where the ouerbody cote ioyneth together that the brestlappe might be festened by his rynges vnto y e rynges of the ouerbody cote with a yalowe lace that it might lye close vpon y e ouerbody cote and not be lowsed from y e ouerbody cote as the LORDE commaunded Moses And he made the tunycle vnto the ouerbody cote wrought all of yalow sylke the hole therof aboue in the myddest a bonde foldē together rounde aboute the hole that it shulde not rente And beneth vpon y e hemme of it they made pomgranates of yalow sylke scarlet purple whyte twyned sylke they made belles of pure golde which they put betwixte y e pomgranates rounde aboute vpon the hemme of the tunycle a bell a pomgranate a bell a pomgranate rounde aboute to do seruyce in as the LORDE commaunded Moses And they made albes also wrought of whyte sylke for Aaron his sonnes y e myter of whyte sylke and the goodly bonettes of whyte sylke and breches of twyned whyte lynnen and the girdle of nedle worke euen of whyte twyned sylke yalow sylke scarlet and purple as the LORDE commaunded Moses They made the fore heade plate also to y e holy crowne of pure golde and wrote therin with grauen worke the holynes of the LORDE and festened a yalowe lace theron to tye 〈◊〉 vnto the myter aboue as the LORDE cōmaunded Moses Thus the whole worke of y e Habitacion of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse was fynished And the childrē of Israel dyd all that the LORDE cōmaunded Moses brought the Habitacion vnto Moses the Tabernacle all the apparell therof the buttons bordes barres pilers sokettes y e couerynge of reed slrynnes of rammes the couerynge of doo slrynnes the vayle y e Arke of wytnesse w t the staues therof the Mercyseate the table all his apparell the shewbred the candilsticke w t the lampes prepared and all his apparell oyle for the lightes the golden altare the anoyntinge oyle incense the hanginge in the Tabernacle dore the brasen altare his brasen gredyron w t his staues ▪ all his apparell y e lauer w t his foote the hangynges of y e courte w t the pilers sokettes therof y e hanginge in the courte gate w t his pilers nales all the ordynaunce fo◠the seruyce of the Habitacion of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse y e mynistringe vestimētes of Aarō y e prest to do seruyce in y e Sanctuary the garmētes of his sonnes y t they might execute y e prestes office Acordinge to all that y e LORDE cōmaunded Moses euē so dyd the childrē of Israel in all this seruyce And Moses sawe all y e worke y t they dyd it euē as y e LORDE had commaunded and he blessed them The XL. Chapter ANd y e LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde In the fyrst daye of the first moneth shalt thou set vp y e Habitaciō of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and shal put the Arke of wytnes therin and hange the vayle before y e Arke And thou shalt bringe in the table and garnish it and brynge in the cādilsticke and put the lampes theron And y e goldē altare of incense shalt thou set before y e Arke of wytnesse hange vp the hanginge in the dore of the Habitaciō But the altare of burnt offeringes shalt thou set before the dore of the Habitacion of the Tabernacle of wytnesse the lauer betwixte the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the altare and put water therin set the courte rounde aboute and hange vp the hanginge in the courte gate And thou shalt take the anoyntynge oyle and anoynte the Habitacion and all that is there in and shalt consecrate it and all y e apparell therof that it maye be holy And thou shalt anoynte the altare of burnt offerynges and all his vessels and consecrate it that it maye be most holy The lauer also his fote shalt thou anoynte consecrate And thou shalt brynge Aaron his sonnes vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and wash them with water put the holy vestimentes vpon Aaron and anoynte him and consecrate him that he maye be my prest And thou shalt brynge his sonnes also and put the albes vpon them and anoynte them as thou hast anoynted their father y t they maye be my prestes And this anoyntinge shall they haue for an euerlastinge presthode amonge their posterities And Moses dyd all as the LORDE cōmaunded him Thus was the Tabernacle set vp in the seconde yeare vpon the first daye of the first moneth And whan Moses reared it vp he fastened y e sokettes and the bordes and barres and set vp the pilers and spred out the tent ouer the Habitacion and put the couerynge of the tent aboue an hye as the LORDE commaunded him And he toke the wytnesse and layed it in the Arke and put y e staues in the Arke and set the Mercyseate aboue vpon the Arke and brought the Arke in to the Habitacion and hanged the vayle before the Arke of wytnesse as the LORDE commaunded him And he set the table in the Tabernacle of wytnesse in the corner of the Habitacion vpon the north syde without the vayle and prepared bred theron before y e LORDE as the LORDE commaunded him And he set in the candilsticke also euen ouer agaynst the table in the corner of the Habitacion vpon the south syde and put the lampes theron before y e LORDE as the LORDE commaunded him And the golden altare set he in also before the vayle and brent swete incense theron as the LORDE commaunded him And hanged vp the hangynge in the Tabernacle dore As for the altare of burnt offerynges he set it before the dore of the Habitacion of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and offred burnt offerynges and meate offerynges theron as the LORDE commaunded him And the Lauer set he betwixte the Tabernacle of wytnesse and y e altare and put water therin to wash withall And Moses Aaron and his sonnes washed their hādes and fete ther at for they ought to wash thē whan they wente in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse or whan they wente vnto the altare as the LORDE commaunded him And he set vp the courte rounde aboute the Habitacion and the altare and hanged vp y e hanginge in y e courte gate Thus Moses fynished the whole worke Then a cloude couered y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and the glory of the LORDE fylled the Habitacion And Moses coulde not go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse whyle the cloude abode theron and the glory of y e LORDE fylled the Habitacion And whan the cloude remoued from the Habitacion then wente the children of Israel forth as oft as they toke their iourney But yf the cloude remoued not then toke not they their iourney tyll the daie that it remoued for in the daye tyme was the cloude of the LORDE vpon the Habitacion
that is not of y e sede of Aaron come nye to offre incense before the LORDE y t it happē not vnto him as vnto Corah and his companye acordynge as the LORDE sayde vnto him by Moses On the nexte morow murmured y e whole congregacion of y e childrē of Israel against Moses Aarō saide Ye haue slayne y e people of y e LORDE And whan the cōgregaciō was gathered agaynst Moses Aarō they turned thē towarde y e Tabernacle of witnes And beholde thē y e cloude couered y e Tabernacle y e glory of y e LORDE appeared And Moses Aarō wēte in before y e Tabernacle of witnes And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Get you out of this cōgregacion I wil shortly consume thē And they fell vpon their faces And Moses sayde vnto Aaron Take the cēser put fyre therin frō of the altare laye incēse theron go soone to the cōgregacion make an attonement for them For the wrath is gone out from the LORDE and the plage is begōne amonge the people And Aaron dyd as Moses sayde ranne in the myddest amonge y e congregaciō And beholde y e plage was begōne And he burnt incēse made an attonemēt for the people stode betwene the deed the lyuynge and the plage ceassed But there were fourtene thousande and seuē hundreth deed in the plage besydes them that dyed aboute the busynesse of Corah And Aaron came agayne vnto Moses before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse And the plage ceassed The XVII Chapter ANd y e LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Speake to the children of Israel take of thē twolue staues of euery captayne of his fathers house one and wryte euery mans name vpon his staffe But Aarons name shalt thou wryte vpon the staffe of Leui For euery heade of their fathers house shal haue a staffe And laye thē in the Tabernacle of witnesse before the witnesse where I testifie vnto you And loke whom I shall chose his staffe shal florishe y t I maye stylle the grudginges of the children of Israel which they grudge agaynst you And Moses spake vnto the childrē of Israel all their captaynes gaue him twolue staues euery captayne a staffe after y e house of their fathers And Aarons staffe was amonge their staues also And Moses layed the staues before the LORDE in the Tabernacle of witnesse On the morow whā Moses wēte in to y e Tabernacle of witnesse he foūde y t Aarōs rodde of the house of Leui florished and brought forth blossoms bare allmondes And Moses brought forth all y e staues frō y e LORDE before all y e childrē of Israel that they might se it And they toke euery mā his staffe The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Bringe Aarōs staffe againe before the wytnesse y t it maye be kepte for a tokē to the children of rebellion that their murmuringes maye ceasse frome lest they dye Moses dyd as y e LORDE cōmaunded him And y e childrē of Israel sayde vnto Moses Beholde we cōsume awaie we are destroied perishe Who so cōmeth nye y e dwellynge place of y e LORDE he dyeth Shal we thē vtterly cōsume awaie The XVIII Chap. ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Aaron Thou thy sonnes thy fathers house w t the shal beare the myszdede of y e Sāctuary thou thy sonnes w t the shall beare the myszdede of yo r presthode But thy brethren of the trybe of Leui y e father shal come nye the be ioyned vnto the that they maye mynistre vnto ye. But thou thy sonnes w t the shal mynistre before y e Tabernacle of witnesse And they shal wayte vpō y e seruyce vpon y e seruyce of the whole Tabernacle But nye vnto the vessels of y e Sāctuary to the altare shall they not come y t both they ye dye not howbeit they shal be ioyned vnto the to wayte vpō the mynistracion in the Tabernacle of witnesse in all the seruice of the Tabernacle And there shal no straunger come nye vnto you Therfore wayte now vpon the seruyce of the Sanctuary and vpon the seruyce of the altare that there come no more wrath vpon the children of Israel For lo I haue takē yo r brethrē the Leuites frō amonge the children of Israel to be youre gifte for a presente vnto y e LORDE to do y e seruyce in y e Tabernacle of witnes As for y e and y i sonnes with the ye shal waite vpon youre prestes office that ye maye ministre in all maner busynes of the altare and within the vayle for yo r prestes office geue I vnto you for a gifte to do seruyce Yf a straunger come nye he shall dye And the LORDE sayde vnto Aaron beholde I haue geuen the my Heue offerynges And all that the children of Israel halowe haue I geuen vnto the and to thy sonnes for a perpetuall dewtye This shalt thou haue of the most holy thinges that they offer All their giftes with all their meat offeringes and with all their syn offerynges and w t all their trespace offerynges that they geue me the same shal be most holy vnto the and y e sonnes In the most holy place shalt thou eate it All that are males shall eate therof For it shal be holy vnto the. The Heue offerynge of their giftes in all the Waue offerynges of the children of Israel haue I geuen vnto the also and to thy sonnes and to thy doughters for a perpetuall dewtye Who so is cleane in thy house shal eate therof All the fat of the oyle and a◠y e fat of the wyne and corne of their firstlinges that they geue vnto the LORDE haue I geuen vnto ye. The first frutes of all that is in their londe which they bringe vnto the LORDE shal be thine Who so euer is cleane in thine house shal eate therof All dedicate thinges in Israel shal be thine All that breaketh the Matrix amonge all flesh which they brynge vnto the LORDE whether it be man or beest shal be thine But so that thou cause the firstborne of mā to be redemed and that thou cause the first borne of vncleane beestes to be redemed also They shal redeme it whan it is a moneth olde and shall geue it lowse for money euen for fyue Sycles after the Sycle of the Sanctuary which Sycle is worth twentye Geras But the first frutes of an oxe or lambe or goate shalt thou not cause to be redemed for they are holy Their bloude shalt thou sprenkle vpon the altare and their fat shalt thou burne for an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto y e LORDE Their flesh shal be thine like as y e Wauebrest and y e right shulder is thine also All the Heue offeringes that y e childrē of Israel halowe vnto y e LORDE haue I geuen vnto the to thy sonnes to thy doughters with the for
SioÌ„ aÌ„d pourge the bloude out from IerusaleÌ„ w t y e wynde of his smoke and fyre Morouer vpon all the dwellinges of the hill of Sion and vpon their whole congregacion shal the LORDE prouyde a cloude and smoke by daye and the shyninghe of a flammynge fyre by night for all their glory shal be preserued And Ierusalem shall be a tabernacle for a shadowe because of hete in the daye tyme a place and refuge where a man maye kepe him for wether and rayne The V. Chapter NOw well than I will synge my beloued frende a songe of his vynyearde My beloued frende hath a vyneyearde in a very frutefull plenteous grounde This he hedged this he walled rounde aboute and planted it with goodly grapes In the myddest of it buylded he a towre and made a wyne presse therin And afterwarde when he loked y t it shulde bringe him grapes it brought forth thornes I shewe you now my cause o ye Citysens of Ierusalem and whole Iuda Iudge I praye you betwixte me and my wynegardinge What more coude haue bene done for it that I haue not done Wherfore then hath it geuen thornes where I loked to haue had grapes of it Well I shall tell you how I will do w t my vynyarde I will take the hedge from it that it maye perish and breake downe y e wall that it maye be troden vnder fote I will laye it waist that it shall nether be twysted nor â—ut but beare thornes and breares I wil also forbyd y e cloudes that they shal not rayne vpon it As for the vynyarde of the LORDE of hoostes it is the house of Israel and whole Iuda his fayre plantinge Of these he loked for equyte but se there is wronge for rightuousnesse lo It is but misery Wo to you that ioyne one house to another and bringe one londe so nigh vnto another till ye can get no more grounde Wil ye dwell vpon the earth alone The LORDE of hoostes rowneth me thus iÌ„ myne eare shal not many greater and more gorgious houses be so waist that no man shall dwell in theÌ„ And ten akers of vynes shal geue but a Quarte and xxx bushels of sede shal geue but thre Wo be vnto them that ryse vp early to vse them selues in dronkynnes and yet at night are more superfluous with wyne In whose companies are harpes and lutes tabrettes and pâ—pes and wyne But they regarde not the worke of the LORDE and coÌ„sidre not the operacioÌ„ of his hondes Therfore cometh my folck also in captiuyte because they haue no vnderstondynge Their glory shal be myxte with huÌ„ger and their pryde shal be marred for thurste Therfore gapeth hel and openeth hyr mouth marvelous wyde that pryde boostinge and wisdome with soch as reioyse therin maye descende in to it Thus shal man haue a fall he shal be brought lowe and the high lokes of the proude layde downe But the LORDE of hoostes y e holy God shal be exalted and vntouched when he shal declare his equyte and rightuousnesse after this maner Then shal y e lambes eate their