borne And they sayde vnto hym at Bethleem in Iury. For thus it is written by the Prophet And thou Bethleem in the londe of Iury art not the leest amonge the Princes of Iuda For out of y e shall come vnto me the captayne that shall gouerne my people Israel Then Herod preuely called the wyse men and dyligently enquyred of them what tyme the starre appered and sent them to Bethleem sainge Go and searche dyligently for the chylde And when ye haue founde hym bringe me worde agayne that I maye come and worshippe hym also When they had heard the kynge they departed and lo the starre which they sawe in the east went before them tyll it came and stode ouer the place where the chylde was When they sawe the starre they were maruelously glad and went into the house and found the chylde with Mary his mother and kneled downe and worshipped hym opened ther treasures and offred vnto hym gyftes gold franckynsence and myrre And after they were warned of God in a dreame that they shuld not go ageine to Herod they returned into their awne countre another waye When they were departed beholde the angell of the LORDE appered to Ioseph in a dreame sayinge aryse and take the chylde â–ª and his mother and flye into Egypte and abyde there tyll I brynge the worde For He rod wyl seke the chylde to destroye hym TheÌ„ he arose and toke the chylde and his mother by night and departed into Egypte and was there vnto y e deeth of Herod that the thinge might be fulfylled which was spokeÌ„ of the LORDE by the Prophet which sayeth out of Egypte haue I called my sonne Then Herod perceauynge y t he was disceaued of the wyse men was excedynge wroth and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem and in all the coastes there of as many as were two yere olde and vnder accordynge to the tyme which he had diligently searched out of the wyse men Then was y t fulfilled which was spoken by y e Prophet Ieremy sayinge On y e hilles was a voyce herde greate mournynge wepynge lamentacion Rachel wepynge for her chyldren and wolde not be conforted because they were not When Herode was deed beholde an angell of the LORDE appered in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypte sayinge arise and take the chylde and his mother go into y e londe of Israel For they are deed which sought the chyldes life And he arose vp and toke y e chylde and his mother came into the londe of Israel But wheÌ„ he herde that Archelaus did raygne in Iury in y e rowme of his father Herode he was afrayde to go thither Notwithstondinge after he was warned of God in a dreame he turned asyde into the parties of Galile and went and dwelt in a cite called Nazareth to fulfill y t which was spoken by the Prophetes he shal be called a Nazarite The III. Chapter IN those dayes Ihon the Baptyst came and preached in the wildernes of Iury saynge AmeÌ„de youre selues the kyngdome of heuen is at honde This is he of whom it is spokeÌ„ by y e Prophet Esay which sayeth The voyce of a cryer in y e wyldernes prepare the LORDES waye and make his pathes straight This Ihon had his garment of camels heer and a lethreÌ„ gerdell aboute his loynes Hys meate was locustes and wylde hony Then went out to hym Ierusalem and all Iury and all the region rounde aboute Iordan and were baptised of him in Iordan coÌ„fessynge their synnes Now when he sawe many of the Pharises and of y e Saduces come to hys baptim he sayde vnto them ye generacioÌ„ of vipers who hath certified you that ye shal escape y e vengeaunce to come Bewarre brynge forth due frutes of pennaunce Thinke not now to saye in your selues we haue Abraham to oure father For I saye vnto you that God is able of these stones to rayse vp chyldren vnto Abraham Euen now is the axe put vnto y e rote of the trees therfore euery tre which bringeth not forth good frute shal be heweÌ„ downe and cast into the fyre I baptise you with water to repentaunce but he that coÌ„meth after me is myghtier theÌ„ I whose shues I am not worthy to beare He shall baptise you with y e holy goost w t fyre which hath also his fan in his hond and will pourge his floore and gadre the wheet into his garner will burne y e chaffe with vnquencheable fyre Then came Iesus from Galile to Iordan vnto Ihon to be baptised of hym But IhoÌ„ forbade hym saynge I haue nede to be baptysed of the and commest thou to me Iesus answered sayd vnto hym Let it be so now For thus it becommeth vs to fulfyll all righteousnes Then he suffred hym And Iesus assone as he was baptised came straight out of the water And lo heueÌ„ was opeÌ„ ouer hym and Ihon sawe the spirite of God descende lyke a doue and lyght vpon hym And lo there came a voyce froÌ„ heueÌ„ sayng Thys ys that my beloued sonne in whom is my delyte The IIII. Chapter THen was Iesus ledd awaye of the spirite in to wildernes to be tempted of the deuyll And when he had fasted fourtye dayes and fourtye nightes he was afterward an hungred And the teÌ„pter came to him and sayde yf thou be the sonne of God commaunde that these stones be made breed He answered sayde yt is wrytteÌ„ Man shall not lyue by bred onlye but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God Then the deuyll toke hym vp into the holy cite and set hym on a pynacle of the temple and sayde vnto hym yf thou be y e sonne of God cast thy sylfe downe For it is wrytten he shall geue his angels charge ouer the and with their handes they shal holde the vp that thouâ—dashe not thy fote agaynst a stone And Iesus sayde vnto hym it ys wrytten also Thou shalt not tempte thy LORDE God Agayne the deuyll toke hym vp and led hym into an excedynge hye mountayne and shewed hym all the kyngdomes of the worlde and all the glorie of them and sayde vnto hym all these wil I geue the yf thou wilt fall downe and worship me Then sayde Iesus vnto hym Auoyde SataÌ„ For it ys wrytteÌ„ thou shalt worshyp the LORDE thy God and hym onely shalt thou serue Then the deuell left hym and beholde the angels came and ministred vnto hym When Iesus had herde that Ihon was taken he departed into Galile and left Nazareth and went and dwelt in Capernaum which is a cite apon the see in the coostes of zabulon and Neptalim y t the thinge might be fulfilled whiche was spoken by Esay the Prophet sayinge The londe of zabulon and Neptalim the waye of the see beyonde Iordan and Galile of the Gentyls the people which sat in darknes
their frutes Do men gather grapes of thornes or figges of thistles Euen so euery good tree bryngeth forth good frute But a corrupte tree bryngeth forth euyl frute A good tree can not bryng forth bad frute nother can a rotten tre bringe forth good frute Euery tre that bryngeth not forth good frute shal be hewen downe and cast into the fyre Wherfore by their frutes ye shall knowe them Not all they that saye vnto me LORDE LORDE shall enter in to the kyngdome of heauen but he that doth the will of my father which ys in heauen Many shall saye to me in that daye LORDE LORDE haue we not prophecied in thy name Haue we not cast out deuyls in thy name Haue we not done many greate dedes in thy name And then will I knowlege vnto them I neuer knewe you Departe fro me ye workers of iniquite Whosoeuer therfore heareth of me these sayinges and doeth the same I wyll lyckeÌ„ hym vnto a wyse man which buylthys house vpon a rocke Now whan abundaunce of rayne descended and the wyndes blewe and bet vpon that same house it fel not because it was grounded on the rocke And who soeuer heareth of me these sayinges doth theÌ„ not shal be lyckened vnto a folysh maÌ„ which buylt his housse apon the sonde Now whan abuÌ„daunce of rayne desceÌ„ded the wyndes blewe bet vpon y t housse it fâ—ll and great was the fall of it And it came to passe that when Iesus had ended these saynges the people were astonnyed at hys doctryne For he taught them as one hauynge power and not as the Scribes The VIII Chapter WHen he was come downe from the mountayne moch people folowed him And lo there came a leper and worsheped him sayinge LORDE yf thou wylt thou canst make me cleane And Iesus put forth hys honde touched him sayinge I wyl be thou cleane immediatly his leprosie was clensed And Iesus sayde vnto hym Se thou tell no maÌ„ but go and shew thy selfe to the preste and offer the gyfte that Moses coÌ„maunded in witnes to them When Iesus was entred into Capernaum there came vnto him a Captayne besought hym sayinge Syr my seruaunt lyeth sicke at home of the palsye and ys greuously payned Iesus sayd vnto hym I wil come heale him The Captayne answered and sayde Syr I am nor worthy that thou shuldest come vnder my rofe but speake the worde only and my seruaunt shal be healed For I myselfe also am a maÌ„ subiect to y e auctorite of another haue sowdiers vnder me Yet whaÌ„ I saye to one go he goeth and to another come he commeth to my seruaunt do this he doeth it When Iesus hearde that he marueled and sayde to them that folowed hym Verely I say vnto you I haue not founde so greate fayth no not iÌ„ Israel But I say vnto you Many shall come from the east and west and shall rest with Abraham Isaac and Iacob in the kyngdome of heauen and the chyldren of the kyngdome shal be cast out in to vtter darcknes there shal be wepinge gnaszhing of teth And Iesus sayd vnto y e Captayne go thy waye and as thou beleuest so be it vnto the. And his seruaunt was healed the same houre And Iesus went in to Peters housse and sawe hys wyues mother lyinge sicke of a feuer so he touched her hande and the feuer left hir and she arose and ministred vnto them When the euen was come they brought vnto him many that were possessed with deuylls And he cast out y e spirites with a worde healed all that were sicke that y e thinge might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esay the Prophet sayinge He toke on him oure infirmities and bare oure sâ—â—â—â—neses WheÌ„ Iesus sawe moch people about him he commaunded to go ouer the water And there came a scribe and sayde vnto hym master I wyll folowe the whyther so euer thou goest And Iesus sayde vnto him the foxes haue holes and the byrddes of the ayer haue nestes but y e sonne of maÌ„ hath not wheron to rest his heede Another that was one of his disciples sayde vnto hym Syr geue me leue fyrst to go burye my father But Iesus sayde vnto him folowe thou me and let the deed burie their deed And he entred in to a shyppe his disciples folowed him And beholde there arose a greate tempest in the see in so moch that the shippe was couered with wawes he was a slepe And his disciples came vnto him and awoke hym sayinge LORDE saue vs we perishe And he sayde vnto them why are ye fearfull o ye of lytell faithe Then he arose and rebuked the wyndes and the see there folowed a greate calme And the men marueyled and sayde what maÌ„ is this that both wyndes and see obey hym And when he was come to y e other syde into the countre of the Gergesites there met him two possessed of deuyls which came out of the graues and were out of measure fearce so that no man myght go by that waye And beholde they cryed out sayinge Oh Iesu thou sonne of God what haue we to do w t the Art thou come hyther to tormeÌ„t vs before the tyme be come And there was a good waye of from them a greate heerd of swyne fedinge Then the deuyles besought him sayinge yf thou cast vs out suffre vs to go oure waye in to the heerd of swyne And he sayde vnto them go youre wayes Then went they out and departed in to the heerd of swyne And beholde y e whoale heerd of swyne was caryed with violeÌ„ce headlinge in to the see and perished in the water TheÌ„ the heerdmen fled and wente their ways in to the cyte and tolde euery thinge what had fortuned vnto the possessed of the deuyls And beholde all the cyte came out and met Iesus And when they sawe hym they besought hym for to departe out of their coostes The ix Chapter THen entred he into a shipp and passed ouer and came in to his awne cite And lo they brought vnto him a man sicke of y e palsie lyinge in his bed And when Iesus sawe the faith of theÌ„ he sayde to the sicke of y e palsie my sonne be of good cheare thy sinnes are forgeueÌ„ the. And beholde certeyne of the scribes sayde in them selues this man blasphemeth But when Iesus sawe their thoughtes he sayde wherfore thinke ye euill in youre hertes Whether ys it easier to saye thy synnes be forgeueÌ„ y e or to saie arise and walke But that ye maye knowe that the sonne of man hath power to forgeue sinnes in earth theÌ„ sayde he vnto the sicke of y e palsye arise take vp thy bed and go home And he arose and wente home When y e people sawe it they marueyled glorified God which had geueÌ„ soch
for vnto you this daye is borne y e Sauioure euē Christ y e LORDE in the cite of Dauid And take this for a token Ye shal fynde the babe swadled and layed in a maunger And straight waye there was by the angell a multitude of heauenly hoostes which praysed God and sayde Glory be vnto God an hye peace vpon earth and vnto men a good wyll And it fortuned whā the angels were gone from thē in to heauē the shepherdes sayde one to another let vs go now euen vnto Bethleem and se this thinge that is happened which y e LORDE hath shewed vnto vs. And they came w t haist founde both Mary and Ioseph the babe layed in y e maunger And whan they had sene it they published abrode the sayenge y t was tolde thē of this childe And all they that herde it wondred at the wordes which the shepherdes had tolde them But Mary kepte all these sayenges and pondred them in hir hert And the shepherdes returned praysinge and laudinge God for all that they had herde and sene euen as it was tolde them And whan eight dayes were ended that the childe shulde be circumcysed his name was called Iesus which was named of y e angell before he was conceaued in his mothers wombe And whā the dayes of their purificacion after the lawe of Moses were come they brought him to Ierusalē that they might present him vnto the LORDE As it is wrytten in the lawe of the LORDE Euery māchilde that first openeth the Matrix shal be called holy vnto y e LORDE and that they might geue the offerynge as it is wryttē in the lawe of the LORDE namely a payre of turtle doues or two yonge pigeons And beholde there was a man at Ierusalē whose name was Symeon and the same mā was iust and feared God and lōged for the consolacion of Israel and the holy goost was in him And an answere was geuē him of the holy goost that he shulde not se death before he had sene y e LORDES Christ. And he came by inspiracion into the tēple And whan the elders brought the childe Iesus into the temple to do for him after y e custome of the lawe then toke he him vp in his armes and praysed God and sayde LORDE now lettest thou thy seruaūt departe in peace acordinge to thy promesse For myne eyes haue sene thy Sauioure whō thou hast prepared before all people A light for the lightenynge of the Heythē for the prayse of y e people of Israel And his father and mother marueyled at the thinges that were spokē of him And Symeon blessed them and sayde vnto Mary his mother Beholde this childe shal be set to a fall and to an vprysinge agayne of many in Israel and for a token which shal be spokē agaynst And the swerde shal pearse thy soule that the thoughtes of many hertes maye be opened And there was a prophetisse one Anna the doughter of Phanuel of the trybe of Aser which was of a greate age and had lyued seuen yeares with hir huszbāde from hir virginite had now bene a wedowe aboute foure score foure yeares which came neuer frō the tēple seruynge God w t fastynge and prayenge daye and night the same came forth also the same houre and praysed the LORDE and spake of him vnto all that loked for the redempcion at Ierusalem And whan they had perfourmed all acordinge to the lawe of the LORDE thy returned īto Galile to their owne cite Nazareth And the childe grewe and wexed stronge in sprete full of wyszdome the grace of God was with him And his elders wente to Ierusalem euery yeare at the feast of Easter And whan he was twolue yeare olde they wente vp to Ierusalem after the custome of the feast And whan they had fulfilled the dayes and were gone home agayne the childe Iesus abode styll at Ierusalem And his elders knewe it not but thought he had bene in the company and they came a dayes iourney and sought hī amōge their kynszfolkes acquātaunce And whā they founde him not they wēte agayne to Ierusalē and sought him And it fortuned after thre dayes y t they founde him in the temple syttinge amonge the teachers hearynge thē and opposynge them And all they that herde him wōdred at his vnderstondynge and answeres And whan they sawe him they were astonnyed And his mother sayde vnto him My sonne why hast thou done this vnto vs Beholde thy father and I haue sought the sorowynge And he sayde vnto them What is it that ye haue sought me Wyst ye not y t I must go aboute my fathers busynes And they vnderstode not the sayenge y t he spake vnto them And he wente downe with thē and came to Nazareth and was obediēt vnto them And his mother kepte all these wordes in hir hert And Iesus increased in wyszdome age and fauoure with God and men The III. Chapter IN the fiftenth yeare of the raigne of Tiberius the Emperoure whā Pontius Pilate was leftenaūt in Iewry and Herode one of the foure princes in Galile and his brother Philippe one of the foure prynces in Iturea in the coastes of Traconites and Lysanias one of the foure princes of Abilene when Hannas and Caiphas were hye prestes thē came y e worde of God vnto Ihon the sonne of Zachary in the wyldernes And he came into all y e coastes aboute Iordan and preached the baptyme of repētaunce for the remyssion of synnes As it is wryttē in y e boke of y e sayenges of Esaye the prophet which sayeth The voyce of a cryer in the wyldernes prepare the waye of the LORDE and make his pathes straight Euery valley shal be fylled and euery mountayne hyll shal be brought lowe And what so is croked shal be made straight and what rough is shal be made smooth and all flesh shal se the Sauioure of God Then sayde he vnto the people y t wente out to be baptysed of him Ye generacion of vipers who hath certified you that ye shal escape y e wrath to come Take hede brynge forth due frutes of repētaūce begynne not to saye We haue Abrahā to o r father For I saye vnto you God is able of these stones to rayse vp children vnto Abraham The axe is put vnto the tre allready so that euery tre which bryngeth not forth good frute shal be hewen downe and cast into the fyre And the people axed him and sayde What shal we do then He answered sayde vnto thē He that hath two coates let him parte w t him y t hath none and he that hath meate let him do likewyse The publicans came also to be baptysed and sayde vnto him Master what shal we do He sayde vnto them Requyre nomore then is appoynted you Then y e soudyours axed him likewyse and sayde What shal we do then And he
my name he shal teache you all thinges bringe all to youre remembraunce what soeuer I haue tolde you Peace I leaue vnto you my peace I geue you I geue not vnto you as the worlde geueth Let not yo hert be troubled nether let it be afrayed Ye haue herde that I sayde vnto you I go come agayne vnto you Yf ye loued me ye wolde reioyse because I saide I go to the father for y e father is greater theÌ„ I. And now haue I tolde you before it come that whan it is come to passe ye maye beleue Here after wyl not I talke moch with you For the prynce of this worlde coÌ„meth and hath nothinge in me But that the worlde maye knowe that I loue y e father And as the father hath coÌ„maunded me so do I. Aryse let vs go hence The XV. Chapter I Am a true vyne and my father is an huszbande man Euery braunch that bringeth not forth frute in me shal he cut of and euery one that bryngeth forth frute shal he pourge y t it maye bringe forth more frute Now are ye cleane because of the worde that I haue spokeÌ„ vnto you Byde ye in me and I in you Like as y e braunch can not brynge forth frute of it self excepte it byde in the vyne Euen so nether ye also excepte ye abyde in me I am the vyne ye are the braunches He that abydeth in me and I in him the same bryngeth forth moch frute for without me can ye do nothinge He that abydeth not in me is cast out as a vyne braunche and it wythereth and men gather it vp and cast it in to the fyre and it burneth Yf ye abyde in me and my wordes abyde in you ye shal axe what ye wyl it shal be done vnto you Herin is my father praysed that ye brynge forth moch frute and become my disciples Like as my father hath loued me eueÌ„ so haue I loued you CoÌ„tynue ye iÌ„ my loue Yf ye kepe my coÌ„maundementes ye shal coÌ„tynue in my loue like as I haue kepte my fathers coÌ„maundementes and coÌ„tynue in his loue These thinges haue I spoken vnto you that my ioye might remayne in you and y t youre ioye might be perfecte This is my coÌ„maundement that ye loue together as I haue loued you No man hath greater loue then to set his life for his frende Ye are my frendes yf ye do that I commaunde you Hence forth call I you not seruauntes for a seruaunt knoweth not what his lorde doeth But I haue sayde that ye are frendes For all that I haue herde of my father haue I shewed vnto you Ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordeyned you that ye go and bringe forth frute and that youre frute contynne that what soeuer ye axe the father in my name he shulde geue it you This I commaunde you that ye loue one another Yf the worlde hate you then knowe that it hath hated me before you Yf ye were of the worlde the worlde wolde loue his owne Howbeit because ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you from the worlde therfore the worlde hateth you Remembre my worde that I sayde vnto you The seruaunt iâ— not greater then his lorde Yf they haue persecuted me they shal persecute you also Yf they haue kepte my worde they shal kepe yours also But all this shal they do vnto you for my names sake because they knowe not him y t sent me Yf I had not come spokeÌ„ vnto theÌ„ theÌ„ shulde they haue no synne But now haue they nothinge to cloake their synne â—ithall He y t hateth me hateth my father also Yf I had not done amoÌ„ge theÌ„ the workes which no other maÌ„ dyd they shulde haue no synne But now haue they sene it and yet haue they hated both me my father Neuertheles that the sayenge might be fulfilled which is wrytten in their lawe They haue hated me without a cause But whaÌ„ the comforter commeth whoÌ„ I shal sende you from the father eueÌ„ the sprete of trueth which proceadeth of the father he shal testifie of me and ye shal beare wytnesse also for ye haue bene with me from the begynnynge The XVI Chapter THese thinges haue I sayde vnto you that ye shulde not be offended They shal excomunicate you The tyme commeth that who soeuer putteth you to death shal thynke that he doth seruyce vnto God And soch thinges shal they do vnto you because they haue nether knowne y e father ner yet me But these thinges haue I sayde vnto you that whan the tyme coÌ„meth ye maye thynke theron that I tolde you But these thinges haue I not sayde vnto you from the begynnynge For I was with you But now I go vnto him that sent me none of you axeth me Whither goest thou but because I haue sayde these thinges vnto you youre hert is full of sorowe Neuertheles I tell you the trueth It is better for you y t I go awaye For yf I go not awaye that comforter commeth not vnto you but yf I departe I wil sende hiÌ„ vnto you And whan he commeth he shal rebuke the worlde of synne and of righteousnes of iudgment Of synne because they beleue not on me O frighteousnes because I go to the father and ye shal se me nomore Of iudgmeÌ„t because the prynce of this worlde is iudged allready I haue yet moch to saye vnto you but ye can not now beare it awaye howbeit whan he the sprete of trueth commeth he shal lede you in to all trueth For he shal not speake of himself but what soeuer he shal heare that shal he speake and he shall shewe you what is for to come He shal glorifye me for he shal receaue of myne and shal shewe vnto you All that the father hath is myne Therfore haue I sayde he shal receaue of myne and shewe vnto you After a litle whyle and ye shal not se me and agayne after a litle whyle and ye shal se me for I go to the father TheÌ„ saide some of his disciples amonge themselues What is this that he sayeth vnto vs After a litle whyle and ye shal not se me agayne after a litle whyle ye shal se me for I go to the father Then sayde they What is this that he sayeth After a litle whyle We can not tell what he sayeth Then perceaued Iesus that they wolde axe him and he sayde vnto them Ye enquyre of this amonge youre selues that I sayde After a litle whyle and ye shal not se me agayne after a litle whyle and ye shal se me Verely verely I saye vnto you Ye shal wepe and lamente but the worlde shal reioyse Ye shal be sory but youre sorowe shal be turned in to ioye A woman whan she trauayleth hath sorowe for hir houre is come But whan she is delyuered of the
offered vnto God Then came Aaron and all y e elders of Israel to eate bred with Moses father in lawe before God On the next morow sat Moses to iudge the people and the people stode roūde aboute Moses from the momynge vntyll y e euen But whan his father in lawe sawe all that he dyd with the people he sayde What is this that thou doest with the people Wherfore syttest thou alone and all y e people stonde rounde aboute from the morninge vntyll the euen Moses answered him The people come to me axe councell at God for whan they haue eny thinge to do they come vnto me that I maye iudge betwixte euery one his neghboure and shewe them the statutes of God and his lawes His father in lawe sayde vnto him It is not well that thou doest Thou weeriest thy self and the people that is with the. This busynesse is to sore for the thou canst not perfourme it alone But herken vnto my voyce I will geue the councell and God shall be with the. Be thou vnto the people to God warde and brynge the causes before God and prouide them with statutes and lawes that thou mayest shewe thē the waie wherin they shulde walke and the workes that they shulde do But loke out amonge all the people for honest men that feare God soch as are true hate couetousnes make these rulers ouer them some ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fiftie and ouer ten that they maye allwaye iudge the people But where there is eny greate matter that they brynge the same vnto the and iudge the small causes them selues so shall it be lighter for the yf they beare the burthen with the. Yf thou shalt do this then mayest thou endure the thinge that God chargeth the withall and all this people maie go peaceably vnto their place Moses herkened vnto the voyce of his father in lawe and dyd all that he sayde And he chose honest men out of all Israel and made them heades ouer the people some ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fiftie and ouer ten that they might allwaye iudge the people As for soch causes as were herde they brought them vnto Moses and iudged the small matters them selues So Moses let his father in lawe departe in to his owne londe The XIX Chapter IN the thirde moneth after that the children of Israel were gone out of the londe of Egipte they came the same daye in to the wyldernes of Sinai for they were departed from Raphidim and wolde in to the wyldernes of Sinai and there they pitched in the wyldernes ouer against the mounte And Moses wente vp vnto God And the LORDE called vnto him out of the mount and sayde Thus shalt thou saye vnto the house of Iacob and tell the children of Israel Ye haue sene what I haue done vnto the Egipcians and how I haue borne you vpon Aegles wynges brought you vnto my self Yf ye wyll harken now vnto my voyce and kepe my couenaunt ye shal be myne owne before all people for the whole earth is myne and ye shall be vnto me a presterly kingdome and an holy people These are the wordes that thou shalt saye vnto the children of Israel Moses came and called for the elders of the people and layed before them all these wordes that the LORDE had commaunded And all the people answered together and sayde All that the LORDE hath sayde wyll we do And Moses tolde the wordes of the people vnto the LORDE agayne And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde I wyll come vnto the in a thicke cloude that the people maye heare my wordes which I speake vnto the and beleue the for euer And Moses shewed the wordes of the people vnto the LORDE The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go vnto the people and sanctifie thē to daye and tomorow y t they maye wash their clothes and be ready agaynst the thirde daye for vpon the thirde daye shall the LORDE come downe vpon mount Sinai before all the people And set markes rounde aboute the people and saye vnto them Bewarre that ye go not vp in to y e mount ner touch y e border of it For who so euer toucheth y e moūt shal dye y e death There shal no hāde touch it but he shall either be stoned or shot thorow whether it be beest or man it shal not lyue Whan the horne bloweth then shal they come vp vnto the mounte Moses wente downe from the mount vnto the people and sanctified them And they waszshed their clothes And he sayde vnto them Be ready agaynst the thirde daye and no man come at his wife Now whan the thirde daye came and it was early it beganne to thonder and lighten and there was a thicke cloude vpon the mount and a noyse of a trompet exceadinge mightie And the people that were in the tentes were afrayde And Moses brought the people out of the tentes to mete w t God and they stode vnder the mount But all mount Sinai smoked because y e LORDE came downe vpō it with fyre And the smoke therof wente vp as the smoke of a fornace so that the whole mount was exceadinge terrible And the noyse of the trompet wēte out and was mightie Moses spake God answered him loude Now whan the LORDE was come downe vpon mount Sinai euen vpon the toppe of it he called Moses vp vnto y e toppe of the mount And Moses wente vp Then sayde the LORDE vnto him Go downe and charge the people y t they preasse not vnto the LORDE to se him and so many of them perishe The rulers also that come nye vnto y e LORDE shal sanctifie themselues lest the LORDE smyte thē But Moses sayde vnto the LORDE The people can not come vp vpon mount Sinai for thou hast charged vs sayde Set markes aboute the mount and sanctifie it The LORDE sayde vnto him Go thy waye get y e downe Thou and Aaron with the shalt come vp but the rulers and y e people shal not preasse to come vp vnto y e LORDE lest he smyte thē And Moses wente downe to the people and tolde them The XX. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake all these wordes and sayde I am the LORDE thy God which haue brought the out of the londe of Egipte from y e house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other Goddes in my sight Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage ner eny symilitude nether of it that is aboue in heauen ner of it that is beneth vpon earth ner of it that is in the water vnder the earth Worshipe them not and serue them not for I the LORDE thy God am a gelouse God vysitinge y e synne of the fathers vpon the children vnto y e thirde and fourth generacion of them that hate me And do mercye vpō many thousandes that loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take the name of y e LORDE thy God in vayne
wyszdome in to the hertes of all that are wyse that they shall make all that I haue commaunded the the Tabernacle of wytnesse the Arke of wytnesse the Mercyseate theron and all the ornamentes of y e Tabernacle the table and his apparell the candilsticke and all his apparell the altare of incense the altare of burnt offerynges w t all his apparell the lauer with his fote the mynistrynge vestimentes of Aaron y e prest and the garmentes of his sonnes to serue like prestes the anoyntinge oyle and the inceÌ„se of spyces for y e SaÌ„ctuary All that I haue commaunded the shal they make And the LORDE talked vnto Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel and saye Kepe my Sabbath for it is a token betwene me and you and youre posterities that ye maye knowe how that I am the LORDE which haloweth you therfore kepe my Sabbath for it shal be holy vnto you Who so vnhaloweth it shall dye the death For who so doth eny worke therin shal be roted out from amonge his people Sixe dayes shall men worke but vpon the seuenth daye is the Sabbath the holy rest of the LORDE Who so doth eny worke vpon the Sabbath daye shall dye the death Therfore shal the children of Israel kepe the Sabbath that they maye kepe it also amonge their posterities for an euerlastynge couenaunt An euerlastynge token is it betwixte me and the children of Israel For in sixe dayes made the LORDE heaueÌ„ earth but vpon y e seuenth daye he rested and was refreshed And whan the LORDE had made an ende of talkinge with Moses vpon the mount Sinai he gaue him two tables of witnesse which were of stone and wrytten with the fynger of God The XXXII Chapter BVt whan the people sawe that Moses made loÌ„ge taryenge to come downe froÌ„ the mount they gathered theÌ„ together agaynst Aaron sayde vnto him Vp and make vs goddes to go before vs for we can not tell what is become of this man Moses that brought vs out of Egipte Aaron sayde vnto them Plucke of the golden earynges from the eares of youre wynes of yo r sonnes of yo r doughters brynge them vnto me Then all the people pluckte of their golden earynges from their eares brought them vnto Aaron And he toke them of their handes fashioned it w t a grauer And they made a molten calfe and sayde These are thy goddes O Israel that brought the out of the londe of Egipte Whan Aaron sawe that he buylded an altare before him and caused it be proclamed and sayde Tomorow is the LORDES feast And they arose vp early in the mornynge and offred burnt offerynges and brought dead offerynges also Then the people sat them downe to eate and drynke rose vp to playe But the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go get the downe for thy people whom thou broughtest out of the londe of Egipte haue marred all they are soone gone out of the waie which I commaunded them They haue made them a molten calfe and haue worshipped it offred vnto it sayde These are thy goddes O Israel that brought the out of the lande of Egipte And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses I se that it is a styffnecked people and now suffre me that my wrath maye waxe whote ouer them that I maye consume them so wil I make a greate people of the. But Moses be sought the LORDE his God sayde Oh LORDE wherfore wil thy wrath waxe whote ouer thy people whom thou hast brought out of the loÌ„de of Egipte w t greate power a mightie haÌ„de Wherfore shulde the Egipcians speake saye He hath brought theÌ„ for their myschefe to slaye them in the mountaynes and to destroye theÌ„ vtterly from the earth O turne the from the fearcenesse of y e wrath be gracious ouer the wickednesse of thy people Remembre thy seruauÌ„tes Abraham Isaac and Israel vnto whoÌ„ thou swarest by thyne owne self and saydest I wil multiplye youre sede as the starres of heauen and all the londe that I haue promysed you wil I geue vnto youre sede they shall inheret it for euer Thus the LORDE repented of the euell which he sayde he wolde do vnto his people Moses turned him wente downe from the mount and in his hande he had the two tables of wytnesse which were wrytteÌ„ vpon both the sydes and were Gods worke the wrytinge was the wrytinge of God therin Now whan Iosua herde the noyse of y e people as they shouted he sayde vnto Moses This is a noyse of warre in the hoost He answered It is not a noyse of them that haue the victory and of them that haue the worse but I heare a noyse of synginge at a daunse Whan he came nye vnto the hoost and sawe the calfe and the daunsynge he was moued with wrath and cast the â—ables out of his hande and brake them beneth the mount And he toke the calfe that they had made and brent it with fyre and stamped it vnto poulder and strowed it in the water gaue it vnto the children of Israel to drynke sayde vnto Aaron What dyd this people vnto the that thou hast brought so greate a synne vpon them Aaron sayde Let not the wrath of my lorde waxe fearce thou knowest that this is a wicked people They sayde vnto me Make vs goddes to go before vs for we can not tell what is become of this man Moses y t brought vs out of the londe of Egipte I sayde vnto them Who so hath golde let him plucke it of and geue it me and I cast it in the fyre therof came this calfe Now whan Moses sawe that the people were naked for Aaron whan he set them vp made them naked to their shame he weÌ„te in to the gate of the hoost and sayde who so belongeth vnto the LORDE let him come hither vnto me Then all the children of Leui gathered them selues vnto him and he sayde vnto them Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel Euery man put his swerde by his syde and go thorow in and out from one gate to another in the hoost and slaye euery man his brother frende neghboure The children of Leui dyd as Moses sayde vnto them And there fell of the people the same daye thre thousande men TheÌ„ sayde Moses CoÌ„secrate youre handes this daie vnto the LORDE euery man vpon his sonne and brother that the prayse maye be geuen ouer you this daye On the morow Moses sayde vnto the people Ye haue done a greate synnne Now I wil go vp vnto the LORDE yf peraduenture I maye make an attonement for youre synnes Now whaÌ„ Moses came agayne vnto y e LORDE he saide Oh this people haue done a greate synne haue made them goddes of golde Now for geue them their synne yf not theÌ„ wype me out of y e boke that thou hast wrytten The LORDE sayde
in the night season was fyre therin in y e sight of all y e house of Israel in all their iourneis The ende of the seconde boke of Moses called Exodus The thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The ordre and vse of burnt offerynges whether it be of small or greate catell or of foules Chap. II. Of meat offerynges with fyne floure c. Chap. III. Of deed offerynges otherwyse called health offrynges peace offrynges or thāk-offerynges and of the fatt Chap. IIII. The offringe for the sinne of a prest of the whole congregacion of the ruler or of eny other meane man Chap. V. The offerynge for swearinge for an erroure or ignoraunce Chap. VI. Of daylie burnt offerynges other oblacions The offerynge of the prest in the daye of his anoyntinge Chap. VII Of thank offerynges Of the fat bloude and of the anoyntinge of the prestes Chap. VIII Of the anoyntinge and consecratynge of Aaron and of his sonnes Chap. IX How Aaron and his sonnes offred for synne how the fyre of God consumed the burnt offerynge Chap. X. The death of Nadab Abihu The prestes were forbydden to drynke wyne and their porcion of the offerynges appoynted them Chap. XI Of cleane and vncleane beastes foules Chap. XII Of the vnclennesse of a woman in childe bedd of hir clensynge or purificacion of hir offerynge Chap. XIII Of Leprosy or Mezell Chap. XIIII The clēsynge of lepers and of their offerynge Chap. XV. Of all maner of vncleane fluxes or yssues both of men and wemen Chap. XVI Aarō might not allwaie go in to the Sanctuary Of the two goates Of fastinge in the seuenth moneth Chap. XVII All offrynges were first brought to the Tabernacle dore No bloude ner deed caryon was to be eaten Chap. XVIII The degrees of consanguynite and affynite And what wemen men ought not to marye Chap. XIX Dyuerse and many commaundemētes and statutes Chap. XX. To geue sede vnto Moloch other vnlaufull thinges are forbydden Chap. XXI How cleane and vndefyled the prestes ought to lyue Chap. XXII How the prestes and their housholdes ought to be how the offerynges ought to be vsed Chap. XXIII Of the holy dayes and hye feastes namely the Sabbath Easter Whyt sondaye otherwise called the feast of wekes the feast of Tabernacles c. Chap. XXIIII Of the oyle for the lampes and lightes Of the shewbred Punyshment for cursynge and blasphemy Chap. XXV Of the rest of the seuenth yeare libertye of the Fiftieth yeare otherwyse called the yeare of Iubylie the yeare of hornes blowinge or the trompet yeare Chap. XXVI Swete louynge promyses of God for all soch as wyl kep◠his commaundemētes Agayne Maruelous sore plages are threatened vnto them that wyll not harken to his worde Chap. XXVII Of vowes and of the fre yeare Of redemynge or lowsynge out agayne of catell or londe that a man promyseth voweth or dedicateth vnto the LORDE The first Chapter ANd the LORDE called Moses and spake vnto him out of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and sayde Speake vnto y e childrē of Israel saie vnto them Who so euer amōge you wyl brynge an offerynge vnto the LORDE let him brynge it of y e catell euen of the oxen of the shepe Yf he wyl brynge a burnt offerynge of y e oxen or greate catell thē let him offre a male without blemysh before y e dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to reconcyle him self before the LORDE let him laye his hande vpon the heade of the burnt offerynge then shal he be reconcyled so y t God shal be mercifull vnto him And he shall kyll the yonge oxe before y e LORDE and y e prestes Aarons sonnes shal brynge the bloude and sprenkle it rounde aboute vpon the altare that is before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the slrynne shal be flayne from of the burnt offerynge and it shal be hewen in peces And the sonnes of Aaron the prest shal make a fyre vpon the altare and laye wod aboue ther on and y e peces the heade and the fatt shal they laye vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon y e fyre on the altare But y e bowels legges shal be waszshen with water and the prest shal burne alltogether vpon the altare for a burntsacrifice this is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Yf he wyl offre a burntsacrifice of the small catell that is of the lambes or goates then let him offre a male without a blemysh And he shall kyll it before the LORDE euen at the corner of the altare on the north syde before y e LORDE And the prestes Aarons sonnes shal sprenkle his bloude rounde aboute vpon y e altare and it shal be hewen in peces And the prest shall laye them with the heade and the fatt vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon the fyre on the altare But the bowels and y e legges shal be waszshen with water And y e prest shal offre it alltogether and burne it vpon y e altare for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE But yf he wil offre a burntsacrifice of y e foules vnto the LORDE then let him offre it of the turtill doues or of y e yonge pigeons And the prest shal brynge it vnto the altare and wrynge the neck of it a sunder that it maye be burnt vpon the altare and let the bloude of it runne out vpon the sydes of the altare and the croppe of it with the fethers shal be cast vpon the heape of aszshes besyde the altare towarde the east and he shall deuyde the wynges of it but not breake thē cleane of And thus shall the prest burne it vpon the altare euen vpon the wodd that lyeth vpō the fyre for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE The II. Chapter WHan a soule wyll offre a meat offerynge vnto the LORDE then shal it be of fyne floure and he shal poure oyle vpon it and put frankencense theron so brynge it vnto Aarons sonnes the prestes Then shal one of them take his handefull of the same floure and oyle with all the frankēcense and burne it for a remembraunce vpon the altare This is an offeringe of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE As for y e remnaunt of the meat offerynge it shal be Aarons and his sonnes This shal be y e most holy of the offerynges of the LORDE But yf he wyll brynge a meat offerynge of that which is baken in the ouen then let him take swete cakes of wheate mixte with oyle and vnleuended wafers anoynted with oyle Neuertheles yf thy meat offerynge be enythinge of that which is fryed in the panne then shal it be of fyne swete floure myxte with oyle And thou shalt cut it in peces poure oyle theron so is it a meat offerynge But yf thy meat offeringe be ought broyled on the gredyron then shalt
