faithfulnes vpon me and not burye me in Egipte but I will lye by my fathers and thou shalt carye me out of Egipte burye me in their buryall He sayde I wil do as thou hast sayde But he sayde Then sweare vnto me And he sware vnto him TheÌ„ Israel bowed himself towarde the bed heade The XLVIII Chapter AFter this it was tolde Ioseph â–ª Beholde y i father is sicke And he toke with him his two sonnes Manasses and Ephraim Then was it tolde Iacob beholde y i sonne Ioseph coÌ„meth vnto ye. And Israel toke a corage vnto him sat vp vpoÌ„ y e bed sayde vnto Ioseph The Allmightye God appeared vnto me at Lus in y e laÌ„de of Canaan blessed me saide vnto me Beholde I wil cause y e to growe increase wyll make a multitude of people of y e wil geue this laÌ„de vnto y e sede after y e for an euerlastinge possession Therfore shal now thy two sonnes Manasses Ephraim which were borne vnto the in Egipte before I came hither vnto the be myne like as Ruben Simeon As for those that thou begettest after theÌ„ they shal be thine owne But these shal be named with the names of their brethren in their inheritaunce And whaÌ„ I came out of Mesopotamia Rachel dyed by me in the lande of Canaan by the waye whan there was yet but a feldes brede vnto Eprath and I buryed her in the waye towarde Ephrath which now is called Bethleem And Israel loked vpon Iosephs sonnes sayde What are these Ioseph answered They are my sonnes which God hath geuen me here He sayde Brynge theÌ„ hither to me y t I maye blesse theÌ„ For Israels eyes were heuy for age he coude not well se. And he brought theÌ„ vnto him So he kyssed them enbraced theÌ„ saide vnto Ioseph Beholde I haue sene y e face which I thought not lo God hath caused me to se y e sede also And Ioseph toke them from his lappe and they fell downe to the grounde vpon their face Then Ioseph toke them both Ephraim in his right hande towarde Israels left haÌ„de and Manasses in his left hande towarde Israels right haÌ„de brought theÌ„ vnto him But Israel stretched out his right hande layed it vpoÌ„ y e heade of Ephraim y e yoÌ„gest his left hande vpoÌ„ Manasses heade did so wyttingly w t his handes for Manasses was y e firstborne And he blessed Ioseph saide The God before whoÌ„ my fathers AbrahaÌ„ Isaac haue walked y e God y t hath fed me my lyfe longe vnto this daye the angell which hath delyuered me froÌ„ all euell blesse these laddes y t they maye be called after my name after y e name of my fathers AbrahaÌ„ Isaac y t they maye growe multiplye vpon earth But whaÌ„ Ioseph sawe y t his father layed y e right haÌ„de vpoÌ„ Ephraims heade it displeased him he lifâ— vp his fathers hande to remoue it froÌ„ Ephraims heade vnto y e heade of Manasses sayde vnto him Not so my father this is y e firstborne laye y e right haÌ„de vpoÌ„ his heade Neuertheles his father wolde not saide I knowe it well my sonne I knowe it well this shall be a people also shal be greate but his yonger brother shal be greater theÌ„ he his sede shal be full of people So he blessed them the same daye saide In y â— shal Israel blesse so y t it shal be sayde God set the as Ephraim Manasses And so he set Ephraim aboue Manasses And Israel saide vnto Ioseph Beholde I dye God shall be w t you brynge you agayne in to y e lande of youre fathers â–ª I haue geuen the a pece of londe without y e brethren which I gat with my swerde and my bowe out of the hande of the Amorites The XLIX Chapter ANd Iacob called his sonnes sayde Gather you y t I maie tell you what shal happen vnto you in y e last times Come together and heare ye childreÌ„ of Iacob Herken vnto Israel youre father RubeÌ„ my first sonne thou art my power and the begynnynge of my strength chefe in gouernaunce chefe in auctorite Thou passest forth swiftly as y e water Thou shalt not be the chefest For thou hast clymmed vp vpon thy fathers bed euen than defyledest thou my couch with goynge vp Symeon and Leui brethren their deedly weapens are perlous instrumentes In to their secretes come not my soule and my worshipe be not ioyned with their congregacion for in their wrath they slew a man and in their selfwyll they houghed an oxe Cursed be their wrath because it is so fearce and their indignacion because it is so rigorous I wil deuyde them in Iacob and sâ—ater them in Israel â–ª Iuda thou art he Thy brethren shall prayse the for thy haÌ„de shal be in thine enemies neck thy fathers children shall stoupe vnto the. Iuda is a yonge lyon thou art come vp hye my sonne froÌ„ the spoyle He kneled downe and couched himself as a lyon as a lionesse who wil rayse him vp The cepter shal not be remoued froÌ„ Iuda ner a master froÌ„ his fete tyll the Worthye come and vnto him shal the people fall He shall bynde his foale vnto the vyne and his Asses colte to y e noble braunch He shal wash his garment in wyne and his mantell in the bloude of grapes His eyes are roudier then wyne and his teth whyter then mylck Zabulon shal dwell in the hauen of the see and in the porte of shippes and shal border vpon Sydon Isachar shal be a stronge Asse laye him downe betwixte y e borders And he saw rest that it was good and the lande that it was pleasaunt And bowed downe his shulder to beare and became a seruauÌ„t vnto trybute Dan shal be iudge in his people as well as a trybe in Israel Dan shal be a serpent in the waye and an edder in the path and byte the horse in the heles that his ryder maye fall backwarde LORDE I loke for thy saluacion As for Gad a wapened hoost of men shal fall violently vpon him but he shall hurte them in the hele Of Asser coÌ„meth his fat bred and he shal geue delicates vnto kynges Nepthali is a swift hynde and geueth goodly wordes The fruteful sonne Ioseph that florishinge sonne to loke vpon the doughters go vpoÌ„ the wall And though the shoters angered him stroâ—e with him and hated him yet his bowe bode fast and the armes of his haÌ„des were made stroÌ„ge by the handes of y e Mightie in Iacob Of him are come herdmen stones in Israel Of y e fathers God art thou helped of the Allmightie art thou blessed w t blessynges of heauen from aboue with blessinges of y e depe y t lyeth vnder with blessynges of brestes wombes
What is this Thou shalt saye vnto him The LORDE brought vs out of Egipte from the house of bondage w t a mightie hande for whan Pharao was loth to let vs go the LORDE slew all the firstborne in the lande of Egipte from the firstborne of men vnto y e firstborne of the catell therfore offer I vnto the LORDE all that breaketh y e Matrice beynge a male and y e firstborne of my children I redeme And this shal be a signe vnto the in thine hande and a token to thinke vpon before thine eyes how that the LORDE brought vs out of Egipte with a mightie hande Now whan Pharao had let y e people go God led them not the waye thorow the lōde of the Philistynes which was y e nexte for he thoughte The people might repēt whā they se warre and so turne in agayne in to Egipte Therfore led he the people aboute euen the waye thorow the wyldernes by y e reed see And the childrē of Israel wente harnessed out of the londe of Egipte And Moses toke Iosephs bones with him for he toke an ooth of the children of Israel and sayde God wyll surely vyset you therfore cary awaye my bones with you from hence So they toke their iourney frō Suchoth pitched their tētes in Ethā in y e edge of the wildernes And y e LORDE wēte before thē by daye in a piler of a cloude to lede thē y e right waye and by night in a piler of fyre that he might shewe thē light to walke both by daie and night The piler of the cloude departed neuer from the people by daye and the pyler of fyre departed not from thē by night The XIIII Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel and byd them that they turne aboute pitch their tentes before the valley of Hyroth betwixte Migdol the see towarde Baal Zephō and there pitch y e tentes right ouer by the see For Pharao shall saye of the children of Israel They can not tell how to get ▪ out of the londe the wyldernesse hath shut them in And I wyll harden his hert y t he shal folowe after them I wil get me honoure vpon Pharao and vpon all his power And y e Egipciās shal knowe y t I am the LORDE And they dyd so And whan it was tolde y e kinge of Egipte y t y e people fled his hert his seruauntes were turned agaynst y e people saide Why haue we done this that we haue let Israel go y t they shulde not serue vs And he bounde his charettes fast and toke his people w t him and toke sixe hūdreth chosen charettes and the other charettes besyde that were in Egipte and the captaynes ouer all his for the LORDE hardened y e hert of Pharao kynge of Egipte that he folowed after the children of Israel And the children of Israel wente out with an hye hande And the Egipcians folowed after thē ouertoke them where they had pitched by y e see with horses and charettes and horsmē and with his power in the valley of Hyrath towarde Baal Zephon And whan Pharao came nye them the children of Israel lift vp their eyes and beholde y e Egipcians wente behinde thē and they were sore afrayed and cried vnto the LORDE And sayde vnto Moses Were there no graues in Egipte y t thou hast brought vs awaye to dye in the wyldernes Wherfore hast thou done this vnto vs that thou hast caried vs out of Egipte Is not this it that we sayde vnto the in Egipte Leaue of let vs serue the Egipcians for it were better for vs to serue the Egipcians then to dye in the wyldernes Moses sayde vnto the people Feare you not stonde styll and beholde what a saluacion the LORDE shall shewe vpon you this daye for these Egipcians whom ye se this daye shall ye neuer se more for euer the LORDE shal fight for you onely quyete youre selues The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Wherfofore criest thou vnto me Speake vnto y e children of Israel y t they go forwarde But lift thou vp y i staff stretch out thine hāde ouer y e see parte it asunder y t the children of Israel maye go in thorow y e middest of it vpon the drye grounde Beholde I wyll harden y e hert of the Egipcians y t they shall folowe after you Thus wyl I get me honoure vpon Pharao vpon all his power vpō his charettes and horsmen and the Egipcians shal knowe that I am y e LORDE whan I haue gotten me hono r vpon Pharao vpon his charettes and vpon his horsmen Then the angell of God y t wente before the armies of Israel remoued and gat him behynde them and the cloudy piler remoued also from before them and stode behinde thē and came betwixte the armies of the Egipcians and the armies of Israel It was a darcke cloude and gaue light that night so that all the night longe these and they coude not come together Whā Moses now stretched forth his hāde ouer y e see the LORDE caused it to passe awaye thorow a mightie eastwynde all that night and made the see drye and y e water deuyded it self asunder And the children of Israel wente in thorow the middest of y e see vpon the drye grounde and y e water was vn to them as a wall vpon their right hande vpō their lefte And y e Egipciās folowed wente in after thē all Pharaos horses charettes horsmē euē in to y e middest of y e see Now whan the mornynge watch came the LORDE loked vpō the armies of the Egipcians out the piler of fire and y e cloude troubled their armies and smote the wheles from their charettes ouerthrew them w t a storme Then sayde the Egipcians Let vs flye from Israel the LORDE fighteth for thē agaynst the Egipcians But y e LORDE saide vnto Moses Stretch out thyne hande ouer the see that y e water maye come agayne vpon the Egipcians vpon their charettes and horsmen Then Moses stretched out his hande ouer the see and the see came agayne before daye in his course and strength and the Egipcians fled agaynst it Thus the LORDE ouerthrew them in the myddest of the see so that the water came agayne and couered y e charettes and horsmen and all Pharaos power which folowed after them in to the see so that there remayned not one of them But the children of Israel wente drye thorow y e myddest of the see and the water was vnto them as a wall vpon their right hande and vpon their lefte Thus the LORDE delyuered Israel in y t daye from the hande of the Egipcians And they sawe the Egipcians deed vpon y e see syde and the greate hande y t the LORDE had shewed vpon the Egipcians And y
Ramath And he put of his clothes prophecied likewise before Samuel fell downe naked all that daye and all that nighte Here of came the prouerbe Is Saul also amonge the prophetes The XX. Chapter DAuid fled froÌ„ Naioth in Ramath and came spake before Ionathas What haue I done What trespace haue I made What haue I synned in y e sighte of thy father y t he seketh to kyll me He sayde vnto him God forbyd thou shalt not dye Beholde my father doth nothinge nether greate ner small but he sheweth it before myne eares Wherfore shulde my father theÌ„ hyde this fro me It shal not be so TheÌ„ sware Dauid agayne and sayde Thy father knoweth well y t I haue founde fauoure in y e sighte therfore shal he thynke Ionathas shal not knowe of this lest it greue him Verely as truly as the LORDE lyueth and as truly as y e soule lyueth there is but one steppe betwene me death Ionathas sayde vnto Dauid I wil do for the what so euer thy hert desyreth Dauid sayde vnto him Beholde tomorow is the new Mone that I shulde syt at the table with the kynge Let me hyde my selfe therfore in the felde vnto the thirde daye at euen Yf thy father then axe after me saye Dauid prayed me y t he mighte runne to Bethleem vnto his cite for all his kynred haue there a yearly sacrifice Yf he saye then It is good theÌ„ stondeth it well with y e seruaunt But yf he be wroth thou shalt perceaue that he intendeth euell Do mercy therfore vpon thy seruaunt for with me y e seruaunt hast thou made a couenaunt in the LORDE But yf there be eny trespace in me then slaye me thy selfe for why woldest thou brynge me vnto thy father Ionathas sayde That be farre from the that I shulde perceaue my father to intende eny euell agaynst the and shulde not tell the. Dauid sayde Who shal brynge me worde yf thy father geue the an harde answere Ionathas sayde vnto Dauid Come let vs go forth in to the felde And they wente out both in to y e felde And Ionathas sayde vnto Dauid LORDE God of Israel yf I perceaue by my father tomorow or on the thirde daye that it goeth well with Dauid sende not vnto the and shewe the before thine eares then let the LORDE do this and that vnto Ionathas But yf my father delyte in euell agaynst the I wil shewe it before thine eares also and let y t go that thou mayest departe in peace And the LORDE be with the as he hath bene with my father Yf I do it not then do thou no mercy of the LORDE on me while I lyue no not whan I dye and plucke thy mercy fro my house for euer And whan the LORDE roteth out y e enemies of Dauid euery one out of the londe then let Dauid rote out Ionathas also with his house and the LORDE requyre it of the hande of Dauids enemies And Ionathas proceaded further and sware vnto Dauid he loued him so well for he loued him euen es his owne soule and Ionathas sayde vnto him Tomorow is y e new Mone and thou shalt be axed after for thou shalt be wanted where thou wast wonte to sit But on the thirde daye come downe soone go in to y e place where thou hydest the on the worckdaye set the downe by the stone of Asel then wyl I shute thre arowes on y t side as though I wolde shute at a marck and beholde I wil sende the boye and saye vnto him Go seke y e arowes Yf I saye now vnto the lad Lo the arowes lye hitherwarde behynde y e fetch them then come thou for it is peace and there is no parell as truly as the LORDE lyueth But yf I saye vnto the lad beholde the arowes lye yonderwarde before the then go thou thy waye for the LORDE hath let the go As for that which thou and I haue spokeÌ„ together the LORDE is betwene me and the for euer Dauid hid himself in the felde And whaÌ„ the new Mone came the kynge sat him downe at the table to eate Whan the kynge had set him downe in his place as he was wonte by the wall Ionathas stode vp but Abner sat him downe besyde Saul And Dauid was myssed in his place And Saul spake nothinge that daye for he thoughte There is somwhat happend vnto him that he is not cleane On the seconde daye of the new Mone whan Dauid was myssed in his place Saul saide vnto Ionathas his sonne Wherfore is not the sonne of Isai come to the table nether yesterdaye ner to daye Ionathas answered Saul He prayed me that he mighte go vnto Bethleem and sayde Let me go for oure kynred hath a sacrifyce to do in the cyte and my brother hath sent for me himselfe yf I haue founde fauoure now in thy syghte I wyll go and se my brethren therfore is he not come to the kynges table Then was the kynge wroth at Ionathas and sayde vnto him Thou wicked and vnthrifte I knowe how that thou hast chosen the sonne of Isai to the shame of thy selfe and of y e shamefull mother For as longe as y e sonne of Isai lyueth vpoÌ„ earth nether thou ner thy kingdome shal prospere Sende now therfore and cause him to be fetched vnto me for he is a childe of death Ionathas answered his father Saul and sayde vnto him Wherfore shal he dye what hath he done Then shot Saul the iauelynge at him that he might smite him TheÌ„ perceaued Ionathas that his father was vtterly determed to kyll Dauid and he rose vp from y e table in a wrothfull displeasure and ate no bred y t same seconde daye of the new Mone for he was vexed because of Dauid that his father had done him soch dishonor. On the morow wente Ionathas forth in to the felde at the tyme appoynted of Dauid and a litle boy with him and sayde vnto y e boy Runne and seke me the arowes which I shute Whan the boy ranne he shot an arowe ouer him And whan the boy came to the place whither Ionathas had shot y e arowe Ionathas cryed after him and sayde The arowe lyeth yonder warde before the. And he cryed after him agayne haist the and stonde not styll Then the boy gathered vp Ionâ—thas arowes and brought them to his lorde And the boy knewe nothinge onely Ionathas and Dauid knewe of y e matter Then Ionathas gaue his boy his wapeÌ„s and sayde vnto him Go thy ways and cary them in to the cite And whan the boy was gone Dauid arose from the place towarde the south and fell vpon his face to the grouÌ„de and worshipped thre tymes and they kissed one another and wepte together But Dauid most specially And Ionathas saide vnto Dauid Go thy waye in peace What soeuer we both haue sworne spokeÌ„ together in the name of the LORDE the LORDE be witnesse betwene me
