herde him My prayse is of the in the greate congregacion my vowes wyl I perfourme in the syght of them that feare hym The poore shall eate and be satisfied they that seke after the Lorde shall prayse hym your herte shall lyue for euer All the endes of the worlde shall remeÌ„bre them selues be turned vnto the Lord al y â— kynredes of the nacions shall worshyppe before him For the kyngdome is the Lordes he is the gouernour among the people Al suche as be fat vpon earth ☞ haue eaten worshypped Al they that go downe into the duste and lyue so hardly shall knele before hi and my soule shall lyue to him and. âšœ My Sede shal serue him they shal be counted vnto the Lorde for a generacion They shall come and âšœ the heauens shal declare his rightuousnes vnto a people that shall be borne whoÌ„ the Lorde hathe made ¶ The. xxiij Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Dauyd THE Lorde is my shepherd therfore caÌ„ I lacke nothyng He shall fede me in a grene pasture and leade me forth beside the waters of comforte He shall conuerte my soule bring me forth in the pathes of rightuousnes for his names sake Yee thoughe I walke throwe the valley of the shadowe of death I wyll feare no euyll for thou arte with me thy rod thy staffe they coÌ„fort me Thou shalt prepayre a table before me agaynst them y t trouble me y â— hast anoynted my hede with oyle and my cup shal be full But âšœ thy lâ—uynge kyndnes and mercy shall folowe me al the dayes of my lyfe I wyl dwel in the house of the Lorde for euer ¶ The. xxiiij Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Dauid in the fyrste daye of the Sabath The earth is the Lordes and all that therin is the compasse of the worlde thay that dwell therin For he hathe founded it vpon the sees and prepared it vpon the floudes Who shal ascende into y â— hyl of the Lorde Or who shall ryse vp in his holy place Euen he that hathe cleane handes a pure harte and that hathe nat lyfte vp his mynde vnto vanyte nor sworne to bysceaue âšœ hys neyghbour He shall receaue the blessynge from the Lorde and ryghteousnesse from the God of his saluacyon This is the generacion of them that seke hym euen of them that seke thy face O Iacob Sela. âšœ Lyfte vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lifte vp ye euerlastynge dores and the kynge of glory shal come in Who is this kynge of glorye It is the Lorde stronge and myghty euen the Lorde myghty in batell Lyfte vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lyfte vp ye euerlastynge dores and the kynge of glory shal come in Who is this king of glory EueÌ„ the Lord of Hoostes he is the kynge of glory Sela. ¶ The. xxv Psalme ¶ Of Dauid VNto the O Lorde wyll Ilyfte vp my soule My God I haue put my truste in the Oh let me nat be coÌ„founded neyther lette myne enemyes tryumphe ouer me For all they that hope in the shall nat be a shamed but such as traÌ„sgresse without a cause shall be put to confusion Shewe me thy wayes O Lorde and teache me thy pathes Leade me forth in thy trueth and learne me for thou arte the God of my saluacyon in the hathe bene my hope all the daye longe Call to remenbraunce O Lorde thy tender mercyes and thy louyng kyndenesses whiche haue bene euer of olde O remembre not the synnes and offences of my youth but accordynge vnto thy mercye thynke vpon me O Lorde for thy goodnesse Good and ryghtuous is the Lorde therefore wyll he teache synners in the waye Them that be meke shall he gyde in iudgement suche as be gentle theÌ„ shall he learne his waye All the pathes of the Lorde are mercy and trueth vnto suche as kepe his couenaunt and his testimonies For thy names sake O Lorde be mercyfull vnto my synne for it is greate What man is he that feareth the Lorde him shall he teache in the waye that he shall chose His soule shal dwell at ease and his sede shall inherite the lande The secrete of the Lorde is amonge them that feare him and he wyll shewe them his couenaunt Myne eyes are euer lokynge vnto y â— Lord for he shal pluck my fete out of y t net Turne the vnto me haue mercy vpoÌ„ me for I am desolate in misery The sorowes of my herte are enlarged O bring y â— me out of my troubles Loke vpon myne aduersyte misery forgyue me al my sine Consydre min enemyes howe many they are beare a malicious hate agaynst me O kepe my soule delyuer me let me nat be confounded for I haue put my trust in the. Let perfectnesse and ryghtuous dealynge wayte vpon me for my hope hath bene in the. Delyuer Israel O GOD out of all his troubles ¶ The. xxvj Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Dauyd Afore he was enbalmed BETHOV my iudge O Lorde for I haue walked innoceÌ„tly my trust hathe bene also in the LORDE therfore shall I nat fall Examen me O Lorde and proue me trye out my reynes and my hert For thy louynge kyndnesse is before myne eyes I wyl walke in thy trueth I haue nat dwelt w t vayne persons neyther wyll I haue felowshyp with the disceytfull I haue hated the congregacion of the wicked and wyll nat syt amonge y â— vngodly I wyll wasshe my haÌ„des in innoceÌ„cy O Lorde and so wyll I go to thyne aulter That I maye shewe the voyce of thankes gyuynge and tell of all thy wonderous workes Lorde I haue loued the habitacion of thy house the place where thy honoure dwelleth O shutte nat vp my soule w t the synners nor my lyfe with the blode thrustye In whose handes is wickednes and their ryght hande is full of gyftes But as for me I wyll walke innocentely O delyuer me and be mercyfull vnto me My fore standeth ryght I wyll prayse the Lorde in the congregacions ¶ The xxvij Psalme Of Dauid THE Lorde is my lyght and my saluacyon whome shall I feare the Lorde is the strengthe of my lyfe of whom shall I be afrayed When the wycked euen myne ennemyes and my foes â—â—me vpon me to eate vp my flesshe they stombled and fel. Though an hoste of men were layed agaynst me yet shall nat my herte be afrayed and though there rose vp warre agaynst me yet wyll I put my trust in hym One thynge haue I desyred of y â— Lorde whiche I wyll requyre euen y t I may dwel in theâ— house of y â— Lorde all the dayes of my lyfe to beholde the fayre beutie of the Lord and to vyset his temple For in the tyme of trouble he shal hyde me in his tabernacle yee in the secrete place of his dwellynge shall he kepe me set me vp vpon
