vnderstonde it not And in them is fulfilled y e prophecie of Esay which sayeth Ye shal heare in dede and shal not vnderstonde and with seinge eyes shal ye se and not perceaue For y e hert of this people is waxed grosse their eares are thick of hearīge their eyes haue they closed lest they shulde once se w t y e eyes heare w t the eares vnderstōde w t the hert turne that I might heale them But blessed are youre eyes for they se youre eares for they heare Verely I saye vnto you Many prophetes righteous men haue desyred to se y e thinges that ye se and haue not sene thē and to heare the thinges that ye heare and haue not herde thē Heare ye therfore the parable of the sower Whan one heareth y e worde of the kyngdome and vnderstondeth it not the euell man cōmeth and plucketh it awaye that is sowne in his hert this is he y t is sowne by the waye syde But he y t is sowne in the stonye grounde is this whā one heareth the worde anone with ioye receaueth it neuertheles he hath no rote ī him but endureth for a season whā trouble persecucion aryseth because of the worde immediatly he his offended As for him that is sowne amonge y e thornes this is he Whā one heareth the worde the carefulnes of this worlde the disceatfulnes of riches choke the worde so he becōmeth vnfrutefull But he y t is sowne in the good grounde is this whan one heareth the worde and vnderstondeth it and bringeth forth frute and some geueth an hūdreth folde some sixtie folde and some thirtie folde Another parable put he forth vnto thē sayde The kyngdome of heauē is like vnto a man y t sowed good sede in his felde But whyle mē slepte there came an enemye and sowed tares amonge y e wheate wente his waye Now whā the blade was sprōge vp brought forth frute thē y e tares appeared also Then came the seruaūtes to y e housholder sayde vnto him Syr sowdest not thou good sede in y e felde Frō whēce thē hath it tares He sayde vnto thē that hath the enemye done Thē sayde y e seruaūtes wilt thou then y t we go wede thē out He sayde No lest whyle ye wede out y e tares ye plucke vp the wheate also w t thē Let thē both growe together tyll the haruest and in tyme of haruest I wil saye vnto the reapers Gather y e tares first bynde thē in sheeues to be brēt but gather the wheate in to my barne Another parable put he forth vnto thē and sayde The kyngdome of heauen is like vnto a grane of mustarde sede which a man toke and sowed it in his felde Which is the leest amonge all sedes But whan it is growne it is the greatest amonge herbes and is a tre so that the byrdes vnder the heauen come and dwell in the braunches of it Another parable spake he vnto thē The kyngdome of heauē is like vnto leuē which a woman toke and myxte it amonge thre peckes of meele tyll all was leuended All soch thinges spake Iesus vnto y e people by parables without parables spake he nothinge vnto thē y t the thinge might be fulfilled which was spokē by y e prophet sayenge I wil open my mouth in parables and wil speake out the secretes from the begynnynge of the worlde Then sent Iesus the people awaye and came home And his disciples came vnto hī and sayde Declare vnto us y e parable of y e tares of y e felde Iesus answered and sayde vnto them He that soweth the good sede is the sonne of man the felde is the worlde y e good sede are the childrē of the kyngdome The tares are the children of wickednes y e enemye that soweth thē is the deuell y e haruest is the ende of the worlde y e reapers are y e angels For like as y e tares are weded out and brent in the fyre euē so shal it go in y e ende of this worlde The sonne of man shal sende forth his angels they shal gather out of his kingdome all thinges y t offende thē y t do iniquyte shal cast thē in to a fornace of fyre there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth Thē shal the righteous shyne as the Sonne in the kyngdome of their father Who so hath eares to heare let him heare Agayne the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a treasure hyd in the felde which a mā founde and hid it and for ioye therof he wēte solde all y t he had and bought y t felde Agayne the kyngdome of heauen is like vnto a marchaūt y t sought good pearles whā he had founde a precious pearle he wēte and solde all that he had bought it Agayne y e kyngdome of heauē is like vnto a nett cast in to y e see wherwith are takē all maner of fyshes whā it is ful mē drawe it out vnto y e shore sytt gather y e good ī to the vessels but cast the bad awaye So shal it be also in y e ende of y e worlde The angels shal go out seuer the bad frō the righteous shal cast thē in to a fornace of fyre there shal be waylinge gnaszhinge of teth And Iesus sayde vnto them Haue ye vnderstōde all these thinges