consume them 10 Thou wilt roote their fruite out of the earth and their seede from among the children of men 11 For they intended mischiefe agaynst thee and imagined a craftie deuice but they coulde not bring it to passe 12 Therfore thou wilt put them to flight and direct thine arrowes agaynsttheir faces 13 Be thou exalted O God accordyng to thine owne might so we wyll sing and with psalmes we wyll prayse thy power The argunment of the .xxij. psalme ¶ Dauid first in the figure of Christe as one forsaken cryeth to God the father vtteryng his crosse affliction humblenesse and mockes geuen of the people gouernours and priestes Secondarily he prayeth for his deliuerie that he may prayse God in the Church and incite other to put their trust in him in aduersitie Last of all he reioyceth that his kingdome shal be extended to the vttermost partes of the worlde ¶ To the chiefe musition of the mornyng hinde a psalme of Dauid 1 MY God my God why hast thou forsaken me why art thou so farre from my health and from the wordes of my complaynt 2 O my God I crye all the day tyme and in the night season and I ceasse not but thou hearest not 3 And yet thou most holy sittest to receaue the prayers of Israel 4 Our fathers hoped in thee they trusted in thee thou didst deliuer them 5 They called vpon thee and they were helped they did put their trust in thee and they were not confounded 6 But as for me I am a worme and no man a very scorne of men and an outcast of the people 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorne they do make a mowe and nod their head at me 8 Saying he referreth all to God loking that God wyll deliuer him and rescue him for he delighteth only in him 9 But thou art he that tokest me out of my mothers wombe thou causedst me to trust in thee suckyng my mothers breastes 10 I haue ben left vnto thee euer since I was borne thou art my God euen from my mothers wombe 11 O go not far frō me for trouble is harde at hande and there is none to helpe me 12 Many oxen are come about me fat bulles of Bashan close me in on euery syde 13 They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a rampyng and a roryng lion 14 I am as it were into water resolued and all my bones are out of ioynt my heart also is like waxe melted in the middest of my bowels 15 My strength is dried vp like a potsheard my tongue cleaueth to my gummes and thou hast brought me into the dust of death 16 For dogges are come about me the assemble of the wicked lay siege agaynst me they haue pearced my handes and my feete I may tell all my bones 17 They stande staring gasing vpon me they part my garmentes among them and they cast lottes vpon my vesture 18 But be not thou farre from me O God thou art my strength make haste to helpe me 19 Delyuer my soule from the sworde and my dearlyng from the dogges pawes 20 Saue me from the Lions mouth delyuer me from the hornes of the Vnicornes 21 I wyll declare thy name vnto my brethren I wyll prayse thee in the middest of the congregation 22 Saying prayse ye God ye that feare hym glorifie hym all ye of the seede of Iacob and stande in awe of hym all ye of the seede of Israel 23 For he hath not dispised nor abhorred the affliction of the poore he hath not hyd his face from hym but he hearde hym when he cryed vnto hym 24 My prayse shal be of thee in the great congregation I wyll perfourme my vowes in the syght of them that feare hym 25 The poore shall eate and be satisfied they that seeke after God shall prayse hym your heart shall lyue for euer 26 All the endes of the worlde shall remember them selues and be turned vnto God and all the kinredes of the nations shall worshyp before thy face 27 For the kingdome is Gods and he is the gouernour ouer the nations 28 All such as be fat vpon the earth shall eate and worshyp all they that go downe in to the dust shall knele before hym although he preserued not his owne lyfe 29 The posteritie shall serue hym they shal be counted vnto the Lorde for a generation 30 They wyll come and declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shal be borne for he hath done it ¶ The argument of the .xxiij. Psalme Dauid resemblyng God to a sheephearde and hym selfe to a sheepe declareth that all commodities plentie quietnesse and prosperitie ensueth them that be fully perswaded of Gods prouidence for God feedeth norisheth defendeth and gouerneth those that put their wholl trust in hym after a more ample sort then any sheepehearde doth his sheepe ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 GOd is my sheephearde therfore I can lacke nothyng he wyll cause me to repose my selfe in pasture full of grasse and he wyll leade me vnto calme waters 2 He wyll conuert my soule he wyll bring me foorth into the pathes of righteousnesse for his name sake 3 Yea though I walke through the valley of the shadowe of death I wyll feare no euyll for thou art with me thy rodde and thy staffe be the thynges that do comfort me 4 Thou wylt prepare a table before me in the presence of myne aduersaries thou hast annoynted my head with oyle and my cup shal be brymme full 5 Truely felicitie and mercie shal folowe me all the dayes of my lyfe and I wyll dwell in the house of God for a long tyme. ¶ The argument of the .xxiiij. Psalme ¶ Dauid declareth that although all the earth and all the inhabitours therof do pertayne to God yet that he hath chosen most especially the mount Sion So that such as wyll seke God and lyue vertuously must dwell in that blessed mount Heal so desireth to builde a temple for to place therin the arke of God whiche he nameth the kyng of glorie ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 THe earth is Gods and all that therin is the worlde they that dwell therin 2 For he hath laide the foundation of it vpon the seas and he hath set it sure vpon the fluddes 3 Who shal ascende into the hyll of God or who shall ryse vp in his holy place 4 Euen he that hath cleane handes and a pure heart that hath not taken his soule in vayne nor sworne disceiptfully 5 He shall receaue a blessyng from God and ryghteousnesse from the Lorde of his saluation 6 This is the generation of them that seke hym euen of them that seke thy face in Iacob Selah 7 Lyft vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lyft vp ye euerlastyng doores and the kyng of glorie shall enter in 8 Who is this kyng of glorie it is God both strong
mightie it is God mightie in battayle 9 Lyft vp your heades O ye gates and be you lyft vp ye euerlastyng doores and the kyng of glorie shall enter in 10 Who is this kyng of glorie euen the God of hostes he is the kyng of glorie Selah The argument of the .xxv. Psalme ¶ Dauid afflicted with enemies feelyng the great burden of sinne namely of his youth prayeth God partly to delyuer hym partly to teache hym and to pardon his offences He setteth foorth the infinite goodnesse and felicitie which is assured to all them that feare God Finally he confesseth that all his trust is in God 1 I Lyft vp my soule vnto thee O God I put my trust in thee my Lorde let me not be confounded neither let myne enemies triumph ouer me 2 Yea let not all them that hope in thee be put to shame let them be put to shame who without a cause do trayterously transgresse 3 Make me to knowe thy wayes O God and teache me thy pathes leade me foorth in thy trueth and teache me for thou art the Lorde of my saluation I haue wayted for thee al the day long 4 Call to remembraunce O God thy tender mercies thy louyng kindnesse for they haue ben for euer 5 Oh remember not thou the sinnes and offences of my youth but accordyng to thy mercie euen of thy goodnesse O God remember me 6 Gratious and ryghteous is God therfore he wyll teache sinners in the way 7 He wyll guide the meke in iudgement and teache the humble his way 8 All the pathes of God are mercie and trueth vnto such as kepe his couenaunt and his testimonies 9 Pardon thou therfore for thy name sake O God my wickednesse for it is very great 10 What man is he that feareth God God wyll teache hym in the way that he shall choose 11 His soule shall rest all nyght at ease and his seede shall inherite the lande 12 The secrete of God is among them that feare hym and he wyll make knowen vnto them his couenaunt 13 Myne eyes be alwayes turned vnto God for he wyll take my feete out of the net 14 Turne thy face vnto me and haue mercie vpon me for I am desolate and in miserie 15 The sorowes of myne heart are encreased O bryng thou me out of my distresse 16 Loke thou vpon myne aduersitie and vpon my labour and forgeue me all my sinne 17 Consider myne enemies for they do multiplie and they beare a tirannous hate against me 18 O kepe my soule and deliuer me lest I shal be confounded for I haue put my trust in thee 19 Let integritie and vprighteous dealing kepe me safe for I haue wayted after thee 20 O God redeeme Israel out of all his aduersities The argument of the .xxvj. psalme ¶ Dauid offereth his cause for the whiche he was persecuted to be iudged of God protesting his innocencie partly in that he serued God with purenes of heart and vprightnes of life frequenting his temple and vsing his ceremonies partly also in that he hated all company of euill men whatsoeuer they were ¶ Of Dauid 1 IVdge thou me O God for I haue walked in my perfection my trustalso hath ben in God therfore I shall not fall 2 Examine me O God and proue me trye out my reynes and my heart 3 For thy louing kindnes is before mine eyes and I wyll walke in thy trueth 4 I haue not sit in company with vayne persons neither haue I entred once acquaintaunce with dissemblers 5 I haue hated the congregation of the malitious and I wyll not sit amongst the vngodly 6 I haue wasshed my handes in innocencie and so I haue gone about thine aulter O God 7 That in a publique confession I myght heare and set foorth all thy wonderous workes 8 O God I haue loued the habitation of thine house and the place wherethine honour dwelleth 9 O gather not my soule with sinners nor my life with bloodie men 10 In whose handes is wickednes and their right hande is full of gyftes 11 But as for me I wyll walke in my perfection O redeeme me and be mercyfull vnto me 12 My foote standeth vpon a playne grounde therfore I wyll blesse God in the congregations ¶ The argument of the .xxvij. psalme ¶ The prophete confesseth his boldnes courage and no feare at all that he had through God in extreame and perilous daungers Before al thinges he requireth that he may come into the temple with the godly for to sacrifice and to prayse God He prayeth also most earnestly for helpe at Gods hande being of all other forsaken 1 GOD is my lyght and saluation whom then shall I feare God is the strength of my life of whom then shall I be afraide 2 When the malitious approched neare vnto me for to eate vp my fleshe mine enemies and foes stumbled and fell 3 Though an hoast of men were layde in campe against me yet shall not mine heart be afraide and though there rose vp warre against me yet I wyll put my trust in this 4 I haue desired one thyng of God whiche once agayne I wyll earnestly require euen that I may dwell in the house of God all the dayes of my life to beholde the beautifulnes of God and to seeke it in his temple 5 For in the time of aduersitie he shall hide me in his tabernacle yea in the secrete place of his pauilion he shall hide me and set me vp vpon a rocke of stone 6 And nowe he shall lift vp my head aboue mine enemies rounde about me therfore I wyll offer in his tabernacle a sacrifice of great ioy I wyll sing and prayse God with psalmes 7 Hearken vnto my voyce O god when I crye vnto thee haue mercy vpon me and heare me 8 My heart hath sayde vnto thee accorcording * to this thy commaundement seeke ye my face thy face O God wyll I seeke 9 O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast thy seruaunt away in a displeasure thou hast ben my succour leaue me not neither forsake me O Lorde of my saluation 10 For my father and mother forsoke me and God did take me vp 11 Teache me thy way O God and leade me in a right path because of mine enemies 12 Deliuer me not into mine aduersaries handes for there are false witnesses rysen vp against me and such as speake wrong 13 If I had not beleued veryly to see the goodnes of God in the lande of the liuing their spite had kylled me 14 Attende thou therfore vpon God be of a good courage and he will comfort thine heart I say attende thou vpon God The argument of the .xxviii. psalme ¶ The prophete turning his face towardes the arke of God desireth that his prayers may be hearde that God would succour him and not suffer him to be oppressed of the wicked to whom vengeaunce is due he thanketh
he vnto me The wickednesse of the house of Israel and Iuda is exceedyng great so that the lande is full of blood the citie full of reuoltyng from God for they say The Lorde hath forsaken the earth and the Lorde seeth it not 10 As touchyng me also mine eye shall not spare them neither wyll I haue pitie but wyll recompence their wayes vpon their heades 11 And beholde the man that had the lynnen rayment vpon hym and the writers inckhorne by his syde reported the matter and sayde As thou hast commaunded me so haue I done ⧠The .x. Chapter 2 Of the man that toke hotte burnyng coales out of the middle of the Wheeles of the Cherubims 8 A rehearsall of the vision of the wheeles of the beastes and of the Cherubims 1 AND as I loked beholde in the firmament that was aboue the head of the Cherubims as it were a Saphir stone made lyke the similitude of a throne was seene ouer them 2 Then spake he to hym that had the lynnen rayment vpon hym and sayde Crepe in betwene the wheeles that are vnder the Cherub and take thine hand full of hotte coales out from betwene the Cherubims and scatter them ouer the citie And he crept in that I myght see 3 Nowe the Cherubims stoode vpon the ryght syde of the house when the man went in and the cloude fylled the inner court 4 And the glorie of the Lorde remoued from the Cherubims and came vpon the doore of the house so that the temple was full of cloudes and the court was full of the shine of the Lordes glorie 5 Yea and the sounde of the Cherubims winges was hearde into the fore court lyke as it had ben the voyce of the almightie God when he speaketh 6 Nowe when he had bidden the man that was clothed in lynnen saying Take fire from the middest of the wheeles which were vnder the Cherubims he went and stoode besyde the wheeles 7 Then one Cherub reached foorth his hande from betwene the Cherubims vnto the fire that was betwene the Cherubims and toke therof and gaue it into the handes of hym that had on the lynnen rayment which toke it and went out 8 And vnder the wynges of the Cherubims there appeared the likenesse of a mans hande 9 I loked also and behold foure wheeles beside the Cherubims one wheele by one Cherub and another by another Cherub and the wheeles were to loke vpon after the fashion of the precious stone Tharsis 10 As touchyng their appearaunce they were all foure of one fashion as yf one wheele had ben in another 11 When they went foorth they went vpon their foure sides not turnyng backe in their goyng for which way the head of the first loked after it they went so that they turned not backe in their goyng 12 And their whole bodyes their backes their handes and wynges yea and the wheeles also were full of eyes rounde about the foure wheeles 13 And to the wheeles he cryed to them in my hearyng O wheele 14 Euery one of them had foure faces so that the face of the first was the face of a Cherub and the face of the seconde the face of a man and of the thirde the face of a lion and of the fourth the face of an egle 15 And the Cherubims were lyfted vp This is the beast that I sawe at the water of Chebar 16 Nowe when the Cherubims went the wheeles went by them and when the Cherubims lyft vp their wynges to mount vp from the earth the same wheeles also turned not from besides them 17 Shortly when they stoode these stoode also and when