in Christ. The III. Chapter· BEgynne we then agayne to prayse o selues Or nede we as some other of pistles of commēdacion vnto you or letters of commēdacion from you Ye are oure epistle wrytten in oure hertes which is vnderstonde and red of all mē in that ye are knowne how that ye are y e epistle of Christ mynistred by vs and wryttē not with ynke but with the sprete of the lyuynge God not in tables of stone but in fleshy tables of the hert Soch trust haue we thorow Christ to God warde not that we are sufficient of oure selues to thynke eny thinge as of oure selues but oure ablenesse commeth of God which hath made vs able to be mynisters of the new Testament not of the letter but of the sprete For the letter kylleth but the sprete geueth life But yf the mynistracion y t kylleth thorow the letter and was figured in stones was glorious so that the childrē of Israel mighte not beholde the face of Moses for y e clearnesse of his countenaūce which glory neuertheles is done awaye how shal not y e mynistracion of y e sprete be moch more glorious For yf the office that preacheth damnacion be glorious moch more doth the office that preacheth righteousnes exceade in glory For y e other parte that was glorified is nothinge glorified in respecte of this exceadinge glory For yf that which is done awaye be glorious moch more shal y t which remayneth be glorious Seynge then that we haue soch trust we vse greate boldnesse and do not as Moses which put a vayle before his face so that y e children of Israel mighte not se the ende of it that is done awaye But their myndes are blynded For vnto this daye remayneth the same coueringe vntakē awaye in the olde Testament whan they rede it which in Christ is put awaye But euen vnto this daye whan moses is red the vayle hangeth before their hertes Neuertheles whā they turne to the LORDE the vayle shal be taken awaye For the LORDE is a sprete where the sprete of the LORDE is there is libertye But now the glory of y e LORDE apeareth in vs all with open face and we are chaunged into the same ymage from one clearnes to another euē as of the sprete of the LORDE The IIII. Chapter THerfore seynge we haue soch an office euen as mercy is come vpon vs we faynte not but cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye and walke not in craftines nether corruppe we the worde of God but open the trueth and reporte oure selues to euery mans conscyence in the sighte of God Yf oure Gospell be yet hyd it is hyd in them that are lost amonge whom the God of this worlde hath blynded y e myndes of them which beleue not that y e lighte of the Gospell of the glory of Christ which is the ymage of God shulde not shyne vnto them For we preach not o r selues but Iesus Christ to be the LORDE and oure selues youre seruauntes for Iesus sake For God that cōmaunded the light to shyne out of darcknesse hath geuen a cleare shyne in oure hertes y t by vs y e light of y e knowlege of the glory of God mighte come forth in the face of Iesus Christ. But this treasure haue we in earthen vessels that y e power which excelleth might be of God and not of vs. We are troubled on euery syde yet are we not without shift We are in pouertie but not vtterly without somwhat We are persecuted but we are not forsaken We are oppressed neuertheles we perish not We allwayes be are aboute in oure body the dyenge of the LORDE Iesus y t the life also of the LORDE Iesus might appeare in oure body For we which lyue are alwayes delyuered vnto death for Iesus sake that the life also of Iesus might appeare in oure mortall flesh Therfore is death now mightie in vs but life in you But seynge that we haue the same sprete of faith acordinge as it is wrytten I beleued and therfore haue I spokē we also beleue therfore we speake for we knowe that he which raysed vp y e LORDE Iesus shal rayse vs vp also by y e meanes of Iesus and shal set vs with you For all thinges do I for youre sakes that the plēteous grace by the thākesgeuynge of many maye redounde to the prayse of God Therfore are we not weery but though o r outwarde man be corrupte yet the inwarde is renewed daye by daye For oure trouble which is but temporall and lighte worketh an exceadinge and an eternall weighte of glorye vnto vs which loke not on the thinges that are sene but on them which are not sene For y e thinges which are sene are temporall but the thinges that are not sene are eternall The V. Chapter WE knowe surely y t yf oure earthy house of this dwellynge were destroyed we haue a buyldynge ordeyned of God an house not made with handes but euerlastynge in heauen And in the same sighe we also after oure māsion which is from heauen and longe to be clothed therwith so yet yf that we be founde clothed and not naked For as longe as we are in this tabernacle we sighe and are greued for we had rather not be vnclothed but to be clothed vpon that mortalite might be swalowed vp of life But he that hath ordeyned vs for this is God which hath geuen vs the earnest of the sprete Therfore are we allwaye of good cheare and knowe that as longe as we dwell here in the body we are not at home with the LORDE for we walke in faith and se him not Neuertheles we are of good comforte and had leuer to be absent from the body to be at home with the LORDE Wherfore whether we be at home or frō home we endeuoure oure selues to please him For we must all appeare before the iudgment seate of Christ y t euery one maye receaue in his body acordinge to y t he hath done whether it be good or bad Seynge then that we knowe how that the LORDE is to be feared we fare fayre with men but we are knowne well ynough vnto God I trust also that we are knowne in youre consciences We prayse not oure selues agayne vnto you but geue you an occasion to reioyse of vs y t ye maye haue to reioyse agaynst them which reioyse after the outwarde appearaunce and not after the hert For yf we do to moch we do it vnto God yf we kepe measure we do it for youre sakes For the loue of Christ constrayneth vs in as moch as we thus iudge that yf one be deed for all then are all deed And therfore dyed he for all that they which lyue shulde not hence forth lyue vnto them selues but vnto him which dyed for them and rose agayne Therfore hence forth knowe we noman after y
vnto Moses What Him that synneth against me wil I wype out of my boke Go thou y e waye therfore and brynge y e people thither as I haue sayde vnto the Beholde myne angell shall go before the. But in the daye of my visitacion I wyll vyset their synnes vpon them So the LORDE plaged the people because they made y e calfe which Aaron made The XXXIII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go departe hence thou and the people whom thou hast brought out of the lande of Egipte vnto y e londe that I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob and sayde vnto y e sede wil I geue it and I wyl sende an angell before the and cast out the Cananites Amorites Hethites Pheresites Heuites and Iebusites in to the londe that floweth with mylke and hony for I wyll not go vp with the for thou art an hardnecked people I might consume the by the waye Whan the people herde this euell tydinges they sorowed and no man put on his best rayment And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Speake vnto the children of Israel Ye are a styfnecked people I must once come sodenly vpon the and make an ende of the. And now put of thy goodly araye from the y t I maie knowe what to do vnto the. So the children of Israel laied their goodly araye from thē euen before the mount Horeb. Moses toke the Tabernacle pitched it without afarre of from y e hoost and called it the Tabernacle of wytnesse And who so euer wolde axe eny question at the LORDE wente out vnto the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the hoost And whan Moses wente out vnto the Tabernacle all the people rose vp and stode euery one in his tent dore and loked after Moses tyll he was gone in to the Tabernacle And whan Moses entred in to the Tabernacle the cloudy pyler came downe and stode in the dore of the Tabernacle and he talked with Moses And all the people sawe the cloudy piler stonde in the dore of the Tabernacle and rose vp and worshiped euery one in his tent dore And the LORDE spake vnto Moses face to face as a man speaketh vnto his frende And whan he turned agayne to the hoost y e yonge mā Iosua y e sonne of Nun his minister departed not out of y e Tabernacle And Moses sayde vnto the LORDE Beholde thou saydest vnto me Brynge y e people vp and lettest me not knowe whom thou wilt sende w t me yet hast thou sayde I knowe the by name and thou hast founde grace in my sight Let me knowe thy waye therfore wherby I maye be certified y t I fynde grace in thy sight And consydre yet that this people is thy people He sayde My presence shal go before the there with wyll I lede the. But he sayde vnto him Yf thy presence go not then cary vs not vp from hence for wherby shal it be knowne y t I and thy people haue founde fauoure in thy sight but in y t thou goest with vs that I thy people maye haue some preemynence before all people that are vpon the face of the earth The LORDE sayde vnto Moses I wyll do this also that thou hast sayde for thou hast foūde grace in my sight and I knowe the by name He sayde Oh let me thē se thy glory And he sayde I wyl cause all my good go ouer before thy face and wyl let the name of y e LORDE be called vpon before the. And I shewe mercy to whom I shewe mercy and haue