the Lord is libertie 18 But we all beholde as in a mirrour the glorie of the Lord with open face are changed into the same image from glorie to glorie as by the Spirit of the Lord. CHAP. IIII. 1 He declareth his diligence and roundenes in his office 8 And that which his 〈◊〉 toke for his disaduantage to wit the crosse and 〈◊〉 which he endured he tur ned it to his great aduantage 11 17. Shewing what profit cometh thereby 1 THerefore seing that we haue this ministerie as we haue 〈◊〉 mercie we fainte not 2 But haue cast from vs the clokes of shame and * walke not in craftines nether handle we the worde of God disceitfully but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euerie mans conscience in the sight of God 3 If our Gospel be then hid it is hid to them that are lost 4 In whome the god of this worlde hathe blinded the mindes that is of the infideles that the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ which is the 〈◊〉 of God shulde not shine vnto them 5 For we preache not our selues but Christ Iesus the Lord and our selues your seruants for Iesus sake 6 For God that * commanded the light to shine out of darkenes is he which hathe shined in our hearts to giue the light of the knowledge of the glorie of God in the fa ce of Iesus Christ. 7 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellēcie of that power might be of God and not of vs. 8 We are afslicted on euerie side yet are we not in distresse in pouertie but no ouer come of pouertie 9 We are persecuted but not forsaken cast downe but we perish not 10 Euerie where we beare about in our bodie the dying of the Lord Iesus that the life of Iesus might also be made manifest in our bodies 11 For we which liue are alwayes deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake that the life also of Iesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh 12 So then death worketh in vs and life in you 13 And because we haue the same Spirit of faith according as it is written * I beleued and therefore haue I spoken we also beleue and therefore speake 14 Knowing that he which hathe raised vp the Lord Iesus shal raise vs vp also by Iesus shal set vs with you 15 For all things are for your sakes that moste plenteous grace by the thank esgiuing of manie may redounde to the praise of God 16 Therefore we faint not but thogh our out warde man perish yet the inwarde man is renewed daily 17 For our light affliction which is but for a moment causeth vnto vs a farre moste excellent and an eternal waight of glorie 18 While we loke not on the things which are sene but on the things which are not sene for the things which are sene are temporal but the things which are not sene are eternal CHAP. V. 1 Paul procedeth to declare the vtilitic that cometh by the crosse 4 How we ought to prepare ourselues vnto it 5. By whome 9 And for what end 14. 19 He setteth forthe the grace of Christ 10 And the office of ministers and all the faithful 1 FOr we knowe that if our earthlie house of this tabernacle be destroied we haue buylding giuen of God that is an house not made with hands but eternal in the heauens 2 For therefore we sigh desiring to be clothed with our house which is from heauen 3 Because that if we be clothed we shal not be founde * naked 4 For in dede we that are in this tabernacle sigh and are burdened because we wolde not be vnclothed but wolde be clothed vpon that mortalitie might be swalowed vp of life 5 And he that hathe created vs for this thing is God who also hathe giuen vnto vs the earnest of the Spirit 6 Therefore we are alway bolde thogh we knowe that whiles we are at home in the bodie we are absent from the Lord. 7 For we walke by faith and not by sight 8 Neuertheles we are bolde and loue rather to remoue out of the bodie to dwell with the Lord. 9 Wherefore also we couet that bothe dwelling at home remouing from home we may be acceptable to him 10 * For we must all appeare before the iudgement seat of Christ that euerie man may receiue the things which are done in his bodie according to that he hathe done whether it be good or euil 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men and we are made manifest vnto God I trust also that we are made manifest in your consciences 12 For we praise not our selues againe vnto you but giue you an occasion to reioyce of vs that ye may haue to answere against thē which reioyce in the face and not in the heart 13 For whether we be out of our wit we are it to God or whether we be in our right minde we are it vnto you 14 For the loue of Christ constraineth vs because we thus iudge that if one be dead for all then were all dead 15 And he dyed for all that they which liue shulde not hence forthe liue vnto them selues but vnto him which dyed for them and rose againe 16 Wherefore hence for the know we no man after the flesh yea thogh we had knowen Christ after the flesh yet now hence forthe know we him no more 17 Therefore if anie man be in CHRIST let him be a newe creature * Olde things are passed away beholde all things are beco me newe 18 And all things are of God which hathe reconciled vs vnto him self by Iesus Christ and hathe giuen vnto vs the ministerie of reconciliation 19 For God was in Christ and reconciled the worlde to him self not imputing their sinnes vnto them and hathe committed to vs the worde of reconciliation 20 Now then are we ambassadours for Christ as thogh God did beseche you through vs we praye you in Christs stede that ye be reconciled to God 21 For he hathe made him to be sinne for vs which knew no sinne that we shulde be made the righteousnes of God in him CHAP. VI. 1 An exhortation to Christian life 11 And to beare him like affection as he doeth them 14 Also to kepe them selues from all pollution of idolatrie bothe in bodie and soule and to haue none acquaintance with idolaters 1 SO we therefore as workers together be seche you that ye receiue not the grace of God in vaine 2 For he saith * I haue heard thee in a time accepted and in the day of saluation haue I suckered thee beholde now the accepted time beholde now the daye of saluation 3 We
day as in the twilight we are in so litarie places as dead men 11 We roare all like beares and mourne like doues we loke for equitie but there is none for health but it is farre from vs. 12 For our trespaces are manie before thee our sinnes testifie against vs for our trespaces are with vs we knowe our iniquities 13 In trespacing and lying against the Lord and we haue departed away from our God haue spoken of crucltie and rebellion conceiving and vttering out of the heart false matters 14 Therefore iudgement is turned backeward and iustice standeth fatre of for trueth is fallen in the strete and equitie can not enter 15 Yea trueth faileth and he that refreineth from euil maketh him self a pray and when the Lord sawe it it displeased him that there was no iudgement 16 And when he saw that there was no man he wondred that none wolde offer him self Therefore his arme did saue it ād his righ teousnes it self did susteine it 17 For he put on righteousnes as an habergeon and an helmet of saluation vpon his head and he put on the garments of vegeance for clothing and was clad with zeale as a cloke 18 As to make recompence as to require the furie of the aduersaries with a recompence to his enemies he wil fully 〈◊〉 the ylands 19 So shal they feare the Name of the Lord frō the West and his glorie from the rising of the sunne for the enemie shal come like a flood but the Spirit of the Lord shal chase him away 20 And the Redemer shal come vnto Zión and vnto them that turne from iniquitie in Iaakób saith the Lord. 21 And I wil make this my couenant with thē saith the Lord My Spirit that is vpon thee my wordes which I haue put in thy mouth shal not departe out of thy mouth nor out of the mouth of thy sede nor out of the mouth of the sede of thy sede saith the Lord from hence forthe euen for euer CHAP. LX. 3 The Gentiles shal come to the knowledge of the Gospel 8 Thei shal come to the Church in abundance 16 They shal haue abundance thogh they suffer for a time 1 ARise ō Ierusalém be bright for thy light is come and the glorie of the Lord is risen vpon thee 2 For beholde darkenes shal couer the earth and grosse darkenes the people but the Lord shal arise vpon thee and his glorie shal be sene vpon thee 3 And the Gentiles shal walke in thy light and Kings at the brightnes of thy rising vp 4 Lift vp thine eyes rounde about and behol de al these are gathered and come to thee thy sonnes shal come frō farre thy daugh ters shal be nourished at thy side 5 Then thou shalt se and shine thine heart shal be astonied and enlarged because the multitude of the sea shal be conuerted vnto thee and the riches of the Gentiles shal come vnto thee 6 The multitude of camels shal couer thee and the dromedaries of Midián of Epháh all they of Shebá shal come they shal bring golde and incense and shewe forthe the praises of the Lord. 7 All the shepe of Kedár shal be gathered vnto thee the rams of Nebaióth shal serue thee thei shal come vp to be accepted vpon mine altar and I wil beautifie the house of my glorie 8 Who are these that flee like a cloude and as the doues to their windowes 9 Surely they les shal waite for me and the shippes of 〈◊〉 as at the beginning that thei may bring thy sonnes from farre and their siluer their golde with thē vnto the Name of the Lord thy God to the holy one of Israél because he hathe glorified thee 10 And the sonnes of strangers shal buylde vp thy walles and their Kings shal minister vnto thee for in my wrath I smote thee but in my mercie I had compassion on thee 11 Therefore thy gates shal be open continual ly nether day nor night shal they be shut that men may bring vnto thee the riches of the Gentiles and that their Kings may be broght 12 For the nacion and the kingdome that wil not serue thee shal perish and those nacions shal be vtterly destroyed 13 The glorie of Lebanōn shal come vnto thee the fyrre tre the elme and the boxe tre toge ther to beautifie the place of my Sanctuarie for I wil glorifie the place of my fete 14 The sonnes also of them that afflicted thee shal come and bowe vnto thee and all they that disposed thee shal fall downe at the soles of thy fete and they shal call thee The citie of the Lord Zión of the holy one of Israēl 15 Where as thou hast bene forsaken hated so that no man wēt by thee I wil make thee an eternal glorie and aioye from generaciō to generacion 16 Thou shalt also sucke the milke of the Gen tiles and shalt sucke the breasts of Kings and thou shalt knowe that I the Lord am thy Sauiour and thy Redemer the mightie one of Iaakób 17 For brasse wil I bring golde for yron wil I bring siluer and for wood brasse for stones yron I wil also make thy gouernement peace and thine exactours righteousnes 18 Violence shal no more be heard of in thy lād nether desolation nor destruction with in thy borders but thou shalt call saluacion thy walles and praise thy gates 19 Thou shalt haue no more sunne to shine by day nether shal the brightnes of the moone shine vnto thee for the Lord shal be thine euerlasting light and thy God thy glorie 20 Thy sunne shal neuer go downe nether shal thy moone be hid for the Lord shal be thine euerlasting light and the dayes of thy sorow shal be ended 21 Thy people also shal be all righteous they shal possesse the land for euer the graffe of my planting shal be the worke of mine hāds that I may be glorified 22 A litle one shal become as a thousand and a smale one as a strong nation I the Lord wil hasten it in due time CHAP. LXI 1 He prophecyeth that Christ shal be anointed and sent to preache 10 The ioye of the faithful 1 THe * Spirit of the Lord God is vpon me therefore hathe the Lord anointed me he hath sent me to preache good tidings vnto the poore to binde vp the broken hearted to preache libertie to the captiues and to them that are bounde the opening of the prison 2 To preache the acceptable yere of the Lord and the daye of vengeāce of our God to comfort all that mourne 3 To appoint vnto then that mourne in Zion and to giue vnto thē beautie for ashes the oyle of ioye for mourning the garment of gladnes for the