LORDE shal be iudge betwene me and the and auenge me on the but my hāde shal not be vpon the acordinge as it is sayde after the olde prouerbe Vngodlynes commeth of the vngodly but my hande shal not be vpon the. Whom persecutest thou O kynge of Israel whom persecutest thou a deed dogg a flee The LORDE be iudge and geue sentence betwene me and the and cōsidre it and defende my cause and delyuer me from thy hande Now whan Dauid had spoken out these wordes vnto Saul Saul saide Is not this thy voyce my sonne Dauid And Saul lifte vp his voyce and wepte and saide vnto Dauid Thou art more righteous then I for thou hast recompēsed me good but I haue rewarded the euell And this daye hast thou shewed me how thou hast done me good for so moch as y e LORDE hath delyuered me in to thy hande and thou neuertheles hast not slaine me What is he which yf he fynde his enemye wyllet him go in a good waye The LORDE rewarde the good for y t thou hast done vnto me this daye Beholde now I knowe that thou shalt be kynge the kyngdome of Israel stondeth in thy hande sweare now therfore vnto me by the LORDE y t thou shalt not rote out my sede after me nether destroie my name out of my fathers house And Dauid sware vnto Saul Then wente Saul home but Dauid gat him vp with his men vnto the castell The XXV Chapter ANd Samuel dyed and all Israel gathered them selues together mourned for him buried him in his house at Ramath As for Dauid he rose and wente downe in to the wyldernesse of Paran And there was a man at Maon and his possession at Carmel and the man was of greate power and had thre thousande shepe and a thousande goates And it fortuned that he clypped his shepe at Carmel and his name was Nabal but his wyues name was Abigail and she was a woman of good vnderstondinge bewtyfull of face But the man was harde and wicked in his doynges and was one of Caleb Now whan Dauid herde in the wyldernes y t Nabal clypped his shepe he sent out ten yonge men saide vnto them Go vp vnto Carmel whan ye come to Nabal salute him frendly on my behalfe saye Good lucke peace be w t the thine house with all y t thou hast I haue herde saye that thou hast shepe clyppers Now y e shepherdes whom thou hast haue bene with vs we haue done them no dishonoure and they wāted nothinge of their nombre as longe as they were at Carmel Axe thy yonge men they shal tell the and let thy yonge men fynde fauoure in y e sighte for we are come in a good daye geue thy seruauntes thy sonne Dauid what thy hande fyndeth And whā Dauids yonge men came and spake all these wordes on Dauids behalfe vnto Nabal they lefte of But Nabal answered Dauids seruauntes sayde What is he y t Dauid who is the sonne of Isai There are many seruauntes now y t runne awaye from their masters Shulde I take my bred water and flesh that I haue slayne for my clyppers geue it vnto mē whom I knowe not whence they are Thē Dauids yonge mē turned their waye agayne And whan they came agayne vnto him they tolde him all these wordes Thē sayde Dauid vnto his men Euery man gyrde his swerde aboute him And euery one gyrde his swerde aboute him And Dauid gyrde his swerde aboute him also and there wēte vp after him vpon a foure hundreth men but two hundreth remayned w t the stuffe Neuertheles Abigail Nabals wife tolde one of hir yonge men and sayde Beholde Dauid sent messaungers out of the wyldernes to blesse oure lorde Notwithstondinge he was fearce vpō them and yet haue they bene very profitable men vnto vs and haue done vs no dishonoure and we wanted none of the nombre as lōge as we walked with them whan we were in the felde but they haue bene oure wall daye and nighte as longe as we kepte the shepe by them Take hede now therfore and loke well what thou doest for there is surely a mysfortune at hande agaynst oure lorde agaynst all his house And he is a man of Belial to whom no man darre saye eny thinge Then Abigail made haist and toke two hundred loaues of bred and two botels of wyne and fyue shepe ready dighte and fyue measures of firmentye and an hundreth frayles of rasens and two hundreth frayles of fygges layed them vpō asses and sayde to hir yonge men Go ye youre waye before me beholde I wyl come after And she tolde Nabal hir housbāde nothinge therof And as she rode vpō the asse and wente downe in the shadowe of y e hill beholde Dauid his mē met hir downe so that she came vpon them But Dauid sayde Wel all that this man had in y e wyldernes haue I kepte for naughte so that there wanted nothinge of all that he had and he rewardeth me euell for good God do this and yet more vnto the enemies of Dauid yf vntyll tomorow in the mornynge I leaue this man of all that he hath so moch as one that maketh water agaynst y e wall Now whan Abigail sawe Dauid she lighte downe from the asse in all the haist and fell vpō hir face before Dauid and worshiped him to the grounde and fell at his fete and sayde Oh my lorde let this trespace be myne and let thy handmayde speake before thine eares and heare the wordes of thy handmayden Let not my lorde set his hert agaynst this Nabal the man of Belial for he is a foole acordinge as his name is called his name is foole and foolishnes is with him As for me thy handmayde I sawe not my lordes yonge men whom thou dyddest sende But now my lorde as truly as the LORDE lyueth and as truly as thy soule lyueth the LORDE hath kepte the backe y t thou shuldest not come agaynst bloude and he hath delyuered thine hande Thine enemyes be now as Nabal and so be they that wolde my lorde euell Here is y e blessynge y t thy handmayde hath brought my lorde take it and geue it vnto the yonge men that walke vnder my lorde For a sure house shal y e LORDE make my lorde which fighteth the fighte of the LORDE and no euell shall be founde in the all thy life longe And yf eny man ryse vp to persecute y t and to laye wayte for thy soule then shal the soule of my lorde be bounde in the bundell of y e lyuynge euen with the LORDE thy God But y e soule of thine enemies shal be turned backe w t the slynge Whan the LORDE therfore doth all this good for my lorde which he hath promysed the and commaundeth y t to be his Duke ouer Israel then shal it be no stomblinge blocke ner occasiion of fallynge vnto my lordes hert that thou hast not shed
reputed in my sighte this daye so let y e LORDE repute my soule in his sighte delyuer me from all trouble Saul saide vnto Dauid Blessed be thou Dauid my sonne thou shalt do it be able But Dauid wente his waye and Saul turned agayne vnto his place The XXVII Chapter DAuid thoughte in his hert One of these dayes shal I fall in to the handes of Saul It is better that I get me my waye in to y e londe of y e Philistynes that Saul maye leaue of from sekynge me in all the coastes of Israel so shall I escape his handes And he gat him vp and wente ouer with the sixe hundreth men that were with him vnto Achis the sonne of Maoch kynge of Gath. So Dauid remayned by Achis at Gath with his mē euery one with his housholde and Dauid with his two wyues Ahinoam the Iesraelitisse and Abigail Nabals wife of Carmel And whan worde came to Saul that Dauid was fled vnto Gath he soughte him nomore And Dauid sayde vnto Achis Yf I haue founde grace in thy sighte then let there be geuen me a place in one of the cities of the londe that I maye dwell therin Wherfore shulde thy seruaunt dwell in the kynges cite with the Then Achis gaue him Siclag the same daye Therfore belongeth Siclag to the kynges of Iuda vnto this daye The tyme that Dauid dwelt in the londe of the Philistynes is foure monethes Dauid wente vp with his men and fell in to the londe of the Gessurites and Girsites and Amalechites for these were the inhabiters of this londe of olde as thou commest to Sur vnto the lōde of Egipte But whā Dauid smote y e londe he let nether man ner woman lyue and toke the shepe oxen asses Camels and rayment and returned and came to Achis So whan Achis spake Whither fell ye in to daye Dauid sayde Towarde the south parte of Iuda towarde y e south parte of the Ierahmielites towarde the south parte of the Kenites But Dauid let nether man ner woman come lyuynge vnto Geth and thoughte They mighte peraduēture speake reporte agaynst vs thus dyd Dauid and this was his maner as longe as he dwelt in y e londe of the Philistynes Therfore Achis gaue credence vnto Dauid and thoughte he hath made him selfe stynke before his people of Israel therfore shal he be my seruaunt for euer The XXVIII Chapter IT fortuned at y e same tyme that the Philistynes gathered their hoost together to the battayll to go agaynst Israel And Achis sayde vnto Dauid Thou shalt knowe that thou and thy men shal go forth with me in the hoost Dauid sayde vnto Achis Well thou shalt se what thy seruaūt shal do Achis saide vnto Dauid Therfore wyll I ordene the to be the keper of my heade as longe as I lyue As for Samuel he was deed and all y e people had mourned for him buried him in his cite Ramath So Saul had dryuen the soythsayers and expounders of tokens out of y e londe Now whan the Philistynes gathered them selues together and came and pitched their tentes at Sunem Saul gathered all the people together they pitched at Gilboa But whan Saul sawe the hoost of the Philistynes he was afrayed and his hert was discoraged and he axed councell at the LORDE But y e LORDE gaue him no answere nether by dreames ner by the lighte ner by prophetes Thē sayde Saul vnto his seruauntes Seke me a womā which hath a sprete of soythsayēge that I maye go vnto her and axe at her His seruauntes sayde vnto him Beholde at Endor is there a woman which hath a sprete of soythsayenge And Saul chaunged his clothes and put on other and wente his waye and two men with him and came by nighte vnto the woman and sayde Prophecye vnto me I pray the thorow the sprete of soythsayenge and brynge me him vp whom I shal name vnto the. The womā saide vnto him Beholde thou knowest what Saul hath done how he hath roted out the soythsayers witches from the londe wherfore wilt thou brynge my soule then in to y e nett that I maye be slayne But Saul sware vnto her by y e LORDE and sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth there shall no harme happen vnto the for this Then sayde y e woman Whom shal I brynge vp vnto the He sayde Brynge me vp Samuel Now whan y e woman sawe Samuel she cryed loude and sayde vnto Saul Wherfore hast thou begyled me Thou art Saul And the kynge sayde vnto her Feare not what seist thou The woman sayde vnto Saul I se goddes cōmynge vp out of y e earth He sayde How is he shapened She sayde There commeth vp an olde man and is clothed with a longe garment Then perceaued Saul that it was Samuel bowed him selfe downe w t his face to the grounde and worshiped him Samuel saide vnto Saul Why hast thou disquyeted me to cause me be broughte vp ▪ Saul sayde I am sore troubled the Philistynes fighte against me God is departed fro me geueth me no answere nether by prophetes ner by dreames therfore haue I called the y t thou mightest shewe me what I shal do Samuel sayde What wilt thou axe at me seynge the LORDE is departed from the and is become thine enemye The LORDE shal do vnto the euen as he spake by me and shall plucke the kyngdome out of thy hande and geue it vnto Dauid thy neghboure because thou hast not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE ner perfourmed the displeasure of his wrath agaynst Amalek Therfore hath the LORDE done this now vnto the. Morouer the LORDE shal delyuer Israel with the also in to the handes of the Philistynes tomorow shalt thou and thy sonnes be with me And the hoost of Israel shal the LORDE delyuer in to the handes of the Philistynes Then fell Saul immediatly vnto the earth for he coulde not stonde and was sore afrayed at these wordes of Samuel so that there was nomore strength in him for he had eaten no bred all that daye and all that night And the woman wente in to Saul sawe that he was sore vexed and sayde vnto him Beholde thy handmayde hath herkened vnto thy voyce and I haue put my soule in my hande so that I haue herkened vnto y e wordes which thou spakest vnto me Therfore folowe thou also the voyce of thy handmayde I wil set a morsell of bred before the to eate that thou mayest come to thy strength go y e waye But he refused and sayde I wil not eate Then his seruauntes the woman cōpelled him so that he herkened vnto their voyce And he rose vp from y e grounde and sat vpon the bed The woman had a fat calfe at home so she made haist and kylled it and toke meell and dyd kneet it and baked swete cakes broughte them forth before Saul before his seruauntes And whan they had eaten
after her And she had a partye garment on for soch garmentes wayre y e kynges doughters whyle they were virgins And whā his seruaunt had put hir forth lockte the dore after her Thamar strowed aszshes vpon hir heade and rente the partye garment which she had vpon her and layed hir hande vpon hir heade and wente on and cryed And hir brother Absalom sayde vnto her Hath thy brother Ammon bene with the Now holde thy peace my sister it is thy brother and take not the matter so to hert So Thamar remayned a wyddowe in brother Absaloms house And whan kynge Dauid herde of all this he was very sory As for Absalom he spake nether euell ner good to Ammon but Absalom hated Ammon because he had forced his sister Thamar After two yeares had Absalom shepe clyppers at Baal Hazor which lyeth by Ephraim And Absalom called all the kynges children and came to the kynge and sayde Beholde thy seruaunt hath shepe clyppers let it please y e kynge with his seruauntes to go with his seruaunte But the kynge sayde vnto Absalom No my sonne let vs not all go lest we be to chargeable vnto the. And he wolde nedes haue had him to go howbeit he wolde not but blessed him Absalom sayde Shall my brother Ammon go with vs then The kynge sayde vnto him Wherfore shall he go with the Then was Absalom so importune vpon him that he let Ammon and all the kynges childrē go with him But Absalom commaunded his yonge men and sayde Take hede whan Ammon is mery with wyne and I saye vnto you Smyte Ammon and slaye him that ye be not afrayed for I haue commaunded you be stronge and playe the men So Absaloms yonge men dyd vnto Ammon as Absalom had commaunded them Then stode all the kynges children vp and euery one gat him vp vpō his Mule and fled And whyle they were yet on their waye the rumoure came to kynge Dauid that Absalom had slayne all the kynges children so that not one of them was lefte Then stode the kynge vp and rente his clothes layed him downe vpon the earth and all his seruaūtes that stode aboute him rente their clothes Then answered Ionadab y e sonne of Simea Dauids brother and sayde Let not my lorde thynke that all the yonge men the kynges children are deed but y t Ammon is deed onely for Absalom hath kepte it in him selfe sence the daie that he forced his sister Thamar Therfore let not my lorde the kynge take it so to hert that all the kynges children shulde be deed but that Ammon is deed onely As for Absalom he fled And the yonge man that kepte the watch lifte vp his eyes and loked and beholde A greate people came in the waye one after another by the hill syde Then sayde Ionadab vnto the kynge Beholde the kynges children come Euen as thy seruaunt sayde so is it happened And whan he had ended his talkynge the kynges children came and lifte vp their voyce and wepte The kynge and all his seruauntes wepte also very sore But Absalom fled and wente vnto Thalmai the sonne of Ammihud kynge of Gesur As for Dauid he mourned for his sonne euery daye Whan Absalom was fled and gone vnto Gesur he was there thre yeare And kynge Dauid ceassed from goinge out agaynst Absalom for he had comforted him selfe ouer Ammon that he was deed The XIIII Chapter IOab the sonne of Ieru Ia perceaued y t the kynges hert was agaynst Absalom and sent vnto Thecoa and caused to fetch from thence a prudent woman and saide vnto her Make lamētacion and weere mournynge garmentes anoynte the not with oyle but fayne thy selfe as a woman which hath mourned longe ouer a deed and thou shalt go in to the kynge and speake so so vnto him And Ioab tolde her what she shulde saye And whan the woman of Thecoa wolde speake with the kynge she fell vpon hir face to the grounde and worshipped and sayde Helpe me O kynge The kynge sayde vnto her What ayleth the She sayde I am a wedowe a woman that mourneth and my huszbāde is deed And thy handmayde had two sonnes which stroue together in the felde and whyle there was noman to parte thē a sunder the one smote the other and slewe him And beholde all the whole kynred ryseth vp agaynst thy handmayden and saye Delyuer him which hath smytten his brother that we maye kyll him for the soule of his brother whom he hath slayne and that we maye destroye the heyre also And thus are they mynded to put out my sparke which yet is lefte that there shulde no name ner eny thinge els remayne ouer vnto my huszbāde vpon earth The kynge sayde vnto the woman Go y e waye home I wil geue a cōmaundemēt for ye. And the woman of Thecoa saide vnto y e kynge The trespace be vpon me my lorde y e kynge and vpon my fathers house but the kynge and his seate be vngiltye The kynge sayde He that speaketh agaynst the brynge him vnto me so shall he touch the nomore She sayde Let the kynge thynke vpon the LORDE his God that there be not to many auengers of bloude to destroye and that they brynge not my sonne to naught He sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth there shall not one heer of thy sonne fall vpon the earth And the woman sayde Let thy handmayde speake somwhat to my lorde the kynge He sayde speake on The woman sayde Wherfore hast thou deuised soch a thinge agaynst the people of God And how happeneth it that the kynge speaketh soch to make himselfe giltie and causeth not his outlawe to be broughte agayne For we all dye the death and as the water that sinketh in to the earth which is not taken vp And God will not take awaye the lyfe but vnbethynketh himselfe y t euen the very outlawe be not cleane thrust out from him Thus am I come also to speake this to my lorde the kynge in the presence of the people for thy handmayden thoughte I wyll speake to the kynge peraduenture he shall do that his handmayden sayeth for he shall heare his handmayden to delyuer me from the hande of all them that wolde destroye me with my sonne from the enheritaunce of God And thy handmayden thoughte y e worde of my lorde the kynge shall be as a meat offerynge for my lorde the kinge is as an angell of God so that he can heare good and euell therfore shall the LORDE thy God be with the. The kynge answered and sayde vnto the woman Kepe nothynge fro me that I axe the. The woman sayde Let my lorde the kinge speake on The kynge sayde Is not the hande of Ioab with the in all this The woman answered and sayde As truly as thy soule lyueth my lorde O kynge there is els noman nether at the righte hande ner at y e lefte but euen as my LORDE the kynge hath sayde for thy seruaunt Ioab hath commaunded