violently awaye or gat wrongeously or that was geuen him to kepe or that he hath founde or what so euer it be aboute y e which he hath sworne falsely he shal restore it againe whole alltogether and geue the fifth parte more therto euen to him that it belonged vnto the same daye that he geueth his trespace offerynge But for his trespace he shall brynge for the LORDE euen vnto the prest a ramme from the flocke without blemysh that is worth a trespace offerynge Then shall the prest make an attonement for him before the LORDE and all that he hath synned in shal be forgeuen him The VI. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Commaunde Aaron and his sonnes and saye This is the lawe of the burnt offerynge The burnt offerynge shall burne vpon the altare all night vntyll the mornynge But the fyre of the altare onely shal burne theron And y e prest shal put on his lynen albe and his lyuen breches vpon his flesh and shal take vp the aszshes that the fyre of the burnt offerynge vpon the altare hath made and shall poure them besyde the altare Then shall he put of his rayment and put on other rayment and cary out the aszshes without the hoost into a cleane place The fyre vpon the altare shal burne and neuer go out The prest shal kyndle wod theron euery mornynge and dresse the burnt offerynge vpon it and burne the fat of the deed offerynges theron The fyre shall euer burne vpon the altare and neuer go out And this is the lawe of the meat offerynge which Aarons sonnes shall offre before the LORDE vpon the altare One of them shall Heue his handfull of fyne floure of y e meat offerynge and of the oyle and all the frankencense that lyeth vpon the meat offerynge and shall burne it vpon the altare for a swete sauoure a remembraunce vnto the LORDE As for the remnaunt Aaron and his sonnes shal eate it and vnleuended shal they eate it in the holy place namely in the courte of the Tabernacle of witnesse With leueÌ„ shal they not bake their porcion which I haue geuen them of my offerynges It shal be vnto them most holy as the syn offerynge and trespace offerynge All the males amonge the children of Aaron shall eate of it Let this be a perpetuall lawe for youre posterities in the sacrifices of the LORDE No man shall touch it excepte he be consecrated And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde This shal be the offerynge of Aaron and of his sonnes which they shall offre vnto the LORDE in the daie of their anoyntinge The tenth parte of an Epha of fyne floure for a meat offerynge daylie the one half parte in the mornynge the other half parte at euen In the panne with oyle shall thou make it and brynge it fryed and in peces shalt thou offer it for the swete sauoure of the LORDE And the prest which amonge his sonnes shal be anoynted in his steade shall do this This is a perpetuall dewtye vnto the LORDE It shal be burnt alltogether for all the meat offerynges of the prest shal be consumed with the fyre and not be eaten And y e LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes and saye This is the lawe of the syn offerynge In the place where thou slayest y e bunrt offerynge shalt thou slaye the syn offerynge also before the LORDE This is most holy The prest that offereth the syn offerynge shal eate it in the holy place in the courte of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse No man shal touch y e flesh therof excepte he be halowed And yf eny garment be sprenkled with the bloude of it it shal be washeÌ„ in the holy place And the eartheÌ„ pot that it is sodden in shal be broken But yf it be a brasen pot it shal be scoured and reÌ„sed with water All y e males amonge the prestes shall eate therof for it is most holy Notwithstondinge all y e syn offerynge whose bloude is brought in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse to make an attonement shall not be eaten but burnt with fyre The VII Chapter ANd this is the lawe of the trespace-offerynge and it shal be most holy In the place where the burnt offerynge is slayne shall the trespace offerynge be slayne also there shall of his bloude be sprenkled rounde aboute vpon the altare And all his fat shal be offered the rompe and the fat y t couereth the bowels the two kydneys with the fat y t is theron vpon the loynes and the net on the leuer vpon the kydneys also And the prest shal burne it vpon the altare for an offerynge vnto the LORDE This is a trespace offerynge All the males amonge the prestes shal eate it in the holy place for it is most holy euen as the syn offerynge so shall the trespace offerynge be also they shall both haue one lawe and it shal be the prestes that reconcyleth ther wt. Loke which prest offereth eny mans burnt offorynge the skynne of the same burnt offrynge that he hath offered shal be his And euery meat offerynge that is baken in the ouen rosted vpon the gredyron or fryed in the panne shal be the prestes y t offereth it And euery meat offerynge y t is myngled with oyle or drye shal belonge vnto all Aaron sonnes vnto one as well as another And this is y e lawe of the health offeringe that is offered vnto the LORDE Yf they wyll offre a sacrifice of thankesgeuynge then shal they offre vnleueÌ„ded cakes meÌ„gled with oyle and swete wafers straked ouer with oyle and fryed cakes of fyne floure mengled with oyle This offerynge also shall they brynge vpon a cake of leuended bred to the thank offerynge of his health-offerynge and of them all he shall offre one for an Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE And it shal be the prestes that sprenkleth the bloude of the health offerynge And the flesh of the thank offerynge in his healthofferynges shal be eaten the same daye that it is offred and there shall nothinge be left ouer vntyll the mornynge And whether it be a vowe or a fre wyl-offerynge â—it shal be eaten the same daye that it is offred yf ought be left ouer vntyll the mornynge yet maye it be eaten But loke what remayneth vnto y e thirde daye of the flesh that is offred it shal be brent with the fyre And yf eny man vpon the thirde daie eate of y e offred flesh of his health offerynge he shall not be accepted that offred it Nether shall it be rekened vnto him but it shal be refused And loke which soule eateth therof the same is giltie of a mysdede And the flesh that toucheth eny vncleane thinge shal not be eaten but burnt with the fyre But who so euer is cleane of body shal eate of the flesh and the soule that eateth of y e flesh of y e health offerynge which belongeth vnto the LORDE
his vnclennes be vpon him and he shal be roted out from amonge his people And whan a soule toucheth eny vncleane thinge whether it be an vncleane man catell or eny other abhominacion that is and eateth of the flesh of the burnt offerynge that belongeth vnto the LORDE the same shal be roted out from amonge his people And the LORDE talketh with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel saye Ye shall eate no fat of oxen lambes and goates neuerthelesse the fat of it that dyeth alone and of soch as is torne of wylde beastes that maye ye occupye to all maner of vses but ye shall not eate it For who so euer eateth the fat of y e beest that is geuen vnto the LORDE for an offerynge the same soule shal be roted out from his people Morouer ye shall eate no bloude nether of catell ner of foules where so euer ye dwell What soule eateth eny bloude the same shall be roted out from his people And the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel and saye Who so wyll offre his health-offerynge vnto the LORDE the same shall also brynge with all that belongeth vnto y e health offerynge for the LORDE But he shall brynge it with his hande for the offerynge of the LORDE namely the fat vpon the brest shall he brynge with the brest to be a Waue offerynge before the LORDE And the prest shall burne the fat vpon the altare and the brest shal be Aarons and his sonnes And the right shulder shal they geue vnto the prest for a gift of their health offerynges And loke which of Aarons sonnes offreth the bloude of the health offerynges and the fat the same shall haue the right shulder for his parte For the Wauebrest and the Heueshulder haue I taken of the children of Israel and of their health offerynges and haue geuen them vnto Aaron the prest and vnto his sonnes for a perpetuall dewtye This is the anoyntinge of Aaron and of his sonnes of the offerynges of the LORDE in the daye whā Moses presented them to be prestes vnto the LORDE what tyme as the LORDE commaunded in the daye whan he anoynted them to be geuen them of the children of Israel for a perpetuall dewtye and vnto all their posterities And this is the lawe of the burnt offerynge of the meat offerynge of the syn offerynge of the trespace offerynge of the offerynge of consecracion and of the health offerynges which the LORDE commaunded Moses vpon mount Sinai in the daye whan he gaue him in commaudement vnto the children of Israel to offre their offerynges vnto y e LORDE in the wyldernesse of Sinai The VIII Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Take Aaron and his sonnes w t him their vestimentes the anoyntinge oyle and a bullocke for a syn offerynge two rammes and a maunde with vnleuended bred and call the whole congregacion together before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse Moses dyd as the LORDE commaunded him and gathered the congregacion together vnto the dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and sayde vnto them This is it that the LORDE hath commaunded to do And he toke Aaron and his sonnes and waszshed them with water and put the albe vpō him and girde him with the girdell and put vpon him the yalowe tunycle and put the ouerbody cote vpon him and girde him vpon the ouerbody cote put the brest lappetheron and in y e brestlappe light and perfectnesse And set the myter vpon his heade And vpon the myter euen aboue his fore heade put he a plate of golde on the holy crowne as y e LORDE cōmaunded Moses And Moses toke the anoyntinge oyle anoynted the Habitacion and all that was therin and consecrated it and sprenkled ther with seuē tymes vpon the altare and anoynted the altare with all his vessels the lauer with his fote that it might be consecrated and poured the anoyntinge oyle vpon Aarons heade and anoynted him y t he might be consecrated And he brought Aarons sonnes and put albes vpon them and girde them with the girdle and put bonettes vpon their heades as the LORDE commaunded him And he caused bringe a bullocke for a syn offrynge And Aaron with his sonnes layed their handes vpon his heade and then was he slayne And Moses toke of the bloude put it vpon the hornes of the altare rounde aboute with his fynger and purified the altare and poured the bloude vpon the botome of the altare and consecrated it that he might reconcyle it And toke all the fat vpō the bowels the nett vpon the leuer and the two kydneys with the fat theron and burned it vpon the altare But the bullocke w t his skynne flesh donge burned he with fyre without the hoost as the LORDE commaunded him And he brought a ramme for a burnt offerynge And Aaron w t his sonnes layed their handes vpon his heade then was he slayne And Moses sprenkled of y e bloude vpon the altare rounde aboute hewed the ramme in peces and burnt the heade the peces and the fatt And waszshed the bowels and the legges with water and so burnt y e whole ramme vpō the altare This was a brunt offerynge for a swete sauoure euen a sacrifice vnto the LORDE as the LORDE commaunded him He brought also the other ramme of the offerynge of the consecracion And Aaron with his sonnes layed their hādes vpon his heade and then was it slayne And Moses toke of his bloude and put it vpon the typpe of Aarons right eare and vpon the thombe of his right hande and vpon the greate too of his right fote And he brought Aarons sonnes and put of the bloude vpon the typpe of the right eare of them and vpon y e thombes of their righte handes and vpon the greate toes of their righte fete and poured the resydue of the bloude vpon the altare rounde aboute And he toke the fat and the rompe and all the fat vpon the bowels and the nett vpon the leuer the two kydneys with the fat theron and the righte shulder And out of the maunde of vnleuended bred before the LORDE he toke an vnleuēded cake and a cake of oyled bred and a wafer and layed them vpō the fat and vpon the right shulder and put alltogether vpon the handes of Aaron and of his sonnes and waued it for a Waue offerynge before the LORDE And afterwarde toke he all agayne from their hondes and burned them on the altare euen vpon the burnt offeringe for it is an offerynge of consecracion for a swete sauoure euen a sacrifice vnto y e LORDE And Moses toke the brest and waued it a Waue offerynge before the LORDE of the ramme of the offerynge of consecracion the same was Moses parte as the LORDE commaunded Moses And Moses toke of y e anoyntinge oyle of the bloude vpon the altare sprenkled it vpon Aaron
be vncleane vntyll the euen Whan he toucheth an erthen vessell it shal be broken but the treen vessell shal be rensed w t water And whā he is cleane of his yssue he shal nombre vij dayes after y t he is made cleane wash his clothes bathe him self w t sprynginge water thē is he cleane And vpon the eight daye shal he take two turtill doues or two yonge pigeōs and brynge them before the LORDE before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and geue them vnto the prest And the prest shal make of the one a syn offeringe of the other a burnt offerynge and make an attonement for him before the LORDE as concernynge his yssue Whan a mans sede departeth from him in slepe the same shal bathe all his flesh w t water and be vncleane vntyll the euen And all clothes and euery skynne that is stained with soch sede shall he wash with water be vncleane vntyll the euen A woman by whom soch one lyeth shall bathe hir self w t water and be vncleane vntyll the euen Whan a woman hath the bloude yssue of hir flesh she shal be put a parte vij daies in to a sundrie place Who so euer toucheth her shal be vncleane vntyll the euē And all that she lyeth vpon as longe as she is put aparte shal be vncleane And that she sytteth vpō shal be vncleane And who so euer toucheth hir bed shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen And who so euer toucheth eny maner thinge that she hath sytten vpō shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and be vncleane vntyll the euē And yf a man lye with her whyle she is put a parte he shal be vncleane seuen dayes and the bed that he laye vpon shal be vncleane But whan a woman hath hir bloude yssue a longe season not onely at the tyme of hir naturall course but also out of the tyme of hir naturall course then shall she be vncleane so longe as she hath the yssue euē as she is at the tyme whan she is put aparte so shall she be vncleane here also What so euer she lyeth vpon all the tyme of hir yssue shal be as hir bed whan she is put aparte And all that she sytteth vpon shal be vncleane as is hir vnclennesse whan she is put aparte Who so euer toucheth eny of them shal be vncleane and shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water be vncleane vntyll the euen But yf she be cleane of hir yssue thē shal she nombre seuen dayes afterwarde shall she be cleane and vpon the eight daye shall she take two turtill doues or two yonge pigeons and brynge them vnto the prest before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the prest shall make of the one a synofferynge of the other a burnt offerynge and make an attonement for her before the LORDE as concernynge the yssue of hir vnclennesse Thus shal ye se that the childrē of Israel kepe them selues from their vnclēnesse that they dye not in their vnclennesse whan they defyle my habitacion which is amōge you This is the lawe ouer him that hath a runnynge sore him whose sede departeth from him in slepe so that he is vncleane ther of And ouer her that hath hir bloude yssue and who so euer hath a runnynge sore whether it be man or woman and whan a man lyeth with her that is vncleane The XVI Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses after that Aarons two sonnes were deed whan they offered before the LORDE sayde Speake vnto Aaron thy brother y t he go not at all tymes in to y e ynnermer Sanctuary within the vale before the Mercyseate which is vpon the Arke y t he dye not for I wyll appeare in a cloude vpon y e Mercyseate But herewithall shal he go in euen with a yonge bullocke for a syn offerynge and with a ramme for a burntofferynge and shal put on the holy lynnen albe and haue lynnen breches vpon his flesh and gyrde him with a lynnē girdell and haue the lynnen myter vpon his heade For these are y e holy garmentes he shal bathe his flesh with water put them on of the cōgregacion of the childrē of Israel he shal take two he goates for a syn offerynge and a ramme for a burnt offerynge And Aaron shal brynge the bullocke his owne syn offerynge and make an attonemēt for himself and his house and afterwarde shall he take the two goates and present them before the LORDE euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse and shall cast lottes ouer the two goates the lot of the one goate for the LORDE and the other for the fre goate And the goate that y e LORDES lot fell vpon shal he offre for a syn offerynge But the goate that the fre goates lot fell vpon shal he present alyue before y e LORDE to make an attonement for him and to let the fre goate go into y e wyldernes And so shal he brynge the bullocke of his syn offerynge and make an attonement for him and his housholde and shal kyll him And he shall take a censor full of coales from the altare that stondeth before the LORDE and his handfull of beaten incense and brynge them in within y e vayle and put the incense vpon the fyre before y e LORDE that the cloude of the incense maye couer the Mercyseate which is vpon the witnesse that he dye not And he shall take of the bloude of the bullocke and sprenkle it with his fynger towarde the Mercyseate on the foresyde Seuen tymes shall he sprenkle of the bloude thus with his fynger before the Mercyseate Thē shal he kyll the goate which is the peoples syn offerynge brynge in of his bloude within the vayle shall do with his bloude as he dyd with the bloude of the bullocke and sprenkle therwith also on the foresyde towarde the Mercyseate and so shal he reconcyle the Sāctuary from the vnclennesse of the childrē of Israel and frō their trespaces in all their synnes Thus shal he do vnto the Tabernacle of wytnesse which is the habitacion with them amōge their vnclennesses No man shal be in the Tabernacle of witnesse whan he goeth in to make an attonement in the Sāctuary vntyll he go out and so shall he make an attonement for him self and his house and for the whole congregacion of Israel And whā he goeth forth vnto the altare that stondeth before the LORDE he shal reconcyle it and shal take of y e bullockes bloude and of the goates bloude put it vpon the hornes of the altare rounde aboute And with his fynger shal he sprēkle of the bloude theron seuen tymes and halowe it and consecrate it from the vnclennesse of the children of Israel And whan he hath made an ende of reconcylinge the Sanctuary and the Tabernacle of witnesse and the altare
he shal bringe the lyuynge goate TheÌ„ shal Aaron laie both his haÌ„des vpoÌ„ y e heade of him confesse ouer him all the myszdedes of y e childreÌ„ of Israel all their trespaces in their synnes shal laye theÌ„ vpoÌ„ y e heade of the goate by some man y t is at hande shal he let him runne in to the wildernes y t the goate maye so beare all their mysdedes vpon him in to y e wyldernesse and he shal leaue him in the wyldernesse And Aaron shal go in to the Tabernacle of witnesse and put of the lynnen clothes which he put on whaÌ„ he wente in to y e SaÌ„ctuary and shal leaue them there and bathe his flesh with water in the holy place and put on his awne rayment And he shal go forth and make his burnt offeringe and the burnt offeringe of the people and make an attonement both for himself and for the people and burne the fat of the syn offerynge vpon the altare But he y e caried out the fre goate shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water then come in to the hoost The bullocke of the syn offerynge and y e goate of the syn offerynge whose bloude was brought in to the Sanctuary to make an attonemeÌ„t shal be caried out of y e hoost brent with fyre both their skynnes flesh and donge And he that burneth them shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and then come in to the hoost And this shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto you Vpon the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth shal ye humble youre soules and do no worke whether it be one of youre selues or a straunger amonge you For in this daye is youre attonemeÌ„t made that ye maye be clensed from all youre synnes before the LORDE therfore shall it be a fre Sabbath vnto you and ye shal humble youre soules Let this bâ— a perpetuall lawe But the prest that is anoynted and whose hande was fylled to be prest in his fathers steade shal make this attonement and shal put on the lynnen clothes namely the holy vestimeÌ„tes so shal he recoÌ„cyle the holy SaÌ„ctuary and the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the altare and y e prestes and all the people of the congregacion This shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto you that ye reconcyle y e children of Israel from all their synnes once a yeare And Moses dyd as the LORDE commaunded him The XVII Chapter ANd y e LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake vnto Aaron his sonnes to all y e childreÌ„ of Israel saye vnto them This is it that y e LORDE hath commaunded What so euer he be of y e house of Israel y t kylleth an oxe or laÌ„be or goate in the hoost or out of the hoost and bryngeth it not before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse that it maye be brought vnto the LORDE for an offerynge before the Habitacion of y e LORDE the same shal be giltie of bloude as though he had shed bloude and soch a man shal be roted out from amonge his people Therfore shall the children of Israel brynge their offerynges that they wyll offâ—e vpon the wyde felde before the LORDE euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse vnto the prest there offre their health offerynges vnto the LORDE And the prest shal sprenkle the bloude vpon the altare of the LORDE before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and burne the fat for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE and they shall offre their offerynges nomore vnto deuels with whom they go a whorynge This shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto them amonge their posterities Therfore shalt thou saie vnto theÌ„ What man so euer he be of the house of Israel or a straunger also that is amonge you which offereth a burnt offerynge or eny other offerynge and bringeth it not before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to offre it vnto the LORDE he shal be roted out from amoÌ„ge his people And what man so euer it be either of the house of Israel or a straunger amonge you that eateth eny maner of bloude agaynst him wyll I set my face and wil rote him out from amonge his people for the soule of y e body is in the bloude and I haue geuen it you for the altare that youre soules maye be reconcyled ther with For the bloude that is in the soule maketh attonement Therfore haue I sayde vnto the children of Israel No soule amonge you shall eate bloude no ner eny straunger that dwelleth amonge you And what man so euer it be amonge you whether he be of the house of Israel or a straunger amoÌ„ge you that at the huntynge taketh a beest or foule which maye be eaten he shall poure out the bloude of the same couer it with earth for all flesh lyueth in the bloude And I haue sayde vnto the children of Israel Ye shall eate the bloude of no body for the life of all flesh is in his bloude Who so euer eateth it shal be roted out And what so euer soule eateth that which dyed alone or y t was torne of wylde beestes whether he be one of youre selues or a straunger the same shal wash his clothes and bathe himself with water and he vncleane vntyll the euen and then is he cleane But yf he wash not his clothes nor bathe him self then shal he beare his synne The XVIII Chapter ANd the LORDE talked w t Moses saide Speake vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel saye vnto them I am the LORDE youre God Ye shall not do after y e workes of the lande of Egipte wherin ye dwelt nether after the doynges of the lande of Canaan in to the which I will brynge you Ye shal not walke after their customes but after my lawes shall ye do my statutes shall ye kepe that ye maye walke therin for I am the LORDE youre God Therfore shal ye kepe my statutes and my lawes For the man that doth the same shal liue therin for I am the LORDE No maÌ„ shal come at his nexte kinszwomaÌ„ to vncouer hir preuytie for I am y e LORDE Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e father of y e mother It is thy mother therfore shalt thou not vncouer hir preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e fathers wife for it is y e fathers preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy sister which is the doughter of y e father or of y e mother whether she be borne at home or without Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy sonnes doughter or of thy doughters doughter for it is thine awne preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e fathers wiues doughter which is borne vnto him and is thy sister Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy fathers sister for it is thy fathers nexte kynszwoman Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of
this daye that whan thou hast eaten art fylled and hast buylded goodly houses dwellest therin and whan thy beestes and shepe and syluer and golde and all y t thou hast increaseth thine hert ryse not then and thou forget the LORDE thy God which brought the out of the londe of Egipte frō y e house of bondage and led y e thorow this greate terrible wyldernes where were serpentes that spouted fyre and Scorpions drouth and where there was no water and brought the water out of the hard flynte and fed the in the wyldernesse with Manna wherof y e fathers knewe not that he might chasten the and proue the to do the good afterwarde and lest thou saye in thine hert My power and the mighte of myne awne hande hath done me all this good But that thou thynke vpon the LORDE thy God For it is HE which geueth the power to exercyse strength that he maye perfourme the couenaunt which he sware vnto thy fathers as it is come to passe this daye But yf thou shalt forget the LORDE thy God and folowe other goddes and serue them and worshipe thē I testifye ouer you this daye that ye shal vtterly perishe Euen as the Heythen whom y e LORDE destroyeth before youre face so shall ye perishe also because ye are not obedient vnto the voyce of the LORDE youre God The IX Chapter HEare O Israel This daie shalt thou go ouer Iordane that thou maiest come in to conquere the nacions which are greater and mightier then thou greate cities walled vp vnto heauen a greate people and of an hye stature namely the childrē of Enakim whom thou hast knowne and of whom thou hast herde saye Who is able to stonde agaynst the children of Enakim Therfore shalt thou knowe this daye that the LORDE y e God goeth before the a cōsumynge fyre He shal destroye thē and shal◠subdue them before the and shal driue them out shortly shall he brynge thē to naught as the LORDE hath promysed the. Now whan the LORDE thy God hath expelled them out before the saye not thou thē in thine hert The LORDE hath brought me in to take possession of this lande for myne awne righteousnes sake where as y e LORDE yet dryueth out the Heithen before the because of their vngodlynes For thou commest not in to take their londe in possession for thine awne righteousnes sake and because of thy right hert but the LORDE dryueth out these Heythen for their awne vngodlynesse sake and that he maye perfourme the worde which the LORDE hath sworne vnto y e fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob Vnderstonde now therfore that the LORDE y e God geueth not the this londe to possesse it for thine awne righteousnes sake For thou art a styffnecked people Remembre and forget not how thou displeasedest the LORDE thy God in the wildernesse Sence y e daye that thou departedst out of the londe of Egipte tyll ye came vnto this place haue ye bene dishobedient vnto the LORDE For in Horeb ye angred the LORDE so that of wrath he wolde haue destroyed you whan I was gone vp to y e mount to receaue the tables of stone namely the tables of the couenaunt which the LORDE made w t you and I abode fortye dayes fortye nightes vpon the mount and ate no bred dranke no water and the LORDE gaue me y e two tables of stone wrytten with the fynger of God and in them was acordinge to all the wordes which the LORDE sayde vnto you vpon the mount out of the fyre in the daye of the gatheringe together And after the fortye dayes and fortye nightes y e LORDE gaue me y e two tables of stone namely y e tables of the couenaunt and sayde vnto me vp get y e downe quyckly from hence for thy people whom thou broughtest out of Egipte haue marred thē selues they are soone gone out of the waye which I commaunded them and haue made them a molten ymage And the LORDE saide vnto me I se this people that it is a styffnecked people let me alone that I maye destroye them and put out their name from vnder heauē I wyl make of the a people mightier and greater thē this is And as I turned me wente downe frō the mount which brent w t fyre had y e two tables of the couenaunt in both my hādes I loked beholde ye had synned agaynst y e LORDE yo r God so y t ye had made you a molten calfe were soone turned out of y e waie which the LORDE had commaunded you Then toke I the two tables cast them out of both my handes brake thē before youre eyes I fell before the LORDE euen as at the first tyme fortye dayes fortye nightes nether ate bred ner drāke water because of all youre synnes which ye had synned whan ye dyd soch euell in the sighte of the LORDE to prouoke him vnto wrath For I was afrayed of the wrath and indignacion wherwith the LORDE was angrie w t you euen to haue destroyed you And the LORDE herde me at that tyme also Morouer the LORDE was very angrie w t Aaron so that he wolde haue destroyed him but I made intercession for Aaron also at y e same tyme. As for youre synne namely the calfe that ye had made I toke it and burnt it with the fyre and smote it a sunder grynde it in peces euen vnto dust and cast the dust in to the broke that descended from the mount Ye displeased the LORDE also at Tabera and at Massa and at the lustgraues and whā he sent you from Cades Barnea and sayde Go vp and conquere the londe which I haue geuen you And ye were disobedient vnto the mouth of the LORDE youre God and beleued not on him and herkened not vnto his voyce for ye haue bene disobediēt vnto the LORDE as longe as I haue knowne you Thē fell I before y e LORDE fortye daies and fortye nightes which I laye there For y e LORDE sayde he wolde destroye you But I made intercession vnto the LORDE and sayde O LORDE LORDE destroye not y e people and thine enheritaunce which thou thorow thy greate power hast delyuered and broughte out of Egipte with a mightie hāde Remembre thy seruauntes Abraham Isaac and Iacob Loke not vpon the stubburnesse and vngodlynesse and synne of this people that the londe wherout thou hast broughte vs saye not The LORDE was not able to bringe them in to the lande that he promysed them and because he hated them therfore hath he broughte them out to destroye thē in the wyldernesse For they are thy people thine enheritaunce which thou hast broughte out w t thy greate power and with thy stretched out arme The X. Chapter AT the same tyme sayde the LORDE vnto me Hew y e two tables
all these nacions before you so that ye shall cōquere greater and mightier nacions then ye youre selues are All the places that the soles of youre fete treade vpon shal be yours from the wyldernes and fro mount Libanus and from the water Euphrates vnto y e vttemost see shal youre coastes be Noman shal be able to wtstonde you The LORDE youre God shal let the feare and drede of you come vpon all y e londes wherin ye go like as he hath promysed you Beholde I laye before you this daye the blessynge and the curse The blessynge yf ye be obedient vnto the commaundementes of the LORDE youre God which I commaunde you this daye The curse yf ye wyl not be obedient to the commaundementes of the LORDE youre God but turne out of the waye which I cōmaunde you this daye so that ye walke after other goddes whom ye knowe not Whan y e LORDE y e God hath broughte the in to the londe whither thou commest in to possesse it then shalt thou geue the blessynge vpon mount Grisim and the curse vpon mount Ebal which are beyonde Iordane the waye towarde the goinge downe of the Sonne in the lōde of the Cananites which dwell in y e playne felde ouer agaynst Gilgal besyde the Oke groue of More For ye shal go ouer Iordane that ye maye come in to take possession of the londe which the LORDE youre God hath geuen you to conquere it and to dwell therin Take hede now therfore that ye do acordinge vnto all the ordinaunces and lawes which I laye before you this daye The XII Chapter THese are the ordinaunces and lawes which ye shal kepe that ye do therafter in the londe which the LORDE God of thy fathers hath geuen the to possesse as longe as ye lyue vpon earth Destroye all the places wherin y e Heithen whō ye shal conquere haue serued their goddes whether it be vpō hye mountaynes vpō hilles or amonge grene trees And ouerthrowe their altares and breake downe their pilers and burne their groues with fyre and hewe downe the ymages of their goddes brynge the names of them to naught out of the same place Ye shal not do so vnto the LORDE youre God but the place which y e LORDE youre God shal chose out of all yo r trybes that he maye let his name dwell there shal ye seke and come thither and thither shal ye brynge youre burntsacrifices youre other offerynges and youre tithes and the Heue offerynges of youre handes and youre vowes and youre fre wyll offerynges and the firstborne of youre oxen and shepe and there shall ye eate before the LORDE youre God and reioyse ouer all that ye and youre houses haue geuē with youre handes because the LORDE thy God hath blessed the. Ye shall do none of the thinges y t we do here this daye euery man what semeth him good in his awne eyes For ye are not yet come to rest ner to y e enheritaūce which the LORDE thy God shal geue the. But ye shal go ouer Iordane and dwell in the londe y t the LORDE youre God shall deuyde out vnto you he shal geue you rest from all youre enemies rounde aboute and ye shal dwell safe Now whan the LORDE thy God hath chosen a place to make his name dwell there ye shall brynge thither all y t I haue commaunded you namely yo r burne sacrifices youre other offerynges youre tythes the Heue offerynges of youre handes all youre fre vowes which ye shall vowe vnto y e LORDE and there shal ye eate and reioyse before the LORDE youre God ye and youre sonnes and youre doughters and youre seruauntes and youre maydes and the Leuites that are within youre gates for they haue no porcion ner inheritaūce with you Take hede vnto thy selfe that thou offer not thy burnt offerynges in what so euer place thou seyst but in the place which y e LORDE shall haue chosen in one of thy trybes there shalt thou offer thy burnt offerynges and do all that I commaunde the. Notwtstondinge thou mayest kyll and eate flesh within all thy gates after all the desyre of thy soule acordynge to the blessynge of the LORDE thy God which he hath geuē the both the cleane and vncleane maye eate it as of the Roo and herte onely the bloude shalt thou not eate but poure it out as water vpon the earth But within thy gates mayest thou not eate of the tythes of thy corne of thy wyne of thy oyle ner of y e first borne of thine oxen and of thy shepe or of eny of thy vowes which thou hast vowed or of thy frewylofferinges or Heue offeringes of thy handes but before the LORDE thy God shalt thou eate them in the place which the LORDE thy God choseth thou thy sonne and thy doughter thy seruaunt thy mayde and the Leuite that is within y e gates thou shalt reioyse before y e LORDE thy God ouer all y t thou puttest thine hande vnto And bewarre that thou forsake not the Leuite as longe as thou lyuest vpon the earth But whan the LORDE thy God shal enlarge thy bordes of thy londe as he hath promysed the and thou saye I wil eate flesh for so moch as thy soule longeth to eate flesh then eate flesh acordinge to all the desyre of thy soule But yf the place that the LORDE thy God hath chosen to let his name be there be farre from the then kyll of y e oxen and of thy shepe which the LORDE hath geuen the as he hath commaunded the and eate it within thy gates acordinge to all y e desyre of thy soule Euen as a Roo or Hert is eaten maiest thou eate it both the cleane and vncleane maie eate it indifferently Onely bewarre that thou eate not the bloude for the bloude is the life Therfore shalt thou not eate the life w t the flesh but shalt poure it out like water vpon the earth y t thou mayest prospere and y e children after the whan thou hast done that which is righte in the sighte of the LORDE But whan thou halowest oughte that is thine or makest a vowe thou shalt take it and brynge it vnto the place that the LORDE hath chosen and do thy burnt offerynges with the flesh and bloude vpon the altare of the LORDE thy God The bloude of thine offrynge shalt thou poure vpon the altare of the LORDE thy God and eate the flesh Take hede and heare all these wordes which I commaunde the y t it maye go well with the and thy children after y t for euer whan thou hast done y t which is righte and acceptable in the sighte of the LORDE thy God Whan the LORDE y i God hath roted out the Heithen before the whither thou commest in to conquere them whan thou hast cōquered them dwelt in their londe bewarre then y t thou fall not