faithfully rendred the text and in all hard places most syncerely expounded the same For God is our witnes that we haue by al meanes indeuored to set forthe the puritie of the worde and right sense of the holy Gost for the edifying of the brethren in faith and charitie Now as we haue chiefely obserued the sense and laboured alwayes to restore it to all integritie so haue we most reuerently kept the proprietie of the wordes considering that the Apostles who spake and wrote to the Gentiles in the Greke tongue rather constrayned them to the liuely phrase of the Ebrewe then entreprised farre by mollifying their langage to speake as the Gen tiles did And for this and other causes we haue in many places reserued the Ebrewe phrases notwithstanding that they may seme somewhat hard in their eares that are not wel practised and also delite in the swete sounding phrases of the holy Scriptures Yet lest ether the simple shulde be discouraged or the malicious haue any occasion of iust cauillation seing some translations read after one sort and some after another whereas all may serue to good purpose and edification we haue in the margent noted that diuersitie of speache or readyng whiche may also seme agreable to the mynde of the holy Gost and propre for our langage with this marke Againe where as the Ebrewe speache semed hardly to agre with ours we haue noted it in the margent after thys sorte vsing that whiche was more intelligible And albeit that many of the Ebrewe names be altered from the olde texte and restored to the true writing and first original whereof they haue their signification yet in the vsual names litle is changed for feare of troublyng the simple readers Moreouer whereas the necessitie of the sentence required any thyng to be added for suche is the grace and proprietie of the Ebrewe and Greke tongues that it can not but ether by circumlocution or by adding the verbe or some worde be vnderstand of them that are not wel practised therein we haue put in the text with another kynde of lettre that it may easely be discerned from the common lettre As touching the diuision of the verses we haue followed the Ebrewe examples which haue so euen from the beginnyng distinct thē Which thing as it ismoste profitable for memorie so doeth it agre with the best translations is moste easie to finde out both by the best Concordances and also by the cotations which we haue diligently herein perused and set forth by this starre* Besides this the principal matters are noted and distincted by this marke ¶ Yea and the arguments both for the booke and for the chapters with the nombre of the verse are added that by all meanes the reader might be holpen For the which cause also we haue set ouer the head of euery page some notable worde of sentence whiche may greatly further aswel for memorie as for the chief point of the page And considering how hard a thing it is to vnderstand the holy Scriptures ād what errors sectes heresies growe dailie for lacke of the true knollage thereof and how many are discouraged as they pretend because they can not atteine to the true ād simple meaning of the same we haue also indeuored bothe by the diligent reading of the best commentaries and also by the conference with the godly and learned brethren to gather brief annotations vpon all the hard places aswel for the vnderstanding of suche wordes as are obscure and for the declaration of the text as for the application of the same as may moste apperteine to Gods glorie and the edification of his Church Forthermore whereas certeyne places in the bookes of Moses of the Kings and Ezekiell semed so darke that by no description they colde be made easie to the simple reader we haue so set them forthe with figures and notes for the ful declaration thereof that they whiche can not by iudgement being holpen by the annotations noted by the lettres a b c c. atteyn thereunto yet by the perspectiue and as it were by the eye may sufficiently knowe the true meaning of all suche places Whereunto also we haue added certeyne mappes of Cosmographie which necessarely serue for the perfect vnderstanding and memorie of diuers places and countreys partely described and partely by occasion touched bothe in the olde and newe Testament Finally that nothing might lacke which might be boght by labors for the increase of knowlage and forthe rance of Gods glorie we haue adioyned two moste profitable tables the one seruing for the interpretation of the Ebrewe names and the other conteyning all the chefe and principal matters of the whole Bible so that nothing as we trust that any colde iustely desire is omitted Therefore as brethrē that are partakers of the same hope and saluatiō with vs we beseche you that this riche perle and inestimable treasure may not be offred in vayne but as sent from God to the people of God for the increase of his kingdome the comfort of his Churche and discharge of our conscience whome it hath pleased him to raise vp for this purpose so you wolde willingly receyue the worde of God earnestly studie it and in all your life practise it that you may now appeare in dede to be the people of God not walking any more according to this worlde but in the frutes of the Spirit that God in vs may be fully glorified through Christ Iesus our Lord who lyueth and reigneth for euer Amen From Geneua 10. April 1561. THE FIRST BOKE OF MOSES called Genesis THE ARGVMENT MOses in effect declareth the thing which are here chiefly to be considered First that the worlde al things therein were created by God and that man being placed in this great tabernacle of the worlde to beholde Gods wonderfull workes and to praise his Name for the infinite graces 〈◊〉 with he had endued him fel willingly from God through disobedience who yet for his owne mercies sake restored him to life and confirmed him in the same by his promes of Christ to come by whome he shulde ouercome Satan death and hel Secondely that the wicked vnmindefull of Gods moste excellent benefites remained still in their wickednes and so falling most horribly from sinne to sinne prouoked God who by his preachers called them continually to repentance at length to destroye the whole worlde Thirdly he assureth vs by the examples of Abrahā Izhák Iakob and the rest of the Patriarkes that his mercies neuer faile them whome he chuseth to be his Churche and to professe his Name in earth but in all their afflictions and persecutions he euer 〈◊〉 them sendeth comforte and deliuereth them And because the beginning increase preseruation and successe thereof might be onely attributed to God Moses sheweth by the examples of Rain I shmaél Esaú and others which were noble in mans iudgement that this churche dependeth not on the estimacion and nobilitie of the worlde
night for vpon all the glorie shal be a defense 6 And a couering shal be for a shadowe in the day for the heat and a place of refuge and a couert for the storme and fot the raine CHAP. V. 1 Vnder the the similitude of the vine he describeth the statute of the people 8 Of their 〈◊〉 12 Their drunken nes 13 Of their captiuitie 1 NOw wil I sing to my beloued a song of my beloued to his vineyard * My beloued had a vineyard in averie fruteful hil 2 And he hedged it and gathered out the sto nes of it and he planted it with the best plants and he buylt a towre in the middes thereof and made a wine presse therein thē he loked that it shulde bring for the grapes but it broght forthe wilde grapes 3 Now therefore ô inhabitants of Ierusalem and men of Iudah iudge I pray you betwene me and my vineyarde 4 What colde I haue done anie more to my vineyarde that I haue not done vnto it why haue I loked that it shulde bring forthe grapes and it bringeth for the wilde grapes 5 And now I wil tel you what I wil do to my vineyard I wil take away the hedge thereof it shal be eaten vp I wil breake the wall thereof and it shal be troden downe 6 And I wil lay it waste it shal not be cut not digged but briers and thornes shal growe vp I wil also commande the cloudes that they raine no raine vpon it 7 ¶ Surely the vineyarde of the Lord of hostes is the house of Israél and the men of Iudáh are his pleasant plant and he loked for iudgement but beholde oppression for righteousnes but beholde a crying 8 〈◊〉 vnto thē that ioyne house to house and lay field to held til there be no place thatye may be placed by your selues in the middes of the earth 9 This is in mine eares saith the Lord of hostes Surely manie houses shal be desolate euen great and fayre without inhabitant 10 For ten acres of vines shal yeldeone bath and the sede of an hómer shal yelde an epháh 11 ¶ Wo vnto them that rise vp early to fol lowe drunkennes and to them that continue vntil night til the wine do inflame them 12 And the harpe and viole timbrel and pipe and wine are in their 〈◊〉 but they regarde not the worke of the Lord nether consider the worke of his hands 13 Therefore my people is gone in to captiuitie because they had no knowledge the glorie thereof are men famished and the multititude thereof is dryed vp with thirst 14 Therefore hel hathe inlarged it self and hathe opened his mouth without measure and their glorie and their multitude and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 pompe and he that reioyceth among them shal descende into it 15 And man shal be broght downe and man shal be humbled euen the eyes of the prou de shal be humbled 16 And the Lord of hostes shal be exalted in iudgement and the holie God shal be sanctified in iustice 17 Then shal the lambes fede after their maner and the strangers shal eat the desolate places of the fat 18 ¶ Wo vnto thē that drawe iniquitie with cordes of vanitie and sinne as with cart ropes 19 Which say Let him make spede let him hasten his worke that we may se it and let the coūsel of the holie one of Israél drawe nere and come that we may knowe it 20 Wo vnto them that speake good of euil and euil of good which put darkenes for light and light for darkenes that put bit terfor swete and swete for sowre 21 Wo vnto thē that are wise in their owne eyes and prudent in their owne sight 22 Wo vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine and to them that are strong to powre in strong drinke 23 Which iustifie the wicked for a rewarde take a way the righteousnes of the righteous from him 24 Therefore as the flame of fyre deuoureth the stubble and as the chaffe is consumed of the flame so their roote shal be as rottennes and their budde shal rise vp like dust because they haue cast of the Law of the Lord of hostes and contemned the worde of the holie one of Israél 25 Therefore is the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people and he hathe stret ched out his hand vpon them and hathe smitten them that the mountaines did trē ble and thier karcases were torne in the middes of the stretes and for all this his wrath was not turned away but his hand was stretched out stil. 26 And he willift vp a signe vnto the nations a farre and wil hisse vnto them from the end of the earth and he holde they shal come hastely with spede 27 None shal faint nor fall among them none shal slumber nor slepe nether shal the girdle of his loynes belosed nor the latchet of his shoes be broken 28 Whose arrowes shal be sharpe and all his bowes bēt his horse hoofes shal be thoght like flint his 〈◊〉 like a whirle winde 29 His roaring shal be like alyon and he shal roare like lyōs whelpes they shal roare and lay holde of the pray thei shal take it away and none shal deliuer it 30 And in that day they shal roare vpon thē as the roaring of the sea and if they loke vnto the eart beholde darkenes and sorow the ligh shal be darkenes in thei 〈◊〉 CHAP. VI. I Isaià h sheweth his Vocation by the Vision of the diuine maiestie 9 He sheweh the obstinacie of the people II The destruction of the land 13 The reminant re serued 1 IN the yere of the death of King Vzziáh I sawe also the Lord sitting vpon an high throne and lifted vp and the lower partes there of filled the temple 2 The Seraphims stode vpon it eueri one had six wings with twaine he couered his face and with twaine he couered his fe te and with twaine he did flie 3 And one cryed to another and said Holy holy holy is the Lord of hostes the whole wholde is ful of his glorie 4 And the lintels of the dore chekes moued at the voyce of him that cryed and the house was filled with smoke 5 Then I said Wois me for I am vndone because I am a man of polluted lippes and I dwell in the middes of a people of polluted lippes for mine eyes haue sene the King and Lord of hostes 6 Then flewe one of the Seraphims vnto me with an hote cole in his hand which he had takē from the altar with the tongs 7 And he touched my mouth said Lo this hathe touched thy lippes and thine iniquitie shal be taken away and thy sinne shal be purged 8 Also I
labours nor cease from their offices 28 None of them hindreth another nether was anie of them disobedient vnto his wordes 29 After this the Lord loked vpon the earth and filled it with his goods things 30 With all maner of liuing beasts hathe he couered the face thereof and they returne into it againe CHAP. XVII 1 The creation of man and the goodnes that God hathe done vnto him 〈◊〉 Of almes 26 And repentance 1 THe * Lord hathe created mā of the earth and turneth him vnto it againe 2 He gaue him the nomber of dayes and cer teine times and gaue him power of the things that are vpon earth 3 He clothed them with strength as they had nede and made them according to his image 4 He made all flesh to feare him so that he had the dominion ouer the beasts and foules 5 * He created out of him an helper like vn to him self and gaue them discrecion and tongue and eyes eares and an heart to vn derstand and sixtly he gaue them a spirit and seuently he gaue them speache to declare his workes 6 And he filled them with knowledge of vn derstanding and shewed them good and euil 7 He set his eye vpon their hearts declaring vnto them his noble workes 8 And gaue thē occasion to reioyce perpetually in his miracles that they shulde pru dently declare his workes that the elect shulde praise his holie Name together 9 Beside this he gaue them knowledge and gaue them the Law of life for an heritage that thei might now knowe that thei were mortal 10 He made an euerlasting couenant with them and shewed them his iudgements 11 Their eyes sawe the maiestie of his glorie and their eares heard his glorious voyce 12 And he said vnto thē Beware of all vnrighteous things * He gaue euerie man also a cōmandement concerning his neighbour 13 Their wayes are euer before him and are not hid from his eyes 4 Euerie man from his youth is giuē to euil their stonie hearts can not become flesh 15 He appointed a ruler vpon euerie people when he deuided the nacions of the whole earth 16 * And he did chuse Israél as a peculiar people to him self whome he nourisheth with discipline as his first borne giueth him moste louing light and doeth not forsake him 17 All their workes are as the sunne before him his eyes are continually vpon their wayes 18 None of their vnrighteousnes is hid from him but all their sinnes are before the Lord 19 And as he is merciful and knoweth his worke he doeth not leaue them nor forsake them but spareth them 20 * The almes of a man is as a thing sealed vp before him and he kepeth the good dedes of man as the apple of the eye and giueth repentance to their sonnes daughters 21 * At the last shal he arise rewarde them and shal repay their rewarde vpon their heads 22 * But vnto them that wil repent he giueth them grace to returne exhorteth suche as faile with pacience and sendeth them the porcion of the veritie 23 * Returne thē vnto the Lord and forsake thy sinnes make thy prayer before his face and take away the offence 24 Turne againe vnto the most High for he wil bring thee from darkenes to wholsome light for sake thine vnrighteousnes and 〈◊〉 greatly all abominacion 25 Knowe the righteousnes iudgements of God stand in the porcion that is set forthe for thee and in the prayer of the most high God and go in the partes of the holie worlde with suche as be liuing and confesse God 26 * Who cā praise the moste High in the hell as do all they that liue and confesse him 27 Abide not thou in the errour of the vngodlie but praise the Lord before death 28 Thankefulnes perisheth from the dead as thogh he were not but the liuing and he that is sounde of heart praiseth the Lord and reioyceth in his mercie 29 How great is the louing kindenes of the Lord our God and his compassion vnto suche as turne vnto him in holines 30 For all things can not be in men because the sonne of man is not immortal and they take pleasure in the vanitie of wickednes 31 What is more cleare then the sunne yet shal it faile 32 So flesh and blood that thinketh euil shal be reproued 33 He seeth the power of the high heauen all men are but earth and ashes CHAP. XVIII 1 The maruelous workes of God 6. 