vnto me sayeth the Lorde that they myght be my people that they myght haue a gloryous name that they myghte be in honour but they wolde not obeye me Therfore laye thys rydle before them and say Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel Euery pot shal be fylled with wyne And they shall saye thynkeste thou we knowe not that euery pot shal be filled with wine Then shalte thou saye vnto them Thus sayeth the Lorde Beholde I shall fyll all the inhabytours of thys lande with dronekennes the kynges that syt vpon Dauyds stole the prestes and prophetes with all that dwell at Ierusalem And I wyll shute them one agaynst another yee the fathers agaynst the sonnes sayeth the Lorde I wyll not pardon them I wyll not spare them nor haue pytye vpon them but destroye them Be obedyent geue eare take nat dysdayne at it for it is the Lord hi selfe that speaketh Honoure the Lord your God here in or he take hys lyghte from you and or euer youre fete stomble in darckenesse at the hyll leste when ye loke for the lyght he turne it in to the shadowe and darkenesse of death But yf ye will not heare me that geue you secret warnynge I will mourne froÌ„ my whole hert for your stubburnes Pyteously wyll I wepe and the teares shall gusshe out of myne eyes For y â— Lordes flocke shall be caryed awaye captiue Tell the kyng and the quene Humble youre selues set you downe lowe for the crowne of your glory shal fall from your head The cytyes towarde the southe shal be shut vp and no man shall open them All Iuda shall be caryed awaye captyue so that none shall remayne â–ª Lyft vp your eyes and beholde them that come from the North. Lyke a fat flocke shal they fal vpoÌ„ the. To whom wylt y u make thy mone when they come vpon the â–ª for thou haste taughte them thy selfe and made them masters ouer the. Shall nat sorowe come vpon the as on a woman trauayllynge with chylde And yf thou woldest say then in thyne herte Wherfore come these thinges vpon me Euen for the multytude of thy blasphemyes shall thy hynder partes and thy fete be dyscouered For lyke as the man of Inde maye chaunge hysskynne and the cat of the mountayne her sportes so may ye that be exercysed in euyl do good Therfore wyll I scatre you lyke as the stoble y e is taken away with y â— south wynde Thys shall be youre porcion and the poreyon of youre measure wherwith ye shal be rewarded of me sayeth the Lorde because ye haue forgotten me and put youre truste in dysceatfull thynges Therfore shall I turne thy clothes ouer thy heade and dyscouer thy thyghes that thy preuytyes maye be sene thy aduoutry thy deedly malyce thy beastlynesse and thy shamefull whordome For vpon the feldes and hylles I haue sene thy abhomynacyons Wo be vnto the O Ierusalem when wylte thou euer be clensed any more ¶ Of the deaâ—the that shulde come in Iewry The prayer of the people askynge mercy of the Lorde The vnfaythfull people are not hearde Of praier â—astynge and of false prophetes that seduce the people CAPI XIIII THE worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Ieremy concernyng the derthe of the frutes Iuda hathe mourned his gates are desolate they are brought to heuinesse euen vnto the grounde and the crye of Ierusalem goeth vp The Lordes sente theyr seruauntes to fetche water and when they came to the welles they dyd fynde no water but caryed theyr vessels home emptye They be ashamed and confounded and couer theyr heades For the grounde is dryed vp because there commeth no rayne vpon it The plowmen also be ashamed and couer theyr heades The hynde also forsoke the yonge fawne that he broughte forthe in the felde because there was no grasse The wylde Asses dyd stande in the hye places and drewe in theyr wynde lyke the dragons theyr eyes dyd fayle for wante of grasse Doutles oure owne wyckednesse dothe rewarde vs But Lorde do thou accordynge to thy name though oure transgressyons and synnes be many For thou art the coÌ„forte and helpe of Israel in the tyme of trouble Why wylt thou be as a straunger in the lande as one that goeth ouer the felde and coÌ„meth in only to remayne for a nyght Why wylt thou make thy selfe a cowarde and as it were a gyaunt that yet maye nat helpe For thou O Lorde art in the myddes of vs and thy name is called vpon of vs forsake vs nat Thus hathe the Lorde sayde vnto this people ☞ seyng they haue had suche a lust to wander abrode and haue nat refrayned theyr fete therfore displeased the Lorde but he wyll nowe brynge agayne to remembrauÌ„ce all theyr mysdedes and punysh all theyr synnes Yee euen thus sayde the Lorde vnto me Thou shalt nat praye to do this people good For though they fast I wyll nat heare theyr prayers And though they offre burnt offrynges and sacryfyces yet wyl nat I accepte them For I wyll destroye them with the swerde honger and pestilence Then answered I O Lorde God the prophetes saye vnto theÌ„ Tush ye shall nede to feare no swearde and no honger shall come vpon you but the Lorde shall geue you coÌ„tynuall rest in this place And the Lorde sayde vnto me The prophetes preache lyes in my name where as I haue not sent them nether gaue I them any charge nether dyd I speake vnto theÌ„ yet they preach vnto you false visioÌ„s charmynge vanyte and disceatfulnes of theyr owne hert Therfore thus saieth the Lorde As for those prophetes that preache in my my name whom I neuerthelesse haue nat sente and that saye Tush there shall no swearde nor hoÌ„ger be in this lande With swearde and with honger shal those prophetes perysh and the people to whom they preache shal be caste out of Ierusalem dye of honger and be slayne with the swearde and there shal be no man to burye them bothe they and theyr wyues theyr sonnes theyr daughters For thus wyll I poure theyr wyckednesse vpon theÌ„ Thys shalte y â— say also vnto them Mine eyes shal wepe without ceassynge daye and nyght For my people shal be destroyed with great harme and shall peryshe with a great plage For if I go into the felde lo it lyeth al ful of slayne men If I come into the cyty lo they be all famyshed of honger Yee theyr prophetes also and prestes shall be led into an vnknowen lande Haste thou then vtterly forsaken Iuda plaged vs that we can be healed nomore We loked for peace and there commeth no good for the tyme of health and lo here is nothynge but trouble We knowledge O Lorde all our mysdedes and the synnes of our fathers that we haue offeÌ„ded the. Be not displeased O Lord for thy names sake forget not thy louynge kyndnesse Remembre the trone of thyne honoure breke not the couenaunt y
Be thou and all thy companye before the Lorde bothe thou they and Aaron to morowe And take euery maÌ„ his sencer and put sence in them that ye maye offre before the lorde euery man of the two hundred fyftie take his sencer thou also Aaron that euery one may haue his sencer And they toke euerye man his sencer and put fyre in them and layd sence theron and stode in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse with Moses and Aaron And Corah gathered all the congregacyon agaynst them vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the glory of the Lorde appeared vnto al the congregacyon And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge Seperate your selues from among this congregacion that I may consume them atonce And they fell vpon theyr faces and sayde O moost myghtye God of the spirites of all flesshe yf one man hath synned wylte thou be wrothe with all the multitude And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the congre gacyon and say Get you away from aboute the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram And Moses rose vp and wente vnto Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israell folowed hym And he spake vnto the congregacyon saynge departe from the tentes of these wycked men and touche no thynge of theyrs lest ye perysshe in all theyr synnes And so they gat them from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And DathaÌ„ and Abiram came out and stode in the dore of theyr tentes with theyr wyues theyr sonnes and theyr lytell chyldren And Moses sayd Hereby ye shall knowe