and the house of thy father should walke before me for euer But nowe the Lorde saith That be farre frō me For them that worship me I wyll worship and they that despise me shall come to shame 31 Behold the dayes come that I wyll cut of thine arme and the arme of thy fathers house that there shall not be an olde man in thine house 32 And thou shalt see thine enemie in the habitation of the Lorde and in all the wealth which God shall geue Israel and there shall not be an olde man in thyne house for euer 33 Neuerthelesse I wyll not destroy euery one that come of thee from mine aulter to make thine eyes to fayle and to make thine heart sorowfull And all they that be multiplied in thine house shall dye when they be men 34 And this shal be a signe vnto thee that shal come vpon thy two sonnes Hophni and Phinehes euen in one day they shall dye both 35 And I wyll stirre me vp a faythfull priest y t shall do according to my heart and minde and I wil
builde him a sure house and he shall walke before mine annoynted for euer 36 And all that are left in thyne house shall come and crouch to him for a peece of siluer and a morsell of bread and shal saye Put me I pray thee in one office or other among y e priestes that I may eate a morsell of bread ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 There was no manifest vision in the tyme of Eli. 4 The Lorde calleth Samuel three times 11 And sheweth what shall come vpon Eli his house 18 The same declareth Samuel to Eli. 1 AND the chylde Samuel ministred vnto the Lorde before Eli and the worde of the Lord was precious in those dayes neither was there any open vision 2 And as at that tyme Eli lay in his place his eyes began to waxe dymme that he coulde not see 3 And yer the lampe of God went out Samuel layde hym downe to sleepe in the temple of the Lord where the arke of God was 4 And the Lorde called Samuel And he aunswered I am here 5 And he ran vnto Eli and sayde Here am I for thou calledst me And he said I called thee not go againe and sleepe And he went and layde hym downe to sleepe 6 And the Lorde called once againe Samuel And Samuel arose and went to Eli and sayde I am here for thou diddest call me And he aunswered I called thee not my sonne go againe and sleepe 7 Samuel knewe not yet the Lorde neither was the worde of the Lorde yet opened vnto hym 8 And the Lorde went to and called Samuel the thirde tyme. And he arose and went to Eli and saide I am here for thou hast called me And Eli perceaued that the Lord had called the childe 9 Therefore Eli sayde vnto Samuel Go and sleepe and yf he call thee then say Speake Lorde for thy seruaunt heareth thee So Samuel went and slept in his place 10 And the Lorde came and stoode and called as before Samuel Samuel Then Samuel aunswered Speake for thy seruaunt heareth 11 And the Lorde saide to Samuel Beholde I wyll do a thing in Israel that both the eares of as many as heareth it shall tyngle 21 In that day I wyll rayse vp against Eli all thynges whiche I haue spoken concernyng his house when I begyn I wyll also make an ende 13 I haue tolde hym that I wyll iudge his house for euer for the wickednesse which he knoweth For whē the people cursed his sonnes for y e same wickednesse he hath not corrected them 14 And therfore I haue sworne vnto the house of Eli that the wickednesse of Elies house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offeryng for euer 15 Samuel slept vntyl the mornyng and opened the doores of the house of the Lorde and Samuel feared to shewe Eli the vision 16 Then Eli called Samuel and sayde Samuel my sonne And he aunswered Here am I. 17 He saide What is that the Lord hath saide vnto thee I pray thee hyde it not from me God do so to thee more also if thou hyde any thyng from me of all that he sayde vnto thee 18 And Samuel tolde hym euery whyt and hyd nothyng from hym And he saide It is the Lord let hym do what seemeth hym good 19 And Samuel grewe and the Lorde was with hym and left none of his wordes vnperfourmed 20 And all Israel from Dan to Beerseba wyst that faythfull Samuel was the Lordes prophete 21 And the Lorde appeared againe in Silo for the Lorde opened him selfe to Samuel in Silo through the worde of the Lorde The .iiij. Chapter 10 The arke of the Lorde is taken 11 Eli and his chyldren dye 1 AND Samuel spake vnto all Israel And Israel went out against the Philistines to battell and pitched besyde the Eben ezer and the Philistines pitched in Aphec 2 And put them selues in aray against Israel and when they ioyned the battell Israel was smytten downe before the Philistines and the Philistines slue of the armie in the fielde about a foure thousand men 3 And when the people were come into their tentes the elders of Israel sayde Wherfore hath the Lorde caste vs downe this day before the Philistines let vs fetch the arke of the appoyntmēt of the Lorde out of Silo vnto vs that when it cōmeth among vs it may saue vs out of the hand of our enemies 4 And so the people went to Silo and fet from thence the arke of the appoyntment of the Lorde of hoastes which dwelleth betweene the cherubims And there wer the two sonnes of Eli Hophni and Phinehes with the arke of the appoyntment of God 5 And when the arke of the appoyntment of the Lorde came into the hoast all Israel showted a mightie showte so that the earth rang againe 6 And when the Philistines heard the noyse of the showte they saide What meaneth the sounde of this mightie showte in the hoast of the Ebrues And they vnderstode howe that the arke of the Lorde was come into the hoast 7 And the Philistines were afraide and saide God is come into the hoast And they said againe Wo vnto vs for it was neuer so before this 8 Wo vnto vs who shall deliuer vs out of the hand of these mightie goddes these are the goddes that smote the Egyptians with many plagues in the wildernes 9 Be strong and quite your selues lyke men O ye Philistines that ye be no seruaunts vnto the Ebrues as they haue ben to you Be of a manly corage therfore and fight 10 And the Philistines fought and Israel was smitten downe and fled euery man into his tent And there was an exceeding great slaughter for there were ouerthrowen of Israel thirtie thousand footemen 11 And the arke of God was taken and the two sonnes of Eli Hophni Phinehes were dead 12 And there ran a man of Beniamin out of the armie and came to Silo the same day with his clothes rent and earth vpon his head 13 And when he came lo Eli sat vpon a stoole by the way side wayting for his heart feared for the arke of God And when the man came into the citie and tolde it all the citie cryed 14 And when Eli heard the noyse of the crying he saide What meaneth this noyse of the tumult And the man came in hastyly and tolde Eli. 15 Eli was .xcviii. yeres olde his sight failed him that he could not see 16 And the man said vnto Eli I am he that came out of the armie fled this day out of the hoast And he said What thing is done my sonne 17 The messenger aunswered and said Israel is fled before the Philistines there hath ben a great slaughter among the people and thy two sonnes Hophni and Phinehes are dead and the arke of God is taken 18 And when he made mention of the arke of God Eli fell from of his stoole
Cursed be the man that eateth any foode vntill night till I be auenged of myne enemies And so none of the people tasted any sustenaunce 25 And al they of the land came to a wood where honie lay vpon the grounde 26 And the people came into the wood And behold the honie dropped and no man moued his hand to his mouth for the people feared the oth 27 But Ionathan hearde not whē his father charged the people with the oth wherfore he put foorth the ende of the rod that was in his hand and dipt it in an honie combe put his hande to his mouth and his eyes receaued sight 28 Then aunswered one of the people and sayde Thy father made the people to sweare saying Cursed be the mā that eateth any sustenaunce this day And the people were faynt 29 Thē sayd Ionathan My father hath troubled the lande See howe myne eyes hath receaued sight because I tasted a litle of this honie 30 Howe muche more then to day if the people had eaten of the spoyle of their enemies whiche they found And had there not ben then a muche greater slaughter among the Philistines 31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmas to Aialon And the people were exceeding faynt 32 And the people gat them to the spoyle and toke sheepe oxen and calues slue them on the ground and the people dyd eate them with the blood 33 Then men tolde Saul saying Behold the people sinne against the Lorde in that they eate with the blood And he sayde Ye haue trespassed Rowle a great stone vnto me this day 34 And Saul sayde againe Go abrode among the people and bid them bring me euery man his oxe and euery man his sheepe and slay them here and eate and sinne not against the Lorde in eating with the blood And the people brought euery man his oxe in his hande that night and slue them there 35 And Saul made an aulter vnto y e Lord And that was the first aulter that he made vnto the Lorde 36 And Saul sayde Let vs go downe after the Philistines by night and spoyle them vntil it be day in the morning and let vs not leaue one man of them And they sayde Do whatsoeuer thou thinkest best Then sayde the priest Let vs come hyther vnto God 37 And Saul asked of God Shall I go downe after the Philistines Wilt thou deliuer them into the handes of Israel But he aunswered him not at that time 38 And Saul sayde Let al the chiefe of the people come hyther and knowe and see by whom this sinne is done this day 39 For as the Lorde liueth whiche saued Israel though it be in Ionathan my sonne he shal dye the death But there was no man among all the people that aunswered him 40 Then he sayde vnto al Israel Be ye on one syde and I and Ionathan my sonne will be on the other syde And the people saide vnto Saul What thou thinkest best that do 41 Therfore Saul saide vnto the Lorde God of Israel geue a perfect lot And Saul and Ionathan were caught but the people scaped free 42 And Saul said Cast lot betweene me and Ionathan my sonne And Ionathan was caught 43 Then Saul saide to Ionathan Tell me what thou hast done And Ionathan tolde him and sayde I tasted a litle honie with the ende of the rod that was in myne hand lo I must dye 44 Saul aunswered * God do so more also to me thou shalt dye the death Ionathan 45 And the people said vnto Saul Shal Ionathan dye which hath so mightilie deliuered Israel God forbid As the Lord lyueth * there shall not one heere of his head fall to y e ground for he hath wrought with God this daye And so the people deliuered Ionathan that he dyed not 46 And then Saul departed vp from folowing the Philistines And the Philistines went to their owne place 47 And so Saul helde the kingdome ouer Israel and fought against all his enemies on euery side against Moab against the children of Ammon against Edom against the kinges of Zoba and against the Philistines And whyther soeuer he turned him selfe he put them to the worse 48 And he gathered his hoast together smote the Amalekites rid Israel out of the handes of them that spoyled them 49 The sonnes of Saul were Ionathan Iessui and Melchisua And his two daughters were thus named the elder was called Merob and the younger Michol 50 And the name of Sauls wife was Ahinoa the daughter of Ahimaaz and the name of his chiefe captaine was Abner the sonne of Ner Sauls vncle 51 And Cis was Sauls father Ner the father of Abner was the sonne of Abiel 52 And there was sore warre against the Philistines all y e dayes of Saul And whomsoeuer Saul sawe to be a strong man and meete for the warre he toke him vnto him The .xv. Chapter 3 Saul is commaunded to slay Amalek 9. He spareth Agag and the best thinges 19. Samuel reproueth him 28. Saul is reiected of the Lorde and his kingdome geuen to another 33. Samuel he weth Agag in peeces 1 SAmuel also saide vnto Saul The Lord sent me to anoynt thee to be king ouer his people ouer Israel Now therfore hearken thou vnto the voyce of the wordes of the Lorde 2 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes I remember that which Amalek did to Israel how they layed waite for them in the waye as they came vp from Egypt 3 Nowe therfore go and smyte Amalek and destroye ye all that pertaineth vnto them and haue no compassion on them slay both man woman infant and suckling oxe and sheepe camel and asse 4 And Saul gathered the people together and numbred them in Telaim two hundred thousand footemen and ten thousand men of Iuda 5 And Saul came vnto a citie of Amalek and set watch in the brooke 6 And Saul saide vnto the Kenites Go depart get you downe from among the Amalekites lest I destroy you with them for ye shewed mercie to all the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt And so the Kenites departed from among y e Amalekites 7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Heuila as thou commest to Sur that lyeth before Egypt 8 And toke Agag the king of the Amalekites alyue and vtterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sworde 6 But Saul and the people spared Agag the better sheepe and the fatter oxen and the lambes and all that was good would not destroy them But al that was foule naught worth that they destroyed vtterlie 10 Then came the word of the Lord vnto Samuel saying 11 It repenteth me that I haue made Saul king For he is turned from me hath not perfourmed my commaundementes And Samuel was euill apayed cryed vnto the
to be fauourable to his 1 WHen Saul was come againe froÌ„ folowing after y e Philistines there were which told him saying Behold Dauid is in the wildernesse of Engadi 2 Then Saul toke three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seke Dauid and his men in the heyght of the rockes where wilde goates remayne 3 And he came to the sheepe coates by the way where there was a caue Saul went in to do his easement And Dauid and his men remayned in the inward partes of the caue 4 And the men of Dauid sayd vnto him See the day is come of which the Lord sayde vnto thee Behold I will deliuer thyne enemie into thyne hand and thou shalt do to him as it shall seeme good in thy sight Then Dauid arose and cut of the lappe of Sauls garment priuily 5 And afterwarde Dauids heart smote him because he had cut of the lap of Sauls garment 6 And he sayd vnto his men The Lorde kepe me from doyng that thing vnto my maister the lordes annoynted to lay myne hande vpon him seing he is the annoynted of the Lorde 7 And so Dauid kept of his seruauntes with these wordes and suffred them not to rise against Saul But Saul rose vp out of the caue and went away 8 Dauid also arose afterward and went out of the caue and cryed after Saul saying My Lorde king And when Saul loked behind him Dauid stowped with his face to the earth and bowed him selfe 9 And Dauid sayde to Saul Wherfore geuest thou an eare to mens wordes that say beholde Dauid seketh euyll against thee 10 Behold this day thyne eyes haue seene howe that the Lord hath deliuered thee this day into myne hande in the caue And some bad me kill thee but I had compassion on thee and sayd I will not lay myne handes on my maister for he is the Lordes annoynted 11 And moreouer my father beholde and see yet the lap of thy garment in my hand Inasmuch as I killed thee not when I cut of the lap of thy garment vnderstand therfore see that there is neither euyll nor wickednesse in me and that I haue not sinned against thee And yet thou huntest after my soule to take it 12 The Lorde be iudge betweene thee and me the Lorde auenge me of thee but myne hande be not vpon thee was mery within hym for he was very drunken Wherfore she tolde him nothyng neither lesse nor more vntyll the morowe mornyng 37 But in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal his wyfe tolde him these wordes and his heart dyed within him and he became as a stone 38 And vpon a ten dayes after the Lord smote Nabal that he dyed 39 And when Dauid heard that Nabal was dead he sayd Blessed be the Lord that hath iudged y e cause of my rebuke of the hand of Nabal hath kept his seruaunt from euill For the Lord hath recompenced the wickednes of Nabal vpon his owne head And Dauid sent to commune with Abigail to take her to his wyfe 40 And when the seruauntes of Dauid were come to Abigail to Carmel they spake vnto her saying Dauid sent vs vnto thee to take thee to his wyfe And she arose bowed her selfe on her face to the earth and saide Beholde let thy handmayd be a seruaunt to washe the feete of the seruauntes of my lorde 41 And Abigail hasted and arose gate her vpon an Asse with fiue damosels of hers that went at her feete and she went after the messengers of Dauid became his wyfe 42 Dauid also toke Ahinoam of Iezrael and they were both his wyues 43 But Saul had geuen Michol his daughter Dauids wyfe to Phalti the sonne of Lais which was of Gallim ¶ The .xxvi. Chapter 1 Dauid was discouered vnto Saul by the Ziphites 12. Dauid taketh away Sauls speare and a cruse of water that stoode at his head 21. Saul confesseth his sinne 1 THE Ziphites came againe vnto Saul to Gibea saying Doth not Dauid hide him selfe in the hill of Hachilâ—a which is before Iesimon 2 Saul arose went downe to the wildernes of Ziph hauing three thousand chosen men of Israel with him for to seke Dauid in the wildernesse of Ziph. 3 And Saul pitched in the hil of Hachilia which is before Iesimon by the way side But Dauid dwelt in the wildernesse and he sawe that Saul came after him into the wildernesse 4 Dauid therefore sent out spies vnderstoode that Saul was come in very deede 5 And Dauid arose came to the place where Saul had pitched Dauid beheld the place where Saul lay Abner the sonne of Ner which was his chiefe captayne for Saul lay in the fort the people pytched rounde about him 6 Then aunswered Dauid and spake to Ahimelech the Hethite and to Abisai the sonne of Zaruia brother to Ioab saying Who wyll go downe with me to Saul to the hoast And Abisai saide I wyll go downe with thee 7 And so Dauid and Abisai came downe to the people by night and behold Saul lay sleepyng within the fort and his speare stacke in y e grounde at his head but Abner and the people lay rounde about hym 8 Then saide Abisai to Dauid God hath closed thyne enemie into thyne hand thys day Nowe I pray thee let me smite him once with my speare to the earth I will not smite him the second tyme. 9 And Dauid saide to Abisai Destroye him not For who can laye his hand on the Lordes annoynted and be giltlesse 10 And Dauid sayd furthermore As the Lorde lyueth the Lorde shall smyte him or his day shall come to dye or he shall descend into battaile and perishe 11 The Lorde kepe me from laying myne hand vpon the Lordes annoynted But I praye thee take thou nowe the speare that is at his head and the cruse of water and let vs go 12 And so Dauid toke the speare and the cruse of water from Sauls head and they gat them away and no man sawe it nor marked it neither awaked For they were all asleepe because the Lorde had sent a dead sleepe vpon theÌ„ 13 Then Dauid went ouer to the other syde and stoode on the toppe of an hill a farre of a great space being betweene them 14 And Dauid cryed to the people and to Abner the sonne of Ner saying Hearest thou not Abner Abner aunswered and sayd Who art thou that cryest to the king 15 And Dauid sayde to Abner Art not thou a man and who is lyke to thee in Israel Wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lorde the king For there came one of the folke in to destroye the king thy lorde 16 It is not well done of thee As the Lorde lyueth ye are worthy to dye because ye haue not kept the Lordes annoynted And nowe see where the kinges
Philistines make warre against me and God is departed from me and aunswereth me no more neither by prophets nor by dreames And therefore I haue called thee that thou mayest tell me what I shall do 16 Then saide Samuel Wherefore doest thou aske of me while the Lord is gone from thee and is become thyne enemie 17 Trulie the Lord hath done to him euen as he spake by my hand * For the Lorde hath rent the kingdome out of thyne hand and geuen it thy neyghbour Dauid 18 Because thou obeyedst not the voyce of the Lorde nor executedst his fierce wrath vpon the Amalekites therefore hath the Lord done this vnto thee this day 19 And moreouer the Lord will deliuer Israel with thee into the handes of the Philistines * To morrowe shalt thou and thy sonnes be with me and the Lorde shall geue the hoast of Israel into the handes of the Philistines 20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth and was sore afrayde because of the wordes of Samuel And there was no strength in him for he had eaten no bread all the day nor all the night 21 And the woman came vnto Saul sawe that he was sore troubled sayde vnto him See thyne handmayde hath obeyed thy voyce haue put my soule in my hand and haue hearkened vnto thy wordes which thou sayedst vnto me 22 Nowe therefore I pray thee hearken thou also vnto the voyce of thyne handmayde and let me set a morsell of bread before thee that thou mayest eate and get thee strength then go on thy iourney 23 He refused and sayde I will not eate But his seruauntes and the woman together compelled him and he hearkened vnto their voyce And so he arose from the earth and sat on a bed 24 The woman had a fat calfe in the house and she hasted and killed it and tooke floure and kneded it and did bake vnleauened bread thereof 25 And brought them before Saul and before his seruauntes And when they had eaten they stoode vp went away the same night The .xxix. Chapter 4 The princes of the Philistines cause Dauid to be sent backe from the battaile against Israel because they mistrusted him 1 SO the Philistines were gathered together with all their armies in Aphec and the Israelites pytched by Ain which is in Iezrael 2 And the princes of the Philistines went foorth by hundreds and thousandes But Dauid and his men came behinde with Achis 3 Thē sayd the princes of the Philistines what do these Ebrues here Achis said vnto the princes of the Philistines Is not this Dauid the seruaunt of Saul the king of Israel which hath ben with me these dayes or these yeres and I haue found no fault in him since he fell vnto me vnto this day 4 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with hym and the princes of the Philistines sayde vnto hym Make this felowe returne that he may go againe to his place which thou hast appoynted hym and let hym not go downe with vs to battayle lest in the battayle he be an aduersarie to vs For wherewith shoulde he obtayne the fauour of his maister shoulde it not be with the heades of these men 5 Is not this Dauid to whom they sang in daunces saying Saul slue his thousande Dauid his ten thousande 6 Then Achis called Dauid and sayde vnto him As the Lorde lyueth thou hast ben honest and good in my sight when thou wentest out and in with me in the hoast neither haue I founde euyll with thee sence thou camest to me vnto this day Neuerthelesse the princes fauour thee not 7 Wherefore nowe returne and go in peace that thou displease not the princes of the Philistines 8 And Dauid sayde vnto Achis And what haue I done what hast thou founde in thy seruaunt as long as I haue ben with thee vnto this day that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lorde the king 9 Achis aunswered and sayd to Dauid I know that thou art good in my sight as an angell of God Notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines haue sayde Let him not go vp with vs to battaile 10 Wherefore now ryse vp earlie in the morning with thy maisters seruaūtes that are come to thee and whē ye be vp earlie assoone as ye haue lyght departe 11 And so Dauid his men rose vp earlie to depart in the morning and to returne into the land of the Philistines And the Philistines wēt vp to Iezrael ¶ The .xxx. Chapter 1 The Amalekites burne Ziklag 5. Dauids two wiues are taken prisoners 6. The people would stone him 8. He asked councell of the Lorde and pursuing his enemies recouereth the pray 24. He deuideth it equally 26. And sendeth part to his frendes 1 BVt when Dauid and his men were come to Ziklag the third day the Amalekites had inuaded vppon the south euen vnto Ziklag and had smitten Ziklag and burnt it with fyre 2 And had taken the women that were therein prisoners both small and great but slue not a man saue carryed them away and went their wayes 3 So Dauid and his men came to the citie and beholde it was burnt with fyre and their wiues their sonnes and their daughters were taken prisoners 4 Then Dauid the people that were with him lift vp their voyces and wept vntill they could weepe no more 5 And Dauids two wiues were taken prisoners also Ahinoam the Iezrahelite and Abigail the wyfe of Nabal the Carmelite 6 And Dauid was in great cumbraunce For the people entended to stone him because the heartes of all y e people were vexed euery man for his sonnes and for his daughters But Dauid toke a good courage to him in the Lorde his God 7 And sayde to Abiathar the priest Ahimelechs sonne I pray thee bring me the Ephod And Abiathar brought the Ephod to Dauid 8 And Dauid asked councel at the Lord saying Shall I follow after this company shall I ouertake them And he aunswered him Folowe for thou shalt suerlie ouertake them and recouer all 9 So Dauid and the sixe hundred men that were with him went and came to the ryuer Besor where a parte of them abode 10 But Dauid and foure hundred men folowed For two hundred abode behinde being to weery to go ouer the ryuer Besor 11 And they founde an Egyptian in the fielde and brought him to Dauid and gaue him bread he did eate and water to drinke 12 And gaue him a fewe fygges and two clusters of reasinges And when he had eaten his spirite came againe to him For he had eaten no bread nor druncke any water in three dayes and three nightes 13 And Dauid said vnto him To whom belongest thou and whence art thou He sayd I am a young man of Egypt and seruaunt to an Amalekite and my maister left me because three dayes agone I fell sicke
14 We came a rouyng vpon the south of Chretus and vpon the coast belonging to Iuda and toward the south of Caleb and we burnt Ziklag with fyre 15 And Dauid saide to him Canst thou bring me to this company And he said Sweare vnto me by God that thou wilt neither kill me nor deliuer me into the handes of my maister and I will bring thee to this company 16 And when he had brought him thyther beholde they laye scattered abrode vpon all the earth eating and drynking daunsing because of al the great praye that they had carried away out of the land of the Philistines and out of the land of Iuda 17 And Dauid layde vpon them from the twylight euen vnto the euening of the next morowe so that there escaped not a man of them saue foure hundred young men which rode vpon cammels and fled 18 And Dauid recouered all that the Amalekites had carryed away and Dauid reseued his two wyues 19 So that there was nothing lacking to them small or great sonne or daughter or of the spoyle of all that they had taken away Dauid recouered them all 20 And Dauid tooke all the sheepe and the oxen and they draue them before his cattaile and saide This is Dauids pray 21 And Dauid came to the two hundred men that were to weery for to folowe Dauid whom they had made also to abyde at the ryuer Besor And they came to meete Dauid the people that were with him And when Dauid came to the people he saluted them 22 Then aunswered all the wicked and the vnthryftes of the men that went with Dauid and saide Because they went not with vs therfore wil we geue them none of the pray that we haue recouered But let euery man take his wife and his children those let them carry away and departe 23 Then sayd Dauid Ye shall not do so my brethren with that which the Lord hath geuen vs who hath preserued vs and delyuered the company that came against vs into our handes 24 For who will hearkē vnto you in this matter * But as his parte is that goeth downe and fighteth so shall his parte be that tarryeth by the stuffe they shall parte alyke 25 And so from that day forward was that made a statute and lawe in Israel vnto this day 26 When Dauid therefore came to Ziklag he sent of the pray vnto the elders of Iuda and to his friendes saying See there is a blessing for you of the spoyle of the enemies of the Lorde 27 He sent to them of Bethel to them of south Ramoth to them of Iathir 28 To them of Aroer to them of Sephamoth to them of Esthema 29 To them of Rachal to them of the cities of Jerahmeel to them of the cities of the Kenites 30 To them of Horma to them of Chor-ashan to them of Athach 31 To them that are in Hebron and to all places where Dauid and his men were wont to haunt Teh .xxxi. Chapter 4 Saul killeth him selfe 6. His children are slaine in the battaile 12. The men of Iabes tooke downe his bodie which was hanged on the wall 1 AND the Philistines fought against Israel and the men of Israel fled away from the Philistines and fell downe wounded in mount Gilboa 2 And the Philistines preassed sore vpon Saul his sonnes slue Ionathan Abinadab Melchisua Sauls sonnes 3 And when the battaile went sore against Saul the archers with bowes found him and he was fore afrayde of the archers 4 Thē said Saul vnto his harnesse bearer Draw out thy sword thrust me through therewith lest the vncircumcised come and thrust me through mocke me And his harnesse bearer wolde not for he was sore afrayd Therefore Saul toke a sword and fell vpon it 5 And when his harnesse bearer sawe that Saul was dead he fell lykewise vpon his sword and dyed with him 6 And so Saul dyed his three sonnes and his harnesse bearer and al his men that same day together 7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other syde of the valley and they of the other syde Iordaine sawe that the men of Israel were put to flight and that Saul and his sonnes were dead they left the cities and ran away and the Philistines came and dwelt in them 8 On the morow when the Philistines were come to spoyle them that were slaine they founde Saul and his three sonnes lying in mount Gilboa 9 And they cut of his head and stripped him out of his harnesse sent into the land of y e Philistines on euery syde that they should puplishe it in the temple of their idolles and among the people 10 And they layed vp his harnesse in the house of Astaroth but they hanged vp his body on the wall of Bethsan 11 When the inhabitauntes of Iabes in Gilead heard thereof what the Philistines had done to Saul 12 They arose as many as were strong men and went all night toke the bodie of Saul the bodies of his sonnes from the wall of Bethsan and came to Iabes and burnt them there 13 And toke their bones buryed them vnder a tree at Iabes fasted seuen dayes ¶ The end of the first booke of Samuel or first booke of Kinges ⧠The seconde booke of Samuel otherwyse called the seconde booke of the kinges The fyrst Chapter 4 It was tolde Dauid of Sauls death 15 He causeth him to be slayne that brought the tidings 19 He lamented the death of Saul and Ionathan 1 AFter the death of Saul when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and had ben two daies in Ziklag 2 Beholde there came a man the thirde day out of the hoast from Saul with his clothes rent earth vpon his head And when he came to Dauid he fell to the earth and did obeysaunce 3 Dauid sayde vnto him whence cōmest thou He sayde vnto him Out of the hoast of Israel I am escaped 4 And Dauid sayde vnto him And what is done I pray thee tell me He sayde The people is fled from the battell and many of the people are ouerthrowen and dead and Saul and Ionathan his sonne are dead also 5 And Dauid sayd vnto the young man that tolde it him Howe knowest thou that Saul and Ionathan his sonne be dead 6 The young man that tolde him aunswered As I came vnaduisedly to mount Gilboa beholde Saul leaned vpon his speare and lo the charettes and horsemen folowed hard after him 7 And when he loked backe he sawe me and called me And I aunswered here am I. 8 And he sayde vnto me Who art thou I aunswered him I am an Amalekite 9 He sayde vnto me agayne I pray thee come vpon me and slea me For anguyshe is come vpon me because my life is yet whole in me 10 And so I stoode vpon him
Abiathar the priestes Of this that maner did Ahithophel and the elders of Israel counsel Absalom and thus thus haue I counsayled 16 Nowe therfore send quickly shewe Dauid saying Tarie not this night in y e fieldes of the wildernesse but get thee ouer lest the king be deuoured all the people that are with him 17 Now Ionathan and Ahimaaz abode by the well Rogel for they might not be seene to come into the citie and a wench went and told them And they went and shewed king Dauid 18 Neuerthelesse a lad sawe them and tolde it to Absalom But they went both of them away quickly came to a mans house in Bahurim which had a well in his yarde into the whiche they went downe 19 And the wyfe toke and spread a couerlet ouer the welles mouth spread ground corne theron and the thing was not spied 20 And when Absaloms seruauntes came to the wyfe to the house they sayde Where is Ahimaaz Ionathan The woman aunswered thē They be gone ouer the brooke of water And whē they had sought them and coulde not finde them they returned to Hierusalem 21 And assoone as they were departed the other came out of the wel and went and tolde king Dauid and sayde vnto him Vp and get you quickly ouer the water for suche counsel hath Ahithophel geuen against you 22 Then Dauid arose and all the people that were with him they were come ouer Iordane by that it was day so that there lacked not one of them that was not come ouer Iordane 23 And when Ahithophel sawe that his counsel was not folowed he sadled his Asse and arose and gate him home to his owne house and to his owne citie put his housholde in order and hanged him selfe and died and was buried in the sepulchre of his father 24 Then Dauid came to Mahanaim And Absalom passed ouer Iordane he and all the men of Israel with him 25 And Absalom made Amasa captaine of the hoast in stede of Ioab which Amasa was a mans sonne named Iethra an Israelite that went into Abigail the daughter of Nahas sister to Zaruia Ioabs mother 26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead 27 And when Dauid was come to Mahanaim Sobi the sonne of Nahas out of Rabba of the children of Ammon Machir the sonne of Ammiel out of Lodeber and Barzellai the Gileadite out of Rogelim 28 Brought beddes basens earthen vessels wheat and barly floure parched corne beanes lentiles parched pulse 29 Hony butter sheepe cheese of kyne for Dauid and for the people that were with him to eate For they sayde The people is hungry weery and thirstie in the wildernesse The .xviii. Chapter 2 Dauid deuideth his armie into three partes 9 Absalom is hanged slayne and cast in a pit 33 Dauid lamenteth the death of Absalom 1 AND Dauid numbred the people that were with him and set captaynes of thousandes and of hundredes ouer them 2 And Dauid sēt foorth the third part of the people vnder the hande of Ioab and the third part vnder the hand of Abisai the sonne of Zaruia Ioabs brother and the other third part vnder the hand of Ithai the Gethite And the king said vnto the people I will go with you my selfe also 3 And the people aunswered Thou shalt not go foorth for if we flee away they wil not care for vs neither shal they regard vs though halfe of vs were slaine but thou art nowe worth ten thousande of vs Wherfore it is better that thou succour vs out of the citie 4 And the king sayde vnto them What seemeth you best that wil I do And the king stoode by the gate syde and all the people came out by hundredes and by thousandes 5 And the king commaunded Ioab and Abisai and Ithai saying Intreate the young man Absalom gently for my sake And all the people hearde that the king gaue all the captaynes charge concerning Absalom 6 And so the people wēt out into the fielde against Israel and the battel was in the wood of Ephraim 7 Where the people of Israel were slaine before the seruauntes of Dauid there was a great slaughter that day euen of twentie thousande men 8 For the battell was scattered ouer al the countrey And the wood deuoured mo people that day then dyd the sword 9 And Absalom mette the seruauntes of Dauid ryding vpon a mule whiche caried him vnder the thycke bowes of a great oke and his head was caught of the oke and he was lift vp betweene the heauen and the earth and the mule that was vnder him went away 10 And one that sawe it tolde Ioab saying Beholde I sawe Absalom hange in an oke 11 And Ioab sayd vnto the man that told him If thou diddest see him why diddest not thou there smite him to the ground and I would haue geuen thee ten sicles of siluer and a gyrdle 12 The man sayd vnto Ioab Though I should receaue a thousande sicles of siluer in myne hande yet woulde I not stretche out myne hand against y e kinges sonne For we heard with our eares when the king charged thee Abisai and Ithai saying Beware that none touche the young man Absalom 13 Moreouer if I had done it I shoulde haue done against mine owne lyfe for there is no matter hyd from the king yea thou thy selfe wouldest haue ben against me 14 Then sayde Ioab I may not stand thus tarying with thee And he toke three dartes in his hande thrust them through Absalom whyle he was yet alyu◠in the middes of the oke 15 And ten seruauntes that bare Ioabs weapons turned and smote Absalom and slue him 16 And Ioab blew the trumpet and the people returned from folowing Israel for Ioab held backe the people 17 And they toke Absalom and cast him into a great pyt in the wood and layed a mightie great heape of stones vpon him And all Israel fled euery one to their tentes 18 And this Absalom yet in his lyfe time toke and reared vp a piller whiche is in the kinges dale For he sayd I haue no sonne to kepe my name in remembraunce and he called the piller after his owne name and it is called vnto this day Absaloms place 19 Then sayd Ahimaaz the sonne of Sadoc Let me runne nowe and beare the king tydinges how that the Lord hath iudged him quyte of the hande of his enemies 20 And Ioab sayd vnto him Thou art no man to beare tidinges to day thou shalt beare tydinges another time but to day thou shalt beare none because the kinges sonne is dead 21 Then sayd Ioab to Chusi Go and tell the kyng what thou hast seene And Chusi bowed him selfe vnto Ioab and ranne 22 Then sayd Ahimaaz the sonne of Sadoc againe to Ioab What I pray thee if I also runne after Chusi And Ioab sayde Wherfore
wilt thou runne my sonne seyng that thou hast no tydinges to bring 23 Yet what if I runne He said vnto him Runne Then Ahimaaz ranne by the way of the playne came before Chusi 24 And Dauid sate betweene the two gates And the watchman went vp to the roofe ouer the gate vnto the wal and lift vp his eyes and sawe beholde there came a man runnyng alone 25 And the watchman cryed tolde the king And the king sayd If he be alone there is tydinges in his mouth And he came a pace and drewe neare 26 And the watchman sawe another man running and the watchman called vnto the porter and sayd Behold there commeth another man running alone And the king sayd He is also a tydinges bringer 27 And the watchman sayde Me thinketh the running of the formost is lyke the running of Ahimaaz the sonne of Sadoc The king sayde He is a good man and commeth with good tidinges 28 And Ahimaaz called said vnto y e king peace be with thee And he fell downe to the earth vpō his face before the king and sayd Blessed be the Lord thy God which hath shut vp the mē that lift vp their handes against my lorde the king 29 And the king sayd Is the young man Absalom safe Ahimaaz aunswered When Ioab sent the kinges seruaunt and me thy seruaunt I sawe a great tumult but I wote not what it was 30 And the king sayde vnto him Turne aside and stand here And he turned aside and stoode styll 31 And behold Chusi came also and sayd Tydinges my lorde the king for the Lord hath deliuered thee this day out of the hande of al them that rose against thee 32 And the king sayde vnto Chusi Is the young man Absalom safe Chusi aunswered The enemies of my lorde the king and all that ryse against thee to do thee hurt be as that young man is 33 And the king was moued and went vp to the chamber ouer the gate and wept and as he went thus he sayde O my sonne Absalom my sonne my sonne Absalom woulde God I had died for thee O Absalom my sonne my sonne The .xix. Chapter 7 Ioab encourageth the king 8 Dauid is restored 23 Simei is pardoned 24 Miphiboseth meeteth the king 39 Barzelai departeth 41 Israel striueth with Iuda 1 ANd it was told Ioab beholde the king weepeth mourneth for Absalom 2 And the victorie of that day was turned into mourning vnto al the people for the people heard say that day howe y e king sorowed for his sonne 3 And the people went that day into the citie by stealth as people confounded to conuey them selues when they flee in battell 4 But the king hyd his face and cryed with a loude voyce O my sonne Absalom O Absalom my sonne my sonne 5 And Ioab came into the house to the king and sayd Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy seruaūtes which this day haue saued thy life the liues of thy sonnes and of thy daughters the liues of thy wyues and of thy concubines 6 In that thou louest thyne enemies and hatest thy frendes For thou hast declared this day that thou regardest neither thy princes nor seruauntes And this day I do perceaue that if Absalom had lyued and all we had died this day that had pleased thee well 7 Nowe therfore vp and come out and speake cōfortably vnto thy seruauntes For I sweare by the Lorde except thou come out there will not tary one man with thee this night and that wil be worse vnto thee then all the euyll that fell on thee from thy youth vnto this houre 8 Then the king arose and sate in the gate And they tolde vnto all the people saying beholde the king doth sit in the gate and all the people came before the king For Israel had fled euery man to his tent 9 And al y e people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel saying The king saued vs out of the hand of our enemies he deliuered vs out of the hande of the Philistines and nowe he is fled out of the lande for Absalom 10 But Absalom whom we annoynted ouer vs is dead in battell Therefore why are ye so still that ye bring not the king agayne 11 And king Dauid sent to Sadoc Abiathar the priestes saying Speake vnto the elders of Iuda and say why are ye behinde to bring the king againe to his house seyng that such tydinges is come from all Israel vnto the king euen to his house 12 Ye are my brethren my bones and my fleshe wherfore then are ye the last that bryng the king againe 13 And say ye to Amasa Art thou not of my bone and of my fleshe God do so to me and more also if thou be not captayne of the hoast to me for euer in the roome of Ioab 14 And he bowed the heartes of all the men of Iuda euen as the heart of one man so that they sent this word to the king Returne thou with all thy seruauntes 15 So the king returned and came to Iordane And Iuda came to Gilgal for to go to meete the king and to conuey him ouer Iordane 16 And Simei the sonne of Gera the sonne of Iemini whiche was of Bahurim hasted and came downe with the men of Iuda to meete king Dauid 17 And there were a thousand men of Beniamin with him and Ziba the seruaunt of the house of Saul and his fyfteene sonnes and twentie seruauntes with him and they went ouer Iordane before the king 18 And there went ouer a boate to carie ouer the kinges housholde and to do him pleasure And Simei the sonne of Gera fel before the king as he was come ouer Iordane 19 And sayde vnto the king Let not my lorde impute wickednes vnto me nor remembre the thinges that thy seruaunt dyd wickedly when my lord the king departed out of Hierusalē that the king should take it to his heart 20 For thy seruaunt doth knowe howe that I haue done amisse And therfore behold I am the first this day of all the house of Ioseph that am come downe to meete my lorde the king 21 But Abisai the sonne of Zaruia aunswered and sayd Shall not Simei dye for this because he cursed the Lordes annoynted 22 And Dauid sayde What haue I to do with you ye sonnes of Zaruia For this day ye be aduersaries vnto me Shall there any man dye this day in Israel Do not I knowe that I am this day kyng ouer Israel 23 And therfore the kyng sayde vnto Simei Thou shalt not dye and the kyng sware vnto hym 24 And Miphiboseth the sonne of Saul came downe to meete the kyng and had neither washed his feete nor dressed his bearde nor washed his clothes from the tyme the kyng departed vntyll he came againe in peace
