Iuniper tre And beholde y e angell touched him sayde vnto him Stonde vp and eate And he loked aboute him beholde at his heade there was a bred baken on the coles a cruse w t water And whan he had eaten and dronkē he layed him downe agayne to slepe And y e angell of the LORDE came agayne the seconde tyme touched him sayde Stonde vp and eate for thou hast a greate waye to go And he arose and ate and drāke and wente on thorow the strength of that meate fortye dayes and fortye nightes euē vnto Horeb y e mount of God and there he came to a caue and abode there all nighte And beholde the worde of the LORDE came to him and sayde vnto him What doest thou here Elias He sayde I haue bene zelous for the LORDE God Zebaoth for the children of Israel haue forsaken thy couenaunt and broken downe thine altares and slayne thy prophetes with the swerde and I am lefte onely they seke to take awaye my life He sayde Go forth and stonde vpon the mount before the LORDE And beholde the LORDE wēte ouer and a greate mightie wynde which roue the mountaynes and brake the harde stones came before the LORDE but the LORDE was not in the wynde After the wynde came there an earthquake but the LORDE was not in the earthquake And after the earth quake there came a fyre but the LORDE was not in the fyre And after the fyre came there a styll softe hyssinge Whan Elias herde that he couered his face with his cloke and wente forth and stode in the dore of the caue And beholde there came a voyce vnto him and sayde What hast thou here to do Elias He sayde I haue bene zelous for the LORDE God Zebaoth for the children of Israel haue forsakē thy couenaunt broken downe thine altares slayne y e prophetes w t theswerde I onely am lefte and they seke to take awaye my life But the LORDE sayde vnto him Go y e waye agayne thorow the wyldernes vnto Damascon go in anoynte Hasael kynge ouer Siria Iehu the sonne of Nimsi kynge ouer Israel Eliseus y e sonne of Saphat of Abel Mehola to be prophet in y e steade And it shal come to passe y t who so escapeth the swerde of Hasael Iehu shall slaye him who so escapeth y e swerde of Iehu Eliseus shal slaye him And I wil reserue vnto me vij M. men in Israel namely all y e knees which haue not bowed thē selues vnto Baal and euery mouth y t hath not kyssed him And he departed thence founde Elizeus y e sonne of Saphat plowinge w t twolue yocke of oxen before him he himselfe was amōge the twolue And Elias wēte vnto him cast his cloke vpon him And he lefte the oxen ranne after Elias sayde Let me kysse my father my mother and so wil I folowe the. And he sayde vnto him Go thy waye come agayne for I haue some what to do with the. And he ranne agayne from him and toke a yock of oxen and offred it and sod y e flesh with the wod of the oxen plowes and gaue it vnto the people to eate and gat him vp folowed Elias and mynistred vnto him The XX. Chapter ANd Benadab y e kynge of Siria gathered all his power there were two thirtie kynges w t him horses charettes and he wente vp and layed sege vnto Samaria foughte agaynst it And he sent messaungers vnto Achab y e kynge of Israel in to y e cite caused to saye vnto him Thus sayeth Benadab Thy syluer thy golde is myne and thy wyues thy best children are myne also The kynge of Israel answered sayde My lorde O kynge euen as thou hast sayde I am thine and all that I haue And the messaungers came agayne sayde Thus sayeth Benadab For so moch as I haue sent vnto the sayenge Thy syluer thy golde thy wyues thy childrē shalt thou geue me tomorow aboute this tyme wil I sende my seruaūtes vnto the y t they maye serch thyne house and the houses of thy subiectes loke what pleasaunt thinge thou hast y t shal they take in their handes and cary it awaye So the kynge of Israel called all y e Elders of the lōde sayde Mark well se what myschefe this mā seketh He sent vnto me for my wyues children for syluer golde I haue not sayde him naye Then sayde all the Elders and all the people vnto him Thou shalt not cōsente ner agree vnto him And he spake vnto Benadabs messaūgers Saye vnto my lorde y e kynge All y e thynges wherfore thou dyddest sende vnto me y e seruaunt at y e first wil I do but this can I not do And y e messaungers wēte