apoynted foder and shal fede plenteously in the mountaynes Wo vnto vayne persones that drawe wickednes vnto theÌ„ as it were with a coorde and synne as it were with a cart rope Which vse to speake on this maner let hâ—m make haist now and go forth w t his worke that we maye se it Let the councel of y e holy one of Israel come and drawe me y t we maye knowe it Wo vnto them that call euel good and good euel which make darcknesselight light darcknesse y t make sower swete and swete sower Wo vnto them that are wyse in their owne sight and thinke them selues to haue vnderstoÌ„dinge Wo vnto them y t are connynge men to suppe out wyne and experte to set vp droÌ„keÌ„nesse These gyue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes but condemne the iust cause of the rightuous Therfore like as fyre licketh vp the strawe and as the flame coÌ„sumeth the stubble Euen so when their root is ful their blossome shal vanish awaye like dust or smoke for they despyse the lawe of the LORDE of hoostes and blaspheme the worde of the holy maker of Israel Therfore is the wrath of the LORDE kyndled also agaynst his people and he shaketh his honde at them yee he shal smyte so that the hilles shal tremble And their carcases shal lye in the opeÌ„ stretes like myre After all this the wrath of God shall not câ—asse but he shal stretch his hoÌ„de wyder â–ª And he shal gyue a tokeÌ„ vnto a straunge people and call vnto them in a farre countre and beholde they shal come hastely with spede There is not one faynt nor feble amonge them no not a slogish nor slepery parsone There shal not one of them put of the gyrdle from his loynes ner lowse the lachet of his shue Their arowes are sharpe and their bowes bent Their horse hoofes are like flynt and their cartwheles like a stormy wynde Their crie is as it were of a lyon and the roaringe of them like lyons whelpes They shal roare and haÌ„tch vp the praye and no man shal recouer it or get it from theÌ„ In that daye they shal be so fearce vpon them as the see And yf we loke vnto the londe beholde it shal be all darcknesse and sorowe Yf we loke to heauen beholde it shal be darck with careful desperacion The vj Chapter IN the same yeare y y kynge Osias dyed I â—aâ—e the LORDE sittinge vpon an high and glorious seate and his trayne fylled y e palace From aboue flakred the Seraphins wherof euery one had sex wynges With twayne ech couered his face w t twayne his fete and with twayne dyd he flye They cried also ech one to other on this maner holy holy holy is the LORDE of hoostes The whole worlde is ful of his glory Yee the geastes and dorechekes moued at their crienge and the house was ful of smoke Then I sayde O wo is me For I was astonished that I which am a man of vnclene lippes and dwell amonge people y t hath vnclene lippes also Shulde se y e Kynge and LORDE of hoostes with myne eyes Then flewe one of the Seraphins vnto me hauinge a hote cole in his honde which he had taken from the aulter with the tonges and touched my mouth and sayde lo this hath touched thy mouth thy vnrightuousnes is taken awaye and thy synne forgeuen After this I herde the voyce of the LORDE takinge advysement on this maner Whom shall I sende and who wil be oure messaunger TheÌ„ I sayde here am I sende me And so he sayde go and tel this people ye shall heare in dede but ye shal not vnderstonde ye shal plane lyse and not perceaue Harden the harte of this people stoppe their eares and shut their eyes that they se not w t their
bloude of my sacrifice with sowre dowe and the fat of my feast shal not remayne till the mornynge The first of the first frutes of thy felde shalt thou brynge in to the house of the LORDE thy God And shalt not seeth a kydd whyle it is in his mothers mylke Beholde I sende an angell before the to kepe the in the waye and to brynge the vnto the place that I haue prepared Therfore be warre of his face and herken vnto his voyce and anger him not for he shall not spare youre myszdedes my name is in him But yf thou shalt herken vnto his voyce and do all that I shal tell the then wyl I be enemie vnto thy enemyes and aduersary vnto thy aduersaries Now whā myne angell goeth before the bryngeth the vnto y e Amorites Hethites Pheresites Cananites Heuites Iebusites I shall haue destroyed them then shalt thou not worshipe their goddes ner serue them nether shalt thou do as they do but shalt ouerthrowe their goddes breake thē downe But y e LORDE yo r God shal ye serue so shal he blesse thy bred thy water and I wyl remoue all sicknesse from the. There shal be nothinge baren ner vnfrutefull in thy londe and I wil fulfill the nombre of thy dayes I wil sende my feare before the and sley all the people where thou cōmest will make all thine enemies to turne their backes vpō the. I wyll sende hornettes before y e and dryue out the Heuytes Cananites and Hethytes before the ▪ In one yeare wyl I not cast thē out before the y t the londe become not waist wylde beastes multiply agaynst y t By litle litle wyll I dryue them out before the tyll thou growe haue the londe in possession And I wil set the borders of thy londe euen from the reed see vnto y e see of the Philistynes from the wyldernes vnto the water For I wil delyuer the indwellers of the londe in to thine hande y t thou shalt dryue them out before the. Thou shalt make no couenaunt w t them ner with their goddes but let thē not dwell in thy lande that they make the not synne ageynst me For yf thou serue their goddes it wil surely be thy decaye The XXIIII Chapter ANd he sayde vnto Moses Come vp vnto the LORDE thou Aaron Nadab and Abihu and the seuētie elders of Israel worshipe afarre of But let Moses onely come nye vnto the LORDE and let not them come nye and let not the people also come vp with him Moses came and tolde the people all the wordes of the LORDE all the lawes Then answered all the people with one voyce and sayde All y e wordes that the LORDE hath sayde wyl we do Then wrote Moses all the wordes of y e LORDE gat him vp bytymes in the mornynge * buylded an altare vnder y e mount with twolue pilers acordinge to the twolue trybes of Israel sent twolue yonge mē of the children of Israel to offre burnt offerynges and peace offerynges theron of bullockes vnto the LORDE And Moses toke the half parte of the bloude and put it in a basen the other half sprenkled he vpon the altare toke the boke of y e couenaunt cried in the eares of the people And whan they had sayde All y t the LORDE hath sayde wil we do herken vnto him Moses toke the bloude sprenkled it vpon the people sayde Beholde this is y e bloude of the couenaunt that the LORDE maketh w t you vpon all these wordes Then wente Moses Aaron Nadab Abihu the seuentye elders of Israel vp sawe y e God of Israel Vnder his fete it was like a stone worke of Saphyre as the fashion of heauē whā it is cleare he put not his hāde vpō the pryncipall of Israel And whan they had sene God they ate dronke And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Come vp vnto me vpon the mount remayne there y t I maye geue the tables of stone y e lawe commaundemētes y t I haue wrytten which thou shalt teach thē Then Moses gat him vp his mynister Iosua wente vp in to the mount of God sayde vnto the elders Tary ye here tyll we come to you agayne beholde Aaron and Hur are with you yf eny mā haue a matter to do let him brynge it vnto them Now whā Moses came vp in to y e moūt a cloude couered y e mount the glory of y e LORDE abode vpon mount Sinai couered it w t the cloude sixe dayes vpon the seuēth daye he called Moses out of y e cloude And y e fashion of y e glory of y e LORDE was like a cōsumynge fyre vpon the toppe of y e mount in the sight of the children of Israel And Moses wente in to the myddest of the cloude and ascēded vp in to the mount and abode vpon the mount fourtye dayes fourtye nightes The XXV Chapter ANd y e LORDE talked w t Moses ayde Speake vnto y e childrē of Israel y t they geue me an Heue offerynge take the some of euery man that hath a frewyllynge hert therto And this is the Heue-offerynge that ye shal take of them Golde syluer brasse yalowe sylke scarlet purple whyte twyned sylke goates hayre reed skynnes of rammes doo skynnes Fyrre tre oyle for lampes spyces for the anoyntynge oyle and for swete incense Onix stones and set stones for the ouerbody cote and for the brestlappe And they shall make me a Sanctuary that I maie dwell amonge them Like as I shal shewe y e a patrone of the Habitacion and of all the ornamentes therof so shall ye make it Make an Arke of Fyrre tre two cubytes a half longe a cubyte a half brode and a cubyte an half hye this shalt thou ouerleye with pure golde within and without make an hye vpō it a crowne of golde rounde aboute and cast foure rynges of golde put them in the foure corners of it so that two rynges be vpon the one syde and two vpon the other syde And make staues of Fyrre tre and ouerlaye them with golde and put them in the rynges alonge by the sydes of the Arke to beare it withall and they shal abyde styll in the rynges not be takē out And in y e Arke thou shalt laye the wytnesse that I wyl geue the. Thou shalt make a Mercyseate also of pure golde two cubytes and a half longe and a cubyte a half brode And thou shalt make two Cherubyns of beaten golde vpō both y e endes of the Mercyseate y t the one Cherub maye be vpon the one ende the other vpon the other ende so to be two Cherubyns vpon the endes of the Mercyseate And the Cherubyns shall sprede out
it be eaten for it is holy And thus shalt thou do with Aaron and his sonnes all that I haue commaunded ye. Seuen dayes shalt thou fyll their handes and offer a bullocke daylie for a synne offeringe because of them y t shal be reconciled And thou shalt halowe the altare whan thou reconcylest it shalt anoynte it that it maye be consecrated Seuen dayes shalt thou reconcyle the altare consecrate it that it maye be an altare of the Most holy Who so wyll touch the altare must be consecrated And this shalt thou do with the altare Two lambes of one yeare olde shalt thou offer euery daye vpon it the one lambe in the mornynge and the other at euen And to one lambe a tenth deale of wheate floure meÌ„gled with y e fourth parte of an Hin of beaten oyle and y e fourth parte of an Hin of wine for a drynk offerynge With the other lambe at euen shalt thou do like as with y e meate offerynge and drynk offerynge in the mornynge for a swete sauoure of sacrifice vnto y e LORDE This is the daylie burnt offerynge amonge youre posterities at the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the LORDE where I will proteste vnto you and talke with the. There wil I proteste vnto the children of Israel and be sanctified in my glory and wyl halowe the Tabernacle of wytnes and the altare and consecrate AaroÌ„ and his sonnes to be my prestes And I wyl dwell amonge the children of Israel wyll be their God so y t they shal knowe how that I am the LORDE their God which brought them out of the londe of Egipte that I might dwell amonge them euen I the LORDE their God The XXX Chapter THou shalt make also an incense altare to burne incense of Fyrre tre a cubyte longe brode eauen foure squared and two cubytes hye with his hornes shalt ouerlaye it with pure golde the rofe the walles of it rounde aboute and the hornes therof a crowne of golde shalt thou make rounde aboute it and two golde rynges on ether syde vnder the crowne that there maie be staues put therin to beare it with all The staues shalt thou make of Fyrre tre also and ouerlaye theÌ„ with golde and shalt set it before the vayle that hangeth before the Arke of wytnesse and before the Mercy seate y t is vpon the wytnesse from whence I wyl proteste vnto the. And Aaron shal burne swete incense theron euery morninge whaÌ„ he dresseth the lampes In like maner whan he lighteth the lampes at euen he shall burne soch incense also This shal be the daylie incense before the LORDE amonge youre posterities Ye shall put no straunge incense therin offer no burnt offerynge ner meat offerynge nether drynk offerynge theron And vpon y e hornes of it shall Aaron reconcyle once in a yeare with y e bloude of the synne offerynge which they shall offer that are reconcyled This shal be done amonge youre posterities for this is the most holy vnto the LORDE And the LORDE Espake vnto Moses and sayde Whan thou nombrest the heades of the children of Israel then shal euery one geue vnto the LORDE the reconcylinge of his soule y t there happeÌ„ not a plage vnto them whan they are nombred Euery one that is tolde in the nombre shall geue half a Sycle after the Sycle of the Sanctuary one Sycle is worth twentye Geras This half Sycle shal be y e LORDES Heue offerynge Who so is in the nombre from twenty yeare and aboue shal geue this Heue offerynge vnto y e LORDE The riche shal not geue more and the poore shal not geue lesse in the half Sycle which is geuen vnto the LORDE to be an Heue offerynge for the reconcylinge of their soules And this money of recoÌ„cilinge shalt thou take of the children of Israel put it to the Gods seruyce of the Tabernacle of wytnes that it maye be a remembraunce vnto the children of Israel before the LORDE that he maye let himself be reconcyled ouer their soules And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Thou shalt make a brasen lauer also with a fote of brasse to wash and shalt set it betwixte the Tabernacle of witnesse and y e altare and put water therin that AaroÌ„ and his sonnes maye wash their handes and fete therout whan they go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse or to the altare to mynistre vnto the LORDE with offerynge incense y t they dye not This shal be a perpetuall custome for him and his sede amonge their posterities And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Take vnto the spyces of the best fyue hundreth Sycles of Myrre and of CynamoÌ„ half so moch euen two hundreth and fyftie and of Kalmus two hundreth and fiftye and of Cassia fyue hundreth after the Sycle of the Sanctuary an Hin of oyle olyue and make an holy anoyntinge oyle after the craft of the Apotecary And there w t shalt thou anoynte the Tabernacle of wytnesse the Arke of wytnes the table with all his apparell y e candilsticke with his apparell the altare of incense the altare of burnt offerynges with all his apparell the lauer with his fote and thus shalt thou consecrate them that they maye be most holy for who so wil touch theÌ„ must be consecrated Thou shalt anoynte Aaron also and his sonnes and consecrate them to be my prestes And thou shalt speake vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel and saye This oyle shal be an holy oyntment vnto me amonge yo r posterities It shal not be poured vpon mans body nether shalt thou make eny soch like it for it is holy therfore shal it be holy vnto you Who so maketh eny soch like or geueth a strauÌ„ger therof the same shal be roted out from amonge his people And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Take vnto the spyces Balme Stacte Galban and pure franckencense of one as moch as of another and make incense therof after the craft of the Apotecary myngled together that it maye be pure holy And thou shalt beate it to poulder and shalt put of the same before the wytnesse in the Tabernacle of wytnesse from whenâ—e I wyll proteste vnto the but it shal be holy vnto the for the LORDE Who so maketh soch to cense therwith shal be roted out from amoÌ„ge his people The XXXI Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses saide I haue called by name Bezaleel the sonne of Vri y e sonne of Hur of y e trybe of Iuda and haue fylled him with y e sprete of God with wyszdome and vnderstoÌ„dynge and knowlege and to worke with all maner of connynge worke in golde syluer brasse to graue stones connyngly and to set them to carue well in tymbre and to make all maner worke And beholde I haue geuen him Ahaliab the sonne of Ahisamach of the trybe of Dan to be his companyon and haue geuen