me and he himselfe hath taughte thy handmayden all these wordes that I shulde turne this matter of this faszshioÌ„ this hath Ioab thy seruaunt done But my lorde is wyse as the wyszdome of an angell of God so that he knoweth all thynges vpon earth Then sayde the kynge vnto Ioab Beholde I haue done this go thy waye therfore and brynge the childe Absalom agayne Then fell Ioab vpon his face vnto the grounde and worshipped and thanked the kynge and sayde This daye doth thy seruaunt perceaue that I haue founde grace in thy syghte my lorde the kynge in that the kynge doth as his seruaunt hath sayde So Ioab gat him vp and wente vnto Gesur and broughte Absalom to Ierusalem But the kinge sayde Let him go againe in to his house and not se my face Thus Absalom came agayne to his house and sawe not y e kynges face But in all Israel there was not so fayre and so maruelous goodly a man as Absalom From the sole of his fote vnto the toppe of his heade there was not one blemysh in him And whan his heade was rounded that was comonly euery yeare for it was to heuy for him so that it must nedes haue bene rounded the heer of his heade weyed two huÌ„dreth Sicles after y e kynges weight And vnto Absalom there were borne thre sonnes and one doughter whose name was Thamar and she was a woman of a fayre bewtye So Absalom abode two yeare at Ierusalem and sawe not the kynges face And Absalom sent for Ioab that he mighte sende him to the kynge And he wolde not come to him But he sent the seconde tyme yet wolde he not come Then sayde he vnto his seruauntes Ye knowe Ioabs pece of londe that lyeth by myne and he hath barlye theron go youre waye therfore and set fyre vpon it So Absaloms seruauntes sett fyre vpon Ioabs pece of londe Then Ioab gat him vp and came to Absalom in to the house and sayde vnto him Wherfore haue thy seruauntes set fire vpon my pece of londe AbsaloÌ„ sayde vnto Ioab Beholde I sent for the and caused to saye vnto the Come hither that I maye sende the to the kynge and to saye Wherfore came I from Gesur It were better for me that I were there yet Let me therfore se the kynges face But yf there be eny trespace in me then put me to death And Ioab wente in to the kynge and tolde him And he called Absalom to come in to the kynge and he worshipped vpon his face to the grounge before the kynge And the kynge kyssed Absalom The XV. Chapter ANd after this it fortuned that Absalom caused to prepare himselfe chearettes and horses and fyftye men which were his fote meÌ„ And AbsaloÌ„ gat him vp allwaye early in the mornynge and stâ—de in the waye by the porte and whan eny man had a matter which shulde come to the kynge for iudgment Absalom called vnto him and sayde â–ª Of what cite art thou Yf he sayde theâ—â— thy seruaunt is of one of the trybes of Israel then sayde Absalom vnto him Beholde thy matter is righte and plaine but there is noman appoynted y t of the kynge to heare the. And Absalom sayde O who setteth me to be iudge in y e londe that euery man which hath a plee or matter to do in y e lawe might come to me that I might helpe him to right And whan eny man came to him to do worshippe to do him obeisaunce he put forth his haÌ„de and helde him kyssed him After this maner dyd Absalom vnto all Israel whan they came to the lawe vnto the kynge and so dyd he steale awaye the hert of y e men of Israel After fortye yeares sayde Absalom vnto the kynge I wil go and perfourme my vowe at Hebron which I made vnto the LORDE For thy seruaunt made a vowe whan I dwelt at Gesur in Siria and saide Whan y e LORDE bryngeth me agayne to Ierusalem I shal do a Gods seruyce vnto the LORDE The kynge sayde vnto him Go thy waye in peace And he gat him vp and wente vnto Hebron But Absalom had sent out spyes in all the trybes of Israel sayenge Whan ye heare the noyse of the trompe saye Absalom is made kynge at Hebron There wente with Absalom two hundreth men called from Ierusalem but they wente on symply and knewe not of the matter Absalom sent also for Achitophel the Gilonyte Dauids counceler out of his cite Gilo Now whan he did the sacrifice the conspiracion was mightie and the people ranne together and multyplied with Absalom Then came one which tolde Dauid and sayde that the hert of euery man in Israel folowed Absalom Dauid sayde vnto all his seruauntes that were with him at Ierusasem Vp let vs fle for here shall be no escapynge for vs before Absalom Make haist that we maye be goynge lest he ouertake vs and catch vs and dryue some mysfortune vpon vs and smyte the cyte with the edge of the swerde Then sayde the kynges seruauntes vnto him Loke what my LORDE y e kinge choseth beholde here are thy seruauntes And the kynge wente forth on fote w t all his housholde But ten concubynes lefte he to kepe the house And whan the kynge and all the people came forth on fote they weÌ„te farre from home and all his seruauntes wente by him and all the Chrethians and Plethians and all the Gethites euen sixe hundreth men which were come on fote from Gath wente before the kynge And the kynge sayde vnto Ithai y e Gethite Why goest thou also with vs Turne backe and byde with the kynge for thou art a straunger get the hence agayne vnto thy place Thou camest yesterdaye and to daye thou iuperdest to go with vs As for me I wyl go whither I can turne thou backe agayne and mercy and faithfulnes happen vnto thy brethren with the Ithai answered and sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth and as truly as my lorde the kynge lyueth loke in what place my lorde the kynge shal be whether it chaunce to life or death there shal thy seruaunt be also Dauid sayde vnto Ithai Then come and go with vs. So wente Ithai the Gethite and all his men and the whole multitude of the children that were with him And all the lande wepte with loude voyce and all the people with them And the kynge weÌ„te ouer the broke Cedron and all the people wente ouer by the waye that goeth to the wyldernes And beholde Sadoc was there also and all the Leuites that were with them they bare y e Arke of the couenuÌ„at of God and set it there And Abiathar wente vp tyll all the people came out of the cite But the kynge sayde vnto Sadoc Brynge the Arke of God in to the cite agayne Yf I shal fynde grace before the LORDE he shall fetch me agayne and shall let me se it and the house of it But yf he saye thus I haue no pleasure to y
Sadoc sayde Let me runne now and brynge the kynge worde that the LORDE hath gotten him righte frō the hande of his enemies But Ioab sayde Thou shalt bringe no good tidinges to daie another daye shalt thou brynge him worde and not to daye for the kynges sonne is deed But vnto Chusi sayde Ioab Go thou thy waye and tell the kynge what thou hast sene And Chusi did his obeysaūce vnto Ioab and ranne Ahimaas the sonne of Sadoc saide agayne vnto Ioab What and I ranne also Ioab sayde What wilt thou runne my sonne Come hither thou shalt brynge no good tydinges He answered What and I ranne yet He saide vnto him Renne on y e waye then So Ahimaas ranne the straight waye and came before Chusi As for Dauid he sat betwene the two gates And the watchman wente vp to y e toppe of the porte vpon the wall and lifte vp his eyes and sawe a man renninge alone and cryed and tolde the kinge The kynge sayde Yf he be alone then is there good tydinges in his mouth And as the same wente and came forth the watchman sawe another man rennynge and cryed in the porte and sayde Beholde there renneth a man alone The kinge sayde The same is a good messaunger also The watchman sayde I se the rennynge of the first as it were the rennynge of Ahimaas the sonne of Sadoc And the kynge sayde He is a good man and bryngeth good tidinges Ahimaas cryed and sayde vnto y e kinge Peace and worshipped before the kynge vpon his face to the grounde and sayde Praised be the LORDE thy God which hath geuen ouer y e men that lifte vp their handes agaynst my LORDE the kynge The kynge sayde Goeth it well with the yonge man Absalom Ahimaas sayde I sawe a greate vproure whan Ioab the kynges seruaunt sent me thy seruaunt and I wote not what it was The kynge sayde Go aboute and stonde here And he wente aboute and stode there Beholde then came Chusi and sayde I brynge good tydinges my lorde the kynge The LORDE hath executed righte for the this daye from the hande of all them that rose vp agaynst the. But the kynge sayde vnto Chusi Goeth it well with the yonge man Absalom Chusi sayde Euen so go it w t all the enemyes of my lorde the kynge and with all them that ryse vp agaynst the to do euell as it goeth with the yonge man Then was the kynge soroufull and wente vp in to the perler vpon the gate and wepte and as he wente he sayde thus O my sonne Absalō my sonne my sonne Absalom wolde God y t I shulde dye for the. O Absalom my sonne my sonne The XIX Chapter ANd it was tolde Ioab beholde y e kinge wepeth mourneth for Absalom And so out of y e victory of y t daye there came a mourninge amonge all the people For the people had herde the same daye y t the kynge toke on heuely because of his sonne And y e people stale awaye the same daye so that they came not in to the cite as a people that is put to shame pycketh them selues awaye whan they are fled in a battayll As for the kynge he had couered his face and cryed loude and sayde Oh my sonne Absalom Absalom my sonne my sonne But Ioab came to the kynge in to the house and sayde This daye hast thou shamed all thy seruauntes which haue delyuered thy soule this daye and the soules of thy sonnes of thy doughters of thy wyues and of thy cōcubynes in that thou louest them that hate the and hatest those that loue ye. For to daye thou shewest thyselfe that thou carest not for the captaynes and seruauntes For I perceaue this daye that yf Absalom onely were alyue and we all deed this daye thou woldest thynke it were well Get the vp now therfore and go forth and speake louyngly vnto thy seruauntes For I sweare vnto the by y e LORDE yf thou go not forth there shall not be lefte the one man this nighte this shal be worse vnto y t then all the euell that happened the sence y e youth vp hither to Thē the kynge gat him vp and sat in the gate And it was sayde vnto the people beholde the kynge sytteth in the gate Then came all the people before y e kynge But Israel was fled euery one vnto his tent And all the people stroue in all the trybes of Israel and sayde The kynge ryd vs from the hande of oure enemies and delyuered vs from the hande of the Philistynes and was fayne to fle out of the lōde for Absalom So Absalom whom we had anoynted ouer vs is deed in the battayll Why are ye so styll now that ye fetch not the kynge agayne The kynge sent vnto Sadoc Abiathar the prestes caused to saye vnto thē Speake to the Elders of Iuda saye Why wyl ye be the last to fetch the kynge agayne vnto his house for y e sayenge of all Israel was come before the kynge in to his house ye are my brethren my bone and my flesh Wherfore wyl ye then be the last to brynge the kynge agayne And saye vnto Amasa Art not thou my bone and my flesh God do this that vnto me yf thou shalt not be the chefe captayne before me in Ioabs steade as longe as thou lyuest And he bowed the hert of all the men of Iud◠as of one man And they sent vnto y e kynge Come agayne thou and all thy seruauntes So the kynge came agayne And whan he came vnto Iordane y e men of Iuda were come to Gilgal for to go downe to mete the kynge that they mighte brynge y e kynge ouer Iordane And Semei the sonne of Gera the sonne of Iemini which dwelt at Bahurim made haist and wente downe with y e men of Iuda to mete kynge Dauid and there were with him a thousande mē of Ben Iamin Siba also the seruaunt of the house of Saul with his fyftene sonnes and twenty seruauntes gat them thorow Iordane and passed ouer y e fery that they mighte brynge ouer the kynges housholde and to do him pleasure But Semei the sonne of Gera fell downe before the kynge whan he passed ouer Iordane and sayde vnto the kynge O my lorde laye not the trespace vnto my charge thynke not vpon it that thy seruaunt vexed the in the daye whan my lorde the kynge wente out of Ierusalem and let not y e kynge take it to hert for thy seruaunt knoweth that he hath synned And beholde this daye am I come the first amonge all the house of Ioseph for to go downe to mete my lorde the kynge Neuertheles Abisai the sonne of Zeru Ia answered and sayde And shulde not Semei dye therfore seynge he hath cursed y e anoynted of y e LORDE But Dauid sayde What haue I to do with you ye children of Zeru Ia that ye wyll become Sathan vnto me this daye Shulde eny man dye this daye in
at Bethleem vnder y e gate caried it broughte it vnto Dauid neuertheles he wolde not drynke it but offred it vnto the LORDE sayde The LORDE let this be farre fro me that I shulde do it Is it not the bloude of the men that ioperded their lyues and wente thither And he wolde not drynke it This dyd the thre Worthies Abisai y e brother of Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia was one also chefe amoÌ„ge thre He lifte vp his speare smote thre hundreth was an awncient man amoÌ„ge thre the noblest amonge thre was their ruler But he came not vnto the thre And Benaia the sonne of Ioiada the sonne of Ishail a man of greate actes of Cabzeell smote two mightie giauÌ„tes of y e Moabites weÌ„te downe slewe a lyon at a well in the snowe tyme. He smote also a fayre goodly man of Egipte which had a speare in his hande But he weÌ„te downe to him with a staffe and toke the speare out of the Egipcians hande by violence and slewe him with his owne speare This dyd Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and was a famous man amoÌ„ge thre Worthies and more honorable then the thirtie but he came not vnto the thre And Dauid made him of his secrete couÌ„cell Asahel the brother of Ioab is amonge y e thirtie Elham his vncles sonne at Bethleem Samma the Haradite Elika the Haradite Helez the Paltite Ira the sonne of Tekoite Abiser the Anthothite Mebunai the Husathite Zalmon the Ahohite Maherai the Netophatite Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibea of the childreÌ„ of Ben Iamin Benaia the Pirgathonite Hidai of the broke of Gaas Abialbon the Arbathite Asmaueth the Bahumite Eliaheba the Baalbonite The children of Iasen and Ionathas Samma the Hararite Eliphelet the sonne of Ahaszbai y e sonne of Maechathi Eliam the sonne of Achitophel y e Gilonite Hesrai of Carmel Paerai the Arbite Iegael the sonne of Nathan of Soba â–ª Bani the Gadite Zeleg the Ammonite Naharai the Beerothite the weapen bearer of Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia Ira the Iethrite Gareb the Iethrite Vriâ—s the Hethite These are alltogether seuen and thirtie The XXIIII Chapter ANd the LORDE was wrothfully displeased of y e new agaynst Israel and moued Dauid amonge them because he saide Go nombre Israel and Iuda And the kynge sayde vnto Ioab y e chefe captayne of his hoost Go aboute in all the trybes of Israel from Dan vnto Berseba and nombre the people that I maye knowe how many they be Ioab sayde vnto the kynge The LORDE thy God adde vnto this people an hundreth tymes as moch as it is now that my lorde the kynge maye se his eyes lust theron But why hath my lorde the kynge a desyre to this thinge Neuertheles the kynges worde preuayled agaynst Ioab and the captaynes of the hoost So Ioab and y e captaynes of the hoost wente forth from the kynge to nombre the people of Israel and passed ouer Iordane and pitched at Aroer at the righte hande of the cite which lyeth in y e ryuer of Gad and at Iaseer came to Gilead and in the lowe countre of Hadsi and came vnto Dan Iaan and aboute Sidon and came to the stronge cite of Tyrus and all the cities of the Heuites and Cananites and came forth to the south parte of Iuda vnto Berseba and weÌ„te rounde aboute that countre and after nyne monethes and twenty daies they came to Ierusalem And Ioab delyuered vnto y e kynge the summe of the people that was nombred And in Israel there were eight C. thousande stronge men that drue out the swerde and in Iuda fyue hundreth thousande men And after that the people was nombred Dauids hert smote him selfe And Dauid sayde vnto y e LORDE I haue synned sore that I haue done this And now LORDE take awaie the trespace of thy seruaunt For I haue done very vnwysely And whan Dauid rose vp in the mornynge the worde of the LORDE came vnto the prophet Gad Dauids Seer sayde Go speake vnto Dauid Thus sayeth the LORDE â–ª I brynge the thre thinges chose the one of them that I maye do it vnto the. Gad came vnto Dauid and tolde him and sayde vnto him Wilt thou that seuen yeare derth shall come in to thy londe Or that thou be fayne to flye before thine aduersaries thre monethes and they to persecute the Or that there be pestilence thre dayes in the londe Take aduysement therfore and se what answere I shal bringe agayne vnto him y t sent me Dauid sayde vnto Gad I am in extreme trouble Neuertheles yf it maye be let me rather fall in to y e handes of the LORDE for his mercy is greate I wyll not fall in to the handes of men So the LORDE sent pestileÌ„ce in to Israel from the morow vnto the tyme appoynted so that there dyed of the people from Dan vnto Berseba thre score and ten thousande men And whan the angel stretched his hande ouer Ierusalem to destroye it the LORDE repented ouer the euell and sayde vnto the angell It is ynough holde now thy hande The angell of the LORDE was besyde the barne of Arafna the Iebusite But whan Dauid sawe the angell that smote the people he sayde vnto the LORDE beholde It is I that haue synned I haue done the trespace As for these shepe what haue they done Oh let thy haÌ„de be agaynst me and agaynst my fathers house And Gad came to Dauid at the same tyme and saide vnto him Go vp and set vp an altare vnto the LORDE in y e barne of Arafna the Iebusite So Dauid weÌ„te vp as Gad sayde and as the LORDE had commaunded And whaÌ„ Arafna loked aboute him he sawe the kynge with his seruauntes goinge vnto him and he worshipped vpon his face to the grounde and sayde Wherfore commeth my lorde y e kynge vnto his seruaunt Dauid sayde To bye the barne of the and to buylde an altare vnto the LORDE that the plage maye ceasse from the people But Arafna sayde vnto Dauid Let my lorde the kynge take it and offre what pleaseth him Beholde there is an oxe for a burnt offerynge and sleddes and vessels of oxen to the wodd All this gaue Arafna vnto the kynge And Arafna sayde vnto y e kynge The LORDE thy God make the accepted vnto him Neuertheles y e kynge sayde vnto Arafna Not so but I wyll bye it of the for as moch as it is worth For I wyl not offre burnt offerynges vnto y e LORDE of y t which I haue for naughte So Dauid boughte the barne and the oxe for fiftye Sicles of syluer and buylded an altare there vnto the LORDE and offred burnt offerynges deed offerynges And the LORDE was mercifull vnto y e londe and y e plage ceassed from the people of Israel The ende of the seconde boke of the kynges otherwyse called the seconde boke of Samuel The thyrde boke of the kynges What this boke conteyneth Chap.