7 The miserie wretchednes of man 9 Against God ought we not to complaine 21 The performing of vowes 1 HE that liueth foreuer * made all things to gether the Lord who onelie is iust and there is none other but he and he remaineth a victorious King for euer 2 He ordereth the worlde with the power of his hand and all things obey his wil for he gouerneth all things by his power and deuideth the holie things from the prophane 3 To whome hathe he giuen power to expres se his workes who wilseke out the grounde of his noble actes 4 Who shal declare the power of his greatnes or who wil take vpō him to tell out his mercie 5 As for the wonderous workes of the Lord there may nothing be taken from them nether can anie thing be put vnto them ne ther may the grounde of them be founde out 6 But when a man hathe done his best he must beginne againe and when he thinketh to come to an end he must go againe to his labour 7 ¶ What is man where to serueth he what good or euil can he do 8 * If the nomber of a mans daies be an hun dreth yere it is muche and no man hathe certeine knowledge of his death 9 As droppes of raine are vnto the sea and as a grauel stone is in comparison of the sand so are a thousand yeres to the dayes euerlasting 10 Therefore is God pacient with them and powreth out his mercie vpon them 11 He sawe and perceiued that the arrogancie of their heart and their ruine was euil therefore heaped he vp his mercie vpon them and shewed them the way of righteousnes 12 The mercie that a man hathe reacheth to his neighbour but the mercie of the Lord is vpon all flesh he chasteneth and nurtureth and teacheth and bringeth backe as a shebherd his flocke 13 He hathe mercie of them that receiue disci pline and that diligently seke after his iud gements 14 ¶ My sonne when thou doest good repro ue not and what soeuer thou giuest vse no discomfortable wordes 15 Shal not the dewe aswage the heat so is a worde better then a gife 16 Lo is not a worde better then a good gift but a gracious man giueth them bothe 17 A foole wil reproche churlishly and a gift of the enuious putteth out the eyes 18 Get thee righteousnes before thou come to iudgement learne before
mother answered and said Not so but he shal be called Iohn 61 And they said vnto her There is none of thy kinred that is named with this Name 62 Then they made signes to his Father how he wolde haue him called 63 So he asked for writing tables and wrote saying His name is Iohn and they marueiled all 64 And his mouth was opened immediatly his tōgue losed and he spake and praised God 65 Then feare came on all them that dwelt nere vnto them and all these wordes were noised abroade throughout all the hil countrey of Iudea 66 And all they that heard them laid them vp in their hearts saying what maner childe shal this be and the hand of the Lord was with him 67 Then his Father Zacharias was filled with the holie Gost and prophecied saying 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel because he hathe visited * and redemed his people 69 * And hathe raised vp the 〈◊〉 of saluaciō vnto vs in the house of his seruant Dauid 70 * As he spake by the mouth of his holie Pro phetes which were since the worde began saying 71 〈◊〉 he wolde send vs deliuerance from our enemies and from the hands of all that hate vs 72 That he wolde shewe mercie towards our fathers and remembre his holie couenant 73 * And the othe which he sware to our Father Abraham 74 Which was that he wolde grante vnto vs that we being deliuered out of the hands of our enemies shuld serue him without feare 75 All the dayes of our life in * 〈◊〉 righteousnes before him 76 And thou babe shalt be called the Prophete of the moste High for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes 77 And to giue knowledge of saluation vnto his people by the remissiō of their sinnes 78 Through the tender mercie of our God whereby * the day spring from an hie hathe visited vs 79 To giue light to them that sit in darkenes and in the shadowe of death to guide our fete into the way of peace 80 And the childe grewe waxed strōg in spirit was in the wildernes til the day came that he shulde shewe him self vnto Israel CHAP. II. 7 The birth and circumcision of Christ. 22 He was receiued into the Temple 28 〈◊〉 and Anna prophecie of him 46 He was founde among the doctours 〈◊〉 His obedience to Father and mother 1 ANd it came to passe in those dayes that there came a commandement from Augustus Cesar that all the worlde shulde be taxed 2 This first taxing was made when Cyrenius was gouernour of Syria 3 Therefore went all to be taxed euerie man to his owne citie 4 And Ioseph also went vp from Galile out of a citie called Nazaret into Iudea vnto the citie of * Dauid which is called Beth-lehem because he was of the house and linage of Dauid 5 To be taxed with Marie that was giuen him to wife which was with childe 6 ¶ And so it was that while thei were there the daies were accomplished that she shulde be deliuered 7 And she broght forthe her first begotten sonne and wrapped him in swadling clothes and laid him in a cratche because there was no rowme for them in the ynne 8 ¶ And there were in the same countrey shep herds abiding in the field and keping watch by night because of their flocke 9 And lo the Angel of the Lord came vpon them ād the glorie of the Lord shone about them and they were sore afraide 10 Then the Angel said vnto them Be not afraide for beholde I bring you tidings of great ioye that shal be to all the people 11 That is that vnto you is borne this day in the citie of Dauid a Sauiour which is christ the Lord. 12 And this shal be a signe to you Ye shal finde the childe swadled and laid in a cratch 13 And straight way there was with the Angel a multitude of heauenlie souldiers praying God and saying 14 Glorie be to God in the high heauens and peace in earth and towards men good wil. 15 And it came to passe when the Angels were gone away from them into heauen that the shepherds said one to another Letvs go then vnto Beth-lehem and se this thing that is come to passe which the Lord hathe shewed vnto vs. 16 So they came with haste and founde bothe Marie and Ioseph and the babe laid in the cratche 17 And when they had sene it they published abroade the thing which was tolde them of that childe 18 And all that heard it wondred at the things which were tolde them of the shepherds 19 But Marie kept all those sayings and ponde red them in her heart 20 And the shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and sene as it was spoken vnto them 21 ¶ * And when the eight daies were accomplished that they shulde circumcise the childe his name was then called * Iesus which was named of the Angel before he was conceiued in the wombe 22 * And when the dayes of her purification after the Law of Moses were accomplished they broght him to Ierusalē to present him to the Lord 23 As it is writen in the Law of the Lord * Eue rie man childe that first openeth the wombe shal be called holie to the Lord 24 And to giue an oblation * as it is cōmanded in the Law of the Lord a paire of turtle doues or two yong pigeons 25 And beholde there was a man in Ierusalem whose name was Simeon this man was iuste and feared God and waited for the consolation of Israel and the holie Gost was vpon him 26 And a reuelation was giuen him of the holie Gost that he shulde not se death before he had sene the Lords Christ. 27 And he came by the motion of the Spirit into the Tēple and when the parents broght in the childe Iesus to do for him after the cu stome of the Law 28 Then he toke him in his armes and praised God and said 29 Lord now lettest thou thy seruant departe in peace according to thy worde 30 For mine eyes haue sene thy saluation 31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people 32 A light to be reueiled to the Gentiles and the 〈◊〉 of thy people Israel 33 And Ioseph and his mother marueiled at those things which were 〈◊〉 touching him 34 And Simeon blessed them and said vnto Marie his mother Beholde this childe is ap pointed for the * fall and rising againe of manie in Israel and for a signe which shal be spoken against 35 Yea and a sworde shal pearce through thy soule that the thoghts of manie hearts
ye not what the Scripture saith of Elias how he maketh request vnto God against Israel saying 3 * Lord they hane killed thy Prophetes and digged downe thine altars and I am left alone and they seke my life 4 But what saith the answer of God to him * I haue reserued vnto my self c seuen thousand men which haue not bowed the knee to Baal 5 Euen so then at this present time is there a remnant through the election of grace 6 And if it be of grace it is no more of workes orels were grace no more grace but if it be of workes it is no more grace orels were worke no more worke 7 What then Israel hathe not obteined that he soght but the election hathe obteined 〈◊〉 and the rest haue bene hardened 8 According as it is written * God hathe giuen then the spirit of slomber eyes that they shulde not se and eares that they shulde not heare vnto this day 9 And Dauid saith * Let their table be made a snare ād a net and a stombling blocke euen for are compence vnto them 10 Let their eyes be darkened that they se not and bowe downe their backe alwayes 11 I demande then Haue they stombled that they shulde fall God forbid but through their fall saluation commeth vnto the Gentiles to prouoke them to follow them 12 Wherefore if the fall of them be the riches of the worlde and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gētiles how muche more shal their abundance be 13 For in that I speake to you Gentiles in asmuche as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles I magnifie mine office 14 To trie if by any meanes I might prouoke them of my flesh to followe them and might saue some of them 15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the worlde what shal the recei uing be but life from the dead 16 For if the first frutes be holie so is the whole lompe and if the roote be holie so are the branches 17 And thogh some of the branches be broken of and thou being a wilde oliue tre wast grafte in for them and made partakers of the roote and satnesse of the oliue tre 18 Boast not thy self against the branches and if thou boast thy self thou bearest not the roote but the roote thee 19 Thou wilt say then The branches are broken of that I might be grafte in 20 Wel through vnbelefe they are broken of and thou stādeth by faith be not hie minded but feare 21 For if God spared not the natural branches take hede lest he also spare not thee 22 Beholde therefore the bountifulnes and seueritie of God to warde them which haue fallen seueritie but towarde thee bountiful nes if thou continue in his bountifulnes or els thou shalt also be cut of 23 And thei also if thei abide not stil in vnbele fe shal be graffed in for God is able to graffe them in againe 24 For if thou wast cut out of the oliue tre which was wilde by nature and wast graffed contrary to nature in a right oliue tre how muche more shal they that are by nature be graffed in their owne oliue tre 25 For I wolde not brethren that ye shulde be ignorant of this secret lest ye shulde be arrogant in your selues that partely obstinacie is come to Israel vntil the fulnes of the Gentiles be come in 26 And so all Israel shal be saued as it is written * The deliuerer shal come out of Sion and shal turne away the vngodlines from 〈◊〉 27 And this is my couenant to them * When I shal take away their sinnes 28 As cōcerning the Gospel they are enemies for your sakes but as touching the election they are beloued for the fathers sakes 29 For the giftes and calling of GOD are without repentance 30 For euen as ye in time past haue not beleued God yet haue now obteined mercie through their vnbelefe 31 Euen so