the sonne of Vaphsi of the trybe of Nephtali Guel the sonne of Machi of the trybe of Gad. These are the names of the men whom Moses sent forth to spye out the lande As for Hosea the sonne of Nun Moses called him Iosua Now whan Moses sent thē forth to spye out the lande of Canaan he sayde vnto thē Go vp southwarde and get you vp to the mountaynes and loke vpon the londe how it is and the people that dwell therin whether they be stronge or weake fewe or many and what maner of lande it is that they dwell in whether it be good or bad what maner of cities they be that they dwell in whether they be fenced with walles or not and what maner of lande it is whether it be fatt or leane and whether there be trees therin or not Be of a good corage and bringe of the frutes of the londe It was euen aboute the tyme that grapes are first rype They wente vp spyed the lande from y e wildernes of Zin vntyll Rehob as mē go vnto Hemath They wente vp also towarde the south and came vnto Hebron where Ahiman was and Sesai and Thalmai the children of Enack Hebron was buylded seuen yeare before Zoan in Egipte And they came to the ryuer of Escol and there they cut downe a cluster of grapes and caused two to beare it vpon a staffe pomgranates also and fygges The place is called the ryuer of Escol because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut downe there Howbeit Caleb stylled y e people that was agaynst Moses and sayde vnto them Let vs go vp and conquere the lande for we are able to ouercome it But the men that wente vp with him sayde We are not able to go vp agaynst that people for they are to stronge for vs. And of the lande that they had searched they brought vp an euell reporte amonge the childrē of Israel and saide The lāde that we haue gone thorow to spye out eateth vp the indwellers therof and all the people that we sawe therin are men of greate stature We sawe giauntes there also yee giauntes as the children of Enack and we semed in oure sighte as y e greshoppers and so dyd we in their sighte The XIIII Chapter THen the whole cōgregacion toke on and cryed and the people wepte y t night And all the childrē of Israel murmured agaynst Moses and Aaron and the whole congregacion sayde vnto them Oh that we had dyed in the lande of Egipte or that we might dye yet in this wyldernesse Wherfore bryngeth the LORDE vs in to this lande that oure wyues shulde fall thorow the swerde and ouer children be a praye Is it not better that we go agayne in to Egipte And they sayde one to another Let vs make a captayne and go in to Egipte agayne But Moses Aaron fell vpō their faces before y e whole cōgregacion of the multitude of the childrē of Israel And Iosua y e sonne of Nun Caleb y e sonne of Iephune which also had spyed out the lande rente their clothes spake to the whole cōgregacion of the children of Israel The londe y t we haue walked thorow to spye it out is a very good lande Yf the LORDE haue lust vnto vs he shal brynge vs in to the same londe geue it vs which is a lāde that floweth with mylke hony But in anye wyse rebell not ye agaynst the LORDE feare not y e people of this lande for we wil eate thē vp as bred Their defence is departed frō them but the LORDE is w t vs be not ye afrayed of them And all the people bad stone them w t stones Then appeared the glory of the LORDE in the Tabernacle of witnesse vnto all the children of Israel the LORDE sayde vnMoses How longe shal this people blaspheme me And how longe wil it be or they beleue me for all the tokēs that I haue shewed amonge them I wil smyte them with pestilence destroye thē wil make of the a greater mightier people then this is But Moses sayde vnto y e LORDE Then shal y e Egipcians heare it for w t thy power hast thou brought this people from amōge thē so shal it be tolde the inhabiters of this lande also which haue herde y t thou O LORDE art amonge this people y t thou art sene from face to face that thy cloude stondeth ouer them and that thou goest before them in the cloudy piler on the daye tyme and in the fyrie piler on the night season Yf thou shuldest now slaye this people as one man then the Heythen that haue herde so good reporte of the shulde saye The LORDE was not able to brynge the people in to the londe that he sware vnto them therfore hath he slayne them in the wyldernes So let the power of the LORDE now be greate acordinge as thou hast spoken and sayde The LORDE is of longe sufferaunce and of greate mercy and forgeueth synne and trespace and leaueth no man innocent vysiteth the myszdede of the fathers vpon the children in to the thirde and fourth generacion O be gracious now vnto the synne of this people acordinge to thy greate mercy like as thou hast forborne this people also euer from Egipte vnto this place And the LORDE sayde I haue forgeuē it as thou hast saide But as truly as I lyue all y e worlde shal be full of my glory For of all y e men that haue sene my glory my tokens which I dyd in Egipte and in the wildernesse and tempted me now ten tymes haue not herkened vnto my voyce there shall not one se the londe that I sware vnto their fathers nether shal eny of them that haue blasphemed me se it But my seruaūt Caleb because there is another maner sprete with him because he hath folowed me him wil I brynge in to the lande which he hath gone thorow his sede shal conquere it and y e Amalechites also and the Cananites that dwell in the lowe countrees Tomorow turne you and get you to the wyldernesse in the waye towarde the reed see And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron sayde How lōge shal this euell multitude murmur agaynst me For I haue herde the murmuringe of the childrē of Israel y t they haue murmured agaynst me Tell them therfore As trulye as I lyue sayeth y e LORDE I wil do vnto you euen as ye haue spoken in myne eares Youre carcases shal lye in this wildernesse And all ye that were nombred from twentye yeare and aboue which haue murmured agaynst me shall not come in to the lande cōcernynge the which I lift vp my hāde y t I wolde let you dwell therin saue Caleb y e sonne of Iephune and Iosua the sonne of Nun. You re children of whom ye sayde They shal be a spoyle
all the apparell be vnweyed because the metall was so moch Morouer Salomon made all the apperell that belonged vnto the house of the LORDE namely a golden altare a golden table that the shewbred laye on fyue candelstickes on the righte hande and fyue candelstickes on the lefte before the quere of pure golde w t floures lampes and snoffers of golde therto flat peces charges basens spones and censours of pure golde And the hokes of y e dores on the insyde of the house in the most holy and in the dores of the house of the teÌ„ple of the LORDE were of golde Thus all the worke that kynge Salomon made in y e house of the LORDE was fynisshed And Salomon brought in that his father Dauid had sanctified of syluer and golde and ornamentes and layed it amonge the treasures of the house of the LORDE The VIII Chapter THen gathered kynge Salomon all y e Elders in Israel together all the rulers of the trybes and prynces of the fathers amonge the children of Israel vnto Ierusalem to brynge vp the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE out of the cite of Dauid that is Sion And there resorted vnto kynge Salomon all the men in Israel at the feast in the moneth Ethanim that is y e seuenth moneth And whan all y e Elders of Israel came the prestes toke the Arke of the LORDE and broughte it vp and the Tabernacle of witnesse and all the ornamentes of the Sanctuary that were in the Tabernacle This dyd the prestes and the Leuites And kynge Salomon and all the congregacion of Israel y t were gathered vnto him wente with him before the Arke and offred shepe and bullockes so many that they coulde not be nombred ner tolde So the prestes broughte the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt vnto hir place euen in to y e Quere of the house in the most holy vnder y e wynges of the Cherubins For y e Cherubins spred out their wynges in the place where the Arke stode and couered the Arke and the staues therof from aboue And the staues were so loÌ„ge that y e knoppes of them were sene from the Sanctuary before y e quere but on the outsyde were they not sene and they were there vnto this daye And in the Arke there was nothinge but onely the two tables of stone which Moses had layed therin at Horeb whan y e LORDE made a couenaunt with the children of Israel what tyme as they were departed out of the londe of Egipte But whan the prestes wente out of the Sanctuary a cloude fylled the house of the LORDE so y t the prestes coulde not stonde execute the office for the cloude for the glory of the LORDE fylled the LORDES house Then sayde Salomon The LORDE sayde that he wolde dwell in a darke cloude I haue buylded an â—ouse to be an habitacion vnto the a seate y t thou mayest dwell there for euer And y e kynge turned his face blessed all the congregacion of Israel And all the coÌ„gregacion of Israel stode he sayde Praysed be the LORDE God of Israel which promised by his mouth vnto my father Dauid and by his haÌ„de hath fulfylled it and sayde Sence the daye y t I broughte my people of Israel out of Egipte haue I chosen no cite amoÌ„ge all the trybes of Israel to buylde me an house that my name might be there But Dauid haue I chosen to be ouer my people of Israel And in dede my father Dauid was mynded to buylde an house vn to the name of the LORDE God of Israel neuertheles the LORDE sayde vnto my father Dauid Where as thou wast mynded to buylde an house vnto my name thou hast done well that thou art so aduysed Howbeit thou shalt not buylde the house but thy sonne which shal come out of thy loynes he shal buylde an house vn to my name And the LORDE hath perfourmed his worde that he spake For I am come vp in my father Dauids steade and syt vpon the seate of Israel as the LORDE sayde and haue buylded an house vnto the name of the LORDE God of Israel and there haue I ordeyned a place for the Arke wherin is the LORDES couenaunt which he made with oure fathers whan he broughte them out of y e londe of Egipte And Salomon stode before the altare of the LORDE in the presence of the whole congregacion of Israel and helde out his handes towarde heauen and sayde O LORDE God of Israel there is no god like the nether aboue in heauen ner beneth vpoÌ„ earth thou that kepest couenauÌ„t and mercy for all thy seruauntes that walke before y e with all their hert thou that hast kepte promes with my father Dauid thy seruaunt With thy mouth thou saydest it and with thy hande hast thou fulfylled it as it is come to passe this daye Now LORDE God of Israel make good vnto my father Dauid y e seruaunt that which thou hast promysed him and sayde Thou shalt not wante a man before me to syt vpon the seate of Israel yf thy childreÌ„ kepe their waye so y t they walke before me like as thou hast walked before me Now thou God of Israel let y e worde be verified which thou hast promysed vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt For thynkest thou y t God dwelleth vpon earth Beholde the heauens and the heauens of all heauens maye not contayne the how shulde then this house do it that I haue buylded But turne the vnto the prayer of thy seruaunt and to his supplicacion O LORDE my God that thou mayest heare the thankesgeuynge and prayer which thy seruaunt maketh before the this daye so that thine eyes be open ouer this house night and daye euen ouer this place wherof thou saydest My name shall dwell there That thou mayest heare the prayer which thy seruauÌ„t maketh in this place heare the intercession of y e seruaunt of thy people of Israel which they shall make here in this place of thy habitacion in heauen and whan thou hearest it be gracious Whan eny maÌ„ synneth agaynst his neghboure and taketh vpon him an ooth wherwith he byndeth himselfe and y e ooth commeth before thine altare in this house then heare thou in heaueÌ„ and se that thy seruauntes haue right to condemne the vngodly and to brynge his waye vpon his owne heade and to iustifie the righteous to geue him acordinge to his righteousnes Whan thy people of Israel is smytten before their enemies whyle they haue synned agaynst the and yf they turne vnto the and knowlege thy name make their prayer and intercession vnto the in this house theÌ„ heare thou them in heauen and be mercifull vnto the synne of thy people of Israel and brynge them agayne into the londe y t thou hast geuen vnto their fathers Whan the heauen is shut vp so y t it rayneth not for so moch as they haue synned agaynst the and
courte and dores in the courte and ouerlayed y e dores with brasse And the lauer set he on the righte syde towarde the south east And Hiram made cauldrous shouels and basens So Hiram fynished the worke which he made for kynge Salomon in the house of God namely the two pilers with the roundels and knoppes aboue vpon both the pilers and both the wrythen ropes to couer both the roundels of y e knoppes aboue vpō the pilers and the foure hundreth pomgranates on both the wrythē ropes two rowes of pomgranates on euery rope to couer the roundels of the knoppes that were aboue vpon the pilers He made the stoles also and y e kettels vpon the stoles and a lauer and twolue bullockes there vnder And pottes shouels fleshokes and all their vessels made Hiram Abif of pure metall for kynge Salomon vnto the house of the LORDE In the coaste of Iordane dyd the kynge cause them to be molten in thicke earth betwene Suchoth and Zaredatha And Salomon made all these vessels which were so many that the weight of y e metall was not to be soughte out And Salomen made all the ornamentes for the house of God namely the golden altare the tables and the shewbreds theron the candelstickes with their lampes of pure golde to burne before the Quere acordinge to the maner and the floures and the lampes and the snoffers were of golde all these were of pure golde And the knyues basens spones and pottes were of pure golde And the intraunce and his dores within vnto the Most holy and the dores of the house of the temple were of golde Thus was all y e worke fynished which Salomon made in the house of the LORDE The V. Chapter ANd Salomon broughte in all y t his father Dauid had sanctified namely syluer and golde and all maner of ornamentes and layed them in the treasures of the house of God Thē gathered Salomon all the Elders in Israel together all y e heades of the trybes prynces of the fathers amōge the childrē of Israel vnto Ierusalē to brynge vp the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE out of the cite of Dauid that is Sion And there resorted vnto the kynge all the men in Israel at the feast that is in the seuenth moneth and all y e Elders in Israel came And y e Leuites toke the Arke broughte it vp with the Tabernacle of witnesse and all the holy vessels that were in the Tabernacle and y e prestes and Leuites broughte them vp As for kynge Salomon and all the cōgregacion of Israel that was gathered vnto him before the Arke they offred shepe and oxen so many that no man coulde nombre ner reken them Thus the prestes broughte the Arke of y e couenaunt of the LORDE vnto hir place in to the quere of the house euen in to y e Most holy vnder the wynges of the Cherubins so that the Cherubins spred out their wynges ouer the place of the Arke and the Cherubins couered the Arke and the staues therof from aboue And the staues were so longe y t the knoppes of them were sene from the Arke before the quere but on the outsyde