I ▪ Adonias seketh his fathers kyngdome Salomon is ordeyned kynge Chap. II. Dauid before his death exhorteth Salomō to godlynes Adonias Ioab and Semei are put to death Abiathar is deposed from the presthode Chap. III. Salomō optayneth wyszdome of God The wise sentence of Salomon betwene the two wemen that stroue for the childe Chap. IIII. The descripcion of Salomons kyngdome and of his wyszdome Chap. V. Hiram the kinge of Tyre sendeth Salomon connynge craftesmen to buylde the Temple Chap. VI. The descripcion of the time whā Salomon beganne to buylde the Temple and how it was buylded Chap. VII Salomon buyldeth himselfe an house of the tymber of mount Libanus Chap. VIII The Arke of the LORDE is brought in to Salomons temple The thankesgeuynge and prayer of Salomon Chap. IX The LORDE appeareth vnto Salomon which geueth Hiram twenty cities c. Chap. X. Quene Saba hearynge of Salomons wyszdome commeth to Ierusalem Chap. XI Salomon displeaseth God with the loue of Heythenysh wemen God deuydeth his kyngdome he dyeth Chap. XII Roboam foloweth yonge councell and maketh the people to cleue to Ieroboam which setteth vp Idolatry with the two golden calues Chap. XIII Ieroboam despiseth the prophet of the LORDE is punyshed receaued to grace agayne A Lyon slayeth the dishobedient prophet Chap. XIIII Ieroboam dyeth his sonne Nadab is kynge Of Roboams dominion Chap. XV. Abia reigneth in Iuda after hī reigneth Asa which hath warre with Baasa the kynge of Israel After him reigneth Iosaphath and Baesa dyeth Chap. XVI Ella reigneth in steade of his father Baesa Simri slayeth him and taketh the kyngdome The people are deuided Achab is kynge Chap. XVII A greate drouth derth in Elias tyme. The LORDE fedeth him thorow the Rauens and by the wedowe at Sarepta Chap. XVIII Elias commeth agayne vnto Achab. All Baals prestes are slayne Chap. XIX Iesebel threateneth Elias he flieth and is fed and strengthed by the angell The LORDE talketh with him vpon mount Horeb ▪ Eliseus is called Chap. XX. Benadab the kynge of Siria fighteth agaynst Samaria and Israel is ouercome and discomfited Chap. XXI Achab oppresseth Naboth for his vynyarde Elias rebuketh him Chap. XXII Iosaphat ande Achab helpe one another to fighte The prophet Micheas warueth them The first Chapter ANd whā kinge Dauid was olde well stryckē in age he coulde not be warme though he was couered with clothes Then sayde his seruauntes vnto him Let vs seke a yonge damsell a virgin for oure lorde the kynge to stonde before the kynge and to norish him to slepe in his armes and to warme oure lorde the kynge And they sought a fayre dāsell in all the coastes of Israel and founde Abisag of Sunem and brought her vnto y e kynge And she was a very fayre damsell and noryshed y e kynge and serued him Howbeit the kynge knewe her not Adonias y e sonne of Hagith lifte vp him selfe and sayde I wyl be kynge And he prepared him charettes and horsmen and fyftie men to be renners on fote before him And his father reproued hī not therfore so moch as to saye Wherfore doest thou so And he was a man of a very fayre bewtye and he had begotten him nexte after Absalō And his matter stode by Ioab y e sonne of Zeru Ia and by Abiathar the prest which helped Adonias But Sadoc the prest and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and Nathan the prest and Semei and Rei and Dauids Worthies were not with Adonias And whā Adonias offred shepe and oxē and fat catell besyde the stone of Soheleth which lyeth by the well of Rogel he called all his brethrē the kynges sonnes and all the men of Iuda the kynges seruaūtes But the prophet Nathan and Benaia and the Worthies and his brother Salomon called he not Then sayde Nathan vnto Bethseba Salomons mother Hast thou not herde y t Adonias is kynge and oure lorde Dauid knoweth not therof Come now therfore I wyll geue the councell that thou mayest delyuer thy soule and the soule of thy sonne Salomon Come now and go in to kinge Dauid and saye vnto him Hast not thou my lorde the kynge sworne and sayde vnto thy handmayden Salomon thy sonne shall be kynge after me and he shall sytt vpon my seate Why is then Adonias made kynge Beholde while thou art yet there and talkest with the kynge I wyll come in after the and tell forth thy tayle And Bethseba wente in to the kynge to y e chamber And the kynge was very olde And Abisag of Sunem serued the kynge And Bethseba bowed hirselfe and worshipped the kynge The kynge sayde What wilt thou She sayde vnto him My lorde Thou hast sworne vnto thy handmayde by the LORDE thy God Thy sonne Salomon shall be kynge after me and syt vpon my seate But now lo Adonias is kynge and my lorde the kynge knoweth it not He hath offred oxen and fat catell and many shepe and hath called all the kynges sonnes and Abiathar the prest and Ioab the chefe captayne But thy seruaunt Salomon hath he not bydden Neuertheles thou my lorde art kynge the eyes of all Israel loke vnto the. that thou shuldest shewe them who shall syt vpon the seate of my lorde the kynge after the. And whā my lorde the kynge slepeth with his fathers then shal I and my sonne Salomon be fayne to be synners But whyle she yet spake to the kynge the prophet Nathan came and she tolde y e kinge beholde there is the prophet Nathan And whan he came in before the kynge he worshipped the kynge vpon his face to the grounde and sayde My lorde O kynge hast thou saide Adonias shal be kinge after me syt vpō my seate For he is gone downe this daye and hath offred oxen and fat catell hath called all the kynges sonnes and the captaynes and the prest Abiathar And beholde they eate and drynke before him and saye God saue the kynge Adonias But me thy seruaunt and Sadoc the prest and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and thy seruaunt Salomon hath he not called Hath my lorde the kynge commaunded this and not certifyed his seruauntes who shall sytt vpon the seate of my lorde the kynge after him The kinge answered and saide Call Bethseba vnto me And she came in before the kinge And whan she stode before the kynge the kynge sware and sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth which hath delyuered my soule out of trouble I wyl do vnto the this daye euen as I sware vnto the by the LORDE the God of Israel so that Salomon thy sonne shal be kynge after me and he shal sit pon my seate in my steade Then Bethseba bowed hir selfe with hir face to the grounde and thanked the kynge and sayde God saue my lorde kynge Dauid for euermore And the kynge sayde Call me the prest Sadoc the prophet Nathan and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada And whan they came in before the kynge the kynge sayde vnto them Take youre lordes seruauntes
LORDE stode besyde y e barne of Arnan y e Iebusite And Dauid lifte vp his eyes and sawe the angell of y e LORDE stondinge betwene heauē and earth and a naked swerde in his hande stretched out ouer Ierusalem Then Dauid and y e Elders beynge clothed with sack cloth fell vpō their faces And Dauid sayde vnto God Am not I he that caused the people to be nombred I am he that hath synned and done euell as for these shepe what haue they done ▪ LORDE my God let thine hande be agaynst me and agaynst my fathers house and not agaynst thy people to plage them And the angell sayde vnto Gad that he shulde speake vnto Dauid that Dauid shulde shulde go vp set vp an altare in the barne of Arnan the Iebusite So Dauid wente vp acordinge to y e worde of Gad which he spake in the name of the LORDE But whā Arnan turned him and sawe the angell and his foure sonnes with him they hyd thēselues for Arnan throszshed wheate Now whan Dauid came to Arnan Arnan loked and was aware of Dauid and wēte forth out of the barne and worshipped Dauid with his face to the grounde And Dauid sayde vnto Arnan Geue me rowme in the barne to buylde an altare vnto the LORDE therin for y e full money shalt thou geue it me that the plage maye ceasse from the people But Arnan sayde vnto Dauid Take it vnto the and let my lorde the kynge do as pleaseth him Beholde that oxe geue I for a burnt offerynge and those vessels to the oxe and wheate for the meat offerynge I geue it all Neuertheles the kynge sayde vnto Arnan Not so but for y e full money wyl I bye it for that which is thine wyl not I take for the LORDE and offre a burnt offerynge for naughte So Dauid gaue Arnan for y e rowme sixe hundreth Sycles of golde in weight And there buylded Dauid an altare vnto y e LORDE offred burnt offerynges slayn offerynges And whan he called vpō the LORDE he herde him thorow the fyre from heauē vpon y e altare of the burnt offerynge And y e LORDE sayde vnto the angell that he shulde put his swerde in to his sheeth At the same tyme whā Dauid sawe that the LORDE had herde him vpon the corne floore of Arnan y e Iebusite he dyd sacrifice there For y e habitacion of y e LORDE which Moses had made in the wyldernes and the altare of burnt offerynges was at that tyme in the hye place at Gibeon But Dauid coulde not go thitherto seke God before it for he feared the swerde of the LORDES angell And Dauid sayde Here shal be y e house of God y e LORDE and this the altare of burnt offerynges fo◠Israel The XXIII Chapter ANd Dauid cōmaunded to gather together the straungers that were in y e londe of Israel and appoynted masons to hewe stone for the buyldinge of the house of God And Dauid prepared moch yron for nales in the dores of the portes and for soch thinges as were to be naled together and so moch brasse that is was not to be weyed and Cedre trees innumerable for they of Zidon Tyre brought Dauid moch Cedre tymbre for Dauid thoughte Salomō my sonne is but a childe and tender But the house that shal be buylded vnto the LORDE shal be greate that his name prayse maye be exalted in all londes therfore wyl I prouyde for him So Dauid made greate prouysion before his death And he called Salomon his sonne commaunded him to buylde the house of LORDE God of Israel and sayde vnto him My sonne I was minded to buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE my God but the worde of y e LORDE came vnto me and sayde Thou hast shed moch bloude and strycken many battayls therfore shalt thou not buylde an house vnto my name for as moch as thou hast shed so moch bloude vpon the earth before me Beholde the sonne which shal be borne vnto the shal be a quyete man and I wyl cause him to be in rest from al his enemies on euery syde for his name shal be Salomon for I wyll geue peace and rest vpon Israel as longe as he lyueth He shal buylde an house vnto my name He shal be my sonne and I wyll be his father And I wyl stablyshe y e seate of his kyngdome vpō Israel for euer Now my sonne the LORDE shal be wyth the and thou shalt prospere that thou mayest buylde an house vnto the LORDE thy God acordynge as he hath spoken of the. The LORDE also shal geue the wyszdome vnderstondynge and shal commytte Israel vnto the that thou mayest kepe the lawe of the LORDE thy God But then shal thou prospere yf thou take hede to do after the ordynaunces and lawes which the LORDE commaunded Moses vnto Israel Be stronge and take a good corage vnto the feare not and be not faynt harted Beholde I haue in my pouerte prouyded for the house of the LORDE an hundreth thousande talentes of golde and a thousande tymes a thousande talentes of syluer and brasse and yron without nombre for there is so moch of it And tymbre and stone haue I prepared thou mayest get more therof Thou hast many workmen also mesons and carpenters in stone and tymber and all maner of men that haue vnderstondinge in all worke off golde syluer brasse and yron without nombre Yet get the vp and be doynge and the LORDE shal be with the. And Dauid commaunded all the rulers of Israel to helpe Salomon his sonne and sayde Is not the LORDE youre God with you and hath geuen you rest on euery syde for he hath delyuered the inhabiters of the londe in to youre handes and the londe is subdued before the LORDE and before his people Geue ouer youre hert now therfore and youre soule to seke the LORDE youre God and get you vp and buylde a Sanctuary vnto the LORDE God that the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE and the holy vessels of God maye be brought in to the house which shal be buylded vnto the name of the LORDE So Dauid made Salomon his sonne kynge ouer Israel whan he himselfe was olde and had lyued ynough The XXIIII Chapter ANd Dauid gathered all the rulers in Israel together and the prestes Leuites to nombre y e Leuites from thirtie yeare olde aboue And y e nombre of thē which were strōge men frō heade to heade was eight and thirtie thousande of whom there were foure twentie thousande which dyd their diligence in the worke ouer y e house of the LORDE and sixe thousande officers and Iudges and foure thousande porters foure thousande that songe prayses vnto y e LORDE with instrumentes which he had made to synge prayse with all And Dauid made the ordinaunce amonge the children of Leui namely amōge Gerson Kahath Merari The Gersonites were Laedan and Simei The children of Laedan the
him sayde Thou shalt not want a man before me to syt vpon the seate of Israel yf thy children kepe their waye so y t they walke in my lawe like as thou hast walked before me Now LORDE God of Israel let y i worde be verified which thou hast promysed vnto Dauid thy seruaunt For thinkest thou that God in very dede dwelleth amonge men vpon earth Beholholde the heauen and y e heauens of all heauens maye not coÌ„teyne the how shulde then this house do it which I haue buylded But turne the vnto the prayer of thy seruaunt and to his supplicacioÌ„ O LORDE my God that thou mayest heare the thankesgeuynge and prayer which thy seruaunt maketh before the so that thine eyes be open ouer this house daye and night euen ouer this place wherin thou saydest thou woldest set thy name that thou mayest heare the prayer which thy seruaunt shall make in this place Heare now therfore the intercession of thy seruaunt and of thy people of Israel what so euer they shall desyre in this place heare thou it from the place of thy habitacion eueÌ„ from heauen and whan thou hearest it be mercifull Whan eny maÌ„ synneth agaynst his neghboure and an ooth be put vpon him which he ought to sweare and the ooth commeth before thine altare in this house then heare thou from heauen and se y t thy seruaunt haue righte so that thou rewarde the vngodâ—y and recoÌ„pence him his waye vpon his awne heade and to iustifye the righteous and to geue him acordinge to his righteousnes Whan thy people of Israel is smytteÌ„ before their enemies whyle they haue synned agaynst the and yf they turne vnto the and knowlege thy name and make their prayer and intercession before the in this house theâ— heare thou them from heauen and be mercifull vnto the synne of thy people of Israel brynge them agayne in to the londe y t thou hast geuen them and their fathers Whan the heauen is shut vp so that it rayne not for so moch as they haue synned agaynst the and yf they make their prayer in this place and knowlege thy name and turne from their synnes whan thou hast brought them lowe heare thou them then in heauen and be mercifull vnto the synne of thy seruauntes and of thy people of Israel that thou mayest teach them the good waye wherin they shulde walke and let it rayne vpon thy londe which thou hast geuen thy people to possesse Whan a derth or pestilence or drouth â—â—â—blastinge or greshopper or catirpiller is in the londe Or whan their enemye layeth sege to their portes in the loÌ„de or whan eny other plage or disease happeneth who so euer theÌ„ maketh his prayer or peticion amonge eny maner of men or amonge all thy people of Israel yf eny man fele his plage and disease and spredeth out his handes vnto this house heare thou then from heauen euen from y e seate of thy habitacion and be mercifull and geue euery man acordinge to all his wayes in so moch as thou knowest his hert for thou onely knowest the hert of the children of men that they maye feare the and all waye walke in thy wayes as longe as they lyue in the londe which thou hast geuen vnto oure fathers And whan eny straunger which is not of thy people of Israel commeth out of a farre countre because of thy greate name and mightie hande and out stretched arme and commeth to make his prayer in this house heare thou him then from heaueÌ„ euen from the seate of thy habitacion and do all for y e which that straunger calleth vpoÌ„ the that all the nacions vpon earth maye knowe thy name and feare the as thy people of Israel do and that they maye knowe how y t this house which I haue buylded is named after thy name Whan thy people go forth to y e battayll agaynst their enemies the waye that thou shalt sende them and shall praye vnto the towarde the waye of this cite which thou hast chosen and towarde the house that I haue buylded vnto thy name heare thou theÌ„ their prayer and peticion from heauen and helpe them to their righte Whan they synne agaynst the for there is no man that synneth not and thou be wroth at them and geue them ouer before their enemyes so that they cary them awaye captyue in to a countre farre or nye and yf they turne within their hertes in the londe where they are presoners and so conuerte and make their intercession vnto the in the londe of their captiuyte and saye We haue synned and done amysse and haue bene vngodly and so turne them selues vnto y e with all their hert and with all their soule in the londe of their captiuyte wherin they are presoners and make their prayer towarde the waye of their owne londe which thou gauest vnto their fathers and towarde the ciâ—e which thou hast chosen and towarde the house that I haue buylded vnto thy name then heare thou their prayer and supplicacion from heauen euen from the seate of thy dwellynge and helpe them to their righte and be mercifull vnto thy people that haue synned agaynst the. My God let thine eyes now be opeÌ„ and let thine eares geue hede vnto prayer in this place Aryse now O LORDE God vnto thy restinge place thou and the Arke of thy strength Let thy prestes O LORDE God be clothed with health and let thy sayentes reioyse ouer this good LORDE God turne not awaye the face of thine anoynted thinke vpon the mercies of thy seruaunt Dauid The VII Chapter ANd whaÌ„ SalomoÌ„ had ended his praier there fell a fyre from heauen and coÌ„sumed the burnt offerynge and the other offeringes And the glory of the LORDE fylled the house so that y e prestes coulde not go in to the house of the LORDE while y e glory of the LORDE filled y e LORDES house And all the children of Israel sawe the fyre fall downe and the glory of the LORDE ouer the house and they fell on their knees w t their faces to the grounde vpon the pauement and worshipped and gaue thankes vnto the LORDE because he is gracious and because his mercy endureth for euer As for the kynge and all the people they offred before the LORDE For kynge Salomon offred two and tweÌ„tye thousande bullockes and an hundreth thousande and twentye thousande shepe so both the kynge and all the people dedicated the house of God But the prestes stode in their watches the Leuites with the musicall instrumentes of the LORDE which kynge Dauid had caused to make for to geue thankes vnto the LORDE because his mercy endureth for euer w t psalmes of Dauid thorow their hande And the prestes blewe trompettes ouer agaynst them and all Israel stode And Salomon halowed the myddelmost courte which was before the house of the LORDE for there prepared he the burnt offerynges and the fat of the slayne offeringes for the