that the lorde hath sent me to do al these workes and that I haue not done them of myne owne mynde If these men dye the common deathe of all men or they be ☞ visited after the visitacyon of al men then the Lorde hath not sent me But yf the Lorde make a newe thyng the earth open her mouth swalow them vp withall that they haue and they go downe quycke in to hell then ye shall vnderstand that these meÌ„ haue prouoked the lorde And it fortuned that as soone as he had made an ende of speakynge all these wordes the grounde cloue a sondre that was vnder them the earth opened her mouth swalowed them vp theyr houses all the men that were with Corah and all theyr goodes And they and all that they had wente downe alyue vnto hel the erth closed vpon them they peryshed from among the coÌ„gregacion And all Israel that were aboute them fled at the crye of them And they sayde leest the earthe swalowe vs vp also And there came out a fyre from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred fyftie men that offered sence And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preest that he take vp the sencers out of the burnyng and skatter the fyre here and there for the ☞ sencers of these synners are halowed in theyr deathes and let them make of them thyn beaten plates for a couerynge of the aulter For they offered them before the lorde and therfore they are halowed and they shall be a sygne vnto the chyldren of Israel And Eleazar the Preest toke the brasen sencers which they that were burnt had offered and bet them thyn for a coueryng of the aulter to be a remembraunce vnto the chyldren of Israell that no straunger whiche is not of the seede of Aaron come nere to offre sence before the Lorde that it happen not vn to hym lyke as vnto Corah and his companye as the Lorde sayde of hym by the hande of Moses But on the morowe all the multitude of the chyldren of Israell murmured agaynste Moses Aaron sayeng Ye haue kylled the people of the lorde And it fortuned that wheÌ„ the multitude was gathered agaynst Moses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of wytnesse And beholde †vvhen they vvere entred in to it the cloude couered it the glorye of the lorde appeared And Moses Aaron came before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Get you from amonge this congregacyon that I maye consume them quyckely And they fell vpon theyr faces And Moses sayd vnto Aaron take a sencer and put fyre therin out of the aulter and powre on sence and go quyckely vnto the coÌ„gregacyon that thou mayst opteyne forgyuenesse for them For there is wrath gone out from the Lorde and there is a plage begon And Aaron toke as Moses coÌ„maunded him and ran in to the myddes of the coÌ„gregacion and beholde the plage was begonne among the people and he put on sence and made an atonement for the people And when he stode bitwene the deade and them that were alyue the plage ceased They that dyed in the plage were xiiii thousande and seuen hundred besyde them that dyed aboute the busynesse of Corah And Aaron went Agayne vnto Moses before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the plage ceased ¶ Aarons rod buddith and beareth blossoms CAPI XVII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and take of euery prynce of them a rod after the houses of theyr fathers Euen xii roddes and wryte euery mans name vpoÌ„ his rod. And wryte Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui for euery rod is for a house of theyr fathers and put them in the tabernacle of wytnesse euen in the place where I mete you And the mans rod whom I chose shall blossome And I wyl make cease from me the grudgyngê of the chyldren of Israel wherby they grudge agaynst you And Moses spake vnto the chyldren of Israell and all the princes gaue hym euery prince accordynge to theyr fathers houses a rod euen â—ii roddes the rod of Aaron was among the roddê And Moses put the roddê before the lorde in the tabernacle of wytnes And on the morow Moses went in to the tabernacle of wytnesse and beholde the rod of Aaron for the house of Leui was budded and bare blossoms almondes And Moses brought out all the roddes from before the Lorde vnto al the chyldren of Israel they loked vpon them toke euery man his rod. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses brynge Aarons rod agayne before the wytnesse to be kept for a token of the chyldrens rebellyoÌ„ and that theyr murmurynge maye cease fro me and that they dye not And Moses dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded hym euen so dyd he And the chyldren of Israel spake vnto Moses saynge beholde we are wasted away and consumed we al come to nought who soeuer cometh nygh the dwellyng of the lord dyeth Shall we vtterly consume away ¶ The offyce of the leuytes The tythes and fyrst fruytes must be gyuen them Aarons herytage CAPI XVIII ANd the Lorde sayd vnto Aaron Thou and thy sonnes and thy fathers house with the ☞ shal beare the faute of that whiche is done amysse in the holy place And
them whom his father Dauid had nombred And they were founde an hundred liii M. and syxe hundred And he set lxx thousande of them to beare burdens and lxxx M. to hew stones in the mountayne and thre thousande and syxe hundred offycers to set the people a worke ¶ The temple of the lorde and the porche are buylded with other thynges therto belongynge CAPI III. ANd SalomoÌ„ began to buylde the house of the lorde at Ierusalem in mount Moria where the Lorde appeared vnto Dauid his father euen in the place that Dauid prepared in the thresshynge floure of Ornan the Iebusite And he began to buylde in the seconde day of the second moneth the fourth yere of his reygne And these are the patrons wherby Salomon was instructe to buylde the house of God The length was thre score cubytes after the olde measure and the bredth xx cubytes The porche that was in bredth as large as the temple had xx cubytes and the heygth was an hundred and xx cubytes And he ouerlayde it on the inner syde with pure golde And the greater house he syled with fyrre trees which he ouerlayde with the best gold and graued therto Palmetrees cheynes And he ouerlayde the house with precyous stone beutyfully And the gold was golde of Paruaim The house I saye the beames postes walles and dores therof ouerlayde he with gold and made grauen worke vpon the walles And he made the house moost holye whose length was xx cubytes lyke to the bredth of the house the bredth therof was also xx cubytes And he ouerlayde it with good golde euen with vi hundred talentes And the weyght of the nayles of golde was fyftye sycles And he ouerlayde the vpper chambers with gold And in the house moost holye he made two Cherubins of ymage worke lyke chyldren and ouerlayde them with golde And the wynges of the Cherubs were xx cubytes longe The one wynge was fyue cubites reachyng to the wall of the house and the other wyng was lykewyse fyue cubytes reachyng to the wynge of the other Cherub And euen so the one wynge of the other Cherub was fyue cubytes reachynge to the wall of the house and the other wynge was fyue cubites also and reached to the wynge of the other Cherub So that the wyngê of the sayd theâ—ubs were stretched out xx