were they not sene And it was there vnto this daye And there was nothinge in the Arke saue the two tables which Moses put therin at Horeb whan the LORDE made a couenaunt with the childrē of Israel what tyme as they were departed out of Egipte And whan the prestes wente out of the Sanctuary for all y e prestes that were founde sanctified them selues because the courses were not kepte the Leuites with all those that were vnder Asaph Heman Iedithun and their children and brethren beynge clothed in lynnen songe with Cymbales psalteries and harpes and stode towarde the east parte of the altare and an hundreth twentye prestes with them which blewe w t trompettes And it was as yf one dyd trompet and synge as though a voyce had bene herde of praysinge and geuynge thankes vnto the LORDE And whan the voyce arose from y e trompettes cymbales and other instrumentes of musick and from praysinge the LORDE because he is gracious and because his mercy endureth for euer the house of the LORDE was fylled on the ynsyde with a cloude so y t the prestes coulde not stonde to mynister for the cloude for the glory of the LORDE fylled the house of God The VI. Chapter THen sayde Salomon The LORDE sayde that he wolde dwell in a darck cloude I haue buylded an house to be an habitacion vnto the a seate y t thou mayest dwell there for euer And the kynge turned his face and blessed all the congregacion of Israel for the whole cōgregacion of Israel stode he sayde Praysed be the LORDE God of Israel which promysed by his mouth vnto my father Dauid and with his hande hath fulfylled it whā he sayde Sēce the tyme that I broughte my people out of the londe of Egipte I haue chosen no cite in all y e trybes of Israel to buylde an house for my name to be there nether haue I chosen eny man to be prynce ouer my people of Israel But Ierusalem haue I chosen for my name to be there Dauid haue I electe to be prynce ouer my people of Israel And whan my father Dauid was mynded to buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE God of Israel the LORDE sayde vnto Dauid my father Where as thou wast mynded to buylde an house vnto my name thou hast done well howbeit thou shalt not buylde the house but thy sonne which shall come out of thy loynes shal buylde the house vnto my name Thus hath y e LORDE now perfourmed his worde that he spake for I am come vp in my father Dauids steade and syt vpon the seate of Israel euen as the LORDE sayde haue buylded an house vnto the name of y e LORDE God of Israel in it haue I put y e Arke wherin is the couenaunt of y e LORDE which he made with the childrē of Israel And he stode before the altare of the LORDE in the presence of the whole congregacion of Israel and spred out his handes for Salomon had made a brasen pulpit and set it in the myddes of the courte fyue cubites longe and fyue cubites brode and thre cubites hye vpon the same stode he and fell downe vpon his knees in the presence of the whole cōgregacion of Israel and helde out his handes towarde heauē and sayde O LORDE God of Israel there is no god like the nether in heauen ner vpon earth thou that kepest couenaunt and mercy for thy seruauntes that walke before the with all their hert Thou hast kepte promes w t my father Dauid thy seruaunt With thy mouth thou saydest it and with thy hande hast thou fulfylled it as it is come to passe this daye Now LORDE God of Israel make good vnto my father Dauid y i seruaunt that which thou hast promysed
prayse For thou hast delyuered my soule froÌ„ death my fete froÌ„ fallinge y t I maye walke before God in y e light of y e lyuynge The LVI A psalme of Dauid BE mercifull vnto me o God be mercifull vnto me for my soule trusteth in y e â–ª vnder the shadowe of thy wynges shal be my refuge vntill wickednesse be euer past I call vnto God y e most hyest eueÌ„ y e God y t shal helpe me vp agayne â—e shal sende froÌ„ heauen saue me froÌ„ the reprofe of him that wolde swalowe me vp Sela. This shal God sende for his mercy and faithfulnesse sake I lye with my soule amonge the cruell lyons euen amonge the children of men whose tethe are speares and arowes and their tonge a sharpe swerde Set vp thy self o God aboue the heaueÌ„s and thy glory aboue all the earth They haue layed a nett for my fete pressed downe my soule they haue dygged a pyt before me and are fallen in to it them selues Sela. My hert is ready o God my hert is ready to synge and geue prayse Awake o my glory awake lute and harpe I my self wil awake right early I wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the o LORDE amonge the people I wil synge prayses vnto the amonge the HeitheÌ„ For y e greatnes of thy mercy reacheth â—â—to the heauens and thy faithfulnesse vnto 〈◊〉 cloudes Set vp thy self o God 〈…〉 heaueÌ„s thy glory aboue all y e earth The LVII A psalme of Dauid â—F youre myndes be vpon rightuousâ—esse in dede then iudge the thinge that is right o ye sonnes of men But ye ymagin myschefe in youre hertes and youre hondes deale with wickednesse The vngodly are frowarde eueÌ„ from their mothers wombe as soone as they be borne they go astraie speake lyes They are as furious as the serpent euen like the deaf Adder that stoppeth hir eares That she shulde not heare the voyce of the charmer charme he neuer so wysely Breake their teth o God in their mouthes smyte the chaft bones of the lyons whelpes in sonder o LORDE That they maye fall awaye like water y e runneth a pace and that when they shote their arowes they maye be brokeÌ„ Let theÌ„ coÌ„sume awaye like a snale like the vntymely frute of a woman and let them not se the Sonne Or euer youre thornes be sharpe the wrath shal take them awaye quycke like a stormy wynde The rightuous shal reioyse when he seyth the vengeaunce and shal wash his fete in the bloude of the vngodly So that meâ— shal saye verely there is a rewarde for y e rightuous doutles there is a God that iudgeth the earth The LVIII A psalme of Dauid DElyuer me fro myne enemies o my God defende me froÌ„ theÌ„ y t ryse vp agaynst me O delyuer me froÌ„ the wicked doers saue me froÌ„ the bloudthurstie meÌ„ For lo they lye waytinge for my soule y e mightie meÌ„ are gathered together against me w t out eny offence or faute of me o LORDE They ruÌ„ne prepare theÌ„ selues w t out my faute Arise come thou helpe me beholde StoÌ„de vp o LORDE God of hoostes thou God of Israel to vyset all Heithen be not mercifull vnto theÌ„ y t offende of malicious wickednesse Sela. Let theÌ„ go to fro runne aboute the cite youlinge like dogges Beholde they speake agaynst me w t their mouth swerdes are vnder their lippes for who reproueth theÌ„ But thou o LORDE shalt haue them in derision thou shalt laugh all HeitheÌ„ to scorne My streÌ„gth do I ascrybe vnto the for thou o God art my defender God sheweth me his goodnesse plenteously God letteth me se my desyre vpoÌ„ myne enemies SlayetheÌ„ not lest my people forget it but scatre theÌ„ abrode with thy power put theÌ„ downe o LORDE oure defence For y e synne of their mouth for the wordes of their lippes because of their pryde let theÌ„ be taken why their preachinge is of cursynge lyes CoÌ„sume them in y i wrath coÌ„sume theÌ„ y t they maye perish knowe y t it is God which ruleth in Iacob and in all the worlde Sela. Let theÌ„ go to fro ruÌ„ne aboute the cite youlinge like dogges Let theÌ„ runne here there for meate and grudge when they haue not ynough As for me I wil synge of thy power aÌ„d prayse thy mercy betymes in the mornynge for thou art my defence and refuge in the tyme of my trouble Vnto the o my strength wil I synge for thou o God art my defence and my merciful God The LIX A psalme of Dauid O God thou y t hast cast vs out and scatred vs abrode thou y t hast bene so sore displeased at vs coÌ„forte vs agayne Thou y t hast remoued the loÌ„de deuyded it heale the sores therof for it shaketh Thou hast shewed thy people heuy thinges thou hast geuen vs a drynke off wyne y t we sloÌ„bre withall Yet hast thou geueÌ„ a tokeÌ„ for soch as feare the y t they maye cast it vp in y e treuth Sela. That thy beloued might be delyuered helpe them with thy right hande and heare me God hath spokeÌ„ in his SaÌ„ctuary which thinge reioyseth me I wil deuyde SicheÌ„ mete out the valley 〈◊〉 Suchoth Galaad is myne Manasses is myne Ephraim is the strength of my heade Iuda is my captayne Moab is my washpotte ouer Edom wil I stretch out my shue Philistea shal be glad of me Who will lede me in to the stronge cite Who will bringe me in to Edom Shalt not thou do it o God thou y t hast cast vs out thou God y t wentest not out w t o r hoostes O be thou oure helpe in trouble for vayne is the helpe of man Thorow God we shal do greate actes for it is he that shal treade downe oure enemies The LX. A psalme of Dauid HEare my crienge o God geue hede vnto my prayer From the endes of y e earth wil I call vnto the wheÌ„ my herte is in trouble Oh set me vp vpoÌ„ an hye rocke For thou art my hope a stronge tower for me agaynst the enemie I will dwell in thy tabernacle for euer that I maye be safe vnder the couerynge of thy wynges Sela. For thou o LORDE hast herde my desyres thou hast geuen an heretage vnto those that feare thy name Thou shalt graunte the kynge a loÌ„ge life that his yeares maye endure thorow out all generacions That he maye dwell before God for euer Oh let thy louynge mercy faithfulnes preserue him So wil I allwaye synge prayses vnto thy name y t I maye daylie perfourme my vowes The LXI A psalme of Dauid MY soule wayteth only vpon God for of him commeth my helpe He only is my streÌ„gth my saluacion my defence so y t I shal not greatly fall How longe wil ye ymagin myschefe agaynst euery man ye shal be slayne all y e sorte of you
meÌ„ to burne Of this he taketh and warmeth himself withall he maketh a fyre of it to bake bred And after warde maketh a god there of to honoure it and an Idol to knele before it One pece he burneth in the fyre with another he rosteth flesh that he maye eate roste his bely full with the thirde he warmeth himself and saieth A ha I am well warmed I haue bene at the fyre And of the residue he maketh him a god and an Idol for himself He kneleth before it he worshippeth it he prayeth vnto it and sayeth delyuer me for thou art my god Yet men nether considre ner vnderstonde because their eyes are stopped that they can not se and their hertes that they can not perceaue They pondre not in their myndes for they haue nether knowlege ner vnderstoÌ„dinge to thinke thus I haue breÌ„t one pece in the fyre I haue baked bred w t y e coles there of I haue rosted flesh withall eaten it Shal I now of the residue make an abhominacion and fall downe before a rotten pece of wodd The kepinge of dust and folishnesse of herte hath turned them a syde so that none of them can haue a fre conscience to thinke maye not Ierre CoÌ„sidre this o Iacob and Israel for thou art my seruauÌ„t I haue made the that thou mightest serue me O Israel forget me not As for thyne offences I dryue them awaye like the cloudes and thy synnes as the myst Turne y e agayne vnto me I will delyuer ye. Be glad ye heauens whom the LORDE hath made let all y t is here beneth vpon the earth be ioyfull Reioyse ye mountaynes woddes with all the trees that are in you for y e LORDE shal redeme Iacob shewe his glory vpon Israel For thus saieth the LORDE thy redemer euen he that fashioned the from thy mothers wombe I am the LORDE which do all thinges my self alone I only haue spred out the heauens and I only haue layde the foundacion of the earth I destroye the tokens of witches and make the Sothsayers go wronge As for the wise I turne them bacward and make their conninge folishnesse But I set vp the purpose of my seruauntes and fulfil the councel of my messauÌ„gers I saye to IerusaleÌ„ turne agayne And to the cities of Iuda be ye buylded agayne and I repayre their decayed places I saye to the grounde be drie And I drie vp thy water floudes I saye to Cirus thou art myne hyrd man so that he shal fulfill all thinges after mâ— will I saye to Ierusalem be thou buylded and to the teÌ„ple be thou fast grounded The xlv Chapter THus saieth the LORDE vnto Cirus his anoynted whom he ledeth by y e right hoÌ„de that the people maye fall downe before him I wil lowse the gyrdle of kinges y t they shal open the gates before thy face and not to shut their dores I wil go before the and make the croked straight I shal breake the brasen dores burst the yron barres I shall geue the the hyd treasure the thinge which is secretly kepte that thou mayest knowe y t I the God of Israel haue called the by thy name and that for Iacob my seruaunt sake for Israel my chosen For I called the by y e name and ordened the or euer thou knewest me Euen I the LORDE before whom there is none other for w t out me there is no God I haue prepared the or euer thou knewest me that it might be knowne from the risynge of the Sonne to the goinge downe of the same that all is nothinge without me For I am the LORDE there is els none It is I y t created the light and darcknes I make peace and trouble Yee euen I the LORDE do all these thinges The heauens aboue shal droppe downe and the cloudes shal rayne rightuousnes The earth shal open it self and brynge forth health and therby shal rightuousnes florish Euen I the LORDE shal bringe it to passe Wo be vnto him that chydeth w t his maker the potsherde with the potter Saieth y e claye to the potter What makest thou or y i worke serueth for nothiÌ„ge Wo be vnto him y t saieth to his father why begettest thou And to his mother why bearest thou Thus saieth the LORDE euen the holy one maker of Israel Axe me of thinges for to come concernynge my sonnes and put me in remeÌ„braunce as touchinge the workes of my hoÌ„des I haue made the earth and created maÌ„ vpon it With my hondes haue I spred forth heauen and geuen a commaundment for all the hooste therof I shal wake him vp with rightuousnesse and ordre all his wayes He shal buylde my cite let out my prisoners that nether for gift nor rewardes saieth the LORDE of hoostes The LORDE hath sayde morouer The occupiers of Egipte the marchauntes of the Moryans and Sabees shal come vnto the with tribute they shabethine they shal folowe the and go with cheynes vpon their fete They shal fall downe before the and make supplicacion vnto the. For God w t out whoÌ„ there is none other God shal be with the. O how profounde art thou o God thou God Sauioure of Israel Confounded be ye and put to dishonoure go hence together with shame all ye that be workmasters of erroure that is worshippers of Idols But Israel shal be saued in the LORDE which is the euerlastinge saluacioÌ„ They shal not come to shame ner confucion worlde without ende For thus sayeth the LORDE euen he that created heauen the God y t made the earth that fashioned it and set it forth I haue not made it for naught but I made it to be enhabited Euen I the LORDE without whom there is none other I haue not spoken secretly nether in darcke places of the earth It is not for naught that I sayde vnto the sede of Iacob seke me I am the LORDE which wheÌ„ I speake declare the thinge that is rightuous and true Let theÌ„ be gathered come together let theÌ„ drawe nye hyther y t are escaped of the people Haue they eny vnderstondinge that set vp the stockes of their Idols and praye vnto a god that caÌ„ not helpe theÌ„ Let men drawe nye let them come hither aÌ„d aske councel one at another and shewe forth â—What is he that tolde this before or who spake of it euer sence the begynnynge Haue not I y e LORDE done it without whom there is none other God the true God and sauioure and there is els none but I And therfore turne you vnto me all ye endes of the earth so shal ye be saued for I am God there is els none I sweare by myself out of my mouth coÌ„meth y e worde of rightuousnesse and that maye no man turne but all knees shal bowe vnto me and all tunges shal sweate by me sayenge Verely