euery one vnto his cite and were come with Zorobabel Iesua Nehemias Asaria Raamia Naheman Mardachai Bilsan Mispereth Bigeuai Nehum and Baena This is the nombre of the men of the people of Israel The children of Pareos were two thousande an hundreth and two and seuentye The children of Sephatia thre hundreth two and seuentye the children of Arah sixe hundreth and two and fiftye y e children of Pahath Moab amonge the childrē of Iesua and Ioab two thousande eight hūdreth and eightene the childron of Elam a thousande two hundreth and foure and fyftye the children of Sathu eight hundreth fyue and fortye the children of Sacai seuen hundreth and thre score the children of Benni sixe hundreth and eight and fortye y e children of Bebai sixe hundreth and eight and twentye the children of Asgad two thousande thre hundreth and two and twentye the children of Adonicam syxe hundreth thre score the children of Bigeuai two thousande and seuen and thre score the childrē of Adin sixe hūdreth fiue and fiftye the childrē of Atter of Ezechias eight and nyentye The children of Hasum thre hundreth eighte and twentye the children of Bezai thre hundreth and foure and twentye the children of Hariph an hundreth and twolue the children of Gibeon fyue and nyentye the men of Bethleem and Netopha an hūdreth and eight and foure score the men of Anathot an hundreth and eight and twentye the men of Beth Asmaueth two and fortye the men of Ririath Iearim Caphira and Beeroth seuen hundreth and thre and fortye the men of Rama and Gaba sixe hūdreth and one and twentye the men of Michmas an hundreth and two and twentye the men of Bethel and Ai an hundreth and thre and twentye the men of Nebo an hundreth and two and fiftye the children of the other Elam a thousande two hundreth and foure and fyftye the children of Haram thre thre hundreth and twentye the children of Iericho thre hundreth and fyue and fortye the children of Lodhadid Ono seuen hundreth and one and twentye the children of Senaa thre thousande nyne hundreth and thirtye The prestes The children of Iedaia of the house of Iesua nyne hundreth and thre and seuentye the children of Immer a thousande and two and fyftye the children of Pashur a thousande two hundreth and seuē and fortye the children of Harim a thousande and seuentene The Leuites The children of Iesua of Cadmiel amonge the children of Hodua foure seuentye The syngers The children of Assaph an hundreth and eight and fortye The porters were The children of Sallum the children of Ater the childrē of Talmon the children of Acub the children of Hatita the children of Sobai alltogether an hundreth and eight and thirtye The Nethinims The children of Ziha y e childrē of Hasupha the childrē of Tabaoth the children of Ceros the children of Sia y e children of Padon the children of Libana the children of Hagaba the children of Salmai the children of Hanan the children of Giddel the children of Gahar the children of Reaia the children of Rezin the children of Necoda the childrē of Gasam the childrē of Vsa the children of Passeah the children of Bessai the children of Megunim the children of Nephusim the children of Bachuc the children of Hacupha the childrē of Harhur the children of Bazlith the children of Mehida the children of Harsa the children of Barcos the children of Sissera the children of Thamah the children of Neziah y e children of Hatipha The childrē of Salomons seruauntes were The children of Sotai the childrē of Sophereth the children of Prida the childrē of Iaela the children of Darcon the childrē of Giddel the childrē of Sephatia the childrē of Hatil y e childrē of Pochereth of Zebaim the children of Amon. All the Nethinims the childrē of Salomons seruauntes were thre hundreth and two and nynetye And these wente vp also Michel Mela Thel Harsa Cherub Addō Immer but they coulde not shewe their fathers house ner their sede whether they were of Israel The childrē of Delaia y e children of Tobia the childrē of Necoda were sixe hūdreth two fortye And of the prestes were the children of Habaia the childrē of Hacoz the children of Barsillai which toke one of y e doughters of Barsillai the Gileadite to wyfe and was named afther their name These soughte the register of their generacion and whan they foūde it not they were put from y e presthode And Hathirsatha sayde vnto them y t they shulde not eate of y e most holy tyll there came vp a prest w t y e light and perfectnesse The whole congregaciō as one mā was two and fortye thousande there hundreth and thre score besyde their seruauntes and maydes of whom there were seuen thousande thre hundreth and seuē and thirtye And they had two hundreth and seuen and fortie synginge men and wemen seuen hundreth and sixe and thirtie horses two hūdreth and fyue and fortie Mules foure hundreth and fyue and thirtie Camels sixe thousande seuē hundreth and twentye Asses And certayne of the awnciēt fathers gaue vnto the worke Hathirsatha gaue to the treasure a thousande guldens fiftie basens fyue hundreth and thyrtie prestes garmentes And some of the chefe fathers gaue vnto y e treasure of the worke twētye thousande guldens two thousande and two hundreth poūde of siluer And the other people gaue twētye thousande guldens and two thousande pounde of siluer and seuē and threscore prestes garmentes And the prestes and Leuites the Porters the syngers and the other of the people and the Nethinims and all Israel dwelt in their cities The VIII Chapter NOw whan the seuenth moneth drue nye and y e children of Israel were in their cities all the people gathered them selues together as one man vpon the strete before the Watergate and sayde vnto Eszdras the scrybe that he shulde fetch the boke of the lawe of Moses which the LORDE commaunded Israel And Eszdras the prest brought y e lawe before the congregaciō both of men and wemen and of all that coulde vnderstonde it vpon the first daye of the seuenth moneth and red therin in the strete that is before the Watergate from y e light mornynge vntyll the noone daye before men and wemen and soch as coulde vnderstonde it and the eares of all the people were inclyned vnto the boke of the lawe And Eszdras the scrybe stode vpon an hye pulpit of wod which they had made for the preachynge beside him stode Mathithia Sema Anania Vria Ezechias and Maescia on his righte hand And on his lefte honde stode Pedaia Misael Malchia Hasum Haszbadana Zachary and Mesullam And Eszdras opened y e boke before all y e people for he stode aboue all y e people And whan he opened it all the people stode vp And Eszdras praysed the LORDE the greate God And all the people answered Amen Amen with their handes vp and bowed thē selues and worshipped y e LORDE with their faces to the
my soule why art thou so disquieted withâ—â— me O put thy trust in God for I wil yet gâ—â—ue him thaÌ„kes for y e helpe of his countenaâ—â—ce and because he is my God The XLIII A psalme of y e childreÌ„ of Corah WE haue herde with o r eare 〈◊〉 God o r fathers haue tolde vs what thou hast done in their tyme of olde How thou hast dryueÌ„ out the Heithen w t thy honde plaÌ„ted theÌ„ in how thou hast destroyed the nacions cast theÌ„ out For they gat not the londe in possession thorow their owne swerde nether was it their owne arme that helped them But thy right haÌ„de thyne arme the light of thy countenaunce because thou haddest a fauoure vnto them Thou art y e kinge my God thou sendest helpe vnto Iacob Thorow y e wil we ouer throwe oure enemies in thy name will we treade them vnder that ryse vp agaynst vs. For I will not trust in my bowe it is not my swerde y t shal helpe me But it is thou that sauest vs froÌ„ oure enemies and puttest them to confucion that hate vs. We will allwaye make oure boast of God and prayse thy name for euer Sela. But now thou forsakest vs puttest vs to confucion and goest not forth with oure hoostes Thou makest vs to turne oure backes vpon oure enemies so that they which hate vs spoile oure goodes Thou lettest vs be eaten vp like shepe scatrest vs amonge the Heithen Thou sellest thy people for naught takest no moneye for them Thou makest vs to be rebuked of o r neghbours to be laughed to scorne aud had in derision of them that are rounde aboute vs. Thou hast made vs a very by worde amonge the Heithen that the people shake their heades at vs. My coÌ„fucion is daylie before me the shame of my face couereth me For the voyce of the slaunderer blasphemer for the enemie and auenger All this is come vpon vs yet haue we not forgotten the ner behaued oure selues vnfaithfully in thy couenaunt Oure hert is not turned backe nether oure steppes gone out of thy waye That thou smytesâ— vs so in the place of the serpeÌ„t couerest vs with y e shadowe of death Yf we had forgotten the name of oure God holdeÌ„ vp oure hondes to eny straunge God Shulde â—ot God fynde it out for he knoweth the very secretes of the hert But for thy sake we are kylled all the daie longe and are counted as shepe apoynted to be slayne Vp LORDE why slepest thou â–ª Awake and cast vs not of for euer Wherfore hydest thou thy face wilt thou clene forget oure misery and oppressioÌ„ For oure soule is brought lowe euen vnto the dust and oure bely cleueth vnto the grounde Arise o LORDE helpe vs and delyuer vs for thy mercie sake The XLIIII A psalme of the children of Corah MY hert is dytinge of a good matter I speake of that which I haue made of the kynge My tonge is y e penne of a ready wryter Thou art the fayrest amonge the children of meÌ„ full of grace are thy lippes therfore God blesseth the for euer Gyrde the with thy swerde vpon thy thee o thou mightie with worshipe and renowne Good lucke haue thou with thine honoure ryde on with the treuth mekenesse rightuousnes thy right hoÌ„de shal teach y e woÌ„derfull thinges Thy arowes are sharpe the people shal be subdued vnto the euen in the myddest amonge the kynges enemies Thy seate o God endureth for euer the cepter of thy kyngdome is a right cepter Thou hast loued rightuousnesse hated iniquite wherfore God which is thy God hath anoynted the with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fâ—lowes All thy garmentes are like myrre Aloes Cassia when thou coÌ„mest out of thine yuerie palaces in thy beutifull glory Kynges doughters go in thy goodly araye vpon thy right honde stondeth the quene in a vesture of the most fyne golde Herken o doughter considre enclyne thine eare forget thine owne people thy fathers house So shal the kynge haue pleasure in thy beutie for he is thy LORDE thou shalt worshipe him The doughters of Tyre shal be there with giftes the riche amonge the people shal make their supplicacion before the. The kynges doughter is all glorious within hir clothinge is of wrought golde â–ª She shal be brought vnto the kynge in rayment of nedle worke and maydens after her soch as be next her shal be brought vnto the. With ioye and gladnesse shal they be brought and go into the kynges palace In steade of thy fathere thou hast gotten children whom thou shalt make prynces in all londes I wil remembre thy name from one generacioÌ„ to another therfore shal the people geue thankes vnto the worlde without ende The XLV A psalme of the children of Corah IN oure troubles and aduersite we haue founde that God is oure refuge oure strength and helpe Therfore wil we not feare though the earth fell and though the hilles were caried in to the myddest of the see Though the waters of the see raged were neuer so troublous though the mountaynes shoke at the teÌ„pest of the same Sela. For there is a floude which w t his ryuers reioyseth y e cite of God the holy dwellynge of the most hyest God is in y e myddest of her therfore shall she not be remoued for God helpeth her y e right early The Heithen are madd the kyngdomes make moch a doo but wheÌ„ he sheweth his voyce y e earth melteth awaye The LORDE of hoostes is w t vs the God of Iacob is oure defence Sela. O come hither beholde y e workes of the LORDE what destruccioÌ„s he hath brought vpoÌ„ y e earth He hath made warres to ceasse in all the worlde he hath broken the bowe he hath knapped the speare in sonder breÌ„t the charettes in the fyre Be still theÌ„ confesse y t I am God I wil be exalted amonge the HeitheÌ„ I wil be exalted vpon earth The LORDE of hoostes is w t vs the God of Iacob is oure defence Sela. The XLVI A psalme of the children of Corah O Clappe youre hoÌ„des together all ye people O synge vnto God with the voyce of thaÌ„kesgeuynge For the LORDE the most hyest is to be feared he is the greate kynge vpoÌ„ all y e earth He shal subdue the people vnder vs the HeitheÌ„ vnder oure fete He choseth vs for an heretage the beutie of Iacob whom he loued Sela God is gone vp w t a mery noyse the LORDE w t the sownde of the troÌ„pet O synge prayses synge prayses vnto God O synge prayses synge prayses vnto oure kynge For God is kynge of all the earth O synge prayses vnto him with vnderstondinge God is kinge ouer the HeitheÌ„ God sitteth in his holy seate The prynces of the people are gathered together vnto the
amonge you shall lade his shulders in the darcke and get him awaye He shal breake downe the wall to carie stuff there thorow He shal couer his face that he se not the grounde with his eyes My lyne will I sprede out vpon him and catch him in my net and carie him to Babilon in the loÌ„de of the Caldees which he shal not se yet shal he dye there As for all his helpers and all his hoostes that be aboute him I will scatre them towarde all the wyndes and drawe out a swearde after them So when I haue scatred them amonge the Heithen and strowed them in the londes they shal knowe that I am y e LORDE But I will leaue a litle nombre of them from the swearde hunger pestilence to tell all their abhominacions amonge the Heithen where they come that they maye knowe how that I am the LORDE Morouer the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man with a fearfull treÌ„blinge shalt thou eate thy bred with carefulnesse sorowe shalt thou drynke thy water And vnto the people of the londe speake thou on this maner Thus saieth the LORDE God to them that dwell in Ierusalem and to the londe of Israel Ye shall eate youre bred with sorowe and drynke youre water with heuynesse Yee the londe with the fulnesse therof shal be layde waist for y e wickednesse of them that dwell therin And the cities that now be well occupied shal be voyde and the londe desolate that ye maye knowe how that I am the LORDE Yet came the worde of the LORDE vnto me agayne sayenge Thou sonne of man what maner of byworde is that which ye vse in the londe of Israel sayenge Tush seynge that the daies are so slacke in commynge all the visioÌ„s are of none effecte Tell them therfore thus saieth the LORDE God I wil make that byworde to ceasse so that it shall nomore be comonly vsed in Israel But saye this vnto them The daies are at honde that euery thinge which hath bene prophecied shal be fulfilled There shall no vision be in vayne nether eny prophecie fayle amonge the children of Israel For it is I the LORDE that speake it and what so euer I y e LORDE speake it shal be perfourmed and not be slacke in commynge Yee euen in youre dayes O ye frauwarde housholde will I deuyse some thinge bringe it to passe saieth the LORDE God And the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Beholde thou sonne of man The house of Israel saye in this maner Tush as for the vision that he hath sene it will be many a daye or it come to passe Is it farre of yet the thinge that he prophecieth Therfore saye vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE God All my wordes shal nomore be slacke Loke what I speake that same shal come to passe saieth the LORDE The XIII Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayeÌ„ge Thou sonne of man Speake prophecie agaynst those prophetes that preach in Israel sayeth thou vnto them that prophecie out of their owne herâ—es Heare the worde of the LORDE thus saieth the LORDE God Wo be vnto those folish prophetes that folowe their owne sprete and speake where they se nothinge O Israel thy prophetes are like the foxes vpon the drie felde For they stonde not in the gappes nether make they an hedge for the house of Israel that meÌ„ might abyde the parell in the daye of the LORDE Vayne thinges they se tell lies to mayntene their preachinges withall The LORDE saye they hath spokeÌ„ it when in very dede the LORDE hath not sent them Vayne visioÌ„s haue ye sene spokeÌ„ false prophecies when ye saye the LORDE hath spoken it where as I neuer sayde it Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Because youre wordes be vayne ye seke out lies Beholde I wil vpon you saieth y e LORDE Myne hondes shal come vpon the prophetes that loke out vayne thinges and preach lies they shal not be in the councell of my people ner written in the boke of the house of Israel nether shal they come in the londe of Israel that ye maye knowe how that I am the LORDE God And that for this cause they haue disceaued my people tolde them of peace where no peace was One setteth vp a wall they dawbe it with lowse claye Therfore tell them which dawbe it with vntempered morter that it shall fall For there shal come a greate shuwer of rayne greate stones shall fall vpon it a fore storme of wynde shal breake it so shal y e wall come downe Shal it not then be sayde vnto you where is now the morter that ye dawbed it withall Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God I will breake out in my wrothfull displeasure with a stormy wynde so that in myne anger there shal come a mightie shuwer of rayne hale stones in my wrath to destroye withall As for y e wall that ye haue dawbed with vntempered morter I wil breake it downe make it eauen with the grounde so that the foundacion therof shal remoue it shal fall yee ye youre selues shall perish in the myddest therof to lerne you for to knowe that I am the LORDE Thus wil I perfourme my wrath vpon this wall vpon them that haue dawbed it with vntempered morter and then will I saye vnto you The wall is gone the dawbers are awaye These are the prophetes of Israel which prophecie vnto the cite of Ierusalem loke out visions of peace for them where as no peace is saieth the LORDE God Wherfore o thou sonne of meÌ„ set thy face agaynst the doughters of y e people which prophecie out of their owne hertes speake thou prophecie agaynst them saye Thus saieth the LORDE God Wo be vnto you that sowe pilowes vnder all arme holes and bolsters vnder the heades both of yonge and olde to catch soules withall For when ye haue gotten the soules of my people in youre captiuyte ye promyse them life and dishonoure me to my people for an handfull of barly for a pece of bred when ye kyll the soules of them that dye not promyse life to them that lyue not Thus ye dyssemble with my people y t beleueth yo r lies Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil also vpoÌ„ the pillowes wherwith ye catch the soules in flyenge theÌ„ will I take from youre armes let the soules go that ye catch in flyenge You re bolsters also wil I teare in peces delyuer my people out of youre honde so that they shal come nomore in youre hoÌ„des to be spoyled ye shal knowe that I am the LORDE Seinge y t with youre lyes ye discomforte the herte of the rightuous whom I haue not discomforted Agayne For so moch as ye corage the honde of the wicked so that he maye not turne from his wicked waye