now haue they not beleued by the 〈◊〉 shewed vnto you that they also may obteine mercie 32 For God hathe shut vp all in vnbelefe that he might haue mercie on all 33 O the depnes of the riches bothe of the wisdome and knowledge of God! how vnsearcheable are his iudgemēts and his wayes past finding out 34 * For who hathe knowen the minde of the Lord or who was his counseller 35 Or who hathe giuen vnto him first and he shal be recompensed 36 For of him and through him and for him are all things to him be glorie for euer Amen CHAP. XII The conuersation loue and workes of suche as beleue in Christ 19 Not to seke reuengeance 1 I Beseche you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that ye giue vp your bodies a liuing sacrifice holie acceptable 〈◊〉 God which is your reasonable seruing of God 2 And facion not your selues like vnto this worlde but be ye changed by the renuing of your minde that ye may * proue what is the good wil of God and acceptale perfite 3 For I say through the grace that is giuen vnto me to euerie one that is among you that no man presume to vnderstand aboue that which is mete to vnderstand but that he vn derstād according to sobrietie as God hath dealt to euerie man the * measure of faith 4 For as we haue many members in one bodie and all members haue not one office 5 So we being many are one bodie in Christ euerie one one anothers members 6 * Seing then that we haue giftes that are diuers according to the grace that is giuē vnto vs whether we haue prophecie let vs pro phecie according to the proportiō of faith 7 Or an office let vs waite on the office or he that teacheth on teaching 8 Or he that exhorteth on exhortatiō he that distributeth let him do it * with simplicitie he that ruleth with diligence he that sheweth mercie with * cherefulnes 9 Let loue be without dissimulation * Abhorre that which is euil and cleaue vnto that which is good 10 * Be affectioned to loue one another with brotherlie loue In giuing honor go one before another 11 Not slouthful to do seruice feruent in spirit seruing the Lord 12 Reioycing in hope pacient in tribulation * continuing in prayer 13 * Distributing vnto the necessities of the Saintes * giuing your selues to hospitalitie 14 * Blesse them which persecute you blesse I say and curse not 15 Reioyce with them that reioyce and wepe with them that wepe 16 Be of like affection one towards another * be not hie minded but make your selues equal to them of the lower sorte be not wise in your selues 17 * Recompense to
〈◊〉 that they 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 against the false apostles putting 〈◊〉 in minde of his good will towarde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that his 〈◊〉 make them not to shrinke for the Gospel thereby was consirmed and not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he desireth them to 〈◊〉 ambition and to embrace modestie promising to send Timotheus vn to 〈◊〉 who 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in matters more amply yea and that he him 〈◊〉 wolde also come vnto them addyng 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cause of 〈◊〉 ministers so long abode And because there were no greater enemies to the crosse then the false 〈◊〉 he confuteth their false doctrine by 〈◊〉 onely Christ to be the end of all true religion with whome we haue all thing and without whome we haue nothing so that his death is our life and hisresurrection our 〈◊〉 After this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 bothe particular and general with 〈◊〉 of hisaffection towarde them and thankeful accepting of their 〈◊〉 CHAP. I. 1 S. Paul discouereth his heart towarde them 3 By his thākes giuyng 4 Prayers 8 And wishes for their 〈◊〉 and saluation 7. 12. 20 He 〈◊〉 the frute of his crosse 15. 27. And 〈◊〉 them to vnitie 28 And 〈◊〉 1 PAul and Timotheus the seruants of Iesus Christe to all the Saintes in Christe 〈◊〉 whiche are at Philippi with the Bishops and Deacons 2 Grace be with you peace from God our Father and from the Lord Iesus Christ. 3 * I thanke my God hauing you in perfect memorie 4 Alwaise in all my prayers for all you praying with gladnes 5 Because of the fellowship whiche ye haue in the Gospel from the first day vnto now 6 And I am persuaded of this same thing that he that hathe begone this good worke in you wil performe it vntil the day of Iesus Christ. 7 As it becometh me so to iudge of you al becausel haue you in remembrāce that both in my bandes and in my defense and confirmation of the Gospell you all were partakers of my grace 8 For God is my recorde how I long after you al from the verie heart rote in Iesus Christ. 9 And this I pray that your loue may abunde yet more and more in knowledge and in all iudgement 10 That ye may discerne thinges that differ one from another that ye may be pure ād with out offence vntill the day of Christ. 11 Filled with the frutes of righteousnes whi che are by Iesus Christe vnto the glorie and praise of God 12 ¶ I wolde ye vnderstode brethren that the things which haue come vnto me are turned rather to the furthering of the Gospel 13 So that my bandes in Christe are famous throughout all the iudgement hall and in all other places 14 In so muche that manie of the brethren in the Lord are boldened through my bandes and dare more frankely speake the worde 15 Some preache Christ euen through enuie and strife and some also of good wil. 16 The one parte preacheth Christ of conten tion ād not purely supposing to adde more affliction to my bandes 17 But the others of loue knowing that I am set for the defense of the Gospel 18 What then yet Christ is preached all maner wayes whether it be vnder a pretence of syncerely and I therein ioye yea and will ioye 19 For I knowe that this shal turne to my salua tion through your prayer and by the helpe of the Spirit of Iesus Christ. 20 As I hartely loke for and hope that in nothing I shal be ashamed but that with all con fidence as all wayes so nowe Christ shal be magnified in my bodie whether it be by life or by death 21 For Christ is to me bothe in lyfe and in death aduantage 22 And whether to lyue in the fleshe were profitable for me and what to chose I know not 23 For I am greatly in doute on bothe sides de siring to be losed and to be with Christ whiche is beste of all 24 Neuertheles to abide in the flesh is more nedeful for you 25 And this am I sure of that I shal abide and with you all continue for your furtherance and ioye of your faith 26 That ye maye more abundantly reioyce in Iesus Christ for me by my commyng to you againe 27 * Onely let your cōuersation be as it becometh the Gospel of Christ that whether I come ād se you or els be absent I may heare of your matters that ye continue in one Spi rite and in one minde fightyng together through the faith of the 〈◊〉 28 And in nothing feare your aduersaries whi che is to them a token of 〈◊〉 and to you of saluation and that of God 29 For vnto you it is giuen for Christe that not onely ye shulde beleue in hym but also suffer for his sake 30 Hauyng the same fight whiche ye sawe in me and now heare to be in me CHAP. II. 3 He exhorteth them aboue all things to humilitie whereby pure doctrine is chiefly mainteined 19 Promising that he and Timotheus will spedely come vnto them 27 And excuseth the long tarying of Epaphroditus 1 IF there be therefore anie consolation in Christ if anie comforte of loue if anie felowship of the Spirit if anie compassion ād mercie 2 Fulfill my ioye that ye be lyke minded hauing the same loue being of one accorde and of one iudgement 3 That nothing be done through contention or vaine glorie but that in mekenes of minde * euerye man esteme other better then himself 4 Loke not euerie man on hys owne thynges but euerie man also on the thyngs of other men 5 Let the same minde be in you that was euen in Christ Iesus 6 Who being in the forme of God thoght it no robbery to be equal with God 7 * But he made him self of no reputation and toke on hym the forme of a seruaunt and was made like vnto men and was founde in shape as a man 8 * He humbled hymselfe and became obedient vnto the death euen the death of the crosse 9 Wherefore God hathe also hyghly exalted hym and giuen hym a Name aboue euerye name 10 * That at the Name of Iesus shulde euerie knee bowe bothe of things in heauen and things in earth and things vnder the earth 11 * And that euerie tongue shulde confesse that Iesus Christ is the Lord vnto the glorie of God the Father 12 Wherefore my beloued as ye haue alwaise obeyed not as in my presence onelye but nowe muche more in myne absence so make an end of your owne saluation with feare and trembling 13 For it is God which worketh in you bothe the will and the dede euen of hys good pleasure 14 Do all things without * murmuring and reasonings 15 That ye maye be blameles and pure and the sonnes of God wythout rebuke in
shal receiue an incorruptible crowne of glorie 5 Like wise ye yonger submit your selues vnto the elders and submit your selues euerie man one to another * decke your selues in wardely in low lines of minde for God * resisteth the proud giueth grace to the hūble 6 Humble * your selues therefore vnder the mightie hand of God that he may exalt you in due time 7 Cast * all your care on him for he careth for you 8 Be sober and watch for * your aduersarie the deuil as a roaring lyon walk eth about seking whome he may deuoure 9 Whome resist sted fast in the faith knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren which are in the worlde 10 And the God of all grace which hath called vs vnto his eternal glorie by Christ Iesus after that ye haue suffred a litel make you perfect cōfirme strengthen stablish you 11 To him be glorie and dominion for euer and euer Amen 12 By Siluanus a faithful brother vnto you as I suppose haue I writen briefly exhorting and testifying how that this is the true grace of God where in ye stand 13 The Church that is at Babylon elected to gether with you saluteth you and Marcus my sonne 14 Grete ye one another with the * kysse of loue Peace be with you all which are in Christ Iesus Amen THE SECONDE EPISTLE general of Peter THE ARGVMENT THe effect of the Apostle here is to exhorte them which haue once 〈◊〉 the true faith of 〈◊〉 to stande to the same euen to the last breath also that God by his effectual grace towardesmen moueth them to holines of life in punishing the hypocrites which abuse his Name and in increasing his gifts in the godlie wherefore by godlie life he being now almost at deaths dore exhorteth them to approue their vocation not setting their affection on worldlie things as he had oft writ vnto them but lifting their eyes towarde heauen as they be taught by the Gospel whereof he is a cleare witnes chiefly in that he heard with his owne eares that Christ was proclaimed from heauen to be the Sonne of God as likewise the Prophetes testified And lest they shulde promise to them selues quietnes by professing the Gospel he warneth them bothe of troubles which they shulde susteine by the false teachers and also by the mockers and 〈◊〉 of religion whose maners and trade he liuely setteth forthe as in a table aduertising the faithful not onely to waite diligently for Christ but also to beholde presently the day of his comming and to preserue them selues vnspotted against the same CHAP. I. 4 Forasmuche as the power of God hathe giuen them all things perteining vnto life he exhorteth them to flee the corruption of worldlie lusts 10 To make their calling sure with good workes and frutes of faith 14 He maketh mention of his owne death 17 Declaring the Lord Iesus to be the true Sonne of God as he him self had sene vpon the mounte 1 SIMON Peter a seruant and an Apostle of IESVSCRIST to you which haue obteined like precious faith with vs by the rightousnes of our God and Sauiour Iesus Christ. 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you by the knowledge of God and of Iesus our Lord 3 According as his godlie power hathe giuen vnto vs all things that perteine vnto life and godlines through the knowledge of him that hathe called vs vnto glorie and vertue 4 Whereby most great and precious promises are giuen vnto vs that by them ye shulde be 〈◊〉 of the godlie nature in that ye flee the corruption which is in the worlde through lust 5 Therefore giue euen all diligence thereunto ioyne moreouer vertue with your faith and with vertue knowledge 6 And with knowledge temperāce and with temperance pacience and with pacience godlines 7 And with godlines brotherlie kindenes and with brotherlie kindenes loue 8 For if these things be among you and abun de they wil make you that ye nether shal be ydle nor vnfruteful in the knowledge of our Lord Iesus Christ. 9 For he that hathe not these things is blinde and can not se farre of and hathe forgotten that he was purged from his olde sinnes 10 Wherefore brethren giue rather diligence to make your calling and election sure for if ye do these things ye shal neuer fall 11 For by this meanes an entring shal be ministred vnto you abundātly into the euerlastiug kingdom of our Lord Sauiour Iesus Christ. 12 Wherefore I wil not be negligent to put you alwais in remembrance of these things thogh that ye haue knowledge and be stablished in the present trueth 13 For I thinke it mete as long as I am in this tabernacle to stirre you vp by putting you in remembrance 14 Seing I knowe that the time is at hand that I must lay downe this my tabernacle euen as our Lord Iesus Christ hathe * she wed me 15 I wil endeuour therefore alwaise that ye also may be able to haue remembrāce of these things after my departing 16 For we folowed not * deceiueable fables when we opened vnto you the power and comming of our Lord Iesus Christ but with our eyes we saw his maiestie 17 For he receiued of God the Father honour and glorie whē there came suche a voyce to him frō the excellent glorie * This is my beloued Sonne in whome I am well pleased 18 And this voyce we heard whē it came from heauē being with him in the holye mounte 19 We haue also a moste sure worde of the Prophetes to the whiche ye do well that ye take hede as vnto a light that shineth in a darke place vntil the day dawne and the daye starre arise in your hearts 20 * So that ye first know this that no prophecie in the Scripture is of anie priuate motion 21 For the Prophecie came not in olde time by the wil of man but holie men of God spake as they were moued by the holie Gost. CHAP. II. He prophecieth of false teaches and sheweth their punishment 1 BVt * there were false prophetes also among the people euen as there shal be false teachers among you whiche priuely shal bring in dānable heresies euen denying the Iord that hathe boght them and bryng vpon them selues swift damnation 2 And manie shall followe their damnable wayes by whome the way of trueth shal be euil spoken of 3 And through couetousnes shall they with fained wordes make marchandise of you whose iudgement long agone is not farre of and their damnation slepeth not 4 For if God spared not the * Angels that had sinned but caste them downe into hell and deliuered them into chaines of darkenes to be kept vnto damnation 5 Nether hathe spared the olde worlde but saued * Noe the eight persone a