they were lifted vp the wheeles lift vp them selues also with them for the spirite of the beast was in the wheeles 18 Then the glorie of the Lorde departed from aboue the doore of the temple and remayned vpon the Cherubims 19 And the Cherubims flackered with their wynges and lyft them selues vp from the earth so that I sawe when they went the wheeles besides them and they stoode at the doore of the east gate of the house of the Lorde so the glorie of the God of Israel was vpon them on hye 20 This is the beast that I sawe vnder the God of Israel by the riuer of Chebar and I perceaued that it was the Cherubims 21 Euery one had foure faces and euery one foure wynges and vnder their wynges the likenesse of mens handes 22 Touchyng the similitude of their countenaunces they were the very same countenaunces which I sawe at the riuer Chebar and the selfe same appearaunces euery one in his goyng went strayght forwarde The .xj. Chapter 1 Who they were that seduced the people of Israel 5 Agaynst these he prophecieth shewyng them howe they shal be dispersed abrode 19 The renuyng of the heart commeth of God 21 He threatneth them that leane vnto their owne counsayles 1 MOreouer the spirite lift me vp and brought me vnto the east gate of the Lordes house which lyeth eastwarde and beholde at the entry of the gate were fiue and twentie men among whom I sawe Iaazaniah the sonne of Azur and Pheltiah the sonne of Banaiahu the rulers of the people 2 Then sayde he vnto me Thou sonne of man these men imagine mischiefe a wicked counsayle take they in this citie 3 Saying It is not neare let vs builde houses this Hierusalem is the cauldron and we be the fleshe 4 Therfore shalt thou prophecie against them yea prophecie O sonne of man 5 And with that fell the spirite of the Lorde vpon me and sayde vnto me Speake thus saith the Lorde On this maner haue ye spoken O ye house of Israel and I knowe the imaginations of your heartes 6 Many one haue ye murthered in this citie and fylled the streetes full of the slayne 7 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God The slayne men that ye haue layde on the grounde in the citie are the fleshe and this citie is the cauldron but I wyll bryng you out of it ye haue feared the sworde and I wyll bring a sworde ouer you saith the Lorde God 8 And I wyll bryng you out of the middest therof and deliuer you into the handes of straungers and wyll execute iudgementes among you 10 Ye shall fall by the sworde in the borders of Israel wyll I iudge you and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde 11 This citie shall not be your cauldron neither shall ye be the fleshe therin but in the borders of Israel wyll I punishe you 12 That ye may knowe that I am the Lorde in whose commaundementes ye haue not walked nor kept my lawes but haue done after the customes of the heathen that lye rounde about you 13 Nowe when I prophecied Pheltiah the sonne of Banaiahu dyed then fell I downe vpon my face and cryed with a loude voyce saying Ah Lorde God wylt thou then vtterly destroy all the remnaunt in Israel 14 And so the worde
vnleauened bread that is before the Lord. 24 And put all vpoÌ„ the handes of Aaron and on the handes of his sonnes and waue them for a waue offeryng before the Lord. 25 And agayne thou shalt take it from of their handes and burne it vpon the aulter for a burnt offeryng to be a sauour of sweetnes before the Lorde for it is a sacrifice by fire vnto the Lord. 26 And thou shalt take the brest of the Ramme of Aarons consecration and waue it for a waue offeryng before the Lord and it shal be thy part 27 And thou shalt sanctifie the brest of the waue offeryng and the shoulder of the heaue offeryng which is waued heaued vp of the Ramme of the consecration for Aaron and for his sonnes 28 And it shal be Aarons and his sonnes by a statute for euer from the childreÌ„ of Israel for it is an heaue offeryng it shal be an heaue offeryng froÌ„ the children of Israel of the sacrifice of theyr peace offerynges euen theyr heaue offeryng shall it be vnto the Lord. 29 And the holy garmentes of Aaron shal be his sonnes after him to be anoynted therein and to fyll theyr handes therein 30 And that sonne that is priest in his steede after hym shall put them on seuen dayes when he coÌ„meth into the tabernacle of wytnesse to minister in the holy place 31 And thou shalt take the Ramme of the consecration seethe his flesh in the holy place 32 And Aaron and his sonnes shall eate the fleshe of the Ramme and the bread that is in the basket euen by the doore of the tabernacle of wytnesse 33 And they shall eate them because the attonement was made therwith to fyll theyr handes and to consecrate them but a straunger shall not eate therof because they are holy 34 And yf ought of the flesh of the consecration or of the bread remayne vnto the mornyng thou shalt burne it with fire and it shall not be eaten because it is holy 35 Therfore shalt thou do vnto Aaron and his sonnes euen so accordyng to all thynges which I haue commaunded thee seuen dayes shalt thou fyll theyr handes 36 And thou shalt offer euery day a calfe for a sinne offeryng for to recoÌ„sile withall and thou shalt clense the aulter wheÌ„ thou reconsilest vpon it and thou shalt annoynt it to sanctifie it 37 Seuen dayes thou shalt reconsile vpoÌ„ the aulter and sanctifie it it shal be an aulter most holy and whatsoeuer toucheth the aulter shal be holy 38 This is that which thou shalt offer vpon the aulter euen two Lambes of one yere old day by day continually 39 The one thou shalt offer in the mornyng ' and the other at euen ' 40 And with the one Lambe a tenth deale of flowre mingled with the fourth part of an hyn of beaten oyle and the fourth part of an hyn of wyne for a drynk offeryng 41 And the other Lambe thou shalt offer at euen and shalt do thereto accordyng to the meate offeryng drinke offeryng in the morning to be an odour of a sweet sauour and a sacrifice by fire vnto the Lorde 42 And let this be a continuall burnt offering amongst your children after you before the doore of y e tabernacle of witnesse before the Lord where I will meete you to speake there vnto thee 43 There I will meete with the children of Israel and the place shall be sanctified in my glorie 44 And I will sanctifie the tabernacle of witnesse and the aulter and I will sanctifie also both Aaron his sonnes to be my priestes 45 And I will dwell amongst the chyldren ' of Israel and will be their God ' 46 And they shall knowe that I am the Lord theyr God that brought them out of the lande of Egypt for to dwell amongst them euen I the Lord their God ¶ The .xxx. Chapter 1 The fourme of the aulter of incense 6 The standyng thereof 12 The monye to the vse of the tabernacle 13 A sicle 18 The brasen â—auere 23 The makyng of holye oyle 35 The makyng of incense 1 AND thou shalt make an aulter for sweete incense of Sittim wood shalte thou make it 2 A cubite long and a cubite brode eueÌ„foure square shall it be and two cubites hye the hornes therof shall proceede out of it 3 And thou shalt ouerlaye it with fine gold both the ruffe the walles round about and his hornes also and shalt make vnto it a crowne of gold round about 4 And two golden ringes shalt thou make to it on either side euen vnder the crowne that they maye be as places for the barres to beare it withall ' 5 And thou shalt make the barres of ' Sittim wood couer them with gold 6 And thou shalt put it before the vayle that is by the arke of testimonie before the mercie seate that is vpon the testimonie where I wyll meete with thee 7 And Aaron shall burne theron sweete incense euery mornyng when he dresseth the lampes euen then shall he burne it 8 And lykewise at euen when he setteth vp the lampes he shall burne incense this incensing shall be perpetually before the Lord throughout your generations 9 Ye shall offer no straunge incense thereon â–ª nor burnt sacrifice nor meate offeryng neither powre any drinke offeryng thereon 10 And Aaron shall reconsile vppon the hornes of it once in a yere with the blood of the sinne offeryng of reconsiling euen once in the yere shal he reconsile vpon it through your generations it is most holy vnto the Lorde ' 11 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 12 If thou takest the suÌ„me of the childreÌ„ of Israel after theyr number they shal geue euery man a recoÌ„siling of his soule vnto the Lorde when thou numbrest them that there be no plague amongst them when thou nuÌ„brest them 13 And thus much shall euery man geue that goeth into the number halfe a sicle after the sicle of the sanctuarie A sicle is twentie halfpence an halfe sicle shal be the heaue offeryng of the Lorde 14 All that are numbred from twentie yere olde and aboue shall geue a heaue offeryng vnto the Lorde 15 The riche shall not passe and the poore shall not go vnder halfe a sicle but ye shall geue an heaue offeryng vnto the Lorde that he may haue mercie on your soules 16 And thou shalt take the reconsilyng monye of the children of Israel and shalt put it vnto the vse of the tabernacle of the congregation that it may be a memoriall vnto the chyldren of Israel before the Lord that he may haue mercie vpon your soules 17 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 18 Thou shalt make a lauer of brasse his foot also of brasse to washe withall and shalt put it betwene the tabernacle of the congregation and the aulter and put water therin 19 For Aaron and his
And they gathered them selues together agaynst Moyses and Aaron and sayde vnto them Ye take much vpon you seyng all the multitude are holy euery one of them and the Lorde is among them Why lyft you your selues vp aboue the congregation of the Lord 4 And when Moyses hearde it he fell vpon his face 5 And spake vnto Corah and vnto all his company saying To morowe the Lord wyll shewe who are his who is holy and who ought to approche nye vnto hym and whom he hath chosen he will cause to come neare vnto hym 6 This do therfore Take you firepannes both Corah all his companie 7 And do fire therin and put incense in them before the Lorde to morowe And the man whom the Lorde doth chose the same shal be holy Ye take much vpon you ye sonnes of Leui. 8 And Moyses sayd vnto Corah Heare I pray you ye sonnes of Leui 9 Seemeth it but a small thyng vnto you that the God of Israel hath seperated you from the multitude of Israel and brought you to hym selfe to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the Lorde and to stande before the multitude and to minister vnto them 10 He hath taken thee to hym and all thy brethren the sonnes of Leui with thee and seeke ye the office of the priest also 11 For which cause both thou and all thy companie are gathered together against the Lorde And what is Aaron that ye murmure agaynst hym 12 And Moyses sent and called Dathan and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab which sayde We wyll not come vp 13 Is it a small thyng that thou hast brought vs out of the land that floweth with mylke and honie to kyll vs in the wildernesse except thou make thy selfe lorde and ruler ouer vs also 14 Moreouer thou hast not brought vs vnto a lande that floweth with mylke honie neither geuen vs inheritaunce of fieldes and vineyardes Wylt thou put out the eyes of these men We wyll not come vp 15 And Moyses waxed very angry and sayde vnto the Lorde Turne not thou vnto their offeryng I haue not taken so much as an asse from them neither haue I hurt any of them 16 And Moyses sayde vnto Corah Be thou al thy company before the Lord both thou they and Aaron to morowe 17 And take euery man his censer and put incense in them and bryng ye before the Lorde euery man his censer euen two hundreth and fiftie censers thou also and Aaron euery one his censer 18 And they toke euery man his censer and put fire in them and layde incense theron and stoode in the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moyses and Aaron 19 And Corah gathered all the congregation agaynst them vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation And the glorie of the Lorde appeared vnto all the congregation ◠And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron saying 21 Seperate your selues from among this congregation that I may consume them at once 22 And they fell vpon their faces and sayde O God the God of spirites of all fleshe hath not one man sinned Wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude 23 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 24 Speake vnto the congregation and say Get you away from about the tabernacle of Corah Dathan Abiram 25 And Moyses rose vp and went vnto Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israel folowed hym 26 And he spake vnto the congregation saying Depart I pray you from the tentes of these wicked men and touche nothyng of theirs lest ye perishe in all their sinnes 27 And so they gate them from the tabernacle of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And Dathan Abiram came out stoode in the doore of their tentes with their wiues their sonnes and their litle children 28 And Moyses sayde Hereby ye shall knowe that the Lorde hath sent me to do all these workes for I haue not done them of myne owne mynde 29 If these men dye the common death of all men or if they be visited after the visitation of all men then the Lorde hath not sent me 30 But and if the Lorde make a newe thyng and the earth open her mouth and swallowe them vp with all that they haue and they go downe quicke into the pit then ye shall vnderstande that these men haue prouoked y e Lorde 31 And assoone as he had made an ende of speaking al these wordes the ground cloue asunder that was vnder them 32 And the earth opened her mouth and swalowed them vp and their houses and all the men that were with Corah and all their goodes 33 And they and all that they had went downe alyue vnto the pit and the earth closed vpon them and they perished from among the congregation 34 And all Israel that were about them fled at the crye of them And they sayde lest the earth swalowe vs vp also 35 And there came out a fire from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred and fiftie men that offered incense 36 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 37 Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the priest that he take vp the censers out of the burnyng and scatter the fire here and there for they are halowed 38 The censers of these sinners agaynst their owne soules let them make of them brode plates for a coueryng of the aulter For they offered them before the Lorde and therfore they are halowed and they shal be a signe vnto the children of Israel 39 And Eleazar the priest toke the brasen censers which they that were burnt had offered and made brode plates for a coueryng of the aulter 40 To be a remembraunce vnto the children of Israel that no straunger which is not of the seede of Aaron come neare to offer incense before the Lorde that he be not lyke vnto Corah and his companie as the Lorde sayde to hym by the hande of Moyses 41 But on the morowe all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured agaynst Moyses and Aaron saying Ye haue kylled the people of the Lorde 42 And whē the multitude was gathered agaynst Moyses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of the congregation And beholde the cloude couered it and the glorie of the Lorde appeared 43 And Moyses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation 44 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 45 Get you from among this congregation that I may consume thē quickly And they fell vpon their faces 46 And Moyses sayd vnto Aaron Take a censer and put fire therin out of the aulter and powre on incense and go quickly vnto the congregation make an attonement for them For there is wrath gone out from the Lorde and there is a plague begunne 47 And Aaron toke as Moyses cōmaunded hym and ranne into the middes of y e congregation and beholde the plague was begunne among the people and he put on incense and made an atonement