compassion on whom I haue compassion And he sayde morouer Thou mayest not se my face for there shall no mā lyue y t seyth me And y e LORDE sayde farthermore beholde there is a place by me there shalt thou stōde vpon the rocke Now whan my glory goeth forth I wil put y e in a clyfte of y e rocke my hande shal holde styll vpō the tyll I be passed by And whan I take awaye myne hande from the thou shalt se my back partes but my face shal not be sene The XXXIIII Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Hew the two tables of stone like as y e first were that I maye wryte in them the wordes y t were in the first tables which thou brakest ▪ and be ready in the mornynge that thou mayest come vp early vnto moūt Sinai and stonde me vpon the toppe of the mount And let no man come vp with the that there be no man sene thorow out all y e mount and let nether shepe ner oxen fede before the mount And Moses hewed two tables of stone like as the first were arose early in the mornynge wente vp vnto mount Sinai as y e LORDE cōmaunded him toke y e two tables of stone in his hāde Thē came the LORDE downe in a cloude And there he stepte vnto him called vpō y e name of y e LORDE And whan y e LORDE passed by before his face he cryed LORDE LORDE God mercifull gracious longe sufferinge and of greate mercy and trueth thou that kepest mercy in stoare for thousandes and forgeuest wickednes trespace and synne before whom there is no man innocent thou that visitest the wickednesse of the fathers vpon y e children and childers children vnto the thirde and fourth generacion And Moses bowed him self downe vnto the earth and worshiped him and saide LORDE yf I haue founde grace in thy sight thē let the LORDE go with vs for it is an hard necked people that thou mayest haue mercy vpon oure wickednesses and synnes and let vs be thyne inheritaunce And he sayde Beholde I make a couenaunt before all y i people wil do wonders soch as haue not bene done in all londes and amonge all people And all y e people amōge whom thou art shal se y e worke of y e LORDE for a terryble thinge shal it be y t I wyl do w t the. Kepe that I commaunde y e this daye Beholde I wyl cast out before the y e Amorites Cananites Hethites Pheresites Heuytes and Iebusites Bewarre that thou make no couenaunt with the indwellers of the lande y t thou commest in to lest they be cause of y i ruyne in the myddest of the but their alters shalt thou ouerthrowe breake downe their goddes and rote out their groaues for thou shalt worshipe no other god For y e LORDE is called gelous because he is a gelous God lest yf thou make any agrement with the indwellers of the londe and whan they go a whoringe after their goddes and do sacrifice vnto their goddes they call y e and thou eate of their sacrifice and lest thou take of their doughters vnto thy sonnes to wyues and the same go a whoringe after their goddes make thy sonnes go a whoringe after their goddes also Thou shalt make y e no goddes of metall The feast of swete
men can not sowe where are nether fygges ner vynes ner pomgranates where there is no water to drynke And Moses Aaron weÌ„te froÌ„ the congregacion vnto y e dore of y e Tabernacle of witnesse fell vpon their faces And the glory of the LORDE appeared vnto them And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Take the staffe gather the coÌ„gregacion together thou thy brother Aaron speake vnto the rocke before their eyes it shall geue his water And thus shalt thou prouyde theÌ„ water out of the rocke geue the congregacion drynke and their catell also TheÌ„ toke Moses the staffe before y e LORDE as he commaunded him Moses Aaron gathered the congregacion together before the rocke sayde vnto theÌ„ Heare ye rebellions Shal we prouyde you water out of this rocke And Moses lift vp his hande smote y e rocke w t the staffe two tymes Then came y e water out abuÌ„dantly so y t the coÌ„gregacion dranke and their catell also But the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Aaron Because ye beleued me not to sanctifye meÌ„ before y e childreÌ„ of Israel ye shal not bringe this congregacion in to the londe that I shal geue theÌ„ This is y e water of strife where the children of Israel stroue w t the LORDE and he was sanctified vpon them And Moses sent messaungers froÌ„ Cades vnto y e kynge of y e Edomites This worde sendeth the y e brother Israel Thou knowest all y e trauayle that happened vnto vs how that oure fathers wente downe in to Egipte how we haue dwelt in Egipte a longe tyme how the Egipcians dealte euell with vs o r fathers And we cryed vnto y e LORDE which herde oure voyce and sent his angell hath brought vs out of Egipte And beholde we are at Cades in y e cite without the borders of y e londe O let vs go thorow thy londe we wyl not go thorow y e feldes ner vynyardes ner drynke the water out of the fouÌ„taynes We wyl go the hye strete and turne nether to y e right hande ner to y e lefte tyll we be come past y e borders of thy countre But the Edomite answered him Thou shal not go by me or I wyl come agaynst y e with y e swerde The children of Israel saide vnto him We wil go y e comoÌ„ hye waye yf we or oure catell drynke of thy water we wil paye for it we wil do nothinge but passe thorow on fote onely But he sayde Thou shalt not go thorow And the Edomites came out against them with a mightie people a stroÌ„ge hande Thus y e Edomites denied to grauÌ„te Israel passage thorow the borders of the lande And Israel turned awaye from them And the children of Israel brake vp froÌ„ Cades and came with the whole congregacion vnto mount Hor. And the LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron at mount Hor harde vpon the coastes of y e lande of y e Edomites sayde Let AaroÌ„ be gathered vnto his people for he shal not come in to y e lande y t I haue geuen vnto y e children of Israel because ye were dishobedient vnto my mouth at the water of strife Take Aaron and Eleasar and his sonne and brynge them vp vnto mount Hor and strype Aaron out of his vestimentes and put theÌ„ vpon Eleasar his sonne and there shall Aaron be gathered vnto his people and dye Then dyd Moses as the LORDE coÌ„maunded him and they wente vp vnto Mount Hor in y e sight of the whole congregacion And Moses toke Aarons clothes put theÌ„ vpon Eleasar his sonne And Aaron dyed there euen aboue vpon the mount And Moses Eleasar came downe from the mount And whan the whole congregacion sawe that Aaron was awaye they mourned for him thirtie daies thorow out the whole house of Israel The XXI Chapter ANd whan Arad the kynge of the Cananites which dwelt towarde the south herde that Israel came in by y e waie y t the spyes had founde out he fought agaynst Israel and toke some of them presoners Then vowed Israel a vowe vnto y e LORDE and sayde Yf thou wylt geue this people vnder my hande I wyll vtterly destroye their cities And the LORDE herde y e voyce of Israel and delyuered them the Cananites and they vtterly destroyed them w t their cities also And he called the place Horma Then departed they fro mount Hor on y e waye towarde the reed see that they might go aboute the lande of the Edomites And the soules of the people faynted by the waie and they spake agaynst God and agaynst Moses Wherfore hast thou brought vs out of the lande of Egipte to slaye vs in the wildernesse For here is nether bred ner water and oure soule lotheth this lighte meate Than sent the LORDE fyrie serpentes amonge the people which bote the peple so that there dyed moch people in Israel TheÌ„ came they vnto Moses and sayde We haue synned because we haue spoken agaynst the LORDE and agaynst the. Praye thou vnto the LORDE that he take awaye the serpentes from vs. And Moses prayed for the people Then sayde the LORDE vnto Moses Make the a brasen serpente and set it vp for a token Who so euer is bytten and loketh vpon it shal lyue Then made Moses a serpent of brasse and set it vp for a token and whan a serpent had bytten eny man he behelde the brasen serpente and recouered And the children of Israel departed and pitched in Oboth And from Oboth they wente on and pitched in Igim by Abarim in the wyldernesse ouer agaynst Moab on the Eastsyde From thence departed they pitched by the ryuer of Sared From thâ—â—ce depaâ—ted they and pitched on this syde Arnon which is in the wyldernesse and commeth out of the coastes of the Amorites For Arnon is the border betwixte Moab and y e Amorites Wherfore it is spoken in the boke of the warres of the LORDE And go with violence both on the ryuer of Arnon on the founteyne of the riuer which boweth downewarde to dwell at Ar leaneth theron to be the border of Moab And from thence they came to the well This is the well wherof the LORDE spake vnto Moses gather the people together I wil geue them water Then sange Israel this songe and they sange one after another ouer the well This is the well that the prynces dygged the nobles amonge the people haue digged it thorow y e teacher and their staues And from this wildernes they wente vn to Mathana from Mathana vnto Nahaliel and from Nahaliel to Bamoth and froÌ„ Bamoth vnto the valley that lieth in y e felde of Moab at the toppe of Pisga and turneth towarde the wyldernesse And Israel sent messaungers vnto SihoÌ„ the kynge of the Amorrites caused to saye vnto him Let me go thorow y
