herde him My prayse is of the in the greate congregacion my vowes wyl I perfourme in the syght of them that feare hym The poore shall eate and be satisfied they that seke after the Lorde shall prayse hym your herte shall lyue for euer All the endes of the worlde shall remeÌ„bre them selues be turned vnto the Lord al y â— kynredes of the nacions shall worshyppe before him For the kyngdome is the Lordes he is the gouernour among the people Al suche as be fat vpon earth ☞ haue eaten worshypped Al they that go downe into the duste and lyue so hardly shall knele before hi and my soule shall lyue to him and. âšœ My Sede shal serue him they shal be counted vnto the Lorde for a generacion They shall come and âšœ the heauens shal declare his rightuousnes vnto a people that shall be borne whoÌ„ the Lorde hathe made ¶ The. xxiij Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Dauyd THE Lorde is my shepherd therfore caÌ„ I lacke nothyng He shall fede me in a grene pasture and leade me forth beside the waters of comforte He shall conuerte my soule bring me forth in the pathes of rightuousnes for his names sake Yee thoughe I walke throwe the valley of the shadowe of death I wyll feare no euyll for thou arte with me thy rod thy staffe they coÌ„fort me Thou shalt prepayre a table before me agaynst them y t trouble me y â— hast anoynted my hede with oyle and my cup shal be full But âšœ thy lâ—uynge kyndnes and mercy shall folowe me al the dayes of my lyfe I wyl dwel in the house of the Lorde for euer ¶ The. xxiiij Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Dauid in the fyrste daye of the Sabath The earth is the Lordes and all that therin is the compasse of the worlde thay that dwell therin For he hathe founded it vpon the sees and prepared it vpon the floudes Who shal ascende into y â— hyl of the Lorde Or who shall ryse vp in his holy place Euen he that hathe cleane handes a pure harte and that hathe nat lyfte vp his mynde vnto vanyte nor sworne to bysceaue âšœ hys neyghbour He shall receaue the blessynge from the Lorde and ryghteousnesse from the God of his saluacyon This is the generacion of them that seke hym euen of them that seke thy face O Iacob Sela. âšœ Lyfte vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lifte vp ye euerlastynge dores and the kynge of glory shal come in Who is this kynge of glorye It is the Lorde stronge and myghty euen the Lorde myghty in batell Lyfte vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lyfte vp ye euerlastynge dores and the kynge of glory shal come in Who is this king of glory EueÌ„ the Lord of Hoostes he is the kynge of glory Sela. ¶ The. xxv Psalme ¶ Of Dauid VNto the O Lorde wyll Ilyfte vp my soule My God I haue put my truste in the Oh let me nat be coÌ„founded neyther lette myne enemyes tryumphe ouer me For all they that hope in the shall nat be a shamed but such as traÌ„sgresse without a cause shall be put to confusion Shewe me thy wayes O Lorde and teache me thy pathes Leade me forth in thy trueth and learne me for thou arte the God of my saluacyon in the hathe bene my hope all the daye longe Call to remenbraunce O Lorde thy tender mercyes and thy louyng kyndenesses whiche haue bene euer of olde O remembre not the synnes and offences of my youth but accordynge vnto thy mercye thynke vpon me O Lorde for thy goodnesse Good and ryghtuous is the Lorde therefore wyll he teache synners in the waye Them that be meke shall he gyde in iudgement suche as be gentle theÌ„ shall he learne his waye All the pathes of the Lorde are mercy and trueth vnto suche as kepe his couenaunt and his testimonies For thy names sake O Lorde be mercyfull vnto my synne for it is greate What man is he that feareth the Lorde him shall he teache in the waye that he shall chose His soule shal dwell at ease and his sede shall inherite the lande The secrete of the Lorde is amonge them that feare him and he wyll shewe them his couenaunt Myne eyes are euer lokynge vnto y â— Lord for he shal pluck my fete out of y t net Turne the vnto me haue mercy vpoÌ„ me for I am desolate in misery The sorowes of my herte are enlarged O bring y â— me out of my troubles Loke vpon myne aduersyte misery forgyue me al my sine Consydre min enemyes howe many they are beare a malicious hate agaynst me O kepe my soule delyuer me let me nat be confounded for I haue put my trust in the. Let perfectnesse and ryghtuous dealynge wayte vpon me for my hope hath bene in the. Delyuer Israel O GOD out of all his troubles ¶ The. xxvj Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Dauyd Afore he was enbalmed BETHOV my iudge O Lorde for I haue walked innoceÌ„tly my trust hathe bene also in the LORDE therfore shall I nat fall Examen me O Lorde and proue me trye out my reynes and my hert For thy louynge kyndnesse is before myne eyes I wyl walke in thy trueth I haue nat dwelt w t vayne persons neyther wyll I haue felowshyp with the disceytfull I haue hated the congregacion of the wicked and wyll nat syt amonge y â— vngodly I wyll wasshe my haÌ„des in innoceÌ„cy O Lorde and so wyll I go to thyne aulter That I maye shewe the voyce of thankes gyuynge and tell of all thy wonderous workes Lorde I haue loued the habitacion of thy house the place where thy honoure dwelleth O shutte nat vp my soule w t the synners nor my lyfe with the blode thrustye In whose handes is wickednes and their ryght hande is full of gyftes But as for me I wyll walke innocentely O delyuer me and be mercyfull vnto me My fore standeth ryght I wyll prayse the Lorde in the congregacions ¶ The xxvij Psalme Of Dauid THE Lorde is my lyght and my saluacyon whome shall I feare the Lorde is the strengthe of my lyfe of whom shall I be afrayed When the wycked euen myne ennemyes and my foes â—â—me vpon me to eate vp my flesshe they stombled and fel. Though an hoste of men were layed agaynst me yet shall nat my herte be afrayed and though there rose vp warre agaynst me yet wyll I put my trust in hym One thynge haue I desyred of y â— Lorde whiche I wyll requyre euen y t I may dwel in theâ— house of y â— Lorde all the dayes of my lyfe to beholde the fayre beutie of the Lord and to vyset his temple For in the tyme of trouble he shal hyde me in his tabernacle yee in the secrete place of his dwellynge shall he kepe me set me vp vpon