of the LORDE and wente and blewe the trompettes and who so was harnessed wente before theÌ„ but y e multitude folowed y e Arke of the LORDE And all was full of the noyse of the trompettes The seconde daye wente they once aboute the cite also and came agayne into the hoost Thus dyd they sixe dayes But vpon the seueÌ„th daye whan the mornynge sprynge arose they gat them vp early and wente after the same maner seuen tymes aboute y e cite so that vpon the same one seuenth daye they wente seuen tymes aboute the cite And at the seueÌ„th tyme whan the prestes blewe the trompettes Iosua sayde vnto the people Make a shoute for y e LORDE hath delyuered you the cite Howbeit this cite all that is therin shal be damned vnto the LORDE onely the harlot Rahab shal lyue all that are with her in y e house for she hyd the messaungers whom we sent forth Onely bewarre of it that is damned lest ye damne youre selues yf ye take ought of it which is damned and make the hoost of Israel to be damned and brynge it in to mysfortune But all the syluer and golde with the ornameÌ„tes of brasse yron shal be sanctified vnto the LORDE that it maye come to the LORDES treasure Then made the people a greate shoute and the prestes blewe the trompettes for whan the people herde the noyse of the trompettes they made a greate shoute and the walles fell and ehe people clymmed vp in to the cite euery one straight before him Thus they wanne y e cite and destroyed all that was in the cite with the edge of the swerde both man and woman yonge and olde oxe shepe and Asse But Iosua sayde vnto y e two men which had spyed out the londe Go in to the house of the harlot and bringe out the woman froÌ„ thence with all that she hath acordynge as ye haue sworne vnto her Then y e yonge men the spyes wente in and brought forth Rahab with hir father and mother brethren and all that she had and all hir kynred and caused her to dwell without the hoost of Israel As for the cite they brent it with fyre all that was therin onely the syluer and golde and the ornamentes of brasse and yroÌ„ put they vnto the treasure in the house of y e LORDE but Iosua let the harlot Rahab lyue with hir fathers house and all that she had she dwelt in Israel vnto this daie because she had hyd the messaungers whoÌ„ Iosua sent vnto Iericho to spye At the same tyme sware Iosua and sayde Cursed be that man before the LORDE which setteth vp this cite of Iericho buyldeth it Whan he laieth y e foundacioÌ„ therof let it cost him his first sonne And whaÌ„ he setteth vp the gates of it let it cost him his yoÌ„gest sonne Thus the LORDE was with Iosua so that he was spoken of in all londes The VII Chapter BVt the children of Israel had coÌ„mytted a sinne in the thinge y t was damned for Achan the sonne of Charmi the sonne of Sabdi the sonne of Serah of y e trybe of Iuda toke some of it y t was daÌ„ned Then was the wrath of the LORDE fearce ouer the children of Israel Now whan Iosua sent out men from Iericho vnto Hai which lyeth besyde BethaneÌ„ on y e east syde of Bethel he sayde vnto theÌ„ Go vp and spye the londe And whan they had gone vp and spyed out Hai they came agayne to Iosua and sayde vnto him Let not all the people go vp but vpon a two or thre thousande that they maye go vp and smyte Hai lest all the people weerye themselues there for they are but fewe So there wente vp of the people vpon a thre thousande men and they fled before the men of Hai and they of Hai smote vpon a syxe and thyrtie men of them and chaced them from the porte vnto Sebarâ—m and smote them downe the waye Then was the hert of the people discoraged * and became like water As for Iosua he rente his clothes and fell vpon his face vnto the earth before the Arke of the LORDE vntill the eueninge with the Elders of Israel and cast dust vpon their heades And Iosua sayde Oh LORDE LORDE wherfore hast thou broughte this people ouer Iordane to delyuer vs in to the handes of the Amorites to destroye vs O that we had taried beionde Iordane as we begaÌ„ne Oh my LORDE what shal I saye whyle Israel turneth his backe vpon his enemies WhaÌ„ the Cananites heare of this they shal compasse vs rounde aboute yee and rote out oure names from of the earth What wylt thou do then vnto thy greate name Then sayde the LORDE vnto Iosua StoÌ„de vp why lyest thou so vpon thy face Israel hath offended and traÌ„sgressed ouer my couenaunt which I commaunded theÌ„ They haue taken also of the thinge that was damned and haue stollen and dyssembled and layed it amonge their ornamentes The children of Israel are not able to stonde before their aduersaries but must turne their backes vpon their enemies for they are acursed I wyll no more be with you from heÌ„ce forth yf ye put not out the damned from amonge you Stonde vp and sanctifie the people and saye Sanctifie yo r selues agaynst tomorow for thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel There is a damned thinge in the O Israel therfore canst thou not stonde before thine enemies tyll ye put awaye the damned from amonge you And ye shall ryse vp early one trybe after another and loke which trybe so euer the LORDE taketh the same shall come forth one kynred after another and loke which kynred the LORDE taketh the same shall come forth one house after another And loke what house the LORDE taketh the same shal come forth one housholder after another And who so euer is founde in y e curse the same shal be burnt in the fyre with all that he hath because he hath gone beyonde the couenaunt of the LORDE and committed folye in Israel Then Iosua gat him vp by tymes in the mornynge and brought forth Israel one trybe after another and y e trybe of Iuda was taken And whan he had brought forth the kynreds in Iuda y e kinred of the Serahites was taken And whan he had brought forth the kynred of the Serahites one housholde after another Sabdi was taken And whaÌ„ he had brought forth his house one housholder after another Achan the sonne of Charmi y e sonne of Sabdi the sonne of Serah of the trybe of Iuda was taken And Iosua sayde vnto Achan My sonne geue the glory vnto the LORDE the God of Israel and geue him the prayse and tell me what thou hast done and hide nothinge fro me Then answered Achan vnto Iosua and sayde Verely I haue synned agaynst y e LORDE God of Israel thus thus haue I done I sawe amoÌ„ge y e spoiles a costly Babilonish garment
and two huÌ„dreth Sycles of syluer and a tunge of golde worth fiftye Sycles in weight vnto the which I had a lust and toke it and beholde it is hyd in the grounde in my tente and the syluer vnder it Then Iosua sent messaungers thither which ranne to the tente and beholde it was hyd in his tente and the siluer vnder it And they toke it out of the tente and broughte it vnto Iosua and to all the children of Israel and poured it before the LORDE Then Iosua and all Israel with him toke Achan the sonne of Serah with the siluer the garment and goldeÌ„ tunge his sonnes and doughters his oxen and asses and shepe and all that he had broughte they in to y e valley of Achor And Iosua sayde For so moch as thou hast troubled vs the LORDE trouble the this daye And all Israel stoned him and burned him with fyre with all that he had And whan they had stoned him they made ouer him a greate heape of stones which remayneth vnto this daye So the LORDE turned from the rigorousnes of his wrath Therfore is the same place called y e valley of Achor vnto this daye The VIII Chapter ANd y e LORDE saide vnto Iosua Feare not and be not afrayed Take all the men of warre with the and ryse and get the vp vnto Hai. Beholde I haue geuen in to thy hande the kynge of Hai with his people in his cite countre And thou shalt do with Hai and the kynge of it as thou dyddest with Iericho and the kynge therof sauynge that ye shal deale amoÌ„ge you their spoyle catell but set thou a preuy watch behynde the cite Then Iosua arose and all y e men of warre to go vp vnto Hai and Iosua chose thirtie thousande fightinge men and sent them out by night and commaunded them and sayde Take hede ye shal be y e preuye watch behynde the cite but go not to farre from the cite and se that ye be redye alltogether As for me and all the people that is with me we wyll make vs to the cite And whan they come forth agaynst vs as afore we wyll flye before them that they maye folowe out after vs tyll we haue prouoked them forth of the cite for they shal thinke that we flye before them like as at y e first And whyle we flye before them ye shal get you vp out of the preuy watch and wynne the cite For y e LORDE youre God shal delyuer it in to youre handes But whan ye haue wonne the cite set fyre vpon it doinge acordinge vnto the worde of the LORDE· Beholde I haue commaunded you So Iosua sent them awaye they wente vnto the place of the preuy watch and laye betwixte Bethel and Hai on the west syde of Hai. But Iosua abode that night amoÌ„ge the people And in the mornynge he arose early and set the people in order and wente vp with the Elders of Israel before the people towarde Hai and all the men of warre that were with him wente vp gat them forth and came ouer agaynst the cite and pitched their tentes on the north syde of Hai so y t there was but a valley betwene him and Hai. He had taken aboute a fyue thousande men and set them in the hynder watch betwene Bethel and Hai on the west syde of the cite and they ordred the people of the whole hoost that was on the north syde of the cite so that the vttemost of the people reached vnto the west ende of the cite So Iosua wente the same nighte in to the myddes of the valley But whan the kynge of Hai sawe that he made haist and gat him vp early and the men out of the cite to mete Israel to y e battayll with all his people euen righte before the felde for he wyst not that there was a preuy watch behynde him on the backe syde of the cite But Iosua and all Israel were feble before them and fled by the waye to y e wyldernesse Then cried all the people in the ciâ—â—â—â—at they shulde folowe vpon them anâ—â—â—ey folowed after Iosua and ruszshed out of 〈◊〉 cite so that there remayned not one man in Hai and Bethel which wente not out to folowe vpon Israel and they lefte the cite stondinge open that they mighte persecute Israel TheÌ„ sayde y e LORDE vnto Iosua Reach out the speare that thou hast in thine hande towarde Hai for I wyll delyuer it in to thy hande And whan Iosua reached out the speare that was in his hande towarde y e cite y e hinder watch brake vp out of their place and ranne whan he had stretched out his hande and came in to the cite and wanne it and made haist set fyre vpon it And the men of Hai turned them and loked behynde them and the smoke of the cite wente vp towarde heauen and they had no place to flie vnto nether hither ner thither and the people that fled towarde the wyldernes turned aboute to folowe vpon them And whan Iosua and all Israel sawe y t the hynder watch had wonne the cite for y e smoke of the cite ascended they turned againe and smote the men of Hai. And they in the cite came forth also agaynst them so y t they came in the myddes amonge Israel on both the sydes and they slewe them so that there was not one man of them left ouer or escaped and they toke the kynge of Hai alyue and broughte him vnto Iosua And whaÌ„ Israel had slayne all the inhabiters of Hai which had folowed vpon them in the felde and in the wildernesse and whan they were all fallen thorow the edge of the swerde tyll they were destroied theÌ„ turned all Israel vnto Hai and smote it with the edge of y e swerde And of all them which fell that daye fro man vnto womaÌ„ there were twolue thousande all men of Hai. But Iosua withdrue not his hande wherwith he reached out the speare tyll all the inhabiters of Hai were vtterly destroyed sauynge the catell and the spoyle of y e cite dyd Israel parte amonge themselues acordinge vnto the worde of the LORDE which he coÌ„maunded Iosua And Iosua burned vp Hai and made an heape therof for euer which is there yet vnto this daye And the kynge of Hai caused he to be hanged on a tre vntyll the euen But whaÌ„ the Sonne was gone downe he commaunded to take his body from the tre and to cast it vnder the gate of the cite and made vpon him a greate heape of stones which is there yet vnto this daye Then buylded Iosua an altare vnto the LORDE God of Israel vpon mount Ebal acordinge as Moses the seruaunt of y e LORDE commaunded the children of Israel as it is wrytten in the boke of the lawe of Moses euen an altare of whole stone whervpon there was no yron lifted and he offred burnt-offeringes and health offeringes and
ouercoÌ„meth Ammon in Maspha Chap XII The Ephraites rise vp against Iepthe and there are slayne of them two and fortye thousande Chap. XIII The byrth of Samson is shewed vnto his father and mother by an angell Chap. XIIII Samson taketh a wife iÌ„ Timnath renteth a yonge Lyon in peces and putteth forth a dark sentence vnto his companyons Chap. XV. How Samson hurteth the Philistynes with the foxes He slayeth a thousande meÌ„ with the cheke bone of an asse Chap XVI Samson taketh both the portes of the gate of the cite vpon his backe beareth them vp to the mount Dalila the harlot bryngeth him in dotage so that he telleth her his secretes and is blynded of his enemies Chap. XVII Of Micha and his ymage c. Chap. XVIII Dan sendeth out men to spye the loÌ„de which take Michas ymage carie awaye the prest Chap. XIX How shamefully the Gabeonites deale with the Leuites wife Chap XX. How the same synne is punyshed Chap. XXI The Ben Iamites optayne wyues in Israel whoÌ„ the Israelites had sworne not to geue them The first Chapter AFter the death of Iosua the children of Israel axed the LORDE and sayde Who shall go vp be o r captayne of warre against y e Cananites The LORDE sayde Iuda shall go vp Beholde I haue delyuered the londe in to his hande Then sayde Iuda vnto his brother Simeon Go vp w t me in to my lot and let vs fighte against the Cananites then wyl I go agayne with the in to y e lot So Simeon wente with him Now whan Iuda wente vp the LORDE delyuered the Cananites and Pheresites in to their haÌ„des they slewe teÌ„ thousande meÌ„ at Besek they fouÌ„de Adoni Besek at Besek foughte agaynst him and slewe the Cananites and Pheresites But Adoni Besek fled and they folowed after him and whan they had ouertaken him they cut of the thoÌ„bes of his handes and fete Then sayde Adoni Besek Thre score and ten kynges w t the thombes of their haÌ„des fete cut of gathered vp the meate y t was lefte vnder my table Now as I haue done so hath God rewarded me agayne And he was broughte vnto IerusaleÌ„ where he dyed But y e childreÌ„ of Iuda foughte agaynst Ierusalem and waÌ„ne it and smote it with the edge of the swerde and set fyre vpon the cite Then wente the children of Israel downe to fighte agaynst y e Cananites y t dwelt vpon the mount and towarde the south and in the vallâ—◠〈…〉 Iuda wente agaynst the Cananites which dwelt at Hebron As for Hebron it was called Kiriatharba afore tyme and they smote Sesai Achiman and Thalmai And from thence he wente agaynst y e inhabiters of Debir but Debir was called Kiriath Sepher aforetyme And Caleb sayde He y t smyteth Kiriath Sepher wynneth it I wyl geue him my doughter Achsa to wife Then Athniel the sonne of Kenas Calebs yongest brother waÌ„ne it And he gaue him his doughter Achsa to wife And it fortuned y t whan they weÌ„te in she was counceled of hir houszbande to axe a pece of londe of hir father And she fell from the asse TheÌ„ sayde Caleb vnto her What ayleth y e She sayde Geue me a blessynge for thou hast geuen me a south drye londe geue me also a watery londe Then gaue he her a londe that was watery aboue and beneth And the childreÌ„ of y e Kenyte Moses brother in lawe wente vp out of the palme cite with the children of Iuda in to the wyldernesse of Iuda that lyeth on y e south syde of the cite Arad and wente their waye dwelt amonge the people And Iuda wente with his brother Simeon they smote the Cananites at Zephath damned them called the name of the cite Horma Iuda also wanne Gasa with the borders therof Ascalon with hir borders Accaron with the coastes therof And the LORDE was w t Iuda so that he conquered the mountaynes but them that dwelt in the valley coulde he not conquere because they had yron charettes And acordinge as Moses had sayde they gaue Hebron vnto Caleb which droue out the thre sonnes of Enak Howbeit y e children of Ben Iamin droue not out y e Iebusites which dwelt at Ierusalem but y e Iebusites dwelt amonge the children of Ben Iamin at Ierusalem vnto this daye Likewyse the children of Ioseph weÌ„te vp also vnto Bethel the LORDE was w t theÌ„ And the house of Ioseph spyed out Bethel which afore tyme was called Lus and the watch men sawe a man goinge out of the cite and saide vnto him Shewe vs where we maye come in to the cite we wyll shewe mercy vpon the. And whan he had shewed them where they mighte come in to the cite they smote y e cite w t the edge of the swerde but they let the man go all his frendes Then weÌ„te the same man vp in to y e countre of the Hethites buylded a cite and called it Lus so is the name of it yet vnto this daye And Manasses 〈◊〉 not out Beth Sean w t the vyllages therof ner Thaenah with the vyllages therof nâ—r the inhabiters of Dor with the vyllages therof ner the inbiters of Iebleam w t the vyllages therof ner the inhabiters of Mageddo w t the vyllages therof and y e Cananites beganne to dwell in the same londe But whan Israel was mightie he made the Cananites tributaries and droue them not out In like maner Ephraim droue not out y e Cananites that dwelt at Gaser but the Cananites dwelt amonge them at Gaser Zabulon also droue not out the inhabiters of Kitron and Nahalol but y e Cananites dwelt amonge them were tributaries Asser droue not out y e inhabiters of Aco y e inhabiters of Sidon of Ahelab of Achsib of Helba of Aphik of Rehob but y e Asserites dwelt amoÌ„ge the Cananites that dwelt in the loÌ„de for they droue theÌ„ not out Nephtali droue not out y e inhabiters of Beth Semes ner of Beth Anath but dwelt amonge the Cananites which dwelt in the londe howbeit they of Beth Semes and of Beth Anath were tributaries And the Amorites subdued the childreÌ„ of Dan vpon the mountaine and suffred them not to come downe in to the valley And the Amorites beganne to dwell vpoÌ„ mount Here 's at Aiolon and at Saalbim Howbeit y e hande of y e house of Ioseph was to sore for them and they became tributaries And the border of the Amorites was as a maÌ„ goeth vp towarde Acrabim and from the rocke from the toppe The II. Chapter BVt there came vp a messauÌ„ger of y e LORDE from Gilgall vnto Bochim and sayde I haue caried you vp hither out of Egipte and broughte you in to the londe that I sware vnto youre fathers saide I wyl neuer breake my couenaunt w t you that ye shulde make no
What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the kyngdome of Salomon to whom the LORDE appeareth and Salomon maketh his prayer vnto him Chap. II. How Salomon deuyseth to buylde the temple of the LORDE Chap. III. How he begynneth to buylde and after what faszshion Chap. IIII. Of the ornamentes of the temple Chap. V. The Arke is broughte in to the temple c. Chap. VI. Salomon speaketh vnto the people prayseth God and beseketh him to heare soch as make their prayer in the temple Chap. VII The fyre commeth from heauen consumeth the sacrifice The kynge the people offre The LORDE appeareth vnto Salomon and promyseth to heare him Chap. VIII Salomon buyldeth cities and subdueth the Heythen Of his captaynes and of his wife Chap. IX The Quene of Saba bringeth presentes vnto Salomon receaueth giftes of him Salomon dyeth Chap. X. Roboam oppressynge the people maketh them to fall awaye from him Chap. XI The LORDE wil not suffre Roboam kynge of Iuda BeÌ„ Iamin to fighte agaynst Israel He buyldeth cities Chap. XII Roboam forsaketh the lawe of the LORDE The kynge of Egipte commeth vpon him The LORDE delyuereth him Chap. XIII Of Abia Ieroboam their warres Chap. XIIII XV. Of kynge Asa. Chap. XVI Baesa coÌ„meth vp against Asa which agreeth with him therfore is he rebuked Chap. XVII Of the reigne of Iosaphat Chap. XVIII Iosaphat maketh frendshippe with Achab and helpeth him to fight Chap. XIX Iehu rebuketh Iosaphat for helpynge the vngodly Iosaphat amendeth and lyueth well Chap. XX. The Moabites Ammonites with the Syrians and Edomites go forth agaynst Iosaphat which prayeth vnto God and he helpeth him Chap. XXI Iosaphat dyeth Ioram his sonne is made kynge slayeth his brethren and forsaketh the LORDE Edom falleth awaye from Iuda God punysheth Ioram Chap. XXII Ochosias is made kinge and taketh parte with Achabs sonne Chap. XXIII Ioiada maketh Ioas kynge commaundeth to slaye Athalia Chap. XXIIII Whyle Ioiada lyueth kynge Ioas doth well but after his death he forsaketh the LORDE And because Zacharias reproueth him he coÌ„maundeth to stone him to death His awne seruauntes kyll him vpon his bed Chap. XXV Of kynge Amasias which smyteth the Edomites He worshippeth their Idols therfore the prophet reproueth him He wyll nedes fight with the kynge of Israel which ouercommeth him and taketh him Chap. XXVI Of kynge Osias other wyse called Vsia or Azarias of his buyldinges how he became leper for his presumpcion Chap. XXVII Of Iothams reigne of his buyldinges and of his warres Chap. XXVIII Of the wicked kynge Achas Chap. XXIX XXX.XXXI Of the verteous kynge Ezechias and of his noble actes Chap. XXXII Sennacherib layeth sege to Ierusalem Ezechias comforteth the people Sennacherib threateneth but the LORDE delyuereth Iuda Ezechias is sicke and recouereth Chap. XXXIII Of the reigne of Manasses and of his amendment from his wickednes Of kynge Ammon his sonne Chap. XXXIIII XXXV Of the reigne and most vertuous actes of kynge Iosias and of his death Chap. XXXVI Thre monethes reigneth Ioachas after whom reigneth Eliachim other wyse called Ioachim whom Nabuchodonosor carieth vnto Babilon and in his steade reigneth Ioachim his sonne which also is led awaye captayne vnto Babilon Sedechias is made kynge and at the last caried awaye presoner with all the people and Ierusalem destroyed The first Chapter ANd Salomon the sonne of Dauid was stablyshed in his kyngdome and the LORDE his God was with him made him exceadinge greate And Salomon spake vnto all Israel to the captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds to the Iudges and to all y e prynces in Israel and to the chefest fathers so that they wente Salomon and the whole congregacion with him vnto the hye place which was at Gibea for there was y e Tabernacle of y e witnesse of God which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE had made in y e wyldernesse For Dauid had brought vp the Arke of God from Kiriath Iarim whan he had prepared for it for he had pitched a tent for it at Ierusalem As for y e brasen altare which Bezaleel the sonne of Vâ—â— the sonne of Hur had made it was there before the habitacion of the LORDE and Salomon and the congregacion soughte God And Salomon offred a thousande burntofferynges vpoÌ„ the brasen altare that stode before the Tabernacle of witnesse In the same nighte appeared God vnto Salomon and sayde vnto him Axe what shal I geue the And Salomon sayde vnto God Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father Dauid â—nd hast made me kynge in his steade Now LORDE God let y e worde that thou hast pâ—omysed vnto my father Dauid be verified for thou hast made me kynge ouer a people which is as many in noÌ„bre as the dust vpon the earth Graunte me wyszdome therfore and knowlege y t I maye go out and in before this people for who is able to iudge this greate people of thine Then sayde God vnto Salomon For so moch as thou art so mynded and hast not desyred riches ner good ner hono r ner the soules of thine enemies ner longe life but hast requyred wyszdome and knowlege to iudge my people ouer whom I haue made the kynge wyszdome therfore and knowlege be geuen the. Morouer riches good and honoure wyll I geue the so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the amoÌ„ge the kynges nether shal be after the. So came Salomon from the hye place which was at Gibeon vnto IerusaleÌ„ from y e Tabernacle of witnesse and reigned ouer Israel And Salomon gathered him charettes and horsmen so that he had a thousande and foure hundreth charettes twolue thousande horsmen and those appoynted he to be in the charet cities and with the kynge at Ierusalem And the kynge broughte it so to passe that there was as moch syluer golde at IerusaleÌ„ as stones and as many Ceders as the Molberyes trees that are in the valleys And there were horses broughte vnto Salomon out of Egipte the kynges marchauntes fetched them from Kena for moneye And they came vp and broughte out of Egipte a charet for sixe huÌ„dreth syluer peÌ„s and an horse for an hundreth and fiftye Thus broughte they also vnto all the kynges of the Hethites and to the kynges of y e Syrians The II. Chapter ANd Salomon thoughte to buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE an house for his kyngdome and tolde out thre score and ten thousande men to beare burthens and foure score thousande that hewed tymber vpoÌ„ the mount and thre thousande and sixe hundreth officers ouer them And Salomon sent vnto Hiram the kynge of Tyre sayenge As thou dyddest with my father sendedst him Ceder trees to builde an house for to dwell in euen so do thou w t me also Beholde I wyl buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE my God to sanctifie it for to burne good incense before him and allwaye to prepare y e
grounde And Iesua Bani Serebia Iamin Acub Sabthai Hodaia Maescia Celita Asaria Iosabad Hanam Plaia and the Leuites caused y e people to geue hede vnto the lawe the people stode in their place And they red in the boke of the lawe of God distinctly and planely so that men vnderstode the thinge that was red And Nehemias which is Hathirsatha and Esdras the prest and scrybe and the Leuites y t caused the people to take hede sayde vnto all the people This daye is holy vnto the LORDE youre God be not ye sory therfore wepe not For all y e people wepte whaÌ„ they herde the wordes of the lawe Therfore sayde he vnto them * Go youre waye and eate the fat and drynke the swete and sende parte vnto them also that haue not prepared themselues for this daye is holy vnto oure LORDE be not ye sory therfore for the ioye of the LORDE is youre strength And the Leuites stylled all the people and sayde Holde youre peace for the daye is holy vexe not ye youre selues And all the people wente their waye to eate and drinke and to sende paâ—te vnto other and to make greate myrth for they had vnderstonde the wordes that were declared vnto them And on the nexte daye were gathered together the chefe fathers amonge all the people and the prestes and Leuites vnto Esdras the scrybe that he shulde teach them y e wordes of the lawe And they founde written in the lawe how that the LORDE had commaunded by Moses that the childreÌ„ of Israel shulde dwell in bothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth And so they caused it be declared and proclamed in all their cities at Ierusalem sayenge Go vp vnto y e mouÌ„t and fetch Olyue braunches Pynebraunches Myrtbraunches Palmebraunches braunches of thicketrees to make bothes as it is wrytten And y e people wente vp and fetched theÌ„ and made them bothes euery one vpon the rofe of his house and in their courtes and in the courtes of the house of God and in the strete by the Watergate and in the strete by Ephraims porte And all the congregacion of them that were come agayne out of the captyuite made bothes and dwelt therin for sence the tyme of Iosua the sonne of NuÌ„ vnto this daye had not the children of Israel done so and there was very greate gladnesse And euery daye from the first daie vnto the last red he in the boke of the lawe of God And seuen dayes helde they the feast on the eight daye the gatherynge together acordynge vnto the maner The IX Chapter IN the foure and twentieth daye of this moneth came the children of Israel together with fastinge and sack clothes and earth vpon them and separated the sede of Israel from all the straunge children and stode and knowleged their synnes and the wyckednesses of their fathers and stode vp in their place and red in the boke of the lawe of the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye and they knowleged and worshipped the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye And the Leuites stode on hye namely Iesua Bani Cadmiel Sebania Buni Serebia Bani and Chenani and cryed loude vnto the LORDE their God And the Leuites Iesua Cadmiel Bani Hasabenia Serebia Hodia Sebania Pethahia sayde Stonde vp prayse the LORDE oure God for euer and let thankes be geueÌ„ vnto the name of thy glorye which excelleth all thankesgeuynge and prayse LORDE thou art alone thou hast made heauen and the heauen of all heauens with all their hoost the earth and all that therin is the See and all that is therin thou geuest life vnto all and y e hoost of heauen bowe themselues vnto the. Thou art the LORDE God that hast chosen AbraÌ„ and broughte him out of Vr in Chaldea called him Abraham and founde his hert faithfull before the and madest a couenauÌ„t with him to geue vnto his sede the londe of the Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Iebusites and Girgosites and hast made good thy wordes for thou art righteous And hast considered the mysery of oure fathers in Egipte and herde their complainte by the reed See and shewed tokeÌ„s and wonders vpoÌ„ Pharao and on all his seruauÌ„tes and on all his people of his londe for thou knewest y t they were presumptuous cruell against them so madest thou the a name as it is this daie And the reed See partedst thou in sunder before them so that they weÌ„te thorow the myddes of the See drye shod their persecuters threwest thou in to the depe as a stone in the mightie waters and leddest them on the daye tyme in a cloudy pyler and on the nighte season in a piler of fyre to shewe them lighte in the waye y t they wente Thou camest downe also vpoÌ„ mount Sinai and spakest vnto them from heauen and gauest them righte iudgmentes true lawes good commaundementes and statutes and declared vnto them thy holy Sabbath and commaunded them preceptes ordinaunces and lawes by Moses thy seruaunt and gauest them bred from heauen whan they were hongrye and broughte forth water for them out of the rock whan they were thyrstye and promysed them that they shulde go in and take possession of the londe where ouer thou haddest lyfte vp thine hande for to geue them Neuertheles oure fathers were proude and hardnecked so that they folowed not y e coÌ„maundementes and refused to heare and were not myndefull of the wonders y t thou dyddest for them but became obstynate and heady in so moch that they turned back to their bondage in their dishobedience But thou my God forgauest and wast gracious mercifull pacient and of greate goodnesse and forsokest them not And though they made a molten calfe and sayde This is thy God that broughte the out of the londe of Egipte and dyd greate blasphemies yet for sokest thou them not in the wyldernes acordinge to thy greate mercy And y e cloudy piler departed not from them on y e daye tyme to lede them the waye nether the piler of fyre in the night season to shewe them lighte in the waye that they wente And thou gauest them thy good sprete to enfourme them and withheldest not thy Manna from their mouth and gauest theÌ„ water whaÌ„ they were thirstie Fortye yeares longe madest thou prouysion for them in the wyldernesse so that they wanted nothinge their clothes waxed not olde and their fete swelled not And thou gauest theÌ„ kiÌ„gdomes nacions partedst theÌ„ acordinge to their porcions so that they possessed the londe of Sihon kynge of Heszbon the londe of Og y e kynge of Basan And their childreÌ„ multiplyedst thou as the starres of heauen and broughtest theÌ„ in to the londe wherof thou haddest spoken vnto their fathers that they shulde go in to it and haue it in possession And y e children wente in and possessed the londe and thou subdudest before theÌ„ the
The darcknes shal once come to an ende he can seke out the grounde of all thinges the stones the darcke the horrible shadowe w t the ryuer of water parteth he a sunder the straunge people y t knoweth no good neghbourheade soch as are rude vnmanerly boysteous He bryngeth foode out of the earth y t which is vnder consumeth he with fyre There is founde a place whose stones are clene Saphirs and where y e clottes of the earth are golde There is a waye also that the byrdes knowe not that no vulturs eye hath sene wherin y e proude hye mynded walke not where no lyon commeth There putteth he his honde vpon the stony rockes ouerthroweth the mountaynes Ryuers flowe out of the rockes loke what is pleasaunt his eye seyth it Out of droppes bryngeth he greate floudes together the thinge that is hyd bryngeth he â—o light How commeth a man then by wyszdome Where is the place that men fynde vnderstondinge Verely no man can tell how worthy a thinge she is nether is she fouÌ„de in the loÌ„de of the lyuynge The depe sayeth she is not in me The see sayeth she is not with me She can not be gotten for the most fyne golde nether maye the pryce of her be bought with eny moneye No wedges of golde of Ophir no precious Onix stones no Saphirs maye be compared vnto her No nether golde ner Christall nether swete odours ner golden plate There is nothinge so worthy or so excelleÌ„t as once to be named vnto her for parfecte wyszdome goeth farre beyonde theÌ„ all The Topas that coÌ„meth out of Inde maye in no wyse be lickened vnto her yee no maner of apparell how pleasaunt and fayre so euer it be From wheÌ„ce then commeth wyszdome where is the place of vnderstondinge She is hyd from the eyes of all men yee froÌ„ the foules of the ayre Destruccion death saie we haue herde tell of her w t oure eares But God seyth hir waie knoweth hir place For he beholdeth the endes of the worlde and loketh vpon all that is vnder the heaueÌ„ When he weyed the wyndes measured y e waters when he set the rayne in ordre and gaue the mightie floudes a lawe Then dyd he se her theÌ„ declared he her prepared her and knewe her And vnto man he sayde Beholde to feare the LORDE is wyszdome to forsake euell is vnderstondinge The XXIX Chap. SO Iob proceaded and weÌ„te forth in his communicacion sayenge O y t I were as I was in the monethes by past in the dayes wheÌ„ God preserued me when his light shyned vpon my heade wheÌ„ I wente after the same light shyne eueÌ„ thorow the darcknesse As it stode w t me wheÌ„ I was welthy had ynough wheÌ„ God prospered my house when the allmightie was with me when my housholde folkes stode aboute me wheÌ„ my wayes ranne ouer w t butter when the stony rockes gaue me ryuers of oyle when I wente thorow the cite vnto the gate wheÌ„ they set me a chayre in y e strete wheÌ„ the yonge meÌ„ as soone as they sawe me hyd theÌ„ selues when the aged arose stode vp vnto me wheÌ„ the princes left of their talkinge laied their haÌ„de to their mouth wheÌ„ the mightie kepte still their voyce and wheÌ„ their tonges cleued to the rofe of their mouthes When all they y t herde me called me happie when all they y t sawe me wysshed me good For I delyuered y e poore wheÌ„ he cried the fatherlesse y t wanted helpe He y t shulde haue bene lost gaue me a good worde y e widdowes hert praised me And why I put vpon me rightuousnes which couered me as a garmeÌ„t equite was my crowne I was an eye vnto the blynde a fote to the lame I was a father vnto the poore wheÌ„ I knew not their cause I sought it out diligeÌ„tly I brake the chaftes of y e vnrightuous plucte the spoyle out of their teth Therfore I thought verely y t I shulde haue dyed in my nest y t my dayes shulde haue bene as many as the sondes of the see For my rote was spred out by the waters syde the dew laye vpoÌ„ my corne My hono r encreased more more and my bowe was euer the stronger in my hande Vnto me men gaue eare me they regarded w t sylence they taried for my couÌ„cell Yf I had spoken they wolde haue it none other wayes my wordes were so well taken amonge theÌ„ They wayted for me as the earth doth for the rayne gaped vpon me as the grouÌ„de doth to receaue the latter shower When I laughed they knew well it was not earnest this testimony of my couÌ„tenaunce pleased theÌ„ nothinge at all When I agreed vnto their waye I was the chefe sat as a kynge amonge his seruauntes Or as one that comforteth soch as be in heuynesse The XXX Chapter BVt now they that are my inferiours yonger then I haue me in derision yee eueÌ„ they whose fathers I wolde haue thought scorne to haue set w t the dogges of my catell The power streÌ„gth of their haÌ„des might do me no good as for their age it is speÌ„t past awaye without eny profit For very misery honger they wente aboute in the wildernesse like wretches beggers pluckynge vp herbes from amonge the buszshes the Iumpers rote was their meate And when they were dryuen forth men cried after them as it had bene after a thefe Their dwellinge was beside foule brokes yee in the caues dennes of the earth VpoÌ„ the drye heeth weÌ„te they aboute crienge in the brome hilles they gathered them together They were the children of fooles vylanes which are deed awaye froÌ„ the worlde Now am I their songe am become their iestinge stocke they abhorre me they fle farre fro me stayne my face w t spetle For y e LORDE hath opened his quyuer he hath hytt me put a brydle in my mouth Vpon my right haÌ„de they rose together agaynst me they haue hurte my fete made awaye to destroye me my path haue they clene marred It was so easy for them to do me harme that they neded no man to helpe theÌ„ They fell vpon me as it had bene y e breakynge in of waters came in by heapes to destroye me Fearfulnesse is turned agaynst me Myne honoure vanâ—sheth awaye more swiftly then wynde my prosperite departeth heÌ„ce like as it were a cloude Therfore is my mynde poured full of heuynesse y e dayes of trouble haue takeÌ„ holde vpon me My bones are pearsed thorow in y e night season my synewes take no rest With all their power haue they chaunged my garmeÌ„t gyrded me therwith as it were w t a coate I am eueÌ„ as it were claye am become like aszshes dust WheÌ„ I crie vnto the thou
my soule why art thou so disquieted withâ—â— me O put thy trust in God for I wil yet gâ—â—ue him thaÌ„kes for y e helpe of his countenaâ—â—ce and because he is my God The XLIII A psalme of y e childreÌ„ of Corah WE haue herde with o r eare 〈◊〉 God o r fathers haue tolde vs what thou hast done in their tyme of olde How thou hast dryueÌ„ out the Heithen w t thy honde plaÌ„ted theÌ„ in how thou hast destroyed the nacions cast theÌ„ out For they gat not the londe in possession thorow their owne swerde nether was it their owne arme that helped them But thy right haÌ„de thyne arme the light of thy countenaunce because thou haddest a fauoure vnto them Thou art y e kinge my God thou sendest helpe vnto Iacob Thorow y e wil we ouer throwe oure enemies in thy name will we treade them vnder that ryse vp agaynst vs. For I will not trust in my bowe it is not my swerde y t shal helpe me But it is thou that sauest vs froÌ„ oure enemies and puttest them to confucion that hate vs. We will allwaye make oure boast of God and prayse thy name for euer Sela. But now thou forsakest vs puttest vs to confucion and goest not forth with oure hoostes Thou makest vs to turne oure backes vpon oure enemies so that they which hate vs spoile oure goodes Thou lettest vs be eaten vp like shepe scatrest vs amonge the Heithen Thou sellest thy people for naught takest no moneye for them Thou makest vs to be rebuked of o r neghbours to be laughed to scorne aud had in derision of them that are rounde aboute vs. Thou hast made vs a very by worde amonge the Heithen that the people shake their heades at vs. My coÌ„fucion is daylie before me the shame of my face couereth me For the voyce of the slaunderer blasphemer for the enemie and auenger All this is come vpon vs yet haue we not forgotten the ner behaued oure selues vnfaithfully in thy couenaunt Oure hert is not turned backe nether oure steppes gone out of thy waye That thou smytesâ— vs so in the place of the serpeÌ„t couerest vs with y e shadowe of death Yf we had forgotten the name of oure God holdeÌ„ vp oure hondes to eny straunge God Shulde â—ot God fynde it out for he knoweth the very secretes of the hert But for thy sake we are kylled all the daie longe and are counted as shepe apoynted to be slayne Vp LORDE why slepest thou â–ª Awake and cast vs not of for euer Wherfore hydest thou thy face wilt thou clene forget oure misery and oppressioÌ„ For oure soule is brought lowe euen vnto the dust and oure bely cleueth vnto the grounde Arise o LORDE helpe vs and delyuer vs for thy mercie sake The XLIIII A psalme of the children of Corah MY hert is dytinge of a good matter I speake of that which I haue made of the kynge My tonge is y e penne of a ready wryter Thou art the fayrest amonge the children of meÌ„ full of grace are thy lippes therfore God blesseth the for euer Gyrde the with thy swerde vpon thy thee o thou mightie with worshipe and renowne Good lucke haue thou with thine honoure ryde on with the treuth mekenesse rightuousnes thy right hoÌ„de shal teach y e woÌ„derfull thinges Thy arowes are sharpe the people shal be subdued vnto the euen in the myddest amonge the kynges enemies Thy seate o God endureth for euer the cepter of thy kyngdome is a right cepter Thou hast loued rightuousnesse hated iniquite wherfore God which is thy God hath anoynted the with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fâ—lowes All thy garmentes are like myrre Aloes Cassia when thou coÌ„mest out of thine yuerie palaces in thy beutifull glory Kynges doughters go in thy goodly araye vpon thy right honde stondeth the quene in a vesture of the most fyne golde Herken o doughter considre enclyne thine eare forget thine owne people thy fathers house So shal the kynge haue pleasure in thy beutie for he is thy LORDE thou shalt worshipe him The doughters of Tyre shal be there with giftes the riche amonge the people shal make their supplicacion before the. The kynges doughter is all glorious within hir clothinge is of wrought golde â–ª She shal be brought vnto the kynge in rayment of nedle worke and maydens after her soch as be next her shal be brought vnto the. With ioye and gladnesse shal they be brought and go into the kynges palace In steade of thy fathere thou hast gotten children whom thou shalt make prynces in all londes I wil remembre thy name from one generacioÌ„ to another therfore shal the people geue thankes vnto the worlde without ende The XLV A psalme of the children of Corah IN oure troubles and aduersite we haue founde that God is oure refuge oure strength and helpe Therfore wil we not feare though the earth fell and though the hilles were caried in to the myddest of the see Though the waters of the see raged were neuer so troublous though the mountaynes shoke at the teÌ„pest of the same Sela. For there is a floude which w t his ryuers reioyseth y e cite of God the holy dwellynge of the most hyest God is in y e myddest of her therfore shall she not be remoued for God helpeth her y e right early The Heithen are madd the kyngdomes make moch a doo but wheÌ„ he sheweth his voyce y e earth melteth awaye The LORDE of hoostes is w t vs the God of Iacob is oure defence Sela. O come hither beholde y e workes of the LORDE what destruccioÌ„s he hath brought vpoÌ„ y e earth He hath made warres to ceasse in all the worlde he hath broken the bowe he hath knapped the speare in sonder breÌ„t the charettes in the fyre Be still theÌ„ confesse y t I am God I wil be exalted amonge the HeitheÌ„ I wil be exalted vpon earth The LORDE of hoostes is w t vs the God of Iacob is oure defence Sela. The XLVI A psalme of the children of Corah O Clappe youre hoÌ„des together all ye people O synge vnto God with the voyce of thaÌ„kesgeuynge For the LORDE the most hyest is to be feared he is the greate kynge vpoÌ„ all y e earth He shal subdue the people vnder vs the HeitheÌ„ vnder oure fete He choseth vs for an heretage the beutie of Iacob whom he loued Sela God is gone vp w t a mery noyse the LORDE w t the sownde of the troÌ„pet O synge prayses synge prayses vnto God O synge prayses synge prayses vnto oure kynge For God is kynge of all the earth O synge prayses vnto him with vnderstondinge God is kinge ouer the HeitheÌ„ God sitteth in his holy seate The prynces of the people are gathered together vnto the