Egypt to bryng vs into this euyll place which is no place of seede nor of fygges nor vines nor pomgranates neither is there any water to drynke 6 And Moyses and Aaron went from the presence of the congregation vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation and fel vpon their faces and the glorie of the Lorde appeared vnto them 7 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 8 Take the rodde and gather thou and thy brother Aaron the congregation together and speake vnto the rocke before their eyes and it shall geue foorth his water And thou shalt bryng them water out of the rocke to geue the companie drynke and their beastes also 9 And Moyses toke the rodde from before the Lord as he commaunded hym 10 And Moyses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rocke and Moyses sayde vnto them Heare ye rebelles must we fetch you water out of this rocke 11 And Moyses lyft vp his hande and with his rodde he smote the rocke two tymes and the water came out aboundauntly and the multitude dranke and their beastes also 12 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron Because ye beleued me not to sanctifie me in the eyes of the children of Israel therfore ye shall not bryng this congregation into the lande which I haue geuen them 13 This is the water of strife because the children of Israel stroue with y e Lorde and he was sanctified in them 14 And Moyses sent messengers from Cades vnto the kyng of Edom thus sayeth thy brother Israel Thou knowest all the trauayle that we haue had 15 Our fathers went downe into Egypt we haue dwelt in Egypt a long tyme and the Egyptians vexed vs and our fathers 16 And when we cryed vnto the Lorde he hearde our voyce and sent an angell and hath fet vs vp out of Egypt And beholde we are in Cades euen in the vttermost citie of thy border 17 Let vs passe I pray thee through thy countrey but we wyll not go through the fieldes or vineyardes neither wyll we drynke of the water of the fountaynes we wyll go by the kynges hye way and neither turne vnto the ryght hande nor to the left vntyll we be past thy borders 18 And Edom aunswered hym Thou shalt not go by me lest I come out agaynst thee with the sworde 19 The children of Israel sayd vnto him we wyll go by the beaten way and if I and my cattell drynke of thy water I wyll pay for it I wyll but only without any harme go through on my feete 20 He aunswered Thou shalt not go through And Edom came out agaynst hym with much people and with a mightie power 21 And thus Edom denied to geue Israel passage through his countrey wherfore Israel turned away from hym 22 And the children of Israel departed from Cades and came vnto mount Hor with all the congregation 23 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron in mount Hor harde by the coast of the lande of Edom saying 24 Aaron shal be gathered vnto his people for he shall not come into the lande which I haue geuen vnto the children of Israel because ye disobeyed my mouth at the water of strife 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his sonne and bryng them vp into mount Hor. 26 And cause Aaron to put of his garmentes and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne and Aaron shal be gathered vnto his people and shall dye there 27 And Moyses dyd as the Lorde commaunded and they went vp into mount Hor in the sight of all the multitude 28 And Moyses toke of Aarons clothes and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne and Aaron dyed there in the toppe of the mount And Moyses and Eleazar came downe out of the mount 29 When all y e multitude sawe that Aaron was dead they mourned for Aarō thirtie dayes all the housholde of Israel ⧠The .xxj. Chapter 1 Israel vanquissheth kyng Arad 6 The firie serpentes styng them 24 The kynges Sehon and Og are ouercome in battayle 1 ANd when kyng Arad the Chananite which dwelt towarde the south hearde tell that Israel came by the way that the spyes had founde out he fought agaynst Israel and toke some of them prisoners 2 And Israel vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde and sayde If thou wylt deliuer this people into my hande I wyll vtterly destroy their cities 3 And the Lorde hearde the voyce of Israel and deliuered them the Chanaanites And they destroyed them and their cities and called the name of the place Horma 4 And they departed frō mount Hor by the way of the red sea to compasse the lande of Edom and the soule of the people was sore greeued because of y e way 5 And the people spake agaynst God and agaynst Moyses Wherefore haue ye brought vs out of Egypt for to dye in the wildernesse for here is neither bread nor water and our soule lotheth this lyght bread 6 Wherfore the Lorde sent fierie serpentes among the people which stong them and much people of Israel dyed 7 Therfore the people came to Moyses sayd We haue sinned for we haue spoken agaynst the Lord and agaynst thee make intercession to the Lord that he take away the serpentes from vs. And Moyses made intercession for y e people 8 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Make thee a fierie serpent and set it vp vpon a pole that as many as are bitten may loke vpon it and lyue 9 And Moyses made a serpent of brasse and set it vpon a pole and when the serpent had bitten any man he behelde the serpent of brasse and lyued 10 And the children of Israel departed thence and pitched in Oboth 11 And they departed from Oboth and pitched at the heapes of Abarim euen in the wildernesse which is before Moab on the east syde 12 And they remoued thence and pitched vpon the riuer of Zared 13 And they departed thence and pitched on the other syde of Arnon which is in the wildernesse and commeth out of the coastes of the Amorites for Arnon is the border of Moab betweene Moab and the Amorites 14 Wherfore it shal be spoken in the booke of the warres of the Lord what thyng he dyd in the red sea and in the riuers of Arnon 15 And at the streame of the riuers that goeth downe to the dwellyng of Ar and lyeth vpon the border of Moab 16 From thence they returned vnto Beer The same is the well wherof the Lord spake vnto Moyses Gather the people together and I will geue them water 17 Then Israel sang this song Spryng vp well syng ye vnto it 18 The princes digged this well the captaynes of the people digged it with the lawe geuer and with their staues And from the wildernesse they went to Mathana 19 And from Mathana to Nahaliel and from Nahaliel to Bamoth 20 And from Bamoth of the valley that is in the fielde of Moab vnto the top of
and my sauing helpe he is my refuge so that I can not be remoued 7 In the Lorde is my health and my glory my trust is in the Lorde the fortresse of my force 8 O ye people put your trust in hym alway powre out your heartes before him for the Lorde is our hope Selah 9 As for the chyldren of men they be onlye but vanitie the chyldren of lordes be but a lye vpon the wayghtes they be altogether lighter then vanitie in selfe 10 O trust not in wrong dealing and spoyling geue not your selues vnto vanitie if riches encrease set not your heart vpon them 11 The Lord spake it once but I haue hearde it twise that power and mercy belongeth to thee O Lorde God for thou rewardest euery man according to his worke The argument of the .lxiij. psalme ¶ Dauid beyng in a desert as banished out of his countrey prayeth to God that he may returne to heare his word amongest his people in the sanctuary He confesseth that Gods goodnes passeth all thinges and ingendreth ioy in euery heart He setteth foorth his aduersaries wylynes and mischiefnes telling them beforehande that suche destruction as they would worke vnto him shall fall vpon their owne selues ¶ A psalme of Dauid when he was in the wyldernesse of Iuda 1. Sam. 23. 24. 1 O Lorde thou art my Lorde early in the morning I do seeke thee 2 My soule thirsteth for thee my fleshe also longeth after thee in a baren and drye lande where no water is 3 To see thee euen so as I haue seene thee in the sanctuary that I might beholde thy power and glory 4 For thy louing kindnes is better then life it selfe my lippes shall prayse thee 5 As long as I liue I wyll blesse thee on this maner and in thy name I wyll lyft vp my handes 6 My soule is satisfied euen as it were with mary and fatnes and my mouth prayseth thee with ioyfull lippes 7 Haue I not remembred thee in my bed and thought vpon thee when I was waking 8 Because thou hast ben my helper therfore vnder the shadowe of thy wynges do I reioyce 9 My soule cleaueth fast vnto thee thy right hande hath vpholden me 10 And they that seeke my soule to oppresse it shall go vnder the earth 11 Euery one of them shal be killed with the edge of a sworde and they shal be a portion for Foxes 12 But the king shal reioyce in the Lord al they shal glory that sweare by him for the mouth of all them that speake a lye shal be stopped The argument of the .lxiiii. psalme ¶ Dauid maketh his prayer to God against the craftie malitious and false tongues of his aduersaries who wrongfully had accused hym He sheweth their naughtie nature and howe the destruction of suche shal be to Gods glory for the godly seyng it shall prayse God and be glad ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 O Lorde heare my voyce in my prayer preserue my life from feare of the enemie 2 Hyde me from the secrete counsayles of the malitious from the conspiracie of the workers of iniquitie 3 Who haue whet their tongue lyke a sword who haue drawne their arrow euen a bitter worde 4 That they may priuily shoote at hym which is perfect they do sodenly shoote at hym and feare not 5 They courage them selues in mischiefe and coÌ„mune among them selues how they may lay snares and say who shall see them 6 They searche out howe to do wrong they put in practise fully that they haue diligently searched out yea euen the secretes and bottome of euery one of their heartes 7 But the Lorde wyll sodenly shoote at them with a swyft arrowe their plagues shal be apparaunt 8 Yea they shall cause their owne tongues to be a meanes for to destroy theÌ„ selues insomuch that who so seeth them shal desire to flee away â—from them 9 And all men that see it shall say this hath God done for they shall well perceaue that it is his worke 10 The righteous wyll reioyce in God and put his trust in hym and all they that be vpright hearted wylbe glad The argument of the .lxv. psalme ¶ Dauid setteth foorth the exceeding goodnes of God partly in that he hath appoynted to be worshipped at Sion to heare those that make their prayers vnto him to forgeue them their sinnes and to endue his people with many spirituall graces and gyftes partly also in that he maketh the ground fruitfull replenishing it with cattell corne and all kinde of fruites aswell in desertes and hilles as in valleys ¶ To the chiefe musition the psalme of Dauid a song 1 O Lorde thou wylt be greatly praysed in Sion and vnto thee shal vowes be perfourmed 2 Thou that hearest a prayer vnto thee shall all fleshe come 3 My misdeedes haue preuayled against me oh be thou mercifull vnto our wicked transgressions 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and receauest vnto thee he shall dwell in thy court and we shal be satisfied with the goodnes of thy house euen of thy holy temple 5 Thou wylt heare vs doyng wonderfull thinges in righteousnes O Lorde of our saluation thou art the hope of all endes of the earth and of them that dwell farre of at the sea coast 6 Thou art he who in his strength setleth fast the mountaines and is gyrded about with power 7 Who stilleth the raging of the sea and the noyse of his waues and the vprore of the people 8 They also that dwel in the vtmost partes of the earth be afrayde at thy signes â–ª thou makest them reioyce at the going foorth of the morning and euenyng 9 Thou visitest the earth and thou makest it ouerflowne thou enrichest it greatly the riuer of God is full of water thou preparest their corne for so thou ordaynest it 10 Thou waterest her forowes thou breakest downe her hillockes thou makest it soft with the drops of rayne and blessest the increase of it 11 Thou crownest the yere with thy goodnes and thy cloudes drop fatnes 12 They drop vpon the dwellinges of the wyldernesse and hilles be compassed with ioy 13 The downes be couered with sheepe the valleys stande thicke with corne so that they showte for ioy and also sing The argument of the .lxvj. psalme ¶ The prophete Dauid calleth vpon all men to prayse God for his wonderfull power declared not only in the olde time in drying the red sea that the children of Israel might escape Pharaos handes but also nowe for sauing his people from their enemies and from Pharaos and tirauntes of their dayes He also inciteth other to be thankefull vnto God through his example ¶ To the chiefe musition a song whiche is a psalme 1 DEclare you ioyfull vnto the Lorde all ye of the earth sing psalmes vnto the glory of his name geue glory to his maiestie 2 Say vnto the Lorde oh
mercy and trueth shall go before thy face 15 Blessed is the people that knoweth a triumphant noyse O God they shal walke in the light of thy countenaunce 16 They shall make them selues merie dayly in thy name and in thy righteousnes they shall exalt them selues 17 For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy louing kindnes thou wylt lift vp our hornes 18 For our shielde is of God and our king is of the most holy of Israel 19 Thou hast spoken somtimes in visions vnto thy saintes and hast sayde I haue added ayde vpon the mightie I haue exalted one chosē out of the people 20 I haue founde Dauid my seruaunt I haue annoynted him with myne holye oyle 21 Therfore my hande shal be assured vnto him and mine arme shall strengthen hym 22 The enemie shal not be able to do him violence the sonne of wickednesse shall not afflict hym 23 I wyll breake into peeces his foes before his face and ouerthrowe them that hate hym 24 My trueth also and my mercy shal be with hym and in my name shall his horne be exalted 25 I wyll set also his dominion in the sea and his right hande in the fluddes 26 He shall make inuocation vnto me saying thou art my father O my God and my fortresse of saluation 27 And I will make him my first borne in higher state then kinges of the earth 28 My mercy wyll I kepe for hym euermore and my couenaunt shal stand fast with hym 29 His seede also wyll I make to endure for euer and his throne as the dayes of heauen 30 But if his chyldren forsake my lawe and walke not in my iudgement if they breake my statutes and kepe not my commaundementes 31 I will then visite their transgressions with a rodde and their wickednesse with stripes 32 Neuerthelesse my louyng kyndnesse I wyll not take vtterly from hym I wyl not breake my promise with hym 33 I wyll not violate my couenaunt nor alter the thyng that is gone out of my lyppes 34 I haue sworne once by my holynesse that I wyll not speake an vntrueth vnto Dauid 35 His seede shall endure for euer and his throne shal be as the sunne before me 36 And as the moone which shall continue for euermore and shal be a faithful witnesse in heauen Selah 37 But thou hast abhorred forsakē thine annoynted art sore displeased at him 38 Thou hast broken the couenaunt of thy seruaunt thou hast disgraced his crowne castyng it on the grounde 39 Thou hast ouerthrowē all his walles and broken downe his strong holdes 40 All they that go by the way spoyle hym he is become a rebuke vnto his neyghbours 41 Thou hast exalted the ryght hande of his enemies and made all his aduersaries to reioyce 42 Thou hast turned the harde edge of his sworde and thou hast not lifted him vp in the battayle 43 Thou hast brought his noble estate to an ende and hast cast his throne downe to the grounde 44 Thou hast shortened the dayes of his youth and thou hast couered him with shame Selah 45 O God howe long wylt thou hyde thy selfe for euer shall thy wrath burne lyke fire 46 Remember