preacher of righteousnes and broght in the flood vpon the worlde of the vngodlie 6 And * turned the cities of Sodome and Gomorrhe into ashes condemned them and ouerthrewe thē ād made them an ensample vnto them that after shulde liue vngodlie 7 * And deliuered iuste Loth vexed with the vnclenlie conuersation of the wicked 8 For he being righteous dwellyng among them in seing and hearing vexed his righteous soule from day to day with their vnlawful dedes 9 The Lorde knoweth to deliuer the godlye out of tentation and to reserue the vniust vnto the day of iudgement to be punished 10 And chiefely thē that walke after the flesh in the lust of vnclennes and despise the gouernement whiche are presumpteous and stand in their owne conceite and feare not to speake euill of thē that are in dignitie 11 Where as the Angels which are greater both in power and might * giue not railing iudgement against them before the Lord. 12 But these as brute beasts led with sensualitie and made to be taken and destroyed speake euil of those things which they knowe not and shal perish through their owne corruption 13 And shal receiue the wages of vnrighteousnes as they which counte it pleasure to liue deliciously for a season Spottes they are ād blottes deliting them selues in their deceiuings in feasting with you 14 Hauing eyes ful of adulterie and that can not cease to sinne beguiling vnstable soules they haue hearts exercised with couetousnes cursed children 15 Whiche forsakyng the right waye haue gone astraye following the way of * Balaam the sonne of Bosor which loued the wages of vnrighteousnes 16 But he was rebuked for his iniquitie for the domme asse speaking with mans voyce forbade the foolishnes of the Prophet 17 * These are welles without water and cloudes caryed about with atēpest to whom the blacke darkenes is reserued for euer 18 For in speaking swelling wordes of vanitie they beguile with wantonnes through the lustes of the flesh them that were cleane esca ped from thē which are wrapped in errour 19 Promising vnto them libertie and are them selues the * seruants of corruption for of who me so euer a man is ouer come euen vnto the same is he in bondage 20 * For if they after they haue escaped from the filthines of the worlde through the knowledge of the Lord and of the Sauiour Iesus Chaist are yet tangled againe therein and ouercome the latter end is worse with them then the beginning 21 For it had bene better for them not to haue knowen the way of righteousnes then after they haue knowen it to turne from the holie commandement giuen vnto them 22 But it is come vnto them according to the true prouerbe * The dogge is returned to his owne vomit The sowe that was washed to the wallowing in the myer CHAP. III. 3 He sheweth the impitie of them which mocke at Gode promises 7 After what sorte the end of the worlde shal be 8 That they prepare them selues thereunto 16 who they are which abuse the writings of S. Paul and the rest of the Scriptures 18 Concluding with cternal thankes to Christ Iesus 1 THis seconde Epistle I now write vnto you beloued where with stirre vp and warne your pure mindes 2 To call to remembrance the wordes which were tolde before of the holie Prophetes also the commandement of vs the Apostles of the Lord and Sauiour 3 * This first vnderstand that 〈◊〉 shal come in the last dayes mockers which wil walke after their lustes 4 And say Where is the promes of his cōming for since the fathers dyed all things continue a like from the beginning of the creation 5 For this they willingly knowe not that the heauens were of olde and the earth that was of the water and by the water by the worde of God 6 Wherefore the worlde that then was perished ouer flowed with the water 7 But the heauens and earth whiche are now are kept by the same worde in store and reserued vnto fyre against the day of iudgement and of the destruction of vngodlie men 8 Derely beloued be not ignorant of this one thyng that one day is with the Lorde * as a thousand yeres and a thousand yere as one day 9 The Lorde is not slacke concernyng hys promes assome men count slackenes but is pacient towarde vs and * wolde haue no man to perish but wolde all men to come to repentance 10 * But the day of the Lord wil come as a thief in the night in the whiche the heauens shall passe away with a noyce and the elements shal melt with heate and the earth with the workes that are therin shal be burnt vp 11 Seing therefore that all these things must be dissolued what maner persones ought ye to be in holie conuersation and godlines 12 Loking for and hasting vnto the comming of the day of God by the which the heauens being on fyre shal be dissolued and the elements shalt melt with heat 13 But we loke for * new heauens and a new earth according to his promes wherein dwelleth righteousnes 14 Wherefore beloued seing that ye loke for suche things be diligent that ye may be founde of him in peace without spotte blameles 15 * And suppose that the long suffring of our Lord is saluation euen as our beloued brother Paul according to the wisdome giuen vnto him wrote to you 16 As one that in all his Epistles speaketh of these things among the which some things are hard to be vnderstand which they that are vnlearned and vnstable peruert as they do also other Scriptures vnto their owne destruction 17 Ye therefore beloued seing ye know these things before beware lest ye be also plucked away with the errour of the wicked fall from your owne stedfastnes 18 But growe in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ to hym be glorie bothe now and for euer more Amen THE FIRST EPISTLE generall of Iohn THE ARGVMENT AFter that S. Iohn had sufficiently declared how that our whole saluation doeth consiste onely in Christ lest that any man shulde thereby take a boldenes to sinne he sheweth that no man can beleue in Christ onles he doeth endeuour him self to kepe his commandements which thing being done he exhorteth them to beware of false prophetes whome he calleth Antichrists and to trye the spirits Laste of all he doeth earnestly exhorte them vnto brotherlie loue and to beware of 〈◊〉 CHAP. I. 2 True witnes of the euerlasting worde of God 7 The blood of Christ is the purgation of sinne 10 No man is without sinne 1 THat which was from the beginning which we haue heard which we haue sene with our eyes which we haue loked vpon and our hands
ken to Samuel cōcerning me so wil he shewe him self constant and holie in his promes so that these naciōs following shal be subiect vnto me f From of this psalme vnto the 〈◊〉 read the expo 〈◊〉 in the 〈◊〉 score psalme and 〈◊〉 verse Psal 〈◊〉 8. a Thogh all the worlde condemne me yet thou 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ne 〈◊〉 that is a 〈◊〉 praise to me b To declare that I had none other refuge but 〈◊〉 in whome my 〈◊〉 was at 〈◊〉 c VVhether it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Saul or some familiafriend that had 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 him 〈◊〉 praieth 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but moued by Gods 〈◊〉 that God wolde take vengeance vpon him d As to the elect all things turne to their 〈◊〉 so to the 〈◊〉 euen those things 〈◊〉 are good turne to their 〈◊〉 e This was chiefly accomplished in Iudas Act. 〈◊〉 10. f He declareth that the 〈◊〉 of God lieth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 who 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 goods 〈◊〉 Gods iust 〈◊〉 ment 〈◊〉 all g 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 h 〈◊〉 sheweth that God 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 them after a stran ge sort that shewe them selues 〈◊〉 toward other i Thus giueth the Lord to euerie man the thing wherein 〈◊〉 that the 〈◊〉 can not accuse God 〈◊〉 wrong when thei are giuen vp to their 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 mindes k For being 〈◊〉 of mans helpe he 〈◊〉 trusted in the Lord that he wolde 〈◊〉 him l As thou art named merci 〈◊〉 gra cious long suffring so shew thy self in effect m Meaning 〈◊〉 he hathe 〈◊〉 nor assurance 〈◊〉 this worlde n For hungre 〈◊〉 came of sorow he was leaue an his natural moy 〈◊〉 failed him o The more grieuous 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 asailed him the mo re earnest and instand was he in praier p Thei shal 〈◊〉 nothing by 〈◊〉 me q Not onely in 〈◊〉 it secre ly in my self but also in declaring it before all the Congregation r Hereby he sheweth that he had not to do with them that were oflitle power but with the iudges and 〈◊〉 of the worlde a Iesus Christ in the two twentie of Mat. giueth the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of sheweth that this can not properly be applied vnto Dauid but to himself b And thence it shal 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all the worlde and this power chiefly stā de 〈◊〉 in the 〈◊〉 of his worde c By thy worde they shal be 〈◊〉 bled into the Church whose in crease shal be so 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 as the drops of the dewe d As Melchizedek the figure of Christ was bothe King and the priest so the effect can not be accomplished in anie King saue onely in Christ. 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 26. 21. e No power shal be able to 〈◊〉 him f Vnder this similitude of a captaine that is se gredie to destroye his enemies that he wil not searse drinke by the waye he sheweth how God wil destroye hisenemies a The Prophet declareth that 〈◊〉 wil praise God 〈◊〉 priuatly openly and that from the heart as he that consecrateth him selfe wholly and onely to God b He sheweth that Gods workes are a sufficient cause wherefore we shulde praise him but chiefly his benefites toward his Church c God hathe giuē to his people all that was necessarie for them and in this sense the Ebreweworde is taken Prou. 30. 8. 31. 15. “ Or praie 〈◊〉 d As God promised to take the ca re of his Church so in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he 〈◊〉 him sel se iust and true in the gouernement of the same e Thei onely are wise thatfeare God and none haue vnderstanding but thei that obey 〈◊〉 worde f To wit his commandement as vers 7. a He 〈◊〉 that 〈◊〉 seare which is in the children of God which causeth them to delite onely in the worlde of God b The Godlie shal haue abundance and 〈◊〉 because their heart is 〈◊〉 in God 〈◊〉 c The faithful in all their aduersities knowe that all shal go wel with them for God wil be merci ful and iuste d He sheweth what is the 〈◊〉 of mercie to lend frely and not sor gaine and so to measure his doings that he maie be ableto helpe where nede requireth and not to be slowe all on him self e The godlie pinche not nigardelye but distribute liberally as the necessitie of the poore requireth and as his power is able f His power and prosperous estate g The blessings of God vpon his children 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the wicked to dye 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a By this of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vp our colde dulnes to praise God 〈◊〉 his workes are so wonderful that we are 〈◊〉 for the same cause b If Gods glorie shine through all the world and the 〈◊〉 of all ought to be praise what great condē 〈◊〉 were it to his 〈◊〉 amōg 〈◊〉 chiefly it shineth if they 〈◊〉 not earnestly extoll his Name c By 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 to high honour giuing the barren childrē he sheweth that God worketh not onely 〈◊〉 his Church by ordinarie meanes but also by mi racles Exod. 14 21. a That is frō thē that were of a strange language b The whole peo ple were witnes ses of his holie maiestie in adop ting them and of 〈◊〉 pow 〈◊〉 in deliuering them c Seing that these deade creatures felt Gods power and after a sorte sawe it muche 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 ought to cōsider it 〈◊〉 him for the same d Ought then his people to be 〈◊〉 sible when thei 〈◊〉 his power and 〈◊〉 e That is caused miraculously wa ter to come out of the rocke in moste abundance Exod. 17 6. a Because God promised to 〈◊〉 thē not for their sakes but for his Name Isa. 48 11 therefore theygrounde their prayer vpō this promes b When the wicked 〈◊〉 that God accomplisheth not his promes as they imagine thei thinke there is no God c No impedimēts can let his 〈◊〉 but hevseth euen theimpediments to 〈◊〉 his wil. d Seing that nether the matter nor the forme 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the idoles itfolloweth that there is rothing why they shulde 〈◊〉 e He 〈◊〉 what great vanitic idis to aske helpe of them which not onely haue no helpe in them but lacke sense and reason f As muche with out sense as blockes and stones g For they were appointed by Gods instructers and teachers of sayth and religion for others to folowe h That is he wil 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his people i And therefore doethstil gouerne 〈◊〉 things therein k And they declare ynough his 〈◊〉 so that the worlde serueth him nothing but to shewe his 〈◊〉 lie 〈◊〉 toward men l Thogh the dead set for the Gods 〈◊〉 yet he meaneth here that they 〈◊〉 him not in his Church and Congregacion a He 〈◊〉 that no pleasure is so great as to fele 〈◊〉 helpe in our necessitie nether 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thing more 〈◊〉 vp 〈◊〉 loue toward him b That is