They sayde Yee LORDE Then sayde he vnto thē Therfore euery scribe taught vnto y e kingdome of heauen is like an houszholder which bryngeth out of his treasure thinges new and olde And it came to passe whā Iesus had ended these parables he departed thence and came into his owne coūtre and taught thē in their synagoges in so moch that they were astonnyed and sayde Whēce cōmeth soch wyszdome power vnto him Is not this the carpēters sonne Is not his mother called Mary and his brethrē Iames Ioses and Symon and Iude And are not all his sisters here with us Whence hath he thē all these thinges And they were offended at him But Iesus sayde vnto thē A prophet is nowhere lesse sett by thē at home amonge his owne And he dyd not many miracles there because of their vnbeleue The XIIII Chapter AT that tyme Herode y e Tetrarcha herde of y e fame of Iesu sayde vnto his seruaūtes This is Ihō y e baptist He is rysen agayne frō the deed therfore are his dedes so mightie For Herode had takē Ihō bounde hī put him in preson for Herodias sake his brothers Philips wife For Ihon sayde vnto him It is not laufull for y t to haue her And fayne wolde he haue put him to death but he feared the people because they helde him for a Prophet But whan Herode helde his byrth
and fled And whyle she made haist and fled he fell and was lame And his name was Mephiboseth Then wente the sonnes of Rimon y e Berothite Rehob Baena came to the house of Iszboseth in the heate of the daye he laye vpoÌ„ his bed at the noone daie And they came in to the house to fetch wheate thrust him in the bely gat them awaye For whaÌ„ they came in to y e house he laye vpoÌ„ his bed in his chamber they stickte him to death smote of his heade and toke his heade and departed by the waye of the playne felde all that nighte and broughte the heade of Isboseth to Dauid vnto Hebron and sayde vnto the kynge Beholde there is the heade of Iszboseth the sonne of Saul thine enemye which layed wayte for thy soule This daye hath the LORDE auenged my lorde the kynge of Saul and his sede Then answered Dauid vnto Rehob and Baena his brother y e sonnes of Rimon y e Berothite sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth which hath deliuered my soule out of all trouble I toke him y t brought me worde and sayde Saul is deed and he thoughte he had bene a good messaunger and at Siclag I put him to death vnto whom I shulde haue geuen a rewarde for his message And these vngodly personnes haue slayne a righteous man in his owne house vpon his bed Yee shulde not I requyre his bloude of youre handes and take you awaye from y e earth And Dauid commaunded his yonge men which slewe them and smote of their handes and fete and hanged them vp by y e pole at Hebron But the heade of Iszboseth toke they and buried it in Abners graue at Hebron The V. Chapter ANd all the trybes of Israel came to Dauid vnto Hebron and sayde Beholde we are thy bone and thy flesh And afore tyme whaÌ„ Saul was kynge ouer vs thou leddest Israel out and in So the LORDE hath sayde Thou shalt kepe my people of Israel and shalt be the duke ouer Israel And all the Elders in Israel came to y e kynge vnto Hebron And kynge Dauid made a couenaunt with them at Hebron before y e LORDE And they anoynted Dauid to be kynge ouer Israel Thyrtie yeare olde was Dauid whan he was made kynge and reigned fortye yeares At Hebron raigned he seueÌ„ yeares and sixe monethes ouer Iuda but at Ierusalem he reigned thre and thirtie yeares ouer all Israel and Iuda And the kynge wente with his men to Ierusalem agaynst the Iebusites which dwelt in the londe Neuertheles they sayde vnto Dauid Thou shalt not come hither but the blynde and lame shal dryue y t awaie They thoughte planely that Dauid shulde not come in Howbeit Dauid wanne the castell of Sion which is the cite of Dauid Then sayde Dauid the same daye Who so euer smyteth the Iebusites and optayneth the perquellies the lame the blynde which Iebusites Dauids soule hateth Herof coÌ„meth the prouerbe Let no blynde neâ—â—ame come in to the house So Dauid dwelt in y e castell and called it the cite of Dauid And Dauid builded rouÌ„de aboute fro Millo and within And Dauid grewe the LORDE the God Zebaoth was with him And Hiram the kynge of Tyre sent messaungers vn to Dauid and Ceder trees for walles and Carpenters and Masons to builde Dauid an house And Dauid knewe that the LORDE had confyrmed him kynge ouer Israel and exalted his kingdome for his people of Israels sake And Dauid toke yet mo wyues and concubynes at Ierusalem after he was come from Hebron and there were yet mo sonnes doughters borne vnto him And these are the names of them that were borne vnto him at Ierusalem Samma Sobab Nathan Salomon Iebehar Elisua Nepheg