grewe more and more In so moch that they brought out the sycke in to the stretes and layed them vpon beddes and barowes that at the leest waye the shadowe of Peter whan he came by might ouershadowe some of theÌ„ There came many also out of y e cities rounde aboute vnto Ierusalem and brought the sicke and theÌ„ that were vexed with vncleane spretes and they were healed euery one But the hye prest rose vp and all they y t were with him which is the secte of the Saduces and were full of indignacion layed handes on the Apostles and put them in the comon preson But the angell of y e LORDE by night opened the preson dores and brought theÌ„ out and sayde Go youre waye and steppe vp and speake in the temple to the people all the wordes of this life Whan they herde that they entred in to the temple early in the mornynge and taught But the hye prest came and they y t were with him and called the councell together all y e Elders of the children of Israel and sent to the preson to fet them The mynisters came and founde them not in the preson â—ame agayne and tolde and sayde The preson founde we shut with all diligence and the kepers stondinge without before the dores but whaÌ„ we had opened we founde noman therin Whan the hye prest and the rulers of the temple and the other hye prestes herde these wordes they douted of them whervnto this wolde growe Then came there one which tolde them Beholde the men that ye put in preson are in the temple stondinge and teachinge the people Then weÌ„te y e rulers with their mynisters and fetched them without violence for they feared the people lest they shulde haue bene stoned And whan they had brought them they set theÌ„ before the councell And the hye prest axed them and sayde Dyd not we coÌ„maunde you strately that ye shulde not teache in this name And beholde ye haue fylled Ierusalem with youre doctryne and ye inteÌ„de to brynge this mans bloude vpon vs. But Peter and the Apostles answered and sayde We ought more to obeye God then men The God of oure fathers hath raysed vp Iesus whoÌ„ ye slewe and hanged on tre Him hath the righte hande of God exalted to be a prynce and Sauioure to geue repentaunce and forgeuenesse of synnes vnto Israel And we are his recordes of these wordes and the holy goost whoÌ„ God hath geuen vnto theÌ„ that obeye him WhaÌ„ they herde that it wente thorow the hertes of them and they thoughte to slaye them Then stode there vp in y e councell a pharyse named Gamaliel a scribe had in greate reputacion before all y e people and bad put the Apostles asyde a litle and sayde vnto them Ye men of Israel take hede to youre selues what ye do as touchinge these men Before these dayes rose vp one Theudas boostinge himself And there cleued vnto him a noÌ„bre of meÌ„ aboute a foure hundreth which was slayne and all they y t enclyned vnto him were scatred abrode and brought to naught After this stode vp Iudas of Galile in y e dayes of trybute and drewe awaye moch people after him he also perished all they that enclyned vnto him are scatred abrode And now I saye vnto you refrayne yo selues froÌ„ these men and let theÌ„ go Yf this councell or worke be of meÌ„ it wil come to naught but yf it be of God ye are not able to destroye it lest ye be founde to be the men that wil stryue agaynst God Then they agreed vnto him and called the Apostles and bet them and commaunded them that they shulde speake nothinge in the name of Iesu and let them go But they departed from the presence of the councell reioysinge that they were worthy to suffre rebuke for his names sake And daylie in the temple and in euery house they ceassed not to teache and to preache the Gospell of Iesus Christ. The VI. Chapter IN those dayes whan the nombre of the disciples increased there arose a grudge amoÌ„ge the Grekes agaynst the Hebrues because their wyddowes were not loked vpon in the daylie handreachinge Then the twolue called the multitude of the disciples together and sayde It is not mete that we shulde leaue the worde of God and to serue at the tables Wherfore brethren loke out amonge you seueÌ„ men that are of honeste reporte and full of the holy goost and wyszdome whom we maye appoynte to this nedefull busynes But we wil geue oure selues vnto prayer and to the mynistracion of the worde of God And the sayenge pleased the whole multitude And they chose Steuen a man full of fayth and of the holy goost and Philippe and Procorus and Nicanor and Thimon and Parmenas and Nicolas the Proselite of Antioche These they set before y e Apostles and they prayed and layed their handes vpon them And the worde of God increased and the nombre of the disciples multiplied greatly at Ierusalem And there were many prestes also obedient vnto the fayth Steuen full of faith and power dyd wonders and greate tokens amonge the people Then arose there certayne of the synagoge which is called the synagoge of y e Libertynes of the Cyrenites and of the AlexaÌ„drines and of theÌ„ y t were of Celicia and Asia disputed with SteueÌ„ and they coulde not resiste the wyszdome and the sprete out of the which he spake Then sent they in certayne men that sayde We haue herde him speake blasphemous wordes agaynst Moses and agaynst God And they moued the people and the Elders and the scrybes and came vpon him caught him and brought him before the councell and set false witnesses there which sayde This man ceasseth not to speake blasphemous wordes agaynst this holy place and the lawe For we herde him saye Iesus of Nazareth shall destroye this place and chaunge the ordinaunces which Moses gaue vs. And all they that sat in the councell loked vpoÌ„ him and sawe his face as the face of an angell The VII Chapter Then sayde the hye prest Is it eueÌ„ so He sayde Deare brethren and fathers herken to The God of glorye appeared vnto o father AbrahaÌ„ whyle he was yet in Mesopotamia before he dwelt in Haran and sayde vnto him Get y t out of thy couÌ„tre and froÌ„ thy kynred and come in to a londe which I wil shewe ye. TheÌ„ wente he out of the lande of the Caldees and dwelt in Haran And from theÌ„ce whan his father was deed he brought him ouer in to this londe where ye dwell now and gaue him no enheritauÌ„ce therin no not y e bredth of a fote and promysed him that he wolde geue it him to possesse and to his sede after him whan as yet he had no childe But thus sayde God vnto him Thy sede shal be a straunger in a straunge londe and they shal
him sayde Thou shalt not want a man before me to syt vpon the seate of Israel yf thy children kepe their waye so y t they walke in my lawe like as thou hast walked before me Now LORDE God of Israel let y i worde be verified which thou hast promysed vnto Dauid thy seruaunt For thinkest thou that God in very dede dwelleth amonge men vpon earth Beholholde the heauen and y e heauens of all heauens maye not coÌ„teyne the how shulde then this house do it which I haue buylded But turne the vnto the prayer of thy seruaunt and to his supplicacioÌ„ O LORDE my God that thou mayest heare the thankesgeuynge and prayer which thy seruaunt maketh before the so that thine eyes be open ouer this house daye and night euen ouer this place wherin thou saydest thou woldest set thy name that thou mayest heare the prayer which thy seruaunt shall make in this place Heare now therfore the intercession of thy seruaunt and of thy people of Israel what so euer they shall desyre in this place heare thou it from the place of thy habitacion eueÌ„ from heauen and whan thou hearest it be mercifull Whan eny maÌ„ synneth agaynst his neghboure and an ooth be put vpon him which he ought to sweare and the ooth commeth before thine altare in this house then heare thou from heauen and se y t thy seruaunt haue righte so that thou rewarde the vngodâ—y and recoÌ„pence him his waye vpon his awne heade and to iustifye the righteous and to geue him acordinge to his righteousnes Whan thy people of Israel is smytteÌ„ before their enemies whyle they haue synned agaynst the and yf they turne vnto the and knowlege thy name and make their prayer and intercession before the in this house theâ— heare thou them from heauen and be mercifull vnto the synne of thy people of Israel brynge them agayne in to the londe y t thou hast geuen them and their fathers Whan the heauen is shut vp so that it rayne not for so moch as they haue synned agaynst the and yf they make their prayer in this place and knowlege thy name and turne from their synnes whan thou hast brought them lowe heare thou them then in heauen and be mercifull vnto the synne of thy seruauntes and of thy people of Israel that thou mayest teach them the good waye wherin they shulde walke and let it rayne vpon thy londe which thou hast geuen thy people to possesse Whan a derth or pestilence or drouth â—â—â—blastinge or greshopper or catirpiller is in the londe Or whan their enemye layeth sege to their portes in the loÌ„de or whan eny other plage or disease happeneth who so euer theÌ„ maketh his prayer or peticion amonge eny maner of men or amonge all thy people of Israel yf eny man fele his plage and disease and spredeth out his handes vnto this house heare thou then from heauen euen from y e seate of thy habitacion and be mercifull and geue euery man acordinge to all his wayes in so moch as thou knowest his hert for thou onely knowest the hert of the children of men that they maye feare the and all waye walke in thy wayes as longe as they lyue in the londe which thou hast geuen vnto oure fathers And whan eny straunger which is not of thy people of Israel commeth out of a farre countre because of thy greate name and mightie hande and out stretched arme and commeth