Be thou and all thy companye before the Lorde bothe thou they and Aaron to morowe And take euery maÌ„ his sencer and put sence in them that ye maye offre before the lorde euery man of the two hundred fyftie take his sencer thou also Aaron that euery one may haue his sencer And they toke euerye man his sencer and put fyre in them and layd sence theron and stode in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse with Moses and Aaron And Corah gathered all the congregacyon agaynst them vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the glory of the Lorde appeared vnto al the congregacyon And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge Seperate your selues from among this congregacion that I may consume them atonce And they fell vpon theyr faces and sayde O moost myghtye God of the spirites of all flesshe yf one man hath synned wylte thou be wrothe with all the multitude And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the congre gacyon and say Get you away from aboute the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram And Moses rose vp and wente vnto Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israell folowed hym And he spake vnto the congregacyon saynge departe from the tentes of these wycked men and touche no thynge of theyrs lest ye perysshe in all theyr synnes And so they gat them from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And DathaÌ„ and Abiram came out and stode in the dore of theyr tentes with theyr wyues theyr sonnes and theyr lytell chyldren And Moses sayd Hereby ye shall knowe that the lorde hath sent me to do al these workes and that I haue not done them of myne owne mynde If these men dye the common deathe of all men or they be ☞ visited after the visitacyon of al men then the Lorde hath not sent me But yf the Lorde make a newe thyng the earth open her mouth swalow them vp withall that they haue and they go downe quycke in to hell then ye shall vnderstand that these meÌ„ haue prouoked the lorde And it fortuned that as soone as he had made an ende of speakynge all these wordes the grounde cloue a sondre that was vnder them the earth opened her mouth swalowed them vp theyr houses all the men that were with Corah and all theyr goodes And they and all that they had wente downe alyue vnto hel the erth closed vpon them they peryshed from among the coÌ„gregacion And all Israel that were aboute them fled at the crye of them And they sayde leest the earthe swalowe vs vp also And there came out a fyre from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred fyftie men that offered sence And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preest that he take vp the sencers out of the burnyng and skatter the fyre here and there for the ☞ sencers of these synners are halowed in theyr deathes and let them make of them thyn beaten plates for a couerynge of the aulter For they offered them before the lorde and therfore they are halowed and they shall be a sygne vnto the chyldren of Israel And Eleazar the Preest toke the brasen sencers which they that were burnt had offered and bet them thyn for a coueryng of the aulter to be a remembraunce vnto the chyldren of Israell that no straunger whiche is not of the seede of Aaron come nere to offre sence before the Lorde that it happen not vn to hym lyke as vnto Corah and his companye as the Lorde sayde of hym by the hande of Moses But on the morowe all the multitude of the chyldren of Israell murmured agaynste Moses Aaron sayeng Ye haue kylled the people of the lorde And it fortuned that wheÌ„ the multitude was gathered agaynst Moses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of wytnesse And beholde †vvhen they vvere entred in to it the cloude couered it the glorye of the lorde appeared And Moses Aaron came before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Get you from amonge this congregacyon that I maye consume them quyckely And they fell vpon theyr faces And Moses sayd vnto Aaron take a sencer and put fyre therin out of the aulter and powre on sence and go quyckely vnto the coÌ„gregacyon that thou mayst opteyne forgyuenesse for them For there is wrath gone out from the Lorde and there is a plage begon And Aaron toke as Moses coÌ„maunded him and ran in to the myddes of the coÌ„gregacion and beholde the plage was begonne among the people and he put on sence and made an atonement for the people And when he stode bitwene the deade and them that were alyue the plage ceased They that dyed in the plage were xiiii thousande and seuen hundred besyde them that dyed aboute the busynesse of Corah And Aaron went Agayne vnto Moses before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the plage ceased ¶ Aarons rod buddith and beareth blossoms CAPI XVII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and take of euery prynce of them a rod after the houses of theyr fathers Euen xii roddes and wryte euery mans name vpoÌ„ his rod. And wryte Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui for euery rod is for a house of theyr fathers and put them in the tabernacle of wytnesse euen in the place where I mete you And the mans rod whom I chose shall blossome And I wyl make cease from me the grudgyngê of the chyldren of Israel wherby they grudge agaynst you And Moses spake vnto the chyldren of Israell and all the princes gaue hym euery prince accordynge to theyr fathers houses a rod euen â—ii roddes the rod of Aaron was among the roddê And Moses put the roddê before the lorde in the tabernacle of wytnes And on the morow Moses went in to the tabernacle of wytnesse and beholde the rod of Aaron for the house of Leui was budded and bare blossoms almondes And Moses brought out all the roddes from before the Lorde vnto al the chyldren of Israel they loked vpon them toke euery man his rod. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses brynge Aarons rod agayne before the wytnesse to be kept for a token of the chyldrens rebellyoÌ„ and that theyr murmurynge maye cease fro me and that they dye not And Moses dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded hym euen so dyd he And the chyldren of Israel spake vnto Moses saynge beholde we are wasted away and consumed we al come to nought who soeuer cometh nygh the dwellyng of the lord dyeth Shall we vtterly consume away ¶ The offyce of the leuytes The tythes and fyrst fruytes must be gyuen them Aarons herytage CAPI XVIII ANd the Lorde sayd vnto Aaron Thou and thy sonnes and thy fathers house with the ☞ shal beare the faute of that whiche is done amysse in the holy place And
of my heuynesse and greefe haue I spoken hytherto Eli answered her agayne and sayd go in peace the God of Israell graunt the thy peticion that thou hast asked of him She sayd let thyne handmayd fynd grace in thy syght And so the woman went her waye and dyd eate and loked no more so sad And they rose vp early and worshypped before the Lorde and then returned and came to theyr house to Ramath And when Elkana knewe HaÌ„na his wyfe the lorde remembred her for in processe of tyme it came to passe that she conceyued and bare a sonne and called his name Samuel sayenge Bycause I haue asked hym of the lorde And Elkana all his house went vp to offre vnto the Lorde the offeryng due for the feast and also ☞ his vowe Neuerthelesse HaÌ„na went not vp but sayd vnto her husbande I wyl tary vntyll the lad be weyned and then I wyll bryng hym that he may apeare before the lorde there abyde for euer Elkana her husbande answered her do what semeth the best tarye at home vntyll thou hast weyned hym and I beseche the Lorde to make good his saynge And so the woman abode and gaue her sonne sucke vntyll she weyned hym And when she had weyned him she toke hym with her with thre bullockes â–ª and an Epha of floure and a bottel of wyne and brought hym vnto the house of the Lorde in Silo and the chylde was yet but tender of age And they slewe a bullocke and brought in the lad to Eli and she sayde Oh my Lorde as truely as thy soule lyueth my Lorde I am the woman that stode before the here prayenge vnto the Lorde For this lad I prayed and the Lorde hathe gyuen me my desyre whiche I asked of hym and therfore I haue gyuen hym vnto the Lorde