for to compell him to do the contynuall seruyce Wilt thou take thy pastyne w t him as with a byrde or geue him vnto thy maydens that thy companyons maye hew him in peces to be parted amonge the marchaunt men Canst thou fyll the nett w t his skynne or y e fysh paÌ„nyer with his heade Darrest thou laye honde vpon him It is better for the to considre what harme might happeÌ„ the there thorow and not to touch him For when thou thynkest to haue holde vpon him he shall begyle the Euery man also that seyth him shall go backe And why there darre none be so bolde as to rayse him vp The XLI Chapter WHo is able to stonde before me Or who hath geuen me eny thynge afore hande that I am bounde to rewarde him agayne All thinges vnder heauen are myne I feare him not whether he threaten or speake fayre Who lifteth him vp and stripeth him out of his clothes or who taketh him by the bytt of his brydle Who openeth the dore of his face for he hath horrible tethe rounde aboute His body is couered with scales as it were with shyldes lockte in kepte and well coÌ„pacte together One is so ioyned to another that no ayre can come in Yee one hangeth so vpon another and sticke so together that they can not be sundered His nesinge is like a glisteringe fyre and his eyes like the mornynge shyne Out of his mouth go torches and fyre brandes out off his nostrels there goeth a smoke like as out â—ff an hote seetinge pott His breth maketh the coales burne the flame goeth out of his mouth In his necke remayneth strength and before his face sorowe is turned to gladnesse The membres of his body are ioyned so strayte one to another and cleue so fast together that he can not be moued His hert is as harde as a stone aÌ„d as fast as the styth ye that the hammer man smyteth vpon When he goeth the mightiest off all are afrayed and the wawes heuy Yff he drawe out the swearde there maye nether speare ner brest plate abyde him He setteth as moch by a strawe as by yroÌ„ and as moch by a rotten stocke as by metall He starteth â—ot awaye for him that bendeth the bowe â—s for slynge stones he careth as moch for stubble as for them He counteth the hammer no better then a strawe he laugheth him to scorne that shaketh the speare He treadeth the golde in the myre like y e sharpe potsherdes He maketh the depe to seeth and boyle like a pott and stereth the see together like an oyntment The waye is light after him the depe is his walkynge place Vpon earth is there no power like vnto his for he is so made that he feareth not Yff a man will coÌ„sidre all hye thinges this same is a kynge ouer all the children off pryde The XLII Chapter THeÌ„ Iob answered the LORDE and sayde I knowe that thou hast power of all thinges and that there is no thought hyd vnto the. For who can kepe his owne councell so secrete but it shall be knowne Therfore haue I spoken vnwysely seynge these thinges are so hye and passe myne vnderstondinge O herken thou vnto me also and let me speake answere me vnto the thinge that I will axe the. I haue geuen diligent eare vnto the and now I se y e with myne eyes Wherfore I geue myne owne self y e blame and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes Now wheÌ„ the LORDE had spoken these wordes vnto Iob he sayde vnto Eliphas y e Themanite I am displeased with the thy two frendes for ye haue not spoken the thinge y t is right before me like as my seruaâ—â—â— Iob hath done Therfore take vij oxen 〈…〉 seuen rammes and go to my seruaunt 〈…〉 offre vp also for youre selues a brent offeâ—â—â—â—â—ge and lat my seruaunt Iob praye for 〈…〉 Him will I accepte and not deale with 〈…〉 after youre foolishnesse in that ye hau◠〈…〉 spokeÌ„ y e thinge which is right like as my 〈…〉 Iob hath done So Eliphas the Themanite Bald 〈…〉 Suhite and Sophar the Naamathite 〈…〉 their waye and did acordynge as the 〈…〉 commaunded them The LORDE also 〈…〉 the personne off Iob and the LORâ—◠〈…〉 turned him vnto Iob wheÌ„ he prayed for 〈…〉 frendes Yee the LORDE gaue Iob twyse 〈◊〉 moch as he had afore And theÌ„ came there vnto him all his 〈…〉 thren all his sisters with all them that 〈…〉 bene off his acquaÌ„tauÌ„ce afore and ate 〈…〉 with him in his house wondringe at him aÌ„d 〈◊〉 comfortinge him ouer all the trouble 〈…〉 the LORDE had brought vpon him 〈…〉 maÌ„ gaue him a shepe and a Iewell of 〈…〉 And the LORDE made Iob richer the◠〈…〉 was before for he had xiiij M. shepe vi 〈…〉 camels a M. yock oxeÌ„ and a M. asses 〈…〉 had children also vij sonnes and iij. doughâ—ters The first he called Daye the seconde 〈◊〉 pouerte the thirde All plenteousnes In the londe were none founde so fayre as 〈…〉 doughters of Iob their father gaue 〈…〉 enheritaunce amonge their brethren After this lyued Iob xl yeares so that he sawe his children his childers children vnto the fourth generacion And so he dyed beinge olde of a perfecte age The ende of the boke of Io◠〈◊〉 The Psalter The first psalme O Blessed is y e man y t goeth 〈…〉 in the councell of y e vngodâ—◠〈…〉 y t abydeth not in the waye 〈…〉 synners sytteth not in y e 〈…〉 of the scornefull But 〈…〉 lyteth in the lawe of y e LORDE exercyse 〈◊〉 himself in his lawe both â—aye and night 〈…〉 Soch a maÌ„ is like a tre plated 〈◊〉 y e water sydâ—de y t briÌ„geth forth his frute in due season His leeues shal not fall off aÌ„d loke what 〈◊〉 he doth it shal prospere As for the 〈◊〉 it is not so with them but they are 〈◊〉 dust which y e wynde scatereth 〈…〉 of the grounde Therfore the vngod 〈◊〉 all not be able to stonde in the iudgmeÌ„t 〈◊〉 the synners in the congregacion off â—ightuous For the LORDE aloweth y e 〈◊〉 of the rightuous but the waye of the 〈◊〉 shal perishe The II. A psalme of Dauid THy do the HeitheÌ„ grudge why do the people ymagyn vayne thinges The kynges of the earth stoÌ„de vp 〈◊〉 rulers are come together agaynst 〈◊〉 LORDE aÌ„d agaynst his anoynted Let 〈◊〉 breake their bondes a sunder and cast 〈…〉 their yocke from vs. Neuerthelesse 〈◊〉 that dwelleth in heauen shall laugh theÌ„ 〈◊〉 scorne yee euen the LORDE himselff shall haue them in derision Then shal he 〈…〉 vnto them in his wrath and vexe them in 〈…〉 dispeasure Yet haue I set my 〈◊〉 vpon my holy hill of Sion As for me 〈…〉 preach the lawe wherof the LORDE 〈…〉 sayde vnto me Thou art my sonne 〈◊〉 daye haue I begotten the. Desyre off 〈◊〉 and I shall geue the the Heithen for 〈◊〉 enheritaunce Yee the
was oure house fynished vnto the xxiij daye of the moneth Addar in y e vj. yeare of kynge Darius And the children of Israel the prestes the Leuites the other that were come out of captiuyte soch as were ioyned vnto them dyd acordinge as it is wrytten in the boke of Moses And in the dedicacion of the temple they offred an hundreth oxen an C. rammes iiij C. lambes xij goates for the synnes of all the people of Israel after y e nombre of the trybes of Israel The prestes also the Leuites stode arayed in the prestly garmētes after y e trybes ouer all y e workes of the LORDE God of Israel acordinge to y e boke of Moses and the porters by all the dores And the children of Israel w t those y t were come out of captiuyte helde the Passeouer the xiiij daye of the first moneth whan the prestes and the Leuites were sanctified They that came out of captiuyte were not all sanctified together but the Leuites were all sanctified together And so all they that came out of captiuyte kylled the easter lambe for their brethrē for the prestes for them selues And the childrē of Israel y t came out of captiuyte escaped frō all y e abhominacions of the Heithē sought the LORDE and kepte the feast of vnleuended bred vij daies longe eatinge drynkynge were mery before the LORDE y t the LORDE had turned the deuyce of the kynge of Assiria comforted their handes to the workes of y e LORDE God of Israel The VIII Chapter ANd after him whan Artaxerses the kynge of y e Persiās raigned there wēte vnto him Eszdras the sonne of Saraias the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Helchia y e sonne of Sallū the sonne of Sadoc y e sonne of Achitob the sonne of Amarias y e sonne of Azarias the sonne of Boccus y e sonne of Abisu y e sonne of Phineas the sonne of Eleazar y e sonne of Aaron y e first prest This Eszdras wēte vp from Babilon for he had good vnderstondinge in y e lawe of Moses y t was geuē of the LORDE God of Israel to be taught done in dede And y e kinge fauoured him dyd him greate worshipe and honoure after all his desyres There wente vp with him also certayne of y e children of Israel of the prestes of y e Leuites of the syngers porters and mynisters of y e temple at Ierusalem In the vij yeare of the raigne of kynge Artaxerses in the v. moneth y t is in the vij yeare of the raigne they wente from Babilon in the newmoone of the v. moneth came the hye waye to Ierusalē after his commaundement like as the LORDE had prospered their iourney For in these Eszdras gat greate instruccion y t he shulde leaue none of y e thinges behynde which were in y e lawe cōmaundementes of God And he taught whole Israel all righteousnes iudgment Then came the Secretaries of kynge Artaxerses delyuered y e wrytinges y t were come frō Artaxerses the kynge to Eszdras the prest reder of the lawe of the LORDE And this is y e copye of y e letter Kynge Artaxerses sendeth his gretinge vnto Eszdras the prest reder of the lawe of y e LORDE Of frendshipe good will I haue ordeyned and charged yf there be eny of the Iewes of y e prestes Leuites in my realme which desyreth is contēt to go w t the vnto Ierusalē y t he maye do it Therfore yf eny be mynded to beare the cōpany let thē come together go w t the like as I am contēt my vij frendes my coūcelers to se what they do at Ierusalē in Iewry kepe y e thinges acordinge as thou hast in y e lawe of the LORDE to bringe the giftes vnto God the LORDE of Israel y t I my frendes haue promysed to Ierusalē all the syluer golde y t is in y e countre of Babilon vnto y e LORDE to Ierusalē w t the thinge y t is geuē for the people in the LORDES temple at Ierusalem Yee that the same syluer golde maye be gathered and oxen rammes shepe goates and other that belōge to these thinges and that they maye offer sacrifices vnto the LORDE vpon the aulter of their LORDE which is at Ierusalem And what so euer thou thy brethrē wyl do w t the syluer golde y t do after y e mynde after the cōmaundement of the LORDE thy God like wyse w t all the holy vessels y t are geuē the for the seruyce of the house of the LORDE thy God other thinges what soeuer is necessary for the to the worke of the temple y t shal be geuē the of the kynges treasure loke what thou with thy brethrē wilt do with the golde and syluer that do after y e wil of the LORDE And I kynge Artaxerses haue commaunded the kepers of y e treasures in Syria and Phenices that what soeuer Eszdras the prest and reder of the lawe of the LORDE doth wryte it shal be geue◠him tyll an C. talentes of syluer and of golde in lyke maner Of corne also an C. measures and tyll an hūdreth vessels of wyne and other plenteous thinges without nombre Let all thinges be done after the lawe of y e hyest God that the wrath of God aryse not in the realme of the kynge and of his sonnes I commaunde you also that ye requyne no taxinge ner tribute of the prestes Leuites syngers and mynisters of the temple ner of the wryters and that no man haue auctorite to medle eny thinge against them As for the O Eszdras set thou iudges and arbitrers in the whole lande of Syria and Phenices after the wyszdome of God and lerne all soch as are ignoraunt in the lawe of God thy LORDE and let all them that offende agaynst the lawe be punyshed whether it be with death with payne to be condemned in money or to be banyshed Then sayde Eszdras y e wryter Blessed be y e God of oure fathers that hath geuen so good a mynde and wyll in to the hert of the kynge to magnifie his house y t is at Ierusalem and hath made me to be accepted in the sight of y e kynge of his councell of his frēdes and of his nobles And so I was stedfast in my mynde acordinge as the LORDE my God helped me and I chose out men of Israel to go vp with me And these are the heades after their kynreds houses of their fathers that wente vp with me from Babilon out of the kyngdome of Artaxerses Of the sonnes of Phares Gersonius Of y e sonnes of Siemarith Amenus Of the sonnes of Dauid Accus the sonne of Cecilia Of the sonnes of Phares Zachary and with him there turned agayne an hundreth and fiftie men Of the sonnes of the captayne of Moabilon Zaraei
BE not y e neghbours enemye for y e freÌ„des sake for who so is euel shal be y e heyre of rebuke dishono who soeuer beareth envye and a dubble toÌ„ge offendeth Be not proude in the deuyce of thyne owne vnderstandinge lest y e leaues wyther and y e frute be destroyed so thou be left as a drye tre â–ª For a wicked soule destroyeth him that hath it maketh him to be laughed to scorne of his enemies and bringeth him to the porcion of the vngodly A swete worde multiplieth frendes and pacifieth theÌ„ y t be at variaunce and a thankfull tonge will be plenteous in a good man Holde frendshipe w t many neuertheles haue but one counceler of a thousande Yf thou gettest a frende proue him first and be not haistie to geue him credence For some man is a frende but for a tyme and wyl not abyde in the daye of trouble And there is some frende that turneth to enemyte and taketh parte agaynst the and yf he knowe eny hurte by the he telleth it out Agayne some frende is but a companyon at the table and in the daye of nede he contynueth not But a sure frende wil be vnto y t euen as thyne owne self and deale faithfully with thy housholde folke Yf thou suffre trouble and aduersite he is with the and hydeth not him self from the. Departe froÌ„ thine enemies yee and bewarre of thy frendes A faithful frende is a stronge defence who so findeth soch one findeth a noble treasure A faithfull frende hath no peare the weight of golde and syluer is not to be compared to the goodnesse of his faith A faithfull frende is a medicyne of life they y t feare the LORDE shal fynde him Who so feareth the LORDE shal prospere with frendes and as he is himself so shal his frende be also My sonne receaue doctryne froÌ„ thy youth vp so shalt thou fynde wyszdome tyll thou be olde Go to her as one that ploweth and soweth and wayte pacieÌ„tly for hir good frutes For thou shalt haue but litle laboure in hir worke but thou shalt eate of hir frutes right soone O how exceadiÌ„ge sharpe is wiszdome to vnlerned men an vnstedfast body wyl not remayne in her Vnto soch she is as it were a twichstone he casteth her from him in all the haist for wyszdome is w t him but in name there be but few y t haue knowlege of her But with them that knowe her she abydeth eueÌ„ vnto y e appearinge of God Geue eare my sonne receaue my doctryne and refuse not my councell Put thy fote in to hir lynckes and take hir yock vpon thy neck bowe downe thy shulder vnder her beare hir paciently and be not weery of hir bandes Come vnto her with y e whole hert and kepe hir wayes with all thy power Seke after her and