to make his prayer in this house heare thou him then from heaueÌ„ euen from the seate of thy habitacion and do all for y e which that straunger calleth vpoÌ„ the that all the nacions vpon earth maye knowe thy name and feare the as thy people of Israel do and that they maye knowe how y t this house which I haue buylded is named after thy name Whan thy people go forth to y e battayll agaynst their enemies the waye that thou shalt sende them and shall praye vnto the towarde the waye of this cite which thou hast chosen and towarde the house that I haue buylded vnto thy name heare thou theÌ„ their prayer and peticion from heauen and helpe them to their righte Whan they synne agaynst the for there is no man that synneth not and thou be wroth at them and geue them ouer before their enemyes so that they cary them awaye captyue in to a countre farre or nye and yf they turne within their hertes in the londe where they are presoners and so conuerte and make their intercession vnto the in the londe of their captiuyte and saye We haue synned and done amysse and haue bene vngodly and so turne them selues vnto y e with all their hert and with all their soule in the londe of their captiuyte wherin they are presoners and make their prayer towarde the waye of their owne londe which thou gauest vnto their fathers and towarde the ciâ—e which thou hast chosen and towarde the house that I haue buylded vnto thy name then heare thou their prayer and supplicacion from heauen euen from the seate of thy dwellynge and helpe them to their righte and be mercifull vnto thy people that haue synned agaynst the. My God let thine eyes now be opeÌ„ and let thine eares geue hede vnto prayer in this place Aryse now O LORDE God vnto thy restinge place thou and the Arke of thy strength Let thy prestes O LORDE God be clothed with health and let thy sayentes reioyse ouer this good LORDE God turne not awaye the face of thine anoynted thinke vpon the mercies of thy seruaunt Dauid The VII Chapter ANd whaÌ„ SalomoÌ„ had ended his praier there fell a fyre from heauen and coÌ„sumed the burnt offerynge and the other offeringes And the glory of the LORDE fylled the house so that y e prestes coulde not go in to the house of the LORDE while y e glory of the LORDE filled y e LORDES house And all the children of Israel sawe the fyre fall downe and the glory of the LORDE ouer the house and they fell on their knees w t their faces to the grounde vpon the pauement and worshipped and gaue thankes vnto the LORDE because he is gracious and because his mercy endureth for euer As for the kynge and all the people they offred before the LORDE For kynge Salomon offred two and tweÌ„tye thousande bullockes and an hundreth thousande and twentye thousande shepe so both the kynge and all the people dedicated the house of God But the prestes stode in their watches the Leuites with the musicall instrumentes of the LORDE which kynge Dauid had caused to make for to geue thankes vnto the LORDE because his mercy endureth for euer w t psalmes of Dauid thorow their hande And the prestes blewe trompettes ouer agaynst them and all Israel stode And Salomon halowed the myddelmost courte which was before the house of the LORDE for there prepared he the burnt offerynges and the fat of the slayne offeringes for the
thy honde let thy right honde fynde out all theÌ„ y t hate the. Thou shalt make theÌ„ lite a fyre ouen in tyme of thy wrath the LORDE shal destroye theÌ„ in his displeasure the fyre shall consume them Their frute shalt thou rote out of the earth their sede froÌ„ amoÌ„ge the childreÌ„ of men For they inteÌ„ded myschefe agaynst the ymagined soch deuyces as they were not able to perfourme Therfore shalt thou put theÌ„ to flight with thy stringes thou shalt make ready thine arowes agaynst the faces off them Be thou exalted LORDE in thine owne strength so wil we synge and prayse thy power The XXI A psalme of Dauid MY God my God why hast thou forsaken me y e wordes of my coÌ„playnte are farre fro my health O my God I crie in the daye tyme but thou hearest not and in the night season also I take no rest Yet dwellest thou in the Sanctuary o thou worshipe of Israel Oure father 's hoped in the they trusted in the aÌ„d thou dyddest delyuer them They called vpon the and were helped they put their trust in the and were not coÌ„founded But as for me I am a worme and no man a very scorne of meÌ„ and the outcast of the people All they y t se me laugh me to scorne they shute out their lippes and shake their heades He trusted in God let him delyuer him let him helpe hiÌ„ yf he wil haue him But thou art he that toke me out of my mothers woÌ„be thou wast â—â—y hope when I hanged yet vpon my mothers brestes I haue bene left vnto the euer sence I was borne thou art my God eueÌ„ fro my mothers wombe O go not fro me theÌ„ for trouble is harde at honde and here is none to helpe me Greate bulles are come aboute me fatt oxen close me in on euery syde They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a rampinge and roaringe lyon I am poured out like water all my bones are out of ioynt my hert in the myddest off my body is euen like meltinge waxe My strength is dried vp like a potsherde my tunge cleueth to my goomes and thou hast brought me in to the dust of death For dogges are come aboute me the couÌ„cell of y e wicked hath layed sege agaynst me They pearsed my hondes and my fete I might haue tolde all my bones as for them they stode staringe and lokinge vpon me They haue parted my garmentes amonge them aÌ„d cast lottes vpon my vesture But be not thou farre fro me o LORDE thou are my sucoure haist the to helpe me Delyuer my soule from the swearde my dearlinge from the power of the dogge Saue me from the lyons mouth and heare me froÌ„ amonge the hornes off the vnicornes So will I declare thy name vnto my brethren in the myddest off the congregacion will I prayse the. O prayse the LORDE ye that feare him Magnifie him all ye sede of Iacob let all y e sede of Israel feare hiÌ„ For he hath not despysed ner abhorred the myserable estate of the poore he hath not hyd his face frome but wheÌ„ I called vnto him he herde me I wil prayse the in the greate congregacion and perfourme my vowes in the sight off all theÌ„ that feare the. The poore shal eate aÌ„d be satisfied they y e seke after y e LORDE shal prayse him youre herte shal lyue for euer All the endes of the worlde shal remembre them selues be turned vnto the LORDE and all the generacions of the Heithen shal worshipe before him For the kyngdome is the LORDES and he shal be the gouernoure of y e Heithen All soch as be fat vpoÌ„ earth shal eate also and worshipe All they that lye in the dust and lyue so hardly shall fall downe before him The sede shall serue him and preach of the LORDE for euer They shal come declare his rightuousnes vnto a people that shal be borne whoÌ„ the LORDE hath made The XXII A psalme of Dauid THe LORDE is my shepherde I can wante nothinge He fedeth me in a grene pasture aÌ„d ledeth me to a fresh water He quickeneth my soule bringeth me forth in the waye of rightuousnes for his names sake Though I shulde walke now in the valley of the shadowe of death yet I feare no euell for thou art with me thy staffe thy shepehoke coÌ„forte me Thou preparest a â—â—ble before me agaynst mine enemies thou anoyntest my heade with oyle fyllest my cuppe full Oh let thy louynge kyndnes mercy folowe me all the dayes off my life that I maye dwell in the house off the LORDE for euer The XXIII A psalme of Dauid THe earth is the LORDES all that therin is the coÌ„pase of the worlde aÌ„d all y t dwell therin For he hath fouÌ„ded it vpoÌ„ the sees buylded it vpon the floudes Who shal go vp in to the hill off the LORDE Or who shal remayne in his holy place EueÌ„ he y t hath innoceÌ„t hoÌ„des a clene herte which lifteth not vp his mynde vnto vanite sweareth not to disceaue He shal receaue the blessinge froÌ„ the LORDE aÌ„d mercy froÌ„ God his sauioure This is y e generacioÌ„ of theÌ„ y t seke him of theÌ„ y t seke y i face o Iacob Sela. Open yo r gates o ye priÌ„ces let the euerlastinge dores be opened y t y e kynge of glory maye come in Who is this kynge of glory â–ª It is the LORDE stroÌ„ge and mightie euen the LORDE mightie in batell Open youre gates o ye prynces let the euerlastinge dores be opened y t the kynge off glory maye come in Who is this kynge off glory It is the LORDE of hoostes he is the kynge of glory Sela. The XXIIII A psalme of Dauid UNto the o LORDE I lift vp my soule My God I trust in y e Oh let me not be confounded lest myne enemies triuÌ„phe ouer me For all they y t hope in y e shal not be ashamed but soch as be scornefull despysers w t out a cause â–ª they shall be put to coÌ„fucioÌ„ Shewe me thy wayes o LORDE teach me thy pathes Lede me in y e trueth and lerne me for thou art the God off my health and in the is my hope all the daye longe Call to remembraunce O LORDE thy tender mercyes thy louinge kyndnesses which haue bene euer of olde Oh remeÌ„bre not y e synnes offences of my youth but acordinge vnto thy mercy thynke vpon me O LORDE for thy goodnesse O how freÌ„dly rightuous is the LORDE therfore wil he teach synners in the waye He ledeth the symple a right and soch as be meke theÌ„ lerneth he his wayes All the wayes of the LORDE are very mercy faith fulnesse vnto soch as kepe his testament and couenaunt For thy names sake O LORDE be mercifull vnto my synne for it is greate