cubytê And they stode on theyr feete and loked inwardes And he made a fore hangynge of yelowe sylke purple cremosin and fyne whyte caused the pyctures of Cherubs to be brodered theron And he made before the house two pyllers of xxxv cubytes hygh And the head that was aboue on the top of one of them was fyue cubytes And he made theynes of wrethen worke for the quere and put them on the heades of the pyllers and made an hundred pomgarnettes put them on the cheynes And he reared vp the pyllers before the temple one on the ryght hand and the other on the lefte and called the ryght ☞ Iathin and the lefte ☞ Boaz. ¶ The aulter of brasse the lauatorye the vessels to was she with the candelstyckes c. CAPI IIII. ANd he made an aulter of brasse xx cubites longe and. xx cubites brode and ten cubytes hygh And he cast a brasen Lauatorye of ten cubytes from brym to brym rounde in compasse and fyue cubytes hygh and a lyne of thyrtye cubytes dyd compasse it rouÌ„de aboute And vnder it was the fassyon of oxen which dyd compasse it rouÌ„de aboute with ten cubytes dyd they compasse the Lauatory rounde aboute and there were two rowes of oxen whiche were cast of lyke molten worke And it stode also vpon twelue oxen thre loked towarde the North thre towarde the west thre toward the South and thre toward the East and the Lauatory was set vpon them and all theyr backes were towarde the Lauatory And the thyckest of it was an hande bredth and the brym lyke the brym of a cup with floures of lylyes And â—o receyued and helde thre thousande bates And he made ten lauers and put fyue on the ryght hande and fyue on the lefte to wash and clense in them soch thyngâ— as they offered for a burt offerynge But the greate Lauatory was for the preestes to was she in And he made ten candelstyckes of golde accordynge to the patrone that was gyuen of them put them in the temple fyue on the ryght hand fyue on the lefte And he made also ten tables and put them in the temples fyue on the ryght syde and fyue on the lefte And he made an huÌ„dred basens of golde And he made the courte of the Preestes and the great courte and dores to it ouerlayde the dores of them with brasse And he set the great Lauatory on the ryght syde of the east ende ouer agaynst the South And Hiram made pottes shouels and basens and fynysshed the worke that he was appoynted to make for kyng Salomon in the house of god The two pyllers the coueryngê or two heades on the toppes of the pyllers and the two wrethes to couer the two scalpes or heades that were on the toppes on the pyllers and foure hundred pomgarnettê on the two wrethes two rowes of Pomgarnettes on one wrethe to couer the two toppes or heades that were on the pyllers And he made two bottomes and lauers made he vpon the bottomes the greate lauatory and twelue oxen vnder it Pottê also and shouels fleshehokes and all these vessels dyd Hyram his father make to kynge salomon for the house of the Lorde of bryght brasse In the playne of Iordane dyd the kynge cast them euen in the claye grounde that is bytwene Socoth and Zatedatha And Salomon made all these vessels in greate aboundance for the weyght of brasse coulde not be rekened And Salomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God The golden aulter also the tables to set the shewbreade vpon Moreouer the caÌ„delstyckes with theyr lampes to burne after the maner before the queere and that of precyous golde and the floures the lampes and the snoffers made he of golde and that perfyte golde and the dressynge knyues basens spones and sencers of pure golde And †he made the dore of the temple and the inner dores within the place moost holye and the inner dores of the temple were gylted And so was al the worke that Salomon made for the house of the lorde finysshed ¶ The Arke is brhought into the temple which is fylled with the glorye of the Lorde CAPI V. ANd so al the worke that SalomoÌ„ made in the house of the Lorde was finyshed Salomon brought in al the thyngê that Dauid his father had dedycated with the syluer and golde and all the Iuels and put them amonge the treasures of the house of God Then Salomon gathered the elders of Israell togyther and all the heades of the trybes auncyent fathers of the chyldren of Israell vnto Ierusalem to brynge the
come to the house of Abimelech WHy boastest thou thy selfe thou Tyraunte that thou caÌ„ste do myschefe Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylye Thy tonge ymagyneth wyckednesse and with lyes thou cutteste lyke a sharpe â—asoure Thou haste loued vngracyousnesse more then goodnesse and to talke of lyes more then ryghteousnesse Sela. Thou hast loued to speake al wordes that maye do hurt O thou false tonge Thertore shall God destroye y â— for euer he shal take y â— plucke y â— out of thy dwelliÌ„g rote the out of the laÌ„d of the liuing Sela The righteous also shal se this feare shall laugh him to scorne Lo this is y â— man that toke nat God for his streÌ„gth but trusted vnto y â— multitude of his riches streÌ„gthed him selfe in his wyckednesse As for me I am lyke a grene oliue tre in the house of God my truste is in the tender mercy of God for euer euer I wyll alwaye geue thankes vnto the for that thou haste done and I wyll hope in thy name for thy saynctes lyke it well ¶ The. liii Psalme ¶ To the chaunter vpon ☞ Mahalath an instruccyon of Dauid THe foolyshe bodye hath sayed in his herte there is no God Corrupt are they and become abhomynable in theyr wickednesse ther is none that doth good God loked downe from heuen vpon the children of men to se yf there were any that wolde vnderstande and seke after God But they are all gone out of the waye they are all together become abhominable there is also none y â— doth good no nat one Are nat they without vnderstandinge that worcke wyckednesse eatinge vp my people as yf they wolde eate bread they haue nat called vpon god They were afraied where no feare was for God hath brokeÌ„ the bones of him that beseged the y u hast put theÌ„ to coÌ„fusyon because God hathe despysed them Oh that the saluacyon were gyuen vnto Israel out of Sion Oh that y â— Lord wolde delyuer hys people out of captyuyte Then shulde Iacob reioyse and Israel shulde be ryght glad ¶ The. liiii Psalme ¶ To the chaunter in melodyes an instruccyon of Dauid when the zephytes came and sayde vnto Saul Hath nat Dauid hyd him selfe amonge vs. SAue me O God for thy names sake ☞ auenge me in thy strength Heare my prayer O God and herken vnto the wordes of my mouth For straungers are rysen vp agaynste me and tyrauntes whiche haue nat God before theyr eyes seke after my soule Sela. Beholde God is my helper the Lorde is ☞ with them that vpholde my soule He shall rewarde euel vnto myne enemyes Destroy thou them in thy trueth An offerynge of afre hart wil I geue the prayse thy name trueth Sela. Therfore were thy beloued belyuered helpe me with thy ryght haÌ„d and heare me God hathe spoken in hys holynesse I wyl reioyce and deuyde SicheÌ„ and mete out the valley of Suchoth Gilead is mine Manasses is mine Ephraim also is the strength of my heade Iuda is my lawe geueâ— Moab is my washpotteâ— ouer EdoÌ„ wyll I cast out my sho Philistea be thou glade of me Who wyll leade