she shal be shewed the and whaÌ„ thou hast her forsake her not For at the last thou shalt fynde rest in her and that shal be turned to thy greate ioye Then shal hir fetters be a stronge defence for the hir yock a glorious rayment For the bewtye of life is in her and hir bandes are the couplinge together of saluacion Yee a glorious rayment is it thou shalt put it on and the same crowne of ioye shalt thou weere My sonne yf thou wilt take hede thou shalt haue vnderstaÌ„dinge and yf thou wilt applye y e mynde thou shalt be wyse Yf thou wilt bowe downe thine eare thou shalt receaue doctryne and yf thou delyte in hearinge thou shalt be wyse Stonde with y e multitude of soch elders as haue vnderstandinge and consente vnto their wyszdome with thine hert that thou mayest heare all godly sermons and that the worthy sentences escape the not And yf thou seist a man of discrete vnderstandinge gett the soone vnto him and let thy fote treade vpon the steppes of his dores Let thy mynde be vpon the commaundementes of God be earnestly occupied in his lawes so shal he stablish y e hert and geue y e wyszdome at thine owne desyre The VII Chapter DO no euell so shall there no harme happen vnto the. Departe awaye from the thinge that is wicked and no mysfortune shal medle with the. My sonne sowe no euell thinges in the sorowes of vnrighteousnes so shalt thou not reape theÌ„ seuenfolde Labo not vnto man for eny lordshipe nether vnto the kynge for the seate of honoure Iustifie not thy self before God for he knoweth the hert and desyre not to be reputed wyse in the presence of the kynge Make no laboure to be made a iudge excepte it so were y t thou coudest mightely put downe wickednes for yf thou shuldest stoÌ„de in awe of y e presence of the mightie thou shuldest fayle in geuynge sentence Offende not in y e multitude of the cite and put not thyself amonge the people Bynde not two synnes together for in one synne shalt thou not be vnpunyshed Saye not tush God wil loke vpoÌ„ the multitude of my oblacions and whan I offre to the hyest God he wyl accepte it Be not faynt harted whan thou makest y e prayer nether slack in geuinge of allmesse Laugh no man to scorne in the heuynesse of his soule for God which seyth all thinges is he that can bringe downe and set vp agayne Accepte no lesynge agaynst thy brother nether do the same agaynst thy frende Vse not to make eny maner of lye for the custome therof is not good Make not many wordes whan thou art amonge the elders and whan thou prayest make not moch bablinge Let no laborious worke be tedious vnto the nether the huszbandrie which the Allmightie hath created Make not thy boast in the multitude of thy wickednes but humble thy self euen from thine hert and remembre that the wrath shall not be longe in tarienge and that the vengeaunce of the flesh of y e vngodly is a very fyre and worme Geâ—e not ouer thy frende for eny good ner thy faithfull brother for the best golde Departe not from a discrete and good woman that is fallen vnto the for thy porcion in the feare of the LORDE for y e gift of hir honesty is aboue golde Where as thy seruaunt worketh truly intreate him not euell ner the Hyrelinge that is faithfull vnto the. Loue a discrete seruaunte as thine owne soule defraude him not of his libertie nether leaue him a poore man Yf thou haue catell loke well to them and yf they be for thy profit kepe them Yf thou haue sonnes brynge them vp in nurto r and lernynge holde theÌ„ in awe from their youth vp Yf thou haue daughters kepe their body shew not thy face cherefull towarde theÌ„ Marye y e daughter and so shalt thou perfourme a weightie matter but geue her to a man of vnderstandinge Yf thou haue a wife after thine owne mynde forsake her not but coÌ„mitte not thy self to
lesse Now whan the tyme came that she shulde be delyuered beholde there were two twyns in hir wombe The first that came forth was reed all rough as an hyde and they called him Esau. Anone therafter came his brother forth which helde the hele of Esau with his haÌ„de and they called him Iacob Thre score yeare olde was Isaac whan they were borne And whan the boies were growne vp Esau became an hunter an huszbande man As for Iacob he was a symple man and dwelt in the tentes And Isaac loued Esau because he ate of his venison But Rebecca loued Iacob And Iacob dight a meace of meate TheÌ„ came Esau from the felde and was weery and sayde vnto Iacob Let me proue of y t reed meace of meate for I am fayntie therfore is he called Edom. But Iacob sayde Sell me this daye thy byrthright Esau answered Lo I must dye neuerthelesse what good then shall my byrthright do me Iacob sayde Then sweare vnto me euen this same daye And he sware vnto him and so he solde his byrthright vnto Iacob Then Iacob gaue him bred and that meace of ryse And he ate and dronke and stode vp and wente his waye And so Esau regarded not his byrthright The XXVI Chapter THere came a derth in the londe passynge the other that was in Abrahams tyme. And Isaac wente to Gerar vnto Abimelech the kynge of y e Philistynes Then the LORDE appeared vnto him and sayde Go not downe in to Egipte but tary in the lande that I shall saye vnto the. Be thou a strauÌ„ger in this lande and I wil be with the and blesse the. For vnto the and thy sede wyll I geue all this londe and wyll perfourme myne ooth that I sware to thy father Abraham And I wyll multiplye thy sede as the starres of heauen and vnto thy sede wyll I geue all this londe and thorow thy sede shall all nacions be blessed because Abraham was obedient vnto my voyce and kepte myne ordinaunces my coÌ„maundementes my statutes and my lawes So Isaac dwelt at Gerar. And whan the men of the same place axed him of his wife he sayde she is my sister For he was afrayed to saye she is my wife thinkinge thus they might slaye me for Rebeccas sake for she was beutifull to loke vnto Now whan he had bene there a longe season Abimelech the kynge of the Phylistynes loked out at a wyndow and sawe Isaac sportinge with Rebecca his wife Then Abimelech called Isaac and sayde Beholde she is thy wyfe why saydest thou then She is my sister Isaac answered him I thought I might peraduenture ha-he died because of her Abimelech saide Why hast thou then done this vnto vs It coude lightly haue come to passe that some of the people might haue lyen with thy wyfe and so haddest thou brought synne vpoÌ„ vs. TheÌ„ Abimelech commaunded all the people and sayde Who so toucheth this man or his wyfe shal dye the death And Isaac sowed in that londe and fouÌ„de the same yeare an hundreth buszshels for the LORDE blessed him And he became a greate man wente forth and grew tyll he was exceadinge greate so that he had moch good in shepe and greate catell and a greate housholde Therfore had the Philistynes envye at him and stopped all the welles that his fathers seruauntes had dygged in the tyme of Abraham his father and fylled them with earth In so moch that Abimelech also himself sayde vnto him Departe from vs for thou art farre mightier then we Then departed Isaac from thence and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar and dwelt there And whan he was satled he caused to dygge vp the welles agayne that they had dygged vp in his father AbrahaÌ„s tyme which the Philistynes had stopte after the death of Abraham and he called theÌ„ after y e same names that his father had named them withall Isaacs seruauntes also dygged in the valley and there they founde a well of lyuinge water But the hyrdmen of Gerar stroue with Isaacs hyrdmen and saide The water is oures Then called he the well Eseck because they had done him wronge Then dygged they another well and stroue for that also therfore called he it Sytena So he gatt him from thence and dygged another well for the which they stroue not thâ—rfore he called it Rehoboth and sayde â–ª Now hath the LORDE made vs rowme and letten vs growe in the londe Afterwarde he departed thence vnto Berseba And the LORDE appeared vnto him the same night and sayde I am the God of thy father Abraham feare thou not for I am with the and wyll blesse the and multiplye thy sede for my seruaunt Abrahams sake Then buylded he an altare there and called vpon the name of the LORDE and pitched his tent there and there his seruauntes dygged a well And Abimelech wente vnto him from Gerar and Ahusath his frende and Phicolhis chefe captayne But Isaac sayde vnto them Wherfore come ye to me seynge ye hate me and haue put me awaye from you They sayde We se with open eyes that the LORDE is with the therfore we deuysed that there shulde be an ooth betwixte vs and the and that we wolde make a bonde with the that thou do vs no harme like as we haue not hurte the and as we haue done nothinge vnto the but all good and let the departe in peace As for the thou art y e blessed of the LORDE Then Isaac made them a feast and they ate and dronke And on the morow they arose and sware one to the other And Isaac let them go and they departed from him in peace The same daye came Isaacs seruauntes and tolde him of the well that they had digged and sayde vnto him We haue founde water And he called it Saba Therfore is y e cite called Bersaba vnto this daye The XXVII Chapter WHan Esau was fourtye yeare olde he toke wyues Iudith the doughter of Beri the Hethite and Basmath the doughter of Elon the Hethite â–ª both these were dishobedient vnto the sprete of Isaac and Rebecca And it came to passe when Isaac was olde his eyes waxed dymme of sight and he called Esau his greater sonne and sayde vnto him My sonne He answered him Here am I. And he sayde Beholde I am olde and knowe not whan I shal dye Now therfore take thy geer thy quyuer and thy bowe and get the forth to the felde and take me some venyson and make me meate soch as I loue and brynge it me herein that I may eate y t my soule maye blesse the before I dye But Rebecca herde these wordes that Isaac sayde vnto his sonne And Esau wente his waye in to the felde to hunte venyson and to brynge it home Then sayde Rebecca vnto Iacob hir sonne beholde I haue herde thy father talkinge with Esau thy brother and sayenge Brynge me venyson and make me meate that I maye eate and blesse the before y e
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
vnto Moses What Him that synneth against me wil I wype out of my boke Go thou y e waye therfore and brynge y e people thither as I haue sayde vnto the Beholde myne angell shall go before the. But in the daye of my visitacion I wyll vyset their synnes vpon them So the LORDE plaged the people because they made y e calfe which Aaron made The XXXIII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go departe hence thou and the people whom thou hast brought out of the lande of Egipte vnto y e londe that I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob and sayde vnto y e sede wil I geue it and I wyl sende an angell before the and cast out the Cananites Amorites Hethites Pheresites Heuites and Iebusites in to the londe that floweth with mylke and hony for I wyll not go vp with the for thou art an hardnecked people I might consume the by the waye Whan the people herde this euell tydinges they sorowed and no man put on his best rayment And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Speake vnto the children of Israel Ye are a styfnecked people I must once come sodenly vpon the and make an ende of the. And now put of thy goodly araye from the y t I maie knowe what to do vnto the. So the children of Israel laied their goodly araye from thē euen before the mount Horeb. Moses toke the Tabernacle pitched it without afarre of from y e hoost and called it the Tabernacle of wytnesse And who so euer wolde axe eny question at the LORDE wente out vnto the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the hoost And whan Moses wente out vnto the Tabernacle all the people rose vp and stode euery one in his tent dore and loked after Moses tyll he was gone in to the Tabernacle And whan Moses entred in to the Tabernacle the cloudy pyler came downe and stode in the dore of the Tabernacle and he talked with Moses And all the people sawe the cloudy piler stonde in the dore of the Tabernacle and rose vp and worshiped euery one in his tent dore And the LORDE spake vnto Moses face to face as a man speaketh vnto his frende And whan he turned agayne to the hoost y e yonge mā Iosua y e sonne of Nun his minister departed not out of y e Tabernacle And Moses sayde vnto the LORDE Beholde thou saydest vnto me Brynge y e people vp and lettest me not knowe whom thou wilt sende w t me yet hast thou sayde I knowe the by name and thou hast founde grace in my sight Let me knowe thy waye therfore wherby I maye be certified y t I fynde grace in thy sight And consydre yet that this people is thy people He sayde My presence shal go before the there with wyll I lede the. But he sayde vnto him Yf thy presence go not then cary vs not vp from hence for wherby shal it be knowne y t I and thy people haue founde fauoure in thy sight but in y t thou goest with vs that I thy people maye haue some preemynence before all people that are vpon the face of the earth The LORDE sayde vnto Moses I wyll do this also that thou hast sayde for thou hast foūde grace in my sight and I knowe the by name He sayde Oh let me thē se thy glory And he sayde I wyl cause all my good go ouer before thy face and wyl let the name of y e LORDE be called vpon before the. And I shewe mercy to whom I shewe mercy and haue compassion on whom I haue compassion And he sayde morouer Thou mayest not se my face for there shall no mā lyue y t seyth me And y e LORDE sayde farthermore beholde there is a place by me there shalt thou stōde vpon the rocke Now whan my glory goeth forth I wil put y e in a clyfte of y e rocke my hande shal holde styll vpō the tyll I be passed by And whan I take awaye myne hande from the thou shalt se my back partes but my face shal not be sene The XXXIIII Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Hew the two tables of stone like as y e first were that I maye wryte in them the wordes y t were in the first tables which thou brakest ▪ and be ready in the mornynge that thou mayest come vp early vnto moūt Sinai and stonde me vpon the toppe of the mount And let no man come vp with the that there be no man sene thorow out all y e mount and let nether shepe ner oxen fede before the mount And Moses hewed two tables of stone like as the first were arose early in the mornynge wente vp vnto mount Sinai as y e LORDE cōmaunded him toke y e two tables of stone in his hāde Thē came the LORDE downe in a cloude And there he stepte vnto him called vpō y e name of y e LORDE And whan y e LORDE passed by before his face he cryed LORDE LORDE God mercifull gracious longe sufferinge and of greate mercy and trueth thou that kepest mercy in stoare for thousandes and forgeuest wickednes trespace and synne before whom there is no man innocent thou that visitest the wickednesse of the fathers vpon y e children and childers children vnto the thirde and fourth generacion And Moses bowed him self downe vnto the earth and worshiped him and saide LORDE yf I haue founde grace in thy sight thē let the LORDE go with vs for it is an hard necked people that thou mayest haue mercy vpon oure wickednesses and synnes and let vs be thyne inheritaunce And he sayde Beholde I make a couenaunt before all y i people wil do wonders soch as haue not bene done in all londes and amonge all people And all y e people amōge whom thou art shal se y e worke of y e LORDE for a terryble thinge shal it be y t I wyl do w t the. Kepe that I commaunde y e this daye Beholde I wyl cast out before the y e Amorites Cananites Hethites Pheresites Heuytes and Iebusites Bewarre that thou make no couenaunt with the indwellers of the lande y t thou commest in to lest they be cause of y i ruyne in the myddest of the but their alters shalt thou ouerthrowe breake downe their goddes and rote out their groaues for thou shalt worshipe no other god For y e LORDE is called gelous because he is a gelous God lest yf thou make any agrement with the indwellers of the londe and whan they go a whoringe after their goddes and do sacrifice vnto their goddes they call y e and thou eate of their sacrifice and lest thou take of their doughters vnto thy sonnes to wyues and the same go a whoringe after their goddes make thy sonnes go a whoringe after their goddes also Thou shalt make y e no goddes of metall The feast of swete