that they which hate me maye se it and be ashamed because thou LORDE hast helped me comforted me The LXXXVI A psalme of the children of Corah HIr foundacions are vpoÌ„ the holy hilles the LORDE loueth the gates of Sion more theÌ„ all y e dwelliÌ„ges of Iacob Very excelleÌ„t thiÌ„ges are spokeÌ„ of y e thou cite of God â–ª Sela. I wil thinke vpoÌ„ Rahab â—abiloÌ„ so that they shal knowe me Yee the Philistynes also they of Tyre with the Morians Lo there was he borne And of Sion it shal be reported that he was borne in her euen the most hyest which hath buylded her The LORDE shal cause it be preached written amonge the people that he was borne there Sela. Therfore the dwellinge of all syngers daunsers is in the. The LXXXVII A psalme of the children of Corah O LORDE God my Sauyo r I crie daye night before the Oh let my prayer entre in to thy presence encline thine eare vnto my callynge For my soule is full of trouble my life draweth nye vnto hell I am couÌ„ted as one of theÌ„ that go downe vnto the pytte I am eueÌ„ as a maÌ„ that hath no streÌ„gth Fre amoÌ„ge the deed like vnto theÌ„ y t lye in the graue which be out of remembrauÌ„ce and are cutt awaye from thy honde Thou hast layed me in the lowest pytte in y e darcknesse and in the depe Thy indignacion lieth hard vpon me and thou vexest me with all thy floudes Sela. Thou hast put awaye myne acquaÌ„taunce farre fro me made me to be abhorred of them I am so fast in preson that I can not get forth My sight fayleth for very trouble LORDE I call daylie vpoÌ„ the and stretch out my hondes vnto the. Doest thou shewe wonders amonge the deed Can the physiciaÌ„s rayse them vp agayne that they maye prayse the Maye thy louynge kyndnes be shewed in the graue or thy faithfulnesse in destruccion Maye thy wonderous workes be knowne in the darcke or thy righteousnes in the londe where all thinges are forgotteÌ„ Vnto the I crie o LORDE and early coÌ„meth my prayer before the. LORDE why puttest thou awaye my soule Wherfore hydest thou thy face fro me My strength is gone for very sorow and misery with fearfulnesse do I beare thy burthens Thy wrothfull displeasure goeth ouer me the feare of the oppresseth me They come rounde aboute me daylie like water and compase me together on euery syde My louers and freÌ„des hast thou put awaye fro me and turned awaye myne acquantaunce The LXXXVIII A psalme of Ethan the Esrahite MY songe shal be allwaye of the louynge kyndnesse of the LORDE w t my mouth wil I euer be shewinge thy faithfulnesse froÌ„ one generacion to another For I haue sayde mercy shal be set vp for euer thy faithfulnesse shalt thou stablish in the heauens I haue made a couenaunâ— with my chosen I haue sworne vnto Dauiâ— my seruaunt Thy sede wil I stablish for eâ—uer and set vp thy Trone from one generacion to another Sela. O LORDE the very heaueÌ„s shal prayse thâ— wonderous workes yee thy faithfulnes in y e congregacion of the sayntes For who is he amonge the cloudes that maye be coÌ„pared vnto the LORDE Yee what is he amonge the goddes that is like vnto the LORDE God is greatly to be feared in the councell of the sayntes to be had in reuerence of all theÌ„ that are aboute him O LORDE God of hoostes who is like vnto the in power thy trueth is rounde aboute the. Thou rulest the pryde of the see thou stillest the wawes therof wheÌ„ they arise Thou breakest the proude like one that is wounded â–ª thou scatrest thine enemies abrode with thy mightie arme The heaueÌ„s are thine the earth is thine thou hast layed the foundacioÌ„ of the rouÌ„de worlde and all that therin is Thou hast made the north and the south Tabor and Hermon shal reioyse in thy name Thou hast a mightie arme stronge is thy hande and hye is thy right hande Rightuousnes and equite is the habitacion of thy seate mercy and trueth go before thy face Blessed is the people o LORDE that can reioyse in the and walketh in the light of thy countenaunce Their delite is in thy name all the daye longe and thorow thy rightuousnesse they shal be exalted For thou art the glory of their strength thorow thy fauoure shalt thou lift vp oure hornes The LORDE is oure defence and the holy one of Israel is oure kynge Thou spakest somtyme in visioÌ„s vnto thy sayntes and saydest I haue layed helpe vpon one that is mightie I haue exalted one chosen out of the people I haue founde Dauid my seruauÌ„t with my holy oyle haue I anoynted him My honde shal holde him fast and my arme shal strength him The enemie shal not ouercome him and the sonne of wickednesse shal not hurte him I shal smyte downe his foes before his face and plage them that hate him My trueth also my mercy shal be with him and in my name shal his horne be exalted I wil set his honde in the see and his right honde in the floudes He shal call me thou art my father my God and the strength of my saluacion And I wil make him my firstborne â—yer then the kinges of the earth My mercy wil I kepe for him for euermore and my couenaunt shall stonde fast with him His sede wil I make to endure for euer yee and his Trone as the dayes of heauen But yf his childreÌ„ forsake my lawe and walke not in my iudgmentes Yf they breake myne ordinaunces and kepe not my commaundementes I wil vyset their offences with the rodde and their synnes with scourges Neuerthelesse my louynge kyndnesse wil I not vtterly take from him ner suffre my trueth to fayle My couenaunt wil I not breake ner disanulle the thinge y t is gone out of my lippes I haue sworne once by my holynesse that I wil not fayle Dauid His sede shal endure for euer and his seate also like as the Sonne before me He shal stonde fast for euermore as the Moone and as the faithfull witnesse in heauen Sela. But now thou forsakest and abhorrest thyne anoynted and art displeased at him Thou hast turned backe the couenaunt of thy seruaunt and cast his crowne to the grounde Thou hast ouer throwne all his hedges and brokeÌ„ downe his stronge holdes Al they that go by spoyle him he is become a rebuke vnto his neghbours Thou settest vp the right haÌ„de of his enemies and makest all his aduersaryes to reioyse Thou hast taken awaye the strength of his swerde and geuest him not victory in the battayll Thou hast put out his glory and cast his Trone downe to the grounde The dayes of his youth hast thou shortened and couered him with dishonoure Sela. LORDE how longe wilt thou hyde thy self For euer shal thy wrath burne like fyre O remembre how shorte my tyme
SioÌ„ aÌ„d pourge the bloude out from IerusaleÌ„ w t y e wynde of his smoke and fyre Morouer vpon all the dwellinges of the hill of Sion and vpon their whole congregacion shal the LORDE prouyde a cloude and smoke by daye and the shyninghe of a flammynge fyre by night for all their glory shal be preserued And Ierusalem shall be a tabernacle for a shadowe because of hete in the daye tyme a place and refuge where a man maye kepe him for wether and rayne The V. Chapter NOw well than I will synge my beloued frende a songe of his vynyearde My beloued frende hath a vyneyearde in a very frutefull plenteous grounde This he hedged this he walled rounde aboute and planted it with goodly grapes In the myddest of it buylded he a towre and made a wyne presse therin And afterwarde when he loked y t it shulde bringe him grapes it brought forth thornes I shewe you now my cause o ye Citysens of Ierusalem and whole Iuda Iudge I praye you betwixte me and my wynegardinge What more coude haue bene done for it that I haue not done Wherfore then hath it geuen thornes where I loked to haue had grapes of it Well I shall tell you how I will do w t my vynyarde I will take the hedge from it that it maye perish and breake downe y e wall that it maye be troden vnder fote I will laye it waist that it shall nether be twysted nor â—ut but beare thornes and breares I wil also forbyd y e cloudes that they shal not rayne vpon it As for the vynyarde of the LORDE of hoostes it is the house of Israel and whole Iuda his fayre plantinge Of these he loked for equyte but se there is wronge for rightuousnesse lo It is but misery Wo to you that ioyne one house to another and bringe one londe so nigh vnto another till ye can get no more grounde Wil ye dwell vpon the earth alone The LORDE of hoostes rowneth me thus iÌ„ myne eare shal not many greater and more gorgious houses be so waist that no man shall dwell in theÌ„ And ten akers of vynes shal geue but a Quarte and xxx bushels of sede shal geue but thre Wo be vnto them that ryse vp early to vse them selues in dronkynnes and yet at night are more superfluous with wyne In whose companies are harpes and lutes tabrettes and pâ—pes and wyne But they regarde not the worke of the LORDE and coÌ„sidre not the operacioÌ„ of his hondes Therfore cometh my folck also in captiuyte because they haue no vnderstondynge Their glory shal be myxte with huÌ„ger and their pryde shal be marred for thurste Therfore gapeth hel and openeth hyr mouth marvelous wyde that pryde boostinge and wisdome with soch as reioyse therin maye descende in to it Thus shal man haue a fall he shal be brought lowe and the high lokes of the proude layde downe But the LORDE of hoostes y e holy God shal be exalted and vntouched when he shal declare his equyte and rightuousnesse after this maner Then shal y e lambes eate their apoynted foder and shal fede plenteously in the mountaynes Wo vnto vayne persones that drawe wickednes vnto theÌ„ as it were with a coorde and synne as it were with a cart rope Which vse to speake on this maner let hâ—m make haist now and