me into the stronge cite Who wyl bryng me into Edom Hast nat thou cast vs out O God wylt nat thou O God go out with our hoostes O be thou our helpe in trouble for bayne is the helpe of man Thorowe God we shal do greate actes for it is he that shall treade downe oure enemyes ¶ The. lxj Psalme ¶ To the chaunter in the melodies of Dauid HEare my cryenge O God geue eare vnto my prayer From the endes of the earth wyl I cal vnto the when my hert is in heuynesse Oh set me vp vpoÌ„ the rocke that is hyer then I. For thou haste bene my hope a stronge to wer for me agaynste the enemye I wyll dwell in thy tabernacle for euer and my truste shal be vnder the couerynge of thy wynges Sela. For thou O my God haste harde my desyres and hast geuen an heritage vnto those that feare thy name Thou shalte graunt the kynge a longe lyfe that his yeares maye en dure thorowe out all the generacyons He shal dwel before God for euer O prepare thy louynge mercy and faythfulnes that they may preserue hym So wyl I alwaye synge prayses vnto thy name that I maye dayly perfourme my vowes The. lxij Psalme ¶ To the chaunter For Ieduâ—hum a Psalme of Dauid MY soule truly wayteth styll vpon God for of hym commeth my saluacyon He verely is my strength and my saluacyon He is my defence so that I shall nat greatly fall Howe longe wyl ye ymagyne myschefe agaynste euery maÌ„ ye shal be stayne al the sorte of you yee as a tottryng wall shall ye be and lyke a brokeÌ„ hedge Theyr deuyce is onely howe to put him out whom God wyl exalte theyr delyte is in lyes they geue good wordes with theyr mouthe but curse with theyr hert Sela. Neuerthelesse my soule wayte thou still vpoÌ„ God for my hope is in him He truly is my streÌ„gth and my saluacioÌ„ he is my defence so that I shall nat fall In God is my healthe my glory the rocke of my might and in God is my trust O put your trust in hym alwaye ye people powre out youre hertes before him for God is oure hope Sela. As for the chyldren of men they are but vayne the chyldren of men are bisceatfull vpon the weyghtes they are al togeyther lyghter thaÌ„ vanyte it selfe O truste not in wronge and robbery gyue not youre selues vnto vanyte yt ryches encrese set nat youre hert vpon them God spake once and twyse I haue also hearde the same that power belongeth vnto God And that thou Lorde arte mercyfull for thou rewardest euery man accordynge to his worke ¶ The. lxiij Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Dauid when he was in the wyldernes of Iuda O God thou art my God early wyll I seke the. My soule thrusteth for the my flesshe also longethe after the in a baren and drye lande where no water is Thus haue I loked for the in holynesse that I myght beholde thy power and glory For thy louynge kyndnesse is better then lyfe it selfe my lyppes shall prayse the. As longe as I lyue wyll I magnyfye the on this maner and lyft vp my handes in thy name My soule shal be satisfied euen as it were w t mary and fatnes when my mouthe prayseth the with ioyefull lyppes Haue I nat remembred the in my bedde thought vpon the whan I was wakynge Because thou haste bene my helper therfore vnder the shadowe of thy wynges wyll I reioyse My soule haÌ„geth vpon the thy ryght hande hath vpholden me These also that seke the hurte of my soule they shall go into the lower partes of the earthe Let theÌ„ fal vpon the edge of the swerde y â— they may be a porcion for
stretche my hande out vpon them and wyll make the lande waste So that it shal lye esolate and voyde from the wyldernesse of ☞ Deblothah forth thorow all theyr habytacions to learne them for to knowe that I am the Lorde ¶ The ende of all the lande of Israel shall sodenly come The cause of the destruccion therof The Prophete is commauÌ„ded to shewe the summe of the euylles that are at haÌ„de CAPI VII THE worde of the Lorde came vnto me on this maner The I cal O thou soÌ„ne of man Thus sayeth Lorde God vnto the lande of Israel The ende commeth yee verely the ende commeth vpon al the foure corners of the earth But nowe shall the ende come vpon the for I wyll sende my wrath vpon the wyll punyshe the accordynge to thy wayes and rewarde the after all thy abhominacyons Myne eye shall not ouerse the neyther wyll I spare the but rewarde the accordynge to thy wayes and declare thy abhominacyoÌ„s Then shall ye knowe that I am the Lorde Thus sayeth the Lord God Beholde one mysery and plage shall come after another the ende is here The ende I saye that wayteth for the is come all readye the houre is come agaynst the that dwellest in the lande The tyme is at hande the day of sedicyon is harde by and no glad tydynges vpon the mountaines Therfore I wyl shortly poute out my sore displeasure ouer the and fulfyll my wrath vpon the. I wyll iudge the after thy wayes and recompence the al thy abhomynacions Myne eye shal not ouerse the neither wyll I spare the but rewarde the after thy wayes and shewe thy abhomynacyons to learne you for to knowe how that I am the Lord that smyteth Beholde the day is here the daye is come the houre is runne out the rodde florisheth wilfulnesse waxeth grene malicious violeÌ„ce is growen vp and the vn godly waxen to a staf Yet shal there no complaynte be made for them nor for the trouble that shall come of these thynges The tyme coÌ„meth the daye draweth nye Who so byeth let him not reioyse he that selleth let him not be sory for why Trouble shall come in the myddest of all reste so that the seller shall not come agayne to the byer for neyther of them both shal lyue For the vision shall come so greatly oueral that it shall nat be hyndered No man also wyth his wickednes shal be able to saue his owne lyfe The troÌ„pettes shal blowe ye and make you all ready but no man shall go to the batayle for I am wrothe with al the whole multitude The swearde shal be without pestylence and honger within so that who so is in the felde shal be slayne with the swearde and he that is in the cytie shall peryshe with honger and pestylence And suche as escape and fle from among them shal be vpon the hylles lyke as the doues in the felde euery one shal be afrayed because of his owne wyckednesse All handes shal be let downe all knees shal be weake as the water they shall gyrde them selues with sacke cloth feare shall fal vpon them Theyr faces shal be confounded and theyr heades balde theyr syluer shall lye in the stretes and theyr golde shal be despysed Yee theyr siluer and golde may not delyuer them in the day of the fearful wrath of the Lorde They shall not satisfye theyr hongry soules neyther fyll theyr emptye bellyes therwith For it is become their owne decaye thorowe theyr wyckednes because they made thereof not onely costely Iewelles for theyr pompe and pryde but also abhomynable ymages and Idoles For this cause wyll I make them to be abhorred Moreouer I wil geue it into the handes of the straungers to be spoyled and to the wycked for tobe robbed and they shall destroye it My face wyll I turne from them my treasury shal be defyled for the theues shall go in to it and suspende it I wyll make cleane riddaunce for the lande is whole defyled with vntyghtueus iudgement of innocente bloude and the cite is full of abhominacions Wherfore I