Zebadia the sonne of Ismael a ruler of the house of Iuda for all the kinges matters There be officers of the Leuites also before you Take courage to you therfore and be doyng manfully and the Lorde shal be with such as be good The .xx. Chapter 3 Iehosaphat and the people pray vnto the Lorde 22 The marueylous victorie that the Lorde gaue him against his enemies 30 His raigne and actes 1 AFter this also it fortuned that the children of Moab and the children Ammon with them other of the Ammonites came against Iehosaphat to battell 2 And there came some that told Iehosaphat saying There commeth a great multitude against thee from the other side of the sea and out of Syria and behold they be in Hasason Thamar which is Engadi 3 And Iehosaphat feared set him selfe to seke the Lorde and proclaymed fasting throughout all Iuda 4 And they that were in Iuda gathered thē selues together to aske counsel of the Lord And they came out of al the cities of Iuda to make intercession to y e lord 5 And Iehosaphat stoode betweene the congregation of Iuda Hierusalem in the house of y e Lord before the new court 6 And sayd O Lord God of our fathers art not thou God in heauen and raignest not thou on all the kingdomes of the Heathen and in thyne hande is power and might and there is no man that is able to withstande thee 7 Art not thou our God whiche diddest cast out the inhabiters of this lande before thy people Israel gauest it to the seede of Abraham thy louer for euer 8 And they dwelt therin and haue buylt thee a tēple therin for thy name saying 9 If euyll come vpon vs as the sword of iudgement pestilence or hunger then if we stande before this house in thy presence for thy name is in this house and crye vnto thee in our tribulation heare thou and helpe 10 And nowe beholde the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir by whom thou wouldest not let them of Israel go when they came out of the lande of Egypt but they departed from them and destroyed them not 11 See howe they rewarde vs to come for to cast vs out of thy possession whiche thou hast geuen vs to inherite 12 O our God wilt thou not iudge them for we haue no might against this great companie that commeth against vs neither wote we what to do but our eyes be vnto thee 13 And all Iuda stoode before the Lorde with their young ones their wiues and their children 14 And there was Iahaziel the sonne of Zacharia the sonne of Banaia the sonne of Iehiel the sonne of Matthania a Leuite of the sonnes of Asaph vpon hym came the spirite of the Lorde euen in the middes of the congregation 15 And he sayd Hearken all Iuda and ye inhabiters of Hierusalem and thou king Iehosaphat thus sayth the Lorde vnto you Be not afrayd nor faynt hearted by reason of this great multitude for the battell is not yours but Gods 16 To morow go ye downe against them behold they come vp by the clift of Ziz and ye shall finde them at the ende of the brooke before the wildernesse of Ieruel 17 Ye shall not neede to fight in this battell but steppe foorth and stand and beholde the helpe of the Lorde whiche is with you feare not nor let your heartes fayle you O ye of Iuda and of Hierusalem To morowe go out against them for the Lord wil be with you 18 And Iehosaphat bowed his face to the earth and all Iuda and the inhabibiters of Hierusalem fel before the Lord worshipping the Lorde 19 And the Leuites of the children of the Caathites of the children of the Corahites stoode vp to prayse the Lorde God of Israel with a loud voyce on hie 20 And when they arose early in the morning they gat them out vnto the wildernesse of Thekoa and as they went out Iehosaphat stoode and sayd Heare me O Iuda and ye inhabiters of Hierusalem Put your trust in the Lorde your God that ye may be founde faythfull Geue credence to his prophetes and so shall ye prosper 21 When he had consulted with the people and set some to sing vnto the Lorde and to prayse him in the beautie of holinesse and to go out before the armie and to say Prayse the Lorde for his mercie lasteth euer 22 And when they began to shout and to prayse the Lord layde ambushementes against the children of Ammon Moab and mount Seir whiche were come against Iuda And they were ouerthrowen with strokes among thēselues 23 For the children of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabiters of mount Seir and they slue and destroyed them And when they had made an end of the inhabiters of Seir euery one helped to destroy another among them selues 24 And when Iuda came towarde Mispah in the wildernesse they loked vnto the multitude and beholde they were dead carcasses fallen to the earth and none escaped 25 And when Iehosaphat and his people came to take away the spoyle of them they founde among them aboundaunce of goods rayment pleasaunt iewels which they toke for them selues more then they could cary away so that they were three dayes in gathering of the spoyle it was so much 26 And the fourth day they assembled in the valley of blessing for there they blessed the Lord And therfore they called the name of the same place the valley of blessing vnto this day 27 And so all the men of Iuda and Hierusalē returned with Iehosaphat their head for to go againe to Hierusalem with gladnesse for the Lord had made them to reioyce ouer their enemies 28 And they came to Hierusalem with psalters and harpes shawmes euen vnto the house of the Lorde 29 And the feare of God fell on the kingdomes of all landes when they had heard that the Lorde fought against the enemies of Israel 30 And so the realme of Iehosaphat was in tranquillitie and his God gaue him rest on euery side 31 And Iehosaphat raigned vpon Iuda and was thirtie fiue yeres olde when he began to raigne he raigned twentie and fiue yeres in Hierusalem And his mothers name was Azuba the daughter of Silhi 32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father and bowed not therfrom doyng that which was right in the sight of the Lorde 33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away for the people had not yet prepared their heartes vnto the God of their fathers 34 The rest of the actes of Iehosaphat first and last behold they are written among the sayinges of Iehu the sonne of Hanani which noted them in the booke of the kinges of Israel 35 After this did Iehosaphat king of Iuda ioyne himselfe with Ahaziahu king of Israel whose mind was to do wickedly 36 He coupled him selfe with him to make shippes to go to Tharsis And they made the shippes in Ezion Gaber
we three dayes And I loked among the people and the priestes and founde there none of the children of Leui. 16 Then sent I to Eliezer to Ariel Semeia Elnachan Iarib Elnathan Nathan Zacharia and to Mesullam the rulers and to Ioiarib and Elnathan which were men of vnderstanding 17 And to those gaue I commaundement vnto Iddo the chiefest at Casphia and I told them what they should say vnto Iddo to his brethren the Nethinims at Casphia that they shoulde cause the ministers of the house of our God to come vnto vs. 18 And through the good hande of our God vpon vs they brought vs a very wyse man from among the children of Moholi the sonne of Leui the sonne of Israel and Sarabia with his sonnes and his brethren euen eyghteene 19 And Hasabia and with him Isai of the children of Merari with his brethren and their sonnes twentie 20 And of the Nethinims whom Dauid and the princes gaue to minister vnto the Leuites two hundred and twentie of Nethinims which al were named by name 21 And euen there at the water beside Ahaua I proclaymed a fast that we might humble our selues before our God and seke of hym a right way for vs and for our children and for all our substaunce 22 For I was ashamed to require of the king souldiers and horsemen to helpe vs against the enemie in the way for we had spoken vnto the king saying The hande of our God is vpon all them that seke him in goodnesse his power and wrath is against all them that forsake hym 23 So we fasted and besought our God for this and he was entreated of vs. 24 And I toke out twelue of the chiefe priestes Sarabia and Hasabia and ten of their brethren with them 25 And wayed them the siluer and golde and vessels that were appoynted for the house of our God whiche the king and his consaylers and his lordes and al Israel that were there at hand had geuen together 26 And I wayed vnto their hande sixe hundred and fiftie talentes of siluer and in siluer vessels an hundred talentes and in golde an hundred talentes 27 Twentie basons of gold of a thousand drammes and two costly vessels of good brasse as cleare as golde 28 And I sayde vnto them Ye are consecrate vnto the Lord like as the vessels are holy also and the gold and siluer are geuen of a good wil vnto the Lord God of your fathers 29 Watch ye and kepe them for ye shall way them downe before the chiefe priestes and Leuites and auncient fathers of Israel at Hierusalem in the treasuries of the house of the Lorde 30 Then toke the priestes and Leuites the wayed siluer and golde and vessels to bring it to Hierusalem vnto the house of our God 31 And we brake vp from the water of Ahaua on the twelfth day of the first moneth to go vnto Hierusalem and the hande of our God was vpon vs and deliuered vs from the hande of the enemies and of such as layed wayte for vs by the way 32 And we came to Hierusalem and abode there three dayes 33 But on the fourth day was the siluer and gold and vessels wayed in the house of our God by the hande of Meremoth the sonne of Vria the priest and with him was Eleazar the sonne of Phinehes and with them was Iosabad the sonne of Iesua and Noadia the sonne of Bennoi the Leuites 34 According to the number and weyght of euery one was the wayght all written vp at the same time 35 And the children of the captiuitie which were come out of captiuitie offred burnt offringes vnto the God of Israel twelue bullockes for all Israel ninetie and sixe rammes seuentie and seuen lambes twelue hee goates for sinne offering all to the burnt offering of the Lorde 36 And they deliuered the kinges commission vnto the kinges officers and to the captaynes that were beyonde the water And they promoted the people and the house of God The .ix. Chapter 1 Esdras complayneth on the people that had turned them selues from God and maried with the gentiles 5 He prayeth vnto God 1 WHen these thinges were done the rulers came to me and sayde The people of Israel and the priestes Leuites are not separated from the people of the landes as touching their abhominations namely of the Chanaanites Hethites Pherezites Iebusites Ammonites Moabites Egyptians and Amorites 2 For they haue taken the daughters of the same to them selues and to their sonnes and the holy seede is mixed with the nations of the landes the hand of the princes and rulers hath ben principall in the trespasse 3 And when I heard this saying I rent my clothes and my garment pluckt of the heere of my head of my beard and sate mourning 4 And there resorted vnto me all such as feared the wordes of the God of Israel because of the transgression of the people of the captiuitie And I sat mourning vntill the euening sacrifice 5 And about the euening sacrifice I arose vp from my heauinesse and rent my clothes and my rayment and fell vpon my knees and spread out my handes vnto the Lorde my God 6 And sayde My God I am ashamed and dare not lift vp myne eyes vnto thee my God for our wickednesses are growen ouer our head and our trespasse is waxed great vnto the heauen 7 Since the time of our fathers haue we ben in great trespasse vnto this day and because of our wickednesses haue we and our kinges and our priestes ben deliuered into the hande of the kinges of the nations vnto the sworde into captiuitie into a spoyle and into confusion of face as it is to see this day 8 And nowe for a litle space grace hath ben shewed from the Lorde our God in causing a remnaunt to escape and in geuing vs a nayle in his holy place that our God may light our eyes and geue vs a litle lyfe to take breath in our bondage 9 For we were bondmen and yet our God hath not forsaken vs in our bondage but hath enclined mercie vnto vs in the sight of the king of Persia to geue vs lyfe to set vp the house of our God and to redresse the desolation therof and to geue vs a wall in Iuda and Hierusalem 10 And nowe O our God what shall we say after this for we haue forsaken thy commaundementes 11 Whiche thou hast commaunded by thy seruauntes the prophetes saying The lande vnto which ye go to possesse it is an vncleane lande because of the filthinesse of the people of the landes whiche with their abhominations haue made it full of vncleannesse on euery syde 12 Therfore shal ye not geue your daughters vnto their sonnes and their daughters shall ye not take vnto your sonnes nor seke their peace and wealth for euer that ye may be strong and enioy the goodnesse of the lande and that ye and your children may haue
God euen vnto the middest of the temple shut the doores of the temple for they wyll come to slay thee yea euen in the night wyll they come to put thee to death 11 And I saide should any such man as I flee Who is that being as I am wyll go into the temple to saue his life I wil not go in 12 And loe I perceaued that God hath not sent him but that he pronounced this prophecie against me For Tobia and Sanaballat had hired him for money 13 Therfore was he hyred that through feare I should so do sinne that they might haue an euill report of me to lay to my charge 14 My God thinke thou vpon Tobia and Sanaballat according vnto these their workes and on the prophetisse Noadia and the other prophetes that would haue put me in feare 15 And the wall was finished on the twentie and fifth day of the moneth Elul in fiftie and two dayes 16 And when all our enemies hearde thereof all the heathen that was about vs were afrayd and their courage fayled them For they perceaued that this worke came of our God 17 And at the same time were there many of the chiefe of Iuda whose letters wente vnto Tobia and againe from Tobia vnto them 18 For there were many in Iuda that were sworne vnto him for he was the sonne in lawe of Sechania the sonne of Arah and his sonne Iehonathan had the daughter of Mesullam the sonne of Barachia 19 And they spake good of him before me and tolde him my wordes and Tobia sent letters to put me in feare ¶ The .vii. Chapter 1 After the wall once builded is the watch appoynted 6 They that returned from the captiuitie are numbred 1 NOw when the wall was builded I hanged on the doores also and the porters singers and Leuites were appoynted 2 And I commaunded my brother Hanani and Hanania the ruler of the castle at Hierusalem for he was a faithfull man and feared God more then did many other 3 And saide vnto them Let not the gates of Hierusalem be opened vntil the sunne be whot and while they stand by let them shut the doores barre them And we appoynted certaine citezins of Hierusalem to be watchmen euery one to keepe his watch and euery one to be ouer against his house 4 As for the citie it was large of roome and great but the people were fewe therein and the houses were not builded 5 And God gaue me in myne heart that I gathered together the principal men and the officers the people to number them and I founde a register of the number of them which came vp before and founde written therein 6 These are the sonnes of the lande that went vp from the captiuitie that was caried away whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had brought away and came againe to Hierusalem and Iuda euery one vnto his citie 7 They which came with Zorobabel are these Iesua Nehemia Asariah Raamia Nahamani Mardochee Belsan Mesperath Beguai Nahum and Baanah This is the number of the men of the people of Israel 8 The children of Pharaos were two thousand an hundred seuentie and two 9 The children of Saphatia three hundred seuentie and two ' 10 The children of Arah sixe hundred ' fiftie and two ' 11 The children of the captayne of Moab among the children of Iesua Ioab two thousand eyght hundred and eightteene 12 The children of Elam a thousand two ' hundred fiftie and foure ' 13 The children of Zathua eyght hundred ' fouretie and fiue ' 14 The children of Zachai seuen hundred ' and threescore ' 15 The children of Bannui sixe hundred ' fouretie and eyght ' 16 The children of Bebai sixe hundred ' twentie and eyght ' 17 The children of Asgad two thousand ' three hundred twentie and two ' 18 The children of Adonicam sixe hundred ' threescore and seuen ' 19 The children of Beguai two thousand ' threescore and seuen ' 20 The children of Adin sixe hundred fiftie and fiue ' 21 The children of Ater of Hezekia ninetie and eyght ' 22 The children of Hasem three hundred twentie and eyght ' 23 The children of Bezai three hundred twentie and foure ' 24 The children of Hariph an hundred and twelue ' 25 The children of Gibeon ninetie and ' fiue ' 26 The men of Bethlehem and Nethophah ' an hundred fourescore and eyght ' 27 The men of Anathoth an hundred ' twentie and eyght ' 28 The men of Bethasmaueth fouretie ' and two ' 29 The men of Kariathiarim Cep◠and Beeroth seuen hundred four◠and three ' 30 The men of Ramah and Geba sixe ' hundred twentie and one ' 31 The men of Michmas an hundred ' twentie and two ' 32 The men of Bethel and Ai an hundred ' twentie and three ' 33 The men of the other Nebo fiftie and ' two ' 34 The childrē of the other Elam a thousand ' two hundred fiftie and foure ' 35 The children of Harim three hundred ' and twentie ' 36 The children of Iericho three hundred ' fourtie and fiue ' 37 The children of Lodhadid and Ono ' seuen hundred twentie and one ' 38 The children of Senaa three thousand ' nine hundred and thirtie 39 The priestes The children of Iedaia of the house of Iesua nine hundred seuentie and three ' 40 The children of Immer a thousand ' fiftie and two ' 41 The children of Phashur a thousand ' two hundred fourtie and seuen ' 42 The children of Harim a thousand ' and seuenteene 43 The Leuites The children of Iesua of Cadmiel and of the children of Hodiiah seuentie and foure ' 44 The singers The children of Asaph ' an hundred fourtie and eyght 45 The porters The childrē of Sallum the children of Ater the children of Talmon the children of Accub the children of Hatita the children of Sobai altogether an hundred thirtie eyght 46 The Nethinims The children of Siha the children of Hasupha the children of Tebbaoth ' 47 The children of Ceros the children of ' Sia the children of Phadon ' 48 The children of Lebanah the children ' of Hagaba the children of Salmai ' 49 The children of Hanan the children of ' Giddel the children of Gaher ' 50 The children of Reaiah the children of ' Resin the children of Necodah ' 51 The children of Gazzam the children ' of Vzza the children of Phasea ' 52 The children of Besai the children of ' Meunim the children of Nephussim ' 53 The children of Bacbuc the children ' of Hacupha the children of Harhur ' 54 The children of Baslith the children ' of Mehida the children of Harsa ' 55 The children of Barcos the children of Sisera the children of Thamah 56 The children of Nesiah the children ' of Hatipha 57 The childrē of Solomons seruaūtes the children of Sotai the children of Sophereth the children of Pharida 58 The children of Iaala the children of ' Darcon the children of Giddel '
their purification accomplissed sixe monethes with oyle of mirre and sixe monethes with sweete odoures and in the purifiyng of the women 13 And thus went the maydens vnto the king whatsoeuer she required that must be geuen her to go with her out of the womens buylding vnto the kinges palace 14 In the euening she went and on the morowe she returned into the seconde house of the women abyding vnder the hande of Saasgaz the kinges chamberlayne which kept the concubines And she came in vnto the king no more except it pleased the king to haue her and that she were called by name 15 Nowe when the course came of Esther the daughter of Abihail the vncle of Mardocheus which had receaued her as his owne daughter that she shoulde come in vnto the king she desired nothing but what Hegai the kinges chamberlayne the keper of the women saide And Esther found fauour in the sight of all them that loked vpon her 16 And Esther was taken vnto king Ahasuerus into his house royall in the tenth moneth which is the moneth Tebeth in the seuenth yere of his raigne 17 And the king loued Esther aboue all the women and she found grace and fauour in his sight more then all the virgins so that he set the crowne of the kingdome vpon her head and made her queene in steede of Vasthi 18 And the king made a great feast vnto all his princes and seruauntes whiche feast was because of Esther and caused the prouinces to be in quietnesse gaue giftes as became the royaltie of a king 19 And when the virgins were gathered together the seconde time Mardocheus sate in the kinges gate 20 And as yet had not Esther shewed her kinred her people according as Mardocheus had bidden her for Esther dyd after the worde of Mardocheus like as if she had ben yet vnder his gouernaunce 21 At the same time whyle Mardocheus sate in the kinges gate two of y e kinges chamberlaynes Bigthan and There 's which kept the doore were wroth and sought to lay their handes on the king Ahasuerus 22 Whereof also Mardocheus gat knowledge * and tolde it vnto queene Esther and Esther certified the king therof in Mardocheus name 23 And when inquisition was made it was founde so and they were both hanged on tree and it was written in the Chronicles before the king The .iii. Chapter 1 Haman after he was exalted obteined of the king that all the Iewes shoulde be put to death because Mardocheus had not done him worship as other had 1 AFter these actes dyd king Ahasuerus promote Haman the sonne of Amadatha the Agagite and set hym on hie and set his seate aboue all the princes that he had with hym 2 And al the kinges seruauntes that were in the kinges gate bowed their knees and reuerenced Haman for the king had so commaunded concerning hym But Mardocheus bowed not the knee neither dyd hym reuerence 3 Then the kinges seruauntes whiche were in the kinges gate said vnto Mardocheus Why transgressest thou the kinges commaundement 4 And though they spake this dayly vnto hym yet woulde he not heare them therfore they tolde Haman that they might see howe Mardocheus matters woulde stande for he had tolde them that he was a Iewe. 5 And when Haman sawe that Mardocheus bowed not the knee vnto him nor dyd reuerence vnto hym he was full of indignation 6 And thought it to litle to lay handes onely on Mardocheus for thâ—y had shewed him the nation of Mardocheus wherefore he sought to destroy all the Iewes that were throughout the whole empire of Ahasuerus and that were of the nation of Mardocheus 7 In the first moneth that is the moneth Nisan in the twelfth yere of king Ahasuerus they cast Phur that is a lot before Haman from day to day and from moneth to moneth to the twelfth moneth that is the moneth Adar 8 And Haman sayde vnto king Ahasuerus There is here a people scattred abrode and dispearsed among all people in all the prouinces of thyne empire and their lawes are diuers from all people and do not after the kinges lawes therefore it is not the kinges profite to suffer them after this maner 9 If it please the king let it be written that they may be destroyed and so wyll I waye downe ten thousand talents of siluer by the handes of them that haue the charge of this busines to bring it into the kinges treasurie 10 And the king toke his ring from his hand gaue it vnto Haman the sonne of Amadatha the Agagite the Iewes enemie 11 And the king saide vnto Haman Let the siluer be thyne do with that people as it pleaseth thee 12 Then were the kinges scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first moneth there was written according as Haman commaunded vnto all the kinges officers and to the captaynes that were ouer euery prouince and to the rulers of euery people in the countryes on euery side according to the writing therof and to euery nation after their language in the name of king Ahasuerus was it wrâ—ten and sealed with the kinges ring 31 And the letters were sent by postes into all the kinges prouinces to roote out to kill and to destroy all Iewes both young and olde children and women in one day namely vpon the thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth which is the moneth Adar to spoyle theÌ„ as a pray 14 This was the summe of the writing that there should be a commaundement geuen in al prouinces and published vnto all people that they should be redy against the same day 15 And the postes went in all the haste according to the kinges commaundement and in Susan the chiefe citie was the commaundement deuised And the king and Haman sate and dranke when in the meane time the citie of Susan was disquieted ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 5 Mardocheus geueth the queene knowledge of the cruell decree of the king against the Iewes 16 She wylleth that they pray for her 1 WHen Mardocheus perceaued all that was done he rent his clothes and put on sackecloth with asshes and went out into the middest of the citie and cryed loude and lamentably 2 And came before the kinges gate but he might not enter within the kinges gate because he had sackcloth on 3 And in all prouinces countries and places as farre as the kinges worde commaundement extented there was great lamentatioÌ„ among the Iewes fasting weeping and mourning and many lay in sackeclothes and in asshes 4 So Esthers maydens and her chamberlaynes came and told it her Then was the queene exceedingly astonied and she sent rayment that Mardocheus shoulde put on and lay the sackcloth from him But Mardocheus would not take them 5 Then called Esther Hathach one of the kinges chamberlaines which stoode before her and gaue him a commaundement vnto Mardocheus to know what it was wherefore he did so 6 So Hathach went foorth to Mardocheus vnto the streete of the citie
perfectnesse of Iod. 13 The reward of the wicked and of the tirauntes 1 AND Iob proceeded and went foorth in his parable saying 2 As God lyueth whiche hath taken away my iudgement and the almightie that hath vexed my minde 3 Whyle my breath is in me and the winde that God hath geuen me is in my nostrels 4 My lippes shall talke of no vanitie and my tongue shall speake no disceite 5 God forbyd that I should graunt your cause to be right As for me vntill myne end come will I neuer go fro myne innocentie 6 My righteous dealing kepe I fast which I will not forsake my heart shal not reproue me of my dayes 7 Therfore myne enemie shal be founde as the vngodly and he that taketh part against me as the vnrighteous 8 For what hope hath the hypocrite though he haue great good if God take away his soule 9 Will God heare his crye when trouble commeth vpon him 10 Hath he such pleasure and delite in the almightie that he dare alway call vpon God 11 I wil teache you in the name of God and the thing of the almightie will I not kepe from you 12 Behold all ye your selues haue seene it why then do ye thus vanishe in vanitie 13 Saying This is the portion that the wicked haue of God and the heritage that tyrauntes shall receaue of the almightie 14 If he get many children they shall perishe with the sworde and his posteritie shall haue scarcenesse of bread 15 His remnaunt shal be buried in death and his widowes shall not weepe 16 Though he heape vp siluer as the dust and prepare rayment as the clay 17 He may well prepare it but the godly shall put it on and the innocent shall deale out the money 18 He buyldeth his house as the moth as a booth that the watchman maketh 19 When the riche man sleepeth he shall not be gathered to his fathers they opened their eyes and he was gone 20 Terrour taketh holde vpon hym as a water fludde and the tempest stealeth him away in the night season 21 A vehement east winde caryeth him hence and he departeth a storme hurleth him out of his place 22 God shal cast vpon him and not spare though he woulde fayne flee out of his hande 23 Then clap men their handes at hym and hisse at him out of his place The .xxviii. Chapter 1 Iob sheweth that the wysdome of God is vnsearcheable 1 THere is a place wher siluer is brought out of and where golde is tryed 2 Where yron is digged out of the grounde stones resolued to me tall 3 The darkenesse shall once come to an ende he can seke out the grounde of all thinges the stones the darke and the shadowe of death 4 He causeth the fluddes to breake out against the inhabitant and the waters forgotten of the foote beyng hygher then man are gone away 5 Out of the same earth commeth bread and vnder it as it were fire is turned vp 6 The stones of it are a place of Saphires and the dust of it is golde 7 There is a way that the birdes knowe not that no vultures eye hath seene 8 Wherin the lions whelpes walke not and where no lion commeth 9 There putteth he his hande vpon the stonie rockes and ouerthroweth the mountaynes by the rootes 10 Riuers flowe out of the rockes loke what is pleasaunt his eye seeth it 11 He bindeth the fluddes that they do not ouerflow and the thing that is hid bringeth he to light 12 Where then is wysdome founde and where is the place of vnderstanding 13 Veryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue 14 The deepe sayth She is not in me the sea sayth She is not with me 15 She can not be gotten for golde neither may the price of her be bought with any siluer 16 No wedges of gold of Ophir no precious Onir stones no Saphires may be valued with her 17 No neither golde nor christall shall be equall vnto it nor her exchaunge shal be for the plate of fine golde 18 No mention shal be made of Corall nor of the Gabis for wisdome is more pretious then pearles 19 The Topas of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure golde 20 Whence then commeth wysdome and where is the place of vnderstanding 21 She is hid from the eyes of all men liuing yea from the foules of the ayre 22 Destruction and death say We haue hearde the fame therof with our eares 23 But God seeth her way and knoweth her place 24 For he beholdeth the endes of the worlde and loketh vpon all that is vnder heauen 25 When he wayed the windes and measured the waters 26 When he made a decree for the rayne and a way for the lightninges of the thunder 27 Then dyd he see her then declared he her prepared her and knewe her 28 And vnto man he sayd To feare the Lorde is wysdome and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding The .xxix. Chapter 1 Iob complayneth of the prosperitie of the time past 7. His auctoritie 12 iustice and equite 1 SO Iob proceeded and went foorth in his parable saying 2 O that I were as I was in the monethes by past and in the daies when God preserued me 3 When his light shined vpon my head when I went after the same light and shining euen through the darknesse 4 As it stoode with me when I was young when God prospered my house 5 When the almightie was yet with me when my children stoode about me 6 When my wayes ranne ouer with butter and when the stonie rockes gaue me riuers of oyle 7 When I went out to the gate euen to the iudgement seate and when I prepared my seate in the streete 8 The young men saw me and hid them selues and the aged arose and stoode vp 9 The princes left of their talking and layed their hand to their mouth 10 The mightie kept still their voyce and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth 11 When the eare heard me it blessed me when the eye sawe me it gaue witnesse to me 12 For I deliuered the poore when he cryed and the fatherlesse and hym that had none to helpe hym 13 The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce 14 And why I put vpon me righteousnesse which couered me as a garment and equitie was my crowne 15 I was an eye to the blinde and a foote to the lame 16 I was a father to the poore and when I knewe not the cause I sought it out diligently 17 I brake the iawes of the vnrighteous man and pluckt the
mountaynes when he did flee from Saul He is comforted for that God both beholdeth the afflictions of the iust and punisheth the wicked and withall loueth the iust beyng him selfe most iust ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 IN God I put my trust howe say ye then to my soule that she shoulde flee as a byrde from your hyll 2 For lo the vngodly haue bende their bowe and nocked their arrowes with the string redy to shoote priuily at them whiche are vpright in heart 3 For if the foundations shal be caste downe what must the righteous do 4 But God is in his holy temple Gods throne is in heauen his eyes looke downe his eye liddes tryeth the chyldren of men 5 God wyll trye the righteous but his soule abhorreth the vngodly and hym that delighteth in wickednes 6 Vpon y e vngodly he wyl rayne snares fire and brimstone and tempestious stormes shal be their portion to drinke 7 For God most righteous loueth righteousnes his countenaunce wyll beholde the iust The argument of the .xij. psalme ¶ Dauid lamenteth that in steade of iustice fayth and trueth there rayneth euery where hypocrisie flatterie lying subtiltie and oppression but yet he acknowledgeth that as Gods promises be certayne and true euen so that God wyll helpe the oppressed and plague the wicked ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon an instrument of eyght stringes a psalme of Dauid 1 SAue thou me O God for there is not one godly man left for the faythfull are diminished from among the chyldren of men 2 Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes 3 God wyll cut away all flatteryng lippes and the tongue that speaketh great thinges 4 Whiche say we wyll preuayle with our tongue our lippes are our owne who is Lorde ouer vs 5 For the calamities of the oppressed for the deepe sighyng of the poore I wyll nowe vp sayeth God and I wyll put in safetie hym whom the wicked hath snared 6 The wordes of God be wordes pure as the siluer tryed in a furnace of earth and purified seuen times 7 Wherfore thou wylt kepe the godly O God thou wylt preserue euery one of them from this generation for euer 8 The vngodly walke on euery side when the worst sort be exalted amongst the thyldren of men ¶ The argument of the .xiij. Psalme Dauid complayneth that God seemeth to forget hym in his afflictions He maketh his prayer and declareth his trust to be in God To the chiefe musition a Psalme of Dauid 1 HOwe long wylt thou forget me O God for euer howe long wilt thou hyde thy face from me 2 Howe long shall I seke counsayle in my soule and be so vexed in mine heart euery day howe long shall myne enemie triumph ouer me 3 Loke downe and heare me O God my Lorde lighten myne eyes lest that I sleepe in death 4 Lest myne enemie say I haue preuayled agaynst hym lest they that trouble me reioyce yf I shoulde be remoued 5 But I repose my trust in thy mercie and my heart is ioyfull in thy saluation I wyll syng to God because he hath rewarded me ¶ The argument of the .xiiij. Psalme Dauid setteth foorth the oppression of the people in his tyme the regarde of God touching mens behauiour the mockes of the wicked against thē that put their trust in God and the ioy of the godly after they be deliuered out of thraldome To the chiefe musition a Psalme of Dauid 1 THe foole hath sayde in his heart there is no God they haue corrupted them selues and done an abhominable worke there is not one that doth good 2 God loked downe from heauen vpon the children of men to see yf there were any that did vnderstande and seke after the Lorde 3 But they are all gone out of the way they are altogether become abhominable there is none that doth good no not one 4 Do not all the workers of iniquitie know deuouryng my people as though they deuoured bread that they call not vpon God 5 Hereafter they shal be taken with a great feare for the Lorde is in the generation of the righteous 6 As for nowe ye make a mocke at the counsayle of the poore because he reposeth his trust in God 7 Who shall geue saluation vnto Israel out of Sion 8 When God will deliuer his people out of captiuitie then wyll Iacob reioyce and Israel be glad ¶ The argument of the .xv. Psalme The prophete teacheth what behauiours the people of God ought to haue that they may truely be of his Church in this lyfe and afterwarde be placed in heauen 1 O God who shall dwell in thy tabernacle who shall rest vppon thy holy hyll 2 Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupt life and doth the thyng that is iust and speaketh the trueth from his heart 3 He that backbyteth not with his tongue nor doth any euil to his felowe nor rayseth a slaunder vpon his neyghbour 4 He that despiseth in his eyes the reprobate and honoureth them that feare God 5 He that hath sworne to his owne hurt and yet wyll not go from his oth 6 He that geueth not his money vpon vsurie nor taketh rewarde agaynst the innocent 7 He that doth these thynges shall neuer at any tyme be remoued The argument of the .xvj psalme Dauid expresseth lyuely the confidence trust gladnesse and other such affectes of the children of God in praying to God in confessyng hym selfe to be an vnprofitable seruaunt in declaryng that he hath nothyng to do with such as trust in any other saue only in God in takyng God to be his inheritaunce in acknowledgyng that God wyll instruct hym saue hym from fallyng make hym glad rayse hym from death and set hym on his ryght hande at the day of iudgement The golden psalme of Dauid 1 PReserue me O Lorde for I haue reposed my trust in thee 2 Thou hast sayde O my soule vnto God thou art my Lorde my weldoing can do thee no good 3 But all my delyght is to do good vnto the saintes that are in the earth and vnto such as excell in vertue 4 As for them that runne after another God they shall haue great trouble I wyll not offer their drynke offerynges of blood neither wyll I make mention of their names within my lyppes 5 O God thou thy selfe art the portion of myne inheritaunce and of my cup thou wylt mayntayne my lot 6 My lot is fallen vnto me in a pleasaūt grounde I haue a goodly heritage 7 I wyll prayse God who gaue me counsayle my reines also do instruct me in the nyght season 8 I haue set God alwayes before me for he is on my ryght hande therfore I shall not be remoued 9 Wherfore my heart is glad my glory reioyceth my fleshe also shall rest in a securitie 10 For thou wylt
not leaue my soule in hell neither wylt thou suffer thyne holy one to see corruption 11 Thou wylt cause me to knowe the path of lyfe in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy and at thy right hand there be pleasures for euermore The argument of the .xvii. psalme Dauid prayeth God to delyuer hym from his enemies which were many mightie and cruell He taketh God for a witnesse of his innocencie trustyng to see his face at the day of resurrection A prayer of Dauid HEare thou O God of iustice be attentiue vnto my complaynt geue eare vnto my prayer not proceeding out of fayned lyppes 2 Let iudgement come foorth for me from thy face and let thine eyes loke vpon equitie 3 Thou hast proued myne heart thou hast visited it in the nyght season thou hast tryed me and founde no wickednesse for I purposed that nothyng shoulde scape my mouth 4 As touchyng other mens workes through the wordes of thy lyppes I haue kept me from the way of the violent 5 O holde thou vp my goynges in thy pathes that my footesteppes slyp not 6 I call vpon thee O God for thou wilt heare me incline thine eare to me hearken vnto my wordes 7 Shewe thy marueylous louyng kindnesse thou that art the sauiour of them that trust in thee from such as ryse vp agaynst thy ryght hande 8 Kepe me as the apple of an eye hyde me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges from the face of the vngodly that go about to destroy me from myne enemies that compasse me rounde about to take away my soule 9 They haue inclosed them selues in their owne fat with their mouth they speake proude thynges 10 They haue nowe compassed me on euery syde where our way lyeth they toote with their eyes to ouerthrow me downe on the grounde 11 His doynges be lyke a lions that is greedy to take a pray and as a lions whelpe lurkyng in secrete places 12 Aryse O God preuent his commyng make hym to bowe delyuer thou my soule from the vngodly which is thy sworde 13 â—Deliuer thou me O God from men â—which be thy hande from men from the worlde whose portion is in this lyfe whose bellyes thou fyllest with thy prime treasure 14 Whose children haue aboundaunce they leaue enough of that they haue remaynyng to their babes 15 But as for me I will beholde thy face in ryghteousnesse I shal be satisfied when I awake vp after thy lykenesse ¶ The argument of the .xviij. Psalme Dauid declareth that he wyll at all tymes trust in God and call vpon hym for helpe because God hath with his mightie arme and wonderfull meanes deliuered hym from cruell enemies which dyd set vpon hym lyke fiendes of hell He imputeth this Gods fauour towardes hym to proceede of that he loued Gods worde ryght dealyng and honest companie Thus encouraged with Gods presence and ayde he maketh sure count not only to ouerrunne and destroy his enemies and rebelles but also to subdue vnto hym other nations of the heathen that God amongst them also may be praysed To the chiefe musition the seruaunt of God and of Dauid who spake vnto God the wordes of this song in the day that God deliuered him from the hande of all his enemies and from the hande of Saul And he sayde 1 I Wyll entirely loue thee O God my strength God is my stony rocke my fortresse and my delyuerer my Lorde my castell in whom I wyll trust my buckler the horne of my saluation my refuge 2 I wyll call vpon God who is most worthy to be praysed so I shall be safe from myne enemies 3 The panges of death haue compassed me about and the outragiousnes of the wicked haue astonyed me with feare 4 The panges of a graue haue compassed me about the snares of death ouertoke me 5 But in this my distresse I dyd call vppon God and I made my complaynt vnto my Lorde he hearde my voyce out of his temple and my crye came before his face euen vnto his eares 6 The earth trembled and quaked the very foundations of the hylles tottered and shooke because he was wroth 7 In his anger a smoke ascended vp and a fire out of his mouth dyd coÌ„sume and euery cole therof dyd set a fire 8 He bowed the heauens also and he came downe and it was darke vnder his feete 9 He ridde vpon the Cherub and he dyd flee he came fleeyng vpon the wynges of the wynde 10 For his secrete place he dyd put darkenesse and for his pauilion rounde about hym he dyd put darknesse of waters in cloudes of the ayre 11 His cloudes haylestones and coles of fire fell downe before hym after lyghtnyng 12 God also thundred out of heauen and the most hyghest made his voyce to sounde haylestones and coles of fire 13 He shot out his arrowes and scattered them he cast foorth much lyghtnynges and destroyed them 14 And the bottomes of waters appeared and the foundations of the rounde worlde were discouered at thy chidyng O God at the blast of the breath of thine anger 15 He hath sent downe from aboue to fetch me he hath taken me out of many waters 16 He hath deliuered me from my strong enemie and from them which hate me for they were to stout for me 17 They preuented me in the day of my trouble but God was vnto me a sure stay 18 He brought me also foorth into a place of libertie he brought me foorth because he had a fauour vnto me 19 God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng accordyng to the cleannesse of myne handes he recompensed me 20 Because I had kept the wayes of God and had not wickedly shronke from my God 21 For all his lawes were before me and I reiected none of his commaundementes from me 22 And I was sounde pure towardes hym and I was weery lest I shoulde offende hym with my wickednesse 23 Therfore hath God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng and accordyng to my cleannesse of my handes in his syght 24 With the holy thou wylt be holy with a perfect man thou wylt be perfect 25 With the cleane thou wylt be cleane and with the frowarde thou wylt be frowarde 26 For thou hast saued the people oppressed and thou hast brought downe the hygh lokes of the proude 27 Thou also hast lyghtened my candell God my Lorde hath made my darknesse to be lyght 28 For in thee I haue discomfited an hoast of men and with the helpe of my Lorde I haue skipped ouer the wall 29 The way of the Lorde is a perfect way the worde of God is tryed in the fire he is a shielde vnto all them that put their trust in hym 30 For who is a Lorde besides God or who hath any strength besides our Lorde 31 It is God that hath gyrded me with valiauntnesse of warre and he hath made my way playne 32 He hath made