a man goeth forth wrothfully to recōpence his enemies to be avenged of his aduersaries Namely that he might recompence and rewarde the I lōdes wherthorow the name of the LORDE might be feared from the risynge of the Sōne and his magesty vnto the goinge downe of the same For he shal come as a violent waterstreame which the wynde of the LORDE hath moued But vnto Sion there shal come a redemer and vnto them in Iacob that turne from wickednesse saieth the LORDE I will make this conuenaunt with them sayeth y e LORDE My sprete that is come vpon the the wordes which I haue put in y t mouth shal neuer go out of thy mouth nor out of y e mouth of thy childrē no ner out of y e mouth of thy childers childrē from this tyme forth for euer more The lx Chapter ANd therfore get the vp by tymes for thy light cometh the glory of y e LORDE shal ryse vp vpō ye. For lo while y e darknesse cloude couereth the earth the people the LORDE shal shewe the light his glory shal be sene in the. The Gentiles shal come to thy light kynges to the brightnes y t springeth forth vpō ye. Lift vp thine eyes loke rounde aboute the All these gather thē selues come to the. Sonnes shal come vnto y e from farre doughters shal gather thē selues to the on euery side When thou seist this thou shalt maruel exceadingly and thine hert shal be opened when the power of the see shal be cōuerted vnto the that is whē the strength of the Gentiles shal come vnto the. The multitude of Camels shal couer y e the Dromedaries of Madiā and Epha All they of Saba shal come bringinge golde incense shewinge the prayse of the LORDE All the catel of Cedar shal be gathered vnto y e the rāmes of Nabaioth shal serue the to be offred vpō myne aulter which I haue chosen in the house of my glory which I haue garnished But what are these that fle here like the cloudes and as the doues flienge to their wyndowes The Iles also shal gather thē vnto me and specially the shippes of y e see that they maye bringe the sonnes from farre and their syluer and their golde with them vnto the name of the LORDE thy God vnto the holy one of Israel that hath glorified the. Straūgers shal buylde vp thy walles and their kīges shal do the seruyce For when I am angrie I smyte the and when it pleaseth me I pardon the. Thy gates shal stonde open still both daye and night and neuer be shut that the hooste of the Gentiles maye come and that their kinges maye be brought vnto the. For euery people kingdome that serueth not the shal perish and be distroyed w t the swerde The glory of libanus shal come vnto the The Fyrre trees Boxes Cedres together to garnish the place of my Sanctuary for I wil glorifie the place of my fete Morouer those shal come knelinge vnto the y t haue vexed the all they that despised y e shal fall downe at y e fote Thou shalt be called the cite of the LORDE the holy Sion of Israel Because thou hast bene forsakē and hated so that noman went thorow the I wil make the glorious for euer and euer ād ioyful thorow out all posterities Thou shalt sucke the mylck of the Gentiles and kinges brestes shal fede the. And thou shalt knowe that I the LORDE am thy Sauioure and defender the mighty one of Iacob For brasse wil I geue the golde and for yron syluer for wod brasse and for stones yron I wil make peace thy ruler and rightuousnes thyne officer Violence and robbery shal neuer be herde of in thy londe nether harme and destruction with in thy borders Thy walles shal be called health thy gates the prayse of God The Sonne shal neuer by thy daye light ād the light of the Moone shal neuer shyne vnto the but y e LORDE himself shal be thy euerlastinge light thy God shal be thy glory Thy Sonne shal neuer go downe thy Moone shal not be taken awaye for the LORDE himself shal be thy euerlastinge light ād thy sorouful dayes shal be rewarded ye. Thy people shal be all godly possesse the londe for euer the floure of my plantinge the worke of my hondes wherof I wil reioyce The yongest leest shal growe in to a thousande the symplest in to a stronge people I the LORDE shal shortly bringe this thinge to passe in his tyme. The lxj Chapter THe sprete of the LORDE God is w t me for y e LORDE hath anoynted me sent me to preach good tydīges vnto the poore y t I might bynde vp y e wounded hertes y t I might preach delyueraunce to y e captyue open the preson to thē that are bounde y t I might declare y e acceptable yeare of y e LORDE the daye of y e avēgeaunce of oure God that I might comforte all them that are in heuynesse that I might geue vnto them y t mourne in Sion bewty in the steade of asshes ioyful oyntmēt for sighinge pleasaunt raymēt for an heuy mīde That they might be called excellent in rightuousnesse a plātinge of the LORDE for him to reioyce in They shal buylde the lōge rough wildernes set vp y e olde deserte They shal repayre the waist places soch as haue bene voyde thorow out many generaciōs Straūgers shal stōde fede yo r catel the Aleauntes shal be yo r plowmē reapers But ye shal be named the prestes of the LORDE mē shall call you the seruaūtes of oure God Ye shall enioye the goodes of y e Gētiles tryūphe in their substaūce For yo r greate reprofe shame shal they haue ioye y t ye maye haue parte w t thē For they shal haue dubble possession ī their lōde euerlastinge ioye shal be w t them For I the LORDE which loue right ād hate robbery though it were offred me shal make their workes ful of faithfulnes make an euerlastinge couenaunt with them Their sede also and their generacion shal be knowne amōge the Gentiles and amōge the people All they that se them shall knowe that they are the hie blessed sede of y e LORDE And therfore I am ioyful in the LORDE my soule reioyseth in my God For he shall put vpon me the garmēt of health couer me with the mātle of rightuousnes He shal decke me like a brydegrome as a bryde that hath hir apparell vpō her For like as y e grounde bringeth forth frute as the gardē shuteth forth sede So shal the LORDE God cause rightuousnes and the feare of God to florish forth before all the Heithen The lij Chapter FOr Sions sake therfore wil I not holde my tūge
there was an hole in the wall Then sayde he vnto me Thou sonne off man dygge thorow the wall And when I dygge thorow the wall beholde there was a dore And he sayde vnto me go thy waye in loke what wicked abhominacions they do there So I wente in and sawe and beholde there were all maner ymages off wormes beastes all Idols and abhominacions of y e house off Israel paynted euerychone rounde aboute the wall There stode also before the ymages lxx lordes of the councell off the house off Israel and in the myddest off them stode Iaasanias the sonne off Saphan And euery one off them had a censoure in his honde out off the incense there wente a smoke as it had bene a cloude Then sayde he vnto me Thou sonne off man hast thou sene what the Senatours off the house off Israel do secretly euery one in his chambre For they saye Tush the LORDE seth vs not the LORDE regardeth not the worlde And he sayde vnto me Turne the yet agayne and thou shat se the greate abhominacions that they do And with that he brought me to the dore off the porte off the LORDES house towarde the north And beholde there sat women mournynge for Thamus Then sayde he vnto me hast thou sene this thou sonne of mā Turne y e aboute thou shalt se yet greater abhominacions And so he brought me in to the inwarde courte of the LORDES house beholde at the porte of the LORDES house betwixte the fore entrie and the aulter there were fyue and twenty men that turned their backes vpon the Temple of the LORDE their faces towarde the easte and these worshipped the Sonne And he sayde vnto me hast thou sene this thou sonne of man Thinketh the house of Israel that it is but a trifle to do these abhominacions here Shulde they fyll the londe full of wickednesse and vndertake to prouoke me vnto anger Yee purposly to cast vp their noses vpon me Therfore wil I also do some thinge in my wrothfull displeasure so that myne eye shall not ouersee them nether wil I spare them Yee and though they crie in myne eares with loude voyce yet wil I not heare them The IX Chapter HE cried also with a loude voyce in myne eares sayenge Come here ye rulers of the cite euery man with his weapened honde to the slaughter Then came there sixe men out of the strete of the vpper porte towarde the north and euery man a weapen in his honde to the slaughter There was one amongst them that had on him a lynninge rayment and a wryters ynckhorne by his syde These wente in and stode beside the brasen aulter for the glory of the LORDE was gone awaye from the Cherub and was come downe to the thresholde of the house he called the mā that had the lynnynge rayment vpon him and the writers ynckhorne by his syde and the LORDE sayde vnto him Go thy waye thorow the cite of Ierusalem and set this marck 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Thau vpō the foreheades of them that mourne and are sory for all the abhominacions that be done therin And to the other he sayde that I might heare Go ye after him thorow the cite slaye ouersee none spare none Kyll destroye both olde men and yonge maydens children and wyues But as for those that haue this marck 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Thau vpō them se that ye touch them not and begynne at my Sanctuary Then they begāne at the elders which were in the Temple for he had sayde vnto them When ye haue defyled the Temple and fylled the courte with the slayne then go youre waye forth So they wēte out and slewe downe thorow y e cite Now when they had done y e slaughter I yet escaped I fell downe vpon my face cried sayenge O LORDE wilt thou then destroye all the resydue of Israel in thy sore displeasure that thou hast poured vpō Ierusalem Then sayde he vnto me The wickednesse of the house of Israel and Iuda is very greate so that the lōde is full of bloude and y e cite full of vnfaithfulnesse For they saye Tush y e LORDE regardeth not the earth he seyth vs not Therfore will I vpon them myne eye shall not ouersee them nether will I spare them but will recompence their wickednesse vpon their heades And beholde the mā that had the lynnynge rayment vpon him and the writers ynck horne by his syde tolde all the matter how it happened and sayde LORDE as thou hast commaunded me so haue I done The X. Chapter ANd as I loked beholde In the firmament that was aboue the Cherubins there apeared the similitude of a stole of Saphir vpō them Then sayde he that sat therin to him that had the lynnynge rayment vpon him Crepe in betwene the wheles that are vnder the Cherubins and take thine honde full of hote coales out from betwene the Cherubins and cast them ouer the cite And he crepte in that I might se. Now the Cherubins stode vpō the right syde of the house when the man wēte in and the cloude fylled the ynnermer courte But the glory of the LORDE remoued from the Cherubins and came vpon the thresholde of the house so that the Temple was full of cloudes and the courte was full of the shyne of the LORDES glory Yee and the sounde of the Cherubins wynges was herde in to the forecourte like as it had bene the voyce of the almightie God when he speaketh Now when he had bydden the man y t was clothed in lynnynge to go and take the hote coales from the myddest of y e wheles which were vnder the Cherubins he wente and stode besyde the wheles Then the one Cherub reached forth this honde from vnder the Cherubins vnto y e fyre that was betwene the Cherubins and toke therof and gaue it vnto him that had on the lynnynge rayment in his honde which toke it and wente out And vnder the wynges of y e Cherubins there apeared the licknes of a mās hōde I sawe also foure wheles besyde the Cherubins so that by euery Cherub there stode a whele And the wheles were to loke vpon after y e fashion of y e precious stone of Tharsis Yet vnto the sight were they fashioned like as yf one whele had bene in another When they wente forth they wēte all iiij together not turnynge aboute in their goinge But where the first wente thither wente they after also so that they turned not aboute in their goinge Their whole bodies their backes their hōdes wynges yee the wheles also were all full of eyes rounde aboute them all foure And I herde him call y e wheles Galgal that is a rounde boull Euery one of them had foure faces so that the one face was the face of a Cherub the seconde of a man the thirde of a lyon the fourth of an Aegle they
anothers Chap. XIX The captiuyte off the kyngâ—s of Iuda The crueltie of kinges and princes Chap. XX. The greate vnthanfulnesse off the people Agayne the merciful longe sufferaunce of God Chap. XXI The swearde prophecyed to come vpon Israel and the Ammonites by the kynge of Babilon Chap. XXII The synnes wherfore IerusaleÌ„ was punished both the prophetes prestes rulers and comon people Chap. XXIII The Idolatry or whordome of Samaria and Ierusalem Chap. XXIIII The destruccion off Ierusalem and captiuyte of the people signified by the pot Chap. XXV Agaynst Ammon Moab Seir and the Palestynes Chap. XXVI He mourneth vpon the cite off Tyre otherwyse called Zor for the destruccion that was to come vpon her Chap. XXVII XXVIII Agaynst the prince of Tyre and agaynst Sidon Chap. XXIX XXX.XXXI.XXXII Plages vpon Egipte and the kynges therof Chap. XXXIII The office off a preacher The worde of God must be folowed in very 〈◊〉 and not only in mouth Chap. XXXIIII Agaynst euell shepherdes Christ the only true shepherde is promised Chap. XXXV Agaynst the mount Seir that is agaynst the Edomites Chap. XXXVI A promyse of the delyueraunce of Israel Chap. XXXVII A consolacion for the Israelites and a figure of the generall resurreccioÌ„ signified by the drye bones Chap. XXXVIII XXXIX Of Gog and Magog with their destruccion Chap. XL. From this chapter vnto the ende the prophet seith in a vision the buyldinge agayne of IerusaleÌ„ aÌ„d the temple Wherby is descrybed the mystery off the church off christ and saluacion of the faithfull in hiâ— â–ª The first Chapter IT chauÌ„sed in the xxx yeare the fifth daye off the fourth Moneth that I was amonge the presoners by the ryuer off Cobar where the heauens opened I sawe a vision of God Now the fifth daye off the Moneth made out the fyfth yeare off kynge Ioachims captiuyte At the same tyme came y e worde off the LORDE vnto Ezechiel the sonne off Buzi prest in the londe off the Caldees by the water of Cobar where the honde off the LORDE came vpoÌ„ him And I loked beholde a stormy wynde came out off the north with a greate doude full of fyre which w t his glistre lightened all rounde aboute And in y e myddest off the fyre it was all cleare and as it were the licknesse of foure beastes which were fashioned like a man sauynge that euery one had foure faces and foure wynges Their legges were straight but their fete were like bullockes fete and they glistred as it had bene fayre scoured metall Vnder their wynges vpon all the foure corners they had mens hondes Their faces and the it wynges were towarde the foure corners yet were the wynges so that one euer touched another When they wente they turned them not aboute but ech one wente straight forwarde Vpon the rightside off these foure their faces were like the face off a man and the fa off a Lyon But vpon the left side they had the face off an oxe and the face off an Aegle Their faces also and their wynges werespred out aboue so that two wynges off one touched euer two wynges off another and with the other two they couered their bodie Euery one when it wente it wente straight forwarde Where as the sprete led them thither they wente and