them selues to all Wantornes and dssolution o VVhich declared their 〈◊〉 p As a signe that they Were not chaste q VVnich shewed their Wantonnes r Thei delited thē in slippers that did creake or had litle plates sowed vpō them Which tynckled as they Wēr s In rehearsing all these things particuliarly he sheweth the lightnes and vanitie of suche as cannot be content With 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 according to their 〈◊〉 t Meaning that God Wil not onely punish that Women but their housbādes Which haue suffred this 〈◊〉 and also that commune Weale Which hathnot remedied it Chap. IIII. a VVhen God shal execute this vengeance there shal not be one man founde to be the 〈◊〉 to manie Wo men and 〈◊〉 con 〈◊〉 to Womanly shamefastnes shal seke vnto mē and offer themsel ues to anie condition b Be 〈◊〉 our houshand and let vs be called thy Wines c For so they thoght it to be Without an head and housband d He comforteth the Church in this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shal spring vp like abud signifying that Gods graces shulde be as plentiful towarde the faithful as thogh they sprang out of the earth as Chap 45. 8. Some by the bud of the Lord meane Christ e He alludeth to the boke of like Whereof read Exod. 32. 32. meaning Gods secret counsel Wherein his elect are predestinate to life euerlasting f That is the crueltie extortion anarice and all Wickednes g VVhen thingeshalbe redressed that Were amisse h He alludeth to the piller of the cloude Exod. 13. 21. meaning that Gods fauour and protection shulde appeare in euerie place i The faithful are called the glorie of God because his image and tokens of his grace shine in thē k God promiseth to be the defense of his Church against all troubles and dangers a This prophet by this song 〈◊〉 set before the peoples eyes their in gratitude Gods mercie b That is to God 〈◊〉 2. 21. c Meaning that he had planted his Church in a place 〈◊〉 moste plentiful and abūdant 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 d He spared no di 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cost e In the seuenth verse he declareth What thei Were f He maketh them iudges in their owne cause forasmuche as it Was 〈◊〉 that they Were the cause of their owne ruine g I Wil take no more care for its meaning that he Wolde take from them his 〈◊〉 ministers and all other comfortes and send them cōtrarie plagues h Iudgement and righteousnes are true frutes of the feare of God and therefore in the cruel oppressers there is no religion i Of them that are oppressed k To Wit for the poore to dwellin l I haue heard the complaint 〈◊〉 of the poore m VVhich 〈◊〉 about ten pottels so that eue rie acre shulde but yelde one pottel n VVhich conteineth and hundreth pottels o An Ephah conteineth tē pottels and is in 〈◊〉 things as muche as bath is in licours p That spare no peine not diligen 〈◊〉 followe their lastes q VVhich are neuer weary of their rioting and excessiue pleasures but vse all meanes to prouoke to the same r They regar de not the prouident care of God ouer them 〈◊〉 for What end 〈◊〉 hathe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 s 〈◊〉 shal certeinely go for so the Prophetes vse to speake as thogh the thing Which shal come to passe Were done already t Because thei 〈◊〉 de not obev the Worde of God u Meaning the graue shal swallowe vpthem that shal dye for hungre and thirst and yet for 〈◊〉 this great destruction it shal neuer be sa ciate x God comforteth the poore lambes of his Church Which had bene strangers in other countries promising that they shal de dwel in those places againe Whereof thei had 〈◊〉 depriued by thesat and cruel tyrants y VVhich vse all allurements occasions and excuses to 〈◊〉 their consciēce in sinne z He sheweth What are the Wor des of the Wicked When they are menaced With Gods iudgements 2 Pet. 3. 4. a VVhich are not ashamed of sinne not care for hone stie but are growē to a desperate impietie b VVhich are con temners of all doctrine and admoni nitions c VVhich are neuer Weary but shew their strēgth bragge in glot 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 d Sothe they and 〈◊〉 posteritie so that 〈◊〉 shal be lest e He sheweth that God had sosore pu nished this people that the dumme creatures if 〈◊〉 had beneso plagued Wolde haue bene more 〈◊〉 and therefore his plagues must continue til they begin to fele them f He Wil make the Babylonians to come against thē at his 〈◊〉 and to fight vnder his standerd g Thei shal be and 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 Gods vengeā ce h The enemie shal haue none impediment i VVhereby is declared the crueltie of the enemie k The Iewes shal finde no succour k In the land of Iu dah a God sheweth not him self 〈◊〉 man in his 〈◊〉 but according osmans capaci 〈◊〉 is able to comprehend 〈◊〉 that is is by visible signes as Iohn 〈◊〉 sawe the holie Gost in the forme of a dooue b As a iudgeready to giue sentence c Of 〈◊〉 garment or of his throne d They Were Angels so 〈◊〉 because they Were of a fyrie colour to signifie that they burnt in the loue of God or Were light as fyre to execuce his Wil. e Signifying that they Were not able to endure the brightnes of Godglorie f VVhereby Was declared that man Was not able to se the brightnes of God in them g VVhich thing de clareth the 〈◊〉 obedience of the gels to execute Gods commandement h 〈◊〉 oft repetition signifieth that the holy Angels can not satisfie them selues in praising God to teache vs that in all our liues We shulde giue out selues to the 〈◊〉 nual praise of God i His glorie doeth not onely appeare in the heauēs but through all thē Worlde and therefore all creatures are bounde to prai se him k VVhich things Were to confirme the Prophet that it Was not the voyce of man and by the smoke Was signified the blindenes that shulde come vpon the Iewes l He speaketh this for two causes 〈◊〉 one because he that Was a mortal creature and therefore had more nede to glorifie God then the Angels didit not the other because the more nere hat mā approcheth to God the more doeth he knowe his owne 〈◊〉 and corruption m Of the 〈◊〉 offrings Where the fyre neuer Went out n This declareth that man can not rendre true obedience to God til he haue purget vs. o VVhereby is declared that for the malice of man God Wil not immediatly take away his Worde but he Wil cause it to be preached to their condemnation when as they wil not learne thereby to obey his Wil and be saued hereby he exhorteth the ministers to do their duetie answereth to the Wicked murmurers that through their owne malice their 〈◊〉 is hardened Mat. 13. 14. act 28. 16. rom 〈◊〉 8. p As
14. e He meaneth the seruantes of the ru lers which inuade other mens houses and reioyce and leape for ioy whē they can get any pray to 〈◊〉 their master with all f Signifying that all the corners of the citie of Ierusa lém shulde be 〈◊〉 of trouble g This is ment of the strete of the marchantes which was lower then the rest of the place about it h So that nothing shal escape me i By their 〈◊〉 tie they are barde ned in their wic kednes Deut 28. 30. amoe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 k They that trusted i their owne strength and contemned the Prophets of God Ier. 30. 7. ioél 2. 11. amos 5 18. Ezek. 7. 19. Chap. 3. 8. a He exhorteth them to repentan ce willeth thē to descend into them selues and gather them selues together lest they be scattered like chasse b That is which haue liued vp righ tly and godly according as he pre 〈◊〉 by his worde c He comforteth the saithful in that that God wolde change his punish ments from them vnto the 〈◊〉 their enemies and other nacions d That is 〈◊〉 by these nations he meaneth the people that 〈◊〉 nere to the Iewes and in stead of friendship were 〈◊〉 enemies ther fore he calleth thē 〈◊〉 whome the Lord appointed to be slaine e He sheweth why God wolde destroy their enemies because their 〈◊〉 might be a 〈◊〉 place for his Church f These nacions 〈◊〉 to take 〈◊〉 the Iewes that countrey which the Lord had giuen them g VVhen he shal deliuer his people and destroy their enemies and idoles his glorie shal shine throughout all the worlde h Read Isa. 34. 11. “ Or 〈◊〉 i Meaning Nine ueh which reioycing so muche of her strength and 〈◊〉 shulde 〈◊〉 made 〈◊〉 and Gods people deliuered a That is 〈◊〉 Ezek. 22. 27. mic 3 11. Habak 1. 8. b They are so 〈◊〉 that they eat vp bones and all c The wicked thus boasted that God was euer among them but the Prophet answereth that that can not excuse their wickednes for God wil not beare with their sinnes yet that he did paciently abide and 〈◊〉 his Prophetes continually to call them to repētance but he profited nothing d By the destruction of other nations he sheweth that the Iewes shulde haue learned to feare God e They were most earnest and ready to do wickedly f Seing ye wil not 〈◊〉 you shal loke for my vengeance aswel as other nations g 〈◊〉 any shulde thinke them that Gods glorie shuld haue perished when Iudah was destroyed he 〈◊〉 that he wil publish his grace through all the worlde Ebr. without 〈◊〉 as Hos. 6. 9 h That is the Iewes shal come aswelas the Gētiles which is to be vnderstād vnder the time of the Gospel i For they shal ha ue ful 〈◊〉 of their sinnes and the hypocrites which boasted of the Temple which was also thy pride in time past shal be taken from thee k That is the punishment for thy sinne l As the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Egyptiās and other nations m To defende 〈◊〉 as by thy sinnes thou hast put him away and left thy selfe naked as Exod. 32 25. n Signifying that God deliteth to shewe his loue great affection to ward his Church o That is thē that were had inhatred reuiled for the Church becà use of their religion p I wil deliuer the church which now is afflicted as Micà h 4 6. q As among the Assyrians Caldeans which did mocke thē and put them to shame a VVho was the sonne of Hystaspis and the third King of the Persians as some thinke b Because the buyl ding of the Temple began to cease by reason that the people were discouraged by their enemies and if he set wonotable mē had nede to bestired vo 〈◊〉 of their dueties what shal we thinke of other go uernours whose doings are ether against God or very colde in his cause c Not that they cō demned the building thereof but thei preferred policie and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to religion being 〈◊〉 with smale beginings d Shewing that they soght not one ly their 〈◊〉 but their very pleasures before Gods honour e Consider the pla gues of God vpon you for preferring your policies to his religion because ye seke not him first of all f Meaning that they shulde leaue of their owne cōmodities and go forwarde in the buylding of Gods Temple and in the setting for the of his religion g That is I wil heare 〈◊〉 praiers according to my promes 1 King 8 21. h That is my glorie shal be set forthe by you i And so bring it to nothing k This declared that god was the 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 that he 〈◊〉 but the 〈◊〉 as Exod. 14. 1. iud 7 20. oct 15. 28. l Which declareth that mēare vnapt dul 〈◊〉 serue the Lord 〈◊〉 can thei 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wor de or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 before God 〈◊〉 forme their 〈◊〉 and giue thē new spirits Ioh. 6. 44. a For the 〈◊〉 according as Isa 32. 11 and ezek 41. 1 had prophecied thoght this Temple shulde haue be ne more excellent 〈◊〉 Salomós Temple whiche was destroied by the 〈◊〉 but the Prophets ment the spiritual Temple the Church of Christ. b That is go 〈◊〉 in buylding the Temple c He exhorteth 〈◊〉 to pacience thogh they se not as yet this Temple so glo rious as the Prophets had declared for this shulde be accomplished in Christ by whome all things shulde be renued d Meaning Christ whome all ought 〈◊〉 loke for and de 〈◊〉 by desire he may 〈◊〉 all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as 〈◊〉 and suche 〈◊〉 e Therefore when his time cometh he can make all the 〈◊〉 of the worlde to serue his purpose but the glorie of this seconde Temple 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 stand in material 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 can 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 f Meaning 〈◊〉 spiritual blessings 〈◊〉 felicitie purchased by Christ Phil 4 7. g That is the flesh of the 〈◊〉 whereby he signi 〈◊〉 that that thing which of it self is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not make 〈◊〉 thing so and there fore 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to iustisie 〈◊〉 selues by their sacrifi ces ceremonies but 〈◊〉 he that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and not 〈◊〉 of heart 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 tho se things and make 〈◊〉 detestable vnto God which 〈◊〉 are good and godlie h Consider how God 〈◊〉 plague you with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 you 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i That is 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 was 〈◊〉 k From the time they began to 〈◊〉 de the Temple he promiseth that God wolde 〈◊〉 them 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 as yet the 〈◊〉 was not come 〈◊〉 yet in 〈◊〉 gathering they 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 l He 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to pacience and to abide til the 〈◊〉 came then they shulde se 〈◊〉 blessings m I wil make a change and 〈◊〉 all 〈◊〉 in Christ of whome zerubbabel 〈◊〉 is a 〈◊〉 n Hereby he sheweth that there shal be no let 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 when God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 tion of his Church o Signifying that his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 be most excellent which thing was