at the prosperitie of the wicked or withdrawen therby from godlynes as though God had no regarde of iustice innocencie and vpright dealing when they see commonly the worst sort of men to haue the world at their wyll abounding in health riches and aucthoritie He sheweth that the condition of the godly and the vngodly be diuers and how that God at the last rooteth out those that do euill notwithstanding all their posteritie and defendeth those that put their trust in him God guydeth the faythfull and neuer forsaketh them or their seede ¶ Of Dauid 1 FRet not thy selfe because of the vngodly neither be thou enuious against the euyll doers 2 For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse and be withered euen as the greene hearbe 3 Put thou thy trust in God and be doing good dwell in the land and feede in trueth 4 Delight thou also in God and he shall geue thee thy heartes desire 5 Commit thy way vnto God and put thy trust in hym and he shall bryng it to passe 6 He shall make thy righteousnesse appeare as cleare as the light and thy iust dealing as the noone tyde 7 Holde thee still in God and wayte paciently vpon him fret not thy selfe at him whose way doth prosper at the man that doth abhominations 8 Leaue of from wrath and let go displeasure fret not thy selfe lest thou be moued to do euill 9 For the malitious doers shal be rooted out and they that paciently wayte after God they shall inherite the lande 10 Looke at them yet a litle whyle and the vngodly shal be cleane gone thou shalt looke after his place and he shall not be there 11 But the meeke spirited shall possesse the earth and shal be delighted in the aboundaunce of peace 12 The vngodly busieth his head all against the iust and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth 13 The Lorde shall laugh him to scorne for he seeth that his day is comming 14 The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde and haue bended their bowe to cast downe the poore and needie and to sâ—ay such as be of right conuersation 15 But their sworde shal go thorow their owne heart their bow shal be broken 16 A small thing that the righteous hath is better then great riches of y e vngodly 17 For the armes of the vngodly shal be broken and God vpholdeth the righteous 18 God knoweth the dayes of them that be perfect and their inheritaunce shall endure for euer 19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous tyme and in the dayes of dearth they shall haue inough 20 As for the vngodly they shall perishe and the enemies of God shall consume as the fat of lambes yea euen with the smoke they shall vanishe away 21 The vngodly boroweth and payeth not agayne but the righteous geueth mercifully and liberally 22 Suche as be blessed of God shall possesse the lande and they that be cursed of hym shal be rooted out 23 The pathes of man is directed by God and his way pleaseth 24 Though he fall he shall not be vndone for God vpholdeth him with his hande 25 I haue ben a young chylde and nowe I am olde and yet sawe I neuer the righteous forsaken nor his seede begyng bread 26 The righteous is euer mercifull and lendeth and his seede is blessed 27 Flee from euill do good and dwell for euer 28 For God loueth iudgement he forsaketh not his saintes they are preserued for euermore but the seede of the vngodlye shal be rooted vp 29 The righteous shal inherite the land and dwell therin for euer 30 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement 31 The lawe of his God is in his heart therfore his feete shall not slide 32 The vngodly spyeth the righteous and seeketh occasion to slay hym 33 God wyll not leaue him in his hande nor suffer hym to be condemned when he is iudged 34 Wayte thou on God kepe his way and he wyll promote thee that thou mayest possesse the lande when the vngodly shal be cut of thou shalt see it 35 I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power and florishing lyke a greene bay tree 36 And he vanished away so that he could be no more seene I sought hym but he coulde no where be founde 37 Marke hym that is perfect and beholde him that is iust for the ende of suche a man is peace 38 As for wicked transgressours they shal be destroyed all together and the ende of the vngodly shal be rooted vp at the last 39 But saluation of the righteous commeth of God whiche is also their strength in time of trouble 40 And God wyll ayde them and deliuer them he wyl deliuer them from the vngodly and he wyll saue them because they put their trust in him The argument of the .xxxviii. psalme ¶ Dauid greeuously sicke besecheth God to turne away his wrath from hym and to helpe hym He complayneth of his afflictions of the greeuousnes of his disease of the great burden of his sinnes and of the vnfaythfulnes of his frendes He also declareth his trust in God Finally he sheweth that beyng chastened of God he forgetteth not what he suffereth wherfore how long with how much torment and what helpe he receaued at Gods hande ¶ A psalme of Dauid to reduce in remembraunce 1 REbuke me not O God in thyne anger neither chasten me in thy heauie displeasure 2 For thyne arrowes sticke fast in me and thy hande presseth me sore 3 There is no helath in my flesh through thy displeasure neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sinne 4 For my manyfolde wickednes is gone ouer my head and like a sore burthen is to heauie for me to beare 5 My woundes stinke and are corrupt through my foolishnes 6 I am become crooked and am exceedingly pulled downe I go a mourning all the day long 7 For my loynes are filled with heate and there is no whole part in my body 8 I am feeble and sore smitten I haue rored for the very disquietnesse of my heart 9 Lorde thou knowest all my desire and my gronyng is not hyd from thee 10 My heart panteth my strength hath fayled me and the lyght of myne eyes is gone from me 11 My louers and my neygbours dyd stande on the other syde lokyng vpon my plague and my kinsmen stoode a farre of 12 They also that sought after my lyfe layde snares for me and they that went about to do me euyll talked of wickednesse and imagined deceipt all the day long 13 As for me as one deafe I woulde not heare and I was as one that is dumbe who coulde not open his mouth 14 I became euen as a man that heareth not and who hath no replies in his mouth 15 For on thee O God I haue wayted thou shalt aunswere for me O Lorde my God 16 For I
sayde heare me lest that they shoulde triumph on me who auaunce them selues greatly agaynst me when my foote doth slyp 17 Because I am disposed to a haltyng and my sorowe is euer in my syght 18 Because I confesse my wickednesse and am sory for my sinne 19 But myne enemies lyuyng without payne are mightie they that hate me wrongfully are increased in number 20 They also that rewarde euyl for good are agaynst me because I folowe the thyng that is good 21 Forsake me not O God O my Lorde be not thou farre fro me 22 Haste thee to helpe me O Lorde my saluation ¶ The argument of the .xxxix. Psalme ¶ Dauid signifieth that in the anguishe of his sicknesse he woulde haue vttered no worde lest he should speake amisse in the presence of the vngodly He desireth to knowe the ende of his lyfe which is but short and vanitie He prayeth also that his sinnes may be pardoned and that his afflictions may be diminished ¶ To the chiefe musition Ieduthun a psalme of Dauid 1 I Sayde to my selfe I wyll take heede to my wayes that I offende not in my tongue I wyll kepe my mouth as it were with a brydell whylest the vngodly is in my syght 2 I became dumbe through scilence I helde my peace from speakyng of good wordes but the more was my sorowe increased 3 My heart was hotte within me and whyle I was thus musyng the fire kyndled and at the last I spake with my tongue 4 O God make me to knowe mine ende and the number of my dayes that I may be certified howe long I haue to lyue 5 Behold thou hast made my dayes as it were an hand breadth long mine age is euen as nothing before thee truely euery man is al together vanitie Selah 6 Truely man walketh in a vayne shadowe truely he and all his do disquiet them selues in vayne he heapeth vp riches can not tel who shal vse them 7 And nowe Lord what wayte I after truely my hope is euen in thee 8 Delyuer me from all my offences and make me not a rebuke vnto the foolishe 9 I became dumbe and opened not my mouth for it was thy doyng 10 Take thy plague away from me I am euen consumed by the meanes of thy heauy hande 11 Thou doest chasten man rebukyng him for sinne thou as a moth doest consume his excellencie for in very deede euery man is but vanitie Selah 12 Heare my prayer O God and geue eares to my crying holde not thy peace at my teares for I am a straūger with thee and a soiourner as all my fathers were 13 Oh spare me a litle that I may recouer my strength before I go hence and be no more seene ⧠The argument of the .xl. psalme ¶ Dauid commendeth hyghly Gods goodnesse for that he heareth those that put their trust in hym and delyuereth them out of all perilles and calamities He promiseth to geue hym selfe hereafter wholly to set foorth Gods glorie and prayeth for Gods helpe agaynst his enemies ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 I Wayted paciently vpon God and he enclined vnto me his eare and heard my crying 2 He brought me also out of an horrible pyt out of the dirtie mire and set my feete vpon a rocke and directed my goynges 3 And he hath put a newe song in my mouth euen a thankesgeuyng vnto our Lorde 4 Many shall see it and feare and shall put their trust in God 5 Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in God and turned not vnto the proude and to such as decline to lyes 6 O God my Lord great are thy wonderous workes which thou hast done none can count in order thy benefites towarde vs yf I woulde declare them and speake of them they shoulde be mo then I am able to expresse 7 Thou wouldest haue no sacrifice or offeryng but thou hast opened myne eares thou hast not required burnt offerynges and sacrifice for sinne 8 Then sayde I lo I am come in the booke of thy lawe it is written of me that I shoulde fulfyll thy wyll O my God I am content to do it yea thy lawe is within the middest of my brest 9 I haue declared thy righteousnes in a great congregatiō lo I wil not refraine my lippes O God thou knowest it 10 I haue not hyd thy ryghteousnesse within my heart my talkyng hath ben of thy trueth and of thy saluation 11 I haue not concealed thy louyng mercie and trueth from the great congregation 12 Withdrawe not thou thy mercie from me O God let thy louyng kyndnesse and thy trueth alway preserue me 13 For innumerable troubles are come about me my sinnes haue taken such holde vpon me that I am not able to loke vp yea they are mo in number then the heere 's of my head my heart hath fayled me 14 O God let it be thy pleasure to deliuer me make haste O God to helpe me 15 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seke after my soule to destroy it let them be dryuen backwarde be put to rebuke that wyshe me euyll 16 Let them be desolate in recompence of their shame that say vnto me fye vpon thee fye vpon thee 17 Let all those that seeke thee be glad and ioyfull in thee and let such as loue thy saluation say alway God be magnified 18 As for me I am afflicted and needye but God careth for me thou art my ayde and delyuerer O my God make no long tarying The argument of the .xlj. psalme ¶ Dauid sheweth that they be happy who haue pitie on the afflicted He rehearseth his prayer made in his sicknesse to God He complayneth of fayned friendes and at the maliciousnesse of his enemies ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 BLessed is he that considereth y e poore God wyll delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble 2 God wyll preserue hym kepe him aliue he shal be blessed vpon the earth and thou O God wylt not deliuer him into the wyll of his enemies 3 God wyll comfort hym when he lyeth sicke vpon his bed thou O God wylt turne vpside downe all his bed in his sicknesse 4 I sayde O God be mercifull vnto me heale my soule for I haue sinned agaynst thee 5 Myne enemies speake euyl of me whē shall he dye and his name perishe 6 But yf any of them came to visite me he spake vanitie his heart conceaued vngodlynesse within hym selfe when he came foorth a doores he vttered it 7 All they that hated me whispered together they imagined euyl agaynst me 8 They sayde some great mischiefe is lyghted vpon hym and he that lyeth sicke on his bed shall ryse vp no more 9 Yea besides this euen myne owne friende whom I trusted which dyd also eate of my bread hath kicked very much
agaynst me 10 But be thou mercifull vnto me O God rayse me vp agayne and I shall rewarde them 11 By this I knowe thou fauouredst me in that myne enemie doth not triumph agaynst me 12 And when I am in my best case thou vpholdest me and thou wylt set me before thy face for euer 13 Blessed be God the Lorde of Israel worlde without ende Amen Amen ¶ The argument of the .xlii. Psalme ¶ Dauid dryuen out of his realme declareth his sorowe of mynde for that he coulde not resort vnto Gods temple and kepe there the holy feastes He complayneth that one affliction commeth on anothers necke Also he complayneth of the reproches and mockes that he susteyned of the wicked He comforteth hym selfe in the confidence that he hath in God ¶ To the chiefe musition a wise instruction of the sonnes of Corach 1 LYke as the Hart brayeth for water brookes so panteth my soule after thee O God 2 My soule is a thirst for the Lorde yea euen for the lyuyng Lorde when shall I come to appeare before the face of the Lorde 3 My teares haue ben my meate day and nyght whyle they dayly say vnto me where is nowe thy God 4 And I powred out of me my very heart remembryng this howe that before tyme I haue passed with a great number bringyng thē vnto the house of the Lorde with a voyce of ioy prayse with a company that kept holy day 5 Why art thou so discouraged O my soule why art thou so vnquiet within me attende thou vpon the Lorde for I will yet acknowledge him only to be a * present saluation 6 My Lorde my soule is discouraged within me because I remember thee from the lande of Iordane and from the litle hyll Hermonim 7 One deepe calleth another at the noyse of thy water pypes all thy waues and stormes are gone ouer me 8 God wyll graunt his louing kindnesse on the day tyme and in the nyght season I wyll syng of hym and make my prayer vnto the Lorde of my lyfe 9 I wyll say vnto the Lorde of my strength why hast thou forgotten me why go I thus heauyly through the oppression of myne enemie 10 It was as a sworde in my bones when myne enemies dyd cast me in the teeth in saying dayly vnto me where is nowe thy Lorde 11 Why art thou so discouraged O my soule why art thou so vnquiet within me attende thou vpon the Lorde for I wil yet acknowledge him to be only * my present saluation and my Lorde ¶ The argument of the .xliij. Psalme ¶ The prophete prayeth to be delyuered from his enemies to haue his heart illuminated and to be restored home agayne that he may prayse God his Lorde in his sanctuarie in whom he putteth all his trust 1 IVdge me O Lorde and debate my cause with an vnnaturall people oh delyuer me from the deceiptfull and wicked man 2 For thou art the Lord of my strength why hast thou reiect me and why go I thus heauyly through the oppression of myne enemie 3 Sende foorth thy light and thy trueth that they may leade me and direct me vnto thy holy hyll to thy tabernacles 4 And I wyll go vnto the aulter of the Lorde euen vnto the Lorde of my ioy gladnesse and vpon the harpe I will acknowledge thee O Lorde my Lord. 5 Why art thou so discouraged O my soule why art thou so vnquiet within me attende thou vpon the Lorde for * I wyll yet acknowledge hym to be only my present saluation my Lorde The argument of the .xliiii. psalme ¶ The prophete rehearseth Gods benefites bestowed vpon the fathers brought out of Egypt and planted in Chanaan He complayneth of the calamitie that the people of God suffered through the crueltie of the heathen Last of all he prayeth God to awake to aryse and to delyuer them for his mercies sake ¶ To the chiefe musition a wise instruction of the sonnes of Corach 1 WE haue hearde with our eares O Lorde our fathers haue tolde vs what workes thou hast done in their daies in the olde tyme. 2 Howe thou hast driuen out the heathen with thy hande and planted them in howe thou hast destroyed the nations placed them 3 For they gat not the lande in possession through their owne sworde neither was it their owne arme that saued thē 4 But thy ryght hande and thine arme the lyght of thy countenaunce because thou hadst a fauour vnto them 5 Thou art my kyng O Lorde commaunde that Iacob be saued 6 Through thee we wyll ouerthrowe our enemies and in thy name we wyll treade them vnder that ryse vp agaynst vs. 7 For I wyll not trust in my bowe and it is not my sworde that can saue me 8 But it is thou that sauest vs from our enemies and thou puttest them to confusion that hate vs. 9 We make our boast of God all the day long and we wyll confesse thy name for euer Selah 10 But nowe thou art farre of and thou puttest vs to confusion neither goest thou foorth with our armies 11 Thou makest vs to turne away backwarde from the enemie so that they which hate vs do make vs a spoyle vnto them 12 Thou hast delyuered vs as sheepe to be eaten and thou hast scattered vs among the heathen 13 Thou hast solde thy people for naught and thou hast taken no money for them 14 Thou hast made vs a rebuke to our neighbours to be laughed to scorne and had in derision of them that are rounde about vs. 15 Thou hast made vs to be a fable among the heathen and to be such that the people shake their head at vs. 16 My confusion is dayly before me and the shame of my face couereth me for to heare the voyce of the slaunderer blasphemer and for to see the enemie and the auenger 17 And though all this become vpon vs yet we do not forget thee nor shewe our selues to be false in thy couenaunt 18 Our heart is not turned backe neither our steppes be declined out of thy pathes no not when thou hast smitten vs in the place of dragons and couered vs with the shadowe of death 19 If we had forgotten the name of our Lorde and holden vp our handes to any straunge god woulde not God searche it out for he knoweth the very secretes of the heart 20 For thy sake also are we kylled all the day long and are counted as sheepe appoynted to be slayne 21 Stirre vp O Lorde why slepest thou awake be not absent from vs for euer wherfore hydest thou thy face and forgettest our miserie and tribulation 22 For our soule is brought lowe vnto the dust our belly cleaueth vnto y e grounde 23 Aryse vp thou our ayde and redeeme vs for thy louyng kindnesse sake ⧠The argument of the .xlv. psalme ¶ The prophete in describyng here
not out of her streates 12 Truely he was not mine enemie that hath done me this dishonour for then I coulde haue borne it neither was he one that seemed to hate me that dyd magnifie hym selfe against me for then I woulde haue hyd my selfe from him 13 But it was euen thou whom I esteemed as my selfe my guyde and myne owne familier companion 14 We delighted greatly to conferre our secretes together we walked deuoutly in the house of God felowe lyke 15 Let death sodainly come vpon them let them go downe quicke into hell for wickednes is in their dwellinges and among them 16 As for me I wyll crye vnto the Lord and God wyll saue me 17 In the euening and morning and at noone day wyll I pray and that most instantly and he wyll heare my voyce 18 He hath redeemed my soule through peace froÌ„ the battayle that was against me for there were many with me 19 The Lorde who sitteth a ruler from the beginning wyll heare me and afflict them Selah forsomuche as there is no chaunge in them and for that they do not feare God 20 He layde his handes vpon such as be at peace with him and he brake his couenaunt 21 The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter yet warre was in his heart his wordes were smother then oyle and yet be they very swordes 22 O cast thy burthen vpon God and he wyll vpholde thee he wyll not suffer at any time the righteous to moue 23 â—And as for them thou O Lorde wylt hurle headlong into the pit of destruction 24 The bloodthirstie and deceiptfull men shal not liue out halfe their dayes neuerthelesse I wyll put my full trust in thee The argument of the .lvi. Psalme ¶ Dauid prayeth to God â–ª complaining greatly of the vnreasonablenes of his enemies and wishing their correction He setteth foorth his confidence that he hath in Gods prouidence whereby he assureth him selfe for to be deliuered and promiseth to geue thankes therefore ¶ To the chiefe musition as concerning the dumbe doue in a farre countrey the golden psalme of Dauid when the Philistines toke him in Geth 1 Sam. 21. 1 BE mercifull vnto me O Lorde for man goeth about to deuour me he dayly fyghtyng oppresseth me 2 Myne enemies are dayly in hande to swalowe me vp for they be many that fight against me O thou most highest 3 Neuerthelesse at all times as I am afraide I put my whole trust in thee 4 In the Lord I wyll prayse his word * in the Lorde I haue put my trust and I wyll not feare what flesh can do vnto me 5 My wordes dayly put me to sorow all that they do imagine is to do me euill 6 They flocke together they kepe them selues close they marke my steppes that they may lye in wayte for my soule 7 Shall they escape for their wickednes O Lorde in thy displeasure cast downe headlong this people 8 Thou hast numbred my flittinges thou hast put my teares in thy bottell are not these thinges noted in thy booke 9 Whensoeuer I call vpon thee then shall myne enemies be put to flight this I know for the Lorde is on my side 10 In the Lord I wyll prayse the word In God I wyll prayse the worde 11 In the Lorde I put my trust I wyll not be afraide what man can do vnto me 12 O Lorde thy vowes be vpon me vnto thee wyll I geue thankes praise 13 For thou hast deliuered my soule from death and my feete from falling that I may walke before the Lorde in the light of the liuing The argument of the .lvii. Psalme ¶ Dauid being in great perill as in the mouth of Lions maketh his prayer to God and desireth very earnestly his helpe promising to confesse him and his benefites amongst all men ¶ To the chiefe musition to be song lyke vnto the song beginning destroy not a golden psalme of Dauid when he fled from Saul into the caue 1 BE mercifull vnto me O Lorde be mercifull vnto me for my soule trusteth in thee and vnder the shadowe of thy wynges wyll I trust vntyll this tiranny be ouerpast 2 I wyll call vnto the most high Lorde euen vnto the Lord that wil perfourme the cause which I haue in hande 3 He wyll sende from heauen and saue me froÌ„ the reproofe of him that woulde deuour me vp Selah the Lorde wyll sende foorth his mercie and trueth 4 My soule is among Lions and I lye among those that are set on fire among the children of men whose teeth are speares and arrowes and their tongue a sharpe sword 5 Exalt thy selfe O God aboue the heauen thy glory is aboue all the earth 6 They haue prepared a net for my feete that some man might presse downe my soule they haue digged a pit before me and are fallen into the midst of it them selues Selah 7 My heart is redy O Lorde my heart is redy I wyll sing and prayse thee in singing of psalmes 8 Bestirre thee O my glory bestirre thee O Lute and Harpe I my selfe wil bestirre me right early in the morning 9 I wyll prayse thee O Lorde among the people and I wyll sing psalmes vnto thee among the nations 10 For the greatnes of thy mercie reacheth vnto the heauens and thy trueth vnto the cloudes 11 Exalt thy selfe O Lord aboue the heauens let thy glory be aboue al the earth ¶ The argument of the .lviij. Psalme ¶ Dauid inuayeth against those that flattered Saul his aduersarie He describeth their malice wilfulnes and frowardnes euen from their mothers wombe He wisheth iust punishment for their desertes assuring them before of it Finally he teacheth what commoditie shall ensue vnto the good man of his punishment ¶ To the chiefe musition destroy not a golden psalme of Dauid 1 O Ye that consult together pronounce ye truely the thing that is iust O ye sonnes of men iudge you according to equitie 2 Nay rather ye imagine mischiefe in your heart your handes waygh as in a ballaunce wickednes vpon the earth 3 The vngodly are straungers euen from their mothers wombe assoone as they be borne they go astray and speake a lye 4 They haue poyson within them lyke to the poyson of a serpent they be lyke the deafe adder that stoppeth her eares and wyll not heare the voyce of charmers though he be neuer so skilfull in charming 5 Breake their teeth O Lorde in their mouthes smite a sunder the chawe bones of Lions O God 6 Let them be dissolued as into water let them come to naught of them selues and when they shoote their arrowes let them be as broken 7 Let them creepe away lyke a snayle that foorthwith consumeth to naught or lyke the vntimely fruite of a woman let them not see the sunne 8 As a greene thorne kindled with fyre goeth out before your pottes be made whot euen so let a furious rage bring him to
howe wonderfull art thou in thy workes thorow the greatnes of thy power thyne enemies shal be founde liers vnto thee 3 For all they of the worlde shall worship thee and sing psalmes vnto thee they shall sing psalmes vnto thy holy name Selah 4 Come hither and beholde the workes of the Lorde howe wonderfull he is in his doing towarde the chyldren of men 5 He turneth the sea into drye lande so that they went thorowe the water on foote there dyd we reioyce in him 6 He ruleth with his power for euer his eyes beholdeth the gentiles such as be rebels shal not come to promotion Selah 7 O ye people blesse your Lorde and make the voyce of his praise to be heard 8 Who preserueth our soule in life and suffereth not our feete to slip 9 For thou O Lord hast proued vs thou hast tryed vs like as siluer is tryed 01 Thou broughtest vs into the snare and layde trouble vpon our loynes 11 Thou sufferedst men to ride ouer our heades we went through fire and water and yet thou broughtest vs out into a pleasaunt place 12 I wyll go into thy house with burnt offeringes and I wyll pay thee my vowes whiche I promised with my lippes and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble 13 I wyll offer vnto thee fat burnt sacrifices with the incense of rammes I will offer bullockes and goates Selah 14 O come hither hearken and I wil tell all you that feare the Lorde what he hath done for my soule 15 I called vnto hym with my mouth and I exalted him with my tongue 16 If I had inclined vnto wickednes in my heart the Lorde woulde not haue hearde me but the Lorde hath hearde me considered the voyce of my prayer 17 Blessed be the Lorde which hath not reiected my prayer nor turned his mercye from me The argument of the .lxvii. psalme ¶ The prophete in the name of the people of Israel besecheth God of his fauour and mercy that his commaundementes may be published to the whole world so that by that meanes God might be praysed and all people blessed ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Neginoth a psalme whiche is a song 1 THe Lord be mercyfull vnto vs and blesse vs and cause the light of his coūtenaunce to shine vpon vs. Selah 2 That thy way may be knowen vpon the earth thy saluation among all nations 3 Then wyll the people prayse thee O Lorde yea all the people wyll prayse thee 4 The Gentiles will reioyce triumph for thou wylt iudge the people and gouerne the gentiles vpon the earth according to equitie Selah 5 The people will prayse thee O Lord all the people wyll prayse thee 6 Then shall the earth bryng foorth her increase and the Lorde our Lord will geue vs his blessing 7 The Lorde will blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare him ¶ The argument of the .lxviij. Psalme ¶ Dauid after some notable victorie thanketh God who is and hath ben through his mightie power a present helpe and comfort to the afflicted to orphans widdowes and prisoners that sit in darknesse who also ouerthroweth with his mightie arme all wickednesse and his agaynesayers and maketh them his subiectes for euer to the great ioy of the godly ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid which is a song 1 IN case the Lorde woulde aryse his enemies woulde be scattered and they that hate hym woulde flee from his face 2 Lyke as the smoke vanisheth so wylt thou cause them to vanishe away and lyke as water melteth at the fire so wyll the vngodly perishe at the presence of the Lorde 3 But the ryghteous must be glad and reioyce before the Lorde they shall not stande styll for myrth 4 Syng vnto the Lorde syng psalmes vnto his name magnifie hym that rideth vpon the heauens as it were vpon an horse in his name euerlastyng and reioyce before his face 5 He is a father of the fatherlesse and the iudge of widdowes he is the Lord in his holy habitation 6 He is the Lord that maketh those that dwell alone to haue a familie and bryngeth prisoners out of the stockes 7 But rebelles did inhabite a dry ground O Lorde when thou wentest foorth before the people when thou wentest through the wyldernesse Selah 8 The earth shoke and the heauens dropped at the presence of the Lorde euen Sinai it selfe shoke at the presence of the Lorde Lorde of Israel 9 Thou O Lorde dydst cause rayne to fall at thy gratious pleasure and when thine inheritaunce was weery thou dydst hearten it 10 Thy flocke dwelleth there for thou O Lorde doest of thy goodnesse prepare for the poore 11 The Lorde gaue the worde great was the company of the preachers 12 Kynges with their armies dyd flee they dyd flee and the ornament of an house deuided the spoyle 13 Though ye haue lyen among the pottes yet shall ye be as the wynges of a doue that is couered with siluer and hath her fethers as yelowe as golde 14 When the almightie scattered kynges in it it was as whyte as snowe in Salmon 15 As the hyll of Basan so is Gods hill euen an hygh hyll as the hyll of Basan 19 Why skyp you so ye high hylles this is the Lordes hyll in the which it pleaseth hym to dwell yea God wyll abyde in it for euer 17 The charettes of y e Lorde are twentie thousande euen thousandes of angels and the Lorde is among them in holy Sinai 18 Thou wenst vp on high thou hastled * captiuitie captiue thou hast receaued gyftes for men yea euen for those that be disobedient that God the Lorde myght dwell among them 19 Blessed be the Lorde who day by day powreth his benefites vpon vs and is God of our saluation Selah 20 The Lorde is our Lorde for to saue * vs and all maner of wayes for death pertayneth to God the Lorde 21 God wyll wounde the head of his enemies and the heary scalpe of hym who goeth on styll in his wickednesse 22 The Lorde hath sayde I wyll bryng my people agayne out from Basan I wyll bryng them agayne out from the deepe of the sea 23 That thy footes and the tongue of thy * dogges may be made redde in the blood of the enemies by his meanes 24 They do well see O Lorde thy goynges thy goynges in the sanctuarie my Lorde and kyng 25 The singers go before the minstrelles folowe after in the myddest are the damselles playing with the timbrelles 26 In the congregations they do blesse the Lorde the God of the fountayne of Israel 27 There is litle Beniamin their ruler the princes of Iehuda their counsell the princes of Zabulon and the princes of Nepthali 28 Thy Lord hath ordeyned thy strength establishe the thing O Lorde that thou hast wrought in vs. 29 For thy temple sake at Hierusalem
euer he had before 1 IN thee O God I haue put my trust let me neuer be put to confusion ridde me and deliuer me in thy ryghteousnesse incline thine eare vnto me and saue me 2 Be thou my strong holde whervnto I may alway resort thou hast geuen a charge to saue me for thou art my house of defence and my castell 3 Delyuer me O my Lorde out of the hande of the vngodly out of the hande of the vnryghteous and cruell man 4 For thou O Lorde God art the thyng that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth 5 Through thee haue I ben mayntayned euer since I was borne thou art he that toke me out of my mothers wombe my praise shal be alway of thee 6 I am become as it were a monster vnto many but my sure trust is in thee 7 Oh let my mouth be fylled with thy prayse and glorie all the day long 8 Cast me not away in the tyme of age forsake me not when my strength fayleth me 9 For myne enemies speake against me and they that lay awayte for my soule take their counsayle together 10 They say the Lorde hath forsaken hym do you persecute hym and take hym for there is none to delyuer hym 11 Go not farre from me O Lorde haste thee O my Lorde to helpe me 12 Let them be confounded let them be brought to naught that are agaynst my soule let them be couered with shame and dishonour that seke to do me euyll 13 As for me I wyll patiently wayte alway and I wyll prayse thee more and more 14 My mouth shall dayly speake of thy ryghteousnesse and saluation for I knowe no ende therof 15 I wyll go foorth in the strength of the Lorde God and I wyll only make mention of thy ryghteousnesse 16 Thou O God hast taught me from my youth and hytherto I can well declare thy wonderous workes 17 Wherfore whylest I am olde and am gray headed O Lorde forsake me not vntyll I haue shewed thy arme vnto this generation and thy power to all them that are yet for to come 18 And vntyll I haue exceedyngly exalted O Lorde thy ryghteousnesse for great thynges are they that thou hast done O Lorde who is lyke vnto thee 19 Which hast made me to feele many great troubles and aduersities yet returnyng thou hast reuyued me yea returnyng thou hast caused me to come out from the bottome of the earth 20 Thou hast brought me to greater honour then I had before thou returnyng hast comforted me on euery syde 21 Therfore I wyll confesse vnto thee thy trueth O Lorde playing vpon an instrument of musicke vnto thee I wyl syng psalmes vpon the harpe O thou most holy God of Israel 22 My lyppes wyll be ioyfull when I syng vnto thee and so wyll my soule which thou hast redeemed 23 My tongue also shal talke of thy righteousnesse all the day long for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seke to do me euyll ¶ The argument of the .lxxij. Psalme ¶ The prophete in the name of the whole Church prayeth that the kyngdome promised vnto hym may come which is the kyngdome of Iesus Christe He declareth that then there shal be peace the number of the iust shall increase so that all nations shal be subiect vnto hym He setteth foorth the affection of the people towarde their kyng the aboundaunce of all thinges in his kingdome so that his name shall endure for euer ⧠Of Solomon 1 O God geue vnto the kyng thy iudgementes and thy ryghteousnesse vnto the kynges sonne 2 Then he wyll iudge thy people accordyng vnto iustice and thy afflicted accordyng to equitie 3 The mountaynes also and hylles shall bryng peace to the people by the meanes of ryghteousnesse 4 He wyll iudge the afflicted amongst the people he wyll saue the children of the poore and subdue the oppressour 5 They wyll feare thee as long as the sunne and moone shyneth from one generation to another 6 He wyll come downe lyke the rayne into a fleece of wooll euen as the droppes that water the earth 7 In his dayes the ryghteous wyll florishe and there shal be aboundaunce of peace so long as the moone endureth 8 His dominion also shal be from the one sea to the other and from the fludde vnto the ende of the earth 9 They that dwell in the wildernesse shal kneele before him his enemies shal licke the dust 10 The kyng of Tharsis and of the Iles shall offer presentes the kynges of Sheba Seba shall bring giftes 11 All kynges wyll worshyp hym all nations wyll do hym seruice 12 For he wyll delyuer the poore when he cryeth and the afflicted and hym that hath no helper 13 He wyll haue compassion vpon the poore and needy and he wyll preserue the soules of the poore 14 He wyll delyuer their soules from deceipt and oppression and their blood shal be in his syght 15 He wyll lyue and he wyll geue to the * poore of the golde of Sheba and he wyll pray alwayes for hym and dayly he wyll blesse hym 16 A handfull of corne shall be sowed in the earth vpon the toppe of hylles and the fruite therof shall make a noyse lyke Libanus and shall florishe in the citie lyke grasse vpon the earth 17 His name shall endure for euer his name shal be spread abrode to the world so long as the sunne shall shyne all nations shal be blessed in hym and shall call hym blessed 18 Blessed be God the Lorde the Lorde of Israel which only doth wonderous thynges 19 And blessed be the name of his maiestie for euer and all the earth shal be fylled with his maiestie Amen Amen ¶ Here endeth the prayers of Dauid the sonne of Isai ⧠The argument of the .lxxiii. psalme ¶ The prophete for the comfort of the Godly vttereth what offences spryng of the prosperitie of the wicked declaryng withall that they haue a wretched ende and that the ende of such as be afflicted in this worlde for ryghteousnesse is happy although that he knoweth not the cause of the affliction of the one or the prosperitie of the other He setteth foorth the pryde of the vngodly and the goodnesse and prouidence of God towardes hym at all tymes ¶ A psalme of Asaph 1 TRuely the Lorde is very good vnto Israel vnto such as haue a cleane heart 2 Neuerthelesse my feete were almost gone from me my steppes had almost slypt 3 For I enuied at the case of the foolishe I sawe the wicked flowe in all kynde of prosperitie 4 For there be no bondes of death that can holde them and the galaries of their houses be strong 5 They come in no misfortune lyke other folke neither are they plagued lyke other men 6 And this is the cause that pride compasse them rounde about and crueltie couereth them as a garment 7 Their eyes
stande out for fatnesse and the cogitations of their heartes do passe from them 8 They make other dissolute they speake oppression with iniurie they talke proudely and presumptuously 9 For they stretch foorth their mouth vnto the heauen and their tongue goeth through the worlde 10 Therfore God his people turneth thither and there is drawen vnto them waters in a full cuppe 11 And they say howe shoulde God perceaue it is there knowledge in the most hyghest 12 Lo these vngodly and fortunate in the worlde do possesse riches 13 Truely I haue cleansed my heart in vayne and wasshed my handes in innocencie 14 All the day long I haue ben scourged and chastened euery mornyng 15 If I shoulde say that I woulde iudge after this sort lo then I shoulde condempne the generation of thy children 16 Therfore I considered howe I might vnderstande this but it was to paynefull in myne eyes 17 Vntyll I went vnto the sanctuarie of God and vnderstood the ende of them 18 Truely thou doest set them in slippery places and castest them downe headlong for to be destroyed 19 Oh howe be they brought to a destruction euen vpon a sodayne they faynt they consume away for very dread 20 They be as a dreame to a man after he is once waked O Lorde thou wylt cause their image to be dispised in the citie 21 Veryly thus was my heart inflamed thus was my reynes pricked 22 So foolishe was I and voyde of vnderstanding I was euen a bruite beast before thee 23 Neuerthelesse I am alway with thee for thou hast holden me by my ryght hande 24 Thou hast guyde me with thy counsayle and after that thou receauedst me with glorie 25 Whom haue I in heauen but thee and there is none vpon earth that I desire besides thee 26 My fleshe and my heart fayleth but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for euer 27 For lo they that kepe them selues a loofe from thee shall perishe thou destroyest euery one that committeth fornication agaynst thee 28 But it is good for me to come neare vnto God wherfore I put my trust in thee O Lorde God that I may declare all thy workes The argument of the .lxxiiii. psalme ¶ The prophete in the name of the people of Israel complayneth of their affliction howe that they be as forsaked of God howe that their temple is set a fire and raced and the worde of God abolished He discribeth the iniuries crueltie outragiousnesse and blasphemies of the enemies He humbly prayeth that these calamities may haue an ende that iust punishment auengeaunce may be taken of the enemies and that they may be defended for his couenaunt sake as his fathers were commyng out of Egypt ¶ A wise instruction to be song of Asaph 1 O Lorde wherfore dost thou forsake vs altogether wherfore breaketh foorth thy anger agaynst the sheepe of thy pasture 2 Remember thy congregation thou hast possest it nowe a long tyme thou hast redeemed the rodde of thine inheritaunce euen mount Sion wherein thou dwellest 3 Lyft vp thy feete for to destroy vtterly euery enemie which hath done euyll in thy sanctuarie 4 Thyne aduersaries roare in the myddest of thy congregations and set vp their banners for signes of victorie 5 He that hewed tymber afore out of * thicke woddes for to builde the temple was esteemed as one offeryng a present to God aboue 6 But nowe they breake downe into peeces all the carued worke therof with axes and hammers 7 They haue set fire on thy holy places they haue defiled the dwellyng place of thy name castyng it downe to the groūd 8 Yea they sayde in their heartes let vs make hauocke of them altogether thus haue they burnt vp all the houses of God in the lande 9 We see not our ensignes there is not one prophete more no not one is there amongst vs that vnderstandeth our case 10 O Lorde shall the aduersarie do this dishonour continually shall the enemie blaspheme thy name for euer 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hande yea thy right hande consume them drawing it out of thy bosome 12 Truely God is my kyng of olde who worketh saluation in the myddest of the earth 13 Thou didst deuide the sea through thy power thou brakest the heades of the dragons in the waters 14 Thou smotest the heades of Leuiathan in peeces and gauest hym to be meate for the people in wildernesse 15 Thou broughtest out fountaynes and waters out of the harde rockes thou dyddest drye vp mightie waters 16 The day is thine the nyght is thine thou hast prepared the light the sunne 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth thou hast ordeyned summer and wynter 18 Remember this O God the enemie hath dishonoured and the foolishe people hath blasphemed thy name 19 O deliuer not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto a wylde beast forget not the congregation of the poore for euer 20 Loke vpon the couenaunt for darknesse of the earth hath replenisshed houses with iniquitie 21 O let not the simple go away ashamed but let the afflicted needy geue prayse vnto thy name 22 Arise O Lord mayntayne thine owne cause remember the dishonour that the foolishe man doth vnto thee dayly 23 Forget not the voyce of thine enemies the mutteryng of them that hate thee ascendeth vp continually ¶ The argument of the .lxxv. Psalme ¶ The prophete prayseth God and setteth foorth the duetie of a good prince who must administer iustice and equitie purge the earth from corruptnesse of iudgement suppresse the wicked and aduaunce the godly through the great power of God ¶ To the chiefe musition destroy not the psalme of Asaph a song 1 WE do confesse it vnto thee O lord we do confesse it for thy wonderous workes do declare thy name to be at hande 2 When I shall take tyme fyt for the purpose I wyll iudge accordyng vnto ryght 3 The earth wasteth and all the inhabitours therof I haue vpholded the pyllours of it Selah 4 I sayd vnto fooles deale not so madly to the vngodly set not vp your horne 5 Set not vp your horne an high and speake not with a stiffe necke 6 Because promotion commeth neither from the east nor from the west nor yet from the south 7 For God is the iudge it is he that putteth downe one and setteth vp another 8 For in the hande of God there is a cup and the wine is redde it is full mixt and he powreth out the same 9 But the vngodly of the earth do wring out and drynke the dregges therof 10 As for me I wyll euer set foorth in wordes the Lorde I wyll sing psalmes to the God of Iacob 11 And I wyll breake all the hornes of the vngodly but the hornes of the ryghteous shal be exalted ¶ The argument of the .lxxvj. Psalme ¶ The prophete prayseth the countrey of Iurie
caused waters to gushe downe like as out of riuers 17 Yet for all this they sinned still against hym so that they prouoked the most hyghest in the wildernesse 18 And they temped god in their heartes in requiring meate for their lust 19 They spake against God they said can God prepare a table in the wildernesse 20 Beholde he hath smytten the stonie rocke and waters haue gushed out and streames haue flowed out aboundantly but can he likewise geue bread can he prouide fleshe for his people 21 Wherefore God hearde them he was wroth a fire was kindled in Iacob and there arose vp heauy displeasure against Israel 22 Because they beleued not in the Lord nor did put their trust in his saluation 23 And yet he commaunded the cloudes aboue and opened the doores of heauen 24 He raigned downe Manna also vpon them that they shoulde eate and gaue them corne from heauen 25 So man dyd eate the bread of angels he sent them meate inough 26 He remoued the east winde from vnder the heauen and through his power he brought in the south winde 27 He rained fleshe vpon them as thycke as dust and fethered foules like as the sande of the sea 28 He let it fall among their tentes euen rounde about their pauilions 29 So they dyd eate and were wel filled for he gaue them their owne desire neuerthelesse they were not alienated from their lust 30 But whyle the meate was yet in their mouthes the heauy wrath of God came vpon them and slue the welthyest of them and made the chosen men of Israel to stoupe 31 For all this they sinned still and beleued not his wonderous workes 32 Therfore their dayes dyd he consume in vanitie their yeres in a short troublous time 33 When he slue them they sought hym they repented them and made God their morninges worke 34 And they remembred that the Lorde was their rocke that the Lorde most hyghest was their redeemer 35 Neuerthelesse they dyd but flatter him with their mouth and they made hym a lye with their tongue 36 For their heart was not vpright with him neither continued they faythfull in his couenaunt 37 Yet for all that he beyng most merciful cleane pardoned all their misdeedes and destroyed them not 38 Yea many a tyme he dyd much for to represse his anger and neuer woulde suffer his whole rage to breake out 39 For he considered that they were but fleshe and that they were euen a winde that passeth away cōmeth not againe 40 How oft dyd they prouoke hym in the wildernes greeued hym in the desert 41 They turned backe and tempted the Lorde and prescribed boundes to the most holy God of Israel 42 They thought not of his hande in the day when he redeemed them from the enemie 43 Howe he had wrought his miracles in Egypt and his wonders in the fielde of Zoan 44 For he turned into blood their riuers fluddes so that they might not drinke 45 He sent amongst them all kind of flyes who dyd eate them and frogges who destroyed them 46 He gaue their fruites vnto the caterpiller their labour to the grashopper 47 He destroyed their vines with hayle stones and their wilde figge trees with the harde frost 48 He smote their cattell also with haylestones and their flockes with thunder boltes 49 He cast vpon them the rage of his furie anger disdayne and trouble by sending foorth euill angels amongst them 50 He made away to his indignatiō spared not their soule from death he gaue their lyfe to be subiect to the pestilence 51 And he smote all the first borne of Egypt the first fruites of concupiscence in the pauilions of Cham. 52 But as for his owne people he led them foorth like sheepe and conducted them through the wildernesse like a flocke of cattell 53 He brought them out safely that they shoulde not feare and ouerwhelmed their enemies with the sea 54 And brought them within the borders of his sanctuarie euen to this mountayne which his right hand purchased 55 He dyd cast out the heathen also before them he caused their land to be deuided among thē for an heritage made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tentes 56 Neuerthelesse they tempted and displeased the most hyghest Lorde kept not his testimonies 57 They turned backewarde and they went astray like their forefathers they started aside like a bowe that breaketh 58 For they stirred hym to anger with their hygh places and prouoked him to ielousie with their carued images 59 When the Lorde hearde this he was wroth toke sore displeasure at Israel 60 So that he forsoke the tabernacle in Silo the pauilion wherin he dwelt amongst men 61 He deliuered his force into captiuitie and his glorie into the enemies hande 62 He gaue also his people ouer to y e sword and was wroth with his inheritaunce 63 Fire consumed his young men and his maydens were not maryed 64 His priestes were slayne with the sworde and his wydowes made no lamentation 65 But the Lorde awaked as though he had slept like a giaunt making a triumphant noyse after wine 66 He smote his enemies in the hynder parts put them to a perpetual shame 67 He refused the tabernacle of Ioseph and chose not the tribe of Ephraim 68 But he chose the tribe of Iuda euen the hill of Sion which he loued 69 And there he buylded his temple on high and layde the foundation of it like a grounde euer to continue 70 He chose also Dauid his seruaunt and toke hym away from the sheepefoldes 71 As he was folowing the ewes great with young he toke hym that he might feede Iacob his people and Israel his inheritaunce 72 So he fed them according to the simplicitie of his heart and guided them by the discretion of his handes The argument of the lxxix psalme The prophete in the name of the Israelites greatly afflicted lamenteth at the destruction of the temple and of the citie of Hierusalem done by the Heathen and at the slaughter of his people He prayeth God aswell to take vengeaunce of the enemies in turning his displeasure on them as to pardon hym and his their manyfolde sinnes for his names sake that they might prayse him for euer ¶ A psalme of Asaph 1 O Lord the heathen are come into thyne inheritaunce they haue defiled thy holy temple they haue made Hierusalē an heape of stones 2 They haue geuen the dead bodies of thy seruauntes to be meate vnto the soules of the ayre and the fleshe of thy saintes vnto the beastes of the lande 3 They haue shed their blood like water on euery syde of Hierusalem and there is none to burie them 4 We are become an open shame vnto our neyghbours a very scorne and derision vnto them that are rounde about vs. 5 O God howe long wylt thou be angry