as longe as he is mete for the Lorde And they worshyped the Lorde there ¶ The songe of Hanna The offence of the sonnes of Eli. CAPI II. ANd Hanna prayed and sayd myne hert reioyseth in the Lorde myne ☞ horne is exalted in the Lorde My mouth is wyde open ouer myne enemyes for I reioyse in thy saluacyon There is none so holy as the Lorde for without the is nothyng Neyther is there any of strength as is our God Talke not to moche proudlye let olde thynges departe out of youre mouthes for the Lorde is a God of knowledge his purposes come to passe The ☞ bowe of the strong is broken they that were weake haue gyrded them selues with strength They that were ful haue hyred out them selues for breade and they that were hungry cease so to be tyll the baren hath borne seuen and she that had many chyldren is waxed feble The Lorde kylleth and maketh alyue ☞ bryngeth downe to hell and fetcheth vp agayne The Lorde maketh poore and maketh ryche bryngeth low and heaueth vp on hye He rayseth vp the poore out of the dust and lyfteth vp the begger from the dunghyl to set them amonge prynces and to enherite them with the seate of glory For the pyllers of the earth are the lordes and he hath set the rounde worlde vpon them He wyll kepe the feete of his sayntes and the wicked shal kepe sylence in darkenesse in his owne myght shall no man be stronge The Lordes aduersaries shall be destroyed of hym and out of heuen shall he thunder vpon them The Lorde shall iudge the endes of the worlde and shal gyue myght vnto his kyng and exalte the horne of his anoynted And Elkana went to Ramath to his house and the lad dyd ministre vnto the Lorde before Eli the preest But the sonnê of Eli were ☞ chyldren of Belial knewe not the lorde And the preestes made a lâ—we for the people that when soeuer any man offered any offerynge the preestes lad came whyle the fleshe was in sethynge and a flesshe hoke with thre teeth in his hande and thrust it in to the pan ketle caldron or pot And all that the flesshe hoke brought vp that the preest toke awaye And so they dyd vnto all the Israelites that came thyther to Silo. Yea and therto before they burnt the fat the preestes lad came and sayde to the man that offered Gyue flesshe that I may dresse it for the preest for he wyll not haue sodden flesshe of the but rawe And yf any man sayd vnto hym let them burne the fat accordyng to the day and then take as moche as thyne herte desyreth The lad wolde answere him yea thou shalte gyue it me now And yf thou wylte not I wyl take it with violence And the synne of the yonge men was very great before the lorde For men abhorred the offerynge of the lorde But the chylde Samuel ☞ ministred before the Lorde gyrded aboute with a lynnen ☞ Ephod Moreouer his mother made hym a lytell coote and brought it to hym frome yere to yere when she came vp with her husbande to offre the offerynge in the solempne feastes And Eli blessed Elkana and his wife sayd the lorde gyue the seede of this womaÌ„ for the peticion that she asked of the Lorde And they went vnto theyr owne home And the Lorde visited Hanna so that she conceyued and bare thre sonnes and two doughters And the chylde Samuel grewe before the Lorde Eli was very olde and herde all that his sonnes dyd vnto all Israell and howe they lay with the women that wayted at the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and he sayde vnto them why do ye suche thynges For of all these people I heare euyl reportes of you Oh nay my sonnes for it is no good reporte that I heare howe that ye make the Lordes people to trespasse If one man syn agaynste an other †dayesmen may be iudges but yf a man synne agaynst the Lorde who wyll be his dayesman Notwithstandyng they herkened not vnto the voyce of theyr father bycause the Lorde wolde sley them The chylde Samuel profited and grewe and was in fauour both with the Lorde also with men And there came a man of God vnto Eli and sayd vnto hym thus sayth the Lorde dyd not I appeare vnto the house of thy father wheÌ„ they were in Egypte subiecte vnto Pharaos house And I chose thy father out of all the tribes of Israell to be my Preest for to offre vpon myne aulter to burne insence and to weare an Ephod before me And I gaue vnto the house of thy father all the offrynges of the chyldreÌ„ of Israel Wherfore treade ye downe my sacrifice and myne offerynge whiche I coÌ„maunded to be made in the Tabernacle and honourest thy Chyldren aboue me to make youre selues fat of the fyrst fruytes of all the offerynges of Israel my people Wherfore the Lorde god of Israell sayth I sayde that thy house and the house of thy father shulde walke before me for euer But nowe the lorde saythe that be farre from me for them that worshyp me I wyll
sacrifice and oblacion yee they shall vowe a vowe vnto the Lorde and perfourme it The Lorde also shall smyte Egypte sore and heale them agayne and they shal be conuerted vnto the Lorde and he shal be intreated of them and shall heale them In that daye shall there be a comen way out of Egypte into Assyria and Assyria shall come into Egypte and Egypte into Assyria so that the Egypcyans and the Assyrians shall serue the Lorde together In that day shal the nacion of Israel be the thyrde with Egypte and Assyria they shal be blessed in the myddes of the lande which lande the Lorde of hostes hathe blessed sayeng blessed is my people of Egypte Assur also is the worke of myne handes and Israell is myne inherytaunce ¶ Agaynste Egypte and Ethiopia CAPI XX. IN THE yeare that Tharthan came vnto Asdod whan ☞ Sargon the kyng of Assyrta had sente hym and had foughte agaynste Asdod and taken it At the same tyme spake the Lorde by the hande of Esaye the sonne of Amos sayeng Go take of ☞ the sacke clothe frome thy loynes and put of thy shoo from the fote And he dyd so walkynge naked and barefoote And the Lorde sayd lyke as my seruaunt Esay hath walked naked and bare fote for a sygne and wonder thre yeares vpon Egypte and Ethiopia Euen so shal the kyng of Assyria take awaye out of Egypte and out of Ethiopia chyldren and olde men naked and bare fote with theyr loynes vncouered to the greate shame of Egypte They shal be brought in feare also and ashamed one of another Ethiopia of Egipt and Egypte of Ethiopia consydryng what glory they were in a fore And they that dwel in the same yle shall saye in that daye Beholde thus are we regarded Whether shal we flye for helpe that we maye be delyuered from the kynge of Assyrya And howe shall we escape ¶ Agaynst Babylon Idumea and Arabia CAP. XXI THE burthen of ☞ the waste See Euen as the stormye wether that passeth thorowe at the noone daye to come frome the wyldernesse from that horrible lande A greuous vision was shewed vnto me Let one dysceytfull offender come agaynst another and one destroyer agaynst another Up Elam laye â—ege thou of Media ☞ al their gronynge haue I layde downe Therfore are my loynes fylled with sorowe heuynes hath taken holde vpon me as the panges of a woman that is traueylynge It made me stoupe whan I herd it and it vexed me whaÌ„ I sawe it My herte panted ferfulnes came vpon me ☞ The night of my voluptuousnes hath he turned agaynst me into feare Whyle they garnyshed the table y â— watch manloked And whyle I was eatynge and drynkyng it was