Iaphia Elisama Eliada Eliphalet And whan the Philistines herde that Dauid was anoynted kinge ouer Israel they weÌ„te vp all to seke Dauid Whan Dauid perceaued that he weÌ„te downe in to a castell But the Philistynas came and scatered them selues beneth in the valley of Rephaim And Dauid axed at the LORDE and sayde Shal I go vp agaynst the Philistynes and wylt thou delyuer them in to my hande The LORDE sayde vnto Dauid Go vp I wyll delyuer the Philistynes in to thy hande And Dauid came vnto Baal Prazim and smote theÌ„ there and sayde The LORDE hath deuyded myne enemies euen as the waters parte asunder therfore is the same place called Baal Prazim And they lefte their ymages there but Dauid and his men caried theÌ„ awaye Neuerthelesse the Philistynes wente vp agayne and scatered them selues beneth in the valley of Rephaim And Dauid axed at the LORDE The LORDE sayde Thou shalt go vp but compase them behinde that thou mayest be vpon them ouer agaynst the Peertrees and whan thou hearest vpon the toppe of the Peertrees the sounde of the goinge be bolde for then is the LORDE gone forth before the to smyte the hoost of the Philistines Dauid dyd as the LORDE commaunded him and smote the Philistynes from Geba tyll thou commest vnto Gaser The VI. Chapter ANd Dauid gathered agayne all the yonge chosen men in Israel euen thre thousande and gat him vp and wente with all the people that was with him of the 〈◊〉 of Iuda to fetch vp the Arke of God from thence whose name is The name of the LORDE Zebaoth dwelleth theron betwene the Cherubins And they caused the arke of God to be caried vpoÌ„ a new cart and fetched it out of y e house of Abinadab which dwelt at Gibea Vsa and Ahio the sonnes of Abinadab droue y e new cart And whan they broughte it with the Arke from the house of Abinadab which dwelt at Gibea Ahio wente before the Arke and Dauid and all the house of Israel played before the LORDE with all maner of instrumentes of Pine tre with harpes and Psalteries and tabrettes and belles and Cymbals And whan they came to the barne floore of Nahon Vsa stretched out his hande and helde the Arke of God for the oxen weÌ„te out asyde Then waxed the wrath of the LORDE fearce agaynst Vsa and God smote him there because of his presumpcioÌ„ so thâ—â— he dyed there besyde the Arke of God Thâ—â— was Dauid sory because the LORDE had made soch a rente vpon Vsa and he called the same place Perez Vsa vnto this daye And Dauid feared the LORDE the same daie and sayde How shall the Arke of the LORDE come vnto me And he wolde not let it be broughte to him in to the cite of Dauid but caused it be brought in to y e house of Obed Edom the Gathite And whan the Arke of the LORDE had contynued thre monethes in the house of Obed Edom the Gathite the LORDE blessed him and all his house And it was tolde kynge Dauid that the LORDE had blessed the house of Obed EdoÌ„ and all that he had because of the Arke of God Then wente he
people euen the frute of their owne ymaginacions For they haue not bene obedient vnto my wordes and to my lawe but abhorred them Wherfore bringe ye me incense from Saba swete smellinge Calamus from farre countrees You re burnt offeringes displease me and I reioyse not in youre sacrifices And therfore thus saieth the LORDE beholde I will make this people fall and there shal fall from amonge them the father w t the children one neghboure shal perish with another Morouer thus saieth y e LORDE Beholde there shal come a people from the North a greate people shal arise from y e endes of y e earth w t bowes w t dartes shal they be weapened It is a rough fearce people an vnmerciful people their voyce roareth like the see they ride vpō horses wel apointed to y e batell agaynst the o doughter Sion Then shal this crie be herde Oure armes are feble heuynes and sorow is come vpon vs as vpon a woman trauelinge with childe Noman go forth in to the felde no man come vpon the hie strete for the swearde and feare of the enemie shal be on euery side Wherfore gyrde a sack cloth aboute the o thou doughter of my people sprynkle thy self with aszshes mourne and wepe bitterly as vpon thy only beloued sonne For the destroyer shal sodenly fall vpon vs. The haue I set for a prouer of my harde people to seke out and to trye their wayes For they are all vnfaithful and fallen awaye they hange vpon shameful lucre they are clene brasse and yron for they hurte and destroye euery man The bellous are brent in the fyre the leade is consumed the melter melteth in vayne for the euel is not taken awaye from them Therfore shal they be called naughty syluer because the LORDE hath cast them out The VII Chapter THese are the wordes that God spake vnto Ieremy Stonde vnder the gates of the LORDES