and tolde this againe Thē sent Benadab vnto him sayēge The goddes do this and y t vnto me yf the dust of Samaria shal be ynough for euery one of my people to brynge me an handfull therof But y e kynge of Israel answered sayde Tell him Let not him y t putteth on y e harnes make his boast like him y t hath put it of Whā Benadab herde y t euē as he was drynkinge w t the kynges in y e pauylion he sayde vnto his seruaūtes Set yo r selues in araye And they set thē selues in araie against y e cite And beholde there came a prophet vnto Achab y e kynge of Israel saide Thus sayeth the LORDE Hast thou sene all this greate multitude Beholde this daie wil I delyuer thē in to y e hande so y t thou shalt knowe how y t I am y e LORDE Achab sayde By whom He sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE Euen by the yonge men of the rulers of the londe He sayde Who shal order the battayl He sayde Thou Then mustered he the yonge men of the rulers of the londe there were two hūdreth and two and thirtie of them after thē mustured he of the whole people of all the childrē of Israel seuē thousande men and they wente out in the noone daye As for Benadab he dranke and was dronken in the pauylion with the two thirtie kynges which were come to helpe him And the yonge men of the rulers of the londe wente forth first Benadab sent forth they brought him worde sayde There come men out of Samaria He sayde Take them alyue whether they be come forth for peace or for warre But whan the londe rulers yonge men were gone forth and the hoost behynde them euery one smote him y t came in his waye And the Sirians fled and Israel folowed after them And Benadab the kynge of Syria escaped with horses and horsmē And the kynge of Israel wente forth and smote horses and charettes and dyd a greate slaughter on the Syrians Then came there a prophet vnto the
the pomgranates and olyue trees bene yet vnfrutefull but frō this daye forth I shal make them to prospere Morouer the xxiiij daye of the moneth came the worde of the LORDE vnto Aggeus agayne sayenge Speake to Zorobabel the prynce of Iuda and saye I will shake both heauen and earth and ouerthrowe the seate of the kingdomes yee destroye the mightie kingdome of the Heithē I wil ouerthrowe the charettes and those that syt vpon them so that both horse and man shal fall downe euery man thorow his neghbours swerde And as for the o Zorobabel saieth the LORDE of hoostes thou sonne of Salathiel my seruaunt I wil take the saieth the LORDE at the same tyme and make the as a seale◠for I haue chosen the saieth the LORDE of hoostes The ende of the prophet Aggeus The Prophet Zachary What Zachary conteyneth Chap. I. He exorteth the people not to be disobedient to the voyce of God as their forefathers were but to conuerte and he sheweth them ioyfull thinges in visions Chap. II. Visions signifienge the delyueraunce out of the captiuyte of Babilon and the redempcion in Christ. Chap. III. A vision in Iesua signifienge the LORDE Iesus oure hye prest Chap. IIII. Another vision wherin Zorobabel is conforted with his litle nombre of people The right mystery herof belongeth vnto Chap. V. The wrath of God for the Christ ▪ synnes of the people Chap. VI. A vision wherin is declared the almighty power of God which geueth peace or warre at his pleasure Chap. VII What the true fast is namely to kepe iudgment and iustice a man to do good to his neghboure to defende the widdowe and the fatherlesse to do no man wronge c. Chap. VIII Cause of all the wrath of God yet yf men wil turne he is mercifull Chap. IX The ioyfull callinge of the Heithē Chap. X. Thorow corporal promises the prophet ledeth men vnto the promises that are fulfilled in Christ and threateneth punyshment vnto the false prophetes and shepherdes Chap. XI Of secrete mysteries and of the destrucciō of the secōde temple God is a good shepherde Chap. XII The punyshment which the LORDE deuysed for Israel Chap XIII Of welles and clensynge which belonge to the tyme of Christ. Chap. XIIII The plage of the Iewes The takynge vp of Ierusalem the church of God The first Chapter IN the eight moneth of the secōde yeare of kinge Darius came the worde of the LORDE vnto Zachary the sonne of Barachias