whole heart 6 Their heart is as fat as brawne but my delyght hath ben in thy lawe 7 It is good for me that I am brought into miserie by that meanes I shall learne thy statutes 8 The lawe of thy mouth is dearer vnto me then thousandes of golde siluer Iod 1 THy handes haue made me and fashioned me geue me vnderstanding and I will learne thy cōmaundementes 2 They that feare thee shall see me reioyce because I haue geuen earnest attendaunce vnto thy worde 3 I know O God that thy iudgementes are iustice and that thou hast caused me ryghtfully to be afflicted 4 I beseche thee let thy louing kindnesse be a meanes to comfort me accordyng to thy worde spoken vnto thy seruaunt 5 Let thy pitifull mercies come vnto me that I may lyue for thy lawe is my delyght 6 Let the proude be confounded for they haue falsly reported me but I wyll study thy commaundementes 7 Let such as feare thee and knowe thy testimonies returne vnto me 8 Let myne heart be perfectly set in thy statutes that I be not ashamed Caph 1 MY soule hath faynted after thy saluation I geue earnest attēdaunce vnto thy worde 2 Myne eyes haue faynted after thy worde whylest I say when wilt thou comfort me 3 For I am become like a bottel hanged in the smoke yet I do not forget thy statutes 4 Howe many are the dayes of thy seruaunt when wilt thou geue iudgement agaynst them that persecute me 5 The proude haue digged pittes for me which is a thing not done accordyng to thy lawe 6 All thy commaundementes are the trueth it selfe they wrongfully persecute me O be thou my ayde 7 They had almost made an ende of me vpon the earth but I forsoke not thy commaundementes 8 Make me to lyue accordyng to thy pietie and I wyll kepe the testimonies of thy mouth Lamed 1 O God thy worde endureth for euer in heauen 2 Thy trueth appeareth to euery generation thou hast layde the foundation of the earth and it shall continue 3 All thynges continue this day accordyng to thine ordinaunce for all thinges be thy seruauntes 4 If my delight had not ben in thy lawe I shoulde haue perished in myne affliction 5 I wyll neuer forget thy commaundementes for through them thou hast reuiued me 6 I am thine saue me for I haue diligently studied thy commaundementes ouer 7 When the vngodly layde wayte for me to destroy me I endeuoured my selfe to vnderstande thy testimonies 8 I see an ende of euery thing be it neuer so perfect but thy commaundement is exceedyng large Mem 1 HOwe greatly do I loue thy lawe my study is all the day long in it 2 Thou hast made me wyser then myne enemies through thy commaundementes for they are euer with me 3 I am able to geue better instruction then all they that were my teachers for thy testimonies are my study 4 I am made to vnderstande more then the aged can because I kept thy commaundementes 5 I haue restrayned my feete from euery euyll way that I may kepe thy worde 6 I haue not shrinked from thy iudgementes for thou didst teache me 7 Howe sweete are thy wordes vnto my throte truely they be sweeter then hony is to my mouth 8 Through thy commaundementes I get vnderstandyng therfore I hate all wayes of falshood Nun 1 THy worde is a candell vnto my feete and a lyght vnto my pathes 2 I haue made an oth which I wil ratifie for to kepe thy iuste iudgementes 3 I am troubled aboue measure quicken me O God accordyng vnto thy worde 4 Let the freewyll offerynges of my mouth please thee O God and teache me thy iudgementes 5 My soule is alway in my hande yet I do not forget thy lawe 6 The vngodly haue layde a snare for me but yet I swarued not from thy commaundementes 7 I haue claymed thy testimonies as myne heritage for euer for they are the very ioy of myne heart 8 I haue applyed myne heart for to fulfyll thy statutes euen to the worldes ende Samech 1 I Hate hygh subtile deuices and I do loue thy lawe 2 Thou art my refuge and my shield I geue earnest attendaunce vnto thy worde 3 Auoyde from me ye malicious persons and I wyll kepe the commaundementes of my Lorde 4 Strengthen me in thy worde and I shall lyue and make me not ashamed of my hope 5 Holde thou me vp and I shal be safe and I will loke gladly vpō thy statutes alwayes 6 Thou hast troden vnder foote all them that go astray from thy statutes for their crafty deuice is but falshood 7 Thou hast dispatched out of the way all the vngodly of the earth lyke drosse therfore I loue thy testimonies 8 My fleshe trembleth for feare of thee and I am afrayde of thy iudgementes Ain 1 I Haue executed iudgement and iustice wherfore leaue me not to such as do offer me wrong 2 For thy owne goodnesse sake take thy seruaunt vnto thy protection let not the proude oppresse me with wrong 3 Myne eyes haue faynted with lokyng for thy saluation and for the worde of thy ryghteousnesse 4 Deale with thy seruaunt accordyng vnto thy owne louyng kyndnesse and teache me thy statutes 5 I am thy seruaunt graunt me vnderstandyng that I may knowe thy testimonies 6 It is tyme for me to do for Gods cause for they haue brought thy lawe almost to nothyng 7 Therfore I loue thy commaundementes aboue golde and precious stone 8 Therfore I take all thy commaundementes euery one of them to be ryght I vtterly hate all wayes of falshood Pe 1 THy testimonies contayne wonderfull thinges therfore doth my soule kepe them 2 The first entering of thy wordes will illuminate geuyng vnderstanding euen vnto the simple 3 I opened my mouth and panted for I bare a great affection to thy commaundementes 4 Loke thou vpon me and be mercifull vnto me as thou vsest to do vnto those that loue thy name 5 Direct my steppes in thy worde and so shall no wickednesse haue dominion ouer me 6 Redeeme me from the fraudulent dealyng of men and I wyll kepe thy commaundementes 7 Make the lyght of thy countenaunce shyne vpon thy seruaunt and teache me thy statutes 8 Ryuers of waters gushe out of myne eyes because men kepe not thy lawe Sade 1 O God thou art iust and vpryght in thy iudgementes 2 Thou hast commaunded the iustice and the veritie of thy testimonies to be obserued very strayghtly 3 My zeale hath consumed me because myne aduersaries haue forgotten thy wordes 4 Thy worde is purified to the vttermost and thy seruaunt loueth it 5 I am small and of no reputation yet I do not forget thy cōmaundementes 6 Thy ryghteousnesse is an euerlastyng righteousnesse thy lawe is the trueth 7 Trouble and griefe haue taken holde vpon me yet thy commaundementes be my delyght 8 The righteousnesse of thy testimonies is euerlastyng make me to
our side Israel may now say if God him self had not ben of our side when men rose vp against vs 2 Then they had swalowed vs vp quicke when their wrath was so inflamed against vs. 3 Then the waters had drowned vs the running streame had flowed ouer our soule 4 Then the waters of the proude had flowed ouer our soule 5 But blessed be God whiche hath not geuen vs ouer for a pray vnto their teeth 6 Our soule is escaped euen as a byrde out of the snare of the fouler the snare is broken and we be escaped 7 Our helpe is in the name of God who hath made heauen and earth The argument of the .cxxv. psalme ¶ As Hierusalem is strongly defended with mountaynes so God defendeth his people in all aduersities and saueth them from daungers but they that turne them selues from godlynes shall runne headlong into all kinde of wickednes ¶ A song of high degrees 1 THey that put their trust in God be as the mount Sion whiche may not be remoued but must stande fast for euer 2 As for Hierusalem hilles be rounde about it and God is rounde about his people from this tyme foorth for euermore 3 For the scepter of the vngodly shall not rest vpon the lot of the righteous lest the righteous put their handes vnto wickednes 4 Be beneficiall O God vnto those that be good and vpright in their heart 5 And such as do wander in their owne peruersnes those God will cause to walke with the workers of wickednes so peace shal be vpon Israel The argument of the .cxxvj. psalme ¶ The prophete declareth that the deliueraunce of the people of God out of captiuitie shal be very ioyfull vnto them selues and marueylous vnto all other nations He prayeth God to continue his goodnes dayly more and more to his people ¶ A song of high degrees 1 WHen God shall cause them of Sion that were led into captiuitie for to returne we shal be as men that dreamed 2 Then shall our mouth be filled with a laughter and our tongue with a ioyfull noyse 3 Then shall suche as be amongst the Heathen say God hath brought great thinges to passe that he myght do for them 4 God hath brought great thinges to passe for vs we be made merie 5 Make vs O God that be led into captiuitie for to returne as riuers into the south 6 They that sowe in teares shall reape in ioy 7 He that goeth foorth on his way and wepyng beareth pretious seede shall doubtlesse returning come againe with a ioyfull noyse bryngyng his sheaues with hym The argument of the .cxxvii. psalme ¶ The prophete affirmeth that all care endeuour and diligence of buylding working reseruing and watching is vayne except withal God buyldeth reserueth and watcheth For God of his meere goodnes geueth chyldren to his welbeloued he defendeth their cities and prouideth vnto them victuals when they be fast a sleepe ¶ A song of high degrees made for Solomon 1 IF GOD wyll not buylde the house they labour in vayne that buylde it if God kepe not the citie the watchman waketh in vayne 2 As it is a vayne thing for you that ye make haste to ryse vp early that ye make delayes to take rest eatyng the bread of sorowes euen so he geueth sleepe to his welbeloued 3 Beholde chyldren be the inheritage of God and the fruite of the wombe is a rewarde 4 Like as arrowes be in the hande of the strong euen so are the chyldren of youth 5 Happy is the man that hath filled his quiuer with them they shall not be ashamed when they speake with their enemies in the gate The argument of the cxxviii psalme ¶ They that feare God and walke in his wayes be blessed and happy Their wyfe chyldren and familie shall prosper with all kinde of felicitie ¶ A song of high degrees 1 HE is blessed whatsoeuer he be that feareth God walking in his waies 2 For thou shalt eate the labours of thine handes thou shalt be happy and all shall go well with thee 3 Thy wyfe shal be as a fruitfull vine vpon the sides of thyne house 4 Thy chyldren shal be like oliue braunches rounde about thy table 5 Beholde for thus shall the man be blessed that feareth God 6 God wyll blesse thee out of Sion and thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all the dayes of thy lyfe 7 Yea thou shalt see thy chylders chyldren and peace vpon Israel The argument of the .cxxix. psalme ¶ The prophete acknowledgeth that Israel may glory in that through the helpe of God their enemies enterprises could not preuayle against them The wicked shal be sodainly destroyed ¶ A song of high degrees 1 ISrael may now say they haue troubled me often from my youth vp 2 They haue troubled me often from my youth vp but they haue not preuayled against me 3 The plowemen plowed vpon my backe they made long forrowes 4 But God who is iust hath cut a peeces the snares of the vngodly 5 All they that beare an euyll wyll to Sion shal be confounded and be made to turne backe from it 6 They shall be as the grasse growing vpon the house toppes whiche withereth afore that it be shot foorth to his growth 7 Whereof the mower fylleth not his hande neither he that byndeth vp the sheaues his armes full 8 And they which go by say not so much as the blessing of God be vpon you we blesse you in the name of God ¶ The argument of the .cxxx. psalme ¶ The prophete in extreme calamitie calleth vpon God for remission of sinnes and for deliueraunce He exhorteth all people to trust in God for that he is alwayes a mercyfull redeemer and can easyly deliuer from sinne death and hell ¶ A song of high degrees 1 OVt of the deepe I haue called vnto thee O God O Lorde heare my voyce 2 Let thine eares be attentiue vnto the voyce of my petition for grace 3 If thou O God wylt marke what is done amisse O Lorde who can abide it 4 For there is pardon of sinne with thee that thou mayest be feared 5 I haue wayted for God my soule haue wayted for hym and I haue reposed my trust in his worde 6 My soule listeth more after God then watchmen do after the morning I say more then watchmen do after the mornyng 7 Israel ought to trust in God for there is mercy with God and there is plenteousnes of redemption with him 8 And he wyll redeeme Israel from all his sinnes The argument of the .cxxxj. psalme ¶ Dauid exhorteth the people by his example to modestie and humilitie and to put their trust in God ¶ A song of high degrees made of Dauid 1 O God I am not hygh mynded I haue no proude lokes I haue not vsed to walke in greater waightier matters then I ought to do 2 Nay I haue restrayned my soule and kept it lowe like a chylde
destroyer from the almightie 7 Therefore shall all handes be letten downe and all mens heartes shall melt away 8 They shall stande in feare carefulnes and sorowe shall come vpon them and they shal haue payne as a woman that trauayleth with chylde One shal be abashed of another and their faces shall burne like the flame of fire 9 Beholde the day of the Lorde shall come terribly and full of indignation furie wrath to make the lande waste and to roote out the sinners therof 10 For the starres and planettes of heauen shall not geue their light the sunne shal be darkened in the rising and the moone shall not shine with her light 11 And I wyll visite the wickednesse of the worlde and the sinnes of the vngodlye The high stomakes of the proude wyll I take away and will lay downe the boasting of the tiraunt 12 I wyll make a man dearer then fine gold and a man to be more worth then a golden wedge of Ophir 13 Therfore I wyll shake the heauens and the earth shall remoue out of her place in the wrath of the Lorde of hoastes and in the day of his fearefull indignation 14 And Babylon shal be as an hunted or chased Doe and as a sheepe that no man taketh vp Euery man shall turne to his owne people and flee eche one in to his owne lande 15 Whoso is founde shal be shot thorowe and whoso taketh their part shal be destroyed with the sworde 16 Their chyldren shal be sâ—ayne before their eyes their house spoyled and their wiues rauished 17 For lo I shall bring vp the Medes against them whiche shall not regarde siluer nor be desirous of golde 18 With bowes shall they destroy the young men and haue no pitie on women with chylde and their faces shall not spare the chyldren 19 And Babylon that glory of kingdomes and beautie of the Chaldees honour shal be destroyed euen as God destroyed Sodome and Gomor 20 It shall not endure for euer neither shall there be any more dwelling there from generation to generation The Arabians shall pitche no tentes there neither shall the sheepheardes make their foldes there any more 21 But fearefull wylde beastes shall lye there and the houses shal be ful of great Owles Estriches shall dwell there and Apes shall daunce there 22 Wylde cattes shall crye in the palaces and dragons shal be in the pleasaunt houses And as for Babylons tyme it is at hande and her dayes shall not be prolonged The .xiiij. Chapter 1 The returne of the people from captiuitie the prosperitie of the people of God and affliction of their enemies 13 The pryde of Babylon 1 BVt the Lorde wylbe mercyfull vnto Iacob and will yet chose Israel againe and set them in their owne land straungers shall cleaue and get them to the house of Iacob 2 The people shall take them and carry them home to their owne land and the house of Israel shall possesse them in the lande of the Lord that they may be seruaunts and handmaydes and they shall take those prysoners whose captiues they had ben before and rule those that had oppressed them 3 When the Lorde nowe shall bryng thee to rest from thy trauayle feare and harde bondage that thou wast laden withall 4 Then shalt thou vse this mockage vpon the kyng of Babylon and say Howe happeneth it that the oppressour leaueth of Is the golden tribute come to an ende 5 The Lorde hath broken the scepter of the vngodly and the rod of the lordelye 6 Which when he is wroth smiteth the people with continuall strokes and in wrath raigneth ouer the heathen whoÌ„ he persecuteth without compassion 7 And therfore the whole worlde is nowe at rest and quietnesse and men sing for ioy 8 Yea euen the Firre trees and Cedars of Libanus reioyce at thy fall saying Nowe that thou art layde downe there come no mo vp to hewe downe vs. 9 Hell also beneath trembleth to meete thee at thy commyng and for thy sake hath raysed his dead all mightie men and princes of the earth all kynges of the earth stande vp from their seates 10 That they may all aunswere and speake vnto thee Art thou become weake also as we Art thou become lyke vnto vs 11 Thy pompe and thy pride is layde downe into the pit and so is the melodie of thy instrumentes Wormes be layde vnder thee wormes be thy coueryng 12 Howe art thou fallen from heauen O Lucifer thou faire mornyng chylde Howe hast thou gotten a fall euen to the grounde which didst weaken the nations 13 For thou saydest in thine heart I wyll clymbe vp into heauen and exalt my throne aboue beside the starres of God I wyll sit also vpon the mount of the congregation towarde the North. 14 I wyll clymbe vp aboue the cloudes and wyll be lyke the hyghest of all 15 Yet thou shalt be brought downe to the deepe of hell to the sides of the lake 16 They that see thee shall narowly loke vpon thee and thinke in them selues saying Is this the man that brought all landes in feare and made the kyngdomes afrayde 17 Is this he that made the worlde in a maner waste and layde the cities to the grounde which let not his prisoners go out 18 The kynges of the nations lye euery one in his owne house with worship 19 And thou art cast out of thy graue like a fylthy abhominable braunche like as dead mens rayment that are shot thorowe with the sworde and go downe to the stones of the deepe as a dead coarse that is troden vnder feete 20 Thou art not buried with them euen because that thou hast wasted thy lande destroyed thy people The generation of the wicked shal be out of memorie for euer 21 Let there a way be sought to destroy their children that be in their fathers wickednesse that they come not vp agayne to possesse the lande and fyll the worlde full of enemies 22 I wyll stande vp agaynst them saith the Lorde of hoastes and roote out the name and remnaunt sonne and sonnes sonne of Babylon saith the Lorde 23 I wyll geue it to the Otters and wyll make water puddels of it and I wyll sweepe them out with the besome of destruction saith the Lorde of hoastes 24 The Lorde of hoastes hath sworne an othe saying It shall come to passe as I haue determined and shal be fulfylled as I haue deuised 25 So that Assyria shall I destroy in my lande and vpon my mountaynes wil I treade hym vnder foote wherthrough his yoke shall come from them and his burthen shal be taken from their shoulder 26 This deuise hath God taken through the whole worlde and this is his hande stretched out ouer all people 27 For yf the Lord of hoastes determine a thyng who is able to disanull it And if he stretch foorth his hande who may returne it agayne 28 The same yere that kyng Ahaz dyed was this burthen 29 Reioyce not thou whole Palestina
had foâ— agaynst Asdod and taken it 〈…〉 the same tyme spake the Lorde by the hande of Esai the sonne of Amos sayâ—ng Go and take of the sackcloth from thy loynes and put of thy shoe from thy foote And he dyd so walkyng naked and barefoote 3 And the Lorde sayde Lyke as my seruaunt Esai hath walked naked and barefoote for a signe and wonder three yeres vpon Egypt and Ethiopia 4 Euen so shall the kyng of Assyria take away out of Egypt and Ethiopia children and olde men naked and barefoote with their loynes vncouered to the great shame of Egypt 5 They shal be brought in feare also and be ashamed of Ethiopia their hope of Egypt wherin they are wont to glorie 6 And they that dwell in the same Isle shall say in that day Beholde such is our hope whyther shall we flee for helpe that we may be delyuered from the kyng of Assyria And howe shall we escape ¶ The .xxj. Chapter Agaynst Babylon Idumea and Arabia 1 THe burthen of the waste sea Euen as the stormie weather passeth through at the noone day from the wildernesse so shall it come from the terrible lande 2 A greeuous vision was shewed vnto me let one deceiptfull offendour come agaynst another and one destroyer agaynst another Vp Elam lay siege thou of Media all their gronyng haue I layde downe 3 Therfore are my loynes fylled with sorowe heauinesse hath taken holde vpon me as the panges of a woman that is trauaylyng it made me stoupe when I heard it and it vexed me when I sawe it 4 My heart panted fearefulnesse came vpon me the nyght of my voluptuousnesse hath he turned agaynst me into feare 5 Whyle they garnished the table the watchman loked and whyle I was eatyng and drynkyng it was sayde vp ye captaynes take you to your shielde 6 For thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto me God and set a watchman to tel what he seeth 7 And he sawe a charret which two horsemen sat vpon with the cariage of an Asse and the cariage of a Camel So he loked and toke diligent heede 8 And he cryed a lion my Lorde I stande continually vpon the watche towre in the day tyme and am appoynted to kepe my watch euery nyght 9 And beholde here commeth a charret of men with two horsemen and he aunswered and sayd Babylon is fallen it is fallen and all the images of her gods hath he smitten downe vnto the grounde 10 Thou art he whom I must threshe and thou belongest to my corne floure This that I hearde of the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel haue I shewed vnto you 11 The burthen of Duma He calleth to me out of Seir watchman what hast thou espied by nyght watchman what hast thou espied by nyght 12 The watchman sayde The mornyng commeth and so doth the nyght If ye wyll aske me any question then aske it returne and come agayne 13 The burthen concernyng Arabia In the wooddes of Arabia shall ye tary all nyght euen in the streetes of Dedanim 14 The inhabitours of the lande of Thema brought foorth water to hym that was thirstie they preuented hym that was fled away with their bread 15 For because of swordes they are become fugitiue Euen for the drawen sworde and for the bent bowe and because of the greeuousnesse of warre 16 For thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto me There is yet a yere accordyng to the yeres of an hired seruaunt and all the glorie of Cedar shall fayle 17 And the number of them that shall escape from the bowes shal be minished by the mightie children of Cedar for the Lorde God of Israel hath spoken it The .xxij. Chapter A prophecie agaynst Hierusalem 1 THe burthen of the valley of vision What hast thou to do here that thou clymbest to the house toppes 2 Thou that art full of tumultuousnes thou troublesome and proude citie Thy slayne men are neither put to death with the sworde nor dead in battayle 3 All thy captaynes are fugitiue together the archers haue taken them prisoners All they I say that are founde in thee are in captiuitie together and they also that fled farre of 4 Therfore sayde I Let me alone and I wyll make lamentation Ye shall not be able to comfort me because of the destruction of the daughter of my people 5 For this is a day of trouble of ruine and of destruction that the Lorde the God of hoastes wyll bryng to passe in the valley of vision breakyng downe the citie and crying vnto mountaynes 6 Elam bare the quiuer with a charret of footmen and horsemen and the citie of Kir shewed the shielde open 7 Thy chiefe valley also was full of charrettes and the horsemen set their faces directly towarde the gate 8 And in that day dyd the enemie take away the couer of Iuda and then didst thou loke towarde the armour of the house of the forest 9 Ye haue seene also the broken places of the citie of Dauid howe that they are many and ye gathered together the waters of the lower poole 10 As for the houses of Hierusalem ye haue numbred them and the houses haue ye broken downe to make the wall strong 11 A pit also haue ye made betweene the two walles for the waters of the olde poole haue not regarded the maker therof neither had respect vnto hym that fashioned it long ago 12 And in that day dyd the Lorde God of hoastes call men vnto weepyng and mournyng to baldnesse and girdyng about with sackcloth 13 And beholde they haue ioy and gladnesse slaying oxen and kyllyng sheepe eatyng fleshe and drynkyng wine Let vs eate and drynke for to morowe we shall dye 14 And it came to the eares of the Lorde of hoastes This iniquitie shall not be purged from you tyll ye dye saith the Lorde God of hoastes 15 Thus saith the Lord God of hoastes Get ye vnto yonder treasurer euen vnto Sebna which is the ruler of the house 16 What hast thou to do here and whom hast thou here that thou shouldest here hewe thee out a sepulchree as it were one that heweth hym out a sepulchree on hye or that graueth an habitation for hym selfe on an harde rocke 17 Beholde O thou man the Lorde shal cary thee away into captiuitie and shall surely couer thee with confusion 18 The Lorde shal turne thee ouer like a ball with his handes and shall sende thee into a farre countrey there shalt thou dye and there in steade of the charrets of thy pompe shall the house of thy Lorde haue confusion 19 I wyll driue thee from thy place and out of thy dwellyng shal he ouerthrowe thee 20 And in that day shall I call my seruaunt Eliakim the sonne of Helkia 21 And with thy garmentes wyll I clothe hym and with thy girdle wyll I strength hym thy power also wyll I commit into his hande and he shal be a father of such as dwell in Hierusalem and in
that be in pryson and they shal be shut vp in warde and after many dayes shall they be visited 23 The moone shal be abashed and the sunne ashamed when the Lorde of hoastes shal raigne in mount Sion and in Hierusalem with worship and in the sight of suche as shal be of his counsell The .xxv. Chapter 1 A thankes geuing to God for his workes 1 THou art my Lorde my God I wyll magnifie thee I will geue thankes vnto thy name for thou hast brought wonderfull thinges to passe according to thine olde counsels truely faythfully 2 Thou hast made a citie a heape of stones and brought a strong towne into decay the habitation of straungers hast thou made to be no citie neither shall it be buylded any more 3 Therefore shall the mightie people geue glory vnto thee the citie of the valiaunt heathen shall feare thee 4 For thou hast ben a strength vnto the poore and a succour for the needie in his trouble a refuge against euill weather a shadow against the heate for the blast of raging men is like a storme that casteth downe a wall 5 Like as the heate in a drye place wasteth all thinges so shalt thou suppresse the noyse of aliantes the heate is abated with the shadowe of the cloude euen so shall God asswage the noyse of the cruel tirauntes 6 And in this mountaine shal the Lord of hoastes make vnto all people a feast of plenteous and delicate thinges euen of most pleasaunt and daintie disshes 7 And in this mountaine shall the Lord destroy the couering that all people are wrapped in and the hanging that is spread vpon all nations 8 As for death he hath destroyed it for euer and the Lorde God shall wype away teares from all faces and the rebuke of his people shall he take away out of all the earth for so the Lorde hath sayde 9 And in that day it shal be sayde lo this is our God we haue wayted for hym and he shall saue vs this is the Lorde in whom we haue hoped we wyll be merie and reioyce in the saluation that commeth of hym 10 For in this mountaine shall the hande of the Lorde ceasse and Moab shal be threshed vnder hym euen as strawe is troden to doung on the dounghill 11 And he shall stretche out his hande in the middes of them as he that swimmeth casteth out his hands to swimme and with the strength of his handes shall he bring downe their pryde 12 The strong holde also and defence of thy walles hath he ouerthrowne and cast downe and brought them to the grounde euen vnto dust The .xxvi. Chapter 1 A song of deliueraunce of the people 1 IN that day shall this song be song in the land of Iuda we haue a strong citie saluation shal God appoint in steede of walles and bulwarkes 2 Open ye the gates that the righteous people whiche kepeth the trueth may enter in 3 By an assured purpose wylt thou preserue perfect peace because they put their trust in thee 4 Put ye your trust alway in the Lord for in the Lorde God there is strength for euermore 5 For he hath brought downe the high minded citizens as for the proude citie he hath brought it lowe euen to the ground shall he cast it downe and bring it vnto dust 6 The foote euen the foote of the poore and the steppes of suche as be in necessitie shall treade it downe 7 The path of equitie wylt thou graunt vnto the iust O thou most righteous thou shalt order the path of hym that is righteous 8 Yea in the way of thy iudgementes O Lord haue we put our trust in thee thy name also and the remembraunce of thee is the thing that our soule longeth for 9 My soule hath longed for thee all the night and with my spirite whiche is within me wyll I seeke thee early in the morning For when thy iudgementes are in the earth the inhabiters of the worlde shall learne righteousnesse 10 Shall the vngodly man be fauoured which hath not learned righteousnesse but doth wickedly in the earth where nothing ought to be done but that which is righteous he shall not see the glory of the Lorde 11 Lorde when thy hande is lyft vp to strike they see it not but they shall see it and be confounded with the zeale of the people and the fire that consumeth thyne enemies shall deuour them 12 Lorde vnto vs thou shalt prouide peace for thou also hast wrought all our workes in vs. 13 O Lord our God other lordes beside thee hath subdued vs but we wyll be mindfull only of thee and of thy name 14 The dead wyll not liue they that be out of life will not ryse agayne therfore hast thou visited and rooted them out and destroyed all the memorie of them 15 Thou hast increased the people O Lorde thou hast increased the people thou art glorious thou hast sent them farre of vnto all the coastes of the earth 16 Lorde in trouble haue they visited thee they powred out their prayer whē thy chastening was vpon them 17 Like as a woman with chylde that draweth nye towardes her trauayle is sorie and cryeth in her paynes euen so haue we ben in thy sight O Lorde 18 We haue ben with chylde and suffred paine as though we had brought forth winde for there is no saluation in the earth neither do the inhabiters of the worlde submit them selues 19 Thy dead men shall liue euen as my body shall they rise againe Awake and sing ye that dwell in dust for thy deawe is euen as the deawe of hearbes and the earth shall cast out them that be vnder her 20 Come my people enter thou into thy chambers and shut thy doores about thee * hide thy selfe for a litle whyle vntill the indignation be ouerpast 21 * For beholde the Lorde is comming out of his place to visite the wickednesse of suche as dwell vpon earth the earth also shall disclose her bloods and shall no more hide them that are slayne in her ¶ The .xxvij. Chapter 1 A prophecie of the comming of Christe and destruction of idolatrie 1 IN that day the Lord with his sore great and mightie sworde shall visite Leuiathan the fugitiue serpent euen Leuiathan that crooked serpent and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea 2 In that day see that ye sing of the congregation which is the vineyarde that bringeth foorth the best wine 3 Euen I the Lorde do kepe it in due seasons shall I water it and lest the enemie do it any harme I wyll both night and day preserue it 4 There is no displeasure in me els when the vineyarde bringeth me foorth bryers and thornes I woulde go thorowe it by warre and burne it vp together 5 Let it take holde of my strength and it shal be at one with me euen at one shall
it be with me 6 The dayes are comming that Iacob shall take roote Israel shal be greene and florishe and the world shal be filled with fruite 7 Hath he smitten hym as sore as he did the other that smote hym Or is he slayne with so sore a slaughter as they that slue hym 8 Thou wylt punishe it in the braunches yet not beyonde measure for in the day that the east winde bloweth sore it taketh away the fruites 9 By this meanes therfore shall the iniquitie of Iacob be purged and this is all the fruite namely the taking away of his sinne if he make all the stones of the aulter of idols as chalke stones that are beaten in sunder that their groues and images ryse not vp agayne 10 Els shall the strong citie be desolate and the habitation forsaken and left like a wildernesse there shall the Calfe feede and there shall he lye and eate vp the graffes therof 11 When the braunches of it are drye they are broken of the women come and set them on fire for it is a people of no vnderstanding and therfore he that made them shall not fauour them and he that created them shall geue them no grace 12 And in that day shall the Lorde make a threshing from the middest of the riuer Euphrates vnto the riuer of Egypt and ye chyldren of Israel shal be gathered together one to another 13 In that day shall the great trumpe be blowne so that they which were lost in the lande of Assyria and they that were banished in the lande of Egypt shall come and worship the Lorde in the holye mount of Hierusalem The .xxviij. Chapter 1 Against the pride of Ephraim 9 and against false priestes and preachers 1 WO be vnto the crowne of pryde euen to the drunken people of Ephraim whose great pompe is as a floure that fadeth away vpon the head of the valley of suche as be in wealth and are ouerladen with wine 2 Behold there commeth a vehement and sore day from the Lord like an vnmeasurable hayle and perillous tempest euen like the force of mightie and horrible waters that violently beareth downe all thinges 3 The crowne of the pryde of the drunken Ephraemites shal be troden vnder foote 4 So that the floure of his fayrenesse and beautie whiche is in the head of the valley of fatnesse shall fade away as doth an vntimely ripe figge before haruest whiche when a man espieth he loketh vpon it and whyle it is yet in his hande he eateth it vp 5 In that day shal the Lord of hoastes be the crowne of glory and diamonde of beautie vnto the residue of his people 6 He wylbe also a spirite of perfect knowledge to him that sitteth in iudgement and strength vnto them that turne away the battayle to the gate of the enemies 7 But they are out of the way by reason of wine yea farre out of the way are they thorowe strong drinke The priest also and the prophete are gone astray by the meanes of strong drinke they are drunken with wine they go amisse thorowe strong drinke they fayle in propheciyng and stumble in iudgement 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthynesse that no place is cleane 9 Whom then shall suche one teache knowledge and whom shall he make to vnderstande the thing that he heareth for they are as ignoraunt as young chyldren that are taken from the milke and are weaned 10 For they that be suche must take after one lesson another lesson after one commaundement another commaundement for one rule another rule after one instruction another instruction there a litle and there a litle 11 For he that speaketh vnto this people is euen as one that vseth rudenesse of speache and a straunge language 12 If any man say vnto them lo this is the rest wherewith ye may ease hym that is weerie this is the refreshing they wyll not hearken 13 Therfore shall the word of the Lord be vnto them lesson vpon lesson commaundement vpon commaundement rule vpon rule instruction vpon instruction there a litle and there a litle that they may go on and fall backwarde be brused tangled and snared 14 Wherfore heare the word of the Lord ye mockers ye that haue rule of this people whiche is at Hierusalem 15 Because ye haue sayd We haue made a couenaunt with death and with hell are we at agreement and though there go foorth a sore plague it shall not come vnto vs for we haue made falsehood our refuge and vnder vanitie are we hid 16 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God Beholde I lay in Sion for a foundation a stone euen a tryed stone a precious corner stone a sure foundation who so beleueth let hym not be to hastie 17 Iudgement also wyll I laye to the rule and righteousnesse to the balaunce so that the hayle shall sweepe away as a broome your vayne confidence and the priuie place of your refuge shall the waters runne ouer 18 And thus the couenaunt that ye made with death shal be disanulled and your agreement that ye made with hell shall not stand yea when the sore plague goeth foorth ye shal be troden downe vnder it 19 From the tyme that it goeth foorth it shall take you away for early in the morning euery day yea both day and night shall it go thorowe and when the noyse thereof is perceaued it shall gender vexation 20 For the bed is narrowe and not large and the couering so small that a man can not winde him selfe vnder it 21 For the Lord shall stand as in mount Perazim and shal be wroth like as in the valley Gibeon that he may do his worke his straunge worke and bryng to passe his acte his straunge acte 22 Nowe therefore see that ye be no mockers lest your punishment increase For I hearde of the Lorde of hoastes that there shall come a short ende vpon the whole earth 23 Heare ye then and hearken vnto my voyce consider and ponder my speache 24 Doth not the husbandman plowe all the day and openeth and breaketh the clottes of his grounde that he may sowe 25 When he hath made it playne wyll he not spreade abrode the fitches and sowe comin and cast in wheate by measure and the appointed barlye and rye in their place 26 God wyll instruct hym to haue discretion euen his God wyll teache hym 27 For fitches shall not be threshed with an harrowe neither shall a cart wheele be brought thorowe the comin but the fitches are beaten out with a staffe and comin with a rodde 28 But the seede that bread is made of is threshed though it be not alway a threshing and the cart wheele must be brought ouer it lest he grinde it with his teeth 29 This also commeth of the Lorde of hoastes which worketh with wonderfull wysdome and bringeth excellent workes to passe The .xxix. Chapter 1 A prophecie against Hierusalem 13 and
and thy abhominations haue I seene Wo be vnto thee O Hierusalem wylt thou neuer be clensed any more Or when shall that be The .xiiij. Chapter 1 Of the dearth that shoulde come in Iurie 7 The prayer of the people askyng mercie of the Lorde 10 The vnfaithfull people are not hearde 12 Of prayer fastyng and of false prophetes that seduce the people 1 THe worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Ieremie concernyng the dearth of the fruites 2 Iuda hath mourned his gates are desolate they are brought to heauinesse euen vnto the grounde and the crye of Hierusalem goeth vp 3 The Lordes sent their seruauntes to fetche water and when they came to the welles they did finde no water but caried their vessels home emptie they be ashamed and confounded and couer their heades 4 For the grounde is dryed because there commeth no rayne vpon it the plowmen also be ashamed and couer their heades 5 The hynde also forsoke the young fawne that he brought foorth in the fielde because there was no grasse 6 The wylde asses did stande in the hye places and drewe in their winde lyke the dragons their eyes did fayle for want of grasse 7 Doubtlesse our owne wickednesse doth rewarde vs but Lorde do thou accordyng to thy name though our transgression and sinnes be many and agaynst thee haue we sinned 8 For thou art the comfort and helpe of Israel in the tyme of trouble Why wilt thou be as a straunger in the lande and as one that goeth his iourney and cōmeth in only to remayne for a night 9 Why wylt thou make thy selfe a cowarde and as it were a giaunt that yet may not helpe But thou O Lorde art in the middest of vs and thy name is called vpon of vs forsake vs not 10 Thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto his people seyng they haue had such a lust to wander abrode and haue not refrayned their feete therfore the Lorde hath no pleasure in them but he wyll nowe bring againe to remembraunce all their misdeedes and punishe all their sinnes 11 Yea euen thus sayde the Lorde vnto me Thou shalt not pray to do this people good 12 For though they fast I wyll not heare their prayers and though they offer burnt offeringes and sacrifices yet wyll not I accept them for I wyll destroy them with the sworde hunger and pestilence 13 Then aunswered I O Lorde God the prophetes say vnto them Tushe ye shall neede to feare no sworde and no hunger shall come vpon you but the Lorde shall geue you sure rest in this place 14 And the Lorde sayde vnto me The prophetes preach lyes in my name wheras I haue not sent them neither gaue I them any charge neither did I speake vnto them yet they preache vnto you false visions charming vanitie and deceiptfulnesse of their owne heart 15 Therfore thus saith the Lorde As for those prophetes that preache in my name whom I neuerthelesse haue not sent and that say Tushe there shall no sworde nor hunger be in this lande with sworde and with hunger shall those prophetes perishe 16 And the people to whom they preache shal be cast out of Hierusalem dye of hunger and be slayne with the sworde and there shal be no man to bury them both they and their wiues their sonnes and their daughters for thus wyll I poure their wickednesse vpon them 17 This shalt thou say also vnto them Mine eyes shall weepe without ceassyng day and nyght for my people shal be destroyed with great harme and shall perishe with a great plague 18 For yf I go into the fielde lo it lyeth all full of slayne men If I come into the citie lo they be all famished of hunger yea their prophetes also and priestes shal be led into an vnknowen lande 19 Hast thou then vtterly forsaken Iuda Doest thou so abhorre Sion Wherfore hast thou so plagued vs that we can be healed no more We loked for peace and there commeth no good for the tyme of health and lo here is nothyng but trouble 20 We knowledge O Lorde all our misdeedes and the sinnes of our fathers for we haue offended thee 21 Cast vs not of O Lord for thy names sake forget not thy louyng kindnesse ouerthrowe not the throne of thine honour breake not the couenaunt that thou hast made with vs. 22 * Are there any among the gods of the gentiles that sende rayne or geue the showres from heauen Art not thou thy selfe our Lorde God we wyll trust in thee for thou doest all these thynges The .xv. Chapter 1 The Lorde wyll not heare Moyses or Aaron yf they pray for the people but wyll wrappe them in many miseries The cause of such great miseries 1 THus spake the Lorde vnto me Though Moyses and Samuel stoode before me yet haue I no heart to this people driue them away that they may go out of my sight 2 And yf they say vnto thee whyther shall we go then tell them The Lorde geueth you this aunswere Some vnto death some to the sworde some to hunger some into captiuitie 3 For I wyll bryng foure plagues vpon them saith the Lorde The sworde shal slay them the dogges shall teare them in peeces the soules of the ayre and beastes of the earth shall eate them vp and destroy them 4 I wyll scatter them about also in all kingdomes and landes to be plagued because of Manasses the sonne of Hezekia kyng of Iuda for the thynges that he did in Hierusalem 5 Who shall then haue pitie vpon thee O Hierusalem who shal be sorie for thee Or who shall make intercession to obtayne peace for thee 6 Seing thou goest from me and turnest backwarde saith the Lorde therfore I dyd stretche out myne hande against thee to destroy thee and I haue ben sorie for thee so long that I am weerie 7 I haue scattred them abrode with the fanne of euery side of the land I haue wasted my people and destroyed them yet they haue had no lust to turne from their owne wayes 8 I haue made their widowes mo in number then the sandes of the sea vpon the mothers of their children dyd I bryng a destroyer in the noone day sodaynly and vnawares did I sende a feare vpon their cities 9 She that hath borne seuen children hath none her heart is full of sorowe the sunne doth fayle her in the cleare day she is confounded and faintie for very heauinesse As for those that remayne I wyll deliuer them vnto the sworde before their enemies saith the Lorde 10 O mother alas that thou euer didst beare me a brawler and rebuker of the whole lande though I neuer lent nor receaued vpon vsurie yet all men speake euyll vpon me 11 And the Lord aunswered me Veryly thy remnaunt shall haue wealth Come not I to thee when thou art in trouble helpe thee when thine enemie oppresseth thee 12 Doth one iron