house and crie out these wordes there with a loude voyce and saye Heare the worde of the LORDE all ye of Iuda that go in at this dore to honoure the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Amende youre wayes and youre councels and I wil let you dwell in this place Trust not in false lyenge wordes sayenge here is the temple of the LORDE here is the temple of the LORDE here is the temple of the LORDE For yf ye will amende youre waies and councels yf ye wil iudge right betwixte a man and his neghboure yf ye wil not oppresse the straunger the fatherles the wyddowe yf ye will not shed innocent bloude in this place yf ye wil not cleue to straūge goddes to youre owne destruction then wil I let you dwell in this place yee in the londe that I gaue afore tyme vnto youre fathers for euer But take hede yee trust in councels that begyle you and do you no good For when ye haue stollē murthured committed aduoutrie and periury Whē ye haue offred vnto Baal folowinge straunge vnknowne goddes Then come ye and stonde before me in this house which hath my name geuen vnto it and saye Tush we are absolued quyte though we haue done all these abhominacions What thinke you this house that beareth my name is a denne of theues And these thinges are not done priuely but before myne eyes saieth the LORDE Go to my place in Silo where vnto I gaue my name afore tyme and loke well what I dyd to the same place for the wickednes of my people of Israel And now though ye haue done all these dede◠saieth the LORDE and I my self rose vp euer by tymes to warne you and to comon with you yet wolde ye not heare me I called ye wolde not answere And therfore euen as I haue done vnto Silo so wil I do to this house that my name is geuen vnto and that ye put youre trust in yee vnto the place that I haue geuen to you and youre fathers And I shal thrust you out of my sight as I haue cast out all youre brethren the whole sede of Ephraim Therfore thou shalt not praye for this people thou shalt nether geue thākes nor byd prayer for them thou shalt make no intercession to me for them for in no wise will I heare the. Seist thou not what they do in the cities of Iuda and without Ierusalem The children gather stickes the fathers kyndle the fyre the mothers kneade the dowe to bake cakes for the quene of heauen They poure out drink offringes vnto straūge goddes to prouoke me vnto wrath How be it they hurte not me saieth the LORDE but rather confounde and shame them selues And therfore thus saieth the LORDE God beholde my wrath and my indignacion shal be poured out vpon this place vpon men and catell vpō the trees in the felde and all frute of the londe it shal burne so that no man maye quench it Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Ye heape vp youre burntoffringes with youre sacrifices eate y e flesh But when I brought youre fathers out of Egipte I spake no worde vnto them of burnt offringes and sacrifices but this I commaunded them sayenge herken and obeye my voyce and I shal be youre God and ye shal be my people so that ye walke in all the wayes which I haue cōmaunded you that ye maye prospere But they were not obedient they inclyned not their eares there vnto but went after their owne ymagynacions and after the mocions of their owne wicked herte and so turned them selues awaye and conuerted not vnto me And this haue they done from the tyme that youre fathers came out of Egipte vnto this daye Neuertheles I sent vnto them my seruauntes all the prophetes I rose vp early and sent them worde yet wolde they not herkē ner offre me their eares but were obstinate and worse then their fathers And thou shalt now speake all these wordes vnto them but they shal not heare the thou shalt crie vpon them but they shal not answere the. Therfore shalt thou saye vnto them this is the people that nether heareth the voyce of the LORDE their God ner receaueth his correction Faithfulnes treuth is clene rooted out of their mouth Wherfore cut of thine hayre and cast it awaye take vp a complaynte in the whole londe for the LORDE shal cast awaye and scatre the people y t he is displeased withall For the children of Iuda haue done euell in my sight saieth the LORDE They haue set vp their abhominacions in the house y t hath my name and haue defyled it They haue also buylded an aulter at Tophet which is in the valley of y e childrē of Ennō y t they might burne their sonnes and doughters which I neuer cōmaunded them nether came it euer in my thought And therfore beholde the dayes shal come saieth the