turned not aboute in their goynge The fashion and countenauÌ„ce of the beestes was like hote coales off fyre euen as though burnynge cresshettes had bene amonge the beestes and the fyre gaue a glistre and out off the fyre there wente lighteninge WheÌ„ y e beestes weÌ„te forwarde backwarde one wolde haue thought it had lightened Now wheÌ„ I had well considered the beestes I sawe a worke off wheles vpon the earth with foure faces also like the beestes The fashion worke of the wheles was like the see The foure wheles were ioyned and made to loke vpon as it had bene one whele in another When one wente forwarde they wente all foure and turned theÌ„ not aboute iÌ„ their goinge They were large greate and horrible to loke vpon Their bodies were full off eyes rounde aboute them all foure WheÌ„ the beestes weÌ„te the wheles wente also with them And when the beestes lift them selues vp from y e earth the wheles were lift vp also Whyther so euer the sprete wente thither wente they also y e wheles were lift vp folowed theÌ„ for y e sprete of life was in the wheles When y e beestes weÌ„te forth stode still or lift them selues vp from the earth then the wheles also wente stode still were lift vp for y e breth off life was in the wheles Aboue ouer y e heades of the beestes there was a firmament which was fashioned as it had bene off the most pure Christall that was spred out aboue vpon their heades vnder the same firmament were their wynges layed abrode one towarde another and two wynges couered the body of euery beest And when thy wente forth I herde the noyse off their wynges like the noyse of greate waters as it had bene the voyce off the greate God and a russhinge together as it were off an hoost off men And when they stode still they let downe their winges Now when they stode still and had letten downe their wynges it thondred in the firmament that was aboue their heades Aboue the firmament that was ouer their heades there was the fashion off a seate as it had bene made off Saphir Apon the seate there sat one like a maÌ„ I behelde him and he was like a cleare light as it had bene all of fyre with in from his loynes vpwarde And beneth when I loked vpon him vnder y e loynes me thought he was like a shyninge fyre that geueth light on euery syde Yee the shyne and glistre y t lightened rounde aboute was like a raynbowe which in a raynie daye apeareth in the cloudes EueÌ„ so was the similitude wherin the glory off the LORDE apeared WheÌ„ I sawe it I fell vpon my face and herkened vnto the voyce off him that spake The II. Chapter THen sayde he vnto me Stonde vp vpon thy fete O thou sonne of maÌ„ and I will talke with the. And as he was commonynge with me the sprete came in to me and set me vp vpon my fete so that I marcked the thinge that he sayde vnto me And he sayde Beholde thou sonne off man I will sende the to the children off Israel to those runnagates and obstinate people for they haue takeÌ„ parte agaynst me and are runne a waye fro me both they and their forefathers vnto this daye Yee I will sende y e vnto a people y t haue rough vysages and stiff stomackes vnto whom thou shalt saye on this maner This the LORDE God himselff hath spoken y t whether they be obedient or no for it is a frauwarde housholde they maye knowe yet that there hath bene a prophet amonge them Therfore thou sonne off man feare theÌ„ not
thyrst blasphemynge my name I gaue you not fyre for youre blasphemies but cast a tre in to y e water and made the ryuer swete What shall I do vnto the O Iacob Thou Iuda woldest not obeye me I wil turne me to another people vnto those will I geue my name that they maye kepe my statutes Seinge ye haue forsakē me I wil forsake you also Whan ye desyre me to be gracious vnto you I shal haue no mercy vpon you Whan ye call vpō me I wil not heare you For ye haue defyled youre hādes with bloude and youre fete are swift to commytt manslaughter Ye haue not forsaken me in a maner but youre owne selues sayeth the LORDE Thus sayeth the Allmightie LORDE haue I not prayed you as a father his sonnes as a mother hir daughters and as a norsse hir yonge babes that ye wolde be my people and I shulde be youre God that ye wolde be my children and I shulde be youre owne father I gathered you together as an henne gathereth hir chekens vnder hir wynges But now what shal I do vnto you I shal cast you out fro my face Whan ye offre vnto me I shal turne my face from you for youre solempne feast dayes youre new moones and youre circumcisions haue I forsaken I sent vnto you my seruauntes the prophetes whom ye haue taken and slayne and torne their bodies in peces whose bloude I wyll requyre of youre handes sayeth the LORDE Thus sayeth the Allmightie LORDE youre house must be desolate I wil cast you out as the wynde doth y e strawe youre children shal not be frutefull for they haue despysed my commaundement and done y e thinge y t is euell before me You re houses wil I geue vnto a people y t shal come and they y t neuer herde me shal beleue in me they vnto whō I neuer shewed token shal do the thinge y t I cōmaunde thē They haue sene no prophetes yet shal they call their synnes to remembraunce and knowlege thē I reporte me vnto the grace that I wil do for the people which is to come whose children reioyse in gladnes though they haue not sene me w t bodely eyes yet in sprete they beleue the thinge that I saye And now brother beholde what greate worshipe and se y e people that commeth from the east vnto whom I wyll geue the dukedome of Abraham Isaac and Iacob of Oseas Amos and Micheas of Ioel Abdy Ionas Naum and Abacuc of Sophony Aggeus Zachary and Malachy which is called also an angel or messaūger of the LORDE The II. Chapter THus sayeth the LORDE I brought this people out of bondage I gaue thē my cōmaundementes by my seruaūtes y e prophetes whom they wolde not heare but despysed my coūcels The mother that bare them sayeth vnto them Go youre waye ye children for I am a wyddow forsaken I brought you vp with gladnesse but with sorow and heuynes haue I lost you for ye haue synned before the LORDE yo r God and done y e thinge that is euell before him But what shall I now do vnto you I am a wyddow and forsakē go youre waye o my children and axe mercy of the LORDE As for me O father I call vpon the for a wytnesse ouer the mother of these childrē which wolde not kepe my couenaunt y t thou brynge them to cōfucion and their mother to a spoyle that she beare no more Let their names be scatred abrode amonge the Heithen let them be put out of the earth for they haue thought scorne of my couenaunt Wo be vnto the Assur thou that hydest the vnrighteous by the. Thou wicked people remembre what I dyd vnto Sodom and Gomorre whose land is turned to pitch and aszshes Euen so also wyll I do vnto all them that heare me not sayeth the Allmightie LORDE Thus sayeth the LORDE vnto Eszdras Tell my people y t I will geue them the kyngdome of Ierusalem which I wolde haue geuen vnto Israel Their glory also wyl I take vnto me and geue them the euer lastynge tabernacles which I had prepared for those The tre of life shal be vnto them a swete smellynge oyntment they shal nether laboure ner be weery Go ye youre waye ye shall receaue it Praye for yo r selues a few dayes that they maye dwell therin Now is the kingdome prepared for you therfore watch Take heauē and earth to wytnesse for I haue broken the euell in peces and created the good for I lyue sayeth y e LORDE Mother enbrace thy children and brynge them vp with gladnes make their fete as fast as a piler for I haue chosen the sayeth the LORDE And those that be deed wyll I rayse vp agayne from their places and brynge them out of y e graues for I haue knowne my name in Israel Feare not thou mother of the children for I haue chosen the sayeth the LORDE And for thy helpe I shal sende the my seruauntes Esay and Ieremy after whose councell I haue sanctified prepared for the xij trees with dyuerse frutes and as many welles flowinge with mylck and hony seuen mountaynes whervpō there growe roses and lilies wherin I wyl fyll my children with ioye Execute iustice for the wyddowe be iudge for the fatherlesse geue to y e poore defende the cōfortlesse clothe the naked heale the wounded and sick laugh not a lame man to scorne defende the crepell and lat the blinde come in to y e sight of my clearnes Kepe the olde yonge within thy walles where so euer thou fyndest the deed tokē them and burye them and I shal geue the the first place in my resurreccion Holde styll O my people and take y e rest for thy quyetnes is come Fede thy children O thou good norsse stablish their fete As for the seruauntes whom I haue geuen the there shal not one of them perishe for I wyl seke thē from thy nombre vexe not thy self For whan the daye of trouble and heuynes commeth other shal wepe and be soroufull but thou shalt be mery and plenteous The Heithen shal be gelous but they shal be able to do nothinge agaynst the sayeth the LORDE My handes shal couer the so that thy children shal not se the fyre euerlastinge Be ioyfull O thou mother with thy childrē for I wyll delyuer the sayeth the LORDE Remembre thy deed childrē for I shal brynge them out of the earth and shew mercy vnto them for I am mercifull sayeth the LORDE Allmightie Enbrace thy childrē vntyll I come and shew mercy vnto them for my welles runne ouer and my grace shal not fayle I Eszdras receaued a charge of the LORDE vpon the mount Oreb that I shulde go vnto Israel But whan I came vnto thē they set me at naught and despysed the commaundement of y e LORDE And therfore I saye vnto you O ye Heithen that heare and vnderstonde Loke for youre shepherde he shal geue
shall fall from heauen and the powers of heauen shal moue and then shal appeare the token of the sonne of man in heauē and then shal all the kynreds of the earth mourne and they shal se the sonne of man come in the cloudes of heauen with greate power and glory And he shal sende his angels with y e greate voyce of a trompe they shal gather together his chosen from the foure wyndes from one ende of the heauen to the other Lerne a symilitude of y e fygge tre When his braunche is yet tender and his leaues spronge ye knowe that Sommer is nye So likewyse ye whan ye se all thynges be ye sure that it is nye euen at the dores Verely I saye vnto you This generacion shal not passe tyll all these be fulfylled Heauen and earth shal perishe but my wordes shal not perishe Neuertheles of that daye houre knoweth no man no not the angels of heauen but my father onely Euen as it was in the tyme of Noe so shal the commynge of the sonne of man be also For as they were in the dayes before y e floude they ate they dronke they maried and were maried euen vnto the daye y t Noe entred in to the shippe and they regarded it not tyll the floude came and toke them all awaye So shal also the commynge of the sonne of man be Thē shal two be in the felde the one shal be receaued and the other shal be refused Two shal be gryndinge at the Myll the one shal be receaued and the other shal be refused Two in the bed the one shal be receaued and the other refused Watch therfore for ye knowe not what houre youre LORDE wil come But be sure of this that yf the good man of the house knewe what houre the thefe wolde come he wolde surely watch and not suffre his house to be broken vp Therfore be ye ready also for in the houre that ye thynke not shal the sonne of man come Who is now a faithfull and wyse seruaūt whom his lorde hath made ruler ouer his houszholde that he maye geue them meate in due season Blessed is y t seruaūt whom his lorde whan he cōmeth shal fynde so doynge Verely I saye vnto you he shal set him ouer all his goodes But and yf the euell seruaūt shal saye in his hert Tush it wil be longe or my lorde come and begynne to smyte his felowes yee and to eate and drynke with the dronken The same seruaūtes lorde shal come in a daye whā he loketh not for him and in an houre that he is not ware of and shal hew him in peces and geue him his rewarde with ypocrytes there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth The XXV Chapter THen shal the kyngdome of heauen be like vnto ten virgins which toke their lāpes and wente forth to mete the brydegome But fyue of them were foolish and fyue were wyse The foolish toke their lāpes neuertheles they toke none oyle with them But the wyse toke oyle in their vessels with their lampes Now whyle the brydegrome taried they slombred all and slepte But at mydnight there was a crye made Beholde the brydegrome commeth go youre waye out for to mete him Then all those virgins arose and prepared their lampes But the foolish sayde vnto the wyse geue vs of youre oyle for oure lāpes are gone out Then answered the wyse and sayde Not so lest there be not ynough for vs and you but go rather vnto them that sell and bye for youre selues And whyle they wente to bye the brydegrome came and they that were readye wente in with him vnto the mariage and the gate was shut vp At y e last came y e other virgins also and sayde LORDE LORDE opō vnto vs. But he answered and sayde Verely I saye vnto you I knowe you not Watch ye therfore for ye knowe nether the daye ner yet the houre whan y e sonne of man shal come Like wyse as a certayne mā ready to take his iourney in to a straunge countre called his seruaūtes and delyuered his goodes vnto thē And vnto one he gaue fyue talentes to another two and to another one vnto euery man after his abilyte and straight waye departed Then he that had receaued the fyue talentes wente and occupied with the same and wanne other fyue talentes Likewyse he y t receaued two talentes wāne other two also But he that receaued y e one wente and dygged a pyt in the earth and hyd his lordes money After a longe season the lorde of those seruauntes came and rekened with them Then came he that had receaued fyue talentes and brought other fyue talentes and sayde Syr thou delyuerdst vnto me fyue talentes Beholde with them haue I wonne fyue talētes mo Then sayde his lorde vnto hī wel thou good faithfull seruaunt thou hast bene faithfull ouer litle I wil set the ouer moch entre thou in to the ioye of thy lorde Thē came he also that had receaued two talentes and sayde Syr thou delyuerdst vnto me two talentes Beholde I haue wonne two other talētes with thē His lorde sayde vnto him Wel thou good and faithfull seruaūt thou hast bene faithfull ouer litle I wil set the ouer moch entre thou in to the ioye of thy lorde Then he that had receaued the one talēt came and sayde Syr I knew that thou artan hard man thou reapest where thou hast not sowen and gatherest where thou hast not strowed and so I was afrayed and wēte and hyd thy talent in the earth lo there thou hast thine owne But his lorde answered and sayde vnto him Thou euell and slouthfull seruaunt knewest thou that I reape where I sowed not and gather where I strawed not Thou shuldest therfore haue had my money to the chaungers and then at my commynge shulde I haue receaued myne owne with vauntage Therfore take the talent frō him and geue it vnto him that hath ten talentes For who so hath to him shal be geuen and he shal haue abundaunce But who so hath not frō him shal be takē awaye euen that he hath And cast the vnprofitable seruaunt in to vtter darcknes there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth But whan the sonne of man shal come in his glory and all holy angels with him then shal he syt vpon the seate of his glory And all people shal be gathered before him and he shal separate them one from another as a shepherde deuydeth the shepe from y e goates And he shal set y e shepe on his right honde and the goates on the lefte Then shal the kynge saye vnto them that shal be on his right honde Come hither ye blessed of my father inheret ye y e kingdome which is prepared for you from the begynnynge of the worlde For I was hongrie and ye gaue me meate I was thirstie and ye