sayde vp ye captaynes take you to your shylde For thus hath the lorde sayde vnto me ☞ Go and set a watch man to tell what he seeth And he sawe a charet whiche two horsemen sat vpon with the caryage of an Asse and the cariage of a camel So he loked and toke dilygent hede And the lyon cryed lorde I stande wayting all the whole daye and am appoynted to kepe my watche euery nyght And beholde here commeth a charet of men with two horsmen And he answered and sayde Babylon is fallen it is fallen and all the ymages of hyr goddes hathe he smytten downe vnto the grounde ☞ Thou arte he whom I muste thresshe and thou belongest to my corne floore â–ª This that I herde of the Lorde of Hoostes the God of Israel haue I shewed vnto you The burthen of Duma he calleth vnto me out of Seyr watchmaÌ„ What hast thou espyed by nyghte Watchman what haste thou espyed by nyght The watchmaÌ„ sayde ☞ The mornynge commeth and so doth y â— nyght Yfye wyll aske anye questyon then aske it retourne and come agayne The burthen concernynge Arabia In the pleasaunt grounde of Arabia shal ye tary al nyght euen in the stretes of Dedanin The inhabitours of the laÌ„de of Thema brought for the water to hym that was thrystye they preueÌ„ted hym with theyr bred that was fled awaye For because of swerdes are they become fugytiue euen for the drawen swerde and for the bent bowe because of the greuousnes of warre For thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto me There is yet a yeare acordyng to the yeares of an hyred seruauÌ„t and all the glory of Cedar shall fayle And the nombre of them that shall escape from the bowes shall be mynisshed by the myghtye chyldren of Cedar for so the Lorde God of Israel hathe spoken ¶ Aprophecye agaynste Ierusalem ¶ CAPI XXII THe burthen of ☞ the valley of vision What haste thou to do here that thou clymest vnto the house toppes Thou that art full of occupyenge thou sedycyous and proude cytie thy slayne men are nether put to death with swerde nor deed in batell All thy captaynes are fugitiue together the archers haue taken them presoners All they y â— are founde in the are in captiuyte together because they fled farre of Therfore sayd I let me alone and I wyll make lameÌ„tacioÌ„ Ye shall nat be able to comforte me because of the destruccioÌ„ of the daughter of my people For thys is a daye of trouble of ruyne and of destruccion that the lorde wyl bringe to passe in the valley of vysyon breakynge downe the cyty crienge vnto mouÌ„taynes Elam bare the quyuer with a charet of fote men and of horsmen and the cytye of Kyr shewed the shylde open Thy chefe valley also was full of charetes the horsmen set theyr faces dyrectly towarde the gate And in that daye dyd the enemye take awaye ☞ the bewtye of Iuda and then dyddest thou loke towarde the armour of the house of the forest Yee haue sene also the broken places of the cytye of Dauyd howe that they are many and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pole As for the houses of Ierusalem ☞ ye haue nombred them and the houses haue ye broken downe to make the wall stronge A pyt also haue ye made betwene the two walles for the waters of the olde pole and haue nat regarded the maker therof neyther had respecte vnto hym that toke it in hande And in that daye dyd the Lorde God of hoostes call men vnto wepyng and mournyng to baldnesse and gyrdynge aboute wich sacke cloth ☞ And beholde they haue ioye and gladnes sleyeng oxen and kyllinge shepe catynge fleshe and drynkynge wyne Let vs eate and drinke for to morowe we shall dye And it came to the eares of the Lorde of hoostes This iniquite shall nat be pourged from you tyll ye dye saieth the Lorde god of hoostes Thus sayeth y â— Lord God of hostes Go get the in to yonder treasurer euen vnto Sebna whiche is the ruler of the house what haste thou to do here and whom haste thou here that thou shuldest here hewe the out a sepulcre as it were one that heweth him out a sepulcre an hye or that graueth an
They of the house of Thogarma brought vnto the at the tyme of thy marte horse horsmen and mules They of dedan were thy merchauntes and many other Iles that occupyed with the brought the weathers elephant bones Peacockes for a present The Syrians occupyed with the because of thy dyuerse workes and increased thy merchaundyes with Smaragdes with scarlet with nedle worcke with whyte lynen cloth with sylcke and with crystall Iuda and the lande of Israell occupyed with the and brought vnto thy markettes wheat balme hony oyle triacle Damascus also vsed marchaundyes with the in the best wyne and whyt woll be cause thy occupyenge was so great and thy wares so many Dan Iauan and Meusall haue brought vnto thy markettes yron redy made with Cassia and Calamus accordynge to thyâ—â— occupyenge Dedan occupyed with thâ—â—n fayre tapestrye worke and quoshyns Arabia and all the prynces of Cedar haue occupyed with the in shepe weathers and goates The marchauntes of Seba and Rema haue occupyed also with the in all costly spyces in all precyous stones and golde whiche they brought vnto thy markettes Haran Chene and Eden the marchauntes of Saba Assiria and Chelmad were all doers with the and occupyed with the. In costly rayment of yalowe sylcke and nedle worcke very precyous and therfore packte and bounde together with ropes Yee and in Cedre wodde at the tyme of thy markettes The shyppes of Tharsis were the chefe of thy occupyenge Thus thou art full and in greate worshyp euen in the myddest of the see Thy maryners were euer bryngynge vnto the out of many waters But the easte wynde shall ouerbeare the into the myddest of the see so that thy wares thy marchaundyes thy ryches thy maryners thy shypmasters thy helpers thy occupyers that brought the thynges necessary the meÌ„ of warre that are in the yee and all thy comens shall perysh in the myddest of the see in the daye of thy fall The suburbes shall shake at the loude crye of thy shypmen Al whyry men and all maryners vpon the see shall leape out of theyr boates and set them selues vpon the lande They shall lyfte vp theyr voyce because of the and make a lamentable crye They shall caste duste vpon theyr heades and lye downe in the asshes They shall shaue them selues and put sacke cloth vpoÌ„ them for thy sake They shall mourne for the with hertfull sorowe and heuy lamentacyon yee theyr chyldren also shall wepe for the. Alas what cytie hathe so bene destroyed in the see as Tyre is When thy wares and marchaundyes came from the sees thou gauest al people ynough The kynges of the earth hast thou made ryche thorowe the multitude of thy waters and occupyenge But thou arte nowe cast downe in to the depe of the see all thy resorte of people is peryshed with the. All they that dwell in the Iles are abashed at the and al theyr kynges are afrayed yee theyr faces haue chaunged coloure The marchauntes of the nacyons wondre at the. In y â— thou art so cleane brought to naught and commeth nomore vp ¶ The worde of God against the kyng of Tyrâ— for his pride Daniel The prophet is moued to bewalk the kyng of Tyrus The worde of the Lorde agaynst Sydon The Lord pro miseth that he wyll gather together the chyldren of Israel THE worde of the Lord came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man tell the prynce