the kinge of Iuda tell him The LORDE sendeth the this worde Beholde I will delyuer this cite in to the hoÌ„de of the kinge of Babilon he shal burne it and thou shalt not escape his hondes but shalt be led awaye presoner and delyuered into his power Thou shalt loke the kinge of Babilon in the face and he shal speake with the mouth to mouth and then shalt thou go to Babilon Yet heare the worde of the LORDE o Sedechias thou kinge of Iuda Thus saieth the LORDE vnto the Thou shalt not be slayne with the swearde but shalt die in peace Like as y e fore fathers the kinges thy progenitours were brente so shalt thou be brente also in the mournynge they shal saye oh lorde For thus haue I determed saieth the LORDE Then spake Ieremy the prophet all these wordes vnto Sedechias kinge of Iuda in Ierusalem what tyme as the kinge of Babilons hooste beseged Ierusalem and the remnaunt of the cities Namely Lachis Azecha which yet remayned of the stronge defensed cities of Iuda These are the wordes that the LORDE spake vnto Ieremy the prophet when Sedechias was agreed with all the people at Ierusalem that there shulde be proclamed a liberte so that euery man shulde let fre go his seruaunt and handemayde Hebrue Hebruesse no Iewe to holde his brother as a bonde man Now as they had consented euen so they were obedient let them go fre But afterwarde they repented toke agayne the seruauntes and handemaydens whom they had letten go fre and so made them bonde agayne For the which cause the worde of the LORDE came vnto Ieremy from the LORDE him self sayenge Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel I made a couenaunt with youre fathers when I brought them out of Egipte that they shulde no more be bondmen sayenge When seuen yeares are out euery man shal let go fre his bought seruaunte an Hebrue yf he haue serued him sixe yeares But yo r fathers obeied me not herkened not vnto me As for you ye were now turned dyd right before me in y t ye proclamed euery maÌ„ to let his neghboure go fre in y t ye made a couenaunt before me in the temple that beareth my name But yet ye haue turned youre selues agayne and blasphemed my name In this y t euery man hath requyred his seruaunt and handâ—mayden agayne whom ye had letten go quyte and fre and compelled them to serue you agayne and to be youre bonde men And therfore thus saieth the LORDE Ye haue not obeyed me euery man to proclame fredome vnto his brother and neghbo r wherfore I will call you vnto a fredome saieth the LORDE euen vnto the swearde to the pestilence and to honger and will make you to be plaged in all the kyngdomes of the earth Yee those men that haue brokeÌ„ my couenaunt and not kepte the wordes of the apoyntmeÌ„t which they made before me when they hewed the calfe in two when there wente thorow the two halfes therof The prynces of Iuda the prynces of Ierusalem the gelded men the prestes and all the people of the londe which weÌ„te thorow the two sydes of the calfe Those men wil I geue in to the power of their enemies and in to the hondes of them that folowe vpon their lyues And their deed bodies shall be meate for the foules of the ayre and beestes of the felde As for Sedechias the kinge of Iuda his prynces I will delyuer them in to the power of their enemies and of them that desyre to slaye them and in to the honde of the kynge of Babilons hooste which now is departed from you But thorow my commaundement saieth the LORDE they shal come agayne before this cite they shall fight agaynst it wynne it and burne it Morouer I will laye the cities of Iuda so waist that no man shall dwell therin The XXXV Chapter THe wordes which the LORDE spake vnto Ieremy in the reigne of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda are these Go vnto y e house of the Rechabites call them out bringe theÌ„ to y e house of the LORDE in to some commodious place and geue them wyne to drynke Then toke I Iasanias the sonne of Ieremy the sonne of Habazania and his brethreÌ„ and all his sonnes and the whole housholde off the Rechabites and brought them to the house off the LORDE in to the closet of the children off Hanan the sonne off Igdalia the man off God which was by the closet off the prynces that is aboue the closet of Maasia the sonne of Sellum which is the chefe off the tresury And before the sonnes of the kynred of the Rechabites I set pottes full of wyne and cuppes and sayde vnto them drynke wyne But they sayde we drynke no wyne For Ionadab the sonne of Rechab oure father commaunded vs sayenge Ye and youre sonnes shall neuer drynke wyne buylde no houses sowe no sede plante no vynes yee ye shall haue no vynyardes but for all youre tyme ye shall dwell inteÌ„tes y t ye maye lyue loÌ„ge in the loÌ„de wherin ye be strauÌ„gers Thus haue we obeyed the coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of Ionadab y e sonne of Rechab oure father in all y t he hath charged vs and so we drynke no wyne all