yee as a tottringe wall shal ye be like a broken hedge Their deuyce is only how to put him out their delyte is iÌ„ lyes they geue good wordes w t their mouth but curse w t their herte Sela. Neuertheles my soule abydeth only vpon God for he is my God He only is my streÌ„gth my saluacion my defence so y t I shal not fall In God is my health my glory my might in God is my trust O put yo r trust in him allwaye ye people poure out yo r hertes before him for God is oure hope Sela. As for men they are but vayne meÌ„ are disceatfull vpoÌ„ the weightes they are al together lighter then vainte itself O trust not in wronge robbery geue not yo r selues vnto vanite yf riches increase set not yo r herte vpon them God spake once a worde twyse haue I herde the same that power belongeth vnto God That thou LORDE art mercifull that thou rewardest euery man acordinge to his workes The LXII A psalme of Dauid O God thou art my God early wil I seke the. My soule thursteth for the my flesh longeth after the in a bareÌ„ drie loÌ„de where no water is Thus do I loke for the in thy SaÌ„ctuary that I might beholde y e power glory For thy louynge kyndnesse is better then life my lyppes shal prayse the. As loÌ„ge as I liue wil I magnifie the lift vp my hondes in thy name My soule is satisfied eueÌ„ as it were with marry fatnesse when my mouth prayseth the with ioyfull lippes In my bedde wil I remembre y e wheÌ„ I wake my talkynge shal be of the. For thou hast bene my helper vnder the shadowe of y e wynges wil I reioyse My soule hangeth vpon the thy right honde vp holdeth me They seke after my soule but in vayne for they shal go vnder the earth They shal fall into the swerde be a porcioÌ„ for foxes But y e kynge shal reioyse in God all they that sweare by hym shal be commeÌ„ded for the mouth of lyers shal be stopped The LXIII A psalme of Dauid HEare my voyce o God in my coÌ„playnte preserue my life froÌ„ feare of y e enemie Hyde me from the gatheringe together of y e frowarde froÌ„ y e heape of wicked doere Which whette their tuÌ„ges like a swerde shute w t their venimous wordes like as w t arowes That they maye preuely hurte y e innoceÌ„t sodeÌ„ly to hit him w t out eny feare They haue deuysed myschefe and commoned amonge them selues how they maye laye snares tush saye they who shall se them They ymagin wickednesse and kepe it secrete amonge them selues euery man in y e depe of his herte But God shall sodenly shute with an arowe y t they shall be wounded Yee their â—wne tunges shall make them fall In so moch that who so seyth theÌ„ shal laugh theÌ„ to scorne And all men that se it shal saye this hath God done for they shal perceaue y t it is his worke The rightuous shal reioyse in the LORDE and put his trust in him and all they y t are true off herte shal be glad therof The LXIIII. A psalme of Dauid THou o God art praysed in Sion and vnto the is the vowe perfourmed Thou hearest the prayer therfore coÌ„meth all flesh vnto the. Oure myszdedes preuayle agaynst vs oh be thou mercyfull vnto â—ure synnes Blessed is the man whoÌ„ thou chosest and receauest vnto the that he maye dwell in thy courte he shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house euen off thy holy temple Heare vs acordinge vnto thy woÌ„derfull rightuousnesse o God oure saluacioÌ„ thou that art the hope of all the endes of y e earth and off the brode see Which in his strength setteth fast the mouÌ„taynes is gyrded aboute with power Which stilleth y e ragiÌ„ge of the see the roaringe off his wawes and the woodnes of the people They that dwell in y e vttemost partes are afrayed at thy tokens thou makest both the mornynge and euenynge starres to prayse ye. Thou visetest the earth thou watrest it and makest it very plenteous The ryuer of God is full of waters thou preparest man his corne aÌ„d thus thou prouydest for the earth Thou watrest hir forowes thou breakest the harde clottes therof thou makest it soft with y e droppes of rayne and blessest the increase of it Thou crownest the yeare with thy good and thy fotesteppes droppe fatnesse The dwellinges of the wildernes are fatt also y t they droppe withall the litle hilles are pleasaunt on euery syde The foldes are full of shepe the valleys stonde so thicke with corne y t they laugh and synge The LXV A psalme off Dauid O Be ioyfull in God all ye loÌ„des synge prayses vnto the hono r of his name make his prayse to be glorious Saye vnto God O how wonderfull are thy workes thorow the greatnesse of thy power shal thine enemies be confouÌ„ded O y t all the worlde wolde worshipe the synge of the and prayse thy name Sela. O come hither and beholde the workes of God which is so wonderfull in his doinges amonge the children of men He turned the see in to drye loÌ„de so that they wente thorow the water on fote therfore wil we reioyse in him He ruleth with his power for euer his eyes beholde the people the rennagates shal not be able to exalte them selues Sela. O magnifie o r God ye people make y e voyce off his prayse to be herde Which holdeth o r soule in life and suffreth not oure fete to slippe For thou o God hast proued vs thou hast tried vs liâ—â— as syluer is tried Thou hast brought vs in to captiuyte and layed trouble vpon o r loâ—nes Thou hast suffred men to ryde ouer o r heades we weÌ„te thorow fyre and water 〈◊〉 thou hast brought vs out and refreshed 〈◊〉 Therfore will I go in to thy house w t 〈◊〉 offeringes to paye the my vowes which I promised w t my lippes and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble I wil offre vnto the fatte brentsacrifices with the smoâ—e of raÌ„mes I will offre bullockes and goateâ— Sela. O come hither and herkeÌ„ all ye that feare God I wil tell you what he hath done for my soule I called vnto hiÌ„ w t my mouth and gaue him prayses with my tuÌ„ge Yff I enclyne vnto wickednes with my herte y e LORDE wil not heare me Therfore God hath herde me aÌ„d considred the voyce off my prayer Praysed be God which hath not cast out my prayer ner turned his mercy fro me The LXVI psalme GOd be mercifull vnto vs blesse vs shewe the light off his countenauÌ„ce apon vs. Sela. That we maye knowe y e waye vpoÌ„ earth y e sauynge health amonge all Heithen Let the people prayse the o God yee let all people prayse the. O let the people reioyse and be
earth vpon hir foundacion that it neuer moueth at eny tyme. Thou couerest it with the depe like as with a garmeÌ„t so that the waters stonde aboue the hilles But at thy rebuke they fle at the voyce of thy thonder they are afrayed Then are the hilles sene alofte the valleys beneth in their place which thou hast appoynted for theÌ„ Thou hast set them their boundes which they maie not passe that they turne not agayne to couer y e earth Thou causest the welles to sprynge vp amonge the valleys and the waters runne amonge y e hilles That all the beastes of the felde maye haue drynke that the wylde asses maye quench their thyrste Aboue vpon the hilles haue the foules of the ayre their habitacion and synge amonge the braunches Thou watrest the hylles from aboue the erth is fylled with y e frutes of thy workes Thou bryngest forth grasse for the catell and grene herbe for the seruyce of men Thou bryngest fode out of the earth wyne to make glad y e herte of maÌ„ oyle to make him a chearfull countenaunce bred to strength mans herte The trees of the LORDE are full of sappe euen the trees of Libanus which he hath planted There make the byrdes their nestes and the fyrre trees are a dwellinge for the storcke The hilles are a refuge for the wylde goates and so are the stony rockes for y e conyes Thou hast appoynted the Moone for certayne seasons the Sonne knoweth his goinge downe Thou makest darcknesse that it maye be night wherin all the beastes of the forest do moue Yee and the yonge lyons which roare after the praye and seke their meate at God But when the Sonne ariseth they get them awaye together and lye them downe in their dennes Then goeth man forth to his worke and to till his londe vntill the euenynge O LORDE how manifolde are thy workes right wysely hast thou made theÌ„ all yee the earth is full of thy riches So is this greate and wyde see also wherin are thinges crepinge innumerable both small and greate beastes There go the shippes â—uer and there is that Leuiathan whom thou hast made to take his pastyme therin They wayte all vpoÌ„ the that thou mayest geue them meate in due season WheÌ„ thou geuest it them they gather it wheÌ„ thou openest thine honde they are fylled with good But when thou hydest thy face they are soroufull yf thou takest awaye their breth they dye are turned agayne to their dust Agayne when thou lattest thy breth go forth they are made and so thou renuest the face of the earth The glorious magesty of the LORDE endureth for euer and the LORDE reioyseth in his workes The earth treÌ„bleth at the loke of him he doth but touch y e hilles and they smoke I will synge vnto the LORDE as longe as I lyue I wil prayse my God whyle I haue my beinge O that my wordes might please him for my â—oye is in the LORDE As for synners they shal be coÌ„sumed out of the earth and the vngodly shal come to an ende but prayse thou the LORDE o my soule Halleluya The CIIII. psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE and call vpon his name tell the people what thinges he hath done O let youre songes be of him prayse him and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous workes Geue his holy name a good reporte let their hertes reioyse that seke the LORDE Seke the LORDE and his strength seke his face euermore Remembre the maruelous workes that he hath done his wonders and the iudgmentes of his mouth O ye sede of Abraham his seruaunt ye children of Iacob his chosen He is the LORDE oure God whose punyshmentes are thorow out all the worlde He is allwaye myndfull of his couenaunt and promyse that he made to a thousande generacions Yee the couenaunt that he made w t Abraham and the ooth that he swore vnto Isaac And apoynted the same vnto Iacob for a lawe and to Israel for an euerlastinge testament Sayenge vnto the wil I geue the londe of Canaan the lott of youre heretage When there was yet but a fewe of them and they straungers therin What tyme as they wente from one nacion to another from one kyngdome to another He suffred no man to hurte them but reproued euen kynges for their sakes Touch not myne anoynted do my prophetes no harme Morouer he called for a derth vpon the loÌ„de and destroyed all the prouysion of bred But he had sent a man before them euen Ioseph which was solde to be a bonde seruaunt They hurte his fete in the stockes the yron pearsed his herte Vntill the tyme that his worde came and till the worde of y e LORDE had tried him Then sent the kinge and caused him be delyuered the prynce of the people bad let him go He made him lorde of his house ruler of all his substaunce That he might enfourme his prynces after his wil and teach his Senatours wysdome Israel also came in to Egipte and Iacob was a straunger in the loÌ„de of Ham. But he increased his people exceadingly and made them stronger then their enemies Whose hert turned so that they hated his people and dealt vntruly with his seruauntes Then sent he Moses his seruaunt and Aaron whom he had chosen These dyd his tokens amoÌ„ge them and wonders in the londe of Ham. He sent darcknesse and it was darcke for they were not obedient vnto his worde He turned their waters in to bloude and slewe their fishe Their londe brought forth frogges yee euen in their kynges chambers He spake the worde their came all maner of flies lise in all their quarters He gaue them hale stones for rayne and flammes of fyre in their loÌ„de He smote their vynyardes fige trees and destroyed the trees that were in their coastes He spake y e worde and their came greshoppers catirpillers innumerable These ate vp all the grasse in their loÌ„de and deuoured the frutes of their grouÌ„de He smote all y e first borne in their loÌ„de euen the chefe of all their substaunce He brought them forth w t syluer golde there was not one feble personne amoÌ„ge their tryâ—es Egipte was glad of their departinge for they were afraied of theÌ„ He spred out a cloude to be a couerynge and fyre to geue light in the night season At their desyre there came quales and he fylled them with the bred of heaueÌ„ He opened the rocke of stone the waters flowed out so that ryuers ranne in the wildernesse For why he remembred his holy promyse which he had made vnto Abraham his seruaunt Thus he brought forth his people with ioye and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue them the loÌ„des of the HeitheÌ„ where they toke the labours of the people in possession That they might kepe his statutes and obserue his lawes Halleluya
his waies to be clene but it is y e LORDE y t fashioneth y e myndes Commytte thy workes vnto y e LORDE and loke what thou deuysest it shal prospere The LORDE doth all thinges for his owne sake yee when he kepeth y e vngodly for y e daye of wrath The LORDE abhorreth all presumptuous proude hertes there maye nether strength ner power escape With louynge mercy faithfulnesse synnes be forgeuen and who so feareth y e LORDE eschueth euell When a mans wayes please y e LORDE he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes Better is it to haue a litle thinge w t rightuousnes theÌ„ greate rentes wrongeously gotten A maÌ„ deuyseth a waye in his herte but it is y e LORDE y t ordreth his goinges When y e prophecy is in y e lippes of y e kynge his mouth shal not go wroÌ„ge in iudgment A true measure a true balauÌ„ce are y e LORDES he maketh all weightes It is a greate abhominacioÌ„ when kynges are wycked for a kynges seate shulde be holden vp w t righteousnesse Righteous lippes are pleasauÌ„t vnto kynges and they loue him y t speaketh y e trueth The kynges displeasure is a messaunger of death but a wyse man wyl pacifie him The cherefull countenauÌ„ce of y e kynge is life and his louynge fauo r is as the euenynge dewe To haue wyszdome in possession is better then golde and to get vnderstondynge is more worth then syluer The path of y e righteous eschueth euell who so loketh well to his wayes kepeth his owne soule Presumptuousnes goeth before destruccion and after a proude stomake there foloweth a fall Better it is to be of humble mynde w t the lowly then to deuyde y e spoyles w t y e proude He y t handleth a matter wysely opteyneth good blessed is he y t putteth his trust in y e LORDE Who so hath a wyse vnderstondinge is called to councell but he y t can speake fayre getteth more riches Vnderstondinge is a well of life vnto him y t hath it as for y e chastenynge of fooles it is but foolishnesse The herte of the wyse enfourmeth his mouth and amendeth y e doctryne in his lyppes Fayre wordes are an hony combe a refreshinge of y e mynde health of y e bones There is a waye y t men thinke to be right but the ende therof leadeth vnto death A troublous soule disquyeteth hir selfe for hir owne mouth hath brought her therto An vngodly personne stereth vp euell and in his lippes he is as an whote burnynge fyre A frowarde body causeth strife and he y t is a blabbe of his tonge maketh deuysion amonge prynces A wicked maÌ„ begyleth his neghbo r ledeth him y e waye y t is not good He that wyncketh w t his eyes ymagineth myschefe and he y t byteth his lippes wyl do some harme Age is a crowne of worshipe yf it be founde in the waye of righteousnes A pacient man is better then one that is stroÌ„ge and he that can rule him selfe is more worth then he y t wynneth a cite The lottes are cast in to the lappe but their fall stoÌ„deth in the LORDE The XVII Chapter BEtter is a drye morsell w t quyetnesse theÌ„ a full house and many fatt catell w t stryfe A discrete seruauÌ„t shal haue more rule then the sonnes y t haue no wysdome and shal haue like heretage w t the brethren Like as syluer is tried in the fyre and golde in the fornace euen so doth the LORDE proue the hertes A wicked body holdeth moch of false lippes a dyssemblynge persone geueth eare to a disceatfull toÌ„ge Who so laugheth y e poore to scorne blasphemeth his maker and he y t is glad of another mans hurte shal not be vnpunyshed Childers children are a worshipe vnto the elders and the fathers are the hono r of the children An eloquent speach becoÌ„meth not a foole a dyssemblinge mouth also besemeth not a prynce Liberalite is a precious stone vnto him that hath it for where so euer he becoÌ„meth he prospereth Who so couereth another mans offence seketh loue but he y t discloseth the faute setteth frendes at variaunce One reprofe only doth more good to him y t hath vnderstoÌ„dinge then an C. stripes vnto a foole A sedicious personne seketh myschefe â—ut a cruell messaunger shal be sent agaynst him It were better to come agaynst a she Bere robbed of hir whelpes then agaynst a foole in his foolishnes Who so rewardeth euell for good the plage shal not departe froÌ„ his house He y t soweth discorde strife is like one y t dyggeth vp a water broke but an open enemie is like the water y t breaketh out reÌ„â—eth abrode The LORDE hateth as well him y t iustifieth y e vngodly as him y t condempneth the innoceÌ„t What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hoÌ„de where as he hath no mynde to bye wyszdome He is a frende that all waye loueth and in aduersite a man shal knowe who is his brother Who so promiseth by the hande is suertie for another he is a foole He y t loueth strife delyteth in synne who so setteth his dore to hye seketh after a fall Who so hath a frowarde herte opteyneth no good and he y t hath an oueÌ„rthâ—â—â—â— tonge shal fall in to myschefe An 〈◊〉 body bryngeth himselfe in to sorowe and y e father of a foole can haue no ioye A mâ—â—y herte maketh a lusty age but a sorowfull â—â—â—de dryeth vp y e bones The vngodly taketh giftes out of the bosome to wraist the wayeâ—â— of iudgment Wyszdome shyneth in y e face of him y t hath vnderstondinge but y e eyes â—â— fooles wandre thorow out all loÌ„des An 〈◊〉 discrete sonne is a grefe vnto his father 〈◊〉 heuynesse vnto his mother y t bare him 〈◊〉 punysh y e innocent and to smyte y e prynces â— geue true iudgmeÌ„t are both euell He is 〈◊〉 and discrete y t tempereth his wordes 〈◊〉 he is a maÌ„ of vnderstoÌ„dinge y t maketh moâ—â— of his sprete Yee a very foole when he holâ—deth his tonge is counted wyse and to 〈◊〉 vnderstoÌ„dinge when he shutteth his lippes The XVIII Chapter WHo so hath pleasure to sowe disâ—â—de piketh a quarell in euery thingâ— â–ª A foole hath no delyte in vnderâ—â—â—â—dinge but only in those thinges wherin 〈◊〉 herte reioyseth Where vngodlynes is theâ—re is also diszdayne so there foloweth shaâ—me dishonor. The wordes of a maÌ„s 〈◊〉 are like depe waters and the well of wyszdoâ—me is like a full streame It is not good 〈◊〉 regarde y e personne of the vngodly or to 〈◊〉 backe y e righteous in iudgmeÌ„t A fooles lipâ—pes are euer brawlinge and his mouth proâ—uoketh vnto batayll A fooles mouth is 〈◊〉 owne destruccion and his lippes are y e 〈◊〉 for his owne soule The wordes of a slaunâ—derer are very wouÌ„des and go thorow
wil not be the better for wordes for though he vnderstonde yet wil he not regarde them Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed thou mayest trust a foole more then him He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a childe shal make him his master at length An angrie man stereth vp strife and he that beareth euell wyll in his mynde doth moch euell After pryde commeth a fall but a lowly sprete bryngeth greate worshipe Who so kepeth company w t a thefe hateth his owne soule he heareth blasphemies telleth it not forth He that feareth men shal haue a fall but who so putteth his trust in the LORDE shal come to honor. Many there be that seke y e prynces fauoure but euery mans iudgment commeth from the LORDE The rightuous abhorre the vngodly but as for those that be in y e right waye y e wicked hate them The XXX Chapter The wordes of Agur the sonne of Iake THe prophecie of a true faithfull man whō God hath helped whom God hath cōforted norished For though I am y e leest of all haue no mās vnderstōdīge for I neuer lerned wiszdome yet haue I vnderstōdinge am wel enfourmed in godly thinges Who hath clymmed vp ī to heauen Who hath come downe from thence Who hath holden y e wynde fast in his hāde Who hath cōprehended y e waters in a garment Who hath set all the endes of y e worlde What is his name or his sonnes name Canst thou tell All the wordes of God are pure cleane for he is a shylde vnto all them that put their trust in him Put thou nothinge therfore vnto his wordes lest he reproue the and thou be founde as a lyar Two thinges I requyre of the that thou wilt not denye me before I dye Remoue fro me vanite and lyes geue me nether pouerte ner riches only graunte me a necessary lyuynge Lest yf I be to full I denye y e saye what felowe is y e LORDE And lest I beinge constrayned thorow pouerte fall vnto stealinge and forsweare the name of my God Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his master lest he speake euell of the also and thou be hurte He that bryngeth vp an euell reporte vpō the generacion of his father and mother is not worthy to be commended The generacion that thynke them selues cleane shal not be clensed from their fylthynesse There are people y t haue a proude loke and cast vp their eye lyddes This peoples tethe are swerdes and with their chaft bones they consume and deuoure the symple of the earth and the poore from amonge mē This generacion which is like an horsleche hath two doughters y e one is called fetch hither the other brynge hither There be thre thinges that are neuer satisfied and the fourth saieth neuer hoo The hell a womans wombe and the earth hath neuer water ynough As for fyre it sayeth neuer hoo Who so laugheth his father to scorne and setteth his mothers commaūdement at naught the rauens pycke out his eyes in the valley and deuoured be he of the yongle Aegles There be thre thinges to hye for me and as for the fourth it passeth my knowlege The waye of an Aegle in y e ayre y e waye of a serpent ouer y e stone y e waye of a shippe in y e see y e waye of a mā w t a yonge womā Soch is the waye also of a wyfe y t breaketh wedlocke which wypeth hir mouth like as whā she hath eatē sayeth As for me I haue done no harme Thorow thre thinges the earth is disquieted the fourth maye it not beare Thorow a seruaūt y t beareth rule thorow a foole y t hath greate riches thorow an ydle houswife thorow an handmayden y t is heyre to hir mastres There be foure thinges in the earth the which are very litle but in wyszdome they exceade the wyse The Emmettes are but a weake people yet gather they their meate together in y e haruest The conyes are but a feble folke yet make they their couches amonge the rockes The greshoppers haue not a gyde yet go they forth together by heapes The spyder laboureth w t hir hādes y t in y e kynges palace There be thre thinges y t go stiftly but the goinge of the fourth is the goodliest of all A Lyon which is kynge of beastes geueth place to no man A cock ready to fight A rāme And a kynge y t goeth forth w t his people Yf thou be so foolish to magnifie y e self or medlest w t eny soch thinge thē laye thine hāde vpon y e mouth Who so chyrneth mylck maketh butter he that rubbeth his nose maketh it blede and he that causeth wrath bryngeth forth strife The XXXI Chapter THese are the wordes of Kynge Lamuel y e lesson y t his mother taught him My sonne thou sonne of my body O my deare beloued sonne geue not ouer thy substaunce mynde vnto women which are the destrucciō euē of kynges O Lamuel geue kinges no wyne geue kynges prynces no stronge drynke lest they beinge dronken forget the lawe regarde not y e cause of the poore of all soch as be in aduersite Geue stronge drynke vnto soch as are condempned to death wyne vnto those y t mourne that they maye drynke it forget their misery aduersite Be thou an aduocate stonde in iudgment thyself to speake for all soch as be dōme sucourles With y e mouth defende y e thinge y t is laufull and right and y e cause of y e poore and helplesse Who so fyndeth an honest faithful womā she is moch more worth thē perles The herte of hir husbande maye safely trust in her so that he shal haue no nede of spoyles She wil do him good not euel all y e dayes of hir life She occupieth woll flax laboureth gladly w t hir handes She is likē a marchauntes shippe that bryngeth hir vytayles from farre She is vp in y e night season to prouyde meate for hir housholde foode for hir maydens She considreth lōde byeth it and w t the frute of hir handes she planteth a vynyarde She gyrdeth hir loynes with strength and courageth hir armes And yf she perceaue that hir houswifrie doth good hir candle goeth not out by night She layeth hir fyngers to the spyndle hir hande taketh holde of y e rocke She openeth hir hande to y e poore yee she stretcheth forth hir hādes to soch as haue nede She feareth not y t the colde of wynter shal hurte hir house for all hir housholde folkes are duble clothed She maketh hir self fayre ornamētes hir clothīge is whyte sylke purple Hir huszbāde is moch set by in y e gates whē he sytteth amonge y e rulers of y e londe She maketh cloth of sylke selleth it and delyuereth a gyrdle vnto y e
stondeth vpon the is like Carmel The hayre of thy heade is like the kynges purple folden vp in plates O how fayre and louely art thou my derlynge in pleasures Thy stature is like a date tre and thy brestes like the grapes I sayde I wil clymme vp in to the date tre and take holde of his braunches Thy brestes also shal be as the vyne grapes the smell of thy nostrels like the smell of apples and thy thâ—â—â—te like the best wyne This shal be pure cleare for my loue his lippes and teth shal haue their pleasure There wil I turne me vnto my loue and he shal turne him vnto me O come on my loue let vs go forth in to the felde and take â—â—re lodginge in the vyllages In the mornynge wil we ryse by tymes and go se the vynyarde yf it be spronge forth yf the grapes be growne yf the pomgranates be shoâ—â— out There wil I geue the my brestes There shal the Mandragoras geue their smell besyde oure dores There o my loue haue I kepte vnto the all maner of frutes both new and olde The VIII Chapter O That I might fynde the without kysse y e whom I loue as my brother which suckte my mothers brestes that thou woldest not be offended yf I toke the and brought the in to my mothers house that thou mightest teach me and that I might geue the drynke of spyced wyne and of the swete sappe of my pomgranates His left hande lyeth vnder my heade his right hande embraceth me I charge you o ye daughters of IerusaleÌ„ 〈◊〉 ye wake not vp my loue ner touch her 〈◊〉 she be content herself What is she this 〈◊〉 coÌ„meth vp from the wildernes and 〈◊〉 vpon hir loue I am the same that 〈◊〉 the vp amonge the aple trees where thy â—â—ther beare y e where y e mother brought 〈◊〉 in to the worlde O set me as a seale vpoÌ„ thine hert and as â—eale vpon thine arme for loue is mightie the death gelousy as the hell Hir coaâ—â— are of fyre and a very flamme of the LORâ—E so y t many waters are not able to quench 〈◊〉 nether maye y e streames drowne it Yee 〈◊〉 man wolde geue all the good of his houâ—â— for loue he shulde counte it nothinge When oure loue is tolde oure yonge sister â—hose brestes are not yet growne what shal â—e do vnto her Yf she be a wall we shal â—ylde a syluer bollworke there vpon Yf she 〈◊〉 a tower we shal festen her with bordes of â—edre tre Yf I be a wall my brestes like towres then am I as one that hath founde fauoure in his sight Salomon had a vynyarde at Baal Hamon this vynyarde delyuered he vnto the kepers y t euery one for the frute therof shulde geue him a thousande peces of syluer But my vynyarde o Salomon geueth the a thousande and two hundreth to y e kepers of the frute Thou that dwellest in the gardens O let me heare thy voyce that my companyons maye herken to the same O get the awaye my loue as a roo or a yonge hert vnto the swete smellinge mouÌ„taynes The ende of Salomons Balettes called Cantica Canticorum Fautes escaped in the pryntinge of this parte Vpon the seconde leaf the seconde syde in the syxte Chapter of Iob the letter A. Within the yoke an egg rede Within the yoke of an egg In the Psalter Vpon the xxxv leaf the seconde syde in the cxxxvi psalme the seconde verse â–ª Vpon the trees rede Vpon the wyll ye trees All the Prophetes in Englishe Esay Ieremy Baruch Ezechiel Daniel Oseas Ioel. Amos. Abdy Ionas Micheas Naum. Abacuc Sophony Aggeus Zachary Malachy The Prophet Esay What Esay conteyneth Chap. I. The prophet rebuketh the people of Israel for their abhominacions Chap. II. The callynge of the Heithen Chap. III. PunyshmeÌ„t of God specially for the pryde of wemen Chap. IIII. Plages to come wyth a promyse of the grace and conforte thorow Christ. Chap. V. The louynge kyndnes of God towarde Israel afore other people Agayne the vnthankfulnes and vnfaithfulnes of them Chap. VI. The sendynge of Esay The harde hertes of the people Chap. VII He rebuketh the kynge for beynge afrayed of the vngodly kynges of the Heithen and because he put not his trust in God He geueth him a tokeÌ„ of grace which he receaueth not Chap. VIII The people forsake God seke helpe at the Heithen Chap. IX He putteth theÌ„ in mynde of the mysery that is past Of the coÌ„mynge and kyngdome of Christ. Punyshment for their pryde Chap. X. Punyshment of vnrighteous rulers The comforte of Israel agaynst the pryâ—â— of the kynge of the Assyrians Chap. XI A prophecie of Christ. Chap. XII A thankesgeuynge of the faithfull people Chap. XIII Punyshment to come vpon Babilon by the Persians Medes Chap. XIIII God will haue mercy on his people He threteneth Palestina Chap. XV. The plage of Moab Chap. XVI The vexacion feare of Moab Chap. XVII PunyshmeÌ„t of Damascus siria Chap. XVIII The callynge of the Heithen Chap. XIX.XX. Plages vpon Egipte Ethiopia Chap. XXI The punyshmeÌ„t of Babilon Duma and Arabia Chap. XXII The punyshment vpon IerusaleÌ„ by SeÌ„nacherib Sobna is put downe Eliachim commeth in his steade Chap. XXIII The punyshment of Tyre of all the cities by the see coast and of the Iles. Chap. XXIIII Of the generall punyshment of the whole earth vnto the ende of the worlde Chap. XXV A thaÌ„kesgeuynge vnto God The callinge of the Heithen Chap. XXVI Men ought to trust onely iÌ„ God Chap. XXVII The punyshment of Leuiathan The goodnes of God The delyueraunce of Israel The callynge of the Heithen Chap. XXVIII The punishment of Ephraim Of mens lawes Of the stone in Sion Chap. XXIX PunyshmeÌ„t vpon Ierusalem for mens lawes and doctrynes Chap. XXX Gods people are punyshed for sekinge helpe at other then him self Chap. XXXI He calleth the people agayne to God and promiseth them defence Chap. XXXII Health vnder the kynge of righteousnes He threateneth the carelesse cities· Chap. XXXIII PunyshmeÌ„t vpon the enemies of Gods people Chap. XXXIIII Gods plage vpon the Heithen Chap. XXXV A coÌ„forte secrete promyse concernynge the callynge of the Heithen Chap. XXXVI Sennacherib the kinge of the Assirians sendeth his hoost to besege IerusaleÌ„ Chap. XXXVII The prayer of Ezechias God coÌ„forteth him by Esay The angel of the LORDE putteth the Assirians hoost to shame Chap. XXXVIII Ezechias is deed sicke God helpeth him vp agayne He thanketh God Chap. XXXIX The kynge of Babilon sendeth Embassitours vnto Ezechias which sheweth them his treasure displeaseth God withall Chap. XL. The delyuerauÌ„ce not onely of Israel out of the captiuyte of Babilon but of all faithfull also in Christ. The vanyte of maÌ„ The excellent power of God Chap. XLI God reasoneth with the Iewes geÌ„tiles reproueth the people of Israel for their vnthankfulnes Chap. XLII The coÌ„mynge power of Christ The praise
reioyse from youre hert as they that come with the pipe when they go vp to the mount of the LORDE vnto y e rock of Israel The LORDE also shal set vp the power of his voyce and declare his terrible arme with his angrie countenaunce yee and the flame of the consumynge fyre with earth quake tempest of wynde and hale stones Then shal the Assirian feare also because of the voyce of the LORDE which shal smyte him with the rodde And the same rodde which the LORDE wil sende vpon him shal moue the whole foundacion with trompet with noyse of warre and batell to destroye For he hath prepared the fyre of payne from the begynnynge yee euen for kynges also This hath he made depe wyde y e norishinge therof is fyre and wodde innumerable which the breath ofte LORDE kyndleth as it were a match of brymstone The xxxj Chapter WO vnto them that go downe in to Egipte for helpe and trust in horses and conforte them selues in Charettes because they be many and in horse mē because they be lustie and stronge But they regarde not the holy one of Israel and they aske no question at the LORDE Where as he neuertheles plageth y e wicked and yet goeth not from his worde whā he steppeth forth and taketh the victory agaynst the housholde of the frauwerde and against the helpe of euel doers Now the Egiptians are men and not God and their horses flesh and not sprete And as soone as the LORDE stretcheth out his honde then shal the helper fall and he that shulde haue bene helped and shal altogether be destroyed For thus hath the LORDE spokē vnto me Like as the Lyon or lyōs whelpe roareth vpon the pray that he hath gotten and is not afrayde though y e multitude of shepardes crie out vpon him nether abashed for all the heape of them So shal the LORDE of hoostes come downe from the mount Sion and defende his hill Like as byrdes flotre aboute their nestes so shal the LORDE of hoostes kepe saue defende and deliue Ierusalem Therfore o ye childrē of Israel turne agayne like as ye hahaue exceaded in youre goinge back For in y t daye euery man shal cast out his Idols of syluer and golde which ye haue made with youre synful hondes Assur also shal be slayne with the swerde not w t a mans swerde ▪ A swerde shal deuoure him but not a mans swerde And he shal fle from the slaughter and his seruauntes shal be taken prisoners ▪ He shal go for feare to his stronge holdes and his prynces shal fle from his badge This hath y e LORDE spokē whose light burneth in Sion and his fyre in Ierusalem The xxxij Chapter BEholde the kinge shal gouerne after y e rule of rightuousnes and y e princes shal rule acordinge to the balaunce of equite He shal be vnto mē as a defence for the wynde and as a refuge for the tempest like as a ryuer of water in a thurstie place and y e schadowe of a greate rock in a drie lōde The eyes of the seinge shall not be dymme and the eares of them that heare shal take diligēt hede The hert of the vnwise shal attayne to knowlege and the vnparfite tūge shal speake planely and distinctly Then shal the nygarde be no more called gentle ner the churle lyberall But the churle wil be churlishly mynded and his hert wil worke euell and playe the ypocrite and ymagyn abhominaciōs agaynst God to make the hungrie leane and to with holde drinke from the thurstie These are the perlous weapons of the cuvetous these be his shameful councels that he maye begyle the poore with disceatful workes yee euen there as he shulde geue sentence with the poore But the liberall person ymagineth honest thinges and commeth vp with honesty Vp ye rich and ydle cities harken vnto my voyce Ye careles cities marcke my wordes After yeares and dayes shal ye be brought in feare o ye carelesse cities For Haruest shal be out and the grape gatheringe shal not come O ye rich ydle cities ye that feare no parell ye shal be abashed and remoued when ye se the barennesse the nakednesse and preparinge to warre Ye shal knock vpō youre brestes because of the pleasaunt felde and because of the fruteful vynyarde My peoples felde shal bringe thornes and thistels for in euery house is voluptuousnes in the cities wilfulnes The palaces also shal be broken and the greatly occupide cities desolate The towers and bulwerckes shal be become dennes for euermore the pleasure of Mules shal be turned to pasture for shepe Vnto the tyme that y e sprete be poured vpon vs from aboue Then shal the wildernesse be a fruteful felde the plenteous felde shal be rekened for a wodde Then shal equyte dwel in the deserte and rightuousnesse in a fruteful londe And the rewarde of rightuousnesse shal be peace and hir frute rest and quietnesse for euer And my people shal dwel in the ynnes of peace in my tabernacle and pleasure where there is ynough in thē all And whē the hale falleth it shal fall in the wodde and in the citie O how happy shal ye be whē ye shal safely sowe youre sede besyde all waters dryue thither the fete of youre oxē asses The xxxiij Chapter THerfore wo vnto the o robber shalt not thou be robbed also and vnto the that laiest wait as who saye there shulde no waite be layde for the Wo vnto the which doest hurte euen so shalt thou be hurt also And as thou layest waite so shal wait be layde for the also LORDE be merciful vnto vs we wait for the. Thine arme is at a poynte to vyset vs but be thou oure health in the tyme of trouble Graūte that the people maye fle at the anger of thy voyce that at thy vpstondinge the Gentiles maye be scatred abrode and that their spoyle maye be gathered as the greshoppers are comonly gathered together in to the pyt Stonde vp LORDE thou that dwellest on hie Let Siō be fylled with equyte and rightuousnesse Let treuth and faithfulnesse be in hir tyme power health wisdome knowlege the feare of God are hir treasure Beholde their aungels crie with out the messaungers of peace wepe bytterly The stretes are waist there walketh no man therin the appoyntmen is broken the cities are despised they are not regarded the desolate earth is in heuynes Libanus taketh it but for a sporte that it is hewen downe Saron is like a wyldernes Basā Charmel are turned vpside downe And therfore saieth y e LORDE I wil vp now wil I get vp now wil I aryse Ye shal conceaue stubble and beare strawe youre sprete shal be the fyre that it maye consume you the people shal be burnt like lyme as thornes burne that are hewen of cast in the fyre Now herken to ye that are farre of how
might not helpe or had I not power to delyuer lo at a worde I driÌ„ke vp the see of water floudes I make drie loÌ„de so y t for want of water the fish corruppe and die of thurst As for heauen I clooth it with darcknesse and put a sack vpon it The LORDE God hath geueÌ„ me a wel lerned tuÌ„ge so that I can conforte them which are troubled yee y t in due season He waked myne eare vp by tymes in y e mornynge as y e scolemasters do y t I might herkeÌ„ The LORDE God hath opened myne eare therfore caÌ„ I not saye naye ner wtdrawe myself but I offre my backe vnto y e smyters and my chees to the nyppers I turne not my face froÌ„ shame aÌ„d spittinge for the LORDE God helpeth me therfore shal I not be coÌ„founded I haue hardened my face like a flynt stone for I am sure that I shal not come to confucion Myne aduocate speaketh for me who wil then go with me to lawe Let vs stoÌ„de one agaynst another yf there be eny that wil reason with me let him come here forth to me Beholde the LORDE God stondeth by me what is he that can condempne me lo they shal be all like as an olde cloth which y e mothes shal eate vp Therfore who so feareth the LORDE amoÌ„ge you let him heare the voyce of his seruauÌ„t Who so walketh in darcknesse no light shyneth vpoÌ„ him let him hope in the LORDE and holde him by his God But take hede ye haue all kyndled a fyre and gyrded youre selues with the flame Ye walke in the glistriÌ„ge of youre owne fyre and in the flame that ye haue kyndled This cometh vnto you fro my honde namely y t ye shal slepe in sorowe The li. Chapter HErken vnto me ye that holde of rightuousnes ye that seke the LORDE Take hede vnto the stone wherout ye are hewen and to the graue wherout ye are digged Considre Abraham youre father Sara that bare you how that I called him alone prospered him wel encreased him how the LORDE conforted SioÌ„ and repayred all hir decaye makinge hir deserte as a Paradise and hir wildernesse as the garden of the LORDE Myrth and ioye was there thankes geuynge and y e voyce of prayse Haue respecte vnto me then o my people and laye thine eare to me for a lawe and an ordinaunce shal go forth fro me to lighten the Gentiles It is hard by that my health my rightuousnesse shal go forth and the people shal be ordred with myne arme The Ilondes that is y e Gentiles shal hope in me and put their trust in myne arme Lift vp youre eyes toward heaueÌ„ and loke vpon the earth beneth For the heauens shal vanish awaye like smoke and the earth shall teare like a clothe they that dwel therin shal perish in like maner But my health endureth for euer and my rightuousnes shall not ceasse Therfore hercken vnto me ye y t haue pleasure in rightuousnes thou people that bearest my lawe in thine herte Feare not the curse of men be not afrayde of their blasphemies reuylinges for wormes mothes shal eat theÌ„ vp like clothe woll But my rightuousnesse shal endure for euer my sauynge health from generacion to generacion Wake vp wake vp be stronge O thou arme of the LORDE wake vp lyke as in tymes past euer and sence the worlde beganne Art not thou he that hast wounded that proude lucifer and hewen the dragon in peces Art not thou euen he which hast dried vp the depe of the see which hast made playne the see grounde that the delyuered might go thorow That the redemed of the LORDE which turned agayne might come with ioye vnto SioÌ„ there to endure for euer â–ª That myrth and gladnesse might be with them that sorowe wo might fle from theÌ„ Yee I I am eueÌ„ he that in all thiÌ„ges geueth you consolacion What art thou then that fearest a mortall maÌ„ y e childe of man which goeth awaye as doeth the floure And forgettest the LORDE that made the that spâ—ed out the heauens and layde the foundacion of the earth But thou art euer afrayde for the sight of thyne oppressoure which is ready to do harme Where is the wrath of the oppressoure It cometh on fast it maketh haist to apeare It shal not perish y t it shulde not be able to destroye nether shal it fayle for faute of norishinge I am the LORDE y i God that make the see to be still and to rage whose name is the LORDE of hoostes I shal put my worde also in thy mouth and defende the with the turnynge of my hondeâ— that thou mayest plante the heauens and laye the foundacions of the earth and saye vnto Sion thou art my people Awake Awake and stonde vp o Ierusasalem thou that from the honde of the LORDE hast dronkeÌ„ out the cuppe of his wrath thou that hast supped of and sucked out the slombringe cuppe to the botome For amonge all the sonnes whom thou hast begotten there is not one that maye holde the vp and not one to lede the by the honde of all the sonnes that thou hast norished Both these thinges are happened vnto the but who is sory for it Yee destruction waistinge hunger swerde but who hath conforted the Thy sonnes lie comfortles at y e heade of euery strete like a takeÌ„ venyson are ful of y e teâ—rible wrath of y e LORDE punyshmeÌ„t of thy God And therfore thou miserable dronkeÌ„ howbeit not w t wyne Heare this Thus saieth thy LORDE thy LORDE God y e defender of his people Beholde I wil take y e sloÌ„briÌ„ge cuppe out of thy hoÌ„de eueÌ„ y e cuppe w t the dregges of my wrath y t froÌ„ hence forth thou shalt neuer drinke it more wil put it iÌ„ their hoÌ„de that trouble the which haue spoken to thy soule stoupe downe that we maye go ouer the make thy body eaueÌ„ with the grounde and as the strete to go vpon The lij Chapter VP Sion vp take thy strength vnto the put on thine honest rayment o IerusaleÌ„ thou citie of the holy one For from this tyme forth there shal no vncircumcised ner vncleane person come in the. Shake the froÌ„ the dust arise stonde vp o IerusaleÌ„ Pluck out thy neck from the boÌ„de o thou captyue doughter Sion For thus saieth the LORDE Ye are solde for naught therfore shal ye be redemed also without eny money For thus hath the LORDE sayde My people weÌ„te downe afore tyme in to Egipte there to be straungers Afterwarde dyd the kinge of the Assirians oppresse theÌ„ for naught And now what profit is it to me saieth y e LORDE y t my people is frely caried awaye brought in to heuynes by their rulers and my name euer still blasphemed saieth the LORDE But