wyl brynge the most cruel tyrauntes from amonge the Heathen to take theyr houses in possession I wyll make the pompe of the proude to ceasse and they shall take in theyr Saynetuary When thys trouble commeth they shall seke peace but they shall haue none One myschefe and sorowe shal folowe another and one rumoure shall come after another Then shall they seke vysions in vayne at theyr Prophetes The lawe shal be gone from the prestes and wysdome frome the elders The kynge shal mourne the princes shal be clothed with heuynes and the haÌ„des of the people in the lande shall tremble for feare I wyll do vnto them after theyr owne wayes and accordynge to theyr owne iudgementes wyll I iudge them to learne them for to knowe that I am the Lorde ¶ An apperaunâ—e of the symylytude of God Ezechiel is brought vnto Ierusalem in the sprete The Lorde sheweth the Prophete the Idolatryes of the house of Israel and the fely of the Preastes CAPI VIII IT happened that in the syxte yeare the fyfth day of the syxte moneth I sat in my house and the Lordes of the councell of Iuda with me and the hande of the Lorde God fel euen there vpon me And as I loked vp I sawe as it were a lyckenesse of fyre from hys loynes downewarde and from his loynes vpwarde it shyned maruelous cleare lyke an angell to loke vpon This symylitude stretched out an hande and toke me by the hearrye lockes of my heade and the sprete lyft me vp betwyxte heaueÌ„ and earth and brought me in a vysyon to Ierusalem into the entrye of the inner porte that lyeth towarde the north there stode an ymage w t whom he that hath al thynges in his power was very wroth And beholde the glory of the God of Israel was in the same place euen as I had sene it afore in the felde And he sayde vnto me Thou sone of man O lyft vp thyne eyes and loke towarde the North. Then lyft I vp myne eyes towarde the north beholdeâ— besyde the porte Northwarde there was an aulter made vnto the ymage of prouocacion in the very entryng in And he sayde further more vnto me Thou sonne of maÌ„ â—â—â—st thou what these do Seyst thou the greate abhomycions that the house of Israel coÌ„mytteth in this place which ought â—â—t to be doâ—e 〈◊〉 my sainctuary But turne the about a thâ—â— shalt se yet greater abhomynaâ—ions And 〈◊〉 that brought he me to the cour◠〈◊〉 wheÌ„ I loked beholde there was an hole iÌ„ wal Then sayde he vnto me Thou soÌ„ne of man dygge thorowe the wal And wheÌ„ I dygged thorowe the wal beholde there was a dore And he sayde vnto me Go thy waye in and loke what wycked abhomynacyons they do here So I went in and sawe and beholde there were all maner ymages of wormes
the Temple from whence it had before departed He mentyoneth the Idolatry of the chyldren of Israell for whiche they were consumed and brought to nawght He so commaunded to call them agayne to repentaunce CAPI XLIII SO he brought me to the dore that turneth towarde the east Beholde then came the glory of the God of Israell from out of y ◠east whose voyce was lyke a great noyse of warers and the earth was lyghtened with his glorye Hys syght to loke vpon was lyke the fyrst that I sawe whē I wente in what tyme as the cytie shulde haue bene destroyed and lyke the vysyon that I sawe by the water of Cobar Then fell I vpon my face but the glory of the Lorde came into the house thorowe the Easte dore So a wynde toke me vp and brought me into the ynnermer courte and beholde the house was full of the glory of the Lorde I hearde one speakynge vnto me out of the house and there stode one by me that sayde vnto me O thou sōne of man thys rowme is my seate and the place of my fotesteppes where as I wyll dwell amonge the chyldren of Israell for euermore so that the house of Israell shall nomore defyle my holy name neyther they nor theyr kynges thorowe theyr whordome thorowe theyr hye places and thorowe the deed bodyes of theyr kynges whiche haue buylded theyr thresholdes in maner harde vpon my thresholdes and theyr postes almost at my postes so y ◠there is but a bare wall betwyxte me and them Thus haue they defyled my holy name with theyr abhomynacyons that they haue commytted Wherefore I haue destroyed them in my wrath But nowe they shall put awaye theyr whordome and the deed bodies of theyr kynges out of my sight that I may dwell amonge them for euermore Therfore O thou sonne of man shewe thou the housholde of Israell a tēple that they maye be ashamed of theyr wyckednesse measure them selues an example therat And when they be a shamed of all theyr workes then shewe them the fourme and fashyon of the temple the commynge in the goynge out all the maner and descrypcion therof yee all the vses and ordynaunces of it that they maye kepe and fulfyl all the fashyons and customes therof Thys is the descripcyon of the house Aboue vpon the mounte rounde aboute all the corners it shal be the holyest of all Beholde that is the descrypcyon and fashyon of the house Thys is the measure of the aulter after the true cubyte which is a spāne longer then another cubyte hys botome in the myddest was a cubyte longe wyde and the ledge that wente rounde aboute it was a spanne brode Thys is the heygth of the aulter From the groūde to the lower steppes the length is two cubytes and the bredth one cubyte and from the lower steppes to the hygher are foure cubytes and the bredth but one cubyte The aulter was foure cubytes hye and from the aulter vpwarde stode foure hornes and it was xij cubytes longe and. xij cubytes brode vpon the foure corners the couerynge of the aulter was xiiij cubytes longe and brode vpon the foure corners the ledge that wente rounde aboute had halfe a cubyte and the botome therof roūde about one cubyte his steppes stode towarde the East And he sayde vnto me Thou sonne of man thus sayeth the Lorde God these are the ordynaunces and lawes of the aulter in the daye when it is made to offre burntoffrynges to sprynckle bloude ther vpon To the prestes to the Leuites that be of y ◠sede of Sadoch ▪ and treade before me to do me seruyce sayeth the Lorde God Unto these geue thou a yonge bullocke for a synoffrynge and take the bloude of hym and sprynckle his foure hornes withall and the foure corners of the aulter couerynge with the ledge that goeth roūde about here with shalt thou clense it and reconcyle it Thou shalt take the bullocke also of the synoffrynge and burne hym in a seuerall place without the Sanctuary The nexte daye take a goatbucke without blemysh for a synoffrynge to reconcyle that aulter withall lyke as it was reconcyled with the bullocke Nowe when thou hast made it cleane then offre a yonge bullocke without blemysh and a ramme out of the flocke without blemysh also Offre them before the Lorde and let the prest caste salt ther vpon and geue them so vnto the Lorde for a burntoffrynge Seuen dayes shalt thou brynge euery daye a goatbucke for sinne A yonge bullocke and a ramme of the flocke bothe without blemysh shal they offre Seuen dayes shall they reconcyle and clense the aulter and offre vpon it When these dayes are expired then vpon the. viij daye and so forth the prestes shal offre their burntoffrynges and healthoffrynges vpon the aulter so wyll I be mercyfull vnto you sayeth the Lorde God CAPI