borne vnto Naemi and they called his name Obed. The same is the father of Isai which is y e father of Dauid This is y e generacion of Phares Phares begat Hesrom Hesrom begat Aram. Aram begat Aminadab Aminadab begatt Naasson Naasson begat Salmon SalmoÌ„ begat Boos Boos begat Obed. Obed begat Isai. Isai begat Dauid The ende of the boke of Ruth The first boke of the kynges otherwyse called the first boke of Samuel What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of Elcana and his two wyues Vnto Anna geueth God Samuel which is appropriated vnto the LORDE Chap. II. The thankfull songe of Anna. The sonnes of Eli do wickedly their father refourmeth them not therfore is the presthode takeÌ„ from him and his sonnes Chap. III. The reuelacion shewed vnto Samuel and vnto Eli. Chap. IIII. Israel fighteth agaynst the Philistynes loseth the victory and is smytten the seconde tyme. The Philistynes wynne the Arke of the LORDE The two sonnes of Eli perishe the father falleth downe and breaketh his necke Chap. V. The Philistynes bringe the Arke of the LORDE in to the temple of Dagon which falleth downe before it Chap. VI. The Philistynes sende the Arke agayne vnto the people of God with certayne giftes and offerynges Chap. VII The Arke is broughte in to Aminadabs house Samuel exhorteth the people to amendment Chap. VIII Samuels sonnes rule not well The people desyre to haue a kynge Chap. IX.X. Saul seketh his fathers asses and coÌ„meth vnto Samuel which at the coÌ„maundement of the LORDE anoynteth him kinge and sheweth him vnto the people Chap. XI Saul defendeth Iabes from Nahas the Ammonite Chap. XII Samuel sheweth his innocency vnto the people and geueth them a godly exhoâ—tacion Chap. XIII The Philistynes gather them selues agaynst Israel Saul is disobedient vnto to the LORDE Samuel reproueth him Chap. XIIII Ionathas discoÌ„fiteth the enemies by sotyltie Saul helpeth him the father wolde slaye the sonne the people delyuer him Chap. XV. Samuel coÌ„maundeth Saul to 〈◊〉 Amalek and vtterly to destroye him â–ª Saul is dishobedient therfore is he deposed from the kyngdome Chap. XVI Dauid is anoynted kynge The euell sprete vexeth Saul Dauid easeth him with playenge at the harpe Chap. XVII Dauid destroyeth Goliath the 〈◊〉 The Philistynes fle Chap. XVIII Ionathas and Dauid are sworne louers Dauid behaueth himselfe wysely in all thinges The people loue him Saul geueth him his doughter of purpose that the Philistynes mighte destroye him Chap. XIX Saul commauÌ„deth to kyll Dauid Ionathas geueth him warnynge Dauid flyeth his waye His wife delyuereth him Chap. XX. Dauid auoydeth from the kynges displeasure Ionathas warneth him Chap. XXI Dauid flieth vnto Noba to the prest Ahimelech and eateth of the shewbred Chap. XXII Dauids freÌ„des helpe him Doâ—g the Edomite slayeth Ahimelech the other prestes of the LORDE Chap. XXIII Saul layeth wayte for Dauid â—â—â—getteth him out of the waye and the LORDE defendeth him Chap. XXIIII Saul commeth into Dauids hande which wil not slaye him but cutteth of a pece of his garment c. Chap. XXV Samuel dyeth Nabal displeaseth Dauid Abigail pacifieth him Chap. XXVI Dauid fyndeth Saul slepynge and where as Abisai wolde slaye him he wil not suffre him but taketh awaye his speare and the cuppe of water Chap. XXVII Dauid flyeth vnto Achis the kynge at Geth Chap. XXVIII Dauid is made Achis captayne Saul axeth councell at the Sothsayer Samuel appeareth vnto him and rebuketh him Chap. XXIX The Philistynes are not contente that Dauid shulde be their captayne The kynge sendeth him home agayne Chap. XXX The Amalechites fall vpoÌ„ Siceâ—ek Dauid foloweth vpon them and recouereth the spoyle agayne Chap. XXXI The Philistynes fihgte agaynst Israel Sauls sonnes are slayne he wounded and slayeth him selfe The first Chapter THere was a man of Ramathaim Sophim of mount Ephraim whose name was Elcana y e sonne of Ieroham y e sonne of Elihu y e sonne of Tohu y e sonne of Zuph y t was an Ephrate And he had two wyues y e one was called Anna y e other Peninna As for Peninna she had children but Anna had no childreÌ„ And y e same man weÌ„te vp froÌ„ his cite at his tyme to worshippe and to offer vnto the LORDE Zebaoth at Silo. There were the prestes of the LORDE Ophni and Phineas the two sonnes of Eli. Now whan it came vpon a daye that Elcana offred he gaue partes vnto his wife Peninna and to all his sonnes and doughters But vnto Anna he gaue one deale heuely for he loued Anna. Neuertheles the LORDE had closed hir wombe hir aduersary cast her in the tethe with hir vnfrutefulnes because the LORDE had closed hir wombe thus dyd she euery yeare whan they wente vp to the house of the LORDE and thus she prouoked her So she wepte and ate nothinge But Elcana hir huszbande sayde vnto her Wherfore wepest thou and why eatest thou not And wherfore is thine hert so greued Am not I better vnto the then ten sonnes Then stode Anna vp whan she had eaten and dronken at Silo. But Eli the prest sat vpon a stole by the poste of the temple of the LORDE And she was full of heuynâ—â—â— in hir herte and prayed vnto the LORDE and wepte and vowed a vowe and sayde O LORDE Zebaoth yf thou wilt loke vpon the aduersite of thy handmayden and thynke vpon me and not forget thy handmayden and wilt geue thy handmayden a sonne I wil geue him vnto the LORDE all his life longe and there shal no rasouâ—e come vpon his heade And whaÌ„ she had prayed longe before y e LORDE Eli toke hede to hir mouth for Anna spake in hir hert hir lippes onely moued but hir voyce was not herde Then thoughte Eli she had bene dronken and sayde vnto her How longe wilt thou be dronken Let come from the the wyne that thou hast by the. Neuertheles Anna answered and sayde No my lorde I am a soroufull woman wyne and stronge drynke haue I not dronken but haue poured out my hert before y e LORDE Counte not thy handmayden a doughter of Belial for out of my heuy thoughte and sorow haue I spoken hitherto Eli answered her and sayde Go y i waye in peace the God of Israel shal graunte y e thy peticion that thou hast desyred of him She sayde Let thy handmayden fynde fauoure in thy sighte So the woman wente hir waye and ate and loked nomore so soroufully and on y e morow they gat them vp by tymes And whan they had worshipped before y e LORDE they returned and came home vnto Ramatha And Elcana laye with Anna his wife and the LORDE remembred her And after certayne dayes she coÌ„ceaued and bare a sonne and called his name Samuel for I haue desyred him sayde she of the LORDE And whan the man Elcana wente vp with all his houszholde to offre sacrifice and his vowe vnto the LORDE at soch tyme as y e custome was Anna wente not vp but sayde vnto
e beholde here am I let him do with me as it pleaseth him And the kynge saide vnto Sadoc y e prest O thou Seer turne agayne to y e cite with peace and Ahimaas thy sonne with the and Ionathas the sonne of Abiathar beholde I wyl tary in the playne of the wyldernes tyll the message come from you and tell me So Sadoc and Abiathar broughte the Arke of God agayne to Ierusalem and remayned there But Dauid wente vp to mount Olyuete and wepte his heade was couered And all the people that was with him had euery man his heade couered and wente on and wepte And whan it was tolde Dauid that Achitophel was in the coÌ„federacy with Absalom he sayde LORDE turne thou Achitophels councell to foolishnes And whan Dauid came vp to the toppe of the mount where the vse was to worshippe God Chusai the Arachite met him with his cote rent and earth vpon his heade And Dauid sayde vnto him Yf thou go with me thou shalt be chargeable vnto me but yf thou goest agayne in to the cite and sayest vnto Absalom I am thy seruaunt O kynge euen as I was thy fathers seruaunt so wyll I now be thy seruaunt Then shalt thou brynge Achitophels councell to naughte So is Sadoc and Abiathar y e prestes with the and all that thou hearest out of the kynges house tell it vnto Sadoc and Abiathar the prestes Beholde their two sonnes are with theÌ„ Ahâ—maas the sonne of Sadoc and Ionathas the sonne of Abiathar by them mayest thou sende me worde what thou hearest So Chusai Dauids frende came in to the cite And Absalom came to Ierusalem The XVI Chapter ANd whan Dauid was gone a lytle by from the toppe of the mount beholde Siba the seruauÌ„t of Mephiboseth met him with a couple of asses sadled wheron were two hundreth loaues of bred and an hundreth quantities of rasyns and an huÌ„dreth quantities of fygges and a bottell of wyne Then sayde the kynge vnto Siba What wilt thou do herewith Siba sayde The asses shal be for the kynges housholde to ryde vpon and the loaues and fygges for the yonge men to eate and the wyne shall be for them to drynke whan they are weery in the wyldernes The kynge sayde Where is thy lordes sonne Siba sayde vnto the kynge Beholde he abyde that IerusaleÌ„ for he saide To daye shal y e house of Israel restore my fathers kiÌ„gdome vnto me The kynge saide vnto Siba Beholde all that Mephiboseth hath shal be thine Siba sayde with reuerence Let me finde grace in thy sight my lorde O kynge But whan kynge Dauid came to Bahurim beholde there wente out a man of the kynred of the house of Saul whose name was Semei the sonne of Gera which wente forth and cursed and caststones at Dauid and at all kynge Dauids seruauntes and all the people and all the mightie men men were at his righte hande and at his lefte Thus sayde Semei whan he cursed Get the forth get the forth thou bloudy hounde thou man of Belial The LORDE hath rewarded the for all the bloude of the house of Saul y t thou becamest kynge in his steade Now hath the LORDE geuen the kyngdome in to y e hande of Absalom thy sonne and beholde now stickest thou in thine owne myschefe for thou art a bloudy hounde But Abisai the sonne of Zeru Ia sayde vnto the kynge Shall this deed dogg curse my lorde the kynge I wyl go and take the heade awaye from him The kynge saide Ye children of Zeru Ia what haue I to do w t you Let him curse on for the LORDE hath commaunded him Curse Dauid Who can saye now Why doest thou so And Dauid sayde vnto Abisai and to all his seruauntes Beholde my sonne which came of my body seketh after my lyfe how moch more now the sonne of Iemini Let him curse on for the LORDE hath commaunded him peraduenture the LORDE shall consydre my aduersyte and recompence me good for his cursynge this daye So Dauid wente on his waye with his men But Semei wente on by the mount besyde him and cursed and caststones at him threwe clottes of earth And the kynge came in and all the people that was with him weery and refreshed him selfe there But Absalom and all the people of the men of Israel came to Ierusalem and Achitophel with him Whan Chusai the Arachite Dauids frende came in to Absalom he sayde vnto Absalom God saue the kynge God saue the kynge Absalom sayde vnto Chusai Is this thy mercy vnto thy frende Why art thou not gone with thy frende Chusai sayde vnto Absalom Not so but loke whom the LORDE choseth and this people and all the men in Israel his wyl I be and byde with him Secondly whom shulde I serue Shulde I not do seruyce before his sonne Like as I haue serued in the presence of thy father so wyll I do seruyce before the also And Absalom sayde vnto Achitophel Geue vs youre councell what we shal do Achitophel sayde vnto Absalom Go lye with thy fathers concubynes whom he hath lefte to kepe the house so shall all Israel heare that thou hast made thy father to stynke and the hande of all them that are with y e shal be the bolder Then made they a tente vnto Absalom vpon the house toppe And Absalom laye with his fathers concubâ—â—â— in the sighte of all Israel At that tyme whan Achitophel 〈◊〉 councell that was euen as yf a man 〈◊〉 councell at God So were all the councels of Achitophel both with Dauid and 〈◊〉 Absalom The XVII Chapter ANd Achitophel sayde vnto Absalom I wil chose out twolue thousande 〈◊〉 and wyl get me vp and persue 〈◊〉 by nighte and fall vpoÌ„ him whan he is feble and weery When I vexe him theÌ„ so that all the people which is by him flieth I wil 〈◊〉 the kynge onely and brynge all the people vnto the agayne So whan euery man is brought vnto the as thou desyrest then shal all the people be in peace Absalom thoughâ— that good and so dyd all the Elders in Isâ—rael But Absalom sayde I praye you call Chusai the Arachite also and let vs heaâ—â— what he sayeth therto And whaÌ„ Chusai came in to Absalom Absalom saide vnto him Thus hath Achitophel spoken Saye thou now shal we do it or not Then sayde Chusai vnto Absalom It is no good councell y t Achitophel hath geuen at this tyme. And Chusai sayde morouer Thou knowest thy father well and his men that they are stronge and of a wrothfull stomack euen as a Beer that is robbed of hir yonge ones in the felde Thy father also is a man of warre and wyl not be necligeÌ„t with the people Beholde he hath now peraduenture hyd hymselfe in some caue or in some place Yf it came to passe then that it chaunced euell at the first there shulde come a rumo r and saye There is a slaughter done in the people