saye Tush there shal nether batel ner honger be in this londe With swearde aÌ„d with honger shal those prophetes perish and the people to whom they haue preached shal be cast out of Ierusalem dye of honger aÌ„d be slayne with the swearde and there shal be no man to burie them both they aÌ„d their wyues their sonnes and their doughters For thus wil I 〈◊〉 their wickednes vpon theÌ„ This shalt thoâ— saye also vnto them Myne eyes shal wepe without ceassâ—nge daye night For my people shal be dtstroyed with greate harme and shall perish with a greate plage For yff I go in to the felde lo it lieth all full off slayne men Yff I come in to the cite lo they be all fameshed of honger Yee their prophetes also and prestes shal be led in to an vnknowne londe Hast thou then vtterly forsaken Iuda sayde I Dost thou so abhorre SioÌ„ Or hast thou so plaged vs that we can be healed no more We loked for peace and there coÌ„meth no good for the tyme of health lo here is nothinge but trouble We knowlege o LORDE all oure myszdedes and the synnes of oure fathers that we haue offended ye. Be not displeased o LORDE for thy names sake forget not thy louynge kyndnes Remembre y e trone of thyne honoure breake not the couenauÌ„t that thou hast made with vs. Are there eny amonge the goddes of the Gentiles that sende rayne or geue the showers of heauen Dost not thou it o LORDE oure God in whoÌ„ we trust Yee LORDE thou dost all these thinges The XV. Chapter THen spake the LORDE vnto me aÌ„d sayde Though Moses and Samuel stode before me yet haue I no herte to this people Dryue them awaye that they maye go out of my sight And yf they saye vnto the Whyther shal we go TheÌ„ tell theÌ„ The LORDE geueth you this answere Some vnto death some to the swearde some to honger some in to captiuyte For I will bringe foure plages vpon them saieth the LORDE The swearde shal straÌ„gle them the dogges shal deuoure them the foules of the ayre aÌ„d beestes of the earth shal eate them vp and destroye them I will scatre them aboute also in all kingdomes and londes to be plaged because of Manasses the sonne of Ezechias kinge of Iuda for the thinges that he dyd in Ierusalem Who shal then haue pite vpon the o Ierusalem Who shal be sory for the Or who shal make intercession to opteyne peace for the seinge thou goest fro me aÌ„d turnest bacwarde saieth the LORDE Therfore I will stretch out myne honde agaynst the to destroye the and I will not be intreated I will scatre the abrode with the fanne on euery side of the londe I will waist my people and destroye them for they haue had no lust to turne from their owne wayes I will make their wyddowes mo in nombre then the sondes of the see Vpon y e mothers of their children I shal bringe a destroyer in the noone daye Sodenly and vnawarres shal I sende a feare vpon their cities She that hath borne vij children shal haue none hir herte shal be ful of sorowe The Sonne shall fayle her in the cleare daye when she shal be confounded and faynte for very heuynesse As for those y t remayne I wil delyuer them vnto the swearde off their enemies saieth the LORDE O mother alas that euer thou dydest beare me an enemie and hated of the whole londe Though I neuer lente ner receaued vpon vsury yet euery man speake euell vpon me And y e LORDE answered me Lede not I the then vnto good Come not I to the when thou art in trouble and helpe y e when thine enemie oppresseth the Doth one yron hurte another or one metall that coÌ„meth from the north another As for youre riches and treasure I wil geue them out in to a pray not for eny money but because of all youre synnes that ye haue done iÌ„ all youre coastes And I wil briÌ„ge you with youre enemies in to a londe y t ye knowe not for the fyre that is kyndled in my indignacion shal burne you vp O LORDE sayde I then thou knowest all thinges therfore remembre me aÌ„d viset me delyuer me fro my persecuters Receaue not my cause in y i loÌ„ge wrath yet thou knowest that for thy sake I suffre rebuke When I had founde thy wordes I at them vp gredely they haue made my hert ioyfull glad For I call vpon thy name o LORDE God off hoostes I dwell not amonge the scorners nether is my delyte therin but I dwell only in the feare of thy honde for thou hast fylled me with bytternes Shall my heuynes endure for euer Are my plages then so greate y t they maye neuer be healed Wilt thou be as a water that falleth and can not contynue Vpon these wordes thus sayde the LORDE vnto me Yf thou wilt turne agayne I shal set the in my seruyce and yf thou wilt take out the thinge that is precious from the vyle thou shalt be euen as myne owne mouth They shal conuerte vnto the but turne not thou vnto theÌ„ and so shal I make the a stroÌ„ge wall of stele agaynst this people They shal fight agaynst the but they shal not preuayle For I my self will be with the to helpe the and delyuer the saieth the LORDE And I will ryd the out of the hondes of the wicked and delyuer the out of the honde of Tirauntes The XVI Chapter MOrouer thus sayde the LORDE vnto me Thou shalt take y e no wife ner beget children in this place For of the children that are borne in this place of their mothers that haue borne them and of their fathers that haue begotten them in this londe thus saieth the LORDE They shal dye an horrible deeth no maÌ„ shal mourne for them ner burie them but they shal lye as doÌ„ge vpon the earth They shal perish thorow the swearde and honger and their bodies shal be meate for the foules of the ayre and beestes of the earth Agayne thus saieth the LORDE Go not vnto them that come together for to mourne and wepe for I haue taken my peace froÌ„ this people saieth the LORDE yee my fauoure and my mercy And in this londe shal they dye olde and yonge and shall not be buried no man shall be wepe them no man shall clippe or shaue himselff for them There shal not one viset another to mourne with them for their deed or to comforte them One shall not offre another the cuppe off consolacion to forget their heuynes for father and mother Thou shalt not go in to their feast house to syt downe moch lesse to eate or drynke with them For thus saieth the LORDE off hoostes the God off Israel Beholde I shall take awaye out of this place the voyce off myrth aÌ„d gladnesse the voyce off the
Iamin from the playne feldes from the mountaynes and from the wildernesse which shall bringe burnt offringes sacrifices oblacions and incense and offre vp thankesgeuynge in the house of the LORDE But yff ye will not be obedient vnto me to halowe the Sabbath so that ye will beare youre burthens thorow the gates off Ierusalem vpon the Sabbath Then shall I set fyre vpon the gates off Ierusalem ād it shal burne vp the houses off Ierusalem and no man shal be able to quench it The XVIII Chapter This is another communicacion that God had with Ieremy sayenge ARise and go downe in to the Potters house and there shall I tell the more off my mynde Now when I came to the Potters house I founde him makinge his worke vpon a whele The vessel that the Potter made off claye brake amonge his hōdes So he beganne a new and made a nother vessell acordinge to his mynde Then sayde the LORDE thus vnto me Maye not I do w t you as this Potter doth O ye house off Israel saieth the LORDE Beholde ye house off Israel ye are in my honde euen as the claye in the Potters honde When I take in honde to rote out to destroye or to waist awaye eny people or kīgdome yff that people agaynst whom I haue thus deuysed cōuerte from their wickednes Immediatly I repente off the plage that I deuysed to bringe vpon thē Agayne Whē I take in honde to buylde or to plante a people or a kingdome yff the same people do euell before me and heare not my voyce Immediatly I repente of the good that I deuysed to do for them Speake now therfore vnto whole Iuda and to them that dwell at Ierusalem Thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I am deuysinge a plage for you and am takinge a thinge in honde agaynst you Therfore let euery man turne from his euell waye take vpon you the thinge that is good and do right But they saye No more of this we will folowe oure owne ymaginacions and do euery mā acordinge to the wilfulnesse of his owne mynde Therfore thus saieth the LORDE Axe amonge the Heithen yf eny man hath herde soch horrible thinges as the doughter of Sion hath done Shal not y e snowe y t melteth vpon the stony rockes of Libanus moysture the feldes Or maye the springes off waters be so grauen awaye that they runne no more geue moystnesse ner make frutefull But my people hath so forgotten me y t they haue made sacrifice vnto vayne goddes And whyle they folowed their owne wayes they are come out of the hie strete and gone in to a fote waye not vsed to be troden Where thorow they haue brought their londe in to an euerlastinge wildernesse and scorne So y t who so euer trauayleth ther by shal be abashed and wagge their heades With an East wynde will I scatre thē before their enemies And when their destruction cōmeth I will turne my backe vpō them but not my face Then sayde they come let vs ymagin somthinge agaynst this Ieremy Yee this dyd euen the prestes to whom y e lawe was commytted the Senatours y t were the wyfest and the prophetes which wanted not y e worde off God Come sayde they let vs cut out his tūge and let vs not regarde his wordes Considre me o LORDE and heare the voyce of myne enemies Do they not recompence euell for good when they dygg a pyt for my soule Remembre how that I stode before the to speake for thē ād to turne awaye thy wrath from them Therfore let their childrē dye of hunger and let them be oppressed with the swearde Let their wyues be robbed of their childrē and be come wyddowes let their huszbōdes be slayne let their yonge men be kylled with the swearde in the felde Let the noyse be herde out of their houses when the murtherer cōmeth sodenly vpon them For they haue digged a pit to take me and layed snares for my fete Yet LORDE thou knowest all their coūcell that they haue deuysed to slaye me And therfore forgeue them not their wickednes and let not their synne be put out of thy sight but let them be iudged before the as the giltie This shalt thou do vnto thē in y e tyme of thy indignacion The XIX Chapter MOrouer thus saide the LORDE vnto Ieremy Go thy waye and bye the an erthen pytcher and bringe forth the Senatours and chefe prestes in to the valley of the children off Ennon which lieth before the porte that is made of brick shewe them there the wordes that I shall tell the and saye thus vnto them Heare the worde of the LORDE ye kinges of Iuda ād ye citesyns of Ierusalem Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will bringe soch a plage vpon this place that y e eares of all that heare it shal glowe And that because they haue forsakē me and vnhalowed this place and haue offred in it vnto straunge goddes whō nether they their fathers ner the kinges off Iuda haue knowne They haue filled this place also w t the bloude of innocentes for they haue set vp an aulter vnto Baal to burne their children for a burnt offringe vnto Baal which I nether commaunded ner charged them nether thought once there vpon Beholde therfore y e tyme cōmeth saieth the LORDE y t this place shal nomore be called Tophet ner y e valley of y e childrē of Ennō but y e valley of slaughter For in this place wil I slaye the Senatours of Iuda Ierusalē kill thē downe w t the swearde in y e sight of their enemies ād of them that seke their lyues And their deed carcases wil I geue to be meate for the foules of the ayre and beestes of the felde And I wil make this cite so desolate ād despysed that who so goeth there by shal be abaszhed geast vpon her because of all hir plages I will fede them also w t the flesh of their sonnes their doughters Yee euery one shal eate vp another in the beseginge straytnesse wher w t their enemies y t seke their lyues shal kepe thē in And the pitcher shalt thou breake in the sight of the mē y t shal be w t the and saye vnto thē Thus saieth the LORDE off hoostes Euē so wil I destroye this people cite as a Potter breaketh a vessel that can not be made whole agayne In Tophet shal they be buried for they shal haue none other place Thus wil I do vnto this place also saieth the LORDE and to thē y t dwell there in yee I wil do to this cite as vnto Tophet For the houses of Ierusalē the houses of the kinges of Iuda are defyled like as Tophet because off all the houses in whose parlers they dyd sacrifice vnto all the hooste of heauē and poured out drynke offringes
therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes y e God of Israel Beholde I wil bringe vpō Iuda vpō euery one y t dwelleth in Ierusalē all the trouble y t I haue deuysed agaynst thē For I haue spokē vnto thē but they wolde not folowe I haue called vnto them neuertheles they wolde geue me no answere Ieremy also spake vnto the housholde off the Rechabites Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel For so moch as ye haue obeyed y e cōmaundemēt of Ionadab yo r father kepte all his preceptes done acordinge vnto all y t he hath bydden you Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Ionadab the sonne of Rechab shal not fayle but haue one out of his stocke to stōde allwaye before me The XXXVI Chap. IN the fourth yeare of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kynge of Iuda came y e worde of the LORDE vnto Ieremy sayege Take a boke write therin all y e wordes y t I haue spokē to the to Israel to Iuda to all the people frō the tyme y t I begāne for to speake vnto the in y e reigne of Iosias vnto this daye That when the house of Iuda heareth of the plage which I haue deuysed for thē they maye peraduēture turne euery man frō his wicked waye that I maye forgeue their offences and synnes Then dyd Ieremy call Baruch the sonne of Nerias Baruch wrote in the boke at y e mouth of Ieremy all the wordes of the LORDE which he had spoken vnto him And Ieremy commaunded Baruch sayenge I am in preson so that I maye not come in to the house of y e LORDE therfore go thou thither rede the boke that thou hast writtē at my mouth Namely the wordes off the LORDE rede thē in the LORDES house vpon the fastinge daye that the people whole Iuda all they that come out of the cities maye heare Peraduenture they will praye mekely before the face of the LORDE and turne euery one from his wicked waye For greate is the wrath and displeasure that the LORDE hath taken agaynst this people So Baruch the sonne of Nerias dyd acordinge vnto all that Ieremy the prophet cōmaūded him readinge the wordes off the LORDE out off the boke in the LORDES house And this was done in the fyfth yeare off Ioachim y e sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda in the ix moneth when it was commaunded that all the people of Ierusalem shulde fast before the LORDE and they also that were come from the cities of Iuda vnto Ierusalem Then red Baruch the wordes of Ieremy out of the boke within the house of the LORDE out of y e treasury of Gamarias the sonne off Saphan the scrybe which is besyde the hyer loffte off the new dore of the LORDES house that all y e people might heare Now whē Micheas the sonne off Gamarias the sonne of Saphan had herde all the wordes of the LORDE out of y e boke he wēte downe to the kinges palace in to y e scrybes chābre for there all y e prynces were set Elisama the scrybe Dalias the sonne of Semei Elnathā the sonne off Achbor Gamaria the sonne of Saphan Sedechias the sonne of Hananias with all the princes And Micheas tolde them all the wordes y t he herde Baruch rede out of the boke before the people Then all the prynces sent Iehudi y e sonne of Nathanias the sonne of Salamia the sonne of Chusi vnto Baruch sayenge Take in thine honde the boke wherout thou hast red before all the people and come So Baruch the sonne of Nerias toke y e boke in his honde and came vnto them And they sayde vnto him Syt downe and rede the boke y t we maye heare also So Baruch red y t they might heare Now when they had herde all the wordes they were abaszhed one vpon another and sayde vnto Baruch We wil certifie the kinge of all these wordes And they examined Baruch sayenge Tell vs how didest thou wryte all these wordes out off his mouth Then Baruch answered them He spake all these wordes vnto me with his mouth and I alone was with him and wrote them in the boke Then sayde the prynces vnto Baruch Go thy waye and hyde the with Ieremy so that no man knowe where ye be And they went in to the kinge to the courte But they kepte the boke in the chambre off Elisama the scrybe ād tolde the kynge all the wordes that he might heare So the kynge sent Iehudi to fetch him y e boke which he brought out of Elisama y e scrybes chambre And Iehudi red it that the kynge and all the prynces which were aboute him might heare Now the kynge sat in the wynter house for it was in their Moneth and there was a good fyre before him And whē Iehudi had red thre or foure leaues therof he cut the boke in peces with a penne knyfe and cast it in to the fyre vpō the herth vntil the boke was all brente in the fyre vpon the herth Yet no man was abashed therof or rente his clothes nether the kynge himselffe ner his seruauntes though they herde all these wordes Neuertheles Elnathan Dalias ād Gamarias besoughte the kings that he wolde not burne the boke notwithstondinge y e kynge wolde not heare them but commaunded Ieramyhel the sonne off Amalech Sarias the sonne of Esriel and Selamia y e sonne of Abdiel to laye hondes vpon Baruch the scrybe and vpon Ieremy the prophet but the LORDE kepte them out of sight After now that the kynge had brente the boke ād y e sermōs which Baruch wrote at y e mouth off Ieremy The worde of the LORDE came vnto Ieremy sayenge Take another boke and write in it all the forsayde sermons that were written in the first boke which Ioachim the kynge off Iuda hath brente And tell Ioachim the kynge off Iuda Thus saieth the LORDE thou hast brente y e boke and thoughtest within thy selff Why hast thou written therin that the kynge off Babilon shal come make this lōde waist so that he shall make both people and catel to be out of it Therfore thus the LORDE saieth of Ioachim the kynge of Iuda There shal none of his generacion syt vpon the trone of Dauid His deed corse shal be cast out that the heat off the daye and the frost of the night maye come vpon him And I will vyset the wickednes of him of his sede and of his seruauntes Morouer all the euell that I haue promised thē though they herde me not will I bringe vpon them vpon y e inhabitours of Ierusalem and vpon all Iuda Then toke Ieremy another boke and gaue it Baruch the scrybe the sonne of Nerias which wrote therin out of the mouth off Ieremy all the sermons that were in the first boke which Ioachim the kynge off Iuda dyd burne And there were added vnto them many mo
neuer yet put out off one vessell in to another y t is she neuer wente awaye in to captyuyte therfore hir taist remayneth and hir sauoure is not yet chaunged But lo the tyme commeth saieth the LORDE that I shall sende hir trussers to trusse her vp to prepare and season hir vessels yee hir tankerdes rattell and shake to fro And Moab shal be ashamed off Chamos like as Israel was ashamed off Bethel wherin she put hir trust Wherfore do ye thinke thus we are mightie and stronge men off warre Moab shal be destroyed and hir cities brente vp hir chosen yonge men shall be slayne saieth the kinge whose name is the LORDE off hoostes The destruction off Moab commeth on a pace and hir fall is at honde All hir neghbours shall mourne for her and all they that knowe hir name shal saye O how happeneth it that the stronge staff and the goodly rod is thus broken And thou doughter DiboÌ„ come downe from thy glory and syt in pouerte For he that destroyeth Moab shall come vp to the also and breake downe thy stronge holdes And thou that dwellest in Aroer get the to y e strete loke aboute the axe them that are fled and escaped and saye what thynge is happened O Moab is confounded and ouercome Mourne and crie tell it out at Arnon that Moab is destroyed And mysery shall come vpon the playne londe Namely vpoÌ„ holon and Iaza vpon Mephat and DiboÌ„ vpon Nâ—bo and the house of Diplathaim vpon Cariatharim and Bethgamul vpon Bethniaon and Carioth vpon Bosra and all the cities in the loÌ„de off Moab whether they lye farre or neare The horne of Moab shal be smytteÌ„ downe hir arme broken saieth the LORDE Make hir dronken for she magnified hir self aboue the LORDE that men maye clappe their hondes at hir vomyte and that she also maye be laughed to scorne O Israeli â–ª shalt thou not laugh him to scorne when he is taken amoÌ„ge theues Yee because off thy wordes that thou hast spoken agaynst him thou shalt be dryuen awaye Ye Moabites shal leaue the cities and dwell in rockes off stone and become like doues that make their nestes in holes As for Moabs pryde we haue herde off it she is very hie mynded I knowe hir stoutnesse hir boostinge hir arogaÌ„cy and the pryde off hir stomack saieth the LORDE For hir furiousnes maye nether vpholde her w t strength ner dede Therfore shal there mournynge be made for Moab and euery maÌ„ shal crie for Moabs sake a lamentacion shal be made to the men that stonde vpon the wall So will I mourne for the also o Iazer and for the O thou vynyarde off Sybma Thy wyne brauÌ„ches shal come ouer y e see and the braunches off Iazer but vnto the see the destroyer shall breake in to thy haruest and grape gatheringe Myrth and cheare shal be taken awaye from the tymbre felde and from the whole londe off Moab There shall be no swete wyne in the presse the treader shall haue no stomacke to crie yee there shall be none to crie vnto him which afore tyme were herde from hesebon to Eleale and Ioaz which lifted vp their voyce from Zoar vnto Horonaim that bullock off thre yeare olde The waters also off Nemrim shal be dried vp Morouer I will make Moab ceasse saieth the LORDE from the offringes and censinge that she hath made vnto hir goddes in hie places Wherfore my herte mourneth for Moab like a crowde playenge an heuy songe and for the mens sake off the bricke wall my herte mourneth also euen as a pype that pipeth a dolefull songe for they shal be very fewe and destroyed All heades shall be shauen and all beerdes clipped off all hondes bounde and all loynes gyrded aboute with sack cloth VpoÌ„ all the house toppes and stretes off Moab there shal be mournynge For I will breake Moab like an vnprofitable vessell saieh the LORDE O how fearfull is she O how mourneth she O how doth Moab hange downe hir heade and is ashamed Thus shall Moab be a laughinge stocke and had in derision off all them that be rounde aboute her For thus saieth the LORDE Beholde the enemie shal come flyenge as an Aegle and sprede his wynges vpon Moab They shall clymme ouer the walles and wynne the stronge holdes Then the mighty mens hertes in Moab shal be like the herte off a woman trauelinge with childe And Moab shal be made so desolate that she shal nomore be a people because she hath set vp her selfe agaynst the LORDE Feare pyt and snare shall come vpoÌ„ the o Moab saieth the LORDE Who so escapeth the feare shal fall in the pyt and who so getteth out off the pyt shall betaken in the snare For I will bringe a yeare off visitacion vpon Moab saieth the LORDE They that are able to fle shall stonde vnder the shadowe off Hesebon For there shall go a fyre out off Hesebon and a flame from Sion shall burne vp that proude people off Moab both before and behynde Wo be vnto the o Moab for thou people off Chamos shalt perish Yee thy sonnes and doughters shall be led awaye captyne Yet at the last will I bringe Moab out off captiuyte agayne saieth the LORDE Thus farre off the plage off Moab The XLIX Chapter AS concerninge the Ammonites thus the LORDE saieth Hath Israel no children or is he without an heyre Why hath youre kynge then taken Gad in wherfore doth his people dwell in his cities Beholde therfore the tyme commeth saieth y e LORDE that I will brynge a noyse off warre into Rabath off the Ammonites Lahel shal be desolate and hir cities brent vp and the Israelites shall be lordes ouer those that had theÌ„ in possession afore saieth the LORDE Hesebon shall mourne for it shal be roted out off the grounde saieth the LORDE The cities off Rabath shall crie out and gyrde them selues with sack cloth they shall mourne and runne aboute the walles for their kynge shall be led awaye presoner yee his preestes and prynces with him Wherfore trustest thou in the water streames that flowe to and fro o thou fearce doughter and thynkest thou art so safe by reason off thy treasure that no man shal come to the Beholde I will brynge a feare vpon the saieth the LORDE God off hoostes from all those that be aboute the so that ye shall be scatred euery man from another and no maÌ„ shall gather them together agayne that be fled But after that I will bringe the Ammonites also out off captyuyte agayne Vpon the Edomites hath the LORDE off hoostes spoken on this maner Is there no more wyszdome in Theman Is there no more good councell amonge his people Is their wyszdome then turned clene to naught Get you hence turne youre backes crepe downe into the depe O ye citesyns off Dedan For I will bringe destructioÌ„ vpon Esau yee and the daye off his visitacion Yff the
y e to scorne thou y t hast gottē the so foule a name art full off myschefe Beholde the rulers of Israel haue brought euery man his power to shed bloude in the. In the haue they despised father mother in the haue they oppressed the straūger in the haue they vexed the wyddowe the fatherlesse Thou hast despysed my Sāctuary and vnhalowed my Sabbath Murtherers are there in the that shed bloude eate vpon the hilles and in the they vse vnhappynesse In y e haue they discouered their fathers shame in the haue they vexed women in their sicknesse Euery mā hath dealte shamefully with his neghbours wife abhominably defyled his doughter in lawe In the hath euery man forced his owne sister euen his fathers doughter Yee giftes haue bene receaued in the to shed bloude Thou hast taken vsury encreace thou hast oppressed thy neghbours by extorcion and forgotten me saieth the LORDE God Beholde I haue smytten my hondes vpō thy couetousnesse that thou hast vsed and vpon the bloude which hath bene shed in the. Is thy herte able to endure it or maye thy hondes defende them selues in the tyme that I shall bringe vpon the Euen I the LORDE that speake it will bringe it also to passe I will scatre the amonge the Heithen strowe the aboute in the lōdes and wil cause thy fylthynesse to ceasse out off the yee and I will haue the in possession in the sight of the Heithen that thou mayest knowe that I am the LORDE And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man the house of Israel is turned to drosse All they that shulde be brasse tynne yrō leade are in the fyre become drosse Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God For so moch as ye all are turned in to drosse beholde I will brynge you together vnto Ierusalem like as syluer brasse yron tynne and leade are put together in the fornace and the fyre blowen there vnder to melt them Euen so will I gather you put you in together and melt you in my wrath and indignacion I will brynge you together and kyndle the fyre of my cruell displeasure vnder you that ye maye be melted therin Like as the syluer is melted in the fyre so shall ye also be melted therin that ye maye knowe how that I the LORDE haue poured my wrath vpon you And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayēge Thou sonne of mā tell her Thou art an vn clene londe which is not rayned vpon in the daye off the cruell wrath thy prophetes that are in the are sworne together to deuoure soules like as a roaringe Lyon that lyueth by his pray They receaue riches and good and make many wyddowes in ye. Thy prestes breake my lawe and defyle my Sanctuary They put no dyfference betwene the holy and vnholy nether discerne betwene the clene and vnclene they turne their eyes fro my Sabbathes and I am vnhalowed amonge them Thy rulers in the are like rauyshinge wolues to shed bloude and to destroye soules for their owne covetous lucre As for thy prophetes they dawbe with vntempered claye they se vanities ▪ and prophecie lies vnto them sayenge the LORDE God sayeth so where as the LORDE hath not spoken The people in the londe vseth wicked extorciō and robbery They vexe the poore and nedy and oppresse the straunger agaynst right And I sought in the londe for a man that wolde make vp the hedge and see him self in the gappe before me in the lōdes behalfe y t I shulde not vtterly destroye it ▪ but I coude fynde none Therfore wil I poure out my cruell displeasure vpon them and burne them in the fyre of my wrath their owne wayes will I recompence vpō their heades saieth the LORDE God The XXIII Chapter THe worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man there were two womē that had one mother These when they were yonge beganne to playe the harlottes in Egipte There were their brestes brussed and the pappes off their maydenheade destroyed The eldest of them was called Oola and hir yongest sister Ooliba These two were myne and bare sonnes and doughters Their names were Samaria and that was Oola and Ierusalem that was Ooliba As for Oola she beganne to go a whorynge when I had takē her to me She was set on fyre vpon hir louers the Assirians which had to do with her euen the prynces and lordes that were deckte in costly araye fayre yonge men lusty ryders of horses Thus thorow hir whordome she cleued vnto all the yonge men off Assiria Yee she was madde vpon them and defyled herselff with all their Idols Nether ceassed she frō the fornicaciō that she vsed with the Egipcians for in hir youth they laye w t her they brussed the brestes of hir maydenheade and poured their wordome vpon her Wherfore I delyuered her in to y e hōdes of hir louers euen the Assirians whom she so loued These discouered hir shame toke hir sonnes and doughters and slewe her with the swearde An euell name gat she of all people ād they punyshed her Hir sister Ooliba sawe this ād destroyed herself w t inordinate loue more then she exceaded hir sister in whordome she loued y e Assirians which also laye w t her namely the prynces greate lordes that were clothed w t all maner of gorgious apparell all lusty horsmen and fayre yonge personnes Then I sawe that they both were defyled a like But she increased still in whordome for when she sawe men paynted vpon the wall the ymages off the Caldees set forth with fresh colours with fayre gyrdles aboute them and goodly bonettes vpon their heades lokynge all like prynces after y e maner of the Babiloniās and Caldees in their owne londe where they be borne Inmediatly as soone as she sawe them she brent in loue vpon them and sent messaūgers for them in to the londe of the Caldees Now when the Babiloniās came to her they laye with her and defyled her with their whordome and so was she poluted with with them And when hir lust was abated from them hir whordome and shame was discouered sene then my herte forsoke her like as my herte was gone from hir sister also Neuertheles she vsed hir whordome en◠the longer the more and remembred the dayes off hir youth wherin she had played the harlot in the londe off Egipte she brent in lust vpon them whose flesh was like y e flesh of Asses and their sede like the sede off horses Thus thou hast renued the fylthynesse of thy youth when thy louers bressed y e pappes and marred thy brestes in Egipte Therfore o Ooliba thus saieth y e LORDE God I will rayse vp thy louers with whom thou hast satisfied thy lust agaynst the and gather them together rounde aboute the Namely the Babilonians and all the Caldees
Pecod Schoa and Coa with all the Assirians all yonge and fayre louers prynces and lordes knyghtes and gentlemen which be all good horsmen These shall come vpon the with horses charettes a greate multitude of people which shal be harnessed aboute the on euery syde w t brestplates sheldes and helmettes I will punysh y t before them yee they theÌ„ selues shal punysh the acordinge to their owne iudgmeÌ„t I will put my gelousy vpon the so that they shall deale cruelly with the. They shal cut of thy nose and thine eares and the remnaunt shall fall thorow the swearde They shall cary awaye thy sonnes and doughters the resydue shal be brent in the fyre Thy shal strype the out of thy clothes cary thy costly Iewels awaye with them Thus will I make an ende off thy fylthynesse whordome which thou hast brought out of the loÌ„de of Egipte so that thou shalt turne thine eyes nomore after them cast thy mynde nomore vpon Egipte For thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I will delyuer y e in to the hoÌ„des of them whom thou hatest yee euen in to the hondes of them with whoÌ„ thou hast fulfylled thy lust which shall deale cruelly with y e All thy laboure shal they take with them and leaue the naked and bare and thus the shame of thy filthy whordome shal come to light All these thinges shal happen vnto the because of thy whordome which thou hast vsed amonge the Gentiles with whose Idols thou hast defyled y t self Thou hast walked in the waye of thy sister therfore will I geue the hir cuppe in thy honde Thus saieth the LORDE God Thou shalt drynke off thy sisters cuppe how depe farre so euer it be to the botome Thou shalt be laughed to scorne and had as greatly in derision as is possible Thou shalt be full off dronckennes and sorowe for the cuppe of y e sister Samaria is a cuppe of destruccion waistinge the same shalt thou drynke and suppe it out eueÌ„ to y e dregges yee thou shalt eate vp the broken peces off it and so teare thine owne brestes For euen I haue spoken it saieth the LORDE God Therfore thus saieth y e LORDE God For so moch as thou hast forgotteÌ„ me cast me asyde so beare now thine owne fylthinesse whordome The LORDE sayde morouer vnto me Thou sonne of maÌ„ wilt thou not reproue Oola Ooliba ShewetheÌ„ their abhominacioÌ„s namely y t they haue brokeÌ„ their wedlocke stayned their hoÌ„des w t bloude yee euen w t their Idols haue they committed aduoâ—try offred them their owne children to be deuoured whoÌ„ they had borne vnto me Yee this haue they done vnto me also they haue defyled my SaÌ„ctuary in that same daye haue vnhalowed my Sabbath For when they had slayne their childreÌ„ for their Idols they came the same daye in to my Sanctuary to defyle it Lo this haue they done in my house Besyde all this thou hast sent y t messeungers for men out of farre couÌ„trees and wheÌ„ they came thou hast bathed trymmed and set forth thy selff off the best fashion thou sattest vpoÌ„ a goodly bed a table spred before the whervpon thou hast set myne incense and myne oyle Then was there greate cheare w t her the men y t were sent froÌ„ farre couÌ„trees ouer the deserte vnto these they gaue bracelettes vpon their hondes set glorious crownes vpon their heades Then thought Imodonte these wil vse their harlotry also w t yoÌ„der olde whore And they wente in to her as vnto a comon harlot Euen so wente they also to Oola Ooliba those filthy women O ye all that loue vertue and rightuousnes iudge theÌ„ punysh them as aduoutrers and murtherers ought to be iudged and punyshed For they are breakers off wedlocke and the bloude is in their hondes Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE God bringe a greate multitude off people vpon them and make them be scatred and spoyled these shal stone them and gorre them with their sweardes They shal slaye their sonnes and doughters and burne vp their houses with fyre Thus will I destroye all soch fylthynes out off the londe that all women may lerne not to do after youre vncleÌ„nesse And so they shall laye youre fylthinesse vpon youre owne selues and ye shal be punyshed for the synnes that ye haue committed with youre Idols ye shall knowe that I am the LORDE The XXIIII Chapter IN the ix yeare in the x. Moneth the x. daye off the Moneth came the worde off the LORDE vnto me sayenge O thou sonne off man wryte vp the name off this daye yee eueÌ„ y e houre of this present daye when the kynge of Babilon set himself agaynst IerusaleÌ„ Shewe y t obstinate housholde a parable speake vnto theÌ„ Thus sayet the LORDE God Get the a pot set it on poure water in to it put all the peces together in it all the good peces the loyne and the shulder fyll it with the best bones Take one off the best shepe an heape off bones withall let it boyle well let the bones seyth well therin With that sayde the LORDE God on this maner Wo be vnto the bloudy cite of y e pot whervpon the rustynesse haÌ„geth and is not yet scoured awaye Take out the peces that are in it one after another there nede no lottes be case therfore for the bloude is yet in it Vpon a playne drye stone hath she poured it and not vpon the grounde that it might be couered with dust And therfore haue I letten her poure hir bloude vpon a playne drye stony rocke because it shulde not be hid and that I might bringe my wrothfull indignacion and vengeaunce vpon her Wherfore thus saieth y e LORDE God O wo be vnto that bloudthurstie cite for whoÌ„ I wil prepare a heape off wodde beare thou y e bones together kyndle thou the fyre seeth the flesh let all be well soddeÌ„ that the bones maye be suckte out Morouer set the potemptye vpon the coales that it maye be warme and the metall hote that the fylth and rustynesse maye be consumed But it will not go off there is so moch off it the rustinesse must be brent out Thy filthinesse is abhominable for I wolde haue clensed the but thou woldest not be clensed Thou canst not be pourged from thine vnclennesse till I haue poured my wrothfull indignacion vpon the. Euen I the LORDE haue so deuysed Yee it is come therto allredy that I will do it I will not go backe I will not spare I wil not be intreated but acordinge to thy wayes aÌ„d ymaginacions thou shalt be punyshed saieth the LORDE God And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne off man beholde I will take awaye the pleasure off thine eyes w t a plage yet shalt thou nether mourne ner wepe ner water thy chekes therfore thou mayest mourne by thy selff alone
there is no secretes hyd from ye. With thy wiszdome thy vnderstōdinge thou hast gottē the greate welthynesse and gathered treasure of syluer golde With thy greate wiszdome and occupienge hast thou increased thy power and because of thy greate riches thy hert is proude Therfore thus saieth y e LORDE God For so moch as thou hast lift vp thine herte as though thou werst God beholde I will bringe enemies vpon the euen the tyrauntes of the Heithē these shal drawe out their sweardes vpon thy beuty and wiszdome and shall defyle thy glory They shal cast the downe to the pytte so that thou shalt dye in the middest of the see as they that be slayne Let se yff thou wilt saye then before thē that slaye y e I am God where as thou art but a man and not God in the hondes of them that slaye the. Dye shalt thou euen as the vncircumcised in the hōdes of y e enemies for I myself haue spoken it saieth the LORDE God Morouer the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne off man make a lamentable complaynte ouer the kynge of Tyre tell him Thus saieth the LORDE God Thou art a seale of a licknesse full off wyszdome excellent beuty Thou hast bene in y e pleasaūt gardē off God thou art decte with all maner of precious stones with Ruby Topas Christall Iacyncte Onyx Iaspis Saphir Smaragde Carbūcle golde Thy beuty y e holes y t be in y e were set forth in the daye of y e creacion Thou art a fayre Cherub stretched wyde out for to couer I haue set the vpon the holy mount off God there hast thou bene and walked amōge the fayre glisteringe stones From the tyme of thy creacion thou hast bene right excellent tyll wickednesse was founde in the. Because off thy greate marchaundise thy hert is full of wickednesse thou hast offended Therfore wil I cast the from the mount of God O thou coueringe Cherub and destroye the amōge the glisteringe stones Thy hert was proude in y e fayre beuty thorow thy beuty thou hast destroyed thy wiszdome I will cast y e downe to the grounde y t in y e sight of kynges Thou hast defyled thy Sāctuary w t the greate wickednesse off thy onrightuous occupyenge I wil bringe a fyre from the myddest of the to consume the ād wil make the to asshes in the sight of all thē y t loke vpon the. All they that haue bene acquaunted with the amonge the Heithē shal be abasshed at the seinge thou art so clene brought to naugth and cōmest no more vp And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man set thy face agaynst Sidō Prophecie vpō it and speake Thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde o Sidon I wil vpō the get me honoure in the that it maye be knowne how that I am y e LORDE when I punysh her get me honoure in her For I will sende pestilence bloud sheddinge in to hir stretes so y t those which be slayne with the swerde shal lye rounde aboute in the myddest of her they shal knowe that I am the LORDE She shal no more be a prickinge thorne an hurtinge brere vnto the house of Israel ner vnto thē that lye rounde aboute her and hate her and they shal knowe that I am the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE God when I gather the housholde of Israel together agayne from the nacions amonge whom they be scatred then shal I be sanctified in thē in y e sight of the Gētiles they shal dwell in the lōde y t I gaue to my seruaunt Iacob They shal dwell safely therin buylde houses and plante vynyardes Yee safely shal they dwell therin when I haue punyshed all those that despyse them rounde aboute and then shall they knowe y t I am the LORDE their God The XXIX Chapter IN the x. yeare vpon the xij daye off the x. Moneth the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayēge O thou sonne off mā set now thy face agaynst Pharao the kynge off Egipte Prophecye agaynst him and agaynst the whole lōde of Egipte Speake and tell him thus saieth the LORDE God beholde o Pharao thou kinge of Egipte I wil vpō the thou greate whall fysh y t lyest in y i waters Thou y t sayest the water is myne I haue made it myself I wil put an hoke in thy chawes hāge all the fish in thy waters vpō thy skales after y t I wil drawe the out of thy waters yee all the fish of y e waters that hange vpon thy skales I wil cast the out vpon the dry lōde with the fish of thy waters so that thou shalt lye vpon the felde Thou shalt not be gathered ner taken vp but shalt be meate for the beestes of the felde for the foules off the ayre that all they which dwell in Egipte maye knowe that I am the LORDE because thou hast bene a staff of rede to the house of Israel When they toke holde of y e w t their hōde thou brakest and prycdest them on euery syde and yff they leaned vpō the thou brakest ād hurtdest the reynes of their backes Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE God beholde I will brynge a swearde vpon the and rote out of the both man and beest Yee the londe of Egipte shal be desolate and waist they shal knowe that I am the LORDE Because he sayde the water is mine I my self haue made it Beholde therfore I wil vpon the vpon thy waters I will make the londe off Egipte waist and desolate from the towre of Syenes vnto the borders of the Moriās londe so that in xl yeares there shall no fote off man walke there nether fote of catell go there nether shal it be inhabited I wil make the londe of Egipte to be desolate amonge other waist countrees and her cities to lye voyde xl yeares amonge other voyde cities And I wil scatre the Egipcians amonge the Heithen and nacions Agayne thus sayeth the LORDE God Whē the xl yeares are expyred I wil gather the Egipcians together agayne out off the naciōs amonge whō they were scatred and wil bringe the presoners off Egipte agayne in to the londe off Pathures their owne natyue councre that they maye be there a lowly small kyngdome yee they shal be the smallest amonge other kyngdomes lest they exalte them selues aboue the Heithen for I will so mynish them that they shall nomore rule the Heithen They shall nomore be an hope vnto the house off Israel nether prouoke thē enymore to wickednesse to cause them turne backe and to folowe them ād they shal knowe that I am the LORDE God In the xxvij yeare the first daye of the first Moneth came y e worde off the LORDE vnto me sayenge Thou sonne off man Nabuchodonosor the kynge off Babilon hath made his hoost with greate trauayle