XLIIII ¶ He sheweth what dore of the temple is shutte He is commaunded to vpbrayde the people with theyr offence The vncyrcuncysed in herte and in the flesh who are to be admytted to the seruyce of the temple and who to be refused He sheweth what prestes he wolde haue admytted into the holy place and also theyr offyce AFTER thys he brought me agayne to the outwarde dore of the Sanctuary on the East syde and that was shut Thē sayde the Lorde vnto me Thys dore shall be styll shut and nat opened for any man to go thorowe it but onely for the Lorde God of Israel yee he shal go thorowe it els shal it be shut styll The prynce hym selfe shall come thorowe it that he maye eate breade before the Lorde At the porche shal he come in and there shall he go out agayne Then brought he me to the dore vpon the North syde of the house And as I loked aboute me beholde the glory of the Lorde fylled the house and I fell downe vpon my face So the Lorde spake vnto me O thou sōne of man fasten thys to thyne herte beholde and take diligent hede to al that I wyl saye vnto the concernynge all the ordynaunces of the Lorde and all hys lawes pondre wel with thyne herte the cōmynge in of y ◠house and the goynge forth of the Sanctuary and tel that obstynate housholde of Israel Thus sayeth the Lorde God O house of Israel ye haue nowe done ynough withall youre abhomynacions seynge that ye haue brought into my Sanctuary straungers hauynge vncircuncysed hertes and flesh where thorowe my Sanctuary is defyled when ye offre me bred fat and bloude Thus with all youre abhomynacyons ye haue broken my couenaunt and nat kept the holy ordynaunces of my Sanctuary but set kepers of my Sanctuary euen after youre owne mynde Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God Of all the straungers that dwell amonge the chyldren of Israell no straunger whose herte and flesh is nat circumcysed shal come within my Sāctuary No nor the Leuites y ◠be gone
Speake euery maÌ„ the trueth vnto his neyghbour execute iudgement truely and peaceably within youre portes none of you ymagyn euyl in his hert against his neighbour loue no false othes for al these are the thinges y â— I hate sayeth y â— Lorde And the worde of the Lord of hostes came vnto me sayeng thus sayeth the Lord of hostes The fast of the fourth moneth the fast of the fifth the fast of the seuenthe the fast of the teÌ„th shal be ioy gladnesse prosperous hye feastes vnto the house of Iuda Onely loue the trueth peace Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes There shall yet come people and the inhabiters of many cyties and they that dwel in one cyte shal go to another sayeng Up let vs go praye before the Lorde let vs seke the Lorde of hostes I wyl go w t you yee moch people and myghtye Heathen shal come and seke y â— Lord of hoostes at Ierusalem to praye before the Lord. Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes In y â— tyme shall ten men out of all maner of languages of the Gentyles take one Iewe by the hemme of hys garment saye we wyll go with you for we haue hearde y e God is among you ¶ The conuersion of the Gentyles The coÌ„myng of Chryst syttynge on an Asse CAPI IX THe worde of the Lorde shal be receyued at Adrach and Damascus shal be his offerynge for the eyes of all men and of the tribes of Israel shal loke vp vnto the Lord. The borders of Hemath shal be herde therby Tirus also Sidon for they are very wise Tirus shal make her selfe stronge heape vp syluer as the sande golde as the clayes of the stretrs Beholde the Lorde shal take her in haue her in possession he shall smyte downe her power into the see she shal be coÌ„sumed w t fyre This shall Ascalon se be afrayed Gaza shal be very sory so shall Accaron also because her hope is come to confusion For the Kynge of Gaza shal peryshe and at Ascalon shall no man dwel Straungers shal dwel at Asdod and as for y â— pryde of the Philistynes I shal rote it out Their bloude wyll I take away from their mouth their abhominacions from amonge their teeth Thus they shal be left for our god yee they shal be as a prince in Iuda Accaron like as a Iebusy And so wyl I coÌ„ pase my house rounde aboute w t my men of warre goying to and fro that no oppressour come vpon theÌ„ any more For that haue I sene nowe with myne eyes Reioyse y u greatly O daughter Syon be glad O daughter IerusaleÌ„ For lo thy kynge coÌ„meth vnto the euen the ryghtuous Sauiour Lowly symple is he he rideth vpon an asse vpon the foale of an Asse I wil rote out the charettes froÌ„ Ephraim the horse froÌ„ IerusaleÌ„ the batel bowes shal be destroyed He shal gyue y e doctryne of peace vnto the Heathen and his dominion shall be from the one see to the other from the floudes to the endes of the worlde Thou also thorow the bloude of thy couenauÌ„ shalt let * thy prisoners out of the ‡ pitte wherin is no water Turne you nowe to the stronge holde ye y â— be in prison long sore to be deliuered And this daye I bryng the worde y â— I wyl rewarde the double agayne For Iuda haue I bent out as a bowe for me and Ephraim haue I fylled Thy sonnes O SioÌ„ wyl I rayse vp agaynst the Grekes make the as a gyauntes swearde the Lorde God shal be sene aboue them and his dartes shal go forth as the lyghtnyng The Lorde God shal blowe the trompet and shal come forth as a storme out of the south The Lorde of hostes shal defende them they shal coÌ„sume deuoure and subdue theÌ„ with slynge stones They shal dryncke and rage as it were thorow wyne They shal be filled lyke y â— baseâ—s as the hornes of y â— aulter The Lord their God shal delyuer theÌ„ in the day as y â— flock of his people for y â— stones of his Sayntuary shal be set vp in his laÌ„de O how prosperous goodly a thyng shal y e be The corne shal make y e yonge men chereful and the newe wyne the maydens ¶ The people is moued to requyre the doctryne of trueth of the Lorde The Lorde promyseth to vyâ—â—t and comforte the house of Israel CAPI V. PRay the Lorde then bitymes to geue you the latter rayne so shal the Lorde make cloudes and geue you rayne ynoughe for al the increace of the felde For vayne is the answere of Idols The sothsayers se lyes and tel but vayne dreames the coÌ„forte that they geue is nothynge worth Therfore go they astraye lyke a slocke of shepe are troubled because they haue no shepherd My wroth ful dispeasure is moued at the shepherdes I wyl vyset y â— gotes For the Lord of hostes wyl graciously vyset his flocke the house of Iuda and holde theÌ„ as a goodly fayre horse in the batayle Out of Iuda shal come the helmet the nayle the batelbowe and al the prynces together They shal be as the giauÌ„tes whiche in the batayle treade downe the myre vpon the stretes They shal fyght for the Lord shal be with them so that the horsmen shal be confounded I wyl comforte the house of Iuda and preserue the house of Ioseph I wyll turne them also for I pyte them and they shal be lyke as they were when I had not cast theÌ„ of For I the Lorde am theyr God and wyl heare them Ephraim shal be as a gyaunt their herte shal be chereful as thorow wyne yee their children shal se it and be glad and their herte shall reioyce in the Lorde I wyll blowe for them and gather them together for I wyll redeme them They shal increace as they increased afore I wyll sowe them amonge the people that they may thyncke vpon me in farre couÌ„trees they shal lyue w t theyr chyldren turne agayne I wyl bring them agayne also from the lande of Egypt and gather them out of Assyrya I wyl cary them into the lande of Galaad and to Libanus they shal want nothing He shal go vpon y â— see of trouble smyte y â— see waues so y â— al the depe floudes shal be dryed vp The proude bostyng of Assur shal be cast downe and the scepter of Egypte shal be taken awaye I wyll comforte them in the Lorde that they maye walcke in his name sayeth the Lorde ¶ The destruccyon of the temple The care of the faythfull is commytted to Christ by the father A greuous vysion agaynst Ierusalem and Iuda CAPI VI. OPen thy dores O Libanus that the fyre maye consume thy Cedre trees Howle ye Firre trees for the Cedre is fallen yee al the