and golde that was lefte in the treasure of the house of the LORDE and in the treasure of the kynges house and delyuered it in to his seruauntes handes sent it vnto Benadab the sonne of Tabrimon the sonne of Hesion kynge of Siria which dwelt at Damascon and let saye vnto him There is a couenaunt betwene me and the and betwene my father and thy father therfore sende I the a present of syluer and golde that thou shuldest breake the couenaunt which thou hast with Baesa the kynge of Israel that he maye departe fro me Benadab agreed vnto kynge Asa and sent his captaynes agaynst the cities of Israel and smote Iion and Dan Abel Beth Maecha and all Cineroth with the whole londe of Nephtali Whā Baesa herde that he left of from buyldinge Rama and wente agayne vnto Thirza Kynge Asa caused it be proclamed in all Iuda Here be no man excepte And they toke awaye the stones and tymber from Rama wherwith Baesa had buylded And kynge Asa buylded Geba Ben Iamin Mispa therwith What more there is to saye of Asa and of all his power and all that he dyd and of y e cities which he buylded beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda sauynge that in his olde age he was diseased in his fete And Asa slepte with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the cite of Dauid his father And Iosaphat his sonne was kynge in his steade But Nadab the sonne of Ieroboam was kynge ouer Israel in the secōde yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda raigned ouer Israel two yeare and dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE and walked in the waye of his father and in his synnes wherwith he made Israel to synne Howbeit Baesa the sonne of Ahia of the house of Isachar conspired agaynst him smote him at Gibbethon which was the Philistynes for Nadab and all Israel layed sege to Gibbethon So Baesa slewe him in the thirde yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda was kynge in his steade Now whan he was kynge he smote all the house of Ieroboam and let nothinge of Ieroboam remayne that had breth tyll he had destroyed it acordynge to y e worde of the LORDE which he spake by his seruaunt Ahia of Silo because of Ieroboams synnes which he dyd made Israel synne withall euen with y e prouokynge wherwith he displeased the LORDE God of Israel What more there is to saye of Nadab all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel and there was warre betwene Asa Baesa the kynge of Israel as longe as they lyued In the thirde yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda was Baesa y e sonne of Ahia kynge ouer all Israel at Thirza foure and twentye yeare and dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE and walked in the waye of Ieroboam and in his synnes wherwith he made Israel to synne Neuertheles the worde of the LORDE came vnto Iehu the sonne of Hanani agaynst Baesa and sayde For so moch as I lifted the out of the dust and made the prynce ouer my people of Israel and thou walkest in the waye of Ieroboam and makest my people ouer Israel for to synne to prouoke me vnto wrath thorow their synnes beholde therfore wyll I take awaye the posterite of Beasa and the posterite of his house and wyll set thine house euen as the house of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat He that of Baesa dyeth in the cite the dogges shal deuoure him and who so beynge of him dyeth in the felde the foules of the ayre shall eate him vp What more there is to saye of Baesa what he dyd of his power beholde it is wrytten in y e Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Baesa slepte with his fathers was buried at Thirza his sonne Ella was kynge in his steade And the worde of y e LORDE came by the prophet Iehu the sonne of Hanani ouer Baesa and ouer his house and agaynst all the euell that he dyd in the sighte of y e LORDE to prouoke him vnto wrath thorow the workes of his handes so that he became as the house of Ieroboam and because he slewe this man The XVI Chapter IN the sixe twentieth yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda was Ella the sonne of Baesa kynge ouer Israel at Thirza two yeare Neuertheles his seruaunt Simri y e principall man ouer the halfe of y e charettes cōspyred against him As for Ella he was at Thirza dranke was dronkē in y e house of Arza the ruler of Thirza And Simri came in and slewe him in the seuen twentieth yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda and was kynge in his steade And whan he was kynge and sat vpon his seate he smote all the house of Baesa lefte not so moch as one to make water agaynst y e wall his bloud auengers also his frendes Thus dyd Simri destroye all the house of Baesa acordinge to the worde of the LORDE which he spake ouer Baesa by the prophet Iehu because of all the synnes of Baesa and of Ella his sonne which they dyd and made Israel for to synne to prouoke the LORDE God of Israel vnto wrath thorow their vanities What more there is to saye of Ella and all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel In the seuen and twentieth yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda was Simri kynge vij dayes at Thirza and the people laye before Gibbethon of the Philistynes But whan the people in the hoost herde saye y t Simri had conspired and slayne the kynge then all Israel the same daye made Amri the chefe captayne kynge ouer all in the hoost And Amri wente vp and all Israel with him from Gibbethon and layed sege vnto Thirza But whan Simri sawe y t the cite shulde be wonne he wente in to the palace in the kynges house brent it with y e kynges house dyed because of his synnes which he had committed in that he dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE and walked in the waye of Ieroboam and in his synnes which he dyd wherwith he made Israel to synne What more there is to saye of Simri and how he conspired beholde it is wrytten in y e Cronicles of the kynges of Israel At the same tyme were y e people deuyded in two partes the one parte helde with Thibni the sonne of Ginath that they might make him kynge the other halfe helde with Amri But the people that helde with Amri were mightier then the people which helde with Thibni y e sonne of Ginath And Thibni dyed and Amri was kynge In y e one and thirtieth yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda was Amri kynge ouer Israel twolue yeares raigned at Thirza sixe yeares He boughte the mount of Samaria of Semer for two hundreth weight of syluer buylded vpon the mount and
fro me as it were a tre plucte vp by the rote His wrath is kyndled agaynst me he taketh me as though I were his enemy His men of warre came together which made their waye ouer me and beseged my dwellinge rounde aboute He hath put my brethren farre awaye fro me and soch as were of myne acquauntaunce are become strauÌ„gers vnto me Myne owne kynszfolkes haue forsaken me and my frendes haue put me out of remembraunce The seruauntes and maydens of myne owne house take me for a strauÌ„ger and I am become as an aleaunt in their sight When I call vpon my seruauÌ„t he geueth me no answere no though I praie him with my mouth Myne owne wyfe maye not abyde my breth I am fayne to speake fayre vnto the children of myne owne body Yee the very deserte fooles despyse me and when I am gone from them they speake euell vpon me All soch as were my most familiers abhorre me and they whom I loued best are turneâ— agaynst me My bone hangeth to my skynne and the flesh is awaye only there is left me the skynne aboute my teth Haue pite vpon me haue pite vpon me o ye my frendes for the hande of the LORDE hath touched me Seynge God persecuteth me wil ye vexe me also Haue ye not yet ynough of the trouble of my flesh O that my wordes were written O that they were put in a boke wolde God they were graueÌ„ w t an yron peÌ„ne in leade or in stone For I am sure that my redemer lyueth and that I shall ryse out of the earth in the latter daye that I shal be clothed againe with this skynne and se God in my flesh Yee I my self shal beholde him not with other but with these same eyes My reynes are consâ—med within me when yee saye Why do not we persecute him we haue founde an occasion agaynst him But bewarre of the swearde for the swearde wylbe avenged of wickednesse and be sure that there is a iudgment The XX. Chapter THen answered Sophar the Naamathite and sayde For the same cause do my thoughtes compell me to answere And why my mynde is tossed here and there I haue sufficiently herde the checkynge reprofe therfore am I purposed to make answere after my vnderstoÌ„dinge Knowest thou not this namely that from the begynninge euer sence the creacion of man vpon earth the prayse of the vngodly hath bene shorte and that the ioye of Ypocrytes continued but y e twincklinge of an eye Though he be magnified vp to the heaueÌ„ so that his heade reacheth vnto the cloudes yet he perisheth at the last like donge In so moch y e they which haue sene him saye Where is he He vanysheth as a dreame so that he can no more be founde passeth awaye as a vision in y e night So that the eye which sawe him before getteth now no sight of him his place knoweth him nomore His childreÌ„ go a begginge their handes bringe theÌ„ to sorow and heuynesse From his youth his bones are ful of vyce which shal lie downe w t him in y e earth WheÌ„ wickednesse is swete in his mouth he hydeth it vnder his tonge That he fauoureth that wyll he not forsake but kepeth it close in his throte The meate that he eateth shal be turned to the poyson of serpeÌ„tes within his body The riches y t he deuoureth shall he perbreake agayne for God shal drawe them out of his bely The serpentes heade shall sucke him and the adders tonge shall slaye him so that he shal nomore se the ryuers and brokes of hony and butter But laboure shal he yet haue nothinge to eate Greate trauayle shal he make for riches but he shal not enioye them And why he hath oppressed the poore and not helped them houses hath he spoyled and not buylded them His bely coude neuer be fylled therfore shall he perish in his couetousnesse He deuoured so gredely y t he left nothinge behynde therfore his goodes shal not prospere Though he had plenteousnesse of euerythinge yet was he poore therfore he is but a wretch on euery syde For though y e wicked haue neuer so moch to fyll his bely yet God shal sende his wrath vpon him â–ª and cause his battayll to rayne ouer him so that yf he fle the yron weapens he shall be shott with the stele bowe The arowe shal be taken forth go out at his backe and a glisteringe swearde thorow y e gall of him feare shal come vpoÌ„ him There shal no darcknes be able to hyde him An vnkyndled fyre shal consume him and loke what remayneth in his house it shall be destroyed The heauen shall declare his wickednesse the earth shal take parte agaynst him The substaunce that he hath in his house shal be taken awaye and perish in the daye of the LORDES wrath This is the porcion that y e wicked shal haue of God and the heretage that he maye loke for of the LORDE The XXI Chapter IOb answered and sayde O heare my wordes and amende yo r selues Suffre me a litle that I maye speake also and theÌ„ laugh my wordes to scorne yf ye will Is it with a man that I make this disputacioÌ„ Which yf it were so shulde not my sprete be theÌ„ in sore trouble Marck me well be abaszshed and laye youre haÌ„de vpon youre mouth For wheÌ„ I pondre considre this I am afrayed and my flesh is smytten with feare Wherfore do wicked meÌ„ lyue in health and prosperite come to their olde age increase in riches Their childers children lyue in their sight their generacion before their eyes Their houses are safe from all feare for the rodd of God doth not smyte theÌ„ Their bullocke gendreth and that not out of tyme their cow calueth and is not vnfrutefull They sende forth their children by flockes and their sonnes lede the daunce They beare with them tabrettes and harpes and haue instrumentes of musick at their pleasure They spende their dayes in welthynesse but sodenly they go downe to hell They saye vnto God go from vs we desyre not the knowlege of thy wayes What maner of felowe is the Allmightie that we shulde serue him What profit shulde we haue to submitte oure selues vnto him Lo there is vtterly no goodnesse in them therfore will not I haue to do with the councell of the vngodly How oft shal the candle of y e wicked be put out â–ª how oft commeth their destruccion vpon them O what sorowe shall God geue them for their parte in his wrath Yee they shal be euen as chaffe before the wynde and as dust that the storme carieth awaye And though God saue their childreÌ„ from soch sorowe yet wil he so rewarde theÌ„selues that they shal knowe it Their owne destruccion and misery shal they se with their eyes and drynke of the fearfull wrath of the Allmighty For whath carâ—th he what become of his
all men lyuynge Sela. Yee euery man walketh as it were a shadowe and disquieteth himâ—self in vayne he heapeth vp riches and can not tell to whom he gathereth them And now LORDE wherin shall I comforte me my hope is in the. Delyuer me from all myne offences and make me not a scorne vnto the foolish I kepe syleÌ„ce and open not my mouth for thou hast done it Turne thy plages awaye fro me for I am coÌ„sumed thorow the feare of thy haÌ„de When thou punyshest man for synne thou chastenest him so that his beutie consumeth awaye like as it were a mothe O how vayne are all men Sela. Heare my prayer o LORDE and considre my callinge shewe not thy self as though thou sawest not my teares For I am a straunger and pilgrymme with the as all my forefathers were Oh spare me a litle that I maye refresh myself before I go hence and be no more sene The XXXIX A psalme of Dauid I Wayted paciently for the LORDE which enclyned himself vnto me and herde my callinge He brought me out of the horrible pitte out of the myre and claye he set my fete vpoÌ„ the rocke and ordred my goinges He hath put a new songe in my mouth euen a thankesgeuynge vnto oure God Many men seynge this shal feare the LORDE put their trust in him Blessed is the man that setteth his hope in the LORDE and turneth not vnto the proude to soch as go aboute with lies O LORDE my God greate are y e wonderous workes which thou hast done in thy thoughtes towarde vs there maye none be lickened vnto the. I wolde declare them and speake of theÌ„â— but they are so many that they can not be tolde Sacrifice and offeringe thou woldest not haue but a body hast thou ordeined me â–ª burnt offerynges and sacrifice for synne thou hast not alowed Then sayde I Lo I come In the begynnynge of the boke it is written of me that I shulde fulfill thy wil O my God that am I conteÌ„t to do yee thy lawe is within my hert I wil preach of y e rightuousnesse in the greate congregacion Lo I wil not refrayne my lippes o LORDE that thou knowest I do not hyde y e rightuousnes in my hert my talkynge is of thy treuth and sauynge health I kepe not thy louynge mercy and faithfulnesse backe from the greate congregacion Turne not thou thy mercy fro me o LORDE but let thy louynge kyndnesse and treuth alâ—waye preserue me For innumerable troubles are come aboute me my synnes haue taken soch holde vpon me that I am not able to loke vp yee they are mo in nombre then the hayres of my heade and my hert hath fayled me O LORDE let it be thy pleasure to deliuer me make haist o LORDE to helpe me Let them be ashamed and coÌ„founded that seke after my soule to destroie it let them fall backwarde and