of Tyre Thus sayeth the Lorde God because thou hast a proude hert hast sayde I am a God I haue my seate in the myddest of the see lyke a God where as thou art but a man nat God yet staÌ„dest in thyne owne conceyte that thou art God Beholde thou thynkest thy selfe ☞ wyser then Daniel that there is no secretes hyd from the. With thy wysdome and thy vnderstandynge that hast gotten the great welthynes and gathered treasure of syluer and golde With thy greate wysdome and occupyenge hast thou increased thy power and because of thy great rychesse thy herte is proude Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God For so much as thou hast lyft vp thine hert as though thou were God Beholde I wyl brynge enemyes vpon the euen the tyrauntes of the HeatheÌ„ these shal drawe out theyr sweardes vpon thy bewty and wysdome shall defyle thy glory They shall caste the downe to the pytte so that thou shalt dye in the myddest of the see as they that be slayne Let se yf thou wylt saye then before them that slaye the I am God where as thou art but a man and nat God in the handes of them that slaye the. Dye shalt thou euen as the vncircumcised in the handes of the enemyes for I my selfe haue spoken it sayeth the Lorde God Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me sayeng Thou sonne of man make a lamentable complaynte ouer the kynge of Tyre and tell hym Thus sayeth the Lorde God Thou art a seale of a lycknesse full of wysdome and excellent bewty Thou hast bene in the pleasaunt garden of God thou art decte with all maner of precyous stones with Ruby Topas Crystall Iacyncte Onix Iaspis Saphyr Smaragde Carbouncle and golde Thy bewty and the holes that be in the were set forth in the daye of thy creacyoÌ„ âšœ Thou art a fayre Cherub stretched wyde out for to couer I haue set the vpon the holy mounte of God there haste thou bene and walked amonge the fayre glysterynge stones From the tyme of thy creacyon thou haste bene ryght excellent tyll wyckednes was founde in the. Because of thy great marchaundyse thy herte is full of wyckednesse and thou haste offended Therfore wyll I cast the from the mounte of God O thou couerynge Cherub and destroye the amonge the glystrynge stones Thy hert was pronde in thy fayre bewty and thorowe thy bewte thou haste destroyed thy wysdome I wyll caste the downe to the grounde and that in the syght of kynges Thou hast defyled thy Sanctuary with the greate wyckednes of thy vnryghteous occupyeng I wyl brynge a fyre from the myddest of the to consume the and wyl make the to asshes in the sight of all them that loke vpon the. All they that haue bene acquaynted with the among the Heathen shal be abasshed at the seyng thou art so clene brought to naught and coÌ„mest nomore vp And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me sayeng Thou sonne of man set thy face agaynst Sydon Prophecye vpon it and speake Thus sayeth the Lorde God Beholde O Sydon I wyll vpon the and get me honoure in the that it maye be knowne howe that I am the Lorde when I punyshe her and get me honoure in her For I wyll sende pestilence and bloude sheddynge into her streates so that those whiche be slayne with the swearde shall lye rounde aboute in the myddest of her and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde She shall nomore be a pryckynge thorne and an hurtynge breer vnto the house
stretche my hande out vpon them and wyll make the lande waste So that it shal lye esolate and voyde from the wyldernesse of ☞ Deblothah forth thorow all theyr habytacions to learne them for to knowe that I am the Lorde ¶ The ende of all the lande of Israel shall sodenly come The cause of the destruccion therof The Prophete is commauÌ„ded to shewe the summe of the euylles that are at haÌ„de CAPI VII THE worde of the Lorde came vnto me on this maner The I cal O thou soÌ„ne of man Thus sayeth Lorde God vnto the lande of Israel The ende commeth yee verely the ende commeth vpon al the foure corners of the earth But nowe shall the ende come vpon the for I wyll sende my wrath vpon the wyll punyshe the accordynge to thy wayes and rewarde the after all thy abhominacyons Myne eye shall not ouerse the neyther wyll I spare the but rewarde the accordynge to thy wayes and declare thy abhominacyoÌ„s Then shall ye knowe that I am the Lorde Thus sayeth the Lord God Beholde one mysery and plage shall come after another the ende is here The ende I saye that wayteth for the is come all readye the houre is come agaynst the that dwellest in the lande The tyme is at hande the day of sedicyon is harde by and no glad tydynges vpon the mountaines Therfore I wyl shortly poute out my sore displeasure ouer the and fulfyll my wrath vpon the. I wyll iudge the after thy wayes and recompence the al thy abhomynacions Myne eye shal not ouerse the neither wyll I spare the but rewarde the after thy wayes and shewe thy abhomynacyons to learne you for to knowe how that I am the Lord that smyteth Beholde the day is here the daye is come the houre is runne out the rodde florisheth wilfulnesse waxeth grene malicious violeÌ„ce is growen vp and the vn godly waxen to a staf Yet shal there no complaynte be made for them nor for the trouble that shall come of these thynges The tyme coÌ„meth the daye draweth nye Who so byeth let him not reioyse he that selleth let him not be sory for why Trouble shall come in the myddest of all reste so that the seller shall not come agayne to the byer for neyther of them both shal lyue For the vision shall come so greatly oueral that it shall nat be hyndered No man also wyth his wickednes shal be able to saue his owne lyfe The troÌ„pettes shal blowe ye and make you all ready but no man shall go to the batayle for I am wrothe with al the whole multitude The swearde shal be without pestylence and honger within so that who so is in the felde shal be slayne with the swearde and he that is in the cytie shall peryshe with honger and pestylence And suche as escape and fle from among them shal be vpon the hylles lyke as the doues in the felde euery one shal be afrayed because of his owne wyckednesse All handes shal be let downe all knees shal be weake as the water they shall gyrde them selues with sacke cloth feare shall fal vpon them Theyr faces shal be confounded and theyr heades balde theyr syluer shall lye in the stretes and theyr golde shal be despysed Yee theyr siluer and golde may not delyuer them in the day of the fearful wrath of the Lorde They shall not satisfye theyr hongry soules neyther fyll theyr emptye bellyes therwith For it is become their owne decaye thorowe theyr wyckednes because they made thereof not onely costely Iewelles for theyr pompe and pryde but also abhomynable ymages and Idoles For this cause wyll I make them to be abhorred Moreouer I wil geue it into the handes of the straungers to be spoyled and to the wycked for tobe robbed and they shall destroye it My face wyll I turne from them my treasury shal be defyled for the theues shall go in to it and suspende it I wyll make cleane riddaunce for the lande is whole defyled with vntyghtueus iudgement of innocente bloude and the cite is full of abhominacions Wherfore I wyl brynge the most cruel tyrauntes from amonge the Heathen to take theyr houses in possession I wyll