what I am howe short my tyme is of lyfe wherfore hast thou created in vayne all the sonnes of men 47 What man is he that lyueth and shall not see death can he delyuer his owne soule from the hande of hell Selah 48 Lorde where are become thy former olde louyng kyndnesses which thou dydst sweare vnto Dauid by thy fayth that thou wouldest perfourme 49 Remember O Lorde the dishonour * of thy seruauntes I beare in my bosome the dishonour of all people that be mightie 50 Who beyng thine enemies O God do dishonour who do dishonour the footsteppes of thine annoynted 51 Blessed be God for euermore so be it and so be it ¶ The argument of the .xc. Psalme ¶ In this prayer he setteth foorth the euerlastyng diuinitie of God and his wonderfull prouidence towardes his people There is also a lamentation of the breuitie miserie of this present lyfe the cause wherof is our sinnes For God displeased with our wickednesse causeth our dayes of this lyfe to be both short and miserable which thyng he that considereth should be incited therby to be wise Moreouer there is a petition that God woulde haue pitie of his people in recompensing the calamities of this life with felicitie in the worlde to come and so by that meanes he shall make mery his sorowfull seruauntes ¶ A prayer of Moyses the man of God 1 LOrde thou hast ben our habitation from one generation to another generation 2 Before the moūtaynes were brought foorth or euer the earth the worlde were made thou art God both from euerlastyng and also vntyll euerlastyng 3 Thou turnest man most miserable euen vnto dust thou sayest also O ye children of men returne you into dust 4 For a thousande yeres in thy syght are but as yestarday that is past and as a watch in the nyght 5 Thou makest them to flowe away they are a sleepe they be in the morning as an hearbe that groweth 6 In the mornyng it florisheth and groweth vp in the euenyng it is cut downe and wythered 7 For we be consumed through thy displeasure and we are astonyed through thy wrathfull indignation 8 Thou hast set our misdeedes before thee and our sinnes wherof we be not priuie in the lyght of thy countenaunce 9 For all our dayes do passe in thine anger we spende our yeres as in speaking a worde 1◠The dayes of our yeres be in all threescore yeres and tenne and yf through strength of nature men come to foure score yeres yet is their iolitie but labour and care yea moreouer it passeth in haste from vs and we flee from it 11 Who regardeth the force of thy wrath for euen there after as a man feareth thee so feeleth he thy displeasure 12 Make vs to knowe so our dayes that we number them and we wyll frame a heart vnto wisdome 13 Turne agayne O God what for euer wylt thou be angry and be gratious vnto thy seruauntes 14 Replenishe vs early in the mornyng with thy mercie and we wyll crye out for ioy and be glad all the dayes of our lyfe 15 Make vs mery accordyng to the dayes that thou hast afflicted vs and accordyng to the yeres wherin we haue suffred aduersitie 16 Let thy worke appeare in thy seruauntes and thy glory in their children 17 And let the glorious maiestie of the Lorde our God be vpon vs and prosper thou the worke of our handes vpon vs O prosper thou our handy worke The argument of the .xci. psalme ¶ The prophete declareth the confidence trust safenesse securitie and contentation of mynde that they haue who depende wholy of Gods gouernment protection they be without daunger in all aduersitie no
according vnto thy name for sweete is thy mercy 22 Deliuer me for truely I am afflicted and I am poore and my heart is wounded within me 23 I passe away like a vading shadowe and I am dryuen from place to place lyke the grashopper 24 My knees are weake through fasting my fleshe is dryed vp for want of fatnesse 25 I am become also a reproche vnto them they gase vpon me and they shake their head 26 Helpe me O my Lorde oh saue me according to thy mercy 27 And let theÌ„ know how that this is thy hande that thou O God hast done it 28 They will curse but thou wylt blesse they wyl rise vp â—against meâ— but let them be confounded and thy seruaunt wyll reioyce 29 Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame let them couer theÌ„selues with their owne coÌ„fusion as with a garment 30 As for me I will greatly prayse God with my mouth and I wyll prayse hym among the multitude 31 For he wyll stande at the right hande of the poore to saue him from the iudges of his soule The argument of the .cx. psalme ¶ Dauid prophesieth of Christe describing most euidently both his natures his priesthood his kingdome and victory ouer all his enemies ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 GOD sayd vnto my Lorde sit thou on my right hande vntyll I make thyne enemies thy footestoole 2 God wyll sende the scepter of his power out of Sion rule thou in the midst of thyne enemies 3 Thy people wyll be very wyllyng in the time of shewing thy most mightie * power with a beautifull holynes the deawe of thy byrth is to thee from the wombe as from the morning 4 God sware and he wyll not repent thou art a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedec 5 The Lorde at thy right hande wyll wounde euen kinges in the day of his wrath 6 He wyll iudge the Heathen he wyll fill euery place with dead bodyes he wyll smyte the head of a great countrey 7 He wyll drinke of the swyft running brooke in the way therfore he wyll lift vp his head The argument of the .cxi. psalme ¶ The prophete prayseth God he rehearseth the wonderous workes that God mindfull of his promise dyd to the chyldren of Israel bringing them out of Egypt to possesse the lande of promise for an inheritaunce He declareth also that the high wysdome of man is to feare God ¶ Prayse ye the Lorde 1 I Wyll prayse God with my whole heart in the congregation and assemblie of righteous men 2 Great are the workes of God sought out of all them that haue pleasure therin 3 His worke is glory and maiestie and his righteousnes endureth for euer 4 The merciful and gratious God hath so left a remembraunce of his meruaylous workes 5 He hath geuen meate vnto them that feare him he wyll euer be myndfull of his couenaunt 6 He hath declared vnto his people the force of his workes in geuing them the inheritaunce of the Heathen 7 The workes of his handes are veritie and iudgement all his commaundementes are true 8 They be set sure for euer and euer they are done in trueth and equitie 9 He did sende redemption vnto his people he hath commaunded his couenaunt to be for euer holy and terrible is his name 10 The beginning of wysdome is the feare of God all they haue a good vnderstanding that do his commaundements the praise of it endureth for euer The argument of the .cxii. psalme ¶ The prophete setteth foorth the felicitie rewarde and properties of them that feare God and worship him suche the vngodly seeth with his great griefe ¶ Prayse ye the Lorde 1 BLessed is the man that feareth God he hath great delight in his commaundementes 2 His seede shal be mightie vpon the earth the generation of them that dwell vprightly shal be blessed 3 Riches and plenteousnes shal be in his house and his righteousnes endureth for euer 4 There ariseth vp light in the darknes vnto them that deale vprightly he is merciful and louing and righteous 5 A good man is mercyfull and lendeth he wyll guyde his wordes with discretion 6 For he shal be neuer moued and the righteous shall be had in an euerlasting remembraunce 7 He wyll not be afraide of any euyll tidinges his heart is setled he beleueth in God 8 His heart is strengthened he will not feare vntyll he seeth a mischiefe to fall vpon his enemies 9 He hath distributed abrode he hath geuen to the poore his righteousnes remayneth for euer his horne shal be exalted with glory 10 The vngodly shall see it and it wyll greeue hym he wyll gnashe with his teethe and consume away the desire of the vngodly shall perishe The argument of the .cxiij. psalme ¶ The Prophete exhorteth all men to prayse God in consideration of his prouidence in heauen and earth who promoteth the poore man to honour and maketh the barren woman a merie mother ¶ Prayse ye the Lorde 1 PRayse God ye seruauntes prayse ye the name of God 2 Blessed be the name of God from this time foorth for euermore 3 The name of God is to be praysed from the rising vp of the sinne vnto the goyng downe of the same 4 God is high aboue all Heathen and his glory aboue the heauens 5 Who is like vnto God our Lord that dwelleth on hygh aboue all and yet humbleth him selfe to beholde the thinges that are in heauen and in earth 6 He rayseth vp the simple out of the dust and lyfteth vp the poore from the dounghyll 7 For to make him sit with the princes euen with the princes of his people 8 He maketh the barren woman to kepe house and to be a ioyful mother of children Prayse ye the Lorde The argument of the .cxiiij. psalme ¶ The prophete declareth the comming and deliuerie of the chyldren of Israel out of Egypt he declareth also the miracles worked for that purpose 1 WHen Israel came out of Egypt the house of Iacob from among the barbarous people 2 Iuda was his holynesse and Israel his dominion 3 The sea sawe that and fled Iordane was driuen backe 4 The mountaynes skypped lyke rammes and the litle hilles like young lambes 5 What ayleth thee O thou sea that thou fleddest and thou Iordane that thou wast driuen backe 6 Ye mountaines what ayled you that ye skipped lyke rammes and ye litle hilles like young lambes 7 Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lorde at the presence of the Lorde of Iacob 8 Whiche turned the harde rocke into a standing water and the flint stone into a springing well of waters The argument of the .cxv. psalme ¶ The prophete wisheth all glory to be geuen vnto God and not vnto man He setteth foorth the difference betwixt the liuing God and idols He exhorteth al the people and priestes to put their whole trust in God by that meanes they and
soule vnto thee 10 Delyuer me O God from myne enemies I hyde my selfe with thee 11 Teache me to do the thyng that pleaseth thee for thou art my Lorde let thy good spirite leade me foorth vnto the lande of ryghteousnesse 12 For thy names sake O God thou wilt cause me to lyue and for thy righteousnesse sake thou wilt bryng my soule out of trouble 13 And of thy goodnesse thou wylt restrayne myne enemies and destroy all them that be aduersaries to my soule for I am thy seruaunt ¶ The argument of the .cxliiij. Psalme ¶ Dauid acknowledgeth it to proceede only of God that he hath ouercome his enemies and hath his subiectes obedient vnto hym He marueyleth that God is so beneficiall vnto hym a man to be esteemed of no valure He desireth God vtterly to vanquishe his aduersaries and that his people may florishe with all kynde of felicitie ¶ Of Dauid 1 BLessed be God my rocke who teacheth my handes to warre and my fingers to fyght 2 My holynesse and my fortresse my refuge and my only deliuerer my buckler in hym I haue put my trust who subdueth my people vnder me 3 O God what is man that thou doest knowe hym what is the sonne of man that thou doest thynke of hym 4 Man is lyke a thyng of naught his dayes be lyke a shadowe that passeth away 5 Bowe thy heauens O God and come downe touche the mountaynes and they shall smoke 6 Cast out terrible lightninges and feare them shoote out thyne arrowes and consume them 7 Sende downe thine hand from aboue deliuer me and take me out of the great waters from the hande of the children of an other deuotion then I am 8 Whose mouth vttereth vanitie and their ryght hande is a ryght hande of falshood 9 O Lorde I wyll syng a newe song vnto thee and I wyll syng psalmes vnto thee vpon a Lute and vpon an instrument of ten strynges 10 Who geueth victorie vnto kynges who redeemeth Dauid his seruaunt from peryll of the sworde 11 Redeeme me and deliuer me from the hande of the children of an other deuotion then I am whose mouth vttereth vanitie and their ryght hande is a ryght hande of falshood 12 That our sonnes may growe vp in their youth as young plantes that our daughters may be as corners stones grauen after the fashion as a palace is 13 That the corners of our houses may be fylled yeeldyng foorth all maner of stoore that our cattell may bring foorth thousandes yea ten thousandes in our streates 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour that there be no decay no leadyng into captiuitie and no complaynyng in our streates 15 Happy are the people that be in such a case blessed is the people who haue God for their Lorde ⧠The argument of the cxlv psalme ¶ Dauid setteth foorth to be talked and song of all ages the wonderous workes of God wherin is declared his goodnesse mercifulnesse power and prouidence God raigneth for euer he aydeth the oppressed and afflicted He feedeth all creatures He is iust and mercifull in all his workes He is present with those that call vpon him and feare him such he heareth and saueth wheras he destroyeth the wicked ¶ The prayse of Dauid 1 I Will magnifie thee O Lord my king and I wyll blesse thy name for euer and euer 2 I wyll blesse thee euery day and I wyll prayse thy name for euer and euer 3 Great is God and most worthy to be praysed and his greatnesse can not be searched out 4 One generation shal praise thy workes vnto another and they shall declare thy mightie power 5 I wyll set foorth in wordes the glorious maiestie of thy excellentnesse and thy wonderous workes 6 I wyll also declare thy greatnesse so that men shall speake of the force of thy terrible actes 7 They shall vtter out of their mouth a memoriall of thyne aboundaunt kyndnesse and they shall syng of thy ryghteousnesse 8 God is gratious and mercifull loth to be angry and great in louing kindnesse 9 God is good vnto euery man and his mercie is ouer all his workes 10 All thy workes shall confesse it vnto thee O God and thy saintes shall blesse thee 11 They shal shewe the glorie of thy kingdome and talke of thy power 12 That they may make knowen to the children of men his manifolde power the glorious maiestie of his kingdome 13 Thy kingdome is an euerlasting kingdome and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages 14 God vpholdeth all such as fall and lyfteth vp all those that be bowyng downewarde 15 The eyes of all wayte vpon thee and thou geuest them their meate in due season 16 Thou openest thyne hande and thou satisfiest the desire of euery thing liuing 17 God is righteous in all his wayes and holy in all his workes 18 God is nye vnto all them that call vpon hym vnto all such as call vpon hym in trueth 19 He wyll fulfyll the desire of them that feare hym he will also heare their crye and he wyll saue them 20 God preserueth all those that loue him but he wyll bring to nothyng such as be vngodly 21 My mouth shall speake the prayse of God and all fleshe shall blesse his holy name for euer and euer The argument of the .cxlvi. psalme ¶ The prophete vttereth his great desire to prayse God he withdraweth men from puttyng their trust in princes pronouncyng that man to be happy who trusteth in God the creatour of all thinges the geuer of ryght to those that suffer wrong the feeder of the hungry the deliuerer of prisoners out of captiuitie and the defendour of straungers fatherlesse and widdowes 1 PRayse ye the Lord prayse thou God O my soule whylest I lyue I wyll prayse God I wyll syng psalmes vnto my Lorde so long as I shal be 2 Put not your trust in princes nor in the sonne of man in whom there is no saluation 3 His spirite shall depart out of hym he shall turne agayne to his earth at that day all his thoughtes shall perishe 4 Blessed is he vnto whom the God of Iacob is an ayde his trust is in God his Lorde 5 Who made heauen and earth the sea and all that therin is who mainteyneth the trueth for euer 6 Who executeth iudgement for those that are oppressed with wrong who geueth foode to the hungry 7 God looseth those that be bounde God geueth syght to the blynde 8 God rayseth them vp that are falling God loueth the ryghteous 9 God taketh strangers into his custodie he releeueth the fatherlesse and the widdowe as for the way of the vngodlye he turneth it vpsyde downe 10 God thy Lorde shall raigne O Sion to the worldes ende throughout all generations Prayse ye the Lorde The argument of the cxlvij. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth the children of Israel to prayse God for that by hym they were brought home out of captiuitie He declareth Gods great