according to your owne 〈◊〉 not after the prescript of my Law i Hereby he 〈◊〉 their by 〈◊〉 which thoght by their fasting 〈◊〉 please God and by such things as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the meane 〈◊〉 wold not serue him as he had cōmāded k He sheweth that 〈◊〉 did not 〈◊〉 with a 〈◊〉 heart but for an hypocrisie and that it was 〈◊〉 done 〈◊〉 religion because that they lacked these offices of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shuld haue declared that 〈◊〉 were godly Mat. 〈◊〉 23. l And wolde not 〈◊〉 the Lords 〈◊〉 which was 〈◊〉 and easy but wolde 〈◊〉 their owne whiche was heauie and 〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which 〈◊〉 is taken of oxen which 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the yoke 〈◊〉 9. 〈◊〉 m VVhich declareth that they rebelled not onelye against the Prophetes but against the 〈◊〉 of God that spake in them n That is after they were caryed captiue o By their sinnes whereby they pro uoked Gods angre a I loued my 〈◊〉 with a singular Ioueso that I colde not abide that anie shulde do her anieiniure b 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shal be faithful 〈◊〉 towardeme her housband c Thogh their ene mies did greatly molest and trouble them yet God wolde come and dwell among thē and so preserue them so long as nature wolde 〈◊〉 them to liue increase their chil dren in great abū dance d He sheweth wherein our faith slandeth that is to beleue that God can performe that which he hathe pro mised thogh 〈◊〉 seme neuer so vnpossible to man Rom. 4. 20. e So that their 〈◊〉 turne shal not be in vaine for God wil accomplish his promes and their prosperiue shal be sure and stable f Let nether respect of your 〈◊〉 te commodities 〈◊〉 counsel of others nor feare of enemies discou rage you in the going forwarde with the buylding of the Temple but be 〈◊〉 and obei the Prophetes which incourage you thereunto g For God cursed your worke so that 〈◊〉 man nor beast had pro 〈◊〉 of their labours h Read Eze 18. 20. i VVhich 〈◊〉 that man can not turne to god 〈◊〉 he change mans hear by his Spirit and so beginne to do well whiche is to pardon his sinnes and to giue hym his graces k VVhich fast was appointed when the citie was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ed was the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 these foure and here the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that if the Iewes will repent and turne wholy to God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 haue no more 〈◊〉 to fast or to shewe signes of 〈◊〉 for God will 〈◊〉 them ioye and gladnes l He declareth the greate Zeale that God shulde gyue the Gentiles to come to his Churche and to ioyne with the lewes in his true religion which shulde be in the kingdome of Christ. Isa. 2. 2. Mic. 4. 1. a VVhereby he meaneth Syria b Gods angre shal abide vpon theyr chief citie and not spare so muche as that c VVhē the lewes shal 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 then God wil destroy theyr enemies d That is by Damascus meaning that Hamath or Antiochia shulde be vnder the same rod and plague e He secretly shew eth the cause of their dest uction because they 〈◊〉 all other by their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whiche they cloked with thys name of wisdome f Thogh they of Tyrus thinke them selues 〈◊〉 by reason of the sea that compasseth them round about yet they shal not escape Gods iudgements g Meaning that all 〈◊〉 be destroyed saue a verie sewe that shulde remaine as strangers h He promiseth to deliuer the lewes when he shal take vengeance 〈◊〉 their enemies for theyr crueltie wrongs done to them i As the 〈◊〉 had bene destroyed so shuld Ekron and all the 〈◊〉 k He sheweth that Gods power onely shal be sufficient to defend 〈◊〉 Church against all 〈◊〉 sa ries be thei neuer so cruel or assemble their power neuer so often l That is God hath 〈◊〉 the great 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 where 〈◊〉 they haue 〈◊〉 afflicted by their enemies m 〈◊〉 is he 〈◊〉 righteousnes and 〈◊〉 in him self for the vsé and 〈◊〉 of his Church n Which declareth 〈◊〉 thei shuld not loke for suche a King as shulde be gloriousin he 〈◊〉 of man but shulde be 〈◊〉 and yet in him self haue all power to deliuer his and this is 〈◊〉 of Christ as 〈◊〉 21. 5 o No power of 〈◊〉 or creature shal be able to let this king dome of Christ he shal peaceably gouerne thē by his 〈◊〉 p That is from the red sea to the sea called 〈◊〉 by these places whiche the 〈◊〉 knew he ment an 〈◊〉 space and 〈◊〉 the Whole Worlde q That is from Euphrates r Meaning Ierusalem or the Church 〈◊〉 is saued by the blood of Christ wher of the blood of the sacrifices was a figure and is here called the couenant of the Churche because God made 〈◊〉 with his Church and left it with them for the loue that he bare vnto them s God sheweth that he wil 〈◊〉 his Church out of all dangers 〈◊〉 they neuer so great t That is into the holie land where the citie and the Temple are where God wil defend you u Meaning the faithful which semed to bein 〈◊〉 of their enemies 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 in hope that God wolde restore them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 x That is double benefires and prosperitie in respect of that which 〈◊〉 fathers enioyed from Dauids time to the 〈◊〉 y I 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iudah and Ephraim that is my whole 〈◊〉 victorious against all enemies which he 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by the 〈◊〉 z He 〈◊〉 that the Iewes shal destroye their enemies and haue abundance and excesse of all things as there is abundance on the 〈◊〉 when the sacrifice is offred VVhiche 〈◊〉 are not to moue them to 〈◊〉 but to 〈◊〉 and a thankefull remembrance of Gods 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a The faithfull shall be preserued and 〈◊〉 of all that the 〈◊〉 ye ennemies shal be 〈◊〉 to esteme them for Gods glorye shall shine in them as Iosephus declareth of Alexander the greate when he met ladi the 〈◊〉 Priest a The Prophet 〈◊〉 the Iewes because by their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thei put backe Gods graces promised and so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by Gods iust 〈◊〉 therefore to 〈◊〉 this plague he wileth them to 〈◊〉 to God and to praye in faith to him so he wil giue thē abundance b He 〈◊〉 to remembrance Gods 〈◊〉 in times past because they 〈◊〉 not in him but in theyr idoles 〈◊〉 who 〈◊〉 deceiued them c That is 〈◊〉 Iewes went into 〈◊〉 d Meaning the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 did 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 14 17. e He will be merciful 〈◊〉 his Church and cherishe hem as a King or Prince doeth his best horse whichshalbe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 owne vse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 f 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shal the 〈◊〉 gouernous 〈◊〉 who 〈◊〉 as a corner to vpholde the 〈◊〉 and as a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it together g 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 h That is the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which shuld be gathered 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to the rest of the 〈◊〉 i VVhereby he
to Christ. p That is kepeth a straict dyet ād refrayneth from suche thyngs as might distenpre his bodie q Or olde man whiche rebelleth against the Spirit r Lest he shulde be reproued of men when they shulde se hym do contrarie or contemne that thing whiche he taught others to do Exod. 13 21. Nomb. 9. 〈◊〉 Exod. 〈◊〉 22. Exod. 16. 15. a Moses beyng their guide or minister or as some read they were baptized vnto Moses Law others by Moses Exod. 17. 6. b That is Manna whiche was the out warde signe or Sacrament of the Spirituall grace c They are the same meate that we do because the substance of theirs and 〈◊〉 Sacramentes is al one Nomb 20. 10. d That is signified Christ as all Sacraments do Nom. 26. 65. Nom 11. 4. and 26. 64. Psal. 106. 14. e Because hereby occasion was taken to forget God and cōmit idolatrie therefore these indifferent things are counted idolatrie f Moses readeth foureād Wentie thousand which declareth an infi nite nomber g Who was their leader and was called the Angel of God Exod. 32. 6. Nom. 25. 9. Nom. 21 6. Psal 106. 14. h Meaning ether the good or 〈◊〉 Angel whose mi nisterie God vseth to execute his iudgement to the 〈◊〉 destruction of the wicked i How God will plague vs if we be subiect to the like vices k Or later daies of Christs commyng l He that led you into this tentation which commeth vnto you ether in prosperi tie or aduersitie or for your sinnes past wil turne it to 〈◊〉 commoditie and deliuer you Nom. 14. 37. “ Or thankes giuyng m Or prepare to this holye vse with praise and thankes giuen n The 〈◊〉 badge of our 〈◊〉 and incorporatiō with Christ o If we that are manye in nomber are but one bodie in effecte ioyned with our head Christ as many cornes make but one loafe let vs reno unce idolatrie which doeth sepa rate our vnitie p VVhiche is gouerned accordīg to the ceremonies of the Law q VVhich is to as semble in that companie where idoles are called vpon r For in those days they were accustomed to sel 〈◊〉 of the fles he of beastes sacrificed in the shambles and turned the money to the 〈◊〉 profit * Psal. 24. 1. s Or doute 〈◊〉 Chap. 6. 13. Eccl. 37. 35. t VVe must take hede that through our abuse our libertie be not con demned u If by the benefi te of God I may eat any kinde of meat why shuld I by any defaut cause this benefi te to be euil spoken of Colos. 3. 17. x That is the infirme y VVhich are indifferent 2. Thes. 3. 9. “ Or in all thing remembreme Ephe. 5. 23. a This is referred to cōmune prayer ād preaching for althogh one spea ke yet the action is commune so that the whole Church may be said to praye or preache “ 〈◊〉 preaching b This tradition was obserued according to the time and place that all things might be done in comelines and to edification Gen. 1. 26. 5 1. 9 6. c Read chap. 14. 34. “ Or powlled d The image of Gods glorie in whome his maie stie and power shine concerning his autoritie e Or receiueth her glorie in cōmēdation of mā and therefore is subiect Col. 3. 3. 10. Gen. 2. 22. f Some thing to couer her head in signe of subie ction g To whom thei also shewe their dissolution and not onely to Christ. h Who is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of their mutual con iunction i For as God made the womā of mā so now is man multiphedby the woman k As women vse to weare l For God hathe giuen to woman longer 〈◊〉 thē vnto man to the end she shulde 〈◊〉 it vp about her head whereby she declareth that she must couer her head m Not that all were so but the moste parte n Gods Church is not onely subiect to discension as touching 〈◊〉 and maners but also to 〈◊〉 as touching doctrine o Who ought one ly to beare autoritie in the Church Mat. 26. 26. mar 14. 22. 〈◊〉 22. 19. p Signifying the maner of his death when his bodie shulde as it were be torne and broken with most grieuous torments albeit not as the thies of the thieues were the which thing the breaking of the bread as a figure doeth moste liuely represent q By peruerting the true ād pure vse of the same 2. Cor. 13. 1. r But as thogh these holie 〈◊〉 of the Lords bodie and blood were commune 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without reuerence he cōmeth vnto thē s Or dye Let thē loke to thē selues which ether adde or take away frō the Lords institu tion a The Corinthiā hauing notable gifts semed to ha ue forgotten of whome and for what end they had receiued thē Mar. 9. 〈◊〉 b VVhich colde not heare your prayers c By Satans suggestion d As no mā that hathe the Spirit of God can blaspheme Christ worship idoles so none can acknowledge christ for Lord ād God withoutthe same Spirit Iohn 13. 12. C ap 8. 6. Phil 2. 10. e To wit the Church which is the whole body f That is the vnderstanding of the Scriptures g To do onely miracles by h To worke by miracles against Satan hypocrices as was done against Ananias Elymas c. i Meaning the de claration of Gods mysteries k To trie bothe the doctrine and the persones Rom. 2. 3. Ephes. 4. 8. l That we might be one bodie with Christ and the whole Church one Christ of the which 〈◊〉 Baptisme the 〈◊〉 Supper are effectual signes for by baptisme we are regenerat into one Spirit and by the Lords Supper we are in corporat into 〈◊〉 bodie to be gouerned by the same Spirit m And therefore whatsoeuer the diuersitie is yet the profite ought to be commune and serue to the 〈◊〉 of the Church n VVhose vse semeth to be more vile o VVe are more careful to couer them p Euerie one in his office for the preseruacion of the bodie q For all Churches dispersed throughout the worlde are diuers membres of one bodie “ Or euerie one for his parte Ephes. 4. 11. r As Deacons s As Elders Chap. XIII “ Or do you then desire the best giftes Mat. 17. 20. Luk. 17. 6. a If the Angels had tongues I had the vse there of did not bestowe them to profite my neigh bour it were nothing but vaine babling b Faith is here ta ken for the 〈◊〉 of doing miracles which the wicked may ha ue as Mat. 7. 22. and also for that faith called histo rical which beleueth the mightie power of Christ but can not apprehend Gods mercie through him ād this deuils haue I am 2. 19 there fore is separate frō charitie but the faith that iustifieth in effect can not as 1. Iohn 2. 9. c Not that it suffreth it self to be abused but iudgeth others by all loue and humanitie d VVhich may