and one cubite hie whervpon were layed y e vessels and ornamentes which were vsed to the burnt slayne offeringes when they were slaughted And within there were hokes foure fyngers brode fastened rounde aboute to hange flesh vpon vpon the tables was layed the offringe flesh On the outsyde of the ynnermer dore were the syngers chambers 〈◊〉 the inwarde courte besyde y e north dore 〈◊〉 agaynst the south There stode one also 〈…〉 syde the east dore north warde And he sayde vnto me This chambre 〈◊〉 the south syde belongeth to the prestes 〈◊〉 kepe the habitacion and this towarde 〈◊〉 north is the prestes that wayte vpon the aulter which be the sonnes of Sadoch that do seruyce before the LORDE in steade of the children of Leui. So he measured the fore courte which had in length an C cubites and as moch in bredth by the foure corners Now the aulter stode before the house And he brought me to the fore entre of the house and measured the walles by the entre dore which were fyue cubites longe on ether syde The thicknesse also of the dore on ether syde was thre cubites The leÌ„gth of the porche was xx cubites the bredth xj cubites and vpon steppes went men vp to it by the walles also were pilers on either syde one The XLI Chapter AFter this he brought me to the temple and measured the postes which were of both the sydes vj. cubites thicke acordinge to the wydenesse of the tabernacle The bredth of y e dore was x. cubites the walles of the dore on either syde fyue cubites He measured the length therof which conteyned xl cubites and the bredth xx TheÌ„ wente he in and measured the dore postes which were two cubites thicke but the dore itself was sixe cubites and the bredth of the dore was vij cubites He measured the leÌ„gth and bredth therof which were euery one xx cubites before the temple And he sayde vnto me this is the holyest of all He measured also the wall of the house which was sixe cubites The chambres y t stode rounde aboute y e house were euery one foure cubites wyde and one stode harde vpoÌ„ another wherof there were xxxiij And there stode postes beneth by the walles rounde aboute the house to beare theÌ„ vp but in y e wall of y e house they were not fastened The syde chambres were the hyer the wyder and had steppes thorow them rounde aboute y e house Thus was it wyder aboue that from the lowest men might go to the hyest mydde chaÌ„bers â–ª I sawe also that the house was very hye rounde aboute The foundacion of the syde chambres was a meterodde that is sixe cubites brode The thicknesse of the syde wall without conteyned fyue cubites so 〈…〉 of the chaÌ„bers in y e house 〈…〉 chambers was the 〈…〉 aboute y e house The 〈…〉 ouer agaynst the out 〈…〉 was towarde the north y e 〈…〉 south and the thicknesse 〈…〉 cubites rounde abouâ—◠〈…〉 that was separated 〈…〉 west was lxx cubites wyde the wall 〈◊〉 buyldinge was v cubites thicke rouÌ„de aboute and the length foure score cubites and ten So he measured the house which was an C. cubites longe and the separated buyldinge with the wall were an C. cubites loÌ„ge also The wydnesse before the house and of it y t was separated towarde the east was an C. cubites And he measured the length of the buyldinge before and behinde with the chaÌ„bers vpon both the sydes and it conteyned an C. cubites The ynnermer temple the porch of the forecourte y e syde postes these thre had syde wyndowes and pilers rounde aboute ouer agaynst the postes from the grounde vp to the wyndowes The wyndowes them selues were syled ouer with bordes thus was it aboue the dore vnto the ynmost house and without also Yee the whole wall on euery syde both within and without was syled ouer w t greate bordes There were Cherubins and date trees made also so that one date tre stode euer betwixte two Cherubins One Cherub had two faces y e face of a man lokinge asyde towarde the date tre and a lyons face on the other syde Thus was it made rouÌ„de aboute in all the house Yee the Cherubins and date trees were made from the grounde vp aboue the dore and so stode they also vpon the wall of the temple The bypostes of the temple were foure squared and the fashion of the Sanctuary was euen as it appeared vnto me afore in y e vision The table was of wodde thre cubites hie and two cubites longe his corners the length and the walles were of wodde And he sayde vnto me This is the table that shal stonde before the LORDE The temple and the holiest of all had ether of them two dores and euery dore had two litle wickettes which were folden in one vpon another on euery syde two And vpon the dores of the temple there were made Cherubins and date trees like as vpon the walles and a greate thicke balke of wodde was before on the outsyde of the porche VpoÌ„ both the sydes of the walles of the porche there were made depe wyndowes and date trees hauynge beames and balkes like as the house had The XLII Chapter THen caried he me out in to tâ—â—â—fore courte towarde the north brought me in to the chambre that stode ouer agaynst the backe buyldinge northwarde which had the length of an 〈◊〉 cubites whose dore turned towarde the north The wydenesse conteyned L. cubites ouer agaynst the xx cubites of the ynnermer courte agaynst the paued worke that was in the fore courte Besyde all these thre there stode pilers one ouer against another And before this chaÌ„bre there was a walkinge place of x. cubites wyde and within was a waye of one cubite wyde and their dores towarde the north Thus the hyest chambres were allwaye narower then the lowest and myddelmost of y e buildinge for they bare chambre vpon chambre and stode thre together one vpon another not hauynge pilers like the fore courte therfore were they smaller then those beneth and in the myddest to reken from the grounde vpwarde The wall without that stode by y e chambres towarde the vttemost courte vpon the fore syde of the chambres was L. cubites loÌ„ge for the leÌ„gth of y e vttemost chambers in the fore courte was L. cubites also but the length therof before the temple was an C. cubites These chambres had vnder them an intraunce of the east syde wherby a man might go into them out of the fore courte thorow the thicke wall of the fore courte towarde the east right ouer agaynst the separated buyldinge Before the same buyldinge vpoÌ„ this syde there were chaÌ„bers also which had a waye vnto them like as the chambers on the north syde of the same length and wydenesse Their intraunce fashion and dores were all of the same maner Yee euen like as the other chamber dores were so were
sprete within me aÌ„d the visions off my heade made me afrayed till I gat me vnto one off them that stode by to knowe the treuth concerninge all these thinges So he tolde me and made me vnderstoÌ„de the interpretacioÌ„ of these thinges These foure greate beastes are foure kinges which shal aryse out of the earth These shal take in the kyngdome off the sayntes of the most hyest and possesse it still more more for a longe season After this I requyred diligently to knowe the treuth concerninge the fourth beest which was so farre vnlike the other beestes and so horrible whose teth were of yron and his nales off brasse which deuoured and destroied and stamped the resydue vnder his fete I desyred also to knowe the treuth as touchinge the ten hornes that he had vpon his heade and this other which came vp afterwarde before whose face theâ— fell downe thre which horne had eyes and a mouth that spake presumptuous thinges and loked with a grimmer visage then his felowes I behelde and the same horne made battail agaynst the sayntes yee aÌ„d gat the victory off them vntill the tyme that the olde aged came that the iudgment was geueÌ„ to the chefest sayntes and till the tyme that y e sayntes had the kyngdome in possession He gaue me this aâ—swere That fourth beest shal be the fourth kingdome vpoÌ„ earth it shal be more then all other kyngdomes it shall deuoure treade downe aÌ„d destroye all other londes The ten hornes are ten kynges that shal aryse out of that kyngdome after whoÌ„ there shall stonde vp another which shall be greater then the first He shall subdue thre kynges and shall speake wordes agaynst the hyest off all he shall destroye the sayntes of the most hyest and thynke that he maye chaunge tymes and lawes They shall be geuen vnder his power vntill a tyme two tymes and halff a tyme. But the iudgment shal be kepte so that his power shal be taken from him for he shal be destroyed and perish at the last As for the kyngdome power and all might that is vnder the heauen it shal be geuen to the holy people off the most hyest whose kyngdome is euerlastinge yee all powers shall serue and obeye him Thus farre exteÌ„de y e wordes Neuerthelesse I Daniel was so vexed in my thoughtes that my countenaunce chaunged but the wordes I kepte still in my herte The VIII Chapter IN the thirde yeare off the raigne of kinge Balthasar there apeared a visioÌ„ vnto me Daniel after that I had sene the first I sawe in a vision and when I sawe it I was at Susis in the chefe cite which lyeth in the londe off Elam and in y e vision me thought I was by the ryuer off Vlai Then I loked vp and sawe and beholde there stode before the ryuer a ramme which had hornes and these hornes were hye but one was hyer then another and the hyest came vp last I sawe that this ramme puszhed with his hornes agaynst the west agaynst the north and agaynst the south so that no beestes might stonde before him ner defende them from his power but he dyd as him listed and waxed greatly I toke hede vnto this and then came there an hegoate from the west ouer the whole earth and touched not the grounde This goate had a maruelous goodly horne betwixte his eyes and came vnto the ramme that had the two hornes whom I had sene a fore by the ryuer syde and ranne fearcely vpon him with his might I sawe him drawe nye vnto the ramme beynge very fearce vpon him yee he gaue him soch a stroke that he brake his two hornes Nether had the ramme so moch strength as to stonde before him but he kest him downe trodde him vnder his fete and no man was able to delyuer the ramme out of his power The goate waxed exceadinge greate and when he was at the strongest his greate horne was broken also Then grewe there other foure soch like in the steade towarde the foure wyndes off the heauen Yee out of one of the leest off these hornes there came vp yet another horne which waxed maruelous greate towarde the south towarde the east and towarde the fayre pleasaunt londe It grewe vp to the hoost off heauen wherof it dyd cast some downe to the grounde and off the starres also and trode them vnder fete Yee it grewe vp vnto the prynce off the hoost from whom the daylie offeringe was taken and the place off his Sanctuary casten downe And a certayne season was geuen vnto it agaynst the daylie offeringe because of wickednesse that it might cast downe the verite to the grounde and so to prospere in all thinges that it went aboute Vpon this I herde one off the sayntes speakynge which saynte sayde vnto one that axed this question How longe shall this vision off the daylie sacrifice and of the waistinge abhominacion endure that the Sanctuary and the power shall so be troden vnder fote And he answered him Vnto the euenyinge the morninge euen two thousande and thre huÌ„dreth dayes then shall the Sanctuary be clensed agayne Now when I Daniel had sene this vision and sought for the vnderstondinge of it beholde there stode before me a thinge like vnto a man And I herde a mans voyce in the ryuer off Vlai which cryed and sayde O Gabriel make this man vnderstonde the vision So he came and stode by me But I was afrayed at his coÌ„minge and fell downe vpon my face Then sayde he vnto me O thou sonne of man marcke well for in the last tyme shall this vision be fulfylled Now as he was speakynge vnto me I waxed faynte so that I suncke downe to the grounde But he toke holde vpon me and set me vp agayne sayenge Beholde I will shewe the what shall happen in the last wrath for in the tyme appoynted it shal be fulfilled The ramme which thou sawest with the two hornes is the kynge off the Medes aÌ„d Perses but the goate is the kynge of Greke londe the greate horne that stode betwixte his eyes that is the pryncipall kynge But where as it brake and foure other rose vp in the steade it signifieth that out of this people shall stonde vp foure kyngdomes but not so mightie as it After these kyngdomes whyle vngodnesse is a growinge there shall aryse a kynge off an vnshamefast face which shall be wyse in darcke speakinges He shal be mightie and stronge but not in his owne strength He shall destroye aboue measure and all that he goeth aboute shall prospere he shall slaye the stronge and holy people And thorow his craftynes falsede shall prospere in his honde his herte shall be proude and many one shall he put to death in his welthynesse He shal stonde vp agaynst the prynce off prynces but he shal be destroyed without honde And this vision that is shewed vnto the is as sure as the evenynge and the mornynge Therfore