we make her cakes and powre vnto her drinke offeringes to do her seruice without our husbandes wylles 20 Then saide Ieremie vnto all the people to the men to the women and to all the folke whiche had geuen hym that aunswere 21 Dyd not the Lorde remember the sacrifices that ye your forefathers your kynges and rulers with all the people haue offred in the cities of Iuda in the streetes of Hierusalem and hath he not considered this in his minde 22 Insomuche that the Lorde might no longer suffer the wickednesse of your inuentions and the abhominable thinges whiche ye dyd Is not your lande desolate and voyde yea and abhorred so that no man dwelleth therein any more as it is come to passe this day 23 Did not all this happen vnto you because ye made suche sacrifice and sinned against the Lord Ye haue not folowed his voyce to walke in his law in his ordinaunces and statutes yea this is the cause that all misfortune happened vnto you as it is come to passe this day 24 Moreouer Ieremie spake vnto al the people and to al the women Heare the worde of the Lorde all Iuda that be in the lande of Egypt 25 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the god of Israel Ye and your wiues haue spoken with your owne mouth the thing that ye haue fulfilled in deede yea thus haue ye sayde We wyll not fayle but perfourme the bowes that we haue vowed we wyll do sacrifice and powre out drinke offeringes to the Queene of heauen Purposely wyll ye set vp your owne meaninges and perfourme your vowes 26 And therefore heare the worde of the Lorde all Iuda that dwell in the lande of Egypt Beholde I haue sworne by my great name saith the Lorde that my name shall not be rehearsed thorowe any mans mouth of Iuda in all the lande of Egypt to say the Lorde God liueth 27 For I wyl watch to plague them and not for their wealth And all the men of Iuda that be in the lande of Egypt shall perishe with the sworde and with hunger vntil they be vtterly destroyed 28 Neuerthelesse those that fled away for the sworde shall come againe out of Egypt into the land of Iuda but there shal be very fewe of them and all the remnaunt of Iuda that are gone into Egypt there to dwell shall knowe whose words shal be found true theirs or myne 29 Take this for a token that I wyll visite you in this place saith the Lorde and that ye may knowe howe that I without doubt wyl perfourme my purpose vpon you to punishe you 30 Beholde saith the Lorde I wyll deliuer Pharao Hophrea kyng of Egypt into the handes of his enemies that seeke after his lyfe euen as I gaue Zedekias the kyng of Iuda into the handes of Nabuchodonozor kyng of Babylon his enemie whiche sought after his life The .xlv. Chapter 2 Baruch is reproued of Ieremie 1 THese are the wordes that Ieremie the prophete spake vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah after that he had written these sermons in a booke at the mouth of Ieremie in the fourth yere of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosias kyng of Iuda saying 2 Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel vnto thee O Baruch 3 Insomuch as thou thoughtest thus when thou wast wrytyng wo is me the Lorde hath geuen me payne for my trauayle I haue weeried my selfe with sighing and haue founde no rest 4 Therefore tell hym O Ieremie that the Lord saith thus Beholde the thing that I haue buylded wyll I breake downe agayne and roote out the thing that I haue planted yea this whole lande 5 And seekest thou yet promotion looke not for it and desire it not for I wyll bryng a miserable plague vpon all flesh saith the Lorde but thy lyfe wyll I geue thee for a pray in all places whythersoeuer thou goest ¶ The .xlvi. Chapter 1 He prophecieth the destruction of Egypt 27 Deliueraunce is promised to Israel 1 HEare folowe the wordes of the Lorde to the prophete Ieremie which he spake against all the gentiles 2 These wordes folowing preached he to the Egyptians concerning the hoast of Pharao Necho kyng of Egypt when he was in Charchamis beside the water of Euphrates what tyme as Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon slue hym in the fourth yere of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosias kyng of Iuda 3 Make redy buckler and shielde and go foorth to fight 4 Harnesse your horses and set your selues vpon them set your sallets fast on bryng foorth speares scoure your swordes and put on your brestplates 5 But alas howe happeneth it that I see you so afraide why shrinke ye backe Their worthyes are slayne yea they runne so fast away that none of them looketh behinde hym fearefulnesse is fallen vpon euery one of them saith the Lorde 6 The lightest of foote shall not flee away and the worthyes shal not escape towarde the north by the water of Euphrates they dyd stumble and fall 7 But what is he this that swelleth vp as it were a fludde roaring and raging lyke the streames of water 8 It is Egypt that ryseth vp lyke the fludde and casteth out the waters with so great noyse And he saide I wyll go vp and wyll couer the earth I wyll destroy the citie with them that are therin 9 Get you vp ye horses roule foorth ye charets come foorth worthyes ye Ethiopians ye Libyans with your bucklers ye Lydians with your bowes 10 But this day of the Lorde God of hoastes is a day of vengeaunce that he may auenge him of his enemies The sworde shall deuour it shal be satisfied and bathed in their blood for the Lord God of hoastes shall haue a slayne offering towarde the north by the water of Euphrates 11 Go vp vnto Gilead and bryng triacle O virgin thou daughter of Egypt but in vayne shalt thou go to surgerie for thy wounde shall not be stopped 12 The heathen haue hearde of thy shame and the lande is full of thy confusion for one strong man did stumble vpon another and they are fallen both together 13 These are the wordes that the Lord spake to the prophete Ieremie concerning the comming of Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon whiche was sent to destroy the lande of Egypt 14 Preache out thorowe the lande of Egypt and cause it to be proclaymed at Migdol Noph and Thaphnis and say stande styll make thee redye for the sworde shall consume thee rounde about 15 Howe happeneth it that thy mightie worthyes are fallen why stoode they not fast euen because the Lorde thrust them downe 16 The slaughter was great for one fell euer still vpon another and they sayde Vp let vs go agayne to our owne people and to our owne naturall countrey from the cruel sworde 17 They dyd crye euen there Pharao the kyng of Egypt is a kyng of troublesomnesse he hath ouerpast the appointed tyme. 18 As I liue saith the kyng whose
in his wrath As for the honour of Israel he hath cast it downe frō heauen vnto the earth and he remembred not his owne footestole when he was angry 2 The Lorde hath cast out all the habitations of Iacob without any fauour all the strong places of the daughter of Iuda hath he broken in his wrath and throwen them downe to the grounde her kingdome and her princes hath he prophaned 3 In the wrath of his indignation he hath broken all the horne of Israel he hath withdrawen his right hande from the enemie yea a flambe of fire is kindled in Iacob and hath consumed vp all rounde about 4 He hath bent his bowe like an enemie he hath fastened his ryght hande as an aduersarie and euery thyng that was pleasaunt to see he hath slayne he hath powred out his wrath like a fire into the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion 5 The Lorde is become like as it were an enemie he hath deuoured Israel and all his palaces yea all his strong holdes hath he destroyed and fylled the daughter of Iuda with much sorowe and heauinesse 6 His tabernacle as a garden hath he destroyed his solempne meetinges hath he put downe the Lord hath brought it so to passe that the hye solempne feastes and Sabbathes in Sion are cleane forgotten in his heauy displeasure hath he dispised the kyng and priestes 7 The Lorde hath forsaken his owne aulter and hath abhorred his owne sanctuarie and hath geuen the walles of their towres into the handes of the enemie their enemies made a noyse in the house of the Lorde as it had ben in a solempne feast day 8 The Lorde thought to breake downe the walles of the daughter of Sion he spread out his line and drewe not in his hande tyll he had destroyed them therfore mourne the turrettes the broken walles fall downe together 9 Her gates are suncke downe to the grounde her barres are broken and smitten in sunder the kyng and princes are caryed away to the gentiles they haue neither lawe nor prophetes nor yet any vision from the Lorde 10 The senatours of the daughter Sion sit vpon the grounde in scilence they haue strawed asshes vpon their heads and gyrded them selues with sackcloth the maydens of Hierusalem hang downe their heades to the grounde 11 Mine eyes begin to fayle me through weeping my body is disquieted my liuer is powred vpon the earth for the great hurt of the daughter of my people seeing the chyldren and babes dyd swowne in the streetes of the citie 12 Euen when they spake to their mothers Where is meate and drinke for whyle they so sayde they fell downe in the streetes of the citie like as they had ben wounded and some dyed in their mothers bosome 13 What shall I say vnto thee O thou daughter Hierusalem to whom shal I liken thee To whom shall I compare thee O thou daughter Sion to comfort thee withall thy heart is lyke a mayne sea who may heale thee 14 Thy prophetes haue looke dout vayne and foolish thinges for thee they haue not shewed thee of thy wickednesse to kepe thee from captiuitie but they haue seene out for thee burthens of vanitie and banishment 15 All they that go by thee clappe their handes at thee hissing and wagging their heades vpon the daughter Hierusalem and say Is this the citie that men call so faire wherein the whole lande reioyceth 16 All thyne enemies gape vpon thee whispering and grinding their teeth saying let vs deuour for the tyme that we looked for is come we haue founde and seene it 17 The Lorde hath fulfilled the thing that he was purposed to do and perfourmed that he had deuised long ago he hath destroyed and not spared he hath caused thyne aduersarie to triumph ouer thee and set vp the horne of thyne enemie 18 Their heart cryed vnto the Lorde O thou citie of the daughter Sion let thy teares runne downe like a riuer day and night rest not and let not the apple of thyne eye leaue of 19 Stand vp and make thy prayer in the first watche of the night powre out thine heart like water before the Lord lift vp thyne handes for the liues of thy young chyldren that dye of hunger in the streetes 20 Beholde O Lorde and consider to whom thou hast done thus Shall the women then eate their owne fruite euen chyldren of a spanne long shall the priestes and prophetes be slayne in the sanctuarie of the Lorde 21 Young and olde lye thorowe the streetes vpon the grounde my maydens and young men are slayne with the sworde whom thou in the day of thy wrathfull indignation hast put to death yea euen thou hast put them to death and not spared them 22 My neighbours that are rounde about me hast thou called as it were to a feast day so that in the day of the lordes wrath none escaped neither was any left behinde those that I haue brought vp and nourished hath myne enemie destroyed The .iij. Chapter 1 I Am the man that thorowe the rodde of his wrath haue experience of miserie 2 He droue me foorth and led me yea into darknesse but not into light 3 Against me is he turned he turneth his hande dayly against me 4 My flesh and my skinne hath he made olde and my bones hath he bruised 5 He hath buylded rounde about me and closed me in with gall and trauaile 6 He hath set me in darknesse as they that be dead for euer 7 He hath so hedged me in that I can not get out and hath layde heauie linkes vpon me 8 Though I crye and call pitiously yet heareth he not my prayer 9 He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones and made my pathes crooked 10 He layeth wayte for me lyke a beare and as a lion in a hole 11 He hath marred my wayes and broken me in peeces he hath layde me waste altogether 12 He hath bent his bowe and made me as it were a marke to shoote at 13 The arrowes of his quiuer hath he shot euen into my reynes 14 I am laughed to scorne of all my people they make songues vpon me all the day long 15 He hath filled me with bitternesse and geuen me wormewood to drinke 16 He hath smitten my teeth in peeces with stones and roulled me in the dust 17 He hath put my soule out of rest I forget all good thinges 18 I thought in my selfe I am vndone there is no hope for me in the Lorde 19 O remember yet my miserie and my trouble the wormewood and the gall 20 Yea thou shalt remember them for my soule melteth away in me 21 Whyle I consider these thinges in my heart I get a hope agayne 22 Namely it is of the Lordes mercies that we are not vtterly consumed for truely his pitifull compassion hath not ceassed 23 Newe mercyes shall the Lord shewe vpon thee early in the day springing O Lorde great is
shall the calfe of Samaria be broken 7 They haue sowen winde therfore shall they reape a whirlewinde it hath no stalke the bud shall bryng foorth no meale and if haplie it do straungers shall deuour it vp 8 Israel is deuoured nowe shall they be among the gentiles as a vessell of no reputation 9 For they haue gone vp to Assyria and are as a wilde asse solitarie by him selfe Ephraim hath hired louers 10 And though they haue hired them among the heathen yet nowe wyll I gather them and they shall begyn to be weery with the burthen of the king and the prince 11 Ephraim hath made many aulters to do wickednesse his aulters I say he had to his sinne 12 I haue written to them the great thinges of my lawe but they are counted as a straunge thing 13 They sacrifice fleshe for the sacrifice of mine offeringes eate it but the Lord hath no pleasure in it nowe wyll he remember their iniquitie and visite their sinnes they shall returne into Egypt 14 For Israel hath forgotten him that made him hath builded faire palaces and Iuda hath encreased strong cities but I wyll sende a fire into their cities and it shall consume their palaces The .ix. Chapter Of the hunger and captiuitie of Israel 1 DO not thou triumph O Israel make no boastyng ouer ioyous thinges as do the heathen for thou hast committed adulterie agaynst thy God whorishe rewardes hast thou loued more then all the corne floores 2 The corne floore and the wine presse shall not feede them and the newe wine shall fayle them 3 They shall not dwell in the Lordes lande but Ephraim shall turne agayne into Egypt and eate vncleane thinges among the Assyrians 4 They powre out no wine for a drynke offeryng vnto the Lorde neither shall their slayne offeringes be pleasaunt vnto him they shal be vnto them as the bread of mourners all they that eate shal be defiled for their bread for their soules shall not come into the house of the Lorde 5 What wyll ye do then in the solempne day and in the feast day of the Lorde 6 For beholde they are gone away for destruction but Egypt shall gather them and Memphis shall bury them the nettles shall possesse the pleasaunt places of their siluer thornes shal be in their tabernacles 7 The dayes of visitation are come the dayes of recompence are come and then shall Israel knowe that they were deceaued by a foolishe mad franticke prophete for the multitude of thine iniquitie God shall multiplie enemies agaynst thee 8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God but the prophete is the snare of a fouler in all his wayes and an abhomination in the house of his God 9 They haue gone to the bottome they are corrupt as in the dayes of Gibea therfore he wyll remember their iniquitie and visite their sinnes 10 I founde Israel like grapes in the wildernesse sawe their fathers as the first ripe in y e figge tree at her first season but they went to Baal Peor seperated them selues to that shame and became as abhominable as their louers 11 Ephraim their glorie shall flee away like a birde for birth for wombe and conception 12 And though they bryng vp children yet I wyll destroy them before they be men Yea wo shall come to them when I depart from them 13 Ephraim as me thinke is planted in a pleasaunt place like as is Tyrus but nowe must she bryng her owne children foorth to the manslayer 14 O Lorde geue them what shalt thou geue them Geue them an vnfruitfull wombe and drye breastes 15 All their wickednesse is done at Gilgall there do I abhorre them for the vngratiousnesse of their owne inuentions I wyll driue them out of my house I wyll loue them no more for all their princes are vnfaithfull 16 Ephraim is hewen downe their roote is dried vp so that they shall bryng no more fruite yea and though they bryng foorth any yet wyll I slay euen the best beloued of their body 17 My God shall cast them away for they haue not ben obedient vnto him therfore shall they wander among the heathen ⧠The .x. Chapter 1 Agaynst Israel and his idols 14 His destruction for the same 1 ISrael is an emptie vine yet hath it brought foorth fruite to it selfe accordyng to the multitude of the fruite therof he hath encreased alwayes accordyng to the goodnesse of their lande they haue made them faire images 2 Their heart is deuided therfore shall they nowe be destroyed the Lorde shall breake downe their images he shall destroy their aulters 3 For nowe shall they say We haue no king because we haue not feared the Lorde and what shoulde then a king do to vs 4 They haue spoken wordes swearyng falslye in makyng a couenaunt thus iudgement groweth as wormewood in the furrowes of the fielde 5 They that dwell in Samaria shall feare because of the Calfe of Bethauen for the people therof shall mourne ouer it yea and the priestes also reioyced on it for the glorie therof because it is departed from it 6 It shal be brought to the Assyrian for a present to the king Iareb Ephraim shall receaue shame and Israel shal be confounded for his owne imaginations 7 Samaria with his king shall vanishe away as the fome vpon the water 8 The hye places of Auen where Israel doth sinne shal be destroyed thistles and thornes shal growe vpon their aulters then shall they say to the mountaynes Couer vs to the hylles Fall vpon vs. 9 O Israel thou hast sinned from the dayes of Gabaa there they stoode the battayle in Gabaa agaynst the children of iniquitie did not touche them 10 It is my desire that I shoulde chastise them and the people shal be gathered agaynst them when they shall ioyne them selues together in their two furrowes 11 And Ephraim is as an heyffer vsed to delyte in treadyng out the corne but I wyll passe by her faire necke I wyll make Ephraim to ride Iuda shall plowe and Iacob shall breake his cloddes 12 Sowe to your selues in righteousnesse and reape the fruites of well doyng plowe vp your freshe lande for it is tyme to seeke the Lorde tyll he come and rayne righteousnesse vpon you 13 For you haue plowed vngodlinesse ye haue reaped iniquitie you haue eaten the fruite of lyes because thou puttest thy confidence in thine owne wayes and leanest to the multitude of thy strong men 14 There shall growe a sedition among thy people all thy strong cities shal be layde waste euen as Salma destroyed Beth Arbel in the day of battayle where the mother with the children were dasshed in peeces 15 Euen so shall Bethel do vnto you because of your malitious wickednesse in a mornyng shall the king of Israel be destroyed The .xj. Chapter 1 The benefites of the Lorde towarde Israel 5 Their ingratitude agaynst him
Thou wilt perfourme to Iacob thy trueth and thy mercie to Abraham like as thou hast sworne vnto our fathers in olde time ¶ The ende of the prophecie of Michea◠⧠The booke of the prophete Nahum ¶ The first Chapter Of the destruction of the Assyrians and of the deliueraunce of Israel 1 THe burden of Niniue The boke of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite 2 God is ielous the Lorde auengeth the Lorde auengeth and hath wrath in store the Lord auengeth vpon them that trouble hym and he remembreth his enemies 3 The Lorde is slowe to anger and also of great power and in no case will not acquite the wicked the Lordes dealing is with blustring tempest and whirle winde and the cloudes are the dust of his feete 4 He rebuketh the sea and dryeth it vp all the riuers also he maketh drye Basan and Carmel are destroyed the spring also of Libanon is destroyed 5 The mountaynes quake at his power and the hilles are resolued the earth also buâ—neth at his countenaunce the worlde and all that dwelleth therin 6 Who can stande before his wrath or who can rise vp before the anger of his countenaunce his fiercenesse is powred out like fire yea the rockes cleaue in peeces at his might 7 The Lord is gratious a strong holde in the day of trouble and knoweth them that trust in hym 8 But with an ouerrunning flood he wil destroy her place and will pursue his enemies with darkenesse 9 What imagine ye against the Lorde he makes an vtter destruction ye shall not be troubled twyse 10 For whyles the thornes cleaue together and whyles they banquet out their feastes they are deuoured vp as very drie stubble 11 There came out of thee such as thought euyll against the Lorde such as gaue wicked counsell 12 Thus sayth the Lorde Though ye be in concorde and also many yet so shall ye be cut downe and passe though I haue afflicted thee O Hierusalem yet will I trouble thee no more 13 And nowe I will breake of his yoke from â—vponâ— thee and I will breake thy bondes in sunder 14 The Lorde also hath geuen a commaundement touching thee that there shal be no more ofspring of thy name from the house of thy God I will cut of carued and molten image I will make â—it thy graue for thou art vile 15 Behold vpon the mountaynes the feete of him that bringeth good tidinges that preacheth peace kepe thy festiual dayes O Iuda paye thy vowes for the wicked â—tiraunt shal hereafter passe no more through thee he is vtterly cut of The .ij. Chapter He describeth the victories of the Chaldeans against the Assyrians 1 THe destroyer is come vp before thy face kepe thy forte see to the way strenghten thy loynes increase thy strength mightyly 2 For the Lord restores againe the glorious estate of Iacob as also the glorious estate of Israel for spoylers hath spoyled them and hath wasted their braunches 3 The shielde of his valiaunt souldiours isâ— died red his captaynes of warre are clad with scarlet the charret is compassed with flammig torches in the day of his expedition and the firre staues are drenched in poyson 4 The charrets shal rage in the streetes they shall make a terrible noyse in the broade wayes to loke to like flaming cressets shooting as lightning 5 He shall remember his notable souldiours they shal stumble in goyng they shall hasten to the wall the couering fence is prepared 6 The riuer gates are opened and the palace dissolued 7 Huzab is brought foorth captiue made to ascend into the charets her handmaydens also leading one another as in the voyce of doues knocking vpon their brestes 8 Yea many a day Niniue was as a ponde full of water yet now they flee Stand ye stande ye and no man loketh backe 9 Take your spoyle of siluer take your spoyle of golde for there is no ende of riches treasure pashing all treasure 10 Sacking resacking rasing a dissolued heart and collision of knees sorow in all loynes also and the faces of them all as blacke as a pot 11 Where is the abiding place of lions and the feding plot of lions whelpes become whyther the young and olde lion had their resort there dwelt the lion there was no man to put him in feare 12 The lion made his praye aboundauntly for his whelpes and strangled for his she lions and hath filled his dennes with pray and his abyding places with spoyle 13 Behold me against thee sayth the Lord of hoastes I will burne in smoke her charets and the sworde shall deuoure thy lions I will roote out also from the earth thy spoyling and the voyce of thy messengers shal be hearde no more The .ii. Chapter 1 Of the fall of Niniue 8 No power can escape the hande of God 1 O Bloody citie stuffed throughout with falsehood with extreme dealing nor wil be brought from spoyling 2 The noyse of the whippe the noyse of ratling of wheales the praunsing of horses and the iumping of charets 3 The horseman lifting vp both the glistering blade of the sword also the shining speare many wounded many corpses and no end of carcasses they shall stumble at dead bodies 4 Because of the manyfolde fornication of the beautifull harlot ful of charmes that selles nations by the meanes of her whordome and the people through her charminges 5 Lo I against thee sayth the Lorde of hoâ—stes and will turne vp thy skirtes ouer thy face and wil shewe the gentiles thy fylth and kingdomes thy shame 6 And will cast vpon thee abominable filth and wil bring thee downe and wil make thee as vile as doung 7 And it shall come to passe that all that shall be hold thee shall flee from thee and shall say Niniue is destroyed and who is greeued therwith from whence shall I seke out comforters for thee 8 Wilt thou count thy selfe better then Alexandria the great that was scituate amonges the riuers compassed round about with water whose fortresse was the sea and had her wall from the sea 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were thy strength and there was none end of ayde Phut and Lubim were thy helpers 10 Notwithstanding she passed away she went into captiuitie her children also were dashed in peeces in the top of all the streetes for her horrible men they cast lottes and all her great states they chayned in fetters 11 And thou also shalt be drunkeÌ„ with trouble thou shalt be hyd thou also shalt seke after strength against thine enemie 12 All thy strong aydes are as figge trees with the first ripe figges if they be stirred they fal into the mouth of the 〈◊〉 13 Behold thy men â—are as barenâ— women in the middest of thee the gates of thy lande shal be set wyde open to thine enemies fire hath deuoured thy barres 14 Drawe thee water for the siege strengthen thy fortes go into the clay treade the morter make strong the brickyll 15 There
to murther to sayle vpon the sea and vpon riuers 24 And seeth a lion goeth in the darkenes when he hath stollen deceaued and robbed he bringeth it vnto his loue 25 Wherefore a man loueth his wife better then father and mother 26 Yea many there be that runne out of their wittes and became bondmen for their wyues sakes 27 Many one also haue perished haue erred and sinned also for women 28 And nowe do ye not beleue me is not the king great in his power do not all regions feare to touche hym 29 Yet dyd I see hym and Apame the daughter of the great king Bartacus the kinges concubine sate besyde the king vpon the right hande 30 And toke of his crowne from his head and set it vpon her owne head and stroke the king with her left hand 31 And there whyle stedyly the king loked vpon her with open mouth if she laughed vpon him he laughed also but if she toke any displeasure with hym the king was fayne to flatter her and to geue her good wordes tyll he had gotten her fauour agayne 32 O ye men are not women then stronger that do these thinges 33 Then the king and the princes loked one vpon another So he began to speake of the trueth 34 O ye men are not women stronger Great is the earth hye is the heauen swift is the course of the sunne he compasseth the heauen rounde about and fetcheth his course agayne to his owne place in one day 35 Is he not excellent that maketh these thinges Therfore great is the trueth and stronger then all thinges 36 All the earth calleth vpon trueth the heauen prayseth it all workes shake and tremble at it and with it is no vnrighteous thing 37 Wine is wicked the kyng is wicked women are wicked all the children of men are wicked yea such are all their wicked workes and there is no trueth in them in their vnrighteousnesse also shall they be destroyed and perishe 38 As for the trueth it endureth and is alway strong it lyueth and conquereth for euermore worlde without ende 39 With her there is no exception or difference of persons but she doth that iust is and refrayneth from all vniust and wicked thynges and all men do well lyke of her workes 40 In the iudgement of it there is no vnryghteous thyng she is the strength kyngdome power and maiestie of all ages Blessed be the God of trueth 41 And with that he helde his peace and all the people cryed and then sayde Great is trueth and aboue all 42 Then sayde the kyng vnto hym Aske what thou wilt more then is appoynted in the writyng and we shall geue it thee for thou art founde wyser then thy companions thou shalt sit next me and shalt be called my kinsman 43 Then sayde he vnto the kyng Remember thy promise and vowe which thou hast vowed and promised in the day when thou camest to the kingdome to builde vp Hierusalem 44 And to sende agayne all the vessels and iewels that were taken away out of Hierusalem which Cyrus set apart when he vowed to destroy Babylon and to sende them agayne thyther 45 And thy mynde was also to builde vp the temple which the Edomites burnt when Iudea was destroyed by the Chaldees 46 And nowe this onely O kyng is the thing that I require and desire of thee this is the princely liberalitie that I aske of thee I desire therfore that thou perfourme the vowe which thou with thine owne mouth hast made vnto the kyng of heauen 47 Then Darius the kyng stoode vp and kyssed hym wrote hym lettters vnto all the deputies and lieftenauntes to all the lordes and nobles that they shoulde conuey hym foorth and all them that went vp with hym to build Hierusalem 48 He wrote letters also vnto all the liefetenauntes that were in Coelosyria and Phenices and vnto them in Libanus that they shoulde bryng Cedar trees from Libanus vnto Hierusalem and builde the citie with hym 49 Moreouer he wrote for all the Iewes that were gone out of his realme into Iurie concernyng their freedome that no officer no ruler nor lieftenaunt nor stewarde should enter into their doores 50 And that all their lande whiche they kept shoulde be free and not tributarie and that the Edomites shoulde geue ouer the cites and villages of the Iewes which they had taken in 51 Yea and that there shoulde be yerely geuen twentie talentes to the buildyng of the temple vntyll the tyme that it were finished 52 And to maynteyne the burnt offerynges vpon the aulter euery day as they had a commaundement to offer seuenteene other ten talentes euery yere 53 And that all they which come from Babylon to builde the citie should haue free libertie they and their children and all the priestes that went away 54 He wrote also concerning the charges and the priestes garment wherin they minister 55 And likewise for the charges of the Leuites to be geuen them vntyll the day that the house were finished and Hierusalem builded vp 56 And he commaunded that all they that watched the citie shoulde haue their pensions and wages 57 He sent away also all the vessels that Cyrus had separated from Babylon and all that Cyrus had geuen in commaundement the same charged he also that it shoulde be done and sent vnto Hierusalem 58 Nowe when this young man was gone foorth he lyfted vp his face to heauen towarde Hierusalem and praysed the kyng of heauen 59 And sayde Of thee commeth victorie of thee commeth wisdome and thine is the glorie and I am thy seruaunt 60 Blessed art thou which hast geuen me wisdome for to thee I acknowledge it O Lorde thou God of our fathers 61 And so he toke the letters and went out and came vnto Babylon and tolde it all his brethren 62 And they praysed the God of their fathers that he had geuen them freedome and libertie 63 To go vp and to builde Hierusalem and the temple wherin the name of the Lorde is called vpon and they reioyced with instrumentes of musicke and gladnesse seuen dayes long The .v. Chapter 1 The number of them that returne from the captiuitie 42 their vowes and sacrifices 54 The temple is begun to be built 66 Their enemies would craftily ioyne with them 1 AFter this were the ☞ principall men of the houses of their fathers chosen in the tribes and kinredes that they shoulde go with their wiues and sonnes and daughters with their seruauntes and maydens with all their cattell and substaunce 2 And Darius the kyng sent with them a thousande horsemen to conuey them safely vnto Hierusalem and with musical instrumentes with tabers flutes ' 3 And all their brethren played and he ' made them go vp together with them 4 And these are the names of the men which went vp out of the villages according to the tribes and after the order of their dignitie 5 The priestes
Moli the sonne of Leui the sonne of Israel Seredia and his sonnes and his brethren whiche were eyghteene 49 And Asebia and Amon and Osaian his brethrē of the sonnes of Canaineus their sonnes were twentie men 50 And of them that serued in the temple whom Dauid had ordayned and the principall men to the worke of the Leuites that were ministers in the temple two hundred twentie whose names are all signed vp in writing 51 And then commaunded I a fasting vnto the young men before the Lorde that I might desire of him a prosperous iourney and a good way both for vs and them that were with vs for our chyldren and for the cattell 52 For I feared to desire of the king men of horse and of foote to conuey vs safely against our enemies 53 For we had sayde vnto the kyng that the power of the Lord our God should be with them that seeke hym to direct them in all thinges 54 And therfore we besought our Lorde agayne as touching these thinges and founde him fauourable vnto vs. 55 Then I separated from among the chiefe of the tribes and from the priestes xij men to wit Esebrias and Assanias ten men of their brethren with them 56 And I wayed them the golde and the siluer and the holy vessels of the house of our Lorde whiche the kyng and his counsell and his princes and whole Israel had geuen 57 And when I had wayed it I deliuered it vnto them sixe hundred and fiftie talentes of siluer and an hundred talentes in siluer vessels and an hundred talentes of golde 58 And twentie golden basens twelue vessels of brasse euen fine brasse like shining golde 59 And I sayde vnto them Ye are holy vnto the Lord and the vessels are holy and the golde and the siluer is promised vnto the Lord God of our fathers 60 Be diligent nowe and kepe it vntyll the tyme that ye deliuer it to the chiefe of the priestes and leuites and to the principall men of the families of Israel in Hierusalem in the chaumbers of the house of our God 61 So the priestes and the leuites which receaued of me the golde the siluer and the vessels brought it vnto Hierusalem vnto the temple 62 And from the riuer Thia we brake vp the twelfth day of the first moneth according to the mightie hande of our Lorde whiche was with vs and from the beginning of our iourney the Lord deliuered vs from euery enemie so that we came vnto Hierusalem 63 And when the thirde day was past there the wayed golde and siluer was deliuered in the house of the Lorde on the fourth day vnto Marimoth the priest and sonne of Iori 64 And with him was Eleazar the sonne of Phinees and with them were Iosabdus the sonne of Iesu and Moeth the sonne of Sabbanus Leuites all was deliuered them by number and wayght 65 And all the wayght of them was written vp the same houre 66 After that they that were come out of captiuitie offred sacrifice vnto the Lord God of Israel euen twelue oxen for all Israel fourescore sixteene rammes 67 Threescore and twelue sheepe twelue goates for saluation all in sacrifice to the Lorde 68 And the kinges commission deliuered they vnto the kinges stewardes and to the gouernours of Coclosyria and Phenice who honoured the people and the temple of God 69 Now when these thinges were done the rulers came vnto me and sayde 70 The nation of Israel the princes the priestes and leuites haue not put away from them the straunge people of the lande nor the vncleannes of the Gentiles to wit of the Chanaanites Hethites Pheresites Iebusites and the Moabites Egyptians and Edomites 71 For both they and theyr sonnes haue mingled them selues with the daughters of them and the holy seede is mixt with the straunge people of the lande and since the beginning of the affaires the rulers and head men haue ben partakers of this wickednesse 72 And assoone as I had hearde these things immediatly I rent my clothes and the holy garment and pulled out the heere of my head my bearde and sat me downe forowfull and heauie 73 So all they that were moued thorow the worde of the Lorde God of Israel came vnto me whyles I wept for the iniquitie but I sate styll full of heauinesse vntyll the euening sacrifice 74 Then stoode I vp from fasting hauing rent clothes the holy garment and kneeled downe vpon my knees helde out my handes vnto the Lorde 75 And sayde O Lorde I am confounded and ashamed before thy face 76 For our sinnes are become many euen aboue our heades and our ignoraunces are lifted vp euen vnto heauen 77 For since the tyme of our fathers we are in great sinne vnto this day 78 And for the sinnes of vs and our fathers we with our brethren and with our kinges and with our priestes haue ben geuen vp vnto the kynges of the earth into the sworde and into captiuitie and became a spoyle with confusion and shame vnto this day 79 And nowe O Lord God howe great is the mercy that we haue gotten of thee in that thou hast lefte vs a roote and a name in the place of thy sanctuarie 80 And that thou hast discouered to vs a light in the house of the Lord our God and hast geuen vs meate in the tyme of our seruitude 81 And when we were in captiuitie we were not forsaken of the Lord our god but he made the kynges of Persia gratious and fauourable vnto vs so that they gaue vs victuals and meate 82 Yea and honoured the temple of our Lorde and repayred the wasted places of Sion and gaue vs assuraunce in Iurie and Hierusalem 83 And nowe O Lorde what shall we say hauing all these things in possession For we haue broken thy commaundementes whiche thou gauest vnto vs by the handes of thy seruauntes the prophetes saying 84 Because the lande whiche ye go to possesse as an heritage is a lande defiled with the vncleannes and filthynes of the straungers of the land and with their abhomination they haue polluted it altogether 85 Therfore now shall ye not ioyne their daughters vnto your sonnes neither marry your daughters to their sonnes 86 Moreouer ye shall neuer seeke to make peace with them that ye may increase and eate the best in the lande and that ye may leaue the inheritaunce of the lande vnto your chyldren for euermore 87 As for the thinges that are come to passe they come all for our wicked workes and great sinnes for thou O Lorde hast made our sinnes light 88 And geuen vs suche a roote but we haue turned backe agayne so that we haue broken thy lawe and mingled our selues with the vncleannes of the out landishe heathen 89 Mightest not thou be angry with vs to destroy vs so that thou shouldest leaue vs neither roote seede nor name 90 O Lord God of Israel thou art true for our
had ben burnt with Sion 45 For we are not better then they that dyed there And they wept with loude voyce Then aunswered I them said 46 Be of good comfort O Israel and be not heauy thou house of Iacob 47 For the hyest hath you in remembraunce and the mightie hath not forgotten you in temptation 48 As for me I haue not forsaken you neither am I departed from you but am come into this place to pray because of the miserie of Israel that I myght seeke mercie for the lowe estate of your sanctuarie 49 And nowe go your way home euery man and after these dayes will I come vnto you 50 So the people went their way into the citie lyke as I commaunded them 51 But I remayned styll in the fielde seuen dayes as the angell bad me and dyd eate only of the floures of the fielde and had my meate of the hearbes in those dayes The .xiij. Chapter 2 The vision of a wynde commyng foorth of the sea â— which became a man 5 His propertie power agaynst his enemies 21 The declaration of this vision 1 AND after the seuen dayes I dreamed a dreame by nyght 2 And beholde there arose a wynde from the sea that it moued all the waues therof 3 And I loked and beholde there was a strong man with the thousandes of heauen and when he turned his countenaunce to loke all the thynges trembled that were seene vnder hym 4 And when the voyce went out of his mouth all they burnt that hearde his voyce lyke as the earth fayleth when it feeleth the fire 5 After these I sawe and beholde there was gathered together a multitude of men out of number from the foure wyndes of the heauen to fyght agaynst the man that came out of the sea 6 And I loked and beholde he graued hym selfe a great mountayne and flewe vp vpon it 7 But I woulde haue seene the region or place wherout the hyll was grauen and I coulde not 8 I sawe after these that all they which came to fyght agaynst hym were sore afraide and yet durst they fyght 9 Neuerthelesse when he sawe the fiercenesse and violence of the people that came he neither lyft vp his hande nor helde sworde nor any weapon 10 But only as I sawe he sent out of his mouth as it had ben a blast of fire and out of his lippes the wynde of the flambe and out of his tongue he cast out sparkes and stormes 11 And they were all mixt together the blast of fire the wynde of the flambes and the great storme and fell with a rushe vpon the people which was prepared to fight and burnt them vp euery one so that of the innumerable multitude there was nothing seene but only dust and smell of smoke When I sawe this I was afraide 12 Afterwarde sawe I the same man come downe from the mountayne and callyng vnto hym another peaceable people 13 And there came much people vnto hym some were glad some were sorye some of them were bounde and other some brought of them that were offered Then was I sicke through great feare and I awaked and sayde 14 Thou hast shewed thy seruaunt these wonders from the begynnyng and hast counted me worthy that thou myghtest receaue my prayer 15 Shewe me nowe yet the interpretation of this dreame 16 For thus I consider in my vnderstandyng wo vnto them that shal be left in those dayes and much more wo vnto them that are not left behynde 17 For they that were not left were in heauinesse 18 Nowe vnderstande I the thynges that are layde vp in the latter dayes which shall happen vnto them and to those that are left behynde 19 Therfore are they come into great perilles and many necessities like as these dreames declare 20 Yet is it easyer that he which is in daunger fall into these and nowe to see that which shall chaunce hereafter then to passe out of this worlde as a cloude Then aunswered he me and sayde 21 The interpretation of the syght shall I shewe thee and I wyll open vnto thee the thyng that thou hast required 22 Wheras thou hast spoken of them that are left behynde this is the interpretation 23 He that beareth the peril in that tyme hath kept him selfe They that be fallen into daunger are such as haue workes and fayth vnto the most mightie 24 Knowe this therfore that they which be left behynde are more blessed then they that be dead 25 This is the meanyng of the vision Wheras thou sawest a man commyng vp from the deepe of the sea 26 The same is he whom God the hyest hath kept a great season which by his owne selfe shall deliuer his creature and he shall order them that are left behynde 27 And wheras thou sawest that out of his mouth there came as a blast of wynde fire and storme 28 And howe that he lift vp neither sword nor weapon but that the russhyng in of hym destroyed the whole multitude that came to fight agaynst hym it signifieth 29 That the dayes come when the most hyest wyll begyn to deliuer them that are vpon earth 30 And in a traunce of mynde shall he come vpon them that dwel in the earth 31 And one shall vndertake to fyght agaynst another one citie agaynst another one place agaynst another one people agaynst another and one realme agaynst another 32 When this commeth to passe then shall the tokens come that I shewed thee before and then shall my sonne be declared whom thou sawest clymbe vp as a man 33 And when all the people heare his voyce euery man shall in their owne lande leaue the battayle that they haue one agaynst another 34 And an innumerable multitude shal be gathered together as they that be wyllyng to come and to ouercome hym by fyghtyng 35 But he shall stande vpon the toppe of the mount Sion 36 And Sion shall come shal be shewed to all men beyng prepared and builded lyke as thou sawest the hyll grauen foorth without any handes 37 And this my sonne shall rebuke those nations which are fallen into the tempest for their wickednesse and euyll imaginations 38 And into tormentes lyke to flambe wherwith they shal be punished and without any labour shall he destroy them euen by the lawe which is compared vnto the fire 36 And wheras thou sawest that he gathered another peaceable people vnto hym 40 Those are the ten tribes which were caryed away prisoners out of their owne lande in the tyme of Oseas the kyng whom Salmanasar the kyng of Assyria toke prisoner and caryed them ouer the water and so came they into another lande 41 But they toke this counsayle among them selues that they woulde leaue the multitude of the heathen and to go foorth into a farther countrey where neuer mankynde dwelt 42 That they myght there kepe their statutes which they neuer kept in their owne lande 43