those dayes there shal be soch trouble as was not from the begynnynge of y e creatures which God created vnto this tyme nether shal be And yf y e LORDE had not shortened those dayes there shulde no man be saued But for the electes sake whom he hath chosen he hath shortened those dayes Now yf eny man shal saye vnto you at y t tyme Lo here is Christ lo he is there beleue it not For there shal aryse false Christes and false prophetes which shal do tokens wonders to disceaue euen the very chosen yf it were possyble But take ye hede Beholde I haue tolde you all before But at the same tyme after this trouble the Sonne and Mone shal lose their light and the starres shall fall from heauen and the powers of the heauens shal moue and then shal they se the sonne of man commynge in the cloudes with greate power and glory And thē shal he sende his angels and shal gather together his chosen frō the foure wyndes from one ende of the earth to the other Lerne a symilitude of the fyge tre Whā his braunch is yet tēder and hath brought forth leaues ye knowe that the Sommer is nye So lykewyse whā ye se all these thinges come to passe be ye sure that it is nye euen at the dores Verely I saye vnto you this generaciō shal not passe tyll all these be fulfilled Heauen and earth shal perishe but my wordes shal not perishe But of that daye and houre knoweth no man nether the angels in heauen no not the sonne him self but the father onely Take hede watch praye for ye knowe not whan the tyme is Like as a man that wente in to a straunge countre and left his house and gaue his seruauntes auctorite vnto euery one his worke and commaunded y e porter that he shulde watch Watch ye therfore for ye knowe not whā the master of y e house cōmeth whether he cōmeth in the euenynge or at mydnight or aboute the cock crowynge or in the mornynge that he come not sodenly and fynde you slepynge Loke what I saye vnto you that saye I vnto all Watch. The XIIII Chapter ANd after two dayes was Easter and the daies of swete bred And y e hye prestes scrybes sought how they might take him with disceate put him to death But they sayde Not in the feast daye lest there be an vproure in the people And when he was at Bethanye in the house of Symon the leper and sat at the table there came a woman which had a boxe of pure and costly Nardus oyntment And she brake y e boxe poured it vpō his heade Then were there some y t disdayned and sayde Where to serueth this waist This oyntment might haue bene solde for more then thre hundreth pens bene geuē to y e poore And they grudged agaynst her But Iesus sayde let her be in rest Why trouble ye her She hath done a good worke vpō me Ye haue allwaye the poore with you and whā so euer ye wil ye maye do thē good but me haue ye not allwaie She hath done what she coulde she is come before to anoynte my body for my buriall Verely I saye vnto you Where so euer this gospell shal be preached in all the worlde there shal this also that she hath now done be tolde for a remembraunce of her And Iudas Iscarioth one of the twolue wente vnto the hye prestes to betraye him vnto them Whan they herde y t they were glad promysed that they wolde geue him money And he sought how he might cōueniently betraye him And vpon y e first daye of swete bred whā the Easter Iambe was offered his disciples sayde vnto him Where wilt thou y t we go and prepare y t thou mayest eate y e Easter lābe And he sent two of his disciples and sayde vnto them Go youre waye into the cite and there shal mete you a mā bearinge a pitcher with water folowe him where so euer he goeth in there saye ye to the good man of the house The Master sendeth the worde Where is the gest house wherin I maye eate the Easter lābe w t my disciples And he shal shewe you a greate parlour which is paued prepared there make readye for vs. And y e disciples wēte forth came in to y e cite foūde it as he had sayde vnto thē And they prepared y e Easter lambe At euen he came w t the twolue And as they sat at the table ate Iesus sayde Verely I saye vnto you One of you y t eateth w t me shal betraye me And they were sory sayde vnto hī one after another Is it I another sayde is it I He answered saide vnto thē One of the twolue euen y e same y t dyppeth with me in y e platter The sonne of man truly goeth forth as it is wryttē of hī But wo vnto that mā by whom the sonne of man is betrayed It were better for the same man that he had neuer bene borne And as they ate Iesus toke the bred gaue thankes brake it and gaue it thē sayde Take eate this is my body And he toke the cuppe thāked and gaue it thē and they all dranke therof And he sayde vnto them This is my bloude of the new Testament which shal be shed for many Verely I saye vnto you that from hence forth I wil not drynke of the frute of the vyne tyll y e daye y t I drynke it new in y e kyngdome of God And whā they had sayde grace they wēte forth vnto mount Oliuete And Iesus sayde vnto them This night shal ye all be offended in me for it is wrytten I wil smyte the sheperde the shepe shal be scatred abrode Neuertheles after y t I am rysen agayne I wil go before you in to Galile But Peter sayde vnto him And though all men shulde be offended yet wolde not I be offended And Iesus sayde vnto him Verely I saye vnto y e Todaye in this same night before y e cock crowe two tymes shalt thou denye me thryse But he saide yet more Yee though I shulde dye w t y e yet wil I not denie ye. So saide they all ī like maner And they came in to y e felde called Gethsemane and he saide vnto his disciples Syt ye here tyll I go yonder and praye And he toke with him Peter Iames Ihon and begāne to waxe fearefull to be in an agonye sayde vnto thē My soule is heuy euē vnto y e death tary ye here and watch And he wente forth a litle fell vpon the grounde and prayed that yf it were possyble y e houre might passe frō him and sayde Abba my father all thinges are possyble vnto the take this cuppe awaye fro me Neuertheles not what I wyl but what thou wilt And he came
they wayted for him And beholde there came a man named Iairus and he was a ruler of the synagoge and fell at Iesus fete besought him that he wolde come in to his house For he had but one doughter vpon a twolue yeare of age and she laye at y e poynt of death And as he wente the people thronged him And a womā hauynge the bloudyssue twolue yeares which had spent all hir substaunte vpon phisicians and coude be healed of none came behynde touched the hemme of his garmēt and immediatly hir yssue of bloude was staunched And Iesus sayde Who hath touched me But whan they all denyed Peter sayde and they that were with him Master the people thronge the and thrust the and thou sayest Who hath touched me Iesus saide Some body hath touched me for Ifele that there is vertue gone out fro me But whan the woman sawe that she was not hyd she came trēblynge and fell downe before him and tolde him before all the people for what cause she had touched him how she was healed immediatly And he sayde vnto her Doughter be of good comforte thy faith hath made the whole go thy waye in peace Whyle he yet spake there came one frō y e ruler of y e synagoges house and sayde vnto him Thy doughter is deed disease not the master Whan Iesus herde that he answered him and sayde Feare not beleue onely and she shal be made whole But whan he came in to the house he suffred no man to go in saue Peter and Iames and Ihō and the father and mother of the mayden They wepte all and sorowed for her But he sayde Wepe not for she is not deed but * slepeth And they laughed hī to scorne knowynge well that she was deed But he thrust them all out and toke her by the hande and cryed and sayde Maydē aryse And hir sprete came agayne she arose straight waye And he cōmaunded to geue her meate And hir elders were astonnyed But he charged them that they shulde tell no man what was done The IX Chapter ANd he called the twolue together and gaue them power and auctorite ouer all deuels and that they might heale diseases And he sent thē out to preach the kyngdome of God and to heale y e sicke and sayde vnto them Ye shal take nothinge with you by the waye nether staff ner scryppe ner bred ner money ner haue two coates And into what house so euer ye entre there abyde tyll ye go thence And who so euer receaue you not departe out of the same cite and shake of the dust from youre fete for a wytnesse ouer them And they departed and wente thorow the townes preachinge y e Gospell healynge euery where Herode the Tetrarcha herde of all that was done by him And he toke care for so moch as it was sayde of some Ihō is rysen agayne from the deed of some Elias hath appeared of some One of the olde prophetes is rysen agayne And Herode sayde Ihō haue I beheaded who is this then of whō I heare soch thinges And he desyred to se him And the Apostles came agayne and tolde him how greate thinges they had done And he toke them to him and wente asyde into a solytary place by the cite called Bethsaida Whan the people knew of it they folowed him And he receaued them and spake vnto them of the kyngdome of God and healed soch as hade nede therof But the daye beganne to go downe Then came the twolue to him and sayde vnto him let the people departe frō the that they maye go in to the townes rounde aboute and in to y e vyllagies where they maye fynde lodgynge meate for we are here in y e wyldernesse But he sayde vnto them Geue ye them to eate They sayde We haue nomore but fyue loaues and two fyszhes Excepte we shulde go bye meate for so moch people for there were vpon a fyue thousande men But he sayde vnto his disciples Cause them to syt downe by fifties in a cōpany And they dyd so and made them all to syt downe Then toke he the fyue loaues and two fiszhes and loked vp towarde heauē and sayde grace ouer them brake them and gaue them to the disciples to set thē before the people And they ate and were all satisfied And there were taken vp of that remayned to them twolue baskettes full of broken meate And it fortuned whan he was alone and at his prayer and his disciples with him he axed them and sayde Whom saye the people that I am They answered and sayde They saye thou art Ihon the baptist Some that thou art Elias Some that one of the olde prophetes is rysen agayne But he sayde vnto them Whom saye ye that I am Then answered Peter and sayde Thou art the Christ of God And he charged them strately and commaunded them that they shulde tell this vnto no mā and sayde For the sonne of man must suffre many thinges and be cast out of the Elders and of y e hye prestes and scrybes and be put to death and ryse agayne the thirde daye Then sayde he vnto them all Yf eny mā wil folowe me let hī denie himself take vp his crosse daylie folowe me For who so euer wil saue his life shal lose it But who so loseth his life for my sake shal saue it For what auauntage hath a man though he wanne the whole worlde and loseth himself or runneth in dammage of himself Who so is ashamed of me and of my sayenges of him shall the sonne of mā also be ashamed whan he commeth in his glory and in the glory of his father and of the holy angels I saye vnto you of the treuth there be some of them that stonde here which shall not taist of death tyll they se the kyngdome of God And it fortuned that aboute an eight dayes after these wordes he toke vnto him Peter Ihon and Iames and wente vp in to amoūt for to praye And as he prayed the shappe of his countenaunce was chaunged of another fashion and his garment was whyte and shyned and beholde two men talked with him Which were Moses and Elias that appeared gloriously and spake of his departynge which he shulde fulfill at Ierusalem As for Peter and them that were with him they were full of slepe But whan they awoke they saw his glory and the two men stondynge with him And it chaunsed whan they departed frō him Peter sayde vnto Iesus Master here is good beynge for vs. Let vs make thre tabernacles one for the one for Moses and one for Elias and wyst not what he sayde But whyle he thus spake there came a cloude and ouershadowed them And they were afrayed whan the cloude couered them And out of the cloude there came a voyce which sayde This is my deare sonne heare him And
is he then his sonne Now whyle all the people gaue audience he sayde vnto his disciples Bewarre of the scrybes which wyl go in longe garmentes and loue to be saluted vpon the market and desyre to syt hyest in the synagoges and at the table They deuoure wedowes houses and that vnder a culoure of longe prayenge These shal receaue the greater daÌ„nacion The XXI Chapter ANd he loked vp and behelde y e riche how they put in their offerynges in to the Gods chest He sawe also a poore wedowe which put in two mytes and he sayde Verely I saye vnto you This poore wedowe hath put in more theÌ„ they all For these all haue of their excesse put in vnto the offerynge of God but she of hir pouerte hath put in all hir lyuynge that she had And whaÌ„ some spake of the temple that it was garnished with goodly stones and Iewels he saide The time shal come wher in of all this that ye se there shal not be left one stone vpon another which shal not be broken downe They axed him and sayde Master whaÌ„ shal these be and what shal be the token whan these shal come to passe He sayde Take hede that ye be not disceaued For many shal come in my name and saye I am he the tyme is come hard by Folowe them not But whan ye heare of warres and insurreccions be not ye afrayed for soch must come to passe but the ende is not yet there so soone Then sayde he vnto them One people shal ryse agaynst another and one realme ageynst another shal be greate earthquakes here and there pestilence and derth and fearfull thinges And greate tokeÌ„s shal there be froÌ„ heaueÌ„ But before all these they shal laye handes vpon you and persecute you and delyuer you vp in to their synagoges and presons and brynge you before kynges prynces for my names sake But this shal happen vnto you for a wytnesse Be at a poynt therfore in youre hertes that ye take no thought how ye shal answere for I wil geue you mouth wyszdome â—gaynst the which all youre aduersaries shal not be able to speake ner to resist But ye shal be delyuered vp euen of youre elders brethren kynszfolkes and frendes and some of you shal they put vnto death and ye shal be hated of euery man for my names sake and yet shal not one hayre of youre heade perishe Holde fast youre soules with pacience But whan ye shal se Ierusalem beseged with an hoost then vnderstonde that the desolacion of it is nye Then let them which be in Iewry flye vnto the mountaynes â–ª â—nd let soch as be in the myddest therof departe out and let soch as be in the countrees not come therin For these are the dayes of vengeaunce that euery thinge which is wrytten maye be fulfilled But wo vnto them that are with childe and to them that geue sucke in those dayes for there shal be greate trouble vpon earth and wrath ouer this people and they shal fall thorow the edge of the swerde and be led captyue amoÌ„ge all nacions And IerusaleÌ„ shal be troden downe of the Heithen â–ª vntyll the tyme of the Heithen be fulfilled And there shal be tokens in the Sonne and Mone and starres and vpon earth the people shal be in soch perplexite that they shal not tell which waye to turne them selues And the see and the waters shal roare and men shal pyne awaye for feare and for lokynge after the thinges which shal come vpoÌ„ earth For euen the very powers of heauen shal moue And then shal they se the sonne of man commynge in the cloude with power and greate glory But whan these thinges begynne to come