that be in pryson and they shal be shut vp in warde and after many dayes shall they be visited 23 The moone shal be abashed and the sunne ashamed when the Lorde of hoastes shal raigne in mount Sion and in Hierusalem with worship and in the sight of suche as shal be of his counsell The .xxv. Chapter 1 A thankes geuing to God for his workes 1 THou art my Lorde my God I wyll magnifie thee I will geue thankes vnto thy name for thou hast brought wonderfull thinges to passe according to thine olde counsels truely faythfully 2 Thou hast made a citie a heape of stones and brought a strong towne into decay the habitation of straungers hast thou made to be no citie neither shall it be buylded any more 3 Therefore shall the mightie people geue glory vnto thee the citie of the valiaunt heathen shall feare thee 4 For thou hast ben a strength vnto the poore and a succour for the needie in his trouble a refuge against euill weather a shadow against the heate for the blast of raging men is like a storme that casteth downe a wall 5 Like as the heate in a drye place wasteth all thinges so shalt thou suppresse the noyse of aliantes the heate is abated with the shadowe of the cloude euen so shall God asswage the noyse of the cruel tirauntes 6 And in this mountaine shal the Lord of hoastes make vnto all people a feast of plenteous and delicate thinges euen of most pleasaunt and daintie disshes 7 And in this mountaine shall the Lord destroy the couering that all people are wrapped in and the hanging that is spread vpon all nations 8 As for death he hath destroyed it for euer and the Lorde God shall wype away teares from all faces and the rebuke of his people shall he take away out of all the earth for so the Lorde hath sayde 9 And in that day it shal be sayde lo this is our God we haue wayted for hym and he shall saue vs this is the Lorde in whom we haue hoped we wyll be merie and reioyce in the saluation that commeth of hym 10 For in this mountaine shall the hande of the Lorde ceasse and Moab shal be threshed vnder hym euen as strawe is troden to doung on the dounghill 11 And he shall stretche out his hande in the middes of them as he that swimmeth casteth out his hands to swimme and with the strength of his handes shall he bring downe their pryde 12 The strong holde also and defence of thy walles hath he ouerthrowne and cast downe and brought them to the grounde euen vnto dust The .xxvi. Chapter 1 A song of deliueraunce of the people 1 IN that day shall this song be song in the land of Iuda we haue a strong citie saluation shal God appoint in steede of walles and bulwarkes 2 Open ye the gates that the righteous people whiche kepeth the trueth may enter in 3 By an assured purpose wylt thou preserue perfect peace because they put their trust in thee 4 Put ye your trust alway in the Lord for in the Lorde God there is strength for euermore 5 For he hath brought downe the high minded citizens as for the proude citie he hath brought it lowe euen to the ground shall he cast it downe and bring it vnto dust 6 The foote euen the foote of the poore and the steppes of suche as be in necessitie shall treade it downe 7 The path of equitie wylt thou graunt vnto the iust O thou most righteous thou shalt order the path of hym that is righteous 8 Yea in the way of thy iudgementes O Lord haue we put our trust in thee thy name also and the remembraunce of thee is the thing that our soule longeth for 9 My soule hath longed for thee all the night and with my spirite whiche is within me wyll I seeke thee early in the morning For when thy iudgementes are in the earth the inhabiters of the worlde shall learne righteousnesse 10 Shall the vngodly man be fauoured which hath not learned righteousnesse but doth wickedly in the earth where nothing ought to be done but that which is righteous he shall not see the glory of the Lorde 11 Lorde when thy hande is lyft vp to strike they see it not but they shall see it and be confounded with the zeale of the people and the fire that consumeth thyne enemies shall deuour them 12 Lorde vnto vs thou shalt prouide peace for thou also hast wrought all our workes in vs. 13 O Lord our God other lordes beside thee hath subdued vs but we wyll be mindfull only of thee and of thy name 14 The dead wyll not liue they that be out of life will not ryse agayne therfore hast thou visited and rooted them out and destroyed all the memorie of them 15 Thou hast increased the people O Lorde thou hast increased the people thou art glorious thou hast sent them farre of vnto all the coastes of the earth 16 Lorde in trouble haue they visited thee they powred out their prayer whē thy chastening was vpon them 17 Like as a woman with chylde that draweth nye towardes her trauayle is sorie and cryeth in her paynes euen so haue we ben in thy sight O Lorde 18 We haue ben with chylde and suffred paine as though we had brought forth winde for there is no saluation in the earth neither do the inhabiters of the worlde submit them selues 19 Thy dead men shall liue euen as my body shall they rise againe Awake and sing ye that dwell in dust for thy deawe is euen as the deawe of hearbes and the earth shall cast out them that be vnder her 20 Come my people enter thou into thy chambers and shut thy doores about thee * hide thy selfe for a litle whyle vntill the indignation be ouerpast 21 * For beholde the Lorde is comming out of his place to visite the wickednesse of suche as dwell vpon earth the earth also shall disclose her bloods and shall no more hide them that are slayne in her ¶ The .xxvij. Chapter 1 A prophecie of the comming of Christe and destruction of idolatrie 1 IN that day the Lord with his sore great and mightie sworde shall visite Leuiathan the fugitiue serpent euen Leuiathan that crooked serpent and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea 2 In that day see that ye sing of the congregation which is the vineyarde that bringeth foorth the best wine 3 Euen I the Lorde do kepe it in due seasons shall I water it and lest the enemie do it any harme I wyll both night and day preserue it 4 There is no displeasure in me els when the vineyarde bringeth me foorth bryers and thornes I woulde go thorowe it by warre and burne it vp together 5 Let it take holde of my strength and it shal be at one with me euen at one shall
wayes are so crooked that whosoeuer goeth therein knoweth of no peace 9 And this is the cause that equitie is so farre from vs and that righteousnesse commeth not nie vs We loke for light lo it is darknesse for the morning shine see we walke in the darke 10 We grope lyke the blinde vpon the wall we grope euen as one that hath none eyes we stumble at the noone day as though it were towarde night in the falling places lyke men that are halfe dead 11 We roare all like beares and mourne still like doues we looke for equitie but there is none for health but it is farre from vs. 12 For our offences are many before thee and our sinnes testifie against vs yea we must confesse that we offende and knowledge that we do amisse 13 Namely transgresse and dissemble against the Lorde and fall away from our God vsing presumpteous and trayterous imaginations and casting false matters in our heartes 14 And therefore is equitie gone aside and righteousnesse standeth farre of trueth is fallen downe in the streete and the thing that is playne and open may not be shewed 15 Yea the trueth is taken away and he that refraineth hym selfe from euyll must be spoyled When the Lorde sawe this it displeased hym sore that there was no equitie 16 He sawe also that there was no man righteous and he wondred that there was no man to helpe hym wherefore he helde hym by his owne power and he sustayned hym by his owne righteousnesse 17 He put righteousnesse vpon hym for a brest plate he set the helmet of health vpon his head He put on wrath in the steade of clothing and toke ielousie about him for a cloke 18 Euen as when a man goeth foorth wrathfully to recompence his enemies and to be auenged of his aduersaries he wyll recompence and rewarde the Ilandes 19 They shall feare the name of the Lorde from the rising of the sunne and his maiestie vnto the going downe of the same for he shall come as a violent water streame which the winde of the Lorde hath moued 20 But vnto Sion there shall come a redeemer and vnto them in Iacob that turne from wickednesse saith the Lord. 21 I wyll make this couenaunt with them saith the Lord My spirite that is vpon thee and the wordes whiche I haue put in thy mouth shall neuer go out of thy mouth nor out of the mouth of thy childers chyldren from this time foorth for euermore worlde without ende saith the Lorde The .lx. Chapter 1 A consolation and confort to Hierusalem 5 The Churche is gathered together among the gentiles by preaching of the gospell 16 and aboundeth with all good thinges 1 GEt thee vp betymes and be bright O Hierusalem for thy light commeth and the glorie of the Lord is risen vp vpon thee 2 For lo whyle the darknesse cloude couereth the earth and the people the Lorde shall shewe thee light and his glory shal be seene in thee 3 The gentiles shall come to thy light kinges to the brightnesse that springeth foorth vpon thee 4 Lift vp thyne eyes and loke rounde about thee all these gather them selues and come to thee thy sonnes shall come vnto thee from farre and thy daughters shall gather them selues to thee on euery side 5 Then thou shalt see this and be glorious thou shalt maruayle exceedingly and thyne heart shal be opened when the aboundaunce of the sea shal be conuerted vnto thee that is when the riches of the gentiles shall come vnto thee 6 The multitude of camels shall couer thee the dromedaries of Madian and Epha all they of Saba shall come bringing gold and incense and shewing the prayse of the Lorde 7 All the cattell of Cedar shal be gathered vnto thee the rammes of Nabaioth shall serue thee to be offred acceptablie vpon mine aulter and the house of my glory wyll I garnishe 8 But what are these that flee here like the cloudes and as the doues fleing to their windowes 9 The Isles also shall wayte for me and specially the shippes of Tharsis that they may bryng thy sonnes from farre and their siluer and their golde with them vnto the name of the Lorde thy God vnto the holy one of Israel that hath glorified thee 10 Straungers shall buylde vp thy walles and their kynges shall do thee seruice for whē I was angrie I smote thee and of my mercy I pardoned thee 11 Thy gates shall stande open still both day and night and neuer be shut that the hoast of the gentiles may come and that their kynges may be brought vnto thee 12 For euery people and kingdome that serueth not thee shall perishe and be destroyed with vtter destruction 13 The glory of Libanus shall come vnto thee the Firre trees Boxes and Cedars together to garnishe the place of my sanctuarie for I wyll glorifie the place of my feete 14 Moreouer those shall come kneeling vnto thee that haue vexed thee and all they that despised thee shall fall downe at thy foote Thou shalt be called the citie of the Lorde Sion the citie of the holy one of Israel 15 Because thou hast ben forsaken and hated so that no man went thorowe thee I wyl make thee glorious for euer and euer and ioyfull throughout all posterities 16 Thou shalt sucke the milke of the gentiles and kinges breastes shall feede thee and thou shalt knowe that I the Lorde am thy sauiour and redeemer the mightie one of Iacob 17 For brasse wyll I geue thee golde and for iron siluer for wood brasse and for stones iron I wyll turne thyne oppression into peace and thyne exactions into righteousnesse 18 Violence and robberie shall neuer be hearde of in thy lande neither harme and destruction within thy borders thy walles shal be called health and thy gates the prayse of God 19 The sunne shall neuer be thy day light and the light of the moone shall neuer shine vnto thee but the Lorde him selfe shal be thyne euerlasting light and thy God shal be thy glory 20 Thy sunne shall neuer go downe and thy moone shall not be hid for the Lorde hym selfe shal be thyne euerlasting light and thy sorowfull dayes shal be ended 21 Thy people shal be all righteous and possesse the lande euer the floure of my planting the worke of my hands wherof I wyll reioyce 22 The youngest and least shall growe into a thousande and the simplest into a strong people I the Lorde shall shortlye bryng this thing to passe in his tyme. ¶ The .lxj. Chapter 1 He prophesieth that Christe shal be annoynted and sent to preache 1 THe spirite of the Lord is vpon me for the Lord hath annoynted me and sent me to preache good tidinges vnto the poore that I might binde vp the wounded heartes that I might preache deliueraunce to the captiue and open the prison to thē that are bounde 2 That I might declare
God wyll not destroy vs vtterly 5 Seyng thou art weery in runnyng with the footmen howe wilt thou then runne with horses In a peaceable sure lande thou mayest be safe but howe wylt thou do in the furious pride of Iordane 6 For thy brethren and thy kinrede haue altogether dispised thee and cryed out vpon thee altogether Beleue them not though they speake faire wordes to thee 7 As for me I say I haue forsaken mine owne dwellyng place and left mine heritage my lyfe also that I loue so well haue I geuen into the handes of myne enemies 8 Myne heritage is become vnto me as a lion in the wood it cryed out vpon me therfore haue I forsaken it 9 Is not mine heritage vnto me as a speckled birde are not the birdes round about agaynst her Come and gather ye together all the beastes of the fielde come that ye may eate it vp 10 Diuers heardmen haue brokē downe my vineyarde and troden vpon my portion of my pleasaunt portion they haue made a wildernesse and desert 11 They haue layde it waste and nowe that it is waste it sigheth vnto me yea the whole lande lyeth waste and no man regardeth it 12 The destroyers come ouer the borders in the desert euery way for the sworde of the Lorde doth consume from the one ende of the lande to the other and no fleshe hath rest 13 They haue sowen wheate and reaped thornes they haue taken heritage in possession but it doth them no good and they were ashamed of your fruites because of the great wrath of the Lord. 14 Thus saith the Lord vpon all my euyl neighbours that lay hande on mine heritage which I haue possessed euen my people of Israel Beholde I wyll plucke them namely Israel out of their lande and put out the house of Iuda from among them 15 And when I haue rooted them out I will be at one with them agayne and I wyll haue mercie vpon them and bryng them agayne euery man to his owne heritage and into his lande 16 And yf they namely that trouble my people wyll learne the wayes of them to sweare by my name the Lorde lyueth lyke as they learned my people to sweare by Baal then shall they be built among my people 17 But yf they wyll not obey then wyll I roote out the same folke and destroy them saith the Lorde ¶ The .xiij. Chapter 1 The destruction of the Iewes is prefigured and their sparsyng abrode 11 Why Israel was receaued to be the people of God and why they were forsaken 1 THus saith the Lorde vnto me Go thy way and get thee a lynnen girdle and girde it about thy loynes let it not be wet 2 Then I got me a girdle accordyng to the commaundement of the Lorde and put it about my loynes 3 After this the seconde tyme the Lorde spake vnto me agayne 4 Take the girdle that thou hast prepared and put about thee and get thee vp and go vnto