hath shewed his mercy vnto vs. It is good to hyde the Kynges secrete but to shew and to prayse y e workes of God it is an honorable thinge Prayer is good with fastinge and to geue allmes is better then to hoorde vp treasures of golde For allmes delyuereth from death clenseth synne and causeth to fynde euerlastinge life But they that do synne and vnrighteousnes are y e enemies of their owne soules Wherfore I tell you the trueth and wyll hyde nothinge from you Whan thou praydest with teares and burydest the deed and leftest thy dyner and hyddest the deed in thy house vpon the daye tyme that thou mightest burye them in the night I offred thy prayer before the LORDE And because thou wast accepte and beloued of God it was necessary that tentacion shulde trye the. And now hath the LORDE sent me to heale the and to delyuer Sara y e sonnes wife from the euell sprete For I am Raphael an angell one of the seuen that stonde before God Whā they herde this they were sore afrayed and trembled and fell downe vpon their faces vnto the grounde Then sayde the angell Peace be with you feare not Where as I haue bene w t you it is the will of God geue prayse and thankes vnto him You thought that I dyd eate and drinke with you but I vse meate that is invisible and drynke that can not be sene of men Now therfore is y e tyme that I must turne agayne vnto him that sent me but be ye thankfull vnto God and tell out all his wonderous workes And whan he had spoken these wordes he was taken awaye out of their sight so y t they sawe him nomore Then fell they downe flat vpon their faces by the space of thre houres and praysed God and whan they rose vp they tolde all his wōderous workes Then XIII Chapter THen olde Tobias opened his mouth and praysed the LORDE and sayde Greate art thou o LORDE for euermore and thy kyngdome worlde without ende for thou scourgest and healest thou ledest vnto hell and bryngest out agayne and there is none y t maye escape thy hande O geue thankes vnto y e LORDE ye children of Israel and prayse him in the sight of the Heithē For amonge the Heithen which knowe him not hath he scatred you to the intēt that ye shulde shew forth his maruelous workes cause them for to knowe that there is none other God allmightie but he He hath chastened vs for oure myszdedes and for his owne mercy sake shal he saue vs. Considre then how he hath dealt w t you prayse him with feare and drede and magnifie the euerlastinge kynge in yo r workes I wil prayse him euen in the londe of my captiuyte for he hath shewed his maiesty vnto a synfull people Turne you therfore O ye synners and do righteousnes before God and be ye sure that he wyl shew his mercy vpon you As for me my soule we wil reioyse in God O prayse the LORDE all ye his chosen holde the dayes of gladnesse and be thankfull vnto him O Ierusalem thou cite of God the LORDE hath punyshed the for the workes of thine owne handes O prayse the LORDE in thy good thinges geue thankes to the euerlastinge God that he maye builde vp his tabernacle agayne in y e that he maye call agayne vnto the all soch as be in captiuyte and that thou mayest haue ioye for euermore With a fayre light shalt thou shyne all y e endes of y e worlde shal honoure the. The people shal come vnto the from farre they shal bringe giftes and worshipe y e LORDE in the and thy londe shal they haue for a Sanctuary for they shal call vpon the greate name in the. Cursed shal they be that despyse the all they that blaspheme the shal be condēpned but blessed shal they be y t buylde the vp As for the thou shalt reioyse in y i childrē for they all shal be blessed and gathered together vnto the LORDE Blessed are they all y t loue y e and be glad of thy peace Prayse thou the LORDE o my soule for the LORDE oure God hath delyuered his cite Ierusalem from all hir troubles I wil counte my self happie yf my sede remayne to se y e clearnes of Ierusalē The gates of Ierusalem shal be buylded with Saphyre and Smaragde and all the cōpase of hir walles with precious stones All hir stretes shal be paued w t whyte Marblestone and in all hir stretes shal Alleluya be sunge Praysed be y e LORDE which hath exalted her y t his kyngdome maye be vpon her for euermore Amen And so Tobias made an ende of his talkynge The XIIII Chapter ANd after that Tobias had gottē his sight agayne he lyued two and xl yeares sawe his childers children Now whan he was an hundreth and two yeare olde he dyed was buried honorably in Niniue For whan he was sixe and fiftie yeares of age he lost the sight of his eyes and whā he was thre score yeare olde he gat his sight agayne The residue of his life led he in ioye and increased well in the feare of God departed in peace But in y e houre of his death he called vnto him his sonne Tobias seuen yonge springaldes his sonnes children and sayde vnto them The destruccion of Niniue is at hande for the worde of the LORDE can not fayle and oure brethren that are scatred out of the londe of Israel shal come thither agayne And the whole londe of it that hath bene waist shal be fylled and the house of God that was brent in it shal be buylded againe all soch as feare God shall returne thither the Heithen also shal forsake their Idols come to Ierusalem and dwell there and all the kynges of the earth shal be glad of her and worshipe the LORDE God of Israel And therfore my children heare youre father Serue the LORDE in faithfulnes seke after his will and do the thinge that pleaseth him Commaunde youre children y t they do right geue allmes be myndefull of God and euer to be thankfull vnto him in trueth and with all their power Heare me therfore my childrē and abyde not here but in what daye so euer ye haue buried youre mother besyde me gett you from hence For I se that the wickednes of it shal brynge it to destruccion and ende After y e death of his mother Tobias departed awaye from Niniue with his wife and children and with his childers children came agayne to his father and mother in lawe and founde them whole and in a good age and toke the care of thē And he closed their eyes and was heyre vnto all Raguels goodes and sawe the fifth generacion and childers childrē And whan he was xcix yeare of age he dyed in the feare of the LORDE and his kynsfolkes buried him And all his posterite
continued in a good life and holy conuersacion so that they were loued accepted both of God and men and of all the people of the londe The ende of the boke of Tobias The boke of Iudith What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the noble cite Egbathanis Of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of the Assirians of his victory and power Chap. II. The vnsaciable desyre that Nabuchodonosor had to raigne of his hoost tyrānye Chap. III. Dyuerse kynges and prynces yelde themselues for feare The tyranny of Holofernes and pryde of the kynge Chap. IIII. The Iewes are afrayed and carefull for Ierusalem and the temple make their londe strōge prepare them selues to the battayll call vpon God and Eliachim the prest comforteth them Chap. V. Holofernes taketh indignacion at the children of Israel because they go aboute to defende them selues Achior beareth wytnesse to the trueth Chap. VI. Achior for tellynge the trueth is takē ▪ and delyuered vnto the people of the Iewes vnto whom he telleth all the matter which moueth the people to crye vpon God Chap. VII Holofernes layeth sege to Bethulia The children of Israel crye vpon God Holofernes taketh the water from them so that they in the cite haue greate thyrst and are vnpacient Osias comforteth them and appoynteth fyue dayes to the grace of God Chap. VIII Iudith reproueth the elders that set◠a tyme to the mercy of God she exorteth the people to amēdemēt to praier rehearseth the benefites of God and telleth them hir deuyce Chap. IX Iudith goeth in to hir oratory and prayeth feruently vnto God for the deliueraūce of hir people Chap. X. Iudith decketh herself of the best fashiō taketh hir maydē with her goeth forth by night in to Holofernes tent Chap. XI Iudith telleth Holofernes the cause of hir cōmynge which pleaseth him well Chap. XII Holofernes commaundeth to intreate hir well and geueth hir liberty to go in and out to hir prayer maketh a greate supper byddeth hir to it and is dronken Chap. XIII Iudith seketh oportunite prayeth vnto God for strēgth smyteth of the heade of drōken Holofernes and bryngeth it in to the cite where the people reioyse and prayse God Chap. XIIII Holofernes heade is stickte vp vpon the walles the children of Israel fall vpon their enemies which take their flight Achior cōmeth in to the nombre of the people of God Chap. XV. Holofernes hoost are out of their wyttes after his death the Israelites folowe vpō thē the other cities of Israel helpe them they wynne greate spoyles cōmēde Iudith Chap. XVI Iudith syngeth prayse vnto the LORDE The people come together vnto Ierusalē to geue thankes and prayse vnto the LORDE How Iudith made hir ende The first Chapter ARphaxat the kynge of the Medes subdued many people vnto his dominion buylded a noble strōge cite which he called Egbathanis The walles of it made he of fre stone foure squared seuētie cubites hye and thirtie cubites brode He made towres therevpon of an hundreth cubites hye But vpon the foure corners euery syde was twentie fote brode He made the portes in the heith like as the towres This kynge trusted in his mightie hoost in his glorious charettes So in y e twolft yeare of his raigne it happened that Nabuchodonosor y e kynge of the Assirians which raigned in the greate cite of Niniue fought agaynst Arphaxat and ouercame hī in y e greate felde called Ragau besyde Euphrates and Tigris and Iadason in the felde of Erioth the kinge of the Elikes Then was the kyngdome of Nabuchodonosor exalted and his hert was lift vp and he sent vnto all them that dwelt in Celicia in Damascus in Libanus and vnto the Heithen that dwelt in Carmel and Cedar and to soch as dwelt in Galile in the greate felde of Eszdrelō to all them that were in Samaria and beyonde the water of Iordane vnto Ierusalem and the whole londe of Iesse vnto the mountaynes of Ethiopia Vnto all these dyd Nabuchodonosor the kynge of y e Assirians sende messaungers But they all w t one consent wolde not agree vnto him and sent the messaungers agayne emptie and put thē awaye without honoure Then Nabuchodonosor the kynge toke indignaciō at all those londes and sware by his trone by his kyngdome that he wolde be auenged of all these countrees The II. Chapter IN the xiij yeare of kynge Nabuchodonosor vpon the xxij daye of y e first moneth it was deuysed in the courte of Nabuchodonosor y e kynge of the Assiriās that he wolde defende himself So he called vnto him all y e elders all his captaynes and men of warre and shewed them his secrete councell and tolde them that his purpose was to brynge the whole earth vnder his domynion Now whan they were all content with this sayenge Nabuchodonosor the kinge called Holofernes the chefe captayne of his warres and saide vnto him Go thy waye forth agaynst all the kyngdomes of the west and specially agaynst those that haue despysed my commaundement Thou shalt spare no realme all stronge cities shalt thou brynge in subieccion vnto me Then Holofernes called together all the captaynes rulers of all the power in Assiria and mustred the soudyers vnto the hoost like as the kynge commaunded him namely an hundreth and twētye thousande fightinge men vpon fote and twolue thousande archers vpon horsebacke All his ordinaunce sent he before with an innumerable multitude of camels so that the hoost was well prouyded for with oxen and small catell and y t without nombre He caused corne to be prepared out of all Syria for his hoost Moch golde and syluer also toke he out of the kynges house So he toke his iourney he and all his hoost with charettes horsmen and archers of whom there were so many that they couered the grounde of the lande like the greshoppers And whan he was gone past the borders of the Assirians he came towarde the greate mountaynes of Ange which lye vpon the left syde of Celicia and so he wente vp in to all their castels and wanne euery strōge holde As for y e welthy cite of Melothus he brake it downe spoyled all the childrē of Tharsis and the Ismaelites which laye towarde the wyldernes and vpon the south syde of y e londe of Chelon He wente ouer Euphrates also and came in to Mesopotamia and brake downe all the hye cities that were there from the broke of Mambre tyll a man come to the see and he toke the borders in from Celicia vnto the coastes of Iaphet towarde the south He caried awaye all the Madianites and spoyled all their goodes who so euer withstode him he slew them with the swerde After this he wente downe in to the felde of Damascus in the tyme of haruest and brent vp all the corne and all the trees and caused the vynes to be cutt downe And the feare of him fell vpon all them that dwelt in y e earth The III. 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to come in to my lorde that she maye be honoured before him that she maye eate and drynke wyne and be mery with him Vnto whom Iudith answered Who am I that I shulde saye my lorde naye what so euer is good before his eyes I shal do it and loke what is his pleasure that shal I thinke well done as longe as I lyue So she stode vp and deckte hirself with hir apparell and wente in and stode before him And Holofernes hert was whole moued so that he brent in desyre towarde her And Holofernes sayde vnto her drynke now and sytt downe and be mery for thou hast founde fauoure before me Then sayde Iudith Syr I wil drynke for my mynde is meryer to daye then euer it was in all my life And she toke and ate and dranke before him the thinges that hir mayden had prepared for her And Holofernes was mery w t her and dranke more wyne then euer he dyd afore in his life The XIII Chapter NOw whan it was late in the night his seruauntes made haist euery mā to his lodginge And Vagao shutt the chamber dores and wente his waye for they were all ouerladen with wyne So was Iudith alone in the chamber As for Holofernes he laye vpon the bed all droncken and of very dronkennes fell a slepe Then commaunded Iudith hir mayden to stōde without before the dore and to wayte And Iudith stode before the bed makynge hir prayer with teares and moued hir lippes secretly and sayde Strength me O LORDE God of Israel and haue respecte vnto the workes of my handes in this houre that thou mayest set vp thy cite of Ierusalem like as thou hast promysed O graunte that by the I maye perfourme the thinge which I haue deuysed thorow the beleue that I haue in the. And whan she had spoken this she wente to the bedsteade and lowsed the swerde that hanged vpon it and drew it out Then toke she holde of the hairie lockes of his heade and sayde Strength me o LORDE God in this houre and with that she gaue him two strokes vpon the neck and smote of his heade Then toke she the canapy awaye and rolled the deed body asyde Immediatly she gat her forth and delyuered the head of Holofernes vnto hir mayden and bad hir put it in hir walett And so these two wente forth together after their custome as though they wolde praye and so passed by the hoost and came thorow the valley vnto the porte of the cite And Iudith cried a farre of vnto y e watch men vpon the walles Open the gates sayde she for God is with vs which hath shewed his power in Israel And whan they herde hir voyce they called the elders of the cite together And they came all to mete her litle greate yonge olde for they thought not that she shulde haue come so soone So they lighted candels and gathered aboute hir euaerichone but she wente vp into an hye place and caused sylence to be proclamed Whan euery man now helde his tonge Iudith sayde O prayse the LORDE oure God for he hath not despysed ner forsaken them that put their trust in him and in me his honde mayden he hath perfourmed his mercy which he promysed vnto the house of Israel yee in my hāde this same night hath he slayne the enemy of his people And with that she toke forth the heade of Holofernes out of the walett and shewed it them sayenge Beholde the heade of Holofernes the captayne of the Assiriās and this is the canapy wherin he laye in his dronkennes where the LORDE oure God hath slayne him by the hande of a woman But as truly as the LORDE lyueth his angell hath kepte me goinge thither remayninge there and commynge hither agayne from thence And the LORDE hath not suffred me his handmayden to be defyled but without eny fylthynes of synne hath he brought me agayne vnto you y t with greate victory so that I am escaped and ye delyuered O geue thankes vnto him euerychone for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer So they praysed the LORDE alltogether and gaue thākes vnto him And to her they sayde The LORDE hath blessed the in his power for thorow the he hath brought oure enemies to naught And Ozias y e chefe ruler of the people of Israel sayde vnto her Blessed art thou of the LORDE the hye God aboue all wemen vpon earth Blessed be the LORDE the maker of heauen and earth which hath gyded y e a right to wounde and to smyte of the heade of the captayne of oure enemies For this daye he hath made thy name so honorable that thy prayse shall neuer come out of the mouth of mē which shal all waye remembre y e power of the LORDE seinge thou hast not spared thine owne self but put the in ieoperdy consideringe the anguysh and trouble of thy people and so hast helped their fall before God o r LORDE And all the people sayde Amē Amen Achior also was called he came Then sayde Iudith vnto him The God of Israel vnto whō thou gauest wytnes that he wolde be auenged of his enemies euen he hath this night thorow my hande smyttē of the head of all the vnfaithfull And that thou mayest se that it so is beholde this is y e heade of Holofernes which in his presumptuous pryde despysed the God of the people of Israel and threatened y e with destruccion sayenge whan the people of Israel is takē I shall cause the also to be stickte with the swerde Whan Achior sawe Holofernes heade ▪ he fell downe vpon his face to the grounde for very anguish feare so y t he swowned with all But after that he was come agayne to himself he fell downe before her praysed her sayēge Blessed art thou of thy God in all the tabernacles of Iacob for all the people that heare of thy name shall prayse the God of Israel because of the. The XIIII Chapter IVdith saide vnto all the people Brethren heare me Styck vp this heade vpon oure walles and whan the Sonne aryseth take euery man his weapen and fall out violently not as though ye wolde go besyde them but to renne vpon them with violence Whan the spyes in the tētes se this they shall of necessite be cōpelled to fle bacwarde and to rayse vp their captayne to the battayll So whā their captaynes come in to Holofernes pauylion and fynde the deed body wrapped in the bloude fearfulnes shall fall vpon them and whan ye perceaue that they fle folowe them without all care for God shal delyuer them vnto you to be destroyed Then Achior seynge the power of God which he had shewed vnto the people of Israel fell of from his Heithenish beleue and put his trust in God and let him self be circumcided and so was he nombred amonge the people of Israel he and all his posterite vnto this daye Now as soone as it was