the sonne of Addo the prophet sayenge The LORDE hath bene sore displeased at youre forefathers And saye thou vnto them thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Turne you vnto me saieth the LORDE of hoostes and I wil turne me vnto you saieth the LORDE of hoostes Be not ye like youre forefathers vnto whom the prophetes cried afore tyme sayēge Thus saieth the LORDE God of hoostes Turne you from youre euell wayes from youre wicked ymaginacions But they wolde not heare ner regarde me saieth the LORDE What is now become of youre forefathers and the prophetes are they yet still alyue But dyd not my wordes statutes which I cōmaunded by my seruauntes y t prophetes touch yo r forefathers Vpō this they gaue answere sayde like as y e LORDE of hoostes deuysed to do vnto vs acordinge to o r owne wayes ymaginacions euen so hath he dealte with vs. Vpon the xxiiij daye of the xj moneth which is the moneth Sebat in the seconde yeare of Darius came the worde of the LORDE vnto Zachary the sonne of Barachias the sonne of Addo the prophete sayenge I sawe by night and lo there sat one vpon a reade horse and stode still amonge the Myrte trees that were beneth vpon the grounde and behynde him were there reade spreckled and whyte horses Then sayde I O my LORDE what are these And the angel that talked with me sayed vnto me I will shewe the what these be And the man that stode amōge the Myrte trees answered sayde These are they whom the LORDE hath sent to go thorow the worlde And they answered the angel of the LORDE that stode amonge the Myrte trees and sayde We haue gone thorow the worlde and beholde all the worlde dwell at case and are carelesse Then the LORDES angel gaue answere and sayde O LORDE of hoostes how longe wilt thou be vnmercifull to Ierusalē and to the cities of Iuda with whom thou hast bene displeased now these lxx yeares So the LORDE gaue a louynge and a confortable answere vnto the angel that talked with me And the angel that commoned with me sayde vnto me Crie thou and speake thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes I am exceadynge gelous ouer Ierusalem and Sion and sore displeased at the carelesse Heithen for where as I was but a litle angrie they dyd their best that I might destroye them Therfore thus saieth the LORDE I wil turne me agayne in mercy towarde Ierusalem so that my house shal be buylded in it saieth the LORDE of hoostes yee and the plommet shal be layed abrode in Ierusalem saieth the LORDE of hoostes Crie also and speake thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes My cities shall be in good prosperite agayne the LORDE shall yet conforte Sion and chose Ierusalem Then lift I vp myne eyes and sawe and beholde foure hornes And I sayde vnto the angel that talked with me what be these he answered me These are y e hornes which haue scatred Iuda Israel and Ierusalem abrode And y e LORDE shewed me iiij carpenters Then sayde I what wil these do He answered sayde Those are the hornes which haue so strowed Iuda abrode that no man durst lift vp his heade But these are come to fraye them awaye and to cast out y e hornes of the Gentiles which lift vp their horne ouer the londe of Iuda to scatre it abrode The II. Chapter I Lift vp myne eyes agayne loked and beholde a man with a measure lyne in his honde Then saide I whether goest thou And he sayde vnto me To measure Ierusalem that I maye se how longe and how brode it is And beholde the angel that talked w t me wente his waye forth Then wēte there out another angel to mete him sayde vnto him Runne speake to this yongeman saye Ierusalem shal be inhabited without eny wal for y e very multitude of people catell y t shal be therin Yee I myself saieth the LORDE wil be vnto her a wall of fyre rounde aboute wil be honoured in her O get you forth O fle from the londe of y e north saieth the LORDE ye whom I haue scatred in to the foure wyndes vnder heauē saieth the LORDE Saue thy self o Sion thou that dwellest with y e doughter of Babilon for thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes With a glorious power hath he sent me out to the Heithē which spoyled you for who so toucheth you shal touche the aple of his
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