to passe theÌ„ loke vp and lift vpp youre heades for youre redempcion draweth nye And he tolde them a symilitude Beholde the fygge tre and all tre trees whaÌ„ they now shute forth their buddes ye se by them and perceaue that Sommer is now at hande So likewyse ye whan ye se all these thinges come to passe be sure that the kyngdome of God is nye Verely I saye vnto you This generacioÌ„ shal not passe tyll all be fulfilled Heauen and earth shal passe but my wordes shal not passe But take hede vnto youre selues that yo hertes be not ouerladeÌ„ with excesse of eatinge and with dronkennes and with takinge of thought for lyuynge and so this daye come vpoÌ„ you vnawares For as a snare shal it come on all them that dwell vpon earth Watch therfore coÌ„tynually and praye that ye maye be worthy to escape all this that shal come to stoÌ„de before y e sonne of man And on the daye tyme he taught in the temple but in the night season he wente out and abode all night vpon mount Oliuete And all the people gat them vp early vnto him in the temple for to heare him The XXII Chapter THe feast of swete bred which is called Easter drue nye And y e hye presstes and Scrybes sought how they might put him to death and were afrayed of the people But Satan was entred in to Iudas named Iscarioth which was of y e nombre of y e twolue and he weÌ„te his waye and talked with the hye prestes and with y e officers how he wolde betraye him vnto them And they were glad and promysed to geue him money And he coÌ„sented sought oportunite y t he might betraye hiÌ„ without eny rumoure Then came y e daye of swete bred wherin the Easter lambe must be offered And he sent Peter and Ihon and sayde Go youre waye prepare vs the Easter lambe that we maye eate But they sayde vnto him Where wilt thou that we prepare it He saide vnto them Beholde whaÌ„ ye come in to y e cite there shal mete you a man bearinge a pitcher of water folowe him in to the house y t he entreth in and saye vnto the good man of the house The master sendeth y e worde Where is y e gesthouse wherin I maye eate the Easter laÌ„be with my disciples And he shal shewe you a greate parlour paued They wente their waye and founde as he had sayde vnto them and made ready the Easter lambe And whan the houre came he sat him downe and the twolue Apostles with him and he sayde vnto them I haue hertely desyred to â—ate this Easter laÌ„be with you before I suffre For I saye vnto you that hence forth I wil eate nomore therof tyll it be fulfilled in the kyngdome of God And he toke the cuppe gaue thankes and sayde Take this and deuyde it amonge you For I laye vnto you I wil not drynke of the frute of y e vyne vntyll the kyngdome of God come And he toke the bred gaue thankes and brake it and gaue it them and sayde This is my body which shal be geuen for you This do
vpoÌ„ the house of Israel and vpon the house off Iuda a new Testament not as the Testament which I made with their fathers in that daye whan I toke them by the handes to lede them out of the londe of Egipte for they contynued not in my Testament and I regarded them not sayeth the LORDE For this is the Testament that I wil make w t the house of Israell after those dayes sayeth the LORDE I wyl geue my lawes in their mynde and in their hertes wyl I wryte them And I wil be their God and they shal be my people and they shal not teach euery maÌ„ his neghboure and euery man his brother sayenge knowe y e LORDE for they shal knowe me from the leest to the most of them for I wil be mercifull ouer their vnrighteousnesses And on their synnes on their iniquyties wyl I not thynke eny more In that he sayeth A new he weereth out y e olde Now y t which is worne out and waxed olde is ready to vanish awaye The IX Chapter THat first Tabernacle verely had ordinaunces and seruynges off God and outwarde holynes For there was made a foretabernacle wherin was y e candilsticke and the table and the shewe bred and this is called y e Holy But behynde the seconde vayle was the Tabernacle which is called Holiest of all which had the golden censor and the Arke of the Testament ouerlayed rounde aboute with golde wherin was the golden pot with Manna and Aarons rodd that florished and the tables of the Testament Aboue therin were the Cherubins off glory ouershadowynge the Mercyseate Of which thinges it is not now to speake perticularly When these thinges were thus ordeyned the prestes wente allwayes in to the first Tabernacle and excuted y e seruyce of God But in to the seconde wente the hye prest alone once in the yeare not without bloude which he offred for himselfe and for the ignoraunce of the people Wherwith the holy goost this signifyeth that the waye of holynes was not yet opened whyle as yet the first Tabernacle was stondynge Which was a symilitude for the tyme then present in the which were offred giftes and sacrifices and coulde not make perfecte as partaynynge to the conscience him that dyd the Gods seruyce onely with meates and drynkes and dyuerse waszhinges and iustifienges of the flesh which were ordeyned vnto the tyme of reformacion But Christ beynge an hye prest of good thinges to come came by a greater and a more perfecte Tabernacle not made with handes that is to saye not of this maner buyldynge nether by the bloude of goates or calues but by his owne bloude entred he once for all in to the holy place and hath founde eternall redempcion For yff the bloude off oxen and off goates and the aszhes off the cowe whan it is sprenkled haloweth the vncleane as touchynge the purificacion of the flesh How moch more shal the bloude of Christ which thorow the eternall sprete offred him selfe without spot vnto God pourge oure conscience from deed workes for to serue tâ—â—geuynge God And for this cause is â—â—â—eâ—diatour of the new 〈…〉 thorow death which chaursed 〈◊〉 redempcion of those traÌ„sgressons that were vnder the first Testament they which were called mighte receaue the promes of eternall inheritaunce For where soeuer is a Testament there must also be the death of him that maketh the testament For a TestameÌ„t taketh auctorite whan men are deed for it is of no value as longe as he that made it is alyue For the which cause that first TestameÌ„t also was not ordeyned without bloude For whan all the commaundementes acordinge to the lawe were red of Moses vnto all the people he toke y e bloude of calues and of goates with water and purple woll and ysope and sprenkled the boke and all the people sayenge * This is the bloude of the Testament which God hath appoynted vnto you And the Tabernakle and all the vessels of the Gods seruyce sprenkled he with bloude likewyse And allmost all thinges are pourged with bloude after the lawe and without sheddynge of bloude is no remyssion It is necessary then that the symilitude of heauenly thinges be purified with soche but y e heauenly thinges themselues are purified with better sacrifices then are those For Christ is not entred in to the holy places y t are made with handes which are but symilitudes of true thinges but in to the very heauen for to apeare now before the face of God for vs Not to offer himselfe offâ— as the hye prest entreth in to the holy place euery yeare with straunge bloude for theÌ„ must he often haue suffred sence the worlde beganne But now in the ende of the worlde hath he appeared once to put synne to flight by the offerynge vp of himselfe And as it is appoynted vnto meÌ„ y t they shal once dye and then coÌ„meth the iudgmeÌ„t EueÌ„ so Christ was once offred to take awaye the synnes of many And vnto them that loke for him shal he appeare agayne without synne vnto saluacion The X. Chapter FOr the lawe * which hath but the shadowe off good thinges to come and not the thinges in their awne fashion can neuer by the sacrifices which they offer yeare by yeare continually make the commers there vnto perfecte Els shulde they haue ceassed to haue bene offred because that the offerers once pourged shulâ—◠〈◊〉 had nomore conscience of synnes 〈…〉 in those sacrifices there is maâ—e but a â—â—â—â—â—braunce of synnes euery yeaâ—e * For 〈…〉 y t the bloude of oxen â—nd of goates shulde take awaye synnes Wherfore whan he commeth in to the worlde he sayeth Sacrifice offerynge thou woldest not haue but a body hast thou ordeyned me Burnt offerynges and synneofferynges hast thou not alowed Then sayde I Lo I come I the begynnynge of the boke it is wrytten of me that I shulde do y e wyll O God Aboue whaÌ„ he had sayde Sacrifice and offerynge and burntsacrifices syn offerynges thou woldest not haue nether hast alowed which yet are offered after y e lawe TheÌ„ sayde he Lo I come to do wil thy O God there taketh he awaye the first to stablyszhe the latter In the which wyll we are sanctified by the offerynge vp of the body of Iesus Christ once for all And euery prest is ready daylie mynistringe and oftymes offereth one maner of offerynges which can neuer take awaye synnes But this man whan he had offred for synnes one sacrifice which is of value for euer sat him downe on the righte hande of God and from hence forth tarieth tyll his foes be made his fote stole For with one offerynge hath he made perfecte for euer theÌ„ that are sanctified And the holy goost also beareth vs recorde of this euen whan he sayde before This is the Testament that I wyl make vnto them after those dayes sayeth y e LORDE I
hilles and exalted aboue al litle hilles And alheitheÌ„ shal prease vnto him and the multitude of people shall go vnto him speakinge thus one to another vp let us go to the hill of the LORDE and to the house of y e God of Iacob y t he maye shewe us his waye and y t we maye walke in his pathes For y e lawe shal come out of Syon and the worde of God from Ierusalem and shal geue sentence amonge the heithen and shal reforme the multitude of people So that they shal breake their swerdes and speares to make sythes sycles sawes therof From that tyme forth shal not one people lift vp wapen agaynst another nether shal they lerne to fight from thensforth It is to the that I crie o house of Iacob vp let us walke in the light of the LORDE But thou art scatred abrode with thy people o house of Iacob for ye go farre beyonde yo r fathers whether it be in Sorcerers whom ye haue as the phylistynes had or in calkers of mens byrthes wherof ye haue to many As soone as youre londe was ful of syluer and golde and no ende of youre treasure so soone as youre londe was ful of stronge horses and no ende of youre charettes Inmediatly was it ful of Idols also euen workes of youre owne hondes which ye youre selues haue facioned and youre fyngers haue made There kneleth the man there falleth the man downe before them so y t thou canst not bringe him awaye from thence And therfore get y e soone in to some rock vnd hyde the in the grounde from the sight of the fearful iudge and from y e glory of his Magestie Which casteth downe y e high lokes of presumptuous personnes and bryngeth lowe the pryde of maÌ„ and he only shall be exalted in y e daye For the daye of y e LORDE of hostes shal go ouer all pryde presumpcioÌ„ vpon all theÌ„ that exalte theÌ„ selues and shal bringe them all downe vpoÌ„ all high stoute Cedre trees of Libanus and vpon all the okes of Basan vpon all high hilles and vpon all stoute mountaynes vpon all costly towres and vpon all stronge walles vpon all shippes of the see and vpon euery thinge y t is glorious and pleasaunt to loke vpon And it shall bringe downe the pryde of man and laye mans presumptuousnesse full lowe and the LORDE shal only haue the victory in that daye But the Idols shal utterly be roted out Men shal crepe in to holes of stone and in to caues of the earth from the sight of the fearfull iudge and from the glory of his magesty what tyme as he shal make him vp to shake the earth Then theÌ„ shal maÌ„ cast awaye his goddes of syluer and golde which he neuertheles had made to honoure theÌ„ vnto Molles and Backes that he maye the better crepe in to the caues and rockes and in to the cliffes of hard stones from y e sight of the fearful iudge and from the glory of his Magesty The thirde Chapter EVery man can eschue a persone moued in anger for what doth he wysely â–ª Euen so shal y e LORDE of hoostes take awaye froÌ„ IerusaleÌ„ Iuda all possessioÌ„s power all meat and drinke y e captayne and the soudyare y e iudge and the prophete the wyse and the aged maÌ„ the worshipful of fiftie yeare olde and the honorable the Senatours and men of vnderstondinge the masters of craftes and oratours And I shal geue you children to be youre prynces saieth the LORDE and babes shall haue the rule of you One shall euer be doinge violence and wronge to another The boye shal presume agaynst the elder and the vyle persone agaynst the honorable Yee one shal take a frende of his own kynred by y e bosome and saye thou hast clothinge thou shalt be oure heade for thou mayest kepe us from this fall and parell Then shall he sweare and saye I can not helpe you Morouer there is nether meate ner clothinge in my house make me no ruâ—ler of the people For Ierusalem and Iuda must decaye because that both their wordes and councels are agaynst the LORDE they prouoke the presence of his magestyrs to anger The chaunginge of their countenaunce bewrayeth them yee they declare their owne synnes them selues as the Sodomites hyde theÌ„ not Wo be vnto their soules for they shal be heuely rewarded Then shal they saye O happie are the godly for they maye enioye the frutes of their studies But wo be to y e vngodly and vnrightuous for they shal be rewarded after their workes O my people rybaudes oppresse y e and women haue rule of the. O my people thy leders deceaue the and treade out the waye of thy footsteppes The LORDE is here to comon of the matter and stondeth to geue iudgment with the people The LORDE shal come forth to reason with the Senatours and prynces of his people and shal saye thus vnto them It is ye thÌ„at haue burnt vp my vynyearde the robbery of the poore is in youre house Wherfore do ye oppresse my people and marre y e faces of the innocentes thus shal the God of hoostes reuyle them Morouer thus saieth y e LORDE Seinge the doughters of Sion are become so proude and come in with stretched out neckes and with vayne wanton eyes seinge they come in trippinge so nycely with their fete Therfore shal the LORDE shaue the heades of the doughters of Sion and make their bewtie bare in that daye In that daye shal the LORDE take awaye the gorgiousnes of their apparel and spanges cheynes partlettes and colares bracelettes and hooues y e goodly floured wyde and broderd raymeÌ„t brusshes and headbandes rynges and garlaÌ„des holy daye clothes and vales kerchâ—es and pynnes glasses and smockes bonettes and taches And in steade of good smell there shal be stynck amonge them And for their gyrdles there shal be lowse bondes And for welâ—set hayre there shal be baldnesse In steade of a stomacher a sack cloth and for their bewty wythrednesse and sonneburnynge Their husbondes and their mightie men shall perish with the swerde in batell The fourth Chapter AT that tyme shall their gates mourne and complayne and they shal syt as desolate folâ—k vpon the earth Then shal seuen wyues take holde of one man and saye we will laye all oure meat and cloothinge together in comon only that we maye be called thy wyues and that this shamefull reprofe maye be takeÌ„ from us After that tyme shal the braunch of y e LORDE be beutiful and mightie and y e frute of the earth shal be fayre and pleasaunt for those Israelites that shall springe therof Then shall the remnaunt in Sion and the remnaunt at Ierusalem be called holy namely all soch as are written amonge the lyuynge at Ierusalem what tyme as the LORDE shall wash awaye the desolacion of the doughters of