Euphrates and hyde it there in a hole of the rocke 5 So went I and hyd it at Euphrates as the Lorde commaunded me 6 And it happened long after this that the Lorde spake vnto me Vp and get thee to Euphrates fetche the girdle from thence which I commaunded thee to hyde there 7 Then went I to Euphrates digged vp and toke the girdle from the place where I had hid it and beholde the girdle was corrupt so that it was profitable for nothyng 8 Then sayde the Lorde vnto me 9 Thus saith the Lorde Euen so wyll I corrupt the pride of Iuda and the hye mynde of Hierusalem 10 This people is a wicked people they wyll not heare my worde they folowe the wicked imaginations of their owne heart and hang vpon straunge gods them they serue and worship and therfore they shal be as this breeche that serueth for nothyng 11 For as straytly as a girdle lyeth vpon a mans loynes so straytly dyd I bynde the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Iuda vnto me saith the Lorde that they myght be my people that they might haue a glorious name that they might be in honour but they woulde not obey me 12 Therfore lay this riddle before them and say Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel Euery pot shal be fylled with wine And they shall say vnto thee Thinkest thou we knowe not that euery pot shal be fylled with wine 13 Then shalt thou say vnto them thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shall fyll all the inhabitours of this lande with drunkennesse the kynges that syt vpon Dauids stoole the priestes prophetes with all that dwell at Hierusalem 14 And I wyll set them one agaynst another yea the fathers against the sonnes saith the Lorde I wyll not pardon them I wyll not spare them nor haue pitie vpon them but destroy them 15 Heare geue eare take not disdayne at it for it is the Lorde hym selfe that speaketh 16 Honour the Lorde your God or he take his light from you and or euer your feete stumble in darcknesse at the hyll lest when you loke for the lyght he turne it into the shadowe and darcknesse of death 17 But if ye wyll not heare me that geue you secrete warnyng I wyll mourne from my whole heart for your stubburnnesse Piteously wyll I weepe and the teares shall gushe out of mine eyes for the Lordes flocke shal be caried away captiue 18 Tell the kyng and the queene humble your selues sit you downe lowe for your dignitie shal be throwen downe and the crowne of your glorie shall fall from your head 19 The cities towarde the south shal be shut vp and no man shall open them all Iuda shal be caryed away captiue so that none shall remayne 20 Lyft vp your eyes and beholde them that come from the north where is the flocke O thou lande that was geuen thee and where are thy fat and riche sheepe 21 To whom wilt thou make thy mone when the enemie shall come vpon thee for thou hast taught them thy selfe and made them maisters ouer thee Shall not sorowe come vpon thee as on a woman trauaylyng with childe 22 And if thou wouldest then say in thine heart Wherfore come these thinges vpon me Euen for the multitude of thy blasphemies shall thy hynder partes and thy feete be discouered 23 May a man of Inde chaunge his skinne and the cat of the mountayne her spottes so may ye that be exercised in euyll do good 24 Therfore wyll I scatter them like as the stubble that is taken away with the south wynde 25 This shal be your portion and the portion of your measure wherwith ye shal be rewarded of me saith the Lorde because ye haue forgotten me and put your trust in deceiptfull thinges 26 Therfore shall I turne thy clothes ouer thy head and discouer thy shame 27 Thy adulteries thy neyghinges thy shamefull whoredome on the hylles in the fieldes
similitude of fire rounde about within from the appearaunce of his loynes vpward and from the appearaunce of his loynes downewarde I sawe as the lykenesse of fire and brightnesse rounde about it 28 As the likenesse of a bowe that is in a cloude in a raynie day so was the appearaunce of the brightnesse rounde about this was the appearaunce of the similitude of the glory of God when I sawe it I fell vpon my face and hearkened vnto the voyce of one that spake ¶ The .ij. Chapter The prophete is sent to call the people from their errour 1 AND then said he vnto me Stande vp vpon thy fete O thou sonne of man and I wyll talke with thee 2 And the spirite entred into me when he had spoken vnto me set me vpon my feete so that I heard him that spake vnto me 3 And he sayde vnto me Thou sonne of man I sende thee to the children of Israel to a rebellious people which haue rebelled against me both they and their forefathers haue wickedly behaued them selues against me euen vnto this very day 4 For they are children of a harde face and stiffe heart I do sende thee vnto them and thou shalt say vnto them Thus saith the Lorde God 5 And whether they wyll heare or refuse for they are a rebellious house yet they may knowe that there hath ben a prophete among them 6 And thou sonne of man feare them not neither be afraide of their wordes for bryers and thornes are with thee and thou doest dwell among scorpions feare not their wordes nor be abashed at their lookes for they are a rebellious house 7 And thou shalt speake my wordes vnto them whether they wyll heare or refuse for they are rebellious 8 Therefore thou sonne of man obay thou all thinges that I say vnto thee and be not thou rebellious lyke the rebellious house open thy mouth and eate that I geue thee 9 And when I looked beholde a hand was sent vnto me and lo in it was a roule of a booke 11 And he opened it before me and it was written within and without and there was written therein lamentations and mourning and wo. 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Chapter 1 The prophete beyng fed with the worde of God and with the constant boldnesse of the spirite is sent vnto the people that were in captiuitie 17 The office of true preachers 1 AFter this said he vnto me Thou sonne of man eate whatsoeuer thou findest eate this roule and go thy way and speake vnto the house of Israel 2 So I opened my mouth and he fed me with this roule 3 And he saide vnto me Thou sonne of man thy belly shall eate and thy bowels shalt thou fill with this roule that I geue thee Then dyd I eate and it was in my mouth sweeter then honie 4 And he saide vnto me Thou sonne of man go get thee vnto the house of Israel and declare my wordes vnto them 5 For not to a people of profounde lippes and harde language art thou sent but vnto the house of Israel 6 Not to many nations whiche haue profounde lippes and harde languages whose wordes thou vnderstandest not otherwise if I had sent thee vnto them they would haue hearkened vnto thee 7 But the house of Israel will not hearken vnto thee for they will not hearken vnto me for al the house of Israel haue stiffe foreheades stubburne heartes 8 Beholde therefore I haue made thy face strong against their faces thy forehead strong against their foreheades 9 As an Adamant harder then the flint stone haue I made thy forehead thou shalt not feare them nor be abashed at their lookes for they are a rebellious house 10 He sayde moreouer vnto me Thou sonne of man all my wordes that I shall speake vnto thee receaue in thyne heart and hearken with thyne eares 11 And go get thee to the captiuitie to the chyldren of thy people and thou shalt speake vnto them and shalt say vnto them Thus saith the Lord God whether they will heare or leaue 12 With that the spirite tooke me vp and I hearde behinde me a voyce of a great rushing to wit Blessed be the glory of Iehouah from his place 13 I hearde also the noyse of the winges of the beastes ioyning one with another and the ratling of the wheeles that were before them euen a noyse of great rushing 14 Nowe when the spirite lift me vp and tooke me away I went in bitternesse and furie of my spirite but the hande of the Lorde vpon me was strong 15 Then I came to the captiues in Thelabib that dwelt by the riuer Chebar and I sate where they sate and I remayned there seuen dayes astonished among them 16 And when the seuen dayes were expired the Lorde saide vnto me 17 Thou sonne of man I haue made thee a watchman vnto the house of Israel therefore thou shalt heare the worde at my mouth and geue them warning from me 18 When I shall say vnto the wicked Thou shalt surely dye and thou geuest not him warning nor speakest to admonishe the wicked of his euill way and so to liue then shal the same vngodly man dye in his owne vnrighteousnesse but his blood wyl I require of thyne hand 19 Neuerthelesse if thou geue warning vnto the wicked and he yet turne not from his vngodlynesse and from his wicked way he shall dye in his owne wickednesse but thou hast deliuered thy soule 20 Nowe if a righteous man go from his righteousnesse and do the thing that is euyll I wyll lay a stumbling blocke before him and he shall dye because thou hast not geuen him warning dye shall he in his owne sinne so that his righteousnesse whiche he hath done shall not be thought vpon but his blood will I require at thyne hande 21 Neuerthelesse if thou exhortest that righteous that he sinne not and so the righteous do not sinne then shall he liue because he hath receaued thy warning and thou hast deliuered thy soule 22 And there came the hand of the Lord vpon me and he sayd vnto me Stande vp and go into the fielde that I may there talke with thee 23 So when I had risen vp and gone foorth into the fielde beholde the glorie of the Lord stoode there like the glorie which I sawe by the riuer Chebar then fell I downe vpon my face 24 And the spirite came into me whiche set me vp vpon my feete and spake vnto me and said vnto me Go thy way and shut thy selfe in thyne house 25 Beholde O thou sonne of man they haue prepared bandes against thee and they wyll binde thee with them and thou shalt not go out among them 26 And I will make thy tongue cleaue to the roofe of thy mouth that thou shalt be dumbe and not be as a reprouer vnto them for they are a rebellious house 27 But when I speake vnto thee I wyl open my mouth
shall pollute it 22 My face wyll I turne from them my secrete place shal be defiled for burglers shall go into it and pollute it 23 Make a chayne for the lande is full of the iudgement of blood and the citie is full of extortion 24 Wherfore I wyll bryng the most wicked of the heathen to take their houses in possession I wyll make the pompe of the mightie to ceasse and their sanctuaries shal be defyled 25 When destruction is come they shall seeke peace but they shall haue none 26 One mischiefe shall folowe another and one rumour shall come after another then shall they seeke a vision in vayne at their prophete the lawe shall perishe from the priest and counsayle from the auncientes 27 The kyng shall mourne the prince shal be clothed with desolation and the handes of the people in the lande shal be troubled I wyll do vnto them after their owne wayes accordyng to their owne iudgementes wyll I iudge them and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde The .viii. Chapter ◠An appearaunce of the similitude of God 3 Ezechiel is brought to Hierusalem in the spirite 6 The Lord sheweth the idolatries of the house of Israel chiefly of the priestes 1 AND it was in the sixt yere in the sixt moneth in the fift day of the moneth I sate in my house and the elders of Iuda sate before me and the hande of the Lorde God fell there vpon me 2 Then I behelde and lo there was a likenesse as the appearaunce of fire from the appearaunce of his loynes downewarde fire and from his loynes vpwarde as the appearaunce of brightnesse lyke the colour of amber 3 And he stretched out the likenesse of an hande and toke me by an heery locke of my head and the spirite lift me vp betwixt earth and heauen and brought me in a diuine vision to Hierusalem into the entry of the inner gate that lyeth towarde the north where remayned the image of emulation and of gayne 4 And beholde the glorie of the Lorde God of Israel was in the same place euen as I had seene it afore in the fielde 5 And he sayde vnto me Thou sonne of man lift vp thine eyes nowe towarde the north then lift I vp mine eyes towarde the north and beholde northwarde at the gate of the aulter this image of emulation was in the entry 6 And he sayde furthermore vnto me Thou sonne of man seest thou what these do seest thou the great abhominations that the house of Israel commit in this place to driue me from my sanctuarie but turne thee about and thou shalt see yet greater abhominations 7 And with that brought he me to the court gate and when I loked beholde there was a hole in the wall 8 Then sayde he vnto me Thou sonne of man digge nowe in the wall and when I digged in the wall beholde there was a doore 9 And he sayde vnto me Go thy way in and loke what wicked abhominations they do here 10 So I went in and sawe and beholde there were al maner of creeping beastes and abhominable beastes and all the idols of the house of Israel paynted vpon the wall rounde about 11 There stoode also before the images threescore and ten men of the auncientes of the house of Israel and in the middest of thē stoode Iaazaniah the sonne of Shaphan with euery man his censor in his hande and the smoke of the insence ascended as a cloude 12 Then sayde he vnto me Thou sonne of man hast thou seene what the auncientes of the house of Israel do secretly euery one in the chaumber of his imagerie for they say The Lorde seeth vs not the Lorde hath forsaken the earth 13 And he sayde vnto me Turne thee yet agayne and thou shalt see greater abhominations that they do 14 And with that he brought me to the doore of the gate of the Lordes house towarde the north and beholde there sate womē mourning for Thammuz 15 Then sayd he vnto me Hast thou seene this thou sonne of man turne thee yet about and thou shalt see greater abhominations then these are 16 And so he brought me into the inward court of the Lordes house and beholde at the doore of the Lordes house betwixt the porche and the aulter there were about twentie and fiue men that turned their backes vpon the temple of the Lorde and their faces towarde the east and these worshipped the sunne eastwarde 17 And he sayde vnto me Hast thou seene this thou sonne of man Thinketh the house of Iuda that it is but a trifle to do these abhominations which they do here for they haue fylled the lande full of wickednesse and haue returned to prouoke me to anger and lo they are puttyng the braunches to their noses 18 Therfore wyll I also do somethyng in my wrathful displeasure so that mine eye shall not spare them neither wyll I haue pitie yea and though they crye in mine eares with a loude voyce yet wyll I not heare them ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 The destruction of the citie 4 They that shal be saued are marked 8 A complaynt of the prophete for the destruction of the people 1 HE cryed also with a loude voyce in mine eares saying Drawe neare ye visitations of the citie euery man with a destroying weapon in his hande 2 And beholde then came there sixe men out of the streete of the vpper gate towarde the north and euery man a slaughter weapon in his hande There was one amongest them that had on hym lynnen rayment and a writers inckhorne by his syde these went in and stoode besyde the brasen aulter 3 And the glorie of the Lorde of Israel was gone from the Cherub whervpon it was to the doore of the house and he called to the man that had the lynnen rayment vpon hym and the writers inckhorne by his syde 4 And the Lorde sayde vnto hym Go through the citie euen through Hierusalem set a marke vpon the foreheades of them that mourne and are sory for all the abhominations that be done therin 5 And to the other he sayd that I might here Go ye after hym through the citie and smite let your eye spare none neither haue ye any pitie 6 Kyll and destroy both olde men and young maydens children and women but as for all those that haue the marke vpon them see that ye touche them not and begyn at my sanctuarie Then they began at the auncient men which were before the house 7 And he sayde vnto them Defyle ye the temple fyll the courtes with the slayne then go your way foorth So they went out and slue downe through the citie 8 Nowe when they had done the slaughter and I yet escaped I fell downe vpon my face and cryed saying Ah Lorde God wylt thou then destroy all the residue of Israel in powryng out thy wrath vpon Hierusalem 9 Then sayde