and laboure to come before Tyre that euery heade maye be balde and euery shulder bare Yet hath Tyre geuen nether him ner his hoost eny rewarde for y e greate trauayle y t he hath taken there Therfore thus saieth y e LORDE God beholde I wil geue the loÌ„de of Egipte vnto Nabuchodonosor the kynge off BabiloÌ„ y t he maye take awaye all hir substauÌ„ce robbe hir robberies aÌ„d spoyle hir spoyles to paye his hoost their wagies withall I wil geue him the londe of Egipte for his laboure that he toke for me before Tyre At the same tyme wil I cause the horne off the house of Israel to growe forth open thy mouth agayne amonge them that they maye knowe how that I am the LORDE The XXX Chapter MOrouer the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man prophecy speake thus saieth the LORDE God Mourne wo worth this daye for the daye is here the daye of y e LORDE is come the darcke daye of y e HeitheÌ„ the houre is at honde the swearde commeth vpon Egipte When the wounded men fall downe in Egipte when hir people are taken awaye and when hir foundacioÌ„s are destroyed the Morians londe shal be afrayed yee the Morians londe Lybia Lydia all their comon people Chub all y t be confederate vnto theÌ„ shal fall w t theÌ„ thorow y e swearde Thus saieth y e LORDE The maynteyners of the loÌ„de of Egipte shal fall the pryde of hir power shal come downe eueÌ„ vnto the tower off Syenes shall they be slayne downe w t the swearde saieth y e LORDE God amonge other desolate countrees they shal be made desolate amoÌ„ge other waist cities they shal be waisted And they shal knowe y t I am y e LORDE when I kyndle a fyre in Egipte when all hir helpers are destroyed At that tyme shal there messaungers go forth frome in shippes to make y e carelesse Morians afrayed and sorowe shal come vpon them in the daye of Egipte for doutles it shal come Thus saieth the LORDE God I wil make an ende of the people of Egipte thorow the honde of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon He and his people with him yee and the cruell tyrauntes of the Heithen shal be brought to destroye the londe They shal drawe out their sweardes vpon Egipte and fyll the londe full of slayne men I will drye vp their floudes of water aÌ„d sell the loÌ„de in to the hondes of wicked people The loÌ„de and all y t is therin wil I destroye thorow the enemies EueÌ„ I the LORDE haue sayde it And thus saieth the LORDE God I will destroye the Idols and brynge the ymages of Noph to an ende There shal nomore be a prynce of Egypte and a fearfulnesse will I sende in to the Egipcians londe As for Pathures I wil make it desolate aÌ„d kyndle a fyre in Zoan Alexandria will I punysh poure my wroth full indignacioÌ„ vpoÌ„ Sin which is the strength of Egipte All the sustaunce of Alexandria will I destroye and kyndle a fyre in Egipte Sin shal be in greate heuynesse Alexandria shal be roted out and Noph shall haue daylie sorowe The best men off Heliopolis Bubasto shal be slayne with the swearde aÌ„d caried awaye captyue At Taphnis the daye shal be darke when I breake there the scepter of the londe of Egipte and when y e pompe of hir pow r shal haue an ende A clonde shal couer her and hir doughters shal be led a waye in to captyuyte Thus will I punysh Egipte that they maye knowe how that I am the LORDE It happened in the xi yeare vpon the seueÌ„th daye of y e first Moneth y t the LORDES worde came vnto me sayeÌ„ge Beholde thou sonne of maÌ„ I wil breake y e arme of Pharao kynge of Egipte and lo it shal not be bouÌ„de vp to be healed nether shal eny playsâ—re be layed vpon it for to ease it or to make it so stroÌ„ge as to holde a swearde Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God beholde I will vpon Pharao y e kinge of Egipte brusse his stroÌ„ge arme yet is it but a broken one will smyte the swearde out of his honde As for the Egipcians I wil scatre them amonge the Heithen strowe theÌ„ in the londes aboute Agayne I wil strength y e arme of the kinge of BabiloÌ„ geue him my swearde in his hoÌ„de but I wil breake Pharaos arme so y t he shal holde it before him piteously like a wounded man Yee I will stablish the kynge of BabiloÌ„s arme the armes of Pharao shal fall downe that it maye be knowne that I am the LORDE which geue the kynge off Babilon my swearde in his hoÌ„de that he maye drawe it out vpon the londe of Egipte and that when I scatre the Egipcians amonge the Gentiles and strowe them in y e loÌ„des aboute they maye knowe y t I am the LORDE The XXXI Chapter MOrouer it happened in the xi yeare y e first daye of the thirde Moneth that the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man speake vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte aÌ„d to all his people Whom art thou like in y t greatnesse Beholde Assur was like a Cedre tre vpoÌ„ the mount of Libanus with fayre brauÌ„ches so thicke that he gaue shadowes and shot out very hye His toppe reached vnto the cloudes The waters made him greate and the depe set him vp an hye RouÌ„de aboute the rotes of him raÌ„ne there floudes of water he sent out his litle ryuers vnto all the trees of the felde Therfore was he hyer thoÌ„ all the trees of the felde and thorow y e multitude of waters that he sent froÌ„ him he optayned many and longe braunches All foules of the ayre made their nestes in his brauÌ„ches vnder his bowes geÌ„dred all the beastes of y e felde vnder his shadow dwelt all people Fayre and beutifull was he in his greatnesse and in the length of his braunches for his rote stode besyde greate waters no Cedretre might hyde him In the pleasauÌ„t garden of God there was no Fyrre tre like his brauÌ„ches the playne trees were not like y e bowes of him All the trees in the garden off God might not be coÌ„pared vnto him in his beuty so fayre and goodly had I made him with the multitude of his braunches In so moch y t all the trees in the pleasauÌ„t gardeÌ„ of God had envye at hiÌ„ Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God For so moch as he hath lift vp himself so hie stretched his toppe in to the cloudes seinge his hert is proude in his highnesse I wil delyuer him in to y e hondes of y e mightiest amoÌ„ge y e HeitheÌ„ which shall rote him out AcordiÌ„ge to his wickednes will I cast him awaye the enemies shal destroye him the mighty men of the Heithen shall so scatre him that his braunches shal lye vpon all
hoostes and a greate multitude of people with the. Morouer thus saieth the LORDE God At the same tyme shal many thinges come in to thy mynde so that thou shalt ymagyn myschefe and saye I wil vp to yonder playne londe seinge they syt at ease and dwell so safely for they dwell all without eny walles they haue nether barres nor dores to spoyle them to robbe thē to laye honde vpon their so wel inhabited wildernesses agaynst that people y t is gathered together from amonge the Heithē which haue gotten catell and good and dwell in the myddest of the londe Then shal Saba and Dedan and the marchauntes of Tharsis w t all their Worthies saye vnto the Art thou come to robbe Hast thou gathered thy people together because thou wilt spoyle to take syluer and golde to cary awaye catell and good and to haue a greate pray Therfore o thou sonne of man thou shalt prophecie and saye vnto Gog Thus saieth the LORDE God In that daye thou shalt knowe that my people of Israel dwelleth safe and shalt come from thy place out of the north partes thou and moch people w t the which ryde vpon horses wherof there is a greate multitude and an innumerable sorte Yee thou shalt come vpon my people of Israel as a cloude to couer the lōde This shal come to passe in the latter dayes I wil bringe the vp in to my londe that the Heithen maye knowe me when I get me honoure vpon the o Gog before their eyes Thus saieth the LORDE God Thou art he of whom I haue spoken afore tyme by my seruauntes y e prophetes of Israel which prophecied in those dayes yeares that I shulde bringe the vpon them At the same tyme when Gog commeth vp in to the londe of Israel saieth the LORDE God shal my indignaciō go forth in my wrath For in my gelousy and hote displeasure I haue deuysed that there shal be a greate trouble in the londe of Israel at that tyme. The very fyszshes in the see the foules of the ayre the beestes of the felde and all the men y t are vpon the earth shal tremble for feare of me The hilles also shal be turned vp side downe the stayres of stone shal fall and all walles shal syncke to the grounde I wil call for a swearde vpon them in all my mountaynes saieth the LORDE God so that euery mans swearde shal be vpon another With pestilēce and bloude wil I punysh him stormy rayne and hale stones fyre and brymstone wil I cause to rayne vpon him and all his heape yee and vpon all that greate people that is with him Thus wil I be magnified honoured and knowne amonge the Heithen that they maye be sure how y t I am y e LORDE The XXXIX Chapter THerfore o thou sonne of man prophecie agaynst Gog and speake Thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde o Gog thou chefe prynce at Mesech and Tubal I wil vpon the and turne the aboute carie the forth lede y t from the north partes and bringe the vp to the mountaynes of Israel As for thy bowe I wil smyte it out of thy left honde and cast thine arowes out of thy right honde Thou with all thine heape and all the people that is with the must fall vpon the mountaynes of Israel Then wil I geue the vnto y e foules and wilde beastes of the felde to be deuoured there must thou lye vpon the felde for euē I the LORDE haue spoken it saieth the LORDE God In to Magog and amonge those that sit so carelesse in the Iles wil I sende a fyre and they shal knowe y t I am the LORDE I wil make also the name of my holynesse to be knowne amonge my people of Israel and I will not let my holy name be euel spoken of enymore but the very Heithen also shal knowe that I am the LORDE the holy one of Israel Beholde it commeth and shal be fulfilled in dede saieth the LORDE God This is the daye wherof I haue spoken They that dwell in y e cities of Israel shal go forth and set fyre vpon the weapens and burne them shyldes and speres bowes and arowes bylles and clubbes seuen yeares shall they be burnynge therof so that they shall els bringe no stickes from y e felde nether haue nede to hew downe eny out of the wodde For they shall haue weapens ynew to burne They shal robbe those that robbed them and spoyle those that spoyled them saieth y e LORDE God At the same tyme will I geue vnto Gog a place to be buried in in Israel euē the valley where thorow men go from the east to the see warde Those that trauayle therby shal abhorre it There shal Gog and all his people be buried and it shal be called the valley of the people of Gog. Seuen monethes longe shall the house of Israel be burienge of them that they maye clense the lōde Yee all the people of the londe shal burie them O it shal be a glorious daye when I get me that honoure saieth the LORDE God They shal ordene men also to be deed buriers euer goinge thorow the lōde and appoynte them certayne places to bury those in which remayne vpon the felde that the londe maye be clensed From ende to ende shal they seke and that v◠monethes lōge Now those that go thorow the londe where they se a mans bone they shall set vp a token by it till the deed buriers haue buried it also in the valley of the people of Gog. And the name of the cite shal be called Hamona Thus shall they make the londe clene And thou sonne of man thus saieth the LORDE God Speake vnto all the foules and euery byrde yee and to all the wilde beastes of the felde heape you together and come gather you roūde aboute vpō my slaughter that I haue slayne for you euen a greate slaughter vpon the mountaynes of Israel eate flesh and drynke bloude Ye shal eate y e flesh of the worthies and drynke the bloude of the prynces of the londe of the wethers of the lambes of the goates and of the oxen that be all slayne at Basan Eate y e fat youre bely full and drynke bloude till ye be droncken of the slaughter which I haue slayne vnto you Fyl you at my table with horses stronge horsmen with captaynes and all mē of warre saieth the LORDE God I will bringe my glory also amonge the Gentiles that all the Heithen maye semy iudgment that I haue kepte and my honde which I haue layed vpon them that y e house of Israel maye knowe how that I am y e LORDE their God from that daye forth And the Heithen shal knowe that where as the house of Israel were led in to captiuyte it was for their wickednes sake because they offended me For the which cause I hyd my face from them and delyuered them in to the hondes of their enemies that they might
destruccion vpon the mightie people bryngeth downe the stronge holde but they owe him euel will y t reproueth them openly and who so telleth thē the playne treuth they abhorre him For so moch thē as ye oppresse y e poore and robbe him of his best sustenaunce therfore whereas ye haue buylded houses off square stone ye shall not dwell in them Maruelōs pleasaunt vynyardes shall ye plante but the wyne of thē shal ye not drynke and why as for the multitude of youre wickednesses and youre stoute synnes I knowe them right well Enemies are ye off the rightuous ye take rewardes ye oppresse the poore in iudgment Therfore the wyse must now be fayne to holde his tūge so wicked a tyme is it Seke after the thinge that is good not euell so shall ye lyue yee the LORDE God off hoostes shal be with you acordinge to youre owne desyre Hate the euell and loue the good set vp right agayne in the porte no doute the LORDE God of hoostes shall be mercifull vnto the remnaunt of Ioseph Yff no sayeth the LORDE God the God of hoostes there shal be mourninge in all stretes yee they shal saye ī euery strete alas alas They shall call the housbonde man to lamentaciō and soch as can mourne to mournynge In all vynyardes there shal be heuynesse for I will come amonge you sayeth the LORDE Wo be vnto them that desyre the daye off y e LORDE Wherfore wolde ye haue it As for that daye of the LORDE it shal be darcke ād not cleare Yee like as when a mā rūneth frō a lyon and a Beer meteth with him or whē he commeth into the house and leeneth his honde vpon the wall a serpent byteth him ▪ Shall not the daye of the LORDE be darcke and not cleare shal it not be cloudy and no shyne in it I hate and abhorre youre holy dayes ād where as ye cense me when ye come together I will not accepte it And though ye offre me brentofferinges and meatofferinges yet haue I no pleasure therin As for youre fat thankofferynges I wil not loke vpon them Awaye with that noyse of thy songes I wil not heare thy playes of musick but se that equyte flowe as the water and rightuousnesse as a mightie streame O ye house of Israel gaue ye me offeringes and sacrifices those xl yeares longe in the wyldernesse Yet haue ye set vp tabernacles to youre Moloch and ymages of youre Idols Yee ād the starre of youre god Rempha figures which ye made to worshipe them Therfore wil I cause you be caried awaye beyonde Damascus sayeth the LORDE whose name is the God off hoostes The VI. Chapter WO be to the proude welthy in Siō to soch as thinke thē so sure vpon y e mount of Samaria which holde them selues for the best of the worlde and rule the house of Israel euē as they list Go vnto Calne and se and from thence get you to Hemath the greate cite and so go downe to Gath of the Philistines be they better at ease then these kyngdomes or the border of the ir londe wyder then yours Ye are taken out for the euel daye euen ye that syt in the stole of wylfulnesse Ye that lye vpon beddes off yuery and vse youre wantonnesse vpon youre couches ye that eate the best lambes of y e flocke and the fattest calues off the droaue ye that synge to the lute and in playenge off instrumentes compare youre selues vnto Dauid ye that drynke wyne out of goblettes anoynte youreselues with the best oyle but no man is sory for Ioseps hurte Therfore now shall ye be the first of them that shal be led awaye captyue and the lusty chere of the wylfull shall come to an ende The LORDE God hath sworne euen by himself sayeth the LORDE God of hoostes I hate the pryde of Iacob and I abhorre his palaces and I wil geue ouer the cite w t all that is therin so that though there remayne ten men in one house they shal dye So their nexte kynszfolckes and the deed buriers shall take them and cary awaye their bones and saye vnto him that is in the ynnermer house is there yet eny mo by y e And he shal answere they are all gone holde thy tunge shall he saye for they wolde not remembre the name of the LORDE Beholde the LORDE is mynded to smyte the greate houses so that they shall decaye ād the litle houses that they shall cleue a sunder Who can runne with horses or plowe w t oxen vpon the harde rockes off stone For why ye haue turned true iudgment in to bytternesse and the frute of rightuousnesse in to wormwod Yee euen ye that reioyse in vayne thynges ye that saye haue not we optayned hornes in oure owne strength Well take hede o ye house off Israel sayeth the LORDE God of hoostes I will brynge a people vpō you which shall trouble you from the waye that goeth towarde Hemath vnto the broke in the medowe The VII Chapter THe LORDE God shewed me soch a vision beholde there stode one that made greszshoppers euen when the corne was shutynge forth after the kynge had clipte his shepe Now when they vndertoke to eate vp all the grene thinges in y e lōde I sayde O LORDE God be mercifull I beseke the who shulde els helpe vp Iacob that is brought so lowe So the LORDE was gracious therin and the LORDE sayde well it shall not be Agayne y e LORDE shewed me this vision beholde the LORDE God called the fyre to punysh withall and it deuoured the greate depe yee it consumed a parte allredy Then sayde I O LORDE God holde thy ne honde for who shulde els helpe vp Iacob that is brought so lowe So the LORDE was merciful therin and the LORDE God sayde well it shal not be Morouer he shewed me this vision beholde the LORDE stode vpon a plastered wall a masons trowell in his hōde And the LORDE sayde vnto me Amos what seist thou I answered a masons trowell Then sayde the LORDE beholde I will laye the trowell amōge my people of Israel and will nomore ouersee them but the hye hilchapels off Isaac must be layed waist and the churches off Israel made desolate and as for the house of Ieroboam I will stonde vp agaynst it with the swerde Vpon this sent Amasias the prest to Bethel vnto Ieroboam the kinge of Israel sayenge Amos maketh the house off Israel to rebell agaynst the the londe cā not awaye with his wordes For Amos sayeth Ieroboam shall dye with the swerde and Israel shall be led awaye captyue out of their owne londe And Amasias sayde vnto Amos Get the hence thou that cāst se so well and fle in to the londe of Iuda get the there thy lyuynge and prophecy there and prophecy nomore at Bethel for it is the kynges chapel and the kynges courte Amos answered and
longe wil he lade himself with thicke claye O how sodenly wil they stonde vp y t shal byte the awake that shal teare y e in peces yee thou shalt be their pray Seinge thou hast spoyled many Heithen therfore shall the remnaunt of the people spoyle the because of mens bloude for the wronge done in the londe in the cite vnto all them that dwel therin Wo vnto him that couetously gathereth euell gotten goodes in to his house that he maye set his nest an hye to escape from the power of mysfortune Thou hast deuysed y e shame of thine owne house for thou hast slayne to moch people and hast wilfully offended so that the very stones of the wall shal crie out of it and the tymbre that lieth betwixte the ioyntes of the buyldinge shall answere Wo vnto him y t buyldeth the towne with bloude and maynteneth y e cite with vnrightuousnes Shal not the LORDE of hoostes bringe this to passe that the laboures of the people shal be brent with a greate fyre and that the thinge wher vpon the people haue weeried them selues shall be lost For the earth shal be full of knowlege of the LORDES honoure like as the waters that couer the see Wo vnto him that geueth his neghboure dryncke to get him wrothfull displeasure for his dronckennesse that he maye se his preuyteâ—s Therfore with shame shalt then be fylled in steade of honoure Dryncke thou also till thou slombre withall for the cuppe of the LORDES right hoÌ„de shall compasse the aboute and shamefull spewinge in steade of thy worshipe For the wroÌ„ge that thou hast done in Libanus shal ouerwhelme the and the wilde beastes shal make the afrayed because of mens bleude and for the wronge done in the londe in the cite and vnto all soch as dwel therin What helpe than wil y e ymage do whom the workman hath fashioned Or the vayne cast ymage wherin because the craftesman putteth his trust therfore maketh he domme Idols Wo vnto him that saieth to a pece of wod arise and to a domine stone stonde vp For what instruccioÌ„ maye soch one geue Beholde it is layed ouer with golde and syluer there is no breth in it But the LORDE in his holy teÌ„ple is he whom all the worlde shulde feare The III. Chapter A prayer of the prophet Abacuc for the ignoraunt O LORDE when I herde speake of y e I was afrayed The worke y t thou hast taken in honde shalt thou perfourme in his tyme O LORDE and when thy tyme commeth thou shalt declare it In thy very wrath thou thinkest vpon mercy God commeth from Theman and the holy one from the mount of Pharan Sela. His glory couereth the heauens and the earth is full of his prayse His shyne is as y e sonne beames of light go out of his hondes there is his power hid DestruccioÌ„ goeth before him and burnynge cressettes go from his fete He stondeth measureth the earth He loketh the people consume awaye the mouÌ„taynes of y e worlde fall downe to powlder and the hilles are fayne to bowe them selues for his goinges are euerlastinge and sure I sawe that the pauilions of the Morians and the tentes of the londe of Madian were vexed for weerynesse Wast thou not angrie o LORDE in the waters was not thy wrath in the floudes and thy displeasure in the see yes wheÌ„ thou sattest vpon thine horse and when thy charettes had the victory Thou shewdest thy bowe opeÌ„ly like as thou haddest promised with an ooth vnto the trybes Sela. Thou didest deuyde the waters of the earth When the mountaynes saw the they were afrayed y e water streame weÌ„te awaye the depe made a noyse at the liftinge vp of thine honde The Sonne and Mone remayned still in their habitacion Thine arowes wente out glisteringe and thy speares as the shyne of the lightenynge Thou trodest downe the londe in thine anger and didest throâ—â— she the Heithen in thy displeasure Thou câ—â—mest forth to helpe thy people to helpe thiâ—â— anoynted Thou smotest downe the heade in the house of the vngodly discoueredest his foundacions eueÌ„ vnto y e necke of him Sela. Thou cursest his septers the captayne of his men of warre which come as a stormy wynde to sâ—atre me abrode are glad when they maye eat vp y e poore secretly Thou makest a waye for thine horses in the see euen in the mudde of greate waters WheÌ„ I heare this my body is vexed my lippes tremble at y e voyce therof my bones corruppe I am afrayed where I stonde O that I might rest in the daye of trouble that I might go vp vnto oure people which are alredy prepared For the fyge trees shal not be grene the vynes shal beare no frute The laboure of y e olyue shal be but lest and the londe shall brâ—nge no corne the shepe shal be taken out of y e folde and there shal be no catell in y e stalles But as for me I wil be glad in the LORDE and will reioyce in God my Sauioure The LORDE God is my strength he shall make my fete as the fete of hertes he which geueth y e victory shal bringe me to my hye places synginge vpon my psalmes The ende of the prophet Abacuc The Prophet Sophony What Sophony conteyneth Chap. I. He prophecieth of plages for to come vpon Iuda Chap. II. He exorteth them to ameÌ„de that they maye escape the wrath of God and sheweth the Gentiles their punyshment Chap. III. Punyshment because of the wickednesse of the Iewes whom God therfore refused and chose the Heithen The first Chapter THis is the worde of the LORDE which came vnto Sophony the sonne of Chusi the sonne of Gedolias the sonne of Amarias y e sonne of Hezechias in the tyme of Iosias the sonne of Amonkinge of Iuda I will gather vp all thinges in the londe saieth the LORDE I wil gather vp man and beest I wil gather vp the foules in the ayre and the fysh in the see to the greate decaye of the wicked wil vtterly destroye the men out of the londe saieth the LORDE I wil stretch out myne honde vpon Iuda and vpon all soch as dwel at Ierusalem Thus wil I rote out the remnaunt of Baal from this place and the names of the Kemuryns and prestes yee soch as vpon their house toppes worshipe bowe them selues vnto the hoost of heauen which sweare by the LORDE and by their Malchom also which starte a backe from y e LORDE and nether seke after the LORDE ner regarde him Be still at y e presence of the LORDE God for the daye of the LORDE is at honde yee the LORDE hath prepared a slayne offeringe and called his gestes therto And thus shall it happen in the daye of the LORDES a slaynofferynge I will vyset the prynces the kinges children all soch as weere strauÌ„ge
clothinge In the same daye also wil I vyset all those that treade ouer the thresholde so proudly which fyll their lordes house w t robbery and falsede At y e same tyme saieth the LORDE there shall be herde a greate crie from the fyshporte and an howlinge from y e other porte and a greate murthur from the hilles Howle ye that dwel in the myll for all the marchaunt people are gone and all they that were laden with syluer are roted out At the same tyme wil I seke thorow Ierusalem with lanternes and vyset them that contynue in their dregges and saye in their hertes Tush the LORDE wil do nether good ner euell Their goodes shal be spoyled and their houses layed waist They shall buylde houses and not dwel in them they shal plante vynyardes but not drynke the wyne therof For the greate daye of the LORDE is at honde it is harde by commeth on a pace Horrible is y e tydinges of the LORDES daye then shall the giaunte crie out for that daye is a daye of wrath a daye of trouble heuynesse a daye of vtter destruccion mysery a darcke glomynge daye a cloudy stormy daye a daye of the noyse of trompettes and shawmes agaynst the stronge cities and hie towres I wil bringe y e people into soch vexacion that they shal go aboute like blinde meÌ„ because they haue synned agaynst the LORDE Their bloude shal be shed as the dust their bodies as the myre Nether their syluer ner their golde shal be able to delyuer theÌ„ in that wrothfull daye of the LORDE but the whole londe shal be coÌ„sumed thorow the fyre of his gelousy for he shall soone make clene ryddaunce of all them that dwell in the londe The II. Chapter COme together and gather you O ye frauwerde people or y e thinge go forth that is concluded or the tyme be passed awaye as the dust or the fearfull wrath of the LORDE come vpon you yee or the daye of the LORDES sore displeasure come vpon you Seke the LORDE all yee meke harted vpon earth ye that worke after his iudgmeÌ„t seke rightuousnesse seke lowlynesse that ye maye be defended in the wrothfull daye of y e LORDE For Gaza shal be destroyed Ascalon shall be layed waist They shal cast out Aszdod at the noone daye and Accaron shal be pluckte vp by the rotes Wo vnto you y t dwel vpon the see coost ye murthurous people the worde of y e LORDE shal come vpon you O Canaan thou londe of the Philistynes I wil destroye the so that there shal no man dwel in the eny more as for the see coost it shal be hyrdmens cotages shepe foldes yee it shal be a porcion for soch as remayne of the house of Iuda to fede ther vpon In y e houses of Ascalon shal they rest towarde night for the LORDE their God shal vyset theÌ„ turne awaye their captyuite I haue herde the despite of Moab the blasphemies of the children of Ammon how they haue shamefully intreated my people and magnified them selues within the borders of their londe Therfore as truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Moab shal be as Sodome Ammon as Gomorra euen drie thorne hedges salt pittes and a perpetuall wyldernes The residue of my folke shall spoyle them the remnaunt of my people shall haue them in possession This shal happen vnto them for their pryde because they haue dealte so shamefully with the LORDE of hoostes people and magnified them selues aboue them The LORDE shall be grymme vpon them and destroye all the goddes in the londe And all the Iles of the Heithen shal worshipe him euery man in his place Ye MoriaÌ„s also shal perish with my swerde Yee he shall stretch out his honde ouer the north and destroye Assur As for Niniue he shal make it desolate drye and waist The flockes and all the beastes of the people shall lye in the myddest of it pellicanes and storckes shall abyde in the vpper postes of it foules shal synge in the wyndowes and rauens shal syt vpon the balckes for the bordes of Cedre shal be ryueÌ„ downe This is the proude and carelesse cite that sayde in hir herte I am and there is els none O how is she made so waist y t the beestes lye therin Who so goeth by mocketh her and poynteth at her with his fynger The III. Chapter WO to the abhominable fylthie and cruel cite which wil not heare ner be refourmed Hir trust is not in the LORDE nether wil she holde her to hir God Hir rulers within her are as roaringe lyons hir iudges are as wolues in the euenynge which leaue nothinge behynde them till the morow Hir prophetes are light personnes and vn faithfull men hir prestes vnhalowe the Sanctuary and do wronge vnder the pretence of the lawe But the iust LORDE that doth no vnright was amonge them euery mornynge shewinge them his lawe clearly and ceassed not But the vngodly will not lerne to be aszshamed Therfore wil I rote out this people and destroye their towres yee and make their stretes so voyde that no man shall go therin Their cities shall be brokeÌ„ downe so that no body shal be left ner dwel there eny more I sayde vnto them O feare me and be coÌ„tent to be refourmed That their dwellinge shulde not be destroyed and that there shulde happen vnto them none of these thinges wherwith I shal vyset theÌ„ But neuertheles they stonde vp early to folowe the filthynes of their owne ymaginacions Therfore ye shal waite vpon me saieth the LORDE vntil the tyme that I stonde vp for I am determed to gather the people and to bringe the kingdomes together that I maye poure out myne anger yee all my wrothfull displeasure vpon them For all the worlde shal be consumed with the fyre of my gelousy And then wil I clense the lippes of the people that they 〈◊〉 euerychone call vpon the name of the LORDE and serue him with one shâ—lder Soâ—â— as I haue subdued and my children also whom I haue scatred abrode shal brynge me presentes beyonde the waters of Ethiopia In that tyme shalt thou nomore 〈◊〉 founded because of all thy ymaginacionâ— wher thorow thou haddest offended me for I wil take awaye the proude boosters of thine honoure from the so that thou shalt no more tryumphe because of my holy hâ—ll In the also wil I leaue a smal poore symple people which shal trust in the name of the LORDE The remnaunt of Israel shal do no wickednes ner speakelyes nether shal there eny disceatful tunge be founde in their mouthes For they shal be fed and take their rest and no man shal make them afrayed Geue thâ—â—kes o doughter SioÌ„ be ioyful o Israel reioyce be glad from thy whole herte o doughter Ierusalem for the LORDE hath taken awaye thy punyshment and turned
let it perish let the rēnaunt eate euery one the flesh of his neghboure I toke also my louynge meke staff ād brake it that I might disanuil the conuenaunt which I made with all people And so it was broken in that daye Then the poore symple shepe that had a respecte vnto me knewe therby that it was the worde of the LORDE And I sayde vnto them yff ye thynke it good brynge hither my pryce yf no then leaue So they wayed downe xxx syluer pens y e value that I was prysed at And the LORDE sayde vnto me cast it vnto the potter a goodly pryce for me to be valued at of them and I toke the xxx syluers pens and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORDE Then brake I my other staff also namely wo that I might lowse the brother heade betwixte Iuda and Israel And the LORDE sayde vnto me Take to the also the staff off a foolish shepherde for lo I will rayse vp a shepherde in the londe which shall not seke after the thinges that be lost ner care for soch as go astraye he shall not heale the wounded he shal not norish the thinge that is whole but he shall eate the flesh off soch as be fat and teare their clawes in peces O Idols shepherde that leaueth the flocke The swerde shal come vpon his arme and vpon his right eye His arme shal be clene dried vp and his right eye shal be sore blynded The XII Chapter The heuy burthen which y e LORDE hath deuysed for Israel THus saieth the LORDE which spred the heauēs abrode layde the foundacion of the earth and geueth man y e breath of life Beholde I will make Ierusalem a cuppe of surfet vnto all the people y t are rounde aboute her Yee Iuda himself also shal be in the sege agaynst Ierusalem At the same tyme will I make Ierusalem an heuy stone for all people so that all soch as lift it vp shal be toarne and rēte and all the people of the earth shal be gathered together agaynst it In that daye sayeth y e LORDE I wil make all horses abasshed and those that ryde vpon them to be out of their wyttes I will open myne eyes vpon the house of Iuda ād smyte all the horses of the people with blyndnesse And the prynces of Iuda shall saye in their hertes The inhabiters off Ierusalem shall geue me consolacion in the LORDE off hoostes their God In that tyme will I make the prynces of Iuda like an hote burnynge ouen with wodd and like a cress het off fyre amonge the strawe so that they shal cōsume all the people roūde aboute them both vpon the right honde and the left Ierusalē also shal be inhabited agayne namely in the same place where Ierusalem stondeth The LORDE shall preserue the tentes off Iuda like as afore tyme so that the glory of the house of Dauid and the glory of the cytesyns of Ierusalem shal be but litle regarded in comparison off the glory off Iuda In that daye shall the LORDE defende the citesyns of Ierusalem so that the weakest then amonge them shal be as Dauid and the house of Dauid shal be like as Gods house and as the angell off the LORDE before them At the same tyme will I go aboute to destroye all soch people as come agaynst Ierusalem Morouer vpon the house off Dauid and vpon the citesyns off Ierusalem will I poure out the sprete of grace and prayer so that they shal loke vpon me whom they haue pearsed and they shall be wepe him as men mourne for their only begotten sonne Yee and be sory for him as men are sory for their first childe Then shall there be a greate mournynge at Ierusalem like as the lamentacion at Adremnon in the felde off Maggadon And the londe shall bewayle euery kynred by thē selues The kynred off the house of Dauid them selues alone and their wyues by them selues The kynred off the house of Nathan them selues alone and their wyues by them selues The kynred off the house of Leui thē selues alone and their wiues by them selues The kynred of the house of Semei them selues alone and their wyues by them selues In like maner all the other generaciōs euerychone by them selues alone and their wyues by them selues The XIII Chapter IN that tyme shall the house off Dauid and the citesyns off Ierusalem haue an open well to wash of synne and vnclennesse And then sayeth the LORDE off hoostes I will destroye the names of Idols out off the londe so that they shal nomore be put in remembraunce As for the false prophetes also and the vnclene sprete I shall take them out of the londe So that yf eny off them prophecy eny more his owne father and mother that begat him shall saye vnto him Thou shalt dye for thou speakest lyes vnder the name off the LORDE Yee his owne father and mother that begat him shall wounde him when he prophecyeth And then shall those prophetes be confounded euery one off his vision when he prophecieth nether shall they weere sack clothes eny more to disceaue mē with all But he shall be fayne to saye I am no prophet I am an husbonde man for so am I taught by Adam fro my youth vp And yff it be sayde vnto him How came these woundes then in thine hondes He shall answere Thus am I wounded in the house off myne owne frendes Arise o thou swearde vpon my shepherde and vpon the prynce of my people sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Smyte the shepherde and the shepe shal be scatred abrode and so will I turne myne honde to the litle ones And it shal come to passe sayeth the LORDE that in all the londe two partes shal be roted out but the thirde parte shal remayne therin And the same thirde parte wil I brynge thorow the fyre and will clense them as the syluer is clensed Yee and trye them like as golde is tryed Then shall they call vpon my name and I wil heare them I will saye it is my people And they shal saye LORDE my God The XIIII Chapter BEholde the daye of the LORDE cōmeth that thou shalt be spoyled and robbed for I wil gather together all the Heithen to fight agaynst Ierusalem so that the cite shal be wonne the houses spoyled and the women defyled The half of the cite shal go awaye in to captiuyte and the residue of the people shal not be caried out of the cite After that shall the LORDE go forth to fight agaynst those Heithen as men vse to fight in the daye of batell Thē shall his fete stōde vpō the mount oliuete that lieth vpon the east syde of Ierusalē And y e mount olyuete shal cleue in two eastwarde westwarde so y t there shal be a greate valley the halff mount shal remoue towarde the north and the other