oure lyue longe we oure wyues o r sonnes oure doughters Nether buylde we eny house to dwell therin we haue also amonge vs nether vynyardes ner corne loÌ„de to sowe but we dwell in tentes we obeye do acordinge vnto all that Ionadab oure father commaunded vs. But now y t Nabuchodonosor the kinge of BabiloÌ„ came vp in to the loÌ„de we sayde come let vs go to IerusaleÌ„ y t we maye escape the hooste of the Caldees aÌ„d the AssiriaÌ„s so we dwell now at IerusaleÌ„ Then came y e worde of the LORDE vnto Ieremy sayenge Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Go tell whole Iuda all the inhabitours of IerusaleÌ„ Wyll ye not be refourmed to obeye my wordes saieth the LORDE The wordes which Ionadab the sonne off Rechab coÌ„maunded his sonnes y t they shulde drynke no wyne are fast surely kepte for vnto this daye they drynke no wyâ—e but obeye their fathers coÌ„maundement But as for me I haue stoÌ„de vp early I haue spokeÌ„ vnto you geuen you earnest warnynge yet haue ye not bene obedieÌ„t vnto me Yee I haue sent my seruauÌ„tes all the prophetes vnto you I rose vp early sent you worde sayenge O turne you euery man from his wicked waye ameÌ„de yo r lyues go not after strauÌ„ge goddes to worshippe theÌ„ y t ye maye coÌ„tinue in the loÌ„de which I haue geuen vnto you and youre fathers but ye wolde nether heare me ner folowe me The childreÌ„ of Ionadab Rachabs sonne haue stedfastly kepte their fathers coÌ„mauÌ„dement y t he gaue them but this people is not obedient vnto me And
felde Yee vnto BabiloÌ„ shalt thou go there shalt thou be delyuered and there the LORDE shal lowse the from the honde off thine enemies Now also are there many people gathered together agaynst the sayenge what Sion is cursed we shall se oure lust vpon her But they knowe not the thoughtes off the LORDE they vnderstonde not his councell that shall gather them together as the sheeues in the barne Therfore get the vp o thou doughter Sion and throsshe out the corne For I wil make thy horne yron and thy clawes brasse that thou mayest grynde many people their goodes shalt thou appropriate vnto the LORDE and their substaunce vnto the ruler off the whole worlde The V. Chapter AFter that shalt thou be robbed thy selff o thou robbers doughter they shal laye sege agaynst vs and smyte the iudge off Israel with a rodde vpon the cheke And thou Bethleem Ephrata art litle amonge the thousandes off Iuda Out off the shal come one vnto me which shall be y e gouernoure iÌ„ Israel whose outgoinge hath bene from the begynnynge and from euerlastinge In the meane whyle he plageth them for a season vntill the tyme that she which shall beare haue borne then shall the remnaunt of his brethren be conuerted vnto y e children of Israel He shal stonde fast and geue fode in the strength of the LORDE and in the victory of the name of y e LORDE his God and when they be conuerted he shall be magnified vnto the farthest partes of the worlde Then shal there be peace so that the Assirian maye come in to oure londe and treade in oure houses We shall brynge vp seuen shepherdes and viij prynces vpoÌ„ them these shal subdue the londe of Assur w t the swerde and the londe of Nymrod with their naked weapens Thus shal he delyuer vs from the AssiriaÌ„ when he commeth within oure lande and setteth his fote within oure borders And the remnaunt of Iacob shal be amonge the multitude of people as the dew of the LORDE and as the droppes vpon the grasse that tarieth for no man and waiteth of no body Yee the residue of Iacob shal be amonge the Gentiles and the multitude off people as the lyon amonge the beestes of y e wodde and as the lyons whelpe amonge a flocke of shepe which when he goeth thorow treadeth downe teareth in peces and there is no man that can helpe Thyne honde shal be lift vp vpon thine enemies and all thine aduersaries shal perish The tyme shal come also sayeth the LORDE that I wil take thine horses from the destroye thy charettes I will breake downe the cities off thy londe and ouerthrowÌ„e all thy stronge holdes All witchcraftes will I rote out of thyne hande there shall no mo soythsayenges be within the. Thine Idols and thyne ymages will I destroye out of y t so that thou shalt nomore bowe thy self vnto the workes of thyne owne hondes Thy groues wil I plucke vp by the rotes breake downe thy cities Thus will I be aueÌ„ged also vpon all Heithen that will not heare The VI Chapter HErken now what the LORDE sayeth Vp reproue the mountaynes and let the hilles heare thy voyce O Heare the punyshment of the LORDE ye mountaynes and ye mightie foundacioÌ„s of y e earth for the LORDE wil reproue his people aÌ„d reason with Israel O my people what haue I done vnto the or wherin haue I hurte the geue me answere