tyme commeth there shal be foure kepte in the tyme whan his tyme begynneth to come that it maye be ended but two shal be kepte vnto y e ende And where as thou sawest thre heades restynge this is the interpretacion In his last shal the Hyest rayse vp thre kyngdomes and call many agayne into theÌ„ they shal haue the dominion of the earth and of those that dwell therin with moch labo r aboue all those y t were before theÌ„ Therfore are they called y e heades of the Aegle for it is they y t shal bringe forth his wickednes agayne y t shal perfourme fynish his last And where as thou sawest that y e greate heade appeared nomore it signifieth that one of them shal dye vpoÌ„ his bed yet with payne for the two that remayne shal be slayne with the swerde For the swerde of the one shal deuoure the other but at the last shal he fall thorow the swerde himself And where as thou sawest two vnderâ—â—â—ges vpon the heade that is on the right syde it signifieth that it is they whoÌ„ the Hyest hath kepte vnto their ende this is a small kyngdome full of trouble The Lyon whoÌ„ thou sawest rysinge vp out of the wodd and roaringe and speakinge vnto the Aegle and rebukynge him for his vnrighteousnesse is the wynde which the Hyest hath kepte for them and for their wickednesse vnto the ende he shal reproue them and rente them asunder before them For he shal sett them lyuynge before the iudgment and shal rebuke them for the residue of my people shal he delyuer with trouble those y t be preserued ouer myne endes and he shal make them ioyfull vntyll the commynge of the daye of iudgment wherof I haue spoken vnto the from the begynnynge This is the dreame that thou sawest and this is the interpretacion Thou only hast bene mete to knowe the secrete of the Hyest Therfore wryte all these thinges y t thou hast sene in a boke and hyde them and teach theÌ„ the wyse in the people whose hertes thou knowest maye compreheÌ„de and kepe these secretes But wayte thou here y i self yet seuen dayes moo that it maye be shewed the what so euer it pleaseth the Hyest to declare vnto the and with that he wente his waye And whan all the people perceaued y t the seuen dayes were past I not come agayne in to y e cite they gathered them alltogether from the least vnto the most came vnto me and sayde what haue we offended the and what euell haue we done agaynst the y t thou forsakest vs syttest here in this place For of all people thou only art left vs as a grape of the vyne and as a candell in a darcke place and as an hauen shippe preserued from y e teÌ„pest Haue we not els aduersite ynough but thou must forsake vs Were it not better for vs that we had bene brent with Sion For we are no better then they y t dyed there and they wepte w t loude voyce Then answered I theÌ„ sayde Be of good coÌ„forte O Israel be not heuy thou house of Iacob for y e Hyest hath you in remeÌ„brauÌ„ce y e Mightie hath not forgotteÌ„ you in teÌ„tacioÌ„ As for me I haue not forsakeÌ„ you nether am I departed from you but am come in to this place to praye because of y e mysery of Israel that I might seke mercy for y e lowe estate of yo r SaÌ„ctuary And now go yo r waye home euery maÌ„ and after these dayes wyl I come vnto you So the people weÌ„te their waye in to the cite like as I commaunded them but I remayned still in the felde seuen dayes as y e angell bad me and I ate onely of the floures of the felde and had my meate of the herbes in those dayes The XIII Chapter ANd it happened after the seueÌ„ dayes y t I dreamed a dreame by night And beholde there arose a wynde from the see that it moued all the floudes therof And I loked and beholde the man was stronge and increased with the cloudes of heauen and whan he turned his countenaunce to coÌ„sider all the thinges trembled that were sene vnder him and whan the voyce wente out of his mouth all they brent that herde him like as the earth whan it feleth the fyre After these I sawe beholde there was gathered together a multitude of meÌ„ out of nombre from the foure wyndes of the heaueÌ„ to fight agaynst y e man that came out from y e see And I loked beholde he graued him self a greate mouÌ„tayne and flew vp vpon it But I wolde haue sene