in the feare of God they buried him with ioye 17 And al his kindred and posteritie continued in a good life and holy conuersation so that they were loued and accepted both of God and men and of all the people of the lande The ende of the booke of Tobias ⧠The booke of Iudith The first Chapter 2 The buylding of Ecbatanis 5 Nabuchodonosor made warre against Arphaxad and ouercame him 12 He treateneth them that woulde not helpe him 1 ARphaxad the king of the Medes subdued many people vnto his dominion and buylded a noble strong citie whiche he called Ecbatanis 2 The walles of it made he of free stone foure square seuentie cubites hie and thirtie cubites brode He made towres therevpon an hundreth cubites hye 3 But along the foure corners euery side was twentie foote brode He made the portes in the height like as the towres 4 This king trusted in his mightie hoast and in his glorious charets 5 So in the twelfth yere of his raigne it happened that Nabuchodonosor the king of the Assyrians whiche raigned in the great citie of Niniue fought against Arphaxad 6 And ouercame him in the great fielde called Ragau beside Euphrates and Tigris and Iadason in the fielde of Erioth the king of the Elikes 7 Then was the kingdome of Nabuchodonosor exalted and his heart was lift vp and he sent vnto all them that dwelt in Cilicia in Damascus and Libanus 8 And vnto the heathen that dwelt in Carmel and Cedar and to such as dwelt in Galilee in the great field of Esdrelon 9 To all them that dwelt in Samaria and beyonde the water of Iordane vnto Hierusalem and the whole lande of Iesse vnto the borders of Ethiopia 10 Vnto all these dyd Nabuchodonosor the king of the Assyrians send messengers 11 But they all with one consent woulde not agree vnto him and sent the messengers againe emptie and put them away without honour 12 Then Nabuchodonosor the king toke indignation at all those landes sware by his trone and by his kingdome that he woulde be auenged of all those countreys The .ii. Chapter 1 Nabuchodonosor commaunded presumpteously that al people should be brought in subiection and to destroy those that disobeyed him ◠The preparation of Holophernes armie 12 The conquest of his enemies 1 IN the thirtenth yere of king Nabuchodonosor vpon the twentie two day of the firste moneth it was deuised in the court of Nabuchodonosor the king of the Assyrians that he woulde reuenge him selfe 2 So he called vnto him all the elders all his captaynes and men of warre and shewed them his secret counsell 3 And told them that his purpose was to bring the whole earth vnder his dominion 4 Now when they were all content with this saying Nabuchodonosor the king called Holophernes the chiefe captayne of his warres 5 And sayde vnto him Go thy way foorth against all the kingdomes of the west and specially against those that haue despised my commaundement 6 Thou shalt spare no realme all strong cities shalt thou bring in subiection vnto me 7 Then Holophernes called together all the captaynes rulers of all the power in Assyria and mustred the souldiers vnto the hoast like as the king commaunded him namely an hundred and twentie thousande fighting men vpon foote and twelue thousande archers vpon horsebacke 8 All his ordinaunce sent he before with an innumerable multitude of camels so that the hoast was well prouided for with oxen and small cattell that without number 9 He appoynted to prepare corne out of all Syria in his passage 10 Much gold an siluer also toke he out of the kinges house 11 So he toke his iourney and all his hoast with charets horsemen and archers of whom there were so many that they couered the ground of the land like the grashoppers 12 And when he was gone past the borders of the Assyrians he came towarde the great mountaynes of Ange whiche lye vpon the left side of Cilicia and so he went vp into all their castels and wunne euery strong holde 13 As for the welthie citie of Melothus he brake it downe spoyled all the children of Tharsis and the Ismaelites whiche lay towarde the wildernesse and vpon the south side of the lande of Chellon 14 He went ouer Euphrates also came into Mesopotamia and brake downe all the hie cities that were there from the brooke of Mambre till a man come to the sea 15 And he toke the borders in from Cilicia vnto the coastes of Iaphet towarde the south 16 He caryed away all the Madianites and spoyled al their goods and whosoeuer withstoode him he slue them with the sworde 17 After this he went downe into the fielde of Damascus in the time of haruest and burnt vp all the corne and all the trees and vines he caused to be cut downe 18 And the feare of him fel vpon all them that dwelt on the earth The .iii. Chapter 1 The people subiect to Holophernes 12 He destroyed their gods that Nabuchodonosor might onely be worshipped 1 SO the kinges princes of al the cities landes sent their embassadours namely they of Syria and Mesopotamia Syria Sobal and Libya and Cilicia which came to Holophernes and sayde 2 Let thy wrath ceasse towarde vs It is better for vs to serue the great king Nabuchodonosor with our liues and to be subiect vnto thee then that we should dye and with our slaughter suffer the euyls of our bondage 3 All our cities and possessions al mountaynes and hilles all fieldes great and smal cattel sheepe goates horses and camels all our goodes and housholdes be in thy power 4 Vnder thy subiection be al that we haue 5 We our selues and also our children wil be thy seruauntes 6 Come vnto vs peaceable lorde and vse our seruice at thy pleasure 7 Then came Holophernes downe from the mountaynes with horsemen great power and conquered all strong fensed cities and all that dwelt in the lande 8 And out of all cities he toke strong men and such as were meete for the warre to helpe hym 9 And there came such a feare vpon those countreys that the indwellers of al the cities the princes and rulers and the people together went foorth to meete hym as he came 10 And receaued him honorably with garlandes and torches with daunces taprettes and pipes 11 Neuerthelesse though they dyd this yet might they not swage his rigorous stomacke 12 But he destroyed their cities and hewed downe their wooddes 13 For Nabuchodonosor the king had commaunded him that he should roote out all the gods of the lande to the intent that he only might be called and taken for god of the nations which Holophernes with his power might bring vnder him 14 So went he through Syria Sobal and through all Appamea and all Mesopotamia and came to the Idumeans in the lande of Gabaa 15 And toke their cities and remayned there thirtie dayes in whiche space he caused all
without the striking of any battayl set men to kepe the welles that they drawe no water out of them so shalt thou destroy them without sworde or at the least they shall be so feeble that they must be fayne to geue ouer the citie which they thinke not able to be wunne for so much as it lyeth in the mountaynes 10 These wordes pleased Holophernes wel and all his men of warre and he set an hundreth at euery well round about 11 And when this watch had endured twentie dayes the cesternes and all that had water fayled them that dwelt in the citie of Bethulia so that in the whole citie they had not drincke inough for one day for the people had water geuen them dayly in a measure 12 Then came the men and women young persons and children al vnto Osias and sayd al with one voyce 13 God be iudge betwixt vs and thee for thou hast dealt euyll with vs thou wouldest not speake peaceably with the king of the Assyrians therefore hath God solde vs into their handes 14 And there is no man to helpe vs wheras we are brought downe before their eyes in thirst and great destruction 15 Therefore gather now together all the people that be in the citie that we may all yeelde our selues wyllyngly vnto the people of Holophernes 16 For better it is that we be captiue and prayse the Lorde with our liues then to be slayne perishe and to be laughed to scorne and shamed of euery man when we see our wiues and children die before our eyes 17 We take heauen and earth this day to record the God of our fathers whiche punisheth vs according to the deseruing of our sinnes and geue you warning that ye geue vp the citie nowe into the power of Holophernes hoast that our end may be short with the sworde which els shal endure long for want of water and for thirst 18 When they had spoken out these wordes there was a great weeping and howling in the whole congregation and that of euery man and they cryed a whole houre long vnto God with one voyce 19 Saying We haue sinned with our fathers we haue done a misse we haue dealt wickedly 20 Thou that art gratious haue mercie vpon vs or punishe our vnrighteousnes with thyne owne scourge and geue not those ouer that knowledge thee vnto a people which knowe thee not 21 That they may not say among the heathen Where is their God 22 And when they were so weery with this crying and weeping that they helde their peace 23 Osias stoode vp with watry eyes and sayde O take good heartes vnto you deare brethren and be of good cheare and let vs wayte yet these fiue dayes for mercie of the Lorde 24 Peraduenture he shal put away his indignation geue glorie vnto his name 25 But if he helpe vs not when the fiue dayes are past we shall do as ye haue sayde The .viii. Chapter 1 The parentage life and conuersation of Iudith 11 She rebuketh the fayntnesse of the gouernours 12 She sheweth that they shoulde not tempt God but wayte vpon him for succour 33 Her enterprise against the enemies 1 ANd it happened when these wordes came to the eares of Iudith a widdowe which was the daughter of Merari the sonne of Idox the sonne of Ioseph the sonne of Osia the sonne of Elai the sonne of Iamnor the sonne of Gedeon the sonne of Raphaim the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Melchia the sonne of Enan the sonne of Nathania the sonne of Salathiel the sonne of Simeon the sonne of Ruben 2 And her husband was called Manasses whiche dyed in the dayes of the barlye haruest 3 For whyle he was binding the sheaues together in the fielde the heate came vpon his head and he died at Bethulia his citie and there was he buried beside his fathers 4 Nowe was Iudith his desolate wyddowe three yeres and sixe monethes 5 And in the higher partes of her house she made her selfe a priuie chamber where she dwelt beyng closed in with her maydens 6 She ware a smocke of heere and fasted al the dayes of her life except the Sabbathes and newe moones and the solempne dayes that the people of Israel kept 7 She was a very faire and beautiful person her husbande also had left her great riches a plenteous houshold great vnmoueable possessions many cattell 8 This Iudith was a woman of a very good report with euery one for she feared the Lord greatly and there was no body that spake an euyll worde of her 9 When this Iudith hearde how Osias had promised the people that after the fift day he woulde geue vp the citie vnto the Assyrians she sent for the elders Chabri and Charmi. 10 And when they came to her she sayde What thing is this wherin Osias hath consented that if God helpe not within fiue dayes he will geue ouer the citie to the Assyrians 11 What are ye that ye tempt the Lorde 12 This deuice obtayneth no mercie of God but prouoketh hym vnto wrath and displeasure 13 Will ye set the mercie of the Lorde a time and appoynt him a day after your will 14 Neuerthelesse for so much as the Lord is pacient let vs rather repent in this powring out teares and beseching hym of grace 15 For God threatneth not as a man neither will he be prouoked vnto wrath as the children of men 16 And therfore let vs heartyly fal downe before him and serue hym with a meeke spirite 17 And with weeping eyes say vnto the Lorde that he deale with vs according to his owne wil speedyly in mercie that like as our heart is nowe vexed and brought low through the pride of them it may so be comforted through his grace 18 In so much as we folowe not the sinnes of our fathers which forsoke their God and worshipped other gods 19 For the which sinne they perished with the sword were spoyled and brought to shame of al their enemies As for vs we knowe none other God but only hym 20 For whose comfort let vs tary with meekenesse and he shall require make inquisition for our blood from the vexations of our enemies he shall bring downe all the heathen that rise vp against vs and put them to dishonour euen the Lord our God 21 Therefore deare brethren seyng ye are the honorable and elders in the people of God and their lyfe hangeth all vpon you lift vp their heartes with your exhortation that they may call to remembraunce howe our fathers also in times past were tempted that they might be proued if they worshipped their God a right 22 They ought to remember howe our father Abraham beyng tempted tryed through many tribulations was found a louer and friende of God 23 So was Isahac so was Iacob so was Moyses and all they that pleased God passed stedfast in faith through many folde troubles 24 Againe they that receaued not their temptations with the feare
that all they that are appointed in wrytyng and shewed vnto you by Aman whiche is ordayned and set ouer all our landes and the most principall next vnto the kyng and in maner as a father shall with their wiues and chyldren be destroyed rooted out with the sworde of their enemies and aduersaries and that there shal be no mercy shewed and no man spared And this shal be done the fourteenth day of the moneth called Adad of this yere 7 That they whiche of olde and nowe also haue euer ben rebellious may in one day with violence be thrust downe into the hell to the intent that after this maner our empire may haue peace and tranquilitie 8 But Mardocheus thought vpon all the workes noble actes of the Lorde and made his prayer vnto him 9 Saying O Lorde Lorde thou valiaunt and almightie king for all thinges are in thy power and if thou wilt helpe and deliuer Israel there is no man that can withstande nor let thee 10 For thou hast made heauen and earth and what wonderous thing soeuer is vnder the heauen 11 Thou art Lorde of all thinges and there is no man that can resist thy maiestie O Lorde 12 Thou knowest all thinges thou wotest Lorde that it was neither of malice nor presumption nor for any desire of glory that I would not bow downe my selfe nor worship yonder proude presumptious Aman 13 For I woulde haue ben content and that with good wyll if it might haue done Israel any good to haue kist euen his footesteppes 14 But that I did it because I woulde not set the honour of a man in the steede of the glory of God because I would worship none but only thee my Lorde and this haue I done in no pryde nor presumption 15 And therfore O Lord thou God and kyng haue mercy vpon thy people for they imagine howe they may bring vs to naught yea their minde and desire is to destroy and to ouerthrowe thy people that hath euer ben thyne inheritaunce of olde 16 O despise not thy portion which thou hast deliuered brought out of Egypt for thyne owne selfe 17 Heare my prayer and be mercifull vnto thy people whom thou hast chosen for an heritage vnto thy selfe Turne our complaynt and sorow into ioy that we may liue O Lorde and prayse thy name O Lord suffer not the mouthes of them that praise thee to be destroyed 18 All the people of Israel in like maner cryed as earnestly as they coulde vnto the Lorde for their death and destruction stoode before their eyes ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter ¶ The prayer of Hester for the deliueraunce of her and her people 1 QVeene Hester also beyng in the battayle of death resorted vnto the Lorde 2 Layde away her glorious apparell and put on the garmentes that serued for sighing and mourning In the steede of precious oyntment she scattered ashes and dounge vpon her head and as for her body she humbled it with fasting and brought it very low All the places where she was wont to haue ioy afore those filled she with her owne heere that she pluckt of 3 She prayed also vnto the Lorde God of Israel with these wordes O my Lorde thou only art our kyng helpe me desolate woman whiche haue no helper but thee 4 For my miserie and destruction is harde at my hande 5 Fro my youth vp I haue hearde out of the kinred of my father that thou tokest Israel from among all people and so haue our fathers of their fore elders that they shoulde be thy perpetuall inheritaunce and looke what thou didst promise them thou hast made it good vnto them 6 Nowe Lorde we haue sinned before thee therefore hast thou geuen vs into the handes of our enemies 7 Because we worshipped their gods Lorde thou art righteous 8 Neuerthelesse it satisfieth them not that we are in bitter and heauie captiuitie and oppressed among them but thou hast layde their handes vpon the handes of their gods 9 So that they begin to take away the thing that thou with thy mouth hast ordayned and appoynted to destroy thine inheritaunce to shut and to stop the mouthes of them that prayse thee to quench the glory and worship of thy house and thyne aulter 10 And to open the mouthes of the heathen that they may prayse the power and vertue of the gods and to magnifie the fleshly kyng for euer 11 O Lorde geue not thy scepter vnto them that be nothing lest they laugh vs to scorne in our miserie and fall but turne their deuice vpon them selues and punishe hym that hath begun the same ouer vs and set hym to an example 12 Thinke vpon vs O Lord and shewe thy selfe vnto vs in the tyme of our distresse and of our trouble strength me O thou kyng of Gods thou Lorde of all power 13 Geue me an eloquent and pleasaunt speache in my mouth before the lion Turne his heart into the hate of our enemies to destroy him and all such as consent vnto him 14 But deliuer vs with thy hande and helpe me thy handmayde which haue no defence nor helper but onlye the Lorde 15 Thou knowest all thinges thou wotest that I loue not the glory and worship of the vnrighteous and that I hate and abhorre the bed of the vncircumcised and of all heathen 16 Thou knowest my necessitie that I hate the token of my preeminence and worship which I beare vpon my head what tyme as I must shewe my selfe and be seene and that I abhorre it as an vncleane cloth and that I weare it not when I am quiet and alone by my selfe 17 Thou knowest also that I thy handmayden haue not eaten at Amans table and that I haue had no pleasure nor delight in the kinges feast that I haue not drunke the wine of the drinke offeringes 18 And that I thy handmayden haue no ioy since the day that I was brought hyther vnto this day but only in thee O Lorde O thou God of Abraham 19 O thou mightie God aboue all heare the voyce of them that haue no other hope and deliuer vs out of the hande of the wicked and deliuer me out of my feare The .xv. Chapter 1 Mardocheus moueth Hester to go in vnto the kyng and make intercession for her people 9 And she perfourmed his request 1 MArdocheus also bade Hester go in vnto the kyng and pray for her people and for her countrey 2 Remember saith he the dayes of thy lowe estate how thou wast nourished vnder my hande For Aman whiche is next vnto the kyng hath geuen sentence of death against vs 3 Call thou therefore vpon the Lorde and speake for vs vnto the king and deliuer vs from death 4 And vpon the thirde day it happened that Hester layde away the mourning garmentes and put on her glorious apparell 5 And deckt her selfe goodly after that she had called vpon God whiche is the beholder and sauiour of all thinges and toke two maydens with her
can haue knowledge of thy vnderstandyng and meanyng except thou geue wisdome and sende thy holy ghost from aboue 18 For so the wayes of them which liued on the earth were refourmed and men haue learned the thynges that are pleasaunt vnto thee and were preserued through wisdome The .x. Chapter The deliueraunce of the ryghteous and destruction of the enemies commeth through wisdome 1 SHe preferred the first fourmed father of the worlde that was created alone and brought hym out of his fall 2 And gaue him power to rule all thynges 3 But when the vnrighteous went away in his wrath from her he perished by the furious desire to murther his brother 4 For whom when the water destroyed the whole worlde wisdome agayne preserued it her selfe gouernyng the iust man by no costly worke of wood 5 Moreouer when the nations were confounded or ioyned together in their malicious confederacie she founde out the righteous and preserued hym faultlesse vnto God and kept hym strong agaynst the loue of his sonne 6 She preserued the ryghteous when he fled from the vngodly that perished what tyme as the fire fell downe vpon the fiue cities 7 Like as yet this day the vnfruitfull waste and smokyng lande geueth testimonie of their wickednesse yea the vnripe vntymely fruites that growe vpon the trees and for a token of a remembraunce of the vnfaythfull soule there standyng a pyller of salt 8 For all such as regarded not wisdome gat not only this hurt that they knewe not the thynges which were good but also left behynde them vnto men a memoriall of their foolishnesse so that in the thynges wherin they sinned they coulde not be hyd 9 But as for such as toke heede vnto wisdome she hath deliuered them from sorowe 10 When the ryghteous fled because of his brothers wrath wisdome led hym the ryght way shewed hym the kyngdome of God gaue hym knowledge of holy thynges made hym riche in his labours brought to passe the thynges that he went about 11 In the disceiptfulnesse of such as defrauded hym she stoode by hym and made hym riche 12 She saued hym from the enemies and defended him from the deceauers In a strong battayle she gaue hym the victorie that he myght knowe howe that the feare of God is stronger then all thynges 13 When the ryghteous was solde she forsoke hym not but delyuered hym from sinne She went downe with hym into the dungeon 14 And fayled hym not in the bandes till she had brought hym the scepter of the realme and power agaynst those that oppressed hym As for them that had accused hym she declared them to be lyers and brought hym to perpetuall worshyp 15 She deliuered the ryghteous people and faultlesse seede from the nations that oppressed them 16 She entred into the soule of the seruaunt of the Lorde and stoode by hym in wonders and tokens agaynst the dreadfull kynges 17 She gaue the ryghteous the reward of their labours and led them foorth a marueylous way on the day tyme she was a shadowe vnto them and a lyght of starres in the nyght season 18 She brought them through the red sea and caryed them through the great water 19 But she drowned their enemies in the sea but brought them out of the bottome of the deepe 20 So the ryghteous toke the spoyles of the vngodly praysed thy holy name O Lorde and magnified thy victorious hande with one accorde 21 For wisdome openeth the mouth of the dumbe and maketh the tongues of babes to be eloquent The .xj. Chapter 1 The miracles done for Israel 13 The vengeaunce of sinners 28 The great power and mercie of God 1 SHe ordered their workes in the handes of the holy prophete 2 So that they went through the wildernesse that was not inhabited and pitched their tentes in the waste desert 3 They stoode agaynst their enemies and were auenged of their aduersaries 4 When they were thirstie they called vpon thee and water was geuen them out of the most hye rocke their thirst was quenched out of the harde stone 5 For by the thynges wherthrough their enemies were punished were the children of Israel helped in their neede 6 For in steede of a fountaine of the perpetuall runnyng flud all troubled with gorie blood 7 In reproche of the commaundement published to murther the infantes thou gauest vnto them aboundaunce of water and that not loked for neither 8 Declaryng by that thirst then howe thou hadst punished thine aduersaries 9 For when they were tryed and nurtured with fatherly mercie they knewe howe the vngodly were iudged and punished in the wrath of God 10 For these hast thou exhorted as a father and proued them but vnto the other thou hast ben a boystuous kyng layed harde to their charge and condempned them 11 Whether they were absent or present their punishment was a lyke 12 For their griefe was double and mournyng for the remembraunce of thynges past 13 For when they perceaued that their punishmentes dyd them good they thought vpon the Lorde 14 For whom in his castyng out before as an abiect they had denied with derision him in the ende when they sawe what happened they wondered at for they were of another thirst then was the iust 15 But for the foolishe deuises of their wickednesse wherwith being deceaued they worshipped serpentes that had not the vse of reason and vile beastes thou sentest a multitude of vnreasonable beastes vpon them for reuengeaunce 16 That they myght knowe that loke wherewithall a man sinneth by the same also shall he be punished 17 For vnto thy almightie hande that made the worlde of naught it was not vnpossible to sende among them an heape of beares or wood lions 18 Or cruell beastes of a straunge kynde such as are vnknowen or spout fire or cast out a smokyng breath or shoote horrible sparkes out of their eyes 19 Which myght not only destroy them with hurtyng but also kyll them with their horrible syght 20 Yea without these beastes might they haue ben slayne with one wynde being persecuted by the reuengeaunce and scattered abroade through the breath of thy power Neuerthelesse thou hast ordered all thinges in measure number and wayght 21 For thou hast euer had great strength and myght and who may withstande the power of thyne arme 22 For why lyke as the small thyng that the ballaunce wayeth so is the worlde before thee yea as a drop of the mornyng deawe that falleth downe vpon the earth 23 But thou hast mercie vpon all for thou hast power of all thynges and makest thee as though thou sawest not the sinnes of men because they shoulde amende 24 For thou louest all the thynges that are and hatest none of them whom thou hast made for thou wouldest not haue made any thyng yf thou hadst hated it 25 Yea howe
a glad man shewe hym her secretes and heape vpon him the treasures of knowledge vnderstandyng of righteousnes 19 But yf he go wrong she shall forsake hym geue hym ouer into the handes of destruction and ruine 20 My sonne make much of the tyme eschewe the thyng that is euyll 21 And for thy lyfe shame not to say the trueth For there is a shame that bryngeth sinne and there is a shame that bryngeth worshyp and fauour 22 Accept no person after thyne owne wyll that thou be not confounded to thyne owne decay Be not ashamed of thy neyghbour in his aduersitie 23 And kepe not backe thy counsayle when it may do good neither hyde thy wisdome in her beautie 24 For in the tongue is wisdome knowē so is vnderstandyng knowledge and learnyng in the talkyng of the wise and stedfastnesse in the workes of ryghteousnesse 25 In no wise speake agaynst the worde of trueth but be ashamed of the lyes of thyne owne ignoraunce 26 Shame not to confesse thyne errour and resist not the course of the riuer 27 And submit not thy selfe vnto a foolishe man neither accept the person of the mightie 28 And striue thou not agaynst the streame But for ryghteousnesse take paynes with all thy soule and for the trueth striue thou vnto death and God shall fyght for thee agaynst thyne enemies 29 Be not hasty in thy tongue neither slacke and negligent in thy workes 30 Be not as a lion in thyne owne house destroying thy housholde folkes and oppressyng them that are vnder thee 31 Let not thyne hande be stretched out to receaue and shut when thou shouldest geue The .v. Chapter 1 In riches may we not put any confidence 7 The vengeaunce of God ought to be feared and repentaunce may not be deferred 1 TRust not vnto thy riches say not tushe I haue inough for my lyfe for it shall not helpe in the tyme of vengeaunce and temptation 2 Folowe not the lust of thyne owne heart in thy strength 3 And say not tushe howe haue I had strength or who wyll bryng me vnder because of my workes For doubtlesse God shall auenge it 4 And say not I haue sinned and what euyll hath happened me For the almightie is a patient rewarder 5 Because thy sinne is forgeuen thee be not therfore without feare neither heape one sinne vpon another 6 And say not tushe the mercie of the Lorde is great he shall forgeue me my sinnes be they neuer so many For lyke as he is mercifull so goeth wrath from hym also and his indignation commeth downe vpon sinners 7 Make no tarying to turne vnto the Lorde and put not of from day to day for sodenly shall his wrath come and in the tyme of vengeaunce he shall destroy thee 8 Trust not in wicked riches for they shall not helpe thee in the day of punishment and wrath 9 Be not caried about with euery winde and go not into euery way for so doth the sinner that hath a double tongue 10 Stande fast in the way of the Lorde be stedfast in thy vnderstandyng abyde by the worde and folowe the worde of peace and righteousnesse 11 Be gentle to heare the worde of God that thou mayest vnderstande it and make a true aunswere with wisdome 12 Be swyft to heare but slowe and pacient in geuing aunswere 13 If thou hast vnderstanding shape thy neighbour an aunswere yf no laye thy hande vpon thy mouth lest thou be trapped in an vndiscreete word and so confounded 14 Honour and shame is in the talke but the tongue of the vndiscrete is his owne destruction 15 Be not a priuy accuser as long as thou lyuest and vse no slaunder with thy tongue For shame sorowe goeth ouer the thiefe and an euyll name ouer him that is double tongued but he that is a priuy accuser of other men shal be hated enuied and confounded 16 Do not rashly neither in great nor small The .vj. Chapter 1 It is the propertie of a sinner to be euyll tongued 6 Of friendship 33 Desire to be taught 1 BE not of a friende an enemie for such a man getteth an euyll name shame and rebuke and whosoeuer beareth enuie a double tongue offendeth 2 Be not proude in the deuice of thine owne vnderstanding lest thy soule rent thee as a bull 3 And lest thy leaues wyther and thy fruite be destroyed and so thou be left as a drye tree in the wildernesse 4 For a wicked soule destroyeth hym that hath it maketh him to be laughed to scorne of his enemies and bryngeth him to the portion of the vngodly 5 A sweete worde multiplieth friendes pacifieth them that be at variaunce and a thankfull tongue wyll be plenteous in a good man 6 Holde friendship with many neuerthelesse haue but one counsellour of a thousande 7 If thou gettest a friende proue him first and be not hastye to geue him credence 8 For some man is a friende but for his owne turne and wyll not abyde in the day of trouble 9 And there is some friend that turneth to enimitie and taketh part agaynst thee and if he knowe any hurt by thee he telleth it out 10 Agayne some friende is but a companion at the table and in the day of neede he continueth not 11 But in thy prosperitie he wyll be as thou thy selfe and deale playnly with thy housholde folke 12 If thou be brought lowe he wyll be agaynst thee and wyll be hidden from thy face 13 Depart from thyne enemies yea and beware of thy friendes 14 A faythfull friende is a strong defence who so findeth such one fyndeth a treasure 15 A faythfull friende hath no peare the wayght of golde and siluer is not to be compared to the goodnesse of his fayth 16 A faythfull friende is a medicine of lyfe and immortalitie and they that feare the Lorde shall fynde hym 17 Who so feareth the Lorde shall prosper with friendes and as he is hym selfe so shall his friende be also 18 My sonne receaue doctrine from thy youth vp so shalt thou fynde wisdome tyll thou be olde 19 Go to her as one that ploweth and soweth and wayte patiently for her good fruites For thou shalt haue but litle labour in her worke but thou shalt eate of her fruites ryght soone 20 O howe exceeding sharpe is wisdome to vnlearned men an vnstedfast body wyll not remayne in her 21 Vnto such she is as it were a touchestone and he casteth her from him in all the haste 22 For wisdome is with him but in name there be but fewe that haue knowledge of her 23 But with them that knowe her she abideth euen vnto the appearyng of God 24 Geue eare my sonne receaue my doctrine and refuse not my counsayle 25 Put thy foote into her lynckes and take her yoke vpon thy necke 26 Bowe downe thy shoulder vnder her beare her patiently and be not weery
for euer The .xlvi. Chapter The prayse of Iosue 9 Caleb 13 Samuel 1 MAnly strong in battel was Iesus the sonne of Naue and was the successour of Moyses in prophesies was geuen to be captaine of the people which according vnto his name was a great sauiour vnto the elect of God to punishe the enemies that rose vp against Israel that Israel might optayne their inheritaunce 2 O how great noble and excellent was he when he lift vp his hande and drewe out his sworde against the cities 3 Who stoode so manly before him for the Lord him selfe brought in the enemies 4 Stoode not the sunne still at his commaundement and one day was as long as two 5 He called vpon the hyghest and most mightie when the enemies preassed vpon him on euery side and the mightie Lord heard him with the hayle stones 6 They smote the Heathenishe people mightyly and in falling downe they slue all the aduersaries so that the heathen knew his hoast and all his defence that the Lord him selfe fought against them for he folowed vpon the mightie men of them 7 In the time of Moyses also he and Caleb the sonne of Iephune dyed a good worke whiche stoode against the enemies with held the people from sinne and stilled the wicked murmuring 8 And of sixe hundreth thousande people of foote they two were preserued to bring them into the heritage namely a lande that floweth with mylke hony 9 The Lord gaue strength also vnto Caleb which remayned with him vnto his age so that he went vp into the hie places of the land and his seede conquered the same for an heritage 10 That al the children of Israel might see howe good a thing it is to be obedient vnto the Lorde 11 And the iudges or rulers euery one after his name whose heart went no◠a whoring nor departed from the Lorde and that forsooke not the Lord vnfaithfully whose remembraunce hath a good report 12 Yea their bones florishe out of their place and their names shall neuer be chaunged but honour remayneth still with the children of those holy men 13 Samuel the prophete beloued of the Lorde his God ordayned a king and annoynted the princes ouer the people 14 In the lawe of the Lord ruled he and iudged the congregation and the Lorde had respect vnto Iacob 15 The prophete was founde diligent in his faithfulnes yea he is knowen faithful in his workes because he sawe the God of light 16 〈◊〉 called vpon the Lorde almightie when the enemies preassed vpon him on euery side what time as he offered the sucking lambe 17 And the Lorde thundered from heauen made his voyce to be heard with a great noyse 18 He discomfited the princes of Tyre and all the rulers of the Philistines 19 Before his last ende he made protestation in the sight of the Lorde and his annoynted that he toke neither substaunce nor good of any man no not so much as a shoe and no man might accuse him 20 After this he tolde that his ende was at hand and shewed the king also his ende and death and from the earth lyft he vp his voyce in the prophecie that the vngodlie people should perishe The .xlvii. Chapter 1 The prayse of Nathan 2 Dauid 12 and Solomon 1 AFterward in the time of king Dauid there rose vp a prophet called Nathan 2 For lyke as the fat is taken away from the offering so was Dauid chosen out of the children of Israel 3 He played with the lions as with kiddes and with beares lyke as with lambes of sheepe 4 Slewe he not a giaunt when he was yet but young toke away the rebuke frō his people what time as he toke the stone in his hande and smote downe proude Goliath with the sling 5 For he called vpon the highest Lorde which gaue him strength in his right hande so that he ouerthrewe the mightie giaunt in the battaile that he might set vp the horne of his people againe 6 So he glorified him in ten thousand and made him to haue a good report in the prayse of the Lorde that he should weare a crowne of glorie 7 For he destroyed the enemies on euery side rooted out the Philistines his aduersaries and brake their horne in sunder lyke as it is broken yet this day 8 In all his workes he praysed the hyest and holiest and ascribed the honour vnto him with his whole heart did he prayse the Lorde and loued God that made him 9 He set singers also before the aulter in their tune he made sweete songes that they might geue prayses euery day to God with songes 10 He ordayned to kepe the holy dayes worshipfully that the solempe feastes through the whole yere should be honorably holden with praysing the name of the Lorde and with singing betimes in the morning in the sanctuary 11 The Lorde toke away his sinnes and exalted his horne for euer he gaue him the couenaunt of the kingdome and the throne of worship in Israel 12 After him there rose vp the wyse sonne called Solomon Who by him dwelt in a large possession and for his sake he droue the enemies away far of 13 This Solomon raigned with peace in his time and he obtayned glory For God gaue him rest from his enemies on euery side that he might builde him an house in his name and prepare the sanctuarie for euer 14 How wyse wast thou in thy youth and filled with wysdome and vnderstanding as it were with a water flood 15 Thou coueredst and filledst the whole lande with similitudes wyse prudent sentences 16 Thy name went abrode in the Iles because of thy peace thou wast beloued 17 All landes maruailed at thy songes prouerbes similitudes and at thy interpretations 18 And in the name of the Lorde God which is called the God of Israel thou gatheredst golde as tinne thou hadst as much siluer as leade 19 Thou wast moued in inordinate loue toward women and wast ouercome in affection 20 Thou staynedst thy honour worship yea thy posteritie defiledst thou also in bringing the wrath of the Lorde vpon thy children and hast felt sorowe for thy folly 21 So that thy kingdome was deuided and Ephraim became an vnfaithfull and a rebellious kingdome 22 Neuerthelesse God forsooke not his mercie neither was he vtterly destroyed because of his workes that he should leaue him no posteritie as for the seede that came vpon him which he loued he brought it not vtterly to naught but gaue yet a remmaunt vnto Iacob and a roote vnto Dauid out of him 23 Thus rested Solomon with his fathers and out of his seede he left behinde him a verie foolishnes of the people and such one as had no vnderstanding euen Roboam which turned away the people through his counsell and Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat which caused Israel to sinne and shewed Ephraim the way
saying The heathen that are about vs are gathered against vs on euery side to destroy vs. 11 And nowe they make them redy for to come and lay siege to the castel whervnto we are fled and Timothi is captayne of their hoast 12 Come therefore and deliuer vs out of their handes for there is a great multitude of vs slayne alredy 13 Yea and our brethren that were at Tubin are slayne and destroyed well-nye a thousande men and their wyues their children and their goodes haue the enemies led away captiue 14 Whyle these letters were yet a reading beholde there came other messengers from Galilee with rent clothes whiche tolde euen the same tidinges 15 And sayde that they of Ptolomais of Tyrus and of Sidon were gathered against them and that all Galilee was filled with enemies to destroy Israel 16 When Iudas and the people hearde this they came together a great congregation to deuise what they might do for their brethren that were in trouble and besieged of their enemies 17 And Iudas sayd vnto Simon his brother Choose thee out certayne men go deliuer thy brethren in Galilee As for me my brother Ionathas we will go into Galaaditim 18 So he left Iosephus the sonne of Zachari and Azarias to be captaynes of the people to kepe the remnaunt of the hoast in Iewry 19 And commaunded them saying Take the ouersight of this people and see that ye make no warre against the heathen vntill the time that we come againe 20 And vnto Simon he gaue three thousand men for to go into Galilee but Iudas himselfe had eyght thousand in Galaaditim 21 Then went Simon into Galilee and stroke diuers battayles with the heathen whom he discomfited 22 And folowed vpon them into the port of Ptolomais and there were slayne of the heathen almost three thousande men 23 So he toke the spoyles of them and caried away the Israelites that were in Galilee and Arbatis with their wyues their children and all that they had and brought them into Iewry with great gladnesse 24 Iudas Machabeus also and his brother Ionathas went ouer Iordane and trauayled three dayes iourney in the wildernesse 25 Where the Nabathees met them and receaued them louingly and tolde them euery thing that had happened vnto their brethren in Galaaditim 26 And howe that many of them were besieged in Barasa Bosor Alimis Casbon Mageth and Carnaim all these are strong walled and mightie great cities 27 And that they were kept in other cities of Galaaditim also and to morowe they are appoynted to bring their hoast vnto these cities to take them and to destroy them in one day 28 So Iudas and his hoast turned in all the haste in the wildernesse toward Bosor and wan the citie slue all the males with the sworde toke all their goodes and set fire vpon the citie 29 And in the night they toke their iourney from thence and came to the castell 30 And betimes in the morning when they loked vp beholde there was an innumerable people bearing ladders and other instrumentes of warre to take the castell and to ouercome them 31 When Iudas sawe that the battayl began and that the noyse therof went vp and rang into the heauen and that there was so a great crye in the citie 32 He sayd vnto his hoast Fight this day for your brethren 33 And so came behinde their enemies in three companies and blewe vp the trumpettes and cryed in their prayer to God 34 But so soone as Timotheus hoast perceaued that Machabeus was there they fled from hym and he slue them downe right sore so that there were killed of them the same day almost eyght thousande men 35 Then departed Iudas vnto Maspha layed siege vnto it and wan it slue al the males in it spoyled it and set fire vpon it 36 From thence went he and toke Casbon Mageth Bosor and the other cities in Galaaditim 37 After this gathered Timothi another hoast which pitched their tentes before Raphon beyond the water 38 Iudas also sent to spye the hoast and they brought him worde againe saying All the heathen that be rounde about vs are gathered vnto him and the hoast is very great 39 Yea they haue hired the Arabians to helpe them haue pitched their tentes beyond the water and are redie to come and fight against thee So Iudas went on to meete them 40 And Timothi saide vnto the captaines of his hoast wheÌ„ Iudas and his hoast come nye the ryuer if he go ouer first we shall not be able to withstand him for why he wyll be to strong for vs. 41 But if he dare not come ouer so that he pitch his tent beyond the water then wyll we go ouer for we shal be strong inough against him 42 Now assoone as Iudas came to the riuer he appoynted certaine scribes of the people by the riuer and coÌ„maunded them saying See that ye leaue none behinde vpon this side of the riuer but let euery man come to the battaile 43 So he went first ouer vnto them all his people after him and al the heathen were discomfited before him let their weapons fall and ranne into the temple that was at Carnaim 44 Which citie Iudas wanne and brent the temple with all that were in it So was Carnaim subdued and might not withstand Iudas 45 Then Iudas gathered all the Israelites that were in Galaaditim from the least vnto the most with their wiues and their children a very great hoast for to come into the lande of Israel 46 So they came vnto Ephron which was a mightie great and strong citie and laye in their way for they coulde not go by it neither on the right hande nor on the left but must go through it 47 Neuerthelesse they that were in the citie woulde not let them go through but walled vp the portes with stones And Iudas sent vnto them with peaceable wordes saying 48 Let vs passe through your lande that we may go into our owne countrey there shall no body do you harme we wyl but onely go through on foote But they would not let them in 49 Wherfore Iudas commaunded a proclamation to be made throughout the hoast that euery man should assault the citie in his order 50 And so they did their best lyke valiaunt men and Iudas besieged the citie all that day and all that night and so wanne it 51 Where they slue as many as were males and destroyed the citie and spâ—yled it and went through al the citie ouer them that were slaine 52 Then went they ouer Iordane into the playne fielde before Bethsam 53 And Iudas helped those forward that came behinde and gaue the people good exhortation al the way through til they were come into the lande of Iuda 54 Thus they went vp vnto the mount Sion where they offered burnt offeringes with mirth and thankesgeuing because there were none of them slaine but came home againe peaceably 55 Now what time