be put to confucion that wysh me euell Let theÌ„ soone be brought to shame that crie ouer me there there But let all those that seke the be ioyfull and glad in the and let all soch as delyte in thy sauynge health saye allwaye the LORDE be praysed As for me I am poore in mysery but the LORDE careth for me Thou art my helper redemer make no longe tarieÌ„ge o my God The XL. A psalme of Dauid BLessed is he y t considreth y e poore y e LORDE shal delyuer him in the tyme of trouble The LORDE shal preserue him and kepe him alyue he shal make him to prospere vpon earth and shal not delyuer him in to y e wil of his enemies The LORDE shal refâ—esh him when he lyeth sick vpon his bedd yee thou makest his bed in all his sicknesse I sayde LORDE be mercifull vnto me heale my soule for I haue synned agaynst the. Myne enemies speake euell vpoÌ„ me whan shal he dye and his name perishe Though he came in to se yet meaned he falsede in his hert heapinge myschefe vpon himself All they that hate me runne together agaynst me and ymagin euell agaynst me They haue geuen a wicked sentence vpon me when he lyeth he shal ryse vp nomore Yee euen myne owne familier frende whom I trusted which dyd eate my bred hath lift vp his hele agaynst me But be thou mercifull vnto me o LORDE rayse thou me vp and I shal rewarde them By this I knowe thou fauourest me that my enemie shal not triumphe ouer me Thou hast vp holden me because of my innocency and set me before thy face for euer O blessed be y e LORDE God of Israel from heÌ„ce forth and for euermore Amen Amen The XLI A psalme of y e childreÌ„ of Corah LIke as the hert desyreth the water brokes so longeth my soule after the o God My soule is a thurste for God yee eueÌ„ for the lyuynge God whaÌ„ shal I come beholde the face of God My teares are my meate â–ª daye and night whyle it is daylie sayde vnto me where is now thy God Now when I thinke there vpoÌ„ I poure out my hert by my self for I wolde fayne go hence with the multitude passe ouer with them vnto the house of God in y e voyce of prayse thankesgeuynge amonge soch as kepe holy daye Why art thou so full of heuynes o my soule why art thou so vnquiete within me O put thy trust in God for I wil yet geue him thankes for the helpe of his countenauÌ„ce My God my soule is vexed within me therfore I remeÌ„bre the londe of Iordane the litle hill of Hermonâ—m One depe calleth another w t the voyce of thy whystles all thy wawes water floudes are gone ouer me The LORDE hath promised his louynge kyndnesse daylie therâ—fore wil I prayse him in the night season and make my prayer vnto y e God of my life I wil saye vnto God my stony rock why hasâ— thou forgotten me why go I thus heuely â–ª whyle the enemie oppresseth me Whyle my bones are broken whyle myne enemies cast me in the tethe daylie sayenge vnto me where is now thy God Why art thou 〈◊〉 hâ—uy o my soule why art thou so disquieteâ—â— within me O put thy trust in God for â— wil yet thanke him for the helpe of his counâ—tenaunce and because he is my God The XLII psalme BEne sentence vpon me o God deâ—fende my cause agaynst the vnholâ— people Oh delyuer me from the diâ—ceatfull wicked man For thou o God art my streÌ„gth why hast thou shot me froâ— the Why go I then so heuely whyle the eâ—â—mie oppresseth me Oh sende out y e lighâ— thy trueth y t they maye lede me bryng me vnto thy holy hill and to thy dwellingâ— That I maye go in to the aulter of Goâ— euen vnto the God which is my ioye pleaâ—â—â—re vpon the harpe to geue thaÌ„kes vnto 〈◊〉 o God my God Why art thou so heuy
shal I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked that synners maye be conuerted vnto the. Delyuer me from bloudegyltynesse o God thou that art the God of my health that my tonge maye prayse thy rightuousnesse Open my lippes O LORDE that my mouth maye shewe thy prayse For yf thou haddest pleasure in sacrifice I wolde geue it the but thou delytest not in burnt offerynges The sacrifice of God is a troubled sprete a broken and a coÌ„trite here o God shalt thou not despise O be fauorable and gracious vnto Sion that the walles of Ierusalem maye be buylded For then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of rightuousnesse with the burnt offerynges and oblacions then shal they laye bullockes vpon thine aulter The LI. A psalme of Dauid WHy boastest thou thy self thou Tyraunt that thou canst do myschefe Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylie Thy tonge ymagineth wickednesse and with lyes it cutteth like a sharpe rasoure Thou louest vngraciousnesse more theÌ„ good to talke of lyes more then rightuousnesse Sela. Thou louest to speake all wordes y t maye do hurte O thou false toÌ„ge Therfore shal God cleane destroye the smyte the in peces plucke the out of thy dwellinge and rote the out of the londe of the lyuinge Sela. The rightuous shal se this feare and laugh him to scorne Lo this is the maÌ„ y t toke not God for his streÌ„gth but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches was mightie in his wickednesse As for me I am like a grene olyue tre in y e house of God my trust is in the tender mercy of God for euer euer I wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the for that thou hast done and wil hope in thy name for thy sayntes like it well The LII A psalme of Dauid THe foolish bodies saye in their hertes â–ª Tush there is no God Corrupte are they and become abhominable in their wickednesses there is not one that doth good God loked downe from heauen vpoÌ„ the children of men to se yf there were eny that wolde vnderstonde or seke after God But they are all gone out of y e waye they are all become vnprofitable there is none y t doth good no not one How caÌ„ they haue vnderstondinge that are the workers of wickednes eatinge vp my people as it were bred call not vpon God They are afrayed where no feare is for God breaketh the bones of them that besege the thou puttest them to confucion for God despiseth them Oh y t the sauynge health were geuen vnto Israel out of Sion Oh that the LORDE wolde delyuer his people out of captiuyte Then shulde Iacob reioyse Israel shulde be right glad The LIII A psalme of Dauid HElpe me o God for thy names sake and delyuer me in thy streÌ„gth Heare my prayer o God considre the wordes of my mouth For straungers are rysen vp agaynst me and the mightie which haue not God before their eyes seke after my soule Sela. But lo God is my helper it is he that vpholdeth my soule He shall rewarde euell vnto myne enemies and in thy treuth shalt thou destroye them A frewil offeringe wil I geue the and prayse thy name o LORDE because it is so comfortable For thou hast delyuered me out of all my trouble so that myne eye seyth his desyre vpoÌ„ myne enemies The LIIII A psalme of Dauid HEare my prayer o God and hyde not thy self fro my peticion Take hede vnto me and heare me how piteously I mourne coÌ„playne The enemie crieth so the vngodly commeth on so fast for they are mynded to do me some myschefe so maliciously are they set agaynst me My herte is heuy within me and the feare of death is fallen vpon me Fearfullnesse and tremblinge are come vpon me and an horrible drede hath ouerwhelmed me And I sayde O that I had wynges like a doue that I might fle somwhere and be at rest Lo then wolde I get me awaye farre of and remayne in the wildernesse Sela. I wolde make haist to escape from the stormy wynde and tempest Destroie their tonges o LORDE and deuyde them for I se vnrightuousnes strife in y e cite This goeth daye and night aboute the walles myschefe and vyce are in the myddest of it Wickednesse is therin disceate and gyle go not out of hir stretes Yf it were myne enemie that reuyled me I coude beare it or yf one that ought me euell will dyd threaten me I wolde hyde myself from him But it is thou my companyon my gyde and myne owne familier freÌ„de We had swete 〈◊〉 secrete communicacion together and louyngly walked we together in y e house of God Let death come hastely vpon them and let them go downe quick in to hell for wickednes is amonge them in their dwellinges As for me I will call vnto God and the LORDE shall helpe me In the eueninge mornynge and at noone daye wil I mourne and complayne and he shal heare my voyce It is he that delyuereth my soule in peace from them that laye waite for me for they are many agaynst me Yee euen God that endureth for euer shal heare me and brynge them downe Sela. For they wil not turne and why they feare not God Yee they laye hondes vpon soch as be at peace with him and so thei breake his couenaunt Their mouthes are softer then butter yet haue they batell in their mynde their wordes are smoother then oyle and yet be they very swerdes O cast thy burthen or care vpon the LORDE he shal norish the and not leaue the rightuous in vnquietnesse But as for them thou o God shalt cast them downe in to the pitte of destruccion The bloudthurstie and disceatfull shal not lyue out half their daies Neuerthelesse my trust is in the. The LV. A psalme of Dauid BE mercifull vnto me o God for 〈…〉 wil treade me downe they are 〈…〉 fightinge troublinge me 〈…〉 enemies treade me daylie vnder their fete for they be many y t proudly fight agaynst me Neuerthelesse wheÌ„ I am afrayed I put my trust in the. I wil comforte my self in Gods worde yee I wil hope in God and not feare What can flesh then do vnto me They vexe me daylie in my wordes all y t they ymagin is to do me euell They holdâ—â—lltogether kepe them selues close they marck my steppes how they maye catch my soule But in vayne for it shal escape theÌ„ and why thou o God in thy displeasure shalt cast downe soch people Thou tellest my flittinges thou puttest my teares in thy botell and nombrest them When so euer I call vpon the myne enemies are put to flight wherby I knowe that thou art my God In Gods worde wil I reioyse in the LORDES worde wil I comforte me Yee in God do I â—rust am not afraied what caÌ„ man theÌ„ do vnto me Vnto the o God wil I paye my vowes vnto y e wil I geue thaÌ„kes
that they which hate me maye se it and be ashamed because thou LORDE hast helped me comforted me The LXXXVI A psalme of the children of Corah HIr foundacions are vpoÌ„ the holy hilles the LORDE loueth the gates of Sion more theÌ„ all y e dwelliÌ„ges of Iacob Very excelleÌ„t thiÌ„ges are spokeÌ„ of y e thou cite of God â–ª Sela. I wil thinke vpoÌ„ Rahab â—abiloÌ„ so that they shal knowe me Yee the Philistynes also they of Tyre with the Morians Lo there was he borne And of Sion it shal be reported that he was borne in her euen the most hyest which hath buylded her The LORDE shal cause it be preached written amonge the people that he was borne there Sela. Therfore the dwellinge of all syngers daunsers is in the. The LXXXVII A psalme of the children of Corah O LORDE God my Sauyo r I crie daye night before the Oh let my prayer entre in to thy presence encline thine eare vnto my callynge For my soule is full of trouble my life draweth nye vnto hell I am couÌ„ted as one of theÌ„ that go downe vnto the pytte I am eueÌ„ as a maÌ„ that hath no streÌ„gth Fre amoÌ„ge the deed like vnto theÌ„ y t lye in the graue which be out of remembrauÌ„ce and are cutt awaye from thy honde Thou hast layed me in the lowest pytte in y e darcknesse and in the depe Thy indignacion lieth hard vpon me and thou vexest me with all thy floudes Sela. Thou hast put awaye myne acquaÌ„taunce farre fro me made me to be abhorred of them I am so fast in preson that I can not get forth My sight fayleth for very trouble LORDE I call daylie vpoÌ„ the and stretch out my hondes vnto the. Doest thou shewe wonders amonge the deed Can the physiciaÌ„s rayse them vp agayne that they maye prayse the Maye thy louynge kyndnes be shewed in the graue or thy faithfulnesse in destruccion Maye thy wonderous workes be knowne in the darcke or thy righteousnes in the londe where all thinges are forgotteÌ„ Vnto the I crie o LORDE and early coÌ„meth my prayer before the. LORDE why puttest thou awaye my soule Wherfore hydest thou thy face fro me My strength is gone for very sorow and misery with fearfulnesse do I beare thy burthens Thy wrothfull displeasure goeth ouer me the feare of the oppresseth me They come rounde aboute me daylie like water and compase me together on euery syde My louers and freÌ„des hast thou put awaye fro me and turned awaye myne acquantaunce The LXXXVIII A psalme of Ethan the Esrahite MY songe shal be allwaye of the louynge kyndnesse of the LORDE w t my mouth wil I euer be shewinge thy faithfulnesse froÌ„ one generacion to another For I haue sayde mercy shal be set vp for euer thy faithfulnesse shalt thou stablish in the heauens I haue made a couenaunâ— with my chosen I haue sworne vnto Dauiâ— my seruaunt Thy sede wil I stablish for eâ—uer and set vp thy Trone from one generacion to another Sela. O LORDE the very heaueÌ„s shal prayse thâ— wonderous workes yee thy faithfulnes in y e congregacion of the sayntes For who is he amonge the cloudes that maye be coÌ„pared vnto the LORDE Yee what is he amonge the goddes that is like vnto the LORDE God is greatly to be feared in the councell of the sayntes to be had in reuerence of all theÌ„ that are aboute him O LORDE God of hoostes who is like vnto the in power thy trueth is rounde aboute the. Thou rulest the pryde of the see thou stillest the wawes therof wheÌ„ they arise Thou breakest the proude like one that is wounded â–ª thou scatrest thine enemies abrode with thy mightie arme The heaueÌ„s are thine the earth is thine thou hast layed the foundacioÌ„ of the rouÌ„de worlde and all that therin is Thou hast made the north and the south Tabor and Hermon shal reioyse in thy name Thou hast a mightie arme stronge is thy hande and hye is thy right hande Rightuousnes and equite is the habitacion of thy seate mercy and trueth go before thy face Blessed is the people o LORDE that can reioyse in the and walketh in the light of thy countenaunce Their delite is in thy name all the daye longe and thorow thy rightuousnesse they shal be exalted For thou art the glory of their strength thorow thy fauoure shalt thou lift vp oure hornes The LORDE is oure defence and the holy one of Israel is oure kynge Thou spakest somtyme in visioÌ„s vnto thy sayntes and saydest I haue layed helpe vpon one that is mightie I haue exalted one chosen out of the people I haue founde Dauid my seruauÌ„t with my holy oyle haue I anoynted him My honde shal holde him fast and my arme shal strength him The enemie shal not ouercome him and the sonne of wickednesse shal not hurte him I shal smyte downe his foes before his face and plage them that hate him My trueth also my mercy shal be with him and in my name shal his horne be exalted I wil set his honde in the see and his right honde in the floudes He shal call me thou art my father my God and the strength of my saluacion And I wil make him my firstborne â—yer then the kinges of the earth My mercy wil I kepe for him for euermore and my couenaunt shall stonde fast with him His sede wil I make to endure for euer yee and his Trone as the dayes of heauen But yf his childreÌ„ forsake my lawe and walke not in my iudgmentes Yf they breake myne ordinaunces and kepe not my commaundementes I wil vyset their offences with the rodde and their synnes with scourges Neuerthelesse my louynge kyndnesse wil I not vtterly take from him ner suffre my trueth to fayle My couenaunt wil I not breake ner disanulle the thinge y t is gone out of my lippes I haue sworne once by my holynesse that I wil not fayle Dauid His sede shal endure for euer and his seate also like as the Sonne before me He shal stonde fast for euermore as the Moone and as the faithfull witnesse in heauen Sela. But now thou forsakest and abhorrest thyne anoynted and art displeased at him Thou hast turned backe the couenaunt of thy seruaunt and cast his crowne to the grounde Thou hast ouer throwne all his hedges and brokeÌ„ downe his stronge holdes Al they that go by spoyle him he is become a rebuke vnto his neghbours Thou settest vp the right haÌ„de of his enemies and makest all his aduersaryes to reioyse Thou hast taken awaye the strength of his swerde and geuest him not victory in the battayll Thou hast put out his glory and cast his Trone downe to the grounde The dayes of his youth hast thou shortened and couered him with dishonoure Sela. LORDE how longe wilt thou hyde thy self For euer shal thy wrath burne like fyre O remembre how shorte my tyme