yonge mē y t they might declare their meanynges thēselues by mouth So when they were sent for and came in y e kynge sayde vnto them shew vs and make vs to vnderstōde what the thinges are that ye haue wrytten Then beganne the first which had spokē of the strength of wyne sayde O ye men wyne is maruelous strōge and ouercōmeth them y e drynke it it disceaueth the mynde bryngeth both the poore man y e kynge to dotage and vanite Thus doth it also w t the bondman and with the fre with the poore rych it taketh awaye their vnderstondinge and maketh them careles and mery so that none of them remembreth eny heuynes dett or dewtie It causeth a man to thinke also that y e thinge which he doth is honest and good and remembreth not that he is a kynge nor y t he is in auctorite y t he ought not to do soch thinges Morouer whan men are drynckinge they forgett all frendshipe all brotherly faithfulnes loue but as soone as they are dronckē they drawe out the swerde wil fight whā they are layed downe frō the wyne so rysen vp agayne they can not tell what they dyd Iudge ye now Is not wyne the strongest For who wolde els take in hande to do soch thinges And whan he had spoken this he helde his tonge The IIII. Chapter THen the seconde which had sayde y t the kynge was stronger beganne to speake sayēge O ye men are not they the strongest most excellent y t cōquere the lōde the see all y t is in y e see in the earth Now is the kynge lorde of all these thinges hath dominion of thē all loke what he cōmaūdeth it is done Yf he sende his mē forth a warfare they go and breake downe hilles walles towres They are slayne slaye oher men them selues ouer passe not y e kynges worde Yf they get the victory they brynge the kynge all the spoyle Likewyse the other y t medle not w t warres fightinge but tyll the grounde whan they reape they brynge trybute vnto y e kynge And yf y e kynge alone do but cōmaunde to kyll they kyll yf he cōmaunde to forgeue they forgeue yf he cōmaunde to smyte they smyte yf he byd dryue awaye they dryue awaye yf he commaunde to buylde they buylde yf he cōmaūde to breake downe they breake downe yf he cōmaunde to plante they plāte The comon people y e rulers are obedient vnto him And y e kynge in the meane season sytteth hī downe eateth and drynketh taketh his rest thē kepe they watch roūde aboute y e kinge not one of thē darre gett him out of y e waye to do his owne busynes but must be obediēt vnto y e kinge at a worde Iudge ye now o ye men how shulde not he go farre aboue vnto whom men are thus obediēt And whan he had spokē this he helde his tonge The thirde whose name was Zorobabel which had spokē of wemen of y e trueth begāne to saye after this maner O ye mē it is not y e greate kynge it is not the multitude of mē nether is it wine y t excelleth Who is it thē y t hath y e lordshipe ouer thē Haue not wemen borne the kynge all y e people y t rule these thinges Haue not wemē borne thē brought thē vp y t plante the vynes wher out y e wyne cōmeth They make garmētes for all mē they geue hono r vnto all men w t out wemen can not men lyue Yf they gather golde syluer all precious thinges se a fayre wel fauoured womā they leaue all together and turne their eyes onely vnto the woman gape vpon her haue more desyre vnto her then vnto the syluer golde or eny maner of precious thinge A mā leaueth his father y t brought him vp he leaueth his owne naturall coūtre and cleueth vnto the woman yee he ioperdeth his life with the woman and remembreth nether father ner mother ner countre By this then ye must nedes knowe y t wemen haue y e domynion ouer you Doth it greue you A mā taketh his swerde goeth his waye to steale to kyll to murther to sayle vpon the see seyth a lyon and goeth in the darcknes and when he hath stollen disceaued robbed he bringeth it vnto his loue Agayne a man loueth his wyfe better then father and mother yee many one there be that renne out of their wyttes become bondmen for their wyues sakes many one also haue perished haue bene slayne haue synned because of wemen And now beleue me I knowe a kynge which is greate in his power all lōdes stōde in awe of him no man darre laye hande vpon him yet dyd I se y t Apame y e daughter of the greate kynge Bartacus the kynges cōcubine satt besyde the kynge vpō the right hāde and toke of his crowne from his heade and set it vpon hir owne heade and smote the kynge with hir left hande Morouer the kynge loked vpō her w t open mouth yf she laughed vpon him he laughed also but yf she toke eny displeasure with him the kynge was fayne to flater her to geue her good wordes till he had gotten hir fauoure agayne O ye men are not wemen then stronger Greate is the earth and hie is the heauen that do these thinges Then the kynge the prynces loked one vpon another So he beganne to speake of the trueth O ye men are not wemē stronger Greate is the earth hye is the heauen swyft is the course of the Sonne he compaseth the heauen rounde aboute and fetcheth his course againe to his owne place in one daye Is he not excellent that doth this yee greate is the trueth and stronger then all thinges All the earth calleth vpon the trueth the heauen prayseth it all workes shake and tremble at it and with it is no vnrighteous thinge Wine is vnrighteous the kynge is vnrighteous wemen are vnrighteous all the children of men are vnrighteous yee all their workes are vnrighteous and there is no trueth in them in their vnrighteousnes also shall they be destroyed and perish As for y e trueth it endureth and is allwaye stronge it lyueth and cōquereth for euermore worlde without ende The trueth accepteth no personnes it putteth no difference betwixte rych or poore betwixte y e mightie or symple but doth right vnto euery mā whether they be euel or good all men are louyngly dealt withall in the workes of it In the iudgment of it there is no vnrighteous thinge but strength kingdome power and maiesty for euermore Blessed be the God of trueth And with that he helde his tōge and all y e people cried sayde Greate is the trueth and aboue all Then sayde the kynge vnto him Axe what thou wilt more then is
you euerlastinge rest for he is nye at hande that shal come in the ende of the worlde Be ready to the rewarde of the kyngdome for the euerlastinge light shall shyne vpon you for euermore Fle the shadowe of this worlde receaue the ioyfulnes of youre glory I testifie my sauioure openly O receaue the gift y t is geuen you and be glad geuynge thankes vnto him that hath called you to the heauenly kyngdome Aryse vp and stonde fast beholde the nombre of those that be sealed in the feast of the LORDE which are departed from the shadowe of the worlde and haue receaued glorious garmeÌ„tes of the LORDE Take thy nombre O Sion and shutt vp thy purified which haue fulfilled the lawe of the LORDE The nombre of thy children whom thou longedest for is fulfilled beseke the power of the LORDE that thy people which haue bene called from the begynnynge maye be halowed I Eszdras sawe vpon the mount Sion a greate people whom I coude not nombre they all praysed the LORDE with songes of thankesgeuynge And in the myddest of theÌ„ there was a yonge maÌ„ of an hye stature mâ—re excellent then all they and vpon euery one of their heades he sett a crowne and was euer hygher and hygher which I marueled at greatly So I axed y e angell sayde Syr what are these He answered and sayde vnto me These be they that haue put of the mortall clothinge and put on the immortall and haue testified knowleged the name of God Now are they crowned and receaue the rewarde Then sayde I vnto the angell what yonge personne is it that crowneth them geueth them the palmes in their handes So he answered and sayde vnto me It is y e sonne of God whom they haue knowleged in the worlde Then beganne I greatly to commende them that stode so stifly for the name of the LORDE And so the angell sayde vnto me Go thy waye and tell my people what maner of thinges and how greate wonders of the LORDE thy God thou hast senâ— The III. Chapter IN the thirtie yeare of the fall of the cite I was at Babilon laye troubled vpoÌ„ my bed my thoughtes came vp ouer my hert for I sawe y e desolacion of Sion the plenteous wealth of them y t dwelt at Babilon my sprete was sore moued so that I begaÌ„ne to speake fearfull wordes to the most hyest and sayde O LORDE LORDE thou spakest at the begynnynge whan thou plantedst y e earth and that thy self alone and gauest commaundement vnto y e people and a body vnto Adam which was a creature of thy handes and hast brethed in him the breth of life and so he lyued before the and thou leddest him in to paradyse which gardeÌ„ of pleasure thy right hande had planted or euer the earth was made And vnto him thou gauest commaundemeÌ„t to loue y e waye which he transgressed immediatly thou appoyntedest death in him and in his generacions Of him came nacions trybes people kynreddes out of nombre And euery people walked after their owne wil and dyd nyce thinges before the and as for thy commaundementes they despysed them But in processe of tyme thou broughtest the water floude vpon those that dwelt in the worlde and destroydest them And like as the death was in Adam so was the water floude also in these Neuertheles one of them thou leftest namely Noe with his housholde of whom come all righteous meÌ„ And it happened that whan they y t dwelt vpon the earth beganne to multiplie and had gotten many children and were a greate people they beganne to be more vngodly then the first Now whan they all lyued so wickedly before the thou didest chose the a man from amonge them whose name was Abram Him thou louedest and vnto him only thou shewdest thy wyll and maydest an euerlastinge couenaunt with him promisinge him that thou woldest neuer forsake his sede And vnto him thou gauest Isaac vnto Isaac also thou gauest Iacob and Esau. As for Iacob thou didest chose him and put backe Esau. And so Iacob became a greate multitude And it happened that whaÌ„ thou leddest his sede out of Egipte thou broughtest theÌ„ vp to the mount Sion bowinge downe the heauens settinge fast the earth mouynge the grounde makynge the depthes to shake and troublynge the worlde And thy glory wente thorow foure portes of fyre and earth quakes and wyndes and colde that thou mightest geue the lawe vnto the sede of Iacob and diligence vnto the generacioÌ„ of Israel And yet tokest thou not awaye from theÌ„ that wicked hert that thy lawe might brynge forth frute in them For the first Adam bare a wicked hert transgressed and was ouercome and so be all they y t are borne of him Thus remayned weaknes with the lawe in the hert of the people with the wickednesse of the rote so that the good departed awaye and the euell abode still So the tymes passed awaye and the yeares were brought to an ende Then didest thou rayse the vp a seruaunt called Dauid whom thou commaundedst to buylde a cite vnto thy name and to offre vp incense and sacrifice vnto the therin This was done now many yeares Then the inhabiters of the cite forsoke the and in all thinges dyd eueÌ„ as Adam and all his generacions had done for they also had a wicked hert And so thou gauest thy cite ouer in to the handes of thine enemies Are they of Babilon then better and more righteous then thy people y t they shal therfore haue the domynion of Sion For whan I came there and sawe their vngodlynes and so greate wickednesse that it coude not be noÌ„bred yee whan my soule sawe so many euell doers in y e xxx yeare my hert fayled me for I sawe how thou suffrest them in soch vngodlynes and sparest y e wicked doers but thine owne people hast thou roted out and preserued thine enemies this hast thou not shewed me I can not perceaue how this happeneth Do they of Babilon then better then they of Sion Or is there eny other people y t knoweth the sauynge the people of Israel Or what generacion hath so beleued y e couenauÌ„tes as Iacob And yet their rewarde appeareth not and their labo hath no frute For I haue gone here and there thorow the HeitheÌ„ I se y t they be rych wealthy thynke not vpon y e commaundementes Weye thou therfore oure wickednesse now in y e balaunce and theirs also that dwell in the worlde and so shal thy name be nowhere founde but in Israel Or where is there a people vpon earth y t hath not synned before the Or what people hath so kepte thy commaundementes Thou shalt fynde that Israel by name hath kepte thy preceptes but not the other people and Heithen The IIII. Chapter ANd the angell that was sent vnto me whose name was Vriel gaue me answere and sayde Thy
the hatefull Honoure thy father from thy whole herte and forgett not the sorofull trauaile that thy mother had w t the remembre that thou wast borne thorow them and how caÌ„st thou recoÌ„pense them the thinges that they haue done for the Feare the LORDE with all y e soule honoure his ministers Loue thy maker with all thy streÌ„gth and forsake not his seruauntes Feare the LORDE with all thy soule honoure his prestes Geue theÌ„ their porcion of the first frutes and increase of y e earth like as it is commauÌ„ded the geue theÌ„ y e shulders and their appoynted offeringes and firstlinges Reach thine hande vnto the poore that God maye blesse the with plenteousnes Be liberall vnto all men lyuynge yet let not but do good euen to them that are deed Let not them that wepe be without comforte but mourne with soch as mourne Let it not greue the to vyset the sick for that shal make the to be loued What so euer thou takest in hande remembre the ende and thou shalt neuer do amysse The VIII Chapter STryue not with a mightie man lest thou chaunse to fall in to his haÌ„des Make no variauÌ„ce w t a riche maÌ„ lest he happen to bringe vp an harde quarell agaynst ye. For golde siluer hath vndone many a man yee eueÌ„ y e hertes of kynges hath it made to fall Stryue not w t a maÌ„ that is full of wordes laye no stickes vpon his fyre Kepe no company with the vnlerned lest he geue thy kynred an euell reporte Despyse not a man that turneth himself awaye from synne and cast him not in the teth withall but remeÌ„bre y t we are frayle euerychone Thynke scorne of no maÌ„ in his olde age for we waxe olde also Be not glad of the death of thine enemie but remembre that we must dye all the sorte of vs and fayne wolde we come in to ioye Despyse not the sermons of soch elders as haue vnderstandinge but acquaunte thy self w t the wyse sentences of them for of them thou shalt lerne wyszdome and the doctrine of vnderstandinge and how to serue greate men without complaynte Go not from y e doctryne of the elders for they haue lerned it of their fathers For of them thou shalt lerne vnderstandinge so y t thou mayest make answere in y e tyme of nede Kyndle not y e coales of synners lest thou be brent in the fyrie flammes of their synnes Resist not the face of the blasphemer that he laye not wayte for thy mouth Lende not vnto him that is mightier then thyself Yf thou lendest him counte it but lost Be not suertie aboue y e power yf thou be then thynke surely to paye it Go not to lawe w t the iudge for he wyl iudge acordinge to his owne honoure Trauayle not by the waye w t him y t is branelesse lest he do the euell for he foloweth his awne wilfulnes so shalt thou perish thorow his foly Stryue not with him that is angrie and cruell and go not with him in to y e wyldernes for bloude is nothinge in his sight and where there is no helpe he shal murthur ye. Take no councell at fooles for they loue nothinge but the thinges that please themself Make no couÌ„cell before a straunger for thou canst not tell what wyll come of it OpeÌ„ not thine hert vnto euery man lest he be vnthaÌ„full to the and put the to reprofe The IX Chapter BE not gelous ouer y e wyfe of thy bosome y t she shew not some shrewed poynte of wicked doctryne vpoÌ„ the. Geue not the power of thy lyfe vnto a wâ—man lest she come in y i strength and so thou be confounded Loke not vpon a womaÌ„ that is desyrous of many men lest thou fall in to hir snares Vse not the company of a womaÌ„ that is a player and dauÌ„ser heare hir not lest thou perish thorow hir entysinge Beholde not a maydeÌ„ that thou be not hurt in hir bewtye Cast not thy mynde vpon harlottes in eny maner of thinge lest thou destroye both thy self and thine heretage Go not aboute gasinge in euery layne of the cite nether waÌ„dre thou abrode in the stretes therof Turne awaye thy face from a beutyfull woman and loke not vpon the fayrnesse of other Many a man hath perished thorow the bewty of women for thorow it the desyre is kyndled as it were a fyre An aduouterous woman shal be trodden vnder fote as myre of euery one that goeth by the waye Many a man wonderinge the bewtye of a strauÌ„ge woman haue bene cast out for hir wordes kyndle as a fyre Sytt not w t another mans wyfe by eny meanes lye not with her vpon the bedd make no wordes with her at y e wyne lest thine hert consent vnto her so thou with thy bloude fall in to destruccion Forsake not an olde frende for the new shal not be like him A new frende is new wine let him be olde thou shalt drynke him with pleasure Desyre not y e honoure and riches of a synner for thou knowest not what destruccion is for to come vpon him Delyte not thou in the thinge that the vngodly haue pleasure in beinge sure that the vngodly shall not be accepted vntyll their graue Kepe the from the man that hath power to slaye so nedest thou not to be afrayed of death And yf thou commest vnto him make no fawte lest he happen to take awaye thy life Remembre that thou goest in the myddest of snares and vpon the bulworkes of y e cite Bewarre of thy neghboure as nye as thou canst and medle with soch as be wyse and haue vnderstandinge Let iust men be thy gestes let thy myrth be in the feare of God let the remembrauÌ„ce of God be in thy mynde and let all thy talkynge be in the commaundementes of the Hyest In the handes of craftesmen shall the workes be commended so shal the prynces of the people in the wyszdome of their talkynge A man full of wordes is perlous in his cite and he that is temerarious and past shame in his talkinge is to be abhorred The X. Chapter A Wyse iudge wil ordre his people with discrecion and where a man of vnderstandinge beareth rule there goeth it well As the iudge of the people is himself eueÌ„ so are his officers and loke what maner of man the ruler of the cite is soch are they that dwell therin also An vnwise kinge desâ—royeth his people but where they that be in auctorite are men of vnderstandinge there the cite prospereth The power of the earth is in the hande of God and whan his tyme is he shal set a profitable ruler vpon it In the hande of God is the power of man and vpoÌ„ the scrybes shal he laye his honoure Remembre no wronge of thy neghboure and medle thou w t no vnrighteous workes Pryde
pricketh the hert bringeth forth y e meanynge thought Who so casteth a stone at the byrdes frayeth them awaye he y t blasphemeth his freÌ„de breaketh y e freÌ„dshipe â–ª though thou drewest a swerde at thy frende yet dispayre not for thou mayest come agayne to y e frende Yf he speake sowerly feare not for ye maye be agreed together agayne excepte it be so that thou blaspheme him dyszdayne him opeÌ„ his secretes and wounde him tratorously for all soch thinges shal dryue awaye a frende Be faithfull vnto y e neghbo in his pouerte that thou mayest reioyse with him also in his prosperite Abyde stedfast vnto him in y e tyme of his trouble that thou maiest be heyre w t him in his heretage Like as the vapor and smoke goeth out at the ouen before y e fyre euen so euell wordes rebukes and threatenynges go before bloudsheddinge Be not ashamed to defende y i frende as for me I wyl not hyde my face from him though he shulde do me harme Who so euer heareth it shal bewarre of him Who shal set a watch before my mouth a sure seale vpon my lippes y t I fall not w t theÌ„ y t my tonge destroye me not The XXIII Chapter O LORDE father and gouernoure of my life leaue me not in their ymaginacioÌ„ councell Oh let me not fall in soch reprofe Who wyll kepe my thought with y e scourge and the doctryne of wyszdome in myne herte that he spare not myne ignoraunce that I fall not with them lest myne ignoraunces increase that myne offences be not many in nombre and that my synnes exceade not lest I fall before myne enemyes and so my aduersary reioyse O LORDE thou father God of my life leaue me not in their ymaginacion O let me not haue a proude loke but turne awaye all volupteousnes fro me Take fro me the lustes of the body let not the desyres of vnclennes take holde vpon me and geue me not ouer in to an vnshamefast and obstinate mynde Heare me o ye children I will geue you a doctryne how ye shal ordre yo r mouth who so kepeth it shal not perish thorow his lippes ner be hurt thorow wicked workes As for the synner he shal be taken in his owne vanite he that is proude and cursed shal fall therin Let not thy mouth be accustomed with swearinge for in it there are many falles Let not the namynge of God be continually in y e mouth for like as a seruaunt which is oft punyshed can not be without some sore euen so what so euer he be y t sweareth and nameth God shal not be cleane pourged froÌ„ synne A man that vseth moch swearinge shal be fylled with wickednes and the plage shall neuer go from his house Yf he begyle his brother his faute shal be vpon him yf he knowlege not his synne he maketh a dubble offence and yf he sweare in vayne he shall not be founde righteous for his house shal be full of plages The wordes of y e swearer bringeth death God graunte y t it be not founde in the house of Iacob But they y t feare God eschue all soch and lye not weltringe in synne Vse not y e mouth to vnhonest and fylthye talkynge for in it is the worde of synne Remembre y i father and thy mother whaÌ„ thou art set amonge greate men lest God forget y t in their sight and lest â—â—ou dotinge in thy custome suffre rebuke and wyshe not to haue bene borne and so curse the daye of thy natiuite The man that is accustomed with the wordes of blasphemy wyl neuer be refourmed all y e dayes of his life To synne twyse is to moch but the thirde bringeth wrath and destruccion An whote stomack can not be quenched eueÌ„ like a burnynge fyre tyll it haue swalowed vp somthiÌ„ge eueÌ„ so an vnchaste maÌ„ hath no rest in his flesh tyll he haue kyndled a fyre All bred is swete to an whoremonger he wyl not leaue of tyll he haue his purpose A man that breaketh wedlock regardeth not his soule but sayeth Tush who seyth me I am compassed aboute with darcknes the walles couer me no body seyth me whom nede I to feare The Hyest wyl not remembre my synnes He vnderstondeth not that his eyes se all thinges for all soch feare of meÌ„ dryueth awaye the feare of God from him for he feareth onely the eyes of men and considereth not that the eyes of the LORDE are clearer then the Sonne beholdinge all y e wayes of men and the grounde of the depe and lokynge euen to mens hertes in secrete places The LORDE God knewe all thinges or euer they were made and after they be brought to passe also he loketh vpon them all The same maÌ„ shal be opeÌ„ly punyshed in y e stretes of y e cite and shal be chased abrode like a yonge horse foale and whan he thinketh leest vpon it he shal be takeÌ„ Thus shal he be put to shame of euery man because he wolde not vnderstonde the feare of the LORDE And thus shal it go also w t euery wyfe y t leaueth hir huszbande getteth enheretaunce by a strauÌ„ge mariage First she hath bene vnfaithfull vnto the lawe of y e Hyest SecoÌ„dly she hath forsaken hir owne huszbande Thirdly she hath played y e whore in aduoutry gotteÌ„ hir childreÌ„ by another man She shal be brought out of y e coÌ„gregacioÌ„ and hir childreÌ„ shal be loked vpoÌ„ Hir childreÌ„ shal not take rote as for frute hir brauÌ„ches shal briÌ„ge forth none A shamefull reporte shal she leaue behynde her hir dishono shal not be put out And they y t remayne shal knowe y t there is nothiÌ„ge better theÌ„ y e feare of God y t there is nothinge sweter then to take hede vnto the commaundementes of the LORDE A greate worshipe is it to folowe y e LORDE for longe life shal be receaued of him The XXIIII Chapter WYszdome shal prayse hirself be honoured in God reioyse in y e myddest of his people In the coÌ„gregacions of the Hyest shal she open hir mouth tryumphe in y e beholdinge of his power In y e myddest of hir people shal she be exalted wondred at in the holy fulnesse In the multitude of the chosen she shal be commended amonge soch as be blessed she shal be praysed shal saye I am come out of the mouth of y e Hyest first borne before all creatures I caused y e light y t fayleth not to aryse in the heauen couered all the earth as a cloude My dwellinge is aboue in y e heyth my seate is in the piler of the cloude I my self alone haue gone rounde aboute the compasse of heauen pearsed the grounde of y e depe I haue walked in the floudes of y e see haue stonde in all landes my domynion is in euery people and in euery
posterite As for y e sede y t came vpon him which he loued he brought it not vtterly to naught but gaue yet a remnaunt vnto Iacob and a rote vnto Dauid out of him Thus rested Salomon with his fathers and out of his sede he left behynde him a very foolishnes of the people and soch one as had no vnderstoÌ„dinge namely RoboaÌ„ which turned awaye the people thorow his councell and Ieroboam y e sonne of Nabat which caused Israel to synne and shewed Ephraim the waye of vngodlynes In so moch that their synnes myszdedes had the vpper hande so sore that at the last they were dryuen out of the londe for the same Yee he sought out brought vp all wickednes tyll the vengeaunce came vpon them The XLVIII Chapter THen stode vp Elias the prophet as a fyre and his worde brâ—â—t like a creshett He brought an hoÌ„ger vpon theÌ„ and in his zele he made them few in nombre For they might not awaye w t the commauÌ„dementes of the LORDE Thorow the worde of the LORDE he shut the heauen and thre tymes brought he the fyre downe Thus became Elias honorable in his wonderous dedes Who maye make his boost to be like him One that was deed raysed he vp from death in the worde of y e Hyest he brought him out of the graue agayne He cast downe kynges and destroyed them and the honorable from their seate Vpon the mount Syna he herde the punyshment vpon Horeb the iudgmeÌ„t of the vengeaunce He prophecied recompensynge vnto kynges and ordeyned prophetes after him He was taken vp in the storme of fyre in a charett of horses of the LORDE He was ordeyned in the reprouynges in tyme to pacifie the wrath to turne y e hertes of the fathers vnto the children to set vp the trybes of Iacob agayne Blessed were they that saw the and were garnished in loue for we lyue in life Elias was couered in the storme but Heliseus was fylled with his mouth Whyle he lyued he was afrayed of no prynce and no man might ouercome him There coude no worde disceaue him after his death his body prophecied He dyd wonders in his life in death were his workes maruelous For all this the people amended not nether departed they from their synnes tyll they were caried awaye presoners out of the londe and were scatred abrode in all countrees so that of them there remayned but a very litle people and a prynce vnto y e house of Dauid Howbeit some of them dyd right some heaped vp vngodlynes Ezechias made his cite stronge conveyed water in to it dygged thorow the stony rock with yron made vp a well by the water syde In his tyme came Sennacherib vp and sent Rabsaches lift vp his hande agaynst Sion defyed them with greate pryde TheÌ„ trymbled their hertes and handes so y t they sorowed like a woman trauaylinge with childe So they called vpoÌ„ the LORDE which is mercyfull lift vp their haÌ„des before him Immediatly the LORDE herde theÌ„ out of heauen and delyuered them by the hande of Esay He smote the hoost of the Assirians his angell destroyed theÌ„ For Ezechias had done the thinge that pleased the LORDE remayned stedfastly in the waye of Dauid his father Which Esay was greate faithfull in his visions In his tyme y e Sonne weÌ„te backwarde he lengthened the kynges life With a right sprete prophecied he what shulde come to passe at the last to soch as were soroufull in Sion he gaue consolacion wherwhith they might coÌ„forte them selues for euermore He shewed thinges y t were for to come secrete or euer they came to passe The XLIX Chapter THe remembrauÌ„ce of Iosias is like as whan the Apotecary maketh many precious swete smellynge thinges together His remembraunce shal be swete as hony in all mouthes and as the playenge of Musick by the wyne He was appoynted to turne the people agayne to take awaye all abhominacions of y e vngodly He directed his hert vnto the LORDE in the tyme of the vngodly he set vp the worshipe of God agayne All kynges excepte Dauid Ezechias Iosias coÌ„mitted wickednes for euen y e kynges of Iuda also forsoke y e lawe of God For they gaue their horne vnto other their hono worshipe also to a straunge people Therfore was the electe cite of the SaÌ„ctuary brent with fyre and the stretes therof laye desolate waist for they intreated Ieremy euell which neuertheles was a prophet ordeyned from his mothers wombe that he might rote out breake of destroye that he might buylde vp plante agayne Ezechiel sawe the glory of the LORDE in a vision which was shewed him vpon the charet of the Cherubins For he thought vpon the enemies in y e rayne to do good vnto soch as had ordred their wayes a right And the bones of the twolue prophetes florish from out of their place for they gaue comforte consolacion vnto Iacob and delyuered theÌ„ faithfully How shall we prayse Zorobabel which was as a ringe in the right hande So was Iesus also the sonne of Iosedec these men in their tymes buylded the house set vp the Sanctuary of y e LORDE agayne which was prepared for an euerlastinge worshipe And Nehemias is allwaye to be coÌ„mended which set vp for vs the walles y t were broken downe made the portes barres agayne and buylded oure houses of the new But vpon earth is there no man created like Enoch for he was taken vp from y e earth And Ioseph which was lorde of his brethren the vpholder of his people His bones were couered kepte Seth Sem were in greate honoure amonge y e people and so was Adam aboue all the beastes whaÌ„ he was created The L. Chapter SYmon the sonne of Onias the hye prest which in his life set vp the house agayne in his dayes made fast the teÌ„ple The heyth of y e temple also was founded of him the dubble buyldinge the hye walles of the temple In his dayes the welles of water flowed out and were exceadinge full as the see He toke care for his people delyuered them from destruccion He kepte his cite made it stronge that it shulde not be beseged He dwelt in honoure and worshipe amonge his people and enlarged the intraunce of the house and the courte He geueth light as the mornynge starre in the myddest of the cloudes and as y e Moone whan it is full He shyneth as the Sonne in the temple of God He is as bright as y e rayne bowe in y e fayre cloudes florisheth as the floures and roses in the sprynge of y e yeare as the lilies by the ryuers of water Like as the braunches vpon the mount Libanus in tyme of Sommer as a fyre inceÌ„se that is
batels w t the Heithen whom he discomfited and folowed vpon them vnto the porte of Ptolomais And there were slayne of the Heithen allmost iij. thousande men So he toke the spoyles of them and caried awaye the Israelites that were in Galilee and Arbatis with their wyues their children and all that they had and brought them in to Iewry with greate gladnesse Iudas Machabeus also and his brother Ionathas wente ouer Iordane and trauayled iij. dayes iourney in the wyldernesse Where the Nebuthees met them and receaued them louyngly and tolde theÌ„ euery thinge that had happened vnto their brethren in Galaadithim and how that many of them were beseged in Barasa Bosor Alimis Casphor Mageth and Carnaim all these are stronge walled and mightie greate cities and y t they were kepte in other cities of Galaad also and tomorow they are apoynted to brynge their hoost vnto these cities to take them and to wynne them in one daye So Iudas and his hoost turned in all the haist in the wildernesse towarde Bosor and wanne the cite slewe all the males with the swearde toke all their goodes and set fyre vpon the cite And in the night they toke their iourneye from thence and came to the castell And by tymes in the mornynge when they loked vp beholde there was an innumerable people bearynge laders and other instrumeÌ„tes of warre to take the castell and to ouercome them When Iudas sawe that the battayll beganne and that the noyse therof wente vp and range in to the Heauen and that there was so greate a crie in the cite He sayde vnto his hoost fight this daye for youre brethren And so came behynde their enemies in thre companies and blewe vp the trompettes and cried in their prayer to God But as soone as Tymothis hoost perceaued that Machabeus was there they fled from him and y e other slewe them downe right sore so that there were kylled of them that same daye allmost eight thousande men Then departed Iudas vnto Maspha layed sege vnto it and wanne it slewe all the males in it spoyled it and set fyre vpon it From thence wente he and toke Casbon Mageth Bosor and the other cities in Galaad After this gathered Timothy another hoost which pitched their tentes before Raphon beyonde the water Iudas sent to spye the hoost and they brought him worde againe sayenge All the Heithen that be rounde aboute vs are gathered vnto him and the hoost is very greate Yee they haue hyred the Arabians to helpe them haue pitched their tentes beyonde the water and are ready to come and fight agaynst the. So Iudas wente on to mete them And Timothy sayde vnto the captaynes of his hoost when Iudas and his hoost come nye the ryuer yf he go ouer first we shall not be able to withstonde him for why he wil be to stronge for vs. But yf he darre not come ouer so that he pitch his tente beyonde the water then will we go ouer for we shal be stronge ynough agaynst him Now as soone as Iudas came to the ryuer he appoynted certayne scrybes of the people and commaunded them sayenge se that ye leaue none behynde vpon this syde of y e ryuer but let euery man come to the battayll So he wente first ouer vnto them and his people after him And all the Heithen were discomfited before him and let their weapens fall and ranne in to the temple that was at Carnaim Which cite Iudas wanne and brent the temple with all y t were in it So was Carnaim subdued and might not withstoÌ„de Iudas Then Iudas gathered all the Israelites that were in Galaadithim from y e leest vnto the most with their wyues and their children a very greate hoost for to come in to the londe of Iuda So they came vnto Ephron which was a mightie greate and stronge cite and laye in their waye For they coude not go by it nether of the right honde ner of the left but must go thorow it Neuerthelesse they that were in the cite wolde not let them go thorow but walled vp the portes with stones And Iudas sent vnto theÌ„ with peaceable wordes sayenge Let vs passe thorow youre londe that we maye go in to oure owne couÌ„tre there shal no body do you harme we wil but only go thorow But they wolde not let them in Wherfore Iudas commauded a proclamacion to be made thorow out the hoost that euery man shulde kepe his ordre and so they dyd their best like valeaunt men And Iudas beseged the cite all that daie and all that night and so wanne it where they slewe as many as were males and dâ—â—troyed the cite and spoyled it and weÌ„te thorow all the cite ouer them that were slayne Then wente they ouer Iordane in to the playne felde before Bethsan And Iudas helped those forwarde that came behynde and gaue the people good exortacion all y e waye thorow till they were come in to the londe of Iuda Thus they wente vp vnto the mount Sion where they offred with myrth and thankesgeuynge because there were none of them slayne but came home agayne peaceably Now what tyme as Iudas and Ionathas were in the londe of Galaad and Symon their brother in Galilee before Ptolomais Then Iosephus the sonne of Zachary and Asarias the captaynes hearinge of the actes that were done and of the battels that were stroken sayde Let vs get vs a name also and go fight agaynst the Heithen that are rounde aboute vs. So they gaue their hoost a commaundement and wente towarde Iamnia Then came Gorgias and his men out of the cite to fight agaynst them Iosephus also and Asarias were chased vnto y e borders of Iewry there were slayne y t daye of y e people of Israel ij M. men so y t there was a greate misery amoÌ„ge y e people all because they were not obedieÌ„t vnto Iudas his brethren but thought they shulde quyte them selues man fully Neuertheles they came not of the sede of these men by whom Israel was helped But the men that were with Iudas were greatly commended in the sight of all Israel and all Heithen where so euer their name was herde vpoÌ„ and the people came vnto them byddinge them welcome After this wente Iudas forth with his brethren and fought agaynst the children of Esau in the londe y t lieth towarde the south where he wanne the cite of Hebron and the townes that lye besyde it and as for the walles and towres rounde aboute it he brent them vp Then remoued he to go in to the loÌ„de of the Philistines and wente thorow Samaria At the same tyme were there many prestes slaine in y e battayll which wilfully without advysement wente out for to fight to get them honoure And when Iudas came to Azot in the Philistynes londe he brake downe their altares brent the ymages of their Idols spoyled the cities and came agayne in to the londe of Iuda
with many prayers to let him go with his life because he had many of the Iewes fathers and brethren in preson which yf they put him to death might be disapoynted So when he had promised faithfully to delyuer them agayne acordinge to the condicion made they let him go without harme for the health of y e brethren And when Iudas had slayne xxv M he wente from Carnion Now after y t he had chased awaye and slayne his enemies he remoued the hoost towarde Ephron a strōge cite wherin dwelt many dyuerse people of the Heithen and y e stronge yonge men kepte the walles defendinge thē mightely In this cite was moch ordinaunce and prouysion of dartes But when Iudas and his company had called vpon Allmighty God which w t his power breaketh the strength of the enemies they wanne the cite and slew xxv M. of them y t were within From thence wente they to the cite of the Scythians which lieth vj. C. furlonges from Ierusalem But when y e Iewes which were in the cite testified that the cite syns dealte louyngly with them yee and intreated them kyndly in y e tyme of their aduersite Iudas and his company gaue them him which made them his people and euer defended his owne porcion with euydent tokens that he wolde preserue them still So at the commaundement of the captayne they remoued from thence and came to a towne called Dessasan And Symon Iudas brother fell in honde with Nicanor but thorow the sodane commynge of the enemies he was afrayed Neuertheles Nicanor hearinge the manlynes of them that were with Iudas and y e bolde stomackes that they had to fight for their naturall countre durst not proue the matter with bloudsheddinge Wherfore he sent Possidonius Theodocius Mathias before to geue and to take peace So when they had taken longe advysement there vpon and the captayne shewed it vnto the multitude they were agreed in one mynde to haue peace And they appoynted a daye to syt vpon these matters quyetly amonge them selues y e stoles also were brought and set forth Neuerthelesse Iudas cōmaunded certaine men of armes to waite in conueniēt places lest there shulde sodenly aryse eny euell thorow the enemies And so they commoned reasonably together Nicanor whyle he abode at Ierusalem ordred himself not vnreasonably but sent awaye the people that were gathered together He loued Iudas euer with his hert and fauoured him He prayed him also to take a wyfe and to brynge forth children So he maried lyued in rest and they led a comon life But Alcimus perceauynge the loue that was betwixte them and how they were agreed together came to Demetrius and tolde him that Nicanor had taken straunge matters in honde and ordened Iudas an enemy of the realme to be the kynges successoure Then the kinge was sore displeased and thorow the wicked accusations which Alcimus made of Nicanor he was so prouoked that he wrote vnto Nicanor sayenge that he was very angrie for the frendshipe and agrement which he had made with Machabeus Neuertheles he commaunded him in all the haist that he shulde take Machabeus presoner and sende him to Antioche Which lettres when Nicanor had sene he was at his wittes ende and sore greued that he shulde breake the thinges wherin they had agreed specially seynge Machabeus was the man that neuer dyd him harme But because he might not withstonde the kynge he sought oportunite to fulfil his commaundement Notwithstondinge when Machabeus sawe that Nicanor beganne to be churlish vnto him and that he intreated him more rughly then he was wonte he perceaued that soch vnkyndnes came not of good and therfore he gathered a few of his men and withdrewe himself frō Nicanor Which when he knewe that Machabeus had manfully preuented him he came in to the greate and most holy temple and commaunded the prestes which were doynge their vsuall offeringes to delyuer him the man And when they sware that they coude not tell where the mā was whō he sought he stretched out his honde and made an ooth sayenge Yf ye wyll not delyuer me Iudas captyue I shall remoue this temple of God in to the playne felde I shal breake downe the aulter and consecrate this tēple vnto Bachus After these wordes he departed Then the prestes lift vp their hondes towarde heauen and besought him that was euer the defender of their people sayenge Thou o LORDE of all which hast nede of nothinge woldest that the temple of thy habitacion shulde be amonge vs. Therfore now o most holy LORDE kepe this house euer vndefyled which lately was clensed Now was there accused vnto Nicanor one Razis an Alderman of Ierusalem a louer of the whole cite and a man of good reporte which for the kynde hert that he bare vnto the people was called a father of y e Iewes This man oft tymes when the Iewes were mynded to kepe them selues vndefyled defended and delyuered them beynge content stedfastly to spende his body and his life for his people So Nicanor wyllinge to declare the hate that he bare to the Iewes sent fyue hundreth men to take him for he thought yf he gat him he shulde brynge the Iewes in greate decaye Now when the people beganne to ruszshe in at his house to breake the dores and to set fyre on it he beynge now taken wolde haue defended himself with his swearde chosinge rather to dye manfully then to yelde himselfe to those wicked doers and because of his noble stocke he had rather haue bene put to extreme cruelte Notwithstondynge what tyme as he myssed of his stroke for haist and the multitude fell in violently betwixte the dores he rāne boldly to y e wall cast himself downe manfully amonge the heape of them which gaue soone place to his fall so that he fell vpon his bely Neuerthelesse whyle there was yet breath within him he was kyndled in his mynde and whyle his bloude guszshed out exceadingly for he was very sore wounded he ranne thorow the myddest of y e people and gat him to the toppe of a rocke So when his bloude was now gone he toke out his owne bowels with both his hondes and threw them vpon the people callinge vpon the LORDE of life and sprete to rewarde him this agayne and so he dyed The XV. Chapter NOw when Nicanor knewe that Iudas was in the countre of Samaria he thought with all his power to strike a felde with him vpon a Sabbath daye Neuerthelesse the Iewes that were compelled to go with him sayed O do not so cruelly and vnkyndly but halowe y t Sabbath daye and worshipe him that seyth all thinges For all this yet sayed the vngracious personne Is there a mightie one in heauen that commaunded the Sabbath daye to be kepte And when they sayde yee the lyuynge God the mightie LORDE in heauen commaunded the seuenth daye to be kepte he sayde And I am mightie vpon earth to commaunde them