make the pompe of the proude to ceasse and they shall take in theyr Saynetuary When thys trouble commeth they shall seke peace but they shall haue none One myschefe and sorowe shal folowe another and one rumoure shall come after another Then shall they seke vysions in vayne at theyr Prophetes The lawe shal be gone from the prestes and wysdome frome the elders The kynge shal mourne the princes shal be clothed with heuynes and the haÌ„des of the people in the lande shall tremble for feare I wyll do vnto them after theyr owne wayes and accordynge to theyr owne iudgementes wyll I iudge them to learne them for to knowe that I am the Lorde ¶ An apperaunâ—e of the symylytude of God Ezechiel is brought vnto Ierusalem in the sprete The Lorde sheweth the Prophete the Idolatryes of the house of Israel and the fely of the Preastes CAPI VIII IT happened that in the syxte yeare the fyfth day of the syxte moneth I sat in my house and the Lordes of the councell of Iuda with me and the hande of the Lorde God fel euen there vpon me And as I loked vp I sawe as it were a lyckenesse of fyre from hys loynes downewarde and from his loynes vpwarde it shyned maruelous cleare lyke an angell to loke vpon This symylitude stretched out an hande and toke me by the hearrye lockes of my heade and the sprete lyft me vp betwyxte heaueÌ„ and earth and brought me in a vysyon to Ierusalem into the entrye of the inner porte that lyeth towarde the north there stode an ymage w t whom he that hath al thynges in his power was very wroth And beholde the glory of the God of Israel was in the same place euen as I had sene it afore in the felde And he sayde vnto me Thou sone of man O lyft vp thyne eyes and loke towarde the North. Then lyft I vp myne eyes towarde the north beholdeâ— besyde the porte Northwarde there was an aulter made vnto the ymage of prouocacion in the very entryng in And he sayde further more vnto me Thou sonne of maÌ„ â—â—â—st thou what these do Seyst thou the greate abhomycions that the house of Israel coÌ„mytteth in this place which ought â—â—t to be doâ—e 〈◊〉 my sainctuary But turne the about a thâ—â— shalt se yet greater abhomynaâ—ions And 〈◊〉 that brought he me to the cour◠〈◊〉 wheÌ„ I loked beholde there was an hole iÌ„ wal Then sayde he vnto me Thou soÌ„ne of man dygge thorowe the wal And wheÌ„ I dygged thorowe the wal beholde there was a dore And he sayde vnto me Go thy waye in and loke what wycked abhomynacyons they do here So I went in and sawe and beholde there were all maner ymages of wormes
couetousnesse are to be abhored Laboure is praysed CAPI X. A Wyse iudge wyl ordre his people with discrecion and where a man of vnderstandynge beareth rule there goeth it wel As the iudge of the people is him self eueÌ„ so are his offycers and loke what maner of maÌ„ the ruler of the cyte is suche are they y t dwell therin also An vnwyse kyng destroyeth his people but wher they that be in auctorite are men of vnderstandynge there the cytye prospereth The power of the earth is in the hande of God and all iniquyte of the people is to be abhorred and when his tyme is he shall set a profytable ruler vpon it In the hande of God is the power of man vpon the Scribes shall he laye his honoure RemeÌ„bre no wronge of thy neyghboure and medle thou with no vnryghtuous workes Pryde is hatefull before God and man and all wyckednes of the HetheÌ„ is to be abhored Because of vnryghtuous dealynge wronge blasphe myes diuers disceyte a realme shal be translated from one people to another There is nothyng worse then a couetous man Why art thou proude O thou earth asshes There is not a more wycked thynge then to loue money And why such one hath hys soule to sell yet is he but fylthye donge whyle he lyueth And though the phisicion shewe his helpe neuer so longe yet in conclusion it goeth after this maner to daye a kynge to morowe deed For when a man dyeth he is the heyre of serpentes beastes and wormes The begynnynge of mans pryde is to fall awaye from God and why his hert is gone troÌ„ hys maker for pryde is the orygynal of all synne Who so taketh holde therof shall be fylled with cursynges and at the last it shall ouerthrowe hym Therfore hath y â— Lord brought the congregacyons of the wycked to dyshonour and destroyed them vnto the ende God hath destroyed the seates of proude princes and set vp the meke in theyr steade God hath wythered the rotes of the proude Heathen planted the lowly amonge them God hath ouerthrowen y â— laÌ„des of the Heythen and destroyed the vnto the grouÌ„de He hath caused them to wyther awaye he hath brought theÌ„ to naught made the memorral of them to ceasse from out of the earth God hath destroyed the name of y t proude lefte the name of y e huÌ„ble of miÌ„de Pryde was not made for maÌ„ nether wrothfulnes for meÌ„s children The sede of men y t feareth God shal be brought to honour but the sede which transgresseth the coÌ„maundementes of the Lorde shal be shamed He y t is the ruler amonge brethren is holden in honour amoÌ„g theÌ„ he that regardeth such as feare the Lord. The glory of y â— ryche of the honorable of the poore is the feare of God Despyse not y â— the iust pore man magnyfye not the rych vngodly Great is the iudge myghtye in honour yet is there none greater then he that feareth God Unto the seruauÌ„t y t is discrete shal the fre do seruice He that is wise wel nurtoured wil not grudge when he is refourmed an ignoraunt body shall not come to honour Be not proude to do thy worke dispare not in tyme of aduer syte Better is he that laboureth hath pleÌ„ tuousnes of al thinges then he that is gorge ous wanteth breade My soÌ„ne kepe thy soule in mekenes and geue her her due honour Who shall iustyfye hym that synneth agaynst hym selfe Who wyll honoure hym that dyshonoureth hys owne soule The poore is honoured for hys faythfulnes and trueth but the ryche is had in reputacion because of his goodes He that ordreth hym selfe honestely in pouerte howe moch more shal he behaue hymselfe honestly in ryches And who so ordreth hym selfe vnhonestly in ryches how muche more shall he behaue him selfe vnhonestly in pouerte ¶ The prayse of humslite After the outwarde apperaunce oâ—ght we not to iudge Of heady and rashe iuogement The ryche to not without offence All thynges rome of God Al meÌ„ are not to be brought into thyne house CAPI XI THe wysdome of hym that is broughte lowe shall lyfte vp hys heade and shall make hym to syt amonge greate men Commende not thou a man in his bewtye neither despyse a man in his vtter aperaunce The Bee is but a small beast amonge the foules yet is her frute exceding swete Be not proude of thy rayment exalte not thy selfe in the daye of thy honoure for the worckes of the Hyest onely are wonderfull yee gloryous secrete and vnknowen are hys worckes Many tyrauntes haue bene fayne to syt downe vpon the earthe and the vnlyckely hathe worne the crowne Many myghty men haue bene brought lowe and the honorable haue bene delyuered into other mens haÌ„des CoÌ„deÌ„ne no man before thou haue tryed out the matter and when thou hast made inquisicioÌ„ then refourme ryghtuously Geue no sentence before y u hast herde the cause but fyrste let men tell out theyr tales Stryue not for a matter that toucheth not thy selfe and stande