go forth w t his worke that we maye se it Let the councel of y e holy one of Israel come and drawe me y t we maye knowe it Wo vnto them that call euel good and good euel which make darcknesselight light darcknesse y t make sower swete and swete sower Wo vnto them that are wyse in their owne sight and thinke them selues to haue vnderstoÌ„dinge Wo vnto them y t are connynge men to suppe out wyne and experte to set vp droÌ„keÌ„nesse These gyue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes but condemne the iust cause of the rightuous Therfore like as fyre licketh vp the strawe and as the flame coÌ„sumeth the stubble Euen so when their root is ful their blossome shal vanish awaye like dust or smoke for they despyse the lawe of the LORDE of hoostes and blaspheme the worde of the holy maker of Israel Therfore is the wrath of the LORDE kyndled also agaynst his people and he shaketh his honde at them yee he shal smyte so that the hilles shal tremble And their carcases shal lye in the opeÌ„ stretes like myre After all this the wrath of God shall not câ—asse but he shal stretch his hoÌ„de wyder â–ª And he shal gyue a tokeÌ„ vnto a straunge people and call vnto them in a farre countre and beholde they shal come hastely with spede There is not one faynt nor feble amonge them no not a slogish nor slepery parsone There shal not one of them put of the gyrdle from his loynes ner lowse the lachet of his shue Their arowes are sharpe and their bowes bent Their horse hoofes are like flynt and their cartwheles like a stormy wynde Their crie is as it were of a lyon and the roaringe of them like lyons whelpes They shal roare and haÌ„tch vp the praye and no man shal recouer it or get it from theÌ„ In that daye they shal be so fearce vpon them as the see And yf we loke vnto the londe beholde it shal be all darcknesse and sorowe Yf we loke to heauen beholde it shal be darck with careful desperacion The vj Chapter IN the same yeare y y kynge Osias dyed I â—aâ—e the LORDE sittinge vpon an high and glorious seate and his trayne fylled y e palace From aboue flakred the Seraphins wherof euery one had sex wynges With twayne ech couered his face w t twayne his fete and with twayne dyd he flye They cried also ech one to other on this maner holy holy holy is the LORDE of hoostes The whole worlde is ful of his glory Yee the geastes and dorechekes moued at their crienge and the house was ful of smoke Then I sayde O wo is me For I was astonished that I which am a man of vnclene lippes and dwell amonge people y t hath vnclene lippes also Shulde se y e Kynge and LORDE of hoostes with myne eyes Then flewe one of the Seraphins vnto me hauinge a hote cole in his honde which he had taken from the aulter with the tonges and touched my mouth and sayde lo this hath touched thy mouth thy vnrightuousnes is taken awaye and thy synne forgeuen After this I herde the voyce of the LORDE takinge advysement on this maner Whom shall I sende and who wil be oure messaunger TheÌ„ I sayde here am I sende me And so he sayde go and tel this people ye shall heare in dede but ye shal not vnderstonde ye shal plane lyse and not perceaue Harden the harte of this people stoppe their eares and shut their eyes that they se not w t their
dore For I will sende for my debites and my gyauÌ„tes sayeth the LORDE and in my wrath I will call for soch as tryumphe in my glory With that me thought I herde in the mouÌ„taynes a noyse like as it had bene of a greate people and a ruszshinge as though the kyngdomes of all nacions had come together And the LORDE of hoostes was the captayne of the whole armye As they had come not only out of farre countrees but also from the endes of the heaueÌ„s EueÌ„ the LORDE himself with the ministers of his wrath to destroye the whole loÌ„de Mourne therfore for the daye of the LORDE is at honde and commeth as a destroyer from y e allmighty Then shall all hondes be letten downe and all mens hertes shal melt awaie they shal stonde in feare carefulnesse and sorowe shal come vpoÌ„ them and they shal haue payne as a woman that traueleth with childe One shall euer be abaszshed of another their faces shal burne like y e flaÌ„me For lo the daye of the LORDE shall come terrible full of indignacion and wrath to make the londe waist and to root out the synne therof For the starres and planetes of heauen shal not geue their light the Sonne shal be quenched in the rysinge and the Mone shal not shyne with his light And I wil punysh the wickednesse of the worlde the synnes of the vngodly sayeth the LORDE The hye stomackes of the proude will I take awaye and will laye downe the boostinge of tyrauntes I will make a man dearer theÌ„ fyne golde and a man to be more worth theÌ„ a golden wedge of Ophir Morouer I will so shake the heaueÌ„ that the earth shall remo out of hir place Thus shall it go w t Babilon in the wrath of the LORDE of hoostes in y e daye of his fearfull indignacioÌ„ And Babilon shal be as an hunted or chased doo and as a flocke w t out a shepherde Euery maÌ„ shal turne to his owne people fle echone into his owne londe Who so is founde alone shal be shot thorow And who so gather together shal be destroyed w t the swerde Their children shal be slayne before their eyes their houses spoyled their wyues rauyshed For lo I shall bringe vp y e Medes agaynst theÌ„ which shal not regarde syluer nor be desyrous of golde Then shall yonge mens bowes be knapped asunder The Medes shal haue no pitie vpoÌ„ womeÌ„ w t childe their faces shall not spare y e childreÌ„ And BabiloÌ„ y t glory of kiÌ„gdomes and bewtie of the Caldees hono r shal be destroyed eueÌ„ as God destroyed Sodom Gomorra It shal neuer be more inhabited nether shal there be eny more dwellinge there from generacion to generacion The Arabians shall make no mo tentes there nether shall the shepardes make their foldes there eny more but wylde beastes shal lie there y e houses shal be full of greate Oules Estriches shal dwell there Apes shal daunse there The litle Oules shall crie in the palaces one after another DragoÌ„s shal be in the pleasauÌ„t perlours And as for Babilons tyme it is at honde hir dayes maye not be longe absent The XIIII Chapter BVt y e LORDE wil be mercyfull vnto Iacob wyll take vp Israel agayne set theÌ„ in their owne loÌ„de StrauÌ„gers shal clene vnto theÌ„ get theÌ„ to y e house of Iacob They shal take y e people cary theÌ„ home w t theÌ„ And y e house of Israel shal haue theÌ„ in possession for seruauÌ„tes maydeÌ„s in y e loÌ„de of y e LORDE They shal take those prisoners whose captyues they had bene afore rule those y t had oppressed theÌ„ When y e LORDE now shal bringe y e to rest froÌ„ y e trauayle feare harde bondage y t thou wast laden with all then shalt thou vse this mockage vpon y e kinge of Babilon saye How happeneth it y t y e oppressour leaueth of It y e golden tribute come to an ende Doutles the LORDE hath broken the staff of the vngodly the cepter of y e lordly Which wheÌ„ he is wroth smyteth y e people w t durable strokes in his woÌ„ders he persecuteth theÌ„ tameth theÌ„ coÌ„tinually And therfore y e whole worlde is now at rest and quyetnesse men synge for ioye Yee euen the Fyrre trees and Cedres of Libanus reioyse at thy fall sayenge Now y t thou art layde downe there come no mo vp to destroye vs. Hell also trembleth at thy commynge All mightie men and prynces of the earth steppe forth before the. All kynges of the earth stonde vp froÌ„ their seates that they maye all one after another synge and speake vnto the. Art thou wounded also as we art thou become like vnto vs Thy pompe and thy pryde is gone downe to hell Mothes shal be layde vnder the wormes shal be thy coueringe How art thou fallen from heauen o Lucifer thou faire morniÌ„ge childe hast thou gotten a fall euen to the grounde thou that not withstondinge dyddest subdue the people And yet thou thoughtest in thine harte I will clymme vp in to heauen and make my seate aboue the starres of God I wyll syt vpon the glorious mount toward the North I wyll clymme vp aboue the cloudes wil be like the highest of all Yet darre I laye y t thou shalt be brought downe to the depe of hell They that se the shal narowly loke vpoÌ„ the and thinke in them selues sayenge Is this the man that brought all londes in feare and made y e kingdomes afrayde Is this he that made the worlde in a maner waist and layde the cities to the grounde which let not his prisoners go home How happeneth it that the kynges of all people lie euery one at home in his owne palace with worshipe and thou art cast out of thy graue like a wilde braunch like as dead mens rayment that are shott thorow with the swerde as they that go downe to the stones of the depe as a dead coarse that is trâ—den vnder fete and art not buried w t them Euen because that thou hast waisted thy loÌ„de and destroyed thy people For the generacion of the wicked shal be without hono r for euer There shal a waye be sought to destroye their childreÌ„ for their fathers wickednes they shal not come vp agayne to possesse the londe and fyll the worlde ful of castels and townes I wil stonde vp agaynst them sayeth the LORDE of hoostes and root out y e name and generacion of Babilon saieth the LORDE wil geue it to the Otters and wil make water poddels of it And I wil swepe them out with the besome of destruccion sayeth the LORDE of hoostes The LORDE of hoostes hath sworne an ooth sayeÌ„ge It shal come to passe as I haue determined shal be fulfilled as I haue deuysed The Assirians shal be destroyed in my londe and vpon