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
two maner of weightes and a false balauÌ„ce is an euell thinge The LORDE ordreth euery maÌ„s goinges for what is he that vnderstondeth his owne wayes It is a snare for a man to blaspheme that which is holy then to go aboute w t vowes A wyse kynge destroyeth y e vngodly bryngeth the whele â—uer them The lanterne of y e LORDE is y e breth of man goeth thorow all the inwarde partes of the body Mercy faithfulnes preserue the kynge with louynge kyndnes his feate is holden vp The strength of yonge men is their worshipe a gray heade is an hono r vnto y e aged Woundes dryue awaye euell and so do stripes the inwarde partes of the body The XXI Chapter THe kynges hert is in the hande of the LORDE like as are the ryuers of water he maye turne it whyther so euer he wyll Euery man thinketh his owne waye to be right but the LORDE iudgeth y e hertes To do rightuousnesse and iudgmeÌ„t is more acceptable to the LORDE theÌ„ sacrifice A presumptuous loke a proude stomacke the lanterne of the vngodly is synne The deuyses of one that is diligent brynge plenteousnes but he y t is vnaduysed commeth vn to pouerte Who so hoordeth vp riches w t y e disceatfulnes of his tonge he is a foole like vnto them that seke their owne death The robberies of the vngodly shal be their owne destruccion for they wolde not do the thynge that was right The wayes of the frowarde are straunge but y e workes of him y t is cleane are right It is better to dwell in a corner vnder y e house toppe then with a braulinge woman in a wyde house The soule of the vngodly wysheth euell and hath no pitie vpon his neghboure When the scornefull is punyshed the ignoraunt take y e better hede when a wyse man is warned he wil receaue the more vnderstondinge The rightuous enfourmeth the house of the vngodly but y e vngodly go on still after their owne wickednesse Who so stoppeth his eare at the crieÌ„ge of the poore he shal crie himself and not be herde A preuy rewarde pacifieth displeasure and a gifte in the bosome stilleth furiousnesse The iust delyteth in doynge the thynge that is right but the workers of wickednesse abhorre the same The man that wandreth cut of the waye of wyszdome shal remayne in the coÌ„gregacion of y e deed He y t hath pleasure in banckettes shal be a poore man Who so delyteth in wyne and delicates shal not be riche The vngodly shal be geuen for the rightuous the wicked for the iust It is better to dwell in a wyldernesse theÌ„ with a chydinge and an angrie woman In a wyse mans house there is greate treasure and plenteousnesse but a foolish body spendeth vp all Who so foloweth rightuousnesse and mercy fyndeth both life rightuousnesse and honor. A wyse man wynneth the cite of the mightie and as for the strength y t they trust in he bryngeth it downe Who so kepeth his mouth and his tonge the same kepeth his soule from troubles He y t is proude presumptuous is called a scornefull maÌ„ which in wrath darre worke maliciously The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is his owne death for his haÌ„des wyll not labor. He coueteth and desyreth all the daye longe but the rightuous is allwaye geuynge kepeth nothinge backe The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhominacion for they offre the thinge y t is gotten w t wickednes A false wytnesse shal perishe but he y t wil be content to heare shal allwaye haue power to speake himself An vngodly man goeth forth rashly but the iust refourmeth his owne waye There is no wyszdome there is no vnderstondinge there is no councell agaynst the LORDE The horse is prepared agaynst y e daye of battayll but the LORDE geueth the victory The XXII Chapter A Good name is more worth then greate riches and louynge fauo r is better then syluer and golde Whether riches or pouerte do mete vs it commeth all of God A wyse man seyth the plage and hydeth himself but the foolish go on still and are punyshed The ende of lowlynes the feare of God is riches hono r prosperite and health Speares and snares are in y e waye of the frowarde but he y t wil kepe his soule let him fle froÌ„ soch Yf thou reachest a childe in his youth what waye he shulde go he shall not leaue it when he is olde The rich ruleth the poore and y e borower is seruaunt to y e lender He y t soweth wickednesse shal reape sorowe the rodde of his plage shal destroye him A louynge eye shal be blessed for he geueth of his bred vnto y e poore Cast out y e scornefull man and so shal strife go out w t him yee variaunce and slaunder shal cease Who so delyteth to be of a clene herte and of gracious lyppes y e kynge shal be his frende The eyes of y e LORDE preserue knowlege but as for y e wordes of y e despyteful he bryngeth them to naught The slouthfull body sayeth there is a lyoÌ„ w t out I might be slayue in y e strete The mouth of an harlot is a depe pytt wherin he falleth that y e LORDE is angrie withall Foolishnes sticketh in the herte of y e lad but y e rod of correccion driueth it awaye Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his owne riches geueth comoÌ„ly vnto the rich and at the last commeth to pouerte himself My sonne bowe downe thine eare and herken vnto the wordes of wyszdome applye y e mynde vnto my doctryne for it is a pleasaunt thinge yf thou kepe it in thine herte and practise it in thy mouth that thou mayest allwaye put y e trust in the LORDE Haue not I warned y e very oft with councell and lerninge y t I might shewe y e the treuth and that thou w t the verite mightest answere them y t laye eny thinge against y e Se y t thou robbe not y e poore because he is weake and oppresse not y e simple in iudgment for y e LORDE himself wyl defende their cause and do violence vnto them y t haue vsed violence Make no freÌ„dshipe with an angrie wylfull man and kepe no company w t y e furious lest thou lerne his wayes and receaue hurte vnto thy soule Be not thou one of them y t bynde theâ—r hande vpoÌ„ promyse and are suertie for dett for yf thou hast nothinge to paye they shal take awaye thy bed from vnder the. Thou shalt not remoue the lande marcke which thy fore elders haue sett Seist thou not y t they which be diligent in their busines stonde before kynges and not amonge the symple people The XXIII Chapter When thou syttest at the table to eate w t a lorde ordre thy self manerly w t y
owne eye Beholde I will lift vp myne honde ouer them so that they shal be spoyled of those which afore serued them ye shal knowe that the LORDE of hoostes hath sent me Be glad reioyce o doughter of Sion for lo I am come to dwell in the myddest of the saieth the LORDE At the same tyme there shal many Heithen cleue to the LORDE shal be my people Thus wil I dwel in the myddest of the thou shalt knowe that the LORDE of hoostes hath sent me vnto the. The LORDE shall haue Iuda in possession for his parte in the holy grounde shal chose Ierusalem yet agayne Let all flesh be still before the LORDE for he is rysen out of his holy place The III. Chapter ANd he shewed me Iesua y e hye prest stondinge before the angel of the LORDE and Satan stode at his right honde to resiste him And the LORDE sayde vnto Satan The LORDE reproue the thou Satan yee the LORDE that hath chosen Ierusalem reproue the. Is not this a brande takē out of the fyre Now Iesua was clothed in vnclene rayment and stode before the angel which answered sayde vnto those y t stode before him take awaye y e foule clothes from him And vnto him he sayde Beholde I haue takē awaye thy synne from the wil decke the with chaunge of raymēt He sayde morouer set a fayre myter vpon his heade So they set a fayre myter vpon his heade put on clothes vpon him and the angel of y e LORDE stode there Then the angel of the LORDE testified vnto Iesua spake thus sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Yf thou wilt walke in my wayes kepe my watch thou shalt rule my house kepe my courtes I wil geue the place amōge these that stonde here Heare o Iesua thou hye prest thou thy frendes that dwell before the for they are wōderous people Beholde I will bringe forth the braunch of my seruaunt for lo the stone that I haue layed before Iesua vpon one stone shal be vij eyes Beholde I will hewe him out saieth the LORDE of hoostes and take awaye the synne of that londe in one daye Then shall euery man call for his neghboure vnder the vyne vnder y e fygetre saieth the LORDE of hoostes The IIII. Chap. ANd y e angel that talked with me came agayne waked me vp as a man that is raysed out of his slepe sayde vnto me What seist thou And I sayde I haue loked and beholde a candelsticke all of golde with a boll vpon it his vij lampes therin vpon euery lampe vij stalkes And ij olyue trees therby one vpon the right syde of the boll the other vpon the left syde So I answered spake to the angel y t talked with me sayenge O my lorde what are these The angel that talked with me answered sayde vnto me knowest thou not what these be And I sayde No my lorde He answered sayde vnto me This is the worde of the LORDE vnto Zorobabel sayenge Nether thorow an hoost of men ner thorow strēgth but thorow my sprete saieth y e LORDE of hoostes What art thou thou greate mountayne before Zorobabel thou must be made eauen And he shal bringe vp the first stone so that men shall crie vnto him good lucke good lucke Morouer the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge The hondes of Zorobabel haue layed y e foundacion of this house his hondes also shal fynishe it that ye maye knowe how that the LORDE of hoostes hath sent me vnto you For he that hath bene despysed a litle season shal reioyce whē he seyth the tynne weight in Zorobabels honde The vij eyes are the LORDES which go thorow the hole worlde Then answered I sayde vnto him What are these two olyue trees vpon the right and left syde of the candilsticke I spake morouer sayde vnto him what be these ij olyue braunches which thorow y e two golden pipes emptie them selues in to the golde He answered me sayde knowest thou not what these be And I sayde No my lorde Then sayde he These are the two olyue braunches that stonde before the ruler of the whole earth The V. Chapter SO I turned me liftynge vp myne eyes loked beholde a flyenge boke And he sayde vnto me what seist thou I answered I se a flyenge boke of xx cubites longe x. cubites brode Then sayde he vnto me This is the curse y t goeth forth ouer the whole earth For all theues shal be iudged after this boke all swearers shal be iudged acordinge to the same I wil bringe it forth saieth the LORDE of hoostes so y t it shal come to the house of the thefe to the house of him that falsely sweareth by my name shal remayne in his house cōsume it with the tymbre stones therof Thē the angel that talked with me wente forth sayde vnto me lift vp thine eyes se what this is y t goeth forth And I sayde what is it He answered this is a measure goinge out He sayde morouer Euen thus are they y t dwell vpon the whole earth to loke vpon And beholde there was lift vp a talent of leade lo a woman sat in the myddest of the measure And he sayde This is vngodlynesse So he cast her in to the myddest of the measure threwe y e lompe of leade vp in to an hole Then lift I vp myne eyes loked beholde there came out ij women the wynde was in their wynges for they had wynges like the wynges of a Storke they lif◠vp the measure betwixte the earth the heauen Then spake I to the angel y t talked w t me whyther wil these beare the measure And he sayde vnto me in to the londe of Synear to buylde them an house which when it is prepared the measure shall be set there in his place The VI. Chapter MOrouer I turned me liftynge vp myne eyes loked beholde there came iiij charettes out frō betwixte two hilles which hilles were of brasse In the first charet were reade horse In the secōde charet were blacke horse In y e thirde charet were whyte horse In y e fourth charet were horses of dyuerse colours stronge Then spake I and sayde vnto the angel that talked with me O lorde what are these ▪ The angel answered sayde vnto me These are the iiij wyndes of the heauen which be come forth to stōde before the ruler of all y e earth That with the blacke horse wente in to the londe of the north the whyte folowed thē and the sprekled horses wente forth towarde the south These horses were very stronge wente out and sought to go and take their iourney ouer the whole earth And he sayde get you hence and go thorow the worlde So they wēte thorow out the
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