not in the iugement of synners My sonne medle not with many matters and yf thou wylte be ryche thou shalt not be without offence for though thou folo â—est it y u shalt not get it and though y â— reÌ„utst thy way afore yet shalt y â— not escape There is some maÌ„ y t laboureth the more he weryeth hym selfe the lesse he hath Agayne some man is slouthfull hath nede of helpe wanteth strength and hath greate pourâ—tye and Gods eye loketh vpon hym to good settech hym vp from his lowe estate and lyfteth vp his heed so that many men maruell at hym and geue honoure vnto God Prosperyte and aduersyte lyfe death pouerte and rythes come all of the Lorde Wysdome nurtoure and knowledge of the lawe are with God loue and the wayes of good are with hym Erroure and darknesse are made for synners and they that exalte them selues leuyll waxe olde in euyll The gyfte of God remayneth for the ryghtuous and his good wyll shall geue prosperyte for euer Some man is ryche by lyuing nygardly and that is the porcyon of his rewarde in that he sayeth now haue I gotten rest nowe wyll I eate and dryncke of my goodes my selfe alone And yet he consydreth not y t the tyme draweth nye deathe approcheth y t he must leaue all these thynges vnto other men and dye hym selfe Stande thou fast in thy couenaunt and exercyse thy selfe therin and remayne in y e worcke vnto thy age CoÌ„tynue not in the workes of synners but put thy trust in God and byde in thyne estate for it is but an easy thynge in the syght of God to make a poore man ryche and that sodeÌ„ly The blessynge of God hasteth to the reward of the ryghtuous and maketh hys fruytes sone to floryshe prospere Saye not what
confermed afore of God vnto Chryste warde to make the promes of none effecte For yf the inheritaunce come of the lawe it commeth not nowe of promes But God gaue it vnto Abraham by promes Wherfore theÌ„ serueth y â— law The lawe was added because of traÌ„sgressioÌ„ tyl y â— seed came to whom the promes was made it was ordeyned by Angels in the hande of a mediator A mediator is not a mediator of one But God is one Is the lawe then agaynst the promes of God God forbyd For yf there had bene a lawe geuen whiche coulde haue geuen lyfe then no doute ryghtewesnes shulde come by the lawe But the scrypture ⧠The epystle of Saynt Paul the apostle vnto the Ephesyans ¶ The euerlastynge ordynaunce and eleccyon of God in sauynge all men thorowe Chryste Iesus his sonne we are ordened vnto good workes The dominion of Chryste CAPI I. PAul an apostle of Iesus Chryst by the wyl of God To the Saynctes whiche are at Ephesus and to them whiche beleue on Iesus Chryste Grace be with you peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesu Chryste Blessed be God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Chryst whiche hath blessed vs with all maner of spirituall blessynge in heuenly thynges by Chryste accordynge as he had chosen vs in him before the foundacions of the worlde were layde that we shuld be holy and without blame before him thorowe loue which ordeyned vs before thorow Iesus Christ to be heyres vnto him selfe ' accordynge to the good pleasure of hys wyll to the prayse of the glorye of his grace where with he hath made vs accepted thorow the beloued By whom we haue redempcyon thorowe his bloude euen the forgeuenes of synnes accordynge to the ryches of hys grace wher of he hathe ministred vnto vs aboundantly in all wysdome and prudence And hathe opened vnto vs the mystery of hys wyll accordynge to hys good pleasure whiche he had purposed in hym selfe to haue it declared when the tyme was ful come that he myght set vp all thynges perfectly by Chryste bothe the thynges whiche are in heuen and the thynges which are in earth euen by hym by whom we are made heyres and were therto predestinate accordynge to the purpose of hym by whose power al thinges are wrought accordynge to the purpose of hys owne wyll that we whiche before beleued in Christ shulde be vnto the prayse of his glorye In whom also ye beleue for asmuche as we haue harde the worde of trueth euen the Gospel of your saluacyon wherin when ye had beleued ye were sealed with the holy spirit of promes which is the earnest of our in herytauÌ„ce for the recoueringe of the purchased possessioÌ„ vnto y â— prayse of his glory Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesu and loue vnto all the Saynctes cease not to geue thanckes for you makynge mencyon of you in my prayers that the God of oure Lorde Iesus Christ the father of glory may geue vnto you the spyryte of wysdome and of reuelacion by the knowledge of him selfe and lyghten the eyes of youre myndes that ye maye knowe what the hope is where vnto he hathe called you and howe ryche the glory is of his inherytaunce vpon the sainctes what is y â— exceding greatnes of his power to vs warde which beleue according to the workyng of that his myghty power whiche he wrought in Christe when he raysed him from the deed and set hym on hys ryght hande in heauenly thynges aboue all rule and power and myght and domynyon and aboue euery name that is named not in this worlde onely but also in the worlde to come and hathe put al thynges vnder his fete and hathe made hym aboue all thynges the heed of the congregacyon whiche is hys body and the fulnes of hym that fylleth all in all ¶ Paul sheweth them what maner of people they were before theyr conuersyon and what they are nowe in Chryste CAPI II. AND you hathe he quyckened where as ye were deed in â—reaspasses synnes in the whiche in tyme passed ye walked according to the course of this worlde euen after the gouerner that ruleth in the ayer the spirit that nowe worketh in the chyldren of vnbelefe amonge whom we al had oure conuersacyon also in tyme past in the lustes of oure flesshe and fulfylled the lustes of oure flesshe and fulfylled the wyll of the flesshe and of the mynde and ☞ were by nature the chyldren of wrath euen as well as other But God which is rych in mercy for his great loue wherwith he loued vs euen wheÌ„ we were deed by synnes quickened vs together in Chryst by garce are ye saued and raysed vs vp together with hym and made vs sytte together with him amonge them of heauen in Christe Iesu. That in tyme to come he myght shewe y â— exceadynge ryches of hys grace in kyndnes to vs warde thorow Chryst Iesu. For by grace are ye made safe thorowe fayth that not of youre selues It is the gyfte of God and coÌ„meth not of workes lest any maÌ„ shuld boast him selfe For we are his worckmanshyppe created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes whych god ordayned that we shulde walke in them Wherfore remeÌ„bre that ye beyng in tyme passed Gentyls in the flesshe were called vncircumcysyon from that whiche is called circumcision in the flesshe whiche circumcisyon is made by handes Remembre I say that at that tyme ye were without Christe beyng alâ—aÌ„tes froÌ„ the coÌ„meÌ„ welth of Israel straungers froÌ„ the testamentes of the promes and had no hope were without God in this worlde But nowe by the meanes of Christ Iesu ye whiche somtyme were farre of are made nye by the bloude of Christ. For he is our peace whiche hath made of both one and hathe broken downe the wall that was a stoppe bitwene vs and hath also put awaye thorowe hys flesshe ☞ the cause of hatred euen the lawe of commaundemeÌ„tes coÌ„tayned in the law wrytten for to make of â—wane one newe man in hym selfe so makyng peace and to reconcile both vnto God in one body thorow the crosse slew hatred thereby and came preached peace to you whiche were a farre of to them that were nyâ— For thorow hiÌ„ we both haue an entrauÌ„ce in one spirite vnto the father ✚ Nowe therfore ye are not straungers foreners but cytesyns with the sayntes and of the housholde of God and are bylt vpon the foundacion of the Apostles and Prophetes Iesus Christ him selfe beynge the head corner stone in whom what buyldyng soeuer is coupled togyther it groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde in whom ye also are buylt togyther to be an habitacion of God thorow the âšœ holy ghost ⊢ ¶ He sheweth the cause of hys presonmente desyreth them not to saynte because of his