Lambe stode on mount Sion and with him an hundreth fortie ād foure thousand hauing his Fathers Name writen in the forheads 2 And I hearde a voyce frome heauen as the sounde of manie waters and as the sounde of a great thunder and I heard the voyce of harpers harping with their harpes 3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne and before the foure beasts and the Elders no mā colde learne that song but the hundreth fortie ād foure thousand whiche were boght from the earth 4 These are they whiche are not defiled with women for they are virgins these followe the Lābe wither so euer he goeth these are boght from men beyng the first frutes vnto God and to the Lambe 5 And in their mouths was founde no guile for they are without spot before the throne of God 6 ¶ Thē I sawe another Angel slee in the middes of Heauē hauing an euerlasting Gospel to preache vnto thē that dwell on the earth and to euerie nation ād kinred and tongue and people 7 * Saying with a loude voyce Feare God ād giue glorie to him for the houre of his iudge ment is come and worship him that made* heauen and earth and the sea and the fountaines of waters 8 And there followed another Angel saying * It is fallen it is fallen Babylon the great citie for she made all nations to drinke of the wine of the wrath of her fornication 9 ¶ And the thirde Angel followed them saying with a loude voyce If any man worship the beast his image ād receiue his marke in his forhead or on his hand 10 The same shall drynke of the wyne of the wrath of God yea of the pure wine which is powred into the cup of his wrath and he shal be tormented in fyre and brimstone before the holie Angels before the Lambe 11 And the smoke of their torment shal ascend euermore they shall haue no rest daye nor night which worship the beast his image whosoeuer receiueth the prīt of his name 12 Here is the pacience of Saintes here are they that kepe the commādements of God and the faith of Iesus 13 Then I heard a voyce frome heauen saying vnto me Write Blessed are the dead whiche hereafter dye in the Lord. Euē so saith the Spirite for they rest from their labours and their workes followe them 14 ¶ And I loked beholde a white cloude and vpon the cloude on sitting like vnto the Sonne of man hauyng on his head a golden crowne and in his hand a sharpe sickle 15 And another Angell came out of the Temple crying with a loude voyce to hym that sate on the cloude Trustin thy sickle and reape for the tyme is come to reape for the haruest of the earth is ripe 16 And he that sate on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth ād the earth was reaped 17 Thē another Angel came out of the temple which is in heauē hauing also a sharpe sickle 18 And another Angell came out from the altar whiche had power ouer fyre and cryed with a loude crye to him that had the sharpe sickle and sayd Thrust in thy sharpe sickle and gather the clusters of the vineyarde of the earth for her grapes are ripe 19 And the Angel thrust in his sharpe sickle on the earth and cut downe the vines of the vineyarde of the earth and cast them into the great wine presse of the wrath of God 20 And the wyne presse was troden without the citie and blood came oute of the wine presse vnto the horse bridles by the space of a thousand and six hundreth furlongs CHAP. XV. 1 Seuen Angels haue the seuen last plagues 3 The song of them that ouercome the beast 7 The seuen viales full of God wrath 1 ANd I saw another signe in heauen great and marueilous seuen Angels hauynge the seuen laste plagues for by them is fulfilled the wrath of God 2 And I sawe as it were a glassie sea mingled with fyre and them that had gotten victorie of the beast ād of his image ād of his marke and of the nomber of his name stande at the glassie sea hauing the harpes of God 3 And they sung the songe of Moses the * seruant of God and the song of the Lambe saying Great and marueilous are thy workes Lord God almightie iuste and true are thy* wayes Kyng of 〈◊〉 4 * Who shal not feare thee ô Lord and glorifie the Name for thou onely art holie and all nations shal come and worshyppe before thee for thy iudgements are made manifest 5 And after that I loked and beholde the temple of the tabernacle of testimonie was opē in heauen 6 And the seuen Angels came out of the tēple which had the seuen plagues clothed in pure and bright linnen ād hauing their breastes girded with golden girdles 7 And one of the foure beastes gaue vnto the seuen Angels seuen golden viales full of the wrath of God which liueth for euermore 8 And the Temple was ful of the smoke of the glorie of God of his power ād no mā was able to enter into the Temple til the seuen plagues of the seuen Angels were fulfilled CHAP. XVI 1 The Aungels 〈◊〉 out their vials full of wrath 6 And what plagues followe thereof 15 Admonition to take hede and watch 1 ANd I heard a great voyce out of the Tem ple saying to the seuen Aungels Go your wayes and powre out the seuen viales of the wrath of God vpon the earth 2 And the firste went and powred out hys vial vpon the earth and there fel a noysome and a grieuous sore vpon the men whiche had the marke of the beast and vpon them whiche worshipped his image 3 And the second Aungel powred out his viall vpon the sea and it became as the blood of a deadman and euerie liuyng thyng dyed in the sea 4 And the thirde Aungell powred out his viall vpon the riuers and fountaines of waters and they became blood 5 And I heard the Aungell of the waters say Lord thou art iust Whiche art and Whiche wast and Holie because thou hast iudged these things 6 For they shed the blood of the Saintes and Prophetes and therefore hast thou giuē thē blood to drinke for they are worthie 7 And I heard another out of the Sanctuarie say Euen so Lord God almightie true and righteous are thy iudgements 8 And the fourth Aungell powred out his viall on the sunnes and it was giuen vnto him to torment men with heat of fyre 9 And men boyled in great heat and blasphemed the Name of God whiche hathe power ouer these plagues and they repēted not to giue him glorie 10 And the fift Angel
powred out his vial vpon the throne of the beast and his kingdome waxed darke and they gne we their tongues for sorowe 11 And blasphemed the GOD of heauen for their paines and for their sores and repented not of their workes 12 And the sixt Angel powred out his viall vpō the great riuer Euphrates and the water thereof dryed vp that the way of the Kings of the East shulde be prepared 13 And I sawe thre vncleane spirits like frog ges come out of the mouth of the dragon out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet 14 For they are the spirits of deuils working miracles to go vnto the Kyngs of the earth and of the whole worlde to gather them to the battell of that greate day of GOD Almightie 15 * Beholde I come as a 〈◊〉 Blessed is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmēts lest he walke naked and men se his filthines 16 And they gathered them together into a place called in Hebrue Arma-gedon 17 ¶ And the seuenth Aungel powred out his vial into the ayre there came a loude voyce out of the Temple of heauen from the throne saying It is done 18 And there were voyces and thundrings lightnings there was a great earth quake suche as was not since men were vppon the earth euen so mightie an earthquake 19 And the greate citie was diuided into thre partes and the cities of the nacions fel and greate Babylon came in remembrance before GOD * to giue vnto her the cup of the wine of the fiercenes of his wrath 20 And euerie ydle fled away and the mountaines were not founde 21 And there fell a great haile like talents out of heauen vppon the men and men blasphemed GOD because of the plague of the haile for the plague thereof was excedyng great CHAP. XVII 3 The description of the great whore 8 Her sinnes and punishment 14 The victorie of the Lambe 1 THen there came one of the seuen Angel whiche had the seuen viales and talked with me saying vnto me Come I will shewe thee the danation of the great whore that sitteth vpon many waters 2 With whome haue committed fornication the Kings of the earth and the inhabitants of the earth are drunken with the wine of her fornication 3 So he caried me away into the wildernes in the Spirit and I sawe a woman sit vpō askarlat coloured beast full of names of blasphemie which had seuē heads tē hornes 4 And the woman was araied in purple and skarlat and guilded with golde ād precious stones and pearles and had a cup of golde in her hand ful of abominations and filthines of her fornication 5 And in her forhead was a name written A Mysterie great Babylong the mother of whoredomes and abomination of the earth 6 And I sawe the woman drunken with the blood of Saintes and with the blood of the Martyrs of Iesus and when I sawe her I won dred with great marueile 7 Then the Aungell said vnto me Wherefore marueilest thou I will shewe thee the mysterie of the woman and of the beast that beareth her whiche hathe seuen heads and ten hornes 8 The beast that thou hast sene was and is not and shal ascende out of the bottomles pit and shal go into perdicion and they that dwel on the earth shal wōdre whose names are not writen in the Boke of life from the fundacion of the worlde whē they beholde the beast that was and is not and yet is 9 Here is the minde that hathe wisdome The seuen heads are seuen mountaines whereon the woman sitteth they are also seuen Kyngs 10 Fiue are fallen and one is ād another is not yet come and when he cometh he must con tinue a shortspace 11 And the beast that was and is not is 〈◊〉 the eight and is one of the seuen and shall go into destruction 12 And the ten hornes which thou sawest are ten Kings whiche yet haue not receyued a kingdome but shall receiue power as Kings at one houre with the beast 13 These haue one minde and shal giue their power and autoritie vnto the beast 14 These shall fight with the Lambe and the Lambe shal ouercome them * for he is Lord of Lords and King of Kings and they that are on his side called and chosen and faithfull 15 And he said vnto me The waters whiche thou sawest where the whore sitteth are people multitudes nations and tōgues 16 And the ten hornes whiche thou sawest vpon the beast are they that shall hate the whore and shal make her desolate naked and shal eat her flesh burne her with fyre 17 For God hathe put in their hearts to fulfill his will and to do with one consent for to giue their kingdome vnto the beast vntill the wordes of God be fulfilled 18 And the woman whiche thou sawest is the great citie whiche reigneth ouer the Kings of the earth CHAP. XVIII 3. 9. The louers of the worlde are sorie for the fall of the whore of Babylon 4 An admonition to the people of God to 〈◊〉 out of her dominion 20 But they that be of God haue cause to reioyce for her destruction 1 ANd after these things I sawe another Aungell come downe from heauen hauing great power so that the earth was lightened with his glorie 2 And he cryed out mightely with a loude voyce saying * It is fallen it is fallen Babylon the great citie and is become the habitation of deuils and the holde of all fowle spirits and a cage of euerie vncleane hatefull byrde 3 For all nations haue dronken of the wine of the wrath of her fornication and the Kyngs of the earth haue committed fornication with her and the marchants of the 〈◊〉 are waxed riche of the abundance of her pleasures 4 And I heard another voyce from heauen say Go out of her my people that ye be not partakers in her sinnes and that ye receiue not of her plagues 5 For her sinnes are come vp vnto heauen God hathe remembred her iniquities 6 Rewarde her euen as she hathe rewarded you and giue her double accordyng to her workes and in the cup that she hath filled to you filher the double 7 In asmuche as she glorified her self and liued in pleasure so muche giue ye to her torment and sorowe for she saith in her heart * I sit being a quene and am no widowe shall se no mourning 8 Therefore shall her plagues come at one day death and sorowe and famine she shal be burnt with fyre for strong is the Lorde God whiche wil condemne her 9 And the Kings of the earth shal be waile her and lament for her whiche haue committed