hūble sprete y t I maye heale a troubled mynde and a cōtrite herte For I chide not euer am not wroth w t out ende But y e blastinge goeth fro me though I make the breath I am wroth w t hī for his couetousnes lust I smyte him I hyde me and am angrie whē he turneth him self and foloweth y e bywaye of his owne hert But yf I maye se his right waye agayne I make him whole I lede him and restore him vnto them whom he maketh ioyful that were sory for him I make the frutes of thākesgeuinge I geue peace vnto them that are farre of and to them that are nye saye I the LORDE that make him whole But the wicked are like the raginge see that cā not rest who se water fometh with the myre grauel Euēso y e wicked haue no peace saieth my God The LVIII Chapter ANd therfore crie now as loude as thou canst Leaue not of life vp thy voyce like a trōpet and shewe my people their offences and y e house of Iacob their synnes For they seke me dalye and wil knowe my wayes euen as it were a people that dyd right and had not forsaken the statutes of their God They argue with me concernynge right iudgment and wil pleate at the lawe with their God Wherfore fast we saye they and thou seist it not we put oure liues to straitnesse and thou regardest it not Beholde when ye fast youre lust remayneth still for ye do no lesse violence to youre detters lo ye fast to strife and debate and to smyte him with youre fist that speaketh vnto you Ye fast not as somtyme that youre voyce might be herde aboue Thynke ye this fast pleaseth me that a mā shulde chasten himself for a daye and to wryth his heade aboute like an hoke in an hairy cloth to lye vpon the earth Shulde that be called fastinge or a daye y t pleaseth y e LORDE But this fastinge pleaseth not me till y e tyme be thou lowse him out of bondage that is in thy daunger that thou breake the ooth of wicked bargaynes that thou let the oppressed go fre and take from them all maner of burthens It pleaseth not me till thou deale thy bred to the hongrie brynge the poore fatherlesse home in to thy house when thou seist the naked that thou couer him and hyde not thy face frō thine owne flesh Then shal thy light breake forth as y e mornynge and thy health florish right shortly thy rightuousnesse shal go before the and y e glory of the LORDE shal embrace the. Then yf thou callest the LORDE shal answere the yf thou criest he shal saye here I am Yee yf thou layest awaye thy burthens and holdest thy fyngers and ceasest from blasphemous talkinge yf thou hast compassion vpon the hongrie and refreszshest y e troubled soule Then shal thy light springe out in the darknesse and thy darknesse shal be as the noone daye The LORDE shal euer be thy gyde and satisfie the desyre of thine hert and fyl y e bones with marry Thou shalt be like a freshwatred garden and like the founteyne of water that neuer leaueth runnynge Then the places that haue euer bene waist shal be buylded of the there shalt thou laye a foundacion for many kynreds Thou shalt be called the maker vp of hedges and y e buylder agayne of y e waye of the Sabbath Yee yf thou turne thy fete from the Sabbath so that thou do not the thinge which pleaseth thyself in my holy daye then shalt thou be called vnto the pleasaunt holy glorious Sabbath of the LORDE where thou shalt be in hono r so y t thou do not after thine owne ymaginacion nether seke thine owne wil ner speake thine owne wordes Thē shalt thou haue y e pleasure in y e LORDE which shal carie y e hie aboue y e earth fede the w t the heretage of Iacob thy father for the LORDES owne mouth hath so promised The LIX Chap. BEholde the LORDES honde is not so shortened y t it can not helpe nether is his eare so stopped y t it maye not heare But yo r myszdedes haue separated you from yo r God yo r synnes hyde his face from you y t he heareth you not For yo r hondes are defyled with bloude and yo r fyngers w t vnrighteousnesse Yo r lippes speake lesynges yo r tonge setteth out wickednes No man regardeth righteousnes no mā iudgeth truly Euery man hopeth in vayne thinges and ymagineth disceate cōceaueth weerynesse bringeth forth euell They brede cockatrice egges weeue y e spyders webb Who so eateth of their egges dieth But yf one treade vpon thē there cōmeth vp a serpent Their webbe maketh no clothe they maye not couer thē w t their labours Their dedes are y e dedes of wickednes y e worke of robbery is in their hōdes Their fete runne to euell they make haist to shed innocēt bloude Their coūcels are wicked coūcels harme destrucciō are in their wayes But y e waye of peace they knowe not In their goinges is no equyte their wayes are so croked y t who so euer goeth therin knoweth nothinge of peace And this is y e cause y t equite is so farre frō vs y t rightuousnes cōmeth not nye vs. We loke for light lo it is darknesse for y e mornynge shyne se we walke in y e darke We grope like y e blynde vpon y e wall we grope euen as one y t hath none eyes We stomble at y e noone daye as though it were toward night in y e fallinge places like men y t are half deed We roare all like Beeres mourne stil like doues We loke for equite but there is none for health but it is farre frō vs. For o r offences are many before y e o r synnes testifie agaynst vs. Yee we must cōfesse y t we offende knowlege y t we do amysse Namely transgresse dyssemble agaynst y e LORDE fall awaye frō o r God vsinge presūptuous traytorous ymaginacions castinge false matters in o r hertes And therfore is equyte gone asyde righteousnes stōdeth farre of treuth is fallen downe in the strete and the thinge that is playne and open maye not be shewed Yee y e treuth is lade in preson and he that refrayneth himself frō euel must be spoyled When the LORDE sawe this it displeased him sore y t there was no where eny equite He sawe also that there was no man which had pitie therof or was greued at it And he helde him by his owne power and cleued to his owne rightuousnes He put rightuousnes vpō him for a brest plate set the helmet of health vpō his heade He put on wrath in steade of clothīge toke gelousy aboute him for a cloke like as when
those also of the south syde And before the waye towarde the syngers steppes on the east syde there stode a dore to go in at Then sayde he vnto me The chambers towarde the north the south which stōde before the backe buyldinge those be holy habitacions wherin the prestes that do seruyce before the LORDE must eate the most holy offringes and there must they laye the most holy offringes meat offringes synne offringes trespace offringes for it is an holy place When the prestes come therin they shal not go out in to the fore courte but seynge they be holy they shall leaue the clothes of their ministracion and put on other garmentes when they haue eny thinge to do with the people Now when he had measured all the ynnermer house he brought me forth thorow the east porte and measured the same rounde aboute He measured the east syde with y e meterodde which rounde aboute conteyned v. C. meteroddes And the north syde measured he which conteyned rounde aboute euen so moch The other two sydes also towarde the south and the west which he measured conteyned ether of them v. C. meteroddes So he measured all y e foure sydes where there wente a wall rounde aboute v. C. meteroddes longe and as brode also which separated the holy from the vnholy The XLIII Chapter SO he brought me to y e dore that turneth towarde the east Beholde thē came the glory of the God of Israel from out of the east whose voyce was like a greate noyse of waters and the earth was lightened with his glory His sight to loke vpon was like the first that I sawe when I wente in what tyme as the cite shulde haue bene destroyed and like the vision that I sawe by the water of Cobar Then fell I vpon my face but the glory of the LORDE came in to the house thorow the east dore So a wynde toke me vp and brought me in to y e ynnermer courte beholde the house was full of the glory of the LORDE I herde one speakinge vnto me out of the house and there stode one by me that sayde vnto me O thou sonne of man this rowme is my seate and the place of my fotesteppes where as I wil dwell amonge the children of Israel for euermore so that the house of Israel shal no more defyle my holy name ▪ nether thei ner their kinges thorow their whordome thorow their hie places thorow the deed bodies of their kinges which haue buylded their thresholdes in maner harde vpon my thresholdes and their postes almost at my postes so that there is but a bare wall betwixte me and them Thus haue they defyled my holy name with their abhominacions that they haue cōmitted Wherfore I haue destroyed them in my wrath But now they shal put awaye their whordome and the deed bodies of their kinges out of my sight that I maye dwell amōge them for euermore Therfore o thou sonne of man shewe thou the housholde of Israel a temple that they maye be ashamed of their wickednesse and measure them selues an example therat And when they be ashamed of all their workes then shewe them the fourme and fashion of the temple the cōmynge in the goinge out all the maner and descripcion therof yee all the vses and ordinaunces of it y t they maye kepe fulfill all the fashions and customes therof This is the descripcion of the house Aboue vpō the mount rounde aboute all the corners it shal be y e holiest of all Beholde that is the descripcion and fashion of the house This is the measure of the