nacion with my power haue I troden downe the hertes of all both hye and lowe In all these thinges also I sought rest a dwellinge in some enheritaunce So y e creator of all thinges gaue me a commaundement he that made me appoynted me a tabernacle and saide vnto me Let thy dwellinge be in Iacob and thy inheritaunce in Israel rote thy self amōge my chosen I was created from the begynninge and before the worlde shal not leaue of vnto the worlde to come In the holy habitacion haue I serued before him and so was I stablished in Sion In y e holy cite rested I in like maner in Ierusalem was my power I toke rote in an honourable people euen in the porcion of y e LORDE in his heretage kepte me in y e fulnes of the sayntes I am sett vp an hye like a Ceder vpō Libanus as a Cypers tre vpon the mount Hermon I am exalted like a palme tre in Cades as a rose plāte in Iericho As a fayre olyue tre in the felde am exalted like as a plantayne tre by the water syde I haue geuen a smell in the stretes as y e Cynamom and Balme that hath so good a sauoure yee a swete odoure haue I geuen as it were Myrre of the best I haue made my dwellinges to smell as it were of rosyn Galbanum of Clowes and Incense as Libanus whan it is not hewē downe mine odoure is as the pure Balme As the Terebynte haue I stretched out my braunches and my braunches are the braunches of honoure and louynge fauoure As y e vyne haue I brought forth frute of a swete sauoure and my floures are y e frute of hono and riches I am the mother of bewtye of loue of feare of knowlege of holy hope In me is all grace of life and trueth In me is all hope of life and vertue O come vnto me all ye that be desyrous of me and fyll youre selues with my frutes for my sprete is sweter then hony so is my inheritaunce more then the hony combe the remembraunce of me endureth for euermore They that eate me shal haue the more honger and they that drynke me shal thyrste the more Who so herkeneth vnto me shall not come to confucion and they that worke in me shal not offende They that make me to be knowne shal haue euerlastinge life All these thinges are the boke of life the couenaunt of the Hyest and the knowlege of the trueth Moses commaunded the lawe in the preceptes of righteousnes for an heretage vnto the house of Iacob and cōmitted y e promyses vnto Israel Out of Dauid his seruaūt HE ordened to raise vp a most mightie kinge syttinge in the seate of honoure for euermore This fylleth with wyszdome like as the floude of Phison as y e floude of Tigris whan the new frutes are a growinge This bringeth a plenteous vnderstandinge like Euprates fylleth it vp as Iordane in the time of haruest This maketh nurto r to breake forth as the light as the water Gihon in y e haruest The first hath not knowne her perfectly nomore shal the last seke out y e grounde of her For hir thought is fuller thē the see and hir councell is profounder then the greate depe I wyszdome haue cast out floudes I am as a greate waterbroke out of y e riuer I am as the ryuer Dorix and as a water condyte am I come out of the garden of pleasure I sayde I wyl water the garden of my yonge plantes and fyll the frute of my byrth So my waterbroke became exceadinge greate and my ryuer approched vnto the see For I make doctryne to be vnto all mē as light as the fayre mornynge and I shall make it to be euer the clearer I will pearse thorow all the lower partes of the earth I wyll loke vpon all soch as be a slepe and lighten all thē that put their trust in the LORDE I shal yet poure out doctrine like as prophecy and leaue it vnto soch as seke after wyszdome and their generacions shal I neuer fayle vnto the holy euerlastinge worlde Beholde how that I haue not laboured for my self onely but for all them y t seke after y e trueth The XXV Chapter THre thinges there are y t my sprete fauoureth which be also alowed before God and men The vnyts of brethren the loue of neghbours and man wyfe that agree well together Thre thinges there be which my soule hateth and I vtterly abhorre the life of them A poore man that is proude A rich mā that is a lyar and an olde body that doteth and is vnchaste Yf thou hast gathered nothinge in thy youth what wylt thou fynde thē in thine age O how pleasaūt a thinge is it whā gray headed men are discrete whan the elders can geue good councell O how cōly a thinge is wyszdome vnto aged men yee vnderstondinge and councell is a glorious thinge The crowne of olde men is to haue moch experience y e feare of God is their worshipe There be ix thinges which I haue iudged in my hert to be happie and the tenth wil I tell forth vnto men with my tonge A man y t whyle he lyueth hath ioye of his children and seith y e fall of his enemies Well is him that dwelleth with an houswife of vnderstōdinge and that hath not fallen with his tonge and y t hath not bene faine to serue soch as are vnmete for him Wel is him y t fyndeth a faithfull frende wel is him which talketh of wiszdome to an eare y t heareth him O how greate is he y t fyndeth wyszdome knowlege Yet is he not aboue him that feareth the LORDE The feare of God hath sett itself aboue all thinges Blessed is y e man vnto whō it is graunted to haue the feare of God Vnto whō shal he be lickened y t kepeth it fast The feare of God is the begynnynge of his loue and the begynnynge of faith is to cleue fast vnto it The heuynes of the hert is all the punyshment and the wickednes of a woman goeth aboue all All punyshment plage is nothinge in comparison of the plage of the hert euē so all wickednes is nothinge to the wickednes of a woman What so euer happeneth vnto a man is nothinge in comparison of it y t his euell willers do vnto him and all vengeaunce is nothinge to the vengeaūce of the enemye There is not a more wicked heade then the heade of the serpēt and there is no wrath aboue y e wrath of a woman I wyl rather dwell with a lyon and dragon then to kepe house with a wicked wyfe The wickednesse of a woman chaungeth hir face she shal moffell hir coūtenaunce as it were a Beer as a sack shall she shewe it amonge the neghbours Hir husbande is
e wyne and despyse him not in his myrth Geue him no despytefull wordes and preasse not vpon him with contrary sayenges The XXXII Chapter YF thou be made a ruler pride not thy self therin but be thou as one of the people Take diligent care for them and loke well therto and whan thou hast done all thy dewtye syt the downe that thou mayest be mery with them and receaue a crowne of honoure Talke wysely honestly for wyszdome becommeth the right well Hynder not musyck Speake not where there is no audyence and poure not forth wyszdome out of tyme at an importunyte Like as the Carbuncle stone shyneth that is set in golde so doth a songe garnysh the wyne feast and as y e Smaragde that is set in golde so is the swetnes of Musyck by y e myrth of wyne Thou yonge mā speake that becommeth the that is profitable and yet scarse whan thou art twyce axed Comprehende moch with few wordes In many thinges be as one that is ignoraunt geue eare and holde thy tonge withall Yf thou be amonge men of hyer auctorite desyre not to compare thy self vnto them and whā an elder speaketh make not thou many wordes therin Before the thonder goeth lightenynge and before nurtoure and shamefastnesse goeth loue and fauoure Stōde vp by tymes and be not the last but get the home soone there take thy pastyme do what thou wilt so y t thou do no euell and defye no mā But for all thinges geue thankes vnto him that hath made the and replenished the with his goodes Who so feareth the LORDE wyl receaue his doctryne and they that get them to him by tymes shall fynde grace He that seketh the lawe shall be fylled withall As for him y t is but fayned he wyll be offended therat They that feare the LORDE shal fynde the iudgment their righteousnes shal be kyndled as a light An vngodly man will not be refourmed but can helpe him self with the example of other in his purpose A man of vnderstondinge despyseth no good councell but a wylde and proude body hath no feare My sonne do nothinge without advisement so shal it not repēt the after y e dede Go not in the waye where thou mayest fall ner where thou mayest stomble against the stone Geue not y i self in to a laborious slypery waye and bewarre of thine owne children In all thy workes put thy trust in God from thy whole hert for that is the kepinge of the cōmaundementes Who so beleueth Gods worde taketh hede to the commaundementes he that putteth his trust in y e LORDE shal wante nothinge The XXXIII Chapter THere shall no euell happen vnto him that feareth God but whan he is in tentacion the LORDE shall delyuer him A wyse man hateth not y e lawe but an ypocryte is as a shyp in a raginge water A man of vnderstondinge geueth credence vnto the lawe of God and y e lawe is faithfull vnto him Be sure of the matter then talke therof Be first wel instructe thē maiest thou geue answere The hert of y e foolish is like a cartwhele and his thoughtes renne aboute like the axell tre Like as a wylde horse that neyeth vnder euery one y t sytteth vpon him so is it with a scornefull frende Why doth one daie excell another seynge all the dayes of the yeare come of the Sonne The wyszdome of the LORDE hath so parted them a sunder and so hath he ordened the tymes and solempne feastes Some of them hath he chosen and halowed before other dayes And all men are made of the grounde out of the earth of Adam In the multitude of scyence hath y e LORDE sundered them and made their wayes of dyuerse fashions Some of them hath he blessed made moch of them halowed them claymed them to himself But some of thē hath he cursed brought thē lowe put thē out of their estate Like as y e claye is in the potters hande all the ordrynge therof at his pleasure so are men also in the hande of him y t made thē so that he maye geue them as it liketh him best Agaynst euell is good and agaynst death is life so is the vngodly agaynst soch as feare God Beholde thus all the workes of the Hyest there are euer two agaynst two and one set agaynst another I am awaked vp last of all as one that gathereth after in haruest In the giftes of God and in his blessynge I am increased haue fylled my wyne presse like a grape gatherer Beholde how I haue not laboured onely for my self but for all soch as loue nurtoure and wyszdome Heare me O ye greate men of the people harken w t yo eares ye rulers of y e congregacion Geue not y e sonne wyfe y e brother frende power ouer the whyle thou lyuest geue not awaye thy substaunce and good to another lest it repent the thou be fayne to begg therfore thy self As longe as thou lyuest hast breth let no man chaunge the For better it is thy children to praye the then y t thou shuldest be fayne to loke in their handes In all thy workes be excellent that thy honoure be neuer stained At the tyme whan thou shalt ende thy dayes and fynish thy life distribute thine inheretaūce The fodder the whyppe and the burden belongeth vnto the Asse Meate correccion and worke vnto the seruaunt Yf thou set thy seruaunt to laboure thou shalt fynde rest But yf thou let him go ydel he shal seke libertye The yock y e whyppe bowe downe the neck but tame thou thy euell seruaunt with bōdes correccion Sende him to laboure that he go not ydle For Idylnesse bryngeth moch euell Sett him to worke for that belongeth vnto him and becōmeth him well Yf he be not obedient bynde his fete but do not to moch vnto him in anye wyse without discrecion do nothinge Yf thou haue a faithfull seruaūt let him be vnto the as thine owne soule for in bloude hast thou gotten him Yf thou haue a seruaunt holde him as thy self for thou hast nede of him as of thy self Yf thou intreatest him euell and kepest him harde and makest him to be proude and to renne awaye from y e thou canst not tell what waye thou shalt seke him The XXXIIII Chapter VNwyse people begyle them selues w t vayne and disceatfull hope and fooles trust in dreames Who so regardeth dreames is like him that wil take holde of a shadowe and folowe after the wynde Euen so is it with the appearinges of dreames Before the face is the licknes of a face Who can be clensed of y e vncleane Or what treuth can be spoken of a lyar Soythsayenge witchcraft sorcery and dreaminge is but vanyte like as whan a womā trauayleth w t chylde and hath many fantasyes in hir herte Where as soch visions come not of God set not
For there apeared vnto them an horse with a terrible man syttinge vpon him deckte in goodly araye and the horse smote at Heliodorus with his fore fete Now he that sat vpon y e horse had harnesse of golde vpon him Morouer there apeared ij fayre and beutifull yonge men in goodly araye which stode by him scourged him of both the sydes gaue him many stripes without ceassinge With that fell Heliodorus sodenly vnto the grounde So they toke him vp beynge compased aboute with greate darcknesse and bare him out vpō a beare Thus he that came with so many runners and men of warre in to y e sayde treasury was borne out where as no man might helpe him and so the power of God was manifest and knowne He laye still domme also by the power of God destitute of all hope and life And they praysed the LORDE that he had shewed his power vpon his place and temple which a litle afore was full of feare trouble and that thorow the reuelacion of the Allmightie LORDE it was fylled with ioye and gladnesse Thē certaine of Heliodorus frēdes praied Onias that in all haist he wolde call vpon God to graunte him his life which was geuynge vp the goost So the hye prest considered the matter and lest the kynge shulde suspecte that the Iewes had done Heliodorus some euell he offred an health offerynge for him Now whē y e hye prest had opteyned his peticion the same yonge mē in the same clothinge apeared stode besyde Heliodorus sayenge Thanke Onias y e hye prest for for his sake hath y e LORDE graunted the y i life therfore seynge y t God hath scourged y e geue him prayse thankes and shewe euery man his might power And whē they had spoken these wordes they apeared nomore So Heliodorus offred vnto God made greate vowes vnto him which had graūted him his life thāked Onias toke his hoost wēte againe to y e kinge Thē testified he vnto euery mā of y e greate workes of God y t he had sene w t his eyes And whē the kynge axed Heliodorus who were mete to be sent yet once agayne to Ierusalem he sayde Yf thou hast eny enemy or aduersary vnto thy realme sende him thither thou shalt haue him punished yf he escape w t his life for in y t place no doute there is a speciall power workinge of God For he y t dwelleth in heauē vysiteth defendeth y t place all y t come to do it harme he punysheth plageth thē This is now y e matter cōcerninge Heliodorus y e kepinge of y e treasury at Ierusalē The IIII. Chapter THis Symon now of whom we spake afore beynge a bewrayer of the money and of his owne naturall countre reported the worst of Onias as though he had moued Heliodorus vnto this and as though he had bene a brynger vp of euell Thus was he not ashamed to call him an enemie of y e realme that was so faithfull an ouerseer defender of the cite of his people yee so feruent in the lawe of God But when the malice of Symon increased so farre y t thorow his frendes there were certayne manslaughters cōmitted Onias considered the parell y t might come thorow this strife and how that Appollonius namely the chefe lorde in Celosyria and Phenices was all set vpon tyranny and Symons malice increased the same He gat him to the kynge not as an accuser of the citesyns but as one that by him self intended the comon wealth of the whole multitude For he sawe it was not possible to lyue in peace nether Symon to leaue of from his foolishnesse excepte the kynge dyd loke therto But after the death of Seleucus when Antiochus which is called the noble toke y e kyngdome Iason the brother of Onias laboured to be hye prest For he came vnto the kynge and promised him thre hundreth lx talentes of syluer of the other rētes lxxx talentes Besydes this he promised him yet an C. L yf he might haue y e scole