the border or place wherout the hill was grauen I coude not I sawe after these y t all they which came to fight agaynst him were sore afrayed and yet durst they fight Neuertheles whan he sawe the fearsnesse and violence of the people he nether lift vp his hande ner helde swerde ner eny weapen but onely as I sawe he sent out of his mouth as it had bene a blast of fyre and out of his lippes y e wynde of the flamme and out of his toÌ„ge he cast out sparkes and stormes and they were all myxte together the blast of fyre the wynde of the flaÌ„mes and y e greate storme fell with a russhe vpon y e people which was prepared to fight breÌ„t theÌ„ vp euerychone so that of the innumerable multitude there was nothinge sene but onely dust smoke Whan I sawe this I was afrayed Afterwarde sawe I the same man come downe from the mountayne and callinge vnto him another peaceable people and there came moch people vnto him some were glad some were sory some of them were bounde so that they were caried and brought forth Then was I sick thorow greate feare and I awaked and sayde thou hast shewed y e seruaunt all y e woÌ„ders froÌ„ y e begynnynge hast counted me worthy y t thou mightest receaue my prayer shewe me now yet the interpretacion of this dreame For thus I coÌ„sidre in my vnderstandinge Wo vnto them that shal be left in those dayes moch more wo vnto theÌ„ that are not left behynde for they that were not left were in heuynes Now vnderstonde I y e thinges that are layed vp in the latter dayes which shal happen vnto them and to those that are not left behynde Therfore are they come in to greate parells and many necessities like as these dreames declare Yet is it easier y t he which suffreth hurte come in these then to passe awaye as a cloude out of the worlde and now to se y e thinges y t shal happen in y e last Then answered he me and sayde The interpretacion of the sight shall I shewe the and I will open vnto the the thinge y t thou hast requyred For thou hast spoken of them that are left behynde and this is the interpretacion He that taketh awaye the parell in
can we discerne the thinges that are vpon earth and greate labo r haue we or we can fynde the thinges which are before oure eyes Who will then seke out the groūde of the thinges that are done in heauē Oh LORDE who cā haue knowlege of y e vnderstandinge and meaninge excepte thou geue wyszdome and sende thy holy goost frō aboue that the wayes of them which are vpon earth maye be refourmed y t men maye lerne y e thinges that are pleasaunt vnto the and be preserued thorow wyszdome The X. Chapter WYszdome preserued y e first mā whō God made a father of the worlde whā he was created alone brought him out of his offence toke him out of the moulde of y e earth gaue him power to rule all thinges Whan the vnrighteous wente awaye in his wrath from this wyszdome y e brotherheade perished thorow y e wrath of murthur Agayne whā y e water destroyed y e whole worlde wyszdome preserued the righteous thorow a poore tre wherof she was gouerner herself Morouer whā wickednes had gotten y e vpperhande so y t the nacions were puft vp with pryde she knewe y e righteous preserued him fautlesse vnto God and layed vp sure mercy for his children She preserued the righteous whan he fled from the vngodly y t perished what tyme as y e fyre fell downe vpon y e v. cities Like as yet this daye the vnfrutefull waist and smokinge lōde geueth testimony of their wickednesse yee the vnripe and vntymely frutes that growe vpon the trees And for a tokē of a remembraunce of the vnfaithfull soule there standeth a piler of salt For all soch as regarded not wyszdome gat not only this hurte that they knewe not the thinges which were good but also left behinde them vnto mē a memoriall of their foolishnes so y t in the thinges wherin they synned they coude not be hydd But as for soch as take hede vnto wyszdome she shal delyuer them from sorowe Whan the righteous fled because of his brothers wrath wyszdome led him the right waye shewed him y e kyngdome of God gaue him knowlege of holy thinges made him riche in his laboures and brought to passe the thinges that he wente aboute In y e disceatfulnes of soch as defrauded him she stode by