Because I brought the froÌ„ the londe of Egipte and delyuered the out of the house of bondage Because I made Moses Aaron and Miriam to lede the Remembre o my people what Balach the kynge of Moab had ymagined agaynst the aÌ„d what answere that Balaam the sonne of Be or gaue him from Sethim vnto Galgal y t ye maye knowe the louynge kyndnesses of y e LORDE What acceptable thynge shal I offre vnto the LORDE shall I bowe mykne to the hye God Shal I come before him w t brent offeringes and with calues of a yeare olde Hath the LORDE a pleasure in many thousand rammes or innumerable streames of oyle Or shal I geue my firstborne for myne of fences and the frute of my body for the synne of my soule I wil shewe the O maÌ„ what is good and what the LORDE requyreth off the Namely to do right to haue pleasure in louynge kyndnesse to be lowly and to walke with thy God that thou mayest be called a cite of the LORDE that thy name maye be rightuousnesse Heare o ye trybes who wolde els geue you soch warnynge Shulde I not be displeased for the vnrightuous good in the houses of the wicked and because the measure is minished Or shâ—lde I iusâ—fie the false balaunces and the bagge of disceatfull weightes amonge those that be full off riches vnrightuously gotten where the citesyns deale with falsede speake lyes and haue disceatfull tunges in their mouthes Therfore I will take in honde to punysh the and to make the desolate because of thy synnes Thou shalt eate not haue ynough yee thou shalt bringe thy self downe Thou shalt fle but not escape aÌ„d those y t thou woldest saue wil I delyuer to the swerde Thou shalt sowe but not reape thou shalt presse out olyues but oyle shalt thou not haue to anoynte thy self withall thou shalt treade out swete must but shalt drynke no wyne Ye kepe the ordinaunces of Amri all the customes of the house of Achab ye folowe their pleasures therfore wil I make the waist cause y e inhabiters to be abhorred O my people thus shalt thou beare thine owne shame The VII Chapter WO is me I am become as one that goeth a gleenynge in the haruest There are no mo grapes to eate yet wolde I fayne with all my herte haue of the best frute There is not a godlyman vpoÌ„ earth there is not one rightuous amoÌ„ge meÌ„ They laboure all to shed bloude euery maÌ„ hunteth his brother to death yet they saye they do well when they do euell As the prince wil so sayeth the iudge y t he maye do him a pleasure agayne The greate maÌ„ speaketh what his herte desyreth y e hearers alowe him The best off theÌ„ is but as a thistle and the most rightuous of them is but as a bâ—ere in the hedge But when the daye of thy preachers commeth y t thâ—u shalt be vysited theÌ„ shal they be waisted awaye Let no man beleue his frende ner put his confideÌ„ce in a prince Kepe the porte of thy mouth from her y t lieth in thy bosome for y e sonne shal put his father to dishonoure the doughter shal ryse agaynst her mother y e doughter in lawe agaynst hir mother in lawe and a mans foes shal be euen they of his owne housholde Neuerthelesse I wil loke vp vnto y e LORDE I wil paciently abyde God my sauioure my God shal heare me
vnto to be frely separated for soch as do sacrifice in Ierusalē both concernynge the paymētes which the kynge toke yearly afore tyme y e frutes also of the earth trees As for other tithes tributes y t belonged vnto vs we discharge thē therof from this tyme forth In like maner we graūte vnto thē all the customes of salt and crowne taxes which were brought vnto vs. And this fredome shal they haue firme stedfast frō this tyme forth for euermore Therfore se y t ye make a copy of these o r letters and delyuer it vnto Ionathas that it maye be kepte vpon y e holy mount in a cōuenient place After this when Demetrius the kynge sawe that his londe was in rest and that no resistaunce was made him he sent awaye all his hoost euery man to his owne place excepte an armye of straungers whom he brought from the Iles of the Heithen wherfore all his fathers hoost had euell wyll at him Now was there one Triphon that had bene of Alexanders parte afore which when he sawe that all the hoost murmured agaynst Demetrius he wente to Emalcuel the Arabian that brought vp Antiochus the sonne of Alexander and laye sore vpon him to delyuer him this yonge Antiochus that he might raigne in his fathers steade He tolde him also what greate euell Demetrius had done how his mē of warre loued him not so remayned there a lōge season And Ionathas sent vnto kynge Demetrius to dryue them out which were in the castell at Ierusalem and in the other refugies for they dyd Israel greate harme So Demetrius sent worde vnto Ionathas sayenge I wil not only do these thinges for the and thy people but at tyme