grounde And Iesua Bani Serebia Iamin Acub Sabthai Hodaia Maescia Celita Asaria Iosabad Hanam Plaia and the Leuites caused y e people to geue hede vnto the lawe the people stode in their place And they red in the boke of the lawe of God distinctly and planely so that men vnderstode the thinge that was red And Nehemias which is Hathirsatha and Esdras the prest and scrybe and the Leuites y t caused the people to take hede sayde vnto all the people This daye is holy vnto the LORDE youre God be not ye sory therfore wepe not For all y e people wepte whaÌ„ they herde the wordes of the lawe Therfore sayde he vnto them * Go youre waye and eate the fat and drynke the swete and sende parte vnto them also that haue not prepared themselues for this daye is holy vnto oure LORDE be not ye sory therfore for the ioye of the LORDE is youre strength And the Leuites stylled all the people and sayde Holde youre peace for the daye is holy vexe not ye youre selues And all the people wente their waye to eate and drinke and to sende paâ—te vnto other and to make greate myrth for they had vnderstonde the wordes that were declared vnto them And on the nexte daye were gathered together the chefe fathers amonge all the people and the prestes and Leuites vnto Esdras the scrybe that he shulde teach them y e wordes of the lawe And they founde written in the lawe how that the LORDE had commaunded by Moses that the childreÌ„ of Israel shulde dwell in bothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth And so they caused it be declared and proclamed in all their cities at Ierusalem sayenge Go vp vnto y e mouÌ„t and fetch Olyue braunches Pynebraunches Myrtbraunches Palmebraunches braunches of thicketrees to make bothes as it is wrytten And y e people wente vp and fetched theÌ„ and made them bothes euery one vpon the rofe of his house and in their courtes and in the courtes of the house of God and in the strete by the Watergate and in the strete by Ephraims porte And all the congregacion of them that were come agayne out of the captyuite made bothes and dwelt therin for sence the tyme of Iosua the sonne of NuÌ„ vnto this daye had not the children of Israel done so and there was very greate gladnesse And euery daye from the first daie vnto the last red he in the boke of the lawe of God And seuen dayes helde they the feast on the eight daye the gatherynge together acordynge vnto the maner The IX Chapter IN the foure and twentieth daye of this moneth came the children of Israel together with fastinge and sack clothes and earth vpon them and separated the sede of Israel from all the straunge children and stode and knowleged their synnes and the wyckednesses of their fathers and stode vp in their place and red in the boke of the lawe of the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye and they knowleged and worshipped the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye And the Leuites stode on hye namely Iesua Bani Cadmiel Sebania Buni Serebia Bani and Chenani and cryed loude vnto the LORDE their God And the Leuites Iesua Cadmiel Bani Hasabenia Serebia Hodia Sebania Pethahia sayde Stonde vp prayse the LORDE oure God for euer and let thankes be geueÌ„ vnto the name of thy glorye which excelleth all thankesgeuynge and prayse LORDE thou art alone thou hast made heauen and the heauen of all heauens with all their hoost the earth and all that therin is the See and all that is therin thou geuest life vnto all and y e hoost of heauen bowe themselues vnto the. Thou art the LORDE God that hast chosen AbraÌ„ and broughte him out of Vr in Chaldea called him Abraham and founde his hert faithfull before the and madest a couenauÌ„t with him to geue vnto his sede the londe of the Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Iebusites and Girgosites and hast made good thy wordes for thou art righteous And hast considered the mysery of oure fathers in Egipte and herde their complainte by the reed See and shewed tokeÌ„s and wonders vpoÌ„ Pharao and on all his seruauÌ„tes and on all his people of his londe for thou knewest y t they were presumptuous cruell against them so madest thou the a name as it is this daie And the reed See partedst thou in sunder before them so that they weÌ„te thorow the myddes of the See drye shod their persecuters threwest thou in to the depe as a stone in the mightie waters and leddest them on the daye tyme in a cloudy pyler and on the nighte season in a piler of fyre to shewe them lighte in the waye y t they wente Thou camest downe also vpoÌ„ mount Sinai and spakest vnto them from heauen and gauest them righte iudgmentes true lawes good commaundementes and statutes and declared vnto them thy holy Sabbath and commaunded them preceptes ordinaunces and lawes by Moses thy seruaunt and gauest them bred from heauen whan they were hongrye and broughte forth water for them out of the rock whan they were thyrstye and promysed them that they shulde go in and take possession of the londe where ouer thou haddest lyfte vp thine hande for to geue them Neuertheles oure fathers were proude and hardnecked so that they folowed not y e coÌ„maundementes and refused to heare and were not myndefull of the wonders y t thou dyddest for them but became obstynate and heady in so moch that they turned back to their bondage in their dishobedience But thou my God forgauest and wast gracious mercifull pacient and of greate goodnesse and forsokest them not And though they made a molten calfe and sayde This is thy God that broughte the out of the londe of Egipte and dyd greate blasphemies yet for sokest thou them not in the wyldernes acordinge to thy greate mercy And y e cloudy piler departed not from them on y e daye tyme to lede them the waye nether the piler of fyre in the night season to shewe them lighte in the waye that they wente And thou gauest them thy good sprete to enfourme them and withheldest not thy Manna from their mouth and gauest theÌ„ water whaÌ„ they were thirstie Fortye yeares longe madest thou prouysion for them in the wyldernesse so that they wanted nothinge their clothes waxed not olde and their fete swelled not And thou gauest theÌ„ kiÌ„gdomes nacions partedst theÌ„ acordinge to their porcions so that they possessed the londe of Sihon kynge of Heszbon the londe of Og y e kynge of Basan And their childreÌ„ multiplyedst thou as the starres of heauen and broughtest theÌ„ in to the londe wherof thou haddest spoken vnto their fathers that they shulde go in to it and haue it in possession And y e children wente in and possessed the londe and thou subdudest before theÌ„ the
reproueth Iob. The nature of ypocrytes Chap. IX All men are synners in the fight of God and rightuousnesse commeth only of him He punysheth also whom he will Chap. X. No man is without synne nether maye eny man escape the honde of God Chap. XI Sophar reproueth Iob of synne and for so moch as no man maye withstonde God he byddeth him be pacieÌ„t Chap. XII All thinges come off the mightie ordinaunce of God The wicked haue better dayes then the godly Chap. XIII Iob speaketh as he thinketh reproueth the ypocrysy of his frendes and coÌ„mendeth the wisdome of God Chap. XIIII The miserable life off man Chap. XV.XVI. No man is innoceÌ„t before God The conuersacion of the vngodly Chap. XVII Iob declareth his mysery Chap. XVIII Baldad reproueth Iob as vngodly and sheweth the punyshment off the wicked Chap. XIX Iob sheweth his miserable estate and reproueth his frendes in that they increace his payne Chap. XX. Punysment off the proude vngodly and ypocrytes Chap. XXI Wicked men haue prosperite in this worlde God punysheth acordinge to his owne will Chap. XXII They tell Iob that is punyshment commeth for his synnes Chap. XXIII XXIIII Iob defendeth his innoceÌ„cy Chap. XXV No maÌ„ is innoceÌ„t before God Chap. XXVI Iob mocketh his freÌ„des because they go aboute to proue the thynge that he denieth not The power of God Chap. XXVII God punysheth vs not acordinge to oure merites but is mercifull and spareth euen the vngodly Agayne he chasteneth the most righteous as Iob was with aduersite Chap. XXVIII The wisdome aÌ„d foreknowlege of God Chap. XXIX The prosperite that Iob was in a fore His innocency and good dedes Chap. XXX He complayneth of his mysery how the ignoraunt and symple people laugh him to scorne Chap. XXXI He rehearseth his innoceÌ„t life Chap. XXXII Iobs frendes are angrie and forsake him Chap. XXXIII God punysheth for synne yet heareth he a meke prayer Chap. XXXIIII Iob withstoÌ„deth the wordes of them which saye that the wicked only are punyshed Chap. XXXV Iob is reproued for holdinge himself rightuous Chap. XXXVI An argument that God punisheth no man excepte he haue deserued it Chap. XXXVII The power of God is here descrybed Iob is reproued Chap. XXXVIII XXXIX.XL.XLI The foreknowlege and wisdome of God Chap â–ª XLII Iobs frendes are reproued and he himself is restored to his prosperite agayne The first Chapter IN the loÌ„de of Hus there was a man called Iob an innocent and vertuous man soch one as feared God and eschued euell This man had vij sonnes and iij. doughters His substaunce was vij M. shepe iij. M. camels v. C. yock of oxen v. C. she asses and a very greate housholde so y t he was one of the most principall men amoÌ„ge all them of the east countre His sonnes now wente on euery man and made banckettes one daye in one house another daye in another and â—ent for their iij. sisters to eate drinke with them So when they had passed ouer the tyme of their banckettinge rounde aboute Iob sent for them and clensed them agayne stode vp early and offred for euery one a breÌ„t offeringe For Iob thought thus peraduenture my sonnes haue done some offence and haue bene vnthankfull to God in their hertes And thus dyd Iob euery daye Now vpon a tyme when the seruauntes of God came and stode before the LORDE Sathan came also amonge them And the LORDE sayde vnto Sathan From whence commest thou Sathan answered the LORDE and sayde I haue gone aboute the loÌ„de and walked thorow it Then sayde the LORDE vnto SathaÌ„ hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob how that he is an innoceÌ„t and vertuous maÌ„ soch one as feareth God and eschueth euell and that there is none like him in the londe Sathan answered and sayde vnto the LORDE Doth Iob feare God for naught hast thou not preserued him his house and all his substaunce on euery syde hast thou not blessed the workes of his hondes Is not his possession encreaced in the londe But laye thyne honde vpoÌ„ him a litle touch once all that he hath and I holde he shall curse the to thy face And the LORDE sayde vnto Sathan lo all that he hath be in thy power only vpon him self se that thou laye not thine honde Then wente Sathan forth from the LORDE Now vpon a certayne daye when his sonnes and doughters were eatinge and drynkinge wyne in their eldest brothers house there came a messaunger vnto Iob and sayde Whyle the oxen were a plowinge and the Asses goinge in the pasture besyde them the Sabees came in violeÌ„tly and toke them all awaye yee they haue slayne the seruauntes with the swearde and I only ranne my waye to tell the. And whyle he was yet speakynge there came another and sayde The fyre of God is fallen from heauen it hath consumed breÌ„t vp all the shepe and seruauntes and I only ranne my waye to tell the. In the meane season whyle he was yet speakinge there came another and sayde The Caldees made thre armies and fell in vpon the camels which they haue caried awaye yee and slayne the seruauntes with the swearde and I only am gotteÌ„ awaye to tell the. Whyle he was speakinge there came yet another aÌ„d sayde Thy sonnes and doughters were eatinge aÌ„d drynkinge wyne in their eldest brothers house aÌ„d sodenly there came a mightie greate wynde out off the South and smote the iiij corners of the house which fell vpon thy children so that they are deed and I am gotten awaye alone to tell the. Then Iob stode vp and rente his clothes shaued his heade fell downe vpon the grouÌ„de worshipped and sayde Naked came I out of my mothers wombe and naked shall I turne thither agayne The LORDE gaue and the LORDE hath taken awaye the LORDE hath done his pleasure now blessed be y e name off the LORDE In all these thinges dyd Iob not offende ner murmured foolishly agaynst God The II. Chapter IT happened also apon a tyme that when the seruauntes of God came stode before the LORDE Sathan came also amonge them and stode before him And the LORDE sayde vnto Sathan From whence commest thou Sathan answered and sayde I haue gone aboute the loÌ„de and walked thorow it Then sayde the LORDE vnto Sathan Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob how that he is an innocent vertuous man soch one as feareth God and eschueth euell and that there is none like him in the londe But thou mouedest me agaynst him to punysh him yet is it in vayne for he contynueth still in his godlynesse Sathan answered the LORDE and sayde Skynne for skynne yee a man will geue all y t euer he hath for his life But laye thine honde vpon him touch him once vpon the bone and flesh and I holde he shall curse the to thy face Then sayde the LORDE vnto SathaÌ„ lo there hast thou him in thy power but spare his life So wente Sathan forth
from the LORDE and smote Iob with maruelous sore byles from the sole off the fote vnto his crowne so that he sat vpon the grounde in the asshes and scraped of the etter off his sores with a potsherde Then sayde his wife vnto him Dost tho◠yet cōtynue in thy perfectnesse curse God dye But Iob sayde vnto her Thou speakest like a foolish womā Seinge we haue receaued prosperite at the honde of God wherfore shulde we not be content with aduersite also In all these thinges dyd not Iob synne with his lippes Now when Iobs frendes herde of all y e trouble that happened vnto him there came thre off them euery one from his owne place namely Eliphas the Themanite Baldad the Suhite and Sophar the Naamathite For they were agreed together to come to shewe their compassion vpon him and to comforte him So when they lifte vp their eyes a farre off they knewe him not Then they cried and wepte then euery one off them rente his clothes and sprynckled dust vpon their heades in the ayre They sat them downe by him also vpon the grounde vij dayes and vij nightes Nether was there eny of them that spake one worde vnto him for they sawe that his payne was very greate The III. Chapter AFter this opened Iob his mouth and cursed his daye and sayde lost be that daye wherin I was borne and the night in the which it was sayde there is a manchilde conceaued The same daye be turned to darcknesse and not regarded of God from aboue nether be shyned vpō w t light but be couered with darcknesse and the shadowe of death Let the dymme cloude fall vpon it and let it be lapped in with sorowe Let the darckstorme ouercome y e night let it not be reckened amonge the dayes off the yeare ner counted in the monethes Despysed be that night and discommended let them that curse the daye geue it their curse also euen those that be ready to rayse vp Leuiathan Let the starres be dymme thorow darcknesse of it Let it loke for light but let it se none nether the rysynge vp of the fayre mornynge because it shut not vp the wombe that bare me ner hyd these sorowes fro myne eyes Alas why dyed I not in y e byrth Why dyd not I perysh as soone as I came out of my mothers wōbe Why set they me vpō y e irknees Why gaue they me suck with their brestes Then shulde I now haue lyen still I shulde haue slepte and bene at rest like as the kynges ād lordes of y e earth which buylde them selues speciall places As the prynces that haue greate substaunce of golde their houses full of syluer O that I vtterly had no beynge or were as a thīge borne out of tyme that is put asyde ether as yonge children which neuer sawe the light There must the wicked ceasse from their tyranny there soch as are ouerlaboured be at rest there are those letten out fre which haue bene in preson so that they heare nomore the voyce of the oppressoure There are small and greate the bonde man and he that is fre frō his master Wherfore is the light geuen to him that is in mysery and life vnto them that haue heuy hertes Which longe for death and it commeth not for yf they might fynde the 〈◊〉 graue they wolde be maruelous glad as those that dygge vp treasure To the man whose waye is hyd which God kepeth backe from him This is the cause that I syghe before I eate and my roaringes fall out like a water floude For the thynge that I feared is come vpon me and the thynge that I was afrayed of is happened vnto me Was I not happy Had I not quyetnesse Was I not in rest And now commeth soch mysery vpon me The IIII. Chapter THen answered Eliphas of Theman and sayde vnto him Yf we begynne to comon with the peraduēture thou wilt be myscontent but who can witholde himself from speakynge Beholde thou hast bene a teacher of many and hast comforted the weery hondes Thy wordes haue set vp those that were fallen thou hast refresshed the weake knees But now that the plage is come vpon the thou shrēckest awaye now that it hath touched thyself thou art faint harted Where is now thy feare of God thy stedfastnesse thy pacience and the perfectnesse of thy life Considre I praye the who euer peryshed beynge an innocent Or when were the godly destroyed As for those that plowe wickednesse as I haue sene myself and sowe myschefe they reape y e same For whē God bloweth vpon them they perysh and are destroyed thorow the blast of his wrath The roaringe of the lyon the cryenge off the lyonesse y e teth off y e lyōs whelpes are brokē The greate lyon perysheth because he cā get no pray and the lyons whelpes are scatred abrode There is spoken vnto me a thynge in councell which hath geuen a terrible sounde in myne eare with a vision in the night when men are fallen a slepe Soch feare and drede came vpō me that all my bones shoke And when the wynde passed ouer by me the hayres of my flesh stode vp Then stode there one before me whose face I knewe not an ymage there was and the wether was still so that I herde this voyce◠Maye a man be iustified before God Maye there eny man be iudged to be clene by reason of his owne workes Beholde he hath founde vnfaythfulnesse amonge his owne seruauntes and proude disobedience amonge his angels How moch more thē shal they that dwell in houses of claye whose foundacion is but earth be moth eaten They shal be destroyed from the mornynge vnto the euenynge yee they shall perish or euer they be awarre and be taken awaye so clene that none of thē shall remayne but be deed or euer they be awarre off it The V. Chapter NAme me one els yf thou canst fynde eny yee loke aboute the vpon eny of the holy men As for the foolish man displeasure kylleth him and anger slayeth y e ignoraunt I haue sene my self when the foolish was deperoted that his bewty was sodēly destroyed that his children were without prosperite or health that they were slayne in the dore and no mā to delyuer them that his haruest was eaten vp off the hungrie that the weapened man had spoyled it and that the thurstie had droncke vp his riches It is not the earth that bryngeth forth trauayle nether commeth sorow out of y e groūde but it is man that is borne vnto mysery like as the byrde for to fle But now will I speake off the LORDE and talke of God which doth thinges that are vnsearcheable and marueles without nōbre Which geueth rayne vpō the earth and poureth water vpon all thinges which setteth vp them of lowe degre and sendeth prosperite to those that are in heuynesse Which destroyeth the deuyces of the sotyll so that they