Alas that this worthy should be slaine which deliuered the people of Israel 22 As for other thinges pertayning to the battailes of Iudas the noble actes that he did and of his worthynes they are not written for they were very many 23 Now after the death of Iudas wicked men came vp in al the coastes of Israel there arose all such as did worke vngodlinesse 24 In those dayes was there a great dearth in the lande and all the countrie gaue ouer them selues and theirs vnto Bacchides 25 So Bacchides chose wicked men and made them lordes in the lande 26 These sought out and made search for Iudas friendes and brought them vnto Bacchides whiche auenged him selfe vpon them with great dispite 27 And there came so great trouble in Israel as was not since the time that no prophete was seene there 28 Then came all Iudas friendes together and sayde vnto Ionathas 29 Forsomuch as thy brother Iudas is dead there is none like him to go foorth against our enemies against Bacchides and such as are aduersaries of our owne people 30 Wherefore this day we choose thee for him to be our prince and captayne to order our battayle 31 And Ionathas toke the gouernaunce vpon him at the same time and ruled in steade of his brother Iudas 32 When Bacchides gat knowledge therof he sought for to slay hym 33 But Ionathas Simon his brother perceauing that fled into the wildernesse of Thecua with al their campanie and pitched their tentes by the water poole of Asphar 34 Which when Bacchides vnderstoode he came ouer Iordane with al his hoast vpon the Sabbath day 35 Nowe had Ionathas sent his brother Ihon a captayne of the people to pray his friendes the Nabuthites that they would lende them their ordinaunce for they had much 36 So the children of Iambri came out of Madaba and toke Ihon and all that he had and went their way withall when they had taken it 37 Then came worde vnto Ionathas and Simon his brother that the children of Iambri made a great mariage brought the bride from Madaba with great pompe for she was daughter to one of the noblest princes of Chanaan 38 Wherefore they remembred the blood of Ihon their brother and went vp and hyd them selues vnder the shadowe of the mountayne 39 So they lift vp their eyes and loked beholde there was much a do great preparation for the brydegrome came foorth and his friendes and his brethren mette them with tympanies instrumentes of musicke and many weapons 40 Then Ionathas and they that were with hym rose out of their lurking places against them and slue many of them and the remnaunt fled into the mountaynes and they toke all their substaunce 41 Thus the mariage was turned to mourning and the noyse of their melody into lamentation 42 And so when they had auenged the blood of their brother they turned againe vnto Iordane 43 Bacchides hearing this came vnto the very border of Iordane with a great power vpon the Sabbath day 44 And Ionathas sayd to his companie Let vs get vp fight against our enemies for it standeth not with vs to day as in time past 45 Behold our enemies are in our way the water of Iordane vpon the one side of vs with banckes fennes and woods on the other side so that there is no place for vs to depart vnto 46 Wherefore crye nowe vnto heauen that ye may be deliuered from the power of your enemies So they stroke the battayle 47 And Ionathas stretched out his hande to smyte Bacchides but he fled backwarde 48 Then Ionathas and they that were with him leapt into Iordane swimmed ouer Iordane vnto the further banke but the other woulde not passe ouer Iordane after him 49 And there were slayne of Bacchides side that day a thousande men 50 Therefore Bacchides with his hoast turned againe to Hierusalem and buy it vp the castles and strong holdes that were in Iurie Iericho Emans Bethoron Bethel Thamnata Phara and Thopo with hye walles with portes and with lockes 51 And set men to kepe them that they might vse their malice vpon Israel 52 He walled vp the citie Bethsura Gazara and the castle and prouided them with men and vittayles 53 He toke also the chiefest mens sonnes in the countrey for pledges put them in the castle at Hierusalem to be kept 54 Afterwarde in the hundred fyftie and three yere in the seconde moneth Alcimus commaunded that they should destroy the walles of the inwarde court of the sanctuarie and he pulled downe and began to destroy the monumentes of the prophetes 55 But at the same time Alcimus was plagued and smitten with a paulsie and his enterprises were hindered his mouth was stopped by God so that he could no more speake nor commaunde any of his house concerning his businesse 56 Thus died Alcimus in great miserie at the same time 57 And when Bacchides sawe that Alcimus was dead he turned againe to the king so the land was in rest two yeres 58 Then all the vngodly men held a counsell saying Behold Ionathas and his company are at ease and dwel without care wherefore let vs bring Bacchides hyther and he shall take them all in one night 59 So they went and gaue Bacchides this counsell 60 Which arose to come with a great hoast sent letters priuily to his adherentes which were in Iurie to take Ionathas and those that were with hym but they might not for the other had gotten knowledge of their deuice 61 And Ionathas toke fyftie men of the countrey whiche were the ringleaders of them and slue them 62 Then Ionathas Simon with their companie departed vnto the citie Beth-basin whiche lyeth in the wildernesse and repaired the decay therof and made it strong 63 When Bacchides knewe this he gathered all his hoast and sent word to them that were in Iurie 64 Then came he layed siege to Beth-basin and fought against it a long season and made instrumentes of warre 65 Nowe Ionathas left his brother Sâ—mon in the citie and went foorth hym selfe into the countrey and came with a certayne number 66 And slue Odomeras and his brethren and the children of Phaseron in theâ— tentes so that he began to be strong and to increase in power 67 As for Simon and his companie they went out of the citie and brent vp the instrumentes of warre 68 And fought against Bacchides and discomfited him and Bacchides was sore vexed because his counsell and trauayle was in vayne 69 Wherefore he was wroth at the wicked men that gaue him counsel to come into their land slue many of them Then purposed he with his companie to go away into his owne countrey 70 Wherof when Ionathas had knowledge he sent ambassadours vnto hym for to make peace with hym and that he shoulde deliuer him his prisoners againe 71 To the whiche Bacchides consented gladly
also remoued from Ptolomais with a great armie to come into the lande of Iuda and Ionathas with him in warde 13 And Simon pitched his tentes at Addus before the plaine fielde 14 But when Tryphon knewe that Simon stoode vp in steade of his brother Ionathas and that he would warre against him he sent messengers vnto him saying 15 Where as we haue kept Ionathas thy brother it is for money that he is owing in the kinges accompt concerning the busines that he had in hande 16 Wherefore sende nowe a hundred talentes of siluer and his two sonnes for suretie that when he is letten foorth he shal not forsake vs and we shall sende him againe 17 Neuerthelesse Simon knew that he discembled in his wordes yet cōmaunded he the money and children to be deliuered vnto him lest the Israelites might haue hated him 18 And saide Because he sent him not the money and the children therefore is Ionathas dead 19 So Simon sent him the children and an hundred talentes but he dissembled and would not let Ionathas go 20 Afterwarde came Tryphon into the lande to destroy it and went rounde about by the way that leadeth vnto Ador But wheresoeuer they went thyther went Simon and his hoast also 21 Now they that were in the castle sent messengers vnto Tryphon that he should make haste to come by the wildernesse and to sende them vitailes 22 And Tryphon made redie al his horsmen to come the same night neuerthelesse it was a very great snowe so that he came not because of the snowe but he remoued and went into the countrey of Galaad 23 And when he drue nye Baschama he slue Ionathas and his sonnes there 24 And then turned for to go home into his owne lande 25 Then sent Simon for to fetch his brothers dead coarse and buried it in Modin his fathers citie 26 So al Israel bewayled him with great lamentation and mourned for him very longe 27 And Simon made vpon the sepulchre of his father and his brethren a building hie to loke vnto of free stone behinde and before 28 And set vp seuen pillers vpon it one against another for his father his mother and foure brethren 29 And set great pillers rounde about them with armes vpon them for a perpetuall memorie and carued shippes beside the armes that they might be seene of men sayling in the sea 30 This sepulchre which he made at Modin standeth yet vnto this day 31 Nowe as Tryphon went foorth to walke with the young king Antiochus he slue him trayterously 32 And raigned in his steade crowned him selfe king of Asia and did much euil in the lande 33 Simon also built vp the castles in Iurie making them strong with hie towers great walles portes and lockes and layde vp vitailes in the stronge holdes 34 And Simon chose certaine men sent them to king Demetrius to desire him that he would discharge the lande from all bondage for Tryphon had spoyled it very sore 35 Whereupon Demetrius the king aunswered him and wrote vnto him after this maner 36 Demetrius the king sendeth greeting vnto Simon the hie priest his friend with the elders people of the Iewes 37 The golden crowne and precious stone that ye sent vnto vs haue we receaued and are redie to make a stedfast peace with you yea and to write vnto our officers for to release you concerning the thinges wherein we made you free 38 And the appoyntment that we make with you shal be firme and stable the strong holdes which ye haue builded shal be your owne 39 As for any ouersight or fault committed vnto this day we forgeue it and the crowne taxe that ye ought vs also And where as was any other tribute in Hierusalem it shall now be no tribute 40 And loke who are meete among you to be in our court let them be written vp that there may be peace betwixt vs. 41 Thus the yoke of the heathen was taken from Israel in the hundred and seuentith yere 42 And the people of the Iewes began to write in their letters and actes on this maner In the first yere of Simon the hie priest a gouernour and prince of the Iewes 43 In those dayes went Simon vnto Gaza besieged it rounde about where he set vp ordinaunce of warre and wan a towre which he toke 44 So they that gat into the towre lept into the citie which was in a great feare 45 Insomuch that the people of the citie rent their clothes and clymed vp vpon the walles with their wiues and children beseching Simon to be at one with them saying 46 O rewarde vs not after our wickednesse but be gratious vnto vs and we shall do thee seruice 47 Then Simon for very pitie woulde fight no more against them but put thē out of the citie and caused the houses wherein the images were to be clensed and so entred the citie with psalmes of prayse geuing thankes vnto the Lorde 48 So when he had cast all abhominations out of the citie he set such men in it as kept the lawe of God and made the citie strong and builded a dwelling place for him selfe 49 Now when they in the castle at Hierusalem were kept so straightly that they coulde not come foorth nor go into the countrey might neither bye nor sel they were very hungry and many of them famished to death 50 Insomuch that they besought Simon to be at one with them which he graunted them So he put them out from thence and clensed the castle from filthinesse 51 And vpon the twentie and three day of the second moneth in the hundred threescore and eleuenth yere they entred into it with thankesgeuing and braunches of paulme trees with harpes croudes cymbales and lutes singing psalmes and songes of praise vnto God for that the great enemie of Israel was ouercome 52 And Simon ordained that the same day shoulde be kept euery yere with gladnesse 53 And made strong the hill of the temple that was beside the castle where he dwelt him selfe with his company 34 Simon also perceauing that Ihon his sonne was a mightie man of armes made him captaine of all the hoastes and caused him to dwell at Gaza The .xiiij. Chapter 1 Demetrius is ouercome of Arsaces 11 Simon being captaine there is great quietnesse in Israel 18 The couenaunt of frendship with the Romanes and with the people of Sparta is renued 1 IN the hundred threescore and twelfth yere gathered king Demetrius his hoast and departed vnto Media to get him helpe for to fight against Tryphon 2 Now when Arsaces the king of Persia and Media heard that Demetrius was entred within his borders he sent one of his princes to take him aliue and to bring him vnto him 3 So he went and slue Demetrius hoast toke him selfe brought him to Arsaces which kept him in warde 4 And all the lande of Iuda was in rest so long as Simon liued for he sought the
wealth of his people therfore were they glad to haue him for their ruler and to do him worship alway 5 Simon wan the citie of Ioppa also for an hauen towne and made it an entraunce into the Iles of the sea 6 He enlarged the borders of his people and conquered them more lande 7 He gathered vp many of their people that were prisoners he had the dominion of Gaza Bethsura and the castle which he cleansed from filthynes and there was no man that resisted him 8 So that euery man tilled his grounde in peace the lande of Iuda and the trees gaue their fruite and encrease 9 The elders sate all in iudgement and toke their deuice for the wealth of the lande the young men put on worshippe and harnesse vpon them 10 He prouided vitailes for the cities and made goodly strong holdes of them so that the fame of his worship was spoken of vnto the ende of the worlde 11 For he made peace throughout the lande and Israel was full of mirth and ioy 12 Euery man sate vnder his vine figge trees and there was no man to fraye them away 13 There was none in the lande to fight against them for then the kinges were ouercome 14 He helped those that were in aduersitie among his people he was diligent to see the lawe kept as for such as were vngodly and wicked he toke them away 15 He set vp the sanctuary and encreased the holy vessels of the temple 16 When the Romanes and Spartians had gotten worde that Ionathas was dead they were right sory 17 But when they heard that Simon his brother was made hie priest in his steade and how he had wonne the land againe with the cities in it 18 They wrote vnto him in tables of brasse to renue the frendship and bonde of loue which they had made afore with Iudas and Ionathas his brethren 19 Which writinges were read before the congregation at Hierusalem And this is the copie of the letters that the Spartians sent 20 The Senatours and citezins of Sparta send greeting vnto Simon the great priest with the elders priestes and the other people of the Iewes their brethren 21 When your Ambassadours that were sent vnto our people certified vs of your worship honour prosperous wealth we were glad of their comming 22 And haue written the ambassage in the publike recordes in this maner namely that Numenius the sonne of Antiochus and Antipater the sonne of Iason the Iewes ambassadours are come vnto vs for to renue the olde frendship with vs. 23 Vpon this the people concented that the men should be honorably intreated and that the copie of their ambassage should be written in the speciall bookes of the people for a perpetuall memorie vnto the Spartians yea and that we should send a copie of the same vnto Simon the great priest 24 After this did Simon send Numenius vnto Rome with a golden shielde of a thousand pound waight to confirme the frendship with them 25 Which when the Romanes vnderstoode they saide what thankes shall we recompence againe vnto Simon and his children 26 For he and his brethren and the house of his father hath stablished Israel and ouercommed their enemies wherefore they graunted him to be free and confirmed the libertie thereof therefore they wrote this in tables of brasse and set it vpon pillers in mount Sion 27 The copie of the writing is this The eighteenth day of the moneth Elul in the hundred threescore and twelfth yere in the third yere of Simon the hie priest 28 In the great congregation of the priestes rulers of the people and elders of the countrey at Saramel were these wordes openly declared 29 Forsomuch as there was much warre in our lande therfore Simon the sonne of Mathathias come of the children of Iarib his brethren put them selues in perill and resisted the enemies of their people that their sanctuary and lawe might be maintayned and did their people great worship 30 Ionathas in lyke maner after that he had gouerned his people and ben their hie priest dyed and lyeth buried beside his elders 31 After that would their enemies haue troden their holy thinges vnder foote destroyed their lande and vtterlie wasted their sanctuary 32 Then Simon withstoode them and fought for his people spent much of his owne money weaponed the valiaunt men of his people gaue them wages 33 Made strong the cities of Iuda with Bethsura that lyeth vpon the borders of Iurie where the ordinaunce of their enemies laye sometime and set Iewes there for to kepe it 34 He made fast Ioppa also which lyeth vpon the sea and Gaza that bordereth vpon Azotus where the enemies dwelt afore and there he set Iewes to kepe it and whatsoeuer was meete for the subduing of the aduersaries that layed he therein 35 Now when the people sawe the noble actes of Simon and what worship he purposed to do for them his godly behauour and faithfulnes which he kept vnto them and how he sought by alwayes the wealth of his people because he did all this therefore they chose him to be their prince and hie priest 36 And in his time they prospered wel by him so that the heathen were taken out of their lande and they also which were in the citie of Dauid at Hierusalem in the castle where they went out and defiled all thinges that were about the sanctuary and did great harme vnto cleanlinesse 37 And Simon put men of the Iewes in it for the defence of the land and citie and set vp the walles of Hierusalem 38 And king Demetrius confirmed him in his high priesthood 39 For these causes made him his friend and did him great worship 40 For he heard that the Romanes called the Iewes their friendes louers and brethren howe honorably they receaued Simons Ambassadours 41 Howe the Iewes and priestes concented that he should be their prince and hie priest perpetually till God raysed vp the true prophete 42 And that he shoulde be their captaine to care for the sanctuarie and to set officers vpon the workes thereof ouer the lande ouer the weapons ouer the houses of defence to make prouision for the holy thinges 43 And to be obeyed of euery man and all the writinges of the lande to be made in his name that he should be clothed in purple and golde 44 And that it should be lawfull for none of the people nor priestes to breake any of these thinges to withstand his words nor to call any congregation in the lande without him that he should be clothed in purple and weare a coller of golde 45 And if there were any which disobeyed or brake this ordinaunce that he should be punished 46 So al the people consented to alow Simon to do according to these wordes 47 Simon also him selfe toke it vpon him and was content to be the hie priest the captaine and prince of the Iewes and priestes and to gouerne them all 48
THen came Iohn vp from Gaza and tolde Simon his father what Cendebeus had done among their people 2 Vpon this called Simon two of his eldest sonnes Iudas and Iohn and saide vnto them I and my brethren and my fathers house haue euer from our youth vp vnto this day foughten against the enemies of Israel and God gaue vs good fortune to deliuer Israel ofttimes 3 And now forsomuch as I am olde and ye by gods goodnesse are of a sufficient age be ye in steade of me and my brother to go foorth and fight for our people and the helpe of God be with you 4 So he chose twentie thousand fighting men of the countrey with horsemen also whiche went foorth against Cendebeus and rested at Modin 5 In the morning they arose and went into the playne fielde and beholde a mightie great hoast came against them both of footemen and horsemen Nowe was there a water broke betwixt them 6 And Iohn remoued the hoast towarde them and when he saw that the people was afrayde to go ouer the water broke he went ouer first him selfe and the men seyng this folowed him 7 Then Iohn set his horsemen and footemen in order the one by the other for their enemies horsemē were very many 8 But when they blewe vp the priestes trumpettes Cendebeus fled with his hoast whereof many were slayne and the remnaunt gat them to their strong holdes 9 Iudas also Iohns brother was wounded at the same time and Iohn folowed still vpon the enemies till he came to Cedron which Cendebeus had builded 10 The enemies fled also vnto the towres that were in the fieldes of Azotus and those dyd Iohn burne vp with fyre Thus there were slayne two thousand men of them and Iohn turned againe peaceably into Iurie 11 And in the fielde of Iericho was Ptolomi the sonne of Abobus made captayne which because he had aboundaunce of siluer and golde 12 For he had maried the daughter of Simon the hye priest 13 Waxed proude in his minde thought to conquer the land imagining falshood against Simon and his sonnes to destroy them 14 Nowe as Simon was goyng about thorow the cities that were in the countrey of Iurie and caring for them he came downe to Iericho with Mathathias Iudas his sonnes in the hundred threescore seuenteenth yere in the eleuenth moneth called Sabat 15 Then Ptolomi the sonne of Abobus receaued them but with disceyte into a strong house of his called Dochus whiche he had buylded where he made them a banket and had hyd men there 16 So when Simon and his sonnes were mery and had drunken well Ptolomi stoode vp with his men whom he had hid there and toke their weapons entred into the banket house and slue Simon with his two sonnes and certayne of his seruauntes 17 Such great vnfaythfulnesse dyd Ptolomi in Israel and recompenced euyll for good 18 Then wrote Ptolomi these thinges sent vnto king Antiochus requiring him that he shoulde sende hym an hoast to helpe him and so should he deliuer him the lande with the cities and tributes of the same 19 He sent other men also vnto Gaza for to take Iohn and wrote vnto the captaynes to come to him and he shoulde geue them siluer gold and rewardes 20 And to Hierusalem he sent other to take it and the sanctuarie 21 Then ran there one before and tolde Iohn in Gaza that his father and his brethren were slayne howe that Ptolomi had sent to slay him also 22 When Iohn hearde this he was sore abashed and layed handes of them that were come to destroy hym and slue them for he knewe that they went about to kill hym 23 As for other thinges concerning Iohn of his warres of his noble actes wherin he behaued hym selfe manfully of the buylding of walles which he made and other of his deedes 24 They are written in the cronicles of his priesthood from the time foorth that he was made hye priest after his father ¶ The end of the first booke of the Machabees ⧠The seconde booke of the Machabees The first Chapter 1 An epistle of the Iewes that dwelt at Hierusalem sent vnto them that dwelt in Egypt wherin they exhort them to geue thankes for the death of Antiochus 19 Of the fire that was hyd in the pit 24 The prayer of Nehemias 1 THe brethren of the Iewes which be at Hierusalem in the lande of Iurie wishe vnto these brethrē of the Iewes that are thorowout Egypt health and peace 2 God be gracious vnto you and thinke vpon his couenaunt that he made with Abraham Isaac and Iacob his faythfull seruauntes 3 And geue you all such an heart that ye may loue and serue hym yea and perfourme his will with an whole heart and a willing mynde 4 He open your heartes vnto his law and in his commaundementes sende you peace 5 Heare your prayers be at one with you and neuer forsake you in time of trouble 6 Forsomuch as now we here be praying for you 7 What time as Demetrius raigned in the hundred threescore nyne yere we Iewes wrote vnto you in the trouble violence that came vnto vs In those yeres after that Iason departed out of the holy lande and kingdome 8 They brent vp the portes and shed innocent blood then made we our prayer vnto the Lorde and were hearde we offered vp sacrifices and fine floure setting foorth cakes and bread 9 And nowe come ye vnto the feast of tabernacles in the moneth Casleu 10 In the hundred fourescore and eyghtteene yere the people that was at Hierusalem and in Iurie the counsel and Iudas him selfe sent this wholsome salutation vnto Aristobulus king Ptolomies maister whiche came of the generation of the annoynted priestes and to the Iewes that were in Egypt 11 Insomuch as God hath deliuered vs from great peryls we thanke hym hyly no lesse at all then if we had vanquished the king in battell 12 For when he with those that had fought against the holy citie dyd set vpon Persia 13 For as he was in Persis namely the captayne with the great hoast he perished in the temple of Naneas beyng disceaued thorowe the deuice of Naneas priestes 14 For when Antiochus as he that should marry with her came and his friendes with him into the place to receaue by name of dowrie the money whiche the priestes of Naneas had set foorth 15 He entred with a small companie into the compasse of the temple and so they shut the temple 16 Nowe when Antiochus entred by opening the priuy entraunce of the temple the priestes stoned the captayne to death hewed them in peeces that were with him smote of their heades and threwe them out 17 In all thinges God be praysed which hath deliuered the wicked into our handes to be punished 18 Where as we are now purposed to kepe the purification of the temple vpon the twentie fiue day of the moneth Casleu we
was sore smitten and like as he had intreated other men so he died a miserable death in a straunge countrey vpon a mountayne 29 And his body dyd Philip that went with him cary away which fearing the sonne of Antiochus went into Egypt to Ptolomi Philometor The .x. Chapter 1 Iudas Machabeus taketh a citie and the temple 10 He beginneth to shewe the actes of Eupator 16 The Iewes fight against the Idumeans 24 Timotheus inuadeth Iurie with whom Iudas ioyneth battell 29 Fiue men appeare in the ayre to the helpe of the Iewes 39 Timothi is slayne 1 MAchabeus nowe and his company thorowe the helpe of the Lorde wan the temple and the citie againe 2 Destroyed the aulters and chappels that the heathen had buylded through the streetes 3 Clensed the temple made another aulter of bricke stone and after two yeres they offered sacrifices set foorth the incense the lightes and shewe bread 4 When that was done they fell downe flat vpon the grounde and besought the Lord that they might come no more into such trouble but if they sinned any more against him he him selfe to chasten them with mercie and not to come in the handes of those aliauntes and blasphemous men 5 Nowe vpon the same day that the straungers polluted the temple it happened that on the very same day it was clensed againe namely the twentie and fyfth day of the moneth called Casleu 6 They kept eyght dayes in gladnesse like as in the feast of the tabernacles remembring that not long afore they held the feast of the tabernacles vpon the mountaynes and in dennes like beastes 7 And to the same token they bare greene bowes braunches palmes and song Psalmes before hym that had geuen them good successe to clense his place 8 They agreed also together and made a statute that euery yere those dayes shoulde be solemply kept of all the people of the Iewes 9 How Antiochus then that was called the noble died it is sufficiently tolde 10 Nowe will we speake of Eupator the sonne of that wicked Antiochus howe it happened with hym and so with fewe wordes to comprehende the aduersitie that chaunced in the warres 11 When he had taken in the kingdome he made one Lysias whiche had ben captayne of the hoast in Phenices and Syria ruler ouer the matters of the realme 12 For Ptolomi that was called Macron beyng a ruler for the Iewes and specially to sit in iudgement for such wrong as was done vnto them vndertoke to deale peaceably with them 13 For the whiche cause he was accused of his friendes before Eupator and when he was suspect to be a traytour because he had left Cypres that Philometor had committed vnto him and because he departed from noble Antiochus that he was come vnto he poysoned hym selfe and died 14 Now when Gorgias was gouernour of the same places he toke straungers and vndertoke oft times to warre with the Iewes 15 Moreouer the Idumeans that helde the strong holdes receaued those that were dryuen from Hierusalem and toke in hande to warre also 16 But they that were with Machabeus besought prayed vnto the Lorde that he woulde be their helper and so they fell vpon the strong holdes of the Idumeans 17 And wan many places by strength such as came against them they slue and killed no lesse of all together then twentie thousande 18 Neuerthelesse some no lesse then nyne thousande were fled into two strong towres hauing all maner of ordinaunce to withstande them 19 Then Machabeus leauing Simon Iosephus Zacheus and those that were with them whiche were very many went to besiege them to fight where most neede was 20 Nowe they that were with Simon beyng led with couetousnesse were intreated for money thorowe certayne of those that lay in the castles toke threescore and ten thousande dragmas and let some of them escape 21 But when it was tolde Machabeus what had happened he called the captaynes of the people together accusing those persons that they had sold the brethren for money let their enemies go 22 So he slue those traytours immediatly went in hande with the two castles 23 And when they had ordred them selues manly with their weapons handes they slue in the two castles mo then twentie thousande 24 Now Timotheus whom the Iewes had ouercome afore gathered a multitude of strange people brought an hoast also of horsemen of the Asians to winne Iurie by strength 25 But when he drewe nye Machabeus and they that were with him fell to their prayer sprinkled asshes vpon their heades beyng gyrded with heery cloth about their loynes 26 Fell downe before the aulter and besought the Lord that he would be mercifull to them but an enemie vnto their enemies and to take part against their aduersaries according as it is promised in the lawe 27 So after the prayer they toke their weapons went on further from the citie when they came nye the enemies they prepared them selues against them 28 And betimes in the morning at the breake of the day both the hoastes buckled together The one part had the Lorde for their refuge which is the geuer of prosperitie strength and victorie the other had a manly stomacke which is a captayne of warre 29 The battayle nowe beyng great there appeared vnto the enemies from heauen fiue goodly men vpon horsebackes with bridels of gold leading the Iewes 30 And two of them hauing Machabeus betwixt them that kept him safe on euery side with their weapons but shot dartes and lightninges vpon the enemies where thorow they were confounded with blindnesse and so sore afrayde that they fell downe 31 There were slayne of footemen twentie thousand and fyue hundreth and sixe hundreth horsemen 32 As for Timotheus him selfe he fled vnto Gazara a very strong hold wherin Chereas was captayne 33 But Machabeus and his companie layed siege to it chearfully foure dayes 34 Now they that were within trusting to the strength of the place cursed and banned exceedingly and made great craking with wicked wordes 35 Neuerthelesse vpon the fyft day in the morning twentie yong men of Machabeus company beyng set on fire in their mindes because of the blasphemie came manfully vnto the wall and with bolde stomakes smote downe those that they mette 36 Others also clymed vp vpō the towres vndertaking to set fire vpon the portes to burne those blasphemous persons quicke with the fiers that they had made others brake open the gates and receaued the rest of the armie and toke the citie 37 Two dayes were they destroying the castle which when they founde Timotheus that was crept in a corner they killed him and slue Chereas his brother in like maner with Apollophanes 38 When this was done they song Psalmes with prayses and thankesgeuing vnto the Lorde which had done so great thinges for Israel and geuen them the victorie The .xi. Chapter 1 Lysias goeth about to
presenting vnto him a crowne of golde a paulme and an oliue tree which as men thought belonged to the temple and that day held his tongue 5 But when he had gotten oportunitie for his madnesse Demetrius called him to counsel and asked him what thinges or counsels the Iewes leaned vnto 6 He aunswered The Iewes that be called Assidei whose captaine is Iudas Machabeus maintayne warres make insurections and wyl not let the realme be in peace 7 For I being depriued of my fathers honour I meane the hie priesthood am come hyther 8 Partly because I was faithfull vnto the king and partly because I sought the profite of myne owne citezins And why all our people through the wickednesse of them are not a litle troubled 9 Wherefore I beseche thee O king consider all these thinges diligently and then make some prouision for the lande and the people according to the kindnes that thou hast offered vnto them 10 For as long as Iudas liueth it is not possible that men can lyue in peace 11 When he had spoken these wordes other friendes also hauing euill wyll at Iudas set the king Demetrius on fire against him 12 Which immediatly sent Nicanor ruler of the Elephantes a captaine into Iurie 13 Commaunding him to slay Iudas to scatter them that were with him and to make Alcimus hie priest of the great temple 14 Then the heathen which fled out of Iurie from Iudas came to Nicanor by flockes thinking the harme and decay of the Iewes to be their welfare 15 Now when the Iewes heard of Nicanors comming and the gathering together of the heathen they sprinckled them selues with earth and besought him which made them his people and euer defended his owne portion with euident to kens that he woulde preserue them still 16 So at the coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of the captaine they remoued straight wayes from thence came to a towne called Dessau 17 And Simon Iudas brother fell in hand with Nicanor but through the sodaine comming of the enemies he was afraide 18 Neuerthelesse Nicanor hearing the manlinesse of them that were with Iudas and the bolde stomakes that they had to fight for their natural countrey durst not prooue the matter with bloodshedding 19 Wherfore he sent Possidonius Theodorus and Mathathias before to geue and to take peace 20 So when they had taken long aduisement thereupon and the captaine shewed it vnto the multitude they were agreed in one minde to haue peace 21 And they appoynted a day to sit vpon these matters quietly among them selues and for euery one stooles also were brought and set foorth 22 Neuerthelesse Iudas commaunded certaine men of armes to wayt in conuenient places lest there should sodenly aryse any euill through the enemies and so they communed reasonably together 23 Nicanor while he abode at Hierusalem ordered him selfe not vnreasonably but sent away the people that were gathered together 24 He loued Iudas euer with his heart and fauoured him 25 He prayed him also to take a wyfe and to bring foorth children So he maryed liued in rest and they led a common life 26 But Alcimus perceauing the loue that was betwixt them and how they were agreed together came to Demetrius and tolde him that Nicanor had taken straunge matters in hande and ordayned Iudas an enemie of the realme to be the kinges successour 27 Then the king was sore displeased and through the wicked accusations which Alcimus made of Nicanor he was so prouoked that he wrote vnto Nicanor saying that he was very angry for the frendship and agreement which he had made with Machabeus Neuerthelesse he coÌ„maunded him in al the haste that he should take Machabeus prisoner and sent him to Antioch 28 Which letters when Nicanor had sene he was at his wittes ende and sore greeued that he shoulde breake the thinges wherein they had agreed specially seeing Machabeus was that man that neuer did him harme 29 But because he might not withstand the king he sought oportunitie to fulfill his commaundement 30 Notwithstanding when Machabeus saw that Nicanor began to be churlishe vnto him that he entreated him more roughly then he was wont he perceaued that such vnkindnesse came not of good and therefore he gathered a fewe of his men and withdrewe him selfe from Nicanor 31 Which when he knew that Machabeus had manfully preueÌ„ted him he came into the great and most holy temple and commaunded the priestes which were doing their vsuall offeringes to deliuer him the man 32 And when they sware that they could not tell where the man was whom he sought 33 He stretched out his right hande toward the temple and made an oth saying If ye wyll not deliuer me Iudas captiue I shall remoue this temple of God into the pla◠〈◊〉 I shal breake downe the aulter and consecraâ—e this temple vnto Bacchus 34 After these wordes he departed Then the priestes lyft vp their handes toward heauen and besought him that was euer the defender of their people saying â–ª 35 Thou O Lord of all which hast nede of nothing wouldest that the temple of thy habitation should be among vs 36 Therefore nowe O most holy Lorde kepe this house euer vndefiled which lately was cleansed and stop all the mouthes of the vnrighteous 37 Now was there accused vnto Nicanor one Razis an alderman of Hierusalem a louer of the whole citie a man of good reporte which for the kinde heart that he bare vnto the people was called a father of the Iewes 38 This man oft times when the Iewes were minded to kepe them selues vndefiled defended and deliuered them being content stedfastly to spend his body and his lyfe for his people 39 So Nicanor wylling to declare the hate that he bare to the Iewes sent fiue hundred men of warre to take him 40 For he thought if he â—at him he should bring the Iewes in great decay 41 Now when the peâ—ple began to rushe in at his house to breake the doores and to set fire on it he being now taken fel vpon his sword 42 Choosing rather to dye manfully then to yeelde him selfe to those wicked doers because of his noble stocke he had rather haue ben put to extreme crueltie 43 Notwithstanding what time as he missed of his stroke for haste and the multitude rushed in violently betwixt the doores he ranne boldly to the wall and cast himselfe downe manfully among the heape of them 44 Which gaue soone place to his fall so that he fell vpon his belly 45 Neuerthelesse while there was yet breath within him he was kindled in his minde while his blood gushed out exceedingly for he was very sore wounded he ranne through the middest of the people and gat him to the top of a 〈◊〉 46 So when his blood was nâ—we 〈◊〉 he toke out his owne bowels 〈…〉 his handes threw them vpon the â—ple calling vpon the Lorde 〈…〉 to rewarde him this againe 〈…〉 he dyed The .xv. Chapter 2
the hyest 39 And some of the Pharisees of the companie sayde vnto hym Maister rebuke thy disciples 40 He saide vnto them I tell you that if these holde their peace then shall the stones crye 41 And when he was come neare he behelde the citie and wept on it 42 Saying If thou haddest knowen those thynges whiche belong vnto thy peace euen in this thy day But nowe are they hyd from thyne eyes 43 For the dayes shall come vpon thee that thyne enemies also shall caste a banke about thee and compasse thee rounde and kepe thee in on euery syde 44 And make thee euen with y e grounde and thy chyldren which are in thee and they shall not leaue in thee one stone vpoÌ„ another because thou knowest not the tyme of thy visitation 45 And he went into the temple and began to cast out them that solde therin them that bought 46 Saying vnto them it is written My house is the house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of thieues 47 And he taught dayly in the temple ☜ But the hye priestes and the scribes the chiefe of the people went about to destroy hym 48 And coulde not fynde what to do For all the people stacke by hym when they hearde hym ¶ The .xx. Chapter 4 Christe stoppeth the pharisees mouthes with another question 9 he sheweth their destructioÌ„ by a parable of the vineyarde 17 Christe the stone reproued 19 the priestes seke to kyll hym 22 Tribute to be payde 25 Geue to Caesar and to God whiche to them belongeth 27 He disputeth with Saducees of the resurrection 41 Christe the sonne of Dauid 45 he describeth the scribes 1 AND it came to passe that on one of those dayes as he taught y e people in the temple preached the Gospell the hie priestes and the scribes came vpoÌ„ hym with the elders 2 And spake vnto him saying Tell vs by what aucthoritie doest thou these thynges Eyther who is he that gaue thee this aucthoritie 3 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto them I also wyll aske you one thyng aunswere me 4 The baptisme of Iohn was it from heauen or of men 5 And they reasoned within theÌ„ selues saying Yf we say from heauen he wyll say why then beleued ye hym not 6 But and yf we say of men all the people wyll stone vs For they be perswaded that Iohn is a prophete 7 And they aunswered that they coulde not tell whence it was 8 And Iesus saide vnto them Neither tell I you by what aucthoritie I do these thynges ☜ 9 Then began he to put foorth to the people this parable ☞ A certayne man planted a vineyarde and let it foorth to husbande men and went hym selfe into a straunge countrey for a great season 10 And when the time was come he sent a seruaunt to the husbande men that they shoulde geue hym of the fruite of the vineyarde And they beat hym and sent hym away emptie 11 And agayne he sent yet another seruaunt and hym they did beate and entreated hym shamefully and sent hym away emptie 12 Agayne he sent the thirde also and hym they wounded and cast hym out 13 Then said the Lord of the vineyarde What shal I do I wyl send my deare sonne it may be they wyll reuerence hym when they see hym 14 But when the husbande men sawe him they reasoned within them selues saying This is the heyre come let vs kyll hym that the inheritaunce may be ours 15 And they cast him out of the vineyard and kylled hym What shall the Lorde of the vineyarde therfore do vnto them 16 He shall come and destroye these husbande men shall let out his vineyarde to other When they hearde this they sayde God forbyd 17 And he behelde them sayde What is this then that is written The stone that the buylders refused the same is become the head of the corner 18 Whosoeuer doth stumble vppon that stone shal be broken but on whoÌ„soeuer it falleth it wyll grinde hym to powder 19 And the hye priestes the scribes the â—â—me houre went about to laye handes oâ— hym * and they feared the people For they perceaued that he had spoken this similitude agaynst them 20 And they watched hym sent foorth spyes which shoulde fayne them selues ryghteous men to take hym in his wordes and to delyuer hym vnto the power and aucthoritie of the deputie 21 And they asked him saying Maister we knowe that thou sayest and teachest ryght neither considerest thou the outwarde appearaunce of any man but â—achest the way of God truely 22 Is is lawfull for vs to geue tribute vnto Caesar or no 23 He perceaued their craftynesse saide vnto them why tempt ye me 24 Shewe me a penie whose image and superscription hath it They aunswered and sayde Caesars 25 And he sayde vnto them Geue then vnto Caesar the thynges which belong vnto Caesar and to God the thynges that perteyne vnto God 26 And they coulde not reproue his saying before the people and they marueyled at his aunswere helde their peace 27 Then came to hym certayne of the saducees which denie that there is any resurrection and they asked hym 28 Saying Maister Moyses wrote vnto vs yf any mans brother dye hauyng a wyfe and he dye without chyldren that then his brother shoulde take his wyfe rayse vp seede vnto his brother 29 There were therfore seuen brethren and the first toke a wyfe dyed without chyldren 30 And the seconde toke her and he dyed chyldlesse 31 And the thirde toke her in lykewise the residue of the seuen and left no chyldren behynde them and dyed 32 Last of all the woman dyed also 33 Nowe in the resurrection whose wife of them shall she be For 〈◊〉 her to wyfe 34 Iesus aunswered and saide vnto theÌ„ The chyldren of this worlde marrye wyues and are marryed 35 But they which shal be counted worthy to enioy that worlde and the resurrection from the dead do not marrye wyues neither are marryed 36 Nor yet can dye any more For they are equall vnto the angels and are the sonnes of God inasmuche as they are chyldren of the resurrection 37 And that the dead shall ryse agayne Moyses also sheweth besides the bushe when he calleth the Lorde the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac the God of Iacob 38 For he is not a God of dead but of lyuyng For all lyue vnto hym 39 Then certayne of the pharisees aunswered and sayde Maister thou hast well sayde 40 And after that durst they not aske him any question at all 41 And he sayde vnto them Howe saye they that Christe is Dauids sonne 42 And Dauid hym selfe sayeth in the booke of the psalmes The Lord saide to my Lord syt thou on my right hand 43 Tyll I make thine enemies thy foote-stoole 44 Dauid therfore calleth hym Lorde