it For the eies of the Lord are ouer the righteous his eares are opeÌ„ vnto their prayers Agayne the face of the Lord is ouer them that do euyll Moreouer who is it that wil harme you yf ye folowe y â— which is good Yee happy are ye yf any trouble happen vnto you for rightuousnesse sake Be not ye afrayed for any terrour of them neyther be ye troubled but sanctify the Lord God in your hertes ⊢ Be redy alwayes to gyue an answere to euery maÌ„ that asketh you a reasoÌ„ of the hope that is in you that with mekenes feare hauyng a good coÌ„scieÌ„ce that where as they backbyte you as euyl doers they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good coÌ„uersacion in Christ. For it is better yf the wyll of God be so that ye suffre for well doynge then for euyll doyng ✚ For as much as Christ hath once suffred for sinnes y â— iust for the vniust to bring vs to God and was kylled as pertaynyng to the flesshe but was quyckened in the spyryte In whiche spirit he also went preached vnto the spirites that were in pryson whych some tyme had bene dysobedient when the longe suffrynge of God was once loked for in the dayes of Noe whyle the Arcke was a preparyng wherin fewe that is to saye viij soules were sauid by the water like as ☞ baptyme also now sauyth vs not the puttyng away of the fylth of the flesshe but in that a good conscience consenteth to god by the resurreccyon of Iesus Christe whych is on the ryght hande of God ⊢ and is gone into heauen Angelles powers might subdued vnto him ☜ ⧠¶ He exhorteth men to ceâ—siâ— from synne and no maÌ„ to suffre 〈◊〉 an euyll dore but as a Christen man CAPI IIII. FOr as much then as Christ hath suffred for vs in the flesshe arme ye your selues lykewyse with the same mynde for he which suffreth in the flesshe ceasseth from sine that he hence forward shulde lyue as much tyme as remayneth in the flesshe not after the lustes of men but after the wyl of God For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spent the tyme that is past of the lyfe after the wyll of the Gentils walkyng in wantonnes lustes in excesse of wynes in excesse of eatyng in excesse of drynkyng âšœ in dronkennes in abominable ydolatry And it semeth to theÌ„ an inconuenieÌ„t thynge that ye runne nat also wyth theÌ„ vnto the same excesse of riote therfore speake they euyll of you which shall gyue accomptes to him that is redy to iudge quycke and dead For vnto this purpose verely was the Gospell preached also vnto the dead that they shuld be iudged lyke other men in the flessh but shuld lyue before God in the spirit The ende of al thinges is at hande ✚ Be ye therfore sober and watche vnto prayer But aboue all thinges haue feruent loue among your selues For loue shal couer the multitude of synnes Be ye herberous one to another wythout gruogynge As euery man hath receyued the gyfte euen so ministre the same one to another as good mynisters of the manifolde grace of God If any man speake let him talke as the wordes of God If any man mynistre let him do it as of the abylite whyche God mynystreth vnto him That God in all thynges may be glorified thorowe Iesus Christe ⊢ to whom be prayse and dominion for euer euer Amen Derely beloued maruayl not that ye are proued by tyre whiche thyng is to crye you as though some strasige thing happened vnto you but reioyce in as much as yeare partakers of Christes passions that when hys glory appeareth ye may be mery and glad If ye be rayled vpon for the name of Christ happy are ye For the glory and the spiryt of god resteth vpoÌ„ you On their part he is euil spokeÌ„ of but on your pact he is glorified Se that none of you be punysshed as a murtherer or as a thefe or an euil doer or as a busy body i other meÌ„s matters If any maÌ„ suffre as a christen man let him not be ashamed but let hi glorifie God oâ—â—â— is behalfe For the tyme is come that iudgement must begynne at the house of God If it fyrste begine at vs what shal the ende be of theÌ„ whiche beleue not the Gospel of God And if y â— rightuous scarcely be saued where shal the vngodly the sinner appere Wherfore let theÌ„ that are troubled accordynge to the wyl of God coÌ„myt their soules to him with well doyng as vnto a faythful creator ¶ A special exhortacyon for al Byshops and Prestes He exhorteth yong persoÌ„s to submyt them selues to the elder and euery one to loue another CAPI V. THe elders which are among you I exhorte which am also an elder a wytnes of the afflyccions of Christ also a partaker of the glory that shal be opened Fede ye Christê flocke asmuch as lyeth in you takynge the ouersyght of theÌ„ not as coÌ„pelled therto but wyllyngly âšœ after a godly sorte not for y â— desyre of fylthy lucre but of a good mynde not as though ye were lordes ouer the parishes but that ye be an ensaÌ„ple to y â— flocke and that with good wyl And wheÌ„ the chefe sheperd shal appere ye shall receyue an incorruptible crowne of glory Lykewise ye yoÌ„ger submit your selues vnto the elder Submyt your selues euery man one to another knyt your selues togyther in lowlynes of mynde For God resisteth the proude and gyueth grace to the huÌ„ble ✚ Submyt your selues therfore vnder the myghty hande of God that he may exalte you when the tyme is come Cast al your care vpon him for hecareth for you Be sobre watche for your aduersary the deuyl as a roaring lyon walketh about sekyng whom he may deuour whom resyste stedfast in the fayth knowing y â— the same afflyccions are apoynted vnto your brethren that are in y â— world But the God of al grace whych hath called vs vnto his eternal glory by Christ Iesus shall his owne self after that ye haue suffred a lytell afflyccion make you perfect setle strength and stablysh you To him be glory and dominion for euer and euer Amen By Syluanus a faythfull brother vnto you as I suppose haue I wrytten brefly exhortynge and testyfyinge howe that hys is the true grace of God wherin ye stande The coÌ„gregacyon of them which at Babylon are companions of youre elecyon faluteth you and so doth Marcus my Sonne Grete ye one another wyth the kysse of loue Peace be with you al which are in Christ Iesu. Amen ⧠The seconde epistle of Saynte Peter ¶ For so muche as the power of God hath gyuen vs all thynges â—â—â—taynyng vnto lyfe he exhorteth vs to make our tallynge knowen by good worâ—kes and frutes of fayth He maketh menâ—yon of his owne