the twentie and fourth day of the eleuenth moneth whiche is the moneth Sebah in the seconde yere of Darius came the word of the Lord vnto Zacharias the sonne of Barachias the sonne of Addo the prophete saying 8 I sawe by night and behold there sate one vpon a red horse and stoode still among the myrre trees that were in a botome and behinde hym were there red speckled and whyte horses 9 Then sayde I O my Lorde what are these And the angel that talked with me sayde vnto me I will shewe thee what these be 10 And the man that stoode among the myrre trees aunswered and said These are they whom the Lorde hath sent to go thorowe the world 11 And they aunswered the angel of the Lorde that stoode among the myrre trees and sayd We haue gone thorowe the world and beholde all the world sitteth still and is carelesse 12 Then the lordes angel gaue aunswere and saide O lorde of hoastes how long wylt thou be vnmerciful to Hierusalem and to the cities of Iuda with whom thou hast ben displeased now these three score and ten yeres 13 So the Lorde gaue a louing and a comfortable aunswere vnto the angel that talked with me 14 And the angel that communed with me saide vnto me Crye thou speake Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes I am exceeding ielous ouer Hierusalem and Sion 15 And sore displeased at the carelesse heathen for where as I was but a litle angry they helped forward the affliction 16 Therfore thus saith the Lorde I wyl returne vnto Hierusalem in tender mercie so that my house shal be builded in it saith the Lorde of hoastes yea and the lyne shal be stretched vpon Hierusalē 17 Crye also and speake thus saith the Lorde of hoastes My cities shal be in good prosperitie againe the Lorde shall yet comforte Sion choose Hierusalem 18 Then lyft I vp myne eyes and sawe and beholde foure hornes 19 And I saide vnto the angel that talked with me what be these He aunswered me These are the hornes which haue scattered Iuda Israel and Hierusalem 20 And the Lorde shewed me foure carpenters 21 Then saide I what wyll these do He aunswered said These are the hornes which haue scattered Iuda so that no man durst lyft vp his head but these are come to fray them away and to cast out the hornes of the Gentiles which lyft vp their horne ouer the lande of Iuda to scatter it abroade The .ij. Chapter The renewing of Hierusalem and Iuda 1 I Lyft vp myne eyes agayne and loked and beholde a man with a measure lyne in his hande 2 Then saide I whyther goest thou And he said vnto me To measure Hierusalem that I may see how long and how broade it is 3 And behold the angel that talked with me went his way foorth Then went there out another angel to meete him ▪ 4 And saide vnto him Runne speake to this young man and say Hierusalem shal be inhabited without any wall for the very multitude of people and cattaile that shal be therein 5 For I my selfe saith the Lorde wyl be vnto her a wall of fire rounde about wyl be the glory in the middest of her 6 O get you foorth O flee from the land of the north saith the Lorde for I haue scattred you into the foure windes of the heauen saith the Lorde 7 Saue thy selfe O Sion thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon 8 For thus saith the Lorde of hoastes After this glory hath he sent me out to the heathen which spoyled you for who so toucheth you shal touche the apple of his owne eye 9 Beholde I wyll lyft vp myne hande ouer them so that they shall be spoyled of those which afore serued them and ye shall knowe that the Lorde of hoastes hath sent me 10 Be glad and reioyce O daughter Sion for lo I am come to dwell in the middest of thee saith the Lorde 11 At the same time there shal many heathen cleaue to the lord shal be my people Thus wyll I dwell in the middest of thee and thou shalt knowe that the lorde of hoastes hath sent me vnto thee 12 The Lorde shall haue Iuda in possession for his part in the holy lande and shall choose Hierusalem yet againe 13 Let all fleshe be still before the Lorde for he is raysed vp out of his holy place ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 Of the lw and hie estate of Christe vnder the figure of Iosua the priest 8 a prophecie of Christe 1 ANd he shewed me Iosua the hie priest standing before the angell of the Lord and Satan stoode at his right hande to resist him 2 And the Lorde saide vnto Satan The Lorde reproue thee thou Satan yea the Lorde that hath chosen Hierusalem reproue thee Is not this a brand taken out of the fire 3 Now Iosua was clothed in vncleane rayment and stoode before the angel 4 And he aunswered saide vnto those that stoode before him Take away the foule clothes frō him And vnto him he saide Beholde I haue taken away thy sinne from thee and I wyll clothe thee with chaunge of rayment 5 And I saide Let them set a fayre miter vpon his head So they set a fayre miter vpon his head put on clothes vpon him and the angell of the Lorde stoode there 6 Then the angell of the Lorde testified vnto Iosua and spake 7 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes If thou wylt walke in my wayes keepe my watch thou shalt iudge my house kepe my courtes and I wyll geue thee place among these that stande here 8 Heare O Iosua thou hie priest thou thy felowes that sit before thee for they are monstruous persons behold I wyl bring foorth the braunche my seruaunt 9 For lo the stone that I haue layde before Iosua vpon one stone shal be seuen eyes beholde I wyll cut out the grauing therof saith the Lorde of hoastes and I wyll take away the sinne of the lande in one day 10 In that day shall euery man call his neighbour vnder the vine and vnder the figtree saith the Lorde of hoastes The .iiii. Chapter The vision of the golden candelsticke and the exposition thereof 1 ANd the angell that talked with me came againe and waked me as a man that is raysed out of his sleepe 2 And saide vnto me what seest thou And I saide I haue loked and beholde a candelsticke all of golde with a boule vpon it and his seuen lampes therein vpon euery lampe seuen pypes 3 And two olyue trees thereby one vpon the right side of the boule the other vpon the left side 4 So I aunswered and spake to the angell that talked with me saying O my Lorde what are these 5 The angell that talked with me aunswered and saide vnto me Knowest thou not what these be And I said No my Lorde 6 He aunswered and
yere and as lylies by the riuers of water like as the braūches vpon the mount Libanus in the time of summer 9 As a fire and incense that is kindled lyke as an whole ornament of pure gold set with all maner of precious stones 10 And as an Oliue tree that is fruiteful and as a Cypres tree which groweth vp an hye 11 When he put on the garment of honour and was clothed with al beawtie when he went to the holy aulter he made the garment of holynes honorable 12 When he toke the portions out of the priestes hande he him selfe stoode by the hearth of the aulter and his brethren rounde about in order as the braunches of Cedar tree vpō the mount Libanus so stoode they rounde about him 13 And as the braunches of the Oliue tree so stoode all the sonnes of Aaron in their glory and the oblations of the Lorde in their handes before al the congregation of Israel 14 And that he might sufficiently perfourme his seruice vpon the aulter and garnishe the offering of the highest god 15 He stretched out his hande and toke of the drinke offering and powred in of the wine so he poured vpon the bottome of the aulter a good smell vnto the highest prince 16 Then began the sonnes of Aaron to sing and to blow with trumpettes and to make a great noyse for a remembraunce and prayse vnto the Lorde 17 Then al the people together were hasted and fell downe to the earth vpon their faces to worship the Lorde their God to geue thankes to the almightie God 18 They song goodly also with their voyces so that there was a pleasaunt noyse in the great house of the Lorde 19 And the people in their prayer besought the Lorde the highest that he would be mercifull tyll the honour of the Lorde were perfourmed and they had ended their ministration and seruice 20 Then went he downe and stretched out his handes ouer the whole multitude of the people of Israel that they shoulde geue prayse and thankes out of their lippes vnto the Lorde and to reioyce in his name 21 He began yet once also to pray that he might openly shewe the thankesgeuing before the highest 22 Namely thus O geue prayse and thankes all ye vnto the Lord our God which hath euer done noble and great thinges which hath increased our dayes from our mothers wombe and dealt with vs according to his mercie 23 That he wyll geue vs the ioyfulnes of heart and peace for our time in Israel 24 Which faithfully kepeth his mercie for vs euermore and alway deliuereth vs in due season 25 There be two maner of people that I abhorre from my heart as for the third whom I hate it is no people 26 They that sit vpon the mountaine of Samaria the Philistines and the foolishe people that dwelt in Sichimis 27 I Iesus the sonne of Sirach Eleazarus of Hierusalem haue tokened vp these informations and documentes of wysdome and vnderstanding in this booke and poured out the wysdome of my heart 28 Blessed is he that exerciseth him selfe therein who so taketh such to heart shal be wyse for euer 29 If he do these thinges he shal be strong in all for the lyght of the Lorde leadeth him which geueth wysdome to the godlie The Lorde be praysed for euermore so be it so be it ¶ The .lj. Chapter The prayer of Iesus the sonne of Sirach 1 I Wyll thanke thee O Lorde and king and prayse thee O God my sauiour I wyll yeelde prayse vnto thy name 2 For thou art my defender and helper and hast preserued my body from destruction from the snares of trayterous tongues and from the lippes that are occupied with lyes 3 Thou hast ben my helper from such as stoode vp against me and hast deliuered me after the multitude of thy mercie and for thy holy names sake from the roring of them that prepared them selues to deuour me out of the handes of such as sought after my lyfe from the multitude of them that troubled me 4 And from them that went about to set fyre vpon me on euery side so that I am not brent in the middest of the fyre 5 From the deepe of hell from an vncleane tongue from lying wordes from false accusation to the king and from an vnrighteous tongue 6 My soule shall prayse the Lorde vnto death for my lyfe drewe nye vnto hell downewarde 7 They compassed me round about on euery syde and there was no man to helpe me I loked about me if there were any man that would succour me but there was none 8 Then thought I vpon thy mercie O Lorde and vpon thy actes that thou hast done euer of olde namely that thou deliuerest such as put their trust in thee and riddest them out of the handes of the heathen 9 Thus lyft I vp my prayer from the earth and prayed for deliueraunce from death 10 I called vpon the Lorde the father of my Lorde that he would not leaue me without helpe in the day of my trouble and in the time of the proude 11 I wyll prayse thy name continually yeelding honour and thankes vnto it and so my prayer was heard 12 Thou sauedst me from destruction and deliueredst me from the vnrighteous time therefore wyll I acknoweledge and prayse thee and magnifie the name of the Lorde 13 When I was yet but young or euer I went astray I desired wysdome openly in my prayer 14 I came therfore before the temple and sought her vnto the last then florished she vnto me as a grape that is soone rype 15 My heart reioyced in her then went my foote the right way yea from my youth vp sought I after her 16 I bowed downe myne eare and receaued her I founde me much wysdome and prospered greatly in her 17 Therfore wyll I ascribe the glory vnto him that geueth me wysdome 18 For I am aduised to do thereafter I wyll be gelous to cleaue vnto the thing that is good so shall I not be confounded 19 My soule hath wrestled with her and I haue ben diligent to be occupied in her I lift vp myne handes on hye then was my soule lightened through wysdome that I knowledged my foolishnes 20 I ordered my soule after her she and I were one heart from the beginning and I found her in cleannesse and therfore shall I not be forsaken 21 My heart longed after her and I gat a good treasure 22 Through her the Lorde hath geuen me a new tongue wherewith I wyll prayse him 23 O come vnto me ye vnlearned and dwell in the house of wysdome 24 Withdrawe not your selues from her but talke commune of these thinges for your soules are very thirstie 25 I opened my mouth and spake O come and bye wysdome without money 26 Bowe downe your necke vnder her yoke and your soule shall receaue wysdome she is harde at hande and is content to be founde 27 Beholde with your eyes
howe is he then his sonne 45 Then in the audience of all the people he saide vnto his disciples 46 Beware of the scribes whiche wyll go in long robes and loue greetinges in the markets and the hyest seates in the synagogues and the chiefe rowmes at feastes 47 Which deuour widowes howses vnder colour of longe prayers The same shall receaue greater dampnation ¶ The .xxj. Chapter 2 The liberalitie of the poore wydowe 6 He forewarneth of the destruction of Hierusalem 8 of false teachers 9 of tokens troubles to come 27 of the ende of the worlde 34 of ryot and dronkennesse 36 he taught in the temple 1 AS he beheld he sawe the ryche men whiche caste their gyftes into the treasurie 2 He saw also a certaine poore wydowe which caste in thyther two mites 3 And he sayde Of a trueth I say vnto you that this poore wydowe hath put in more then they all 4 For they all haue of their superfluitie added vnto the offerynges of God but she of her penurie hath cast in al the substaunce that she had 5 And vnto some that spake of the temple howe it was garnisshed with goodlie stones and gyftes he sayde 6 Are these the thynges whiche ye loke vpoÌ„ The dayes wyll come in y e which there shall not be left one stone vpoÌ„ another that shall not be throwen downe 7 And they asked him saying Maister when shall these thynges be and what signe wyll there be when these thynges shall come to passe 8 And he sayde Take heede that ye be not deceaued For many shall come in my name saying I am Christe and the tyme draweth neare Folowe ye them not therfore 9 But when ye heare of warres and seditioÌ„s be not afraide For these thinges must first come to passe but the ende foloweth not by and by 10 Then sayde he vnto them Nation shall ryse agaynst nation kyngdome agaynst kyngdome 11 And great earthquakes shal be in diuers places and hunger and pestilence and fearefull thynges and great signes shall there be from heauen 12 But before all these they shall laye their handes on you and persecute you deliueryng you vp to the synagogues into prisons and shall bryng you vnto kynges and rulers for my names sake 13 And it shall turne to you for a testimoniall 14 Be at a sure poynt therefore in your heartes not to studie before what ye shall aunswere 15 For I wyll geue you a mouth and wysedome where agaynst all your aduersaries shall not be able to speake nor resist 16 Yea ye shal be betrayed also of your parentes and brethren and kynsfolke and friendes and some of you shal they put to death 17 And hated shal ye be of all men for my names sake 18 And there shall not one heere of your head peryshe 19 Possesse ye your soule by patience 20 * And wheÌ„ ye see Hierusalem besieged with an hoast then be sure that the desolation of the same is nye 21 Then