in the remembraunce of me Likewyse also the cuppe after they had supped and sayde This cuppe is the new TestameÌ„t in my bloude which shal be shed for you But lo the hande of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table And the sonne of man trulye goeth forth as it is appoynted But wo vnto that man by whom he is betrayed And they beganne to axe amonge them selues which of them it shulde be that shulde do that There rose a strife also amoÌ„ge theÌ„ which of them shulde be takeÌ„ for the greatest But he sayde vnto them The kynges of y e worlde haue domynion ouer y e people and they that beare rule ouer theÌ„ are called gracious lordes But ye shal not be so But the greatest amonge you shal be as the yongest and the chefest as a seruaunt For which is the greatest he that sytteth at the table or he that serueth Is not he that sytteth at the table But I am amoÌ„ge you as a mynister As for you ye are they that haue byddeÌ„ w t me in my temptacions And I wil appoynte the kyngdome vnto you euen as my father hath appoynted me that ye maye eate and drynke at my table in my kyngdome and syt vpon seates and iudge the twolue trybes of Israel But the LORDE sayde Simon Simon beholde Satan hath desyred after you that he might siffte you euen as wheate but I haue prayed for y e that thy faith fayle not And whan thou art coÌ„uerted strength thy brethren But he sayde vnto him LORDE I am ready to go with the in to preson and in to death Neuertheles he sayde Peter I saye vnto the The cock shal not crowe this daye tyll thou haue thryse denyed y t thou knewest me And he sayde vnto them Whan I sent you without wallet without scryppe and without shues lacked ye eny thinge They sayde No. Then sayde he vnto them But now he that hath a wallet let him take it vp likewyse also the scryppe But he that hath not let him sell his coate bye a swerde For I saye vnto you It must yet be fulfilled on me that is wrytteÌ„ He was counted amonge the euell doers For loke what is wrytten of me it hath an ende But they sayde LORDE Beholde here are two swerdes He sayde vnto theÌ„ It is ynough And he wente out as he was wonte vnto mouÌ„t Oliuete But his disciples folowed him vnto the same place And whan he came thither he sayde vnto theÌ„ Praye that ye fall not in to teÌ„ptacion And he gat him from them aboute a stones cast and kneled downe prayed sayde Father yf thou wilt take awaye this cuppe fro me Neuerthelesse not my wyll but thyne be fulfylled And there appeared vnto him an angell froÌ„ heauen and conforted him And it came so that he wrestled with death and prayed the longer And his sweate was like droppes of â—loude runnynge downe to the grounde And he rose vp froÌ„ prayer and came to his disciples and founde them slepinge for heuynesse and sayde vnto them What slepe ye ryse vp and praye that ye fall not in to tentacion But whyle he yet spake beholde the multitude and one of the twolue called Iudas wente before them and he came nye vnto Iesus to kysse him But Iesus sayde vnto him Iudas betrayest thou the sonne of maÌ„ with a kysse Whan they that were aboute him sawe what wolde folowe they sayde vnto him LORDE shal we smyte with the swerde And one of theÌ„ stroke a seruauÌ„t of y e hye prestes smote of his eare But Iesus answered and sayde Suffre theÌ„ thus farre forth And he touched his eare healed him But Iesus sayde vnto the prestes and rulers of the temple and to the Elders that were come vnto him Ye are come forth as it were to a murthurer with swerdes with staues I was daylie with you in the temple and ye layed no handes vpon me But this is youre houre and the power of darknesse Neuerthelesse they toke him and led him and brought him in to the hye prestes house As for Peter he folowed hiÌ„ a farre of Then kyndled they a fyre in the myddest of the palace and sat them downe together And Peter sat him downe amonge them Then a damsell sawe him syttinge by the light and behelde him well and sayde vnto him This same was also with him But he denyed him and sayde WomaÌ„ I knowe him not And after a litle whyle another sawe him and sayde Thou art one of them also But Peter sayde Man I am not And aboute the space of an houre after another affirmed sayde Verely this was with him also for he is a Galilean But Peter saide MaÌ„ I wote not what thou sayest And immediatly whyle he yet spake y e cock crewe And the LORDE turned him aboute and loked vpoÌ„ Peter And Peter remembred the wordes of y e LORDE how he sayde vnto him Before the cock crowe thou shalt denye me thryse And Peter wente out and wepte bytterly The men that helde Iesus mocked him and stroke him blyndfolded him and smote him on the face and axed him and sayde Prophecie who is it that smote the And many other blasphemies sayde they vnto hiÌ„ And whan it was daye there gathered together the Elders of the people the hye prestes and scrybes and led him vp before their councell and sayde Art thou Christ Tell vs. But he sayde vnto them Yf I tell you ye wyl not beleue But yf I axe you ye wyl not answers me nether wyl ye let me go From this tyme forth shal the sonne of man sytt at the right haÌ„de of the power of God Then sayde they all Art thou then y e sonne of God He sayde vnto them Ye saye it for I am They sayde What nede we anye farther wytnesse We oure selues haue herde it of his awne mouth The XXIII Chapter ANd the whole multitude of theÌ„ arose and led him vnto Pilate and begaÌ„ne to accuse him and sayde We haue founde this felowe peruertinge the people and forbyddinge to geue trybute vnto the Emperoure and sayeth that he is Christ a kynge But Pilate axed him and sayde Art thou the kynge of the Iewes He answered him and sayde Thou sayest it Pilate sayde vnto y e hye prestes and to the people I fynde no cause in this man But they were the more fearce and sayde He hath moued the people in that he hath taught here there in all the londe of Iewry and hath begonne at Galile vnto this place Whan Pilate herde mencion of Galile he axed whether he were of Galile And whan he perceaued that he was vnder He rodes iurisdiccion he sent him to Herode which was also at IerusaleÌ„ in those dayes When Herode sawe Iesus he was exceadinge glad for he had longe bene desyrous to se him because he had herde moch of him
that one man shulde dye for the people As for Symon Peter he and another disciple folowed Iesus The same disciple was knowne vnto the hye prest and wēte in with Iesus in to the hye prestes palace But Peter stode without at the dore Then y t other disciple which was knowne vnto the hye prest wente out and spake to the damsell y t kepte the dore and brought in Peter Then the damsell that kepte the dore sayde vnto Peter Art not thou also one of this mans disciples He sayde I am not The seruauntes officers stode and had made a fyre of coles for it was colde warmed thē selues Peter also stode with them and warmed him self The hye prest axed Iesus of his disciples and of his doctryne Iesus answered him I haue spoken openly before the worlde I haue euer taught in the synagoge and in the tēple whither all the Iewes resorted in secrete haue I spokē nothinge Why axest thou me Axe thē y t haue herde what I haue spoken vnto thē beholde they can tell what I haue sayde But whan he had thus spokē one of the officers that stode by smote Iesus on the face and sayde Answerest thou the hye prest so Iesus answered him Yf I haue euell spokē thē beare wytnesse of euell but yf I haue well spoken why smytest thou me And Annas sent him bounde vnto Caiphas y e hye prest Symō Peter stode and warmed him self Thē sayde they vnto him Art not thou one of his disciples He denyed and sayde I am not A seruaūt of the hye prestes a kynszmā of his whose eare Peter had smytten of sayde vnto him Dyd not I se the in the gardē with him Then Peter denyed agayne And immediatly the cock crew Then led they Iesus from Caiphas in to the comon hall And it was early in the mornynge And they them selues wēte not in to the comō hall lest they shulde be defyled but y t they might eate y e Pascall lambe Then wente Pilate out vnto thē and sayde What accusacion brynge ye agaynst this man They answered and sayde vnto him Yf he were not an euell doer we had not delyuered him vnto the. Then sayde Pilate vnto thē Take ye him and iudge him after yo lawe Then sayde y e Iewes vnto him It is not laufull for vs to put eny mā to death That y e worde of Iesus might be fulfilled which he spake whan he signified what death he shulde dye Then entred Pilate in to the comon hall agayne and called Iesus sayde vnto him Art thou the kynge of the Iewes Iesus answered Sayest thou that of thy self or haue other tolde it the of me Pilate answered Am I a Iewe Thy people and the hye prestes haue delyuered the vnto me What hast thou done Iesus answered My kyngdome is not of this worlde Yf my kyngdome were of this worlde my mynisters wolde fight therfore y t I shulde not be delyuered vnto the Iewes But now is my kyngdome not from hence Thē sayde Pilate vnto hī Art thou a kynge thē Iesus answered Thou sayest it for I am a kynge For this cause was I borne and came in to the worlde that I shulde testifye the trueth Who so euer is of the trueth heareth my voyce Pilate sayde vnto hī What is the trueth And whan he had sayde that he wēte out agayne to the Iewes and sayde vnto them I fynde no gyltinesse in him But ye haue a custome that I shulde geue one vnto you lowse at Easter Wyl ye now y t I lowse vnto you the kynge of y e Iewes Thē cryed they agayne alltogether and sayde Not him but Barrabas Yet was Barrabas a murthurer The XIX Chapter THen Pilate toke Iesus and scourged him And the soudyers platted a crowne of thornes and set it vpon his heade and put a purple garment vpon him and sayde Hayle kynge of the Iewes And they smote him on the face Then wente Pilate forth agayne and sayde vnto thē Beholde I brynge him forth vnto you y t ye maye knowe y t I fynde no faute in hī So Iesus wente out ware a crowne of thorne and a purple robe And he sayde vnto them Beholde the man Whan the hye prestes the mynisters sawe him they cryed sayde Crucifye crucifye Pilate saide vnto thē Take ye him and crucifye him for I fynde no giltynesse in him The Iewes answered him We haue a lawe after oure lawe he ought to dye because he made him self the sonne of God Whan Pilate herde that worde he was the more afrayed and wente agayne in to the comon hall and sayde vnto Iesus Whence art thou But Iesus gaue him no answere Thē sayde Pilate vnto him Speakest thou not vnto me Knowest thou not y t I haue power to crucifye y e haue power to lowse y e Iesus answered Thou shuldest haue no power vpō me yf it were not geuē the from aboue Therfore he that delyuered me vnto y e hath the more synne From that tyme forth Pilate sought meanes to lowse him But the Iewes cryed sayde Yf thou let him go thou art not the Emperours frēde For whosoeuer maketh himself kynge is agaynst the Emperoure Whan Pilate herde y t worde he brought Iesus forth sat hī downe vpō y e iugdmēt seate in the place which is called the Pauement but in the Hebrue Gabbatha It was the daye of preparinge of the Easter aboute the sixte houre And he sayde vnto the Iewes Beholde yo kynge But they cryed Awaye w t him awaye w t him crucifie him Pilate saide vnto thē Shal I crucifye yo kynge The hye prestes answered We haue no kynge but y e Empero Thē delyuered he him vnto them to be crucifyed They toke Iesus and led him awaye And he bare his crosse and wente out to the place called y e place of deed men skulles which in Hebrue is named Golgatha where they crucified him and two other with him on either syde one but Iesus in the myddes Pilate wrote a superscripcion and set vpon the crosse And there was wrytten Iesus of Nazareth kynge of the Iewes This superscripcion red many of the Iewes For y e place where Iesus was crucifyed was nye vnto the cite And it was wrytten in Hebrue Greke Latyn Then sayde the hye prestes of the Iewes vnto Pilate Wryte not kynge of the Iewes but y t he sayde I am kynge of the Iewes Pilate answered What I haue wrytten that haue I wrytten The sondyers whan they had crucifyed Iesus toke his garmentes and made foure partes to euery soudyer one patte and the cote also As for the cote it was vnsowed frō aboue wrought thorow and thorow Then sayde they one to another Let vs not deuyde it but cast lottes for it who shal haue it that the scripture might be fulfilled which sayeth They haue parted my garmentes amonge them and on
by name The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Hebrues The summe of this epistle Chap. I. How God dealt louyngly with theÌ„ of the olde tyme in sendynge them his prophetes but moch more mercy hath he shewed vs in that he sent vs his owne sonne Of the most excellent glory of Iesus Christ which in all thinges is like to his father Chap. II. He exhorteth vs to be obedient vnto the new lawe which Christ hath geuen vs and not to be offended at the infirmite and lowe degre of Christ why it was necessary that for oure sakes he shulde take soch an humble state vpon him that he might be like vnto his brethren Chap. III. He requyreth vs to be obedient vnto the worde of Christ which is more worthy then Moses The punyshment of soch as wyll nedes harden their hertes Chap. IIII. The Sabbath or rest of the Christen Punyshment of vnbeleuers The nature of the worde of God Chap. V. Christ is oure hye prest the seate of grace and more excellent then the hye prestes of the olde lawe Chap. VI. He goeth forth with the thiÌ„ge that he beganne in the latter ende of the fyfft chapter and exhorteth them not to faynt but to be stedfast and pacient for so moch as God is sure in his promesse Chap. VII He coÌ„pareth the presthode of Christ vnto Melchisedech but to be farre more excellent Chap. VIII The office of Christ is more worthy then the prestes office of the olde lawe which was vnperfecte and therfore abrogate Chap. IX The profit and worthynesse of the olde Testament and how farre the new excelleth it Chap. X. The olde lawe had no power to cleÌ„se awaye synne but Christ dyd it with offerynge vp his body once for all An exhortacion to receaue this goodnesse of God thaÌ„k fully with pacience and stedfast faith Chap. XI What faith is and a commeÌ„dacion of the same The stedfast beleue of the fathers in olde tyme. Chap. XII An exhortacion to be pacient and stedfast in trouble and aduersite vpon hope of euerlastinge rewarde A commeÌ„dacion of the new Testament aboue the olde Chap. XIII He exhorteth vs vnto loue to hospitalite to thinke vpon soch as be in aduersite to manteyne wedlocke to avoyde cuvetousnesse to make moch of theÌ„ that preach Gods worde to bewarre of straunge lernynge to be content to suffre rebuke with Christ to be thankfull vnto God and obedient vnto to oure heades The first Chapter GOD in tyme past dyuersly many wayes spake vnto y e fathers by prophetes but in these last dayes he hath spoken vnto vs by his sonne whom he hath made heyre of all thinges by whom also he made the worlde Which sonne beynge the brightnes of his glory the very ymage of his substaunce bearinge vp all thinges with the worde of his power hath in his owne personne pourged oure synnes and is set on the righte hande of the maiestie on hye beynge eueÌ„ as moch more excelleÌ„t theÌ„ y e angels as he hath optayned a more excelleÌ„t name then they For vnto which of the angels sayde he at eny tyme Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten the And agayne I will be his father he shal be my sonne And agayne whaÌ„ he bryngeth in the fyrst begotteÌ„ sonne in to the worlde he sayeth And all the angels of God shal worshippe him And of the angels he sayeth He maketh his angels spretes his mynisters flaÌ„mes of fyre But vnto y e sonne he sayeth God y e seate endureth for euer euer the cepter of y e kyngdome is a right cepter Thou hast loued righteousnes hated iniquyte wherfore God which is thy God hath anoynted the with the oyle of gladnesse aboue y e felowes And thou LORDE in y e begynnynge hast layed the foundacion of the earth and y e heaueÌ„s are the workes of thy handes they shal perishe but thou shalt endure they all shal waxe olde as doth a garmeÌ„t and as a vesture shalt thou chaunge them and they shal be chaunged But thou art y e same and thâ— yeares shal not fayle Vnto which of the angels sayde he at eny tyme * Syt thou on my righte haÌ„de tyll I make thyne enemies thy fote stole Are they not all mynistry 〈◊〉 spretes sent to mynister for 〈…〉 which shal be heyres of saluacion 〈…〉 The II. Chapter WHerfore we ought to geue the more hede vnto the thinges which we haue herde lest we periszhe For yf the worde which was spokeÌ„ by angels was stedfast and euery traÌ„sgression and dishobedience receaued a iust recompence of rewarde how shal we escape yf we despyse so greate a saluacion which after that it beganne to be preached by the LORDE himselfe was confirmed vpon vs by them that herde it God bearynge witnesse therto with tokens wonders and dyuerse powers and giftes of the holy goost acordinge to his awne wyll For vnto the angels hath he not subdued the worlde to come wherof we speake But one in a certayne place witnesseth sayeth What is man that thou art myndefull of him or the sonne of man that thou vysitest him After thou haddest for a litle season made him lower theÌ„ y e angels thou crownedst him with honoure and glory and hast set him aboue the workes of thy handes Thou hast put all thinges in subieccion vnder his fete In that he subdued all thinges vnto him he lefte nothinge that is not put vnder him Neuertheles now se we not all thinges yet subdued vnto him But him which for a litle season was made lesse then the angels we se that it is Iesus which is crowned with honoure and glory for the sufferynge of death that he by the grace of God shulde taist of death for all men For it became him for whom are all thinges and by whoÌ„ are all thinges after y t he had broughte many children vnto glory that he shulde make the LORDE of their saluacion perfecte thorow sufferynge for so moch as they all come of one both he that sanctifieth they which are sanctified For the which causes sake he is not ashamed to call them brethren sayenge I will declare thy name vnto my brethren and in the myddes of the coÌ„gregacion wil I prayse the. And agayne I wyl put my trust in him And agayne beholde here am I and my children which God hath geuen me For as moch then as the children haue flesh and bloude he also himselfe likewyse toke parte with them y t he thorow death mighte take awaye y e power of him which had lordshippe ouer death that is to saye y e deuell that he mighte delyuer theÌ„ which thorow feare of death were all their life tyme in 〈…〉 boÌ„dage For he in no place taketh on him 〈◊〉 â—ngels but y e sede of Abraham tabeth he on him Wherfore in all thinges it became him to be made like vnto
on euery syde yet will we not vnderstōde He burneth vs vp yet syncketh it not in to oure hartes The xliij Chapter BVt now the LORDE that made the o Iacob and he that fashioned the o Israel saieth thus Feare not for I will defende ye. I haue called y e by thy name thou art myne owne When thou wentest in the water I was by the that the strōge floudes shulde not pluck y e awaye When thou walkest in the fyre it shal not burne y e and the flame shall not kindle vpon the. For I am the LORDE thy God the holyone of Israel thy Sauioure I gaue Egipte for y e delyueraunce the Moryās and the Sabees for the because thou wast deare in my sight and because I set by the and loued the. I pilled all men for the and delyuered vp all people for thy sake that thou shuldest not feare for I was with the. I wil bringe thy sede from the east and gather the together from the west I wil saye to the north let go And to the south kepe not backe But bringe me my sonnes from farre and my doughters from the endes of the worlde Namely all those that be called after my name For thē haue I created fashioned and made for myne honoure Bringe forth that people whether they haue eyes or be blynde deaf or haue eares All nacions shal come in one and be gathered in one people But which amonge yonder goddes shall declare soch thinges tell vs what is to come Let them bringe their witnesses so shal they be fre for thē men shal heare it and saye it is truth But I bringe you witnesses saith the LORDE euen those that are my seruauntes whom I haue chosen to the intent that ye might be certified and geue me faithful credence yee and to cōsidre that I am he before whom there was neuer eny God and that there shal be none after me I am only the LORDE and without me is there no Sauioure I geue warnynge I make whole I teach you that there shulde be no straunge God amonge you And this recorde must ye beare me youre selues saieth the LORDE that I am God And euen he am I from the begynnynge and there is none that can take eny thinge out of my honde And what I do can no man chaunge Thus saieth the LORDE the holyone of Israel youre redemer For youre sake I will sende to Babilon and bringe all the strongest of them from thence Namely the Caldees that boost them of their shippes Euen I the LORDE youre holy one which haue made Israel and am youre kinge Morouer thus saieth the LORDE Euen he that maketh a waye in the see and a footpath in the mightie waters which bringeth forth the charettes and horses the hooste and the power that they maye fall a slepe and neuer ryse and be extincte like as tow is quenched Ye remembre not thinges of olde and regarde nothinge that is past Therfore beholde I shal make a new thinge and shortly shall it apeare Ye shall well knowe it I tolde it you afore but I will tell it you agaane I will make stretes in the deserte and ryuers of water in the wildernesse The wilde beastes shal worshippe me the dragon and the Estrich For I shall geue water in y e wildernesse and streames in the deserte that I maye geue drīke to my people whom I chose This people haue I made for my self and they shal shewe forth my prayse For thou Iacob woldest not call vpon me but thou haddest an vnlust towarde me o Israel Thou gauest me not thy yonge beastes for burnt offringes nether didest honoure me with thy sacrifices Thou boughtest me no deare spice with thi money nether pouredest the fat of thy sacrifices vpon me Howbeit I haue not bene chargeable vnto the in offrīges nether greuous in Incense But thou hast ladē me with thy synnes and weeried me with thy vngodlynes Where as I yet am euen he only that for myne owne selfes sake do awaye thine offences forget thy synnes so that I wil neuer thinke vpon them Put me now in remembraunce for we will reason together shewe what thou hast for the to make the quyte Thy first father offended sore and thy rulers haue synned agaynst me Therfore I ether suspended or slewe the chefest prynces I dyd curse Iacob and gaue Israel into reprofe The xliiij Chapter SO heare now o Iacob my seruaunt and Israel whom I haue chosē For thus saieth the LORDE that made the fashioned the and helped the euen from thy mothers wombe Be not afrayde o Iacob my seruaunte thou rightuous whom I haue chosen For I shal poure water vpon the drie grounde and ryuers vpon the thurstie I shal poure my sprete vpon thisede and myne encrease vpō thy stocke They shal growe together like as the grasse and as the Willies by the waters side One will saye I am the LORDES Another wil call vnder the name of Iacob The thirde shal subscrybe with his honde vnto y e LORDE and geue him self vnder the name of Israel Morouer thus hath the LORDE spokē euen the kinge of Israel and his avenger y e LORDE of hoostes I am the first and the last and without me is there no God For what is he that euer was like me which am from euerlastinge Let him shewe his name and do wherthorow he maye be lickened vnto me Let him tell you forth planely thīges that are past and for to come yee and that without eny feare or stoppe For haue not I euer tolde you hytherto warned you Ye can beare me recorde youreselues Is there eny God excepte me or eny maker that I shulde not knowe him Wherfore all caruers of Idols are but vayne and their laboure lost They must beare recorde them selues that seinge they can nether se ner vnderstonde they shal be confounded Who shulde now make a god or fashiō an Idol that is profitable for nothinge Beholde all the felashippe of thē must be brought to confucion Let all the workmasters of them come and stonde together from amonge men they must be abashed and confoūded one with another The smyth taketh yron and tempreth it with hote coles and fashioneth it with hammers maketh it w t all the strength of his armes Yee somtyme he is faynt for very hunger and so thurstie that he hath no more power The carpenter or ymage caruer taketh me the tymbre and spredeth forth his lyne he marketh it with some coloure he playneth it he ruleth it ād squareth it and maketh it after the ymage of a man and acordinge to the bewtie of a man that it maye stonde in the temple Morouer he goeth out to hewe downe Cedre trees He bringeth home Elmes and okes and other tymbre of the wodd Or els the Fyrretrees which he planted himself ād soch as the rayne hath swelled which wodde serueth for
meÌ„ to burne Of this he taketh and warmeth himself withall he maketh a fyre of it to bake bred And after warde maketh a god there of to honoure it and an Idol to knele before it One pece he burneth in the fyre with another he rosteth flesh that he maye eate roste his bely full with the thirde he warmeth himself and saieth A ha I am well warmed I haue bene at the fyre And of the residue he maketh him a god and an Idol for himself He kneleth before it he worshippeth it he prayeth vnto it and sayeth delyuer me for thou art my god Yet men nether considre ner vnderstonde because their eyes are stopped that they can not se and their hertes that they can not perceaue They pondre not in their myndes for they haue nether knowlege ner vnderstoÌ„dinge to thinke thus I haue breÌ„t one pece in the fyre I haue baked bred w t y e coles there of I haue rosted flesh withall eaten it Shal I now of the residue make an abhominacion and fall downe before a rotten pece of wodd The kepinge of dust and folishnesse of herte hath turned them a syde so that none of them can haue a fre conscience to thinke maye not Ierre CoÌ„sidre this o Iacob and Israel for thou art my seruauÌ„t I haue made the that thou mightest serue me O Israel forget me not As for thyne offences I dryue them awaye like the cloudes and thy synnes as the myst Turne y e agayne vnto me I will delyuer ye. Be glad ye heauens whom the LORDE hath made let all y t is here beneth vpon the earth be ioyfull Reioyse ye mountaynes woddes with all the trees that are in you for y e LORDE shal redeme Iacob shewe his glory vpon Israel For thus saieth the LORDE thy redemer euen he that fashioned the from thy mothers wombe I am the LORDE which do all thinges my self alone I only haue spred out the heauens and I only haue layde the foundacion of the earth I destroye the tokens of witches and make the Sothsayers go wronge As for the wise I turne them bacward and make their conninge folishnesse But I set vp the purpose of my seruauntes and fulfil the councel of my messauÌ„gers I saye to IerusaleÌ„ turne agayne And to the cities of Iuda be ye buylded agayne and I repayre their decayed places I saye to the grounde be drie And I drie vp thy water floudes I saye to Cirus thou art myne hyrd man so that he shal fulfill all thinges after mâ— will I saye to Ierusalem be thou buylded and to the teÌ„ple be thou fast grounded The xlv Chapter THus saieth the LORDE vnto Cirus his anoynted whom he ledeth by y e right hoÌ„de that the people maye fall downe before him I wil lowse the gyrdle of kinges y t they shal open the gates before thy face and not to shut their dores I wil go before the and make the croked straight I shal breake the brasen dores burst the yron barres I shall geue the the hyd treasure the thinge which is secretly kepte that thou mayest knowe y t I the God of Israel haue called the by thy name and that for Iacob my seruaunt sake for Israel my chosen For I called the by y e name and ordened the or euer thou knewest me Euen I the LORDE before whom there is none other for w t out me there is no God I haue prepared the or euer thou knewest me that it might be knowne from the risynge of the Sonne to the goinge downe of the same that all is nothinge without me For I am the LORDE there is els none It is I y t created the light and darcknes I make peace and trouble Yee euen I the LORDE do all these thinges The heauens aboue shal droppe downe and the cloudes shal rayne rightuousnes The earth shal open it self and brynge forth health and therby shal rightuousnes florish Euen I the LORDE shal bringe it to passe Wo be vnto him that chydeth w t his maker the potsherde with the potter Saieth y e claye to the potter What makest thou or y i worke serueth for nothiÌ„ge Wo be vnto him y t saieth to his father why begettest thou And to his mother why bearest thou Thus saieth the LORDE euen the holy one maker of Israel Axe me of thinges for to come concernynge my sonnes and put me in remeÌ„braunce as touchinge the workes of my hoÌ„des I haue made the earth and created maÌ„ vpon it With my hondes haue I spred forth heauen and geuen a commaundment for all the hooste therof I shal wake him vp with rightuousnesse and ordre all his wayes He shal buylde my cite let out my prisoners that nether for gift nor rewardes saieth the LORDE of hoostes The LORDE hath sayde morouer The occupiers of Egipte the marchauntes of the Moryans and Sabees shal come vnto the with tribute they shabethine they shal folowe the and go with cheynes vpon their fete They shal fall downe before the and make supplicacion vnto the. For God w t out whoÌ„ there is none other God shal be with the. O how profounde art thou o God thou God Sauioure of Israel Confounded be ye and put to dishonoure go hence together with shame all ye that be workmasters of erroure that is worshippers of Idols But Israel shal be saued in the LORDE which is the euerlastinge saluacioÌ„ They shal not come to shame ner confucion worlde without ende For thus sayeth the LORDE euen he that created heauen the God y t made the earth that fashioned it and set it forth I haue not made it for naught but I made it to be enhabited Euen I the LORDE without whom there is none other I haue not spoken secretly nether in darcke places of the earth It is not for naught that I sayde vnto the sede of Iacob seke me I am the LORDE which wheÌ„ I speake declare the thinge that is rightuous and true Let theÌ„ be gathered come together let theÌ„ drawe nye hyther y t are escaped of the people Haue they eny vnderstondinge that set vp the stockes of their Idols and praye vnto a god that caÌ„ not helpe theÌ„ Let men drawe nye let them come hither aÌ„d aske councel one at another and shewe forth â—What is he that tolde this before or who spake of it euer sence the begynnynge Haue not I y e LORDE done it without whom there is none other God the true God and sauioure and there is els none but I And therfore turne you vnto me all ye endes of the earth so shal ye be saued for I am God there is els none I sweare by myself out of my mouth coÌ„meth y e worde of rightuousnesse and that maye no man turne but all knees shal bowe vnto me and all tunges shal sweate by me sayenge Verely
God be angrie with vs a litle whyle for o r chasteninge reformacion yet shal he be at one agayne w t his seruauntes But thou O shamefull most abhominable personne Pryde not thy self thorow vayne hope in beynge so malicious vpon y e seruauntes of God for thou hast not yet escaped the iudgmēt of the God which is all mighty seyth all thinges My brethren y t haue suffred a litle payne are now vnder the couenaunt of euerlastinge life but thorow the iudgment of God thou shalt be punyshed righteously for thy pryde As for me like as my brethrē haue done I offre my soule my body for y e lawes of o fathers callinge vpon God y t he will soone be mercifull vnto o people yee w t payne punyshment to make the graunte y t he only is God In me now in my brethrē y e wrath of allmighty God is at an ende which righteously is fallē vpon all o people Then y e kynge beynge kyndled in anger was more cruell vpon him then vpon all y e other toke indignaciō y t he was so lighty regarded So this yonge mā dyed vndefiled put his trust stil in y e LORDE Last of all after y e sonnes was y e mother put to death also Let this now be ynough spoken concernynge y e offringes extreme cruelnesse The VIII Chapter THen Iudas Machabeus and they y t were w t him wēte pryuely in to y e townes called their kinsfolkes frendes together toke vnto them all soch as contynued yet in the faith lawe of y e Iewes and brought forth vj. M. men So they called vpon the LORDE y t he wolde haue an eye vnto his people which was troddē downe of euery mā to be gracious vnto y e tēple y t was defyled of the vngodly to haue cōpassion vpon y e destruccion of the cite which was shortly like to be laied waist to heare y e voyce of y e bloude y t cried vnto him to remēbre y e most vnrighteous deathes of yonge innocent children the blasphemies also done vnto his name to punysh thē Now whē Machabeus had gathered this multitude together he was to mightie for the Heithen for y e wrath of y e LORDE was turned in to mercy he fell vpon the townes cities vnawarres brent them toke the most cōmodious places slewe many of the enemies But specially he made soch chases by night in so moch that his manlynesse was spoken of euery were So when Philippe sawe that the man increased by litle and litle and that the matter prospered with him for the most parte he wrote vnto Ptolomy which was a captayne in Celosiria Phenices helpe him in y e kinges busynes Thē sent he Nicanor Patrocli a speciall frende of his in all y e haist gaue him of y e comon sorte of the Heithen no lesse then xx M. harnessed men to rote out y e whole generacion of the Iewes hauinge to helpe him one Gorgias a man of warre which in matters concernynge battayls had greate experience Nicanor ordened also the tribute which the Romaynes shulde haue had to be geuen vnto the kynge out of the captiuyte of the Iewes namely ij M. talentes And immediatly he sent to y e cities of y e see coost requyringe thē for to bye Iewes to be their seruauntes bonde men promisynge to sell them lxxx and ten for one talente but he considered not the wrath of allmighty God y t was to come vpon him When Iudas knewe of this he tolde the Iewes y t were w t him of Nicanors cōmynge Now were there some of them fearfull not trustinge vnto the rightuousnes of God and fled their waye But the other y t remayned came together besought the LORDE to delyuer thē frō y t wicked Nicanor which had solde thē or euer he came nye them and though he wolde not do it for their sakes yet for the couenaunt that he made w t their fathers because they called vpon his holy glorious name And so Machabeus called his men together namely aboute vi M. exortinge them not to agree vnto their enemies nether to be afrayed for y e multitude of their aduersaries cōmynge agaynst them vnrighteously but to fight manly consideringe y e reprofe that they had done to the holy place without cause how they had despysed and oppressed the cite yee and destroyed y e lawes of the fathers For they sayde he trust in their weapens and boldnesse but oure confidence is in the allmighty LORDE which in the twincklinge of an eye maye both destroye them that come agaynst vs and all the worlde He exorted them also to call to remēbraūce the helpe that God shewed vnto their fathers as whē there perished an C. lxxxvM of Sennacheribs people And of y e battaill y t they had in Babilō agaynst y e Galacians how y t all the Macedoniās y t came to helpe thē stode in feare how they beynge but only vj. M. slewe an C. xx M. thorow y e helpe y t was geuen them from heauen wherby they also had receaued many benefites Thorow these wordes y e mē toke good hertes vnto thē ready to dye for the lawe the coūtre So he set vpon euery cōpany a captayne one of his owne brethren Simon Ioseph and Ionathas geuynge ech one xv C. men He caused Eszdras also to reade the holy boke vnto them and to geue them a token of the helpe of God Then he himself beinge captaine in y e fore front of the battayll buckled with Nicanor And God was there helpe in so moch that they slewe aboue ix M. mē compelled y e more parte of Nicanors hoost to fle they were so wounded and feable Thus they toke the money from those that came to bye thē and folowed vpon them on euery syde But whē the tyme came vpon them they returned for it was the Sabbath and therfore they folowed nomore vpon them So they toke their weapens and spoyles kepte the Sabbath geuynge thankes vnto the LORDE which had delyuered them that daye and shewed them his mercy After the Sabbath they distributed the spoyles to the sicke to y e fatherlesse and to wyddowes and the residue had they them selues with theirs Whē this was done and they all had made a generall prayer they besought the mercifull LORDE to be at one with his seruauntes Of those also that were with Timotheus and Bachides which fought agaynst them they slewe xx M. wanne hye and stronge holdes and deuided moo spoyles euer geuynge an equall porcion vnto y e sicke to y e fatherles to wyddowes to aged persons And when they had diligently gathered their weapēs together they layed them all in convenient places the remnaunt of y e spoyles brought they to Ierusalem They slewe Philarches that wicked personne which was with Timotheus and had vexed many
Iewes And when they helde the thankesgeuyng ▪ at Ierusalem for the victory they brent those that had set fyre on the portes of the temple namely Calisthenes which was fled in to an house and so they gat a worthy rewarde for their wickednesse As for that most vngracious Nicanor which had brought a thousande marchaūtes to bye the Iewes he was thorow y e helpe of the LORDE brought downe euen of them whom he regarded not in so moch that he put of his glorious raymēt fled by see and came alone to Antioche w t greate shame dishono r which he gat thorow the destruccion of his hoost Thus he y t promysed the Romaynes to paye thē their tribute when he toke Ierusalem beganne now to saye planely that God was y e defender of the Iewes therfore not possible to wounde them because they folowed y e lawes which God had made The IX Chapter AT the same tyme came Antiochus agayne with dishonoure out of Persis For when he came to Persepolis and vndertoke to robbe the temple and to subdue the cite the people ranne together and defended them selues in so moch y t he and his were fayne to fle with shame And so after that flight it happened that Antiochus came agayne with dishonoure But when he came to Egbathana he gat knowlege what was happened vnto Nicanor Timotheus Now as he was auauncinge himself in his wrath he thought he was able to avenge the iniury that was done to them vpon the Iewes and therfore commaunded to make ready his charet haistinge on his iourney without ceassinge the iudgmēt of God prouokynge him because he had spokē so proudly that he wolde come to Ierusalem and make it a graue of the Iewes But the LORDE God of Israel that seith all thinges smote him with an invisible plage which no man coude heale For as soone as he had spoken these wordes there came vpon him an horrible payne of his bowels a sore grefe of the tharmes And y t was but right for he had martired other mens bowels with dyuerse and straūge tormentes how be it he wolde in no wyse ceasse from his malice Yee he was yet the prouder and more malicious agaynst the Iewes But whyle he was commaundinge to make haist in the matter it happened y t he fell downe violently from the charet so y t it brussed his body dyd him greate payne And so he that thought he might commaunde y e floudes of the see so proude was he beyonde the condiciō of man and to weye the hye mountaynes in a payre of scoales was now brought downe to the grounde caried vpon an horszlytter knowlegynge y e manyfest power of God vpon him so that y t wicked body of his was full of wormes which in his payne fell quyck out of his flesh In so moch y t his hoost was greued with the smell and styncke of him Thus he that a litle afore thought he might reach to the starres of heauen him might no man now abyde ner beare for the vehemence of styncke Therfore he beynge brought from his greate pryde begāne for to come to y e knowlege of him self for the punyshment of God warned him his payne increased euer more more And when he him self might not abyde his owne styncke he sayde these wordes It is reason to be obedient vnto God that a man desyre not to be like vnto him This wicked personne prayed also vnto the LORDE of whom he shulde haue optained no mercy And as for the cite that he came vnto so haistely to brynge it downe to the grounde to make it a graue for deed men now he desyreth to delyuer it fre And as touchinge y e Iewes whom he had iudged not worthy to be buried but wolde haue cast thē out for to be deuoured of the foules and wylde beastes sayenge that he wolde haue destroyed both olde and yonge Now he promiseth to make thē like y e citesyns of Athens And where as he had spoyled the holy temple afore now he maketh promyse to garnish it with greate giftes to increase the holy ornamētes and of his owne rentes to beare the costes and charges belonginge to the offerynges yee and that he wolde also become a Iewe him self to go thorow euery place of the worlde and to preach the power of God But when his paynes wolde not ceasse for the righteous iudgmet of God was come vpon him out of a very despayre he wrote vnto the Iewes a lettre of intercession cōteyninge these wordes The kynge and prynce Antiochus wysheth vnto the vertuous citesyns of the Iewes moch health and good prosperite Yf ye and youre children fare well and yf all thinges go after youre mynde we geue greate thankes In my sicknesse also do I remembre you louyngly for as I came out of Persia and was taken with sore disease I thought it necessary to care for the comon wealth Nether despare I in my self but haue a good hope to escape this sicknes But considerynge that my father led an hoost some tyme in y e hyer places shewed who shulde raigne after him that yf there happened eny cōtrouersy or eny harde thinge were declared they in the londe might knowe their chefe lorde y t there shulde be no insurreccion Agayne when I pondre by my self how that all y e mightie men and neghbours rounde aboute are layēge waite and loke but for oportunyte to do harme I haue ordened that my sonne Antiochus shall raigne after me whom I oft commended to many of you when I was in the hyer kyngdomes and haue wrytten vnto him as it foloweth herafter Therfore I praye you and requyre you to remembre the benefites that I haue done vnto you generally and in especiall For I hope that he shall be of sober louynge behauoure and yf he folowe my deuyce he shal be indifferent vnto you Thus that murthurer and blasphemer of God was sore smyttē and like as he had intreated other men so he dyed a myserable death in a straunge countre vpon a mountayne And his body dyd Philippe that wēte with him cary awaye which fearynge the sonne of Antiochus wente in to Egipte to Ptolomy Philometor The X. Chapter MAchabeus now his company thorow the helpe of the LORDE wanne the temple and the cite agayne destroyed the aulters and chapels that the Heithē had buylded thorow the stretes clensed the temple made another aulter of bricke stone and after ij yeares they offered sacrifices set forth the incense the lightes and shewe bred When that was done they fell downe flat vpon the grounde and besought the LORDE that they might come nomore in to soch trouble but yf they synned eny more agaynst him he him self to chasten them with mercy and not to come in the hondes of those aleauntes and blasphemous men Now vpon the same daye that y e straungers poluted the temple it happened that