him made him ryche She saued him from the enemies and defended him from y e disceauers She made him stronge in battayll and gaue him the victory y t he might knowe how that wyszdome is stronger then all thinges Whan the righteous was solde she forsoke him not but delyuered him frō synners She wente downe with him in to the dongeon and fayled him not in the bandes tyll she had brought him the cepter of y e realme and power agaynst those that oppressed him As for them that had accused him she declared them to be lyers brought him to perpetuall worshipe She delyuered the righteous people and fautlesse sede from the nacions that oppressed them She entred in to the soule of the seruaunt of God and stode by him in wonders and tokens agaynst the horrible kynge She gaue y e righteous the rewarde of their labours led them forth a maruelous waye on the daye tyme she was a shadowe vnto them and a light of starres in the night season She brought them thorow the reed see and caried them thorow the greate water She drowned their enemies in the see and brought them out of the depe So the righteous toke the spoyles of the vngodly and praysed thy holy name o LORDE and magnified thy victorious hād with one acorde For wyszdome openeth the mouth of y e domme maketh y e tonges of babes to speake The XI Chapter SHe ordred their workes in the hādes of the holy prophet so y t they wente thorow y e wyldernes y t was not inhabited pitched their tētes in y e waist deserte They stode agaynst their enemies were auenged of their aduersaries Whā they were thirstie they called vpō y e water was geuē them out of y e rok their thirst slockened out of y e harde stone For by y e thinges where thorow their enemies were punished were they helped in their nede For vnto the enemies thou gauest mās bloude in steade of lyuynge water And where as they had scarcenesse in y e rebuke whan the children were slayne thou gauest vnto thine awne a plenteous water vnloked for declaringe by the thyrst y t was at that tyme how thou woldest bringe thine awne vnto hono r slaye their aduersaries For whan they were tryed nourtured w t fatherly mercy they knowleged how the vngodly were iudged and punyshed thorow y e wrath of God These hast thou exorted as a father proued thē but vnto y e other thou hast bene a boysteous kynge layed hard to their charge condēned thē Whether they were absent or present their punyshmēt was alyke For their grefe was dubble namely mournynge and y e remēbraunce of thinges past But whā they perceaued y t their punishmētes dyd thē good they thought vpon the LORDE wondered at y e ende For at the last they helde moch of him of whō in y e out castinge they thought scorne as of an abiecte Neuerthelesse y e righteous dyd not so when they were thirstie but euenlike as y e thoughtes of y e foolish were so was also their wickednes Where as certayne mē now thorow erro r dyd worshipe dommeserpentes vayne beestes thou sendedst a multitude of domme beastes vpon them for a vengeaunce y t they might knowe that loke where withall a mā synneth by the same also shal he be punyshed For vnto thy allmighty hande that made the worlde of naught it was not vnpossible to sende amonge them an heape of Beeres or woode lyōs or cruell beastes of a straūge kynde soch as are vnknowne or spoute fyre or cast out a smokinge breth or shote horrible sparkes out of their eyes which might not only destroye them with hurtinge but also kyll them with their horrible sight Yee without these beestes might they haue bene slayne with one winde beynge persecuted of their awne workes and scatered abrode thorow the breth of thy power Neuertheles thou hast ordred all thinges in measure nōbre weight For thou hast euer had greate strēgth might who maye withstōde y e power of thine arme And why like as y e small thynge y t y e balaunce weyeth so is y e worlde before y e yee as a droppe of y e morninge dew that falleth downe vpon the earth Thou hast mercy vpon all for thou hast power of all thynges and makest the as though thou sawest not the sinnes of mē because they shulde amende For thou louest all the thinges that are and hatest none of thē whō thou hast made nether didest thou ordeyne or make eny thinge of