let them which are in Iurie flee to the mountaynes and let them which are in the myddes of it depart out and let not them that are in other countreys enter therm 22 For these be the dayes of vengeaunce that all thinges which are written may be fulfylled 23 But wo vnto theÌ„ that are with childe to them that geue sucke in those days For there shal be great distresse in the lande and wrath ouer this people 24 And they shall fall through the edge of the sworde and shal be led away captiue into all nations And Hierusalem shal be troden downe of the gentiles vntyll the tyme of the gentiles be fulfylled 25 ☞ And there shal be signes in the sunne and in the moone in the starres and vpon the earth trouble among the nations with perplexitie The sea and the water shall rore 26 And mens heartes shal fayle them for feare and for loking after those thinges which shall come on the world For the powers of heauen shal be shaken 27 And then shall they see the sonne of man come in a cloude with power and great glorie 28 And when these thynges begyn to come to passe then loke vp and lyft vp your heades for your redemptioÌ„ draweth nye 29 And he shewed them a similitude Behold the figge tree all the trees 30 When they shoote foorth their buddes ye see and knowe of your owne selues that summer is then nye at hande 31 So likewise ye when ye see these thinges come to passe be ye sure that the kyngdome of God is nye 32 Veryly I say vnto you this generation shall not passe tyll all be fulfylled 33 Heauen and earth shall passe but my wordes shall not passe ☜ 34 ☞ Take heede to your selues lest at any tyme your heartes be ouercome with surfettyng and dronkennesse and cares of this lyfe and so the daye come vpon you vnwares 35 For as a snare shall it come on al them that dwell on the face of y e whole earth 36 Watche ye therfore and pray continually that ye may be accompted worthy to escape all these thinges y t shall come that ye may stand before y e sonne of man 37 In the day time he taught in the temple and at nyght he went out abode in the mount that is called Oliuete 38 And all the people came in y e mornyng to hym in the temple for to heare hym ¶ The .xxij. Chapter â— Iudas selleth Christe â— They eate the Passouer 1â— The institution of the Lordes supper 24 They stryue who shoulde be greatest â—1 Satan tempteth them 42 Christe prayeth in the mount and sweateth blood 4â— Iudas betrayeth him with a kisse â—â— Christe setteth on Malchus eare â—â— Peter denieth Christe thrise and repenteth hym â—â— Christe is mocked and confesseth hym selfe to be the sonne of God â—_THe * feast of sweete breade drewe nye which is called the Passouer 2 And y e hie priestes and scribes sought howe they myght kyll hym for they feared the people 3 Then entred Satan into Iudas whose sirname was Iscariot whiche was of the number of the twelue 4 And he went his waye and communed with the hye priestes and officers howe he myght betray him vnto them 5 And they were glad and promised to geue him money 6 And he consented and sought oportunitie to betray him vnto them when the people were away 7 Then came the day of sweete breade when of necessitie the Passouer must be offered 8 And he sent Peter and Iohn saying Go and prepare vs the Passouer that we may eate 9 They sayde vnto hym Where wytt thou that we prepare 10 And he sayde vnto them Beholde when ye enter into the citie there shall a man meete you bearyng a pitcher of water hym folowe into the same house that he entreth in 11 And ye shall say vnto the good man of the house the maister saith vnto
not because he seeth the lyght of this worlde 10 But yf a man walke in the nyght he stumbleth because there is no lyght in hym 11 These thynges sayde he and after that he sayde vnto them Our friende Lazarus slepeth but I go to wake hym out of slepe 12 Then sayde his disciples Lorde yf he slepe he shall do well inough 13 Howbeit Iesus spake of his death but they thought that he had spoken of the naturall slepe 14 Then sayde Iesus vnto theÌ„ playnely Lazarus is dead 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there because ye may beleue Neuerthelesse let vs go vnto hym 16 Then sayde Thomas which is called Didimus vnto his felowe disciples let vs also go that we may dye with hym 17 Then went Iesus and founde that he had lyen in his graue foure dayes alredy 18 Bethanie was nye vnto Hierusalem about fifteene furlonges of 19 And many of the Iewes came to Martha and Marie to comfort them ouer their brother 20 Martha assoone as she hearde that Iesus was commyng went and met hym but Marie sate styll in the house 21 ☞ Then sayde Martha vnto Iesus Lorde yf thou haddest ben here my brother had not dyed 22 Neuerthelesse nowe I knowe that whatsoeuer thou askest of God God wyll geue it thee 23 Iesus sayth vnto her Thy brother shall ryse agayne 24 Martha sayth vnto hym I knowe that he shall ryse agayne in the resurrection at the last day 25 Iesus sayth vnto her I am the resurrection and the lyfe He that beleueth on me yea though he were dead yet shall he lyue 26 And whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth on me shall neuer dye Beleuest thou this 27 She sayde vnto hym Yea Lorde I beleue that thou art Christe the sonne of God which shoulde come into the worlde ☜ 28 And assoone as she had so sayde she went her way and called Marie her sister secretely saying The Maister is come and calleth for thee 29 Assoone as she hearde that she arose quickly and came vnto hym 30 Iesus was not yet come into the towne but was in that place where Martha met hym 31 The Iewes then which were with her in the house comforted her when they sawe Marie that she rose vp hastelye and went out folowed her saying She goeth vnto the graue to weepe there 32 Then when Marie was come where Iesus was and sawe hym she fell downe at his feete and sayth vnto him Lorde yf thou haddest ben here my brother had not ben dead 33 WheÌ„ Iesus therfore sawe her weepe and the Iewes also weepyng which came with her he groned in the spirite and was troubled in hym selfe 34 And sayde Where haue ye layde him They sayde vnto hym Lorde come and see 35 And Iesus wept 36 Then sayde the Iewes Beholde howe he loued hym 37 And some of them sayde Coulde not he which opened the eyes of the blinde haue made also that this man shoulde not haue dyed 38 Iesus therfore agayne groned in him selfe and came to the graue It was a caue and a stone layde on it 39 Iesus sayde Take ye away the stone Martha the sister of hym that was dead sayde vnto hym Lorde by this tyme he stinketh For he hath ben dead foure dayes 40 Iesus sayde vnto her Sayde I not vnto thee that yf thou dyddest beleue thou shouldest see the glory of God 41 Then they toke away the stone from the place where the dead was layde And Iesus lyft vp his eyes and sayde Father I thanke thee that thou hast hearde me 42 Howbeit I knowe that thou hearest me alwayes but because of the people which stande by I sayde it that they maye beleue that thou hast sent me 43 And when he thus had spoken he cryed with a loude voyce Lazarus come foorth 44 And he that was dead came foorth bounde hande and foote with graue clothes and his face was bounde with a napkyn Iesus sayde vnto them loose hym and let hym go 45 Then many of the Iewes which came to Marie and had seene y e thynges which Iesus dyd beleued on hym ☜ 46 But some of them went their wayes to the pharisees and tolde them what Iesus had done 47 ☞ Then gathered the hye priestes and the pharisees a councell and sayde What do we For this man doth many miracles 48 If we let hym scape thus all men wyll beleue on him and the Romaynes shall come and take away both our rowme and the people 49 And one of them named Caiaphas beyng the hye priest that same yere sayde vnto them Ye perceaue nothyng at all 50 Nor consider that it is expedient for vs that one man dye for the people and not that all the people perishe 51 This spake he not of hym selfe but beyng hye priest that same yere he prophesied that Iesus shoulde dye for the people 52 And not for the people only but that he shoulde gather together in one the chyldren of God that were scattered abrode 53 Then from that day foorth they toke councell together for to put hym to death 54 Iesus therfore walked no more openlye among the Iewes but went his way thence vnto a countrey nye to a wildernesse into a citie which is called Ephraim and there continued with his disciples 55 And the Iewes Easter was nye at hande and many went out of the countrey vp to HierusaleÌ„ before the Easter to purifie them selues 56 Then sought they for Iesus spake among them selues as they stoode in the temple What thynke ye seeyng he commeth not to the feast day 57 The hye priestes and pharisees had geuen a commaundement that yf any man knewe where he were he shoulde shewe it that they myght take hym ☜ ⧠The .xij Chapter 2 Christe suppeth with Martha Lazarus 3 Marie annoynteth Iesus feete â— Couetous Iudas murmureth 7 Christe excuseth Maries fact 1â— The chiefe priestes take councell to kyll Lazarus 14 Iesus sittyng on an Asse rideth into Hierusalem 20 The Gretians desyre to see Christe 25 The fruites of persecution â—â— The prayer of Christe 28 A voyce from heauen 3â— Christe hydeth hym selfe from the Iewes 37 Wherfore the Iewes beleue not 4â— Diuers rulers that beleued in him feared to be excoÌ„municated 48 Gods worde is iudge 1 THen Iesus sixe dayes before the Passouer came to Bethanie where Lazarus had ben dead whom he raysed from death 2 There they made hym a supper and Martha serued but Lazarus was one of them that sate at the table with hym 3 Then toke Marie a pounde of oyntment of Spike narde very costly and annoynted Iesus feete and wyped his feete with her heere and the house was fylled with the odoure of the oyntment 4 Then sayde one of his disciples euen Iudas Iscariot Simons sonne which shoulde betraye hym 5 Why was not this oyntment solde for three hundred pence and geuen to the
nowe 13 Howebeit when he is come whiche is the spirite of trueth he wyl leade you into all trueth He shall not speake of himselfe but whatsoeuer he shal heare that shall he speake and he wyll shewe you thynges to come 14 He shall glorifie me For he shall receaue of mine and shal shewe vnto you 15 All thynges that the father hath are mine Therfore sayde I vnto you that he shall take of mine shew vnto you 16 ☞ After a whyle and ye shall not see me and agayne after a whyle ye shall see me for I go to the father 17 Then sayde some of his disciples betwene them selues What is this that he saith vnto vs after a whyle ye shâ—l not see me and againe after a whyle ye shal see me and that I go to the father 18 They sayde therefore What is this that he saith after a whyle we can not tell what he saith 19 Iesus perceaued that they would aske hym and sayde vnto them Do ye enquire among your selues of that I said after a whyle and ye shall not see me againe after a while ye shall see me 20 Veryly veryly I say vnto you ye shall wepe and lament the worlde shall reioyce ye shall sorowe but your sorowe shal be turned to ioy 21 A woman when she trauayleth hath sorowe because her houre is come but assoone as she is deliuered of the childe she remembreth no more the anguishe for ioy that a man is borne into y e world 22 And ye nowe therefore haue sorowe but I wyll see you agayne and your heartes shall reioyce and your ioy shall no man take from you ☜ 23 And in that day shall ye aske me no question ☞ Veryly veryly I say vnto you * whatsoeuer ye shal aske the father in my name he wyll geue it you 24 Hytherto haue ye asked nothyng in my name Aske ye shall receaue that your ioy may be full 25 These thynges haue I spoken vnto you by prouerbes The tyme wyl come when I shall no more speake vnto you by * prouerbes but I shall shewe you playnely of my father 26 At that day shall ye aske in my name And I say not vnto you that I wyll pray vnto my father for you 27 For the father hym selfe loueth you because ye haue loued me and haue beleued that I came out from God 28 I went out from the father and came into the worlde Agayne I leaue the worlde and go to the father 29 His disciples sayde vnto hym Lo nowe talkest thou plainely and speakest no prouerbe 30 Nowe are we sure that thou knowest all thynges nedest not that any man shoulde aske thee any question Therfore beleue we that thou camest from God ☜ 31 Iesus aunswered them Do ye nowe beleue 32 Beholde the houre draweth nye and is alredy come that ye shal be scattered euery man to his owne and shall leaue me alone And yet am I not alone For the father is with me 33 These wordes haue I spoken vnto you that in me ye myght haue peace For in the worlde shall ye haue tribulation but be of good cheare I haue ouercome the worlde ¶ The .xvij. Chapter 1 Christe prayeth to his father that their glory myght be made manifest 9 he prayeth for his Apostles 12 Iudas lost 14 The Apostles hated of the worlde 20 Christ prayeth for all those that receaue the trueth 1 THese wordes spake Iesus and lift vp his eyes to heauen and sayde Father the houre is come glorifie thy sonne that thy sonne also may glorifie thee 2 As thou hast geuen hym power ouer all fleshe that he shoulde geue eternall life to as many as thou hast geuen him 3 This is lyfe eternall that they myght knowe thee the only true God Iesus Christe whom thou hast sent 4 I haue glorified thee on the earth I haue finished y e worke which thou gauest me to do 5 And nowe glorifie thou me O father with thine owne selfe with the glory which I had with thee yer the worlde was 6 I haue declared thy name vnto y e men which thou gauest me out of y e world Thyne they were and thou gauest theÌ„ me and they haue kepte thy worde 7 Nowe they haue knowen y t al thinges whatsoeuer y u hast geuen me are of thee 8 For I haue geuen vnto them y e wordes which thou gauest me and they haue receaued them and haue knoweÌ„ surely that I came out from thee they haue beleued that thou dyddest sende me 9 I pray for them I pray not for * the worlde but for them * which thou hast geuen me for they are thyne 10 And all myne are thyne and thyne are myne and I am glorified in them 11 And nowe am I not in the worlde and they are in the worlde and I come to thee ☜ ☞ Holy father kepe through thine owne name theÌ„ which thou hast geuen me that they may also be one as we are 12 Whyle I was with them in y e worlde I kept them in thy name Those that thou gauest me haue I kept and none of them is lost but that lost chylde that the scripture myght be fulfylled 13 Nowe come I to thee and these wordes speake I in the worlde that they myght haue my ioy fulfylled in themseues 14 I haue geuen them thy worde and the worlde hath hated them because they are not of the worlde euen as I also am not of the worlde 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the worlde but that thou kepe them from euyll 16 They are not of the worlde as I also am not of the worlde 17 Sanctifie them through thy trueth Thy worde is the trueth 18 As thou diddest sende me into y e world eueÌ„ so haue I also sent theÌ„ into y e world 19 And for their sakes sanctifie I my selfe that they also myght be sanctified through the trueth 20 Neuerthelesse I pray not for them alone but for theÌ„ also which shall beleue on me through their preachyng 21 That they all may be one as thou father art in me and I in thee and that they also may be one in vs that y e world may beleue that thou hast sent me 22 And the glorie which thou gauest me I haue geuen them that they may be one as we also are one 23 I in them and thou in me that they may be made perfecte in one and that the worlde may knowe that thou hast sent me and hast loued them as thou hast loued me 24 Father I wyll that they which thou hast geuen me be with me where I am that they may see my glorie which thou hast geuen me For thou louedst me before the foundation of the world 25 O ryghteous father the worlde also hath not knowen thee But I haue knowen thee and these haue knowen