of y e children and that he might call them of Ierusalem Antiochians Which when the kynge had graunted he had gotten the superiorite he begāne immediatly to drawe his kinsmen to the custome of the Heithen put downe the thinges that the Iewes had set vp of loue by Ihon the father of Eupolemius which was sent embassitoure vnto Rome for to make the bonde of frendshipe and loue He put downe all the Iawes Lyberties of the Iewes and set vp wicked statutes He durst make a fightinge scole vnder y e castell and set fayre yonge men to lerne the maners of whores and brodels This was now the begynnynge of the Heithenish straunge cōuersacion brought in thorow the vngracious and vnherde wickednesse of Iason which shulde not be called a prest but an vngodly personne In so moch that the prestes were now nomore occupide aboute the seruyce of the aulter but despysed the temple regarded not the offrynges yee gaue their diligēce to lerne to fight to wristle to leape to daunce to put at y e stone not settynge by y e hono r of y e fathers but liked y e glory of the Grekes best of all ▪ for the which they strous perlously and were gredy to folowe their statutes yee their lust was in all thinges to be like thē which afore were their enemies destroyers Howbeit to do wickedly agaynst y e lawe of God shal not escape vnpunyshed but of this we shal speake here after What tyme as the Olympiades sportes were played at Tyrus the kynge him selfe beinge presente this vngracious Iason sent wicked men bearinge from them of Ierusalem which now were called Antiochians iij. C. drachmas of syluer for an offerynge to Hercules These had they that caried them desyred vnder soch a fashiō as though they shulde not haue bene offred but bestowed to other vses Neuertheles he that sent them sent them to the intent that they shulde be offred vnto Hercules But because of those that were present they were geuen as to the makynge of shippes And Appollonius the sonne of Nesteus was sent in to Egipte because of the noble men of kynge Ptolomy Philometor Now when Antiochus perceaued y t he was put out from medlinge in the realme he sought his owne profit departed from thence came to Ioppa then to Ierusalem where he was honorably receaued of Iason the cite was brought in w t torche light and with greate prayse and so he turned his hoost vnto Phenices After iij. yeare Iason sent Menelaus the fore sayde Symons brother to beare the money vnto y e kynge to bringe him answere of other necessary matters But he when he was praysed of y e kynge for magnifienge of his power turned y e hye presthode vnto him self layenge vp iij. C. talētes of syluer for Iason So whē he had gotten cōmaundemētes
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
of y e good treasure of his hert bryngeth forth y t which is good and an euell mā out of the euell treasure of his hert bryngeth forth that which is euell For of the abundaunce of the hert the mouth speaketh But why call ye me LORDE LORDE do not that I saye vnto you Who so euer commeth vnto me and heareth my wordes and doth thē I wil shewe you to whom he is lyke He is like vnto a man which buylded an house and digged depe and layed y e foundacion vpon a rocke Whan the waters came the floudes bett vpon that house and coulde not moue it for it was groūded vpō y e rocke But he that heareth and doth not is like vnto a man that buylded his house vpō the earth without foundacion and the streames bett vpō it and it fell immediatly and greate was the fall of that house The VII Chapter WHan he had ended his talkynge vnto the people he wente in to Capernaum and a captaynes seruaunt laye deed sicke whom he loued Whā he herde of Iesus he sent the elders of the Iewes vnto him and prayed him that he wolde come and make his seruaunt whole But whā they came to Iesus they besought him instantly sayde He is worthy y t thou shuldest shewe this for him for he loueth oure people hath buylded vs y e synagoge And Iesus wente w t them Now whan they were not farre from y e house y e captaine sent frēdes vnto hī saiēge vnto him Oh LORDE trouble not thy self I am not worthy y t thou shuldest enter vnder my rofe and therfore I thought not my self worthy to come to y e but speake y e worde my seruaūt shal be whole For I my self also am a mā subiecte to the hygher auctorite haue soudyers vnder me And I saye vnto one Go he goeth And to another Come he cōmeth And to my seruaūt Do this he doeth it Whan Iesus herde y t he marueyled at hī turned him aboute sayde vnto y e people y t folowed hī I saye vnto you So greate faith haue I not founde no not in Israel And whā they that were sent came home agayne they founde the seruaūt that was sicke whole And it fortuned afterwarde that he wēte into a cite called Naim and many of his disciples wente with him and moch people Whan he came nye to the gate of the cite beholde there was caried out one deed which was the onely sonne of his mother and she was a wyddowe and moch people of the cite wente with her And whan the LORDE sawe her he had cōpassion on her and sayde vnto her Wepe not And he came nye and touched the Coffyn And they that bare him stode styll And he sayde Yonge man I saye vnto the Aryse And the deed sat vp and beganne to speake And he delyuered him vnto his mother And there came a feare on them all and they praysed God and sayde A greate prophet is rysen amonge vs and God hath vysited his people And this fame of him was noysed in all Iewry and in all y e regions that laye rounde aboute And the disciples of Ihō shewed him of all these thinges And Ihon called vnto him two of his disciples and sent thē vnto Iesus sayenge Art thou he that shal come or shal we loke for another Whan the men came to him they sayde Ihon y e baptist hath sent vs vnto the sayenge Art thou he that shal come or shal we loke for another At the same houre healed he many from sicknesses plages and frō euell spretes and vnto many that were blynde he gaue sight And Iesus answered sayde vnto thē Go yo r waye shewe Ihon what ye haue sene herde The blynde se the halt go the lepers are clensed the deaf heare the deed aryse the Gospell is preached vnto y e poore and blessed is he that is not offended at me Whan the messaungers of Ihō were departed Iesus begāne to speake vnto y e people cōcernynge Ihō What are ye gone out for to se in y e wyldernesse Wolde ye se a rede that is shakē w t the wynde Or what are ye gone out for to se Wolde ye se a mā clothed in soft rayment Beholde they that are gorgiously arayed lyue delycately are in kynges courtes Or what are ye gone out for to se Wolde ye se a prophet Yee I saye vnto you one that is more thē a prophet This is he of whom it is wrytten Beholde I sende my messaunger before y e face which shal prepare thy waye before the. For I saye vnto you Amonge thē y t are borne of wemē there is no greater prophet thē Ihon the baptist Notwith stondynge he that is lesse in the kyngdome of God is greater then he And all the people that herde him and y e publicans iustified God and were baptysed with the baptyme of Ihon. But the Pharises and scrybes despysed y e councell of God against thē selues were not baptised of hī But the LORDE saide Where vnto shal I licken the men of this generacion And whom are they like They are like vnto childrē which syt in the market and crye one to another and saye We haue pyped vnto you and ye haue not daunsed we haue mourned vnto you ye haue not wepte For Ihon y e baptist came and ate no bred and drāke no wyne and ye saye he hath y e deuell The sonne of man is come eateth and drynketh ye saye This man is a glutton and a wyne bebber a frende of publicans and synners And wyszdome is iustified of all hir children And one of the Pharises desyred him y t he wolde eate with him And he wente in to the Pharises house and sat him downe at y e table And beholde there was in the cite a womā which was a synner Whē she knewe that Iesus sat at the table in the Pharises house she brought a boxe with oyntment stode behynde at his fete and wepte and beganne to water his fete with teares and to drye thē w t the hayres of hir heade and kyssed his fete anoynted thē with oyntmēt But whan the Pharise which had called him sawe that he spake within himself and sayde Yf this mā were a prophet he wolde knowe who what maner of woman this is that toucheth him for she is a synner And Iesus answered and saide vnto him Simō I haue somewhat to saye vnto the. He sayde Master saye on A certayne lender had two detters the one ought fyue hundreth pens the other fiftie but whan they had no thinge to paye he forgaue thē both Tell me which of them wyl loue him most Symon answered and sayde He I suppose to whō he forgaue most Then sayde he vnto him Thou hast iudged right And he turned him to the woman and sayde vnto Symō Seist thou this womā I am come
I do not y e workes of my father beleue me not but yf I do theÌ„ theÌ„ yf ye beleue not me yet beleue y e workes y t ye maye knowe beleue y t the father is in me I in y e father They wente aboute agayne to take him but he escaped out of their haÌ„des and weÌ„te awaye agayne beyoÌ„de Iordane in to y e place where IhoÌ„ had baptysed before there he abode And many came to hiÌ„ and sayde IhoÌ„ dyd no tokeÌ„s but all y t Ihon spake of this man is true And many beleued on him there The XI Chapter THere laye one sicke named Lazarus of Bethania in y e towne of Mary hir sister Martha It was y t Mary which anoynted y e LORDE w t oyntment dryed his fete w t hir heer whose brother Lazarus laye sicke TheÌ„ sent his sisters vnto hiÌ„ sayde LORDE beholde he whoÌ„ thou louest lyeth sicke WhaÌ„ Iesus herde that he sayde This sicknesse is not vnto death but for the prayse of God y t the sonne of God maye be praysed there thorow Iesus loued Martha hir sister Lazarus Now whaÌ„ he herde that he was sicke he abode two dayes in y e place where he was After warde sayde he vnto his disciples Let vs go agayne iÌ„ to Iewry His disciples sayde vnto him Master lately wolde the Iewes haue stoned the wilt thou go thither agayne â–ª Iesus answered Are there not twolue houres in y e daye He y t walketh in the daye stombleth not for he seyeth y e light of this worlde But he that walketh in the night stoÌ„bleth for there is no light in him This he spake after warde sayde he vnto theÌ„ Lazarus o frende slepeth but I go to wake him out of slepe TheÌ„ sayde his disciples LORDE yf he slepe he shal do well ynough Howbeyt Iesus spake of his death but they thought y t he had spokeÌ„ of y e bodely slepe TheÌ„ sayde Iesus vnto theÌ„ planely Lazarus is deed I am glad for yo sakes y t I was not there that ye maye beleue Neuertheles let vs go vnto hiÌ„ TheÌ„ sayde Thomas which is called Didimus vnto y e disciples Let vs go also y t we maye dye w t hiÌ„ TheÌ„ came Iesus founde y t he had lyen in y e graue foure dayes allready Bethanye was nye vnto IerusaleÌ„ aboute fiftene furloÌ„ges And many of the Iewes were come to Martha Mary to coÌ„forte theÌ„ ouer their brother Now whaÌ„ Martha herde y t Iesus came she weÌ„te to mete him But Mary satt styl at home TheÌ„ sayde Martha vnto Iesus LORDE yf thou haddest bene here my brother had not bene deed But neuertheles I knowe also what soeuer thou axest of God that God wyl geue it the. Iesus sayde vnto her Thy brother shal ryse agayne Martha sayde vnto hiÌ„ I knowe y t he shal ryse agayne in the resurreccion at y e last daye Iesus saide vnto her I am the resurreccion the life He y t beleueth on me shal lyue though he were deed allready whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth on me shal neuer dye Beleuest thou this She saide vnto him Yee LORDE I beleue that thou art Christ the sonne of God which shulde come in to the worlde And whaÌ„ she had sayde this she weÌ„te hir waye called Mary hir sister secretly saide The maister is come calleth for the. She whan she herde that rose vp quyckly and came vnto him For Iesus was not yet come in to y e towne but was yet in the place where Martha met him The Iewes that were w t her in the house and comforted her whan they sawe Mary that she rose vp haistely wente out they folowed her saide She goeth to the graue to wepe there Now whaÌ„ Mary came where Iesus was sawe him she fell downe at his fete sayde vnto hiÌ„ LORDE yf thou haddest bene here my brother had not bene deed WhaÌ„ Iesus sawe her wepe the Iewes wepinge also y t came w t her he groned in the sprete was sory w t in himself sayde Where haue ye layed him They sayde LORDE come se it And * Iesus wepte Then sayde y e Iewes Beholde how he loued him But some of theÌ„ saide â–ª Coulde not he * which opened the eyes of y e blynde haue made also that this maÌ„ shulde not haue dyed But Iesus groned agayne iâ— himself and came to the graue It was a caue and a stone layed on it Iesus saide Take awaye y e stone Martha the sister of him â— was deed saide 〈…〉 allready for 〈…〉 Iesus sayde vnto her Sayde I not vnto the that yf thou dyddest beleue thou shuldest se the glory of God Then toke they awaye the stone where the deed laye Iesus lift vp his eyes and sayde Father I thaÌ„ke y e that thou hast herde me Howbeit I knowe that thou hearest me allwaye but because of y e people that stonde by I sayde it that they maye beleue that thou hast sent me Whan he had sayde this he cryed loude Lazarus come forth And y e deed came forth bounde hande fote w t graue clothes his face bounde w t a napkyn Iesus sayde vnto theÌ„ Lowse him let him go Many now of y e Iewes which mere come vnto Mary and sawe what Iesus dyd beleued on him But some of theÌ„ wente their waye vnto the pharises and tolde theÌ„ what Iesus had done Then the hye prestes and the pharises gathered a counceâ—l and sayde What do we This man doth many tokens Yf we let him go thus all meÌ„ wyl beleue in him theÌ„ shal the Romaynes come and take awaye oure londe and people But one of them named Caiphas which was hye prest that same yeare sayde vnto them Ye knowe nothinge nether considre ye eny thinge at all It is better for us that one maÌ„ dye for the people then that all the people shulde perishe This spake he not of himself but for so moch as he was hye prest of the same yeare he prophecied For Iesus was for to dye for the people and not for the people onely but that he shulde gather together the children of God which were scatered abrode From that daye forth they toke couÌ„cell how they might put him to death Iesus walked nomore openly amonge the Iewes but wente from thence in to a countre by the wyldernesse to a cite called Ephraim there had he his beynge with his disciples The Iewes Easter was nye at hande And there wente vp many to IerusaleÌ„ out of that countre before y e Easter to purifye them selues Then stode they vp and axed after Iesus and spake amonge them selues in the temple * What thynke ye that he coÌ„meth not to y e feast The hye prestes phaâ—ises had geuen a commaundement that yf â—ny man knewe where he were he shulde hâ—we it that they might take him
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