poudre are wasted away Howleâ— O ye oke trees of Baasan for the myghtye stronge wodde is cut downe Men maye here the shepherdes mourne for their glory is destroyed MeÌ„ may here y â— lions whelpes rore for y â— pride of Iordane is wasted away Thus fayeth the Lorde my God Fode the shepe of the slaughter whiche shal be slayne of those that possesse theÌ„ yet they take it for no synne but they that sell them saye The Lord be thaÌ„cked I am rych yee their owne shepherdes spare them not Therfore wyl I nomore spare those that dwell in the lande â—sayeth the Lorde but lo. I wyll deliuer the people euery maÌ„ into his neighbours hand and into the hande of his kynge that they maye smyte the lande and out of theyr handes I wyll not delyuer them I my selfe fed the slaughter shepe a pore flocke verely and toke vnto me two staues the one I called louyng mekenes the other I called wo and so I kepte the shepe Thre shepherdes destroyed I in one moneth for I myght not a waye with them neyther had they any delyte in me Then sayde I I wyll fede you nomore the thyng that dyeth let it dye and that wyll perysh let it perysh and let the remnauÌ„t eate euery one the flesshe of his neighbour I toke also my louyng meke staff and brake it that I myght disanul the couenauÌ„t whiche I made with all people And so it was broken in that day Then the poore symple shepe that had a respecte vnto me knewe therby that it was the worde of the Lorde And I sayde vnto them yf ye thynke it good bryng hyther my pryce yf no then leaue So they wayed downe xxx syluer peÌ„s the value that I was prysed at And the Lorde sayde vnto me cast it vnto the potter a goodly pryce for me to be valued at of them and I toke the. xxx syluer pens and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lorde Then brake I my other staf also namely wo that I might lowse the brotherhead betwyxte Iuda Israell And the Lorde sayde vnto me Take to the also y â— staffe of a foolyshe shepherde for lo I wyll rayse vp a shepherde in the lande which shal not seke after the thiges that be lost nor care for suche as go astraye he shall not heale the wouÌ„ded he shall not norysh the thynge that is whole but he shall eate the fleshe of suche as be fat teare their clawes in peces O Idols shepherd that leaueth the flocke The swerde shal come vpon his arme vpoÌ„ his right eye Hê arme shal be clene dryed vp his ryght eye shal be sore blynded ¶ Of the destrucâ—â—on and buyldynge agayne of IerusaleÌ„ CAPI XII THe heuy burthen which the Lorde hath deuysed for Israell Thus sayeth the Lorde whiche spred the heauens abroade layde the foundacyon of the earth and gyueth man the breath of lyfe Beholde I wyl make Ierusalem a cuppe of surfet vnto all the people that are rounde aboute her Yee Iuda him self also shal be in the sege against Ierusalem At the same tyme wyll I make Ierusalem an heuy stone for all people so that al such as lyfte it vp shal be torne and rente and all the people of the earth shal be gathered together agaynst it In that daye sayeth the Lorde I wyll make al horses abashed and those that ryde vpon them to be out of theyr wyttes I wyl opeÌ„ myne eyes vpon the house of Iuda and smyte all y â— horses of the people with blyndnesse And the prynces of Iuda shall saye in theyr hertes The inhabyters of Ierusalem shal geue me coÌ„solacyon in the Lord of hoostes theyr God In that tyme wyl I make y â— princes of Iuda lyke an hote burnyng ouen with wood and lyke a cresset of fyre among the strawe so that they shall consume al the people rounde aboute them both vpon the ryght haÌ„de and the left Ierusalem also shal be inhabyted agayne namely in the same place where Ierusalem standeth The Lorde shall preserue the teÌ„tes of Iuda lyke as a fore tyme so that the glory of y â— house of Dauyd the glory of the cytesyns of Ierusalem shal be but lytle regarded in coÌ„paryson of the glory of Iuda In that day shal the Lorde defende the cytesyns of Ierusalem so that the weakest then among them shal be as Dauid and the house of Dauid shal be lyke as Gods house as the Angell of the Lorde before them At the same tyme wyll I go aboute to destroye all such people as come agaynst Ierusalem Moreouer vpon the house of Dauid and vpon the cytesyns of Ierusalem wyl I poure out the sprete of grace and prayer so y â— they shall loke vpoÌ„ me whoÌ„ they haue pearsed they shal bewepehi as meÌ„ mourne for their onely begotten sonne yee be sory for him as meÌ„ are sory for their fyrst chylde Then shall there be a great mournynge at Ierusalem lyke as the lamentacion at Adremnon in the felde of Maggadon And the lande shall be wayle euery kynred by theÌ„ selues The kynred of the house of Dauid theÌ„ selues alone their wiues by theÌ„ selues The kinred of the house of NathaÌ„ them selues alone their wiues by theÌ„ selues The kinred of y â— house of Leui theÌ„ selues alone their wiues by theÌ„ selues The kynred of the house of Semei them selues alone theyr wyues by them selues In lyke maner all the other generacioÌ„s euery chone by theÌ„ selues alone and their wiues by them selues ¶ Of the well of grace and truthe Of the cleue ryddaunce of Idolatrye and of false prophetes CAPI XIII IN that tyme shall the house of Dauyd and the cytesyns of Ierusalem haue an open well to washe of synne and vnclennesse And then sayeth the Lorde of hostes I wyll destroye the names of the Idoles les out of the lande so that they shal nomore be put in remembraunce âšœ As for the false prophetes also and the vncleane sprete I shal take them out of the laÌ„de So that yf any of them prophecie any more hys owne father mother that begat him shal say vnto him Thou shalt dye for thou speakest lyes vnder the name of the Lorde yee his owne father and mother that begat him shal wouÌ„de him wheÌ„ he prophecieth And then shall those prophetes be confounded euery one of his visioÌ„ when he prophecieth nether shall they weare sackclothê any more to disceaue men with all But he shall be fayne to say I am no Prophet I am an husbaÌ„de man for so am I taught by AdaÌ„ fro my youth vp And if it be sayde vnto him how came these wouÌ„des then iÌ„ thyne haÌ„des He shal answere Thus am I wounded in the house of myne owne frendes Aryse O thou swearde vpoÌ„ my shepherde and vpon the Prince of my peple sayeth the Lord of hostes Smyte the