for it is geuen vnto the gentiles and the holy citie shall they treade vnder foote fourtie and two monethes 3 And I wyl geue power vnto my two witnesses and they shall prophesie a thousande two hundred and threescore dayes clothed in sackcloth 4 These are two oliue trees and two candle stickes standyng before the God of the earth 5 And yf any man wyll hurt them fyre shal proceade out of their mouthes cōsume their enemies And if any man wil hurt them this wyse must he be kylled 6 These haue power to shut heauen that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesiyng and haue power ouer waters to turne them to blood and to smite the earth with all maner plagues as often as they wyll 7 And whē they haue finished their testimonie the beast that commeth out of the bottomlesse pit shall make warre against them and shal ouercome them and kyll them 8 And their bodyes shall lye in y e streates of the great citie which spiritually is called Sodome and Egypt where our Lorde was crucified 9 And they of the people and kinredes and tongues and they of the nations shall see their bodyes three dayes and an halfe shall not suffer their bodyes to be put in graues 10 And they that dwell vpon the earth shal reioyce ouer them and be glad and shall sende gyftes one to another for these two prophetes vexed them that dwelt on the earth 11 And after three dayes and an halfe the spirite of lyfe commyng from God shall enter into them And they shall stande vp vpon their feete great feare shall come vpon thē which sawe them 12 And they shall heare a great voyce from heauen saying vnto them come vp hyther And they shall ascende vp to heauen in a cloude and their enemies shall see them 13 And the same houre shall there be a great earthquake and the tenth part of the citie shall fall and in the earthquake shal be slaine names of men seuen thousande and the remnaunt shal be afraide and geue glorie to the God of heauen 14 The seconde wo is past and beholde the thirde wo wyll come anone ◠And the seuenth angell blewe there were made greate voyces in heauen saying the kyngdomes of this worlde are our Lordes and his Christes and he shall raigne for euermore 16 And the .xxiiii. elders which sit before God on their seates fel vpon their faces and worshipped God 17 Saying we geue thee thankes O Lorde God almyghtie which art and wast and art to come for thou hast receaued thy great myght hast raigned 18 And the nations were angrie and thy wrath is come and the tyme of the dead that they shoulde be iudged and that thou shouldest geue rewarde vnto thy seruauntes the prophetes and saintes and to them that feare thy name small and great and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth 19 And the temple of God was opened in heauen and there were seene in his temple the arke of his testament and there folowed lyghtninges and voyces and thundringes and earthquake and much hayle ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 There appeareth in heauen a woman clothed with the sunne 7 Michael fyghteth with the Dragon which persecuteth the woman 11 The victorie is gotten to the comfort of the faythfull 1 AND there appeared a great wonder in heauen A woman clothed with the sunne the moone vnder her feete and vpō her head a crowne of twelue starres 2 And she was with chylde and cryed trauaylyng in birth and payned redy to be delyuered 3 And there appeared another wonder in heauen for beholde a great redde dragon hauing seuen heades and tenne hornes and seuen crownes vpon his heades 4 And his tayle drue the thirde part of the starres of heauen and cast them to the earth And the dragon stoode before the woman which was redie to be deliuered for to deuoure her chylde assoone as it were borne 5 And she brought foorth a man chylde which shoulde rule all nations with a rodde of yron And her sonne was taken vp vnto God and to his throne 6 And the woman fled into wildernesse where she had a place prepared of God that they should feede her there a thousande two hundreth and threscore days 7 And there was a battayle in heauen Michael and his angels fought with the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels 8 And preuayled not neither was their place founde any more in heauen 9 And the great dragon that olde serpent called the deuyll Satanas was cast out which deceaueth all the world And he was cast into the earth and his angels were cast out with hym 10 And I hearde a loude voyce saying in heauen Nowe is made saluation strength the kingdome of our God the power of his Christ For the accuser of our brethren is cast downe which accused them before our God day nyght 11 And they ouercame hym by the blood of the Lambe and by the worde of their testimonie and they loued not their lyues vnto the death 12 Therfore reioyce heauens and ye that dwell in them Wo to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea for the deuyll is come downe vnto you which hath great wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a short tyme. 13 And when the dragon sawe that he was cast vnto the earth he persecuted the woman which brought foorth the man chylde 14 And to the woman were geuen two winges of a great Egle that she myght flee into the wildernesse into her place where she is norished for a tyme tymes and halfe a tyme from the presence of the serpent 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water after the woman as it had ben a fludde that he myght cause her to be caryed away of the fludde 16 And the earth holpe the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swalowed vp the ryuer which the dragon cast out of his mouth 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman and went and made warre with the remnaunt of her seede which kepe the commaundementes of God haue the testimonie of Iesus Christe 18 And I stoode on the sea sande The .xiij. Chapter 1.8 The beast deceaueth the reprobate 2.4.12 and is confirmed by another 17 The priuiledge of the beastes marke 1 AND I sawe a beast ryse out of the sea hauing seuen heades and ten hornes vpon his hornes ten crownes and vpon his head the name of blasphemie 2 And the beast which I sawe was like a Leoparde and his feete were as the feete of a Beare and his mouth as the mouth of a Lion And the dragon gaue hym his power and his seate and great aucthoritie 3 And I sawe one of his heades as it were wounded to death and his deadly wounde was healed And all the world wondred after the beast 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gaue power vnto the beast and they worshipped the beast saying Who is lyke
(c) Because it consisted in all godly and honest matters and for that it was confirmed of both parties by an oth in the name of the Lorde d That he were fully determined to kill thee (e) That â— the Lord punishe me most greuously “ Or Mencioned “ Hebr. Of the way because it serued as a signe to shewe the way e Vsing me as his instrument to geue â—ee warning to wake away f Yet he might haue some busines to let him (g) He calleth him the sonne of Isai by contempt and disdayne (h Thou folowest the maner of thy mother whiche neuer 〈◊〉 me An Hebrue phrase in meaning he shall surely die (k) For this was the thyrd day as it was agreed vpon (l) By these wordes spokeÌ„ to the boy he admonisheth Dauid what he shall do (m) That is his bowe and his arowes (n) In weeping a Where the arke then was to aske 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 (a) Which was a citie in the tribe of Iuda Iosu 15. f. (b) That is in the middest of Iuda muche more when we come to the borders agaynst our enemies (c So that Saul was nowe destitute of the vse of priesthod and the Ephod â–ª God by his prouidence transferring both to Dauid (d) To consult with the lorde by Vrim and Thuruim (e) To and fro as hauing no certayne place to go to (f) No power nor pollicy can preuayle against gods children but when he appoynteth the time (g) Wâ—led him to be of good corage and bold for God was on his side “ Or Of the wildernesse b That is â—e place where he â—teth In your countrey of Ziph. (k) Which was also in the tribe of Iuda Iosu 15. (l) That is the stone of diuision because there they deuided them selues (a) A citie in the tribe of Iuda Iâ— 15. “ Hebr. Of the wilde goates “ Hebr. To couer his feete “ Hebr. in the sydes He consiâ—th Gods â—nce 〈◊〉 whoer resiâ— geteth to 〈◊〉 â—elf conâ—tion 〈…〉 â— (n) As a man that had no reason to consider the daunger “ Or reuenged (o) An Ebrue phrase whereby is meant folowed her ii Reg. iii. c. (p) Which was a place bordering on the countrey of the Moâ—â—tes “ Or in Gibea “ Or the wildernesse (a) That is of the most skilfull and valiant souldiers Or bolster (b) Meaning he wold make hym so sure at one stroke that he shulde not neede to stryke hym agayne “ Heb. The sleepe of the Lorde was fallen vpon hym “ Heb. aunswerest thou not (c) Valiaunt and one that the kyng doth trust â— Reg. xx f. “ Hebr. sonnes of death i. Reg. 24. d. (d) That is let the worke that thou hast in hande be accepted before y e Lorde (e) That haue stirred thee vp against me (f) By their deedes although not in plaine words (g) Because thou fauoredst my lyfe this day (a) That is let thyne officers appoynt me a place (b) Dauid which among his frendes could haue no sure abydyng by the prouidence of God â–ª among his enemies fyndeth proteâ—tion a 〈◊〉 to dwell (c) Which were a familie of the tribe of Iuda 1. Chron. 2. b. (d) Which were the famelie of Iethro Moyses father in law (a) According to Gods commaundement Exod. xxii â— â–ª Or an excelâ—ent person (b) To his imagination 〈◊〉 it was Sathan in deede (c) Saul disobeyed â–ª â—nd regarded not his doctrine while he was 〈◊〉 But now he would 〈◊〉 of him 〈◊〉 dâ—d â–ª 〈◊〉 to â—ds word (d That is to Dauid Or ministery (e) That is you shall be dead (f) And yet had no grace to repent and turne to the Lorde 1. Reg. xiii a. (g) That is I haue put my lyfe in daunger “ By the fountaine “ Or captaynes (a) According to their bands or ensignes (b) Would not Saul receaue him to fauour if he could betraye vs. (c) That is waste conuersaunte with me “ Ebre thou art not good in the eyes of the princes (d) A phrase in meaning thou pleaseth me (e) With them that fled vnto thee from Saul â–ª (a) That is destroyed the citie (b) In their 〈◊〉 voyde of 〈◊〉 and due â—eration i. Re. xxiii b (c) When there is no â—ce left for hope and in mans reason God hath in store meanes of deâ—uâ—rauÌ„ce for such as trust in him Pro. xx b. c. (d) Vpon an oth â–ª he is content to commit his lyfe to his handes such was the reuerence of an oth among the heathen (e) They 〈…〉 perill nor consider nor the destruction that â—eth ouer their head this is the maner of the â—ed (f) Which the Amalekites had taken of others and Dauid from them beside the goodes of Ziklag (g) He rewardeth them with giftes with whom he had ben succoured in the tyme of his persecution “ Or slaine “ Or hit him Iud. ix g. (a) Neare to Gilboa (b) That is the tribes of Ruben and Gad halfe the tribe of Manasse i. Para. x. c. (c) In token of victory and tryumph (d) Ascribing vnto their idolles that which was the worke of God vsing them as a scourge to punishe his people (e) Whom he had deliuered from their enemies Cha. xi c. Iere 34. a. (f) According to the cuâ— of mourners (a) As one in â—owe lamenting as he woulde seme the ouerthrow of the people of Israel (b) As I fâ—ed in the chase “ Or â–ª Captayns (c) He was â—n Amalekite borne but renounced his countrey and ioyned with the Israelites Or Came vpon him 2. Reg 3. f. (d) By sheading of blood thou hast deserued that thy blood be shedde (e) That they might be able the defend them selues from their enemies “ Or Iasher (f) Meaning Saul (g) Let their fertile fieldes be barren and bring foorth â—te to offer to the Lorde (h) As riche garmentes and costeâ—y iewelles (i) Eyther towardes their husbaÌ„ds â–ª or their children (a) By the meanes of the high priest hauing on the Ephod as 1. Sa. 23. a. â— Sam. 5. c. (b) Where God woulde haue him to beginne to raigne (c) In the time of his perâ—ecution (d) According to his promise which is to recompence them that are mercifull (e) As Gods instrument charged to execute Gods wil by recompensing kindenesse and mercy “ Heb. Be ye the children of strength (f) The name of a place beyond Iordane bordering on the inheritaunce of Gad froÌ„ the halfe of Manaâ—le Iâ— 13. â— (g) Whiche then were xi tribes (h) Let them trie howe they can handell their weapons in our sight (i) That is his aduersaries side “ Or â–ª The fielde of strong men (k) For after the death of the young men that first tried their cunning both captaynes with their meÌ„ ioyned together in battel “ Or Spoyle (l) Why dost thou prouoke me to kill thee (m) Where the seate of the gall and lyuer which be liuely partes â— (n) Sall we not make an ende of murthering “ Or Wilderneâ— a For it endured two yeres which was
with dogges in the mornyng Euenyng prayer “ roring (a) Such as contayne the prayses of God (b) To hope for nothyng but my graue “ Myne owne alone So is the sense of maÌ„ called for that it of all thynges on the earth is only heaueÌ„lye from heauen Or as it is takeÌ„ for his lyfe which is desolate and forsaken of all “ Hande (c) An Vnicorne is a cruel perilons beasts which can not be tamed (d) Rich men shall sacrifice vnto God and eate at the Lordes table (e) Although Christe was content to dye and was put to death yet the dead shall knowledge hym to be their redeemer (f) For his people (g) God hath done no lesse then they declare Mornyng prayer (a) In doyng not good but euyll for man hath his soule to do good (b) That is kâ—ngdomes impires and magistrates For in gates princes and magistrates were wont to sit in counsell and iudgement (a) Shall haue aboundaunce of good and of felicitie “ In good (b) The misteries of our redemption “ Enlarged (a) In mine innocence (b) It was not lawful for him to touche the aulter “ In a voyce of confession for to heare “ Of the tabernacle of thy glory (c) Destroy not (d) That is I am safe and sure through thy helpe Euenyng prayer That God is my light strength and lyfe (b) Gods beautifulnes is his promises lawes ceremonies sacrifices and sacramentes (c) Made with ioy with songes and blast of trumpettes “ Soule “ Rocke “ Lest peraduenture thou holdest thy peace from me and I become “ Confesse (a) Who toke Dauids part “ Of the saluation of his annoynted (a) That is thunder (b) Mightie in operation (c) For state In great thuÌ„ders hilles seeme to be shaken (d) It is a hill called also Heruton “ Cutteth out (e) Thunder with terrible lightning (f) As God was aucthour of Noes flud to punishe the wicked so wil he haue like aucthoritie styll (g) In geuing them peace prosperitie It is thought that Dauid deliuered from a greuous sicknes did make this psalme at the dedication of his house newe buylt at Hierusalem Morning prayer (a) To God in the temple whiche is a memoriall of his holynes or where he is remembred deuoutly (b) Although God hath punished me with sicknes for a short time yet I feele his good wyl towardes me all my life long “ Shall harbour (c) Thou hadst so established my regall dignitie with all felicitie “ Confesse (d) I in all my royaltie and dignitie “ Confesse (a) Calamities wherewith he was punished for his sinne (b) Which I haue to liue (c) Liberalitie “ VVorked (d) Reproche (e) Sauing me in y e midst of mine enemies no lesse then if I had ben in a holde without dauÌ„ger of them (f) Punishyng hym for his sinne () A doctrine not of reason but of God of his Church only Euenyng prayer (a) To cloke or excuse his sinne (b) Confessing not my faultes (c) The time of finding god is when sinne is confessed pardon asked (d) No calamitie perill or daunger shal hurt him “ Counsell (a) True and permanent (b) Of his bountifull liberalitie (c) All none excepted “ Falshood that is a horse deceaueth those that looke to be saued by him (d) In the time of dearth Abimeleck (a) Whose heartes be broken and who be desolate Morning prayer “ Pit of their net (a) I with all my wyt and strength (b) I prayed for them as I woulde for mâ—ne owne selfe (c) In their aduersitie “ Halting “ Impotent or lame (d) With their tongues “ My one only that is my life whiche only they seeke “ Aha aha (e) That we desired “ Aha to our soule “ Peace (a) Or truth (b) High mountaines (c) Preseruing them in this life making them nourishing them and defending them (d) Or precious “ Fatnesse (e) In this life and after this life Euening prayer (a) Teache the trueth and liue in the way of trueth “ Iudgment “ Only for to do euill (b) Of destruction and ruine “ That is most precious of lambes “ He passed away and â—o he was not â–ª (c) The posteritie () Gods wrath against sinne Morning prayer The name of a musition 1. Chro. 16. and 25. “ VVith a moosell “ Measure “ Aâ— vanitie 〈◊〉 man â—deth “ Gather (a) Thou punishedst me with sicknesse “ Pit of noyse that is a pit wher the running water made a great noyse (a) From God “ thoughtes (c) Redy 〈◊〉 do thy wyll (b) To vnderstande thy wyll “ Roule of the booke “ Intralles (d) Let their rewarde who woulde shame me be a desolation “ Aha aha Euenyng prayer “ In the euyll day “ Soul◠〈…〉 wherâ—s 〈◊〉 â—â—â—stâ—ed my 〈◊〉 in his 〈◊〉 “ A thyng 〈◊〉 “ Man of peace “ Perfection () To be song (a) For sorowe “ CoÌ„fession “ The saluations his countenaunce “ VVith a kyllyng in my bones myne enemies “ The saluations of my countenaunce “ The â—â—â—uatiâ—â—s of my countenaunce and my Lorde () To be song Mornyng prayer (a) Our fathers (b) Our fathers “ Smite (c) Or prouerbe (a) Ophir is thought to be the Ilande in the west coast of late founde by Christopher Columbo froÌ„ whence at this day is brought most fine golde “ Confesse Greatly Heâ—râ— â–ª “ A hygh sure holde to vs. (a) Straunge thynges or desolations “ A hygh sure holde to vs Euening prayer () To be song (a) To go agaynst Hierusalem “ Tharsis (b) The villages “ Iehuda â—ale sâ—ng Aswell 〈◊〉 â—hen 〈◊〉 Adam as the children as man (a) All their doinges be â—ked who dispayre of Gods goodnesse in adâ—ersitie (b) No riche man can scape death lyue he neuer so long before he dieth (c) Man be he neuer so braue or honourable for his riches endeth this lyfe as an asse or dogge and is quickly forgotten for all his riches tolitie landes buildinges “ Loue their mouth that is shewe them selues more fooles then their fathers in that they wyll not be warned by their fathers examples foolishnesse to take a better way of lyfe (d) At the day of resurrection “ The hand of hell “ He in lyfe blessed his soule (e) Lyue voluptuously in all kynde of pleasures of this worlde (f) Man lyke a beast seeth not that al his worthynesse true honour to be of God and not of hym selfe or of the worlde To be song of Asaph Mornyng prayer (a) Dissemble any more “ Myne or with me (b) I dissembled “ Bath thaba (a) Pronounced iust “ Or when thou iudgest (b) Induyng my heart with wisdome thorowe the holy ghost â–ª “ Broken (a) To the wicked and to the godly Euenyng prayer “ Stinke That loue me taking my part (b) Whiche they haue deuised for me “ The face 〈◊〉 modest 〈◊〉 Dauid fleeing to his enemies the Philiâ—ines when he was forced to
hypocrisie which pretend to forsake wickednes and yet declare not them selues such by their fruites that is in obeying gods commaundementes and by godly lyfe Eze. xviii c. (g) When the prophete was led away captiue with Ieconiah (h) I was endued with the spirite of prophecie as Chap 8. a. (i) Whereby is signifieth that the ministers of god can not speake till God geue them courage and open their mouthes Chap. 14. d. (k) Thus the wicked thinke them selues more worthy to enioy gods promise then the lamâ—tes of God to whoÌ„ they were made would binde God to be subiect to them though they woulde not be bounde to him Leui. 17. c. (l) As they that are redy still to shed blood Eze. vii d. (m) This declareth that we ought to heare gods worde with such zeale and affection that we should not onely bought therein to heare it preached but also in al pointes obey it els we abuse the worde to our owne coÌ„demnation and make of the ministers as though they were iestes to serue mens fantasies (n) Or a song of pastime and pleasure (a) By the shepheardes he meaneth the king the magistrates priestes and prophetes (b) Ye seeke to enriche your selues by their commodities and so spoyle their riches and substaunce (c) He describeth the office and duetie of a good pastor who ought to loue and succour his flock and not to be cruel towards them (d) For lacke of good gouernment and doctrine they perishâ— By destroying the couetous hirelinges restoring true shepheardes (f) In the day of their affliction and miserie and this promise is to comforts the churche in all daungers (g) That is by putting difference betweene the good and bad so geue to eyther as they deserue (h) By good pasture and deepe waters is ment the pure worde of God â–ª and the administrâ— of iustice which theâ— did not dâ—bute to the poore 〈…〉 (i) Meaning Christe of whom Dauid was a figure as Hose 3. â— Ier. 30. b. (k) This declareth that vnder Christe the flocke should be truely deliuered from sinne and hel and so be safely preserued in the church where they should neuer perishe (l) That is the rodde that shall come out of the roote of Isai Esai xi a. “ Or clembd or hunger-staruen Esai 34. a. (a) Where the Idumeans dwelt (b) Except thou repent thy former crueltie (c) To wit to their former esâ— (d) (c) As thou hast done cruelly to sâ—e thou be cruelly handled Shewing that when God punisheth the enemies the godly ought to consider that he hath a care ouer them so praise his name and also that the wicked rage as though there were no God till they feele his hande to their destruction Eze. vi a. (a) That is the Iduinean (b) That is the hilly countreys of Iuda (c) Ye are made a matter of talke and derision to all the worlde (d) They appoynted with them selues to himselfe â–ª and therfore came with 〈◊〉 Nebuchodnozor against Hierusalem for this purpose (e) Because ye haue ben laughing stocke vnto them (f) By making a solempe oth Chap. 10. â— (g) God declareth his mercies and goodnes toward his church who stil preserueth his men whâ— he destroyeth his enemies (h) which was accomplished vnder Christe to whom al these temporall deliueraunces did direct theÌ„ (i) That is vpon the mountaines of Iuda you chaunging the number Thus the enemies imputed as the reproche of the lande â–ª which God did for the sinnes of the people adâ—ding to his misiudgementes Esai 52. a. Rom 25. d. (m) And therefore would not suffer my name to be had in contempt as the heathen would haue reproched me if I had suffered my church to perishe (n) This excludeth from men all dignitie and meane to deserue any thing by seeing that God referreth the whole to him selfe and that onely for the glory of his holy name o That is his spirite whereby he â—ormeth the â—rt and regenerateth 〈◊〉 Esai 44. ◠〈◊〉 23 g. Vnder the aboundaunce of temporall benefites he concludeth the spirituall graces (q) Ye shall come to 〈◊〉 repentaunce and thinke your selues vnworthy to be of the number of god creatures â–ª for your ingratitude against him (r) He declareth that it ought not to be referred to the soile or sâ—rtuitie of the earth that any countrey is rich aboundant but â—nely to gods mercies as hâ—s plagues curses declare when he maketh it baren (a) By this vision he prophecieth that the people of Israel shal be deliuered whom he compareth to bones of dead men for as drye bones seeme without all hope of lyâ—e againeâ— so the Israelites thought they should neuer returne into their countrey as appeareth by their wordes in the eleuenth verse Our bones are dryed and our hope is gone c. (b) He fraineth this talke to the fantasie and opinion of men that thinke the life of men when they departe is dissolued into the ayre when as in deede the spirite returneth to him that giue it to the Lorde who is the bosome of Ibraham the receptacle of the faithfull Neither ought any man to conclude here upon that the soule of man is of the nature of ayre That is wheâ— I bryng you out of these places and townes where ye are captiues which signifieth their ioyning together of the two houses of Israel and Iuda (e) This is the house of Israel Joan â— â— Esa xl b. Ier xxiii a chap 34. d â–ª Dan. ix â— a Which was a people that came of Magog the sonne of Iaphet Gen. 10. a. Magog also here signifieth a certayne countrey so that by these countreyes which had the gouernement of Grecia and Italy â—e â—eth the â—pall enemies of the church 〈…〉 b The Persians Ethiopians men of Ephrica Gomer was Iapheâ—s sâ—nne and Togarma the sonne of Gomer and are thought to be they that Inhibite in Asia minor (d) That is to molest destroy the churche (e) Meaning Israel whiche had now ben destroyed and was not yet buylt againe declaring hereby also the simplicitie of the godly who take not so much to fortifie them selues by outwarde force as to depend on the prouidence and goodnesse of God One enemie shal enuse another because euery one shall thinke to haue the spoyle of the people of the people of God Shalt not thou espie thine occasioÌ„s to come against the church when they suspect nothing (h) Meaning in the last age and from the comming of Christ vnto the end of the world Signifying that god wil be sanctified by mayntâ—ining his church destroying his enemies as chap. 36 c. and 37 d. Hereby he declareth that none afflictioÌ„s can come to the church wherof they haue not ben aduersited afore time to teach them to endure all thinges with more patience when they know that God hath so ordeyned (l) Al meanes wherby man should thinke to saue him selfe shal sayle the afflictions in those dayes shal be so great and the enemies destruction
And he offered a burnt sacrifice 19 And assoone as he had made an ende of offering the burnt sacrifice beholde Samuel came and Saul went against him to salute him 11 And Samuel sayde What hast thou done Saul sayde Because I sawe that the people skattered from me and that thou camest not within the dayes appointed and that the Philistines gathered them selues together to Michmas 12 Therfore sayde I The Philistines shal come downe nowe vpon me to Gilgal and I haue not made supplication vnto the Lord I was bolde therfore offred a burnt offring 13 And Samuel sayd to Saul Thou art become a foole thou hast not kept the commaundemēt of the Lord thy God which he commaūded thee For at this time woulde the Lorde haue stablished thy kingdome vpon Israel for euer 14 But nowe thy kingdome shal not continue The Lorde hath sought him a man after his owne heart and the Lord hath commaunded him to be captayne ouer his people because thou hast not kept that whiche the Lorde commaunded thee 15 And Samuel arose gate him vp from Gilgal in Gibea of Beniamin and Saul numbred the people that were found with him and they were about a sixe hundred men 16 And Saul and Ionathan his sonne the people that were found with them had their abiding in Gibea of Beniamin but y e Philistines pitched in Michmas 17 And there came out of the hoast of the Philistines three cōpanies to destroye one companie turned vnto the way that leadeth to Ophra vnto y e lande of Sual 18 And another companie turned the way to Bethoron And the thirde companie turned to the way of the coast that is seene aboue y e valley of Zeboim toward the wildernesse 19 There was no smith founde throughout all the lande of Israel For the Philistines sayde Lest the Hebrues make them swordes or speares 20 But all the Israelites went downe to the Philistines to mende euery man his share his mattocke his axe weeding hooke 21 Yet they had a file for the shares for the mattockes for the pickforkes and for the axes and for to sharpen to goades 22 And so in time of battel there was neither sword nor speare found in the handes of any of the people that were with Saul and Ionathan But with Saul Ionathan his sonne was there found 23 And the garison of the Philistines came out to go ouer vnto Michmas The .xiiii. Chapter 14 Ionathan and his harnesse bearer put the Philistines to flight 24 Saul bindeth the people by an othe not to eate till euening 32 The people eate with the blood 38 Saul would put Ionathan to death 45 The people deliuer him 1 THen on a time Ionathan the sonne of Saul sayde vnto his young man that bare his harnesse Come let vs go ouer to the Philistines garison that are yonder on the other syde and he tolde not his father 2 And Saul taried in the vttermost part of Gibea vnder a pomegranate tree which is in Migron and the people that were with him were vpō a sixe hundred men 3 And Ahia the sonne of Ahitob Ichabods brother the sonne of Phinehes the sonne of Eli was the Lordes priest in Silo and ware an Ephod And the people wist not that Ionathan was gone 4 And in the middes of the passage by which Ionathan sought to go ouer vnto the Philistines garison there was a sharpe rocke on the one syde a sharpe rocke on the other syde the one called Bozez and the other Sene. 5 The forefront of the one leaned northwarde towarde Michmas the other was southward toward Gibea 6 And Ionathan sayd to the young man that bare his harnesse Come and let vs go ouer vnto the garison of these vncircumcised it may be that the Lorde will worke with vs for it is no hardnesse with the Lord to saue either in manie or in fewe 7 And his harnesse bearer said vnto him Do all that is in thyne heart Go where it pleaseth thee behold I am with thee as thyne heart lusteth 8 Then sayd Ionathan Beholde we go ouer vnto these men and shall shewe our selues vnto them 9 Yf they say on this wyse to vs Tarie vntil we come to you then we wil stand still in our place not go vp vnto them 10 But and if they say Come vp vnto vs then we wil go vp for the Lorde hath deliuered them into our handes And this shal be a signe vnto vs. 11 And they both shewed them selues vnto the garison of the Philistines And the Philistines sayde See the Hebrues come out of the holes where they had hyd them selues in 12 And the men of the garison aunswered Ionathan his harnesse bearer sayd Come vp to vs and we will shewe you a thing And Ionathan sayde vnto his harnesse bearer Come vp after me for the Lorde hath deliuered them into the hande of Israel 13 And Ionathan clymed vp vpon handes and feete and his harnesse bearer after him And they fell before Ionathan his harnesse bearer slue the after him 14 And that first slaughter whiche Ionathan his harnesse bearer made was vpon a twentie men within the compasse as it were about an halfe aker of land which two oxen plowe 15 And there was a feare in the hoast in the field among al y e people insomuch that they that were gone out of the garrison to robbe were afrayde also the earth trembled for the feare that was sent of God 16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibea Beniamin sawe And behold the multitude were discomfited were smitten as they went 17 Then sayd Saul vnto the people that was with him Searche and see who is gone away from vs. And when they had numbred beholde Ionathan and his harnesse bearer were not there 18 And Saul sayd vnto Ahia Bring hyther the arke of God For the arke of God was at time with the children of Israel 19 And while Saul talked vnto y e priest the noyse that was in the hoaste of the Philistines spred farther abrode and encreased And Saul sayd vnto the priest Withdrawe thyne hande 20 And Saul ioyned him selfe vnto al the people that were with him they came to the battell and behold euery mans sword was against his felow and there was a very great discomfiture 21 Moreouer the Hebrues that were with the Philistines before that tyme were come with them into all partes of the hoaste turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Ionathan 22 And all the men of Israel also whiche had hyd thē selues in mount Ephraim assoone as they hearde howe that the Philistines were fled they folowed after them in the battel 23 And so the Lorde saued Israel that day and the battel continued vnto Bethauen 24 And when the men of Israel were kepte downe with hunger that day Saul charged the people with an oth saying
6 Neuerthelesse lo thou requirest trueth in the inwarde partes of me therfore thou wylt make me learne wisdome in the secrete part of myne heart 7 Purge thou me with hyssop and I shal be cleane washe thou me and I shal be whyter then snowe 8 Make thou me to heare some ioy and gladnesse let the bones reioyce which thou hast broken 9 Turne thy face from my sinnes and wype out all my misdeedes 10 Make thou vnto me a cleane heart O Lorde and renue thou a ryght spirite within me 11 Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirite from me 12 Geue me agayne the comfort of thy saluation and confirme me with a free wyllyng spirite 13 Then wyll I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee 14 Deliuer me from blood O Lorde the Lorde of my saluation and my tongue shall sing with a ioyfull noyse of thy iustice 15 O Lorde open thou my lippes and my mouth shall set foorth thy prayse 16 For thou desirest no sacrifice els I would geue it thee thou delightest not in a burnt offering 17 Sacrifices for God is a mortified spirite O Lorde thou wylt not despise a mortified and an humble heart 18 Be thou beneficiall vnto Sion according to thy gracious good wyll buylde thou the walles of Hierusalem 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousnes with burnt offeringes and oblations then wyll they offer young bullockes vpon thyne aulter The argument of the .lij. psalme ¶ Dauid inueyeth against Doeg and describeth his and all other mischeuous mens natures and doynges which the godly perusing be more incited to put their whole confidence in God and to prayse God ¶ To the chiefe musition a wyse instruction of Dauid when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul and tolde him saying Dauid is come to the house of Achimelek 1. Sam. 21. 1 WHy boastest thy self thou tiraunt of mischiefe the goodnes of God dayly endureth 2 Thy tongue imagineth wickednes and deceaueth like a sharpe raser 3 Thou hast loued vngratiousnes more then goodnes and to talke of falshood more then of righteousnes Selah 4 Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that may do hurt O thou deceiptfull tongue 5 Therfore the Lord wyll destroy thee for euer he wyll take thee and plucke thee out of thy dwelling and roote thee out of the lande of the liuing Selah 6 The righteous also shall see this and they wyll be afraide and laugh hym to scorne 7 Saying lo this is the man that put not the Lorde to be his strength but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches and strengthed him selfe in his wickednesse 8 As for me I am lyke a greene oliue tree in the house of the Lorde my trust is in the tender mercy of the Lorde for euer and euer 9 I will alway confesse it vnto thee for that thou hast done it and I wyll hope in thy name for it is good in the sight of thy saintes The argument of the .liii. psalme ¶ Dauid declareth the originall roote with the fruites and punishment of the wicked how they oppresse cruelly the people of God whom neuerthelesse God by his prouidence defendeth and wyll deliuer from the bloodie handes of the wicked whose vngodlynes he detesteth alwayes ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Mahalah a wise instruction of Dauid 1 THe foole hath sayde in his heart there is no God they haue corrupted them selues haue made their wickednes abhominable he is not that doeth good 2 The Lorde looked downe from heauen vpon the chyldren of men to see if there were any that did vnderstand and seeke after the Lorde 3 But they dyd all go out of the way they dyd altogether become abhomible there was also none that would do good no not one 4 Wyll not the workers of iniquitie vnderstande eating vp my people as if they eated bread that they do not call vpon God 5 They shal be greatly there afraide where no cause of feare is for the Lord wyll breake the bones of hym that besiegeth thee thou wylt put them to shame because the Lorde hath despised them 6 Who is he that wyll geue saluation vnto Israel out of Sion when the Lord wyll reduce his people out of captiuitie Iacob wyll reioyce and Israel wyll be glad The argument of the .liiii. psalme ¶ Dauid brought into marueylous daunger through the treason of Ziphims who were counterfayted Israelites calleth earnestly vpon God from whom receauing succour he thanketh him with a free heart acknowledging the benefite ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Neginoth a wyse instruction of Dauid when the Zaphims came and sayd vnto Saul hath not Dauid hyd him selfe amongst vs 1. Sam. 23. .26 1 SAue me O Lorde for thy name sake iudge me accordyng to thy mightie power 2 Heare my prayer O Lord and hearken vnto the wordes of my mouth 3 For straungers are rysen vp against me and tirauntes whiche haue not the Lorde before their eyes seeke after my soule Selah 4 Behold God is an ayde vnto me the Lorde is with them that vpholde my soule 5 He wyll rewarde euyll vnto mine enemies destroy thou them according to thy trueth 6 I wyll sacrifice vnto thee with a true wyllyng heart I wyll confesse thy name O God because it is good 7 For he hath deliuered me out of all my trouble and mine eye hath seene auengaunce vpon mine enemies The argument of the .lv. psalme ¶ Dauid desireth God to heare his prayers he declareth his griefes and afflictions he wisheth auengment of his enemies who pretending frendship and familiaritie craftyly seeketh his dishonour Finally he sheweth what comfort he hath taken in that God wyll helpe him and destroy his aduersaries ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Neginoth a wise instruction of Dauid 1 O Lorde geue eare vnto my prayer and hide not thy selfe from my petition 2 Take heede vnto me and heare me I can not choose but mourne in my prayer and make a noyse 3 Deliuer me from the voyce of the enemie and from the present affliction of the wicked for they are minded to do me mischiefe and are set malitiously against me 4 My heart trembleth within me and the feare of death is fallen vpon me 5 Fearefulnes and trembling are come vpon me and an horrible dread hath ouerwhelmed me 6 And I sayde O that I had wynges like a doue for then woulde I flee away and be at rest 7 Lo then woulde I fleeing get me away farre of and remayne in the wyldernesse Selah 8 Then woulde I make hast to escape from the stormie wynde and from the tempest 9 Destroy their tongues O Lorde and deuide them for I haue seene oppression and strife in the citie 10 They do compasse it day and night within the walles mischiefe also and labour are in the midst of it 11 Malice is in the midst of it disceipt and guyle go
captiuitie it was for their wickednesse sake because they offended me for the which cause I hyd my face from them deliuered them into the handes of their enemies that they might all be slayne with the sworde 24 According to their vncleanesse according to their transgressions haue I done vnto them hid my face frō them 25 Therefore thus sayth the Lorde God Nowe will I bring againe the captiues of Iacob and haue mercie vpon the whole house of Israel and be ielous for my holy names sake 26 After that they haue borne their shame and all their transgression wherby they haue transgressed against me when they dwelt safely in their lande and no man to feare them 27 And when I haue brought them againe from among the people when I haue gathered them together out of their enemies landes and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations 28 Then shall they knowe that I am the Lorde their God which caused them to be led into captiuitie among the heathen but haue gathered them againe into their owne land and not left one of them any more there 29 After that wil I hyde my face no more from them but will powre out my spirite vpon the house of Israel sayth the Lorde God The .xl. Chapter 1 The restoring of the cities and of the temple that was to come is shewed vnto the prophete 1 IN the fyue and twentie yere of our captiuitie in the beginning of the yere the tenth day of the moneth that is the fourtenth yere after the citie was smitten the selfe same day came the hand of the Lorde vpon me brought me thyther 2 Euen into the land of Israel brought he me in the visions of god set me downe vpon a marueylous hye mountayne wherevpon there was as it had ben the buylding of a citie towarde the south 3 Thyther he caried me and behold there was a man whose similitude was like brasse whiche had a twisted line of flax in his hand and a cane to measure with and he stoode in the doore 4 And that man sayde vnto me Thou sonne of man marke well with thyne eyes hearken to with thyne eares and fasten it in thy heart whatsoeuer I shal shewe thee for to the intent that they might be shewed thee therfore art thou brought hyther and whatsoeuer thou seest thou shalt certifie the house of Israel therof 5 Behold there was a wall on the outside of the house rounde about the cane to measure with that he had in his hande was sixe cubites long by the cubite a hande breadth So he measured the breadth of the building with one cane and the heyght with one cane 6 Then came he to the gate which loketh toward the east and went vp the staires therof and measured the post of the gate one cane broade and the other post of the gate one cane broade 7 And euery chamber was one cane long and one cane broade and betweene the chambers were fiue cubites and the post of the gate by the porche of the gate within was one cane 8 He measured also the porche of the gate within one cane 9 Then measured he the porche of the gate eyght cubites the pentises therof two cubites and the porche of the gate was inwarde 10 And the chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side three on that side they three were of one measure the pentises had one measure on this side and one measure on that side 11 After this he measured the breadth of the entrie of the gate ten cubites and the heyght of the gate thirteene cubites 12 The space also before the chambers was one cubite on this side and the space one cubite on that side the chambers sixe cubites on this side and sixe cubites on that side 13 He measured the gate from the roofe of a chamber to his owne roofe the breadth of fiue and twentie cubites doore against doore 14 He made frontes also of threescore cubites euen vnto the front of the court rounde about the gate 15 And from the forefront of the entrie of the gate vnto the forefront of the gate within were fiftie cubites 16 And there were narowe windowes in the chambers and in the frontes within the gate rounde about so in the arches and the windowes went rounde about within and vpon the frontes were paulme trees 17 Then brought he me into the outward court where as were chambers and a pauement made for the court rounde about thirtie chambers were vpon the pauement 18 And the pauement was by the side of the gates ouer against the length of the gates and the pauement was beneath 19 Then he measured the breadth frō the forefront of the lower gate without vnto the forefront of the court within a hundreth cubites eastwarde and northwarde 20 And the gate in the outward court that loked toward the north measured he after the length and breadth therof 21 And the chambers therof were three on this side and three on that side and the frontes therof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate the length thereof was fiftie cubites and the breadth fiue and twentie cubites 22 And their windowes and their arches with their paulme trees were after the measure of the gate that loketh toward the east and the goyng vp vnto it had seuen steppes and the arches thereof were before them 23 And the gate of the inner court stoode ouer against the gate towarde the north and toward the east and he measured from gate to gate a hundreth cubites 24 After that he brought me towarde the south where there stoode a gate towarde the south and he measured the frontes therof and the arches therof according to those measures 25 And there were windowes in it and in the arches therof round about like these windowes the length was fiftie cubites the breadth fiue and twentie cubites 26 And there were seuen steppes at the goyng vp to it and the arches therof before them it had paulme trees one on this side and an other on that side vpon the front therof 27 And there was a gate in the inner court towarde the south and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubites 28 So he brought me into the inner court thorowe the south gate and he measured the south gate according to those measures 29 And the chambers thereof the frontes therof and the arches thereof according to these measures and wyndowes in it and in the arches thereof round about fiftie cubites long and fiue and twentie cubites broade 30 And the arches round about were fiue and twentie cubites long and fiue cubites broade 31 And the arches therof were toward the vtter court and paulme trees vpon the frontes therof the goyng vp to it had eyght steppes 32 He brought me also into the inmost