conueniēt I wil do both the thy people greate worshipe But now thou shalt do me a pleasure yf thou wilt sende me men to helpe me for all myne armye is gone fro me So Ionathas sent him iij. M. stronge men vnto Antioche and they came vnto the kynge wherfore the kynge was very glad at their commynge But they that were of the cite euen an Cxx. thousande mē gathered them together wolde haue slayne the kynge which fled in to his courte the citesyns kepte the stretes of the cite and beganne to fight Then the kynge called for the Iewes helpe which came vnto him all together wente abrode thorow the cite and slewe the same daye an C.M. men set fyre vpon the cite gat many spoyles in that daye and delyuered y e kynge So when the citesyns sawe that the Iewes had gotten their wyll of the cite and they them selues dispoynted of their purpose they made their supplicacion vnto the kynge sayēge Graunte vs peace and let the Iewes ceasse from troublinge vs and the cite and vpon this they cast awaye their weapens Thus they made peace and y e Iewes gat greate worshipe in the sight of the kynge and in the sight of all that were in his realme and were spoken of thorow out the kyngdome and so they came agayne to Ierusalem with greate goodes So the kynge Demetrius sat in the trone of his kyngdome and had peace in his lōde Neuertheles he dyssembled in all that euer he spake with drewe himself from Ionathas nether rewarded him acordinge to the benefites which he had done for him but troubled him very sore After this came Triphon agayne with yonge Antiochus which raigned was crowned kynge Then there gathered vnto him all y e men of warre whō Demetrius had put awaye these fought agaynst Demetrius which fled turned his backe So Triphon toke the Elephantes wanne Antioche And yōge Antiochus wrote vnto Ionathas sayenge I confirme the in thy presthode make y e ruler of iiij countrees y t thou mayest be a frende of y e kinges Vpon this he sent him golden vessel to be serued in and gaue him leue to drynke in golde to be clothed in purple and to weere a colar of golde He made his brother Symon also captayne from the coostes of Tyrus vnto the borders of Egipte Then Ionathas toke his iourney wente thorow y e cities beyōde the water of Iordane and all the men of warre of Syria gathered thē vnto him for to helpe him So he came vnto Ascalon and they of the cite receaued him honorably from thence wente he vnto Gaza but they wolde not let him in wherfore he layed sege vnto it burnynge vp and spoylinge the places that were aboute the cite And the citesyns of Gaza submytted thēselues vnto Ionathas which made peace with them but toke of their sonnes to pledge sent thē to Ierusalē wente thorow the countre vnto Damascus Now when Ionathas herde that Demetrius princes were come in to Cades which is in Galile◠with a greate hoost purposinge to put Demetrius out from medlinge in the realme he came agaynst them and lefte Symon his brother in the londe which came to Bethsura and layed sege to it a longe season and discomfited them So they desyred to haue peace w t him which he graunted them afterwarde put them out from thence toke the cite and set mē to kepe it And Ionathas with his hoost came to the water of Genesar by tymes in the mornynge gat them to the playne felde of Azor. And beholde the hoostes of the Heithen met thē in the felde layed watch for thē in the mountaynes so y t when Ionathas came agaynst thē the other which were layed to watch rose out of their places fought they that were of Ionathas syde fled euery man there was not one of thē lefte excepte Matathias the sonne of Absalomus and Iudas the sonne of Calphi the captayne of the hoost Thē Ionathas rente his clothes layed earth vpō his heade made his prayer turned againe to thē in y e felde where they fought together and he put them to flight Now when his owne mē y t were fled sawe this they turned agayne vnto him helped him to folowe vpon all their enemies vnto their tentes at Cades So there were slayne of the Heithen the same daye iij. M. men Ionathas turned agayne to Ierusalem The XII Chapter IOnathas seynge that y e tyme was mete for him chose certayne men and sent them vnto Rome for to stablish to renue the frendshipe w t thē He sent lettres also vnto Sparta and to other places in like maner So they wēte vnto Rome and entred in to y e councell sayde Ionathas y e hye prest the people of y e Iewes sent vs vnto you for to renue y e olde frēdshipe bonde of loue Vpō this y e Romaynes gaue thē fre pasportes y t mē shulde lede thē home in to y e lōde of Iuda peaceably And this is y e copy of the lettres that Ionathas wrote vnto the Sparcians Ionathas y e hye prest w t y e elders prestes the other people of y e Iewes sende