aulter after the true cubite which is a spanne longer then another cubite his botome in the myddest was a cubite longe and wyde and the ledge that wente rounde aboute it was a spanne brode This is the heyth of the aulter From the grounde to the lower steppes the length is two cubites and the bredth one cubite and from the lower steppes to the higher are foure cubites the bredth but one cubite The aulter was foure cubites hie from the aulter vpwarde stode foure hornes and it was xij cubites longe and xij cubites brode vpon the foure corners the coueringe of the aulter was xiiij cubites longe and brode vpon the foure corners and the ledge that wente rounde aboute had half a cubite and the botome therof rounde aboute one cubite his steppes stode towarde the easte And he sayde vnto me Thou sonne of man thus saieth the LORDE God these are the ordinaunces and lawes of the aulter in the daye whē it is made to offre burnt offringes and to sprenkle bloude ther vpon To the prestes to y e Leuites that be of the sede of Sadoch and treade before me to do me seruyce saieth the LORDE God Vnto these geue thou a yonge bullocke for a syn offringe take the bloude of him sprenkle his foure hornes withal the foure corners of the aulter coueringe with the ledge that goeth rounde aboute here with shalt thou clense it and reconcile it Thou shalt take the bullock also of the syn-offringe burne him in a seuerall place with out the Sanctuary The nexte daye take a gootbuck without blemish for a syn offringe to reconcile the aulter withall like as it was reconciled with y e bullocke Now when thou hast made it clene then offre a yonge bullocke without blemish and a ramme out of the flocke without blemish also Offre them before the LORDE and let the prest cast salt thervpon and geue them so vnto the LORDE for a burntoffringe Seuen dayes shalt thou bringe euery daye a gootbucke A yonge bullocke a ramme of the flocke both without blemish shal they offre Seuen dayes shal they reconcile and clense the aulter offre vpon it When these dayes are expired then vpon the viij daye and so forth the prestes shal offre their burnt offringes and health offringes vpō y e aulter so wil I be mercifull vnto you saieth the LORDE God The XLIIII Chapter AFter this he brought me agayne to y e outwarde dore of the Sanctuary on the east syde and that was shut Then sayde the LORDE vnto me This dore shal be stil shut and not opened for eny mā to go thorow it but only for the LORDE God of Israel yee he shal go thorow it els shal it be shut still The prynce himself shal come thorow it that he maye eate bred before the LORDE At the porche shal he come in and there shal 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 sonne of man fasten this to thine herte beholde and take diligēt hede to all that I wil saye vnto the concernynge all the ordinaunces of the LORDE and all
opened the sixte seale and loo there was a grett earthquake and y e sonne was as blacke as sacke cloth made of heare And the mone wexed eueÌ„ as bloude and the starres of heauen fell vnto the earth euen as a fyggetree castith from her her fygges when she is shaken off a mighty wynde And heauen vanyszhed awaye as a scroll when it is rolled togedder And all mountayns and yles were moued out of their places And the kynges of y e earth and the grete men and the riche men and the chefe captaynes and the myghte men and euery free man hyd them selues in dennes and in rockes of y e hylles and sayde to the hylles and rockes fall on vs and hyde vs from the presence of him that sytteth on the seate and from the wrath of the lambe for the grete daye of his wrath is come And who can endure it The VII Chapter ANd after that sawe I foure angels stoÌ„de on y e foure corners of the earth holdinge y e foure wyndes of y e earth y t y e wyndes shulde not blowe on y e earth nether on y e see nether on eny tree And I sawe another angel ascende froÌ„ the rysinge of the sonne which had the seale of y e lyuinge God and he cryed with a loude voyce to the foure angelles to whom power was geuen to hurt the earth and the see sayenge Hurt not the earth nether the see nether the trees till we haue sealed the seruauÌ„tes of oure God in their forheddes And I herde the nombre of them which were sealed and there were sealed an c. and xliiij M. of all the trybes of the children of Israell Of y e trybe of Iuda were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Ruben were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Gad were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Asser were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Neptalym were sealed xij M. Of y e trybe of Manasses were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Symeon were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Leui were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Isacar were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Zabulon were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Ioseph were sealed xij M. Of the trybe of Beniamin were sealed xij thousande After this I behelde and lo a gret multitude which no man coulde nombre of all nacions and people and tonges stode before the seate and before the lambe clothed w t longe whyte garmeÌ„tes and palmes in their hondes and cryed with a londe voyce sayenge saluacion be asscribed to him y t sytteth vpon the seate of oure God and vnto the lambe And all the angels stode in the compase of the seate and of the elders and of the foure beastes and fell before y e seat on the faces and worshipped God sayenge amâ—â— Blessynge and glory wiszdome and thaÌ„kes and honour and power and might be vnto oure God for euermore Amen And one of the elders answered sayenge vnto me what are these which are arayed in longe whyte garmeÌ„tes and whence cam they And I sayde vnto him LORDE thou wotest And he sayde vnto me these are they which cam out of gret tribulacion and made their garmentes large and made theÌ„ whyte in the bloude of the lambe therfore are they in the presence of the seate of God and serue him daye and night in his temple and he that sytteth in the seate wyll dwell amonge them They shal honger no more nether thyrst nether shal the sonne lyght on them nether eny heate For the laÌ„be which is in the myddes of the seate shal fede them and shal leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuynge water and God shal wype awaye all teares from their eyes The VIII Chapter ANd when he had opened the seuenth seale there was sileÌ„ce in heauen aboute the space of halfe an houre And I shal reigne for eurmore And the foure and twentye Elders which sat before God on their seatts fell vpon their faces and worshipped God sayenge we geue the thankes LORDE God allmyghte which art and wast and art to come for thou hast receaued thy greate might and hast raygned And the Heythen were angry thy wrath is come and the tyme of the deed that they shulde be iudged and that thou shuldest geue rewarde vnto thy seruauÌ„tes the prophettes and saynctes and to theÌ„ that feare thy name small greate and shuldest destroye them which destroye the earth And the temple of God was opened in heauen and there was sene in his temple the arcke of his testament and there folowed lightnynges and voyces and thondrynges and earth quake and a greate hayle And there appeared a greate token in heauen A woman clothed with the Sonne and the mone vnder her fete and vpon her deed a crowne of twolue starres And she was with childe and cryed trauaillinge in byrth and payned redy to be delyuered And there appeared another token in heauen and beholde a greate reed dragon hauinge seuen heades and ten hornes and seueÌ„ crownes vpoÌ„ his heades and his tayle drue the thyrde parte of the starres and cast them to the earth And the dragon stode before the womaÌ„ which was ready to be delyuered for to devoure her childe as sone as it were borne And she brought forth a man childe which shulde rule all nacions with a rod of yron And her sonne was taken vp vnto God and to his seate And the woman fled in to wyldernes where she had a place prepared off God that they shulde fede her there a M.ij. C. and lx dayes And there was a greate batayll in heaueÌ„ Michael and his angels foughte with the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels and preuayled not nether was their place founde eny more in heauen And the greate dragon that olde serpent called the deuell and Sathanas was cast out Which disceaued all the worlde And he was cast in to the earth and his angelles were cast out with him also And I harde a lowde voyce which sayde in heauen Now is saluacion and strength and the kyngdome become oure Gods and y e power his Christes For he is cast downe which accused them before God daye and night And they ouercame him by the bloude of the lambe and by the worde of their testimony and they loued not their lyues vnto the deeth Therfore reioyce ye heauens and ye that dwell in them Wo to the inhabiters of the earth and of the see for the deuell is come downe vnto you which hath greate wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a short tyme. And when the dragon sawe that he was cast vnto the earth he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man childe And to the woman were geueÌ„ two wynges of a greate egle that she might flye in to the wyldernes in to her place where she is noryszhed for a tyme two tymes and halffe a tyme from the presence of the serpeÌ„t And the dragon cast out of